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• Hoffarth on media: Handing out the Winter Olympics medals

  24-02-2018 23:40 via ocregister.com
  Betwixt and between the twizzles, tweets and twerks, the distinction of amplitude to altitude sickness, a figure skater’s wardrobe malfunction and figuring out why social media loathes Lindsay Vonn, we have these closing ceremonial takeaways from NBC’s Winter Games compilation:GOLDEN MOMENTS
  — Don’t feel bad for Scott Hamilton, one New York Times story told us, just because some feel Johnny Weir usurped him as lead figure skating analyst and led him to becoming a Dick But
  
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• Congress releases redacted, declassified Democratic memo

  24-02-2018 23:21 via ocregister.com
  WASHINGTON — After weeks of discussions with the Justice Department, Democrats on the House intelligence committee released Saturday, Feb. 24 a classified memo that counters GOP allegations that the FBI abused U.S. government surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference.
  The release comes after weeks of back and forth over how much of the document would be redacted. The White House on Feb. 9 objected to its release, citing national security concerns. That sen
  
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• 2018 Winter Olympics photos | The best of Day 15

  24-02-2018 23:11 via ocregister.com
  Kyle Mack, of the United States, celebrates after winning the silver medal in the men’s Big Air snowboard competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)United States’s skip John Shuster reacts during the men’s final curling match against Sweden at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Lee Sangho, of South Korea, runs the course during th
  
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• Chimezie Metu plays despite probe as USC rolls to victory at Utah

  24-02-2018 23:04 via ocregister.com
  Utah forward Tyler Rawson (21) celebrates a three-point basket during the first half of an NCAA basketball game against USC on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett)USC forward Chimezie Metu (4) attempts a shot over Utah forward Donnie Tillman (3) and guard Gabe Bealer (30) during the first half of an NCAA basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett)Utah Utes forward Tyler Rawson (21) drives past USC Trojans guard Jordan Us
  
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• OCVarsity Photos: Saturday’s action, celebration from basketball, water polo, soccer playoffs

  24-02-2018 22:51 via ocregister.com
  Check out the Register’s photos from Saturday’s CIF-Southern Section high school playoffs.
  By the end of Saturday night, we’ll have photos from the girls water polo finals, boys and girls basketball semifinals, boys soccer quarterfinals and Masters wrestling.
  Go to the OCVarsity pages for stories, scores and video.
  Segerstrom celebrates with the championship plaque after defeating Long Beach Poly in overtime during the CIF-SS Division 4 Championship game at Woollett Aquatics Ce
  
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• Students build bridges to potential careers at Anaheim’s Girls Engineering Day

  24-02-2018 22:40 via ocregister.com
  As seconds ticked by, more than a dozen teams of girls huddled together around tables, concentrating on how to create the sturdiest bridge using plastic straws and tape.
  The setting was Anaheim’s South Junior High School. The purpose was to give students an idea what engineers do – in case they’d like to become one.
  More than 120 middle and high school students showed up Saturday for Girls Engineering Day, put on by Anaheim Union High School District and WTS, a professional org
  
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• Ducks Gameday: Second place in Pacific Division now within reach

  24-02-2018 22:12 via ocregister.com
  GLENDALE, Ariz. – With an opportunity to move into second place in the Pacific Division, the Ducks will take on the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena on Saturday night in the first half of a back-to-back portion of their schedule.
  Since their 2-0 home triumph over Dallas for a season-high fourth straight win, the Ducks (31-20-11) have received some help from outside sources over the past two nights. In particular, Chicago’s 3-1 win over San Jose on Friday gives them the chance to l
  
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• CIF-SS girls basketball playoffs: Saturday’s schedule

  24-02-2018 21:41 via ocregister.com
  The schedule for Saturday’s games in the CIF-SS girls basketball playoffs
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  DIVISION 1Semifinals, Saturday, 7 p.m.Chaminade at AlemanyWest Torrance at Los Alamitos
  DIVISION 2AASemifinals, Saturday, 7 p.m.Keppel at RedondoLynwood at Aliso Niguel
  DIVISION 2ASemifinals, Saturday, 7 p.m.Village Christian at GlendoraDowney at Righetti
  DIVISION 3AASemifinals, Saturday, 7 p.m.Culver City at WarrenCabrillo/Lompoc at Sunny Hills
  DIVISION 3ASemifinals, Saturday, 7 p.m.Flintridge Prep
  
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• Segerstrom rallies from five-goal deficit to capture CIF-SS Division 4 water polo title

  24-02-2018 21:35 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE – Never a doubt.
  Segerstrom’s girls water polo team faced a daunting challenge in the CIF-SS Division 4 final Saturday but believed it would still rise to hoist the golden plaque.
  The Jaguars were right.
  Marlenne Ortega hustled and scored the only goal of overtime to help second-seeded Segerstrom rally from a five-goal deficit to stun top-seeded Long Beach Poly 9-8 in a dramatic match at Woollett Aquatics Center.
  Segerstrom celebrates after defeating Long Beach Poly in overtim
  
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• Sailor injured by spinning helicopter blade at Camp Pendleton dies

  24-02-2018 21:15 via ocregister.com
  A sailor assigned to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing died early Saturday, Feb. 24 at Scripps La Jolla Medical Facility following injuries he sustained after he was struck by a spinning UH-1Y Venom rotor blade, military officials announced.
  The incident occurred at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Capt. Morgan Frazer said.
  The helicopter was on the flight line at the time of the incident, she said. One of the newest Marine Corps aircraft, the UH-1Y Venom is
  
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• Judge dismisses federal drug case tied to O.C. jailhouse-snitch scandal

  24-02-2018 20:05 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA – A frustrated federal judge on Friday dismissed drug charges against a man who claimed he was unfairly targeted by Orange County sheriff’s deputies, so the jailhouse-informant scandal that has unraveled more than a half-dozen cases in state court has now led to a case getting tossed out of a U.S. court.
  In dismissing the charges against Joseph Martin Govey, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney repeatedly questioned why the government had pursued a case involving only 37.7
  
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• Los Angeles Rams offseason analysis: Defensive backs

  24-02-2018 19:13 via ocregister.com
  The defensive backs were the stars of Rams training camp in 2017. They regularly engaged in good-natured trash talk and declared themselves to be the “bus drivers” of the team.
  Now, after a solid season, there’s a new man behind the wheel.
  The Rams have agreed to terms with Kansas City on a trade that will bring in star cornerback Marcus Peters when the NFL season activity for 2018 officially begins on March 14.
  Peters is 25, with two more years of contract control and has 19 i
  
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• USC declares Chimezie Metu eligible to play after Yahoo report

  24-02-2018 18:53 via ocregister.com
  USC star forward Chimezie Metu is eligible to play in the team’s final road game of the regular season Saturday at Utah, USC athletic director Lynn Swann said in a statement released two and a half hours before tip-off.
  Metu’s status appeared in jeopardy Friday after a Yahoo! Sports report alleged he and/or an adviser received $2,000 from Christian Dawkins, an aspiring sports agent, on behalf of ASM Sports agency. The report cited financial documents that were obtained as part of the
  
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• Photos: U.S. Route 66 may not exist officially, but it’s still out there crossing America

  24-02-2018 18:02 via ocregister.com
  It may be known by many names – the Mother Road, Will Rogers Highway or the Main Street of America – but to most it’s simply known as Route 66. U.S. Route 66 began its iconic life in 1926 as simple dirt roads that stretched across the country before being completely paved in 1938.
  The road traversed more than 2,400 miles through the eight states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. From its starting point in Chicago to its ter
  
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• Placentia’s home sales, prices tumble: 13 facts to know

  24-02-2018 17:56 via ocregister.com
  Placentia’s housing market looked struggling in the fourth quarter.
  CoreLogic statistics for the October-to-December period compared with the same period a year earlier, show these five trends for Placentia’s homebuying …
  1. 110 homes sold in the latest period vs. 135 a year earlier.
  2. That’s a one-year sales decline of 18.5 percent vs. a countywide homebuying loss of 1.3 percent.
  3. Median selling price in the latest period of $580,000 vs. $620,321 12 months earlier.
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• HOA Homefront: Can management companies ask $800 for documents during a sale?

  24-02-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  Q: Dear Mr. Richardson: Recently I put a condo into escrow. The management company charges $750 for supplying current financial reports, CC&Rs, rules and regulations, etc., to the new buyer.  $750 seems like highway robbery! Are there any limits to what they can charge? Is this fee out of line? — J.S., Sacramento
  Dear Kelly: HOA robbery! I am selling a condo. The HOA has three management companies; a master, a sub-association, and one for the community recreation center. They
  
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• Corona del Mar home owned by late Las Vegas headliner Danny Gans sells for $5.68 million

  24-02-2018 16:42 via ocregister.com
  An ocean-view, Cape Cod-inspired house in Corona del Mar that was owned by late Vegas headliner Danny Gans has sold for $5.68 million.
  The five-bedroom house had an asking price of $6.695 in March 2017. It was cut to $6.395 million a month later.
  The home is located in Shore Cliffs, a neighborhood with private access to Little Corona Beach.
  Built in 2006, the two-story, 5,772-square-foot house has formal dining and living rooms and a great room with disappearing doors opening to a covered lanai,
  
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• Women on Money & Mindset: IRS scams are aplenty; here’s how to avoid them

  24-02-2018 16:30 via ocregister.com
  How do you spot a scam? And what do you do if you think your data has been compromised?
  First and most important to note: The IRS will not initiate contact with taxpayers by phone, text message, e-mail or social media. Scammers will. Scammers use the telephone and text messages, e-mail and regular mail. The scammers may have also modified their caller ID to appear as if the call is coming from the IRS.
  Most folks don’t like to hear from the IRS. Even people with nothing to hide tend to fee
  
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• What Janus v. AFSCME could mean for California

  24-02-2018 16:30 via ocregister.com
  On Monday, the United States Supreme Court will hear the case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. For California taxpayers, the potential impact is huge.
  The issue is straightforward: Does public-sector unionism violate the First Amendment rights of workers who do not want to join a union?
  The lawsuit was brought by Mark Janus, a resident of Illinois and an employee of the state as a child-support specialist. Because Illinois is not a right-to-w
  
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• Hide your jokers when buying or selling a home

  24-02-2018 16:26 via ocregister.com
  Showing any sign of weakness, desperation, compromised situation, or vulnerability can have an impact on your success as a home buyer or seller.
  It’s human nature to detect these signs and use this information to your advantage.
  But you need to keep your poker face, whether you’re buying or selling. Here are some ways to hide your motivation and personal situations.
  Keep your private life private: Life events, like divorce or the death of a spouse or partner, often trigger the need t
  
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• Southern California to get 75 more hotels after 39 opened last year

  24-02-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  Southern California’s hotel building boom continues.
  Atlas Hospitality reports the five-county region saw 39 hotels open last year, bringing 7,331 more rooms to Southern California. That’s up from 22 new properties with 3,955 rooms in 2016.
  And the construction surge won’t stop soon: 75 hotels with 12,237 rooms are under construction in the region. Yes, there are more hotels under construction than the slew that opened in the past two years across the region.
  Last year, the fiv
  
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• Southern California to get 75 more hotels

  24-02-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  Southern California’s hotel building boom continues.
  Atlas Hospitality reports the five-county region saw 39 hotels open last year, bringing 7,331 more rooms to Southern California. That’s up from 22 new properties with 3,955 rooms in 2016.
  And the construction surge won’t stop soon: 75 hotels with 12,237 rooms are under construction in the region. Yes, there are more hotels under construction than the slew that opened in the past two years across the region.
  Last year, the fiv
  
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• California businesses are caught between the state and ICE

  24-02-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  The contradiction of state and federal immigration policy was on display last week in Southern California.
  Ignoring Sacramento’s declaration of sanctuary statehood, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents dropped in on Southern California businesses to serve notice that they were enforcing federal law. ICE actions resulted in the arrests of about 200 people as well as 122 notices issued to businesses.
  ICE has been conducting two types of actions: workplace raids, which are unannoun
  
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• Allen Buchanan: Be careful if you sell your business and wind up the landlord of a vacant building

  24-02-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  Frequently, if you operate a small business, owning your location can make a great deal of sense.
  Generally, it works like this – you form a limited liability company. The LLC then buys the commercial real estate. Your business signs a lease with the LLC. Therefore, you pay rent to yourself. Brilliant!
  Ownership allows you to fix your location costs — the purchase is financed with fixed-rate debt for a period. The occupant is under your control (after all, it’s your compan
  
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• U.S. men win historic curling gold with rare ‘five-ender’

  24-02-2018 15:55 via ocregister.com
  By JIMMY GOLEN
  GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — John Shuster’s last throw in the eighth end of the Olympic curling final clacked off one Swedish stone and knocked it into another, sending them both skittering out of scoring range.
  Five yellow-handled American rocks were left behind.
  The score, known as a five-ender, is so rare it has only been topped once before in the history of the men’s or women’s Olympic final. And it effectively clinched gold for Shuster’s erstwhi
  
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• Mindy Kaling Makes Her First Official Post-Baby Appearance at Disneyland

  24-02-2018 09:30
  How do you make the happiest place on earth even happier? Invite the stars of A Wrinkle in Time to surprise Disneyland California Adventure with after an exclusive preview of the film. To promote Ava DuVernay s spectacle , Mindy Kaling , Storm Reid , Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon descended upon the theme park in Anaheim, Calif., Thursday.
  
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• Homebuying jumps 12% in Mission Viejo: 12 facts to know

  24-02-2018 09:21 via ocregister.com
  Homebuying in Mission Viejo in the fourth quarter outpaced countywide sales activity.
  Using CoreLogic data, we compared sales patterns for all residences in the October-to-December period vs. a year earlier. Sales in Mission Viejo rose as 355 residences were purchased in the latest period vs. 321 a year earlier. That’s a gain of 11 percent vs. a decline of 1.3 percent countywide.
  Here’s what CoreLogic’s homebuying report for Mission Viejo told us about activity in the fourth qu
  
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• Man stabbed multiple times in Santa Ana

  24-02-2018 08:54 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA  — Police are investigating a stabbing that left a man wounded Friday night,  Feb. 23, on a Santa Ana sidewalk.
  The attack was reported shortly before 8:30 p.m. in the 900 block of  East Third Street, Cmdr. Michael Claborn said.
  The victim, whose named was not released, was transported to an area hospital with what appeared to be multiple, non-life threatening stab wounds, he said.
  Neither a motive nor a suspect had been identified late Friday night in connect
  
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• OCVarsity Photos: See the action, celebration from Friday’s boys basketball, girls soccer playoffs

  24-02-2018 08:47 via ocregister.com
  Check out the Register’s photos from several of the county’s boys basketball and girls soccer playoff games on Friday night, Feb. 23.
  To see the stories, scores and the rest of the coverage, go to the OCVarsity pages.
  Cypress’ Kendall Bowdish celebrates after scoring the game-winning penalty kick during a CIF-SS Division 2 quarter final game against Canyon at Cypress High School on Friday, February 23, 2018 in Cypress, Calif. (Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)Nog
  
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• CIF-SS boys basketball playoffs: Friday’s scores, Saturday’s schedule

  24-02-2018 08:14 via ocregister.com
  The scores from Friday’s CIF-SS boys basketball playoff games and Saturday’s schedule.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  OPEN DIVISIONConsolation semifinals, FridaySt. John Bosco 74, Rancho Christian 64Crespi 80, Santa Margarita 69
  Championship semifinalsSaturday at Cal Baptist University, RiversideBishop Montgomery vs. Sierra Canyon, 6:30 p.m.Etiwanda vs. Mater Dei, 8:30 p.m.
  Consolation finals, Tuesday, Feb. 27Fifth place: Crespi at St. John BoscoSeventh place: Rancho Christian at Santa Margarita
  DI
  
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• CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs: Friday’s scores, semifinals schedule

  24-02-2018 08:01 via ocregister.com
  The scores from Friday’s games in the CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs, and the schedule for Tuesday’s semifinals.
  GIRLS SOCCER
  DIVISION 1Quarterfinals, FridayLa Mirada 1, Rancho Cucamonga 0JSerra 3, Santiago/Corona 1Santa Margarita 2, Los Osos 0Upland 1, Harvard-Westlake 0
  Semifinals, TuesdayJSerra at La MiradaUpland at Santa Margarita
  DIVISION 2Quarterfinals, FridayCypress 1, Canyon/Anaheim 1 (Cypress wins on PKs, 4-3)Temecula Valley 3, El Dorado 2San Luis Obispo 3, Redondo 0Sunny Hill
  
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• Kenzie Vehlow’s overtime goal lifts Temecula Valley girls soccer team past El Dorado

  24-02-2018 07:53 via ocregister.com
  TEMECULA >> Emilee Garrett’s throw-in was shorter than usual, but it still managed to reach the target.
  A friendly bounce sent the ball onto the right foot of Kenzie Vehlow, who slammed in her third goal of the match to give Temecula Valley a 3-2 overtime win over El Dorado in a CIF Southern Section Division 2 girls soccer quarterfinal match.
  Vehlow’s hat trick came on three set pieces — one off a corner kick and two from Garrett throws. Vehlow scored the game-winner in t
  
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• Preview: Mater Dei vs. Etiwanda, CIF-SS Open Division semifinal

  24-02-2018 07:32 via ocregister.com
  CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION OPEN DIVISION PLAYOFFS
  SEMIFINAL
  ETIWANDA (28-1) VS. MATER DEI (21-6)
  Where, when: Cal Baptist University, Saturday, 8:15 p.m. (approximate)
  Outlook: These teams have quite a shared history. In the 1997 CIF-SS Division 1A championship game, Mater Dei beat Etiwanda 88-70. In the 2010 CIF-SS 1AA final Mater Dei beat Etiwanda 68-65. In the 2013 1AA final Etiwanda beat Mater Dei 54-51 as Jordan McLaughlin scored 14 points for Etiwanda’s Eagles. In the 2013 CIF Southern Cal
  
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• CIF girls water polo: Albano’s playoff predictions for finals

  24-02-2018 07:27 via ocregister.com
  My predicted winners for Saturday’s CIF girls water polo finals in Irvine:
  Division 2
  Newport Harbor def. Santa Barbara
  Division 4
  Segerstrom def. Long Beach Poly
  Division 6
  Valencia def. Culver City
  Division 7
  Los Amigos def. Marymount
   
  
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• Century comes up short in bid to reach first CIF-SS basketball final

  24-02-2018 07:25 via ocregister.com
  Nogales celebrates after defeating Century 47-46 during a prep semifinal playoff basketball game at Nogales High School in La Puente, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)Nogales celebrates after defeating Century 47-46 during a prep semifinal playoff basketball game at Nogales High School in La Puente, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)Nogales’ Brandon Nguyen (14) celebrates with teammate
  
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• Crespi boys basketball in familiar territory with win over Santa Margarita

  24-02-2018 07:22 via ocregister.com
  Crespi’s Tai Rutledge #21 attempts to pass the ball as he is swarmed by Santa Margarita players during their Open Div. Consolation bracket game at Crespi High School in Encino, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Santa Margarita’s Shengzhe Li #33 is swarmed by Crespi’ defenders during their Open Div. Consolation bracket game at Crespi High School in Encino, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Crespi’s Taj Reg
  
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• Clippers use fast start to bury sinking Suns

  24-02-2018 06:21 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell (5) dunks against the Phoenix Suns during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)Clippers forward Tobias Harris (34) shoots over the defense of Phoenix Suns’ Elfrid Payton during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)Phoenix Suns forward Josh Jackson looks to grab a defensive rebound during the first half of an NBA basketbal
  
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• Trump’s unproductive obsession with MS-13 detracts from honest discussion

  24-02-2018 06:03 via ocregister.com
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  Over the past year, President Trump has made a point of repeatedly invoking the gang MS-13 when talking about immigration and immigration reform.
  In his State of the Union Address, after asking the parents of victims of MS-13 gang members to stand, he proceeded to use their terrible experience as a set up for laying out his immigration reform proposals, which included confl
  
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• Germany’s Francesco Friedrich looks to sweep Olympic bobsled golds

  24-02-2018 05:58 via ocregister.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Francesco Friedrich’s bobsled got off to an interesting start.
  In his World Cup debut in a January 2012 two-man race in St. Moritz, Switzerland, his brakeman Jannis Backer slipped at the start and was unable to get in the sled. Friedrich finished the race by himself.
  In the years since, German push athletes have made sure they hitch a ride with Friedrich.
  Having tied Canada for the two-man gold medal along with brakeman Thorsten Margis on Monday, Friedrich
  
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• Orange County activists gather at Victoria Beach to protest off-shore drilling

  24-02-2018 05:27 via ocregister.com
  LAGUNA BEACH — Activists gathered at secluded Victoria Beach on Thursday, Feb. 22 to protest what they say is a lack of support from local lawmakers to keep offshore drilling off the California coastline.
  “We’re here to voice concerns to our local Congress representatives Mimi Walters and Dana Rohrabacher that we don’t want to see additional oil rigs in our ocean,” said Zane Rice, representing SoCal Health Coalition and Indivisible OC 45. “We’re here bec
  
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• USC Trojans 2018 Recruiting Class: Offensive Recap

  24-02-2018 05:07
  The USC Trojans wrapped up their 2018 recruiting class with style earlier this month, sealing the commits from blue-chip prospects on National Signing Day. These players joined an already stacked Trojans class, finishing first in the PAC-12 and fourth in the nation according to 247Sports rankings .
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday (2-23-18)

  24-02-2018 04:58 via ocregister.com
  Scores and stats for Orange County games on Friday, Feb. 23.
  BOYS BASKETBALLCIF-SS PLAYOFFSOPEN DIVISIONConsolation bracketCrespi 80, Santa Margarita 69SM: Agbonkpolo 18 pts, Evans 14 pts, Guest 14 pts, S. Li 11 pts.
  Other scoresOPEN DIVISIONSt. John Bosco 74, Rancho Christian 64
  DIVISION 1Chino Hills 89, Long Beach Poly 78Pasadena 48, Rancho Verde 46
  GIRLS SOCCERCIF-SS PLAYOFFSQuarterfinalsDIVISION 1Santa Margarita 2, Los Osos 0
  JSerra 3, Santiago/Corona 1
  DIVISION 2 Cypress 1, Canyon/Anaheim 1
  
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• How do you say “Do you believe in miracles?” in German?

  24-02-2018 04:56 via ocregister.com
  GANGNEUNG, South Korea—When the final buzzer sounded Friday night German forward Matthias Plachta was just as stunned as the rest of the world that Germany was in the Olympic Games hockey gold medal final.
  “I was like ‘holy (expletive). I don’t know what’s going on right now,’” Plachta said.
  Germany meets Russia on Sunday (today at 7:30  p.m.)  at the Gangneung Hockey Centre as the most unlikely team to reach the last day of an Olympic tourname
  
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• Have some fun and get your exercise by adopting Pomeranian mix Jeffreys

  24-02-2018 04:44 via ocregister.com
  Jeffreys is house-trained and good with children. No cats, though, please. (Courtesy of A Home 4Ever Rescue)Jeffreys is a 4-year-old Pomeranian mix who loves hugs and kisses. (Courtesy of A Home 4Ever Rescue)Show Caption of Expand
  Breed: Pomeranian mix
  Age: 4 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 11 pounds
  Jeffreys’ story: Jeffreys may be small, but he’s a mighty boy full of fluffy, healthy energy. He loves kisses and hugs and going for walks. According to his fosters, he is loyal and sm
  
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• Cypress defeats Canyon in penalty kicks to earn spot in Division 2 soccer semifinals

  24-02-2018 04:32 via ocregister.com
  CYPRESS – Time was running out for the Cypress girls soccer team in its CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinal match against Canyon on Friday at Cypress High.
  The Centurions were trailing by a goal when Lanell Swain scored in the 65th minute to make the score 1-1. That’s how it stayed through 80 minutes and two 10-minute overtime periods, forcing the match to be decided by penalty kicks.
  Cypress won the shootout 4-3 to win the match and advance to a semifinal on Tuesday when they will h
  
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• Clippers’ Lou Williams challenged to $100K game of 1-on-1 by T-Wolves’ Jimmy Butler

  24-02-2018 04:20 via ocregister.com
  Clippers guard Lou Williams didn’t like it when Jimmy Butler of the Minnesota Timberwolves accepted an invitation to the All-Star Game last weekend at Staples Center but then didn’t play a single minute in order to rest. Williams tweeted at Butler late Sunday night: “u serious bruh? Lol.”
  Apparently, Butler didn’t appreciate being called out so publicly by Williams, who had expressed his disappointment at being snubbed for the game despite having a career year that
  
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• Experts: Crime labs come with built-in bias, shifting science

  24-02-2018 03:45 via ocregister.com
  Bite marks and blood spatter?
  Any fan of any iteration of television’s “CSI” franchise knows full well that both can be used to easily solve crimes.
  Same for tire impressions, hair comparisons, knife analysis. All those fields are science, right? And, as such, they’re inviolate and solid; sources of evidence that, when artfully described by a prosecutor in a court of law, can erase the “reasonable doubt” level of uncertainty that jurors are supposed to evict f
  
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• District Attorney Rackauckas deletes online critics; ACLU says that’s a civil rights violation

  24-02-2018 02:45 via ocregister.com
  Southern California’s civil rights watchdog is accusing Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas of illegally deleting negative comments from his government Facebook and Twitter accounts.
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California sent a letter Friday to Rackauckas asking him to stop removing unflattering online comments, arguing that such actions by a government official violates the First Amendment.
  “We strongly urge your office to cease… unconstitution
  
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• Angels let late lead get away in loss to A’s

  24-02-2018 02:16 via ocregister.com
  The Angels’ Nick Tropeano throws to the plate against the Oakland Athletics in their first spring training game at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register/SCNG)The Angels’ Rymer Liriano breaks his bat on a single against the Oakland Athletics during their Cactus League opener at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register/SCNG)The Angels’ Nick Tropeano walks back tot
  
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• Pacific Marine Mammal Center gets donation to support whale disentanglement efforts

  24-02-2018 02:04 via ocregister.com
  LAGUNA BEACH — The Pacific Marine Mammal Center on Thursday, Feb. 22 received a donation to help fund its efforts to free entangled whales.
  The $1,078 check was presented to PMMC at the Ocean Institute by the American Cetacean Society — Orange County. The presentation was made during ASC-OC’s speaker series, which featured Justin Viezbicke, stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  Four organizations — ACS-OC, PMMC, Ocean Institut
  
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