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• What to Eat at Disney California Adventure's Annual Food & Wine Festival

  13-03-2018 23:56
  If fruit sushi, chicken wings, and Vietnamese sandwiches sound like tasty theme park food, then the return of Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival should come as relief for weary food lovers. The annual event brings tasting seminars, cooking demonstrations, celebrity chefs and wine and beer pairing dinners to the Anaheim theme park, and there's plenty to eat beyond the basic hot dog.
  
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• New Mexico attorney sues Vivint Solar for fraud, racketeering

  13-03-2018 23:36 via ocregister.com
  A residential rooftop solar provider that operates in New Mexico, California and 19 other states was accused March 8 by the state attorney general of defrauding residents and jeopardizing their homeownership through deceptive sales practices.
  Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a lawsuit in state district court against Vivint Solar, Inc. over claims that the company was engaging in a pattern of unfair and unconscionable business practices, fraud and racketeering.
  The case centers on the compa
  
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• Shohei Ohtani has mixed results at the plate, working on an Angels off day

  13-03-2018 23:34 via ocregister.com
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani’s day began with a bang and ended with a whimper.
  Ohtani, one of a few Angels summoned to work on the team’s day off Tuesday, came to bat nine times in what amounted to a controlled scrimmage, starting the day with a double into the gap and ending with one of his three strikeouts.
  Ohtani was 2 for 8 with a walk. The moment that might best symbolize the work he still needs to do to become a major league hitter came in his final at-bat, when Tyler Ska
  
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• Celebrate this Pi Day with deals on both kinds of pies — pizza and dessert

  13-03-2018 23:18 via ocregister.com
  Marie Callender’s Pi Day deal is a free slice of pie with meal purchase.Tenzo Matcha Tea Pie is a Pi Day special at The Pie Hole.Tenzo Tea Company is partnering with The Pie Hole on Pi Day specials.B.J.’s Pi Day deal is a mini pizza.Blaze Pizza is selling whole pizzas for $3.14 on Pi day.Villa Italian Kitchen’s Pi Day deal costs $3.14 and a little personal information.Show Caption of Expand
  You don’t need to be a mathematician to understand what Pi Day means to your pocke
  
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• Former OCC student accused of vandalizing campus security vehicles with swastikas sues college for negligence

  13-03-2018 22:57 via ocregister.com
  A former Orange Coast College student who is facing a felony vandalism charge for allegedly defacing campus security vehicles with swastikas has filed a lawsuit claiming the college failed to adequately address his mental disability.
  In his lawsuit filed this month, 22-year-old Robert McDougal, who is diagnosed with autism, says the college discriminated against him because of his disability and was “grossly negligent” in its handling of a situation over a chemistry quiz that escalat
  
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• Broadcom-Qualcomm block signals rising tensions in 5G race

  13-03-2018 22:34 via ocregister.com
  Behind the U.S. move to block Singapore-based Broadcom’s hostile bid for U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm lies a new global struggle for influence over next-generation communications technology — and fears that whoever takes the lead could exploit that advantage for economic gain, theft and espionage.
  In the Broadcom-Qualcomm deal, the focus is on so-called “5G” wireless technology, which promises data speeds that rival those of landline broadband now. Its proponents insist that 5
  
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• Saddleback College breaks ground on $55 million football stadium

  13-03-2018 22:21 via ocregister.com
  For Saddleback College head football coach Mark McElroy, plans to construct a new football stadium at the school’s Mission Viejo campus were a long time coming.
  “I played here as a student-athlete in 1979 when we were promised a new stadium,” McElroy said.
  Just shy of four decades later, that promise is now being fulfilled, with a new $55 million facility expected to open in the spring of next year. The college broke ground on the project Monday, March 12.
  Saddleback College of
  
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• More than 300 plant varieties for sale at Fullerton Arboretum’s Veggiepalooza

  13-03-2018 22:04 via ocregister.com
  The Fullerton Arboretum hosts its annual Veggiepalooza this weekend.
  The plant sale – believed to be the largest in the region – will feature more than 300 varieties of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables good for home gardening.
  More than 100 varieties of tomato plants alone will be for sale – the catalogue includes tomatoes of every size and color.
  The Jigsaw, Atomic Starfish and Shishitos will be among the 70 varieties of pepper plants available.
  The plants are grown by v
  
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• UCLA defensive line embraces new ‘violent’ mentality

  13-03-2018 21:56 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — Marcus Moore said UCLA’s new defensive mantra is “violent.” The redshirt sophomore’s head coach made it even simpler.
  “Tackle,” Chip Kelly said of his defensive motto.
  Kelly needs to strip defense down to the simplest of terms after last year’s debacle in Westwood. Despite high hopes for a talented-looking unit, UCLA had the worst rushing defense in the country. The Bruins gave up the most rushing yards in a single season in school hi
  
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• Weaker-than-predicted storm rolls into Southern California; wet weather to persist for much of the week

  13-03-2018 21:42 via ocregister.com
  A storm swept in to parts of Southern California on Tuesday, but it was weaker than forecasters had predicted, allowing authorities to cancel mandatory evacuation orders for neighborhoods near several wildfire burn scars.
  The National Weather Service said the system didn’t come together as powerfully as forecast models had indicated. Rain intensities were below what was expected and were deemed unlikely to trigger debris flows, authorities said.
  On Monday, Santa Barbara County had issued m
  
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• Laguna Woods Village co-op board OKs handyman program, streamlines moisture intrusion policy

  13-03-2018 21:28 via ocregister.com
  United Mutual on Tuesday, March 13 unanimously passed on first reading a resolution to adopt a handyman program that would include a range of repairs not currently covered by monthly assessments or chargeable services.
  For $200, after signing a service agreement, United residents would be able to access an in-house, non-emergency program that would include services such as light bulb replacement and the restoration of defective switches, sockets, outlets and wiring. Subscribers would be able to
  
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• Writer in the dark on how to cure gopher trouble

  13-03-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  Recently, grown men in silly outfits anticipated the reaction of a groundhog to determine their futures. They waited for him to see his shadow to make a prediction about our lives and see if we should store our itchy winter outfits. He has only been correct 13 times in 28 years.
  I saw a shadow and thought there was a bus following me. It turned out to be my own shadow after a weight gain.
  I was reminded of a more competent bugger; a gopher who taunted me in my last home. He had eaten six cabbage
  
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• Swimming: Orange County boys season leaders (3-13-18)

  13-03-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  BOYS SWIMMING
  Top reported O.C. times
  Through March 12, 2018
  200-yard medley relay (O.C. record 1:30.10) – AN 1:33.08, CdM 1:36.49, Tes 1:36.77
  200 free (O.C. record 1:33.26) – Hales (LaHi) 1:42.41, Kao (DH) 1:43.84, Shenkin (DH) 1:45.26
  200 IM (O.C. record 1:45.42) — Trujillo (LaHi) 1:53.20, Abdollahi (DH) 1:54.49, Lou (Uni) 1:56.26
  50 free (O.C. record 19.69) – Dewing (CV) 21.49, Sandberg (NH) 21.73r, Williams (SC) 21.74r
  100 fly (O.C. record 47.13) – Shenkin (DH)
  
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• Lots to see during celebrations next week at Mission San Juan Capistrano, maybe some swallows too

  13-03-2018 21:11 via ocregister.com
  The biggest game at Mission San Juan Capistrano on its most celebrated day of the year, Swallows Day, is who will spot a swallow.
  You may or may not see one. What you will see is people’s faces craning skyward, hoping to glimpse one or more tiny, speedy birds who often arrive in town on their yearly 6,000-mile migration from Argentina to San Juan Capistrano.
  In any case, there’s lots more to see and do at Monday, March 19, St. Joseph’s Day celebration at San Juan’s 242-ye
  
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• Mark Gottfried pledges to rescue the CSUN men’s basketball program the right way

  13-03-2018 20:33 via ocregister.com
  Cal State University Northridge President Dr. Dianne Harris introduces the new CSUN basketball coach Mark Gottfried who previously coached at Alabama and NC State. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Mark Gottfried, who previously coached at Alabama and NC State, introduces himself as the new men’s basketball coach at Cal State University Northridge Tuesday morning. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Mark Gottfried, who previously coached at Alabama and NC St
  
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• DA’s new team probes abuses on OC’s Rehab Riviera

  13-03-2018 20:08 via ocregister.com
  Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has created a task force to attempt to clamp down on outlaw addiction services clogging neighborhoods in the county’s “Rehab Riviera.”
  Rackauckas’ announcement Monday night of the new “Sober Living Home Accountability Task Force” follows an ongoing investigation by the Southern California News Group that found deaths, sexual assaults, drug use and paying-for-patients inside the state’s loosel
  
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• Larry Page’s pilotless air taxis flying in New Zealand

  13-03-2018 20:07 via ocregister.com
  Ride in a pilotless flying taxi, anyone?
  Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk has been testing such a vehicle in New Zealand since late last year and is coming out of stealth mode, the Silicon Valley company announced Monday.
  “The dreamers from California met the visionaries from New Zealand,” Kitty Hawk said in a press release that lauds New Zealand for having “a government and society with an eye to the horizon.”
  The technology, eight years in the making, had been searching fo
  
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• A year after water damage shuttered the Tustin Library, restoration begins

  13-03-2018 19:52 via ocregister.com
  One year to the month when the Tustin Library suddenly closed following the discovery of a slow water leak in its sub-floor, repairs to the main building are finally under way.
  The library, one of the busiest in the Orange County system, should be up and running by mid-summer, Assistant City Manager Matt West said.
  Meanwhile, the county opened a pared-down library in the Civic Center courtyard in August that will remain in service during construction, West said.
  A temporary library has been set
  
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• Patients overpay for prescriptions 23% of the time, analysis shows

  13-03-2018 19:51 via ocregister.com
  By Sydney Lupkin, California Healthline
  As a health economist, Karen Van Nuys had heard that it’s sometimes cheaper to pay cash at the pharmacy counter than to put down your insurance card and pay a copay.
  So one day, she asked her pharmacist how much her prescription would cost if she didn’t use her health coverage and paid cash.
  “And sure enough, it was [several dollars] below my copay,” Van Nuys said.
  Van Nuys and her colleagues at the University of Southern Calif
  
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• Fishing derby for kids on Saturday, March 17

  13-03-2018 19:45 via ocregister.com
  Mile Square Park’s popular annual Kid’s Fishing Derby is planned for March 17 at the park’s North Lake.
  Kids ages 6 to 15 can fish for free, competing during the morning for multiple prizes. There will be fishing clinics for learning the tricks of casting a good line. Bring your own fishing pole, a limited number will be available for use.
  The lake will be stocked with more than 1,000 pounds of trout and catfish for the 9 a.m. to noon event. Food will be available for purchase.
  
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• John McEntee, Trump aide, is forced out over security issue, but joins re-election campaign

  13-03-2018 19:09
  John McEntee, who has served as President Donald Trump's personal assistant since Trump won the presidency, was forced out of his position and escorted from the White House on Monday after his security clearance was revoked, officials with knowledge of the incident said. But McEntee will remain in the president's orbit despite his abrupt departure from the White House.
  
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• Rams, without WR Sammy Watkins, lack deep-ball threat

  13-03-2018 17:49 via ocregister.com
  Perhaps only now, in his absence, will the Rams learn the true value of receiver Sammy Watkins.
  According to several reports, Watkins will leave the Rams this week as a free agent and sign a three-year contract with Kansas City worth $48 million (with $30 million of that guaranteed). That’s a hefty sum for a talented receiver, albeit one who hasn’t completed a full, productive season since 2015.
  Watkins’ departure — which will become official Wednesday, when free agents c
  
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• Get ready for spring planting at tomato workshop in Laguna Beach

  13-03-2018 17:15 via ocregister.com
  The season is ripe for planting tomatoes.
  Join Master Gardner Kris Bonner on Saturday to learn about the many varieties. Find out which types are best for your soil and location. Bonner will also discuss diseases and possible pests to be on the lookout for.
  Is it better to grow them in pots, large containers or in the ground? Learn all the tips to growing the best and most juicy tomatoes for your backyard grills and deck parties.IF YOU GO
  What: Workshop of growing tomatoes
  When/Where: 9-10
  
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• Aquarium of the Pacific will host a sea-inspired art exhibit in Long Beach

  13-03-2018 16:33 via ocregister.com
  Abstract paintings of the ocean, sketches of the sea floor and small creatures like plankton are among the pieces of art created on an ocean going scientific vessel for an exhibit that will find a fitting venue when it’s displayed at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
  Starting this month, the Long Beach venue will display an exhibit of artwork from the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Artist-at-Sea program.
  The Artist-at-Sea exhibit, which runs from March 15 through May 31, will include doze
  
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• Rams lose free-agent WR Sammy Watkins to Kansas City

  13-03-2018 16:24 via ocregister.com
  There was always risk involved with Sammy Watkins, the Rams giving up a second-round pick and cornerback E.J. Gaines for a wide receiver just one season away from unrestricted free agency. None of which lessened, even after Watkins posted less than dynamic numbers last year acting more like a high-profile decoy than a No. 1 wide receiver.
  Unless and until the Rams locked him up long-term, the possibility he’d end up nothing more than a rental existed. And when the Rams failed to do that be
  
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• Live Trump coverage: New CIA director named as president heads to Southern California

  13-03-2018 15:37 via ocregister.com
  President Donald Trump is coming to California today, his first visit to the state since becoming president.
  He’s expected to check out prototypes for the border wall he’d like to build, address military folk at Miramar and raise up to $5 million for his re-election at a private event in Los Angeles.
  We’ll track his trip as it unfolds, so check here throughout the day for news and observations.
  Carroll Ishee with “Indivisible San Diego” portrays President Trump on T
  
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• California’s highways rank poorly in condition, traffic and cost-effectiveness

  13-03-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  President Donald Trump released his long-awaited infrastructure plan last month, which calls for $200 billion in federal spending and hopes to encourage over $1.5 trillion in new infrastructure investments through the use of public-private partnerships and incentives.
  Critics correctly point out that Trump’s plan doesn’t actually indicate where that $200 billion in spending will come from, though he reportedly floated raising the gas tax by 25 cents a gallon in recent meetings with l
  
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• Rain for most of Southern California starts this afternoon

  13-03-2018 14:44 via ocregister.com
  The first of two new storms out of the Pacific Northwest will produce light rainfall in Southern California today, forecasters said.
  “We’ll get between a quarter of an inch and a half-inch if we’re lucky,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Bruno, noting that the lion’s share of the rain likely to result from today’s weather system will douse Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
  In L.A County, a “few sprinkles” are possibl
  
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• Most of rain for Southern California starting this afternoon

  13-03-2018 14:44 via ocregister.com
  The first of two new storms out of the PacificNorthwest will produce light rainfall in Southern California today, forecasters said.“We’ll get between a quarter of an inch and a half-inch if we’relucky,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Bruno, noting thatthe lion’s share of the rain likely to result from today’s weather system willdouse Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.In L.A County, a “few sprinkles” are possible this morn
  
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• Should Trump talk with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un?

  13-03-2018 14:30 via ocregister.com
  It has been a strange couple of weeks for isolated North Korea. The so-called “Hermit Kingdom” sent a high-ranking delegation to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and even agreed to walk in the opening ceremony with their neighbors to the south under a unified flag and field a joint women’s ice hockey team.
  Then came a thank-you card in which Kim thanked the south for “specially prioritizing” the north’s attendance at the games and a photo that observers desc
  
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• Disneyland's creation of Pixar Pier is part of its efforts to touch the emotions of its guests

  13-03-2018 14:22
  Artist rendering provided by Walt Disney Imagineering of the upcoming changes to the new Pixar Pier development at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, as of March 8, 2018. The pier is still under construction.
  
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• Disneyland’s creation of Pixar Pier is part of its efforts to touch the emotions of its guests

  13-03-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  What do you want to do when you visit Disneyland or any other theme park? Go on rides? Eat? Meet characters? Whichever of these reasons you think is luring you to the parks, there’s a strong chance that something else is steering you there, instead.
  Disney invited me to spend some time with its Imagineers and park managers over the weekend, to talk about the new Pixar-themed attractions that the company is debuting this spring and summer at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. I’ve spok
  
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• Take a look at the brand-new, expanded Brea Improv, opening in April

  13-03-2018 14:10 via ocregister.com
  In 2014, the Irvine Improv moved from a smaller location within the Irvine Spectrum and into a larger, brand new, multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art venue still within the sprawling shopping center.
  The larger, now 450-seat club allowed the Levity Entertainment Group, which owns the Improv brand, to host bigger-name talent, as well as increase the size of the stage to accommodate comedy troupes, one-man shows, sketch comedy acts and serve as a facility for entertainers to actually film
  
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• Flogging Molly’s Dave King picks his Top 10 essential Irish tracks for a solid St. Patrick’s Day play list

  13-03-2018 14:05 via ocregister.com
  It just wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without Los Angeles-based Irish punk-folk band Flogging Molly playing a loud and rowdy sold-out show somewhere in Southern California. This year, the band is playing the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon on St. Patrick’s Day eve, Friday, March 16, and will be headlining the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday, March 17.
  The group dropped its sixth studio album, “Life is Good,” last summer and recently announced that it would
  
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• Kim Jong-un does his homework before meeting Trump: Political Cartoons

  13-03-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
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  Check out our daily cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  
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• Tillerson out as secretary of state, to be replaced by CIA Director Pompeo.

  13-03-2018 13:59 via ocregister.com
  By JOSH LEDERMAN
  The Associated PressWASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, in a major staff reshuffle just as Trump dives into high-stakes talks with North Korea.
  Trump announced the change in a tweet early Tuesday just four hours after Tillerson returned to Washington from a trip to Africa. Word of Trump’s dissatisfaction with Tillerson and plans to replace
  
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• Baby supplements maker Wellements expands with new products

  13-03-2018 09:38
  Arizona-based Wellements launched four new dietary supplements, two of which are going into distribution with Walgreens, the company announced at the Natural Products Expo West Show last weekend. Among the five new products launched, four are dietary supplements: Organic Vitamin D Drops, Organic Night Time Gripe Water, Organic Multivitamin Drops, and Organic Iron Drops .
  
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• Man gets jail time for Laguna Beach shopping center jewelry thefts

  13-03-2018 09:15 via ocregister.com
  NEWPORT BEACH — A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday and was immediately sentenced to six months in jail for his part in the theft of about $200,000 in jewelry from several stores at a Laguna Beach shopping center last summer.
  Alexander Kenneth Joe Aguirre, who pleaded guilty to grand theft in a deal in which a burglary charge was dismissed, was also placed on three years of formal probation.
  Aguirre was arrested Feb. 28 in Oceanside in connection with the thefts last July 26 at jewelry
  
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• USC to see deeper 3-point line, other experimental rule changes in NIT

  13-03-2018 08:25 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — USC will be something of a test subject in the National Invitational Tournament.
  That is because NIT games this month will feature a variety of new experimental rules as part of an effort by the NCAA to increase the pace of games.
  The changes include games divided into four 10-minute quarters instead of 20-minute halves, a free-throw lane widened from 12 feet to 16 feet to match the NBA and an extended 3-point arc to roughly 22 feet to mirror the same distance used by FIBA in
  
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• Fashion News: Opening Ceremony takes over Disneyland’s Toon Town

  13-03-2018 06:40 via ocregister.com
  On March 7, Opening Ceremony presented its Spring 2018 runway show at a most unexpected locale. For this special event, designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim decided to forgo the streets of Milan and Manhattan for someplace closer to Main Street, U.S.A. That’s right. For one magical evening, The Happiest Place on Earth, aka Disneyland, hosted the “The Happiest Show on Earth.”
  Mickey Mouse with Chance the rapperDiplo wearing Opening Ceremony x Disney at the March 8 runway s
  
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• UCLA women set to host first two rounds of NCAA Tournament

  13-03-2018 06:35 via ocregister.com
  She had to wait a while to hear UCLA’s name in the field of 64, but head coach Cori Close didn’t mind the long wait during Monday’s NCAA Tournament selection show.
  It meant the Bruins could avoid the Connecticut buzzsaw.
  After playing in No. 1 overall seed UConn’s region for the past two seasons, UCLA is the No. 3 seed in the Kansas City Regional, governed by top-seeded Mississippi State, and has a chance to advance to its third straight Sweet 16 by hosting the first two
  
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• Kings rebound by blanking struggling Canucks

  13-03-2018 06:28 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick (32) protects the goal as Vancouver Canucks center Bo Horvat (53) attacks in the third period of an NHL hockey game in Los Angeles, Monday, March 12, 2018. The Kings won, 3-0. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Los Angeles Kings center Nate Thompson (44) and Vancouver Canucks center Nic Dowd (17 tangle in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Los Angeles, Monday, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Vancouver Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson (31) and Los Angeles Kings
  
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• Man sent to jail for role in bizarre burglary, vandalism and police standoff at Irvine megachurch

  13-03-2018 06:07 via ocregister.com
  NEWPORT BEACH — A 23-year-old Anaheim man pleaded guilty Monday and was immediately sentenced to 180 days in jail for breaking into an Irvine megachurch armed with an airsoft replica rifle and ammunition and then vandalizing it before barricading himself in it for hours.
  Brandon Joseph Vielkind pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of burglary and vandalism as well as felony counts of vandalism, possession of an assault weapon and unlawful assault weapon activity, according to court records
  
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• Return home fails to spark Ducks in loss to Blues

  13-03-2018 05:48 via ocregister.com
  St. Louis Blues’ Ivan Barbashev, right, of Russia, is defended by Anaheim Ducks’ Kevin Bieksa during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 12, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)St. Louis Blues’ Vince Dunn (29) collides with teammate Jordan Schmaltz, right, as he moves the puck past Anaheim Ducks’ Ondrej Kase, of the Czech Republic, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 12, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)St
  
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• Missing hiker from Anaheim found dead on Mt. Baldy

  13-03-2018 05:45 via ocregister.com
  A hiker on Mt. Baldy who was reported missing over the weekend was found dead Monday morning by a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department helicopter crew.
  The hiker was identified as Xiangfeng Ma, 41, of Anaheim, according to a sheriff’s news release. There was no immediate word on his cause of death.
  Deputies from the Fontana station responded to Mt. Baldy about 6 p.m. Saturday after getting a report of a hiker who went on a morning hike and had not returned. The person who
  
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• Venus beats a rusty Serena in 29th edition of sibling battle

  13-03-2018 05:33 via ocregister.com
  INDIAN WELLS—It wasn’t magnificent tennis, by any stretch. But it was intriguing.
  Venus and Serena Williams played against each other as professionals for the 29th time Monday night, in a third round match at the BNP Paribas Open. Older sis — or shall we call her Auntie Venus — won this time, a 6-3, 6-4 triumph that validated the seeding and the rankings.
  Venus is No. 8 in the world, and seeded eighth in this tournament. Serena, who leads the sisterly series 17-12 but is
  
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• USC women’s basketball left out of NCAA Tournament, declines WNIT invitation

  13-03-2018 05:18 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — The USC women’s basketball team was also left out of the NCAA Tournament.
  A day after the school’s men’s team was snubbed by the selection committee, the women’s team was among the first eight teams to miss the 64-team field revealed Monday afternoon on ESPN.
  After finishing 20-11 overall and in seventh place in the Pac-12, the Trojans had hoped to receive an at-large berth for the tournament. Coaches and players gathered for a viewing party at the Gal
  
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• Mater Dei’s Bella Baia earns Trinity League MVP in girls water polo

  13-03-2018 05:13 via ocregister.com
  2018 all-league teams in girls water polo:
  Trinity League
  MVP: Bella Baia, Mater Dei, Sr.
  First Team: Grace Thawley, Mater Dei, Sr., Nicole Kresich, Mater Dei, Sr., Hannah Constandse, Mater Dei, Jr., Alyssa Barnuevo, Orange Lutheran, Jr., Hannah Palmer, Orange Lutheran, Jr., Honnie Vandeweghe, Santa Margarita, Fr., Christina Doherty, Santa Margarita, Sr., Bianca Becerra, Rosary, Fr., Ashley Kempf, JSerra, Sr.
  Second Team: Brooke Banta, Mater Dei, Jr., Marley Presiado, Mater Dei, Sr., Tea Poljak,
  
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• NCAA Tournament bracket builder: Research your picks here

  13-03-2018 05:11 via ocregister.com
  This could be your year, but unless you’re going with the mascot method or flipping a coin, you may need to do a little homework. So if you need a little help filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket, you’ve come to the right place.REGION-BY-REGION BREAKDOWNS
  East Regional: Can anyone derail Villanova, Purdue?
  West Regional: High-pedigree teams include Xavier, Gonzaga and North Carolina
  Midwest Regional: Heavyweights Kansas, Duke, Michigan State all land here
  South Regional
  
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• Studentsa gun walkout sends message to adults: Do something

  13-03-2018 05:02
  Riverside Poly High School students work on signs for a March 14th student walkout against gun violence at Andulka Park in Riverside Friday, March 9, 2018. FRANK BELLINO, For THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE/SCNG Riverside Poly High School student Melissa Soria, 17, works on signs for a March 14th student walkout against gun violence at Andulka Park in Riverside Friday, March 9, 2018.
  
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