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• 85 Degrees cafe opens Friday in Orange; more coming to Fountain Valley, Century City

  14-03-2018 23:22 via ocregister.com
  Sea-salt iced coffee, anyone?
  The expansion of 85º C Bakery Café marches on with the opening of its 48th U.S. location Friday, March 16 in east Orange.
  85 Degrees Bakery and Cafe is opening a store Friday, March 16 in Orange. The Taiwanese chain has expanded rapidly in Southern California in the last year, adding at least 10 new stores with more to come. (Courtesy of 85 Degrees)85C Bakery Cafe is one the most popular places at the Diamond Jamboree in Irvine. (Leonard Ortiz / The Oran
  
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• Sewage spill from Stanton closes part of Huntington Harbour

  14-03-2018 23:20 via ocregister.com
  A 600-gallon sewage spill has closed a portion of the Huntington Harbour, according to an advisory issued Wednesday, March 14, by the Orange County Health Care Agency.
  The area closed includes the Sunset Aquatic Marina and the Portofino Cove Marina. The spill was caused by a sewer blockage in Stanton.
  The affected ocean water will remain closed to ocean water-contact sports until the results of follow-up water quality monitoring meet acceptable standards, according to the Health Care Agency.
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• USC looks to turn page in NIT following NCAA Tournament snub

  14-03-2018 23:14 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGLES — The scene was sedate at the Galen Center on Tuesday night for much of USC’s 103-98 double-overtime win over UNC Asheville to open the National Invitation Tournament.
  The school announced its attendance as 1,614, the smallest crowd ever to watch a men’s basketball game at the 11-year-old on-campus arena.
  Star forward Chimezie Metu, the Trojans’ leading scorer, opted not to play in the NIT this month to avoid potential injury. He sat on the team’s bench i
  
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• Equifax executive accused of insider trading after data breach

  14-03-2018 22:46 via ocregister.com
  A former Equifax executive who was in line to become global chief information officer has been accused of insider trading by federal authorities for allegedly dumping thousands of shares of the company’s stock after a massive data breach at the credit reporting firm last year.
  In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Jun Ying — at the time chief information officer of a U.S. unit — sold about 6,800 Equifax shares after he learned of the breach,
  
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• Disney promotes 2 execs in possible CEO bake-off

  14-03-2018 22:38 via ocregister.com
  Walt Disney Co. is reorganizing several of its businesses around two senior executives, parks chief Bob Chapek and strategy head Kevin Mayer, putting the two in a potential bake-off to succeed Bob Iger as chief executive officer.
  Mayer, 55, was named chairman of Disney’s direct-to-consumer businesses, which will include streaming operations such as Hulu as well as its international media networks, the company said Wednesday in a statement. Chapek, 58, will head a combined theme park and co
  
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• Westminster police release video, photos of suspect in fatal stabbing of Pasadena woman

  14-03-2018 22:35 via ocregister.com
  Westminster police on Wednesday, March 14, released surveillance video showing a man they believe stabbed a 22-year-old woman to death in a motel room last month.
  Treeanna Nichols, 22, of Pasadena, was found murdered in a motel in Westminster on February 5, 2018. (Photo Courtesy of Westminster Police Department)Still image taken from a video of a suspect in the murder of 22 year-old Treeanna Nichols at a motel in Westminster. (Photo Courtesy of Westminster Police Department)Still image taken fro
  
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• What’s happening in Tustin: food fair, egg hunt, red carpet gala

  14-03-2018 22:32 via ocregister.com
  Help fill school libraries
  Are your kids all grown up, leaving behind shelves of children’s literature? Assistance League of Tustin is spearheading a book drive this month to support Tustin Unified elementary schools. Drop off new or gently used books in bins at  the Assistance League Thrift Shop, Tustin United School District office, Tustin Civic Center and various businesses throughout the city. Or, make a monetary donation at tustincommunityfoundation.org.books.
  Annual egg hun
  
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• Adoption Guild Patroness Spring Luncheon features fashion frends

  14-03-2018 22:32 via ocregister.com
  The 57th Annual Adoption Guild Patroness Spring Luncheon unfolded at Balboa Bay Resort, attracting 250 women for the fashion event that aimed to garner donations for its annual $100,000 donation to Holy Family Services.
  Featuring special guests Marie and Kelly Gray and seasonal prêt-à-porter from Grayse Fashion Island, the fashion runway show produced by Couture Productions entertained the women whose intent was nonetheless serious: to support the work of Holy Family
  
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• Police log for Laguna Hills, week of March 7-13

  14-03-2018 22:23 via ocregister.com
  MARCH 13
  Citizen assist: 9:52 a.m. 25500 block of Alicia Parkway
  Burglary report: 7:15 a.m. 22200 block of Caminito Zaragoza
  Disturbance – music or party: 6:37 a.m. 25200 block of Stockport Street
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 4:52 a.m. 25700 block of Via Lomas
  MARCH 12
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 6:45 p.m. Alicia Parkway and Wilkes Place
  Citizen assist: 6:13 p.m. 24000 block of El Toro Road
  Found property: 6:11 p.m. 23900 block of El Toro Road
  Petty theft report: 4:45 p.m. 24100 b
  
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• Gardening: A trip to mountains may have you pining to plant pine trees

  14-03-2018 22:22 via ocregister.com
  If you notice something emerging from your garden soil that resembles an exotic spider or the green tentacles of a misplaced sea creature, do not be alarmed. You are merely witnessing the germination of a volunteer pine tree seedling.
  It probably got there thanks to a bird or a squirrel that swallowed and excreted the seed. Many seeds will benefit from passing through an animal’s gut since acids secreted in the digestive process perforate the seed coat, allowing the primary root and first
  
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• Emails: Carson and wife selected $31K dining set

  14-03-2018 22:11
  SEPTEMBER 09: Candy Carson and Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speak during a campaign rally at the Anaheim Convention Center September 9, 2015 in Anaheim, California. Carson's poll numbers have surged nationally and in the early voting state of Iowa following his performance in the first Republican debate on August 6 to the point where he now trails only frontrunner Donald Trump.
  
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• Science fair is serious fun at McPherson school

  14-03-2018 20:23 via ocregister.com
  Slime, skittles and science were – surprisingly – combined at the McPherson Magnet School Science Fair.
  The campus, which emphasizes science and math, required its students of all ages to participate in an annual science fair. The students are encouraged to choose a topic of personal interest for their science fair project hypothesis, and for many in kindergarten through fifth grade, slime, gummy worms or M&Ms were the topic of choice.
  The younger students use the same process as
  
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• Tustin students tackle climate change questions

  14-03-2018 20:17 via ocregister.com
  Columbus Tustin Middle School students spent the first part of their school year studying climate change.
  So they knew a bit about what they were saying when they hosted a climate change summit March 8 on campus.
  More than 200 students in grades six, seven and eight, presented projects during the event organized by the school’s magnet science program.
  “Our students began the school year studying climate and weather.  Their capstone projects addressed current natural disasters ar
  
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• Students who walked out at this LA school made their voices heard without saying a word. Here’s how

  14-03-2018 20:14 via ocregister.com
  Like other Southern California schools, Granada Hills Charter School students walked out of classrooms and went to the school’s football field a few minutes after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14.
  However, instead of holding posters or giving speeches, the students came together, lied down and used their bodies to spell out the word “Enough.”17 gongs for every life lost in #Parkland and Granada Hills Charter High School students and teachers spell ENOUGH for #NationalWalkout
  
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• Irvine-based Juice It Up sold to private venture SJB Brands; new CEO tapped

  14-03-2018 19:59 via ocregister.com
  One of the early innovators in the juicing movement has changed hands, and its longtime chief executive is stepping aside.
  Juice It Up, born in Brea in 1995 and based in Irvine, has been acquired by a new venture called SJB Brands, according to a company news release. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  Juice It Up, born in Brea in 1995 and based in Irvine, has been acquired by a new venture called SJB Brands, according to a company news release. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  
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• The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. fuels a conspiracy in Steve Berry’s ‘The Bishop’s Pawn’

  14-03-2018 19:58 via ocregister.com
  Steve Berry knew the most famous lines of the speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave on April 3, 1968 – the night before his assassination in Memphis – but when he heard the whole thing he was struck by how prophetic the language was.
  “It sounds exactly like a man who knows he’s about to die,” says Berry of what’s come to be known as King’s “Mountaintop” speech. “It’s given on the night before he dies, and it’s all abou
  
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• MTV, Nickelodeon and other Viacom networks went dark during National School Walkout Day

  14-03-2018 19:50 via ocregister.com
  In an effort to support the National Walkout Day demonstrations on March 14 across the country, Viacom announced that it would be “going dark” for 17 minutes during the walkouts. The 17 minutes corresponded to the 17 lives lost during the Parkland, Fla. shooting on Feb. 14. The networks included BET, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV.Viacom is standing with all students as they participate in the #NationalSchoolWalkout against Gun Violence. From 10:00-10:17am, our networks will be
  
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• Suspected gang member on trial for 2011 shooting death of 16 year-old in Santa Ana

  14-03-2018 19:43 via ocregister.com
  A suspected gang member listed for years among Orange County’s “most wanted” fugitives before being captured in Mexico went on trial Wednesday in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy.
  In 2011, Jesus Canales, who was then 18, and another man were looking for trouble in a rival gang’s territory in Santa Ana when Canales shot Alberto David Miller in the 300 block of East Washington Avenue, Deputy District Attorney Mena Guirguis said during opening statements.
  “It to
  
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• Watch as CSUF fans send Titans to NCAA tournament

  14-03-2018 19:20 via ocregister.com
  Cal State Fullerton fans and dignitaries sent off the Big West men’s basketball champions as they boarded buses en route to the NCAA tournament.
  The No. 15 Titans (20-11) face No. 2 Purdue (28-6) at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit for the first round Friday at 9:40 a.m. local time. The game will be aired on TruTV.
  “The whole city is going to be watching,” Fullerton Mayor Doug Chaffee said. “It’s Tusks Up for sure!”
  
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• Best Thing I Ate: The most famous salad in California

  14-03-2018 19:05 via ocregister.com
  The first thought that races through my mind when the salad arrives is, “There’s no way I am going to eat this entire thing.”
  The legendary chopped salad at Pizzeria Mozza is huge.
  I glance around the dining room and notice a threesome at a nearby table. They’re sharing the same dish. I turn back to my own plate and contemplate the salad’s height. It is easily five inches tall, and I’ve got no one to share it with today. To make matters worse, I’ve alrea
  
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• Kings fall in frustrating shootout in Arizona

  14-03-2018 18:44 via ocregister.com
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Adin Hill found out via text message on his way to Gila River Arena that he was starting in net Tuesday night. Hours later, he finished his day on a high note.
  Alex Goligoski scored the decisive goal in the fifth round of a shootout and Hill ended the game with a save on high-scoring center Tyler Toffoli, earning his first NHL win for the Arizona Coyotes in their 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
  “It’s exhilarating. It’s a dream you have every
  
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• Surprise! Orange County homes selling 2 days slower vs. ’17

  14-03-2018 17:37 via ocregister.com
  Orange County homes for sale are taking two extra days to go from listing to escrow, a new report shows.
  ReportsOnHousing tracks homebuying patterns found in real estate broker networks: supply (active listings); demand (new escrows in past 30 days); and “market time” (a measure of selling speed of days it takes a typical listing to enter escrow).
  As of March 8, market time was 55 days vs. 53 a year earlier and an average 56 days in 2013-2017.
  Selling speed slowed because supply &mda
  
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• When is rain returning to Southern California?

  14-03-2018 17:12 via ocregister.com
  This NWS map shows rainfall totals through 5 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Click for a larger image)
  LOS ANGELES — One storm drifted out of the Southland today, but another one is moving in.
  Rain from the first of the week’s expected three storms moved out of the region by sunrise and rain from the second system was forecast to start in western L.A county late this afternoon or early tonight, according to the National Weather Service.
  But no major issues are expected in connection
  
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• The Force is strong in LA today as ‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas’ dream museum breaks ground

  14-03-2018 17:11 via ocregister.com
  Ground is being broken for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park this morning. Construction is scheduled to be completed in late 2021, with no date yet set for when the museum will open to the public.
  “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson have privately funded the project with a gift of over $1 billion. That will cover the non-profit institution’s building costs, the value of Lucas’ vast art collection which it will display and an ope
  
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• Ducks’ Josh Manson might never be satisfied, which is key to his success

  14-03-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — The finished product appears nightly at Honda Center in the form of a 6-foot-3, 215-pound defenseman for the Ducks who is equal parts effective passer and tough-as-nails battler in front of his net, with a dash of offensive know-how and a hint of mean thrown in.
  To describe him as such would fit the ideal of what a hockey coach wants in a player at that position. If only Josh Manson saw him himself as that – a finished product. That might never happen.
  “I would say, I
  
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• Who would live within a few feet of freight trains speeding along railroad tracks? Transients and homeless people

  14-03-2018 16:30 via ocregister.com
  It’s a cycle of frustration: Residents and merchants in Anaheim call Union Pacific Railroad and local police about the tents of homeless people — and growing piles of trash — cropping up between Euclid and Brookhurst streets within a few feet of the train tracks.
  Police come out periodically to assist a lone Union Pacific safety officer to clear out the area. Then, within a week or so, the tents are back again.
  More than just a problem in Anaheim, homeless encampments
  
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• The ‘Saved by the Bell’-inspired pop-up diner is adding a weekend brunch, and tickets go on sale Friday

  14-03-2018 16:29 via ocregister.com
  Hey, Preppies!
  We’re less than two months away from the opening of Saved by the Max, the “Saved by the Bell”-themed diner popping up in West Hollywood from May 1 through Dec. 30.
  If you haven’t had luck reserving a spot for dinner, here’s some good news: Organizers are adding a Saturday and Sunday brunch service, and $40 tickets become available at noon Friday, March 16.
  As with dinner tickets, the price includes both admission and meal. (Unlike The Max on the
  
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• Students across US stage school walkouts to protest gun violence

  14-03-2018 16:18 via ocregister.com
  Hundreds of students walk out of Midwood High School as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. It is the nation’s biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
  By COLLIN BINKLEYAssociated Press
  Young people in the U.S. walked out of school to demand action on
  
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• Survivor of Covina Christmas massacre to join protesting students in Pasadena

  14-03-2018 15:24 via ocregister.com
  Katrina Yuzefpolsky was 8 when a man dressed as Santa Claus shot her in the face and killed nine of her family members with guns and a homemade flamethrower at a Christmas Eve party in Covina.
  More than nine years later, Katrina is 17 and joining a growing number of teenagers who have survived gun violence and are demanding change to weapons laws. She and students across California and the U.S. are walking out of their schools for 17 minutes on Wednesday — each minute representing a victim
  
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• PA race tighter-than-tight; Democrat claims win, GOP hangs in

  14-03-2018 15:12 via ocregister.com
  Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, center, celebrates with his supporters at his election night party in Canonsburg, Pa., early Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
  By BILL BARROW, MARC LEVY and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press
  MT. LEBANON, Pa. — A razor’s edge separated Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone early Wednesday in their closely watched special election in Penns
  
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• Most Orange County city finances bleed red ink

  14-03-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  Kudos to the Orange County cities of Cypress, Tustin, Irvine and Laguna Beach for enjoying the most sound balance sheets among Orange County’s 34 cities.
  But cautions go out to Costa Mesa, Brea, Newport Beach and Anaheim for scoring the worst, and possibly entering a fiscal danger zone.
  My rankings are based on what’s called a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. There is no central repository for these. But you should be able to read these CAFRs, as they’re called, on the fi
  
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• Jim Gaffigan, Steve Martin and Brett Eldredge among acts announced for Pacific Amphitheatre and The Hangar during OC Fair

  14-03-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  It’s not even spring yet and the folks booking Pacific Amphitheatre and The Hangar, located within the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, are hard at work mapping out the musical line-up for both venues during the annual summer OC Fair that kicks off July 13 and runs through Aug. 12.
  So far, Pacific Amphitheatre has announced 13 regular season shows and three pre-OC Fair kick-off gigs for its 2018 Summer Concert Series and The Hangar has announced 10 shows featuring a couple of rock
  
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• Auto-theft suspect crashes into Anaheim bank

  14-03-2018 13:55 via ocregister.com
  An auto-theft suspect crashed into this Chase bank branch late Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at 555 N. Euclid St. in Anaheim after a short pursuit. Before that, he crashed into parked vehicles at Lincoln Avenue and Loara Street. (Google Street View)
  ANAHEIM — An auto-theft suspect was injured when he crashed a stolen vehicle into a Chase bank at the end of a short pursuit in Anaheim, police said today.
  Police received a call at 11:37 p.m. Tuesday about a vehicle being driven around a parking lo
  
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• Star Trek: Discovery Beams Into WonderCon On Saturday, Mar. 24Star Trek: Discovery

  14-03-2018 13:32
  Visionaries from the CBS All Access series are set to convene for what is sure to be a fascinating panel discussion. Set a course for Anaheim, California, because Star Trek: Discovery is about to beam into WonderCon ! On Saturday, Mar. 24 at 3 PM PT, in Room North 200A, fans will have the chance to attend a one-hour Star Trek: Discovery panel discussion titled "The Making of Star Trek: Discovery ," where executive producers and visionaries from the series will share details on bringing the famed
  
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• New Cal State Fullerton president meets Titans on their turf

  14-03-2018 10:41 via ocregister.com
  Fram Virjee sits in his office at Cal State Fullerton. He sits under a wall of Rwanda- and elephant-themed artwork. With his wife, Julie, he founded Yambi Rwanda, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of Rwandans by meeting basic human needs. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register/SCNG)A baseball jersey with his favorite number and a volleyball jersey with his wife’s await hanging in the office of Fram Virjee. (Photo by Kevin SullivanOrange County Register/SCNG)The new pres
  
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• Fear over MS-13 gang is overreaction, says Cal State Fullerton researcher

  14-03-2018 10:35 via ocregister.com
  To most people, it’s a scary prospect: gang leaders in El Salvador sending recruits into the United States to spread violence.
  In his State of the Union in January, President Donald Trump called out the gang – known as MS-13 – for importing violence into the country and introduced the parents of two teen girls killed by MS-13 members on New York’s Long Island in 2016.
  Suspected members of the MS-13 gang are escorted to their arraignment in Mineola, N.Y., on Jan. 11. The g
  
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• Cal State Fullerton Women’s Leadership Program gets its first grant

  14-03-2018 10:33 via ocregister.com
  CSUF’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics received $50,000 from Mercury Insurance for the Women’s Leadership Program, which provides curriculum and training to prepare female students to advance to leadership positions after graduation.
  The gift is the first for the program, launched in 2015. Students are selected based on academic success, extra-curricular activities, community service, leadership experience and strong leadership interest.
  “Women represent half the work
  
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• Huntington Beach, Downey men accused of preparing phony engineering documents

  14-03-2018 10:16 via ocregister.com
  Two men accused of preparing phony engineering documents and falsely using the name and logo of a legitimate Rolling Hills Estates-based company were arrested Tuesday after being charged with 487 felony counts of identity theft, grand theft and forgery.
  Ruben Gutierrez, 44, of Huntington Beach and Wilfrido Rodriguez, 46, of Downey were arrested at their homes, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
  They were charged by the District Attorney’s Office on Feb. 27 and
  
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• Police converge on Anaheim home after 'swatting' call reports phony shooting

  14-03-2018 08:56
  A "swatting" call claiming a man had been shot and that the gunman was nearby sent police scrambling to an Anaheim Hills home Saturday night, March 10. Around 11:30 p.m. emergency dispatchers received a phone call from a frantic woman who reported her son had shot her husband at their home in the 500 block of South Paseo De Luna, Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said Tuesday.
  
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• Suspect injured in Long Beach police shooting, no officers hurt

  14-03-2018 07:59 via ocregister.com
  LONG BEACH — A suspect was shot and wounded in an officer-involved shooting Tuesday night in Long Beach.
  The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. in the area of Chestnut Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway.
  The wounded suspect was taken to a hospital, according to the Long Beach Police Department. The suspect’s condition was not immediately reported.
  No officers were injured, police said.
  The circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately disclosed. Investigators were on scene
  
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• USC holds on for double-overtime win over UNC Asheville in NIT opener

  14-03-2018 06:45 via ocregister.com
  North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs guard Ahmad Thomas guards USC Trojans guard Shaqquan Aaron in the first half. USC played No. 8 UNC Asheville in the NIT Tournament first round. Los Angeles, CA 3/13/2018 Photo by John McCoyUSC Trojans guard Jordan McLaughlin gets past North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs forward Jonathan Baehre in the first half. USC played No. 8 UNC Asheville in the NIT Tournament first round. Los Angeles, CA 3/13/2018 Photo by John McCoyUSC Trojans guard Jonah Mathews is fouled b
  
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• USC holds on for double-overtime win over UNC Asheville

  14-03-2018 06:45 via ocregister.com
  North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs guard Ahmad Thomas guards USC Trojans guard Shaqquan Aaron in the first half. USC played No. 8 UNC Asheville in the NIT Tournament first round. Los Angeles, CA 3/13/2018 Photo by John McCoyUSC Trojans guard Jordan McLaughlin gets past North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs forward Jonathan Baehre in the first half. USC played No. 8 UNC Asheville in the NIT Tournament first round. Los Angeles, CA 3/13/2018 Photo by John McCoyUSC Trojans guard Jonah Mathews is fouled b
  
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• Lakers silence Jamal Murray, Nuggets with comeback win

  14-03-2018 06:38 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Lakers forward Travis Wear, front, loses the ball as he is fouled by Denver Nuggets guard Devin Harris during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball (2) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 9, 2018, in Denver. The Nuggets won 125-116.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Los Angeles Lakers center Ivica Zubac (40) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 9,
  
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• Police converge on Anaheim home after ‘swatting’ call reports phony shooting

  14-03-2018 06:36 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — A “swatting” call claiming a man had been shot and that the gunman was nearby sent police scrambling to an Anaheim Hills home Saturday night, March 10.
  Around 11:30 p.m. emergency dispatchers received a phone call from a frantic woman who reported her son had shot her husband at their home in the 500 block of South Paseo De Luna,  Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said Tuesday.
  “She said the father is in the house and the son is in the backyard,” s
  
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• Garden Grove prisoner charged with attempted murder of cellmate

  14-03-2018 06:24 via ocregister.com
  A prisoner at the Garden Grove jail has been charged with attempted murder after police said he attacked his cellmate for no apparent reason, leaving the victim in a coma, officials said Tuesday.
  The suspect, Nikolas Robert Poole, 29, was arrested on suspicion of trespassing on Saturday, March 10 and was placed in the same holding cell as Oscar Granados, arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public, said Lt. Carl Whitney of the Garden Grove Police Department. Minutes after Poole was placed in
  
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• Salazar plays through pain, helps St. John Bosco defeat Rancho Christian in regional semifinals

  14-03-2018 06:22 via ocregister.com
  BELLFLOWER – St. John Bosco wasn’t sure it would have its big man for Tuesday night’s CIF Southern California Regional semifinal, then there was no certainty he’d be able to go very deep into the showdown with Rancho Christian.
  It turned out there was no need for concern.
  Jonathan Salazar scored 19 points and outbattled the visitors’ bigger men in the middle, grabbing a game-best 11 rebounds, and the Braves moved within one game of the CIF State Division I title gam
  
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• Sizzling start helps Sunny Hills girls reach SoCal Regionals final (video)

  14-03-2018 06:10 via ocregister.com
  FULLERTON – Sunny Hills girls basketball coach Jae Byun gathered his players after their game in the CIF Southern California Regionals on Tuesday night and reminded them of the Lancers’ rallying call.
  “Hey, you know our motto,” he said. “One more, OK. One more. One more. Let’s go.”
  Sunny Hills celebrates their 61-45 victory over Legacy of South Gate in the semifinals of their girls basketball CIF Southern California Division III Regionals at Sunny Hills
  
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• Using his own quotes, Twitter gives a final tribute to Stephen Hawking

  14-03-2018 06:03 via ocregister.com
  Late Tuesday night, famed scientist Stephen Hawking died at age 76.
  Hawking, also the author international bestseller “A Brief History of Time,” was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at age 21. His life, struggles and fame were recently documented in the Academy Award winning film “The Theory of Everything.”
  Hawking’s death sent shockwaves through social media, prompting celebrities, scientists and more to write tributes to the late theoreti
  
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• Whicker: No more minutes for Aaron Holiday, or chances for UCLA

  14-03-2018 06:00 via ocregister.com
  UCLA’s Aaron Holiday (3) shoots against St. Bonaventure’s Matt Mobley (2) during the first half of a First Four game of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)DAYTON, OH – MARCH 13: Kris Wilkes #13 of the UCLA Bruins is defended by Amadi Ikpeze #32 of the St. Bonaventure Bonnies during the second half of the First Four game in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 13,
  
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• Fantasy Baseball: Older players are being undervalued on draft day

  14-03-2018 05:53 via ocregister.com
  Moneyball wasn’t just the 2011 Brad Pitt movie about loving on-base percentage and hating scouts.
  The film was based on the Michael Lewis book of the same title in which the small-market Oakland Athletics were forced to find players undervalued by general managers still viewing the game through an 20th century lens.
  It just so happened that at the time, it was OBP and slugging percentage and how much they were behind winning baseball games that front offices hadn’t recognized.
  Now th
  
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