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• McKinzie out of Santa Anita Derby with leg injury

  31-03-2018 23:30 via ocregister.com
  That much-anticipated rematch between Bolt d’Oro and McKinzie in next Saturday’s $1 million Santa Anita Derby is now just a pipe dream.
  Trainer Bob Baffert, who was in Dubai on Saturday to saddle West Coast and Mubtaahij in the $10 million Dubai World Cup, told The Blood-Horse that McKinzie has a problem in one of his hind legs that popped up a couple of days ago and he’s definitely out of the Santa Anita Derby, a race that has produced 17 Kentucky Derby winners.
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• On Cesar Chavez Day, we look at farmworkers’ new challenges

  31-03-2018 23:29 via ocregister.com
  Saturday, March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day (his birthday) in California.
  In 1962, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta joined the organizing efforts of the Filipino farmworkers and founded the National Farm Workers Association (later to become the United Farm Workers, or UFW) in California. Their worker-led movement drew national attention to farmworkers’ struggles and laid the groundwork for other farmworker unions and organizations. Chavez died in 1993 at age 66.
  Farmworkers have come a long
  
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• Gerakos ‘really enjoying’ his unexpected first season as University’s baseball coach

  31-03-2018 22:57 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE – University High’s first-year baseball coach Mike Gerakos, once the head coach at nearby UC Irvine, never dreamed that one day he would lead a varsity high school program.
  But he’s pleased with his decision.
  “I’m really enjoying it,” Gerakos said. “When I made the decision there were two deciding factors. Number one it was the kids we had returning, the 13 seniors. I liked them as people, I liked them as players. And I felt like I had something t
  
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• Angels place Ian Kinsler on DL, recall Nolan Fontana

  31-03-2018 22:12 via ocregister.com
  OAKLAND — Turns out Ian Kinsler is going to need a little longer to get past the groin tightness that sidelined him earlier this week.
  The Angels placed Kinsler on the disabled list Saturday morning, a day after he came back and played most of a game. Kinsler left Friday’s game in the ninth inning, after going hard into second to break up a potential double play.
  “We tried it, giving it a little bit of rest, and it felt great going into yesterday’s game, but it got a litt
  
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• Hoffarth: Matt Vasgersian ready for prime-time player status in new ESPN booth

  31-03-2018 21:59 via ocregister.com
  ESPN figured at least one vital piece of intel about its new “Sunday Night Baseball” team with Matt Vasgersian, Alex Rodriguez and Jessica Mendoza, based on their Opening Day performance at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.
  If Jennifer Lopez can arrange an ad-lib cameo between innings in the booth and allow it to be taped-to-air, there’s the potential to SpaceX this thing into new corners of the social media galaxy never before dreamed when original broadcasters John Miller and Joe M
  
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• Motorcyclist killed after falling 50 feet down side of Ortega Highway

  31-03-2018 21:49 via ocregister.com
  LAKE ELSINORE – A motorcyclist tumbled 50 feet down the side of the winding Ortega Highway and was killed in a single-vehicle accident in the Santa Ana Mountains on Saturday, March 31.
  The crash occurred at 10:47 a.m. in the 34000 block of Ortega Highway, also known as State Route 74, about five miles southwest of Lake Elsinore, said Tawny Cabral of the Riverside County Fire Department.
  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.
  No other details about the crash were immediately
  
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• Know It All

  31-03-2018 21:31
  Walt Disney got the idea for Disneyland when kids started asking where Mickey Mouse and Snow White lived. He envisioned a place where "parents and children could have fun together."
  
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• The United States should support Saudi attempts at reform

  31-03-2018 20:19 via ocregister.com
  Clumsy, forced, and uneasy though it may be, the new wave of reform in Saudi Arabia matters a great deal to the Mideast and the United States. And if it doesn’t work, both will be far worse off. That’s why it deserves American support, warts and all.
  To understand why, some quick recent history is in order. Saudi Arabia hasn’t been one of America’s best allies. With reason, some critics have been apt to rank it, along with the likes of Pakistan, as among America’s w
  
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• Giada De Laurentis shares her recipe for sole with lemon and oregano

  31-03-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  Giada De Laurentiis’ new cookbook, “Giada’s Italy” (Clarkson Potter, $35) tells the story of the author’s month spent in Rome, Italy, with her daughter and mother. De Laurentiis, Food Network TV star and author of eight bestselling cookbooks, told me that this book is probably her most personal yet.
  “The book tells a story,” she told me in a telephone interview from her home in Los Angeles. “It’s almost like a reality show in that the photogr
  
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• Spring skiing offers great weather and lower prices – here are some tips to hit the slopes

  31-03-2018 19:51 via ocregister.com
  The tiny flurries of snow falling from the sky tickled my nose and cheeks as I sat on the ski lift, making my way up the mountain.
  I opened my mouth and let a few snowflakes land on my tongue. I didn’t realize how parched I was, how starved for snow I felt this season.
  Snowboarder Jimmy Goodman takes a powder run after a recent storm rolled through Msmmoth. (Photo by Andrew Miller, Mammoth Mountain)Icicles form after a storm hit Mammoth last March. (Photo by Laylan Connelly, Orange County
  
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• California gun raffle ban won’t keep the public safe

  31-03-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  Over the past month, California legislators have introduced a slew of gun control legislation, some more credible than others.
  Among the latest pieces of legislation is a proposal by Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, to prohibit organizations from including firearms as raffle prizes.
  The proposal, introduced March 20 after gutting and amending AB3199, which previously dealt with California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids, won’t save a single life, but it will harm groups th
  
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• Virtual reality gaming industry projected to be so big it seems unreal

  31-03-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  Steven Spielberg’s film ‘Ready Player One’ is in theaters, so we take a look at the evolution of video games
  The new reality
  “Ready Player One” is based on Ernest Cline’s 2011 science fiction novel where people play a worldwide virtual reality game. Here are the projections for virtual reality revenue from market analysts at Digi-Capital.Note: The virtual reality sales projection for 2020 would be more than the total revenue for all video game consumer content
  
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• Santa Ana Prepares to Sue Orange County Over Homelessness

  31-03-2018 16:57
  The rift among Orange County communities and their local governments over response to the homeless crisis has led to preparations for another lawsuit, this one contemplated by the city of Santa Ana against the County of Orange. The vote by the Santa Ana City Council on Friday to explore "legal options" came as the action hour neared for the homeless encampments in the plaza of the Santa Ana Civic Center.
  
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• Woman stabbed to death in San Juan Capistrano, man wounded

  31-03-2018 16:53 via ocregister.com
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A woman was stabbed to death and a man was wounded late Friday, March 30, authorities said.
  Deputies responded to a call around 10:25 p.m. about two people stabbed in the vicinity of Ortega Highway and La Novia Avenue, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.
  The woman died at the hospital, authorities reported. The man was expected to survive.
  Deputies responded to a call around 10:25 p.m. about two people stabbed in the vicinity of Ortega Highway and La No
  
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• San Juan Capistrano man accused of stabbing his mother to death, critically injuring his father

  31-03-2018 16:53 via ocregister.com
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A family fight turned fatal when a man stabbed his mother to death and critically injured his father late Friday night, March 30, authorities said.
  Yihong Peng, 30, of San Juan Capistrano
  The incident began outside a home near La Novia Avenue and Ortega Highway. At about 10:30 p.m., neighbors reported seeing a man on the street with a knife.
  Deputies arriving within one minute located two victims, both with stab wounds, according to Orange County Sheriff’s spoke
  
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• Sellers must compete with reality TV expectations

  31-03-2018 16:45 via ocregister.com
  If you’ve updated your kitchen cabinets, counters, lighting, and appliances, but your bathrooms still have small, square tile or Formica counters, the original cabinets, and brass fixtures, do you only get half credit when it comes to the resale value of your home?
  If the upgrades you made include painting instead of replacing your original cabinets with new fashionably desirable cabinets, do you get half credit for that?
  If you’ve freshly painted the walls of your home in a tasteful
  
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• John Chiang joins race to California insolvency with CalSavers

  31-03-2018 16:30 via ocregister.com
  Before California and other states start new programs, wouldn’t it be wise if they first got their own financial houses in order? A case in point is the new California program originally called Secure Choice, even though it was neither secure nor a choice, but now is called CalSavers. It’s a state program to get low- and middle-income Californians to invest in a state-run defined contribution pension plan.
  Similar programs have been enacted in the states of Illinois, New Jersey, Mary
  
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• HOA Homefront: When it comes to playgrounds – exercise or peril?

  31-03-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  A Las Vegas homeowners association in February was hit with a $20 million jury award five years after a teenager was injured when a heavy swingset crossbar fell and hit him on the head.
  The news has generated a lot of discussions nationally among HOAs, and this column addresses the case and briefly discusses playground safety and general avoidance of hazards.
  The lawsuit involved the Lamplight Village Homeowners Association. The plaintiff was Carl Thompson, a 15-year-old boy who in 2013 sat on a
  
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• California education should be better than last

  31-03-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  I love living in California. Much of the rest of the U.S. envies our lifestyle and weather — especially after the recent nor’easters that have piled snow on the East Coast. Yet, while much about California is terrific, our education system for our children is wanting and needs to be fixed.
  Thankfully not all of the education news is bad. In fact, California has established college-ready standards and high-quality and aligned assessments. In addition, our state has adopted rigorous ac
  
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• Kim Jong-un keeps a pep talk in China: Political Cartoons

  31-03-2018 15:30 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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• California needs action on flood insurance reforms

  31-03-2018 15:30 via ocregister.com
  The record-breaking floodwaters that recently soaked Los Angeles County should serve as the latest warning that unless Congress reforms and renews the nation’s debt-ridden flood insurance program, more than 238,900 residents across California may be unable to rebuild after the next storm strikes.
  The National Flood Insurance Program, which provides flood coverage to more than 22,000 communities across the country, expired last fall and is billions of dollars in debt to U.S. taxpayers. Due
  
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• The Pizza Press Rolls out Philanthropic Initiative to Support Cancer for College

  31-03-2018 12:22
  ANAHEIM, Calif: The Pizza Press, a leading fast-casual, build-your-own pizza restaurant, is rolling out a fundraising initiative, Sodas for Causes, on April 1 that will run April 2018 through April 2019. The Pizza Press will donate a portion of the proceeds from every fountain drink sold to Cancer for College with a goal of raising USD 30,000.
  
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• National Classic baseball tournament starts Monday

  31-03-2018 08:30 via ocregister.com
  The National Classic baseball tournament, which began in 1990 as the first Orange County high school tournament of a national scope, starts Monday.
  This year’s edition includes two teams in the California state top 20. Valley Christian of San Jose and Servite are Nos. 2 and 14, respectively, in the state rankings compiled by CalHiSports.com.
  Also in the National Classic are El Dorado, Cypress and Mission Viejo, all of which are in the OC Varsity top 25.
  IMG Academy of Bradenton, Fla., 15-1
  
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• Top-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball pushed to limit by UC Irvine

  31-03-2018 08:00 via ocregister.com
  LONG BEACH — The great news for UC Irvine on Friday night was that the men’s volleyball team pushed top-ranked Long Beach State to a fifth set for the first time all season.
  The great news for the 49ers is that they composed themselves for that first fifth set at the Pyramid to take a thrilling 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 21-25, 15-9 victory to stay unbeaten (20-0) and knock off the fourth-ranked Anteaters (17-6).
  The better news for college volleyball fans is that the two Big West tea
  
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• Memorials spring up for 3 Las Vegas high school students killed in Huntington Beach crash

  31-03-2018 07:54 via ocregister.com
  A morning runner passes by bouquets of flowers as they fill the fence on the corner at the intersection of Magnolia Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach on Friday, March 30, 2018, where three Las Vegas residents were killed and a fourth person was badly injured early Thursday when the car they were riding in was hit from behind by a suspected drunken driver. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)People pass by a small memorial of candles, flowers, and notes as the
  
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• Martin Maldonado, Tyler Skaggs combine to lead Angels to victory

  31-03-2018 07:54 via ocregister.com
  The Los Angeles Angels celebrate after a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics during a baseball game Friday, March 30, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout hits a solo home run against the Oakland Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, March 30, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout (27) celebrates his solo home run with teammate Zack Cozart (7) during the first inning
  
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• The 18 Best Things to Eat at Disneyland

  31-03-2018 07:50
  Spending the day at Disneyland Resort doesn't mean eating just sad meals and overpriced snacks. The Anaheim, California destination takes food more seriously than most theme parks, hiding plenty of delightful meals and unsuspecting surprises across the original Disneyland and newer Disney California Adventure.
  
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• Lakers stage spirited comeback, but fall to Bucks in overtime

  31-03-2018 07:38 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 30: Julius Randle #30 of the Los Angeles Lakers dunks over Tyler Zeller #44 of the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half at Staples Center on March 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe (6) shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward Josh Hart (5) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 30: Giannis Antetokounmpo #3
  
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• Nurkic, Lillard lead Blazers over Clippers

  31-03-2018 07:16 via ocregister.com
  Portland Trail Blazers guard Shabazz Napier, right, is fouled by Los Angeles Clippers center Boban Marjanovic, left, as he scores during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., on Friday, March 30, 2018. The Blazers won 105-96. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)Los Angeles Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari , left, is fouled by Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, right, as he drives to the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., on Friday, March
  
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• Clippers lack intensity early and Blazers ride Jusuf Nurkic, Damian Lillard to win

  31-03-2018 07:16 via ocregister.com
  Portland Trail Blazers guard Shabazz Napier, right, is fouled by Los Angeles Clippers center Boban Marjanovic, left, as he scores during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., on Friday, March 30, 2018. The Blazers won 105-96. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)Los Angeles Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari , left, is fouled by Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, right, as he drives to the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., on Friday, March
  
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• Rickard Rakell’s overtime goal helps Ducks edge Kings, 2-1

  31-03-2018 07:13 via ocregister.com
  Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick deflects a shot away from the net by the Ducks Corey Perry (10) during the first period Friday night as the Kings Anze Kopitar (11) defends. The Anaheim Ducks hosts the Los Angeles Kings in a NHL Western Conference hockey game at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Friday night March 31, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick lays on the ice as he reaches for a loose puck in front of the net as the Ducks Ryan Kes
  
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• Swim: Top boys, girls times from Klaus Barth Invitational (updated)

  31-03-2018 07:10 via ocregister.com
  BOYS SWIMMING
  59th Klaus Barth Invitational
  Belmont Plaza outdoor pool
  Team results – 1. Long Beach Wilson 120, 2. Los Alamitos 116, 3. Cerritos 103
  200 medley relay (1:45.9) – 1. LBW 1:40.79, other: 4. LosAl 1:42.28
  200 free (1:46.9) – 1. Castro (Cer) 1:44.85, other: 4. Abe Marvel (LosAl) 1:46.64
  200 IM  (2:01.0) – 1. Moore (Buchanan) 1:59.73
  50 free (22.2) – 1. Toland (LosAl) 21.17, 2. Browning (LosAl) 21.71
  100 butterfly (54.1) – 1. Samaniego (LBW) 53.
  
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• Notre Dame beats UConn on last-second shot in overtime

  31-03-2018 07:06 via ocregister.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale etched her name in Notre Dame lore with the shot that lifted the Irish over rival UConn.
  Ogunbowale’s jumper from the corner with a second left gave Notre Dame a 91-89 overtime victory Friday night, handing the Huskies their second straight stunning and sudden end to an undefeated season in the national semifinals.
  She finished with 27 points and Jackie Young had a career-high 32 to lead the Irish back to the championship game for the first time
  
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• Deja view – Joe Panik homer again sends Dodgers to a 1-0 defeat

  31-03-2018 06:49 via ocregister.com
  The Dodgers Yasmani Grandal #9 reacts after taking a foul ball off of his foot during their game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Friday, Mar. 30, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Dodger left fielder Matt Kemp #27 makes a running catch on giants’ Brandon Belt #9 fly ball in the fifth inning during their game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Friday, Mar. 30, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Dodgers third baseman Log
  
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• Dodgers investigate claim fan was beaten by stadium security on Opening Day

  31-03-2018 06:45 via ocregister.com
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are investigating claims Friday that a fan was severely beaten by stadium security on Opening Day.
  Dodger security and Los Angeles Police Department officers were allegedly seen in a video captured by a witness holding someone down as they took him into custody at Dodger Stadium Thursday.
  Franco Rodriguez of Norco told ABC7 “there was about 10 of them completely all punching me in my face, throwing blows to the side of my stomach, kicking me.”
  Rodriguez had hi
  
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• Lakers’ Luke Walton, Bucks’ Joe Prunty share unique path to NBA coaching careers

  31-03-2018 06:23 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — Luke Walton has grown accustomed to bumping into his high school coach since they both reached the NBA. When the Lakers traded Walton to Cleveland in 2012, Joe Prunty worked as a Cavs assistant.
  Not until Friday, however, had the two men with ties to San Diego’s University High School been head coaches against each other in a game.
  “The fact that we were in the same high school together and he was coaching me,” Walton said, “that part, I’ve gotte
  
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• Ducks’ Rickard Rakell hopes return home sparks scoring hot streak

  31-03-2018 05:39 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM -– Scoring goals has become Rickard Rakell’s thing, and the Ducks winger has seen how it can be an elevator ride when it comes to that this season.
  Thirty has become a standard to shoot for as he has hit that mark twice, and he entered Friday’s game against the Kings with 31 goals and 34 assists this season. But Rakell has had white-hot streaks and cold spells that have both extended over several games.
  When he is in a down period, as was the case coming into Friday&rsq
  
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• Segerstrom baseball blanks league rival Santa Ana

  31-03-2018 05:38 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — The Segerstrom baseball team’s pitching and defense were on display Friday in a 7-0 win against Golden West League rival Santa Ana.
  Segerstrom (9-3, 3-2) held the Saints to just three hits and committed no errors. Long Beach State commit Basilio Pacheco started for the Jaguars and threw two scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Cesar Aguilar relieved Pacheco and threw four scoreless innings with only two baserunners.
  “He has electric stuff and pounds the strike zo
  
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• Los Alamitos swimmers shake up Klaus Barth Invitational with fast times

  31-03-2018 05:17 via ocregister.com
  LONG BEACH — Los Alamitos girls swimming coach Dave Carlson loves collegiate sports, so of course he infused his Griffins with a theme from March Madness.
  Before a meet last week, swimmers heard about University of Maryland Baltimore County’s upset in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and the importance of seizing an opportunity. Los Alamitos promptly upset defending Sunset League champion Fountain Valley.
  At the 59th Klaus Barth Invitational on Friday, Los Alamitos used tha
  
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• Dodgers’ Kike’ Hernandez should get most of playing time at second base with Justin Turner out

  31-03-2018 04:20 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — Chase Utley had history on his side Friday. But the numbers are likely to favor Kike’ Hernandez.
  With Justin Turner sidelined by a fractured wrist and Logan Forsythe filling in for him at third base, playing time at second base is available. Most of that playing time will go to Hernandez, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts acknowledged Friday.
  “During the time that JT’s out, I think two-thirds, three-fourths somewhere around there is fair,” Roberts said, est
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, March 31

  31-03-2018 03:30 via ocregister.com
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Saturday, March 31.
  BASEBALLRYAN LEMMON TOURNAMENTAt Ryan Lemmon Stadium, Windrow ParkAyala vs. Millikan, 8:30 a.m., Canyon vs. Valencia, 11:30 a.m.,Capistrano Valley vs. Valencia/Valencia, 2:20 p.m., Los Alamitos vs. Woodbridge, 5:30 p.m.At Windrow Park, Field 2Marina vs. Watsonville, 8:45 a.m., El Modena vs. Roosevelt, 11:45 a.m.,Laguna Beach vs. Trabuco Hills, 2:45 p.m., Brea Olinda vs. Centennial, 5:45 p.m.At Cypress Community ParkUniversity
  
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• Ray Davis, former Santa Ana police chief who pioneered community policing and opposed immigration sweeps, dies at 85

  31-03-2018 03:18 via ocregister.com
  Raymond C. Davis, who served as chief of the Santa Ana Police Department from 1973 to 1987, has died. He was 85.
  Davis was best known for implementing programs considered progressive at the time such as community-oriented policing, which was later adopted by scores of police departments. He also drew headlines and criticism for his outspoken opposition to immigration sweeps, which he said disrupted Santa Ana’s established Hispanic community.
  Davis past away at about 9 a.m. Thursday, M
  
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• Heisler: With his family in Lithuania, Lakers’ Lonzo Ball remains in the fast lane

  31-03-2018 03:15 via ocregister.com
  Now a story about Lonzo Ball about Lonzo, not his goofy dad or his bizarre shooting stroke.
  At long last he’s at the forefront of his own adventure with LaVar disappearing over the horizon.
  Taking the other sons to Lithuania really was perfect, at least for us. LaVar still says dumb things but gets visibility in Prienai, a village of 9,687 far from the bright lights of Vilnius, if not the Northern Lights of the Arctic Circle, with ESPN recalling its correspondent after LaVar blasted its pe
  
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• Kevin Smith Says Heart Attack Was 'Ironically' Best Thing for His...

  31-03-2018 03:09
  Looking good, Kev! Kevin Smith has been on an incredible health journey since suffering a massive heart attack in late February, and his dedication is paying off. The 47-year-old filmmaker revealed via Twitter on Friday that he's already lost nearly 30 pounds.
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday (3-30-18)

  31-03-2018 03:07 via ocregister.com
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Friday, March 30.
  BASEBALLClick here to see the scores & stats.
  SOFTBALLClick here to see the scores & stats.
   
  
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• City of Hope proposing $200 million cancer center in Irvine near Orange County Great Park

  31-03-2018 03:06 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE — City of Hope is planning to build a $200 million cancer center, which would anchor a future medical campus south of the Orange County Great Park in Irvine.
  The new outpatient center, equipped with “leading-edge technologies and dedicated oncology specialists,” would open on land donated by FivePoint, which is overseeing the development of about 10,000 homes around the Great Park, according to a press release announcing the plan. It would be City of Hope’s first O
  
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• Iconic Wild Rivers water park eyes return to Irvine in 2019

  31-03-2018 02:31 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE — Longtime Orange County residents may be reminiscing about the summers they spent with family and friends at Wild Rivers.
  There’s good news for them.
  The iconic water park – which closed in 2011 after a 25-year run to give way to the Los Olivos apartment complex – is on track to return to Irvine in time for the summer of 2019, Wild Rivers President Mike Riedel said.
  “We’re working nonstop,” he said by phone Friday, March 30. “It’s an
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic can finally call the Galaxy home

  31-03-2018 02:03 via ocregister.com
  Former Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic works out with his new Galaxy teammates during practice at StubHub Center in Carson on Friday, Mar 30, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)Former Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic works out with his new Galaxy teammates during practice at StubHub Center in Carson on Friday, Mar 30, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)Former Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic works out with his new Galaxy teamm
  
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• The secret to ‘Voice’ contestant Jamella’s battle win

  31-03-2018 01:06 via ocregister.com
  When Kelly Clarkson told her “simplicity is key,” Jamella took note.
  The 21-year-old Mission Viejo singer, one of several Southern California contestants on Season 14 of NBC’s “The Voice,” took that advice into battle Tuesday, March 20, against fellow Team Kelly member Teana Boston for their duet of the Shirelles’ “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” and she won. Jamella next heads into the knockout round, beginning Monday, April 2.
  I’m go
  
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• Freeway Faceoff Gameday: Ducks’ John Gibson is choice to deny Anze Kopitar, Kings

  31-03-2018 01:04 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — The Ducks have a clear-cut No. 1 goalie in John Gibson and they are riding him toward what they hope is a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs as they face the Kings in a critical Pacific Division contest on Friday night at Honda Center.
  The teams will be meeting for the 137th time during the regular season and this one is the most meaningful to both since the rivals clashed in the 2014 Western Conference semifinals. The Ducks (39-25-13) have a 65-45-26 mark against the Kings in all-
  
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