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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (4-3-18)

  03-04-2018 23:49 via ocregister.com
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Tuesday, April 3.
  BASEBALLRYAN LEMMON TOURNAMENTPacifica 4, Irvine 0Pac: Howard (W 4IP 2H), Foreman 3-4 2B, Santoyo 1-4 2B 2RBI, Miranda 1-4 2RBI
  El Modena 5, Laguna Beach 2EM: Wood 2-3 2RBI, Hansen 2-3 2B, Zamora (W 7IP 4H 2R 1ER 2BB 4K). LB: Morgan 2-3 R.
  Brea Olinda 1, Centennial 0
  BORAS CLASSICOrange Lutheran 9, El Toro 1OL: Winn 2-run HR (W 5IP 2H 1R 0ER 1BB K7), Heidal 2B 2RBI, Adolphus 2B 2RBI
  NATIONAL CLASSICEl Dorado 6, King 4El Dor:
  
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• Angels place Matt Shoemaker on the disabled list

  03-04-2018 23:48 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — The Angels have placed Matt Shoemaker on the disabled list with a strained right forearm, the second of their starters go down with an injury in the past three weeks.
  There was no immediate word on the nature or severity of Shoemaker’s injury.
  Andrew Heaney, who is going to pitch in a minor league game on Friday, is also out with elbow inflammation.
  The Angels recalled Parker Bridwell to take Shoemaker’s spot on the roster. Shoemaker did not yet have his next start sc
  
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• Police log for Laguna Hills, week of March 28-April 3

  03-04-2018 23:41 via ocregister.com
  APRIL 3
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 9:47 a.m. Alicia Parkway and Community Center Drive
  Burglary alarm – audible: 7:12 a.m. 25400 block of Cabot Road
  APRIL 2
  Stolen vehicle: 9:19 p.m. 25900 block of Sheriff Road
  Petty theft report: 6:40 p.m. 22500 block of Caminito Grande
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 6:33 p.m. Via Lomas and Moulton Parkway
  Burglary report: 6:19 p.m. 24500 block of La Ceienga St
  Pedestrian check: 4:37 p.m. La Paz Road and McIntyre St
  Citizen assist: 4:01 p.m. 24000
  
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• Police log for Lake Forest, week of March 28-April 3

  03-04-2018 23:34 via ocregister.com
  APRIL 3
  Patrol check: 8:59 a.m. Portola Parkway and Market Place
  Assist outside agency: 8:44 a.m. 23000 block of Lake Center Drive
  Stolen vehicle located: 8:36 a.m. 24800 block of Branch Avenue
  Burglary report: 7:55 a.m. Pinnacle and Mesa Verde
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 6:15 a.m. 26500 block of Normandale Drive
  APRIL 2
  Suspicious person in a vehicle: 11:01 p.m. 26000 block of Serrano Court
  Drunk in public: 10:27 p.m. 23200 block of Orange Avenue
  Trespassing: 10:09 p.m. Portola Parkway and
  
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• Football recruiting: Orange Lutheran’s Ryan Hilinski names top seven schools

  03-04-2018 23:21 via ocregister.com
  Orange Lutheran junior quarterback Ryan Hilinski has named his top seven schools as he begins to narrow his highly-followed recruiting process.
  His top seven finalists are Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Georgia and Mississippi.Big Ty! Happy Easter brotha. First Easter without you feels kinda weird. Thanks for helping me through this process…. you mean the world to me! With that said, here is my TOP 7! pic.twitter.com/Z6McbcPxt7
  — Big Bo (@ryan_hi
  
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• Coachella 2018: What to eat and drink at the festival, including Shake Shack and a kombucha bar

  03-04-2018 23:19 via ocregister.com
  From Top Chefs to ice cream, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has made the food just as much of the experience as the music.
  While we really, really hope someone does something lemonade-themed in honor of Beyoncé’s headlining set, there’s plenty of things to eat and drink while you aren’t watching music at the Empire Polo Club April 13-15 and April 20-22.
  Here’s a look at some of the new features and some of the returning favorites:
  Indio Central Market
  
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• Police log for Mission Viejo, week of March 28-April 3

  03-04-2018 23:17 via ocregister.com
  APRIL 3
  Patrol check: 4:04 a.m. 25500 block of Chrisanta Drive
  Assist outside agency: 12:05 a.m. 26800 block of Poveda
  Patrol check: 12:04 a.m. Avery Parkway and Marguerite Parkway
  APRIL 2
  Disturbance – music or party: 10:26 p.m. 25100 block of Charlinda Drive
  Drunken driving: 7:47 p.m. Crown Valley Parkway and I-5
  Citizen assist: 4:29 p.m. 200 block of Civic Center
  Petty theft report: 3:35 p.m. 0 block of Paloma Drive
  Suspicious person in a vehicle: 2 p.m. Via Medano and Via Madrugada
  Pet
  
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• L.A. Now Casting: Play Edward in an Anaheim Production of 'Big Fish'

  03-04-2018 22:29
  Based on the Daniel Wallace novel and Tim Burton film of the same name, "Big Fish "is a fantastical musical that illustrates the larger-than-life anecdotes of Edward Bloom, a man nearing the end of his life, a fact that has compelled his son Will to embark on an adventure of his own. A male actor, aged 3559, is currently sought to play the lead role of Edward.
  
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• Man accused of beating roommate’s cat to death in Azusa

  03-04-2018 21:32 via ocregister.com
  An Azusa man was arrested Monday for allegedly beating his roommate’s cat to death because he didn’t like the tabby meowing early that morning.
  The roommate later went to Azusa police and reported that the man killed her cat. The fatal beating happened in the 400 block of Oak Court.
  Sgt. Jorge Sandoval said the suspect had been disturbed by the cat meowing early Monday morning and asked the owner to bring it inside, in hopes it would stop meowing.
  He said the owner did as asked
  
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• Dodgers expected to recall Zach Neal from Triple-A following marathon loss to D-Backs

  03-04-2018 21:19 via ocregister.com
  The Dodgers are expected to recall right-handed pitcher Zach Neal from Triple-A Oklahoma City prior to tonight’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to multiple sources.
  All eight relievers on the Dodgers’ 25-man roster saw action in a 15-inning, 8-7 loss that began Monday and ended after midnight Tuesday in Phoenix. Wilmer Font shouldered the brunt of the load, pitching the final 4 1/3 innings. He threw 74 pitches in that game after throwing 31 pitches the night before
  
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• On 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s killing, black leader sees serious trouble

  03-04-2018 21:16 via ocregister.com
  A mile north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Los Angeles, the Rev. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray ponders the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination and looks to the past and to the future.
  Tragically, neither view is pretty.
  But this reverend who helmed the legendary First African Methodist Episcopal Church for nearly three decades and is considered a senior statesman in the African American community is not without hope.
  The Rev. Dr. Cecil Murray, who spen
  
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• Take a nature walk to learn about flora and fauna on the Dana Point Headlands

  03-04-2018 20:56 via ocregister.com
  Want to learn about the plants and animals that live on the Dana Point Headlands?
  A Nature Walk is scheduled for Saturday, April 7.  Participants should bring water, wear a hat and apply sunscreen. The two-hour walk starts at 9 a.m. and is about 1.5 miles long.
  Participants will hike along relatively flat pedestrian trails. There are coastal and beach access points, scenic overlooks, and the Nature Interpretive Center.
  The four parks that make up the nearly 60 acres of the Dana Point Headla
  
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• February house prices up 8.5% in L.A., 5.9% in Orange County, CoreLogic reports

  03-04-2018 20:44 via ocregister.com
  Southern California home prices are still rising, with February increases in the 8 percent range for Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire, according to the CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, released Tuesday, April 3.
  In Orange County, the average price of an existing house rose 5.9 percent in the 12 months ending in February.
  Orange County’s annual appreciation rate – while still above the most recent two-year average — is down slightly from previous months. Year-over-yea
  
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• Tesla raises production but falls short of Model 3 goals

  03-04-2018 20:34 via ocregister.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Electric car maker Tesla Inc. increased production of its Model 3 mass-market car in the first quarter but still fell far short of the numbers it promised last summer.
  The Palo Alto, California, company says it made just under 9,800 Model 3s from January through March. That’s four times what it made in the fourth quarter. But it’s still only a fraction of the 20,000 per month that CEO Elon Musk promised when Tesla first started making the car.
  The news, released
  
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• Taco Bell makes two cheesy additions to its $1 menu

  03-04-2018 20:33 via ocregister.com
  Taco Bell is expanding its $1 menu with Triple Melt Nachos. (Courtesy of Taco Bell)Taco Bell is testing a $1 Crispy Chicken Taco in Oklahoma City. (Courtesy of Taco Bell)Taco Bell is bringing back its Beefy Crunch Burrito to restaurants in Chattanooga, Tenn., on a test basis. (Courtesy of Taco Bell)A Triple Melt Burrito joins the $1 menu at Taco Bell on April 5. (Courtesy of Taco Bell)Show Caption of Expand
  Taco Bell is adding a couple of $1 items to its menu on Thursday, filling a void left by
  
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• Ducks’ Cam Fowler out 2-6 weeks; John Gibson also hurt

  03-04-2018 20:29 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — Significant injury issues have resurfaced for the Ducks at an inopportune time.
  Cam Fowler has a shoulder injury and the big-minute defenseman will be lost for two to six weeks to the Ducks, who also reported Tuesday that goalie John Gibson is on a day-to-day basis with an unspecified upper-body injury.
  “At certain times of the year, you’re challenged through injuries,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said after his team’s practice at Honda Center. “T
  
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• In Lake Tahoe, the hills are alive with WinterWonderGrass

  03-04-2018 20:28 via ocregister.com
  Forget the chaffing denim shorts and over-sized hats in 100-plus degree weather of your average music festival. Imagine sipping a frosty beer while taking in the frosted mountaintops of Squaw Valley while bands like The Devil Makes Three, Railroad Earth, The Infamous Stringduster, Elephant Revival and more twanging in the background (or the foreground, if music is more your flavor than jaw-dropping horizons).
  For the fourth year in a row, this weekend, April 6-8, the WinterWonderGrass Music
  
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• Students battle over their book reading

  03-04-2018 20:22 via ocregister.com
  Despite the siren call of texting and social media, the enjoyment of reading books is alive in local schools.
  Students at St. John’s Lutheran School, Anaheim Hills Elementary and Canyon Rim Elementary recently – excitedly – participated in two separate Battle of the Books competitions.
  The Magical Book Unicorns of Anaheim Hills Elementary are delighted with their first-prize medals. From left, Carley Teger, Hannah Gullickson, Kara Florez (Team Captain), Brynn Martindale, Gretch
  
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• All-County girls soccer teams

  03-04-2018 18:59 via ocregister.com
  FIRST TEAM
  Ryan Campbell, JSerra, So., goalkeeper
  The UCLA commit posted 20 shutouts and won four games in penalty kicks for the CIF-SS Division 1 champion. One of her biggest saves came in penalty kicks against La Mirada in the Division 1 semifinals. “I was tested a lot more and forced to step up in big games,” said Campbell, an All-CIF selection.
  Sierra Chhoeung, Sunny Hills, Sr., forward
  The Cal State L.A. signee recorded 27 goals and a single-season school-record 32 assists to le
  
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• First person sentenced in Russia probe draws 30 days, fine

  03-04-2018 18:45 via ocregister.com
  By CHAD DAY
  WASHINGTON — A Dutch attorney who lied to federal agents investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison in the first punishment handed down in special counsel’s Russia investigation. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.
  Alex van der Zwaan’s sentence could set a guidepost for what other defendants charged with lying in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation may receive when their cases are res
  
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• Los Alamitos’ Weber, Foothill’s Ayala selected to U.S. team for FINA tourney

  03-04-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  Los Alamitos’ Bayley Weber has been named the Orange County Register’s All-County Girls Water Polo Player of the Year. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Los Alamitos Bayley Weber(6) takes a shot in goal against Long Beach Wilson in Long Beach Friday, December 15, 2017. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova Press-Telegram/SCNG)Foothill’s Valerie Ayala has been selected to the Register’s All-County Girls Water Polo Team. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Regis
  
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• Universal Studios Hollywood ventures into the Upside Down and brings ‘Stranger Things’ to Halloween Horror Nights

  03-04-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  Each year the creators of Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights come up with a variety of walk-thru attractions based on some of the most historic or the latest in horror, sci-fi/fantasy and supernatural films, television shows and pop culture icons.
  This year, Halloween Horror Nights will enter the alternative dimension known as the Upside Down from the award-wining Netflix original series “Stranger Things,” which will air its third season in early 2019.HHN cre
  
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• Legalizing hemp in America is long overdue

  03-04-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, is making another push for legalizing hemp as an agricultural commodity.
  On March 26, McConnell announced plans to introduce The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 on a bipartisan basis along with fellow Kentucky Republican Rand Paul to exclude hemp, a variety of cannabis sativa with low amounts of THC, from the Controlled Substances Act, thereby removing a key barrier to the lawful production of hemp throughout the country.
  Hemp has been cultivated for
  
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• Ronald Reagan launched his political career at this Anaheim house, selling for 1st time in 6 decades

  03-04-2018 16:46 via ocregister.com
  Paul and Lisa Kott look over old photographs and newspaper articles on display in July 2011 at the dedication of Ronald Reagan Park, formerly Toyon Park, in Anaheim Hills. Paul Kott is pictured as a young boy with his parents and Ronald Reagan in the photo at right at their home in June 1965. (File photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register)Ronald Reagan, Republican candidate for governor of California, and his wife Nancy and son Ron Jr., 8, sit on a ranch fence talking with newsmen before
  
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• Things to keep in mind as Trump prepares to meet with North Korea’s leader

  03-04-2018 16:30 via ocregister.com
  Virtually all foreign policy officials and academics believe that summit meetings between heads of state should follow extensive preparation. Not everything has to be worked out in advance, but the preparation has to be comprehensive so that openings can be recognized and seized.  President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, then head of the Soviet Union, did not reach agreement at their Reykjavik summit in 1986, but the advance work that had taken more than a year allowed for an outcome
  
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• Why the redesigned San Onofre nuclear waste containers weren’t approved by the feds

  03-04-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  The brand-new steam generators were supposed to give San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station another 20 years of life.
  Instead, they sealed its death.
  Those $671 million generators, installed to replace the old ones in 2010, didn’t require Nuclear Regulatory Commission scrutiny or approval because they were supposedly the same as the originals. And now a version of the NRC’s “like for like” replacement rules has come into play at San Onofre again, this time allowing&nb
  
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• Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish bring chemistry to Jordan Peele’s ‘Last O.G.,’ tonight on TBS

  03-04-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  In “The Last O.G.,” Tiffany Haddish plays Tracy Morgan’s ex-girlfriend who’s built a successful new life during his 15 years away. The TBS movie debuts at 10:30 p.m. (PT and ET) Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
  By LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer
  LOS ANGELES — TBS’ “The Last O.G.,” starring Tracy Morgan as a man just out of prison and learning his way around a changed world, also holds a lesson in comedy chemistry.
  
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• Does the West need to do more to counter Russian meddling?

  03-04-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  Following the Salisbury, U.K. attack on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer, and his daughter with a nerve agent believed to have originated in Russia, the West has given its old Cold War rival the cold shoulder.
  More than 20 countries have expelled Russian diplomats. The United States expelled 60 Russian diplomats believed to be intelligence agents and announced the closure of the Russian Consulate in Seattle. Russia returned the favor, expelling diplomats in kind, in
  
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• Bill Cosby trial judge delivers 2 big victories to defense

  03-04-2018 15:24 via ocregister.com
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The judge in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial gave his legal defense a huge boost Tuesday, ruling his lawyers can call a witness who says the accuser talked about framing a celebrity before she went to police in 2005 with allegations about the comedian.
  Judge Steven O’Neill also helped the defense case by ruling that jurors can hear how much Cosby paid accuser Andrea Constand in a 2006 civil settlement.
  O’Neill ruled that Marguerit
  
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• Woman arrested in Chino Hills following stolen ambulance pursuit from downtown LA hospital

  03-04-2018 15:11 via ocregister.com
  The pursuit of a stolen ambulance ended with this woman’s arrest about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, 2018, on the 71 Freeway in the Chino Hills area. (Image from KTLA5 video)
  LOS ANGELES — A pursuit of an ambulance stolen from California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday morning ended in Chino Hills with the arrest of a woman, officials said.
  A Los Angeles Fire Department paramedic crew was in the process of transferring a seriously ill patient to staff insi
  
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• Incredibles ride the Disneyland Monorail

  03-04-2018 15:01 via ocregister.com
  As a prelude to the Disneyland Resort’s first Pixar Fest, a monorail train has been overlaid with Incredibles characters in Anaheim on Monday, Apr 2, 2018. Pixar Fest starts April 13. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)As a prelude to the Disneyland Resort’s first Pixar Fest, a monorail train has been overlaid with Incredibles characters in Anaheim on Monday, Apr 2, 2018. Pixar Fest starts April 13. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)As a prelude t
  
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• Netanyahu cancels deal with UN to resettle African migrants

  03-04-2018 13:00 via ocregister.com
  By IAN DEITCH
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday canceled an agreement with the United Nations to resettle thousands of African migrants, caving in to pressure from hawks in his coalition who opposed the deal because it would allow many other migrants to remain in the country.
  The startling turnaround drew heavy criticism from Netanyahu’s opponents and raised questions about the embattled Israeli leader’s decision making processes.
  Netanyahu proudl
  
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• Huntington Beach will sue California over ‘sanctuary city’ law

  03-04-2018 10:14 via ocregister.com
  In a late-night vote Monday, April 2, the Huntington Beach City Council decided 6-1 to file a lawsuit against California challenging the legality of the state’s so-called sanctuary law.
  The law limits cooperation between local agencies and federal immigration authorities.
  While Los Alamitos voted in March to exempt itself from the law, Huntington Beach could become the first city in California to sue the state over the issue, Mayor Mike Posey said. The United States Department of Justice i
  
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• Huntington Beach council votes to sue state over ‘sanctuary city’ law

  03-04-2018 10:14 via ocregister.com
  In a late-night vote Monday, April 2, the Huntington Beach City Council decided 6-1 to file a lawsuit against California challenging the legality of the state’s so-called sanctuary law.
  SB-54 limits cooperation between local agencies and federal immigration authorities.
  While Los Alamitos voted in March to exempt itself from the law, Huntington Beach could become the first city in California to sue the state over the issue, Mayor Mike Posey said.
  Posey and and Councilman Erik Peterson put
  
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• If rent regulation raises the rent, is it worth the cost?

  03-04-2018 09:49 via ocregister.com
  Can regulations give renters a break? Or do they actually nudge rents higher?
  With Californians paying more of their paychecks to the landlord, debate swirls around how to best control the soaring expenses of tenants. Proposed solutions run from enabling more apartment construction to changing rules on rents increases to wondering if government intervention is needed at all.
  Online rental tracker RentCafe recently studied the state-by-state variances of legal protection offered to renters.&
  
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• Kenley Jansen blows save, Wilmer Font runs out of gas as Dodgers lose to Diamondbacks in 15 innings

  03-04-2018 09:38 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger dives safely into home plate on a base hit by Chase Utley as Arizona Diamondbacks’ catcher Alex Avila is late with the tag during the 15th inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasmani Grandal (9) follows through on a two run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, April 2, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)Los Angeles Dod
  
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• LA police, CHP pursue stolen vehicles including a city ambulance

  03-04-2018 09:06 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — A stolen car suspect who allegedly tried to run down officers who were responding led police on a lengthy chase Monday night.
  The pursuit began at 10:26 p.m. in the area of 67th Street and Victoria Avenue in South Los Angeles. Officers were observing the stolen car and saw the suspect get inside of it before the driver tried to run officers over and attempted to ram their vehicles, said Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Division.
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• A René Lalique automobile mascot built for Prince George emerges in Newport Beach

  03-04-2018 08:42 via ocregister.com
  Gerard Smith is a collector extraordinaire, whose interests have led him to obtain one of the only 26 original copies of the Declaration of Independence, create an extensive coin and currency collection sought by museums, not to mention amass one of the most extensive collections of pre- and post-war automobile mascots (don’t say “hood ornament”) created by glassmaker René Lalique in his factory in Alsace, France. But what makes Smith’s collection the most rare is
  
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• Riverside County official warns people against rescuing stray animals on freeways

  03-04-2018 08:37 via ocregister.com
  Spurred by an incident Sunday on the 91 Freeway in Corona in which drivers stopped to help a stray dog, the county’s Animal Services director said Monday, April 2 that trying to save animals on a freeway can be deadly and should be left to professionals.
  The California Highway Patrol said there were at least one crash stemming from the incident when two cars crollided while trying to avoid the animal. It was described as a white husky mix who jumped between the westbound and eastbound
  
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• Kombucha Craze infuses the cocktail world

  03-04-2018 08:25 via ocregister.com
  Health-conscious cocktails are de rigueur these days in coastal Orange County. Coconut water-splashed gin and tonics, red beet juice vodka cocktails and black sesame-infused spirits dusted with matcha powder all sound interesting. But are they any good? Would you order another one?
  That was the main motivation for Anthony Laborin, cocktail guru at Farmhouse at Roger’s Gardens. “Once we got the Bootstrap kombucha on tap, everyone asked for me to turn it into a cocktail,” recalls
  
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• Olea makes a splash in the OC dining scene

  03-04-2018 08:15 via ocregister.com
  Vine in San Clemente? Ironwood in Laguna Hills? Stalwart venues in the restaurant scene, both listed on critic Brad A. Johnson’s “75 Best Places to Eat” in 2017. What might they have in common with Olea, which opened in November in Newport Beach? Call them all the creative offspring of local restaurateur Russ Bendel and his team of talented partners, including executive chef Jared Cook.
  While operating partner Kevin Franke acknowledges that the restaurants share about 60 percen
  
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• Olea makes a splash in OC’s dining scene

  03-04-2018 08:15 via ocregister.com
  Vine in San Clemente? Ironwood in Laguna Hills? Stalwart venues in the restaurant scene, both listed on critic Brad A. Johnson’s “75 Best Places to Eat” in 2017. What might they have in common with Olea, which opened in November in Newport Beach? Call them all the creative offspring of local restaurateur Russ Bendel and his team of talented partners, including executive chef Jared Cook.
  While operating partner Kevin Franke acknowledges that the restaurants share about 60 percen
  
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• OC Connoisseur’s best kept secret: Hi-Time Wine Cellars

  03-04-2018 08:02 via ocregister.com
  When you discover Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa, a few phrases come to mind: “under-the-radar,” “massively well-stocked” and, possibly the most fitting, “hidden gem.” This six-decade-old family-owned business sits tucked behind bustling 17th Street in Costa Mesa. Hi-Time is the open secret among Orange County’s spirits and wine connoisseurs. And I’m about to let you in on it.
  John Wayne frequented Hi-Time in its fledgling years. His descendant
  
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• Kings close in on playoff spot with victory over Avs

  03-04-2018 07:52 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Kings’ Tanner Pearson, left, is shoved into the net by Colorado Avalanche’s Tyson Jost during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, April 2, 2018, in Los Angeles. The Kings won 3-1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Colorado Avalanche’s Carl Soderber, center, reaches for the puck under pressure by Los Angeles Kings’ Alec Martinez, left, as Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, right, watches during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, April 2, 2018, in Los Ange
  
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• Angels drop home opener, losing once again to Indians

  03-04-2018 07:31 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Angels’ Jefry Marte reacts after striking out with two runners on against the Cleveland Indians in the fifth inning of a Major League baseball game during opening night at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif., on Monday, April 2, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout during batting practice prior to a Major League baseball game against the Cleveland Indians during opening night at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anahei
  
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• Man charged in burglary spree targeting quarters in Anaheim hotel laundry machines

  03-04-2018 06:56 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — More than two dozen felony charges were filed Monday against a 38-year-old man accused of breaking into laundry machines in more than a dozen Anaheim hotels to steal quarters.
  Jesse Moreno faces 27 counts of first-degree burglary stemming from the rash of break-ins that started Jan. 15 and continued through March 28, according to court records.
  Moreno is accused of hitting 15 hotels in Anaheim, some more than once, said Anaheim police Sgt. Luis Correa. Investigators suspect he
  
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• Orange County probe finds Canyon 2 Fire response rife with human...

  03-04-2018 06:23
  A water dropping helicopter dumps water on a home on Via El Estribo in Anaheim Hills during the Canyon Two Fire in Anaheim, California, on Monday, October 9, 2017. Days after the Orange County Fire Authority released a report critical of the agency's response to the Canyon 2 Fire, the county is about to issue a separate investigative report that calls for OCFA employees to be disciplined.
  
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• Marketing Shohei Ohtani is a popular and comprehensive experience at Angel Stadium

  03-04-2018 06:00 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — Every Angels player and coach was introduced on the field before their first home game of the season Monday. The loudest applause went to Mike Trout. Shohei Ohtani received a hearty clap, too. It was nothing to write home about, though there were dozens of Japanese reporters here to do exactly that.
  When it comes to pushing merchandise, Ohtani needs no introduction.
  Since the first Ohtani shirts arrived at Angel Stadium on Dec. 9 at noon – the day of his introductory news c
  
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• Villanova and Donte DiVincenzo defeat Michigan to win NCAA championship

  03-04-2018 05:46 via ocregister.com
  Villanova’s Eric Paschall (4) reacts as he loses the control of the ball against Michigan’s Moritz Wagner (13) and Charles Matthews (1) during the first half in the championship game of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 2, 2018, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Michigan forward Moritz Wagner watches the ball go through the basket during the first half against Villanova in the championship game of the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Mond
  
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• Kings’ Adrian Kempe tries to push through scoring drought

  03-04-2018 05:09 via ocregister.com
  Adrian Kempe sat down at his locker. It was easy to tell he had just worked very hard on the ice. He did not wear a look of worry, though many in his shoes might.
  Kempe, a forward, has 16 goals and 20 assists for the Kings this season. He’s just 21 and in his second season, so that’s not too shabby.
  But he entered Monday’s game against visiting Colorado without a goal in his previous 26 games, or since he scored one against Edmonton on Feb. 7. That’s a long time, and Kemp
  
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