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• USC cornerback Iman Marshall drawing rave reviews in spring practice

  12-04-2018 23:31 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — USC cornerback Iman Marshall did not hide his disappointment.
  His junior season last fall was a letdown, he conceded.
  “I’m not going to lie to you,” Marshall said, “it wasn’t my whole idea for what my ideal season was. I feel it was a wake-up call.”
  Marshall anticipated a breakout season in 2017 after he was a capable starter the previous season opposite Adoree’ Jackson, the Jim Thorpe Award winner as the nation’s best defensive
  
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• Sunny Hills’ Jae Byun is the Orange County girls basketball coach of the year

  12-04-2018 23:29 via ocregister.com
  Sunny Hills head coach Jae Byun celebrates after the Lancers’ 61-45 victory over Legacy of South Gate in the semifinals of the girls basketballCIF Southern California Division III Regionals at Sunny Hills High in Fullerton on Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Sunny Hills head coach Jae Byun on the sidelines during the Lancers’ 61-45 victory over Legacy of South Gate in the semifinals of the girls basketballCIF Southern California Division I
  
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• Is California’s ‘resistance’ doomed? Secession move could result

  12-04-2018 23:07 via ocregister.com
  Since the Civil War, no state has resisted the policies of a single president more than California today as it fights to fend off many measures President Trump and his cabinet have ordered.
  From smog control to sales of federal lands, immigration policy to oil drilling, health care, census questions and much more, California is doing all it can to avoid going along with Trump, the second president of the last three to have been elected with a minority popular vote and only the fourth ever to rea
  
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• Burrell’s barbecue plans to return with a full bar in a new spot in Santa Ana

  12-04-2018 22:48 via ocregister.com
  A rousing ovation isn’t typical for a restaurateur’s return to business, but when that entrepreneur is Fred Burrell, the audience just couldn’t contain itself.
  Applause broke out when Santa Ana’s planning commission gave a greenlight to a reincarnation of Burrell’s Barbecue at a Monday night meeting. There will be a 10-day appeal period before plans can formally be submitted but barring any objections – and none are anticipated – this marks the return of
  
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• Disney on Ice presents Frozen skates into Long Beach and Ontario

  12-04-2018 22:46 via ocregister.com
  Fans of Disney’s animated hit “Frozen” can pay a visit to the snowy land of Arendelle – which will be transported to The Long Beach Arena and Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario – as “Disney on Ice presents Frozen” glides into Southern California.
  And not only is the show full of graceful figure skating, music and songs, this production marks the only “Disney on Ice presents Frozen” tour re-creating the 2013 hit movie. So the whole f
  
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• Flat homebuying in southern Orange County coastal towns: 8 facts to know

  12-04-2018 22:42 via ocregister.com
  Homebuying in southern Orange County coastal communities ran essentially flat in the past year.
  For the 22 business days ending March 14, here are eight trends from what real estate tracker CoreLogic found in six ZIP codes in the Orange County region covered by the southern edition of the Orange County Register’s The Current weekly.
  1. The region’s home sales totaled 305 vs. 303 a year earlier, a gain of 0.7 percent in a year. Prices rose in five ZIPs and sales were up in four.
  2. Co
  
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• In return from Tommy John surgery, Nick Tropeano pitches sizzling Angels to another victory

  12-04-2018 22:41 via ocregister.com
  The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani slides past Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas after hitting a three-run triple during the seventh inning of Thursday’s game in Kansas City, Mo. The Angels won 7-1. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
  KANSAS CITY, MO – APRIL 12:Ian Kinsler #3 of the Los Angeles Angels rounds the bases after hitting a leadoff home run during the 1st inning of the game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on April 12, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri.(Photo by Jamie Sq
  
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• Yorba Linda learns something, and gets a thrill, in win over El Dorado at Angel Stadium

  12-04-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  Yorba Linda’s Blake Faddoul scores past El Dorado catcher Jaden Pugh during their 7-2 victory in a non-league baseball game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Yorba Linda’s Luca Licata celebrates as second base as El Dorado’s Kyle Luckham walks past during their non-league baseball game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Yorba
  
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• Mater Dei’s Emma Torbert is the Orange County girls basketball player of the year

  12-04-2018 22:29 via ocregister.com
  Mater Dei’s Emma Torbert comes up short as she tries to roll in a shot under Ribet Academy’s Andrea Aquino in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Open Division girls basketball playoffs in Santa Ana on Saturday, February 17, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributor//SCNG)
  Mater Dei’s Emma Torbert looks for a way around the block of Ribet Academy’s Andrea Aquino in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Open Division girls basketball playoffs in Santa Ana on Saturday, February 17, 2
  
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• Judge inclined to delay sentencing for friend of San Bernardino terrorist, but only one more time

  12-04-2018 22:26 via ocregister.com
  The judge in the case of the man who admitted arming the terrorists in the San Bernardino mass shooting said Thursday he is leaning toward granting a delay of the April 30 sentencing of Enrique Marquez Jr. — but ordered attorneys to pick two possible dates, he will set one of them, and hear no more delay requests after that.
  U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal in Riverside federal court made the order after prosecutors and defense attorneys exchanged motions during the week over the senten
  
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• Hemp legalization will be a free-market win

  12-04-2018 22:19 via ocregister.com
  Kentucky’s two U.S. Senators don’t always pull the GOP in the same direction. But Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are joining forces on a modest but important effort — getting the federal government out of hemp regulation. Now is a good time to pass a bill moving laws around hemp cultivation down to the state level.
  If you’re of a certain age, you may have spent time in middle school or high school listening to classmates invoke George Washington in their case for leg
  
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• See Coachella 2018 acts at the Chella show for locals

  12-04-2018 22:12 via ocregister.com
  As thousands of music fans make their way to the desert for the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival April 20-22, concert producers are giving the locals a show of their own the night before.
  “This is a show to celebrate the community and the Coachella Valley,” said Rene Contreras, a talent booker for festival promoter Goldenvoice who put together the lineup for “Chella Celebrando La Comunidad” (celebrating the community).
  “It’s like
  
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• It’s time to derail California’s bullet train

  12-04-2018 22:12 via ocregister.com
  California’s high-speed rail project has been a disaster from the beginning, and it’s only getting worse.
  When voters were asked to approve Proposition 1A in 2008, they were told the cost to develop and construct the bullet train would be about $45 billion. Two years ago, the public was told it would cost $64 billion. According to the latest business plan released by bullet train authorities, the public should now expect $77.3 billion, but with a possibility of the cost rising to as
  
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• LA wins injunction against Trump’s Department of Justice over community policing grant, saying it ‘won’t be bullied’

  12-04-2018 22:04 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles city officials said Thursday they have secured a permanent injunction against the Department of Justice in a lawsuit challenging scoring rules in a law enforcement grant that local leaders say gives preferential treatment to cities that cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
  Los Angeles city officials sued last October over a new scoring system for a grant that the city has used for its Summer Night Lights and Fall Friday Nights programs, which offers evening activities at p
  
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• As tax deadline looms, IRS sees huge task ahead under new tax law

  12-04-2018 20:29 via ocregister.com
  By Marcy Gordon, The Associated Press
  The acting head of the IRS says the current tax-filing season has gone well, while acknowledging the tough challenge the cash-strapped agency faces of administering the new tax law that will affect 2019 returns.
  Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told Congress Thursday that some 79 million refunds totaling about $226 billion have been issued as of April 6, averaging $2,900 — up $13 from last year. Around 80 percent of returns filed claimed a refund.
  
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• Senior Moments: Crossing the border to experience a summer of poetry

  12-04-2018 20:22 via ocregister.com
  On a warm July evening in the late ’60s, I stepped off a Greyhound bus in Montreal.
  Unsticking myself from my seat after a long ride from New York with only intermittent air conditioning, I raced down the steps. My portable typewriter was in my hand and there were visions of couplets, sonnets and free verse in my head.
  I’d quit my job and sublet my Greenwich Village apartment. Determined to distance myself from a painful relationship, I bought a one-way ticket to&
  
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• Not your father’s All-Star Game: baseball’s midsummer showcase has changed since 1980

  12-04-2018 19:36 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — Jerry Turner hand-wrote every name on a piece of paper and posted them above the metal lockers in the old visitors’ clubhouse. This is how the American League All-Stars knew where to hang their uniforms on July 8, 1980, the last time an All-Star Game was held at Dodger Stadium.
  A’s outfielder Rickey Henderson and Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb were in for a surprise. Turner misspelled their names “Steib” and “Hendeson,” respectively. Turner,
  
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• Union-funded survey biased, just propaganda: Letters

  12-04-2018 18:22 via ocregister.com
  At a time when fair and balanced media reporting is under intense scrutiny, I’ve tried to have faith in the Orange County Register and its historically high journalistic standards.
  Unfortunately, that faith was again eroded on April 7 when the OCR ran a full-page “ad” under the guise of reporting that chronicled the alleged findings of a recent union-funded survey of Disneyland cast members.
  The paper has published several stories on this biased and unscientific union-funded su
  
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• Orange Coast Pest Control Offers Eco-Friendly Services

  12-04-2018 18:05
  Stopping unwanted pests in their tracks is as simple as calling Orange Coast Pest Control. Offering a safer more natural remedy to pest elimination, Orange Coast Pest Control provides extermination services using eco-friendly products.
  
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• Monster winds battering a cooler Southern California

  12-04-2018 18:03 via ocregister.com
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  LOS ANGELES — A weak cold front will push through the Southland today, triggering strong, damaging winds in several areas through Friday morning, National Weather Service forecasters said.
  A wind advisory signifying winds of 35 miles per hour will be in effect from 8 this morning until 10 a.m. Friday in the Santa Clarita Valley; from 10 a.m. today until 10 tonight in the San Gabriel Valley; from 10 a.m. today until noon Friday in the San Fernando Valley, L.A. Coun
  
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• Clippers looking to ‘reshape’ roster during offseason that promises change

  12-04-2018 17:55 via ocregister.com
  PLAYA VISTA — Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations, had a flight to catch to continue scouting players for the NBA draft June 22. Doc Rivers, the Clippers’ coach, had a tee time scheduled. A few players came and went at the team’s practice facility.
  The finality of the offseason arrived with a resounding thud.
  Instead of going to the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, the Clippers went their separate ways Thursday. There was work for
  
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• To bring back trout to Holy Jim Canyon, the U.S. Forest Service needs to blow it up

  12-04-2018 17:39 via ocregister.com
  Last year a U.S. Marines Explosives Ordinance Disposal team member Master Sgt. Matt Small looked over one of three dams to be demolished in Silverado Canyon on March 21, 2017. (File: Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Last year a small group of residents waited at the end of Silverado Canyon Road in anticipation of demolition explosions by a U.S. Marines Explosives Ordinance Disposal team of nearly century-old dams in Silverado Canyon on March 21, 2017. (File Photo by Ken Steinhardt, O
  
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• Castroneves and Montoya inducted into Long Beach’s Walk of Fame

  12-04-2018 17:26 via ocregister.com
  LONG BEACH — Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya are two of the more iconic personalities in American open-wheel racing, and now the two stars will be etched in history forever.
  Castroneves, who won the Indianapolis 500 three times, and Montoya, who won Indy twice and the 1999 CART World Series, were inducted Thursday in to the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame during a ceremony in front of the Long Beach Convention Center.
  Some of the past honorees include Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jone
  
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• Tustin cheerleading booster club member suspected of inappropriate contact with underage girl

  12-04-2018 17:14 via ocregister.com
  A 50-year-old member of the Tustin High School Cheer Booster Club was arrested Wednesday for allegedly engaging in inappropriate conversations with a female juvenile, authorities said.
  Patrick Thomas, 50 of Tustin, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of engaging in inappropriate conversations with a female juvenile, authorities said. Thomas is a member of the Tustin Hgih School Cheer Booster Club. (Courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department)
  The suspect, Patrick Thomas of Tustin, i
  
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• Long Beach Grand Prix steers money into city, region

  12-04-2018 17:12 via ocregister.com
  There’s a serious economic side to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for the city and Southern California in addition to all the great publicity generated by the 44th annual event.
  The economic output in the region is an estimated $63.4 million, with more than half ($32.4 million) concentrated in Long Beach.
  According to the research conducted by Beacon Economics, the Grand Prix contributed $33.7 million in direct expenditures in the region, which “supported the equivalent of 606 y
  
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• Snoop Dogg mixes music with Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles pop-up style at Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella

  12-04-2018 16:57 via ocregister.com
  Don’t worry, if you don’t have tickets to this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival you can still get a taste of the festival fun at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles pop-up restaurant at Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella both weekends of the festival.
  The Groove Lounge at the casino will be transformed into a restaurant pop-up from 8 p.m.-4 a.m. Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, and again on Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21. The menu features cleve
  
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• Coachella 2018: How the festival and other large events are using drones and other high-tech security

  12-04-2018 16:04 via ocregister.com
  Major concerts and sporting events are getting high-tech in the name of security, going beyond standard metal detectors with everything from drones to 3-D mapping to keep attendees safe.
  The eye in the sky will be real when the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicks off its twin weekends this Friday at the Empire Polo Club, where Indio Police will use drones for the first time in the festival’s history, according to Sgt. Dan Marshall.
  Some potential uses of the technology at Coache
  
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• Madoff victims get another $500 million from recovery efforts

  12-04-2018 15:48 via ocregister.com
  The Justice Department is making more payments to victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, tapping a U.S. fund that will eventually distribute $4 billion forfeited by the con man’s longtime bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and one of his biggest customers.
  The $504 million payout announced Thursday brings the DOJ’s distribution to more than $1.2 billion a decade after the collapse of Manhattan-based Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the agency said in a statement. The
  
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• In ‘Skyjack,’ author K.J. Howe creates a female action hero as tough as any male star of the thriller genre

  12-04-2018 15:16 via ocregister.com
  Thea Paris isn’t like the guys in thrillers who solve the murders, beat the bad guys, both literally and figuratively, and save the day.
  For one thing, the star of K.J. Howe’s “Skyjack” doesn’t deal all that much with plain old murder, working as she does as a kidnap-and-ransom negotiator who wants to get her clients back while they’re still breathing.
  For another, she’s a woman, and in the world of thriller novels where the men are hard-nosed and the wo
  
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• You must do these 12 things at the Disneyland Pixar Fest

  12-04-2018 15:08 via ocregister.com
  An Incredibles-themed monorail train drives past the main entrance to Disneyland a few days before the start of Pixar Fest in Anaheim on Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Pixar color banners hang from buildings on Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland a few days before the start of Pixar Fest in Anaheim on Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A Nemo-themed monorail train drives past the main entrance to Disneyland a fe
  
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• Cannabis rules in California: How does your city make money on weed?

  12-04-2018 13:29 via ocregister.com
  Third of three parts
  Some California cities and counties have raked in tens of thousands to millions of dollars in cannabis-related tax revenue since recreational sales became legal on Jan. 1.
  Yet more than half of the jurisdictions that so far have welcomed the cannabis industry aren’t yet making those businesses pay a local marijuana tax. And those that do impose a local tax are using a wide range of tax strategies, with one city charging cannabis merchants 1 percent of gross sales while
  
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• Follow Coachella and the biggest festivals in Southern California with the Festival Pass newsletter

  12-04-2018 13:16 via ocregister.com
  It’s April, which means it’s officially festival season. Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival was already a hit with its return to Dana Point last weekend and our Southern California News Group team is about to head into the desert for the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
  And then there’s the second weekend of Coachella and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival out in Indio, Kaya Festival in San Bernardino, Smokers Club at t
  
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• Jameson's Dublin distillery is the most popular whiskey...

  12-04-2018 13:13
  Jameson's Dublin distillery has been named most-visited whiskey experience in the world after a its a 11 million refurbishment - with over 350,000 visitors and four marriage proposals taking place at the still house since it reopened. Jameson's bartenders served more than 50,000 whiskey sours to tourists at the Bow street venue in less than a year, while a further 32,000 whiskey enthusiasts have taken part in the distillers' blending & cocktail masterclasses since the still house re-opened a
  
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• This mom with ALS hopes a groundbreaking UCI clinical trial will let her see her 2 kids grow up

  12-04-2018 13:12 via ocregister.com
  Lisa Wittenberg says her “free fall” began about two years ago — in boot camp, with a box jump.
  She did that jump just as she had a hundred times before.
  Stood with her feet shoulder-width apart. Dropped into a quarter squat. Extended her hips, swung her arms, and pushed her feet through the floor to propel herself onto the box.
  She felt a tiny tug in her lower back.
  “It felt like a pulled or torn muscle,” she said.
  The pain returned when Wittenberg did sprints or j
  
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• Master Gardener: What to do about too much fruit; how to avoid bitter cucumbers

  12-04-2018 13:05 via ocregister.com
  Q: My 5 variety apple tree has already set a LOT of fruit, with many apples at the same place, and mostly at the end of the branches. I pruned this tree way back in February as I am trying to keep it within picking reach. My question is, should I snip off most of the excess apples, leaving about two per bud area, or let them drop on their own?
  Q: My peach and plum trees have finished blooming and I’ve never seen them with this much fruit before. I know that I will need to thin the fru
  
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• Review: You absolutely need to know about this Thai restaurant in Huntington Beach

  12-04-2018 13:02 via ocregister.com
  “I made it spicy for you,” she says as she sets the duck soup in front of me. Steam billows up from the bowl, perfuming the air with cinnamon and star anise.
  I hadn’t asked for the soup to be spicy, but the owner of Street Thai remembers me from a previous visit just two days prior. On that visit, she took great delight in my order, which involved several dishes served authentically spicy, or “Thai style.” Most notably from that night was a great rendition of pork p
  
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• Gardening: Succulents save water – and money, too

  12-04-2018 12:59 via ocregister.com
  You would not think that a busy corner gas station would be the ideal spot for a bed of annual flowers, but I saw the perfect planting of pansies in such a location, at Reseda and Burbank boulevards in Tarzana, just the other day.
  I know the trend is moving away from annual flowers. At Armstrong Nursery in Sherman Oaks, for example, the space that used to be filled with annual flowers is now replete with succulents. You can still find plenty of annuals at that nursery, but their exposure to the
  
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• Are points still deductible under new tax rules?

  12-04-2018 12:58 via ocregister.com
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed averaged 4.42 percent, up 2 basis points from last week’s 4.40 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 3.87 percent, unchanged from last week.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a nearly 2 percent decrease in loan application volume from the previous week.
  Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30
  
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• These 4 ‘Voice’ contestants from Southern California will compete in Live Playoffs

  12-04-2018 11:20 via ocregister.com
  Now that the knockout rounds are over, NBC’s “The Voice” heads into the Live Playoffs with 24 contestants, including four from Southern California.
  They’ll sing for America’s vote for the first time this season, beginning Monday, April 16.
  So if you’re looking to root for the locals, you’ll have to get “The Voice” app to play along, vote and save your favorite artist.
  These are the locals who remain:Alexa Cappelli
  Age: 18
  Lives in:&
  
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• R-rated MurderCo escape room is ready to make a killing in Upland

  12-04-2018 11:18 via ocregister.com
  Knott’s Scary Farm designer Jon Cooke knew his career was at a crossroads.
  “I hit the ceiling,” Cooke said. “There was no room for me to grow in that company anymore.”
  Cooke had been at Knott’s since 2005, working his way up from carpenter and “delinquent punk rock zombie” to prop fabrication and ultimately full-time Haunt attraction designer, creating experiences like, “Paranormal, Inc.,” “Shadow Lands,” “Dark Ride&rd
  
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• Photos: Bellator MMA fighter A.J. McKee at Body Shop Fitness in Lakewood

  12-04-2018 11:14 via ocregister.com
  A.J. McKee, left with his father and coach Antonio at the Body Shop Fitness in Lakewood on Monday April 10, 2018. McKee with be fighting at Bellator 197 in the co-main event in St. Charles Missouri. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)A.J. McKee, bottom, works out with Kevin “Baby Slice” Ferguson Jr at Body Shop Fitness in Lakewood. Both fighters will be competing at Bellator 197 in St. Charles, Missouri on Friday April 13th. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Da
  
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• Man injured after rollover crash in area of Holy Jim Canyon popular for off-road activities

  12-04-2018 11:14 via ocregister.com
  HOLY JIM CANYON – A man in his 20s was injured Wednesday night, April 11 after an off-road SUV truck rolled over multiples times in Holy Jim Canyon near Trabuco Canyon.
  The 9:45 p.m. crash was on a trail popular with hikers and off-road vehicle riders, said Capt. Larry Kurtz of the Orange County Fire Authority. The victim was taken to a trauma center.
  Brandon Rose was in the canyon at the time of the 4Runner’s crash and said there was a second person involved. He said there&rsq
  
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• 5 garden landscape design styles that use drought-tolerant California native plants

  12-04-2018 10:41 via ocregister.com
  If you’re thinking about re-landscaping the yard, you might want to consider some ideas from the 15th Annual Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour.
  This self-driving tour, which rolls through greater Los Angeles on Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15, is back with 45 gardens of different styles, from the wild and unruly blooms of a cottage garden to the clean lines and minimalist plantings of a modern landscape.
  A modern garden accents a remodeled 1921 beach bungalow in San Pedro. (C
  
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• Westminster joins Orange County cities in taking a stand against California sanctuary law

  12-04-2018 09:37 via ocregister.com
  After a long and acrimonious meeting, the Westminster City Council decided on Wednesday, April 11, to join a growing number of Orange County cities – and the county – in making a statement against California’s sanctuary law.
  Mayor Tri Ta and council members Tyler Diep and Margie Rice voted to support another city’s lawsuit against the state. Councilman Sergio Contreras was opposed and Councilwoman Kimberly Ho was absent.
  When council members began discussing the
  
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• New revival of ‘South Pacific’ washes ashore in Northridge and La Mirada

  12-04-2018 09:00 via ocregister.com
  During the dawn of U.S. involvement in World War II, editor and college instructor James A. Michener, having been born a Quaker, could have opted out of military service.
  Instead, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. In the process of collecting and writing stories packaged as “Tales of the South Pacific,” he won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for fiction – and launched a storied literary career that included “Hawaii,” “Centennial,” “Texas,” “Caribbe
  
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• 'Quality of lifeu2019 deputy of to address homelessness in Mission Viejo

  12-04-2018 08:39
  The Orange County Sheriff's Department recently created a position tasked with addressing everyday issues related to homelessness, recovery and people's needs in Mission Viejo, a move that comes as the county grapples with how to provide shelter for hundreds of people recently displaced from the Santa Ana River Trail. In her new role as Quality of Life deputy for the city, Dana Chaney will tackle everything from illegally erected tents to nuisance complaints on sober-living facilities.
  
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• Travel: Nicaragua offers unexpected treasures

  12-04-2018 08:34 via ocregister.com
  Seeking an adventure somewhere that wouldn’t be overwhelmingly packed on a holiday weekend, I settled on Costa Rica’s northerly neighbor, Nicaragua. I figured it was close enough to the popular and tourist friendly Central American country to offer some spectacular sights.
  Upon landing at the airport in Managua, my friends and I were greeted by the private tour company we hired and made a couple of stops in the colorful, but rather deserted, capital before heading up a mountainside t
  
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• Orange Lutheran scores twice in sixth to slip past St. John Bosco

  12-04-2018 08:21 via ocregister.com
  ORANGE – Max Rajcic pitched five shutout innings and Elijah Buries delivered a clutch tie-breaking single in the bottom of the sixth, leading Orange Lutheran to a 3-1 victory over St. John Bosco in a Trinity League game Wednesday night at Hart Park.
  The Lancers (11-5, 1-1), who are ranked No. 2 in the county and No.3 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1, bounced back from a 4-0 defeat against the Braves (8-6, 1-1) in the league opener Tuesday.
  The teams play the finale of this week&rsquo
  
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• Swim: Wednesday’s O.C. leaderboard

  12-04-2018 08:11 via ocregister.com
  BOYS SWIMMING
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  Foothill 130, Esperanza 40
  FREEWAY LEAGUE
  TROY 128, SUNNY HILLS 58
  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
  University 112, Irvine 58
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  Aliso Niguel 95.5, Dana Hills 74.5
  NONLEAGUE
  Brea Olinda107, Villa Park 63
  200 m. relay 01:45.9 – Uni 1:39.19, AN 1:40.92, Foot 1:42.49,rn200 free 01:46.9 – Mykkanen (Foot) 1:42.66, Ng (Uni) 1:44.80,rn200 IM 02:01.0 – Lou (Uni) 1:56.96, Abdollahi (DH) 1:57.55, Ingram (Foot) 1:58.22,rn50 free 00.22.2 – Slusiewic
  
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• California to join National Guard border mission, but with conditions

  12-04-2018 07:55 via ocregister.com
   
  In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday, April 11, 2018, to deploy 400 National Guard troops at President Donald Trump’s request, but not all will head to the U.S.-Mexico border as Trump wants and none will enforce federal immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)In this June 21, 2006 file photo, memb
  
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