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• RV Parking Ban? A world turned upside down.

  17-04-2018 23:46
  Many homeless people are working in Orange County and many of those working homeless are living in cars or RV's. And Anaheim, in its twisted logic, will not seek to help the homeless people on the streets, but will simply make them move to some other city to die.
  
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• Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa: 12 facts to know

  17-04-2018 23:30 via ocregister.com
  Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa fell 2.5 percent in the past year.
  For the 22 business days ending March 20, real estate tracker CoreLogic found these 12 trends in these housing markets covered by the northern edition of the Orange County Register’s The Current weekly …
  1. Purchases: In these nine ZIP codes, home sales totaled 275 vs. 282 a year earlier, a decline of 2.5 percent in a year.
  2. Who’s up: In the three-city region, prices rose in seven ZIP
  
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• Jury verdict: Lawyer must pay $250,000 to investigator for courthouse fight

  17-04-2018 23:15 via ocregister.com
  A local lawyer who sued Orange County over a courthouse brawl with a district attorney’s investigator must pay $250,000 in damages for his role in the fight, a jury found Tuesday.
  Criminal defense lawyer James Crawford sued the county for $10 million after he says he was left bruised and bloodied in hallway fight with Dillon Alley, a former investigator for the District Attorney’s Office, in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana on March 9, 2016.
  Crawford said Alley threw the fir
  
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• Reloaded Los Alamitos edges Huntington Beach for first place in Sunset

  17-04-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  HUNTINGTON BEACH Los Alamitos’ softball program has reached the point that it doesn’t rebuild even with a lineup full of first-year starters.
  The Griffins simply reload. The reigning national champion provided another reminder Tuesday under the lights at Huntington Beach.
  Sophomore Jamie Sellers lined a pinch-hit double to left with two outs in the seventh inning and pinch-runner Erin Mendoza scored one batter later on an error as No. 2 Los Alamitos and new ace Sarah Ladd edged No. 4
  
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• What’s up with all the jugs of water Angels players have now?

  17-04-2018 23:01 via ocregister.com
  A water bottle, part of a hydration contest among some Angels, sits on the bench during their game against the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani drinks from a water bottle, part of a hydration contest among some players, during their game against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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• Congress needs to spend within its means

  17-04-2018 23:01 via ocregister.com
  Absent an abrupt display of fiscal discipline, trillion-dollar federal budget deficits are here to stay, as a new report from the Congressional Budget Office makes clear.
  “If current laws governing taxes and spending generally remained unchanged, the federal budget deficit would grow substantially over the next few years,” the report projects, “with accumulating deficits driving debt held by the public to nearly 100 percent of GDP by 2028.”
  Troublingly, the report forecas
  
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• We can’t roll back progress on criminal justice reform

  17-04-2018 22:49 via ocregister.com
  California has made great strides in reducing its exorbitant incarceration rate by embracing smart strategies for achieving public safety like prioritizing crime prevention, rehabilitation, re-entry and community support programs. But our progress is now under assault.
  Critics with a vested interest in maintaining the failed status quo are circulating petitions to qualify a ballot initiative that would reverse the success of Propositions 47 and 57, two historic reforms overwhelmingly approved by
  
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• Dodgers add hard-throwing Ariel Hernandez in minor-league trade with Reds

  17-04-2018 22:37 via ocregister.com
  SAN DIEGO — Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has a phrase to describe pitchers like Ariel Hernandez – a right-hander who has touched 100 mph but has often had difficulty touching the strike zone.
  They are “compelling upside stories” and Friedman likes to collect as many as possible in the hope that they will fulfill that promise.
  The Dodgers collected another one Tuesday, trading minor-league pitcher Zach Neal and Class-A first baseman Ibandel Isab
  
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• With air-quality standards, is the cure worse than the disease?

  17-04-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  Have we reached the point where air pollution regulations are harming people more than air pollution itself?
  That’s the question at the heart of the dispute between the Trump administration and California about the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution program known as NAAQS, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
  President Trump recently issued an executive memorandum directing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to take steps that will make compliance with the regulations
  
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• Baskin Robbins announces a Dunkin’ Donuts coffee flavor for grocery stores

  17-04-2018 21:19 via ocregister.com
  Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin’ Donuts have teamed on Dunkin’ Donuts coffee favored ice creams to be sold in grocery stores.
  Albertsons, Vons, Ralphs, and other supermarket chains will begin selling the crossover flavors in 14-ounce containers this spring and summer, according to a news release from Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company for both chains.
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• Dumpling alert! The first American outpost of JA Jiaozi will open in May in Irvine

  17-04-2018 21:02 via ocregister.com
  More dumplings are coming to Orange County when JA Jiaozi, a Chinese chain, opens its first American outpost in early May at the Irvine Marketplace. The restaurant, a 2,954 square foot space, will bring seasonal offerings with no artificial coloring, preservatives or MSG.
  Menu items will include steamed, boiled and fried dumplings in flavors such as cod fish and chives ($11.50) and the JA Signature with pork dried shrimp and shrimp roe ($11.50). Stir fried veggie dishes range from $9.50-$11.50,
  
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• Molina comfortable in tough spot for Long Beach State volleyball team

  17-04-2018 20:54 via ocregister.com
  On a team with six players who earned Big West All-Conference honors this season, it is easy to overlook a starter who did not receive that kind of distinction.
  But no one on the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team overlooks the contributions of libero Jordan Molina. The junior from Carson High played a significant role in the 49ers’ run to being ranked No. 1 in the nation, a 24-1 record and the top seed for the Big West Tournament that starts Thursday at the Walter Pyramid.
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• Starbucks to close stores for an afternoon for bias training

  17-04-2018 20:31 via ocregister.com
  By ALEXANDRA OLSON and JOSEPH PISANI
  The Associated Press
  NEW YORK— Starbucks, trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for its nearly 175,000 workers.
  The announcement Tuesday comes after the arrests sparked protests and calls for a boycott on social media. Starbucks says the stores and corporate offices will be
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after crash with car in Fullerton

  17-04-2018 20:28 via ocregister.com
  A 21-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday morning, April 17, after colliding with a car in Fullerton.
  Police got a call of motorcyclist down at West Orangethorpe and South Courtney avenues and found the man with serious injuries laying in a lane,  Fullerton police Sgt. Jon Radus said.
  “Officers immediately began conducting CPR,” Radus said. Fullerton firefighters arrived and continued to treat the man and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:07 a.m.
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• Politicians, public figures pay tribute via social media to the late Barbara Bush

  17-04-2018 19:41 via ocregister.com
  Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday evening, April 17 at the age of 92.
  The news was confirmed in a statement that was released by family spokesman Jim McGrath. The cause wasn’t immediately known.
  Politicians and public figures, including former President and Barbara Bush’s son George W. Bush, President Donald Trump and local politicians including California Sen. Kamala Harris and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, took time to make statements of their own and share them on Twi
  
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• Businesses optimistic, wary in wake of Trump’s pledge to back off cannabis

  17-04-2018 19:36 via ocregister.com
  Marijuana stocks are surging while cannabis industry supporters remain optimistic but skeptical days after a surprise pledge from President Donald Trump that he will support state marijuana programs.
  “Today, we can all rest a little easier if we’re in the industry,” said David Dinenberg, chief executive of KIND Financial, a Los Angeles maker software for cannabis businesses.
  “Whether there will be real change, we still have to wait and see.”
  Sen. Cory Gardner, a Rep
  
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• Jordyn Wieber accuses USA Gymnastics of destroying medical records

  17-04-2018 19:33 via ocregister.com
  Olympic and World champion gymnast Jordyn Wieber alleges in a new lawsuit that USA Gymnastics destroyed medical records to cover up sexual abuse by U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics national team physician Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of young gymnasts.
  In a suit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Wieber also alleges that  USA Gymnastics, Michigan State and former USA Gymnastics chief executive Steve Penny and board chairman Paul Parilla enabled Nassar’s abuse by allowing
  
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• Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92

  17-04-2018 18:58 via ocregister.com
  FILE – In this May 5, 2010 file photo, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, right, kisses his wife, Barbara, after both were shown on the stadium kiss cam video board during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Houston. Former first couple George and Barbara Bush’s relationship is a true love story, described by granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager as “remarkable.” They met at a Christmas dance. She was 17. He was 18. Two years later they w
  
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• Coachella 2018: 7 fashion trends we spotted during Weekend 1

  17-04-2018 18:40 via ocregister.com
  Floral prints, matching clothes and retro basketball jerseys are among the most popular fashion trends at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
  Here’s some of what we’ve seen in the desert this weekend:
  1. Flower power
  One of the most popular trends over the weekend involved floral prints. Guys often wore button-up short-sleeved shirts in red, blue and green. Women’s fashions included floral gowns, pants, shirts and kimonos, the latter of which were big on their ow
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (4-17-18)

  17-04-2018 18:34 via ocregister.com
  Scores and stats from the Orange County games on Tuesday, April 17.
  BASEBALLGARDEN GROVE LEAGUEGarden Grove 7, Los Amigos 0GG: Navaro 3-3 2 2B RBI, Cadiz 3-4 2 2B RBI
  EXPRESS LEAGUETarbut V’ Torah 14, Samueli Academy 0 (5 innings)TVT: Maister 1-4 RBI (W 5IP 0H 0R 0BB 11K 1HBP), Fern 1-1 3BB 4RBI, Ferry 1-2 2RBI, Groner 1-3 2RBINote: Freshman left-hander Jared Maister pitched a no-hitter.
   
  
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• Corky Carroll: Starring in Miller Lite ads was a tough job, but someone had to do it

  17-04-2018 18:31 via ocregister.com
  Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series.
  Continuing with the story of my years with the “Miller Lite All-Stars,” doing television commercials and personal appearances:
  We shot my first commercial at a little bar in Hermosa Beach called the Poop Deck. Dewey Weber used to hang out there and he came by during the shoot to say hello. I think he wanted to get in on it as an extra, but it was already cast. He had great success as a kid when he was “Buster Brown&r
  
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• Taxpayers get another day to file after IRS computer glitch

  17-04-2018 18:28 via ocregister.com
  The Internal Revenue Service said it would give U.S. taxpayers an extra day to file their returns electronically after a computer malfunction disrupted the agency’s website.
  The IRS said in a statement on Tuesday evening that its processing systems were back online, and that the new deadline was Wednesday.
  Every year the IRS processes more than 120 million tax returns that arrive by mid-April and spits back some $300 billion in refunds. Last year, about 90 percent of returns submitted
  
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• Q&A with Angels beat writer Jeff Fletcher: When should Shohei Ohtani pitch?

  17-04-2018 18:09 via ocregister.com
  During the Angels’ off day Monday, we hosted a Q&A on our Facebook page. Fans were mostly satisfied with the team’s 13-3 start, but there were still plenty of issues, and some concerns about the pitching in the long term. Here are some of the questions.
  Q: For the most part, everything is going right for the Angels, but there is no denying the teams weakness is their bullpen. What are some of the options Billy Eppler may have to improve it? Any decent SP or BP arms still ava
  
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• Southern California house prices hit 10 1/2-year high, Realtors report

  17-04-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  Fierce competition for a limited number of homes pushed house prices higher in March, with Southern California homebuyers paying the highest median prices in more than a decade, new Realtor figures show.
  Orange County house prices hit an all-time high in March, while prices in the Inland Empire hit their highest level since August 2007, the California Association of Realtors reported Tuesday, April 17.
  Prices showed significant year-over-year gains throughout the region.
  The median price of
  
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• Lakers final 2017-18 report card: Young team on the rise turns around season to notch 35 wins

  17-04-2018 17:50 via ocregister.com
  When the Lakers lost their ninth game in a row on Jan. 5, it was difficult to imagine a turnaround quite like the one they achieved over the final 43 games of their season. As the season’s midway point neared, the Lakers’ record was 11-27, two games worse than the same point of the previous season.
  Lonzo Ball had just missed half a dozen games with a sprained shoulder, the first of three injuries that caused the rookie point guard to miss significant time. The overcharged analysis of
  
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• Movie theater magnate George Krikorian selling oceanfront estate for $23.8 million

  17-04-2018 17:43 via ocregister.com
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• IRS payment site fails on tax day, extensions to be granted

  17-04-2018 16:56 via ocregister.com
  Americans who waited until the last day to pay their taxes online got an unwelcome surprise: The IRS website to make payments and access other key services is down.
  The IRS still expects Americans to pay their taxes but U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says extensions will be granted to those impacted when the site is up again.
  The IRS said in a statement that “certain IRS systems are experiencing technical difficulties.” It also said that at this point, the problem appears to b
  
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• San Clemente quarterback Brendan Costello lands first offer

  17-04-2018 16:50 via ocregister.com
  San Clemente junior quarterback Brendan Costello (6-1, 188) has been offered by Air Force, Tritons coach Jaime Ortiz said.
  The Falcons are the first FBS program to offer the speedy, dual-threat quarterback. The Mountain West program signed Pacifica quarterback Ben Jefferson from the class of 2018.Truly honored and humbled to receive an offer to be a student-athlete at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Thank you @CoachTCalhoun @jake8shakesI also want to thank my SCHS teammates and coaches @Tritonf
  
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• OC District Attorney files lawsuit accusing California Board of Parole Hearings of violating victim’s rights

  17-04-2018 16:35 via ocregister.com
  Collene Campbell holds a photo of her son, Scott Campbell, during a press conference announcing a lawsuit filed by the Orange County District AttorneyÕs Office against the Board of Parole Hearings on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Scott Campbell killed in 1983. The suit alleges the board violated MarcyÕs Law.(Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Collene Campbell speaks as Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas listens during a press conference announcing a lawsu
  
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• Join our reporters for a Facebook Live interview on California’s marijuana laws

  17-04-2018 16:32 via ocregister.com
  It’s been nearly a year and a half since California legalized recreational marijuana and each municipality in the state is still trying to figure out how to work with the law.
  A recent investigation by the Southern California News Group‘s reporters Brooke Staggs, Ian Wheeler and Phil Lawrence sheds light on how each city and county in the state is forming rules in the wake of Proposition 64’s passage. The law allows citizens to carry and consume marijuana for recreational purpo
  
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• Las Vegas mass shooting survivor from O.C. plans cycling event to help trauma sufferers

  17-04-2018 16:17 via ocregister.com
  Among amplified country crooning and friends they’ve known for half their lifetime, Laguna Niguel residents Brittany Lessard, 33, and Jimmy Lessard, 34, gripped overpriced brews while savoring the final moments of the three-day Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas for the final act, Jason Aldean.
  The sun had set, and blisters from a weekend spent breaking in fresh cowboy boots throbbed. Aldean was only a few songs in when Brittany Lessard left with a friend to use the restroom.
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• Disneyland Resort looking to hire housekeepers, cooks and ride operators

  17-04-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  When you run the busiest theme park in California and you’ve got 30,000 employees, keeping the place fully staffed isn’t easy.
  So it should come as no surprise that Disneyland Resort is bulking up its hiring. It held a culinary job fair Monday for its two theme parks, three hotels and the Downtown Disney District. Two more events are scheduled in May to bring on more employees in housekeeping, laundry services and a variety of other roles.
  Disney declined to reveal how
  
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• Earth Day 2018: Here are 6 California bills that aim to reduce plastic litter and pollution

  17-04-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  State lawmakers got the memo in advance.
  The theme of Earth Day (Sunday, April 22) is “End Plastic Pollution,” but California legislators are already on the case. Four years ago, they made California the first state to ban single-use plastic grocery sacks — and 52 percent of voters agreed with the law in a 2016 referendum.
  This year, the lawmakers are going after a range of other plastics that litter the ocean, beaches, streets and parks.
  While cleanups like those schedule
  
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• Happy Tax Day! Political Cartoons

  17-04-2018 15:48 via ocregister.com
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• Southern California winds set to die down, and there’s rain on the way

  17-04-2018 15:40 via ocregister.com
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  LOS ANGELES — A wind advisory remained in force this morning in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Antelope Valley but was scheduled to expire before dawn.
  A wind advisory expired late Monday night in Los Angeles and the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, and the one in effect in the San Gabriels and Antelope Valley is due to expire at 5 a.m.
  The National Weather Service reported late Monday that the Southland experienced powerful wind gusts in the previous 24
  
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• Disneyland aims beyond families with its Pixar Fest

  17-04-2018 15:16 via ocregister.com
  What’s the most important part of Disneyland’s new Pixar Fest?
  Maybe you like the new fireworks show, or maybe you prefer the return of Paint the Night and the expanded Pixar Play Parade. Maybe you’re into all the special food that Disney rolls out for an event such as this. Or maybe you’re one of those fans who likes to line up and buy every new popcorn bucket that Disney puts up for sale.
  For me? I think the most interesting thing about Pixar Fest is its slogan –
  
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• Lifesaving legacy: Film will tell story of Ben Carlson, Newport lifeguard who lost his life during rescue

  17-04-2018 14:36 via ocregister.com
  Skeeter Leeper looks out toward the shores of Newport Beach, where a batch of new lifeguards this summer will watch over the hundreds of thousands of people that flock to the coast as the weather warms.
  Some of the younger guards gearing up for their first year with the lifeguard department weren’t even teenagers when Ben Carlson died during a rescue in big surf four years ago this summer.
  The crop of rookie guards will never know, or get to train under, Carlson, who was memorialized with
  
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• Suspect in officer-involved shooting in Anaheim flees into neighborhood, nearby school on lockdown

  17-04-2018 14:25 via ocregister.com
  Anaheim police are searching for a suspect in an officer-involved shooting who fled into a neighborhood, prompting a lockdown of a nearby school Tuesday afternoon, April 17.
  It wasn’t immediately known if anyone was wounded during the shooting.
  A helicopter was making announcements and searching the area where the shooting happened on Almond and Redwood avenues, Anaheim police shared on social media.
  “The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous,” the Anaheim Police Depart
  
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• Doing business at the Tustin Community Yard Sale

  17-04-2018 14:14 via ocregister.com
  Household items, jewelry, toys and plenty more found second, and even third or fourth, lives on Saturday at the annual Tustin Community Yard Sale.
  The city’s Parks and Recreation Department arranged the giant sale at the Tustin Senior Center featuring booths manned by residents and nonprofit groups.
  Rows and rows of booths filled the parking lot.
  Sveta Taylor examines a bed spread during the Tustin Parks and Recreation’s annual community yard sale held at the Tustin Area Senior Cente
  
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• Trial begins for man accused of threatening a shooting at Soka University

  17-04-2018 13:51 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA – A Los Angeles man linked a video of himself holding a handgun to an email sent to a Soka University official claiming he would put the Aliso Viejo campus “on the map,” a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday.
  Trial began Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court for David Kenneth Smith, 40, a Soka graduate facing a felony count of making criminal threats after authorities accused him of sending a series of threatening emails to a woman he used to work for at the camp
  
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• Pacifica softball duo combines to throw perfect game

  17-04-2018 13:51 via ocregister.com
  Don’t count out Pacifica’s softball team just yet.
  The No. 10 Mariners kicked off an important week Monday with 13-0 victory against visiting Western in the Empire League.
  Senior Eliza Sandoval and junior Julia Cabral combined to throw a perfect game for the Mariners (12-7, 1-1), who bounced back from a 3-1 loss against surprising Valencia last week.
  Sandoval pitched three innings while Cabral logged two innings.
  Sophomores Carli Kloss and Alyssa Brito and junior Alani Nguy
  
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• Best Things To Do This Week In Orange County: April 16-22

  17-04-2018 13:50
  APRIL 12: In this handout photo provided by Disney Resorts, Olivia Holt and Jordan Fisher pose with Pixar pals during the launch of the first Pixar Fest at Disneyland Resort on April 12, 2018 in Anaheim, California. Pixar Fest runs from April 13th through September 3rd, 2018.
  
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• Bikini season for you, burka for me

  17-04-2018 13:34 via ocregister.com
  Well, I contacted the fashion police.  “Can you help me? My clothes shrink while they are in the closet.”
  Their nasty response was that I may possibly be living beyond my seams, it seems.
  I needed a plan. I started the Paleo diet. I became compulsively attracted to men with long arms and body hair from head to toe. Found I could only write in caves. Unfortunately, one with a good wall wasn’t in my Mutual.
  I switched to the Mediterranean diet but the cost of weekly flights
  
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• Photos: Laguna Woods Village Games are in full swing after week 1 of competition

  17-04-2018 12:04 via ocregister.com
  The 2018 Village Games kicked off Monday, April 8 with a full week of competition and dozens of medals awarded. The 19th annual Games features 360 of Laguna Woods’ top senior athletes competing for medals across 23 events. Competition will culminate with a 5K run starting from Clubhouse One at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 28.
  The schedule for the upcoming week is as follows:
  Friday, April 20
  9 a.m. Lawn Bowling, Women’s Singles
  10 a.m. Archery
  Saturday, April 21
  9 a.m. Shuffleboard
  
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• IRS website crashes on the last day to file returns (without an extension)

  17-04-2018 11:33 via ocregister.com
  Just in time for tax day: the IRS website to make payments is down.
  The IRS did not have an immediate explanation for the failure. But it said on its website that its online payment system became unavailable at 2:50 A.M. ET on Tuesday.
  IRS Acting Commissioner David Kautter testified during a House Oversight Hearing Tuesday that a number of systems are down at the moment and that they are working to resolve the issue. (And Twitter reported outages worldwide if that offers the IRS any comfort.)
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• Twitter is down in many parts of the world

  17-04-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  Many Twitter users around the world have been reporting Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that the service is down.
  Twitter may be working just fine for you this morning, but many across the world have been reporting that the social-media site is down, and those reports have been circulating — curiously — on Twitter itself:Twitter is experiencing a world-wide outage https://t.co/a95gbnXSD8 by @mjburnsy
  — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) April 17, 2018
  Twitter has gone down for some users, and t
  
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• Big rig crash closes lanes of 5 Freeway in Buena Park

  17-04-2018 09:20 via ocregister.com
  BUENA PARK — A three-vehicle crash involving an overturned big rig blocked three southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway in Buena Park today.
  The crash occurred about 5:40 a.m. near Beach Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. Some oil leaked from the big rig, and crews were sent to handle the cleanup.
  There were no immediate reports of injuries.
  Here is where it happened:
  
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• Fire in apartment-complex garages displaces 10 in Garden Grove

  17-04-2018 09:07 via ocregister.com
  GARDEN GROVE – Ten residents were displaced from their homes after a fire spread through four attached garages in an apartment complex Monday night, April 16.
  The residents at 13141 Casa Linda Lane were able to evacuate before firefighters arrived, said Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department.
  It took firefighters 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze reported just after 10:30 p.m.
  No injuries were reported.
  Two cars were damaged and there was also smoke damage to apartmen
  
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• How high have gas prices climbed in Southern California?

  17-04-2018 08:58 via ocregister.com
  Gas prices in Southern California have risen 45.2 cents since the beginning of 2018. (AP file photo/Mark Humphrey)
  LOS ANGELES — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose three-tenths of a cent today to $3.602, one day after a five-day streak of increases ended with a decrease of one-tenth of a cent.
  The average price is at its highest amount since Aug. 28, 2015, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is 2.4 cen
  
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• Man shot and injured by Anaheim police Friday had also been shot by Santa Ana police 5 years ago

  17-04-2018 08:43 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — A 24-year-old man hospitalized Monday for gunshot wounds sustained by Anaheim police was shot by Santa Ana police in May 2013.
  Petrica Muntean was shot by Santa Ana police on May 14, 2013.
  Muntean’s encounter with Santa Ana police stemmed from the theft of a woman’s car in Anaheim, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, which cleared the Santa Ana officers of any wrongdoing.
  When police received a signal from the stolen car guiding investigat
  
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