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• Garrett Richards, Mike Trout, Albert Pujols help to end Angels’ losing streak

  21-04-2018 23:34 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols celebrates after his two-run home run against the San Francisco Giants during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  San Francisco Giants’ Mac Williamson reacts after striking out during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Angels&rsquo
  
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• The federal government right to audit California bullet train project

  21-04-2018 23:30 via ocregister.com
  Last week, the federal government announced that it would audit California’s high-speed rail project. This is welcome news for those who have believed from the very inception of the project that it was doomed to failure.
  Bullet train cheerleaders and their allies in the California Legislature have worked hard to conceal the true status of the project as well as its viability. Only recently, after years of rising costs and blown deadlines, has the legislature finally agreed to conduct its o
  
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• Verne Troyer, Mini Me in ‘Austin Powers’ movies, dies at 49

  21-04-2018 23:28 via ocregister.com
  Actor Verne Troyer, seen in a 2015 photo, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the age of 49. He is best known for playing Mini Me in the “Austin Powers” movies. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night)
  LOS ANGELES — Actor Verne Troyer, known for his role as Mini Me in two of the “Austin Powers” films, died today at the age of 49, according to a statement on the actor’s Facebook page.
  “It is with great sadness and incredibly heavy hear
  
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• Peng-Peng Lee clinches NCAA title for UCLA gymnastics with perfect 10

  21-04-2018 23:06 via ocregister.com
  UCLA team members celebrate after winning the NCAA college women’s gymnastics national championship Saturday, April 21, 2018, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
  UCLA coach Valorie Kondos Field celebrates after UCLA won the NCAA women’s gymnastics championship Saturday, April 21, 2018, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUCLA’s Katelyn Ohashi, left, Peng-Peng Lee, right, and teammates celebrate after winning the NCAA women’s gymn
  
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• Hyun-Jin Ryu outpitches Stephen Strasburg as Dodgers beat Nationals

  21-04-2018 22:56 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig, right, steals second base as Washington Nationals’ Trea Turner makes a late tag during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
  Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, of South Korea, reacts after hitting a foul ball during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)SoundThe gallery will res
  
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• George Waters: Fed up with life’s cacophony? Strap on a raccoon

  21-04-2018 22:50 via ocregister.com
  There are basically two types of people — those who write little reminders to themselves, and those who forget to.
  In junior high I would write myself cryptic cartoon ideas in a little spiral notebook. Years later when I came across it I had no idea what “refrigerator crocodile explosion” meant. I bet it would have made a funny comic, though. There were dozens of notes just like it, never drawn.
  Now I add ideas to the Notes app on my phone. Evidently I have not changed much sin
  
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• Man killed in random knife attack as he held 5-year-old in his lap at seaside Ventura steakhouse

  21-04-2018 21:07 via ocregister.com
  Anthony Mele and his daughter are seen in a photo from a GoFundMe page. Mele, 35, was stabbed to death in a random attack on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at a seaside steak restaurant in Ventura. The young girl was sitting in his lap when he was stabbed. A homeless man was taken into custody and has been charged with first-degree murder. (Photo from GoFundMe)
  By AMANDA LEE MYERSAssociated Press
  LOS ANGELES — A homeless man is facing a murder charge in what authorities say was a random attack
  
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• It feels like I’ve lost a friend in Barbara Bush

  21-04-2018 20:50 via ocregister.com
  Barbara Bush’s passing rekindled memories of her visit to Chapman University in April 2000. She accompanied her husband, George H. W. Bush, who received Chapman’s Global Citizen Medal.
  When they arrived, I gave the former president and first lady a short tour of the campus. President Bush could not have been more charming. He reached out to everyone he encountered with a kind word and smile. He gently ribbed me with jokes about the pressures he astutely knew accompanied my job as pre
  
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• Is Sam Darnold the rare NFL franchise quarterback from USC?

  21-04-2018 20:34 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — Sam Darnold needed to remake a football team.
  This was during a midweek practice in late September 2016, days after he had been named USC’s starting quarterback, and days before a trip to Utah for another critical Pac-12 Conference game. During a 7-on-7 drill, Darnold had connected with JuJu Smith-Schuster for a touchdown pass. In celebration, Smith-Schuster, the team’s exuberant, go-to wide receiver who would a year later become one of the NFL’s biggest per
  
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• Jail informants counter to gaining lawful justice

  21-04-2018 20:32 via ocregister.com
  In 1983, I took an oath as a police officer to “respect the constitutional rights of all.” I took this oath seriously and understood my job was not just to protect the innocent and to arrest criminals, but to search for the truth and effect justice for all based on those truths. I did that for 21 years during my career in law enforcement, so it is extremely painful to watch the district attorney and sheriff in my own backyard forego seeking what is right in favor of high-profile conv
  
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• Working at Disney is a unique opportunity

  21-04-2018 20:31 via ocregister.com
  After reading so much recently about the employment experience of Disneyland Resort cast members, I wanted to share my story. The specifics are unique to me, but the broader point is true for so many of us — working at Disney is a unique opportunity.
  I’m currently a production manager in attractions, but this was not part of my plan when I started 12 years ago. This was a summer job, and that’s where my story begins.
  Upon graduating college in Northern California, I moved to Or
  
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• West Covina man pleads no contest in 2016 ax murder of dancer

  21-04-2018 20:16 via ocregister.com
  A West Covina man is scheduled to be sentenced May 14 for the ax murder of a professional dancer whose body was found in a remote area of Azusa Canyon in September 2016.
  Phillip Von Wade, 22, is facing 26 years to life in state prison for his no contest plea this week to first-degree murder in the Sept. 5, 2016, killing of Rahkeem “Rocky” Reyes, according to Paul Eakins of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
  Rahkeem “Rocky” Reyes (left) and Phillip Vo
  
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• Give bees, and sea lions, and more a chance at the Pet Expo in Costa Mesa April 27-29

  21-04-2018 20:02 via ocregister.com
  Bees, rescued sea lions and a veterinarian whose clients’ pets all have fins are among the attractions at this year’s America’s Family Pet Expo.w
  The stars of the Sea Lion Splash Show are animals rescued from California and South America that perform a variety of stunts and tricks. The show provides entertainment for families and also teaches the audience a few things about the marine mammals.
  Checking out the aquariums at America’s Family Pet Expo. (Photo by Robert Mora)
  
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• Another year in newspapers; how many more?

  21-04-2018 19:28 via ocregister.com
  Reading the Claremont Courier the other day, a story about a hotel planned in Pomona on the Claremont border caught my eye. Surprised Claremont neighbors cried that they had no idea a three-story Hilton-branded hotel was coming that would block their views, ruin their lives, serve delicious breakfasts, etc.
  Obviously they’re not Daily Bulletin readers: We wrote about the hotel in November 2015 and in August 2017.
  A part of me wants to tell them: See what you’re missing?&nbs
  
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• UCLA football closes spring practice with live scrimmage

  21-04-2018 19:10 via ocregister.com
  UCLA quarterback Devon Modster (18) signs autographduring the spring UCLA football game at Drake Stadium on the campus of UCLA on Saturday, April 21, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  UCLA head coach Chip Kelly during the spring UCLA football game at Drake Stadium on the campus of UCLA on Saturday, April 21, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsFormer UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen sign
  
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• LAFC scores four second-half goals to win at Montreal

  21-04-2018 18:54 via ocregister.com
  Montreal Impact midfielder Ignacio Piatti, right,celebrates his third goal against with teammates Jeisson Vargas, left, and Saphir Taider, center, during first half Major League Soccer match against the Los Angeles FC, Saturday, April 21, 2018 in Montreal. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush celebrates with teammates Samuel Piette, centre, and Chris Duvall after stopping a penalty kick against Los Angeles FC forward Marco Urena during the first half of
  
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• Coachella 2018: Record Store Day offers rare vinyl shopping for music fans

  21-04-2018 18:44 via ocregister.com
  Brian Dale couldn’t believe his luck.
  At the on-site Coachella record store, Dale, who grew up a skater in the San Fernando Valley, found a vinyl copy of the soundtrack for “The Search for Animal Chin,” an iconic 1987 skateboarding flick that starred a young Tony Hawk, among others.
  Prior to Saturday, which was the 11th annual Record Store Day, the album had never been on vinyl, and Dale nabbed the second to last copy in the store.
  “Honestly, this is the holy grail o
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (4-21-18)

  21-04-2018 18:22 via ocregister.com
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, April 21.
  BASEBALLEL DORADO STEAKHOUSE TOURNAMENTTesoro 8, El Dorado 6
  Cypress 16, JW North 0
  Gahr 4, Dana Hills 3 (8 innings)
  MINUTEMEN INVITATIONALMaranatha 11, Oxford Academy 1
  NONLEAGUEDiamond Bar 9, St. Margaret’s 5
  SOFTBALLNONLEAGUECathedral Catholic 5, Huntington Beach 0HB: Ortiz 1-2, Rudd 1-1
  
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• Coachella 2018: Where to get your ice cream fix in air-conditioned comfort at the festival

  21-04-2018 18:13 via ocregister.com
  Coachella Music and Arts Festival concertgoers, your answer to the heat wave has arrived.
  Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream has returned this year to the Empire Polo Club grounds to serve up decadent scoops of everything from salted caramel to vegan mint chip.
  Scoops of vegan ice cream in Planet Earth and chocolate flavors are served up at the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Shop on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. (Micah Escamilla/Correspondent
  
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• Goats join in on yoga moves at Centennial Farm in Costa Mesa

  21-04-2018 17:52 via ocregister.com
  It has to be hard to stress out when a furry bundle of cuteness is bouncing around – and even on – you.
  Yoga sessions on Saturday, April 21 at the Centennial Farm at the OC Fair & Event Center introduced pygmy goats to the workouts for a little fun. 
  The instruction was provided by Spectra Yoga of Costa Mesa and the baby goats by the Fountain Valley Cloverdales 4-H Club. Tickets for the two sessions sold within a couple of hours.
  Caitlyn Tse gets some love from a young goat
  
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• Santa Margarita girls, Northwood boys blaze to titles at Foothill Swim Games (video)

  21-04-2018 17:50 via ocregister.com
  Northwood’s medley relay, from left, of Gabe Munoz, Henry Wu, Hwa Min Sim and Collin Press clocked a meet-record 1:32.83 at the Foothill Swim Games on Saturday to help the Timberwolves capture their second straight team title. Photo By Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG
  Santa Margarita’s 400-yard freestyle relay, from left, of Anicka Delgado, Bela Patino, Mackenzie Degn and Ella Ristic clocked a meet-record 3:25.17 to help the Eagles defend their title at the Foothill Swim Games
  
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• Coachella 2018: Photos of the best fashion and outfits from Weekend 2

  21-04-2018 17:50 via ocregister.com
  We’re back at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, on the ground and spotting the most eye-catching fashions at Coachella’s second weekend April 20-22.
  Elmer Vargas, left, and Ivan Ramirez-Diaz, both of San Bernardino, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
  Left to Right: Kristian Walcott, Noah Bou
  
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• Gardening: Flowering trees bring spring color early

  21-04-2018 17:49 via ocregister.com
  It really is all about the trees.
  Most of the correspondence sent my way involves trees. Questions about fruit trees, especially citrus trees, are the most common.
  Suggestions also are sought for fast-growing shade trees of manageable size (silk tree or Albizia julibrissin, for example), for trees that grow in limited space (“Little Gem” magnolia tops the list) and for trees that can serve as hedges (“Oro Blanco” grapefruit trees serve that purpose admirably and provide f
  
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• More ‘Earth Days’ could stop ‘nature deficit syndrome’

  21-04-2018 17:48 via ocregister.com
  Rachel Lambert, the farm stewardship coordinator at the IRC’s Native Seed Farm, is animated as she explains to kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana what the farm does in Irvine on Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Michele Claude-Clemente, left, director of community programs, takes kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana on a tour of the Irvine Ranch Conservancy’s Native Seed Farm in Irvine on Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Ph
  
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• Top O.C. boys, girls times entering Foothill Swim Games finals

  21-04-2018 17:46 via ocregister.com
  Top reported times in swimming:
  BOYS SWIMMING
  O.C. leaders through April 20
  200-yard medley relay (O.C. record 1:30.10) – AN 1:33.08, Nor 1:34.48, CdM 1:36.49, Tes 1:36.77, other: Campolindo 1:36.36
  200 free (O.C. record 1:33.26) – Ingram (Foot) 1:40.61, Lou (Nor) 1:40.79,  Hitchens (Nor) 1:40.83, Brinegar (Tes) 1:41.03, Lou (Uni) 1:41.97, Cheng (Tes) 1:42.33, Hales (LaHi) 1:42.41, Mykkanen (Foot) 1:42.66, Brune (Tes) 1:43.29, Kao (DH) 1:43.84, others: Cooper (Foot/Pleasanton) 1
  
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• With the details of the investigation of Pico Rivera teacher Gregory Salcido now divulged, what does it mean for his appeal?

  21-04-2018 17:44 via ocregister.com
  After the El Rancho Unified School District took the unusual move last week to release its investigative report into former teacher Gregory Salcido’s conduct, which led to his ouster, the question stands: Could he possibly keep his job?
  While the former El Rancho High history and government teacher made ational headlines after recordings of his in-class, anti-military rant went viral, the report laid out a litany of other on-the-job allegations. Among them were charges Salcido had deleted
  
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• Tabby cat Lilo will be your loving shadow

  21-04-2018 17:44 via ocregister.com
  Breed: Tabby
  Age: 2 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Lilo’s story: Lilo likes nothing better than to sit on a comfy lap all day. She also has her favorite toys that she will chase. When she was in a foster home she followed her foster mom all around the house, just loving attention.
  Adoption donation: $99, includes spay, microchip, testing for FIV and FELV (negative for both), current vaccines and flea treatment.
  Adoption procedure: Call or text Suzanne with 2nd Chance Pet Adoptions a
  
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• HOA Homefront: Reader wants to know: Can we limit rentals?

  21-04-2018 17:31 via ocregister.com
  Q: Hello Kelly: We are talking about limiting the number of rentals in our HOA complex. I believe we have about 1/3 rentals. Do you know if there is a way we can legally limit the number of rentals? We have noticed the more rentals we have, the more damage is done to our property and the more trouble we have in common areas amenities (pool, tennis courts, etc). We are also concerned we will lose our FHA/VA approval if we have too many rentals. Can you address the rental/owner occupied 
  
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• It’s John Muir’s 180th birthday, so here’s some facts about his trail and Yosemite

  21-04-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and settled in Wisconsin.
  Muir was an inventor, farmer, sheepherder, logger and naturalist. He entered the Yosemite Valley for the first time in 1868, and his writings about the area encouraged support for preservation of land in California and America.
  Muir published six collections of writings while alive (four more were published posthumously).
  He was the co-founder and first presi
  
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• Have your kids hijacked your wallet? If so, set some money boundaries

  21-04-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  Have your young adult children hijacked your wallet? Are you trapped between making sure your own financial security is a top priority and wanting to soften your young adult kids’ way into the real world?
  If you’re subsidizing your older children’s lives, you may be harming their ability to become independent – and your own future.
  Many parents find it hard to wean their children off the parental wallet. Old habits die hard. We are accustomed to guaranteeing they have wha
  
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• Allen Buchanan: Do cap rates matter?

  21-04-2018 16:31 via ocregister.com
  Investors in commercial real estate — folks who rely on the rent paid by a tenant for their livelihood — use a number of different measures to analyze their investment.
  The most common metric is a capitalization rate or cap rate. Simply stated, a cap rate is the quotient of the yearly net operating income divided by the purchase price.
  If a building sports an annual net operating income — the rent minus the expenses — of $100,000 and the building is worth $2 mil
  
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• A time for adjusting a life of daditude

  21-04-2018 16:18 via ocregister.com
  It doesn’t get any easier, the death of a child.
  All of us can imagine that is the case. Some have to know it.
  The great scribe of suburban America, of himself, of his nearest and dearest, Los Angeles Times columnist Chris Erskine, and his wife, known to readers as Posh, have in recent weeks lived through the death of their oldest son, Christopher, 32.
  There are other suberb chroniclers of our time who would not — or would not have to — write about that. They would be entirely
  
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• The right cover up just might help you sell your home

  21-04-2018 16:04 via ocregister.com
  Nobody’s perfect. Just like no house is perfect.
  How far will you go to mask, minimize or delay the inevitable reveal regarding the condition or location of your house when you’re ready to sell?
  Here are some of the most common tactics sellers should – and should not use. There will be a quiz at the end to see if you can accurately determine which of these are true and which I made up just to make you giggle.
  Pockmarks in your stucco: Stucco is the prevailing exterior finish in
  
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• There’s a benefit to not getting a REAL ID too soon

  21-04-2018 15:07 via ocregister.com
  Q. I am planning on getting my REAL ID and have an appointment with the Department of Motor Vehicles on May 10. My current California driver’s license expires in November. Will I have to renew my driver’s license again in November, or can I just get everything handled in one DMV trip? A co-worker told me that if I get my license renewed as early as I am, that I would have to take the written test again. Is that true?
  – Anne Schindler, Aliso Viejo
  A. How do you feel ab
  
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• El Camino Real Charter High wins U.S. Academic Decathlon

  21-04-2018 14:33 via ocregister.com
  The team from El Camino Real Charter High celebrates Saturday, April 21, 2018, after winning the U.S. Academic Decathlon in Friso, Texas. The school has won the national title eight times. (Photo courtesy of El Camino Real Charter High School)
  WOODLAND HILLS — El Camino Real Charter High School bested competition from across the country and around the world to win the 2018 U.S. Academic Decathlon in Friso Texas, school district officials announced today.
  In winning the title for the eighth
  
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• Easier transfers to UC from community college

  21-04-2018 13:45 via ocregister.com
  Many adult Californians lucky enough to have received one of the best college educations in the world on the cheap thanks to the University of California and California State University systems know just how lucky they were.
  Admission to the campuses of their choice, especially those with the best reputation, was never a lock, but it was doable. And there was always the fallback of lesser-known public universities.
  No campus — with the possible exception of UC Merced, still struggling to a
  
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• Whicker: USC golfer Justin Suh hopes to combine goals with dreams

  21-04-2018 13:40 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — If you played golf with Duk Suh, you played for money. He would drive from San Jose to Summitpointe, in Milpitas, and start putting his way into your wallet.
  He wasn’t a high roller, but he’d come home with some hundreds. He introduced the same value system to daughter Hannah and son Justin. They played each other. The one who won got paid.
  “It could be 10, 20, 50,” Duk said the other day. “That’s how you learn to compete. I told them that
  
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• Dangerous flaws in Proposition 57 could result in early release of sex offenders

  21-04-2018 13:33 via ocregister.com
  Thanks to Proposition 57, hundreds of sex offenders could be released into our communities through an early parole program. As strong advocates for public safety and most importantly as mothers to our respective families, the prospect of having sexual predators leaving prison early is, to say the least, stomach churning.
  Proposition 57 was passed by California’s voters in 2016 with the intent to provide “nonviolent” felons the opportunity for early parole. Although the voters w
  
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• Barbara Bush remembered as ‘first lady of the greatest generation’ at Houston funeral

  21-04-2018 13:21 via ocregister.com
  By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press
  Former President George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, followed by former first lady Laura Bush follow as pallbearers carry the casket of former first lady Barbara Bush after a funeral service at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
  HOUSTON — Barbara Bush was the “first lady of the greatest generation.”
  Addressing former presidents, ambassadors and hundreds of other mourners inside the
  
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• Coachella 2018: Everything that happened on Friday of Weekend 2

  21-04-2018 11:21 via ocregister.com
  After a wild and windy week, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s second weekend got underway Friday, April 20, with more sunshine and more cumbia.
  We met a couple who got married Thursday in nearby Indian Wells and then took wedding photos on the festival grounds as part of the scenes we captured on the field.
  The newlyweds weren’t the only ones partying Thursday — things got started with the Chella event, a concert for the Coachella Valley community that included Co
  
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• College baseball roundup: Cal State Fullerton takes series opener against Hawaii

  21-04-2018 10:59 via ocregister.com
  Colton Eastman pitched seven strong innings and Daniel Cope delivered a towering two-run home run to lead Fullerton to a 6-3 victory over Hawaii in the opener of their three-game Big West Conference series Friday night at Goodwin Field.
  Fullerton (18-18, 5-2 Big West), which improved to 7-3 in games Eastman starts, moved into sole possession of first place with the win.
  Eastman (5-3) allowed three runs on eight hits while striking out six in his seven innings. Blake Workman struck out
  
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• Schlomovits leaves his mark on University’s victory over Northwood

  21-04-2018 09:58 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE – University starting pitcher David Schlomovits is in the clean-up spot of the batting order for a reason.
  Not only did Schlomovits get the win on the mound Friday, but he ripped the eventual game-winning home run to help University defeat Northwood 2-1 in a Pacific Coast League baseball game at University High. .
  Schlomovits belted a solo home run to right-center field with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning then got the first two outs of the seventh to earn the win.Pitcher
  
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• Miller helps JSerra find way to knock off Orange Lutheran

  21-04-2018 09:47 via ocregister.com
  ORANGE – JSerra’s baseball team used a terrific outing by Andrew Miller and a four-run second inning to defeat Orange Lutheran 6-3 in a Trinity League game Friday night at Hart Park.
  The Lions (13-7, 3-3), ranked third in Orange County, needed the win to avoid being swept in their three-game series this week with the No. 2 Lancers (14-6, 4-2), who are tied for first in league with Servite.
  The Lions were successful bunting on three consecutive at-bats, including a pair of squeeze pla
  
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• Corona del Mar home with glass-bottom pool above the wine lounge sells for $18 million

  21-04-2018 09:16 via ocregister.com
  4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Blake Richards)
  4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Blake Richards)SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Blake Richards)
  4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Blake Richards)
  4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Blake Richards)
  4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Blake Richards)
  4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Ryan Garvin)
  4501 Camden Drive, Corona del Mar (Photo by Ry
  
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• Travel: Hilltop stairs will leave you breathless in Seattle

  21-04-2018 08:52 via ocregister.com
  Saltwater Park in Shoreline, WA boasts a 188-step staircase that many people use to both get down to the park as well as use it for exercise.(Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)
  A plaque on the first step lets everyone know how many steps are in this 188-step staircase at Saltwater park in Shoreline, WA. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA visitor makes her way up at the 100-step staircase that lead from 51st Avenue near the Laurelhur
  
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• Esperanza keeps the turnaround going, beats El Dorado

  21-04-2018 05:13 via ocregister.com
  If there was a “most improved team” award in Orange County baseball, Esperanza might be the leading candidate for it.
  The Aztecs beat El Dorado 5-2 in a Crestview League game Friday at El Dorado. Jason Fox had two doubles and drove in four runs. Gavin Lizik struck out seven over 6 2/3 innings.
  Esperanza is 15-6 overall and 2-1 in league. The Aztecs are tied for first place with Foothill.
  Last season, Esperanza finished 7-16 and was last in the four-team Crestview League with a 3-6 le
  
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• Coachella 2018: How the Do Lab, ravaged by ‘big and bad’ windstorm, was rebuilt

  21-04-2018 05:02 via ocregister.com
  When Dede Flemming looked at the Do Lab’s structure Tuesday morning, there was no other way to describe it than “ravaged.”The night before, their structure, also known as Beacon — part art installation, part music stage where people go to dance and get sprayed by water cannons — was pummeled by sustained winds of 40 mph and consistent gusts of 50 mph.
  “It was pretty disheartening,” said Flemming, chief financial officer and the logistical arm of the
  
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• Coachella 2018: These satellite images show the Empire Polo Club with and without the festival

  21-04-2018 04:52 via ocregister.com
  If you’ve ever wondered what kind of effect Coachella’s two weekends (plus Stagecoach) has on the Empire Polo Club, wonder no more.
  Redlands-based mapping company Esri published a fun slider map that shows the festival grounds during the festival and after.
  Feast your eyes:See the whole interactive here.
  The images were taken during the 2016 festival, but made a resurgence Friday of Coachella 2018’s second weekend thanks to Instagram profile @dailyoverview which posted the grap
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, April 21

  21-04-2018 03:31 via ocregister.com
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Saturday, April 21.
  BASEBALLEL DORADO STEAKHOUSE TOURNAMENTEl Dorado at Tesoro, 11 a.m., Cypress at JW North, 11 a.m., Dana Hills at Gahr, noon
  DOWNEY TOURNAMENTPacifica at Edison, 10 a.m.
  NONLEAGUEValencia at Mission Viejo (DH), 11 a.m., Segerstrom at Sunny Hills, 11 a.m.
  SOFTBALLNONLEAGUEScripps Ranch at Mater Dei, 11 a.m., Rosary at Bishop Gorman (NV), 11 a.m., Huntington Beach at Cathedral Catholic, 11:30 a.m., Rosary at Liberty (NV), 1 p.m.
  
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• Newton’s shutout completes Servite’s sweep of series with Santa Margarita

  21-04-2018 03:21 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM – Grant Newton pitched a shutout to lead Servite to a 2-0 win over visiting Santa Margarita on Friday, giving the Friars a sweep of the teams’ three-game Trinity League series this week.
  Newton, a UC Santa Barbara commit, scattered five hits and struck out three over seven innings.
  “He’s been a huge factor on our season so far,” Servite coach Shawn Gilbert said. “His nemesis in the past has been throwing strikes. He’s hitting the zone right now w
  
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