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• Servite’s Ciuffetelli throws no-hitter against Mater Dei

  07-05-2018 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Christian Ciuffetelli pitched a no-hitter for Servite in the Friars’ 6-0 win at Mater Dei in a Trinity League game.
  Ciuffetelli, a senior right-hander who signed with Oregon, struck out 11 with no walks. There were two Mater Dei baserunners who reached on errors.
  Christian Ciuffetelli pitched a no-hitter for Servite in the Friars’ 6-0 win at Mater Dei in a Trinity League game.
  Ciuffetelli, a senior right-hander who signed with Oregon, struck out 11 with no walks. There were two Mater
  
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• Should we regulate Facebook like a railroad?

  07-05-2018 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  After the revelations of how information that customers thought was private was manipulated in the last election, Facebook and Google (the owner of YouTube) are facing the risk of being designated as regulated utilities.
  The path from private monopoly to regulated utility is well trod in the United States. It is often premised on the economic condition called network effects, which characterizes Facebook, and is sparked by charges of abuse, such as Facebook and YouTube are both now encountering.
  
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• Cities should stop plundering the public on code-violation prosecutions

  07-05-2018 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When government contracts with the private sector to save money and deliver quality services, it’s a win-win. But when the aim is to merely extract money from the public, things can go very wrong.
  Late last year, the Desert Sun revealed an abusive practice in Indio and Coachella in which a city-contracted law firm, Silver & Wright, prosecuted city residents for minor crimes and then billed them for the costs of the prosecution.
  The practice distorts the enforcement of local ordinances
  
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• Orange Lutheran wins Trinity League baseball title for first time since 2012 (video)

  07-05-2018 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Lutheran captured the Trinity League baseball championship Monday with a 6-2 win over Santa Margarita at Santa Margarita High.
  It is the first league title for the Lancers (20-7, 10-3) since 2012. St. John Bosco (7-6 in league) lost Monday night to JSerra 6-4, so Orange Lutheran is the outright league champion.
  “Winning the Trinity League is a grind,” Orange Lutheran coach Eric Borba said. “To be able to celebrate the championship with this group of guys is very special
  
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• Orange Lutheran baseball earns share of first Trinity League title since 2012

  07-05-2018 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Lutheran clinched at least a share of the Trinity League baseball championship with a 6-2 win over Santa Margarita on Monday at Santa Margarita High.
  It is the first league title for the Lancers (20-7, 10-3) since 2012.
  “Winning the Trinity League is a grind,” Orange Lutheran coach Eric Borba said. “To be able to celebrate the championship with this group of guys is very special.”
  The Lancers’ Cole Winn, a projected high pick in the upcoming MLB Draft, had th
  
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• Crean Lutheran’s Guo wins CIF-SS Southern Regional with record-setting round

  07-05-2018 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH – When Tyler Guo watched his opening tee shot Monday at Skylinks Golf Course, the Crean Lutheran junior had a feeling he might be ready to make history at the CIF-SS Boys Golf Southern Individual Regional.
  He lined up attempting to hit a 10-yard draw, and the ball flew off his driver right on course.
  “When I hit shots like that, I know it is going to be a good day,” he said. “When that happens, I am going onto the tee thinking about birdies, not pars. It is a d
  
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• Should Puerto Rico become a new state?

  07-05-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  We all know how Puerto Rico — and Puerto Ricans — were blown about by last fall’s Hurricane Maria.
  We know the challenges its people and leadership faced, with electricity out in some places months — and with power still down in some remote places on the island.
  We know that there were logistical hurdles getting relief aid to those in need on the United States territory, and that the federal government has been harshly criticized over allegations of an unnecessarily slow
  
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• La Habra residents, angry about golf course home project, launch effort to recall Mayor Tim Shaw

  07-05-2018 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  La Habra residents upset by a proposal to build homes on the Westridge Golf Club property are channeling their frustration into an effort to oust Mayor Tim Shaw.
  Opponents of the home project, which has not been approved by the City Council, served Shaw with recall papers at Monday night’s council meeting. They must now collect signatures to put a recall election on the ballot.
  La Habra resident Jim Lees reads from a prepared statement before serving Mayor Tim Shaw with recall papers durin
  
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• Mater Dei enjoys victory against Orange Lutheran, clinches share of softball league title

  07-05-2018 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE – Mater Dei’s softball team might lead Orange County in fun.
  Monarchs assistant coach Jim Bollinger rewarded players with Sour Patch Kids candy for hits or productive at-bats Monday when they reached first base.
  Erica Holt later unleashed a no-handed cartwheel after the team’s Trinity League showdown at Orange Lutheran.
  This all comes from the squad with a Beta fish as a mascot.
  “We’re a pretty funny bunch,” pitcher Mackensie Kohl said.
  Mater Dei showed
  
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• Southern California Baseball Update: Corona grabs top spot; Arcadia to be tested this week

  07-05-2018 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A look at the baseball teams ranked No. 1 in their area this week by the Southern California News Group:
  Daily News1. Harvard-Westlake (23-3 overall): The Wolverines clinched the Mission League title last week with a three-game sweep of Loyola in which they outscored the Cubs 29-5. Harvard-Westlake began the final week of the regular season Monday with a 1-0 victory over Crespi to extend its win streak to 14 games.
  Long Beach1. La Mirada (23-3-1): The Matadores remained perfect in the Suburban L
  
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• Dodgers plan to remain cautious with Walker Buehler, even in a time of need

  07-05-2018 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  MONTERREY, NL, Mexico — Pretty much his entire baseball life, Walker Buehler has known someone is counting every pitch he throws.
  “Yeah – I mean, I guess I grew up with it,” the Dodgers’ dynamic – and protected – young right-hander said of living with limits. “My last two years in Little League, there were pitch counts. We were the first group where they changed from counting how many innings you could pitch to pitch counts.
  “So it’s no
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday (5-7-18)

  07-05-2018 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Monday, May 7.
  BASEBALL
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  Capistrano Valley 5, El Toro 1
  CV: Manning 2-2 RBI, Holman 2B RBI, Daugherty 2B RBI (W 6IP 3H 1ER 3BB 3K). ET: Zerfass 2B, Shiffman (L 5IP 8H 5R 2ER 2BB 5K)
  SOFTBALL
  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
  Beckman 2, Northwood 1
  Nor: Besnard 1-3 HR, Zaffino 2-3 2B, McMurray (L 6IP 2H 2R 0ER 0BB 6K)
  TRINITY LEAGUE
  Santa Margarita 10, JSerra 0
  SM: Vargas 2B 3RBI (W 5IP 1H 0R 3K), Pla 3-4 3R RBI, Yellen 2-3 BB 2R, Fiorentino 2B
  
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• California to make homebuilding $25,000 to $30,000 more expensive with new solar mandate

  07-05-2018 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  With California’s housing prices forcing many people to leave the state or consider doing so, California is set to make the problem a lot worse.
  On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission is set to vote on energy standards requiring most new homes built in the state to have solar panels beginning in 2020.
  According to C.R. Herro, vice president of enviro
  
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• Lakers emphasize defense at pre-draft workout

  07-05-2018 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — After vowing a year ago that they would improve defensively following a 27-win season, the Lakers jumped from last in the NBA in defensive efficiency to 12th in Coach Luke Walton’s second season.
  Walton made a similar pledge following the 35-47 season that wrapped up less than a month ago, and that message was made loud and clear on Monday when the Lakers hosted a pre-draft workout for six prospects.
  “They (made) a real big emphasis on defense obviously,&rdquo
  
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• How California candidates use three words to sway voters

  07-05-2018 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ben Christopher, CALmatters
  When Californians step into their voting booths on Election Day—finally shut off from the daily deluge of campaign ads—every candidate will still have at least one last word. And a maximum of three.
  Right on the ballot, just below his or her name, California law affords each person running for office a designation. Like an ultra-pithy, last-minute advertisement, this short biographical description gives candidates an opportunity to tell voters just a li
  
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• Obamacare menu labeling rules ushered in, with no Trump objection

  07-05-2018 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump has found one part of the federal health law palatable: He’s allowing Obamacare rules that require chain restaurants to post calorie counts to go into effect Monday.
  The rules, which are among the final pieces of the 2010 Affordable Care Act to be implemented, require restaurants to list calories on all menus and menu boards. Restaurants will also have to provide on-site additional nutritional information, such as fat and sodium levels.
  The law, intended to nudge Ame
  
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• Invited guests got a first look at the Anaheim White House’s multi-million-dollar renovation

  07-05-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Bruno Serato, whose restaurant, the Anaheim White House, was all but destroyed in a blaze in February 2017 revealed a completely refurbished place at invitation-only grand opening events over the weekend. There is another preview night tonight, Monday.
  The 5,600-square-foot, 180-seat restaurant opens to the public once again on Tuesday, May 8, with a $2.5 million makeover erasing the fire damage.
  Bruno Serato, owner of the Anaheim White House restaurant, who is best known for his charity work wi
  
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• Alexander: Riverside — home of Southern Section swimming

  07-05-2018 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  RIVERSIDE — It may be still jarring for some longtime high school swim coaches, especially those who work in the more coastal portions of the CIF Southern Section.
  Once, the traditional destination to which their athletes aspired at the end of the season was Belmont Plaza, the historic pool in Long Beach. Since 2012, it has been Riverside.
  And it doesn’t look like that will change for a while.
  The Riverside Aquatics Complex, on the campus of Riverside City College, is the site of the
  
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• Snoop Dogg comes home to Long Beach to headline Summertime in The LBC

  07-05-2018 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Snoop Dogg is coming home this summer to headline the annual Summertime in The LBC concert at the Queen Mary Saturday, July 7.
  Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11, for the annual concert, which also includes Ice Cube and The Game topping the bill along with Snoop.
  Produced by Goldenvoice, which just did the Smokers Club fest at the venue, the event will include performances by Ja Rule & Ashanti, The Isley Brothers, Method Man & Redman, E-40 & Too $hort, Warren G & The Do
  
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• Fryer on baseball: Big games, series on schedule for final week of regular season

  07-05-2018 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  This is the final week of the baseball regular season.
  Many Orange County teams have must-win games and series this week if they want to play beyond the final week of the regular season.
  Two such series are in the South Coast League.
  El Toro and Capistrano Valley went into this week tied for first in the five-team South Coast League. Both were 7-2 in league. They play each other three times this week, starting Monday at Capistrano Valley. The series continues at El Toro on Wednesday and conclude
  
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• Won’t you give Tigger a home?

  07-05-2018 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Meet Tigger!  He is a very healthy, well behaved and handsome 8-year-old orange and red Tabby. He loves to play, thinking he’s a dog playing catch with paper balls and particularly loves catnip.  He’ll be happy to play with you anytime. He’s also a lap cat, enjoying that special cuddle-up time, which is such a special gift from a cat. Staying indoors doesn’t stop him from talking to the birds outside his window. His elderly owner just passed away and this loving
  
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• Pacific Coast League boys tennis finals offer a surprise in doubles

  07-05-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The strongest boys tennis league in Orange County produced one surprise and one expected winner during its championships last week.
  Stefan Dostanic of Woodbridge defended his Pacific Coast League singles crown with an 8-2 victory against Nick Wang of Northwood at Irvine.
  Dostanic, a rising junior, continued a hot streak that added the singles title at the recent Ojai tournament.
  In doubles, University’s Patryk Kozlowski and Julian LaFond upset defending champion Leo Hibi and Paul Diam
  
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• Final CIF-SS boys tennis polls: Monday, May 7

  07-05-2018 16:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The final CIF-SS boys tennis polls of the season, released Monday, May 7.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Boys Tennis Advisory Committee
  DIVISION 1
  1 University
  2 Harvard Westlake
  3 Mira Costa
  4 Peninsula
  5 Corona del Mar
  6 Palos Verdes
  7 Arcadia
  8 San Clemente
  9 Woodbridge
  10 San Marino
  DIVISION 2
  1 Great Oak
  2 San Luis Obispo
  3 Fountain Valley
  4 Arroyo Grande
  5 Santa Margarita
  6 Crescenta Valley
  7 JSerra
  8 St. Margaret’s
  9 Canyon/Anaheim
  10 Foothill
  DIVISION 3
  1 Troy
  2 Ventura
  3 Royal
  4 Simi V
  
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• She tried to steal Paris Hilton’s identity, and now she’s going to prison

  07-05-2018 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan, 31, seen at right in this social-media image, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal position for hacking reality-star/heiress Paris Hilton’s bank and online accounts in an identity theft scheme.
  By FRED SHUSTER
  City News Service
  LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles woman with a long criminal history of identity theft was sentenced today to nearly five years in federal prison for hacking hotel heiress Paris Hilton’s bank and iCloud accounts, stealing $130,000 a
  
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• CIF-SS softball polls: Monday, April 7

  07-05-2018 16:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-SS softball polls released Monday, May 7.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Softball Advisory Committee
  DIVISION 1
  1 Gahr
  2 Orange Lutheran
  3 Norco
  4 Los Alamitos
  5 Los Altos
  6 Mater Dei
  7 Chino Hills
  8 Huntington Beach
  9 Valencia/Valencia
  10 Murrieta Mesa
  OTHER: Great Oak, Camarillo, Oaks Christian
  DIVISION 2
  1 Buena
  2 ML King
  3 Newbury Park
  4 Esperanza
  5 Sunny Hills
  6 Aliso Niguel
  7 Rio Mesa
  8 North Torrance
  9 South Torrance
  10 La Serna
  Other: Yucaipa, Etiwanda, Kennedy, Cypress, Cerritos, Sou
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Newport Harbor’s Ayla Spitz

  07-05-2018 16:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The girls athlete of the week for the Orange County Register on Monday, May 7:
  Name: Ayla Spitz
  School: Newport Harbor
  Sport: Swimming
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: Spitz delivered a historically dominating performance at the Sunset League finals at Golden West College. The junior set two individual meet records that rank in the top-three in Orange County history and helped Newport Harbor break two meet records on relays. She won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 45.44 seconds — thi
  
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• CIF-SS baseball polls: Monday, May 7

  07-05-2018 16:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-SS baseball polls released Monday, May 7.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Baseball Advisory Committee
  DIVISION 1
  1 Harvard Westlake
  2 Huntington Beach
  3 Orange Lutheran
  4 La Mirada
  5 Mira Costa
  6 El Toro
  7 Palm Desert
  8 Cypress
  9 Hart
  10 South Hills
  Other: Corona, St. John Bosco
  DIVISION 2
  1 Beckman
  2 Yucaipa
  3 Tesoro
  4 Corona del Mar
  5 Sierra Canyon
  6 Crescenta Valley
  7 Damien
  8 Camarillo
  9 Alemany
  10 El Modena
  Other: Simi Valley, Calabasas, Quartz Hill, Millikan, Village Christian, Laguna Be
  
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• Orange County baseball top 25 (May 7)

  07-05-2018 15:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County baseball top 25 for Monday, May 7:
  O.C. TOP 25(Records through Sunday)
  1. Orange Lutheran (19-7 overall record)
  Orange Lutheran beat Mater Dei in two of three Trinity League games last week and is one win away from clinching a share of the league championship. The Lancers are approaching the CIF-Southern Section playoffs with plenty of momentum, having won five of their past six games. Their seven losses have been close ones, with an average margin of 2.7 runs
  
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• Could internet sales taxes be coming to a city near you?

  07-05-2018 15:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Sales taxes, once the primary source of revenue for the state budget, now play second fiddle to income taxes.
  That said, sales taxes are still very important to local governments, particularly cities, and often affect local land use decisions – favoring tax-generating retail business over housing, for instance.
  However, consumer trends are changing, radically affecting how many billions of sales tax dollars are allocated, and the Legislature is just beginning to deal with it.
  Bri
  
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• You can see California’s democracy in action at a Wendy’s in Colton

  07-05-2018 15:41 via ocregister.com
  
  One recent Sunday night, I stopped by a Wendy’s in Colton, a gritty Inland Empire city. I wasn’t there for a square hamburger or a Frosty, but rather to glimpse the struggles of California’s peculiar system of democracy.
  California’s governance might seem to emanate from the marble halls of Sacramento.  But if you want to see how our state really treats democracy — as fast food, with laws and constitutional amendments rapidly fed to us, with little time for del
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: St. Margaret’s Kevin Groeninger

  07-05-2018 15:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week for Monday, May 7:
  Name: Kevin Groeninger
  School: St. Margaret’s
  Sport: Lacrosse
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: He scored 19 goals with 10 assists over three playoff games as the Tartans advanced to the U.S. Lacrosse Orange County championships final. Groeninger, an attacker, scored twice in the Tartans’ 8-6 win over Santa Margarita in the semifinals. He has 60 goals and 58 assists this season. St. Margaret’s coach Glen Miles said of Groenin
  
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• Scott Pruitt’s science legacy

  07-05-2018 15:18 via ocregister.com
  
  While Scott Pruitt’s tenure as EPA administrator is uncertain, no matter what is ultimately resolved, he will leave a giant legacy with regard to EPA science.
  Pruitt has introduced three major new guidelines. The first, from last October, is to rid the Agency’s Science Advisory Boards of conflicts of interest.  The second, from last month, is — when basing regulations on science — to use only science that allows access to its underlying data and methods. The third, a
  
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• 2 Marines from 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton injured in live-fire training

  07-05-2018 14:45 via ocregister.com
  
  CAMP PENDLETON — Two Marines assigned to the 1st Marine Division were injured in a live-fire training exercise at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, military officials said Monday, May 7.
  The accident occurred Sunday, as Marines with the 3rd Battalion/4th Marines were practicing movement under live fire, said 1st Lt. Samuel Banks. The battalion-size training exercise involved between 500 and 1,000 Marines who were involved in pre-deployment training, he said.
  The 3rd Battali
  
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• Trump to announce decision on Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday

  07-05-2018 14:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER
  The,  Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will announce his decision on whether to keep the U.S. in the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.
  Trump is facing a self-imposed May 12 deadline over whether to uphold the 2015 nuclear deal, which he long has criticized. Trump has signaled he will pull out of the agreement by the deadline unless it is revised, but he faces intense pressure from European allies not to do so.
  “I will be
  
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• Whicker: Banning head shots in the NHL would make a lick of sense

  07-05-2018 14:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The Tampa Bay Lightning took a licking and kept on ticking in the Stanley Cup playoffs, with an elimination of Boston despite Brad Marchand’s strange desire to turn Ryan Callahan into a Slurpie.
  This Eastern Conference semifinal made NHL history because of unprecedented headlines like this: “Coach Urges Marchand Not To Lick Opponents.”
  Marchand did not receive a penalty for his comprehensive licking of Callahan’s face, or for his kiss to the cheek of Toronto’s Leo K
  
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• Oliver North set to become the next NRA president

  07-05-2018 13:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MARIE PANE
  ATLANTA D— Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, a popular speaker before the National Rifle Association, is poised to become the group’s next president, bringing star power at a time it’s pushing back against momentum for gun control in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and one of the deadliest school shootings.
  North, who was a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, is already drawing comparisons to former NRA president Char
  
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• Capistrano Valley swimming, water polo coach Steve Yancey to retire

  07-05-2018 13:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Veteran Capistrano Valley aquatics coach Steve Yancey, who restored the Cougars’ boys swim program as a CIF-SS Division 1 powerhouse and enjoyed sustained success in water polo, plans to retire in June.
  Yancey, 59, announced his intent in a letter Monday to Capistrano Valley principal John Misustin.
  “I want to thank all of the Administrators, Coaches, Parents, and Athletes that have helped and assisted me to do both jobs, while I was at San Clemente HS and Capistrano Valley HS,&
  
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• Stocks up as oil rises past $70 a barrel

  07-05-2018 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. stocks extended gains following a spate of mergers and acquisitions while the dollar resumed its winning ways to reach the strongest level this year. Crude rose past $70 a barrel as traders braced for renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran.
  The S&P 500 Index rose to a two-week high, led by oil and tech stocks. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed, though trading volumes in the region were lighter than usual thanks to a U.K. holiday. The euro weakened as 10-year Treasury yields fluctuated near 2.9
  
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• Paroled sex offender in motor home chase from LA to Bakersfield charged with kidnap, abuse

  07-05-2018 13:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A paroled sex offender arrested two days after he led police on a wild RV chase with his young children has been charged with kidnapping, assault and a slew of other criminal counts.
  In this frame Tuesday, May 1, 2018 video provided by 23-ABC-TV Bakersfield, police chase an RV along a north bound highway in Kern County, Calif. A paroled sex offender drove the motor home and gave police the slip after a 3.5-hour chase through California by turning into an almond orchard and disappearing into a cl
  
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• Almost dying taught Michelle Wulfestieg about living

  07-05-2018 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Michelle Wulfestieg, 37, knows a thing or two about second chances. At age 11, she suffered a stroke and was diagnosed with an inoperable brain lesion.
  By the time she was 14, doctors told her she was unlikely to live to see her 30th birthday.
  “So at that moment I was really faced with a choice to either feel sorry for myself or to make each day count,” Wulfestieg says. “I chose the latter. I excelled in school. I played volleyball for all four years of high school with half of
  
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• UC service workers begin 3-day strike, protesting contract negotiations

  07-05-2018 13:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Thousands of University of California service workers began a three-day strike Monday, May 7 at campuses and medical facilities across the state, including at UCLA and UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange.
  Service workers represented by Local 3299 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees voted overwhelmingly last month to authorize a strike if no progress were made in negotiations.
  UC officials have repeatedly criticized the union for calling the stri
  
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• Beach Goth festival is back and heading to a new mystery venue in Los Angeles

  07-05-2018 12:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The Growlers’ Beach Goth festival is returning this summer and its getting its original name back as it moves to a new venue somewhere in Los Angeles.
  The indie rock band announced Monday, May 7, that the Beach Goth 2018 festival will be held on Sunday, Aug. 5, at a yet to be announced venue in Los Angeles.
  The location will be released on May 14 with the lineup to follow sometime after that, according to the announcement. Previous editions of the festival have included a mix of rock, punk
  
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• Hats off to the ladies of Laguna Woods who celebrated Derby Day in style

  07-05-2018 12:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Woods Village residents gathered at Clubhouse Five on Saturday, May 5 to view the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby. The mint juleps were flowing and ladies dressed to impress in traditional Derby Day apparel — hats and all!
  The 144th running of the Kentucky Derby was shown on the big screen at Clubhouse five in Laguna Woods Saturday while ladies wore their best hats and Derby Day attire while dining on a Kentucky menu and drinking mint juleps. Elaine YoumansÕ hat had
  
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• Curt Seeden: Upcoming Bicycle Safety Fair is a trip down my own two-wheeling memory lane

  07-05-2018 12:38 via ocregister.com
  When her 11-year-old son makes the cover of the local newspaper, a mom is brimming with pride.
  That was the case back in 1963 when our local community newspaper in Lynwood snapped a photo of “Curtis Seeden, 11 of Washington Elementary School” during the Lynwood Kiwanis Club’s Bicycle Rodeo.
  In the photo I’m maneuvering my deluxe three-speed bicycle through a “balance and turn” test under the watchful eyes of a Lynwood Police Department Juvenile Division member
  
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• Chelsea Manning: Insurgent bid for U.S. Senate is genuine

  07-05-2018 12:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID McFADDEN
  The  Associated Press
  NORTH BETHESDA, Md.  — Chelsea Manning is no longer living as a transgender woman in a male military prison, serving the lengthiest sentence ever for revealing U.S. government secrets. She’s free to grow out her hair, travel the world, and spend time with whomever she likes.
  But a year since former President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s 35-year sentence, America’s most famous convicted leaker isn’t taking an exten
  
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• Late televangelist Robert H. Schuller’s home hits the market again, and the price went up

  07-05-2018 10:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The gated estate includes a 4,387-square-foot house on nearly one acre in Orange. Click through the slideshow to look around. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Chou)
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• SpaceX Dragon capsule full of science experiments from space arrives in Port of Los Angeles

  07-05-2018 10:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Back on Earth after a month in space, a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship carrying NASA’s Robonaut 2 and 4,000 pounds of science experiments arrived on a ship early Monday morning in the Port of Los Angeles.
  Looking worn from its high-speed journey re-entering the atmosphere over the weekend, the spacecraft was seen before 6 a.m. aboard the support ship NRC Quest arriving in San Pedro’s Outer Harbor, where the Hawthorne-based rocket maker also brings in boosters after they return from or
  
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• Violent Islamist extremism is homegrown, ADL report says, and the solutions are mental health programs, meaningful gun control

  07-05-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A majority of Islamist terrorist attacks on U.S. soil are committed by lone-wolf, domestic extremists as opposed to those working in cells or groups, according to a report released Tuesday, May 1, by the Anti-Defamation League .
  According to the report, titled “A Homegrown Threat: Islamist Extremist Plots in the United States,” between 2002 and 2017, 127 individuals were involved in 98 domestic plots or attacks motivated by Islamist ideology, and 90 percent of those were either U.S.
  
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• Status Update: Wooden Floor opens second facility in Santa Ana; JWA traffic up in March

  07-05-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana nonprofit that brings dance to at-risk kids is opening a second facility.
  The Wooden Floor at the Depot at Santiago will officially debut Saturday, May 12. It’s about a mile from the flagship campus, which is also in Santa Ana.
  The program’s dance education and academic and family services are available to children in third through sixth grade.
  The Wooden Floor will officially open its second facility at the Depot at Santiago on Saturday, May 12. The program’
  
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• Garden Grove 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint

  07-05-2018 09:47 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE – Two men robbed a Garden Grove convenience store at gunpoint early Monday, authorities said.
  The robbery was reported about 12:45 a.m. at the 7-Eleven store at Nelson Street and Garden Grove Boulevard, Garden Grove police Sgt. Charles Loffler said.
  A 26-year-old clerk confronted one of the suspects about stealing an item from the store, Loffler said. That suspect took the item from his pocket and placed it on the counter as the second suspec
  
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