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• Too few pols understand the internet age

  10-05-2018 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  New political polling about millennials has been widely reported as a surprise.
  Despite the Trump administration’s troubles and a period of strain for congressional Republicans, Democrats this election cycle are actually losing points among millennial voters.
  There’s a message here, but it’s not just for Democrats. Without a new generation of officeholders reflecting a deep understanding of what world we’re living in, both parties will struggle with maturing younger voter
  
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• Newport Harbor volleyball pushes record to 30-0 with sweep of Servite in playoffs

  10-05-2018 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Newport Harbor boys volleyball coach Rocky Ciarelli has had a simple message for his team this season.
  “I told our team our goal is to win every game,” he said. “I think were good enough to do that, but it’s hard to do, especially in the playoffs.
  “Everybody picks it up a little bit in the playoffs so it makes it tough.”
  The Sailors improved their record to 30-0 and advanced in the CIF-SS playoffs with a sweep of Servite 25-16, 25-19, 25-20 in
  
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• Top times, county standouts from CIF Division 3 swim finals

  10-05-2018 23:28 via ocregister.com
  BOYS SWIMMING
  CIF-SS Division 3
  At Riverside City College
  Finals
  Team results – 1. Nipomo 241.5, 2. Yorba Linda 228,others: 8. Canyon 157, 12. Kennedy 89
  200-yard medley relay – 1. La Serna 1:35.27, others: 3. YL 1:37.00, 4. Can 1:38.51, 9. Ken 1:40.75
  200 free – 1. Perez (SantaFe) 1:41.15, 2. Hussong (Can) 1:41.74, others: 7. Wong (YL) 1:43.43, 14. Kim (Cyp) 1:47.88
  200 IM – 1. Ding (YL) 1:50.17, others: 9. Yen (YL) 2:00.23, 14. Tran (Val) 2:01.63, 15. Nguyen (Can) 2:01.
  
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• Improved Yorba Linda boys swimming team takes second in CIF-SS Division 3 Finals

  10-05-2018 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  RIVERSIDE – Just a few years ago, Yorba Linda’s boys swimming team never dreamed of the scenario that surfaced Thursday night almost like a special delivery from a Hollywood script writer.
  The Mustangs, only two seasons removed from consecutive winless seasons, had a chance – albeit a slim one — to capture the CIF-SS Division 3 championship entering the meet-ending 400-yard freestyle relay.
  “Not in my wildest dream,” Yorba Linda coach Shardad Djahangiry said o
  
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• Man suspected of being Golden State Killer charged with 4 killings in Santa Barbara County

  10-05-2018 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who prosecutors say was one of California’s most elusive serial killers was charged Thursday with four additional counts of murder, leaving him  facing a dozen murder charges across the state.
  Joseph James DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer, was charged in connection with four slayings in 1979 and 1981 in Santa Barbara County, District Attorney Joyce Dudley said at a news conference Thursday.
  Authorities suspect DeAngelo killed Greg Sanchez and his girlfriend Cheri Do
  
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• Corona del Mar too strong for Canyon, rolls on in volleyball playoffs

  10-05-2018 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Matt Roussin, left, and Joshua Lloyd, center, of Canyon face off against Brandon Browning of Corona del Mar, right, in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 boys volleyball playoffs at Corona del Mar High in Newport Beach on Thursday, May 10, 2018. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Max Beck, left, of Canyon goes to the net against Brandon Browning of Corona del Marin the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 boys volleyball playoffs at Corona del Mar High in Newport Beach
  
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• Man pleads guilty to extorting teen girl to have sex in Lake Forest area

  10-05-2018 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to extorting an underage teenage friend into having sex with him multiple times in the Lake Forest area.
  Thomas Lee McElroy was scheduled to be sentenced July 6.
  McElroy pleaded guilty to five counts of rape and a count of forcible oral copulation, all felonies. As part of the plea deal, one count each of forcible oral copulation, using an underage person for obscene matter and possession or control of child pornography were dismissed.
  The victim, who wa
  
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• Janus decision could bring change to California politics

  10-05-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Few California primary elections in non-presidential election years have been so anticipated as the one that starts soon, with millions of mail-in ballots arriving in mailboxes long before the official June 5 Election Day.
  This vote will yield clues about who will replace Gov. Jerry Brown and begin a new era in state politics. It could also give strong inklings about whether Dianne Feinstein’s long tenure in the U.S. Senate will continue.
  But another June event may prove even more importan
  
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• Six weeks into the season, Dodgers’ Kenley Jansen finds his Opening Day form

  10-05-2018 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kenley Jansen isn’t back. Not all the way.
  The Dodgers’ closer hasn’t allowed a run in his last four innings, a season high. He needed only nine pitches to retire Chris Owings, Nick Ahmed and Paul Goldschmidt on Wednesday for his sixth save of the season. The brief, stress-free inning was classic Jansen – a rare sight in 2018.
  Still, Jansen said, he hasn’t returned to his peak.
  “It’s getting there,” he said. “I’m not
  
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• Valencia man pleads not guilty to series of bank robberies in LA, Orange counties

  10-05-2018 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A Valencia man pleaded not guilty Thursday to a series of robberies at Southern California banks.
  James Lee Hamill, 27, is charged with six counts of second-degree robbery and two counts of attempted second-degree robbery involving a string of bank robberies in Burbank, Newhall, Valencia, Pico Rivera and Orange between March and May, according to Los Angeles County prosecutors.
  A robbery surveillance image released after the arrests of James Hamill, 27, and Samantha Yaworski, 22, both of Valenci
  
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• Proposition 68 will leave California with more unnecessary debt. Vote No.

  10-05-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Legislature is about as spendthrift a legislature as one can find anywhere in the country.
  State revenues and expenditures continue to hit record levels, with Governor Brown’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year calling for over $131 billion in General Fund spending, compared to $91 billion in General Fund spending for 2012-13.
  Yet for all this growth in revenues and even a projected surplus, the Legislature never gets around to prioritizing the basics. The addiction
  
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• Mission Viejo beats Aliso Niguel to secure spot in CIF-SS baseball playoffs

  10-05-2018 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Mission Viejo qualified for the baseball playoffs with a 3-1 win over Aliso Niguel on Thursday.
  The game at Aliso Niguel, the final regular-season game for both teams, was for third place in the South Coast League.
  The top three teams in the five-team South Coast League receive guaranteed entry into the CIF-Southern Section playoffs. All three South Coast League playoff teams will compete in the Division 1 playoffs that start next week.
  El Toro beat Capistrano Valley 2-1 on Thursday to win the l
  
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• Miranda’s grand slam leads Pacifica to win over Cypress

  10-05-2018 21:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Josh Miranda was Pacifica’s pitcher Tuesday when Cypress’ Noah Carter hit a three-run, game-tying home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
  Cypress would score in the bottom of the eighth to beat Pacifica.
  On Thursday in the final game of the regular season, Miranda hit a grand slam that was the difference-maker in the Mariners’ 8-3 home win over Cypress in an Empire League game. Their win made the Mariners and Cypress league co-champions. Both finished with 9
  
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• Stop using the the death of Whittier police officer Keith Boyer to promote prison expansion

  10-05-2018 21:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  It wasn’t long after the tragic slaying of Whittier police officer Keith Boyer for opponents of criminal justice reforms to use Boyer’s death for political purposes.
  State Sen. Jeff Stone, R-Temecula, couldn’t wait for the facts to come out before declaring the killing “appears to be another example of the danger created by the passage of mislea
  
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• New Voices Playwrights To Present Summer Voices 2018

  10-05-2018 21:18
  Chicken Game by Lynne Bolen Goodbye, Mother by John Franceschini It's About Time by Pattric Walker The Second Date by John Lane Thoughts and Prayers by Mark Bowen Two-Some by David Rusiecki Wag the Dog by Linda Whitmore The XYZ of It by Anne Grob Showtimes will run June 9, 10, 16 and 17 with 2pm matinees at Stage Door Repertory in Anaheim, 1045 N Armando St, Anaheim CA 92806 . Visit newvoicesplaywrights.org for more information.
  
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• Out of the gate: Horse racing leaders, notes

  10-05-2018 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERSThrough ThursdayJOCKEYS / WINSFlavien Prat / 15Geovanni Franco / 12Tiago Pereira / 10Four tied / 9
  TRAINERS / WINSDoug O’Neill / 12Philip D’Amato / 9Peter Miller / 8David Jacobson / 7Mike Puype / 7
  WEEKEND STAKES SCHEDULESANTA ANITASaturday–$100,000 Grade III Lazaro Barrera Stakes, 3-year-olds, 7 furlongs–$75,000 Angel’s Flight, 3-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs
  DOWN THE STRETCH
  –The Breeders’ Cup announced Thursday that, beginning this y
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Friday, May 11

  10-05-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Friday, May 11.
  BASEBALL
  ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
  Playoff for second, third and fourth place
  At TeWinkle Park, Costa Mesa
  Estancia vs. Costa Mesa, 3 p.m., winner takes second place.
  Calvary Chapel vs. loser of game 1, 6:30 p.m., winner takes third place.
  NEWPORT ELKS TOURNAMENT
  JSerra at Gahr, 3:15 p.m.
  BOYS TENNIS
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Second round
  Matches 3 p.m. unless noted
  DIVISION 1
  University at Redlands, San Marino at Los Alamitos, Arcadia at Northwo
  
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• Justin Upton has been swinging a hot bat for the Angels

  10-05-2018 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Although it’s convenient to suggest that Justin Upton’s game-winning hit against the Baltimore Orioles last week shook something loose that sparked his hot streak, Upton said it’s just a coincidence.
  “I was already starting to see the ball a little better,” he said on Thursday. “That’s the name of the game. If you can see it, you can hit it.”
  When Upton came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth on May 1, he had five hits in his p
  
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• Matt Shoemaker’s progress toward return to Angels’ rotation has stalled

  10-05-2018 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Matt Shoemaker’s rehab from a forearm strain is “stuck in neutral right now,” Manager Mike Scioscia said on Thursday.
  Shoemaker threw in the bullpen twice over the weekend, but he was since shut down. Shoemaker conceded that his progress has been “slow.” He said he’s now waiting for the medical staff to decide what to do next, suggesting that he would have “much more information” on Friday.
  “There is still some more stuff to d
  
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• This man proposed a law banning assault weapons in Huntington Beach. Then the city sued him.

  10-05-2018 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Already in his pajamas, Daniel Horgan didn’t expect to hear a knock on his door at 9 p.m. Even more surprising, his visitor swiftly tagged him with a lawsuit.
  Yet another shocker was the plaintiff: Huntington Beach, where Horgan grew up and still resides.
  “The Automatic Weapons Initiative is unconstitutional, invalid and not entitled to placement on the ballot,” the 25-page complaint reads.
  “His initiative squarely hits the Second Amendment between the eyes and puts
  
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• Orange county scores and player stats for Thursday (5-10-18)

  10-05-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Thursday, May 10.
  BASEBALL
  NORTH HILLS LEAGUE
  Canyon 5, Villa Park 2
  Cyn: McClure 1-3 2RBI, Davis 1-2 HR, Schmidt (W 1IP 1H 1R 1ER), Razook (Sv 2IP 2H 0R 0BB 2K), Melton (4IP 3H 1R 1ER 2BB 5K)
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  El Dorado 6, Esperanza 0
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  Los Alamitos 7, Newport Harbor 2
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  El Toro 2, Capistrano Valley 1
  ET: Noel 2-4 RBI, Luttrell 2-4 2B (W 6.2IP 2H 1ER 0BB 4K). CV: Martin 1-3 HR, Stevens (L 6IP 6H 2ER 4BB 5K)
  Note: CV fin
  
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• Justify proves, once again, that Bob Baffert is arguably the greatest trainer ever

  10-05-2018 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  On the morning of Feb. 18, Justify was just a big, fast horse who had never raced. No one thought he’d be standing in the winner’s circle after last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
  No one except maybe trainer Bob Baffert.
  “I got excited when Bob told me that he was going to run him, and he had a plan to get to the Derby,” said Elliott Walden, vice president and racing manager for WinStar Farm, which owns part of Justify.
  Justify won his debut by 9-1/2 lengths that day, a
  
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• UFC 224: Gastelum more than ready for Souza in Brazil

  10-05-2018 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Fighting Ronaldo Souza is a mighty tall order.
  The man known as “Jacare” – Portuguese for “Alligator” – is an eight-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, a sixth-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and ranked No. 2 among the UFC middleweights.
  UFCÕs No. 5 middleweight Kelvin Gastelum, will take on No. 2 Brazilian star Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza at UFC 224 inRio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sat. May 12, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angele
  
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• Close-knit Northwood boys position for run at first CIF Division 1 title

  10-05-2018 19:05 via ocregister.com
  
  RIVERSIDE Northwood’s boys team doesn’t only feature some of the fastest swimmers in the CIF-Southern Section. The Timberwolves are among the smartest, too.
  So not surprisingly, the three-time defending Pacific Coast League champion knew exactly what it needed to accomplish Thursday at the Division 1 prelims at Riverside City College.
  “We scored out the psych sheet and knew with the times that if we held our spots, we’ll be ahead,” said senior Henry Wu, a Duke-bound
  
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• Mission Viejo burglary suspect leads police on chase to Santa Ana store

  10-05-2018 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A burglary suspect led police on a pursuit Thursday from Mission Viejo to Santa Ana, where he ditched his vehicle and fled into an Albertsons grocery store, which was evacuated while police conducted a search.
  Authorities, however, were unable to find him, and they called off the search of the store at 2000 E. 17th St. just before 4 p.m., said Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  “We think he changed his appearance in the store and unfortunately got away,” Br
  
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• Turmoil, passion surround major Orange County law enforcement races

  10-05-2018 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  With mail-in ballots for the June primary arriving, it’s the official launch for what some call the silly season.
  But cynicism with the democratic process has no part in America. As citizens, our duty is to vote, even if it’s a choice between the lesser of two evils.
  Anita Ford, 70, left, and Phyllis Steele, 73, talk with Orange resident Jo-Ann Coller while they were out canvassing for a congressional candidate on Thursday, May 10, 2018. The pair had 18 houses to visit on this day. (
  
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• Blaze Bernstein’s mother hopes her son’s death can inspire change for the better

  10-05-2018 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  When her 19-year-old son, Blaze, was killed in January, Jeanne Pepper Bernstein responded to the tragedy with unbelievable grace, poise and love.
  She and her husband, Gideon, quickly formed Blaze It Forward, a movement that encourages people to honor Blaze’s memory by spreading kindness.
  The Blaze It Forward Facebook page now has more than 16,000 members who share accounts of good deeds and random acts of kindness.
  It’s an inspiring mix of folks who are “Blazing it forward
  
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• There’s been a sharp spike in sick and dying pelicans, San Pedro bird rescue center says

  10-05-2018 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Two sick pelicans crashed in the middle of a college graduation at Pepperdine University on April 28. They’ve shown up sick and stumbling around airport runways at LAX and on city streets.
  The International Bird Rescue Los Angeles wildlife center in San Pedro sent out an alert on Thursday after a spike in sick and dying Brown Pelicans coming into their care this week. As of Thursday, the count is at 30, a number that doubled in just a few days.
   
  Concern for Brown Pelicans that l
  
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• What’s that smell? Flower town’s shift to pot produces odor

  10-05-2018 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By Amy Taxin, The Associated Press
  This picturesque coastal town cradled by mountains and sandy shores is a scene out of a Southern California postcard. Residents of Carpinteria say they feel lucky to live in what they consider a slice of paradise.
  But change is in the air. And sometimes, they say, it stinks.
  In this Thursday, April 12, 2018, photo, a worker walks into a greenhouse growing cannabis plants at Glass House Farms in Carpinteria, Calif. Greenhouses that once produced flowers are seen
  
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• Lead paint makers balk at huge bill for toxic cleanup — instead, they want you to pick up the tab

  10-05-2018 17:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Three companies found to have sold toxic lead paint for decades—despite knowing it posed health hazards for children—are waging a major battle to avoid paying the several hundred million dollars in liability that California courts have slapped on them.
  And they’re asking you, the California voter, to help them get their way.
  After losing an 18-year-long legal fight, ConAgra, NL Industries and Sherwin Williams are now working on two different fronts to overturn the ruling, which
  
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• Proposed bill could neuter Orange County toll road agencies

  10-05-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The battle over a proposed toll road extension in South Orange County may be fought next in Sacramento, after Assemblyman Rocky Chávez drafted a bill that would limit the powers of the agencies that operate a tollway system in the eastern and southern reaches of the county.
  Under the bill that Chávez, R-Oceanside, introduced this week, the Transportation Corridor Agencies would be barred from issuing new debt or forming a new entity to build additional toll roads. The bill if passe
  
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• Phibro-Tech, Inc., cited for past safety violations, receives state permit for new hazardous waste recycling tank

  10-05-2018 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A Santa Fe Springs chemical company, cited for multiple safety violations and potentially responsible for contaminating the groundwater that became a Superfund site, recently received temporary approval to process liquid hazardous waste using a new steel tank not authorized in its original permit.
  Phibro-Tech, Inc. received the go-ahead from the state Department of Toxic Substances Control on April 6 to operate Tank C-40. The tank helps separate corrosive hazardous waste from copper, the de
  
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• For-profit nursing school Pacific College, with O.C. and L.A. County campuses, under investigation for possible fraud

  10-05-2018 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  A private, for-profit nursing school in Costa Mesa is under investigation for potential financial aid fraud, according to federal court records.
  Federal authorities earlier this month were given permission to seize more than $3 million in bank funds and currency in connection with an investigation of Pacific College, court records show.
  In seeking permission to seize the funds, the U.S. Attorney’s office in a filing at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana outlined an investigation by both f
  
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• Watchdog agency signals less focus on student loan abuses

  10-05-2018 16:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trump administration signaled Wednesday that it intends to pull back on investigating potential abuses by companies in the $1.5 trillion student loan market.
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will shutter its student lending office, according to a bureau-wide memo written by its acting director, Mick Mulvaney. The student loan office at the CFPB had been responsible for returning $750 million in relief.
  Its responsibilities are being moved under the broad umbrella of “financial
  
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• South County mayors take on homelessness, but no shelter sites named yet

  10-05-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Homelessness dominated the discussion again at the monthly meeting of south Orange County’s 12 mayors.
  But this time when they gathered Thursday, May 10, the city leaders didn’t discuss their suggestion of controversial site for a potential homeless shelter in the Silverado canyon community which the county Board of Supervisors promptly rejected in April.
  Instead, they discussed a potential plan in the works – reportedly being hashed out by c
  
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• South county mayors continue discussion on how to house homeless people. No shelter site in sight yet.

  10-05-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Homelessness dominated the discussion again at the monthly meeting of south Orange County’s 12 mayors.
  But this time when they gathered Thursday, May 10, the city leaders didn’t discuss their suggestion of controversial site for a potential homeless shelter in the Silverado canyon community which the county Board of Supervisors promptly rejected in April.
  Instead, they discussed a potential plan in the works – reportedly being hashed out by c
  
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• The Millennium Falcon landed on Hollywood Boulevard just in time for ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ premiere

  10-05-2018 15:44 via ocregister.com
  
  If Los Angeles traffic was even more of a nightmare for you today, it might be because the Millennium Falcon is parked on Hollywood Boulevard.Just building the Millenium Falcon for tonight's Solo: A Star Wars Story World Premiere in Hollywood pic.twitter.com/7O0fSxmvN9
  — Sasaki Birthday Month Time (@SasakiTime) May 10, 2018No, really. Just in time for the “Solo: A Star Wars Story” premiere Thursday night, the Falcon started taking shape Wednesday in front of El Capitan Theatre.
  
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• Riverside County paying $900,000 to family of unarmed Long Beach man killed by deputies in Perris

  10-05-2018 15:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Riverside County is paying $900,000 to the family of an unarmed Long Beach man who was shot to death by deputies in Perris at the end of a wild traffic pursuit in 2014.
  The payment will settle a federal wrongful-death lawsuit filed by attorney Dale K. Galipo on behalf of Huntington Beach resident Teri Jecmen, the mother of Aaron John Forgash, 38.
  Aaron Forgash, right, is shown with son Andrew Forgash and Andrew’s mother, Erica Brand. Aaron Forgash, 38, was shot to death Nov. 11, 2014, by R
  
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• The Golden Truffle will be replaced by a chef-driven Hawaiian doughnut/ice cream shop, Fill, coming in June to Costa Mesa,

  10-05-2018 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Where there was once root vegetable carpaccio salad and lamb osso buco there will now be doughnuts and ice cream.
  One of the first chef-driven gourmet restaurants in Orange County, Alan Greeley’s The Golden Truffle, which closed in 2017 after 37 years, will be replaced by a Hawaiian doughnut shop, Fill.
  The new 800-square-foot restaurant, coming in June to Costa Mesa, will specialize in malasadas, the islands’ signature Portuguese doughnuts, and house-made ice cream, says owner James
  
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• The Golden Truffle in Costa Mesa being replaced by a Hawaiian doughnut/ice cream shop in June

  10-05-2018 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Where there was once root vegetable carpaccio salad and lamb osso buco there will now be doughnuts and ice cream.
  One of the first chef-driven gourmet restaurants in Orange County, Alan Greeley’s The Golden Truffle, which closed in 2017 after 37 years, will be replaced by a Hawaiian doughnut shop, Fill.
  The new 800-square-foot restaurant, coming in June to Costa Mesa, will specialize in malasadas, the islands’ signature Portuguese doughnuts, and house-made ice cream, says owner James
  
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• Successful Aging: Older Americans Month celebrates physical, mental and emotional well-being

  10-05-2018 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Dear readers,
  Older adults are taking center stage once again. No, this is not a performance of an older-adult dance troupe, symphony or chorus. It’s about a month set aside to celebrate older Americans for their contribution to society. May is Older Americans Month.
  The theme for 2018 is “Engage at Every Age.” The message is that we are never too old (or young) to participate in activities that can enrich our physical, mental and emotional well-being. It also celebrates the nu
  
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• DA clears jail officials in death of man awaiting trial for Buena park killing

  10-05-2018 15:22 via ocregister.com
  
  A man awaiting trial for a Buena Park parking lot killing died naturally from complications of cancer, an Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigation has determined.
  Orange County Sheriff’s Officials are not legally culpable for the death of 62-year-old Nelson Ward Jr., who repeatedly refused medical treatment, according to a letter released Thursday outlining the results of a DA investigation.
  At the time of this death, Ward was in custody in Orange County jail after bein
  
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• Woman dies in plunge off Oakland freeway after wreck

  10-05-2018 15:19 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — A woman in a traffic collision Wednesday night on a West Oakland freeway climbed over a wall and plunged more than 30 feet to her death, authorities said Thursday.
  Melody Mendenhall, 41, of Alameda died Wednesday after the two vehicles crashed around 8:45 p.m. on the westbound Interstate 80 transition ramp to southbound Interstate 880.
  After the collision, witnesses told California Highway Patrol officers that the woman driving one of the vehicles got out of her car, climbed over
  
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• Pedestrian struck and killed on 91 Freeway

  10-05-2018 15:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was struck and killed Thursday morning while running across traffic lanes on the 91 freeway in Buena Park.
  The pedestrian, who was believed to be in his mid-30s, was walking along the side of the westbound 91 near Knott Avenue about 10 a.m. before stepping into traffic, California Highway Patrol Officer Duane Graham said.
  A Honda Civic struck the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle was not injured, Graham said.
  Three lanes of the westbound 91, including the
  
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• Music Tastes Good is back and so are the ’80s in this week’s Festival Pass

  10-05-2018 15:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Festival Pass is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays during Southern California’s prime music festival season (April-October). When we cover festivals in the field, you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
  Festival Pass for Thursday, May 10
  Music Tastes Good will return to Long Beach in September. (File photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
  Taste the flavor
  Music Tastes Good returns to Long Beach with a stellar lineup of tunes and eats.
  
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• Yorba Cemetery event Saturday, May 12, honors mothers and pioneers

  10-05-2018 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Yorba Cemetery, the final resting place of many members of the founding families of the region’s early hacienda days, will be open Saturday, May 12, for its annual Mother’s Day event.
  There will be a blessing of the graves followed by a traditional Indian blessing ceremony. The event starts at 10 a.m.
  The more than 150-year-old cemetery is off Fairlynn Boulevard and Esperanza Road. Also open on Sunday for tours will be the Ramon Peralta Adobe, nearby in Anaheim Hills, which
  
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• Can California Republicans go from lovable losers to world champions?

  10-05-2018 14:12 via ocregister.com
  
  They lost for 108 years, decade after decade of futility unheard of in any major professional sport. Even their former players continued their losing ways, bringing new teams down to defeat. This “Cubness” curse was popularized by Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko, a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan.
  Then the Cubbies put it all together and won in 2016, their first World Series title since 1908. Cubs Manager Joe Maddon kept repeating a saying that drove the Cubs to victory: “The pr
  
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• Alexander: USC’s Michael Norman again a threat on the track

  10-05-2018 14:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES—The first indicator, the sign that something truly special might be about to take place, came this past March 10, in College Station, Texas.
  The NCAA’s indoor track and field championship is, to be sure, an appetizer. Some schools don’t field indoor teams, some do but don’t take it terribly seriously, some consider it important preparation for the outdoor season.
  In this case, the final college indoor meet of the year it was a figurative shout from the rooftop
  
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• This restaurant is where local Italian chefs and restaurateurs go when they want real Italian food

  10-05-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Executive Chef Jonah Amodt joins Angelina’s Pizzeria, with restaurants in Dana Point and Irvine, introducing his spring 2018 menu. A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu in Scottsdale, Ariz., he is the former head chef of Andrea at The Resort at Pelican Hill. (Courtesy of Angelina’s Pizzeria)
  Angelina’s Pizzeria in Irvine has a full bar and list of wines with exclusively Italian selections. (Courtesy of Angelina’s Pizzeria)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expan
  
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• Alimony payments to help borrowers qualify for loans under new tax law

  10-05-2018 13:58 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 4.55 percent, unchanged from last week. The 15-year fixed averaged 4.01 percent, improving by 2 basis points over last week’s 4.03 percent.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported loan application volume was unchanged from the previous week.
  Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the av
  
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