Anaheim news

• Alexander: Angels’ Keynan Middleton, and his balky elbow, are part of a trend

  14-05-2018 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Dodgers chairman Mark Walter put it succinctly a few years ago during a discussion about signing pitchers to long-term contracts.
  “Pitchers break,” he said.
  The parade of breakage continues.
  Since spring training began in February, 12 pitchers have undergone Tommy John surgery. Some were prospects, others (including the Angels’ JC Ramirez, the Padres’ Dinelson Lamet, and Arizona’s Taijuan Walker) are big leaguers.
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• Andrew Heaney dominates as Angels edge Astros

  14-05-2018 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels’ Andrelton Simmons scores a run in the second inning on a single by Luis Valbuena in Anaheim on Monday, May 14, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  ANAHEIM, CA – MAY 14:Luis Valbuena #18 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim watches an RBI single as Max Stassi #12 of the Houston Astros looks on during the second inning ofa game at Angel Stadium on May 14, 2018 in Anaheim, California.(Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume in
  
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• O.C. prosecutor: Man accused in five SoCal killings ‘hated women’

  14-05-2018 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL ANDERSON
  SANTA ANA – A convicted triple killer from Chicago murdered five women in the Southland because he’s a misogynist who enjoys preying on women, an Orange County prosecutor told jurors Monday during closing arguments of the man’s trial.
  “His fundamental problem, the reason we’re all here … is he hated women, he believes they are whores and he likes killing them,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said, arguing that 53-year-old A
  
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• Orange County softball top 10 (May 14)

  14-05-2018 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  SOFTBALL
  Orange County Top 10
  (Records through May 14)
  1.Mater Dei (22-5)
  The Trinity League champion earned a No. 3 seed and first-round bye for the Division 1 playoffs. Such should be the fruits for beating Orange Lutheran twice en route to the Trinity crown. The Monarchs enter the playoffs as the county’s hottest team. Winners of six straight, Mater Dei’s losses against Los Alamitos and Los Altos seem like faded memories.
  2.Orange Lutheran (25-4)
  Lancers shook their defensive stru
  
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• Jerry Brown vs. a spendthrift Legislature

  14-05-2018 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Jerry Brown’s political skills and insistence on fiscal discipline will be put to the test following the release of his last budget proposal on Friday.
  The $137.6 billion General Fund budget plan for the coming fiscal year is accompanied by a projected $8.8 billion surplus, which is likely to be irresistible to the spendthrift Legislature.
  Consistent with his repeated messages over the years warning the state to be prepared for the next recession, the budget plan reiterates the need t
  
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• Art Institute culinary students in Orange County raise money for anti-hunger campaign with a special meal

  14-05-2018 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Exhibit, the student-run restaurant at the nonprofit Art Institute of California — Orange County, is raising money this week to benefit the national No Kid Hungry campaign to help fight child hunger.
  There will be a donation of $10 from every four-course, $30 fixed-price meal featuring winning dishes drawn from the Meal Through the Arts competition.
  Twelve students from culinary programs at Art Institute campuses around the country created dishes in four categories for the competition: can
  
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• Without US troops, would the North invade South Korea?

  14-05-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Would the United States go to war in Korea if the North launched a conventional invasion of the South, and there were no U.S. troops in South Korea to be threatened with death or capture? The answer is highly relevant if the U.S. withdraws the 23,000 troops we have stationed in South Korea, as President Trump proposed in bargaining with South Korea over trade last year. In 1950, the United States withdrew the troops we had stationed in South Korea after WWII. Secretary of State Dean Acheson said
  
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• Is the US still a Mideast mediator?

  14-05-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Weeks of unrest at the Israeli border with Hamas-controlled Gaza took an especially violent turn on Monday. At least 52 Palestinians were killed and 2,400 wounded in what Israel forces called “violent riots.”
  The clashes at the border coincided with events in Jerusalem where the U.S. took its first steps toward opening an embassy there.
  President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, were on hand for the opening ceremony of what the BBC described as a
  
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• Servite golf team wins second consecutive CIF-SS Western Team Regional

  14-05-2018 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  POMONA – The Servite boys golf team began preparing for the postseason in September, holding team meetings to map out courses, chart greens and hit countless balls on the range.
  “They put as much time into this as any football program out there. I am proud of them,” Servite coach Dane Jako said. “Their workout regimen, the time they spend on the course, note taking … they put in the work.”
  The Friars’ dedication showed in their results Monday as Jack Ra
  
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• Keynan Middleton added to list of Angels pitchers with UCL injuries

  14-05-2018 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — A day after Keynan Middleton walked off the mound with a sore elbow, the MRI exam came back with the bad news.
  Middleton has a damaged ulnar collateral ligament and will seek a second opinion, the Angels announced on Monday.
  Pending that opinion, there is no prognosis for the type of treatment or the amount of time Middleton will miss. Depending on the type of damage to his UCL, Middleton could be headed for Tommy John surgery and a rehab of 12-18 months.
  “It’s tough
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Tuesday, May 15

  14-05-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Tuesday, May 15.
  BASEBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Wild-card round
  Games 3:15 p.m.
  DIVISION 2
  Tustin at El Modena
  DIVISION 4
  Loara at La Serna
  SOFTBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Wild-card round
  Games 3:15 p.m.
  DIVISION 4
  Arcadia at Northwood
  DIVISION 5
  Hillcrest at Santiago/Garden Grove
  Palm Springs at Katella
  Dos Pueblos at Ocean View
  DIVISION 6
  Oxford Academy at Anaheim
  DIVISION 7
  Capistrano Valley Christian at Westminster
  BOYS TENNIS
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Quarterfinal
  
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• New rides, shows and hotel roll out at region's theme parks

  14-05-2018 19:55
  The Lego City Deep Sea Adventure submarine ride will open this summer at Legoland California theme park in Carlsbad. Every year around Memorial Day weekend, Southern California theme parks unveil their new rides and attractions in time for summer tourism season.
  
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• City of Westminster has a new website, and Garden Grove high schools all land on the U.S. News & World Report list of the best in the U.S.

  14-05-2018 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Ask and ye shall receive?
  Two weeks ago Brainiac wrote about how clunky the city of Westminster website was. Couldn’t find an agenda on it to save your life. Old-fashioned and unattractive. Just not a pleasant user experience at all.
  Today? Like the stereotypical Southern California man or woman, let’s just say it’s had a little work done.
  Before we get too carried away, Brainiac wants to make sure no one thinks we’re taking credit for the change. It turns out the city ha
  
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• Chargers sign former Rams receiver Nelson Spruce

  14-05-2018 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — The Chargers have signed receiver Nelson Spruce, offering yet another potential NFL home to the former Pac-12 Conference standout.
  Undrafted out of Colorado two years ago, Spruce is perhaps best known for his appearance on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” with the Rams in 2016. The show captured his six-catch preseason debut against the Cowboys at the Coliseum, a performance that helped turn him into a fan favorite. However, his career soon stalled thanks in part to
  
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• It’s time for a California-Texas peace summit

  14-05-2018 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  To: Gov. Jerry Brown of California and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas
  From: Joe Mathews
  If North and South Korea can have a peace summit, why can’t California and Texas do the same?
  The United States desperately needs its two biggest states to figure out how to keep the country together.
  Sure, you are different places. Texas is the cheap, lightly regulated, freedom-loving counterpoint to California’s progressive, cultural and technological powerhouse.
  But you have one big thing in common:
  
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• George Deukmejian proved that sometimes nice guys finish first

  14-05-2018 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s Republican elite – yes, Virginia, there was once such a thing – gathered in the Capitol on Dec. 15, 1980, to cast the state’s 45 presidential electoral votes for Ronald Reagan.
  After the formalities, attendees lingered in the state Senate chambers, savoring the moment and believing that Reagan’s election was a harbinger of their party’s rising fortunes in a state that seemed to be, at the time, up for political grabs.
  Mike Curb, a former recording
  
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• Laguna Beach officials tout new beach stairs and plans for burying powerlines at annual State of the City

  14-05-2018 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — Safety and city infrastructure improvements — including new beach access stairs and scramble crosswalks — were among highlights touted during the recent State of the City luncheon that also honored Mayor Kelly Boyd for his years of service.
  The event on Thursday, May 10, at the Montage Resort, included reports from key officials in the Laguna’s public works, police and economic development departments.
  Laguna Beach Police Chief Laura Farinella in Laguna Bea
  
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• Two new chefs will lead new Orange County restaurants

  14-05-2018 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The bar is the central attraction of the new Mexican restaurant Playa Mesa in Costa Mesa on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A biker rides past the new Mexican restaurant Playa Mesa in Costa Mesa on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSalt Creek Grille has appointed David Fuñe as corporate executive chef. (Courtesy of Salt Creek Grille)
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• Seniors vie for the gold ball this week at national tennis tournament in Laguna Woods

  14-05-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  In its seventh year in Laguna Woods Village, the Verne Hughes Memorial United States Tennis Association’s National Men’s Hard Court Championships is taking place in this week, with more than 130 seeded players.
  Divided into four age divisions — 75, 80, 85 and 90 — the seniors-only tournament features national players reaching across to the East Coast.
  “We have here in Orange County, probably at least two-thirds of the best 65 and up seniors players in the United Sta
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday (5-14-18)

  14-05-2018 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Monday, May 14.
  BOYS VOLLEYBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Quarterfinals
  DIVISION 2
  Valencia/Valencia def. Mission Viejo 25-20, 25-16, 25-20
  BOYS TENNIS
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Second round
  DIVISION 4
  Bolsa Grande 12, Marshall/Pasadena 6
  Quarterfinals
  DIVISION 2
  Fountain Valley 16, Crescenta Valley 2
   
   
   
   
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Calvary Chapel’s Andrew Koustik

  14-05-2018 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week for Monday, May 14:
  Name: Andrew Koustik
  School: Calvary Chapel
  Sport: Swimming
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: He won the 500 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 swimming championships at Riverside City College. Koustik, a senior who signed with Texas, won the 500 free in a lifetime-best 4:20.98. That’s the ninth-fastest in county history. He won the 100 breaststroke in a lifetime-best 54.88 that also set the CIF-SS
  
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• Orange County baseball top 25 (May 14)

  14-05-2018 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County baseball top 25 for Monday, May 14
  O.C. TOP 25
  (Records through Sunday)
  1. Orange Lutheran (22-7 overall record)
  Lancers won the Trinity League championship with a 12-3 league record and swept Santa Margarita in three games last week, the final week of the regular season. They won eight of their final nine league games. Lutheran the won the National High School Invitational championship this s
  2. Huntington Beach (25-5)
  Oilers are Sunset League champions and ar
  
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• Complete game: The UC Irvine years gave Mike Gillespie his finishing touch

  14-05-2018 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  One recent evening, Mike Gillespie saw a play differently than the umpire did. That has happened occasionally during his 47 coaching years.
  But someone apparently lengthened the trot from the third-base dugout to the first base bag.
  “It takes me longer,” Gillespie said. “This time, I told the guy, ‘I’m not going to embarrass myself by hobbling all the way out here without me telling you that you kicked this call.’”
  Gillespie laughed. The arguments, the c
  
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• Festival Pass: Foo Fighters announce Cal Jam 18 lineup, Camp Flog Gnaw returns

  14-05-2018 17:21 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). And on super busy days, like today, you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
  Festival Pass for Monday, May 14
  Iggy Pop will perform a special one-off reunion with the all-star band Post Pop Depression featuring members of Queens of the Stone Age and Arctic Monkeys during the Foo Fighters’ curated Cal Jam 18 at Glen Hele
  
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• California Assembly rejects bill allowing school districts to observe socialist holiday

  14-05-2018 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  On Thursday, the California Assembly did something remarkable: it rejected socialism.
  Just kidding, no it didn’t.
  But it did reject a socialist holiday.
  The Assembly voted down AB3042, introduced by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, which would allow school districts to consolidate President George Washington’s and President Abraham Lincoln&r
  
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• Orange County softball flexes muscle with three top seeds in Division 1 playoffs

  14-05-2018 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County softball again showed its strength Monday by earning three of the top four seeds in ultra-competitive Division 1 for the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.
  Defending Division 1 champion Los Alamitos (24-2), Trinity League champion Mater Dei (22-5) and Trinity League runner-up Orange Lutheran (25-4) secured the three spots behind top-seeded Norco (24-3) in the pairings released Monday.
  The playoffs begin Tuesday with wild-card games.
  “There are a lot of quality teams in Division 1
  
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• Concerns swell over Trump’s proposed end of beach water-quality tests

  14-05-2018 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Concerns are growing over the Trump administration’s plans to eliminate ocean quality grants used by coastal communities to determine whether the water poses a hazard to beach goers.
  The EPA stopped requesting the $10 million in annual funds in 2013, saying that states, counties and cities were adequately equipped to continuing the monitoring on their own. But a report this year from the EPA’s Office of Inspector General said documents supporting that decision were inadequa
  
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• Come out of your shell and feast at Tustin’s all-you-can-eat Lobsterfest

  14-05-2018 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s time yet again for the annual Tustin Lobsterfest in Peppertree Park.
  What’s not to enjoy: All-you-can-eat whole lobsters, tri-tip, salads and desserts. Beer and wine. Live music by ’80s and ’90s cover band Shady Street.
  And you can win $1,000 in a “ball drop” opportunity drawing: $10 a ticket, or five tickets for $30. And even if you don’t put your name in the hat, you’ll get a kick out of watching thousands of colorful balls drop from a firet
  
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• Southern California inflation at a 10-year high. Blame housing, gas prices

  14-05-2018 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Local inflation is racing higher at its quickest speed in nearly a decade, and you can blame pricier gasoline and housing for the wallop to the checkbook.
  The Consumer Price Index for Los Angeles and Orange counties jumped at a 4 percent annual rate in the 12 months ended in April, up from a 2.7 percent rate a year earlier. This is the fastest local inflationary pace since 2008 and it’s well above the national inflation rate of 2.5 percent for April.
  Two key factors boosting the L.A.-
  
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• Lakers to open preseason schedule Sept. 30 in San Diego

  14-05-2018 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers will play six preseason games next season, starting on Sept. 30 against Denver.
  The slate includes two games against the Nuggets, one against both the Clippers and Sacramento Kings, and a pair of games against the Golden State Warriors, including Oct. 12 in San Jose.
  The 16-time champions are coming off a 35-47 campaign in which they missed the playoffs for a fifth consecutive year. They hope to reverse those fortunes with an ambitious offseason. The front office will attempt to lure
  
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• L.A. County unlawfully terminated thousands of Medi-Cal recipients, court rules

  14-05-2018 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By Anna Gorman, California Healthline
  Los Angeles County unlawfully dropped an estimated 22,000 people from California’s Medicaid program, including low-income seniors and disabled residents who couldn’t get vital medications and medical care after their coverage was terminated, according to a court ruling late last week.
  The May 10 decision, by Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant, ordered the county’s Department of Public Social Services to fix the problem th
  
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• Luxury swimwear brand ViX opens shop at Fashion Island

  14-05-2018 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Newport Beach’s upscale beach lifestyle was a major draw for luxury swimwear brand ViX to open up shop at Fashion Island, the latest high-end swim boutique to pop up at the outdoor shopping center.
  “Because of our e-commerce, we can see where our customers are,” said designer and brand creator Paula Hermanny. “A huge part of our business is from Newport Beach, that’s what drove our decision to open a store there.”
  Cover-ups are a popular part of the ViX line,
  
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• Melania Trump in hospital for treatment of kidney condition

  14-05-2018 15:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON — Melania Trump underwent a procedure Monday morning to treat a benign kidney condition and will likely be hospitalized for the rest of the week, the White House said.
  President Donald Trump was expected to visit his wife at Walter Reed Medical Center just outside Washington later Monday, according to a White House official who was not authorized to disclose the plan and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
  Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Gri
  
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• Rare masked booby sighted off Dana Point, far from its tropical home

  14-05-2018 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT — As Mark Tyson watched a flock of seagulls chase a larger white bird, he knew the latter was something he had never seen before. And, he thought, if he was right, the large seabird was hundreds, if not thousands, of miles outside of its typical range.
  On Sunday, May 13, Tyson, a naturalist on Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari, was out on a whale-watch trip four miles off Strand Beach when he spotted a group of common dolphins feeding on fish. Seagulls we
  
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• Can Justin Turner, Logan Forsythe provide Dodgers with infusion of ‘professional’ at-bats?

  14-05-2018 14:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Justin Turner and Logan Forsythe are expected to be activated from the disabled list Tuesday. The veteran infielders will rejoin the Dodgers in Miami at a delicate time.
  This season has fast become a sinking ship. The Cincinnati Reds just swept a four-game series in Los Angeles for the first time since 1976. Overall, the Dodgers have lost seven of their last eight games, falling eight games below .500. What can two men do to help?
  Manager Dave Roberts fielded that very questi
  
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• Flavor of L.A. benefit offers food, drinks and Hollywood cars from film and TV

  14-05-2018 14:43 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re a foodie, Studio City is the place to be on Sunday, May 20.
  That’s when the second annual Flavor of LA festival returns to the CBS Studio Center backlot for an afternoon of food and drinks – and cars that have appeared in film and television (because this is Hollywood, after all).
  Aaron Robins, chef-owner of Soca and Boneyard Bistro, returns to “Taste of LA” with some bites. (Photo by Karen Young)
  “Last year, we had one of the cars from ‘F
  
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• Jeff Goldblum helps Universal Studios Hollywood celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Jurassic Park’

  14-05-2018 14:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Fresh off of its announcement that its beloved attraction Jurassic Park – The Ride would be going extinct on Sept. 3 to make way for the state-of-the-art Jurassic World Ride attraction, Universal Studios Hollywood hosted a three-day “Jurassic Park” 25th Anniversary Celebration within the theme park May 11-13.
  Each day, fans who purchased the special event tickets were treated to a screening of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster, “Jurassic Park,” at Universal
  
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• Clippers sending Jerry West to NBA Draft Lottery as their good luck charm

  14-05-2018 14:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Lawrence Frank dislikes calling it “remodeling” or “rebuilding” or anything else that acknowledges the Clippers ripped apart their franchise by trading an unhappy Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets last summer and a surprised Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons last winter.
  “Reshaping,” is Frank’s preferred word.
  No matter how you describe it, the Clippers find themselves in an unfamiliar position heading into the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday in Chicago,
  
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• Orange City Council meetings take a field trip while meeting space is refreshed

  14-05-2018 13:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange is spending $731,000 to spruce up its 56-year-old City Council Chambers and improve the tech features for meetings.
  While the work is completed, the City Council is meeting on the road – last week it met at the headquarters of the Orange County Transportation Authority. Meetings through Aug. 14 are expected to be held elsewhere.
  The Council Chambers will be restored to look more like the original design by architect Welton Beckett, city spokesman Paul Sitkoff said.
  Beckett also
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Santa Margarita’s Isabelle Odgers

  14-05-2018 13:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The girls athlete of the week for the Orange County Register on Monday, May 14:
  Name: Isabelle Odgers
  School: Santa Margarita
  Sport: Swimming
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: The USC-bound senior captured two individual titles — including one in historical fashion — and raced on a winning relay to help the Eagles capture their fifth consecutive CIF-SS Division 1 crown. Odgers became only the ninth county girl to break 2 minutes in the 200-yard individual medley with a winning touch in L
  
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• Los Angeles Lakers preseason schedule 2018

  14-05-2018 13:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers released their 2018 preseason schedule on Monday, May 14.
  Date, opponent, city, arena, time:
  Sept. 30 vs. Denver, San Diego, Valley View Casino Center, 6:30 p.m.
  Oct. 2 vs. Denver, Los Angeles, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.
  Oct. 4 vs. Sacramento, Los Angeles, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.
  Oct 6 vs. Clippers, Anaheim, Honda Center, 7 p.m.
  October 10 vs. Golden State, Las Vegas, T-Mobile Arena, 7 p.m.
  October 12 at Golden State, San Jose, SAP Center, 7:30 p.m.
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• 100-plus pounds of trash — mostly plastics and cigarettes — collected at Aliso Beach cleanup

  14-05-2018 13:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Reese, 5, and her brother Maximus Marcum, 8, look at the beach as they carry their cleanup bags during a beach cleanup by Eco-Warrior Foundation and Chronic Tacos at Aliso Beach Park in Laguna Beach on Saturday, May 12, 2018.(Photo byAna P. Garcia, Contributing Photographer)
  Jenna Marcum finds a liquor bottle as Shawn Rego holds the trash bag for her during a beach cleanup by Eco-Warrior Foundation and Chronic Tacos at Aliso Beach Park in Laguna Beach on Saturday, May 12, 2018.(Photo byAna P. Ga
  
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• Margot Kidder, Lois Lane in the ‘Superman’ franchise, dead at 69

  14-05-2018 12:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Associated PressLIVINGSTON, Mont. — Margot Kidder, who starred as Lois Lane in the “Superman” film franchise of the late 1970s and early 1980s, has died.
  Franzen-Davis Funeral Home in Livingston, Montana, posted a notice on its website saying Kidder died Sunday at her home there. She was 69.
  No further details were given and messages left with Kidder’s representatives were not immediately returned.
  “Superman” was a superhero blockbuster two decades before
  
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• Rattlesnake bites are on the rise in California. Here’s what to do if you get bit

  14-05-2018 12:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Watch your step.
  Calls for help for people bit by dangerous, venomous snakes are on the rise, with the California Poison Control System recently reporting about 20 rattlesnake bite calls statewide since April 1, according to a news release.
  That figure doesn’t include the number of people who sought emergency care after being bitten instead of calling the hotline number. It’s a high enough number that the agency sent out a warning for California residents who hike, camp or enjoy
  
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• CIF-SS baseball playoff pairings: Wild card and first round schedule

  14-05-2018 12:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-SS baseball playoff pairings.
  BASEBALL
  Division 1
  Wild Card, Wednesday, May 16
  A: Oaks Christian at Valencia/Valencia
  B: Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks at Moorpark
  C: ML King at Vista Murrieta
  First round, Friday, May 18
  Winner Wild Card A at Harvard-Westlake
  JW North at Bishop Amat
  Los Alamitos at Hart
  Mission Viejo at Cypress
  Dana Hills at El Toro
  Santiago/Corona at Foothill
  JSerra at Etiwanda
  Woodbrdige at La Mirada
  Winner WC B at Orange Lutheran
  Redlands East Valley at Corona
  Chaminade at G
  
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• Crime log for Huntington Beach, for week of May 4-May 10

  14-05-2018 12:06 via ocregister.com
  
  May 4
  Burglary: Around 7 a.m. 8500 block of Hamilton Avenue
  Burglary: Around noon 17100 block of Twain Lane
  Petty theft: Around 2 p.m. 7200 block of Edinger Avenue. Police made at least one arrest.
  Vandalism: Around 3 p.m. 7700 block of Edinger Avenue
  Grand theft: Around 4 p.m. 18100 block of Goldenwest Street
  Assault: Around 5 p.m. 19900 block of Beach Boulevard
  Burglary: Around 6 p.m. 5000 block of Galway Circle
  Grand theft: Arou
  
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• Foo Fighters’ Cal Jam 18 to include Iggy Pop, Tenacious D, Garbage, Greta Van Fleet and more

  14-05-2018 12:00 via ocregister.com
  
  After a successful inaugural run last year with over 30,000 fans turning out for the daylong, Foo Fighters-curated Cal Jam 17, the festival will return to Glen Helen Regional Park and Amphitheater in San Bernardino on Oct. 5-6.
  Foo Fighters will once again headline the main event on Saturday, Oct. 6 and will be joined by Iggy Pop with an exclusive one-off reunion with the all-star band Post Pop Depression (Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Dean Fertita and Troy Van Leeuwen with Arctic
  
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• Mater Dei tight end Michael Martinez offered by USC

  14-05-2018 11:31 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been a few seasons since Mater Dei heavily featured a tight end in its offense attack.
  But judging by the recruiting interest for rising junior tight end Michael Martinez, the Monarchs have a target at the position who could give teams plenty of trouble.
  Martinez was offered Thursday by USC, raising his recruiting profile to a new level.Extremely honored to receive an offer from the University of Southern California!! #FightOn #Trojans pic.twitter.com/BRdwWGNFe6
  — Michael M
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on sports betting

  14-05-2018 11:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law banning sports betting on Monday, leaving states to choose whether or not to legalize and regulate such gambling, which already constitutes an offshore industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
  The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) previously prohibited states, outside of Nevada, from authorizing sports betting. The state of New Jersey has been fighting against that law since 2011, when voters in the state amende
  
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• Where to find the biggest Cuban party in Los Angeles

  14-05-2018 10:47 via ocregister.com
  
  A Cuban party is bringing festive live music, food, drinks and a lot of dancing to La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 20.
  As many as 5,000 people are expected to attend the Cuban American Music Festival.
  “It’s going to be a big party, I think Cubans really know how to party,” said Guido Herrera Yance, the festival organizer.
  The event is open for those 21 and older.
  The live music scheduled for the day includes performances by Pedro Calvo, a popular singe
  
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