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• Alexander: There’s no World Series hangover for Astros

  16-05-2018 23:52
  
  ANAHEIM — The concept of a World Series hangover is not a thing, at least in the Houston Astros’ clubhouse these days. Which is to be expected.
  World Series fatigue? That, in contrast to any nebulous theory of reduced motivation or additional satisfaction at winning a championship, makes more sense as a potential danger.
  When the Astros celebrated on the field at Dodger Stadium on the last day of the 2017 season, it was Nov. 1. For most of their peers throughout the major leagues, th
  
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• Seal Beach convenience store robbed by gunman

  16-05-2018 23:41
  
  SEAL BEACH — A gunman robbed a gas station convenience store of about $100 on Wednesday morning in Seal Beach.
  The suspect entered the store at 2950 Westminster Ave. about 11:50 a.m. and brandished a black handgun at the cashier, according to Seal Beach police Sgt. Mike Henderson.
  The gunman demanded money and handed the cashier a green plastic grocery bag, Henderson said.
  The cashier put about $100 in the bag and gave it back to the suspect, who fled on foot toward the Leisure World Shopp
  
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• CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs: Wednesday’s scores, schedule for the finals

  16-05-2018 23:39
  
  Scores from the CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs on Wednesday and the schedule for the finals on Friday.
  BOYS TENNIS
  Semifinals, Wednesday
  DIVISION 1
  Peninsula 10, University 8
  Harvard-Westlake 12, Mira Costa 6
  DIVISION 2
  Great Oak 12, Arroyo Grande 6
  Fountain Valley 13, JSerra 5
  DIVISION 3
  Troy 10, Etiwanda 8
  Ventura 12, Orange Lutheran 6
  DIVISION 4
  Laguna Beach 9, Santa Ynez 9 (Laguna Beach wins on games 76-75)
  Redlands East Valley 12, Bolsa Grande 6
  DIVISION 5
  Milken 9, Bishop Montgomery 9 (Milken
  
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• Four pedestrians struck in Irvine; one fatally injured

  16-05-2018 23:27
  
  Four pedestrians were struck by a car Wednesday night in Irvine — one was fatally injured.
  The collision was reported at 7:59 p.m. in the area of Ridgeline and Turtle Rock drives, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Tony Bommarito.
  All four patients — a 45-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl, a 16- year-old boy and a 49-year-old man — suffered traumatic injuries and were taken to hospitals, the man by helicopter to UCI Medical Center in Orange, Bommarito said. Police
  
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• Driver arrested after car hits four family members in Irvine, fatally injuring one

  16-05-2018 23:27
  
  Four pedestrians, all family members, were struck by a car Wednesday night in Irvine and one was fatally injured. The car’s driver was later arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  The collision was reported just before 8 p.m. near the intersection of Ridgeline and Turtle Rock drives, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Tony Bommarito.
  All four patients — a 49-year-old man, a 45-year-old woman, a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl&
  
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• CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Wednesday’s scores

  16-05-2018 23:24
  
  Scores from Wednesday’s CIF-SS baseball playoff games.
  BASEBALL
  DIVISION 1
  Wild-card round, Wednesday
  Valencia 4, Oaks Christian 3
  Moorpark 3, Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks 1
  Vista Murrieta 7, King 1
  DIVISION 3
  Wild-card round, Wednesday
  Palos Verdes 9, Culver City 2
  Oxnard 6, Campbell Hall 5
  Redlands 2, San Juan Hills 1
  Downey 5, Burroughs/Burbank 2
  Linfield Christian 4, Chaffey 3
  Valley View 5, Shadow Hills 4
  Long Beach Poly 6, Sage Hill 4
  Temescal Canyon 12, Cajon 1
  Rancho Cucamonga 5, Torran
  
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• Garrett Richards loses pitchers’ duel, as Angels fall to Justin Verlander, Astros

  16-05-2018 23:23
  
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Garrett Richards throws to the plate against the Houston Astros at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Garrett Richards wipes his face in the dugout against the Houston Astros at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Los Angeles Angels’ Sh
  
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• Orange Lutheran uses balanced, precise attack to sweep Valencia in volleyball semifinals

  16-05-2018 23:12
  
  ORANGE – Orange Lutheran swept Valencia of Valencia in three games Wednesday – 26-24, 25-20, 25-19 – in a CIF-Southern Section Division 2 boys volleyball semifinal at Orange Lutheran.
  The Lancers (28-8) will play Saddleback Valley Christian (21-13-1) in the championship match Saturday at Cerritos College. Saddleback Valley Christian defeated Quartz Hill in four games in the division’s other semifinal.
  It will be the Orange Lutheran’s first appearance in a CIF-SS boy
  
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• Irvine violin teacher arrested on suspicion of molesting student; police say there may be at least one other victim

  16-05-2018 23:08
  
  IRVINE — A 32-year-old violin teacher was arrested Wednesday in Irvine on suspicion of molesting an 8-year-old student under his tutelage and police believe there is at least one other victim.
  Peter Kwon was taken into custody about 11:55 a.m. outside his home, according to Irvine Police Department Public Information Officer Kim Mohr.
  Peter Kwon — Photo courtesy Irvine Police Department
  Investigators allege the felony sexual misconduct took place between 2005 and 2007, beginning when
  
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• The farm bill is still laden with pork for rich farmers

  16-05-2018 23:00
  
  Every few years, Congress passes a pork-laden monstrosity called a farm bill. This year’s farm legislation is no different.
  The bill put forward by the House Agriculture Committee this year proposes a whopping $868 billion in spending over the next decade. As with other iterations of the farm bill, three-quarters of the spending is to fund food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, while the rest comes down to programs to help farmers, with plenty of crop subsidies.
  
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• The pork-filled farm bill: Political Cartoons

  16-05-2018 20:02
  
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• Angels send down Jaime Barria despite strong outing

  16-05-2018 19:56
  
  ANAHEIM — Jaime Barria’s reward for pitching seven brilliant innings against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night was a trip back to the minor leagues.
  The Angels optioned Barría on Wednesday because they have an off day on Monday and don’t need six starters for the next turn through the rotation. Barría could be back to start as soon as May 26 in New York.
  “It’s tough,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “I don’t think anyone, when they are
  
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• Angels’ Tyler Skaggs enjoying healthy, successful start to season

  16-05-2018 19:26
  
  ANAHEIM — At the intersection of health and experience, Tyler Skaggs is enjoying the best extended stretch of work in his career.
  Heading into his ninth start of the season, on Thursday, Skaggs has posted a 3.07 ERA and he’s pitched 44 innings, tops on the team.
  “It feels good,” he said. “If you look at my career before I got over here and had Tommy John, I didn’t miss a start ever. It feels good and normal. It feels like what I’ve always done.”
  Si
  
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• How to grill up a feast this Memorial Day

  16-05-2018 19:20
  
  Paula Disbrowe would be delighted if everyone grilled on Memorial Day. The author of “Food 52 Any Night Grilling: 60 Ways to Fire Up Dinner” (Ten Speed Press, $24.99) wants readers to utilize their grills as often as possible, suggesting that a get-together around the grill can be foolproof. It doesn’t require long marinating times or low-and-slow cooking.
  Outdoor Contentment
  “It’s hard not to feel happy when gathering outside to grill,” she told me in a telep
  
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• Costa Mesa’s Vanguard University plans to add students, overhaul campus

  16-05-2018 18:52
  
  More students and a dozen projects, including a new gym and events center, at their Costa Mesa campus are among Vanguard University officials’ long-term plans for the school as its 2020 centennial approaches.
  The four-year, private Christian college has been near the corner of Newport Boulevard and Fair Drive since 1950, and some of its buildings are even older, left over from the World War II-era Santa Ana Army Air Base, so the campus is due for some upgrades, said David Vasquez, the univ
  
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• Former Dodgers manager Don Mattingly finds rebuilding in Miami ‘exhilirating’

  16-05-2018 18:46
  
  MIAMI — For most of his baseball life – whether it was in New York as a Yankee or in Los Angeles as the Dodgers manager for five seasons – Don Mattingly lived in the heat of high expectations.
  Now he lives in baseball’s land of no expectations.
  The Miami Marlins stripped down to the studs over the winter, trading away almost everything of value except the gaudy home run sculpture in center field at Marlins Park. It doesn’t get activated as often these days with reig
  
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• Cal State Fullerton’s Rick Vanderhook plays down CSUN’s home run prowess

  16-05-2018 18:11
  
  Cal State Fullerton has a chance to clinch its 22nd Big West Conference title during a three-game series with visiting CSUN this week, but to do it the Titans must limit a Matadors offense that leads the conference in home runs by a wide margin.
  Following a doubleheader with UCLA on Tuesday that included the completion of a suspended game, the Matadors have 63 home runs, nearly twice as many as any other team in the Big West.
  Though complimentary of the Matadors, Titans coach Rick Vanderhoo
  
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• Rehabilitated sea lions returned to the ocean off San Pedro

  16-05-2018 18:03
  
  LAPD S.W.A.T. Tactical Waterborne Unit & LA Port Police join forces with the Marine Mammal Care Center to escort and release rehabilitated sea lions back to the sea
  off the coast of San Pedro on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)
  Two sea lions return to the sea after rehabilitation at the Marine Mammal Care Center. In total a dozen sea lions were escort and released to the sea off the coast of San Pedro on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. The animals were assist
  
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• How to get tickets for En Vogue and TLC at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in September

  16-05-2018 17:49
  
  Talk about a formidable double bill: The powerhouse women of TLC and En Vogue will unleash the hits at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Saturday, Sept. 15.
  Tickets for the show go from $49-$89 and go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 18. Tickets can be purchased at the Fantasy Springs box office by calling 800-827-2946 or going online at fantasyspringsresort.com.
  Before the death of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in 2002, TLC was a threesome featuring Tionne “T-Boz” Watk
  
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• EPA fines 2 Southern California plastics companies for fouling LA River with ‘nurdles’

  16-05-2018 17:46
  
  Two companies were fined a total of $35,000 on Wednesday for spilling tiny plastic beads that can harm wildlife into local storm channels that empty into the Los Angeles River.
  Modern Concepts, Inc., of Compton, and Double R Trading Inc., of City of Industry, were penalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
  The companies failed to secure plastic pellets known as “nurdles” from reaching local waterways where they can be ingested
  
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• What would you do if you saw $48 and note saying it’s for the “rightful owner?”

  16-05-2018 17:33
  
  What would you do if you found $48 on the sidewalk?
  If you were Mitra Hooshmand, you would tape it to your yoga studio door with a note stating, “Someone dropped this right in front of our door! Hope it goes back to its rightful owner.”
  Then you would draw a heart and a smiley face.
  Mitra Hooshmand, left, founder of Mixx Yoga with her studio manager Sahara George in Newport Beach on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. After finding $48 in cash in front of her studio on Friday, Hooshman, at
  
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• Where to see free shows in downtown L.A. this summer

  16-05-2018 16:54
  
  Funk, rock, opera concerts, spoken word events and even a sock puppet show are among the free live performances coming this summer to California Plaza in downtown L.A. as part of Grand Performances’ annual Summer Series.
  The 32nd annual series, organized by the nonprofit Grand Performances organization, takes place from June 1 through Aug. 18 and is made up of more than two dozen events at the outdoor venue.
  It all starts at 8 p.m. Friday, June 1, with a tribute to Sly Stone called “
  
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• ‘Sanctuary’ opponents are fighting for federal overreach, not the Constitution

  16-05-2018 16:47
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  As more city councils and county boards of supervisors across California declare their opposition to California’s ‘sanctuary’ policies, there’s a particular line of argumentation that has to be called out as incoherent.
  That argument is: California’s ‘sanctuary’ policies violate the United States Constitution.
  It’s an argument
  
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• Southern California needs nearly 1 million affordable homes, report says

  16-05-2018 16:35
  
  Los Angeles and Orange Counties have a shortfall of more than 660,000 homes affordable to the poorest families in the region — those earning 50 percent or less than the median income, a new series of housing reports from the nonprofit California Housing Partnership shows.
  In Los Angeles County alone, there’s a shortage of 568,255 homes affordable to “very low-income” households, or those earning less than $35,000 a year.
  Orange County has a shortage of 92,738 homes afford
  
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• Knife Pleat will open in 2019 at South Coast Plaza, occupying the space formerly held by Marche Moderne

  16-05-2018 16:00
  
  The million dollar question has been answered: in 2019 Knife Pleat will open in South Coast Plaza in the Penthouse on level 3, the space formerly occupied by Marche Moderne.
  Like its predecessor it’s a French restaurant operated by a power couple; this time it’s Tony Esnault and restaurateur Yassmin Sarmadi, the veterans who brought Spring and Church & State to downtown Los Angeles. Those spots have earned high praise from critics throughout Southern California.
  “We sought
  
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• First Pizza Press restaurant in Inland Empire opens May 17 in Eastvale

  16-05-2018 15:49
  
  Pizza Press, an Anaheim restaurant chain with big expansion plans for 2018, is opening its first Inland restaurant Thursday, May 17 in Eastvale.
  It’s a fast-bake establishment with a 1920s newspaper theme. Its signature creations have names like The Herald (chicken, mozzarella and white sauce), The Tribune (pepperoni and sausage, mozzarella, red onions, peppers, mushrooms and olives) and The Sun (mozzarella, ham, bacon and pineapple).
  Build-your-own ingredients include a choice of four sau
  
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• Police still searching for man whose threatening phone call led to Santa Ana hospital lockdown

  16-05-2018 15:41
  
  SANTA ANA – Investigators were still working on Wednesday to identify a man who called from inside Orange County Global Medical Center and claimed to have a gun, a false threat that on Tuesday morning led to a lockdown at the hospital and a large police response.
  The hospital was on lockdown for more than three hours, as officers combed the medical facility and scoured security-camera footage.
  Police ultimately determined that there was no one with a weapon at the hospital, and the lockdow
  
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• This new Walt Disney World deal offers low rates for 'first...

  16-05-2018 15:21
  In this Jan. 22, 2015, file photo, visitors walk toward the Sleeping Beauty's Castle in the background at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Four prominent film critics groups announced Nov. 7, 2017, they will bar Walt Disney Co.
  
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• U2 brings ‘Experience + Innocence’ to the Forum for a terrific show

  16-05-2018 13:53
  
  U2 front man Bono sings to the crowd during their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour at the Forum in Inglewood on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  An animated version of U2 is seen on the giant “barricage” screen during their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour at the Forum in Inglewood on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsU2 guitarist David Howell Evans, known as “the
  
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• ‘Provenance,’ at Little Fish Theatre in San Pedro, reads our hearts like a book

  16-05-2018 13:52
  
  On the surface, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s “Provenance” will seem an unlikely story, even by theatrical standards — it’s too convenient, too cute. In its production at Little Fish in San Pedro through May 24, it could seem overacted.
  Give it awhile.
  It’s certainly about books and reading. And that means it’s about communicating. And that means it’s about absolute truths and truths as we know them and truths as we want others to know them.
  It could
  
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• Would you buy it? Microsoft plotting low-cost tablet line to rival Apple’s iPad

  16-05-2018 13:43
  
  Microsoft Corp. is planning to release a line of lower-cost Surface tablets as soon as the second half of 2018, seeking a hit in a market for cheaper devices that Apple Inc. dominates with the iPad, according to people familiar with the matter.
  Microsoft has tried this before. The software giant kicked off its consumer-oriented hardware push in 2012 with the launch of the original Surface RT. At the time, it was priced starting at $499. After the tablets didn’t resonate with consumers and
  
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• Glendale detective placed on unpaid leave after accusations of working with Mexican Mafia, Armenian organized crime

  16-05-2018 13:33
  
  Glendale police Detective John Saro Balian was arrested Tuesday, May 15, 2018, on charges that he lied about working as an informant for the Mexican Mafia and Armenian organized crime in 2008. (2008 photo courtesy of ABC7)
  A Glendale detective arrested on charges that he lied about working as an informant for the Mexican Mafia and Armenian organized crime has been placed on unpaid leave.
  The arrest of John Saro Balian, 45, also launched an Glendale police internal affairs investigation into the
  
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• Review: The Rosensweig sisters are still as funny and relevant as ever

  16-05-2018 13:31
  
  It would be tempting to treat “The Sisters Rosensweig” as a piece of historical feminism caught in amber. Wendy Wasserstein’s wry, wise 1992 comedy examines women’s issues from the perspective of an era now more than a quarter-century old, and with certain emphases and tweaks from director and performers, the three middle-aged sisters at the heart of the story could come off like women of their time, not ours.
  That would be a mistake – and thankfully it’s a ro
  
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• Trump meeting today on sanctuary law with leaders from Orange County, Inland Empire

  16-05-2018 13:21
  
  President Trump will be meeting today with leaders from Orange County, the Inland Empire and San Diego County to discuss California’s sanctuary policies.
  The president invited the mayors of Los Alamitos, Barstow, Lake Elsinore, Laguna Niguel, San Jacinto and Escondido, among 16 California representatives, to discuss their efforts against the California Values Act, a new state law that limits cooperation between federal immigration agents with local and state officials.
  The afternoon sit-do
  
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• Best thing I ate: The Mayor’s Table in Newport Beach just won the great cheeseburger debate

  16-05-2018 13:02
  
  A chef on Instagram recently launched a debate by posting a picture of a cheeseburger beneath which he posed a simple question, “Lettuce or no lettuce?”
  I didn’t weigh in, but I silently screamed, “Lettuce!”
  This idea bounced around inside my head for more than a week.
  And then I found myself having lunch at The Mayor’s Table, the restaurant inside the new Lido House hotel on the Balboa Peninsula. Without really looking at the menu, or even thinking about the
  
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• Trump Jr: Can’t recall discussing Russia probe with father

  16-05-2018 12:59
  
  By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY
  The  Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year he did not recall ever discussing the Russia investigation with his father and said he didn’t think there was anything wrong with meeting a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower ahead of the 2016 presidential election, according to transcripts released Wednesday of his interview with the panel.
  The committee released more than 1,800 pages of
  
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• LA Opera’s rousing ‘Rigoletto’ affords a classic its due at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

  16-05-2018 12:48
  
  It’s not uncommon these days to encounter opera productions that trip over their own way-out concepts, productions that leave you wondering, “What was that all about?”
  That is not the case with Los Angeles Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (originally designed for San Francisco Opera) at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It’s an approach to Verdi’s groundbreaking opera that focuses attention on the heart of the drama and the pas
  
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• Two Tustin Police officers hurt in scuffle with domestic violence suspect

  16-05-2018 12:28
  
  Two Tustin Police officers suffered minor injuries Wednesday in a scuffle with a man suspected of violating a domestic violence restraining order, authorities said.
  The officers were called around 1:50 a.m. to the Key Inn and Suites in the 1600 block of El Camino Real in Tustin for reports of a couple arguing in a car, said Tustin Police spokesman Lt. Robert Wright.
  Wright said the officers discovered that the man was violating a domestic violence restraining order.
  As they tried to remove him f
  
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• Whicker: William Karlsson is the Vegas star who got away from the Ducks

  16-05-2018 12:21
  
  William Karlsson, center for the Vegas Golden Knights, has become Jeremy Lin on a continuous loop.
  The former Anaheim Duck’s rocket ride out of nowhere could make general manager Bob Murray feel like ex-Dodgers GM Fred Claire, who once dealt Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields.
  The difference is some MLB general managers would not have made that deal.. In effect, every GM in hockey did.
  Karlsson scored 43 goals, tops among NHL centers, for the first-year team that, on Wednesday night, play
  
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• Cause of Aliso Viejo explosion that killed 1 still undetermined

  16-05-2018 12:02
  
  Orange County sheriff’s detectives – along with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – were continuing to investigate on Wednesday the cause of the powerful explosion in an Aliso Viejo office building that the day before that left a woman dead and three others injured.
  Fire fighters and Sheriff deputies escort children from Academy on the Hill pre-k school in Aliso Viejo on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 after a nearby explosion killed one person and
  
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• Michigan State and Nassar victims reach $500 million settlement in sexual assault case

  16-05-2018 11:42
  
  By DAVID EGGERT and ED WHITE
  The Associated Press
  LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University on Wednesday announced a $500 million settlement with more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar in the worst sex-abuse case in sports history.
  The deal surpasses the more than $109 million that Penn State University paid to settle claims by at least 35 people that assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused boys, though the Nassar settl
  
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• Michigan State reaches $500M settlement with Larry Nassar victims

  16-05-2018 11:21
  
  Michigan State University has reached $500 million settlement with more than 300 women who alleged they were sexually abused by former U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar, a longtime member of the Michigan State sports medicine clinic.
  Under terms of the agreement agreed on in principle by Michigan State’s board of trustees Tuesday night, $425 million will be paid to 332 known survivors of Nassar’s sexual abuse. An additional $75 million will be placed in a tr
  
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• ‘Blues in the Night’ is an uplifting experience at the Wallis in Beverly Hills

  16-05-2018 11:11
  
  Three down on their luck African American women find themselves lodging in the same seedy hotel in Chicago in the late 1930s. They share two things in common: the lack of a job (they’re all singers) and the lack of a man. They are simply referred to as “The Lady from the Road,” “The Girl with the Date” and “The Woman of the World.” Their story is then told through the lyrics of 26 blues songs.
  Director Sheldon Epps conceived “Blues in the Night&rdq
  
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• Local rents still rising, from $1,900 a month for apartments to $2,700 for houses, reports show

  16-05-2018 11:05
  
  High demand and low vacancies continue to drive rents higher for Southern California apartments, condos and houses this year, according to property managers and new rent data.
  During the first quarter of the year, the average asking rent for a vacant apartment hit $1,898 in Los Angeles County, the priciest jurisdiction in the region with the fastest-rising rents, according to market tracker Reis Inc. That’s up $114 a month, or 5.2 percent, from L.A. County apartment rents a year ago.
  
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• Disneyland is offering you a sneak peek at Pixar Pier – for a price

  16-05-2018 11:02
  
  Hey, Disney fans. Got an extra $299 burning a hole in your pocket? Well, you’re in luck, because Disneyland has a way for you to spend it. How about a ticket for a special “VIP preview” to the renovated Pixar Pier in Disney California Adventure?
  For $299, you get a special ticket that includes admission to Disney California Adventure and the newly renovated Pixar Pier, which you will see on June 22 – the night before it opens to everyone else. You’ll also get specia
  
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• Universal Studios Hollywood will turn cult favorite ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ into a Halloween Horror Nights attraction

  16-05-2018 11:00
  
  Two years ago, writer, producer and director Michael Dougherty was over the moon when Universal Studios Hollywood turned his holiday horror film “Krampus” into a comedically terrifying walk-thru attraction.
  It closely mirrored the 2015 Toni Collette and Adam Scott feature film about a fabled half-goat, half-demon that terrorizes whose who have lost the Christmas spirit, and it was popular with theme park guests. However, true horror fans couldn’t help but inquire via socia
  
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• Novartis attorney resigns over deal with Trump lawyer

  16-05-2018 09:31
  
  Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Wednesday that its top lawyer is stepping down over a deal to hire U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, as a consultant.
  The company said general counsel Felix Ehrat is retiring “in the context of discussions surrounding Novartis’ former agreement with Essential Consultants, owned by Michael Cohen.”
  “Although the contract was legally in order, it was an error,” Ehrat said in a statement, adding
  
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• Amazon ramps up discounts for Prime members at Whole Foods

  16-05-2018 09:28
  
  Amazon.com is giving its Prime members another reason to shop at Whole Foods.
  Those customers, who pay an annual fee for benefits such as free two-day shipping and access to Amazon’s video and music library, will now also get discounts at the upscale, organic supermarket that Amazon bought last year.
  Starting Wednesday at Whole Foods Market stores in Florida, and expanding nationwide this summer, Prime members will get an additional 10 percent off hundreds of products, Amazon said in a sta
  
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• Riverside County congressman wants to ban lawsuits challenging California water tunnels

  16-05-2018 09:01
  Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona (Courtesy photo)
  SACRAMENTO — A Riverside County congressman wants to ban environmental lawsuits challenging a plan to build two gigantic tunnels to divert water from the north to the thirsty south.
  Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, inserted the ban in a 142-page draft of an Interior Department spending bill for fiscal 2019 that he released Tuesday, the Sacramento Bee reported.
  Calvert chairs the House Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Relate
  
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• California mom of 10 to appear in court on abuse charges

  16-05-2018 08:39
  
  Ina Rogers pauses as she talks with reporters about the seizure of her 10 children by law enforcement Monday, May 14, 2018, in Fairfield, Calif. Authorities removed the children living at the home on March 31, and placed them in protective custody after one of them ran away. Rogers faces charges of child neglect and her husband Jonathan Allen has been charged with torture and child abuse. Rogers denied the children were mistreatment. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JANIE HA
  
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