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• O.C. man gets prison time for again smuggling endangered songbirds from Vietnam to the U.S.

  21-05-2018 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A previously convicted bird smuggler from Orange County was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle endangered “good luck” songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam.
  Sony Dong, 56, who was also ordered to pay a $5,500 fine, was taken into custody immediately following the hearing in downtown Los Angeles.
  U.S. District Judge S. James Otero said the conditions in which the tiny birds were trafficked — concealed in suitca
  
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• Torrance police arrest three on suspicion of drug possession, stealing Harley-Davidson motorcycle

  21-05-2018 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Two men and a woman were arrested by Torrance police on suspicion of vehicle theft, drug possession and other counts Monday morning, May 21, authorities said.
  About 4:45 a.m., Torrance police officers responded to the 5500 block of Torrance Boulevard after a resident reported suspicious activity involving multiple suspects removing a motorcycle from the location, Sgt. Ronald Harris said in a news release.
  Redondo Beach police officers assisted Torrance police in patrolling the area.
  About 5:05 a
  
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• Attorney general files emergency request with court of appeals to reverse a Riverside judge’s ruling to end California’s right-to-die law

  21-05-2018 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed an emergency request with the state court of appeals Monday, May 21 to reverse a Riverside County Superior Court judge’s ruling last week that invalidated the state’s End of Life Option Act.
  On Tuesday, May 15, Judge Daniel A. Ottolia said the legislature violated the state’s constitution by passing the right-to-die law during a special session that was limited to healthcare issues. The judge had given the attorney general f
  
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• Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez taking simplified approach to the plate

  21-05-2018 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Before Sunday, Kiké Hernandez went 12 days between drawing a walk. While no one ever bought a ticket to a baseball game hoping to see Hernandez draw a base on balls, a two-walk game against the Washington Nationals was an important development for the Dodgers’ struggling utility hitter.
  No team was more patient in 2017 than the Dodgers, who drew a walk in 10.5 percent of their plate appearances. Few Dodgers were more patient than Hernandez, a disruptive baserunne
  
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• Driver leads authorities on chase from Anaheim into Riverside County on 91 Freeway

  21-05-2018 22:05
  A suspect in a black Camry with a stolen license plate fled from an attempted traffic stop in Anaheim Monday, beginning a pursuit that stretched into Riverside County. Police attempted to pull the driver over at 12:10 p.m. near Harbor Boulevard and the 91 Freeway, but the motorist kept going, Anaheim police Sgt.
  
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• Police: Man charged in Tustin pedestrian death; body found during follow-up did not involve a crime

  21-05-2018 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A 75-year old man was arrested in Tustin on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter after police found he intentionally slammed his BMW into a retaining wall in a suicide attempt, killing a pedestrian, March 29. Police on Monday also said a second death uncovered during the follow-up did not involve a crime.
  About 7:11 a.m. March 29, police responded to a call of a traffic collision on Newport Avenue at the I-5 Freeway underpass. The collision involved a vehicle and a pedestrian, who was walking on
  
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• Restorative justice offers hope at schools

  21-05-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When it comes to today’s students with what are euphemistically called discipline problems, many older folks like nothing better than trotting out their answer for the young delinquents: “Lock ‘em up!”
  Suspensions and expulsions have certainly been part of the punitive answer for school administrators dealing with seriously wayward youth since grandpa was a pup. By taking the seemingly simple step of removing the perpetrator from classrooms and the entire campus, the theo
  
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• Villaraigosa’s realism makes him best choice for governor

  21-05-2018 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles, is the best choice for governor, based on his fiscal responsibility and his political independence.
  Without fiscal responsibility, our state government can accomplish nothing. In just the last six months, unfunded liabilities of the state of California have grown by $15 billion, which is more than the entire amount in the state’s rainy-day fund. For the last eight years, the state Legislature has pushed the governor to spend all the in
  
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• Mater Dei duo of Sean Dollars, Jeremiah Criddell commit to Oregon

  21-05-2018 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The pipeline from Mater Dei’s football program to Oregon delivered two more prized recruits Sunday.
  Running back Sean Dollars and defensive back Jeremiah Criddell each committed to the Ducks, joining a 2019 recruiting class that already features Mater Dei All-County linebacker Mason Funa and defensive lineman Keyon Ware-Hudson.
  Dollars (5-10, 190) and Criddell (6-1, 180) transferred to Mater Dei this offseason from Rancho Cucamonga and will debut for Mater Dei this upcoming season.
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• Can we do anything about mass shootings after Texas?

  21-05-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In an all-too-common theme for our questions of the week, another mass shooting has us questioning what can be done to stop them. The recent shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, left 10 dead and 13 injured.
  The 17-year-old attacker allegedly used a shotgun and a revolver, and had made explosive devices. He supposedly took the weapons from his father, who legally owned them.
  One thing is certain, no matter your political affiliation, no one wants kids to die in a senseless act of violenc
  
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• Rams search for leadership on defense after offseason changes

  21-05-2018 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks, #12, runs the ball during the first day of Organized Team Activities (OTAs) at the Rams training facilities at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. CA. ( Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Rams defensive lineman Justin Lawler blocks a pass duringthe first day of Organized Team Activities (OTAs) at the Rams training facilities at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. CA. ( Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery
  
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• LAFC to square off with Christian Pulisic, Bundesliga’s Dortmund

  21-05-2018 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Dortmund’s Westfalenstadian is famous in soccer for owning the European season record for per-game attendance, averaging 80,588 over 17 matches six years ago. At the south end of Borussia Dortmund BVB’s fortress in the middle of Germany, the “Yellow Wall” stands strong.
  Twenty-five thousand supporters shoulder-to-shoulder in Europe’s largest grandstand makes for one of the most intimidating stadium experiences on the planet.
  “It’s nice to play
  
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• Guinea pig rescuers become fast friends ‘in a ravine on the side of the freeway’ in Fountain Valley

  21-05-2018 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Amanda Salerno moved to Southern California from Oklahoma a only few weeks ago. And she’s already cultivated a clique of good buddies.
  “I never imagined I’d make friends in a ravine on the side of a freeway, but here we all are,” said Salerno, 27, a paramedic.
  Responding to a call for action on social media, a dozen or so folks congregated at the Slater Avenue exit off the 405 Freeway in Fountain Valley. They were on an urgent rescue mission, alerted to abandoned Guinea p
  
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• Fifty years ago, Robert F. Kennedy came to the Strawberry Festival in Garden Grove. A few days later he was assassinated in L.A.

  21-05-2018 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  We’ve been thinking about Bobby Kennedy lately.
  A CNN documentary series this year called “American Dynasties: The Kennedys” got us started, its six episodes tracing the history of the iconic family that produced both President John F. Kennedy and his younger brother, Robert F. Kennedy, who might have been the second Kennedy in the White House but for an assassin’s bullet in a Los Angeles hotel on June 6, 1968.
  You know some of this history, of course, but the use of exte
  
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• Where to get vintage trailers fixed and get your fix of vintage cars

  21-05-2018 18:34 via ocregister.com
  Eva Kilgore: When I was a teenager, my friend Julie invited me on an overnight camping trip to the beach. Her father had a station wagon and a green-and-white trailer. That night, her dad slept on the beach in a sleeping bag while Julie and I slept in the trailer. I thought the experience was very cool.
  Orange County Vintage Trailers restores, renovates, repairs and sells the old-school trailers. Maybe you’ve dreamed of owning one of these classic beauties? Maybe Dad deserves a truly speci
  
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• Fryer on baseball: Coaches have options when it comes to second-round pitching assignments

  21-05-2018 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Baseball coaches approach the second round of the CIF-SS playoffs with two schools of thought regarding their pitching rotation.
  1. Stick with the rotation that’s been in place all season.
  2. Wait a minute. We have some flexibility here …
  Fountain Valley is in that second school of thought. The Barons’ starter in their CIF-Southern Section Division 2 first-round win over Canyon was senior right-hander Nate Wilson. Fountain Valley’s No. 1 pitcher, Wilson, went six innings
  
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• WEATHER: Expect cool temps and ‘May gray’ to stick around

  21-05-2018 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, temperatures in Orange County are expected to remain below average for this time of year, and cloudy conditions from the marine layer should also last through the week, National Weather Service officials said Monday.
  Dog walker William Espinosa with Fit Dog Sports Club plays catch with his charges, as one excited pup jumps for joy at Dog Beach in Huntington Beach on Monday, May21, 2018. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Clouds keep the
  
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• Softball notes: Anaheim feeling like winner after extraordinary playoff run

  21-05-2018 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim’s softball team and its high-powered offense plays host to a dangerous opponent Tuesday in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.
  But even before the Colonists throw their first pitch against fourth-seeded Rancho Mirage (19-5), it will be hard not to look at them as winners.
  Under the leadership of second-year coach Sam Favata, Anaheim has achieved significant history and been inspired during a culture change for the program.
  “It’s been a great run,&rdqu
  
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• Status Update: St. Joseph Health CEO jumping to City of Hope Orange County

  21-05-2018 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County United Way hosted the 15th Annual Women’s Philanthropy Fund Breakfast on May 8 at Hotel Irvine, raising more than $600,000 to support initiatives targeting the education, health, housing and income challenges facing women and children in Orange County. The keynote speaker was retired NBA star Earvin “Magic” Johnson. (Courtesy of Orange County United Way)
  Steven Brower, a litigation attorney for more than 37 years, has formed Brower Law Group in Laguna Hills.SoundThe
  
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• Tuesday’s CIF Regional boys volleyball schedule

  21-05-2018 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  BOYS VOLLEYBALL
  CIF REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
  SoCal Regionals
  DIVISION I
  Tuesday, May 22, 7 p.m. unless noted
  Westview at Corona del Mar
  South Torrance at Palisades
  La Costa Canyon at Loyola, 6 p.m.
  La Jolla at Newport Harbor
  DIVISION II
  Tuesday, May 22, 7 p.m. unless noted
  Sylmar at Orange Lutheran
  Cathedral Catholic at Tustin, 7:30 p.m.
  Classical Academy at Downey
  Saddleback Valley Christian at San Gabriel Academy, 3:30 p.m.
  DIVISION III
  Tuesday, May 22, 7 p.m. unless noted
  New West Charter at Murriet
  
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• Orange County baseball top 25 (May 21)

  21-05-2018 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County baseball top 25 for Monday, May 21:
  O.C. TOP 25
  (Records through Sunday, May 20)
  1. Orange Lutheran (23-7 overall record)
  After winning eight of their final nine Trinity League games to claim the league championship, the Lancers opened the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs with a 3-0 win over Moorpark. Cole Winn pitched a two-hitter and drove in a run for the Lancers, who will play at Corona on Tuesday.
  2. Huntington Beach (26-5)
  One of Orange County bas
  
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• Alaska Airlines will become first U.S. airline to dump plastic straws

  21-05-2018 17:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Alaska Airlines will stop using plastic stir straws and plastic cocktail citrus picks, continuing the company’s role in the trend of businesses becoming environmentally proactive.
  The airline will instead use white birch stir sticks for coffee and bamboo picks for cocktails for domestic and international flights, as well as in its airport lounges, beginning this summer. Those requesting straws will be given a “non-plastic, marine-friendly” alternative. The carrier also said it
  
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• DA urges denial of Kevin Cooper’s request for clemency, more DNA testing in 1983 Chino Hills homicide

  21-05-2018 16:44 via ocregister.com
  
  More than three decades after a jury convicted Kevin Cooper of a brutal hatchet attack that killed members of a Chino Hills family and a young boy staying with them, Cooper and his advocates still are fighting his conviction.
  In the latest request, the death row inmate is seeking clemency and further testing, such as Touch DNA testing, to be performed on evidence including the murder weapon, the hatchet sheath, a T-shirt and the prison button — items that were presented at trial and have u
  
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• See photos of Pala Casino Spa & Resort’s new pool complex

  21-05-2018 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Plenty of Southern California casinos have revamped their pools in recent years aiming for an adult audience, but Pala Casino Spa & Resort wanted something a little different than a Las Vegas-style party scene.
  “We really studied the whole pool concept and wanted to do something unique,” Bill Bembenek, Pala’s chief executive officer said in a telephone interview. “Our core demographic is a little older than other casinos so the new pool complex is not designed to
  
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• Mother’s Day has new meaning for Las Vegas mass-shooting survivor and her Laguna Woods grandmother

  21-05-2018 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Rachel Sheppard, 27, of Tehachapi, who was wounded in the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival last October spent Mother’s Day with her family in Laguna Woods on Sunday, May 13, 2018. Rachel’s grandmother, Loretta Sheppard, 84, of Laguna Woods was a survivor in a 1999 solo car accident. Both women say the incident altered the trajectory of their lives.(Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Loretta Sheppard, 84, of Laguna Woods, was a survivor in a 1999 solo c
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: El Toro’s Savannah Stocker

  21-05-2018 15:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The girls athlete of the week for the Orange County Register on Monday, May 21:
  Name: Savannah Stocker
  School: El Toro
  Sport: Diving
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: Stocker became the first Orange County girl to capture the diving title at the CIF State championships, scoring 507.55 points for her 11-dive list on the 1-meter springboard in Fresno. She took the lead for good in the eighth round and added the state title to her first crown at the CIF-SS Division 1 finals. “I’ve really be
  
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• Whicker: For boxing judge Max DeLuca, it’s a matter of 12 one-round fights

  21-05-2018 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  TUSTIN — He has the best seat and also the hottest. Blood and sweat dance all around him. Tears are prohibited.
  Max DeLuca is a boxing judge. The ring announcer runs through the judges’ names when the bout starts. He does it again when he gives the scores. You have to listen hard to hear DeLuca’s. He hopes you never do.
  “It’s like going into the zone,” Deluca said. “I don’t hear the crowd. You’re on an island. The judges might be the only peo
  
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• Angels manager Mike Scioscia on the verge of passing mentor Tommy Lasorda

  21-05-2018 15:42 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO — For 13 years as a catcher with the Dodgers, Mike Scioscia shared a dugout with venerable manager Tommy Lasorda. In all of that time, Scioscia said he never imagined becoming a manager, let alone the milestone he’s about to reach.
  “When I was playing,” Scioscia said, “I was so consumed with playing that you don’t think about what the next step is.”
  The next step is passing Lasorda.
  As the Angels open a series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tue
  
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• Midnight today is the deadline to register to vote in California’s June primary

  21-05-2018 15:07 via ocregister.com
  
  If you want to register to vote in California’s June 5 primary election, you’ll have to act quickly.
  The deadline for online registration is at 11:59 p.m. tonight, Monday, May 21.
  Primary voters will pick two candidates to advance to November’s general election in the races for governor, senator, and several competitive congressional districts, which could sway the national balance of partisan power, among other contests. They’ll also vote in some local elections.
  To
  
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• Driver leads authorities on chase from Anaheim into Inland Empire

  21-05-2018 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A suspect in a black Camry with a stolen license plate fled from an attempted traffic stop in Anaheim Monday, beginning a pursuit that stretched into Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
  Police attempted to pull the driver over at 12:10 p.m. near Harbor Boulevard and the 91 Freeway, but the motorist kept going, Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.
  Wyatt said officers who spotted the car checked the license plate and discovered the plate had been stolen from another vehicle and placed on the C
  
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• Kids Ocean Day celebrates 25 years of educating youth to keep beaches clean

  21-05-2018 14:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Every time Michael Klubock ventured out to sea on his small sailboat, he’d come back to shore with trash plucked out of the ocean.
  Joining the occasional beach cleanups didn’t seem like it had enough impact, so he had an idea – get more kids to the beach and give them learning lessons along the way.
  “Kelp Us” message in the sand on a Los Angeles Beach, made up of students who formed the aerial art installation during the Kids Ocean Day clean up a few years ago. Phot
  
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• Expanding the idea of ‘neighbor’ opens us to new experiences

  21-05-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Do you know your neighbor?  So many of us live within shouting distance of the people living around us and don’t know, or can’t remember their names.  Neighbors are usually considered the people who live near us. They may be quiet or loud; above us or below, their wall attached to our wall, or freestanding. Neighbors can be friends or strangers, tall or short; someone to pick up your mail when you are gone, someone from whom to borrow a tool. Maybe the people in our neighbo
  
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• Tesla Model 3 rebuffed by Consumer Reports on slow braking

  21-05-2018 13:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Consumer Reports magazine won’t give Tesla Inc.’s compact Model 3 car its recommendation because of the electric car’s long stopping distances and difficult-to-use controls.
  The magazine said the Model 3’s 60 miles per hour stopping distance of 152 feet was “far worse than any contemporary car we’ve tested.” It took 7 feet more that Ford Motor Co.’s F-150 full-size pickup. The company told Consumer Reports that its own tests averaged a stopping dis
  
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• 159,171 Orange County homes are owned mortgage-free. Where were the most?

  21-05-2018 13:26 via ocregister.com
  
  In Orange County, 159,171 homeowners possess an enticing slice of the American dream — mortgage-free living.
  An analysis of 2012-2016 Census Bureau housing data found an average 27.4 percent of the county’s 581,506 owner-occupied residences did not have a mortgage on the property. Only 12 California counties had a smaller share of mortgage-free homes.
  Statewide, 27.8 percent of owners live mortgage-free. Inyo County was tops with 53.5 percent free and clear; San Benito County wa
  
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• One of OC’s most wanted fugitives extradited from El Salvador to face a murder charge

  21-05-2018 13:09 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A man accused of fatally shooting an acquaintance through the heart during an argument over $60 has been extradited to Orange County to face a murder charge, the District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday.
  Juan Palacios, 59, was turned over by authorities in El Salvador to the FBI last week, more than 15 years after he is accused of killing 32-year-old Mario Cano Santamaria in a Tustin courtyard.
  The FBI brought him back to the United States, and he was placed in the
  
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• Starting a business? Some tips on compliance, how to spend your cash wisely

  21-05-2018 13:05 via ocregister.com
  
  For the small business person and entrepreneur, cash is king. It is a scarce resource, and you need every dollar to develop products, buy inventory, hire employees and attract customers. There is not always a lot of resources to spend on legal issues — and they can be easy to ignore.
  A quick search on Google for legal tips for entrepreneurs returns dozens of articles spelling out all the horrible things that could happen to your business if you ignore the basics of business formation, tax
  
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• NFL outlines requests for sports betting regulation

  21-05-2018 12:49 via ocregister.com
  
  After decades of fighting against the proliferation of gambling, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell officially changed his tune on Monday, laying out the league’s new stance on sports betting, a week after the Supreme Court struck down a federal law banning it.
  The NFL joined the other major professional leagues in requesting uniform, federal regulation of sports betting. That prospect remains highly unlikely, given the precedent of state-by-state gambling regulation, but the leagues have made
  
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• International outcry grows over disputed Venezuela vote

  21-05-2018 12:46 via ocregister.com
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH
   
  The Associated Press
  CARACAS, Venezuela —  A growing roster of nations condemned Venezuela’s presidential election Monday and threatened to ramp up diplomatic and economic pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s already embattled government.
  A coalition of 14 nations from throughout the Americas, including Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, pledged to scale back diplomatic relations with Venezuela and urge international organizations not t
  
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• Inspiring Canyon High senior Connor Ewing passes away from cancer

  21-05-2018 12:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Inspiring Canyon senior water polo player and swimmer Connor Ewing, who was battling cancer for the third time, died Sunday. “He just has this incredible fight,” Canyon coach Steve Anderson said last month. (Photo courtesy of Ewing Family)
  Inspiring Canyon High water polo player and swimmer Connor Ewing, who beat cancer twice as a child and had been fighting the disease for a third time since August, died Sunday, his mother, Suzie, said.
  “Connor passed away at 12:07 this aftern
  
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• Real estate news: OC’s Cushman & Wakefield team closes $102 million industrial deal in Torrance

  21-05-2018 12:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Ed Hernandez, and Mike Adey in Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team in Orange County represented the buyer and seller of a $102.5 million industrial facility in Torrance. Chicago-based Bridge Development Partners bought the 512,490-square-foot facility, formerly the Farmer Brothers Coffee headquarters, in 2016 and redeveloped it. The 20.37-acre property was bought by a global private real estate investor. Farmer Brothers Coffee relocated its base t
  
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• Ariana Kukors files lawsuit against USA Swimming, coaches, alleging years of sexual abuse

  21-05-2018 12:00 via ocregister.com
  
  MANHATTAN BEACH — In late September world record-setting swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith began coming to grips with the sexual abuse she said she suffered at the hands of her longtime coach Sean Hutchison.
  Reliving how she said Hutchison began grooming her for a sexual relationship when she was 13, sexually assaulted her at 16, how he continued to have a sexual relationship with her and exert control over almost every aspect of her daily life until she was 24 tormented her through the remainde
  
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• Supreme Court rules 5-4 for businesses over workers

  21-05-2018 11:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press
  The Supreme Court says employers can prohibit their workers from banding together to dispute their pay and conditions in the workplace, an important victory for business interests.
  The justices ruled 5-4 Monday, with the court’s conservative members in the majority, that businesses can force employees to individually use arbitration, not the courts, to resolve disputes.
  The outcome does not affect people represented by labor unions, but an estimated 25
  
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• Search continues for killer of Garden Grove man gunned down in San Bernardino

  21-05-2018 10:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Cheluca Rojas (Courtesy)
  San Bernardino detectives are still searching for the person who killed a Garden Grove man Friday night following a confrontation between the victim and several men, officials said Monday.
  Officers received a 911 call reporting a shooting around 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 18, in the 1200 block of West Eighth Street, according to a San Bernardino police news release.
  Officers found a man, later identified as 31-year-old Alejandro Cheluca Rojas of Garden Grove, with at le
  
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• Prison inmates are down, but costs still going up

  21-05-2018 10:44 via ocregister.com
  
  When Jerry Brown’s first governorship began in 1975, California had about 20,000 men and women behind bars in its prison system, but that number would increase more than eight-fold.
  As crime rates rose to record levels in the 1970s, Brown, the Legislature and voters responded with laws creating new crimes and/or increasing prison terms for old offenses. Those laws, more that were added in the 1980s and 1990s and more unforgiving attitudes by prosecutors and judges, triggered a flood of new
  
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• Tattoos and khakis: Companies relax dress codes as job candidates wane

  21-05-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Tired of wearing a suit and tie to work?
  You may not have to do it much longer because a growing number of businesses are following Silcon Valley’s lead by relaxing their dress codes in an effort to retain and attract talented employees.
  Global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. links the change to a variety of factors, including an especially tight labor market.
  That’s illustrated by recent figures from the state Employment Development Dep
  
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• California’s best bet on sports wagers is low taxes

  21-05-2018 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By a vote of 6 to 3, the United States Supreme Court has tossed out a federal law that prohibited most states, except Nevada, from legalizing sports betting within their borders.
  Along with the exemption for Nevada, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act would have allowed New Jersey to offer sports betting in the state’s casinos. But there was a catch. New Jersey had to set up legal sports betting within one year after the law passed in 1992. By the time the state’s Legi
  
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• Big rig overturns, closes freeway lanes for hours in Mission Viejo

  21-05-2018 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  A big rig that rolled onto its side closed nearly all of the freeway lanes for about six hours on the northbound I-5 freeway in Mission Viejo Monday morning, May 21.
  Shortly after midnight, the California Highway Patrol reported there was an overturned big rig just north of the La Paz Road on-ramp.
  The semi, leaking fluid, blocked all the of lanes except the carpool one, according to the CHP. The driver was uninjured; the rollover did not involve any other vehicles.
  A tow crew needed hours to ge
  
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• Southern California’s rock-bottom unemployment means wages in the rise

  21-05-2018 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  What happens when Southern California unemployment rates plunge to lows not seen in at least decades?
  Bosses have to pay up to attract and retain talent.
  My trusty spreadsheet looked around Southern California to see how pay — measured by average weekly wages in the private sector — has moved as the supply of jobless workers fell by 425,000 in the past five years in the four-county region.
  Los Angeles County bosses were the most generous, of late: The average weekly wages averaged $9
  
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• It’s $1 Dodger Dog Night for first time since 2012

  21-05-2018 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will reduce the price of Dodger Dogs to $1 for tonight’s game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium, the first time they’ve held $1 Dodger Dog Night since 2012.
  Fans are limited to five Dodger Dogs per transaction.
  Dodger Dogs usually cost $6.50.
  The game is also Firefighter Appreciation Night. A special ticket package including a Dodgers Firefighter Appreciation Night challenge coin is available at Dodgers.com/Firefighter.
  A porti
  
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• Cities all run from hosting the 2020 Republican National Convention

  21-05-2018 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Something strange is going on with the 2020 Republican National Convention. Cities all across the country are furiously competing for the right not to host it.
  The Republican National Committee’s original deadline for bids was Feb. 28, and the silence was deafening.
  This is not typical. In 2016, eight different cities wanted to host the GOP convention.
  There were almost as many candidates for host city as there were candidates for president.
  But for 2020, the RNC has an offer from Charlott
  
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