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• Accelerate looking for encore performance in Gold Cup

  23-05-2018 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Only eight horses have won the Santa Anita Handicap and Gold Cup at Santa Anita in the same year, including such greats as Affirmed, Ack Ack and Noor. Melatonin turned the trick just two years ago.
  Lava Man is the only horse to accomplish the feat twice, winning in 2006 and ’07, and he, along with Game On Dude, are the only standouts to sweep Southern California’s three major Grade I stakes for older horses on the dirt — the Big ‘Cap, Gold Cup and Del Mar’s Pacific
  
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• UCLA softball’s Bubba Nickles sets tone with selflessness going into NCAA Super Regional

  23-05-2018 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA’s Bubba Nickles hits a solo homerun in the 2nd inning in the NCAA Women’s College World Series Los Angeles Regional on Sunday, May 20, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
  CSUF’s Ari Williams can’t reach a homerun ball hit by UCLA’s Bubba Nickles in the 2nd inning in the NCAA Women’s College World Series Los Angeles Regional on Sunday, May 20, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecond
  
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• Dodgers slugger Cody Bellinger is encouraged to bunt, but not to sacrifice

  23-05-2018 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger was not in the Dodgers’ starting lineup Wednesday, but he arrived early to the field for bunting practice. Bench coach Bob Geren was feeding baseballs into a pitching machine, connected to the dugout by a long orange cord.
  Bellinger didn’t seem like he needed the practice.
  “At first he did a couple sacrifices,” Geren said. “(Bellinger) said, ‘when you want me to do it?’ I said, for a shift.”
  So marked the end of B
  
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• Orange County man charged with DUI, assault after incident in which he drove through crash scene and was shot by police

  23-05-2018 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  WESTMINSTER — A Westminster man, who was shot by Fountain Valley police after driving through a crash scene last fall, was charged Wednesday with drunken driving and assault on a peace officer.
  Matthew Earl Snoyman, 34, faces two felony counts of assault with a weapon — not a firearm — on peace officers and two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.
  At 5:16 a.m. last Oct. 14, officers were investigating a fatal crash that had occurred hours earlier at Mag
  
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• What’s in a screen? Tommy John the author believes it might affect Tommy John the surgery

  23-05-2018 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A group of Colorado Rockies players visited Treyarch Studios, the Santa Monica headquarters of the global video game developer, on Tuesday. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 won’t be released until October, but the players hunkered down in a dark, glossy room encircled with screens and dove into the new game.
  There was a baseball game that night too, and first pitch at Dodger Stadium was still several hours away. Playing video games wasn’t a part of everyone’s game-
  
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• Man killed when struck by train near Oceanside; OC service affected

  23-05-2018 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  A man died when he was hit by a train in San Diego County on Wednesday, May 23. The incident disrupted train service in Orange County.
  The man, of an unknown age, apparently committed suicide, San Diego County sheriff’s Lt. Ricardo Lopez said. The man was hit several blocks north of the Oceanside Transit Center by a Coaster train, which serves eight stations operating north and south in San Diego County.
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• Angels rally for victory over Blue Jays with 4-run 9th inning

  23-05-2018 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO, ON – MAY 23: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim dives back safely to first base on a pick-off attempt in the third inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on May 23, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
  
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• Newport Beach couple arrested, accused of orchestrating $5.9 million real estate fraud scheme

  23-05-2018 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A Newport Beach couple were charged with money laundering and other charges Wednesday for allegedly orchestrating a real estate fraud scheme that bilked lenders out of more than $5.9 million, some of which they used to purchase a Land Rover and a winery.
  Ronald Cedric Touchard, 59, was charged with 62 counts of money laundering, along with three counts of grand theft and three counts of recording a false or forged document. His wife, Misty Denise Touchard, 43, was charged with
  
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• Revered aquatics supporter Bruce Hopping of Laguna Beach dies at 96

  23-05-2018 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Beach local legend Bruce Hopping, a revered supporter of aquatics sports from swimming and water polo to surfing, and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, died last week at age 96, according to his friends.
  “(He) passed away peacefully just after midnight on Thursday, May 17,” read an announcement distributed by his friend Christy Cones, a board member of Hopping’s well-known Kalos Kagathos Foundation.
  For about 50 years, the foundation supported water sports, a
  
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• Former Orange County CHP officer pleads guilty to embezzlement of funds from club account

  23-05-2018 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  WESTMINSTER — A former California Highway Patrol officer in the Westminster bureau pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $7,000 from a fund his colleagues set up for holiday parties and get-togethers and was immediately sentenced to 30 days in jail.
  Mark Matthew Linza, 41, of Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor grand theft embezzlement, according to court records.
  Linza has already paid $7,250 in restitution, along with $1,000 to the victim witness emergency fund, Seni
  
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• Younger brother of Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo works out for Lakers

  23-05-2018 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Everyone’s looking for the next Greek Freak.
  In an age of switching defenses, with players who can guard five positions and power forwards who run the point, Milwaukee All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo is essentially the living, breathing composite of every skill NBA teams covet.
  So it was natural when on Wednesday a younger brother of the All-Star worked out for the Lakers that interest was piqued. But following his pre-draft workout, Kostas Antetokounmpo made it clear he
  
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• Congress grills USOC, USA Gymanstics, USA Swimming about sexual abuse

  23-05-2018 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Members of a Congressional sub-committee expressed outrage and frustration on Wednesday at the continued inability of the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Center for Safe Sport and top national sports governing bodies to effectively address sexual abuse within the American Olympic movement and accused USA Gymnastics of covering up sexual abuse by Olympic and national team physician Larry Nassar.
  A more than two and a half hour and often heated hearing by the Oversight and Investigations sub-committee
  
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• Segerstrom hurdler Brown stays focused on her goals after ‘amazing’ day at CIF-SS Finals

  23-05-2018 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Segerstrom’s Nyree Brown has the fastest time in the state this year in the 300-meter hurdles. (Photo by Lou Ponsi, Correspondent)
  Segerstrom’s Nyree Brown, left, wins the Division 1 300 meter hurdles as Rossevelt’s Breanna Joseph Bernard finished third during the CIF-SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSegerstrom’
  
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• New solar mandate latest chapter in ‘California craziness’ story

  23-05-2018 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Making housing more affordable in California has been at the top of the agenda in Sacramento for more than a year.
  Unfortunately, lawmakers have mishandled the opportunity to pass meaningful reforms and now a new solar energy mandate will soon force homes prices even higher.
  The Energy Commission, whose five members are appointed by the governor, unanimously decided Wednesday that all new single-family and multi-family homes up to three stories built Jan. 1, 2020, and beyond must have roof-
  
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• After three decades in Congress, Rohrabacher faces bare-knuckled fight for political life from Democrats and GOP contender

  23-05-2018 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was a 41-year-old ex-speechwriter for Ronald Reagan when he first won election to his coastal Orange County Congressional seat in 1988.
  Now 70, with three decades of national politics under his belt, he’s facing the toughest fight of his career – a bare-knuckled battle where fresh-faced Democrats and a well-known local Republican alike are denigrating his legacy while grappling to take him down.
  And for the first time in 15 terms, Rohrabacher, a perennial s
  
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• Griffin Canning, Jose Suarez among prospects who have Angels excited

  23-05-2018 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO — Matt Wise’s job has a little extra spice to it these days.
  Wise, the Angels’ minor league pitching coordinator, is now overseeing an organization that has its most talent in years.
  “It’s an exciting time to roam around,” said Wise, who is filling in with the big league club while bullpen coach Scott Radinsky is away temporarily. “We have a good group of young arms coming up.”
  Two of the most intriguing prospects – right-hander Griff
  
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• Trump accuses the FBI of spying on his campaign: Political Cartoons

  23-05-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
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• Ports O’ Call Restaurant ruling throws wrench into wedding and other plans

  23-05-2018 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  News that Ports O’ Call Restaurant had lost its bid late Monday to remain open through the end of the year is likely to create some panic among those who have big life events booked there over the next six months.
  The 57-year-old landmark restaurant was the final holdout on the old Ports O’ Call Village property. Construction on the San Pedro Public Market will begin early in 2019 and the new attraction is expected to be open by 2021.
  “I’m not sure what’s
  
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• Traveling over Memorial Day weekend? Air travelers could see delays, cancellations, overbookings

  23-05-2018 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 5.2 million Californians are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, breaking all previous records both statewide and locally, the Automobile Club of Southern California reported.
  That includes 3.1 million Southern Californians with 326,000 traveling by air. But if things go anything like last year there will be glitches — lots of them.
  Airhelp, an online service that helps passengers secure compensation for delayed, canceled, or overbooked flights, offers some
  
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• Blake Baggett back home riding for motocross title

  23-05-2018 16:57 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO — More than 12,000 motocross fans are expected to venture into the hills of Glen Helen in the northern part of town Saturday for the second of 12 motocross events that comprise the AMA Championship.
  Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac, the defending 450 Class champion, hopes to repeat at Glen Helen. The program, which also includes the 250 class, will feature a pair of 30-minute motos (plus two laps), with the first set to start at 1 p.m. The initial moto wil
  
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• New mountaintop cameras unveiled to help spot, fight far-away fires

  23-05-2018 16:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Six new cameras that can spot smoke from miles away have been installed atop Santiago Peak in an effort to help firefighters more quickly respond to wildfires.
  The system was unveiled earlier this month at Orange County Fire Authority headquarters in Irvine by firefighters, university researchers and Southern California Edison officials who worked together with other organizations to set up the cameras, the first of their kind in Orange County.
  The four stationary and two pan-tilt cameras, which
  
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• Does loss of Hunter Henry open door for Chargers to re-sign Antonio Gates?

  23-05-2018 16:13 via ocregister.com
  
  If the Chargers are indeed willing to bring back one of the greatest players in franchise history, they won’t say it out loud.
  A day after tight end Hunter Henry tore his right ACL on a routine non-contact play, general manager Tom Telesco said that the Chargers will “look at all the options out there and see where the road heads after that.”
  Asked if that means the door is open for Antonio Gates, to whom the Chargers bid farewell last month, Telesco stuck to his line: “I
  
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• Disneyland annual pass holders can order food without waiting in line

  23-05-2018 15:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Are you hungry? Well, if you’re at Disneyland, you’re probably dreading the long lines to get your meal. Thankfully, now there’s a solution, and it’s being tested right now by employees and annual passholders. The new mobile ordering system is quick and easy.
  Here are 10 things you need to know:
  1 Why should I do this? It will speed up the meal-ordering process and help you plan your time more productively. For example, while you’re standing in line at Space Mo
  
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• Chipotle HQ leaving Denver, plans move to Newport Beach

  23-05-2018 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  After nearly 25 years in Denver, Chipotle Mexican Grill is saying so long to its hometown, announcing Wednesday that it will move its headquarters to Southern California where its new CEO has lived.
  The fast-casual restaurant chain, which has financially had a rough few years, will settle in Newport Beach, near fast-food neighbors Taco Bell, Del Taco and the iconic In-N-Out Burger.
  In a statement, the company said it will spend the next six months moving corporate staff — from finance, HR
  
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• Video: Preview of the CIF-SS baseball quarterfinals

  23-05-2018 15:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Steve Fryer and Jonathan Khamis preview all the Orange County teams left in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS baseball playoffs, including a quick look back at the second round.
  Video by Jonathan Khamis, for the Orange County Register
  
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• Tale of three desalination plants: Why the Doheny proposal is winning over some skeptics

  23-05-2018 14:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Some environmentalists go so far as to call the desalination proposal for south Orange County, just north of Doheny State Beach, a “good” approach.
  With Southern California’s future water supplies haunted by a host of uncertainties, turning ocean water into tap water has proved as controversial as it is attractive. Environmentalists and other activists have been fighting tooth-and-nail for years against efforts to build desalter plants in Huntington Beach and El Segundo.
  But Do
  
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• Gardening: In King Tut’s time, melons were prized for their juice, not flesh

  23-05-2018 14:36 via ocregister.com
  
  As summer approaches, thirst-quenching watermelons and cantaloupes become ever-present snack and dessert priorities.
  Yet the intensively hybridized and deliciously sweet melons we find at the supermarket, or grow from seed ourselves, are a far cry from their wild ancestors. In wild, undomesticated melons of all types, it was their high water content alone that made them special.
  The wild progenitors of these fruits were not harvested for the taste of their pulp, which was bitter, but rather for
  
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• Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound tour delivers a sweet farewell and a strong night of song at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday

  23-05-2018 14:32 via ocregister.com
  
  When Paul Simon announced that his current tour will be his farewell, the Simon & Garfunkel song he borrowed as the name of his final run, “Homeward Bound,” seemed almost too sad, too poignant, too on the nose: “Tonight I’ll sing my songs again, I’ll play the game and pretend,” the final verse of that number begins, before its protagonist reaches the refrain, “Homeward bound, I wish I was.”
  So it was a joy to find that the 76-year-old singer-so
  
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• What’s new at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park this summer

  23-05-2018 14:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park opens Saturday, May 26 for yet another season of thrills and spills.
  On a hot, sun-soaked day, there’s nothing like cooling down with water coasters, slides, and pools, as well as kid-friendly splashes.
  Related: 14 water parks in Southern California where you can stay cool this summer
  This year, the Valencia-based park has updated Castaway Cove, a play area for kids that features a shallow tide pool, mini-water slides, and structures to climb on.
  
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• Bonsignore: NFL gets it right with new national anthem protocol

  23-05-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Caught in a pickle between backing their players’ rights to protest to shed light on social injustice and appeasing an angry segment of their fanbase that perceived that protest as disrespecting the American flag, the 32 owners of the National Football League on Wednesday delivered a decisive message to their players.
  We are doing our part through money, resources and action to support your activism and efforts to shed light on and address social injustice in our country.
  And this is what
  
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• 10 great summer wines you can get for a tasty price

  23-05-2018 13:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Memorial Day is almost upon us. It’s time to start stocking warm-weather wines for the patio, picnic and poolside.
  I’ve been diving into a flood of whites and roses over the last few weeks, and I’ve selected from that gushing inventory 10 summer wines that are worth trying. Some are special-occasion beauties; others show well for the price and could easily be your seasonal backyard wine, since buying a case won’t break the bank. Prices are best available from the usual lo
  
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• Successful Aging: How to thrive and be healthy while living a longer life

  23-05-2018 13:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Dear readers,
  The Daily Breeze recently celebrated its 10th Successful Aging Expo at the Torrance Marriott. The turnout was large and the exhibit hall full of resources, packed with adults from many generations, all looking to age successfully.
  That makes it the 10th year I’ve had the opportunity to present an interactive lecture to attendees. I keep asking myself, what can I share that is new this year? Fortunately, the field of aging continues to grow with more knowledge, research, and o
  
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• Clayton Andrews has become a big deal for Long Beach State

  23-05-2018 13:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Doing well in junior college is one thing. Carrying that success to the Division I level is quite another, but Clayton Andrews has done that and then some.
  Andrews, a junior at Long Beach State, on Monday was named Pitcher of the Week by the Big West Conference for the third consecutive week, the first time the feat has been accomplished since 2000.
  A 5-foot-6 southpaw who also does well at the plate, Andrews made a combined 36 relief appearances in two seasons at Cabrillo College. He had an ERA
  
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• Jurors find convicted serial killer guilty of 5 Southern California murders

  23-05-2018 13:15 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A convicted triple murderer was found guilty Wednesday by a Santa Ana jury of five additional killings in Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties.
  Jurors found Andrew Urdiales, 53, guilty of special circumstances murder, setting up a second phase of the trial that will determine if the serial killer should face the death penalty or life behind bars. That second phase begins Tuesday.
  Urdiales, after his arrest two decades ago, confessed to killing one woman in Orange Count
  
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• Best thing I ate: Wood-fired lasagna in a Newport Beach pizza parlor

  23-05-2018 13:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The plan was to go out for pizza. But when we show up at one of my favorite pizza parlors, Settebello in Crystal Cove, I spot something new on the menu: lasagna. Suddenly I don’t want pizza any more. I want lasagna. I must have lasagna.
  It is one of those weird, unexpected cravings that hits me like a hurricane. I’ve dined many times at Settebello, and I’ve never seen lasagna on the menu here before. But there it is, calling my name.
  And when it arrives, even before I taste it,
  
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• Here are Memorial Day 2018 ceremonies and events planned around Orange County

  23-05-2018 12:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Along with families planning long weekends and barbecues, many Orange County communities are planning traditional observances for Memorial Day on Monday, 28.
  The national holiday honors those who died while serving our country in the military.
  Here are some of the ceremonies planned on Monday, unless another date is noted:
  Anaheim: There will be speakers, a rifle volley salute, color guard and a presentation of wreaths at 11 a.m. at the Anaheim Cemetery, 1400 E. Sycamore St. The ceremony will be
  
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• High gas prices are crimping travel plans for some Southern Californians

  23-05-2018 12:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California gas prices continue to rise as Memorial Day looms closer and one industry expert predicts this will be the priciest summer in four years.
  GasBuddy’s 2018 Summer Travel survey says escalating fuel costs are prompting more people to plan staycations instead of hitting the road. Only 58 percent of Americans are planning a road trip this summer, a 24 percent drop from the 82 percent who planned trips last year, the report said.
  That doesn’t surprise Patrick
  
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• Wagoner on Radio: Remembering two of LA radio’s good friends

  23-05-2018 12:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles radio scene lost two good friends recently.
  Bill Watson, who helped make RKO top-40 radio stations into regional format leaders as national program director under consultants Bill Drake and Gene Chenault, died May 15th at the age of 88.
  Watson was Drake’s right-hand man and worked with RKO’s KHJ (930 AM) here in Los Angeles in the mid to late 1960s, along with KFRC/San Francisco, WRKO/Boston, WOR/New York, and some stations outside of the RKO chain that Drake and Chen
  
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• Solar-power mandate will hurt California utilities. Or it won’t!

  23-05-2018 12:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Always interesting to see the wide-ranging opinions from the so-called gurus on any news event.
  Take California plans to mandate most new housing will have solar power installed. There’s plenty of worry/debate about who will pay for the loss of revenue utilities suffer when customers produce their own power.
  Here’s what two Wall Street credit-rating agencies had to say recently about how this initiatives may impact the financial health of electricity providers.
  Moody’s warning
  
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• FBI raids target Mexican Mafia gang in Los Angeles County

  23-05-2018 12:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A major law enforcement operation was conducted Wednesday morning targeting the Mexican Mafia and its control of Los Angeles County jails and Pomona street gangs.
  Several dozen warrants were served as part of “Operation Dirty Thirds,” said Laura Eimiller of the FBI. The operation stemmed from two federal racketeering indictments, Eimiller said.
  The indictments filed in Los Angeles federal court charge a total of 83 defendants, officials said. As of 10:15 a.m., 29 had been arrested, a
  
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• Wild fans welcome Depeche Mode back to Anaheim

  23-05-2018 12:00
  Ryan Delgado is already a big fan of Depeche Mode. He first heard their music when he was 3 years old, he said.
  
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• Meet the ‘World of Dance’ TV competitors from Southern California

  23-05-2018 10:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Step up, people.
  “World of Dance” is coming back to NBC 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 29 with returning judges, Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo and Derek Hough, plus host/mentor Jenna Dewan and another $1 million prize.
  There will be a total of 75 acts from around the globe, including India, Australia, Africa, Japan, Korea and Belarus. Eighteen of the acts hail from Southern California. There are duos and teams with dancers ranging in age from 8 to 35 years old coming from Anaheim Hills, Fullerton, Gar
  
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• San Clemente mother of Army specialist killed in Afghanistan embraces Memorial Day weekend with ‘Missing Man Table’

  23-05-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN CLEMENTE — It took eight years of grieving before Kathi Conroy could find joy in remembering her son, a U.S. Army specialist who was killed during a deployment to Afghanistan.
  Now, she’s taken that joy and is using it to help others who have suffered with their own loss of a service member, a prisoner of war or a warrior still missing in action. For the second year, she will set up “Missing Man Tables” at local restaurants as tributes to those military loved ones
  
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• High surf, cloudy skies, cool temperatures continue in Southern California

  23-05-2018 09:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The western US is seen in a satellite image from early Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Image courtesy of the National Weather Service)
  LOS ANGELES — High surf and dangerous rip currents will plague the Southland coast again once again Wednesday and last through Thursday, forecasters said.
  A beach hazards statement, which is marginally less serious than a high surf advisory, went into effect at 6 a.m. Tuesday in both L.A. and Orange counties. It is due to expire Thursday afternoon in Orange Count
  
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• Sneak peek at 20 luxury condos coming to Huntington Beach

  23-05-2018 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Sketch of Huntington Beach condo-project where Main Street takes an elbow heading inland from the pier. (Sketch from Huntington Beach city records)
  Huntington Beach project will hold 20 luxury condos. (Sketch from Huntington Beach city records)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsHuntington Beach approved a mixed-use project on the last remaining vacant lot in their downtown core. (Sketch from Huntington Beach city records)
  Sketch if the Huntington Beach project’s roof-top deck. (Sketch f
  
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• Tens of thousands of Las Vegas casino workers OK strike

  23-05-2018 09:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press
  Las Vegas casinos could watch tens of thousands of employees walk off the job for the first time in more than three decades after union members voted to authorize a strike at any time starting June 1, a move that could cripple the city’s world-famous resorts.
  About 25,000 members of the Culinary Union who work at 34 different casino-resorts across the tourist destination cast ballots in two sessions Tuesday, showing the collective power of the la
  
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• Eddie Money talks about his reality TV show, the Us Festival and more

  23-05-2018 09:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Eddie Money has had two dozen songs crack the Billboard Top 100, including the radio staples “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On,” and has sold millions of records, but as the 69-year-old singer and saxophonist explains more than 40 years into his career, the music business isn’t about selling music anymore.
  “Everything’s all about social media,” Money said in a recent telephone interview.
  And he’s finding a new generation of fans via
  
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• Gene Loves Jezebel’s Michael Aston offers his take on the band he led with identical twin Jay

  23-05-2018 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel during a show at the Echo in Los Angeles. (Courtesy of the artist)
  Michael Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel, with son Alex Aston on guitar. (Courtesy of the artist)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsGene Loves Jezebel with Michael Aston, center. (Courtesy of the artist)
  Micheal Aston, center, with Gene Loves Jezebel in San Diego in 2017. (Courtesy of the artist)
  Michael Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel. (Courtesy of the artist)
  Michael Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel. (C
  
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• Garden Grove police seek suspects in shooting that left 2 seriously wounded

  23-05-2018 08:55 via ocregister.com
  
  One person was found wounded in a parking lot and another had been dropped off at a hospital after a shooting was reported in Garden Grove Tuesday night, May 22.
  Officers found the first victim laying in the lot of a commercial area at 10161 Westminster Avenue at around 10:50 p.m., said Garden Grove police Sgt. Juan Centeno. They later discovered that another person with a gunshot wound to the chest had been left at a nearby hospital.
  Centeno said the suspect or suspects fled the scene. They two
  
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• The next big leap for gas prices is here

  23-05-2018 08:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Historical gas-price graphic courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  LOS ANGELES — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose nine-tenths of a cent Wednesday to $3.758 after not changing by more than one-tenth of a cent for five consecutive days.
  The average price is at its highest amount since Aug. 20, 2015 and 1.1 cents more than one week ago, 12.5 cents higher than one month ago and 69.6 cents greater than one year ago, according to
  
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