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• Storm sends message, hands Sparks lopsided home loss

  07-06-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Despite a 19-point effort from Nneka Ogwumike, the L.A. Sparks fell to the Seattle Storm 88-63 on Thursday night at Staples Center.
  After losing just twice at home in 2017, including the postseason, the Sparks suffered their largest home defeat under current Coach Brian Agler.
  “Seattle played really well and I don’t think we matched their focus or their intensity, which is really disappointing,” Agler said.
  The Storm (6-2), in their first season under h
  
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• MLB Draft: Orange County players picked Wednesday

  07-06-2018 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Players from Orange County high schools selected Wednesday on Day 3 of the MLB Draft:
  Round 11: Noah Davis, Huntington Beach (UC Santa Barbara), P, Reds
  Round 11: Brett Conine, El Modena (Cal State Fullerton), P, Astros
  Round 14: Daniel Amaral, Huntington Beach (UCLA), OF, Pirates
  Round 14: Christian Cosby, El Dorado (Chapman), P, Royals
  Round 14: Will Tribucher, San Clemente (Michigan), P, Rockies
  Round 15: Nick Sprengel, El Dorado (University of San Diego), P, Rays
  Round 22: Ryan Fitzpatrick,
  
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• Washington Capitals rally to win their 1st Stanley Cup title

  07-06-2018 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley Cup after the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  Washington Capitals center Lars Eller (20) scores on Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, front, while under pressure from defenseman Luca Sbisa during the third period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Las Vegas
  
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• ICE plans to send 1,600 immigrant detainees to federal prisons, including approximately 1,000 to Victorville

  07-06-2018 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials plan to transfer some 1,600 immigrant detainees to federal prisons across the United States, with the largest group heading to a prison in Victorville this weekend.
  The planned move has alarmed both immigrant-rights advocates and the union that represents the correctional officers and staff at the Federal Correctional Complex Victorville in San Bernardino County.
  Immigration authorities have entered into an agreement with the Bureau of Pris
  
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• World Cup 2018 top 10 players to watch: Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and more

  07-06-2018 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN GOFF | Denver Post
  Soccer’s biggest spectacle, the World Cup, kicks off June 14 in Russia. Here is a look at the players you need to watch — some familiar to even the most casual fan, some potential breakout stars.Lionel Messi, Argentina
  Argentina’s Lionel Messi controls the ball during a friendly soccer match between Argentina and Haiti at the Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  The Argentine maestro does
  
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• New Mars discoveries advance case for possible life

  07-06-2018 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  The Associated Press
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — New Mars discoveries are advancing the case for possible life on the red planet, past or even present.
  Scientists reported Thursday that NASA’s Curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient Martian lakebed. Hints have been found before, but this is the best evidence yet.
  The organic molecules preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old bedrock in Gale Crater — believed to once contain a shallow lake th
  
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• California union bills aimed at a post-Janus world

  07-06-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Lots of interested parties, unions apparently included, expect the United States Supreme Court will side this summer with Mark Janus, an Illinois state worker who doesn’t want to pay “fair-share” fees to his union.
  Janus vs. AFMSCE, if successful, would forbid public employee unions from collecting the fees from workers who are represented by them but do not want to belong to them.
  The “fair-share” moniker is not entirely misplaced. While, in a fairer world, workers
  
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• California’s economic success explains the low GOP vote

  07-06-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When all the votes have finally been counted, the total tally for the two major Republican candidates in this week’s California primary election run for governor likely will come to just over 35 percent of the total.
  That’s the lowest percentage for the GOP in a seriously contested primary in modern history, and there’s a reason for it: Despite constant Republican rhetoric about this state’s decline and despite the echoes of President Trump in the vows of GOP candidates J
  
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• Undersheriff Don Barnes remains vulnerable to a run-off as ballot counting continues

  07-06-2018 20:07 via ocregister.com
  After three days of ballot counting, Orange County Undersheriff Don Barnes remained in danger of facing a run-off in the November election against second-place finisher Duke Nguyen.
  Barnes took a slight dip, slipping from 50.7 percent of the vote to 50.6 percent with workers expected to continue counting into the weekend. Barnes needs more than 50 percent to win the office outright. Nguyen, a public integrity investigator at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, remained at 30
  
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• A dystopia in which DMV knows where you are

  07-06-2018 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Without much fanfare, California has led the way on yet another innovation with potentially sweeping consequences. But this time, it’s clearly a mixed bag. Digital license plates evoke a futuristic cityscape where cars have finally caught up with the rest of our tech-saturated reality.
  But more than a whiff of dystopia is in the air — from the privacy-destroying potential for tracking and hacking to the eye-pollution factor promised by personal and commercial messages blinking and da
  
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• San Clemente’s Tristan Weber is the Gatorade state boys soccer player of the year

  07-06-2018 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  San Clemente senior Tristan Weber was named the 2017-18 Gatorade California Boys Soccer Player of the Year on Wednesday.
  Weber,  a 5-foot-8, 150-pound midfielder/forward, scored 15 goals and recorded 22 assists this past season while leading the Tritons to the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals. He contributed three goals and two assists in the postseason.
  Weber, who spent his junior year of high school playing for the U.S. Soccer Under-17 men’s national team, was the Sou
  
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• Aerial art protest planned for San Onofre

  07-06-2018 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Activists demanding that nuclear waste be safely stored and quickly removed from the bluffs at San Onofre will form a human artwork at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 9.
  The project — organized by the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians of the Acjachemen Nation, aerial artist John Quigley of Spectral Q and the nonprofit group Public Watchdogs — will arrange hundreds of participants to create the “Star Being” holding a shooting star, which is on the Juane&ntild
  
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• Star Wars Day is June 16 at the OC Zoo

  07-06-2018 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Even Darth Vader has to like visiting Orange County’s zoo animals.
  The OC Zoo is hosting its popular annual Star Wars Day on Saturday, June 16, with visits from Star Wars characters and themed crafts and games for children.
  Throughout the afternoon, children can also watch as the zoo animals enjoy special treats, and there will be meet and greet opportunities with some of the inhabitants.
  The first 100 children who wear a Star Wars costume will receive a special gift and train ticket for t
  
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• These 8 new restaurants are landing at The Hangar in Long Beach this summer

  07-06-2018 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Beginning in late summer, a flock of new restaurants that serve everything from artisan grilled cheese and Vietnamese sandwiches to Turkish cuisine and craft beer will land at The Hangar at the Long Beach Exchange.
  The new retail development at Douglas Park spans more than 26 acres and includes three airport-themed zones, including the 16,800-square foot Hangar space.
  The first eight of 14 planned restaurants coming to the area were revealed this week by officials with Newport Beach-based d
  
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• ACLU attorney hit by car outside Rackauckas fundraiser files defamation lawsuit

  07-06-2018 18:38 via ocregister.com
  An ACLU attorney hit by a car outside a 2017 fundraiser for Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has filed a defamation suit against a woman who said he climbed on the vehicle’s hood while protesting.
  Brendan Hamme, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, said in Wednesday’s lawsuit that the woman lied and damaged his ability to do his job counseling protesters.
  The suit names Colene Campbell, a victims’ rights activist, Rackauckas
  
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• Irvine High School graduation 2018

  07-06-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Joel Thompson reacts as a name is called during the commencement ceremony at Irvine High School in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Graduates make their way towards the stadium before the start of the commencement ceremony at Irvine High School in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsGraduate Charles Erdahl cheers as he hears a friend’s na
  
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• Jury awards $25.3 million verdict in sex abuse lawsuit against Westerly School in Long Beach, Seal Beach sports camp founder

  07-06-2018 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who alleged he was molested by the founder of a popular sports camp in Seal Beach when he worked at the Westerly School in Long Beach has been awarded a $25.3 million verdict, his attorneys said Thursday.
  Jurors reached the verdict Wednesday after a trial in downtown Los Angeles, finding the private K-8 school negligent for failing to act on suspected sexual abuse by Scott Durzo, who oversaw after school programs 10 years ago.
  The Westerly School in Long Beach. File photo.
  The 25-year-old
  
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• University High School graduation 2018

  07-06-2018 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Graduates of Irvine’s University High School chant one last time at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the campus of UC Irvine on Thursday, June 7, 2017.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Irvine’s University High School graduates Ethan Vo, left, and John Rizzo pose for photos following the commencement ceremony at the Bren Events Center on the campus of UC Irvine on Thursday, June 7, 2017.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange Cou
  
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• California’s legalized marijuana would be federally lawful under bill introduced by Cory Gardner, Elizabeth Warren

  07-06-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Marijuana would be legal federally in states that already have approved the drug’s use under a bill introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren.
  The measure, unveiled at a Capitol Hill news conference, wouldn’t legalize the drug in states that haven’t sanctioned its use or sale.
  But in states such as California that have legalized marijuana, it would bring the cannabis industry out of its current financial limbo by giving the industry
  
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• Teacher spends half-century in kindergarten — and survives

  07-06-2018 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Liane Hawkins is swarmed by kids during a portrait at Valencia Elementary School in Laguna Hills on Friday, June 1, 2018, the last day of a 54-year career teaching. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Liane Hawkins reads a book to students at Valencia Elementary School in Laguna Hills on Friday, June 1, 2018, the last day of a 54-year career teaching. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLiane Hawkins gets a hug from her d
  
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• Foothill seniors take charge in battle for championship

  07-06-2018 17:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Foothill’s baseball team was involved in a pitcher’s duel Saturday, June 2, in the biggest game of the season: the CIF Division 1 championship game at Cal State Fullerton.
  Capistrano Valley’s Ryan Daugherty limited the Knights to three hits, striking out six to help the Cougars capture their seventh CIF title with a 2-1 victory over Foothill in front of about 3,000 fans.
  Foothill’s Ryan Taurek, outstanding all season, turned in another solid effort on the mound, allowing
  
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• Beckman ends season with battle against Yucaipa

  07-06-2018 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  It wasn’t the ending that Beckman’s top-seeded baseball team was hoping for.
  The Patriots held a 1-0 lead in the CIF Division 2 championship game against Yucaipa going into the bottom of the fifth inning.
  But Yucaipa exploded for seven runs and went on to capture an 8-1 victory over Beckman on Saturday, June 2, at Cal State Fullerton, snapping the Patriots’ 17-game winning streak and ending the title hopes of three senior starters.
  Beckman’s Justin Goldstein pitches to Yu
  
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• Facebook made some private posts public for as many as 14 million users

  07-06-2018 16:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Facebook says a software bug made some private posts public for as many as 14 million users over several days in May.
  The problem, which Facebook says it has fixed, is the latest privacy scandal for the world’s largest social media company. The company said on Thursday the bug automatically suggested that users make new posts public, even if they had previously restricted to “friends only” or another private setting.
  Erin Egan, Facebook’s chief privacy officer, says the b
  
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• Little Saigon’s popular Night Market opens June 15

  07-06-2018 16:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Little Saigon Night Market opens for the summer on June 15.
  The outdoor market held in the parking lot of the Asian Garden Mall will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sept.2.
  Vendors will be selling a variety of Southeast Asian cuisines and there will be visiting food trucks. There is also all sorts of shopping to do and musical entertainment.
  A few thousand people have been known to visit the market in a night.
   
  If you go
  When: 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays thro
  
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• Cal State Fullerton’s Tommy Wilson thrives on the mound

  07-06-2018 16:26 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — Tommy Wilson was a standout pitcher at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High, posting an ERA of 1.06 with 76 strikeouts in 59 1/3 innings his senior season. But he used his freshman year at St. Mary’s College as a redshirt season, before transferring to L.A. Pierce College.
  One could say St. Mary’s loss was a big gain for Cal State Fullerton, which recruited Wilson out of Pierce following a 2017 season there that saw him go 6-4 with an ERA of 2.11 and 104 strikeouts in
  
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• Car show on Father’s Day helps fundraise for Hephatha Lutheran’s charitable work

  07-06-2018 15:52 via ocregister.com
  Hephatha Lutheran Church will host its annual Father’s Day “cars, coffee and charity” car show in the church parking lot from 9 to 11 a.m. on June 17.  The community is invited to this free family event.
  View some of the most unique and beautifully detailed classic cars around, enjoy coffee and cookies, fellowship with family and friends, and help raise money for two local charities at the same time.
  Funds raised go toward Mission Possible, which provides assistance to tho
  
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• Dodgers bullpen saves the day in 8-7 win over Pirates

  07-06-2018 15:23 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH – The Dodgers already won a game this season when their starting pitcher threw only two pitches. It wasn’t much of a step from there to win one when their starting pitcher didn’t throw a single pitch.
  Dennis Santana was scheduled to make his first major-league start Thursday in Pittsburgh. The rookie was shut down while warming up in the bullpen and scratched from the start due to soreness in his right lat muscle.
  Daniel Hudson scrambled into duty to start the game,
  
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• Leah Pritchett embracing NHRA Top Fuel four-race swing

  07-06-2018 15:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Winner of two of the past three NHRA national events, Top Fuel dragster driver Leah Pritchett of Redlands has moved into the third spot as the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to Virginia, the second of four consecutive racing weekends.
  Pritchett is 130 points behind class leader Steve Torrence and 105 from Clay Millikan in second.
  This will be Pritchett’s first event at Richmond’s Virginia Motorsports Park, which last hosted a NHRA national event in 2009 and replaced the date
  
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• Four UCLA players – and four commits – taken in MLB draft

  07-06-2018 14:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Jake Bird rebounded from injury to leap into the MLB draft discussion while Jon Olsen’s stock was undone by a trifecta of health issues as a junior.
  The pair of righty-handers who finished their UCLA careers on opposite paths led a small Bruin contingent in the MLB draft this week, with Bird going in the fifth round to the Rockies and Olsen in the 12th to the Twins.
  Four UCLA players and four signees were selected in the 2018 MLB draft this week, one of the quietest years for head coach Jo
  
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• Santa Cruz vs. Mares II is Saturday’s best bet, promoter says

  07-06-2018 14:05 via ocregister.com
  
  There are two notable boxing cards Saturday – Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares will tangle in a featherweight title fight at Staples Center in a battle of Los Angeles-area stars, and Jeff Horn will defend his welterweight belt against Terence Crawford at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
  Santa Cruz-Mares will be televised by Showtime. Horn-Crawford will be on on ESPN+, a streaming service.
  Richard Schaefer, one of the promoters for Santa Cruz-Mares, believes there is no contest when it comes to w
  
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• Most Californians support single-payer, unless they have to pay for it

  07-06-2018 13:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  Maybe Californians really are tired of paying so much in taxes.
  According to a recent survey from the Public Policy Institute of California, 53 percent of likely voters support the idea of a single-payer health care system in California, but support falls to just 41 percent if single-payer would require new taxes, which it will.
  About two-thirds of Democrats support th
  
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• Whicker: Justify and I’ll Have Another – what might be and what might have been

  07-06-2018 13:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Imagine a World Series played on seven consecutive days, with the clinching game stretched to 16 innings.
  Or imagine a Masters with a 36-hole Sunday.
  Bob Baffert won the Triple Crown with American Pharoah three years ago. “When I picked up the trophy, there was a lot of dust on it,” Baffert said.
  No horse had won it since Affirmed in 1978 and only 12 ever have. You could put together a pretty representative Hall of Fame of horses who couldn’t finish it.
  “Except I don&rsqu
  
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• Get a free taco from Taco Bell June 13 thanks to the Golden State Warriors

  07-06-2018 13:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Golden State Warriors won free tacos for everyone in the United States on Wednesday in Taco Bell’s 2018 “Steal a Game, Steal a Taco” promotion.
  The giveaway will take place 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, according to the Irvine-based fast food chain.
  The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-102 in Game 3 of NBA Finals, an away game for the Oakland-based team.
  According to Taco Bell’s rules, the first team to win an away game triggered the giveaway.
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• Dodgers recall Pedro Baez, put Tony Cingrani on the DL

  07-06-2018 12:56 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH – He’s ba-ack.
  Actually, he never left. Pedro Baez’s exile to Triple-A lasted less than 18 hours. Demoted to make room for Wednesday’s starter Caleb Ferguson, the Dodgers reliever didn’t even have time to catch a flight to Oklahoma City before Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called him back.
  “It was basically a phone call to Pedro last night saying, ‘I’m happy you didn’t leave town and we have to activate you tomorrow,’” s
  
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• 653 new apartments coming to Brea

  07-06-2018 12:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Brea will be getting 653 new apartments by 2020.
  Real estate developer Hines has announced it will partner with apartment operator AvalonBay Communities to build the complex on the Brea Place mixed-use campus.
  The property, acquired by Hines in 2014, already has six office buildings hosting the likes of Manufacturers Bank, Becton Dickinson, CoolSys, County of Orange, TP Link, Chevron, Sully-Miller, and Wells Fargo.
  Hines says construction of the new apartments — designed by
  
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• Angels starters flourishing with six-man rotation

  07-06-2018 12:35 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — So far, the Angels rotation experiment seems to be working.
  General manager Billy Eppler’s idea of using a six-man rotation — more accurately, of giving pitchers an extra day of rest whenever possible — has not only received the stamp of approval from the pitchers, but the results have been undeniable.
  With the season just past its one-third point, the Angels’ rotation ERA (3.58) ranks third in the league, behind only the Houston Astros (2.83) and Clevelan
  
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• What Southern California city ranked ‘most prosperous’ in the state, No. 4 nationally?

  07-06-2018 12:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When you think of Southern California and prosperity, you might ponder life in Newport Beach or Beverly Hills … or the Palm Springs swagger.
  But Fontana?
  Yes, that’s the Southern California town that got the state’s highest ranking — and No. 4 among 303 medium-to-giant U.S. cities — in apartment-tracker RentCafe’s tally of “Most Prosperous” U.S. communities. Top 3 in U.S.: Odessa, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Charleston, S.C.
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• Three USC juniors – and only two commits – picked in MLB draft

  07-06-2018 12:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Three juniors from the USC baseball team, including one of its top starting pitchers, were taken in the Major League Baseball amateur draft this week.
  Solomon Bates, a right-hander, was drafted Tuesday in the eighth round by the San Francisco Giants, using the No. 226 overall pick, followed by outfielder Lars Nootbaar, who was grabbed 17 picks later by the St. Louis Cardinals.
  Bates was not the ace on the Trojans’ pitching staff last season. He was used as their Sunday starter after transi
  
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• With nearly 20 million square feet under development, the Inland Empire’s industrial growth tops the U.S.

  07-06-2018 12:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Inland Empire had more industrial real estate under construction than anywhere else in the United States, with more than 19.6 million square feet of space being built as of the first quarter of this year, according to brokerage CBRE.
  The demand for distribution space is so strong that rising land and construction costs have yet to make developers worry about their bottom line, said Kurt Strasmann, CBRE’s executive managing director for Orange County and the Inland Empire Operations.
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• Master Gardener: Palo Verde trees thrive with low water; why lemons can have multiple points

  07-06-2018 11:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I really like the appearance of the yellow flowered trees that have been blooming for the last month or more. They seem to be planted in low water-use plantings and I think that they would look good in my landscape. Can you tell me what they are?
  A: I’m pretty sure that the trees that you have been admiring are Palo Verde trees. Long a popular tree in desert landscapes, their popularity in Southern California has increased as water supplies have decreased.
  There are three commonly avail
  
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• ‘Parade’ marches purposefully through some uncomfortable territory

  07-06-2018 10:22 via ocregister.com
  
  People apparently must hate another group they barely know, no matter the race, religion or financial bracket.
  The Judeo-Christian Bible reflects back to us myriad examples of this untethered hatred. Eastern and Western history serializes it. And it fills today’s media.
  But theater embodies its essence, for us to see, and hear, and feel. And few musicals do so as well as “Parade” does.
  In production by 3-D Theatricals this month, it tells the real-life story of Leo Frank, an ed
  
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• Chicago and REO Speedwagon team for a pair of Southern California shows, focused on hit songs, and for Chicago, a landmark album in full

  07-06-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  REO Speedwagon will play with Chicago at the Forum in Inglewood and at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on June 15-16. (Photo by Randee St. Nicholas)
  Chicago will play its second album “Chicago” in full at the Forum in Inglewood and at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on June 15-16. (Photo by Peter C. Pardini)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsREO Speedwagon will play with Chicago at the Forum in Inglewood and at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on June 15-16. (Photo by Randee St.
  
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• Commerce Secretary: U.S. reaches deal to rescue China’s ZTE

  07-06-2018 09:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Associated Press
  NEW YORK — The United States and China have reached a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines and agreeing to let U.S. regulators monitor its operations.
  The fine comes on top of a roughly $1 billion penalty ZTE has already paid for having sold equipment to North Korea and Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.
  The Commerce Department said Thursday that ZTE must also put
  
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• Jerry Lewis died last year and now the entertainer’s vaults are opening with a new movie set and a museum exhibit

  07-06-2018 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Chris Lewis, with his father Jerry Lewis, and son Josh Lewis. (Photo courtesy of Chris Lewis)
  A new budget-priced DVD box set offers 10 of entertainer Jerry Lewis’ best-known movies including “The Nutty Professor,” “The Bellboy” and “The Disorderly Orderly.”SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJerry Lewis in a scene from “The Bellboy.” (Photo courtesy of Paramount)
  Chris Lewis sits with his father Jerry Lewis on the set of “The Nutty P
  
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• Riley McCoy, the girl who can’t go out in the sun, will step outside today to graduate

  07-06-2018 08:00 via ocregister.com
  
  (This is the fifth story in an occasional series that has followed Riley McCoy through her senior year at Dana Hills High. It will be updated after the school’s graduation ceremony. Read Part 1, How XP affects the skin, Her Future.)
  The sun has defined her. Scared her. Threatened to kill her. Driven her indoors. Forced her allegiance to the darkness.
  There are evenings when she cries until the sun drops under the line of the horizon. Imagine being Riley McCoy, 18, constantly
  
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• More Americans screened over mystery health issues in China

  07-06-2018 07:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By KELVIN CHAN and DAKE KANG
  The Associated Press
  GUANGZHOU, China — A U.S. medical team was screening more Americans who work in a southern Chinese city as the State Department confirmed evacuating a number of government workers who experienced unexplained health issues like those that have hurt U.S. personnel in Cuba and China.
  The evacuations of the workers in Guangzhou followed medical testing that revealed they might have been affected. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said
  
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• Updates: Follow Shohei Ohtani in pitching start vs. Royals

  07-06-2018 04:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels send right-hander Shohei Ohtani back to the mound Wednesday night at Angel Stadium for a start against the Kansas City Royals. Follow the game here.
  
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• Homebuying flat in north Orange County: 19 trends to watch

  07-06-2018 02:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Home purchases in Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia and Yorba Linda purchases fell a slim 1 percent in April vs. a year earlier.
  Real estate tracker CoreLogic found these 19 trends in 13 ZIP codes covered by the Orange County Register’s North County News weekly, …
  1. Purchases: Home sales in this period totaled 456 vs. 460 a year earlier, a decline of 1 percent in a year.
  2. Who’s up: Prices increased in 10 of the 13 ZIPs as sales rose in 6 ZIPs.
  3. Co
  
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• U.S. sues O.C. company to stop unapproved hand sanitizer sales

  07-06-2018 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — The U.S. Justice Department sued a Lake Forest-based company for distributing hand sanitizer products that have not been approved by regulators.
  The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks an injunction against Innovative BioDefense Inc. and its president and chief executive Colette Cozean from distributing Zylast products that officials say are not approved by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
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• Anaheim woman gets seven-year prison sentence for investment fraud scheme

  07-06-2018 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 59-year-old Anaheim woman admitted her part Wednesday in a securities fraud scheme that cost victims hundreds of thousands of dollars and was immediately sentenced to seven years behind bars.
  Madelynn Renee Jones pleaded guilty to one count each of use of a device or scheme to defraud with a sentencing enhancement for property damage exceeding $200,000, acting as a broker-dealer without certification, and using untrue statements in the purchase or sale of a security.
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