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• Sparks turn up defensive intensity to hold off surging Atlanta

  12-06-2018 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Candace Parker scored 18 points and Nneka Ogwumike added 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Sparks to a 72-64 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night at Staples Center.
  Odyssey Sims made a hook shot in the lane to extend the Sparks’ lead to eight points with 41.1 seconds left and Essence Carson had a blocked shot at the other end to seal the victory.
  Chelsea Gray added 10 points with seven assists for the Sparks (6-2), who won four times during their season-h
  
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• Candace Parker helps Sparks close out surging Atlanta

  12-06-2018 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Candace Parker scored 18 points, Nneka Ogwumike added 11 and Chelsea Gray finished with 10 to help the Sparks close their season-high five-game homestand with a 72-64 victory over the surging Atlanta Dream on Tuesday.
  After a slow start in the first quarter, the Sparks asserted themselves over the Dream, outscoring Atlanta 29-11 over a stretch of 11 minutes in the first and second quarters.
  Atlanta’s Elizabeth Williams hit a jumper to give Atlanta a 19-14 lead with
  
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• No real balance in new California budget

  12-06-2018 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown and leaders of the Legislature reached an agreement on the 2018-19 state budget.
  The $139 billion general fund compromise approved by Brown and fellow Democrats Senate President Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon “maxes out the state’s Rainy Day fund at roughly $14 billion and includes an additional $2.2 billion in state reserves,” according to Associated Press reporting.
  That’s one of the few bright spots for Californians concerne
  
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• Virgil Green wants to win with Chargers – as a blocker or a pass-catcher

  12-06-2018 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers’ Virgil Green trains during an NFL football workout Monday, May 14, 2018, in Costa Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  The Chargers’ Virgil Green can’t make a catch during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Costa Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsChargers tight end Virgil Green runs a route during an OTA practice last month in Costa Mesa. In his first season with the Chargers
  
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• Orange County supervisors move to cut one watchdog, de-fang another

  12-06-2018 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Board of Supervisors moved Tuesday to eliminate an office that oversees the Sheriff’s Department and to reduce the power of the department that audits county spending.
  The board’s straw vote to cut funding to the Office of Independent Review, which oversees both the Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s Office, comes as federal and state investigators are looking at both agencies over whether they misused jailhouse informants to ille
  
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• O.C. supervisors’ move to cut one watchdog; de-fang another

  12-06-2018 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Board of Supervisors moved Tuesday to eliminate an office that oversees the Sheriff’s Dept. and to reduce the power of the department that audits county spending.
  The board’s straw vote to cut funding to the Office of Independent Review, which oversees both the sheriff’s department and the District Attorney’s Office, comes as federal and state investigators are looking at both agencies over whether they misused jailhouse informants to illegally
  
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• ‘Legal-Ade’ for proud capitalist kids down at the lemonade stand

  12-06-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Can a lemonade stand teach kids to be proud capitalists?
  That might be the effect of a new ad campaign for Country Time Lemonade. It features six tough-looking lawyer types, all wearing suits and scowls. Arms folded, they stand ready to defend kids’ lemonade stands from the petty bureaucrats who are harassing them out of business.
  They call it Legal-Ade.
  Country Time Lemonade is one of the brands owned by Kraft Heinz Foods. A company executive told CNN they’d heard about lemonade sta
  
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• Larry Thomas, spokesman in politics and for the Irvine Co., dies at 70

  12-06-2018 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Larry Thomas, the longtime communications professional for numerous politicians and the Irvine Co., has died. He was 70.
  Thomas, a Newport Beach resident, was diagnosed with cancer shortly after he retired from the Irvine Co. a decade ago. Initially, Thomas beat the disease, but it recently returned and led to his death.
  Larry Thomas
  The career of the man who many called “LT” included a stint as a reporter for United Press International; press secretary for George H.W. Bush (when he
  
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• Big California prison guard raise doesn’t add up

  12-06-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Jerry Brown’s recent offer of a “large” raise to the California prison guards union is yet another demonstration of misplaced priorities in Sacramento and the outsized influence of public-sector unions.
  According to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, the proposed contract with the California Correctional Peace Officers Association proposes a 5 percent raise with only “weak justification.”
  The LAO points out that since 2001-02, pay raises for Ca
  
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• World Cup Group B preview: Iran, Morocco, Portugal, Spain

  12-06-2018 21:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Iran’s Masoud Shojaei, second left, trains with his teammates during a training session of Iran at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  Iran’s national football team Head coach Carlos Queiroz speaks his players during a training session of Iran at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsGermany national soccer team leave the plane upon thei
  
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• 911 call details attempts to save Bode Miller’s daughter

  12-06-2018 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman frantically asks an emergency dispatcher to coach her on how to perform CPR during a 911 call as she and others desperately struggle in vain to save the life of Olympic skier Bode Miller’s daughter, Emeline Gier Miller, after the toddler fell into a swimming pool.
  “Yes, hurry. HURRY,” the woman shouts at the beginning of the call, released Tuesday.
  Asked by a male dispatcher what the emergency is, she tells him a 19-month-old girl fell into a backyard pool, is not breat
  
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• Dodgers’ Walker Buehler goes to DL with microfracture in rib, Caleb Ferguson gets second shot

  12-06-2018 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Another day, another Dodgers starting pitcher goes to the DL.
  Right-hander Walker Buehler was placed on the DL on Tuesday (retroactive to his start Friday) after an MRI revealed a microfracture in a rib on his right side. Buehler suffered the injury during the fifth inning of his start against the Colorado Rockies on May 21. A line drive by Trevor Story (clocked at 108 mph off Story’s bat) hit Buehler in the right side.
  Buehler stayed in the game for two more innings an
  
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• Marijuana shops will have glut of cheap weed, followed by a possible shortage

  12-06-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Cannabis consumers soon should be able to shop at licensed stores in California without worrying about whether products on the shelves are laced with pesticides and other contaminants often found in black-market weed.
  Customers also will be able to see, on the package, how potent their products are, where they came from, and what other ingredients are used in any cannabis-infused edibles.
  But all that will be true once new state-mandated safety standards for marijuana kick in July 1. Until then,
  
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• It’s another year and another new set of coaches for Rams quarterback Jared Goff

  12-06-2018 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Pay attention to your coaches, Jared Goff. At least for 12 months or so.
  In what is becoming an unofficial rite of late spring, the Rams’ quarterback is adjusting to a new set of advisors. For a third consecutive year, Goff has a new position coach and a new pass-game guru.
  Zac Taylor is the Rams’ new quarterbacks coach, promoted in January to replace Greg Olson, who got hired as Oakland’s offensive coordinator. Shane Waldron is the Rams’ new pass-ga
  
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• Ailing brown pelicans, now healthy again, will be released on San Pedro beach

  12-06-2018 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Distressed and ailing brown pelicans, found along the shoreline in the past few months, are ready to go home.
  Fed, hydrated and ready to leave the International Bird Rescue center in San Pedro where they have been recuperating, several of the recovered birds will be released at 1 p.m. Wednesday on the lower shoreline of White Point/Royal Palms Beach.
  “This was not as severe a year as we’ve had before, in 2008 or 2010,” said Russ Curtis, online communications manager for the cen
  
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• Ryan Evans transfers to Mater Dei from Santa Margarita

  12-06-2018 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Shooting guard Ryan Evans has transferred to Mater Dei from Santa Margarita, Mater Dei coach Gary McKnight confirmed Tuesday.
  Evans, 6-foot-3, averaged 11 points a game as a sophomore this past season at Santa Margarita. He led the Eagles in 3-point shots made with 73. Evans’ high game was 35 points with seven 3s against St. John Bosco.
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm’s Coaster Campout lets you spend the night at the amusement park

  12-06-2018 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Ready to sleep out under the stars with Snoopy?
  Knott’s Berry Farm has announced its Coaster Campout for Aug. 25 and 26.
  The annual event benefits the Boys & Girls Club of America where, for $250, a group of four people get to camp overnight at the Park Pavilion Picnic Center on Knott’s Grounds, along with two-days’ admission to both Knott’s and Soak City.
  Registration begins at Knott’s Berry Farm 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 25. Guests may then enjoy the day at Knott&rs
  
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• Rams hope it never comes to this, but recent history shows the importance of backup quarterbacks

  12-06-2018 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The two situations were eerily similar. Which only drives home how wildly different the outcomes were and why, when it comes to the upper-echelon teams in the NFL, the finite details can often be the difference between soaring to the highest of highs or crashing and burning in spectacular fashion.
  Covering all your bases, then, becomes of paramount importance. A challenge the Rams are in the process of dealing with as they approach a season that has many mentioning them and the Super Bowl in the
  
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• Trump mansplains Korea talks: It’s all a real-estate deal

  12-06-2018 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Frequent critics of, shudder, President Donald Trump — and I am one — are often objected to for objecting to what he says, not what he does.
  I for one object to the stupid things he does as well as the stupid things he says.
  But we English majors of this world will still insist that words have consequences — are in fact things, after a fashion — especially when spoken by a president of our country, the most powerful in the world.
  Because when stupid — unintelligent,
  
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• Aaron Donald, without new contract, not at Rams minicamp

  12-06-2018 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — The total: Slightly more than $14,000, and perhaps a dose of headache medicine.
  Aaron Donald didn’t show up for the start of the Rams’ mandatory minicamp Tuesday at Cal Lutheran. The absence remains symbolic. Donald wants a new contract, everyone knows it, and the NFL’s top defensive player isn’t going to risk a significant injury during a mostly meaningless June practice.
  Of the 90 players on the Rams’ roster, 89 were accounted for Tuesday, ei
  
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• Lakers, Clippers reveal first three games of their NBA Summer League schedules

  12-06-2018 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers and Clippers on Tuesday announced the first three games of their NBA Summer League schedules in Las Vegas. The Lakers open with a game July 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers and the Clippers begin play one night earlier, facing the Golden State Warriors.
  Here is the schedule for the defending summer league champion Lakers: July 7 vs. 76ers, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2); July 8 vs. Chicago Bulls, 8:30 p.m. (Spectrum SportsNet); July 10 vs. New York Knicks, 5:30 p.m. (Spectrum SportsNet).
  Here is t
  
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• Rose McGowan’s indictment for felony drug possession a reminder of how absurd American drug laws are

  12-06-2018 16:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  On Monday, a grand jury in Virginia indicted actress Rose McGowan on one count of felony cocaine possession.
  Her crime – her great transgression against society?
  Allegedly, in January 2017, an airport worker found two small bags of cocaine in McGowan’s wallet, which she had apparently left behind on a plane. Her lawyer otes that “individuals othe
  
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• Police log for Lake Forest, week of June 6 to 12

  12-06-2018 16:38 via ocregister.com
  
  JUNE 12
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 8:31 a.m. 21200 block of Valewood
  Vandalism report: 7:59 a.m. 21100 block of Canada Road
  Pedestrian check: 6:55 a.m. Ridge Route Drive and Muirlands Boulevard
  Burglary report: 4:35 a.m. 26700 block of Portola Parkway
  JUNE 11
  Assist outside agency: 12:47 p.m. 23700 block of Los Alisos Boulevard
  Citizen assist: 12:38 p.m. 3200 block of Lupine
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 12:21 p.m. 24600 block of Overlake Drive
  Disturbance – music or party: 10:28
  
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• Police log for Laguna Hills, week of June 6 to 12

  12-06-2018 16:23 via ocregister.com
  
  JUNE 12
  Patrol check: 9:23 a.m. 24200 block of Calle de los Caballeros
  Petty theft report: 9:16 a.m. 24000 block of El Toro Road
  Suspicious person in a vehicle: 4:44 a.m. Indian Hill Lane and Laguna Hills Drive
  JUNE 11
  Disturbance – music or party: 10:26 p.m. 25700 block of Via Lomas
  Burglary report: 3:55 p.m. 25100 block of Cocteau Street
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 12:19 p.m. 25200 block of Stockport Street
  Suspicious person in a vehicle: 11:18 a.m. Santa Vittoria Drive and Camino J
  
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• Police log for Mission Viejo, week of June 5 to 12

  12-06-2018 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  JUNE 12
  Drunken driving: 9:25 a.m. Marguerite Parkway and Estanciero Drive
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 8:11 a.m. 26600 block of Carretas Drive
  Assist outside agency: 3:27 a.m. 26700 block of Via Linares
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 2:43 a.m. 26600 block of Naccome Drive
  Patrol check: 2:10 a.m. Jeronimo Road and Los Alisos Boulevard
  JUNE 11
  Suspicious person in a vehicle: 1:52 p.m. Santa Margarita Parkway and Marguerite Parkway
  Citizen assist: 12:11 p.m. 27000 block of El Retiro
  ID theft
  
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• In-N-Out says burger drought is nearing an end in Texas

  12-06-2018 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Texas has more than 12 million head of cattle, but on Tuesday it had no Double-Doubles.
  In-N-Out Burger shut down all 36 of its locations in the Lone Star State on Monday afternoon due to a shortage of hamburger buns, according to the Irvine-based company. Many are clustered around Austin and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
  Texans can expect relief on Wednesday, Bob Lang Jr., In-N-Out’s executive vice president, said in a statement.
  “At In-N-Out Burgers, we have always served the highest
  
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• Slate of summer attractions will keep grandkids happy

  12-06-2018 15:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The grandkids are visiting and folks want to show them a good time. There are many kid-friendly attractions in and around south Orange County guaranteed to win grandparents high praise for coolness.
  Big Air Trampoline Park lets kids bounce off wall-to-wall trampolines, play trampoline dodgeball, jump into foam pits, slam dunk on the basketball hoops and free climb on the indoor climbing wall. Admission: $16.50 for first hour, additional hour $9. Free if not jumping. Summer hours:  Mond
  
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• Judge OKs AT&T merger with Time Warner

  12-06-2018 15:52 via ocregister.com
  
  AT&T was cleared by a judge to take over Time Warner in an $85 billion deal the mobile-phone giant says will fuel its evolution into a media powerhouse that can go head-to-head with Netflix and Amazon.com.
  U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday rejected the Justice Department’s request for an order blocking the Time Warner acquisition, saying the government failed to make its case that the combination would lead to higher prices for pay-TV subscribers. The judge put no conditions
  
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• Tesla cuts 9% or 3,600 workers in bid to post a profit

  12-06-2018 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
  Electric car maker Tesla Inc. is laying off about 3,600 workers mainly from its salaried ranks as it slashes costs in an effort to deliver on CEO Elon Musk’s promise to turn a profit in the second half of the year.
  In an email to workers on Tuesday, Musk said the cuts amount to about 9 percent of the company’s workforce of 40,000.
  Tesla would not say how much money the layoffs would save, but said no factory workers would be affected as the compan
  
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• El Toro High supergrad with a 5.0 GPA, tech smarts, says life is about helping others

  12-06-2018 15:44 via ocregister.com
  
  At just 17 years old, Joel Kattapuram has discovered the magic to managing our time-stressed lives.
  But first, it’s worth getting to know this teenager because there’s a good chance we’ll hear much more from him in the future.
  The senior who on Thursday, June 14, graduates El Toro High School in Lake Forest with an astounding 5.0 grade point average is class valedictorian, International Baccalaureate and Model United Nations participant and founder of both the school’s Co
  
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• California can right the wrong of assisted suicide

  12-06-2018 14:45 via ocregister.com
  
  California made a mistake by legalizing assisted suicide, but now it has a chance to correct its error. California’s assisted suicide law was overturned by Judge Daniel Ottolia because the legislative process was not properly followed. If Judge Ottolia’s ruling stands, it will be a great protection for people with terminal illness, economic disadvantage, and especially people with disabilities.
  But California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is appealing Judge Ottolia’s ruling i
  
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• Triple-digit heat, high surf forecast for Southern California

  12-06-2018 14:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The latest weather system will bring blistering temperatures and high surf to Southern California Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
  Temperatures are expected to swell into the triple digits Tuesday, June 1,2 in the Coachella Valley and the San Gorgonio Pass near Banning, the weather organization said.
  Afternoon temperatures in the Inland Empire areas could reach as high as 114 degrees prompting the NWS to issue an excessive heat warning that will go into effect at 11 a.m.&
  
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• Orange County baseball pitcher of the year: Erik Tolman of El Toro

  12-06-2018 14:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Register’s Pitcher of the Year, Erik Tolman, of El Toro, in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Orange County Register’s Pitcher of the Year, Erik Tolman, of El Toro, in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Orange County Register’s Pitcher of the Year, Erik Tolman, of El Toro, in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday,
  
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• Who should pay for the cost to cities of opioid abuse?

  12-06-2018 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Dealing with an increasing number of emergency calls, hospital visits and homeless issues attributed to opioid abuse, a handful of Orange County cities are moving to seek damages from companies that make and market the drugs.
  Last week, Costa Mesa hired Andrews & Thornton, an Irvine law firm that specializes in drug company litigation, to pursue “all civil remedies” against opioid makers, a city report stated. The Irvine City Council decided last month to hire outside attorneys t
  
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• The Register’s 2018 All-County baseball teams

  12-06-2018 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Register’s Pitcher of the Year, Erik Tolman, of El Toro, in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Orange Lutheran’s Cole Winn was selected in the first round of the MLB Draft on Monday. (Photo by Paul Bersebach/Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Orange County Register’s Baseball Coach of the Year, Eric Borba, of Orange Lutheran, in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (
  
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• Orange County baseball coach of the year: Eric Borba of Orange Lutheran

  12-06-2018 14:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Register’s Baseball Coach of the Year, Eric Borba, of Orange Lutheran, in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Orange County Register’s Baseball Coach of the Year, Eric Borba, of Orange Lutheran, in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOrange Lutheran head coach Eric Borba watches from the dugout during the Lancers&
  
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• Skipping to the end satisfies this sports lover

  12-06-2018 14:01 via ocregister.com
  
  I’m a passionate sports fan. Baseball and basketball are my favorites, with allegiance to the local teams. So yes, I was painfully disappointed when the Dodgers couldn’t clinch the World Series and figured when Kobe injured his Achilles it would be a few years for the Lakers to be in contention for an NBA title. Both teams admittedly are testing my patience!
  My love for sports began at an early age and, typical of most sports fans, I can really get into the excitement with lots of ye
  
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• Starbucks raises drip coffee prices from up to 20 cents

  12-06-2018 13:21 via ocregister.com
  
  That Starbucks habit has gotten got a little more expensive.
  Starbucks said Thursday, June 7 it has raised the price of a regular drip coffee by 10 cents to 20 cents in most U.S. stores, putting a small brewed coffee at $1.95 to $2.15 in most locations.
  The company said prices haven’t changed on drinks such as lattes and iced coffees in most stores.
  Overall, Starbucks Corp. says it has hiked prices by an average of 1 to 2 percent in the past year, which it said was in line with industry pr
  
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• Whicker: Kevin Durant criticism needs a timeout

  12-06-2018 13:16 via ocregister.com
  
  If Kevin Durant’s mission is the ruination of the NBA, he is failing.
  Two weeks ago, four of the top five-rated programs in prime-time were pro basketball games. Last year’s NBA finals, which were Durant’s first with Golden State, sported the highest ratings since Michael Jordan’s strike-a-pose goodbye shot in 1998.
  The 2018 sweep of Cleveland didn’t do as well, because reruns generally don’t, but it still topped the average by 7.7 percent.
  This seems to indic
  
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• Wagoner on Radio: Remembering the man behind a beloved radio website

  12-06-2018 13:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Richard Irwin was a former radio personality and program director at stations including KAFY/Bakersfield and KROY/Sacramento. He is perhaps better known as the man behind the top-40 radio online museum called ReelRadio, aka Uncle Ricky’s Reel Radio Repository, a site that featured hundreds of recordings of radio stations from around the United States and a few from Canada.
  Irwin passed away last week after a long battle with health issues that were causing him great pain. He will be missed
  
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• Nutrition: Picky eaters at home? How to get kids to try new foods

  12-06-2018 11:28 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not unusual for children to turn up their noses when offered certain foods, especially when it comes to vegetables and even fruits.
  Of course, we all know that vegetables and fruits are some of the most nutritious foods to include daily, but what are parents and caregivers to do about picky eaters?
  While many children who are picky eaters can still obtain adequate nutrition for their growth and development, some children who are too selective with food are at increased risk of nutrien
  
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• ‘Surfing padre’ Rev. Christian Mondor honored by 300 at paddle-out memorial

  12-06-2018 11:19 via ocregister.com
  
  He blessed the ocean and the surfers, and all the sea creatures who called it home.
  Rev. Christian Mondor, known as the “Surfing Padre,” was given a surfers’ goodbye in Huntington Beach on Sunday, June 10.
  About 300 people showed up for the beach tribute, some hitting the water for a paddle-out memorial in his honor.
  Mondor, who helped create the annual Blessing of the Waves at the same location nearly a decade ago, died in late April just days before his 93rd birthday.
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• IHOP executives explain what’s really behind the IHOb name change

  12-06-2018 11:04 via ocregister.com
  
  IHOP both had news and made news on Monday.
  The Glendale-based restaurant chain launched a new line of Steakburgers and publicized it with a headline-grabbing social media campaign.
  It hinted that it is changing its name to IHOb by flipping the “P” in its name to a “b,” standing for burgers. IHOP’s original name was International House of Pancakes.
  It’s not really rebranding itself, but the campaign made the Steakburgers sizzle.
  “From an engagement stand
  
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• Orange County brush fire along 241 Toll Road, now at 30 percent containment, is holding at 155 acres

  12-06-2018 10:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A once-fast-moving brush fire that scorched about 155 acres on Monday was at 30 percent containment on Tuesday morning, officials said.
  About 200 fire personnel continue working to contain the blaze, which they estimate will be fully contained by Thursday, June 14.
  Firefighters were able to stop it from growing almost three hours after it began at 4:50 p.m. and was initially fueled by six- to eight-mile-per-hour winds. The blaze closed the northbound 241 Toll Road just west of Santiago
  
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• California dads rank near bottom in social and economic well-being, median income, report says

  12-06-2018 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Working dads in California are grappling with a variety of challenges, according to a report released Monday.
  The “2018 Best and Worst States For Working Dads” study ranks California 24th overall, but it landed second from the bottom in social and economic well-being and also fared badly in median family income and child care costs.
  The WalletHub report compared the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 20 key indicators that also include everything from the average
  
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• New ‘fire hydrant’ for water-dropping helicopters may cut response time for remote wildfires

  12-06-2018 09:20 via ocregister.com
  
  With fire season heating up in Southern California, firefighters unveiled a new “fire hydrant” for helicopters on Monday that could drastically reduce turnaround times for water drops in remote areas.
  Set on a 1,700-gallon metal water tank, the Remotely Activated Snorkel Site uses robot-controlled valves to tap into an area’s municipal water system, allowing quick access for snorkel helicopters that otherwise would have to spend valuable minutes flying to a reservoir or other w
  
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• At Mammoth Mountain, the ski and snowboard season ends Sunday

  12-06-2018 09:17 via ocregister.com
  
  After 220 days of skiing and snowboarding, Mammoth Mountain’s shredding season will come to an end on Sunday, June 17.
  This year, like most years, Mammoth is the last major U.S. ski resort still open.
  After Sunday’s final run, the country’s only locations with the lifts still running will be a pair of much smaller resorts, Beartooth Basin in Wyoming and Timberline Lodge in Oregon. Beartooth has announced a July 8 closing date, while Timberline is generally open year-round
  
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• Trump-Kim commit to ‘complete denuclearization;’ U.S. to halt war games with South Korea

  12-06-2018 08:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER, CATHERINE LUCEY, JOSH LEDERMAN and FOSTER KLUG
  The Associated Press
  SINGAPORE  — Clasping hands and forecasting future peace, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un committed Tuesday to “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula during the first meeting in history between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader. Yet as Trump toasted the summit’s results, he faced mounting questions about whether he got too little and gave away too
  
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• What does Disneyland have in common with Broadway?

  12-06-2018 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  What is the most popular live theater in Southern California? Is it the Pantages? The Segerstrom Center? The Ahmanson Theatre?
  While all those venues are great for watching Broadway-caliber shows, I am going to go with Disneyland as the most popular live theater in the region.
  Disneyland? A theater venue? Insiders know that Disney calls its employees “cast members” and divides its public and employees-only areas as “on stage” and “back stage,” so the company h
  
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• Mission Viejo or Fontana? Consume those ‘best’ city rankings carefully!

  12-06-2018 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then rankings are in the eye of the builder.
  Yes, such “Top 10” or “Worst of” rankings have become all too commonplace in a world that likes information in digestible nuggets. But understanding the less-than-subtle differences behind these scorecards is key to become a better consumer of these yardsticks.
  A pair of data crunchers recently released city-by-city rankings comparing economic prowess and livability.
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