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• Who benefits from the Supreme Court’s Ohio voter roll decision?

  15-06-2018 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Cui bono? Who benefits?
  That’s what cops investigating shenanigans always ask themselves when they see a crime.
  Who benefits from the Supreme Court decision to allow Ohio to kick recent non-voters off the voter rolls? Well, the status quo of that state’s politics benefits. Currently, as it ruinously happens, that mean old-fashioned Midwest country club Republicans who have conned the white working classes into supporting the Queens grifter who is president. Because who votes more occ
  
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• LeBron James Watch | The latest on where he takes his talents next

  15-06-2018 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  As LeBron James contemplates his next move with NBA free agency looming, we keep on the lookout for tidbits, tweets and headlines that offer clues as to where things might be headed. Return here for updates on the LeBron James Summer Sweepstakes.
  Headlines of the day:
  Heisler: Despite what you’ve heard, Kawhi Leonard is not on his way to Lakers yet: Our Mark Heisler responds to Friday’s reports that Kawhi Leonard has asked the Spurs to trade him, and that he’s eyeing L.A.
  
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• Candace Parker has 23 points, 11 assists as Sparks top Mystics

  15-06-2018 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Candace Parker had 23 points, seven rebounds and a career-high 11 assists, Alana Beard scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter and the Sparks beat the Washington Mystics 97-86 on Friday night.
  The Sparks led by 20 points but Washington rallied to tie the score at 76.
  Chelsea Gray drew two defenders in the lane and found Beard open in the corner for a 91-84 lead. The Sparks made six consecutive free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal it.
  Riquna Williams scored 13
  
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• Placentia sued over council redistricting plan

  15-06-2018 22:29 via ocregister.com
  A Latino civil rights organization filed a lawsuit against Placentia Friday, saying the city breached an agreement to switch from its at-large City Council elections to district-based elections.
  The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, MALDEF, filed the complaint in Orange County Superior Court. Placentia Mayor Chad Wanke said late Friday that he had not seen the lawsuit, but, he added, the city has been working to create a new map that divides it into five distric
  
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• Rich Hill ready to rejoin Dodgers’ rotation with finger healed, delivery adjusted

  15-06-2018 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Rich Hill drove to Lake Elsinore on Thursday to see if the blister on his pitching hand had fully healed. He got so much more.
  Hill threw 75 pitches over 4-2/3 innings for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga in his rehab start. Ten of the 14 outs he recorded came on strikeouts and there were no problems with the persistent blister on his middle finger, now calloused over.
  “I’m looking forward to pitching Tuesday,” said Hill, who will rejoin the Dodgers’ rotation
  
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• President Trump should trust Wharton School instincts on trade

  15-06-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Last weekend, President Trump offered perhaps one of his best ideas to date, which is a tariff- and subsidy-free G7.
  Since long before he was even a presidential candidate, Trump has been a consistent critic of international trade agreements. As president, he has taken to using tariffs and threats of tariffs in protest of what he considers unfair trade practices that disadvantage the United States.
  It was somewhat surprising then for Trump to suggest the elimination of tariffs and subsidies betw
  
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• Anaheim picks UC Irvine chief to head city police department

  15-06-2018 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim could have a new police chief next week, if the council on Tuesday approves a contract for Jorge Cisneros, who has headed UC Irvine’s police department since 2015.
  Cisneros’s 27-year career in law enforcement includes stints in Huntington Park and Long Beach, where he worked on counter-terrorism efforts and a program to improve relations between police and Latino residents, according to information from Anaheim.
  The city would hire Cisneros as an at-will employee for a salary
  
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• Stop California cities’ code-violation rip-off

  15-06-2018 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Chickens may soon be coming home to roost for one of California’s most exploitative schemes. In Indio, Coachella and dozens of other cities, residents have been criminally prosecuted for ridiculous code violations and then slapped with hefty bills, forcing them to pay for their own prosecution.
  Now a new bill would end this pernicious form of prosecuting for profit. The bill, AB2495, has already passed the California Assembly unanimously and is currently under consideration in the Senate.
  
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• Aquarium of the Pacific turns 20, hopes to make a splash when Pacific Visions opens in 2019

  15-06-2018 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By Barbara Kingsley, Contributing writer
  The Aquarium of the Pacific opened its doors 20 years ago this week – on June 20, 1998 – to fireworks, boat rides and wall-to-wall crowds.
  A spit of land that had supported a dirt pile and a dirty lagoon has grown into a well-known attraction that draws 1.7 million people a year, the fourth largest visitor draw among U.S. aquariums.
  Now it is poised to open an ambitious new $53 million exhibit about how marine and human life interact. The
  
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• Laguna Beach artist Robin Hiers celebrates SoCal lifestyle

  15-06-2018 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Denny FreidenrichLaguna Beach artist Robin Hiers
  Five years ago this summer, artist Robin Hiers came full circle with her Laguna Beach roots. That’s when she left Colorado and moved back to the beach.
  Hiers had made a name for herself as an artist in the Boulder area, but wanted to move back to California because she missed her family, the lifestyle and the beauty of the coast.
  Hiers fondly remembers riding bikes as a young girl with friends in her Top of the World neighborhood and watchin
  
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• Schnauzer mix Bella is a lap-loving cuddler

  15-06-2018 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Miniature schnauzer-poodle mix
  Age: 3 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Size: Under 25 pounds
  Bella’s story: Bella is sweet and smart and loves to cuddle – she’ll sit on your lap for as long as you let her. She loves other dogs but often gets so excited around them that she scares them. She is learning how to become a good dog; hopefully her adopters will continue her studies.  She would be a wonderful companion for an experienced adult; homes with gentle children 6
  
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• Marking academic milestones

  15-06-2018 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine began four days of graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 15, a stretch that will see more than 7,000 students receive their diplomas.
  In all, the university is distributing about 9,800 graduate and undergraduate degrees this school year.
  Sean Taylor celebrates during UCIÕs commencement ceremonies for the Schools of Social Ecology and Humanities at the Bren Events Center in Irvine on Friday, June 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Leah Manjarrez thro
  
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• Why the NAACP honored a Trump-supporting Republican assemblywoman

  15-06-2018 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Melissa Melendez stood on stage this month as a local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People gave her an award.
  She’s also shared a stage with President Donald Trump, something not lost on critics who question NAACP Branch 1034’s decision to honor Melendez, a Republican assemblywoman from Lake Elsinore who once faced a backlash over her comments about Islam.
  “The founding ideals of the United States government are democracy, rights, opport
  
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• Hollywood’s job picture is looking up. But California has work to do attracting ‘big-budget’ blockbuster film productions, report says

  15-06-2018 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s improved film and television production tax credit program is having the desired effect: Jobs.
  But the non-profit, non-partisan think tank’s report also finds room for improvement, according to a recent report from the Santa Monica-based Milken Institute.
  The report, dubbed “A Hollywood Update,” acknowledges that the state’s $330 million, 2.0 incentives program established in 2014 helped fuel an increase in California’s film and video product
  
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• World Cup in the Trump era shows one thing: Political fútbol is complicated

  15-06-2018 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  As proprietor of a British pub in in Southern California, Golriz Moeini is cheering for England in the World Cup. As a native of Tehran who moved to the United States when she was 5, she’s also cheering for Iran.
  And as a well-traveled global citizen who’s disgusted by a lot of what’s she sees happening in politics, she’s cheering for, well, everybody.
  “I hope the World Cup can prove that we all still have something in common,” Moeini said.
  The two weeks of Wo
  
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• Taco Bell’s new Watermelon Freeze comes complete with seeds

  15-06-2018 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Most people are irritated by finding seeds in their watermelon, but in Taco Bell’s Watermelon Freeze the seeds are a good thing.
  The ew slush from the Irvine-based chain made with a watermelon-flavored base mixed with tart pieces of hard candy shaped like seeds. It is served with a green straw wide enough pick up the seeds.
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• El Toro High School Graduation 2018

  15-06-2018 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  El Toro High held the commencement ceremony for its Class of 2018 on June 14 at El Toro High Stadium.
  Members of International Baccalaureate, left, Shayan Irvani, McKenzie Zoch, Valedictorian Joel Kattapuram, Megan Quintilone, Natasha Aranda together for a photo before the El Toro High School commencement ceremony held at the school’s athletic complex in Lake Forest on Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer)
  Sabastian Sanchez and Ivania Rodriguez,
  
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• State budget nudges $200 billion; offers something to love, or hate, for many

  15-06-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  State lawmakers are pushing a $199.6 billion budget that takes on homelessness, boosts education, expands state reserves and is on time for the sixth straight year — and it still ticks off people from all points of the political spectrum.
  Technically, the 2018-19 spending plan, expected to be approved by Gov. Jerry Brown, is an amalgamation of 25 separate pieces of legislation, including 14 bills that were sent to Brown this week. Though spending will increase in virtually all categories,
  
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• Trolley Hop event Saturday in Dana Point celebrates local businesses and city’s free transportation service

  15-06-2018 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Riders in Dana Point taking part in the 2017 Trolley Hop. (photo courtesy of Condy Monroe)
  One of Dana Point’s new trolley’s pulls into the Lantern District on Friday afternoon.The city will start operating four free trolley’s this Friday. (Photo by Nick Koon, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsTrolley Hop revelers from the event in 2017. From left, Dorothy Costello, Rett Manning and Cindy Monroe. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Monroe)
  Patrons inside Lu
  
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• First Person: A Charmed Life

  15-06-2018 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  A charm bracelet captures the writer’s life stories.
  Quiet is not a word anyone would use to describe me. The jingle-jangle of silver charms bouncing off each other from the movement of my body announces my arrival as much as my loud voice does.
  The bracelet is a glittering silver mass around my small wrist. People often look up, trying to discern what they are hearing. It’s not quite the jingle of bells you would hear from Santa, but it is definitely a distinct sound that demands on
  
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• With recent funding award, Brea will start 57/Lambert interchange fix

  15-06-2018 18:32 via ocregister.com
  A project intended to ease congestion at the Lambert Road interchange on the 57 freeway should begin early next year, after the state pledged to provide much of the funding for the now $100 million project.
  The city recently announced the state Transportation Commission has granted $65.7 million for the work. It will include widening lanes, improving and realigning ramps and creating a new loop on-ramp for northbound 57.
  “It’s really the gateway to Orange County from the Inland Empir
  
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• Orange County officials ask state to reject mobile needle exchange proposal

  15-06-2018 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  At least four Orange County cities and the county are asking the state Department of Public Health to reject a proposed mobile service that would give free clean needles to injection-drug users.
  The Orange County Needle Exchange Program had operated once a week at the Santa Ana Civic Center for nearly two years, but it shut down in January after Santa Ana officials denied the nonprofit organization a permit to continue.
  It was the county’s only such service.
  In a report to council members,
  
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• Former school bus driver pleads guilty to Anaheim Hills crash from Arizona hospital

  15-06-2018 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A former school bus driver who passed out and smashed into a tree while driving 11 children home from El Rancho Charter Middle School in 2014 admitted Friday to child abuse and endangerment in what is believed to be the Orange County Superior Court’s first video-conferenced guilty plea.
  Gerald Rupple, 27, as part of a court offer pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of child abuse and endangerment and one felony count of perjury.
  Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila Hanson did not say w
  
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• Theranos founder, ex-president charged with fraud

  15-06-2018 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who reigned briefly as the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire over her promise to revolutionize blood testing, was criminally charged with defrauding investors along with the company’s former president.
  The indictment announced Friday by the U.S. Attorney in San Francisco alleging wire fraud follows claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Theranos, Holmes and the company’s ex-president, Ramesh “Sunny”
  
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• Can’t swim? Join 45,000 others in ‘World’s Largest Swimming Lesson’ on June 21

  15-06-2018 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  “He’s blue, he’s blue!”
  Those are the words that stick with 29-year-old Candace Thome when she learned that her nearly 2-year-old brother, Brayv, had fallen into her family’s pool in 2011. Brayv would not survive.
  He had long hair “like a little surfer baby,” Thome recalls.
  Since that day, Thome dug into the statistics on drowning and was surprised at how common it is — and how little she had heard about swim safety. That set her on a path toward c
  
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• Lakers’ fan base wants Kawhi Leonard after reports that he ‘wants out’ from Spurs

  15-06-2018 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  On the court, the NBA season is over. Off the court, the league’s offseason is starting to heat up.
  According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Kawhi Leonard ‘wants out’ from the San Antonio Spurs organization. The small forward was limited to nine games during the 2017-18 season due to a quad injury. Throughout the season, his relationship with the team soured.
  If Leonard wants out, where could he land?
  The Los Angeles Lakers are positioned to have a big offse
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo hat trick lifts Portugal to 3-3 draw with Spain in World Cup Group B

  15-06-2018 16:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo gestures to the fans at the end of the group B match between Portugal and Spain at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
  Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his side’s opening goal during the group B match between Portugal and Spain at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)SoundThe gallery will re
  
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• Golovkin vs. Canelo drama will carry over into the ring

  15-06-2018 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Perhaps all the drama tied up in the rematch between middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez will be a blessing in disguise.
  The first fight was decent enough. But it wasn’t what one would call great, no thanks to Alvarez moving more than he ever had.
  But now the two are really ticked at each other. Abel Sanchez and Eric Gomez believe that could result in the second go-round being unforgettable.
  It will happen Sept. 15 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (on HBO pay-per-view),
  
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• With $200 billion budget, California tries to tax-and-spend its way to prosperity

  15-06-2018 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  On Thursday, the California Legislature approved another record budget.
  Boasting $139 billion in general fund spending, a $57 billion in special fund spending and $3.9 billion in bond funds, the budget approved by the Legislature is sure to make California a more prosperous and just state, right?
  After all, when the government spends more, things just get better,
  
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• What happens now with IHOP’s name change campaign?

  15-06-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Can people wrap their brains around IHOb?
  That’s the challenge that faces IHOP, the Glendale-based restaurant chain, after it flipped the uppercase “P” in its name to a lowercase “b” in Twitter and other social media to promote its ew line of burgers.
  For decades, the public has associated the brand IHOP with pancakes, so much that it’s almost hardwired, according to Ira Kalb, assistant professor of clinical marketing for the University of Southern C
  
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• Black Trumpet Bistro will move uptown within Huntington Beach

  15-06-2018 15:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Black Trumpet Bistro is moving within Huntington Beach from Beach Boulevard to Seacliff Village Shopping Center. Seen here, Chef Dino Ferraro, center, surrounded by his crew. (Courtesy of Black Trumpet Bistro)
  The Black Trumpet Bistro is moving within Huntington Beach from Beach Boulevard to Seacliff Village Shopping Center. Seen here, charcuterie and cheese platter served at the Beach Boulevard location. (Courtesy of Black Trumpet Bistro)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Black Trump
  
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• Orange County unemployment remains at 2.6%, 19-year low

  15-06-2018 14:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County bosses added 17,300 workers in the 12 months ended in May as unemployment remained at 2.6 percent.
  Here are eight trends to know about the Orange County job market in May from the state Employment Development Department’s monthly jobs report: Last month’s data compared with a year ago and the average of the previous five years …
  1. Unemployment rate:2.6 percent, flat compared to the previous month; 3.2 percent a year ago; and a 5.32 percent 5-year average.
  2. Num
  
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• Esperanza High School Graduation 2018

  15-06-2018 14:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Esperanza High School students celebrate after commencement at Yorba Linda High School on June 14, 2018.(Photo by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)
  Esperanza High School graduates enter Yorba Linda High School on June 14, 2018.(Photo by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSpectatos show their support during the Esperanza High School commencement at Yorba Linda High School on June 14, 2018.(Photo by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)
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• Bruce Hopping, iconic Laguna waterman who died at age 96, celebrated at Thalia Street Beach

  15-06-2018 14:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — Bruce Hopping, a Laguna Beach legend and a fixture at Thalia Street Beach for six decades, was celebrated Thursday, June 14 for his tenacity and his dedication to the ocean, arts and the promotion of cultural exchange programs for youths involved in water sports.
  Hopping died in his home on May 17 at age 96.
  Dozens celebrated Hopping’s life, Thursday, as they stood in a circle on the sand near the lifeguard tower at Thalia Street Beach. Several shared stories about the
  
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• Reports: Kawhi Leonard wants out of San Antonio with Lakers his top destination

  15-06-2018 14:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Kawhi Leonard dressed in Lakers’ purple and gold?
  A much-speculated trade to the Lakers from the San Antonio Spurs could be closer to reality, according to various reports Friday. Leonard is said to set to sever ties with the Spurs, with Los Angeles as his preferred destination. The Lakers’ interest is believed to be mutual.
  The Clippers also could have interest in Leonard.
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• Chris Hardwick’s ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra alleges ‘long-term’ emotional and sexual abuse in essay

  15-06-2018 14:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Actress, TV personality and cosplayer Chloe Dykstra has shared her #MeToo story in a long and emotional essay that accuses an unnamed ex-boyfriend, presumably Chris Hardwick, of “long-term” emotional and sexual abuse and career blacklisting.
  Although Dykstra does not name the ex-boyfriend in her essay published Thursday on Medium, the timing and key details suggest that she is referring to TV personality and Nerdist podcaster Hardwick, whom she dated from 2012 to 2014, according to H
  
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• Million-dollar price tags: As Southern California’s workforce expands, so too does luxury housing

  15-06-2018 13:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Lennar Division President Mark Torres stands inside the master bath of one the companies Chino Hills model homes which are priced near and above $1 million. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
  A living area inside a Lennar model home in Chino Hills which are priced near and above $1 million. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLennar Division President Mark Torres stands in an upstairs loft area inside one of the co
  
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• Rising La Habra linebacker Kobah Fuamatu transfers to Mater Dei

  15-06-2018 13:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Rising La Habra junior-to-be linebacker Kobah Fuamatu (6-1, 200) has transferred to Mater Dei, he confirmed Friday.
  Fuamatu burst onto the Orange County football scene last season by leading the Highlanders in tackles with 99. He showed outstanding pursuit skills and physical play.
  He holds offers from Arizona State and Fresno State among others.
  Fuamatu’s arrival will help the Monarchs, who earlier this offseason lost standout linebacker Mase Funa to an injury.
  His departure is
  
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• Man gets 16 years in prison for fatal Craigslist sex encounter in Mission Viejo

  15-06-2018 13:37 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – An Oceanside man who stabbed another man to death at a Mission Viejo apartment during a Craigslist sex-encounter-gone-wrong was sentenced on Friday to 16 years to life in prison.
  A jury earlier this year convicted Adam Anthony Ingala-Whiting, 25, of second-degree murder for the April 2014 killing of 47-year-old Francesco “Joey” Bonomolo.
  Ingala-Whiting was responding to a Craiglist ad for sex with a woman when he was greeted at the apartment by Bonomolo, who was dre
  
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• Los Amigos High School Graduation 2018

  15-06-2018 13:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Amigos High School held the commencement ceremony for its Class of 2018 on June 14 at Monsoor Stadium.
  Jessica Blancas and Jessie Felicitas Duran sing along to “Seasons of Love” during Los Amigos High School commencement ceremony at the Michael A. Monsoor Memorial Stadium in Garden Grove on Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Photo byAna P. Garcia, Contributing Photographer)
  Graduates line up before the Los Amigos High School commencement ceremony at the Michael A. Monsoor Memorial Stadium
  
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• Black woman records confrontation with white man at Westin Pasadena after alleged racist encounter

  15-06-2018 12:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A video of a white man confronting a black woman at the Westin Pasadena on Monday, asking if she and her 5-year-old daughter had showered before using the pool, has gone viral.
  The video was posted to Facebook on Wednesday by the woman targeted, Carle Wheeler. In the post, Wheeler said the encounter began when he approached the pair and told her “people carry diseases into the pools and he doesn’t want the health department to shut the pool down.”
  “Minutes later he approa
  
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• Blink-182’s Travis Barker has blood clots in his arms, band to reschedule Las Vegas residency shows

  15-06-2018 11:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Travis Barker is putting down his drumsticks for the time being.
  The Fontana-born Blink-182 drummer and Calabasas resident is being monitored after blood clots were discovered in his arms and will be unable to perform its current Las Vegas residency until cleared by his medical team, according to a statement on the band’s Twitter.
  “Drumming is my life and It kills me that i can’t perform for you guys this weekend. I hope to be back as soon as I can,” said B
  
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• Classic rock band Yes celebrates 50th anniversary twice as 2 versions of the band tour Southern California

  15-06-2018 11:34 via ocregister.com
  
  For 50 years, progressive rock band Yes has been playing guitar and keyboard-driven music spiced with classical influences, spacey lyrics and long melodic jams.
  They’ve been so successful over the years that now there are two bands using the Yes name.Both feature founding members and hall of fame musicians. Both play “Roundabout.” And both, it seems, will celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary.
  The lineup carrying the official Yes brand features guitarist Steve Howe. Howe,
  
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• Judge jails ex-Trump campaign chair Manafort ahead of trial

  15-06-2018 11:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHAD DAY
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is going to jail.
  On Friday, Manafort was ordered into custody after a federal judge revoked his house arrest, citing newly filed obstruction of justice charges. The move by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson made Manafort the first Trump campaign official to be jailed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
  Already under intense pressure to
  
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• Podcast: Inside the Rams special offseason wrap-up edition

  15-06-2018 11:17 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Rams wrap up their offseason program, Inside the Rams host Ryan Kartje checks in on the state of the team heading into the summer, with comments from Sean McVay, Wade Phillips, and Marcus Peters. Later in the podcast, SCNG NFL columnist Vinny Bonsignore joins to talk about his trip to the Rams’ stadium site, as well as break down the current state of negotiations between the Rams and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Aaron Donald. 
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• The Musco Center at Chapman announces its new season

  15-06-2018 11:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Opera  legend Plácido Domingo, violin virtuoso Sarah Chang and country singer Rosanne Cash will be among the artists to perform during the 2018-19 season at the Musco Center for the Arts on the Chapman University campus.
  Domingo will be making his fourth appearance at the center since he performed at its grand opening in 2016.
  “There is no doubt that Maestro Domingo’s long relationship with (philanthropists) Paul and Marybelle Musco, and subsequently the Musco Center, has
  
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• Proposed US banking fix for marijuana may not open all doors

  15-06-2018 11:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press
  A proposal in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana could encourage more banks to do business with cannabis companies, but it appears to fall short of a cure-all for an industry that must operate mainly as a cash business in a credit card world.
  Marijuana is legal in some form in about 30 states, but companies that grow or sell it often are locked out at banks. Their money isn’t wanted because the drug is illegal under federal law and transact
  
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• Real estate news: CBRE’s Newport Beach retail team sells Phoenix-area complex for $133 million

  15-06-2018 10:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Marcus & Millichap has closed the sale of Vio Costa Mesa, an 84-unit multifamily property in Costa Mesa for $28 million in a 1031 exchange. (Courtesy of Marcus & Millichap)
  CBRE has closed the sale of an 18-unit apartment complex in Orange for $5.5 million. Dan Blackwell of CBRE represented the buyer, Gilden Properties, a local investor, in the transaction. The private seller was represented by Tom Williams of Windsor Investments. The property sits within a residential nei
  
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• HOA Homefront: Before amending CC&Rs, avoid ‘ready, fire, aim!’

  15-06-2018 10:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Before your HOA decided to amend its CC&Rs, or covenants, conditions, and restrictions, please take a moment to consider what those changes will do.
  1. First, check with the members. Amending CC&Rs usually takes a supermajority (i.e. more than simply a majority of the quorum), so strong membership support is essential. Drafting a great amendment is meaningless if the homeowners will not vote for it.
  2. Avoid controversial amendments, such as those changing assessments so that some member
  
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• World Cup: Gimenez lifts Uruguay 1-0 past Egypt

  15-06-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Uruguay won its opening match at the World Cup for the first time in 48 years, getting an 89th-minute goal from defender Jose Gimenez in a 1-0 victory over Egypt in Group A on Friday.
  Gimenez jumped in the area and headed home a free kick from Atletico Madrid teammate Diego Godin. It was the first time Uruguay won its opening match at the tournament since 1970, when it went on to reach the semifinals.
  Russia leads Group A on goal difference after beating Saudi Arabi
  
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