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• 2018 NBA Draft Profile: Thomas Welsh of Loyola and UCLA

  19-06-2018 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  This piece is a part of our 2018 NBA Draft coverage.
  UCLA center Thomas Welsh, left, muscles against Colorado forward Dallas Walton who works inside to the rim in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
  Thomas Welsh participates in the Lakers pre-draft workout ahead of the 2018 draft at the Lakers UCLA Training Center in El Segundo on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)SoundTh
  
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• 2018 NBA Draft Profile: Chandler Hutchison of Mission Viejo HS and Boise State

  19-06-2018 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  This piece is a part of our 2018 NBA Draft coverage.
  Elliott Pitts #24 of the Arizona Wildcats defends Chandler Hutchison #15 of the Boise State Broncos during the first half of the college basketball game at McKale Center on November 19, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
  Guard Chandler Hutchison #15 of the Boise State Broncos and guard Sterling Brown #3 of the SMU Mustangs look for a rebound during first half action on November 30, 2016 at Taco Bell Arena in Boi
  
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• Clutch hits elude Dodgers in nightcap as Cubs earn doubleheader split on walk-off hit

  19-06-2018 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 19:Starting pitcher Rich Hill #44 of the Los Angeles Dodgers delivers the ball against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on June 19, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
  CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 19:Logan Forsythe #11 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a single in the 2nd inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on June 19, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsChicago Cubs
  
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• Reported stabbing at Doheny State Beach was hoax, says Dana Point police chief

  19-06-2018 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT — The story a Capistrano Beach man told police about being stabbed while walking toward the gazebo at Doheny State Beach on Saturday, June 16, has turned out to be a hoax, Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Margie Sheehan, the chief of police in Dana Point, said Tuesday.
  “On June 16th, a man claiming to be a victim of a stabbing contacted the valet of the DoubleTree in Dana Point and said he was stabbed while walking along a path at Doheny State Beach,” Sheehan said d
  
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• 2018 NBA Draft Profile: Elijah Stewart of Westchester HS and USC

  19-06-2018 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  This piece is a part of our 2018 NBA Draft coverage.
  Southern California’s Elijah Stewart reacts after a score during the first half of the team’s NCAA college basketball game against Oregon in the semifinals of the Pac-12 men’s tournament Friday, March 9, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
  USC Trojans guard Elijah Stewart (30) shoots against the UCLA Bruins in the first half of a NCAA Pac 12 basketball game at Pauley Pavillion on the campus of UCLA on Saturday,
  
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• Summer basketball league, tournament schedules

  19-06-2018 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Most high school basketball coaches agree: If you want your team to be competitive in January, it’s wise to play in June and July.
  That’s why most Orange County schools have or will hit the courts this month for summer league and tournament play. The summer basketball season will stretch into late July.
  Spectators should anticipate paying an admission fee. The CdM Summer Varsity Shootout, for example, at Corona del Mar charges $8 for adult admission and $5 for students and children.
  
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• Orange County baseball win leaders: 2018

  19-06-2018 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County baseball win leaders for the 2018 season.No.
  Name
  School
  W
  L
  Pct.
  1
  Chance Palmer
  Troy
  11
  2
  .846
  2
  Tommy Wilcox
  Corona del Mar
  10
  1
  .909
  3
  Juan Zazueta
  Rancho Alamitos
  9
  1
  .900
  4
  Nathan Alarcon
  Rancho Alamitos
  9
  2
  .818
  5
  Alexan Rostomian
  La Quinta
  9
  4
  .692
  6
  Trevor Ernt
  Beckman
  8
  0
  1.000
  7
  Sean Higgins
  Foothill
  8
  1
  .889
  8
  Ashwin Chona
  Sage Hill
  8
  1
  .889
  9
  Cole Winn
  Orange Lutheran
  8
  2
  .800
  10
  Ryan Daugherty
  Capistrano Valley
  8
  3
  .727
  
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• Orange County baseball ERA leaders: 2018

  19-06-2018 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County baseball earned-run average leaders for the 2018 season.No.
  Name
  School
  ERA
  IP
  ER
  1
  Cole Winn
  Orange Lutheran
  0.20
  70
  2
  2
  Chance Palmer
  Troy
  0.64
  77
  7
  3
  Trevor Ernt
  Beckman
  0.78
  45
  5
  4
  Nathan Alarcon
  Rancho Alamitos
  0.81
  78
  9
  5
  Adam Axtell
  Calvary Chapel
  1.04
  40.1
  6
  6
  Michael Nadeau
  La Quinta
  1.20
  40.2
  7
  7
  Cole Rawlings
  San Juan Hills
  1.29
  32.2
  6
  8
  Emmanuel Ramirez
  Western
  1.37
  35.2
  7
  9
  Drake Mossman
  Sage Hill
  1.38
  55.2
  11
  10
  Troy Me
  
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• Strong encryption protects our data and our liberty. Don’t allow the feds to weaken it.

  19-06-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Strong encryption is essential to protecting our personal data. But, as with anything, there are trade-offs.
  Law enforcement officials across the country have long complained that encryption can prevent investigators from accessing information on electronic devices seized from suspected criminals and terrorists.
  On the other hand, the idea that encryption that is strong enough to protect the information of hundreds of millions of Americans could possibly go together with a backdoor accessible on
  
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• 2018 NBA Draft Profile: Aaron Holiday of UCLA and Campbell Hall

  19-06-2018 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  This piece is a part of our 2018 NBA Draft coverage.
  UCLA’s Aaron Holiday, asked to carry so much of the load for the team all season, had 10 of the Bruins’ 20 turnovers in their NCAA Tournament First Four loss to St. Bonaventure on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
  UCLA Bruins guard Aaron Holiday reacts after making a 3-point shot during a game against USC last season. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will res
  
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• O.C. vote count shows Rouda likely to face Rohrabacher in CA 48

  19-06-2018 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Democrat Laguna Beach businessman Harley Rouda on Tuesday is on the verge of clinching a top-two finish in the 48th Congressional District’s arrow congressional primary contest – a result that would send him to a November runoff against GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher.
  Rouda’s vote total since the June 5 primary has run eck-and-neck with fellow Democrat Hans Keirstead for the contest’s second-place spot to take on Rohrabacher, the race’s top vote-getter. But on Tuesday ev
  
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• 2018 NBA Draft Profile: De’Anthony Melton of Crespi HS and USC

  19-06-2018 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  This piece is a part of our 2018 NBA Draft coverage.
  USC’s De’Anthony Melton holds up threeafter a teammate hit a 3-pointer against UCLA in a men’s basketball rivalry showdown in Los Angeles Wednesday, January 25, 2017. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova, Daily News/SCNG)
  Former USC standout De’Anthony Melton was among the six players who participated in a pre-draft workout for the Lakers on Friday in El Segundo. (Photo courtesy of Ty Nowell, Los Angeles Lakers)SoundThe gal
  
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• Honda Center at 25: You know about the name changes, but do you know who has performed at the Anaheim arena the most times?

  19-06-2018 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A sold-out crowd of Barry Manilow fans christened the Honda Center – then called the Anaheim Arena – 25 years ago Tuesday, June 19.
  In the two and half decades since, the arena has hosted fans of hip hop, heavy metal, classic rock, boy bands and just about anything in between.
  Teemu Selanne carries the Stanley Cup after the Ducks’ 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators in 2007. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, The Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Gwen Stefani performs at the Pondin Anaheimi
  
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• Backers of the Chalice Festival sue California cannabis regulators, Victorville over event permit

  19-06-2018 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Organizers of one of the most popular marijuana festivals in California are suing the Bureau of Cannabis Control and the city of Victorville after both entities refused to issue permits for an upcoming event in San Bernardino County — a suit that could set the fate of big-scale cannabis events throughout the state.
  The parent company of Chalice California, Wisdom Apparatus, filed the suit Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court,arguing that the city doesn’t have authority to block canna
  
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• 2018 NBA Draft Profile: Deandre Ayton, University of Arizona

  19-06-2018 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  This piece is a part of our 2018 NBA Draft coverage.
  NBA Draft prospect Deandre Ayton, who may be the Phoenix Suns’ choice with the No. 1 overall pick in this month’s NBA draft, talks to the media after an individual workout with the Suns, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
  Arizona forward Deandre Ayton celebrates a basket during Friday night’s Pac-12 Tournament semifinal against UCLA at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ayton had 32 points and 14 rebounds
  
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• Anaheim’s Ponderosa Park opens its water-play area with a splash, capping off $16 million in renovations

  19-06-2018 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  It looks like an oasis in the summer haze.
  A lily sprays water; it rains from beneath a leaf; the concrete spouts a small geyser.
  At 2,400 square feet, the newly installed splash pad in Ponderosa Park is already a welcome refuge for Anaheim residents as school ends and summer begins.
  Children play in the newly opened splash pad at Ponderosa Park in Anaheim on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. The opening of the splash pad is the final phase of a $16 million improvement project at the park.(Photo by Leonar
  
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• Artificial turf fields are failing across Southern California, costing millions. Here’s why.

  19-06-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2010, the Chaffey Joint Union High School District joined a wave of cities and school districts around the country when it spent $1.8 million to install synthetic turf fields at four of its high schools.
  The benefits over natural turf were a big selling point: more durable, less maintenance and, perhaps most appealing in drought-prone California, no watering required.
  The Burbank High football field.(Photo by David Crane, Daily News/SCNG)
  Rubber pellets are so thick in some areas of the socce
  
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• Broken Yolk set to open Monday, June 25 in Costa Mesa

  19-06-2018 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The Broken Yolk Cafe will be located in the former Turnip Rose in Costa Mesa. (Courtesy of the Broken Yolk Cafe)
  The Broken Yolk Cafe brings another of its restaurants to Orange County this summer. (Courtesy of the Broken Yolk Cafe)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expand
  The Broken Yolk Cafe will open Monday, June 25 in Costa Mesa.
  The former home of the Turnip Rose, a 3,734 square-foot space on Harbor Boulevard in the Mesa Verde Center, has a patio that should prove po
  
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• Former USC forward Chimezie Metu focuses on defense, effort during NBA draft preparation

  19-06-2018 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The most obvious NBA prospect on USC’s basketball team in recent years was Chimezie Metu, the bouncy, rim-rattling forward.
  Over his three seasons with the Trojans, Metu totaled 214 dunks, according to statistics kept by the school’s sports information staff, showing a frequent display of athleticism in arenas throughout the Pac-12.
  Metu is widely expected to be selected in the NBA draft on Thursday night, alongside former teammate De’Anthony Melton. He sits at No. 45 on ESPN&r
  
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• You can now find marijuana laws for every California city using your Amazon Alexa

  19-06-2018 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Navigating California’s confusing patchwork of marijuana laws just got easier.
  If you own an Amazon Echo product, you can now ask Alexa – the brain behind Amazon’s smart-speaker platform – to tell you the rules for any city or county in California.
  State law gives local governments full authority to regulate or ban most marijuana activity within their borders. So reporters from this news organization spent months collecting policy information from all 482 cities and 58 co
  
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• Trump administration pulls U.S. out of U.N. human rights council

  19-06-2018 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE and JOSH LEDERMAN
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The United States announced Tuesday it was leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, with Ambassador Nikki Haley calling it “an organization that is not worthy of its name.” It was the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.
  Haley, Trump’s envoy to the U.N., said the U.S. had given the human rights body “opportunity after opportunity” to ma
  
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• After Irvine voters rejected land swap, could veterans cemetery move to Anaheim?

  19-06-2018 17:39 via ocregister.com
  
  As Irvine officials try to decide where to build a long-promised veterans cemetery in their city, a new location elsewhere is getting more serious consideration.
  On Tuesday, Orange County supervisors will hold a closed-door discussion on whether to explore using a 288-acre, county-owned parcel near the 91 freeway and 241 toll road interchange for an official military cemetery, Supervisor Todd Spitzer said.
  The land was part of a gift of open space the Irvine Company made to the county in 2014. S
  
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• Doctor accused of sending ‘sexually motivated’ messages to high school cheerleaders

  19-06-2018 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  A doctor who volunteered at Newport Beach athletic events is facing criminal charges after allegedly sending “sexually motivated” messages to two high school cheerleaders.
  David Lee Haller, 51, is facing two misdemeanor counts of child annoyance for sending what prosecutors described as inappropriate messages to the cheerleaders, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
  According to prosecutors, Haller – a medical doctor and volunteer with the UC irvine
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley says business manager whittled Elvis’ fortune from $100 million to five figures

  19-06-2018 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley is suing a now-former business manager, claiming that he squandered her family fortune. (2017 file photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES — Lisa Marie Presley can proceed for now with her probate court petition that alleges her former business manager squandered most of her family fortune, a judge ruled.
  Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Wada said during a hearing Monday that he was denying Barry Siegel’s motion to strike Presley’s petiti
  
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• L.A.-area house prices rise nearly 8% in May as Orange County’s price hits record high

  19-06-2018 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California house prices were up in May for a 72nd consecutive month, rising 7.7 percent year over year in the Los Angeles metro area and 6.8 percent in the Inland Empire, the California Association of Realtors reported Tuesday, June 19.
  The median price of an existing single-family home — or price at the midpoint of all sales — hit an all-time high in Orange County, rising 5.4 percent to $838,000, the Realtor report said.
  That’s the eighth-highest median in the state,
  
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• Play environment at Sunset Lane Elementary designed with sensory needs in mind

  19-06-2018 17:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunset Lane Elementary School Teacher Amy Jahn saw a need.
  Jahn, a special day classes teacher who works with children on the autism spectrum, said she noticed that while children frolicked on playground equipment on campus, many of her students stood unengaged to the side.
  Sunset Lane Elementary School special day classes teacher Amy Jahn, Sunset Lane Principal Tracy Gyurina and Fullerton Cares Director Summer Dabbs pose for a photo in the school’s new sensory room, designed to engage the
  
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• Kyle Farmer rescues Dodgers with two-run, pinch-hit double in 9th

  19-06-2018 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson (31) runs the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson (31) runs the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsChicago Cubs starting pitcher Tyl
  
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• New University football coach Scott Meyer setting high goals

  19-06-2018 15:53 via ocregister.com
  
  University High’s new football coach, Scott Meyer, is setting the bar high for the Trojans.
  “We talk about winning the Pacific Coast League, we want to have a team GPA of 3.3 or better, we want to win a CIF championship and we want to have fun doing it,” Meyer said.
  “You have to set high goals, especially at a school like Uni,” he said. “The teachers in the classroom do such a great job setting high expectations and pushing them. I think these guys want to hav
  
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• Bonsignore: Assessing the Rams’ offseason and who stood out

  19-06-2018 15:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rams’ offseason program is officially in the books. All that remains now is the waiting game until training camp opens late next month in Irvine.
  Setting aside the inability to lock up All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald on a new long-term contract – resulting in Donald going AWOL throughout OTAs and minicamp and casting an uncertain shadow on his training camp status – the Rams checked off an impressive list of boxes as they went about trying to push themselves
  
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• Cylance, a cybersecurity firm in Irvine, lands $120 million from investors

  19-06-2018 15:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Cylance, an Irvine-based cybersecurity firm, continues to secure big bucks from investors, this time raising $120 million to fund global expansion, sales and development efforts.
  Blackstone Tactical Opportunities led the funding round with other investors, according to Cylance’s announcement Tuesday, June 19.
  Cylance uses artificial intelligence to predict cyberattacks on computer networks. Since its debut in 2012, the company has secured millions from investors who believe in the company&
  
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• Rising costs threaten millions with ‘housing instability,’ Harvard report says

  19-06-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  With incomes falling woefully behind galloping rents and home prices, more and more Americans are “cost burdened” — that is, paying more than the recommended 30 percent of their earnings on housing.
  And unless the federal government takes action, millions of Americans will face the specter of “housing instability.”
  Those were among the findings of a new Harvard report on the “State of the Nation’s Housing.” The Harvard Joint Center for Housing
  
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• Police log for Lake Forest, week of June 13-19

  19-06-2018 14:22 via ocregister.com
  
  JUNE 19
  Petty theft report: 6:28 a.m. 23100 block of Los Alisos Boulevard
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 6:26 a.m. 24700 block of Calle Vientos
  JUNE 18
  Suspicious person in a vehicle: 7 p.m. 21900 block of Rimhurst Drive
  ID theft: 3:47 p.m. 20200 block of Windrow Drive
  Vandalism report: 2:27 p.m. 100 block of Rue Monet
  Annoying phone call: 12:32 p.m. 20200 block of Windrow Drive
  JUNE 17
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 1:44 p.m. 24200 block of Larkwood Lane
  Illegal peddling: 1:16 p.m. Lake For
  
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• 7 beer festivals in unusual Southern California settings this summer

  19-06-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  
  You can’t swing an empty keg without hitting a beer festival these days. And they’re being held in all sorts of spaces, too — not just in the parking lots of local breweries and event halls.
  From a cemetery to a zoo to a museum, these summer beer festivals are happening in some less-than-expected Southern California venues.
  The original beer garden
  Forget farm to table, the Brew Wild Beer Festival on Saturday, June 23, is all about garden to beer.
  The Rancho
  
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• 4 things to do at Southern California this weekend (June 22-24)

  19-06-2018 14:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Harrah’s Resort Southern California
  Fill your Saturday night with laughter when stand-up comedian Dane Cook stops by Harrah’s Resort Southern California on June 23. Cook bounds around the stage during his energetic live performances while telling stories peppered with adult language. He has also appeared in several comedies including, “Waiting…,” “Employee of the Month” and “Good Luck Chuck.”
  7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 23, Harrah’s Resor
  
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• Police log for Mission Viejo, week of June 13 to 19

  19-06-2018 14:12 via ocregister.com
  
  JUNE 19
  Patrol check: 8:43 a.m. Avery Parkway and Las Ondas Drive
  Pedestrian check: 12:28 a.m. Alicia Parkway and Trabuco Road
  Patrol check: 12:06 a.m. Charlinda Drive and Alicia Parkway
  JUNE 18
  Suspicious person/circumstances: 8:31 p.m. 27200 block of Nubles
  Annoying phone call: 6:58 p.m. 200 block of Civic Center
  Suspicious person in a vehicle: 6:43 p.m. Montanoso Drive and Cerrito
  Burglary report: 3:53 p.m. 25600 block of Peter A Hartman Way
  Reckless driving: 3:02 p.m. Santa Margarita Parkway
  
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• Did you go to Trolley Hop? Check out the fun

  19-06-2018 13:59 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT —  Organizers of the annual Trolley Hop say this year’s event was the best in four years.
  Four hundred people came out on Saturday, June 16, to celebrate the start of summer, encourage awareness of local businesses and enjoy the city’s free summer trolley. The event was put on by the Lantern District Alliance.
  Cindy Monroe, owner of Luxe Restaurant and World Famous Martini Bar, and Mike Powers, the Chairman of the Lantern District Alliance, stand together during
  
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• Saddleback Rancho Capistrano kicks off outdoor series with illusionist Scott Tokar

  19-06-2018 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2018 Community Summer Event Series kicks off Saturday, June 23, at Saddleback Rancho Capistrano Campus with magician Scott Tokar. Tokar is a multi-award winning member of Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle, London’s prestigious Magic Circle, The International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians. He is unique among illusionists, making his living fooling the eye with a passion for visual arts and surprise.
  The free outdoor show starts at 6 p.m. Bring b
  
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• In tit-for-tat, Trump threatens more tariffs against China

  19-06-2018 12:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and JEFF KAROUB
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as the two nations move closer to a trade war.
  In response, China has threatened what it called “comprehensive measures,” raising the risk that it would target major American companies operating in China.
  Trump’s proposed new tariffs would amount to the latest round of punitive steps in
  
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• World Cup: Senegal posts 2-1 stunner over Poland

  19-06-2018 12:22 via ocregister.com
  
  MOSCOW — Senegal became the first African team to win at this year’s World Cup, defeating Poland 2-1 on Tuesday on a first-half own-goal and a controversial second-half score by Mbaye Niang.
  Senegal, back in the tournament for the first time since 2002, went ahead in the 37th minute when Thiago Cionek’s attempted block of Idrissa Gueye’s shot wrong-footed goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who was picked to start over fellow Arsenal castoff Lukasz Fabianski.
  Niang, who returne
  
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• Free Summer and Music series in Long Beach kicks off with a skate park and concert

  19-06-2018 12:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A Long Beach parking lot will transform into a skate park and concert venue to kick off the 10th annual Summer and Music Saturday, June 23.
  Organized by the Downtown Long Beach Alliance, the free summer concert series opens with a skate and music event dubbed FKA 720 at the Promenade and Broadway.
  It will be headlined by progressive funk musician Dam-Funk, who will take the stage at 8:30 p.m. But before that, check out a skate competition in a custom-built skate park. The turntables of DJ T
  
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• Wagoner on Radio: KHJ legend Chuck Martin still has the passion for radio

  19-06-2018 12:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Last week, I had a chance to sit down and talk with Chuck Martin, the last programmer of KHJ (930 AM) before the popular top-40 station went country in November of 1980. Martin and longtime KHJ engineer/production director Douglas Brown joined me and LA Radio Studio’s Michael Stark for a career-spanning audio interview of Martin that will be available shortly at LARadioWaves.Com.
  I’ll have details on the interview and a story on Martin here when the audio interview is posted, bu
  
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• Clayton Kershaw will make Triple-A rehab start Saturday

  19-06-2018 11:30 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Left-hander Clayton Kershaw will make a rehab start in Triple-A before returning to the Dodgers’ rotation, potentially next week.
  Kershaw is expected to throw four innings or approximately 60 pitches Saturday for Triple-A Oklahoma City. If all goes well, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, Kershaw’s next start will be for the Dodgers.
  Kershaw threw 45 pitches in three simulated innings Monday afternoon and said he expected to pitch “somewhere” in four
  
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• Trump, GOP to huddle as outrage builds over families separated at the border

  19-06-2018 11:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Lucy Martin and her daughter Branwen Espinal together with other mothers and their babies, attend a House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing to express their support and sympathy to immigrants and their families and objection to the forced separation of migrant children from their parents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
  By DUSTIN WEAVER and ALAN FRAM | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON —
  
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• Man with metal pole beats man with machete during argument over driving, police say

  19-06-2018 11:19 via ocregister.com
  
  An argument broke out among two motorists stopped at a Pasadena intersection Monday night, with one driver beating another with a metal pole, police said.
  The victim had been armed with a machete but put it back in his car at about 7:15 p.m. at Los Robles Avenue and Walnut Street.
  Officers arrested the pole-wielding motorist, while the other man ended up in a hospital with a head injury in stable condition, Pasadena Lt. Mark Goodman said.
  “One party took exception to the other’s driv
  
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• Water Safety Day in Mission Viejo features education, crafts and family fun

  19-06-2018 11:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Families can enjoy a day of water fun, activities and crafts at Mission Viejo’s Water Safety Day on Saturday, June 23. From 2-4 p.m. attendees can learn how to prevent drownings, see a mock water rescue and enjoy a free day of swimming and splash pad.
  There’s no cost for admission, and food will be available for purchase. For more information call Montanoso Recreation Center at 949-859-4348.
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  What: Water Safety Day
  When: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 23
  Where: Montanoso Recre
  
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• Football recruiting: Mater Dei tight end Michael Martinez commits to UCLA

  19-06-2018 11:09 via ocregister.com
  
  For a coach who made a name for himself by speeding up the game, Chip Kelly’s approach to recruiting at UCLA has been to take things slow.
  After adding quarterback Chase Griffin, a three-star prospect from Texas, last week, the Bruins nabbed a verbal commitment from Mater Dei tight end Michael Martinez on Thursday, giving UCLA its second known verbal commit for Kelly’s 2019 recruiting class.Westwood, I’m Home!!! #4sUppic.twitter.com/4rZTxqCmhJ
  — Michael Martinez (@Mike10M
  
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• World Cup: Japan edges Colombia thanks to early penalty

  19-06-2018 10:27 via ocregister.com
  
  SARANSK, Russia — Yuya Osako had a surprise in store for those who thought Shinji Okazaki’s lack of fitness left Japan little hope of competing with Colombia at the World Cup.
  Oasko’s gritty determination to set up one goal and his 73rd-minute header from Keisuke Honda’s corner kick lifted Japan to a surprising 2-1 victory over the Colombians on Tuesday.
  Osako won a bouncing ball to begin an early sequence that led to a penalty, put Colombia a man down and gave Japan a 1-
  
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• Hot real estate markets to cool in 2020, experts predict

  19-06-2018 09:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuilder James Boyd has no trouble selling the homes he builds. The difficulty is getting them built in the first place.
  High lumber costs, regulatory restrictions and a construction worker shortage continue to plague housing developers like Boyd, the Orange County-based president of Toll Brothers’ operations in California and Nevada.
  “The demand side of our business is pretty fabulous right now,” said Boyd. “It’s really the supply side and the regulatory process
  
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• Second panga boat in 2 weeks lands in Crystal Cove, 4 people found

  19-06-2018 09:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A second panga boat has landed at Crystal Cove State Beach within two weeks, this time with authorities finding four people, Laguna Beach police said.
  A panga is a small fishing vessel often used by smugglers.
  It was immediately unclear what time the boat landed, but authorities found it early Tuesday and said the U.S. Border Patrol was handling the investigation and searching the area.
  A panga boat washed up on Crystal Cove the morning of June 11 as well. Occupants ran from the vessel, with a s
  
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• Rapper XXXTentacion, shot to death in driver’s seat of electric BMW, was no stranger to legal trouble

  19-06-2018 09:34 via ocregister.com
  
  This 2017 arrest photo made available by the Miami Dade Dept. of Corrections shows Jahseh Onfroy, also known as the rapper XXXTentacion, under arrest. Onfroy was shot and killed, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Miami Dade Dept of Corrections via AP)
  By KELLI KENNEDY | Associated Press
  DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Deputies were searching for suspects Tuesday after troubled rapper-singer XXXTentacion was fatally shot in the driver’s seat of a luxury electric sportscar.
  The
  
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