Anaheim news

• LAFC relatively healthy as it begins busy stretch with 3 games in 8 days

  29-06-2018 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Football Club is set to play seven matches in the next 27 days, culminating with the much-anticipated rematch against the L.A. Galaxy at the Banc of California Stadium on July 26.
  Five of the games, including a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal against Portland on July 18, will take place in South Los Angeles, where LAFC remains unbeaten through a half dozen matches.
  A surging Philadelphia Union will have their shot at being the first club to take three points against LAFC&nbs
  
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• McIntyre column: Hate Trump? Hate Clinton? Hate someone? The American eagle is one angry bird these days

  29-06-2018 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Remember when the “Axis of Evil” was just Iran, Iraq and North Korea? Boy, those where the days!
  Today the “Axis of Evil” is Donald Trump, FOX News and Jeff Sessions, or, if you prefer, the Lame-Stream Media, Crooked Hillary and over-paid America-hating football players.
  Of course, your list of evil-doers is probably a lot longer than just three. Hate is all the rage today, more popular that mangotinis and truffle fries. So, don’t hold back! Feel free to empty your
  
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• Walker Buehler’s wearying week ends with trip to Dodgers’ Class-A team

  29-06-2018 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Huh?
  A series of head-scratching moves with their prized rookie pitcher culminated in right-hander Walker Buehler being optioned to Class-A Rancho Cucamonga just before game time Friday night. The move came without a corresponding addition to the roster, leaving the Dodgers with only 24 players on their active roster for Friday’s game against the Colorado Rockies – 23 when you accept that rookie left-hander Caleb Ferguson was unavailable after pitching two innings
  
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• If civility is out of style, where do we end up next?

  29-06-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — During the 2012 election, this writer was appalled by the loutish behavior displayed by incumbent Joe Biden in his vice presidential debate against GOP challenger Paul Ryan, as Biden smirked and interrupted his way through the contest. In fact, my outraged column argued that Biden’s behavior was “an affront to civility” because of its bullying nature. Civility doesn’t meaning rolling over, but it does mean behaving with a little decorum.
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• Cats with FIV can live normal, happy lives

  29-06-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Did you know that cats can become infected with a virus similar to the human immuniodeficiency virus? Called, appropriately enough, feline immunodeficiency virus, it’s slow-acting, according to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,and many cats never show symptoms.
  But some people still are afraid to adopt cats with FIV. They needn’t be, says Dr. Tiffany Thompson, founder and president of CARMA, Compassionate Animal Rescue for Medical Aid.
  “Occasionally
  
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• ‘Families Belong Together’ rallies planned in Irvine, Laguna Beach

  29-06-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 2,300 Orange County residents are planning to rally Saturday, June 30, calling on President Donald Trump to reunite immigrant children with their families.
  Across the country, more than 600 such rallies are planned under the banner of “Families Belong Together,” a movement against the president’s immigration policies.
  “The administration’s cruel zero-tolerance immigration policy violates the values and ethics upon which this nation was founded,”
  
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• Mike Trout homers to send Angels on their way to a streak-snapping victory

  29-06-2018 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons jumps over the Orioles’ Manny Machado as he turns a double play during the first inning of Friday’s game in Baltimore. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
  BALTIMORE, MD – JUNE 29: Starting pitcher Felix Pena #64 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitches in the second inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 29, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery wil
  
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• Don’t divide California, shrink Sacramento instead

  29-06-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This November, Californians will have the opportunity to vote against their state’s very existence.
  Tim Draper, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who failed to place a six-Californias effort before voters in 2014, has succeeded this time around — albeit with a plan to reduce the Golden State to three smaller units. Despite the obvious appeal of fundamentally shaking up state politics, this new effort seems just as farfetched as the last.
  On the one hand, “Cal-3,” as t
  
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• In honor of the Capital Gazette shooting victims, journalists must press on

  29-06-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The tragic and senseless shooting at the office of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday hit newsrooms across the country hard.
  Journalists have unfortunately become used to covering and writing about mass shootings. But now it has happened to some of our own
  At least five people lost their lives on Thursday.
  Today, we reflect on the tragedy and the lives lost.
  Rob Hiaasen, assistant editor at the paper described as a “joyful stylist” and “generous me
  
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• Tristan Rennie leads the Dew Tour pro men’s qualifier

  29-06-2018 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Oskar Rozenberg of Sweden rides the bowl during the men’s pro park qualifier at the Dew Tour in Long Beach on Friday, Jun 29, 2018. The Dew Tour is taking place next to the Long Beach Arena through Sunday and is free to the public. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
  11-year-old Gavin Bottger of Oceanside competes during the men’s pro park qualifier at the Dew Tour in Long Beach on Friday, Jun 29, 2018. The Dew Tour is taking place next to the Long Beach Arena through
  
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• For firefighters, death of Long Beach fire captain serves as tragic reminder of threats posed at even routine calls

  29-06-2018 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The death this week of a decorated Long Beach fire captain gunned down during what had seemed to be a routine call at a high-rise retirement home shocked firefighters across Southern California, offering them a reminder of the difficulty of protecting crews from unexpected violence.
  Until the gunshots rang out, the early Monday morning response to Covenant Manor – where residents smelled gasoline and saw blown out windows and running sprinklers – appeared to  be a routine situat
  
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• Sea lion undergoes surgery to remove fish hooks at Pacific Marine Mammal Center, as entanglements increase

  29-06-2018 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Raptor found with fish hooks embedded in her mouth. Marine Mammal officials are seeing more incidents of this. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Marine Mammal Center)
  Raptor found with embedded fish hooks in Huntington Beach. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Marine Mammal Center)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSurgery is done on Raptor, a sea lion to remove embedded fish hooks. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Marine Mammal Center)
  A three-prong fish hook found in the mouth of a sea lion. (Photo courtesy of
  
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• Improving Kole Calhoun returns to a familiar spot in the Angels’ lineup

  29-06-2018 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  BALTIMORE — Kole Calhoun took another step toward rediscovering … Kole Calhoun.
  Calhoun was in the leadoff spot of the Angels’ lineup, just ahead of Mike Trout, on Friday night. It was a position he occupied when he was at his best, but one he hadn’t seen since last year.
  It was a recognition from Manager Mike Scioscia that Calhoun continues to show improvement since coming off the disabled list.
  “This was a good combination,” Scioscia said of the Calhoun-Tro
  
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• Kings give Drew Doughty 8-year, $88M contract extension

  29-06-2018 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Kings general manager Rob Blake was recently asked about signing top defenseman Drew Doughty to a contract extension, and Blake made no bones about how vital that is moving forward.
  “We’re under the understanding we’re going to do what it takes to get Drew signed,” Blake said. “That’s our understanding here.”
  Although Doughty can’t officially sign until Sunday, he and the Kings on Friday agreed to an eight-year extension that, ac
  
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• Who is Duke Nguyen and why does he want to be sheriff?

  29-06-2018 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Duke Nguyen was a political nobody when he entered the race to become Orange County’s next sheriff.
  Five months and one unexpected primary result later, he’s still a political nobody.
  But that might change.
  In February, the Vietnamese immigrant who works as a public integrity investigator for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office had little money, no management experience and no name recognition beyond his North Tustin neighborhood.
  That held true pretty much throug
  
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• DeAndre Jordan opts out of his Clippers contract, likely to sign free-agent deal with Mavericks

  29-06-2018 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers center DeAndre Jordan will opt out of his deal and become an unrestricted free agent, ESPN first reported on Friday.
  The move clears a path for Jordan to negotiate a deal with the Dallas Mavericks, the team he infamously agreed to a free agent deal with several summers ago before changing his mind during the moratorium period and re-signing with the Clippers. Jordan and the Mavericks are expected to come to terms quickly.
  Jordan faced an 8:59 p.m. PT deadline to exercise his $24.1 milli
  
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• Angels encouraged by Shohei Ohtani’s first days of batting practice

  29-06-2018 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  BALTIMORE — A day after the was cleared to resume batting practice, Shohei Ohtani passed his first test.
  Manager Mike Scioscia said before the Angels’ game in Baltimore on Friday that Ohtani had taken batting practice on the field at Angel Stadium on Thursday and Friday, and had done very well.
  “They were very happy with how he swung the bat,” Scioscia said, referring to the trainers and staff who watched Ohtani hit.
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• UC Irvine professor who donated $10 million resigns after sexual harassment allegations

  29-06-2018 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Renowned UC Irvine biological sciences professor Francisco J. Ayala, who is also a major donor to the university, agreed to resign his post after the school substantiated sexual harassment claims made by four women.
  The university announced in a statement this week that it will remove Ayala’s name from its School of Biological Sciences, a science library and endowed chairs, graduate fellowships and scholar programs. Ayala’s resignation takes effect Sunday, July 1.
  UC Irvine’s s
  
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• Court nixes challenge to rare California bullet stamping law

  29-06-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block an unusual law requiring new models of semi-automatic handguns to stamp identifying information on bullet casings when shots are fired to make it easier to solve crimes.
  The court ruled unanimously on Thursday that gun rights groups could not overturn the requirement by arguing it was impossible to comply with the law that supporters touted as a first in the nation. The groups argued that the te
  
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• Man insulted in Running Springs video hopes incident will help stop racism

  29-06-2018 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Cal Poly Pomona graduate who was confronted by a woman while sprucing up a Running Springs home in a video that went viral hopes the incident and others like it will raise awareness about — and begin to eliminate — racism in the nation.
  In the widely-viewed conversation, captured by Esteban Guzman’s mother in a 34-second video, the woman labeled he and his mother “rapists,” “drug dealers” and “animals” because they were &ld
  
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• The Toys R Us chain may be reborn

  29-06-2018 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  (Bloomberg) — Toys R Us closed its last remaining stores on Friday, but a revival of the business might be in the works.
  Jerry Storch, a former chief executive officer of the defunct toy chain, has been working with multiple investors on a plan to reboot the retailer in the U.S., according to people familiar with the situation, who asked not to be named because the talks are private.
  Credit Suisse Group AG is being used as a financial adviser and the discussions have included Fairfax Finan
  
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• Report: Lonzo Ball of the Lakers dealing with a torn meniscus

  29-06-2018 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Point guard Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers has a torn meniscus in his left knee, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. He is expected to be ready for training camp.
  In his rookie season, Ball was limited to 52 games due to injury. Ball’s injuries included a sore left knee in January and a bruised left knee in late March of 2018. In December 2017, Ball has diagnosed with a left shoulder sprain.
  He averaged 10.2 points, 7.2 assists and 6.9 rebounds per game.
   
  
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• Clippers’ picks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jerome Robinson will play for summer league team

  29-06-2018 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers draft picks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jerome Robinson will join second-year guards Jawun Evans and Sindarius Thornwell on their Casey Hill-coached NBA Summer League squad, the team announced Friday.
  Gilgeous-Alexander, a 6-foot-6 guard from Kentucky, was the 11th overall pick in last week’s NBA draft. Robinson, a 6-5 guard from Boston College, was the 13th selection. They were the Clippers’ highest picks since they selected Al-Farouq Aminu eighth in 2010.
  “You just w
  
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• Kings focused on Drew Doughty as free agency begins Sunday

  29-06-2018 17:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Kings general manager Rob Blake would love a shot at signing free-agent forward John Tavares.
  “I think a lot of teams would be excited about the opportunity to entertain John Tavares, for sure,” Blake said, recently.
  It’s doubtful that will happen, though. Tavares was in Los Angeles this week and spoke to several teams, but the Kings weren’t one of them.
  Tavares, who could stay with the New York Islanders, scored 37 goals and doled out 47 assists a season ago. At 27, he&r
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (June 22-29)

  29-06-2018 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from June 22 to 29, 2018:
  Auroras Taqueria, 34146 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana PointClosed: June 29
  Reason: Cockroach infestationThe Art of Juicing, 1080 S. Coast Highway, Laguna BeachClosed: June 29
  Reason: Insufficient hot waterFood Mart at Libra Gasoline, 1131 S. Main St., Santa AnaClosed: June 28 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: June 29 (report)China Kitchen, 2180 Harbor Blvd., Suite A, Costa Me
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic poses for ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue

  29-06-2018 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsGalaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic poses on cover for ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue
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  It didn’t take long for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to introduce himself to Los Angeles and Galaxy fans.
  Ibrahimovic scored a pair of goals in his debut for the Galaxy, leading the way to a 4-3 win over LAFC.
  He’s been on the late-night TV talk shows, appeared courtside at a Lakers game and now he’s there for all to see in the latest edi
  
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• Can artificial intelligence keep your home secure?

  29-06-2018 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Home security is expected to be a $47.5 billion business by 2020. Top of the line systems can include alarms, cameras, dogs, guards and even secret passageways. But even the most sophisticated systems can have a fundamental flaw: human error.
  Now, security companies are hoping to harness the potential of artificial intelligence to better safeguard homes.</p><p>Expert say there are risks to using AI, including concerns about privacy, the collection of personal data and racial sensitiv
  
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• Sweeping data privacy bill approved in California

  29-06-2018 16:25 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will soon have what experts call the nation’s most far-reaching law to give consumers more control over their personal data under a bill the governor signed this week.
  The law will compel companies to tell customers upon request what personal data they’ve collected, why it was collected and what categories of third parties have received it.
  The new law will take effect Jan. 1, 2020, and lawmakers say they will likely make alterations to impr
  
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• U.S. Army veteran gets life sentence for shooting man to death in Anaheim park

  29-06-2018 15:43 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A U.S. Army veteran was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in prison for shooting and killing a man during a daylight confrontation at an Anaheim park.
  Despite pleas for mercy from family members who recounted Adam Stone’s struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his military service, U.S. District Judge Sheila Hanson opted to sentence Stone to the maximum prison term for first-degree murder with the use of a firearm.
  The judge acknowledged that Ston
  
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• Did surfers in Israel shatter Huntington Beach’s Guinness World Record for largest paddle out?

  29-06-2018 15:41 via ocregister.com
  
  They held hands in the water, a show of surfer solidarity in a fight against a massive oil platform to be built near their beloved surf break.
  But the surfers in Israel also had another goal: To break Huntington Beach’s Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest paddle out, which Surf City set a year ago with 511 surfers.
  A total of 511 surfers float on their boards and hold hands just off the Huntington Beach Pier to create the world’s largest paddle out “Surfing Circ
  
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• Kawhi Leonard birthday wish: A trade to the Los Angeles Lakers

  29-06-2018 15:40 via ocregister.com
  
  One day before the start of NBA free agency, Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs turned 27 years old on Friday, and it is no secret what his birthday wish is.Related Articles Heisler: LeBron James looks like he’s the Lakers’ to lose Tyler Ennis waived by the Lakers How can the Lakers add LeBron James and Paul George? What you need to know about free agency NBA free agency tracker: Will LeBron James and Paul George commit to the Lakers? Lakers’ draft picks Moe Wagner,Sviatosl
  
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• Top USA Gymnastics medical officer indicted with Nassar for sexual assault at Karolyi Ranch

  29-06-2018 15:20 via ocregister.com
  
  USA Gymnastics’ former top medical official has been indicted along with former U.S. Olympic and iwomen’s national team physician Larry Nassar on a child sexual abuse charge in the Texas county where the Karolyi Ranch is located.
  Debbie Van Horn, USA Gymnastics’ ex-director of sports medicine services, faces a charge of second degree child sexual assault, Walker County district attorney David Weeks said Friday.
  A grand jury also indicted Nassar, who is already serving time in f
  
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• Body found along San Pedro coastline was that of Roosmoor woman

  29-06-2018 14:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The body that washed ashore in the San Pedro area was indeed that of a 25-year-old Roosmoor woman who went missing last weekend.
  Haley Downen’s body was discovered about 7:45 a.m. Thursday near the 800 block of Paseo del Mar, according to Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. An autopsy was pending to determine her cause of death.
  Downen last had been seen about 5:15 p.m. Saturday on a shoreline trail between Royal Palms Beach and the Trump National Go
  
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• Mayor’s message: Aliso Viejo is taking drowning prevention seriously

  29-06-2018 14:19 via ocregister.com
  
  “Summertime and the livin’ is easy,” so goes the song by Ella Fitzgerald. But summer is anything but easy when you have or go to a pool, the beach or are just near any water.
  I had a barbecue one summer and a mom and dad began arguing over whose turn it was to watch their son, when I watched as the boy suddenly slipped into the pool without a splash.  I told them I did not care whose turn it was because they needed to get their child out of the pool! We got lucky. Drowning
  
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• Galaxy returns from World Cup break vs. rival San Jose

  29-06-2018 14:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Old rivalries never get old and that’s especially true when the marquee reads: San Jose vs. Galaxy.
  The Galaxy returns to league competition Saturday night and first up is its rivals from the north.
  The game will be played at Stanford Stadium, with a crowd estimated to reach 50,000 or more.
  “I know my early years with the Galaxy, going up to San Jose, that was probably the most vocally, brutal crowd of any in the league,” Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid said. “Sometimes they wen
  
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• Kings believe Gabe Vilardi, 18, could make the team

  29-06-2018 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Gabe Vilardi, the Kings’ No. 1 draft pick in 2017, missed the first half of this past season because of a back injury. But upon his return, he scored 22 goals and doled out 36 assists in just 32 games. He then scored 11 goals with 11 assists in 16 playoff games.
  That’s a total of 80 points in 48 games, which is really something, even in junior hockey. It is therefore not surprising general manager Rob Blake and director of player development Glen Murray believ
  
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• Janelle Monáe dazzles at the Greek Theatre with a show filled with love, empowerment and the spirit of Prince

  29-06-2018 13:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Janelle Monae performs during her Dirty Computer Tour at the Greek Theatre on Thursday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographer)
  Janelle Monae performs during her Dirty Computer Tour at the Greek Theatre on Thursday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJanelle Monae performs during her Dirty Computer Tour at the Greek Theatre on Thursday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographer)
  Janelle Monae performs during her Dirty
  
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• Here’s what to eat during Six Flags Magic Mountain’s All-American Food Festival

  29-06-2018 13:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags Magic Mountain isn’t just celebrating July 4th with five days of fireworks, but it’s also introducing an All-American Food Festival.
  This first of its kind food crawl at the park, which begins Saturday, June 30 and runs through Wednesday, July 4 during the Coca-Cola July 4th Fest, serves up special food and beverage items for those who purchase of an All-American Food Festival Passport punchcard.
  Red, white and blue junior thrill shake. Six Flags Magic Mountain offers
  
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• Heisler: LeBron James looks like he’s the Lakers’ to lose

  29-06-2018 13:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Tick… tick… tick.
  We’re down to the final hours before the 9 p.m. Saturday start of free agency (midnight EDT) when all the LeBron James scenarios, from informed to yearning to clueless, meet real life.
  In past years team officials popped up on stars’ doorsteps at the stroke of 12, or in the case of James, vied for appointments to make presentations, with props like the five championship rings Miami president Pat Riley dumped on the conference table … or hea
  
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• How Ryan Kesler may affect the Ducks’ free-agency plans

  29-06-2018 13:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Injury updates are tightly guarded in the NHL, even in late June, but the Ducks might give a hint about the status of veteran center Ryan Kesler through their actions on the free-agent market.
  Kesler’s 2018-19 season could be in jeopardy because of persistent hip problems, according to one credible media report out of Canada. It’s still a bit premature to panic, more than two months before the start of training camp, but if the Ducks are concerned, it might show up in their transacti
  
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• Inspired by his kids’ computer obsession, Tustin dad writes adventure book about a world without electronics

  29-06-2018 13:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Arthur Hill, 13, left, and his brother, Conrad, 11, stay glued to their iPads as the lounge on the couch at their homein Tustin on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Their father, Robert Hill, recently published an adventure novel “Alone Together,”about a world where every piece of technology based on electricity stops working. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Robert Hill new adventure novel “Alone Together,”about a world where every piece of technology based
  
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• Capital Gazette newspaper employees killed in Maryland shooting were dedicated to work, community

  29-06-2018 12:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID McFADDEN and BEN FINLEY
  The Associated Press
  Four journalists and a sales assistant were killed Thursday in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper. Authorities said the gunman entered the Capital Gazette in Annapolis and “looked for his victims.” The employees killed were Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.
  This undated photo shows Gerald Fischman, Opinion Page Editor, member of Capital Gazette Editorial Board.(The Baltimore Sun via AP)
  
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• Author Kristin Hannah tells a coming-of-age story set in the harsh yet beautiful landscape of Alaska in her new book ‘The Great Alone’

  29-06-2018 12:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Author Kristin Hannah’s new book, “The Great Alone,” is a teen girl’s coming-of-age story set in the wilds of Alaska in the 1970s. (Photo by Kevin Lynch)
  Author Kristin Hannah’s new novel “The Great Alone” is a teen girl’s coming-of-age tale set in the Alaskan wilderness of the 1970s. It, along with early books including the 2015 best-seller “The Nightingale,” are currently in development as films in Hollywood.SoundThe gallery will resu
  
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• Anaheim police identify man who called 911 to report he killed his girlfriend

  29-06-2018 12:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Police identified a man who called 911 to report he had killed his girlfriend early Wednesday morning, June 27, as 46-year-old Mark Lawrence Jennings.
  Officers found him sitting in the driveway of his home in the 800 block of Cardiff Street, and they found his girlfriend, Beverly Millard, 40, dead inside, Anaheim police said.
  Jennings had told a neighbor that he had turned the gas line on inside the house, but firefighters discovered that was not true. Jennings and Millard lived in the house tog
  
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• What’s streaming on Amazon in July

  29-06-2018 12:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Most of us probably won’t be able to win a Tour de France, but we’d be more than happy to try to eat like a winner.
  You can explore part of it in Amazon Prime’s “Eat.Race.Win.” In the series, viewers follow Chef Hannah Grant as she sources performance food for Australia’s pro cycling team during the Tour de France. You can even try some of the recipes from the show, as Grant has published “The Grand Tour Cookbook” (Musette Publishing).
  Another new
  
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• How patients, doctors and police are navigating California’s right-to-die law, now at the mercy of state courts

  29-06-2018 11:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Joan Nelson was expecting an important delivery on May 17 — the drugs she would use to end her life, if it became necessary.
  Nelson, 82, of Novato, who was diagnosed with a rare, terminal cancer called leiomyosarcoma about two years ago, requested and received a prescription to end her life under California’s End of Life Option Act, which went into effect June 9, 2016.
  “I had to jump through hoops to get those drugs,” she said.
  But, on May 16, a day before her drugs were
  
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• Illegal mufflers are roaring as load as airplanes, but law enforcement crackdown is difficult

  29-06-2018 11:47 via ocregister.com
  
  In a city that claims to lead the charge against crazy-loud and illegal mufflers, I sit in a hotel being interviewed by a television producer about teen suicide.
  But time and again, the cameraman is forced to halt tape about this serious and somber subject when someone roars by on a motorcycle or in a muscle car.
  Yes, the windows are double-pane and closed.
  I enjoy the rumble of a Harley as much as anybody. Heck, I’ve ridden 3,600 miles across this nation with our country’s
  
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• Ken Sheer, with boxing in his blood, looks to change fighters’ lives

  29-06-2018 10:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Ken Sheer grew up hanging out at his grandfather Al Lang’s gym in Long Island, N.Y., watching him train fighters.
  “I’ve just been around it my whole life,” Sheer said of boxing. “It’s in my blood.”
  After some 20 minutes talking with Sheer this week, that much was obvious. His passion for the sweet science is what ultimately led the big-shot real estate businessman to where he is today – heading up Sheer Sports Management, which he and friend L
  
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• Trevor’s Travels: Angel of the North spreads its wings over a tough-as-nails area

  29-06-2018 10:27 via ocregister.com
  
  My recent trip to the north of England was prompted by two things. First, I’ve always felt a little guilty at my lack of affection for the north and, second, I wanted to look at a statue that has been erected there since I left the country 36 years ago.
  Angel of the North was built two decades ago despite some strong local opposition, but since then has become one of Britain’s most recognizable public sculptures. (Photo by Trevor Summons)
  I first noticed the statue when it appeared d
  
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• Are the Lakers the favorites to sign LeBron James after he opts out of Cavaliers contract?

  29-06-2018 10:04 via ocregister.com
  
  LeBron James’ decision Friday morning to decline the $35.6-million option on the final season of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers gives the Lakers an advantage over other NBA teams in their attempts to sign him as an unrestricted free agent.
  His interest in the Lakers is strong, according to a report on cleveland.com, which was the first news organization to report he would opt out of his deal and test free agency. The Cavaliers could still re-sign James and could give him a new f
  
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