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• Shohei Ohtani returns to Angels lineup, but they still lose to Mariners

  03-07-2018 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Chris Young, center, is helped off the field by first baseman Albert Pujols and a member of the Los Angeles Angels training staff during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani takes to the field to warm up for the team’s baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Bra
  
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• Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler returns to DL before rehab start for Quakes

  03-07-2018 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO CUCAMONGA — If he needed reminding, Walker Buehler was reintroduced to the charms of Cal League baseball on Tuesday night.
  At Dodger Stadium, organist Dieter Ruehle serenades home team strikeouts with the opening bars of Beethoven’s Fifth. At Rancho Cucamonga, they play the LoanMart jingle, in honor of the ballpark’s title sponsor.
  Optioned to the Class-A Quakes on Friday after a hectic week that included a pointless round trip to Oklahoma City (where he w
  
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• Battle at the Beach should be a summer football highlight

  03-07-2018 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  It again is the biggest summer event in Orange County high school football.
  The Battle at the Beach passing tournament is Saturday at Edison High in Huntington Beach. First games are at 9 a.m.
  Among the 20 teams in it are 2017 CIF-Southern Section, state and national champion Mater Dei. The Monarchs have said an earlier-than-expected farewell to JT Daniels, last year’s Mater Dei quarterback who was Gatorade state and national player of the year as a junior, later reclassified as a senior a
  
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• Governor’s Office seeks more information from death row inmate Kevin Cooper’s lawyer in clemency petition

  03-07-2018 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Cooper listens as a judge sentences him to the death penalty in 1985. Cooper was convicted of murdering the Ryen family and a neighbor and attempted murder of the Ryen son in Chino Hills in 1983. (Staff file photo by Walter Richard Weis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
  The Governor’s Office wants more information from defense lawyer Norm Hile in his clemency petition for death row inmate Kevin Cooper, who was convicted more than three decades ago of t
  
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• Reaffirming our independence

  03-07-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Fourth of July, Independence Day, is a good time not only for hot dogs and fireworks, but to reflect for a moment on what makes this country unique, the qualities that enabled it to become in some ways the most successful country in history, and to contemplate the extent to which those qualities still animate Americans.
  It has been said that the United States is the only country founded on an idea, or a set of ideas, rather than on ethnic or racial similarities, kinship, conquest or the simp
  
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• Janus decision gives public employees workplace freedom just in time for Independence Day

  03-07-2018 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  If you are a public employee in California — that is, if you work for the state, a city or county government, or any government department, agency or school district — here’s what the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME means for you:
  More money.
  You now have the right to quit your union and stop paying dues, and it will not affect your wages and benefits under your current contract. The only thing that will change is the paycheck deduction for fees that go to the
  
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• La Mirada parolee accused of selling meth, cocaine

  03-07-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old parolee from La Mirada was arrested Tuesday on charges of selling more than a pound of methamphetamine, as well as cocaine, according to federal prosecutors.
  Matthew Belling, who allegedly sold more than a pound of meth in a drug deal in December in Garden Grove, was charged last week with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.
  Belling has a lengthy criminal history that includes convictions for attempted murder, possession of marijuana for sale, making or possessing
  
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• How Google’s ‘do the right thing’ could go wrong

  03-07-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Fearing the risks posed by an advanced artificial intelligence program, Google bowed out of the Pentagon’s Maven program, through which the tech giant has long led the offensive in the technological field.
  Google partnered with the Defense Department to provide AI solutions for video imaging, but fearing their work would be weaponized and used for potential drone strikes, many of Google’s AI researchers protested.
  Though its grounds for concerns aren’t unreasonable, Google&rsqu
  
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• 3 accused in scheme to steal $365,000 from Orange County victim

  03-07-2018 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A 38-year-old man is facing more than 21 years in prison, while a 60-year-old co-defendant faces 15 years behind bars for allegedly bilking $365,000 from an Orange County man in an investment scam, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
  Isai Quezada, who faces 21 years and four months in prison if convicted at trial, was charged in March of last year, but wasn’t arrested until last week. Co-defendant Steve Lopez pleaded not guilty June 6.
  Another co-defendant, Cherasak Buksoontorn, 38, pleaded guilty
  
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• Angels give David Fletcher a try at leadoff spot

  03-07-2018 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — David Fletcher got his shot at leadoff on Tuesday night.
  Whether it becomes a regular thing going forward remains to be seen.
  The rookie infielder from Cypress High and Loyola Marymount was hitting first for the first time in his month-long major league career, a testament to his .324 average and .375 on-base percentage through his first 40 plate appearances. He’d also struck out just four times.
  “I think he’s seeing pitches and putting the ball in play,”
  
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• Anaheim nonprofit that serves immigrants, refugees seeks a new home

  03-07-2018 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim officials are on a short deadline to help Access California Services – a nonprofit group that serves immigrants, refugees and low-income families – find a new, bigger location.
  AccessCal, as it’s known, has been in west Anaheim since 1998 and provides an array of youth and adult programs to about 10,000 clients a year, Executive Director Nahla Kayali said.
  The organization has outgrown its current space, an office building on South Brookhurst Street, and had p
  
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• 5 hot places around the world that will be cooler than Southern California this weekend

  03-07-2018 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California has it pretty good in the weather department. Most areas see perpetual sunny skies and beach-perfect temperatures, but after the Fourth of July holiday, the region will be heading into a significant heat wave with triple-digit temperatures.
  Weather will begin to hit up Thursday and by Friday temperatures will surpass the century mark in several cities, according to the National Weather Service. Many Southern California cities will will be hotter than some of the traditio
  
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• Whicker: Lakers fans are wasting their breath cussing DeMarcus Cousins and Warriors

  03-07-2018 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Remember how the Lakers fans cried for fairness in the summer of 2003, when Karl Malone and Gary Payton joined Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant to form the most devastating weather system in NBA or NOAA (cq) history?
  Remember how the fathers of those Lakers fans petitioned the NBA to somehow void the trade of Wilt Chamberlain, because clearly the Dipper would mesh with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor to drive every other franchise into the sea?
  Remember how Dwight Howard’s decision to br
  
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• Mission Viejo City Council rejects plans to install new amenities in three parks after residents opposed them

  03-07-2018 19:12 via ocregister.com
  It looks like no one will let the dogs out in Cordova Park, Crucero Park or at the Oso Creek “Lake Loop” Trail Head.
  Mission Viejo City Council members rejected plans to introduce additional park amenities at those three locations after hearing homeowners’ concerns about the proposed single-use dog runs and parking lots.
  Included in the plans were the addition of a community garden at Carl Henkey Middle School, which is adjacent to Cordova Park, and outdoor exercise equipm
  
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• O.C. political strategist Arnold Forde, the brains behind Great Park and Prop 13 campaigns, dies at 82

  03-07-2018 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Arnold Forde, a pioneering Orange County political strategist who was the brains behind campaigns that passed Proposition 13 and created the Great Park in Irvine, died Saturday following two years of illness. He was 82.
  Forde, of Laguna Beach, helped modernize political campaign strategy in the 1960s and 1970s by using polling data to target voters with direct mail, a now widely used approach that packs voters’ mailboxes each election season.
   
  As co-founder of the consulting agencies
  
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• Where will LeBron James’ son play high school basketball? Field starts to narrow

  03-07-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  It didn’t take long for NBA superstar LeBron James to select his team, not even 24 hours into the free agency period, James announced he’d be a Laker – for the next four years.
  LeBron James’ son, LeBron James Jr. – also known as “Bronny” – may take a little longer with his high school decision.
  At 13 years old, James Jr. will be heading into eighth grade this fall, but with some of the prospective schools on the shortlist being K-12 institutions, B
  
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• July 4th fireworks may impact air quality for sensitive groups in Southern California

  03-07-2018 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Emissions from fireworks set off on Wednesday, July 4 may contribute to unhealthy air quality in parts of Southern California this week, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
  The SCAQMD advisory, in effect from Wednesday through Thursday, says smoke and combustion byproducts from the fireworks are expected to add to the particulates already present in the region from vehicle emissions. That region includes Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, a
  
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• Galaxy returns home with goal of making a move in Western Conference standings

  03-07-2018 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Imagine scoring three goals on the road, taking a two-goal lead, but having to settle for a draw.
  That’s what the Galaxy had to come to terms with following Saturday’s 3-3 tie against San Jose.
  “We got a point, but we’re disappointed,” Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid said.
  For the second consecutive game, the Galaxy will face a team at the bottom of its respective standings. Saturday it was San Jose (2-9-6, 12 points in the Western Conference), while D.C. United (2-7-4, 10
  
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• Surf champions crowned at Huntington Beach contest

  03-07-2018 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Gabriela Bryan surfs in the open women’s final during the NSSA National Open and Explorer Championships at the Huntington Beach pier on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Bryan won the event. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Gabriela Bryan carries the Hawaii state flag after winning the open women’s final during the NSSA National Open and Explorer Championships at the Huntington Beach pier on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)Sound
  
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• Cleveland copes with the loss of LeBron James … again

  03-07-2018 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND — LeBron James jerseys in assorted colors hung inside the Cavaliers team shop, their retail price slashed by 40 percent.
  Eight years ago, some of them were still smoldering in the streets.
  The day after James announced he is leaving Cleveland as a free agent for the second time since 2010, anger gave way to acceptance. There was still deep disappointment that the world’s best player — Akron, Ohio, born and raised — is leaving again, this time for the brighter li
  
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• Brian Ortega, with Rener Gracie in his corner, embraces opportunity at UFC 226

  03-07-2018 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Few have the opportunity. And even fewer have embraced it as Brian Ortega has.
  A yearlong commitment, courtesy of his father and his unsuspecting mother, at the cost of $130 a month, might have saved Ortega’s life.
  When life presents you nothing but chaos, and your only outlet is the tough parts of San Pedro, sometimes your only resource is fighting.
  Only Ortega was doing it as a kid on the streets and at school, not in the Octagon for the UFC.
  And without Rener Gracie and his Gracie Acade
  
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• Angels activate Shohei Ohtani, the hitter

  03-07-2018 17:29 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Shohei Ohtani, the Angels’ two-way star who is still unable to throw while waiting for his damaged ulnar collateral ligament to heal, was activated on Tuesday to join the lineup as a designated hitter. Ohtani will bat sixth Tuesday night against the Mariners.
  Ohtani, who was hitting .289 with six homers and a .907 OPS, could give a boost to an Angels lineup that has struggled to consistently produce.
  Ohtani was cleared to hit on Thursday, after doctors determined that enoug
  
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• Golden Rain Foundation hikes non-returned ID fee, talks Trust extension

  03-07-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Golden Rain Foundation on Tuesday, July 3 approved a resolution to increase the non-return fee for identification cards by $100.
  The current fee is $25 and will be $125 if the resolution satisfies a 30-day notification requirement.
  “It’s a huge problem,” Director Judith Troutman said. “The $125 is an incentive for people to return their ID cards.”
  A monthly average of about 60 residents fail to return their ID cards upon ending their lease or selling their unit,
  
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• Young Laguna surfer Brayden Belden is on the long road to recovery after a brain injury during a snowboarding accident

  03-07-2018 16:38 via ocregister.com
  
  This is it, Matt Belden thought as he rushed to his son’s lifeless body.
  Brayden Belden had just propelled 30 feet into the sky off a massive jump while snowboarding at Mt. Bachelor in Oregon. The 11-year-old landed the jump, but he was going too fast.
  He caught an edge and went down hard.
  “All the doctors agreed, if he didn’t have a helmet on, he would have been dead on impact,” Matt Belden said, his eyes tearing up as he recalled that fateful day on Feb. 20 during
  
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• Man charged with slaying two siblings from Diamond Bar outside Downey motel

  03-07-2018 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Raymond Penland, 29, was arrested Saturday, June 30, 2018, after a standoff in Santa Fe Springs. He is suspected of fatally shooting two men outside a Downey motel earlier that day. (Courtesy photo Downey Police Department)
  Authorities charged a Downey man with gunning down two brothers from Diamond Bar outside a Downey motel.
  In addition to the two counts of murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office also charged Raymond Joseph Penland with the allegation that he personally
  
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• Villa Park Elementary students get in sync for year-ending show

  03-07-2018 16:34 via ocregister.com
  
  What began, many years ago, as a lunchtime activity to keep students engaged during “spring fever” has become a long-standing and much-anticipated tradition for the end of the school year at Villa Park Elementary.
  Groups of students work together to select a song, create props and cute costumes appropriate to the song and prepare dance moves and choreography. They then “lip sync” the song before their peers.
  Parents are called on to help create the costumes and coordinate
  
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• Newport Beach developer provides details on lease to renovate Dana Point Harbor

  03-07-2018 16:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Bryon Ward, manager of the Dana Point Harbor Partnership, talks with the Orange County Board of Supervisor in Santa Ana, California, on Tuesday, October 17, 2017.Dana Point Harbor Partners is made up of Burnham Ward Properties for retail and restaurants, Bellwether Financial Group for the marinas and R.D. Olson Development for the hotel. (File photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Sea lions congregate on a buoy near Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (Fil
  
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• Sister, investigators appeal to public to help find 18-year-old’s killer after he was shot at Santa Ana party

  03-07-2018 16:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The sister of an 18-year-old man who was shot and killed at an outdoor party in an industrial area parking lot in Santa Ana last month is asking the public for help in finding the shooter.
  On Tuesday, July 3, police released a video taken from social media showing a fight among several people and what they believe is a shot going off in the crowd. Investigators said more than 100 people were present at the gathering — mostly teenagers and young adults — but no one has come
  
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• CSUN hires UC Irvine’s athletic director

  03-07-2018 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Izzi is CSUN’s new athletic director. He held the same position at UC Irvine. (Courtesy photo)
  NORTHRIDGE — UC Irvine athletic director Michael Izzi was hired Monday as Cal State Northridge’s athletic director.
  Izzi succeeds Brandon E. Martin, who was fired March 7. The firing of Martin and men’s basketball coach Reggie Theus came less than 24 hours after they were allegedly involved in a fight, the Los Angeles Times reported.
  Izzi had been UC Irvine’s athle
  
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• Sweltering temperatures, high surf forecast for Southern California after July 4th holiday

  03-07-2018 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  As hundreds maybe even thousands flock to Southern California beaches to escape triple-digit temperatures, meteorologists and rescuers say a high surf warning could keep people out of the water.
  “We are expecting high surf between 8 and 11 feet for south-facing beaches including Long Beach, Zuma, and Port Hueneme,” said Keily Delerme with the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office. The hazardous beach conditions are anticipated to create ocean currents that can pull swim
  
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• Watch a movie under the stars at the Great Park in Irvine

  03-07-2018 14:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The Great Park’s outdoor movie screening series continues on Friday with “Clambake.”
  The park recently hosted “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” which drew lots of families who picnicked and played before watching the film from blankets and chairs on the Terraced Lawn.
  Fridays are for flashback movies, recently selections have been “Brigadoon” and “Stagecoach.” Saturdays are for blockbusters; this week’s screening is “Peter Rabbit” a
  
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• Six Flags Magic Mountain’s CraZanity opens July 12, and here’s what parkgoers are saying

  03-07-2018 13:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Once a month, Martha Rivera makes the three-hour drive from her home in Fresno to Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  She caught CraZanity‘s test run on her last visit with her husband and children.
  “It looks crazy,” the 36-year-old posted on the Facebook public group Six Flags Season Pass Holders where several members answered a reporter’s questions about the park’s new ride.
  CraZanity, which opens Thursday, July 12, is touted as the world’s tallest pendulum ride.
  
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• YMCA day campers learn that spreading kindness can be contagious

  03-07-2018 13:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Smearing peanut butter and jelly on white bread, a group of 64 elementary school kids spent a recent afternoon preparing and packing sandwiches for the homeless. Each included a sealed message written in crayon: “Have a nice day,” punctuated by a smiley face, or, more directly, “Enjoy your sandwich.”
  Kids at the Truman Benedict YMCA Child Care Center work together to make sunflower butter and jelly sandwiches on Monday, June 25, 2018 that will be donated to the homeless t
  
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• Walmart draws fire as third-party sellers hawk ‘Impeach 45’ T-shirts

  03-07-2018 13:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Some red, white and blue apparel offered on Walmart’s website from third-party sellers this holiday week may have American shoppers feeling a little less than united.
  The online site is selling T-shirts with “IMPEACH 45” emblazoned across the front in big capital letters — a call to bring down the 45th U.S. president, Donald Trump. The shirts that come in several shades — plus similar baby onesies and even frisbees — have the Twitter-sphere in a frenzy and spu
  
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• Best thing I ate: Charcoal-fired pizza in Dana Point

  03-07-2018 13:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Confession: I’m no expert in New Haven-style pizza. I’ve never traveled to New Haven, and I didn’t even realize Connecticut had its own style of pizza before chef Ryan Adams (of Laguna Beach’s 370 Common) opened Parallel Pizzeria in Dana Point in May.
  But I think I know a good pizza when I taste it. And the Stinger pizza at Parallel is unusually delicious.
  It is different from any other pizza I’ve ever tasted. The crust on this oblong flatbread is ultra thin and inc
  
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• Save the date: Amazon Prime Day starts July 16, promises more deals

  03-07-2018 12:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By Joseph Pisani, The Associated Press
  Amazon’s Prime Day deals are coming to the aisles of Whole Foods as the online retailer seeks to lure more people to its Prime membership after a recent price hike.
  This year’s sales event, which starts July 16, will be six hours longer than last year’s and will launch new products. Amazon hopes to keep Prime attractive for current and would-be subscribers after raising the annual membership fee by 20 percent to $119 and to $12.99 for the
  
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• 10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, July 6-12

  03-07-2018 12:51 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’
  The Kingsmen Shakespeare Co. presents what is thought to be Shakespeare’s last play, with coauthor John Fletcher, a tragicomic story about a love triangle. The play is based on “The Knight’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer.
  When: 8 p.m. July 6-8 and 13-15. Festival grounds open 5:30 p.m. for picnic and entertainment.
  Where: California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks.
  Tickets: $25; $20 ages 65 and older;
  
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• Emil Forsberg delivers for Sweden in World Cup victory over Switzerland

  03-07-2018 12:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Switzerland’s Manuel Akanji, right, reacts at the end of the match after Sweden defeated Switzerland during the round of 16 match between Switzerland and Sweden at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
  Switzerland’s Manuel Akanji, rear, and Sweden’s Marcus Berg challenge for the ball during the round of 16 match between Switzerland and Sweden at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Pe
  
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• Video captures bear soaking in hot tub — with a margarita — in Altadena backyard

  03-07-2018 12:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Mark Hough had barely taken a sip of his Friday afternoon margarita when he heard twigs snapping and leaves rustling in his lush Altadena, California, backyard.
  At first, he brushed it off as the sounds of his neighbor pottering next door, but the noise grew louder.
  “So I got up, looked over in the bushes and lo and behold there’s a bear climbing up over my fence,” Hough said Monday.
  The sighting was the first of many encounters Hough would have with the bear that particularly
  
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• Trump to rescind Obama-era guidance on affirmative action

  03-07-2018 12:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to rescind Obama-era guidance that encouraged schools to take a person’s race into account to encourage diversity in admissions, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
  The shift would give schools and universities the federal government’s blessing to take a race-neutral approach to the students they consider for admission.
  A formal announcement was expected later Tuesday from the Justice and Education de
  
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• Mourners begin to assemble to honor Long Beach fire captain killed in the line of duty

  03-07-2018 11:12 via ocregister.com
  
  eFirefighters representing agencies across Southern California have gathered outside the Long Beach Convention Center awaiting a procession that will bring the body of slain Long Beach fire Capt. David Rosa Tuesday morning for a memorial service in front of thousands of mourners.
  Across from the Convention Center, law enforcement personnel representing multiple agencies  practiced “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes before 9 a.m. and residents on their morning walks stopped to take
  
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• Man in wheelchair killed when car hits him on Anaheim street

  03-07-2018 11:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A man in a motorized wheelchair was hit by a car and killed as he crossed the street Monday night in Anaheim, authorities said.
  It was about 8:30 p.m. when police were called to the scene at Lincoln Avenue and Euclid Street. The man was struck by the car while in the road outside of a crosswalk, according to Anaheim police.
  The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Meanwhile, the driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators. It did not appear that drugs or al
  
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• Oscar-winning ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ actress injured in Hollywood crash

  03-07-2018 10:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Oscar-winning actress Linda Hunt, a regular on “NCIS: Los Angeles,” was injured Monday, July 2, 2018, in a traffic accident in Hollywood. (2013 photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
  HOLLYWOOD — Linda Hunt, Henrietta Lange on “NCIS: Los Angeles,” was injured in a traffic crash in Hollywood, it was reported Tuesday.
  The crash occurred on Monday when the black BMW SUV that Hunt was driving collided with a car and another SUV while the actress was making a left turn, accord
  
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• Live coverage of fallen Long Beach fire captain David Rosa’s memorial service

  03-07-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach Fire Capt. David Rosa who was killed in the line of duty on June 25 will be honored during a memorial service at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Long Beach Convention Center.
  Officials expect about 8,000 people to attend the service that is estimated to last for about two hours.
  Bagpipes practice across from the Long Beach Convention Center prior to the memorial for fallen firefighter Capt. David Rosa on Wednesday, July 3, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire)
  Follow along with Southern California N
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Can you please, please just be quiet? No one wants to hear your blather

  03-07-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When did it become impossible to find a little quiet?
  Nowadays, it seems like you simply cannot go anywhere without being forced to listen to strangers blathering on about nothing.
  Recently, I was in the hot tub at my LA Fitness gym after working out, and an older guy got in beside me wearing bathing trunks and a WWII vet baseball cap. We won’t even get into the issue of why he was wearing a baseball cap at an indoor pool – that’s an entirely different sartorial discussion &nda
  
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• Southern California house prices up 6% to 8% in May, CoreLogic report shows

  03-07-2018 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  House prices shot up by more than 8 percent in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire in the 12 months ending in May, while Orange County prices rose by more than 6 percent, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index released Tuesday, July 3.
  Los Angeles County house prices increased 8.3 percent year over year, the index showed, while prices rose 8.2 percent in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It’s the third straight month that price appreciation topped 8 percent in Los Angeles an
  
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• Supreme Court gave free speech life with pregnancy center decision

  03-07-2018 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  How far can a state go to promote its view on abortion? Not as far as California, the Supreme Court ruled this week in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra.
  In an opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court held that California’s law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise the state’s free or low-cost abortions likely violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The court also ruled that another part of the same law placin
  
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• When is heat wave coming, and how long will it last?

  03-07-2018 08:16 via ocregister.com
  
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  LOS ANGELES — A heat wave is about to wash over the Southland and send temperatures into triple-digit territory amid an elevated danger of wildfire, the National Weather Service said Tuesday, issuing an excessive heat watch from Friday morning through Saturday evening.
  The heat watch will be in effect along the Central Coast, in Ventura County, in Orange County and in all of L.A. County, including beach cities, metropolitan L.A., the downtown area and the Hollywoo
  
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• How long are you willing to wait for a theme park ride?

  03-07-2018 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A week after Disneyland opened its Pixar Pier, Walt Disney World opened Toy Story Land, the first step in major overhaul of the Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park. On its opening day Saturday, the wait time for the land’s top new ride, Slinky Dog Dash, hit a reported five hours.
  That’s right. Five hours. For a family roller coaster.
  So let’s ask the question: How long would you wait for a theme park ride? More important, how long have you waited?
  The longest queue I ev
  
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• Trump says he’ll name Supreme Court nominee on July 9: Political Cartoons

  03-07-2018 08:00 via ocregister.com
  
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