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• Blazers deny Lakers the NBA Summer League title; Lonzo Ball surgery successful

  17-07-2018 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ Johnathan Williams grabs a rebound over Portland Trail Blazers’ K.J. McDaniels, right, and Caleb Swanigan (50) during the first half of an NBA summer league basketball game Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  Portland Trail Blazers’ K.J. McDaniels, right, shoots over Los Angeles Lakers’ Jeff Ayres during the first half of an NBA summer league basketball game, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)SoundThe
  
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• CHP pursuit ends with arrest of driver on 5 Freeway in Santa Clarita

  17-07-2018 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  California Highway Patrol officers Tuesday night pursued a vehicle on the northbound 5 Freeway — a chase that ended in Santa Clarita with the driver in custody.
  The chase began in El Cajon in San Diego County, went through Orange County and was in the Santa Fe Springs/Norwalk area of Los Angeles County around 9:30 p.m.
  By 9:55 p.m. the chase had reached Burbank, KCAL9 reported. TV helicopter footage showed that about 10:15 p.m. the driver stopped the red vehicle in lanes on the 5 in Santa
  
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• CHP pursuing vehicle in Los Angeles County

  17-07-2018 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  California Highway Patrol officers Tuesday night were pursing a vehicle on the northbound 5 Freeway.
  The chase began in San Diego County, went through Orange County and was in Los Angeles County by about 9:30 p.m. in the Santa Fe Springs/Norwalk area.WATCH #LIVE: Authorities pursuing suspect on NB 5 Fwy through Orange County https://t.co/CDKVaWLJl5 pic.twitter.com/uANo9xIESn
  — ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 18, 2018 
  
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• Timbers, LAFC ready to go back to work in U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals

  17-07-2018 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  A day after playing more than 90 minutes of scoreless sun-drenched soccer against the Los Angeles Football Club, the Portland Timbers messed around at Santa Monica beach.
  “If you come to L.A. and you stay a couple of extra days between games and you’re so close to the beach I think it’s normal for the guys to spend time there,” said Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese, whose players wrestled in the surf on Monday ahead of their second match in just four days ag
  
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• Will chainsaw horror add fuel to immigration fight?

  17-07-2018 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a horrific scene: a screaming woman running from her house — her upper torso sliced by a chainsaw.
  Her husband, the alleged assailant, came out “showered in blood,” a neighbor said. At least two of the couple’s three young boys, all witnesses to the attack, were also sprayed by their mother’s blood, another neighbor told a TV crew.
  A chainsaw attack may be the stuff of slasher films, but the scene in Whittier last week had one more element that has made it na
  
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• LA Supervisors offer $10,000 reward for information on killing of Irvine man in Malibu Creek State Park

  17-07-2018 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors offered a $10,000 reward Tuesday in hopes of tracking down the killer of an Irvine father shot to death while camping with his young children in Malibu.
  Day use is open at Malibu Creek State Park, however the camping portion of the park was closed on Thursday, June 5, 2018. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Supervisor Sheila Kuehl recommended offering a reward in the killing of 35-year-old Tristan Thomas Beaudett
  
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• Orange County Congressman Rohrabacher met with accused Russian agent in St. Petersburg

  17-07-2018 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Russia in 2015 with a woman later charged by federal officials for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of the Kremlin in a covert endeavor to shape American politics.
  News of the 2015 meeting — confirmed Tuesday by Rohrabacher’s office — came the same day he told Politico that Monday’s indictment of 29-year-old Maria Butina was “bogus” and “stupid,” saying he believes the allegations are par
  
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• Jerry Brown pushes for crucial decision on California pension reform before term expires

  17-07-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This time, we hope Gov. Jerry Brown gets his way — and fast. The Sacramento Bee reports that Brown’s office sent a letter to California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye earlier this month asking her to expedite a challenge of his pension-reform law that placed needed limits on some benefits for public employees hired after 2013.
  In particular, the lawsuit, Cal Fire Local 2881 v. California Public Employees Retirement System, challenges a provision of the Public Employees’ Pens
  
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• ‘Extra special buzz’ will be at Del Mar’s opening day

  17-07-2018 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s tough to determine who is going to be busier Wednesday when Del Mar opens shop for its 79th season of thoroughbred racing.
  Will it be trainer Doug O’Neill, who entered 12 horses for the 10-race card on opening day, or Del Mar executive Josh Rubinstein, who has the added responsibility of track president this year on top of the position of chief operating officer he already held?
  OK, maybe it’s a tossup.
  The 48-year-old Rubinstein, who has been an executive at Del Mar since
  
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• OC Fair 2018: Things to do Wednesday, July 18

  17-07-2018 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Headed to the fair Wednesday? Here’s some things to know.
  Hours: Noon to midnight
  Admission: $12 adults; $7 ages 60 and older, $7 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and younger
  Deals:We Care Wednesdays offer free admission and a carnival ride with a valid donation, which rotates between causes each week. From noon to 3 p.m., donate school supplies valued at $5 or more for entry, to benefit Share Our Selves.
  Coupons for $2 off admission are available at local city halls and libraries, available daily.
  Bu
  
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• Rent control laws nearly destroyed parts of New York City. They could do the same to California

  17-07-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  In November, Californians will vote on Proposition 10, which would repeal the state law that limits cities from regulating rents on buildings occupied after February 1995. With rents skyrocketing across the state, capping rents may seem attractive, but experience shows rent control laws have serious downsides, including stifling investment in housing and building improvements, creating shortages and wasting time and money in litigation.
  The textbook case against rent control comes from New York
  
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• California prison guards violate rules for using force on prisoners half the time, report shows

  17-07-2018 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Guards at California prisons violated policy in nearly half the instances they used force on inmates during a six-month period in 2017, state investigators have concluded.
  In a 47-page report released this week, the California Office of Inspector General said prison staff failed to follow the rules in 48 percent of the 3,709 incidents reported at state adult and juvenile facilities during the period. In some cases, staff exacerbated the situation, prompting the need for force, the report said.
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• Homeless man accused of intentionally starting fires along Santiago Creek

  17-07-2018 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  A homeless man was charged Tuesday with starting multiple fires over the past month along Santiago Creek.
  Gustavo Abarca Garcia, 26, has pleaded not guilty to nine felony counts, including arson and vandalism, Orange County Superior Court records show.
  Prosecutors allege that Garcia set seven fires in “forest and vegetation areas” along Santiago Creek in the cities of Santa Ana and Orange.
  One of those fires, which prosecutors say began with Garcia setting a fence ablaze, spread to t
  
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• O.C. poker pro pleads guilty to ripping off investors in Super Bowl, World Cup ticket-flipping scheme

  17-07-2018 19:01 via ocregister.com
  An Orange County poker pro has pleaded guilty to bilking investors out of more than $6 million in a Super Bowl and World Cup ticket-flipping scam, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
  Seyed Reza Ali, 49, of Lake Forest pleaded guilty to a felony count of wire fraud in connection to a Las Vegas-based ticket business he ran named Summit Entertainment, court records show.
  Ali raised $6.2 million from investors in Orange County, Houston and Las Vegas by promising to buy tickets to the
  
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• Still no hard evidence for state pre-K benefits

  17-07-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Proponents of universal, government-funded preschool have an important question to answer: “Does state pre-K improve children’s achievement?”
  Based on the growing, bipartisan support for the concept of universal preschool, one might think the empirical evidence is in and that the answer is a resounding yes.
  “It’s a developmental necessity and we need to advance it for the rest of the state,” said Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this year, citing San Francisco&rs
  
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• Why your California mobile home may not be properly registered — and how to fix the problem

  17-07-2018 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Michelle Smith is president of a large manufactured-home owners group, but even she isn’t free of some of the peculiarities that come with registering such homes with the state.
  The board president of the Golden State Manufactured-home Owners League said it took family members three years to clear up a title issue with a home they bought — something that’s not uncommon in the state.
  Homeowners are “just not fully aware what that process is,” she said by phone f
  
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• Laguna Woods Village condo board agrees to Trust extension, forms multiboard energy task force

  17-07-2018 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Third Mutual joined United Mutual and the Golden Rain Foundation, in a 7-2-0 vote, to extend the terms of the Trust Agreement by 20 years during its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 17.
  The Trust was originally set to terminate 60 years from its inception, dating March 2, 2024.
  A Village Management Services staff report noted that the immediate purpose of the amendment is to “ensure the Trust does not terminate on March 2, 2024,” as well as removing the contingency for termination ba
  
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• Commissioner Rob Manfred unable to help break Dodgers TV stalemate

  17-07-2018 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Rob Manfred remains about as frustrated as many Dodgers fans with the situation that has left many in Southern California unable to watch the Dodgers on TV.
  At his annual All-Star Game press conference, the commissioner of Major League Baseball said Tuesday that his office is still trying to influence the parties involved to resolve the situation, although he admitted they have little power in the matter.
  Manfred said he’s tried two avenues. The first is simply to &ldquo
  
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• MGM sues Vegas mass shooting victims, argues it isn’t liable

  17-07-2018 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By REGINA GARCIA CANO
  The Associated Press
  LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts International has sued hundreds of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in a bid to avoid liability for the gunfire that rained down from its Mandalay Bay casino-resort in Las Vegas.
  The company argues in lawsuits filed Friday in Nevada and California that it has “no liability of any kind” to survivors or families of slain victims under a federal law enacted after the Sept. 11 terrorist
  
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• Podcast: Rams sign Cooks to mega deal

  17-07-2018 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  With barely more than a week left until camp opens, the Rams made their first move of the season, locking up new wideout Brandin Cooks on a long-term deal. Inside the Rams host Ryan Kartje is joined by Rams beat writer Rich Hammond to break down Cooks’ deal and what it means for the near future of the franchise, with so many negotiations ongoing.
  Related Articles Rams sign receiver Brandin Cooks to 5-year contract extension Bonsignore: 3 lesser-known Rams who need to have big years to ful
  
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• Fountain fun in the sun at Pioneer Park in Tustin

  17-07-2018 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Pioneer Road Park in Tustin is a good place to hitch your horse and chill out from the summer heat.
  The western-theme playground features a splash pad, chuck wagons to climb aboard, swings, a grass volleyball court, a basketball court, a large covered picnic area and a walking trail all surrounded by mature trees. The water play area is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
  Jake, a 5-year-old mixed breed, plays in the fountains at Pioneer Road Park in Tustin
  
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• San Bernardino County child is first to die from whooping cough in California since 2016

  17-07-2018 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A San Bernardino County infant has died from whooping cough, the first infant the disease has claimed since 2016 statewide, county health officials said Tuesday July 17.
  Whooping cough outbreaks are not uncommon in California and tend to occur once every three to five years, according to a statement released by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health.
  California experienced a whooping cough epidemic in 2014 when 11,000 cases were reported statewide. The California Department of Pub
  
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• Grown-ups prove their spelling skills in Mission Viejo bee

  17-07-2018 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The third annual Mission Viejo Library Adult Spelling Bee was a roller coaster of emotions.
  And, as with a roller coaster, the participants had a lot of fun.
  Lynette McCall, right, surprises herself after giving the correct spelling of a word during Mission Viejo’s annual adult spelling bee in Mission Viejo on Friday, July 13, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  As runner-up Luke Boughen, right, looks on, Debi Blohm, left, reacts as she wins the Mission Viejo annual
  
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• Whicker: 60 facts about 30 MLB teams at the break

  17-07-2018 17:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Sixty fun facts for 30 teams at the All-Star break:
  • Mike Trout has come to the plate 189 times with the bases empty, most in baseball.
  • The Angels are hitting .216 against left-handers, with 26 doubles.
  • In June and July, Ross Stripling has struck out 49 batters and walked three for the Dodgers.
  • L.A. is in first place with 19 RBI from Justin Turner, 13 RBI from Corey Seager, and three wins from Clayton Kershaw.
  • San Diego’s Hunter Renfroe has a slugging perc
  
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• Newport Beach-based developer gets go-ahead for $330 million Dana Point Harbor renovation

  17-07-2018 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Dana Point Harbor merchants and boaters let out a collective sigh of relief Tuesday, July 17, as a more than two-decade-old plan to renovate Dana Point Harbor moved closer to reality.
  With a 5-0 vote, the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a master lease agreement with Newport Beach-based Dana Point Harbor Partners to finalize details to begin a $330 million renovation of the 47-year-old harbor.
  A dock in Dana Point Harbor that has been damaged by sea lions in Dan
  
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• CHOC opens up psychiatric access line to help kids with mental health issues

  17-07-2018 16:49 via ocregister.com
  
  In its ongoing efforts to improve mental health care for children and adolescents, Children’s Hospital of Orange County has started a pediatric psychiatric access line, the first of its kind in the county.
  This line, which is initially answered by a social worker, connects pediatricians treating children with mental illnesses with board-certified psychiatrists in about an hour, said Heather Huszti, pediatric psychologist at CHOC. The program has been funded with a $200,000 grant from the J
  
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• Former Uni head coach stays in the game at Corona del Mar

  17-07-2018 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  When Mike Gerakos decided to retire as University High’s head baseball coach last season, he wasn’t sure what was ahead.
  Turns out, more baseball.
  About a month after leaving University, the 67-year-old Gerakos is back in the game as a walk-on assistant coach at Corona del Mar, where he will work with former University head coach Kevin McCaffrey, the Sea Kings’ new head coach.
  “The time I was at Uni was outstanding, working with Coach (Chris) Conlin and with Coach McCaffr
  
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• Cost of living hikes eat away at 4% raises in Southern California

  17-07-2018 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Some of the best news in years on the pay-raise front is being negated by a recent bout of inflation.
  Government employment data shows one index of regional wages rising at 4-percent-plus annual pace — no better than the upswing in the local cost-of-living benchmark.
  In Los Angeles and Orange counties, private-sector bosses increased weekly earnings by 4.04 percent in the year ended in May to average $1,008. Last time pay was growing faster was November 2014, and don’t forget wages o
  
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• Powell says strong economy will keep rate hikes coming

  17-07-2018 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers Tuesday that strong economic growth will keep the central bank on a path to gradually raise interest rates. But he noted that President Donald Trump’s get-tough trade policies run the risk of dampening future growth if they lead to permanently higher tariffs.
  Delivering his twice-a-year report on monetary policy to Congress, Powell gave an upbeat assessment of the economy’s prospects. He
  
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• Ducks re-sign restricted free agents Kalle Kossila, Kevin Roy and Andy Welinski

  17-07-2018 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks re-signed restricted free agents Kalle Kossila, Kevin Roy and Andy Welinski to one-year, two-way contracts Tuesday. Kossila, Roy and Welinski spent most of the 2017-18 season with the San Diego Gulls, the Ducks’ American Hockey League team.
  Kossila, a center, will make $650,000 in the NHL and $125,000 in the AHL, according to a league source. Roy, a left wing, will make $874,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the AHL. Welinski, a defenseman, will make $690,000 in the NHL and $125,000
  
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• Moulton Niguel to move forward on new construction at district facility despite neighbors’ protests

  17-07-2018 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite backlash from concerned neighbors, Moulton Niguel Water District on Friday, July 13 agreed to move forward with its projected $32 million plan to construct an operations center and site consolidation project at the district’s current location at La Paz Road in Laguna Niguel.
  As part of the district’s $300 million, long-range financial plan, this project is a multi-structure overhaul of the 50-year-old, 10-acre site.
  The Moulton Niguel Water District provides water, recycled w
  
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• Google Cloud Platform services take down Snapchat, Pokemon Go and other sites and services the day after Amazon Prime troubles

  17-07-2018 15:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Google’s cloud-computing service took a dive Tuesday, knocking web sites offline and leading to widespread social-media chatter the day after Amazon’s Prime Day sale caused that company’s much-larger cloud platform to buckle.
  Google was reporting at 1 p.m. that its Google App Engine, Google Cloud Networking and Google Stackdriver services were experiencing an outage.
  That Google outage either took down or otherwise crippled the popular LA-based Snapchat social network, the Disc
  
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• Google Cloud Platform outage takes down Snapchat, Pokemon Go and other sites and services the day after Amazon Prime troubles

  17-07-2018 15:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Google’s cloud-computing service took a dive Tuesday, knocking web sites offline and leading to widespread social-media chatter the day after Amazon’s Prime Day sale caused that company’s much-larger cloud platform to buckle.
  Google was reporting at 1 p.m. that its Google App Engine, Google Cloud Networking and Google Stackdriver services were experiencing an outage. By 1:30, the search-engine giant turned all the red “x’s” to green check marks at its status.c
  
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• ESPYs Preview: The world’s biggest sports and entertainment stars will gather in Los Angeles

  17-07-2018 15:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The biggest stars from the sports and entertainment world will gather for the ESPYs Award Show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Wednesday.
  Candace Parker of the LA Sparks, Todd Gurley of the Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown will be among the athletes in attendance for the event. Celebrities will include Jennifer Garner, Chadwick Boseman and Jon Stewart.
  Fans can vote for 34 award categories including the best moment, team and play in sports.
  There are four other ca
  
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• Rob Manfred: The marketing of Angels’ Mike Trout starts with Trout

  17-07-2018 14:58 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Among the certainties in baseball are that Mike Trout will be the best player in the game, and that there will be a hand-wringing discussion about whether Trout is as famous as a player with that designation should be.
  Commissioner Rob Manfred weighed in on the oft-discussed topic on Tuesday, saying that MLB would love to do more to promote Trout, but it has to start with Trout.
  “Player marketing requires one thing, for sure: the player,” Manfred said at his annual
  
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• Irvine man gets 8 years for $2.3 million loan modification scam

  17-07-2018 14:57 via ocregister.com
  
  An Irvine man involved in a multi-million dollar loan modification and money laundering scheme has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to dozens of felonies.
  Assad Suleiman, 48, pleaded guilty late last week to 64 felony counts, including money laundering, grand theft and second-degree burglary. He was also ordered to pay about $1.5 million in restitution.
  Prosecutors allege that Suleiman was connected to a “sophisticated loan modification scheme” that defrauded n
  
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• How to get tickets for Rod Stewart and Pat Benatar with Neil Giraldo in Ontario

  17-07-2018 14:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Legendary singer Rod Stewart is returning to Southern California with fellow entertainers Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo in October for what is sure to be a night of solid music at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario.
  Stewart recently brought his biggest hits to the Hollywood Bowl along with Cyndi Lauper in June.
  Tickets for the Sunday, Oct. 28, show in Ontario are $57.50-$398 and go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 20, online at ticketmaster.com.
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• Trump corrects his quote, says he misspoke on Russian meddling

  17-07-2018 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON  — Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to “clarify” his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.
  “The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t, or why it wou
  
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• OC Fair 2018: Whimsical highway artist John Cerney creates huge cutouts for the fair

  17-07-2018 14:51 via ocregister.com
  
  You won’t find John Cerney masterpieces in a museum, with admirers speaking in reverent whispers as they linger to examine each brushstroke.
  Rather, you might catch a glimpse of one as you zoom along a rural highway, radio blasting.
  “They need open space and that element of surprise,” the Salinas artist observed about his whimsical billboards.
  Space, because they’re huge – at least 18 feet tall. Surprise, because they pop up where you’d least expect 
  
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• Sprouts to hold a national hiring day Tuesday, July 24

  17-07-2018 14:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Sprouts Farmers Market will hold a national hiring day Tuesday, July 24 across its more than 300 U.S. stores.
  The Phoenix-based grocery chain, known for its healthy and organic products, is looking to fill a variety of full- and part-time, non-seasonal positions, including department managers, cashiers, courtesy clerks, backup receivers and scan coordinators.
  The hiring day will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sprouts offers competitive pay, team member discounts and opportunities for professiona
  
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• Manny Machado likely traded to Dodgers, reports say

  17-07-2018 14:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The lead has changed hands almost on a daily basis. But multiple reports now put the Dodgers at the front of the pack among teams trying to land Baltimore Orioles All-Star shortstop Manny Machado in a trade.
  The trade could be announced as soon as Wednesday, with MLB preferring teams not steal headlines away from tonight’s All-Star Game. Citing anonymous sources, USA Today is reporting Machado will be traded to the Dodgers on Wednesday “barring a last-minute snag.”
  The 26-year-
  
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• Deadly crash on Ortega Highway near Caspers Wilderness Park

  17-07-2018 13:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A person died in a crash on Ortega Highway near Caspers Wilderness Park on Tuesday morning, July 17, authorities said.
  A truck and SUV crashed head-on just before 5:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. A coroner was called out to the crash, which happened just east of Rancho Carrillo Road. The road was closed while authorities worked at the scene.
  Traffic was backed up on the two-way road that serves as a thoroughfare from Orange County to the Inland Empire. Details about the vic
  
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• Bonsignore: 3 lesser-known Rams who need to have big years to fulfill team’s Super Bowl goals

  17-07-2018 13:36 via ocregister.com
  
  With training camp just over a week away and the imposing Rams gaining steam as a popular pick to reach the Super Bowl, it’s not hard to envision next week being the start of a magical journey.
  But we all know the fine line separating potential from reality. And for the latter to come to fruition, the Rams need more than just the obvious faces of their franchise to deliver in 2018. So with all due respect to Jared Goff and Todd Gurley and Brandin Cooks and Aaron Donald and Marcus Peters an
  
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• Corky Carroll: Ben Aipa has more than earned his upcoming induction into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame

  17-07-2018 13:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Every year at this time, Orange County gets ready to host the big U.S. Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach Pier. One of the extra events that happens during this period is the induction ceremony into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame. That will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3.
  This event, hosted by Aaron Pai and Huntington Surf & Sport, is held in the Hall of Fame plaza directly in front of HSS on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street. I have a strong connection with the S
  
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• Corona del Mar home that once hosted President Obama hits the market at $22.5 million

  17-07-2018 13:28 via ocregister.com
  
  An ocean-view Corona del Mar home where President Obama attended a fundraiser in 2012 – prompting sign-waving crowds and a woman in a Revolutionary War outfit riding a horse – has hit the market at $22.5 million.
  The event was held at the home of Geoffrey and Nancy Stack, with tickets ranging from $2,500 for breakfast outside in a large tent to $10,000- and $35,800-packages for a seat inside the house to eat with the president.
  Nancy Johnson rides her horse, Sinatra, on the side
  
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• Wagoner on Radio: Remembering ‘The Night Chicago Died’ over and over again

  17-07-2018 13:04 via ocregister.com
  
  I’ve been listening to KOLA/99.9 FM since I was in junior high school, about the time I figured out how to tune it in on my family’s Sonic Servant FM home intercom system.
  At the time, it was an automated top-40 station; one of my memories of the time is when the automation system got stuck and the station played Paper Lace’s “The Night Chicago Died” something like 16 times in a row. Honestly, I don’t know how I was able to listen that long, but I did.
  Today t
  
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• Obama gives Trump sharp rebuke in Mandela address on values

  17-07-2018 12:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW MELDRUM
  The Associated Press
  JOHANNESBURG — Without ever mentioning President Donald Trump by name, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at “strongman politics” in his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values now under threat in an impassioned address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s birth.
  Obama’s speech to a cheering crowd
  
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• Meter cops are put on earth to irritate

  17-07-2018 12:54 via ocregister.com
  
  I went to town recently where the only viable place to park my vehicle was next to a meter. I dutifully put in my coin and when I returned but a few moments later there was a violation ticket on my windshield. Imagine me;  the one often mistaken for Mother Theresa’s mother.
  Violation: To assault, abuse and dishonor. What a strong word for an innocent activity.
  People parking on public streets are generally not doing any of those things. We are decent people whose only crimes are takin
  
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• Trump unfazed by GOP criticism, says Putin meeting was great

  17-07-2018 12:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE, JILL COLVIN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Unbowed by the broad condemnation of his extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin went “even better” than his meeting with NATO allies last week in Brussels.
  The tweeted defense came a day after Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies’ findings that Russia me
  
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• USC announces major study into prostate cancer among black men

  17-07-2018 12:07 via ocregister.com
  
  USC’s Keck School of Medicine (Courtesy photo)
  LOS ANGELES — USC’s Keck School of Medicine is leading a $26.5 million effort to conduct the first large-scale, multi-institutional study on black men with prostate cancer to better understand why they are at higher risk for developing more aggressive forms of the disease and why they are more likely to die from it, the university announced Tuesday.
  The RESPOND study, funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute, the Nationa
  
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