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• Peek inside the real ‘Brady Bunch’ house — on the market at nearly $1.9 million

  19-07-2018 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Flowery wallpaper, a MusiCall wall intercom, wood paneling and a stone fireplace all combine to help create a late ’60s to early ’70s setting. Click through the slideshow to see more. (Photo by Anthony Barcelo)
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• 3 boys injured while crossing street in Garden Grove

  19-07-2018 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Three teenage boys crossing a street in Garden Grove were injured Thursday when they were struck by an SUV whose driver ran a red light, police said.
  The boys were conscious and breathing when they were taken to a hospital, Garden Grove police Lt. Carl Whitney said.
  The accident occurred at 5:55 p.m. when the boys were in a crosswalk on Westminster Street near Kerry Street, Whitney said.
  The man driving the SUV remained at the scene and was cooperating with police, Whitney said.
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• PHOTOS: Michael Phelps, Candace Parker, Chloe Kim among the athletes at the Kids’ Choice Sports Awards

  19-07-2018 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Sparks basketball player Candace Parker, Olympians Michael Phelps and Chloe Kim were among the athletes to participate in challenges at the Kids’ Choice Sports Awards in Santa Monica.
  Other athletes in attendance included Chris Paul of the Houston Rockets, figure skater Alex Shibutani and snowboarder Shaun White.
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• Horse Racing Notes: Accelerate returns to Del Mar

  19-07-2018 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  DOWN THE STRETCH
  Accelerate is scheduled to race for the first time since his victory in the Grade I Gold Cup at Santa Anita on Saturday when he faces nine rivals in the $200,000 Grade II San Diego Handicap at Del Mar. Accelerate won the race last year, upsetting 1-9 favorite Arrogate, and will carry top weight of 125 pounds when he makes his fifth start of 2018. A 5-year-old son of Lookin At Lucky, Accelerate has won three of four starts this year. He became only the ninth horse to sweep the Sa
  
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• Former Olympian says Team USA swimming coaches Sean Hutchison and Bob Bowman sent her inappropriate texts

  19-07-2018 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  On the evening of May 16, 2011, Caroline Burckle, a former Olympic swimming medalist, was at home in the Los Angeles area when she began receiving a series of sexually graphic text messages and a voice mail on her cell phone, according to a USA Swimming letter obtained by the Southern California News Group.
  “They were so aggressive,” Burckle recalled this week, referring to the messages.
  The texts were from U.S. national team coaches Sean Hutchison and Bob Bowman and were sent from a
  
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• All-Star Captain Candace Parker leads Sparks into home showdown with Fever

  19-07-2018 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Led by a resurgent Candace Parker, the Sparks will take on the Fever on Friday night at Staples Center.
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  Parker’s 34-point, 11-rebound, and nine-assist performance in the Sparks’ 99-78 win over the Las Vegas Aces provided every indication that her performance plays a crucial part in Los Angeles’ success.
  In the team’s last home game, Parker had
  
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• Western Regional Softball Tournament starts Saturday in San Bernardino

  19-07-2018 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO – The sights and sounds of at the Little League Softball World Series regional tournaments had until this year been limited to the on-site experience.
  The chatter, the songs, dancing, and the excitement of 10-, 11- and 12-year-old girls playing the games of their lives; all of it was previously unavailable.
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• LA Dodgers stats at the 2018 All-Star break

  19-07-2018 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers (53-43) set a franchise record with 55 home runs during the month of June and reached the All-Star break leading the National League in home runs (129).
  Despite having four-fifths of their starting rotation on the DL at one point and eight pitchers currently sidelined, the Dodgers’ staff ERA (3.49) is the best in the NL. How else do they measure up with the rest of MLB, statistically?
  Statistical category (MLB ranking)
  DODGERS OFFENSE
  On-base pct. – .325 (ninth)
  Slug
  
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• 5 cool things we saw on Comic-Con 2018’s first day

  19-07-2018 20:35 via ocregister.com
  
  There was something different at the San Diego Convention Center when Comic-Con 2018 opened on Thursday.
  But what it was wasn’t immediately clear.
  All the familiar faces were represented by cosplayers in costumes as Harley Quinn or Batman, Spider-Man or Wonder Woman, and judging from the massive bags being hauled away by early shoppers, the vendors from Hasbro and Lego to Funko and Giant Robot are doing business as usual, too.
  The first day of Comic-Con 2018 in San Diego on Thursday, July
  
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• Perris Speedway promises action-packed Saturday racing

  19-07-2018 20:34 via ocregister.com
  It’s going to be an outstanding Saturday at Perris Auto Speedway with PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks and the IMCA Modifieds. The Modifieds will compete for a bigger purse and contingencies with a pair of NASCAR K&N Pro Series West standouts making their dirt debuts in the Super Stocks.  Gates will open at 5 p.m.
  Thanks to an anonymous donor, the next couple of races at The PAS will pay extra bucks. The main event has been stretched to 3
  
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• Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten killed

  19-07-2018 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  MOSCOW — Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten was killed Thursday, and prosecutors in Kazakhstan said they were treating the case as murder.
  Ten was stabbed after a dispute with people who allegedly tried to steal a mirror from his car in his home city of Almaty, Kazakh news agencies reported. Doctors in Almaty say the 25-year-old skater died in the hospital there.
  Born in Kazakhstan to a family of Korean descent, Ten moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to train with Frank Carroll, the longt
  
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• Judge denies California’s request to postpone Huntington Beach lawsuit over ‘sanctuary state’

  19-07-2018 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A lawsuit filed by Huntington Beach against California will be decided sooner rather than, as the state wanted, later.
  On Thursday, July 19, Orange County Superior Court Judge James Crandall denied the state’s request for a delay in its battle to preserve sanctuary laws.
  The date for a hearing was set for Sept. 27 at 1:30 p.m.
  Senate Bill 54, the California Values Act, signed into law last year, limits interaction between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials &m
  
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• St. Margaret’s hires French Open champion to coach boys, girls tennis

  19-07-2018 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  St. Margaret’s has hired former French Open mixed doubles champion Scott Lipsky as its boys and girls tennis coach, the school announced this week.
  A former three-time All-American at Stanford, Lipsky captured the French Open mixed double title in 2011 with partner Casey Dellacquato to highlight about a 15-year professional career.
  “I’m excited for the new and exciting opportunity to work with the student-athletes at St. Margaret’s,” he said in the press release. &l
  
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• Reaction: WNBA All-Star Rosters led by Parker and Delle Donne unveiled for 2018 game

  19-07-2018 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Candace Parker or the Los Angeles Sparks and Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics were the top two vote-getters for the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game. As a result, Parker will lead one team and Delle Donne will lead the other.Your 2018 #WNBAAllStar captains: @Candace_Parker and @De11eDonne!pic.twitter.com/72BwGpjZVY
  — WNBA (@WNBA) July 17, 2018The two players put their respective teams together by drafting from the league’s pool of 22 all-stars.
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• Comic-Con 2018 cosplay photos: Who wore it best (or worst)?

  19-07-2018 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Sure, San Diego Comic-Con has the panels (and their lines), toys (and their lines) and celebrities, but what makes the event truly special is how it turns the San Diego Convention Center into a cosplay paradise for a few days each July.
  Among the cosplayers we’ve seen so far: Black Panther, Inspector Gadget, plenty of Pennywises and the backup dancers from Beyoncé’s epic performance at the first weekend of the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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• Fighting fire with fire in the new California

  19-07-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In the California of 2018, there are little fires everywhere, every day — and most of the time, awfully big ones, too.
  It is nothing short of extraordinary how quickly all Californians have been forced to accept the formerly eccentric-seeming fact, first reported by wildfire experts just a couple of years ago, that there is no longer a “fire season” in our state, as there had been for all recorded human history here. What was the dangerously incendiary time of the late summer a
  
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• Mountain View man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of family member in Newport Beach

  19-07-2018 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year old Mountain View man was arrested in Newport Beach on suspicion of attempted murder after he tried to choke a family member and battered her neighbor Thursday, July 19, authorities said.
  At 8:54 a.m., Newport Beach police officers received a report of unknown trouble in the 200 block of Jasmine Avenue, police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella said.
  When officers arrived, they found the suspect already restrained and no longer inflicting any damage. Officers learned he had tried to choke a
  
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• Anaheim man on trial for allegedly killing wife, with defense saying woman took her own life

  19-07-2018 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Trial began Thursday for a husband accused of killing his wife, with the case centering on whether the Anaheim woman was murdered or if she took her own life.
  Alan Ybarra Rojas, 37, is facing a murder charge with a sentencing enhancement for the use of a firearm in connection to the shooting of his wife, Daisy May Guido, 36, on Feb. 20, 2015.
  Guido, a mother of five who lived with Rojas and their three younger children in an apartment in the 1300 block of West Diamond Stre
  
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• Trump’s tariffs on aluminum may affect how much you pay for beer

  19-07-2018 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The price of your favorite beer may soon be going up.
  The Trump administration’s newly imposed tariffs on imported aluminum and steel have boosted production costs for U.S. breweries. Some will be forced to pass those costs along to customers, an industry expert said, while others will likely cut their staffing.
  A massive tax, big job losses
  Jim McGreevy, CEO for the Beer Institute, a trade association that represents brewers throughout the nation, said the tariffs amount to a yearly $347
  
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• Angels’ Shohei Ohtani cleared to resume throwing after tests show continued healing of his elbow

  19-07-2018 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Six weeks after Shohei Ohtani was diagnosed with a grade 2 sprain of his ulnar collateral ligament that threatened his use as a pitcher, perhaps until 2020, he was cleared on Thursday to begin a throwing program.
  Tests showed continued healing in his elbow from the platelet-rich plasma injection and stem-cell therapy that he underwent last month, the Angels announced. It’s a significant piece of surprising good news for a team that has been ravaged by injuries.
  Based on the time Ohtani mis
  
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• Dr. Kenneth Bell, OB-GYN credited for significant growth of Kaiser Permanente in Orange County, dies at 82

  19-07-2018 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Dr. Kenneth Bell, a renowned OB-GYN who delivered more than 4,000 babies during his career and led Kaiser Permanente Orange County during a crucial time of growth and development in Orange County, died Saturday, July 14 after a prolonged illness. He was 82.
  A long-time Long Beach resident, Bell was a mentor who encouraged and motivated hundreds of physicians, nurses and medical professionals, said Dr. Edward Ellison, executive medical director of Kaiser Permanente, Southern California.
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• Cafe Tacvba and lucha libre come to downtown L.A. park for La Tocada festival

  19-07-2018 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Mexican wrestlers, one of Mexico’s greatest alt-rock bands and some Latin ska-fusion, pop, and rock acts will make for one hot musical day at this downtown L.A. park when La Tocada Fest comes to town on Aug. 4.
  The one-day Latin music festival at the Los Angeles State Historic Park will be headlined by genre-bending alt-rockers Cafe Tacvba, who last came to the area when they performed at the Tropicalia Music and Taco Festival in November. The band is currently on a world tour and this is
  
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• See what the first ladies wore in new Nixon Library exhibit

  19-07-2018 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  See the dresses first ladies have worn during memorable times in the American presidency.
  The Nixon Presidential Library & Museum is opening on Wednesday, Aug. 1, a special exhibit on the fashion of presidents’ wives, include the first dress of Melania Trump to be displayed outside of the Smithsonian, organizers said.
  Trump wore the silver Dolce & Gabbana gown that will be displayed to the G7 Summit in Italy.
  First Lady Pat Nixon’s tea-length red wool coat, worn as she accompa
  
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• Conservative actor James Woods promotes Proposition 47 mythology

  19-07-2018 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  I understand completely the enthusiasm among Republicans and conservatives for any and every tidbit of information that smears California and San Francisco. I get it. There’s plenty to bash California’s politicians for, it’s an election year, etc.
  But I’ve noticed a tendency of many right-leaning politicians and pundits to just throw out complet
  
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• Rabbits seized from a hoarder are having babies, so Westminster animal shelter needs help paying for them

  19-07-2018 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The 161 rabbits that a Cypress man handed over last month to a Westminster shelter are multiplying.
  So far about 150 bunnies have been born from the latest batch given up by Richard Searles, who had surrendered 125 other rabbits last year from his Cypress home to the same shelter, Westminster Adoption Group and Services. Shelter manager Cortney Dorney said the cost of maintaining the recent arrivals, namely paying for spay or neuter surgeries and medical care, is taking a major toll on
  
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• New online tool allows LA County residents to access homeless ‘outreach’ services

  19-07-2018 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative and Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Thursday unveiled an online portal for the general public, first-responders and service providers to provide information on homeless persons on the street and request outreach.
  The portal, dubbed LA-HOP, is funded by Measure H, the county measure approved by voters last year and expected to raise $355 million annually for 10 years for homeless programs through a sales tax increase.
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• Thirty-year mortgage rates level off at 4.5%

  19-07-2018 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 4.5 percent, down 1 basis point from last week’s 4.53 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 4.0 percent, two basis points lower than last week’s 4.02 percent.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 2.5 percent decrease in loan application volume from the previous week.
  Bottom line: A
  
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• At Comic-Con 2018, Mike Carbonaro sells rare comic books for $25K a pop

  19-07-2018 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  On the exhibition floor of Comic-Con International in San Diego, you can buy a finely detailed sculpture of Gollum from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” universe for $1,799. A lifelike mask of Pinhead from Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser” series costs $1,750. And a gleaming replica of the Infinity Gauntlet wielded by Thanos from Marvel’s “Avengers” movies runs close to $1,000.
  But those prices pale in comparison to the offerings at Booth 529 n
  
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• OUSD briefs: Villa Park High seniors leave with new skills

  19-07-2018 16:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The students were at school early, before the first bell, setting up project boards, archery targets, cars, music stands and computers, the plaintive sounds of bagpipes echoing across the campus, as they anxiously awaited the judges.
  As a last educational experience before graduation into the “real world,” all Villa Park High School seniors must complete a senior project, an important part of their English class grade. Each student is encouraged to choose an individual project they f
  
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• Comic-Con 2018: 6 DC Comics announcements you should know about

  19-07-2018 16:12 via ocregister.com
  
  DC Comics co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio hosted their annual press breakfast Thursday morning at Comic-Con International in San Diego and unveiled some news about what’s on the horizon for the publishing company.
  Here are six must-know bits of information to come out of the annual event:
  1. The new world record
  DC comics set a world record for the longest-running superhero comic book series with the publication of Action Comics #1000 on April 18, 2018, exactly 80 years after Action Co
  
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• Daxon: Train with the CERT team in Brea to be ready for an emergency, it’s open to everyone

  19-07-2018 16:03 via ocregister.com
  I’ve heard from several people displeased with Brea’s proposed higher fees for everything from a home alarm permit to research assistance.
  Has the City Council really explored ways to trim the budget instead of raising fees, or is this just a way to increase city revenue at our expense?
  We’ll find out when the council discusses and votes on the new fee schedule Aug. 21.Let the council know what you think by email, phone or during Matters from the Audience that night.
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• Here’s when ‘a bug’s land’ at Disney California Adventure will close forever

  19-07-2018 15:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney is getting rid of the ants – and other cute bugs too – as it plans the latest major renovation to Disney California Adventure theme park. Disney has announced that it will close down “a bug’s land” after Sept. 4, to make way for a new Marvel superhero land that will be developed in its place.
  Fans of “a bug’s land” and its carnival-style rides geared toward smaller children have until the day after Labor Day to enjoy them before the lan
  
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• University of California lowers tuition for first time in 20 years

  19-07-2018 15:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIA BOLLAG
  SACRAMENTO, Calif.  — The University of California is lowering tuition by $60 for the upcoming academic year.
  The UC Board of Regents approved the decrease Thursday.
  It’s the university system’s first tuition decrease in nearly two decades.
  California residents will pay $12,570 in tuition and fees next year. Students from outside the state will pay more than triple that amount.
  The UC had planned earlier this year to raise tuition for all students by more
  
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• Laguna Food Pantry needs more volunteers to help get through summertime slack

  19-07-2018 15:43 via ocregister.com
  
  It always happens this time of year: Summer vacations and other seasonal activities deplete the number of regular volunteers available to keep the Laguna Food Pantry stocked and ready to serve the needy folks who come on weekdays for free groceries.
  Operators of the Laguna Beach establishment are asking for others in the community to consider spending one morning a week helping to collect, sort and stock the fresh food that fills the pantry’s shelves and refrigerators.
  Cheri Aiken is one o
  
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• Children with disabilities endure long waits for life-changing medical equipment

  19-07-2018 15:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Bev Baker-Ajene waited so long to get an adult-sized wheelchair for her teenage daughter, Savitri, that she eventually forgot she’d ordered it.
  For the better part of a year, Baker-Ajene pushed Savitri — who has cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia and epilepsy — in a child-sized chair that was too small for her. Baker-Ajene said she also has run into problems getting an appropriate shower chair for 17-year-old Savitri. Because of that, she mostly gives her daughter sponge bath
  
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: Ebell Club hosting night for getting to know its members and its efforts

  19-07-2018 15:25 via ocregister.com
  For 34 years, members of the Ebell Club of Canyon Hills have shared a common bond of making a significant difference both in Anaheim Hills and in surrounding communities.
  Learn more about the group during the annual meet and greet at 6 p.m. Aug. 6. All women are invited to the gathering over wine and cheese.
  The annual membership drive kicks off the new club year. Co-program chairs Joannie Schultz and Sandra Rodriquez have a fun, social evening planned including wine, a light dinner and decadent
  
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• Comic-Con 2018: First look at new ‘Doctor Who’ Jodie Whittaker, trailer for new season

  19-07-2018 14:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Doctor is in.
  The 13th Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, made her San Diego Comic-Con debut Thursday at the “Doctor Who” press conference, before heading into the great wide expanses of Hall H (and presumably past the full-size Lego sculpture of her in character currently on the main floor).
  “I think for a woman to play the Doctor is incredibly liberating,” said Whittaker, who added that the doctor’s ability to regenerate means “the rules are out the window&rdq
  
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• Angels stats at the 2018 All-Star break

  19-07-2018 14:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels (49-48) have suffered through an injury-marred first half, reaching the break nine games behind the Seattle Mariners for the second wild card spot. The Angels’ record is, in most ways, a perfect representation of how they’ve played. They are around .500, and by most measures they are near the exact middle of the pack. How do they measure up with the rest of MLB, statistically?
  Statistical category (MLB ranking)
  ANGELS OFFENSE
  On-base pct. – .316 (17th)
  Slugging pct.
  
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• Angels post-All-Star Game 2018 breakdown

  19-07-2018 14:31 via ocregister.com
  
  ANGELS FIRST-HALF REVIEW
  HOW THEY GOT HERE: Injuries have scuttled the Angels’ season once again. They began the year with nine starting pitchers on their depth chart, and eight of them have been hurt so far. At least two, Garrett Richards and JC Ramírez, are already out for the season. Two of their relievers, Keynan Middleton and Blake Wood, are also out for the year. The Angels have gotten passable work from the pitching despite the injuries, but they’ve been under pressure
  
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• Angels confident they can get hot, vie for playoff spot

  19-07-2018 14:31 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Math suggests the Angels open the second half without much chance to make the playoffs. FanGraphs calculates their playoff chances at 2.8 percent.
  History, however, offers more hope, at least in Ian Kinsler’s eyes.
  “There’s always a team every year that makes a run for the wild card that kind of sneaks up on people,” the Angels second baseman said. “I think definitely we’re one of the teams that can put together a really good second half and be
  
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• Video: Massive great white shark spotted eating whale near San Clemente Pier

  19-07-2018 14:26 via ocregister.com
  
   
  A huge adult great white shark was spotted by a fishing charter about three-quarters of a mile off the San Clemente Pier, Thursday, July 19, as it eat the carcass of a dead gray whale.
  The National Geographic-like scene was documented by the crew on AllWater Charter out of Dana Point, a private fishing charter that was taking anglers out to sea. Lifeguards are working on towing the whale further from the shore.
  Marc Levine, owner of AllWater Charter, said they first spotted the floating
  
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• Comic-Con 2018: Here’s why everyone is lining up at the Nintendo Lounge

  19-07-2018 14:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Dozens of Nintendo fans flocked to the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina hotel Thursday morning to be among the first at Comic-Con International to play the gaming giant’s much-anticipated “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” for the Switch console.
  What has fans so excited about the game, which was officially unveiled at E3 in June and comes out Dec. 7, is that every challenger from the long-running franchise will be playable. (And yes, that includes Sonic, Mewtwo, Ness and even the W
  
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• Sunset Conference boys, girls water polo moves to double round (poll)

  19-07-2018 14:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunset League boys and girls water polo annually offered some of the best competition in Orange County but its shift to a conference alignment and a double-round schedule will provide, well, double the excitement.
  Starting this fall, the conference’s Surf (upper league) and Wave (lower league) will play a double round within its divisions, which in the Surf League means two rounds of intense matches.
  In boys water polo, the Surf will consist of Newport Harbor, Huntington Beach, Corona
  
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• Namibia’s desalination plant offers clues to Southern California’s future

  19-07-2018 13:33 via ocregister.com
  
  SWAKOPMUND, Namibia — Under an African canopy of sparkling stars, a desalination plant that could become a salvation for many hums in the darkness pumping millions of gallons of precious water through a vast overland pipeline.
  For a Southern California interloper like me, the sight is wondrous — and in an age of climate change and some experts predicting future wars won’t be about oil but about water, the plant shines like a beacon in the night.
  This is a parched country not un
  
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• Facing critics over Putin summit, Trump wants to meet again

  19-07-2018 13:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER, KEN THOMAS and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants another meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to start implementing ideas they discussed in Helsinki, casting the summit as a starting point for progress on a number of shared concerns.
  Pushing back against criticism of his Putin meeting, Trump accused the news media of trying to provoke a confrontation with Moscow that could lead to war, although concerns about the meeting hav
  
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• Review: 5 popular fried chicken sandwiches in Orange County, ranked

  19-07-2018 13:02 via ocregister.com
  
  It seems as if everybody’s been ranting or raving about fried chicken sandwiches lately, so I decided to see what all the fuss was about. I identified about 15 different places to taste and compare in Orange County. I got about halfway through that list and decided I’d had enough. It’s not that I didn’t like what I was finding. Rather, it’s just that they are all more or less the same thing. Fried chicken is almost always great. Top it with some slaw and stuff it in
  
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• Paramore brings high energy, maturity to its sold-out show at the Forum

  19-07-2018 12:28 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2005, Franklin, Tennessee, pop rock band Paramore was stoked to sell out 300-or-less capacity Southern California clubs such as Chain Reaction in Anaheim or the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles. Though the group has since gone on to sell out shows at much larger local venues including Irvine Meadows Amphitheater and Honda Center in Anaheim, the fact that in 2018 the band performed in front of a sold-out crowd at a landmark like the Forum was an important milestone, vocalist Hayley Williams exp
  
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• Orange woman who hit Indio police motorcycle officer with car while driving under influence facing felony charge

  19-07-2018 12:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A 55-year-old Orange woman faces a felony charge stemming from a 2016 crash where she is accused of hitting and seriously injuring an Indio police motorcycle officer while driving under the influence.
  She was set to appear in court Thursday, July 19.
  Margaret Kendric was being held in lieu of $90,000 in a Riverside County jail after being arrested by Los Angeles Airport police on July 12, jail records show. Details about her arrest in Los Angeles were not immediately available. She was released
  
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• Comcast drops Fox bid, paving way for sale to Disney

  19-07-2018 12:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MAE ANDERSON
  The Associated Press
  NEW YORK — Comcast is dropping its bid for Fox’s entertainment businesses, paving the way for Disney to boost its upcoming streaming service by buying the studios behind “The Simpsons” and X-Men.
  Comcast can now focus on its pursuit of European pay-TV operator Sky, a deal that would give the Philadelphia-based cable and media company a larger presence outside the U.S.
  The moves come as the media landscape is shifting dramatically. Cabl
  
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• Former USC WR Joseph Lewis arrested again on suspicion of domestic violence

  19-07-2018 12:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Former USC wide receiver Joseph Lewis IV was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of domestic violence, a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman said, marking his second such arrest this year.
  Lewis was arrested about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 5900 block of Raymond Avenue in South Los Angeles, a residential area near where he attended high school. The spokeswoman did not provide further details. Lewis remained in custody Thursday morning, held in lieu of $100,000 bail, according to onl
  
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