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• Sparks look to head to all-star break on high note, host red-hot Dream

  23-07-2018 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Sparks will take on the suddenly hot Atlanta Dream at Staples Center on Tuesday in the team’s final game before the All-Star break.
  Los Angeles (15-10) is coming off its third straight road victory after Chicagoland native Candace Parker was the catalyst in a 93-76 victory over the Sky at Wintrust Arena with a 23-point, 12-rebound and seven-assist performance. The Sparks were missing starters Nneka Ogwumike and Alana Beard. Both players have been hampered by an illn
  
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• Newport Harbor Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Newport Harbor
  Coach: Peter Lofthouse
  League: Sunset League
  Playoff division: Division 7
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 Sequoia at Newport Harbor
  Aug. 31 Newport Harbor at Chino Hills
  Sept. 7 University (Los Angeles) at Newport Harbor
  Sept. 14 Newport Harbor at Santa Monica
  Sept. 21 Newport Harbor at San Marino
  Sept. 28 Huntington Beach at Newport Harbor*
  Oct. 5 Newport Harbor at Los Alamitos*
  Oct. 11 Newport Harbor vs. Edison at Huntington Beach High*
  Oct. 19 Corona del
  
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• In O.C., mass shooting victims express outrage over MGM’s lawsuit against them

  23-07-2018 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Victims of a mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival said Monday they were outraged when they learned they were being sued by the company that owns the hotel where the gunman opened fire.
  Jason McMillan, a 36-year-old Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and paralyzed, said he can’t believe MGM officials would try to foist blame onto anyone but themselves.
  “I just can’t believe the audacity,” McMillan said at a press confe
  
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• In O.C., Las Vegas mass shooting victims express outrage over MGM’s lawsuit against them

  23-07-2018 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Victims of a mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival said Monday they were outraged when they learned they were being sued by the company that owns the hotel where the gunman opened fire.
  Jason McMillan, a 36-year-old Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and paralyzed, said he can’t believe MGM officials would try to foist blame onto anyone but themselves.
  “I just can’t believe the audacity,” McMillan said at a press confe
  
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• Los Alamitos Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Los Alamitos
  Coach: Ray Fenton
  League: Sunset League
  Playoff division: Division 2
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 Los Alamitos at Vista Murrieta
  Aug. 31 Long Beach Poly at Los Alamitos
  Sept. 7 Banning at Los Alamitos
  Sept. 14 Los Alamitos at Carson
  Sept. 21 Los Alamitos at Tesoro
  Sept. 28 Los Alamitos vs. Fountain Valley at Huntington Beach High*
  Oct. 5 Newport Harbor at Los Alamitos*
  Oct. 12 Corona del Mar at Los Alamitos*
  Oct. 19 Los Alamitos at Huntington Beach*
  Oct. 26 E
  
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• Huntington Beach Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Huntington Beach
  Coach: Brett Brown
  League: Sunset League
  Playoff division: Division 6
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Huntington Beach vs. Canyon at El Modena High
  Aug. 24 Huntington Beach at Western
  Aug. 31 Long Beach Wilson at Huntington Beach
  Sept. 7 Irvine at Huntington Beach
  Sept. 14 Marina  at Huntington Beach
  Sept. 28 Huntington Beach at Newport Harbor*
  Oct. 5 Edison at Huntington Beach*
  Oct. 12 Fountain Valley at Huntington Beach*
  Oct. 19 Los Alamitos at Huntin
  
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• Fountain Valley Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Fountain Valley
  Coach: Jimmy Nolan
  League: Sunset League
  Playoff division: Division 8
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 16 Troy vs. Fountain Valley at Huntington Beach High
  Aug. 24 North Torrance vs. Fountain Valley at Huntington Beach High
  Aug. 31 Fountain Valley vs. Woodbridge at University High
  Sept. 7 Fountain Valley at Rancho Dominguez
  Sept. 14 Fountain Valley at Adelanto
  Sept. 28 Los Alamitos vs. Fountain Valley at Huntington Beach High*
  Oct. 5 Fountain Valley vs. Corona de
  
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• Edison Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Edison
  Coach: Jeff Grady
  League: Sunset League
  Playoff division: Division 2
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Tesoro vs. Edison at Huntington Beach High
  Aug. 24 Edison at Oaks Christian
  Aug. 30 Canyon vs. Edison at Huntington Beach High
  Sept. 7 Edison at San Juan Hills
  Sept. 20 San Clemente vs. Edison at Huntington Beach High
  Sept. 27 Corona del Mar vs. Edison at Huntington Beach High*
  Oct. 5 Edison at Huntington Beach*
  Oct. 11 Newport Harbor vs. Edison at Huntington Beach Hig
  
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• Corona del Mar Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Corona del Mar
  Coach: Dan O’Shea
  League: Sunset League
  Playoff division: Division 4
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Corona del Mar at JSerra
  Aug. 23 Palos Verdes vs. Corona del Mar at Newport Harbor High
  Aug. 31 El Toro vs. Corona del Mar at Newport Harbor High
  Sept. 7 Corona del Mar at Lakewood
  Sept. 14 Corona del Mar at San Clemente
  Sept. 27 Corona del Mar vs. Edison at Huntington Beach High*
  Oct. 5 Fountain Valley vs. Corona del Mar at Newport Harbor High*
  Oct. 12 C
  
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• Dodgers rally for two runs in ninth inning to beat Phillies

  23-07-2018 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasmani Grandal (9) celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run off Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Zach Eflin during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
  Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Yacksel Rios, right, reacts after giving up a home run to Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson, left, during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt
  
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• Tesoro Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Tesoro
  Coach: Matt Poston
  League: South Coast League
  Playoff division: Division 2
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Tesoro vs. Edison at Huntington Beach High
  Aug. 24 Knight at Tesoro
  Aug. 31 Roosevelt/Eastvale at Tesoro
  Sept. 7 Tesoro at West Torrance
  Sept. 14 Tesoro at San Juan Hills
  Sept. 21 Los Alamitos at Tesoro
  Sept. 28 San Clemente at Tesoro*
  Oct. 12 Tesoro at El Toro*
  Oct. 19 Tesoro at Capistrano Valley*
  Oct. 26 Mission Viejo at Tesoro*
  *League game
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• St. John Bosco Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: St. John Bosco
  Coach: Jason Negro
  League: Trinity League
  Playoff division: Division 1
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Timpview (Utah) at St. John Bosco
  Aug. 24 St. John Bosco at Garces Memorial
  Aug. 31 Mililani (HI) at St. John Bosco
  Sept. 7 Paramount at St. John Bosco
  Sept. 14 St. John Bosco at Chaminade
  Sept. 28 JSerra at St. John Bosco*
  Oct. 5 Orange Lutheran at St. John Bosco*
  Oct. 12 St. John Bosco vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl*
  Oct. 19 St. John Bosco vs. Santa Margar
  
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• Servite Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Servite
  Coach: Troy Thomas
  League: Trinity League
  Playoff division: Division 1
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 16 Bakersfield vs. Servite at Santa Ana Bowl
  Aug. 24 Norco vs. Servite at Cerritos College
  Aug. 31 Servite at TBD
  Sept. 7 Roosevelt/Eastvale vs. Servite at Cerritos College
  Sept. 14 Servite vs. Villa Park at El Modena High
  Sept. 28 Mater Dei vs. Servite at Santa Ana Bowl*
  Oct. 5 Servite at JSerra*
  Oct. 11 Servite vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills High*
  Oct. 19 Ora
  
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• Death of man taken into custody after fight at Santa Ana apartment under investigation

  23-07-2018 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities are investigating the death of a man taken into custody after a reported fight Monday at a Santa Ana apartment.
  Shortly before 11 a.m., officers responded to reports of a fight inside an apartment in a complex in the 3400 block of South Plaza Drive, according to a Santa Ana Police Department statement.
  Arriving officers heard a “commotion,” including breaking glass, from a second story apartment, according to the statement. The officers “called out” to the occ
  
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• Angels’ Ian Kinsler leads AL second basemen in coveted defensive metrics

  23-07-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Ian Kinsler may be on his way to his second Gold Glove award.
  The Society for American Baseball Research on Monday released the first 2018 figures for the SABR Defense Index (SDI), which is one of the components used to select the Gold Glove winners. Kinsler was at the top among American League second basemen.
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  “I think I’ve had a really good year defensively,&
  
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• Dana Point man uses Junior Lifeguard training for heroic rescue at waterfall on French-Swiss border

  23-07-2018 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Dustin Ostrand saw a man falling from the highest point of the famed Saut du Doubs waterfall straddling the Swiss-French border and knew he had to act immediately.
  Saut Du Doubs waterfall is 80 feet high and sits on the Doub river. It is a popular tourist destination. (Photo courtesy of Dustin Ostrand)
  Dustin Ostrand and wife, Angela Fioretti, in Switzerland where Fioretti is working on a post-docturate fellowship in solar energy science. (Photo courtesy of Dustin Ostrand)SoundThe gallery will r
  
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• Police lawyers, known for bare-knuckled tactics, agree to pay $600,000 to Costa Mesa officials for misconduct

  23-07-2018 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  There was a time when Upland-based Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir was one of the most powerful police law firms in California, employing bare-knuckled tactics that earned big pay raises for officers.
  But the now-defunct firm might have met its match in Costa Mesa. After five years of legal wrangling, the law firm has agreed to pay $607,500 to settle a civil suit alleging it illegally had a tracking device placed on a former mayor’s personal vehicle. The firm also was accused of
  
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• OC Fair 2018: In an era of distractions, these teens keep their focus on raising farm animals

  23-07-2018 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  During the school year, Katerina Gomez wakes well before dawn to make it to the farm at Fullerton Union High School to feed and walk her lamb Mama before class.
  As a member of the school’s Future Farmers of America chapter, FFA, Gomez, 16, has spent even more time caring for her seven-month-old lamb at this year’s OC Fair, arriving at the fairgrounds in the early morning hours and leaving in the evening.
  Masen Karsten, 13, with Trabuco Trailblazers 4H, carries her Grand Champion mark
  
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• The integrity of our elections should be a nonpartisan concern

  23-07-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In the recent indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller of a dozen Russian intelligence officers, there is an alarming detail.
  “In or around July 2016,” the indictment states, “[Anatoliy Sergeyevich] Kovalev and his co-conspirators hacked the website of a state board of elections and stole information related to approximately 500,000 voters, including names, addresses, partial Social Security numbers, dates of birth and driver’s license numbers.”
  We already knew
  
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• Santa Margarita Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Santa Margarita
  Coach: Rich Fisher
  League: Trinity League
  Playoff division: Division 1
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 16 Downey vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills High
  Aug. 24 Santa Margarita at Mission Viejo
  Aug. 31 Cherry Creek (Colo.) vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills High
  Sept. 7 Mayfair vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills High
  Sept. 15 Orem (Utah) vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills High
  Sept. 28 Santa Margarita vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College*
  Oct. 5
  
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• Local swimmers will face stiff competition at Phillips 66 Nationals this week in Irvine

  23-07-2018 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s top swimmers will race in familiar waters this week at the Phillips 66 Nationals in Irvine, but it will be challenging for the locals to enjoy much of a home-pool advantage.
  The competition from the rising Katie Ledecky to Caeleb Dressel will offer a hazardous rip current. There also is a high-profile illness to monitor.
  Yes, welcome to an already wild, mid-Olympic cycle meet, which saw star Ryan Lochte banned 14 months on Tuesday for an intravenous injection.
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• Orange Lutheran Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Orange Lutheran
  Coach: JP Presley
  League: Trinity Leauge
  Playoff division: Division 1
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Orange Lutheran at San Juan Hills
  Aug. 24 Centennial/Corona vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College
  Aug. 31 Vista Murrieta vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College
  Sept. 14 Orange Lutheran at Heritage (Romoland)
  Sept. 21 Mission Viejo vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College
  Sept. 28 Santa Margarita vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College*
  Oct.
  
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• California’s November elections a clear referendum on Trump

  23-07-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s top-two primary carried the risk of producing only candidates of one party on the November ballot. This actually happened in a number of legislative and congressional districts, but they were not any of the contested ones. Districts that had only elected one party’s candidate for decades won’t be upset by an intra-party final. At the statewide level, the final two were of the same party in only the U.S. Senate and lieutenant governor races.  Since no one thoug
  
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• Dodgers move Manny Machado to third base with Justin Turner on the DL

  23-07-2018 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA – When Manny Machado joined the Dodgers on Friday, Dave Roberts said he would eventually play him at third base – but not until Machado had time to work out at the position he played for his first six seasons in the big leagues, winning two Gold Gloves before moving back to shortstop this year.
  Plans change.
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  When Justin Turner lef
  
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• Mater Dei Football 2018: Roster, Schedule, Stats

  23-07-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: Mater Dei
  Coach: Bruce Rollinson
  League: Trinity League
  Playoff division: Division 1
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Bishop Amat vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl
  Aug. 24 Mater Dei at Bishop Gorman, 6 p.m.
  Aug. 31 Mater Dei at La Mirada
  Sept. 7 St. Mary’s (Stockton) vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl
  Sept. 21 IMG Academy (Fla.) vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl
  Sept. 28 Mater Dei vs. Servite at Santa Ana Bowl*
  Oct. 5 Santa Margarita vs. Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl*
  Oct. 12 St
  
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• California’s exploding market for hemp CBD products rocked by sporadic crackdowns

  23-07-2018 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The pink menus at Coffee Dose, a Costa Mesa coffee shop, list lattes infused with trendy ingredients such as tumeric powder and grass-fed butter.
  The menus also have several ingredients carefully hidden by lines of Wite-Out. But look closely enough and you can make out two words: “CBD oil.”
  Cannabidiol, known as CBD, is one of more than 100 compounds found in cannabis. The chemical doesn’t make consumers high, but international demand for CBD is growing as word spreads about it
  
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• Should California be split into three states?

  23-07-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California voters won’t get a chance to vote on splitting the state in three this November.
  On July 18, the California Supreme Court ruled the “Three Californias” initiative shouldn’t go before voters — at least for now.
  The Planning and Conservation League filed a lawsuit challenging the measure, arguing the measure must first be approved by the state Legislature before going to voters.
  The court unanimously agreed that “significant questions have been raised
  
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• Jared Goff arrives for training camp at UC Irvine, where Rams may be looking to stay

  23-07-2018 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – In his third year, Jared Goff has the training-camp drill down. Drive up, sign in, grab a key and take a golf-cart ride to a sparsely furnished UC Irvine dorm room. Goff could be visiting for a while longer.
  The Rams’ quarterbacks and rookies checked in for camp Monday, with veterans to follow on Tuesday and Wednesday in advance of Thursday’s initial full-team practice. The Rams seem pleased with their arrangements on the sprawling campus, where they will spend most of
  
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• ‘Queen of Ghazals’ Monidipa Sharma moves Laguna Woods Village audience to tears

  23-07-2018 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  To the sound of hand pats and finger taps on a tabla and subtle plucks of a sarod, Clubhouse Two went East for an evening courtesy of the India Club and their “Mystic Musicale” on Saturday, July 21.
  Vocalist Monidipa Sharma is accompanied by David Trasoff on the sarod and Tathagata Dasgupta on the tabla as they perform Indian classical music during “A Mystic Musicale” event hosted by the India Club of Laguna Woods at Clubhouse 2 on Saturday, July 21, 2018. (Photo By Jeff
  
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• Bodybuilders bring the muscle to Huntington Beach library

  23-07-2018 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Bodybuilders flex at the Lauren Powers Fitness Event Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Huntington Beach Central Library.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  Bodybuilding fans applaudas men and women from all levels compete at the Lauren Powers Fitness Event Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Huntington Beach Central Library.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBodybuilders, Jesse Sink, right, and Israel Delgado pose at the Lau
  
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• Newport Beach group holds car wash to help 1st Battalion, 1st Marines attend annual Marine Corps ball

  23-07-2018 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Efforts to show support for a highly decorated Camp Pendleton Marine Corps battalion proved successful over the weekend, not only for the Marines but for the community.
  Nearly 200 people came out on Saturday, July 21, for the Newport Beach 1st Battalion 1st Marines Foundation car wash fundraiser which benefits the battalion’s Marines and their families.
  PFC Mateo Sanchez, originally from Denver Colorado, gets the hubcaps clean July 21, 2018, as he and other
  
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• JSerra Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  23-07-2018 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Team: JSerra
  Coach: Pat Harlow
  League: Trinity League
  Playoff division: Division 1
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Corona del Mar at JSerra
  Aug. 24 JSerra at Calabasas
  Aug. 31 JSerra at Bishop Amat
  Sept. 8 Pinnacle (Ariz.) vs. JSerra, at Moorpark High, 4:30 p.m.
  Sept. 14 Faith Lutheran (Nev.) at JSerra
  Sept. 28 JSerra at St. John Bosco*
  Oct. 5 Servite at JSerra*
  Oct. 12 Orange Lutheran at JSerra*
  Oct. 19 Mater Dei at JSerra*
  Oct. 26 JSerra at Santa Margarita*
  *League game
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• Eva Kilgore: Looking for a place to host a big party? Try Huntington Bay Club

  23-07-2018 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  How do you keep 250 guests well fed and entertained? If you live in Huntington Beach, make sure you book that large event at the Huntington Bay Club. It’s simply amazing.
  I attended a wedding and birthday combination celebration there and was smiling from the time I arrived until I took those dancing shoes off at 11 p.m.
  There are two floors at the Huntington Bay Club.
  We started downstairs and inside with a ’70s band, passed appetizers (crab cakes, little lamb chops, sashimi se
  
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• Pacific Symphony to play under the stars in Mission Viejo

  23-07-2018 17:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Help Mission Viejo celebrate its 30th birthday and listen to classics under the stars. The Pacific Symphony heads out for its annual summer field trip into the community this weekend.
  “Symphony in the Cities” stops in Mission Viejo on Saturday, July 28, at Oso Viejo Community Park on the Village Green.
  The symphony will perform a variety of pieces, including light classical and patriotic standards.  Arrive early to enjoy Mission Viejo’s annual “Prelude in the Park,&r
  
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• Coastal communities will participate in Relay for Life on Saturday

  23-07-2018 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of residents from Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo and San Clemente are expected to take part in the Coastal Communities Relay For Life on Saturday, July 28 at Jim Johnson Memorial Sports Park in San Clemente.
  Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the event includes a 3-Point Shooting Contest and a Team 2-Mile Relay Race, silent auction, resources, food,  entertainment, and the event highlight, the Luminaria Ceremony. Cancer survivor
  
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• Woman parking a Tesla crashes into building in Newport Beach; minor injuries reported

  23-07-2018 16:22 via ocregister.com
  
  A Tesla slammed into a building housing two businesses in Newport Beach on Monday, leaving a bystander with minor injuries, police said.
  The crash occurred just before 9:45 a.m. at 3601 Jamboree Road, according to Jennifer Manzella of the Newport Beach Police Department.
  The driver escaped injury, but a woman standing outside the building sustained cuts and scrapes and was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, Manzella said.
  The unidentified woman driving the Tesla was parking when the car
  
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• Whicker: John Fassel and his Rams more special than we know

  23-07-2018 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Two NFL coaches speak to the entire team. One is the head coach. The other is the special teams coach.
  The special teams guy prepares six different units: Punt, punt return, kickoff, kickoff return, placekick, placekick defense. He takes players from every position group. He generally deals with the youngest part of the roster. The playmakers want no part of special teams, just as Hugh Jackman rarely sweeps the stage between Broadway acts.
  “Look at the skills involved,” said Hank Bau
  
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• How ‘Teen Titans Go! to the Movies’ turned Will Arnett into a villain (and producer)

  23-07-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Actor Will Arnett says that usually when his young sons Archie and Abel are watching one of their shows, he tunes it out. It’s kid stuff, background noise, the kind of TV that 9- and 7-year-old boys are into, but their dad? Eh, not so much.
  Then one day, as the boys watched “Teen Titans Go!” something caught his attention: The jokes in the superhero comedy on Cartoon Network were really, really funny.
  “I was like, ‘This is really great,’” Arnett says. &l
  
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• Southern California house prices up amid weakening home sales, Realtors report

  23-07-2018 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The first of two housing reports expected this week showed Los Angeles and Orange County house prices up 7.8 percent in the year ending in June, with price gains of 4.3 percent in the Inland Empire.
  However, fewer homes sold at those elevated prices amid signs the California housing market “is transitioning,” according to the California Association of Realtors.
  The median price of an existing single-family home hit $539,000 in the L.A. metro area, CAR reported, up $39,000 from the Ju
  
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• Southern California home prices up 7.8% amid weakening sales, Realtors report

  23-07-2018 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The first of two housing reports expected this week showed Southern California home prices up 7.8 percent in June from the same period a year ago, although higher prices appear to be scaring buyers away.
  Sales declined from year-ago levels for a second consecutive month, a sign the housing market “is transitioning,” the California Association of Realtors reported Monday, July 23.
  The median price of an existing single-family home hit $539,000 in the region, which includes Los Angeles
  
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• Progressive California’s disgraceful child poverty problem

  23-07-2018 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  “Child poverty rates remain substantially higher than before the recession,” reports the Public Policy Institute of California.
  Using official poverty statistics which don’t take into account the cost of living, 19.9 percent of children in California lived in poverty in 2016, up from 17.3 percent in 2007.
  The 19.9 percent figure only gets worse when f
  
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• How 2 kids who represent the next generation of environmentalists are making an impact on our coast

  23-07-2018 15:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Still dripping from a midday surf at San Onofre, 10-year-old Coda Christopherson is sitting on a railroad tie beneath a palm-frond palapa and hatching a plan to banish single-use plastic straws from every school in California.
  She’s going to start at her own school, Grand View Elementary in Manhattan Beach.
  Young activist Coda Christopherson, 10, on the beach in San Onofre.(Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  “I notice the students really care about the oce
  
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• Mater Dei junior quarterback Bryce Young to announce college decision Wednesday

  23-07-2018 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei junior quarterback Bryce Young (5-11, 175) is ready to make his college decision.
  Young posted on Twitter that he will announce his college commitment at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25, about a month before his debut with the Monarchs. Wednesday also is Young’s birthday.I will be announcing my commitment on my birthday, Wednesday July 25
  — Bryce Young (@_bryce_young) July 22, 2018Mater Dei opens defense of its national title on August 17 against Bishop Amat at Santa Ana Stadi
  
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• Swimmer Ryan Lochte suspended over vitamin IV he posted photo of on social media

  23-07-2018 14:58 via ocregister.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Ryan Lochte posted a photo for the world to see, and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency noticed.
  It got him suspended — again.
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  The longtime U.S. swimming star has been banned from competition until July 2019, which means the 12-time Olympic medalist cannot compete as planned in the national championships that start this week in California. Lochte will also be
  
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• Garden Grove man gets house arrest for smuggling rare fish into U.S.

  23-07-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  
  A Garden Grove man was sentenced Monday to six months of house arrest for smuggling protected Asian arowana fish – an expensive freshwater aquarium variety thought in some cultures to bring luck, prosperity and health – from Indonesia into the United States.
  Shawn Naolu Lee, 29, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II to forfeit $15,370, which prosecutors determined were proceeds of the defendant’s illegal wildlife sales. The three-year probationary
  
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• How to get tickets to see Mel Brooks at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa

  23-07-2018 14:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Comic legend Mel Brooks is headed to Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage on Saturday, Sept. 29.
  Actor, filmmaker and composer are among the funny feathers in Brooks’ cap with his successful career in movies, television and on the stage. The Grammy, Tony, Emmy and Oscar Award-winner’s 1974 cult comedy “Blazing Saddles” remains one of the funniest satirical Westerns.
  Other films by Brooks include “Young Frankenstein,” “High Anxiety” and
  
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• Don’t like your kid’s school district? Transferring could become easier—if they’re being bullied

  23-07-2018 14:08 via ocregister.com
  After overcoming homelessness, Keshara Shaw has been determined to improve circumstances for her family. She got a job and a place to live. But she’s having a harder time getting her 8-year-old son into a good school.
  Shaw doesn’t like the school he was assigned to in their Los Angeles neighborhood because students aren’t performing well and the surrounding streets are riddled with violence. Instead, she wants him to go to a different school where she thinks he’ll be safe
  
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• It’s Apple vs. Amazon in the race to $1 trillion

  23-07-2018 13:58 via ocregister.com
  
  As we head into the heat of earnings season this week, two technology giants sit at the threshold of a monumental achievement: surpassing $1 trillion in market capitalization.
  Apple Inc., still the world’s most valuable company, sported a $941 billion valuation at the end of trading on Friday. The iPhone maker reports its third quarter earnings results after the close of trading on July 31 and needs just a 6 percent increase in stock price to hurdle over the magical mile marker. Amazon, re
  
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• Tesla’s call for supplier refunds signal’s doubts about the company’s long-term profitability

  23-07-2018 13:32 via ocregister.com
  
  When a company asks suppliers to retroactively give money back, it’s a sign that something has gone wrong.
  That’s what analysts worry about with Tesla Inc., which has asked suppliers to return a portion of payments for parts they’ve delivered going back to 2016. In the memo to suppliers last week, Tesla asked for a meaningful amount of money to help it become profitable.
  That’s worrisome because Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has said that the
  
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• 1-year-old drowns in Mission Viejo recreation center pool

  23-07-2018 12:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A 1-year-old drowned in Mission Viejo Sunday evening, July 22 at the Sierra Recreation Center pool, according to city officials.
  First-responders were called shortly before 7 p.m. to the center, at 26887 Recodo Lane.
  “The child was attending the Sierra Recreation facility with parents and friends when the incident occurred,” says a statement from the city. “All efforts to revive the child were unsuccessful.”
  The child’s gender has not been disclosed.
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