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• Caeleb Dressel, Lilly King rebound from rough starts at U.S. Championships

  27-07-2018 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE—World champion Caeleb Dressel had his Phillips 66/USA Swimming National Championships 100-meter butterfly gold medal around his neck for all about 90 seconds when he took it off, walked off the award podium and gave it to a young fan standing nearby.
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  “I usually just hand them out,” Dressel said with a shrug later. “I really don’t do anything with them
  
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• O.C. Batbusters’ miraculous run ends with dramatic loss in PGF Premier final

  27-07-2018 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE The O.C. Batbusters’ gritty run to the finals of the PGF Premier 18-and-under softball championships nearly ended Friday night with a title powered by a pair of Orange County standouts.
  It instead ended with a mixture of tears and reflection about a tournament journey for the ages.
  Georgia Impact scored four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and escaped a base-loaded jam in the seventh to rally past the Anaheim-based Batbusters 6-4 at Bill Barber Park.
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• Jose Briceño and Francisco Arcia join select company in the Angels’ recent history

  27-07-2018 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – In May 2001, injuries to Bengie Molina and Jorge Fabregas left the Angels without their first- and second-string catchers for a span of 16 days. Mike Scioscia, then in his second season as the team’s manager, turned to a pair of rookies to fill the void: Jose Molina and Shawn Wooten.
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  Scioscia would not entrust the catcher position to a pair of rookies for another 15
  
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• St. Michael’s Prep 8-Man Football 2018: Roster, Schedule

  27-07-2018 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  School: St. Michael’s Prep Archangels
  Coach: Father Vianney Ceja
  League: Express League (8-man)
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 St. Michael’s Prep at St. Joseph Academy (San Marcos)
  Aug. 31 St. Michael’s Prep at Cornerstone Christian
  Sept. 22 St. Michael’s Prep at Trinity Christian (Monterey), 2 p.m.
  Sept. 27 Calvary Chapel/Downey at St. Michael’s Prep*, 3:30 p.m.
  Oct. 12 St. Michael’s Prep at Avalon*, 5 p.m.
  Oct. 26 St. Michael’s Pre
  
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• Sage Hill 8-Man Football 2018: Schedule, Roster

  27-07-2018 22:45 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Sage Hill Lightning
  Coach: BJ Crabtree
  League: Express League (8-man)
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 North Valley Military at Sage Hill
  Sept. 1 Sage Hill at Brethren Christian*, TBA
  Sept. 8 East Valley at Sage Hill, 6 p.m.
  Sept. 14 Lucerne Valley at Sage Hill
  Sept. 28 Sage Hill at Avalon*, 5 p.m.
  Oct. 4 Dymally at Sage Hill
  Oct. 19 Sage Hill at Rolling Hills Prep*, 3:15 p.m.
  Oct. 27 Calvary Chapel/Downey at Sage Hill*, 6 p.m.
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• Saddleback Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Saddleback Roadrunners
  Coach: Nick Diulio
  League: Orange Coast League
  Playoff division: Division 13
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Saddleback at Linfield Christian
  Aug. 24 Portola at Saddleback at Century high
  Aug. 31 Saddleback at Dana Hills
  Sept. 6 Saddleback at Los Amigos at Garden Grove Stadium
  Sept. 13 Century at Saddleback at Segerstrom High
  Sept. 29 Saddleback at Orange at El Modena High*
  Oct. 5 Estancia at Saddleback at Segerstrom High*
  Oct. 12 Santa Ana at Saddle
  
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• La Quinta Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  School: La Quinta Aztecs
  Coach: Ron Vander Sluis
  League: Garden Grove League
  Playoff division: Division 11
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 Anaheim vs. La Quinta at Bolsa Grande High
  Aug. 30 Estancia vs. La Quinta at Bolsa Grande High
  Sept. 7 La Quinta at Costa Mesa
  Sept. 14 La Quinta at Santa Ana Valley
  Sept. 21 La Quinta at Century
  Sept. 28 Los Amigos vs. La Quinta at Bolsa Grande High*
  Oct. 5 La Quinta vs. Loara at Glover Stadium*
  Oct. 11 Santiago vs. La Quinta at Bolsa Grande H
  
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• Defunct law firm deal doesn’t settle concerns on police union ‘playbook’

  27-07-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — The recent announcement that a now-defunct law firm will pay $600,000 to a former Costa Mesa mayor and a current councilman and his wife puts to bed an ugly chapter in that Orange County city’s recent history. Nevertheless, it would be wrong to ignore the deeper statewide lessons from that controversy, which also spotlights the aggressive “playbook” that some police officials had used to muscle political opponents into submission.
  The settlement came in a law
  
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• Bolsa Grande Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Bolsa Grande Matadors
  Coach: Alfredo Silva
  League: Garden Grove League
  Playoff division: Division 13
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Magnolia at Bolsa Grande
  Aug. 24 Bolsa Grande at Bosco Tech
  Aug. 31 Cerritos at Bolsa Grande
  Sept. 14 Bolsa Grande vs. Northwood at Irvine High
  Sept. 20 Fairmont Prep at Bolsa Grande
  Sept. 27 Bolsa Grande vs. Loara at Western High*
  Oct. 5 Bolsa Grande vs. Santiago at Garden Grove High*
  Oct. 12 Rancho Alamitos at Bolsa Grande*
  Oct. 19 Bolsa Gr
  
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• Orange Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Orange Panthers
  Coach: Robert Pedroza
  League: Orange Coast League
  Playoff division: Division 9
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 Orange at Garden Grove
  Aug. 30 University at Orange at El Modena High
  Sept. 6 Canyon at Orange at El Modena High
  Sept. 14 Orange at Westminster
  Sept. 21 Orange at Irvine
  Sept. 29 Saddleback at Orange at El Modena High*
  Oct. 5 Costa Mesa at Orange at El Modena High*
  Oct. 12 Orange at Estancia*
  Oct. 19 Calvary Chapel at Orange at El Modena High*
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• Estancia Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Estancia Eagles
  Coach: Mike Bargas
  League: Orange Coast League
  Playoff division: Division 13
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 Loara at Estancia
  Aug. 30 Estancia at La Quinta at Bolsa Grande High
  Sept. 7 Estancia at Santiago at Garden Grove High
  Sept. 14 Estancia at Ocean View
  Sept. 21 Laguna Beach at Estancia
  Sept. 27 Estancia at Calvary Chapel at Segerstrom High*
  Oct. 5 Estancia at Saddleback at Segerstrom High*
  Oct. 12 Orange at Estancia*
  Oct. 19 Estancia at Santa Ana*
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• Desert Studies Center site manager, killed in crash, will be missed, says Cal State Fullerton

  27-07-2018 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton alum Rob Fulton, who spent the past 32 years working at the California State University Desert Studies Center in the Mojave Desert, has died at 63. (Photo courtesy of CalState Fullerton)
  Rob Fulton, 63, was identified June 28 as the motorist whose body was found outside a vehicle that plunged off Highway 243 in the San Jacinto Mountains three days earlier. (Courtesy photo)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expand
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• Costa Mesa Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Costa Mesa Mustangs
  Coach: David Gutierrez
  League: Orange Coast League
  Playoff division: Division 13
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Costa Mesa at Gabrielino
  Aug. 24 Santiago at Costa Mesa
  Aug. 30 Costa Mesa at Loara at Glover Stadium
  Sept. 7 La Quinta at Costa Mesa
  Sept. 14 Los Amigos at Costa Mesa
  Sept. 27 Santa Ana at Costa Mesa*
  Oct. 5 Costa Mesa at Orange at El Modena High *
  Oct. 11 Costa Mesa at Calvary Chapel at Segerstrom High*
  Oct. 19 Saddleback at Costa Mesa*
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• Calvary Chapel Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Calvary Chapel Eagles
  Coach: Rudy Nava
  League: Orange Coast League
  Playoff division: Division 13
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 24 Calvary Chapel at Bellflower
  Aug. 31 Ontario Christian at Calvary Chapel at Segerstrom High
  Sept. 7 Calvary Chapel at Ocean View
  Sept. 14 Calvary Chapel at Calvary Murrieta
  Sept. 21 Calvary Chapel at Bishop Montgomery
  Sept. 27 Estancia at Calvary Chapel at Segerstrom High*
  Oct. 4 Calvary Chapel at Santa Ana*
  Oct. 11 Costa Mesa at Calvary Chapel a
  
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• Texas man who killed ex-girlfriend’s father, wounded her brother and mother in Irvine standoff is sentenced to life in prison

  27-07-2018 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A Texas man who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend’s father in the back of the head and wounded her mother and brother during a 2009 Irvine standoff was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on Friday, July 27.
  Alwyn Gibson, now 33, was found guilty by a jury in November 2017 of first-degree murder for the killing of De Ngoc Le and attempted murder for the shooting of Le’s son. He was also found not guilty of a second attempted murder charge, for the shooting of Le&rsq
  
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• Santa Ana Football 2018: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  27-07-2018 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  School: Santa Ana Saints
  Coach: Charlie TeGantvoort
  League: Orange Coast League
  Playoff division: Division 8
  SCHEDULE
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Aug. 17 Santa Ana at Buena Park
  Aug. 23 Santa Ana vs. Cypress at Western High
  Aug. 31 Garden Grove vs. Santa Ana at Santa Ana Bowl
  Sept. 7 Santa Ana at Aliso Niguel
  Sept. 13 Woodbridge vs. Santa Ana at Santa Ana Valley High
  Sept. 27 Santa Ana at Costa Mesa*
  Oct. 4 Calvary Chapel vs. Santa Ana at Santa Ana Bowl*
  Oct. 12 Santa Ana vs. Saddleback at San
  
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• Disney, Fox Shareholders approve deal, ending corporate duel

  27-07-2018 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  In separate ballrooms at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Friday morning, shareholders of The Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox agreed to a $71.3 billion purchase plan that gives Disney the bulk of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, substantially altering the entertainment landscape.
  Regulators in more than a dozen countries must still give their approval. But the shareholder votes brought to a close a six-month corporate showdown, waged across two continents by Disney and Comcast,
  
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• Sober Living, Day 4: Lawmakers must force industry to shape up, many say

  27-07-2018 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  This is the last in a four-part series. Read Part 1: Outrage | Part 2: Litigation | Part 3: Legal bills
  The legal feud that pit sober living operators Joseph and Rebecca Scolari against their former neighbors in the Talega neighborhood of San Clemente ended not with a bang – or a huge payout – but with a whimper.
  Each side spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees. Each side said the conflict made them physically ill.
  And, unlikely as it seems, each side agrees on at least
  
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• Rams will wear ‘throwback’ uniforms for most home games in 2018

  27-07-2018 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The days of the Mismatched Rams are done, at least at the Coliseum.
  The Rams announced Friday that they are now allowed to wear their blue-and-yellow, 1980s-style throwback uniforms whenever they choose for 2018 home games. The Rams now will wear those uniforms in five of their seven games at the Coliseum this year.
  That’s a shift in policy from the NFL office, which previously allowed the Rams to wear the popular uniforms only twice.
  “I’m excited for our fans,” Chief Ope
  
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• Sober Living, Day 3: Lawsuits pile up; drive couple out of business

  27-07-2018 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  DAY 1: In So Cal’s Rehab Riviera, sober living homes are common. So is outrage.
  DAY 2: From neighbors to litigants; the gloves come off quickly.
  TODAY: Sober living was a $150,000-a-month business – before legal bills brought it down.
  DAY 4: To fix sober living, California might do well to look at Florida.
  (Courtesy of Orange County Superior Court case file of Hurwitz et al v. Scolari)
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• Can you help in the search for giant sea bass off the California coast?

  27-07-2018 16:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Ocean divers and snorkelers are being asked to keep an eye out for giant sea bass and contribute photos of the behemoths to a new website to help researchers learn more about the relatively small population of the fish.
  It’s estimated there are fewer than 500 breeding giant sea bass offshore of California and Baja California. The fish, which can exceed 500 pounds and 7 feet in length, are considered gentle and curious, pose no threat to humans and are rarely seen. They can live to be
  
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• Retro Futura tour travels back to the future with ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Modern English and more at the Pacific Amphitheatre on Thursday

  27-07-2018 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  I’ve seen The Rolling Stones, a couple of Beatles too. More than once, like Horton, I’ve even heard the Who. So why, you might wonder, was I so thrilled when ABC, the suave English pop-rock bad whose biggest fame came and went three decades ago, arrived on stage at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa on Thursday?
  Nostalgia, baby, it’s a powerful drug.
  Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow performing at Retro Futura at Pacific Amphitheatre on July 26, 2018.(Photo By Miguel Vasconcell
  
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• The Cranston Fire near Idyllwild made its own weather, here’s how

  27-07-2018 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Cranston Fire has stretched into day four, a persistent heat wave has abetted the blaze, which has already torn through 11,500 acres.
  But that is not the only weather problem firefighters have faced: a thunderstorm, in recent days, has hung over the fire — creating lightning and gusts of wind strong enough to change the direction of the flames.
  The storm, though, is a surprising cause: the fire itself.
  That’s right, infernos such as the Cranston fire actually create their own
  
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• This rare corpse flower bloom is raising a stink at the Huntington

  27-07-2018 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  You can smell the excitement in the air. …Well, we think that’s excitement people are smelling.
  The anticipation about a rare Corpse Flower growing at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. The staff there is keeping watch for the unusually-named plant to bloom, which is a rare – and stinky – occurrence.
  The Corpse Flower is formally known as Amorphophallus titanum or Titan Arum and is native to the equatorial rainforests of Sum
  
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• Hall of Fame inductee Vladimir Guerrero and Angels share a special bond

  27-07-2018 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Guest instructor Vladimir Guerrero laughs next to Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols during a spring training baseball workout Saturday Feb. 27, 2016, in Tempe, Ariz.///ADDITIONAL INFO: angels.0228.kjs—Photo by KEVIN SULLIVAN / Orange County Register—2/27/16The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2016 Angels Spring Training at Tempe Diablo Stadium Saturday February 27, 2016 in Tempe, Ariz.2/27/16ORG XMIT: CAANR
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• Does Southern California need 472 more hotels?

  27-07-2018 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Marriott Irvine Spectrum has 271 rooms that include double queens, king rooms, executive suites, event spaces and more. R.D. Olson Construction developed the $120 million hotel. It’s the first full-service hotel of its kind to open in Irvine in the last 10 years. (Photo courtesy of Marriott Irvine Spectrum)
  The executive king suite’s living room at the new Marriott Irvine Spectrum. (Photo courtesy of Marriott Irvine Spectrum)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe great roo
  
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• Multi-agency investigation leads to $1.6 million drug bust

  27-07-2018 15:13 via ocregister.com
  
  An ongoing investigation by Orange County and other law-enforcement agencies resulted in the seizure of $1.6 million in illegal drugs and the arrest of three suspected traffickers.
  The four-month investigation began in Orange County but spread as authorities found drugs in cars and homes in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties as well, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced on Friday, July 27.
  Other agencies involved were the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enfo
  
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• Senior housing, with assisted living and memory care, to be built near Yorba Linda Lakebed

  27-07-2018 15:07 via ocregister.com
  
  After several unsuccessful attempts to find a project Yorba Linda officials and community members were happy with, developer ETCO Homes has won the city’s approval for a senior housing development.
  The 4.92-acre site at Lakeview and Mariposa avenues is a former oilfield that has four active wells, but ETCO officials promise to take the remaining wells out of service. One earlier objection to building there was the potential safety concern of wells being too close to homes, especially in th
  
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• Whicker: Trevor Hoffman goes into the Hall of Fame as the ultimate pitch-and-run closer

  27-07-2018 14:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Trevor Hoffman’s speech might outlast his typical save.
  He will bring the freshest-ever arm to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sunday. He made 1,035 appearances and pitched 1,089 1/3 innings.
  He also finished second twice in the Cy Young Award voting, won two National League save titles, blew out the candles often enough to get San Diego its second World Series appearance i 1998, and set the all-time saves record with 601, since broken by Mariano Rivera.
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• New studies find women have superior memories, 40 percent of seniors suffer depression

  27-07-2018 14:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Mom always said my sisters had the best memories in the family and according to the latest science it turns out she was right.
  Sorry guys, but according to renowned brain specialist Dr. William Shankle and a host of other scientists, 95 percent of women have better short-term memory than men.
  And it’s not just a little bit better.
  The gap between women and men over age 30 – when brains and hormonal changes are fully developed – is a whopping 21 percent.
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• Administration: More than 1,800 children reunited after border split

  27-07-2018 14:43 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s administration said Thursday, July 26 that more than 1,800 children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited with parents and sponsors but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially arduous task ahead as it deals with the fallout of its “zero tolerance” policy on people entering the U.S. illegally.
  There have been 1,442 children 5 and older reunified with their parents in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and 378 others
  
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• Man suspected in New York murder is charged with rape, attempted murder of North Hollywood woman

  27-07-2018 14:41 via ocregister.com
  
  VAN NUYS — A man suspected of killing a nurse and raping another woman in New York is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges that he sexually assaulted and tried to kill a woman in her North Hollywood apartment after they went on a date last weekend.
  Danueal Drayton, 27, of Connecticut, who is suspected of killing a nurse and raping another women in New York, is facing charges of attempted murder, forcible rape, false imprisonment by violence and sexual penetration by a foreign object
  
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• This therapeutic horse center is taking donations for Cranston fire evacuees

  27-07-2018 14:30 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Cranston and the Ribbon fires continue to burn in the San Jacinto Mountains, a steady stream of donations for both humans and animals arrived at a therapeutic horse center in Hemet on Friday morning, July 27.
  The facility — known as the Therapeutic Horsemanship Center – primarily offers horseback riding for individuals with special needs, but was available this week to house evacuated animals from the Cranston Fire.
  “We haven’t got the response for l
  
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• Republicans and Democrats are neck and neck in these Southern California cities

  27-07-2018 14:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The 8-percentage point gap enjoyed by Republican over Democratic voters in the city of Fullerton in May 2012 was wide enough to fill Cal State Fullerton’s baseball field – capacity 3,500 – and still have almost 1,900 voters in the parking lot.
  But by May 2018, the advantage flipped; Fullerton’s registered Democrats outnumbered its Republicans by more than 1,400 potential voters, about 2 percentage points.
  That shift made Fullerton one of at least 21 cities in Los Angeles,
  
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• Twitter hammered as bad week in social media gets worse on Wall Street

  27-07-2018 12:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press
  Cracking down on hate, abuse and online trolls is also hurting Twitter’s standing with investors.
  The company’s stock plunged Friday morning after it reported a decline in its monthly users and warned that the number could fall further in the coming months. The more than 17 percent drop in share value at the opening bell comes one day after Facebook lost 19 percent of its value — its worst trading day since Facebook went public in 2012.
  
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• Eco-tourism is alive and well in the Caribbean

  27-07-2018 12:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Caribbean cruises are well-known for bringing travelers to exotic beach towns featuring touristy shops, friendly locals and tropical drinks with little colored paper umbrellas. But a Caribbean cruise also offers much more than a nice beach and a Mai Tai.
  Eco-tourism excursions are thriving in the Caribbean, where you can snorkel in a coral reef, pet a wild stingray, zip line through the rain forest, ride an ATV through the jungle, explore hidden sea caves, or ride an air boat through a marsh tee
  
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• Massive Northern California wildfire kills 2nd firefighter

  27-07-2018 12:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER and AMANDA LEE MYERS
  The Associated Press
  REDDING, Calif.  — An explosive wildfire raged through several Northern California communities, killing two firefighters and destroying dozens of homes after thousands of terrified residents fled in miles-long traffic jams.
  Flames that turned the sky orange swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River on Thursday and reaching Redding, a city of about 92,000 people and the largest
  
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• Agate Street beach stairs – closed for three years – are renovated and open in Laguna Beach

  27-07-2018 12:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Phyllis Davis plopped down on a new bench set in a large viewing area at the top of the Agate Street beach stairs to admire the photo she had just taken.
  Though it was a cloudy day, the view was amazing. The photo caught the incoming high tide, foaming surf and beach activity with a view that went past Main Beach and stopped at the cliffs rising up to Heisler Park.
  Lauren Hofer, 23, of Placentia, tries to get a little wet at the base of the Agate Beach stairs, newly opened after an extensive ren
  
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• Redlands police ignored teen porn evidence while DA negotiated plea with predatory teacher Kevin Kirkland

  27-07-2018 12:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Redlands High School math teacher and golf coach, Kevin Patrick Kirkland. (File courtesy photo)
  Pornographic images of an underage Redlands High School student, seized from teacher Kevin Kirkland, were never examined by police before prosecutors negotiated a plea deal that allowed him to go free the day he was sentenced for sexually abusing four students, the Southern California News Group has learned.
  The evidence — 16 images of one of Kirkland’s victims and another 169
  
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• All evacuation warnings for Ribbon fire lifted, blaze now 30% contained

  27-07-2018 11:53 via ocregister.com
  
  All evacuation warnings for the Ribbon fire have been lifted.
  Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire said just after 10 a.m. Friday morning, July 27, that the warnings for residents in the Pinyon area were canceled
  The containment line grew on the Ribbon fire overnight. The blaze is now 30 percent contained and remains at 200 acres.
  Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire issued the warning for residents of Alpine Village, Pinyon Crest and Pinyon Pines Thursday night.
  The blaze, which broke out at
  
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• A happy new chapter: Water-damaged Tustin Library to reopen Aug. 22 after 17 months of repairs

  27-07-2018 11:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Meet the new library, same as the old library.
  Seventeen months after it closed for water damage repairs, the Tustin Library will return with fanfare on Aug. 22 – looking pretty much the way it did before.
  After undergoing repairs for water damage to its sub-floor and the plumbing and electrical wiring housed there, the Tustin Library will reopen on Aug. 22. (Photo courtesy of the City of Tustin)
  The Tustin Library, closed 17 months ago for water damage repair, will reopen Aug. 22. A
  
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• How the Decemberists’ Southern California indie rock shows may turn into an ’80s dance party

  27-07-2018 11:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The members of the Decemberists didn’t quite give up their banjos and accordions, but with a love for ’80s bands like New Order, Depeche Mode and Roxy Music, the indie folk rockers embraced the synthesizer to record a new album. The result is filled with songs that could make you want to bust some sweet old-school dance moves when the band comes to San Diego July 30 and Los Angeles July 31.
  Made up of lead vocalist and guitarist Colin Meloy, guitarist Chris Funk, keyboardis
  
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• Dana Point man who died after surfing Doheny was no stranger to big waves, spiritual lifestyle

  27-07-2018 11:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As he walked up the big hill at Strands Beach, Timothy Gray O’Connor flashed a “shaka” sign to his friend — a common surfer salute with his thumb and pinky stretched out.
  It was a final goodbye from the well-known Dana Point surfer, who died Tuesday, July 24, after being pulled from the waters off Doheny State Beach hours later during his second surf session of the day.
  Longtime friend Rick Erkeneff had just surfed alongside O’Connor, both taking a battering Tuesday
  
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• Snoopy surfs it up in Knott’s summer musical ‘Beach Blanket Beagle’

  27-07-2018 10:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm offers new shows for each season, but there’s never been one quite like this summer’s “Beach Blanket Beagle.” Inspired by the beach movies of the ‘60s and ‘70s, the production is more than a music and dance revue, as it has characters, a storyline and a surfing Snoopy.
  “Beach Blanket Beagle” director and choreographer KC Gussler began working on the show in early 2017 when he learned that the HangTime roller coaster was goi
  
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• Real estate news: Bixby Land Co. gifts $100,000 to create UCI endowment for real estate

  27-07-2018 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  William R. “Bill” Halford was chief executive of Bixby Land Co. until his death in February 2018. Bixby Land Co. has gifted $100,000 to create a real estate endowment at UCI. (Photo courtesy of the Bixby Land Co.)
  Mike Long of Lee & Associates in Newport Beach represented Freeway Industrial Park in the purchase of a 16,000-square-industrial building at 7212 Patterson in Garden Grove for $3.2 million. The property was bought vacant and will be refurbished and re-marketed for lease.
  
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• Gardening: Heat-damaged plants can survive, but don’t overwater them

  27-07-2018 09:15 via ocregister.com
  
  During the recent heat wave, something curious happened: A tree that had every reason to burn, or at least get mildly singed, emerged unscathed.
  Sunburnt ‘Little Gem’ magnolia (Photo by Nick Kurek)
  But first let’s mention some horticultural favorites that did suffer heat damage, such as Nick Kurek’s ‘Little Gem’ magnolia tree in Granada Hills, Ronald Chong’s pitaya cactus (bearer of dragon fruit) in Hacienda Heights, and just about everyone’s tomat
  
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• Mikey Garcia figures to outclass Robert Easter Jr.

  27-07-2018 08:42 via ocregister.com
  
  When the name Robert Easter Jr. comes up, the first thing that comes to mind is, at 5-foot-11, he’s very tall for a lightweight.
  But sometimes those skinny dudes crumble when tangling with a heavy hitter.
  Mikey Garcia is that, as his record of 38-0 with 30 knockouts attests. He and Easter on Saturday night will tangle in a title-unification bout from Staples Center (on Showtime). We’re expecting a rousing victory by Garcia, because he is the better fighter.
  Even at 5-foot-6.
  Forget a
  
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• U.S. economy surges to 4.1 percent growth rate in second quarter

  27-07-2018 08:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent. That’s the fastest pace since 2014, driven by consumers who began spending their tax cuts and exporters who rushed to get their products delivered ahead of retaliatory tariffs.
  The Commerce Department reported Friday that the gross domestic product, the country’s total output of goods and services, posted its best showing since a 4.9 percent gain in
  
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• OC Fair 2018: Things to do today, July 27

  27-07-2018 08:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Headed to the fair today? 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:Military members and veterans get free admission daily.
  Seniors pay $5 admission all day and ride the Ferris wheel or merry-go-round once for free.
  $2 rides and $2 games are available until 4 p.m. on Fridays.
  Coupons for $2 off admission are available at local city halls and libraries, can be used any day.Things to do:The four
  
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• Remains said to be U.S. war dead repatriated from North Korea

  27-07-2018 08:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By AHN YOUNG-JOON, KIM TONG-HYUNG and LOLITA BALDOR
  The Associated Press
  PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — North Korea on Friday returned the remains of what are believed to be U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said, with a U.S military plane making a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases of remains.
  The handover follows through on a promise North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made to President Donald Trump when the leaders met in June and is the first tangible re
  
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