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• Juventus wins MLS All-Star Game on penalties in front of record crowd

  01-08-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Juventus defender Mattia De Sciglio (2) kicks the winning shot in a shoot out against MLS All-Star goalkeeper Zack Steffen (18) MLS All-Star soccer match, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
  Juventus midfielder Matheus Pereira, right, works against MLS All-Star defender Michael Amir Murillo during the MLS All-Star soccer match, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJuventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic (5) moves up f
  
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• Photos: UFC 227 open workouts

  01-08-2018 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson during UFC 227 open workouts at The Novo at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson during UFC 227 open workouts at The Novo at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson during UFC 227 open workouts at The N
  
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• A ‘rejuvenated’ Brian Dozier begins adjusting to a new, larger market with Dodgers

  01-08-2018 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Brian Dozier is originally from Fulton, Mississippi, home to approximately 4,000 people and two chain hotels. The state of Alabama lies 10 miles to the east. Fulton is bordered on the west by a man-made waterway connecting the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico.
  That might explain why, when he played for the Minnesota Twins, Dozier purchased a home in downtown Minneapolis on the Mississippi River, close enough to Target Field that he could walk to work if he chose. It remi
  
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• Jo Adell making an impression as he rises quickly in the Angels’ system

  01-08-2018 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —  A day after Jo Adell hit a home run in his Double-A debut, Angels manager Mike Scioscia was asked whether the organization’s top prospect was “on the radar” of the major league staff yet.
  Scioscia indicated it’s a little early for that, but that Adell has nonetheless made a strong impression. Adell, 19, has hit .303 with 19 homers at three levels of the Angels’ system this season, his first full year as a pro.
  “Everyone is ex
  
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• Photos: La Habra Football Prepares for the Season

  01-08-2018 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  La Habra football practice at La Habra High School in La Habra, Ca on Wednesday, Aug. 01, 2018.
  La Habra football players Clark Phillips, left, along with teammates Deonte Knott, Ryan Zanelli, Kalani Washington and Jamiel Henning, right, at La Habra High School in La Habra, Ca on Wednesday, Aug. 01, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  La Habra football practice at La Habra High School in La Habra, Ca on Wednesday, Aug. 01, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-Ne
  
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• Rams looking for fill-in for suspended right guard Jamon Brown

  01-08-2018 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – Transition is natural for Joseph Noteboom, who switched from hockey to football while in high school, and then from tight end to offensive tackle. Now he could be a starting guard in the NFL.
  The Rams need someone, because right guard Jamon Brown has been suspended for the first two regular-season games. Brown played all but two of the Rams’ 1,101 offensive snaps in 2017, so now the Rams are faced with a choice, whether to go with a semi-known quantity or take a chance on a
  
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• USC quarterback battle: JT Daniels on fast track to become Trojans’ starter

  01-08-2018 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Register’s Male Athlete of the Year – Mater Dei football standout JT Daniels in Santa Ana, CA, on Monday, June 4, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Orange County Register’s Male Athlete of the Year – Mater Dei football standout JT Daniels in Santa Ana, CA, on Monday, June 4, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOrange County Register’s Male Athlete of the Year –
  
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• Luis Valbuena’s rough season continues in Angels’ loss to Rays

  01-08-2018 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  ST PETERSBURG, FL – AUG 1: Matt Duffy #5 of the Tampa Bay Rays tags Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels out on an attempted steal on August 1, 2018 at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
  ST PETERSBURG, FL – AUG 1: Kole Calhoun #56 of the Los Angeles Angels hits a homer in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 1, 2018 at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery wil
  
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• Irvine call center giant Alorica to pay $3.5 million in sex harassment case

  01-08-2018 21:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine-based Alorica Inc., one of the nation’s largest call center firms, will pay $3.5 million to settle charges that its customer service representatives were “openly propositioned for sex, leered at and touched by supervisors and co-workers,” and the company retaliated against them when they complained.
  At a Los Angeles news conference Wednesday, Aug. 1, Anna Park, regional attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, outlined the agency’s lawsuit aga
  
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• Garden Grove owners of Nelly the goat turn to the City Council in hopes of changing city law

  01-08-2018 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly a month after a June 29 deadline to relocate a Nigerian dwarf goat from the back yard of the Tower family’s Garden Grove home, Nelly is still playing and living in her little makeshift barn.
  The goat’s owner, Sharon Tower, and her Los Angeles-based attorney, Patrick Blood, are now hoping to instead collaborate with city officials to amend city law, making the pet legal.
  Sharon Tower and Nelly have been together since Nelly was 3 days old. Tower bottle fed the goat at her
  
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• See how your city’s tax roll changed in 2018

  01-08-2018 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Below is a list showing 173 of Southern California’s 174 cities, ranked by the percentage increase in taxable property assessments.
  Real estate (homes and commercial buildings) make up more than 90 percent of taxable property, but about 5 percent consists of personal property such as business equipment, planes and boats.
  Several factors contribute to a city’s tax roll increase, with rising real estate prices a chief component. But under Proposition 13, taxable values don’t alwa
  
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• Clippers coach Doc Rivers finalizes his coaching staff for 2018-19

  01-08-2018 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers coach Doc Rivers finalized his coaching staff for the 2018-19 season Wednesday, hiring Rex Kalamian and Casey Hill as assistant coaches and promoting Natalie Nakase to the player development team and Brian Adams to coach of the franchise’s Ontario-based G League team.
  Kalamian was an assistant coach with the Clippers from 1995-2003. He spent the past three seasons as an assistant with the Toronto Raptors. He also has been an assistant with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnesota Timb
  
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• Sacramento makes it harder to pay sales taxes

  01-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  In an era of miraculous innovation in the state that invented the contemporary digitally connected world, it is always something of a marvel in itself how poorly California government agencies make their decisions when it comes to computer hardware and software.
  Remember the Los Angeles Unified software system MiSiS, billed on the LAUSD website as “the next generation of the district’s solution for entering, managing, analyzing and reporting all data connected to every single student
  
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• Sparks look to snap five-game home skid against Minnesota Lynx

  01-08-2018 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Sparks went into the All-Star break mired in an uncharacteristic stretch, having lost five straight home games and won three straight road games. They will hope to turn their home woes around, hosting the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night at Staples Center.
  Los Angeles (15-11) and Minnesota (15-10) will renew their rivalry for the fourth time this season, with the Sparks having captured two victories to start the season. The teams met in the 2016 and 2017 WNBA Finals, as e
  
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• Hacienda Heights man gets 50 years for killing Huntington Beach woman, dumping body in West Whittier

  01-08-2018 19:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A Hacienda Heights man was sentenced Wednesday, Aug.1, to 50 years to life in prison for killing a woman three years ago whose body was found in a cooler inside a car abandoned in West Whittier.
  Dawn McEveety, 19, of Huntington Beach died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the coroner’s office.
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  On July 12, a jury found 40-year-old Anthony Robert Moreno guilty of
  
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• Warner Bros. Studio Tour conjures up even more scares for its Horror Made Here: A Festival of Frights

  01-08-2018 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Back in June, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood in Burbank announced that it will expand its Halloween event, Horror Made Here: A Festival of Frights, to include the “It Knows What Scares You” maze based on the popular 2017 remake of Stephen King’s “It” and a trip into the institution for the criminally insane, putting guests face to face with the villains from “Batman: Arkham Asylum.”
  At Midsummer Scream, which took place at the Long Beach Convention C
  
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• Lawsuit alleges inhumane conditions for immigrant detainees at Victorville prison

  01-08-2018 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Donald Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement alleging inhumane conditions at a federal prison in Victorville where authorities are housing at least 1,000 immigrant detainees.
  “These individuals are not being detained because they stand accused of a crime, much less convicted of one,” says the 39-page complaint from the American Civil Liberties Union, Prison Law Office and Civil Rights Education and
  
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• No. 8 San Clemente keeps expectations high with new-look team

  01-08-2018 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  There are new players in critical spots and a ramped-up schedule. But the internal expectations remain sky-high for San Clemente’s football team.
  “In my opinion, that’s a sign of a good program,” Tritons coach Jaime Ortiz said. “Our goals remain the same. Our goal is to be league champs. … Our goal is to win CIF every year.”
  San Clemente has flourished the past four years with rising expectations. The Tritons are 45-10 during the stretch, including
  
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• Kamala Harris’ rent subsidy bill the wrong solution to California’s housing crisis

  01-08-2018 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
  In response to rising rents in California, Sen. Kamala Harris introduced legislation last month intended to provide relief to renters.
  The Rent Relief Act would create a refundable tax credit to aid individuals who pay more than 30 percent of their gross income rent, including utilities. “This bill will ensure no family is priced out of the ba
  
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• Ohio State places football coach Urban Meyer on administrative leave

  01-08-2018 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Ohio State placed football coach Urban Meyer on paid administrative leave Wednesday while it investigates claims that his wife knew about allegations of domestic violence against an assistant coach years before he was fired last week.
  Courtney Smith gave an interview to Stadium and provided text messages to former ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy between her and Shelley Meyer in 2015 and with the wives of other Buckeyes coaches. Courtney Smith also provided threatening texts she said
  
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• Soaring real estate values push Southern California property tax roll to $2.6 trillion

  01-08-2018 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California homeowners will see their property taxes rise at the maximum 2 percent for a second straight year, thanks to higher inflation rates and soaring real estate values, new assessment figures from local counties show.
  But their tax increases would be worse – substantially worse – were it not for Proposition 13, the 1978 tax measure that caps tax assessments at just 2 percent a year, even though home values are up around 7 percent in the past year.
  That means a typical
  
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• Why a 30-year old entrepreneur decided to quit his job to roll out the Kream Kong ice cream truck

  01-08-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Kream Kong co-owner Stephen Tchen is launching a new ice cream truck at the end of July. He’s photographed at the OC Register offices on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A Kong’s Cookie, topped with cookies and cream ice cream, is one of the offerings of Kream Kong, a new ice cream truck set to begin rolling through So Cal at the end of July. Photographed at the OC Register offices on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan,
  
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• Auto sales shrivel amid first cut in U.S. discounts since 2013

  01-08-2018 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By Keith Naughton and David Welch, Bloomberg
  Automakers just paid the price for dialing back on discounts for the first time in 55 months.
  Almost all major manufacturers reported declining U.S. deliveries for July, led by a 15 percent plunge at Nissan Motor Co. The industry tempered spending on incentives, snapping a streak of monthly consecutive increases that began 4 1/2 years ago, according to J.D. Power.
  The sales reports cap a rough month for the auto industry, with each of Detroit’s
  
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• Attention shoppers: Is Visa credit card ban at Bay Area grocery stores heading your way?

  01-08-2018 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jenny Surane, Bloomberg
  The nation’s largest supermarket chain announced that 21 stores in California will stop accepting Visa cards — and the company may expand the ban.
  The Visa prohibition will begin Aug. 14 at Foods Co. supermarkets and fuel centers in Northern and Central California. The Kroger-owned chain includes several stores in the Bay Area — San Francisco, Oakland, Pittsburg and Richmond — as well as in the Central Valley and Salinas Valley.
  The Kroger decis
  
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• Whicker: Shane Mosley tells Mikey Garcia to avoid Spence (not that Mosley would have)

  01-08-2018 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Manny Pacquiao had just finished an impressive decision over Brandon Rios, late in 2014. The corridor outside his locker room at the Venetian Hotel in Macau was thick.
  One bystander was Mikey Garcia. “That’s who I want,” he said, pointing at the Pac-Man’s door.
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  Pacquiao was a welterweight. Garcia at the time was a super-featherweight (130 pounds), just beginning t
  
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• Fed keeps key rate unchanged while signaling future hikes

  01-08-2018 15:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged while signaling further gradual rate hikes in the months ahead as long as the economy stays healthy.
  The Fed’s widely expected decision kept the central bank’s key short-term rate at 1.75 percent to 2 percent — the level hit in June when the Fed boosted the rate for a second time this year.
  The Fed projected in June four rate hikes this year, up from three in 2
  
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• There’s a ‘Wizard of Oz’ convention coming to Pomona

  01-08-2018 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Click your heels together three times, because the 54th OzCon International will be held on the Cal Poly Pomona campus on Aug. 10-12.
  The event will celebrate the 100th anniversary of L. Frank Baum’s “The Tin Woodman of Oz,” the 12th book in the classic series, as well as the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and author Rachel Cosgrove Payes.
  There will be panels, displays, an auction, vendors, opportunities for attendees to swap their collectibles, a costume contest and
  
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• Harrisburg Diocese names 71 accused of child sex abuse, blames bishops

  01-08-2018 15:26 via ocregister.com
  
  A Roman Catholic diocese on Wednesday identified 71 priests and other members of the church who had been accused of child sex abuse and said it was holding accountable the bishops who led the church for the past 70 years, announcing their names will be stripped from all church properties.
  At a news conference to detail the church’s actions, Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer apologized to those who were abused, the Catholic faithful and the community and expressed his “profound sorrow.&
  
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• California governor pledges any resources needed for fires

  01-08-2018 15:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By JANIE HAR and BRIAN SKOLOFF
  A massive wildfire in Northern California has torched more than 1,000 homes in and around the city of Redding, authorities said Wednesday as some evacuees were allowed to return home and new blazes exploded in what has become an endless summer of flame in the Golden State.
  “Whatever resources are needed, we’re putting them there,” Gov. Jerry Brown said at a news conference. “We’re being surprised. Every year is teaching the fire author
  
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• These photos show you the history of the Low End Theory at the Airliner in Los Angeles

  01-08-2018 15:13 via ocregister.com
  
  For 12 years, the Low End Theory served as the Petri dish of Los Angeles’ underground beat scene at the Airliner in Lincoln Heights, a place where artists and fans danced, sweat, head-banged and most of all, felt free.
  Home to many legendary DJs and artists, the Low End Theory was the go-to place for bedroom producers to showcase their latest music as the beat community gathered every Wednesday, shoulder-to-shoulder, hungry to devour the bass radiating from the speakers.
  The Airliner
  
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• Court says Trump can’t hold back federal money from sanctuary cities

  01-08-2018 14:51 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold funding from “sanctuary cities” that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional, but a judge went too far when he blocked its enforcement nationwide, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.
  In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the order exceeded the president’s authority.
  “Absent congressional authorization, the administration may not redistribute or
  
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• Two of Orange County’s original park rangers share stories of rescues, sing-alongs and Rocky the raccoon

  01-08-2018 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Orange County park ranger Richard L. Dyer, 89, displays his 20th Anniversary badge at O’Neill Regional Park nature center in Trabuco Canyon on Monday, July 30, 2018.Dyer became a ranger in 1972. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Former Orange County park rangers Michael Curran, 88, left, and Richard L. Dyer, 89, are shown at the O’Neill Regional Park nature center in Trabuco Canyon on Monday, July 30, 2018. In 1969 Curran became Orange County’s first
  
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• OC Water District awarded $135M loan to expand toilet-to-tap water program

  01-08-2018 14:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Water District was awarded a $135 million federal loan Wednesday, Aug. 1, to expand its pioneering wastewater recycling program, which earlier this year set a Guinness World Record for the most wastewater turned into drinking water in a 24-hour period.
  The district launched the toilet-to-tap program in 2008, working in coordination with the Orange County Sanitation District to purify wastewater to drinking quality and then pumping it into the groundwater aquifer. That aquifer i
  
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• Albano on football: South Coast League preview, predictions, players to watch (poll)

  01-08-2018 13:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Dan Albano’s South League football preview for 2018:
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  Predicted order of finish: 1. Mission Viejo, 2. San Clemente, 3. Capistrano Valley, 4. Tesoro, 5. El ToroTake Our Poll
  Players to watch
  Capistrano Valley: Tommy Dickman (CB, Sr.), James Giles (LB, Sr.), Jack Haley (WR, Jr.), Nathan Manning (QB, Sr.), Jake Meyer (WR, Sr.), Juan Carlos Saldivar (DT, Sr.)
  El Toro: Jake Landry (WR/CB, Sr.), Nic Martinez (DE, Sr.), Charles Poderosa (LB, Sr.), Austin Stover (QB, Sr.), S
  
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• Corky Carroll: How I learned to ‘shoot the pier’ in Huntington Beach

  01-08-2018 13:16 via ocregister.com
  With the US Open of Surfing in its final weekend at the Huntington Beach Pier, I thought it might be fun to go back and kick one of my hazed, yet almost semi-functional memory cells into service and talk about the dangerous and sometimes life-threatening act of “shooting the pier,” and how I learned to do it.
  Scrolling back in time to the summer of 1958: I am a skinny 10-year-old surf gremmie with a rack behind my bike to pull my board, an 8-foot-7-inch balsawood beauty that had been
  
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• Worst thing I ate: A serious crime against barbecue in Irvine

  01-08-2018 13:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The menu describes the meat as “72-hour brisket.”
  Okay.
  Fifty to 60 percent of what I eat never makes it to print. I write mostly about those discoveries that I enjoy and want to share. That’s the goal, after all. I spare the gnarly details of much of what I eat, even if most of what I reject isn’t exactly gross. I want to tell you where to eat, not where not to eat.
  Every once in a while, though, I do eat something I wish I could give back — like the “barbecu
  
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• Angeles National Forest plan could reopen Williamson Rock, close gap in Pacific Crest Trail after 13 years

  01-08-2018 11:46 via ocregister.com
  
  For 13 years, rock climbers have been prohibited from sinking their hands and feet into Williamson Rock after a tiny endangered frog with yellow legs turned the crag from Southern California’s most popular rock-climbing spot into a no-climb zone.
  Soon, they may get that chance again thanks to a frog rehab effort — and a plan that accommodates both climber and amphibian.
  Located in the Pleasant Ridge section of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument a half-hour’s drive from
  
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• Angeles National Forest plan could reopen Williamson Rock

  01-08-2018 11:46 via ocregister.com
  
  For 13 years, rock climbers have been prohibited from sinking their hands and feet into Williamson Rock after a tiny endangered frog with yellow legs turned the crag from Southern California’s most popular rock-climbing spot into a no-climb zone.
  Soon, they may get that chance again thanks to a frog rehab effort — and a plan that accommodates both climber and amphibian.
  Located in the Pleasant Ridge section of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument a half-hour’s drive from
  
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• 10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, Aug. 3-9

  01-08-2018 11:37 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  Oklahoma!
  Actors’ Repertory Theatre of Simi performs the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs.
  When: 8 p.m. Aug. 3. Show runs 8 p.m. Aug. 4; 2:15 p.m. Aug. 5; dates through Sept. 2.
  Where: Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 Los Angeles Ave.
  Tickets: $25; $22 ages 60 and older; $18 ages 12 and younger.
  Information: 805-583-7900, www.simi-arts.org
  The Road Theatre Co. Summer Playwrights
  
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• All survive crash of Mexican jetliner, some walk from wreck

  01-08-2018 10:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Associated Press
  DURANGO, Mexico — Passengers and officials say a strong burst of wind hit an Aeromexico jetliner on takeoff, moments before it crashed, leaving those aboard with mere minutes to evacuate the burning plane.
  The plane tried to take off from Durango city in a severe storm Tuesday, but smacked down on its belly in a nearby field. With the engines torn off, it began to burn.
  “It was really, really ugly,” said Lorenzo Nunez, a passenger
  
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• Trump calls on Sessions to end Mueller’s Russia probe

  01-08-2018 10:46 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump listens during a campaign rally at Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, a day after Trump’s former campaign chairman went on trial.
  Taking to Twitter to complain about the ongoing Russia investigation, Trump said Sessions “should stop this
  
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• Knott’s Scary Farm tickets are on sale now

  01-08-2018 10:45 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s that time again.
  The 46th annual Knott’s Scary Farm will be open select evenings Sept. 20-Oct. 31. It will feature 14 mazes and haunted attractions, including a new scare zone.
  Tickets for Knott’s Scary Farm are available now online. Advance prices are currently $42 and up per night, $120 with Fright and Fast Lane and $149 with Fright and Fast Lane, Boo-fet and parking. A season pass for the event is currently $95.
  Related: Monster hopefuls try to frighten at Kno
  
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• Trump’s cheaper short-term health plans have coverage gaps

  01-08-2018 10:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trump administration is clearing the way for insurers to sell short-term health plans as a bargain alternative to pricey Obamacare for consumers struggling with high premiums. But the policies don’t have to cover pre-existing conditions and benefits are limited (HHS via AP)
  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday cleared the way for insurers to sell short-term health plans as a bargain alternative to pricey Obama-law
  
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• The state now has an official ‘California Surfing Day’ for people to ‘stop, drop and surf’

  01-08-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If an employee or student is missing on Sept. 20, you might want to look for signs they’ve been surfing: sandy feet, the smell of surf wax, or salt water dripping from their noses.
  In fact, they may have a state-recognized excuse for their absence: California Surfing Day is now, officially, a thing.
  A group of dignitaries and surfers gathered on the Huntington Beach Pier on Tuesday to proclaim “California Surfing Day,” which recently passed both the Assembly and Senate as a res
  
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• Trump criticized for not leading effort to secure elections

  01-08-2018 09:49 via ocregister.com
  
  As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
  By DEB RIECHMANN | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond
  
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• OC Fair 2018: Things to do today, Aug. 1

  01-08-2018 09:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Headed to the fair today? Here are some things to know.
  Hours: Noon to midnight
  Admission: $12 adults; $7 ages 60 and older, $7 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and younger
  Deals:We Care Wednesdays offer free admission and a carnival ride with a valid donation, which rotates between causes each week. From noon to 3 p.m. today, donate three new or gently used children’s books for entry, to benefit THINK Together.
  Free admission for veterans and active-duty military with ID
  Buy a $35 wristband until 5 p
  
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• Successful Aging: I don’t have children; where will I live as I get older?

  01-08-2018 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Dear readers,
  Last week, we discussed some options for S.K., who is in her mid-60’s, lives alone and has no children. She wants to know about her options when the time comes that she may need help, knowing there are no children or grandchildren to look after her. This week, we’ll talk about opportunities for relocating.
  Continuing Care Communities (or CCRCs): Sara Zeff Geber, author of “Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers,” recommends these, which are also known
  
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• Film: Paddle boarder, Marine shares his 61-day paddling adventure from Canada to Mexico

  01-08-2018 09:16 via ocregister.com
  
  At many times in his life, Will Schmidt said he has suffered from depression and anxiety.
  Mostly, he said, he found ways to cope by calming his mind with something outdoors such as stand-up paddling or running.
  Will Schmidt of Dana Point, a Marine veteran who paddleboarded the entire West Coast from Canada to Mexico to help raise awareness about military service members who suffer from PTSD, paddles near Baby Beach in Dana Point Harbor on Monday, July 31, 2018. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contribut
  
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• So I might wimp out this week with Vicki Barbolak. Or not

  01-08-2018 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  So, I might be a wimp. In a few days, I’ll know for sure.
  Also, I might find out whether I’m funny. This depends on whether or not I’m a wimp. Also as to whether I succumb to the urging of my comedian friend, Vicki Barbolak, who some of you may know has now made it into the finals of TV’s America’s Got Talent.
  If you read this column regularly, you might realize that I try to be funny on a regular basis. This may or may not succeed, depending on what I had to eat fo
  
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• Woman in vehicle is shot in Cerritos

  01-08-2018 08:02 via ocregister.com
  
  CERRITOS — A woman suffered a non-life threatening wound in a shooting Wednesday in Cerritos.
  Deputies responded to an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call about 1:30 a.m. near Shoemaker Avenue and the 91 Freeway and located the victim with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder, according to Sgt. William Madison of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Cerritos Station.
  The woman was in a vehicle when she was shot, according to reports from the scene.
  The victim was taken t
  
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