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• USC linebacker Porter Gustin leaves practice early with knee injury

  07-08-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Porter Gustin, USC’s pass rushing outside linebacker, was scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left knee after leaving practice early Tuesday, a potential setback for a veteran-laden defense less than a week into the start of training camp.
  Gustin was carted off Howard Jones-Brian Kennedy Field after he appeared to injure his knee on a non-contact play in an 11-on-11 drill.
  “He was not in a lot of pain,” USC coach Clay Helton said. “It just felt funny to
  
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• Little League Western Regional: NorCal gets combined perfect game to top Utah

  07-08-2018 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Northern California’s Aiden Weissenberg-Frost (center) is congratulated by teammates after hitting a 2-run home run in the first inning Tuesday against Utah. Northern California pitchers Nathan Erickson pitched 5 2/3 innings striking out 13 with Tanner Dykstra getting the final out as they combined for a perfect game in eliminating Utah with a 6-0 win Tuesday, August 7, 2018 in a Little League Western Regional elimination game at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino. (Photo by Will Lester
  
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• Report: LeBron James, Lakers to play Golden State Warriors in Oakland on Christmas Day

  07-08-2018 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  On Christmas Day, the Lakers get a gift they might want to return: a road game against the Golden State Warriors.
  According to a New York Times report, the Lakers will be highlighted on the NBA’s Christmas schedule in Oakland against the reigning league champions – the Warriors team that LeBron James has faced in the last four NBA Finals. It’s a slight tipping of the hand for a slate of games that the NBA will officially announce on Wednesday, including nationally televised gam
  
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• Key players to watch for the 2018 football season (Part 2)

  07-08-2018 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  This story is part of our 2018 high school football preview series
  The Register’s key players to watch in each league (Part 2):
  Pac 4 League: Western’s Caine Savage, WR/DB, Jr.
  Western is returning nearly every skill player from an offense that threw for 3,165 yards last season while playing in the competitive Empire League. Quarterback Anthony Munoz returns for his senior season, as well as his favorite target, Caine Savage. Savage caught 65 passes for 1,055 yards as a sophomore in
  
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• For new Angels coach Keith Johnson, surprise call-up was a major role reversal

  07-08-2018 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Keith Johnson looked at his phone. Billy Eppler was calling. Johnson, the manager of the Angels’ top farm team in Salt Lake, knew that could only mean one thing: someone was getting called up to the majors.
  Johnson wasn’t wrong.
  “Little did I know it was going to be me this time,” he said. “It’s a moment I’ll never forget.”
  On Sunday, the Angels made a surprising switch by adding Johnson to their major-league staff and replacing him
  
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• Laguna Niguel Police Services hosts National Night Out

  07-08-2018 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores of families gathered at Laguna Niguel Elementary to join the fun for the 7th annual National Night Out. The event was sponsored by the Orange County Sheriff ’s Department Laguna Niguel Police Services which featured CSI and Bomb Squad displays, a mounted horse unit, and even a blood hound.  Other activities included booths from Home Depot, bounce houses, food from local resaturants, giveaways, and entertainment by the vocal group Kulayd.
  Orange County Sheriff Lt. Doug Williams,
  
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• Dodgers still see Corey Seager’s future at shortstop despite summer of surgeries

  07-08-2018 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Corey Seager has had two major surgeries in the past three months – two more than most 24-year-old shortstops.
  Three months into his recovery from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, Seager underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair the labrum in his left hip Tuesday. The Dodgers insist the dual surgeries should not affect Seager’s ability to get ready for the 2019 season.
  “As I understand it, when he comes to (spring training) camp, he should be a full partici
  
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• Holy Jim, devastated by fire, faces specter of vanishing forever

  07-08-2018 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST — It was the moment they’d long feared: The fire came.
  Cabins dissolved into ash and ruins.
  The remnants of rural life – benches and beer cans and wood-burning stoves – lay charred among the soot and rubble.
  It was over quickly, in a matter of hours. But a day later, on Tuesday, the scars remained. The ash blanketed the ground, still warm underfoot. Trees smoldered, dead. In the center of what once were cabins, solitary flames danced, refuse
  
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• League changes give teams new challenges, more optimism for 2018 football season

  07-08-2018 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Corona del Mar high’s head coach Dan O’Shea reacts during the 4th quarter of the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game against Sierra Canyon high at Granada Hills High in Granada Hills on Friday, December 02, 2016. Sierra Canyon high wins in double overtime with the score of 36 to 35. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The landscape in Orange County high school football is evolving once again.
  The addition of two new leagues, the Big 4 and Pac 4, highlight some of th
  
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• Geno Smith, Cardale Jones offer Chargers different options at backup quarterback

  07-08-2018 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Pluto was still a planet when Philip Rivers last missed a game. Blockbuster still ran more than 5,000 retail stores across the country. Twitter didn’t exist.
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  With a streak of consecutive starts that dates to 2006, the Chargers quarterback has become one of the constants in today’s NFL. Luck helps, but the 36-year-old Rivers has done his part too, playi
  
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• LAFC, Houston Dynamo to square off in U.S. Open Cup semifinal

  07-08-2018 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The two-time MLS Cup-winning Houston Dynamo will seek to reach a milestone on Wednesday that they have failed to secure twice before.
  To do so, Houston must prevent the Los Angeles Football Club from doing what it could not: advance to the championship match of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in its first season.
  Three matches at Banc of California Stadium saw LAFC down United Soccer League squads Fresno FC and Sacramento Republic FC before a 3-2 quarterfinal triumph over the Po
  
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• Santa Ana police asking public’s assistance to find missing at-risk man

  07-08-2018 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Ana police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 44-year-old man who went missing two weeks ago, authorities said Tuesday.
  Victor De Jesus Munoz, 44, of Santa Ana was last seen at his residence July 25. (Courtesy of Santa Ana Police Department)
  Victor De Jesus Munoz was last seen by his caretaker at his residence in the 1200 block of East Fairhaven Avenue on July 25. Munoz suffers from schizophrenia, is bipolar and takes daily medication, police said.
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• Update wildfire warnings for Californians’ safety

  07-08-2018 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  In California’s newly permanent wildfire season, 2018 has seen even bigger blazes than burned the state in the horrible fires of 2017.
  The damages to forests and grasslands are huge, with the two combined fires known as Mendocino Complex near Clear Lake surpassing last year’s Thomas fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties as the biggest ever in the state’s history, more than 283,000 acres in 11 days. But the burning of brush and trees is not an entirely bad thing — and
  
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• Del Mar racing consensus picks for Wednesday Aug. 8

  07-08-2018 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Consensus box of picks come from Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Wednesday Aug. 8 at Del Mar.
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• The bullet train has (almost) nothing on Brown’s twin tunnels

  07-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  If you thought the bullet train was a boondoggle designed to lift money from your wallet while delivering nothing, wait until you hear what’s next.
  The state of California is building a time machine.
  That’s how Gov. Jerry Brown and the Department of Water Resources intend to pay part of the cost of the $17 billion twin-tunnel project known as WaterFix. They have to get voters to approve the costly undertaking so property taxes can be raised to pay for it.
  Here’s the catch: The
  
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• Holy fire smoke health risk advisory issued for Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties

  07-08-2018 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Smoke and ash originating from a wildfire that has burned roughly 4,000 acres since Monday, Aug. 6 has degraded air quality to unhealthy levels in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
  An advisory issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) on Tuesday, Aug. 7 identified the potential for increased respiratory health risks in areas within the path of winds moving west and southwest from the Holy fire that started in Orange County’s Trabuco Canyon. The
  
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• The Korean War gets closer to closure

  07-08-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Korean War never ended. It began in June 1950, when the North Korean People’s Army crossed south of the 38th parallel into the Republic of Korea. U.S. troops were there in July. By the time the fighting stopped in 1953, 5 million people, both soldiers and civilians, were dead. No peace treaty was signed.
  More than 7,600 American soldiers remain unaccounted for, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
  Even given the complexities of Cold War diplomacy and post-Soviet era disruptions
  
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• Rams ready for preseason opener, but don’t expect to see Jared Goff (and others)

  07-08-2018 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Rams cornerback Marcus Peters, left, tries to knock a ball loose from teammate Aqib Talib’s possession during a drill at a joint NFL football training camp practice at the Baltimore Raven’s headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) warms up with teammates at the start of a joint NFL football training camp practice at the Baltimore Raven’s headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in
  
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• This couple got married at CatCon Worldwide in Pasadena and Lil Bub was the bridesmaid

  07-08-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re a cat lover and engaged to another feline enthusiast, then the annual CatCon Worldwide event at Pasadena Convention Center is probably the the purrrfect place to get meow-ied. (We know, we’re sorry.)
  During the “Men and Cats, a Love Story” panel, two lovebirds from Washington had the chance to tie the knot. With Lil Bub the cat as the bridesmaid, no less.The best man turned out to be Moshow, an artist who raps about cats. No, really. He even has a song called &l
  
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• No. 4 JSerra could be in the hunt in the Trinity League

  07-08-2018 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra’s Tyler Shimomura reaches out to make the catch in front of Santa Margarita’s Sean Toohey, right, late in the second quarter in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, October 27, 2017. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Corona del Mar’s Nathaniel Espinoza is sacked by JSerra’s Shawn Nielsen during a season opening game at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach on Friday, August 25, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)SoundThe g
  
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• John Gibson explains why Ducks are Stanley Cup contenders

  07-08-2018 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Goaltender John Gibson set career highs for victories with 31, save percentage (.926) and games (60) in 2017-18, earning an eight-season, $51.2 million contract extension Saturday that will keep him in uniform through 2026-27. He said Tuesday he expects to play for a contender for years to come in Anaheim.
  In his first public comments since signing the deal on his wedding day, Gibson said he expected the Ducks to rebound from an injury-riddled season that ended with a first-round sweep at the ha
  
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• Titan Baseball takes silver for making its dollars count

  07-08-2018 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  CSUF was ranked the second-most cost-effective program in Division I baseball in the past decade by ValuePenguin, which compares the value of offerings in various industries. The Titans were the highest-ranking West Coast team on the list, coming in behind only North Carolina. The last time this study was done, in 2013, the Titans ranked No. 1.
  ValuePenguin analyzed the average rating percentage index — which ranks a team based on wins, losses and strength of schedule — rankings and
  
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• Golden Rain Foundation hikes non-returned ID fees, commends lifeguard

  07-08-2018 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — The Golden Rain Foundation on Tuesday, Aug. 7 unanimously approved a resolution that will boost the non-return fee for identification cards by $100.
  ID cards are required to be returned when a resident terminates their lease or sells their unit.
  Originally, the fee was $25.
  According to a Village Management Services staff report, a monthly average of 60 residents fail to return their ID cards, which may continue to be used to gain access to facilities and clubhouses.
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• These photos show devastation of Northern California wildfires — now the largest in state history

  07-08-2018 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Mendocino Complex Fire has become the largest wildfire in recorded California history with no end in sight.
  Here are some of the photos that show the destruction, devastation and the efforts to fight the blazes:
  Fifteen year-old Alex Schenck carries a water bucket while fighting to save his home as the Ranch Fire tears down New Long Valley Rd near Clearlake Oaks, California, on Saturday, August 4, 2018. (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)
  Fifteen year-old Alex Schenck throws flaming
  
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• Anaheim turns nonprofit group away from Brookhurst Park; still looking at other possible locations

  07-08-2018 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  California Access Services, an Anaheim nonprofit that serves immigrants, refugees and low-income residents, has about a year to find a new larger location, but it won’t be at Brookhurst Park.
  City officials continue to help the organization seek space for its now overflowing offices and programs, but the Anaheim City Council recently took Brookhurst Park off the table as a building site.
  The city had been talking with the nonprofit, also known as AccessCal, since 2016 about a possible move
  
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• A nice night for a little Shakespeare

  07-08-2018 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Audience members enjoyed “The Winter’s Tale” while also enjoying a warm summer’s night.
  Shakespeare by the Sea performed The Bard’s play in front of Mission Viejo’s Potocki Center for the Arts before a crowd seated on blankets and lawn chairs. Many picnicked before the free performance.
   
  Justin and Marc Harvey with their daughters Micaela, 4, and Gabrielle, 5, upfront for a picture before the Shakespeare by the Sea performance of The Winter’s Tale
  
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• Painting their parking spot is a JSerra senior’s rite of passage

  07-08-2018 17:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Still five days before the first bell marks the beginning of the school year and JSerra Catholic High School seniors were already on campus bright and early on Saturday morning, Aug. 4.
  A popular annual tradition had them up and at school at 7 a.m. to paint their parking spots for their last year at the San Juan Capistrano school.
  Mollie Owen, Danni Darrow and Faith Styck lay down the base layer of paint for their designs. (Courtesy of Michelle Newblom)
  Seniors are allowed to choose where their
  
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• Skipping the theater for a Tustin park screening

  07-08-2018 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Local parks have been filling with families as they screen movies for the community under the stars.
  Tustin’s Camino Real Park hosted “Beauty and the Beast” last week, offering activities and games for children before the movie started.
   
  Chelsea Eggert enjoys time with her daughter June, 2 months, before the movie at Tustin’s Movies in the Park series presentation of Beauty and the Beast at Camino Real Park on Thursday, August 2, 2018. (Photo by Frank D’Amato,
  
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• Firefighters from 5 departments battling commercial building fire in Santa Ana

  07-08-2018 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Approximately 85 firefighters from five different fire departments were battling a three-alarm commercial building fire in Santa Ana, Tuesday, Aug. 7. (Courtesy of Orange County Fire Authority)
  Approximately 85 firefighters from five different fire departments were battling a three-alarm commercial building fire in Santa Ana, Tuesday, Aug. 7. (Courtesy of Orange County Fire Authority)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expand
  Firefighters from five agencies were making progress
  
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• CIF-SS girls volleyball teams to watch: 2018

  07-08-2018 16:35 via ocregister.com
  The CIF-SS girls volleyball teams to watch, released Monday, Aug. 6.
  Volleyball starts its season with a “watch list” instead of preseason rankings. The lists are alphabetical.
  Girls volleyball season starts Monday, Aug. 13.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Girls Volleyball Advisory Committee
  DIVISION 1 & 2
  Corona del Mar
  Edison
  Harvard Westlake
  Huntington Beach
  Lakewood
  Los Alamitos
  Marymount
  Mater Dei
  Mira Costa
  Long Beach Poly
  Rancho Cucamonga
  Redondo Union
  San Juan Hills
  Santa Marga
  
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• Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda is coming to the Hollywood Palladium and House of Blues Anaheim

  07-08-2018 16:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has announced that he’ll be hitting up the Hollywood Palladium on Friday, Nov. 2, and House of Blues Anaheim on Monday, Nov. 5.
  Shinoda has been out on select tour dates promoting his “Post Traumatic” album, which dropped back in June. He played the side stage at KROQ’s Weenie Roast in Carson in May, performing a mix of his solo material as well as fan-favorite Linkin Park songs. The album deeply explores Shinoda’s feelings afte
  
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• Disney profit, sales fall short, buckled by abandoned movie projects

  07-08-2018 15:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Walt Disney Co. wrote off unreleased animated movies last quarter, a stumble that marred the entertainment giant’s record-breaking summer box-office performance and crimped its latest earnings.
  A new “Avengers” film and “Incredibles 2,” both summer releases, were among the industry’s biggest hits ever. But they weren’t enough to overcome the costs of the unidentified projects that Disney abandoned, resulting in third-quarter earnings that missed ana
  
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• Watch the best moments from every era in Los Angeles Lakers’ history including Jerry West, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant

  07-08-2018 15:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Move over “Throwback Thursday,” the Los Angels Lakers’ social team decided to shake things up with a look back at some of the most memorable moments in team history.
  The video will place you in a time capsule and show you the Minneapolis era (1947-1960) and the transition to Los Angeles with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West.
  The dangerous duo of Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Magic Johnson from the Showtime era and the Shaquille O’Neal – Kobe Bryant dynasty.
  There is something
  
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• Joey Bosa leaves Chargers practice with left foot injury

  07-08-2018 15:11 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa injured his left foot on Tuesday and did not return to the practice field.
  The severity of the injury is unclear, but the Pro Bowl defender walked off the field unassisted during 11-on-11 drills, limping slightly while holding his left shoe. He received treatment in the Chargers’ medical tent at Jack Hammett Sports Complex.
  Any extended absence would be obviously be devastating to the Chargers’ defense. Arguably the team’s bes
  
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• Halloween Horror Nights: How to get tickets, R.I.P. Tour passes and more for Universal Studios Hollywood

  07-08-2018 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  With the ever-expanding haunting season almost upon us Universal Studios Hollywood has announced that tickets are on sale for its 2018 Halloween Horror Nights, which kicks off Friday, Sept. 14.
  So far, the theme park has announced a number of attractions, including mazes based on the popular Netflix series “Stranger Things,” the Blumhouse Productions film, “The First Purge”  and one modeled after director Michael Dougherty’s cult classic, “
  
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• Map of California’s top 10 fires: Mendocino Complex becomes largest ever

  07-08-2018 14:14 via ocregister.com
  
  In its 11th day, the Mendocino Complex is now the largest wildfire in California’s record books, the state’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says.
  The two fires — named Ranch and River — started within an hour of each other on the afternoon of July 27; the cause is under investigation. They have burned 283,800 acres (443 square miles) in Mendocino, Lake and Colusa counties.
  The agency’s records, which go back to 1932, list these as the largest fires:Mendo
  
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• How to see Don Henley at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa

  07-08-2018 14:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Rock legend, multi-Grammy Award-winner and Eagles founding member Don Henley is coming to Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage in November.
  Henley, who played drums, sang and co-wrote several of the iconic band’s hit songs including “Hotel California,” “Best Of My Love” and “Take It To The Limit” also had a successful solo career after the group split in the early 1980s. Henley’s solo date on Nov. 2, comes after a Southern Californ
  
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• Clippers trade of Sam Dekker to Cleveland Finalized

  07-08-2018 13:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers completed their trade of forward Sam Dekker to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team announced Tuesday.
  The Clippers send Dekker, the draft rights to Renaldas Seibutis and cash considerations to Cleveland in exchange for the draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko, President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank said in a news release.
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  “We want to thank Sam for his
  
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• Here are 4 ways to boost your metabolism

  07-08-2018 13:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Are you looking for ways to improve your weight loss efforts? Let’s face it–who isn’t? Along with eating right and getting plenty of exercise, an increased metabolism can help burn those extra calories that may make that swimsuit fit a little better.
  Along with a diet healthy and exercise, here are four ways to boost your metabolism right now.
  Hydrate. Hydrate. Hydrate.
  With 60 percent of our body weight consisting of water, we need to stay hydrated for our organs to operate pr
  
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• Former Century High School coach arrested on suspicion of multiple sexual assaults with students

  07-08-2018 13:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old former volleyball coach at a Santa Ana high school has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with several minor students in 2015, authorities said Tuesday.
  Omar Rojas, 28, was arrested Friday, Aug. 3, on suspicion of sexual assault with students at Century High School in 2015, police said. (Courtesy of Santa Ana Police Department)
  Omar Rojas, who coached volleyball at Century High School, was arrested Aug. 3 and booked at the Orange County Jail on multiple sexual assault charges
  
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• For firefighters, it’s not just the fires they’re battling — it’s the heat and all that goes with it

  07-08-2018 13:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The danger firefighters face in Holy Jim Canyon this week won’t come only from the fire itself.
  As the temperatures outside spike to near 100 degrees, the danger becomes the heat inside a firefighter’s gear. A high-heat warning was declared Tuesday in the southern stretches of Orange County, with temperatures expected to reach into at least the upper 90s by 3 p.m.
  More than 600 firefighters are battling the Holy fire for the second day. On Monday, two of them were treated in local ho
  
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• Dine LBC 2018: What you need to know and which restaurants are participating

  07-08-2018 13:20 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s time to get out on the town and eat at this year’s Dine LBC Restaurant Week.
  When is Dine LBC?It started Aug. 4 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 12.
  The event, now in its fifth year, is an opportunity for foodies to get out and enjoy a meal at an old favorite or be adventurous and try something new. Participating restaurants include mom-and-pop stops, casual fare and fine dining.
  How much do meals at Dine LBC cost?
  Prix fixe menus are set at various price points: $15, $25, $35
  
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• Wish You Were Here: Chef Azmin Ghahreman shares his favorite spots in Singapore

  07-08-2018 13:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Chef Azmin Ghahreman shares his favorite places to visit while in Singapore.
  “You can read about places in books, but I believe you can only truly learn from experience. Travel is how you learn,” says chef Azmin Ghahreman. He should know: Iranian-born and Swiss-educated, Ghahreman has lived and worked all over the globe. Since 2007 he’s helmed Sapphire Laguna and its accompanying gourmet specialty shop, Sapphire Pantry. He is also the innovator of Sapphire at School, which prov
  
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• The Killer Dueling Pianos want to slay it every weekend at Pala Casino Spa & Resort

  07-08-2018 13:05 via ocregister.com
  
  For Ryan Bueter, the spirit of being an entertainer didn’t truly click into place until he began a career as a dueling pianist.
  “Before dueling pianos I played in front of thousands of people,” said Bueter – who spent many years as a touring musician before becoming the founder and chief executive officer of the Killer Dueling Pianos. “You can go onstage and be a rock star for an hour-and-a-half, but with dueling pianos you have to sit down and keep a crowd engaged
  
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• Whicker: ‘Ninety Percent Mental’ shows how baseball finally found its brain

  07-08-2018 13:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Even if you weren’t having trouble locating your slider, you felt your secrets were safe with Ken Ravizza.
  Professional athletes are notoriously vulnerable to the scammers and the phonies, the agents who promise they can get you a deal no one else can get, the quacks who have the pill or the potion or even the procedure that can implant All-Star powers.
  Ravizza was different by nature. It wasn’t just the way his eyes illuminated upon contact, the way he convinced everyone that the cu
  
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• Driver’s Seat: Fall in love with the redesigned 2018 Mini Cooper SE Countryman AII4

  07-08-2018 12:53 via ocregister.com
  
  2018 Mini Cooper S E Countryman All4, a plug-in hybrid crossover from the quirky British brand best known for its cutesy small cars.
  I fully expected to hate the 2018 Mini Cooper S E Countryman All4, a plug-in hybrid crossover from the quirky British brand best known for its cutesy small cars.
  I wanted to hate it, in fact. I hoped my distaste would mean closure for one of my longest-running automotive love-hate relationships.
  It started in 2004 when my then-girlfriend (now wife) welcomed a pre-o
  
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• Tests find flaws with electronic driver-assist systems in newer cars

  07-08-2018 12:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
  Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you’re not paying attention, an insurance industry group warns.
  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in a paper titled “Reality Check,” issued the warning Tuesday after testing five of the systems from Tesla, Mercedes, BMW and Volvo on a track and public roads. The upshot is while they could save your life, the s
  
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• Morsels: Chef Alejandra Padilla shines at Five Crowns

  07-08-2018 12:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Five Crowns in Corona de Mar freshens up with a new executive chef. Alejandra Padilla brings new flavors and a refined take to the neighborhood gem.
  In April, when chef Alejandra Padilla took over the kitchen at Five Crowns, the timing was perfect to overhaul the heavy steakhouse menu. Spring produce led to seasonal dishes such as charred octopus elevated with touches of locavore excitement in the form of spring pea tendrils.
  Steaks continue to dominate the menu, but Padilla understands many Sou
  
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• OC Fair 2018: Techies keep the carnival running smoothly

  07-08-2018 12:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Bil Lowry, IT director for RSC and Chris Mc Nabb, a software engineer and developer, sit in the network operations center for RCS at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa on Wednesday , August 1, 2018. They have developed the Fun Pass, an app that allows fair goers to purchase tickets for their mobile devices. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Chris Mc Nabb, a software engineer and developer, holds a phone with the Fun Pass app that allows fair goers to purchase tickets for their mobile
  
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• HGTV buys the ‘Brady Bunch’ house, will restore it to ‘1970s glory’

  07-08-2018 10:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The final twist in the tug-o-war over the “Brady Bunch” house:
  HGTV is the new owner.
  David Zaslav, chief executive officer of HGTV’s parent company Discovery, announced its win during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, a spokeswoman told CNN.
  “One example of our new project for HGTV will speak to those ‘Brady Bunch’ fans on the call. … You may have heard that the house from the iconic series was recently on the market in California,
  
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