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• Rockies’ late rally costs Dodgers chance to take sole possession of NL West lead

  10-08-2018 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner slides across home plate to score on a Yasmani Grandal single off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner watches his double off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)SoundThe gallery will resume insec
  
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• Cypress woman sentenced for selling sick puppies through fake dog rescue organization

  10-08-2018 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  A 43-year-old Cypress woman was sentenced Friday to 120 days in jail for illegally selling puppies that were suffering from viruses and parasites through a fake animal rescue organization.
  Megan Ann Hoechstetter pleaded guilty in March to four misdemeanor counts of keeping an animal without proper care and two misdemeanor counts of animal abuse by a caretaker.
  Because she has a disabled son, she will serve her jail term on non-consecutive days over 39 weekends, Orange County Deputy District
  
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• California is home to about one-third of the fires burning in the West

  10-08-2018 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The Mendocino Complex fire became the largest fire in California history. It is one of nine active fires of more than 100,000 acres this summer, including the Holy fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres in Riverside and Orange counties.
  More than 100 large fires are burning in the West. This map from the National Interagency Fire Center is from Aug. 10.California fire season to date
  As of Aug. 5, 4,723 fires and 749,770 acres have burned on Cal Fire and U.S. Forest Service land. The
  
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• Christian Rector returns to USC’s ‘predator’ position with Porter Gustin sidelined

  10-08-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The torn meniscus of Porter Gustin, a knee injury that will sideline the pass-rushing linebacker for 2-5 weeks and possibly the season opener, has thrust Christian Rector into a familiar role.
  Rector has moved from defensive end to the “predator” outside linebacker position, previously manned by Gustin, where he lines up along the edge as a hybrid pass rusher.
  “It’s great,” Rector said. “There’s a lot more freedom, a lot more opportun
  
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• Vladimir Guerrero returns to Angel Stadium as a Hall of Famer

  10-08-2018 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero looks on during a ceremony celebrating his recent induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame prior to Friday’s game between the Angels and the A’s at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
  Former Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero prepares to throw out a ceremonial first pitch for Friday’s game after a pregame ceremony celebrating his recent induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)S
  
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• OCVarsity Video: Orange County’s top linemen for 2018 football season

  10-08-2018 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Who are the top linemen in Orange County high school football for the 2018 season?
  OCVarsity’s Dan Albano shares his rankings and analysis in this video with Jonathan Khamis.
  This story is part of our 2018 high school football preview seriesPOSITION LISTS
  Orange County’s Top 10 QBs for 2018
  Orange County’s Top 16 Wide receivers for 2018
  Orange County’s Top 10 Tight Ends for 2018
  Orange County’s Top 15 linemen for 2018
  Key players to watch in each league: Part 1
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• OCVarsity Video: Orange County’s top wide receivers, tight ends and defensive backs

  10-08-2018 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage in the year ahead by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now.Who are the top wide receivers, tight ends and defensive backs in Orange County high school football for the 2018 season?
  OCVarsity’s Dan Albano shares his rankings and analysis in this video with Jonathan Khamis.
  This story is part of our 2018 high school football preview seriesPOSITION LISTS
  Orange County’s Top 10 QBs for 2018
  Orange County’s Top 16 Wide receivers for 20
  
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• Wrist injury sends Mike Trout to the disabled list for just the 2nd time in his career

  10-08-2018 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels placed Mike Trout on the disabled list for the second time in his career, this time with right wrist inflammation.
  Trout was hurt bracing himself against the dirt on a feet-first slide Aug. 1 at Tampa Bay. For the past several days, the Angels had been saying Trout was improved, and they hoped he’d be able to play on Friday. He received a cortisone shot Monday.
  But trying to swing a bat Thursday did nothing to convince Trout, or at least the Angels’ medical
  
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• Not sure if you’ve been evacuated due to Holy fire? This searchable map can help

  10-08-2018 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Residents of the Lake Elsinore area can learn whether their homes, businesses and places of work or other interests are under evacuation orders because of the Holy fire by using an interactive online map created by Riverside County.
  On the map, areas in blue signify mandatory evacuations; yellow, voluntary evacuations; and white, no evacuations.
  Users can enter an address or the name of a place, and the map will zoom into that location. For instance, a search for the Rite Aid pharmacy at 16
  
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• Preseason debut gives young Chargers a chance to ease NFL transitions

  10-08-2018 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  For the Chargers’ veterans, the preseason is a chance knock off rust while avoiding injury. For the newcomers, Saturday’s trip to Arizona may feel a little different.
  “A dream come true,” said rookie linebacker Uchenna Nwosu.
  Weighty words for a game that holds little meaning in the grand scheme of the 2018 season.
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  A year ago, the Browns swept their exhibition sch
  
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• Rams might sit starters for another preseason game

  10-08-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The game is football, but there’s some poker involved. Rams coach Sean McVay doesn’t want to tip his hand in the preseason, and he also wants to weigh the odds that, for some teams, end in disaster.
  The Rams lost 33-7 to Baltimore in Thursday’s exhibition, a score of no consequence. The preseason is about examining young players and giving starters just enough work to get in game shape. Given the injury risk and intensity of training camp, it’s fair to ask whether veteran
  
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• Mileage and emissions rules are unchecked government power

  10-08-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  If you want to live in a free country, and not everybody does, it helps to understand that freedom means limits on the power of government.
  It doesn’t mean there is no government power to limit our actions and choices. But the trick to maintaining a free country is to find a way to control the power of government, to prevent it from creeping ever closer to doing anything to anybody, any time, without limitation.
  Here’s how arbitrary, unchecked power is a silent killer of freedom: A s
  
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• Del Mar racing consensus picks for Saturday Aug. 11

  10-08-2018 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Consensus box of picks come from Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday Aug. 11 at Del Mar.
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• Watch former USC QB Sam Darnold throw his first NFL touchdown pass

  10-08-2018 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) throws a pass during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
  Atlanta Falcons linebacker Foye Oluokun (54) hits New York Jets’ Sam Darnold (14) as Darnold slides during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNew York Jets&rsqu
  
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• Fight Trump’s smog-loving evil mandate

  10-08-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  That smoke choking we who breathe Southern California air all this past week, even those of us far from the Holy fire?
  Yeah, it’s been nasty.
  And as a child my lungs and I were real used to nasty, because brown was the color of the air most every August day in the Los Angeles basin in the 1960s, even when there wasn’t a local forest fire. And back-to-school Septembers? Don’t get me started. Many days they wouldn’t even let us out on the playground, as running around was a
  
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• A year after Charlottesville, hate marches on

  10-08-2018 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been a year since hundreds of white nationalists, carrying everything from semi-automatic rifles and Nazi symbols to Confederate flags and tiki torches, marched on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, chanting “Jews will not replace us” and threatening people of color.
  The rally, which started on the night of Aug. 11 and continued through the next day, culminated in tragedy — as a self-proclaimed white supremacist drove his car into a crowd o
  
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• See before-and-after photo of 100-year-old cabin destroyed by the Holy fire

  10-08-2018 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Mamak Shakib and her husband, Lyss Murphey, have spent years fixing up their 1929 cabin in Holy Jim Canyon, only to lose it in the Holy fire. She said she is not sad, however: “Everything that has a price tag is replaceable.”
  Lyss Murphey, 62, a volunteer firefighter for the mountain community, sent Shakib a message on Monday evening, Aug. 6, hours after the Holy fire broke out near their cabin community: “The cabin is gone. I’m OK.” He included a video of their cab
  
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• Christian Ramirez stunned to be home again playing for LAFC

  10-08-2018 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Christian Ramirez procured 200 tickets for his family and friends when Minnesota United FC visited the L.A. Galaxy last season.
  Ramirez, a 27-year-old center forward from Garden Grove, had expected another large reunion Saturday when the Loons returned to L.A. for a Major League Soccer match at StubHub Center.
  On Monday, those plans changed when Minnesota traded Ramirez to the Los Angeles Football Club for up to $1 million in allocation money.
  His reaction to the news: “Wait, what?”
  
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• California Legislature passes bill to protect renters who call 9-1-1

  10-08-2018 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  California lawmakers on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to protect tenants from being thrown out of their homes for calling 9-1-1 in an emergency.
  The proposal, which now moves to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, takes aim at local ordinances that can result in a tenant being labeled a “nuisance” — a cause for eviction — because they called for help.
  “People should be able to call for help without fear of losing their home,” said Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San
  
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• Huntington Beach disqualifies city attorney hopeful, but he keeps going — and suing

  10-08-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH –The city attorney for Huntington Beach and his would-be November opponent have yet to meet in person.
  Instead, Michael Gates and Jerold Friedman, respectively, have become well-acquainted through a war of words – via legal documents, Facebook and the media.
  It all started in April, when Gates filed a lawsuit against resident Daniel Horgan to stop his petition for a gun-control ballot initiative. Friedman signed on as Horgan’s attorney, accusing the city o
  
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• Angels tentatively scheduled to face Astros in Mexico in 2019

  10-08-2018 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels will be playing the Houston Astros in a two-game series in Mexico next May, according to a major league source.
  The final schedule is typically released in September. Until then, there is no official confirmation of the games.
  So far, it’s undetermined if the games will be in Mexico City or Monterrey, which is where the Dodgers and Padres played this past May. The games are tentatively scheduled for May 4-5, 2019, and they will be Angels home games, meaning the Angels will be sc
  
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• Surf therapy helps CHOC kids get relief from the ocean in Newport Beach

  10-08-2018 17:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Alex Hays’ index finger stretched towards the surf, pointing to the ocean horizon. It was a signal to the group surrounding him that’s where he wanted to be, that he wasn’t ready to head to back to the sand.
  Alex Hays, 10, and his mom, Deanna Wright, have a laugh while playing in the water at the Newport Beach pier in Newport Beach, CA on Friday, August 10, 2018 during an event for former and current cancer patients and their families from ChildrenÕs Hospital of Orange C
  
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• Clippers open season Oct. 17 at home against the Denver Nuggets

  10-08-2018 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  With their work cut out for them in a loaded Western Conference, the Clippers open their season on Oct. 17, when they host the Denver Nuggets, according to the regular-season schedule the NBA released Friday.
  The Clippers won’t meet LeBron James and the Lakers until after Christmas. The first all-L.A. matchup, on Dec. 28, will be hosted by the Lakers, whom the Clippers have defeated in 21 of their previous 24 matchups. The teams’ next three games are Jan. 31, March 4 and April 5.
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• A 47 percent increase in transfers, according to latest CIF-SS report

  10-08-2018 17:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Transfer approvals in the CIF-Southern Section rose from 194 in July 2017 to 279 in July 2018. That’s an increase of 47 percent.
  CIF-SS spokesman Thom Simmons said the section office could not speculate on the reason for the increase.
  In the 2017-18 school year there were 7,289 transfer approvals, an increase of 10 percent over the previous school year.
  August generally is the busiest month for transfer process. The CIF-SS office processed 2,009 transfer approvals in August of 2017.
  
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• Life on fire line is netherworld of danger, courage

  10-08-2018 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds and sometimes thousands of feet above our homes, where smoke stings, there is a netherworld of hellfire where men and women risk their lives so we may sleep.
  In temperatures well into triple digits, firefighters across Riverside and Orange counties battle flames that can reach 100 feet into a smoke-choked sky.
  They persevere on crumbling cliffs with as much as 70 pounds of equipment dragging them down. They breathe ash so thick from the ironically named Holy fire that the noonday sun be
  
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• Huck Finn Jubilee returns to Ontario Oct. 5-7

  10-08-2018 17:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Blue Grass performer Ricky Skaggs plays the main stage during the Huck Finn Jubilee at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park Sunday in Ontario, June 16, 2013. (Staff)
  Meghan Mckiernan dances with a hula hoop during Sam Bush’s set Friday at the Huck Finn Jubilee in Ontario. (Fielding Buck, staff)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSam Bush performs Friday at the Huck Finn Jubilee in Ontario. (Staff)
  Bill Nershi greets the audience at the start of The String Cheese Incident’s Friday set at
  
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• Soboba Casino to open new hotel and casino in 2019; Pala suspends hotel tower expansion

  10-08-2018 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  As one Southern California casino nears completion on a new resort, another has suspended its expansion plans.
  While Soboba Casino in San Jacinto plans to open its new 200-room hotel and casino in the first quarter of 2019, Pala Casino Spa & Resort officials aren’t building a previously announced hotel tower — for now, at least.
  Soboba Casino in San Jacinto is among the latest Southern California casinos to get into the resort game as Native American tribes ha
  
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• Senior Moments: Sometimes it’s OK to give in to the urge to splurge

  10-08-2018 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  On and off over the years I have coveted a really good ice cream scooper.
  I would picture the ones that they use at a shop. The ice cream seems to scoop effortlessly out of the container and into beautiful curling portions that seem to jump onto the waiting cone.
  But, for reasons still unknown to me, every time I shopped for a scooper, I couldn’t bring myself to pop for a good one. Somehow the whole scooper thing seemed to fall into the frivolous category.
  You know how sometimes you can be
  
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• LeBron and Lakers will have whopping 43 games on national TV next season

  10-08-2018 15:59 via ocregister.com
  
  With LeBron James donning purple and gold threads, the Lakers aren’t only once again the biggest show in town – they’re one of the top draws in the league.
  That was reinforced Friday afternoon when the NBA released its full schedule: The Lakers will play 43 games on national TV next season.
  Some of the headliners: The 33-year-old James makes his Lakers home debut at Staples Center on Saturday, Oct. 20 against the Houston Rockets (ESPN). He will also make his return to Cleveland
  
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• Cranston Fire burning near Idyllwild is 100 percent contained, fire officials say

  10-08-2018 15:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Cranston Fire, which burned 13,139 acres near Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains, is now fully contained, officials announced Friday, Aug. 10.
  The fire is 100 percent contained, although not out, San Bernardino National Forest officials said via Twitter midday Friday. Personnel will remain on the fire to patrol and continue mop-up until the blaze is fully controlled and out.
  The blaze, which began around noon July 25, broke out off Highway 74 in the San Jacinto Mountains betwee
  
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• The Force takes over the Hollywood Bowl with help from the LA Philharmonic

  10-08-2018 15:51 via ocregister.com
  
  “Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough (Luke) … your father’s lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight,” said the resonant voice of Alec Guinness.
  And right on cue, thousands of multi-colored “lightsabers” lit up the Hollywood Bowl waved by fans that had come Tuesday to see a screening of “Star Wars: A New Hope” featuring John Williams’ score performed live by the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by David Newm
  
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• Angels place Mike Trout on the DL with sore wrist

  10-08-2018 15:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels have placed Mike Trout on the disabled list for the second time in his career, this time with right wrist inflammation.
  Trout was hurt bracing himself against the dirt on a feet-first slide on Aug. 1 at Tampa Bay. For the past several days, the Angels had been saying Trout was improved, and they hoped he’d be able to play on Friday. He received a cortisone shot on Monday.
  Trout was actually placed on the disabled list on Thursday night, although the Angels didn’t announce
  
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• Real estate news: How an Irvine architectural firm helped restore Anaheim White House’s exterior to 1909 glory

  10-08-2018 15:43 via ocregister.com
  
  KTGY Architecture + Planning in Irvine was responsible for the complex redesign of the Anaheim White House’s new exterior and expansive porch. (Courtesy of KTGY)
  One of the more complicated pieces of the remodel puzzle was keeping the Anaheim White House’s big porch open to the elements. KTGY found folding clear panels that could be pulled back during good weather and closed during the bad. (Courtesy of KTGY)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe restored porch of the Anaheim Whit
  
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• UCLA receivers race to keep up with Chip Kelly’s tempo

  10-08-2018 15:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dymond Lee admired Chip Kelly’s creation from afar, watching the Ducks offense wear opponents into the ground nearly. The former-quarterback-turned-UCLA-receiver wanted to go to Oregon when he was growing up. Things turned the other way.
  “Oregon pretty much just came to me,” Lee said Friday with a smile.
  Although Kelly has deflected questions about whether UCLA will look exactly like his dominant Ducks teams and the head coach has closed practices to the pub
  
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• Hurricane John prompts high surf advisory, potential flooding along coast as heat scorches Southern California

  10-08-2018 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re headed to the coast to cool off, be warned: The waves are strong enough to cause trouble at the beach.
  The National Weather Service issued a high-surf advisory Friday, just as the heat sent scores of people flocking to the coast to cool off to enjoy the final weeks of summer.
  A surfer loses it on a wave in Newport Beach on Friday, August 10, 2018. A swell from Hurricane John will bring larger waves to south-facing beaces through the weekend. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange Count
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Aug. 3-10)

  10-08-2018 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from Aug. 3 to 10, 2018:
  Camino Real Market, 855 S. State College Blvd., AnaheimClosed: Aug. 10
  Reason: Cockroach infestationJuice It Up!, 6610 Irvine Center Drive, IrvineClosed: Aug. 10
  Reason: Insufficient hot waterFirst Class Pizza, 17853 Santiago Blvd., Villa ParkClosed: Aug. 9 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: Aug. 9 (report)1st & Fair Market, 2715 W. First St., Suite A, Santa AnaClosed: Au
  
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• Travel: Seeing Europe in the most California of ways: by (rental) car

  10-08-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite the push for mass transit and an expensive, high-speed rail project, we are Californians, accustomed to our independence and the right to wander wherever curvy coastline highways and the smells of hole-in-the-wall taquerias take us.
  So when it was time to craft a personalized itinerary for a trip to Italy with a side detour to Bavaria, Germany to see our newly transplanted son, my husband and I wondered, could we do it ourselves, on our own timetables? Without being herded onto tour
  
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• Video: Josh Woods explains strides UCLA defense has taken in training camp

  10-08-2018 13:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Linebacker Josh Woods talks about there the Bruins have improved the most in the first week of training camp, how he and his teammates communicate on defense while running at such a high tempo and which of Chip Kelly’s famous phrases is his favorite.Related Articles UCLA cornerbacks embrace new aggressive mindset Video: Darnay Holmes calls UCLA’s new coaching staff a ‘blessing in disguise’ Video: Theo Howard expects freshman receivers to make early impact Highlights from
  
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• ‘No replacement for the human eye’ for spotting wildfires, says woman who organizes a 300-strong fire lookout volunteer army

  10-08-2018 13:35 via ocregister.com
  
  From her perch inside the Strawberry Peak Fire Lookout, Jen Horton watched a funnel of gray smoke rise from the town of Forest Falls above the mountain tops and vacation towns surrounding the San Bernardino National Forest.
  While residents and firefighters can thank lookouts for calling in a record number of first-smoke alerts this year in both the San Bernardino and Angeles National Forests, Horton and others proved their mettle on July 6 — the day the Valley fire erupted — by ot ca
  
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• Holy fire arson suspect tells judge: ‘It’s a lie’

  10-08-2018 13:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Forrest Gordon Clark, who refused to leave his jail cell on Thursday for his first Orange County Superior Court appearance as the accused arsonist of the still-raging Holy fire, made it into the courtroom on Friday.
  Clark requested that his attorney be allowed to appear in court on his behalf. But Commissioner Vickie Hix denied that request, saying he is required to appear for the arraignment, a hearing meant to ensure he understood the charges he faces and give him the change to make a plea, if
  
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• Joseph Diaz Jr., lesson learned, fights for title again

  10-08-2018 12:52 via ocregister.com
  
  It was less than three months ago that Joseph Diaz Jr. of South El Monte stepped into the ring to challenge Gary Russell Jr. for his featherweight world title.
  About an hour later, Diaz was dealing with his first loss as a pro.
  “Yes, I was very disappointed,” Diaz said of the May 19 fight in Oxon Hill, Md.
  Diaz, 25, will get another shot at becoming a world champion Saturday when he challenges Jesus Rojas of Puerto Rico for his featherweight belt at The Avalon in Hollywood. Gold
  
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• Del Mar racing consensus picks for Friday Aug. 10

  10-08-2018 12:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Consensus box of picks come from Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday Aug. 10 at Del Mar.
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  Related Articles Horse racing: Del Mar leaders, notes Maturity, growth emerge from Del Mar Race Track tragedy Del Mar racing consensus picks for Thursday Aug. 9 Del Mar racing consensus picks for Wednesday Aug. 8 Del Mar racing
  
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• Taliban try to take Afghan city in brazen assault, kill 14

  10-08-2018 12:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By AMIR SHAH
  The Associated Press
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban launched a multi-pronged attack in attempts to overrun a provincial capital in Afghanistan on Friday, hiding inside people’s homes before slipping into city streets overnight and setting off daylong clashes with U.S.-backed Afghan forces trying to push them back.
  At least 14 Afghan policemen were killed and 20 were wounded in the assault on Ghazni, the capital of a province with the same name, provincial police c
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic eyes 500th goal as Galaxy hosts Loons

  10-08-2018 12:20 via ocregister.com
  
  In his last game, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick and, on the final goal, he took off his shirt in celebration.
  “It happened one time before, in the LAFC game (March 31), it is nothing planned, it is just expression,” he said Thursday. “It comes by itself, it depends on the moment.”
  Ibrahimovic enters Saturday night’s game against Minnesota United FC with 498 career goals for club and country.
  Ibrahimovic has scored 15 goals in his 17 games with the Galaxy.
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• Russian PM strongly warns U.S. against ramping up sanctions

  10-08-2018 12:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
  The Associated Press
  MOSCOW  — Russia’s prime minister sternly warned the United States against ramping up sanctions, saying Friday that Moscow would retaliate with economic, political and unspecified “other” means.
  The tough message from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev marked what the Kremlin sees as a red line, reflecting growing dismay with announced U.S. sanctions that have sent the Russian ruble plummeting to its lowest level in two years.
  
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• Disneyland raises hourly minimum wage for non-union workers: $13.90 then $15.75 in January

  10-08-2018 12:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The Disneyland Resort will set a minimum wage for its non-union workers at $15.75 an hour Dec. 30, just above the $15 recently negotiated for four of the company’s unions.
  “We regularly evaluate the market,” Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown wrote in an email. “The dynamics in the SoCal market warrant the increase. They normally get an increase at that time of year (merit) and the planned increase is inclusive of that, plus market.”
  Disney had raised the minimum for
  
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• ‘Little Mermaid’ makes a splash at Claremont’s Candlelight Pavilion

  10-08-2018 11:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The entire idea of taking the Disney film (or the Hans Christian Andersen original story) of “The Little Mermaid” and putting it on the stage creates a challenge.
  Disney did it, taking the show to Broadway where it ran for more than two years. Transferring that to a smaller, more intimate setting brings new problems to solve, quite aside from finding singer-performers who are up to the characters most audience members are already very familiar with.
  At Candlelight Pavilion Dinner The
  
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• HOA Homefront: Boards barking about dogs (how many; where can they play; what’s a nuisance?)

  10-08-2018 10:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Our CC&Rs limit the number of pets a homeowner can have to a “reasonable” number. City law states a resident outside of an HOA can have up to four dogs. Our association manager insists we have to abide by city law. Is that right? — F.D., San Pedro.
  A: Per Civil Code Section 4205, governing documents cannot conflict with state law. Unless your city in its ordinance exempts HOA residents, your association must, like any homeowner in that city, follow the law. The asso
  
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• 4 dead, including two police officers, in Canada shooting

  10-08-2018 10:11 via ocregister.com
  FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Four people, including two police officers, were shot to death in an apartment complex in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton on Friday, and a suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. It was a rare instance of gun violence in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
  Fredericton police said they are not releasing the names of the slain officers yet.
  Justin Mclean, who lives in the complex, said he tried to help.
  “I just woke up and heard gunsh
  
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• Why do bosses pay new hires better than loyal staffers?

  10-08-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I’m not sure why this trend continues … but it seems if you want a decent raise you must quit your job!
  Even though numerous bosses are upping their overall wage scales in meaningful ways, it appears many employers will do significantly more, paycheck-wise, to lure a new worker than to keep the long-timers happy.
  Ponder this workplace statistical oddity from economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
  Pay for workers who switched jobs rose at an average 3.98 percent annual ra
  
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