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• Christian Ramirez scores both goals in LAFC victory over Real Salt Lake

  15-08-2018 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles FC midfielder Eduard Atuesta, top, leaps over Real Salt Lake defender Justen Glad during the second half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles FC’s Christian Ramirez, right, celebrates after scoring against Real Salt Lake during the first half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsReal Salt Lake midfielder Albert Ru
  
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• Aca’Cedric Ware shows off his speed in USC training camp

  15-08-2018 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — USC coach Clay Helton admired the breakaway run by Aca’Cedric Ware, enough so that he replayed it for the team at a recent meeting.
  “He’s got a safety coming from his left side,” Helton said, “and he explodes his legs through contact, gets his shoulder down, safety just bounces off him and he makes an explosive run. That’s something I see a little bit different in him right now.”
  Ware is among several USC running backs left to replace
  
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• Fresh off the DL, Rene Rivera hits go-ahead homer in Angels’ victory

  15-08-2018 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels starting pitcher Felix Pena throws to the plate during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Padres in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  SAN DIEGO, CA – AUGUST 15: Robbie Erlin #41 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at PETCO Park on August 15, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSAN DIEGO, CA – AUGUST 15: Albert Pujols #5
  
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• Disneyland’s new upscale hotel put on hold indefinitely

  15-08-2018 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The new hotel planned to begin construction at Anaheim’s Downtown Disney last month has been put on hold indefinitely after Disney and the city could not agree over the terms of the development, officials on both sides acknowledged Wednesday, Aug. 15.
  The new upscale hotel had been slated to have 700 rooms spread over the west end of the outdoor mall, including the site of the former Rainforest Cafe, ESPN Zone sports bar and restaurant, the AMC Theatres and the popular Earl of Sandwich eat
  
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• Ross Stripling goes to DL with minor back issue as Hyun-Jin Ryu returns to Dodgers’ rotation

  15-08-2018 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Sinus medicine, hotel beds – the list of products the Dodgers won’t be endorsing is getting longer.
  Right-hander Ross Stripling paid a visit to Dr. Robert Watkins’ office on Wednesday and was diagnosed with lower back inflammation, landing him on the DL just in time for left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu to be activated and start against the San Francisco Giants.
  “You go in his office and he’s got nothing but Kershaw and Gretzky and Federer jerseys everywh
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (8-15-18)

  15-08-2018 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Aug. 15
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Sunny Hills def. Crean Lutheran, 28-26, 25-18, 21-25, 25-15
  CL: Dews 13 kills, Horton 13 kills, Thies 3 aces.
  Los Alamitos def. Long Beach Wilson, 25-18, 25-14, 25-21
  LA: Karich 14 kills, Livingston 19 assists, Ramirez 12 digs, Livingston 4 aces.
  San Clemente def. Trabuco Hills, 3-2
   
   
  
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• Report: FBI investigated cyberattacks on Orange County House candidate this year

  15-08-2018 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  FBI agents earlier this year investigated a series of cyberattacks executed against former Democratic House candidate Hans Keirstead during his unsuccessful bid for Orange County’s coastal 48th Congressional District, according to a report released Wednesday by Rolling Stone.
  The attacks began in Aug. 2017, when Keirstead – a Laguna Beach stem-cell scientist who was vying to unseat 15-term GOP incumbent Rep. Dana Rohrabacher – opened a spear-phishing message intended to give ha
  
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• UCLA DB Octavius Spencer receives release, will transfer

  15-08-2018 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Defensive back Octavius Spencer has been granted his release from the UCLA football program, the senior tweeted Wednesday night. Per the release signed by Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, Spencer can pursue a transfer to any university.Philippians 4:13 pic.twitter.com/3TqqFAtX4G
  — The SHARK (@Octoomatic) August 16, 2018247Sports reported Wednesday morning that Spencer was kicked off the team due to a violation of team rules. He is the latest in a line of players to leave the program during
  
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• Following death of sexually abused pit bull, Orange County proposes regional ‘do not adopt’ list

  15-08-2018 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Following the recent death of dog that was sexually abused after being adopted from an Orange County shelter, county supervisors want to create a coordinated regional system to prevent known animal abusers from adopting pets.
  Supervisors Todd Spitzer and Andrew Do directed county staff at the board’s Tuesday meeting to pursue the information-sharing partnerships with other shelters in the region.
  “Work with other jurisdictions to develop a ‘do not adopt’ list,” Do t
  
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• DACA Texas court ruling expected soon, but future of young undocumented far from clear

  15-08-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  There was no set deadline, but the perception of one seemed real enough.
  It was a Saturday in early August and Jose Lopez’s downtown Los Angeles apartment looked like a command center of sorts. With a printer set up on the center of the kitchen table, a dozen young immigrants sat with computers in the kitchen and living room, typing with quiet intensity.
  Their goal: To get their DACA renewal applications into the government, via Fed Ex, that night. They wanted to file the paperwork before
  
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• Community colleges try new ‘pathway’ to student success

  15-08-2018 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s community colleges are embarking on the most far-reaching reform they have ever adopted, in a bid to tackle their biggest challenge: to improve on historically low rates of student graduation and transfers to 4-year colleges and universities.
  Lawmakers allocated $150 million over the last year to put in place the approach, known as “Guided Pathways.” It is a centerpiece of the “Vision for Success,” California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy
  
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• San Francisco’s decline could hurt Kamala Harris’ presidential ambitions

  15-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  In case you have a summer vacation to Las Vegas still on the calendar, the betting website Oddshark just published brand new odds for the 2020 presidential race — and for the first time California’s junior U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris has tied Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as the betting favorite among potential Democratic candidates to win the election.
  The website has President Trump a heavy favorite to win reelection, with betting odds of +140. But Harris and Sanders are right behind him
  
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• Squabbling over helicopter rescues prompts Orange County sheriff, fire officials to offer plan for better teamwork

  15-08-2018 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Fire Authority helicopter lifts off from the soccer field at at the Oso Viejo Community Park adjacent to the Norman P. Murray Community Center in Mission Viejo on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. The Orange County Fire Authority and the Orange County Sheriff Department held a news conference announcing a new joint air operations plan between the two public agencies and their helicopters. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian
  
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• Ducks sign restricted free agent Ondrej Kase to 3-year, $7.8-million contract

  15-08-2018 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks rewarded right wing Ondrej Kase for his breakout 2017-18 season with a new three-year, $7.8-million contract Wednesday. Kase was one of the Ducks’ two remaining restricted free agents, but his signing now leaves left wing Nick Ritchie as their lone holdout.
  Ducks general manager Bob Murray said last month he hoped to re-sign Ritchie soon. Murray also said he would like to complete a contract extension for right wing Jakob Silfverberg, who is eligible to become an unrestricted fre
  
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• David Rothenberg, set afire by his dad in Buena Park 35 years ago, dies at 42

  15-08-2018 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A man left severely scarred when set afire as a boy by his dad at a Buena Park motel more than three decades ago, who went on to befriend Michael Jackson and become a respected, optimistic Las Vegas artist, has died at the age of 42.
  An accomplished contemporary conceptual artist, Dave Dave – David Rothenberg until casting aside the last name of his father – was left with life-long scars from his father’s attempt on his life in 1983.
  But friends say despite the betrayal an
  
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• OPINION: Attacks on facts should be a concern to all

  15-08-2018 18:04 via ocregister.com
  You’re probably not going to like this column.
  If you’re a Republican, conservative or a supporter of President Donald Trump, you will likely see it as just another example of the failing, fake-news media bashing the president.
  If you’re a Democrat, liberal or a die-hard Trump-hater, you will almost certainly think it doesn’t go far enough in castigating our president for his boorish and dangerous behavior.
  Today, we’re joining more than 200 other American newspaper
  
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• The president’s dangerous dubbing of media as America’s enemy

  15-08-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  While it might be tempting to dismiss President Donald Trump’s incendiary characterization of the news media as the “enemy of the American people” as simply more reckless hyperbole, it would be wrong to do so.
  Words have power, and none so much here in the United States as the words of the president.
  The news media are not enemies of the people, and a free press is critical to an informed citizenry that seeks to hold its government accountable. Disparaging the press in the face
  
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• Stafford Slick passed injured eye test, is home for AVP’s Manhattan Beach Open

  15-08-2018 17:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Everyone playing volleyball understands that when blocking, there’s a chance of getting clobbered in the face by the ball.
  It was April 2016 and Stafford Slick and partner Billy Allen were playing Russ Marchewka and Mark Burik in the quarterfinals of an AVP beach volleyball event in New Orleans.
  Slick went up to block Marchewka, and Marchewka smacked the ball straight into the left eye of Slick, who went down on the sand.
  “It was a night match, took off my shades. I was playing and I
  
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• UCLA basketball finalizes 2018-19 nonconference schedule

  15-08-2018 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA finalized its nonconference men’s basketball schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday, lining up key games against Michigan State, Notre Dame, Cincinnati and Ohio State.
  The Bruins, who lost in an NCAA Tournament play-in game last year, open with four straight home games, starting with a Nov. 6 season opener against Purdue Fort Wayne, before participating in the Las Vegas Invitational on Nov. 22 and Nov. 23. UCLA will play reigning Big Ten champion Michigan State in the first round
  
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• Morningside seniors are making sure everyone is comfortable using today’s tech

  15-08-2018 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  After a 58-year aerospace career, one would think Bruce Pilkington would be ready to focus on rest and relaxation while enjoying retirement.
  Instead, Pilkington and a team of seniors at Fullerton’s Morningside Retirement Community are busy organizing a technology fair to expose other residents to the latest technology.
  Pilkington and his wife, Julie, moved into Morningside in 2014 following Pilkington’s nearly six decades with the Boeing Company. Pilkington said he’s kept up wi
  
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• Fryer on football: Previews and predictions for Thursday’s Week 0 games

  15-08-2018 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Check out our 2018 high school football preview page
  A look at Thursday’s high school football games in Orange County:
  THURSDAY’S GAMES
  BAKERSFIELD (6-6 in 2017) VS. NO. 9 SERVITE (6-5)
  Where, when: Santa Ana Stadium, Thursday, 7 p.m.
  Analysis: It is the first game of the return to Servite for Coach Troy Thomas, who led the Friars to plenty of glory 2005-12. Bakersfield is a fine opponent – the Drillers are No. 31 in CalHiSports.com’s California preseason top 50
  
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• Marrying Elvis’ daughter may not be key to riches if you sign postnup – twice – without reading it

  15-08-2018 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood are seen at the premiere of “Mad Max: Fury Road” on May 7, 2015 in Hollywood. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
  By BILL HETHERMAN | City News Service
  LOS ANGELES — Lisa Marie Presley’s 2007 postnuptial agreement with her estranged husband barred him from receiving spousal support if they divorced and now that contract should be enforced, the singer’s lawyer told a judge Wednesday.
  Attorney Gary Fishbein said in his final
  
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• 4th Annual California Hot Sauce Expo for 2018 comes to Anaheim on Saturday, Aug. 18 and Sunday, Aug. 19

  15-08-2018 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Cocktail mixing contests are part of the 4th Annual California Hot Sauce Expo which takes place Aug. 18-19 at the City National Grove of Anaheim. (Courtesy of 4th Annual California Hot Sauce Expo)
  A chihuahua contest is part of the 4th Annual California Hot Sauce Expo which takes place Aug. 18-19 at the City National Grove of Anaheim. (Courtesy of 4th Annual California Hot Sauce Expo)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe California Hot Sauce Expo will take place Aug. 18-19 at the City Nation
  
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• California student leaders focus on college affordability

  15-08-2018 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The three students who vote on the governing boards of California’s three gigantic systems of higher education say they want to focus attention this year on the costs of housing and textbooks.
  While tuition will not increase for the 2018-19 school year, those other costs of living and study are increasingly major burdens to many students, according to the students who will be able to vote on such issues at the California Community Colleges’ Board of Governors, the California Sta
  
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• LA County Fair 2018: Here’s who’s playing the End of Summer Concert Series at the Fairplex at Pomona

  15-08-2018 15:21 via ocregister.com
  
  As summer once again wraps up in Southern California, the LA County Fair’s End of Summer Concert Series is just about to get started. The all-new roster of shows features a variety of talent — including country stars Kane Brown and Dustin Lynch, rockers Joan Jett and the Blackhearts with Cheap Trick, Bad Company and Grand Funk Railroad. There’s also a night of funk and R&B with War and Tower of Power, big names in Latin music such as Luis Fonsi and Ramon Ayala, and there wi
  
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• Video: Camp Chronicles with the Orange Lutheran football team

  15-08-2018 15:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Check out the all-access look at Orange Lutheran’s football team as it prepares for the 2018 season. The video by Jonathan Khamis includes an interview with quarterback Ryan Hilinski, who shares why he is changing his number this season.More Camp Chronicle Videos
  Camp Chronicles video at Troy High School
  Camp Chronicles video at Huntington Beach High School 
  
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• Suicide bomber targets Shiite students in Kabul, killing 48

  15-08-2018 15:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH
  The Associated Press
  KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber struck a private education center in a Shiite neighborhood of Kabul on Wednesday where high school graduates were preparing for university entrance exams, killing 48 young men and women and leaving behind a scene of devastation and tragedy.
  The bombing, blamed on the Islamic State group, was the latest assault on Afghanistan’s Shiite community, which has increasingly been targeted by Sunni extremi
  
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• Holy fire containment now at 72 percent; Trilogy community remains under voluntary evacuation

  15-08-2018 14:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The Holy fire burning in the Cleveland National Forest in Orange and Riverside counties was 72 percent contained and at 22,986 acres on Wednesday morning as firefighters continued to tighten lines around the nine-day-old blaze.
  A voluntary evacuation order remained in effect for the Trilogy community in Riverside County at the northern edge of the fire zone, in the Anderson Canyon area. It was the only remaining evacuation order of any type related to the Holy fire, said U.S. Forest spokesw
  
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• Video shows Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness leaping into crowd to confront Trump-supporting heckler

  15-08-2018 14:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Looks like the Ace of Spades in Sacramento got a true punk rock show when Social Distortion headlined the 1,000-capacity venue back on July 17. The Orange County punk rock band is currently out on tour and during the group’s popular rendition of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” fan video from the pit shows frontman Mike Ness becoming irritated with someone near the front of the stage.
  The 56-year-old performer whipped off his guitar, handed it to a nearby tech and hopped down
  
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• At 103, retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel remembers D-Day like yesterday

  15-08-2018 14:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The sun was shining, but the skies were darkened with German anti-aircraft fire as young Army officer Sam Sachs flew in a glider with the grim nickname of “Flying Coffin” as part of the Normandy invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
  Sachs, who just celebrated his 103rd birthday in April, remembers that memorable day 74 years ago like it was yesterday.
  “We were towed from England to Normandy along with so many other gliders that it looked like snow coming down out of the sky,”
  
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• In ‘First We Surf Then We Eat’ cookbook, recipes for adventurous eating from the world’s best surf spots

  15-08-2018 13:52 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a book longtime surfer Jim Kempton has unconsciously been writing his whole life.
  He started traveling the world to search for the best surf decades ago, documenting his adventures in the ’70s when exploration for waves was raw and new, and long before social media and forecasters easily pointed surfers to the best swells.
  Along the way, he took note of standout places to eat in exotic lands, tucking away recipes of his favorite foods.
  Jim Kempton, former editor/publisher of Sur
  
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• Irvine developer bringing 53 townhomes to Whittier golf course

  15-08-2018 13:10 via ocregister.com
  
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  Brandywine Homes has started to build 53 townhomes on a four-acre site next to the Candlewood Country Club golf course just outside the Whittier city limits.
  Related linksAre builders catching up to Southern California’s housing shortage?
  Homeownership in Los Angeles and Orange counties: Worst in U.S.
  Foreigners buying more California homes but fewer nationwide
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• Highlights from UCLA football training camp Day 11

  15-08-2018 13:04 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s a week and a half left of training camp before UCLA officially enters the first official game week of the 2018 season. On Wednesday, we got a better glimpse at a few possible offensive groupings. Here are notes and observations for the open period of Wednesday’s practice:
  Injury notes
  Same status: Atonio Mafi, Otito Ogbonnia and Colin Samuel
  Returned from yellow jersey/full participant: Audie Omotosho and Sam Marrazzo
  New injury: Outside linebacker Elijah Wade was riding the
  
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• Best thing I ate: Are these deep-fried Lao sausages in Garden Grove worth the adventure?

  15-08-2018 13:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s where I talk about cockroaches and sausages in the same story.
  I hate cockroaches, but I love spicy sausage. And therein lies my dilemma.
  There’s a restaurant in Garden Grove called Royal King Elephant. The sign above the restaurant reads “Lao and Thai food.” This is significant because restaurants that serve both Thai and Lao food typically put the word Thai in the first position.
  But here Lao comes first. If you can’t handle the intense funk of Lao-style fi
  
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• Aaron Cox, former Angels prospect and Mike Trout’s brother-in-law, dies at age 24

  15-08-2018 12:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Aaron Cox, the brother-in-law of Mike Trout and a former Angels pitching prospect, died on Wednesday morning, according to a statement released by the Angels. Cox was 24. The cause of death was not announced.
  “The Angels Organization is saddened to hear of the passing of Aaron Cox, a member of the Angels family since 2015,” read an Angels statement. “We are deeply heartbroken and shocked by this tragic loss.  Our heartfelt prayers and condolences to his family and fri
  
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• What do CSULB’s real-life shark scientists think of ‘The Meg’?

  15-08-2018 12:38 via ocregister.com
  
  So “The Meg” – the widely promoted action movie about 75-foot megalodon dinosaur sharks suddenly coming back to life in the Eastern Pacific – enjoyed a much better-than-expected, $45 million opening weekend in North American theaters.
  Some viewers have embraced the adaptation of Steve Alten’s 1997 sharksploitation book “Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror” as actual seagoing science. Is such a shark tale possible? Or is it mere “Jurassic Waterpark” f
  
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• Grace Leung selected to replace Dave Kiff as Newport Beach city manager

  15-08-2018 12:35 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Touting her sharp mind for finance, out-of-the-box thinking and creative leadership skills, the City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 14 unanimously selected Grace Yeung to replace the city’s longtime city manager, Dave Kiff.
  Leung, who has more than two decades of experience in local government, most recently served as assistant city manger in Irvine. She will take over her new role Sept. 4. Newport Beach Assistant City Manager Carol Jacobs will fill in as acting city manage
  
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• UCI is using treated, recycled water to cool down 65 of its buildings

  15-08-2018 12:03 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine is taking used water and making it cool again.
  The university recently converted its central plant –  which serves the air conditioning systems in 65 buildings – to use treated waste-water instead of regular water in its cooling process. The effort is expected to save 80 million gallons of drinkable water annually.
  Twenty-four inch pipes carry recycled water to the chillers at the UC Irvine central plant on Friday, August 10, 2018. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, O
  
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• It’s your last chance to celebrate Harry Potter on roller skates

  15-08-2018 12:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Just as J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” concluded the original series about a young wizard finding his way, the annual Harry Potter Roller Skating NIght is coming to an end. Like its novel counterpart, this will be the seventh and final chapter for Los Angeles Dumbledore’s Army’s magical event, which will be held at Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale on Aug. 25.
  With more than 2,400 members, Los Angeles Dumbledore’s Army is the second larges
  
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• ‘Manafort and his lies’ at heart of case, prosecution argues

  15-08-2018 11:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHAD DAY, MATTHEW BARAKAT and STEPHEN BRAUN
  The Associated Press
  ALEXANDRIA, Va.  — Paul Manafort lied to keep himself flush with cash and then to maintain his luxurious lifestyle when his income dropped off, prosecutors told jurors Wednesday in closing arguments at the former Trump campaign chairman’s financial fraud trial.
  The government’s case boils down to “Mr. Manafort and his lies,” prosecutor Greg Andres said.
  “When you follow the trail of
  
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• What’s on the menu at movie theater restaurants, from avocado toast to Nutella pizza

  15-08-2018 10:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Movie theaters that offer restaurant service have long menus.
  Here is a preview of coming attractions for people visiting the increasing number of Southern California multiplexes with dine-in service.
  AMC-Dine-in
  Where: Marina Del Rey, Redondo Beach, Fullerton, Ontario
  Royal Burger: Applewood-smoked bacon, brie, caramelized onions, baby arugula, fig jam and sauce.
  Crispy Bacon Brussels Sprouts: Applewood-smoked bacon, Parmesan cheese, chili salt and house spice blend.
  BBQ Brisket Mac &
  
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• Lakers will join NBA 2K League next season, pushing into SoCal eSports

  15-08-2018 10:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A whole new kind of Lakers team will appear in Los Angeles next year – one that plays basketball through pixels and lines of code.
  The Lakers are one of four franchises that will join the NBA 2K League next season, expanding the NBA’s gaming league from 17 to 21 teams. The Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves are also adding franchises to the video game league.
  For the Lakers, the venture into eSports represents expanding the franchise’s already sizable footp
  
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• Nutrition: Time management is a key ingredient in eating right

  15-08-2018 10:15 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s no surprise that good nutrition is a key part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. However, one of the most common barriers to eating well revolves around finding the time to prepare and eat balanced meals consistently.
  Now that it’s back-to-school season and time is tight, the role of time management in eating right cannot be underestimated.
  When it comes to cooking at home, lack of time and affordability are two factors that often get in the way. Scarcity of time often results
  
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• Here are the ways movie theaters are upping their game to serve food — with more coming

  15-08-2018 09:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Popcorn machines used to be the hub of movie theater snack bars.
  Now they’re just one more appliance in movie theaters installing full-service restaurant kitchens.
  While the full kitchen conversion isn’t happening in large numbers, it is happening in multiplexes all over Southern California.
  The purpose is to give moviegoers as many food options as possible, running the gamut from avocado toast to filet mignon.
  “Popcorn used to be the main thing you got. Now it’s jus
  
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• ‘Side by Side by Sondheim’ doesn’t go far at the Odyssey

  15-08-2018 08:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Apparently the songs of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim are not failsafe.
  He’s the genius behind some of the last century’s and some of this one’s best musicals. Some of his early songs are showcased in the revue titled “Side by Side by Sondheim,” currently at the Odyssey in West Los Angeles.
  His best-known songs here include “Send in the Clowns” from “A Little Night Music,” “A Boy Like That / I Have a Love” from “West Si
  
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• Some primary night ‘firsts’ as Democrats pick diverse slates

  15-08-2018 08:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES and KYLE POTTER
  The Associated Press
  ST. PAUL, Minn.  — In a night of firsts, Democrats in Vermont’s primary chose the nation’s first transgender gubernatorial nominee. In Minnesota, they picked a woman who would be the first Somali-American member of Congress. Connecticut Democrats nominated a candidate who could become the first black woman from the state to serve in Congress.
  Democrats embraced diversity in Tuesday primaries, while Republicans in Minnes
  
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• Suspected DUI driver arrested in Downey after head-on collision

  15-08-2018 08:09 via ocregister.com
  
  DOWNEY — A suspected drunk driver was arrested Wednesday morning after he crashed his vehicle head on into another vehicle in Downey.
  The crash happened at the intersection of Old River School and Stewart and Gray roads, according to a statement from the Downey Police Department.
  Only minor injuries were reported, police said.
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Can I let my dogs can go hungry so I don’t have to go to Costco on a Sunday?

  15-08-2018 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  It wouldn’t hurt my dogs to go one day without food, would it? I mean, wild dogs can survive for days and days. Right?
  See, it’s Sunday and I’m out of dog food, but I can’t stand the idea of braving the hellish aisles of Costco on a Sunday afternoon. Not without a flak jacket and a backup squad of military snipers.
  OK, forget the snipers, they might accidentally take out the entire liquor aisle and that would be tragic, especially the tequila, but, really, Costco on
  
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• Death toll hits 39 in Italy bridge collapse; blame begins

  15-08-2018 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and FRANCES D’EMILIO
  The Associated Press
  GENOA, Italy — Italian emergency workers pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel Wednesday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death toll in the disaster to at least 39 people.
  The collapse of the Morandi Bridge sent dozens of cars and three trucks plunging as much as 150 feet to the ground Tuesday as many Italian families were on the road ahead of Wednesday’s major
  
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• High surf to hit LA and Orange County coast

  15-08-2018 07:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Weather Service released this enhanced infrared satellite image of the Western U.S. on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018.
  LOS ANGELES — High surf will pound the coast in Los Angeles and Orange counties from Wednesday night through Friday night, and strong rip currents will threaten swimmers and surfers, forecasters said.
  A beach Hazards statement, which is a fraction less serious than a high surf advisory, will be in force from Wednesday night through Friday evening in both counties, a
  
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