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• Pastor Greg Laurie brings Harvest crusade to Anaheim for 29th year

  17-08-2018 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Evangelical Pastor Greg Laurie packed Angel Stadium of Anaheim Friday evening, Aug. 17, for the opening of the three-night SoCal Harvest. The 29th annual crusade will continue through Sunday evening, and is expected to draw about 100,000 attendees through its run.
  An attendee raises her hands in worship during SoCal Harvest with Greg Laurie at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Friday, August 17, 2018 in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)
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• LAPD investing in new non-lethal tool to subdue belligerent suspects: ‘foam batons’ fired from launchers

  17-08-2018 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  After seeing cases in which bean-bag shotguns and stun-guns failed to end confrontations with belligerent suspects, Los Angeles police leaders have begun to invest in a new non-lethal tool that has more firepower and which they believe will be more effective.
  Last year, the Los Angeles Police Department bought hundreds of launchers that shoot small “foam batons” after a trial period during which patrol officers tested them.
  In July, Chief Michel Moore publicly touted the la
  
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• Orange County football scores and stats for Friday (8-17-18)

  17-08-2018 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County football games on Friday, Aug. 17.
  O.C. SUMMARIES
  JSerra 49, Corona del Mar 7
  Corona del Mar   0   7    0    0   –   7
  JSerra                7   28   7    7  –  49
  Passing: Garbers (CdM) 17-34-146. Bell (JSerra) 6-12-127, 2 TDs.
  Rushing: Corona del Mar – Vicencio, 10-49, Fisher, 5-14. JSerra &ndas
  
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• Kenley Jansen feels ‘great’ after throwing session, optimistic for quick return to Dodgers

  17-08-2018 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Monday morning at 10:30 Kenley Jansen is scheduled to have a follow-up visit with his cardiologist in Los Angeles and go through a stress test (among other things).
  But the real stress for the Dodgers’ closer has been sitting and watching the team’s bullpen stumble without him.
  “I don’t know, man. It’s bad,” Jansen said Friday of watching helplessly over the past week. “Not bad about my guys not doing the job. But bad for me not being out
  
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• JT Daniels continues to command attention in USC quarterback competition

  17-08-2018 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — JT Daniels has been in USC’s quarterback competition for two weeks of preseason training camp and delivered a stream of eye-popping passes.
  The latest was Wednesday.
  Late in an 11-on-11 drill in practice, Daniels floated a pass about 35 yards downfield toward the goal line. Wide receiver Tyler Vaughns, draped by a defensive back, leaped in the air to catch it, then fell into the end zone for a touchdown.
  “I didn’t have to do real adjustments to catch it,&rdq
  
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• Odrisamer Despaigne’s Angels debut spoiled by 5-run second inning

  17-08-2018 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels starting pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne, center, meets with pitching coach Charles Nagy, left, and catcher Rene Rivera for a conference during the second inning of Friday’s game against the Rangers in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers scored five runs in the inning on their way to a 6-4 win. (AP Photo/Jim Cowsert)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne delivers a pitch to a Texas Rangers batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Arlington
  
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• Sacramento’s new way to tax the water you drink

  17-08-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Another new tax is headed for your water bill, as if it wasn’t high enough already.
  Gov. Jerry Brown has been trying to push through a statewide tax on drinking water, the first ever in California history, and as you might imagine, it has been a challenge for him.
  People are fed up with new taxes. That was demonstrated very convincingly in the June recall of state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton.
  All the political tricks that were employed to save him — delaying the election, allowing
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, Aug. 18

  17-08-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Saturday, Aug. 18.
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
  TOURNAMENTS
  Tesoro Varsity Championships (Tesoro, San Clemente, Trabuco Hills, Woodbridge, Orange Lutheran), Santa Ana Tournament (Santa Ana, Godinez, Costa Mesa, Artesia), Tae Kim Classic at Canyon (Canyon, La Salle), Lakewood Tournament (Villa Park, Esperanza, Cypress), Gladstone Tournament (Whittier Christian), NISD Classic (Corona del Mar)
   
   
   
   
  
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• Orange County Assembly candidates say rival entered decoy contender to siphon GOP votes

  17-08-2018 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Orange County GOP political hopefuls who recently failed to make the general election for a coastal Assembly seat want Orange County prosecutors to investigate whether a rival placed a decoy candidate in the contest to shape the results to his advantage.
  Greg Haskin and Long Pham, the third and fourth place finishers in the June 5 primary to represent the 72nd Assembly District, allege that the race’s top Republican vote-getter, Westminster City Councilman Tyler Diep, conspired to ente
  
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• Odrisamer Despaigne becomes franchise-record 34th Angels pitcher this season

  17-08-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — The revolving door of the Angels’ pitching staff turned yet again before Friday’s game against the Rangers with a pair of roster moves. They added that night’s starter, newly acquired Odrisamer Despaigne, and brought in more bullpen help by recalling right-hander Deck McGuire from Triple-A Salt Lake.
  A day after two Angels relievers made their major-league debuts, Despaigne became the franchise-record 34th pitcher the Angels have used this year. Th
  
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• Odrisamer Despaigne becomes Angels franchise-record 34th pitcher this season

  17-08-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — The revolving door of the Angels’ pitching staff turned yet again before Friday’s game against the Rangers with a pair of roster moves. They added that night’s starter, newly acquired Odrisamer Despaigne, and brought in more bullpen help by recalling right-hander Deck McGuire from Triple-A Salt Lake.
  A day after two Angels relievers made their major-league debuts, Despaigne became the franchise-record 34th pitcher the Angels have used this year. Th
  
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• Criminal probe sought over recording attorney-client phone calls from Orange County jail

  17-08-2018 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Some civil rights advocates called Friday for an independent criminal investigation into the improper recording of 1,079 telephone calls between Orange County jail inmates and their attorneys during the past three years.
  The recordings — dozens of which were accessed by law enforcement — appeared to be a felony violation of the attorney-client privilege under Penal Code Section 636.
  “At the very least, you would think it’s something for the grand jury or the (state) attor
  
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• Encounters with the French version of FedEx

  17-08-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  My encounters with the French bureaucracies, public and private, have been relatively benign during the 40 years I have been traveling throughout the realm of the Fifth Republic. Oh, sure, in the 1970s, making a phone call home from France was practically an all-day sucker. That you can now be walking across the Pont Neuf and chatting, relatively cheaply, with your daughter 6,000 miles away through your Air Buds is one small sign that there is such a thing as progress in this world. Although, co
  
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• Once homeless addicts living at the Santa Ana Civic Center, a couple celebrates newfound sobriety by getting married

  17-08-2018 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Before landing at the Coral Motel in Buena Park on June 1, Barbara Pincheira and Christopher Ramos sold drugs so they could take drugs, feeding a ferocious heroin habit that kept them living at the Santa Ana Civic Center for half a decade.
  They became friends and then a couple after meeting in the Plaza of the Flags homeless encampment. When authorities cleared the tent city in April, Pincheira and Ramos initially resisted offers of help from city and county outreach workers.
  “We were slam
  
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• The utilities’ liability for California’s wildfire woes

  17-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When all the options are bad, choosing the least-bad option won’t make anybody happy.
  That’s what’s likely to happen with a stack of proposed legislation to deal with liability for the catastrophic wildfires that have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres across California.
  The state’s investor-owned utilities are lobbying for a change in the law that reduces their liability for fires caused by electrical equipment, like wires and transformers. Under a doctrine known as
  
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• Parents file claim against county after losing custody for treating daughter’s epilepsy with CBD oil

  17-08-2018 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Ali Selva, 8, on the beach in Orange County. Ali stayed at a group home for the better part of a week after authorities learned her parents were treating her epilepsy with a cannabis-based oil. (Courtesy of Maria Selva)
  Maria and Joseph Selva hold a cellphone picture of their 8-year-old daughter Ali who was taken away from them. (They have since gotten her back.) They claim it is because they chose to treat her epilepsy with CBD. They are pictured at the Orange County Courthouse on Wednesday, Au
  
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• Nurse expands her horizons at rural community clinic

  17-08-2018 18:40 via ocregister.com
  By Ayesha Walden
  Contributing columnist
  I began the midwife/nurse practitioner program at nationally recognized California State University, Fullerton in the fall of 2015 and graduated this year. CSUF prepares its students to be exceptional professionals through rigorous academics and comprehensive clinical training. As a graduate student, such clinic experiences are critical for learning and growth as an advanced practice nurse.
  Clinical rotations are performed in a hospital or clinical setting
  
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• Award of $71.5 million state grant paves way for construction of truck lanes on 60 Freeway through Riverside County’s Badlands

  17-08-2018 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Commuters and truckers weary of negotiating the steep, narrow, accident-prone section of the 60 Freeway through the Badlands between Moreno Valley and Beaumont can look forward to new truck lanes to separate cars from semitrailers.
  In the works for years, the $138 million project now has all the cash it needs. And, the Riverside County Transportation Commission, the regional agency spearheading the project, plans to launch construction next summer, said John Standiford, deputy executive dir
  
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• United, Third announce assessment hikes in 2019

  17-08-2018 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — United Mutual and Third Mutual reviewed their preliminary 2019 Business Plans during open meetings in August, with both co-ops and condos confirming increases in assessments next year.
  United’s basic monthly assessment will be $578.72, including the Golden Rain Foundation portion, for a total increase of $9.53 per month when compared with the current year. A $5 per month increase in reserve fund contributions makes up the bulk of the hike, the result of a revised 30-ye
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday (8-17-18)

  17-08-2018 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and player stats for the Orange County games on Friday, Aug. 17.
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
  NISD CLASSIC
  Cedar Ridge (Texas) def. Corona del Mar, 22-25, 25-19, 25-20
   
   
  
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• 5 California food destinations worth checking out

  17-08-2018 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Food-related travel is growing because there are so many more options beyond dining.
  “Now you can learn to make blue corn tortillas at someone’s home in Tulum, Mexico, or shop at a farmers market in Florence, Italy, with a real chef,” Rachel Ng, food editor for Westways, said. “These hands-on experiences are being offered by both large travel agencies as well as small, entrepreneurial mom-and-pop businesses. Eating is one of those few activities that engages your five sen
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Aug. 10-17)

  17-08-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from Aug. 10 to 17, 2018:
  Asian Star, 554 N. Tustin St., OrangeClosed: Aug. 17 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestationSeafood Palace, 11752 Beach Blvd., StantonClosed: Aug. 16 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestationRed Flame, 9762 Chapman Ave., Garden GroveClosed: Aug. 16 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestationOki Sushi & Bento at The Outlets at Orange, 20 City Blvd., Suite F7, OrangeClosed: Aug. 16 (report)
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• Key state Assembly panel clears bill allowing disclosure of some police personnel records

  17-08-2018 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A state Senate bill that would force law enforcement agencies to publicly disclose confidential officer records in serious cases has moved closer to the governor’s desk.
  Senate Bill 1421 by Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, was approved on a 12-0 vote Thursday in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and will be heard by the full Assembly at a later date. The bill would allow the disclosure of personnel records for officers involved in the use of deadly force, on-duty sexual assault and falsifyi
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers front office is taking the heat for bullpen failures

  17-08-2018 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • When you are a baseball executive, there is a fine line between being a genius and being a doofus.
  Or to put it another way, you are what your team’s performance says you are.
  Right now in the eyes of many Dodger fans, especially those who weigh in on social media, Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi are squarely in the doofus category. As the trade deadline approached they felt Manny Machado and then Brian Dozier were too good to pass up and would furt
  
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• Women Crash Wall Street With Skills Honed at Financial Boot Camp

  17-08-2018 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  (Bloomberg) — Rachel Simpson’s phone blew up with good-luck texts on the first day of her internship at Vista Equity Partners, most from other young women she’d met through Girls Who Invest. Now that the internship is over, she expects her new friends, and the lessons learned at the innovative training program, will help propel her into a career in finance.
  Girls Who Invest is a three-year-old program pushing to increase gender diversity in finance. It is expanding its reach, e
  
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• Long Beach man gets 16 years to life for stabbing another man to death

  17-08-2018 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A Long Beach man who stabbed another man to death following a fist fight near a Santa Ana gas station was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in prison.
  Jurors earlier this year convicted Logan James Cunningham, 29, of second-degree murder for the 2016 killing of Jason Paul Forrest, 40, of Costa Mesa.
  “This was certainly a gut-wrenching case, and my heart goes out to both families,” Orange County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Fish said during Friday’s se
  
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• Rim of the Valley plan to add 191K acres to Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area gets shot down by National Park Service

  17-08-2018 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The acting director of the National Park Service told Congress on Wednesday the agency will not support adding another 191,000 acres of “Rim of the Valley” park space to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area because the agency bleeds red ink and can’t afford taking on additional maintenance and staffing costs.
  Paul Daniel Smith, who took over as acting chief of the Park Service by order of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in mid-January, testified in a Senate committ
  
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• Senior Moments: Shopping for one final gift for Mom, and getting it just right

  17-08-2018 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  My mom would have been 102 on Sunday. Last year on her 101st birthday she said, “Enough already; I don’t want any more birthdays!”
  She got her wish two months later.
  Now, almost a year later, it’s time to complete the Jewish tradition of The Unveiling — a brief ceremony where the newly set headstone is revealed to family and friends for the first time. For that to happen, I had to get one.
  So I celebrated her birthday this week shopping for my final gift to my mothe
  
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• Walmart asks beauty suppliers to look beyond China for sourcing

  17-08-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  (Bloomberg) — Walmart Inc. has asked its cosmetics suppliers to consider sourcing their goods in countries outside of China, one of the first signs that the world’s largest retailer hopes to dilute the impact of the Trump administration’s looming tariffs.
  A “large amount” of items in the cosmetics category fall under the most-recent proposed levies on Chinese goods, according to an Aug. 7 email sent from Walmart’s procurement division to some of its cosmetics
  
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• Kroger rolls out driverless cars for grocery deliveries

  17-08-2018 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — At a time when big-box retailers are trying to offer the same conveniences as their online competitors, the biggest U.S. grocery chain is testing the use of driverless cars to deliver groceries in a Phoenix suburb.
  Kroger’s pilot program launched Thursday morning with a robotic vehicle parked outside one of its own Fry’s supermarkets in Scottsdale. A store clerk loaded the back seat with full grocery bags. A man was in the driver’s seat and anothe
  
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• Big surf slams Southern California beaches, including 15-foot-plus waves at the Wedge

  17-08-2018 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A south swell that showed up Friday along Southern California beaches has lifeguards bracing for a busy weekend, as summer crowds continue to enjoy the coastline’s cooler-than-inland weather and water temperatures that linger in the lukewarm 70s.
  But be warned: the waves will make the beaches dangerous this weekend.
  A south swell hit Friday, brining strong surf to Southern California beaches. Lifeguards in San Clemente were flying red-flag warnings to tell beachgoers of hazardous condition
  
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• Oscar De La Hoya has no concern for Canelo’s reputation

  17-08-2018 15:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Oscar De La Hoya was trying to defend Canelo Alvarez, as he should.
  It was Wednesday, and De La Hoya and Alvarez were hosting a conference call promoting Alvarez’s Sept. 15 rematch against middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (on HBO pay-per-view).
  De La Hoya had two fighters – “Sugar” Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas – test positive for performance-enhancing drugs after fights with him.
  So De La Hoya was asked if he is con
  
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• Southern California job growth at 15-month low for July

  17-08-2018 15:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California bosses added jobs in July at the slowest pace in 15 months.
  In the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group, 112,900 workers were added in the 12 months ended in July. That’s up 1.5 percent in a year, the lowest hiring pace since April 2017. That’s combining employment totals for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties for July, according to the state Employment Development Department’s monthly jobs report.
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• Love, faith, medicine and a caring community help paralyzed little girl beat down rare disease

  17-08-2018 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Cami Tate, 4, and her dad, Cameron Tate, react after being given at therapy table and tickets to Disneyland from Leslie Suder, on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at the Anaheim White House restaurant. Suder, with property manager Goldrich Kest, was fulfilling the company’s 60 Acts of Kindness campaign for their 60th anniversary.(Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Goldrich Kest Driector of Marketing Leslie Suder talks with Cami Tate, 4, before Cami was given at therapy table and
  
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• Galaxy, despite success, hoping for change in Seattle

  17-08-2018 14:45 via ocregister.com
  
  In the past 12 games, the Galaxy has lost only one game.
  However, during that 5-1-6 stretch, it seems as if each of the draws has followed the same script: Galaxy takes the lead, only to lose it minutes later, eventually getting just a draw.
  The Galaxy enters Saturday’s road meeting with the Seattle Sounders (1 p.m.; ESPN) trying to regroup after two more instances of come-from-ahead draws.
  Last Saturday, the Galaxy allowed an 84th-minute goal to Minnesota United. On Tuesday against Colora
  
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• Del Mar racing consensus picks for Friday Aug. 17

  17-08-2018 14:34 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. 17 at Del Mar.
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• Escencia School opens in Capo Unified district this year

  17-08-2018 14:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Families got a sneak peek this week at Capistrano Unified School District’s newest campus, Escencia School, before all of the district’s more than 47,000 students are called back to campus on Tuesday, Aug. 21, for the new year.
  Escencia is the district’s first new school in more than a decade. It will serve the Rancho Mission Viejo community – the first neighborhood school for the residents there.
  Rancho Mission Viejo Chairman Tony Moiso, Capistrano Unified Superintendent
  
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• ‘Weird’ warm water has California surfers stoked, experts searching for answers as ocean temperatures near 80 degrees

  17-08-2018 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  TJ Cruz emerged from the waves at Doheny State Beach on Thursday wearing only boardshorts, a rashguard and a big smile on his face.
  “It’s so awesome,” Cruz said of the warm water. “What’s it been, like a month?”
  No wetsuit needed: Surfers enjoy the warm water at Doheny State Beach this week as a new swell fills in. (Photo by Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  No wetsuit needed: Surfers enjoy the warm water at Doheny State Beach this week as a n
  
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• Coliseum security officials confident that return of Raider fans won’t pose problems

  17-08-2018 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  In matters such as entering a dark room or visiting a dentist, the fear usually is worse than the reality.
  Add to that list, hopefully, attending a Raiders game at the Coliseum. Tales from the 1980s and 90s, passed down like ghost stories, keep alive rough memories of intense fandom turned hostile and violent.
  It’s been 23-plus years since the NFL’s black-hat team played in the iconic Los Angeles stadium. They’re back. The Rams and Raiders will play a preseason game at Coliseum
  
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• Foo Fighters announce a Cal Jam 18 pop-up at the Hollywood Palladium

  17-08-2018 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Rock band Foo Fighters announced that it would host a special pop-up a little over a month ahead of its Cal Jam 18 fest, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 6 at San Bernardino County’s Glen Helen Regional Park and Amphitheater in Devore.
  The pop-up experience will take place on Sunday, Aug. 26, from 3-7 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium (6215 Sunset Blvd.) in Los Angeles. The event is all-ages and admission is free and will include exclusive merch deals, photo opps with Dave Grohl’s thr
  
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• Disney had no choice but to pull back plans for Anaheim luxury hotel

  17-08-2018 13:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Overview of the three hotels at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim
  The now closed AMC Theatre complex at the west end of The Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. The Walt Disney Co. plans to build a new upscale hotel on 17 acres that comprise the western edge of Downtown Disney, all the way to the boundary of the Disneyland Hotel. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe now closed Rainfo
  
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• Pacific Classic pace could determine winner at Del Mar

  17-08-2018 13:18 via ocregister.com
  
  No one seems sure what will happen up front early in Saturday’s 28th running of the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar.
  Trainer James Cassidy, who will send out Prime Attraction, is certain his horse will be one of the pacesetters.
  Veteran Hall of Fame rider Kent Desormeaux, who last won the Pacific Classic in only its second running in 1992 aboard Missionary Ridge, has the call on the 5-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song. He comes in off a third-place finish, beaten only a neck, on
  
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• Holy fire suspect will be examined by doctors to determine whether he is competent enough for court proceedings

  17-08-2018 13:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Forrest Clark, accused of setting the destructive Holy fire that has rolled through Holy Jim and into Riverside County, was back in Orange County Superior Court on Friday, once again declaring his innocence and this time rambling on during the proceeding.
  After asking for his official plea, and Clark speaking over the judge’s comments, she declared a recess to discuss his competency to participate in the proceedings.
  At several points, Clark mentioned his “live energy that is being r
  
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• Drummond: Couple of interesting races on the Yorba Linda ballot

  17-08-2018 12:50 via ocregister.com
  Yorba Linda voters will see two intriguing match-ups on the Nov. 6 general election ballot – two staunch Republicans and an active Democrat seeking two City Council positions and a recalled water district director and his wife running against three water board incumbents.
  Council positions are nominally non-partisan, but the county’s two major official party organizations, the Republican and Democratic central committees, endorse selected candidates, in part to build a benc
  
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• Lake Forest exploring its options for animal control services

  17-08-2018 12:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Lake Forest is going to push for more local oversight of OC Animal Care, but also ask Irvine and Mission Viejo to look into what it would cost for the city to partner with one of them on animal control services.
  Lake Forest is one of 14 cities that contract with the county agency for animal control services, such as picking up and sheltering lost animals and licensing.
  The city plans to send a letter to Supervisor Lisa Bartlett requesting that an Animal Care Oversight Committee be formed with me
  
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• Granny flat permits by the numbers

  17-08-2018 12:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Granny Flat Permits by AreaArea
  2017  permits
  2016-17 pct. ch.
  2018  permits YTD*
  2017-18 YTD pct. ch.*
  California
  4,529
  60%
  3,917
  78%
  Metro areas
  Los Angeles-Orange counties
  1,466
  122%
  1,384
  125%
  Inland Empire
  233
  -2%
  109
  -20%
  Southern California towns
  Carson
  16
  1500%
  17
  NA
  Torrance
  11
  1000%
  15
  400%
  Santa Fe Springs
  10
  900%
  4
  NA
  Temple City
  38
  443%
  57
  418%
  Fullerton
  41
  413%
  33
  154%
  Los Angeles
  705
  404%
  617
  135%
  Pasadena
  24
  380%
  21
  110%
  Santa Ana
  21
  320%
  8
  14%
  Santa Monica
  30
  275%
  44
  2
  
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• Breeders’ Cup coming back to Santa Anita in 2019

  17-08-2018 12:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The Breeders’ Cup is coming back to Southern California.
  The prestigious series of Grade I thoroughbred races will return to Santa Anita next year, it was announced Friday morning, after the Arcadia race track had hosted it four times over a five-year stretch from 2012-16.
  This will be a record 10th time Santa Anita has hosted the event. It was held at Del Mar last year and will be run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 2-3.
  Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., will reportedly host the
  
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• Watch USC blind long snapper Jake Olson bravely jump off a high dive

  17-08-2018 11:38 via ocregister.com
  
  USC’s football team ended its training camp practice Thursday afternoon with a visit to the university pool at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center, sitting adjacent to the practice field.
  Clay Helton, the Trojans’ coach, led a group of players who jumped from a high dive platform into the pool.
  Among the players to leap into the water was Jake Olson, the team’s blind long snapper from Huntington Beach.Fearless @JakeOlson61 did not even hesitate. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/RQJ0B73bwP
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• Dunkin’ Donuts declares the start of pumpkin spice season

  17-08-2018 11:14 via ocregister.com
  
  It looks like Dunkin’ Donuts will be the first fast food chain out of the gate with pumpkin-flavored coffee this year.
  Dunkin’ Donuts will have its fall lineup in stores nationwide by Aug. 27, according to a news release. That date will apparently beat Starbucks, which started the whole gourd craze with Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2003.
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• Tech girl: How to make sure your emails get delivered, not blacklisted

  17-08-2018 11:00 via ocregister.com
  
  You’ve just typed up your monthly email to your loyal followers and clients, and hit the magic button – send!
  Later that day, you realize something strange. You can’t send emails. And you haven’t received a new email in quite some time. What’s happening?
  You’ve been flagged as a spammer.
  How did this happen?
  For starters, this happens to many well-intentioned people. That message you sent to hundreds of people from your regular email account has landed your em
  
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