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• Short-handed Angels go quietly in loss to Diamondbacks

  22-08-2018 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt hits a two-run home run during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Angels in Phoenix. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne gets a new baseball after giving up a two-run home run to Arizona Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt as Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons, right, pauses in the infield during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP
  
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• Clay Helton says USC’s practice scuffles show competitiveness

  22-08-2018 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A pileup of USC’s offensive and defensive players surrounded Bubba Bolden and Michael Pittman around the 30-yard line.
  A play during the final 11-on-11 period of Wednesday afternoon’s practice ended with Bolden, a sophomore safety, and Pittman, a junior wide receiver, tangled in a tussle on the Howard Jones Field grass. Whistles blew. The players were separated.
  “Teammates fight, you know,” Bolden said, “but we got over it.”
  It was a partic
  
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• OCVarsity’s Under The Radar Football Report for Week 1

  22-08-2018 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Michael Huntley will be writing a weekly column for OCVarsity on the “under the radar” players, teams, rivalries, stadium food — basically anything to do with the Orange County high school football scene. If you have suggestions for topics, please let us know at [email protected] Under the Radar Report will be online each Wednesday during the football season.
  Under the radar offensive player to watch this week 1: Foothill’s Roman Pistone
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• Hot-and-cold nature of Dodgers’ offense holding them back

  22-08-2018 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — If Hall of Famer Vin Scully were still broadcasting their games, he would no doubt have referred by now to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “little girl who had a little curl.”
  When the Dodgers’ offense is good it is very good indeed, Scully would point out, and when it is bad, well, it can be bad indeed.
  The Dodgers went into Wednesday’s game with the best run differential in the National League – a robust plus-108, nearly 20 runs better than
  
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• Hate crimes suspected after 7 Buddhist temples vandalized in O.C.; one suspect arrested

  22-08-2018 21:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Abbot Alice Hoa Nguyen, of Temple Huong Tich, talks about vandalism at seven Buddhist temples at Santa Ana and Garden Grove during a press conference at Temple Chua Bao Quang in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.Authorities said one woman was arrested and they are looking for more suspects for vandalism to seven temples in Santa Ana and Garden Grove. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A damaged statute at Temple Chua Bao Quang in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, August
  
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• Forrest Lamp’s return, new additions bolster stability on Chargers offensive line

  22-08-2018 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – When Forrest Lamp arrived at training camp last season, it was tempting to see the towering rookie as the missing piece on a consistently puzzling Chargers offensive line.
  His arrival seemed especially serendipitous. A consensus first-round talent, Lamp tumbled all the way to 38th overall in the 2017 NFL draft, falling into the laps of the Chargers, who’d been weighing over several picks whether to trade up for him. Once practices began, it didn’t take long for coa
  
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• Orange County Assembly candidates ask DA to recuse himself from decoy-candidate review, citing conflict of interest

  22-08-2018 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Citing a conflict of interest, two GOP politicians on Wednesday asked the Orange County District Attorney’s Office to recuse itself from any investigation into an Assembly candidate they claim entered a decoy contestant into their primary race.
  Republicans Greg Haskin and Long Pham, who finished third and fourth in the June 5 primary for the 72nd Assembly District, say Westminster City Councilman Tyler Diep, the race’s top GOP vote-getter, placed a stealth candidate on the ballot to
  
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• Max Muncy’s single off a 103-mph fastball was a rare triumph for the human mind

  22-08-2018 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Cardinals pitcher Jordan Hicks was perplexed.
  The fastball left his hand at 103.3 mph, quicker than any of his first five pitches to Max Muncy on Monday night. Muncy extended his bat over the plate, defensively, protecting the outside corner as if anyone could discern the difference between a ball and strike at such a speed. Muncy did more than protect the plate – he poked a line drive into left field, where it landed 191 feet from home plate for an RBI single. It was t
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (8-22-18)

  22-08-2018 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Aug. 22.
  BOYS WATER POLO
  Troy 19, Vista Murrieta 0
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
  Lakewood Tournament
  Round 3
  Cypress def. Carson, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-22
  Nonleague
  El Toro def. Mission Viejo, 25-20, 26-24, 22-25, 26-28, 15-11
  Brea Olinda def. Sunny Hills, 25-16, 25-19, 25-21
  SH: Adamo 16 digs, Leonard 4 blocks, Rumenap 6 kills
  Foothill def. San Clemente, 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-11, 15-11
  GIRLS GOLF
  Walnut 187, Sunny Hills 227
  Westridge Golf Club (
  
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• By declining tax breaks, has Disneyland offered Anaheim a peace treaty?

  22-08-2018 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Balloon sales on Main Street at Disneyland in Anaheim on June 22, 2016.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Overview of the three hotels at the Disneyland Resort in AnaheimSoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim on June 22, 2016.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  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.
  
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• Not so fast on over-regulation of social media

  22-08-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite plenty of apologies and initiatives designed to tamp down controversy, public frustration around the big social media companies keeps increasing.
  Much of the upset revolves around the question of when speech should be censored and when users should be booted off a platform. While the issue won’t be neatly resolved any time soon, the important thing to remember is that the big social media platforms are private companies, not public utilities.
  It’s true that, in key respects,
  
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• Fullerton is going to try $5 weekend night parking in its downtown

  22-08-2018 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Downtown Fullerton visitors will soon have to pay for public parking on weekend nights, a move the area’s business owners fear will drive away patrons.
  A 90-day pilot program charging $5 to park from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. in public lots on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays was approved 3-2 by the City Council this week.
  The revenue collected will be used to maintain and improve the downtown infrastructure and provide more public safety to the area, which is typically swarming with bar patrons on
  
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• Spurred by Irvine’s success, Laguna Woods activists seek switch to organic herbicides

  22-08-2018 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — The incessant paw licking of her Shih Tzu, Cody, was what brought Bonnie Lockamy into the Clubhouse Seven gathering recently hosted by a local community action team, Non Toxic Laguna Woods.
  Of her 78 years, 40 of them have been accompanied by dogs — two at a time. Since the recent death of her other dog, it’s just her and Cody now. She wrote it off as old age, the late pup was 17.
  Out on their strolls through the retirement community, all Lockamy hears now are co
  
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• All receivers ‘eat’ in Rams’ offense, but will Brandin Cooks be satisfied?

  22-08-2018 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – If sharing is caring, few NFL teams are more compassionate than the Rams.
  Welcome, Brandin Cooks. You’re a speedy, big-play, three-time 1,000-yard receiver on a team that rejects the idea of a No. 1 receiver, in an offense that threw the ball to its running back 64 times last season.
  This could be a problem. It was, briefly, for Cooks’ predecessor last season. Receivers, by nature, want the ball, but in Coach Sean McVay’s system, equal allocation is encour
  
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• Ugly political ads have landed in So Cal and they’re not going away

  22-08-2018 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Television and computer screens in Southern California are already awash in angry political ads, the spots coming earlier than in previous election cycles and carrying messages that both sides hope will inflame voters.
  In recent days, political action committees backing GOP and Democratic causes have unleashed a barrage of TV commercials and digital ads that blister candidates and incumbents in five Southern California congressional seats that could determine national control of the House of Rep
  
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• Regarding ICE, let’s remember who the real Nazis were

  22-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Never before in human history have we had access to as much information as we do today — on our phones, computers and television sets, let alone in our universities, public schools and libraries.  Yet despite having the universe at our fingertips, it’s astonishing at how ignorant some people are about the world they live in.
  For example, it has become a fad to say that anything that you don’t like is exactly like the Nazis.
  If a politician runs for office and you’re
  
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• Survey: Fewer California teens use marijuana even as legalization kicks in

  22-08-2018 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Marijuana use among California students dropped in recent years, even as laws legalizing the drug for adults 21 and older started to kick in, according to the latest state-commissioned California Healthy Kids Survey.
  One possible reason is that students told surveyors marijuana is harder to get now than it was a few years ago.
  Legalization advocates are calling the results early evidence that regulating marijuana protects kids better than banning it — a pattern that has so far played out i
  
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• Fryer: Mater Dei football was deceived, did right thing, still faces wave of criticism

  22-08-2018 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei football received many transfers before this school year – 13 by our count based on looking at the transfer approvals on the CIF-Southern Section website.
  It has happened before that the transcripts of a transfer or an incoming freshman have been fudged, somebody finds out about it and a team has to forfeit a game or games. It happened to Mater Dei this time.
  Mater Dei knows it is under the microscope. It is very careful about student-athlete eligibility.
  When Mater Dei makes a m
  
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• The left should respect press freedom, too

  22-08-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  President Trump has properly taken considerable heat in recent weeks from we in the press for his vicious, broad-brushed and untrue attacks on the news media.
  So, it only seems right to call out those on the left when they could use a refresher on the importance of a free press as well.
  Progressive candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is running for Congress in Queens, banned the media from reporting on two public town hall meetings this month, citing a desire to create a safe space for peopl
  
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• Two-way standout Bru McCoy emerges as Mater Dei’s physical presence

  22-08-2018 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei linebacker/wide receiver Bru McCoy in Santa Ana on Thursday, July 12, 2018. McCoy is one of the top recruits in the nation and he is expected to be a key player for Mater Dei as it tries to repeat as CIF-SS Division 1 champs (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Mater Dei linebacker/wide receiver Bru McCoy in Santa Ana on Thursday, July 12, 2018. McCoy is one of the top recruits in the nation and he is expected to be a key player for Mater Dei as it tries to repeat as C
  
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• Celebrate all things Elvis Sunday in Garden Grove

  22-08-2018 17:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The King will reign the stage again this weekend in Garden Grove.
  The 19th annual Elvis Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26, on Historic Main Street.
  Various Elvis tribute artists will perform including Martin Anthony doing his “Sun to Heaven” musical story following Presley’s rising star.
  The King of Cadillacs Car Show will feature The King’s favorite brand of wheels, and new this year will be The Hound Dog Motorcycle Ride and Bike Show.
  There will
  
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• For Candace Parker, daughter comes first, basketball second

  22-08-2018 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Sparks Candace Parker #3 during their game against the New York Liberty at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker reacts against the Minnesota Lynx in the second half of a single elimination WNBA Playoff basketball game at the Staples Center on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018 in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Sparks won 75-68. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundT
  
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• Students in the Orange Unified School District are back to business

  22-08-2018 15:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Unified School District campuses headed back to class today.
  At Cambridge Elementary there were mixed emotions: excitement for the new school year and seeing friends again as well as a few worried tears about the new adventure ahead.
  Four-year-old Jayleen Sanchez is calmed by her mom, Claudia, during the first day of transitional kindergarten atCambridge Elementary in Orange on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A little hand presents teacher
  
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• Mater Dei forfeits season-opening football win over Bishop Amat

  22-08-2018 15:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei forfeited its football win over Bishop Amat last week because it used an ineligible player in that game.
  Mater Dei reported the violation to the CIF-Southern Section on Wednesday morning.
  According to a press release from Mater Dei:
  “The player in question was admitted to MDHS as a result of academic official transcripts which indicated that this Fall season would be his 7th semester of high school enrollment. However, in the process of reviewing this student-athlete’s NCAA
  
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• Corky Carroll: Life has a funny way of teaching us lessons

  22-08-2018 14:47 via ocregister.com
  
  This is a little story about my pal Larry.
  Larry is an older lifelong Orange County surfer, a “local” if you will. To say that Larry might have gotten a tad crusty in recent years would be putting it mildly. He has kind of turned into a grouch.
  One day recently, Larry decided to go surfing down at Trestles, just south of San Clemente.  Unfortunately for Larry he timed it kinda bad as it was about 4 p.m. when he pulled onto the 405 freeway heading south. Eight lanes of bumper to
  
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• ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’: Housewife emeritus Gretchen Rossi and her ‘girly boy’ Slade Smiley pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen

  22-08-2018 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Gretchen Rossi left the cast of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” after its eighth season ended in 2013, but the honorific of Housewife is kind of like an honorary doctorate for a celebrity – once they give it to you, unless you’re Bill Cosby, they can never take it away from you.
  So it’s with that in mind we present this special edition of “Housewives Emeritus,” reporting on Gretchen and her man Slade Smiley, a moniker so perfect he could use it fo
  
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• Comedian Jo Koy talks about food, road rituals and his biggest phobia

  22-08-2018 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The risky move to self-finance a stand-up special paid off handsomely for comedian Jo Koy.
  Known for poking fun at his home life, which includes growing up with a Filipino mom and antics with his son, Koy initially white-knuckled it as a few companies he didn’t want to name turned him down before Netflix purchased his labor of love, “Jo Koy: Live From Seattle.”
  “I was on an emotional roller coaster for a year-and-a-half,” Koy said in a recent phone interview. &ldquo
  
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• LeBron James joins Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard for a UCLA workout, sparking offseason intrigue

  22-08-2018 14:32 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a Lakers’ dream: LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant playing together in L.A.
  For at least one day, it happened.
  The three best small forwards in basketball gathered at UCLA for a workout, one of the private sessions that go on during the offseason that annually draw some of the NBA’s biggest names. Marc Spears of The Undefeated sent out a tweet of James (Lakers), Leonard (Toronto Raptors) and Durant (Golden State Warriors) standing together, apparently drenched i
  
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• Gymnast-turned-theater producer Cathy Rigby-McCoy to be honored by Muckenthaler Cultural Center

  22-08-2018 14:18 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not often that a person can establish two very successful careers.  But Cathy Rigby-McCoy, Olympian gymnast-turned-performer/ producer of musicals, has done just that.
  And because she’s done the latter in Orange County for so many years, she and her husband, Tom McCoy, will receive the 2018 Dr. James Young Arts Legacy Award from the Muckenthaler Cultural Center for the impact they have had on arts and education in Orange County.  Dr. James D. Young, who died four years
  
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• USC football mailbag: Welcome to the weekly Trojans talk

  22-08-2018 13:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Hello, USC fans. Starting this fall, a weekly mailbag run by yours truly will be published Wednesdays, addressing questions on the latest developments surrounding the Trojans’ season. It should be a useful way to expound on storylines that might not appear in the daily newspaper.
  The Trojans are currently midway through a mock game week, about 10 days before the season opener against UNLV. Training camp ended last week with the most pressing issue of the preseason unsettled. No starting qu
  
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• Del Mar racing consensus picks for Wednesday, Aug. 22

  22-08-2018 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Consensus box of picks come from Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Wednesday Aug. 22 at Del Mar.
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  Related Articles Whicker: The fast and furious story of Unique Bella Jockey Drayden Van Dyke ties Del Mar record with seven wins in one day Speaking of respect, Accelerate runs it down at Pacific Classic Del Mar racing consensus picks for Sa
  
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• Blaze Bernstein murder case: Attorney for Samuel Woodward denies hate-crime allegation, says his client has a ‘serious mental disorder’

  22-08-2018 13:28 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH –  A man charged with killing his former high-school classmate denied a hate-crime allegation on Wednesday, with his attorney saying that he suffers from a “serious mental disorder.”
  Less than a month after Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas alleged that Samuel Lincoln Woodward killed Blaze Bernstein because Bernstein was gay, Woodward appeared in a Newport Beach courtroom for a brief hearing.
  Samuel Woodward leaves a court hearing at the Ha
  
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• Best thing I ate: Ramen so rich it should come with a defibrillator

  22-08-2018 13:02 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re one of those people, like someone I know, who feels the need to customize your ramen down to the last minutiae, you can do that Kopan Ramen. They’ve got more than enough optional ingredients, spice levels and sizes to satisfy even the most ridiculous ramen eaters.
  Or you could just point to the picture of red ramen and say, “I’ll have that one.”
  It’s already perfect. Kopan is one of the best ramen chains in California. They make a truly extraordinary
  
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• Six Flags Magic Mountain starts loyalty program

  22-08-2018 12:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags Magic Mountain is rolling out a new rewards program for its most loyal guests.
  That’s you Gold Plus, Platinum, Diamond and Diamond Elite membership holders.
  Six Flags Membership Rewards begins Thursday, Aug. 30, allowing those who are part of its monthly membership program to earn to points for free food, souvenirs, park tickets, and one-of-a-kind in-park experiences with every visit (50 points), ride (3 points apiece), show (6 points) or purchase (25 points for every dollar spen
  
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• Dodgers announce preliminary schedule for 2019 season

  22-08-2018 12:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Major League Baseball released its 2019 schedule Wednesday.
  The Dodgers will start the season at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 28 and finish with a six-game road trip to San Diego and San Francisco ending Sept. 29. The rival Giants make their first visit to Los Angeles during the season-opening homestand from April 1-3.
  The 2019 interleague schedule includes LA visits by the Toronto Blue Jays (Aug. 20-22), New York Yankees (Aug. 23-25) and Tampa Bay Rays (Sep
  
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• This photo exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County lets you get close to nature

  22-08-2018 12:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A tiny seahorse, its tail wrapped around a cotton swab twice its size, propels forward through the clear turquoise water. A warbler’s lifeless body is lodged in the front grille of a car that struck it. And a giant iceberg, trapped by the surrounding ice, floats above the seafloor while tiny divers aim their lights on it.
  These eye-catching photographs are a few of the 99 images featured in the West Coast debut of the traveling “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” exhi
  
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• Santa Margarita swimmer Kevin Tu commits to Penn

  22-08-2018 11:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Margarita senior swimmer Kevin Tu, who captured two individual Trinity League titles in May and raced on to the CIF-SS Division 1 finals, has committed to Penn.
  The Irvine Novaquatics club swimmer will attend Penn’s prestigious Wharton business school.
  Last season as a junior, Tu won the 100-yard backstroke at the Trinity League finals in 50.36 seconds. He also touched first in the 200 free in 1:42.24.
  He went on to place 10th at the CIF-SS Division 1 finals in the backstroke and 16t
  
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• How Crowded House’s Neil Finn made an album with his son Liam Finn, and accidentally ended up joining Fleetwood Mac

  22-08-2018 10:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Neil Finn, left, and Liam Finn have collaborated on a new album, “Lightsleeper,” which is released on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. (Photo by Russ Flatt)
  Neil Finn performs at the Orpheum Theatre for a solo concert in April 2014. (File photo by Miguel Vasconcellos, contributing photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLiam Finn performs during the Ohana Fest in 2017. (File photo by Kelly A. Swift, contributing photographer)Liam Finn performs during Ohana Fest in 2017. (File photo
  
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• LA County Fair 2018: 5 ways to get in for free

  22-08-2018 10:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The LA County Fair will be in Pomona from Aug. 31 through Sept 23 and there are plenty of discount offers available, but there are also opportunities for you or one of your family members to receive free admission. So check out these five offers before you pull out your wallet.
  Children: Kids under age 5 receive free admission every day.
  Seniors: Adults age 60 and over receive free admission noon-3 p.m. Wednesdays with proper ID.
  School Supply Wednesdays: Bring in 5 new, packaged school supplies
  
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• Why running around with kids was a summer to remember

  22-08-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jacqueline Marquis
  Contributing columnist
  Going into my fourth year at Cal State Fullerton, I decided I wanted to spend the summer in Southern California instead of going home up north. Making that decision meant I needed to find a summer job. I’d heard about the Titan Youth Sports Camp from a friend who worked at the Student Recreation Center on campus.
  Cal State Fullerton kinesiology major Jacqueline Marquis spent the summer as a counselor at Titan Youth Sports Camp. (Photo by Pauline
  
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• Trump lashes out at his former lawyer after guilty plea

  22-08-2018 09:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN LEMIRE, and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Facing a growing threat to his presidency, President Donald Trump lashed at his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, a day after the onetime “fixer” implicated Trump in a campaign cover-up to buy the silence of women who said they had sexual relationships with him.
  Trump on Wednesday accused Cohen of making up “stories in order to get a ‘deal’” from federal prosecu
  
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• How Cal State Fullerton got a shoutout in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

  22-08-2018 09:56 via ocregister.com
  
  In theaters showing the new movie “Crazy Rich Asians,” audiences have been cheering at a shoutout to Cal State Fullerton, according to posts on social media.
  When actor Ken Jeong’s character meets his daughter’s friend, he pretends to have limited ability to speak English. After stammering a few words, he admits to just kidding. Then, in perfect English, he reveals he studied at Cal State Fullerton.
  Laura Sirikul, a CSUF 2006 graduate, was one of those audience membe
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: I’m headed off to Morocco soon. No, I’m not crazy.

  22-08-2018 09:45 via ocregister.com
  
  So I’m planning a trip to Morocco in October, and the reaction I get from people is pretty sharply divided between those who say, “Oh, you lucky duck,” and the others who say, “You’d never catch me going to one of those foreign countries, especially heathen ones where they don’t worship Jesus.”
  Then, there are those who just look at me like I’m a few fries short of a Happy Meal and say, “Why on earth are you going to Morocco?”A tourist
  
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• ER program for homeless patients in mental distress offers special care, a chance at housing

  22-08-2018 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The man came into the emergency room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on a busy evening, in the throes of a full-blown panic attack.
  He was delirious and suicidal. Homeless at 60, he had a long history of Parkinson’s disease. But his main issue was the state of his mental health.
  He was fortunate to be at St. Joseph.
  It meant he didn’t sit in a chair for long hours wrestling with his demons inside a crowded waiting room. He wasn’t put on a gurney and parked in a busy hallway in
  
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• Amid political turmoil, Wyoming rebuffs Trump, picks native son in GOP governor race

  22-08-2018 08:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEAD GRUVER
  The Associated Press
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — President Donald Trump tried his best to appeal to coal country but, amid a truckload of bad political news, the top coal-producing state didn’t love him back.
  Instead, Wyoming voters chose Secretary of State Mark Gordon, a rancher who grew up at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains, over political mega-donor Foster Friess in the state’s Republican primary for governor. Calling Friess “Strong on Crime, Borders & 2nd Am
  
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• Why LA’s new Two Bit Circus is more than an escape room or a virtual reality arcade

  22-08-2018 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you ever wanted to be served a cocktail made by a robot, dabble in virtual reality or get lost in the story of an escape room? Now you can — and all under one roof.
  Two Bit Circus is a 30,000-plus square foot space with classic and cutting edge video games, including virtual, mixed reality and group play, escape/story rooms, dining and bar areas and more. It will open in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District on Sept. 7.
  Two Bit Circus was founded by Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman. B
  
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• Ask the Lawyer: Can I get my personnel file?

  22-08-2018 08:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Q:  I was let go from a job without explanation, after three years.  From what I am able to piece together, someone told HR I was acting inappropriately outside work, and was a poor reflection on the company (or some such nonsense).  I want to see what is in my personnel file. Am I entitled to it?  Is there anything they can exclude?
  – E.B., Torrance
  A:  California law provides that current and former employees (or a representative thereof) have the right to i
  
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• Southern California housing cools: Sales contracts dip 15%; selling time grows by 3 weeks

  22-08-2018 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Another sign of a noteworthy slowdown in the Southern California housing market: Existing homes are taking three more weeks to sell vs. a year ago, by one industry metric.
  ReportsOnHousing tracks homebuying patterns found in real estate broker networks: supply (active listings); year-to-date increase in supply; demand (new escrows in past 30 days); and “market time” (a measure of selling speed of days it takes a typical listing to enter escrow).
  As of Aug. 9, this report’s mark
  
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• Slow spring: Homebuying tumbles 11% in Santa Ana

  22-08-2018 05:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in Santa Ana fell 11 percent this spring vs. a year ago.
  That’s what we found when we looked at Orange County house hunting patterns at the neighborhood level in 2018’s second quarter vs. the April-to-June period a year earlier.
  On tape! Lansner visits KABC’s McIntyre show
  CoreLogic found these 12 trends in 6 ZIP codes covered by Santa Ana …
  1. Purchases: Home sales in this period totaled 504 vs. 564 a year ago, a decline of 10.6 percent.
  2. Who’s up: Pr
  
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• Hawaii residents brace themselves as hurricane strengthens

  22-08-2018 04:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press
  HONOLULU — Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a strengthening hurricane continued to churn toward the state.
  On Tuesday night, the National Weather Service announced that Hurricane Lane had become a Category 5 hurricane, which means that it is likely to cause catastrophic damage with winds 157 mph o
  
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