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• OCVarsity’s Student Section Report for Week 2

  29-08-2018 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Manny Alvarez will be writing for OCVarsity about the loud, proud, outrageous, innovative and dedicated high school student sections during the football season. If you have suggestions for topics, please let us know: [email protected] or tweet @MAlvarez02.
  The Student Section Report will be online each Wednesday during the football season.
  Social media is your friend . . . and sometimes your enemy . . . but mainly your friend.
  It is an honor to be the man who picks t
  
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• Porter Gustin expected to play in USC’s season opener after recovering from knee surgery

  29-08-2018 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — When Porter Gustin was carted off Howard Jones Field on Aug. 7, there was fear that USC’s pass-rushing outside linebacker had suffered a potentially season-ending knee injury.
  The results from a subsequent MRI came as some relief. Gustin had a partially torn meniscus in his left knee, requiring surgery, but no ligament damage. The setback was expected to sideline him for 2-5 weeks, a timeline that still put him in jeopardy of missing the first couple weeks of the season
  
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• Late Sen. John McCain, Vietnam veterans honored at ceremony in Orange

  29-08-2018 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S Rep. Lou Correa paid tribute Wednesday, Aug. 29, at Orange Plaza Park to Arizona Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, and other military veterans who served in Vietnam.
  McCain was a Navy pilot who was held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for five years after his plane was shot down in 1967.
  Congressman Lou Correa thanks veteran Robert “Buck” Rogers 90, of Tustin after an event to honor local Vets at Orange Plaza Square Park in Orange on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (Photo by Kevin S
  
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• OCVarsity’s Under the Radar Football Report for Week 2

  29-08-2018 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Michael Huntley will be writing a weekly column for OCVarsity on the “under the radar” players, teams, rivalries, uniforms, school bands — 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].
  The Under the Radar Report will be published online each Wednesday during the football season.
  Under the Radar’s offensive player to watch in Week 2: Anahe
  
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• Dodgers’ power game beats Rangers to make it five wins in a row

  29-08-2018 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Dodgers starting pitcher Alex Wood throws to the plate during the bottom of the first inning on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas. Wood pitched seven shutout innings in a 3-1 victory.(Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  ARLINGTON, TX – AUGUST 29:Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers fouls off a pitch against the Texas Rangers in the top of the first inning at Globe Life Park in Arlington on August 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas.(Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will
  
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• Editor’s Letter: Art, the great disruptor

  29-08-2018 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The other day I was having coffee with my friend, Peter Blake, and his amazing wife, the sculptor, Stephanie Bachiero. Peter is the owner of the eponymous Laguna Beach gallery located on Ocean Avenue famous for its defining look at California minimalism.
  Let it be known that I adore Peter. He’s an iconoclast – brash, street smart, possessed of a highly elevated sense of aesthetics. Let it also be known that there are people who categorically do not adore Peter – especially at t
  
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• Dodgers line up rotation for crucial stretch in NL West race

  29-08-2018 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Acknowledging the importance of the upcoming stretch to their playoff hopes, the Dodgers have shuffled their starting rotation so their ace, Clayton Kershaw, will face the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies in his next two starts.
  Kershaw will get an extra day’s rest before starting Saturday’s game at home against the Diamondbacks. That puts him in line to also start the opener of the Dodgers’ series in Colorado next week – also on five day
  
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• Chargers still deciding between kickers Roberto Aguayo, Caleb Sturgis

  29-08-2018 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Ten months ago, the kickers of Chargers past and future convened in Carolina.
  The Panthers were looking for a practice-squad kicker, an insurance policy for injured veteran Graham Gano. One candidate was Younghoe Koo, whose missed kicks in 2017 helped dig the Chargers into an 0-4 hole. Another was Roberto Aguayo, whose missed kicks in 2016 made him one of the league’s biggest punchlines.
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• State bill to stop secret settling of sexual harassment cases

  29-08-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There is private-business secrecy and then there is government secrecy — and in many cases the latter is wrong, because government is the people’s business.
  Government secrecy, by the way, is not wrong when it involves matters of national security. Blowhard politicians of all stripes are forever wailing about “secret committees” or “secret memoranda,” but only when it involves members of the opposition, and never themselves.
  But when it comes to being open abo
  
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• Phone contractor might have improperly recorded more Orange County jail calls than reported

  29-08-2018 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The number of attorney-client telephone calls improperly recorded by the Orange County jail’s phone vendor is likely more than the 1,079 announced by the contractor, according to the Public Defender’s Office.
  The official list released by phone contractor GTL showed that jail inmates called public defenders seven times over the past three years, which attorneys for the office say is too low compared to the usual phone traffic.
  At a hearing Wednesday,  Deputy Public Defender Sara
  
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• Anaheim council accedes to Disney’s request, nixes tax breaks

  29-08-2018 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Incentive deals that would have given Disney $267 million in hotel room taxes and prevented the city from adding a gate tax to Disneyland Resort park tickets for decades are officially dead.
  A week after Disney officials asked them to, Anaheim City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 28, to kill the agreements that Disneyland Resort President Josh D’Amaro has called divisive.
  Some officials hope the move signals a new era of goodwill and trust between Orange County’s
  
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• Couple saves a bobcat kitten that ran into traffic on Laguna Canyon Road

  29-08-2018 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — Kimberly and Clay Leeds were driving in heavy traffic along Laguna Canyon Road shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 when they saw a flash of fur run toward the center of the road.
  “I saw a car swerve to the left and then I saw it was a baby bobcat,” said Clay Leeds, a longtime Laguna local. “It was a big baby and I saw the markings.”
  He put on his flashers and parked the car at the side of the road near the Laguna Beach Dog Park. Then he and his wife,
  
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• Prosecutors fear Gov. Brown will commute the sentences of every inmate on California’s death row

  29-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Whenever a business decides to close its doors, it usually goes to great lengths to get rid of the remaining inventory. This is when we get the going-out-of-business “Blowout Sale:” guys in gorilla suits, and big-screen TVs for $199 — that actually weren’t stolen off a loading dock.
  It is during these sales that businesses give deals to consumers who would otherwise never get anything of the sort.
  Governors typically do the same thing with their constitutionally given pow
  
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• Angels’ Albert Pujols done for season after knee surgery

  29-08-2018 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Albert Pujols, who played more than twice as many games at first base this season as in the previous two years combined, will miss the final month of the season after undergoing knee surgery.
  The Angels announced on Wednesday that Pujols underwent a left knee debridement — an arthroscopic clean-up — earlier in the day, with a timetable for recovery of six to eight weeks.
  Pujols was on the disabled list for 10 days in July with left knee inflammation. At the time, he a
  
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• Rams and Aaron Donald ‘very close’ to reaching deal on new contract

  29-08-2018 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Kevin Demoff stood on a stage Wednesday afternoon, before more than 700 civic and business leaders, and glanced at his cell phone after it buzzed in his pocket.
  “It’s Aaron Donald’s agent. No joke,” Demoff, the Rams’ chief operating officer, told the crowd at the team’s annual charity luncheon.
  Donald did not make a surprise appearance, but by the time the Rams return from their trip to New Orleans for Thursday night’s exhibition game
  
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• Watch movies under the stars in Dana Point

  29-08-2018 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  OC Parks Sunset Cinema Series winds down the season with “Moana” on Friday, Sept. 7 and “Jaws” on Friday, Sept. 14 at Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach. During the film series, visitors can enjoy pre-show entertainment, eats from local food trucks and sweeping views of the Dana Point coastline.
  Both movies will be shown at Bluff Park at Salt Creek, 33333 Pacific Coast Hwy, Dana Point.
  IF YOU GO
  What: “Moana”When: 6-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7
  Movie: “
  
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• UC Irvine English professor steps down after allegations of decades-old sexual misconduct

  29-08-2018 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine English professor Ron Carlson, a winner of prestigious literary awards whose writing has been published in Esquire and the New York Times Magazine, has resigned from the university following a report alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1970s.
  The report was made public earlier this month by the Hotchkiss School, a Connecticut boarding school for students in grades nine through 12. School officials commissioned an independent investigation of potential sexual mi
  
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• Legislative power grab shelved in Sacramento

  29-08-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Last week, our editorial board joined a chorus of voices from across the political spectrum in opposition to what can only be called a shameless power grab.
  Assembly Bill 84, introduced by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, sought to put the campaign fundraising abilities of legislative caucus leaders on par with state and county political parties.
  AB84 would allow caucus leaders to bypass the $4,400 limit on donations to individual candidates and receive up to $36,500 from individ
  
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• Democrats regain majority at South Coast Air Quality Management District

  29-08-2018 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The agency responsible for protecting and improving air quality for 16.8 million Southern Californians will have a Democratic majority after a Republican Riverside County supervisor stepped down from the agency’s board and a Democratic colleague took his place.
  The change at the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Governing Board comes more than two years after a GOP majority fired the district’s executive officer and pursued policies that Republicans saw as more busi
  
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• Rare sightings of tropical booby birds in Orange County stirring excitement among enthusiasts

  29-08-2018 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Various species of booby birds have been spotted in recent weeks along Orange County’s coast.  These tropical birds are rarely seen this far north, so they’re causing a stir in the bird-watching world.
  A red-footed booby bird spotted off Newport Beach last Saturday, Aug. 25, during a whale watching charter by Newport Coastal Adventure. (Photo by Mark Girardeau/Orange County Outdoors)
  A Nazca booby bird spotted off Newport Beach last week during a whale watching charter by Newpor
  
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• LA County Fair 2018: 7 Outrageous foods to test your taste buds

  29-08-2018 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  It must be tough for concessionaires like Dominic Palmieri to constantly blow people’s minds when they visit county fairs.
  But Palmieri, the “Midway Gourmet,” thinks he has the solution for the Los Angeles County Fair. They’re called Caramel Crack Fries.
  “What would the fair be without a little bit of fun?” he said Wednesday, preparing the whipped cream-topped dessert — if that’s what it is — at a press preview.
  Palmieri has several other out
  
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• Girls tennis preview: Top 5 players to watch, top 10 team rankings

  29-08-2018 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County girls tennis preview 2018
  TOP 5 PLAYERS
  Cami Brown, University, Jr.
  Brown broke through last season by sweeping her singles matches against eventual champion Corona del Mar in the CIF-SS Division 1 team final.
  Kristina Evloeva, Corona del Mar, Sr.
  Evloeva could emerge as the No. 1 singles player for the defending Division 1 champion, which sent county player of the year Danielle Willson to USC.
  Janie Marcus, Corona del Mar, Sr.
  Marcus is an impact newcomer who studied online l
  
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• 2,700 homes lost: Wine Country fire victims struggle to rebuild

  29-08-2018 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 photo, Cheri and Paul Sharp stand among the wooden beams framing their future home in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Sharps who lost their home in the October 2017 Northern California wildfires, hope to move into their new house by the end of November. Santa Rosa was the hardest-hit city, with entire neighborhoods burned to ashes (AP Photo/Lorin Eleni Gill)
  FILE – In this Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, smoke rises behind a destroyed apartment complex as a the Thomas wildfi
  
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• How a 16-foot, box-serving tower wants to change your shopping experience

  29-08-2018 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s eight feet wide and towers more than 16 feet into the air.
  This is no recreation of the Monolith from the sci-fi film “2001.” Nope, this brightly colored enclosure is the new Pickup Tower at the Walmart superstore in Pico Rivera. The giant self-serve kiosk — situated just inside the store’s entrance by the checkout lines — functions much like a high-tech vending machine, allowing shoppers to order items online then pick them up at the store
  
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• Source: Jets are trading Bridgewater to Saints, setting up Darnold as starter

  29-08-2018 16:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRETT MARTEL
  NEW ORLEANS — A person familiar with the situation says the New Orleans Saints have agreed to acquire veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater from the New York Jets for a draft pick.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been announced.
  While record-setting quarterback Drew Brees is entrenched as New Orleans’ starter, the move signifies that Saints coach Sean Payton was not entirely comfortable with either veteran T
  
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• UCLA’s Chip Kelly hasn’t named a starting quarterback 3 days before opener

  29-08-2018 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Chip Kelly is known for speeding things up, but when it comes to the quarterback decision at UCLA, the first-year head coach is bleeding every available second off the clock.
  Kelly said Wednesday, the final day of media availability before UCLA’s season opener Saturday, that he has yet to name a starting quarterback among the team.
  “We’re still going through the week of training,” Kelly said before practice. “We got Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, s
  
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• Girls tennis preview: Dana Hills’ Courtney Swift drives toward Air Force

  29-08-2018 15:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Dana Hills girls tennis standout Courtney Swift in Dana Point, CA, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Swift recently announced her commitment to the Air Force Academy. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Dana Hills girls tennis standout Courtney Swift in Dana Point, CA, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Swift recently announced her commitment to the Air Force Academy. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDana Hills girls tennis sta
  
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• UCLA football season preview: 5 burning questions

  29-08-2018 15:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The wait is almost over.
  Eight months after Chip Kelly officially took over as UCLA’s head coach, his new team will debut on Saturday at home against Cincinnati. It’s been a long offseason, but soon there will be answers to the most pressing questions about the Bruins.
  Who the heck will start at quarterback?
  Time is running out for Kelly to pick his starting quarterback. The coach said he wants the decision to happen organically, but after three weeks of training camp and three days
  
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• Knott’s offering Dollar Days treats for the Labor Day weekend

  29-08-2018 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm has announced it will be offering Dollar Days for Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31-Sept. 3. There will be discounts on food, games and merchandise.
  You can purchase hot dogs, popcorn, 16-ounce fountain soft drinks and Icees for $1 at select locations in the park, as well as $1 pizza slices or $8 for a whole pizza. Treats on sale for $1 include chocolate-dipped Oreo cookies, Boysenberry Bomb Pops and cotton candy.
  You can play VR Showdown in Ghost Town for $1 and try your hand
  
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• Video: Nate Meadors on difficulties of defending a Chip Kelly offense

  29-08-2018 14:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Cornerback Nate Meadors explains why Chip Kelly’s offense is so difficult to defend, why he’s excited to see them on the field Saturday and why the Bruins will be better against the run this year.Related Articles Video: Rick Wade on UCLA’s ‘jungle tiger’ mentality Video: Chip Kelly says still no decision on UCLA QB race How the Pac-12 football season might go – and why Washington is favored UCLA receiver Theo Howard takes on leadership role Video: Theo Howard
  
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• Meet the candidates vying for Laguna Woods Village’s Third Mutual board

  29-08-2018 14:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Three candidates have filed nomination papers to run for three open seats on the Third Mutual board of directors for three-year terms: Pong (Paul) Chao, Lenta (Lynn) Jarrett and Jules Zalon. Ballots were mailed to members Aug. 27 and must be returned by 5 p.m. Sept. 26. Ballots will be counted during an open meeting at 9 a.m. Sept. 28 in the Community Center Board Room.
  After the ballot was printed, and toward the end of the process during which the ballot and other election materials were
  
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• Video: Rick Wade on UCLA’s ‘jungle tiger’ mentality

  29-08-2018 14:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Defensive lineman Rick Wade talks about how Chip Kelly has used an analogy of a jungle tiger to inspire a change in mindset, what he’s looking forward to this season and how the young defensive linemen have looked.Related Articles Video: Nate Meadors on difficulties of defending a Chip Kelly offense Video: Chip Kelly says still no decision on UCLA QB race How the Pac-12 football season might go – and why Washington is favored UCLA receiver Theo Howard takes on leadership role Video:
  
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• 3 tasty ways to add more plant-based food into your diet (and dessert)

  29-08-2018 14:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Maybe you’re vegan, or just possibly trying to limit your meat consumption, but whatever the reason it’s easier than ever to embrace a plant-based lifestyle.
  Popular brands like the Impossible Burger have blown open the door of possibility. The choices go far and beyond. To give you a taste of the variety coming to specialty markets, supermarkets and restaurants, we focused on three plant-based approaches to breakfast, lunch or dinner, and dessert.
  Sound good? Read on…
  Re
  
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• Angels allow veteran catcher Rene Rivera to go to Atlanta Braves on waiver claim

  29-08-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels let catcher René Rivera go to the Atlanta Braves on a waiver claim on Wednesday, leaving them likely to finish the season with rookies Francisco Arcia and José Briceño handling the catching.
  Like most players in August, Rivera was placed on revocable waivers. Once Rivera was claimed, the Angels could have pulled him back, worked out a trade in exchange for letting him go, or simply let him go for no compensation. By letting him go, the Angels save almost $500,000
  
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• Del Mar racing consensus picks for Wednesday, Aug. 29

  29-08-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Wednesday, Aug. 29 at Del Mar.
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  Related Articles Del Mar racing consensus picks for Sunday Aug. 26 Del Mar racing consensus picks for Saturday Aug. 25 Del Mar racing consensus picks for Friday Aug. 24 Horse racing: Mark Casse going for history by running fill
  
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• 11-year-old killed and mother injured in Garden Grove, with stepfather in custody

  29-08-2018 13:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Police investigate after a child was killed and her mother injured in the 9800 block of Blossom Ave. in Garden Grove on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (OnScene.TV)
  Police investigate after a child was killed and her mother injured in the 9800 block of Blossom Ave. in Garden Grove on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (OnScene.TV)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPolice investigate after a child was killed and her mother injured in the 9800 block of Blossom Ave. in Garden Grove on Wednesday, August 29,
  
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• Sen. John McCain lies in state at Arizona Capitol

  29-08-2018 13:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELISSA DANIELS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
  The Associated Press
  PHOENIX  —  Cindy McCain pressed her face against the flag-draped casket of her husband, U.S. Sen. John McCain, on Wednesday and several of his children sobbed during the first of two services for the long-serving statesman and former prisoner of war before he is taken for the last time from the state he has represented since the 1980s.
  The service at the Arizona Capitol marked the first appearance of McCain&rsquo
  
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• Best thing I ate: Toast in Costa Mesa does chicken and waffles right

  29-08-2018 13:03 via ocregister.com
  
  “It’s better than Crack Shack. I promise,” she says.
  It’s a bold declaration, but our waitress at Toast has thrown down the gauntlet. I’ve asked her about the chicken and waffles, and her first instinct is to let us know it’s better than that cult-favorite fried chicken restaurant located just down the street.
  So, is she right?
  Well, I’m not ready to pick a side in this one. It’s apples and oranges. And it’s certainly very good — not ju
  
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• USC football mailbag: How will freshman QB JT Daniels fare in his 1st start?

  29-08-2018 12:54 via ocregister.com
  
  In three days, USC will open its season at the Coliseum against UNLV. Training camp is over, so is the team’s mock game week. Only a couple more preseason practices and a walk-through remain. Real-live football is just around the corner.
  The anticipation surrounding the Trojans is not quite as high as last August when they were considered a College Football Playoff contender, ranked fourth in the preseason Associated Press poll and featured then-Heisman Trophy frontrunner Sam Darnold. But
  
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• U.S. economy grew at a brisk 4.2% annual rate in April-June

  29-08-2018 12:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
  The U.S. economy grew at a strong 4.2 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the best showing in nearly four years, as growth stayed on track to produce its strongest full-year gain in more than a decade. Strength in business investment offset slightly slower consumer spending.
  The Commerce Department on Wednesday revised up its growth estimate for last quarter from an initial estimate of a 4.1 percent annual rate. The second quarter marked a sh
  
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• Experience the Civil War up close in Huntington Beach

  29-08-2018 12:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Experience the Civil War with Huntington Beach’s annual weekend reenactment.
  Thousands are expected to watch as reenactors from across the country relive the battles and life in the soldier’s camps.
  This is the 24th year for the Huntington Beach Historical Society’s Civil War Days, to be held in Central Park on Saturday, Sept. 1, and Sunday, Sept. 2.
  Weapons demonstrations are planned and you can hear the delivery of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on either day.
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• Corky Carroll: Some surfers are taking ‘localism’ to dangerous extremes

  29-08-2018 12:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By now, most of you — or at least those of you who surf on any kind of regular basis — have heard horror stories of violence regarding what in surfing is known as “localism.”
  This term refers to individuals who frequent a certain spot, or area, and believe that they have more right to be there than anybody else. The crew up at Lunada Bay on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, for example, has become known in recent years for attacks on visitors, even including an off-duty po
  
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• Dodgers announce 2019 spring training schedule

  29-08-2018 12:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers’ 2019 spring training schedule will begin with a game against the Chicago White Sox on February 23 and include 29 Cactus League games.
  Next year will be the Dodgers’ 11th spring at their Camelback Ranch complex in Glendale, Ariz. The Arizona portion of their spring schedule will conclude March 23 against the White Sox. The three-game Freeway Series will follow with one game at Dodger Stadium on March 24 and two at Angel Stadium March 25 and 26.
  Here is the full 2019 sprin
  
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• Video: Chip Kelly says still no decision on UCLA QB race

  29-08-2018 12:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Head coach Chip Kelly updates the quarterback race (there is no update), how the Bruins are going to handle the lack of depth at inside linebacker and what the freshmen backup defensive linemen have to offer this week.Related Articles How the Pac-12 football season might go – and why Washington is favored UCLA receiver Theo Howard takes on leadership role Video: Theo Howard on what he looks for in a quarterback Video: Caleb Wilson eager to find out quarterback decision UCLA depth chart doe
  
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• Long Beach’s LGBTQ film festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary — here’s what you need to know

  29-08-2018 11:56 via ocregister.com
  
  As a film fan, Long Beach resident Robert Cano would organize movie nights at his small apartment where he and his friends would get together to watch and critique independent films.
  That was back in 1992, the same year that AIDS become the number one cause of death for U.S. men ages 25 to 44, according to hiv.gov.
  As a volunteer at the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach, the AIDS crisis weighed heavily on Cano, so when he decided to do something to engage the LGBTQ community, naturally he turned t
  
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• What to do at Southern California casinos Labor Day weekend

  29-08-2018 11:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa
  Although the world lost an entertainment legend when Prince died in April 2016, the popular tribute act Purple Reign will bring the icon to life at two Southern California casinos this weekend. The first stop will be at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa on Saturday, Sept. 1, then Pechanga Resort & Casino on Sunday, Sept. 2. The show will also feature a Morris Day and the Time tribute. Purple Reign — whose frontman bears a striking resemblance to the l
  
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• As the Angels’ season winds down, here’s what matters

  29-08-2018 10:40 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — The Angels’ season is going to end the way it began, with about a month worth of games in which the outcome means little.
  Fall training?
  Starting Thursday, the Angels have 29 games left. They are 64-69, with almost no chance of making the playoffs. What they are doing now is essentially prepping for 2019.
  This team doesn’t do long-term rebuilding, but the next month certainly will have the look of short-term rebuilding, with as many as eight or nine rookies in the box
  
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• Trump: White House counsel Don McGahn to depart in the fall

  29-08-2018 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN THOMAS
  The  Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is tweeting that his White House counsel, Don McGahn, will be departing in the fall after the Senate confirmation vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court.
  Trump praised his top White House lawyer on Wednesday, saying he has “worked with Don for a long time and truly appreciate his service!”
  McGahn has played a major role in Trump’s overhaul of the federal judiciary with conse
  
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• California sets goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2045

  29-08-2018 09:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPERThe Associated Press
  SACRAMENTO, Calif.  — California would accelerate its efforts to generate most of the state’s energy from carbon-free sources and set a goal of phasing out fossil fuels entirely by 2045 under legislation approved Tuesday by the Assembly.
  The bill would require California utilities to get half their energy from wind, solar and other specific renewable sources by 2026 — four years sooner than current law requires.
  They would then hav
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: No, I don’t ever stay home anymore. Thanks for asking.

  29-08-2018 08:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Sometimes people just shake their heads and ask me, “Do you ever stay at home?” and the answer these days is, “As little as possible.”
  I like my house, when the dishwasher isn’t making alarming noises and the dogs aren’t annoying me. In other words, about 20 percent of the time. But I just like going places and doing new things, and it’s easier now than ever before, because my kids are adults and no one much needs or wants me around, except for the afore
  
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