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• Starting safety Bubba Bolden unavailable for USC’s season opener

  30-08-2018 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Sophomore Bubba Bolden, who had earned a starting safety spot earlier this week, will not be available for USC’s season opener against UNLV on Saturday for undisclosed reasons, Coach Clay Helton said.
  Bolden was not at the Trojans’ practice Thursday afternoon, and Helton declined to provide details surrounding his absence.
  “There’s no timetable for his return,” Helton said, “and I cannot comment further.”
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• Knott’s reveals what’s new for Scary Farm 2018

  30-08-2018 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm is ready to give you a good scare.
  The theme park announced its plans for the 46th annual Scary Farm on Thursday night, Aug. 30. Always popular, the Scary Farm event typically sells out, boasting lively crowds every night. This year, the Scary Farm will be open select evenings Sept. 20-Oct. 31 and will feature 14 mazes and haunted attractions.
  Popular mazes slated to return include Dark Ride, The Red Barn, Paranormal Inc. Pumpkin Eater, Shadow Lands, Special Ops: Infecte
  
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• Angels’ Andrew Heaney outduels Justin Verlander to end road victory drought

  30-08-2018 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels’ Andrelton Simmons connects for a three-run double in front of Astros catcher Martin Maldonado during the sixth inning of Thursday’s game in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Andrew Heaney throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsHouston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander (35) throws against the Los A
  
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• Stepfather charged in deadly attack on family in Garden Grove

  30-08-2018 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A Garden Grove man accused of attacking his family and stabbing a young girl to death has been charged with one count each of murder and attempted murder.
  Tanh Thien Tran, 73, will appear in court on Friday, Aug. 31, two days after allegedly shooting his wife and stabbing his 10-year-old stepdaughter, Orange County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Emily Sudduth said. Initial reports identified the girl as 11 years old, however, on Thursday authorities verified she was 10.
  Tran also cut
  
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• Rams reserves get run over by Saints in preseason finale

  30-08-2018 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  New Orleans Saints running back Boston Scott (30) carries for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Los Angeles Rams in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
  New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton watches from the sideline in the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Los Angeles Rams in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Rams head coach Sean M
  
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• Why Yasiel Puig’s failed attempt to steal home didn’t land him in the Dodgers’ doghouse

  30-08-2018 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts hasn’t been afraid to criticize outfielder Yasiel Puig when the situation demands criticism.
  This wasn’t one of those situations.
  It was Puig’s decision to steal home with two outs in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s win over the Texas Rangers. Not only did the coaching staff support the decision with a full day’s hindsight, third base coach Chris Woodward said the aggressive play might reap long-term benefits despit
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Friday, Aug. 31

  30-08-2018 21:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Friday, Aug. 31.
  FOOTBALL
  Games 7 p.m. unless noted
  NONLEAGUE
  Cherry Creek (Colo.) vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills High, Capistrano Valley vs. Pacifica at Garden Grove High, California vs. El Dorado at Valencia High, Vista Murrieta vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College, Fountain Valley vs. Woodbridge at University High, Baldwin Park at Western, Big Bear at Laguna Beach, Segerstrom at El Modena, Beckman vs. Foothill at Tustin High, Vale
  
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• Rams exploring Hawaii as possible site of 2019 preseason game

  30-08-2018 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The NFL preseason typically is a time for tedium, but the Rams could get tropical in 2019. They’re exploring the possibility of playing a preseason game at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium.
  A Rams official said the game has not yet been finalized, and that several steps remain before it could be a reality. According to a report in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper, the Hawaii Tourism Authority authorized the game during a vote at its board meeting on Thursday.
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• A long holiday weekend looms – so does stepped-up DUI enforcement in Southern California

  30-08-2018 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The long Labor Day weekend will mark another focused effort by Southern California law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunken and impaired drivers.
  From Friday through Monday, all available California Highway Patrol officers will be on duty, on the lookout for motorists under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Local police agencies across the region also plan to be out in force on local streets and roads, with DUI checkpoints set in some cities.
  “Impaired driving remains one of our
  
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• Orange County football scores and stats for Thursday (8-30-18)

  30-08-2018 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County football games on Thursday, Aug. 30.
  O.C. SUMMARIES
  Katella 55, Esperanza 6
  Esperanza      0    0    0    6  —   6
  Katella          14   13   21  7  —  55
  Edison 51, Canyon 15
  Canyon    7     0     0    8  – 15
  Edison 
  
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• Can tall steel fencing prevent homeless encampments along flood control channels?

  30-08-2018 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Homeowners and public officials are counting on secure fencing that the county is installing in 24 locations along flood control channels in Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Westminster to deter transients that they say break into homes and cars, start fires, and cause other havoc.
  At a news conference Thursday, Aug. 30, held in the shade of the graceful trees that dot Jack Fisher Park in Santa Ana, First District Supervisor Andrew Do, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus and elected
  
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• After going winless at home last year, Newport Harbor High wins first football game at renovated Davidson Field on a magical night

  30-08-2018 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a magical evening for Newport Harbor High’s football team and its 30-13, season-opening victory over Sequoia of Redwood City, given it was the Sailors’ first win at home on the renovated Davidson Field.
  They hadn’t won a home game last year when the stadium reopened after a two-year hiatus.
  Further, in his debut at the helm, Peter Lofthouse became the first Newport Harbor head football coach to win his first game since Bill Pizzica in 1974, when the Tars shut out Fullert
  
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• The First Step Act is a needed step toward the end of mass incarceration

  30-08-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The most promising criminal justice reform effort at the federal level in some time is on hold after President Trump decided the matter was too contentious to take up before the midterm elections.
  The First Step Act, which has drawn bipartisan support, seeks to expand federal prison rehabilitation programs, increase opportunities for inmates to earn good-time credits for release and would include modest but important sentencing reforms.
  Such reforms are necessary given the high rate of recidivis
  
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• High school football week 2: Live updates from Orange County

  30-08-2018 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Live updates, scores, photos, videos and stories from our reporters and photographers covering high school football.
  Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream.Support our high school sports coverage in the year ahead by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now.Fryer on football: Previews and predictions for Friday’s gamesOrange County RegisterSteve Fryer takes a look at Friday’s top games and makes his predictions.Have a day @Akili_Arnold Los Al with a goal line stand against Vi
  
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• What a Governor Gavin Newsom might just be like

  30-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  As the late-summer election season begins, it’s high time to look closely at what a Gov. Gavin Newsom might be like.
  That’s partly because Newsom held leads of anywhere from 25 to 30 percentage points over Republican businessman John Cox in polls taken during the summer, drawing about 55 percent support — well over the 50-percent polling threshold that’s often viewed as decisive when campaigns enter their homestretch.
  By now, many Californians should already have acquired
  
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• Gov. Jerry Brown weighs law to let non citizens serve on public boards and commissions in California

  30-08-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Non-citizens, including those in the country illegally, will be allowed to serve on boards and commissions in California if Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill known as the California Inclusion Act.
  Under Senate Bill 174, which was approved in the state Legislature last week, qualified non-citizens would be eligible to be appointed to such local boards as planning commissions and state boards that include the Fair Political Practices Commission, the Contractors State License Board and the Board of Reg
  
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• La Habra plans to install splash pads at two parks with $1.2 million grant

  30-08-2018 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  As the summer heat picks up again and school begins, the city of La Habra is looking at installing splash pads at two of its 20 parks with a $1.2 million grant from the state.
  The grant comes from work with former Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), whose staff reached out to the city for projects the state could collaborate on. The grant is expected to be “sufficient” to build two splash pads at two different sites.
  Officials planned to visit other splash pads to see what would work
  
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• USC football preview: New faces in key spots for Pac-12 South division favorite

  30-08-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  JT Daniels summed up the feeling best.
  Five days before USC’s season opener against UNLV, Daniels, who had recently been named the team’s starting quarterback, was asked if he felt he had enough time to prepare for the debut.
  “I guess we’ll find out on Saturday,” Daniels said.
  Although the Trojans carry high preseason expectations, ranked No. 15 in the national polls and picked to win the Pac-12’s South division, there remains mystery around them. To begi
  
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• USC football season preview: 5 burning questions

  30-08-2018 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  With a new quarterback and a re-worked offense, the Trojans begin their season Saturday afternoon against UNLV in the Coliseum. Here’s a look at their biggest question marks.
  CAN THE TROJANS NAVIGATE SEPTEMBER?
  The first month of the regular season has not been kind to the Trojans during their first two full seasons under Clay Helton. Of the six losses in that span, four came in September, including the third-worst defeat in school history against Alabama in 2016 and a stumble at Washingto
  
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• USC freshman point guard Elijah Weaver has ankle surgery

  30-08-2018 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  USC freshman point guard Elijah Weaver underwent surgery on Thursday to repair damaged tissue in his left ankle, a team spokesman said.
  Weaver injured his ankle during a summer workout last week.
  The timeline for Weaver’s recovery is three months, a setback that could sideline him for the start of the season, which begins on Nov. 6 when the Trojans host Robert Morris.
  Weaver, a 6-foot-5 freshman from Rockledge, Fla., was one of three signees in a recruiting class that was USC’s highe
  
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• It’s back to school for 8,000 Biola, Whittier College students

  30-08-2018 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Thursday was move-in day for more than 6,000 Biola University students, while nearly 1,800 Whittier College students will be lugging all of their essentials into dorm rooms on Sunday.
  Classes will begin Tuesday at Biola and Wednesday at Whittier College.
  Any Zapata helps her 17-year-old daughter Nethanya, of Guatemala, move into the Blackstone dorms at Biola University in La Mirada on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Out of around 6,000 students 1,100 are incoming undergraduates.(Photo by Sarah Reinge
  
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• Drummond: More security at Placentia-Yorba Linda schools

  30-08-2018 18:25 via ocregister.com
  Several school-related topics deserve attention this week, as more than 25,000 students begin classes at 34 campuses in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, which includes 17 sites in Placentia, 12 in Yorba Linda, four in Anaheim and one in Fullerton.
  – Additional steps have been taken for school safety, with new fencing at several sites, implementation of new front office procedures and installation of camera systems costing some $335,000 at El Dorado, Esperanza, V
  
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• Man charged with impersonating doctor may also have masqueraded as professor

  30-08-2018 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  A 23-year-old man charged this week with impersonating a doctor at two Orange County medical centers also is believed to have masqueraded as a professor at two area colleges.
  But according to interviews with several people who know the suspect, as well as a digital trail, Arya Ouskouian — a former Rotary leader — may be more lost soul than evil predator.
  Still, the allegations stack up.
  Ouskouian is charged with one felony count of providing a medical diagnosis while impersonating a
  
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• OCVarsity Game of the Week: La Habra strives for improvement against Mission Viejo

  30-08-2018 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LA HABRA – Frank Mazzotta pulled a small cart of supplies as he approached the football stadium chirping from players warming up for practice. La Habra’s veteran coach almost reached the field when his vast responsibilities tugged him to stop.
  There were shoulder pads to check.
  “It’s got to (fit) like a second skin,” he told running back Jamiel Henning.
  There were players to encourage.
  “You fire me up,” he told one. “I’m proud of you.”
  
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• Week 2: High school football predictions from Fryer and Albano

  30-08-2018 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Steve Fryer and Dan Albano make their predictions on the winners of this week’s high school football games in Orange County.
  WEEK 2 GAMES
  FRYER
  ALBANOLa Habra vs. Mission Viejo
  Mission Viejo
  Mission ViejoVista Murrieta vs. Orange Lutheran
  Orange Lutheran
  Orange LutheranFountain Valley vs. Woodbridge
  Fountain Valley
   Fountain ValleySegerstrom vs. El Modena
  El Modena
  El ModenaBeckman vs. Foothill
  Beckman
  FoothillCypress vs. Santa Ana Valley
  Cypress
  CypressGarden Grove vs. Santa Ana
  Sant
  
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• Shohei Ohtani to return to Angels’ rotation on Sunday

  30-08-2018 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Shohei Ohtani, the two-way phenom, is officially back.
  Mike Scioscia announced on Thursday that Ohtani will be the Angels’ starting pitcher on Sunday, just under three months after he was diagnosed with a damaged ulnar collateral ligament. The Angels will conclude a four-game series against the Houston Astros on ESPN’s nationally televised Sunday Night Baseball.
  Ohtani said through his interpreter that he is excited to get back on the mound, and wasn’t surprised
  
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• California on verge of mandating women on company boards, with bill headed to Gov. Brown

  30-08-2018 17:43 via ocregister.com
  California could soon become the first state in the nation to require public companies based within the state to have at least one woman on their boards.
  SB 826 headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk Thursday after the state Senate passed it in a 23-9 vote. The Assembly had approved the bill Wednesday in a 41-26 vote.
  If Brown signs the bill, the one-woman mandate will take effect by the end of 2019. By the end of 2021, the bill calls for at least two women on the board if a company has fi
  
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• Fryer on football: Previews and predictions for Friday’s top games

  30-08-2018 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Previews and predictions for Friday’s top high school football games:
  GAME OF THE WEEK
  Preview: No. 13 La Habra (0-2) vs. No. 3 Mission Viejo (2-0)
  Winner: Mission Viejo
  OTHER TOP GAMES
  NO. 11 CAPISTRANO VALLEY (2-0) VS. NO. 16 PACIFICA (2-0)
  Where, when: Garden Grove High, Friday, 7 p.m.
  Analysis: Capistrano Valley sprinted into the 2018 season with 42-7 and 38-7 wins over Tustin and La Mirada, respectively. Pacifica is better than those two opponents. Capistrano Valley’s offense w
  
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• Candlelight vigil for opioid overdose victims planned Friday Aug. 31 in Laguna Niguel

  30-08-2018 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Jodi Barber’s son, Jarrod, became addicted to opioids after breaking his collarbone in a biking accident.
  On Jan. 8, 2010, Jarrod died after ingesting a cocktail of prescription drugs his psychologist had given him and Opana, an opioid typically prescribed to patients who need round-the-clock pain management.
  Jodi Barber now works to raise awareness about the ills of opioid abuse.
  She intends to shine a light on lives that are being lost on a daily basis in Orange County and nationwide bec
  
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• Whicker: Dad’s misfortune helps Brad Boxberger find bullpen happiness for Diamondbacks

  30-08-2018 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Nobody called them “helicopter parents” back then. Rod Boxberger was more like a Coast Guard rescue chopper.
  His son Brad had a promising arm. Rod wanted Brad to keep that promise.
  When travel-team coaches wanted Brad to join up and basically observe an everyday schedule, Rod said no.
  When other coaches wanted Brad to exceed what Rod considered a sane pitch limit, Rod said no.
  When Brad got to Foothill High in Tustin, he took one complete summer off. “We wen
  
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• Longtime Los Alamitos football coach Bowman dead at 54

  30-08-2018 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Eric Bowman, a longtime assistant football coach at Los Alamitos, died Aug. 24 of complications from acute pancreatitis.
  He was 54.
  Bowman was an assistant coach at Los Alamitos High School under John Barnes for some of Orange County’s better teams in the 1990s and 2000s. He was also a wrestling coach and English teacher at the school.
  Barry Sher was an assistant alongside Bowman for many years. He described Bowman as “a gentle giant” who loved Los Alamitos High and its footbal
  
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• Festival Pass: Tailgate Fest opens in Inglewood, New Blues returns to Long Beach and more

  30-08-2018 16:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Festival Pass is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays during Southern California’s prime music festival season (April-October). When we cover festivals in the field, you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
  Festival Pass for Thursday, Aug. 30
  Six years ago, Toby Keith was playing the big amphitheater out in Devore and decided to make a stop at his I Love This Bar and Grill in Rancho Cucamonga at Victoria Gardens for an official ribbon-cutting, even th
  
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• Want to get paid to eat avocados? Loma Linda University and UCLA may have a deal for you

  30-08-2018 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Love avocados? Two universities in Southern California may have the diet for you.
  Loma Linda University and UCLA each seek 250 men and women for a study that examines whether avocados help with weight loss.
  Joan Sabaté, director of the LLU’s Center for Nutrition, Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, suggests that avocados, a fruit high in fat, consumed in moderate amounts may promote the loss of belly fat, in particular. LLU and UCLA are two of four universities involved in the six-mon
  
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• Orange Coast College offering free tuition for first-year students

  30-08-2018 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Coast College is launching its new “Pirates’ Promise” offering free tuition to full-time students for their first year of college.
  Students will need to be taking at least 15 units, which would cost about $690 a semester. Students will still pay for their textbooks and other expenses such as student health fees and service charges. The program will only be open to California residents.
  Orange Coast College, which is one of the largest community colleges in the count
  
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• Bobcat kitten rescued on Laguna Canyon Road dies; it had suffered chemical or thermal burn, veterinarian says

  30-08-2018 15:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A bobcat kitten rescued while running in traffic on Laguna Canyon Road has died, a veterinarian said Thursday, Aug. 30.
  The 12-week-old female kitten — picked up Sunday by Kimberly and Clay Leeds, who stopped traffic on the canyon road — had been receiving medical treatment at the Serrano Animal & Bird Hospital in Lake Forest.
  “She had a chemical or thermal burn all the way along her front leg up to the shoulder,” said Dr. Scott Weldy, who operates the hospital. &ldqu
  
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• Google, Mastercard cut a secret ad deal to track your retail sales

  30-08-2018 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that Google paid for.
  But most of the two billion Mastercard holders aren’t aware of this behind-the-scenes tracking. That’s because the companies never told the public about the arrangement.
  Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Mastercard Inc. bro
  
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• Trump stops automatic pay raises for federal workers in 2019

  30-08-2018 15:22 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump canceled automatic pay raises for civilian federal workers in 2019 as Congress continues to negotiate on salary increases.
  Trump made the announcement in a letter released by the White House on Thursday to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Trump cited the need to “maintain efforts to put our Nation on a sustainable fiscal course.”
  Congress can still raise federal workers’ pay in spending legislation. The Senate has alread
  
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• UCLA football mailbag: Quarterback by committee?

  30-08-2018 15:17 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s game week, and finally, people have questions about the quarterback situation. If only we had answers as well.
  This week, we got an official confirmation of what we already knew. The quarterback race was, and still is, between three candidates: Wilton Speight, Devon Modster and Dorian Thompson-Robinson. It took three weeks to get the public confirmation from the coaching staff. At the very longest, they can delay the decision only two more days as the Bruins face Cincinnati on Saturda
  
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• North Orange County center processes thousands of pounds of recycling a day, but it isn’t enough

  30-08-2018 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  I recently went on a tour.
  Not of some exotic place, but of Republic Industries recycling facility. Yes, I’d rather tour the Bahamas, but the recycling center was on my radar after I recently wrote about changes in recycling because China is  drastically reducing its purchase of the contaminated recyclables they formerly bought from us.
  Republic’s yard and facilities is a sprawling 35-acre site on Blue Gum Street in Anaheim. Everything we dump in our recycle bins ends up there.
  
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• After 3 years of repairs, Seal Beach Pier is expected to be restaurant-ready in May

  30-08-2018 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A fire on the Seal Beach Pier destroyed the former Ruby’s Diner in May, 2016. (File photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Seal Beach officials announced this week that the long-awaited “Pier Improvement Project” – separate from but concurrent with fire-damage repairs – will begin Thursday, Sept. 4.
  If all goes smoothly, the Seal Beach Pier will be entirely open for business in May of 2019, almost exactly three years after an electrical fire scorched 1
  
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• John McCain memorialized as hero, fighter and wiseacre

  30-08-2018 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELISSA DANIELS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
  The Associated Press
  PHOENIX — Sen. John McCain was eulogized as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — at a crowded church service for the maverick politician Thursday that ended with the playing of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”
  Addressing an estimated 3,500 mourners, former Vice President Joe Biden recalled “the sheer joy that crossed his fa
  
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• Boys water polo preview: Orange County preseason Top 10 rankings

  30-08-2018 14:30 via ocregister.com
  
  BOYS WATER POLO 2018
  Orange County preseason Top 10 rankings
  1.Newport Harbor
  2. Mater Dei
  3. Huntington Beach
  4. Santa Margarita
  5. Corona del Mar
  6. Orange Lutheran
  7. Foothill
  8. Woodbridge
  9. San Clemente
  10. Laguna Beach
  On the bubble: 11. Los Alamitos, 12. Servite, 13. Dana Hills
  
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• Disneyland will sell alcohol for the first time when Star Wars land opens in 2019

  30-08-2018 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland will sell liquor in public areas for the first time in its 63-year history, officials announced Thursday, Aug. 30, though it will really only be sold in outer space, also known as the Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu, in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge when it opens next year.
  This move marks a huge break in precedent, because Walt Disney opposed selling liquor in his creation. He wanted it to be a wholesome, family experience. However, booze and cocktails have been big money-ma
  
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• LA County Fair 2018: Haunted 66 attempts to scare up Halloween fans

  30-08-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  
  This year’s Route 66 theme at the Los Angeles County Fair will include a little roadkill.
  The fair is hosting a Halloween attraction called Haunted 66.
  It aspires to provide some of the same chills as Southern California haunts such as Knott’s Scary Farm or Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights. But these chills could be in broad daylight.
  Haunted 66’s hours will be from when the fair opens its gates to when it closes. The attraction, however, is only open
  
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• Proposed self-employment mortgage act will allow risky loans

  30-08-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 4.52 percent, up one basis point from last week’s 4.51 percent.  The 15-year fixed averaged 3.97 percent, one basis point better than last week’s 3.98 percent.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 1.7 percent decrease in loan application volume from the previous week.
  Bottom
  
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• USC football preview: A look at the Trojans’ schedule

  30-08-2018 13:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trojans face another grueling regular season schedule, with 11 of their 12 opponents from Power Five conferences, the most among Pac-12 teams. The slate is particularly front-loaded with three of the first five games away from the Coliseum: at No. 13 Stanford, at No. 23 Texas, at Arizona. Regular season ends with Notre Dame on Nov. 24. Here’s a game-by-game look at what lies ahead for USC:
  Saturday vs. UNLV, 1 p.m., L.A. Coliseum
  This will be the fourth time in five seasons USC opens i
  
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• Del Mar racing consensus picks for Thursday, Aug. 30

  30-08-2018 13:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Thursday, Aug. 30 at Del Mar.
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• Boycott In-N-Out? Some say yes after company gives $25,000 to GOP

  30-08-2018 13:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The latest political food fight is coming animal style.
  Calls for a boycott of In-N-Out Burger circulated on Twitter on Thursday, Aug. 30 following news of the Irvine-based company’s $25,000 donation to the California Republican Party.
  The Aug. 27 donation isn’t the first political donation by the iconic burger chain. A year ago, the company gave $30,000 to the state GOP, and state campaign finance records show other corporate donations to the California Restaurant Association PAC, w
  
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• Report details moments before fatal Santa Ana plane crash, but no clues to cause

  30-08-2018 13:01 via ocregister.com
  
  More than three weeks after a small plane crashed in Santa Ana killing all 5 on board, a report has been released detailing the moments before its descent but gives no information about what caused the plane to go down.
  The Cessna 414 was approaching nearby John Wayne Airport on Aug. 5, when it went down shortly before 12:30 p.m. The plane crashed into an unoccupied car in a parking lot of a Santa Ana shopping center. All five aboard — four Bay area residents and one Los Angeles
  
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• After taking long road, McCall Zerboni is settling in with the U.S. Women’s National soccer team

  30-08-2018 13:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup opened the eyes of several young girls across the nation.
  McCall Zerboni was certainly one of them.
  “I got to go to the game and I saw them win the World Cup,” Zerboni said. “For me that was a big moment and I said, ‘I can do that.’”
  “The impact they had on me, I want to have that impact on girls today.”
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