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• Lexi Kim shows she can lead way for University girls golf team

  04-09-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – Lexi Kim has been one of the most consistent players on the University High girls golf team, regularly stringing together a bunch of pars during her rounds.
  One thing always seemed to be missing for her: birdies.
  “She has always been very stable, but late last season she seemed to catch the bug that playing golf and competing is fun,” University coach Kevin Kasper said. “She played a lot of golf during the summer. Now she has that potential to go under par.&rdquo
  
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• JT Daniels aims to improve timing with USC’s receivers

  04-09-2018 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — JT Daniels offered an assessment Tuesday evening of his Week 1 debut.
  Daniels, who passed for 282 yards and a touchdown in USC’s 43-21 win over UNLV, liked his decision-making. He did not throw an interception, and the offense finished without a turnover. He settled on the right receiving targets, too, he thought.
  But if the true freshman passer can make one adjustment this week in his preparation for Saturday’s showdown at Stanford, it is his timing. Daniels hope
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers’ Ryan Madson still has, um, electric stuff

  04-09-2018 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Ryan Madson knew exactly where he needed to go when a nerve irritation in his lower back threw him out of whack a month ago: To the same guys who saved his career four years before that.
  While with Washington in August, Madson tried pitching through the discomfort of a lumbar nerve root irritation, with pain that affected not only his back but his right leg and hindered his ability to push off the rubber. He thought he could handle it, but when he gave up a walk-off gran
  
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• Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Michael Bivins talk about RBRM, New Edition miniseries

  04-09-2018 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Michael Bivins kick off their inaugural tour as RBRM this week, 24 years and several breakups and reunions after one of their biggest hits predicted this future.
  Like the lyric “Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike …” from 1984 New Edition hit “Cool It Now,” those four former members of the vocal group have reunited and kicks off their run at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Thursday, Sept. 6.
  New Edition formed in
  
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• An organization in chaos: Where does USA Gymnastics go from here?

  04-09-2018 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  As USA Gymnastics begins its search for a third chief executive in 18 months, former Olympic and World championship team members, leading coaches and safe sport advocates argue that the organization continues to embrace a flawed strategy in dealing with the biggest sexual abuse scandal in American sports history.
  The hiring of marketing executive Kerry Perry as CEO last December was but one in a series of high-profile missteps that reflected USA Gymnastics’ continued misplaced priorities a
  
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• Four former water polo players at Kennedy High file lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by two coaches

  04-09-2018 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Four female athletes who are former water polo players at Kennedy High have filed two separate civil lawsuits against Anaheim Union High School District and USA Water Polo alleging sexual battery, negligence, emotional distress and false imprisonment related to incidents with their coaches.
  The personal injury complaints, filed Friday in Orange County Superior County by the Irvine-based firm Manly, Stewart and Finaldi, accuse former coaches Joshua Christopher Owens and Bahram Hojreh of the sexua
  
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• 4 former water polo players at Kennedy High file lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by two coaches

  04-09-2018 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Four female athletes who are former water polo players at Kennedy High have filed two separate civil lawsuits against Anaheim Union High School District and USA Water Polo alleging sexual battery, negligence, emotional distress and false imprisonment related to incidents with their coaches.
  The personal injury complaints, filed Friday in Orange County Superior County by the Irvine-based firm Manly, Stewart and Finaldi, accuse former coaches Joshua Christopher Owens and Bahram Hojreh of the sexua
  
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• Anaheim police investigate after man’s body pulled from reservoir — no obvious signs of trauma found

  04-09-2018 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Homicide detectives in Anaheim are investigating after a man’s body was found Tuesday, Sept. 4.
  A passerby noticed the body floating in a flood control reservoir sometime before 7 p.m. and notified authorities, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt.
  Related Articles Former Fullerton police sergeant charged with filing false report on then-city manager’s DUI crash Complaint filed alleging Fullerton police leaders committed battery in concert altercation with EMTs Choking 3-year-old bir
  
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• Anaheim police investigate after body found floating in reservoir

  04-09-2018 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Homicide detectives in Anaheim are investigating after a person’s body was found Tuesday, Sept. 4.
  A passerby noticed the corpse floating in a flood control reservoir sometime before 7 p.m. and notified authorities, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt.
  Related Articles Former Fullerton police sergeant charged with filing false report on then-city manager’s DUI crash Complaint filed alleging Fullerton police leaders committed battery in concert altercation with EMTs Choking 3-year-ol
  
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• Andrew Heaney takes a loss, but continues as the Angels’ most durable starter

  04-09-2018 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels’ David Fletcher reaches second safely on a double as Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor tries to make the tag during the first inning of Tuesday’s game in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout is hit by a pitch in the first inning against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsTexas Rangers starting pitcher Mike M
  
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• Defensive tackle Justin Jones playing catch-up behind fellow Chargers draft picks

  04-09-2018 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — On paper, a stout Chargers defense got even better.
  Only two teams allowed fewer points last season, but Los Angeles still reloaded with its first four draft picks: Florida State safety Derwin James at No. 17; USC linebacker Uchenna Nwosu at No. 48; North Carolina State defensive tackle Justin Jones at No. 84; and West Virginia safety-turned-linebacker Kyzir White at No. 119.
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• Two stabbed at Buena Park hotel

  04-09-2018 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  An altercation at a hotel in Buena Park on Monday, Sept. 3 ended with two men stabbed and a suspect on the loose.
  Police were called to the Buena Park Hotel & Suites at 7555 Beach Blvd. at about 4:30 a.m., and found two victims suffering from stab wounds, Buena Park Police Sgt. Mike Lovchik said Tuesday. He said they told police they had gotten into an altercation with a third individual, who attacked them with a knife.
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• Former Fullerton police sergeant charged with filing false report on then-city manager’s DUI crash

  04-09-2018 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A former Fullerton police sergeant was charged Tuesday with a single count of filing a false police report stemming from a 2016 drunken driving traffic crash involving then-Fullerton City Manager Joe Felz.
  Fullerton City Manager Joe Felz in 2011
  Rodger Jeffrey Corbett, 45, of Corona, allegedly falsely filed a report stating that Felz was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the Nov. 9, 2016, crash and gave Felz a ride home. A year later, Felz pleaded guilty to a mi
  
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• The boardroom mandarin class pushes for power

  04-09-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Don’t look now, but a new legislative push to regulate corporations is here — and it’s promising to do much more harm than good.
  Nationally, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, is leading the charge, with legislation that would force corporations with over a billion dollars in revenue to obtain a federal charter to operate — and to let employees elect 40 percent of their boards of directors.
  And here in California, lawmakers have sent to Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that w
  
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• Orange County sheriff’s dog attacked county employee in his office, biting arm for “around a minute”

  04-09-2018 19:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A Sheriff’s Department dog attacked a county employee in his office last week, severely biting the man’s arm during a training exercise gone awry.
  The victim suffered deep puncture wounds and lacerations to his right arm during the attack, which lasted nearly a minute, according to public documents and interviews with county officials.
  The attack occurred after work hours on Wednesday, Aug. 29, when the department’s patrol K9 team used the Public Works building in Santa Ana for
  
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• OC judge: Enough evidence for Samuel Woodward to face trial in killing of Blaze Bernstein

  04-09-2018 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A search of the bedroom of a man accused of killing his former high school classmate turned up a knife with dried blood on it, while an inspection of his phone found images with references to “Nazism” and homophobia, investigators testified on Tuesday.
  During a daylong hearing Tuesday at a Newport Beach courthouse, a half dozen Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies testified about their investigation into the death of Blaze Bernstein, who in January was found b
  
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• Will the new Nike ads, saying nothing, still sell shoes?

  04-09-2018 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  “Believe in something,” reads the copy on the new Nike ad, “Even if it means sacrificing everything.”
  The corporation’s words were obviously crafted with care, undoubtedly vetted by teams of advertising, marketing and legal professionals. The experts nearly succeeded in removing all the meaning from the language.
  The only hint of meaning is the close-up photo of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Nike appears to be saying he is a hero who has sacrificed everyt
  
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• $78 million sewer replacement gets underway near Angel Stadium

  04-09-2018 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Drivers could experience traffic delays on State College Boulevard near Angel Stadium in Anaheim, where work began Tuesday, Sept. 4, to replace four miles of sewer pipes.
  The first phase starts at Cerritos Avenue and will move toward Ball Road. The full project will stretch from Orangewood Avenue to the 91 and is expected to take until late 2020, Orange County Sanitation District spokeswoman Jennifer Cabral said in an email.
  The OC Sanitary District is starting a $76 million sewer project on Sta
  
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• Politics should not play into buying decisions: Letters

  04-09-2018 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Re “Boycott In-N-Out? Some say yes after company gives $25,000 to GOP” (Aug. 30):
  I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans for president, though I admit, more often for Republicans.
  It is more and more difficult to find a rational reason to vote Democratic when the party has become so hateful and spiteful, believing it is OK to harass Republicans as they go to eat dinner with friends and family.
  To call for a boycott of Irvine’s beloved In-N-Out is a tipping point. When
  
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• Californians losing confidence in the American Dream

  04-09-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Fewer than half of Californians now believe in the American Dream, the idea that with hard work one can get ahead in life, a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based Public Religion Research Institute has found.
  Worse, a majority believe that it’s harder to achieve the American Dream in California than elsewhere in the country, a view held by 55 percent.
  According to PRRI, nearly two-thirds of Californians would advise young people in their communities to leave in order to find economic
  
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• Fryer on football: Garden Grove off to a hot start in its ‘weird’ way

  04-09-2018 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Garden Grove is 2-0 after wins over Orange and Santa Ana.
  Orange and Santa Ana were a combined 24-5 last season. Orange won a CIF championship in 2017.
  So Garden Grove is, of course, feeling pretty good about 2018.
  What makes the Argonauts so-far-so-good this year?
  “It sounds kind of corny,” Garden Grove coach Ricardo Cepeda said, “but this is a great group of kids that loves playing together. They’re a real team.”
  The team has plenty of real leaders and talented p
  
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• Fresh faces, empty notebooks and new CSUF T-shirts fill campus

  04-09-2018 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Director of Student Housing Larry Martin assists freshman Carson Carpenter in finding McCarthy Hall. (Photo by Matt Gush/ Cal State Fullerton)
  Students work in the newly renovated north end of the Pollak Library. (Photo by Matt Gush/ Cal State Fullerton)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCal State Fullerton admissions officials worked their way through a record 51,157 first-time freshman applications and an equally record-breaking 75,720 total undergraduate applications received for fall. (Ph
  
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• Video: OCVarsity Gridiron gets you ready for Week 3’s top football games

  04-09-2018 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The OCVarsity Gridiron Guys – Steve Fryer, Dan Albano and Jonathan Khamis – preview the Orange County Game of the Week – Capistrano Valley vs. Yorba Linda – plus two other top matchups in Week 3 – Edison vs. San Juan Hills and Marina vs. Katella.
  The guys also respond to a viewer question about the implications of Los Alamitos’ huge win last week over Long Beach Poly.
  Video by Jonathan Khamis for the Orange County Register.
  
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• Football notes: Los Alamitos flips script with victory against Long Beach Poly

  04-09-2018 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Alamitos football coach Ray Fenton made sure his players realized the significance of their victory against Long Beach Poly.
  “You have something you’ll never forget,” he told them after a 20-6 victory Friday at Cerritos College.
  Los Alamitos (1-1) not only defeated the rival Jackrabbits for the first time since 1994 – the 16th season for legendary former Griffins coach John Barnes – but flipped its early-season narrative in several ways.
  Los Alamitos lost its se
  
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• Meet CHOC’s ‘Dancing Doc,’ who livens up hospital rooms for kids that haven’t ‘smiled in days’

  04-09-2018 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Tony Sarkis looks up as the other Tony walks into his hospital room.
  The 9-year-old boy is lying in his bed in Tigger pajamas when Tony Adkins, a physician assistant at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County’s neurology department approaches him.
  Tony has recently undergone his third surgery for spina bifida, a birth defect where the spinal cord doesn’t form properly. Tony’s mother, Laura, has been trying to get him to walk.
  “Hey Tony, you ready to dance?” A
  
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• Disneyland fans say goodbye to ‘a bug’s land’ at Disney’s California Adventure — but not entirely

  04-09-2018 17:39 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s going to be even tougher now to be a bug at Disneyland, now that the cute “a bug’s land” at Disney California Adventure is being demolished to make way for a new Marvel superhero experience. Tuesday was the last day that the land was open for business, with its cute caterpillar, ant and ladybug-themed rides, where guests could feel like they were tiny insects as they walked beneath giant clover plants in a garden environment.
  Visitors leave A Bug’s Land during
  
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• UCLA freshman center Christaphany Murray aims to grow

  04-09-2018 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Christaphany Murray got the news on game day. He would be UCLA’s starting center against Cincinnati.
  The true freshman was one of the first players on the field at the Rose Bowl before the game, warming up with headphones that squished down the curly hair on top of his head.
  This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, he thought, a blessing that the coaches would entrust the position to a player only a few months removed from high school. When he trotted out on the field
  
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• Orange County football top 25 for Week 3

  04-09-2018 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County football top 25 poll.
  O.C. TOP 25
  (The poll voters are five members of the media.)
  1. Mater Dei 2-1 (125 poll points)
  Monarchs defense squeezed La Mirada to minus-27 yards of total offense in a 49-0 win.
  This week: vs. St. Mary’s of Stockton at Santa Ana Stadium, Friday
  2. JSerra 3-0 (119)
  A little luck and enough clutch plays got the Lions a 21-20 win over Bishop Amat.
  This week: vs. Pinnacle of Phoenix at Moorpark College, Saturday
  3. Mission Viej
  
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• CSUF’s Pollak Library reimagines its spaces for new ways of learning

  04-09-2018 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Students, staff and faculty check out the library’s newly renovated and refurnished south side. (Photo by Matt Gush/ Cal State Fullerton)
  Newly consolidated on the first floor of the south side of the library, all of the cultural resource centers are open for the campus community. (Photo by Matt Gush/ Cal State Fullerton)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe CSUF community gathers for the dedication of the renovation of the library on Aug. 29. (Photo by Matt Gush/ Cal State Fullerton)
  
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• Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson make U.S. Ryder Cup team as wild-card selections

  04-09-2018 17:16 via ocregister.com
  
  WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Tiger Woods is returning to the Ryder Cup as a player for the first time in six years. Phil Mickelson will set a Ryder Cup record by playing for the 12th straight time.
  They join Bryson DeChambeau, the hottest player in golf, as three of the American wild-card selections.
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  U.S. captain Jim Furyk had an easy time with three of his four picks. DeChambeau, Mick
  
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• Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig loses appeal, will serve 2-game suspension against Mets

  04-09-2018 17:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Yasiel Puig will serve a two-game suspension Tuesday and Wednesday, the Dodgers announced, sidelining the outfielder for the final two games of a three-game series against the New York Mets.
  Puig lost his appeal of the original two-game ban MLB assessed for his actions during the Dodgers’ 2-1 loss to the Giants on Aug. 14 at Dodger Stadium.
  In the seventh inning of that game, Puig and Giants catcher Nick Hundley got into a verbal altercation at home plate. When Puig pushed Hundley, bo
  
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• New system to clean up plastic in the ocean is launching from California this month

  04-09-2018 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  After 273 scale model tests and six at-sea prototypes, the first ocean cleanup system is expected to launch from San Francisco on Saturday, Sept. 8. If successful, it could be one of 60 cleanup systems deployed in the Pacific Ocean.
  The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ridding the world’s oceans of plastic. The organization was founded in 2013 by Dutch inventor Boyan Slat at age 18 and has a team of more than 70 engineers, researchers and scientists. The first cleanup
  
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• Understanding how war and peace can unite us all

  04-09-2018 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By Hailey Siedentopp
  Contributing columnist
  There I was, standing on the shoreline of the Baltic Sea, willowy clouds overhead, the scent of sea salt in the air, and all I could think of was how lucky I’ve been this past summer.
  That snapshot still floats around in my head as I enter my fall classes at Cal State Fullerton and reflect on a trip that awoke my senses and showed me that history is the guiding light to the future.
  Hailey Siedentopp is a junior kinesiology major at Cal State Full
  
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• Orange County football offensive player of the week: Mike Carrillo, Garden Grove

  04-09-2018 15:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Garden Grove Mike Carrillo breaks away as he runs for a touchdown against Santa Ana during the third quarter scoring 31-6 at Santa Ana Stadium on Friday night, August 31, 2018. Garden Grove won scoring 38-12. (Photo by Ana P. Garcia, Contributing Photographer)
  The Orange County Register offensive player of the week for Sept 4, 2018:
  Name: Mike Carrillo
  School: Garden Grove
  Position: RB
  Year: Senior
  Notable: Carrillo rushed 24 times for 208 yards and three touchdowns and had two catches for 61 ya
  
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• Volleyball’s win streak — and sweep — extends to six matches

  04-09-2018 15:20 via ocregister.com
  
  History was made in the best of ways for Cal State Fullerton’s volleyball team, as it earned 3-0 sweeps over Delaware State, Bucknell and host St. Francis Brooklyn over the weekend to close out the Terrier Invitational. The victories marked Fullerton’s fourth, fifth and sixth of the season, already surpassing last season’s total win total.
  The victories boost the Titans’ win streak to six straight, which equals the program’s longest since the 2013 campaign. Fullerto
  
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• Radio: What would it take to get you to listen to AM radio?

  04-09-2018 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Longtime readers of this column know I’m a bit crazy when it comes to AM radio.
  Unlike many – seemingly, most – owners managers or programmers, I believe that an AM station can compete if it pays the right format. And in my opinion, that usually means music – music that can’t be found on FM. Do that, and you can attract new listeners, including young people who have not had an AM station that programmed to them since the 1970s.
  As I said a few weeks ago, I&rsqu
  
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• Video: Christaphany Murray on starting at center for UCLA

  04-09-2018 14:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Offensive lineman Christaphany Murray talks about starting at center against Cincinnati, how he reacted to Dorian Thompson-Robinson coming into the game and what he learned about the college game in his debut.Related Articles Video: Caleb Wilson on how UCLA can improve its offense UCLA QB Wilton Speight’s injury ‘nothing serious’ as UCLA prepares for Oklahoma Video: Andre James assesses UCLA’s offensive line after season opener Video: Quentin Lake embracing challenge at O
  
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• No sexual assault charges for Kevin Spacey, Steven Seagal and Anthony Anderson, say LA prosecutors

  04-09-2018 14:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors Tuesday declined to file criminal charges against a trio of celebrities who were accused of sexual assault — Kevin Spacey for an alleged 1992 assault in West Hollywood, Steven Seagal from an allegation dating back to 1993 and Anthony Anderson for allegations that arose over the past year.
  Prosecutors cited the statute of limitations in the Spacey and Seagal cases, but in the allegations against Anderson, prosecutors said the alleged victim
  
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• Redondo Beach resident Claire Wineland, who captured nation’s hearts with struggle against cystic fibrosis, has died

  04-09-2018 14:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Claire Wineland, a 21-year-old Redondo Union High School graduate who became a YouTube star by sharing her struggles with cystic fibrosis died on Sunday following a double-lung transplant.
  Wineland’s death quickly became national news on Monday as she touched the lives of countless numbers with her video blogs and media interviews. In the South Bay beach cities, where Wineland lived, her death was felt especially hard.
  Earlier this year was to be the fourth annual Moonlight Glow Ride, a fu
  
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• Video: Caleb Wilson on how UCLA can improve its offense

  04-09-2018 14:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Tight end Caleb Wilson talks about what the Bruins have to improve on offense before facing Oklahoma and that play when he lined up at offensive tackle against the Bearcats.Related Articles Video: Christaphany Murray on starting at center for UCLA UCLA QB Wilton Speight’s injury ‘nothing serious’ as UCLA prepares for Oklahoma Video: Andre James assesses UCLA’s offensive line after season opener Video: Quentin Lake embracing challenge at Oklahoma Video: Chip Kelly says Wil
  
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• Jim Carrey isn’t ‘Kidding’ around with new Showtime TV series

  04-09-2018 14:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Showtime’s new series “Kidding” stars Jim Carrey as Jeff Pickles, a beloved children’s TV host, in the actor’s first series regular role in more than two decades.
  The idea of Carrey playing a beloved kids’ icon might sound like its a setup for satire, but “Kidding” has other aims.
  “It wasn’t about crafting an arc about a psycho Mr. Rogers,” says Dave Holstein, the show’s creator. “This is about a character, in this age
  
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• Jeff Bezos adds $67 billion to his fortune in 2018 as Amazon soars to $1 trillion

  04-09-2018 13:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Amazon.com briefly became America’s second trillion-dollar company on Tuesday after adding $434 billion to its market cap this year.
  No one has benefited more than founder Jeff Bezos, who has added $67 billion to his fortune this year, giving him a $167 billion net worth on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of 12:30 p.m. in New York on Tuesday.
  Here are six ways to put that $67 billion gain into context:It’s more than the entire market capitalization of FedEx.
  Bezos’s gain th
  
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• Amazon joins Apple in climb to $1,000,000,000,000 (trillion) market value

  04-09-2018 13:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Amazon.com shares rose as much as 1.9 percent, pushing the company briefly beyond a market value of $1 trillion, a milestone Apple reached last month.
  It’s a historic accomplishment for Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, who founded the company in his Seattle garage in 1994 as a small online bookseller. Now Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, running a diversified global enterprise with more than $200 billion in annual sales and more than 575,000 employees.
  While Amazon has come
  
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• Bravo! Newport Beach native part of international naval exercises, new Eagle Scouts and more

  04-09-2018 13:09 via ocregister.com
  
  A 2010 Newport Harbor High School graduate serving in the U.S. Navy participated this summer in the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific.
  Newport Beach native Petty Officer 3rd Class Dillan Freiberg is an operations specialist aboard USS Lake Champlain.
  The theme of the 2018 exercise was “Capable, Adaptive, Partners.” The training program includes amphibious operations, gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises
  
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• Property tax deferment applications open to elderly, disabled

  04-09-2018 13:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Applications for property tax deferment for the 2018-19 tax year are now available, the state controller’s office said in a statement Tuesday, Sept. 4.
  The Property Tax Postponement program, administered by State Controller Betty T. Yee, allows homeowners who are seniors, blind or have a disability, and who meet income, equity, and other requirements, to postpone payment of property taxes on their primary residence.
  The PTP program was restored in 2016 after being suspended by the legislat
  
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• Former Arizona U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl to replace John McCain

  04-09-2018 12:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELISSA DANIELS
  PHOENIX (AP) — The governor of Arizona announced Tuesday that he will appoint former Sen. Jon Kyl to fill the late Sen. John McCain’s seat in the U.S. Senate.
  Gov. Doug Ducey made the announcement on Twitter minutes before a scheduled news conference.
  Kyl, a Republican, is currently shepherding Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kyl’s appointment may make it possible for him to vote for the nomination.
  Ducey, also a Republi
  
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• Bob Woodward’s new book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump’s presidency

  04-09-2018 12:45 via ocregister.com
  By Philip Rucker and Robert Costa,
  The Washington Post
  John Dowd was convinced that President Donald Trump would commit perjury if he talked to special counsel Robert Mueller. So on Jan. 27 the president’s then-personal attorney staged a practice session to make his point.
  In the White House residence, Dowd peppered Trump with questions about the Russia investigation, provoking stumbles, contradictions and lies until the president eventually lost his cool.
  “This thing’s a godda
  
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• Curt Seeden: A square mile of recreational opportunities

  04-09-2018 12:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain Valley is fortunate to be home to one of the great gems of Orange County — Mile Square Regional Park, with its more than 600 acres of recreational opportunities, including baseball and soccer fields, three golf courses, two fishing lakes and lots of picnic shelters.
  The park is one of my favorite spots in the city, and its borders — Brookhurst Street, Edinger Avenue, Euclid Street and Warner Avenue — are constantly populated by walkers and runners.
  Here are 10 things t
  
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• Football: Albano’s Top 25 Orange County rankings for Week 3

  04-09-2018 12:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Three-week sample sizes in football have long been considered enough to make informed decisions. That principal certainly seems to apply to the Orange County football rankings after three weeks.
  There were enough significant results in Week 2 to dramatically shift the rankings. Here’s how I see the gridiron landscape:
  ALBANO’S TOP 25
  1.Mater Dei
  2. JSerra
  3. Mission Viejo
  4. Orange Lutheran
  5. Santa Margarita
  6. Servite
  7. Tesoro
  8. Los Alamitos
  9. Corona del Mar
  10. Capistrano Valle
  
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• Lyle Lovett looks back at breaking into Nashville, the 30th anniversary of ‘Pontiac,’ and the tour that brings him to Cerritos on Sunday

  04-09-2018 12:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Lyle Lovett remembers going to Nashville for the first time in 1984 to make the rounds of music publishers and record companies in search of someone willing to take a chance on a young, unknown singer-songwriter from Texas, someone willing to give him a listen and a deal.
  Those were strange days in Nashville, he says. A few years earlier the country music-themed movie “Urban Cowboy” kicked open the the honky-tonk doors and welcomed a whole new crowd to the dance.
  “It was a real
  
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