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• Orange County football scores and stats for Thursday (9-13-18)

  13-09-2018 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County football games on Thursday, Sept. 13.
  O.C. SUMMARIES
  NONLEAGUE
  Sunny Hills 41, Kennedy 0
  Sunny Hills     7   20   14    0  —  41
  Kennedy         0    0     0     0  —   0
  Note: Luke Duxbury threw three TD passes to Wilson Cal for Sunny Hills.
  Yorba Linda 30, Foothill 3
  Foothill          &
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Friday, Sept. 14

  13-09-2018 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Friday, Sept. 14.
  FOOTBALL
  Games 7 p.m. unless noted
  NONLEAGUEDiamond Ranch at La Habra, Faith Lutheran at JSerra, El Modena vs. El Dorado at Valencia High,
  Servite vs. Villa Park at El Modena High, Pomona at Garden Grove, Bellflower at Laguna Beach,
  Fullerton at Brea Olinda, Marina at Huntington Beach, La Quinta at Santa Ana Valley,
  Sonora vs. Esperanza at Yorba Linda High, Los Amigos at Costa Mesa, Irvine at Dana Hills,
  Katella at University, P
  
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• Mater Dei tops Santa Margarita in Trinity League girls golf showdown

  13-09-2018 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Two weeks after posting its worst defeat under Coach Ramon Aguirre, the Mater Dei girls golf team proved that it is once again a contender for the Trinity League title by handing rival Santa Margarita its first loss of the season Thursday at Santa Ana Country Club.
  “This boosts up their confidence,” Aguirre said of his team’s players. “Now they know they can play with anybody, and overall. It shows that they can compete.”
  Jessie Jiang fired a 1-ove
  
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• Holy fire in Riverside and Orange counties is 100 percent contained

  13-09-2018 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Holy fire, which burned 18 cabins or homes and 23,136 acres in Riverside and Orange counties, causing thousands to evacuate, is completely contained, the Cleveland National Forest said Thursday, Sept. 13.
  Full containment is reached when the blaze can no longer jump the perimeter of the fire line. A locked containment line is 100 feet in from the edge of the burn footprint.
  Fire crews will remain on the scene, looking for flare-ups.As of today, the #holyfire is at 100% containment. It will r
  
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• Week 4: High school football game predictions from Fryer and Albano

  13-09-2018 21:58 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 4 GAMES
  FRYER
  ALBANOCorona del Mar vs. San Clemente
  Corona del Mar
  Corona del MarServite vs. Villa Park
  Servite
  ServiteMission Viejo vs. Upland
  Mission Viejo
  Mission ViejoPacifica vs. Aliso Niguel
  Aliso Niguel
  Aliso NiguelTesoro vs. San Juan Hills
  Tesoro
  TesoroOrange vs. Westminster
  Orange
  OrangeMarina vs. Huntington Beach
  Huntington Beach
  Huntington BeachFulle
  
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• SWAT teams search Santa Ana cyber cafe on suspicion of gang activity in the area

  13-09-2018 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Police in Santa Ana questioned several people after serving a search warrant at a 24-hour computer gaming lounge in Santa Ana on Thursday, Sept. 13.
  SWAT teams searched the Happy Times Cyber Internet  Cafe at 1117 17th Street at about 3:30 p.m. while police questioned dozens of people in an adjacent parking lot after receiving multiple complaints of suspicious activity from nearby residents, according to Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, a spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department.
  He said that ov
  
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• Manny Machado drives in three as Dodgers take first game in St. Louis

  13-09-2018 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manny Machado hits a home run off off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher John Brebbia during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Billy Hurst)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manny Machado points skyward after hitting a home run off of St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher John Brebbia during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Billy Hurst)SoundThe gallery will resume insecon
  
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• Confusion leaves low-income children in healthcare limbo

  13-09-2018 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jocelyn Wiener, California Healthline
  Tania Alvarado’s 13-year-old daughter doesn’t smile much anymore. She doesn’t want anyone to see her front teeth, which are so crowded they’re nearly growing atop one another. The crowding makes it painful to eat; it also embarrasses her.
  “Am I going to get those braces this year?” the Los Angeles eighth-grader asks her mom, again and again.
  Alvarado always answers her the same way: “It’s still not happ
  
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• Another Shohei Ohtani? Angels looking for more two-way players in minors

  13-09-2018 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels are going to spend some time this fall seeing if they might have one or two more two-way players coming up in the minors.
  Outfielders Jared Walsh and Bo Way have both been invited to the Angels’ fall instructional league as pitchers, a nod to their success in limited appearances on the mound already.
  “We’re going to give them more tools in their tool belt,” General Manager Billy Eppler said. “It’s an opportunity to get some formal pi
  
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• California’s uninsured rate declined last year despite federal efforts to roll back ACA

  13-09-2018 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By Phil Galewitz, California Healthline
  The percentage of people without health insurance continued to decline in California last year, according to a closely watched report from the Census Bureau, released this week.
  The state’s uninsured rate edged down even as Republicans in Washington, D.C. sought to roll back the Affordable Care Act. The rate of uninsurance dropped in just two other two states: New York and Louisiana.
  In the Golden State, t
  
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• Warning to future opponents: Rams’ Aaron Donald thinks he can play better

  13-09-2018 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – Aaron Donald managed a thin smile, which should make the Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback and offensive linemen nervous.
  “I’ll be better next week,” Donald said. “I’ll be more productive, because I didn’t do much today.”
  Donald said that after Monday’s game, in which he recorded only one tackle and, oh, by the way, served as the centerpiece of a Rams defense that decimated Oakland in the second half of a 20-point victory.
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday (9-13-18)

  13-09-2018 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Thursday, Sept. 13.
  GIRLS GOLF
  EMPIRE LEAGUE
  Cypress 235, Kennedy 295
  Lakewood CC (par 36)
  Medalist: Kim (Ken) 30
  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
  Beckman 190, Irvine 217
  Strawberry Farms (par 36)
  Co-medalists: Lee (Beck) 35, Nguyen (Beck) 35. Zarnado (Irv) 36.
  NONLEAGUE
  Esperanza 211, El Modena 224
  River View (par 34)
  Co-medalists: Martinez (Esp) 40, Flores (Esp) 40. Fong (El Mo) 42
  Yorba Linda 214, El Dorado 240
  Black Gold (par 36)
  Co-medalists: Keller (YL)
  
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• Upland football faces a tough test from Mission Viejo

  13-09-2018 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Upland High School football coach Tim Salter believes a good challenge in September can lead to league and section championship glory in October, November and December.
  He has given the Highlanders quite a test this week to prove the theory.
  Upland will host Mission Viejo at 7:30 p.m. Friday in a battle of two teams ranked in the state top 25. The game will be televised live on Prime Ticket.
  Mission Viejo (4-0) is ranked No. 6 in CIF Southern Section Division 1 and No 10 in California by Maxprep
  
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• California’s experiment with beating back mega-fires

  13-09-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking at photos of an un-thinned, un-burned control woodland in the Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest, you see kindling, perfect fuel for a raging fire.
  But just around the corner in the central Sierra Nevada region, reports Lisa M. Krieger of our sister paper the San Jose Mercury, are stands of sugar pines that have been thinned using a “clustered” approach, breaking up both the pattern of the larger trees as well as clearing entirely the easy-to-ignite undergrowth.
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• Sparks’ Chelsea Gray organizes second annual shoe drive for homeless youth

  13-09-2018 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Sparks guard Chelsea Gray, left, and teammate Jantel Lavender, center, help people find the right size of shoes during the second annual Gray Matters Shoe Giveaway on Thursday at Safe Place for Youth in Venice. (Photo by Mirjam Swanson, SCNG staff)
  Sparks guard Chelsea Gray, left, and teammate Jantel Lavender, right, help people find the right size of shoes during the second annual Gray Matters Shoe Giveaway on Thursday at Safe Place for Youth in Venice. (Photo by Mirjam Swanson, SCNG staff)Soun
  
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• Feinstein and De Leon Senate race all about age

  13-09-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  From the very start of the Democrat-on-Democrat race for the U.S. Senate between longtime incumbent Dianne Feinstein and state Sen. Kevin de Leon, there has really been only one issue — age.
  That’s because in spite of what de Leon sometimes says, there’s very little difference between the two on policy. Both can be counted on to resist President Trump’s Supreme Court nominations and fight for continued abortion rights. Both are ardent gun control backers. Both back Obamac
  
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• Yes on Proposition 11 for more sensible 911 services

  13-09-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In California, about 25 percent of 911 emergency calls for an ambulance are handled by local fire departments. The other 75 percent are handled by private companies that contract with counties to provide emergency medical services.
  A 2016 state Supreme Court decision called into question whether these companies may continue to require emergency medical technicians and paramedics to be on-call during meal and rest breaks. Proposition 11 on the November ballot would clarify that the current, long-
  
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• High school basketball coach arrested on molestation charges in Santa Clarita Valley

  13-09-2018 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  A high school basketball coach suspected of molesting eight minors at various schools in the Santa Clarita Valley since 2008 was arrested Thursday, authorities announced.
  Jeremy Haggerty, 34, was taken into custody early Thursday by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and is being held in the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s station in lieu of $300,000, according to Sheriff’s Department records. He could be arraigned as early as Friday.
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• Plans for high-speed rail from LA to OC are set, but some cities aren’t happy

  13-09-2018 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Plans for an enclosed high-speed railroad line from Anaheim to Los Angeles are nearly complete, but three Whittier-area cities’ concerns aren’t being completely met.
  On Nov. 15, the California High Speed Rail Authority board is set to consider approving the 30-mile segment between Union Station in Los Angeles and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Michelle Boehm, Southern California regional director for the authority, told an audience of about 50 at a t
  
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• Alex Wood sent to Dodgers’ bullpen, as Ross Stripling takes his spot in rotation

  13-09-2018 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. LOUIS — The Dodgers’ bullpen will now have two displaced starting pitchers who don’t believe they belong there.
  Left-hander Alex Wood will move to the bullpen (joining right-hander Kenta Maeda, who moved to a relief role in mid-August). Right-hander Ross Stripling will take his spot in the rotation “for the foreseeable future,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
  “Alex sees himself as a starter. We do as well,” Roberts said, echoing statements that fo
  
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• Game of the Week: No. 9 Corona del Mar at No. 12 San Clemente

  13-09-2018 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Winning wasn’t much of a problem for San Clemente’s football program the past three seasons as it marched on without Sam Darnold.
  The Tritons entered this fall 33-8 since Darnold departed Avenida Pico on his trek toward playing quarterback and savior for the New York Jets.
  But this season, winning has been difficult for No. 12 San Clemente. The Tritons will arrive at Friday’s OCVarsity Game of the Week against visiting No. 9 Corona del Mar with some humbling numbers.
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• San Clemente woman wove tangled ‘web of lies’ in faking at least 3 pregnancies, victims say

  13-09-2018 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Ashley Bemis, the San Clemente woman suspected of fraudulently collecting donations for California firefighters, previously concocted a “web of lies” involving the death of three “children” that she never actually had, according to some of her alleged victims.
  Emily Strickland (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  In one bizarre episode, Emily Strickland of Mission Viejo streamed video of her 20-month-old son to prove to others he was still alive after Bem
  
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• West Covina’s The Lab wins $1 million grand prize on ‘World of Dance’

  13-09-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On Wednesday, Sept. 12, The Lab took home the $1 million grand prize on NBC’s “World of Dance.”
  The West Covina children’s hip-hop troupe beat more than 70 acts from around the globe, including finalists S-Rank, Charity and Andres and Michael Dameski.
  “It was really insane,” The Lab owner and creative director Valerie Ramirez said about hearing the group announced as the winner. “I felt like that whole week was really this huge rush of emotions.”
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• UCLA freshman QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson grows into leadership role

  13-09-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Perhaps the greatest compliment Bolu Olorunfunmi could pay Dorian Thompson-Robinson is not about how the quarterback throws pinpoint passes or extends plays with his legs.
  It’s that if the senior running back needed help in an emergency, he would never hesitate to dial the freshman’s number.
  When Chip Kelly first came to UCLA, the head coach, in the interest of team building, told the Bruins about how Marcus Mariota, the most successful quarterback Kelly has ever
  
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• Explosions in Massachusetts damage so many homes ‘you can’t even see the sky’

  13-09-2018 17:39 via ocregister.com
  
  LAWRENCE, Mass. — Emergency crews are responding to what they believe is a series of gas explosions that have damaged homes across three communities north of Boston.
  Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon says there are 20 to 25 homes on fire in Lawrence. Solomon, who’s in Lawrence, says there are so many fires “you can’t even see the sky.”
  The Eagle-Tribune newspaper in North Andover reports at least one home has been destroyed and several others have caught fire amid
  
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• O.C. Rescue Mission is short on diapers for growing number of young children at its Tustin transitional living center

  13-09-2018 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  With close to 100 young children housed at its Village of Hope transitional living center in Tustin, Orange County Rescue Mission finds itself short of diapers for at least a third of that young population who are not yet potty-trained.
  The Rescue Mission runs a privately funded live-in program for people who have struggled with homelessness, substance abuse and other issues and has been housing a larger number of parents with young children at the campus, a byproduct of Orange County’s in
  
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• There will be 3-pound burgers on National Cheeeseburger Day, Sept. 18

  13-09-2018 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  This may get into “Man v. Food” territory.
  Tuesday, Sept. 18, is National Cheeseburger Day, and Fuddruckers is celebrating the event by issuing a “3-Pound Burger Challenge.”
  Participants must consume the massive burger – and 1 pound of fries – to win a $25 gift certificate that essentially refunds the $25 entry fee.
  The meal comes with a bottomless Coca-Cola beverage, according to Fuddruckers’ website.
  Participants must make a reservation 24 hours i
  
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• Patient charged with vandalism, concealing handgun in violent outburst at Kaiser hospital in Downey

  13-09-2018 17:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Jesus Chavez, 34, of Lynwood, was arrested on suspicion of criminal threats after a disturbance at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey on Sept. 11, 2018. (Courtesy of Downey Police Department)
  A heavy police presence at Kaiser Permanente in Downey on Tuesday, September. 11, 2018 after a code silver, active shooter,was initiated on the second floor of building D. (Photo by Brittany MurrayPress-Telegram/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsEmployees and the public are evacuated from K
  
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• Target to hire 13,000 seasonal workers in Southern California

  13-09-2018 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Target Corp. plans to hire 13,000 seasonal workers at its Southern California stores and distribution and fulfillment centers as the company gears up for its busiest time of the year.
  The Minneapolis-based retailer will be hiring 28,000 holiday employees throughout California and 120,000 companywide to help meet the increased demand, according to Jenna Potts, Target’s chief stores’ officer.
  Target will hire 120,000 seasonal employees companywide to help meet the increased holiday dem
  
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• LA Kings: 5 major questions before training camp

  13-09-2018 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Five months removed from a rather embarrassing four-game sweep at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round of the playoffs, during which they scored just three goals, the Kings on Friday in El Segundo open training camp for the upcoming season.
  The Kings won Stanley Cup titles in 2012 and 2014. But they missed the playoffs in 2015, went out in the first round in 2016, missed them again in 2017. Then there was what happened in April, when the Kings couldn’t buy a goal agains
  
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• Festival Pass: What to see and do at Kaaboo and the return of Nocturnal Wonderland

  13-09-2018 16:16 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-November). When we cover festivals in the field, you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
  Festival Pass for Thursday, Sept. 13
  It’s a very busy festival weekend — like all of them will be through November at this point — but down in Del Mar, Kaaboo kicks off its fourth year with the Foo Fighters, Robert Plant, Ka
  
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• Feinstein says she referred letter concerning Kavanaugh to federal investigators

  13-09-2018 15:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By Seung Min Kim and Elise Viebeck
  The Washington Post
  WASHINGTON – The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that she received a letter from a person about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and referred it to federal investigators.
  “That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision. I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities,” Sen.
  
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• The longest stagecoach line through California could become a National Historic Trail

  13-09-2018 15:42 via ocregister.com
  
  160 years ago this month, the fastest and longest stagecoach route from California to Missouri began service. Passengers and mail were transported across the 2,800-mile Butterfield Overland Mail route in 25 days.
  In 1857, John Butterfield of Utica, New York, successfully won a six-year, $600,000-per-year federal contract to run a stagecoach line from St. Louis Missouri to San Francisco. Butterfield had a successful stage line company servicing western New York.
  The Overland Mail Co. had a year t
  
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• Chino Hills man linked to string of burglaries in Brea, Chino, Upland and Pomona

  13-09-2018 15:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Detectives arrested a Chino Hills man they suspect is linked to a string of burglaries in Brea, Chino, Upland and Pomona after he was found in possession of about $30,000 in stolen property in his home Wednesday, according to San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials.
  Gustavo Roberto Villalobos, 35, was arrested at his home Wednesday on suspicion of commercial burglary and possession of known stolen property, officials said.
  Authorities with the Chino Hills sheriff’s statio
  
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• Which birds are in your backyard? Here’s a guide for the changing seasons

  13-09-2018 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  September can be bittersweet, as we say goodbye to the migratory birds that spent the summer nesting and raising their young in Southern California backyards. Many species, including hooded and Bullock’s orioles, black-chinned and Costa’s hummingbirds, black-headed grosbeaks and cliff swallows, have already begun their journey to their winter grounds in Mexico and Central America. But soon our winter residents such as yellow-rumped warblers, dark-eyed juncos and flocks of white-crown
  
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• An early look at Breeders’ Cup Classic early favorites

  13-09-2018 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Even without Triple Crown champion Justify, this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs is shaping up to be one humdinger of a horse race.
  Even though it says here that Horse of the Year won’t be in play – Justify’s status as a lock for the award is being disputed on many internet message boards – the 35th Classic, on paper, is shaping up to be just that. It looks to be a classic race featuring some of the best horses in training.
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• Laguna Beach house dubbed ‘bird in flight’ awaits a buyer

  13-09-2018 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2,800-square-foot house has expansive views of the Pacific Ocean. Take a tour in the slideshow. (Photos by David Lamb)SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds(Photo by Marilyn Kalfus, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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  An ocean-view Laguna Beach home with soaring angles called “bird in flight,” built by noted architect Chris Abel four decades ago as his own residence, is on the market for $3.15 million.
  The can
  
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• How to clear arrest warrants with Long Beach police this weekend

  13-09-2018 14:36 via ocregister.com
  
  If there’s a warrant out for your arrest for a non-violent misdemeanor, this weekend, Long Beach police will give you the opportunity to take care of it without going to jail.
  On Saturday, the department is hosting a four-hour warrant clearing event at Long Beach City College’s Pacific Coast Campus for those with outstanding warrants for traffic violations and non-violent misdemeanors. Those who participate will go home with a new court date and their warrant removed from the sy
  
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• Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa ruled out against Buffalo with bone bruise in left foot

  13-09-2018 14:28 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Joey Bosa will not play against the Buffalo Bills in Week 2, but the Chargers defensive end remains week-to-week with a left foot injury.
  The Pro Bowl pass-rusher is recovering from a bone bruise, the Chargers confirmed, and a second evaluation on Wednesday did not reveal anything that would alter his prescribed treatment of rest and rehabilitation. Bosa missed the entire preseason with a foot injury, but recovered from that ailment before re-injuring the same foot during the
  
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• Are cryptocurrency transactions taxable?

  13-09-2018 14:28 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s been a lot of talk about cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies, including how much they’re worth and the transactions in which to buy them. What happens, though, when you sell them or use them to buy something? Do you have to worry about taxes?
  Let’s look at some of the different applications of virtual currency.
  The IRS has determined virtual currency is property. This means that gain or loss applies if the virtual currency is a capital asset in the hands of an invest
  
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• Small borrowers, pot providers and gun dealers need more access to lending

  13-09-2018 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 4.60 percent, up 6 basis points from last week’s 4.54 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 4.06 percent, up 7 basis points from last week’s 3.99 percent.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported loan application volume decreased 1.8 percent from the previous week, and Attom Data Solutions re
  
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• 2 dead, a third hospitalized after Irvine crash

  13-09-2018 13:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Two people are dead following a crash Thursday morning, Sept. 13, in Irvine, police said.
  The crash was reported shortly after 10 a.m. on Oak Canyon near Valley Oak Drive. The two deceased victims were pronounced dead at the scene. A third person was taken to a hospital, said Orange County Fire Authority Battalion Chief Mike Morganstern.
  Details about what led to the crash and how many vehicles were involved were not immediately available
  Drivers were asked to avoid the area. Oak Canyon was
  
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• UCLA football mailbag: Assessing the state of the Bruins

  13-09-2018 13:34 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA showed more potential in its blowout loss to Oklahoma than it did against Cincinnati in its season opener, but no matter the improved effort, the result looks the same in the final stat sheet.
  The Bruins are 0-2 for the first time since 2010 and could drop to 0-3 for the first time since 1971 with two tough conference games to open the Pac-12 slate on the other side of the bye.
  The offense has underwhelmed and now UCLA faces a Fresno State team that’s a betting favorite Saturday. Gett
  
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• Eddie Secord up to the challenge in Lucas Oil Modified Series

  13-09-2018 13:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lucas Oil Modified Series returns with the Geico 100 on Saturday night at the Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, with Jim Mardis defending his 2017 victory. Taylor Minch, who finished second to Mardis, leads the drivers’ standings by 42 points ahead of rookie Justin Johnson, who is atop rookie of the year chase. Dylan Cappello, the 2014 series champ, is third.
  Eddie Secord of Oak Hills will be among the local drivers entered. Orange Show fan favorite Linny White of Colton, who was
  
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• Why did orcas make a rare showing off Orange County coast? They were hunting dolphins — and they’re still around

  13-09-2018 13:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Orcas were seen feasting on at least three dolphins between Dana Point and Newport Beach, at times seeming to use strategy to confuse the younger dolphins. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Lawler/Newport Coastal Adventure)
  A pod of orcas showed up off San Clemente, heading north through Dana Point and Laguna Beach, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, giving a rare glimpse as they passed through Orange County. (Photo courtesy of John Weber/Danawharf.com)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA pod of orcas showe
  
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• Anaheim Ducks: 5 major questions before training camp

  13-09-2018 13:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks open training camp Friday with more questions than answers and plenty of reasons to believe their Stanley Cup championship window has slammed shut on their fingers. The Ducks are said to be too old, too slow and too resistant to change to be contenders.
  Training camp will reveal whether they’ve regained their health and altered their style of play sufficiently to remain a playoff-caliber team. It’s not as if they weren’t aware of their shortcomings during and after an
  
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• Laguna Woods Village co-op board advances bylaw that sets limits on Golden Rain Foundation

  13-09-2018 13:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The Laguna Woods United Mutual Board advanced the Golden Rain Foundations Bylaw 2.1.4 onto the annual meeting of the Corporate Members after heavy redlining during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11.
  Essentially this bylaw limits and controls the parameters in which GRF may operate businesses and activities on Trust property via guidelines, according to a Village Management Services staff report.
  “In my opinion, this resolution … is probably the most important resolution that
  
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• Corky Carroll: A look at ‘extreme souths’ and how they changed my life

  13-09-2018 12:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Today I thought I would venture off onto a subject that I have actually never touched upon in all the years of rambling at you each week, but one that is part of surfing in Southern California at this time of year.
  This is the time when we get what I like to refer to as “extreme souths.” These are big swells generated from storms off of the southern tip of Baja. What happens is large storms form off of mainland Mexico and then turn out to sea somewhere south of the tip of Baja.
  
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• Southern California home values since the bubble burst: 7 things to know

  13-09-2018 12:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Scars of the real estate crash are still felt across Southern California.
  For example, Inland Empire home values remain 12.3 percent below their bubble-era high — the fourth-worst performance among 35 major U.S. markets, according to a new report by real estate tracker Zillow.
  That same study, found values in Los Angeles and Orange counties are 5.5 percent above their pre-crash peak, only the 20th largest rebound of areas tracked.
  Ten years ago this month, the collapse of Wall Street giant
  
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• Daxon: Brea leaders block all short-term renting of homes in city

  13-09-2018 11:27 via ocregister.com
  Most of us chose to live in residential neighborhoods occupied by people who also take pride in their homes and the neighborhood.
  What we don’t want is for that home next door to suddenly turn into a weekend party house with all the noise, hoopla, foul language and trash that often comes with it. This seems to happen when the owner lives elsewhere, and purchased the house for use only as a short-term rental. Maybe it is listed on AirBnB, VRBO or one of the other temporary home rental websi
  
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