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• Kartje: L.A. NFL teams built to last through new stadium and beyond

  18-09-2018 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  A plane come in for a landing at LAX as work continues on schedule for the new Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park in Inglewood on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018. When completed in the summer of 2020, it will be the new home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  Members of the media tour the new Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park in Inglewood on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018. When completed in the summer of 2020, it will be the new home of the Los Angeles Rams an
  
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• USC to be without Porter Gustin for first half against Washington State

  18-09-2018 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A hit from the opening series of the third quarter of USC’s 37-14 loss to Texas on Saturday will impact the Trojans’ upcoming game Friday against Washington State.
  Porter Gustin, the pass-rushing outside linebacker, was ejected for a targeting penalty when he charged into Sam Ehlinger, popping off the Texas quarterback’s helmet.
  The penalty carries over for an additional half, meaning Gustin will be in the home locker room at the Coliseum for the first two q
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers’ Walker Buehler the ace-in-waiting? Why not?

  18-09-2018 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — This time a year ago Walker Buehler was the new kid, the prospect who was here to throw a few innings but mostly watch and learn as the Dodgers’ veterans chased a championship.
  Today, as those veterans again chase a championship, here is an indication of Buehler’s current importance: If the Dodgers’ pursuit of their sixth straight National League West title comes down to Game 162 in San Francisco a week from Sunday, Buehler will be the guy getting
  
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• A’s have done what Angels have not: overcome a rotation ravaged by injuries

  18-09-2018 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The injuries to the Angels’ starting rotation have been well-chronicled, and a major reason why the team has failed to live up to expectations.
  Then, there are the Oakland A’s.
  As the Angels opened a three-game series against the A’s on Tuesday night, the Angels were looking ahead to 2019 and the A’s are counting the days until they can clinch a wild-card berth.
  At 90-60 heading into Tuesday’s game, the A’s have demonstrated that overcoming inj
  
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• OCVarsity Video: Mater Dei vs. IMG Academy preview, plus Week 5’s other top games

  18-09-2018 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Steve Fryer, Dan Albano and Jonathan Khamis were at Mater Dei High on Tuesday to talk about the OCVarsity Game of the Week between the Monarchs and IMG Academy of Florida. They have interviews with Coach Bruce Rollinson and players Bru McCoy and Bryce Young. The Gridiron guys also preview two other big games this week – Orange Lutheran vs. Mission Viejo and Los Alamitos vs. Tesoro.
  Video by Jonathan Khamis, for the Orange County Register.
  
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• Dave Roberts applauds Clayton Kershaw’s ability to adjust, be ‘flexible’

  18-09-2018 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It is not a word that has been associated with Clayton Kershaw very often.
  “We can use the word ‘flexible,’ yeah,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of the adjustments Kershaw has made over the past few years. “He’s as stubborn a guy as I’ve ever been around. But that’s a good thing. I don’t know what it’s like to be a great player. He’s great. You’ve really got to be convincing when somebody has had so m
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Wednesday, Sept. 19

  18-09-2018 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Wednesday, Sept. 19.
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
  ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
  Orange at Estancia
  TRINITY LEAGUE
  Mater Dei at JSerra
  BOYS WATER POLO
  FREEWAY LEAGUE
  Buena Park at Sunny Hills, Sonora at Troy
  NONLEAGUE
  Rancho Alamitos at Westminster, El Dorado at Walnut, Valencia at Canyon, Saddleback at Garden Grove
   
   
  
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• David Fletcher’s injury clears the way for Sherman Johnson to finally reach majors with Angels

  18-09-2018 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Sherman Johnson was relaxing at home in Tampa, playing video games late at night and not even thinking about the baseball season that, for him, ended two weeks earlier.
  Then he got the phone call he’d spent years waiting for.
  When Angels assistant general manager Jonathan Strangio told Johnson that he was headed to the big leagues, “I kind of didn’t believe him at first,” Johnson said.
  Johnson had a cross-country flight for it to sink in, and on Tuesday af
  
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• Animal rights group files complaint alleging negligent treatment of UC Irvine research animals

  18-09-2018 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  An Ohio-based animal welfare group has filed a complaint with a federal agency about UC Irvine’s treatment of research animals that includes allegations a university spokesman said are “flatly inaccurate.”
  Stop Animal Exploitation Now sent a Sept. 15 letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggesting the 2017 deaths of four rabbits, a sheep and a pig in UCI labs were the result of negligence by medical researchers and that they violated the federal Animal Welfare Act.
  
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• Jeff Sessions’ worries about a level online playing field

  18-09-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This month, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions will welcome a number of state attorneys general to consider whether America’s leading tech companies have too much power over the media — and what if anything to do about it.
  The issue has the potential to further divide conservatives and libertarians. Some on the right view the companies as avowed enemies of free speech. Others insist that private businesses in the media industry cannot be compelled by law to give a certain a
  
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• Getting up close and personal to photograph homeless people is the focus of Long Beach man’s advocacy

  18-09-2018 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Eye contact. A smile. A hand extended for a shake.
  David Freeman is making contact with two homeless women at a busy street corner in Anaheim. A Nikon d500 camera hangs from his neck, but he won’t take their photographs without asking first.
  “Hi,” he says, “my name’s Dave.”
  When they share their names, Freeman tells them why he’s there: “I’m an activist.”
  Jack, 54 lives on railroad tracks in the Carson/Torrance area. David Freeman&rsquo
  
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• Judge Kavanaugh and a charge from decades ago

  18-09-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  During Hollywood’s golden age, director Howard Hawks was making a movie called “His Girl Friday,” based on Ben Hecht’s Broadway hit, “The Front Page.” The role of journalist Hildy Johnson, a male character in the play, went to actress Rosalind Russell. Her performance in the film became “a role model for American women braving the male-dominated workforce,” in the words of one biographer.
  Russell’s Hildy Johnson was brassy, funny, fearless an
  
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• Laguna Woods Village condo board mulls revisions to decades-old appliance policy in 3-story buildings

  18-09-2018 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — Laguna Woods Village’s Third Mutual board on Tuesday, Sept. 18 discussed revisions to a 20-year-old policy that bans the installation of washers and dryers in three-story buildings.
  Active since Dec. 15, 1998, the original alteration standard has prohibited third-story members from furnishing their manors with said appliances, while terminating variance requests to do so, according to a Village Management Services staff report.
  The board’s efforts on Tuesday clar
  
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• Disney, hotel workers reach tentative agreement to raise wages, grant $1,000 bonuses

  18-09-2018 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  After a year and a half of negotiations, Disneyland Resort hotel workers appear to have struck a deal with their employer, which would raise wages nearly $2 an hour and in same cases more.
  Unite Here Local 11 reached a tentative contract agreement with Disney late Monday that would cover about 2,700 of its 3,000 members, union spokesman Austin Lynch said.
  It would increase starting wages for most of those workers from $13.25 to $15 an hour on Jan. 31, and it would deliver $1,000 employee bonuses
  
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• Third Marine recruit files lawsuit against food service company, claiming negligence led to kidney and brain damage

  18-09-2018 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A third Marine recruit has filed a lawsuit against a food provider claiming its negligent food handling caused him to become sick last year, leading to permanent kidney and brain damage and cutting short his Marine Corps career.
  In the lawsuit filed against Sodexo Inc., Tristan Abbott, 19, said exposure to undercooked beef in 2017 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego led to his medical discharge April 27.  Abbott fell ill after eating food provided by Sodexo.
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• Proposition 1 is not the answer to our housing crisis. Vote no.

  18-09-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The extent of the housing crisis in California is vast and undeniable. Our state has become a very expensive place to find a roof over our heads. Most of the blame for this lies with inadequate housing production over the past few decades.
  Proposition 1, the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018, seeks to combat this problem by authorizing $4 billion in general obligation bonds to finance various housing programs across the state.
  The least bothersome component sought by this measure
  
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• JSerra’s Anthony Grover runs personal best in Hawaii, huge challenge coming soon

  18-09-2018 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Anthony Grover’s sophomore year was sensational.
  His junior year, so far, is looking much the same.
  Grover was the Orange County male cross country athlete of the year last season as a JSerra sophomore. He was victorious at the Orange County Championships and won championships at the CIF-Southern Section and CIF State meets.
  This past weekend Grover ran a personal-best 14:44 at the Iolani Cross Country Invitational on Oahu. That’s the fastest high school time in the nation.
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• Orange County football standings: Week 5 update

  18-09-2018 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school football standings through Tuesday, Sept. 18.
  FOOTBALLAcademy League
  W-L
  PF
  PA
  Capistrano Valley Christian
  4-1
  156
  94
  Trinity Classical Academy
  1-3
  144
  91
  Fairmont Prep
  1-3
  105
  129
  Firebaugh
  1-4
  38
  201
  Ribet Academy
  0-3
  24
  104
  Big 4 League
  W-L
  PF
  PA
  Garden Grove
  4-0
  128
  46
  Segerstrom
  4-1
  153
  45
  Marina
  2-3
  128
  130
  Westminster
  0-5
  60
  244
  Crestview League
  W-L
  PF
  PA
  El Modena
  3-1
  78
  43
  Yorba Linda
  3-1
  90
  53
  Villa Park
  3-1
  126
  68
  Canyon
  0-4
  54
  164
  Empire League
  W-L
  PF
  PA
  
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• Police shoot suspect in Garden Grove domestic violence incident

  18-09-2018 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Police in Garden Grove shot one suspect while responding to a report of a domestic dispute on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
  The incident happened sometime before 3:30 p.m. at the parking lot of the Ralphs grocery store near the intersection of Euclid Street and Chapman Avenue, according to a Twitter post from the Garden Grove Police Department. It said that a man had been attacking a woman prior to the shooting.Update**The initial call was a domestic violence with a male attacking a female. Officers arrive
  
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• Chip Kelly brushes off criticism from Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s father

  18-09-2018 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Chip Kelly’s lack of a Twitter account hasn’t stopped the social media platform from suddenly entering the UCLA coach’s world this week.
  After UCLA’s 38-17 loss to Fresno State last Saturday, Michael Robinson, the father of freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, took to Twitter to criticize Kelly for “lousy coaching and play calling.”
  When asked Tuesday if he had been informed of the messages, Kelly said he had, and that he had no response.
  “I me
  
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• Looking at the state of UCLA football after nonconference play

  18-09-2018 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Between the fumbles and the flags and the offense that was moving at a snail’s pace, what Petros Papadakis watched when the FOX Sports analyst called UCLA’s game against Fresno State on Saturday was a far cry from what Chip Kelly was supposed to have brought to Westwood.
  “That’s not a football team that has it together,” Papadakis said Tuesday.
  At 0-3 entering an open date this week, the present version of UCLA football looks rough. But the difficult start hasn
  
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• Who are the 10 most important NFL players in Los Angeles?

  18-09-2018 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Says teammate Lamarcus Joyner of new Rams cornerback Marcus Peters: “You always hear people say, ‘This guy gambles a lot. “But what you don’t hear is how smart of a player he is.” (Photo by Michael Owen Baker)
  Rams cornerback Marcus Peters has been fined $13,000 by the NFL for this crotch-grabbing touchdown celebration after a 50-yardinterception return for a score in a victory over the Raiders Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 in Oakland. (AP Photo/John Hefti)SoundThe gallery
  
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• Ducks GM Bob Murray says he didn’t want a rental, so he didn’t trade for Erik Karlsson

  18-09-2018 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JOSE — Ducks general manager Bob Murray acknowledged he could have parted with a similar package of prospects and draft picks that enabled the San Jose Sharks to acquire superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson from the Ottawa Senators last week.
  But then what?
  “You’re not going to trade for him for one year,” Murray said. “You’ve got to be able to think you can sign him going forward and I just didn’t feel we would be in a position to sign him going forwa
  
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• Trinity League boys basketball teams playing each other only once

  18-09-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trinity League’s boys basketball teams will play each other only one time during the 2018-19 season.
  Santa Margarita assistant athletic director Sean Zeitler said the single league game scheduling will provide more opportunities for Trinity League teams to play in more tournaments and to set up games against other top teams in Southern California during the season.
  League teams traditionally play each other twice during the season in league play.
  This concept is only in place for the c
  
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• First ballplayers in Great Park stadium want back on the fields

  18-09-2018 16:53 via ocregister.com
  
  High school players and coaches who took part in the opening ceremonies of the Orange County Great Park baseball stadium on Sunday, Sept. 16, gave the 1,200-seat facility rave reviews.
  “It’s unbelievable, it’s awesome,” Tustin High baseball coach Charles Chatman said. “It’s like spring training. It’s the closest to the Arizona (spring training) complex we have.”
  One of the baseball fields at the Great Park in Irvine has fan and VIP seating and a pr
  
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• Orange County girls athletes of the week: Mya Wang and Emily Markus, University

  18-09-2018 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Register girls athletes of the week for Sept 18, 2018:
  Names: Mya Wang and Emily Markus
  School: University
  Sport: Girls tennis
  Noteworthy: The sophomores swept at No. 1 doubles 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 to help the Trojans post a 10-8 victory against Campbell Hall of North Hollywood, then the top-ranked team in CIF-SS Division 1. “They got the three (points) for us that we needed,” University coach John Kessler said of the duo. “They’re just solid. They take chances
  
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• Former Fullerton sergeant pleads not guilty to filing false report related to crash involving then-city manager

  18-09-2018 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A former Fullerton police sergeant pleaded not guilty to a felony count of filing a false police report related to a 2016 crash involving then-City Manager Joe Felz.
  At about 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2016, Felz drove over a curb in a Fullerton neighborhood, struck a tree and drove away, only to be stopped by police nearby, prosecutors have said. According to prosecutors, Rodger Jeffrey Corbett, then a Fullerton police sergeant, was called to the scene. Corbett performed only a
  
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• Irvine police may add drones to law enforcement toolkit

  18-09-2018 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine police may join a growing number of public safety agencies using drones to help catch criminals, fight fires and locate missing people.
  If the City Council agrees on Tuesday, Sept. 25, to create a drone team, Irvine police would become Orange County’s second law enforcement agency – after Laguna Beach police – to use unmanned aircraft. Anaheim Fire and Rescue has used drones to monitor wildland fires, and several public safety agencies in Los Angeles County and
  
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• 10 ways to celebrate the first-ever ‘California Surfing Day’ Thursday

  18-09-2018 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The surf culture is ingrained in our easy-going, laid-back lifestyle.
  It’s in the clothes we wear, thanks to the surf industry born and raised here in Southern California. Surfing is in our music and language, dude. There’s countless surf spots, enjoyed by thousands of surfers, along the coast – and even one in the center of the state with a new man-made pool recently built near Fresno.
  It’s such an important part of our culture that California dubbed surfing th
  
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• 11-year-old girl missing from San Clemente foster home found in Oregon, with mother arrested on suspicion of abduction

  18-09-2018 16:03 via ocregister.com
  
  An 11-year-old girl who went missing from a San Clemente foster home earlier this month was found in Oregon with her mother getting arrested on suspicion of abducting her, authorities said Tuesday.
  The girl was last seen at her foster home on the night of Thursday, Sept. 6, with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department saying she had spoken to her mother, Sera Fina, 42, shortly before going missing. Photos of the girl and her mother were released to the public.
  On Tuesday, the agency an
  
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• Anaheim briefs: Neighborhood districts will be meeting in October

  18-09-2018 15:58 via ocregister.com
  Neighbors of Anaheim neighborhood district regularly meet with city staff to get updates and offer input on issues and projects in the communities.
  Everyone is invited to the district meetings, the next wave are scheduled, with all meetings starting at 7 p.m.:
  Districts 1 and 2: Oct. 3 at Brookhurst Community Center, 2271 W. Crescent Ave.
  District 3: Oct. 4 at Downtown Anaheim Community Center, 250 E. Center St.
  District 4: Oct. 10 at  Ball Junior High School, 1500 W. Ball Road
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• Halloween Horror Nights: Stars from ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Stranger Things’ and more reveal what scares them the most

  18-09-2018 15:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights officially kicked off its haunting season on Friday, Sept. 14 with a blood red carpet and plenty of familiar faces from some of the scariest feature films and TV shows.
  Cast members from TV shows like “Stranger Things,” “The Purge” and “The Walking Dead” as well as stars from “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and “Unfriended: Dark Web” walked the carpet and did intervi
  
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• Impaired drivers just got a little easier to catch in Orange County

  18-09-2018 15:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Forensic Scientist Allison Flattum demonstrates the bullet recovery tank at the OC Crime Lab in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. The tank is filled with water which slows the bullet and preserves the signature of the gun barrel on the bullet. September 17-21 is National Forensic Science Week. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Dani Mata, Senior Forensic Scientist, checks on blood samples being tested by a new liquid chromatograph in the OC Crime Lab in Santa Ana,
  
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• Renaissance Theatre Company’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ opens Friday in Laguna Hills

  18-09-2018 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Renaissance Theatre Company (formerly Laguna Niguel Community Theatre) will take a trip to the 1960s for a psychedelic remake of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” staged in the round at the Laguna Hills Community Center. The curtain will open for Oscar Wilde’s comedic satire at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 and continue through Sunday, Sept. 30.
  “Earnest” has been hailed as a classic for over a century, performed thousands of times around the wor
  
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• Relay for Life fundraiser at Oso Creek Trail set for Sunday

  18-09-2018 14:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of locals are expected to turn out for the Oso Creek Trail Cancer Walk Fundraiser for American Cancer Society on Sunday, Sept. 23, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.  Participants will meet at Norman P. Murray Community Center Terrace.
  The cost is $30 per person and $15 for each additional family member; kids 5 and under are free.
  To register, visit RelayForLife.org/socca. For details, call American Cancer Society at 949-567-0602.  Registration includes a drawstring backpack with good
  
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• Lake Forest will offer free screenings, vaccinations to seniors on Thursday

  18-09-2018 14:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Lake Forest will host a Senior Resource Fair and Vaccination Clinic from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Sept. 20 at City Hall. The event will feature free thyroid and stroke screenings, along with BMI and cholesterol testing. Exhibitors – including Trader Joes – will provide free samples. The first 200 attendees will receive a free emergency preparedness backpack.
  In partnership with Walgreens, vaccinations are free to Medicare recipients (bring your card) and low cost for ot
  
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• Casa Romantica holds signature fundraiser, ‘Toast to the Casa’ on Saturday

  18-09-2018 14:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Toast to the Casa is Casa Romantica’s signature fundraiser, supporting culture programs including critically-acclaimed performances, exhibitions, lectures, and children’s academies. Funds also support the preservation of the nonprofit institution’s historic Ole Hanson home and maintenance for its botanical gardens.
  Themed “Casablanca,” the 16th annual event will take place 5:30-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens
  
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• Meet SpaceX’s first private passenger to the moon

  18-09-2018 14:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California-based SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced Monday that Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa will be the first private citizen to purchase a ticket on a lunar mission. Maezawa vowed to invite as many as eight artists to join him on the journey, which is expected to lift off sometime in 2023.Who is Yusaku Maezawa?Age: 42
  Nationality: Japanese
  Net worth: $3 billion
  Education: Skipped college to move to the U.S. with his girlfriend, where he started collecting record albums and CDs
  
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• Newport Beach surgeon who appeared on Bravo reality show and his girlfriend accused of raping 2 women

  18-09-2018 14:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A well-known Newport Beach surgeon who has appeared on a Bravo reality show and his girlfriend have been charged with raping two women through the use of drugs, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday.
  Investigators found hundreds of videos of apparently intoxicated women believed to have been filmed by Grant William Robicheaux and Cerissa Laura Riley and have learned the pair attended high-profile festivals across the country, leading police to
  
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• Boy George talks about songwriting, love and Culture Club’s new music

  18-09-2018 14:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Gone are the days when Culture Club’s iconic frontman Boy George penned songs based on heartbreak and dramatic episodes in his life and instead a lighter side has emerged.
  “I think in the early days everything was very literal and I wrote about whatever was going on in my life,” Boy George said in a phone interview while on a tour stop in Wisconsin. “When I was younger I was much more dramatic and there was a lot of personal stuff going on and I felt like I needed to tell
  
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• Tracking great white sharks and stingrays? New method uses ‘environmental DNA’

  18-09-2018 13:52 via ocregister.com
  
  One day, we might no longer have to watch for a fin sticking out of the water to know if great white sharks are lurking nearby.
  Researchers have developed a new method of tracking sharks using “environmental DNA” evidence to monitor California’s shoreline, giving a glimpse at how advances in technology may one day help lifeguards and beachgoers have a better idea of when sharks are present off local waters.
  Researchers tagged seven great white sharks offshore in Sunset and Surf
  
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• Tesla reportedly under criminal investigation for Elon Musk’s comments

  18-09-2018 13:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Tesla shares took another hit Tuesday, Sept. 18 as shares in the electric car maker fell almost 4 percent following a report the Department of Justice is investigating the company because of statements made by Chief Executive Elon Musk.
  According to Bloomberg, “two people familiar with the matter” have said the DOJ has opened a criminal fraud probe into Tesla based on comments Musk made last month about taking the company private. Musk shocked Wall Street, and pretty much everyone el
  
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• Showdown Kavanaugh hearing not yet set: Dems, GOP arguing on witnesses

  18-09-2018 13:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Wrestling for advantage, Democratic and Republican senators argued Tuesday over who could, should or would testify at next Monday’s hearing with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accuses him of a sexual assault when they were in high school. Doubts were even raised whether she would appear.
  Meanwhile, Kavanaugh was at the White House for a second straight day, but again did not meet with President D
  
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• Old Pros’ patio shows prove popular with Shakespeare fans in Laguna Woods

  18-09-2018 12:33 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — The Old Pros theater troupe brought a taste of Shakespeare to the Clubhouse One patio for two sold-out shows on Sunday and Monday evenings. Strolling minstrels serenaded the audiences with traditional songs as a cast of 30 performed scenes from Shakespeare’s most beloved works, accompanied by visual effects, video and dance.
  Cast members of Laguna Woods Village’s theater troupe the “Old Pros” before their presentation of Shakespeare on the Patio at th
  
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• Whittier Christian football forfeits Friday’s game to Adelanto because of safety concerns

  18-09-2018 12:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Whittier Christian athletic director Rolland Esslinger said the Heralds’ football team is forfeiting Friday’s non-league game against undefeated Adelanto due to “safety concerns” because of low enrollment and recent injuries.
  It will go down as a 1-0 forfeit victory for Adelanto.
  Whittier Christian, who was 4-6 last year and 6-4 in 2016, is 0-5 and off to its worst start in more than a decade. It has lost its last four games by a combined score of 196-24 and things weren&
  
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• Florence flood victims get food and water; rain spreads to Northeast

  18-09-2018 12:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHUCK BURTON and MARTHA WAGGONER
  The Associated Press
  WILMINGTON, N.C. — Stranded by Florence’s epic floods days after the hurricane hit North Carolina, Wilmington residents lined up by the hundreds Tuesday for free food, water and tarps, while officials managed to open a second route into the surrounded city.
  The death toll from the storm rose to at least 34 in three states, with 26 fatalities in North Carolina, as Florence’s remnants brought downpours to the heavily popula
  
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• Julie Chen leaving ‘The Talk’ after husband’s CBS ouster

  18-09-2018 11:48 via ocregister.com
  
  STUDIO CITY — A videotaped message from Julie Chen explaining why she is leaving as a co-host of “The Talk” will be shown on Tuesday’s episode of the CBS daytime talk show, CNN reported.
  Chen will remain as the host of the prime-time alternative series “Big Brother,” according to New York Post’s gossip column Page Six. “Big Brother” ends its season Sept. 26.
  Chen has not appeared on “The Talk” since her husband Leslie Moonves&rsqu
  
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• Trade war escalates as China announces tariffs on U.S. imports

  18-09-2018 11:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOE McDONALD
  The Associated Press
  BEIJING — The U.S.-China trade war escalated further Tuesday, with China announcing retaliatory tax increases on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals.
  The increases are in response to the U.S. announcing it will impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese-made goods starting next week. The tariffs will start at 10 percent, then rise to 25 percent on Jan. 1.
  China’s Finance Ministry said its tariff
  
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• California Craft Beer Summit and Festival is coming to Long Beach in 2019

  18-09-2018 11:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach just got tapped to host a prestigious beer event next year.
  Tickets will go on sale in May for the California Craft Beer Summit and Beer Festival, an event that usually takes place in Sacramento but will be coming to the Long Beach Convention Center on September 12-14, 2019.
  “We’re going to be celebrating our fifth year of the California Beer Summit in Long Beach…we’re really excited to bring it to the California area,” said Leia Bailey, managing directo
  
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  When the last episode of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” ended, bad things were about to happen. Kelly Dodd had just compared Emily Simpson’s husband Shane to a small lady dog, and Emily, in turn, threatened to kill Kelly, presumably not with kindness.
  But when the next episode arrived on Bravo on Monday, Sept. 17? Oh lordy, I think I need a dirty martini with an NC-17 amount of dirt in it to say these things out loud. Worse than getting naked, drunk and bone-broken in M
  
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