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• Orange County football scores and stats for Thursday (9-20-18)

  20-09-2018 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County football games on Thursday, Sept. 20.
  FOOTBALL
  O.C. SUMMARIES
  San Clemente 31, Edison 24
  San Clemente     7   14   0  10  —  31
  Edison                 3    7    7    7  —  24
  Passing: Costello (SC) 15-23-179, 1 TD. Boyles (Edi) 16-30-227, 1 TD.
  Rushing: SC – Costello, 11-124, 1 TD, Donaldson, 9-37, 2 TD. Ed
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best Southern California casino

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Pechanga Resort & Casino
  45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula. 951-693-1819, pechanga.com.
  As one of the larger casinos in Southern California, Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula has continued to grow over the years and in the last 7 months put the finishing touches on a $300 million expansion.
  The expansion includes a new 14-story hotel tower adding 568 rooms and suites, a 68,000-square foot building that includes a 40,000 square foot events center – Pechanga Summit – where co
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best run/race

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Surf City Marathon & Half Marathon
  Huntington Beach; 562-795-8900; motivrunning.com/run-surf-city
  Runners participating in Orange County’s longest running marathon will not just see surfers when they hit the beachfront running path at Bolsa Chica State Beach. Each will also receive a  surfboard for a finisher’s medal at the end of Surf City Marathon’s oceanfront course, and – as an event representative confirmed – runners 21 and over get a complementary pos
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best music venue

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The Observatory
  3503 South Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana; 714-957-0600; observatoryoc.com
  The Observatory is two great concert venues in one. In addition to the large, high-profile Observatory concert hall, there is the more intimate Constellation Room that features up-and-coming artists under the same roof. With approximately 60 shows staged each month, The Observatory has hosted some of the most celebrated names in modern music since opening its doors in 2011. From the groundbreaking ‘60s-spaw
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best museum

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Bowers Museum
  2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana; 714-567-3600; bowers.org
  When it comes to favorite museums in Orange County, the Bowers frequently tops Register readers’ lists. Permanent collections encompass Native American, Pacific, African, Asian, pre-Columbian and South American Ethnographic art, not to mention more than 12,000 decorative art objects, nearly 2,000 paintings from the late 19th-20th centuries and an O.C. history collection approaching 30,000 artifacts.
  Last year, the Bowers p
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best live theater

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Segerstrom Center for the Arts
  600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa; 714-556-2787; scfta.org
  With six venues showcasing a wide variety of performing arts events, Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a prime entertainment destination in Orange County – especially Broadway and nationally touring theater productions. Case in point: the multiple Tony-winning sensation “Hamilton,” which enjoyed a sold-out run this past spring. Segerstrom Center President Terry Dwyer found it &ld
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best downtown

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange
  Mile-square area with Plaza Park at Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue at its center; cityoforange.org
  In a roundabout way, Old Towne Orange serves as the county’s most visual link to its early history. Plaza Park, the town square in the middle of a traffic circle, dates back to the 1800s, and it and the businesses along Chapman Avenue and Glassell Street are in the center of the district that is on the National Register of Historic Places.
  With much of the county built up almo
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best dog park

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Dog Beach
  Goldenwest to Seapoint streets, Huntington Beach (use 100 Goldenwest St. as address for GPS); 714-841-8644; dogbeach.org
  Imagine a dog’s perfect day wish list: A long stretch of shoreline on which to frolic and dig off-leash in the sand. Check. Ocean waves to jump in and shallow water to cool down in. Check. So many other dogs to meet, sniff at and take off running with. Check. Countless sticks, balls and other throw toys to chase. Check. Every dog has its d
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best car dealership

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  OC Mazda
  28 Auto Center Drive, Tustin; 714-832-6222; tustinmazda.com
  The customer might always be right, as the saying goes, but at OC Mazda in Tustin, it starts with the employees.
  John Patterson, owner and president, says his principles for success start with engaged employees who help keep customers coming back for service and new cars. Referrals from those happy clients keep business humming. “My business model is to have a very down-home approach, like the bar Cheers,”
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best beach

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington City Beach
  Pacific Coast Highway between Beach Boulevard and Seapoint Avenue, Huntington Beach
  Sunbathing. Building sandcastles. Playing beach games. Splashing in the shore pound. Beach volleyball. Bonfires. Body surfing. Body boarding. And, of course, regular surfing. Or maybe just strolling on one of the West Coast’s longest piers.
  Huntington City Beach, the 3.5-mile stretch of sand tucked between Huntington State Beach to the south and Bolsa Chica State Beach to the north, of
  
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• Best of Orange County 2018: Best auto repair

  20-09-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Expertec Automotive
  Costa Mesa; 949-645-7722; Huntington Beach; 714-848-9222; expertecautomotive.com
  No matter what make or model a customer brings in, Expertec Automotive technicians guarantee they can service the vehicle.
  Gary Frahm, vice president at Expertec, said there are few repair places that can do that, but that having eight technicians each with an area of specialty makes it easier to provide the level of service customers appreciate.
  Frahm says it’s the service and the way it i
  
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• Rams’ defense has been brilliant, but Chargers might be able to find a couple holes

  20-09-2018 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – After the snap, the clock starts. One alligator, two alligator, throw. Then hope the Rams’ cornerbacks are slow to react. That seems to be the best hope for an opposing offense.
  The raw numbers are stark. The Rams have allowed a total of 13 points in two games. No other NFL team allowed fewer than 27 points. The Rams’ defense also has allowed the fewest first downs (25) and faced the fewest plays (107) in the league and has recorded six consecutive shutout quart
  
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• Why the ballot that is lacks props that could have been

  20-09-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Folks with little faith in California voters have won at least a partial victory this year. For many decades, since the great progressive (a tag worn a century ago mostly by moderate Republicans) Gov. Hiram Johnson created the ballot initiative, critics have railed against direct democracy, claiming an uninformed public often makes major mistakes.
  After decades of griping about “budgeting by initiative,” those skeptics managed to get a law passed in 2014 allowing legislators to chang
  
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• South Coast Repertory chooses new artistic director

  20-09-2018 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  South Coast Repertory has selected accomplished theater veteran David Ivers as the fourth artistic director in the Costa Mesa-based company’s 55-year existence, culminating a nine-month search.
  Ivers, currently the artistic director of the largest theater company in Arizona, replaces Marc Masterson, SCR’s artistic director since 2011. When he comes on board in March, Ivers also will assume Masterson’s role as co-chief executive officer, a post shared with the theater’s lo
  
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• Tidbits Food News: Salt & Straw ice cream opens a pop-up kiosk at Sidecar Doughnuts

  20-09-2018 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’ve ever tasted Salt & Straw ice cream, you understand the hype. Coast magazine’s office received a box filled with pints this week. We taste-tested six flavors  – (The crowd favorite was hands-down the creamy vanilla with sea salt and caramel ribbons!) – but, we missed out on one highly anticipated flavor. Salt & Straw co-founder Tyler Malek collaborated with Costa Mesa’s own Sidecar Doughnuts to create a special doughnut inspired by the Mal
  
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• No on Proposition 3, another water bond

  20-09-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Many California voters perusing their voter guides are probably feeling a sense of déjà vu skimming through the long list of ballot initiatives.
  Once again, Californians are being asked to approve another set of bonds, and in particular, another massive bond purporting to address the state’s water issues.
  Proposition 3 certainly seems to promise a lot.
  Voters are told the measure “Authorizes Bonds to Fund Projects for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife,
  
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• Universal Studios Hollywood announces the dates for Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Grinchmas

  20-09-2018 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Universal Studios Hollywood isn’t even two weeks into its annual Halloween Horror Nights, but the park is thinking way ahead and announcing plans for Christmas in the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and soon all of Whoville will be out to once again celebrate Grinchmas.
  Glistening snow will begin to fall over Hogsmeade Village in the evenings beginning Saturday, Nov. 17 and through Sunday, Jan. 6. Hogwarts Castle will transform with the dazzling “The Magic of Christmas at Ho
  
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• Village Management Services’ chief executive Brad Hudson to leave Laguna Woods Village

  20-09-2018 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — Just shy of three years as Village Management Services CEO, Brad Hudson announced his resignation, on Thursday, Sept. 20.
  In his resignation letter, Hudson said he is ending his employment with VMS to pursue other personal and professional opportunities.
  His first day as was Dec. 26, 2015.
  Hudson cited innovations in customer service, technology and transparency as some of his proudest feats accomplished alongside the staff and governance boards of Laguna Woods Village.
  
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• Former Pasadena officer admits illegally selling firearms, buying gun for someone else

  20-09-2018 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  A former Pasadena police lieutenant pleaded guilty Thursday, Sept. 20, to dealing firearms without a license and making a false statement while buying a pistol — a gun that he claimed to be buying for  for himself but which he later sold to someone else.
  Vasken Kenneth Gourdikian, who federal authorities said sold 108 firearms illegally from March 15, 2014 to Feb. 9, 2017, took a deal in the case. In exchange, the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to drop two other charges.
  Gou
  
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• Placentia-Linda Hospital adding procedures with new operating room

  20-09-2018 18:19 via ocregister.com
  Placentia-Linda Hospital is celebrating its 46th birthday this month with a new $10 million operating room that will expand the types of procedures performed at the 114-bed facility founded by 19 local physicians in 1972.
  Now, cardiovascular, vascular and interventional radiology procedures are added to the list of operations done at the hospital, utilizing the new operating room, which officially opens today, Sept. 20, with an open-to-the-public event with light food and refreshments at&nb
  
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• One of FBI’s first female dispatchers continues to bust stereotypes from her Fullerton living room

  20-09-2018 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A historic photograph shows Vi Barrett, now of Fullerton, as she worked as a dispatcher in the Los Angeles office of the FBI in 1948. Barrett has been a ham radio operator for over 70 years with the call sign, W6CBA. She received her ham radio license on February 14, 1948. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Bencher electronic keyer that Vi Barrett of Fullerton, a ham radio operator for over 70 years, uses with her call sign, W6CBA, to send Morse code to people around the
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff: Shooting suspect in critical condition

  20-09-2018 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting in Maryland (all times local):
  12:05 p.m.
  Law enforcement officials say the lone suspect in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland is in custody in critical condition.
  Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler says there is no longer any threat at the site of the Thursday morning shooting. He says there are multiple injuries and multiple fatalities. He didn’t go into further details about the casualties at a T
  
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• Tennis icon Billie Jean King and partner Ilana Kloss join Dodgers ownership group

  20-09-2018 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss have joined the Dodgers ownership group, the team announced Thursday. King and Kloss will be introduced to the media Friday at Dodger Stadium.
  King, 75, and Kloss, 62, are former professional tennis players and life partners who have previously been involved at the ownership level in the World TeamTennis league. King, a Long Beach native, is most famous for beating Bobby Riggs in a singles match in 1973 dubbed “The Battle Of The Sexes.&r
  
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• UCLA football mailbag: Bye week concerns

  20-09-2018 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  After three games and three losses, UCLA’s bye week comes at a good time for the Bruins to evaluate their progress before conference play begins. Frankly, there’s a lot of evaluation to be done.
  The Bruins have the worst offense in the conference, but will finally be at full strength next week when the last two suspended players are eligible to return. The defense has had just one sack in the past two games. There is also Twitter drama, which seems like it’s becoming an annual
  
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• Radio: Real 92.3 DJ Big Boy talks about shocking car crash

  20-09-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Real 92.3 (KRRL) morning man Big Boy – aka Kurt Alexander – and a friend escaped serious injury last month when they were hit from behind at a red light. Thankfully, they were both wearing seatbelts.
  “I heard a screech, but not long … and everything from the back of the car went to the front,” Big Boy told KABC-TV’s Eyewitness News.
  At first, Big Boy suspected that the driver of the car that hit them was using a cell phone. He told KABC that he was shock
  
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• Adam Henrique finds everything new again with Ducks

  20-09-2018 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Adam Henrique found his comfort zone not long after a trade from the New Jersey Devils, and then he went to work saving the Ducks’ 2017-18 season. He didn’t plan it that way, but it just sort of happened. He clicked with linemate Ondrej Kase and the injury-depleted team rallied.
  Now, Henrique is in the midst of his first training camp with the Ducks, making his exhibition debut Thursday against the San Jose Sharks at Honda Center. The 28-year-old center was teame
  
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• See giant pumpkins on Saturday at the Irvine Park Railroad pumpkin patch

  20-09-2018 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s fall a the Irvine Park Railroad.
  The annual pumpkin patch is open and this weekend they’ll be see who grew the biggest pumpkin.
  The Great Pumpkin Weigh-off starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22. KTLA’s Henry DiCarlo will be the host. More than $5,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to participating pumpkin growers.
  The pumpkin patch and regular activities will be open as well.
  The Irvine Park Railroad will feature a haunted house, hay maze, hay rides, bounce houses, p
  
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• Gov. Brown signs California law limiting plastic straws in restaurants

  20-09-2018 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — People who want straws with their drinks at California restaurants will have to request them under a new law.
  The law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown makes California the first state to bar full-service restaurants from automatically giving out single-use plastic straws. It takes effect next year.
  The law doesn’t ban plastic straws outright like some cities have. San Francisco and Seattle passed bans earlier this year.
  Related linksNew system to clean up plastic in t
  
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• Whicker: Chargers, Rams profited from Tommy Prothro’s vision, but he didn’t

  20-09-2018 16:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Tommy Prothro was a Life Master on the bridge table. He flew to international competitions and partnered with actor Omar Sharif.
  Bridge can be learned, but it favors the gifted. It demands memory and intuition, to figure out if the dangerous cards are to your right or left. It rewards organization, to avoid getting stuck on the board with no access to your own hand.
  And it lives on a terse form of communication. When you say “Four clubs,” your partner has to know exactly what that me
  
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• Fall TV: 10 new shows to watch, stream or binge

  20-09-2018 16:07 via ocregister.com
  
  It happens every fall. Our television sets — and now our laptops — suddenly burst at the seams with an insane amount of new shows.
  But here’s the important thing to know about this so-called era of Peak TV: While the programming tidal wave certainly brings plenty of fresh and stellar fare, it also spews out a glut of lame reboots and rote offerings that carry the whiff of creative exhaustion.
  So now, more than ever, you just can’t sit back and wait for the good stuff to a
  
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• Fall TV calendar: Dates for all the new and returning shows

  20-09-2018 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s a rundown of premiere dates for brand-new shows and returning favorites.
  Sept. 3
  “Baked” (10 p.m., Food Network)
  “Twisted Sisters” (10 p.m., ID; View the trailer here)
  Sept. 4
  “Model Squad” (8 p.m., E!)
  “Mayans M.C.” (10 p.m., FX; View the trailer here)
  “The Purge” (10 p.m., USA; View the trailer here)
  Sept. 5
  “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (10 p.m., FXX)
  Sept. 6
  “I Love You, America” (Hul
  
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• Colorado meatpacker recalls ground beef after E. coli death

  20-09-2018 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  A Colorado meatpacker is recalling more than 132,000 pounds of ground beef after an E. coli outbreak killed one person and sickened 17.
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday the beef was produced and packaged at Cargill Meat Solutions in Fort Morgan on June 21 and shipped to retailers nationwide.
  The products include 3-, 10- and 20-pound (1.3-, 4.5- and 9-kilogram) packages of ground beef under the Our Certified, Excel, Sterling Silver, Certified and Fire River Farms brands with July
  
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• Disneyland is quietly removing seating and planters for Star Wars land access

  20-09-2018 15:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland has been quietly removing fixed seating and planters to make room for massive crowds expected when the new Star Wars:Galaxy’s Edge opens next summer, leaving some fans missing their favorite spots to rest their weary feet.
  The pillars that hold up the former People Mover used to have seating and planters nearby in Tomorrowland at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, Sep 17, 2018. The pillars used to be surrounded by seatting. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Regis
  
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• Jerry Seinfeld, Samantha Bee, Conan O’Brien and more will join Will Ferrell at benefit event at Greek Theatre

  20-09-2018 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Comic actor Will Ferrell has assembled an all-star cast of comedians and musicians for the star-studded Best Night of Your Life comedy and music benefit at the Greek Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 6.
  The event will include appearances by Ferrell alongside his pals Jerry Seinfeld, Samantha Bee, James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Jim Jefferies, Michelle Wolf, Zooey Deschanel, Kumail Nanjiani and Jerrod Carmichael among others. Ferrell also asked his buddy and doppelganger Chad Smith, drum
  
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• 208 new entry-level condos, plus shops and restaurants, coming to Stanton

  20-09-2018 14:41 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 200 condos, along with a variety of shops and restaurants, will be built on the site of the Village Center, a retail ghost town that never recovered after the Great Recession.
  The mixed-use development along Beach Boulevard will include homes considered “affordable” in pricey Orange County. The 208 condos are expected to range from the low $400,000s through the $600,000s, according to Brookfield Residential, the developer.
  The homes, Lantana @Beach, will have from abou
  
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• Glenn Howard Memorial goes to 11 at Perris Auto Speedway

  20-09-2018 14:16 via ocregister.com
  
  For the 11th year, Perris Auto Speedway will honor the late Glenn Howard, who was part of the Southern California racing scene for more than 50 years as a driver, car owner, official, racing business owner and innovator, with a program featuring the USAC/CRA Sprints Cars. Saturday’s salute will be 11 years to the day Howard passed away.
  “This race is huge for so many of our drivers,” promoter Don Kazarian said. “Glenn did so much for the sport. When you think about it, th
  
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• Older homeowners resist downsizing, Trulia report says

  20-09-2018 13:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A new report from Trulia says households headed by seniors are delaying downsizing.
  That’s in part because seniors are working longer, so they don’t feel as pressed to dramatically reduce expenses, and because more seniors are housing their adult children compared with a decade ago.
  Downsizing rates for seniors had held fairly steady between 2005 and 2016, said Alexandra Lee, housing data analyst for Trulia.
  In 2016, 5.5 percent of all households headed by owners 65 and over moved, w
  
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• DMV is back online, after technical issues created longer lines, waits at many offices

  20-09-2018 13:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Technical issues led to long delays at many Department of Motor Vehicle offices Thursday morning, leading to reports of longer-than-usual lines and wait times at many locations.
  In an 11 a.m. statement, a DMV official in Sacramento indicated that they had “fixed a router issue that was affecting field offices around the state” and that the offices were “back up and processing customer transactions.”
  The DMV announced via tweet on Thursday morning that “some DMV fiel
  
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• DMV is back online, after customers at many offices suffered longer-than-usual waits on Thursday as the agency struggled with technical issues

  20-09-2018 13:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Technical issues lead to long delays at many Department of Motor Vehicle offices Thursday morning, leading to reports of longer-than-usual lines and wait times at many locations.
  But at 11 a.m., a DMV official in Sacramento told the Southern California News Group: “Our offices are back online, and we’ll be sending out a statement shortly.”
  The DMV announced via tweet on Thursday morning that “some DMV field offices are experiencing technical difficulties that may aff
  
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• Monomoy Girl looks to stay perfect in 2018 at Cotillion Stakes

  20-09-2018 13:06 via ocregister.com
  
  If the Travers Stakes is known as the Mid-Summer Derby, how about we refer to Saturday’s Cotillion Stakes as the Early Fall (Kentucky) Oaks?
  We can’t call it the Late Summer Oaks because Saturday is the first day of fall, so we’re stuck. No other option, folks.
  The Cotillion, a 1 1/16-mile Grade I race for 3-year-old fillies, is worth $1 million. It’s part of a huge day at Parx Racing, formerly known as Philadelphia Park in Bensalem, Pa., which will also include the $1 mi
  
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• This week’s best deals include AAA savings on Halloween attractions, free national park admission and more

  20-09-2018 12:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Autumn is officially here, bringing with it football season and Halloween. You are probably already seeing chips, beer and other game day foods and beverages on sale at your local market, as well coupons for the various haunt attractions on the counters of fast food eateries and drug stores. This is also a good time to look for the last of the end-of-summer and back-to-school sales.
  HAUNTING SAVINGS
  AAA members can get big discounts on fun during the Halloween season. There is 30 percent off of
  
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• Bills targeting California rehab industry wait for Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature … or veto

  20-09-2018 11:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Jerry Brown speaks in Sacramento on May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
  Still sitting on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk: a bill that would enshrine “patient-brokering” – when licensed drug rehabilitation centers and/or addiction professionals pay to enroll patients – as a no-no.
  And one that would put new rehabs on a year-long probation before they get licensed and forbid operators who flunk out from applying again for five years.
  There’s another that
  
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• Swimmers Ayla Spitz of Newport Harbor, Sean Slusiewicz of Aliso Niguel commit to Pac-12 schools

  20-09-2018 11:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Newport Harbor’s Ayla Spitz swims in the Girls 100 Yard Freestyle during Saturday evening’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 Swimming Finals at the Riverside Aquatic Complex in Riverside, CA Saturday, May 13, 2017. (Photo by Mark Dustin for the Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Aliso Niguel’s Sean Slusiewicz celebrates his upset victory in the 50-yard freestyle at the CIF Southern Section Division 1 swimming finals at Riverside City College’s Aquatics Center. (Photo by Bill Alk
  
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• Here’s your first look inside the Queen Mary’s overhauled Dark Harbor

  20-09-2018 11:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Be warned, this year when you attend the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor haunt there’s a pretty good chance you’re going to get separated from your friends, possibly lost inside one of the mazes and left alone and terrified.
  You’ll also likely end up crawling on your knees at some point, or drenched in water and walking precariously on a small bridge four stories high as you try to find your way out of a maniac’s murder scene.
  While there are no new mazes or characters for
  
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• Master Gardener: How to grow onions in your garden successfully

  20-09-2018 11:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: In the spring, I bought some nice onion sets and planted them in my garden. They made flower stalks, but they didn’t produce proper onions. What did I do wrong?
  To grow onions successfully in Southern California, use short day varieties. Thinnings from the onion can be used as green onions, too. (Ottillia “Toots” Bier, Contributing Photographer)
  A: I get this question frequently. Most likely, the cause of your disappointing results is that you purchased the wrong type of oni
  
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• UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field to retire at season’s end

  20-09-2018 11:00 via ocregister.com
  
  After conquering college gymnastics, Valorie Kondos Field is ready to move on to other endeavors, but not without one last ride.
  The UCLA gymnastics coach who has led the Bruins to each of their seven national titles announced Thursday she will retire at the end of the upcoming season, her 29th season at the helm, that starts in January.
  “Honestly, it just feels right,” Kondos Field said in an interview with Samantha Peszek, one of her former gymnasts now with Pac-12 Networks. &ldquo
  
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• UCLA’s Chip Kelly not looking ahead, despite 0-3 start

  20-09-2018 10:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — With one of the youngest teams in the country, an 0-3 record and a first-year coaching staff, UCLA looks to be not only in the midst of a full rebuild under Chip Kelly, but the Bruins appear to be still very early in a long process.
  Just don’t tell the coach that.
  “We’ve never talked about, ‘We’re building something for the future,’” Kelly said. “We’re trying to win right now and if you win right now, then you are building
  
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• The nearly 500 Californians killed in the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster might finally get a memorial

  20-09-2018 10:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Phillip Cesena transferred to San Franciscquito Canyon in February 1928 to work as a ranch hand, mucking out stalls and exercising ranch animals.
  Phillip Cesena, 15, showing off his trick riding he learned while working on a ranch in San Francisquito Canyon in early March 1928. (historical photo courtesy of Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel)
  The 15-year-old had just lost his father, Leonardo, and wanted to support his mother, Erolinda, and his 12 brothers and sisters by learning how to break horses and p
  
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• Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing talks about his four decades in the classic metal band and his new memoir ‘Heavy Duty’

  20-09-2018 10:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing once stole Jimi Hendrix’s guitar pedal.
  Well, maybe. It was 1970, a few months before Hendrix died, and Downing was still a brand-new teenage guitarist living near Birmingham, England, so obsessed with seeing Hendrix every chance he could that one night he and a friend went to Noel Redding, former bassist with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, in his side-project band.
  There on the stage Downing spotted a Fuzz Face pedal exactly like the one he’d seen J
  
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• Official: 3 people killed in Maryland shooting

  20-09-2018 10:20 via ocregister.com
  
  ABERDEEN, Md. — Three people were killed Thursday morning in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland, officials said.
  A law enforcement official with knowledge of the shooting stressed that the number of dead is based on preliminary information. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss details by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.
  A suspect was taken into custody and was in critical condition, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey G
  
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