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• OCVarsity Student Sections Report for Week 7

  03-10-2018 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Manny Alvarez is writing for OCVarsity about the loud, proud, outrageous, innovative and dedicated high school student sections during the football season. If you have suggestions for topics, please let us know: [email protected] or tweet @MAlvarez02.
  The Student Section Report will be online each Wednesday during the football season.
  Wait, it’s already Week 7 of the football season – I mean the Football Student Section season?
  Seems like yesterday when w
  
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• Youth pastor from Riverside arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting girl in Santa Ana church

  03-10-2018 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Ana Police arrested a youth pastor on Tuesday, Oct. 2 on suspicion of a violent sexual assault on a 13-year-old member of his congregation.
  Authorities allege that, sometime in March, Jonathan Lamont Jenkins, 57, of Riverside, hid in a women’s restroom at Starlight Baptist Church at 1201 W. Second St., lying in wait for a 13-year-old girl, according to a news release from the Santa Ana Police Department. It said that there, he allegedly strangled his victim after she attempted t
  
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• USC aims to improve running game by gaining tougher yards

  03-10-2018 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A few days after USC ran for a season-high 253 rushing yards at Arizona, Trojans offensive coordinator Tee Martin reflected on the breakout performance.
  Martin brought up senior running back Aca’Cedric Ware’s 69-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter.
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  The encouraging aspect, Martin thought, was when Ware shed a potential tackler about 20 yards downf
  
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• Dodgers have shaken the ‘World Series hangover’ they came to realize is no myth

  03-10-2018 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Asked a question about the Dodgers’ long road back to the postseason this year, Cody Bellinger had to be reminded that they started the season without Justin Turner and lost Corey Seager for the season in early May.
  “That’s right!” Bellinger said with dawning recollection. “It’s such a long season you forget those things.”
  Memory loss is also one of the side effects of a hangover.
  In this case, the Dodgers endured a season with classi
  
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• Kings newcomers Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Austin Wagner have lots to display

  03-10-2018 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – It’s always more of a thrill when a young player makes a team out of training camp. The Kings have two: forwards Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Austin Wagner.
  Anderson-Dolan celebrated his 19th birthday on Sept. 12, so cracking the roster was something that brought waves of emotions for him.
  “Just a lot of excitement,” Anderson-Dolan said Wednesday after practice. “It’s something, obviously, that I’ve been working toward for my whole life, and esp
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (10-3-18)

  03-10-2018 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
  BOYS WATER POLO
  WAVE LEAGUE
  Los Alamitos 18, Fountain Valley 2
  Goals: (LA) Millar 3, Many 2, Bergman, Chang, Lawrence
  Saves: Nash (LA) 6
  GIRLS GOLF
  SEA VIEW LEAGUE
  Capistrano Valley 242, Laguna Hills 264
  Marbella Country Club (par 35)
  Medalist: Tufani (LH) 38
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  Dana Hills 202, Trabuco Hills 233
  Dove Canyon Golf Club (par 36)
  Medalist: Wahlstrom (DH) 34
  NONLEAGUE
  Canyon 221, Yorba Linda 225
  Medalist: Sam (Can) 35
  
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• Mistrial declared for doctor accused of attempting to kill a Newport Beach attorney

  03-10-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the trial of a doctor accused of attempting to kill a Newport Beach attorney.
  Richard Lee Austin, 66, was previously convicted of stalking and trying to kidnap the same attorney. But, for a second time, jurors were unable to come to an agreement as to whether he was attempting to kill the woman when he confronted her while armed with a gun at her office.
  Austin in 2008 got into a road rage confrontation with another driver in San Diego that led to his arrest.
  
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• 91 Freeway ramp experiment ends at Corona’s Green River Road after 3 days of backups

  03-10-2018 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Letting two cars drive onto the 91 Freeway at Corona’s Green River Road for each green on-ramp light seemed like a good idea.
  But after the experiment snarled traffic and confused motorists a third straight day this week on Wednesday, Oct. 3, transportation officials decided to end their test two days early.
  On the mornings of Thursday, Oct. 4, and Friday, Oct. 5, Caltrans will turn the Green River ramp signals off, agency spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said.
  “It’s going t
  
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• As a throwback big, Lakers’ JaVale McGee is thriving in preseason

  03-10-2018 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Early in his career, JaVale McGee thought it might be helpful to his game to work on his 3-point shooting.
  He worked with an assistant coach on his perimeter shot after practice. But when his head coach at the time found out what he was doing, he chastised the assistant.
  Oh, how times have changed.
  “He’s like, ‘No he doesn’t need to be doing that,’” McGee recalled. “But the evolution of the big man – now if a center’s comin
  
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• Apparent jumper injured in fall onto 57 freeway in Anaheim

  03-10-2018 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was injured after jumping or falling from an overpass onto the 57 Freeway in Anaheim in front of hundreds of bystanders on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
  Traffic comes to a stop on the 57 Freeway and Lincoln Avenue as Anaheim police officers try talking a man from jumping on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. The man jumped down, landing on his feet and surviving before he was transported to a hospital. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Anaheim police, Anaheim Fire & Rescue and t
  
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• Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury nearly come to blows at LA news conference

  03-10-2018 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  10-3-19. Los Angeles CA.(L-R)Deontay ÒThe Bronze BomberÓ Wilde gets into shoving match with Tyson ÒGypsy KingÓ Fury on stage during a LA press conference Wednesday. The fight ofWilder vs. Fury will take place Saturday, December 1 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be produced and distributed by SHOWTIME PPV
  Photo by Gene Blevins/LA DailyNews/SCNG
  10-3-19. Los Angeles CA.(L-R)Deontay ÒThe Bronze BomberÓ Wilde gets into a face off with Tyson Ò
  
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• Jared Goff praises Rams offensive line for keeping him upright, calling it ‘the best in the league’

  03-10-2018 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – Andrew Whitworth stood over Jared Goff’s shoulder, perhaps out of instinct.
  Some Rams players held a get-together last weekend took a photo. Goff, the quarterback, stood smiling with Whitworth, his left tackle behind him, and that’s been key to the Rams’ 4-0 start this year.
  The offensive line, a clear strength of the team in 2017, arguably has been even better this season. The over-30 crowd of Whitworth, center John Sullivan and left guard Rodger Saffold
  
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• Fryer: Better training methods, advanced technology building better Orange County QBs

  03-10-2018 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County football has a large number of excellent quarterbacks this season.
  Just look at the Trinity League. All five O.C. teams in that six-team league have a college prospect at the position.
  Who is the best of that group? Mater Dei’s Bryce Young? Orange Lutheran’s Ryan Hilinski?
  Santa Margarita sophomore Peter Costelli has improved tremendously as the season progresses. JSerra’s Caden Bell is terrific and Servite’s Blaze McKibben would be a league MVP candidate if
  
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• Big rain storms a bust — so far — for Southern California

  03-10-2018 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  We got the dark clouds, but not much water. What happened, Southern California?
  Expectations of enough rain to warrant flash-flood and debris-flow warnings in areas recently scorched by brush fires did not pan out by Wednesday evening, and forecasters now say that if rain hasn’t hit by Thursday night, then the weather will be mostly dry the next 10 days.
  And if we do get rain this week, it’s expected to be light to moderate.
  Blame it on a slower-than-average Pacific cold front coming
  
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• What we know about the coastal ‘rotten egg’ smell, and what it means for your health

  03-10-2018 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 400 complaints about a rotten-egg smell poured into the Air Quality Management District from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, with most calls coming from a stretch of coast from Newport Beach to Redondo Beach. .
  The mysterious odor has intermittently plagued the coast for years, with AQMD doggedly investigating its origin.  The agency has yet to definitively identify the source, although air samples indicate it may be related to offshore petroleum rigs or tankers.
  Experts says it’s
  
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• California inmate volunteer firefighters ‘like the special forces’

  03-10-2018 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  As the flames picked up on a hillside over a McVicker Canyon Park neighborhood of Lake Elsinore during the Holy fire in August, a crew in bright orange protective clothing with “CDCR Prisoner” in black letters across their backs lugged chainsaws and hand tools up a steep hillside.
  Above the threatened homes along High Ridge Drive, the La Cima Fire Crew went to work, creating a firebreak between the dry, untreated brush on the upper part of the hill and an area below layered with brig
  
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• UCLA LB Mique Juarez posts on social media to watch his comeback ‘next season’

  03-10-2018 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Many UCLA football fans have been waiting to watch former North Torrance star Mique Juarez break out for the Bruins, but after the linebacker suffered an undisclosed injury in practice on Sept. 3, it seems that Juarez’s comeback will have to wait “till next season,” as he posted on Instagram on Wednesday afternoon.
  Juarez, who has appeared in just one game this season prior to getting injured, posted a photo of his girlfriend and 16-month-old son, writing “My strength thr
  
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• Residents near the Pacific Ocean report strange, gas-type odor

  03-10-2018 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of Orange County residents and others, many from the beach cities, reported smelling a natural gas or methane-type odor in the air this week.
  The reports came mainly from Huntington Beach and Seal Beach, South Coast Air Quality Management District officials said on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
  But they were also from Costa Mesa, Sunset Beach, Fountain Valley and Garden Grove, and up the coast as well, from San Pedro, Wilmington, Carson and Los Angeles.
  According to district officials, they had
  
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• ‘Reagan’ at The White House: Register Book Club brings president’s biographer to Anaheim on Oct. 11

  03-10-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register Book Club Author Series returns, and this time it’s bringing a Republican president to The White House.
  On Thursday, Oct. 11 veteran biographer Bob Spitz will be in conversation with pop culture writer Peter Larsen about his newest release, “Reagan: An American Journey,” at the newly reopened restaurant, the White House of Anaheim. An audience Q&A will be included and a book signing follows. Book sales will be available on site from Laguna Beach Books.
  The even
  
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• How a longtime Democrat became Ronald Reagan’s biographer: Join a discussion with the author at the Oct. 11 Register Book Club

  03-10-2018 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  As author Bob Spitz wrapped up his biography on Julia Child, he started to ponder who he might choose for his next biography. He was looking for someone with the cultural heft and impact of the chef and TV personality – or of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, subjects of previous books.
  “I realized there was a thread all the way through them and that was that the subjects were beloved and that they had changed the culture,” says Spitz, who will talk about his new book, “Rea
  
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• If you’re being bullied in Southern California, there’s a new, 24-hour, hotline that can help

  03-10-2018 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  A mental health center has launched a 24-hour hotline and web page to help kids who are being bullied and their parents in five Southern California counties — Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura.
  Counselors who speak English and Spanish are available around the clock to speak to callers and refer them to programs offering additional help, a news release states.
  The hotline number is 866-BeAHero or 866-232-4376. The website is 866BeAHero.com. The San Fernando Valley C
  
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• Washington success shows possible blueprint for UCLA football under Chip Kelly

  03-10-2018 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dan Guerrero was ousting one of Westwood’s own. Despite Rick Neuheisel’s strong ties to the program where he went from freshman walk-on quarterback to Rose Bowl MVP, the former head coach’s time at UCLA was up after a 50-0 embarrassment to USC in 2011. Guerrero turned to another alumnus to identify a possible successor.
  When the longtime UCLA athletic director asked Tom Ramsey who he would hire to lead the UCLA football program, it took the 1983 Rose Bowl MV
  
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• Southern California house prices see 5% to 7% gains in August, CoreLogic reports

  03-10-2018 16:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California house prices continued to show steady gains from the previous year, although the pace of appreciation appears to be slowing in the face of rising monthly payments, the CoreLogic Home Price Index shows.
  Los Angeles County continued to see the biggest gains in the region: House prices there rose an average of 7.4 percent in the 12 months ending in August, according to numbers released Tuesday, Oct. 2.
  The Inland Empire saw price gains of 6.7 percent, while in Orange County, hou
  
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• Singer Lily Allen returns to Southern California for two shows with ‘No Shame,’ the album that emerged from the end of her marriage

  03-10-2018 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  English singer Lily Allen comes to Southern California for shows at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 and the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. (Photo by Bella Howard)
  English singer Lily Allen’s fourth album, “No Shame,” arrived in June 2018.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsEnglish singer Lily Allen comes to Southern California for shows at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 and the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on M
  
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• So, America just got its first ‘Presidential Alert’ and people went a bit nuts

  03-10-2018 15:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Americans across the country on Wednesday were interrupted by an urgent notification on their cell phones.
  “Presidential Alert,” the message read. “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”
  Blasted out by cell towers over a 30-minute period, the message was expected to reach some 225 million people in an unprecedented federal exercise.
  It was the first time the government use the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, which has alert
  
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• A year after Weinstein, Hollywood is still soul-searching

  03-10-2018 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
  After Rashida Jones exited Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” in 2017 she noted that the studio, after 25 years in business, had not made a single feature film directed by a woman, calling it “a culture where women and people of color do not have an equal creative voice.”
  So when Pixar co-founder and CEO John Lasseter stepped down earlier this year after acknowledging “missteps” in his behavior with employees, he was more than anot
  
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• Clippers will hold open practice Monday at the Galen Center

  03-10-2018 14:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers will hold an open public practice Monday at the Galen Center on the USC campus (3400 S. Figueroa Street Los Angeles). Doors will open to fans at 5:45 p.m., with practice set to conclude at 7 p.m.
  As a bonus, the first 2,000 fans will receive a free Clippers tote bag, and the first 500 fans will receive a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A sandwich. The Clippers Spirit dance team will perform and Chuck the Condor is scheduled to make an appearance.
  There is no charge to attend, but f
  
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• Tesla faces trial over allegations it threatened to deport workers if they reported injuries

  03-10-2018 14:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal judge in San Jose said Tesla must defend itself at trial to answer charges it threatened to deport foreign workers at its Fremont plant if they reported an injury at the facility, and that the workers put in too many hours in violation of U.S. labor laws.
  Judge Lucy Koh, of the California Northern District Court, made the ruling in the case Lesnik v. Eisenmann SE. Koh threw out five charges against Tesla but allowed two to remain that stem from allegations made by former
  
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• How ‘Star Wars’ sci-fi inspired Knott’s Scary Farm’s Dark Entities maze designer

  03-10-2018 14:15 via ocregister.com
  
  In space, no one can hear you scream, but expect plenty of shrieks when you’re in the sci-fi themed maze Dark Entities.
  It’s been some time since Knott’s Scary Farm last boasted a science fiction attraction, and maze designer Timothy “Gus” Krueger couldn’t be more pleased that he was the one chosen to create it.
  “Being a kid in the heyday of ‘Star Wars’ in the ‘70s and ‘80s gave me a great love for the genre. I really want to expl
  
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• Liquid Assets: Michael Mina’s new school Mai Tai

  03-10-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  New School Mai Tai served at Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak at Monarch Beach Resort.
   
  At Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak, your eyes tend to wander. Stolen glances. Longing stares. Tinges of regret as you watch one large wooden cart after the next wheel past your table toward a group of rapt diners. Perched on a tufted leather booth, you have a prime view. You worry, ever so slightly, did I order the wrong thing?
  Thankfully your hesitation is dashed once you finally taste each well e
  
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• Video: Elijah Gates says UCLA has potential to be a ‘great team’

  03-10-2018 13:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Defensive back Elijah Gates talks about the mental road blocks that are standing between the Bruins and their first win, how his redshirt year helped him prepare for his debut this season and how the Bruins have improved on defense.
  
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• GM, Honda team up to produce self-driving vehicles

  03-10-2018 13:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Cathy Bussewitz, The Associated Press
  General Motors and Honda are teaming up on self-driving vehicle technology as big automakers and tech giants race to develop the next generation of personal transportation.
  Japan’s Honda Motor Co. will invest $2.75 billion in the autonomous vehicle unit run by General Motors Co., called GM Cruise, which is considered a leader in the nascent industry.
  The goal, the companies said Wednesday, is to develop an autonomous vehicle that can be produced at
  
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• Video: Tyree Thompson says UCLA is ‘close to being great’

  03-10-2018 13:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Linebacker Tyree Thompson explains why he believes UCLA is close to turning a corner, how he feels he’s improved since the season opener and what the Bruins have to focus on when playing Washington.
  
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• ‘Endless Summer’ illustrated surfboard by Phil Roberts might fetch upwards of $20K at charity auction

  03-10-2018 13:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Phil Roberts has a goal: to document surf history through art.
  Roberts, of Huntington Beach, is one of the most influential surf artists around. His works fetch tens of thousands for the realistic depictions of surfing’s past.
  Sam August talks about the board shaped by his father, Robert and painted by artist, Phil Roberts depicting a scene from Endless Summer never seen before, which may fetch upward of $20,000. at auction. The artwork is part of Surfboards on Parade. The gala to bid on t
  
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• California man once suspected of spying for China loses appeal of child porn conviction

  03-10-2018 12:04 via ocregister.com
  By Ellen Nakashima
  A California appeals court rejected a defense contractor’s argument that his conviction on child pornography charges was unconstitutional because the government conducted an overly broad search under a warrant issued to obtain evidence of foreign spying.
  Keith Gartenlaub, who had been a senior computer systems manager at Boeing in Long Beach, California, was convicted in December 2015 of one count of possession of child porn. He was sentenced to 41 months in prison. On M
  
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• Orange County’s top 16 defensive backs so far in 2018

  03-10-2018 11:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Mission Viejo’s Akili Arnold,(#6) runs the ball between Upland’s Trevor Haynes,(#18) and Justin Flowe, (#10), during the first half of Friday’s non-league game at Upland High School in Upland, Ca., September 14, 2018. (John Valenzuela/ Correspondent)
  La Habra wide receiver Clark Phillips III (21) scores a touchdown a touchdown as they play Diamond Ranch in their non-league game at La Habra High School in La Habra on Friday September 13, 2018. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contrib
  
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• 20-bedroom North Tustin home with tie to Soka University hits the market at $19.9 million

  03-10-2018 11:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A secluded North Tustin home with 20 bedrooms that once attracted TV’s “The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” is for sale for $19.9 million.
  The estate, on 26 acres, is owned by Soka Gaaki International-USA in Santa Monica, according to property records. The organization is part of Soka Gaaki International, founder of Soka University in Aliso Viejo.
  Set in the hills of Cowan Heights, the Spanish Mission estate at 10252 Sunrise Lane sits behind its own entrance gate within a g
  
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• Video: Chip Kelly praises Chris Petersen as ‘one of the best football coaches in college football’

  03-10-2018 11:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Head coach Chip Kelly talks about the job Chris Petersen’s done at Washington, UCLA’s second-half struggles lately and Josh Woods’ possible return next year.
  
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• It’s raining in Southern California – how much are we going to get?

  03-10-2018 11:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Clouds are reflected in the lake at Heritage Park in Irvine on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Light rain was falling sporadically on Southern California. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  By JACQUES CLAFIN | City News Service
  LOS ANGELES — Light rain fell in Southern California Wednesday morning, and showers are likely this afternoon, when there also will be a chance of thunderstorms — a prospect causing worry among people living below areas denuded by wildfires, accor
  
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• Neon Trees talk new music, ’90s bands and ‘Kinky Boots’ ahead of playing Jack’s 13th Show in Irvine

  03-10-2018 11:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Now in its 13th year, JACK 93.1/FM’s annual Jack’s Show, has created an event where the audience will undoubtedly know the majority of the lyrics to each and every song performed at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on Sunday, Oct. 14.
  The line-up includes artists that ruled in the ’90s and continued to flourish in the ’00s such as Stone Temple Pilots, 311, Everclear and Third Eye Blind. The show will also feature Riverside’s own Alien Ant Farm, which rose to fa
  
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• We rate Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor mazes by how scary they are

  03-10-2018 10:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The monsters were let loose this past weekend at the Queen Mary as Dark Harbor returned to haunt the vessel.
  Inspired by the scary spirits who are said to wander the ship, the annual Halloween event, which runs through Nov. 2, is anchored by six mazes located on and off the ship.
  This year, Dark Harbor organizers revamped all the mazes with new paths and scares, so even if you’ve been there before it will all seem like new.
  With little regard for his own safety (and because his editor made
  
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• Could Toys R Us make a comeback? Its owners have a revival plan

  03-10-2018 10:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By Taylor Telford, The Washington Post
  Toys R Us was dead, but it might not stay that way.
  Although the company closed all its U.S. stores in June as part of its bankruptcy liquidation process, the owners of the toy and baby product retailer might be eyeing a return, according to Monday court filings.
  In the midst of an auction for its remaining assets, the hedge fund that owns the company decided to hang onto the Toys R Us and Babies R Us brand names, web domains and other assets, such as the b
  
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• 7-year-old toy reviewer on YouTube becomes a toy himself

  03-10-2018 10:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH PISANI
  NEW YORK — Seven-year-old Ryan drew millions of views reviewing toys on YouTube. Now, he’s become a toy himself.
  Walmart is selling action figures in his likeness, putty with his face on the packaging and other toys under the Ryan’s World brand. It’s a bet that kids, who are spending more time tapping tablets, will recognize Ryan from YouTube and want the toys he’s hawking.
  The new line may also help Walmart lure former Toys R Us shoppers, as many c
  
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• Pivotal GOP senators hit Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser

  03-10-2018 09:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALAN FRAM, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — Two wavering Republican senators lambasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday for mocking a woman who has claimed Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s, underscoring the risks of assailing Kavanaugh’s three accusers as Senate support teeters for the Supreme Court nominee.
  The blowback to Trump’s scoffing at Christine Blasey Ford came as lawmakers awaited results of a revived FBI background check, expected
  
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• 4 things to do at Southern California casinos this weekend (Oct. 5-7)

  03-10-2018 09:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
  The Grammy Award-winning band Chicago will head to the Special Events Center at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Saturday, Oct. 6. The group, known for its powerful horn section has been a radio staple since the ’70s with hits such as “Saturday in the Park,” “If You Leave Me Now” and “25 or 6 to 4.” At this show, the band will perform its album “Chicago II” in its entirety before intermission. The second half of the
  
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• 3, including Caltech researcher, win chemistry Nobel; findings led to best-selling drug

  03-10-2018 08:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM HEINTZ and DAVID KEYTON
  STOCKHOLM  — Three researchers who “harnessed the power of evolution” to produce enzymes and antibodies that have led to a new best-selling drug and biofuels won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday.
  Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology was awarded half of the $1.01 million prize, while the other half will be shared by George Smith of the University of Missouri and Gregory Winter of the MRC molecular biology lab in Ca
  
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• Caltech’s latest Nobel laureate is only 5th women ever to win chemistry prize

  03-10-2018 08:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Frances H. Arnold, a professor of chemical engineering, biochemistry and bioengineering at Caltech has become the fifth woman in history to win the Nobel Prize for chemistry. (Photo courtesy of Caltech)
  PASADENA — Half of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry went Wednesday to a Caltech scientist who becomes only the fifth woman to win the prize.
  She is Frances H. Arnold, a scientist and engineer at the California Institute of Technology.
  In announcing the award in Stockholm, Sweden,
  
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• Video: OCVarsity Gridiron previews Week 7’s top high school football games

  03-10-2018 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  OCVarsity’s Gridiron Guys – Steve Fryer, Dan Albano and Jonathan Khamis – preview the top high school football games on the Week 7 schedule. They look at the Game of the Week, Capistrano Valley vs. Mission Viejo, plus Orange Lutheran vs. St. John Bosco and Sunny Hills vs. La Habra, plus they answer a viewer question about Orange High.
  Video by Jonathan Khamis for the Orange County Register.
  
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• California’s Catholic bishops targeted in sex abuse lawsuit

  03-10-2018 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES  — A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said Tuesday he is suing all Catholic bishops in California and the Archdiocese of Chicago, seeking to compel church officials to release records on clergy abuse.
   
  Tom Emens, left, who said he was sexually abused by a priest, speaks on his experience next to attorney Jeff Anderson, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Los Angeles. Anderson is holding a photograph of Emens as a boy next to the priest who h
  
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• LeBron James generates buzz in home preseason debut with Lakers

  03-10-2018 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Nuggets’ Will Barton has his shot blocked by Lakers center JaVale McGee during Tuesday’s preseason game at Staples Center. McGee had five blocks in the 113-111 loss. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 02:LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers high fives Rajon Rondo #9 during a preseason game against the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center on October 2, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume ins
  
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