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• Kings are mad as hell and bent on turning it around

  02-11-2018 23:59
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Teams get in funks throughout the course of a season. But what’s happening to the Kings early on is alarming.
  The Kings year in and year out are one of the stingiest teams in the league. They allowed a league-low 2.46 goals a season ago.
  They are allowing 3.67 through 12 games this season, during which they have played to a 3-8-1 (7 points) record while losing seven of their past eight games.
  Two of the Kings’ top defensemen – Alec Martinez and Jake
  
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• Lease for $330 million Dana Point Harbor renovation is inked

  02-11-2018 23:52
  
  DANA POINT — After more than 20 years, plans to renovate the 47-year-old Dana Point Harbor are in place.
  On Friday, Nov. 2, Supervisor Lisa Bartlett joined other county officials and developer Dana Point Harbor Partners at Coffee Importers, in the harbor, to announce that the 66-year lease was signed Oct. 29.
  “The Dana Point Harbor Revitalization Plan is the result of over 20 years of collaborative efforts,” said Bartlett, who was a councilwoman in Dana Point when talk of
  
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• Chargers running back Melvin Gordon looks ready to return from injury

  02-11-2018 23:47
  
  COSTA MESA – After missing the Chargers’ Week 7 win over the Titans, running back Melvin Gordon appears close to a return.
  The Pro Bowl back was a full participant in practice on Friday and is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game at Seattle as he continues to deal with a hamstring injury. In the portion of practice open to media, Gordon was making hard cuts as he ran routes at the goal line.
  Head coach Anthony Lynn didn’t want to make any declarations about whether Go
  
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• High School football playoffs: Live updates from Orange County

  02-11-2018 23:36
  
  Live updates, scores, photos, videos and stories from our reporters and photographers covering the high school football playoffs.
  Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream.Support our high school sports coverage in the year ahead by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now.Let’s take a look at some highlights from earlier in the game t.coI'm done writing my high school football column that will be online in a few and will be in the Sunday print section.
  So ... any good sports on TV ri
  
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• Rams vs. New Orleans Saints: Who has the edge?

  02-11-2018 23:33
  
  RAMS (8-0) at SAINTS (6-1)
  When: Sunday, 1:25 p.m.
  Where: The Superdome
  Line: Rams by 1
  TV/radio: FOX Ch. 11; 710-AM, 93.1-FM, 1330-AM (Spanish)
  RAMS OFFENSE vs. SAINTS DEFENSE
  This one probably depends on New Orleans and how strong the Saints’ defense plays. The Saints’ overall stats are skewed by their awful season opener, a 48-40 loss to Tampa Bay, but since then, they basically have allowed 20 points per game (albeit against some offenses that aren’t very good). There&
  
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• Dodgers extend qualifying offers to Yasmani Grandal and Hyun-Jin Ryu

  02-11-2018 23:20
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers extended qualifying offers to free agents Yasmani Grandal and Hyun-Jin Ryu.
  If the offer is accepted, Grandal or Ryu would return for the 2019 season under a one-year, $17.9 million salary (a significant raise for either).
  If the offer is declined, Grandal or Ryu would become a free agent and could still negotiate with the Dodgers. But if either signs with another team, the Dodgers will receive a compensatory draft pick following the second round next year.
  Granda
  
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• Ducks’ Patrick Eaves takes tentative first steps in first game in more than a year

  02-11-2018 23:15
  
  ANAHEIM — Patrick Eaves finally returned to the ice Thursday after more than a year away from the game because of illness and injury. After months of recovery and rehabilitation, and with the help of too many people to count, he made his season debut, and his game was off.
  Way off.
  As he left the bench and jumped onto the ice in the opening minutes of the Ducks’ 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Rangers, he heard a roar from the Honda Center crowd. Startled, he looked aroun
  
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• Chargers vs. Seattle Seahawks: Who has the edge?

  02-11-2018 23:14
  
  CHARGERS (5-2) AT SEAHAWKS (4-3)
  When: Sunday, 1:05 p.m. PT
  Where: CenturyLink Field in Seattle
  Line: Seahawks by 1.5
  TV/Radio: KCBS/2; 640-AM, 980-AM (Spanish)
  CHARGERS OFFENSE VS. SEAHAWKS DEFENSE
  For the 200th straight game, Philip Rivers will be at quarterback for the Chargers, with a chance to secure the franchise’s best  start since 2006, his first season as starter. The Chargers went to the AFC championship game that year, and if Rivers continues to play at the level he’s
  
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• Man dies in hospital hours after brawl at party in Mission Viejo apartment complex

  02-11-2018 23:10
  
  A 19-year-old man who was critically wounded in a brawl at a Mission Viejo apartment complex this week has died, authorities said.
  The victim, identified Friday by authorities as Noah Finnegan of Laguna Niguel, died of his injuries around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night, Nov. 1, said Carrie Braun, spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  Deputies were called to an apartment complex in the 27000 block of Camden in Mission Viejo just after 1 a.m. Thursday regarding a fight, aut
  
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• Chargers injury report vs. Seattle Seahawks | Who’s in, who’s out?

  02-11-2018 21:57
  
  A look at Chargers players who were listed on the injury report this week and their status for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks:
  JOEY BOSA, defensive end
  Injury: Foot
  Participation status: Did not participate Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
  Official status: Out
  Outlook: Bosa originally hoped to make his season debut this week, but it could still take some time for the end to return to game action. Bosa and the Chargers have been clear they won’t rush him b
  
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• UCLA forward Cody Riley out 3 weeks with jaw injury

  02-11-2018 21:42
  
  UCLA forward Cody Riley will miss at least three weeks due to a jaw injury sustained in practice on Wednesday, UCLA announced Friday. The redshirt freshman will be re-evaluated next week.
  The Bruins, who start their season at home Tuesday against Purdue Fort Wayne, have one of their deepest teams in years, but have lost multiple frontcourt players already. Freshman Shareef O’Neal (heart) is out for the season and redshirt junior forward Alex Olesinski (foot) is out until at least late Dece
  
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• US economy looks strong heading into congressional elections

  02-11-2018 21:37
  
  In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, Loredana Gonzalez, of Doral, Fla., fills out a job application at a JobNewsUSA job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. On Friday, Nov. 2, the U.S. government reported that employers added 250,000 jobs in October. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — For a U.S. economic expansion now in its 10th year, hiring remains robust, growth has picked up and the outlook is a mostly bright one on the eve of congressional elect
  
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• Beautiful black cat Alfie debunks the ‘unlucky’ myth

  02-11-2018 21:37
  
  Breed: Domestic shorthair
  Age: 2 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Alfie’s story: Alfie has been waiting for a companion since March. People tend to overlook black cats like him for any number of reasons: They are harder to see, and there’s that bad-luck stigma attached to them. Nothing could be further from the truth as far as Alfie is concerned. His sleek black coat more resembles sophistication, strength, mystery and power than anything negative. And he’s got a great personality;
  
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• Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw reach deal on new contract

  02-11-2018 21:34
  
  LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw still might not be a ‘Dodger for life.’ But he will be one for the next three years.
  The Dodgers and Kershaw reached agreement Friday on a new contract that will add one more year to the remaining two years and $65 million on the seven-year contract he signed in 2014.
  Kershaw will reportedly make $28 million in 2021, making this new contract a three-year, $93 million deal. That drops the annual average value of the contract slightly, to $31 million
  
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• Sweet calico cat Tiki loves to snuggle

  02-11-2018 21:22
  
  Breed: Calico
  Age: 1 year
  Gender: Spayed female
  Tiki’s story: Tiki is very sweet and friendly. She loves to snuggle and gets along with cats and dogs. She had kittens when she was found, hiding in a shed. Her kittens have found homes; now it’s her turn to discover her forever family.
  Adoption donation: $75, includes vaccinations and microchip
  Adoption procedure: Contact Lorraine with Long Beach Spay and Neuter Foundation, 562-544-0335 or [email protected], to set up a meeting.
  
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• Irvine synagogue vandalism: Anti-Defamation League offers $5K reward for information

  02-11-2018 21:20
  
  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a vandalism suspect who defaced the front wall of the Congregation Beth Jacob in Irvine during the early hours of Wednesday, Oct. 31, according to a joint announcement made by the organization, the city of Irvine and the Irvine Police Department Friday, Nov. 2.
  Pastor Mark Whitlock of the Christ Our Redeemer Church wears a No Place for Hate pin Friday morning at the Civic Center P
  
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• Angels claim reliever Austin Brice off waivers from Reds

  02-11-2018 21:20
  
  The Angels claimed right-handed reliever Austin Brice on waivers from the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, adding a pitcher who had a 5.79 ERA in 37-1/3 innings last season.
  Brice, 26, has pitched 84 innings in parts of three seasons with the Reds and Miami Marlins, posting a 5.68 ERA and 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
  Brice will be out of options next season.
  A former ninth-round pick, Brice has a career 4.05 ERA in the minors, with 8.8 strikeouts and 4.8 walks per nine innings.
  
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• Lakers coach Luke Walton downplays report of tense meeting with Magic Johnson

  02-11-2018 21:04
  
  EL SEGUNDO — In the wake of a report that Lakers president Magic Johnson had a stern meeting with him earlier this week, coach Luke Walton played down the tone of his exchanges with team management, saying he thinks he has “a great relationship” with them.
  “I feel like I’m coming down here to do my job and coach,” he said. “And I don’t feel like I’m going anywhere, no.”
  Walton’s performance has come under some scrutiny follow
  
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• Heisler: A funny thing happened on the Lakers’ way back to greatness

  02-11-2018 21:03
  
  Living La Vida Bron …
  So, what does everyone in Lakerdom think of the LeBron James Era at this point?
  (Cut to shot of a post-apocalyptic wasteland under a leaden sky with debris strewn everywhere and nothing living as far as the eye can see.)
  I was having fun when I wrote that last week … before it turned out to be true with an ESPN report that Magic Johnson called in Coach Luke Walton–until then everyone’s fave here from Jeanie Buss down—for a “cutting appr
  
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• Driver gets 17 years in prison for chase with other driver that resulted in death of 9-year-old in Orange

  02-11-2018 19:51
  SANTA ANA – An Orange man was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison for a road-rage-fueled chase with another driver that resulted in a hit-and-run crash in which a 9-year-old boy was killed.
  Roderick Kent Jerro, 53, was the second person to receive prison time for a role in the Aug. 5, 2015 death of Jesse Rosales, with the other driver, 29-year-old Miguel Villagomez, being sentenced last month to four years behind bars.
  The incident began with Villagomez running a red light and striking
  
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• A lost generation of entrepreneurs

  02-11-2018 19:45
  
  Teen Vogue showed the ignorance of a poorly educated and lazy generation by trashing capitalism in favor of socialism. The magazine told kids who act like they  read Teen Vogue that capitalism has left the world in a “dystopian ‘Mad Max’ nightmare in which resources have dwindled and rich plutocrats own everything.”  In this view we should strive for the much more desirable system of socialism.  It went on to espouse the virtues of socialism over capitalism
  
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• Embattled Fullerton police chief resigns from department

  02-11-2018 19:27
  
  Fullerton Police Chief David Hendricks is immediately resigning from the department in the wake of an investigation into an alleged incident involving him and another off-duty officer with emergency personnel during a concert in Irvine.
  It was unclear if the resignation, announced jointly by Hendricks and the city on Friday, was prompted by that investigation. It does not say if he is moving to another agency. The police department did not comment further on the news.
  Hendricks is being rep
  
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• CSUF Frankenstein marathon: Classic read aloud to celebrate 200th anniversary

  02-11-2018 19:23
  
  Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece “Frankenstein” was celebrated around the Cal State Fullerton campus for the past week with artwork, literary criticism, parties and film screenings.
  On Halloween, it was, fittingly, about Shelley’s words.
  Starting at 9 a.m., 53 people — students, faculty members and administrators — participated in a marathon reading of “Frankenstein” in front of an audience in a room at the Pollak Library.
  Among those who read 10-
  
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• Read all our 2018 election endorsements from our opinion staff’s Editorial Board

  02-11-2018 19:16
  
  In preparation for Tuesday’s midterm election, our opinion staff’s Editorial Board interviewed hundreds of candidates and researched scores of issues to form voter recommendations on everything from propositions to the California governorship to city council and sheriff’s races. Here are our 2018 election endorsements.
  
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• 15-year-old with cerebral palsy earns karate black belt from his wheelchair

  02-11-2018 19:04
  
  Matthew Fulton leads a class in katas. Fulton, who has cerebral palsy and dystonia, has defied all odds and earned a black belt in karate. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  Matthew Fulton talks with fellow karate student Amelie Heying as they practice tensho. Matthew Fulton, who has cerebral palsy and dystonia, earned a black belt in karate. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMatthew Fulton shouts as he goes through
  
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• Compass Bible Church pastor dies suddenly while attending staff retreat

  02-11-2018 18:43
  
  ALISO VIEJO — Compass Bible Church on Friday announced the death of Wes Couch, a pastor at the church, from unknown causes. Couch, 34, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, while participating in Compass’ Pastor Planning Retreat, a time in which staff gathers to prepare for the year ahead.
  “We were honored to work with Pastor Wes,” Compass Bible Church Senior Pastor Mike Fabarez said in a release. “He was a gifted and dedicated minister of the Lord at Compass. He will be greatly m
  
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• Re-elect Councilwoman Diane Dixon in District 1:Letters

  02-11-2018 18:38
  
  As a former mayor, Citizen of the Year, and a 50-plus year resident of Newport Beach, I urge my fellow Newporters to re-elect Councilwoman Diane Dixon in District 1.
  I know Diane to be a hard worker, an excellent listener, smart and caring, and a natural leader. She has demonstrated all these qualities in her first four years in office.
  I have watched with admiration as she has navigated the crosscurrents and occasional storms of city politics with balance and grace — and always with the b
  
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• Angels promote Jeremy Reed from minor league role to hitting coach

  02-11-2018 18:30
  
  The Angels have promoted Jeremy Reed to hitting coach, replacing Eric Hinske and making him the second confirmed new member of the staff under new manager Brad Ausmus.
  Reed had been the Angels minor league hitting coordinator for the past two seasons. He was specifically mentioned by Kole Calhoun and Francisco Arcia as being instrumental to helping them last season.
  Reed, 37, had previously worked for three seasons as a hitting coach in the Milwaukee Brewers system.
  A product of Long Beach State
  
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• Prop. 10: Would more rent control help tenants or make California’s housing crisis worse?

  02-11-2018 18:01
  
  Supporters from at least a dozen housing and tenants rights groups rallied in downtown Los Angeles Thursday, April 12, in support of the repeal of the Costa-Hawkins Act and rent control measures in six Southern California cities. The 1995 state law limits rent control to older apartments. (Photo by Jeff Collins, the Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Proposition 10 would change the rules for rent control. It’s one of several high-stakes ideas California voters will weigh on Nov. 6. (Photo by Mic
  
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• 3 motorcyclists killed in crashes on I-405 freeway in Costa Mesa, Irvine

  02-11-2018 17:42
  
  Three motorcyclists were killed during the morning commute on Friday, Nov. 2, in separate crashes in Costa Mesa and in Irvine.
  The first fatality was reported at 5:35 a.m. on the northbound I-405 in Costa Mesa near the Harbor Boulevard off-ramp and the IKEA store.
  There were initial reports that one truck was involved, said California Highway Patrol Officer Monica Posada, an agency spokeswoman.
  Almost two hours later, two other motorcyclists were killed on the same freeway, in Irvine on the sout
  
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• Cuba’s Sullivan Barrera still looking for the big prize

  02-11-2018 17:00
  
  Sullivan Barrera might be the best veteran fighter out there never to win a world title. At least one of the best.
  The Cuban-born light heavyweight proved his worth when he won a convincing unanimous decision over Joe Smith Jr. in July 2017 at The Forum. That led to a title shot against champion Dmitry Bivol, but Bivol stopped Barrera in the 12th round in March at Madison Square Garden.
  Yes, Barrera failed in his only world championship fight. But he aims to get another one, so he’s not re
  
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• A cryptocurrency millionaire wants to build a utopia in Nevada

  02-11-2018 17:00
  
  By Nathaniel Popper, The New York Times
  STOREY COUNTY, Nev. — An enormous plot of land in the Nevada desert — bigger than nearby Reno — has been the subject of local intrigue since a company with no history, Blockchains LLC, bought it for $170 million in cash this year.
  The man who owns the company, a lawyer and cryptocurrency millionaire named Jeffrey Berns, put on a helmet and climbed into a Polaris off-road vehicle last week to give a tour of the sprawling property and dispe
  
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• Breeders’ Cup consensus picks for Friday Nov. 2

  02-11-2018 16:57
  
  Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday Nov. 2 at the Breeders’ Cup.
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• Retail-restaurant roundup: House of Sillage opens at South Coast Plaza; mini-Target debuts soon in Mission Viejo

  02-11-2018 16:50
  
  The Newport Beach-based luxury perfume and cosmetics maker House of Sillage has opened a temporary boutique at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. The brand’s Rainbow Collection Limited Lipstick Cases, which will debut at SCP, are $198 and refill for $35. (Courtesy of House of Sillage)
  House of Sillage has opened a temporary boutique at South Coast Plaza. The holiday boutique’s spa collection includes its $55 body wash. (Courtesy of House of Sillage)SoundThe gallery will resume insecond
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, Nov. 2

  02-11-2018 16:37
  
  Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday Nov. 2 at Santa Anita.
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• UCLA football aims to focus on fundamentals vs. Oregon

  02-11-2018 16:31
  
  LOS ANGELES — Chip Kelly doesn’t always joke with the media, but when he does, he prefers infectious disease.
  To fend off hated hypothetical questions, the UCLA football coach often jokes about the possibility that bubonic plague will wipe out his football team. He did it in April about UCLA’s spring game and this week when asked about quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
  But a hypothetical outbreak of the medieval disease is the least of the first-year head coach’s worr
  
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• EPA fines 2 trucking companies for air pollution, requires them to pay for indoor air filtration at Southern California schools

  02-11-2018 16:30
  
  Two interstate trucking companies failed to install filters in hundreds of diesel trucks that spewed tons of lung-damaging pollution into the air near schools, hospitals and daycare centers in Southern California, resulting in penalties of $225,000 assessed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, air pollution agencies announced Thursday.
  In addition, the trucking companies will spend $575,000 to install indoor air filtration systems in classrooms and multi-purpose rooms at schools and dayc
  
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• Allen Buchanan: The downside of moving your company out of state

  02-11-2018 16:30
  
  Yesterday, I concluded a meeting with a local manufacturing and distribution company. Family owned and operated by two California-born and raised principals, the business has experienced exponential growth over the last couple of years.
  That seven-year lease signed in 2015 — which was to adequately house the operation — has now become a liability as the operation is bursting at the seams. All measures have been taken to efficiently use the space available — creative material ha
  
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• US adds robust 250,000 jobs; pay growth fastest since 2009

  02-11-2018 16:28
  
  By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
  The final major economic report before Tuesday’s congressional elections showed that U.S. employers added a stellar 250,000 jobs in October and raised average pay by the most in nearly a decade.
  At the same time, the unemployment rate remained at a five-decade low of 3.7 percent.
  Friday’s employment report from the government pointed to a consistently robust job market that shows no sign of flagging even with the economy in its 10th year o
  
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• Trump pledges asylum crackdown, tent cities; is it legal?

  02-11-2018 15:30
  
  By JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an order next week that could lead to the large-scale detention of migrants crossing the southern border and bar anyone caught crossing illegally from claiming asylum — two legally dubious proposals that mark his latest election-season barrage against illegal immigration.
  Trump also said he had told the U.S. military mobilizing at the southwest border that if U.S. troops face
  
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• Inside Disneyland’s mouse kingdom is a hidden world of cats

  02-11-2018 15:01
  
  Pepper, a feral cat at the Disneyland Resort, pokes her head out of a bush near Trader Sam’s in Anaheim on Thursday, Feb 22, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Travis Tucker of Long Beach shot this photo of Snickers/Francisco near Grizzly River Run in Disney California Adventure. Tucker runs the BeardofDisneyland.com blog. SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSammy, also known as Emmett,a feral cat at the Disneyland Resort, near Trader Sam’s in Anaheim on Th
  
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• School district refuses to give Vietnam vet diploma

  02-11-2018 15:00
  
  The bullet busted through his boot and pierced his heel. Fifty years later, he remembers how badly it burned.
  Still, he was able to spot the enemy and give coordinates to two Cobra helicopters and the infantry. It was April 1969 in a firefight outside My Tho in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
  Ken Weiner, a Purple Heart and Air Medal with Valor winner, was 18 then. He still doesn’t sleep all the way through at night. “I get nervous,” said Weiner, who lives in Murrieta.
  He is
  
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• 3 dead in Diamond Bar house fire

  02-11-2018 14:25
  
  Three people were found dead after an early morning house fire was extinguished Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, on the 3600 block of Crooked Creek Drive in Diamond Bar. (Google Maps)
  Firefighters discovered the bodies of three people after they extinguished a Diamond Bar house fire Friday morning, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.
  The fire was first reported around 4:45 a.m. in the 3600 block of Crooked Creek Drive, a fire dispatch supervisor said.
  Firefighters found flames and heavy smok
  
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• Here’s how the song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ became Queen’s biggest hit

  02-11-2018 14:19
  
  The film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ hits theaters this week. The movie chronicles the British rock band Queen from its formation in the 1970s up to the Live Aid concert in 1985. Today we look at the band’s biggest hit.
  The band Queen made 15 studio albums from 1973 to 1995. It had worldwide sales of 150 million to 300 million records. Its iconic song from 1975, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” became the band’s first No. 1 hit in England, in 1975, and again in 1992 after being f
  
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• Cypress struggles on offense, loses to Serrano in Division 6 football playoffs

  02-11-2018 07:13
  
  ANAHEIM – The Cypress football team was in a tough predicament going into its CIF-SS Division 6 first-round playoff game against Serrano.
  Two key starters were out of the lineup, as quarterback Garet Crenshaw suffered an injury to his AC joint last week and receiver Elias Rios missed the game because of a death in his family.
  Cypress’ Isaac Hurtado is wrapped up by the Serrano defense during the first half of their 19-8 loss in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 6 football playof
  
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• Top seed South Hills pulls away late, beats Tustin in CIF-SS playoff opener

  02-11-2018 06:51
  
  COVINA – Top seed South Hills had to overcome a tied game in the fourth quarter and more nervous moments than it wanted before pulling away late to knock off visiting Tustin 27-7 in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 playoffs Thursday at Covina District Field.
  South Hills (11-0), which lost in the second round of the playoffs last year as the top seed, was on the verge of disaster with the score tied 7-7 in the fourth quarter, but the Huskies pulled away with three stra
  
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• Real Salt Lake stuns LAFC in MLS Cup playoff opener

  02-11-2018 06:48
  
  Los Angeles FC forward Latif Blessing #7 fights for the ball against Real Salt Lake midfielder Damir Kreilach #6 in the first half of a Major league Soccer playoff match at the Banc of California Stadium on Thursday, November 1, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Los Angeles FC defender Danilo Silva #6 celebrates with the crowd after scoring against the Real Salt Lake in the first half of a Major league Soccer playoff match at the Banc of Califo
  
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• Fryer and Albano: Predictions for Friday’s football playoff games

  02-11-2018 06:36
  
  Steve Fryer and Dan Albano make their predictions on the winners of this week’s high school football games in Orange County.PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1
  FRYER
  ALBANOSan Clemente vs. Murrieta Valley
  San Clemente
  San ClementeJSerra vs. Long Beach Poly
  JSerra
  JSerraMater Dei vs. Valencia (Valencia)
  Mater Dei
  Mater DeiMission Viejo vs. Bishop Amat
  Bishop Amat
  Mission ViejoEdison vs. San Juan Hills
  San Juan Hills
  EdisonHuntington Beach vs. St. Margaret’s
  St. Margaret’s
  St. Margaret’sFoun
  
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• Kings can’t ground Flyers, who hand them their 7th loss in 8 games

  02-11-2018 06:25
  
  Los Angeles Kings forward Trevor Lewis (22) shoots against Philadelphia Flyers goalie Brian Elliott (37) as defenseman Travis Sanheim (6) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
  Philadelphia Flyers forward Sean Couturier (14) reaches for the puck in front of Los Angeles Kings forward Alex Iafallo (19) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)Sou
  
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• Ducks rally for a point, but fall to Rangers in shootout as skid reaches 7 games

  02-11-2018 06:07
  
  ANAHEIM, CA – The Ducks’ Kiefer Sherwood skates past the Rangers’ Jimmy Vesey during the first period of Thursday’s game at Honda Center. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
  ANAHEIM, CA – NOVEMBER 01:Ryan Getzlaf #15 of the Anaheim Ducks skates with the puck during the first period of a game against the New York Rangersat Honda Center on November 1, 2018 in Anaheim, California.(Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsANAHEIM, CA
  
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