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• With astonishing speed, Santa Ana gets 200-bed shelter up and running in a month

  15-11-2018 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  In what may be one of the fastest openings of an emergency homeless shelter, Santa Ana and its business and nonprofit partners took just 28 days to turn a vacant industrial building into an airy facility decorated with colorful murals and furnished with rows of new beds.
  On Thursday morning, Nov. 15, officials proudly showed off the 200-bed Red Hill Avenue shelter they’ve named “The Link,” which was set to accept its first guests Thursday night.
  Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, l
  
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• Man arrested after explosion leads to discovery of devices, materials in Tustin, authorities say

  15-11-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A 38-year-old man was arrested after a large boom in a neighborhood led to the discovery of explosives and materials used to make them in the man’s home in unincorporated Tustin, authorities said.
  On Wednesday morning, Nov. 14, deputies were called after a resident of a condominium complex heard a loud explosion and found a piece of shrapnel in his backyard, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun said on Thursday.
  Deputies talked to the resident’s neighbor in the complex, at 1
  
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• How the Ducks plan to adapt without injured defenseman Cam Fowler

  15-11-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Cam Fowler’s absence from the Ducks might be measured in months rather than weeks after he undergoes surgery to mend multiple facial fractures Friday. No one can say for certain how long the All-Star defenseman will be sidelined until after the procedure.
  What’s clear is that the Ducks won’t be the same team without him.
  After all, Fowler is their fourth-leading scorer overall with 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 19 games this season. He averages 24:41
  
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• Free Impossible burgers and sliders to the first 50 orders at all Dog Haus locations on Nov. 19

  15-11-2018 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Be one of the first 50 people at your nearest Dog Haus on Monday, Nov. 19 to order an Impossible burger or slider, a plant-based meat substitute, and it’s yours free.
  That’s right, on the Haus.
  The Pasadena-based gourmet hot dog, sausage and burger chain is rolling out the promotion in celebration of its recently launched plant-based menu, which features Beyond Meat sausages in addition to its Impossible offerings all served on King’s Hawaiian rolls.
  Dog Haus partner Hagop Gira
  
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• Festival Pass: One Love Cali Reggae expands; catch up with Camp Flog Gnaw

  15-11-2018 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
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  Festival Pass for Thursday, Nov. 15
  This is very strange. It’s a weekend without a festival! I don’t think I’ve been able to say that since I started Festival Pass in April. But just because we aren’t going out into the field this weekend doesn’t mean we don’t have festival news to share. (
  
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• Drew Doughty says sorry state of Kings is ’embarrassing’

  15-11-2018 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – Kings defenseman Drew Doughty has never been shy about saying what’s on his mind, especially when provoked. He’s been provoked, by himself and the rest of the team.
  “This is the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever had to deal with in my hockey career, that all of us have ever had to deal with in our hockey careers,” he said Wednesday after practice.
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• ‘The Clovehitch Killer’ is a serial killer thriller that plays games more mental than bloody, its stars and director say

  15-11-2018 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s an uncertainty in the way Charlie Plummer plays his starring role in “The Clovehitch Killer,” as if his character, a teenager who starts to wonder about secrets his father may hold, is passing through life in a waking dream.
  “I think probably everyone can relate to wanting to believe that your parents are one thing, and having to come to the realization that they might not be,” says the 19-year-old Plummer of how he tapped into the conflicting emotions of Ty
  
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• Lakers, without Rajon Rondo about a month, seek solutions

  15-11-2018 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Even after an early morning session in the film room, Luke Walton couldn’t precisely pinpoint when Rajon Rondo broke a bone in his right hand.
  The best he could offer with total certainty was that at some point midway through the fourth quarter, he noticed Rondo wasn’t using it. Rondo quietly walked to the tunnel with head athletic trainer Mario Nunez in tow, away from a crowd whose furor was being stoked by LeBron James.
  Characteristically, Rondo was back at
  
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• Furniture Row Racing’s Barney Visser prepares for NASCAR finale before team breaks up

  15-11-2018 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Furniture Row Racing owner Barney Visser is in a unique position this weekend at the NASCAR season finale. Not only will his  Furniture Row Racing team and driver Martin Truex Jr. defend its 2017 Cup Series championship, but it will also be the final Cup race for the Denver, Colo.-based team. Visser, in early September, revealed the team would cease operations at the end of the season due to lack of necessary funding to field a competitive team in 2019.
  Visser started in NASCAR in
  
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• Holiday Food: 15 baking tips from three popular Southern California bakery chefs

  15-11-2018 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Chef Henk Drakulichis the Division Vice President of La Brea Bakery and the executive chef who plans all of the breads, pies and other holiday goodies the bakery offers. (Courtesy of La Brea Bakery)
  Holiday Stuffing Rolls from La Brea Bakery will be available seasonally. (Courtesy of La Brea Bakery)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLa Brea Bakery’s White Chocolate Cranberry Loaf returns this year just in time for holiday meals. (Courtesy of La Brea Bakery)
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• Why 5 ‘ragtag’ chefs will cook their hearts out to provide Thanksgiving dinner ingredients to local families in need

  15-11-2018 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Five local chefs will be cooking up a storm at Sobremesa, an all fire dinner—no gas or electric cooking—on Monday, Nov. 19 in Huntington Beach. Most of the proceeds will benefit underprivileged families whose children attend two public schools in Santa Ana with the goal of providing complete Thanksgiving dinners. Seen here, volunteers from the 2017 turkey drive at Davis Elementary School in Santa Ana. (Courtesy of Sobremesa)
  John English will be one of five local chefs who will be cook
  
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• Try our new Amazon Alexa skill to find the best food in Orange County

  15-11-2018 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Feeling hungry? Most search engines or Yelp can deliver you a list of local taco shops or sushi bars, but the OC Food Finder delivers you the best food in Orange County as chosen by our food critic Brad A. Johnson.
  He’s made multiple trips to these restaurants and is prepared to give you a well-seasoned, mouth-watering look at the menu. So forget taking some random person’s word about what tastes good, Brad puts in the time to find the best food in OC. It’s his job!
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• Where to find the best homemade beer in Long Beach

  15-11-2018 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Unless you know these brewers personally and they like you enough to invite you over for a visit, there’s only one other way to taste their beers, and that’s at the third annual Long Beach Homebrew Festival.
  With more than 20 brewers pouring their homemade beers, the one-day event returns to Long Beach on Nov. 17.
  “These are all people who live in Long Beach, who have a passion for making beer for friends and family and they’re making this beer exclusively for the event,&
  
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• Wildfire victims get extra time for mortgage payments 

  15-11-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey:  The 30-year fixed rate remains unchanged from last week’s average rate of 4.94 percent. The 15-year fixed increased 3 basis points, averaging 4.36 percent.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 4 percent decrease in loan application volume from the previous week.
  Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average
  
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• CSUF lecturer recounts his Comanche heritage at Indigenous History month event

  15-11-2018 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton recognized and celebrated the diversity of its Native American students, faculty and staff on Nov. 6 with native prayer and blessings, songs and dancing.
  About 100 people attended the Native American Heritage Month President’s Reception, which kicked off Indigenous History Month, with the theme “Native Voices Rising: Defending Land and Life.”
  “I have a deep and profound feeling for the region’s true first families,” said President Fram
  
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• 5 garden tips for this week, Nov. 17-23

  15-11-2018 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Prune away
  We often get some very windy days around Thanksgiving here in Southern California. If you haven’t already done so and your trees have dense growth, prune off some of the branches now, so the wind can pass through instead of breaking them off.
  2. Sweet citrus
  Citrus trees need continuous soil moisture as the fruits ripen, so be careful to continue irrigating them as necessary. And if you haven’t done so yet, give your trees a proper dose of “Grow More Citrus Grower
  
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• Stocks have struggled in 2018. Bonds too. Oh, and gold.

  15-11-2018 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Stan Choe, The Associated Press
  Even the most balanced investors have gotten knocked on their heels this year.
  Typically, spreading one’s bets across several different types of investments has helped deliver steadier returns. When U.S. stocks slide, say, bonds and gold can hopefully help offset the losses. Or maybe stocks abroad will hold up better than their U.S. counterparts.
  Not so this year. U.S. stocks have endured some breathtaking drops the last several weeks, slicing the S&P
  
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• LAFC enters first offseason with higher expectations

  15-11-2018 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Football Club is set to experience its final “first” as a new club.
  Done with the preseason, regular season and postseason, it’s time for the offseason.
  When the debut campaign for L.A.’s newest sports franchise ended Nov. 1 at Banc of California Stadium with an MLS Knockout Round loss to Real Salt Lake, LAFC head coach Bob Bradley noted that creating a fun and winning soccer culture is “not a one-year project.”
  Two weeks after LAFC’s sec
  
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• LFA champ Sabina Mazo looking like a hot MMA prospect

  15-11-2018 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Living in Orange County, Sabina Mazo has but one complaint – and it’s probably a first.
  “It’s really cold here. That’s the only thing I haven’t got used to,” Mazo said. “I hate it. I’ve had to wear so many clothes every day now. It’s freezing out there. And the wind also.”
  Such is life for the Colombian transplant, who left the balmy tropical climate of home in order to pursue a career unfamiliar to many in her country.
  After
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball confronts pressing issue

  15-11-2018 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA committed all the sins of breaking the press. The Bruins caught the ball in the coffin corner. They invited traps. They didn’t run the baseline while inbounding. They let a 13-point lead dwindle to five in 61 seconds.
  They don’t want it to happen again.
  After getting flustered by Long Beach State’s late full-court press last week, the No. 20 Bruins refocused their attention in practice entering Friday’s game against Saint Francis at 8 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion.
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• Justin Timberlake postpones tour stop at Honda Center in Anaheim next week due to illness

  15-11-2018 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Singer-songwriter and international superstar Justin Timberlake has postponed a trio of stops on his The Man of the Woods Tour, including Tuesday, Nov. 20 at Honda Center in Anaheim, due to bruised vocal cords, a press release revealed.
  Timberlake has also postponed his shows in Portland, Oregon on Friday and in Sacramento on Sunday. The tour will resume at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
  “Justin Timberlake is sorry for the incontinence to his fans and looks forward to s
  
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• Upcoming Cal State Fullerton events

  15-11-2018 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Unless otherwise noted, all events are on the Cal State Fullerton main campus, 800 N. State College Blvd., and are free and open to the public.
  Department of Theatre and Dance
  Season tickets available now. Single tickets available one month before opening night. For dates and times, and to purchase tickets: 657-278-3371 or fullerton.edu/arts
  “Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play”: By Anne Washburn. This comedy won the 2014 Drama League Award for outstanding production of an off-Broadway o
  
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• Save money with this Disney California Adventure holiday food pass

  15-11-2018 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Black forest yule log at the A Twist on Tradition booth during Festival of Holidays in Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Sip and Savor pass, guide book and lanyard for Festival of Holidays in Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJalapeño Latkes with Chipotle Crema at the Spicy Celebrations booth during Festival of Holid
  
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• Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern California; weather helps crews gain ground

  15-11-2018 19:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
  MAGALIA, Calif. — Cool weather helped fire crews gain ground Thursday against the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century, as the search went on for more bodies. At least 56 people were killed and 300 were unaccounted for a week after the flames swept through.
  The nearly 220-square-mile blaze in Northern California was 40 percent contained, the state fire agency said, and firefighters succeeded in slowing the flames’ advance toward populated areas.
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• Southern California gardeners turn to social media for advice

  15-11-2018 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Gardeners are putting their green thumbs to work in a whole new way.
  Increasingly, they’re thumbing their smartphones for advice.
  From Facebook groups to Instagram posts (not to mention a bumper crop of go-to mobile apps like PlantSnap for identifying plants), social networking sites for gardeners are equipping this community with the confidence to tackle landscape design, identify plants and troubleshoot dilemmas through shared knowledge.
  “I think we’re all using networked com
  
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• Socially conscious research center at CSUF celebrates decade of finding educational solutions

  15-11-2018 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  For the past decade, Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Research on Educational Access and Leadership has worked to develop a stronger research culture in the College of Education and to support the then newly established doctor of education in educational leadership.
  At the same time, a generation of social justice-minded research scholars emerged to support educational change and transformation.
  Dawn Person, professor of educational leadership, launched the center within the College of Edu
  
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• Roy Clark, country guitar virtuoso, ‘Hee Haw’ star, dies at 85

  15-11-2018 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  In this May 17, 2009, file photo, country music star Roy Clark performs after being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show “Hee Haw” for nearly a quarter century, died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Okla. He was 85. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
  By KRISTIN M. HALL | Associated Press
  Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer w
  
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• Try to outrun a Minion during Universal Studios Hollywood’s inaugural Minion Run in May

  15-11-2018 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Do you think you could outrun an adorable little Minion from the “Despicable Me” franchise? Universal Studios Hollywood is going to give guests the opportunity to try via a new series of fun runs dubbed Running Universal, which officially kicks off with a Minion Run 5K on Saturday, May 11.
  The Minion-themed run featuring characters straight from the park’s Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride, will be open to guests ages 5 and older, of all experience and fitness levels, to run thr
  
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• On a triangular lot, $3.8 million Laguna Beach house looks like a yacht

  15-11-2018 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The 1,504-square-foot Laguna Beach house was built in 2016 to take advantage of the unusual space and sweeping Pacific Ocean views. (Photo by Bryan Kopecky)
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• Drummond: Yorba Linda stays true to its Republican reputation

  15-11-2018 18:44 via ocregister.com
  Yorba Linda voters certainly cemented the city’s status as a Republican enclave in midterm balloting by giving near or better than 2-to-1 majorities to GOP candidates for state offices and hefty tallies for Republicans in all other contests.
  Yorba Linda is one of only two Orange County cities with a majority Republican voter registration – 50.7 percent at last count (tiny Villa Park’s GOP signups stand at 56.3 percent). Even the city’s “no party preference&rdqu
  
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• Where are deficit hawks of both parties?

  15-11-2018 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Mounting national debt plus rising interest rates are putting the federal government on a bleak fiscal trajectory, The Wall Street Journal reports.
  While discussions about the national debt or even federal budget deficit have virtually disappeared since the election of President Trump, with Republicans disinterested in the sort of fiscal responsibility championed by the tea party and Democrats only interested in mentioning the deficit to knock recent tax cuts, politicians can only ignore the pro
  
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• Newport Beach mother missing more than half her teeth wins $50,000 dental makeover

  15-11-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Gina Scherffius has only 13 teeth left and even those are loose and decaying.
  Each day before she goes to work as an administrative assistant in the corporate office of OC Mattress, the 42-year-old Newport Beach resident puts in partial dentures to cover the empty space where her front top and bottom teeth used to be.
  She puts the dentures in even when her gums are infected and she is in excruciating pain.
  As her her aunt, Cynthia Andersen, left, of Westminster looks
  
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• Voters to the CAGOP: Now you’re just somebody that I used to know

  15-11-2018 17:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Politically speaking, the state of California has always acted as the Ghost of Christmas Future for the rest of the nation.  Whether you’re talking the rise of Reaganism, the anti-tax rebellion that manifested itself through Proposition 13  or enacting Proposition 187 to deny public services to undocumented residents, the Golden State has always wrestled with public policy issues years before they were ever debated on the national stage.
  If this truth holds, Republicans across th
  
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• Wife of Sgt. Ron Helus, killed in Borderline bar shooting in Thousand Oaks, says husband had ‘a heart of gold’

  15-11-2018 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Ventura County sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus will be honored and laid to rest Thursday, Nov. 15, eight days after he was killed while responding to a mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks bar that left 13 people dead.
  Helus, a 29-year-veteran of the department, was not far from retirement when he was fatally shot at the Borderline Bar and Grill during a popular “country college night.”
  In an interview that aired Thurdsay, Nov. 15, with NBC-TV’s “Today,” wife Karen
  
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• Overturned tanker leads to closure of 710 Freeway near I-5 Freeway

  15-11-2018 15:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A tanker truck overturned on the southbound 710 Freeway near the I-5 Freeway in the Vernon area early Thursday morning, prompting the California Highway Patrol to shut down all lanes in both directions of the roadway so crews could work to upright the large vehicle, officials said.
  The crash was first reported around 1:45 a.m. and the lanes were still closed as of 6:30 a.m., according to CHP reports. Crews expect the freeway to remain closed until around 9 a.m.
  No injuries were reported.
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• Firefighter battling Woolsey fire struck on PCH

  15-11-2018 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A firefighter battling the Woolsey fire was struck by a civilian vehicle early Thursday morning in Malibu, sending the first responder to the hospital, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
  The firefighter, only identified as being in his 40s and from Washington state, was on Pacific Coast Highway near Deer Creek Road around 12:10 a.m. when he was hit, officials said.
  Paramedics flew the man to Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. The extent of his injuries
  
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• You have 8 days to get ready to host Thanksgiving dinner — here’s what you have to do

  15-11-2018 15:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Plan your tablescape for a holiday dinner early and get replacements for any damaged China. It’s easy to order from online companies such as Replacements, Ltd. which has many pieces and patterns like those shown here. (Courtesy of Replacements, Ltd.)
  Plan your tablescape for a holiday dinner early and get replacements for any damaged China. It’s easy to order from online companies such as Replacements, Ltd. which has many pieces and patterns like those shown here. (Courtesy of Replac
  
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• Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi’s killing

  15-11-2018 15:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By AYA BATRAWY
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates  — Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor said Thursday he’s seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.
  The disclosures by the prosecution appear aimed at distancing the killers and their operation from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose decision-making powers have thrust him into the center of a
  
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• UCLA graduates 90 percent of its athletes, USC is at 86 percent

  15-11-2018 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The UCLA women’s basketball team has a 100 percent graduation success rate. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
  By STEVEN HERBERT | City News Service
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA’s athletes had a school-record 90 percent Graduation Success Rate, while USC’s was 86 percent, matching its high, according to the latest figures released today by the NCAA.
  The UCLA record and USC tying its record Graduation Success Rate mirror the national trend. The Graduation Success Rat
  
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• EU divorce deal in peril after two UK Cabinet ministers quit

  15-11-2018 14:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS, RAPHAEL SATTER and RAF CASERT
  LONDON  — Two British Cabinet ministers, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, resigned Thursday in opposition to the divorce deal struck by Prime Minister Theresa May with the EU — a major blow to her authority and her ability to get the deal through Parliament.
  As pro-Brexit Conservatives called for a no-confidence vote in their leader, a defiant May insisted Brexit meant making “the right choices, not the easy ones&rdquo
  
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• La Mirada man charged with restaurant credit card skimming is expected to plead guilty

  15-11-2018 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A La Mirada man is expected to plead guilty Thursday to his role in a fraud ring that stole credit card information from restaurant customers to create counterfeit cards.
  Russell Jay “Big Dog” Ogden, 44, will plead guilty in downtown Los Angeles to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with the bank case, and to two drug distribution charges in a separate federal indictment, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
  Ogden was among 13
  
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• National Philanthropy Day 2018: Meet this year’s Orange County honorees

  15-11-2018 13:30 via ocregister.com
  
  National Philanthropy Day Orange County is recognizing the following 2018 honorees for their community contributions:
  Legacy Award
  Ueberroth Family Foundation, Corona del Mar
  Founded in 1984, the Peter and Ginny Ueberroth Family Foundation has partnered with more than 70 local nonprofits and invested more than $40 million in efforts supporting at-risk youth, education, health and human services, and other philanthropic efforts. Ginny Ueberroth and their daughter Vicki Booth, foundation president
  
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• National Philanthropy Day 2018: Charlie and Ling Zhang touch lives through the arts

  15-11-2018 13:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Charlie and Ling Zhang are well-known as one of Orange County’s most philanthropic couples and supporters of the arts. In 2016 they founded OC Music & Dance, the county’s first and only nonprofit community performing arts school for students including those who can’t afford tuition.
  But even the most charitable people have their own role models, or people they look to for inspiration. For the Zhangs, that person is in their neighborhood: Ruth Ding, a founding member of the
  
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• National Philanthropy Day 2018: Lauren Best is chosen Outstanding Youth for Orange County

  15-11-2018 13:20 via ocregister.com
  
  As a junior at Sonora High in La Habra, Lauren Best earned recognition as an ABC7 Cool Kid, a weekly KABC Eyewitness News TV feature highlighting youth in Southern California.
  Senior year, she won a $500 Youth Service America grant from Disney.
  Lauren Best is this year’s Outstanding Youth honoree for the National Philanthropy Day awards. Her Girl Scout Gold Award project entailed creating a curriculum to help special ed teachers instruct their students in social skills. A graduate of
  
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• National Philanthropy Day 2018: Volunteer opportunities abound at O.C. nonprofits

  15-11-2018 13:15 via ocregister.com
  
  As part of the Season of Giving, nonprofits through Orange County are offering volunteer opportunities. Some are also presenting wish lists for items they would like to have donated. For more information, or to find additional volunteer opportunities, go to www.oneoc.org.
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  http://www.ocregister.com//2018/11/15/national-philanthropy-day-2018-meet-this-years-orange-county-honorees/
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• National Philanthropy Day 2018: Honoring those who give back to their community

  15-11-2018 13:10 via ocregister.com
  
  As we head into another holiday season, it’s appropriate to recognize those in Orange County who work tirelessly throughout the year to help others in our community. In these pages you will read about our neighbors who will be honored for their efforts on Thursday, Nov. 15, National Philanthropy Day.
  They include a man who arrived in this country with $20 in his pocket, built a restaurant empire, and with his wife has devoted himself to enabling young people to study music and dance regard
  
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• National Philanthropy Day 2018: OneOC brings nonprofits and companies together

  15-11-2018 13:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The motto of OneOC, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2018. is “accelerating nonprofit success.” Its mission is to inspire, equip and connect nonprofits and companies so that together they can achieve greater social good with better results through partnership.
  Last year the Santa Ana-based agency helped to mobilize more than 21,000 volunteers who performed 600,000 hours of service with an estimated value of $17.1 million. That was on top of more than $2.5 million in charitabl
  
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• OCVarsity’s Under the Radar Report: Laguna Beach, Western, Brea Olinda on list for the semifinals

  15-11-2018 09:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Michael Huntley writes about the “under the radar” players, teams, rivalries, uniforms, school bands — anything to do with the Orange County high school football scene. 
  This will be the final OCVarsity Under the Radar Report of the season.Under the Radar Offensive Player to Watch: Laguna Beach’s Sean Nolan
  Laguna Beach is one of the more surprising success stories in Orange County this year, largely due to quarterback Andrew Johnson and thr
  
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• Rajon Rondo’s broken hand leaves Lakers stunned, determined to keep winning

  15-11-2018 09:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Just as things appeared to be getting on track for the Lakers, this 2018-19 rollercoaster ride veered hard and threw them for a violent loop: veteran point guard Rajon Rondo suffered a broken right hand when his hand hit the floor during the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s 126-177 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, Lakers coach Luke Walton said.
  He’s expected to miss up to four weeks, according to the team.
  “Next man up, next man up,” said LeBron J
  
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• Woman ruled insane at time of mother’s killing in Lakewood

  15-11-2018 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  NORWALK — A woman who pleaded no contest in the May 2014 beating death of her mother in a Lakewood apartment was insane at the time of the crime, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  Superior Court Judge Debra Cole-Hall — who reviewed psychiatric and mental health reports involving Angie Diamond — ordered the 37-year-old Los Angeles woman to be sent to a state hospital, according to Paul Eakins of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
  Diamond pleaded no contest Oct. 3 to
  
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