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• Fair weather, falling gas prices help Thanksgiving travelers

  21-11-2018 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  Mild weather and falling gasoline prices are helping Thanksgiving travelers get where they’re going while saving a few bucks.
  Airports around the country were busy Wednesday, leading to more than 1,500 delayed flights by early afternoon on the East Coast. Only about 75 flights were canceled, however, with about 40 of those in San Francisco, according to tracking service FlightAware.
  “It has been a good day so far. The weather has been very cooperative,”
  
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• Fryer: Corona del Mar football team’s strength comes from special bond

  21-11-2018 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  When some of today’s top Orange County football players one day attend their high school reunions, they will practically be strangers to many in attendance.
  When you’ve transferred from one school to another, or from one school to another and then another, you might not have many close friends at the high school reunion.
  That won’t happen to Corona del Mar’s football players.
  At the CIF-Southern Section football championships luncheon Monday, Corona del Mar linebacker Lu
  
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• Clippers (and Lou Williams) count on free throws

  21-11-2018 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  In something of a plot twist, Lou Williams was ejected for the first time in 878 career games Tuesday against the Washington Wizards. He was banished during a timeout for protesting foul calls – or lack thereof – with 34 seconds left in the Clippers’ 125-118 loss, a stunning fall-from-ahead result that snapped a five-game winning streak.
  Before being tossed, the smooth-operating guard, who was deemed the “coolest player in the NBA” earlier this year by GQ magazine,
  
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• LAFD helicopter crew made daring Woolsey fire rescue

  21-11-2018 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LAFD helicopter pilots Joel Smith, left, and Dave Norquist saved three people and two dogs stranded at the top of Castro Peak while the Woolsey fire was raging on Nov. 9, 2018. The pilots were dropping water on the fire when they were asked to attempt the rescue. (Photo on Nov. 21, 2018, by Mike Meadows/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
  LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles Fire Department pilots carried out a dramatic rescue of three people and two dogs on Castro Peak in the hills above Mali
  
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• Mater Dei secondary looking to regain its edge in rematch with St. John Bosco

  21-11-2018 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Elias Ricks estimates that he and his teammates in Mater Dei’s secondary have reviewed and dissected video of their first encounter with St. John Bosco about a dozen times. The footage screams like a personal horror show for a prideful group.
  “Missed tackles, missed coverages, blown coverages,” Ricks said with a hushed tone before practice this week. “I don’t like losing so it killed me.”
  The Monarchs’ secondary, dubbed last season the
  
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• What if you could trade sweat equity for a cash down payment and closing costs?

  21-11-2018 22:45 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 nose-dived this week, improving 13 basis points and landing at 4.81 percent. The 15-year fixed rate improved 12 basis points, now averaging 4.24 percent.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported unchanged loan application volume from the previous week.
  Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30-year f
  
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• UCLA TE Caleb Wilson focused on Stanford, not NFL

  21-11-2018 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Caleb Wilson speaks optimistically about the future of UCLA a few days after the Bruins secured their biggest win of the year. The tight end thinks things in Westwood will just get better and better in the coming years.
  But will the draft-eligible redshirt junior who is among the best tight ends in the country be around to see it?
  “Right now, just focusing on Stanford,” Wilson said Wednesday with a laugh. “And then we’ll see where that goes.”
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• Steve Penny ordered Amy White to remove documents from Karolyi Ranch, according to deposition

  21-11-2018 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  USA Gymnastics national teams manager Amy White, on the orders of former USA Gymnastics chief executive officer Steve Penny, removed several boxes of medical records and other documents relevant to the Larry Nassar investigation from the Karolyi Ranch in central Texas, according to court documents obtained by the Orange County Register.
  Former USA Gymnastics vice president for the women’s program Rhonda Faehn said in a sworn deposition that White in March confided to her that Penny called
  
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• Rebuking Trump’s criticism of ‘Obama judge,’ Chief Justice Roberts defends judiciary as ‘independent’

  21-11-2018 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Felicia Sonmez
  WASHINGTON – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday issued an extraordinary statement in response to President Donald Trump’s criticism of federal judges, one day after the president blamed an “Obama judge” for ruling against his administration’s ban on asylum for those who cross the border illegally.
  “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” Roberts said in a statement released the day before T
  
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• Ground breaks on community project at Aliso Viejo Ranch

  21-11-2018 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  ALISO VIEJO — A series of shovel strikes on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Aliso Viejo Ranch marked the end of more than a decade of uncertainty and the start of a project bringing both community space and historic preservation to the storied lot.
  Mayor Dave Harrington, Mayor Pro Tem Ross Chun, Councilmen Mike Munzing and Bill Phillips and City Manager Dave Doyle joined officials, residents and other city partners to celebrate the long-awaited project coming to fruition. Moulton family members
  
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• Angels acquire LHP Dillon Peters from Marlins

  21-11-2018 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels on Wednesday acquired left-hander Dillon Peters from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor-league right-hander Tyler Stevens.
  Peters has been a starting pitcher, and he can be optioned, so he will likely become part of the Angels’ rotation depth.
  The Angels designated right-hander Alex Meyer for assignment to create a spot for Peters on the 40-man roster. Meyer had a setback this fall in his rehab from shoulder surgery. He last pitched in July 2017.
  Peters, 26, had been d
  
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• Santa Ana man sentenced in scuffle with police, baseball bat assault of stranger shortly after his release from jail

  21-11-2018 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A 24-year-old man was sentenced to nine years in prison for a baseball-bat assault that happened shortly after he was released from behind bars jail for manslaughter last year and also for an earlier scuffle with police, according to court records.
  Matthew Jacob Granados pleaded guilty this week to assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism in the June 11, 2017 baseball bat incident. Granados also pleaded guilty to resisting an officer, battery on an officer and possessing
  
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• Orange County homebuying cools: 53% more listings, 35% more new homes unsold

  21-11-2018 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s supply of existing homes for is up 53 percent while builders have 35 percent more unsold new homes to peddle.
  ReportsOnHousing tracks homebuying patterns found in real estate broker networks: supply (active listings); year-to-date increase in supply; demand (new escrows in past 30 days); and “market time” (a measure of selling speed of days it takes a typical listing to enter escrow).
  Here’s what the data from Nov. 15 shows for Orange County …
  Suppl
  
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• Latest phase of the 5 Freeway widening project completed in Norwalk

  21-11-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Another milestone in the ongoing widening of the 5 Freeway was completed Wednesday: Caltrans opened a new Norwalk Boulevard off-ramp from the northbound side of the freeway.
  The off-ramp was closed for about four months while it was reconstructed in conjunction with repaving lanes on the northbound side of the freeway, Marc Bischoff, Caltrans spokesman, said.
  Motorists use the Norwalk Boulevard offramp from the northbound I-5 freeway that was openend on Wednesday November 21, 2018. (Photo by Kei
  
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• Video: Christian Pabico calls his final UCLA game ‘bittersweet’

  21-11-2018 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Receiver Christian Pabico talks about the feelings of playing in his final game at the Rose Bowl this week, what he’s learned from his five-year career at UCLA and what he thinks the future has in store for UCLA.
  
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• Talking politics over turkey? Pro tip: Don’t!

  21-11-2018 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Samuel Gladding, a counseling professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, has some advice for families who hope to share Thanksgiving Day even though they hold deeply divergent opinions about politics.
  “Focus on gratitude; what has gone, and is going, well.”
  “Focus on similarities. People may be different from us, but they (also) are similar. Find the common thread.”
  “Focus on food, family, and friends. These three connect us, and connectivity brings us t
  
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• Chapman’s first Rhodes Scholar is headed to Oxford

  21-11-2018 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Vidal Arroyo noticed that for children, getting rid of cancer was sometimes just their first step in a long road to recovery.
  Arroyo, volunteering at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, said he saw many children struggle with obesity and other diseases long after being declared cancer-free. Their treatments were making the children more susceptible, he said. “They are cured of one disease, but become a patient of another.”
  Arroyo hopes to map data to create tools to teach doc
  
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• USC football mailbag: Will AD Lynn Swann fire Clay Helton?

  21-11-2018 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  If you can believe it, USC has a primetime nationally televised game against a longtime rival Saturday.
  The Trojans will host Notre Dame at 5 p.m. at the Coliseum, but nearly all of the current discussion around the program this week relates to the status of Clay Helton, the third-year coach who is firmly on the hot seat as his team sits in jeopardy of failing to become bowl eligible. The Trojans are 5-6 overall after losing four of their past five games.
  There isn’t a whole lot to discuss
  
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• Best thing I ate: Big, fat, meaty, red-chili tamales Orange

  21-11-2018 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s time to start thinking about tamales. And when I say “time,” I mean 8 a.m. That’s when the doors open daily at a new tamale shop in Orange called Tamaleria Rincon Sinaloense.
  More of a factory than a restaurant, this place has absolutely no connection to a Mexican restaurant in Bell similarly named Rincon Sinaloense. The “dining room” has only four tables. A giant, industrial mixer hums soothingly in the background, slowly churning a fresh batch of m
  
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• This Thanksgiving, save room for consumer choice

  21-11-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This time of year serves as a reminder to be grateful for the robust freedoms we have in this country. Perhaps none is more important than the plethora of choices we all have—not just at the Thanksgiving table, but throughout the year.
  While the Pilgrims struggled to find food, we live in a time of plenty. Strawberries in January? Have at it. There are millions of possible topping combinations for delivery pizza. You can even buy grilled-cheese-and-ketchup-flavored potato chips, if that&rs
  
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• Ahmad Zahra, likely the country’s first openly LGBTQ Muslim city councilman, set to take office in Fullerton

  21-11-2018 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Ahmad Zahra is not here to make history.
  But he — a gay Muslim immigrant film producer from Syria — knows what his election to the Fullerton City Council means.
  Ahmad Zahra will be the first LGBTQ Muslim council member in the country. He grew up in Syria and came to Fullerton, where he started a film production company. He is pictured in Fullerton on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Ahmad Zahra will be the first LGBTQ Muslim council mem
  
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• New dog park in Laguna Woods delayed after contractor abandons project

  21-11-2018 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — “A Place for Paws” — Laguna Woods’ dog park relocation project — has been put on pause due to the unexpected withdrawal of awarded contractor, Line Tech Contractors, Inc, City Manager Chris Macon confirmed in an email on Monday, Nov. 19.
  The park was projected for completion on Oct. 21; however, construction suddenly stopped with the park incomplete. David Cohen, chair of the city’s Dog Park Advisory Committee, estimated that workers
  
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• Season of giving: ways to give back

  21-11-2018 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking to give back during this holiday season? Opportunities abound here in Laguna Woods and nearby communities.
  Kids Give To Kids toy drive
  Inspired by his own personal strife — coming of age in the foster care system and facing homelessness in his 50s — Daniel Barrett founded the cardboard-box toy exchange Kids Give to Kids in his search for his life’s purpose.
  “So quickly, this became way bigger than me and just my story,” Barrett said, after stumbling upon a c
  
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• Parents of Seal Beach child with Down syndrome design toys promoting inclusivity

  21-11-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Olivia Contreras, 6, plays with her dolls — front and center, her “Oliva Rose Doll.” Her parents Roberto and Mayra Contreras created a doll to look like Olivia, who has Down sydrome. Then the Seal Beach couple added more dolls that promote inclusivity. (Photo courtesy of Mayra Contreras)
  Seal Beach girl Olivia Contreras, who has Down sydrome, cuddles the custom-made Olivia Rose Doll, which her parents Mayra and Roberto Contreras had made for her. The parents run a small toy com
  
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• What St. John Bosco-Mater Dei football rivalry means ahead of third-straight CIF-SS title game bout

  21-11-2018 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  In football, you’re usually lucky and content with seeing a great pair of rivals face off once a year.
  But for the third year in a row, the St. John Bosco-Mater Dei clash will again get an encore.
  The Braves and the Monarchs, the No. 1 and No. 3 teams nationally according to MaxPreps.com, repsectively, will face each other on Friday at Cerritos College in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship game.
  The winner earns a regional title and a shot at a state one in two weeks, as well
  
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• CSUF Movember effort turns spotlight on men’s health

  21-11-2018 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  This month, several areas of the Cal State Fullerton campus, including the University Police Department, are celebrating Movember. Their focus? Men’s health. The goal is to transform how men look after their health and get support.
  During November, or Movember, men are encouraged to grow mustaches while raising funds to support this movement. To date, more than 1,200 men’s health projects in 20 countries have been funded by the Movember Foundation.
  UPD has a challenge underway, encou
  
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• For more than 1,500 CSUF supporters the night was just Ducky

  21-11-2018 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 1500 Titan supporters packed the Honda Center Nov. 9 for the Anaheim Ducks-Minnesota Wild game.
  It was Ducks Night, and those who attended received a co-branded scarf that had the Mighty Ducks throwback logo and colors to celebrate the team’s 25th anniversary.
  Unfortunately, the Ducks lost 5-1, but fans got to show off their Titan gear, watch Tuffy on the ice and mingle with friends and family.
  CSUF supporters of the Anaheim Ducks came out for CSUF Ducks Night at the Honda C
  
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• Cal State Fullerton’s new strategic plan rolled out

  21-11-2018 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton’s Academic Senate and audience members on Nov. 15 celebrated the official rollout of the new 2018-2023 Strategic Plan, which has been over a year in the making.
  Members of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee reviewed the mission, values and four goals of the new plan.
  “It is so exciting and gratifying to be here at this moment,” said Mary Ann Villarreal, associate vice president for strategic initiatives, at the Academic Senate meeting. “We came
  
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• Man jumps to death from freeway overpass in Long Beach, causing partial closures of 91 and 710 freeways

  21-11-2018 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A man leapt to his death from a freeway overpass in Long Beach Wednesday morning, prompting closures of portions of the 710 and 91 freeways.
  The man had climbed onto the eastbound 91 Freeway overpass above the 710 Freeway at about 6:30 a.m. and began threatening to jump, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  About 45 minutes later, officers shut down traffic on the southbound 710 Freeway to the eastbound 91 Freeway, as well as the eastbound 91 Freeway to the northbound 710 Freeway, Officer
  
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• Limiting screen time for your kid? It’s harder than it looks

  21-11-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Martha Irvine, The Associated Press
  It is Saturday morning, and 10-year-old Henry Hailey is up at the crack of dawn. Still in PJs, his microphone-equipped headphones glowing blue in the dim basement, he fixates on the popular online game “Fortnite” on a large screen.
  “What?! Right as I was about to finish it, I died,” he calls out disappointedly to his friend Gus, a fellow fifth-grader playing the game from his home just a few blocks away. “Dude, I should NOT hav
  
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• Homebuying’s summer chill: How sales fell 13% in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa

  21-11-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa fell 13 percent this summer vs. a year ago.
  It was the slowest-selling third quarter in four years for Orange County’s housing market, as buyers balked at high prices and expensive mortgages while homeowners and builders boosted the supply of residences for sale.
  Here’s what we learned when we looked at house-hunting’s chill at the neighborhood level in 2018’s summer quarter vs. the July-to-September period a year e
  
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• Whicker: LeBron James’ friends and schoolmates tried to keep it real for the imminent King

  21-11-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  
  St. Vincent-St. Mary’s star LeBron James goes past Mater Dei’s Marcel Jones on his way to the basket during the second quarter of their Jan. 4, 2003 game at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. St. Vincent-St. Mary won 64-58 with James scoring 21 points. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson, AFP/Getty Images)
  ORG XMIT: OHJL107 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary’s LeBron James raises his finger in jubilation after they beat Kettering Alter 40-36 in the Division II championship Saturday March 22, 2003, in
  
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• ‘Creed 2’ features boxing trunks by Javier Zinzun, Santa Ana’s real-life Rocky

  21-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Javier Zinzun, CEO of I Got My Own Back Designs, shows boxing shorts that he created in his design studio in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Javier Zinzun, CEO of I Got My Own Back Designs, shows boxing shorts that he created in his design studio in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJavier Zinzun, CEO of I Got My Own Back Designs, shows boxi
  
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• Banking industry profits hit another record, $62 billion

  21-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Renae Merle, The Washington Post
  The U.S. banking industry’s profits reached a record $62 billion during the third quarter, fueled in large part by a corporate tax cut, according to government data released Tuesday.
  Without the tax cut passed by Congress last year, the industry’s profits would have been $54.6 billion, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a banking regulator.
  The 29 percent increase in quarterly profits is just the latest indication that a decade after
  
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• Stars serve needy at LA Mission Thanksgiving

  21-11-2018 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kevin Hart, Pharrell Williams, Nick Cannon and Minnie Driver are among the celebrities expected to pick up ladles and spatulas Wednesday to help serve Thanksgiving meals to thousands of homeless and needy individuals and families at the Los Angeles Mission.
  The Thanksgiving meal is an annual tradition on LA’s Skid Row, featuring not just food, but providing attendees with blankets, hygiene kits, socks and even foot-washing. More than 3,000 people are fed every year.
  Che
  
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• Military monuments standing tall at Lake Forest’s Veterans Park

  21-11-2018 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Lake Forest again honored its heroes this week with a ribbon cutting for monuments dedicated to the five branches of the United States military.
  The completed monuments cap months of work to renovate the park, which also has shed its original Village Pond Park name for Veterans Park.
  The five branches of the military are represented with monuments and a mosaic folded flag atop, at Lake Forest’s renovated and renamed Veterans Park. Workers prepare for Tuesday’s dedication ceremony on
  
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• Annual Thanksgiving meal at Honda Center expected to serve thousands

  21-11-2018 16:26 via ocregister.com
  
  How do you prepare a Thanksgiving meal for up to 15,000 people?
  Well, you start with 600 turkeys, 3,000 pounds of potatoes, 1,500 pounds of mixed vegetables, 75 pounds of onions, a pallet of bread, 180 pounds of butter and 6,000 pumpkin and Dutch apple pies.
  At least, that’s how you do it if you’re We Give Thanks, a nonprofit that will serve its 32nd annual free holiday meal on Thursday, Nov. 22, at Anaheim’s Honda Center, said Kevin Draper, a board member and volunteer.
  C
  
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• South Korean named Interpol president in blow to Russia

  21-11-2018 16:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By AYA BATRAWY and ANGELA CHARLTON
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Interpol elected a South Korean as the organization’s president on Wednesday, edging out a veteran of Russia’s security services who was strongly opposed by the United States, Britain and other European nations.
  Kim Jong Yang’s surprise election was seen as a victory for the White House and its European partners, who had lobbied up until the final hours before the vote against Alexander Prokopchuk’s bi
  
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• 25 ho ho holiday concerts coming to Southern California this season

  21-11-2018 16:06 via ocregister.com
  
  There are a lot of places to go and get your musical jollies this holiday season as numerous themed performances are happening  throughout Southern California in December. It’s that time of year when our favorite venues transform into winter wonderlands and big-name and legendary artists come to town to spread holiday cheer by cranking out renditions of songs we all know and to share the occasional original holiday contribution as well.
  Sometimes Santa Claus visits during these sets,
  
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• A honeymooner lost his wedding ring at Disneyland — here’s the sweet story of how he got it back

  21-11-2018 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Newlyweds Angelica and Garrison Walgren of Ephrata, Penn., at Disney California Adventure, October 2018, on their honeymoon. Photo by Eve Taylor. (Courtesy of Angelica Walgren)
  Wedding rings of Angelica and Garrison Walgren.( Photo by Rachel Kessler., courtesy of Angelica Walgren)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDisneyland carpenters Dave Singer (left) and Mike Dubrowski (right) stand at Pixar Pier in Disney California Adventure, near where they found a honeymooner’s lost ring. (Court
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: I don’t need to hear a list of your ailments, thanks very much

  21-11-2018 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Want to win friends and influence people, as suggested by Dale Carnegie? Here’s an important tip: Keep your ailments a secret. And I mean secret, like the recipe to KFC chicken or the combination to Ft. Knox.
  Because, guess what? No one wants to hear about them, unless that person is your mother or you have a compelling reason to share. Otherwise, if you want to actually have enjoyable relationships with people and get invited out on social occasions, medical issues are strictly on a &ldqu
  
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• Town halls helped shape the midterm. Will they in 2020?

  21-11-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Early after the election of President Donald Trump, a small but vibrant part of America’s political debate played out in old-school, face-to-face events involving elected representatives and the constituents who pay their salaries, events also known as town halls.
  And the conflicts that often erupted in those town halls – scenes often recorded on video and posted to the Internet – helped shape the results of the 2018 midterms.
  Except when they didn’t.
  In the past 12 month
  
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• Nevada gambler gets 5 years in prison for his role in $5.2 million Placentia city embezzlement scheme

  21-11-2018 08:55 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 42-year-old professional gambler from Nevada pleaded guilty Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to five years in prison for his part in the embezzlement of nearly $5.2 million from the Placentia city government.
  Michael Todd McDonald of Henderson, Nev., in the Las Vegas area, pleaded guilty to two counts of misappropriation or embezzlement of monies by a public officer and admitted sentencing enhancements for white collar crime exceeding $500,000, according to court records
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Tuesday, Nov. 20

  21-11-2018 08:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Tuesday, Nov. 20:
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  Marina went a long way to open its basketball season, playing in the RPS 205 Tipoff Classic this week in Rockford, Ill. The fifth annual tournament hosted by Rockford Public Schools drew 12 teams from four states.
  The Vikings won their opening game Tuesday, 56-49 over host Rockford Auburn. Marina sank 11 of 13 free throws in the fourth quarter while outscoring the Knights 19-10 in that period.
  
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• Western’s Jacob Domino has many highlights this season, but game-winning safety tops the list

  21-11-2018 07:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH – Western trailed Beaumont by one point with less than two minutes remaining in the CIF-SS Division 11 semifinals and was driving for the potential game-winning score when a Beaumont defender made a remarkable catch for an interception near the end zone. The turnover halted Western’s drive and seemingly ended the Pioneers’ chances of advancing to their first championship game since 2004.
  A turnover in that situation would be a back-breaker for many high school footb
  
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• Long Beach man arrested in road rage incident in Placentia; two victims injured

  21-11-2018 07:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Placentia police arrested a Long Beach man on Tuesday, Nov. 20 who they say was involved in a road rage incident that left one motorcyclist in critical condition and injured one pedestrian.
  Michael Eugene Begin<br />(Photo courtesy Placentia Police Department)
  At about 3:57 p.m. on Tuesday, Placentia Police Department detectives arrested Michael Eugene Begin, 54, of Long Beach, said Sgt. Bryce Angel, public information officer for the department. Begin was arrested while at his work in Lag
  
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• Riverside County Sheriff’s investigators arrest suspect in social media scheme to extort nude photos from women

  21-11-2018 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A person suspected of extorting nude photographs from women on various social media sites is in the custody of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
  Officials said the person, who used several handles, most using the word “territory,” extorted nude photographs from women on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
  “The suspect utilized additional screen names, such as ‘territorygod,’ ‘iamterritory,’ ‘territorywow,’ and other vari
  
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• Woman, 70, slain in Anaheim — man arrested

  21-11-2018 06:38 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — A 70-year-old woman was killed Tuesday in a home in Anaheim and a 64-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
  Officers responded about 9:30 a.m. to a report of a man attacking a woman inside a home at 1268 N. Siesta St., according to Anaheim police Sgt. Jeff Mundy.
  Michael Carl Hallgren (Photo courtesy Anaheim Police Department)
  They arrived and found a woman dead inside the home and took a man into custody without incident, Mundy said.
  “Homicide detectives launched an inves
  
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• USC receiver Michael Pittman Jr. plans to return for senior season

  21-11-2018 06:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — In a woeful season, often marked by an ineffective offense, one of the few brights spots to emerge for USC has been Michael Pittman Jr.
  Pittman has served as the Trojans’ big-play threat, a long 6-foot-4 target who has caught 34 passes for 667 yards and six touchdowns, both team-highs.
  Is it a big enough season for Pittman, a junior, to forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility to enter the NFL draft?
  Not quite, Pittman said after practice Tuesday evening.
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• White supremacist group member from Redondo Beach pleads guilty to conspiracy for role in O.C. rally violence

  21-11-2018 04:47 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A member of a militant Southern California white supremacist group pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge in connection with a violent political rally in Orange County last year in which several journalists were attacked.
  Tyler Laube, 22, of Redondo Beach, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal riots act.
  U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney scheduled sentencing for March 25 in downtown Los Angeles. Laube was ordered to remain in custody pending
  
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