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• Forget Black Friday, #ClimateFriday brings dire warnings on the state of the environment

  23-11-2018 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  White hot deals on Playstation 4 systems, flat screen televisions and robot vacuums were not the only surprise to be found this Black Friday.
  Friday, Nov. 23 also marked a different kind of sticker shock for the United States. The National Climate Assessment released a new federal report that paints a forecast that many will see as worrisome.My statement on the National Climate Assessment released today: https://t.co/fltD5DOmoy pic.twitter.com/PLpGCnaUc0
  — Al Gore (@algore) November 23, 20
  
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• Chargers RB Melvin Gordon questionable for Sunday; right tackle competition heats up

  23-11-2018 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers running back Melvin Gordon is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. The Pro Bowler has been dealing with knee and hamstring issues that limited him in practice on Thursday and Friday.
  “Took some of the load off of him today,” head coach Anthony Lynn said after Friday’s practice. “Tomorrow we’ll see how he runs around and then Sunday.”
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• Fryer’s preview and prediction for Saturday’s CIF-SS football championship game

  23-11-2018 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
  DIVISION 4
  Corona del Mar (11-1-1) vs. Grace Brethren (11-2)
  Where, when: Royal High of Simi Valley, Saturday, 7 p.m.
  Live coverage: FoxSportsWest.com/Prep-Zone
  Analysis: Top-seeded Corona del Mar is in a CIF-SS championship football game for the second time in three years. The Sea Kings lost to Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth 36-35 in overtime in the Division 4 championship game in 2016. They have won five CIF-SS football titles including three in a row (
  
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• Associate of Roger Stone in plea talks with Mueller

  23-11-2018 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHAD DAY
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A conservative writer and associate of Trump confidant Roger Stone said Friday that he is in plea talks with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team.
  Jerome Corsi told The Associated Press he has been negotiating a potential plea but declined to comment further. He said on a YouTube show earlier this month that he expected to be charged with lying to federal investigators, though he said at the time that he was innocent of wrongdoing.
  Mueller’s t
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Nov. 15-23)

  23-11-2018 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from Nov. 15 to Nov. 23, 2018:
  Thai Time Cuisine, 330 N. Harbor Blvd., La HabraClosed: Nov. 20 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: Nov. 21 (report)Guppy House, 5642 E. La Palma Ave., Suite 107, AnaheimClosed: Nov. 20
  Reason: Cockroach infestationSapporo Sushi, 5491 Beach Blvd., Buena ParkClosed: Nov. 20 (report)
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: Nov. 21Magic Mike’s Pizza, 6152 Garden Grove Bl
  
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• Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco football: Live CIF championship game updates

  23-11-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Follow along as our reporters travel across Southern California to cover the high school football championship games on Friday and Saturday.
  Friday:
  CIF-SS:
  D1 Final: (1) St. John Bosco vs. (3) Mater Dei (at Cerritos College) – 7:30 p.m.D3 Final:  (3) Sierra Canyon at (1) Cajon – 7:30 p.m.D5 Final:  (8) Palos Verdes at (3) Lawndale – 7:00 p.m.Related Articles Fryer’s preview and prediction for Saturday’s CIF-SS football championship game Anthony Lopez name
  
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• High school football: Live updates for CIF championship games

  23-11-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Follow along as our reporters travel across Southern California to cover the high school football championship games on Friday and Saturday.
  Friday:
  CIF-SS:
  D1 Final: (1) St. John Bosco vs. (3) Mater Dei (at Cerritos College) – 7:30 p.m.D3 Final:  (3) Sierra Canyon at (1) Cajon – 7:30 p.m.D5 Final:  (8) Palos Verdes at (3) Lawndale – 7:00 p.m.Related Articles Lopez named Tustin football head coach Mater Dei ready for its rematch with St. John Bosco in Division 1 footb
  
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• Where John Cox got it right – charting a new way for Republicans

  23-11-2018 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Like the toxic smoke that hovered over much of California in recent days, the toxic post election political environment cast a similar pall over the fortunes of Republicans across the Golden State.  It is easy to pick through the wreckage and conclude, but there simply were no bright spots and to conclude, as have some, that the party in California is dead.
  While the carnage took down Republicans of all stripes, it was particularly devastating to GOP women candidates, including Republican A
  
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• Anthony Lopez named football coach at Tustin

  23-11-2018 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Anthony Lopez has been promoted from assistant football coach to head coach at Tustin High, where he replaces Myron Miller who resigned two weeks ago.
  Lopez has worked as an assistant coach at Damien of La Verne and at Mission Viejo.
  Tustin this season finished 4-7 overall and 3-2 in the Empire League.
  
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• GM under investigation for faulty brake vacuum pumps

  23-11-2018 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. government is investigating more than 100 complaints of poor brake performance on 2.7 million General Motors big pickups and SUVs.
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a brake vacuum pump can deteriorate, causing increased braking effort and longer stopping distances.
  The agency has 111 consumer complaints including nine crashes and two injuries.
  The investigation covers 2014 through 2016 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups. Also involved are Chevrolet Suburban
  
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• Senior Moments: A feeling of loss, an increase in paperwork and phone calls

  23-11-2018 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  It seems I am in the paperwork phase of grief.
  Almost every piece of mail that arrives in my mailbox, or inbox, requires a phone call to notify someone of my husband’s recent passing. That someone then tells me where to mail a copy of his death certificate.
  That requires another call to another agency to ask when they might be sending me those certificates. And why do so many strangers need to have proof of his death? Surely they don’t think I would make it up.
  “OK George,&rdqu
  
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• Lakers’ Rajon Rondo keeps his spirits high and voice loud despite injury

  23-11-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – The three-inch scar, with stitches still in place, was visible on Rajon Rondo’s right hand as he spoke to media for the first time since the injury that will keep him out for roughly four more weeks.
  But other than that, nothing seems to have cut the veteran point guard too deeply.
  He was in good spirits on Friday morning, after the Lakers returned from a 2-1 road trip through the East. Rondo had been able to join the team in Miami and Cleveland. When asked if any teamma
  
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• S&P 500 slides into ‘correction’ for second time this year

  23-11-2018 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alex Veiga, The Associated Press
  U.S. stocks closed lower after a shortened session Friday, bumping the benchmark S&P 500 index into a correction, or drop of 10 percent below its most recent all-time high in September.
  Energy companies led the market slide as the price of U.S. crude oil tumbled to its lowest level in more than a year, reflecting worries among traders that a slowing global economy could hurt demand for oil.
  “Oil is really falling sharply, continuing its downward desc
  
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• Taco Bell is testing a giant Chalupa in Orange County

  23-11-2018 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  You’ve heard of pull-apart bread, but what about pull-apart Chalupa shells?
  That’s the latest innovation from Taco Bell, the fast food folks that gave the world the Naked Chicken Chalupa, featuring a shell made out of chicken meat.
  The Irvine-based chain is testing an item called a Tripleupa in 12 Orange County locations. It didn’t say which ones.
  The Tripleupa is an 11-inch flatbread shell stuffed with ground beef, shredded cheese and lettuce. The shell is segmented so it can
  
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• Saudi Arabia does more harm than good as America’s “ally”

  23-11-2018 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump doesn’t understand his chief responsibility as president. It is not to make deals and create jobs. It is to protect the security and liberty of Americans. By that standard, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not a “truly spectacular ally,” as he claimed.
  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the KSA’s de facto ruler, is a brutal, even sadistic, murderer. Worse for Washington is the affront to the U.S.
  America protects the corrupt, licentious, and oppr
  
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• Recipe: Leftover turkey made into a luscious Cobb Salad

  23-11-2018 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Tired of the same old turkey reruns? You know the standard recipes: Turkey Goop made with cream-of-mystery soup or Whatsit Casserole that once was a favorite. Over the years such dishes may have lost their appeal.
  Diehard traditionalists may insist on making turkey soup but consider how tantalizing that soup might taste in a couple of weeks, say for Christmas Eve. Start a new tradition: Wrap up that carcass (cut with kitchen shears for more compact packaging) and slide it into the freezer for la
  
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• Joshua Kelley, Bryce Love are keys as UCLA hopes to snap 10-game Stanford losing streak

  23-11-2018 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  There was Toby Gerhart, then Christian McCaffrey, then Bryce Love. The Stanford running backs lined up behind a massive offensive line and smacked UCLA for 10 straight years.
  The Bruins may finally be able to hit back this year.
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  UCLA, powered by its sudden star running back Joshua Kelley, will try to snap a 10-game losing streak to the Cardinal on Saturday at 12 p.m. at the Rose Bowl in
  
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• UCLA vs. Stanford: TV info, scouting report and prediction

  23-11-2018 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA vs. Stanford
  When: 12 p.m., Saturday
  Where: Rose Bowl
  TV/Radio: Pac-12 Networks/AM 570/97.3 FM
  Records: UCLA (3-8, 3-5 Pac-12); Stanford (6-4, 4-3 Pac-12)
  Stanford stats
  QB K.J. Costello: 222-330, 2,854 yards, 23 TDs, 10 INTs
  RB Bryce Love: 122 carries, 580 yards, 5 TDs
  WR JJ Arcega-Whiteside: 48 catches, 754 yards, 11 TDs
  LB Bobby Okereke: 71 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, 2 sacks
  CB Paulson Adebo: 54 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 15 PBUs
  Stanford injury report: OUT: OLB Casey Toohill, OL Nate Her
  
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• Tijuana mayor declares “humanitarian crisis” over migrants

  23-11-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  TIJUANA, Mexico — The mayor of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city and said Friday that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived.
  Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum said that the Mexican federal government has provided little assistance and he is not going to commit the city’s public resources to dealing with the situation. He said 4,976 migrants had come to the city.
  “We don’
  
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• Adults want cozy, kids want gross: 4 holiday trends to watch

  23-11-2018 19:03 via ocregister.com
  Cozy sweaters and soft pajamas are in for adults. Kids, meanwhile, are asking for board games featuring fake poop and pimples.
  Those are just some of the trends expected this holiday season, when shoppers are projected to spend as much as $720 billion, according to the National Retail Federation.
  Here’s what to expect:
  LET’S GET COZY
  Blame it on holiday stress: Target, Kohl’s and other retailers are pushing “cozy” goods. That means pajamas for the family, weighted b
  
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• Nutrition: Weight discrimination can impact people in all areas of their lives

  23-11-2018 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE), the annual meeting for registered dietitians and other food and nutrition professionals, was held last month in Washington D.C. A wide-range of evidence-based topics from nutrition for fertility and aging to mindfulness and the microbiome were covered in depth.
  One would think that the convening of top nutrition experts from across the country would foster discussion on diets and weight, and while this is true many session topics proved to unc
  
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• Radio: KLOS host Frank Kramer not the only radio veteran to lose home in Woolsey fire

  23-11-2018 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  KLOS morning man Frank Kramer, co-host of the station’s Frosty, Heidi and Frank, is not the only radio person to lose his house in the recent fires.
  “I’m so sorry that Joel Denver’s home is one of the many, many that were lost in the inferno of the Woolsey firestorm,” wrote Mary Beth Garber, former president of the Southern California Broadcasters Association, on Don Barrett’s LARadio.Com.
  The news was confirmed on radio (and records) industry w
  
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• Destroyed evidence could derail third trial for man twice convicted in Riverside County double homicide

  23-11-2018 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A man twice convicted in a 23-year-old double-murder in Riverside County is seeking to avoid a third trial on grounds that prosecutors withheld a videotaped interview with a witness who said two other people confessed to the killings.
  In a motion filed Oct. 4 in Riverside Superior Court, defense attorney Stuart Sachs requested that a judge dismiss the high-profile case against Johnny Baca in the 1995 shooting deaths of John Adair, 57, and his domestic partner, John Mix, 39, in Rancho Mirage
  
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• Master Gardener: How to make a Christmas cactus bloom yearly

  23-11-2018 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I’ve just purchased a pretty flowering houseplant at the supermarket that they called a zygocactus.  There were no growing instructions with the plant. Should I treat it like my other cactus plants?
  A: Although your cactus is a member of the cactus family, it belongs to the genus Schulmbergera, and is a native of the jungles of Brazil. The original species, S. bridgesii, has beautiful fuchsia-colored flowers, but today, there are many named hybrids in a variety
  
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• How billionaire Orange County philanthropist Bill Gross is turning his rare stamps into millions for charity

  23-11-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County billionaire Bill Gross, one of the world’s premier connoisseurs of rare stamps, is selling a major part of his $42.5 million U.S. collection and giving the proceeds to charity.
  Gross’ philanthropy is well known, but not so much his reputation as a philatelist.
  The man who built his fortune as the bond baron of the business world has a stamp gallery at the Smithsonian and a discerning eye for adhesive-backed treasures. He is one of a relative few who can appreciate an &l
  
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• Black Friday: Stores fighting for sales aim for convenience

  23-11-2018 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By Joseph Pisani and Anne D’Innocenzio, The Associated Press 
  Retailers are offering much of their Black Friday deals online, but shoppers still showed up at malls and stores around the country looking for discounts — and also to take in the scene.
  Kati Anderson said she stopped at Cumberland Mall in Atlanta for discounted clothes for her husband as well as “the people watching.” Her friend, Katie Nasworthy, was also hoping to score clothing deals, but said she went
  
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• HOA Homefront: Can the board mandate a switch to (or from) artificial turf?

  23-11-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Our board has indicated that they plan to remove all turf from the front yards of our community and replace it with various types of non-turf plants. The vast majority of homeowners oppose such a plan. Can a board make a decision of this nature and magnitude without homeowner approval? Their decision would make a highly significant change to the appearance of our community. — F.G., Oceanside
  A: I assume from your question the front yards in your community are a common area or under
  
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• Bubble watch: California GDP growth trails U.S. pace, again. Texas No. 1!

  23-11-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Statewide growth of the broadest measure of business output is now trailing the national pace, another sign of a cooler California economy.
  Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
  Trend reported: California’s gross domestic product in 2018’s second quarter grew at a 3.7 annualized percent, 22nd fastest among the states. National growth was 4.2 percent in the spring
  
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• 1 person dead, 2 others hurt after Alabama mall shooting

  23-11-2018 16:59 via ocregister.com
  HOOVER, Ala. — A man was shot and killed by police after a fight at an Alabama mall ahead of Black Friday shopping resulted in gunfire that injured a teenager and a 12-year-old girl.
  The shooting occurred late Thursday at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, a Birmingham suburb, a police statement said.
  Lexi Joiner told Al.com she was shopping with her mother when the gunfire started. Joiner said she heard six or seven shots and was ordered, along with some other shoppers, into a supply clos
  
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• Irvine veterans cemetery plans moving forward, with Great Park golf course site under consideration

  23-11-2018 16:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Discussions about building a veterans cemetery in Irvine are ramping up again, this time focused on land planned for a golf course in the Great Park in addition to the original site considered on the park’s northern border.
  Whichever location city officials choose, a cemetery likely wouldn’t be open until 2025 – the original site would require a clean-up project and a design would need to be drafted for the golf course property, according to city reports. And more funding would
  
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• These 12 holiday light shows put on dazzling displays across Southern California

  23-11-2018 16:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The holidays in Southern California mean the return of large-scale light displays. While here for a short while, these illuminated works of art are a sight to see.
  So don’t miss out.
  Here is a guide to 12 of the biggest and brightest.
  This holiday season the Auto Club Speedway is hosting a 1.5 mile drive-throughholiday light display labeled the Magic of Lights, running from November 17 through December 31, 2017 in Fontana, Ca., November 20, 2017. (John Valenzuela/Inland Valley Daily B
  
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• Where’s homebuying hotter: Anaheim, Orange or Villa Park?

  23-11-2018 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in Anaheim, Orange and Villa Park fell 4 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 my trusty spreadsheet told me when looking at house-hunting patterns at the neighborhood level in 2018’s summer quarter vs. the July-to-September period a year ea
  
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• Julien Baker talks making music as boygenius with friends Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus

  23-11-2018 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  When Julien Baker started to plan a fall tour with two of her best friends, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, she says she knew it would be a lot of fun.
  Maybe they could do a few songs together, too, she thought.
  “I think we knew we were going to collaborate in some way, whether it be live or however,” says Baker, a few minutes after her tour bus pulled into a snowy St. Louis recently. “We just didn’t know how. And then it snowballed into this.”
  This is boygenius, an
  
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• Prosecuting Assange for WikiLeaks would set a bad precedent

  23-11-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Federal prosecutors accidentally revealed the existence of secretly filed criminal charges against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who has been living for years in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
  Assange has been a target of the United States Justice Department since 2010, when WikiLeaks began publishing thousands of classified military and State Department documents obtained by Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.
  During the 2016 presidential campaign, WikiLeaks published thousand
  
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• New Riverside art exhibit explores impact of black super hero Luke Cage

  23-11-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s more to a superhero than punching out the bad guys.
  The depiction of Luke Cage — Marvel‘s first black hero to have his own comic book — raises questions about race, poverty, stereotypes about black men, the prison system and many other social issues.
  “DOUBLECAGED” is based on a sketch by Denys Cowan, with colors and art direction by John Jennings and Stacey Robinson, who work under the name of Black Kirby. (Photo courtesy of Black Kirby)
  “Bl
  
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• Holiday scams and fraud are everywhere. Here’s how to stay safe when shopping for gifts and more

  23-11-2018 15:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Fraud is something to look out for all year long, but as online shopping has increased every year, so has the number of ways to steal your holiday cheer. Today we look at some modern schemes and where you can report them.
  The best protection against fraud during the holidays is to keep a close eye on your financial statements and quickly dispute any unrecognizable charges.
  You can keep up with the newest scams with the Federal Trade Commission’s scam alerts.
  If you recognize any foul play,
  
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• Black Friday question: Does an air fryer make a good gift?

  23-11-2018 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Finding the right holiday gifts can be a conundrum. Buying presents for children is easy. Ask them what they want, and they’ll come up with a multi-item list without hesitation. Ask an adult, and a shoulder shrug is often the response.
  Roaming the aisles of Costco with an eye on practicality, it was a mountain of well-priced air fryers that caught my gift-seeking attention. For a penny less than fifty dollars, these five-quart (13-inches high, 11 1/2-inches wide) barrel-shaped wonders prom
  
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• Fate of DA Tony Rackauckas’ DNA program on the line

  23-11-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Part of the legacy of Tony Rackauckas’ 20-year run as Orange County District Attorney could be found in the fibers of a cotton swab.
  By convincing people suspected of low-level crimes to swab their mouths and turn their genetic history over to his office, Rackauckas built something unique in American jurisprudence — his own collection of DNA samples.
  This week, that independent DNA collection officially reached purgatory.
  Rackauckas, who lost his re-election bid and is due to leave o
  
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• Trump’s Thanksgiving message to troops: grievances over courts, trade, migrants; and aren’t I doing a swell job

  23-11-2018 14:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL COLVIN
  PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to pat himself on the back and air grievances about the courts, trade and migrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border.
  Trump’s call, made Thursday from his opulent private Mar-a-Lago club, struck an unusually political tone as he spoke with members of all five branches of the military to wish them happy holidays.
  “It’s a disgrace,” Trump said of judges wh
  
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• Brocke Stepteau’s career game lifts Hawaii past Utah in Wooden Legacy opener

  23-11-2018 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Utah forward Riley Battin, right, shoots under pressure from Hawaii forward Jack Purchase during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Wooden Legacy tournament Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
  Hawaii guard Drew Buggs celebrates his 3-point shot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Utah at the Wooden Legacy tournament Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)SoundThe gallery will resume
  
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• Speedway motorcycle racing is coming to Perris

  23-11-2018 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  While it doesn’t seem like 20 years or so, but speedway motorcycle racing was big (rather, huge) in Southern California. There were weekly shows at Costa Mesa, San Bernardino, Ventura and Victorville. Championships were decided at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach, a competition for limited spots in the World Championship qualifying rounds between the U.S.-based riders and Americans racing overseas.
  Those days will be recalled Dec. 8 with the return of the AMA/FIM North America
  
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• Giving thanks for Stevens’ four decades of excellence

  23-11-2018 07:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Gary Stevens picked an apropos time to announce his retirement.
  What better time than the week of Thanksgiving, when we give thanks for all the blessings in our lives?
  As a horse racing fan for more than 40 years, I am thankful for the opportunity to have watched Stevens in action since he came to ride regularly in California in the ’80s.
  The 55-year-old Stevens told Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form this week that he’s retiring after a doctor told him that he’d risk permane
  
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• Michigan State crushes UCLA men’s basketball in Las Vegas Invitational

  23-11-2018 06:46 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA’s Jules Bernard (3) shoots around Michigan State’s Joshua Langford, center, and Nick Ward (44) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, right, speaks with Joshua Langford during the second half of the team’s NCAA college basketball game against UCLA, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMichigan State&rsq
  
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• The sky’s the limit for blind USC long snapper Jake Olson

  23-11-2018 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Jake Olson, 20, Huntington Beach
  The Orange Lutheran High graduate, who lost his eyesight at 12 because of retinal cancer, appeared in a regular-season college football game for the first time when he snapped an extra point for USC in its opening win over Western Michigan on Labor Day weekend. (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Southern California long snapper Jake Olson leads the USC Trojan Marching Band following an NCAA college football game against Western Michigan, Saturday,
  
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• In spite of diminished role, Chargers tight end Antonio Gates shows he’s still got it

  23-11-2018 04:40 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — The scene was so familiar. Ninety three times, it’d played out this way, with the same result. Antonio Gates would always get open in the end zone, and Philip Rivers would always find him, their connection as reliable as clockwork. Only one other pair in NFL history connected more for touchdowns.
  So, as Gates cut toward the corner of the endzone last Sunday and Rivers threw a dart in his direction, it felt almost nostalgic.
  For Gates, this season, his 16th in the league,
  
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• After attacking the rim in Cleveland, Lonzo Ball looks to build on a surge

  23-11-2018 04:07 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND – It was LeBron James’ night, and of course LeBron James was talked about the most. He justified the hype with his 32-point, 14-rebound performance.
  But the Lakers also got another spark that Luke Walton wanted to talk about after the 109-105 win on Wednesday night: Lonzo Ball.
  The second-year point guard broke out of a recent scoring slump, hitting seven of his 11 shots against the Cavaliers. But as much as his baskets (15 points) were a help, Walton circled his aggressive
  
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• Pedestrian dies when hit by train in Placentia

  23-11-2018 02:26 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman was killed Thursday, Nov. 22, when she was struck by a freight train in Placentia.
  The Placentia Police Department identified the woman as Maria Moreno, 56, of Placentia.
  Shortly before noon, Moreno was walking south in the middle of the 1700 block of Atwood Avenue when she was hit by the westbound BNSF train as she crossed the south track, a news release said. Moreno was found south of the tracks and north of Atwood.
  Lt. James McElhinney said in an interview that Moreno was headed home
  
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• As Woolsey fire winds down, it’s #MalibuStrong on Thanksgiving Day at Pepperdine

  23-11-2018 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Blackened hillsides surround Pepperdine University as work continues on cleaning dormitories of smoke and ash, marks of the massive Woolsey fire that passed through Malibu two weeks ago and forced a large-scale evacuation.
  But inside the school’s cafeteria Thursday, hundreds of people sat together eating turkey and pie, chatting, hugging and enjoying live music.
  Volunteers from various Malibu organizations help serve Thanksgiving meals to families who lost their homes in the fires and firs
  
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• UCLA football mailbag: What’s in store for the Bruins after their win over USC?

  23-11-2018 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  And then there was one.
  UCLA’s season comes down to a final game Saturday as the Bruins host Stanford in the season finale. It’s been a rough first year of the Chip Kelly era, but a win against the Cardinal would make for back-to-back victories to end the season and stop a 10-year losing streak in the series.
  Let’s get to the A’s to your Q’s:
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