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• Titan Voice: Defining your own ‘college experience’

  27-11-2018 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lannee Tang
  During high school, I heard “college experience” mentioned, but I didn’t know what that meant. Is it about joining a sorority? Is it about sharing a dorm with your best friend?
  As a first-generation daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, I had no one who could explain the college experience. When it came to college, I was told, “It’s good for you. You need it to succeed. Go as far as you can. Become a doctor. Become a pharmacist.”
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• UCLA football 2018: What went right, what went wrong, who is back and who is on the way

  27-11-2018 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Chip Kelly exceeded the number of losses he had in a four-year career at Oregon in one season at UCLA, but with every mounting defeat, the head coach never seemed fazed. The Bruins were imagining bigger things.
  What began the season as a team that struggled to put up even 17 points against Cincinnati in its season opener ended up as a future Pac-12 South champion, according to Stanford head coach David Shaw, whose Cardinal held off a UCLA comeback attempt in the Bruins’ season finale Satur
  
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• UCLA football 2018: 5 burning questions for the offseason

  27-11-2018 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  It seem cliché, but players swear that all of Chip Kelly’s catch phrases work.
  “So what, now what,” became a player favorite as it kept the Bruins focused following their 0-5 start. Don’t stress about the past, don’t worry about the future, make something happen now.
  So the Bruins went 3-9 in the first year under Kelly. Now what do they have to address to make next year better?
  What will Joshua Kelley do for an encore?
  After Joshua Kelley got benched against
  
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• Northwood boys basketball team being led by interim coach while Tim O’Brien continues recovery

  27-11-2018 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Northwood’s boys basketball team is starting the season without long-time coach Tim O’Brien, who continues his recovery from cancer, which he was diagnosed with on April 9.
  Northwood officials are expecting O’Brien, who has been the Timberwolves’ coach for 14 seasons over two stints, to return to the bench to guide the team, but he doesn’t known when.
  O’Brien said in an email there is no timetable as he continues to recover, but added he is watching tapes of t
  
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• White House expresses ‘disappointment,’ ‘anger’ at GM

  27-11-2018 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was “very disappointed” that General Motors was closing plants in the United States and warned that the White House was “now looking at cutting all GM subsidies,” including for its electric cars program.
  Trump unleashed on Twitter a day after GM announced it would shutter five plants and slash 14,000 jobs in North America, with many of the job cuts coming from the Midwest, where the president has promised
  
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• 9 million fewer Americans shopped on Black Friday weekend than in 2017

  27-11-2018 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Total holiday shopping this year might be one for the record books, but you wouldn’t know it looking at this past weekend’s numbers.
  More than 165 million Americans shopped either in stores or online during the five-day period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday — more than expected, but well below the 174 million shoppers during the same period last year, according to the National Retail Federation. The average U.S. shopper spent $313 over the period, down fro
  
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• Tickets on sale for Disneyland’s first Sweethearts’ Nite

  27-11-2018 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’ve got a romantic soul and you love Disneyland, you might want to know about this: Tickets went on sale this morning to Disneyland’s first Sweethearts’ Nite, which will feature lots of special events for romantic couples a week before Valentine’s Day.
  Those who can’t get enough of these Disneyland After Dark events take note: There will also be a retro 90’s Nite coming up on March 7, and tickets are also on sale for that one.
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• The Nuggets pursued LeBron James this summer but to little avail: ‘I didn’t give it much thought’

  27-11-2018 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  DENVER – Next time you see a Nuggets throwback jersey — the city skyline against a rainbow mountain backdrop — try to imagine LeBron James wearing one.
  That’s the closest the Nuggets will get to actually seeing James in one of their jerseys, but they tried hard to make it happen this summer.
  As the start of free agency approached this summer, there were reports that Denver was making a Hail Mary push to meet with James before he made his decision. They ultimately wer
  
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• Yuck! The Disgusting Food Museum serving up dead baby mice wine, maggot-infested cheese, sheep’s eyeball delicacies

  27-11-2018 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Sure, lots of people like to start their day with a healthy green smoothie.
  It’s just that in Peru they juice frogs – yes, frogs – instead of kale to get those healthy, emerald-colored benefits.
  Juicing frogs has its health benefits as advertised on this sign in the Disgusting Food Museum, coming to open at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District from Dec. 9-Feb. 17. (Courtesy of the Disgusting Food Museum)
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• USC defensive line coach Kenechi Udeze among coaching changes

  27-11-2018 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  USC defensive line coach Kenechi Udeze will not return next season, the first among several expected changes to the Trojans’ coaching staff in the aftermath of their first losing season in nearly two decades.
  Udeze announced his departure Tuesday.
  “For the last three years it has been my privilege coaching you guys in more than just football,” Udeze wrote in a letter posted to his profile Twitter. “I couldn’t be more happy with the growth of you guys and couldn&rsqu
  
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• Orange County girls basketball Top 25 rankings, Nov. 27

  27-11-2018 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  O.C. Top 25
  Updated through games Monday, Nov. 26
  Rank, school, record, last week’s ranking (LW)
  1. Mater Dei (4-0) LW 1: She’s back. Healthy Cailyn Crocker earned MVP honors to help Monarchs cruise to Downey tournament crown.
  2. Rosary (3-2) LW 2: Royals and all-tournament pick Kate Goostrey (19 ppg) finished the Mark Keppel tournament strong, beating La Jolla Country Day 61-58 in fifth-place game
  3. Brea Olinda (4-2) LW 3: The Ladycats beat No.4 Fairmont Prep 55-49
  
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• Edison pitch to restart nuclear waste transfer at San Onofre will be focus of advisory group meeting

  27-11-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Slings are attached to the 50-ton canister containing highly radioactive nuclear waste before it is lowered into the vault of the Holtec Hi-Storm dry storage system. (Photo courtesy Nuclear Regulatory Commission.)
  The Holtec Hi-Storm Umax dry storage system for spent fuel at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Courtesy of Southern California Edison)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThis Google Earth image shows how close the expanded dry storage area for spent nuclear waste will be to th
  
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• Gunman in Thousand Oaks mass shooting fired 50-plus shots, tossed multiple smoke grenades, but still no motive

  27-11-2018 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – The gunman who terrorized the packed Borderline Bar and Grill earlier this month fired 50-plus rounds while striking 13 victims, with only one surviving, and tossed multiple smoke grenades that added to the confusion that night, Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told reporters on Tuesday, with officials still searching for the killer’s motive.
  In April, Ian David Long did not express a desire to harm himself or others during a visit by deputies to his home, t
  
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• Sewage spill closes stretch of Newport Bay at aquatic center

  27-11-2018 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A sewage spill has closed a stretch of the bay in front of the Newport Aquatic Center, the second closure because of a spill since the city settled a potential lawsuit earlier this month over sewage contamination.
  Approximately 110 gallons of sewage overflowed because of a sewer line blockage on private property nearby, according to a Monday evening notice from the OC Health Care Agency.
  The stretch of water at North Star Beach in front of the aquatic center is closed to swimming and other water
  
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• ‘SpongeBob’ creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

  27-11-2018 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW DALTON
  LOS ANGELES — Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants and the absurd undersea world he inhabited, has died at age 57, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.
  Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS, the cable network said in a statement. He was 57.
  Related: SpongeBob SquarePants, born in O.C., turns 10 [published 2009]
  Hillenburg had announced he had the disease in March 2017. His death comes just weeks after the passing of another
  
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• Next up for the Rams: The struggling Detroit Lions

  27-11-2018 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Like every team that makes a coaching change, the Detroit Lions hoped for something dramatic. That’s what they got, but perhaps they should have been more specific with their desires.
  Former coach Jim Caldwell went 36-28 in four seasons and led the Lions to the playoffs twice, but that wasn’t enough. Caldwell got fired after last season, and the Lions hired highly regarded former New England assistant Matt Patricia, who has guided Detroit to a 4-7 record this season heading into Sund
  
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• U.S. nixed FBI checks on staff at growing migrant teen detention camp

  27-11-2018 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By GARANCE BURKE AND MARTHA MENDOZA
  TORNILLO, Texas — The Trump administration announced in June it would open a temporary shelter for up to 360 migrant children in this isolated corner of the Texas desert. Less than six months later, the facility has expanded into a detention camp holding thousands of teenagers — and it shows every sign of becoming more permanent.
  By Tuesday, 2,324 largely Central American boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 17 were sleeping inside the highly
  
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• Justin Timberlake postpones Staples concert due to voice problem

  27-11-2018 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Because of bruised vocal cords, Justin Timberlake has canceled a concert scheduled Tuesday night at Staples Center in LA as part of his Man of the Woods Tour.
  “As a result of bruised vocal cords, the Justin Timberlake Man of The Woods concert scheduled for tonight at Staples Center is postponed,” said a tweet from Staples Center. “Fans are advised to hold onto their tickets pending updated show information as they will be honored at the rescheduled event. Ju
  
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• UC Irvine selling ocean-view Laguna Beach house, a gift from professor, for $2.29 million

  27-11-2018 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The contemporary, 2,672-square-foot house has floor-to-ceiling windows and open interiors. Click through the slideshow to see more. (Photo by Brett Hillyard)
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• Great Escape: Carmel-by-the-Sea is one square mile of relaxation

  27-11-2018 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Is there anywhere I prefer more than a California coastal town in the fall? Nowhere comes to mind.
  I could easily sing the praises of the beachy burgs in our own backyard, but here’s an unrepentant declaration: The walkable beach town of my seasonal dreams is Carmel-by-the-Sea.
  This 1-square-mile village is Shangri-La, a timeless place apart. Developed as a haven for artists after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, this forested, gentrified community has pristine, storybook looks and intim
  
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• Report: Manafort met with Julian Assange ahead of 2016 leaks

  27-11-2018 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — A British newspaper alleges that Paul Manafort secretly met WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London within days or weeks of being brought aboard Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
  If confirmed, the report Tuesday suggests a direct connection between the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks, which released tens of thousands of emails stolen by Russian spies during the 2016 election.
  The campaign seized on the emails to undermine Trump’s rival
  
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• Daniel Tosh is coming to Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa, here’s how to get tickets

  27-11-2018 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Comedian Daniel Tosh, known for his Comedy Central TV show “Tosh.0,” is coming to Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage on April 26, 2019 and tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 30.
  This is not the first time the very wry comedian has appeared at Agua Caliente. He performed there in 2013 and again in 2017.
  In addition to being a comedian and TV host, Tosh has credits as an actor, writer and producer. When “Tosh.0” premiered in June 2009, it broke numerous records f
  
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• How to see and hear the 2018 Candlelight Ceremony at Disneyland this weekend

  27-11-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s still an opportunity to see and hear the 2018 Candlelight Ceremony at Disneyland this weekend even if you still haven’t received your VIP invitation yet.
  The 600-member candlelight choir will parade down Main Street U.S.A. on Saturday and Sunday for two performances each night in Disneyland’s Town Square. Expect the main entrance to the Anaheim theme park to be busy and crowded both nights between 5 and 9 p.m.
  The Disneyland Candlelight Ceremony tradition began in 1958
  
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• Ballet review: Los Angeles Ballet muddies but warms the ‘The Nutcracker’

  27-11-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In resetting the traditionally European story in Los Angeles and reorganizing Tchaikovsky’s beloved score, Los Angeles Ballet muddies rather than enhances  “The Nutcracker.” But the Christmas ballet nonetheless remains a joyous extravaganza.
  Fortunately, we still get that gorgeous, lushly orchestrated and memorably melodic music, danced by performers who look genuinely happy to be onstage and giving joy.
  Let’s commend choreographers Thordal Christensen and Colleen Ne
  
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• Gingerbread exhibit at Discovery Cube OC hits the sweet spot between science and fun

  27-11-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Peter Espinosa, and his daughter Belle, 4, try to engineer a Santa Sleigh that will be tested for speed and accuracy at Discovery Cube’s Science of Gingerbread exhibit on Monday, November 26, 2018. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Kay Alvarez, a UCLA environmental science graduate, gets children excited about engineering at Discovery Cube’s Science of Gingerbread exhibit in Santa Ana on Monday, November 26, 2018. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SC
  
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• A teenage zombie Christmas musical? ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ star and director reveal film’s surprisingly poignant backstory

  27-11-2018 17:03 via ocregister.com
  
  When Ella Hunt read the screenplay for “Anna and the Apocalypse,” the young British actress says it clicked with her from the start.
  “I’d been really on the lookout for roles that did more than the usual teenage roles I was getting sent,” Hunt says by phone from New York City recently. “I loved that the producers were pitching the film as a coming-of-age story and the performances needed to feel as real as possible.
  “And I loved the idea that it was tota
  
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• How housing went from “Where’s the supply?” to “Where did the buyers go?”

  27-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A model home at the new community Viridian at Esencia in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA, on Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  New homes are under construction on the west side of Mason Ave., across from Porter Ranch Community School in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, on Thursday, Oct 11, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCity Ventures, along with Long Beach city officials, hosted
  
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• 2 days of rain, 4 days of high surf coming to Southern California

  27-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  High surf will pound the Southland Coast for four days beginning early Tuesday evening on the eve of a bout of rain that could unleash rockslides, mudslides and debris flows down slopes recently denuded by wildfires, National Weather Service forecasters said.
  A high surf advisory — a more serious level of warning than the beach hazard statement that the NWS said Monday would be issued Tuesday — will be in force in L.A. County from 6 p.m. Tuesday until 10 p.m. Friday, and in Orange Co
  
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• Irvine, Tustin homebuying cools, sales tumble 14%

  27-11-2018 16:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in Irvine and Tustin fell 14 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 earlier.
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• The snow falling at Disneyland and other theme parks might be fake, but it makes real memories

  27-11-2018 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s your favorite bit of holiday magic at Disneyland? For me, it just might be the falling snow.
  Snowfall almost never happens in the valleys of Southern California, which makes it a perfect complement to local theme parks’ holiday celebrations. Those events are all about creating Christmas magic, right? And what could be more magical than making it snow in a place where the average daytime temperature during the holiday season still hovers around 70 degrees?
  It’s not really
  
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• New 91 Freeway lane will help Corona’s traffic woes, but officials say tweaking Green River Road ramp won’t

  27-11-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A new westbound 91 lane at the Riverside-Orange county line that would help relieve severe congestion has been given the green light, but transportation officials are abandoning the idea of turning off Green River Road ramp meters.
  After sometimes confusing rush-hour experiments in June, September and October, Caltrans has concluded that switching off the Green River signals altogether — or allowing two cars to go with each green signal instead of one — won’t help. Trial r
  
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• Here’s what it takes to be a voiceover actor in LA, courtesy of working pros

  27-11-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  (l-r) Bob Bergen and Scott Parkin rehearse for the Voice Arts Awards at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, CA on November 18, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
  An actress is photographed arriving for the Voice Arts Awards at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, CA on November 18, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAn actresses are photographed arriving for the Voice Arts Awards at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, CA on Novem
  
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• Heavy fire hits Santa Ana mobile home

  27-11-2018 14:53 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Orange County firefighters extinguished a fire in a mobile home in Santa Ana Tuesday morning in just 20 minutes, authorities said.
  Crews responded at 1:57 a.m. to the Gables Mobile Home Park at 4801 W. First St. and located a single-wide mobile home with heavy fire, according to a statement from the Orange County Fire Authority.
  Related Articles Emergency officials fret over potential evacuations as rain threatens Woolsey fire communities with mudflows As Woolsey fire winds dow
  
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• 605-to-10 freeway transition closed by big rig crash that also blocks some 10 Freeway lanes

  27-11-2018 14:44 via ocregister.com
  
  An overturned big rig early Tuesday has prompted the closure of the northbound 605 Freeway transition to the eastbound 10 Freeway in Baldwin Park until 6:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
  The No. 3 through 6 lanes of the eastbound 10 Freeway are also blocked.
  Related Articles Woman killed in Norwalk hit-and-run was identified by family on Thanksgiving; deputies seek help finding suspect Former Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit-and-run Woman injure
  
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• Roadside bomb kills 3 US soldiers in eastern Afghanistan

  27-11-2018 14:17 via ocregister.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
  The military said that three other service members were wounded when the bomb went off near the city of Ghazni. An American contractor was also wounded, it said. The military did not immediately identify any of the casualties.
  Lt. Ubon Mendie, a military spokesman, said the wounded were evacuated and are receiving medical care.
  The Taliban claimed the attack, sayin
  
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• Norwalk man missing after leaving residential care facility

  27-11-2018 07:56 via ocregister.com
  
  NORWALK — A wheelchair-bound 80-year-old man went missing Monday from a residential care facility in Norwalk.
  Oscar Aragon was last seen about 8 a.m. in the 13200 block of Studebaker Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
  Oscar Aragon, 80, went missing after leaving a residential care facility in Norwalk. (Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
  Aragon is Hispanic, 5 feet 11 inches tall, about 205 pounds with short black-and-gray
  
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• Woman killed in Norwalk hit-and-run was identified by family on Thanksgiving; deputies seek help finding suspect

  27-11-2018 07:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The family of a Norwalk woman who was killed in a hit-and-run on Thanksgiving’s Eve had to identify her after arriving from out of town on the holiday.
  Marilyn Haight, 79, was crossing Pioneer Boulevard, just near Lindale Street, when she was hit by a driver traveling north on Pioneer Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
  Marilyn Haight, 79, was killed in a hit-and-run while she was walking home from the grocery store. (Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles
  
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• Woman gets 4-year prison sentence for trying to kidnap school girl in Santa Ana

  27-11-2018 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A woman pleaded guilty Monday and was immediately sentenced to four years in prison for trying to kidnap a 12-year-old girl walking to school in Santa Ana.
  Claudia Hernandez, 35, pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping of a child younger than 14 and child stealing, both felonies.
  Claudia Hernandez (Courtesy of Santa Ana Police Department)
  Previously identified as Claudia Hernandez-Diaz, Hernandez attempted to abduct the girl about 7:45 a.m. Feb. 21 on Main Street at McFadden Ave
  
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• Woman gets 4-year prison sentence for trying to kidnap girl in Santa Ana

  27-11-2018 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A woman pleaded guilty Monday and was immediately sentenced to four years in prison for trying to kidnap a 12-year-old girl walking to school in Santa Ana.
  Claudia Hernandez, 35, pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping of a child younger than 14 and child stealing, both felonies.
  Claudia Hernandez (Courtesy of Santa Ana Police Department)
  Previously identified as Claudia Hernandez-Diaz, Hernandez attempted to abduct the girl about 7:45 a.m. Feb. 21 on Main Street at McFadden Ave
  
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• Former Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit-and-run

  27-11-2018 06:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Police arrested former Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan on suspicion of driving drunk during an alleged hit-and-run collision near the restaurant he owns on Monday, Nov. 26.
  Callers reported that a 2006 Ford Mustang had side-swiped another vehicle near the 1200 block of Newport Boulevard sometime before 12:30 p.m., said Roxi Fyad, a spokeswoman for the Costa Mesa Police Department. She said witnesses recognized Monahan as the driver who fled the scene of the crash.
  Then-Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monaha
  
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• All-league boys water polo ’18: Surf League

  27-11-2018 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  2018 all-league teams in boys water polo
  SURF LEAGUE
  MVP: Ike Love, Newport Harbor, Jr.
  First Team: Makoto Kenney, Newport Harbor, Jr., Jack White, Newport Harbor, Sr., Blake Jackson, Newport Harbor, Jr., GK, Colton Gregory, Laguna Beach, Sr., Caden Capobianco, Laguna Beach, Jr., GK, Tanner Pulice, Corona del Mar, Jr., Reilly Pfeiffer, Huntington Beach, Sr.
  Second Team: Reed Stemler, Newport Harbor, Jr., Jake Liechty, Newport Harbor, Sr., James Nolan, Laguna Beach, Jr., Logan McCarroll, Laguna B
  
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• Four arrested in LA on suspicion of designer purse heist from Fashion Island in Newport Beach

  27-11-2018 04:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Police arrested four people in Los Angeles who were suspected in the theft of designer purses from a department store on Monday, Nov. 26.
  Suspects took an unspecified number of Louis Vuitton purses from the Neiman Marcus store at the Fashion Island shopping center, 601 Newport Center Dr., sometime before 4:20 p.m., said Newport Beach Police Lt. Rachel Johnson. She said three men fled to a getaway car driven by a fourth suspect that was pursued by the California Highway Patrol.Police located
  
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• Boys basketball: this week’s tournaments

  27-11-2018 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Three boys basketball tournaments are in Orange County this week.
  They Coyote Classic that started Monday is at host school Buena Park and Kennedy high schools. Tesoro and Cypress are in that one, as is Crean Lutheran, a CIF-Southern Section champion last year. Tesoro is was No. 8 and Cypress was No. 9 in the OC Varsity preseason rankings.
  The Coyote Classic schedule is here.
  The Diablos Inferno tournament at Mission Viejo also started Monday. OC Varsity preseason No. 5 JSerra plays preseason No
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday (11-26-18)

  27-11-2018 03:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Monday, Nov. 26.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
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  BOYS SOCCER
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  Mary Star of the Sea 11, Pacifica Christian/OC 1
  El Rancho 6, Rancho Alamitos 1
  Samueli Academy 4, St. Monica 3
   
   
   
  
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• Fryer on football: More football is too much football

  27-11-2018 03:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei played its 14th game of the 2018 football season last week.
  So did Corona del Mar and Western. So did more than 20 other CIF-Southern Section football teams.
  Fourteen games are enough for a high school football player. But it was decided a few years ago that these kids need to play more games in what we know is a dangerous sport.
  The CIF State people are nice people. By implementing CIF State football playoff games, though, they are contradicting two of their chief goals: to reduc
  
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• Thieves take $5,000 worth of electronics from Seal Beach AT&T store

  27-11-2018 03:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Police asked for the public’s help Monday in identifying suspects in the robbery of a Seal Beach cell phone store on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 21.
  Employees at the AT&T store at 12830 Seal Beach Blvd. said two people entered the store at about 5:30 p.m. and cut security cords attached to display items with a knife, according to a news release from the Seal Beach Police Department. It said one of them brandished the blade at a worker who tried to follow the suspects as they left th
  
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• Orange Lutheran’s Ryan Hilinski wins player of the year award from Touchdown Club of Columbus

  27-11-2018 03:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Lutheran senior quarterback Ryan Hilinski on Monday was named the national high school football player of the year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio.
  Hilinski will receive the 2018 Sam B. Nicola Award that goes to the Touchdown Club’s player of the year at the 64th Touchdown Club of Columbus Awards on Feb. 29.
  Previous winners of the Nicola award include Dallas Cowboys all-time great running back Emmitt Smith and current Arizona Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen, who played at
  
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• Orange County football receiving leaders: Final for 2018

  27-11-2018 02:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County receiving leaders after the championship finals of the CIF-SS playoffs.
  Leaderboards are based on stats available each Monday morning.Name
  Yds
  Rec
  TD
  GP
  Caine Savage, Western
  1828
  112
  29
  14
  John Humphreys, Corona del Mar
  1783
  103
  28
  13
  Bru McCoy, Mater Dei
  1240
  65
  16
  12
  Clark Phillips III, La Habra
  1210
  54
  19
  11
  Joseph Forest, Mission Viejo
  1188
  64
  12
  12
  Sean Nolan, Laguna Beach
  1184
  70
  18
  12
  Bradley Schlom, Corona del Mar
  1138
  72
  10
  14
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• Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen undergoes heart procedure

  27-11-2018 02:46 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen underwent a a second ablation procedure Monday as anticipated, vowing to be “stronger than ever” next season after the surgery.
  The procedure was similar to the one Jansen underwent following the 2012 season. During an ablation procedure, a catheter is passed to the heart and radiofrequency energy is used to destroy a small area of heart tissue that is causing an irregular heartbeat.
  Jansen had an episode of atrial fibrillation (i
  
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• The high and deadly cost of America’s post-9/11 wars

  27-11-2018 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Seventeen years into America’s post-September 11 wars, the fiscal and human toll of the War on Terror is staggering, according to new reports from the Costs of War Project based out of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University .
  According to the report, the price tag for what the United States has already spent and is now obligated to spend for things relating to the War on Terror has hit $5.9 trillion.
  This tally factors in not only the direct cost
  
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