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• Watch orcas make an appearance off Palos Verdes

  17-12-2018 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  You can’t hesitate if you want to get a glimpse of these black-and-white beauties.
  With word that orcas were in town, whale watching enthusiasts hopped on charter boats to try and get a front-row seat to observe the killer whales in the wild.
  A pod of transient orcas – known as CA51 -seen here last September, were spotted off Palos Verdes on Monday, Dec. 17.(Video screengrab by Mark Girardeau/Mike Bonasoro)
  A pod of transient orcas – known as CA51 – were spotted off Newpo
  
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• After the Fed’s likely rate hike this week, all bets are off

  17-12-2018 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Having raised interest rates with steady regularity in recent months, the Federal Reserve may embrace a new message this week: Flexibility.
  On Wednesday, the Fed is set to announce its fourth rate hike of the year. But after this week, no one is sure what it will do. Neither, most likely, is the Fed itself.
  A confluence of factors — a global slowdown, a U.S.-China trade war, still-mild inflation, stomach-churning drops in stock prices — may have left Fed offic
  
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• Markets Right Now: Another steep drop pulls Dow down 500

  17-12-2018 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 500 points, its second straight drop of that size and its fourth big decline this month.
  Longtime market favorites like Microsoft and Amazon took heavy losses Monday. Health care companies also fell sharply.
  A measure of small-company stocks fell into a bear market, a decline of 20 percent below their recent peak.
  The market is now well into the red for the year and
  
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• Recount for District 3 seat on Newport Beach council generates challenges to some ballots

  17-12-2018 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Supporters of District 3 council candidate Tim Stoaks say they have identified ballot challenges in their recount at the Orange County Registrar of Voters office and expect to make a decision late Monday, Dec. 17, on whether to continue their efforts.
  The recount, which began Wednesday, Dec. 12, started just a day after Marshall “Duffy” Duffield was among four council candidates sworn in during last week’s Newport Beach City Council meeting. At that time,
  
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• Daniel Sprong fitting in nicely with Ducks after trade from Penguins

  17-12-2018 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — Daniel Sprong didn’t want to touch a reporter’s question with the blade of his hockey stick Monday morning. He wouldn’t say whether he received a fair shot at proving his NHL value to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team that drafted him and, ultimately, traded him Dec. 3 to the Ducks.
  Then again, he didn’t need to say a word.
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• Trump administration proposal could devastate the U.S. economy and immigrants

  17-12-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When my client walked into my office at the Los Angeles office of the Council on Islamic American Relations seeking legal advice, I didn’t immediately understand the problem. The young man, an Egyptian immigrant, had broken no laws and had no disputes with anyone. Here legally as a law student and married to an American citizen, he worried that a new White House proposal could upend his life entirely.
  Just weeks before, the Trump administration had announced plans to change the definition
  
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• The gift of reading leaves a lasting legacy

  17-12-2018 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s a tradition in Iceland that’s worth noting — books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents. Recipients then spend the rest of the night in bed reading them and eating chocolate! The custom is part of a season called Jolabokaflod, or “’The Christmas book flood.’ It’s a fitting name since Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country, and sells most of them September through November when people are getting ready for the holidays.
  
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• Kliff Kingsbury on becoming USC offensive coordinator: ‘Right spot for me at the right time’

  17-12-2018 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Kliff Kingsbury on Monday revealed he was close to joining the Rams in some type of an assistant or consulting role before he was hired as USC’s offensive coordinator.
  Kingsbury was fired last month as the coach at Texas Tech after three straight losing seasons, but had several suitors in the NFL and college football due to his play-calling acumen. His offenses ranked among the highest scoring in the nation.
  Speaking on “The Dan Patrick Show,” Kingsbury discussed his decision t
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Marcus Medina, Servite

  17-12-2018 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Marcus Medina
  School: Servite
  Sport: Wrestling
  Noteworthy: He was MVP of the Mann Classic tournament at Marina High. Medina, a freshman wrestling at 120 pounds, pinned all five of his opponents, including a pin of Marina’s Mike McCoy in the championship match as Servite won the team championship of the prestigious event. “He wrestled very smartly,” Servite coach Alan Clinton said of Medina. “He was very mat savvy. He did every
  
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• Sacramento’s latest threat to taxpayers

  17-12-2018 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Families could face higher property taxes on inherited homes under two proposals that could be headed for the 2020 ballot.
  Proposition 13 requires property to be reassessed to market value when there is a change of ownership, but transfers between parents and children — also grandparents and grandchildren in some circumstances — are exempt from reassessment if the transferees fill out Form BOE-58-AH or BOE-58-G to request the exclusion.
  In 1986, three-quarters of voters approved Prop
  
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• Offset showed up at Cardi B’s performance at Rolling Loud, and she wasn’t pleased

  17-12-2018 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Rapper Cardi B’s set on the second day of Rolling Loud in Los Angeles was interrupted when her estranged husband Offset unexpectedly got on stage and asked her to take him back, shocking both the rapper and her fans.
  In videos posted on Twitter, Offset — part of the rap group Migos — got on stage at the Banc of California Stadium with a bouquet of white flowers and multiple cakes that read “Take Me Back Cardi.” Cardi’s lack of amusement was palpable.
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• Bubble Watch: Are fast-food freebies good salesmanship or ominous economic sign?

  17-12-2018 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Fast-food joints pitching high-profile freebies and/or dollar deals.
  Source: Mostly window posters at your favorite cheap-eats joint
  Trend observed
  Plenty of cheap eats can be had at the major chains as you’re shopping for the holidays. Of course, they come with a qualifying quirk or two. And we’re not talking one-day specials.
  For example, Panera Bread is offering a fre
  
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• Concern for Dana Point, as big surf threatens to further erode beach this week

  17-12-2018 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Officials and concerned residents will be watching an area of Capistrano Beach after a moderate swell hit a few weeks ago and crumbled a wooden walkway and seawall that bordered a popular basketball court.
  This week’s swell, combined with a winter high tide each morning of about 6 feet — and nearly 7 feet by the weekend — will cause strong surf to slam the already-damaged area.
  “Following the collapse of the wooden boardwalk at Capistrano Beach, County work crews removed
  
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• Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces his plans for 2019 season

  17-12-2018 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  As only he can, Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his intentions to return to the Galaxy with a simple video through his social media accounts.
  The video, which included video snippets of reports that he was heading back to Europe, showed Ibrahimovic standing in the Galaxy locker room watching the reports.
  “MLZ I’m not done with you yet,” he wrote.
  Ibrahimovic, 37, jokingly referred to the league as MLZ instead of MLS during his first season.
  He was under contract for the upcoming 2
  
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• Santa Claus fell out of his sleigh during a Disneyland parade this weekend

  17-12-2018 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Parades are an everyday staple at Disneyland but this is something you just don’t see: Santa Claus falling out of his sleigh.
  But that’s what happened during Saturday’s “A Christmas Fantasy” afternoon parade, when the sleigh apparently broke and sent him down. Luckily, like other parade performers, he was wearing a safety harness, so he wasn’t injured but was just stuck there until he could be rescued. According to social media posts of the event, it look
  
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• Video shows Rams’ Marcus Peters confronting fan; team says it will address the issue

  17-12-2018 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A frustrating Sunday night loss for the Rams turned personal for cornerback Marcus Peters, who was captured on video walking into the Coliseum seating area to confront a fan.
  Peters did not take any physical action or threaten the fan with violence, but unleashed a profanity- and epithet-filled tirade as he walked from the team bench and part of the way up a short stairway that separates the field from the seating area. Peters then participated in a brief face-to-face confrontation.
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• Donald Glover gives Childish Gambino an epic send-off with his final two shows at The Forum

  17-12-2018 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Throughout his This Is America Tour, singer-songwriter, actor, writer, director, producer and stand-up comedian Donald Glover told audiences that they had purchased tickets to the last-ever Childish Gambino tour. In a series of interviews with various media outlets, Glover said his reason for giving up his long-running musical alter-ego was that he felt it had run its course and he wants to focus on other things including his award-winning TV series, “Atlanta.”
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• High tides and storms could be California’s next costly calamity

  17-12-2018 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The highest tides of the winter are coming and if compounded by storms, vulnerable areas from Crescent City to San Diego could be devastated.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, The Orange County Register/SCNG)
  This walkway along Capistrano Beach in Dana Point,above, could be a warning sign for all of California’s coastal regions. The structure was wiped out when a storm hit in early December, but the tides were several feet lower than they can be and the swells were about 6 feet.
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• Prosecutors charge 2 involved in Flynn’s Turkish lobbying

  17-12-2018 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW BARAKAT and CHAD DAY
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Two men involved in a Turkish lobbying campaign led by former National Security adviser Michael Flynn have been charged with illegally lobbying in a case related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
  The case unsealed Monday against Flynn’s former business partner, Bijan Kian, and Turkish businessman, Ekim Alptekin, accuses the two men of conspiring to “covertly and unlawfully” influence U.S. politicians
  
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• Why the Senate vote to end Yemen war is so important

  17-12-2018 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Last week something historic happened in the US Senate. For the first time in 45 years, a chamber of the US Congress voted to pull US forces from a military conflict under the 1973 War Powers Act.
  While there is plenty to criticize in the War Powers Act, in this situation it was an important tool used by a broad Senate coalition to require President Trump to end US participation in the Saudi war against Yemen. And while the resolution was not perfect – there were huge loopholes – it
  
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• Iafallo brother-sister act classy on, and off, ice

  17-12-2018 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Buffalo Beauts vs. Connecticut Whale
  Buffalo, NY
  October 13, 2018.
  Photo by Sara Schmidle
  Buffalo Beauts vs Connecticut Whale at Harborcenter, December 8, 2018. Photo by Sara SchmidleSoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBuffalo Beauts vs. Connecticut Whale
  Buffalo, NY
  October 13, 2018.
  Photo by Sara Schmidle
  Los Angeles Kings’ Alex Iafallo plays against the Columbus Blue Jackets during an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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• Patient claims Pasadena plastic surgeon ‘experimented’ on her and altered medical records to hide it

  17-12-2018 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  If money was her only goal, Wendy Knecht could have walked away when she settled her lawsuit against a Pasadena plastic surgeon for $1 million.
  Instead, the Studio City woman is taking her case to the state, encouraging authorities to prosecute Dr. Max Lehfeldt’s for altering her medical records after she sued the physician for using an experimental device in her breast reconstruction.
  Knecht claimed in her 2016 suit that she was left disfigured and forced to undergo three additional
  
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• Morales resigns as Sonora football coach

  17-12-2018 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Daniel Morales has resigned as Sonora football coach, Sonora athletic director Rich Lodding confirmed.
  Morales coached the Raiders for three seasons. His overall record at Sonora is 8-23. The Raiders’ best season during Morales’ tenure was in 2017 when Sonora went 6-5 overall and finished fourth in the Freeway League with a 2-3 league record.
  The Raiders this season were 2-8 overall and 1-4 in league.
  Morales was a standout quarterback at La Habra during his playing days.
  
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• Status Update: California ranks dead last for driving, commutes and costs, report says

  17-12-2018 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Golden State got last-place rankings for its high driving costs and poor quality of driving, according to a tally from Bankrate.com. The financial website said California’s ranked poorly because of its high percentage of bad roads, long commutes and high rates of theft and fatal crashes.(File: Photo by Bruce Chambers, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  If you’re one of those folks who hop on the toll road without a transponder, there’s a new way to pay those pesky evasion notices
  
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• Football coach Marijon Ancich’s life celebrated at funeral by family and friends

  17-12-2018 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  In a memorial service that ran the gamut of emotions, the life of former St. Paul and Tustin High School Football coach Marijon Ancich was celebrated on Sunday afternoon at St. Gregory the Great Church in Whittier.
  Ancich passed away on Aug. 8 after suffering a stroke on Nov. 29.
  Friends and family came from all parts of the country to attend the memorial service that was so well-attended it became a standing-room only event. Former players from St. Paul and Tustin, along with past coaches, admi
  
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• 29 ideas for buffets and Christmas dining at Southern California casinos

  17-12-2018 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  If you don’t want make your kitchen messy by fixing a big Christmas meal, you can always head to one of the Southern California casinos to dine in style. They are whipping up a wide assortment of dishes at their various properties, from carved ham, prime rib and veal, to nearly every variety of seafood available.
  Many of the casinos’ restaurants have fixed price holiday menus that begin with a warm soup and then segue into a filling entree before concluding with a decadent desse
  
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• Helpers from Southland offer caravan migrants necessities, including hope

  17-12-2018 14:58 via ocregister.com
  
  When Johnny Hernandez and his friends arrived at a bustling migrant shelter in Tijuana this month, they knew they’d be mobbed by people clamoring for the simple things they’d packed into the back of their SUV.
  It was their second visit that day, and Hernandez had been there several times before. He’d seen how desperation works.
  Central American migrants gather around a pickup truck where members from a church in Tijuana hand out new clothes and much-needed shoes outside th
  
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• Alexander: Rams haven’t been the same since that week off

  17-12-2018 08:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — What on earth did the Rams do during their bye week, anyway?
  Remember? After that rousing, magical 54-51 Monday night victory over Kansas City Nov. 19 in the Coliseum, they had a week to relax and gear up for the stretch drive. The way things have gone since they came back, the assumption would be that they did too much basking in their good reviews and not enough gearing up.
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• Todd Gurley’s injury derails Rams running plans in loss to Philadelphia Eagles

  17-12-2018 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – The plan was deliberate. The course correction was clear.
  A week after leaving Todd Gurley out in the bitter cold, there was no mistaking Sean McVay’s attempt to heat up the Rams’ once-scorching run game on Sunday. In Chicago, Gurley had 14 measly touches – the fewest since his rookie season. Not so coincidentally, the Rams responded with their worst offensive performance in two years under Sean McVay.
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• Whicker: Rams were hoping they didn’t have to prove their resilience

  17-12-2018 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – All along the Rams said this wasn’t going to be easy. The problem, of course, that it was.
  They could play half-games against Denver, Detroit and Seattle and still fall back on their truths. They had the best offense, the best runner, the best defensive lineman, the best punting game.  Their masterpiece was that orgiastic, 54-51 victory over Kansas City on Monday Night Football, in front of a spellbound Coliseum, in what was universally ordained an official Super B
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter, gets 6 years in prison for 2016 Anaheim park killing

  17-12-2018 06:14 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 25-year-old woman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Friday and was immediately sentenced to six years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a fellow transient in Edison Park in Anaheim.
  Jessica Ventura. (File photo)
  As part of the plea deal, a charge of murder against Jessica Ventura was dismissed along with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon.
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• Rams and Jared Goff continue to struggle in home defeat to Philadelphia Eagles

  17-12-2018 05:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Rams running back Todd Gurley scores against the Philadelphia Eagles during the first half in an NFLgame Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley #30 celebrates his touchdown run with Los Angeles Rams tight end Tyler Higbee #89 against the Philadelphia Eagles in the first half of the game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 16, 2018. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)SoundT
  
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• Rams linebacker Dante Fowler’s busy week ends with game, newborn son

  17-12-2018 05:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – It’s been a big year for Rams linebacker Dante Fowler, who already has added to his life a new jersey, a division title and a baby boy. Fowler had quite a week to balance football and life.
  Fowler missed practice Thursday to make a quick round trip to Florida to witness the birth of his second child, a son named D’Angelo. Fowler, who made it back for practice Friday morning, masked any possible sleep deprivation as he smiled widely to recount his cross-country jau
  
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• Michael Beasley has stayed in touch with Lakers while helping out his sick mother

  17-12-2018 04:48 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – It made sense that his presence wasn’t announced. At one point, several Lakers said, they looked down the bench and saw Michael Beasley sitting there in the third quarter.
  It was a surprise: Beasley has been out for the last five games now. On Sunday night, he was wearing a gray blazer instead of Lakers’ gold. But his teammates were nonetheless pleased to see him back – albeit briefly.
  “ I was surprised. I was really happy,” rookie Moe Wagne
  
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• Ernie Bucher resigns as football coach at Capistrano Valley

  17-12-2018 04:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Ernie Bucher has resigned as head coach of Capistrano Valley’s football team.
  Bucher, 40, coached the Cougars for six seasons. They were 52-21 during his tenure and reached the CIF-SS semifinals or finals in four of the five past seasons.
  He said he resigned to create more time with his family that includes a 4-year old and an eight-month old.
  “I need to spend a lot more time at home,” Bucher said. “This is not a retirement from coaching. It’s just a time for priori
  
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• Argument between brothers in Santa Ana prompts 6-hour standoff

  17-12-2018 04:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Police arrested a man suspected of assaulting his brother and prompting a six-hour standoff in Santa Ana on Sunday, Nov. 16.
  A man armed with a 12-inch sword, knife and pellet gun assaulted his sibling in their home at 2710 S. Rosewood Ave., said Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. He said the man’s brother and mother fled the home and called police at about 9:30 a.m.
  The man’s relatives were not injured, according to Bertagna, who said officers had been called to respond to a si
  
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• Clippers’ Tobias Harris expands his youth mentoring program to L.A.

  17-12-2018 03:26 via ocregister.com
  
  PLAYA VISTA — The 25 boys who watched “Creed II” at the Playa Vista Cinemark on Sunday afternoon are going to remember it as basketball movie.
  That’s because they were there, enjoying a private screening of the film, free popcorn, drinks and candy with Tobias Harris, the Clippers’ forward who this year has expanded his Tobias’ Troops mentoring program to the L.A. area.
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• John Wall leads Wizards in blowout of Lakers; LeBron James held to season low

  17-12-2018 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) and head coach Luke Walton dispute a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Al Drago)
  Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) dunks the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Al Drago)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) dribbles past Washington Wiza
  
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• Man accused of shooting woman, striking another man in face in La Mirada domestic violence assault

  17-12-2018 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman was shot and a man was struck in the face during what sheriff’s deputies described as a domestic violence assault in La Mirada just past midnight on Sunday.
  The assault suspect was arrested, but posted bail Sunday, said Lt. Blanca Arevalo of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. His name and city of residence were not immediately available.
  Arevalo said the attack took place in the 14900 block of Gagely Drive, a neighborhood ending in a cul-de-sac and rows of apartment
  
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• Santas bring holiday cheer on the slopes at Mountain High

  17-12-2018 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  It can’t be all work and no play for the big jolly man in the red suit.
  A number of Santas hit the snowy slopes at Mountain High on Sunday, a fun sight for visitors of the Wrightwood resort.
  Dozens of snowboarders and skiers decked out in costumes joined the fourth annual Santa Sunday, a way to celebrate the holiday season and also give back to charity.Daniel Murincsak, of Lake Forest, had not been snowboarding in 15 years and it was only his second time ever hitting the slopes.
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• Here’s why Southern California oil refineries will soon be required to closely monitor air quality

  17-12-2018 00:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The regional air-pollution watchdog will accept public comments for the next week on a series of proposed plans to monitor emissions at four South Bay refineries — including the Torrance Refinery — which the agency wants to implement by this time next year.
  The deadline to comment on the four proposals is 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21.
  The state and the South Coast Air Quality Management District are mandating the installation of new real-time fence-line air-monitoring systems at the Sou
  
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• Live updates: Rams vs. Philadelphia Eagles

  17-12-2018 00:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Oddsmakers have installed the Rams as 13-point favorites for tonight’s game at the Coliseum against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. The Rams are coming off their second loss of the season. The Eagles are scoring only 21.6 points per game, down a full touchdown from last year’s championship season.
  Rich Hammond, Mark Whicker, Ryan Kartje and Jim Alexander are reporting from the Coliseum. Follow along below for live updates, news and analysis.
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