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• Turning tides: Winter low tides open door to nature’s coastal classrooms

  21-12-2018 23:46 via ocregister.com
  When the tide recedes, a coastal classroom is unveiled, giving a glimpse into the lives of creatures wedged between tidepools at rocky outcroppings exposed along Southern California’s shoreline.
  Winter tides have extreme highs and lows, providing citizen scientists, ocean lovers and visitors in town for the holidays to learn about the marine habitat.
  An Ocean Institute staffer points out wildlife in a low tide pool on Monday, December 3, 2018. The Ocean Institute hosts Tide Pool Hikes duri
  
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• Fans flock to Costa Mesa City Hall to visit the Snoopy House

  21-12-2018 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not the holidays in Costa Mesa without a visit from the Peanuts gang.
  Families have been flocking to City Hall all week  to visit the Snoopy House that is displayed each year. The city joined in the tradition in 2011, though the display dates back in Orange County to 1966.
  The Snoopy House will be open 5:30 to 9 p.m. through Dec. 23.
  Naomi Raymond, 2, waves from SnoopyÕs house as the the annual Snoopy House holiday display returned to the Costa Mesa City Hall Friday evenin
  
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• Watch Yasiel Puig’s greatest moments with LA Dodgers

  21-12-2018 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Dodgers have officially traded Yasiel Puig to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cuban right fielder provided many big moments during his six seasons in Dodger blue.
  Here are just a few:for all the fans hurting right now, here’s puig’s best moment as a dodger. pic.twitter.com/WARb6MrQFY
  — Dion Puig. (@HeyImDion) December 21, 2018
  From this moment on, Puig. You were my favorite player. Good luck https://t.co/UgieywKbos
  — Danu Ginobili (@magicnumberla) Decem
  
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• Angels re-acquire Parker Bridwell on waivers from Yankees

  21-12-2018 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Parker Bridwell, one of the Angels’ breakthrough performers in 2017, is back in the organization after he was briefly lost on waivers to the New York Yankees.
  The Angels designated Bridwell for assignment in November, and he was claimed by the Yankees. The Yankees designated him this month, and on Friday he was awarded to the Angels on waivers.
  The Angels also officially announced the Matt Harvey deal, which became public on Tuesday. Because the Angels had only one vacant spot on the 40-ma
  
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• California’s energy mandates amount to state-legislated energy poverty

  21-12-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Every Californian wants to conserve energy and see cleaner air and water in the Golden State.
  But in their quest to safeguard the state’s environment for future generations, Sacramento policymakers have put in place an overzealous regulatory scheme that negatively impacts poor and minority communities.
  The new Pacific Research Institute study, Legislating Energy Poverty, explores some of these costly burdens, unrealistic mandates, and giveaways to the wealthy.
  In the most recent
  
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• 25 good California wines that you can get for $25 or less

  21-12-2018 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  In California, even wine haters know about the rock-star regions of Napa and Sonoma. But there are many worthwhile places all over the state that are unjustly ignored, belittled, or forgotten, even by passionate fans of California wine. Lately, many of those places have been gaining respect.
  This year, the trend strengthened. Lodi, Livermore, Anderson Valley, Carmel Valley, Arroyo Seco, Edna Valley — all produce excellent wine and a few stars. A smattering of them are on this list (I could
  
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• Shut down Trump’s child prison camp

  21-12-2018 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  We drove for over an hour outside of El Paso, Texas, past civilization, past dead cotton fields and into the isolated desert, surrounded by distant mountains.  Then, emerging out of nowhere, was an entire city of gigantic, white tents.  That “city” did not have running water or wired electricity.  It existed on generators and imported potable water.  Indeed, it was an isolated city of 2,700 children and their guards in the windy and chilly camp city of Tornillo.&n
  
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• Marine who nearly took his life reminds us why Christmas spirit matters

  21-12-2018 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Elliott McKenzie armed for battle while serving as a Marine in Iraq in 2005. (Courtesy of Elliott McKenzie)
  Retired Marine Elliott McKenzie sings his own songs during a Garden Grove holiday program for veterans and their families. (Photo by David Whiting)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsElliott McKenzie armed for battle while serving as a Marine in Iraq in 2005. (Courtesy of Elliott McKenzie)
  Retired Marine Elliott McKenzie sings his own songs during a Garden Grove holiday program for veter
  
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• Samaritan’s Purse set ups base in Fullerton for serving others year round

  21-12-2018 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  A legion of volunteers, many donning Santa hats and halos made of garland, worked like busy elves in a Fullerton warehouse seemingly the size of the Staples Center.
  They loaded and unloaded trucks and sifted through shoebox-sized containers filled with Christmas goodies.
  Volunteer Robin Bloom, a member of Bridges Church in Long Beach, was in the Christmas spirit as she checks boxes filled with toys at the Samaritan’s Purse Fullerton warehouse, where the Operation ChristmasChild campaign was
  
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• OCVarsity All-County Football: Second Team and Third Team

  21-12-2018 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s All-County football teams for 2018.
  Below are the selections for the All-County Second Team and Third Team.
  ALL-COUNTY FOOTBALL
  Photos: All-County football team | All-County First Team | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year
  ALL-COUNTY SECOND TEAM
  OFFENSE
  QB Ethan Garbers, Corona del Mar, Jr.
  RB Shakobe Harper, Mater Dei, Sr.
  WR Jaydel Jenkins, San Clemente, Sr.
  WR Logan Loya, Orange Lutheran,
  
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• Western’s Dan Davidson is the Orange County football coach of the year

  21-12-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Western’s Dan Davidson is Coach of the Year on The Register’s 2018 All-County football team. Photographed in Anaheim on Saturday, December 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Coach of the Year Dan Davidson holds Western’s Division II Championship Trophy with wide-receiver Caine Savage. Photographed in Anaheim on Saturday, December 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCoach of the Year
  
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• Mission Viejo’s Akili Arnold is the Orange County defensive player of the year

  21-12-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Mission Viejo’s Akili Arnold is the Defensive Player of the Year on The Register’s 2018 All-County football team. Photographed in Anaheim on Saturday, December 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Mission Viejo’s Akili Arnold is the Defensive Player of the Year on The Register’s 2018 All-County football team. Photographed in Anaheim on Saturday, December 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resum
  
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• Mater Dei’s Bru McCoy is the Orange County offensive player of the year

  21-12-2018 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s Bru McCoy reaches up to pull in a pass in front of St. John Bosco cornerback Chris Steele deep in St. John Bosco territory late in the second quarter of the CIF-SS Division 1 championship in Norwalk on Friday, November 23, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Mater Dei’s Bru McCoy in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 is one of the top five players at Mater Dei. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insec
  
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• OCVarsity All-County Football: First Team Offense, Defense and Special Teams

  21-12-2018 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s All-County football team for 2018:
  ALL-COUNTY FOOTBALL
  Photos: All-County football team | All-County First Team | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year
  FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
  QUARTERBACK
  Mater Dei’s Bryce Young is on The Register’s 2018 All-County football team. Photographed in Anaheim on Saturday, December 15, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Bryce Youn
  
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• HOA Homefront: ‘Twas the night before (the HOA’s) Christmas”

  21-12-2018 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  With my apologies to Clement C. Moore …
  ‘Twas the night before the HOA’s Christmas, and all through the communityNot a complaint was heard, there appeared just pure unity;The thank-you notes were placed by the bulletin board with care,In hopes the board and manager would soon see them there;
  The homeowners were nestled all snug in their beds,No worries of paint or roofs bothering their heads,And the vice president in her condo, and I in mine, too,Had just settled down for a br
  
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• Real estate news: Mogharebi Group closes sale of two apartment complexes

  21-12-2018 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Costa Mesa-based The Mogharebi Group has completed the sale of Citrus Court, a 138-unit apartment complex in Whittier. Terms were not disclosed. Alex Mogharebi and Otto Ozen of TMG represented the Orange County-based seller and the East Coast-based buyer. (Courtesy of TMG)
  TMG has completed the $9,360,000 sale of Villa Plaza in Ontario, a 66-unit community on West 4th Street. The buyer was a private investment group out of the San Gabriel Valley. Bryan LaBar, Otto Ozen, and Alex Mogharebi of TMG
  
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• Companies transform cultures as they compete for staffers

  21-12-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Joyce M. Rosenberg, The Associated Press
  As business owners struggle to fill job openings, they’re using their company culture to attract talented candidates.
  When Adam Stetzer has a good prospect for his digital marketing company HubShout, he brings in what he calls the “doom squad,” a group of staffers who meet with candidates and give them the lowdown on the company’s bad as well as good points. They tell prospective hires about the company culture, and what it&rsqu
  
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• Great Escape: To conquer Mammoth’s Via Ferrata

  21-12-2018 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Of all the things that I wished I could change about myself, it would be my paralyzing fear of heights. More than once it had prevented me from doing the things that I wanted to do, and it was something that I always admitted with embarrassment as I excused myself from invitations that seemed likely to put me in harm’s way. I’d toyed with the idea of trying to solve this fear and even considered some type of therapy, but could never think of a method that might be successful.
  And the
  
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• Surfer dies at Topanga State Beach

  21-12-2018 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  MALIBU — A man who went surfing at night died of an apparent medical emergency at Topanga State Beach, authorities said Friday.
  The man was pronounced dead at the beach about 11 p.m. Thursday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
  Information was not immediately available on his identity or age.
  
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• New Year’s Eve 2019: Ozzy Osbourne reflects on life, drugs and music ahead of ringing in the New Year with Ozzfest at The Forum

  21-12-2018 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  It should really come as no surprise that the Prince of Darkness isn’t all that into Christmas.
  Ozzy Osbourne, who fronted the legendary metal band Black Sabbath, said he’s not keen on all the surrounding hoopla. Bright, twinkling lights, holly jolly music, Rudolph and Santa Claus really don’t mesh well with the black clothing, dark eyeliner and horror and war-themed lyrical content of Sabbath and Osbourne’s extensive solo catalog.
  “I’d been telling Sharon for
  
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• 5 acts to see at Insomniac’s year-end San Bernardino music events, Audiotistic and Countdown

  21-12-2018 17:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Mega-party brand Insomniac closes out 2018 with two bashes at San Bernardino’s NOS Event Center.
  Kicking off the end-of-year festivities is Audiotistic, a one-night, two-stage blow out on December 29 that merges dance music and hip-hop. There are big names galore on this line-up, which includes the likes of Porter Robinson, Lil Uzi Vert, Flosstradamus, Lil Xan and AC Slater.
  On New Year’s Eve, Insomniac returns to NOS Event Center for Countdown. The stacked bill runs the gamut from m
  
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• It’s not just Southern California: Housing affordability at 10-year low

  21-12-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Rising home prices are outpacing wage hikes, and when coupled with higher mortgage rates, the financial burden of home buying has pushed affordability to a 10-year low.
  I’m not a huge fan of price-to-income “affordability” measurements since the “typical homebuyer” often targeted by these formulas — the median-earning household buying a median-priced home — is a bit of a fairy tale. And these calculation don’t consider keys items such as
  
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• Canelo vs. Golovkin III tops 2019 boxing wish list

  21-12-2018 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  If there is any justice in boxing – and there often is not – Canelo Alvarez will agree to a third fight with Gennady Golovkin sooner rather than later. That tops our wish list of bouts we’d like to see in 2019.
  The other three would be Deontay Wilder taking on fellow heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, a lightweight title-unification bout between Mikey Garcia and Vasiliy Lomachenko and a welterweight title-unification scrap between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence J
  
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• With the election in its rear-view mirror, what’s next for San Juan Capistrano and its downtown?

  21-12-2018 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A nearly 6-acre, agrarian-themed commercial project, the River Street Marketplace, enters the approval process in San Juan Capistrano just as a couple of fresh faces join the City Council.
  The new council members have made favorable public comments about the project some residents fear could harm, with its size, the feel of the city’s historic downtown Los Rios District.
  “So far, it appears to be a good project for the community,” said Councilman John Taylor, who was recen
  
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• Large U.S. troop pullout planned in Afghanistan, officials say

  21-12-2018 15:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR
  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration’s policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war.
  One official said the troops could be out by summer, but no final decision has been made.
  President Donald Trump has long pushed to pull troops out of Afghanistan, considerin
  
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• Trump says a shutdown would ‘last for a very long time’

  21-12-2018 14:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO, MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY
  WASHINGTON — Facing a midnight deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump said Friday a closure would drag on “for a very long time” and he tried to build the case that congressional Democrats would bear responsibility if there’s no deal over his demand for U.S.-Mexico border wall money.
  Only a week ago, Trump said he would be “proud” to shut down the government, which Republicans n
  
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• Clippers hang on to defeat Mavericks, snap four-game losing streak

  21-12-2018 07:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers’ Danilo Gallinari dunks against the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic (77) is defended by Los Angeles Clippers’ Patrick Beverley during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic, left, shoots
  
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• KJ Byers’ late dunk helps Long Beach State edge Pepperdine

  21-12-2018 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LBSU center Temidayo Yussuf (24) scores over Pepperdine Waves center Jackson Stormo (50) at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. LBSU won 67-66. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  LBSU center Temidayo Yussuf (24) drives around Pepperdine Waves forward Darnell Dunn (12) at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLBSU guard Jordan Roberts (2) is fouled on a shot by P
  
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• Laguna Beach boys water polo coach resigns after stellar first season

  21-12-2018 06:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Beach boys water polo coach Robert Grayeli, who in his first season led a promising Breakers team to the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs and a tournament championship, has resigned, athletic director Lance Neal confirmed Thursday.
  “Coach Grayeli informed me Monday that he was resigning as our head coach,” Neal said in an e-mail. “He explained that he had multiple things in his personal life that he need(s) to attend to and that he would not be able to put in the necessary tim
  
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• USC’s Kevin Porter Jr. still sidelined with thigh injury, but eyes a late December return

  21-12-2018 05:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — One of the defining sequences in the disappointing start to the USC basketball season occurred last month in a win over Missouri State in Kansas City.
  It was early in the first half when freshman Kevin Porter Jr. recalled running a fast break and attempting to use a crossover dribble to bypass a defender. His move was slowed when the defender’s knee plowed into his right thigh, causing a bruise.
  Porter ultimately played 23 minutes in the game before doctors determined h
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Thursday, Dec. 20

  21-12-2018 05:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Thursday, Dec. 20.
  Thursday’s top scorers
  BOYS
  Pts    Player, school
  28    Conerty, Mission Viejo
  28    Raigosa, El Toro
  26    Brown, Pacifica Christian
  21    Naranjo, Tustin
  20    Tuktarov, Acaciawood
  19    Fabisiak, Pacifica
  18    Maker, Orange Lutheran
  17    Ibarra, Rancho Alamitos
  16&
  
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• Patty Meyers, dominant, pioneering women’s athlete at Fullerton College, CSF dies

  21-12-2018 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Patty Meyers, one of the finest multi-sport female athletes of her generation, passed away Friday at 71 after a long battle with cancer.
  Meyers, the older sister of Southern California basketball giants Ann Meyers Drysdale and David Meyers, was a standout long before the NCAA-era of women’s sports, excelling in every sport she tried, winning an AIAW basketball title and earning All-American honors at Cal State Fullerton in 1970. She won eight state titles in assorted sports during her care
  
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• Patty Meyers, dominant, pioneering female athlete at Fullerton College, CSF dies

  21-12-2018 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Patty Meyers, one of the finest multi-sport female athletes of her generation, passed away Friday at 71 after a long battle with cancer.
  Meyers, the older sister of Southern California basketball giants Ann Meyers Drysdale and David Meyers, was a standout long before the NCAA-era of women’s sports, excelling in every sport she tried, winning an AIAW basketball title and earning All-American honors at Cal State Fullerton in 1970. She won eight state titles in assorted sports during her care
  
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• Clippers’ Doc Rivers remembers emoji-filled ‘fun day’ with DeAndre Jordan

  21-12-2018 05:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Doc Rivers was happy to revisit a “fun day” three years ago that will live forever in NBA – and social media – lore on Thursday, before his team tipped off against former Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, who was back to see his old team on his old home court for the first time.
  Rivers said he wasn’t yet hip to Twitter in 2015, so he didn’t realize the ruckus that was happening outside of the house where he and other important Clippers person
  
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• Newport Harbor girls soccer makes statement by stopping Megan Chelf, knocking off Corona del Mar

  21-12-2018 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – Justin Schroeder had a vision of what Newport Harbor could be when he took charge of the girls soccer program two years ago, and Thursday’s 3-0 triumph in a showdown of unbeaten teams at Corona del Mar High served to confirm that the Sailors are, indeed, for real.
  Newport Harbor (9-0-3), ranked seventh in CIF Southern Section Division 1, was clinical when it counted and flawless defensively in the Battle of the Bay rivalry game en route to its 11th shutout in a dozen
  
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• Walnut man sentenced to 4 years in prison for smuggling rifle scopes and tactical gear to Syrian rebel groups

  21-12-2018 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal judge sentenced a Walnut man to nearly four years in prison for a scheme to smuggle rifle scopes and tactical gear into Syria and Turkey to supply rebel groups, federal prosecutors announced Thursday, Dec. 20.
  Prosecutors argued that  Rasheed Al Jijakli, 57, of Walnut, had smuggled rifle scopes, night-vision rifle scopes, laser boresighters, flashlights, a digital monocular, radios and a bulletproof vest to Ahrar Al-Sham and other armed rebel groups engaged in the civil war a
  
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• El Dorado uses sharp attack to hand Villa Park girls soccer its first loss of the season

  21-12-2018 04:18 via ocregister.com
  
  El Dorado’s Hannah Alfaro (9) grabs Villa Park’s Lillian Belovsky (13) as they race towards the ball during their game in Placentia, CA, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  El Dorado’s Caelyn Smith (17) bumps the ball against Villa Park during their game in Placentia, CA, on Thursday, Dec 20, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsVilla Park’s Jadenn Carrillo (12) and El
  
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• Ducks lack energy, efficiency in loss to Bruins, their 2nd consecutive defeat

  21-12-2018 03:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) makes a save with his leg pad in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Boston. The Bruins won 3-1. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
  Ducks goaltender John Gibson makes a save as defenseman Hampus Lindholm (47) helps defend against a shot by Bruins left wing Brad Marchand, right, during the first period of Thursday’s game in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAnaheim
  
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• St. James Catholic School parents’ bank records could help investigation into nuns’ alleged embezzlement

  21-12-2018 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Parents of students at St. James Catholic School — past and present — have visited the Torrance Police Department in recent days to hand over bank records for an investigation into alleged embezzlement by two longtime nuns.
  On Tuesday and Thursday, the Police Department increased staffing to process years of bank records for tuition, fees and other payments. The information will help detectives determine just how much money was allegedly misappropriated by Sister Mary Margaret Kreupe
  
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• Melvin Gordon to return versus Ravens; Keenan Allen game-time decision

  21-12-2018 02:08 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Chargers running back Melvin Gordon realized after his first full-speed practice in 21 days that it was the right decision to not play last week against the Kansas City Chiefs.
  “I was stumbling,” Gordon said of the Monday practice. “My feet felt a little off.”
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  After a full week of practice, Gordon was cleared to play Saturday night against
  
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• Welcome to the ‘President Barack H. Obama Highway,’ a section of the 134 Freeway between Glendale and Pasadena

  21-12-2018 01:43 via ocregister.com
  
  A short section of the 134 Freeway between Glendale and Pasadena was officially renamed after President Barack Obama on Thursday, a tribute to the 44th president who attended Occidental College in nearby Eagle Rock from 1979-1981 while living in Pasadena for a portion of that time.
  Two large, green-and-white freeway signs were unveiled Thursday, one on the right shoulder of westbound State Route 134 at the beginning of the 210 Freeway at Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, the other at the eastbound 1
  
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• Horse racing: Los Alamitos final standings, notes

  21-12-2018 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ALAMITOS LEADERS
  Final standings
  JOCKEYS / WINS
  Tyler Baze / 8
  Heriberto Figueroa / 8
  Geovanni Franco / 6
  Flavien Prat / 6
  Four tied / 4
  TRAINERS / WINS
  Bob Baffert / 4
  Doug O’Neill / 4
  Hector Palma / 4
  Seven tied / 3
  STAKES SCHEDULE (SANTA ANITA)
  Wednesday
  • $300,000 Grade I Malibu Stakes, 3-year-olds, 7 furlongs
  • $300,000 Grade I La Brea Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs
  • $300,000 Grade II San Antonio Stakes, 3-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles
  • $200,000 Grad
  
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• How nearly 5,000 shark jaws ended up in the hands of Cal State Long Beach scientists

  21-12-2018 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach State University marine biologist Gwen Goodmanlowe (right) led the effort to identify shark jaws an exporter surrendered to the federal government. (Photo courtesy of Long Beach State University Public Affairs)
  Nearly 5,000 shark jaws, some from endangered species, were examined and cataloged by staff and students at the California State University, Long Beach.(Photo courtesy of Long Beach State University Public Affairs)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNearly 5,000 shark jaws, s
  
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• Ducks’ punchless power play has been harmful instead of helpful this season

  21-12-2018 01:05 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON — First, do no harm. It’s a sacred oath in the medical profession, something doctors learn in school and practice daily. It probably should be one for players on power-play units in the NHL, too, something drilled into their heads and hearts from a young age.
  The Ducks have done plenty of harm while skating with the man-advantage this season. Mostly, it’s been self-inflicted, though, a cause for ongoing concern for the coaching staff and the players as the team
  
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• Woman pleads not guilty to murder of baby abandoned in Corona

  21-12-2018 01:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Shawna Joelle Andritch pleaded not guilty Thursday, Dec. 20, to one count of murder in the case of the baby girl found dead near a Corona freeway.
  Andritch, 22, remained in custody in lieu of $1 million bail. A status conference was scheduled for Feb. 21.
  Shawna Joelle Andritch, 22. (Courtesy photo)
  She appeared in street clothes after media organizations requested permission to photograph and videotape the hearing. Superior Court Judge David A. Gunn rejected a defense request to deny that permi
  
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• Cooper Kupp’s absence looms large as Rams offense falters

  21-12-2018 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – One week before a torn ACL ended his season, Cooper Kupp went in motion on a third down in New Orleans.
  This was the Rams still-undefeated offense at the height of its brilliance, and Kupp, from his place in the slot, was an ideal catalyst. In less than two years, he’d made himself an irreplaceable part of the offense on plays like this. And in the weeks following his injury, as the offense faltered, as Jared Goff struggled and third downs went unconverted at an alarm
  
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• Tobacco giant strides into vape market with $13B Juul stake

  21-12-2018 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Altria, one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, is spending nearly $13 billion to buy a huge stake in the vape company Juul as cigarette use continues to decline.
  The Marlboro maker said Thursday that it will take a 35 percent share of Juul, putting the value of the company at $38 billion, larger than Ford Motor Co., Delta Air Lines or the retail giant Target.
  “We are taking significant action to prepare for a future where adult smokers overwhelmingly choose non-combustible pro
  
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• Former USC assistant Tony Bland reaches plea deal in college basketball corruption case

  21-12-2018 00:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Former USC assistant basketball coach Tony Bland reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in the college basketball corruption case, his defense attorney told the Southern California News Group.
  Jeffrey Lichtman, the attorney for Bland, did not provide details of the plea agreement, which was signed Thursday.
  A report published by Yahoo! Sports, citing unnamed sources, said Bland was expected to plead guilty to one count of federal funds bribery, which could result in a prison sentence of si
  
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• Orange County sheriff’s deputies allegedly attacked by inmates at Central Men’s Jail

  21-12-2018 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Five Orange County sheriff’s deputies allegedly were attacked Thursday, Dec. 20, by dozens of inmates at the Central Men’s Jail in Santa Ana, reigniting union concerns about how the facility is staffed.
  The melee occurred about 7:30 a.m., according to an email sent out by the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs to its members. Union President Tom Dominguez estimated that 30 to 40 inmates jumped the deputies during a routine clothing exchange in Module B at the jail, which ho
  
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