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• Big West basketball: Cal State Fullerton looking to up its hustle

  25-12-2018 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  There wasn’t much to be encouraged about when it came to Cal State Fullerton’s 86-62 loss at No. 25 Nebraska on Saturday, but there was one category in which the Titans showed improvement.
  Fullerton outrebounded the Huskers 49-38, with 15 offensive rebounds. It’s a number slightly inflated by how poorly the Titans shot the ball, but progress on the glass is a good sign for Fullerton.
  It’s an area head coach Dedrique Taylor has been stressing since the start of the season,
  
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• Trump: ‘I can’t tell you when’ government will reopen

  25-12-2018 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that parts of the federal government will stay closed until Democrats agree to put up more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements. He said he’s open to calling the wall something else as long as he ends up with an actual wall.
  In a Christmas Day appearance in the Oval Office, Trump issued a lengthy defense of his desire for a wall, saying it’s the only way to stop dr
  
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• Mater Dei’s Elias Ricks commits on Christmas to LSU

  25-12-2018 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei defensive back Elias Ricks, right, breaks up a pass intended for Centennial wide receiver Gary Bryant in the CIF-SS Division 1 semi-final playoff in Santa Ana on Friday, November 16, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Mater Dei’s Elias Ricks 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 insecondsMater Dei High’s top 5 football play
  
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• Next up for the Chargers: the limping Denver Broncos

  25-12-2018 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The Denver Broncos limped into StubHub Center on Nov. 18, but recovered with a 23-22 upset win against the Chargers that ignited a late-season playoff push.
  Six weeks later, the Broncos (6-9) are limping again heading into their second meeting versus the Chargers (11-4).
  The Broncos will miss the postseason for a third consecutive season. They’ll be looking to spoil the Chargers’ bid for an AFC West crown with a second upset victory Sunday at Mile High Stadium.
  Denver fell to the Oak
  
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• Holiday hires at Southern California retailers hit 8-year low

  25-12-2018 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Hiring by retailers for the holiday shopping season is at its slowest pace since 2010.
  Is it bad news? Consumer spending at the mall is lackluster.
  Is it good news? The job market’s so hot, merchants can’t find enough help.
  I loaded my trusty spreadsheet with fresh jobs data to see how local merchants were staffing up for the holiday rush. Historically since 2000, retail employment in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties grows on average by 35,600 jobs between A
  
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• Surprise! Clippers and Sacramento Kings meet as two of the West’s better teams

  25-12-2018 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite personal preseason predictions such as Tobias Harris’ — “Our expectation,” he said in September, “is to be in the playoffs,” — the Clippers have proved to be one of the NBA’s biggest surprises.
  At 19-14, they’re more than halfway to the oddsmakers’ forecast of 35 to 36 victories. They’re hovering among the West’s top eight teams, despite ESPN’s projection they’d finish 11th, and +400 odds that they’
  
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• Indonesia tsunami survivors remain jittery as death toll hits 429

  25-12-2018 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By NINIEK KARMINI | Associated Press
  SUMUR, Indonesia — Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground Tuesday, shouting “Water is coming! Water is coming!” and reciting verses from the Quran as emergency messages were broadcast over mosque speakers.
  It proved to be a false alarm, but a similar frenzy broke out in Tanjung Lesung, another tsunami-stricken area located hours away, as unsettled
  
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• Christina El Moussa and Ant Anstead marry in surprise Newport Beach wedding

  25-12-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Christina El Moussa and Ant Anstead are ringing in the New Year with wedding rings.
  Dozens of guests thought they would be gathering at El Moussa’s home to head for the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade on Sunday, Dec. 23.
  Instead, they arrived at the surprise wedding of El Moussa, 35, star of HGTV’s home rehab show “Flip or Flop,” and Anstead, 39, host of the British car show “Wheeler Dealers.”
  Vows were exchanged under an altar in the front yard, repo
  
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• Trump: ‘I do’ have confidence in Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

  25-12-2018 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has confidence in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, calling him a “very talented guy” and a “very smart person.”
  Trump reiterated his view that the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates too fast but called the independent agency’s rate hikes a “form of safety” for an economy doing well.
  The president lashed out at the Fed on Monday after administration officia
  
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• The Christmas of miracles brings hope to all humanity

  25-12-2018 20:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The birth of a child is filled with promise. Every parent looks upon a newborn as having unlimited potential. Nothing else in the human journey expresses hope so much as a birth. The Christmas birth was full of hope for that child’s life, and, as we study the details a bit, hope for us 2,000 years later as well.
  Who were there alongside the child and the parents at the birth? Stable animals were there: animals kept to help ease our transport (the donkey) or our work (the ox). Shepherds hir
  
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• US says 2nd Guatemalan child has died in immigration custody

  25-12-2018 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By NOMAAN MERCHANT | Associated Press
  HOUSTON — An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody in New Mexico early Tuesday, U.S. immigration authorities said, marking the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release that the boy died shortly after midnight.
  The boy showed “signs of potential illness” on Monday and was taken with his father to a hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico, the agency sa
  
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• Horse racing holiday gifts come early for jockey Joel Rosario

  25-12-2018 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Talk about your nice Christmas gifts. Jockey Joel Rosario and his agent, Ron Anderson, received a couple of nicely wrapped presents earlier this year when they landed on Horse of the Year contender Accelerate and Game Winner, the early 2019 Kentucky Derby favorite.
  It’s no wonder Anderson last month told his client, “Go west, young man.” When two of your top mounts reside on the West Coast, suddenly racing back east loses much of its luster. Especially when you have to contend
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash along icy Cajon pass snarls traffic in Hesperia

  25-12-2018 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A chain reaction, multi-vehicle collision in the Cajon pass shut down northbound lanes of the 15 freeway that were slick with ice and snow on Tuesday, Dec. 25.
  A motorist called police and said a vehicle had spun out on the freeway in the area of Hesperia, blocking all lanes south of Oak Hill Road at about 6:35 a.m., according to a California Highway Patrol dispatcher. Records show that dispatchers began receiving multiple reports of traffic collisions shortly thereafter.
  A Toyota 4Runner report
  
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• Rose Parade 2019: Bands from around the globe ready to march down Colorado Boulevard

  25-12-2018 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Community service and helping others are hallmarks of many of the bands performing in the Rose Parade.
  Perhaps that’s best illustrated by the students from two communities (Mercer Island, Wash., and Pickerington, Ohio) who reached out to Banda Escolar de Guayanilla in Puerto Rico.
  In 2017, about two weeks after all three bands were selected for the 2019 Rose Parade, the island nation was devastated by back-to-back category 5 hurricanes.
  “A lot of families were having to dec
  
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• Laguna Beach firefighter-paramedic honored for his life-saving work in patient care

  25-12-2018 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — Patient care is Matt Rolfe’s priority.
  “I love being there for the patients,” the firefighter paramedic said Monday, Dec. 24, while standing in line to take his three young children to see Santa Claus. “The most important thing is to gain and earn their trust. And at the end of a bad day, hopefully, I’m making it better for them.”
  Rolfe, 34, has been working for the Laguna Beach Fire Department for five years. For the past two years, he ha
  
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• Most Influential 2018: Jo-Anne Prophete Matsuba won’t stop looking for ways to help

  25-12-2018 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Her parents inspired her to inspire other people.
  Jo-Anne Prophete Matsuba grew up in St. Louis surrounded by people her parents were helping. Mostly, they were immigrants from Haiti (like her parents) and they needed a warm meal, a place to stay or help getting established in the Midwest. Her parents started the Haitian Association in St. Louis, and through it all, she watched.
  Orange County Register Influential Person Jo-Anne Prophete Matsuba in Placentia, CA, on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018. She org
  
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• CHP: Huntington Beach man dies after attacks on 10 Freeway ended with civilians restraining him

  25-12-2018 08:53 via ocregister.com
  
  ROSEMEAD — A man suspected of stealing a GMC van died Monday after causing two collisions on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Rosemead and attempting to vandalize and carjack other vehicles on the freeway before being restrained by civilians, authorities said.
  Witnesses reported seeing Ramon J. Lopez Jr., 39, of Huntington Beach driving a GMC Safari van erratically at 11:17 a.m. eastbound on the San Bernardino Freeway west of New Avenue when he struck a silver Scion xB and fled the scene
  
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• Rams look ready for ‘December football’ after bounce-back game from offensive line

  25-12-2018 07:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Running backs don’t open holes for themselves, and quarterbacks don’t block rushers. Offensive line is a thankless position, noticed more for failure than success. The Rams’ guys don’t complain.
  The Rams’ recent line play invited confusion, more than anything. They’ve been so good, so consistent, for so long, that the struggles in the previous couple games seemed tough to reconcile and explain. Perhaps, after what happened Sunday in Arizona, the analysis can b
  
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• Gunfire strikes one in Anaheim alleyway

  25-12-2018 06:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim police were investigating a shooting on the evening of Monday, Dec. 24, that left a man injured.
  Gunfire struck a man sometime before 6:35 p.m. in an alleyway near the 500 block of Sabina Street, west of Topeka Street, according to Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. He said the victim was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
  Related Articles Man shoots himself in the ankle while playing with gun in car on 60 freeway, seeks help in Orange County, police say Man charged in 27-ye
  
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• No-burn order issued for much of Southern California for Christmas Day

  25-12-2018 05:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Indoor and outdoor wood burning will be prohibited on Christmas Day in much of Southern California because of weather conditions conducive to concentrated pollution, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
  The agency issued a “no-burn” alert that goes into effect at midnight until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday in the South Coast Air Basin. The basin encompasses Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino count
  
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• Christmas gifts found in Irvine; owner sought

  25-12-2018 05:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A resident turned in to Irvine police a batch of lost gifts that were found on Christmas Eve, and police asked for the public’s help in getting the presents to their rightful owner.
  The neatly wrapped items were located on Bake Parkway near Muirlands Boulevard.
  Related Articles Newborn baby found abandoned in the Whittier area; female arrested Man posing as city water worker steals $10,000 worth of jewelry from San Juan Capistrano resident San Bernardino County sheriff’s union seeks
  
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• Alexander: The readers have their holiday say

  25-12-2018 04:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Today, we get the readers’ Christmas present to the columnist: The easiest workday of the year.
  For those who took the time to write in response to things I wrote, the podium is yours (edited for length and clarity where necessary), with thanks for your willingness to engage. But remember, This Space reserves the right to the last word.
  • On my suggestion that abusive fan behavior should be policed more stringently, following Ram cornerback Marcus Peters’ in-game discussion with
  
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• The news before it happens: Let’s look back at 2019

  25-12-2018 04:44 via ocregister.com
  Time has flown again, quicker than a transferring high school quarterback or Steve Pearce’s high drive to leftfield.
  How can one adequately summarize all the sporting events of 2019?
  Quick, let’s do it before Skip and Shannon find out:
  JANUARY
  Canelo Alvarez agrees to let DAZN telecast all of his drug tests, via live-streaming.
  Waffle Houses close their doors during the Alabama-Clemson national championship game. Three butter companies file for bankruptcy.
  The Rams win the NFC champi
  
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• Chargers get another shot at AFC West title, top seed

  25-12-2018 04:43 via ocregister.com
  COSTA MESA — For a second, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn thought about the what if.
  The Chargers got the Kansas City Chiefs loss they wanted for Christmas, but they didn’t hold their end of the bargain.
  Both AFC West teams lost in Week 16, leaving the division and the top seed in the conference unclaimed heading into the final week of the regular season.
  “You think about it for a second, what could have been and what should have been, and all that, but it doesn’t do yo
  
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• Clippers set all-time heat record from deep in loss at Golden State

  25-12-2018 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  After Sunday’s 129-127 loss to the Golden State Warriors, Clippers forward Tobias Harris joked with reporters in Oakland that he knew he and his teammates were going to have a spectacular shooting night.
  “Oh, I definitely felt it, right before the game,” Harris said with a chuckle.
  Once the game began, the Clippers definitely were feeling it: They shot 78.3 percent (18 for 23) from 3-point range, an NBA record for a team with 15-plus makes or 20-plus attempts in a single game,
  
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• Report: LeBron James apologizes for Instagram post referencing “Jewish money” song lyric

  25-12-2018 02:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LeBron James apologized after quoting a song lyric referencing “Jewish money” in a social media post over the weekend.
  According to an ESPN report, James said he had no malicious intent behind the post, which typed out a song lyric from “ASMR” by hip-hop artist 21 Savage that plays upon Jewish stereotypes.
  “Apologies, for sure, if I offended anyone,” James told ESPN on Sunday night after the Lakers’ loss to Memphis. “That’s not why I chose to
  
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• Even as Lakers downplay Christmas game, the world will be watching how they match with Warriors

  25-12-2018 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND – Talk about re-gifting; the NBA has given LeBron James the same thing for Christmas four straight years.
  The gift is for NBA viewers, not for him.
  As James thought ahead to the Christmas Day game at Oracle Arena, one of the loudest, most daunting atmospheres in the league, against the Golden State Warriors, perhaps the most talented roster ever assembled, he stressed caution. It would be a mistake, he said, to start comparing his Lakers (19-14) to the defending champions (23-11) a
  
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• Man wounded in Huntington Beach stabbing

  25-12-2018 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Police sought a suspect in a Huntington Beach stabbing that sent one person to the hospital on Monday, Dec. 24.
  The attack happened at about 9:07 a.m. in the parking lot of the U.S. Postal Service office, 6771 Warner Ave., according to Huntington Beach Police Lt. Kevin Johnson. He said a male victim was stabbed twice in the upper body, and sent to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  A suspect remained at large Monday afternoon, and was described as a white man in his 50’s who wa
  
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• Gov. Brown orders new DNA tests in 1983 Kevin Cooper murder case

  25-12-2018 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND DON THOMPSONThe Associated Press
  SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday ordered new DNA tests that a condemned inmate says could clear him in a San Bernardino County 35-year-old quadruple murder case, which has drawn national attention.
  Brown ordered tests of four pieces of evidence that Kevin Cooper and his attorneys say will show he was framed for the 1983 Chino Hills hatchet and knife killings of four people. The items that will be tested are a tan T-shirt
  
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• Laguna Woods names Cynthia Conners as city’s mayor, Noel Hatch as mayor pro tem

  25-12-2018 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Woods City Council on Wednesday, Dec. 19, named Cynthia Conners as the city’s mayor, and Councilman Noel Hatch as mayor pro tem.
  The mayor and mayor pro tem are elected by the five-member council and serve in their positions for one year.
  Conners was initially appointed to the council in 2009 and is serving her third consecutive term.
  Conners thanked outgoing mayor Carol Moore for her leadership this year, particularly for her work with the homeless population and the nonprofit Lagu
  
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• Dana White defends UFC 232 move, says tickets for Saturday at The Forum will be discounted

  25-12-2018 00:39 via ocregister.com
  
  “It’s the business, you know what I mean? This is all part of the deal, man. The fight business is a crazy, wacky business.”
  That is how UFC President Dana White, in an interview Monday with the Southern California News Group, described his reaction to the stunning announcement one day earlier that UFC 232 was being moved, on six days’ notice, from Las Vegas to The Forum in Inglewood on Saturday.
  Tickets go on sale for the public at 3 p.m. Wednesday. White said fans who p
  
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• Inglewood will destroy 20 years of police shooting records ahead of new transparency law

  25-12-2018 00:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Civil rights leaders are demanding that the city of Inglewood rescind its decision to destroy case files for nearly 150 police shootings and other critical incidents ahead of a new law that would have made those records public for the first time.
  Until recently, Inglewood retained records related to officer-involved shootings for 25 years. Earlier this month, the City Council voted to reduce that time frame to five years and then voted to destroy the older records.
  Activists see it as an intenti
  
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