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• Rose Parade 2019: What you need to know before you go

  26-12-2018 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Parade time in Pasadena means beautiful floats, marching bands, equestrian units and more. If you’re planning to see the 130th Rose Parade in person on New Year’s Day or enjoy some related events, here are tips to get the most out of the experience:
  BEFORE THE BIG DAY
  Decorating
  If you want to help make the Rose Parade happen, float builders welcome volunteers to help decorate the floats. Here are the main options:
  Commercial builders
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• Whale migration season begins with observation boats leaving from Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Marina del Rey

  26-12-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Bundle up, take a Dramamine and don’t forget the camera.
  Whale-watching season formally launched the day after Christmas with voyages set to kick off Thursday, Dec. 27, from Long Beach, Redondo Beach and Marina del Rey. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro is now in its 48th year of sponsoring the guided boat rides that give passengers a look at the annual migration of the Pacific gray whales.
  More than 100 ewly trained naturalists have been added to the voyages this year following a thre
  
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• Photos: Here’s a glimpse of how the inside of Aquarium of the Pacific’s new Pacific Visions wing is progressing

  26-12-2018 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — The public has been able to see the blue-hued wonder taking shape alongside the Aquarium of the Pacific for the past few months.
  But most folks haven’t been able to see what’s going inside Pacific Visions, the $53 million expansion of the seaside attraction. The new wing at one of the nation’s most-visited aquariums won’t open to the public until Spring of 2019.
  The expansion will add nearly 30,000 square feet of exhibit space, meeting areas and a
  
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• 2 hospitalized in Seal Beach after car hits building

  26-12-2018 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Two people were hospitalized Thursday afternoon, Dec. 26, after a car slammed into a store in Seal Beach at Pacific Coast Highway and 5th Street, authorities said.
  It did not appear the injuries to either the man in the car or the woman who was in the strip-mall liquor store were life-threatening, according to Seal Beach police.
  Police were investigating what led to the crash that occurred just after noon, and if drugs or alcohol played a role.
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• TomatoFest introduces a new tomato named after Anthony Bourdain

  26-12-2018 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  TomatoFest, the organic heirloom tomato seed catalog, has introduced a heart-shaped red tomato named after Anthony Bourdain.
  Dubbed the “Anthony Bourdain Tomato,” this cross between a Sungold and an Amish Paste produces a one-pound fruit with bold, complex, fruity-sweet flavors and good acidity. The mid-summer tomato, created by tomato breeder Jeff Dawson, was named by TomatoFest founder and “The Great Tomato Book” author Gary Ibsen as a tribute to the culinary star he ne
  
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• Ron Hart looks back at 2018

  26-12-2018 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  1. It was another safe year for air travel. One Delta Air Lines jet did slide off the runway, but Delta made up the recovery cost by charging the passengers an exhilaration fee.
  2. The Atlanta Braves had a surprisingly good season. They did not beat any attendance records, but at one game 40,000 fans showed up for Free 9- Millimeter Handgun Night.
  3. The hyper-political embarrassments from the Obama Administration, James Comey, James Clapper and John Brennan, continued to undermine President Tru
  
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• Rose Parade: 22 places to eat after watching the floats, bands and equestrian units

  26-12-2018 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  This year, an estimated one million people from around town, and around the world, will line the streets of Pasadena, for the 130th Tournament of Roses Parade. After they cheer the floats rolling by, along with the marching bands and equestrian demonstrations, they’ll need something to eat.
  Luckily, Pasadena is one of the best restaurant cities in the world — a global metropolis, with a globe’s worth of cuisines. Where to eat now? Our annual list follows, with favorites both ol
  
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• Ask the Lawyer: What does it take to get punitive damages?

  26-12-2018 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: In my business law class we are learning about punitive damages. Are they in addition to anything else awarded, or part of the same verdict?
  -J.M., Torrance
  Ron Sokol
  A: California Civil Code Section 3294 sets the bases upon which punitive damages may be awarded. Proof must be shown – by clear and convincing evidence – that malice, oppression or fraud of an egregious nature was demonstrated. This is a more challenging burden than required in the main case, which is by preponderanc
  
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• UFC 232 update on ticket prices and free events for Saturday’s card at The Forum

  26-12-2018 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The UFC is starting to finalize plans just a few days into the decision to move UFC 232 to Southern California on short notice.
  UFC President Dana White figures to have several questions coming his way Thursday when the promotion holds a press conference, which is free and open to the public, at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Marquis Ballroom.
  Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson, who will fight for the light heavyweight title in the main event Saturda
  
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• 2018 saw increases in hate crimes and the rise of anti-Semitism and white nationalism

  26-12-2018 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  From the killing of Blaze Bernstein and continuing increases in hate crimes to the massacre of 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, 2018 has been a year that has witnessed rising anti-Semitism and white nationalism, not just here in Southern California, but nationwide.
  Local law enforcement agencies’ hate crime statistics lined up with the national numbers released annually by the FBI, which all showed increases in hate crimes, particularly in large cities such as Lo
  
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• Successful Aging: My 87-year-old father cares for my ailing mother, but won’t accept needed help

  26-12-2018 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. My father is 87-years-old and cares for my 85-year-old mother who suffers from dementia and lung cancer. He resists home care for my mother that is beyond the current one-hour a day, four days a week. My father is exhausted, stressed and says that only someone who loves my mother should care for her. I am not sure my mother is receiving her medication as prescribed. They live 3,000 miles away from me. Money is not the issue. I am so frustrated as are my siblings. Any recommendations? S.L.
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• Suddenly hot Kings put streak on line against Coyotes

  26-12-2018 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Drew Doughty didn’t become one of the top defensemen in the NHL because he’s lacking smarts. After all, playing with intelligence is part of the equation.
  That’s why he didn’t get carried away after his Kings defeated a very good Winnipeg team 4-1 on Dec. 18 at Staples Center.
  “In order to get that confidence, we got to work hard and compete out there, and get things to start coming to you,” he said post-game. “I felt like we finally did that tonight and
  
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• And peace online

  26-12-2018 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  My New Year’s resolution: Make a careful distinction between speech and violence.
  America’s First Amendment says “yes” to most speech, including speech that criticizes, insults — even speech that promotes hate. But the law applies only to government.
  Private organizations can ban hate speech if they choose.
  I can write columns saying nasty things about you — if newspapers, websites and my distributor are willing to run them. But the law says I can’t tell
  
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• Amazon’s record holiday shows consumers still have appetite for spending

  26-12-2018 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Amazon reported a record-breaking holiday season as shoppers loaded their online baskets with items from Echo speakers to Calvin Klein clothes, suggesting consumer optimism isn’t being deterred by a tumbling stock market.
  The internet retailer said “tens of millions of people worldwide” signed up for its Prime service, which offers free two-day shipping on millions of items as well as video and music streaming. In the U.S. alone, more than 1 billion items were shipped for free
  
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• Post-Christmas boys basketball tournaments underway

  26-12-2018 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Each year on the day after Christmas in Orange County we unwrap boys basketball tournaments.
  Tournaments started today (Wednesday, Dec. 26) and continue through Saturday.
  The Century Elks Holiday Classic is at Century High School. Among the 16 teams in it are Newport Harbor, 14-1 and ranked No. 12 in the OC Varsity Orange County top 25, No. 13 Beckman (10-4) and No. 17 Yorba Linda (9-5). Fullerton and the Indians’ Stone Sinek, averaging 35 points a game, is also in the Century Elks tournam
  
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• Legendary Newport Harbor water polo coach Bill Barnett dies at 76

  26-12-2018 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Legendary water polo coach Bill Barnett, who twice coached the U.S. men’s Olympic team and created a powerhouse program at Newport Harbor, died Monday, his family said.
  Barnett, who retired from coaching in 2015, was receiving hospice care for acute leukemia and died peacefully at his home in Laguna Beach, Marcia said. “Very peacefully,” his wife, Marcia, said Wednesday. “The last year and half became harder and harder.”
  Barnett, 76, coached the U.S. men’s tea
  
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• 50 photos of the best Southern California surf moments from 2018

  26-12-2018 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  This year’s surf didn’t disappoint.
  There were plenty of summer hurricane swells, beautiful fall offshore wind mornings, and warm water that lasted past the typical summer months.
  And even the latest swell to end 2018 was one for the books, as the biggest swell so far this winter hit Southern California and offered some bombs for those who could handle the big waves.
  It was a year to celebrate how far the sport has come, with the state adopting “California Surfing Day,&rdq
  
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• How ‘Mary Poppins’ came to be and child care today

  26-12-2018 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A “Mary Poppins” sequel is now in theaters featuring a different spin on the magical nanny.
  Here’s a look at how the beloved franchise came to be and the modern world of child-care workers.The “Mary Poppins” stories were created by Helen Lyndon Goff, who wrote under the name P. L. (Pamela Lyndon) Travers. She was born in 1899 in Australia and was a poet, journalist and Shakespearean actress before her move to London in 1924.
  The first “Mary Poppins”
  
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• Hoornstra: When it comes to baseball, don’t worry: that cockroach won’t poison your water

  26-12-2018 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A funny thing happens when your life shifts from Los Angeles to Phoenix every February: your mornings suddenly become colder. Grass lawns are regularly covered in dew when the sun rises. Your car, if left outdoors overnight, sprouts a thin sheet of frost on its windshield – nothing a squeegee and a blast of heat from the defroster can’t cure. For everyone who partakes in the annual circus of Spring Training, each morning serves as a reminder that the Arizona desert isn’t a perm
  
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• 2019 movie preview: Marvel looms large, but look who else is prepping releases

  26-12-2018 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Before we get into the most obvious thing about the upcoming movies for 2019 – which is, Marvel is going to make a lot of money, again – can we first look forward to some great filmmakers who’ll be doing exactly what they want to do?
  Like Martin Scorsese, whose Netflix-backed “The Irishman” reunites our greatest living filmmaker with old cronies Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, and tosses Al Pacino into the bargain. It’s a mob epic that spans decad
  
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• No end in sight to partial government shutdown

  26-12-2018 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON  — Christmas has come and gone but the partial government shutdown is just getting started.
  Wednesday brings the first full business day after several government departments and agencies closed up over the weekend due to a budgetary stalemate between President Donald Trump and Congress. And there is no end in sight.
  So far, the public and federal workers have largely been spared inconvenience and hardship because government is closed on weekends and fe
  
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• 4 things to do at Southern California casinos this week (Dec. 28 – Jan. 3)

  26-12-2018 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa 
  Get ready to time travel to the ’80s as seven-piece dance band Pop Vinyl takes the stage at The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa on New Year’s Eve. The concert will be part of the larger Totally Awesome ’80s New Year’s Eve Bash. Outside the venue, visitors will be able to pick up free party favors, enjoy drink specials, take pictures with ’80s lookalikes and watch a countdown on the gaming floor.
  9 p.m., Monday, Dec. 31,
  
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• These are the 13 worst restaurant and food trends for 2018

  26-12-2018 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  We get it: Getting to dine out is a privilege, a part of this job we enjoy. But when you do it a lot, and we do, you notice all the good things — the server who goes the extra mile or the chef who comes out to chat with the patrons — and you notice the not-so-good. Warm wine. Stale bread. Slow service.
  Then there are the trends that start at one or two restaurants and suddenly it seems every place has started doing it — apparently without bothering to ask diners if it&rsqu
  
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• Landlords embrace pop-up shops to revive the American mall

  26-12-2018 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  It wasn’t that long ago that retailers looking for space at shopping centers would only get paperwork for a multiyear lease.
  These days, mall landlord Macerich Co. is offering 180 days. Last month, Macerich launched BrandBox, a leasing program that allows online sellers to dip their toes into the bricks-and-mortar universe with a temporary pop-up store.
  The first one, featuring six retailers, is up and running at northern Virginia’s Tysons Corner Center, with plans to expand to at le
  
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• Saddleback Valley Unified, Capistrano Unified to transition into full-day kindergarten

  26-12-2018 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Most of south Orange County’s public schools will offer a full-day kindergarten program by the fall.
  The Saddleback Valley Unified School District and the Capistrano Unified School District are transitioning to the program for the next academic year, citing parents’ demands and research that has shown the benefit of full-day kindergarten.
  The districts have had pilot programs at a few of their schools, but most campuses currently have half-day kindergarten schedules, with some studen
  
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• 5 hikes that will help you work off that Christmas weight and bond with family

  26-12-2018 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  With the Los Angeles basin in the background, Lindsay Whiting churns up Coal Canyon Trail after starting near the 91 Freeway. (Photo by David Whiting)
  As light rain falls, a visitor carries an umbrella during an early morning walk in Irvine Regional Park in Orange. (File photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsWith the Los Angeles basin in the background, Lindsay Whiting makes her way up Coal Canyon Trail after starting near the 91 Freeway. (Pho
  
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• Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?

  26-12-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matt O’Brien, The Associated Press
  We may remember 2018 as the year when technology’s dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook’s role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley’s connect-everything ethos.
  The list is long: High-tech tools for immigration crackdowns. Fears of smartphone addiction. YouTube algorithms that steer youths into extremism. An
  
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• A ban on airbrushing?

  26-12-2018 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  When celebrities come out with ideas for passing new laws, it’s usually polite to avert one’s glance and move on.
  But a BBC opinion piece by British actor Jameela Jamil merits a closer, if critical, look. Jamil, known in this country for her work in The Good Place, says we should pass a law to ban photos that have been touched up to make people look better.
  Seriously, that’s her idea. “Airbrushing of people in magazines and especially in advertisements shouldn’
  
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• Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: Yes, it’s almost New Year’s Eve. You’ll probably live through it

  26-12-2018 16:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Yes, my friends, it’s almost New Year’s Eve. Also known as that time of stress for nearly everyone.
  New Year’s Eve is one of those holidays that is designed just to make you drop a ton of money you don’t have, because it’s a week after Christmas, or else feel bad that you’re not out raucously celebrating, dancing on some tabletop somewhere. After being a mom for 16 years, I’m much more likely to look around for a damp rag to clean the tabletop than to do
  
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• 13 concerts that are going to be totally worth seeing in 2019

  26-12-2018 16:48 via ocregister.com
  
  This has been a huge year for concerts and music of all genres in Southern California. From ginormous, multi-day festivals and spectacular one-offs, elaborate tours that stopped in a variety of local stadiums, clubs and amphitheaters and hard-to-get-into, exclusive small-venue experiences, music fans turned out in droves to catch these performances.
  Whether it was the double-header of hip-hop/R&B king and queen Jay-Z and Beyoncé at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the first headlining arena
  
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• Fire engulfs building of aluminum business in Orange

  26-12-2018 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  It took 55 firefighters an hour and a half to get a blaze under control at an Orange commercial building early Wednesday, Dec. 26.
  They had to fight the fire, which started shortly before 1:30 a.m., from the outside because the structure of the aluminum-products company was so engulfed that firefighters couldn’t go inside, said Capt. Ian MacDonald of the Orange City Fire Department.
  Employees of Quality Aluminum Forge were working inside the building, on North Cypress Street near Collins A
  
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• Southern Californians spend as much on rent as Arizona, Colorado and Oregon collect in taxes

  26-12-2018 16:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s why the rent control issue won’t go away in California any year soon.
  We are talking real money. Southern Californians renters will pay landlords an estimated $47.8 billion in 2018 — up $2.6 billion in a year.
  A new study by apartment tracker HotPads shows total rents paid in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties this year — up 5.8 percent in a year — are on par with total annual revenues of corporate titans such as Cisco comput
  
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• Most Influential 2018: From Japan to the Angels, Shohei Ohtani became a ground-breaking star

  26-12-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The questions about Shohei Ohtani had been growing louder for years, ever since he began his climb toward baseball stardom in Japan. While he was a rare two-way phenom across the Pacific, the baseball world wondered if he could really succeed in the major leagues in the United States.
  Just over a year after Ohtani selected the Angels to begin his major league career, it’s safe to say the answer is a resounding yes.
  Ohtani has nudged the sport to loosen the grip on the notion that a player
  
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• Medical checks ordered after 2nd child immigrant dies

  26-12-2018 15:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By NOMAAN MERCHANT
  HOUSTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month.
  The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over President Donald Trump’s request for border wall funding .
  The boy, identified by Guatemalan authorities as Felipe G&oac
  
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• Rose Bowl Game Preview: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Washington Huskies

  26-12-2018 09:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The 105th Rose Bowl game will not only serve as the first postseason match up between the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1) and the Washington Huskies (10-3), but it will be the 15th appearance for both programs in the Rose Bowl.
  The Buckeyes enter the game 7-7 all time while the Huskies’ hold a 7-6-1 in Rose Bowl games.
  After the Buckeyes won the Big Ten Championship, following a win over Northwestern, coach Urban Meyer announced that he planned to retire from coaching.
  Not only
  
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• JaVale McGee misses Lakers trip as Warriors push back ring presentation

  26-12-2018 06:15 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — The second-largest looming injury of the night was deeply felt – not just by the Lakers.
  JaVale McGee did not travel to Oakland for the road trip Monday night, further hampered by his weeklong bout with pneumonia that included a hospital stay. It disappointed the Golden State Warriors: The team had been planning to present McGee with his 2018 championship ring before the Tuesday night game.
  The ceremony will be pushed back to when the Lakers return Feb. 2.
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• LeBron James injured with strained groin in Lakers’ win over Warriors

  26-12-2018 04:06 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND – In the third quarter of their Christmas Day match-up with the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers were forced to confront the fear of the unthinkable: LeBron James left the game with injury.
  The Lakers star forward came up limping after a third-quarter play in which he was attempting to rebound a missed Draymond Green shot. James grabbed for his left groin and hip area, then proceeded to do stretches on the sideline during a team timeout. After a few minutes of tender walking on th
  
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• Resist calls for regulating social media giants

  26-12-2018 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Facebook’s mounting scandals and unflattering revelations are tempting more Americans to want to crack down through strict federal regulations. That’s a temptation to be resisted.
  There’s no doubt that the company has taken advantage of users’ data, in some cases implicitly deceiving them about what is private and what is not. But the solution to this frustrating problem is not to expand government control over private companies whose services people can freely walk away
  
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• 7-year-old who spoke to Trump about Santa still believes

  26-12-2018 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — A 7-year-old girl who talked to President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve still left out milk and cookies for Santa despite the president telling her it was “marginal” for a child of her age to still believe in the jolly old elf.
  Then again, Collman Lloyd of Lexington, South Carolina, says she had never heard the word “marginal” before.
  Collman had called the NORAD Tracks Santa program Monday night to check on Sant
  
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• Voters should get to decide 2020 criminal justice ballot measure

  26-12-2018 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Outgoing Governor Jerry Brown has just filed a lawsuit to try to keep an initiative off the 2020 ballot.
  Initiative No. 17-0004, the Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act of 2018, has already qualified for the ballot, according to Secretary of State Alex Padilla. In July, Padilla said the measure had enough valid signatures to be placed before voters. It would have been on the November ballot except that some counties were slow to process the signatures, causing the initiative to miss t
  
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• State Lottery games the system for itself

  26-12-2018 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Lotteries have been proven to disadvantage lower-income residents. They sometimes throw winners curveballs they’re not prepared to handle. And they often encourage people to pin their hopes on fantasies instead of earning success through hard work.
  In the Golden State, however, the state Lottery has taken advantage of California dreamin’ to grow ever bigger. Its revenues have expanded for nearly a decade, hitting around $7 billion in sales this year alone. Unfortunately, the good tim
  
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• Pope’s Christmas wish: World fraternity despite differences

  26-12-2018 00:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By FRANCES D’EMILIO | Associated Press
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish for fraternity among people of different nations, cultures, faiths, races or ideas, describing the world’s differences as a richness, not a danger, and championing the rights of religious minorities.
  His plea Tuesday for stronger bonds among peoples came as nationalism and a suspicion of migrants are gaining traction across much of the globe.
  The long war in Syria, famine amid warfare in
  
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• Next up for the Rams: The injury-plagued San Francisco 49ers

  26-12-2018 00:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The San Francisco 49ers’ offense literally is limping to the end of this season.
  When the 49ers close their year Sunday afternoon against the Rams at the Coliseum, they will be without Matt Breida, their leading rusher, and Dante Pettis, their second-leading receiver.
  Breida, who had 814 yards and was consistent, with an average of 5.3 yards per rush, suffered a significant ankle sprain last week against Chicago. Pettis, who had 467 receiving yards and also was tied for the team high with
  
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• On Christmas Day, grown-ups got the gift of clean laundry while kids cleaned up on toys

  26-12-2018 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Diana Pruett folds clothes during Operation Warm Wishes’ 10th annual pancake breakfast for people in need at Good Choice Laundry in Santa Ana on Tuesday, December 25. Kids were treated to toys and volunteers did laundry for guests. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer)
  Violet Jessica Marquez is tossed into the air by her father Eduardo Marquez in front of Good Choice Laundry. Operation Warm Wishes held its 10th annual pancake breakfast for people in need on Tuesday, December 2
  
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