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• What’s streaming on Amazon Prime in January: ‘Informer,’ ‘The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle’ and more

  27-12-2018 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Amazon Prime is offering a wide range of new views in January.
  The dramatic series, “Informer,” continues following Raza Shar (Nabhaan Rizwan), a second-generation Pakistani in East London, who is pressured into becoming an undercover informant by counter-terrorism officer Gabe Waters (Paddy Considine). Waters has a secret past and a new and overly curious partner, Holly Morten (Bel Powley) and, as the investigation deepens, the threat to all three of their lives and relationships gr
  
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• Rose Bowl: Jake Browning set to end Washington career having helped transform the Huskies

  27-12-2018 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  When Jake Browning stepped on the bright, blue field in Boise three years ago, he had no idea what to expect.
  The Washington quarterback was 19, a true freshman and already the Huskies’ starter, about to make his debut versus Boise State in front of 36,836 hostile fans, against a defense that would finish the 2015 season ranked in the top-15 in total yards allowed.
  “I didn’t have a redshirt year. I’d never even been on the sideline during a game, never been the person doi
  
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• Fryer: Kevin Kiernan a basketball defensive genius? Well …

  27-12-2018 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s Kevin Kiernan became California girls basketball’s coaching career wins leader Wednesday when his Mater Dei team defeated Serra of Gardena in a tournament game at San Diego that was win No. 762 for Kiernan.
  It’s time that everyone knows the truth: Kevin Kiernan is a fraud.
  He has this reputation for being a defensive basketball wizard.
  “Kevin is a great defensive mastermind,” said former Brea Olinda girls basketball coach Jeff Sink.
  Sink is among many wh
  
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• Gift Box impresses in California debut at Santa Anita

  27-12-2018 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Horn blower Jay Cohen during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Jockey Joel Rosario riding Gift Box wins the San Antonio Stakes (Grade II) during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJockey Mike Smith riding McKinzie wins the Malibu Stakes (Grade 1) r
  
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• Leaders needed before state gets any new political party

  27-12-2018 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Democratic Party didn’t really get off the ground until it found a leader in Thomas Jefferson. Similarly, the Republican Party amounted to almost nothing before Abraham Lincoln put it on the political map.
  Now, with both major California political parties offering little besides extremism, polls show there’s a widespread desire for a third significant political party here. Emblematic was an election-season survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, which asked the quest
  
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• Super Trucks will be a part of Grand Prix of Long Beach in years ahead

  27-12-2018 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Robby Gordon’s Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks series signed a multi-year agreement earlier this month to return and race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach  in 2019.
  The popular series features high-horsepower trucks that not only race around the world-famous 1.97-mile, 11-turn Grand Prix race track but also jump high in the air utilizing a series of temporary ramps placed throughout the circuit.
  The trucks will run practice and qualifying on Friday with races on Saturday and Sunday a
  
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• Lake Elsinore’s dead fish are washing up on shore by the hundreds

  27-12-2018 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not the Christmas surprise anybody was hoping for.
  Hundreds of dead fish have been washing up on the shores of Lake Elsinore, with the first appearing Friday and the numbers increasing this week.
  “It’s still very minor compared to past die-offs,” said Lake Elsinore city spokeswoman Nicole Dailey. The lake remains open with no recreational restrictions.
  The city is awaiting test results of water samples to help determine what’s killing the fish, predominantly ca
  
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• Huntington Beach man arrested on suspicion of sexual assaulting developmentally disabled women in Costa Mesa

  27-12-2018 21:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A 52-year-old Huntington Beach man was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting three developmentally disabled women in their Costa Mesa homes during “unlicensed massage services,” police said on Thursday, Dec. 27.
  Costa Mesa police said that in 2017 and this year, Rusty Lee Love provided the in-home services and at some point assaulted the three women who later reported the incidents. Love was described by police as an acquaintance of the victims.
  Detectives arrested him Friday,
  
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• Another day, another data breach: California’s security regulations to tighten in 2020

  27-12-2018 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Equifax, Target, Marriott. Another day, another data breach.
  Hacking takes an immense toll on both the company and the consumers. As technology evolves, and businesses continue to collect and use personal information, they must also keep pace with the expanding set of data security regulations.
  In 2016, California published its Data Breach Report. The report references 20 controls published by the Center for Internet Security, and calls them the “minimum level of information security that
  
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• Boys basketball tournament schedules, Thursday (Dec. 27)

  27-12-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Boys basketball tournament schedules for tournaments playing in Orange County:
  Century Elks Classic
  At Century HS
  (Consolation bracket) Godinez vs. Century, 9 a.m.; Brea Olinda vs. Fullerton, 10:30 a.m.; Westminster vs. Norte Vista, noon; Yorba Linda vs. Saddleback, 1:30 p.m.; (Championship bracket) Valencia vs. El Toro, 3 p.m.; Newport Harbor vs. Peninsula, 4:30 p.m.; California of Whittier vs. Sunny Hills, 6 p.m.; Beckman vs. La Salle, 7:30 p.m.
  Estancia Coast Classic
  Thursday (12/27)
  At Estan
  
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• Best of 2018: These are the Top 10 new restaurants of the year

  27-12-2018 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a great year for Laguna Beach. It was a great year for tacos. It was a pretty great year all-around for anyone who likes to eat out. Of everything that opened this year (or at the tail end of last year), these are the Top 10 new restaurants of 2018.
  10. Tacos La Calle. The tacos are truly fantastic, especially the suadero. But so are the mulitas, which are like quesadillas made with corn tortillas. You’ll need extra napkins because the food here can be really greasy, but it&rsq
  
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• White House, congressional Democrats see no deal on shutdown

  27-12-2018 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIET LINDERMAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON — Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon.
  Lawmakers are away from Washington for the holidays and have been told they will get 24 hours’ notice before having to return for a vote. And although the Senate is slated to come into session Thursday afternoon, few senators were expected to be around for it.
  After a weekend and two holiday days for federal employees, Wednesday was the first regularly s
  
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• Dana Point will host Arabian Nights-themed 50+ New Year’s Eve party

  27-12-2018 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Want to ring in the New Year and be home before midnight? The Dana Point Community Center is inviting adults 50 and older to an Arabian Nights-themed Active Lifestyle New Years Eve Dinner Dance on Monday, Dec. 31.
  Doors will open at 5:45 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Dance to DJ entertainment starting at 7 p.m. and celebrate the East Coast midnight ball drop at 9 p.m.
  Spirited beverages will be available for sale with proceeds benefitting VFW Post #9934. Tickets are $20 for one a
  
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• Pac-12 Hotline’s stock report: Football recruiting (Cristobal thrives, Washington bulks up, ASU flatlines and the linemen vanish)

  27-12-2018 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  We’ll delay final judgment and sweeping conclusions on the Pac-12’s performance in the 2018-19 recruiting cycle for another seven weeks.
  That’s probably not a satisfying course for some Hotline readers, but it’s the prudent move given that four of the top-five prospects in California are unsigned.
  With a strong close, especially by USC, the conference could produce results generally in line with previous years.
  Then again, a wrong turn would place the Pac-12 smack in the
  
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• Bravo! Sweet work by baseball players and a bike surprise

  27-12-2018 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Foothill baseball team donates pies for a good cause
  Foothill High School baseball players made Thanksgiving a little sweeter for the Tustin police and fire departments. They also helped “Operation Warm Wishes,” led by TyRon Jackson.
  For several weeks, the players sold pies for a team fundraiser, giving buyers the option to donate the sweets.
  The result? Eighty pies donated to those who serve and protect, as well as those who are in need.
  Bill Pollakov, founder of Bikes for Kids, cen
  
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• Why Retro City video game fest is going make some sweet music at Pomona’s Fairplex

  27-12-2018 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Gamers can enhance – or 1-up, in gamer speak – their experience at the Retro City Festival if they make sure not to miss the music.
  The event, at the Fairplex in Pomona Jan. 5 and 6, will feature an arcade as well as pinball, a console museum, tournaments and vendors. Plus, there will be live music by bands the MiniBosses, The Koopas, Travis Morgan, Super MadNES, 8-Bit Jazz Heroes and The Megas.
  As video games have grown in popularity, so have bands devoted to playing the music of th
  
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• Southern California home sales at four-year low

  27-12-2018 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The Southern California housing market is ending 2018 with the lowest number of home sales in four years and its second-lowest home sales tally in seven years, CoreLogic housing figures released Thursday, Dec. 27, show. Home prices, meanwhile, are rising at the slowest pace in 3 ½ years.
  As of November, 214,550 Southern California houses, condos and townhomes have changed hands this year, CoreLogic figures show. That’s the lowest sales tally for the January-through-November period s
  
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• Kids can ring in the new year with their own confetti countdowns at Pretend City

  27-12-2018 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Pretend City Children’s Museum is hosting its annual “It’s Midnight Somewhere” Noon Year’s Eve Bash on Monday, Dec. 31. This celebration allows young children to ring in the New Year at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
  Guests of all ages will decorate party hats and noisemakers and take part in a one-of-a-kind confetti dance party. A New Year’s confetti countdown will take place just before each of the times listed below:
  10 a.m: Dhaka, Bangladesh (Members onl
  
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• In an ever-shifting world, turn within to find the sturdiness for change

  27-12-2018 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  This is the time when we change to another year.  The time is changing too, as days grow longer.  Perhaps your life is also changing, becoming new. Mountains are a good image for staying sturdy in the midst of change.  Saddleback ridge stands there calm and majestic while clouds come between it and the sun, creating dark shadows and bright highlights.  Fires sometimes rage across its surface and occasionally snow will cover the top.  All the while the people, on and arou
  
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• These are the colors, patterns and home design trends you’ll be seeing in 2019

  27-12-2018 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s going to be a busy year for home interior décor in 2019, and that’s not even taking into account the market itself.
  Bold colors, patterns, materials and schemes blended together is the common theme of forecasts from design pros, trend spotters, popular websites and shopping guides. And while not all these trends will catch fire, the predictions do give a sense of what is expected to show up in showrooms and perhaps your own rooms.
  2019 Trends High Point Market Cloud 9 Des
  
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• Here’s how Southern California’s surging housing costs crashed Wall Street

  27-12-2018 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Many of us in Southern Californian understand that folks in New York and D.C. are a tad East Coast-centered when it comes to the economy.
  Here’s the latest example: The grand debate over “where’s the inflation?” has sunk the stock market and puts the long-running national economic progress at risk.
  Much to the dismay of stock investors and President Donald Trump alike, the Federal Reserve is attempting to cool the economy by raising interest rates. Fed officials are conce
  
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• All-Orange County boys water polo: First Team and Second Team

  27-12-2018 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Register’s All-County Boys Water Polo Team; Guillermo Ocasio, of Servite High School, left, Ike Love, of Newport Harbor High School, Makoto Kenney, of Newport Harbor High School, Warren Loth, of Mater Dei High School, Tanner Pulice, of Corona del Mar High School, Blake Jackson, of Newport Harbor High School, and coach of the year Ross Sinclair, of Newport Harbor High, in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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• Master Gardener: How to plant a butterfly garden

  27-12-2018 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: We are thinking about planting a butterfly garden but don’t know where to begin. Can you offer some suggestions?
  A: Butterfly gardens can be attractive to both butterflies and gardeners if a few considerations are kept in mind. First of all, choose a location that is sheltered from the wind and gets lots of sunshine. Typically, butterflies are most active from mid-morning until mid-afternoon. Your site should be nice and sunny during these hours. Situating the tallest plants on the wind
  
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• In volatile market, companies can plan for possible slowdown

  27-12-2018 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By Joyce M. Rosenberg, The Associated Press
  The stock market’s volatility this year has some small business owners deciding to run their businesses more cautiously.
  Consumer spending and the economy are strong and many businesses report all is well. But some owners are worried because their customers are spending less.
  Some owners are thinking of taking fewer risks. One concern is that the gyrations are a harbinger of recession; investors tend to buy and sell based on what they think the e
  
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• 2018 offers a look at 10 ways Southern California’s coast is changing

  27-12-2018 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California’s coastline has been changing since it was part of the Pangaea supercontinent 300 million years ago, sometimes slowly and sometimes suddenly.
  The past year offered hints that changes of the past half century may be accelerating. Nature’s changing face, human development and efforts to make peace between the two can be startling at times.
  Here are 10 ways the past year has been significant.
  Sea-level rise
  December tides and waves dismantled a Capistrano B
  
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• Coachella 2019: 5 bands we want the festival to reunite for its 20th year

  27-12-2018 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Don’t be let down by the holidays wrapping up, festival announcement season is just getting started and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is always one of the first to reveal who’s playing.
  Coachella’s 2019 editions will happen at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 12-14 and April 19-21. It’s a big deal because this will be the 20th year of Coachella and whoever is headlining has to follow in the wake of Queen Beyoncé.
  Sure, there have been rumors ab
  
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• Most Influential 2018: OC’s controversial justice system gets 2 new leaders in Don Barnes, Todd Spitzer

  27-12-2018 15:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Change is coming to Orange County’s turbulent criminal justice system.
  A full overhaul is expected under District Attorney-elect Todd Spitzer; a few meaningful tweaks under Sheriff-elect Don Barnes.
  Spitzer and Barnes are the new faces of Orange County law enforcement, handed the mantle of public safety in the Nov. 6 election. Spitzer won as a reformer at a prosecutor’s office where, in some cases, winning had taken precedence over fairness. Barnes won as the hand-picked successor to
  
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• Gardening: In nearly 40 years of searching, I’ve never encountered this flower’s scent

  27-12-2018 15:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you ever smelled sweet violets?
  If you live in Southern California, the chances are slim when considering the probability of engaging in this unique olfactory experience. During almost forty years of local plant observation, I have visited nearly every botanical garden in Southern California as well as hundreds of backyard and front yard gardens, but have never sniffed a sweet violet. Maybe they are growing somewhere that I missed. If so, please advise.
  There is only one Southern California
  
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• Newport Harbor’s Ike Love is the Orange County boys water polo player of the year

  27-12-2018 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Ike Love, of Newport Harbor High School, was selected the OC Register’s All-County Boys Water Polo player of the year in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Ike Love, of Newport Harbor High School, was selected the OC Register’s All-County Boys Water Polo player of the year in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Orange
  
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• Newport Harbor’s Ross Sinclair is the Orange County boys water polo coach of the year

  27-12-2018 07:49 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH >> Newport Harbor’s boys water polo team narrowly missed reaching its ultimate goal but the Sailors still accomplished plenty in 2018.
  And they did so the “Newport way.”
  Behind fourth-year coach and alumnus Ross Sinclair, the Sailors reached their first CIF-SS Division 1 final since 2009. They came close to securing the school a record 13th Division 1 crown but lost 5-3 to Harvard-Westlake in the championship.
  But in a tribute to its character, Newport Harbo
  
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• Beckman’s boys basketball team returns to form

  27-12-2018 07:47 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Beckman very much needed a win after what happened in the Patriots’ previous game.
  They defeated Yorba Linda 77-54 on Wednesday in a Century Elks Classic first-round game at Century High.
  Beckman had lost to Mission Viejo 55-26 on Saturday in the Orange County North/South Challenge at Tesoro. Patriots coach John Goins hoped his players would be able to move on, and they did.
  “I told them to forget about that game on Saturday,” Goins said. “It was a bad n
  
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• Photos: Opening Day Horse Racing at Santa Anita Park

  27-12-2018 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Horn blower Jay Cohen during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Jockey Joel Rosario riding Gift Box wins the San Antonio Stakes (Grade II) during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJockey Mike Smith riding McKinzie wins the Malibu Stakes (Grade 1) r
  
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• Mater Dei’s Kevin Kiernan sets state record for coaching victories in girls basketball

  27-12-2018 07:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan set the California record for career coaching victories Wednesday night in San Diego.
  Brooke Demetre posted 17 points and 12 rebounds and Kate FitzGerald added 16 points as the Monarchs defeated Serra of Gardena 69-32 at the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic at Del Norte to give Kiernan career victory No. 762.
  He entered the game tied with former Buena of Ventura coach Joe Vaughan with 761.
  “The thing that strikes me the most is being to one, wo
  
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• Clippers fend off hard-charging Kings for 20th win

  27-12-2018 07:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Sacramento Kings center Kosta Koufos, right, and blocks a shot by Clippers guard Lou Williams during the first half of Wednesday’s game at Staples Center. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein, left, and guard Bogdan Bogdanovic, right, take the ball away from Los Angeles Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell, middle, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insec
  
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• Ex-treasurer of Parkinson Foundation’s OC chapter admits embezzlement; gets 6 months in jail

  27-12-2018 06:45 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A former treasurer of the National Parkinson Foundation’s Orange County chapter pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling from the organization and was immediately sentenced to six months in jail.
  Judith Louise Woodhouse, 53, of Irvine, pleaded guilty to grand theft and four counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, all felonies. She also admitted sentencing enhancements for aggravated white collar crime between $100,000 to $500,000.
  As part of the plea deal, 41 counts
  
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• Video: Jake Browning on Rose Bowl, Urban Meyer and NFL future

  27-12-2018 05:39 via ocregister.com
  
  After four years at Washington, senior quarterback Jake Browning prepares for the final game of his college career. The Huskies will play the Ohio State Buckeyes on Jan. 1, 2019 in the Rose Bowl.
  Browning is projected to be a late round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. He was the 2016 Pac-12 offensive player of the year.Related Articles Ohio State’s Urban Meyer crossing Rose Bowl off coaching bucket list Rose Bowl Game Preview: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Washington Huskies Big West basketball
  
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• 1-year-old boy struck by vehicle, fatally injured in Yorba Linda neighborhood

  27-12-2018 05:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A 1-year-old boy was hit and killed in the street by a vehicle backing out of a nearby house a day after Christmas, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.
  Officials said deputies responded on Wednesday at about 4:50 p.m. to the 4000 block of Casa Oro Drive in Yorba Linda. Once there, law enforcement officials found a child who had been hit by a vehicle in front of his residence.
  “The child, an almost two-year-old boy, was hit by a vehicle backing out of a nearby
  
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• 1-year-old boy struck by pickup truck, fatally injured in Yorba Linda neighborhood

  27-12-2018 05:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A 1-year-old boy was hit and killed in the street by a pickup truck backing out of a nearby house a day after Christmas, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.
  Officials said deputies responded on Wednesday at about 4:50 p.m. to the 4000 block of Casa Oro Drive in Yorba Linda. Once there, law enforcement officials found a child who had been hit by a truck in front of his residence.
  “The child, an almost two-year-old boy, was hit by a vehicle backing ou
  
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• 19-year-old woman charged with manslaughter in March crash that killed two students in Tustin

  27-12-2018 05:22 via ocregister.com
  
  A 19-year-old accused of driving twice the speed limit before her sedan loaded with seven people crashed in Tustin, fatally injuring  two teenage passengers, has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter, officials said Wednesday.
  Josselyn Jazmine Anguiano, 19, of Santa Ana was charged on Nov. 27 with two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of child endangerment by caretaker, according to a news release from the Orange County District Att
  
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• Clippers plan to take a look at Johnathan Motley on the big stage

  27-12-2018 04:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Clippers haven’t had to rely on their G League affiliate like they did last season, when their roster was ravaged by injuries. But they’re still making use of it.
  Including on Wednesday, before their game against the Sacramento Kings, when they invited two-way player Johnathan Motley up from the Agua Caliente Clippers and then sent rookie guard Jerome Robinson to Ontario.
  The team didn’t immediately activate the 23-year-old Motley, but they plan to, Clip
  
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• McKinzie back at his best in Malibu Stakes on Opening Day at Santa Anita

  27-12-2018 04:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Jockey Mike Smith after riding McKinzie and winning the Malibu Stakes (Grade 1) race during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Jockey Mike Smith riding McKinzie wins the Malibu Stakes (Grade 1) race during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJockey M
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Wednesday, Dec. 26

  27-12-2018 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Wednesday, Dec. 26.
  *Will be updated.
  BASKETBALL
  Wednesday’s top scorers
  BOYS
  Pts    Player, school
  33    G. O’Neill, Saddleback Valley Christian
  29    Kyman, Santa Margarita
  28    Prendergast, Trabuco Hills
  26    Seeseman, Troy
  25    Uyesugi, University
  24    Castro, Garden Grove
  24    Naess, Laguna B
  
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• Cris Cyborg finds inspiration through her niece for UFC 232

  27-12-2018 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg with her niece Gabriela near their home in Huntington Beach, Saturday, Dec 22, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and her niece Gabriela in their home in Huntington Beach to go to the park, Saturday, Dec 22, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg reads to
  
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• Favorites give Jeff Mullins a pair of winners on Opening Day at Santa Anita

  27-12-2018 03:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Jockey Flavien Prat ridding River Boyne wins the Mathis Brothers Mile (Grade II) during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Jockey Flavien Prat ridding River Boyne wins the Mathis Brothers Mile (Grade II) during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsIn
  
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• La Habra man charged in kidnapping of woman in Fullerton; additional potential victims sought

  27-12-2018 03:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Prosecutors announced charges against a man accused of kidnapping a woman in September at Fullerton High School, and Wednesday asked additional potential victims to step forward.
  A woman in her mid-20s sat alone in a courtyard of the campus at about 2 a.m. on Sept. 29 when she was allegedly attacked by Camran Abbas Mohammed, 31, of La Habra, and pulled to the ground, according a joint news release issued by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Fullerton and La Habra police
  
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• Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2018

  27-12-2018 03:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By BERNARD McGHEE
  In a year filled with heightened political vitriol, two deaths brought the nation together to remember men who represented a seemingly bygone era of U.S. politics.
  George H.W. Bush was a president, vice president, congressman, CIA director and Navy pilot during World War II, where he flew 58 missions and was shot down over the Pacific. As a politician, he had his fair share of critics and was voted out of office after one term as president. But the Republican reinvented himself
  
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• Investigator reassesses ignition point of massive Holy Fire, but says resident is still believed to have set the blaze

  27-12-2018 02:48 via ocregister.com
  
  An investigator acknowledged Wednesday that he has reassessed the ignition point of the massive Holy fire – which burned through more than 23,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties – but still believes the blaze was intentionally set by a resident of the rural canyon where it began.
  During a daylong hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence for Forrest Clark, 51, to stand trial, Donald Ford, an Orange County Fire Authority investigator, admitted that he hadn’t n
  
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• Ohio State’s Urban Meyer crossing Rose Bowl off coaching bucket list

  27-12-2018 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, center, with his children, Nate Meyer, left, and Gigi Meyer, after a Rose Bowl media event at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, Dec 26, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Players and coaches from Ohio State and University of Washington during a ceremony for Rose Bowl players at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, Dec 26, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gal
  
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• MLS’s winningest coach and South Bay soccer fixture Sigi Schmid dies at age 65

  27-12-2018 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Longtime soccer coach Sigi Schmid, who played and coached soccer at Bishop Montgomery and coached the Galaxy on two separate occasions, died Tuesday night.
  Schmid, 65, had been hospitalized for a couple of weeks due to an undisclosed condition.
  The Schmid family released the following statement:
  “On Tuesday, December 25, Sigi Schmid passed away at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles due to a personal health matter. Our family is deeply saddened by his passing and is takin
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (12-26-18)

  27-12-2018 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and player stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Dec. 26.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
   
  BOYS SOCCER
  NORTH ORANGE COUNTY INVITATIONAL
  Estancia 3, La Habra 2
  Valencia 1, La Mirada 0
  Montebello 1, El Dorado 0
  Newport Harbor 2, Damien 0
  Sunny Hills 1, Nogales 0
  MARINA HOLIDAY CLASSIC
  Fullerton 8, Pacifica Black 0
  Goals: Joseph Espinoza 3, Y. Garcia, Gonzalez, Osorio 2, Sistrunck.
  Assists: (Ful) Benavidez, Joshua Espinoza 2, A. Garcia.
  Marina 3, Cerritos 0
  Pacifica 2,
  
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