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• Most Influential 2018: Katie Porter and Harley Rouda steered Orange County’s blue wave

  28-12-2018 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The idea came to both of them just after the election of President Donald Trump.
  Two Democrats in then-Republican Orange County, each a political unknown, independently took a hard look at the corrosive state of the nation’s politics and reached the same decision — they would run for Congress in 2018.
  Two years later, Democrat Rep-elects Katie Porter and Harley Rouda represent two parts of the biggest political story to hit Orange County in decades, the county’s flip from red t
  
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• With Todd Gurley out again, C.J. Anderson gets another chance to maintain a Super Bowl feeling

  28-12-2018 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS >> C.J. Anderson immediately sensed it when he entered the Rams’ locker room.
  “When I walked in,” Anderson said, “it gave me that 2015 feeling.”
  That’s when Anderson played for the Denver Broncos. That’s the year the Broncos dominated in October and November, suffered consecutive December losses, then bounced back to win the Super Bowl.
  Sound familiar? The Rams had lost two games in a row, and lost running back Todd Gurley to a sore k
  
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• New Year’s Day, couch-potato style: Where to watch all the parades, football and marathons

  28-12-2018 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Does your concept of a perfect New Year’s Day involve footie pajamas, oversized Spongebob slippers, cocoa by the Costco-sized container — and, if required, this season’s hippest hangover cure?
  Take a moment to make sure the remote hasn’t danced under the sofa, then read on. Here’s your guide to the couch-potato-pleasing splendor of Jan. 1 on TV:
  The Real Big Red RoseCast
  Even during these polarized times of shutdowns, putdowns, smackdowns and tweetbursts, we can all
  
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• Why Chipotle’s Rose Parade float will be spicier than some of the other entries

  28-12-2018 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Diners can get a preview of Chipotle Mexican Grill’s float for the Rose Parade this weekend at Sip & Savor, a preview event today through Sunday, Dec. 28-30, near the Rose Bowl.
  Sip & Savor features food and wine tastings in Rosemont Pavilion, where nine floats for Tuesday’s parade are being decorated, including Chipotle’s.
  Chipotle isn’t one of the restaurants providing food at the event. But its float is intended to look good enough to eat.
  That’s because
  
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• Born on drugs: The goal is to keep kids with parents. Sometimes, that’s dead wrong

  28-12-2018 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Second of four parts. Read Part 1
  Cheyenne Easter turned up on the riverbed under the 22 freeway in the winter of 2016, shortly after her latest DUI.
  Jeremy Jones was already living there, in a tent, with a pit bull named Haley. He thought Easter was beautiful.
  Jones’ drug of choice was vodka. Easter’s was meth, which she used to stay awake in the wee hours; a homeless woman’s strategy to fend off rapists.
  There were lots of people camping under the 22 that first night, al
  
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• Curtis Millender stays home for UFC 232 after finding a home at CSW

  28-12-2018 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Before Curtis Millender dispatched of Max Griffin at UFC 226 in July, coach Ben Jones was asked how long Millender had been honing his skills at CSW Training Center in Fullerton.
  “Since he started winning,” Jones said succinctly.
  Indeed, Millender is 8-0 in the three years since he started training at CSW.
  Count Millender as one of the fighters on the UFC 232 card Saturday at The Forum not dismayed by the venue change.
  “I was initially just super pumped because my sons weren&rs
  
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• How California’s right-to-die law survived 2018

  28-12-2018 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s End of Life Option Act, which gives terminally ill individuals the choice to legally end their lives by using physician-prescribed lethal drugs, survived a significant scare in 2018 after a Riverside County judge in May struck down the law.
  The judge’s move invalidated the law for a period of time causing confusion among doctors, assisted living centers and terminally-ill patients who were left wondering if they would be able to procure new prescriptions or use the drugs
  
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• Wells Fargo to pay states $575 million over sales practices

  28-12-2018 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $575 million to settle state-level claims over sales practices, marking the latest cost in the fallout from a series of scandals that erupted at the bank more than two years ago.
  The settlement with 50 states and the District of Columbia announced Friday resolves state investigations into Wells Fargo’s practices from 2002 to 2017. The practices, which have previously been disclosed, include opening bogus accounts, charging improper mortgage rate-lock extensio
  
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• USC women’s basketball aims to sustain hot start in Pac-12 play

  28-12-2018 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The start of the USC women’s basketball season included an impressive stretch.
  As the Trojans began 10-1 overall, they won nine consecutive games, including seven by double-digits, moving into one of the national polls for the first time since 2014. Last week, they were No. 25 in the coaches’ poll before suffering their first loss with a 71-51 defeat at Texas A&M.
  It has been a strong enough start for the Trojans that they were projected earlier this month as an eighth seed
  
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• Will meat-free products redefine fast food in 2019?

  28-12-2018 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Can plant-based proteins bring home the bacon?
  Restaurant experts think so. Sixty-four percent of chefs surveyed by the National Restaurant Association for its 2019 What’s Hot Culinary Survey expect plant-based burgers and sausages to become a top trend.
  Products such as the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat are already seeing big growth. They are part of a new generation of veggie burgers said to look and taste more like beef.
  There’s a market for meatless menu items in fast food re
  
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• Rajon Rondo undergoes surgery on troublesome right hand

  28-12-2018 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Just a week removed from his return from his month-long injury layover, Rajon Rondo will miss even more time due to the same troublesome hand.
  The Lakers announced Friday morning that Rondo, 32, had surgery to repair a ligament on his right ring finger that suffered a grade 3 sprain against the Golden State Warriors on Christmas. The recovery will take four to five weeks — the same timeline he faced when he fractured his right hand in November.
  Rondo was able to play just three games since
  
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• Bomb strikes tourist bus near Egypt’s Giza pyramids, kills 2

  28-12-2018 19:52 via ocregister.com
  By HAMZA HENDAWI
  CAIRO — A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Friday in an area near the Giza Pyramids, killing two Vietnamese tourists and wounding 12 others, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said in a statement.
  It said the bus was traveling in the Marioutiyah area near the pyramids when the crude roadside bomb, concealed by a wall, went off. The wounded included 10 Vietnamese tourists. The other two wounded were the Egyptian bus driver and the guide.
  The bus was carrying a total of 14 Vi
  
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• It’s ‘Strange Days’ for an Echo Park teen battling aliens in Constantine Singer’s debut YA novel

  28-12-2018 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  After writing four novels that failed to attract an agent or publisher, Constantine Singer, a Los Angeles high school teacher who lives in Echo Park, was open to suggestions.
  That fourth novel, he knew, was a really good book. It earned high praise from a would-be agent who with deep regrets ultimately passed on it – not for any lack of interest but for the saturation of the marketplace for a noir-esque novel, he says.
  And then his wife Araidne Shaffer, whose acting career had brought the
  
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• ‘Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles’ returns for more real estate drama

  28-12-2018 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The line “Kelly got a house, big house on the hill” is more than a lyric from the former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland’s latest single.
  It happened in front of cameras.
  Rowland found her new house during the taping of season 11 of Bravo Media’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles,” a high-stakes real estate series that follows powerhouse agents like The Agency’s British duo David Parnes and James Harris as they navigate big de
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm plans New Year’s Eve fireworks, shows and more

  28-12-2018 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The holidays are at Knott’s Merry Farm with shopping in the Christmas Crafts Village, seasonal treats in Santa’s Christmas Cabin and entertainment, such as the “Merry Christmas, Snoopy!” ice show, and on New Year’s Eve there will be even more.
  In Ghost Town, Krazy Kirk and the Hillbillies will offer up polished bluegrass laced with comedy in the Wagon Camp and magician Chipper Lowell will be performing in the Bird Cage Theatre.
  The all-female Top 40 cover band, The
  
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• The Orange Crush is finally getting a fix, thankfully

  28-12-2018 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. Every day on my commute back home on the eastbound 22 Freeway, I get to within two miles of the I-5 and the 57 and everything just stops. That interchange gets so backed up, with impatient people at the last second cutting into the far-right lanes to get to the ramp leading to those freeways. If there’s any way to make it so people have to be committed to that ramp sooner, I think that could clear up some issues.
  – Henry Adams, Orange
  A. That wreck of an interchange, app
  
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• Trade war, profits, marijuana: Markets saw it all in 2018

  28-12-2018 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alex Veiga, The Associated Press
  Wall Street started 2018 strong, buoyed by a growing economy and corporate profits. It isn’t ending that way.
  U.S. stocks climbed to new highs early, shook off a sudden, steep drop by spring and rode a wave of tax cut-juiced corporate earnings growth to another all-time high by September. Then the jitters set in.
  Investors grew worried that the testy U.S.-China trade dispute and higher interest rates would slow the economy, hurting corporate profits. A s
  
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• GOP and Democrats trade blame for shutdown, no deal in sight

  28-12-2018 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown will almost certainly be handed off to a divided government to solve in the new year, as both parties traded blame Friday and President Donald Trump sought to raise the stakes in the weeklong impasse.
  As agreement eludes Washington in the waning days of the Republican monopoly on power, it sets up the first big confrontation between Trump and newly empowered Democrats. Trump is sticking with his demand for money t
  
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• Boys basketball tournament schedules, Friday (Dec. 28)

  28-12-2018 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Boys basketball tournament schedules for tournaments playing today (Dec. 28) in Orange County:
  Century Elks Classic
  At Century HS
  Brea Olinda vs. Century, 9 a.m.; Norte Vista vs. Saddleback, 10:30 a.m.; (consolation semifinal) Fullerton vs. Godinez, noon; (consolation semifinal) Yorba Linda vs. Westminster, 1:30 p.m.; Valencia vs. Peninsula, 3 p.m.; California vs. La Salle, 4:30 p.m.; (championship semifinal) Newport Harbor vs. El Toro, 6 p.m.; (championship semifinal) Beckman vs. Sunny Hills, 7
  
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• Winds will whip around in Southern California into the weekend

  28-12-2018 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Strong winds will sweep through Southern California into Saturday, Dec. 29, according to the National Weather Service.
  A wind advisory will remain in effect until 4 p.m. Saturday, with winds expected to whip through stretches in the Fontana, Crestline, Mission Viejo and Burbank areas. A separate advisory for Santa Clarita, Valencia,Woodland Hills, Northridge and Universal City was expected to end Friday afternoon.
  Winds reaching up to 40 to 50 mph – and isolated gusts hitting 60
  
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• How Orange County took big steps in 2018 to address homelessness

  28-12-2018 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2018, Orange County reckoned with its growing — and increasingly complex — homeless population.
  The year began on a note of confrontation. It’s ending with cooperation in developing and planning strategies to provide housing and other services to homeless people.
  From legal action to community engagement, it’s been a delicate balance between getting people off the streets and dealing with public safety concerns.
  Lawsuits and settlements
  Dating back to the 1990s, t
  
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• HOA Homefront: How do you handle a disruptor who’s also a director?

  28-12-2018 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I’m currently on my HOA board. The president is constantly rude, slandering other board members and basically being disrespectful. I am wondering what course of action a fellow board member has to get him under control. This is really uncomfortable and a hard issue to deal with and he is just being a tyrant. Any advice would be great. — J.E, Rancho Cucamonga.
  Q: What can be done about a board member who repeatedly shouts down speakers during open forum? — R.M., Cardiff
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, Dec. 28

  28-12-2018 17:13 via ocregister.com
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, Dec. 28 at Santa Anita.
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• As widening work continues, section of the 405 Freeway to close overnight this weekend

  28-12-2018 16:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Got plans early Sunday morning, Dec. 30? If they involve the 405 Freeway, be aware that a section is scheduled to be closed for nine hours beginning at 11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29.
  Both directions of the freeway between Warner Avenue and Beach Boulevard are expected to shut down until 8 a.m. Sunday for demolition of half of the Magnolia Street bridge, which straddles the cities of Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach and Westminster.
  Northbound drivers will be detoured off the freeway at Warner
  
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• NYC utility probes electric flash that lit sky in eerie blue

  28-12-2018 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — Electric utility Con Edison is working to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure that unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City.
  The event Thursday night filled social media feeds with eerie photos, questions and jokes, to the point that even the New York Police Department tweeted there was “no evidence of extraterrestrial activity.”
  Although Con Ed initially described a “brief electrical fire&rdqu
  
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• Orange County population growth cut in half in 2018

  28-12-2018 16:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s population growth has been halved as more folks move elsewhere and foreign immigration grows slowly.
  In the year ended July 1, Orange County’s population rose 10,962 — 0.34 percent — to 3.22 million, No. 3 among California’s counties. But these fresh state demographic statistics show that yearly growth of residents is down 55 percent vs. an average 24,304 annually in the previous five years.
  It’s not just a matter of pride. Industries such
  
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• UCI apartments burglarized, police search for man seen getting rid of window screen

  28-12-2018 16:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Police at UCI are looking for the man seen in this image from a surveillance video after on-campus apartments were burglarized in November oand December. (Screenshot courtesy of UCI Police Department)
  Police at UC Irvine asked for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for questioning in connection with burglaries at an on-campus apartment complex.
  In November and December, officers responded to the Vista Del Campo Norte student apartments regarding apartments that had been burglarized
  
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• Most Influential 2018: Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore helps families trace roots and cops catch killers

  28-12-2018 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  It all began with a book, a branch and burning curiosity.
  As a young girl growing up in Rancho Bernardo, CeCe Moore would often steal away to her favorite reading spot, a leafy tree outside her parents’ bedroom window, to devour Nancy Drew mystery novels.
  Moore, 49, became enthralled by Drew’s uncanny ability to crack complicated cases, never imagining someday she would become possibly the world’s leading DNA detective whose sleuthing skills would identify suspects in a string
  
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• What’s streaming on Netflix in January, ‘Marvel’s The Punisher,’ the finale of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ and more

  28-12-2018 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Many of us turn to Netflix to forget about our worries and, in January, two series return that are far removed from the everyday.
  “Marvel’s The Punisher” is back with Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) continuing his fight against crime. Amber Rose Revah, Jason R. Moore and Ben Barnes will return as well, plus there will be new characters, including Floriana Lima (“Supergirl”) as psychotherapist Krista Dumont, Giorgia Whigham as grifter Amy Bendix and Josh Stewart as John
  
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• Renee Moilanen: Embracing the lines of middle age

  28-12-2018 15:03 via ocregister.com
  
  I’ve never understood why so many women subject themselves to scalpels and skin peels, toxic injections and sutures, all in the vain attempt to look younger.
  Why can’t we embrace the lines on our skin as testaments to experience and our bodies as beautiful vessels that have carried and nursed life, toted toddlers and toiled? Why do we spend nearly $17 billion a year on cosmetic procedures, everything from breast enlargements and facelifts to Botox injections and chemical peels?
  For y
  
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• KTLA anchor Chris Burrous, former Chapman grad, found dead at 43

  28-12-2018 11:46 via ocregister.com
  
  KTLA-TV Channel 5 weekend anchor Chris Burrous was found unconscious in a motel room in Glendale Thursday afternoon and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
  Police received a call about 1:15 p.m. from a man who said a man he was with at the Days Inn, located at 450 Pioneer Drive, had passed out and was possibly not breathing, according to Sgt. Dan Suttles of the Glendale Police Department.
  Glendale firefighters responded to the scene and found Burrous, 43, down inside a room
  
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• KTLA anchor Chris Burrous dead at 43

  28-12-2018 11:46 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE – KTLA-TV Channel 5 weekend anchor Chris Burrous was found unconscious in a motel room in Glendale this afternoon and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
  Police received a call about 1:15 p.m. from a man who said a man he was with at the Days Inn, located at 450 Pioneer Drive, had passed out and was possibly not breathing, according to Sgt. Dan Suttles of the Glendale Police Department.
  Glendale firefighters responded to the scene and found Burrous, 43, down i
  
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• Alexander: Which way do the Kings go?

  28-12-2018 08:49 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — So, is it time to break up the Kings? Or has the potential fool’s gold of a four-game winning streak caused pulses to quicken and game plans to be revised in the club’s front office?
  As recently as four years ago, “break up the Kings” was a plea, the league-wide recognition of a sizable threat. Their two Stanley Cups were still large in the rear-view mirror, and their reputation was still that of a team that was not only tough to play against
  
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• Rose Bowl 2019: Here are the 22 players from Southern California

  28-12-2018 07:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rose Bowl game in Pasadena will serve as a homecoming for football players with ties to Southern California.
  A total of 22 players from the area are listed on the media guide for the Washington Huskies and the Ohio State Buckeyes.
  Here is the complete list:
  Ohio State playersWyatt Davis / Bellflower, Calif. / St. John BoscoWashington playersAndre Baccellia / Thousand Oaks, Calif. / Westlake
  DJ Beavers / Culver City, Calif. / Crespi
  Myles Bryant / Pasadena, Calif. / Loyola
  Devin Burleson / Pa
  
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• Dustin Brown’s third-period goal helps Kings edge Coyotes for 4th win in a row

  28-12-2018 07:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Kings left wing Austin Wagner, left, and Coyotes center Nick Cousins tangle during the second period of Thursday’s game at Staples Center. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Kings left wing Austin Wagner, top, reaches for the puck in front of Arizona Coyotes right wing Conor Garland during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick, right, def
  
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• Ducks goalie John Gibson suffers upper-body injury in loss to Sharks

  28-12-2018 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Ducks defenseman Brandon Montour (26) battles for the puck against San Jose Sharks right wing Kevin Labanc (62) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
  Anaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg (33) is congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal against the San Jose Sharks during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)SoundThe gallery will re
  
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• Bogdan Bogdanovic stuns Lakers with buzzer-beating 3-pointer for Kings

  28-12-2018 06:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Lakers forward Brandon Ingram (14) drives around Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica during the first half of Thursday’s game in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)
  Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma shoots as Kings forward Nemanja Bjelica (88) looks on during the first half of Thursday’s game in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball (2) drives to the basket past Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield (24) during the first half of a
  
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• Autopsy: Dead Guatemalan boy had influenza

  28-12-2018 06:48 via ocregister.com
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Latest on an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody (all times local):
  10:30 p.m.
  New Mexico authorities say an autopsy performed on the 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody shows he had the flu.
  The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator says in a statement late Thursday that more tests need to be done before a cause of death can be determined for Felipe Gomez Alonzo.
  Authorities say Felipe Gomez Alonzo died at a New Mexico hospit
  
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• Lakers emphasize patience, caution with injuries to LeBron James, Rajon Rondo

  28-12-2018 04:33 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — Brandon Ingram first learned that something was off when he saw Rajon Rondo by the plane to Sacramento. It didn’t look like he was getting on board.
  “I seen him walking from the plane – not walking toward the plane,” he said. “But I didn’t know what was going on until we got on the plane so I didn’t know what happened.”
  He and others in the Lakers organization later learned that Rondo had suffered a grade 3 sprain of his right ri
  
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• Modern Parents: Advice for those who are single and dating

  28-12-2018 04:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Dating is fraught enough, but dating when you’re a parent adds a whole new layer of trickiness. When are you supposed to introduce a date to kids? What’s the best way to make the introductions? How much should you tell a child?
  Experts offered tips on dating when divorced, widowed or otherwise single (take nothing from this, husband Nick). Here’s what they said:
  Hold off on introductions until the relationship is stable.
  “It’s recommended that you don’t introd
  
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• Pets: Tips to help animals with arrival of a new baby

  28-12-2018 04:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Setting up safety gates, covering electrical sockets and installing cabinet latches are a few ways to babyproof the home. While prepping your home for a new baby, it’s easy to overlook that other slobbery mutt: your pet. If your fur-baby has social issues or problems taking commands, adding a baby into the mix can be cause for concern.
  However, as any fur-family can tell you, raising children alongside pets has a range of benefits. A University of Alberta study found babies living with fur
  
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• Alex Iafallo having solid sophomore season for Kings

  28-12-2018 04:15 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kings forward Alex Iafallo had ine goals and 16 assists for 25 points in 75 games as a rookie last season. That year of experience is paying dividends in 2018-19.
  Iafallo headed into the Kings’ game against Arizona on Thursday night at Staples Center with a points streak of seven games and a goal-scoring streak of four games. He had nine goals and 11 assists (for 20 points) through the first 37 games.
  When asked about the roll he’s on, the unassuming Iafallo
  
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• Grow: New Year’s resolutions your kids can actually keep

  28-12-2018 04:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Mom’s or Dad’s New Year’s resolution might be to lose weight, quit smoking or give more to charity. But for children asking to make resolutions, what can they do in 2019 to better themselves? And, should kids even bother making a New Year’s resolution in the first place?
  The answer is yes!
  “Making New Year’s resolutions allows kids to practice goal-setting, decision-making and even thinking about what matters to them and what they value,” said Dr. Harpre
  
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• Grow: A new concept for showers — books for babies

  28-12-2018 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the wonderful perks of having a baby shower is ending the day with heaps of tiny adorable clothes, plush baby blankets and boxes of diapers that will come in handy in the exciting months to come. But what do you do with the stack of greeting cards from your friends and family?
  Typically, most cards are lovingly read once or twice then neatly tucked away into a memory box or discarded. A new baby shower trend is aiming to capture those sweet written well wishes in a more memorable and
  
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• Grow: To track or not to track, monitoring your teen

  28-12-2018 04:10 via ocregister.com
  
  If you grew up in the 1980s or 1990s, once you left the house you were on your own. It was not possible for your parents to easily keep track of you. You didn’t own a cellphone and when you eventually got one, it didn’t have the fancy location tracking applications found on today’s phones. Now, most teenagers own a smart phone, so tracking your kid seems like an easy choice, right? It will give you at least partial peace of mind and your teen’s whereabouts will be known i
  
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• Escapes: Private vacation rentals for a quick family getaway

  28-12-2018 03:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The holidays are over and a couple of days away with the family is what will get you through the rest of the winter.
  Public schools are cracking down on truancy rules, but three-day weekends are plentiful in January and February and spring break is looming in the near distance, so now is the time to plan. But there’s a newer wrinkle in these considerations: Do you want to stay in a hotel or is a private vacation rental a viable option?
  With so many travel destinations for families close en
  
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• Special report: The education of an expectant mother

  28-12-2018 03:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The biological process of childbirth may be as old as time, but significant changes surrounding modern labor and delivery birth options that have developed in the last five to 10 years mean moms are taking charge of their birth experience.
  Expectant mothers are doing their homework. Instead of attending prenatal appointments and being told what is going to happen with the birth of their child, they are working with their caregivers to help create the experience. These women are asking questions
  
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• Judge rules that man accused of igniting massive Holy fire will stand trial

  28-12-2018 03:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The man accused of igniting the massive Holy fire will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday, despite authorities not having any physical evidence either tying him to the suspected arson or detailing exactly how the blaze began.
  Fire investigators, during a two-day long preliminary hearing, relied heavily on threats Forrest Clark is accused of making against fellow residents of rustic Holy Jim Canyon in making the case that Clark is responsible for the fire that in August burned through 23,000 acr
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday (12-27-18)

  28-12-2018 02:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Thursday, Dec. 27.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
   
  BOYS SOCCER
  NORTH ORANGE COUNTY INVITATIONAL
  La Habra 4, California 1
  Note: La Habra moves on to the Governors Bracket semifinals.
   
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  NONLEAGUE
  Oaks Christian 12, Brea Olinda 6
   
  
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• Huntington Beach’s Suzanne DeVries is Orange County’s 2018 girls tennis coach of the year

  28-12-2018 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The arrival of four impact freshmen energized Huntington Beach’s girls tennis team early in fall.
  But for all their newfound talent, the Oilers still needed to develop chemistry and championship resolve.
  They found both under Coach Suzanne DeVries.
  The second-year head coach and eight-year veteran of the program guided the young squad past an early setback in league to find redemption with the school’s first CIF-SS team championship in girls or boys tennis.
  For her leadership, DeVrie
  
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