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• Surprise redesign of nuclear waste canister at San Onofre not a big deal, company tells NRC

  09-01-2019 23:58
  
  The Holtec Hi-Storm Umax dry storage system for spent fuel at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Courtesy of Southern California Edison)
  (Courtesy Holtec International)
  The contractor that ran afoul of federal regulations when it altered the design of supports on nuclear waste canisters at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant argued Wednesday that the changes should not warrant civil penalties or fines by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
  Holtec International made its case at
  
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• Stick to your New Year’s fitness resolutions with these gym tips

  09-01-2019 23:57
  
  With New Year’s celebrations over and the deadline for fitness resolutions upon us, let’s figure out how to stick with your plans so you’re satisfied by summer.
  But first, know that you own what defines satisfaction. As the main character in the new Netflix movie “Dumplin’” proclaims, “Every body is a swimsuit body.”
  With happiness foremost, let’s get going.
  Bob Loschy works out on the stair master at Planet Fitness in Foothill Ranch, CA on W
  
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• Clippers face Nuggets hoping to have righted their ship

  09-01-2019 23:44
  
  With some much-needed wind in their sails, the Clippers will meet the Western Conference’s first-place squad Thursday in Denver – which is, former Nugget Danilo Gallinari pointed out, “the second city for sunny days.”
  “You didn’t know, but I tell you this stat,” said Gallinari, who spent seven seasons in Denver before joining the Clippers in 2017. “The weather is not as good as California, but it’s really good.”
  The same could be s
  
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• Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary hatches plans for its 90th anniversary

  09-01-2019 23:12
  
  At its recent holiday open house, Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary showed off what it’s known for: Nature walks, bird-watching, close ups with Squeezer the gopher snake, and arts and crafts for the kids.
  The event also was designed to kick off the 90th anniversary of the 12-acre sanctuary — owned and operated by Cal State Fullerton — in the heart of Modjeska Canyon. It’s home to three trails, about 90 species of birds, 250 types of plants and lots of wildlife if you ca
  
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• Chargers’ Brandon Mebane returns to practice after death of infant daughter

  09-01-2019 23:09
  
  COSTA MESA — Brandon Mebane slowly walked to the end of the line with his head down. His Chargers teammates tapped his helmet to let him know he’s not alone.
  Mebane returned to practice Wednesday with agony on his mind. Mebane’s infant daughter, Makenna, died on Jan. 3.
  Makenna was born prematurely on Nov. 12 with Trisomy 13, also known as T-13, a genetic disorder that can cause a variety of health problems. Mebane described it as a heart condition and said his daughter di
  
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• Hotline newsletter: The conference needs USC football to get its you-know-what together (UCLA basketball, too)

  09-01-2019 22:58
  
  * The Pac-12 Hotline newsletter is published each Monday-Wednesday-Friday during the college sports season (and twice-a-week in the summer). This edition, from Jan. 9, has been made available in archived form …The USC circus (and why it matters)
  By all means, have a laugh at the Trojans’ expense.
  Bask in their chaos, revel in their woes — but only for a minute. Then, get annoyed. Get very annoyed.
  Schadenfreude might be the sentiment of choice for constituents of the 11 s
  
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• Metrolink, LA Metro beef up service for Rams playoff game

  09-01-2019 22:56
  
  Metrolink and L.A. Metro will add to its service for the more than 70,000 football fans expected to attend the NFL playoff game between the Rams and Dallas Cowboys at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday, Jan. 12.
  The game kicks off at 5:15 p.m. and is expected to end around 8:15 p.m.
  The two Metro stations closest to the Coliseum are the Expo Park/USC Station or Expo/Vermont Station. Expo Line trains will operate every six minutes before and after the game; Metro will operate three-car trains o
  
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• Construction walls go up around Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle

  09-01-2019 22:45
  
  Even a princess’ castle needs its beauty rest from time to time.
  Construction walls have gone up around Sleeping Beauty Castle as a major refurbishment of Disneyland’s iconic centerpiece begins ahead of the grand opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in June. The extensive castle makeover will last until spring with no reopening date set, according to Disney officials.
  The work includes a $300,000 reroof of the 70-foot-tall castle that will replace the fiber-reinforced plastic on
  
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• Ducks send Josh Mahura, 20, to minors to continue progress

  09-01-2019 22:35
  
  ANAHEIM — The Ducks sent Josh Mahura to the San Diego Gulls of the AHL on Wednesday morning. Ben Street went with him as the Ducks activated Rickard Rakell from injured reserve, after Rakell was sidelined for 13 games because of a sprained ankle.
  Mahura, a 20-year-old rookie defenseman, could be back sooner or later.
  Eventually, he’s going to be with the Ducks to stay. No question, the team’s executives and coaching staff liked what they saw after his first 17 games i
  
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• Poseidon prevails in desalination lawsuit

  09-01-2019 22:24
  
  A lawsuit seeking a new environmental report for the controversial Poseidon desalination plant proposed for Huntington Beach was rejected by a Sacramento Superior Court judge on Tuesday.
  Three environmental groups had filed the suit, arguing that the plant’s 2010 Environmental Impact Report needed to be entirely done over because of subsequent changes to the proposal.
  In its 2017 approval of the project, the State Lands Commission determined that Poseidon needed only to complete a suppleme
  
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• Do you know your nearest Marine Protected Area? Learn more at this discussion Thursday

  09-01-2019 20:39
  
  The beaches in Southern California are home to tidepools containing all kinds of beautiful marine life — shells, stars, anemones and more — available for any visitors to see.
  But you’d better not take, especially from a Marine Protected Area.
  “Marine Protected Areas are special areas off our coast that get special protection for marine life,” said Ray Hiemstra, Orange County Coastkeeper’s associate director. “The idea is that marine life and entire ecosy
  
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• Fed Minutes reveal caution on rates missing from statement

  09-01-2019 20:34
  
  Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting revealed policymakers took a more cautious approach to further rate increases than their statement indicated.
  “Many participants expressed the view that, especially in an environment of muted inflation pressures, the committee could afford to be patient about further policy firming,” the central bank said in minutes of its Dec. 18-19 policy meeting released Wednesday in Washington.
  The vote to hike rates was unanimous but the mi
  
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• FDA inspectors, furloughed in shutdown, put food safety at risk

  09-01-2019 20:26
  
  By Laurie McGinley and Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
  The furloughing of hundreds of Food and Drug Administration inspectors has sharply reduced inspections of the nation’s food supply – one of many repercussions of the partial government shutdown that make Americans potentially less safe.
  The agency, which oversees 80 percent of the food supply, has suspended all routine inspections of domestic food-processing facilities, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in an interview. He
  
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• CSUF students help Safariland prepare for Florida move, improve operations

  09-01-2019 20:23
  
  Manny Jimenez and five other Cal State Fullerton students jumped at the opportunity to work as interns in the second semester of a new business program that put them on the front lines of operations at the Safariland Group, which manufactures law enforcement and sporting equipment.
  In the previous semester, interns spent Fridays at the Ontario company applying “The Toyota Way” management principles to improve the on-time delivery rates of its police holsters. They devised standard op
  
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• 66 Newport Beach apartments sell for $30.6 million — or $463,000 per unit

  09-01-2019 20:05
  
  Waterford Residential plans to upgrade common areas now that it’s acquired Dover Heights Apartment Homes in Newport Beach, a collection of 66 units, for $30.6 million. (Courtesy: Dover Heights Apartment Homes)
  Dover Heights Apartment Homes in Newport Beach, a collection of 66 units, recently sold for $30.6 million. (Courtesy: Dover Heights Apartment Homes)SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds Waterford Residential, owned by Sean Rawson and John Drachman, bought Dover Heights Apartment Hom
  
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• Best thing I ate: Order this soul-warming porridge in Garden Grove to-go

  09-01-2019 20:03
  
  With its glaring bright lights, cheap polyester tablecloths, long-outdated furniture and flashing menu boards, Tam’s Restaurant and Sandwiches in Garden Grove isn’t going to win any design awards. The service at this recently opened Vietnamese cafe is frustratingly awful, too. That’s okay because there’s a silver lining: The kitchen is genuinely solid.
  When it’s cold outside and I’m craving a steaming-hot bowl of cháo (rice porridge), this odd little jo
  
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• Iran confirms it is holding U.S. Navy veteran

  09-01-2019 19:53
  By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
  TEHRAN, Iran  — Iran confirmed Wednesday it is holding U.S. Navy veteran Michael R. White at a prison in the country, making him the first American known to be detained under President Donald Trump’s administration.
  White’s detention adds new pressure to the rising tension between Iran and the U.S., which under Trump has pursued a maximalist campaign against Tehran that includes pulling out of its nuclear deal with world powers.
  While the
  
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• What price? Art Deco Chrysler Building is heading to market

  09-01-2019 19:51
  
  The Chrysler Building, center, stands next to other midtown skyscrapers, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in New York. The art deco masterpiece that was briefly the world’s tallest skyscraper when it was completed in 1930 is up for sale. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
  A sculptured Chrysler automobile emblem is on an upper floor of the Chrysler Building, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in New York. The art deco masterpiece that was briefly the world’s tallest skyscraper when it was completed in 1930 is up
  
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• Trump, California spar over money for wildfire relief funds

  09-01-2019 19:51
  
  By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold money to help California cope with wildfires a day after new Gov. Gavin Newsom asked him to double the federal investment in forest management.
  Trump once again suggested poor forest management is to blame for California’s deadly wildfires and said he’s ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to stop giving the state money “unless they get their act together.”
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• CSUF: A year of high marks, expansions and anniversaries

  09-01-2019 19:46
  
  In 2018, Cal State Fullerton was recognized for its diversity, several master degree programs and its value for students — financially and otherwise. CSUF leaders approved a plan to promote their goals and visions for the next five years and announced the successes of the previous plan.The Pollak Library celebrated an expansion, as did the Veterans Resource Center. Tuffy’s Basic Needs Services Center opened to help students who are experiencing hardships. And students won a stat
  
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• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces divorce on Twitter

  09-01-2019 17:13
  
  By Joseph Pisani, The Associated Press
  Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said he and his wife MacKenzie have decided to divorce after 25 years of marriage.
  Bezos, one of the world’s richest men, made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter.
  The two married in 1993 after they met at hedge fund D.E. Shaw in New York, where they both worked. They left New York on a road trip to Amazon’s eventual headquarters Seattle, with her driving and him writing up the business plan for what would bec
  
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• Median income insufficient to buy a home — even cheap ones, Zillow reports

  09-01-2019 16:00
  
  While 2018 saw home sales fall and listing inventories rise, buying a home still is a struggle for entry-level home shoppers, a new report by a Zillow-owned subsidiary shows.
  Higher incomes are needed to afford even cheaper homes, the figures show. And three-fourths of the homes still are too pricey for the typical first-time buyer in Los Angeles and Orange counties, while four out of 10 homes in the Inland Empire are out of reach, the online real estate site reported.
  The typical first-time buy
  
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• Everlane holds super sale for upscale apparel

  09-01-2019 15:46
  
  Everlane produces upscale apparel, shoes and accessories with an emphasis on ethical manufacturing and sustainability. It is offering a “Choose What You Pay” sale on more than 200 styles of items. For example a pair of Italian leather day boots are priced at $225, but now you may purchase them for $135, $158 or $180. Free shipping is available on your first order. The sale continues until the company is out of stock in most styles. If you miss the sale, check back for another one lat
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: If all goes well, I’m in India right now

  09-01-2019 15:37
  
  By the time you read this, I will be in India. But I’m not there yet. I’m writing this in advance so you won’t be lonely and bereft when you turn to this page on Sunday and find it contains something that’s not mine, though probably more interesting and better written.
  Anyway, I have to tell you that I’m getting slightly terrified about taking this trip, and not just because I had to get a typhoid shot. Some of you regular readers may think, “You’re alwa
  
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• Get ready for the Disneyland Resort’s Lunar New Year

  09-01-2019 15:33
  
  Mulan and Mushu join dancers as they perform during Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession on the first day of Disney’s Lunar New Year celebration at California Adventure in Anaheim on Friday, Jan 26, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Dancers perform during Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession on the first day of Disney’s Lunar New Year celebration at California Adventure in Anaheim on Friday, Jan 26, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register
  
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• Disney pulls the plug on original Cars Land street party show

  09-01-2019 15:33
  
  An original pump-up-the-volume show from the grand opening of Cars Land designed to get visitors dancing in the streets and add a vehicular presence to the automotive-themed land played its final performance over the weekend at Disney California Adventure.
  The six-year-plus run of “DJ’s Dance n Drive” street party that offered daily shows since the June 2012 debut of Cars Land played its final performance on Sunday, according to a report by WDW Disney Today.
  Disneyland Resort o
  
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• Longtime DJ Larry Van Nuys back on the air at K-SURF

  09-01-2019 15:04
  
  Larry Van Nuys got his first job on the Los Angeles radio airwaves on KBCA (now Go Country KKGO, 105.1 FM) back in 1959. Since that time he has worked at numerous radio and television stations including the original KBLA (no longer on the air), KNOB (now KLAX, 97.9 FM), KGFJ (now KYPA, 1230 AM), KFI (640 AM), KABC (790 AM) and KMPC (now KSPN, 710 AM) and KTLA television Channel 5.
  His last radio gig came after he gave up radio “for good” in the mid-1980s, working at KNX (1070 AM) unt
  
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• Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein expected to leave Justice in weeks

  09-01-2019 14:29
  
  By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO
  WASHINGTON  — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller and remains his most visible Justice Department protector, is expected to leave his position soon after William Barr is confirmed as attorney general, a person familiar with the plans said Wednesday.
  Barr, who served in the position in the early 1990s and is President Donald Trump’s pick to do the job again, has a confirmation hearing before the S
  
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• Trump pleads on TV for wall money; Dems say he stokes ‘fear’

  09-01-2019 14:24
  
  By CATHERINE LUCEY, JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall in a somber televised address that was heavy with dark immigration rhetoric but offered little in the way of concessions or new ideas to break the standoff that has left large swaths of the government shuttered for 19 days.
  Speaking to the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Trump argued Tuesday night that the wall was needed t
  
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• Democrat who lost D.C. bid in November says he’ll try for Sacramento next

  09-01-2019 14:00
  
  Dave Min, a UC Irvine law professor who was endorsed by the California Democratic Party in his unsuccessful congressional bid last year, will challenge Orange County GOP state Sen. John Moorlach in the 2020 election.
  Min finished third in the June primary for the 45th Congressional District, missing the November runoff by 4,099 votes to Katie Porter, who went on to win the seat in November by defeating Mimi Walters.
  Following the loss, Min said he was unsure of his next step in politics but kept
  
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• Update: Girl who had been reported missing in Irvine is found and is safe

  09-01-2019 08:50
  IRVINE — A 13-year-old girl went missing Tuesday night in Irvine, but was later located and was safe with family, Irvine police said.
  Related Articles Update: Santa Ana man who was missing is found, reunited with family Missing Idyllwild man’s body was found short distance from home Update: Girl missing from Cerritos is located
   
  
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• Mater Dei crushes JSerra in basketball with another balanced attack

  09-01-2019 07:58
  
  SANTA ANA – The No. 1-ranked Mater Dei boys basketball team has played in five tournaments and showcases this season and has faced top competition from four different states.
  The Monarchs successfully flipped the switch into Trinity League mode Tuesday by beating No. 7 JSerra 77-51 in both teams’ league opener at Mater Dei High.
  The six teams in the Trinity League only play each other once this season, so each game has higher stakes than other leagues in Orange County.
  “In this
  
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• La Habra clamps down in second half to beat Troy in Freeway League boys basketball

  09-01-2019 07:50
  
  FULLERTON – La Habra has the best collection of athletes in Freeway League boys basketball.
  The Highlanders finally got around to proving that in the second half of their 61-45 league win over Troy at Troy High on Tueday.
  La Habra is in first place with a 3-0 league record. Sonora, which beat Buena Park on Tuesday, is 3-0. The Highlanders, 18-2 overall, play at home against Sonora (15-6) on Friday. They beat Sonora in a tournament game in November.
  Troy, last season’s league champion
  
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• Clippers pull away from Hornets with balanced effort, block party

  09-01-2019 07:21
  
  The Clippers’ Danilo Gallinari blocks a layup attempt by the Hornets’ Kemba Walker during the second half of Tuesday’s game at Staples Center. The Clippers had a season-high 11 blocked shots in the 128-109 victory. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Clippers’ Tobias Harris (34) shoots over Charlotte Hornets’ Kemba Walker (15) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Tuesday, Jan. 8

  09-01-2019 06:13
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
  *Will be updated.
  BASKETBALL
  Tuesday’s basketball scoreboard
  Tuesday’s top scorers
  BOYS
  Pts    Player, school
  36    Sinek, Fullerton
  32    Wright, Fairmont Prep
  24    Maker, Orange Lutheran
  22    Thoerner, Beckman
  20    Flint, Northwood
  20    Poling, El Dorado
  20    Rodman, JSerra
  18&n
  
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• Santa Margarita girls upset Orange Lutheran in wild water polo match

  09-01-2019 05:51
  
  Coach Brian Weathersby’s expectations for his Santa Margarita girls water polo team are lofty.
  He doesn’t only believe the Eagles are talented enough to qualify for the Elite 8 in CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs, he views them as contenders to crack the top-four.
  Santa Margarita’s play Tuesday night made Weathersby look like a genius.
  Caroline Christl scored a power-play goal with 1:56 left in the first three-minute overtime to lift the No. 7 Eagles past No. 3 Orange Lutheran 10-9 i
  
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• Clippers hope vocabulary lessons help them improve their defense

  09-01-2019 05:13
  
  LOS ANGELES — While they were studying film recently in an effort to identify ways to improve their transition defense, the Clippers realized they needed also to do some vocab cramming, too.
  “One of the things we found is that the guys were late a lot on stuff,” Coach Doc Rivers said. “And the big would say he called it out and the guard would say he didn’t hear it, then the big would say, ‘I said it,’ and the guard would say, ‘it was the wrong ter
  
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• Anaheim bikini bar’s alcohol license suspended 35 days for violations including lewd conduct, overcharging patrons

  09-01-2019 05:13
  
  Authorities temporarily ordered an Anaheim bikini bar to halt alcohol sales after it was cited for multiple violations on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
  California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control agents announced in a statement they had immediately suspended the liquor license of Sugars Bikini Bar, 405 S. Brookhurst St., for 35 days following a joint investigation with the Anaheim Police Department. Authorities said they had observed numerous unlawful activities at the establishment.
  The business was
  
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• As McVay leads Rams into playoffs, others teams search for ‘next Sean McVay’

  09-01-2019 04:52
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — When Sean McVay was named Rams head coach, two weeks short of his 31st birthday, the response around the league was mostly apprehensive. McVay was too young – the youngest head coach in NFL history. He was too inexperienced – with no tenure as a head coach and only three years as a coordinator. In hiring him, the Rams had taken a leap of faith. At least, it seemed that way at the time.
  Two years later, most teams would gladly sell their soul to take that leap. A
  
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• As McVay leads Rams into playoffs, other teams search for ‘next Sean McVay’

  09-01-2019 04:52
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — When Sean McVay was named Rams head coach, two weeks short of his 31st birthday, the response around the league was mostly apprehensive. McVay was too young – the youngest head coach in NFL history. He was too inexperienced – with no tenure as a head coach and only three years as a coordinator. In hiring him, the Rams had taken a leap of faith. At least, it seemed that way at the time.
  Two years later, most teams would gladly sell their soul to take that leap. A
  
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• Elderly woman saved after her car crashes into path of oncoming train in Santa Ana

  09-01-2019 04:40
  
  Two people pushed a car off of railroad tracks, moving an elderly motorist out of the path of an oncoming train following a collision in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
  A white Pontiac Grand Am involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision at the intersection of 17th Street and Lincoln Avenue traveled into a nearby railroad crossing at about 3:15 p.m. as an Amtrak train was approaching, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz. He said two residents who were in the area pushed the
  
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• Santa Margarita tops Mater Dei in first clash of Trinity League girls soccer powers

  09-01-2019 04:24
  
  Mater Dei’s Angelina Rivas (13) falls on Santa Margarita’s Sophia Pearlman (21) after they both tried to head a ball during their Trinity League game in Santa Ana, CA, on Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Santa Margarita’s Tatum Brakke (7) and Mater Dei’s Celine Covarrubias (23) battle for the ball during their Trinity League game in Santa Ana, CA, on Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Sound
  
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• San Bernardino County gang prosecutor resigns after backlash over racist rants on social media

  09-01-2019 04:06
  
  Former San Bernardino County gang prosecutor Michael Selyem, who was suspended in the wake of his racist rants on social media that triggered a backlash from civil rights leaders, has resigned from the District Attorney’s Office.
  Selyem, a former Orange County sheriff’s deputy-turned-prosecutor, voluntarily resigned on Jan. 2, county spokeswoman Felisa Cardona said Tuesday.
  Civil rights leaders lashed out at Selyem in July after the Southern California News Group revealed the ve
  
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• Police seek public’s help to identify Santa Ana sexual assault suspect

  09-01-2019 03:58
  
  The Santa Ana Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman at a bus stop.
  On Saturday, Jan. 5, police said a man wearing a #82 Dallas Cowboys jersey attacked a woman in her 50s waiting at a bus stop on the 1000 block of West MacArthur Boulevard in Santa Ana.
  Composite sketch of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in Santa Ana on Jan. 5, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Santa Ana Police Department)
  “The violent atta
  
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• After apparent sale, Turpin house in Perris going back on auction block

  09-01-2019 03:51
  
  The house in Perris where prosecutors say the children of David and Louise Turpin were tortured, which appeared to have sold last week, is going back on the market.
  The house at 160 Muir Woods Road, which sold at auction on Jan. 2 for $310,360 to an unidentified bidder, will be up for bid again on the Hudson and Marshall website starting Jan. 12. The minimum bid is $177,255. In the previous auction, a reserve of about $300,000 had to be met before the house would sell.
  The most re
  
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• Alexander: Hey, anybody want the USC offensive coordinator job?

  09-01-2019 03:48
  
  The Kliff Kingsbury Era at USC lasted 34 days. Who knows? Maybe JT Daniels learned some substantive things during that brief rendezvous.
  Aside from that unlikely possibility, I see little good to come out of this latest Trojan soap opera.
  Kingsbury was hired Dec. 5 with great fanfare to bring USC’s offense fully into the spread era and to turn Daniels into … what? The next Patrick Mahomes? Baker Mayfield? Case Keenum? Johnny (shudder) Manziel?
  We will never know. Kingsbury, the
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (1-8-19)

  09-01-2019 02:29
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
   
  BOYS SOCCER
  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
  Woodbridge 1, Northwood 1
  605 LEAGUE
  Whitney 2, Oxford Academy 1
   
  GIRLS SOCCER
  ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
  Santa Ana 2, Saddleback 0
  Calvary Chapel 8, Orange 0
  FREEWAY LEAGUE
  Troy 4, La Habra 0
  Goals: (Troy) Tu’ua, Arabe, Ales, Reynoso
  Assists: (Troy) Tu’ua, Malachi, Carter
  Sonora 4, Buena Park 3
  GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
  Ocean View 2, Garden Grove 0
  ACADEM
  
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• Attorney: Government taking control of Mongols motorcycle club patches would be ‘death penalty’ for the group

  09-01-2019 02:27
  
  Allowing the government to take control of the notorious Mongols motorcycle club’s prized patches would be a “death sentence” for the organization, an attorney for the outlaw club argued on Tuesday.
  Jurors who last month found the outlaw motorcycle club guilty of racketeering returned to the federal courthouse in Santa Ana on Tuesday morning, as the focus of the trial shifted from talk of drug trafficking, vicious assaults and murder to testimony about trademarks and the import
  
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• La Habra council delays placing resident-driven open space measure on ballot

  09-01-2019 02:17
  
  La Habra officials want to hear about potential financial, legal and land use impacts of a proposed measure to protect open space before deciding whether to place it on the ballot.
  The measure, backed by residents worried about overdevelopment and traffic, would create the additional hurdle of a public vote before the Westridge Golf Club could be developed with homes as builders have proposed.
  It got enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, but the City Council on Monday, Jan. 7, first asked
  
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• Chargers’ rookies producing during playoff run

  09-01-2019 02:07
  
  It was fitting that Uchenna Nwosu’s right hand sealed the Chargers’ 23-17 victory against the Baltimore Ravens because the rookies had their fingerprints on the wild-card win.
  A handful of Chargers rookies impacted the game that sent the franchise to the divisional round for a date with the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium.
  Derwin James has gotten most of the attention, and deserving, but Nwosu’s game-clinching strip sack and Michael Badgley’s five field goals def
  
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