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• MLS SuperDraft: Galaxy trades down for SMU’s Cuello; UCLA’s Frankie Amaya (Segerstrom High) goes No. 1

  11-01-2019 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy selected SMU midfielder Emil Cuello with the 19th overall pick in the first round of the MLS Super Draft on Friday.
  The Galaxy had the 12th overall pick in the first round, but traded it to New York City FC for the 19th pick and $75,000 in General Allocation Money.
  Cuello, 22, played four seasons at SMU. In 2018, he scored five goals and added seven assists.
  As a freshman, Cuello earned American Athletic Conference all-rookie team honors. Last season, he was a first-team All-AAC perfo
  
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• What the government shutdown means for your mortgage

  11-01-2019 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By Holden Lewis, NerdWallet.com
  The partial federal government shutdown is complicating the already complicated process of getting and managing a mortgage. For one thing, the political storm is like severe weather at a major airport: You can expect minor delays or worse. And if you’re among the 800,000 federal employees going without a regular paycheck, it could mean trouble making a house payment.ICYMI: Lenders coming to aid of workers affected by government shutdownHere’s how
  
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• TE Hunter Henry questionable vs. Patriots; Chargers add second kicker

  11-01-2019 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Hunter Henry chose his words carefully Friday after his first week of practice as an active member of the Chargers this season.
  Henry had three “full” days of practice, but the tight end remained on the final injury report as questionable for Sunday’s divisional-round playoff game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium.
  “We’ll see,” Henry said with a smile about playing Sunday.
  Henry is aiming to make his season debut afte
  
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• Defendant in Perris torture case still seeking to view confidential documents in probate case

  11-01-2019 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  There was no resolution Friday, Jan. 11, to a probate case in which Perris torture defendant David Turpin sought to view what are described as confidential documents. One of his daughters, identified in court records as Jane Doe No. 7, had objected to Turpin’s petition, according to Riverside County Superior Court records.
  A hearing was scheduled for Friday morning in the Historic Courthouse. Jack Osborn, the court-appointed attorney for the eight adult Turpin children, and Deputy Public D
  
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• Anaheim is about to give final approval to flying LGBT flag — but does it make sense?

  11-01-2019 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  With the Anaheim council set to vote Tuesday on flying the rainbow LGBT pride flag, it’s worth sorting through the complexities of such a decision, what it means, what messages it sends.
  For some, it’s no big deal. But for many — regardless of gender or sexual orientation — it’s a very big deal. Some hate the idea, others advocate.
  The Pride flag flies under the city flag in front of Anaheim City Hall in June, 2016. The Anaheim City Council authorized it’
  
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• Blake Griffin returns to face Clippers in likely emotional game

  11-01-2019 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Whether Blake Griffin’s first date with the Clippers at Staples Center is awkward, stirring, wistful, deferential or all of the above, and probably more, it’ll feel momentous.
  “A lot’s being made about him coming back, and anyone would not be telling the truth if that didn’t pull some emotional string that you have, coming back to the place where you helped build and you put together,” Detroit Pistons Coach Dwane Casey said before his team lost to the Lakers a
  
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• Renee Moilanen: The weight of the world on our kid’s shoulders

  11-01-2019 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  As much as I support the idea of children walking to school, I cringe every time my third-grade son hefts his gargantuan bookbag onto his shoulders and trudges hunchbacked toward campus.
  Loaded up with his required laptop, lunchbox and textbooks, my son’s bookbag weighs 14 pounds. That’s nearly 25 percent of his body weight, a hefty addition on his half-mile trek to school, which is – I swear I’m not exaggerating – uphill both ways. If I had to haul an extra 30 poun
  
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• Deadline to enroll for health care coverage in California is Jan. 15

  11-01-2019 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The deadline to enroll for health care coverage through Covered California is Jan. 15 and its executive director, Peter V. Lee, will be riding a bus through Southern California starting Saturday, Jan. 12, to spread awareness about the importance of getting health insurance.
  Lee said the number of people buying insurance through Covered California has dropped, with enrollment down about 10 percent from last year, largely because Congress did away with the individual mandate requiring everyone to
  
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• Weather systems expected to bring snow, rain high surf to Southland

  11-01-2019 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California residents were bracing Friday for a series of weather systems that are expected to douse several portions of the region with rain and snow this weekend and possibly into the beginning of next week, according to the National Weather Service.
  The first storm is expected to hit late Friday night and continue through Saturday morning bringing with it up to a half-inch to an inch of rain in some areas. But a stronger surge is expected to move in Sunday, meteorologists said.Beginni
  
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• U.S. restaurant prices jump the most since 2011

  11-01-2019 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By Carmen Reinicke, Bloomberg
  It’s getting more expensive to eat out.
  Full-service restaurants, facing higher labor and food costs, raised prices the most in more than seven years in December, a Labor Department report released Friday shows. As grocery costs rise at a slower pace, that could push more U.S. consumers to eat at home, potentially shifting sales away from sit-down chains like Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, operated by parent company Darden Restaurants.
  The gap between h
  
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• Where to meal deals during Newport Beach Restaurant Week, Monday, Jan. 14-Sunday, Jan. 27

  11-01-2019 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The cheeseburger at The Mayor’s Table at the Lido House Hotel is a study in simplicity. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Mayor’s Table inside the Lido House Hotel in Newport Beach. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCircle Hook serves fresh seafood on paper plates at Lido Village in Newport Beach. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Fried shrimp and fries at Circle Hook in Newport
  
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• Couple accused of killing girl in Whittier, bringing body to Mexico, return to court in February

  11-01-2019 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities will lay out their case next month against a couple charged with killing a 4-year-old girl at a Whittier motel in 2016 then taking the body in a duffel bag to Mexico.
  Mercy Becerra, 46, and Johnny Hartley, 41, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday, Jan. 11, for a preliminary hearing. It was continued to Feb. 4.
  The couple were scheduled to be in court Thursday, but Becerra refused to leave her jail cell. Judge Teresa Sullivan signed a court order for deputies to remove her from
  
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• Bill on federal workers’ back pay in shutdown heads to Trump

  11-01-2019 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to pay for his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall as pressure mounts to end the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government and deprived hundreds of thousands of workers of their salaries.
  Some 800,000 federal employees, more than half still on the job, were due to miss their first paycheck Friday under a stoppage that neared a record for
  
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• Santa Anita racing consensus picks for Friday Jan. 11

  11-01-2019 19:15 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, Jan. 11 at Santa Anita.
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• NASCAR’s Logano, Truex Jr. and Suarez satisfied with testing at Auto Club Speedway

  11-01-2019 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2019 Southern California racing season opened this week at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana as three NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series drivers spent two days testing, getting a taste of the new rules package.
  Joey Logano, who won the driving title last season, was on the track along with Martin Truex Jr. and Daniel Suarez. Truex, winner of last spring’s Auto Club 400, finished second to Logano and then made the jump to Joe Gibbs Racing when Furniture Row Racing ceased operations.
  
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• ‘Harlequinade’ in Costa Mesa brings a masterpiece back to life

  11-01-2019 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  When Marius Petipa debuted “Harlequinade” in the winter of 1900, he was a ripe 82 years old, at the end of a legendary 50-year career. In his time, he essentially created the dance language, still very much in use today, through his original productions of classics such as “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “La Bayadere,” and “Don Quixote,” to name a few. “Les Millions d’Arlequin,” or “
  
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• Travel: No ship of fools for these cruise performers

  11-01-2019 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Garry Carson has heard it thousands of times from cruise passengers before showtime: “I don’t like magic, but let’s see if the guy is any good.” Some entertainers would have bruised egos overhearing such comments, especially on a crowded elevator ride to the deck of the theater. But after 500-plus cruises over 22 years, the seafaring magician knows the life of taking an act on the road where there are no roads.
  “These people aren’t there because they love or e
  
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• Why this Long Beach designer took a ‘brave’ vacation for an Amazon Prime show

  11-01-2019 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach fashion designer Angela Luna left the urban surroundings of her city for a vacation that took her to British Columbia, where she spent some time in nature, learned about the indigenous cultures of the area and ate a lot of local food.
  But this wasn’t an ordinary vacation, this was “Vacations of the Brave.”
  The new travel docu-series takes “inspirational Americans” on journeys throughout Canada is now streaming via Amazon Prime Video.
  Luna, who is featured
  
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• SpaceX launches and lands successfully first rocket of the year

  11-01-2019 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  SpaceX, the Hawthorne company led by Elon Musk, successfully launched its first rocket of the year Friday morning, Jan. 11, and landed it back down again flawlessly on an unmanned ship located off the coast of Santa Barbara.
  The Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Air Force Base blasted off at 7:31 a.m. through a coastal cloud layer that obscured much of the launch for viewers in Southern California. The rocket was more visible for those closer to the launch site in Lompoc.
  “Too many clouds
  
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• Skyrocketing cost of insulin causes some desperate diabetics to ration

  11-01-2019 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tiffany Stanley, Special To The Washington Post
  At first, it seemed like the stomach flu. Weeks before his 24th birthday in May 2015, Alec Raeshawn Smith was overcome by troubling symptoms. His body ached, his stomach hurt and he wasn’t sleeping well. Laine Lu, a co-worker at his restaurant job, urged him to see a doctor. “This is not normal,” she recalls telling him. “Go get checked out.”
  His mother, Nicole Smith-Holt, worried too. He called her when he decided
  
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• Rams vs. Dallas Cowboys: Who has the edge in NFC divisional playoff game?

  11-01-2019 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  RAMS (13-3) vs. COWBOYS (11-6)
  When: Saturday, 5:15 p.m.
  Where: the Coliseum
  Line: Rams by 7
  TV/radio: FOX Ch. 11; 710-AM, 93.1-FM, 1330-AM (Spanish).
  RAMS OFFENSE vs. COWBOYS DEFENSE
  Might as well start with the most important matchup. Dallas’ dream scenario here is to stifle Rams running back Todd Gurley, then blitz quarterback Jared Goff into confusion and frustration. It’s not improbable. On Nov. 29, Dallas played New Orleans, which arguably had the best offense in the NFL this s
  
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• Body found on 405 freeway in Fountain Valley was possibly struck by 2 cars

  11-01-2019 17:39 via ocregister.com
  A body was found Thursday night, Jan. 10 on the 405 freeway in Fountain Valley near the Brookhurst Street off-ramp.
  According to the California Highway Patrol the body was spotted shortly after 8 p.m. in the carpool lane, said Officer Janelle Bautista.
  The body, that of a man, was hit by two cars which prompted a closure of three lanes for investigation.
  The drivers stopped after the impacts and cooperated with officers, Bautista said.
  Though it is unclear what led to the deceased man ending up
  
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• KTLA, other Tribune stations return to Spectrum cable customers after dispute

  11-01-2019 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Thanks to an agreement between two sides, one shutdown is now officially over.
  Friday morning, KTLA announced on Twitter that the nine day blackout of Tribune television channels on Spectrum cable has come to an end. The disagreement came over talks withCharter Communications to renew a programming agreement and the fees associated with that.
  According to Tribune Broadcasting, the blackout affected nearly 6 million customers who had access to local Tribune stations, while 14 million cu
  
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• See how cities are connecting workers to builders as labor pool shrinks

  11-01-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A year ago, Jeromy Gaviola was struggling to find steady and meaningful work in San Francisco. Living in the working-class neighborhood of Hunters Point, he heard about a program that was training residents to build the Chase Center, the $1 billion, 18,000-seat arena in Mission Bay that will be the new home of the Golden State Warriors when it opens this fall.
  Gaviola, 33, applied to the program, was accepted and completed six weeks of training in early September. He then began working at the ar
  
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• New at Waterfront Resort in Surf City: Drift Spa and a rooftop bar

  11-01-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach has wrapped up a $140 million renovation, which added a new tower and a lot of new options for visitors.
  First up is Drift Spa.
  Drift, the hotel said in a statement, is an 8,000-square-foot, full-service spa with nine treatment rooms and an “extensive” treatment menu. The spa is split, with separate lounges and spa facilities for men and women.
  The Hilton-run hotel added a suites-only Twin Dolphin Tower where its south-facing parking lo
  
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• In surprising turn of events, new operator takes over 99-year lease of Hotel Laguna

  11-01-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA  BEACH — For a year now, the historic Hotel Laguna has been closed — eerily empty and dark as the bustle of visitors pass by the icon at perhaps the most prominent spot in town. Maroon-colored paper covers the front doors. The windows are shuttered. At night, only a few dim lights shine from exit areas.
  Speculation has swirled: Would the hotel reopen with a new operator? Would it be permanently closed? Are there plans to re-develop not only the hotel but the entire b
  
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• HOA Homefront: Some tips to hit new goals in 2019

  11-01-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The late and legendary coach John Wooden said, “The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.”
  Your association might benefit from setting a few goals, then moving to achieve them. Here are some ideas for the coming year:
  Increase the association’s reserve funds by 15 percent. The closer the association is to a fully funded reserve account, the more financially secure it is.
  Reduce assessment delin
  
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• Air taxis could fly people across major cities by ‘mid-2020s,’ company says

  11-01-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Peter Holley, The Washington Post
  In traffic-clogged cities such as Houston, Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles, it can take hours to drive a few miles during rush hour.
  For years, inventors have been working toward a potential solution: vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Though some know them as “flying cars,” early prototypes more closely resemble a hybrid version of an airplane and a helicopter with a hint of drone, rather than a conventional automobile.
  Among the most highl
  
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• US recession risk hits 6-year high amid trade war, shutdown

  11-01-2019 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By Katia Dmitrieva, Chibuike Oguh and Catarina Saraiva, Bloomberg
  Economists put the risk of a U.S. recession at the highest in more than six years amid mounting dangers from financial markets, a trade war with China and the federal-government shutdown.
  Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg over the past week see a median 25 percent chance of a slump in the next 12 months, up from 20 percent in the December survey. The Federal Reserve is now projected to keep interest rates steady in the first quarter,
  
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• Titan profile: Baseball trainer keeping tabs on research and off-season prep

  11-01-2019 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Brian Robin
  Even with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in kinesiology, Justin Hostert considers himself still a blank slate when it comes to this athletic training thing he’s made a passion of pursuing.
  In other words, Hostert knows what he doesn’t know and – better yet – isn’t afraid to learn.
  This is a good thing on numerous fronts, since the 29-year-old Fullerton native and Cal State Fullerton graduate has been handed the training keys to the Titans
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Learn how to do your winter garden chores with free classes at Armstrong Garden Centers

  11-01-2019 15:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Armstrong Garden Centers are offering free classes to help you with your winter garden chores. On Saturday, Jan. 12, learn about rose pruning and planting at 9 a.m. and fruit tree pruning and planting at 10:30 a.m. There will also be a free class on growing your own berries 9 a.m. Jan. 26. No registration is required. To find a store location near you or for more information, go to www.armstronggarden.com.
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• U.S. official says withdrawal from Syria has started

  11-01-2019 14:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By PHILIP ISSA and ZEINA KARAM
  BAGHDAD — After days of back and forth over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pullout American troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday the process of withdrawal has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements.
  Col. Sean Ryan, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, said “the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria” has started.
  “Out of concern for operat
  
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• Wisconsin girl missing since parents’ October deaths is found alive

  11-01-2019 14:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By TODD RICHMOND | Associated Press
  MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin teenager missing for nearly three months after her parents were killed in the family home was found alive barely an hour’s drive away, by a woman who stumbled across the 13-year-old girl and pounded on her neighbors’ door shouting: “This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!”
  Jayme was skinny and dirty, wearing shoes too big for her feet, but appeared outwardly OK when she was discovered Thursday afternoon near the
  
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• The decline of unions has hurt the middle class: Letters

  11-01-2019 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Re “Teachers have a choice: kids or picket lines” (Opinion, Jan. 5):
  Rebecca Friedrichs’ victory in Janus v AFSCME is just another nail in the coffin of unions in American.
  Having all but destroyed private sector unions over the last 60 years, conservatives have added Janus to their tool belt in their quest to also destroy public sector unions.
  It is no coincidence that the middle class has disappeared at the same time and at the same rate as private sector unions have lost inf
  
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• Bennie Boatwright’s career night not enough for USC in OT loss at Oregon State

  11-01-2019 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Oregon State’s Stephen Thompson, Jr. dribbles past USC’s Jonah Mathews during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Corvallis, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
  USC’s Bennie Boatwright shoots in front of Oregon State’s Stephen Thompson Jr. during overtime in an NCAA college basketball game in Corvallis, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Oregon State won 79-74. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUSC’s Bennie Boa
  
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• UC Irvine works overtime to defeat UC Davis in Big West opener

  11-01-2019 07:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Eyassu Worku #24 of the UC Irvine Anteaters is called for a charge on Colin Russell #21 of the UC Davis Aggies during the first half of their men’s basketball game at UC Irvine in Irvine on Thursday, January 10, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  TJ Shorts II #0 of the UC Davis Aggies passes out of trouble in front of Robert Cartwright #3 and forward Tommy Rutherford #42, of the UC Irvine Anteaters during the first half of their men’s basketball game at UC I
  
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• Senators beat Kings 4-1 in a rare Staples Center victory

  11-01-2019 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Kings left wing Alex Iafallo, right, falls as he tries to pass the puck while under pressure from Ottawa Senators left wing Zack Smith during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Kings left wing Ilya Kovalchuk, right, blocks a shot with his stick as Ottawa Senators left wing Rudolfs Balcers, left, battles in front of the net and goaltender Jonathan Quick watches during the first period of an NHL hockey
  
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• Los Alamitos delivers resounding win over Huntington Beach in Surf League basketball opener

  11-01-2019 07:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ALAMITOS – Communication is one of the common denominators for all strong defensive teams.
  The Los Alamitos girls basketball team was vocal all night Thursday in a 48-25 win over Huntington Beach.
  “We’ve been challenging our girls every game to get a little bit better and to talk on defense and communicate,” Griffins coach Rich Alvarez said. “As long as they’re on the same page, we’re a tough defensive team.”
  This Surf League opener featur
  
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• No. 1 Mater Dei rallies past No. 2 Rosary to seize control of Trinity League basketball race

  11-01-2019 07:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei guard Cailyn Crocker, right, tries to tip a rebound away from Rosary players in Santa Ana on Thursday, January 10, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Mater Dei guard Brooke Demetre takes a shot over Rosary guard Calle Santos in Santa Ana on Thursday, January 10, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsRosary guard Nicole Rodriguez, right, controls a rebound in front of Mater Dei forward MeaaliÕi Amos
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Thursday, Jan. 10

  11-01-2019 06:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Thursday, Jan. 10.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  Thursday’s basketball scoreboard
  No. 19 Capistrano Valley Christian cruised to a 67-56 win against No. 13 Pacifica Christian in a San Joaquin League game at Capistrano Valley Christian High. Cal State Northridge commit Festus Ndumanya had a double-double for the Eagles with 28 points and 10 rebounds. Blaine Petronis added 17 points and five rebounds for CVC. Judah Brown had a team-high
  
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• UCLA stages historic comeback, stuns Oregon in overtime

  11-01-2019 06:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Oregon’s Francis Okoro, left, and Paul White battle UCLA’s Kris Wilkes (13) for a rebound with Oregon’s Victor Bailey, right, looking on during the first half of Thursday’s Pac-12 game in Eugene, Ore. (AP photo/Chris Pietsch)
  UCLA’s Kris Wilkes, left, shoots over Oregon’s Payton Pritchard, center, and Paul White, right, during the the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Jan 10, 2019, in Eugene, Ore. (AP photo/Chris Pietsch)SoundThe gallery
  
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• Can Jared Goff and his steady demeanor take Rams on a Super Bowl run?

  11-01-2019 06:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Jared Goff is in his head. He’s overthinking it. He’s second-guessing himself. The Cali cool that has come to define the Rams’ perpetually chill Pro Bowl quarterback is cracking.
  Considering his unflinchingly even keel on the football field, it’s a rare sight to see Goff grapple so unsuccessfully with his own frustration. He’s not usually one to let things fester. “He operates with such a quieted mind all the time,” says wideout Brandin Cooks. But on a g
  
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• Clippers can’t slow Nikola Jokic in loss to West-leading Nuggets

  11-01-2019 05:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers’ Avery Bradley drives around the Nuggets’ Paul Milsap during the first quarter of Thursday’s game in Denver. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
  Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley (21) knocks the ball from the hands of Denver Nuggets guard Malik Beasley (25) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDENVER, COLORADO – JANUARY 10: Shai Gilge
  
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• Alec Martinez returns to Kings’ blue line with new perspective

  11-01-2019 05:34 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Over the past month, Kings defenseman Alec Martinez got the gist of the press box experience without the affliction of a reporter’s salary.
  “It’s kind of funny,” Martinez said Thursday, when he returned from a 14-game spell on injured reserve. “When you watch the game from the press box, one, everything looks easy, looks slower, but when you’re on ice level that’s not at all how it is. It’s kind of hard to get a real read when y
  
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• California gets last-minute REAL ID extension

  11-01-2019 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  California narrowly averted a major crisis for travelers taking to the sky this year after the Department of Homeland Security granted it a last-minute extension to meet REAL ID requirements, despite the government shutdown.
  If California hadn’t received the extension and homeland security hadn’t officially certified it met the REAL ID requirements, it would have forced the state’s residents to present a passport for all air travel beginning Jan. 22.
  That’s a big change f
  
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• Lots of highlights as Sunny Hills and Troy girls soccer teams battle to tie

  11-01-2019 04:49 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON – Sunny Hills and Troy were both able to take something positive away from their Freeway League match which ended in a 2-2 tie after two overtimes on Thursday at Sunny Hills High School.
  The Lancers (16-0-4, 3-0-1), who are ranked No. 2 in Division 2 of the CIF Southern Section, were leading 1-0 when Troy’s Ruby Reynoso scored in the 51st minute to tie the score and eventually force overtime.
  Sunny Hills had taken a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute, when standout fresh
  
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• At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration

  11-01-2019 04:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER ,
  McALLEN, Texas — Taking the shutdown fight to the Mexican border, President Donald Trump edged closer Thursday to declaring a national emergency in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall. Pressure was mounting to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, cutting scattered services and leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay.
  Trump, vis
  
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• Government shutdown threatens newborns, their families

  11-01-2019 04:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Like many expecting moms, I spend a lot of time reading anything I can to prepare for my babies to come.
  I’ve found a great community of moms online from around the world who are due around the same time I am. On internet message boards we share recommendations for baby gear, philosophies on parenting and a whole lot of “is it normal when my body does x, y or z?”
  The discussions are generally supportive and never political – just moms-to-be sharing their swirling question
  
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• The first all-girl troop applies to the Orange County Boy Scouts

  11-01-2019 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Paige Holland had done so much with her brother, Michael, as she tagged along to Cub Scout camps.
  They shot arrows. They kayaked. They fired BB guns. But Michael aged out of the Cub Scouts, he soon was a Boy Scout, and Paige could no longer join him.
  “She felt like she was left in the cold,” their mother, Tracy Holland, said.
  Scouts Kyra Pearce, 14, Sophia Del Rosario, 13, and Jennaele Beau, 16, from left, learn how to properly roll up their new Troop flag from from Sophia’s da
  
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• Chargers’ offense looks to get back on track against New England Patriots

  11-01-2019 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Still fired up from a trash-talk-filled 23-17 wild-card win over the Baltimore Ravens, Philip Rivers had a sudden outburst when asked if he was concerned with the Chargers’ recent offensive struggles.
  “Who won?” Rivers asked a reporter in a defensive tone. “Not concerned at all.”
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  Rivers continued his postgame news conference before going b
  
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