Anaheim news

• NAMM 2019: Phil Collen of Def Leppard draws a big crowd of fans old and new

  26-01-2019 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The line of maybe 300 fans stretched a walkway where security guards barked orders to keep moving as soon as you got your autograph and a photo, but Phil Collen, guitarist for the hard rock band Def Leppard, seemed intent to give everyone at least a quick moment of his time.
  They’re the reason, after all, that his band was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, said Collen, a longtime resident of Laguna Hills, standing next to a Jackson Guitars display of the new Phil Collen
  
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• Lakers guard Lonzo Ball frustrated by injury, but optimistic about recovery

  26-01-2019 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – Lonzo Ball has never broken a bone before. Last Saturday as he tumbled to the court, he thought his time had finally come.
  His left ankle spun toward the court on an awkward step. Even after watching the replay, he couldn’t say with certainty whether he stepped on his defender’s foot, or whether it was just a strange twist on its own.
  “It happened kind of fast,” Ball said. “I remember my leg pretty much just going like that and kind of popping out
  
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• Community artists put ‘Hope’ on canvas to help homeless in Anaheim

  26-01-2019 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Nearly 100 volunteers armed with acrylics and paint brushes dispersed throughout the Muzeo’s Carnegie Plaza early Saturday morning, Jan. 26, to paint “Hope” onto canvases as part of the museum and city of Anaheim’s first Community Art Day.
  City spokeswoman Erin Ryan said the event, a partnership with The Salvation Army, came out of a desire to have art to display at Anaheim’s temporary homeless shelters.
  Gabriel Rodriguez, 9, works on his family&rsqu
  
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• Chargers coach Anthony Lynn has ‘bittersweet’ experience as AFC coach at Pro Bowl

  26-01-2019 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Melvin Gordon and Keenan Allen had dance battles. Derwin James and Jalen Ramsey took pictures. Identical twins Mike and Maurkice Pouncey pulled pranks.
  All this happened on the practice field. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn wasn’t prepared for the easygoing vibes that come with leading a Pro Bowl practice.
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  Lynn and his Chargers coaching staff oversaw three practices this week for the
  
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• Louisiana shooting leaves 5 dead; suspect at large

  26-01-2019 22:45 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS >> Authorities in Louisiana say separate but related shootings in two different parishes have left five people dead. A suspect was at large and was being sought.
  Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre told a news conference that deputies were called to a trailer in the city of Gonzales for a “domestic incident” on Saturday morning. Upon arrival, deputies found two people who had been shot but were still alive: Elizabeth and Keith Theriot, both 51.
  Webre said deputies
  
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• Navy holds commissioning ceremony for USS Michael Monsoor, named for local hero who died to save others

  26-01-2019 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  “The USS Michael Monsoor is manned and ready and reports for duty.”
  With those words, the Navy’s newest destroyer, amed for a Garden Grove High School graduate and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient, was commissioned into service, her new crew lining the bow and standing at attention.
  The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor, the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided-missile destroyers, transits San Diego Bay en route to its new homeport at Naval Base San Diego. (
  
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• Whicker: For Rams equipment manager Jim Lake, the Super Bowl began last Sunday

  26-01-2019 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  When the Rams walk into their first meetings in Atlanta Sunday, the computers and the video screens will be there.
  When they get to the Falcons’ complex for their first practices, their lockers will be stocked and arranged, just like home.
  Thousand Oaks will become Thousand Pines.
  It began happening a few minutes after Greg Zuerlein finished the final 57 yards of their journey last Sunday.
  A truck left Rams HQ and began taking the IT equipment across the time zones. It was unpacked Wednesd
  
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• NAMM 2019: See photos of the She Rocks Awards, Yamaha’s All-Star concert and more from the show’s second day

  26-01-2019 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  For the second day of the National Association of Music Merchants show, or NAMM, at the Anaheim Convention Center, fans were treated to the annual Yamaha All-Star concert with Sarah McLachlan, Jonathan Butler and more.
  Before the big concert finale, though, the thousands of attendees went to panels, including a keynote session from Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman on the state of music festivals and a panel called She Shreds with musicians including Heart’s Nancy Wilson and country sta
  
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• Burnout 2020

  26-01-2019 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  What will a presidential campaign look like in an age of burnout? We may be about to find out.
  Amnesty International defines burnout as a phenomenon of depleted emotional and psychological reserves—a measure they care about because of the sharp limits it can impose on activists. But of course it isn’t just the political professionals who can find themselves hitting a wall.
  At the same time, voters are looking more toward politicians who understand and acknowledge that burnout is a re
  
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• NAMM 2019: She Rocks Awards honor Lisa Loeb, Terri Nunn, the late Janis Joplin and many more women Friday

  26-01-2019 21:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Thirty years ago when Dale Krevens co-founded Tech 21 she remembers coming to the National Association of Music Merchants show and being mistaken for a booth model, a pretty face to attract the mostly male attendees into the amplifier company’s space on the exhibition hall floor.
  “Obviously it’s more widely accepted now,” she said on the red carpet of the She Rocks Awards at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Friday. “People don’t raise their eyebrows like, &lsq
  
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• Clippers’ Lou Williams in exclusive company with triple-double off the bench

  26-01-2019 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Lou Williams posted a smiling photo of himself on Instagram on Friday night with the caption: “Wouldn’t swap shoes with a soul.”
  In his typically elegant manner, the Clippers’ star reserve produced a singular stat line, recording his first career triple-double and just the 32nd triple-double off the bench in NBA history, according to basketball-reference.com.
  His 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists lifted the Clippers (27-22) to a 106-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls,
  
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• Firefighters knock down fire behind Anaheim recycling facility

  26-01-2019 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  A three-alarm fire at the back recycling facility in Anaheim threatened buildings but was contained and knocked down in an hour by firefighters, authorities said.
  Firefighters were dispatched to the 1100 block of Lemon Street just past 8:30 a.m., said Tim Adams, field battalion chief with Anaheim Fire & Rescue.
  They were met with an exterior fire behind the building. After handling the threat to nearby buildings, about 45-50 firefighters worked to put out the blaze, Adams said.
  Personnel fro
  
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• What to do at Southern California casinos to mark Lunar New Year

  26-01-2019 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Lunar New Year means big meals, family gatherings and gift-giving, but some who celebrate may head to Southern California’s casinos to test their luck in the Year of The Pig.
  The casinos will not only offer visitors gaming specials and giveaways to ring in the Feb. 5 holiday, but also the chance to see elaborate dances and sample an array of Asian dishes, some of which signify good luck and good fortune.
  But why is gambling such a big part of the holiday?
  Gambling during the Lunar New Year
  
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• Recipe: The easy way to make baby back ribs for your Super Bowl party

  26-01-2019 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Come on, grab a pig rib. The juicy meat is handsomely glazed, tender enough to pull apart with your fingers, but somehow stays on the bone until those bossy pearly-whites take hold. What better grub to savor on Super Bowl Sunday?
  Take the easy route if you like and simply cook baby backed ribs in the oven. If the membrane is still intact on the back of the ribs, remove them. To remove place rib racks meat side down on baking sheet; remove thin, papery membrane from back of the rack by inserting
  
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• NAMM 2019: Heart’s Nancy Wilson, songwriter Cam talk ‘tone’ in She Shreds panel

  26-01-2019 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Women are definitely a minority at NAMM, in the audience and on the panels, so it was nice to see She Shreds magazine take over the stage inside the Gibson room for a talk by five women guitarists on the topic of tone.
  Joining She Shreds founder and editor Fabi Reyna on Friday were well-known artists such as Nancy Wilson of Heart, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Cam, a singer-songwriter whose songs have been recorded by the likes of Sam Smith and Miley Cyrus, as well as emerging perfo
  
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• 9 things to do at Disney California Adventure’s Lunar New Year Celebration

  26-01-2019 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  This year’s Lunar New Year celebration has kicked off at Disney California Adventure, and it’s a colorful and tasty experience that will run daily through Feb. 17.
  Here are 9 things you’re going to want to do while you’re there:
  1. See Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession
  This year, the lively event has a longer route and adds the Disney version of the Three Little Pigs in honor of the Year of the Pig. The route runs from Pixar Pier to Paradise Gardens Park with fan ri
  
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• Why the next big artist could be discovered in a Cambodia Town hallway

  26-01-2019 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Sayon Syprasoeuth knows very well about the transformative and healing power of art, regardless of your surroundings.
  He learned this lesson as a boy during his time in a refugee camp in Thailand after he and his family escaped from Cambodia during the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge. It was at this camp where as a young child he would make clay objects, plastic shadow puppets and other pieces of art as an escape from his surroundings.
  Now he’s banking on the power of art to help other mino
  
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• The meaning of the Women’s March and the teachers strike

  26-01-2019 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This past weekend offered us an opportunity not just to honor the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but to reconsider the true nature of that work. And throughout California, many answered that call.
  Traditionally, actions on King’s birthday tend to focus on performing a needed service project, but often fail to question and address the deeper systemic issues that cause a need for that project in the first place, as prominent writer and poet Clint Smith pointed out last week.
  “So
  
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• Alan Canter, owner of L.A. landmark Canter’s Deli, dead at 82

  26-01-2019 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Alan Canter, owner of Canter’s Deli, a Los Angeles landmark, has died at 82, the restaurant announced on its Facebook page.
  “He worked 18 hour shifts and took pride in hand-cutting each fruit cup,” the post said. “He taught his children how to run this business just as his father taught him. We are deeply saddened by this loss.”A memorial will be held Monday, Jan. 28th at 12:30 p.m. at Mount Sinai Memorial Parks, 5950 Forest Lawn Dr.,Los Angeles, the restaurant anno
  
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• Police release sketch of man accused of trying to attack teen with pocket knife in La Habra

  26-01-2019 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  LA HABRA –  Police have released a sketch of a man they say used a pocket knife in an attempt to attack a 17-year-old girl.
  The teen was walking near Idaho Street and Whittier Boulevard in La Habra between 3 and 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 16 when the man approached her, Sgt. Jose Rocha said in a news release on Friday.
  He got within arm’s reach when she pepper-sprayed him and ran.
  The suspect is described as about 40 to 50 years old, heavy with a beard, and last seen wearing a dark baseb
  
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• Home sales dive 14% in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano

  26-01-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in inland South County — including Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and San Juan Capistrano — fell 14 percent from August through November vs. the same period in 2017 amid a steep countywide slowdown.
  Once primetime selling season ended in Orange County this summer, house hunters balked. That created the slowest-selling August-to-November period in seven years. Culprits were high prices and expensive mortgages. Meanwhile, homeowners and builders boosted t
  
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• Naomi Osaka wins Australian Open for 2nd major in a row

  26-01-2019 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — So close to victory, Naomi Osaka suddenly was letting the Australian Open final slip away. Three championship points? Gone. A sizable lead? Soon all gone, too.
  She was playing poorly. She yelled at herself. Slammed a ball. Tugged at her visor’s pink brim. Trudged to the locker room between sets with a towel draped over her head.
  And then, after returning to the court, Osaka turned it all around just as quickly as she had dropped 23 of 27 points. Refocusing and
  
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• Santa Anita racing consensus picks for Saturday Jan. 26

  26-01-2019 16:27 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 Saturday Jan. 26 at Santa Anita.
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• Private sales let you keep the house after death or divorce

  26-01-2019 16:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Life happens. People die. That’s guaranteed 100 percent for each of us.
  People get divorced, currently at a rate of 60 percent in California, according to Alexa.
  Often, these people to whom life happens own real property in the form of a condo, house, ranch or apartment building. Depending on your circumstances, you might be looking at a private sale.
  Your first instinct might be to list the house for sale with a Realtor to liquidate the real property and distribute the proc
  
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• OMG! Stop the lowercase deity style

  26-01-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In this secular age, witness to a pervasive tennis-without-a-net agnosticism that threatens the very underpinnings of our shared spiritual and moral lives …
  Wait a minute. Where’d that academic essay come from? And in what sense are we living in a secular age? Radically fundamentalist soldiers are forever threatening to create a caliphate in nations just a stone’s throw, so to speak, from the ancient Holy Land. Yes, no one in a Britain or a France has been inside a church on p
  
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• Ask the Builder: How to keep kitchen and bath drains clog-free

  26-01-2019 15:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Yesterday I was perusing a national news website whose headlines more and more seem to resemble those of a sensational supermarket tabloid. Being a syndicated newspaper columnist, I find this transition most interesting.
  One particular headline blared about the five things you should NEVER put down your kitchen drain. I’ve been a master plumber since age 29 and have had the very good fortune to replace old kitchen drain lines and unclog newer ones choked with gunk and who-knows-what. I tho
  
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• What does fallout from LA teachers strike mean for the future of charter schools?

  26-01-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On paper, the six-day strike teachers strike that disrupted learning at 900 public schools across Los Angeles was a fight about orthodox demands like lower class sizes, higher pay and more support staff from nurses to librarians and counselors.
  But a core issue and perhaps the most divisive barely touched the bargaining table: the future of the city’s 224 charter schools.
  Education policy experts contend that although United Teachers Los Angeles – the union that represents the teache
  
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• A wistful farewell to what we’ve lost

  26-01-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In 1994, Richard Nixon suffered a stroke while dining in his adopted New Jersey home. At 81, he was gone four days later. While running for re-election 10 years earlier, Ronald Reagan, another California Republican who made it to the White House, had affectionately described Orange County as the place “where good Republicans come home to die.”
  Richard Milhous Nixon didn’t make it back in time, but he did return to the land of his birth to be buried. The funeral was April 27, 19
  
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• Five ways to motivate employees and drive results

  26-01-2019 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  How do you motivate employees and drive results at the same time?
  When we think about a results-driven leader, we picture someone who is driving with an intense focus toward a goal. Eyes front. No nonsense. A person who embodies the message, “Get out of my way, I will win!”
  On the other hand, motivation requires a leader possess a high degree of people skills, directing his or her energy toward inspiring and building positive relationships with their team. This requires taking the ti
  
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• Laguna Beach, Orange Lutheran, Foothill reach semifinals of Irvine SoCal water polo tournament

  26-01-2019 09:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Girls water polo teams from Laguna Beach, Orange Lutheran and Foothill have advanced to Saturday’s semifinals of the Irvine Southern California Championships in Irvine, the last major tournament of the regular season.
  In the 10 a.m. semifinal at the Woollett Aquatics Center, the Breakers will play Dos Pueblos.
  Orange Lutheran will take on Foothill in the second semifinal at 11 a.m.
  The championship match is scheduled for 3 p.m.
  
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• Nike Extravaganza Friday roundup: Santa Margarita falls to highly ranked Oak Hill Academy; Mater Dei triumphs

  26-01-2019 08:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Santa Margarita has played a rugged schedule this boys basketball season.
  The Eagles have defeated some excellent teams like CIF-Southern Section Open Division candidates Beverly Hills, Rancho Christian of Temecula and Orange Lutheran, and on Thursday beat Nevada’s best team, Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas.
  There have been some losses to excellent teams, too. One of those happened Friday when Santa Margarita was overwhelmed by Oak Hill Academy of Virginia 94-67 on the first d
  
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• Super Bowl LIII prop bets: QB winning MVP, Bill Belichick hoodie color and more

  26-01-2019 07:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Super Bowl LIII will have something for everyone, even if you aren’t a fan of the Los Angeles Rams or the New England Patriots.
  Viewers will watch the game for all the new commercials, the halftime entertainment and gambling opportunities.
  Use this list of prop bets involving the Super Bowl as your guide for things to keep an eye out on Feb. 3.
  Whether you decide to spend money or not is up to you.
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• Alysa Liu, 13, becomes youngest to win U.S. women’s figure skating title

  26-01-2019 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Alysa Liu reacts after hearing her score in the women’s free skate program during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Friday in Detroit. Liu, 13, became the youngest national champion ever. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
  Alysa Liu reacts after her score was announced in the women’s free skate during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Detroit. Liu won the title. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAlysa Liu performs her women&rsqu
  
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• Ocean View basketball extends its reign in Golden West with win over Garden Grove

  26-01-2019 07:23 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH – The Ocean View boys basketball team beat Garden Grove 74-68 Friday to win its fifth consecutive Golden West League championship.
  The win was the 43rd consecutive in the Golden West League for the Seahawks.
  League titles are familiar for No. 24 Ocean View, but it is the first for first-year head coach Jimmy Harris.
  Harris was an All-County basketball player for the Seahawks and is the son of legendary Ocean View coach Jim Harris, who was the head coach at Ocean View
  
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• Corona del Mar basketball storms past Los Alamitos, reclaims share of first in Surf League

  26-01-2019 06:50 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ALAMITOS – After a lackluster performance earlier in the week, Corona del Mar’s boys basketball team played its Surf League contest against Los Alamitos on Friday with a sense of purpose that was apparent from the opening tip.
  The Sea Kings, who usually rely on outside shooting for success, added an aggressive inside game and left the Los Alamitos High gym with a 68-47 victory.
  With Newport Harbor’s 55-40 victory over Edison on Friday, the Sea Kings (18-8, 3-2) and Chargers
  
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• Lee leads Brea Olinda girls basketball past Esperanza for a share of first place

  26-01-2019 06:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Brea Olinda forward Stephanie Lee drives to the basket through three Esperanza defenders in a Crestview League girls basketball game at Brea Olinda High in Brea on Friday, January25, 2019. (Photo by Sam Gangwer/Contributing Photographer)
  Brea Olinda forward Casey Fust drives to a basket against Esperanza in a Crestview League girls basketball game at Brea Olinda High in Brea on Friday, January25, 2019. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBrea Ol
  
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• Emotions high as Long Beach State men’s volleyball unveils 2018 national championship banner

  26-01-2019 06:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team celebrates as their 2018 NCAA championship banner is unveiled before their match against USC at LBSU’s Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  The Long Beach State men’s volleyball unveiled their 2018 NCAA championship banner before their match against USC at LBSU’s Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe ga
  
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• Super Bowl LIII: Kurt Warner highlights differences between 1999, 2018 Rams

  26-01-2019 05:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Kurt Warner, a former quarterback for the Rams, highlights the differences between the 1999 St. Louis Rams and 2018 Los Angeles Rams.
  Warner, the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV, also shared some of the advice he would give third-year quarterback Jared Goff.
  Despite winning his first Super Bowl appearance in 1999, Warner would fall short in his last two Super Bowl tries, including one of the top upsets in history against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI.
  The Rams will play in Super Bowl LIII
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Friday, Jan. 25

  26-01-2019 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Friday, Jan. 25.
  *Will be updated.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  Friday’s basketball scoreboard
  Three Cypress players scored 20 or more points and the No. 7 Centurions clinched at least a share of the Empire League title with a 79-58 win over Tustin at Cypress High. Anthony Tello had 23 points, Jared Brown 22 and Elijah Vaielua 20 points and 15 rebounds for Cypress (24-2, 8-0), which can break the school record for wins in Tuesday&rsq
  
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• Marines and Seabees are camped out on Catalina Island, repairing decaying runway at Airport in the Sky

  26-01-2019 05:15 via ocregister.com
  
  CATALINA ISLAND — For more than two weeks Capt. Nicole Stockham has overseen a company of Marines and a dozen Navy Seabees tasked with rebuilding a decaying, 77-year-old runway at Channel Island’s Airport in the Sky.
  The Marines and Seabees are living in tents near the airport nestled in the hilly interior high on the island. The only access is a winding narrow road bordered in places by eucalyptus trees that act as barriers to steep drop-offs. There are dramatic views of the town of
  
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• Lou Williams’ 1st triple-double leads Clippers past Bulls

  26-01-2019 05:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, front, drives to the basket against Chicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
  Clippers guard Avery Bradley, right, tries to shield the ball from Bulls guard Ryan Arcidiacono during the first half of Friday’s game in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell goes up for a dunk again
  
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• Juan Archuleta proving to be worth the weight at Bellator 214

  26-01-2019 04:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Two weeks before taking on featherweight Jeremy Spoon in the Bellator 190 main event at the end of November, Archuleta learned Bellator 214 would take place two months later in Southern California.
  Get me on that card, Archuleta told manager Tiki Ghosn.
  Ghosn told Archuleta to focus on Spoon, which he did with a unanimous-decision win.
  Then Archuleta threw another curve: “I said, ‘Wait, I’m going to 135 on this one. What better way to come here at The Forum and L.A. and be rein
  
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• Rams’ Nickell Robey-Coleman fined by NFL as non-call controversy lingers, even on Senate floor

  26-01-2019 04:33 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – Like a party on Bourbon Street, the Rams vs. New Orleans controversy marches on, with a league fine, a speech on the Senate floor and some wry but pointed comments from a coaching sage.
  Yes, Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman still committed pass interference in the fourth quarter against the Saints. Apparently, he also committed a targeting penalty, because the league on Friday fined Robey-Coleman $26,739 for hitting receiver Tommylee Lewis helmet to helmet on the dispu
  
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• Angels top prospects Jo Adell, Griffin Canning among non-roster invitees to spring training

  26-01-2019 02:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Jo Adell, earlier this week ranked the No. 2 prospect in baseball by Baseball Prospectus, is among the non-roster players the Angels have invited to major league spring training.
  Adell, 19, was also ranked the No. 6 prospect in baseball by Baseball America.
  The Angels’ top pick in the 2017 draft, Adell just hit .290 with 20 homers in his first full pro season, rising to Double-A.
  Right-hander Griffin Canning, the Angels’ second-round pick out of UCLA in 2017, was also invited to big
  
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• Heisler: It’s looking late in the Lakers’ Lonzo Ball saga

  26-01-2019 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Is this the end of Lonzo?
  He came – with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 draft – he saw, he had his ups and, more often, his downs, and was all but eclipsed by his pain-in-the-backside father.
  Worst of all, Lonzo Ball arrived at the wrong time as the Lakers’ beloved young players became secondary in their all-out campaign to acquire more grown-up superstars – plural – to go with LeBron James.
  Now Ball is out until March while Rajon Rondo does his job better than
  
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• Alhambra outlawed marijuana dispensaries, but at least two self-proclaimed churches are selling it

  26-01-2019 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  From Valley Boulevard, Alhambra Faith and Unity looks like a small, new church in the shadow of the Pyrenees Castle.
  The banner on the building at 2387 W. Valley Blvd. bears the “folded hands” emoji, which look like two hands clasped in prayer, with rays of light emanating from behind it.
  But just inside, parishioners won’t find a chapel — instead, there’s a dimly lit waiting room thick with the scent of marijuana and a blacked-out receptionists window behind which
  
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• Newport Beach surgeon, girlfriend accused of raping 7 women say Orange County DA’s Office misled about videos

  26-01-2019 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Attorneys for a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend charged with drugging and raping seven women are accusing prosecutors of making false and reckless public misstatements regarding videos the Orange County District Attorney’s Office initially alleged may depict the pair having sex with intoxicated women.
  After reviewing the videos, defense attorneys representing Grant William Robicheaux and Cerissa Laura Riley say they do not depict any rapes, despite “set(ting) off a fren
  
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• Years after excessive pay scandal, criminal case moves forward against ousted Centinela Valley superintendent

  26-01-2019 01:31 via ocregister.com
  
  More than a year since his arrest and nearly five since the Centinela Valley Union High School District was rocked by a corruption scandal, disgraced former Superintendent Jose Fernandez will be back in court next week.
  Fernandez, 59, will appear in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Monday for a preliminary hearing that could last five days and include testimony from as many as 30 witnesses.
  A judge will determine whether there’s enough evidence to try Fernandez for allegedly carrying ou
  
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• San Juan Hills defensive end Cade Albright commits to BYU

  26-01-2019 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  All-County defensive end Cade Albright of San Juan Hills, one of Orange County’s breakout performers during the fall, has committed to BYU, the Stallions announced..@BYUfootball Lands the 2018 Orange County Sack Leader. @CadeAlbright has COMMITTED TO BYUAnother Shockwave out of the Badlands Congrats to Cade, and his family. Vintage Commitment Pic from his first offer after Jr year #NoBetterPlace #RFTB #BuiltAtTheBadlands pic.twitter.com/m57u56DjwH
  — SJH Football (@sjhhsfootball) Janu
  
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• CalSavers works on paper, but saddles workers with debt

  26-01-2019 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  California is one of five states that has implemented automatic, state-run individual retirement accounts, known as “auto-IRAs,” in recent years. California’s workers—many of whom aren’t adequately preparing for retirement—should absolutely be saving more, and on paper, auto-IRAs move in that direction. But that doesn’t mean all of those workers are coming out ahead.
  Here’s how it works: The CalSavers program automatically contributes a portion of
  
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