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• Jury convicts man of Garden Grove murder of woman who had been fighting with his mother

  30-01-2019 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A 22-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of murder in the shooting death of a woman who had been fighting with his mother in the front yard of a Garden Grove home.
  A Santa Ana jury found Nathaniel Liscano guilty of first-degree murder with the use of a firearm for what a prosecutor described as the “completely senseless” killing of an unarmed Kellie Louise Nichol in 2016.
  During the trial, there was no dispute that Nichol, 31, and Liscano’s mother had been arguing via text, th
  
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• Nutrition: 10 tips for making healthy food and drink choices at the office

  30-01-2019 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  It is a growing trend for employees to be provided with food in the workplace. Offering meals and snacks benefits organizations by helping to increase loyalty and productivity of workers. The healthfulness and quality of foods provided at work as well as the overall eating culture in the office can have an important impact on the eating habits, and therefore the health, of employees.
  From bagels on Fridays and free snacks to pizza parties and catered lunches, many workplaces regularly provide th
  
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• Liquid Assets: Elixir of the gods at Descanso: A Modern Taqueria

  30-01-2019 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  As far back as 700 A.D., the Mayans celebrated life’s monumental events by ingesting a sacred beverage they called “xocolatl.” The ancient people described this frothy concoction as “bitter water” for the intense flavor that emerged from infusing liquid with fire-roasted cacao beans. Artisans painted odes to the elixir. It was the food of the gods.
  When the Aztecs conquered the Mayans years later, chocolate became currency. It was equated to luxury and status &ndash
  
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• Dew Tour returns to Long Beach with free skateboard festival and competition

  30-01-2019 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Pro skateboarders are rolling back into Long Beach this summer with the return of the Dew Tour.
  The fourth annual free event will be back at the Long Beach Convention Center for a weekend that will include more than 80 male and female pro skateboarders who will compete in single and team events June 13-16.
  And since skateboarding will be an Olympic sport in 2020, you may even see future gold medalists practicing their tricks in Long Beach.
  Local skaters can get in on the action too bec
  
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• Taste: Sweet indulgences at Lady M Cake Boutique

  30-01-2019 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Dessert? If one is a middle-aged carbo-phobe like some of us, the sweet final course of a meal is often skipped (though perhaps not without a cursory and vaguely wistful glance at the dessert menu). “Cheat days” are often pegged around specific holidays and observances.
  This month, Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity to indulge.
  On arrival at Lady M Cake Boutique in Irvine, we are surprised and pleased to meet Ken Romaniszyn, the owner and CEO of the growing intern
  
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• Joe Kalmick garners 65 percent of vote in controversial Seal Beach City Council runoff

  30-01-2019 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Longtime local businessman Joe Kalmick, 74, will join the Seal Beach City Council after taking 65 percent of the vote in a mail-in runoff election that concluded Tuesday, Jan. 29.
  Kalmick faced off against Peter Amundson, 29, after none of the four District One candidates received enough votes in the November election. Seal Beach stipulates that a candidate must garner more than 50 percent of the vote to be declared a winner. That go around, Kalmick took 41 percent and Amundson came in second wi
  
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• 88% of O.C. cities earned an ‘F’ in new tobacco report

  30-01-2019 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The American Lung Association praised Dana Point for its efforts to control tobacco use and promote lung health. Above, Rick Erkeneff’s showed a jug filled with more than 3,000 cigarette butts at the Dana Point City Council meeting, to support the passing of a smoking ban on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Thirty of 34 cities in Orange County — or 88 percent — received overall F grades in the American Lung Association’s annual as
  
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• Morsels: Luscious Lunar New Year eats and more yummy tidbits

  30-01-2019 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  To celebrate the Lunar New Year, let’s enjoy a smattering of foods that traditionally bring good luck and prosperity. Besides, aren’t we all in need of that for 2019?
  DREAMY DUMPLINGS
  The stuffed pockets resemble little bags of gold, symbolizing prosperity. Try these two savory options:
  The truffle dumplings at Din Tai Fung at South Coast Plaza combine the comforting essence of soup dumplings elevated with the unctuous flavor of chopped black truffles folded into a smoothly, ground p
  
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• $600,000 homes being built in Anaheim near Disneyland

  30-01-2019 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  KB Homes’ Euclid Place in Anaheim has both two-story and three-story models. (Sketch courtesy KB Home)
  KB Homes has begun selling Euclid Place in Anaheim. (Sketch courtesy KB Home)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsEuclid Place by KB Home in Anaheim offers 39 condominiums priced from the low $600,000 range.(Sketch courtesy KB Home)
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  House hunters in Anaheim have 39 more homes from which to choose.
  KB Home has begun selling Euclid Place, 39 detached, single-fam
  
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• Whicker: Josh McDaniels overcomes his balk, still pitching for Patriots

  30-01-2019 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  ATLANTA — Noted quarterback and hashtagger Tom Brady has established the theme for his ninth Super Bowl trip: “We’re Still Here.”
  So is Josh McDaniels.
  He never proclaimed it from a sendoff podium, as Brady did. But he could be here a long time.
  McDaniels is New England’s offensive coordinator. He was Sean McVay before Sean McVay.
  His reputation was built by association, with Tom Brady and with Bill Belichick. When he was 35 he was Denver’s head coach, and aft
  
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• One year later, family shares story of 16-year-old son taking his life

  30-01-2019 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Students at Corona del Mar High School are selling shirts to raise funds for Patrick Turner’s charity, the Semper Fi Foundation, and to raise awareness about pressures teens face.
  Patrick “Patty” Turner enjoys fishing on the Snake River in Idaho near his family’s vacation home when he was 15. (Courtesy of the Turner Family)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPatrick Turner, a 16-year-old sophomore at Corona del Mar High, took his life Jan. 27. He left these letters.
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• Radio: Find out who got a holiday ratings treat last year

  30-01-2019 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  As expected, holiday music gave KOST (103.5 FM) a huge boost in the ratings during the season.
  The station dominated the Holiday ratings released week, according to Nielsen, with ratings up by a full four points to 13.0 from the already high 9.0 for “December.” KOST in “November” had a 5.1.
  Why the quotes?
  Ratings are done in four-week periods, which gives 13 ratings “months” each year. So “December” is actually mostly November, making “Holid
  
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• From gun violence to her famous parents, Rosanne Cash brings personal songs to her two Southern California shows

  30-01-2019 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  After recording three concept albums, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash says she longed for a return to the personal on her next record, the collection “She Remembers Everything.”
  Her triple Grammy-winning 2014 album “The River & Thread” focused on the characters and geography of the South. “The List” saw her cover 12 songs in 2009 from a collection of essential country numbers that her father Johnny Cash had written down for her when she was 18.
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• These photos and more earned Southern California photographer National Motorsports 2018 Photographer of the Year

  30-01-2019 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The pit crew for Martin Truex Jr jump into action during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 March 4, 2018, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Will Lester-Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
  Stadium SUPER Trucks take a jump along Shoreline Drive Saturday April 14, 2018 during the 44th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. (Photo by Will Lester-Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsFunny Car driver John For
  
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• Southern California home sales drop 20 percent amid housing market shift

  30-01-2019 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California home sales fell for a fifth consecutive month in December, dropping 20.3 percent year over year as the once-hot 2018 housing market cooled considerably, real estate data firm CoreLogic reported Wednesday, Jan. 30.
  It was the biggest sales drop for any month in eight years.
  With one-fifth fewer homes changing hands, prices basically flattened out, ending the year up just 1.1 percent from December 2017 levels.
  Area agents say multiple offers have all but vanished, price cuts ar
  
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• Peaceful end of Afghan war may be in sight

  30-01-2019 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  If the war in Afghanistan has been anything, it has been a disappointment.
  After 17 years of fighting that has seen thousands of deaths and nearly a trillion dollars in expenses, Americans are sick and tired of the interminable conflict.
  Fortunately, serious and substantive negotiations are finally closer than ever to bring the endless war to an end. Though uncomfortable and not without risk, the new framework to cease hostilities deserves the support of both major political parties and the Amer
  
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• Pechanga Resort and Casino to hold a sake and beer festival

  30-01-2019 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Pechanga Resort and Casino will roll out a new festival later this year that will allow guests the chance to try a variety of sakes, beers and sushi.
  The inaugural Pechanga Sake and Beer Festival will run from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Pechanga Summit Events Center. It includes the opportunity to sample 40 premium sakes and several varieties of Japanese beer which can be paired with fresh sushi dishes from Pechanga’s chefs. Proceeds from the event will go to Habitat for Humani
  
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• Third time at the helm is a charm for Laguna Woods Mayor Cynthia Conners

  30-01-2019 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA WOODS — Returning to the center dais seat, Cynthia Conners was sworn in as mayor on Wednesday, Dec. 19, for the third time in her civic career since her service began in 2009.
  She shared with the Register her plans to push a green agenda, items she’s most excited about in 2019 and how she leads the city.
  Q: What are the biggest issues in Laguna Woods at this time?
  A: This is a budget year for the city, and in June we will pass our two-year budget to carry us through 2021. &nbs
  
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• What’s streaming on Netflix in February

  30-01-2019 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Like a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates, Netflix is streaming an assortment of shows and movies in February.
  “Ray Romano: Right Here, Around the Corner” is the Emmy Award-winning actor’s first comedy special in more than 20 years. Romano will offer advice on how to choose friends and survive marriage, explain the difference between being old and not being young and more.
  “Nightcrawler” director Dan Gilroy has reteamed with Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo for &
  
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• Titan Voice: Alumnus Scott O’Brien shares success story from partnerships with student interns

  30-01-2019 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Scott O’Brien
  We’re in the business of saving lives. What can be more gratifying than that?
  Perhaps, nothing as significant, but mentoring Cal State Fullerton students and setting their path forward ranks right up there.
  It was a no-brainer for me when Bob Bennett, president and founder of Lean Consulting Associates and advisory board member for the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics Operations and Supply Chain Management program, proposed to me that Safariland join efforts
  
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• 3 new menu items you can’t get at your local Taco Bell

  30-01-2019 17:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Taco Bell is hard at work whipping up wild dishes for 2019. Unfortunately, if you want to try them you’ll have to go to the frozen Midwest or the humid capital of Thailand.
  Chefs showed off some of its creations Tuesday in its Irvine test kitchens. Here are three that point the way the company is going
  1. Combos with Nacho Fries
  Although Taco Bell had its biggest launch ever with Nacho Fries, it hasn’t made them a permanent part of the menu.
  But that doesn’t mean that Taco
  
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• Pho 79 is the first Orange County restaurant to win a prestigious James Beard Foundation award

  30-01-2019 16:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Pho 79, a humble noodle house in Little Saigon, is the first Orange County restaurant to win a prestigious James Beard Foundation Award, often referred to as “the Oscars of the food world.”
  “It’s like a dream come true to us,” said Mai Tran, a member of the family who owns the restaurant, at 9941 Hazard Ave. in Garden Grove, started by her mother, Liễu Trần, and uncle, Thọ Trần, in 1982. The restaurant was honored in the America’s Class
  
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• Football stadiums and the seen versus the unseen

  30-01-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunday is the Super Bowl.
  I look forward to playing poker and watching. It’s easy to do both because in a three-hour-plus NFL game there are just 11 minutes of actual football action.
  So we’ll have plenty of time to watch Atlanta politicians take credit for the stadium that will host the game. Atlanta’s former mayor calls it “simply the best facility in the world.”
  But politicians aren’t likely to talk about what I explain in my latest video — how taxpay
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: When did pedicures become necessary for life as we know it?

  30-01-2019 15:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Somehow, while I wasn’t paying attention, pedicures became a thing. One day I was just moving along at my normal speed, taking care of my own grooming, and then — POW — suddenly I had to have people touching my feet.
  Apparently, in order to be properly groomed in Southern California today, I now must have strangers handling my feet. I’m ticklish, and I don’t like anyone touching my feet, not even people I already know. Like, you know how people hate spiders? Well, I
  
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• Bargain Hunter: House of Blues launches monthly dining deals

  30-01-2019 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The House of Blues is offering the new BluesBusters dining program in which eClub members receive access to monthly deals. For example, if you purchase a $30 restaurant certificate through the program by Jan. 31 you will receive a free $20 voucher. A different deal will be offered online every month. For more information and to sign up, go to www.houseofblues.com/bluesbusters.
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• Deep freeze envelops Midwest, even stops the mail

  30-01-2019 14:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By BLAKE NICHOLSON
  BISMARCK, N.D.  — A deadly arctic deep freeze enveloped the Midwest with record-breaking temperatures Wednesday, triggering widespread closures of schools and businesses, and prompting the U.S. Postal Service to take the rare step of suspending mail delivery to a wide swath of the region.
  Many normal activities shut down and residents huddled inside as the National Weather Service forecast plunging temperatures from one of the coldest air masses in years.
  Officials
  
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• Manson follower Leslie Van Houten again seeks parole

  30-01-2019 09:26 via ocregister.com
  
  CHINO — The youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson will again ask a state panel to recommend her for parole.
  Three female defendants in the Manson court case are shown, from left to right: Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten, March 29 , 1971 as they return to court to hear the penalty ending a nine-month trial in the Tate-LaBianca murders of August 1969.All three, plus Charles Manson, were decreed the death sentence in the gas chamber. (AP Photo)
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• Santiago girls continue turnaround, beat Loara for first basketball title since ’99

  30-01-2019 08:51 via ocregister.com
  
  There isn’t a better turnaround story in Orange County girls basketball than the one Santiago and Coach Pablo Martinez continued Tuesday.
  Emily Casillas scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, and fellow sophomore Briana Landeros added 12 points and 10 rebounds as the Cavaliers defeated host Loara 66-35 to clinch a share of their first Garden Grove League title since 1999.
  Santiago (21-4, 8-1) also won its 21st game, a startling improvement from last season when it went 9-17 in M
  
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• Santa Ana police try to ID knife-wielding shoplifting suspect

  30-01-2019 08:44 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Santa Ana police Tuesday released surveillance video of a knife-wielding shoplifter in the hopes that it helps generate tips leading to an arrest.
  Santa Ana police are trying to identify a suspect in a theft and assault incident at a department store on Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy Santa Ana Police Department)
  Santa Ana police are trying to identify a suspect in a theft and assault incident at a department store on Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy Santa Ana Police Department)SoundThe galle
  
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• Dashiell’s 3-pointer at buzzer gives La Habra stunning win over Sonora and Freeway title

  30-01-2019 07:40 via ocregister.com
  
  La Habra’s Cameron Dashiell watches his buzzer-beating, game-winning basket to lift La Habra to a 57-56 victory over Sonora in a Freeway League boys high school basketball game at Sonora High in La Habra on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Sonora’s Daniel Esparza looks shocked as La Habra celebrates Cameron Dashiell’s buzzer-beating, game-winning basket during La Habra’s 57-56 victory over Sonora in a Freeway League boys hi
  
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• Brandon Ingram has a career-best scoring night, but Lakers fall to 76ers

  30-01-2019 07:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers’ Rajon Rondo #9 lays the ball up as the 76ers’ Joel Embiid #21 defends during their game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  The Lakers’ Rajon Rondo #9 shoots as 76ers’ Joel Embiid #21 and Wilson Chandler #22 look on during their game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecond
  
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• Costa Mesa basketball tops Santa Ana to win first league title since 2006

  30-01-2019 06:19 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – The Costa Mesa boys basketball team beat Santa Ana 75-64 on Tuesday to win the Orange Coast League championship.
  The title is the first for Costa Mesa since 2006 and is the first outright league championship for boys basketball in school history.
  “The goal coming in was we want to win this league,” Costa Mesa coach Mike Ofer said. “First time doing it by ourselves and we knew we had nine seniors to do it. It’s a huge relief.
  “It’s hard to wi
  
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• JSerra girls soccer reclaims Trinity League title with another scoreless draw against Santa Margarita

  30-01-2019 06:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Margarita’s Madison Curry, left, beats JSerra’s Presley Easton to the ball during a Trinity League game between the two teams on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  JSerra midfielder Presley Easton kicks the ball during a 0-0 tie in a Trinity League game against Santa Margarita on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSanta Margarita’s Mackenzie MacMill
  
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• California land managers hope to speed up forest-thinning projects to slow wildfires

  30-01-2019 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — California wildland managers said Tuesday that they want to speed up logging and prescribed burns designed to slow wildfires that have devastated communities in recent years.
  After the deadliest and most destructive blazes in state history, officials are scrapping 12 years of efforts and starting anew on creating a single environmental review process to cover projects on private land, such as cutting back dense stands of trees and setting controlled fires to burn out thick bru
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Tuesday, Jan. 29

  30-01-2019 05:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
  *Will be updated.
  BASKETBALL
  Tuesday’s basketball scoreboard
  Tuesday’s top scorers
  BOYS
  Pts    Player, school
  40    Yi, Oxford Academy
  29    Yauney, Troy
  27    Hefner, Costa Mesa
  26    Erving, Segerstrom
  26    J. Silva, Santa Ana
  23    Platt, Yorba Linda
  22    Martinez, Garden Grove
  21    Stines, Sonora
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• Lakers say LeBron James ‘happy to be on a basketball court again’

  30-01-2019 05:43 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — At the end of a shooting contest Tuesday morning when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit the deciding 3-pointer, LeBron James leaped in the air to bump him in celebration.
  For a gaggle of nearby reporters it was the most explosive movement seen from James in more than a month.
  It was more wait-and-see ahead of the Lakers’ game against the Philadelphia 76ers, one in which James had been ruled out the day before. But there’s a different environment in Lakers practice this
  
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• Must watch: Chargers’ Melvin Gordon makes his Super Bowl LIII game pick

  30-01-2019 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon makes his Super Bowl LIII prediction.
   
  Related Articles New England Patriots season in review: Tom Brady’s amazing run comes full circle The Randy’s Donuts sign in Inglewood is sporting Rams colors for the Super Bowl Ontario candy store honors Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl appearance with treats in team colors Whicker: How the Rams offensive line defies the odds and remains uninjured two years running Alexander: Do L.A. Rams
  
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• Fountain Valley quarterback Josh Stupin transfers to Villa Park

  30-01-2019 04:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain Valley junior quarterback Josh Stupin, who burst onto the Orange County football scene this past season as a first-year starter, has enrolled at Crestview League juggernaut Villa Park, he said Tuesday.
  Stupin (5-11, 175) passed for 2,780 yards and 23 touchdowns in the fall to help the Barons (5-6) reach the first round of the CIF-SS Division 8 playoffs.
  He passed for 409 yards and three TDs in a 48-26 loss against Santa Ana, which reached the semifinals.
  Stupin passed for a season-high
  
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• Rain, cooling expected in Southern California

  30-01-2019 03:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Rain and chillier temperatures will pass through Southern California this week.
  High temperatures will drop in the region from the low 70s on Tuesday to the low 60s on Thursday, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service. They NWS reported a chance for showers beginning Wednesday evening that may persist through the weekend. Rainfall becomes more likely going into Thursday and Friday in Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
  Residents in urban areas of those fo
  
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• USC football coach Clay Helton addresses off-season events

  30-01-2019 03:23 via ocregister.com
  
  As USC spiraled toward its first losing season in nearly two decades last fall, the low point arrived in the final game.
  Before the Trojans faltered against rival Notre Dame, fans voiced their displeasure over the state of affairs as they financed an airplane to fly a “Fire Clay Helton” banner over the Coliseum in the hours before kickoff. When Helton appeared on the video board in the first half for a pre-recorded PSA, the Trojans’ coach was further booed by the home crowd.
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (1-29-19)

  30-01-2019 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
   
  BOYS SOCCER
  EMPIRE LEAGUE
  Cypress 1, Kennedy 0 (OT)
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  El Dorado 2, Canyon 1
  ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
  Estancia 2, Calvary Chapel 0
  Goals: (Est) Pena, Martinez.
  Assist: Camberos.
  NONLEAGUE
  Tarbut V’Torah 1, Avalon 0
   
  GIRLS SOCCER
  EMPIRE LEAGUE
  Pacifica 3, Tustin 1
  Cypress 2, Kennedy 1
  GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
  Westminster 5, Western 1
  Goals: (Wm) Nguyen, Ralston, Arthur, Lucier,
  
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• Newsom’s misguided fight for control of local housing development decisions

  30-01-2019 02:54 via ocregister.com
  
  In one of his first acts as governor, Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit against the Orange County city of Huntington Beach for failing to meet state-mandated housing goals.
  Some observers wondered why Surf City was singled out for this action, when more than 50 local governments similarly fail to build enough housing to comply with the requirements of state law.
  It may have something to do with a lawsuit Huntington Beach filed against Newsom and the state on Jan. 17. The city is challenging the const
  
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• Is your city financially sick? Irvine boasts highest taxpayer surplus in the nation, but other big cities in the red

  30-01-2019 02:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Shadows from the floor-to-ceiling windows are cast across the floor of the lobby of the Irvine Civic Center in Irvine on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Irvine Civic Center in Irvine on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPeople walk across the courtyard of the Irvine Civic Center in Irvine on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County R
  
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• Man struck, killed by Metrolink train in Fullerton

  30-01-2019 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who was trespassing on the railroad tracks in Fullerton was struck and killed by a Metrolink train Tuesday, Jan. 29, authorities said.
  Fullerton police Sgt. Carin Wright said the unidentified man was pronounced dead at a hospital.
  The crash affected passenger train service throughout Southern California.
  Police investigate after a man was struck and killed by a Metrolink train in Fullerton on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (OnScene.TV)
  Police investigate after a man was struck and killed by a
  
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• CIF-SS girls water polo rankings: Monday, Jan. 28

  30-01-2019 02:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-SS girls water polo rankings released Monday, Jan. 28.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Girls Water Polo Advisory Committee.
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  DIVISION 1 & 2
  1 Laguna Beach
  2 Orange Lutheran
  3 Dos Pueblos
  4 Foothill
  5 San Marcos
  6 Corona del Mar
  7 Newport Harbor
  8 Mater Dei
  9 San Clemente
  10 Los Alamitos
  11 Santa Margarita
  12 Santa Barbara
  13 Agoura
  14 Schurr
  15 Harvard-Westlake
  16 Huntington Beach
  17 La Canada
  18 Long Beach Wilson
  19 Murrieta Valley
  20 Los Osos
  21 ML King
  22 El Toro
  Others:
  
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• Long Beach hospital dumped 84-year-old woman with dementia outside locked care facility, daughter claims

  30-01-2019 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  An 84-year-old woman suffering from dementia was placed in a cab after treatment at a Long Beach hospital and then dumped in the middle of the night outside a locked Alzheimer’s treatment facility, according to a complaint filed with the state by the woman’s daughter.
  “I’m pretty outraged,”  said Costanza Genoese Zerbi, 51, of Long Beach, who filed the complaint against College Medical Center with the California Department of Public Health on behalf of her
  
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• California businesses should reject efforts leveraging threat of split roll for other tax hikes

  30-01-2019 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make a deal for tax reform in California. Perhaps echoing his campaign slogan, “Courage, for a change,” he told reporters that Gov. Jerry Brown “had no interest in this, even at the peak of his power, influence and insight.”
  Courage is an interesting thing in politics. It sometimes recalls the joke about the most common “last words” in the English language: “Watch this!”
  Newsom said he would like to use an initiative that
  
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• Clippers underscore need for confidence, on and off the court

  30-01-2019 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — From the front office to the backcourt, the conversation kept coming back to confidence Monday, when the Clippers played the Atlanta Hawks and came up short 123-118.
  Before the game, Gillian Zucker, the NBA’s only female president of business operations, addressed about 50 people gathered on Staple Center’s outside terrace. It was the first event of the Clippers’ new monthly series they’re calling career coaching meet-ups, which will highlight women wi
  
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• Wish You Were Here: Quebec City, c’est cool

  30-01-2019 01:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Named as a tastemaker by Traditional Home Magazine and a team competition winner on HGTV’s “Design Wars,” Amanda Malson started putting things together with cardboard and Styrofoam when she was just a kid growing up in Kansas. Today she is a sought-after interior designer in the Newport/Costa Mesa area who started her own practice, Common Standard, after 20 years working with big hospitality design firms – not to mention better shelter, which, together with Steve Jones, i
  
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• Orange County girls water polo rankings, Jan. 29

  30-01-2019 01:06 via ocregister.com
  
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  Orange County Top 10 rankings
  Jan. 29, 2019
  Rank, school, (previous ranking)
  1.Laguna Beach (1)
  2. Orange Lutheran (2)
  3. Foothill (3)
  4. Corona del Mar (4)
  5. Newport Harbor (5)
  6. Mater Dei (6)
  7. Los Alamitos (8)
  8. San Clemente (9)
  9. Santa Margarita (7)
  10. Huntington Beach (10)
  
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