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• Click: Fleming’s + Film celebrate big anniversaries

  31-01-2019 23:15
  
  Two decades ago, Orange County was transitioning. We were finding ourselves as a locale and envisioning what we would become as a destination. Perched between Los Angeles and San Diego, Newport Beach, especially, has grown into an enclave where the most successful players in the entertainment, financial and sports industries now call home.
  In 1998, when Paul Fleming and Bill Allen opened the flagship Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at Fashion Island, another event coincidentally
  
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• NBA players react after Knicks reportedly trade Kristaps Porzingis to Mavericks

  31-01-2019 22:56
  
  Several NBA players took to Twitter with reactions following reports that Kristaps Porzingis was traded by the New York Knicks to the Dallas Mavericks.The Knicks and Mavericks have scheduled a trade call with the league office to finalize Porzingis deal, sources tell @ramonashelburne.
  — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 31, 2019According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr. are also on their way out of New York as part of the trade with Dallas. In retur
  
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• 5 books readers won’t want to miss

  31-01-2019 22:56
  
  Golden Child by Claire Adam. (Photography by SCNG)
  “Golden Child” by Claire Adam is the most recent entry in Sarah Jessica Parker’s publishing imprint, SJP for Hogarth, which spotlights global voices. Set in rural Trinidad, it follows the different fates of twin sons Peter and Paul. When Paul goes walking one day and doesn’t return, the family is forced to make a difficult decision. Written in beautifully spare prose, the story will seize you by the heartstrings and linge
  
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• 20 charged in ‘birth tourism’ scheme that helped Chinese mothers have babies in Irvine

  31-01-2019 22:53
  
  By AMY TAXIN
  SANTA ANA — Twenty people have been charged in the largest-ever crackdown on businesses that help Chinese women travel to the United States to give birth to babies who automatically are American citizens, authorities said Thursday.
  Three people were arrested in Southern California on charges including conspiracy, visa fraud and money laundering. More than a dozen others have also been charged in cases stemming from three so-called birth tourism businesses, with many believed t
  
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• Senior Moments: Worrying about a grave error at the cemetery with mom’s headstone

  31-01-2019 22:38
  
  “Mom, I can’t find Granny,” Sara called out in a distressed voice across a field of graves.
  We had taken a spontaneous trip to the cemetery to have an unveiling of my mother’s headstone. The official ceremony, rooted in Jewish tradition, had been scheduled to take place three months ago, a year after her death.
  Only my beloved husband died that week and we ended up burying George instead of unveiling Mom’s marker, though it had already been placed in anticipati
  
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• Galaxy toil under Barros Schelotto as preseason games near

  31-01-2019 22:35
  
  After two weeks of intense two-a-day practices, the Galaxy and new coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto are getting close to game week and a chance to see all of the pieces to the puzzle on the field against an opponent.
  The Galaxy will face Vissel Kobe of Japan in a scrimmage Tuesday morning and then host Toronto FC on Feb. 9 in the club’s first official preseason game.
  “The hardest,” Galaxy midfielder Chris Pontius said when asked to compare the amount of fitness in this camp com
  
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• Good news for California’s water supply: Sierra Nevada snow pack jumps over past month

  31-01-2019 22:28
  
  Sometimes being average is really good news.
  California’s statewide Sierra Nevada snow pack was exactly 100 percent of its historical average on Thursday — precisely normal for this date, with roughly two months left in the winter snow season.
  While that might sound mediocre, it’s a big jump from a month ago. On Jan. 1, the snow pack was just 69 percent of its historical average. And a year ago on Jan. 31 it was only 18 percent of normal.
  How much snow falls every winter is cri
  
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• 11 theater productions to see in Southern California this week (Feb. 1-7)

  31-01-2019 22:28
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’
  After an accused railway station bomber “accidentally” falls out of a police station window, a man pushes for the truth.
  When: Through March 9.
  Where: The Actors’ Gang Theatre, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City.
  Tickets: $25-$50.
  Information:  310-838-4264, theactorsgang.com.
  ‘Antony and Cleopatra’
  A staged reading of Shakespeare’s tragedy featuring Joely Fisher, Harry Hamlin, Tony Amendo
  
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• Artistic Vision: Moving at a Snail’s Pace in ‘Geological Time’ by Eric Stoner

  31-01-2019 22:23
  
  Who: Eric Stoner is a visual artist who explores precision and creativity in differing mediums of professional photography and mixed-media collages.
  What: Stoner has dedicated the past 16 years to creating highly complex biographical works of mixed-media art outside of the public eye. Last summer he unveiled these works in his first major solo exhibition at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, a series of nine significant collage works that took 12 years to complete and were shown together for the first
  
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• At $769,880, this Irvine condo is pegged for a quick sale

  31-01-2019 22:02
  
  Despite sales dropping in Orange County, some homes are expected to fly off the market. We’re watching predictions by online brokerage Redfin, which uses an algorithm factoring in price, neighborhood and other variables to gauge if a home will snag a contract fast.Redfin has pegged the condo at 59 Sorenson in Irvine for a quick sale. How fast will it go? We’ll see.
  59 Sorenson (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Reily-Dixon)
  59 Sorenson (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Reily-Dixon)SoundThe galler
  
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• Southern California braces for mudslides, flooding as rainfall hits region

  31-01-2019 20:11
  
  Southern California agencies and residents were preparing themselves for possible mudslides and flooding as a series of powerful storms expected to dump up to two inches of rain in some areas made its way here.
  The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood advisory Thursday morning for portion of Los Angeles County as rain, and even thunder, pummeled some areas.FLASH FLOOD WATCH has been issued until 3pm for the 1st year burn scars – Woolsey, Hill, Stone, & South Fires due to
  
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• The Outlets at San Clemente will celebrate Lunar New Year with dragon dance, martial arts and more

  31-01-2019 20:04
  
  Celebrate the Year of the Pig at The Outlets at San Clemente’s fourth annual Lunar New Year Celebration, on Saturday, Feb. 2.
  Presented by the Irvine Chinese School, Marian Bergeson Elementary School’s Mandarin Immersion Program and the Three Treasures Cultural Arts Society, the free, family event will include a 30-foot dragon dance, interactive lion dances for kids, traditional Chinese songs, martial arts demonstrations and arts and crafts activities.
  Outlets at San Clemente will ho
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Do the new wood-fired ovens make a difference for the pizza at Naples Ristorante at Downtown Disney?

  31-01-2019 20:02
  
  Downtown Disney’s Naples Ristorante recently emerged from extensive renovations that saw not merely the installation of completely revamped decor but also a brand new kitchen. Most notably: brand new wood-fired ovens.
  Naples has always promoted itself as having authentic Neapolitan-style, wood-fired pizza, which was technically not entirely untrue. But neither was it entirely accurate. The pizzas blurred a line between Neapolitan and what could better be described as New York style thin-cr
  
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• Del Worsham, Shawn Langdon to team up for 2019 NHRA season

  31-01-2019 19:46
  
  A pair of Southern California drag racers, each of whom has won a world championship, will team when the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series opens its 2019 season next week at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona.
  Del Worsham, one of three drivers to win titles in Top Fuel dragster and Funny Car, will return to the pit area as co-crew chief for Shawn Langdon, a former Top Fuel champion.
  It’ll be a reunion of sorts for Worsham. He’ll partner with Team Kalitta’s Nick Boninfante, his crew
  
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• Yorba Linda man dies when plane crashes into Oceanside hillside

  31-01-2019 19:42
  
  A Yorba Linda man was killed this week when the small aircraft he was flying in crashed into a hillside in San Diego County.
  On the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 29, a passerby saw the downed plane on the side of a hill as fog cleared near the local airport, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.
  After the 911 call, paramedics and police found the damaged, single-engine Piper PA-28-151 Warrior at around 7:20 a.m.
  They also discovered Raymond Allen Petty Jr., 58, who was pr
  
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• Gardening: Growing pomegranates and pluots in California’s varied climates

  31-01-2019 19:36
  
  “I was visiting my parents in Modesto and we picked up some delicious pluots at a local fruit stand. Since my Santa Rosa plum has rarely bloomed or produced fruit, I was interested in replacing it with a pluot variety. Do you know if any specific pluots grow and produce fruit in my area? And do they need another tree as a pollinator? My yard currently produces Keishu mini mandarins, ruby Grapefruit, Manilla mango, Fuyu persimmons, Eureka lemon, navel oranges, and avocados. I occasionally c
  
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• Six Flags Magic Mountain is closed due to weather while Disneyland and Knott’s remain open

  31-01-2019 19:30
  
  If you had your heart set on a day of roller coasters and funnel cakes, you’re out of luck.
  Six Flags Magic Mountain posted a statement on its website and on Twitter that the Valencia amusement park is closed today “due to inclement weather,” while Knott’s Berry Farm, Universal Studios Hollywood and Disneyland Resort remain open.
  Those of you who aren’t season pass or membership holders and purchased tickets for today should hang onto them. Tickets wi
  
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• Willow the mystery dog, shockingly skin and bones, comes to Seal Beach Animal Care weighing half what she should

  31-01-2019 19:23
  
  A Belgian Malinois, found lying in a Cerritos park, came to Seal Beach Animal Care Center mid-January weighing 29 pounds – half what her weight should be. The four-year-old pure breed, named Willow by the shelter, is regaining strength. (Photo courtesy of Seal Beach Animal Care)
  A new resident at Seal Beach Animal Care is as mystifying as she is heartbreaking. The Belgian Malinois, found on a rainy January day at a park in Cerritos, arrived weighing 29 pounds – hal
  
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• Rams season in review: Stan Kroenke’s vision for success becomes a reality

  31-01-2019 19:16
  
  Three years after he relocated the Rams, two years after he hired the youngest coach in NFL history, owner Stan Kroenke stood in the middle of a celebratory locker room after his team won the NFC championship.
  Kroenke, resplendent in a navy-blue suit, hair never out of place, looked ready to party with his players.
  “You see them,” Kroenke said. “This team, really, when you look at it, why they’ve been successful is, you’ve got special players and they’re very
  
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• Villa Park-Canyon, Surf League playoff games in boys basketball tonight

  31-01-2019 18:59
  
  A look at tonight’s big games in Orange County boys basketball …
  Villa Park at Canyon: Canyon is in first place in the Crestview League with a 5-0 league record. Villa Park is second at 4-1. Canyon beat Villa Park in overtime 64-59 on Jan. 18. The student sections will provide an outstanding sideshow.
  Corona del Mar vs. Newport Harbor and Edison vs. Los Alamitos at Marina: The four-team Surf League finished the regular season with a four-way tie for first place. All four of those te
  
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• 224-person homeless shelter in Anaheim debuts Thursday

  31-01-2019 16:30
  
  Homeless people who sleep in the streets, parks and other outdoor spots around Anaheim will have a safer place to rest and find other services at a shelter the city is opening to accommodate up to 224 people.
  Shelter residents are expected to begin moving in Friday, Feb. 1, to the newly christened Anaheim Emergency Shelter that the Salvation Army Orange County has been contracted to operate near its Adult Rehabilitation Center on South Lewis Street.
  The living spaces include locked under the bed
  
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• With medical marijuana collectives disbanded, patients feel further left behind in newly legal marketplace

  31-01-2019 16:00
  
  The day Lonnie Painter dreaded for more than two years came and went this month, wiping out his long-time Laguna Woods marijuana enterprise.
  As of Jan. 9, all marijuana collectives in California had to either have all the necessary state and community licenses needed to operate as a cannabis retailer, or shut down. Because cannabis businesses aren’t allowed in Laguna Woods, the deadline meant the demise of Painter’s 10-year-old collective, the Laguna Woods Medical Cannabis Club.
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• Southern California desert protection closer to reality, as both houses of Congress weigh proposals to carve out land for off-roading, wilderness

  31-01-2019 16:00
  
  Republicans and Democrats disagree on a lot of issues, but protecting desert areas in Southern California doesn’t seem to be one of them.
  Legislation was introduced this month in both chambers of Congress, by members of both major parties, with the goal of protecting 716,000 acres of regional desert, adding a swath nearly as big as Rhode Island to regional land that’s already under protection. New protected zones would include off-highway vehicle recreation areas and wilderness, and
  
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• Newsom is a bigger threat than black socks with sandals to Huntington Beach

  31-01-2019 16:00
  
  Well, it didn’t take long for  Gov. Gavin Newsom to get involved in a courtroom tussle with a big red Republican city, as he used a new state law to sue the city of Huntington Beach over a lack of low-income housing, solidifying the mystifying belief that beachfront living is now a civil right for the economically downtrodden. #TanLinesMatter.
  In a statement, Newsom said, “Cities and counties are important partners in addressing this housing crisis, and many cities are taking He
  
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• Bubble Watch: Is Orange County losing jobs?

  31-01-2019 15:41
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Did Orange County enter 2019 as a job loser?
  Source: California Employment Development Department
  The trend
  New state job figures show Orange County bosses had 3,200 fewer employees in December than the end of 2017. If those figures are correct, it’s the first year-over-year job cuts since July 2010.
  This dip would mark the end of the post-Great Recession hiring spree. So let&
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Free Monarch Butterfly Day festival canceled

  31-01-2019 14:54
  
  Due to inclement weather OC Parks’ 10th Annual Monarch Butterfly Day at Mile Square Regional Park in Fountain Valley Feb. 2 has been canceled. It will be rescheduled for a later date yet to be determined.  For more information, call 714-973-6600 or go to www.ocparks.com.
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• 5 garden tips for this week, Feb. 2-8

  31-01-2019 14:51
  
  1. Stop and prune the roses
  Remember: rose leaves that make it through the winter get more diseases, and the diseases start earlier in the season then move to newer leaves and to other plants. So if you haven’t pruned your roses, do so this weekend. And be sure to remove all the old rose leaves in order to have healthier plants and prettier roses this spring and summer.
  2. Attend to the trees
  Thin out heavy growth on large trees – if they survived our recent winds. Don’t just b
  
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• ICE is force-feeding immigrant detainees on hunger strike

  31-01-2019 14:24
  
  By GARANCE BURKE AND MARTHA MENDOZA
  Federal immigration officials are force-feeding six immigrants through plastic nasal tubes during a hunger strike that’s gone on for a month inside a Texas detention facility, The Associated Press has learned.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 11 detainees at the El Paso Processing Center have been refusing food, some for more than 30 days. Detainees who reached the AP, along with a relative and an attorney representing hunger strikers, said
  
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• Los Alamitos beats Edison to be part of four-way tie for Surf League title

  31-01-2019 08:35
  
  LOS ALAMITOS – For the Los Alamitos boys basketball team, this week is all about survive and advance.
  With their back against the wall, the Griffins took control of their Surf League finale against Edison and produced a 60-45 victory Wednesday night at Los Alamitos High.
  With Newport Harbor’s 54-29 victory over Corona del Mar on Wednesday, all four teams in the Surf League finish tied for first and will share the league title.
  The Surf League will play tiebreaker games at Marina High
  
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• Three arrested on suspicion of killing man found after Anaheim ‘factory party’

  31-01-2019 08:29
  
  Three men suspected of killing a man in September last year in Anaheim were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday.
  Johnathan Rowe, Larry Douglass II, and Zachary Goemaat, all 19; were arrested on suspicion of killing Julio Cesar Munoz, according to the Anaheim Police Department.
  Zachery Goemaat, a 19-year-old Santa Ana resident, was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man in September 2018. (Photo courtesy of the Anaheim Police Department)
  Officials said the body of Munoz, 36, of Placentia, was
  
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• Noah Dickerson, Washington end USC’s 3-game win streak

  31-01-2019 07:31
  
  USC’s Bennie Boatwright, right, tries to muscle past Washington’s Noah Dickerson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  USC’s Nick Rakocevic (31) and Washington’s Noah Dickerson (15) reach for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUSC’s Bennie Boatwright,
  
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• Mater Dei overwhelms Orange Lutheran to win Trinity League boys basketball title

  31-01-2019 07:30
  
  SANTA ANA – It was a typical win for the 2018-19 Mater Dei boys basketball team.
  The Monarchs were defensively stout. Five players scored in double figures. Mistakes were few.
  It added up to a 78-55 win over Orange Lutheran in a Trinity League game Wednesday at Mater Dei. It was the final regular-season game for both teams.
  Mater Dei clinched at least a share of the league championship. The Monarchs, No. 1 in the Orange County top 25, finished the regular season 25-3 overall and 4-1 in lea
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Wednesday, Jan. 30

  31-01-2019 07:22
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  Wednesday’s basketball scoreboard
  No. 11 Trabuco Hills beat No. 18 Capistrano Valley 57-48 to win the outright South Coast League championship. The league championship was the second consecutive for the Mustangs and the third under head coach Sean Sullens. Kelvin Cabrera scored 23 points and made six 3-pointers for Trabuco Hills in the win. Trevor Hotmer had a double-double with 14 poi
  
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• Trabuco Hills knocks off Capistrano Valley in showdown for South Coast basketball title

  31-01-2019 06:47
  
  Trabuco Hills fans celebrate with Trabuco Hills’ Daniel Prendergast after Trabuco Hills defeated Capistrano Valley 57-48 to claim the South Coast League title in the game at Trabuco Hills High School on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 in Mission Viejo, Calif. (Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)
  Trabuco Hills’ Kelvin Cabrera cuts down the first piece of the net after Trabuco Hills defeated Capistrano Valley 57-48 to claim the South Coast League title in the game at Trabuco H
  
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• UCLA rides sizzling shooting to easy win at Washington State

  31-01-2019 06:41
  
  UCLA center Moses Brown, left, grabs a rebound in front of Washington State forward Isaiah Wade during the first half of Wednesday’s game in Pullman, Wash. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)
  Washington State forward CJ Elleby (2) dunks in front of UCLA guard Jaylen Hands during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Pullman, Wash., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUCLA guard Kris Wilkes (13) dunks during the second half of an NCAA colleg
  
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• Ahmad, Rowe help Cal State Fullerton hold off Northridge for 5th straight win

  31-01-2019 06:40
  
  Jackson Rowe #34 of the Cal State Fullerton Titans dunks past Ron Artest III #14 of the Cal State Northridge Matadors during their men’s basketball game in Titan Gym in Fullerton on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Kyle Allman Jr. #0 of the Cal State Fullerton Titans is fouled by Lamine Diane #35 of the Cal State Northridge Matadors during their men’s basketball game in Titan Gym in Fullerton on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. (Photo by
  
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• Orange Lutheran girls water polo sinks Mater Dei to create Trinity League logjam

  31-01-2019 06:31
  
  ORANGE – Orange Lutheran’s No. 2-ranked girls water polo team took care of its Trinity League business Wednesday night with a dominating final-round victory against Mater Dei but that still didn’t clear the Lancers’ postseason direction.
  The same could be said for the Monarchs and Santa Margarita, and a few interested contenders in CIF-SS Division 1.
  But Coach Steve Carrera’s Lancers controlled what they needed to Wednesday, defeating No. 6 Mater Dei 12-7 in front o
  
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• Fryer: La Habra-Sonora thriller might be basketball’s Game of the Year

  31-01-2019 04:14
  
  Taking a look around Orange County high school sports:
  • The La Habra-Sonora boys basketball game on Tuesday night, a 57-56 win for La Habra, had all the elements of “Game of the Year:” A gym that was full 90 minutes before tipoff, frequent lead changes and a huge comeback by La Habra in which the Highlanders scored 31 points in the fourth quarter. Sonora’s Jesse Stines made a 3-pointer with four seconds left to put Sonora ahead by two, and La Habra’s Cameron Dashiel
  
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• Long Beach hospital defends discharge of 84-year-old woman dumped at locked Alzheimer’s facility

  31-01-2019 04:06
  
  College Medical Center employees followed proper procedures last month when they discharged an 84-year-old woman with dementia, and then placed her in a cab that dropped her off at a locked Alzheimer’s treatment center in the middle of the night, hospital officials said Wednesday.
  “College Medical Center is committed to providing its patients with superior service and quality of care,” the Long Beach hospital said in a statement. “College Medical Center fully complies wit
  
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• Roger Goodell finally addresses controversial no-call in Rams’ NFC title-game victory

  31-01-2019 03:55
  
  ATLANTA – In the 10 days following a no-call in New Orleans that changed the course of the NFL postseason, lawsuits from fans have been filed, billboards have been erected deriding the injustice and a senator expressed his rage on the floor of the U.S. Senate. But until Wednesday, the NFL commissioner had yet to address the officiating failure publicly, even as questions continued to swirl long after the Rams had eliminated the Saints in the NFC championship game and moved onto the Super B
  
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• Former Centinela Valley board member who defended superintendent says she ‘felt used’

  31-01-2019 03:33
  
  A former Centinela Valley school board member who once defended ex-Superintendent Jose Fernandez against criticism of his exorbitant pay and benefits said Wednesday she now regrets it and feels she was “used.”
  Former Centinela Valley Union High School District superintendent Jose Fernandez listens during day 3 of the preliminary hearing in the corruption case against him in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January. 30, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
  Former Centinela V
  
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• Fryer: Predicting which teams will be selected for Open Division of boys, girls basketball playoffs

  31-01-2019 03:24
  
  The CIF-Southern Section on Friday, Feb. 1 will announce which teams have been selected for its elite Open Division in the boys and girls basketball playoffs.
  The Open Divisions are eight-team divisions. Committees of knowledgeable people selects the eight teams. You know they are knowledgeable committees if I’m not on them.
  For the first time the Open Divisions will be played with a pool-play format.
  Here is a prediction of which teams, in alphabetical order, will be selected:
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (1-30-19)

  31-01-2019 03:22
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  BOYS SOCCER
  WAVE LEAGUE
  Huntington Beach 2, Fountain Valley 1
  Goals: (HB) Pham, Francis. (FV) Nguyen
  Laguna Beach 6, Marina 0
  SURF LEAGUE
  Corona del Mar 1, Newport Harbor 1
  GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE
  Santiago 2, Los Amigos 1
  Goals: (San) Rodriguez 2
  Saves: Trejo (San) 1
  Loara 14, Rancho Alamitos 1
  605 LEAGUE
  Cerritos 1, Oxford Academy 1
  GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
  Godinez 2, Garden Grove 1
  Goals: (Gdz) Rosas, De
  
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• Fullerton Joint Union High School District will start using trained detection dogs randomly on campuses

  31-01-2019 03:05
  
  Fullerton Joint Union High School District officials hope a plan to randomly use trained detection dogs will further deter students from bringing drugs, firearms or other contraband to its campuses and activities.
  The district informed its parents and students of the policy in a letter released on Monday, Jan. 28. The school board unanimously approved the new effort on Jan. 8 and is expected to vote on a contract with Impact Canine Solutions in the next couple weeks.
  District Executive
  
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• What impact can Graham Harrell have on USC’s recruiting this late in the process?

  31-01-2019 02:47
  
  The hiring of Graham Harrell as USC’s next offensive coordinator should be a boost for Clay Helton, the Trojans’ embattled coach.
  Harrell, who held the same position at North Texas for the previous three seasons, will be tasked with overhauling an offense that scored its fewest points and amounted its fewest yards in a season since 2001.
  It was also a much-needed maneuver after the departure of Kliff Kingsbury, whose stint as offensive coordinator lasted only a month before he left t
  
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• Coming Southern California storms raise focus on need for less speed

  31-01-2019 02:46
  
  For  those of you (and there are many, admit it), who will drive in the upcoming rain storms as if the roads were as dry as desert highways, here’s an English lesson:
  Hydroplane (noun, good in rain) – A light, fast motorboat designed to skim over the surface of the water.
  Hydroplane (verb, bad in rain) – To lose traction and slide one’s vehicle uncontrollably on the wet surface of a road.
  Please, public safety officials beg, slow down to give yourself a chance to avo
  
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• Up Close: Jennifer Burns’ labor of love for Haiti

  31-01-2019 01:45
  
  The birth of Jennifer Burns’ first child, Dylan, transformed her not just into a mother, but into an activist for the welfare of mothers and babies. “I had an amazing childbirth educator who inspired me to give birth naturally. I had an almost out of body experience and decided I wanted to be around birth for the rest of my life, supporting women,” says the Newport Beach resident and mother of four, who holds a master’s degree in nursing and became a certified nurse midwi
  
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• Get free nachos on Super Bowl Sunday at Acapulco, Chevys Fresh Mex and El Torito

  31-01-2019 01:28
  
  Last week, Acapulco and El Torito restaurants offered Rams fans free nachos to celebrate the football team making it into the Super Bowl. Now the two Mexican chain restaurants, plus Chevys Fresh Mex, will continue the party by offering free nachos to guests from 3:30 p.m. to close on Sunday, Feb. 3.
  Tell your server “Go Rams” to receive warm chips topped with meat, melted cheese, refried beans, guajillo chile sauce, jalapenos, tomatoes, green onions and guacamole.
  For more informatio
  
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• Hoornstra: For two former major leaguers, retiring at age 30 beckoned in different ways

  31-01-2019 01:17
  
  Retirement can announce its presence in different ways. It might be a toddler waking from an afternoon nap. It might be a digitized Steinway piano dropping in on Bar 73 of a working track titled “changing my ways.” It might be the thwack of a golf club rippling down a fairway lined with gout-friendly condominiums, though probably not if you’re in your early thirties.
  For Rob Segedin and Lars Anderson, retirement means there’s still work to do.
  Segedin and Anderson were te
  
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• Along the Coast: Martin A. Brower’s Real Estate news

  31-01-2019 01:14
  
  SAMUELIS EXPAND OC REACH
  Billionaire Henry Samueli, one of the founders of the high-tech firm Broadcom and a local philanthropist, is about to become one of Orange County’s premier real estate developers.
  Along with his wife, Susan, the couple purchased the Ducks of the NHL in 2005, two years after taking over the management of Honda Center. Now, in a move to assure that the Ducks remain in Anaheim (at least until 2048); that the team retains the Anaheim Ducks name; and a better cut of the
  
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