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• Japanese women favored to continue Four Continents figure skating domination at Honda Center

  06-02-2019 23:54
  
  After coming home from a second straight Olympic Games without a medal in either the men’s or women’s competitions, a sense of promise and excitement has re-energized American figure skating this winter.
  World champion Nathan Chen, still just 19, won his third consecutive U.S. title last month with a performance so dominant that his overall score of 342.22 was 58 points more than runner-up Vincent Zhou and his free skate mark of 228.80 was higher than the total score for 14 of the 20
  
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• National Signing Day 2019: UCLA football recruiting class breakdown

  06-02-2019 23:51
  
  Here is UCLA’s 2019 recruiting class:
  Wednesday’s signees
  Noah Keeter, LB, F.W. Buchholz, Gainesville, Fla.
  At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, Keeter fits UCLA’s physical prototype for a long-term project at outside linebacker.
  Michael Martinez, TE, Mater Dei, Santa Ana
  UCLA’s second Mater Dei signee in this class and third in the past two years, the 6-foot-6 tight end “can do it all,” Chip Kelly said.
  Charles Njoku, WR, Wayne Hills High, Wayne, N.J.
  The younger brot
  
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• $35K grant has Newport Beach better prepared for an oil spill

  06-02-2019 23:51
  
  Newport Beach Lifeguards and Harbor Department personnel trained Jan. 31 on how to use new new oil spill equipment. (Courtesy of city of Newport Beach.)Equipment is stacked up inside Newport’s new oil spill trailer. (Courtesy of city of Newport Beach)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNewport Beach has received a new oil spill trailer thanks to a $35,000 grant from the state’s Fish and Wildlife Agency. (Courtesy of city of Newport Beach)Show Caption of Expand
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• Trial begins for Huntington Beach woman accused of lying under oath to protect boyfriend who sexually assaulted a teen

  06-02-2019 22:03
  
  Trial began Wednesday for a Huntington Beach woman accused of lying under oath in order to protect a boyfriend who slashed his own throat in open court when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenager.
  Cynthia Marie Dunaway-Erickson is facing felony charges of perjury and being an accessory after the fact after prosecutors allege she intentionally attempted to mislead investigators and jurors in the trial of Jeffrey Scott Jones.
  In a 2016 trial, Jones – a Huntington Beach residen
  
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• Marines and Japanese forces storm Camp Pendleton’s Red Beach in amphibious assault training

  06-02-2019 21:59
  
  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier with 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, patrols alongside a assault amphibious vehicles through urban operations during an amphibious landing exercise for Iron Fist 2019, Feb. 4, at Camp Pendleton. Exercise Iron Fist is an annual, multilateral training exercise where U.S. and Japanese service members train together and share techniques, tactics and procedures to improve their combined operational capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cutler
  
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• SportsNet LA, KTLA will simulcast 10 Dodgers games

  06-02-2019 21:24
  
  LOS ANGELES — As the Dodgers enter the sixth season of a television deal with limited distribution in Southern California, SportsNet LA and KTLA have reached agreement to simulcast at least 10 regular-season games.
  The 10 simulcasts were announced Wednesday:
  April 2 vs. the San Francisco Giants
  April 12 vs. the Milwaukee Brewers
  April 18 at Milwaukee
  April 24 at the Chicago Cubs
  April 27 vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates
  May 11 vs. the Washington Nationals
  May 27 vs. the New York Mets
  May 30 vs.
  
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• Photos: Clouds create dramatic skies

  06-02-2019 21:16
  
  Women slice through Dana Point Harbor in their outriggers on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Damon Michael, 3, plays on Doheny State Beach on a cloudy Tuesday, February 5, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Clouds hang over a dock in Dana Point Harbor where fishermen are undaunted by the rain on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Clouds are reflected in a puddle at Dana Point H
  
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• $400 Power Wheels Barbie Campers recalled because of faulty foot pedal

  06-02-2019 21:04
  
  Fisher-Price is voluntarily recalling about 44,000 Children’s Power Wheels Barbie Dream Campers because they can keep running after the foot pedal is released.
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission says Fisher-Price has received 17 complaints. No injuries have been reported.
  The model FRC29 battery-operated vehicles are hot pink with blue accents and have the Barbie logo printed on the back. They include a play kitchen, a fold-out grill and pretend campfire. They were sold exclusively by
  
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• National Signing Day in Orange County: Reader-submitted photos of signings, celebrations

  06-02-2019 21:03
  
  OCVarsity has a gallery of reader-submitted photos of the Orange County athletes from National Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Email your photos to [email protected].
  Crean Lutheran’s Ashley Hii (volleyball) is joined by teammates and friends as she signs with Kenyon College on Wednesday, Feb. 6. (Photo courtesy of Crean Lutheran High)
  Esperanza held a Signing Day ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 6 for seven of their athletes:Michael Franklyn (Cal State Northridge, volleyball), Noah Kanan
  
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• Clippers’ trade of Tobias Harris to 76ers becomes official as trade deadline nears

  06-02-2019 20:58
  
  With about 24 hours to go before the NBA’s trade deadline, the Clippers made it official Wednesday morning: They’ve inserted themselves, if they so desire, into the chase for Anthony Davis — or better positioned themselves for other top-tier free agents further down the road.
  Currently eighth in the Western Conference standings and within 2 ½ games of fifth place, the Clippers traded away leading scorer Tobias Harris, as well as Boban Marjanovic and Mike Scott, to the Ph
  
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• Tesla knocks $1,100 off price of the Model 3

  06-02-2019 20:57
  
  Tesla is cutting $1,100 from the base price of its car designed for the mass market, the Model 3.
  The electric car company now says on its website that the car starts at $42,900, still a ways from its goal of lowering the base price to $35,000.
  Tesla cut 7 percent of its workforce last month to trim costs and reduce the price of the car. CEO Elon Musk says the Model 3 must be competitive with gasoline-fueled cars for the company to succeed.
  For $42,900 buyers will get a rear-wheel-drive Model 3
  
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• Financial watchdog proposes rollback of payday lending rules

  06-02-2019 20:44
  
  By Ken Sweet, The Associated Press
  The nation’s federal financial watchdog said Wednesday that it plans to roll back most of its consumer protections governing payday lenders.
  The move is a major win for the payday lending industry, which argued the government’s regulations could kill off a large chunk of its business. It’s also a big loss for consumer groups, who say payday lenders exploit the poor and disadvantaged.
  The nation’s federal financial watchdog has announced
  
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• Who doesn’t love photos of snow-capped mountains? These 12 pictures show the beauty after the storm

  06-02-2019 20:40
  
  This week’s storms not only brought rain to the region, but dropped a bunch of snow onto the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains.
  And that made for some majestic pictures, shot from Orange County, as well as Riverside and San Bernardino counties:
  The snow-capped mountains are seen from the Huntington Beach pier in Huntington Beach, CA on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Recent rain and snow provided a scenic backdrop of the San Gabrie
  
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• Opinion split on proposed 260-condo urban village planned for Newport’s Koll Center

  06-02-2019 18:01
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Residents appear split in their opinion of a high-rise urban project planned for an office park near John Wayne Airport.
  Complete details of the project — known as the Koll Center Residences — were revealed for the first time during a public workshop held by the Planning Commission on Jan. 28. The meeting was the first of several and follows an abbreviated first view nearly a year ago.
  “It was delayed last year because four of the seven planning commi
  
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• Eva Kilgore: Heart-shaped pizza and other romantic ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day

  06-02-2019 18:00
  
  Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are some suggestions for how to celebrate.
  Hank’s West Pizza
  Here’s something fun … why not surprise your Valentine with a pizza made in the shape of a heart? At Hank’s West Pizza in Huntington Beach, all you have to do is pick out your favorite toppings, and wait for that bubbly romantic treat to come out of the oven.
  Pasta, sandwiches, salads and appetizers are also on the menu at this small spot.
  Hank’s West Pizza is at 16395 Be
  
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• Congressional antagonism toward Big Tech threatens America’s global dominance

  06-02-2019 18:00
  
  Last year was a rough one for Big Tech—Congress spent 2018 raking companies like Twitter and Facebook over the coals on topics like political bias and data privacy. Just last month, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to grill him over the same things, as well as Google’s ambitions in China. But the hearing only continued to reveal the troubling level of technical illiteracy in Congress. Lawmakers, asking humorously basic questions about things
  
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• National Signing Day 2019: USC flips CB Adonis Otey from Arkansas

  06-02-2019 17:59
  
  USC flipped longtime Arkansas commit Adonis Otey, a three-star cornerback from Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Wednesday morning.
  Otey signed a letter of intent with the Trojans in a ceremony at his high school, he confirmed in a tweet.
  He had been committed to Arkansas since August.RESPECT MY DECISION OR JACK ABOUT ITpic.twitter.com/l20Rhh4D45
  — Adonis Otey CLAMPCREW (@d1dizzle) February 6, 2019Listed at 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds by recruiting services, Otey will arrive on campus with a chance to
  
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• Bubble Watch: Orange County home, auto sales both decline for first time since 2008

  06-02-2019 17:41
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Orange County sales of homes and new vehicles both fell in 2018, the first time they’ve declined in tandem since the Great Recession was brewing a decade ago.
  Source:  CoreLogic, Orange County Auto Dealers Association.
  Trend reported: Orange County homes sales fell 8 percent in 2018. Vehicle sales were down 2 percent. Last time these widely watched, big-dollar purcha
  
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• Disneyland’s new ‘Mickey’s Mix Magic’ light projection show reflects a trend in entertainment

  06-02-2019 17:40
  
  Projection light streams from a tower near It’s a Small World as visitors at Disneyland watch the new Mickey’s Mix Magic show at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Jan 25, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The new Mickey’s Mix Magic show is projected on It’s a Small World at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Jan 25, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe new Mickey’s Mix M
  
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• National Signing Day 2019: USC lands WR Kyle Ford from Orange Lutheran

  06-02-2019 17:34
  
  USC began national signing day on Wednesday morning by holding on to its best remaining recruit.
  The school announced Kyle Ford, the wide receiver from Orange Lutheran High, had signed a letter of intent.
  Ford is considered a four-star prospect, according to the composite rankings used by 247Sports, as well as the top-rated signee for the Trojans in their recruiting class.Welcome to the #TrojanFamily, @Ford_Kyle6! The 5-star receiver is a playmaker of the highest caliber.#FightOn | #NSD pic.twit
  
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• Irvine builder selling $459,900 townhomes in Baldwin Park

  06-02-2019 17:30
  
  Brandywine Homes is building Palmera, a 23 townhome community in Baldwin Park. Prices range from $459,990 to $509,990. The townhomes include two to four bedrooms, two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half baths and range from 1,242 to 1,737 square feet. Address: 14799 W. Badillo St. (Courtesy of Brandywine Homes)
  An Irvine-based builder is bringing 23 townhomes to Baldwin Park with prices starting at $459,900.
  Brandywine Homes has begun selling Palmera, built on 1.5 acres at 14799 W. Badillo St.
  
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• 3 things to do at Southern California casinos this week (Feb. 8 – 14)

  06-02-2019 17:11
  
  Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa
  If you’ve always wanted to see the muscled Aussie men of Thunder from Down Under but have not wanted to make the journey all the way to Las Vegas to see them, here’s your chance.
  They’ll be bringing “seductive dance routines, cheeky humor and boy-next-door charm” to The Show on Feb. 9, according to Agua Caliente’s website. They will even bring some ladies from the audience on stage with them to join in the fun.
  8 p.m. Satur
  
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• Light snow, hail hits portions of Inland Empire, with cool weather everywhere

  06-02-2019 16:33
  
  The cameras were out and recording in several Inland Empire cities late Tuesday night when a cold-weather system brought snow flurries and hail to areas not accustomed to seeing such wintery weather.People posted photos and videos of light snow and heavy hail, too, falling in Yucaipa, Beaumont, Calimesa the High Desert and Redlands.Tuesday’s cold low-pressure system moved into the region from the north, according to National Weather Service. However, at the lower elevations, most of the sn
  
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• Trump to meet North Korean leader Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam

  06-02-2019 14:42
  
  By DEB RIECHMANN
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear weapons.
  Trump has said his outreach to Kim and their first meeting last June in Singapore opened a path to peace. But there is not yet a concrete plan for how denuclearization could be implemented.
  Denuclearizing North Korea is something that has eluded the U.S. for more than two decades, si
  
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• Fire at Garden Grove Buddhist temple causes $450,000 in damage

  06-02-2019 14:30
  
  GARDEN GROVE — Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm fire in a Buddhist temple in Garden Grove early Wednesday morning, but not before the blaze caused nearly a half-million dollars in damage.
  Firefighters responded about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday to the 12200 block of Magnolia Street and found flames coming from the Chua Viet Nam temple, according to Capt. Thahn Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department.
  It took 32 firefighters 32 minutes to get the fire under control, Nguyen said.
  Damage was e
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Save on Pageant of the Masters tickets

  06-02-2019 14:10
  
  The Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach will present the production “The Time Machine”  July 7-Aug. 31 and is offering 20 percent off tickets purchased by Feb. 14. The show features live people posing to look exactly like iconic artworks. Advance tickets are $15-$230 and include a season pass to the Festival of Arts Fine Art Show July 5-Aug. 31. Use the promotional code VAL20 when ordering. The event is at the Irvine Bowl at the Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Road. Call
  
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• Signing Day 2019: Live coverage of Orange County area high school athletes signing their college letters of intent

  06-02-2019 14:00
  
  Follow along for live updates of Southern California high school athletes sign their national letters of intent on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.
  Viewing on a mobile device? Follow all the updates here. UCLA live updates | USC live updates | Spotlight on Kyle Ford
   
  
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• National Signing Day 2019: USC football live updates

  06-02-2019 14:00
  
  Live updates on Wednesday, Feb. 6 as the USC football team finalizes its recruiting class on National Signing Day.
  Trouble viewing on your mobile device? See full stream. USC preview | UCLA live updates | Southern California high school updates
   
  
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• National Signing Day 2019: UCLA football live updates

  06-02-2019 14:00
  
  Live updates on Wednesday, Feb. 6 as the UCLA football team finalizes its recruiting class on National Signing Day.
  Trouble viewing on your mobile device? See full stream. UCLA signing day preview | USC live updates | SoCal high school live updates
   
  
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• Trump calls for bipartisanship, draws a hard line on immigration

  06-02-2019 12:14
  
  By JULIE PACE and CATHERINE LUCEY
  WASHINGTON — Face to face with emboldened Democrats, President Donald Trump called on Washington to cast aside “revenge, resistance and retribution” and end “ridiculous partisan investigations” in a State of the Union address delivered at a vulnerable moment for his presidency.
  Trump appealed Tuesday night for bipartisanship but refused to yield on the hard-line immigration policies that have infuriated Democrats and forced the rece
  
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• Clippers agree to trade Tobias Harris to 76ers, acquire two 1st-round picks in 6-player deal

  06-02-2019 09:38
  
  The surprising Clippers, who are in eighth place in the Western Conference, on Tuesday night agreed to trade leading scorer Tobias Harris to the Philadelphia 76ers in a blockbuster deal, according to a league source.
  The Clippers will deal Harris, who made a game-winning shot to cap a comeback win in Charlotte just a few hours before the trade, center Boban Marjanovic and forward Mike Scott to Philadephia in exchange for forwards Wilson Chandler and Mike Muscala, rookie guard Landry Shamet, two
  
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• Suspect in Santa Ana shoplifting incident charged with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon

  06-02-2019 09:09
  
  SANTA ANA — A convicted thief was behind bars Tuesday on charges of a swinging a knife at security guards who confronted the suspected shoplifter outside a Santa Ana department store.
  Ryan Quintin Hancock, 43, of Orange, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 4, on suspicion of brandishing a knife at employees during a robbery at the Macy’s department store inside the MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy of the Santa Ana Police Department)
  Ryan Quintin Hancock, 43
  
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• Man gets two years in jail for breaking into Anaheim bank branch on a holiday afternoon

  06-02-2019 09:05
  
  FULLERTON — A 29-year-old transient pleaded guilty Tuesday to breaking into a Bank of America branch in Anaheim last month and was immediately sentenced to two years in jail.
  Luis Fernando Bautista was arrested by Anaheim Police on suspicion of breaking into and attempting to burglarize the Bank of America branch at 1818 S. Euclid St. on Monday, Jan. 21. He was spotted inside the bank, which was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by an employee who was monitoring a remote live feed of
  
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• Mater Dei running back Shakobe Harper commits to Cal Poly SLO

  06-02-2019 08:55
  
  Mater Dei running back Skakobe Harper, a key part of back-to-back national championship teams, has committed to Cal Poly SLO, the senior announced Tuesday night.C O M M I T T E D.pic.twitter.com/Qfc5e41P96
  — Wavy Kobe• (@shakobe_) February 6, 2019Harper (5-7, 185) could sign his national letter of intent Wednesday, Feb. 6 o National Signing Day.
  This past season, he rushed for almost 1,300 yards and 20 TDs to help Mater Dei win CIF-SS Division 1, CIF State Open Division and national t
  
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• Man charged with threatening Century High School in Santa Ana

  06-02-2019 08:34
  
  SANTA ANA — A 20-year-old convicted stalker was charged Tuesday with making threats against Century High School as well as a woman he met while both were students at the Santa Ana campus and subsequently rejected his romantic advances.
  Kevin Cacho pleaded not guilty to one count each of making criminal threats and violating a domestic violence order with a prior conviction for domestic violence, both felonies, and was ordered to return to court Feb. 14 for a pretrial hearing in the Central
  
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• Santa Ana Unified employee arrested on suspicion of offering marijuana to minors

  06-02-2019 07:00
  
  Police arrested an employee of the Santa Ana Unified School District on Tuesday, Feb. 5, on allegations he asked two minors to enter his truck in exchange for marijuana in Garden Grove.
  A man driving a white Ford Explorer on Friday, Jan. 25, allegedly approached two 14-year-old girls near the intersection of Fairview Street and Trask Avenue at about 1:15 p.m., according to the Garden Grove Police Department. It said the motorist offered them drugs and tried to convince them to get in his vehicle
  
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• Tuesday’s CIF girls water polo playoff scores (updated)

  06-02-2019 06:44
  
  Tuesday’s CIF girls water polo scores
  Wild card round
  Division 3
  Brea Olinda 14, Villa Park 5
  Notre Dame/SO 16, Rio Mesa 8
  Esperanza 10, Long Beach Poly 4
  Redondo 21, Temple City 12
  La Serna 10, Canyon 8
  Palos Verdes 18, Crescenta Valley 6
  St. Lucy’s 14, Temescal Canyon 10
  Related Articles National Signing Day is Wednesday, Feb. 6: Send the Register your athlete’s information Two undefeated girls soccer powers – JSerra and Los Alamitos – ready for playoff battles ov
  
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• National Signing Day is Wednesday, Feb. 6: Send the Register your athlete’s information

  06-02-2019 06:43
  
  The Register will have coverage of the news and events from National Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
  It is the annual day when many athletes sign a binding letter of intent with a college. It’s also a day when many schools hold events to celebrate the athletes earning a college scholarship.
  If you or your school has news about a signing Wednesday, please let the Register know about it.
  Follow the instructions below.
  ATHLETE INFORMATION
  The Register will publish online a list of the Orang
  
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• Reports: Lakers set to acquire Reggie Bullock in trade with Pistons

  06-02-2019 06:12
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Whether it’s the first domino to fall or merely a singular stroke of a team trying to make the playoffs remains to be seen.
  But the Lakers have made their first in-season trade. And it isn’t the one that has had most of the NBA holding its collective breath.
  Multiple media reports indicated that the Lakers have agreed to send rookie Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and a second-round draft pick to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Reggie Bullock, a 27-year-old guard
  
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• Southern California Congress members react to Trump’s State of the Union

  06-02-2019 05:30
  
  For 89 minutes Tuesday night, President Donald Trump used his second State of the Union Address to push for a border wall, credit his policies for the nation’s job growth, praise his tariffs against China, advocate for a ban on late-term abortions, highlight his administration’s successes in criminal justice reform, and complain about investigations into his own administration and political circles.
  Many from his party loved it, but Southern California’s congressional Democrats
  
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• Dreamer at CSUF says State of the Union speech sounded familiar — and painful

  06-02-2019 05:26
  
  President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday struck some familiar tones for DACA recipient Martha Zavala Perez, who heads a center for undocumented students at Cal State Fullerton.
  She’d heard some of it before, in person.
  Zavala Perez, 27, was a legislator’s guest in the Congressional gallery two years ago, when the president gave his first speech to Congress, extolled “a new national pride” and said a border wall would soon be under construction.
  Ti
  
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• Two undefeated girls soccer powers – JSerra and Los Alamitos – ready for playoff battles over CIF-SS Division 1 crown

  06-02-2019 05:09
  
  Los Alamitos’ Colby Barnett. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
  Los Alamitos’ Jayden Newkirk. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Alamitos’ Reezyn Turk. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
  Los Alamitos’ Tabitha LaParl. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
  Los Alamitos’ Madison Reid. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
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• USC men’s basketball to begin second half of Pac-12 play with few chances to make NCAA Tournament case

  06-02-2019 04:59
  
  LOS ANGELES — Nonconference games came and went in December without USC’s basketball team picking up any of the wins needed to build an NCAA Tournament résumé.
  The Trojans feel the effects now.
  Despite being tied for second place in the Pac-12 at the midway point of conference play, with wins in four of their previous five games, the Trojans, at 13-9 overall and 6-3 in conference, have little case for an at-large berth in the 68-team Big Dance.
  Of the 102 bracket projec
  
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• The newest display in the Museum of Government Deceit

  06-02-2019 03:54
  
  If California ever built a Museum of Government Deceit, it could never be big enough to house the entire collection. The exhibits would have to rotate in and out from a warehouse somewhere, probably in Texas, where there’s enough room for it.
  But certainly one of the prized items on display would be this perfect specimen from Los Angeles Unified School District board President Mónica García, uttered one day after the LAUSD board voted 5-1 to approve a resolution asking state
  
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• St. Anthony sees a promising future after loss to Sage Hill in boys soccer playoffs

  06-02-2019 03:51
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A young St. Anthony boys soccer team got a taste of the playoffs on Tuesday night in a Division 6 wild-card game at Sage Hill.
  But, a taste is all the Saints will get this year.
  St. Anthony fell to Sage Hill 4-1 on Tuesday, ending the Saints’ season at 13-8-4. The Lightning (6-6) advance to face Cerritos Valley Christian on Thursday.
  The Saints were down a handful of starters in the game, but first-year head coach Matt Dold was happy with his team’s overall effo
  
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• One year, some change: Where Orange County is still falling short

  06-02-2019 03:47
  
  It was one year ago that Orange County was thrust into state and national headlines for our spiraling visible homelessness crisis. The clearing of the riverbed in Anaheim sparked mixed emotions from residents and local leaders who were distraught over the scene along Interstate 5, but unable to agree what, if anything, should be done with the people living there. This lack of a plan landed the County of Orange, and eventually all 34 of its cities, in federal court under the capable, though somew
  
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• Man killed in Aliso Viejo hit-and-run remembered as doting father, talented engineer

  06-02-2019 03:44
  
  Loved ones gathered in remembrance of a husband, father and engineer who was killed at the age of 51 in an Aliso Viejo hit-and-run crash on Jan. 30.
  About 100 friends and relatives of Michael David Tomlinson came together Monday evening for a candlelight vigil at the intersection Wood Canyon and Westridge Drives. That’s where the systems engineer for Broadcom Inc. and 20-year resident of Aliso Viejo had been riding his bike when he was fatally struck by a vehicle days earlier.
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• For $6 million, you can live in Gov. Newsom’s house. (No, his other house)

  06-02-2019 03:40
  
  Within 4,014 square feet are walls of glass, oak floors, and an office with an uncommon perk: a dry sauna. Click through the slideshow to see more. (Photo by Matt McCourtney)
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• Lackluster Lakers blown out by Pacers, drop to .500 as trade deadline draws near

  06-02-2019 03:31
  
  Pacers center Myles Turner, left, defends Lakers center Ivica Zubac during the first half of Tuesday’s game in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
  Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo (9) shoots over Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) shoots over Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (33) du
  
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• Early mental health care key for the state

  06-02-2019 03:27
  
  Even as people of different political stripes begin to agree more and more on criminal-justice issues — including overly long sentences and the possibility of rehabilitation — they agree most on the clearest fact about our jails and prisons: Too many inmates are there for the non-crime of being mentally ill.
  Long ago, for what seemed the good reason of not allowing society to wrongly confine too many mere misfits or eccentrics, California’s mental hospitals were de-emphasized.
  
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