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• ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett filed false report about racist attack on him, police say

  20-02-2019 23:52
  
  Chicago detectives suspect that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett filed a false police report when he said he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago late last month, a police official said Wednesday.
  Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi also said Wednesday that detectives and two brothers who were earlier deemed suspects in the Jan. 29 attack were testifying before a grand jury.
  Smollett’s attorneys, Todd Pugh and Victor P. Henderson, met with prosecutors
  
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• Julio Urias is healthy and ready to help the Dodgers

  20-02-2019 23:46
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Julio Urias is still only 22 years old.
  Signed five days after his 16th birthday, Urias seemed to be a teenage prodigy forever. He made his big-league debut at 19, the youngest starting pitcher to debut with the Dodgers since 1943.
  Precocious as he was, the road has been rocky since. Handled with care, his workload was closely monitored and he found himself shuttling between the big leagues and Triple-A, shut down entirely at times by the Dodgers. Despite their best
  
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• Orange County swimming schedule, Wednesday Feb. 20

  20-02-2019 23:36
  
  Orange County swimming schedule, Feb. 20
  Nonleague – Long Beach Wilson at Foothill, 3; St. John Bosco at El Dorado, 3; Mater Dei at Northwood, 3:15
  
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• Heard of beach bocce? Check out this tournament at Doheny Beach on Saturday

  20-02-2019 23:25
  
  The inaugural Orange County Beach Bocce Championships take place Saturday, Feb. 23, at Doheny State Beach, with all proceeds supporting Boys and Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley.
  Bocce, also known as Italian lawn bowling, is one of the oldest and most widely played games in the world. The tournament will involve two divisions: Open (for competitive players) and Recreational (for those just having fun). Registration begins at 8 a.m. with first toss at 9:30 a.m.
  Team tickets are $75 (two players)
  
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• Alcoholics may benefit from multimillion-dollar grant for opioid-blocking implant, says Anaheim company

  20-02-2019 23:19
  
  It’s a well-known and lethal problem: About 90 percent of recovering addicts relapse and use drugs such as heroin again.
  The overwhelming majority of these falls from grace occur within one month of successfully completing treatment, and the results can be deadly, according to several studies.
  BioCorRX, a small Anaheim company, believes it can help break this vicious cycle, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse is inclined to agree. The institute — part of the National Institutes
  
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• San Juan Capistrano eyes transferring its water utility to Santa Margarita Water District

  20-02-2019 23:18
  
  San Juan Capistrano is entering into an exclusive negotiation agreement with the Santa Margarita Water District to acquire the city’s water and sewer system.
  The council members said they liked the district’s work in developing alternative sources of water for the region, which relies heavily on imports. The vote was unanimous at the Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting.
  “In my gut, it feels right to try to conserve what we can locally and use what we can locally,” Councilman Troy Bo
  
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• Top California Republican Senate finisher enters 2020 House race against Rouda

  20-02-2019 21:29
  
  California’s top GOP vote-getter from last year’s U.S. Senate primary election will try to unseat freshman Democratic Rep. Harley Rouda in the 2020 election, becoming the first Republican to formally enter what’s likely to be a competitive and expensive contest.
  James Bradley, a Laguna Niguel businessman, declared candidacy this month for the 48th Congressional District. Bradley was a political unknown before he finished third in the state’s 35-candidate U.S. Senate prima
  
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• Want Samsung’s new folding phone? It will cost you $2,000

  20-02-2019 21:03
  
  By Michael Liedtke and Anick Jesdanun, The Associated Press
  Samsung unveiled a highly anticipated smartphone with a foldable screen in an attempt to break the innovative funk that has beset the smartphones market.
  The phone, announced Wednesday in San Francisco, will be called the Galaxy Fold and will sell for $1,980 when it is released April 26.
  In this Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, photo are a pair of the new Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphones during a product preview in San Francisco. At left is the S1
  
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• Analysis: Santa Margarita scores big with surprising Vieselmeyer hire but still in rally mode

  20-02-2019 20:54
  
  Santa Margarita made an announcement early Tuesday night that landed like one of those late-in-the-game trick plays for a much-needed touchdown.
  The Eagles pulled a respected name from Orange County football’s past back into the Trinity League fray by announcing Brent Vieselmeyer as its new football coach.
  Vieselmeyer certainly wasn’t on my radar. And I’m not the only one taken by surprise.Santa Margarita Catholic High School is excited to announce the hiring of our next H
  
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• Senior Moments: It was a concert to remember – for all the wrong reasons

  20-02-2019 20:40
  
  I don’t know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn’t this.
  It was an emotional evening for me, attending the symphony for the first time since my husband’s recent death. The Valentine concert had been our romantic tradition.
  “I made it,” I silently told George, as I slipped into my seat.
  Just before intermission, the man sitting in front of me, whose head had been slowly sinking into his jacket, turtle style, suddenly slumped to one side.
  For a terrible moment
  
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• Best thing I ate: What’s a great Italian restaurant doing serving a burger?

  20-02-2019 20:02
  
  I’m craving a wood-fired pizza and a bottle of aglianico wine, so I go to Brick in San Clemente (No. 7 on last year’s 75 Best Places to Eat). But as I’m looking at this Italian restaurant’s menu, I notice something odd: a burger.
  That’s new, I think. It’s also weird to see here.
  “What’s up with the burger?” I ask the waitress.
  “Oh,” she says with a laugh. “That’s the chef’s new baby. He’s planning to open a
  
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• What’s Angel Stadium worth? Anaheim is getting an appraisal done for negotiations with baseball team

  20-02-2019 19:50
  
  To advance a fresh round of negotiations with Angels baseball, Anaheim is hiring a real estate expert to determine the value of the 155-acre Angel Stadium property. It wants the the results within three months.
  The council voted Tuesday, Feb. 19, to spend up to $100,000 to have Pasadena-based Norris Realty Advisors value the property both with and without the stadium.
  “This is an important first step for the early stages of both the city and the Angels thinking about the long-term future o
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s prison sentence postponed for his shoulder surgery

  20-02-2019 19:47
  
  President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was granted a few more weeks of freedom Wednesday after his lawyer said he is still recovering from shoulder surgery and needs to prepare for congressional testimony.
  U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III approved the delay from March 6 to May 6 without comment after Cohen’s lawyer said physical therapy and anticipated testimony before three congressional committees made it hard for him to quickly get his affairs in or
  
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• Wine tasting event will benefit Camp Pendleton Marines and their families

  20-02-2019 19:46
  
  Mission Viejo Community Foundation/Marine Adoption Committee will hold a wine tasting social from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Norman Murray Community Center in Mission Viejo.
  For $25 participants can taste more than a dozen different wines from the San Clemente Wine Company with proceeds supporting programs for our Marines, sailors and their families at Camp Pendleton.
  Tickets can be purchased online at mvcommunityfoundation.org or at the Community Center.
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• Sparks add European star Alina Iagupova to their roster

  20-02-2019 19:19
  
  The L.A. Sparks will add a two-way threat from Europe to their arsenal ahead of the upcoming season, announcing Wednesday that they’ve signed 5-foot-11 guard Alina Iagupova, a 20-plus-point scorer in Euroleague play and teammate of Sparks guard Chelsea Gray on the Turkish Cukurova Mersin team.
  “I’m excited to sign Alina Iagupova,” Sparks Executive Vice President and General Manager Penny Toler said in a news release. “Alina has played at a high level overseas for se
  
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• Man charged with killing 11-year-old Linda O’Keefe in 1973 cold-case murder in Newport Beach

  20-02-2019 19:11
  
  A Colorado man has been charged with the 1973 abduction and killing of an 11-year-old Corona del Mar girl who was walking home from school, Orange County officials announced Wednesday morning, bringing a long-awaited arrest to a crime that shocked the Newport Beach community.
  Todd Spitzer, Orange County’s district attorney, said during a press conference that the suspect faces a special-circumstances murder charge, leaving open the possibility that prosecutors could seek the death penalty.
  
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• How did a pair of rare black swans get to Balboa Island?

  20-02-2019 18:00
  
  Officials at the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center are looking for a place to take two black swans recovered by Newport Beach Animal Control on Balboa Island.
  The rare birds, typically found in Australia and New Zealand, were discovered on Monday, Feb. 11, by a person walking a dog.
  A pair of rescued black swans recently found on Balboa Island are housed at the Wetland & Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Black swans are native to Australia and New Zeal
  
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• Oscars 2019: Before you bet on the Academy Awards, you might want to read this

  20-02-2019 17:55
  
  Here are my expert Oscar predictions. And my “expert” advice is:
  Don’t bet on anything this year!
  At least not in the Best Picture race. Yes, it’s been hard to predict that winner since the academy expanded the nomination count and introduced a preferential balloting system for the category about 10 years ago. But other factors make this one the biggest free-for-all Best Picture race of the decade.
  For one thing, all of the major Hollywood guilds have given their highest
  
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• Laguna Woods Theatre Guild to stage ‘Baby Boomer Blues,’ an original, coming-of-old-age play

  20-02-2019 17:35
  
  When Will Benjamin trades his Euro-lavish lifestyle for one in “The Woods” to see his mother-in-law through hip surgery, he’s faced with his ultimate fear — aging.
  It’s an inevitable byproduct of the human condition, yet a universal horror forgotten in moments of naive invincibility. Until we look in the mirror.
  The principal cast of“Baby Boomer Blues,” on stage at the Laguna Woods Performing Arts Center in Laguna Woods on Monday, February 4, 2019. The s
  
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• Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates

  20-02-2019 17:13
  
  By KATHLEEN RONAYNE | Associated Press
  SACRAMENTO — Disputes over President Donald Trump’s border wall and California’s bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and the nation’s most populous state.
  The Trump administration on Tuesday said it plans to cancel or claw back $3.5 billion in federal dollars allocated to California’s high-speed rail project, a move Gov. Gavin Newsom called “political retribution” for the state’
  
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• San Clemente’s 91st birthday bash Saturday includes kids fishing derby, family swim

  20-02-2019 17:03
  
  Celebrate San Clemente Day and the city’s 91st birthday with a free Fishing Derby for 6-13 year-olds on the San Clemente Pier, 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 23. The derby will be followed by free Recreation Swim for the family at the Ole Hanson Beach Club, 105 Avenida Pico, from noon to 4 p.m.
  Derby categories include biggest fish, smallest fish, most fish and most unusual fish. There will also be face painting, fishing crafts, mermaid visits and more. Participants will receive an eve
  
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• Homebuying in Anaheim, Orange, Villa Park falls 6% as countywide dip is biggest since 2007

  20-02-2019 17:00
  
  Homebuying in Anaheim, Orange and Villa Park fell 6 percent in a year with the steepest countywide drop in sales in 11 years.
  Last year saw the fewest Orange County homes sold since 2014 and the 8.6 percent drop in sales vs. 2017 was the largest year-over-year percentage decline since 2007. Key culprits in the slowdown include higher mortgage rates; economic uncertainty; not to mention that homeowners seeking a new residences couldn’t unload their old home.
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Forest Lawn wants to buy me lunch, but I said no thanks

  20-02-2019 16:28
  
  So, I got a postcard from Forest Lawn the other day in my mailbox inviting me to a free lunch to talk about my funeral.
  Now, if you know me, you’re aware this is completely ridiculous, because I’m actually only 17 years old and, furthermore, I never intend to die.
  And, even if I were to someday shuffle off this mortal coil, I wouldn’t want to talk about it over a lunch sponsored by a cemetery company. Now, let me say that I love Forest Lawn. I used to go to the original one in
  
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• Big rig fully engulfed in fire on 91 Freeway in Long Beach

  20-02-2019 16:27
  
  LONG BEACH — A big rig caught fire Wednesday morning on the eastbound 91 Freeway in Long Beach, prompting the closure of an off-ramp until further notice.
  About 4:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to the eastbound Artesia Freeway at the Cherry Avenue off-ramp and located the semi with its tractor brake line on fire, according to a CHP Incident Log.
  The big rig was loaded with produce and had pulled to the right side of the freeway, where it became fully engulfed in flames, t
  
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• Has Gavin Newsom become Governor Gaslight?

  20-02-2019 16:05
  
  “Gaslight” was a 1938 British play, set in the 1880s, about a man who manipulates his wife into believing she is going insane to suppress her suspicions about crimes he is committing.
  Two years later, it became a British movie and in 1944 an American version, starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman, was released. Two decades after that, “gaslighting” become the popular, and even scientific, term for attempts to manipulate others into believing something that isn’t
  
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• The ACA, the wall and how presidents try to spend money

  20-02-2019 16:00
  
  President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, and his assertion that he can build a wall using roughly $8 billion appropriated by Congress for military construction and drug interdiction, and from forfeitures, drew thunderous outrage from congressional Democrats and, of course, another lawsuit from the state of California.
  Some people may have forgotten about that other time the president asserted he could spend money appropriated by Congress for another pur
  
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• Exploding tire kills worker at John Wayne Airport

  20-02-2019 14:52
  
  SANTA ANA — One person was killed when a large tire being worked on exploded at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, officials said Wednesday.
  Two airport contractors were working on the four-foot tall jet bridge tire about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in a workshop near Gate Three when the tire exploded and caused traumatic injuries to one of the workers, said airport spokeswoman Deanne Thompson. A jet bridge is an enclosed, movable connector which extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane,
  
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• ‘Young and the Restless’ devotes entire episode to Nikki Newman on soap character’s 40th anniversary

  20-02-2019 14:32
  
  HOLLYWOOD — Wednesday’s entire episode of the CBS daytime drama “The Young and the Restless” will be devoted to Nikki Newman to mark the 40th anniversary of Melody Thomas Scott playing the character.
  The episode airing at 11:30 a.m. finds Newman in jail and facing an uncertain future, writing a letter to her grandchildren sharing with them the pivotal and emotional moments in her life, including her epic love story with Victor Newman (Eric Braeden).
  The episode will inclu
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Get two Del Taco fish tacos for $4

  20-02-2019 14:00
  
  Del Taco is offering two beer battered fish tacos for $4. Each taco features hand-cut Alaskan pollock coated in a beer batter, topped with shredded cabbage, sauce and pico de gallo, wrapped in two warm corn tortillas. No end date has been announced for the offer other than it will be good through Lenten Season (which ends April 18). Also returning to the menu during this time are jumbo shrimp tacos and burritos and the Epic surf and turf burrito. For more information and a location near you, go
  
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• Boys swimming, diving preview 2019: Top five teams, individuals watch

  20-02-2019 09:32
  
  BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING
  Top 5 Teams to Watch
  1. Aliso Niguel: Wolverines feature six swimmers with sectional qualifying times, led by Stanford-bound Sean Slusiewicz.
  2. Tesoro: Junior transfer Eddy Cho from New Jersey joins forces with another strong individual medley racer, UC Santa Barbara-bound Quinn Neamand.
  3. Santa Margarita: Eagles return 14  swimmers led by seniors Noah Brune and Kevin Tu.
  4. Mater Dei: Monarchs are counting on depth and unity to help them challenge Santa Margarita
  
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• Girls swimming, diving preview 2019: Top five teams, individuals to watch

  20-02-2019 09:28
  
  GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING
  Top 5 Teams to Watch
  1. Santa Margarita: Standout freshmen Lindsay Ervin and Isabelle Abrajan have joined the Eagles’ quest for a sixth consecutive CIF-SS Division 1 title.
  2. Tesoro: Last season’s Division 1 runner-up has added standout freshman distance freestyler Katie Crom.
  3. Mater Dei: Monarchs believe they could have their best team, led by UCLA-bound Stephanie Su.
  4. Foothill: Knights and Samantha Pearson jump to Division 1 but should make an impact.
  
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• Aliso Niguel’s boys swimming team hungry for more success after last year’s breakthrough

  20-02-2019 09:22
  
  Swimmers L-R, Jake Michelsen, Tanner Smith, Josh Cho, Toma Kondo, Nico Trichery and Sean Slusiewicz of the Aliso Niguel swim team Friday, Feb. 15, 2019.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  Tanner Smith of the Aliso Niguel swim team Friday, Feb. 15, 2019.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsToma Kondo of the Aliso Niguel swim team Friday, Feb. 15, 2019.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  Josh Cho of
  
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• California’s job growth to dip from more robust years, report says

  20-02-2019 09:01
  
  California’s economy is expected to add more than 300,000 jobs this year and in 2020, but that will fall well below some of the more robust growth years the state experienced over the last half-decade.
  California will add 322,700 jobs this year and 318,500 next year, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.’s 2019 Regional Forecast and Economic Outlook predicts. By contrast, the state added 424,200 jobs in 2014, 474,000 in 2015 and 427,100 the following year.
  
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• D.A., Newport Beach police to announce arrest in 1973 killing of 11-year-old Linda O’Keefe

  20-02-2019 07:17
  
  Newport Beach police investigators and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, Feb. 20 plan to announce an arrest in a 1973 cold case homicide and are expected to name a Colorado man as a suspect in the death of 11-year-old Linda O’Keefe.
  KRDO, a television station in Colorado Springs, Colo., reported on Tuesday, Feb. 19, a man had been arrested in Colorado’s El Paso County in a Newport Beach homicide from 1973.
  The Orange County Register confi
  
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• Brent Vieselmeyer, a former assistant coach at Orange Lutheran, named head coach of Santa Margarita football

  20-02-2019 06:11
  
  Santa Margarita High on Tuesday announced that Brent Vieselmeyer is the new head coach of its varsity football team.
  Vieselmeyer has coached at the high school, college and professional levels.
  He was an assistant coach at Orange Lutheran, where he was Jim Kunau’s defensive coordinator as the Lancers won CIF section and state championships in the 2000s. He also was head coach at Valor Christian High School in Colorado, which he led to four consecutive state championships.
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• See the photographs from the OC Register Photography Workshop

  20-02-2019 05:26
  
  First Place was awarded to Abhishek Vootukuru for his portrait of a model in Orange.
  Second Place went to Josh Tomsha for his photo of costumed dogs at Irvine Regional Park.
  Third Place went to Rick Barboza for his flag football photo at Santiago Middle School in Orange.
  Bailey Read received an Honorable Mention for a photo in Irvine Regional Park.
  Gisela Nyguist received an Honorable Mention for a photo of a peacock at Irvine Regional Park.
  Irvine Regional Park (Photo by Josh Tomsha)
  A model in
  
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• Poor free-throw shooting hampering USC men’s basketball team

  20-02-2019 05:17
  
  LOS ANGELES — The shooting performance at the foul line vexed USC basketball coach Andy Enfield.
  In the first half of an 89-66 rout of Cal last Saturday, the Trojans missed seven of their 10 free-throw attempts.
  That’s when Enfield thought back to his senior season as a guard at Division III Johns Hopkins. A prolific shooter, he set what was at the time the NCAA all-divisions record for his career free-throwing percentage, a mark of 92.5 percent. After a practice Tuesday afterno
  
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• Ducks, Ryan Miller blank Wild for 2nd consecutive victory

  20-02-2019 04:51
  
  The Ducks’ Hampus Lindholm, left, stops a wrap-around scoring attempt by the Minnesota Wild’s Jason Zucker during the second period of Tuesday’s game in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  Anaheim Ducks’ Jakob Silfverberg, left, of Sweden, squeezes out Minnesota Wild’s Greg Pateryn, right, in the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Feb.19, 2019, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAnaheim Ducks’ Jaycob Megna, cen
  
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• ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ cast member charged with DUI

  20-02-2019 04:21
  
  SANTA ANA — A “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member is facing DUI charges for allegedly driving under the influence, at nearly three times the legal limit, according to court records obtained Tuesday.
  Gina Kirschenheiter, 34, was charged Friday with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of .08, both misdemeanors, according to court records.
  Gina Kirschenheiter, Kelly Dodd and Tamra Judge seen during the reun
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (2-19-19)

  20-02-2019 04:11
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
  BASEBALL
  SOFTBALL
   
  BOYS TENNIS
  NONLEAGUE
  Bolsa Grande 15, Mission Viejo 3
   
  
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• Orange County baseball/softball highlights for Tuesday, Feb. 19

  20-02-2019 04:06
  
  Highlights and top performers from the Orange County baseball and softball games on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
  *Will be updated.
  BASEBALL
  Tuesday’s baseball scoreboard
  Loara Tournament
  Brock Razook allowed just one earned run in six innings and John Landry threw out a runner at the plate from right field to end the game as Canyon edged Bishop Amat 3-2 in a Loara Tournament game. Juston Kwart was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI and Ethan Schmidt also went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
  Austin Hallman’
  
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• David Singleton, Jules Bernard give UCLA promising pair of guards for future

  20-02-2019 03:57
  
  LOS ANGELES — David Singleton holds his hands in a heart shape over his eye, looking at Jules Bernard through the heart-shaped lens.
  “I’ll see you at home, man,” Singleton calls out as Bernard walks through the practice facility door smiling.
  The two local products went on their official visits to UCLA together, roomed together in a dorm during the summer and remain roommates in an off-campus apartment. They’re building toward becoming UCLA’s backcourt of the
  
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• OC artists and galleries represent at LA art fair

  20-02-2019 03:50
  
  Susan Spiritus Gallery is located off MacArthur Blvd., opposite John Wayne Airport on the Newport Beach/Irvine border. “I just say it’s Newport Beach because I’ve lived there for years,” says Spiritus with a throaty laugh.
  But on this day the gallery owner/photo dealer is neither in Irvine nor Newport Beach, but a county away, in Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport where on Feb. 1, Photo L.A. kicked off the annual February fortnight of Los Angeles art fairs.
  Ev
  
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• After spending his entire 32-year career with Garden Grove, Police Chief Todd Elgin will retire

  20-02-2019 03:30
  
  Garden Grove Police Chief Todd Elgin, who served his entire law enforcement career in the department, will retire after 32 years, the city announced Tuesday, Feb. 19. Elgin’s last day on the job is slated for April 20.
  Elgin, 54, began in 1987 as a Garden Grove police recruit.
  “My goal was always to be a police chief,” Elgin told the Orange County Register in 2014, soon after he was chosen for the position. “I thought if I do this, I’m going to go full til
  
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• Angels look to high-tech gadgets to get the most out of their pitchers

  20-02-2019 03:18
  
  Angels pitcher Jake Jewell throws to the plate during a spring training workout on Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz. The Angels are using the Edgertronic high-speed camera system to evaluate their pitchers. The cameras record pitchers in real time, with the ability to give highly detailed looks at the way they hold the ball, the way it comes off their fingers and the way it spins and moves toward the plate. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  The Angels are using Rapsodo tracking devices,
  
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• Union membership falls after Janus decision, but worker freedom has soared

  20-02-2019 03:14
  
  The ancient Roman religious official known as a haruspex would sort through the entrails of sacrificed animals to make predictions of coming events. Americans obviously don’t bother with such nonsense, but we do rifle through raw data to look for omens — and we also argue about its implications for the future. Take the latest numbers on union membership.
  Last month, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released its 2018 statistics showing a slight nationwide drop in union membershi
  
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• Orange County school board takes up Chino Valley Unified prayer case

  20-02-2019 03:12
  
  Last month, the Chino Valley Unified school board voted to let its long-running legal battle over prayer during public meetings lapse. Now, the Orange County Board of Education wants to take up the case.
  Chino Valley Unified has opened school board meetings with prayer since at least 2010, according to court filings. But board members would also read from the Bible mid-meeting and a board member once discussed the Bible for 12 minutes mid-meeting.
  In 2014, the Wisconsin-based Free
  
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• Los Angeles seeks to trample over the First Amendment with anti-NRA proposal

  20-02-2019 03:10
  
  The Los Angeles City Council misfired with its 14-0 vote last week to require all individuals or companies seeking city contracts “to disclose all contracts with or sponsorship of the National Rifle Association.”
  City Attorney Mike Feuer said the city is on “firm legal ground” with the ordinance, which follows two similar measures requiring prospective city contractors to disclose whether they have contracts to work on the border wall, and whether a company made any profi
  
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• Orange County deputies’ union takes a stand against transparency

  20-02-2019 03:03
  
  Across California, police unions have sought to block the release of law-enforcement records pertaining to uses-of-force and serious officer misconduct prior to Jan. 1, 2019.
  At issue is Senate Bill 1421, which was approved by the Legislature with bipartisan support last year and signed into law by then-Gov. Jerry Brown. The law gives the public access to records pertaining to police shootings and uses-of-force by officers resulting in death or great bodily injury.
  It also opens access to record
  
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• Lack of financial aid leaves students at Western State College of Law and Argosy University campuses scrambling

  20-02-2019 01:49
  
  There are students at Western State College of Law in Irvine who have not received their federal financial aid for weeks, leaving them unable to pay their living expenses, several said.
  “With each day it passes, you lose hope,” Sydney McGregor, a third-year student, said on Monday, Feb. 18. Her tuition has been paid, she said, but she has yet to receive this semester’s $16,400 loan for her living expenses. The semester started Jan. 14.
  Financial aid has been delayed a
  
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