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• Former prosecutor, suspended by state bar for misconduct, is no longer employed by Orange County DA’s Office

  01-03-2019 23:55
  A former prosecutor found to have improperly withheld evidence for a 2013 child-abuse trial is no longer with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, officials said.
  Sandra Nassar – who in early February began a six-month California State Bar suspension from practicing law – is no longer a county employee as of Feb. 22, according to Melanie Eustice, the DA’s chief of administration and public affairs.
  The DA’s Office could not comment further on Nassar’s
  
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• Jessie’s Critter Carousel slated to open in April at the Disneyland Resort

  01-03-2019 23:54
  
  There’s a new carousel in town, and it’s about to open. It’s been a year since the popular King Triton’s Carousel was shut down at Disney California Adventure, in order to be remodeled into a new one themed after the “Toy Story” movie series.
  Now, Disneyland Resort official say it’s slated to open in April as Jessie’s Critter Carousel, where visitors can ride a rattlesnake, a skunk, a raccoon and other gnarly creatures.
  Model of the larger-than-lif
  
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• Dianne Feinstein, the Green New Deal, and the importance of having adults in the room

  01-03-2019 23:49
  
  Californians and other Americans increasingly agree that too many politicians are often worryingly out of touch.
  Especially on issues like technology, the old guard can struggle just to grasp the onrushing reality, no matter how wise or well-meaning. Nevertheless, frustration with established officials should not prompt us to overreact in the other direction and put activist children on a pedestal.
  The risk of that mistake was put on clear display in the recent controversy surrounding Sen. Diann
  
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• California’s war on plastic is just costly theater

  01-03-2019 23:45
  
  California’s feel-good war on inexpensive, useful and convenient products continues.
  State lawmakers have already passed legislation to restrict the availability of plastic grocery bags and plastic straws, and now two companion bills have been introduced by state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, that would require complex and ever-tightening state regulations over all single-use plastics.
  SB54 and AB1080 would require single-use packaging and
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball thrives on strong connection during late-season run

  01-03-2019 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES >> Murry Bartow’s blue and yellow tie flapped wildly as the coach pumped his fist and flailed his arms on the sideline. Kris Wilkes flexed his muscles to the crowd after fighting through the lane for contested layups. Jules Bernard beat his chest after scoring through contact and Jaylen Hands skipped across the court like a child on a playground when his long 3-pointers splashed through the net.
  Everyone in blue and gold filled a different role in UCLA’s overtime vi
  
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• Whicker: Harper’s big deal is a record made to be shattered by Mike Trout

  01-03-2019 23:09
  
  Imagine what a great outfielder is worth. In two years, we won’t have to.
  Bryce Harper signed a 13-year deal, worth $330 million, with the Phillies on Thursday. In 1980, a disgusted Ruly Carpenter sold the Phillies after he read that Claudell Washington had signed a 4-year, $3.2 million contract with Atlanta. Yes, the decimal point is in the right place.
  Carpenter declared baseball had just booked an aisle seat on a hellbound handbasket.
  By Friday the Phillies had sold 100,000 tickets. Eve
  
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• Chaos erupts, 2 arrested at Texas execution

  01-03-2019 23:07
  
  By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Chaos erupted outside Texas’ death chamber when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words.
  Billie Wayne Coble, a Vietnam War veteran who killed his estranged wife’s parents and brother and threatened to do the same to her in 1989, told five witnesses that he selected to attend his Thursday night execution that he loved them.
  
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• Ducks sign Jakob Silfverberg to 5-year, $26.25-million contract extension

  01-03-2019 23:02
  
  ANAHEIM — Jakob Silfverberg signed his five-year, $26.25-million contract extension Friday, a move that ties him to the Ducks through the 2023-24 season and keeps him off the open market when the NHL’s free-agency signing period begins July 1.
  Silfverberg, a right wing, could have waited and become an unrestricted free agent and signed at season’s end with any of the league’s 31 teams, including the Ducks. He didn’t because he said he’s grown up in the organiz
  
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• Glenn Martinez, longtime coach and CIF-SS assistant commissioner, dies at 63

  01-03-2019 22:31
  
  Glenn Martinez, a shining light in athletics and education for many decades in the San Gabriel Valley, and the CIF Southern Section assistant commissioner since 2011, died Friday of cancer at age 63.
  Martinez was an athletic director, baseball coach and assistant football coach at Bishop Amat and later became an assistant principal and coach at Charter Oak High before moving on to the CIF-SS.
  CIF Assistant Commissioner Glenn Martinez has passed way after a battle with cancer. Monrovia’s Ku
  
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• Garden Grove man convicted of murder for unprovoked killing of a stranger

  01-03-2019 22:29
  
  SANTA ANA – A Garden Grove man who stabbed a stranger to death during a sudden, unprovoked attack was convicted Friday of murder.
  A Santa Ana jury deliberated for about a day before finding Troy David Son, 23, guilty of first-degree murder for the 2015 killing of 19-year-old Bryan Ortega.
  The two men didn’t know each other, didn’t exchange any words prior to the attack, and didn’t have any friends in common.
  Ortega, a Santa Ana College student, was riding his bike to a fr
  
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• Want a Star Wars: Galaxy Edge lightsaber from Disneyland? Be prepared to pay

  01-03-2019 20:53
  
  Young padawans better start saving their allowance and babysitting money now if they want to buy one of the authentic lightsabers sold in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge when the new themed land opens this summer at Disneyland.
  The realistic-looking lightsabers will set them back $158. That’s a lot of lawn mowing money. And Disney won’t take galactic credits. Only credit cards or cold hard cash.
  The price of the the hilt, or handle, will be around $109 while the cost of the blade will
  
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• Katherine Helmond, star of ‘Soap’ and ‘Who’s the Boss?’ dies at 89

  01-03-2019 20:47
  
  LOS ANGELES — Actress Katherine Helmond, best known for her Emmy-nominated work as Jessica Tate on the ABC sitcom “Soap” and as Mona Robinson on “Who’s the Boss?” has died in Los Angeles at age 89, her talent agency announced Friday.
  In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, APA said Helmond died Feb. 23 at her Los Angeles home due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
  Helmond received four best-actress Emmy nominations for her work on “Soap,&
  
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• California ranks 14th for quality of life, lowest since 2013

  01-03-2019 20:47
  
  California’s quality of life continues to get above-average grades in one annual ranking.
  The Gallup polling firm’s annual “Well-Being Index” uses its continual surveys of American attitudes to score each state on livability factors — career opportunities, social fabric, financial strength, community values and physical health.
  This year, California scored 14th, squeezed between Massachusetts and Oregon. That’s the same rank as 2017 — down from No. 13 in
  
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• Angels’ Mike Trout believes spring training is no time for contract negotiations

  01-03-2019 20:46
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. >> If the Angels are able to negotiate a contract extension with star center fielder Mike Trout, it appears unlikely to happen during spring training – this year or next year.
  Trout’s contract runs through the 2020 season. Asked Friday if he would like to have any negotiations with the Angels settled prior to the start of a new season, Trout said, “obviously in spring training you try to get ready for the season. You don’t want to think about anything e
  
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• Too many bills, too much mischief out of Sacramento

  01-03-2019 20:44
  
  Many lawmakers fear being smeared during campaign season as part of “do-nothing” legislatures. But in Sacramento, the opposite problem ought to have Californians up in arms. Our elected representatives have allowed a culture of overactive and excessive bill-writing.
  As former Gov. Jerry Brown did in the past, Gov. Gavin Newsom should step in and set them straight.
  As it stands now, lawmakers are losing control of their constitutional role, making troubling room for political practice
  
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• California’s DMV drives us crazy, reforms are needed

  01-03-2019 20:41
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has created a “DMV Reinvention Strike Team” to recommend “long-term . . . reform” for the state Department of Motor Vehicles. To be useful, the strike team must offer fundamental structural and operational reforms, not just more taxpayer money.
  The DMV took its sloth-like reputation to a new level last summer, when average wait times in branch offices grew nearly 50 percent from the year before. Five-to-seven-hour waits were common. Privileged
  
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• Gap, JCPenney, Victoria’s Secret: Malls take a beating as retailers cull over 300 stores

  01-03-2019 20:33
  
  FILE- In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo an American flag flies above a Sears store in Hackensack, N.J. A bankruptcy judge has blessed a $5.2 billion plan by Sears chairman and biggest shareholder Eddie Lampert to keep the iconic business going. The approval means roughly 425 stores and 45,000 jobs will be preserved. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
  Despite the holiday season, foot traffic was light at Del Amo Fashion center near Sears Dec. 4, 2018. That’s prompted mall owners like Simon to annou
  
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• What’s streaming on Netflix in March: ‘Arrested Development,’ ‘Queer Eye,’ ‘Triple Frontier’ and more

  01-03-2019 20:04
  
  Netflix is offering a mix of old favorites and brand new shows and movies this month.
  The craziness continues for the Bluth family in the second part of season 5 of “Arrested Development.” As the search for what happened to Lucille Austero (Liza Minnelli) goes on, Buster (Tony Hale) may be facing a murder charge, George-Michael (Michael Cera) may be facing the music for lying about his app and newly registered sex offender Maeby (Alia Shawkat) is trying to get her life back on track.
  
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• OC Restaurant Week 2019 runs March 3-9 with bargain meals, luxe gourmet options, $11 cocktails and themed dining

  01-03-2019 20:00
  
  This year, OC Restaurant Week wants to help take some of the guesswork out of choosing where to dine with recommended themes such as breakfast for dinner, family friendly, girls night out and more.
  It’s a big help because this year there are 150 participating restaurants. Now in its 11th year, the event has grown into a tradition for local diners.
  OC Restaurant Week runs March 3-9 with meal deals, $11 cocktails and a kickoff party, too. Seen here, Jumbo Maine Scallops and Wild White Shrimp
  
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• What’s streaming on Amazon Prime in March: ‘Catastrophe,’ ‘Hanna,’ ‘The Widow’ and more

  01-03-2019 19:51
  
  March is a month of beginnings and endings.
  Fans will be saying goodbye to the brilliant “Catastrophe.” Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan star in the comedy series about a couple brought together by an unplanned pregnancy. After last season’s cliffhanger, this final season finds them dealing with alcoholism, parenthood, getting fit and more.
  “Hanna” has already been getting attention. Based on the 2011 film, the series stars Esme Creed-Miles as a young woman with specia
  
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• Report: Gig work split evenly between men, women with a 2% pay gap

  01-03-2019 17:00
  
  A growing number of Americans are finding work in the nation’s gig economy, and it’s become something of an equal opportunity employer — at least gender-wise.
  A new report from Wonolo.com, an online startup that connects underemployed people with temporary work, shows a 50/50 split between men and women gig workers who use its service. The study also reveals a narrow pay gap, with women earning 98 percent of the hourly pay their male counterparts earn.
  That 2 percent gap f
  
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• The search for the woman who designed the ‘Creature of the Black Lagoon’ monster led to this ‘Lady’

  01-03-2019 16:56
  
  With her debut book “The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick,” Mallory O’Meara set out to right a wrong.
  The harm was done more than 60 years ago to Milicent Patrick, the Universal Studios special effects shop artist who was denied credit for designing the Creature from the 1954 horror film, “Creature From the Black Lagoon.”
  Could this be the stuff of a motion picture?
  “I have to keep my lips zipped on that on
  
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• Flogging Molly will host a pre-show party with free food, drink specials and more before its St. Patrick’s Day Celebration in Los Angeles

  01-03-2019 16:55
  
  Los Angeles-based Irish punk rock band Flogging Molly just revealed the plans for its pre-show party ahead of its annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunday, March 17.
  There will be free Irish food, free Del Taco vouchers, live Irish-themed music, yard games such as beanbags and beer pong and, of course, drinks provided by Jameson, Guinness and Bud Light. The pre-show party kicks off at noon in the Palladium parking lot and runs until doors open at 6 p.m. The
  
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• $300 million vision for Santa Ana’s MainPlace mall sees a food emporium, more entertainment and 1,900 apartments

  01-03-2019 16:12
  
  To keep up with changing consumer tastes, Santa Ana’s MainPlace is poised to get the second major overhaul in its 60-year existence.
  The $300 million makeover would add a food hall-style mix of dining choices such as street tacos and bahn mi sandwiches, more entertainment venues including an interactive, educational play center for kids and upgrades to its movie theater, a grocery store and up to 1,900 apartments.
  A shopper rides the escalator at MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana on Thursday, Fe
  
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• Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins Democratic presidential field

  01-03-2019 16:05
  
  By BILL BARROW and RACHEL LA CORTE
  SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, mixing calls for combating climate change and highlights of his liberal record with an aggressive critique of President Donald Trump.
  The 68-year-old governor is launching his bid Friday in Seattle, following recent visits to the first primary state of New Hampshire and the early caucus state of Nevada.
  “We went to the moon and created technologies that have
  
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• Southern California homebuilders slash construction 10% as luxury market, Chinese buyers fade

  01-03-2019 16:00
  
  Southern California builders’ fixation on serving the luxury market — heavy with Chinese buyers — is now a drag on the industry.
  The year for local homebuilders started in the shadow of 2018 when construction slowed and unsold inventory grew to a near-seven-year high.
  Industry woes can’t be tied to common complaints such as regulatory hurdles or grumpy, anti-growth neighbors. Builders have largely themselves to blame for a slump in sales as they misread demand at the
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Get discounted Disneyland tickets at South Coast Plaza

  01-03-2019 14:03
  
  South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa is offering two Disneyland Resort ticket deals through May 23. Visit any concierge location to purchase a 3-day, 1-park per day ticket for $60 or $70 per day depending on the package you choose. The mall is open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sunday at 3333 Bristol St. For more information, including block-out dates and purchase limits, call 714-435-8571 or go to www.southcoastplaza.com.
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• HOA Homefront: Answers on recalls and voting (and yes, write-ins can vote for themselves)

  01-03-2019 14:00
  
  Q: I have 2 questions. First, a petition to recall a board member received sufficient signatures and the recall election was scheduled. The board appointed three homeowner inspectors, each of which either circulated or signed the recall petition. Is it legal and/or ethical for them to participate in the counting of the recall ballots?
  Secondly: The recall petition called for both the recall election and the election of candidates to replace the board member — if the recall was successful &
  
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• How Dr. Seuss and Read Across America day intersect

  01-03-2019 11:07
  
  Success of Seuss
  Saturday, March 2, 2019 would have been the 115th birthday of Theodor Geisel also known as Dr. Seuss. By 2015, Dr. Seuss’ books had been translated into 17 languages and had sold 650 million copies in 95 countries.Above illustration by Kurt Snibbe, Staff
  Theodor Geisel was a student at Dartmouth in 1925. He was caught by the dean with gin during Prohibition. In order to continue working at the school’s humor magazine, he adopted a pen name that used his mother’
  
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• CIF SoCal boys and girls soccer regionals: Thursday’s scores, pairings and schedule for the finals

  01-03-2019 09:05
  
  Scores from Thursday’s games and the updated pairings and schedule for the CIF Southern California Regionals for boys and girls soccer.
  CIF SOCAL REGIONALS 
  BOYS SOCCER
  DIVISION I
  Semifinals, Thursday
  San Clemente 4, Birmingham 0
  Cathedral 2, Torrey Pines 1
  Championship, Saturday, March 2
  3 Cathedral at 1 San Clemente, 4 p.m.
  DIVISION II
  Semifinals, Thursday
  San Diego Westview 2, Arlington 1
  Long Beach Cabrillo 7, San Fernando 0
  Championship, Saturday, March 2
  4 San Diego Westview at
  
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• CIF SoCal boys and girls basketball regionals: Thursday’s scores, updated pairings and schedule

  01-03-2019 08:45
  
  Scores from Thursday’s CIF Southern California Regional playoff games for boys and girls basketball, and the updated pairings and schedule.
  CIF SOCAL REGIONALS
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  OPEN DIVISION
  Regional semifinals
  Saturday, March 2
  4 Westchester at 1 Sierra Canyon, 8 p.m.
  7 Corona Centennial at 6 Mater Dei, 7 p.m.
  DIVISION I
  Second round, Thursday
  Etiwanda 74, Birmingham 53
  Santa Margarita 76, Foothills Christian 66
  Chino Hills 65, St. John Bosco 54
  Rancho Verde 54, Washington 48
  Regional sem
  
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• Soccer roundup: St. Margaret’s girls, Troy boys pull off thrilling wins to reach regional finals

  01-03-2019 08:29
  
  St. Margaret’s ran into a little déjà vu when its CIF Southern California Regional girls soccer semifinal went to penalty kicks Thursday evening. It was, head coach Johnny Marmelstein said, the best thing that could gave happened to his team.
  The Tartans (21-1-6) pulled out a 6-5 victory in the tiebreaker after a scoreless draw with visiting Ramona to advance to Saturday’s Division IV final in Pasadena with La Salle. That’s a rematch of last weekend’s Southe
  
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• Los Alamitos soccer handles challenge from Harvard-Westlake, earns rematch with JSerra in SoCal title game

  01-03-2019 08:19
  
  LOS ALAMITOS — Los Alamitos took care of one rematch in the CIF Southern California Regional girls soccer tournament Thursday afternoon. Now comes the one the Griffins really want.
  The second-seeded Griffins (27-1-5) made an early goal stand up in a difficult Division I semifinal with visiting Harvard-Westlake, advancing to Saturday’s title game with a 1-0 victory that ought to have been more pronounced.
  Awaiting them is No. 1 JSerra (21-0-3), which toppled San Diego Section powerhou
  
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• UC Irvine beats UC Davis to clinch top seed for Big West Tournament

  01-03-2019 07:47
  
  DAVIS — Check one item off UC Irvine’s to-do list.
  Elston Jones had 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help spark UCI to a 64-48 victory over UC Davis on Thursday night, extending the Anteaters’ winning streak to 10 games and clinching the top seed for the eight-team Big West Conference Tournament.
  Eyassu Worku had 10 points for UCI (24-5, 12-1 Big West), which also has clinched no worse than a share of the regular-season title with three games left.
  Jonathan Galloway a
  
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• Stars hand Kings their 10th straight loss on Roope Hintz’s OT goal

  01-03-2019 07:32
  
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28: Sean Walker #61 of the Los Angeles Kings competes for the puck against Mattias Janmark #13 of the Dallas Stars during the first period at Staples Center on February 28, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28: The Los Angeles Kings celebrate a goal by Brendan Leipsic #14 during the first period against the Dallas Stars at Staples Center on February 28, 2019 in Los Angeles, Cali
  
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• Rosary survives Long Beach Poly in overtime to advance in SoCal regionals

  01-03-2019 07:22
  
  Long Beach PolyÕs Iyanna Lamb, left, and RosaryÕs Kate Goostrey battle for a loose ball in the last few minutes of the second round of the CIF Southern California Division I Regionals at Rosary High in Fullerton on Thursday, February28, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
  Rosary guard Kaylee Byon powers through three Long Beach Poly defenders in the second round of the CIF Southern California Division I Regionals at Rosary High in Fullerton on Thursday, February28, 2019.
  
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• After another close loss, USC coach Andy Enfield points out bad luck

  01-03-2019 07:21
  
  UCLA Bruins guard Jaylen Hands (4) has his shot swatted away by USC Trojans forward Bennie Boatwright (25) at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. UCLA won 93-88 in overtime. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  USC Trojans forward Bennie Boatwright (25) looks for a way around UCLA Bruins guard Jalen Hill (24) at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. UCLA won 93-88 in overtime. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume
  
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• Fairmont Prep defeats Pacifica Christian for the fourth time this season to earn spot in SoCal regional semifinals

  01-03-2019 07:18
  
  ANAHEIM – Beating a league foe twice in the same season is difficult.
  Beating them a third time for the CIF championship is an even bigger challenge.
  Beating them a fourth time, in the CIF State Regional playoffs just five days later, is an extremely tall order.
  Fairmont Prep did just that Thursday when it beat Pacifica Christian 63-51 in the Southern California Division III Regional quarterfinals at Fairmont Prep High.
  The Huskies beat Pacifica Christian twice in overtime during the regul
  
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• Video: Jaylen Hands lost for words to describe game-winner vs. USC

  01-03-2019 07:16
  
  Guard Jaylen Hands tries to describe his game-winning shot over USC on Thursday and talks about what the Bruins are capable of for the rest of the season after winning three straight home games.
  
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• Lakers’ Brandon Ingram keeps charting his own course

  01-03-2019 03:24
  
  By his own description, Brandon Ingram’s 3-point stroke used to look a bit like a “slingshot.”
  On a recent morning in Memphis, Ingram talked about the years-long process of altering his deep shooting motion, of paring it down with Lakers assistant coach Brian Keefe and making it more reliable. He’s still shooting below 31 percent for the year, but that has risen to nearly 39 percent in the month of February, as has any meaningful statistic for the 21-year-old forward.
  Tha
  
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• Festival Pass: Stagecoach goes EDM; Coachella’s Day Club and Chella shows announced

  01-03-2019 03:16
  
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  Festival Pass for Thursday, Feb. 28
  Buckle up, kids. It’s a mega-busy Festival Pass this week.
  I’m in the middle of the massive prep I do for Coachella, which means a LOT of hours listening to the artists. The one I’m loving right now? Calypso Rose. The 78-year-old is the world’s reigning calypso
  
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• 2 Chinese nationals indicted in disappearance, suspected murder of Costa Mesa auto dealer

  01-03-2019 02:59
  
  A federal grand jury has indicted two Chinese nationals on charges they abducted missing Costa Mesa luxury car dealer Rouchen “Tony” Liao  last year, tried to collect a $2 million ransom from his family and possibly dumped his body in the Mojave Desert.
  The indictment handed down this week in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles charges Guangyao Yang, 25, and Peicheng Shen, 33, whose last known residences were in West Covina, with kidnapping, attempted extortion, aiding and abetti
  
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• CHP reopens access to San Jacinto Mountains, but warns the route will take longer

  01-03-2019 02:27
  
  Tourists can head back into San Jacinto Mountain communities after two weeks of restrictions caused by winter rainstorms that washed out sections of the two highways leading into the area, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday.
  It’s welcome news for mountain businesses.
  “We were almost an island,” said Frank Ferro, owner of Ferro Restaurant and Idyllwild Brewpub. “The entire community is very excited that the road is going to be open. It’s definitely been a ha
  
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• Century football coach Andrew Lapic resigns after five seasons

  01-03-2019 01:55
  
  Century football coach Andrew Lapic, who guided the Centurions the past five seasons, has resigned to spend more with his family.
  The Centurions went 13-37 without a playoff appearance under Lapic.
  The team showed progress in 2017 with a 4-0 start. But Century lost Orange League games to Savanna and Santa Ana Valley by one point apiece and finished 5-5 overall.
  The Centurions went 2-8 last season, 1-4 in league.
  Lapic said this week that Century has not announced its next coach. He replaced the
  
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• Mixed political blessing? For an LA-area Senate contender, $1 million from oil industry isn’t all good

  01-03-2019 01:49
  
  LONG BEACH — Campaigning for a California Senate special election next month, Lena Gonzalez faces an unusual question: Can a candidate have too much high-powered support for her own good?
  Gonzalez, a Long Beach city councilwoman, is seen as the front-runner in the March 26 primary contest to replace newly elected California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara representing the 33rd state Senate district.
  Gonzalez has major endorsements, including Lara’s. She has money, much of it from
  
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• UFC 235: Jon Jones tests positive for picograms again – why it does and doesn’t matter

  01-03-2019 01:46
  
  LAS VEGAS >> Here we are again.
  Those were the opening words from Jeff Novitzky, the UFC Vice President of  Athlete Health of Performance, addressing the news Thursday that minuscule trace levels of turinabol appeared again in two recent drug tests administered to light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
  It is yet another chapter in the mercurial career of the one of the greatest and most controversial fighters in UFC history.
  The good news is, because the amounts were again so microscop
  
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• Eyes in the sky: Edison is using this tech to sound the alarm about wildfires

  01-03-2019 01:46
  
  Just three months before the Holy Fire broke out last summer, new high definition cameras were installed atop Santiago Peak as part of a joint venture between Southern California Edison and the University of California San Diego to assist first responders and protect lives and property.
  Although the Holy Fire burned 23,000 acres and destroyed 18 structures mostly in Trabuco Canyon, nearby communities of Corona and Lake Elsinore were spared.
  You could say the camera system — which now cover
  
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• For horse owners, ‘two plus two doesn’t always equal four’ in the racing business

  01-03-2019 01:27
  
  Samantha Siegel has lived the highs and lows of horse racing. She lived them in one race.
  Last June at Santa Anita, Take the One O One, one of Siegel’s promising young horses, won his first stakes race. She didn’t have much reason to celebrate, though. Another of her horses in the race, Waya Ed, clipped heels with a horse up the backside, fell to the turf and didn’t survive the accident.
  “You want to talk about popping the balloon, it popped all our balloons,” she s
  
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• Disneyland will serve alcohol at Oga’s Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — here’s every cocktail you can get

  01-03-2019 00:00
  
  Oga’s Cantina will be the place for space creatures, bounty hunters, starship pilots and even theme park visitors to settle down for an alien cocktail, ice cold beer or nice glass of wine after spending the day exploring Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland.
  Visitors bellying up to the spaceport cantina bar in the Black Spire Outpost village on the “Star Wars” planet of Batuu will be able to choose from an alcoholic drink menu that includes a Jedi Mind Trick cocktail,
  
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• Anaheim Ducks help teach engineering by testing kid-designed pucks

  01-03-2019 00:00
  
  Why do they freeze hockey pucks before games? What type of puck shape and material is most aerodynamic?
  Students from more than 170 schools came to Anaheim’s Honda Center on Thursday, Feb. 28, to answer those and other science questions during a day of activities hosted by the Anaheim Ducks.
  Monica Balaji, center, and Briana Braunthal, from Tower Elementary School in Torrance, celebrate after their egg survived an 8-foot drop inside a container they helped design during the Anaheim Duck&rs
  
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