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• Young woman with cerebral palsy connects with others on a global scale

  20-03-2019 23:55
  
  If you’re a long-time reader, you may recall a young woman from seven years ago with cerebral palsy who dragged her foot yet managed to run like the wind when it came to helping others.
  Well, look out world.
  Katy Fetters has continued to bloom, will soon receive a master’s degree in media and public engagement from the University of Colorado Boulder and this weekend leverages her long-time cerebral palsy blog into a global campaign to help others with similar challenges.
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• Clippers players appreciate Doc Rivers’ long-term commitment plans

  20-03-2019 23:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — In an effort to quell rumors that he was interested in taking over the Lakers head coaching job (which, for now, Luke Walton holds) Doc Rivers revealed Tuesday that he has a verbal agreement to extend his Clippers deal for multiple years.
  “It’s been kind of agreed upon,” Rivers said, revisiting the topic briefly after the Clippers defeated Indiana 115-109 for their eighth victory in nine games. “We didn’t make a big deal about it; I thought I had
  
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• Tattoo parlor to open near Catholic school in South Laguna despite parent, neighbor concerns

  20-03-2019 21:24
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — A tattoo parlor opening 50 feet from the driveway of a Catholic school will become the fifth such business in this seaside community, despite concerns raised by parents and neighbors that it is inappropriate for the South Laguna location
  The Laguna Beach City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday, March 19, with councilwoman Toni Iseman dissenting, to approve Bare Bones Tattoo. The gallery-like shop will open in a commercial neighborhood district that already has resident-serving bus
  
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• What UC Irvine learned from first NCAA Tournament experience that will help against Kansas State

  20-03-2019 21:13
  
  The NCAA Tournament has become something of a tradition in Spencer Rivers’ household.
  His father, Clippers head coach Doc Rivers, took part in March Madness twice as a player at Marquette. His older brothers, Jeremiah and Austin, went dancing last decade. Austin’s Duke team was stunned by Lehigh in the opening round of the 2012 tournament. Jeremiah was a freshman on Georgetown’s Final Four team in 2007. Their sister, Callie, went to the NCAA Tournament as a volleyball player at
  
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• Former Laker Brook Lopez has found a comfortable niche for first-place Bucks

  20-03-2019 21:00
  
  MILWAUKEE – It wasn’t a sunk 3-pointer, though Brook Lopez had five. It wasn’t a block, though he had four.
  The 7-footer’s biggest moment Tuesday night against the Lakers came during the second quarter, as he grabbed a floor sweeper, and lined up the perfect cue strike to knock a ball free from its perch atop one of the stanchions. Lopez raised his arms to a roaring Fiserv Forum crowd, and took a bow.Have no fear, Brook Lopez is here!! #FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/WJyaw8h
  
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• Is Joe Biden running for president? Political Cartoons

  20-03-2019 20:26
  
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCheck out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonis
  
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• USC names Carol L. Folt next president amid admissions scandal

  20-03-2019 20:20
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved the hiring of Carol L. Folt, former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as the university’s 12th president, making her the first female leader of the Trojan campus.
  Former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol L. Folt was named USC’s new president on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, by the Southern California university’s board of trustees. (Photo courtesy of UNC Chap
  
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• Former Fullerton City Council candidate’s petty theft charges dismissed after she completes community service

  20-03-2019 20:20
  
  A judge on Wednesday agreed to dismiss criminal charges against the wife of a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors who admitted to stealing campaign signs during her failed run for the Fullerton City Council.
  A prosecutor acknowledged that Paulette Marshall Chaffee, 69, has completed 60 hours of community service after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of petty theft in December.
  Chaffee was required to complete 20 hours of community service, with the understanding that if sh
  
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• Senior Moments: Sinking into a sound bath and seeing my life pass before my eyes

  20-03-2019 20:14
  
  Described by some as “the new way to chill,” a sound bath, roughly speaking, is a meditation using Tibetan singing bowls, gongs and other instruments. The sound vibrations are said to make it easier to experience a deeper meditative state. The ultimate stress reduction.
  With that thought in mind, I positioned myself on my back on the pale green mat provided at the Descanso Gardens sound bath event. Someone put a pillow under my head and handed me a purple satin eye shade we
  
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• Pickleballers rejoice as new courts open in Laguna Woods Village

  20-03-2019 19:57
  
  Pickleball players try out the new courts following a ribbon cutting in Laguna Woods, CA on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Mary Rayner hits the first ball on the new pickleball courts during a ribbon cutting in Laguna Woods, CA on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Rayner, along with her late husband Dale, were the first to bring pickleball to Laguna Woods in 2011. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume inseco
  
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• Federal Reserve foresees no interest rate hikes in 2019

  20-03-2019 19:55
  
  By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
  The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and projected no rate hikes in 2019, dramatically underscoring its plan to be “patient” about any further increases.
  The Fed said it was keeping its benchmark rate — which can influence everything from mortgages to credit cards to home equity lines of credit — in a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent. It also announced that it will stop shrinking its bond portfol
  
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• What’s a centibillionaire? Ask Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, the only members of the $100 Billion Club

  20-03-2019 19:48
  
  Bloomberg tracks the fortunes of some 2,800 billionaires. Of those, 145 are worth at least $10 billion, making them decabillionaires. Now, the world contains two centibillionaires simultaneously.
  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, once the world’s richest person, has again eclipsed the $100 billion threshold, joining Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos in the exclusive club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
  Gates’s fortune, now $100 billion on the nose, hasn’t reached suc
  
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• On this anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, make a decision about the AUMF

  20-03-2019 17:51
  
  Today is the anniversary of the March 20, 2003 invasion of Iraq. That day added to what is now nearly 18 years of ongoing war. We deployed over 175,000 troops on that day, and doubled the number of wars we were engaged in.  We also set down a path committing the families of millions of servicemembers and veterans to bear the sacrifices required by these wars.
  On that day, I was a junior officer stationed on a Navy warship in the Arabian Gulf, in support of the invasion of Iraq. At that
  
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• Cal State Fullerton appoints Framroze ‘Fram’ Virjee as new president

  20-03-2019 17:51
  
  Framroze “Fram” Virjee, who has been serving as interim Cal State Fullerton president for just over a year, has been appointed to the position permanently, Cal State University officials announced Wednesday, March 20, in a news release.
  CSU Trustee Silas Abrego said the university system conducted a national search that included many exemplary candidates.
  “It became apparent that the best person to be the next president of CSUF was already serving the campus,” said Abrego
  
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• Coachella festival memories: Seeing people fall into each other’s arms – and off the stage

  20-03-2019 17:31
  
  The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is less than a month away. Current and past members of the staff at the Southern California News Group and its 11 papers have covered the festival since its first year at the Empire Polo Club in Indio in October 1999.
  As the festival gets closer, we’re revisiting some of our coverage over the years. (We’ve already posted photos from the very first Coachella, as well as all of the headlining performances from 1999-2009 and 20
  
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• San Juan Capistrano’s 61st annual Swallows Day Parade is Saturday

  20-03-2019 17:27
  
  It’s time to celebrate swallow sightings again in San Juan Capistrano.
  The city will marked the birds’ return at its 61st annual Swallows Day Parade and Mercado Street Faire on Saturday, March 23.
  The parade will start at 11 a.m. at Ortega Highway and El Camino Real and finish north of the corner of Camino Capistrano and La Zanja Street. The fair at the city’s Historic Town Center Park will have shops and food booths.
  There will also be a frog jumping contest at 4 p.m. on Frida
  
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• Funeral service scheduled for Pacifica softball coach Mark Campbell

  20-03-2019 16:37
  
  The funeral for highly-respected Pacifica and Batbusters softball coach Mark Campbell has been scheduled for Sunday, March 24 at SeaCoast Grace Church in Cypress at 2 p.m.
  All past and current players of Campbell, 57, are encouraged to wear their uniforms to honor the coach who died Monday morning after falling ill Sunday while coaching a 14-and-under travel ball game with the Batbusters in La Mirada.
  Mike Stith, president of the Batbusters, announced a reception at the church will follow the se
  
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• Titan Voice: Celebrating the transformative power of women in leadership roles

  20-03-2019 16:31
  
  By Fram Virjee
  Cal State Fullerton president
  My mom was diagnosed with polio as a teenager and spent most of each day in an iron lung for three years, where she learned to sing jazz from the patient next to her. She later raised her family on a freighter that once transported dynamite through a storm with her, and us, on it. She also had the difficult task of raising me, a chore my wife inherited, which qualifies both of them for sainthood.
  With all this and so much more in mind, I have always u
  
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• Did you know MLB Opening Day was today in Tokyo? Ichiro, Mariners top A’s

  20-03-2019 16:16
  
  TOKYO — Ichiro drew all the cheers. Most everyone else on the Seattle Mariners did all the hitting.
  A crowd that came to salute Ichiro Suzuki in his homeland saw Domingo Santana deliver the biggest hit at the Tokyo Dome, a grand slam that sent Seattle over the Oakland Athletics 9-7 on Wednesday in the Major League Baseball opener.
  Batting ninth and knowing he’d get two plate appearances, Ichiro popped up and worked a walk. The 45-year-old star took his spot in right field to begin th
  
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• Dana Point Harbor’s 2 marinas are merged into one as part of redevelopment, slip wait-lists are combined

  20-03-2019 16:00
  
  DANA POINT — The East and West marinas in Dana Point Harbor have become one. The combined Marina at Dana Point will function as one boating community, after 47 years operating separately.
  “We’re excited about having one marina,” said Joe Ueberroth, of Bellwether Financial Group, one of three development groups known collectively as Dana Point Harbor Partners which on Nov. 1 took over a 66-year lease from the County of Orange to run the harbor and oversee a $300 million re
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: I’m drinking a piña colada right now in Cuba

  20-03-2019 15:36
  
  All right, don’t roll your eyes at me, but I’m going back to Cuba. Yes, again. I’m sorry. I know it’s excessive. But I just can’t find any other country where you can find $3 piña coladas everywhere you go, made with fresh pineapple and coconut. And rum, of course. They’re hideously fattening, but I refuse to think about that. Vacation calories don’t count. They’re free.
  The odd thing about Cuba is that, due to the U.S. trade embargo, they c
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Kreation Kafe has a $7 Gratitude Hour menu

  20-03-2019 13:02
  
  Kreation Kafe in Brentwood offers Gratitude Hour 3-7 p.m. Monday-Friday with a special $7 menu. You can enjoy guilt-free “kocktails” featuring craft beer and wine mixed with cold-pressed organic juices, plus tapas like hot and spicy buffalo cauliflower, lavachos, chicken meatballs and more. The venue is at 11754 San Vicente Blvd. Call 424-372-3087 or go to www.kreationjuice.com.
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• Swimming: Tuesday’s leaderboard, March 19

  20-03-2019 08:53
  
  BOYS SWIMMING
  Empire League
  VALENCIA 113, CREAN LUTHERAN 55
  Sea View League
  TRABUCO HILLS 118, CAPO VALLEY 52
  Nonleague
  UNIVERSITY 90, SANTA MARGARITA 80
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY 107, LAGUNA BEACH 62
  200 Medley Relay – Uni 1:37.48, SM 1:37.90
  200 Freestyle – Noah Brune (SM) 1:42.63, Caedon Ng (Uni) 1:43.10
  200 IM – Brian Lou (Uni) 1:55.05, Matthew Lou (Uni) 2:01.79
  50 Freestyle – Aaron Lee (Uni) 21.37, Cantin (TH) 21.86, Yurian Quinones (SM) 22.07
  100 Butterfly – Kevin Tu (S
  
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• Allen Crabbe’s donation saved Price High, which will name its basketball court after the Nets star

  20-03-2019 07:18
  
  By Mark Whicker
  Allen Crabbe and several Brooklyn Nets will spend their L.A. off-night at Price High School on Wednesday.
  They’ll watch Price officials rename the basketball court after Crabbe, who led Price to a Division IV CIF State championship in 2010.
  And they’ll know that without Crabbe, there wouldn’t be a ball to bounce or a report card to ace.
  Angela Evans, founder of the school and Crabbe’s aunt, says she was ready to close up shop when Crabbe came through with
  
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• Educational redlining and the college admissions scandal

  20-03-2019 07:07
  
  The FBI’s Operation Varsity Blues college admissions cheating and bribery scandal has shined a glaring light on the power of money and privilege in ensuring that families with means can enter America’s finest halls of knowledge — even through “side doors” most never knew existed.
  But the fraudulent actions exposed in OVB have brought attention to the entire inequitable process of American education — a system literally based on a feudalistic land model whereby
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in Costa Mesa collision

  20-03-2019 07:01
  
  A motorcyclist died after colliding with a car in Costa Mesa near Orange Coast College on Tuesday, March 19.
  Officers responded near the intersection of Fairview Road and Adams Avenue after a caller notified police of the crash at about 8:50 p.m., according to Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Patrick Wessel. He said the man who was riding the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Authorities did not immediately release his identity.
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• Dodgers’ Walker Buehler looks strong in late spring debut

  20-03-2019 06:53
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers ace-in-waiting has done more waiting than pitching this spring.
  But right-hander Walker Buehler finally got in a game Tuesday night, throwing 46 pitches over 2-2/3 innings (many traveling a healthy 98 mph). He gave up three singles, struck out two and was charged with a run when his last baserunner eventually scored.
  “It was good – a little erratic, a little all over the place,” Buehler said. “But that’s what these games are for.&
  
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• A.J. Pollock, Russell Martin hit home runs in Dodgers’ loss to Indians

  20-03-2019 06:48
  
  THE GAME: J.T. Chargois surrendered a two-run home run to Eric Haase in the seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians came from behind to beat the Dodgers 4-2 Tuesday night at Camelback Ranch.
  PITCHING REPORT: In his first game action of the spring, right-hander Walker Buehler pitched into the third inning on 46 pitches. He allowed ground-ball singles to the first two batters he faced then nothing until a two-out single in the third inning. He was pulled at that point and the runner scored when Y
  
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• Surf League: No. 3 Huntington Beach softball handles top-ranked Los Alamitos

  20-03-2019 06:39
  
  Could Huntington Beach’s softball team be the best in Orange County?
  The third-ranked Oilers certainly made a strong case by the way they played Tuesday night.
  Junior Grace Uribe fired a two-hitter and senior second baseman Megan Ryono went 3 for 4 with a home run as host Huntington Beach defeated top-ranked Los Alamitos 7-0 in the Surf League opener for each school.
  The Oilers improved to 9-0 overall despite playing without injured Jadelyn Allchin, Katelyn Mangrello and Kelly Ryono.
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• Clippers cap feel-good night by holding off Pacers

  20-03-2019 06:32
  
  Los Angeles Clippers’ Lou Williams (23) scores over Indiana Pacers’ Doug McDermott (20) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 19: Bojan Bogdanovic of the Indiana Pacers drives against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half at Staples Center on March 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and
  
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• Sophomore Luke Jewett leads the way as JSerra shuts out No. 5 Servite in Trinity League baseball

  20-03-2019 06:22
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – JSerra’s baseball team snapped Servite’s six-game winning streak and handed the Friars their first league loss in a 2-0 game Tuesday at JSerra High.
  Servite (14-4, 3-1), which is ranked No. 5 in Orange County and scored 11 runs in its last game, was stymied by JSerra’s Luke Jewett. The sophomore pitched six shutout innings, allowed just four hits and struck out four.
  “He competes his butt off and makes pitches when he needs to make pitches,&rdq
  
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• Angels rally for victory as Justin Upton, Zack Cozart return to action

  20-03-2019 05:50
  
  THE GAME: The Angels overcame a quick four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Tuesday night at Tempe Diablo Stadium.
  PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Luke Bard started a bullpen game and gave up three runs in the first inning. Bard had allowed just one run in his first 5-2/3 innings, impressing the Angels enough that they added him to the 40-man roster. … Right-hander Cody Allen gave up a run on a homer to Tony Wolters and then he walked a batter, but he escaped further damage b
  
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• Former UCLA walk-ons Stefan Flintoft, Christian Pabico compete for NFL opportunities at pro day

  20-03-2019 05:42
  
  LOS ANGELES — Stefan Flintoft’s family presented him with a book after his final UCLA game. As the punter stood in the parking lot of the Rose Bowl after UCLA’s season-ending game against Stanford, Flintoft looked through pages of newspaper clippings and photos complied by his mother and older sister to commemorate his Bruins career.
  The family might have to start a second edition for a possible NFL career.
  Flintoft, along with several of his former UCLA teammates like tight en
  
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• Brett Neilon, Justin Dedich vying for USC’s starting center spot

  20-03-2019 05:08
  
  LOS ANGELES — Brett Neilon saw his first chance to start for USC early last season.
  Neilon replaced Toa Lobendahn when the senior center was sidelined with a pectoral injury in the season-opening win over UNLV. He faced few issues in his debut.
  When Neilon returned to the sideline to make way for Lobendahn’s return, he watched a series of issues arise. The performance from the offensive line was up and down, at times struggling to protect quarterback JT Daniels or provide much aid fo
  
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• Orange County baseball/softball highlights for Tuesday, March 19

  20-03-2019 04:42
  
  Highlights and top performers from the Orange County baseball and softball games on Tuesday, March 19.
  BASEBALL
  Tuesday’s baseball scoreboard
  No. 9 Mission Viejo moved into a first-place tie with No. 7 Tesoro in the tightly packed South Coast League with a 3-1 victory over the Titans at Tesoro High. All five teams in the league have at least two losses, with Mission Viejo (8-7 overall) sharing the top spot with Tesoro (6-7-1 overall) at 3-2. Winning pitcher AJ Anzai scattered seven hits ov
  
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• Whicker: Collin Welp is part of UC Irvine’s legacy class

  20-03-2019 04:22
  
  UC Irvine forward Collin Welp, left, and forward Jonathan Galloway, right, celebrate after Welp scored a basket against Cal State Fullerton during Saturday’s Big West Tournament title game at Honda Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  UC Irvine guard Max Hazzard (2) celebrates with forward Collin Welp, right, after Welp made a basket and drew a foul during the second half of the Big West Tournament title game against Cal State Fullerton on Saturday night at Honda Ce
  
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• Former Pro Bowl linebacker Clay Matthews signs with Rams

  20-03-2019 04:10
  
  After a decade spent in Green Bay, where his reign of terrorizing quarterbacks led to 83.5 sacks, six Pro Bowls and the 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, Clay Matthews will return home to Southern California, where he has signed a two-year deal to join the Rams.
  Matthews, who turns 33 before next season, adds a proven veteran to a pass rush that the Rams already fortified this offseason with the re-signing of Dante Fowler. But Matthews is no longer the dominant force on the edge he on
  
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• CIF-SS boys volleyball polls: Monday, March 18

  20-03-2019 00:30
  
  The CIF-SS boys volleyball polls released Monday, March 18.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Boys Volleyball Advisory Committee
  DIVISION 1/2
  1 Newport Harbor
  2 Redondo Union
  3 Loyola
  4 Huntington Beach
  5 Corona del Mar
  6 Mira Costa
  7 Los Alamitos
  8 San Clemente
  9 Santa Barbara
  10 Tesoro
  11 Newbury Park
  12 Laguna Beach
  13 Santa Margarita
  14 Palos Verdes
  15 Servite
  16 Saddleback Valley Christian
  17 San Marcos
  18 Esperanza
  Others: Edison, Mater Dei
  DIVISION 3
  1 Foothill
  2 Yorba Linda
  3 Woodbridge
  4 JSerra
  
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• Business briefly: US stocks give up an early rally; JLL buys HFF in Texas

  20-03-2019 00:14
  
  U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower Tuesday after a late-afternoon splash of selling erased early gains, ending a weeklong rally. Banks accounted for much of the decline, along with utilities and industrial companies. Those losses offset gains in health care, technology and consumer products stocks.
  The S&P 500 index slipped 0.37 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,832.57. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 26.72 points, or 0.1 percent, to 25,887.38.
  The Nasdaq composite gained 9.47 point
  
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• Mater Dei’s Brooke Demetre, Rosary’s Asia Avinger pace All-CIF girls basketball picks

  20-03-2019 00:04
  
  Mater Dei sophomore forward Brooke Demetre and Rosary junior point guard Asia Avinger, who clashed in three showdowns, help lead Orange County’s All-CIF selections in girls basketball.
  Demetre and Avinger, along with Troy freshman guard Hannah Stines, were selected All-CIF for the Open Division.
  Demetre helped the Monarchs capture the Trinity League title while Avinger powered Rosary to the CIF State Division I crown.
  Stines played a key role in the Warriors’ Freeway League champions
  
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