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• Kartje: NFL mock draft 2.0 has Rams and Chargers going with defense

  29-03-2019 23:55
  
  Draft season comes at you fast. Less than month since our first mock draft dropped, the entire landscape has pretty much changed. But with free agency now behind us, a blurry draft picture is finally starting to come into focus. Now, as the team-to-team smokescreens settle in four weeks out from the draft, it’s time for our second mock of the offseason …. 
  1. ARIZONA CARDINALS: Kyler Murray, QB, OklahomaPrevious mock: Nick Bosa, Ohio State
  What was once a gossipy draft pipe dre
  
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• Spring snow: Pond skims and whacky events mark the change of seasons on the slopes

  29-03-2019 23:51
  
  The Spring-A-Ma-Jig at Mountain High has been happening for at least two decades, a fun-filled event that has everything from pond skimming to a bathing suit contest. (Courtesy of Jon Perino)
  The springtime pond skim events at local resorts are a fun way to celebrate spring on the mountain. (Courtesy of Big Bear Mountain Resort)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe springtime pond skim events at local resorts are a fun way to celebrate spring on the mountain. (Courtesy of Big Bear Mountain R
  
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• Italian greyhound mix Spero is an avid jogger and avid couch potato

  29-03-2019 23:49
  
  Breed: Italian greyhound/Chihuahua mix
  Age: 4 years old
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 15 pounds
  Spero’s story: Spero is a dog of both worlds, energetic and lazy. He has the endurance for 5- to 8-mile hikes, and he can be as lazy as a couch potato. If you decide you need an energetic dog to hike with you, he’s there. If you need peace and quiet, he will make that happen. Spero can be territorial with his personal spacez but an handler showing leadership will do the job. He would be best
  
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• Beginning bridge classes start Thursday in San Juan Capistrano

  29-03-2019 23:49
  
  If you’ve always wanted to learn to play bridge — or relearn the game — now’s your chance. Beginning bridge classes start up Thursday, April 4, at South Orange County Bridge Center in San Juan Capistrano. The cost is $90 for a series of six lessons.
  The center offers daily games and lessons and welcomes everyone in the community to learn a game that challenges one’s brain and promotes socialization. To reserve a spot call Gail at 516-314-1896 or email calgal516@gmai
  
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• United Airlines offers to withdraw from USC’s Coliseum naming rights deal

  29-03-2019 23:23
  
  LOS ANGELES — United Airlines offered Friday withdraw from a $69 million deal to change Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum into United Airlines Memorial Coliseum following criticism that adding a corporate name is disrespectful to the facility’s history of honoring troops who fought and died in World War I.
  The airline made the offer to the University of Southern California, which announced the agreement for the naming rights last year as part of its extensive, $270 million renovation of
  
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• Clippers welcome Wilson Chandler’s scoring surge

  29-03-2019 22:21
  
  Wilson Chandler seemed to get a beat on his best self late in Thursday’s 128-118 loss in Milwaukee, a development that would be welcome by the Clippers.
  As Coach Doc Rivers has mentioned, they’re hoping once the 6-foot-9 veteran forward rebounds from the right quad strain that kept him out of 14 games – including his first 12 as a Clipper following the trade with Philadelphia – Chandler’s size and experience could help in the final regular-season stretch and thereaf
  
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• CSUF golf coach Drotter plays the long game

  29-03-2019 22:12
  
  There was that one player — let’s call him Player 1 — who had a golf swing on loan from the gods that Jason Drotter couldn’t take his eyes off of. A seamless, mechanically flawless poster child of the swing — especially when compared with the player alongside of him.
  Now, the other player — Player 2 — also intrigued Drotter, Cal State Fullerton’s director of golf and men’s golf coach. Player 2 had something — something intrinsically spe
  
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• Kings facing the final five games of a difficult season

  29-03-2019 22:09
  
  Hollywood endings don’t always materialize, and Dustin Brown found that out Thursday night at Vancouver.
  Brown was playing in his 1,112th regular-season game for the Kings, breaking the franchise record held by Dave Taylor. It would have been the perfect time for Brown to score the winning goal during a shootout, but he was stopped by Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko and Vancouver went on to win 3-2 on the strength of former Kings forward Tanner Pearson’s shootout goal.
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• Indoor track: A short course, but a big experience

  29-03-2019 22:09
  
  It’s a heckler’s and a rooter’s dream. No matter where you are, you’re right on top of the action. Bad seats? There aren’t any. You can see the sweat drip off the foreheads of every runner as they go by.
  And laps go by quickly.
  The track is only 200 meters — except at the Dempsey Indoor Center at the University of Washington, where it is an odd 307 yards around … with fans packing the infield and the track banking up the walls.
  So, what’s with the
  
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• Titan profiles: Isaac Salazar helps athletes find their strength

  29-03-2019 22:03
  
  The path that brought Isaac Salazar to Cal State Fullerton was serendipitous and serpentine — it also had, of course, heavy lifting.
  For the Titans’ director of strength and conditioning, there was one constant that eventually guaranteed he’d find his way to CSUF: his love of baseball.
  “I’ve been really interested in working with the baseball community since I was an undergrad. I had friends who played baseball at Cal State Fullerton,” he said. “We&rsquo
  
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• Titan profiles: CSUF compliance officer Derric West plays by the book

  29-03-2019 21:55
  Compliance. You hear the term every time a college athletic program gets into some kind of trouble with the NCAA, usually in some nebulous, offhand mention:
  “Our compliance department is looking into the matter…
  We have our compliance officer investigating this… Compliance is handling this…”
  What does it all mean?
  PHOTO COURTESY CAL STATE FULLERTONDerric West
  What is a compliance officer and what do they do when they “look into the matter” or “i
  
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• Titan sports: 10 years in, Jason Drotter has Fullerton golf on the fairway

  29-03-2019 21:52
  
  Jason Drotter had himself a nice little life going as a PGA of America pro running a practice facility in Orange. It was simple, relatively free of moving parts and moving targets and, aside from the typical duties of a teaching pro, was free of drama.
  But it wasn’t free of questions from Drotter’s unceasing mind, with one pushing its way constantly to the front, based on some of Drotter’s young clientele on the practice range.
  “I sent a lot of kids off on scholarships an
  
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• Harada is working his magic to lift the women’s hoops program

  29-03-2019 21:48
  Jeff Harada never planned on becoming a basketball mechanic. He got into coaching for the same reasons most coaches find their way to that first seat on the bench — the whole making-a-difference-while-following-your-passion element that every coach talks about.
  They will tell you it makes up for the long hours and frustration of having your best-laid plans blow up in your face and the endless insecurity, both internal and external.
  No, like every coach, Harada wanted to be a basketball mag
  
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• Sports: A determined Matias leads CSUF tennis renaissance

  29-03-2019 21:47
  
  These days, Dianne Matias can say things that only a few years ago, would have been impossible to say without either bursting out in laughter, destroying some of her hard-earned credibility, or prompting pitiful head shakes from her team, her recruits and anyone who cared about the Cal State Fullerton tennis program.
  No, The coach has not lost it.
  Matias may have shed a lot of things since taking over the Titans tennis program in 2013: the image that tennis at Cal State Fullerton is a country-cl
  
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• Titan wrap up 3-game sweep of Long Beach State with 5-1 win

  29-03-2019 21:46
  For the first time since 2013, the Titans swept Long Beach State in a three-game series at the Dirtbags home, Blair Field, with a 5-1 victory Sunday afternoon.
  For the first time in the series the Titans didn’t score first and in the first inning; this time it was the Dirtbags turn to take the early lead. The Titans tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth.
  Jordan Hernandez got the Titans first run as he scored from third base on a single by Sahid Valenzuela in the fifth inning.
  Hernandez st
  
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• Senate Bill 50 is a one size fits all solution to housing

  29-03-2019 19:46
  
  As they consider Senate Bill 50, many who are aware of the latest attempt by San Francisco’s Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener to solve California’s housing shortage believe the plan treats this state as if it were monochromatic.
  Wiener offers the same basic solution for everyplace in this vast state of 58 counties and 482 cities, many of which are quite unique. Will the same tactics create significant amounts of new housing in Corona and Chico, Torrance and Trinity County?
  Yes, the
  
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• Restaurants embrace automation, robotics as customers demand instant convenience

  29-03-2019 19:45
  
  The biggest buzzwords in the restaurant industry at the moment are customization, automation and convenience as consumers, especially millennials, have grown accustomed to using their phone to do everything from texting to ordering takeout.
  Triggered by today’s on-demand society, the food and beverage industry is hyper-focused on luring customers through digital services — from third-party delivery to drone drops. The industry is also turning more to automation to help reduce rising
  
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• Casino Insider: Mixologists talk fancy cocktails; what to do at casinos this weekend

  29-03-2019 19:41
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter with all the best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. It’s delivered to your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now.The casino experience goes far beyond gaming with offerings such as entertainment venues, restaurants and, of course, bars.
  This campfire old fashioned, devised by the mixologists at Harrah’s Resort Southern California, has mexican chocolate, cocoa and a smoked marshmallow. (Photo Courtesy of Bran
  
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• El Toro’s Savannah Stocker voted Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week

  29-03-2019 19:39
  
  Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week
  Athlete: Savannah Stocker
  School: El Toro
  Sport: Swimming
  Noteworthy: The USC-bound diver captured the girls title at the Mission Viejo Invitational by posting a meet-record score of 548.05 points at the Marguerite Recreation Center. The reigning state champion scored a perfect 10 on a back dive pike on the 1-meter springboard and a 9.0 on a difficult, forward 2 1/2 somersault pike. “That’s probably one of the best times I’ve done i
  
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• Temple City’s Nicco Day voted Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week

  29-03-2019 19:38
  
  Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week
  Athlete: Nicco Day
  School: Temple City
  Sport: Baseball
  Noteworthy: Day led the way in Temple City’s 6-2 win over rival Monrovia on Friday. He went 3 for 4, which included a two-run home run in the third, and a double to right-center in the seventh inning. Day also pitched three innings in relief, allowed just two hit and struck out six.
  FINAL TALLY:
  Nicco Day, Temple City –– 3,097
  Drew Dalquist, Redondo  –– 773
  AJ An
  
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• California hemp farmers still waiting for launch of multi-billion dollar business

  29-03-2019 19:37
  
  Will Kleidon hoped to be growing hemp in his California hometown of Ojai by now.
  It’s even in his company name: Ojai Energetics.
  But, for now, Ojai is one place he can’t grow. California regulators haven’t created a legal path that will let farmers grow commercial hemp. So Kleidon has been forced to work with a farm in Oregon to source hemp for his company’s therapeutic elixirs, oils and gels, as he waits for California to get its hemp program up and running.
  “If th
  
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• Try food from Henry’s Restaurant at Huntington Beach pop-ups before April opening at The Waterfront Beach Resort

  29-03-2019 19:10
  
  Henry’s Restaurant, named for railroad mogul Henry Huntington, will open in mid April at The Waterfront Beach Resort, a Hilton Hotel. (Courtesy of Henry’s Restaurant)
  Henry’s Restaurant, named for railroad mogul Henry Huntington, will open in mid April at The Waterfront Beach Resort, a Hilton Hotel. (Courtesy of Henry’s Restaurant)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsHenry’€s Restaurant, named for railroad mogul Henry Huntington, will open in mid April at The
  
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• Trabuco Hills High band surprised with news it will perform in the 2020 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

  29-03-2019 19:06
  
  A Saddleback Valley Unified School District concert went on like any other, until 8 p.m., just after an elementary school ensemble played a Queen song, the music stopped. Someone had a message for Trabuco Hills High School’s Thundering Mustangs Marching Unit.
  “Let’s have a parade!” Wesley Whatley said, announcing that the band has been chosen to perform in the 2020 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for which he is the creative producer.
  Saxophonist Jack Cain celebrate
  
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• Home Tour: Artist Chris Richter uncovers beauty in his Laguna Beach home

  29-03-2019 18:42
  
  Richter’s minimalist aesthetic in his work is reflected in the pared-down look of the interior design throughout the home. (Photography by Leonard Ortiz)
  Adding insulation and using all-new Laguna planks for the walls help make this cozy cottage more energy efficient. (Photography by Leonard Ortiz)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBoth bathrooms in the cottage have been completely redone, using Rohl fixtures throughout. (Photography by Leonard Ortiz)
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• 20 years for California man behind hoax call that led to fatal shooting

  29-03-2019 18:34
  
  By ROXANA HEGEMAN
  WICHITA, Kan. — A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for making bogus emergency calls to authorities across the U.S., including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online players over $1.50 bet in the “Call of Duty: WWII” video game.
  U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Tyler R. Barriss, 26, under a deal in which he pleaded guilty in November to a total of 51 federal charges related to
  
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• Taking a stand for the health of Orange County women

  29-03-2019 16:49
  
  From the outside looking in, Orange County is one of the wealthiest counties in the nation. A sprawling 948 square miles, with a population of 3.19 million, we are seen as fast-paced people with high-paying jobs in investments, publishing, management and information services, tech and telecommunications, to name a few. But look a little closer, and you will see something different.
  Every day in Orange County, five women are diagnosed with breast cancer and one woman dies from the disease.
  The Na
  
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• This Texas retailer wants to shake up how Californians buy home furnishings

  29-03-2019 16:45
  
  If you thought Texas companies abhor California, think again.
  At Home from the Dallas suburb of Plano is launching a major push into California’s home furnishings market. A new 85,000-square-foot store at Foothill Ranch Towne Center just off the 241 toll road in Lake Forest opened this month.
  The new At Home store in Foothill Ranch, CA will have its official opening on Saturday, March 30, 2019. The 75,000 square foot store promotes itself as a home decor superstore. (Photo by Paul Bersebac
  
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• Old School Laguna Day will aim to bring back those good vibrations

  29-03-2019 16:43
  
  Looking to recapture the vintage vibes from Laguna Beach’s past? Old School Laguna Day will do just that, with special sales, giveaways and live music celebrating the days of classic rock, turntables and surfboards.
  Organized by merchants in The Hip District — on South Coast Highway between Thalia Street and Bluebird Canyon Drive — the event goes from noon-6 p.m. Saturday.
  The day kicks off with a ribbon cutting with the mayor at noon at the Soul Project and will include live m
  
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• Three punk rock vocalists with PhDs talk new music, tacos and politics ahead of the Sabroso fest in Dana Point

  29-03-2019 16:34
  
  There aren’t many full-time, touring musicians out there who also happen to have PhDs and it’s certainly a rare occasion when more than one appears on any given festival line-up. In the case of the annual Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival, there are three punk rock frontmen on the bill that can back up their fiery lyrical content with some impressive degrees.
  The Descendents’ Milo Aukerman got his PhD in biology at UC San Diego and completed a post-doctorate in bioc
  
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• 12 museum exhibitions and attractions to see this April

  29-03-2019 16:23
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
  Features more than 40 photographs by this key figure of the second Harlem Renaissance of the 1950s and 60s whose iconic images amplified the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
  When: Opens April 11 and runs through Sept. 1. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
  Where: Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles
  Admission: $7-$12, free to members, children y
  
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• John Wayne Airport plans more spots to eat, finds travelers are getting bored with fewer choices

  29-03-2019 16:10
  
  If you travel often, you’ve likely noticed most U.S. airports have a few things in common: McDonald’s, Starbucks, Hudson News and other seemingly ubiquitous chains.
  At John Wayne Airport, those familiar brands won’t necessarily go away, but airport officials plan to give passengers new and different choices in where to eat, drink and shop in between flights through a multi-year overhaul of its concessions, likely starting with a first phase to be done by June 2020. Some of the
  
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• Real estate news: Empty Jo-Ann Fabrics building in Orange sells for $4.9 million

  29-03-2019 16:00
  
  The former home of Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts in Orange has been sold to a private, local investor for $4.9 million. CBRE, which represented the buyer and seller Said Shokrian, declined to identify the buyer .The new owner also declined to state what would come next for the tired building, which is situated between busy Katella Avenue to the south and Meats Avenue to the north. (Courtesy of CBRE Group)
  Epson America’s new headquarters in Los Alamitos will include two buildings with more tha
  
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• Photos: County to auction half-dozen, mostly distressed homes in probate

  29-03-2019 16:00
  
  Bryan Geiger trekked early Thursday to Rossmoor to see if a run-down, 1950’s house cloaked in a thicket of trees, shrubs and cacti is suitable for his family of six.
  He had to use his imagination.
  Walls inside and out hadn’t seen a paintbrush in decades. Carpeting and flooring need to be replaced. Outdated doors, cabinets and countertops are ready for the trash heap.
  In other words, “it’s awesome,” Geiger said of the 1,700-square-foot house surrounded by $1 million
  
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• Senior Moments: Looking for a cat and finding a kindred spirit

  29-03-2019 15:18
  
  Her name is Lark, like the bird.
  “Strange name for a cat,” I thought, reading the bio card taped to her cage at the PetSmart in Pasadena.
  Seemingly sad, the brown tabby inside reminded me of a line from “Romeo and Juliet,” “The lark represents harsh reality.”
  She looked like she had already seen too much harsh reality for only two years of life. She was curled looking like she’d rather be anywhere else.
  Who could blame her? Bright lights and noise filled
  
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• Technology trends: 5G is coming — here’s what you need to know

  29-03-2019 15:12
  
  This year, a big technology shift will finally begin. It’s a once-in-a-decade upgrade to our wireless systems that will start reaching mobile phone users in a matter of months.
  But this is not just about faster smartphones. The transition to new fifth-generation cellular networks — known as 5G for short — will also affect many other kinds of devices, including industrial robots, security cameras, drones and cars that send traffic data to one another. This new era will leap ahea
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Mountain High season passes are on sale

  29-03-2019 13:48
  
  Mountain High’s 2019-20 season passes are now on sale. An adult pass costs $349 and includes unlimited access to all three resorts, 10 percent off non-sale retail items, one free Yeti Snow Park admission and one free disc golf play during summer. There are no blackout dates. Passes for children 7-12 are $199 and for children 6 and under they are free with an adult pass purchase. For more information, go to www.mthigh.com.
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• Editor’s Letter: A little help from our friends

  29-03-2019 07:34
  
  I’ve never been the kind of person who looked to historical figures or famous achievers for inspiration on how to lead my best life. Maybe it’s because my life is so rich with friends who amaze and motivate me with their determination, their intelligence and their heart.
  Case in point: my friend Risa Groux, a certified clinical nutritionist in Newport Beach. We first met a couple years ago when, after a heavy-duty course of antibiotics for a dental infection caused a litany of digest
  
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• Taste: Power Plant – A new vegetarian menu at Studio

  29-03-2019 07:21
  
  Has spring sprung? We were still in the throes of so-called winter in SoCal when we visited Studio at Montage Laguna Beach. With cold bursts of rain gusting in from the ocean, we were following a hot tip regarding the recently revamped vegetarian tasting menu engineered by chef Benjamin Martinek, who has assumed the role of executive chef, after the departure of chef Craig Strong.
  Originally from the small town of Ward, Colorado – 14 miles west of Boulder – Martinek discovered his ca
  
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• Hawaiian Passage: A remarkable adventure on Maui and the Big Island provides a journey in self-exploration

  29-03-2019 07:13
  
  The first thing that greets me as I exit the plane in Maui is the soft, moist tropic air, fragrant with some exotic flower. A feeling of tranquility immediately flows through my body.
  It’s been 22 years since I was last in Hawaii on a romantic getaway with my husband.
  Much has changed in those 22 years.
  My friends and family think I’m crazy. Why would I go on a seven-day press trip with complete strangers? It didn’t sound like fun to any of them, no matter the location. But to
  
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• JSerra baseball sets up rematch with La Mirada in Boras Classic final

  29-03-2019 07:07
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – It will be a rematch in the Boras Classic’s South Tournament championship game.
  JSerra’s 5-2 victory Thursday over Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks at JSerra High in the semifinals puts the Lions (12-8) into the championship game Friday at 6 p.m. against La Mirada (15-3) at JSerra.
  La Mirada beat Yucaipa 2-0 in Thursday’s other semifinal.
  JSerra defeated La Mirada in last year’s Boras Classic South Tournament final. In this week’s CIF-Southern
  
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• Kings done in by former teammate Tanner Pearson in shootout loss to Canucks

  29-03-2019 06:45
  
  The Kings’ Austin Wagner (51) scores against Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko, center, as the Kings’ Kurtis MacDermid (56) and the Canucks’ Derrick Pouliot, second from left, and Alexander Edler, back, watch during the first period of Thursday’s game in Vancouver. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Los Angeles Kings’ Austin Wagner, front left, and Michael Amadio, right, celebrate Wagner’s goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of an NHL h
  
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• Julie Hill to Ground Control: An OC icon becomes one of the first Astrotourists

  29-03-2019 06:45
  
  One evening, while visiting her friend the British billionaire Sir Richard Branson on his private island in the Caribbean, Julie Hill decided to become an astronaut.
  The Newport Coast-based land development magnate visits Necker Island annually, but on this occasion, she brought her astrophysicist brother along. When the cocktail conversation turned toward her host’s then-fledgling space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, the siblings playfully goaded each other about which of them had the
  
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• Alexander: Yeah, #GonzagaExists – any other questions?

  29-03-2019 05:49
  
  ANAHEIM — The members of Gonzaga University’s pep band now wear identical T-shirts, prompted by a sassy late night TV talk show host.
  #GonzagaExists, they said.
  ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel might still need some convincing – although, in reality, the best part of his comedy bit is that the Gonzaga people are happy to play along with the gag.
  But when you face them, it’s no laughing matter.
  Florida State’s Seminoles made a run late in the second half of the NCAA Tou
  
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• Texas Tech smothers Michigan to advance to second straight Elite Eight

  29-03-2019 05:29
  
  Matt Mooney #13 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders gets tangled up with Eli Brooks #55 of the Michigan Wolverines during the first half of their game in the West Regional semifinals of the NCAA College Basketball Tournament at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Davide Moretti #25 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders is fouled by Jordan Poole #2 of the Michigan Wolverines during the first half of their game in the West Regional semifina
  
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• Centennial quarterback Colt Fulton transfers to Santa Margarita

  29-03-2019 05:23
  
  Centennial of Corona sophomore quarterback Colt Fulton has enrolled at Santa Margarita, Eagles football coach Brent Vieselmeyer confirmed Thursday.
  Fulton (6-4, 195) played sparingly for the Huskies last season but was offered a scholarship last month by Florida Atlantic, whose head coach is former USC coach Lane Kiffin.
  He arrives at Santa Margarita following the departure of the Eagles’ starting sophomore quarterback, Peter Costelli, who transferred to Mission Viejo.
  Last season, Fulton
  
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• Orange County baseball/softball highlights for Thursday, March 28

  29-03-2019 05:13
  
  Highlights and top performers from the Orange County baseball and softball games on Thursday, March 27.
  BASEBALL
  Thursday’s baseball scoreboard
  Irvine slowed No. 8 Beckman’s runaway in the Pacific Coast League by handing the Patriots their first league loss, 4-3, in a seesaw game at Irvine High. The Vaqueros (10-5, 5-4) erased a two-run deficit with a three-run fifth inning. Beckman tied it in the top of the sixth, but Irvine won it on Leonard Memon’s walk-off RBI in the sevent
  
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• Robots inspect nuclear waste canisters for damage at San Onofre

  29-03-2019 03:20
  
  The robot that inspected spent fuel canisters at San Onofre (Courtesy Southern California Edison)
  The robot is lowered into a vault in the Holtec Hi-StormUMAX dry storage system at San Onofre. (Courtesy Southern California Edison)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA clunky robotic device resembling a tiny car — equipped with a 3-D camera — has been crawling up and down canisters loaded with nuclear waste at San Onofre’s concrete bunkers, trying to quantify the depth and brea
  
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• Top-seeded Gonzaga advances to Elite Eight with win over Florida State

  29-03-2019 03:09
  
   
  Josh Perkins #13 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs celebrates with teammates Brandon Clarke, Rui Hachimura #21, and Jeremy Jones #22 after he scored as he was fouled during the first half of their game against Florida State in the West Regional semifinals of the NCAA College Basketball Tournament at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Josh Perkins #13 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs celebrates after scoring as he was fouled during the
  
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• Cypress and Orange Lutheran, the top two ranked teams in Orange County, to play Friday in Boras Classic

  29-03-2019 03:08
  
  The top two teams in the Orange County baseball top 25 play against each other Friday in the Boras Classic.
  One might expect the county’s top two teams to meet in the tournament’s championship game. But this is the Boras Classic with an extraordinarily strong field. Eight of the teams in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 top 10 are in the tournament.
  Orange Lutheran (12-2) and Cypress (15-2) will play in the Boras Classic consolation championship Friday at 6 p.m. at Mater Dei High.
  
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• How to get a bowl and a drink for only $5 at Flame Broiler’s newest location in Huntington Beach

  29-03-2019 02:46
  
  To celebrate the opening of its second location in Huntington Beach, the Flame Broiler will offer a special meal deal. Running from Monday, April 1 through Sunday, April 14, customers can get any bowl with a drink for $5.
  Bowls are made with non-GMO white or brown rice and customers can choose toppings of Angus beef, chicken or tofu with blanched vegetables and green onions. Sauce selections include Flame Broiler’s hot sauce, double or triple hot sauce or Korean BBQ-inspired sauce.
  The new
  
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