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• Ducks rookie Troy Terry suffers broken leg, sidelined for rest of season

  01-04-2019 23:51
  
  ANAHEIM — Troy Terry, a rookie right wing, suffered a broken tibia Friday when he blocked a shot in the Ducks’ loss to the Calgary Flames, the team is expected to announce Tuesday. Bob Murray, the Ducks’ general manager and interim coach, is scheduled to give updates on a number of injured players.
  A team spokesman said on Monday that Murray would provide details Tuesday on several players, including Terry, Ryan Getzlaf (upper body), Brendan Guhle (upper body), Chad Johnson (he
  
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• Burger King’s Whopper gets an Impossible version

  01-04-2019 22:11
  
  Burger King has begun testing an Impossible Whopper in 59 St. Louis restaurants with an eye to rolling out the plant-based protein option to all of its U.S. locations.
  If Burger King’s partnership with Impossible Foods expands, it would be a coup for the Bay Area company that’s dedicated to “making meat using plants.” Burger King is in the top 10 largest fast food chains, frequently listed at No. 6.
  Impossible Foods has captured diners’ attention with its signature
  
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• Lining up for a baseball-themed Mr. Bucketlist experience

  01-04-2019 21:52
  
  My baseball bucketlist is very broad – I’m open to almost any new experience that gets me “closer to the game.”
  At the end of each year, which also happens to be when my birthday falls on the calendar, Major League Baseball holds an online auction to raise money for its sanctioned charities.  Each of the 30 major league teams donates some kind of fan experience for auction.
  In 2017, the auction item that peaked my interest was offered by the Texas Rangers and was cal
  
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• Santa Margarita’s hockey team wins another national championship

  01-04-2019 21:45
  
  Santa Margarita won its second consecutive national high school hockey championship today with a 4-1 win over Edina Junior Gold of Minnesota in the Division 1 final at the Chipotle-USA Hockey High School National Championships in Cleveland.
  The Eagles’ Joshua Hyden scored a hat trick with his three goals in the second period.
  It is Santa Margarita’s third national title. The Eagles also won the championship in 2013 before winning their back-to-back titles in 2018 and this season.
  
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• DJ Kaskade’s Sun Soaked beach party in Long Beach adds a second day

  01-04-2019 21:39
  
  If you checked out Grammy-nominated DJ Kaskade’s Twitter feed Monday, you probably dropped to the floor when you saw his announcement about the third installment of his Sun Soaked beach party, which returns to Long Beach this summer.
  And you didn’t drop to the floor to celebrate with sweet dance moves but out of shock at the artists he’s bringing on stage.
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• Creature Stall: Step inside an alien pet store at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland

  01-04-2019 21:33
  
  Step inside the cozy Creature Stall at Disneyland’s new Galaxy’s Edge and you’ll find an alien pet store stuffed with oinking Puffer Pigs, tongue-flicking Worrts and vibrating Rathtars collected from across the Star Wars galaxy.
  The Creature Stall will be the place to find cuddly and creepy interactive intergalactic beasts in the Black Spire Outpost village on the Star Wars planet of Batuu, the setting for the new 14-acre themed land coming to Disneyland.
  Each of the shops in G
  
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• 1 dead, 1 seriously injured in Fullerton after stolen SUV slams into car

  01-04-2019 21:32
  
  A man driving a stolen SUV was arrested after slamming it into a sedan, seriously injuring the driver in that vehicle and killing the passenger Monday morning, Fullerton police said.
  Two cars involved in a fatal traffic collision at the corner of Valencia Dr. and Euclid Street in Fullerton, CA, on Monday, April 1, 2019. Theman who was driving the stolen SUV was arrested after slamming the vehicle into the Honda, injuring one person and killing one person. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County R
  
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• Rapper Nipsey Hussle mourned on day he was set to meet with LAPD

  01-04-2019 21:21
  
  LOS ANGELES — On the day he was scheduled to meet with Los Angeles Police Department brass to discuss ways of stopping gang violence, rapper Nipsey Hussle was instead being mourned Monday by musicians, athletes and politicians.
  Hussle, 33, was gunned down in broad daylight, around 3:20 p.m. Sunday on the 3400 block of West Slauson Avenue, in front of The Marathon Clothing store he founded in 2017 near Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Two other men were wounded in the shooting.
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• National Classic baseball tournament has started

  01-04-2019 20:35
  
  It’s at Amerige Park, El Dorado and Cal State Fullerton.
  Among the teams in it are IMG Academy of Florida, the No. 1 team in MaxPreps.com’s national rankings.
  Also in the National Classic are Beckman, El Dorado, Bishop Amat, South Hills and Gahr.
  Expect to pay admission fees if you attend. It is a fundraiser. Admission $7 per single game, $25 tournament pass. Kids 10 and under admitted free.
  Full snack bars going at El Dorado and Amerige.
  The bracket is here as is other pertinent inf
  
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• Ryan Lemmon Invitational baseball tournament

  01-04-2019 20:25
  
  It got started this past weekend. Many fine teams in it, as usual.
  The tournament this season is at The Great Park’s fields in Irvine.
  Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors (60 and older) and $3 for students. Children 11 and younger admitted free.
  Here is a schedule for the tournament.
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Sarah Ladd, Los Alamitos

  01-04-2019 20:10
  
  The Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Sarah Ladd
  School: Los Alamitos
  Sport: Softball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: The Michigan State-bound pitcher led the Griffins past higher-ranked Marina (4-1) and Huntington Beach (9-1) in her first two starts since coming back from a shoulder/back strain. Ladd allowed two runs on seven hits and struck out 11 in 14 innings as Los Alamitos surged in the Surf League race. “I am back,” said a smiling Ladd, who went 18-2 last seaso
  
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• ‘BattleBots’ is coming to Lakewood, here’s how to see a taping

  01-04-2019 18:16
  
  Metal on metal carnage is heading to Lakewood when the 2019 BattleBots World Championship comes to the city as mad machines such as Bite Force defends its title against top contenders including Tombstone, Minotaur, Witch Doctor, Bronco, Bombshell and even a Yeti.
  And yes, you can watch all the metal munching madness live.
  Tickets are on sale to watch the robot gladiators fight to the death with battles happening April 12-22 culminating in the crowning of the 2019 BattleBots World Champion.
  All o
  
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• Election results fuel war on California’s charter schools

  01-04-2019 18:00
  
  Elections have consequences, and while some are unintended, one major impact of last year’s California elections is very much intended.
  Organizations and wealthy individuals favoring education reforms and charter schools went head-to-head with the California Teachers Association and other elements of the education establishment.
  It was a wipeout. The CTA, et al, swept the table, including the elections of Gavin Newsom as governor and Tony Thurmond as state superintendent of schools, and st
  
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• Trump tells the truth, sanctions cause people to suffer

  01-04-2019 17:41
  
  This week President Trump admitted what the Washington policy establishment of both parties would rather be kept quiet. Asked why he intervened to block a new round of sanctions on North Korea, he told the media that he believes the people of North Korea have suffered enough. “They are suffering greatly in North Korea…And I just didn’t think additional sanctions at this time were necessary,” he said.
  The foreign policy establishment in Washington, whether they are neocon
  
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• This Orange County man hadn’t heard of Stanford until he was nearly a high school senior, now he’s heading toward his MBA there

  01-04-2019 17:00
  
  Bribing, cheating, massive donations and expensive tutoring are only a few ways to get into college. For young people such as Jorge Cueto, there are far cheaper ways.
  Like earning a full-ride scholarship. Yes, earning.
  You see, Cueto couldn’t have cheated his way into Stanford University if he wanted to.
  First of all, his parents raised their son with values, such as the importance of giving back, helping community and that big one that clearly terrifies some big-money celebrities —
  
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• Status Update: OC tourism hits record in 2018 with 50.16 million visitors

  01-04-2019 17:00
  
  The county welcomed 50.16 million visitors in 2018, a 1.6% increase over 2017, according to figures from the Orange County Visitors Association.(CINDY YAMANAKA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)
  The head of the Small Business Administration, Linda McMahon, is stepping down from the role and will help President Donald Trump’s re-election effort, he said Friday, March 29.. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJennifer Leuer has joined the board at Irvine-based BigRentz,
  
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• These are our 35 best photos from WonderCon 2019

  01-04-2019 16:35
  
  WonderCon 2019, you were over too soon.
  Thankfully, our photographers Jeff Gritchen and Mindy Schauer captured the event with some wonderful pictures.
  The Anaheim comic-book convention was a whirlwind three days of cosplay, comics and commerce, as the fans lined up to show off their costumed finery, movie and TV companies showed off their upcoming films and artists and small businesses shared their wares with the fans who love it.
  We saw an array of amazing women heroes, villains and creative co
  
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• Orange County unemployment rate falls to century-low 3 percent in February

  01-04-2019 16:15
  
  Orange County bosses added 11,400 workers in the 12 months ended in February while joblessness fell in a year to a century’s low 3 percent.
  Here are 10 Orange County job market trends from the state Employment Development Department’s monthly report: February (seasonally unadjusted) data compared with a year ago stats, then the average of the previous five years …
  1. Jobs:1.65 million. compared with 1.64 million a year ago — up 11,400 or 0.7 percent — vs. O.C.&rsqu
  
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• The All-SoCal Varsity Boys Basketball Team and SoCal Player of the Year – Cassius Stanley, Sierra Canyon

  01-04-2019 16:10
  
  The Southern California News Group honors the region’s top winter sports athletes:SoCal Varsity Awards section is in Monday, April 1 editions of SCNG newspapers.Sierra Canyon basketball player Cassius Stanley. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Sierra Canyon basketball player Cassius Stanley. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSierra Canyon basketball player Cassius Stanley. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Ange
  
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• The All-SoCal Varsity Girls Basketball Team and SoCal Player of the Year – Ashley Chevalier, Sierra Canyon

  01-04-2019 16:08
  
  The Southern California News Group honors the region’s top winter sports athletes:SoCal Varsity Awards section is in the Monday, April 1 edition of SCNG newspapers.Sierra Canyon basketball player Ashley Chevalier. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Sierra Canyon basketball player Ashley Chevalier. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSierra Canyon basketball players Cassius Stanley and Ashley Chevalier (Photo b
  
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• The All-SoCal Varsity Boys Soccer Team and SoCal Player of the Year – Blake Bowen, San Clemente

  01-04-2019 16:06
  
  The Southern California News Group honors the region’s top winter sports athletes:SoCal Varsity Awards section is in Monday, April 1 editions of SCNG newspapers.Register’s and SoCal Boys Soccer Player of the Year for 2019, San Clemente forward Blake Bowen.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  Register’s and SoCal Boys Soccer Player of the Year for 2019, San Clemente forward Blake Bowen.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gall
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Segerstrom Center is offering free dance lessons

  01-04-2019 14:09
  
  Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa has launched a Tuesday Night Dance series at the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays for free. Expert instructors will teach a different style each month. Learn Broadway April 2-30, Bollywood May 7-28, country June 4-25 and hip-hop July 2-30. All experience levels are welcome. The venue is at 600 Towne Center Drive. Call 714-556-2787 or go to www.scfta.org.
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• Whicker: With a 13-2 record in March, Clippers aren’t doing it on intangibles alone

  01-04-2019 08:47
  
  Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas, right, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons, left, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers guard Garrett Temple defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles
  
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• Santa Ana resident gets 50 years to life for killing a man in Irvine

  01-04-2019 08:32
  
  SANTA ANA — A Santa Ana resident who killed a 19-year-old man at an Irvine construction site because he suspected the victim stole his bike was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in prison.
  Jacob Michael Margo, 24, was convicted in October of first-degree murder, along with a sentencing enhancement for the use of a gun.
  Margo lured Octavio Jesus Alcala to a construction site near Wolf Trail and Orchard Hills, where the shooting occurred, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Keith
  
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• Clippers don’t mess around as they roll past Memphis

  01-04-2019 07:35
  
  Los Angeles Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell, right, shoots as Memphis Grizzlies forward Bruno Caboclo defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Los Angeles. The Clippers won 113-96. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley, right, offers to help up Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas after Valanciunas was hurt during a play during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Los Angeles. Th
  
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• Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger pushing for more hits after hot start against Diamondbacks

  01-04-2019 06:53
  
  LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger overheard A.J. Pollock analyzing his two-run double that tied the game Sunday for the Dodgers in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
  “Yours was a hit?” Bellinger interrupted from across the locker room.
  “They changed it,” Pollock replied with a smile.
  Errors often don’t lead to hits on the box score, but Pollock was already approaching second base when Diamondbacks outfielder Adam Jones bobbled the gro
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns and scores twice to lead Galaxy to victory over Portland

  01-04-2019 06:45
  
  Los Angeles Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (9) reacts after scoring a goal against the Portland Timbers during the first half of a Major League Soccer match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Sunday March 31, 2019.Los Angeles Galaxy defeatedthe Portland Timbers 2-1.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)
  Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Romain Alessandrini (7) is held by Portland Timbers defender Zarek Valentin (16) during the first half of a Major League Soccer matc
  
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• Clippers’ Wilson Chandler mourns friend Nipsey Hussle, the rapper killed Sunday

  01-04-2019 05:48
  
  LOS ANGELES — The news of rapper Nipsey Hussle’s death left people coming to work Sunday at Staples Center stunned and saddened, Clippers forward Wilson Chandler among them.
  Chandler was a friend of the Grammy-nominated rapper, 33-year-old Ermias Ashgedom, who reportedly was shot multiple times Sunday afternoon at Marathon Clothing in South Los Angeles.
  “He’s really like how you would think he would be in his music,” Chandler said before the game against Memphis. &l
  
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• Guests of Stanton motel flee after small fire, possible explosion

  01-04-2019 05:47
  
  A small fire and possible explosion Sunday night at a motel in Stanton may have injured one person and startled other guests into fleeing the building, Orange County fire officials said.
  Witnesses reported hearing a small blast prior to the fire, but there were no flames in the motel by the time Orange County Fire Authority firefighters arrived at the scene, said Capt. Daryll Milliot.
  The explosion was reported at 7:04 p.m. in the 11800 block of Beach Boulevard. When firefighters arrived, they f
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers’ A.J. Pollock makes a great first impression

  01-04-2019 05:37
  
  LOS ANGELES — Who really has the edge when a hitter changes teams and runs up against his old buddies for the first time?
  After all, he has working knowledge of most of the pitchers, having played behind them. And his old team is fully aware of his tendencies as a hitter, and with the volumes of knowledge now available can adjust their defensive alignment accordingly.
  “It’s kind of a little game of chess,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who added that the X-factor in
  
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• Whicker: Gilgeous-Alexander’s season makes the one-and-done rule make sense

  01-04-2019 05:31
  
  LOS ANGELES — Now the Ones are Done.
  Kentucky and Duke are gone. UCLA never got close. The freshmen of college basketball will make their runway walk on Draft Night, June 20, but they’ll be watching the Final Four like Charles Barkley and the rest of us.
  The highest-scoring frosh in the Final Four is Michigan State’s Aaron Henry, who averages 5.9 points. The Spartans get 14 percent of their scoring from yearlings. None of the others — Texas Tech, Virginia and Auburn &mdas
  
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• Luke Walton explains decision to sit LeBron James for rest of the season

  01-04-2019 05:20
  
  LOS ANGELES – Moments after victory, Luke Walton was feeling good enough to joke about missing his best player for the rest of the season.
  His dry delivery almost sucked the air out of the punchline: “Well, we cut some dead weight before the game started tonight so we had better playmakers out there.”
  LeBron James certainly isn’t dead weight, but a sense of humor about the Lakers’ decision to rest the four-time MVP might be the best way of dealing with it for Walton
  
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• Tyler Skaggs satisfied with first outing of the season for the Angels

  01-04-2019 03:42
  
  OAKLAND — Tyler Skaggs’ first start of the season could not have started much better.
  Skaggs retired the first eight hitters he faced before getting in and out of a jam, and then before misplacing a few pitches toward the end of his 86-pitch outing.
  “Mechanics-wise, not my greatest,” said Skaggs, who was charged with two runs in 4-2/3 innings. “I was feeling for certain pitches, but it makes you a better pitcher in the long run when you know your stuff is not that g
  
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• Fans, celebrities react to the death of rapper Nipsey Hussle

  01-04-2019 03:30
  
  Rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in a shooting that left two others injured outside his store in South Los Angeles on Sunday, March 31.
  The 33-year-old rapper, born Ermias Asghedom, was a Los Angeles native. He released his Grammy-nominated album “Victory Lap” in 2018 after many successful mix tapes. His biggest hits included “The Life” with Snoop Dogg and “They Roll” with The Game.
  The rapper’s star had been rising, particularly on major music festivals.
  
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• Women rule in these WonderCon 2019 cosplay photos from the Anaheim comic convention

  01-04-2019 03:17
  
  Women are tough, that’s for sure.
  So, WonderCon fans, we’re here to celebrate the super-strong women of WonderCon 2019. Check out the excellent cosplay game these heroes and villains displayed in Anaheim.
  Lucy Capuchino switched up Nightmare Before Christmas and dressed a Jack, but she calls herself Jackie outside WonderCon in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 29, 2019.(Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Nikki Skelton is dressed as a mashup of the Cheshire Cat from Alic
  
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• TV best bets: NCAA Final Four on Saturday

  01-04-2019 03:03
  
  NCAA BasketballNCAA Final Four, Saturday, April 6, CBSTexas Tech (30-6) vs. Michigan State (32-6)Virginia (33-3) vs. Auburn (30-9)
  Once again, the NCAA tournament began with a lot of expectations that some of the high-seeded mid-majors might break into the Final Four. And once again, those expectations were misplaced. Buffalo? Wofford? Nevada? Bye bye. Gonzaga? Heartbroken again, this time from a team located in Lubbock, Texas.
  So basically it was all chalk going into the Sweet 16, and the four
  
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• Short-handed Lakers make short work of New Orleans Pelicans

  01-04-2019 02:49
  
  Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo (9) drives to the basket in front of New Orleans Pelicans forward Cheick Diallo (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Sunday, March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) and New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) after an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Sunday, March 31, 2019. The Lakers won 130-102. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles L
  
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