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• Black Tap opened its first California location Saturday, April 27 at Downtown Disney

  29-04-2019 22:43
  
  Black Tap Anaheim opened Saturday, April 27 at Downtown Disney, making it the first California location of the chain famous for its outrageous shakes.
  Black Tap Anaheim opened Saturday, April 27 in a spot on the 50 yard mark of Downtown Disney’s promenade. Seen here, the Greg Norman burger. (Courtesy of Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer)
  Chris Barish, co-owner of Black Tap, at Black Tap Burgers & Beer in New York City. (Courtesy of Black Tap)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBlack
  
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• FBI arrests Reseda Army veteran suspected in Long Beach bomb plot

  29-04-2019 22:30
  
  A Reseda man was behind bars Monday on suspicion of plotting to carrying out a domestic terrorism bombing during a white-nationalist rally in Long Beach that never materialized.
  Mark Steven Domingo, 26, of Reseda, a former U.S. Army infantryman who served in Afghanistan, was arrested Friday after he received what he thought was a bomb but was actually an inert device supplied to him by an undercover law enforcement officer, federal officials said.
  According to a FBI affidavit filed in federal co
  
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• Open borders policies disproportionately hurt Black Americans

  29-04-2019 22:11
  
  President Trump routinely boasts that unemployment rates for Black Americans are “at record lows.” That was true a few months ago — but now those rates are climbing again. Currently, 6.7% of Black Americans are out of work, up nearly a full percentage point from November.
  This uptick is no coincidence — it’s directly tied to the huge number of foreign workers pouring into the country. In the past four months alone, Border Patrol caught more than 299,000 illegal alie
  
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• Beto O’Rourke unveils climate plan with Yosemite as backdrop

  29-04-2019 22:08
  
  By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and WILL WEISSERT
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.  — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has announced his first major policy initiative, a $5 trillion plan to combat climate change that he says will keep the Earth from sliding past the point of no return in less than a generation.
  The former Texas congressman unveiled his proposal on Monday from California’s Yosemite National Park, a dramatic backdrop for a move he hopes can jumpstart a camp
  
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• Man charged in murders of man, woman found shot dead inside Newport Beach home

  29-04-2019 22:03
  
  Jim Alden talks to the media after the arraignment for Jamon Buggs, the man suspected of killing Wendi Miller, 48, and Darren Partch, 38, was postponed in Newport Beach on Monday, April 29, 2019. Alden was a friend of Partch. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Jim Alden talks to the media after the arraignment for Jamon Buggs, the man suspected of killing Wendi Miller, 48, and Darren Partch, 38, was postponed in Newport Beach on Monday, April 29, 2019. Alden was a friend of Pa
  
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• Top pitching prospect Griffin Canning ready for much-anticipated Angels debut

  29-04-2019 22:01
  
  Los Angeles Angels pitcher Griffin Canning pitches in the seventh inning of a spring training baseball game Monday, March 4, 2019, against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
  Los Angeles Angeles pitcher Griffin Canning, right, reaches down to pick up the rosin bag as Chicago White Sox’s Laz Rivera, left, runs around the bases on a solo home run in the seventh inning of a spring training baseball game Monday, March 4, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrock
  
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• Marriott to expand further into home-sharing

  29-04-2019 21:55
  
  Marriott is pushing more heavily into home-sharing, confident that its combination of luxury properties and loyalty points can lure travelers away from rivals like Airbnb.
  The world’s biggest hotel company will start taking reservations this week for 2,000 homes in 100 markets in the U.S., Europe and Latin America. It plans to expand its Homes and Villas program to other locations.
  For its part, Airbnb is encroaching further into hotels. On Monday, the San Francisco-based company said it&r
  
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• Clippers assistant GM Trent Redden to remain with team after meeting with Pelicans

  29-04-2019 21:51
  
  The Clippers’ front office will remain intact after assistant General Manager Trent Redden decided to remain in L.A. after meeting with the New Orleans Pelicans about a high-ranking job, as was first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and confirmed by a league source.
  Redden will continue his work with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, President Lawrence Frank and GM Michael Winger, who recently turned down a chance to interview for the Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball O
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Aditya Gupta, University

  29-04-2019 21:50
  
  The Register’s boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Aditya Gupta
  School: University
  Sport: Tennis
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: He won the boys singles championships at the prestigious Ojai Tournament. Gupta had to go the comeback route to defeat Wally Thayne of Newbury Park in the final 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. He was unable to play at The Ojai last year because of shin splints and did not compete in the recent Pacific Coast League Finals so he could be better prepared for The Ojai. “It feels pretty gr
  
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• Eager shoppers at Ladera Ranch’s community garage sale

  29-04-2019 21:35
  
  Hundreds of Ladera Ranch homes participated in the annual community garage sale, which always draws crowds of eager shoppers.
  First held in 2006, the event is a partnership between Ladera Ranch Community Services and a dozen Realtors who work in the community.
  At the end, many families donated their leftover items to Goodwill at the Go Green event hosted at the Ladera Ranch Elementary School.
  Maria Estrada, center, of El Monte and a few of her friends, look through clothes for sale on a driveway
  
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• Family: Director John Singleton being taken off life support

  29-04-2019 20:37
  
  LOS ANGELES  – Film director John Singleton, who recently suffered a major stroke at a Los Angeles hospital, will be taken off life support today, according to his family.
  “It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend, John Daniel Singleton, will be taken off of life support today,” according to the statement released by a publicist for the family. “This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over
  
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• CIF-SS softball playoffs: Schedule for wild-card round, first round

  29-04-2019 20:08
  
  The CIF-SS softball playoff pairings were released Monday with the schedule for the wild-card round and first round.
  SOFTBALL
  DIVISION 1
  First round
  Thursday, 3:15 p.m.
  Norco, bye
  Vista Murrieta at Riverside Poly
  Valencia at Pacifica/Garden Grove
  Los Altos at Orange Lutheran
  Santa Fe at Chino Hills
  Buena at Saugus
  Mater Dei at Esperanza
  Huntington Beach at Grand Terrace
  Yucaipa at Santiago/Corona
  Upland at La Serna
  West Torrance at Gahr
  Newbury Park at Los Alamitos
  Redlands East Valley at Santa
  
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• IS leader appears in video for first time in 5 years

  29-04-2019 19:52
  
  By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE
  BEIRUT — The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group appeared for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group’s propaganda arm on Monday, acknowledging defeat in the group’s last stronghold in Syria but vowing a “long battle” ahead.
  The SITE Intelligence group said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in the video, also discussed the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people and for which the group c
  
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• CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Schedule for wild-card round, first round

  29-04-2019 19:48
  
  The CIF-SS baseball playoff pairings were released Monday with the schedule for the wild-card round and first round.
  BASEBALL
  DIVISION 1
  First round
  Thursday, 3:15 p.m.
  San Clemente at Orange Lutheran
  Etiwanda at Corona
  Ayala at Vista Murrieta
  Harvard-Westlake at Valencia
  Chaminade at Aliso Niguel
  El Toro at South Hills
  El Dorado at Bishop Amat
  Moorpark at Huntington Beach
  Dana Hills at La Mirada
  Gahr at Palm Desert
  JSerra at Mira Costa
  Dos Pueblos at Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks
  Edison at Yucaipa
  We
  
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• OC Fair 2019: Brandi Carlile will headline Pacific Amphitheatre in July

  29-04-2019 19:00
  
  Americana singer-songwriter and now three-time Grammy Award-winning artist Brandi Carlile will headline Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa on July 17 during the venue’s 2019 Toyota Summer Concert Series.
  Carlile recently performed her song “The Joke” at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles off of her sixth album, “By the Way, I Forgive You.” She’s known for songs like “Party of One,” “Third Eye,” “The Story,” “
  
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• Man found shot, critically wounded on driveway of Garden Grove home

  29-04-2019 18:50
  
  A man was found shot and critically wounded early Monday on the driveway of a home in the 1200 block of Corvette Street in Garden Grove, police said.
  He was found by officers called to the scene at 12:17 a.m. on a report of gunshots heard in the neighborhood of single-family homes . The man was taken to a hospital.
  No one was inside at the home where officers found the man, Garden Grove Lt. Carl Whitney said.
  Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call Detective Steve Heine at 7
  
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• Why is Maria Butina in prison?

  29-04-2019 18:41
  
  Russian gun rights activist and graduate exchange student Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week for “conspiracy to act as a foreign agent without registering.”
  Her “crime” was to work to make connections among American gun rights activists in hopes of building up her organization, the Right to Bear Arms, when she returned to Russia.
  She was not employed by the Russian government nor was she a lobbyist on Putin’s behalf. In fact the Putin Admini
  
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• The CIF-SS swimming, diving championships are here

  29-04-2019 18:23
  
  The CIF-SS swimming and diving championships are this week at Riverside City College. Here is the daily schedule:
  Monday, April 29
  Division 2, 3 diving, 9 a.m.
  Tuesday, April 30
  Division 1, 4 diving, 9 a.m.
  Wednesday, May 1
  Division 3 prelims, 9 a.m.
  Division 4 prelims, 4:30 p.m.
  Thursday, May 2
  Division 1 prelims, 9 a.m.
  Division 3 FINALS, 4 p.m.
  Friday, May 3
  Division 2 prelims, 9 a.m.
  Division 4 FINALS, 4 p.m.
  Saturday, May 4
  Division 1 FINALS, 9 a.m.
  Division 2 FINALS, 4 p.m.
  For updates fro
  
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• Fired USC water polo coach Jovan Vavic, indicted in college admissions scandal, finds a buyer for his $2.5 million Rancho Palos Verdes house

  29-04-2019 18:23
  
  The ocean-view home boasts a paid solar system and a loaded backyard with a swimming pool, spa, barbecue and conversation area around a fire pit. Click through the slideshow to see more. (Photo courtesy of RE/MAX Estate Properties)
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• Halloween Horror Nights: Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash returns to score the ‘Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man’ attraction

  29-04-2019 18:00
  
  After horror fanatics dubbed the “Universal Monsters” attraction — which featured Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man and more — their favorite maze of Universal Studios Hollywood’s annual Halloween Horror Nights in 2018, the monsters are back for this year’s event.
  The all-new maze, “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man,” is loosely based on Universal Pictures’ 1942 horror movie of the same tit
  
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• A real review of Gavin Newsom’s first 100 days: John Cox

  29-04-2019 18:00
  
  As we review the reporting of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s progress in his first 100 days in charge of the Golden State, much of it focuses on his continuation of criticism of the White House, his attention grabbing authoritarian repeal of the death penalty and his headlines of international diplomacy to Central America.
  Newsom’s theatrics make for great national television morning show content and social media click-bait.  I think part of his motivation and political strategy is to dive
  
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• Going to Porto’s Bakery? Here are 4 pastries you have to try

  29-04-2019 17:40
  
  If one thing sets Porto’s Bakery and Cafe apart, it’s those signature pastries.
  “People travel from all over the place for the iconic recipes that my mom first started with,” said Betty Porto, co-owner of the family-owned Cuban bakery with five locations, including the new bakery and cafe in West Covina slated to open Tuesday, April 30. “That’s what brings them in, and that’s what makes us unique.”
  The Porto’s Bakery Savory Signature items, M
  
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• Status Update: Need a job? Allied Universal recruiting for security, HQ roles

  29-04-2019 17:30
  
  Santa Ana-based Allied Universal will host a career fair for security jobs from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. May 7 .The hiring event will be held at the Garden Grove One-Stop Center at 7077 Orangewood Ave., Suite 200, in Garden Grove. (iStockphoto)
  The South Coast Metro Alliance will host a seminar on the Dark Web Thursday, May 2. Det. Daniel Holl of the Costa Mesa Police Department will explain the hidden portion of the Internet, focusing on cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, along with accessing the Dar
  
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• Real Street Festival featuring Migos, Future, ASAP Rocky and more is expected to draw 80,000 fans to Honda Center in Anaheim

  29-04-2019 17:20
  
  The last time Honda Center in Anaheim truly used its massive indoor and outdoor space was when it filled the Santa Ana River bed with 20 million gallons of water for an event called Jet Jam in 1996 and 1997, which drew about 90,000 fans, according to Honda Center President and CEO Tim Ryan.
  Honda Center will once again play host to a massive event when the Real Street Festival, featuring performances by Future, Rae Sremmurd, Meek Mill, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, ASAP Rocky, Miguel, Blueface, Casanova,
  
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• Funeral arrangements set for Dewey Van Cleave

  29-04-2019 16:44
  
  Funeral services for longtime Garden Grove boys basketball coach Dewey Van Cleave will be at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Orange on May 9 at 1 p.m.
  Van Cleave, 87, died April 23 of pulmonary fibrosis. He passed away at his home with his son Rusty and daughter Mitzi bedside. Van Cleave is survived by Rusty and Mitzi and two grandchildren.
  Van Cleave was born in Lincoln, Neb. and attended Nebraska Wesleyan where he was a three-sport star. He is in the Nebraska Wesleyan athletics Hall of Fam
  
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• Youths needed to fill construction jobs as openings rise

  29-04-2019 16:30
  
  Mark Long came from a family of high-school dropouts. And for a while, his siblings expected him to follow in their footsteps.
  Math and science weren’t his thing.
  “I just wanted to mess around,” the Orange County native said.
  Then, Long discovered a new class at his high school.
  Called BITA, or the Building Industry Technology Academy, the Katella High School course taught students how to hammer, saw, build walls and install wiring and plumbing. Students used their brains as we
  
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• These 786 Degrees pizzas, praised on Yelp, are coming to Pasadena

  29-04-2019 16:25
  
  A tiny strip mall in Sun Valley is home to a pizza place unlike any other.
  There are no pepperoni pies at 786 Degrees; instead the menu boasts slices with tastes from exotic locales, such as India, Egypt, Turkey, Italy and Mexico.
  “My deep belief is that flavors are beautiful everywhere all around the world, so why just stick with one style?” 786 Degrees owner Ali Haider Ali said. “Why not pick up the best from different countries and then present it like a painting on a pizza?
  
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• 26 kid-friendly museums to visit with your family this summer vacation

  29-04-2019 16:24
  
  Summer is coming, and parents may be dreading hearing the “I’m bored” refrain.
  But it doesn’t have to be that way.
  There are a wealth of museums in Southern California that offer the entertaining experience your kids want and the educational elements you’re looking for.
  We have rounded up a list of 26 venues, enough to keep your family smiling through summer and perhaps even longer.
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  Autry Museum of the American West: Artifacts, art and exhibits re
  
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• KROQ 106.7/FM’s Weenie Roast returns to Orange County with The Lumineers, 311, X Ambassadors and more

  29-04-2019 16:15
  
  KROQ 106.7/FM’s Annual Weenie Roast is returning to Orange County in 2019 after having spent two years at StubHub Center (now Dignity Health Sports Park) in Carson following the demolition of Irvine Meadows in 2016.
  The rebranded Weenie Roast & Luau will feature performances by The Lumineers, 311, Silversun Pickups, The Revivalists, Catfish and the Bottlemen, X Ambassadors, Flora Cash, Smith & Thell and The Regrettes. It will all take place on Saturday, June 8, at Doheny State Beac
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Our 50 best photos from the festival

  29-04-2019 15:45
  
  The 2019 Stagecoach Country Music Festival has ridden into the sunset and we explored the music, the RV camping, the people and more.
  Here are our 50 best photos from the fest, as selected by our team of photographers behind the lens.
  Katherine Calvert, 22 from Los Angeles, arrives with her friends in the parking lot for the final day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio Sunday, April 28, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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• How to play the mobile games that will turn Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge into a role-playing universe

  29-04-2019 15:33
  
  A series of interactive smartphone games will transform Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge into an immersive real-world role-playing universe that will let players collect galactic credits and unlock additional layers of backstory about the new themed land coming to Disneyland.
  “From the beginning, we’ve always really thought of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge as for world’s largest Star Wars playset,” said Walt Disney Imagineering executive creative director Asa Kalama. &ldqu
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: 13 things we’ll remember about the festival’s 13th year

  29-04-2019 15:30
  
  A very hot — literally — Stagecoach Country Music Festival has come and gone and while it had a lot of the same elements it boasts yearly (think big name country acts, people in lawn chairs and domestic beer), there were some big and sometimes surprising moments.
  These are our top 13 highlights from the festival’s 13th year:
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• Hate speech, or modern politics? New rhetoric revives tradition of all insults, all the time

  29-04-2019 15:00
  
  It certainly is not the first time in America’s long history of political rough-and-tumble that an elected official was labeled a “socialist,” or called “a clown,” or had his or her essential integrity questioned.
  But it might be the first time a politician had all of that said about him in a single sentence in an on-the-record statement sent to a reporter by a spokesman — apparently sober — for a major political party.
  In another era, the verbal blast a
  
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• Miguel’s Jr. introduces Sonora street tacos with a combo deal

  29-04-2019 14:14
  
  Miguel’s Jr. has added Sonora street tacos to its menu and is celebrating with a combo deal. Through May 8, you can try two beef or chicken Sonora street tacos with refried beans, rice and a 24-ounce drink for $6.99. Also on special is the 16-ounce CoffeeChata, horchata and coffee served over ice, for $1. For restaurant locations and more information, go to www.miguelsjr.com.
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• Stagecoach 2019: From Tom Jones’ soul to Diplo’s after party, here’s what happened Sunday

  29-04-2019 12:25
  
  Another Stagecoach Country Music Festival is in the rearview mirror and wow, the last day was a trip.
  The night wrapped up with a Stagecoach first — producer Diplo threw an after party in the Palomino Tent a week after he played his second set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend.
  It was jam-packed with special guests, including the much rumored Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus collab “Old Town Road” to close the night.
  But before that, Jason Aldean closed out
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Jason Aldean gives a strong finish to the 13th annual country fest

  29-04-2019 11:48
  
  Singer-songwriter Jason Aldean has become a Stagecoach Country Music Festival staple. He performed at the very first fest back when it was a two-day affair in 2007. He came back in 2010 for an earlier daytime set and headlined for the first time in 2012. He headlined again in 2014 and, like his peer and Friday night headliner Luke Bryan, he has now headlined Stagecoach a total of three times.
  His sets are always strong, energetic, filled with all of his radio hits and he’s nothing if not c
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Twitter applauds Diplo’s after party with Lil Nas X, Sam Hunt and Cam

  29-04-2019 11:02
  
  The Stagecoach Country Music Festival ended with a dance party to remember courtesy of Diplo, with special guests Cam, Sam Hunt, Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X, on Sunday, April 28.
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  Diplo might be the hardest working man in the desert —  he played both weekends of Coachella, as well as a sur
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Rain doesn’t ruin Diplo’s guest-filled dance party

  29-04-2019 10:41
  
  Electronic dance music artist Diplo hosted the first-ever Stagecoach Country Music Festival after party following a headlining set by Jason Aldean over on the Mane Stage.
  As Aldean wrapped up his turn, large drops of rain began to unexpectedly fall from the sky. The quick bursts of rain didn’t stop thousands of fans from making their way over to the Palomino Stage where Diplo was set up with turntables behind a fort of hay bales, sporting a sweet multi-colored country-western Nudie suit wi
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Photos of the performers and their fans on Sunday

  29-04-2019 10:00
  
  The final day of the 2019 Stagecoach Country Music Festival is here and we’re out for one more day of country fun in the sun. Jason Aldean will close the Mane Stage Sunday night, but before him we expect to see Old Dominion, Lauren Alaina and Tom Jones. And after Aldean wraps, we’ll be at Diplo’s late night Palomino party.
  Old Dominion’s Brad Tursi (left) and Matthew Ramsey (right) perform on the Mane Stage during the final night of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival a
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Tom Jones gives the festival the best music history lesson ever

  29-04-2019 09:46
  
  Two years ago, Tom Jones was a spectator at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, watching Jerry Lee Lewis play a blistering set in the Palomino Tent. On Sunday night, the 78-year-old Welsh singer reminisced about that night as he performed the set of the festival in the same spot, putting on an hour-plus show that was perfectly tailored to the Stagecoach audience, full of deep blues, gospel nods and his biggest hits.
  Jones’ set will go down in the annals of Stagecoach history as even bet
  
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• ‘Game of Thrones’: 5 epic moments from the Battle of Winterfell

  29-04-2019 07:26
  
  The Battle of Winterfell has arrived.
  And so have the spoilers, so go run and hide in the crypt if you have not watched the episode. (Or go here.)
  In an epic and chaotic conflict, the Night King and his army of the undead have finally arrived to do battle with the forces of the living. And what a pounding, punishing fight it is. There’s plenty to talk about, think about and explicate, and here are our top five moments.
  The army of the living battles the forces of the Night King in Season 8
  
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• With Anna Cockrell back, USC women track and field roll over UCLA; Bruin men top Trojans

  29-04-2019 05:23
  
  LOS ANGELES >> She had waited a painful seven weeks for this afternoon.
  USC junior Anna Cockrell, the two-time NCAA 400 meter hurdles runner-up, trusted her coaches, trusted her trainers. She had done everything she could to come back from a left hamstring injury that threatened to derail her season.
  Still on the morning of the 86th USC-UCLA dual meet at Loker Stadium on Sunday, Cockrell was still wrestling with doubt.
  “I’m not going to lie,” Cockrell said “I was a
  
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• Construction vs. Cancer event at Angel Stadium builds kids’ fascination with big machines

  29-04-2019 05:23
  
  What kid – and really what adult – doesn’t get excited at the sight of a bulldozer at work or a crane lifting a big piece of metal?
  On Sunday, April 28, the American Cancer Society tapped into that nearly universal love of heavy machinery for a fundraiser that put families – for a donation of $10 – behind the controls of several big pieces of construction equipment.
  Pediatric cancer families from around the region were invited to ride the equipment for free at the C
  
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• Alexander: Minjee Lee completes the job at L.A. Open

  29-04-2019 05:00
  
  LOS ANGELES — Karrie Webb is Australia’s preeminent LPGA player, with 41 career tour victories and seven majors in 23 seasons. And she has become a mentor for Minjee Lee, the 22-year-old Perth native who, in four-plus seasons, has five tournament victories.
  No. 5 came Sunday at Wilshire Country Club, a four-shot victory in the second Hugel-Air Premia L.A. Open that will vault Lee into the No. 2 spot in the world rankings this week.
  So, what would Karrie think? Turns out she already l
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s goal lifts Galaxy to sixth consecutive home win

  29-04-2019 04:34
  
  CARSON  >> Frustration started to settle in for the Galaxy as the second half of Sunday’s contest with Real Salt Lake dragged on.
  It was understandable after dominating the first half only to find things tied on the scoreboard.
  However, in one brief moment, in one of his few attempts on goal, Zlatan Ibrahimovic fixed everything, as he usually does.
  In the 78th minute, Ibrahimovic, left-footed a pass from Sebastian Lleget, blasting the shot by RSL goalkeeper Andrew Putna.
  The goa
  
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• Whicker: Cody Bellinger’s spring offensive might be good for all seasons

  29-04-2019 03:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — The plate appearances of Cody Bellinger have become plot-twisting adventures, full of challenge and peril, until they turn out Blue.
  On Sunday he was down 0 and 2 to Pittsburgh’s Trevor Williams. “Threw a couple of heaters right by me,” he said.
  Then he took a borderline changeup, a pitch he might have popped up eight months ago.
  “But Cody has another club in his bag this year,” manager Dave Roberts said.
  The next pitch was a down-and-in fastball
  
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• Cal State Fullerton baseball flips pitchers’ roles to beat UC Irvine 4-3

  29-04-2019 03:36
  
  Cal State Fullerton head coach Rick Vanderhook, right, gives instructions to Jordan Hernandez during a Big West Conference game against UC Irvine at Goodwin Field in Fullerton on Sunday, April 28, 2019. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
  Cal State Fullerton’s Daniel Cope, bottom, slides to score past UC Irvine catcher Griffin Mazur on a hit by AJ Curtis during a Big West Conference game at Goodwin Field in Fullerton on Sunday, April 28, 2019. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contribut
  
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• Caleb Ferguson goes to Dodgers’ Injured List as Rich Hill returns

  29-04-2019 02:26
  
  LOS ANGELES – With Rich Hill ready to come off the Injured List on Sunday, something had to give.
  It was Caleb Ferguson’s oblique.
  Ferguson was placed on the IL Sunday, clearing a roster spot, after apparently injuring an oblique muscle in his left side. Ferguson faced three batters in Saturday’s game, failing to retire any of them. He walked two and gave up a single to load the bases in the eighth inning.
  “He felt something in his left side. Oblique-ish,” Dodgers m
  
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• Warriors survive ugly Game 1, defeat Rockets

  29-04-2019 02:21
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — Despite the anticipation and hype around this series, the Warriors and Rockets did not produce countless highlight reels. Instead, both teams labored through sloppy play and endless foul calls.
  The Warriors finished with a 104-100 win over the Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday at Oracle Arena despite collecting 20 turnovers and 24 fouls.
  Stephen Curry made a dagger 3 for a 103-98 lead with 24.4 seconds remaining. Before that, Kevin Durant sc
  
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• Vela has game-tying goal as Sounders, LAFC play to draw

  29-04-2019 02:14
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — When his Seattle Sounders salvaged a tie against San Jose last Wednesday, coach Brian Schmetzer wasn’t shy about saying it felt like a loss. He had a far different feeling about another tie Sunday.
  Jordan Morris scored for the Sounders in the first minute and Carlos Vela countered for Los Angeles FC three minutes later in a 1-1 draw.
  The Sounders (5-1-3), who were routed 4-1 by LAFC last Sunday in California, played the final 72 minutes of regulation with 10 men after
  
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