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• UFC targeting Daniel Cormier-Stipe Miocic rematch for Aug. 17 at Honda Center

  01-05-2019 23:53
  
  Daniel Cormier and the UFC left the heavyweight division in limbo as they waited for an answer from Brock Lesnar.
  Stipe Miocic, who holds the record for most consecutive heavyweight title defenses, has had a longer wait since losing the belt to Cormier 10 months ago.
  All sides got answers this week.
  After being told no by Lesnar, the UFC is now targeting the rematch Miocic has coveted by putting him in the cage with Cormier for a pay-per-view event on Aug. 17 at Honda Center. A UFC official conf
  
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• Arts for Kids program a learning experience for CSUF students, too

  01-05-2019 23:52
  
  Fourth-grader Allison Reyes, 10, leans over with great concentration as she etches the pattern of a stencil onto a foam plate.
  Over her shoulder, Cal State Fullerton senior Kelsey Elmore, 23, offers pointers.
  After running an ink-covered roller over the etching and then pressing it onto a piece of paper, Allison has a print of a flower.
  After the two admire the print for a few moments, Elmore tells the girl, “Don’t forget to sign it.”
  “It’s cool, I’ve never do
  
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• Freight containers to be re-purposed for homeless shelter in Buena Park, part of new construction trend

  01-05-2019 23:15
  
  While other Orange County cities are busily turning warehouses into homeless shelters, Buena Park decided to take a different approach – re-purposing freight containers instead.
  The city joins the cutting-edge trend of turning shipping containers into homes, businesses, libraries and classrooms by tapping Crate Modular, which specializes in container conversions, to work with its construction contractor, Griffin Structures, to build a facility for about 150 people several blocks north of K
  
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• Rancho Days Fiesta will evoke Orange County’s rancho era

  01-05-2019 23:08
  
  OC Parks will host the 23rd Annual Rancho Days Fiesta at Heritage Hill Historical Park on Saturday, May 4. Travel back in time to explore Orange County’s rancho era and enjoy activities, music and dance in a family-friendly atmosphere.
  Guests can partake in a variety of activities, exhibitors, performances and demonstrations including piñata breaking, butter churning, and candle dipping. The celebration will also feature Charro horse riding and roping demonstrations along with Nativ
  
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• Usher, Erykah Badu to headline Smokin’ Grooves Festival in Long Beach

  01-05-2019 23:05
  
  The Queen Mary Events Park will be getting groovy again this summer when Usher and Erykah Badu take the stage as headliners for the second annual Smokin’ Grooves Festival in Long Beach.
  Tickets go on sale at noon May 4 for the June 15  show that will feature performances by 30 hip-hop and R&B acts including Common, Kali Uchis and The Pharcyde.
  The concert made its debut last year as one of the new shows at the ship organized by Goldenvoice, producers of the Coachella Valley Music
  
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• Panda Express looking to fill 1,300 jobs in Los Angeles, Orange counties

  01-05-2019 23:01
  
  Panda Express, the nation’s largest Asian fast-food chain, is looking to fill more than 1,300 openings at locations throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties.
  With the summer season fast approaching and job markets tight, the company is making an aggressive effort to recruit needed workers.
  The most recent figures from the state Employment Development Department show Los Angeles County’s unemployment rate for March was 4.6 percent. The Inland Empire hovered just below L.A. County wi
  
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• California has gone from ‘three strikes and you’re out’ to issuing intentional walks

  01-05-2019 23:00
  
  After the crime wave of the 1990s, politicians at the state, local and national scene all seemed to adopt different variations of the philosophy — “do the crime, do the time.”  Over time, the crime rate went down, incarceration levels went up and the new consensus on violent crime has become: unconditional surrender.
  It doesn’t quite strike fear in the hearts of criminals the same way, does it?
  Let’s take a short look at our evolution, or should I say de-e
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm sets opening date for new Calico River Rapids water ride

  01-05-2019 21:31
  
  The new Calico River Rapids coming to Knott’s Berry Farm will introduce Sasquatch to the renovated BigFoot Rapids attraction after the legendary folklore beast managed to avoid detection for three decades on the water ride that bore his name.
  An extensive renovation of the 1987 BigFoot Rapids at the Buena Park theme park debuting May 17 will transform the river rapids water ride into an animated attraction with nine thematic scenes and more than 20 animatronic figures.
  “Living in the
  
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• Bloodhound expert and her dogs have found hundreds of lost pets in the worst conditions

  01-05-2019 21:20
  
  Landa Coldiron, a bloodhound handler who specializes in finding lost pets, searches a neighborhood in Orange with her dog Diana, They were looking for Isabella, a Yorkshire terrier who has been missing for a year, on Sunday, April 28, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Landa Coldiron, a bloodhound handler who specializes in finding lost pets, is on the case with her 6-year-old dog, Diana in Orange on Sunday, April 28, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register
  
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• The 75 best restaurants in Orange County in 2019 (45-31)

  01-05-2019 21:01
  
  This is the fifth edition of this guide — a roadmap to Orange County’s wildly diverse dining scene. Narrowing this list to 75 recommendations gets harder each year.
  Yes, this list is highly personal and subjective but also painstakingly methodical. Every year I sample hundreds of restaurants in every corner of the county, accumulating a wealth of dining experiences that I mentally compare with the countless memories of meals past, both locally and around the world.
  This year, we are
  
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• Losing American history at California State University

  01-05-2019 20:47
  
  The study of United States government and history is rapidly disappearing from general education programs at America’s colleges and universities. Out of over 1,100 four-year institutions examined in What Will They Learn, a report issued by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, only 17% require a survey course in U.S. government or history.
  Adding to this unfortunate trend, a new faculty proposal at the California State University system would reduce the current six-credit requiremen
  
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• Porto’s Bakery is coming to Northridge, and we know where it’s planning to open

  01-05-2019 20:33
  
  Social media has been buzzing for months about Porto’s Bakery and Cafe coming to Northridge.
  That’s the plan, and we know where it’s going to be located.
  According to Porto’s asset manager Jorge Villa, the family-owned Cuban bakery plans to repurpose the Sears Auto Center in the parking lot of the Northridge Fashion Center as its next location.
  But before you start celebrating, co-owner Betty Porto added she has yet to sign the contract cementing the deal.
  “We&rsquo
  
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• Daniel Jacobs is a fresh prince looking to dethrone Canelo Alvarez

  01-05-2019 20:09
  
  LAS VEGAS — He is boxing’s closest approximation to Will Smith. Same flaps for ears, same gleaming smile. Daniel Jacobs is two days away from the final ringwalk of Saturday evening at T-Mobile Arena, with Canelo Alvarez and maybe as much as $15 million awaiting him, and a rematch with Canelo if he wins.
  Sure, he’s drinking in all of this, rolling every drop against his palate. You would, too, if all this had happened to you.
  “I couldn’t get off the couch,” Jac
  
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• Best thing I ate: Who cooks like this anymore? Thankfully, Marché Moderne does

  01-05-2019 20:02
  
  It bears repeating: There’s no better French bistro in Southern California than Marché Moderne in Newport Beach; no better stewards of classic French technique than Marché’s Florent and Amelia Marneau.
  Case in point: Who else these days would go to the trouble of crafting a classic French pithivier (puff pastry pie) of black truffle, potato and housemade duck sausage as a mere side dish for a simply seared duck breast? Nobody else, that’s who. 
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• Marine support group will hold car wash and barbecue fundraiser Saturday

  01-05-2019 19:30
  
  You can get your car washed and support a good cause when Dana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group launches Car Wash Week on Saturday, May 4.
  The first week of every month (Monday through Sunday) local residents may come at their convenience to Doheny Village Car Wash and request the Leatherneck Special and a percentage of the proceeds of any service will go to the support organization.
  The group will kick off the fundraiser with a free barbecue on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Damian Coll
  
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• Would Vladimir Guerrero Sr. have had to change approach in analytics era?

  01-05-2019 19:26
  
  ANAHEIM — In the course of reporting today’s column on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.,  the Toronto Blue Jays’ prodigy and son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero Sr., we got to talking with Angels broadcaster Jose Mota about Vladimir Sr.’s approach to hitting. As you might expect, it was fairly uncomplicated.
  Mota actually was a teammate of Vladimir Sr., toward the end of Mota’s career and the beginning of Guerrero’s.
  “I was in Montreal in spring training, m
  
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• How these South Bay teens got their band a gig at the BeachLife Festival

  01-05-2019 19:23
  
  The teenage members of the South Bay band Alinea still can’t believe it.
  Despite their youth, they earned a spot alongside music legends such as Willie Nelson, Bob Weir and Brian Wilson playing a three-day festival that could put Redondo Beach on the musical map.
  “It’s really nuts. It doesn’t register; it doesn’t actually make sense. It’s not comprehensible that I’m going to be sharing the stage with some of these people,” said John Barry, the
  
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• White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding

  01-05-2019 18:57
  
  By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking Congress for an additional $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border security as the administration contends with a surge of Central American migrants at the southern border.
  That’s according to two people familiar with the request who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly before a formal announcement.
  A summary of the request obtain
  
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• Meander through vintage houses at the Old Town Tustin Home and Garden Tour

  01-05-2019 18:55
  
  April showers were few and far between. Still, Tustin has plenty of May flowers.
  This weekend, that colorful flora – and the homes they call home – will be celebrated at the 23rd annual Old Town Tustin Home and Garden Tour.
  See how residents have turned their vintage houses into modern living spaces while maintaining the charm of yesteryear. Each home has its own story and interesting decor.
  The day includes a walking tour led by the Tustin Preservation Conservancy, a quilt show by t
  
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• ‘MasterChef Junior’ contender Malia Brauer will head to Claremont’s Scripps College this summer for Camp MasterChef

  01-05-2019 18:51
  
  Newhall tween Malia Brauer is off to camp this summer.
  And not just any camp, but the new overnight Camp MasterChef at Scripps College in Claremont where the 12-year-old “MasterChef Junior” contestant will put in an appearance sometime between June 30 to July 20 for two days of culinary classes and games.
  “I think there’s going to be a lot of campers who are really, really strong cooks and want to be a MasterChef, but then I think there’s going to be campers who jus
  
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• Free Comic Book Day: 10 issues you’re going to want to get

  01-05-2019 18:38
  
  Free Comic Book Day was always one of the fun days of the year for me and my littlest daughter before she got big.
  The annual event held on the first Saturday of May meant we’d get up early, head out to the comic book shops around us, and try to hit as many as we could until we either ran out of energy or shops or both.
  You had to go to more than one because traditionally there’s a limit on how many each store will allow each customer to get, and different stores order different quan
  
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• Music continues to rise at Queen Mary as the Just Like Heaven festival comes to the ship this weekend

  01-05-2019 17:51
  
  The Queen Mary became a musical hot spot last year when concert giant Goldenvoice hopped on board to bring mini music festivals to the ship.
  And it’s been smooth sailing ever since with yet another sold out festival coming this weekend.
  The alternative and indie rock-filled Just Like Heaven festival will bring Phoenix, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, and MGMT to the ship plus acts like Beach House, Passion Pit, Miike Snow, the Rapture and others.
  Originally planned as a one-day concert for Saturday
  
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• Albano on softball: Division 1 playoff preview, predictions

  01-05-2019 17:44
  
  A division-by-division look at the softball playoffs:
  DIVISION 1
  Top-seeded teams: 1. Norco (27-1), 2. Great Oak (20-3-1), 2. Santiago/Corona (17-5-1), 4. Grand Terrace (25-3-1)
  OC teams: Pacifica (16-3-1), Orange Lutheran (21-6-1), Esperanza (18-8), Mater Dei (14-10-1), Huntington Beach (15-8), Los Alamitos (18-8), Santa Margarita (23-3), San Clemente (15-9), Aliso Niguel (16-8)
  Analysis: Orange County certainly didn’t get much respect in the bracket with Surf League No. 1 Los Alamitos an
  
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• The progressive myth that ‘the rich get richer, the poor get poorer’

  01-05-2019 17:00
  
  Socialists like Bernie Sanders tell us that “the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.”
  That’s a lie.
  Yes, rich people got absurdly rich. Last year, says Oxfam, “the wealth of the world’s billionaires increased (by) $2.5 billion a day.”
  I say, so what?
  The poor did not get poorer. Bernie’s wrong about that. The poor are much better off.
  “As we’ve increased the number of billionaires around the world, extreme poverty has shrunk,” say
  
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• Southern California ranked as second-worst “mega city” to live in

  01-05-2019 17:00
  
  Southern California got the second-worst grade among 21 “mega cities” scored in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “best cities to live in” rankings.
  The region including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties finished in second-to-last place topping only Miami in rankings of livability and economic issues among metropolitan areas with 2.5 million residents or more. U.S. News, which pitches this ranking as a guide to where people cons
  
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• Free Comic Book Day is May 4: Here are 57 comic shops in Southern California participating

  01-05-2019 16:32
  
  The Avengers reached the Endgame on film, but comic book fans know there are always new stories hitting the stands.
  And on one day each year, they’re free. Yes, it’s time for Free Comic Book Day, which falls this year on that nerdiest of days, May 4, which is also known as Star Wars Day … that other nerdiest of days.
  So where should you assemble, Avengers fans? We have a list of 57 Southern California comic book stores participating in the day’s events, which will vary f
  
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• Military commanders investigating on-base domestic violence are largely out of compliance with Defense Department rules, report concludes

  01-05-2019 16:00
  
  An analysis of more than 200 cases of domestic violence at eight military installations, including Camp Pendleton, has determined that commanders and law enforcement personnel are not following their own rules when investigating and handling these cases and their victims.
  The report, released April 19, reviewed military law enforcement practices when responding to domestic violence incidents, specifically looking at whether those practices were consistent with Department of Defense policies. The
  
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• Don’t sleep on Andrew Yang

  01-05-2019 16:00
  
  Amid the evil farce that the Democrats’ primary campaign seems fated to spiral into, do not sleep on Andrew Yang, the paradoxically normal oddball candidate who is gaining serious attention because of how powerfully he reveals the Left’s dueling playbooks to be grievously obsolete.
  Yang occupies a zone of reality most leading Democrats simply refuse to countenance, much less engage with.
  A Taiwanese-American tech entrepreneur with a law degree and a philanthropic background, Yang did
  
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• Galaxy’s Edge cantina coming to Disneyland draws inspiration from wretched hives of scum and villainy in ‘Star Wars’ movies

  01-05-2019 15:33
  
  Oga’s Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will give Disneyland visitors the opportunity to order an alien cocktail in a wretched hive of scum and villainy just like the one where Han Solo dispatched with a bounty hunter — minus the blaster aimed at you under the table.
  The Galaxy’s Edge cantina at the center of Disneyland’s new themed land will draw inspiration from the lively cocktail bars seen in “Solo,” “The Force Awakens” and the original
  
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• Are Dems greener than GOP? List of O.C. award winners offers clue

  01-05-2019 15:00
  
  As the Orange County League of Conservation Voters gears up for its 20th annual Environmental Leadership Awards Dinner on May 10, its list of honorees offers a stark reminder of the increasingly partisan divide on environmental advocacy and regulation.
  The league is non-partisan as are the groups represented by its three honorees. But both the local and national league find themselves consistently at odds with the Trump Administration’s environmental policies. And two of the three award wi
  
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• Mueller frustrated with Barr over portrayal of findings

  01-05-2019 14:34
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON  — Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed frustration to Attorney General William Barr last month about how the findings of his Russia investigation were being portrayed, saying he worried that a letter summarizing the main conclusions of the probe lacked the necessary context and was creating public confusion about his team’s work, a Justice Department official said Tuesday night.
  Mueller communicated his agitation in a letter to the Justice Departme
  
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• 2 dead, motive unclear in North Carolina campus shooting

  01-05-2019 14:31
  
  By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and SARAH BLAKE MORGAN
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A student with a pistol and no motive that was immediately apparent killed two people and wounded four others at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte before campus police disarmed and arrested him, authorities said.
  “I just went into a classroom and shot the guys,” the suspect, Trystan Andrew Terrell, told reporters Tuesday as officers led him away in handcuffs.
  The shooting had people scrambling to find safe spa
  
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• Bargain Hunter: The Assistance League of Temecula Valley thrift store holds half-price sales twice a month

  01-05-2019 14:18
  
  The Assistance League of Temecula Valley thrift store sells a range of merchandise, including clothing, books, toys, jewelry, housewares, furniture, electronics and more. There are weekly specials in various departments, plus everything in the store, except for Boutique items, is half-price on the first Friday of the month and the Boutique has everything for half-price on the last Friday of the month. The store is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and Monday and 2-7 p.m. Tuesday at 28720 Mo
  
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• More reasons to be concerned with election integrity in California

  01-05-2019 08:41
  
  Elections are not just about choosing public officials. They’re about the legitimacy of government.
  In the words of the Declaration of Independence, governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Without that consent, governments are tyrannies, unjustly handing out penalties — or sweetheart deals — with the stolen power they have seized by force or manipulation. And that brings us to California.
  A new report from the nonprofit Election Inte
  
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• Pepperdine volleyball outlasts Princeton to set up NCAA semifinal with Long Beach State

  01-05-2019 08:03
  
  Pepperdine outside hitter Kaleb Denmark (10) drives his spike over Princeton’s Jerod Nelsen (17) and Joe Kelly (14) in the NCAA National Volleyball Championship at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  Pepperdine’s Michael Wexter (1) and Max Chamberlain (13) block a Princeton spike in the NCAA National Volleyball Championship at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily
  
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• Boys and girls lacrosse playoffs: Tuesday’s scores, Thursday’s schedule

  01-05-2019 07:50
  
  The L.A. Lacrosse Foundation boys and girls playoffs.
  BOYS LACROSSE
  Orange County Championships
  First round, Tuesday
  St. Margaret’s 13, Beckman 9
  Newport Harbor 7, Santiago/Corona 6 (OT)
  Yorba Linda 13, Servite 3
  Corona del Mar 16, Mater Dei 9
  Trabuco Hills 12, Aliso Niguel 6
  Santa Margarita 15, Tesoro 5
  San Clemente 9, Los Alamitos 6
  Foothill 16, Great Oak 3
  Second round, Thursday
  Newport Harbor at St. Margaret’s
  Yorba Linda at Corona del Mar
  Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills
  Sa
  
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• Two ‘persons of interest’ in 2009 disappearance of Placentia millionaire arrested, later released

  01-05-2019 07:42
  
  Investigators citing an ongoing homicide investigation withheld the identities of two Placentia residents who were arrested and later released in connection to the 2009 disappearance of a local millionaire, officials said Tuesday, April 30.
  The arrests were made sometime in April, after a decade of investigation into the presumed homicide of Robert “Bob” Harrod, said Placentia Police Sgt. Chris Anderson. He said two people described as persons of interest were recently taken into cus
  
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• Griffin Canning shows plenty of promise in his Angels debut

  01-05-2019 07:27
  
  The Angels’ Brian Goodwin watches the flight of his go-ahead home run during the eighth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Blue Jays at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsANAHEIM, CA – APRIL 30: Griffin Canning #47 of the Los Angeles An
  
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• San Clemente boys volleyball tops Santa Margarita in five-set thriller to start playoffs

  01-05-2019 07:18
  
  SAN CLEMENTE – The San Clemente boys volleyball team outlasted Santa Margarita in five sets, 25-17, 27-25, 24-26, 23-25, 19-17, on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs.
  The Tritons won the first two sets but had to wait until the fifth set to put the Eagles away. Three of the five sets went to extra points.
  San Clemente will play at top-seeded Newport Harbor on Saturday.
  “Eight and nine (seeds) in the top 16, that’s what it is. Every match is
  
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• Dodgers lineup gets things right, pounds Giants left-handers

  01-05-2019 06:44
  
  Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner fields a ground ball but can’t throw to first in time to beat the Giants’ Yangervis Solarte during the first inning of Tuesday’s game in San Francisco. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
  SAN FRANCISCO, CA – APRIL 30: Walker Buehler #21 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in the bottom of the second inning against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on April 30, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/G
  
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• Lakewood boys volleyball loses battle with Dana Hills in first round of CIF-SS playoffs

  01-05-2019 06:41
  
  Lakewood High’s Teilon Tufuga (#9), right, goes up for a shot vs. Dana Hills High at the Lancers’ Lakewood, Calif. campus gym April 30, 2019.(Photo by Leo Jarzomb)
  Lakewood High’s Kameron Tufuga (#14), right, vies for the ball over the net vs. Dana Hills High at the Lancers’ Lakewood, Calif. campus gym April 30, 2019.(Photo by Leo Jarzomb)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLakewood High’s Iyon Ewing (#1), right, blocks a shot vs. Dana Hills High at the Lancers&rs
  
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• Alexander: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s return to Angel Stadium brings back memories

  01-05-2019 06:33
  
  ANAHEIM — The clip circulated on social media last week: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., maybe 6 or 7 years old, hanging with his dad during an All-Star Home Run Derby. He picked up his dad’s bat gingerly – it was, after all, almost as big as he was – but then assumed his stance and uncorked a slow motion but awfully professional swing.
  “He told me to grab the bat,” Vladimir Jr. said Tuesday, through an interpreter. “I swung the bat like my dad did, and I just di
  
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• Huntington Beach rallies to beat Servite in CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs

  01-05-2019 06:32
  
  Huntington Beach’s Jacob Rosow and Niko Colburn go up for the ball during the CIF-SS Division 1 boys volleyball playoffs at Servite High on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer)
  Servite’s Tetairoa McMillan goes up against Huntington Beach’s Aiden Knipe during
  the CIF-SS Division 1 boys volleyball playoffs at Servite High on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsHunti
  
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• Paloma Valley boys volleyball knocked out of CIF-SS playoffs by Cypress

  01-05-2019 06:21
  
  MENIFEE — Paloma Valley boys volleyball couldn’t find the defense to stop an attacking Cypress team on Tuesday night, and the Wildcats were defeated in straight sets 25-23, 25-18, 32-30 in the opening round of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs.
  The Wildcats saved a pair of match points in a wild third and final set, but couldn’t avoid the sweep as the Centurions capitalized on their third opportunity to close out the contest.
  “It’s a disappointing way to
  
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• Director of Reseda mosque: FBI terror suspect sought conversion to Islam after witnessing the ‘mistreatment of Muslims’

  01-05-2019 02:38
  
  A man the FBI charged on Monday with plotting terrorist attacks in Long Beach recently arrived at the Islamic Center of Reseda seeking conversion to Islam, saying he had been “anti-Islam” but wanted to accept the faith as his own after he witnessed mistreatment of Muslims, said the mosque director Tuesday.
  Muhammad Ares said the Reseda resident and military veteran Mark Domingo, 26, attended prayers only twice since the mosque imam facilitated his one-day conversion process three mon
  
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• A year after her ‘Spectacular Prom,’ 16-year-old dies in care of controversial Murrieta foster home

  01-05-2019 02:30
  
  Diane Ramirez, courtesy Angel Cadena
  Diane Ramirez and Jeff Miller at the Spectacular Prom in 2018. Courtesy Murrieta Police Department.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDiane Ramirez and Jeff Miller goof around. Courtesy Jeff Miller.
  Diane Ramirez’s “Prom-posal” to Jeff Miller in 2018. Courtesy Jeff Miller.
  Michelle Morris’s $1.57-million, 7,000-square-foot in Murrieta where she runs Life Plan ChildrenÕs Services, a state-licensed facility for disabled foster
  
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• Southern California among nation’s 5 least affordable rental markets

  01-05-2019 02:24
  
  A surge of new renters and steadily rising rents have made Southern California one of the least affordable regions in the nation for tenants, a new USC study found.
  San Diego ranked as the second most unaffordable area for renters among the 50 largest metro areas in the country, just behind Washington, D.C., according to the report, released Tuesday, April 30.
  The fourth and fifth most unaffordable regions
  The Los Angeles-Orange County metro area ranked fourth most unaffordable, and the Inland E
  
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• What’s streaming on Netflix in May

  01-05-2019 02:21
  
  May is here, and that’s the only reason we need to bingewatch some new shows and movies.
  Like “Wine Country,” the comedy directed by Amy Poehler that also stars with Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, and Tina Fey. The movie follows a group of friends who reunite during a vacation in Napa Valley and reconsider the choices they have made in their lives.
  Then there is the dark comedy series, “Dead To Me,” about a stressed-out widow (Christina Applegate) and a
  
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• Inside the Dodgers: Justin Turner’s homerless season is starting to get weird

  01-05-2019 02:18
  
  Editor’s note: The story below is the Monday, April 30 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  It’s hard to find a story about the state of baseball in 2019 that doesn’t mention the record home run rate. Homers have reached uncharted territory, eclipsing even the peak of the steroid era. Players are doing this despite omnipresent drug-testers in the clubhouse, with physiques that aren’t ripped from the pages of
  
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• Consultants hijack bullet train, but problem is the plan itself

  01-05-2019 02:00
  
  It’s been nearly 11 years since California voters approved a ballot measure to provide $9.95 billion in initial bond funding for a high-speed rail system that would provide a “safe, convenient, affordable and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices” as it zoomed commuters from San Francisco to Los Angeles for a low-priced ticket.
  The plan was supported by the state’s political establishment and by much of the media. For instance, the Los Angeles Times opined t
  
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