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• Live updates: Griffin Canning starts for Angels at rainy Baltimore

  12-05-2019 22:03
  
  Former Santa Margarita High and UCLA star Griffin Canning takes the mound today as the Angels try to beat the rain and the Baltimore Orioles.
  
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• Live updates: Angels’ Griffin Canning gives up three homers at Baltimore

  12-05-2019 22:03
  
  Former Santa Margarita High and UCLA star Griffin Canning takes the mound today as the Angels try to beat the rain and the Baltimore Orioles.
  
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• Sammy Hagar’s High Tide Beach Party will return to Huntington Beach and it’s expanding

  12-05-2019 21:41
  
  Sammy Hagar will bring more music and hot cars to the sand this fall with the return of his High Tide Beach Party and Car Show to Huntington Beach in September.
  The rocker, who grew up in Fontana and has had a wildly successful career as a solo artist and with groups including Van Halen, Montrose and Chickenfoot, launched the festival last year in October at Huntington State Beach.
  Fans have fun during Sammy Hagar’s High Tide beach Party & Car Show at Huntington State Beach. (Photo by
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in collision with car in Anaheim; intersection closed in all directions

  12-05-2019 21:34
  
  A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a sedan in Anaheim on Sunday morning, police said.
  Police at 10:28 a.m. responded to a call of a crash at Western and Orange avenues. Attempts to revive the man failed, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, said Anaheim Officer Ron Light.
  No details about what caused the collision were immediately available. Light said the intersection has a traffic light.The intersection of Western Ave and Orange Ave is closed in all directions until further noti
  
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• 22-year-old motorcyclist killed in collision with car in Anaheim; intersection closed in all directions

  12-05-2019 21:34
  
  A 22-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a sedan in Anaheim on Sunday morning, police said.
  Police at 10:28 a.m. responded to a call of a crash at Western and Orange avenues. Attempts to revive the man failed, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, said Anaheim Officer Ron Light.
  No details about what caused the collision were immediately available. Light said the intersection has a traffic light.The intersection of Western Ave and Orange Ave is closed in all directions until
  
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• 22-year-old motorcyclist killed in collision with car in Anaheim

  12-05-2019 21:34
  
  A 22-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a sedan in Anaheim on Sunday morning, police said.
  Police at 10:28 a.m. responded to a call of a crash at Western and Orange avenues. Attempts to revive the man failed, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, said Anaheim Officer Ron Light.
  No details about what caused the collision were immediately available. Light said the intersection has a traffic light. The streets surrounding the crash were closed for more than four hours while pol
  
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• When holidays make you sad, here’s trick you may not have known

  12-05-2019 20:35
  
  “Holidays are joyful,” sings the late but great Karen Carpenter.
  But not always.
  Mother’s Day can be sad for those who’ve lost their mothers. Or for me, whose mother is in a facility. I know friends caring for a mom with Alzheimer’s or dementia. I want to talk to those who struggle through today.
  When the mind brings you to a sad moment or you feel guilty, take a walk outside and witness nature. Even better, turn off your phone, go into your backyard or nearby park,
  
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• Jenny Lewis brings out Jackson Browne for surprise performance during her Hollywood Palladium show

  12-05-2019 20:26
  
  When Jenny Lewis brought out singer-songwriter Jackson Browne for a pair of songs midway through a terrific hometown show at the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday, it made for a lovely moment on stage but also underscored what makes Lewis so timelessly appealing.
  “On The Line,” her fourth solo album, and first in five years, is one of her best, the product of personal upheaval: it’s a record of the break-up of a long-term relationship, and the recovery and redemption that followe
  
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• Homebuying in North Orange County tumbles 11.5% to start 2019

  12-05-2019 19:18
  
  Homebuying in North Orange County — Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia and Yorba Linda — fell 11.5% in what was Orange County homebuying’s slowest start to a year since 2009.
  CoreLogic stats show the lowest countywide sales count for any first three months of a year since the Great Recession. It also was the third-slowest-selling first quarter in the real estate tracker’s database that dates to 1988. At the community level, sales rose in only one-s
  
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• LAUSD’s many taxing troubles

  12-05-2019 18:22
  
  In a situation being watched throughout California, the Los Angeles Unified School District is aggressively pushing a heavy parcel tax on all property owners within its jurisdiction. For taxpayers, this raises a fundamental question: Why does the state need more money when California is already near the top in tax collections among all states?
  LAUSD is faced with many problems. Impossible promises made to its unions, failure to economize spending, abject failure to implement long-needed reforms
  
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• Demography is California’s destiny

  12-05-2019 18:09
  
  Who first declared that “demography is destiny” is uncertain, but that doesn’t detract from the aphorism’s validity—and what’s happening in California right now proves it.
  The state Department of Finance released one of its periodic reports on California population trends this month, revealing that while we’re very close to 40 million residents, growth has slowed to a snail’s pace.
  California added just 186,807 souls in 2018, the department’s
  
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• It’s in China’s interest to solve the tariff impasse with the U.S.

  12-05-2019 17:57
  
  Trade talks between the U.S. and China have hit an impasse, but there is surprising bipartisan support for the Trump administration to stay the course on what will be a long process. Success on this first round of trade negotiations would be a deal that ends the tariff penalties that are at the heart of a year-old trade war, with further reduction and even elimination of tariffs on as many categories as possible. And that should be imminent.
  The next round of trade talks can seek remedies for Ch
  
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• How a Laguna Niguel merchant hatched a plan to nab thieves who stole $1.2 million in jewels from him

  12-05-2019 17:50
  
  Brian Hassine’s heart raced as he stood alone in the dark behind the Nuggets & Carets jewelry store in Mission Viejo he co-owns with his brother.
  It was after 11 p.m. April 14, and the burglars suspected of stealing more than $1.2 million in diamonds and assorted baubles from his other store in Laguna Niguel three weeks earlier were just a few feet away preparing to strike again.
  Brian Hassine, owner of Nuggets & Carats jewelry store in Laguna Niguel, said this photo shows the hole
  
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• Chilean burglary gangs causing havoc in Southern California, law enforcement says

  12-05-2019 17:47
  
  Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California are joining forces to catch a new breed of brazen criminals using travel visas to enter the U.S. to pillage homes, businesses and automobiles.
  Dubbed by authorities as “burglary tourism,” sophisticated gangs comprised of Chilean nationals are suspected of committing a string of  thefts in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Orange counties, including a $1.2 million heist in March at a Laguna Niguel jewe
  
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• Sparks’ Candace Parker suffers hamstring injury, leaves preseason game early

  12-05-2019 16:34
  
  Candace Parker left the Sparks’ preseason opener Saturday at Talking Stick Resort with a hamstring injury, according to the team, which added that she’d be evaluated in the coming days.
  The Sparks’ lost the two-time MVP just three minutes into the game, according to reporting from the Arizona Republic. The Sparks lost the back-and-forth contest, 82-75.
  Parker, 33, didn’t play overseas this season. Instead, the Sparks’ five-time WNBA All-Star, a two-time WNBA MVP and
  
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• St. Margaret’s boys and girls lacrosse teams win Southern Section championships

  12-05-2019 09:30
  
  St. Margaret’s showed it is the most dominant lacrosse program in the Southern Section by winning the boys and girls Southern Section championships Saturday at Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach.
  The Tartans boys team routed Loyola 13-4 and scored the first 12 goals of the game. The win was the first Section championship for St. Margaret’s since 2015.Great day to be a Tartan! Two Southern Section Lacrosse Champs pic.twitter.com/y5mSvOoWrT
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• Photos: CIF-SS Track and Field Divisional Finals

  12-05-2019 08:56
  
  The CIF-SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College on Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Torrance.
  Oluwatob Adegoke ofLos Osos places first with a distance of 23-00.50 in the boys Division 1 long jump competition during the CIFSS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College on Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Torrance, California. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)
  Madison Dietz, center, of Notre Dame at the start of the Division 3 Girls100 M Dash during the CI
  
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• You are now entering Mylar season, if you’re not careful, prepare for power outages, fires

  12-05-2019 08:29
  
  The normally diplomatic Southern California Edison talks bluntly about power outages caused by metallic party balloons.
  “It is a problem that shows no end,” reads a written statement from SCE, the primary supplier of electricity in Southern California, serving 15 million people within 50,000 square miles.
  Mylar balloon-caused power outages in SCE territory have increased every year for the past four years, approaching epidemic proportions. From 2014-2018, the number has nearly double
  
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• Newport Harbor boys volleyball back on top as CIF-SS Division 1 champions

  12-05-2019 07:46
  
  NORWALK – When the Newport Harbor boys volleyball team is able to execute its game plan, the Sailors are practically impossible to stop, especially with Dayne Chalmers and a supporting cast of high-caliber athletes on the court.
  That was the case Saturday at Cerritos College, where the Sailors served, passed and defended their way to a 25-20, 25-23, 16-25, 25-21 victory over Mira Costa to win the CIF-SS Division 1 championship.
  The Newport Harbor volleyball team celebrate winning the CIF-
  
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• UC Irvine clinches baseball series with a victory over Cal Poly

  12-05-2019 07:45
  
  IRVINE — Winning the weekend series over the course of a 14-week season remains a prime consideration when it comes time for the NCAA to fill out it’s college baseball postseason brackets.
  UC Irvine hopes that tendency still applies. The Anteaters beat Cal Poly 8-0 Saturday evening, clinching the series win, their tenth in 12 series with seven sweeps.  The win moved the Anteaters into second place in the Big West at 31-14 overall and 12-5 in league play, tied with Cal Poly
  
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• MLS-leading Los Angeles FC beats Columbus Crew

  12-05-2019 06:36
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mark-Anthony Kaye scored in the first half and Adama Diomande and Carlos Vela added late goals to help MLS-leading Los Angeles FC beat the Columbus Crew 3-0 on Saturday night.
  Tyler Miller made one save for his fifth shutout in 12 starts this season.
  Latif Blessing fed Kaye, who crashed up the right side of the penalty area and rolled it in with the first touch off his left foot to open the scoring in the 37th minute.
  LAFC (8-1-3) nearly increased its lead a couple of
  
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• Santa Margarita girls swimming and diving repeats as CIF State champions

  12-05-2019 06:25
  
  Foothill’s 400-yard free relay, from left, of Chris Mykkanen, Whittaker Worland, Colin Stovner and Hunter Ingram placed sixth at the CIF State championships Saturday with a school-record time of 3:03.42. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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  FRESNO — The opponent that Santa Margarita’s girls swimmers talk most about didn’t don a colorful cap, goggles or a racing suit at the CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships.
  But the adversary
  
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• Gerardo Parra’s grand slam lifts Nationals to win over Dodgers

  12-05-2019 06:19
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner watches his two-run home run against the Washington Nationals during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Washington Nationals center fielder Victor Robles leaps for but can’t catch a two-run home run ball from Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery w
  
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• Saddleback Valley Christian boys volleyball earns fifth CIF-SS title in seven years

  12-05-2019 06:07
  
  Oak Park’s Cole Richards, right, hits the ball past Saddleback Valley Christian’s Cole Reinecke, left, and Zeke Greene, right, during the CIF-SS Volleyball Championship in Norwalk on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Oak Park’s Kelly Majam, right, moves in front of teammate Luke Spooner, left, to bump a shot by Saddleback Valley Christian during the CIF-SS Volleyball Championship in Norwalk on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rod
  
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• ‘Mod Squad’ actress Peggy Lipton dies at 72

  12-05-2019 05:58
  
  LOS ANGELES — Peggy Lipton, a star of the groundbreaking late 1960s TV show “The Mod Squad” and the 1990s show “Twin Peaks,” has died of cancer. She was 72.Beloved mother to Kidada & Rashida Jones, former wife of Quincy Jones, actress Peggy Lipton has died at age 72. Twin Peaks & Mod Squad fans mourn her passing. #RestInPeaceMoreof #PeggyLiptonhttps://t.co/RkLlkuMZrX#RIPPeggyLipton #RIP #TwinPeaks #ModSquad pic.twitter.com/2SmiTsZkRc
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• The cruelty of compassion without consequences

  12-05-2019 05:40
  
  “Seattle is dying.”
  That’s the provocative title of a one-hour documentary written and narrated by Eric Johnson for KOMO TV (ABC-4) in Washington. The program originally aired March 16 and has subsequently gone viral with millions more watching on YouTube and other web platforms.
  Ostensibly an investigation into Seattle’s homeless epidemic, Johnson took a bat to a beehive by placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of Seattle’s mayor and City Council; in other wo
  
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• Dodgers’ three-catcher arrangement is all about the bats

  12-05-2019 05:38
  
  LOS ANGELES – Is carrying three catchers the new market inefficiency?
  That’s one way to interpret the Dodgers’ roster these days.
  Friday, they traded Travis d’Arnaud to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash and replaced him on the 25-man roster with Rocky Gale. Both d’Arnaud and Gale are third-string catchers, parked firmly behind Austin Barnes and Russell Martin on the depth chart.
  The last week represents a sharp break from the norm since Andrew Friedman became the Dodgers&
  
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• San Clemente man sculpts Mother’s Day tribute in sand to honor his mom — and all other mothers

  12-05-2019 03:31
  
  DANA POINT — Mother’s Day has always been special for Jay Bellamy.
  “To me, there’s only one love that comes close to the love of our Heavenly Father and that is the love of a mother,” he said.
  So this weekend is especially meaningful for Bellamy.
  Saturday, May 11, his mother, Joan Greenwall, would have turned 90. And Sunday is Mother’s Day.
  San Clemente resident Jay Bellamy puts the finishing touches on a giant heart with roses as he builds a tribute to all mo
  
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• Climate hysteria and visions of the apocalypse

  12-05-2019 03:25
  
  They’re scaring the children.
  “We have come to a point where our Earth is dying,” said the adult who escorted terrified grade-schoolers to Washington to berate Sen. Dianne Feinstein over climate change policy. And now, because California moved its 2020 primary from June to March, the end of the world has arrived three months earlier.
  Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke was in Los Angeles last week warning of the coming climate apoc
  
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• Densification efforts like SB50 are the wrong fix to California’s housing problem

  12-05-2019 03:20
  
  For decades California’s regulatory and tax policies have undermined our middle class, driving millions out of this most favored state. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in a drive that seeks to destroy the single-family neighborhoods preferred by the state’s middle-income households.
  SB50, introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener, would allow division of existing houses to duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes “by right” in single-family neighborhoods. Further, higher densi
  
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• Reaction: Jason Kidd will join Lakers on Frank Vogel’s coaching staff

  12-05-2019 02:35
  
  Frank Vogel agreed to become the Los Angeles Lakers’ next head coach, days after Tyronn Lue decided to remove himself as a candidate for the position.
  The team’s desire to add Jason Kidd to the coaching staff was one of several factors that pushed Lue away from the job, according to reports.
  That did not deter Vogel from taking the job and adding Kidd on as an assistant coach.Lakers hiring Frank Vogel as next head coach, Jason Kidd as an assistant
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• UCLA softball shifts focus to postseason after dropping regular-season finale to Arizona

  12-05-2019 02:16
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA will share this title, but the Bruins don’t anticipate sharing their next one.
  With a chance to win the Pac-12 title outright with two wins over No. 6 Arizona, the No. 2 Bruins settled for a share of the conference crown after a 3-1 loss to the Wildcats on Saturday at Easton Stadium.
  After splitting the first two games of the series, UCLA, which still finished on top of the conference for the first time since 2009, took its first Pac-12 series loss since last seaso
  
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• Long Beach’s only VFW post appeals national organization’s decision to close the local branch

  12-05-2019 01:57
  
  Long Beach’s only post for Veterans of Foreign Wars is poised to fight the national organization’s decision to shutter their branch.
  Its members opted during a Saturday, May 11, meeting to formally appeal the decision the VFW made last month to pull the branch’s charter for failing adhere to the organization’s bylaws, among other lapses.
  Once the VFW’s national headquarters receives the certified letter notifying the organization of Post 8615’s decision to app
  
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• Albert Pujols belts two homers to lead Angels to victory

  12-05-2019 01:42
  
  BALTIMORE — One of the hitters in the heart of the Angels order went hitless in five at-bats on Saturday, but the Angels still won because another one had a pair of homers.
  In a twist from the way things have gone for most of the past few years, it was Mike Trout that went hitless and Albert Pujols with the homers in the Angels’ 7-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
  Trout has been slumping lately, and Friday night’s game was only a temporary interruption. Trout is now hitting
  
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• El Modena boys volleyball wins first CIF crown with spectacular comeback

  12-05-2019 01:27
  
  El Modena celebrates after defeating Pacifica Christian of Santa Monica in the finals of the CIF-SS Division 5 boys volleyball playoffs at Cerritos College in Cerritos on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  El Modena head coach John Cahill shows off the championship plaque after defeating Pacifica Christian of Santa Monica in the finals of the CIF-SS Division 5 boys volleyball playoffs at Cerritos College in Cerritos on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Photo by
  
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• Lakers hiring Frank Vogel as next head coach, Jason Kidd as an assistant

  12-05-2019 01:06
  
  After a monthlong search, the Lakers have agreed in principle to hire Frank Vogel as their next head coach.
  A team source confirmed that Vogel, a former head coach of the Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic, had come to terms with the team after a Thursday interview with Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka. The 45-year-old will become the fifth head coach in the organization in the past eight years.
  The New Jersey native replaces Luke Walton (98-148 record), who parted ways on April 12 with the team
  
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• Lakers hiring Frank Vogel as next head coach

  12-05-2019 01:06
  
  After a month-long search, the Lakers have agreed in principle to hire Frank Vogel as their next head coach.
  A team source confirmed that Vogel, a former head coach of the Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic, had come to terms with the team after a Thursday interview with Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka. The 45-year-old will become the fifth head coach in the organization in the last eight years.
  The New Jersey native replaces Luke Walton, who parted ways with the team before taking the head coa
  
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• Galaxy falls 2-0 to New York City FC for third consecutive loss

  12-05-2019 00:41
  
  CARSON — The Galaxy now find itself on the other side of last month’s successful run.
  After an April that saw the club win five consecutive games and post a seven-game unbeaten streak, the month of May hasn’t been kind to the Galaxy.
  Consecutive losses to the New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew were followed with another one, this time 2-0 to New York City FC in front of 22,806 on Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park.
  This is the third consecutive loss, all within the last w
  
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• Big rig fire on 5 Freeway in Irvine shuts southbound lanes

  12-05-2019 00:34
  
  Officials shut down southbound lanes on the 5 freeway in Irvine near Yale on Saturday afternoon after a big rig became engulfed in flames, the California Highway Patrol said.
  It wasn’t clear why the fire started, but there was no reference to a collision or injuries on the CHP log. A videographer on scene said the driver, who was hauling trash, was able to escape without injury.
  (Photo courtesy of OC HAWK)
  At about 3:15 p.m., a CHP dispatcher said all southbound lanes were being diverted t
  
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