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• CSUF Commencement 2019: Sociology major uses second chance to give back to community

  15-05-2019 23:50
  
  When Mir Aminy wheels up to the playground near Lincoln Park in Anaheim, a flock of children rush up to say hello.
  He plays a game, asking them several questions: “What makes grass green?” “Where is the ozone layer?” “What is a follicle?” The children scatter to find the nearest adult to help them with the answer. The winner gets a lollipop.
  Aminy, who graduates Sunday with a bachelor’s in sociology at Cal State Fullerton, has been volunteering at the Hi
  
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• Wander through 7 Eichler houses on Preserve Orange County’s home tour

  15-05-2019 23:38
  
  ORANGE – Curious about iconic Eichler homes or want to pick up some California Modern design ideas? An assortment of houses conceived by post World War II developer Joseph Eichler will be open to visitors on the weekend of May 18 and 19.
  Preserve Orange County is offering its first Eichler Home Tour, with a total of seven houses across the three Eichler neighborhoods in the city of Orange: Fairhaven, Fairhills and Fairmeadow.
  It’s the largest Eichler tour ever held in Orange, accordi
  
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• The Hollywood Bowl is introducing a dozen new dishes to its Food + Wine program

  15-05-2019 23:15
  
  If you’re planning to catch a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, you’re going to want to check out the venue’s Food + Wine program.
  From Supper in Your Box Seats to one of the on-site eateries, you can order up one of chef Suzanne Goin’s California-inspired suppers, including more than a dozen new dishes new for this season.
  The 2019 Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine program, now in its fourth year as a partnership of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Lucques Group and Sodexo, cater
  
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• Boat races will test nautical notions of Southern California Solar Cup teams

  15-05-2019 22:59
  
  Students from Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga hope to take a voyage to victory when they compete in the 2019 Solar Cup this weekend at Lake Skinner in Winchester.
  More than three dozen high school teams have spent seven months preparing for the solar-powered boating contest, which is sponsored by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. In addition to building a boat and racing it, students must create a public service announcement promoting conservation.​
  Junior Ro
  
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• Trevor Cahill struggles again in Angels’ loss to Minnesota Twins

  15-05-2019 22:58
  
  Trevor Cahill of the Angels attempts to get out Jonathan Schoop of the Minnesota Twins at first base during the second inning of the game on May 15, 2019 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cahill was charged for an error on the play. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
  Shohei Ohtani of the Angels puts the ball in play against the Minnesota Twins during the third inning of the game on May 15, 2019 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ohtani reached second base on the play. (Photo
  
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• 7-Eleven stores now offering 100 new healthier snacks in Southern California

  15-05-2019 22:45
  
  7-Eleven wants power snackers, restricted-diet followers and anyone looking for healthy options on the go to know they can find just that at its stores.
  So the convenience store franchise has rolled out a new “Sips + Snacks That Love You Back” campaign now being test-run at 125 locations in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
  The goal, Chris Harkness, 7-Eleven vice president of new business development said in a statement, is “to give customers drinks an
  
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• Ford adds 270,000 cars to recall for unintended rollaways

  15-05-2019 22:34
  
  Ford is adding 270,000 vehicles to a recall in North America to fix a gearshift problem that could cause them to roll away unexpectedly.
  The addition covers certain 2013 through 2016 Fusion midsize cars with 2.5-liter engines.
  The company is urging drivers to always use the parking brake until repairs are made.
  Ford says a bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the transmission can degrade, causing the cable to detach. If that happens, a driver could shift into park but the car could be in a
  
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• River Street Marketplace gets support of San Juan Capistrano’s Planning Commission

  15-05-2019 22:30
  
  The plan for nearly a 6-acre commercial project next to San Juan Capistrano’s Los Rios Historic District sailed through the city’s Planning Commission.
  Developer Dan Almquist has been working on the River Street Marketplace for years, hoping to turn what is now the Ito Nursery into an agrarian-themed mix of retail, restaurants and office. The proposal also includes outdoor dining spaces and nearly 300 parking stalls.
  Commissioners on Tuesday, May 14, voted unanimously to recommend th
  
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• Park Life: Disneyland rolls out a new annual pass and the Haunted Mansion nears its 50th birthday

  15-05-2019 22:20
  
  Is it worth getting Disneyland’s new $599 Flex annual pass? What happens to Star Tours after Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens at Disneyland? We answer all your theme park questions in this week’s edition of the Park Life newsletter.
  Stay Flexible
  Should you plunk down $599 for Disneyland’s new Flex annual pass? We weigh the pros and cons and help you decide.
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• Maximum Security owners sue over Kentucky Derby disqualification

  15-05-2019 22:06
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. — The owners of Maximum Security have sued the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and race stewards, seeking to reverse the horse’s disqualification for interference as Kentucky Derby winner and restoration of purse money.
  The lawsuit filed by Gary and Mary West on Tuesday in U.S. District Court says that stewards relied on insubstantial evidence and questioned a “bizarre and unconstitutional” process before and after the disqualification. Maximum Security cr
  
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• Photos: See the action, celebrations from the CIF-SS baseball, softball semifinals

  15-05-2019 21:56
  
  Check out the Register’s photos from the CIF-SS baseball and softball semifinal playoff games on Tuesday, May 14.
  La Mirada High pitcher Michael DeHaro (#55), left, tags outCypress High's Cameron Repetti (#18) attempting to steal home after a pass ball in the sixth inning during their CIF baseball playoff at the Centurions' Cypress, Calif. campus field May 14,2019.(Photo by Leo Jarzomb)Santa Margarita starting pitcher Alex Schrier celebrates the final out in Redondo Beach on Tuesday, May 1
  
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• World leaders, tech execs pledge to curb online violence

  15-05-2019 21:40
  
  By Sylvie Corbet and Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press
  Facebook, Google, Twitter and other tech companies joined a dozen countries in a global pledge Wednesday to step up efforts to keep internet platforms from being used to spread hate, organize extremist groups and broadcast attacks.
  World leaders led by French President Emmanuel Macron and tech executives gathered in Paris to compile a set of guidelines dubbed the “Christchurch Call,” named after the New Zealand city where 51 peop
  
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• Michael Avenatti’s Santa Ana trial delayed but he signs up a lawyer for his defense

  15-05-2019 20:54
  
  SANTA ANA – High-profile attorney Michael Avenatti locked-down his legal representation on Wednesday against federal fraud and embezzlement charges, but a judge acknowledged that a jury trial in the closely watched case is still a ways off.
  The Orange County trial of Avenatti – who came to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against President Donald Trump, and who at one-time held presidential ambitions – will be delayed at least two to three months
  
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• Rock the Queen returns to Long Beach this summer

  15-05-2019 20:52
  
  This Queen will rock you this summer as a British invasion takes over the Queen Mary in Long Beach and brings you back to the 1960s before dropping you off in the 80s during a trip back in time through classic British rock.
  The Rock the Queen concert will return to its roots after a one-year hiatus as it hops back on board the ship for a July 13 show featuring tributes to British bands.
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• Wondering how Hollywood’s famed robots were built? Laguna Beach Library will host ‘Star Wars’ prop maker

  15-05-2019 20:46
  
  You can come dressed as your favorite “Star Wars” character and learn how a Hollywood prop maker and computer programmer builds robots. Laguna Beach Library will host “Movie Star Robots: R2-D2 & BB-8 Replicas With Mike Senna” at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18.
  Senna combined his technical expertize and love for children to build an exact working replica of R2-D2 in 2003 for charity events. In 2015 he built a working BB-8 replica. His R2-D2 has represented Lucasfilm and Disn
  
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• CIF-SS softball championships schedule for Friday and Saturday, May 17-18

  15-05-2019 20:45
  
  The schedule for the CIF-SS softball championship games on Friday and Saturday, May 17-18.
  SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
  Championship games
  All games at Bill Barber Park, Irvine
  Friday, May 17
  Division 1: Great Oak vs. Norco, 6:30 p.m.
  Division 6: Nordhoff vs. Santiago, 3:30 p.m.
  Division 7: Westridge vs. Western Christian, 12:30 p.m.
  Saturday, May 18
  Division 2: Cypress vs. South Torrance, 12:30 p.m.
  Division 3: Crescenta Valley vs. West Ranch, 6:30 p.m.
  Division 4: Godinez vs. El Segundo, 9:30 a.m.
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• Pelosi warns Trump against war in Mideast; Dems demand info

  15-05-2019 20:42
  
  By LISA MASCARO and SUSANNAH GEORGE
  WASHINGTON  — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the U.S. must avoid war with Iran, and she declared the White House has “no business” moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress.
  Pelosi’s remarks to House Democrats came amid growing concerns in Congress over President Donald Trump’s approach to Iran and mounting tensions in the Persian Gulf region over the administration’s claim
  
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• CIF-SS baseball championships schedule for Saturday, May 18

  15-05-2019 20:28
  
  The schedule for the CIF-SS baseball championship games on Saturday, May 18.
  BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
  Championship games
  Saturday, May 18
  At Dodger Stadium
  Division 1: Cypress vs. Harvard-Westlake, 6:30 p.m.
  Division 2: Santa Margarita vs. Norco, 3 p.m.
  Division 3: Great Oak vs. La Canada, noon
  Ticket info: $15 general admission, $7 high school student (with valid student ID) and children (5-13 years old). Free parking.
  At UC Riverside
  Division 4: Sonora vs. Kennedy, 7:30 p.m.
  Division 5: Pasadena Poly
  
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• Best thing I ate: This fried chicken is still the best in Orange County

  15-05-2019 20:01
  
  I used to get a popup notification on my phone once a month, reminding me it was fried chicken night at 370 Common in Laguna Beach. Chef Ryan Adams served his Southern fried chicken only on the last Sunday of the month, family style — and it was the best fried chicken in Orange County. I don’t know how he gets the chicken so tender or how he gets the crust so light and flaky.
  Adams closed 370 Common last year but not before he opened Buttermilk Fried Chicken in Orange to serve that s
  
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• Jared Walsh grateful as Angels call up two-way player

  15-05-2019 19:57
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Jared Walsh completed his improbable journey from 39th-round draft pick to major leaguer Wednesday morning.
  On Tuesday night, the Angels sent down slumping first baseman Justin Bour, which meant an opportunity for Walsh to get the call to replace him.
  “I think it always kind of catches you by surprise, especially not being on the 40-man (roster), stuff like that,” Walsh said Wednesday morning. “I just wanted to play my game. I’d hoped I’d get the
  
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• Rain — with possible thunderstorms, hail — coming to Southern California

  15-05-2019 19:45
  
  LOS ANGELES — Widespread rainfall is expected late Wednesday night or after midnight, and there’s a slight chance of thunderstorms Thursday morning accompanied by brief and heavy downpours and possibly small hail, forecasters said.
  Between a quarter-inch and three-quarters of an inch is expected along the coast and in the valleys, and an inch is expected in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service.
  The snow level in the San Gabriel mountains will drop to 6,000 feet, t
  
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• America’s sex ‘trafficking’ panic

  15-05-2019 19:28
  
  When police charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with soliciting prostitution, the press said the police rescued sex slaves.
  “They were women who were from China, who were forced into sex slavery,” said Trevor Noah on “The Daily Show.”
  We’re told this happens all the time.
  “Human trafficking is the fastest growing illegal business in the United States,” says fashion model Kathy Ireland.
  It’s bunk, says reporter Elizabeth Nolan Brown.
  In
  
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• Graduates ready to contribute, CSUF president tells business, education leaders

  15-05-2019 19:27
  
  Cal State Fullerton is about to graduate 12,500 students who will be ready to go out into the workforce and engage as citizens by voting and giving back to the community, President Fram Virjee told a group of Orange County business and education leaders.
  “We are Orange County,” Virjee said. “We want to create graduates that are not only ready for their profession, their lives, but for the second, third and fourth job. That is what the workforce looks like today.”
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• One of Fullerton’s Lemon Park murals is getting a facelift, but the city has bigger hopes

  15-05-2019 19:22
  
  Nearly a decade after promising, Fullerton is trying again to restore eight of the city’s most visible public murals near Lemon Park.
  But officials still have to find the money.
  The City Council recently agreed to spend up to $8,500 out of the city’s parks fund to restore one mural, “Niños Del Mundo.” But a proposal to restore the other murals and add more artwork in the area has a price tag of nearly $90,000. The city hopes restoring “Niños Del Mundo&
  
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• Eat tacos, see Willie Nelson and rock out with Gary Clark Jr. at casinos this week

  15-05-2019 19:18
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  Of one America’s best-known country stars and cannabis entrepreneurs will make a stop at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage.
  Willie Nelson and Family will perform on May 18.
  Nelson, whose hits include “On the Road Again,” “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” and “Always on My Mind,” has been enjoying the Golden State lately. He also recently headlined at the BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach.
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• Desert Daze adds The Flaming Lips, Flying Lotus to October festival

  15-05-2019 19:02
  
  Desert Daze has announced two more notable acts for its October gathering — The Flaming Lips and Flying Lotus.
  The eclectic festival, now in its eighth year, will happen at Moreno Beach at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area Oct. 10-13.
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  Desert Daze has landed the only U.S. festival appearance
  
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• The new Chipotle in Aliso Viejo has extra shelving, and here’s why

  15-05-2019 18:48
  
  Chipotle Mexican Grill is moving forward with streamlining operations and increasing digital sales.
  The Newport Beach-based chain recently hit a couple of milestones toward that goal, according to one of its executives.
  Chipotle completed retrofitting its restaurants with pickup shelves for online purchases in this year’s first quarter, chief restaurant officer Scott Boatwright said in a phone interview. And it opened its first restaurant with built-in pickup shelves last week in Aliso Vie
  
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• Pete Buttigieg was Facebook’s 287th user. Now he says the company has too much power.

  15-05-2019 18:37
  
  When Pete Buttigieg joined Facebook as a Harvard undergrad in 2004, he was the 287th user registered on the site. The social network’s founders were friends of friends, and it felt like an insular message board for Harvard classmates, he remembered in an interview in San Francisco last week.
  “I don’t think any of us could have guessed what implications that technology would have in the long run,” Buttigieg said.
  Fifteen years and 2.4 billion users later, as Facebook wrest
  
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• Watch this motocross daredevil soar through the air when Nitro Circus comes to Southern California

  15-05-2019 18:01
  
  Vicki Golden is a four-time X Games medalist and the first woman to qualify for Supercross and AMA Arenacross circuits. And this weekend, she will do freestyle tricks on her motorcycle along the 15 Freeway just north of where she lives.
  Golden, a Murrieta resident, is one of the daredevils on tour with Nitro Circus, a touring action sports bonanza started by Travis Pastrana that makes its Lake Elsinore debut on Friday, May 17.
  The event, at Storm stadium, will include skateboarding, inline skati
  
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• Disney tour guide will be back in the park soon, after UC Irvine surgeon uses new technique to prevent brain aneurysm

  15-05-2019 17:50
  
  “Don’t go on a roller-coaster.”
  Those words hit Abby Crain hard. For the last seven years, the 28-year-old North Carolina native has taken celebrities and other VIPs on tours of Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. Riding roller-coasters is one of her most cherished perks of the job.
  “For me, roller-coasters is not just amusement,” she said. “It’s a lifestyle.”
  Dr. Li-Mei Lin shows the metal-mesh stent she use to repair Abby Crain’s carotid artery a
  
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• Inland Assemblyman wants to make sure every bill gets a vote in Sacramento

  15-05-2019 17:05
  
  A recent vote on the way legislation can be tabled in Sacramento has some lawmakers crying foul.
  In December, the Assembly clarified its rules, allowing committee chairs to use individual discretion when deciding which bills will get hearings and which bills don’t. Previously, all bills were given at least a committee hearing date, which, in theory, gave the public a chance to comment or urge their Assembly representative to weigh in.  
  Since Dec. 3, just after the vote, nearly 2,000
  
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• This mostly free festival will bring comic book and cartoon stars to Huntington Beach

  15-05-2019 16:59
  
  Cartoonist Steve McGarry says that whenever he runs into people who insist they have no interest in the world of cartoons he likes to prove them wrong.
  “I don’t care who you are,” says McGarry, the president of the National Cartoonists Society Foundation, which will debut the inaugural NCS Fest in Huntington Beach this weekend. “I can pinpoint exactly in your life where cartoons changed your life.”
  Maybe you learned to read from the comic strips in the morning newsp
  
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• Only 51% of Southern California households can ‘afford’ entry-level home with ‘generous’ mortgage

  15-05-2019 16:30
  
  Just 51% of Southern California households can comfortably buy an entry-level home — and they’d need to earn at least $70,090 annually, according to a California Association of Realtors first-time buyer financing index.
  The association measures buying conditions for a hypothetical first-time house hunter with an index that assumes more generous borrowing terms than “traditional” affordability indexes. This math includes a smaller downpayment (10% vs. 20%); adjustable-loan
  
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• Palos Verdes High School ‘promposal’ spells out racist slur

  15-05-2019 16:11
  
  A Palos Verdes High School student’s promposal has sparked outrage after a photograph surfaced showing a racial slur highlighted in the message on a poster board.
  The sign, which calls the girl “racist,” has certain letters highlighted in the request that she go to prom that spell out a racial slur for blacks.
  A mother of a student posted the picture to Twitter Tuesday calling on parents to contact the high school’s administration and “condemn this horrific sen
  
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• Britney Spears not ‘ready physically, mentally and passionately’ for Vegas residency

  15-05-2019 15:58
  
  LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears’ longtime manager, Larry Rudolph, said in remarks reported Wednesday that his client is not physically, mentally and attitudinally fit to resume performing in Las Vegas and perhaps will never be.
  Larry Rudolph told the celebrity news website TMZ.com: “As the person who guides her career — based on the information I and all of the professionals who work with her are being told on a need-to-know basis — from what I have gathered it’s
  
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• How Disney Imagineers hand-build petrified tree spires in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

  15-05-2019 15:33
  
  The 135-foot-tall spires that form the distinctive backdrop of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland were each painstakingly created by artisans from hand-crafted rock work designed to evoke the fossilized look and feel of a petrified forest.
  Disney Imagineers have designed, built, sculpted and painted the rockwork spires over the past three years in the 14-acre Star Wars themed land taking shape at the Anaheim theme park.
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• Carbon Canyon Road in Chino Hills partially re-opens after crew strikes gas line

  15-05-2019 14:59
  
  One-way traffic control in both directions began on Carbon Canyon Road in Chino Hills Wednesday morning, after a temporary closure caused by road-repair crews striking a gas line Monday night, Caltrans authorities said.One way traffic control has begun on SR 142 in both directions. Use alternate routes if possible to avoid delays #caltrans8
  — Caltrans District 8 (@Caltrans8) May 15, 2019Caltrans officials said the incident took place Monday around 10 p.m. on Carbon Canyon Road near Felspar
  
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• Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor’s hands

  15-05-2019 14:26
  
  By KIM CHANDLER
  MONTGOMERY, Ala.  — Alabama legislators have given final approval to a ban on nearly all abortions, and if the Republican governor signs the measure, the state will have the strictest abortion law in the country.
  The legislation would make performing an abortion a felony at any stage of pregnancy with almost no exceptions. The passage Tuesday by a wide margin in the GOP-led Senate shifts the spotlight to Gov. Kay Ivey, a fixture in Alabama politics who’s long ide
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Twilight events series returns to Glen Ivy Hot Springs

  15-05-2019 14:00
  
  Glen Ivy Hot Springs in Corona is offering a buy one get half-off admission deal to its Twilight series Thursdays through May 30. Admission is regularly $40 for the event, which is offered 4-9 p.m. Thursday-Sunday through Oct. 27. Guests have full use of the venue’s facilities, plus a range of musical performances and special activities. There are also summer cocktails and a special evening menu. The spa is at 25000 Glen Ivy Road. For reservations and more information, call 888-453-6489 or
  
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• Man shot in unincorporated area near Anaheim

  15-05-2019 08:26
  
  A man suffered a gunshot wound to the head Tuesday night in an unincorporated area of Orange County near Anaheim.
  Deputies responded to the scene of the shooting on Augusta Drive, just west of Dale Street, about 9:35 p.m. and located the victim, according to Lt. F. Thompson of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  Related Articles Man dies after being found shot in Fullerton alley How school resource officers in Southern California are connecting with students to prevent shootings, other
  
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• Anaheim carjacking suspect spotted in stolen vehicle, arrested following brief pursuit

  15-05-2019 07:33
  
  A man suspected in an earlier carjacking and multiple robberies drove into a dead-end street and was arrested at the end of a brief vehicle pursuit in residential Anaheim on Tuesday night, May 14.
  Officers spotted a man driving a stolen car near the intersection of Citron Street and Provential Drive at about 8:55 p.m., Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said. He refused to pull over when officers tried to stop him, but drove into a cul-de-sac in the area of North Rio Vista and East Frontera Streets
  
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• Whittier Christian softball shut out by Louisville in CIF-SS Division 5 semifinals

  15-05-2019 07:04
  
  LA HABRA — With two standout pitchers going head-to-head, it became clear to Whittier Christian softball coach Dale Van Duyn early in Tuesday’s CIF Southern Section Division 5 semifinal game against visiting Louisville that it was going to come down to which team made the first mistake.
  With freshman Brooklyn Carreon doing her thing in the circle for the Heralds (22-4), taking a shutout into the top of the sixth inning, and the Royals’ Grace Luderer pitching a no-hitter into th
  
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• Dodgers get better of Padres rookie Chris Paddack

  15-05-2019 06:59
  
  Padres Franmil Reyes, #32, celebrates a first inning homerat Dodger stadium Tuesday, May 14, 2019.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPadres Manny Machado, #13, connected on this pitch fora two run homer during 4th inning action at Dodger stadium Tuesday, May 14, 2019.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 14:Manny Machado #13 of the San Diego Padres celebrates his two run homerun with Hunter Re
  
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• Mug shot released of man suspected of taking unknowing indecent pictures of a woman in Irvine

  15-05-2019 06:53
  
  IRVINE — Irvine police Tuesday released a mug shot of a defendant, as well as a picture of his car, to see if the man may have taken photos up the skirts of more than one alleged victim.
  Nathan Martin Haley, 45, of Portola Hills, was charged March 20 with a single misdemeanor count of using a concealed recording device to photograph a woman without her consent. Irvine investigators suspect there may be more victims in Orange County.
  Nathan Martin Haley, 45, of Portola Hills, was charged Ma
  
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• Summit’s breakout season ends with loss to Kennedy in CIF-SS Division 4 semifinals

  15-05-2019 06:42
  
  FONTANA — With his team trailing by six runs entering the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday, Summit High baseball coach Samuel Lopez challenged his players to fight back.
  Boy did they, but even the courageous last-ditch effort was not enough to prevent a 6-4 loss to Kennedy of La Palma in the CIF-SS Division 4 semifinals.
  Kennedy’s Wyatt Johnson (#6), and Sebastian McSherry, (#44), celebrate after defeating Summit 6-4 during Tuesday’s CIF Southern Section Division 4 semifinal
  
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• Servite boys golf wins Northern Division team title

  15-05-2019 06:34
  
  Five Servite golfers scored in the low 70s and the Friars captured their third straight CIF-SS championship Tuesday, winning the Northern Division tournament at Santa Anita Golf Course.
  Alex Hanz shot 2-under-par 70, Brendan Gonzalez and Ben Hong each carded 71, and William Sung and Nick Harrison each fired 73 for Servite. The Friars totaled 358 to beat Mater Dei by one stroke and win their fourth CIF-SS title in five years. Servite had also defeated Mater Dei by one stroke in their final dual m
  
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• Peralta delivers winning hit as Sonora baseball survives wild ending against Canyon Springs

  15-05-2019 06:08
  
  LA HABRA – Sonora baseball player Andrew Peralta hasn’t had the opportunities at the plate this season he was hoping for, but he was ready Tuesday when he was asked to help out in a critical moment.
  Peralta hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning that scored Hector Garcia for the winning run and gave Sonora a 6-5 victory over Canyon Springs in the CIF-SS Division 4 semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Sonora High.Postgame interview with Andrew Peralta of Sonora, the hero
  
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• ‘American Idol’ hometown visit brings Alejandro Aranda, and thousands of fans, to Pomona

  15-05-2019 06:01
  
  On the streets of his hometown of Pomona, “American Idol” finalist Alejandro Aranda was hailed Tuesday by thousands of fans who call themselves Alejomies.
  They flocked downtown to cheer on Aranda, a 24-year-old dishwasher whose followers are captivated by not only his voice and guitar playing but by his humble background and regular-guy demeanor. A parade wound through downtown, ending at the historic Fox Theater, where Aranda performed six songs on a stage set up in the street.
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• Huntington Beach teachers rally for a raise, after a school year with no new contract

  15-05-2019 05:54
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — Their red T-shirts proclaimed, “HB teachers would rather be teaching.” Actually, however, the rally Tuesday, May 14, took place a couple of hours after they had completed a full day of schooling.
  Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Huntington Beach Union High School District office along Bolsa Avenue waving signs with such slogans as, “We value students. Please value us.”
  Teachers and supporters applaud a speaker during the Huntington Beac
  
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• Jerry West to continue in his role as consultant with Clippers

  15-05-2019 05:53
  
  Free agency has yet to begin, but the Clippers are proving to be a desirable destination for the members of their own front office.
  After General Manager Michael Winger declined to interview for a promotion in Minnesota and Assistant GM Trent Redden pulled out of the running for a promotion in New Orleans last month, Hall of Famer Jerry West has agreed to return to the Clippers next season in his role as a consultant to the team’s front office, according to a league source who Tuesday conf
  
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