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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 10-17)

  17-05-2019 23:51
  
  Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from May 10 to May 17.
  Beba’s, 1909 E. Lincoln Ave., AnaheimClosed: May 16
  Reason: Cockroach infestationMother Indian Cuisine, 688 Baker St., Suite 8, Costa MesaClosed: May 15 (report)
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: May 16Maria’s Kusina, 6901 La Palma Ave., Buena ParkClosed: May 14
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: May 163 Blossoms, 10495 Bolsa Ave., Suite 108, WestminsterClosed: May 13
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• CIF-SS baseball championship games previews

  17-05-2019 23:48
  
  CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
  FINALS
  DIVISION 1
  CYPRESS (30-3) VS. HARVARD-WESTLAKE OF STUDIO CITY (27-5-1)
  Where, when: Dodger Stadium, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
  Outlook: Cypress, Empire League champion, was seeded second going into the playoffs. The Centurions defeated Servite 5-2 in the first round, Capistrano Valley 2-1 in the second round, Yucaipa 5-1 in the quarterfinals and La Mirada 1-0 in the semifinals on Peter Werth’s game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning. Cypres
  
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• Alexander: Taylor Dockins inspires, just by living her life

  17-05-2019 23:34
  
  Taylor Dockins acknowledged that she does find it weird sometimes, the idea that she could be an inspiration for other people. You can imagine her wondering if maybe this should be the other way around.
  But when you are a Division I college athlete and at the same time dealing with a rare form of liver cancer, the rules change. And if others identify with her challenge and her determination to win this battle, so much the better.
  “Honestly, this is what I do for fun and this is what I love
  
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• Trump vows to cut housing regulations in first Realtor address

  17-05-2019 23:22
  
  Real estate investor-turned-president Donald Trump addressed the National Association of Realtors on Friday, May 17, for the first time since taking office more than two years ago, vowing to cut regulations that drive up the cost of homebuilding but failing to address most of the issues the 1.3 million-member trade group has been lobbying for.
  In a speech that was heavy on the economy but light on housing, Trump praised the real estate profession, even as he boasted about not paying his own agen
  
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• El Modena, Newport Harbor in SoCal Regionals boys volleyball finals

  17-05-2019 21:00
  
  El Modena and Newport Harbor have advanced to the CIF Southern California Regionals boys volleyball championship round Saturday. Both teams have home matches.
  El Modena (23-7) plays Carson (37-10-1) at 1 p.m. in the Division 3 final. El Modena is 12-3 at home.
  Newport Harbor (38-1) plays Mira Costa (25-6) of Manhattan Beach at 6 p.m. in the Division 1 final. Newport Harbor is 10-0 at home. Newpor Harbor this season has defeated Mira Costa twice including in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 fi
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday May 17

  17-05-2019 20:59
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday May 17 at Santa Anita.
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• Is the DMV taking its sweet time with your vehicle registration renewal? If you mailed it in, you’re not alone

  17-05-2019 20:52
  
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  Still sending those pesky auto registration renewals in via snail mail?
  Just be aware, your tags might expire before the Department of Motor Vehicles even gets around to opening your envelope and fetching your check.
  A woman from Tustin says she sent her renewal form to
  
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• Santa Margarita has put together two comebacks to reach CIF baseball finals

  17-05-2019 20:43
  
  Twice this baseball season Santa Margarita looked finished.
  The Eagles was 0-4 in the Trinity League after its first four league games. They started winning and became a playoff contender. Then Santa Margarita lost all three of their games in the final week of the season.
  Yet here is Santa Margarita, playing in a CIF-Southern Section baseball championship game Saturday at Dodger Stadium. The Eagles (25-11) play Norco (20-11) in the Division 2 final at 3 p.m.
  The Eagles opened the Trinity League
  
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• Former House members, ousted in November, endorse 2020 candidates in Orange County

  17-05-2019 20:35
  
  With 14 Republicans and one Independent now officially in races to unseat the four Democrats who’ve turned Orange County’s congressional delegation blue, one thing is clear:
  The GOP establishment is supporting familiar faces for 2020.
  As the county inches closer to having more registered Democratic than Republican voters, it’s unclear if backing from people such as former longtime Rep. Dana Rohrabacher — who critics took to calling “Putin’s favorite congressma
  
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• Corky Carroll: Let’s pay tribute to 3 great goofy footers of the ’60s

  17-05-2019 20:30
  
  I flipped on my old computer and while it was warming up — it’s a steam-powered Apple III — I was thinking about what I was gonna write about for today’s adventure.
  A semi-loud “bing” sounded over my head and with it came the idea that revisiting previous stories and people from time to time could be cool.
  So, I took a look back at a 2012 piece I did on three of our greatest local surf rats from the 1960s: John Boozer, Tommy Leonardo and Robert Kooken. These a
  
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• Why Agaves Ultra Lounge wants you to go Next Door in Long Beach

  17-05-2019 20:08
  
  As a well-known night spot in downtown Long Beach Agaves Ultra Lounge attracts a big party crowd who are there to dance, drink and have a good time.
  But now when they’re hungry Agaves wants them to go next door because the lounge has moved its kitchen a few feet away into a space formerly occupied by Gaucho Grill to create Next Door by Agaves.
  “It’s a modern Mexican restaurant and I want people to be reminded of old Mexican flavors,” said Veronica Lopez, the Mexican-born
  
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• Your recyclables are going to the dump. Here’s why:

  17-05-2019 19:56
  
  Californians continue to fill recycling bins as they have for years, but more of it is ending up in landfills.
  The market for recyclables is tumbling, the diversion rate of trash headed to dumps is shrinking and trash bills are going up as the cost of recycling increases.
  “We used to pay haulers for recyclables,” said Bob Asgian, assistant department head of Los Angeles County’s recycling and landfill operations.
  “Now, they’re paying us (to take them).”
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• Successful Aging: 6 ways to diminish facial lines and wrinkles

  17-05-2019 19:42
  
  Dear Readers,
  Last week we identified age, genetics, smoking, exposure to ultraviolet rays and more as responsible for facial wrinkles and fine lines. This week we’ll address what might be done to diminish them.
  Lifestyle counts. Here are just a few to consider:
  Limit sun exposure: The Mayo Clinic and others urge each of us to limit the time we spend in the sun and to wear protective clothing such as wide-brimmed hats, long sleeves and sunglasses. Some suggest to avoid the sun altogether s
  
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• Fountain Valley nurse and neonatal coworker unite in surrogacy, celebrate a miracle baby

  17-05-2019 19:25
  
  Matthew Ingenthron’s 8-month-old daughter, Josephine, finds an interesting toy on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Josephine Ingenthron, 8 months, with her surrogate mom, Marcella Sisneros, in Fountain Valley on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Her husband Louis Garbutt is in background. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMatthew Ingenthron, plays with his8-month-old daughter Josephine on Tuesday, May
  
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• Deontay Wilder may be a jerk, but he’ll still KO Dominic Breazeale

  17-05-2019 18:37
  
  Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is a jerk for running his mouth the way he has ahead of his title defense against Dominic Breazeale on Saturday from Barclays Center in Brooklyn (on Showtime).
  Wilder had this to say to reporters during a workout Tuesday night at famed Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn:
  “His life is on the line for this fight, and I do mean his life. I’m still trying to get me a body onmy record.”
  Say what?
  “Hey, Dominic Breazeale asked for this,” W
  
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• Going on sex strike over abortion? Political Cartoons

  17-05-2019 18:31
  
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• Coastal gardens will be on display Saturday in San Clemente

  17-05-2019 18:27
  
  The San Clemente Garden Club will host its annual garden tour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 18. Visitors can enjoy beautiful coastal gardens with a variety of styles, plants and hardscapes.
  Tickets are $40 the day of the tour and include access to the private gardens, complimentary “tasty bites” prepared by local food purveyors and live music. The gardens may be visited in any order.
  For ticket information call Bette Langford at 949-498-3317 or email [email protected]. Additi
  
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• Ironman hero is a Mission Viejo pastor motivated by a young girl with cancer

  17-05-2019 18:09
  
  Brynn Wheeler, 7, rides a horse. She is recovering from surgery after a large mass was removed from her chest. In December, she was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue. (Photo Courtesy of the Wheeler family)
  A notebook shows Brynn Wheeler’s mantra that she writes. In December, she was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue. (Photo Courtesy of the Wheeler family)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBrynn Wheeler, 7, skis a week after a chemotherapy
  
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• Pilot of F-16 fighter jet that crashed near March Air Reserve Base is doing well

  17-05-2019 17:41
  
  The pilot of the F-16 that smashed Thursday afternoon into a warehouse near March Air Reserve Base is doing well and might have been already released from the hospital, an official said at a Friday morning press conference.
  He was able to eject from the fighter jet and deploy a parachute.
  Six responding officers and six civilians were taken to the hospital Thursday only as precaution, Cal Fire Chief Shawn Newman said, apparently over concerns of any exposure to hazardous materials.
  The packing m
  
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• Register reporter Erika I. Ritchie named national Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize winner for military coverage

  17-05-2019 17:40
  
  Erika I. Ritchie, military reporter for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group, has been named a winner of the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting in 2018.
  The 32nd annual awards, sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, honor “distinguished reporting on the presidency and national defense.”
  Judges from the fields of academia and journalism awarded Ritchie honorable mention for “the kind of local, hard-nosed rep
  
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• How War’s music was shaped by the streets of Long Beach the South Bay and southern LA

  17-05-2019 17:36
  
  A couple of decades before Long Beach and Compton became known for gangsta rap thanks to locals such as Snoop Dogg and N.W.A., War put the area on the map for just about every other genre of music; from rock to funk to jazz, to reggae and R&B, and they’re still battling on.
  The Long Beach-born multi-platinum-selling funk band will appear at the Greek Theatre on Saturday, May 25, for a one-night party that will include a performance by disco party group KC & The Sunshine Band.
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• Grumpy Cat, who entertained millions online, dies at age 7

  17-05-2019 17:10
  
  MORRISTOWN, Ariz. — Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss expression entertained millions on the internet, has died at age 7.
  Her owners wrote on social media Friday that she experienced complications from a urinary tract infection and “passed away peacefully” Tuesday “in the arms of her mommy.”
  Her owners said “Grumpy Cat has helped millions of people smile all around the world — even when times were tough.”View this post on InstagramSome days are grumpier t
  
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• Missouri House expected to pass abortion ban at 8 weeks

  17-05-2019 17:09
  
  By SUMMER BALLENTINE
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican-led House is expected to pass a sweeping bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy on lawmakers’ final day in session Friday, joining Alabama and several other states that have moved recently to severely restrict the procedure.
  If enacted, the ban would be among the most restrictive in the U.S. It would include exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. Doctors wo
  
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• Sliding home prices make a U-turn in parts of Southern California

  17-05-2019 17:06
  
  Single family home prices in Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties changed course and went up in April after falling year-over-year in March.
  Riverside County had the biggest price gain of five Southern California Counties, at 5.8%, with the median resale of a home up to $423,000 from $400,000 in April 2018. San Bernardino saw a 5.2% hike, with the price at $305,000 compared to $289,900 the prior year.
  Orange County had the smallest uptick – 0.9% – but the heftiest price:It went
  
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• Gardening: There so much to see at Corona del Mar’s Sherman Gardens

  17-05-2019 15:35
  
  Visiting Sherman Gardens in Corona del Mar is like spending time in a great museum. After an hour or so, you reach a saturation point and sigh, “There are just too many treasures to absorb in a single visit. I’ll just have to come back again to fully appreciate everything that’s here.”
  Nestled at the end of a row of shops, you could spend a significant portion of time examining planters in the surrounding streets and in the parking lot, replete with exotic botanical fare,
  
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• Those flashing brake lights are OK

  17-05-2019 15:23
  
  Q. I travel the I-5 Freeway, going north at around 3:45 p.m. to get home from work on weekdays. I have noticed a couple of small sports cars whose brake lights are strobes – the lights go on and off rapidly when the brakes are applied. Are they legal?
  – Scott Irwin, Fullerton
  A. They are.
  Honk has never seen them on the road, and neither has Tino Olivera, a California Highway Patrol officer and spokesman out of the agency’s Santa Ana office.
  Both looked at online videos of guys
  
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• 215 Freeway remains closed, and Metrolink service impacted by F-16 crash near March Air Reserve Base

  17-05-2019 15:15
  
  The 215 Freeway north of Cactus Road in Moreno Valley remained closed Friday morning following Thursday afternoon’s F-16 crash near March Air Reserve Base, which sent 13 people to the hospital, including the pilot.
  The freeway could remain closed from Cactus Avenue and Harley Knox Boulevard for most of the day, officials said.Use alternate routes and avoid 215 in Moreno Valley. Long term closure due to plane crash. #caltrans8
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• Cal State Fullerton baseball blanks Long Beach State in series opener

  17-05-2019 08:34
  
  FULLERTON — For the first time in decades, the Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State baseball programs are meeting in a late-season series that has no postseason implications for either side.
  That doesn’t mean the longtime Big West Conference rivals lack motivation when it comes to an opportunity to earn bragging rights over each other.
  Pitchers Timothy Josten and Kyle Luckham combined on a shutout as the Titans defeated Long Beach 6-0 in their series opener on Thursday night at G
  
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• CIF-SS Softball Finals: First-time finalists Santiago, Nordhoff collide Friday

  17-05-2019 07:26
  
  Friday’s CIF-SS Division 6 softball final
  SANTIAGO (26-1) VS. NORDHOFF OF OJAI (18-10)
  Where, when: Bill Barber Park, Irvine, 3:30 p.m.
  Outlook: The top-seeded Cavaliers are in the finals for the first time and face surprising Nordhoff of Ojai, which is also making its first appearance in the section finals. The Rangers weren’t ranked in the final Division 6 poll but are playing well after a slow start.
  Santiago, which earned a share of its first league crown, started the season 21-0
  
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• LAFC overwhelms FC Dallas for 3rd consecutive shutout

  17-05-2019 06:37
  
  Los Angeles FC forward Diego Rossi (9) attempts a goal shot against the FC Dallas during the first half of a Major League Soccer match at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday May 16, 2019.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)
  Los Angeles FC forward Carlos Vela (10) chases the ball against the FC Dallas during the first half of a Major League Soccer match at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday May 16, 2019.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr,
  
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• Suspect in Anaheim weekend crime spree charged with robbery, assault, carjacking and evading arrest

  17-05-2019 05:31
  
  A man suspected of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon and robbery following a weekend crime spree in Anaheim faces eight felony allegations and was behind bars on Thursday, May 16.
  Prosecutors filed charges against Jesus Valdovinos, including grand theft auto and evading a peace officer, court records show. The 31-year-old was arrested after a pursuit in Anaheim on Tuesday, May 14. He was  suspected of stealing two cars and robbing two businesses between Sunday and Tuesday.
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday (5-16-19)

  17-05-2019 05:15
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Thursday, May 16.
  BOYS VOLLEYBALL
  CIF SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Semifinals
  DIVISION I
  Newport Harbor def. Loyola, 27-29, 24-26, 25-19, 25-13, 15-9
  Mira Costa def. Palisades, 25-22, 25-15, 25-20
  DIVISION II
  Oak Park def. Poway, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23
  Peninsula def. Mt. Carmel, 25-8, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19
  DIVISION III
  El Modena def. Jordan, 26-24, 25-9, 25-18
  Carson def. Valhalla, 29-31, 25-12, 25-14, 25-13
   
  
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• Coalition of gig workers, businesses urge lawmakers to protect independent contractor status

  17-05-2019 04:27
  
  A coalition of self-employed workers and business leaders are urging state lawmakers to expand a bill that would allow more independent contractors to be exempted from employee status.
  At a press conference held Wednesday at the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, the group said it’s seeking additional changes to Assembly Bill 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego. The legislation exempts doctors, insurance agents, securities brokers and direct sellers (Mary Kay, Amway, etc.) from adhe
  
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• Review: Calico River Rapids blends storytelling with thrills to bring new life to aging Knott’s water ride

  17-05-2019 03:40
  
  A modest renovation of a 30-year-old water ride at Knott’s Berry Farm introduces a host of sometimes ferocious, sometimes comical woodland creatures to the shores of the river and thematically connects the attraction to the theme park’s original Ghost Town area.
  The new Calico River Rapids adds about 20 animatronic figures to the 1987 BigFoot Rapids water ride at the Buena Park theme park. And most importantly introduces a Sasquatch to a ride that for more than three decades never pa
  
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• Rosters for Orange County All-Star Baseball Game on Tuesday, May 21

  17-05-2019 03:27
  
  The Orange County All-Star Baseball Game is Tuesday, May 21 at La Palma Park’s Glover Stadium in Anaheim.
  The event begins with ceremonies at 6:40 p.m. First pitch is at 7 p.m. Admission is $5.
  The game, for graduating high school seniors, is in its 52nd year and is organized and managed by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim for charity.
  The rosters:
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  Nathan Alarcon, Rancho Alamitos
  Kyle Ashworth, Foothill
  Dallas Burke, Los Alamitos
  Tyler Chaffee, Cypress
  Knolton Clark, Servite
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• Here’s what Southern California has to say about Trump’s new immigration plan

  17-05-2019 03:27
  
  There were eyerolls. There were cheers. But response in Southern California to the Trump administration’s new plan to overhaul the legal immigration system was swift.
  The president’s proposal to create a merit-based program that would favor younger, high-skilled workers over asylum seekers and people hoping to reunite with family members was greeted Thursday along partisan lines, panned by immigrant-rights advocates, unions and others who labeled it anti-immigration, and praised by s
  
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• Dodgers trying to coax more out of ‘stubborn’ closer Kenley Jansen

  17-05-2019 03:16
  
  LOS ANGELES — Austin Barnes and Kenley Jansen needed about 20 seconds to agree on a pitch Tuesday night.
  The count was 0-and-2 to Padres hitter Eric Hosmer with two outs in the ninth inning of a game the Dodgers led 6-3. Jansen stepped off the mound. It was a loud step, more of a thump really, not the typical body language from the veteran closer. After finally agreeing on a sign, Jansen missed inside with his trademark cutter for ball one.
  After throwing the ball back to the mound, Barnes
  
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• Godinez follows sister act of Keana and Savannah Pola to softball finals

  17-05-2019 03:10
  
  SANTA ANA – A magical family journey for sisters Keana and Savannah Pola will reach its crescendo Saturday morning in Irvine.
  The standout middle infielders at Godinez will be part of the first softball team from the Santa Ana Unified School District to play in the CIF-SS finals when the Grizzlies (25-4) take on streaking El Segundo (25-6) at Bill Barber Park at 9:30 a.m.
  The girls’ father Kevin and oldest sister Selene will be in the dugout for the Division 4 final as assistant coac
  
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• ‘Big Bang Theory’ finale: The ‘underdogs’ go out on top

  17-05-2019 03:08
  
  Let’s be honest. “The Big Bang Theory” was never a so-called “critical darling.”
  In fact, producer Chuck Lorre’s comedy about a group of nerdy scientists and their pals has had its legions of sneering haters. “Too broad,” they insist. Too “old-school” with its canned laughter and march-time gags.
  Once described by a witty tweeter as “the Nickelback of sitcoms,” “The Big Bang Theory,” which airs its series finale
  
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• Festival Pass: 3 more Southern California music festivals announced

  17-05-2019 03:00
  
  Festival Pass is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
  Festival Pass for Thursday, May 16
  Festival season is kicking into high gear and we have three, count ’em, three, new events that have been announced since Sunday alone.
  And if you want to see some music this weekend, you’re in luck. The Doheny Blues Festival is back in Dana Point and the spring edition of the Joshua Tree Music
  
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• These cyclists rode in complete silence Wednesday, here’s why

  17-05-2019 02:46
  
  Retired Pasadena firefighter Armando Salazar was sitting on his bicycle, waiting for the start of the Ride of Silence on Wednesday at the Rose Bowl, when an organizer fitted him with a black armband.
  The gesture meant he would ride in memory of a cyclist killed on a public street.
  “He is known only to God,” Salazar said, when asked from whom he was riding. Though they met, he never did learn the victim’s name that day, one day after Christmas in 1982 on Summit Avenue in Northwe
  
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• ‘Part of Water,’ a documentary about Newport lifeguard Ben Carlson, is centerpiece of community festival

  17-05-2019 02:03
  
  It’s all about community.
  There’s the tight-knit lifeguards who watch the water and become like family, and the beach-going locals who spend their childhood on the sand.
  There’s the Newport Beach community that came out to support when tragedy hit the coastal town during a busy summer day five years ago.
  Tim Burnham, left, of Newport Beach and co-director; Skeeter Leeper, center, a Newport Beach lifeguard; and Jack Murgatroyd of Los Angeles and co-director, stand next to the st
  
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• How to have your custom car judged by Jay Leno and immortalized as a Hot Wheels toy

  17-05-2019 02:02
  
  Custom car enthusiasts, start your engines.
  Your sweet ride could be turned into a collectible Hot Wheels toy die-cast.
  Jay Leno (file photo)
  The search is part of The Hot Wheels Legends Tour, which toy-maker Mattel dubs “the world’s largest traveling car show.” Last year’s inaugural tour attracted more than 3,600 cars, according to organizers.
  This year’s tour stops in 18 locations, including in El Segundo on Saturday.
  “The Hot Wheels Legends Tour was a
  
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• How Mike Smith and Bob Baffert could surprise at the Preakness

  17-05-2019 01:29
  
  Some observers might have been surprised when Mike Smith landed on 5-2 morning-line favorite Improbable for Saturday’s 144th running of the Preakness Stakes.
  They probably surmised that since Smith took off one of Baffert’s Kentucky Derby contenders, Roadster, in favor of the Richard Mandella-trained Omaha Beach in the Run for the Roses, that Baffert would hold a grudge and look in another direction when choosing a rider for his lone Preakness horse.
  But Smith wasn’t surprised
  
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• Plane crashes near March Air Reserve Base, 215 Freeway shut down

  17-05-2019 01:24
  
  A plane initially identified as an F-16 fighter crashed Thursday, May 16, at March Air Reserve Base, authorities and eyewitnesses said.
  The crash was reported around 3:30 p.m.
  The plane was reported as having crashed into a building near the base.
  The pilot, believed to be the only person on board the plane, appears to have ejected and is being medically evaluated, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
  It appears those inside the building where the plane crashed are all a
  
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• Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike, WNBPA president, eager to work with Commissioner Cathy Engelbert

  17-05-2019 01:17
  
  PASADENA — A few forthcoming nice-to-meet-yous could mean a lot for the future of professional women’s basketball in America.
  Nneka Ogwumike and the other members of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association’s Executive Committee will have much to discuss as they get to know Cathy Engelbert.
  On Wednesday, Engelbert was named WNBA commissioner, the first person to hold that title in the league’s 23-year history.
  “I’ve heard great things about he
  
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• They spent $2 million to buy an 871-square-foot Balboa Island cottage – but won’t tear it down

  17-05-2019 01:06
  
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• Alexander: Cal State Fullerton softball’s Ari Williams creates havoc with versatility

  17-05-2019 01:05
  
  Cal State Fullerton senior center fielder Ari Williams makes a catch for an out during a game against UC Riverside last week at Fullerton. She’ll lead the Titans into a four-team NCAA regional this weekend at UCLA. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Cal State Fullerton outfielder Ari Williams connects during a game against Buffalo earlier this season at Fullerton. (AP Photo/ Daniel Bowyer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCall State Fullerton outfielder Ari Williams c
  
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• The Pizza Store in Placentia has new owners and a refreshed menu

  17-05-2019 01:04
  
  The Pizza Store in Placentia has new owners and a refreshed menu. Seen here, the Submarine Sandwich.(Courtesy of The Pizza Store)
  The Pizza Store in Placentia has new owners and a refreshed menu. Seen here, the restaurant serves fresh breads such as Stromboli, a stuffed veggie bread, or pepperoni bread with marinara dipping sauce. (Courtesy of The Pizza Store)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Pizza Store in Placentia has new owners and a refreshed menu. Seen here, chicken wing appetizer.
  
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• Talented pitching staff leads UCLA softball into NCAA Tournament

  17-05-2019 00:57
  
  LOS ANGELES — Rachel Garcia trotted to the pitcher’s circle with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh. No outs, two-run lead. Her heart was racing when Holly Azevedo handed her the ball.
  “I know you got my back,” Azevedo said with a smile on her face.
  Garcia immediately relaxed.
  All three of UCLA’s pitchers helped lead the Bruins to a share of the Pac-12 championship in a clinching game against Arizona last weekend. Freshman Megan Faraimo started, Azevedo g
  
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