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• Expect traffic in Anaheim resort for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opening May 31

  25-05-2019 22:25
  
  Only visitors with advance reservations will be able to get into to Disneyland’s new Star Wars land on its May 31 opening day, but Anaheim officials still expect traffic in and around the resort district as the highly anticipated attraction makes its public debut.
  The city isn’t suggesting specific routes or detours, but it will have extra staff managing logistics and directing traffic, and officials are advising people to bypass the resort area unless they’re headed to its res
  
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• Photos: Day 1 of CIF State Track and Field Championships

  25-05-2019 22:02
  
  See all of our photos of the action from the first day of the CIF State Track and Field Championships on Friday, May 24 in Clovis.
  Ava Butterbaugh of Mission Viejo competes in the Girls Varsity Shot Put during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)
  Morgan Flynn of Aliso Niguel clears the bar in the Girls Varsity Pole Vault during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Bu
  
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• 34 marine mammals have been rescued along Orange County coast this month, as officials try to keep pace with strandings

  25-05-2019 21:36
  
  14 sea lions were released this week just in time to make room for new rescues. (Photo courtesy of PMMC)
  Sea lions are still coming into the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, which is seeing nearly triple the number of rescues it had a year ago. (Photo courtesy of PMMC) SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA rescued harbor seal is found entangled. (Photo courtesy of PMMC)Zion entangled in Bell Buoy. (Photo courtesy of PMMC)Seal lions seen in the nursery at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. The cent
  
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• Sparks season preview: WNBA title hopes based on experience, new approach

  25-05-2019 20:50
  
  LOS ANGELES — This is all so very new to Kalani Brown, and yet there’s something so familiar about it.
  “I’ve stepped out of one championship mentality … into another,” said the 6-foot-7 rookie center, whom the L.A. Sparks drafted seventh in April’s WNBA Draft just days after her Baylor Bears defeated Notre Dame for the NCAA women’s basketball title.
  “I think we have the ability to win a WNBA championship, I do believe that. We have depth at
  
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• Memorial service to be held for San Clemente stroke victim who walked thousands of miles across the U.S. again and again

  25-05-2019 20:49
  
  A memorial service will take place in Mission Viejo on Sunday for a four-time stroke victim who in recent years walked thousands of miles across the U.S. to inspire stroke survivors and promote an active way of life.
  Mycle Brandy of San Clemente died on May 17, his wife Louise Brandy said. He was 68.
  “I’m so saddened to post this news that Mycle passed away last night of natural causes,” she wrote on Facebook. “Not only was he my rock, hero and love, he was larger than li
  
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• What kinds of food and drinks to expect when Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens in Disneyland

  25-05-2019 20:33
  
  How do you create extraterrestrial food for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge? If you’re Disney you start with the story, says Michele Gendreau Director of Food & Beverage at Disneyland Resort.
  “There’s a lot of people, it’s got a lot of ships and cargo, and there’s a lot of different creatures. Batuu’s kind of a safe haven, so smugglers and bounty hunters — they all cross,” Gendreau said. She’s been working with culinary teams in Florida an
  
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• This wine festival is returning to Long Beach, here’s what you need to know

  25-05-2019 20:09
  
  It’s been a long 12 years since the LAWineFest poured its last glass of vino in Long Beach.
  But it’s back and you better be thirsty because 50 or so wineries will pour more than 200 wines for an expected crowd of 6,000 at The Pike Outlets June 1-2.
  Tickets get you unlimited wine and beer tastings, bottled water, coffee, bread and a souvenir glass.
  “I think this is one of our best selections (of wine) that I can think of,” LAWineFest founder Joel M. Fisher said, adding tha
  
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• This wine festival is returning Long Beach, here’s what you need to know

  25-05-2019 20:09
  
  It’s been a long 12 years since the LAWineFest poured its last glass of vino in Long Beach.
  But it’s back and you better be thirsty because 50 or so wineries will pour more than 200 wines for an expected crowd of 6,000 at The Pike Outlets June 1-2.
  Tickets get you unlimited wine and beer tastings, bottled water, coffee, bread and a souvenir glass.
  “I think this is one of our best selections (of wine) that I can think of,” LAWineFest founder Joel M. Fisher said, adding tha
  
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• Cities are under no obligation to destroy themselves

  25-05-2019 20:05
  
  There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that requires cities to commit suicide.
  So it’s good news that the city of San Clemente is refusing to cave in to the demands of those who think they’re protecting the civil rights of homeless people by suing cities that enforce laws against unauthorized camping or sleeping on streets, sidewalks and other public spaces.
  Last week, the San Clemente City Council voted unanimously to relocate a homeless community of approximately 24 people who h
  
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• California dream slips as politicians fiddle: Doug McIntyre

  25-05-2019 20:02
  
  The end was ugly; a fierce, bloody struggle for power resulting in heads rolling and the exhausted survivors lost in a PTSD induced-stupor. Game of Thrones? Please, much worse! I’m talking your Los Angeles Lakers. Westeros has nothing on El Segundo, the site of last week’s Lakers press-conference welcoming new head coach Frank Vogel.
  With owner Jeannie Buss in an undisclosed secure location and Magic Johnson burning every bridge in Lakerland, poor Frank Vogel politely — cheerfu
  
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• Tax hikes at a time of surpluses should be political malpractice

  25-05-2019 19:51
  
  California’s elected leaders are enjoying the fruits of a go-go economy, with record surpluses and record spending on education. So naturally there’s talk of tax increases. Californians have enjoyed nearly 10 years of economic growth, and one of the biggest beneficiaries has been the state budget.
  Since the depths of the recession the state budget has increased by 82%. That’s more than $95 billion. Compare that to the recession years when governor and legislators were forced to
  
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• The 10 best songs from New Kids on the Block’s MixTape Tour

  25-05-2019 19:27
  
  After witnessing what New Kids on the Block did with their last big outing — 2017’s Total Package Tour with Boyz II Men and Paula Abdul, which sold out the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles — it was difficult to imagine what the quintet would be able to do to top themselves.
  New Kids on the Block, whose heyday was in the late ’80s and very early ’90s, have certainly tapped into nostalgia since reuniting and heading out on these massive tours and selling out concert crui
  
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• Former CIF-SS commissioner Dean Crowley dies

  25-05-2019 19:22
  Former CIF-Southern Section commissioner Dean Crowley died Friday from pneumonia and complications related to cancer. He was 85.
  Crowley was CIF-SS commissioner from 1993-99. He also was an NCAA football official and worked several bowl games including the Freedom Bowl.
  Crowley was a school teacher, a sergeant in the Army Military Police in Germany, and at Gahr High School in Cerritos was a coach, athletic director and vice principal.
  He joined the CIF-SS as an assistant commissioner in 1976.
  In
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday May 25

  25-05-2019 18:46
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday May 25 at Santa Anita.
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• Whicker: Izaac Colunga, boxing prospect turned shooting victim, begins the long trip home

  25-05-2019 18:20
  
  WOODCREST — Until Izaac Colunga can take his own small steps, his family will try to celebrate theirs.
  The other day he told his dad Rene that his back “felt tired.” That was a step, because he felt something.
  His mother Carrie scratched his arm and he felt that, too. That put a spring in her step.
  The family and the friends and the folks at Robert Garcia’s boxing gym have been waiting for Colunga to feel something since March 3, when the bullets began flying into the hou
  
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• 9 things you need to know about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland

  25-05-2019 17:33
  
  You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers. Everything you need to know about the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land coming to the Anaheim theme park. The abridged version.
  Why should I go?
  Star Wars fans have been waiting four decades to step foot into a real-world version of the movie universe. Not a big fan? Galaxy’s Edge is designed to appeal to all comers from novice to expert.
  What is it?
  Disney reportedly spent $1 billion creating a remote spaceport on the edge of wild
  
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• Alexander: LAFC keeps rolling, but with some teachable moments

  25-05-2019 17:14
  
  LOS ANGELES — LAFC coach Bob Bradley likes to say of his team, “We’re not Barcelona yet.”
  And so, even though his team is off to a historic start and has so far been the class of Major League Soccer, there are teachable moments like those that occurred at the end of Friday night’s 4-2 victory over Montreal.
  For 70 minutes, they looked like the best team in North America – playing smart, opportunistic soccer, controlling the play, running up a 4-0 lead. For the
  
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• 1 killed, 4 critically injured when car hits tree in Silverado

  25-05-2019 17:00
  
  SILVERADO — A motorist was killed and his four passengers suffered critical injuries Saturday morning when he slammed his sedan into a tree along Santiago Canyon Road in Silverado, authorities said.
  The crash in the area of Santiago Canyon and Haul roads occurred just before 2:25 a.m. and involved a car striking a tree, the CHP reported.
  The motorist was pronounced dead at the scene, Orange County Fire Capt. Carlos Huerta said.
  Paramedics rushed four people — three men and a woman &m
  
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• Photos: California State Track and Field Championships Gallery 3

  25-05-2019 09:37
  
  The CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California.
  Jeff Duensing of Esperanza High School competes in the Boys Varsity Discus Throw during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)
  Caelyn Harris of Upland High School competes in the Girls Varsity Long Jump during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High Scho
  
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• Gulls fall to Wolves in double-OT in Game 4 of Western Conference final

  25-05-2019 08:25
  
  The San Diego Gulls played on a knife’s edge for most of Game 4 of the AHL’s Western Conference final on Friday night against the Chicago Wolves. Their margin for error was razor thin as the teams skated into a second overtime, deadlocked at a goal apiece.
  Ultimately, the Gulls were caught in transition one too many times and paid the price when the Wolves’ Daniel Carr scored 6:01 into the second OT period to give Chicago a 2-1 victory in front of 12,147 at Pechanga Arena. Kevi
  
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• Marina’s Magula advances to CIF State Track finals, but picks up a new challenge

  25-05-2019 07:51
  
  CLOVIS – Pole vaulters have many items to consider in their event.
  The approach, the planting of the pole, and the up-and-over push have to come together just right.
  Jeff Duensing of Esperanza competes in the Boys Varsity Shot Put during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)
  Sean Rhyan of San Juan Hills High School competes in the Boys Varsity Shot Put during the
  
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• Costly error, questionable call send Angels to 5th straight loss

  25-05-2019 07:31
  
  Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday’s game against the Texas Rangers at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
  Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning looks on after allowing a solo home run to the Rangers’ Shin-Soo Choo during the first inning of Friday’s game against at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – MAY 24:Logan Fors
  
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• Amazon opens warehouse to show how humans, robots are both necessary to meet demand

  25-05-2019 07:30
  
  Amazon’s new fulfillment center in Eastvale, Calif. stretches as far as the eye can see, dwarfing neighboring Costco across the street Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
  A pyramid of smiles at entrance of Amazon’s new fulfillment center in Eastvale, Calif. on Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLook in the distance. Green lights symbolize all is good in that area at
  
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• Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall

  25-05-2019 07:24
  
  By DAISY NGUYEN
  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump from building key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, delivering what may prove a temporary setback on one of his highest priorities.U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr.’s order prevents work from beginning on two of the highest-priority, Pentagon-funded wall projects — one spanning 46 miles (74 kilometers) in New Mexico and anoth
  
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• Carlos Vela, LAFC blitz Montreal, remain unbeaten at home

  25-05-2019 07:18
  
  LAFC defender Tristan Blackmon (27), celebrates his first career MLS goal with forward Christian Ramirez (21) and midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye (14) during the second half of Friday’s 4-2 victory over the Montreal Impact at Banc of California Stadium. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
  Montreal Impact defender Victor Cabrera (2) collides with Los Angeles FC forward Carlos Vela (10) during the first half of a Major League Soccer match at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. on Friday Ma
  
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• UC Irvine’s Big West title hopes dashed with costly loss at UC Riverside

  25-05-2019 07:12
  
  The UC Irvine baseball team went into its final three-game series of the regular season knowing it still had a chance to earn a share the Big West Conference title with a little help. But first, the Anteaters had to take care of their own business.
  A few hours after Cal Poly defeated No. 12 UC Santa Barbara for the second day in a row on Friday, UCI dropped a 3-1 decision at UC Riverside, eliminating the Anteaters from title contention and forcing them to hope for an at-large berh in the 64-team
  
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• Rachel Garcia stars in UCLA softball’s Super Regional win

  25-05-2019 05:46
  
  UCLA’s Kinsley Washington slides headfirst into second base for a double, arriving before JMU’s Madison Naujokas can make the tag in the third inning. UCLA defeated James Madison 6-1 in Game 1 of their best-of-three NCAA Super Regional on Friday at UCLA’s Easton Stadium. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
  JMU Kate Gordon #17 is congratulated on her first inning home run. UCLA defeated James Madison 6-1 in the NCAA Softball Super Regional Game 1 in Westwood on Mary
  
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• Jonathan dos Santos’ early goal lifts Galaxy past Orlando City

  25-05-2019 05:11
  
  Orlando City’s Joao Moutinho, left, and the Galaxy’s Sebastian Lletget compete for possession of the ball during the second half of Friday night’s match in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  LA Galaxy’s Jonathan dos Santos, left, celebrates his goal against Orlando City with midfielder Emil Cuello during the first half of an MLS soccer match Friday, May 24, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOrlando City’s Chris Muelle
  
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• Sparks like how Marina Mabrey, Sydney Wiese fit

  25-05-2019 05:06
  
  LOS ANGELES — With the dust just settling as the sun sets on the L.A. Sparks’ 2019 training camp, first-year Coach Derek Fisher finally can look around and survey his team.
  “Two days before the season starts, it’s good to know who you actually have on your team,” joked Fisher, who is getting accustomed to the WNBA’s fast, furious pace, which revs up for the Sparks with their season opener on Sunday in Las Vegas against the Aces.
  “It’s good, though,
  
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• Homeless at San Clemente’s North Beach relocated to city lot, as legal motion is filed to remove judge from related lawsuit

  25-05-2019 05:03
  
  SAN CLEMENTE — Steven Gustafson got up at 5 a.m. Friday, May 24 and packed his belongings to be ready to leave his camping spot in a North Beach parking lot and relocate to a city storage lot by noon.
  “I’m so glad they gave us that lot,” he said. “I was going to be ready, no matter what. I want to be out of the way, where people don’t have to look at me.”
  Homeless people who have been camping out at North Beach are being encouraged to move to this city-o
  
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• Photos: California State Track and Field Championships Gallery 2

  25-05-2019 05:00
  
  The CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California.
  Brayden Borquez, right, of Harvard Westlake along with Evertt Steward of Long Beach Poly competes in the 400 meter dash during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Egbe Ndip-Agbor of Corona competes in the 400 meter dash during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchan
  
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• Dodgers rough up ‘opener’ on way to win over Pirates

  25-05-2019 04:37
  
  Dodgers starter Walker Buehler pitched six stress-free innings against the Pirates on Friday night, allowing one run on five hits and a walk while striking out six. Over his past seven starts, Buehler is 4-1 with a 2.28 ERA. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy drives in a run with a double off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Michael Feliz during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Friday, May 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)SoundThe gallery will r
  
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• CIF-SS Division 1 football playoffs will be elite, eight-team group in 2019

  25-05-2019 04:32
  
  The creation of an elite, eight-team division for the football playoffs and postseason groupings for 2019 for the fall sports were announced by the CIF-Southern Section on Friday.
  In a message to section schools, Commissioner Rob Wigod called the new-look Division 1 a “significant” change and discussed an even more far-reaching plan for 2020.
  Wigod said the participants for the eight-team Division 1 bracket would be selected by a committee after the regular season this fall from a co
  
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• Migrant crisis spreads from border into Inland Empire

  25-05-2019 03:26
  
  It’s happening often enough now that there’s a new routine in San Bernardino when it comes to dealing with Central American asylum seekers dropped into the community by federal agents.
  First, two or three vans painted in the familiar colors of the U.S. Border Patrol, white with green striping, pull into the parking lot of a Greyhound Bus station, where they drop off at least 20 or more migrants. Next, immigrant rights advocates arrive and escort those migrants to a local Catholic Chu
  
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• A look inside Aquarium of the Pacific’s new Pacific Visions exhibit

  25-05-2019 03:23
  
  The Aquarium of the Pacific opened its $53 million, 29,000-square-foot expansion, Pacific Visions,to the public Friday.
  This visual, content-driven experience uses interactive technology to educate visitors about our environment and the delicate balance of nature in our ocean. Here’s a look inside.
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• Andrew Heaney to return to Angels rotation on Sunday

  25-05-2019 03:20
  
  ANAHEIM — Andrew Heaney, the Angels’ most consistent starter a season ago, is finally going to make his 2019 debut on Sunday.
  After missing nearly two months because of elbow inflammation, Heaney was cleared on Friday, a day after throwing a bullpen session and four days after striking out 10 in 4-1/3 scoreless innings at Triple-A.
  Last year Heaney led the team with 180 innings. He made 30 starts and posted a 4.15 ERA, despite missing the first two weeks of the season with a similar
  
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• Disneyland turns to big-time craft breweries for intergalactic beers on Oga’s Cantina menu in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

  25-05-2019 03:08
  
  Oga’s Cantina in Galaxy’s Edge will turn to a host of big-time craft brewers and cidermakers along with a relatively small Sonoma winery to make the beer, wine and cider coming to the intergalactic watering hole at the heart of Disneyland’s new Star Wars land.
  Boston Beer, Sierra Nevada, New Belgium and Ballast Point are among the large craft breweries that will be providing beer and cider for the Star War cantina in Galaxy’s Edge.
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• Hank Zeisler’s 2 home runs put Chapman baseball one win from Division III CWS

  25-05-2019 02:57
  
  Chapman’s Jonathan Hernandez throws the final pitch of the game, which resulted in a ground out, during their 11-3 victory over Concordia University (of Texas) in Game 1 of their best-of-three NCAA Division III Super Regional on Friday at Hart Park in Orange. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Chapman third baseman Drew Littwin throws to first for the out during their 11-3 victory over Concordia University (of Texas) in game one of the best of three NCAA Division III Su
  
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• Students create a fourth mural at Westminster High, the only California school awarded a special arts grant from Vans

  25-05-2019 02:55
  
  Westminster High is transforming into an art gallery, one mural at a time.
  Over the past week, as more than 100 students took paint brushes to a wall along an outdoor corridor, the school’s fourth masterpiece came to life.
  Westminster High School senior Michelle Lee Vu paints mural based on an illustration of local artist Tory Elena at Westminster High School on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
  Westminster High School junior Daniel Le, back, watches a
  
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• Union says first contract offer from big three grocers ‘unacceptable’

  25-05-2019 02:17
  
  The union that represents workers at Southern California’s three major supermarket chains on Friday strongly criticized the grocers’ first comprehensive contract offer, calling it “unacceptable” and making its first veiled threat of a possible work stoppage.
  Representatives of Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons have been in talks with the United Food and Commercial Workers since early March, and union leaders say the chains had not made any offers on wages and benefits
  
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• Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu could become an All-Star at opportune time

  25-05-2019 02:14
  
  PITTSBURGH — Hyun-Jin Ryu is setting himself up for a much more complicated decision next winter.
  Following the 2018 season, Ryu became a free agent. But the left-hander never made it to the open market. When the Dodgers made him the qualifying offer – securing draft-pick compensation if he signed with another team – Ryu did what only a small percentage of players in that position have done. He took it.
  “To be honest, it wasn’t a difficult decision,” Ryu said
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 16-24)

  25-05-2019 02:07
  
  Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from May 16 to May 24.
  Eight Korean BBQ, 6681 Beach Blvd., Suite C, Buena ParkClosed: May 24
  Reason: Insufficient hot water
  Reopened: May 24Top One Buffet & Grill, 104 W. Orangethorpe Ave., FullertonClosed: May 23
  Reason: Rodent infestationPicante’s, 907 S. Euclid Ave., AnaheimClosed: May 23
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: May 24Anita’s, 2317 W. First St., Suite A, Santa AnaClosed: May 23
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• Anti-media deeds are worse than Trump’s diatribes

  25-05-2019 02:07
  
  SACRAMENTO — Reporters have long denounced Donald Trump’s “war on journalists” given the president’s routine Twitter attacks about “fake news,” his kind words about authoritarian rulers who have abused the media, and his idea to “open” libel laws so politicians can more easily sue publications. He praised a congressional candidate accused of assaulting a reporter. “Any guy who can do a body slam — he’s my kind of guy,”
  
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• In college admissions scandal, Chapman University said its investigation found no illegal conduct

  25-05-2019 02:03
  
  An outside investigation team engaged by Chapman University after the school was subpoenaed as part of federal prosecutors’ investigation into a nationwide admissions scandal found no conduct on behalf of the university “that it considers to be illegal,”  President Daniele Struppa said in a statement released to the campus.
  Chapman admitted a student who prosecutors allege submitted a fake SAT score and the school acknowledged receiving $400,000 in various donations betwee
  
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• Service dog raised by Newport Beach couple helps woman work and attend college

  25-05-2019 01:55
  
  His smiling date was dressed in a floor-length gown embroidered with flowers, but all eyes were on the guy wearing a bow tie and wagging his tail.
  “There’s our Pine!” cooed Judy Muncy as she walked into the Newport Beach Country Club, where friends and supporters gathered for a reception to honor service dog Pine and his human companion, Erin Danzer, 21.
  The golden retriever/lab mix has been with Danzer for about six months, but because Pine’s formative days included visi
  
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• California rightly gets bullet train funding pulled by feds

  25-05-2019 01:51
  
  Like a shoplifter who acts outraged after being caught, California has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for canceling a $929-million grant to build the statewide high-speed rail system. The feds said the state has no plan or capability to build the bullet train “as originally proposed.”
  It’s “California’s money,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared.
  Actually, the $3.5 billion in federal funds committed to the bullet train came with a contract that require
  
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• Monday’s Gold Cup highlights busy weekend for John Sadler’s horses at Santa Anita

  25-05-2019 01:47
  
  Trainer John Sadler will be a busy man this weekend at Santa Anita, saddling horses in six of the track’s eight graded stakes races worth $2.4 million.
  It all starts Saturday, when Sadler, third in the Santa Anita spring-summer trainer standings with 10 victories through Friday’s races, sends out Kona Gold Stakes winner Cistron in the $200,000 Triple Bend Stakes and Horse Greedy in the $100,000 Grade III Daytona Stakes on the turf.
  “We think seven-eighths is a good distance for
  
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• Making life worse: the flaws of green mandates

  25-05-2019 00:58
  
  “Saving the planet” should be an unbeatable political slogan. Yet consistently the imagined “green wave” mindlessly embraced by most of the media continues to fall short, as evidenced by recent elections in Canada and Australia, as well as across much of Europe.
  These results reflect climate scientist Roger Pielke’s  2010 notion of “the iron law of climate policy.” Pielke noted that support for reducing greenhouse emissions is limited by the amount
  
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• After decades of roadblocks, Musick jail is finally poised to grow with $167 million expansion

  25-05-2019 00:37
  
  It could be mistaken for a children’s summer camp – single-story, faded-peach buildings dotting a campus lined with trees and surrounded by idle acres.
  But since 1963, it’s been a jail where Orange County has sent its low-level offenders such as drunk drivers, drug possessors and those who skipped out on child support.
  At Irvine’s edge, The Farm – officially called the James A. Musick Facility, named after the county’s sheriff from 1947 to 1975 – used to
  
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• Memorial Day weekend weather: Will it rain in Orange County?

  25-05-2019 00:31
  
  A low-pressure system is approaching Southern California on Saturday, bringing with it a chance of rain as the Memorial Day weekend gets underway.
  The National Weather Service is predicting cooler temperatures on Saturday with increasing clouds but very little chance of rain in the Orange County area. That rain chance leaps to about 20% on Sunday afternoon and 50% to 70% on Sunday evening.
  By Monday morning — Memorial Day — the chance of rain drops to 13% in the morning and 3% in the
  
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