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• Alexander: USC football recruits and the Portal pursuit

  08-06-2019 22:43
  
  Who knew that the NCAA’s ballyhooed Transfer Portal had accommodations for U-turns?
  The dictionary definition of a portal is a doorway or entrance. This process, a computer database instituted to make the transfer process less stressful and less dependent on a spurned coach’s whims, could be described as more of a hallway, or a tunnel. The player – um, excuse me, student-athlete – enters in one school’s colors and comes out the other end in another’s.
  So how d
  
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• Tampon tax among 8 issues in debate over California’s proposed $213 billion budget

  08-06-2019 22:18
  
  By ADAM BEAM
  SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom broadly agree on a proposed $213 billion state budget that would spend more on immigrants and the poor by expanding tax credits, health care and child care.
  But they’re still debating how far those program expansions should go and how best to pay for them.
  They’re now in the final days of negotiations ahead of a June 15 deadline for lawmakers to approve the budget or stop getting paid.
  California law requires
  
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• Woman arrested, suspected of trying to kidnap 1-week-old baby by posing as social worker in Santa Ana

  08-06-2019 21:31
  
  Santa Ana police say a woman has been arrested for investigation of attempted kidnapping after allegedly posing as a social worker and trying to convince a mother to hand over her newborn baby.
  Police said Saturday the 38-year-old woman was booked but her name won’t be released because detectives are working with sheriff’s departments in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties on possibly related investigations.
  The woman went to a home in the 2300 block of Evergreen Street, near War
  
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• Heisler: Basketball gods tire of full-of-themselves Warriors

  08-06-2019 21:14
  
  The party isn’t over for the Warriors but the fun is.
  You know this thing has gone off the tracks if you’re the wife of the owner, sitting courtside next to the ultimate rapper power couple, when you lean across Beyoncé to ask Jay-Z if you can get him a lime in his vodka and soda … and are vilified globally.
  That’s what happened to Nicole Curran, the wife of Warriors owner Joe Lacob, in Game 3 of the Finals when fans of Beyoncé – known as the Beyhive
  
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• 5 of the craziest moments from Jennifer Lopez’s It’s My Party Tour kick-off at The Forum

  08-06-2019 19:29
  
  Jennifer Lopez knows how to throw herself a party. The 49-year-old triple threat — actress, singer and dancer — kicked off her It’s My Party Tour in celebration of her upcoming 50th birthday with the first of a pair of sold-out shows at The Forum in Inglewood on Friday night.
  The evening was truly not only a career, but life-encapsulating event for Lopez, who packed as much entertainment as possible into a just over two-hour set. The show included videos from throughout Lopez&r
  
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• Pedestrian killed by suspected drugged, hit-and-run driver in Fullerton

  08-06-2019 19:28
  
  A 42-year-old woman died from injuries she suffered Friday, June 7, in a suspected hit-and-run collision in Fullerton, and the driver was arrested on suspicion of drugged driving.
  Officers responded to reports of a pedestrian being struck by a silver BMW SUV in the north alley of 400 West Avenue, near South Ford Avenue, at 8:35 p.m. and located a woman who appeared to have been hit by a vehicle,  according to Fullerton police Lt. Jon Radus. The victim was taken to a hospital, where she
  
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• Recipe: Green beans with almonds and goat cheese can be a great side dish or vegetarian main event

  08-06-2019 19:20
  
  It may seem baffling to anyone under 30, but it used to be cutting-edge cookery to take perfectly perky green beans and simmer them to smithereens. Any sign of crispness was cooked out. They had the consistency of over-ripe bananas, the gray-green color of a battleship’s bottom.
  Nouvelle Cuisine, the cooking style so popular in the early ’70s, gave cooked green beans new taste, texture and appearance. Quick-cooked, al dente beans became commonplace from coast to coast. I like them co
  
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• Knott’s Summer Nights brings live music and food to a backyard barbecue-style party

  08-06-2019 19:19
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm will throw a backyard barbeque with live bands, DJ dance music and picnic food as part of the new Knott’s Summer Nights event running all summer long.
  Knott’s Summer Nights runs from June 7 through Aug. 11 at the Buena Park theme park with live music from 7 p.m. until closing time.
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• Ash Barty wins French Open for 1st Grand Slam title

  08-06-2019 18:39
  
  PARIS — Ash Barty decided to take a break from tennis in 2014 to play cricket. After almost two years away, the Australian returned to the tour, and that career choice paid off in a big way Saturday with her first Grand Slam title.
  The No. 8-seeded Barty took control right at the start of the French Open final and never really let go, beating unseeded 19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3.
  “I played the perfect match today,” Barty said.
  Pretty close to
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks, plus Belmont picks, for Saturday June 8

  08-06-2019 18:28
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday June 8 at Santa Anita.
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• 10 things to know about Orange County homebuying’s worst slump since 2012

  08-06-2019 17:00
  
  Just how slow is the housing market?
  For nine consecutive months through April, CoreLogic housing stats show countywide sales failing to top the year-ago period. That slump has led to a nine-month period with the smallest number of Orange County home purchases in seven years.
  Here are 10 trends you should know about the market’s current cooling that dates to August 2018 — nine months of sales vs. the same period a year earlier …
  1. Pricing: Median was flat at $720,000. At the
  
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• Wrong-way, head-on crash on 5 Freeway in Santa Ana injures 4 people; DUI suspected

  08-06-2019 16:52
  
   
  SANTA ANA — A wrong-way driver suspected of DUI plowed head-on into another car on the 5 Freeway early Saturday, injuring four people, the California Highway Patrol said.
  The car that caused the crash was traveling southbound in the northbound carpool lane near First Street around 1:32 a.m., CHP Sgt. Hope Maxson said.
  Four people in the car that was hit were transported to the hospital with major injuries, she said, and the driver of the wrong-way vehicle was arrested on suspicion o
  
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• FivePoint Amphitheatre fills up its 2019 season and promoters give an update on the permanent venue in Irvine

  08-06-2019 16:46
  
  As the third official season kicks off at FivePoint Ampitheatre in Irvine, the temporary 12,000-capacity outdoor venue constructed after the demolition of the beloved Irvine Meadows in 2016, Southern California music fans have been asking when the all-new, larger-capacity permanent venue will begin construction.
  Back in 2016, it looked like 2020 was the goal, however Los Angeles-based live events producer Live Nation and community development company FivePoint are still working with the City of
  
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• Kurtenbach: Reeling Warriors don’t look like a team bound for a miracle

  08-06-2019 09:18
  
  OAKLAND — If the Warriors are going to go down as the greatest team in modern NBA history – if they’re to win a third straight title and a fourth championship in five years – they’re going to have to summon something truly special over the next eight days.
  And even that might not be enough to get the job done.
  The Toronto Raptors have looked better than the Warriors in early every aspect of the sport through four games of these Finals. And after their 105-92 win in
  
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• How California avocados have a global influence

  08-06-2019 09:18
  
  Holy guacamole, it’s peak avocado season in California. Americans are eating more avocados than ever, especially the Hass variety, which was created in California.
  California’s own
  There are more than 1,000 varieties of avocados listed in the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources database. Here are some of the most common varieties grown commercially in California:HassPebbly skin that turns from green to purplish when ripe
  Oval shape
  Small seed, 5-12 ouncesHass i
  
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• USC, UCLA athletes continue competing at NCAA Track and Field Championships

  08-06-2019 09:02
  
  The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships continued on Friday, with several USC and UCLA athletes competing in their respective event finals in Austin, Texas.
  UCLA’s Dotun Ogundeji placed fourth in the men’s discus final, reaching 198 feet on his best attempt, while freshman Sean Lee recorded a personal best of 7 feet, 3 inches in the high jump to place sixth, 1¼ inches shy of the winner.
  For USC, Earnest Sears finished tied for 12th in the high jump with a high of 7-1&fr
  
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• Measure EE failure could be a turning of tax tide

  08-06-2019 07:55
  
  Against formidable odds, taxpayers scored a significant victory last week against big progressive interests. Measure EE, sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School District, would have imposed a $500 million dollar annual property tax on all property owners within the district’s boundaries.
  Because the tax was being advanced by the second largest school district in the nation, its potential impact was obviously huge. But Measure EE was more than just a local tax proposal. The outcome of t
  
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• Angels drop series opener to last-place Mariners

  08-06-2019 07:49
  
  Angels outfielder Cesar Puello crashes into the outfield wall while trying to catch a three-run home run hit by the Mariners’ Tom Murphy during the sixth inning of Friday’s game at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
  ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 07:Cesar Puello #48 of the Los Angeles Angels hits the outfield wall trying to catch a three-run homerun hit by Tom Murphy #2 of the Seattle Mariners during the sixth inning of a game at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on June
  
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• L.A. homelessness is a crisis in leadership

  08-06-2019 07:43
  
  Would you trust a doctor who said you had high blood pressure but prescribed the following remedy: eat more salt, grease and sugar, spend more time on the sofa, and by all means start smoking?
  Probably not.
  Yet, when it comes to homelessness this is exactly what we’ve been doing. We continue to let the very people who created this health and humanitarian outrage to double-down on the policies that fuel it.
  Lack of affordable/sustainable housing is obviously part of the problem. But why is
  
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• Big government and our light bulbs

  08-06-2019 07:35
  
  To the list of things that threaten to end civilization as we know it, add candle-shaped light bulbs.
  That’s the issue in California’s latest threatened lawsuit, or one of them, against the Trump administration. The Department of Energy is about to finalize a federal rule that would reverse an Obama-era rule that changed the definition of a light bulb.
  If you’re wondering why anyone made a federal case out of that, it’s because in 2007, Congress passed a law that required
  
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• Workplace habits of the old and the young

  08-06-2019 07:23
  
  There was a piece on “Marketplace” by Meghan McCarty Carino about youths and the workplace: “Younger generations always get a lot of flack for not being as hard working as their elders. We all know the stereotype of the lazy, entitled avocado-toast-eating millennial. But there does seem to be evidence that kids these days really are taking a different approach to their work.”
  I liked that her lede was the plain fact that every group of age-associated humans, no doubt sinc
  
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• Giants hand Dodgers another one-run defeat

  08-06-2019 07:08
  
  Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday’s game against the Giants in San Francisco. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)
  San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz delivers against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the second inning of a baseball game Friday, June 7, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw delivers to a San Fra
  
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• Rising conservatives as hostile to freedom as leftists

  08-06-2019 06:40
  
  SACRAMENTO – Delegates to the California Democratic Party convention last weekend drew national attention after they booed a presidential candidate, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, for saying that “socialism is not the answer.” Conservative writers were aghast. Look at those crazy California Democrats, they insisted, who get upset at a few jabs at an ideology that’s long been associated with collectivism and misery.
  Yes, there’s a deep rift within the Democr
  
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• UCLA baseball’s rally falls short against Michigan in Super Regional opener

  08-06-2019 06:36
  
  Michigan’s Blake Nelson leaps over UCLA’s Chase Strumpf as he slides into third base during the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1 of their NCAA Super Regional on Friday night at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium. Michigan won 3-2. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  UCLA pitcher Ryan Garcia #32 walks back to the mound after giving up a run to Michigan during their NCAA Super Regional Game at UCLAÕs Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles Friday, June 7,
  
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• Kawhi Leonard, Raptors push Warriors to brink, take 3-1 lead in NBA Finals

  08-06-2019 06:10
  
  OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 07:Fred VanVleet #23 of the Toronto Raptors is defended by Andre Iguodala #9 of the Golden State Warriors during Game Four of the 2019 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 07, 2019 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
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• For Angels’ Wilfredo Tovar, return to the majors was a long time coming

  08-06-2019 05:24
  
  ANAHEIM — Wilfredo Tovar made his major league debut on Sept. 22, 2013 with the New York Mets. His teammates included a present-day coordinator of player development (the Blue Jays’ David Aardsma), a special adviser (the Mets’ David Wright) and an assistant pitching coach (the Twins’ Jeremy Hefner).
  Tovar played eight more games in the majors and 536 in the minors. He bounced from the Mets to the Twins to the Cardinals to the Angels – all the while waiting for a pho
  
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• Back issue has slowed Alex Verdugo’s rookie-year roll with Dodgers

  08-06-2019 05:03
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Being an every-day player in the big leagues has brought Alex Verdugo down.
  But it’s just to stretch out his back before games. Verdugo can often be found on the clubhouse floor doing exercises to loosen it up.
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts took it a step farther, giving Verdugo the day off Friday against Giants left-hander Drew Pomeranz.
  “With what Alex has shown us, we have no problem with him against left-handed pitching and with Pomeranz, he’s a guy who
  
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• UC Irvine’s 3rd chancellor, science educator Laurel Wilkening, has died at 74

  08-06-2019 03:38
  
  Planetary scientist Laurel Wilkening, UC Irvine’s third chancellor and the third woman chancellor in UC system history, died June 4 in Arizona, where she moved after her 1998 retirement. She was 74.
  Born in Washington state and raised in New Mexico, Wilkening also taught and held leadership posts at the University of Arizona and the University of Washington, according to a UCI news release.
  A capable educator and administrator, “she loved the university environment,” said Sidne
  
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• New, bandage-sized FasTrak transponders are being mailed out in Orange County

  08-06-2019 03:23
  
  Orange County’s transportation agencies have begun sending out sticker versions of FasTrak transponders to toll road drivers, in an effort to make the devices work across the nation and save on the cost of buying the hard-case version previously used.
  The Transportation Corridor Agencies, which operate the 73, 133, 241 and 261 toll roads, started mailing 15,000 of the bandage-sized transponders out daily starting in June, according to the agencies’ press release. The toll road system
  
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• Rams rookies meet formerly incarcerated workers at Inglewood’s now 70 percent-complete NFL palace

  08-06-2019 03:16
  
  Matthew Renteria stood on the ground level of Inglewood’s new stadium Friday, beaming with pride.
  The NFL’s next defining complex, the posh $5 billion home-to-be for the Rams and Chargers, is now 70 percent complete.
  It’s not ready for some football just yet. The field is still covered with gravel and giant cables sag loosely over unfinished concrete, waiting to hoist a high-tech clear plastic roof. But it’s looking much more like it’ll nail its Fall 2020 debut date
  
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• Rams rookies take L.A. stadium tour after signing their contracts

  08-06-2019 03:10
  
  Los Angeles Rams rookie players Romello Brooker, left, and Nick Scott tour the new LA Stadium construction site in Inglewood on Friday, June 7, 2019. The stadium will open for the 2020 NFL season and will be home to the Rams and Chargers. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  Construction worker Sheyonna Grayson, left, talks with Los Angeles Rams rookies Nick Scott, center, and Romello Brooker as they tour the new LA Stadium construction site in Inglewood on Friday, June 7, 2019. The stadiu
  
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• Judge to weigh whether to dismiss charges against man accused of stabbing a Laguna Niguel bar patron to death, following allegations of misconduct by a deputy

  08-06-2019 02:56
  
  A judge will soon weigh whether to dismiss a murder case against a man accused of stabbing to death a bar patron in Laguna Niguel, following allegations that he was taken into custody after a sheriff’s deputy induced a drug-addicted informant into shooting up the homicide suspect with heroin.
  Four years after Craig Matthew Tanber was arrested in the killing of Shayan Mazroei during a confrontation at Patsy’s Irish pub in Laguna Niguel, hearings in Orange County Superior Court this we
  
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• Deputy misconduct could set fatal Laguna Niguel stabbing suspect free

  08-06-2019 02:56
  
  A judge will soon weigh whether to dismiss a murder case against a man accused of stabbing to death a bar patron in Laguna Niguel, following allegations that he was taken into custody after a sheriff’s deputy induced a drug-addicted informant into shooting up the homicide suspect with heroin.
  Craig Tanber
  Four years after Craig Matthew Tanber was arrested in the killing of Shayan Mazroei during a confrontation at Patsy’s Irish pub in Laguna Niguel, hearings in Orange County Superior
  
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• World War II veteran gets his high school diploma after 76 years

  08-06-2019 02:50
  
  P.J. Montano, right, walks with his 94-year-old grandfather Phil Montano, Sr., on their way to the graduation ceremony at Valencia High School in Placentia on Friday, June 7, 2019, 77 years after leaving the school before graduating and being drafted into the U.S. Navy during World War II. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A happy Phil Montano, Sr., 94, right, receives his high school diploma from Carrie Buck, president of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, d
  
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• Lawmakers push action on permanent nuclear waste disposal options

  08-06-2019 02:28
  
  LAGUNA NIGUEL — Will Yucca Mountain ever see an ounce of nuclear waste? Will hopes for temporary storage in Texas and New Mexico ever become reality? Will the $43 billion languishing in the Nuclear Waste Storage Fund ever do more than earn interest?
  Lawmakers, regulators, scientists and community members renewed calls for congressional action and peered into their crystal balls on Friday, June 7, at a special field hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcomm
  
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• Judge denies Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s request to dismiss war crimes charges

  08-06-2019 02:03
  
  A Navy judge on Friday, June 7, denied a request by defense attorneys to dismiss the charges against Navy SEAL Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, accused in a series of war crimes including killing a teen ISIS fighter in 2017, but ruled that Gallagher could not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  Navy Judge Aaron Rugh ruled that the court-martial will start June 17 in San Diego, and that Gallagher will remain free from pretrial confinement. As he decided on Monda
  
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• Photos: Tour of the L.A. stadium construction site in Inglewood

  08-06-2019 01:43
  
  Construction continues on the new Los Angeles Rams stadium site in Inglewood on Friday, June 7, 2019. The LA Stadium will open for the 2020 NFL season and will be home to the Rams and Chargers. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  Construction continues on the new Los Angeles Rams stadium site in Inglewood on Friday, June 7, 2019. The LA Stadium will open for the 2020 NFL season and will be home to the Rams and Chargers. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resum
  
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• School bus driver sentenced for concealing medical condition that led to Anaheim Hills crash that injured children on-board

  08-06-2019 01:41
  
  A former school bus driver who passed out and slammed into a tree in Anaheim Hills while driving 11 children home from school in 2014 was sentenced Friday to five years formal probation and 210 days in jail.
  On April 24, 2014, Gerald Rupple, now 29, was driving the children home from El Rancho Charter Middle School when he passed out behind the wheel. The bus veered into an embankment off of Nohl Ranch Road and traveled along a hillside before hitting a eucalyptus tree and lamppost.
  All of the s
  
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• Extreme weather, climate change got you tense? These herbs can calm your jittery nerves

  08-06-2019 01:35
  
  “You know, the owner’s wife died in the Montecito mudslide,” my friend said as we ate Mexican food at a modest establishment in Santa Barbara last weekend.
  On Facebook, my younger sister, who lives in Kansas, posted pictures of the devastation from a record 13-straight days of tornadoes, including ones that hit in Douglas and Leavenworth counties, just west of where she lives and near Lawrence, where my nephews live. Too close for comfort, I posted on her page.
  The extreme weat
  
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• Laguna Hills man transforms motorcycle helmets into pop culture characters

  08-06-2019 01:33
  
  Motorcyclist Alex Diaz of Laguna Hills cruises Main Street in Huntington Beach recently with his ÒAnimalÓ helmet from Sesame Street. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Motorcyclist Alex Diaz of Laguna Hills on his limited edition R1 Yamaha wearing his Darth Vader helmet he made from a standard helmet. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMotorcyclist Alex Diaz of Laguna Hills cruises Main Street in Hun
  
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• SteelCraft’s second shipping-container food-court soft-opens this weekend in Bellflower; third planned for Garden Grove

  08-06-2019 01:27
  
  It all started in Long Beach and now it’s spreading with the latest SteelCraft location soft opening in Bellflower this weekend.
  Located at 16500 Bellflower Blvd., the brand of outdoor food courts assembled from shipping containers will soft open from 12-9 p.m. this weekend on an approximately 15,000 square-foot lot.
  The food and drink businesses at the food court are:Ten Mile Brewing;
  Off Duty Wine Bar;
  Long Beach Creamery;
  Solid Coffee Roasters;
  Fritzi Coop, a fried chicken restaurant cr
  
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• Boz Scaggs talks about his recent musical trilogy ahead of Playboy Jazz Festival appearance

  08-06-2019 01:26
  
  Boz Scaggs refers to the last three albums he’s released as a trilogy.
  These releases — 2013’s “Memphis,” 2015’s “A Fool To Care” and his current “Out of the Blues” — have found him covering songs by artists that impacted him as he was growing up near Dallas, absorbing blues, soul, New Orleans music and early rock and roll, while beginning his path into his music career.
  That may sound like the kind of albums done by countless vet
  
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• Tariffs have already wiped out tax bill savings for average Americans

  08-06-2019 00:45
  
  By Laura Davison, Bloomberg
  President Donald Trump’s trade wars have already wiped out all but $100 of the average American household’s windfall from Trump’s 2017 tax law. And that’s just the beginning.
  That last $100 in tax-cut gains also could soon disappear — and then some — because of additional tariffs Trump has announced or is considering. If the president makes good on his threats to impose levies on virtually all imports from China and Mexico, those mi
  
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• Laguna Beach will ban new short-term vacation rentals in neighborhoods, but they will be OK in other parts of the seaside town

  08-06-2019 00:41
  
  Vacationers hoping to get that warm and cozy neighborhood feeling when they come to Laguna Beach will have a limited supply of options when it comes to short-term lodging.
  There are fewer than 50 of the rentals – typically listed on sites such as Airbnb and VRBO – operating in the city’s neighborhoods that will be grandfathered in, but the City Council decided June 4 that other short-term rentals should be limited to Laguna Beach’s mixed-use and business zones. Councilmen
  
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• What makes a cult wine? A famous winemaker and a bit of intrigue

  08-06-2019 00:39
  
  Celia Welch can be found on any list of Napa Valley’s top winemakers. Her résumé includes some of the most iconic names in the industry: Scarecrow, Staglin, Kelly Fleming, Hollywood and Vine, and her own small label, Corra. Welch specializes in consulting for ultra-premium wineries; she’s respected for her attention to detail and uncompromising standards.
  These days Welch concentrates her talents on Yount Ridge Cellars. It’s a relatively new label, and its wines a
  
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• Country radio DJ Scott Ward leaves K-FROG/95.1-FM after 24 years

  08-06-2019 00:32
  
  Scott Ward landed at K-FROG/95.1-FM in 1995, and in the 24 years that followed he served as the Inland Empire-based country radio station’s morning host, music director, and most recently programming director and afternoon DJ.
  This week, though, he left his longtime home.
  “The rumors are true: I am no longer part of the K-Frog radio family,” Ward posted on his Facebook page on Friday. “I harbor no ill will towards anyone at The Frog. They are family to me. They have all b
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 30-June 7)

  08-06-2019 00:26
  
  Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from May 30 to June 7.
  Subway, 721 S. Weir Canyon Road, Suite 127, AnaheimClosed: June 5 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: June 5 (report)Birrieria Nochistlan, 1628 S. Standard Ave., Santa AnaClosed: June 3 (report)
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: June 5 (report)Butterleaf, 2222 Michelson Drive, Suite 214, IrvineClosed: June 3
  Reason: Operating without a valid health permit
  Reopened: June 5 (re
  
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• FedEx will stop air shipments of packages for Amazon

  08-06-2019 00:16
  
  FedEx is dropping a contract for air shipment of packages for Amazon within the United States, reducing its ties with the online retail giant that is already expanding its own delivery business.
  FedEx said Friday that it will not renew the contract for domestic FedEx Express handling of Amazon shipments when the deal expires June 30.
  Spokeswoman Katie Wassmer called it “a strategic decision” that will let FedEx focus on thousands of other retailers including Target, Walgreens and Wal
  
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• Hollywood’s moral compass: Political Cartoons

  08-06-2019 00:00
  
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  
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