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• The last Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour, in Brea, has shut down

  10-06-2019 23:44
  
  The last Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour has closed in Brea and that is apparently the end of the chain for now. The Buena Park store closed in December even after an attempt by Marcus Lemonis to save it failed to turn a profit. The host of CNBC’S reality business show “The Profit” spent months shooting there in 2016. The Brea store was privately owned by a group of investors.
  The scoop-heavy treats, singing waiters, train whistles and faux Tiffany lamps seemed completely dat
  
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• Big Tech and social media giants just got put on notice

  10-06-2019 23:42
  
  Social media giants are getting some unwelcome attention from the highest level. In response to recent revelations that their censorship of conservative content has been even more blatant and severe than previously imagined, President Trump is now endorsing the idea of taking government action to rein in their power.
  “Actually it’s incredible that I won the election because you know it was so rigged against me,” President Trump told Breitbart News in an exclusive inte
  
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• Curt Seeden: Summerfest Community Stage to showcase local talent June 20 to 23

  10-06-2019 22:51
  
  Fountain Valley Summerfest is expected to once again attract thousands of people to the Fountain Valley Sports Park, June 20 to 23, with continuous main stage entertainment, carnival rides, a craft beer festival, food booths, a Saturday night fireworks show and the FV Classic Car & Truck Show.
  Main Stage entertainment will feature fan favorites Thank-U-Drive Thru, Mark Easterday, Bruno and the Hooligans and tribute bands Urgent (Foreigner) and Queen Nation, among others.
  And this year’
  
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• Two proven freshmen basketball players join Harada’s roster

  10-06-2019 22:49
  
  Women’s basketball head coach Jeff Harada has bolstered the 2019-20 season roster with two more quality freshmen.
  “Really excited to add two quality players at this time of the year,” said Harada.
  “Anniken and Malia bring solid skill sets and a competitive swagger to our team, but more importantly their high character and strong academic backgrounds further enhance the type of players we want as we continue to add to the culture we’ve established with our program.&r
  
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• California Faucets founder Fred Silverstein founder dies at age 86

  10-06-2019 22:45
  
  With water blasting, California Faucets founder and chairman Fred Silverstein in this 2012 file photo shows off his favorite faucet which happens to be a temperature controlled shower.(JEBB HARRIS THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)
  California Faucets chairman and founder Fred Silverstein shows off the company’s physical vapor deposition machines in this 2012 file photo. Made in Holland, the machines apply a high tech super hard finish bonded to the molecules of the fixture which leave it harder t
  
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• Kings sign forward Johan Sodergran to entry-level deal

  10-06-2019 22:41
  
  The Kings on Monday announced they have signed forward Johan Sodergran to a three-year, entry-level contract.
  Sodergran, 19, was drafted 165th overall by the Kings in the sixth round in 2018. Sodergran, out of Sweden, played this past season for Linkopings HC of the Swedish Hockey League. There he had 13 points (8 goals, 5 assists) and four penalty minutes in 42 games.
  Sodergran recently competed for Team Sweden in the World Junior Championship, going without a point in four games.
  Sodergran is
  
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• Status Update: See’s Candies is opening in Irvine

  10-06-2019 22:39
  
  Irvine is getting its first See’s Candies store, a “volume discount shop,” which means it offers fundraising and business gift services. The company said a successful temporary store is turning into a permanent store at the Sand Canyon Plaza shopping center.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsFred Silverstein, the founder of Huntington Beach-based California Faucets, died April 28 at the age of 86. Silverstein launched the company in 1988 with three guiding principles: handcr
  
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• Should community colleges build housing?

  10-06-2019 22:29
  
  Matthew Polamalu was spending 1.5 hours each day commuting back and forth to community college along Southern California’s congested freeways when he decided he’d had enough.
  He sat down at his computer and Googled “community colleges with dorms.”
  “I was just looking for the full college experience,” said the psychology major. He found it in a residence hall at Sierra College, along a winding, tree-lined road in the Sacramento suburb of Rocklin. There, Polamal
  
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• LAFC looks to keep rolling into Open Cup play

  10-06-2019 22:16
  
  LOS ANGELES – LAFC head coach Bob Bradley is tired of being asked about whether his league-leading team is going to become complacent in the second half of the MLS season.
  “That must be in the ‘Journalism 101’ book,” Bradley said. “I get that from everybody, every week.”
  There’s a good reason for those questions. As LAFC prepares to face Real Salt Lake in the fourth round of the US Open Cup on the road Tuesday, it has 37 points through 16 MLS games
  
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• Survivors, caregivers and others touched by cancer honored at Relay for Life in Mission Viejo

  10-06-2019 22:10
  
  MISSION VIEJO — Hundreds of community members were expected to gather at Oso Viejo Park in Mission Viejo on Saturday, June 8, to help fund groundbreaking cancer research and patient-care programs. Relay for Life South Orange County is an annual overnight event that celebrates survivors and raises money through the American Cancer Society.
  Relay for life volunteers, Shelly Reinhart, left, and Cheryl Bartetzko, take part in the community-based fundraiser for cancer research and support in Mi
  
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• Seven Orange County players help U.S. women’s water polo team qualify for 2020 Olympics

  10-06-2019 20:16
  
  Seven former Orange County high school players helped the United States’ reigning Olympic champion women’s water polo team qualify for the Olympics next summer in Tokyo by capturing the FINA World League Super Final in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.
  Former Register player of the year Makenzie Fischer of Laguna Beach, now at Stanford, scored four goals and goalie Ashleigh Johnson made eight saves to lead the Americans past Italy 10-9 in the championship match.
  The tournament winner was
  
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• Dads address a hairy situation — braids, ponytails, buns

  10-06-2019 19:53
  
  Elyanna Flores, 2, of Orange, appears to be unsure of her father’s, Julio Flores, ability totie her hair into a bun during a “Daddy Daughter Hair Styling Workshop,” at the Garden Grove Main Library in Garden Grove on Sunday, June 9, 2019. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Vanessa Patel of Anaheim, left, shows her husband, Amit, a photo as he attempts to braid the hair of his daughter Zaya, 6, during a “Daddy Daughter Hair Styling Workshop,” hoste
  
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• Warriors remain unsure if Kevin Durant will play in Game 5

  10-06-2019 19:47
  
  TORONTO — Despite Kevin Durant offering visible signs of progress with his strained right calf, the Warriors have not decided whether he will play against the Toronto Raptors in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday.
  “We’ll list him as a game-time decision,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “He looked good and we’ll see where it all goes.”
  Durant did not speak with reporters following morning shootaround, and he was only visible in two instances. He walked f
  
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• Justice agrees to release key Mueller evidence to Congress

  10-06-2019 19:40
  
  By MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has agreed to turn over some of the underlying evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, including files used to assess whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Monday.
  In the first breakthrough in weeks of negotiations over the report, Rep. Jerrold Nadler said the department will begin complying with the committee’s subpoena on Monday and provide
  
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• Tommy La Stella, Mike Trout lead All-Star voting as first results are released

  10-06-2019 19:27
  
  Tommy La Stella, who has surprisingly been one of the Angels best offensive performers this year, has joined perennial All-Star Mike Trout among the leaders in the All-Star voting.
  The first results were released on Monday morning.
  La Stella leads the voting among American League second basemen, with 487,598 votes, ahead of the Houston Astros’ José Altuve (448,131).
  Trout, an All-Star in each of his seven full seasons, leads all vote-getters with 951,002 votes.
  This is the first yea
  
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• 5 whole grains you should add to your diet

  10-06-2019 19:27
  
  Are you eating enough whole grains? Fortunately, it’s easier than ever, with over 12,000 different products bearing the whole grain stamp. That means these products contain all the parts of the seed, retaining important nutrients. And with more Americans eating these products than ever before, they’re reaping the health benefits.
  “Eating whole grains provides a range of benefits for your health,” says Elena Santos, dietary supervisor at Gramercy Court Assisted Livin
  
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• Charles “Chase” Merritt found guilty of killing 4 members of McStay family

  10-06-2019 19:11
  
  Jurors on Monday found Charles “Chase” Merritt guilty in the February 2010 bludgeoning deaths of the four-member McStay family of Fallbrook, whose bodies were found nearly four years later in two shallow graves near Victorville.
  Merritt now faces a possible death penalty, with the same jury to hear evidence in the penalty phase that will begin Tuesday. After hearing evidence in the penalty phase, jurors will deliberate and decide whether to recommend the death penalty or life in pris
  
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• Lawmakers wisely scuttled most job-killer bills this year

  10-06-2019 18:47
  
  California’s business community isn’t totally out of the woods this year when it comes to onerous plans by the Legislature to pass job-threatening taxes and regulations. Given that Democrats expanded their supermajorities in the state Assembly and Senate in the November election, business officials are fortunate that their troubles aren’t any worse.
  A big deadline recently passed by which bills must be approved in the house where they originated if they are
  
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• The Smokin’ Grooves tour was revolutionary in the 1990s and now it’s found a new home in Long Beach

  10-06-2019 18:18
  
  In the 1990s, when alternative and rock-heavy festivals like Lollapalooza and H.O.R.D.E. ruled the large-scale concert landscape and hip-hop tours were underrepresented, a new kind of festival emerged that showcased the groovier and more soul-oriented side of the genre.
  Smokin’ Grooves was the first large-scale festival to bring hip-hop to masses of fans as it traveled across the country in 1996 to more than 30 cities before ending at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre with a lineup that incl
  
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• It’s time to restore constitutional checks-and-balances on trade policy

  10-06-2019 18:18
  
  Whether against China, or just recently, Mexico, President Trump has used the threat of tariffs to gain trade and immigration concessions. It might be a successful bargaining tool, but is it legal? The U.S. Constitution gives Congress, not the president, authority to “lay and collect . . . Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises.”
  Over the years, Congress has delegated some of its powers over international commerce to the President. Its greatest delegation came as America was entering Wo
  
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• 25 years after murders, O.J. Simpson says ‘Life is fine’

  10-06-2019 16:14
  
  By LINDA DEUTSCH
  LOS ANGELES — After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation’s most notorious murder cases, O.J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the “no negative zone.”
  In a telephone interview, Simpson told The Associated Press he is healthy and happy living in Las Vegas. And neither he nor his children want to look back by talking about June 12, 1994 — when his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman , were ki
  
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• ‘Smart’ parking system may ease drivers’ woes near Anaheim’s Packing District, Center Street

  10-06-2019 15:34
  
  For anyone who’s had trouble parking when running to City Hall to pay the water bill or trying to grab a bite at the Anaheim Packing House, city leaders have heard your groans of exasperation.
  To make parking less of a pain, Anaheim will be adding a “smart parking” system that can monitor where spaces are available in seven city lots and garages in and around the Packing District, City Hall and the Center Street Promenade.
  The information will be fed to electronic signs at the
  
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• 8 questions about what happens at Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge after the reservation period ends

  10-06-2019 15:33
  
  Star Wars fans have a lot of questions about whether they will be able to get into Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge once the reservation-only period ends, how long they can stay once they do and what the wait times will be for the wildly popular spaceport cantina and lightsaber-building shop.
  We have answers below to some of your biggest questions about the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge virtual queue period that begins when the reservation-only period finally ends. But first, a little bac
  
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• 3 hospitalized after collision involving a Placentia police vehicle

  10-06-2019 07:23
  
  PLACENTIA — A police officer responding to a house fire call Sunday ended up in a collision with another vehicle at a Placentia intersection, a sergeant said.
  It happened about 11:45 a.m. in the intersection of La Jolla Street and Melrose Avenue, Placentia police Sgt. Chris Anderson said.
  The officer was heading east on La Jolla Street with lights and sirens on. He came to a stop before entering the intersection and when he went through it, the officer collided with a Nissan Frontier, Ande
  
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• Michigan eliminates top-ranked UCLA baseball in NCAA Super Regional

  10-06-2019 07:10
  
  LOS ANGELES — Things weren’t supposed to end this way.
  After putting together the most successful regular season in UCLA baseball history, the top-ranked Bruins failed to reach the College World Series, losing 4-2 to Michigan in Sunday’s Super Regional final at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
  It was UCLA’s first series loss all year. The Wolverines (46-20) advanced to their first CWS since 1984.
  One night after breaking the school record for wins in a season, UCLA (52-11) walked
  
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• Pedestrian dies in Westminster crash

  10-06-2019 06:46
  
  A pedestrian died early Sunday, June 9 in a collision involving at least one vehicle in Westminster.
  Units were dispatched at 4:20 a.m. to the scene of a collision near the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Washington Avenue, Westminster Police Department officials said in a news release. There, officers found an injured man who died before paramedics could take him to a hospital.
  Preliminary evidence suggests that the man may have been hit by two vehicles Sunday morning, said the release. The
  
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• Guinness World Record attempt in Huntington Beach falls a bushel short

  10-06-2019 05:51
  
  It was a healthy day at the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, June 9, as hundreds of bananas, carrots, strawberries and other produce mixed in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “largest group of people dressed as fruits/vegetables.”
  They needed 889 but only had 817 participants, said Andrea Ramirez, “produce-er” of the event and founder of The Next Fun Thing
  The unusual gathering benefited Miracles for Kids. Based in Tustin, the nonprofit provides financial
  
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• Southern California’s extreme heat raises concerns over wildfire season

  10-06-2019 05:41
  
  The sweltering heat that roasted most of Southern California over the weekend will peak well past 100 degrees in some places by Tuesday, June 11, raising concerns about the risk of wildfires in the coming months.
  Hot and dry winds driven by a ridge of high pressure traveling north from Mexico caused temperatures Sunday to reach or exceed 90 degrees in Riverside, San Bernardino and inland areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties, the National Weather Service said. A warming trend should continue
  
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• Reports: David Ortiz shot in Dominican Republic

  10-06-2019 05:20
  
  Beloved Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has been shot in the back and transported to a local hospital in his native Dominican Republic, according to a report from Dominican TV station CDN 37 and CNN Espanol.
  Ortiz was “shot in the back in an incident that took place at Dial Discoheque in Santo Domingo,” Dominican National Police spokesman Felix Duran told CNN Espanol.
  “They called me to tell me that David is injured and that they took him to a medical center, but they did not tell
  
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• Corey Seager’s road back from surgeries was easier on defense

  10-06-2019 03:15
  
  SAN FRANCISCO – As a coach on the Angels staff, Dino Ebel admired what he saw of Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager.
  “For me when I saw him from the other side, he was a good-looking shortstop, great defender, good hands,” Ebel recalled.
  That was not really the player Ebel began working with this spring in his first year on the Dodgers’ coaching staff. Seager was returning from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow and arthroscopic surgery on his left hip. He and Ebel went th
  
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• Santa Anita rejects state board’s request to end current meet; two more horses died this weekend

  10-06-2019 02:42
  
  Santa Anita officials have rejected the California Horse Racing Board’s request to cancel the final six days of its spring-summer meet, a statement from the board said Sunday. Two more horses died at the track this weekend, bringing the total number of fatalities to 29 during the meet.
  The board’s request was issued in the wake of the meet’s 28th death on Saturday night, saying the closure could “provide the industry more time to fully implement previously announced safet
  
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• Jose Suarez impresses, but Angels allow six home runs in loss Mariners

  10-06-2019 01:41
  
  Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Austin Adams throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Sunday, June 9, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jose Suarez throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Sunday, June 9, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSeattle Mariners’ Tom Murphy, right, is
  
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• Max Muncy’s homer irks Giants’ Madison Bumgarner, lifts Dodgers to win

  10-06-2019 00:51
  
  San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) talks with umpire Will Little after Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy hit a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
  Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes, left, chases San Francisco Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski before tagging him out during the sixth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SoundThe gallery will re
  
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