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• Photos: Irvine temperature spikes to 92 degrees

  11-06-2019 23:52
  
  As the mercury rises siblings Wyatt Murphy, 14, left, Will,16, Izzy, 18, right, and her childhood friend Taylor Gollhofer, 17, keep close to the pool as they play Spike Ball in Irvine on
  Monday, June 10, 2019. Gollhofer was visiting from Colorado for Izzy’s high school graduation. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Taylor Gollhofer, 17, visiting from Colorado for her friend’s high school graduation, does a lap in Irvine on Monday, June 10, 2019. Gollhofer said she
  
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• Stalled labor talks prompt grocery union to plot strike vote

  11-06-2019 22:30
  
  As contract talks continue to drag on without progress, workers at Southern California’s major supermarkets will vote later this month on whether to authorize their union leaders to declare a strike.
  The announcement of the strike authorization vote came late Monday after a round of contract negotiations between leaders of the seven United Food and Commercial Workers locals and representatives of Vons, Albertsons, Pavilions and Ralphs.
  According to union sources, the vote will be held June
  
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• Treat dad to a meal and a cigar, plus 17 other ideas for Father’s Day

  11-06-2019 22:26
  
  If you’re looking to treat your dad to a nice meal on Father’s Day, there’ll be a bunch of options at Southern California’s casinos whether dad is a carnivore, a lover of buffets or a cigar smoker. Here’s what’s going down at 11 casino spots on Sunday, June 16.
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. 888-999-1995, aguacalientecasinos.com
  360 Sports: Special menu item of bourbon glazed barbecue baby back ribs wi
  
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• Theater review: ‘Indecent’ shines a subtle, piercing light on dark times

  11-06-2019 22:24
  
  “From ashes they rise.” Characters long dead, being played by actors long dead, appear onstage. And from their hands, ashes fall.
  “From ashes they rise.” A cycle begins. A writer puts words on a page. A director envisions those words in three dimensions. Actors bring the dimensions to us. We see, we hear, we process. We commit our thoughts and feelings into words, sometimes back on a page.
  “Indecent” is a play about a play, and about creating that play. And it
  
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• Person of interest in shooting of deputy in Alhambra is detained in Long Beach

  11-06-2019 21:44
  
  A man suspected of shooting a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy at a Jack in the Box in Alhambra. He changed clothes after leaving the fast food restaurant, officials said. (Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
  A man suspected of shooting a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy at a Jack in the Box in Alhambra. He changed clothes after leaving the fast food restaurant, officials said. (Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sher
  
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• Lion King drum buckets offer a snack choice at Disney California Adventure: Popcorn or cotton candy

  11-06-2019 21:33
  
  The new Lion King drum buckets at Disney California Adventure let you decide which beat you want to snack to at the Anaheim theme park: Freshly-popped popcorn or a swirl of cotton candy.
  The $18 Lion King drum buckets are now available near the new “Tale of the Lion King” musical stage show on the Palisades Stage overlooking California Adventure’s Paradise Bay.
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• Orange Unified’s busy construction schedule means graduations are being celebrated at Angel Stadium

  11-06-2019 20:29
  
  Orange Unified School District’s Fred Kelly Stadium is typically a bustling place during graduation season, hosting commencements for several campuses.
  But this year, with the stadium torn down in preparation for a rebuild, the district is hosting its commencement ceremonies at Angel Stadium on Thursday, June 13 – even Orange High seniors who traditionally have their ceremony on campus wanted in on the famous digs.
  New tennis courts neighbor the new football field and track at Orange
  
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• Taco Tuesday: GuacAmigos might be the worst new restaurant of the year

  11-06-2019 20:02
  
  Eleven dollars is a lot to ask for a taco, especially when the minimum order is two. That said, I’ll gladly pay for a froufrou taco in a fancy restaurant if I think it’s going to be good. 
  The carne asada tacos at GuacAmigos sounded good. This is the Tex-Mex restaurant that replaced Joe’s Crab Shack in Newport Beach, a prime location where floor-to-ceiling windows provide a spectacular view of Newport Harbor. The menu says the carne asada tacos are made with wagyu beef and
  
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• It is time to protect California’s energy diversity

  11-06-2019 19:42
  
  The benefits of diversity are seemingly everywhere in California. We celebrate different lifestyles, religions, cultures, music, languages, cuisine and geography. The value of diversity can be seen in other ways, too, practical ones such as the popularity of mutual fund investments, eating a balanced diet or making sure an NFL team has a playbook with multiple options.
  Everywhere one looks, we see the value of diversifying. If all your eggs are in one basket, you are more vulnerable should somet
  
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• Why you can eat chili and drink beer for a good cause at Pechanga Resort Casino this weekend

  11-06-2019 19:32
  
  Brisket takes on steak; heat battles smoke; lots of ingredients spar with simplicity; and at the end of it all, only one chili dish will reign supreme.
  The competition will be fierce Saturday, June 15, for this year’s Microbrew Fest and Chili Cookoff at Pechanga Resort Casino, as 14 chefs, including one from each of the resort’s restaurants, compete for the title of best chili maker.
  Guests will get unlimited samples of the chili as well as unlimited samples of craft and small produc
  
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• Democrats push new strategy for enforcing Russia subpoenas

  11-06-2019 19:19
  By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — Democrats are pushing a resolution through the House Tuesday that would make it easier to sue President Donald Trump’s administration and potential witnesses, paving the way for legal action against those who defy subpoenas in Congress’ Russia probe and other investigations.
  The House resolution would authorize lawsuits against Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn for defying subpoenas perta
  
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• Lieutenant says he warned department before Irvine father was killed at Malibu Creek State Park

  11-06-2019 18:10
  By STEFANIE DAZIO
  A lieutenant with the nation’s largest sheriff’s department claims his supervisors retaliated against him for trying to warn the public before a killing in a popular state park outside Los Angeles, according to his lawsuit.
  James Royal says he repeatedly pleaded with his superiors to warn people about a series of shootings in and around Malibu Creek State Park before Tristan Beaudette was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head last June as he slept in a tent w
  
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• Photos: A look back at Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage and Monorail on 60th anniversary of Disneyland rides

  11-06-2019 17:33
  It was 60 years ago this week that the first wave of E-Ticket attractions swept into Disneyland with the debut of Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage and the monorail as the Anaheim theme park underwent its first major expansion in June 1959.
  With the help of U.S. vice president Richard Nixon, Disneyland introduced three new attractions on June 14, 1959 that helped usher in the E-Ticket era of the then 4-year-old theme park. The day-long celebration was nationally televised during an ABC speci
  
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• Why planting shade trees helps reduce the temperature of urban heat islands

  11-06-2019 17:30
  Many of the landscape trees adorning urban cityscapes in Southern California are at or close to the end of their lifespans.
  While several species of oak, maple, crape myrtle, ficus, magnolia and other common shade trees have a life expectancy of 50-80 years or longer in unstressed environments, few reach their full potential in cities and urban areas.
  Why? In order to accommodate growing populations, cities have large areas of paved concrete and asphalt surfaces that create ‘urban heat isl
  
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• ALDI ranked best grocery for curtailing plastics, but Greenpeace says none are doing enough

  11-06-2019 17:25
  [cqcomment=”embargoed lifted 815 am”]Southern California supermarkets ranked high in their efforts to eliminate single-use plastics, but they still aren’t doing nearly enough, according to a new report by Greenpeace.
  ALDI topped the list of 20 of the countries largest groceries surveyed, followed by Kroger — which owns Ralphs and Food 4 Less — Albertsons, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts and Walmart.
  But even ALDI received just 35 points out of 100 possible on the scorec
  
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• Bubble Watch: Southern California homeowners eager to sell as price appreciation slows

  11-06-2019 17:00
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Southern Californians rush to sell homes as price appreciation slows.
  The trends
  More choices for house hunters is translating to fewer buyers willing to pay up.
  Let’s start with supply. ReportsOnHousing has detailed the rush of sellers by tracking what’s for sale within broker listing networks. As of May 30, the report found 36,335 existing homes, an 18% uptick in a yea
  
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• 2 hospitalized with smoke inhalation, burns in Garden Grove apartment-building fire

  11-06-2019 16:31
  An unattended candle ignited an early morning fire in a Garden Grove apartment Tuesday and sent two people to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation.
  The fire was reported at the two-story structure just before 4:30 a.m. in the 13000 block of Cypress Street and took about 40 firefighters 45 minutes to get it under control, said Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department.
  The injuries, to residents, were not life-threatening. The blaze caused about $375,000 in damage to the buil
  
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• Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa tumbles 20% in worst O.C. slump since ’12

  11-06-2019 16:30
  Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa fell 20.3% in what was Orange County slowest nine months of sales since 2012.
  For nine consecutive months through April, CoreLogic housing stats show countywide sales failing to top the year-ago period. We wanted to see how these lethargic sales trends played out at the neighborhood level knowing that homebuying declined in roughly eight of nine local ZIP codes.
  ICYMI: Does California need another crash to create affordable homes?
  CoreLogi
  
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• Here is what you need to know about 2019 summer trolleys in South Orange County

  11-06-2019 15:41
  
  Summer has become the season of trolleys in much of south Orange County.
  Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and Newport Beach have already kicked off their seasons giving free rides to folks who ditch their cars to get around the coastal communities. In a couple weeks, Laguna Beach’s year-round trolley will add weekdays to its off-season weekend schedule.
  Riders can take trolleys from Laguna Beach to San Clemente if they want.
  And, shuttle buses are roaming the streets of Huntin
  
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• Star Wars’ greatest trick? Making Disneyland lines disappear

  11-06-2019 15:33
  
  The impossible is happening at Disneyland.
  I’m not talking about flying the Millennium Falcon on a new planet in the Star Wars universe. Disney has been creating that kind of entertainment magic for decades. I am talking instead about something far more unusual for one of the world’s most popular theme parks.
  The lines are disappearing. Ever since Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened to reservation holders on May 31, Disneyland has been experiencing some of the smallest queues that
  
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• Defendant in 2017 Garden Grove stabbing pleads guilty to manslaughter

  11-06-2019 09:01
  
  SANTA ANA — A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of a transient in Garden Grove two years ago.
  Daniel Robert Jones-Hoebel pleaded guilty on Friday to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies.
  Jones-Hoebel killed 20-year-old Genaro Diaz on June 9, 2017, according to evidence presented in his preliminary hearing.
  Police were called about 9:19 p.m. the night of the killing to 12862 Haster St., where Diaz had been st
  
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• Drunk driver in fatal Santa Ana hit-and-run sentenced to 3 years in prison

  11-06-2019 08:03
  
  SANTA ANA — A 38-year-old convicted drunken driver has been sentenced to three years in prison for an alcohol-fueled hit-and-run collision that killed a homeless woman, according to court records obtained Monday.
  Alberto Solano Diaz of Santa Ana made an open plea of guilty May 15 to a felony count of hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury and one misdemeanor count each of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving under the influence of alcohol, according to court r
  
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• Convicted drunken driver in fatal Santa Ana hit-and-run sentenced to three years in prison

  11-06-2019 08:03
  
  SANTA ANA — A 38-year-old convicted drunken driver has been sentenced to three years in prison for an alcohol-fueled hit-and-run collision that killed a homeless woman, according to court records obtained Monday.
  Alberto Solano Diaz of Santa Ana made an open plea of guilty May 15 to a felony count of hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury and one misdemeanor count each of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving under the influence of alcohol, according to court r
  
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• Angels rally past Dodgers for Freeway Series victory before record crowd

  11-06-2019 07:42
  
  Mike Trout (27) of the Angels watches the ball go over the fence after hitting a two-run home run in the seventh inning against the Dodgers during a Freeway Series game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, June 10, 2019. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Angels pitcher Griffin Canning pitches against of the Dodgers during a Freeway Series game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, June 10, 2019. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will res
  
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• CSUF runners take honors in 4×400-meter relay

  11-06-2019 07:35
  
  The Cal State Fullerton men’s 4×400-meter relay team represented Titan track and field at the NCAA Championships in Austin last week and earned Second-Team All-America honors.
  The quartet of Parris Samaniego, Rasaun House, Chris Shiley and Marcel Espinoza clocked a time of 3:06.65 to take sixth place in heat one and 12th place overall after two disqualifications.
  With that finish, they earned All-America accolades to cap off a special year for the four student-athletes. They won the
  
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• Alexander: At what point does an MLB team decide to buy or sell?

  11-06-2019 07:18
  
  ANAHEIM — Buyer or seller?
  It can be complicated.
  As the Anaheim portion of the Freeway Series began Monday night, the answer was obvious on one side of the field. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman is not a passive observer at midseason – witness the acquisitions of Rich Hill and Josh Reddick in 2016, Yu Darvish, Tony Watson and Tony Cingrani in 2017, and Manny Machado, Brian Dozier and David Freese in 2018 – and it is almost a certainty that, with a doub
  
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• Former high school coach, security guard in Santa Ana pleads guilty to having sex with students

  11-06-2019 06:37
  
  SANTA ANA — A high school volleyball coach and security guard for the Santa Ana Unified School District’s police force pleaded guilty to having sex with four girls and has been sentenced to a year in jail, according to court records obtained Monday.
  Omar Rojas, 28, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty on Friday, June 7 to having sex with four teen girls. He had a year’s worth of credit behind bars since his arrest in August, but agreed to waive it as part of his plea deal, according to
  
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• Warriors survive losing Kevin Durant again, extend NBA Finals with one-point win at Toronto

  11-06-2019 05:54
  
  Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) celebrates in front of Toronto Raptors’ Fred VanVleet (23) at the final buzzer as the Warriors defeated the Raptors 106-105 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto on Monday June 10, 2019. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) celebrates at the final buzzer as his team defeated the Toronto Raptors 106-105 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto on Monday June 10, 2019. (Chris Young/The Canadian
  
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• Battered Warriors survive, extend NBA Finals with one-point win at Toronto

  11-06-2019 05:54
  
  Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) celebrates in front of Toronto Raptors’ Fred VanVleet (23) at the final buzzer as the Warriors defeated the Raptors 106-105 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto on Monday June 10, 2019. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) celebrates at the final buzzer as his team defeated the Toronto Raptors 106-105 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto on Monday June 10, 2019. (Chris Young/The Canadian
  
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• Long Beach State’s new baseball coach Eric Valenzuela brings successful attitude

  11-06-2019 04:40
  
  Eric Valenzuela promises that attendance will increase at Long Beach State baseball games in 2020.
  “I have a big family and they’re all looking forward to coming to games nest season,” the new head coach said. “I think beer sales will go up, too. This is a definite homecoming for me.”
  Valenzuela was hired Saturday after six seasons at St. Mary’s, developing a program that had just three winning seasons in the previous 22 years to become competitive in the West
  
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• U.S. women begin defense of World Cup title vs. Thailand

  11-06-2019 04:26
  
  REIMS, France — Thailand can dream. It just might not do any good against the U.S. national team.
  Thailand kicks off the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday with a daunting challenge against the defending champion United States. The top-ranked Americans are seeking their fourth overall World Cup title, and Thailand coach Nuengruethai Sathongwien said the team is not backing down.
  RELATED: A closer look at the players who make up the U.S. women’s team roster
  “I think if the dream
  
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• Hamm high jumps to NCAA 2nd-team honors

  11-06-2019 04:13
  Iesha HammPhoto courtesy Cal State Fullerton
  Titan high-jumper Iesha Hamm earned an 11th-place finish in the high jump at the NCAA Track and Field Championships iin Austin over the weekend.
  Hamm cleared 5-10 (1.78m) to become a Second-Team All-American. She cleared the opening bar of 5-7 (1.70m) on her first try, then 5-8.75 (1.75m) and 5-10 on her second attempts before going out at 5-11.25 (1.81m).
  She was the first Titan to ever compete at the NCAA Championships in the event. Hamm broke
  
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• Santa Ana Police investigate attacks on teen girls

  11-06-2019 04:11
  
  SANTA ANA — A 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by two men while walking home from summer school in Santa Ana on Monday, and police were working to determine if the attack was related to an earlier break-in by a man who crawled into bed with a 15-year-old girl and groped her.
  The first attack happened about 12:15 a.m. at a home in the 1000 block of North Lincoln Street, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. An intruder broke into the bedroom of a 15-year-old girl and groped he
  
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• CSUF profile: Samantha Huerta’s shoes tell the tale

  11-06-2019 04:03
  
  To understand how far Cal State Fullerton junior Samantha Huerta has come, you have to look past her recent trip to Austin, Texas, and the NCAA Track & Field Championships and her 14th-place finish in the 800 meters there. You have to look past her 1,500/800 double at the Big West Championships in April, past her 800 conference title her sophomore year, past the fourth-place finish in the Big West cross country meet that year – the best finish by a Titan in a generation – and pas
  
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• Live updates: Follow Angels vs. Dodgers Freeway clash at Big A

  11-06-2019 04:02
  
  Follow along with in-game updates as the Angels and Dodgers play the first game of a brief two-game set between the Freeway rivals at Angel Stadium.
  
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• Corky Carroll: Love him or not, Mickey Dora made a name for himself in the surfing world

  11-06-2019 02:07
  
  I am constantly getting requests to write about the late Mickey Dora, also known as “The Black Knight” of surfing. I have written about him before, but it was mostly many years ago and probably most of you have not read me back that far. So, I will revisit Mickey today.
  The dude was definitely one of the most controversial surfers ever to ride a board. Miklos Sandor Dora III was the stepson of legendary surfer Gard Chapin. Gard was a more or less rebel kinda dude and a lot of th
  
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• Sen. Feinstein joins call for Santa Anita to end current racing meet

  11-06-2019 01:45
  
  ARCADIA — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has joined the California Horse Racing Board in calling for Santa Anita to immediately suspend the remainder of its meet after the deaths of two more horses last weekend.
  A total of 29 horses have now died since the track opened for the season in December. The current meet is scheduled to end June 23.
  The California Democrat said Monday that “something is seriously wrong,” whether it’s the track surface or problems involving training o
  
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• New demonstration farm at Orange County Great Park looks good enough to eat

  11-06-2019 01:31
  
  The history of Irvine’s Orange County Great Park is typically associated with the former El Toro marine air base.
  But decades before the base was built during World War II, the land was covered with tilled fields and row upon row of lima beans.
  Parts of the park have since returned to their agricultural roots, including the latest addition: a 2,000-square-foot demonstration farm that uses a system of raised planter boxes lined with soil held in rows by porous polypropylene “socks.&rd
  
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• On homelessness, Los Angeles meets Economics 101

  11-06-2019 01:26
  
  “We can’t arrest our way out of this. We can’t shelter our way out of this. We have to house our way out of this,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said last year while campaigning for a measure to spend $1.2 billion in taxpayer money over ten years on housing for his city’s homeless population.
  Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who backed a $355 million county sales tax initiative to provide services to the homeless in the county, calls it “the
  
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• Meet the members of the U.S. soccer team for 2019 Women’s World Cup

  11-06-2019 00:50
  
  The 23 members of the world’s top-ranked soccer team begin defense of their world title on Tuesday. (Caps are international appearances)
  No. 1 Alyssa Naeher
  Goalkeeper
  Age: 31
  Hometown: Stratford, Conn.
  College: Penn State
  Club: Chicago Red Stars
  Caps: 46. Shutouts: 25.
  Notable: The primary starter since late 2016, Hope Solo’s former understudy will start in a major tournament for the first time and attempt to step out of her predecessor’s large shadow. She is a solid shot-bloc
  
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• Theater review: At the Pantages, ‘Phantom of the Opera’ delivers the notes

  11-06-2019 00:43
  
  It’s as if time has stood still. The national tour of “The Phantom of the Opera” is once again swinging through town, and the chandelier once again swings through the theater, in the story audiences either love or love to mock.
  It’s at the Pantages through July 7, then heading for Costa Mesa through July 21. If you’re a Phan, it’s worth seeing with these performers, who sing the score — music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart (with additiona
  
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• Fannie-Freddie shares slide as hopes dim for overhaul

  11-06-2019 00:41
  
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made clear that freeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from U.S. control won’t happen without a major overhaul of the nation’s housing finance system, potentially dashing investors’ hopes that they might soon make a windfall from their stakes in the mortgage giants.
  Fannie Mae shares fell 9.4% to $2.88 on Monday. Freddie Mac shares slid 9.7% to $2.78. That’s on pace for the biggest single-day drop for the companies since January.
  In a June 8
  
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• Summer basketball: This week’s schedule (June 10-16)

  11-06-2019 00:40
  
  The schedule for boys basketball summer leagues and tournaments in Orange County this week, June 10-16.
  GODINEZ/CENTURY SUMMER LEAGUE
  (Varsity games)
  Monday, June 10
  At Godinez — Edison vs. Santa Ana, 4 p.m.; Godinez vs. Laguna Beach, 5 p.m.; Santa Ana Valley vs. Santiago, 6 p.m.; Godinez vs. Irvine, 7 p.m.
  At Century — Capistrano Valley Christian vs. Costa Mesa, 4 p.m.; Segerstrom vs. Tustin, 5 p.m; Saddleback vs. Corona del Mar, 6 p.m.; Century vs. Northwood, 7 p.m.
  Wednesday, June
  
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• Whicker: Move the baseball draft back to July, for the sake of the games

  11-06-2019 00:05
  
  This doesn’t happen in college football.
  Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence will never go to the sideline during the College Football Playoff championship game and be told that he was drafted first overall, 15 minutes ago.
  It also doesn’t happen in college basketball. Duke’s R.J. Barrett won’t come out of a timeout and hear a student manager tell him, “You’re still on the board,” before he misses a late free-throw attempt in an Elite Eight game. (Actually,
  
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