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• Aruajo’s task: Build a national softball team in 7 weeks

  17-06-2019 23:26
  
  The clock is ticking and Jorge Araujo knows it. He feels it with every glance at the calendar, with every conversation with the rest of his coaching brain trust; heck, with every mention or every sight of the word, “Irvine.”
  It is mid-June and Araujo has roughly seven weeks left to do what isn’t impossible, mind you, but mind-bending in its complexity. He has seven weeks to put together a national softball team,
  Seven weeks.
  And Araujo can’t wait. Because he’s alrea
  
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• Costa Mesa United’s All-Sports Cup goes to Mustangs for the first time in a decade

  17-06-2019 23:22
  
  For the first time in 10 years, Costa Mesa High athletes rang the bell representing the Costa Mesa United-sponsored All-Sports Cup, in which every varsity athlete from the winning school is given a free lunch, courtesy of Newport Rib Co.
  There will always be a debate over whether the local restaurant owns the world’s best ribs and barbecue sauce, but there will never be a question about the dominating success of the Mustangs’ 2018-19 sports season against cross-town ultra-rival Estan
  
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• Germany routs South Africa, tops World Cup Group B

  17-06-2019 23:21
  
  MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Germany is playing like a title contender, just at the right time.
  After seeing her team start the Women’s World Cup with a pair of one-goal wins, Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg told her players to keep the game simple.
  Germany played to its status as the world’s second-ranked side and one of the top challengers hoping to dethrone the United States, routing South Africa 4-0 on Monday to top Group B with a 3-0 record. The Germans will play a th
  
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• Private $3.7 billion deal for Sotheby’s pushes art market ‘underground’

  17-06-2019 23:02
  
  Like masterpieces by Van Gogh, Picasso and Rothko, the storied auction house Sotheby’s is slipping into wealthy private hands, in a $3.7 billion deal that will reshape the global art market.
  Billionaire Patrick Drahi agreed to buy the 275-year-old firm, ending Sotheby’s three decades as a public company. Drahi, a disciple of media mogul John Malone, is seizing on the upheavals that have shaken the centuries-old auction model.
  The deal announced Monday pulls the inner workings of the
  
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• Is Elon Musk closing his troublesome Twitter account or teasing?

  17-06-2019 22:57
  
  By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk abruptly revealed that he is closing the popular Twitter account that has repeatedly landed him in legal trouble, but then proceeded to keep it open long after announced he had deleted it.
  The mixed messaging began to unfold Sunday when Musk changed his Twitter handle to DaddyDotCom in apparent homage to Father’s Day. Then he signaled in a tweet that he was scrapping the account. But 15 hours later, the account remained open unde
  
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• Angels’ Tommy La Stella still leads in All-Star voting

  17-06-2019 22:35
  
  Angels infielder Tommy La Stella remains atop the All-Star fan voting at second base, with less than a week to go in the first round of voting.
  In results released on Monday, La Stella had 1,020,912 votes, ahead of José Altuve 923,117. La Stella merely needs to be in the top three by the end of the “primary” voting on Friday at 1 p.m. PT in order to qualify for the 28-hour final vote starting June 26. Jonathan Schoop, who is in fourth, has 362,504 votes.
  Shohei Ohtani needs so
  
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• Proposal to replace vacant part of Mission Foothill Marketplace with homes should be discussed by Mission Viejo City Council on June 25

  17-06-2019 21:10
  
  The Mission Viejo City Council on Tuesday, June 25, will discuss allowing up to 105 homes to replace the vacant section of the Mission Foothill Marketplace off Los Alisos Boulevard near the 241 toll road.
  Shea Homes is proposing 44 single-family homes and 61 townhouses at the 6.7-acre property. The housing would replace shopping mall’s anchor building, but four smaller buildings and their tenants would remain. The proposal got a unanimous approval from the city’s Planning Commission
  
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• Students in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa sought for scholarship opportunities

  17-06-2019 19:44
  
  A local MOMS club has partnered with Galileo Learning to fund free scholarships to 12 students who live within the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.
  The scholarships will provide students with a one-week experience at Camp Galileo Newport Beach between July 8 to Aug.16. Students will participate in STEM-based projects to help them become solution-oriented innovators.
  The program, a collaboration between the Moms Club of Newport Coast and Galileo Learning, is open to families who otherwise wo
  
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• Man dies after being struck by car while while crossing street in La Habra

  17-06-2019 19:31
  
  Police were investigating the death of a man who died after being struck by a car in the area of La Habra Boulevard and Palm Street on Sunday night, June 16.
  Authorities were still trying to confirm his name.
  The driver involved in the La Habra crash, at about 9:20 p.m., was uninjured and stayed at the scene, police said.
  Investigators asked that anyone who witnessed the incident call police at 562-383-4300.
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• How the housing slowdown will impact brokers’ bottom lines

  17-06-2019 19:24
  
  More than 500 Southern California real estate agents have been scrambling to find a new employer after Century 21 Beachside and Coldwell Banker Beachside announced plans to shut down by the end of June.
  Tom Denny, owner of a 10-office operation stretching from San Clemente to Rancho Cucamonga, said that “after three decades in the real estate business, I have decided that it is time to retire,” according to a statement provided by Realogy Holding Corp., the parent company for both Ce
  
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• Jury selection begins in war crimes trial of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher

  17-06-2019 19:22
  
  Special Operations Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, accused of the premeditated killing of a teen ISIS fighter and other war crimes during a 2017 deployment to Iraq, heads to court-martial at noon Monday, June 17, at Naval Base San Diego.
  Gallagher, 40, has pleaded “not guilty” to all charges in a high-profile case that has taken dramatic twists and turns since Sept. 11, 2018, when Gallagher was arrested at Camp Pendleton’s Intrepid Spirit Center where he was undergo
  
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• Egypt TV says ousted president Morsi dies in court

  17-06-2019 19:11
  
  By SAMY MAGDY
  CAIRO — Egypt’s former president, Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country’s first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, collapsed in court during a trial and died Monday, state TV and his family said.
  The 67-year-old Morsi had just addressed the court, speaking from the glass cage he is kept in during sessions and warning that he had “many secrets” he could reveal, a judicial officia
  
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• Statewide poll offers red flags for Democrats’ Capitol agenda

  17-06-2019 19:00
  
  California is a one-party state where Democrats have supermajorities in the Legislature and control every state constitutional office, but a new statewide poll by a well-respected research institute offers some potential warning signs for state Democratic officials.
  Despite newly elected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s landslide victory in November, he only receives a 45-percent approval rating among adults. That’s far better than Californians’ rating of President Donal
  
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• State media say Chinese President Xi to visit North Korea

  17-06-2019 18:57
  
  By YANAN WANG
  BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea this week, state media announced Monday, as U.S. talks with North Korea on its nuclear program are at an apparent standstill.
  Xi will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the visit on Thursday and Friday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said. It said the trip will be the first by a Chinese president in 14 years.
  North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency also announced the vi
  
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• It’s official: Ducks have hired Dallas Eakins as their new coach

  17-06-2019 18:39
  
  The Ducks finally made it official Monday morning: They announced they hired Dallas Eakins as the 10th coach in the franchise’s history and would introduce him at a noon press conference at their new $110-million practice facility in Irvine.
  Eakins, 52, has served as the coach of the Ducks’ successful AHL team, the San Diego Gulls, since June 26, 2015. He came to the Ducks from the Edmonton Oilers, with whom he posted a 36-63-14 record during a tumultuous stint. His teams were 154-95
  
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• Anaheim, Orange, Villa Park home sales drop 11% in biggest O.C. slump since ’12

  17-06-2019 18:00
  
  Homebuying in Anaheim, Orange and Villa Park fell 11% in what was Orange County’s 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?
  CoreLogic foun
  
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• Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress and jeans queen, dies at 95

  17-06-2019 17:50
  
  NEW YORK — Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the “poor little rich girl” of the Great Depression, survived family tragedy and multiple marriages and reigned during the 1970s and ’80s as a designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95.
  Vanderbilt was the great-great-granddaughter of financier Cornelius Vanderbilt and the mother of CNN newsman Anderson Cooper, who announced her death via a first-person ob
  
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• Status Update: Lulu’s warehouse sale coming to Santa Ana; Fatburger-Buffalo Express opens in Surf City; new tacos in Tustin

  17-06-2019 17:30
  
   
  A popular online fashion retailer will host several warehouse sales later this month in Santa Ana.
  Lulu’s, an online fashion company, said it will sell thousands of its dresses, separates and event dresses at more than 90 percent off. The brand was founded in 1996 by the mother/daughter team of Colleen Winter and Debra Cannon. The company started as a vintage boutique in Chico and then transitioned purely online in 2008. ent off.
  The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thurs
  
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• Why the upcoming Eat Drink Vegan at the Rose Bowl will be the last

  17-06-2019 16:50
  
  Nic Adler remembers a time when the only plant-based festival in town was the one that ultimately came to be known as Eat Drink Vegan.
  With so many festivals now taking place on any given weekend, Adler – festival director for event and concert promoter Goldenvoice and co-owner of the vegan eateries Monty’s Good Burger and the soon-to-open Nic’s – has decided to pull the plug on Eat Drink Vegan after a decade. The festival takes place Saturday, June 22, at the Brookside G
  
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• 50% of Los Angeles, Orange County office workers say they’re severely burnt out — worst in U.S.

  17-06-2019 16:06
  
  The high cost of living and long commutes seem to be taking a somewhat hidden toll on local worker bees.
  Office workers from Los Angeles and Orange counties are the nation’s most “burnt out” with half admitting they’re severely burnt out, according to a new study. The Robert Half temp agency surveyed the white-collar crowd in 28 major metropolitan areas with a simple question that weighed the worker’s level of burnout: from 10 for total burnout to 1 for no burnout.
  
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• Beverly Hills misses the mark in expansive tobacco product ban

  17-06-2019 16:00
  
  This month Beverly Hills banned the commercial sale of all tobacco products — except for in a few select, high-end hotel and cigar lounges. Now its coastal neighbor Manhattan Beach is considering following suit. Included in this ban are e-cigarettes – a product that has been demonstrated to help adult smokers quit. It’s easy for high-end communities like Beverly Hills to suggest they have the public’s well-being in mind when they pass this kind of legislation; but, unfort
  
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• Oga’s Cantina wait list could be full in an hour after Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge reservation period ends at Disneyland

  17-06-2019 15:33
  
  You may have to get up mighty early if you want a seat in Oga’s Cantina because the wait list for the Galaxy’s Edge cocktail bar could be full in less than an hour when the reservation-only period ends for Disneyland’s new Star Wars land.
  Touring Plans, which uses big data and statistical analysis to calculate daily crowd sizes and ride wait times at theme parks, estimates that the Oga’s Cantina wait list could be allocated daily in just under 48 minutes once the Star War
  
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• Iran says it will break uranium stockpile limit in 10 days

  17-06-2019 14:22
  
  By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country’s atomic agency said Monday while also warning that Iran could enrich uranium up to 20% — just a step away from weapons-grade levels.
  The announcement by Behrouz Kamalvandi, timed for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, puts more pressure on Europe to come up with new terms
  
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• Summer basketball: This week’s schedule (June 17-23)

  17-06-2019 14:01
  
  The schedule for boys basketball summer leagues and tournaments in Orange County this week, June 17-23.
  Varsity games only
  GODINEZ/CENTURY SUMMER LEAGUE
  Monday, June 17
  At Godinez — Edison vs. Irvine, 4 p.m.; Godinez vs. Santa Ana Valley, 5 p.m.; Santa Ana vs. Laguna Beach, 6 p.m.; Godinez vs. Santiago, 7 p.m.
  At Century — Capistrano Valley Christian vs. Corona del Mar, 4 p.m.; Costa Mesa vs. Tustin, 5 p.m.; Segerstrom vs. Northwood, 6 p.m.; Century vs. Saddleback, 7 p.m.
  Wednesday,
  
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• 1 person hurt, 1 suspect sought in shooting at Costa Mesa strip mall

  17-06-2019 06:32
  
  Detectives sought one suspect in a shooting at a strip mall in Costa Mesa that sent one person to the hospital just after midnight on Sunday, June 16.
  Police were summoned to Vista Plaza, 811 W. 19th St., between 12:00 a.m. and 12:30 a.m., Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Chris Walk said. There, in a parking lot, officers found one person who had been shot. He was taken to a hospital, said Walk, who described the victim’s injuries as non-life-threatening.
  No arrests had been made in the shooting as
  
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• With Olympic qualification on the line, Dew Tour welcomes new international stars

  17-06-2019 05:08
  
  LONG BEACH — Seconds after 12-year-old Misugu Okamoto stepped off the podium after winning the Dew Tour women’s park final Sunday, a Japanese camera crew started asking her questions. Before Okamoto could respond, a media representative stopped them. They could wait until the press conference.
  That moment encapsulated how the Dew Tour has changed, with skateboarding included in the Olympics for the first time in the 2020 Tokyo Games. The Dew Tour, which ran from Thursday through Sund
  
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• Man struck and killed by vehicle in Santa Ana identified as a Perris resident

  17-06-2019 04:51
  
  SANTA ANA — A 40-year-old bicyclist fatally struck by a vehicle in Santa Ana was identified Sunday by the Orange County coroner.
  Marcos Monzon of Perris was hit by a vehicle about 10:15 p.m. June 11, on a sidewalk in Santa Ana.
  He was taken to Orange County Global Medical Center, where he died about two hours later.
  Related Articles Driver killed in Anaheim crash on 91 Freeway identified as 21-year old Vista man Man wanted for drug allegations, warrants arrested after pursuit from Anaheim
  
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• Russell Martin’s eighth-inning single lifts Dodgers over Cubs

  17-06-2019 04:29
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, right, checks on the runners after he tags out Chicago Cubs, Albert Almora Jr. (5) at the plate during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, June 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor, center, slides away from the tag by Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras, left, to score with third base coach Dino Ebel, above right, watching on a single by Russell Martin during the eighth inning of a baseba
  
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• Gary Woodland holds off Brooks Koepka to win U.S. Open at Pebble Beach

  17-06-2019 03:46
  
  Gary Woodland hits from the fairway on the first hole during the final round of the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament Sunday, June 16, 2019, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Gary Woodland reacts after missing a putt on the eighth hole during the final round of the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament Sunday, June 16, 2019, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBrooks Koepka hits from the rough on the second hole d
  
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• Photos : Dew Tour Women’s Park Skateboarding Finals Long Beach

  17-06-2019 03:43
  
  Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Long Beach, California.
  Sakura Yosozumi of Japan smiles as she competes in the Women’s Park Skateboard Final during the Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Sakura Yosozumi of Japan competes in the Women’s Park Skateboard Final during the Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16
  
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• Photos : Dew Tour Men’s Park Skateboarding Finals Long Beach

  17-06-2019 03:35
  
  Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Long Beach, California.
  Pedro Barros of Brazil reacts after winning the Men’s Park Skateboard Final during the Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Pedro Barros, center, of Brazil reacts after winning the Men’s Park Skateboard Final with second place winner Cory Juneau of the USA and third place winne
  
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• California Repugnant: Political Cartoons

  17-06-2019 03:00
  
  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.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expand
  
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• Whicker: Long-suffering heavyweight division has become fast-and-Furyous

  17-06-2019 02:59
  
  ( in red-wht-blu-trunks) Tyson Fury fights Tom Schwarz at MGM Grand Garden Arena Satruday June 15, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tyson Fury took the win by TKO as the fight was stop in the second round. Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer
  ( in red-wht-blu-trunks) Tyson Fury fights Tom Schwarz at MGM Grand Garden Arena Satruday June 15, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tyson Fury took the win by TKO as the fight was stop in the second round. Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing PhotographerSound
  
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• Laguna Beach lifeguards mark 90 years of watching over the coast

  17-06-2019 02:39
  
  If you watch closely, you’ll notice they’ll never turn their backs to the ocean. Even if they are talking to someone, their eyes scan the beach for signs of danger.
  Laguna Beach lifeguards are celebrating 90 years this year, marking the milestone with a few competitions and celebrations. Photographed on Saturday June 15, 2019. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
  Past and present Laguna Beach lifeguards paddle on the last leg of a friendly competition on Main Beach th
  
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• Heisler: With LeBron James, not Jeanie Buss, pulling the strings, Lakers are Lakers again

  17-06-2019 01:00
  
  So, after eight years in decline and two months of sending in the clowns, the Lakers are once more the Lakers, the NBA’s glamour franchises, the stars’ destination of choice.
  It hadn’t seemed like that for years and never less than since Magic Johnson fled April 9, goring GM Rob Pelinka on the way out for back-stabbing him.MORE COVERAGE:Lakers agree to acquire Anthony Davis in blockbuster trade
  Whicker: With Kuzma staying and Davis coming, it’s no longer LeBron or bust fo
  
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• Photos : Dew Tour Men’s Skateboarding Finals Long Beach

  17-06-2019 00:55
  
  Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Long Beach, California.
  Aurelien Giraud, center, of France wins the Men’s Street Skateboard Final as Sora Shirai, left, of Japan finished second and Felipe Gustavo of Brazil finished third during the Dew Tour at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Aurelien Giraud, left, of France wins the Men’s Street Skateboard
  
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• Man killed in Corona Costco shooting was a ‘gentle giant,’ cousin says

  17-06-2019 00:11
  
  A 32-year-old man shot dead by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Corona Costco was mentally disabled and described Sunday by a cousin a  “gentle giant,” while the man’s parents were the two people critically wounded by the same officer, the cousin said.
  Kenneth French, 32, died Friday at the discount store. Corona police said Saturday their investigation showed French assaulted the officer in an unprovoked confrontation.
  The cousin, Rick Shureih, said the fam
  
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