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• Mater Dei will be short-handed in title defense at Edison’s Battle at the Beach

  26-06-2019 23:36
  
  Mater Dei will be without USC-committed quarterback Bryce Young on Saturday as it attempts to defend the title at Edison’s Battle at the Beach 7-on-7 passing tournament.
  The senior will miss the tournament, annually one of the highlights of the summer season, because he leaves Friday night for the Elite 11 finals in Frisco, Texas.
  The Elite 11 is scheduled to start Saturday at the Ford Center at The Star and features many of the top senior-to-be quarterbacks. The field includes Corona del
  
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• Good citizenship gets lots of recognition, Bravo!

  26-06-2019 23:33
  
  Capistrano Unified alumna wins prestigious honor
  Stanford University student and Aliso Niguel High School alumna, Kathryn Plummer has been named the 89th James E. Sullivan Award winner.
  The prestigious award has been presented annually since 1930 by the Amateur Athletic Union to the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. The award aims to recognize athletes who demonstrate qualities of leadership, citizenship, character and sportsmanship, both on and off the field.
  High school se
  
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• Cal State Fullerton pioneers course on using robotics to streamline accounting

  26-06-2019 23:15
  
  Artificial intelligence has come to Cal State Fullerton’s accounting department.
  This past semester, the department offered graduate students ACCT 503, a “toolbox” course for data analytics and robotics process automation. The class was part of a partnership between the department and UiPath, a New York-based RPA software company, to prepare accounting students for the reality of automation and “the future of work.”
  Students created bots that could perform such rout
  
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• Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly finds success in doing less

  26-06-2019 22:58
  PHOENIX — In the ninth inning of the Dodgers’ 9-0 win over the San Francisco Giants on June 18, Joe Kelly came in to pitch the ninth inning. He threw five four-seam fastballs to Buster Posey, missed the strike zone with three of them and walked Posey to start the inning.
  Kelly hasn’t thrown a four-seam fastball since.
  The veteran reliever has abandoned the four-seam fastball over his past three appearances and put his changeup on the shelf as well. Instead, he has thrown two-se
  
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• Titan Voice: Deepen the connection to your university — dive in 

  26-06-2019 22:52
  
  By Imani Garner
  On the eve of commencement weekend a few weeks ago, I witnessed two Cal State Fullerton graduates recording a dance video on campus in their grad caps and Titan gear. Long before they tweeted the finished video at me to ask how many retweets they needed to get their photo on our digital billboard, I wondered, “What kind of a Titan experience would lead graduates to literally put on their dancing shoes and Titan colors to accessorize their cap and gown?” 
  So,
  
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• Woman who faked pregnancy in bizarre adoption case to serve two years in prison

  26-06-2019 22:41
  
  Elizabeth Jones, shown with Laura Trayte during Trayte’s visit to Virginia, pleaded guilty to eight felony counts. (Courtesy of Trayte family)
  Elizabeth Jones is expected to serve two years in prison. (Courtesy of Trayte family)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMatt and Laura Trayte sit in the nursery they made for the baby they believed they were adopting in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018.The couple believed they were adopting a baby from a woman in Virginia. They flew there
  
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• CSUF alumna returns as coordinator of LGBT Queer Resource Center

  26-06-2019 22:40
  
  Natalie Betancourt is back at the place that played a big part in her journey of self-discovery.
  This month, Betancourt stepped into the role of coordinator for Cal State Fullerton’s LGBT Queer Resource Center, which for the last year has been housed in the Pollak Library and has room for up to 30 students to gather for programs or workshops.
  When she was an undergraduate at CSUF, studying communications with an emphasis in photocommunications and minoring in history, the center was in the
  
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• Lakers extend qualifying offers to Alex Caruso, Johnathan Williams

  26-06-2019 22:32
  
  The Lakers have extended qualifying offers to guard Alex Caruso and forward Johnathan Williams, the team announced Wednesday.
  By extending the qualifying offers, Caruso and Williams become restricted free agents on June 30. Williams becomes a two-way contract player if he accepts the offer, which means he would not affect the salary cap.
  Both players became important parts of the Lakers’ rotation toward the end of the season when the team had shut down or lost several players to injuries.
  
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• Defense presents its case in court-martial of decorated Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, charged with multiple war crimes in Iraq

  26-06-2019 22:28
  
  NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — Two Marines and a Navy SEAL took the stand early Wednesday, June 26, as the defense team began presenting its case in the court-martial of Navy SEAL Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, who is accused of the premeditated murder of a 15-year-old ISIS fighter and other war crimes during a deployment to Mosul in 2017.
  In early testimony, Navy SEAL Master Chief Brian Alazziwi confirmed he had been made aware of allegations against Gallagher in October 2017, but ad
  
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• Disneyland partially lifts employee summer blockout now that Galaxy’s Edge is open

  26-06-2019 21:07
  
  Disneyland has partially lifted restrictions that would have barred employees from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge for the entire summer after a reservation-only period successfully spread out the initial wave of visitors anxious to see the new themed land.
  The Disneyland Resort cast member blockout calendar now shows that employees can visit Disneyland for free through the rest of June and the first few weeks of July (except for Independence Day).
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• Beth Chapman, co-star of bounty hunter reality TV show, dead at 51

  26-06-2019 20:45
  
  By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
  HONOLULU — Beth Chapman, who co-starred with her husband on the “Dog the Bounty Hunter” reality TV show and later spoke out against some bail reform measures as leader of a national bail agents’ organization, has died.
  A family spokeswoman, Mona Wood-Sword, said in a statement that Chapman died early Wednesday at Queen’s Medical Center after an almost 2-year battle with cancer. She was 51.
  Chapman was diagnosed with throat cancer in Septem
  
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• Photos of migrant father and daughter spark global anguish

  26-06-2019 20:39
  
  By The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — From the Vatican to the U.S. Congress and campaign trail, expressions of anguish, empathy and outrage poured out Wednesday over the photos of a migrant father and young daughter who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to enter the United States without legal permission.
  The photos show the bodies of the man and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down near the river bank. Her arm was draped around his neck, suggesting she clung to
  
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• Swappa brings its online marketplace for used electronics to Orange County

  26-06-2019 20:27
  
  Buying used products online can sometimes be risky, particularly when they are electronics.
  How do you know that laptop, cell phone or digital camera you’re buying actually works as advertised? How do you know it’s not stolen? More importantly, how do you know the seller isn’t trying to scam you to make a quick buck?
  Whether you’re buying on eBay, Craigslist or any other online platform, it can be a gamble. That’s where Swappa comes in.
  The Kansas City-based company
  
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• Things aren’t so bad for California under the Electoral College

  26-06-2019 20:18
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, thinks that populous coastal states like California and New York are being done a grave disservice by the Electoral College. Warren recently bemoaned the fact that presidential candidates ignore these populous, but safely blue, states in favor of battleground states. That’s why she thinks we should supersede the Electoral College with a national popular vote to determine who holds the White House.
  But do candidates ignore these states under our curre
  
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• Meet the Disney imagineer who created Guardians of Galaxy ride and Animal Kingdom

  26-06-2019 20:06
  
  Rocketing through the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at California Adventure, there’s no way to meet the mind that transformed what was once the Tower of Terror.
  But if there were, you’d discover a being even more amazing than Groot — and Groot is definitely amazing.
  At 63, Disney imagineer Joe Rohde is just getting warmed up and that says a lot about a man who fathered the company’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, led the creation of Pandora — The World of Avatar and was
  
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• Orange County home sales in 10-month slump as inventory climbs by 23%

  26-06-2019 20:00
  
  Orange County house hunters balked in May, as sales fell for the 10th consecutive month despite a 23% surge in existing homes for sale.
  CoreLogic reported that overall sales for May totaled 3,313 homes, down 6% in a year. The median selling price of $720,500 was down 2.6% in a year.
  In a six-county Southern California region, 22,300 homes sold down 2.7% in a year. The median selling price of $530,000 was up 0.2% in a year.
  As for Orange County’s supply, ReportsOnHousing says as of June 13
  
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• Loan interest caps take credit away from the poor

  26-06-2019 19:54
  
  This week the California state Senate will debate Assembly Bill 539, a bill that would make half of consumer loans between $2,500 and $10,000 made in the state illegal. The bill’s aim is to lower the cost of consumer credit, but history shows that interest-rate caps like the one AB539 would institute only work to reduce the supply of loans, especially to the most vulnerable.
  The Golden State already has one of the most draconian payday loan laws in the Union: Borrowers may b
  
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• LAPD arrests ex-USC gynecologist George Tyndall

  26-06-2019 19:37
  
  LOS ANGELES — A former USC campus gynecologist accused of sexual abusing hundreds of women under the guise of medical exams was arrested Wednesday by Los Angeles police.
  The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the arrest of George Tyndall but did not immediately provide any details.
  Tyndall’s attorney, Andy Flier, told the Los Angeles Times his client was arrested outside his apartment Wednesday morning. The Times, citing unnamed sources, reported that Tyndall is facing sexual ab
  
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• Shark season is here: 8-footer prompts advisory at San Onofre, a week after shark leaps toward sky at Trestles

  26-06-2019 19:27
  
  The Shark Shack was set up at San Onofre State Beach, Tuesday, June 25, but packed up just an hour before an 8-footer was spotted in the area, prompting an advisory. (Photo courtesy of Shark Lab)
  San Onofre State Beach is under a shark advisory after an eight-foot shark was spotted near the “Dog Patch” surf area at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 25. It’s just the latest shark sighting in the area south of San Clemente.
  The beach is under advisory until 2 p.m. Wednesday, unless the alert
  
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• Grocery union overwhelmingly votes to authorize strike

  26-06-2019 18:04
  
  The members of the union representing workers in Southern California’s major grocery chains have authorized a strike, voting overwhelmingly to walk off the job if contract negotiations fail to deliver better pay and benefits.
  The voting by workers at Vons, Albertsons, Ralphs and Pavilions took place Monday and Tuesday across the region for seven local groups represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers. Union leaders announced the vote tallies early Wednesday.
  Greg Conger, preside
  
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• 10 Jethro Tull stories Ian Anderson told us before band’s Southern California shows to celebrate 50th anniversary

  26-06-2019 17:20
  
  Ian Anderson is a natural-born storyteller, but spend five decades as the flute-playing, occasionally cod-piece-wearing frontman of Jethro Tull, and yeah, you’ll have some stories to tell.
  Anderson, who called from his office in England recently to talk about his upcoming shows in Southern California, is continuing the celebration of Jethro Tull’s 50th anniversary, which kicked off last year – 50 years after the band’s first gigs at Marquee Club in London – and cont
  
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• Headed to Huntington Beach for July 4th? Here’s some tips to navigate

  26-06-2019 17:15
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock to Huntington Beach on the Fourth of July, some lining Main Street early in the morning for the holiday parade, others showing up for the fireworks over the Pacific Ocean after the sun sets.
  If the past is any indication, the town will be jam-packed for the holiday. So if you’re headed to Surf City for the festivities, here are some tips on how to navigate the crowds:
  Get there early
  You won’t be the only one trying to find a park
  
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• Corky Carroll: Recalling my early days at ‘Doho’

  26-06-2019 17:00
  
  I get a ton of requests for stories about people and places from when I was a surf gremmie growing up here on the beaches of Orange County. So, with that mission in mind, I thought I would talk a bit about one of my favorite places to hang out back in the early 1960s, when I was first getting mobile enough to get around to places other than in front of my house in Surfside.
  Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, also known as “Doho,” was a very popular place to surf in the afternoons, esp
  
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• The Dodgers’ weekend walk-off drama highlights baseball’s bullpen paradox

  26-06-2019 16:56
  
  Matt Beaty, Alex Verdugo and Will Smith will always have last weekend.
  Any retelling of their careers will include the time the Dodgers swept the Rockies in a three-game series, each game ending with a home run by a different rookie. That had never happened in major league history, and it might never happen again.
  The only question is how the story of last weekend will be told. Will we be obligated to mention the feat occurred in a record year for home runs? Must we note that relief pitchers hav
  
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• Time running short, showdown looms over border aid package

  26-06-2019 16:40
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM
  WASHINGTON — It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The bill passed along party lines Tuesday night after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quelled a mini-revolt by progressives and Hispanic lawmakers who sought significant change
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: I’m back and I’m buying too much at Costco

  26-06-2019 16:16
  
  OK, I’m back, just like a bad penny, and I know you’re all just dying to hear the grisly details of my surgery and chemo, but wait, because I have something much more shocking to tell you: Yesterday, I spent $947 at Costco.
  Seriously, I did. I knew it was going to be bad news when the checkout clerk gave a little involuntary “whoa!” as he hit the “total” button. But I still nearly passed out, right there in line.
  Let me make it clear I wasn’t buying any
  
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• Baskin-Robbins will open a ‘Stranger Things’ pop-up in Burbank on July 2

  26-06-2019 16:00
  
  Another piece of Southern California is set to turn into Hawkins, Ind., as Netflix prepares to debut the third season of “Stranger Things.”
  Baskin-Robbins is transforming one of its Burbank stores into Scoops Ahoy, a sweet shop that figures in the super-popular supernatural series, which is set in a fictional Midwest town in the 1980s.
  The pop-up will “give fans an experience ripped from the script,” according to a news release. It will open July 2, two days before the s
  
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• Orange County beaches score high for water quality in summer; turn dirtier when it rains

  26-06-2019 15:00
  
  The good news is that 97% of Orange County beaches scored an “A” or a “B” for summer water quality in Heal the Bay’s 2018-2019 Beaches Report Card released Wednesday, higher than the statewide “A” and “B” rate of 94%.
  Of the 33 California beaches making the environmental group’s Honor Roll with perfect grades, 10 were in Orange County.
  The bad news is that the 17 inches of rain this winter — nearly twice the historical average &md
  
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• Breakouts, burns and zingers: What to watch in the presidential debates

  26-06-2019 14:52
  
  By LAURIE KELLMAN
  WASHINGTON — Sixty seconds for answers, a television audience of millions and, for some candidates, a first chance to introduce themselves to voters.
  The back-to-back Democratic presidential debates beginning Wednesday are exercises in competitive sound bites featuring 20 candidates hoping to oust President Donald Trump in 2020. The hopefuls range widely in age, sex and backgrounds and include a former vice president, six women and a pair of mayors.
  The challenge: Convey
  
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• Politicians like Mike Bonin don’t understand how private property works

  26-06-2019 14:00
  
  Socialism has arrived in the United States and it’s living in an apartment building near you.
  Los Angeles Councilman Mike Bonin is the latest politician to promote a policy based on the belief that privately-owned apartments kind of belong to everybody, and the government’s job is to distribute them fairly. He has proposed an “empty homes penalty” that would be placed on the November 2020 ballot for voter approval.
  Bonin called this a “bold” action that would
  
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• Lots of presidents candidates, and lots of bad ideas

  26-06-2019 11:00
  
  So many people want to be president. Unfortunately, many have terrible ideas.
  Sen. Kamala Harris wants companies to prove they pay men and women equally. “Penalties if they don’t!” she shouts. But there are lots of reasons, other than sexism, why companies pay some men more than women.
  Harris also wants government to “hold social media platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms.” But “holding them accountable” means censorship. If po
  
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• Curacao gets late equalizer against Jamaica and help from Honduras to advance in CONCACAF Gold Cup

  26-06-2019 07:50
  
  Shamar Nicholson of Jamaica (L) shoots under pressure from Jurien Gaari of Curacao during the Group B Concacaf Gold Cup first round football match between Jamaica and Curacao in Los Angeles on June 25, 2019. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)(Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
  Curacao midfielder Michael Maria, below, and Jamaica midfielder Andre Lewis try to head the ball during the second half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Los Angeles.
  
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• Fires giving utilities vast new powers

  26-06-2019 07:34
  
  From the ashes of last year’s huge fires in Butte, Shasta, Lake and Los Angeles counties, this state’s utilities have suddenly acquired vast new powers to control and influence the lives of millions of Californians.
  The new reality is that no one living near a potential fire area – and that includes wide swaths of this state – now can be sure when the lights will go off and come back on.
  It’s all because California’s big utility companies have accepted blame f
  
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• Democrats’ reparations nation: offering taxpayer money in exchange for votes

  26-06-2019 07:30
  
  Sen. Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren has added “gay and lesbian couples” to the growing list of groups for whom she would support reparations. She also floated the idea of reparations to Native Americans, I guess in hopes of herself getting some of that sweet gubmint victimization money. Then there are slavery reparations. And, of course, Bernie Sanders and the other Democrat presidential candidates are stumbling all over each other to forgive student loan debt and saying t
  
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• Tommy La Stella’s inside-the-park home run sparks Angels past Reds

  26-06-2019 07:24
  
  ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 25: Tommy La Stella #9 of the Los Angeles Angels is greeted in the dugout after hitting an inside the park home run against the Cincinnati Reds the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on June 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
  ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 25: Nick Senzel #15 of the Cincinnati Reds leaps for a ball hit by Tommy La Stella #9 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim that went off the top of the wall and turned into an in
  
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• Dodgers hold off Diamondbacks, reach midpoint of season with 55 wins

  26-06-2019 07:03
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Ross Stripling throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
  Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Robbie Ray throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Dodgers’ Enrique Hernandez (14) celebrates his ho
  
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• Kings draftee Lukas Parik aims to prove himself worthy of NHL

  26-06-2019 05:37
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Goaltender Lukas Parik on Saturday was selected 87th overall by the Kings in the third round of NHL Draft. From the sound of his voice during a subsequent conference call, Mark Yannetti was excited to get him.
  “He’s extremely athletic,” said Yannetti, the Kings’ director of amateur scouting. “Natural athlete, natural movement.”
  Yannetti said Parik needs more structure to his game, but he likes the idea that he is a tall goalie at 6-foot-4. E
  
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• JSerra’s duo of Chris Street and Jeffrey Persi commit to colleges

  26-06-2019 05:20
  
  JSerra’s senior duo of speedy running back Chris Street and towering offensive tackle Jeffrey Persi have committed to colleges.
  Street (5-11, 205) recently committed to Cal while Persi (6-7, 265) delivered a pledge to Michigan.
  Both players were key contributors last season for JSerra, which finished 9-3 and reached the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs.
  Street rushed for 1,342 yards and 17 TDs behind an offensive line that featured Persi among others.
  Street was selected firs
  
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• Angels’ Shohei Ohtani to throw off mound for first time since Tommy John surgery

  26-06-2019 05:18
  
  ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani will throw off a mound Wednesday for the first time since having offseason Tommy John surgery, the Angels announced Tuesday during their game against the Reds.
  The star two-way player had the procedure done in October by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in L.A. and missed the first 34 games of the season. He was activated from the IL on May 7, returning to the batter’s box only, where he was hitting .276 entering Tuesday with nine home runs in 41 games.
  Angels manager Brad
  
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• U.S. men have clinched a Gold Cup quarterfinal berth, but they want to win their group

  26-06-2019 05:13
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. — After failing to qualify for their World Cup last year, the U.S. men’s soccer team is following the American women in France as their World Cup.
  “We’ve been watching every game and paying close attention,” defender Tim Ream said Tuesday ahead of the U.S. group stage finale against Panama in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. “They have our full support.”
  The U.S. and Panama are both 2-0 and have clinched berths in Sunday’s quarterfinals in
  
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• Angels’ Albert Pujols drops below fifth in batting order for first time since 2001

  26-06-2019 04:32
  
  ANAHEIM — Brad Ausmus didn’t realize what he had done when he set his lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Reds. The Angels manager innocently listed Albert Pujols as hitting sixth, but instead ended an 18-year streak for the slugger.
  It was the first time since 2001 – Pujols’ rookie season – that he batted lower than fifth. Ausmus said he wasn’t aware of the streak heading into the game.
  “He’s one of the greatest hitters ever. I’m not
  
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• NBA players, executives share thoughts on a ‘wide-open’ Western Conference next season

  26-06-2019 04:15
  
  SANTA MONICA — After a half-decade of Warriors dominance, what will the West look like?
  Daryl Morey has a suggestion: Keep an eye on his Rockets.
  The Houston general manager has heard rumblings about his stars James Harden and Chris Paul not getting along and spent the better part of the month trying to quash the rumors. He’s dealt with the missteps of a new owner who has dragged a contract dispute with his head coach into the public light. Still, he wants people to remember that the
  
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• Irvine council delays veterans cemetery discussion until July

  26-06-2019 04:15
  
  Irvine officials will wait until next month to decide on one of two proposed sites for an Orange County veterans cemetery.
  The City Council pulled the cemetery item from its agenda Tuesday, June 25, and has not yet picked a new date for the discussion.
  Councilwoman Melissa Fox had asked the council to consider formally designating the original site proposed on the northern edge of the Orange County Great Park for the cemetery.
  Then, late last week, Mayor Christina Shea announced that Great Park
  
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• K-pop boy band BTS announce ‘Bring The Soul: The Movie’ coming in August

  26-06-2019 04:02
  
  The worldwide phenomenon that is the K-pop boy band BTS rolls on this summer with the release of its third film in two years.
  “Bring The Soul: The Movie” will be released Aug. 7, according to a statement released by the band and its management on Tuesday.
  It follows “Burn The Stage: The Movie,” which debuted in 2018, and “Love Yourself in Seoul,” which premiered earlier this year.
  BTS recently played a limited run of U.S. stadium shows including two nights at
  
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• ‘Excitement, nervousness, anxious’ – Dodgers’ Tony Gonsolin readies for MLB debut

  26-06-2019 03:53
  
  PHOENIX — When Oklahoma City manager Travis Barbary called him into his office following the Triple-A team’s game Sunday, Tony Gonsolin knew there were probably only three possibilities. And two of them were bad.
  “He called me into his office and then left the office,” Gonsolin said Tuesday in the visitor’s clubhouse at Chase Field. “He had to double-check whether it was Wednesday and not today.
  “As soon as he said, ‘Come to my office,’ I kne
  
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• Mueller to testify publicly before House committees July 17

  26-06-2019 03:36
  
  By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker and Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON >>  Special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before Congress on July 17 after Democrats issued subpoenas to compel him to appear, the chairmen of two House committees announced Tuesday.
  Mueller’s unusual back-to-back testimony in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees is likely to be the most highly anticipated congressional hearing in years, particularly give
  
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• Berkshire Hathaway franchisees buying Tarbell, Realtors

  26-06-2019 02:00
  
  Tarbell, Realtors sold its 20-office real estate company to four Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchises, dissolving a 93-year-old residential home sales firm operating in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the companies announced Tuesday, June 25.
  The deal, which was in the works for four or five months, closed on Monday. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed, and the reason Tarbell is selling wasn’t provided.
  The family-owned and operated home sales and escrow b
  
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• Berkshire Hathaway franchisees buying independent brokerage Tarbell, Realtors

  26-06-2019 02:00
  
  Tarbell, Realtors has sold its 21-office, independent real estate operation to four Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchises, dissolving a 93-year-old residential home sales operation in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the companies announced Tuesday, June 25.
  Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed, and the reason Tarbell is selling wasn’t given. However, the family-owned and operated home sales and escrow businesses are being divided among the four Berkshire Hat
  
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• San Clemente and MemorialCare reach settlement over closed hospital property

  26-06-2019 01:56
  
  The city of San Clemente and MemorialCare Health System have reached a settlement over a 73-bed hospital that has been left vacant in the city for more than three years.
  Under the settlement announced June 21, the property keeps its zoning solely for a state-licensed hospital with emergency rooms. MemorialCare gets up to a year to find ways to re-open or sell the facility, but afterward, the city will be able to use eminent domain to seize the property.
  “While city officials and Memorial H
  
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• Appeals court overturns conviction of Newport Beach attorney found guilty of extortion

  26-06-2019 01:42
  
  A state appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Newport Beach attorney found guilty of taking part in an extortion plot targeting the married owners of a Tustin auto museum.
  A panel of judges on the California Court of Appeals in a written opinion released this week found that while there was sufficient evidence for jurors to find James Toledano guilty of extortion and conspiracy, an error in the jury instructions meant Toledano did not get a fair trial.
  Toledano, a onetime chairman of
  
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