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• State earmarks $2.5 million in its budget to renovate Fullerton’s Hunt Library building

  05-07-2019 23:48
  
  Fullerton has received $2.5 million in state funding to renovate the interior of the Hunt Library building; now city officials just have to decide how to put the closed facility to new use.
  Officials expect to make a decision by the end of the year.
  A nearby church has been renting the city-owned library for the last couple of years, helping with minor maintenance such as janitorial work. But the city is still responsible for the facility’s infrastructure, including the heating and air con
  
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• Seabirds Kitchen is coming to South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa this fall

  05-07-2019 23:31
  
  Pacific Whey has closed and Seabirds Kitchen will fill its place in South Coast Plaza, a spokesperson for the shopping center confirmed.
  Founded by Stephanie Morgan in 2010, the concept began as a truck, gaining valuable exposure on Season 2 of the Food Network show “The Great Food Truck Race.” The truck was memorable with its all-female team and vegan fare such as beer-battered avocado tacos.  Morgan decided the wheels should come off and opened restaurants called Seabirds Kitc
  
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• Woman dies in Tustin 3-vehicle crash on Fourth of July night

  05-07-2019 23:18
  
  A 65-year-old woman died the night of Fourth of July in a three-vehicle crash in Tustin, authorities said on Friday.
  The crash was reported shortly before 9 p.m. at Jamboree Road and Irvine Boulevard adjacent to The Market Place.
  Each vehicle had just the driver inside, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Jon Muir.
  The other two drivers declined medical attention.
  Details about what led to the crash were not immediately available. Tustin police was handling the investigation.
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• Family asking for help after son went missing on 18th birthday near Newport Pier, on visit from England

  05-07-2019 22:40
  
  The Nguyen family had plans during their Orange County vacation: visit family, eat good food, perhaps head up to San Francisco and explore the coast along the way.
  But a day after they arrived from England, an early-morning outing on July 1 in Newport Beach turned tragic when Christopher Nguyen, celebrating his 18th birthday, mysteriously went missing near the Newport Pier.
  “We don’t know if he’s in the sea, if he’s been taken, if he ran away,” said his older sister
  
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• Hugh Hewitt starts Nixon Foundation CEO job, plans satellite Washington, D.C. office

  05-07-2019 22:31
  
  As the new president and CEO of the Nixon Foundation, talk radio host, author and columnist Hugh Hewitt has laid out his vision for “lifting up the legacy of President Nixon,” by focusing on the former leader’s strengths as a strategist and diplomat.
  Hewitt, who took over as Nixon Foundation president on July 1, announced one of his first major projects: to open a foundation chapter in Washington, D.C., with programs centering around the relationship between the United States a
  
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• U.S. will pursue citizenship question on census but path unclear

  05-07-2019 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Friday it will continue to look for legal grounds to force the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, hours after President Donald Trump said he is “very seriously” considering an executive order to get the question on the form.
  Trump said his administration is exploring a number of legal options, but the Justice Department did not say exactly what options it has now that the Supreme Court has for now barred the question
  
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• Mater Dei All-OC lineman Murao commits to Washington

  05-07-2019 22:10
  
  Mater Dei All-Orange County offensive lineman Myles Murao announced his commitment to Washington.
  Murao (6-3, 280) played left tackle in his junior season of 2018. Some recruiting websites project him as a center in college football. Murao missed the 2018 playoffs, in which Mater Dei emerged as CIF-Southern Section and CIF State champion, because of a leg injury.
  He had scholarship offers from many college football programs including Alabama, LSU, Michigan, UCLA and USC.
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• Tortoiseshell Pia is a sweet little thing who loves attention

  05-07-2019 22:04
  
  Breed: Domestic shorthair tortoiseshell
  Age: 8 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Pia’s story: Pia is a sweet girl who craves attention. She loves head and chin scratches. If you try to walk away from her, she will try to grab on and tell you she wants more love. She enjoys playing with her toy mice. She has some arthritis in her back, and touching that area can cause her some discomfort. She can be reactive when this happens, so she would do best in an adults-only home. She would do well as
  
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• Sparks’ Maria Vadeeva stars in EuroBasket play for Russia, which falls in quarterfinals

  05-07-2019 21:59
  
  Maria Vadeeva will return to the Sparks without a EuroBasket title, but with more valuable big-stage international experience.
  The talented, second-year Sparks center led Russia into the quarterfinals of the prestigious tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, where it lost to Spain 78-54 on Thursday.
  Vadeeva has played only the season-opener so far for the Sparks this season — in which she shone, shooting 11 for 20 for a WNBA career-high 24 points — before departing to tend to her national t
  
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• All-OC baseball players Rajcic, Tolentino in High School All-Star Game

  05-07-2019 21:53
  
  Max Rajcic of Orange Lutheran and Santa Margarita’s Milan Tolentino have been selected for the High School All-Star Game that will be played at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Saturday.
  The game is part of the 2019 MLB All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, site of this year’s All-Star Game. It will be streamed live at MLB.com on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
  Rajcic and Tolentino made All-Orange County first-team this past season. Rajcic was O.C. pitcher of the year. Tolentino was Trinity League
  
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• Pala Casino, Spa & Resort cancels remainder of themed pool party events

  05-07-2019 21:41
  
  Pala Casino, Spa & Resort has canceled the remaining events in its “Summer Days – Fun in the Sun Pool Party” series for this year, a resort official confirmed.
  Coley McAvoy, advertising manager for the resort, confirmed in an email that the series had been put on hold and the remaining dates canceled as “we evaluate alternative programming that best utilizes the beauty of our pool area and provides unique guest experiences.”
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• Coco Gauff, Wimbledon sensation, engineers stunning comeback to advance

  05-07-2019 21:35
  
  United States’ Cori “Coco” Gauff celebrates after beating Slovenia’s Polona Hercog in a Women’s singles match during day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
  United States’ Cori “Coco” Gauff reacts after winning a point against Slovenia’s Polona Hercog in a Women’s singles match during day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Be
  
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• How would Southern California theme parks respond to earthquakes like the ‘Big One’?

  05-07-2019 21:29
  
  Southern California theme parks got to conduct an impromptu test run of how they would respond to the Big One after a major earthquake that rocked Southern California on Thursday forced the temporary closure of dozens of amusement rides.
  Theme park riders got a few more thrills than they bargained for when a 6.4 magnitude temblor in the Mojave Desert rocked an area stretching from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
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• Senior Moments: The flying dessert and unspoken words with a ‘Happy Days’ star

  05-07-2019 19:36
  
  However the night went, I knew it would be better than the year my daughter sent her crème brûlée flying onto the sports table at the LA Press Club Awards dinner. Sara and George had accompanied me to the chic affair at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
  Just as CNN’s Jake Tapper began his speech, Sara attempted to cut into the crispy shell that housed the custard. It spun out of her hand and went traveling to the next table while she looked on in horror. It caught my e
  
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• Corky Carroll: So why did I ditch the Long Beach Surf Club for Windansea when I was a kid? I’ll explain

  05-07-2019 19:35
  
  Surf clubs became popular along the Southern California coast in the early 1960s. Many towns had them. Some of the more well-known were Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Malibu Surfing Association, Dapper Dans from Manhattan Beach, Bay Area from all over the South Bay, Seal Beach Surfers, the Hole in the Wall Gang from Huntington Beach and the Newport Beach Surfing Association.
  The two biggest would have been the Long Beach Surf Club and the San Diego-based Windansea Surf Club — the latter
  
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• ‘It belonged to everybody’ – 20 years later, Brandi Chastain reflects on World Cup title

  05-07-2019 19:32
  
  LOS ANGELES – It was the biggest match of her career, one of the most important events sports history. And 20 years later, as the United States prepares to face the Netherlands on Sunday in France, looking to clinch its second straight Women’s World Cup title, what Brandi Chastain remembers vividly about July 10, 1999, at the Rose Bowl is that her team didn’t get to warm up on the field before it faced China in the most crucial game of their lives.
  The third-place match between
  
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• Mike Lee’s recovery worthy of Fighting Irish roots

  05-07-2019 19:09
  
  Mike Lee one minute felt like a kid, the next like an old man.
  It was late 2012, and Lee was 11-0 and sparring at a gym in Houston. As he explained in a story he penned for the Players’ Tribune, suddenly his back gave out and he fell to the canvas as if he had been clobbered. It was his first clue something was amiss.
  It took nearly two years for doctors to make the diagnosis. When they did, they informed Lee he was suffering from ankylosing spondylitis. It’s an auto-immune condition
  
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• New state budget a windfall for unions

  05-07-2019 19:00
  
  The state budget package that Democratic legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom just enacted is sprinkled with billions of dollars in extra goodies for their most important political constituency, labor unions.
  Take, for example, Senate Bill 90, the budget’s omnibus education measure. It would allocate $3.1 billion to reduce mandatory payments that local school districts would otherwise have to make to the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) and the California Public Employees Retirement Sy
  
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• Jim Abbott helping Newport Beach library with anniversary celebration

  05-07-2019 18:50
  
  Newport Beach is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Central Library’s opening with a week of events, including a visit at 7 p.m. on July 11 by former Angel’s pitcher Jim Abbott.
  Abbott, a Newport Beach resident, is the author of “Imperfect: An Improbable Life.”
  Along with Abbott’s appearance, the library will be celebrating the folks who helped make the library an initial success.
  The event is free, but seating is first-come.
  The anniversary week will also incl
  
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• Foo Fighters’ guitarist Chris Shiflett will play a trio of Southern California shows in support of his latest solo album, ‘Hard Lessons’

  05-07-2019 18:33
  
  While traveling to perform at massive festivals and inside packed arenas and stadiums all over the world the last couple of years with rock giants the Foo Fighters, Chris Shiflett spent his free time in hotel rooms and backstage picking away at his guitar, mulling over issues that currently plague society and coming up with a new batch of songs for his latest solo album, “Hard Lessons,” which officially dropped back in June.
  “You have a lot of downtime on tour,” the 48-ye
  
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• Which California cities have the most student loans?

  05-07-2019 18:30
  
  Who’s got the most student loan debt in California?
  LendingTree, an online lender service, attempted to answer that question by studying the aggregated finances of its customers in 165 larger California cities. Granted it’s one company’s client base — and those folks are loan shoppers. Still, it’s a glimpse into who’s borrowing how much for educational needs, city-by-city.
  Here’s what my trusty spreadsheet found after looking at average student-loan bala
  
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• Los Angeles ranked the nation’s 5th most expensive city for renters

  05-07-2019 17:49
  
  Los Angeles is the fifth priciest city in the nation for apartment renters, despite a year-over-year decline in rental costs.
  That’s the upshot of a new report from price tracker Zumper.com.The median monthly rent for a one-bedroom unit in L.A. was $2,250 in June, down 3.8% from a year earlier, the report said. A two-bedroom apartment was $3,030, down 7.9 percent year-over-year.
  L.A. and the other cities included in the 10 most expensive rental markets held their same rankings from the pre
  
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• Nearly half of renters wish they owned, study says

  05-07-2019 17:45
  
  Homeownership may be famed for its headaches, from bidding wars to get in the door to the constant drumbeat of repairs around the house, but renters don’t have it easy either. In fact, renters are the ones with more regrets, according to a recent Zillow Housing Aspirations Report.
  One of their biggest regrets is being a renter in the first place. In this semiannual survey of 10,000 homeowners and renters in 20 of the country’s largest metro areas, 45 percent regret renting rather tha
  
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• Bahamas police were told billionaire Cline was on crashed helicopter

  05-07-2019 16:31
  
  NASSAU, Bahamas — Police in the Bahamas worked Friday to identify the bodies of seven Americans killed in a helicopter crash after being told that billionaire coal tycoon and Republican donor Chris Cline was among those on board.
  Bahamas Police Supt. Shanta Knowles told The Associated Press on Friday that the search began off the islands of Big Grand Cay when police received a report from Florida that a group including Cline had failed to arrive as expected Thursday in Fort Lauderdale.
  The
  
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• He doesn’t have license, insurance or registration and isn’t off the hook

  05-07-2019 16:14
  
  Q. Dear Honk: I was recently in a fender-bender accident and the person who hit me did not have a valid license or insurance or any ID at all. I called police, who ran the plate number to help with an ID. It turns out the vehicle wasn’t registered, either. According to officers, they were legally not allowed to cite the driver at all because they didn’t see him driving. It didn’t matter that the other driver admitted that he was driving. Is this really true? I asked an officer
  
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• Sudan’s protesters embrace power-sharing deal with military

  05-07-2019 16:11
  
  By FAY ABUELGASIM and NOHA ELHENNAWY
  KHARTOUM, Sudan — Leaders of Sudan’s pro-democracy movement on Friday welcomed a new power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council as a victory for their “revolution,” raising hopes for an end to the three-month standoff with the generals and deadly violence.
  The emerging deal could break the political impasse that has gripped the country since the military ousted the longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April, amid an uprisi
  
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• U.S. adds solid 224,000 jobs; Fed rate cut may be less certain

  05-07-2019 16:03
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON — U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economy’s durability after more than a decade of expansion.
  The strength of the jobs report the Labor Department issued Friday could complicate a decision for the Federal Reserve late this month on whether to cut interest rates to help support the economy. Most investors have anticipated a rate cut in July and perhaps one or two additional Fed cuts late
  
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• New vaccination bill improves on original one

  05-07-2019 16:00
  
  Only rarely does a legislative compromise that waters down an originally tough proposed law end up creating something better. That appears to be what Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Sen. Richard Pan have now accomplished.
  This compromise came about because of an off-the-cuff remark Newsom made in early June while talking to reporters in a hallway at the state Democratic Party’s annual convention.
  Newsom, whose own four children have met all public school vaccination requirements, shocked the m
  
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• 5.4-magnitude aftershock hits Ridgecrest area

  05-07-2019 15:27
  
  A 5.4-magnitude aftershock to Thursday’s significant Ridgecrest earthquake struck in the same area Friday morning.
  It struck at 4.07 a.m. at a depth of around 4.3 miles, its epicenter 9.7 miles west of Searles Valley, according to a computer-generated report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
  People reported feeling the shaker north of Fresno to south of San Diego, according to the USGS’s Did You Feel It! web page.
  Several temblors greater than 3 magnitude hit the same region earlier F
  
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• Earthquake in Ridgecrest a reminder for Southern Californians to prepare for emergencies

  05-07-2019 07:35
  
  As the Kern County city of Ridgecrest rebounds from the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Thursday, July 4, public agencies are imploring Southern California communities and residents to prepare for disaster.
  Caltrans District 8, which oversees Riverside and San Bernardino counties, on Thursday encouraged residents to keep a survival kit, water, comfortable clothing and shoes in their cars in case of emergency. Among the items to include in a survival pack are toothbrushes and bars of soap, a
  
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• Plenty of dramatics as Nadal tops Kyrgios at Wimbledon

  05-07-2019 07:13
  
  WIMBLEDON, England — Rafael Nadal was up near the Centre Court net when Nick Kyrgios smacked a booming forehand directly at the guy’s midsection — right at him, on purpose — and earned a lengthy staredown in return.
  Kyrgios didn’t apologize, at the time or at his news conference — for that or for berating the chair umpire or for spending time at a local pub the night before the match.
  Rarely does Kyrgios offer regrets, for much of anything. Instead, he tends t
  
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• Owner of two damaged Ridgecrest businesses says his faith remains strong

  05-07-2019 07:09
  
  Antoun Abdullatif suffered the double indignity Thursday, July 4, when the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck near the Kern County city of Ridgecrest damaged both of his businesses on East Ridgecrest Boulevard.
  Abdullatif  has operated Eastridge Market, mostly a liquor store, and an adjacent Laundromat, Thrifty Wash Fluff ‘N’ Fold, for about a dozen years.
  Rami Kastoun cleans up liquor damaged at Eastridge Market Liquor after the 6.4 earthquake on Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Phot
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores two goals to lead Galaxy to win over Toronto FC

  05-07-2019 07:00
  
  CARSON — Home hasn’t been too kind to the Galaxy as of late.
  After winning their first six at home to start the season, the Galaxy entered Thursday having lost their last three at Dignity Health Sports Park.
  However, thanks to a couple moments of brilliance by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the home losing streak came to an end against Toronto FC.
  Ibrahimovic scored the first of his two goal on a header off of a deep cross from Efrain Alvarez that flew into the net just out of the reach of Toro
  
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• Whicker: Dodger hitters are seeing all the stitches in time

  05-07-2019 06:36
  
  LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 04: Cody Bellinger #35 is greeted by Max Muncy #13 of the Los Angeles Dodgers as he crosses theplate after hitting a solo home run in the sixth inning off the game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on July 4, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 04: Fernando Tatis Jr. #23 of the San Diego Padres is greeted in the dugout after scoring a run in the eighth inning off the game against the Los
  
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• Dodgers reach 60 wins with victory over Padres

  05-07-2019 06:25
  
  LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 04: Cody Bellinger #35 is greeted manager Dave Roberts #30 and bench coach Bob Geren #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers after hitting a solo home run in the sixth inning off the game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on July 4, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 04: Members of the military hold an American Flag on the fieldduring the National Anthem before the gamebetween the Los Angeles Dod
  
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• In tight-knit Ridgecrest, a quake-related fire broke out and neighbors stepped up to help each other

  05-07-2019 06:05
  
  Two homes reportedly caught fire in Ridgecrest after Thursday’s earthquake.
  One belonged to Jack Minton.
  Neighbor Ricky Polton hoses down a hot spot on the roof of Jack Minton’s home when a branch of a tree caught fire after the 6.4 earthquake burnedpart of his home in Ridgecreston Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
  Home owner Jack Minton stands in his front yard after the 6.4 earthquake burnt part of his home in Ridgecreston Thursday, July 4,
  
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• Griffin Canning endures worst start of young career in Angels’ loss

  05-07-2019 05:52
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Griffin Canning, who has been the Angels best starting pitcher to date this season, endured the worst start of his young big league career.
  Canning gave up six runs and didn’t make it out of the fourth inning in the Angels’ 9-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on Thursday night.
  “He wasn’t throwing many strikes, like he usually does,” catcher Jonathan Lucroy said. “He wasn’t very sharp with his execution. That’s pretty much it.&rd
  
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• Under spectacular fireworks show, two queens reunite in Long Beach to celebrate July 4th — and new Cunard exhibit

  05-07-2019 05:22
  
  Fireworks explode in the sky between the Queen Elizabeth, left, and the Queen Mary on Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth arrives in the Port of Long Beach to join its sister ship, the Queen Mary, on Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Cunard ocean liner Queen Elizabeth, left, arrives in the Port of Long Beach to join its sister ship, the Queen Mary, on Thursday
  
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• Carli Lloyd says 2019 US World Cup team not a continuation of 2015

  05-07-2019 04:40
  
  LYON, France (AP) — Carli Lloyd says the success the United States is having at the Women’s World Cup in France isn’t an extension of the 2015 title run.
  The so-called 2019ers are their own team.
  “We don’t really bring up the 2015 World Cup that much because it’s done, it’s in the past. The focus is just on Sunday,” said Lloyd, who was the breakout star in Canada four years ago.
  The Americans will be vying for their second straight title and fourth
  
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• Brewster: Cole Custer on the rise in Xfinity Series

  05-07-2019 02:41
  
  Cole Custer of Ladera Ranch, who raced quarter-midgets at age 4 at Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, is firmly in the battle for the points lead in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
  Custer won the race, his fourth of the season, last Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway to trim Tyler Reddick’s lead to 71 points. Custer climbed over Christopher Bell for the spot.The series will race Friday (4:30 p.m. PST) in the Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
  Custer was optimistic about 2019
  
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• UFC 239: Amanda Nunes wants to ‘keep making history’

  05-07-2019 02:30
  
  LAS VEGAS — Amanda Nunes is certainly living her best life.
  She touts two UFC belts – the first woman to do so – after becoming only the third fighter in UFC history to simultaneously hold two championships with her jaw-dropping 51-second dismantling of featherweight champion Cris Cyborg in December at UFC 232.
  Amanda Nunes, blue, lands a punch on Cris Cyborg, red, Nunes defeated Cyborg by first-round knockout to become the new UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion during UF
  
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• ‘It felt like the house was going to collapse,’ Ridgecrest resident says of 6.4 magnitude earthquake

  05-07-2019 02:10
  
  As a 6.4 magnitude earthquake roared through the minute Kern County city of Ridgecrest Thursday, July 4, resident Jorge Toral said his house shook like Jell-O with just the slightest movement.
  “It felt like the house was going to collapse,” the 30-year-old said.
  Reported at 10:33 a.m., the holiday temblor, one of the region’s biggest since the 1994 Northridge quake and the first to surpass magnitude 6 in two decades, displaced dozens of men, women and children celebrating the F
  
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• Angels tragedy brings back difficult memories for Jeff Mathis

  05-07-2019 02:08
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — When the news about Tyler Skaggs hit the Texas Rangers clubhouse on Monday afternoon, Jeff Mathis had a familiar, sickening feeling.
  “Just a pit in my stomach,” Mathis said. “Those are some tough memories, thinking about what those guys are going through in that situation. It’s awful.”
  The Rangers’ veteran catcher was with the Angels in 2009 when Nick Adenhart was killed by a drunk driver. He was also with the Miami Marlins in 2016, wh
  
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• Crowds flock to Orange County beaches for packed, but uneventful holiday

  05-07-2019 01:40
  
  People celebrating Independence Day filled Orange County’s beaches to enjoy sunny weather in the mid-70s, and by late afternoon no major problems had been reported, according to several lifeguard agencies.
  “We were really busy, but all run-of-the-mill stuff,” said Ethan Balter, a lifeguard at San Onofre State Beach. “Just a good, busy Fourth of July.”
  A strong south swell brought dangerous conditions including rip currents, particularly on south-facing beaches, and
  
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• Orange County shows its colors — reds, whites and blues — on July 4th

  05-07-2019 01:20
  
  Scouts carry a large American flag along Main Street in Huntington Beach during the 115th annual Fourth of July parade on Thursday morning, July 4, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Evan Strand of Huntington Beach waves to the crowd as he makes his way along Main Street in Huntington Beach during the 115th annual Fourth of July parade on Thursday morning, July 4, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsTraci and
  
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• UFC 239 Ultimate Media Day

  05-07-2019 00:26
  
  UFC womenÕs bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes during UFC 239 Ultimate Media Day at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Thursday, July 4, 2019.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, left, squares off with challenger Thiago Santos during UFC 239 Ultimate Media Day at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Thursday, July 4, 2019.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecond
  
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• LA has an earthquake warning system. Did it work during July 4th’s 6.4 magnitude event?

  05-07-2019 00:19
  
  Los Angeles will lower the level at which earthquake warnings get sent to residents, city officials said after a 6.4 magnitude quake on Thursday morning, July 4, failed to trigger an alert.
  The early warning system did work, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Robert Graves said during a televised news conference, in that it detected the temblor before it happened. But the ShakeAlert app wasn’t set off – it would have sent alerts to people’s cellphones – because it’
  
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• Runners, walkers (and their 4-legged friends) celebrate July 4th at Crown Valley Community Park

  05-07-2019 00:01
  
  Parents cheer on their young runners at the start of the quarter mile kids run, July 4, 2019 at Crown Valley Community Park.
  Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer
  Nine-year-old Daytona Jones of Laguna Niguel gives her dog, 6-year-old Lacey, an Austrian Cattle Dog, a hug after she won the Most Patriotic Pooch award during the 41st Annual Fourth of July Run’s Patriotic Dog contest, July 4, 2019 at Crown Valley Community Park.
  Steven Georges, Contributing PhotographerSoundThe gallery will
  
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