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• Best cities for families? Irvine is 3rd-best, San Bernardino is 7th worst, according to this ranking

  23-07-2019 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A new “best cities for families” scorecard ranked Irvine third-best and San Bernardino seventh-worst.
  WalletHub’s annual rankings of where high quality of life for families exists comes from a study of 47 demographic and economic statistics to weigh who’s best and who’s worst among 182 big cities. Those figures are sliced in five key family-critical categories — fun; health and safety; education and child care; affordability; and socio-economics.
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• Santa Ana and Fullerton armories will open again as shelters at night for homeless starting Oct. 15

  23-07-2019 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The California National Guard armories in Fullerton and Santa Ana will open as shelter at night for homeless people starting Oct. 15, a month and a half before the facilities’ typically would open for the season.
  Each armory can shelter about 200 people.
  Cities and county officials had pushed the National Guard to open the armories early to provide hundreds of homeless people a place to stay until two facilities – one in Buena Park and another in Placentia – open, which is expe
  
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• Fighting cancer, double-amputee Jami Marseilles remains committed to helping others

  23-07-2019 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — Jami Marseilles is so selfless that her husband, Beau, has to remind her of the battle she is facing.
  “You have to help yourself right now, because if you don’t help yourself, you can’t help others,” Beau will say to her.
  But that’s not Jami. She fights and pushes on. It’s been her life for the past three decades.
  Through being trapped for 11 days in a snowstorm in Arizona after a ski trip that led to both her legs being amputated; thr
  
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• Property management firm buys Irvine-based HomeUnion

  23-07-2019 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  During the depths of the housing slowdown a decade ago, two Orange County entrepreneurs founded an online startup seeking to be a matchmaker for investors and rental houses.
  Irvine-based HomeUnion helped mom-and-pop landlords from California, New York and elsewhere buy houses sight-unseen in cities like Atlanta, Austin and Tampa, where prices are low but rent is relatively high. Their plan was to broker deals that give investors a greater “cash-on-cash” return than they can get
  
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• Robyn reveals how fans influenced her performance ahead of upcoming Forum concert: ‘I made the song, but they gave it the meaning’

  23-07-2019 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Robyn took eight years to record her most recent album “Honey,” but when she called from Brussels last month on a European tour that all seemed like ancient history to the Swedish dance pop star. She returns to Southern California for her third date here this year on July 27.
  “I feel like I have talked about it enough,” she says of the circumstances — the death of a close friend, a romantic partnership on the rocks — that led to the break from her acclaimed al
  
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• Senate confirms Army veteran Mark Esper secretary of defense

  23-07-2019 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROBERT BURNS
  WASHINGTON — It took seven months, but President Donald Trump finally has a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense.
  Mark Esper, an Army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist, won Senate confirmation Tuesday by a vote of 90-8. He was to be officially sworn in by the end of the day, ending the longest period the Pentagon has gone without a confirmed leader in its history.
  The turmoil atop the Pentagon began when Trump’s first defense secretary, Jim Mattis, stepped
  
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• Why The Hall Global Eatery will delay opening until fall at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa

  23-07-2019 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Hall Global Eatery, the highly anticipated food hall by Chef Amar Santana and his business partner Ahmed Labbate, will not open in summer as originally planned.
  The opening has been rescheduled to fall due to construction delays, according to Labbate.  When it does open in South Coast Plaza, likely in November, there will be a coffee bar, juice bar, deli and a cocktail bar/full-service restaurant. The Hall will sell wine and fancy foods too.
  It’s under construction in the enormous
  
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• US home sales fall 1.7% with prices high and supply low

  23-07-2019 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. home sales are down 2.2% in the year ended in June, with rising prices and a scarce supply locking out many Americans from ownership.
  The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that homes were sold last month at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.27 million units. Sales have shriveled 2.2% over the past 12 months, despite such positive trends as a robust job market and falling mortgage rates.
  But home prices have been climbing faster than incomes for the past seven years. Thi
  
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• Why monsters are taking over the Natural History Museum this Halloween

  23-07-2019 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  You may not want to spend a night at this museum because it’s going to be filled with monsters, mummies, vampires and other creatures.
  But don’t worry, it’s all in the name of science, entertainment and Halloween.
  In October the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will present the “Natural History of Horror,” an exhibition that looks at the links between science, history and horror films.
  The exhibition will focus on four classic monster films released by U
  
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• Disneyland ticket prices have increased more than 5,000% since 1955 opening, study finds

  23-07-2019 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland ticket prices have skyrocketed more than 5,000% since the Anaheim theme park opened in 1955, according to a new study.
  A study from the United Kingdom-based Play Like Mum mommy blog looked at the rising costs of admission tickets over the past six decades at Disney theme parks around the world.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
  Disneyland admission cost $2.50 in 1955
  
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• Study: 257,000 more Southern Californians can afford a home, thanks to falling mortgage rates

  23-07-2019 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  This year’s sharply falling mortgage rates boosted the number of Southern California households that could theoretically qualify to buy an entry-level homes to 257,000, according to a study by a noted consultancy.
  I’m no fan of most “affordability” indexes, as they can often make homebuying seem unrealistically difficult for buyers on a budget. Hey, have you ever met a “median” household or seen the “median-priced” home?
  But this study, by John Bur
  
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• Northwood’s first-year football coach impressed with summer effort

  23-07-2019 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Northwood High’s football team wrapped up summer camp last week with a 7-on-7 passing scrimmage against Capistrano Valley and Aliso Niguel at Northwood.
  Northwood’s Coach Paige Nobles said he was pleased with how the Timberwolves’ starting quarterback Jaden Piazza did in the game against Capistrano Valley, completing eight of nine passes.
  “Jaden did an amazing job reading the defense in his pre-snap read and did an amazing job with his read progression,” Nobles said
  
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• The Long Beach Crawfish Festival lets you devour this crustacean invasion

  23-07-2019 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The giant pots will be boiling once again and filled with delicious little freshwater creatures at the annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival.
  The popular event, which attracts thousands to Rainbow Lagoon every summer, returns July 26-28 with a New Orleans-style celebration anchored by a crawfish feast.
  “Either you can travel all the way to New Orleans and deal with the weather there or have the perfect weather here and a little bit of New Orleans in Long Beach,” said Tracie Wintori, th
  
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• Successful Aging: The questions you should ask about hearing loss and the price of hearing aids

  23-07-2019 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. I am finally admitting a hearing loss. Given my age of 76, I guess I should not be surprised. After meeting with an audiologist and having a hearing test, he recommended a particular hearing aid which was very pricey. How do I know the information I was given is accurate? Are there some key questions to ask? And – why are restaurants so noisy? H.S.
  A. Dear H.S.
  You are not alone. The National Institute on Aging reports that about one in three people between 65 and 74 years who have a he
  
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• ‘Jurassic World’ stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard talk about the all-new ride at Universal Studios Hollywood

  23-07-2019 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Though Universal Studios Hollywood surprised park guests back on June 12 by quietly opening the all-new Jurassic World — The Ride attraction for the very first time, the theme park hosted an official grand opening celebration on Monday night with stars from the “Jurassic World” films, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, as well as director and screenwriter Colin Trevorrow and producer Frank Marshall.
  Other celebrities including “Talking Dead” host Chris Hardwick an
  
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• USC DE Jay Tufele named to Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list

  23-07-2019 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is handed out every winter to the best defensive player in college football. The award announced its annual preseason watch list on Tuesday, and USC defensive end Jay Tufele made the cut.
  Tufele had a breakout season in 2018 as a redshirt sophomore. He played in all 12 games and recorded 4.5 tackles for loss and three sacks while also adding a defensive touchdown.
  His efforts saw Tufele named to the All-Pac-12 second team and make the honorable mention for Pac-12 Fresh
  
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• Corky Carroll: Legendary Huntington Beach surfer Sam Hawk to be inducted into Hall of Fame

  23-07-2019 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Coming up on Friday, Aug. 2, will be the annual Surfers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Part of the week-long Vans U.S. Open of Surfing’s list of great activities, this is one of the coolest to attend and important.
  It will be held at 9 a.m. in the Surfers’ Hall of Fame plaza on the corner of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, directly in front of Huntington Surf and Sport, which hosts the event.
  This year’s inductees are Janice Aragon, Kai Lenny
  
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• Theater review: ‘Friends! The Musical Parody’ proves they’re still there for us

  23-07-2019 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  As promised by the title, everything our powers of reason apparently glossed over while we watched the decade-long run of the NBC sitcom “Friends” is parodied onstage in “Friends! The Musical Parody.”
  This guest production by Right Angle Entertainment at Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City hammers those “Friends” nails that started sticking farther and farther out as the seasons progressed, 1994 through 2004.
  Bob and Tobly McSmith penned this musical parody. T
  
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• Heat advisory issued for San Fernando Valley as Southern California temps rise

  23-07-2019 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The second Southland heat wave of the summer will go into a second day Tuesday, when temperatures will exceed the century mark in some LA County communities, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a heat advisory for the San Fernando Valley, indicating an expectation of perilous conditions.
  The heat advisory, indicating an expectation that hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible, will go into effect a
  
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• Inside the Dodgers: This crop of rookie hitters is historically good

  23-07-2019 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Monday, July 23 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  The Dodgers have famously produced 18 rookies of the year, more than any other franchise. Jackie Robinson was the first Dodger to win the award in 1947. Cody Bellinger was the last, in 2017.
  In 2019, there is no individual rookie on the Dodgers’ roster who should be favored to win the Rookie of the Year award. Alex Verdugo is making the strongest
  
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• Chargers training camp preview: Melvin Gordon contract dispute looms large

  23-07-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Wide receiver Keenan Allen said he’s rooting for his Chargers teammate Melvin Gordon to get paid, and left tackle Russell Okung vouched for the running back on social media.
  Gordon has the support in the locker room, but it remains to be seen if the front office feels the same way. Gordon gave the Chargers a deadline to agree on an extension or he’ll skip training camp and demand a trade. The hourglass runs out Wednesday morning when the rookies and veterans report to the team’
  
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• Ask the Lawyer: What if I have a claim against a cruise line?

  23-07-2019 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I fell down some stairs on a cruise boat. There was a lot ice — I don’t know how it got there — but the cruise line must have responsibility to keep the stairs reasonably safe. Do I have a valid claim?
  -D.H., Los Angeles
  Ron Sokol
  A: To have a viable claim, you have to be able to demonstrate a level of culpability on the part of the cruise line. This could be negligence (in other words, carelessness), or conduct that was willful. Under maritime law, applicable to the cruise
  
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• Lightening up with Jan: Technology has rendered me unemployed

  23-07-2019 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Yup! I am about to be out of a job and technology is to blame.
  Self-driving cars are to become a reality.
  How they will maneuver without me it’s too soon to say.
  I am a professional back seat driver, though my actual location has always been sitting in front, next to the human navigator.
  It is not an easy task as I have to be conscientious and able to instruct my partner, prompting him to keep his eyes on the road ahead.
  I see myself as director of traffic, and any other people in their na
  
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• 4 things to do at Southern California casinos this week (July 26-Aug. 1)

  23-07-2019 17:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  Get an ’80s throwback without a Delorean at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa this weekend.
  The Freestyle Jam, which will visit The Show on Friday, July 26, will feature sets from Trinere, Stevie B, Debbie Deb, Connie and Nu Shooz.
  8 p.m. Friday, July 26, 32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. $40-$60. 888-999-1995, aguacalientecasinos.com.
  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino 
  The Indio resort will host Mexican singer-songwriter Gerardo Ortiz
  
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• Curt Seeden: Fountain Valley Concert in the Park will include tribute to Special Olympics athletes

  23-07-2019 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  In July 2015, a group of Fountain Valley residents – my wife Lynn and myself included — was asked to be part of a committee that would host athletes from another country who were here to compete in the Special Olympics World Games being held throughout Southern California.
  After months of preparation, the city’s new Host Town committee was selected to host and entertain Special Olympics athletes from The Netherlands for four days leading up to the World Games.
  Fountain Valley r
  
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• Stewart again boys volleyball coach at Laguna Beach

  23-07-2019 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Lance Stewart will resume coaching Laguna Beach boys this coming season, his third stint coaching the Breakers boys program.
  Stewart coached Laguna Beach’s boys team for 11 years, 1988-90 and 2004-11. The Breakers (or “Artists” as they were called for a long time) won eight league championships, a CIF-Southern Section championship (in 2010) and three CIF Southern California Regionals titles during Stewart’s previous tenures. He also coached Laguna Beach’s girls voll
  
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• Hugh Jackman, ‘The Boy From Oz,’ lights up the Hollywood Bowl

  23-07-2019 16:08 via ocregister.com
  
  You can turn Hugh Jackman into the Wolverine — that slashing hunk of X-Man rage equipped with razor-sharp claws that wreak havoc. You can dress him up in red tails and a black top hat as America’s greatest showman, P. T. Barnum. You can put him on a Broadway stage to sing and dance in “The Boy From Oz” (that’s slang for Australia, mate). But whatever you do, you can’t take the Oz out of Hugh Jackman!
  That became abundantly clear Friday as Jackman brought his w
  
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• UCI Medical Center’s emergency department evacuated, closed after reports of smoke

  23-07-2019 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  UCI Medical Center’s emergency department was evacuated and about 75 patients moved to other parts of the hospital after smoke was reported early Tuesday morning, July 23.
  At about 2:10 a.m., smoke was noticed in the basement below the emergency department, said UCI Medical Center spokesman John Murray.
  Facility workers and firefighters determined the smoke was caused by oil that leaked from a vacuum air pump in a maintenance room, Murray said.
  About 75 patients were moved to other parts o
  
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• These 5 new theme park attractions are worth making the trip to visit

  23-07-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking for a last-minute summer vacation idea? How about checking out one of this year’s top new theme park attractions? While Southern California has welcomed some great new attractions in 2019, including Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland, let’s look at the best of the rest from around the country and the world.
  Here are my picks for the most trip-worthy new attractions outside Southern California this year.
  In my book, the best new theme park ride anywhere this year has
  
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• Orange County toll road operator changes discount program to require more frequent use

  23-07-2019 15:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The Transportation Corridor Agencies is using the roll out of new FasTrak transponders to push its discounts toward more frequent drivers.
  Before July 1, drivers with the transponders received a $1 per toll discount when using the TCA’s four toll roads in Orange County: the 73, 133, 241 and 261. Now the TCA is mailing out new transponders to all registered users – even those who previously used its ExpressAccount option that charged based on cameras picking up their license plates.
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• Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime minister

  23-07-2019 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA
  LONDON — Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Tuesday and will become the country’s next prime minister, tasked with fulfilling his promise to lead the U.K. out of the European Union.
  Johnson resoundingly defeated rival Jeremy Hunt, winning two thirds of the votes in a ballot of about 160,000 Conservative members. He will be installed as prime minister in a formal handover from Theresa
  
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• Intended to protect consumers, Prop. 65 has become a threat to small businesses

  23-07-2019 12:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When the voters of the state passed Proposition 65, we did so with the intent of protecting people from chemicals that are serious threats to the environment or people’s health.  We did not intend to create a method for unscrupulous attorneys to put small businesses out of business based on meritless technicalities. Unfortunately, Prop. 65 has been used quite a bit for the latter.
  Proposition 65 works by requiring businesses to give proper warning to consumers when products contain da
  
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• Trump and California at it again

  23-07-2019 10:15 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump and the Democrats who dominate California politics are locked into a rather bizarre, symbiotic relationship.
  Almost daily, they fire political and legal bullets at each other across 2,728 miles – by highway – of American soil, each knowing that no matter how strange the missives may appear to ordinary folks, there’s no penalty to be paid.
  Trump shores up his standing among his core supporters by jibing at California. And the state’s politicos, inclu
  
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• Don’t expect the impeachment sideshow to go away after first effort fails

  23-07-2019 10:10 via ocregister.com
  
  After over two years, the Democrats finally delivered on their threat to try to impeach President Trump. The only problem is, it was defeated with 137 Democrats voting against impeachment.
  Of course, the Democrats may have rejected the first official effort to impeach President Trump, but that doesn’t mean this political sideshow is over. Why? Well, there’s just no such thing as a moderate Democrat anymore — those who voted against impeachment merely represent a more cautious b
  
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• Is the Squad good for the Democrats?: Letters

  23-07-2019 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Our Question of the Week asked readers, Is the Squad good for the Democrats?
  Trump, Squad dividing our country even further
  I am a moderate. I believe in moderation and compromise. Currently, there is no political party for me.
  I don’t believe this country has ever been as polarized as we are now. Both Trump and The Squad are taking us deeper into polarization at either end of the spectrum where there is no possibility of compromise.
  Being an American now means being associated with all th
  
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• 2 killed when cars collide on Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach

  23-07-2019 08:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Two people were killed Monday night when a pair of cars collided in Huntington Beach.
  The crash occurred in the 18000 block of Beach Boulevard at about 9:25 p.m., said Huntington Beach Fire Battalion Chief Marty Ortiz. He said two compact cars were involved.
  Details were scarce immediately following the collision. Ortiz did not have information on how it happened, but said two people were dead at the scene. He said three other people were transported to hospitals.
  Huntington Beach Police Sgt. Ja
  
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• Registered sex offender accused of raping developmentally delayed woman in Garden Grove

  23-07-2019 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A registered sex offender was charged Monday, July 22, on suspicion of raping a 19-year-old developmentally delayed woman in Garden Grove.
  Matthew Jason Weaver, who turns 45 on Tuesday, was additionally charged with sexual penetration by a foreign object and force, sexual battery, attempted sodomy by force and forcible oral copulation, all felonies, according to court records. He was arrested Thursday and was being held without bail, according to jail records.
  Weaver picked up
  
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• Galaxy ready for challenge of Mexico’s top teams in new Leagues Cup competition

  23-07-2019 03:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The relationship between teams in Major League Soccer and Liga MX is a complicated yet evolving one.
  On the field, the leagues have been rivals in several competitions, including the former SuperLiga and currently the CONCACAF Champions League with the Mexican teams prevailing.
  To further its growth, Major League Soccer needs to test itself against the dominant league in the region (Liga MX).
  Conversely, teams in Liga MX, are always looking for ways to boost their profile in the U.S. A handful o
  
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• Alexander: It’s crunch time for Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman

  23-07-2019 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • Under the stewardship of Andrew Friedman and his staff – including that squadron of “research and development” employees, hidden away in the former visitors’ clubhouse, who crunch the numbers and influence strategy – the Dodgers have assembled a juggernaut. They’re deep, they’re talented, they mine hidden gems (Max Muncy, anyone?) and turn them into productive big leaguers, and they’ve tightened their ownership of
  
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• As MLB trade deadline approaches, Dodgers find a muddled market

  23-07-2019 01:50 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A year ago at this time, Manny Machado was already in the Dodgers’ lineup.
  With this year’s midseason trade deadline just more than a week away, though, the trade market has become a crowd of ‘mall walkers,’ milling about and waiting for the stores to open – without knowing which ones might not open at all.
  “This is the strangest market that I can remember,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman says. “Just wi
  
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• Republicans hoping to win LA-area House seat tread lightly on ‘go back’ controversy

  23-07-2019 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Republican candidates in Los Angeles County’s hottest congressional race have offered restrained criticism of President Donald Trump’s bigoted blasts at the quartet of Democratic women known as “The Squad.”
  The controversy over the president’s rhetoric, which has dominated political chatter for a week, didn’t come up in more than a dozen audience questions and candidate answers during an 80-minute forum Saturday in Valencia that featured the four Republicans c
  
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• Hundreds pay tribute to Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs in memorial

  23-07-2019 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Mourners including Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons attend a memorial service for Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, CA on Monday, July 22, 2019. Skaggs, 27, was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Texas on July 1, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Debbie Hetman, mother of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, embraces a girl during a memorial service for Skaggs on Monday at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica. Skaggs,
  
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• Whicker: Long hours and high quality on Dodgers’ assembly line

  23-07-2019 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Jeter Downs said he gets to the ballpark at 1 p.m. for 7 p.m. California League games. “Sometimes it’s earlier, depending on what we’re working on,” he said.
  It was hot, of course. June Gloom is just a rumor out here. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes did not take batting practice on this mid-July night, but they did their infield drills as the sun bore down, as fans drifted into the souvenir stores and food stands at LoanMart Field.
  The last man to tak
  
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• Deal sealed on federal budget, ensuring no shutdown, default

  23-07-2019 00:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and congressional leaders announced late Monday they had struck a critical debt and budget agreement. The deal amounts to an against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid politically dangerous tumult over the possibility of a government shutdown or first-ever federal default.
  The deal, announced by Trump on Twitter and in a statement by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schume
  
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• Bicyclist dies in Las Flores collision with pickup truck

  23-07-2019 00:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A bicyclist died in a collision with a pickup truck in Las Flores on Monday, July 22.
  Authorities were notified of the crash at Oso Parkway near San Rafael, between Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita, at about 1:45 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Rafael Reynoso said. Emergency-responders found a man who had been riding the bicycle involved in the collision lying in the street, where he was later pronounced dead by coroner’s officials.
  Authorities were working to determine his
  
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• Grocery chains and UFCW make some progress; more talks planned

  23-07-2019 00:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Three days of negotiations last week yielded some progress, but Southern California’s largest supermarket chains and the union that represents its workers still have a long way to go in the pursuit of a labor contract.
  Executives of Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions agreed last week to drop a provision that would have downgraded the job classification for cashiers at some 500 supermarkets, which leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers said would have slashed those workers&rs
  
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• Study: Millions should stop taking aspirin for heart health

  23-07-2019 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURAN NEERGAARD
  WASHINGTON — Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday.
  A daily low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have already had a heart attack or stroke and for those diagnosed with heart disease.
  But for the otherwise healthy, that advice has been overturned. Guidelines released this year ruled out routine aspirin use for many older adults who don’t already have heart di
  
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• Canyon communities celebrate with the Festival de Santiago

  23-07-2019 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The canyon communities celebrated their history with the inaugural Festival de Santiago this weekend.
  The Saturday, July 20, event was timed to coincide with the nine days the 1769 Portola Expedition was in the region according to the diary of Missionary Juan Crespi who documented the group’s journey exploring what later became California.
  Native American Jacque Tahuka Nunez leads audience members in the use Native American percussion instruments to make music during a talk, July 20, 2019,
  
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