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• Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be a lot boozier at Disney World than Disneyland

  01-08-2019 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The nearly identical Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge themed lands in Florida and California will have one big difference: You’ll be able to wander around with an alcoholic beverage at the intergalactic outpost in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, something you can’t do at Disneyland.
  The new Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World resort in Florida will sell booze at a lot more locations than the Star Wars land at Disneyland.
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• Cdm’s Ethan Garbers among country’s best

  01-08-2019 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s a chance, a year from now, that Corona del Mar High quarterback Ethan Garbers will be facing his older brother, Chase, on the football field in the Pac-12 Conference opener at Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkeley in Week 4, when Washington visits Cal.
  While Ethan Garbers still has his senior year to play for the Sea Kings, the Washington commit is hopeful of jumping aboard the fast track to a starting role for the Huskies in 2020.
  CdM Coach Dan O’Shea said there’s a “
  
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• GOP pushes immigration bill, skirting rules as Democrats protest

  01-08-2019 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee upended the rules Thursday for immigration legislation that would extend family detentions as chairman Lindsey Graham muscled the measure forward over the objections of Democrats.
  It’s one last battle, led by a top ally of President Donald Trump, before senators break for a long August recess and the start of 2020 campaigning with immigration at the forefront of the debate.
  Graham gaveled open the hearing sayi
  
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• Emphasis was on building team unity during Woodbridge football team’s Catalina trip

  01-08-2019 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Woodbridge High’s football team spent a weekend in Catalina preparing for the season just around the corner.
  But the emphasis wasn’t on football, in fact there weren’t any football games or scrimmages.
  It was more about building team morale during the trip to Little Harbors Campground July 19 through 21, according to Warrior Coach Rick Gibson.
  About 35 players, seven coaches and some football parents made the trip, which Gibson said was one of the best summer excursions the pro
  
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• Corky Carroll: Surfing’s Fletcher family hits it big in the art and publishing worlds

  01-08-2019 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  I first became aware of Herbie Fletcher back in high school in Huntington Beach. He was a hot, young, up-and-coming surfer a grade or two younger than I was. I recruited him to surf on the Hobie Surf Team and got him set up with free boards. At that time, it would have been impossible to predict exactly how far the kid was going to go, but he was super likable, really could surf and was very enthusiastic about it.
  Looking back at his evolution from then to now is remarkable. What an amazing jour
  
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• Family of Lancaster 10-year-old who died after alleged torture sues LA County for $50 million

  01-08-2019 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Relatives of a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who died after what prosecutors allege was extensive torture by his mother and her boyfriend announced a $50 million lawsuit against Los Angeles County Thursday, alleging social workers botched the handling of his case.
  The Los Angeles Superior Court suit was filed on behalf of the father, aunt, uncle and six half-siblings of Anthony Avalos, who died June 21, 2018.
  Anthony’s mother, Heather Maxine Barron, 29, and her boyfriend, K
  
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• Tax credits could help foreclosure victims buy homes again

  01-08-2019 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
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  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 3.75%, unchanged from last week as markets factor in the Fed’s quarter-point rate cut this week. The 15-year fixed rate averaged 3.20%, up 2 basis points from last week.
  For the fifth week in a row, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported a decrease in loan application volume. This week’
  
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• Chip Kelly says UCLA football is ‘night and day’ from last year

  01-08-2019 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A year after opening his first training camp at UCLA, Chip Kelly has seen the light.
  “It’s night and day from last year,” Kelly said Thursday, before UCLA’s second training camp practice, of the difference one year of familiarity between coaches and players provides.
  Coming off a 3-9 record in Kelly’s first season, the Bruins hope the results will be night and day as well despite another young roster.
  UCLA had 48 new players when they opened prac
  
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• High school football participation in California drops for fourth consecutive year

  01-08-2019 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF State organization on Thursday released figures that show a state-record 814,004 students competed in high school athletics in the 2018-19 school year.
  It was seventh consecutive year that participation increased in the state.
  However, football participation in California decreased for the fourth straight year. There were 103,725 football participants statewide in the 2014-15 school year, but the number has steadily dropped each year since then. There were 91,305 football participants in
  
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• Main Street Electrical Parade returns to Disneyland on Friday

  01-08-2019 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Fairies dance in front of Tinker Bell during the (re)premiere of The Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. on Thursday, January 19, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Disney offers a couple of dining and entertainment packages that gives visitors who pay more a meal and a reserved seat to watch the Main Street Electrical Parade. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPete’s Dragon glides
  
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• Angels promote top prospect Jo Adell to Triple-A

  01-08-2019 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Jo Adell, the Angels’ top prospect and a consensus top 10 prospect in all of baseball, has been promoted to Triple-A after tearing through Class-A and Double-A this season.
  The outfielder could be in the lineup with Salt Lake as soon as Friday.
  Adell, 20, has hit .304 with 10 homers and a .937 OPS this season in 49 games. He got a late start because of ankle and hamstring injuries suffered in spring training.
  Adell, the Angels’ first-round pick in 2017, began the season in May at Cla
  
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• Ricardo Lara’s long, hot summer

  01-08-2019 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  This has been a long, hot summer for Ricardo Lara, a former state legislator from Los Angeles who was elected as California’s insurance commissioner nine months ago.
  He’s been hammered by a series of journalistic revelations, mostly in the San Diego Union-Tribune, about how he has indirectly reneged on a campaign promise not to accept campaign contributions from insurance industry sources.
  Union-Tribune reporter Jeff McDonald wrote that Lara’s office “intervened in a
  
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• Chase Frazier leaves Mission Viejo to coach track at JSerra

  01-08-2019 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Chase Frazier, the Register’s Orange County girls track and field coach of the year this past spring, has left Mission Viejo High to become the track and field coach at JSerra, JSerra announced Thursday.
  Frazier, 34, coached Mission Viejo’s girls team last season to the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 championship. The Diablos girls also won the Orange County Championships and a fifth consecutive South Coast League title.
  Frazier replaces Mickey Miela as the head coach at JSerra. Mie
  
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• Husky Roo will steal your heart

  01-08-2019 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Husky
  Age: 1 year
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 45 pounds
  Roo’s story: Roo is a total ham who catches the eye of all when he walks by. He loves everyone, including other dogs. He knows basic commands, walks well on a leash and would love to be your new best friend. He needs a home with another dog to keep him company when the family is gone. A home with no cats would be best, as he’s likely to chase them. He’ll chase your heart, too – and steal it.
  Adoption procedure
  
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• Stocks sink after Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods

  01-08-2019 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Stocks dropped sharply on Wall Street and investors snapped up bonds after President Donald Trump escalated his trade battle with China.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average went from a gain of more than 250 to a loss of 179.
  Trump said in a tweet that the U.S. would place a 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese imports as of Sept. 1 following the conclusion of the latest round of slow-moving trade talks.
  Companies that rely heavily on sales to China took the brunt of the selling. Apple quickly went
  
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• Review: Vaka Burger and its cult following have arrived in Orange County

  01-08-2019 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The OG has landed. 
  Although Mess Hall in Tustin celebrated its grand opening last week, most of the kitchens inside opened their counters and began serving food at least two weeks prior to that. This includes Vaka Burger. 
  If you’ve been to this new food hall already, you know this burger shop has the longest lines of all the merchants here.
  Vaka Burger was born a few years ago in LA’s Boyle Heights and came of age in Whittier shortly thereafter. It appears this new Tustin
  
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• Terrier Joanie is eager for love and loves to please

  01-08-2019 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Terrier
  Age: 1 year, maybe younger
  Gender: Spayed female
  Size: 20 pounds
  Joanie’s story: This young girl is so happy – just look at that smile. And those ears. Joanie loves people and is an excellent snuggle buddy. A little shy when she first meets new people, she quickly warms up and shows everyone her smile. Joanie loves dogs of all sizes. She has a medium energy level, is great on the leash and enjoys the dog park. Joanie has quickly adapted to her crate and is learnin
  
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• With Santa Ana’s homeless out of Civic Center, chalk art is in

  01-08-2019 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  On the site where hundreds of homeless set up camps just over a year ago, children plan to bring their colorful chalks and draw on the now cleaned-up Civic Center Plaza in Santa Ana.
  The inaugural Orange County Chalk and Talk event, scheduled for Aug. 10, will feature local artists, face painting for kids and chalk art workshop for families.
  Last year, the plaza next to the Orange County Superior Courthouse was a homeless encampment, replete with tents, barbecues, generators and furniture. That
  
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• Serving whims of rich Americans is a growth industry, but will it last?

  01-08-2019 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the fastest-growing job categories of the past decade has been in what David Autor, an economics professor at MIT, calls “wealth work” — catering to the whims and desires of affluent American households.
  The trend has coincided with the longest U.S. expansion on record, which surpassed the decade mark this month. That streak of growth — and the surging stock market gains that accompanied it — has left the richest households with a greater proportion of Americ
  
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• Cafe Sevilla to replace Saddle Ranch Chop House at Triangle Square in Costa Mesa

  01-08-2019 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Cafe Sevilla will replace the shuttered Saddle Ranch Chop House at Triangle Square with Spanish-European food, music and dancing.
  Saddle Ranch had been in the top floor space for five years before closing in March 2018.
  “Drywall is being built as we speak,” Eric Van den Haute, one of the owners of Cafe Sevilla, said recently.
  Known for its tapas – small Spanish appetizers – Cafe Sevilla will also feature a new outdoor patio bar. While patrons wine and dine, ther
  
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• Where in Southern California are homes owned the longest?

  01-08-2019 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California has folks who’ve owned their home just about as long as anywhere in the nation. And the region also features some of the shortest-tenured owners, too.
  A study by Value Penguin of 318 U.S. cities with populations in excess of 100,000 shows the diversity of ownership length in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group.
  Take East Los Angeles. That’s where the median length of ownership is 18.4 years as of 2018, the second-longest nationally
  
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• Robert Hight closing in on NHRA Funny Car elites

  01-08-2019 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Funny Car has produced many great racers in NHRA competition. John Force, of course, tops the impressive list with a record 149 wins and 16 championships, far overshadowing competitors such as Ron Capps (second on the career win list with 62), Don Prudhomme and Kenny Bernstein (four titles) and Raymond Beadle (three championships).
  It’s just a matter of time when Robert Hight will be a member of that exclusive list. Hight, who started his drag racing career as a clutch specialist for Force
  
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• Bubble watch: Another dip in California consumer confidence.

  01-08-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: California consumer confidence continues to sink.
  Source: The Conference Board
  The trend
  The consumer confidence index for California was at 108.5 for July, down from a revised 111.5 for June and down from 119.7 a year ago. This poll shows California optimism falling in four out of the last six months.
  The dissection
  Let’s look at two measures inside the California index &hell
  
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• Del Mar consensus picks for Thursday Aug. 1

  01-08-2019 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Thursday Aug. 1 at Del Mar.
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• Democrats’ divisions test Biden’s front-runner strength

  01-08-2019 16:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES and SARA BURNETT
  DETROIT — The ideological divisions gripping the Democratic Party intensified on Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race that tested the strength of early front-runner Joe Biden’s candidacy.
  The former vice president was repeatedly forced to defend his decades-old political record against pointed attacks from his younger, diverse rivals, who charged that Biden’s eight-year relation
  
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• Rebel missile attack, suicide bombs kill 51 in Yemen

  01-08-2019 16:23 via ocregister.com
  By MAGGIE MICHAEL and AHMED AL-HAJ
  ADEN, Yemen — Rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile Thursday at a military parade in the southern port city of Aden, and coordinated suicide bombings targeted a police station in another part of the city. The attacks killed at least 51 people and wounded dozens, officials said.
  The missile hit in the city’s neighborhood of Breiqa where a military parade was underway by forces loyal to the United Arab Emirates, a member of the Saudi-led coalition
  
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• Jim Markham, who was the protégé of celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, talks about the life and legacy of the Manson Family victim

  01-08-2019 16:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Markham was in his hair salon in Albuquerque, N.M., on the morning of Aug. 9, 1969 when a news broadcast announced that actress Sharon Tate and four friends had been brutally murdered at her hillside home in Los Angeles.
  Markham, like many, recognized Tate’s name immediately. But it was word of the violent death of celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, one of the other four killed by members of the Manson Family cult, that hit hardest.
  “He was my mentor, my creative mentor,” s
  
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• 2 hospitalized, 2 in custody after fight at OC Fair

  01-08-2019 09:10 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Two victims suffered cuts to their arms in an altercation Wednesday night at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa and two men were taken into custody.pic.twitter.com/gyJg7iPEXY
  — ocfair (@ocfair) August 1, 2019 
  Orange County sheriff’s deputies responded to a fight in the main mall area of the fair about 9:40 p.m. and located the two victims, according to fair spokeswoman Terry Moore.
  The victims were taken to a hospital in unknown condition, Moore said.
  Two men were tak
  
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• Huntington Beach officers attacked after contacting woman drinking alcohol on the beach; 5 arrested and 1 officer hospitalized

  01-08-2019 07:50 via ocregister.com
  
  An ordinance violation investigation near the Huntington Beach Pier on Wednesday night resulted in a fight between beachgoers and police, five arrests and one officer hospitalized for injuries sustained during the incident.
  Sgt. Jason Melschau with the Huntington Beach Police Department said the incident happened when officers were handling an ordinance violation involving alcohol near the pier.
  The injured officer was transported to a local hospital, but is expected to fully recover, police sai
  
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• Tesoro football receiver Schafer takes a big leap

  01-08-2019 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Tesoro football’s senior all-league receiver Justin Schafer loves roller coasters.
  Six Flags Magic Mountain’s “Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom” coaster, with its elevation of 400 feet and top speed of 85 mph, is a Schafer favorite.
  He took his thrill-seeking to another level, a much higher level, Wednesday when he went sky diving for the first time.
  As first-timers do, Schafer was attached to an instructor for the free fall from 13,000 feet over northern San Diego County with Go
  
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• Rams’ Aaron Donald voted No. 1 player in NFL in balloting of his peers

  01-08-2019 05:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald has been voted the top player in the NFL in a balloting of players conducted by the NFL Network.
  Donald, the NFL defensive player of the year each of the last two seasons and a four-time, first-team All-Pro selection, took the top spot over, in order, quarterback Drew Brees of the Saints, Bears linebacker Khalil Mack, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Rams teammate Todd Gurley, the lone running back in the top 10.
  Rounding out the top 10, which was unveil
  
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• Military searching for pilot after Navy fighter jet crashes in Death Valley National Park

  01-08-2019 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed Wednesday in Death Valley National Park, injuring seven people who were at a scenic overlook where aviation enthusiasts watch military pilots speeding low through a chasm dubbed Star Wars Canyon, officials said.
  The crash sent dark smoke billowing in the air, said Aaron Cassell, who was working at his family’s Panamint Springs Resort about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away and was the first to report the crash to park dispatch.
  “I just saw a black mushroom c
  
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• Senate Bill 27 is Sacramento’s latest hollow political stunt

  01-08-2019 04:27 via ocregister.com
  
  In the annals of political grandstanding, Gov. Gavin Newsom has just written a new chapter.
  On Tuesday, Newsom signed a bill that former Gov. Jerry Brown had vetoed with a warning that it was unconstitutional and would lead down a road of unknown and possibly disturbing consequences. Newsom signed Senate Bill 27 by state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.
  California cannot have a law that requires one citizen, who is not even a re
  
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• Facing the earliest trade deadline in pro sports, baseball gave us two hours of chaos

  01-08-2019 04:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Edwin Encarnacion led the American League in home runs when he was traded from the Seattle Mariners to the New York Yankees on June 16. For six weeks, he stood as the best player to change teams in the middle of the 2019 season.
  Then on Sunday, Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer heaved a baseball from the pitcher’s mound over the center field fence rather than hand it to his manager. Tuesday, Bauer was traded for Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Yasiel Puig, who was in the middle of a be
  
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• Marianne Williamson fits right in with Democratic candidates

  01-08-2019 03:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The field of candidates in the Democratic primary for president is so robust that unless a candidate already has a national following, it’s hard for them to cut through the noise and get noticed.
  Presidential aspirants wallowing in the 1-percent club might as well be in the witness protection program.  Well, at least for those not named Marianne Williamson.
  She’s been able to cut through the noise like a hot knife through butter.
  Thanks to her quirky performances at the Democrat
  
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• Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan’s racist comments about United Nations delegation revealed in taped conversation with President Richard Nixon

  01-08-2019 03:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Conversations taped in 1971 by President Richard Nixon and released publicly in July captured Ronald Reagan’s racist comments about African United Nations delegates and Nixon’s similar remarks in a followup conversation with his secretary of state.
  In a phone call between Nixon and Reagan, a future president who at the time was governor of California, Reagan refers to the delegates as “those monkeys from those African countries” and says they’re “still uncomfo
  
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• Garden Grove busts budget on cop raises

  01-08-2019 03:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Taxpayers generally are aware of rampant budgetary irresponsibility at the federal level, as the national debt reaches an inconceivable $22 trillion. They also know that Sacramento politicians are hopeless spendthrifts.
  But they often overlook the degree to which their local governments follow the same tax-and-spend approach.
  The latest example comes from Garden Grove. In November, voters approved a 1-percent sales-tax increase to dig the city out of a mess. Seven Orange County cities boosted sa
  
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• 7 medals and 3 commendations given to prosecutors after Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher trial revoked by Navy secretary following president’s tweet

  01-08-2019 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Seven Navy and Marine Achievement medals and three commendations issued to prosecutors involved in the court-martial against Navy SEAL Edward “Eddie” Gallagher were rescinded by order of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer late Wednesday, military officials confirmed hours after President Donald Trump tweeted he had directed they be withdrawn.
  “The secretary of the Navy revoked 10 items,” said Lt. Ben Anderson, a Navy spokesman. He did not know the time frame of the decision.
  
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• Crystal Cove’s priciest listing seeks $45 million

  01-08-2019 03:41 via ocregister.com
  
  An aerial view of the palatial Mediterranean-style estate home in Newport Coast’s Crystal Cove. (Photo by David Heath of Western Exposure)
  One of three master bedroom suites with balconies and views. The house has five master suites in all. (Photo by David Heath of Western Exposure)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA view of the glass-enclosed wine room from the bar area. (Photo by David Heath of Western Exposure)
  Inside the glass-enclosed wine room. (Photo by David Heath of Western Ex
  
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• Orange County’s immigrant detainees transferred to Adelanto, some released

  01-08-2019 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  As of Thursday, Aug. 1,the contract between the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and a federal immigration agency officially ends.
  But immigrant detainees held in Orange County have been gone for weeks.
  Many of them were transferred to a detention facility in Adelanto, where that city also recently ended its contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, but without removing its immigrant detainees. The Adelanto facility is operating under a new contract, with
  
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• Judge blocks IRS rule to halt nonprofit donor disclosures

  01-08-2019 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matt Volz, The Associated Press
  A judge has ruled the Trump administration must resume collecting donor information from nonprofit groups and give states and the public the chance to weigh in if it tries to halt the practice again.
  U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said in Tuesday’s decision that the IRS didn’t give proper public notice last year before it stopped requiring tax-exempt groups such as social-welfare organizations, labor unions and business associations, to identify o
  
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• 25 photos that capture the spirit of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima

  01-08-2019 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 6500 athletes from North and South America are competing in Lima, Peru in the 2019 Pan American Games which began on July 26 and will continue until August 11. With a total of 51 sports, including archery, mountain biking, canoe slalom and surfing, the athletes go all out to win the elusive medals of gold, silver and bronze.
  Pedro Nieves of Puerto Rico, center, attacks Daniel Urena of Peru, right, during their men’s volleyball preliminary round match at the Pan American Games in
  
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