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• Garden Grove man killed in midst of stabbing rampage lived a quiet life of hard work

  10-08-2019 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Gerardo Fresnares Beltran’s quiet life of hard work ended in an apparent random flash of violence, as police say he and a roommate were stabbed to death by a man accused of carrying out a murder and robbery spree.
  For a man who kept to himself when not working diligently to support his wife and sons in Mexico, the death of Beltran, 63, came as a shock, his cousin, Alex Hernandez, said.
  A long-time dishwasher at an Anaheim hotel who was still working several days a week after his retirement
  
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• Galaxy visits D.C. United hoping to shake road woes

  10-08-2019 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The big catch has been pulled in for the Galaxy with the acquisition of Cristian Pavon. Now the Galaxy can set its sights on snapping a woeful two-game losing skid.
  Pavon’s visa paperwork has been approved and he is scheduled to make his debut Sunday as the Galaxy concludes a three-game road stretch at D.C. United (4:30 p.m.; Fox Sports 1).
  The first two stops on the road haven’t been positive as coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto would have liked – the Galaxy has been outscored
  
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• Nneka Ogwumike leading Sparks with MVP-caliber play

  10-08-2019 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Shortly after his team’s 10th win in 12 games, Sparks Coach Derek Fisher fielded a query in Thursday’s postgame press conference that made him pause while he formulated a careful answer.
  The question: Does Nneka Ogwumike deserve consideration for WNBA MVP, and if so, could he make a case for it?
  “I mean, I don’t want to be disrespectful to other players and other teams,” Fisher began, perhaps considering Washington’s Elena Delle Donne, Las Vegas’ Liz Cam
  
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• Angels option Jaime Barría; Griffin Canning appears close to return

  10-08-2019 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON — With Griffin Canning on the verge of rejoining the rotation, the Angels had a choice of which starter would go to make room.
  They picked Jaime Barría.
  Barría was optioned a day after he allowed five runs in five innings, sending the Angels on their way to their eighth consecutive loss Friday night. The Barría move immediately cleared a spot on the 25-man roster for Andrew Heaney, who was activated to start Saturday.
  Barría, though, can’t come back
  
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• CSUF researcher a defender of Mojave Desert’s creatures and plants

  10-08-2019 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Since childhood, alumnus Jason Wallace has chased lizards in the Mojave National Preserve. His fascination for creepy-crawly creatures like western banded geckos, desert iguanas and Mojave fringe-toed lizards began with family trips to the eastern Mojave Desert.
  Later, as a Cal State Fullerton science student, his trips to the Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx for class field trips, and then for graduate research, opened his eyes to a career as a defender of desert animal and plant life.
  “Wha
  
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• Whicker: Is it time for Elam Ending to fix basketball?

  10-08-2019 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The clock could not save Greg Norman at Augusta. It could not spare Dennis Eckersley from the task of the final out. It could not win a match point for Roger Federer.
  Games without clocks are different, less forgiving. And they are never seen on the sandlot or in the park down the street.
  On the blacktop, you play basketball to 21 or 15 or whatever you decide. Thanks to a professor and a made-for-TV league, our basketball past might become our future.
  The system is called the Elam, named after N
  
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• Will the Democrats end up saving the California Republican Party?

  10-08-2019 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Left to its own devices, California’s Republican Party would be ready to be embalmed for display at the Museum of Natural History. But there’s one last hope for the state GOP: the growing lunacy among Democrats.
  Many positions now taken for granted by Democrats should threaten their hold on the bulk of California’s middle- and working-class voters.
  State policies that promote the idea of essentially open borders may not be popular even among Latinos born here or naturalized.&nb
  
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• Democratic Socialists of America: the future of the Democratic Party…today!

  10-08-2019 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Did you ever wonder where “The Squad” is getting its big ideas? That question — and probably a number of others that you hadn’t even thought to ask — was answered in Atlanta recently during the democratic-socialist national convention.
  Last weekend, we got a rare glimpse into the bizarre world of “democratic socialism,” where the sort of wacky notions that we keep hearing from the most radical Democrats in Congress swirl around in a thick
  
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• Del Mar consensus picks for Saturday Aug. 10

  10-08-2019 18:24 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 Saturday Aug. 10 at Del Mar.
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• Meet Disneyland founding cast members at this event

  10-08-2019 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney fans, take note: Here’s a chance to meet some of the people who launched Disneyland.
  To celebrate the forthcoming publication of author David Koenig’s latest book, “The 55ers: The Pioneers Who Settled Disneyland,” at least 17 original cast members are expected to travel across the country to reunite for a special “Original Disneylanders” show on Aug. 21, sponsored by MiceChat.com.
  Bob Gurr, the legendary Disney Imagineer who designed Autopia and the Mon
  
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• USC football training camp: Defensive backs breakdown

  10-08-2019 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s no denying there is a lot of potential in USC’s defensive secondary. But it’s not the most experienced group, with one senior and three juniors (two of which are walk-ons) in the secondary.
  Here is a breakdown of where USC stands at defensive back entering 2019:
  Key returners: Dominic Davis (Sr.), Olaijah Griffin (So.), Talanoa Hufanga (So.), Greg Johnson (So.), Isaiah Pola-Mao (So.), C.J. Pollard (Jr.), Raymond Scott (So.) Isaac Taylor-Stuart (Fr.), Chase Williams
  
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• UCLA football training camp: Defensive back breakdown

  10-08-2019 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite being one of UCLA’s deepest position groups for the past two seasons, the secondary hasn’t ranked better than seventh in the Pac-12 in pass defense efficiency since 2016. The Bruins have the talent and experience to change that trend this year.
  With 51 combined career starts, Darnay Holmes, Quentin Lake and Elijah Gates lead what could be an impressive secondary into 2019. Sophomore Stephan Blaylock is the group’s lone new first-time starter although the safety already
  
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• Gardening: Primroses, the first documented mutants on earth, are water-thrifty beauties

  10-08-2019 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  If you visit Israel in the summer and walk along the promenade above the Mediterranean Sea in the town of Netanya, as I recently did, you will notice lots of butter yellow blooms smiling up at you. These flowers, known as evening primroses (Oenothera spp.), are happy growing in the sand. They do not require summer irrigation, and were not getting any here, but bloom more profusely when they receive it. Indeed, across the road from the promenade, in gardens where drip irrigation was in place, the
  
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• Record-breaking year: UC Irvine nets $441 million in research funding

  10-08-2019 17:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Turning out educated students who earn diplomas is a big part of UC Irvine’s mission, but the school also produces a wide variety of research, and last year was a blockbuster in terms of grants supporting that work.
  The second-youngest of the University of California system’s 10 campuses, UCI reported in fiscal 2018-19 it received 825 awards totaling $441 million in research funding, the most the school has ever received in a year and about a 47 percent increase since 2012-13, accord
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein kills himself in jail while awaiting sex-trafficking trial, source says

  10-08-2019 16:31 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — Financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, a former law enforcement official said Saturday.
  He was found in his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Center Saturday morning, according to the official, who was briefed on the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss it publicly. The medical examiner’s office in Manhattan confirmed Epstein’s death.
  Epstein’s a
  
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• Summertime, and the dealing is easier

  10-08-2019 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  As the kids start to go back to school, the Halloween decorations are already up in some stores, sometimes on the aisle next to the school supplies.
  Summer is quickly winding down, which means now’s the time to hop into the market if you plan to buy or sell a home before the end of the year.
  The number of homes for sale in our four-county region is 7% higher this year. Pair that with a recent drop in interest rates, and you’ve got an attractive equation that might work well for buyer
  
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• OC Fair 2019: Things to do today, Aug. 10

  10-08-2019 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Headed to the fair today? Here are some things to know.
  Hours: 11 a.m. to midnight
  Admission: $14 adults; $7 ages 60 and older, $7 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and younger
  Deals: From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. general admission is $7 and it takes half the number of tickets for a carnival ride.
  Free admission for veterans and active-duty military with ID.
  Free admission for active-duty and professional staff of law enforcement and first responder departments.
  Ride the $4 round-trip OC Fair Express bus servi
  
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• Dodgers’ bullpen squanders another lead in loss to Diamondbacks

  10-08-2019 08:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Cody Bellinger #35 of the Los Angeles Dodgers runs out a ground out to first base against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning of a MLB baseball game at Dodger Stadium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Tyler White #28 of the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the seventh inning of a MLB baseball game at Dodger Stadium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham,
  
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• Kristopher Negron ‘became more of myself’ after trade to Dodgers

  10-08-2019 06:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Dave Roberts penciled Kristopher Negron into the number-5 slot in his lineup Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Negron is a speedy utility player, not usually the type found in the middle of a batting order, but circumstances are on his side.
  Negron began the day with a nine hits in 23 at-bats since joining the Dodgers, a .391 average. He was seeing an average of 4 ½ pitches per plate appearance, among the best on the team. Negron was hitting just .217 when he wa
  
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• Reeling Angels stretch losing streak to eight games

  10-08-2019 05:43 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON — Before the Angels’ losing streak reached eight games with a 16-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, Billy Eppler said the Angels fortunes are bound to turn sometime.
  Why?
  “Regression to the mean,” the Angels general manager said. “Water seeks its own level. We know our true talent level and we’ll play to it. Right now it’s just been a convergence of a lot of different circumstances out of our control.”
  The Angels are enduring thei
  
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• Water sportswear with Hindu god’s image from Temecula company sparks outrage

  10-08-2019 04:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A line of water polo sportswear sold online by a Temecula-based company is sparking outrage because it bears images of the elephant-headed Hindu deity who is revered by a billion Hindus as a remover of obstacles and giver of wisdom and good fortune.
  The line of clothing labeled “Bbosi Ganesh” bears images of the deity in the crotch and rear areas in the men’s suits, and in the chest and stomach in the women’s bathing suits.
  Hindu organizations say this amounts to serious
  
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• Garden Grove man, stabbed to death, had told family he was ‘afraid’ of neighbor

  10-08-2019 03:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Helmuth Hauprich didn’t feel comfortable with his new next-door neighbor, Zachary Castaneda. He thought Castaneda, covered in tattoos and prone to staring him down, was just bad news.
  “My father-in-law said he looked dangerous. He was afraid of him,” said Irvine resident Eddie Nawabi.
  On Friday, prosecutors charged Castaneda, 33, with four counts of murder and other crimes committed during a two-hour stabbing and robbery spree Wednesday afternoon in Garden Grove and Santa Ana.
  
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• Yes, America, we face a white-nationalist threat

  10-08-2019 03:38 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO >> As the cliché goes, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” I’m a gun-rights supporter and own some legally purchased and properly stored firearms, and they are no threat to anything — other than the errant coyote that attacks my herd of goats, or any potential home invader. Still, we all need to face the fact that people armed with powerful weapons can cause a hell of a lot of carnage.
  That’s why the latest mass shootings are
  
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• Family of Marine missing in the Sierras since February wants to resume search, now that snow has melted

  10-08-2019 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When a massive multi-agency aerial search in the High Sierras revealed heat coming from a snow-covered location along the Sierra High Route, family members of 1st Lt. Matthew Kraft were hopeful.
  The infantry Marine, a platoon leader with the 1st Battalion/7th Marines at Twentynine Palms based out of Camp Pendleton, had undertaken a two-week backcountry ski trip along the 195-mile route beginning in the Inyo Forest near Lone Pine. The trip, which started Feb. 24 was to be done over 10 days, and K
  
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• Why Orange County is the new blue

  10-08-2019 03:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s reputation as a GOP stronghold dates to the days when it had the highest percentage of registered Republicans in the state and was among the best-known red counties in the nation. In 1990, Republicans boasted a 22-percentage point advantage over Democrats. But the GOP has lost market share ever since, and on Aug. 6, 2019, was surpassed by Democrats for the first time since a brief spell in the wake of Watergate.
  Democrats have gained ground in nearly every Orange County cit
  
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• In finding solutions to mass shootings, don’t look to government alone

  10-08-2019 03:18 via ocregister.com
  
  All Americans can agree that something has gone wrong in a society in which mass shootings have become as frequent and deadly as they have in recent years. And everyone would like to live in a world where these incidents did not occur.
  There’s a reason, though, that clear solutions have been elusive: There are no easy solutions.
  From this point on, there are only trade-offs.
  Too often, in the aftermath of a tragedy, reason is sacrificed in favor of what seems emotionally compelling at the
  
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• Senior Living: Aging feet and how to keep them healthy

  10-08-2019 03:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Pedram Aslmand, DPM, podiatrist, MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center
  Contributing writer
  Foot pain is common as you get older, especially after age 50, but it isn’t something that should be ignored. The wear and tear on your feet over the years can cause foot pain and other issues that can be indications of more serious injuries or conditions.
  Pedram Aslmand, DPM
  Common problems
  Your feet have been put to work everyday for years, and not always in the best conditions. Poorly fitted s
  
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• Spending other people’s money? Keep your promises.

  10-08-2019 02:50 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s political class has spent decades redirecting money from citizens away from the stated purpose of the taxes it collects. If the politicians would stop doing that, they might find the taxing climate a bit more to their liking.
  Instead of using gas-tax money on road diets, transit or bullet trains, spend it on fixing and building roads. Instead of raising taxes for “education” or “public safety” but then really spending it on bloated pensions, make sure t
  
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• Long Beach Mayor’s rising political star raises questions and, for some, hope

  10-08-2019 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — When people in Long Beach talk about Mayor Robert Garcia’s career potential, as political junkies here are fond of doing, they often say something like this: He checks all the boxes for diversity-minded Democratic voters. He’s young. He’s Latino. He’s an immigrant. He’s openly gay.
  The idea that these are political advantages, not disadvantages, isn’t so obvious to Garcia.
  “A couple of months ago, I was on the street, and someone drove
  
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• Disneyland adds live actors to Haunted Mansion for 50th anniversary celebration

  10-08-2019 01:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland made room for a few more happy haunts among the 999 ghosts in the Haunted Mansion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the venerable dark ride.
  Live actors in their corruptible mortal state joined audio-animatronic figures in the ghostly retreat as part of a pair of upcharge special events at the Anaheim theme park.
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  The $299 separate
  
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• In Yorba Linda, the hope is new mall will revive the old downtown

  10-08-2019 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Pilates studio? Check. Liquid-nitrogen ice cream shop? Check. High-end grocer with a build-your-own poke bowl station? Check.
  Next up are a speakeasy-themed restaurant, a Korean barbecue and a refined movie theater.
  These are some of the new or soon-to-open businesses in the heart of Yorba Linda, a new wave of development that aims to cater to the city’s food and service tastes of 2019. The idea is to create a downtown that will keep Yorba Linda residents in Yorba Linda, even when they go
  
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• Shih tzu-terrier mix Oreo is eager to find an active home

  10-08-2019 01:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Shih tzu mix
  Age: 1 year
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 17 pounds
  Oreo’s story: Although he looks like a miniature schnauzer mix, Oreo is a shih tzu-Yorkshire terrier mix, Pups and Pals was told. Whatever his genetics, he is a sweet little boy who hasn’t had much attention. He’ll need socialization and training with his new family. He is eager to learn and would do well in an active home with kids eight or older. Open the car door and he’ll jump right in, all set to g
  
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• Travel: Conquering Machu Picchu in style

  10-08-2019 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s something both sacrilegious and sacrosanct about doing yoga at your hotel in the very spot where an ancient civilization once lived.
  Coming out of a sleeping swan and downward dog inches away from 15th century ruins isn’t exactly what you had in mind by wanting to be one with the Incas when in Peru, after all. Halfway through your workout, however, any uneasiness evolves into reverence for the sun-worshipping, pre-Columbian people responsible for the real reason you traveled
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Aug. 1-9)

  10-08-2019 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Aug. 1 to Aug. 9.
  Hummingbird House Cafe, 26711 Verdugo St., San Juan CapistranoClosed: Aug. 8
  Reason: Insufficient hot waterMariscos Perlas Del Mar, 1753 W. La Palma Ave., AnaheimClosed: Aug. 8
  Reason: Cockroach infestationPho 94, 619 N. Euclid St., AnaheimClosed: Aug. 7 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestationHacienda On The Lake, 27792 Vista Del Lago, Suite D, Mission ViejoClosed: A
  
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• Disneyland unveils Hitchhiking Ghosts popcorn buckets and sippers for Haunted Mansion’s 50th anniversary

  10-08-2019 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Haunted Mansion’s Hitchhiking Ghosts want to thumb a ride back to your place after your visit to Disneyland for a swinging wake complete with beignets, fritters, popcorn and soda.
  Disneyland unveiled a set of Hitchhiking Ghosts souvenir collectibles — including a Phineas popcorn bucket, Ezra beverage sipper and Gus dessert vessel — on the 50th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion.
  The haunted hitchhiking trio that snap together as a set will run you a hefty $60 plus, but the
  
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• Chargers rookie QB Easton Stick makes the most of his preseason opportunity

  10-08-2019 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. – Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has no use for preseason games after 15 NFL seasons in his decorated career, which is why he watched from the sidelines Thursday night for the preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals.
  Rivers has admitted he’s not a fan of the preseason, but he wouldn’t go as far as saying he would like to eliminate the exhibition games. He understands how meaningful they are for rookies and players fighting for roster spots.
  “The
  
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