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• Airports say customs systems down nationwide

  16-08-2019 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Customs systems are down nationwide, according to multiple airports.
  John F. Kennedy International Airport, replying to Twitter users, said its system was down and it was using a slower backup system to process travelers.
  LAX also reported its U.S. Customs and Border Protection systems are “experiencing an issue which appears to be impacting multiple airports including LAX.”
  The airport said officers were processing passengers manually. It asked international travelers to check with
  
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• High cost of housing cuts into food, utilities study says

  16-08-2019 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  More than a third of Americans have been forced to cut spending on essential items like food and utilities to afford housing, according to a Freddie Mac study.
  About 42 percent of renters and 33 percent of homeowners have had to reduce the money spent on essentials to cover the cost of housing during the prior two years, the report said. Overall, 62 percent of renters and 47 percent of owners reported struggling to afford housing.
  “Our research confirms much of what we see in our business
  
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• UCLA football leans on ‘mudita’ to get through training camp

  16-08-2019 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Tyler Manoa is more interested in earning sacks than grabbing interceptions, but that doesn’t stop the defensive lineman from celebrating a teammate’s pick like one of his own. So when the UCLA defense grabbed an interception in practice Friday, Manoa was quick to join the party.
  Such extracurricular activities are mandated by Chip Kelly’s newest motto: mudita.
  The head coach’s many motivational phrases take inspiration from disparate places like anima
  
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• These obscure wines are stepping into the spotlight

  16-08-2019 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The world is blessed with more than 10,000 kinds of grapes. So why don’t we see more of them in wine stores?
  That question led to the birth of an annual event called Seven % Solution. In 2012, a small group of winemakers gathered to ponder the dearth of diversity in the wine world. That year, about 93 percent of Northern California’s wine-producing regions planted just eight grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah and Pet
  
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• How California’s influence on Woodstock was larger than anywhere else

  16-08-2019 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The concert was called Woodstock, but it actually took place near Bethel, New York, Aug. 15-19, 1969. It was billed as three days of peace and music.
  An estimated crowd of 400,000 began to arrive two days before it started and the performances went across four days. It came at a time of anti-war demonstrations, the moon landing and the Manson Family murders.
  It was a muddy, crowded, counterculture event, but could be the most famous concert in history. About 200,000 tickets were sold i
  
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• Albano on football: Orange County’s top 10 running backs to watch in 2019

  16-08-2019 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register ranks the area’s top 10 running backs for 2019.
  1. Chris Street, JSerra, Sr.
  The Cal commit is No. 1 by a comfortable margin entering the season. Street (5-11, 205) rushed for 1,342 yards and 17 TDs in a consistent junior season. He offers breakaway speed and the best change-of-direction capabilities in the county. Be ready for the spin move. But also look for Street to catch more passes. He only caught seven last season.Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a di
  
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• Laguna Niguel’s 30th anniversary carnival rolls into town this weekend

  16-08-2019 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been 30 years since Laguna Niguel became Orange County’s 29th city, and to celebrate, they’re going big. The 30th Anniversary Carnival is set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday on El Lazo and Dorine, near the Chet Holifield Federal Building (also known as the Ziggurat Building).
  Partake in thrilling rides, carnival games, interactive informational booths, and booths hosted by community organizations and groups. Indulge in gourmet eats from food trucks or enjoy refreshing liba
  
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• Prosecutors allege sexual harassment retribution at Los Angeles County DA’s Office

  16-08-2019 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  In September 2017, just two months before Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey formed a task force to investigate widespread allegations of sex abuse in the entertainment industry, her office was beginning to wrestle with its own #MeToo moment.
  With trepidation, a deputy district attorney submitted a confidential memorandum to an internal affairs investigator that would alter the career trajectory of Edward Miller, a star prosecutor with the Public Integrity Unit.
  It also put Lacey
  
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• Then and Now: Photos of Irvine Lake show dramatic recovery from drought times

  16-08-2019 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine Lake looks a lot different today than it did a year ago.
  Last September the reservoir looked like a giant puddle at 13 percent of capacity, today, after a rainy winter, the water covers the area and is ready to greet the public on Saturday, Aug. 17.
  After a 3-year hiatus, Irvine Lake is reopening for shoreline fishing on Aug. 17.
  County leaders reached a deal earlier this summer with two water districts to put the lake back into action as a public recreation spot after it was closed in 20
  
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• The Beer Co. in Anaheim will also serve its brews at The Bayou in West Hollywood

  16-08-2019 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  When the Beer Co. opened in Anaheim it was a great day for The Bayou, a gay bar on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood which was rated No. 24 on Yelp’s Best Dive Bars in LA for 2019. That’s because Bayou owner Matt Chase has started the brewery with Cedric and Anne Channels. The Beer Co.’s bottlings will be served at both the Anaheim taproom and in West Hollywood.
  Head brewer Chase has been in the bar business for decades and he knows how to throw a party. That’s how
  
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• Will Irvine deflate the Great Park balloon? Perhaps, if it can’t find financial support

  16-08-2019 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Rising operating costs and a global shortage of helium are putting the squeeze on the giant orange balloon that’s become a symbol of the Orange County Great Park.
  If Irvine officials don’t find outside financial support to keep the tethered orb aloft, it could face permanent deflation.
  Budget concerns have Irvine city leaders looking for corporate sponsors for the Great Park Balloon. If they don’t find more money to pay for balloon operations, it could be deflated permanently.
  
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• Video: Otito Ogbonnia on winning gold at the U20 Pan American Games

  16-08-2019 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Defensive lineman Otito Ogbonnia talks about his experience competing in the shot put at the U20 Pan American Games this summer, what he learned in Costa Rica and how the experience will help him going forward.Related Articles Video: Tyler Manoa explains UCLA football’s newest motto UCLA football potential breakout candidate: Devin Asiasi UCLA football potential breakout star: Jaylen Erwin Chip Kelly downplays mounting minor injuries for UCLA football Video: Martell Irby helps pick up slac
  
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• Video: Tyler Manoa explains UCLA football’s newest motto

  16-08-2019 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Defensive lineman Tyler Manoa talks about the defensive line’s progress during training camp, what “mudita” means and why it’s important to the team’s season.Related Articles Video: Otito Ogbonnia on winning gold at the U20 Pan American Games UCLA football potential breakout candidate: Devin Asiasi UCLA football potential breakout star: Jaylen Erwin Chip Kelly downplays mounting minor injuries for UCLA football Video: Martell Irby helps pick up slack without injured
  
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• California leads latest lawsuit over Trump immigration rule

  16-08-2019 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — California and three other states on Friday filed the latest court challenge to new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.
  Nearly half of Americans would be considered a burden if the same standards were applied to U.S. citizens, said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
  The lawsuit he filed in federal court in San Francisco follows others this week including tho
  
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• Newport Beach pot grower, jail escapee found guilty of masterminding abduction and torture

  16-08-2019 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A Newport Beach pot grower and jail escapee was found guilty Friday of masterminding the abduction of a marijuana dispensary owner that included the brutal torture of the man and severing a body part.
  Jurors, after four days of deliberation, convicted Hossein Nayeri of planning the headline-grabbing 2012 kidnapping and carrying it out with the aid of two high school friends in order to find a non-existent $1 million they believed the dispensary owner had buried in the Mojave desert.
  In testimony
  
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• The rest of the country is re-examining electricity deregulation, California should too

  16-08-2019 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s electricity fiascoes of the late 1990s and early 2000s soured not just the state, but the entire country, on electricity deregulation. California lawmakers crafted a bureaucratic mess that was ripe for market manipulation and laid the groundwork for rolling blackouts and high prices. The nation viewed it as a failure of deregulation at the time, but now several states are realizing that California hadn’t deregulated its electricity market at all. And now those states are
  
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• The story of California’s economic expansion

  16-08-2019 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Today, our state officially ties the longest economic expansion on record – 113 months of job growth. While that is something we should be proud of, the story behind that number is more complex. Our fundamental objective, from an economic standpoint, is to ensure that the California economy works for everyone. Right now, the prosperity isn’t shared by all Californians.
  The last time California saw 113 months of economic expansion was in the late 1960s and I was growing up in Turlock.
  
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• Man charged with illegally shipping turtles through LAX to China

  16-08-2019 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF MARTIN
  ATLANTA — An investigation involving two of the world’s biggest airports and hundreds of turtles has led to federal charges that a man illegally shipped the reptiles to China.
  Nathan Horton is charged with violating the Lacey Act, which forbids illegal wildlife trafficking.
  Prosecutors took a slow-wins-the-race approach to filing charges this week, since the case began as early as 2016. That’s when a Georgia Department of Natural Resources officer found Horton tr
  
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• Test your boat-building skills at Mission Viejo’s Cardboard Boat Derby

  16-08-2019 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  What can you do with two pieces of cardboard and duct tape? Build a boat, of course!
  Mission Viejo will host the 4th Annual Cardboard Boat Derby on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Marguerite Aquatics Complex. Teams are invited to put their building skills to the test and race for a chance to win ultimate bragging rights. Participants will enjoy games, activities and recreational swimming.  The best boats will receive recognition at the award ceremony.
  Cost to participate is $30 per team (four or less
  
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• USC football potential breakout star: Markese Stepp

  16-08-2019 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  With the start of the USC football season just two weeks away, there are a number of Trojans chomping at the bit to make their name in cardinal and gold. This is the final entry in a series of three articles looking at potential breakout candidates for USC this season:
  Markese Stepp
  Redshirt freshman, tailback
  Measurables: 6-foot-0, 235 pounds
  2019 stats: Seven carries for 33 yards, one reception for seven yards
  Stepp’s 2018 was derailed by a number of factors. First, there was the depth U
  
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• Whicker: The terrible, no good baseball strike of 1994 was really a historical blip

  16-08-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Baseball Strike of 1994 was like the Millenium Bug or the Blair Witch Project or any other toothless apocalypse.
  Twenty-five years later the game is so relentlessly prosperous that it might be time for another one.
  There were victims, mostly in Montreal. The Expos were 74-40, the same record the Dodgers had last week, when the bats were packed up on Aug. 12. They were probably headed for the World Series, which would have been Canada’s third consecutive. Instead they sold off their top
  
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• Real estate news: Santa Ana office campus sells for $97 million

  16-08-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Drawbridge Realty, a real estate investment platform backed by KKR, has bought Pacific Center in Santa Ana for $97.5 million.
  Pacific Center, a 390,600-square-foot, two-building office campus at 1600-1610 East Saint Andrew Place, was renovated in 2017 and has tenants that include Nationstar Mortgage, Advantage Sales and Marketing, Collectors Universe and Career Networks Institute.
  The seller, a joint venture of Los Angeles-based PCCP and Costa Mesa-based Brookhollow, was represented by Kevin Sha
  
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• HOA Homefront: Recalling board members, Part 1

  16-08-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: In our recent HOA election, one new member was elected but resigned six weeks later. There is an all-out war between the four remaining directors. All business has stopped due to the inability of the four to agree on anything that needs a vote. Homeowners want the board to appoint the next in line from the last election, two board members will not agree to this.
  We have cumulative voting and I understand recalling anyone less than the entire board is very difficult, no? We are being told that
  
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• Homebuying drops 20% in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano

  16-08-2019 16:45 via ocregister.com
  Homebuying in inland South County — including Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and San Juan Capistrano — fell 19.7% as Orange County sales slumped to the slowest pace in eight years.
  CoreLogic homebuying stats show 2019’s first six months were Orange County’s slowest-selling first half since 2011, just after the Great Recession ended. House hunters’ resistance to buy was certainly key to the countywide median selling price running flat over the yea
  
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• Has the music festival bubble finally burst in Southern California?

  16-08-2019 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  During the last handful of years there have been several weekends where there have been as many as three major music festivals, drawing anywhere from 5,000 to more than 100,000 music fans each per day, out to various venue locations throughout Southern California.
  The overlap of festivals — and often times main stage talent — has had fans and industry experts wondering for awhile now when the festival bubble would finally burst. When would people run out of money? When would they gro
  
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• Surprisingly, big buses can use carpool lanes

  16-08-2019 16:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. Honk: I ride a motorcycle to work for the night shift, so when I am commuting there is very light traffic. For a few years now, I have seen tour, commuter and other buses in the carpool lanes. Nothing worse than going along nicely and then catching up to a bus going slower than vehicles in the No. 1 and even the No. 2 lane. I can understand them using the carpool lanes in peak hours. So when did buses get the OK to travel in the carpool lane, and why do they think it’s OK to use the lan
  
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• UCLA football potential breakout candidate: Devin Asiasi

  16-08-2019 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  One tight end starred for UCLA on his way to the NFL last year. Another one is ready for his chance now. This is the final article in a series looking at potential breakout candidates for UCLA this season:
  Devin Asiasi
  Redshirt junior, tight end
  Measurables: 6-foot-3, 279 pounds
  2019 stats: six catches, 130 yards, one touchdown
  Devin Asiasi waited a year to become eligible at UCLA. Then he waited behind Caleb Wilson as the future Arizona Cardinals draft pick put together the most productive year
  
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• Del Mar consensus picks for Friday Aug. 16

  16-08-2019 16:08 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 Friday Aug. 16 at Del Mar.
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• Police: Woman suspected in Tustin hit-and-run leads chase through Costa Mesa in stolen pickup

  16-08-2019 13:27 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman who fled the scene of a crash in Tustin in a stolen vehicle led police on a pursuit through Costa Mesa on Thursday, Aug. 15, authorities said.
  Officers were en route to investigate a collision reported at about 5:30 p.m., Tustin Police Sgt. D. Houle said. The driver of a blue pickup truck involved in the crash drove off before authorities arrived.
  Police learned that the truck had been stolen, and later spotted it in Tustin. The suspect refused to pull over, and led officers in a chase t
  
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• President Trump not afraid to stand up to China: Letters

  16-08-2019 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The recent announcement of another round of tariffs on China and their response appears to be a further step in our full-fledged trade war. And this has provoked the predictable round of criticisms of the president’s policy.
  What always seems to be lacking, though, is the offer of any credible alternative. By credible, I would not include the economic Armageddon of total cessation of trade between the two biggest economies in the world.
  It is illuminating that China is fighting so hard aga
  
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• Horse racing: Bob Baffert and McKinzie have deep emotional ties

  16-08-2019 08:02 via ocregister.com
  
  DEL MAR – Bob Baffert loved Brad McKinzie. He believes the late longtime Los Alamitos executive, who died in 2017 at 62 after a battle with cancer, is watching over him.
  Perhaps the most emotion Baffert has shown in public in recent years came earlier this month when the 4-year-old colt McKinzie, named after Brad, won the Grade I Whitney Stakes at Saratoga. Baffert was getting misty eyed while being interviewed by Laffit Pincay III in the winner’s circle.
  “They know I’m a
  
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• Mike Trout belts 40th homer as Angels hang on for victory over White Sox

  16-08-2019 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout, right, is high-fived in the dugout after his solo home run against the Chicago White Sox during the third inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Justin Upton hits a three-run home run against the Chicago White Sox during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos A
  
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• Clay Helton picks up tempo of USC practice at halfway point of preseason camp

  16-08-2019 06:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Thursday’s practice was the 12th of 25 sessions from USC in the football program’s preseason camp. At the unofficial halfway point of USC’s preparation for the regular season, Coach Clay Helton is pleased with how his group is coming together.
  “It’s been a real good week of practice with these guys,” Helton said after practice Thursday.
  Speed and tempo were the themes of Thursday’s practice, which the team conducted in helmets and shells for the third ti
  
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• 3 suspected in fatal Westminster beating arrested, 4th alleged attacker sought

  16-08-2019 06:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Westminster police have arrested three people suspected of beating a homeless man to death in July, and sought the public’s help in locating a fourth alleged assailant on Thursday, Aug. 15.
  Jeffrey Andrade, 18, was named as a homicide suspect by the Westminster Police Department in a news release. Authorities believe the Westminster resident had a role in the fatal assault of a homeless man on Saturday, July 20.
  Police named Jeffrey Andrade, 18, of Westminster, as one of four suspects in t
  
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• Jared Goff, Todd Gurley and others skipping Rams’ trip to Hawaii

  16-08-2019 04:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Starting quarterback Jared Goff is among the front-line players who won’t be in Hawaii for the Rams’ exhibition game Saturday against the Dallas Cowboys, Rams coach Sean McVay said Thursday.
  The Rams were scheduled to fly to Hawaii Thursday afternoon following their morning practice. A full list of players skipping the trip was unavailable, but running back Todd Gurley is reportedly staying home as well.
  “There is going to be a handful of players that we are going to hold back,
  
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• KROQ kicks off Hermosa Beach summer concerts on Saturday, focusing on local groups and up-and-comers

  16-08-2019 04:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Fresh off the Teen Choice Awards hosted by Hermosa Beach on Sunday, a new era of concerts will debut in Hermosa Beach Saturday, Aug. 17, with not only live music but stand-up comedy and movie screenings.
  The Hermosa Beach Summer Series, presented by KROQ, takes place Aug. 17 and 18, with an additional weekend of festivities on Aug. 24 and 25. The opening day features a screening of “North Shore,” stand-up comedy by Jamie Kennedy and live music from The Score, among others.
  A reunion
  
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• Fresh off Teen Choice hoopla, new era of Hermosa Beach summer concerts begins Saturday

  16-08-2019 04:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Fresh off the Teen Choice Awards hosted by Hermosa Beach on Sunday, a new era of concerts will debut in Hermosa Beach Saturday, Aug. 17, with not only live music but stand-up comedy and movie screenings.
  The Hermosa Beach Summer Series, presented by KROQ, takes place Aug. 17 and 18, with an additional weekend of festivities on Aug. 24 and 25. The opening day features a screening of “North Shore,” stand-up comedy by Jamie Kennedy and live music from The Score, among others.
  A reunion
  
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• Federal judge dismisses four of five cities from south Orange County homeless lawsuit

  16-08-2019 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson dropped four of five south Orange County cities from a lawsuit filed earlier this year on behalf of homeless people and three advocacy groups assisting them.
  Anderson’s ruling, dated Monday, Aug. 12, also ordered lawyers for the homeless people to amend their complaint against San Clemente, which remains a defendant along with the county.
  It’s unclear how — or if — the ruling will change the broader question of creating adequate homeless
  
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• Get a call from the FBI? It’s probably a scam, agency says

  16-08-2019 03:42 via ocregister.com
  
  If you get a phone call that looks like it’s from the FBI, it’s likely not real.
  The FBI is warning Californians of a new wave of scammers who pose as government officials and demand payment from those who answer the call.
  Once on the phone, an FBI news release states, scammers say that the victim’s social security number has been used to open bank accounts. To fix the problem, the callers advise, one must transfer all their money to a “safe” account set up by the g
  
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• Irvine leaders send message to residents that veterans cemetery location decision isn’t meant to benefit developer

  16-08-2019 03:22 via ocregister.com
  
  To show residents city leaders aren’t moving the proposed veterans cemetery just to tee up a big development on the initial property, City Council members are taking away the zoning that would have allowed up to 250 homes and a hotel.
  The city-owned site on the northern edge of the Orange County Great Park known as ARDA was part of the former El Toro Marine base and had been suggested for the cemetery, but city officials recently designated a different parcel – part of a golf course
  
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• Festival Pass: A big music festival promoter is closing down. Here’s what that means for you

  16-08-2019 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Festival Pass is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
  Festival Pass for Thursday, Aug. 15
  One of the biggest names in music festivals in Southern California is no more.
  If you’ve been to a music festival in Orange County or out at Devore, chances are SGE had something to do with it. John Reese and his team had a hand in some of the most notable festivals around Southern California in the
  
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• Chargers’ Keenan Allen reportedly has ankle injury that could end his preseason

  16-08-2019 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Quarterback Philip Rivers with the Los Angeles Chargers drops back to throw a pass during a joint practice with the New Orleans Saints on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa in advance of Saturday’s exhibition game.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  As Los Angeles Chargers punter Ty Long holds the ball Michael Badgley kicks a field goal during a joint practice with the New Orleans Saints on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the Jack H
  
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• Orange County to pay nearly $300,000 to former jail nurse who was prevented from treating inmate

  16-08-2019 02:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County will pay $299,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former jail nurse who alleged that a sheriff’s deputy prevented her from treating an inmate and then warned her not to tell anyone.
  The Board of Supervisors approved the settlement on Tuesday, Aug. 13, in a closed-door session, said attorney Yani Henriks, who represents licensed vocational nurse Jennifer Westfield. Westfield was hired by the county Health Care Agency in 2011 to work in the central jail. She resigned in August 2016 be
  
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• $315 million renovation at Coliseum boasts more aisles and legroom, new seats and videoscreens

  16-08-2019 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Football season is almost upon us, so USC and local officials gathered Thursday to formally unveil the results of a $315 million renovation project at what is now known as United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
  The two-year project reduced the Coliseum’s overall seating capacity, dropping from 93,607 to about 77,500. All of the seats were replaced, and the project included handrails, new suites, upgraded entryways and video screens.
  LA Memorial Coliseum nears completio
  
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• There’s nothing smart about the SMART Act

  16-08-2019 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not clear that the latest anti-tech bill in Washington was ever written to pass. But the new legislation, put forward by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is an alarming marker of a dangerous and shortsighted trend in policy. It should be opposed.
  The Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology Act, as it is called, conveniently abbreviated as the SMART Act, would insert what is in effect one man’s amateur definition of “addiction” into both federal law and virtually all
  
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• Business briefly: US stock indexes rebound; JCPenney gets into used clothing

  16-08-2019 02:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Investors rode out another turbulent day on Wall Street Thursday that kept stock indexes flipping between gains and losses until a late-day bounce gave the market a modest gain.
  Worries about a possible recession collided with hopes that the strongest part of the U.S. economy — shoppers spending at stores and online — can keep going.
  The S&P 500 rose 7 points, or 0.2%, to 2,847.60. The benchmark index swung between a 0.6% gain and 0.5% loss. A day earlier, it plunged 2.9%.
  The Do
  
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• Yorba Linda collects a couple million in fees for utility companies to use public spaces

  16-08-2019 01:58 via ocregister.com
  Franchise fees, transit occupancy taxes and paperless billing normally fly under the radar, but each plays a role in raising money to pay for services provided by local government agencies.
  Cities in most states charge utilities franchise fees for placing infrastructure in public rights-of-way, including electric power lines, natural gas and water pipelines and cable TV transmission lines. Refuse pick-up companies often pay the fees for using public roads for trash pickup.
  In Yorba Linda, the ci
  
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• Renee Moilanen: After brother’s suicide, columnist focuses on light her late brother could not see

  16-08-2019 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Even after my brother stopped working and had almost nothing for himself, he scrounged enough money to buy meals for the homeless man down the street. He found time to help a friend move boxes or to babysit my sons, whom he adored. He was generous and kind, good-hearted, with a dry sense of humor that matched my own.
  He also struggled with depression.
  For more than 10 years, Keith was on and off various medications, in and out of therapy. He did everything the doctors told him to do, tried every
  
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• Grocery talks stall again as latest wage offer amounts to ‘another nickle,’ UFCW says

  16-08-2019 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The union representing some 60,000 grocery workers across Southern California will amplify its living-wage message to shoppers in the coming weeks, following three more days of unproductive contract negotiations.
  The latest negotiations with executives from Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions concluded Wednesday, Aug. 14, and the United Food and Commercial Workers, in a message on the websites of its seven locals, said that the stores want to “only offer a nickel a year.”
  In the c
  
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• Inside the Dodgers: Kershaw vs. Koufax, a tale of the tape

  16-08-2019 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Thursday Aug. 15 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  The first published sentence binding Clayton Kershaw to Sandy Koufax that I could find was written March 12, 2008. It came at the end of a story in the Vero Beach Press Journal about that day’s Grapefruit League game between the Dodgers and Florida Marlins: “Prospect pitcher Clayton Kershaw worked with legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax during
  
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