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• Sparks feeling opportunistic as they begin trip against first-place Washington Mystics

  26-08-2019 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  After taking down the formerly first-place Connecticut Sun on Sunday, the next thing on the Sparks’ regular-season-setting agenda: a chance Tuesday to close the gap wtih the first-place Washington Mystics (4 p.m., ESPN2) too.
  With the Las Vegas Aces’ loss Sunday, the Sparks (18-10) will arrive in Washington (21-8) in third place in the WNBA standings. With six games left, L.A. is sitting just 2½ games out of first place and 1½ out of second — especially significan
  
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• Connections: Let ‘let alone’ be good enough

  26-08-2019 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  In my cat-sitting days, I always brought something interesting to the cat to win their friendship.
  I was going to sit for a beautiful, long-haired Russian blue, whose people had told me he was very old and mostly slept. I didn’t have time to get something new, so I took along a stick with white feathers attached on a string. It was a bit bedraggled, but my cat, Mulan, had loved it.
  When I got to Felix, he was half asleep on a bed. I took out the white-feathered stick, waved it back and for
  
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• Park Life: Avengers E-Ticket coming to Marvel land and Disneyland plans new springtime parade

  26-08-2019 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The D23 Expo over the weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center delivered a slew of announcements about new attractions coming to Disney theme parks around the world and brought out hard-core Disney fans and celebrated celebrities honored for their achievements. We’ve got all the details on the D23 Expo in our special edition Park Life newsletter.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscri
  
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• UCLA offense looks for explosive second year under Chip Kelly

  26-08-2019 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The only fireworks at the Rose Bowl during Chip Kelly’s UCLA debut season were the post-game sparks that lit up the sky when a sputtering UCLA offense failed to light up the scoreboard against Cincinnati.
  Entering the second year under Kelly, players are ready to break out on offense.
  “Coming out here each and every day, that’s really been our main focus: to make plays when plays present themselves,” sophomore quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson said.
  
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• Orange County football: Week 1 schedule

  26-08-2019 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The Week 1 schedule for Orange County high school football.
  FOOTBALL
  WEEK 1
  Games 7 p.m. unless noted
  Thursday, Aug. 29
  NONLEAGUE
  Baldwin Park at Buena Park
  Torrance vs. Marina at Westminster High
  Orange at Garden Grove
  Webb vs. Fairmont Prep at Yorba Linda High
  Estancia vs. Loara at Western High
  La Quinta vs. Anaheim at Glover Stadium
  Century vs. Saddleback at Segerstrom High
  Cantwell Sacred Heart vs. Calvary Chapel at Santa Ana Valley High
  Savanna vs. Rancho Alamitos at Bolsa Grande High
  Ediso
  
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• USA Gymnastics first alerted to alleged abuse by Anna Li and Jiani Wu in 2017

  26-08-2019 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Top USA Gymnastic officials have been aware of physical, verbal and emotional allegations against coaches Anna Li and Jiani Wu since at least 2017, nearly two years earlier than the national governing body has acknowledged, according to USA Gymnastic emails obtained by the Southern California News Group.
  Mark Busby, USA Gymnastics general counsel, and Toby R. Stark, then the organization’s director for Safe Sport confirm, confirmed in a series of September 2017 emails that USA Gymnastics h
  
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• Curt Seeden: Got broken stuff? Learn how to fix it

  26-08-2019 22:51 via ocregister.com
  I’m not very good at fixing things, unless it involves dangling modifiers.
  So, on Sept. 14 I’m planning to attend the next Fixit Clinic at the Fountain Valley Recreation Center.
  What is a Fixit Clinic? Organizers call it a do-it-together, hands-on fix-and-learn community-based workshop staffed by volunteer fixit coaches who share their time, tools and expertise to consult with you on the disassembly, troubleshooting, and repair of items.
  Personally, I’d fix that paragraph to el
  
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• UCLA football: 5 things to know about Cincinnati

  26-08-2019 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Through offseason workouts, training camp and now UCLA’s first official game week, the football season opener is within reach. The Bruins start their 2019 campaign at Cincinnati on Thursday at 4 p.m. PT hoping to show the results of their offseason training.
  “These guys have really adopted to the philosophy that everything is earned, nothing is given,” head coach Chip Kelly said. “Now you’re getting a chance to go test against a really good team, that’s the ex
  
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• Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker in opioid case, orders $572M payment

  26-08-2019 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By SEAN MURPHY
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to clean up the problem.
  Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s ruling followed the first state opioid case to make it to trial and could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments consolidated before
  
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• Fryer on football: CVC coach Rick Curtis dealing with a bigger challenge outside of sports

  26-08-2019 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Capistrano Valley Christian opened the football season with 20 players on the varsity roster.
  That is not the biggest or most important challenge CVC coach Rick Curtis has these days.
  His wife Mary is fighting multiple myeloma cancer. It is an ultra-aggressive form of cancer in which cancer cells invade bone marrow where they eradicate healthy blood cells.
  Rick and Mary have been open about their struggle with frequent updates on Facebook. Most recently they sat together for a long video post th
  
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• Claim against city of Los Angeles by family in Corona Costco shooting says officer had ID’ed himself

  26-08-2019 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The parents of an intellectually disabled man who was fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer and with the couple seriously wounded as well inside the Corona Costco two months ago has filed a complaint with the city of Los Angeles, a family lawyer said on Monday.
  There is no dollar amount sought in the claim, attorney Dale Galipo said just before a press conference.“Officer (Salvador) Sanchez identified himself as a being a police officer prior to the shooting,” the cl
  
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• How Angels’ Cam Bedrosian locked in his slider to have a bounceback season

  26-08-2019 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Now that he’s nearly completed a bounceback season, in which the improvement of his slider has made him one of the Angels’ most consistent relievers, Cam Bedrosian can look back to the spring training drill that started it all.
  Doug White, in his first season as the Angels pitching coach, suggested that when Bedrosian was working on his slider while playing catch, he throw it at 90 feet instead of 60 feet.
  Simple as that.
  At 90 feet, there was more room for it to brea
  
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• Albano’s football rankings: Orange County top 25 after Week 0

  26-08-2019 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s my Orange County Top 25 football rankings after Week 0:
  1. Mater Dei
  2. Mission Viejo
  3. JSerra
  4. Corona del Mar
  5. La Habra
  6. Servite
  7. Villa Park
  8. Orange Lutheran
  9. Tesoro
  10. Santa Margarita
  11. San Clemente
  12. San Juan Hills
  13. Edison
  14. Los Alamitos
  15. Yorba Linda
  16. Canyon
  17 Katella
  18. Sunny Hills
  19. Orange
  20.  Valencia
  21. El Modena
  22. Cypress
  23. Brea Olinda
  24. Capistrano Valley
  25. Segerstrom
  
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• How to get a free bowl of noodles when Ramen & Tsukemen Tao opens in Buena Park

  26-08-2019 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Ramen & Tsukemen Tao will celebrate the grand opening of its Buena Park shop on Sept. 3. Its sister restaurant in LA is known for its White Miso Ramen, Red Miso Ramen, Tonkotsu Ramen and Tsukemen dipping noodles. Seen here, Chef Toshimasa Sano.(Courtesy of Ramen & Tsukemen Tao)
  Ramen & Tsukemen Tao will celebrate the grand opening of its Buena Park shop on Sept. 3. Its sister restaurant in LA is known for its White Miso Ramen, Red Miso Ramen, Tonkotsu Ramen and Tsukemen dipping noodl
  
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• Orange County football top 25 for Week 1

  26-08-2019 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school football top 25:
  O.C. TOP 25
  (The poll voters are five members of the media.)
  1. Mater Dei 1-0 (125 poll points)
  Monarchs looked like they might as good as last year’s national championship team in 42-12 win over Centennial of Corona.
  Next: vs. Villa Park at Santa Ana Stadium, Saturday.
  2. JSerra 1-0 (118)
  Fumble recoveries, big-play special teams led visiting Lions to 24-14 win over East Salt Lake City.
  Next: vs. St. Joseph Regional of New Jersey at Cathedral
  
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• A decade after emerging from captivity in the Bay Area, Jaycee Dugard reflects on the life she lost, and the one she’s gained

  26-08-2019 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
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  Ten years ago, on August 26, 2009, Officer Todd Stroud reported to work at the Concord Police Department and, because of his experience as a school resource officer, was asked to look after a woman who was at the police station with her two young daughters.
  That woman, he soon learned, was Jaycee Dugard who, 18 years before, had been kidnapped as she walked to a school bus stop in South Lake Tahoe one morning and had not been
  
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• Simulated gunfire will be used during Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station security boat training Aug. 29

  26-08-2019 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Residents and business operators near the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station are likely to hear gunfire Thursday morning, Aug. 29. That’s when the Weapons Station plans to begin a series of security boat exercises in Anaheim Bay.
  Thursday’s hour-long exercise, scheduled to start sometime between 9 and 11 a.m., will include less than two minutes of gunfire simulations, with weapons firing small amounts of blank ammunition, spokesman Gregg Smith said in an announcement Monday.
  The bay wi
  
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• Video: Dorian Thompson-Robinson says it’s still an open quarterback competition

  26-08-2019 20:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson talks about why he still views the quarterback competition as open despite having been named the starter on the depth chart, what he hopes the offense can improve this year and how much different he is now compared to last year.Related Articles Video: Chip Kelly on UCLA’s depth chart, injuries and personnel updates Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Sean Rhyan expected to start in UCLA’s season opener UCLA loses another linebacker as Bo Calvert ruled ineli
  
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• Man dies from apparent gang-related shooting in Fullerton

  26-08-2019 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A 20-year-old man was killed Sunday, Aug. 25, in what Fullerton police say appears to be a gang-related shooting.
  Shortly after 9:20 p.m. officers were called to the 2300 block of Iris Court and found the man with multiple wounds to his upper body.
  They began life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
  There have been no reports of arrests.
  Anyone with information was asked to contact Detective J. Zuniga at 714-738-5361 or at [email protected]. Anonymous tips can be sub
  
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• Disney ‘store-in-store’ coming to Target in Murrieta, one of 2 in California

  26-08-2019 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A small section of a Target store in Murrieta will soon take on the glow of the “Magic Kingdom.”
  The store at Cal Oaks Plaza will be one of 25 across the country featuring a Disney “store-in-store.” The 750-square-foot display of Disney products, which is expected to carry more than 450 items, will open for business Oct. 4, in time to accommodate holiday shoppers.
  The Murrieta store is one of only two in California, with the second location in San Jose. It will feature a
  
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• Trump on US-China trade: ‘Sorry, it’s the way I negotiate’

  26-08-2019 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  BIARRITZ, France — Brushing off concerns about global economic instability, President Donald Trump defended the way he is trying to squeeze a trade deal out of China on Monday, saying it’s a style that worked for him as a businessman.
  Trump was challenged on a negotiating style in which he praises Chinese President Xi Jinping one day and castigates him the next. Allies are complaining that that’s contributing to instability problems for the
  
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• Trump skips G-7 climate meeting where $20 million is pledged to help fight Amazon firesmp’s

  26-08-2019 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By SYLVIE CORBET and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  BIARRITZ, France  — U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a discussion on climate with other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France, leaving an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
  Trump was scheduled to attend Monday’s session on climate, biodiversity and oceans at the G-7 summit in Biarritz , but didn’t. French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit
  
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• Video: Chip Kelly on UCLA’s depth chart, injuries and personnel updates

  26-08-2019 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Head coach Chip Kelly talks about final preparations for Cincinnati, what walk-on linebacker Adam Cohen brings to the team and the players taking control of the program.Related Articles Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Sean Rhyan expected to start in UCLA’s season opener UCLA loses another linebacker as Bo Calvert ruled ineligible Video: Kyle Philips says UCLA receivers are ‘completely different’ in second year with Chip Kelly Video: Jordan Wilson focused on meeting high standard of U
  
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• Status Update: Aerie opens at Outlets at Orange; bouldering gym coming to Fountain Valley

  26-08-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Two new retailers are opening their doors at the Outlets at Orange.
  The Columbia Factory Store, which is replacing the shuttered Tu Tu Tango restaurant, and Aerie are opening this month, mall representative said.
  Aerie has opened at The Outlets at Orange. The retailer, which specializes inlingerie with apparel for all shapes and sizes, is near Forever 21. (Courtesy of The Outlets at Orange)
  The Outlets at Orange will add two new retailers by the end of August. Aerie, a lingerie retailer, has alr
  
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• Social Distortion is celebrating its 40th anniversary with concert at FivePoint Amphitheatre

  26-08-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County punk rock band Social Distortion has been out on the road celebrating its 40th anniversary and the band announced it will bring the celebration to its hometown with a stacked concert line-up at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on Saturday, Oct. 26.
  Social Distortion was formed in Fullerton in 1978 by current vocalist-guitarist, Mike Ness. The band has gone through a number of member changes through the years, but now solidly consists of rhythm guitarist Jonny “Two Bags”
  
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• PAGA fixes are needed to foster growth: Bob Huff

  26-08-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Our state government has a habit of stretching itself too thin. There’s a rule or law for almost everything, making it especially difficult to keep track of all the regulations that make owning and operating a business increasingly difficult for anyone who isn’t well versed in fine print and legalese. One of the prime examples is the Private Attorneys General Act.
  Known as PAGA for short, it is almost a degree of self-awareness on the part of California’s government. Realizing
  
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• Veterans Resource Fair returns to Saddleback College for 11th year

  26-08-2019 17:51 via ocregister.com
  Veterans, active-duty personnel and military family members are invited to attend the 11th annual Veterans Resource Fair, on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Saddleback College. The event celebrates 75 years of the GI bill and is hosted by the college and OC Supervisor Lisa Bartlett.
  The fair will be held near the Veterans Memorial at the Saddleback College Student Services Quad. Admission is free, and coffee, donuts, hot dogs, chips and water will be provided.
  Related Articles Americans have $1.5 trillion
  
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• Here are 7 people you can meet at Long Beach Comic Con

  26-08-2019 17:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Superheroes, villains, actors and writers are popping out of comic book pages and landing in the middle of downtown when the Long Beach Comic Con comes to town Aug. 31-Sept. 1.
  The annual Comic Con will pack a lot of action into two days with hundreds of vendors and dozens of panels. Then there’s the popular Saturday night Cosplay Contest, plus the Space Expo, which is a con within a con that focuses on space exploration and science with talks and panels about topics such as space lasers,
  
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• Brian Rodriguez’s debut doesn’t disappoint for LAFC

  26-08-2019 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  When Los Angeles Football Club captain Carlos Vela left Sunday’s rivalry game against the Los Angeles Galaxy with a hamstring injury to his right leg, it set the stage for Uruguayan attacker Brian Rodriguez, LAFC’s newest designated player, to make his team debut.
  Vela pulled up with his injury in the 61st minute, just eight minutes after scoring his 27th goal of the season and equalizing the match against the Galaxy at 3-3. Bradley sent in Rodriguez, who signed with LAFC in the fina
  
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• Soboba Casino Resort is adding new Oktoberfest and wine events

  26-08-2019 16:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Soboba Casino Resort in San Jacinto has a lot more to offer than its predecessor, including more restaurants, more gaming space, a hotel and a pool, and now it can add two new events to that list: an Oktoberfest and a wine festival.
  Soboba’s Oktoberfest will happen on Oct. 5 while the Soboba Food and Wine Festival will happen sometime in spring 2020. Food and Beverage Manager Victor Mortazavi already has big plans for both events.
  Mortazavi, who has food and beverage experience at
  
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• Trump claims serious trade negotiations with China to begin

  26-08-2019 14:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  BIARRITZ, France — President Donald Trump, under pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war partly blamed for a global economic slowdown, claimed Monday that the two sides will begin serious negotiations soon.
  Trump said his trade negotiators had received two “very good calls” from China Sunday. A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry said he didn’t know what Trump was talking about.
  Trump’s optimistic comments about C
  
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• Planning reform, private sector innovation key to fixing housing market: Gary Painter

  26-08-2019 12:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This op-ed is part of the SoCal Policy Forum, a partnership between the Southern California News Group and the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside. For more SoCal perspectives on the problems of housing affordability and homelessness, visit socalpolicy.org.
  Let me start by stating the obvious.  The institutions that control housing markets in California are broken, and the pain is widespread.
  Whether you live in Los Angeles County or in an exurban region like t
  
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• Striking with a hot iron in Sacramento

  26-08-2019 11:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The old adage of “strike while the iron is hot” is especially applicable to politics.
  Something that might be politically impossible at one moment may succeed when circumstances change if advocates for that something move fast enough.
  It’s why, for instance, dozens of otherwise obscure Democratic politicians are suddenly fancying themselves as presidential candidates.
  Donald Trump’s improbable presidential win in 2016 underscored the importance of timing one’s moves
  
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• Sparks celebrate inclusion, equity at fifth #WeAreWomen event

  26-08-2019 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Before the Sparks took the court Sunday for a key 84-72 victory over the Connecticut Sun at Staples Center, the tea’s #WeAreWomen campaign extended a fifth year with a pregame panel featuring accomplished women from the world of sports and entertainment who shared their thoughts on the importance of diversity and inclusion, equality and equity.
  “I feel like our league is a representation of diversity and inclusion,” said Danita Johnson, the Sparks’ Pre
  
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• LAFC rallies from two-goal deficit to finish with draw against Galaxy

  26-08-2019 07:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Galaxy’s Rolf Feltscher, center left, heads the ball next to Los Angeles FC’s Walker Zimmerman during the first half of an MLS soccer match Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  A fan holds a sign during the first half of an MLS soccer match between Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Galaxy, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Galaxy’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, r
  
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• Fontana boy dies in 241 Toll Road crash in Orange County

  26-08-2019 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A 7-year-old boy from Fontana died in a two-vehicle collision in unincorporated Orange County on the 241 Toll Road that sent four other people to hospitals on Sunday, Aug. 25.
  The crash happened at about 1:36 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. John Muir said. A black sedan carrying a family of five and a white van occupied only by the driver collided on the toll road near Windy Ridge Road, south of the 91 Freeway and southeast of Anaheim Hills.
  A white van and a black sedan were involved i
  
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• Whicker: On a hot Dodger Stadium weekend, the Yankees turn off L.A.’s power

  26-08-2019 06:17 via ocregister.com
  
  New York Yankees’ Mike Ford hits an RBI double thrown from Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Pedro Baez as catcher Austin Barnes, right, and home plate umpire Bill Welke watch during the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  New York Yankees’ Mike Ford hits a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gal
  
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• Man dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound in Irvine Walmart parking lot

  26-08-2019 05:27 via ocregister.com
  
  A man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the parking lot of a Walmart in Irvine on Sunday, Aug. 25, police said.
  The shooting was reported at 16555 Von Karman Ave. at about 4:25 p.m., Irvine Police Lt. Matt McLaughlin said. A man was found dead near a vehicle in the store’s parking lot, which is typically busy on a Sunday afternoon.
  His death was ruled a suicide, McLaughlin said. The man’s identity was not immediately made public.
  Related Articles Officials: LA County Sheriff&
  
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• Horse racing: Improbable shows off in Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar

  26-08-2019 04:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Just in case anyone had forgotten about him, Improbable showed just how talented he is with a powerful victory Sunday in the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes for 3-year-olds at Del Mar.
  Improbable, who hadn’t raced since finishing sixth as the 5-2 favorite in the Preakness Stakes on May 18, stalked pacesetter Lieutenant Dan into the far turn, took the lead under Drayden Van Dyke and then easily withstood a late challenge by King Jack to win by 2 3/4 lengths.
  The 3-year-old son of City Zip won
  
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• Yankees muscle up on Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw in win at Dodger Stadium

  26-08-2019 04:18 via ocregister.com
  
  New York Yankees’ Mike Ford celebrates as he rounds first after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  New York Yankees’ Mike Ford hits an RBI double thrown from Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Pedro Baez as catcher Austin Barnes, right, and home plate umpire Bill Welke watch during the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. (A
  
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• Dodgers’ Tony Gonsolin makes bid to pitch big innings in October

  26-08-2019 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May have appeared in just nine major league games between them. As an evaluation tool, every game carries serious weight.
  What that means for September and October isn’t set in stone. Gonsolin or May could be in line to start a playoff game for the Dodgers, or pitch out of the bullpen. Or, if their performance flags, the two rookie right-handers might use this time as nothing more than a warm-up for 2020.
  To that end, Gonsolin’s victory ov
  
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• Analysis: The right time for the Lakers and Dwight Howard is now or never

  26-08-2019 03:26 via ocregister.com
  
  In the days following his decision in 2013 to leave the Lakers hanging in free agency, Dwight Howard, then one of the NBA’s most impressive big men, told Sports Illustrated that “it wasn’t the proper time” for him to make it work with the NBA’s most prestigious franchise.
  The question fans have to wonder about since the Lakers’ intention to sign Howard became public on Friday is this: Is now the right time for a second chance?
  Howard, 33, is expected to be sig
  
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• Sparks seize moment with win against Connecticut Sun

  26-08-2019 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Derek Fisher wasn’t about to mention the chase for pole position heading into the WNBA playoffs ahead of the Sparks’ game against the Connecticut Sun on Sunday: “It’s easy to look at standings, it’s easy to think about who we played or who we’re getting to play,” he said. “But I think we just have to really be focused on being in the moment.”
  His squad — the entire 12-player roster — was present and accounted f
  
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• George S. Trump: Political Cartoons

  26-08-2019 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  
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• Max First was first to-the-max in his fourth Catalina-to-Manhattan-Beach paddleboard race

  26-08-2019 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Max First from Manhattan Beach lived up to his name once again and for the fourth time took home first place in the 32-mile Catalina Classic Paddleboard race Sunday, Aug. 25, nearly beating the course record.
  No other competitor has won the race as many times, according to race officials.
  With a time of 5 hours 3 minutes 28 seconds, First was within a minute of the fastest time, set 20 years ago by Tim Gair.
  “I was just happy to be within distance of the record,” First said after fin
  
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• Will the Legislature keep its promise to California businesses and voters?

  26-08-2019 01:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Institutions like government are important to a thriving community and in times of uncertainty often ensure stability and trust. Yet, a recent Gallup poll shows only six in 10 U.S. adults have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in their state government, compared to a high of 80% in 1998.
  Why? In part because consumers fear their concerns are not being addressed by state leaders. Too often, what is publicly promised does not result in what is actually delivered.
  Ora
  
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• Disneyland reveals new character and special effects coming to Rise of the Resistance ride in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

  26-08-2019 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney revealed a new character who will play a key role in the Rise of the Resistance attraction and showed off some impressive new special effects that will be featured in the state-of-the-art dark ride coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
  Resistance spy Vi Moradi will play a central role in the new Rise of the Resistance dark ride coming to Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge in January. The rebel spy gives instructions to riders during a trailer for the new attraction shown at the D23 Expo du
  
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• Disneyland reveals new details about Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway dark ride

  26-08-2019 00:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway dark ride coming to Disneyland’s Toontown will take place inside El Capitoon Theater where the “Perfect Picnic” cartoon short is making its world premiere.
  Disney revealed new details about the backstory for the attraction on Sunday, Aug. 25, at the D23 Expo theme park panel in the Anaheim Convention Center.
  “With the help of some state-of-the-art technology, you’ll step through the movie screen and join Mickey and
  
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