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• Citizenship policy tightens for children born, adopted overseas to military serving abroad

  29-08-2019 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trump administration said a small number of U.S. military personnel and government employees serving overseas will no longer be automatically granted citizenship for children they’ve adopted while abroad.
  A “policy manual update” issued Wednesday, Aug. 28 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services also would affect the children born to non-citizen government employees and military members before they are naturalized. The agency estimates the change would affect only 2
  
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• Alabama police issue arrest warrant for DeMarcus Cousins, according to report

  29-08-2019 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Police in Mobile, Alabama have issued an arrest warrant for Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, USA Today reports.
  The mother of Cousins’ son recorded a phone conversation in which a man is heard telling her he will “put a bullet in your (expletive) head.” She told police the person on the other line was Cousins.
  She filed a police report on the call and sent a copy of the recording to TMZ Sports.
  USA Today reports that Mobile’s court
  
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• Building a true downtown for Laguna Niguel is closer to reality

  29-08-2019 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Did you have a fun time at our 30th Anniversary Carnival? I think it may have been the best event I’ve attended in Laguna Niguel and I was so proud of our residents, businesses, friends, and neighbors for coming out to celebrate all that makes Laguna Niguel so special. All that sense of community reminds us of the incredible merchants, restaurants, businesses, schools, neighborhoods, and outdoor activities we have in town. As your mayor, I take the responsibility of preserving Laguna Nigue
  
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• Chapman proposes to donate $400,000 received from foundation associated with the mastermind of a college admissions scandal

  29-08-2019 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Chapman University plans to donate $400,000 it received from a nonprofit associated with William “Rick” Singer, the alleged mastermind of a college admissions bribery scheme unveiled by federal prosecutors early this year, university officials said.
  The plan was disclosed in a recent letter to the California Attorney General, which supervises charities, Chapman spokeswoman Jamie Ceman confirmed; she would not release it, saying the letter is not yet a public record. Chapman’s s
  
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• Beginning bridge classes start in September in San Juan Capistrano

  29-08-2019 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’ve always wanted to learn to play bridge — or relearn the game — now’s your chance. A six-week session of beginning bridge classes starts Sept. 16 at South Orange County Bridge Center in San Juan Capistrano. The cost is $90 for a series of six lessons. Email [email protected] to register.
  A 5-week series for $70 begins Oct. 15. Email [email protected] to register. Or, try an Introductory class on Sept. 9 ($15) or Oct. 8 ($10) to learn what bridge is all about
  
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• Why I wrote this bill: California can’t solve homelessness without more housing

  29-08-2019 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jim Beall, Special to CalMattersOn any given day, as many as 150,000 Californians are homeless, struggling to exist without the most fundamental of necessities: shelter.
  At the same time, millions of lower-income and middle-class families are struggling to afford a roof over their heads and are just one paycheck or one emergency away from being out of a home.
  That’s why I’ve authored Senate Bill 5, which would create the Affordable Housing and Community Development Program. It wo
  
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• Issa moves toward challenging indicted U.S. Rep Duncan Hunter

  29-08-2019 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — Former California Congressman Darrell Issa has taken a step toward challenging indicted U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter for a Southern California seat.
  Issa says on his website that he formed an exploratory committee to replace fellow Republican Hunter, who is scheduled to be tried in January for allegedly siphoning campaign money for personal use. The committee allows Issa to raise money.
  Issa would bring strong name recognition, deep pockets and a reputation as President Barack Obama
  
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• USA Gymnastics received Maggie Haney complaints in 2016

  29-08-2019 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  USA Gymnastics officials first received complaints about Olympic and world champion coach Maggie Haney’s alleged mistreatment of young gymnasts in 2016 as the organization scrambled to address the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, the Southern California News Group has learned.
  In addition to the 2016 complaints, USA Gymnastics general counsel Mark Busby has been aware of complaints against Haney since 2017, according to two people familiar with a USA Gymnastics investigation.
  Haney conti
  
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• Angels adjust evaluating players in Pacific Coast League’s ‘Arena Baseball’

  29-08-2019 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Not long after Patrick Sandoval reached the Pacific Coast League – which is minor league baseball’s highest level in more ways than one – he realized one of the challenges the promotion brought.
  The third pitch of his Triple-A debut sailed over the fence at El Paso’s hitter-friendly, high-elevation ballpark.
  Sandoval was on his way to posting a 6.41 ERA in 15 starts for Salt Lake, which was ironically good enough to earn him a promotion to the major league
  
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• Horse of the Year could be a photo finish

  29-08-2019 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  So who you got?
  Bricks and Mortar, the 5-year-old turf specialist who’s won all five of his starts this year, four of them at Grade I?
  Or do you like Midnight Bisou, the super 4-year-old filly who’s perfect in six starts, including three at Grade I, in 2019?
  Maybe you prefer Maximum Security, believing he’ll win the Breeders’ Cup Classic against his elders after a victory in the Kentucky Derby in which he was the best horse but deserved his disqualification because of int
  
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• Chef Jason Witzl is growing his Long Beach restaurant empire with two new restaurants

  29-08-2019 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  With restaurants inspired by influential women in his life, Long Beach chef Jason Witzl is quickly growing his culinary status.
  After opening the popular Ellie’s on Orange Avenue in 2017, which he named after his grandmother, the Whittier native is expanding next door with a new reservation-only tasting restaurant called Ginger’s, which already has hundreds of reservations in the books even though it doesn’t open until sometime in mid-September.
  And add to that Lupe’s de
  
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• 60,000-gallon sewage spill closes sections of Huntington Harbour

  29-08-2019 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A sewage spill of about 60,000 gallons has shut down portions of the Huntington Harbour.The Orange County Health Care Agency’s Environmental Health division closed the harbor water area Thursday, Aug. 29, at the following locations: Anaheim Bay, Sunset Aquatic Marina, Portofino Cove, Anderson Street Marina, Mother’s Beach and Admiralty Drive. Swimming and diving is prohibited in the area
  The spill was caused by a sewer main blockage in Stanton.
  “The affected bay water area
  
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• Stacey Abrams, Jerry Stackhouse included on WNBA Players Association’s Board of Advocates

  29-08-2019 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Stacey Abrams, Kathy Ireland, Jerry Stackhouse and Alex English are among the 14 representatives from the fields of business, politics, entertainment, media and sport who are prepared to – as Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike puts it – “bet on women” as members of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association’s newly formed Board of Advocates.
  “The WNBPA’s rallying cry for us and working women around the world is ‘Bet on Women’ – a
  
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• Curling Night in America coming next year to Irvine

  29-08-2019 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Curling Night in America is headed west.
  The major international curling competition, featuring four countries playing in three disciplines, will come to Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena in Irvine in August 2020.
  This is the seventh installment of Curling Night in America and the first in California. The countries, which will compete in mixed doubles, women’s and men’s, will be announced next year.
  “We are excited to host this terrific event and showcase our new facility to
  
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• Former Corona del Mar first baseman among the elite pitching prospects in Detroit Tigers’ organization

  29-08-2019 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  In today’s game of launch angles, increased strikeouts and tall pitchers with smoking fastballs, Ted Stuka fits the bill.
  As the Detroit Tigers toil in last place in the American League Central Division, one of their newest organizational players is making a splash this summer in the New York-Penn League, even though the short-season Tigers’ low Class A affiliate is in neither New York nor Pennsylvania, but Norwich, Conn.
  The 6-foot-7 Stuka, who didn’t pitch in high school, is
  
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• Review: Every vendor at Tustin’s Mess Hall ranked from best to worst

  29-08-2019 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Mess Hall opened in June inside the new Flight business complex at Tustin Legacy, where the surrounding office towers are still zero percent occupied. Despite the lack of onsite foot traffic yet, Mess Hall already draws a good crowd. The sprawling indoor/outdoor dining hall dwarfs most of the competition — with seating for hundreds — yet there are only seven small kitchens plus a full bar and coffee shop to feed the impending hordes. Some of the food here is fantastic. Some
  
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• Be part of Dana Point Harbor’s revitalization; open houses set for Tuesday, Wednesday

  29-08-2019 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Community members are invited to be part of the revitalization of the Dana Point Harbor retail commercial core area. Dana Point Harbor Partners will host two open house events at the Dana Point Harbor management office on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and Wednesday, Sept. 4.
  The same inspirational boards seen at the Aug. 19 workshop at the Ocean Institute will be displayed, featuring design and programming matters such as materials and color palettes, outdoor spaces, landscaping, events and public activatio
  
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• Meet the candidates vying for the United Mutual board in Laguna Woods Village

  29-08-2019 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Nine candidates have filed nomination papers to run for three open seats on the United Mutual board of directors for three-year terms: Neda Ardani, Maggie Blackwell, Alan Dale Dickinson, Janey Dorrell, Brian Gilmore, Gregory McLaughlin, Robert Gary Morrison,  Cynthia Rupert and Andre Torng. Ballots were mailed to members on Wednesday. Ballots will be tabulated during an open meeting at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Community Center Board Room.Neda Ardani
  NEDA ARDANI
  Address: 19 Via Castilla uni
  
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• Hurricane Dorian picks up steam, menaces Florida

  29-08-2019 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By FREIDA FRISARO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
  MIAMI — Leaving mercifully little damage in its wake in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, a strengthening Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida on Thursday as it swirled toward a possible direct hit on the state over Labor Day weekend.
  Along much of Florida’s east coast, shoppers rushed to stock up on food and emergency supplies at supermarkets and hardware stores and picked the shelves clean of bottled water. Lines formed
  
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• Engineering students build different perspective in Mexico

  29-08-2019 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Civil engineering major Gilda Ortega had an opportunity this summer to create a fictional research project to build a pedestrian bridge in Mexicali.
  Ortega was among the Cal State Fullerton engineering students who studied at Centro de Enseñanza Técnica Y Superior Universidad in Ensenada, Mexico for a week in late July and teamed up with Mexican scholars to create and present engineering research projects based on real-world needs.
  Students also visited three different industries &
  
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• Master Gardener: Tips to help tomatoes grow and thrive

  29-08-2019 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I have received quite a few questions about tomatoes and tomato problems. Plant problems can be classified as either biotic (caused by living organisms) or abiotic (caused by growing conditions). This week I will cover abiotic plant problems and next week I will discuss some common diseases that affect tomatoes.
  A: When signs of distress appear, many people will reach for some type of fertilizer. Although the popular blue liquid fertilizer can indeed work miracles, it’s helpful to know
  
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• CSUF scientists, students studying neutron star-black hole collision

  29-08-2019 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton gravitational-wave scientists and their students are working with LIGO and European Virgo collaborators to validate what may be a first-of-its-kind detection of a neutron star-black hole cosmic collision.
  The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO detectors in the U.S. and the Virgo observatory in Italy detected gravitational waves from the merger — possibly a neutron star devoured by a massive black hole — on Aug. 14.
  If confirmed b
  
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• 8 Halloween haunts to check out for chills and thrills in Southern California

  29-08-2019 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Halloween comes early to Long Beach every year thanks to the massive Midsummer Scream Halloween and Horror Convention that invades the Convention Center.
  The star of the macabre weekend is the always popular Hall of Shadows, a dark space filled with haunts possessed by things like powerful witches, mad cannibals, all-star slashers and murderous families.
  These creatures make up some of the best amateur haunts that pop up all over Southern California when Halloween comes around, and at August&rsq
  
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• Focus on congestion and pavement condition to improve state’s highways

  29-08-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s highways are a vital part of its economy, so it is disappointing to see the state produce another underwhelming result in Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report, which examines the condition, performance, and cost-effectiveness of all 50 state highway systems. Based on data that each state submitted to the federal government, Reason Foundation’s 24th Annual Highway Report measures the condition and cost-effectiveness of state-owned roads in 13 categories, i
  
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• 5 things you can do in the garden this week, Aug. 31-Sept. 5

  29-08-2019 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Fruits (and vegetables) of your labors
  Once again, it’s Labor Day weekend – the ideal time to enjoy the fruits of your gardening labors with a relaxing family feast. Make good use of those ripe tomatoes, onions and hot peppers by creating homemade salsa. Summer squashes cooked with tomatoes, onions and chicken broth are yummy. Eggplant and lots more good things are ready to harvest and enjoy. Use homegrown mint and lemons to make extra-refreshing lemonade.
  2. Pruning time
  Two or t
  
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• Kaiser workers to protest on Labor Day as strike nears

  29-08-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers, along with patients, clergy, elected leaders and community allies, are preparing to gather at Los Angeles City College on Monday, Sept. 2 to protest staffing shortages, wages they say are too low, and the high pay company executives are earning.
  The 10 a.m. protest, at  4133 Marathon St., comes as more than 80,000 Kaiser employees represented by the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions prepare to strike in early October in a move that would be the la
  
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• Kirsten Dunst to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

  29-08-2019 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  HOLLYWOOD — A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress Kirsten Dunst.
  Dunst will be joined in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony near the Gateway to the Walk of Fame at Hollywood Boulevard near La Brea Avenue by Sofia Coppola, who directed Dunst in three films, and Dunst’s fiance, Jesse Plemons, who played her husband on the second season of the FX black comedy-crime drama anthology “Fargo.”
  The star i
  
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• Watchdog: Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos

  29-08-2019 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump in the weeks before Comey was fired as bureau director, the Justice Department’s inspector general said Thursday.
  The watchdog’s office said Comey broke FBI rules by giving one memo containing unclassified information to a friend with instructions to share the contents with a reporter. Comey also failed to notify the FBI after he w
  
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• Orange is trying to save Handy and Hart parks before its leases with Caltrans expire

  29-08-2019 16:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Two of Orange’s most popular parks, Hart and Handy, may get chipped away at in the next few years, and city officials are reaching out to the state leadership to intervene.
  Caltrans for nearly 50 years has leased Orange 9 out of 41 acres in Hart Park and 6 out of 7 acres in Handy Park. But in 2017, the agency notified the city it will not renew the leases, which expire in 2023 for Hart Park and 2024 for Handy Park.
  Pinch runner Cooper Foard scores the game-winning run on a single by Aaron
  
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• State lawmakers mull the future of work in California

  29-08-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Legislature’s 2019 session will end in two weeks and no issue will have more impact on California’s workers and economic future than Assembly Bill 5 — even if it doesn’t pass.
  AB5 would place in law, with some exceptions, a landmark state Supreme Court decision that sharply tightened the legal parameters governing whether workers can be independent contractors or must become payroll employees.
  The 2018 Dynamex decision, named for a Southern California package delivery
  
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• John Wayne, LAX, San Diego ranked among top airports in U.S.

  29-08-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s popular to whine about everything that has to do with flying — especially airports. But no more whining, at least when it comes to Southern California.
  My review of expert reports, travel websites and, yes, actual data found that regardless of what nattering nabobs of negativism say, we have some of the best airports in the nation.
  From San Diego International Airport in the south all the way to Hollywood Burbank Airport  — and you have to love that name — numer
  
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• Man working in trench at Disneyland seriously injured when steel plate falls on him

  29-08-2019 15:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who was working in a trench at Disneyland had life-threatening injuries after a steel plate fell on him early Thursday, Aug. 29.
  One of the man’s coworkers called for help shortly before 3:20 a.m., according to a Metro Net Fire dispatcher.
  The workers, from a third-party contractor, were in a backstage area installing chiller lines for an HVAC system, said police Sgt. Daron Wyatt, a spokesman for Anaheim Fire & Rescue. The plate struck the worker, who was in the trench, and knock
  
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• Gardening: This California native can create a water-wise living fence, a cosmetic moisturizer and combat desertification

  29-08-2019 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  If you are looking to create privacy by surrounding your property with a living fence which, once established, does not need water, is cold hardy to 17 degrees, and has seeds that provide a precious cosmetic, consider jojoba.
  Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) develops into a large shrub or small tree, up to eight feet tall and eight feet wide, or even larger, and lives for a century or two. A California native xeriphyte found in the Sonoran Desert, jojoba (hoh-HOH-bah) can thrive in sand and is bein
  
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• U.S. proposing easing rules on climate-changing methane emissions

  29-08-2019 15:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
  WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies could face far looser oversight of emissions of potent climate-changing methane gas under a proposal expected from the Trump administration as soon as Thursday, oil industry and environmental groups said.
  The government’s plan would ease requirements on oil and gas sites to monitor for methane leaks and plug them.
  The Environmental Protection Agency’s move would be the latest in a series by the administration easing Obama-e
  
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• UCLA football graph: A look back at 2018

  29-08-2019 15:29 via ocregister.com
  
  When UCLA matched its worst start since 1943, things looked bleak. But by the time the Bruins finished the year, they appeared to be the happiest 3-9 team in the country.
  Subtle improvements on offense and defense, as well as a rivalry win over USC, built late-season momentum, and the Bruins went into the offseason feeling hopeful about the future under Chip Kelly.
  “We’re there, we can compete with some of the best teams in this conference,” running back Joshua Kelley said last
  
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• How Michael Pittman Jr. overcame a stutter to become a face of USC football

  29-08-2019 15:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Pittman Jr. dreaded the call.
  As the future USC receiver sat in class, paying attention to whatever the teacher was lecturing about that given day, the phone rang. The teacher went to check on the shrill interruption, and looked up at Pittman.
  “Michael,” the unwelcome announcement began, “you have to go to speech.”
  Once a week from first through sixth grade, the heads turned as Pittman packed up his bag, walked through the rows of desks and out the door. It was ti
  
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• 10 Democrats set for next debate as several others miss cut

  29-08-2019 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN SLODYSKO
  WASHINGTON — Struggling Democratic presidential candidates are facing the bad news that they are not among the 10 who have qualified for the next debate, a predicament that is likely to spell doom for their campaigns.
  Hours ahead of a midnight Wednesday deadline to qualify, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced she was dropping out of the race after spending at least $4 million on advertising in recent months to qualify.
  Billionaire climate change activist Tom Steyer
  
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• Six Flags unveils new record-setting and world’s first thrill rides and roller coasters for 2020

  29-08-2019 11:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags will add a collection of record-setting and world’s first thrill rides and roller coasters to its amusement parks next summer that promise to go higher, faster and further than ever before.
  Six Flags announced a host of new 2020 attractions on Thursday, Aug. 29 for its amusement parks and water parks in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Sub
  
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• 10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, Aug. 30-Sept. 5

  29-08-2019 10:06 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘Driving Wilde’
  A play by Jacqueline Wright that’s based on Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
  When: Runs 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday.
  Where: Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood.
  Tickets: $25; $20 seniors and students.
  Information: 323-856-8611, www.theatreofnote.com
  ‘Fefu and Her Friends’
  This comedy-drama by María Irene Fornés contains adult themes.
  When: Runs 8 p.m. Friday-
  
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• Two 18-year-olds charged with pimping underage girl in Santa Ana and Pomona

  29-08-2019 09:59 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A pair of 18-year-olds are facing charges of pimping a teenage girl in Santa Ana and Pomona, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
  Carlos Guadalupe Garcia and Leilani Celeste Parker were arrested Friday for allegedly pimping the 15-year-old victim, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.Charges were filed Tuesday against Garcia and Parker, who pleaded not guilty and were ordered to return to court in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana on Sept. 5.
  Both are charged with hu
  
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• Boys water polo roundup: Servite’s Guillermo Ocasio erupts for 11 goals against Edison

  29-08-2019 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Guillermo Ocasio piled up 131 goals last season and plenty the year before, too. But he never enjoyed a day quite like the one he delivered Wednesday.
  The All-County 2-meter man from Servite scored 11 goals in a 22-11 victory against visiting Edison in season-opening boys water polo clash of CIF-SS Division 3 teams.
  Servite (1-0) is the defending CIF Division 3 champion but graduated a few key players from the ’18 squad.
  Ocasio, a UCLA commit, returns as the reigning Division 3 player of t
  
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• Dodgers rally to beat Padres after Kenley Jansen blows another save

  29-08-2019 07:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 28:Manny Machado #13 slides safely past Russell Martin
  
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• Angels hitters fail to support Patrick Sandoval in his best outing

  29-08-2019 07:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels left fielder Justin Upton can’t reach a ball hit for a two-run double by the Rangers’ Isiah Kiner-Falefa during the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game at Angel Stadium. The Angels lost 3-0. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Angels starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval throws to the plate during the third inning of Wednesday’s game against the Rangers at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsANAHEIM, CA – AUGUST 28:
  
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• Fryer and Albano football predictions for Week 1

  29-08-2019 05:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Steve Fryer and Dan Albano make their predictions for the Week 1 high school football games.WEEK 1
  FRYER
  ALBANO
  Mission Viejo vs. Santa Margarita
  Mission Viejo
  Mission Viejo
  Orange vs. Garden Grove
  Orange
  Orange
  Capistrano Valley vs. San Juan Hills
  San Juan Hills
  San Juan Hills
  Orange Lutheran vs. Centennial
  Centennial
  Centennial
  Aliso Niguel vs. Sunny Hills
  Aliso Niguel
  Sunny Hills
  Sonora vs. Brea Olinda
  Brea Olinda
  Brea Olinda
  Valencia vs. Yorba Linda
  Yorba Linda
  Yorba Linda
  Western vs. Hunti
  
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• Gavin Lux will join the Dodgers soon, but his role is to be determined

  29-08-2019 05:40 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — The Dodgers have ruled out one possibility for the near future of Gavin Lux, their star prospect who outgrew Triple-A from the moment he arrived in June: he won’t watch the Dodgers finish their season from home.
  “I do think having him here in some capacity probably is a certainty,” Manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday. “We just haven’t decided to what extent.”
  A year ago, catcher Will Smith spent his September and October traveling with the Do
  
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• USC senior John Houston ready to be a more vocal leader for Trojans defense

  29-08-2019 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Performing on the big stage was never an issue for John Houston, Jr. The USC inside linebacker was thrust into a starting role as a sophomore and finished fourth on the team in tackles. As a junior, he recorded 67 tackles and five pass deflections.
  Through it all, he maintained a low profile. But entering 2019, three things happened to make Houston take on a more vocal role within the USC defense.
  First, leaders like Cameron Smith graduated, creating a leadership void someone
  
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• Huntley’s Hot List: Canyon’s Rouly, Dana Hills’ Boersma off to sizzling starts

  29-08-2019 05:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A look at what’s hot this week in Orange County high school football.
  Joseph Rouly, WR, Canyon
  Canyon had an impressive comeback victory over Spanish Springs of Nevada in South Lake Tahoe in Week 0. The Comanches trailed by 20 points in the third quarter and scored three consecutive touchdowns to win the game 41-40.
  The comeback was largely due to the connection between quarterback Vince Hourigan and receiver Joseph Rouly, a 6-foot-2 senior who caught 13 passes for a Southern Section-high
  
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• USC notebook: How Trojans are preparing for Fresno State’s unknown quarterback

  29-08-2019 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Usually when you prepare for an opponent, you can watch game film of the team and the individuals to get a good idea of how they might attack on Saturday.
  But for Saturday night’s season opener against Fresno State, USC doesn’t have much, if any, film on the man who will be under center for the Bulldogs.
  Gone is Marcus McMaryion, who led the Bulldogs to a 12-2 record last season. In his place is senior Jorge Reyna, who has thrown a total of 12 passes in his Fresno
  
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• Bubble Watch: 1-in-8 new California jobs are in construction

  29-08-2019 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Construction hiring in California in the past year equaled a big chunk — 1-in-8 — of all new jobs created statewide.
  Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
  The Trend
  Why does construction matter in California? It’s not just homes and highways. It’s also jobs.
  My trusty spreadsheet tells me that construction bosses statewide employed 900,700 in July — No. 1
  
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• Rams try to get offense moving in preseason finale against Houston Texans

  29-08-2019 04:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Rams coach Sean McVay has stuck to the preseason game plan: hold out the starters while allowing younger players to gain experience and carve out a potential role on the 53-man roster.
  Unlike a trip to Hawaii for an Aug. 17 exhibition game against the Cowboys, the team will have a majority of its roster, including starters, travel to Houston for its final exhibition game against the Texans. It is the fourth straight year the Rams will close out the preseason on the road.
  The only players not exp
  
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