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• Del Mar has reason to celebrate its stellar summer meet

  05-09-2019 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  OK, maybe it wasn’t as dramatic as a Hail Mary, but what Del Mar management and horsemen pulled off this summer was nothing short of a near-miraculous feat.
  Zero fatalities during 36 days of live racing?
  On the heels of 30 catastrophic injuries at Santa Anita?
  Yes, the entire crew at Del Mar, leading with trackmen Dennis Moore and Leif Dickinson, and including racing officials Tom Robbins and David Jerkens, deserve a ton of thanks from the industry nationwide for what they accomplished the
  
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• Whicker: Regis Prograis is a boxing champion in wolf’s clothing

  05-09-2019 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA MONICA — The Rougarou is known as the Bigfoot of the Bayou, a bad-tempered werewolf in the Louisiana swamp.
  Generations of parents have used the Rougarou as a disciplinary tool. Thinking about skipping school today? The Rougarou will get you.
  In Acadian lore, he is renowned for hunting down Catholics who break their Lenten promises.
  Now he lives through Regis Prograis, the left-hander who is the WBA super-lightweight champion.
  Prograis puts on the wolf head when he walks into the rin
  
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• Angels’ Dillon Peters has shown early success the third time through the order

  05-09-2019 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Early in his Angels career, Dillon Peters has bucked one of the defining trends of the team’s pitching staff.
  Peters can face hitters a third time.
  Peters, who is scheduled to start Friday in Chicago, has faced 50 batters the third time through the order this season, and he’s allowed them to hit .174.
  Angels pitchers have faced just 499 batters a third time this season, the fewest in the majors. They’ve allowed those hitters to hit .308 with a .931 OPS.
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• 10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, Sept. 6-12

  05-09-2019 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘Always Running’
  The world premiere of a play by Hector Rodriguez and Luis J. Rodriguez, based on Luis’ memoir about leaving a life of drugs and crime in order to create a healthier life.
  When: Runs 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 20. Also, 3 p.m. Sept. 7, 14 and 21. No shows on Sept. 27-29.
  Where: Casa 0101, 2101 E. First St., Boyle Heights.
  Tickets: $25; $22 seniors and students.
  Information: 323-263-7684. www.casa0101.org
  ‘Little I
  
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• Dance, religion and wine among themes of new Laguna Woods Village clubs

  05-09-2019 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  As an autumn chill creeps up, coaxing warm-blooded Southern Californians to curl up in their down comforters once the temperature drops to 68 degrees, many retreat indoors.
  Instead, why not get out and get involved in one of the 18 new clubs to come to the Village, all established in 2019. Here are a few:
  Wine Lovers Club
  Designated by resident Trudi Meyers as “the next big thing,” the Wine Lovers Club has already seen 200 attendees at its bring-your-own-bottle-style meetings.
  Self-a
  
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• Rams preview: 2019 schedule and game-by-game predictions

  05-09-2019 22:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Every Rams opponent this season will be trying a little harder to beat the NFC champions, to outsmart their mastermind head coach, to outplay their $110 million quarterback. Their reputation now works against them. The other side will use all of its tricks, if it has tricks.
  The proverbial target on their back means that any of those games that might have looked like soft touches on past Rams schedule will be among the games of the year now for the rival of the week.
  Although the traditional way
  
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• The ‘I Like Scary Movies’ art exhibition will return to Los Angeles for the haunting season

  05-09-2019 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Following a popular, sold-out run back in April, the ‘I Like Scary Movies’ interactive art experience is returning to Los Angeles just in time for Halloween. The exhibition will feature a few new installations and include playful scenes from classic scary movies such as “It,” “The Shining,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Friday the 13th,” “Beetlejuice” and more.
  The experience reopens on Friday, Sept. 20 and will run on selec
  
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• Placentia business owner, former water polo coach among Conception dive boat fire victims

  05-09-2019 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The founder and CEO of a Placentia payroll company with ties to water polo programs around the country was among the dozens aboard when a scuba diving vessel caught fire and sank off the Ventura County coast on Labor Day.
  Justin Dignam, who founded Big Fish Employer Services in 2003 according to his company biography, has not yet been officially identified by the Ventura County coroner as one of the 34 victims of the Conception boat accident Monday.
  But the company’s president, Jeff Hill,
  
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• Inside the Dodgers: This is what a 25-man postseason roster might look like

  05-09-2019 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Sept. 5 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  I’ve been holding off on writing this newsletter until Gavin Lux’s September fate was sealed. Now that he’s here, this is a good time to take a deep look at what a 25-man postseason roster might look like for the Dodgers. You figure they’ll take 12 pitchers and 13 position players. While the position-player jobs are more clearly del
  
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• UCLA OT Sean Rhyan, with first start done, ready for his Rose Bowl debut

  05-09-2019 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Nippert Stadium is smaller than 11 stadiums in the Pac-12, but to Sean Rhyan, the announced crowd of 38,032 was as good as any Pac-12 sellout last week.
  “At my high school, I’m sure it was only 1,000,” the true freshman from San Juan Hills High said with a grin. “So everywhere I play now, it’s just ‘Oh, that’s a lot of people.’”
  Each week is a new challenge for the highly touted lineman, whether it was learning the offense
  
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• Senior Moments: Opening up to the lasting sweetness of my man

  05-09-2019 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  “How are you doing with your new life?” people have been asking since George died.
  Here’s the thing. I don’t have a new life, and I don’t have an old life. I have a life with a missing piece.
  “I’m not sure,” I say.
  “After the first year, things get easier,” people say with authority.
  “Keeping busy is the answer.”
  Not ready yet to sort through my husband’s drawers and closet, I am keeping busy tackling one sma
  
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• Rolling classrooms offer Bible-related activities during lunch times

  05-09-2019 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A converted bus operates as one of seven mobile classrooms that visit students at Placentia and Yorba Lind schools during lunch with parents’ permission. (Courtesy of Yorba Linda Released-Time Christian Education)
  More than 50 volunteer teachers and aides are readying seven mobile classrooms – better known as “chapels on wheels” – to launch another year of released-time Christian education for the 21 elementary schools in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Dis
  
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• Rams’ latest contract extension goes to tight end Tyler Higbee

  05-09-2019 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Tight end Tyler Higbee has hauled in the latest contract extension awarded by the Rams to a key starter in his prime.
  Higbee, 26, agreed to a four-year extension that will keep him in Los Angeles through the 2023 season, the team announced Thursday.
  The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport was first to report that the extension has a base value of $31,025,000 and could be worth more than $36 million with incentive bonuses. This would make Higbee one of the league’s 10 hig
  
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• Bravo: U-ACRE founder receives CSU innovation and leadership award

  05-09-2019 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  When Sara Johnson joined Cal State Fullerton’s Division of Anthropology nearly 20 years ago, she dreamed of a program that would give students opportunities to conduct research while also improving local food systems.
  Her dream came to fruition in 2011 when she founded the Urban Agriculture Community-based Research Experience, or U-ACRE, an award-winning program that involves students in research focused on food insecurity, nutritional sufficiency, environmental justice and sustainable agr
  
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• How the weather could impact the Tenaja fire near Murrieta

  05-09-2019 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The same strong gusty winds that fanned the Tenaja fire that broke out near Murrieta on Wednesday are not expected to return on Thursday, forecasters say.
  Winds are expected to be much more mellow, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bruno Rodriguez.
  At about 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, the gusts near the blaze got as strong as 37 mph and stayed steady at about 20 mph, Rodriguez said. Expect much lighter winds typical of onshore flow in the second day of the blaze, he said.
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• CSUF linguistics professor to study six endangered languages in Myanmar

  05-09-2019 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The son of a Bible translator, Kenneth Van Bik was introduced to the power of language at an early age.
  “My father spent about 16 years translating the Bible into Hakha Lai, so my interest in linguistics really began at the family dinner table,” said the Cal State Fullerton assistant professor of linguistics. “What excites me about this field is finding how people are connected by investigating how languages are related and not related.”
  With nearly two decades of linguis
  
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• Raiders will suspend Antonio Brown after argument with GM Mayock: report

  05-09-2019 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
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  Raiders star receiver Antonio Brown is facing a suspension from the team after a tumultuous preseason that came to a head with an argument with general manager Mike Mayock Wednesday.
  According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Brown and Mayock got into an argument Wednesday, resulting in the team’s decision to suspend Brown.The Next Chapter: Antonio Brown and GM Mike Mayock got into it Wednesday, and the team is now
  
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• Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case

  05-09-2019 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY and CAROLE FELDMAN
  WASHINGTON — The Education Department is fining Michigan State University a record $4.5 million and demanding sweeping changes after determining that it failed to respond to sexual assault complaints against Larry Nassar, a former sports doctor at the school who also worked at USA Gymnastics.
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the penalty Thursday after the school settled with the department to resolve two investigations. DeVos said that Nassar&r
  
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• From birth certificate to USC debut, Drake Jackson always felt destined to be a Trojan

  05-09-2019 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  On April 12, 2001, a baby boy was born at Kaiser Harbor City. Twenty-one inches, eight pounds. When it came time to fill out his newborn son’s birth certificate, Dennis Jackson had a highly specific, and prophetic, answer.
  “Drake Jackson, University of Southern California, outside linebacker, 265 pounds.”
  A very young Drake Jackson with a football. (Photo courtesy of Dennis Jackson)
  If the doctors and the nurses in the room were taken aback, they kept their composure well, simp
  
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• Relay for Life for Coastal Communities will raise money for cancer research, resources

  05-09-2019 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Join hundreds of community members who will let their feet do the talking on Saturday, Sept. 14, during Relay for Life of the Coastal Communities, which includes Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel and San Clemente.
  Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the relay at Laguna Niguel Regional Park honors those touched by cancer and raises funds for research, resources and education. Opening ceremony kicks off at 9 a.m. followed by the survivor/caregiver walk.  A luminaria a
  
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• Master Gardener: How to decipher tomato labels and the diseases your plants can resist

  05-09-2019 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I know that the letters on tomato labels mean that they are resistant to certain diseases, but I have no idea what these diseases look like and whether I need to pay attention to these labels.
  A: I think tomatoes can be more demanding than roses in some cases. It seems that there’s always a bug or disease ready to ruin your plans for homemade salsa.
  Tomatoes are susceptible to several viruses and soil fungi, and, once infected, cannot be effectively treated. The best way to avoid this i
  
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• Spotlight 29 Casino closes food court, one of its restaurants; new concept slated for 2020

  05-09-2019 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Less than a year after opening its beach-themed Pier 29 Food Court and Mexican eatery La Diabla Maria, Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella has closed both spots and plans to transition them into something else in 2020.
  Adam Levy, marketing manager for Spotlight 29, confirmed the closures in a telephone interview. He said that the casino has not yet announced the new concept. Asked whether it will be a restaurant, Levy said, “most likely.”
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• Metrolink train kills person in Fullerton

  05-09-2019 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — The death of a person struck by a Metrolink train in Fullerton was being investigated Thursday as a possible suicide.
  The collision was reported about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Highland and Walnut avenues, according to the Fullerton Police Department.
  The victim, whose name, age and gender were not immediately available, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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• Irvine getting 137 new townhomes priced under $600,000

  05-09-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Bocce court at Intracorp’s MDL project that will have 137 townhomes in Irvine. (Courtesy: Intracorp)
  Clubhouse at Intracorp’s MDL project that will have 137 townhomes in Irvine. (Courtesy: Intracorp)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsExterior view at Intracorp’s MDL project that will have 137 townhomes in Irvine. (Courtesy: Intracorp)
  Pool at Intracorp’s MDL project that will have 137 townhomes in Irvine. (Courtesy: Intracorp)
  Exterior at Intracorp’s MDL project
  
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• 5 things you can do in the garden this week, Sept. 7-13

  05-09-2019 16:22 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Grape expectations
  I always regret the end of stone fruit season when it rolls around in September, but fortunately, there are some late varieties ripening about now. And there’s still time for some canning, in spite of the heat. Figs and midseason apples are in full swing. Lady Finger grapes are great and late season grapes are coming on. Summer vegetables are beginning to wind down, however – and that’s another reminder to get going on that winter garden.
  2. Fig it out
  If
  
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• How to enjoy a late summer Southern California mini vacation

  05-09-2019 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Summer may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to get outside and enjoy beautiful Southern California. In fact, now that school’s back in session and many tourists have headed home, this is the perfect time to plan at least one more adventure of the season. If nutrition and physical fitness are an important part of your plan for wellness, these two local spots will support your goals to be healthy. You won’t have to venture far to enjoy a day or a night a
  
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• Tenaja fire near Murrieta grows to 1,400 acres, 7% contained, evacuation orders remain in place

  05-09-2019 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A pesky fire that has grown in spurts, in the grassy hills of La Cresta before heading for Murrieta, has scorched 1,400 acres and was only 7% contained as of Thursday morning, Sept. 5, fire officials said.
  Evacuation orders, issued Wednesday night, remained in place.
  Evacuation orders had been given to Murrieta residents in Copper Canyon, south of Calle del Oso Oro between Clinton Keith Road and Murrieta Creek Drive.
  In addition, there was also a mandatory evacuation order in place for homes on
  
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• Sectoral collective bargaining is bad for the economy

  05-09-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  An effort by labor unions to reverse their declining membership through government force would be an economic disaster for the country, but that hasn’t stopped the plan from being picked up by candidates in the Democratic presidential primaries and offered as the solution to what ails paychecks in America.The policy idea being pushed by unions and some Democratic candidates is called “sectoral bargaining.” Union contracts are typically negotiated separately with each employer,
  
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• Time to control California’s growing coyote population

  05-09-2019 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  After holding out for as long as I could, I finally broke down and joined the website Nextdoor.com — which is a private social network where you and your neighbors can talk about what’s going on in your local community. I avoided setting up a profile because I just assumed that it was a space for my neighbors to complain about me.
  But as it turns out, the website is primarily a crime blotter for all things four-legged — crimes usually committed by coyotes.
  I mentioned this to a
  
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• Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion gets holiday makeover in nearly half the time: ‘It’s been crazy’

  05-09-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland will transform the Haunted Mansion for the holidays in nearly half the time this year with double the staff working in two shifts to get the classic E-ticket attraction ready for its popular “The Nightmare Before Christmas” incarnation.
  “It’s been crazy,” Disney Parks Live Entertainment technical director Joe Peters said. “My team knows what they’re doing. I surprisingly appear to be the least stressed of everybody. Which I think is bothering
  
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• Studio City home used for ‘The Brady Bunch’ exterior now looks like the 50-year-old sitcom inside

  05-09-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It turned out to be much more than a hunch.
  However, when Discovery’s HGTV cable network paid $3.5 million last year for a very famous, split-level ranch house at 11222 Dilling Street in Studio City, they didn’t exactly know what they were getting into.
  The property, of course, is the iconic one in establishing exterior shots of “The Brady Bunch,” the blended family sitcom that ran on ABC from 1969 to 1974 and in reruns for generations since. Now the real estate improveme
  
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• Gavin Newsom wheels and deals

  05-09-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gavin Newsom wasn’t born when the TV game show “Let’s Make a Deal” began its run but he’s channeling its host, Monty Hall, during the final days of his first legislative session as governor.
  Every few days, it seems, Newsom announces that he and legislative leaders have agreed on one of the session’s major issues, most prominently — so far — rent control and charter school oversight.
  Additionally, Labor Day saw a Newsom declaration that he supports
  
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• Dorian, back to a Category 3 hurricane, creeps up U.S. coast

  05-09-2019 14:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEG KINNARD
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hurricane Dorian , back to a Category 3 storm, began raking the Southeast U.S. seaboard early Thursday and left tens of thousands without power as it threatened to inundate low-lying coasts from Georgia to Virginia with a life-threatening storm surge after its deadly mauling of the Bahamas.
  Dorian squatted over the island nation as its strongest hurricane on record, leaving widespread devastation and at least 20 people dead. But it weakened substantially i
  
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• Man suspected of slashing ex-girlfriend’s face in Santa Ana

  05-09-2019 11:17 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Santa Ana police asked for the public’s help Wednesday, Sept. 4, in tracking down a man accused of slashing the face of his ex-girlfriend.
  Alexander Chicas, 44, allegedly broke into the victim’s home at about 1:50 a.m. Monday, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
  Police sought Alexander Chicas, 44, on suspicion of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s residence in Santa Ana and slashing her face with a knife on Monday, Sept. 2 (Photo courtesy of th
  
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• Salazar has Fullerton football on track for a winning season

  05-09-2019 07:55 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON – Richard Salazar is no stranger to the intricate planning and hard work needed to resuscitate a football program.
  The second-year head coach for Fullerton leans on his time — and success — at the helm of Nogales High for reassurance.Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now“We went through some tough times last year,” Salazar said of the Indians’ 2018 campaign, where they finished 4-7. “It rea
  
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• Joc Pederson homers twice more as Dodgers set NL single-season record

  05-09-2019 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers’ Joc Pederson hits a home run in the bottom of the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium. Pederson hit another one later in the game. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Dodger starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu #99 during their game against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium Wednesday September 4, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDodger starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu
  
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• USC’s young cornerbacks starting on their learning curve

  05-09-2019 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The biggest question surrounding the USC defense entering the season opener against Fresno State last week was how the Trojans’ young cornerbacks would handle the moment.
  Would they play above their heads, or show some signs of their dearth of experience?
  The results from the 31-23 victory over Fresno State were solid, though not spectacular.
  USC held Fresno and first-time starter Jorge Reyna to 19-for-39 passing for 256 yards and two touchdowns. The Bulldogs had to wor
  
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• Albano on football: Orange County’s top 10 kickers, punters to watch in 2019

  05-09-2019 07:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Dan Albano ranks Orange County’s top 10 kickers and punters for 2019, with consideration given to Week 0 and Week 1 performances.
  1.RJ Lopez, Mission Viejo, Sr.
  Lopez could be the best place kicker in the state, according to guru Brad Bohn of West Coast Kicking. Lopez won kickoff competitions at West Coast Kicking’s Head-to-Head and All-County events over the summer. And in Week 0 against Konawaena of Hawaii, he drilled all six of his kickoffs into the end zone f
  
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• USC running game finding its footing behind duo of Vavae Malepeai, Stephen Carr

  05-09-2019 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lost in all the talk about USC’s quarterback situation was the fact that one of the most questioned aspects of the Trojans’ offense this preseason, the running game, exceeded expectations in the 31-23 victory over Fresno State.
  Junior Vavae Malepeai set career-highs with 23 carries for 134 yards. He scored a touchdown, and, perhaps most importantly for a running back of his size at 6-foot and 220 pounds, had only one carry that went for negative yardage.
  Then juni
  
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• Patrick Sandoval’s strong start cut short in Angels’ loss

  05-09-2019 06:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani walks back to the dugout after striking out in the top of the sixth inning of Wednesday’s game against the A’s in Oakland. Ohtani went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
  Angels starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval throws to the plate during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the A’s in Oakland. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOAKLAND, CALIFORNI
  
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• Known as a ‘wonderful friend’ and ‘one of a kind,’ friends remember 2 Santa Monica residents killed in Channel Islands boat fire

  05-09-2019 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  They came from different backgrounds and different places, but the one thing they all had in common was a love for the ocean and a thirst for adventure.
  Among the 34 scuba diving enthusiasts killed when the dive boat Conception caught fire and sunk near the Channel Islands on Labor Day were two Santa Monica residents.
  Officials have not formally released the names of any victims, saying DNA samples might be needed in some cases. Through social media and speaking to friends and family, many of th
  
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• Huntley’s Hot List: Newport Harbor, Aliso Niguel earn sizzle points

  05-09-2019 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  A look at what’s hot this week in Orange County high school football.
  Walter Gooding, RB, Esperanza
  This is shaping up to be the year of outstanding performances from running backs.
  In Week 0, Magnolia running back Joseph Lariz rushed for 226 yards against Godinez. In Week 1, Magnolia witnessed another fantastic rushing performance, this time from Esperanza running back Walter Gooding.
  Gooding rushed for 212 yards on just 10 carries and multiple touchdowns in the Aztecs’ 54-20 win ov
  
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• Mercy: 2019 marks the end of an era for position players pitching

  05-09-2019 04:58 via ocregister.com
  
  On Aug. 16, a Little League Baseball player from Virginia hit a home run in a victory over a team from Rhode Island. Running down the third-base line, the batter was greeted by the Rhode Island pitcher with a simple glove tap. The clip went viral.
  Opinions on the glove tap were split. If you believe the Little League World Series consists of friendly games among children, you could appreciate the genuine innocence of the moment. If you believe it to be something more – a training ground fo
  
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• For Rams, Jared Goff’s big contract extension has larger meaning

  05-09-2019 04:51 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Jared Goff’s new contract makes the Rams’ quarterback the highest-paid player in the NFL in the all-important category of guaranteed money, which accounts for $110 million of the $134 million in his four-year extension.
  But the point isn’t how Goff stands alone. It’s how he fits in.
  The Rams see Goff’s extension agreement — reached Tuesday afternoon after a few months of quiet negotiation — as the capstone in management’s effo
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (9-4-19)

  05-09-2019 04:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
  BOYS WATER POLO
  NONLEAGUE
  Buena Park 20, La Mirada 1
  El Dorado 12, La Habra 3
  Marina 12, Estancia 4
  Yorba Linda 16, Upland 6
  Trabuco Hills 12, Valencia 9
  Foothill 10, Dana Hills 5
  Goals: (DH) Zachary 2, Sullivan, Malecka, McCarthy. (Foot) Rowe 3, Matos 3, Tallman 2, Worland, Stovner.
  Saves: Edward (DH) Edward 10
  Garden Grove 13, Lakewood 6
  GIRLS GOLF
  NONLEAGUE
  Walnut 187, Mater Dei 216
  California Country Club (par 37)
  Fullerton
  
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• Alex Verdugo’s rehab assignment ‘in a holding pattern’ due to back pain

  05-09-2019 04:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — After one game with the Ogden Raptors, Alex Verdugo’s rehab assignment is “in a holding pattern” due to renewed soreness in his back.
  Verdugo had three plate appearances for the rookie-level Raptors on Monday, walking twice. He did not play Tuesday and was scratched from the lineup on Wednesday with the back issue, a problem that has followed him throughout the season.
  “He didn’t reinjure himself. It was more the back couldn’t get loose,&rd
  
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• Charges filed against four suspects in Irvine kidnapping

  05-09-2019 04:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Three men and one woman were charged Wednesday, Sept. 4, on suspicion of kidnapping an Irvine woman to extort money from her family.
  Ezra Schley, 71, and Yang “Rose” Wang, 37, both of Huntington Beach; Reha Soylular, 54, of Newport Beach, and George Armando Medrano, 34, of Norco, are charged with felony counts of aggravated kidnapping for ransom, burglary and attempted extortion, Orange County District Attorney’s officials said in a news release.
  Medrano was additionally charge
  
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• Mike Pouncey forgoes chance at more money to re-sign with Chargers

  05-09-2019 03:53 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — The Chargers have one less contract to worry about, and they can thank Mike Pouncey for his financial planning.
  “It wasn’t about money,” Pouncey said. “I got a (expletive) ton of money.”
  Pouncey has found a new home with the Chargers and he didn’t want to start the 2019 season knowing that he could possibly be gone in a few months.
  He went against his agent’s wishes to enter free agency, where he likely could have earned more money, an
  
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• Brian Goodwin provides a bright spot in Angels’ otherwise bleak season

  05-09-2019 03:39 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Brian Goodwin stood in the Oakland Coliseum visitors clubhouse in the same spot where he’d stood more than five months earlier, but in an entirely different place.
  On March 28, just before the Angels played their first game of the season, Goodwin was introducing himself to his new teammates. Having been released by the Kansas City Royals, Goodwin was picked up by the Angels as a last-minute replacement for injured Justin Upton.
  On Wednesday night, Goodwin was batting third
  
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• Park Life: Six Flags announces new rides and Knott’s reveals Halloween Haunt lineup

  05-09-2019 02:08 via ocregister.com
  
  With the summer unofficially coming to a close, Southern California theme parks turn their attention to Halloween and what’s next for 2020. The latest Park Life newsletter says farewell to a few old favorites and looks ahead to a big, bright Tomorrowland.
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