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• House passes historic marijuana banking bill with backing from Southern California reps

  25-09-2019 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to let federally-insured banks work with cannabis shops and related companies in states that have legalized marijuana, marking the first ever federal vote on a stand-alone cannabis bill.
  With backing from Southern California representatives and nearly half of House Republicans, the Democrat-controlled chamber approved a law that supporters argue will boost public safety, improve transparency and ease the financing crunch facing the multibillion-dollla
  
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• Park Life: The best new Halloween mazes at Disney, Universal and Knott’s theme parks

  25-09-2019 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Halloween is in full swing at Disneyland, Universal Studios, Knott’s Berry Farm and theme parks around the country and the latest Park Life newsletter has all the details on the best new haunted mazes of the season. Join us as we get our scare on.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
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• Whole Foods to kick off grand opening of Long Beach’s 2nd and PCH on Oct. 23

  25-09-2019 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Time to mark the calendar: The folks behind Long Beach’s next big shopping center have announced an unveiling date.
  The 11-acre 2nd and PCH project will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, Oct. 24. But Whole Foods, the site’s biggest tenant, will have its own ribbon-cutting festivities the day prior.
  Beginning at 8 a.m. that Wednesday, Oct. 23, folks will be greeted at the grocery giant’s new location at 6400 E. Pacific Coast Highway with free coffee, snacks and music befo
  
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• Cal State Fullerton’s women’s golf team scores back-to-back tournament wins

  25-09-2019 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton’s women’s golf team recorded a pair of impressive tournament victories this month.
  First came a third-round comeback win at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic on Sept. 9 and 10 in Springville, Utah. The final score of 26-over-par 878 gave the Titans their first tournament victory since 2014.
  The Titans followed that performance this week by winning the Boston College Intercollegiate at Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Mass. The team trailed by six strokes midway throu
  
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• Photos: ‘Peace, Love and Music’ show raises $1.4 million for CSUF

  25-09-2019 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 5,000 members of the Cal State Fullerton community came together Saturday to celebrate Woodstock’s 50th anniversary at the university’s annual fundraiser Concert Under the Stars. The concert raised more than $1.4 million, a record high, for student scholarships and programs.
  Students from the university’s dance and musical ensembles performed in the “Peace, Love and Music” show with alumni, including Brooke Aston, who graduated in 2002 with a bachelor’s
  
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• Why did Justin Faulk not want to be dealt to the Ducks?

  25-09-2019 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Why did the Carolina Hurricanes ship defenseman Justin Faulk to the St. Louis Blues instead of the Ducks on Tuesday? Well, for starters, it was Faulk’s choice since he declined to waive his limited no-trade clause to join the Ducks because their offer of a contract extension wasn’t sufficient.
  Faulk simply wanted to join the defending Stanley Cup champion Blues instead of the Ducks.
  The Ducks were among several teams on Faulk’s no-trade list, so the Hurricanes c
  
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• Forest bathing at Fullerton Arboretum a way to de-stress, tune in with nature

  25-09-2019 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The Fullerton Arboretum is a popular spot for Cal State Fullerton students to unwind between classes or for families to come to watch the turtles and ducks in the pond.
  Juan Lazo Bautista sees the 26-acre botanical garden as a place where visitors can cut through the distractions of everyday life to connect with nature, themselves and others through shared sensory experiences.
  The 25-year-old Tustin resident is an advocate of forest bathing, which despite how it sounds doesn’t involve soap
  
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• Agents blame Southern California homebuying lull on fears the market’s peaked

  25-09-2019 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Agents gathered at the California Association of Realtors conference in downtown Los Angeles weren’t surprised by news the local housing market cooled in August, saying many potential clients are holding back because they don’t want to buy at the peak of the market.
  Sales across six Southern California counties totaled 22,284 last month, CoreLogic reported Wednesday, Sept. 25. That’s down 1.2% in a year and a modest homebuying reversal after July’s 3.7% year-over-year sal
  
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• Student at Moreno Valley Landmark Middle School dies from on-campus fight injuries

  25-09-2019 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The 13-year-old boy whose head was knocked against a pillar during a Sept. 16 fight at Moreno Valley Landmark Middle School has been pronounced clinically dead, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said on Wednesday.
  The boy, identified as Diego, was hospitalized after the fight and died as a result of injuries sustained in the attack, the department said.
  “Preparations by Diego’s family are underway for organ donation to transform this tragedy into the gift of life for ot
  
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• Daniel Dunbar to be interim head coach this season for Orange Lutheran boys basketball

  25-09-2019 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange Lutheran announced Wednesday that Daniel Dunbar will continue to serve as interim head coach of the boys basketball team during the 2019-20 season.
  Dunbar became interim coach after Chris Nordstrom resigned on Aug. 7. Nordstrom coached Orange Lutheran for 16 seasons, and he is now the head coach at St. Margaret’s.
  Dunbar has been part of the Orange Lutheran basketball coaching staff for nine seas
  
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• Titan Voice: The legacy of the university’s longest serving president

  25-09-2019 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By Fram VirjeeCal State Fullerton president
  In my nearly two years as president of California State University, Fullerton, I have come to be known for my impromptu walks around campus. So much so, my staff even created a social media hashtag (#TitanFramTracker) to assist in keeping tabs on my whereabouts during my daily “walkabouts” disappearing into our campus community.
  The reasons for my constant strolls are as abundant as the excellence I encounter while on them. Sure, there is t
  
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• See’s Candies opens permanent store in San Clemente

  25-09-2019 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A temporary See’s Candies location in San Clemente has reopened as a permanent fixture on Camino De Estrella.
  The store, which features all the chocolatey treats its customers adore, unofficially opened for business Sept. 20, a company representative said Wednesday. The official grand opening is Friday, Sept. 27 at the San Clemente Plaza.
  The San Clemente store, which features all the chocolatey treats its customers adore, unofficially opened for business Sept. 20. (Photo courtesy of See&r
  
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• Rides, a parade, music, silly contests: Tustin Tiller Days returns in all its glory Oct. 3-6

  25-09-2019 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Tustin is a town that loves tradition – a reality no better on display than during Tustin Tiller Days.
  The four-day festival starts with a carnival preview night on Oct. 3, and runs through Oct. 6. The world-famous – or, at least, Tustin-famous – parade takes place in all its glory on Oct. 5.
  Celebrating Tustin’s farming heritage, the annual event has been going strong since 1957. Baby boomers, now with grandchildren in tow, can remember riding the Ferris wheel at Columbu
  
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• Kaiser Permanente and 85,000 workers reach tentative labor agreement

  25-09-2019 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  After months of failed negotiations, Kaiser Permanente and a coalition of unions representing 85,000 workers have announced a tentative agreement that could avert an unfair labor practices strike set to begin Oct. 14.
  The announcement, made Wednesday, Sept. 25, came as a relief to Georgette Bradford, an ultrasound technologist at Kaiser in Sacramento.
  “Reaching an agreement was not easy, it had lots of twists and turns, but in the end we accomplished what we set out to do – reach an
  
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• Southern California home sales dip 1.2% in August as rebound reverses course

  25-09-2019 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California home sales slipped back into reverse in August after recording the first gain in a year the previous month.
  Sales across six Southern California counties totaled 22,284 last month, CoreLogic reported Wednesday, Sept. 25. That’s down 1.2% in a year, a drop that cools hopes for a second-half homebuying surge. CoreLogic tracks completed sales for all residences, existing and newly built.
  August marks a modest homebuying reversal after July’s 3.7% year-over-year sales
  
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• Juul stops advertising e-cigarettes, replaces CEO

  25-09-2019 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matthew Perrone and Michelle Chapman, The Associated Press
  Juul Labs is halting all U.S. advertising of its e-cigarettes and replacing its CEO amid a nationwide backlash against vaping.
  The largest e-cigarette maker also said Wednesday it won’t fight a sweeping ban on flavors proposed by the Trump administration to reverse a surge in underage vaping.
  Juul’s CEO will be replaced by a senior executive from Altria, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes. Altria took a 35% stake in Juul in
  
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• Greta Van Fleet talks new music, a Grammy win and possibly rockin’ 50 years from now before coming to Southern California

  25-09-2019 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Just a year ago the members of Michigan rock band Greta Van Fleet were preparing to release their debut full length album, “Anthem of a Peaceful Army,” and head out to California to perform as part of the Foo Fighters-curated Cal Jam ’18 at Glen Helen Amphitheatre in San Bernardino.
  Since then, the rising quartet of twentysomethings comprised of brothers Josh (vocals), Jake (guitar) and Sam (bass) Kiszka and longtime friend and drummer Danny Wagner, scored a Grammy for best roc
  
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• Disneyland gets new president as former Anaheim boss moves to Disney World in theme park shakeup

  25-09-2019 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Disneyland resort will get a new president and the Anaheim theme park’s current president will move to a similar post at Walt Disney World as Disney continues to shake up the top ranks of its theme park business after a slower-than-expected start for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
  Rebecca Campbell was named the new president of the Disneyland resort on Wednesday, Sept. 25, according to Disneyland officials.
  “As a lifelong fan of Disney parks, I am thrilled for the opportunity to
  
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• Corona Costco shooting ‘update’ to come from Riverside County DA this morning

  25-09-2019 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin on Wednesday, Sept. 25, will announce what his office called an “update” to the June 14 Corona Costco shooting that left an intellectually disabled man dead and his parents critically wounded by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer.
  No other details were released ahead of the planned 11 a.m. news conference.
  Attorney Dale Galipo, who represents Russell and Paola French, the parents of Kenneth French, 32, who died, said he did not know
  
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• Gary Clark Jr. talks Hollywood Bowl debut and making ‘This Land’: ‘I want to push all the buttons’

  25-09-2019 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Gary Clark Jr. is only just now making his Hollywood Bowl debut, but the singer-guitarist from Austin, Texas says he’s long felt its pull.
  “There are a few venues that come to mind, me being a musician, that you’ve heard about and want to play,” he says before ticking off famed theaters such as the Regal in Chicago, where blues legend B.B. King recorded a classic live album, and the Apollo in New York City, where soul-funk icon James Brown did the same.
  “They’
  
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• Five Orange County players commit to colleges for women’s water polo

  25-09-2019 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Three girls water polo players from Santa Margarita and players from Laguna Beach and Foothill have committed to colleges, coaches Ethan Damato of Laguna Beach and SET and Paden Mitchell of Foothill said.
  Santa Margarita All-County sharp-shooter Caroline Christl has committed to Cal while her senior teammates Mara Loughlin and Savannah Burns have committed to Cal and UC Santa Barbara, respectively.
  Christl teamed with Honnie Vandeweghe to help power the Eagles to the CIF-SS Division 2 title last
  
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• RB Melvin Gordon could soon report to the Chargers

  25-09-2019 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Melvin Gordon’s holdout could soon be coming to an end.
  Gordon had planned to report to the Chargers at some point in October, but is now considering moving up the date, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
  That date could come as soon as Thursday, according to a report from Branson Wright of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport confirmed that Thursday is being considered by Gordon, but added no date has been set.
  If Gordon reports Thursday, he’s not expec
  
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• ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’: Be afraid of the dark as yelling and tears upset the Zen retreat

  25-09-2019 16:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Picking up where we left off last week on “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” the power is still out at the wellness resort in Arizona, and so right away we’re treated to the sight of housewives Braunwyn Windham-Burke, Kelly Dodd and Emily Simpson wandering the manicured grounds holding candles in the dark of night like Shakespeare’s three witches from the Scottish play.
  “This is creepy!” Kelly says, instantly reminding us that this is not Shakespeare. The
  
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• Memo: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims

  25-09-2019 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript summarizing the call released Wednesday.
  In the call, Trump raised unsubstantiated allegations that Biden sought to interfere with a Ukrainian prosecutor’s investigation of the former vice president’s son Hunter.
  Here is th
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Most kids’ birthday parties aren’t hell on earth — just mine

  25-09-2019 16:17 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the better things about having young adult children, as opposed to children who are merely young, is that I no longer have to organize birthday parties for them.
  These days, a birthday celebration consists of the following:Me: Where do you want to go eat for your birthday?
  Young adult offspring: Claim Jumper.
  Me: OK, but don’t order the zucchini stick appetizers because they cost $12 and you never eat them.
  Young adult offspring: OK. (Then orders them anyway)This is a tremendous imp
  
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• Firefighters battling warehouse fire in Santa Ana

  25-09-2019 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County firefighters battled a fire Wednesday morning, Sept. 25, that tore through a commercial building in Santa Ana.
  About 50 Orange County firefighters knocked down a fire at a commercial building in Santa Ana in just under two hours Wednesday morning, Sept. 25. (Photo Courtesy of Capt. Paul Holaday)
  The fire broke out at a warehouse at 1951 E. Carnegie Avenue and was first reported just past 5:10 a.m.
  Arriving firefighters saw flames through the roof. More than 50 firefighters were on
  
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• New climate report: Oceans rising faster, ice melting more

  25-09-2019 14:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN
  NEW YORK — Due to climate change, the world’s oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an ever-faster pace and melting even more ice and snow, a grim international science assessment concludes.
  But that’s nothing compared to what Wednesday’s special United Nations-affiliated oceans and ice report says is coming if global warming doesn’t slow down: three feet of sea rise by the end of the century, many few
  
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• Orange County Top 10 boys water polo rankings, Sept. 24

  25-09-2019 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s boys water polo rankings through games Sept. 24, 2019
  BOYS WATER POLO
  O.C. TOP 10
  1.Newport Harbor 8-1
  2. Huntington Beach 8-3
  3. Mater Dei 7-5
  4. Santa Margarita 10-5
  5. Corona del Mar 10-1
  6. Laguna Beach 5-3
  7. Orange Lutheran 7-5
  8. San Clemente
  9. Woodbridge
  10. Foothill 6-4
  Please send feedback or water polo news to Dan Albano at [email protected] or @ocvarsityguy on Twitter
  Related Articles Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (9-24-19) VOTE: Southern Cali
  
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• Firefighter injured combating Yorba Linda church gym fire

  25-09-2019 07:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Flames broke out in a Yorba Linda church’s gymnasium, and one responding firefighter was taken to a hospital on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
  The fire was reported at Calvary Chapel of Yorba Linda, 18821 Yorba Linda Boulevard, at about 7:27 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Paul Holaday said. When crews arrived, they found an electrical fire burning in the walls of the gym.Yorba Linda: Fire damage in gym pic.twitter.com/ygEbvFze3q
  — OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) September 25, 2019“Our deaco
  
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• Rich Hill makes successful return as Dodgers clinch NL’s best record

  25-09-2019 07:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers’ Max Muncy, second from right, is greeted by teammates Tony Gonsolin, left, Will Smith and Joc Pederson after hitting a grand slam during the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Padres in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Dod
  
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• Angels edge A’s to make AL wild-card race a little tighter

  25-09-2019 06:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Dillon Peters throws to an Oakland Athletics batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
  Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Homer Bailey throws to a Los Angeles Angels batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Angels second baseman Kaleb Cowart forces out Oakla
  
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• Dustin May still auditioning for role on Dodgers’ postseason roster

  25-09-2019 05:38 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — For Dustin May, the audition continues.
  Going into the final trip of the regular season, May has made six relief appearances this month. He will get “two, three more outings” this week as the Dodgers try to decide if they can trust a hard-throwing right-hander who started the season in Double-A and just turned 22 to pitch out of the bullpen in the pressurized atmosphere of the postseason.
  “We’re learning more about him,” Dodgers manager Dave Robert
  
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• USC safety Talanoa Hufanga in concussion protocol as injuries mount

  25-09-2019 05:18 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — As Clay Helton was asked to go through a series of injury updates, the USC head coach dryly asked, “Where would you like to begin?”
  The list of wounded Trojans has certainly grown as the 2019 season has progressed. Tuesday’s post-practice report started with two players going through concussion protocol.
  Quarterback Kedon Slovis is not medically cleared to return as of yet after leaving the first series of Friday’s win over Utah. He was at practice on
  
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• USC working on communication as it prepares for hostile Husky Stadium environment

  25-09-2019 05:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — As students walked past the USC football practice field on Tuesday, they kept turning their heads, looking for the crowd that wasn’t there.
  With the 21st-ranked Trojans (3-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) preparing to go on the road to face No. 17 Washington (3-1, 0-1), the USC coaching staff wanted to help the players prepare for a hostile environment. So speakers pumped crowd noise onto the field as the Trojans practiced.
  Learning to work through that sound just underscored an
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (9-24-19)

  25-09-2019 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
  GIRLS GOLF
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  Villa Park 214, Esperanza 223
  Yorba Linda CC (par 36)
  Medalist: Carrasco (VP) 39.
  Yorba Linda 229, Foothill 239
  Tustin Ranch (par 36)
  Medalist: Neal (YL) 41.
  NORTH HILLS LEAGUE
  El Dorado 212, El Modena 221
  River View GC (par 33)
  Medalist: McCourty (ED) 37.
  TRINITY LEAGUE
  Mater Dei 203, Orange Lutheran 213
  Black Gold (par 36)
  Co-medalists: Kerekes (MD) 37, Lising (MD) 37.
  NONLEAGUE
  Marina 225, Corona de
  
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• Shohei Ohtani feels he let the Angels down in his second season

  25-09-2019 03:23 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani’s second season in the big leagues started and ended with him rehabbing, and he wasn’t all that thrilled with what happened in between.
  “I felt like I could have put together a lot better season,” Ohtani said through his interpreter on Tuesday. “I felt like I was going through struggles that lasted a little too long. It wasn’t what I imagined, especially with the team situation. It should have been a lot better.”
  Ohtani, who
  
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• VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week (Sept. 27)

  25-09-2019 03:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Each week, publications from the The Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) nominate Athletes of the Week for their respective region.
  Each nominee is entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week county-wide vote.
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• VOTE: Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week (Sept. 27)

  25-09-2019 03:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Each week, publications from the The Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) nominate Athletes of the Week for their respective region.
  Each nominee is entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week county-wide vote.
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• Angels broadcaster Mark Langston undergoes additional procedure on heart

  25-09-2019 02:39 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Angels broadcaster Mark Langston underwent a procedure on Tuesday in Houston to have a defibrillator inserted into his heart, according to radio partner Terry Smith.
  Langston, 59, will remain hospitalized for at least another day. He is expected to return to Southern California on Saturday.
  Langston collapsed in the broadcast boost just before the first pitch of the Angels’ game against the Houston Astros on Friday night. He was revived by first responders on the scene and
  
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• La Habra High School psychiatrist arrested on suspicion of sex with underage student

  25-09-2019 02:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Prosecutors filed a statutory rape charge Tuesday, Sept. 24, against a La Habra High School psychiatrist who was arrested on suspicion of having a sexual contact with a student on campus.
  Officers took Kristin Lynn Boyle, 35, of Lake Forest into custody on Friday, Sept. 20 after a lengthy investigation, La Habra Police and Orange County District Attorney’s officials said in a joint news release. Investigators suspect the Fullerton Unified School District employee engaged in an inappropriat
  
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• After outcries over its first two candidates, Huntington Beach floats a third homeless shelter site

  25-09-2019 02:07 via ocregister.com
  
  As has happened with other Orange County cities, Huntington Beach has struggled to find a homeless shelter location agreeable to nearby residents and business owners.
  Perhaps the third try could be a charm.
  On Tuesday, Sept. 24, city officials announced yet another proposed location for its “navigation center” – this one in the former Al’s Woodcraft building on Beach Boulevard. The venerable furniture store chain closed two years ago after the death of its owner.
  The late
  
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• Books. Must. Read: New, notable and buzz-worthy titles in literature

  25-09-2019 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett (image courtesy of the publisher)
  Ann Patchett is well-known for producing novels with the setting as an integral part of the plot, and in her newest, “The Dutch House,” that is once again the case. This intricate family saga, told over 50 years and alternating between past and present, tells the story of the Conroy family while also cleverly intertwining the history of the house. Beautifully written with wry observations of human nature.
  
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• Film guide for the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3

  25-09-2019 01:49 via ocregister.com
  “Ad Astra” (PG-13, for some violence and bloody images, and for brief strong language) More intimate than it is majestic, this is much more than a rocket-fueled vehicle for its star, Brad Pitt. It’s a ruminative, mythical space adventure propelled by father-son issues of cosmic proportions. Writer-director James Gray has a gift for shrinking massive set pieces and enlarging private dramas. Here he travels 2.7 billion miles through space. It’s a long way to go for a talk w
  
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• COAST Sessions: Mindi Abair at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Summer Concert Series

  25-09-2019 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Mindi Abair has toured with Aerosmith and Adam Sandler. As one of the top saxophonists in the music industry, she’s wailed with Bruce Springsteen and is now spreading her passion for music through the Grammy Music Coalition. [Our] “mission is to get every child in America who attends public school to have the chance to create and play music everyday,” she says. “We’re in the trenches, uniting some of the world’s biggest charities to use their powers for good t
  
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• Woman, 11-year-old girl escape kidnapping attempts along Aliso Creek trail in Laguna Hills

  25-09-2019 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old woman and 11-year old girl managed to escape separate kidnapping attempts that happened days apart from each other along the Aliso Creek Hiking Trail, where investigators had already received reports of possibly two other men suspected of groping minors, officials said Tuesday, Sept. 24.
  The attempted abductions happened near Sheep Hills Park, located in Laguna Hills, at the city’s border with Aliso Viejo, Orange County Sheriff’s officials said in a news release. The mo
  
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• Marina freshman tennis player Mika Ikemori backs up hype at U.S. tournament

  25-09-2019 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Marina’s Mika Ikemori is backing up her reputation as one of the top freshman tennis players to watch in Orange County.
  Ikemori advanced to the finals of the recent Zimmerman/Johnson USTA National Tournament at Stanford University, falling to Priya Nelson of Sacramento 6-4, 6-2 in the girls 14s division.
  Ikemori rallied in the semifinals to beat Reya Coe of Texas 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and knocked off top-seeded Stephanie Yakoff of New Jersey in the quarterfinals 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
  Coe defeated Portola
  
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• UCLA’s Keisean Lucier-South makes immediate impact in his return

  25-09-2019 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Keisean Lucier-South waited patiently to get back on the field after he was ruled academically ineligible in March.
  In the final minute of a high-scoring game between UCLA and Washington State, it was the outside linebacker and the Bruins’ defense that determined the outcome.
  “I’ve been waiting a long time,” Lucier-South said. “But it feels great to come back, play in the game last week and get the win.”
  The Bruins started the season withou
  
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• Status of Jerry Hollendorfer still a mystery as Santa Anita’s fall meet approaches

  25-09-2019 01:18 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — Santa Anita drew entries on Tuesday for Friday’s opening-day card, but the status of Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer remains a mystery.
  Hollendorfer, banned from all of the Stronach Group’s tracks since June 22, lost a bid earlier this month to resume racing at TSG’s Golden Gate Fields when a Northern California judge denied his bid for a preliminary injunction.
  It’s uncertain if an agreement will be reached between Hollendorfer and TSG, Santa Anit
  
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• Queen Mary inspection reports show ‘significant doubt’ about the ship’s upkeep

  25-09-2019 01:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Portions of Long Beach’s crown waterfront jewel are falling further into disrepair.
  Four years after a marine survey warned that the Queen Mary’s state of decay was “approaching the point of no return,” new inspection reports revealed some areas of the ship are still suffering from deterioration.
  In a June report — the most recent that’s publicly available — an inspector wrote that his findings caused him to have “significant doubt about the mainte
  
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• Tougher rules for sober homes, addiction treatment centers coming to Orange County

  25-09-2019 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Residents smoking in the yard of a house on Via Lampara in San Clemente. (Courtesy of Orange County Superior Court case file of Hurwitz et al v. Scolari)
  Many residents mean many trash cans on Via Lampara.(Courtesy of Orange County Superior Court case file of Hurwitz et al v. Scolari)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPeople in the yard of a sober living house in San Clemente in the wee hours of the morning.(Courtesy of Orange County Superior Court case file of Hurwitz et al v. Scolari)
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