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• Long Beach pilot was killed in fiery B-17 crash

  03-10-2019 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — The pilot who died along with six other people in the crash of a World War II-vintage B-17 aircraft in Connecticut was identified Thursday as a Long Beach resident.
  Ernest McCauley, 75, was the pilot of the 1944 aircraft that crashed Wednesday at Bradley International Airport, Connecticut state officials said. Authorities said the plane experienced mechanical problems shortly after takeoff and was crashed while attempting to return to the airport for an emergency landing.
  The
  
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• 17% of young homebuyers regret their purchase, Zillow survey shows 

  03-10-2019 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed-rate averaged 3.65%, up 1 basis point from last week. The 15-year fixed-rate averaged 3.14%, down 2 basis points from last week.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported an 8.1% increase in loan application volume from the previous week.
  Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30-year fixed rate on a confo
  
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• Avengers: Damage Control lets aspiring superheroes fight in a virtual reality battle at Downtown Disney

  03-10-2019 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Avengers: Damage Control virtual reality experience coming to Downtown Disney lets aspiring superheroes step into the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time and fight side by side with Doctor Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp.
  Avengers: Damage Control debuts Oct. 18 at The Void VR location in the Anaheim outdoor shopping center next to Disneyland.
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• Vampire Weekend delivers killer show at the Hollywood Bowl: Here’s what it was like

  03-10-2019 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Vampire Weekend was born on the campus of Columbia University and Manhattan’s Upper West Side, but at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday the band’s terrific show still had the feel of a hometown show of sorts.
  Part of that is geography: Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig has spent a ton of time here in recent years,  thanks in part to his romantic relationship with actress Rashida Jones, who was in the crowd for the show, and the toddler son they have together.
  But a lot of it is the mus
  
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• Report card: Where the USC offense stands at the bye week

  03-10-2019 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  USC had a nicely timed first bye week of the season: nearly halfway through the season, after tough matchups with Utah and Washington and before a road trip to play Notre Dame.
  The timing five games into the 12-game season also gives us the chance to evaluate the team and how it has performed during its 3-2 start to the 2019 season (2-1 in Pac-12 play).
  The USC offense has been through a tumultuous start with three starting quarterbacks in five games. Through it all, the Trojans are averaging 42
  
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• Report card: Where the USC defense stands at the bye week

  03-10-2019 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  USC had a nicely timed first bye week of the season: nearly halfway through the season, after tough matchups with Utah and Washington and before a road trip to play Notre Dame.
  The timing five games into the 12-game season also gives us the chance to evaluate the team and how it has performed during its 3-2 start to the 2019 season (2-1 in Pac-12 play).
  The USC defense gives up a lot of yards – 411.4 per game to be precise, which is 84th in the FBS. But the Trojans allow 24.8 points per ga
  
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• Report card: How USC’s special teams have performed this season

  03-10-2019 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  USC had a nicely timed first bye week of the season: nearly halfway through the season, after tough matchups with Utah and Washington and before a road trip to play Notre Dame.
  The timing five games into the 12-game season also provides the chance to evaluate the team and how it has performed during its 3-2 start to the 2019  season (2-1 in Pac-12 play).
  Through it all, the special teams have been a mixed bag, to say the least. Here’s a look at how USC’s specialists have perform
  
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• Murder trial begins for repeat DUI offender and wrong-way driver in 55-5 freeway ramp crash

  03-10-2019 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  A repeat DUI offender sped the wrong way along a freeway for more than five miles before crashing into an oncoming vehicle, killing another driver, a prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court.
  Ivan Gonzalez, 31, faces a second-degree murder charge for the death of 33-year-old Michael Johnston Jr., as well as two additional felony driving-under-the-influence charges for seriously injuring a woman who was a passenger in Johnston’s vehicle.
  Shortly before 2 a.m. on J
  
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• 32nd annual Seafest will serve up seafood, tacos and fun at the San Clemente Pier

  03-10-2019 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  San Clemente Seafest returns to the San Clemente Pier on Sunday, Oct. 6, featuring a surf contest, arts & crafts show, children’s activities and a business expo.
  Guests can sample tasty fare from The Fisherman’s Restaurant & Bar or indulge in the Street Taco Challenge featuring local restaurants. Taco tastings run 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.. Tickets are $15 for five tastes. People’s Choice and Judges’ Choice awards will be given at 2:30 p.m.
  IF YOU GO
  When: 9:30 a.m.-3 p
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Baby, oh, baby. Will you know where they’re sitting on the plane?

  03-10-2019 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Baby, oh baby, if you’ve ever sat next to a screaming baby on a long plane flight, you know what hell is like.
  But, now  Japan Airlines wants to help you out with that. On some flights, when you select your seat, you can see where parents have bought tickets for their little angels to sit, so you can avoid the seat next to them. A cute little smiling baby icon pops up, alerting you. When this recently made the news, nearly every frequent flier alive rejoiced. But then there was a back
  
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• Families learn about plant migration at Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary scavenger hunt

  03-10-2019 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Charlie Hutchinson and her mother, Diana Hutchinson, of Trabuco Canyon were among the families who came to the Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday to join a scavenger hunt to learn why pine trees are disappearing from the area, how wild cucumbers spread and how chaparral habitat survives in the summer.
  The one-hour “Do Plants Migrate” scavenger hunt was the latest event in the Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary’s 90th anniversary programming this year. The sanctuary is holding one or tw
  
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• NLDS Game 1: Dodgers vs. Nationals pitching matchups

  03-10-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
   LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have their eyes on a third consecutive trip to the World Series, but they’ll begin their latest postseason journey by trying to solve a familiar foe who has given them fits the past few years.
  The 106-win Dodgers face a Washington Nationals team that brings a nine-game winning streak into Game 1 of their best-of-five National League Division Series, which begins Thursday (5:37 p.m. PT) at Dodger Stadium. The Nationals survived a heart-stopper of an NL
  
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• Employee kills 4 officers in knife attack at Paris police HQ

  03-10-2019 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT
  PARIS — An administrator armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters Thursday, killing at least four before he was fatally shot, officials said.
  Police union official Loic Travers told reporters the attack appeared to have started in an office and continued elsewhere in the large police compound across the street from Notre Dame Cathedral.
  The number of people injured was not immediately clear.
  Travers said the motive is unknown,
  
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• Legal settlement over Las Vegas mass shooting worth up to $800 million

  03-10-2019 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — Attorneys for thousands of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history said Thursday that they reached a settlement expected to pay between $735 million and $800 million to those who sued over the Las Vegas massacre.
  The amount of the settlement with MGM Resorts International depends on the number of plaintiffs who take part, according to a statement from Las Vegas law firm Eglet Adams, which represents nearly 2,500 victims and made the announcement just days
  
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• Roiling impeachment furor, Trump urges China to probe Bidens

  03-10-2019 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — Ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over his request for Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival, President Donald Trump on Thursday called on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China.
  “China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said in remarks to reporters outside the White House. Trump said he hadn’t directly asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to investigate Biden and his son
  
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• Annual RV show brings new tech for all ages to new Fontana host site

  03-10-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Solar-generated electricity, plasma-screen televisions, a washing machine and a dryer, a covered patio. It sounds like an advertisement for any new home.
  But this home also has four wheels and, if you want, an engine that can go almost anywhere.
  The California RV Show, a fixture for road warriors in the region for 67 years, will fire up its collective motors Friday, Oct. 4 at a new location, the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.
  The annual event will run for 10 days and give recreational
  
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• How Liam Gallagher really feels about Oasis, brother Noel, ‘As it Was,’ and playing with the Who at the Hollywood Bowl

  03-10-2019 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Liam Gallagher was at home in London, enjoying a rare few days of sloth in a year packed with action.
  “Just sitting around the house, man, reshuffling the pack,” he says over the phone in the thick accent of his native Manchester.
  “As It Was,” a documentary tracing his post-Oasis comeback and lingering feud with brother and Oasis bandmate Noel, was about to come out in the United States following its June debut in the United Kingdom.
  He’s got a new solo album &ldquo
  
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• Now is the time to plant strawberries, and here’s why

  03-10-2019 16:21 via ocregister.com
  
  In Southern California, now is the time to plant strawberries.
  No, you will not have much fruit this year and, even if you do see flowers from which the fruit would grow you might want to pick them off and, while you’re at it, any meandering runners, too. You see, the point of planting now is to establish a strong root system, which imparts the vitality needed for producing a bountiful crop next year. Flowers, and those characteristic runners, too, use up resources that, at this stage of g
  
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• Unions win big in California, to what avail?

  03-10-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s labor unions scored big wins in the just-concluded legislative session — to the surprise of precisely no one.
  Democrats’ huge gains in last year’s legislative elections, coupled with the election of Gavin Newsom, who had strong union support, as governor, foretold what would happen.
  The biggest of union victories, Assembly Bill 5, was also arguably the highest-profile bill of the session. It codifies the state Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision,
  
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• 50 photos to celebrate Gwen Stefani’s 50th birthday

  03-10-2019 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s Gwen Stefani’s birthday y’all!
  The Southern California-native, singer-songwriter, No Doubt frontwoman, noted solo artist, fashion designer and current judge on NBC’s “The Voice” turns 50 on Thursday, Oct. 3.
  Take a trip down memory lane with these 50 photos that showcase various stages of Stefani’s life and career. Happy Birthday, Gwen!
  Gwen Stefani (pictured at the Gala for the Global Ocean in Monaco on Sept. 26, 2019) turns 50 on Thursday, Oct. 3(
  
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• Steve Fryer and Dan Albano high school football predictions for Week 6

  03-10-2019 07:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSteve Fryer and Dan Albano make their predictions for the top high school football games of Week 6.WEEK 6
  FRYER
  ALBANO
  Tesoro vs. San Clemente
  San Clemente
  Tesoro
  Garden Grove vs. Western
  Western
  Western
  Villa Park vs. Foothill
  Villa Park
  Villa Park
  Orange Lutheran vs. Mater Dei
  Mater Dei
  Mater Dei
  Los Alamitos vs. Edison
  Edison
  Edison
  El Modena vs. Esperanza
  El Modena
  El Modena
  Valencia vs. Tustin
  Tustin
  Tus
  
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• OCVarsity Student Sections: PCL teams, Trabuco Hills Stampede, Lions Den receive the Manny Challenge for Week 6

  03-10-2019 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowWait, does the schedule really say that league play starts this week?
  Didn’t we just start the student section season … I mean the football season?
  Well, this means it is time for Orange County’s student sections to step it up. We know the top sections will step up for the league games as they have in the past, but some teams will need their sections to keep the hype at a 10.
  Perhaps b
  
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• Tustin boys water polo dedicates season to coach Cesar Altamirano, who died last spring

  03-10-2019 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTUSTIN — The colorful photographs pinned neatly inside the display case hang from a red shed just a few steps from the pool. They show a young coach engrossed with teaching and energized by the twists and turns of his mission. He smiles. He focuses intently on details. He protests with confidence.
  In the sparkling pool, Tustin’s boys water polo team begins practice on a warm, fall afternoon.
  A pho
  
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• Dodgers ask Walker Buehler to lead the way in NLDS opener against Nationals

  03-10-2019 05:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers gave the ball to a rookie Walker Buehler to start two of their most important games last October – Game 163 to determine the division title and Game 7 of their NL Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.
  A more seasoned Buehler will get the start in this year’s first postseason game. He will oppose Nationals left-hander Patrick Corbin in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
  “We just felt that with
  
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• Spotlight finds Anthony Rendon, who could be nearing an end with Nationals

  03-10-2019 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Chants of “M-V-P” filled the stadium the last time Anthony Rendon took the field. He’ll hear the chants again Thursday, in all likelihood, but they will not be for him.
  Cody Bellinger is the preferred choice for the National League MVP award at Dodger Stadium. Rendon, the Washington Nationals’ third baseman, might give Bellinger a decent run once the regular-season votes are revealed in November. After years of playing in the shadow of star teammate Br
  
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• Whicker: Nationals’ Daniel Hudson proves it’s never too late for relief

  03-10-2019 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — They told Daniel Hudson the ninth inning was his, no matter what.
  As he warmed up Monday night, all the Nationals Park scoreboards told him to take his time.
  Washington was trailing Milwaukee 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning of the National League wild-card game. The Nationals’ crescendo of a season was softly fading. Hudson’s job, most likely, would be damage control. In the world of the big picture, at least it was a job.
  The Angels had released Hudson in
  
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• Anthony Davis, Lakers believe having multiple shot blockers will aid their identity

  03-10-2019 04:58 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s probably a question Dwight Howard has heard a hundred times.
  How does a big man’s role change in an increasingly small league? Howard’s answer is pretty polished.
  “Well I’m 6-foot-9,” he laughed. “So I’m good.”
  Tell that to the rest of the NBA. Sporting a lineup with the 6-10, 255-pound Anthony Davis and another center, the Lakers are unapologetically big in a league that is more and more defined by outstanding guard play.
  There are thre
  
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• USC corner Max Williams happy to return to game action after year-long absence

  03-10-2019 04:51 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Max Williams didn’t get to have a senior season in high school. In the season opener, the Serra High standout injured his knee and was forced to miss the rest of the year.
  So when the freshman cornerback made his USC debut on Saturday at Washington, it was just a relief to Williams to return to game action after over a year of waiting.
  “It felt really good just being out there on the field again. It’s been a long time,” Williams said. “Just getti
  
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• Huntley’s Hot List: Running backs, Sunny Hills, Garden Grove’s Lobaugh too hot to handle in Week 6

  03-10-2019 04:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA look at what’s hot this week in Orange County high school football.
  RUNNING BACKS
  It is apparent that the running game is slowly being phased out in the NFL, but in Orange County high school football, running backs are more valuable today than they have been in many years.
  Seven county running backs rushed for over 200 yards in Week 5 with Miday Omolafe of Kennedy leading the pack with 237 yards in th
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (10-2-19)

  03-10-2019 04:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
  BOYS WATER POLO
  SURF LEAGUE
  Huntington Beach 9, Laguna Beach 4
  Goals: Crooks (HB) 4, Elkhouri (HB) 2. Kelly (LB) 2.
  Saves: Pyle (HB) 15.
  Newport Harbor 16, Corona del Mar 11
  Goals: (NH) Love 4, Liechty 4, Kenney 3. (CdM) Pulice 4. Mina 2
  Saves: Jackson (NH) 8
  WAVE LEAGUE
  Edison 12, Marina 4
  ORANGE LEAGUE
  Santa Ana Valley 20, Magnolia 15
  FREEWAY LEAGUE
  La Habra 6, Fullerton 4
  Sunny Hills 10, Buena Park 4
  GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE
  Rancho
  
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• Task force sees an urgent need to address safety concerns involving drone activity near airports

  03-10-2019 04:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Amid an increase in drone activity near airports in Southern California and elsewhere, a task force comprised of aviation and security leaders is urging lawmakers to address safety concerns by boosting funding and extending authority over drones to various law enforcement agencies.
  Reports of potentially hazardous or unauthorized drone activity, many of which occurred near airports or aircraft, have increased dramatically over the past two years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
  
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• Huntington Beach boys water polo cools off Laguna Beach to stay in Surf League race

  03-10-2019 03:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowNEWPORT BEACH — Huntington Beach’s boys water polo team knew it couldn’t fall too far behind in the Surf League standings Wednesday, even if it was playing without one of its standout players and matched against a sizzling opponent.
  The Oilers needed to play with urgency, and they delivered.
  Huntingtion Beach sprinted to a four-goal lead at halftime against Laguna Beach and answered a surge
  
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• Dodgers to start Walker Buehler in Game 1 of NLDS against Nationals

  03-10-2019 01:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers will hand the ball to the youngest of their “Big Three” starting pitchers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Thursday. Walker Buehler will oppose Washington Nationals right-hander Patrick Corbin in the opener of the best-of-five series, the team announced.
  Buehler, 25, went 14-4 with a 3.26 earned-run average and was an All-Star for the first time this season, his second full major league season. Veteran left-handers Clayton Kershaw, a
  
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• Ducks preview: 5 games to watch in the 2019-20 season

  03-10-2019 00:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Five Ducks games to watch this season:
  Oct. 24 at Dallas: The Ducks get their first look at former teammate Corey Perry in a Stars uniform when they make their only visit to Dallas this season. Perry would have celebrated his 1,000th game in the NHL that night, too, but he suffered a foot injury that’s expected to sideline him for the first five games of the season. The Ducks bought out Perry’s contract during the offseason and he signed a one-season contract with the Stars. Perry sc
  
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• Dodgers vs. Nationals: NLDS scouting report and prediction

  03-10-2019 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  SERIES SCHEDULE
  Game 1: Nationals at Dodgers, Thursday, 5:37 p.m., TBS
  Game 2: Nationals at Dodgers, Friday, 6:37 p.m., TBS
  Game 3: Dodgers at Nationals, Sunday, TBA, TBS
  x-Game 4: Dodgers at Nationals, Monday, TBA, TBS
  x-Game 5: Nationals at Dodgers, Wednesday (Oct. 9), TBA, TBS
  x- if necessary
  Season series: Dodgers won 4-3
  TALE OF THE TAPE (OFFENSE)
  Dodgers  (NL rank) … category …Nationals (NL rank)
  886 (1st) … Runs scored … 873 (2nd)
  .338 (2nd) … OBP &
  
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• Gloria Gaynor, Linda Perry, Lzzy Hale and more will be honored at the 2020 She Rocks Awards during NAMM in Anaheim

  03-10-2019 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Women’s International Music Network (WiMN) has announced the honorees for its 2020 She Rocks Awards, which will be held on Friday, Jan. 17 at House of Blues Anaheim (400 Disney Way #337) during the annual NAMM Show.
  Recipients for the 8th annual She Rocks Awards include “I Will Survive” singer and Grammy Award-winning artist Gloria Gaynor; Grammy, Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice Awards nominee and Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Linda Perry; Lzzy Hale from Grammy Aw
  
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