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• China appeals to Washington for quick end to trade war

  17-10-2019 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China appealed to Washington for a quick end to their trade war but gave no indication Thursday what additional steps Beijing might want before carrying out what President Donald Trump says is a promise to buy up to $50 billion of American farm goods.
  Trump agreed Friday to delay a tariff hike in exchange for Chinese purchases of U.S. exports. Beijing says it will buy more American goods but has yet to confirm the details, leaving companies wondering whether Chinese leaders
  
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• Ducks defenseman Brendan Guhle practices for first time since injury

  17-10-2019 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — Defenseman Brendan Guhle skated before his Ducks teammates hit the ice Thursday at Great Park Ice, then he stayed out and joined them for his first practice since suffering an unspecified lower-body injury and sitting out for the past three games.
  It remained to be determined whether he would be activated from injured reserve and return to the lineup for the first time since he played in the Ducks’ Oct. 10 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Neither he nor Ducks coach Dallas Ea
  
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• Given restrictions, Chapman University’s student newspaper passes on covering President Bush’s campus speech

  17-10-2019 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Reporters for Chapman University’s student newspaper, The Panther, had a big opportunity: Covering former President George W. Bush’s Oct. 9 speech on campus celebrating the 20th anniversary of the naming of the Argyros School of Business and Economics.
  But there was a condition from the university that Bush’s office would be able to review the article before it was published.
  The Panther reporters would have been among very few students attending the event that cost $5,000 a ti
  
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• Why the Long Beach Zombie Fest will not rise this year

  17-10-2019 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  After years of roaming through the streets of downtown, the Long Beach Zombie Fest will not rise this year due to permit issues.
  “We’re sad … we enjoy the event as much as the attendees do,” said Traci Wintori, event coordinator for festival producers O Entertainment.
  “This is a family event we look forward to every year, but unfortunately we don’t have control,” she said.
  Originally launched as a 300-person walk through Retro Row in 2009, the Zombie Fe
  
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• How Ruta Sepetys left LA and rock ‘n’ roll to achieve her dream to write historical novels

  17-10-2019 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Before she became a successful novelist, Ruta Sepetys carved out a career in the male-dominated music industry working for songwriter Desmond Child, a mentor who wrote hits for Bon Jovi, Cher and Aerosmith, and managing Orange County band Lit and former Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth guitarist Steve Vai.
  So although Sepetys found acclaim as an author — her accomplishments include a Carnegie Medal and best-selling novels published in 40 languages in 60 countries — not everyone knows t
  
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• Tickets for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach go on sale Monday, Oct. 21

  17-10-2019 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Tickets for the 2020 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach go on sale next week.
  The 46th iteration of Long Beach’s annual street race, which attracted more than 187,000 people over three days earlier this year, is set for April 17 to 19. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach announced Thursday.
  Tickets run from $34 to $155, the association said.
  The 2020 Grand Prix will be Acura’s second as the race’s title sponsor; Toyota ended its 4
  
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• Omaha Beach set for Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita

  17-10-2019 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The mystery is over. Omaha Beach will run in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita as he continues his comeback from throat problems that caused him to miss this year’s Kentucky Derby as the morning-line favorite.
  The 3-year-old colt returned to the races Oct. 5 after a 25-week layoff, winning the 6-furlong Santa Anita Sprint Championship in a thrilling stretch duel with Shancelot. His final time of 1:08.79 was brilliant considering how deep and tiring Santa Anita&rsqu
  
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• ‘Crime Beat’ podcast: Letters between Cathy Torrez and the man her mother believed killed her

  17-10-2019 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  About a month before she was murdered, Cathy Torrez wrote two letters to Sam Lopez to let him know she only wanted to be his friend and talk on the phone occasionally. He wrote back to her expecting her to take him out on a date.
  Sam lived across the street from Cathy in Placentia, where they had been neighbors for almost five years. They had dated, secretly, for about eight months when they were both students at Valencia High.
  On Feb. 19, 1994, Cathy was found dead in the trunk of her own car.
  
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• Dunn Deal: Remembering Newport Harbor’s 1994 team that came out of the blue to go undefeated

  17-10-2019 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Proving there can be poetic justice in sports, Newport Harbor High’s football team is undefeated deep into a season for the first time since 1994, when the no-name, underrated Sailors shocked everyone with an unbelievable 14-0 campaign.
  The Tars are celebrating the 25 year anniversary of that team, which captured Newport’s first CIF-Southern Section championship in 64 years of varsity football, at a dinner party and book signing from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Newport
  
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• Residents of upscale Tustin community, HOA debate tree removal

  17-10-2019 21:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Complaining about a homeowners association is a bit like complaining about the weather. It’s both a time-honored custom and, often, something less than productive.
  Residents of Tustin’s upscale Presidio community have found themselves in just such a situation.
  A few years ago, some claim, the HOA obliterated their front-yard grass without adequate warning. And now it’s threatening to chop down what homeowners say are perfectly healthy trees.
  A 20-year resident at Presidio Tusti
  
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• White House: Ukraine aid held up in part over election probe

  17-10-2019 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The White House is acknowledging that President Donald Trump asked Ukraine’s leader to investigate his country’s role in meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
  Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Thursday that Trump held up military assistance to Ukraine in part because of concern about corruption in that country. He said they also wanted Ukraine’s cooperation in investigating whether Democratic National Committee’s email servers were in
  
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• US, Turkey agree on Turkish cease-fire with Syrian Kurds

  17-10-2019 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
   
  By ZEKE MILLER and ROBERT BURNS
  ANKARA, Turkey  — The U.S. and Turkey agreed Thursday to a five-day cease-fire in the Turks’ attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria to allow the Kurds to withdraw to roughly 20 miles away from the Turkish border. The arrangement appeared to be a significant embrace of Turkey’s position in the weeklong conflict.
  After more than four hours of negotiations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence
  
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• Bidding for home of ex-‘Housewife’ Alexis Bellino starts at $4.5 million

  17-10-2019 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A view of the circular driveway. (Photo by Tim Krueger)
  The double-door entry. (Photo by Tim Krueger)SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds(Photo by Tim Krueger)
  A view of the kitchen. (Photo by Tim Krueger)
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  The master bedroom. (Photo by Tim Krueger)
  Walk-in closet. (Photo by Tim Krueger)
  A view of the master bathroom and walk-in closet. (Photo by Tim Krueger)
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  The garage has room for up to twelve cars. (Photo by Tim Krueger)
  A view of the pool. (Phot
  
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• Clippers picked to win 1st NBA title in annual GM survey

  17-10-2019 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers came up a whopping 30 times in the 18th annual NBA.com GM Survey, posted Thursday morning on the league’s website.
  In the same survey a season ago, the Clippers received mention only eight times – and didn’t figure anywhere among the top eight teams in the Western Conference.
  What a difference a year makes: Forty-six percent of the league’s decision-makers think this season’s Clippers, now starring Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, are the favorites to win
  
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• H-1B: Uber snatches up more foreign-worker visas as it lays off hundreds of employees

  17-10-2019 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Uber has doubled the number of government approvals it has received to hire foreign workers through the controversial H-1B visa this year, while laying off hundreds of skilled employees, state and federal data show.
  The San Francisco ride-hailing giant revealed in a California employment-department filing this month that it is laying off nearly 400 workers at its offices in the city and in Palo Alto. The filing showed software engineers at the firm were the hardest hit, with more than 125 people
  
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• New California law sets path for more farmworker housing

  17-10-2019 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  As the state’s housing shortage spreads into rural communities, farmers will have new tools to address the chronic dearth of worker housing under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  The measure, AB 1783, streamlines construction of new worker units on surplus farmland and provides incentives for the apartments. As a safeguard, the new apartments must be managed by a nonprofit third party.
  But many farm industry groups have opposed the measure, saying there are better ways to increase the ho
  
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• Social Distortion’s Mike Ness talks about sobriety, new music and Bruce Springsteen before the band celebrates its 40th anniversary in Irvine

  17-10-2019 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Throughout his entire childhood Social Distortion vocalist-guitarist Mike Ness said he never really had a voice. But he finally found one in music, only to then have most of society let him know it wasn’t going to tolerate the loud, rebellious punk rock music he and his friends were playing at backyard parties and in abandoned warehouses.
  “Everyone was telling me that I couldn’t do it, but I was like, ‘Over my dead body,’” the 57-year-old said during a recent
  
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• Newport Harbor boys water polo clinches share of Surf League title

  17-10-2019 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Ike Love stayed hot with four goals and Eli Liechty and Makoto Kenney added two apiece as Newport Harbor’s boys water polo team clinched at least a share of the Surf League title with a 9-8 victory against Huntington Beach at Corona del Mar on Wednesday night.
  USC-committed goalie Blake Jackson recorded seven saves for Newport Harbor.
  Love, The Register’s reigning player of the year, scored five goals to lead the Sailors past previously-undefeated Harvard-Westlake 11-9 in Studio City
  
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• Will new gray whale migration season prove as deadly as the last one?

  17-10-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A gray whale was spotted off Palos Verdes by Harbor Breeze Cruises on Oct. 12, one of the first sightings off the Southern California coastline for the season. (Photo courtesy of Erik Combs/Harbor Breeze Cruises)
  Gray whales had a rough go last season as they made their annual migration — skinny, emaciated, even dead whales showing up along the West Coast prompting concern over the health of the species.
  With the new season’s first gray whales being spotted in recent weeks off the So
  
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• Master Gardener: Why you shouldn’t move firewood and what to know about rat poison

  17-10-2019 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I keep hearing that you shouldn’t move firewood. Why?
  A: Cut wood can harbor pests or disease (or both) that can spread to susceptible trees, often with disastrous results. Invasive insect species such as the emerald ash borer or the Asian longhorned beetle have destroyed tens of millions of trees in the United States and Canada. Native, non-local pests such as the shot-hole borer, gold-spotted oak borer, bark beetles, and pathogens that cause sudden oak death and pitch canker can also
  
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• Uber brings text-to-911 app feature to LA County, but it won’t work in these two cities

  17-10-2019 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Ride-hailing service Uber will debut a text-to-911 feature on its phone app Thursday in Los Angeles County, Minnesota and Indiana, allowing riders and drivers to quickly and discreetly contact law enforcement in the event of an emergency.
  Uber added an emergency 911 call button in the app last year. The update will expand the feature to include texting for help.
  But the feature won’t work in two Los Angeles County cities.
  According to Uber, text-to-911 is supported in j
  
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• There’s a new Asian restaurant at Morongo Casino Resort and Spa and we got an early look inside

  17-10-2019 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Several large metal woks sit atop of burners at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa’s new restaurant, Mozen, ready to be vessels for stir-fries, a soups, soups and noodle dishes. The woks are not from any nearby culinary store, but have actually been sourced from Hong Kong for Chef Kuei Lai and his team to use.
  “We’ve really gone out of our way to make sure the food coming out of the kitchen is as authentic as possible,” said Craig Gilbert, managing partner of Drive This! Ent
  
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• U.S. envoy key to Ukraine probe distances himself from Trump

  17-10-2019 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the European Union distanced himself on Thursday from President Donald Trump, planning to tell House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed Trump directed him to work with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy and that he believes it’s wrong to invite a foreign government to conduct investigations for the purpose of influencing American elections.
  Gordon Sondland is the latest in a series of witnesses to be
  
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• Orange County has a mini Grand Canyon. Here’s a peek.

  17-10-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Our destination was The Sinks.
  That remote hole in the ground, also known as “Orange County’s mini Grand Canyon,” is little seen by the public, with access sometimes limited to one day every two months.
  But as soon as the two pickup trucks rolled out of the Augustine Staging Area, it became clear that the entire Limestone Canyon Nature Preserve was a wilderness sanctuary. It felt worlds away from the gridded concrete and congested urban bustle of Southern California.The ro
  
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• HOA Homefront: How new California laws will affect associations in 2020

  17-10-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In recent weeks Gov. Gavin Newsom signed many bills into law affecting California HOAs in 2020.
  In upcoming columns I’ll discuss the new laws in more detail, but for now, here’s what associations need to know ahead of the coming new year.
  Assembly Bill 5
  One of the most significant new laws is Assembly Bill 5, which changes the legal definition of an employee. The law created Labor Code Section 2750.3 and affects any HOA using “independent contractors” who might be reclas
  
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• Be Well OC mental and behavioral health services hub touted as a place for ‘hope’ at groundbreaking ceremony

  17-10-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s one thing for local officials to view the Be Well Orange County Regional Mental Health and Wellness Campus as a potential role model of specialized healthcare, something that someday might be emulated around the state.
  But that becomes more than hometown boasting when the project gets endorsements from the author of California’s landmark Prop. 63 Mental Health Services Act of 2004, and from the state’s so-called “mental health czar” recently appointed by Gov. G
  
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• 5 things to help the garden this week, Oct. 19-25

  17-10-2019 15:48 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Be cool
  Daytime temperatures will soon be getting cooler as days grow shorter with less sunlight, and plants will require less water. Hopefully, within the next couple of weeks, you can start gradually reducing the amount of water you put on the lawn and other shrubbery and then stop watering completely for the winter.
  2. Pomegranate power
  These are beginning to ripen now. Harvest one or two to check for sweetness. Beware of over-watering, because too much moisture from irrigation or rain cau
  
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• U.S. Marine veteran from Long Beach, Jose Segovia Benitez, gets last-minute reprieve from deportation

  17-10-2019 15:38 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Marine veteran Jose Segovia Benitez was on a plane, about to be deported to El Salvador.
  Then, he got pulled off of the airliner.
  Segovia’s deportation is stalled – at least for now – “pending further review of his legal rights,” according to a late Wednesday night Facebook post of a Chicago chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, which hired a law firm in Texas to help the Long Beach resident.
  The last time his family heard from him,
  
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• Anaheim upping security for council meetings and City Hall

  17-10-2019 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Visitors will pass through metal detectors and have bags searched to enter Anaheim City Council meetings, and eventually City Hall.
  Starting with the Oct. 22 City Council meeting, the city will begin rolling out additional security measures. After visitors get used to the new protocol for entering the council chambers, the checkpoint will later be moved so that anyone entering City Hall must pass through it, city spokesman Mike Lyster said Wednesday, Oct. 16.
  While many Orange County cities stat
  
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• What’s the least expensive Disney theme park in the world? Some parks offer tickets as low as $40

  17-10-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney ticket prices vary widely around the world, with some theme parks allowing access for as little as $40 and others charging as much as $159 for a single day’s admission.
  Disney has six theme park resorts around the world — in California, Florida, Tokyo, France, Hong Kong and China — and each location has a different ticketing strategy.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks.
  
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• UK, EU reach tentative Brexit deal; still needs ratification

  17-10-2019 14:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS
  BRUSSELS  — Britain and the European Union finally reached a new tentative Brexit deal on Thursday, hoping to escape the acrimony, divisions and frustration of their three-year divorce battle. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson now faces the Herculean task of selling the accord to his recalcitrant parliament — including his allies in Northern Ireland.
  Only hours before Brussels hosted a summit of the bloc’s 28 national leaders, European Com
  
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• Senior Living: How to channel grief into constructive activity

  17-10-2019 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dr. Thomas LaGrelius
  Contributing writer
  It was the summer before my junior year in high school. I was 16. It was a cloudy, drizzly day in Seattle, as usual. I was playing Ping-Pong in the basement with friends. Dad was at work. Mom was shopping. The phone rang.
  It was Mom from a phone booth. She was dizzy and had pulled over at a motel by the highway. She couldn’t drive. She sounded confused and could not remember Dad’s work number, but did remember our home number. She asked me
  
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• 14 theater productions to see this week, Oct. 18-24

  17-10-2019 10:27 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘Art is Useless When You’re Being Mauled by a Bear’
  A tragicomedy by Alisa Tangredi about a woman and her grief.
  When: Runs 8 p.m. Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 10.
  Where: Loft Ensemble, 11031 Camarillo St., North Hollywood.
  Tickets: $20
  Information: 818-452-3153. www.loftensemble.org/shows.html
  ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’
  The 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama by Stephen Adly Guirgis about the tribulations an ex-cop has with his re
  
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• Pedestrian in Anaheim sent to hospital in critical condition after crash

  17-10-2019 07:25 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was transported to the hospital in critical condition on Wednesday night after he was hit by a vehicle near Anaheim Regional Medical Center.
  The Anaheim Police Department said the crash happened just before 9 p.m. in the area of La Palma Avenue and Lido Street. After the crash, the driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.
  La Palma Avenue was closed in both directions so police could investigate. Officials said the road was expected to remain closed for several hours.
  The man
  
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• LeBron James dominates as Lakers crush Warriors

  17-10-2019 07:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers’ Anthony Davis defends against the Warriors’ Marquese Chriss during the first half of Wednesday’s preseason game at Staples Center. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, center, shoots as Golden State Warriors forward Alfonzo McKinnie, left, and guard Jacob Evans defend during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 126-93. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe
  
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• Western has a new way to win as it prepares for another championship run

  17-10-2019 07:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowANAHEIM – In an era that features high-scoring offenses, spread formations and four-receiver sets, it really stands out when a team puts a major emphasis on its defense.
  Western’s football team is on that short list of teams.
  After a season-opening loss to Muir, the Pioneers (6-1) have leaned on their defense to win six consecutive games with five of those coming via shutout. Artesia ended Western
  
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• Ducks power past Sabres with 5-goal outburst

  17-10-2019 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks’ Jakob Silfverberg checks the Buffalo Sabres’ Rasmus Ristolainen during the first period of Wednesday’s game at Honda Center. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Anaheim Ducks Derek Grant gets a shot off despite the Buffalo Sabres Jake McCabe during the first period at Honda Center in Anaheim on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBuffalo Sabres goaltender Linus Ul
  
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• Lakers still trying to shake off fatigue from China trip

  17-10-2019 06:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, Lakers coach Frank Vogel felt his team needed some California sunshine.
  That was part of the thinking in starting the off-day practice in a park across the street from the team’s practice facility, where they tossed around a football and ran the length of the soccer fields.
  On Wednesday, Vogel hoped that his main rotation players would “play to exhaustion” against the Warriors and work on their conditioning. It’s all an attempt to work on t
  
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• Whicker: Rams consider Jalen Ramsey to be heaven-sent

  17-10-2019 05:49 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Les Snead, the Rams’ general manager, has put his faith and his franchise into the hands of a unique trinity.
  When he speaks of Jalen Ramsey, his new cornerback, he keeps talking about Mom, Dad and God.
  “He has a skill set,” Snead said Wednesday. “Mom, Dad and God gave him length. You can get your hands on people at the line of scrimmage that other players can’t because Mom, Dad and God didn’t give them that length.
  “They also gifte
  
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• Huntley’s Hot List: Newport Harbor QBs, Tustin vs. Pacifica, Foothill defense turning up the heat in Week 8

  17-10-2019 05:10 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.
  Next man up
  Many teams see their season effectively end when their starting quarterback goes down with an injury. Fortunately for Newport Harbor, the Sailors were prepared for such a scenario.
  At the North O.C. Shootout passing tournament this summer at Sunny Hills High, Newport Harbor was one of the few teams that gave multiple quart
  
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• Injuries put USC secondary in precarious position entering Arizona game

  17-10-2019 04:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Injuries have been a common theme of USC’s 2019 season, but no position group has been as hard-hit as the secondary. And that unit could undergo a serious test of its depth against Arizona this week.
  The Trojans (3-3 overall, 2-1 Pac-12) could potentially be without their three starting cornerbacks against the Wildcats (4-2, 2-1). Nickel corner Greg Johnson has already been ruled out with a shoulder injury, while Isaac Taylor-Stuart (high ankle sprain) and Olaijah Griff
  
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• Green grass to stay at Laguna’s Main Beach Park despite planned renovation

  17-10-2019 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Green turf will continue to cover most areas of Main Beach Park, a landmark in Laguna Beach that has become known as the “Window to the Sea.”
  The City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 15 considered changing the grass to drought-tolerant landscaping or sand as part of an overall plan to renovate the beachfront park located in the town’s center along Coast Highway near Broadway Street. The park is a popular tourist destination with a boardwalk, basketball and volleyball courts; a childre
  
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• Kennedy administrators, teachers linked to sex abuse case still employed by Anaheim UHSD

  17-10-2019 04:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Anaheim Union High School District, citing confidentiality obligations, refused to say Wednesday what disciplinary action if any it has taken against four individuals still employed in the district who failed to report allegations of sexual abuse at Kennedy High School to law enforcement or Child Protective Services as required by California law.
  The district has reached a $7.9 million settlement with five female former Kennedy water polo players who alleged they were sexually abused by Josh
  
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• USC notebook: Trojans preparing for mobile Arizona QB Khalil Tate

  17-10-2019 04:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES— USC has seen its share of dual-threat quarterbacks this season. But the most dangerous runner on the schedule, Arizona’s Khalil Tate, looms on Saturday.
  The former Serra High quarterback doesn’t run as much as he did two years ago, when he rushed 153 times for 1,411 yards, including 161 against the Trojans.
  He throws more now and has become a more accurate passer. He’s completed a career-high 64.8 percent of his passes for 1,272 yards and 10 touchdowns, thoug
  
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• Poll: Southern Californians back impeachment inquiry, worry about crime and home affordability

  17-10-2019 04:19 via ocregister.com
  Southern California residents — including local Republicans — are more likely than other Americans to support the U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry, according to a new survey conducted by researchers at UC Riverside’s Center for Social Innovation in partnership with the Southern California News Group.
  Residents in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties also are more likely to back Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden as a Democratic choice for
  
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• Original Mammoth Mountain summit sign is up for auction — bidding is at $20,000

  17-10-2019 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The mountain resort is auctioning the original summit sign, with proceeds benefiting the Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation, which provides programs and financial aid for youth athletics in the Eastern Sierra. (Photo courtesy of Mammoth Mountain)
  The mountain resort is auctioning the original summit sign, with proceeds benefiting the Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation, which provides programs and financial aid for youth athletics in the Eastern Sierra. (Photo courtesy of Mammoth Mountain)S
  
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• Fryer on Football: Previews and predictions for the top Week 8 games

  17-10-2019 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowGAME OF THE WEEK
  NO. 2 JSERRA (5-2, 1-1) VS. NO. 5 SERVITE (4-3, 0-2)
  Where, when: Orange Coast College, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
  Analysis: Both teams are coming off of one-sided losses in the Trinity League. JSerra last week lost to St. John Bosco 49-10, and Servite lost to Mater Dei 56-11. Keep in mind that Mater Dei and St. John Bosco are in the top three in many national rankings. JSerra coach Pat Harlow has s
  
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• 40% of Muslim students surveyed in California say they’ve been bullied at school, report finds

  17-10-2019 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Ahlam Elabed’s son has been called a “terrorist,” mocked and humiliated at Redlands High School because he is Muslim, she said.
  Her son’s classmates mocked him with chants of “Allahu Akbar” and pulled his pants down in PE class, Elabed said, speaking Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Council for American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Anaheim office.
  CAIR’s California chapter released its biennial report on bullying of Muslim students on campus, which showed t
  
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• Suit alleges Canyons Aquatic Club ignored child sex abuse allegations

  17-10-2019 01:35 via ocregister.com
  Canyons Aquatic Club board members repeatedly refused to act on allegations of sexual abuse against a swim coach at the club who was later arrested on child sex abuse and child pornography charges, according to a lawsuit filed against the Santa Clarita club in Los Angeles County Superior Court Wednesday.
  David Kuck, a former head coach at the Canyons, alleges in the suit that the club’s board on multiple occasions failed to pursue allegations that another coach, Jeremy Anderson, was sexual
  
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• Morris Day shares memories of Prince (and some imagined conversations) in new memoir ‘On Time’

  17-10-2019 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Morris Day never intended to write a memoir about his life as a close friend and collaborator of Prince, and if the Purple One had not tragically died in 2016 of an accidental drug overdose Day is quick to say he’d have no book to talk about.
  “Not now,” Day says, laughing at the thought of what Prince — famously private, notoriously controlling — would have thought it if he were still here. “Maybe later, maybe 10 years from now, but not now.”
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