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• Chargers vs. Tennessee Titans: Who has the edge?

  18-10-2019 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers (2-4) at Titans (2-4)
  When: 1:05 p.m. PT Sunday
  Where: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn.
  Line: Titans by 2 1/2
  TV/Radio: Channel 2; 640-AM, 980-AM (Spanish)
  CHARGERS OFFENSE VS. TITANS DEFENSE
  The Chargers have many issues on offense. They’ve combined for 67 rushing yards the past two games, and quarterback Philip Rivers has five turnovers during that span. Rivers is getting his passing yards, but he seems to be locking in on one target at a time instead of spreading the ball. Late
  
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• Failed raid against El Chapo’s son leaves 8 dead in Mexico

  18-10-2019 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDRÉS VILLARREAL and PETER ORSI
  CULIACAN, Mexico — Mexican security forces aborted an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman after finding themselves outgunned in a ferocious shootout with cartel henchmen that left at least eight people dead and more than 20 wounded, authorities said Friday.
  The gunbattle Thursday paralyzed the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, Culiacan, and left the streets littered with burning vehicles. R
  
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• Gang member who shot and killed 9-year-old girl in Anaheim gets 70 years in prison

  18-10-2019 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A gang member who shot and killed a 9-year-old girl while firing at rival gang members in an Anaheim neighborhood, leaving her to die in her father’s arms, was sentenced Friday to 70 years to life in prison.
  During an emotional court hearing, family members tearfully described Ximena Meza, who was struck while playing in front of her family’s home on Oct. 22, 2014, as an enthusiastic and joyful girl and the “brightest light.”
  “All her dreams are gone, (and) my life
  
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• Their role: to ensure the safety of the CSUF community

  18-10-2019 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Noah Maldonado feels a big responsibility to keep students at Cal State Fullerton safe.
  As supervisor of the CSUF Police Department’s community service officer program, he oversees about 40 students with all types of majors — criminal justice, art, kinesiology, engineering, psychology — hired to go out on nighttime patrols to provide safety escorts for students or faculty who don’t feel safe walking to their car or class; report suspicious activity; and monitor the emerge
  
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• Chargers injury report vs. Tennessee Titans | DE Melvin Ingram doubtful

  18-10-2019 22:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A look at Chargers players who were listed on the injury report this week and their status for Sunday’s road game against the Tennessee Titans:
  Melvin Ingram, defensive end
  Injury: Hamstring
  Participation status: Did not participate Wednesday-Friday
  Official status: Doubtful
  Outlook: After not practicing the entire week, the Chargers’ star defensive end will likely miss his third consecutive game. Ingram had at least one day of practice the prior two weeks.
  Justin Jones, defensive ta
  
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• Rams vs. Atlanta Falcons: Who has the edge?

  18-10-2019 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  RAMS (3-3) at FALCONS (1-5)
  When: 10 a.m. Sunday
  Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
  Line: Rams by 3
  TV/radio: Channel 11; 710-AM, 1330-AM (Spanish)
  RAMS OFFENSE vs. FALCONS DEFENSE
  The picture is clouded by injury questions about running backs Todd Gurley (out last week with a thigh bruise) and Malcolm Brown (who sprained an ankle), and another new starter in the offensive line in rookie David Edwards. Theoretically, the Rams’ offense can right itself Sunday. After being embarrasse
  
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• Clippers rookie Terance Mann not backing down from the challenge

  18-10-2019 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Already having fostered goodwill with his play in summer league and the preseason, rookie guard Terance Mann further endeared himself to Clippers fans tuned into Thursday’s exhibition game in Vancouver.
  Late in the third quarter of the Clippers’ 102-87 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, Mann lured Luka Doncic into a travel, swiped at the ball after the whistle and then went chest to chest with last season’s Rookie of the Year.
  The Clippers’ newcomer, who turned 23 Friday, and
  
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• Are we really stuck with the big private utility companies?

  18-10-2019 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  There is no public polling on this issue, but anyone who travels around California can sense that many, if not most, electric customers would like to be rid of big utility companies like Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, yet they fear possible consequences if those firms disappear.
  Reader T.J. in Nevada County put it this way: “PG&E is far from perfect, but when you think of them gone, what have we got left?” The answer is: plenty.
  T.J.’s letter dem
  
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• CIF-SS announces criteria for Division 1 football selection

  18-10-2019 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-Southern Section today announced details for its selection process that will determine which eight teams will be be placed in its Division 1 football playoffs bracket.
  Teams will receive points for how they are ranked in the final CIF-SS Divisions 1 and 2 combined top 10. Ten points will be awarded to the No. 1-ranked team, nine points go to the No. 2-ranked team, eight points to the No. 3 team and so on down to one point for the No. 10 team. Also, 1 point is added to Division 1 and 2 te
  
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• CSUF police outline plan for increased campus security after 3 recent incidents

  18-10-2019 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton police have plans to “aggressively” beef up campus security by adding up to 20 community service officers to nighttime patrol, creating a bicycle program for its officers and adding more security cameras on campus, starting with parking structures in and around elevators and stairwells, officials said.
  The changes come as students and faculty at the 40,000-student university have expressed concerns about safety, especially at night, after three incidents this seme
  
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• As Laemmle Theatres mulls sale, is the indie film marketplace coming back from 2019 box-office dip?

  18-10-2019 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been looking dire for people who like to watch something different in movie theaters.
  For most of the year, and especially the summer just past, what are called specialty films – independently produced, foreign language and carefully distributed movies that more-or-less cover intelligent, adult themes in realistic ways – just couldn’t seem to get a break.
  Overhyped (and priced) titles such as “Booksmart” and “Late Night” disappointed big at th
  
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• Casino Insider: A new casino in Cathedral City and a new restaurant at Morongo

  18-10-2019 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now.Fans of Asian cuisine will soon have a new spot to enjoy it at Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa when restaurant Mozen has its full opening later this month.
  Gold-engraved Mozen chopsticks accompany a duck dish garnished with cilantro at Mozen, Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa’s new restaurant. The restaurant is expected to open before the end of the month. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Pres
  
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• Mater Dei guard Devin Askew commits to Kentucky

  18-10-2019 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei basketball junior point guard Devin Askew has committed to Kentucky.
  Askew, 6-4, averaged 14 points and seven assists a game last season. He was third on the Monarchs in 3-pointers with 49.
  Askew was All-Orange County first team and was selected to the All-CIF Open Division team and the All-Trinity League first team.
  He had scholarship offers from many top college programs.
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• Honoring the death of pets inspired ‘Animal Requiem’ by Rachel Fuller who got Pete Townshend and Paul McCartney to help

  18-10-2019 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Composer Rachel Fuller didn’t get her first dog until she was 26 — she’d had cats as a kid — but one led to another and another and over three or four years she and her husband Pete Townshend — yes, that Pete Townshend, guitarist-singer in the legendary rock band the Who — found themselves with a six-pack of pooches.
  “It was a fabulous pack, for well over a decade we just lived with this pack of dogs,” says Fuller, who in addition to orchestral pie
  
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• Body found in trunk of vehicle near 91 Freeway and 241 Toll Road in Anaheim Hills

  18-10-2019 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A body was found in the trunk of an abandoned car near the 91 Freeway and the 241 Toll Road in Anaheim Hills on Thursday morning.
  Anaheim police responded to calls for assistance from the California Highway Patrol about an abandoned sedan in a dirt lot along Santa Ana Canyon Road, just west of Gypsum Canyon Road.
  CHP officers had found an object wrapped in a tarp in the trunk that was the size and shape of a human body.
  Police said no information was immediately available on the identity of the
  
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• Kings coach Todd McLellan fumes over critical mistakes

  18-10-2019 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  After 135 scoreless minutes and three consecutive losses, the Kings could stand to close out their five-game engagement at Staples Center on a high note against the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
  Dull results have drawn sharp words from coach Todd McLellan, who has bluntly criticized his team and individual players.
  Evolving elements of the Kings’ game have been overshadowed by critical mistakes. McLellan identified errors in coverage that ended up in the Kings’ net in a 3-0 defeat at t
  
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• Second segment of Los Patrones Parkway opens in Rancho Mission Viejo

  18-10-2019 17:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The southern segment of Los Patrones Parkway opened to traffic in Rancho Mission Viejo on Thursday, Oct. 17.
  The completed project extended the parkway about a mile and a half from Chiquita Canyon Drive to Cow Camp Road.
  “It really begins to open up our community to the broader south county region in terms of access and mobility, so we are really excited about it,” said Mike Balsamo, senior vice president of governmental relations for Rancho Mission Viejo.
  Officials completed the fir
  
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• Syria Kurds accuse Turkey of violating cease-fire

  18-10-2019 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELENA BECATOROS and SARAH EL DEEB
  CEYLANPINAR, Turkey — The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria accused Turkey on Friday of violating a U.S.-brokered cease-fire that went into effect overnight, as fighters from both sides clashed in and around a border town that has been one of the fiercest fronts in the Turkish invasion.
  The town of Ras al-Ayn was emerging as an immediate test for the five-day cease-fire agreed on by Washington and Ankara. Before the deal’s announcement,
  
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• Real estate news: WeWork opens its first members-only offices in Newport Beach

  18-10-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite its troubles on Wall Street, WeWork’s expansion in Orange County continues with a new office in Newport Beach and four more properties under development.
  The company’s sixth site in the county has opened in Bayview Towers at 100 Bayview Circle. The suite of offices and open workspaces can host 800 WeWork members in 50,000 square feet, the company said.The offices carry the brand’s signature mid-century modern style, open floor plan, floor to ceiling glass and steel fram
  
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• Freeway ramp meters are to slow you down for the overall good

  18-10-2019 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. Dear Honk: For many years, I have used a ramp leading to the 55 Freeway from Paularino Avenue in Costa Mesa on most mornings. The ramp was never backed up. Even when the 55 was jammed, vehicles on the ramp still moved along and merged. A few months ago, the geniuses at Caltrans decided to install a meter on the ramp. Now, the ramp is backed up almost every morning. Even when the 55 is moving briskly, the ramp gets clogged. So not only did they “fix” a non-existent problem, they ha
  
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• Deep 3.7-magnitude earthquake hits Compton

  18-10-2019 14:51 via ocregister.com
  
  COMPTON — A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 struck at 12:19 a.m. Friday in Compton with a preliminary depth of 15 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
  There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
  The earthquake was felt from Simi Valley to Escondido, ABC7 reported.
  “The (magnitude) 3.7 in Compton is near but not on the Newport-Inglewood fault,” Dr. Lucy Jones, seismologist, founder and chief scientist at The Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and
  
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• World’s 1st female spacewalking team makes history

  18-10-2019 14:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world’s first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network.
  As NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir emerged one by one, it marked the first time in a half-century of spacewalking that a woman floated out without a male crewmate.
  America’s first female spacewalker from 35 years ago, Kathy Sullivan, was delighted. She
  
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• Deputies shut down alleged butane honey oil drug lab in Anaheim

  18-10-2019 12:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities on Thursday shut down a suspected drug lab in a residential neighborhood in Anaheim that allegedly used explosive butane gas to manufacture a concentrated form of cannabis.
  After serving a search warrant around noon inside a house at 113 N. Tustin Ave., deputies found evidence of the illicit production of butane honey oil (BHO), a highly potent extract of marijuana, Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Joses Walehwa said.
  Deputies took two people into custody in connection with the all
  
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• Servite breaks through to defeat JSerra behind Fifita, McMillan

  18-10-2019 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCOSTA MESA — Servite’s football team finally claimed the breakthrough victory it was seeking Thursday.
  Now, the Friars might be in the Division 1 conversation in the CIF-SS for good.
  Servite quarterback Noah Fifita throws a pass during Servite’s 34-21 victory over JSerra in a Trinity League football game at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sulliv
  
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• Villa Park overwhelms Canyon in Crestview opener

  18-10-2019 08:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowBREA — Villa Park hasn’t had the season it hoped for after their first seven football games.
  The Spartans hope their eighth game is an indicator of how things will go the rest of the season, as they thrashed Canyon 63-6 on Thursday night in the Crestview League opener for both teams at Brea Olinda High.
  Villa Park coach Dusan Ancich sought a clean game with a low number of penalties by his team, a
  
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• Kawhi Leonard receives warm reception in Vancouver, but Clippers drop preseason finale to Dallas

  18-10-2019 07:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Dallas Mavericks’ Kristaps Porzingis blocks a shot by Los Angeles Clippers’ Jerome Robinson, left, during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Dallas Mavericks’ Kristaps Porzingis blocks a shot by Los Angeles Clippers’ Jerome Robinson, left, during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl
  
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• Sabres hand Kings their 2nd consecutive shutout loss

  18-10-2019 07:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings’ Matt Roy attempts a shot in front of Buffalo’s Jeff Skinner during the second period of Thursday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 17:Jeff Skinner #53 of the Buffalo Sabres and Joakim Ryan #6 of the Los Angeles Kings chase after the puck during the first period at Staples Center on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLOS AN
  
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• Corona del Mar continues Sunset dominance, cruises past Fountain Valley

  18-10-2019 07:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHUNTINGTON BEACH — Corona del Mar continued its dominant run through the Sunset League with a 42-7 win over Fountain Valley on Thursday at Huntington Beach High.
  Corona del Mar (8-0, 3-0) has outscored its league opponents 133-20 through three games.
  The Sea Kings, ranked No. 4 in Orange County, dominated every aspect of the game. They  had 290 yards of total offense in the first half compared to 1
  
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• UCLA dominates, ends 11-game drought against Stanford

  18-10-2019 06:46 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA’s Kyle Philips runs toward the end zone for a 19-yard receiving touchdown during the first half of Thursday’s game at Stanford. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
  PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 17: Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins passes the ball against the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium on October 17, 2019 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUCLA’s Kyle Philips breaks away from Stanford’s A
  
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• Thursday’s high school football scores, Oct. 17

  18-10-2019 06:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores of the Orange County high school football games on Thursday, Oct. 17.
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  TRINITY LEAGUE
  JSerra vs. Servite at Orange Coast College
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  Corona del Mar 42, Fountain Valley 7
  EMPIRE LEAGUE
  Cypress 41, Crean Lutheran 14
  Valencia vs. Kennedy at Western High
  GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE
  Loara 21, La Quinta 0
  Santiago at Bolsa Grande
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  Villa Park 63, Canyon 6
  ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
  Estancia vs. Orange at Segerstrom High
  EXPRESS LEAGUE (8-
  
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• Coastal Commission OKs tear-down of San Onofre, including spent fuel pools

  18-10-2019 05:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A spent fuel pool at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Clemente, Calif. (Courtesy Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
  A detail of a display of a nuclear fuel assembly shows the rods, with some missing, at the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Clemente, CA. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given approval to continue moving spent nuclear fuel from wet fuel pools to
  
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• UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson starts, finds groove early at Stanford

  18-10-2019 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  STANFORD — Dorian Thompson-Robinson got the starting call Thursday night at Stanford and the sophomore quarterback threw touchdown passes on UCLA’s first two possessions of the game.
  He later added a 1-yard scoring run late in the first half, pushing UCLA into a 21-10 lead at the break.
  Thompson-Robinson sat out the Bruins’ most recent game against Oregon State after suffering a left leg injury the week before against Arizona.
  Austin Burton started the Oregon State game and thr
  
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• Laguna Playhouse aims to counter growing anti-Semitism among youth with play about children and the Holocaust

  18-10-2019 04:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Elijah Lopez is 16 1/2 years old, the same age as the character he plays in the upcoming Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre production of “I Never Saw Another Butterfly.”
  The role of Honza Košek is a far cry from the life enjoyed by Lopez, a junior at Mission Viejo High, and his peers.
  Still, Lopez believes the lessons in humanity he draws from the play can be instructive for other young people, especially given the  anti-Semitic and other hate-driven incidents that in r
  
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• Man found guilty of hate crime for punching African American man at Whole Foods in Laguna Beach

  18-10-2019 04:10 via ocregister.com
  
  A San Clemente man was found guilty Thursday of a hate crime for  assaulting an African American man while he was working at a Whole Foods grocery store in Laguna Beach.
  Fernando Ramirez, 23, was convicted of one felony count of battery resulting in serious bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement for committing a hate crime, as well as a misdemeanor count of violating a person’s civil rights, court records show.
  He faces a possible maximum sentence of eight years in prison.
  Ramire
  
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• For Rams’ offensive line, changes keep coming in a rush

  18-10-2019 03:55 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — The Rams have crossed their fingers, sometimes behind their backs, when they’ve talked about their offensive line this season, saying the unit would improve as two newcomers gained experience.
  It hasn’t happened as quickly as needed, as the Rams’ 20-7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers last Sunday made clear.
  And the chances it will happen soon faded when young guard Joe Noteboom went down with a knee injury early in that game.
  With Noteboom out for the year,
  
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• USC notebook: Trojans trying to up the offensive pace

  18-10-2019 03:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — One advantage USC hoped it would have when it brought offensive coordinator Graham Harrell and his Air Raid offense to campus would be pace of play. But so far the Trojans haven’t quite lived up to expectations in that area.
  The Trojans have run 410 plays in six games, an average of 68.3 per game. For perspective, USC is seventh in the Pac-12 in this category, while this week’s opponent, Arizona, leads with 73.7. Harrell’s offense at North Texas last year av
  
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• Map: Where Southern California Edison may shut off power due to fire risk

  18-10-2019 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California Edison is now considering shutting off power due to the high fire danger in areas that serve almost 33,600 customers in eight counties, the utility said Thursday, Oct. 17.
  That includes about 4,200 customers in Los Angeles County (in the Acton and Chatsworth areas), 3,900 customers in San Bernardino County (around Big Bear Lake, Hesperia and the Lucerne Valley) and 2,700 customers in Riverside County (from the Banning area to North Palm Springs). No outages in Orange County w
  
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• Saddleridge fire victims start rebuilding process at Sylmar disaster assistance center

  18-10-2019 03:31 via ocregister.com
  
  About a week after the Saddleridge fire upended their lives, a handful of the fire’s victims took their first steps toward getting back to normal on Thursday.
  This was the first day city and county officials opened the disaster assistance center at the Sylmar Recreation Center, not far from where the now 8,391-acre fire began on Thursday, Oct. 10.
  About two hours after the center opened at 9 a.m., a few residents had trickled in, sitting quietly with workers at different booths set up arou
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday (10-17-19)

  18-10-2019 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Thursday, Oct. 17.
  FOOTBALL SCORES & STATS
  BOYS WATER POLO
  SEA VIEW LEAGUE
  Aliso Niguel 9, Mission Viejo 8
  Goals: (AN) Knight 3, Casey 2, Morcos 2.
  Saves: Hooper (AN) 13.
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  San Clemente 16, Dana Hills 4
  Goals: (SC) Hosea 4. Prussak 3. Gansel 2. Mantecon 2. Kahn 2. Snow 2.
  Saves: Sanders (SC) 9.
  NONLEAGUE
  Esperanza 11, Cerritos 4
  Los Amigos 14, Godinez 4
  GIRLS GOLF
  NORTH HILLS LEAGUE
  El Modena 215, Canyon 228
  Riverview (par 33)
  
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• UCLA football live updates: Bruins could snap 11-game losing streak against Stanford

  18-10-2019 01:26 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA football will likely be considered an underdog in every remaining Pac-12 Conference game on the schedule but there is hope tonight against Stanford.
  Following a bye week and a short game week, the Bruins travel to Stanford for an unusual Thursday night matchup. With the Cardinal starting third-string quarterback Jack West, the Bruins’ defense has an opportunity to capitalize on his inexperience and injury plagued offensive line.
  A victory for the Bruins would snap an 11-game losing st
  
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• USC welcomes Villanova for preseason basketball test

  18-10-2019 01:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — With less than three weeks until the season opener, the USC men’s basketball team is getting a preseason test, one that might end up being more challenging than any of its non-conference games this winter.
  The Trojans will host Villanova on Friday in a full, 40-minute exhibition that will raise money for the California Fire Foundation.
  With a likely top-10 team coming to town, and one that’s won two of the past four national titles, a USC team looking to bounce ba
  
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• Retired assistant sheriff is Lake Forest’s newest councilman

  18-10-2019 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lake Forest City Council picked a retired assistant sheriff, Mike James, to finish up the last year of a vacant term on the dais.
  A dozen candidates applied for the position, left open in August when Councilwoman Leah Basile moved out of town with her family. Council members, except Councilwoman Neeki Moatazedi, chose James as their first pick. The council voted unanimously to appoint James.
  “In this trying time where things are getting harder for police officers to do their job &ndash
  
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• Drop, cover, hold: Californians practice earthquake drills during Great ShakeOut

  18-10-2019 01:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Practice makes perfect and Arroyo Elementary School students in North Tustin were among the California residents practicing on Thursday, Oct. 17, what they will do when an earthquake hits.
  Isaiah Kim, left, Kirsten Bui, center, and Gianna Vance, right, all third grade students at Arroyo Elementary School in North Tustin, hold on to their desks as they and their classmates seek cover at 10:17 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2019, during the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. (Photo by Mark Rightmire,
  
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• .22-caliber bullets found at Thurston Middle School in Laguna

  18-10-2019 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach is under heavy police surveillance this week following the discovery of unspent .22-caliber bullets.
  The first bullet was found by a student Monday, Oct. 14, in a sixth-grade classroom. The student gave it to the teacher and school principal Jenny Salberg contacted the Laguna Beach Police Department’s school resource officer, Cpl. Cornelius Ashton.
  Later Monday, another student found a similar bullet on campus and turned it into a staff member. O
  
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• Gulfstream Aerospace laying off workers companywide

  18-10-2019 00:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has cut its U.S. workforce by 446 jobs, including some reductions in Long Beach, as the company looks to align resources with its growth plan.
  In an email sent Thursday, company spokeswoman Heidi Fedak said the California layoffs were in Long Beach and Lincoln, which is in the Sacramento area. She declined to reveal how many jobs were lost at each location but said the bulk of staffing cuts occurred at the company’s Savannah, Georgia, headquarters. The company em
  
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• Coming to Airbnb: Barbie’s Malibu Dreamhouse for $60 a night

  18-10-2019 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The kitchen. (Courtesy of Airbnb)
  The hobby room. (Courtesy of Airbnb)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe home theater. (Courtesy of Airbnb)
  The master bedroom. (Courtesy of Airbnb)
  A view of the meditation terrace. (Courtesy of Airbnb)
  The tub in one of two bathrooms. (Courtesy of Airbnb)
  The walk-in closet is filled with 60 years of fashion from Barbie’s many careers. (Courtesy of Airbnb)
  The walk-in closet is filled with 60 years of fashion from Barbie’s many careers. (Court
  
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