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• Chargers LT Russell Okung to make season debut Sunday

  23-10-2019 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Chargers left tackle Russell Okung will make his season debut Sunday against the Chicago Bears.
  Okung, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, hasn’t played this season because of a pulmonary embolism he suffered in June. Okung returned to practice last week, but wasn’t activated for the road game against the Tennessee Titans.
  Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said he doesn’t expect Okung to get the bulk of the snaps Sunday. But Lynn didn’t say if Trent Scott will sta
  
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• It’s time we require helmets for adult cyclists, not just kids

  23-10-2019 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A Costa Mesa Police police officer investigates the scene of car and bicycle accident Wednesday, May 22, 2019 on the northbound Newport Boulevard at Cecil Place in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Richard Koehler, Contributing Photographer)
  With plenty of rush hour traffic to deal share the road with, a cyclist rides south along Pacific Coast Highway in the bike lane in Newport Beach in 2017. For the past five years, Orange County continues to kill an average of 16 cyclists a year despite aCalifornia law t
  
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• WeWork agrees on co-CEO severance packages as it prepares to cut 4,000 jobs

  23-10-2019 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  As WeWork, the beleaguered office-sharing startup, prepares to fire 4,000 rank-and-file staff members to cut costs, its board has agreed on severance packages for its co-CEOs if they leave, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
  In the past week, WeWork’s board signed off on exit deals for Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham in the multimillion-dollar range, said one of the people, who requested anonymity because the agreements are private. The severance arrangements were nego
  
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• CSUF composer pours lifetime of passions, concerns into her most ambitious work

  23-10-2019 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Composer Pamela Madsen’s path in life was influenced by events that happened long before she was born.
  “My father was trained as a concert pianist. He became deaf during World War II, but he continued to play every day. He developed his sense of vibration as a way of ‘hearing’ the notes,” said Madsen, a professor of music at California State Fullerton whose massive, multipart work, “Oratorio for the Earth,” will make an extended debut in several concerts
  
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• Houston Astros just made it impossible to stick to sports during the World Series

  23-10-2019 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  If you want to keep political talk out of the sports pages, keep it out of the clubhouse – especially when reporters are around. Professional athletes are generally quite good about this. Brandon Taubman, the assistant general manager of the Houston Astros, is not.
  According to a report in Sports Illustrated, corroborated by witnesses in the Astros’ clubhouse, Taubman took a moment to make a loaded statement after Game 6 of the American League Championship Series: “Taubman turn
  
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• Driver dead after luxury sports car crashes into traffic light pole in Laguna Hills

  23-10-2019 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A man died Wednesday morning, Oct. 23, after the luxury sports car he was in crashed into a traffic-light pole in Laguna Hills, authorities said.
  Firefighters were called to Alicia Parkway near the parking entrance of the Laguna Hills Community Center at about 10:30 a.m. They found the red McLaren in flames, said Orange Fire Authority Capt. Paul Holaday.
  The car had been traveling westbound on Alicia Parkway before it hit the pole and became engulfed in flames with the driver inside, officials s
  
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• Six Flags-Cedar Fair theme park merger appears dead: ‘There is no bid’

  23-10-2019 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  A $4 billion merger between the two largest regional theme park players in the United States appears to be dead, but Six Flags left the door open to “attractive opportunities” for industry consolidation with rivals such as Cedar Fair.
  “There is no bid for any company that’s out there,” Six Flags CEO Jim Reid-Anderson said Wednesday, Oct. 23, on CNBC. “We’re not in the process of negotiating anything.”
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• Rancho Cucamonga steel mill cuts 110 jobs as it quits scrap metal, melting police-seized guns

  23-10-2019 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Citing high costs and environmental regulations in California, a steel mill in Rancho Cucamonga is eliminating at least 100 jobs as it stops buying and processing scrap metal from outside sources.
  The change at Commercial Metals Co.’s Arrow Route factory also puts an end to its melting operation, which was one of the few remaining plants in California where law enforcement disposed of seized firearms.
  The facility will remain open and continue producing rebar for the construction indu
  
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• Purple & Bold: Should the Lakers be worried?

  23-10-2019 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday Oct. 23 edition of the Purple & Gold newsletter after Game 1. To receive the newsletter free in your inbox all season, sign up here.
  LeBron James does many things well, particularly on the basketball court. But within the locker room, he rarely hides his moods.
  After a season-opening loss to the Clippers, annoyance seeped through as James spoke with reporters. He disagreed that the Lakers’ offense, which had just 20 assists after Frank Vogel h
  
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• Orange County toll roads: Here’s what you need to know with the recent switch to sticker transponders

  23-10-2019 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  This year, Orange County’s toll roads – the 73, 133, 241 and 261 – have gone through probably the biggest changes since the pay booths went dark in 2014.
  Users have been receiving a bandage-sized FasTrak sticker in the mail to replace their ubiquitous hard-cased transponders. Discounts have changed. And every car now must sport a license plate with unique numbers.
  Getting a bit lost? Here’s what to know about driving on Orange County’s toll roads:
  Q: How are tolls c
  
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• Kings finding benefits of pressure and fast starts

  23-10-2019 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  After winning consecutive games for the first time this season, the Kings roll into St. Louis, the home of the defending Stanley Cup champions.
  The Kings managed yet another domineering start to their 3-2 victory in Winnipeg on Tuesday. At one point in the second period, the Kings held a 31-8 shot advantage. They posted percentages of 69 or better in every major possession stat in the first period, according to Natural Stat Trick.
  They have had three first periods with 20 or more shots over nine
  
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• California’s once again acting like a nation-state: Tom Elias

  23-10-2019 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The effort to encourage California to leave the rest of America behind and become an independent country has so far gotten nowhere. A ballyhooed attempt to put the question before the state’s voters in the form of an initiative didn’t get far, not even making the secretary of state’s current list of potential future ballot measures.
  But that doesn’t keep California from acting a lot like a nation-state right now, even as it tries to fend off one attempt after another by t
  
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• History & Heritage: The Legend of the Halloween Tree

  23-10-2019 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  If you walk through Frontierland during Halloween Time, you can’t miss the beautifully decorated oak tree near the Golden Horseshoe Saloon, with glowing orange lights and handpainted jack-o’-lanterns hanging from its branches.
  The tree, inspired by Ray Bradbury’s 1972 fantasy novel “The Halloween Tree,” was dedicated to the author on Halloween night in 2007.
  Bradbury, a lifetime Disney fan and the author of classic American novels such as “Fahrenheit 451,&rdqu
  
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• Feature: New Pedestrian Bridge Now Open, Connecting Disneyland Resort Parking to Downtown Disney District

  23-10-2019 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A new pedestrian bridge over Magic Way is now open, marking the completion of the expanded parking project on the westside of Disneyland Resort.
  Guests may now choose to ride a resort tram from the Mickey & Friends and Pixar Pals parking structures, or stroll across the 174-foot-long bridge for a short walk through Downtown Disney District to reach the Main Entrance esplanade. Digital signage on each side of the bridge will help drivers navigate around the resort.
  In addition, a new, beautif
  
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• Sacramento moves to densify your neighborhood: Susan Shelley

  23-10-2019 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  In March, a California company called Adaptive Modular Solutions rebranded itself with a new name: CRATE Modular, Inc. “We make housing and school buildings out of recycled shipping containers,” the company’s website states.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom has just signed a stack of new laws that will enable these containers to be dropped into the back yard of any single-family home, anywhere in California.
  As I wrote in last Sunday’s column, one of the new laws, Assembly Bill 68, forc
  
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• Santa Clarita Congresswoman Katie Hill denies having affair with staffer and claims Republicans circulated intimate photos

  23-10-2019 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA CLARITA — Rep. Katie Hill, D-Santa Clarita, on Wednesday called allegations she had a relationship with a staff member “absolutely false,” after a conservative website published multiple articles about her.
  “The fact is I am going through a divorce from an abusive husband who seems determined to try to humiliate me,” Hill said in a statement released to the Los Angeles Times and New York Times. “I am disgusted that my opponents would seek to exploit such
  
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• Sixteen veterans presented the Ambassador for Peace medal by Korean government

  23-10-2019 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Sixteen Korean War-era veterans were presented with the Ambassador for Peace medal by representatives of the Korean government during a ceremony and dinner at the American Legion Post 721 in San Juan Capistrano.
  The commemorative medal is “an expression of appreciation from the Korean government to American service men and women who served in the Korean War.”
  Korean Consul for Veterans Affairs Lee Jong Don, left, shakes the hand of Korean War era veteran Leo Chade prior to a ceremony
  
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• Man charged in tear-gas attack at anti-Trump rally on Santa Monica Pier

  23-10-2019 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A man was charged Wednesday with unlawfully using tear gas during a weekend protest against President Donald Trump on the Santa Monica Pier.
  David Nicholas Dempsey, 32, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of use of tear gas and one misdemeanor count of unlawful tear gas activity, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
  The charges include an allegation that Dempsey has five prior convictions for crimes including second-degree burglary dating b
  
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• Tiger Army will celebrate its 10th annual Octoberflame at The Wiltern with new music

  23-10-2019 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  As Halloween rapidly approaches and Southern Californians are scurrying to figure out last-minute costumes, Los Angeles-based rock band Tiger Army is preparing for its annual Octoberflame.
  The band, led by vocalist-guitarist Nick 13, has become synonymous with the holiday in part because of the darker subject matter of its lyrical content and film noir/throwback classic Universal monster-like themed music videos. The band has also made Halloween its time to party near its hometown and though the
  
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• Hong Kong government withdraws bill that sparked protests

  23-10-2019 17:05 via ocregister.com
  
  KELVIN CHAN
  HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday withdrew an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests that have since morphed into a campaign for greater democratic change.
  Secretary for Security John Lee told the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature that the government suspended the bill because it had resulted in “conflicts in society.”
  In order to clearly spell out the government’s position, “I formally announc
  
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• Disneyland visitor had measles, health officials report

  23-10-2019 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials have reported a confirmed case of measles in a local resident who recently visited a Palms-area Starbucks and spent a day at Disneyland.
  Health officials said the person may have exposed others at two locations on Oct. 16.
  Those locations are:
  — 7:50 a.m. to 10 a.m. at a Starbucks at 3006 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles;
  — 9:15 a.m. to 8:35 p.m. at Disneyland, 1313 Disneyland Drive, Anaheim.
  Anyone who thinks they may have been
  
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• Mt. SAC, Riverside races this weekend

  23-10-2019 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The two bigger cross country events Saturday are the Mt. SAC Invitational at Mt. San Antonio College and the Riverside Invitational at the Riverside Cross Country Course.
  Among the Orange County teams at Mt. SAC are the St. Margaret’s girls  team No. 1 in the latest CIF-Southern Section Division 5 top 10, and El Toro’s boys, No. 8 in CIF-SS Division 2.
  Some top O.C. programs are sending lower-level teams to Mt. SAC but not their varsity groups.
  The Riverside Cross Country Course
  
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• ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’: Angry words and a ‘Big Bird’ dress nearly eclipse an important fashion show

  23-10-2019 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Adults are the worst. At least a lot of them on “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” especially when it comes to letting their daughters have their turn in the spotlight.
  This is the week of the Orange County Fashion Week show in which Rowan, the 16-year-old daughter of Braunwyn Windham-Burke, has designed a collection, and Adeline, the 14-year-old daughter of Shannon Storms Beador, is walking as one of Rowan’s models.
  It’s a big deal for Rowan because of some personal
  
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• Outdated SoCal power units still needed to avoid outages, state says

  23-10-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s steady move toward renewable energy and away from gas-fueled power plants has regulators worried the state could find itself without adequate electricity in peak hours as soon as next year.
  That scenario could force widespread power outages in the evenings — blackouts entirely independent from recent “safety” outages because of red-flag fire conditions.
  But a proposal to address the concern by extending the life of outdated natural-gas generators at four coas
  
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• Snow falls on Sleeping Beauty Castle as Disneyland prepares to bid farewell to Halloween and welcome Christmas

  23-10-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  This is what happens when holidays collide at Disneyland as the Happiest Place on Earth finds itself thematically stuck somewhere between Jack Skellington’s Halloween Town and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas.
  Disneyland crews have begun installing the faux snow atop Sleeping Beauty Castle as the Halloween season draws to a close at the Anaheim theme park.
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• Whicker: Clippers vs. Lakers, the morning after

  23-10-2019 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Clippers 112, Lakers 102, the morning after:
  – Those who picked the Clippers to surpass the Lakers this season based it on quantity of quality. More good players, in other words. Nothing that happened Tuesday night invalidated that.
  – The 60-19 bench differential was not unexpected, considering Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell are starters who begin from a sitting position. But the Laker reserves shot 7 for 18, and the Clippers’ 40-28 second quarter was har
  
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• 39 people found dead in truck container in southeast England

  23-10-2019 14:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By GREGORY KATZ and DANICA KIRKA
  LONDON — Police in southeastern England said 39 people were found dead Wednesday inside a large cargo truck believed to have come from Bulgaria.
  The truck, which is said to have entered Britain via the Welsh port of Holyhead on Saturday, was found by ambulance workers at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, a town just by the River Thames around 25 miles (40 kms) east of central London.
  “This is a tragic incident where a large number of people have lo
  
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• 4 Long Beach residents arrested in Costa Mesa, suspected in regional ‘knock-knock’ burglaries

  23-10-2019 09:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Four Long Beach residents suspected of carrying out a series of knock-knock-style burglaries across Southern California were facing possible charges Tuesday following their arrests in Costa Mesa.Another SoCal “Knock-Knock Style” Burglary Crew arrested 10/15/19 in#CostaMesa by #LASD Burglary-Robbery Task Force & @CostaMesaPD #LongBeach https://t.co/G9gyvKMLxP pic.twitter.com/STKnvmP0z9
  — LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) October 22, 2019Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectiv
  
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• Cities shouldn’t fine and arrest people for being poor

  23-10-2019 09:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles made national headlines earlier this month when it announced plans to void nearly two million minor citations and warrants. Not two million dollars in citations—two million separate citations and warrants that had kept Californians trapped in a cycle of poverty in the state’s courts.
  In announcing the plan, city officials said the move would “unclog” the courts and help individuals struggling with homelessness. But the decision to void nearly two million minor
  
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• Why California can’t compare with China on high-speed rail

  23-10-2019 09:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The recent NBA-China dispute brought some of the obvious free speech, political and economic differences between the two countries to the forefront. These differences are why it is so odd that some advocates of high-speed rail wistfully cite China’s high-speed rail system as a possible template for trains in California and the United States.
  “You go to China, they have trains that go 300 miles an hour. We have trains that go ‘chug, chug, chug.’ And then they have to stop
  
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• Income share agreements better than student loans: John Stossel

  23-10-2019 09:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Student loan debt keeps growing.
  There is a better solution than the ones politicians offer, which stick the taxpayer or the loan lenders with the whole bill.
  It’s called an “income share agreement.”
  Investors give money to a college, and the college then gives a free or partially free education to some students. When those students graduate, they pay the college a certain percentage of their future income.
  It’s a way “for the school to say to students, ‘You&r
  
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• Enjoy sizzling San Miguel de Allende

  23-10-2019 08:30 via ocregister.com
  
  David Wilhelm is a self-taught chef. He’s been credited in his career as being on the vanguard of promoting, amongother things, modern Mexican cuisine. (Photo by Bask)
  Restaurateur David Wilhelm is best known for developing many Orange County and Los Angeles restaurants over the past three decades. Wilhelm’s tenure in Orange County began in the ’80s and since then, he’s opened more than a dozen significant restaurants such as Kachina, Bistro 201, Barbacoa, Saltwater Grill
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, Oct. 22

  23-10-2019 08:18 via ocregister.com
  
  (Editor’s note: The Register’s phone system was not working Tuesday night due to maintenance. If you tried to report scores or stats, you can email them to [email protected] and we will publish them online and in Thursday’s paper.)
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
  CIF-SS Playoffs
  Wild-card round
  DIVISION 3
  Sage Hill def. Oaks Christian, 25-21, 17-25, 25-15, 25-22
  Rosary def. Millikan, 25-14, 25-17, 25-23
  DIVISION 4
  Burbank de
  
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• COAST Book Club: October 2019 edition

  23-10-2019 08:10 via ocregister.com
  
  “The Butterfly Girl” by Rene Denfeld (photo courtesy of the publisher)
  A mystery about those who are lost and desperate to be found, “The Butterfly Girl” is the second in Rene Denfeld’s “Child Finder” series, but it can also be read as a stand-alone. Determined to locate her sister, Naomi Cottle uses her own experience as a missing child to connect with street children in Portland, Oregon. Told in Denfeld’s lyrically beautiful style, it is certain
  
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• CLICK: ASPIRE Awards fete Asian leaders

  23-10-2019 07:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Influential Asian American philanthropic, business and social leaders celebrated the official launch of the National Asian American Community Foundation at the inaugural ASPIRE Awards Gala held in June at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
  The sold-out event brought together over 300 guests who supported the first-of-its-kind initiative to unify philanthropic efforts within the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities in order to increase their collecti
  
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• Police: Woman slashed trying to break up fight in Costa Mesa

  23-10-2019 07:39 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman tried to break up a fight between two men Tuesday, Oct. 22, and was slashed in the arm with a knife by a suspect sought by police.
  The altercation took place near the parking area of an apartment on the 2300 block of Newport Boulevard at about 5:15 p.m., Costa Mesa Police Lt. Victor Bakkila said. A female passenger and male driver of a Chevy Malibu had just arrived home, when they were confronted by two people in a Silver Ford Fusion that had parked nearby.
  The man behind the wheel of th
  
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• Along the COAST: Real estate news for October 2019

  23-10-2019 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  LEGACY MIGHT GET NEW NEIGHBOR
  With the successful opening of Flight at Tustin Legacy, Lincoln Property Company‘s nine-building creative office complex on 38 acres on the former Tustin Marine Corps Base, Gemdale USA, Pasadena, wants to follow suit right across the street.
  Gemdale has filed plans with Irvine for a creative office complex consisting of two buildings: a six-story creative office building and a five-story building. The project would rise on a 5-acre site purchased last year for
  
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• Kawhi Leonard scores 30, as Clippers overwhelm Lakers with depth in opener

  23-10-2019 07:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, right, is defended by Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  The Lakers LeBron James #23 and the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard #2 hug before their NBA game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, October 212, 2019.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &
  
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• Alexander: Even with bolstered roster, Clippers’ culture hasn’t changed

  23-10-2019 07:29 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The T-shirts draped over the backs of Staples Center seats Tuesday night, courtesy of the Clippers, were a reflection of how L.A.’s upstart franchise – and in the eyes of many observers, the NBA’s next champion – sees itself.
  “Driven over given,” they said. Or “We over me,” “Squad over self,” and “Streetlights over spotlights.”
  It’s gritty and at the same time, subtly slick marketing, based on the &
  
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• Beauty and Wellness: Easy beauty fixes for fall

  23-10-2019 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  STRESS-FREE WAVES
  We’ve spent almost as much time watching video tutorials on how to use a curling iron as we have “Game of Thrones”. To no avail. We always ended up with sharp creases in our hair rather than soft curls. So, we were skeptical about trying the newly redesigned CHI Spin N Curl ($99). But, after just five minutes of trial and error with this rotating curler, we have it down. Simply insert a section of hair in the tulip-shaped chamber, press the directional button,
  
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• Washington Nationals beat Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros in World Series Game 1

  23-10-2019 06:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Houston Astros’ George Springer hits a home run during the seventh inning of Game 1 of the baseball World Series against the Washington Nationals Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
  Washington Nationals relief pitcher Patrick Corbin throws during the sixth inning of Game 1 of the baseball World Series against the Houston Astros Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsWashington Nationals’ Anthony
  
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• This columnist thinks California is in big trouble. The fix? Kill Prop 13!

  23-10-2019 06:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion
  Ten to 15 years ago, pundits liked to speculate that California was on the verge of becoming a failed state. In the early years of the new century the state suffered widespread blackouts thanks to a botched deregulation of its electricity market. Meanwhile, with long-standing ballot initiatives requiring a legislative supermajority to pass tax increases, and education expenses ballooning, the state’s budget seemed permanently mired in the red. Arnold S
  
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• Clippers’ Lou Williams ripe to win a title, doesn’t want to squander chance

  23-10-2019 06:03 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — To think, Lou Williams thought he was starting a secret farewell tour a couple of seasons ago.
  Now, energized by his position with the Clippers, the NBA’s most prolific bench scorer ever said he’s game to play another three or four seasons. Or more.
  “Three or four – good ones,” Williams, 32, said this week “Then after that I still might.”
  This one, which began Tuesday night against the Lakers, could be a really good one for the Clippe
  
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• Recession? Not for makers of private jets

  23-10-2019 05:58 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s all about that new plane smell.
  Private jets that can fly faster and go longer distances are causing a surge in new corporate-jet deliveries from General Dynamic Corp.’s Gulfstream unit, Bombardier Inc. and Textron Inc.’s Cessna. Innovations that have spurred sales include better fuel-efficiency, roomier, quieter cabins and gadget-packed cockpits that can predict the weather and smooth out bumpy rides.
  Business aircraft deliveries are expected to rise 9% this year to about
  
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• Laguna Beach man arrested after encounter with police, faces charge of animal cruelty in death of cat

  23-10-2019 05:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A man causing a public disturbance in Laguna Beach while squeezing a cat in his hands on Sunday, Oct. 20, allegedly bashed the animal against the hood of a responding patrol car.
  Police arrested Joey Gabaldon, 52, of Laguna Beach, on suspicion of animal cruelty, resisting an officer and other offenses after he allegedly bashed a cat against the hood of a patrol vehicle on Sunday, Oct. 20. Police later noticed the cat was dead. (Photo courtesy of the Laguna Beach Police Department).
  An officer ob
  
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• Apartment complex fire in Huntington Beach displaces 40 to 50 people

  23-10-2019 05:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A fire at an apartment complex in Huntington Beach displaced at least 40 people on Tuesday night.
  Huntington Beach Fire Department Battalion Chief Eric McCoy said the fire broke out just before 6:15 p.m. at an apartment complex near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Hamilton Avenue.
  No injuries were reported due to the fire, McCoy said. Roughly 40 to 50 people were displaced due to the fire. The American Red Cross was en route to the area to assist residents of the apartment in finding s
  
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• Ducks’ mistakes prove costly in blowout loss to Predators

  23-10-2019 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Ducks center Devin Shore (29) and Nashville Predators defenseman Dante Fabbro (57) chase the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
  Anaheim Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler (4) maneuvers the puck ahead of Nashville Predators right wing Miikka Salomaki (20), of Finland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)SoundThe gallery will resume insec
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder in Huntington Beach shooting

  23-10-2019 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A 29-year-old man was charged Tuesday, Oct. 22, with attempted murder for allegedly shooting another man Sunday afternoon in Huntington Beach.
  The charge against Dennis Tri Gia Dang includes sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder, discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury or death and leaving a victim comatose or paralyzed.
  Dang pleaded not guilty to the charge and was ordered to return to court Oct. 30 for a pretrial hearing.
  Police were called at 12:17 p.m. Sunday to
  
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• Here she is, 2020’s Rose Parade queen

  23-10-2019 04:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Camille Kennedy of Pasadena will reign as the 102nd Rose Queen as the world celebrates New Year’s Day 2020.
  Tournament of Roses President Laura Farber crowned the Rose Queen at the Pasadena Playhouse during a special event Tuesday, which included the presentation of the 2020 Royal Court.
  Camille Kennedy of La Salle High School is the 2020 Rose Queen during the announcement and Coronation of the 102nd Rose Queen and Presentation of the 2020 Royal Court at the Pasadena Playhouse on Tuesday,
  
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• USC’s backup defensive ends ready for extended roles against Colorado

  23-10-2019 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — USC senior defensive end Christian Rector was again a spectator at practice on Tuesday, making it a full week since he was able to participate due to an ankle injury that’s plagued him all season.
  With freshman Drake Jackson still in a walking boot as he recovers from a high ankle sprain, it’s looking increasingly likely that USC will be without both of its starting ends against Colorado on Friday.
  “Oh, shoot. I guess we keep hearing the word ‘next man
  
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