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• Basenji-beagle mix Snow loves to snuggle

  01-11-2019 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Beagle-basenji mix
  Snow is great with dogs and cats. (Courtesy of Friends of Orange County Homeless Pets)
  Age: 1-2 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 17 pounds
  Snow’s story: Snow came to Friends of Orange County Homeless Pets when his owner died, leaving him homeless. He is the best little guy, great with dogs and cats. He’s lots of fun and really enjoys sitting and snuggling with people. He would love to find a home where he can do just that on the couch and in bed with his pe
  
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• Eichler renovation in Orange sells for $1 million after second kitchen redo

  01-11-2019 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The kitchen after it was initially remodeled. (Courtesy of Lin He)
  A view of the kitchen after its second remodel. (Courtesy of Lin He)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA view of the living room. (Courtesy of Lin He)
  The dining room. (Courtesy of Lin He)
  A view of the open floor plan. (Courtesy of Lin He)
  A view of the atrium. (Courtesy of Lin He)
  The master bedroom. (Courtesy of Lin He)
  A reproduced double sink vanity in the master bathroom. (Courtesy of Lin He)
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• Domestic shorthair kitty Thalia loves to play

  01-11-2019 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Domestic shorthair
  Age: 8 months
  Gender: Spayed female
  Thalia’s story: Thalia is shy with new people and in new surroundings, but once she warms up to you, she is sweet and playful. She loves to greet you at the door and to watch to see what you are doing. She enjoys toys on strings and little mice. She’s ready for a forever home of her own!
  Adoption fee: $200, includes FVRCP vaccines, FIV/FeLV test, microchip, worm and flea treatments
  Adoption procedure: DREAM Anima
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Oct. 24-Nov. 1)

  01-11-2019 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1:
  Tandoori Garden, 30 S. Anaheim Blvd., AnaheimClosed: Oct. 30 (report)
  Reason: Rodent infestationOriental Seafood Noodle House, 14370 Culver Drive, Suite H, IrvineClosed: Oct. 30 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: Nov. 1Wheel Of Life, 14370 Culver Drive, Suite B, IrvineClosed: Oct. 29 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: Oct. 30 (report)Jan
  
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• Purple & Bold: Could the Lakers make a ‘Death Lineup’ with Anthony Davis at center?

  01-11-2019 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Nov. 1 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  Maybe I’m just hooked.
  I’ve devoted a lot of space both in our publications and this newsletter to the question of what is Anthony Davis’ best position. He’s made it clear from the beginning that his preference is power forward, but as the NBA’s emphasis is pushed toward perimeter play, trends suggest he’s a center.
  
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• Cute Italian greyhound mix Muffin likes to play, then relax

  01-11-2019 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Miniature pinscher-Italian greyhound mix
  Muffin is ready to join you on car rides and new adventures. (Courtesy of Ken-Mar Rescue)
  Age: 4 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Size: 13 pounds
  Muffin’s story: Cuddly, playful Muffin loves people, especially if they give her massages, steak or hamburger and let her take sun naps. She likes hanging out with the other dogs at her foster home. She enjoys car rides and new adventures, soft beds, people who like to snuggle and treats. (Did we mention
  
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• Southern California manufacturing outshines U.S. weak spots, reports show

  01-11-2019 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Manufacturing continues to show weakness across the country, but there is little to suggest a slowdown is affecting Southern California, according to national, statewide and regional studies.
  The national Purchasing Managers Index, released Friday, Nov. 1 by the Institute for Supply Management, was 48.3 in October, up slightly from 47.8 in September. It was the third consecutive month this index has been below 50, which suggests the factory sector is contracting.
  A separate index for October, re
  
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• Beto O’Rourke announces he’s dropping 2020 presidential bid

  01-11-2019 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman, announced Friday that he was ending his Democratic presidential campaign, which failed to recapture the enthusiasm, interest and fundraising prowess of his 2018 Senate race.
  In an online post, O’Rourke said, “My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee.” He was scheduled to address supporters later Friday at an event in Iowa.
  O’Rourke was urged to run for president by man
  
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• Kaiser and 84,000 workers forge four-year labor agreement

  01-11-2019 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  After months of failed negotiations, Kaiser Permanente and more than 84,000 employees in California and the nation have forged a new four-year labor agreement.
  In an announcement Friday, Nov. 1, Kaiser said the collective bargaining agreement with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions will run through Sept. 30, 2023. It includes annual pay increases and maintains employee health and retirement benefits while also creating a program to reduce the national shortage of healthcare workers.
  
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• Chargers vs. Green Bay Packers: Who has the edge?

  01-11-2019 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Packers (7-1) at Chargers (3-5)
  When: 1:25 p.m. Sunday
  Where: Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson
  Line: Packers by 3 ½
  TV/Radio: Channel 2; 640-AM, 980-AM (Spanish)
  CHARGERS OFFENSE VS. PACKERS DEFENSE
  After years of neglecting the defense, the Packers finally splurged on that side of the football in free agency. Outside linebackers Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith have been worth the investment. The first-year Packers have combined for 15 sacks and are big reasons why the defense h
  
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• Canelo hopes giant leap against Kovalev finds a soft landing

  01-11-2019 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — Hot-dog skiiers and bull riders show more confidence with each passing risk. That’s also the mindset of Canelo Alvarez.
  The middleweight champ is vaulting two weight classes to meet Sergey Kovalev on Saturday at MGM Grand.
  “I couldn’t believe he wanted this fight,” Kovalev said. “The fourth time they called, we said, ‘OK, let’s  sign the contract.’”
  Canelo is betting the 36-year-old Kovalev, the WBO light heavyweight cham
  
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• Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion, raising privacy concerns

  01-11-2019 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matt O’Brien, The Associated Press
  Google, the company that helped make it fun to just sit around surfing the web, is jumping into the fitness-tracker business with both feet, buying Fitbit for about $2.1 billion.
  The deal could put Google in direct competition with Apple and Samsung in the highly competitive market for smartwatches and other wearable electronics. But it also raises questions about privacy and Google’s dominance in the tech industry.
  The company’s announceme
  
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• 17 retro toys you can find in McDonald’s Happy Meals starting Nov. 7

  01-11-2019 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  McDonald’s will mark the 40th anniversary of the Happy Meal next week by bringing back some memorable toys from the last four decades.
  “Surprise Happy Meals” will be available in 90 countries, including the United States for five days, according to a news release from the fast food giant.
  The promotion runs Nov. 7-11, or while supplies last.
  There will be 15 toys worldwide, plus two U.S. exclusives.
  Here is the lineup:
  McNugget Buddies: A cowboy, fireman, and mail carrier, all
  
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• Wilner: USC gets it right with expected hire of Mike Bohn (hard to believe, but true)

  01-11-2019 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not yet official, but USC is expected to hire Mike Bohn as its new athletic director, according to published reports and confirmed by the Hotline.
  (And if the process detonates at the last second, so will this column.)
  Here’s what we think of Bohn to USC:
  We think it’s a good hire.
  For any other Power Five program, Bohn would be at least a B-level hire and perhaps a B+.
  He isn’t without flaws but is generally well regarded within the industry and has a solid list of
  
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• Environmental planning can help communities meet increasing challenges, CSUF expert says

  01-11-2019 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Communities today face growing challenges with urban sprawl, climate change, crises like hurricanes and tornadoes, health concerns and more.  Are there solutions to these issues?
  Mojgan Sami believes there is, with environmentally sustainable planning and the will to think beyond growth and development.
  “Environmentally sustainable planning is essentially the process of infrastructure development in the community,” said Sami, assistant professor of public health at Cal State Ful
  
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• Philanthropists give $1.8 million for Miracles for Kids’ mission

  01-11-2019 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Some 500 of Southern California’s most influential business leaders and philanthropists came together on Oct. 12 to raise $1.8 million for the nonprofit Miracles for Kids. The amount for a record for the organization’s signature Annual Night of Miracles Gala, held at Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point.
  The organization says 100 percent of the proceeds raised during the evening will go toward its mission to improve the lives of critically-ill children and their families in need. Mirac
  
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• Fullerton Arboretum receives $1.4 million gift from friends

  01-11-2019 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Officials from Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton Arboretum and Friends of the Fullerton Arboretum gathered under a sunny sky at the garden’s visitor entrance to celebrate the transfer of a $1.4 million gift from the Friends of the Fullerton Arboretum to the university’s philanthropic foundation for use by the 26-acre botanical garden.
  “This is such a wonderful marker for Fullerton Arboretum,” said President Fram Virjee at the Oct. 22 celebration. “At the town hall for
  
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• Warren’s health plan: $20 trillion, no middle class tax hike

  01-11-2019 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
  WASHINGTON  — Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed $20 trillion in federal spending over the next decade to provide health care to every American without raising taxes on the middle class, a politically risky effort that pits the goal of universal coverage against skepticism of government-run health care.
  The details of Warren’s “Medicare for All” plan aim to quell criticism that the Massachusetts Democrat and presidential
  
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• Southern California Edison power outages caused by wind are almost over

  01-11-2019 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California Edison’s weather-related preemptive power outages were mostly over Friday, Nov. 1, with fewer than 1,000 customers without electricity by afternoon.
  Most were in Ventura County, where the Maria fire was raging.
  Here are the communities where Edison said some customers were without power as of 1 p.m. Friday (and had been since mid-morning):
  San Bernardino County (57 customers): Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino Map 1, San Bernardino Map 2; unincorporated are
  
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• USC’s growth to be put to the test against No. 7 Oregon

  01-11-2019 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  <p>LOS ANGELES — Clay Helton has seen a lot of growth from his USC team this season.</p><p>The Trojans head coach says he's been pleased with the improvements in protecting the football and in limiting penalties. He's seen his team become more explosive on offense, not just with downfield plays but players' ability to turn short routes or runs into big plays. And he's been pleased with the offensive line's play as the 5-3 season has progressed.</p><p>But now a
  
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• No. 7 Oregon at USC: TV info, scouting report and prediction

  01-11-2019 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  No. 7 Oregon at USC
  When: 5 p.m. Saturday
  Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  TV/Radio: Fox/AM 790
  Records: Oregon 7-1, 5-0 in Pac-12; USC 5-3, 4-1 in Pac-12
  2019 Oregon stats
  QB Justin Herbert: 179-262, 2,104 yards, 21 TDs, 1 INT
  RB C.J. Verdell: 112 carries, 753 yards, 5 TDs
  WR Jaylon Redd: 35 catches, 321 yards, 7 TDs
  LB Troy Dye: 38 tackles, 1 sack, 2 PBUs, 1 INT
  S Jevon Holland: 33 tackles, 2 PBUs, 4 INTs
  Oregon injury report: OUT: TE Jacob Breeland (knee), DE Gus
  
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• As the Day of the Dead arrives we look at death in the U.S.

  01-11-2019 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The Day of the Dead celebration is Nov. 2, so we look at death in the U.S.
  All Souls’
  Each year, Oct. 31 is Halloween, or Allhallows Eve. Nov. 1 is El Día de los inocentes, or The Day of the Children and All Saints’ Day. Nov. 2 is All Souls’ Day, or The Day of the Dead.
  It’s a dead woman’s party
  The origins of “Day of the Dead” trace back a few hundred years to an Aztec festival that honored their Goddess of the Dead, Mictecacihuatl. The Aztec par
  
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• Breeders’ Cup 2019: Live updates

  01-11-2019 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Live updates from Southern California News Group writers and photographers and official Santa Anita and Breeders’ Cup accounts at the 2019 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park:      The amazing story of Vasilika at the Breeders' Cup | More Breeders' Cup coverage      
  Related Articles Breeders’ Cup and Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday Nov. 1 Louisville’s Dale Romans thinks he has the horse to take him home Future S
  
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• Portola freshman Chhiv wins Pacific Coast singles titles, University’s Wang-Markus defend in doubles

  01-11-2019 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Freshman Isabella Chhiv of Portola girls tennis made an impact at the Pacific Coast League singles championships Thursday at Irvine.
  The top seed defeated sophomore Jane Lee of Open Division contender University 8-6 to give the rising Bulldogs their first individual league crown in girls tennis.
  The finals Thursday featured “pro set” scoring or first to eight games wins.
  In the doubles championship, University’s junior duo of Mya Wang-Emily Markus defended their league title wi
  
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• Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli plead not guilty in college admissions scandal

  01-11-2019 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  HOLLYWOOD — Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded not guilty in Boston Friday to new bribery charges filed against them in the college admissions scandal, according to federal court documents.
  Loughlin and Giannulli, a fashion designer, were among 11 parents charged last week in an indictment returned by a grand jury in Boston, which alleges they conspired with William “Rick” Singer, a Newport Beach consultant, to commit not just fraud and money laun
  
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• Daylight saving time ends Sunday; poll says 70% of Americans don’t like it

  01-11-2019 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Most people across the country will see their clocks roll back an hour this weekend as nearly eight months of daylight saving time come to an end. It is part of a twice-a-year ritual that most want to stop.
  Seven in 10 Americans prefer not to switch back and forth to mark daylight saving time, a new poll shows. But there’s no agreement on which time clocks ought to follow.
  According to the new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 4 in 10 Americans would lik
  
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• What diners can expect when Shake Shack opens Nov. 7 in Long Beach

  01-11-2019 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Shake Shack must love L.A.
  The New York City-based chain doesn’t have any restaurants in Orange, Riverside or San Bernardino counties. But since 2016, but it has opened nine in Los Angeles County, where it says it serves about 13,568 signature ShackBurgers a week and 32,575 single-patty burgers.
  Restaurant No. 10 will open Thursday, Nov. 7, at Long Beach’s new shopping center, 2nd & PCH, with free Shake Shack beanies to the first 100 customers in line.
  Even though it’s a ne
  
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• FuelRod won’t move forward with $3 portable charger swapping fee at Disneyland and Disney World, Disney officials say

  01-11-2019 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A class-action lawsuit and backlash from customers has forced a Del Mar company that operates portable charger swapping machines at Disneyland and Disney World to relent on a plan to start charging a recharging fee after promising “unlimited free swaps.”
  FuelRod will not move forward with a plan to implement a $3 portable charger swap fee at the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts until further notice, Disney officials said. Guests can continue to swap their portable chargers at
  
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• Why rock band Switchfoot will open for itself in Riverside, Thousand Oaks

  01-11-2019 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Sometimes you need to shake up the regular formula.
  Last January, Switchfoot put out its latest studio album “Native Tongue.” After finishing a spring tour, the San Diego-based alt-rock band brainstormed new ideas for the next batch of headlining dates.
  “We felt like people, ourselves included, wanted more music,” explained bassist Tim Foreman, during a recent telephone interview from North Carolina.
  All five musicians decided to “throw out all the assumptions and p
  
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• Hillside fire in San Bernardino is 70% contained, remains at 200 acres

  01-11-2019 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The Hillside fire in north San Bernardino was 70% contained Friday morning, Nov. 1, as San Bernardino County fire and San Bernardino National Forest crews will continue to focus on mop up throughout the day.
  The blaze, which ignited early Thursday morning near Highway 18 and Lower Waterman Canyon, held at 200 acres overnight.
  At one point more than 1,300 residents were forced from their homes under evacuation orders as the fire was pushed by strong Santa Ana wind gusts pummeled the region. Resid
  
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• HOA Homefront: Protection for ADUs and doorway icons coming in 2020

  01-11-2019 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Two new laws are coming in 2020 which provide protection for HOA owners in regard to accessory dwelling units and religious decorations on doorways.
  One of the most basic elements of residential CC&Rs is the requirement that residences are limited to “single-family” use. However, at least in California planned developments, that requirement is partially overridden through Assembly Bill 670.
  That bill, recently approved by the governor, creates a new Civil Code 4751 taking effect
  
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• Casino Insider: 🎰🍴Let’s eat! Here’s a list of every casino restaurant in Southern California

  01-11-2019 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now.ICYMI, we published the annual Southern California Casino Guide Monday (you may have seen our special email to you loyal Casino Insider subscribers), but since everyone likes to eat we wanted to highlight our list of all of the restaurants at the area’s casinos.
  Morongo’s Cielo restaurant makes its own prosciutto. This burrata and heirloom tomato salad has grilled peaches, red onion, organic he
  
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• Breeders’ Cup and Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday Nov. 1

  01-11-2019 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, Nov. 1 for racing at Santa Anita, including Day 1 of the Breeders’ Cup.
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  Related Articles Louisville’s Dale Romans thinks he has the horse to take him home Future Stars Friday leads off two days of Breeders’ Cup racing Buy low, fi
  
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• 691,145 Californians left last year: What state did they go to?

  01-11-2019 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Where do Californians go when they leave?
  New Census Bureau migration data for 2018 shows folks who leave the state are likely to end up west of the Mississippi River.
  Here’s what my trusty spreadsheet tells me about where 691,145 Californians who left for other states now call home.
  In raw terms of people moving, the top spot for Californians is Texas, which got 86,164 Californians in 2018. Next came Arizona (68,516), Washington (55,467), Nevada (50,707), and Oregon (43,058). All told, Ca
  
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• Real estate news: Wyndham hotel in Irvine rebranded under Sonesta

  01-11-2019 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  An Irvine hotel has been rebranded and debuted Friday, Nov. 1 under management by Sonesta International Hotels Corp.
  The former Wyndham hotel at 17941 Von Karman Ave. is now called Sonesta Irvine – Orange County Airport.
  Sonesta, based in Newton, Mass., has over 55 properties in the U.S., three of which are in California, and more than 80 properties worldwide.The Irvine hotel has 335 rooms and suites and 11 venues that add up to 7,500 square feet of flexible meeting space. Guests have acce
  
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• U.S. added a solid 128,000 jobs in October despite GM strike

  01-11-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a solid 128,000 jobs in October, a figure that was held down by a now-settled strike against General Motors that caused tens of thousands of workers to be temporarily counted as unemployed.
  The unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5% to 3.6%, still near a five-decade low. And for a second straight month, average hourly wages rose a decent if less-than-robust 3% from a year ago.
  The government also revised up its estimate of job growth for August
  
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• 27 years of lives changed with Hope for Housing Foundation

  01-11-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Eighteen-year-old Sebastian Gutierrez moved to Arbor Villas in Yorba Linda when he was 3 years old. At the time, his mom was desperately looking for a safe and affordable place to raise her son. Arbor Villas offered that and much more. It became a nurturing environment where Sebastian thrived.
  He started attending the on-site after-school program in third grade. It provided Sebastian with a strong support system and put him on the path to future success. Driven to succeed at an early age, he exc
  
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• Four dead in Halloween party shooting in Northern California

  01-11-2019 15:45 via ocregister.com
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  ORINDA — Four people were killed and several more injured during a shooting on Halloween night at an Orinda Halloween party, authorities said.
  Early Friday morning, officers had blocked off the curving hill of Lucille Way, while at least five police cars lined the road.
  Orinda police chief David Cook said officers responded to a call around 10:45 p.m. Thursday for shots fired at a short-term rental.
  When officers ar
  
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• Man wounded in shooting in Santa Ana

  01-11-2019 15:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was hospitalized Friday morning with non-life threatening injuries suffered in a shooting at a Halloween party in Santa Ana.
  Officers responded to a home in the 2200 block of South Orange Avenue, near East Anahurst Place, at about 11 p.m. Thursday. They  found a man down in the street with two gunshot wounds to the upper body, Cmdr. Joe Marty said.
  The Halloween party was taking place in the backyard.
  A motive for the shooting was not disclosed.
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• Southwest Community Center gets deeper pockets, but not a bigger heart

  01-11-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The name on the outside of the Santa Ana building will read the same as it has for 46 years: Southwest Community Center.
  Homeless people and others in need still can eat breakfast or lunch every day, and dinners on weekends. People who sign up for it still can get bags of food every month.
  Connie Jones, granddaughter of the woman who founded Southwest, Annie Mae Tripp, made sure the name and the center’s core programs will remain. The only thing that’s changing is control; the p
  
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• KROQ/106.7 FM’s Gene ‘Bean’ Baxter will be signing off this month after 30 years on the station’s ‘The Kevin & Bean Show’

  01-11-2019 14:22 via ocregister.com
  
  For three decades KROQ 106.7/FM’s “The Kevin & Bean Show” has woken up radio listeners in Southern California and followed them through mostly horrendous weekday traffic as they commute to work or school from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.
  Hosts Kevin Ryder and Gene “Bean” Baxter have shared music and other entertainment news, conducted thousands of on-air interviews with musicians, comedians and actors, played games, taken listener calls and presented live musical performan
  
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• Maria fire in Ventura County could reach 12,000 acres before running out of fuel

  01-11-2019 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Lingering winds were blamed for churning up a wildfire that erupted Thursday evening and quickly spread from a hilltop near Santa Paula, north of Los Angeles.
  Authorities in Ventura County ordered evacuations for about 7,500 people in an area that includes roughly 1,800 buildings as the blaze threatened the small, unincorporated rural community of Somis.
  The Maria fire burns late Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, between Santa Paula and Somis in Ventura County. The blaze had consumed more than 8,000 acre
  
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• Theme park sues California man over dark ride he built in his garage

  01-11-2019 13:26 via ocregister.com
  
  A Missouri theme park that attracts more than 2 million visitors per year is suing a Southern California man who built a dark ride in his garage for Halloween over who owns the trademarked name.
  But the Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Missouri, didn’t throw the first punch. That surprising first blow was delivered by Scott D’Avanzo.
  “I’m confident we’ll win in the end,” said D’Avanzo, 45, of Ladera Ranch (Orange County). “We’re smal
  
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• Man shot, wounded at Santa Ana Halloween party

  01-11-2019 09:53 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A man was hospitalized this morning with non-life threatening injuries suffered in a shooting at a Halloween party in Santa Ana.
  Related Articles 3 victims of Long Beach party shooting identified; police look for the gunman Long Beach vigil honors the 3 killed, 9 injured in mass shooting as police continue search for gunman Tragic Long Beach shooting leaves 3 dead, 9 injured — motive and ID of shooter not known Victim dies days after Huntington Beach shooting, suspect may
  
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• Rent control law predictably leads to evictions

  01-11-2019 09:38 via ocregister.com
  
  When the government caps the prices that private companies can charge for goods and services, it leads to unforeseen – and in many cases, foreseen – consequences. Almost all of them are negative.
  For instance, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a so-called “anti-rent-gouging” bill that simply is a statewide rent-control measure. The state will soon forbid most landlords from increasing rent prices by more than 5 percent a year plus inflation. The measure als
  
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• With ISIS leader dead, time to call it a win and go home: Ron Hart

  01-11-2019 09:21 via ocregister.com
  
  President Trump went on TV on Sunday to announce that he had OK’d the mission for Special Forces to go into Syria and kill top ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. CNN and MSNBC felt they had to cover the story, so they reported that Trump killed an unarmed Muslim and his three children.
  This followed the recent killing of the son of Osama bin Laden, who had taken over as head of his dad’s al-Qaeda. Like his father, Hamza bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs. He was laid to rest beside hi
  
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• Hurtado helps Cypress overpower Pacifica and finish the regular season 10-0

  01-11-2019 08:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCypress’ Isaac Hurtado sprints with the ball for a touchdown during an Empire League game against Pacifica at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove on Thursday, October 31, 2019. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
  Cypress’ Isaac Hurtado, right, and Elijah Vaielua celebrate Hurtado’s touchdown during an Empire League game against Pacifica at Bolsa Grande High School in Garde
  
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• A titanic battle over work in California looms

  01-11-2019 08:42 via ocregister.com
  
  It would be difficult to name an issue of more fundamental, far-reaching importance than how we earn our livings — and a titanic political battle is about to erupt.
  This week, a coalition of companies that use on-call drivers with their own vehicles to transport passengers and goods — Uber and Lyft most famously — filed an initiative ballot measure to overturn a new, union-supported law that would compel their workers to become payroll employees.
  That law, Assemb
  
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• Edison cruises to win against Newport Harbor in league finale

  01-11-2019 07:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowNEWPORT BEACH — Despite facing an injury-plagued Newport Harbor team, the Edison football came in with its foot on the gas pedal.
  With a boost from four touchdown passes in the first half, the Chargers cruised to a 57-7 victory over the Sailors on Thursday night in a Sunset League finale at Newport Harbor High.
  Edison (7-3, 4-1 in league) still has a chance to win a share of the league title. Corona del
  
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• Marina shuts down Garden Grove to win Big 4 title outright

  01-11-2019 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowGARDEN GROVE — The Marina football team put forth a dominant defensive effort in a 28-6 win over Garden Grove on Thursday to win the outright Big 4 League championship.
  Marina (8-2, 3-0) beat Segerstrom last week to clinch a share of its first league championship since 1986. If the Vikings had lost to Garden Grove there would have been a three-way tie for the championship.
  “This thing is so big fo
  
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