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• The 50 Greatest Dodgers of the 2010s: #46, Alex Verdugo

  08-11-2019 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Friday, Nov. 8, 2019 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.The 2019 season was Alex Verdugo’s sixth in the Dodgers’ organization. If it feels like the Dodgers have been waiting on Verdugo’s potential to materialize for half a decade, well, it’s because they have. And the waiting wasn’t the hardest part.
  The hardest part, within the organization at least, was to witness ho
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Nov. 1-8)

  08-11-2019 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8:
  Gong’s Chinese Food, 6815 Warner Ave., Huntington BeachClosed: Nov. 8
  Reason: Cockroach infestationMayur, 2931 E. Coast Highway, Newport BeachClosed: Nov. 7
  Reason: Cockroach infestationSakuraya Sushi, 7522 E. Chapman Ave., OrangeClosed: Nov. 6 (report)
  Reason: Sewage overflow
  Reopened: Nov. 6 (report)UOC!, 12172 Brookhurst St., Garden GroveClosed: Nov. 6 (rep
  
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• Body found of missing Huntington man who went hiking in Inyo National Forest

  08-11-2019 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A person found dead in the eastern Sierra Nevada was confirmed Thursday as a Huntington Beach man who went missing after going on a hike in the Inyo National Forest last week, authorities said.
  On the evening of Monday, November 4, authorities received a call about Alan Stringer, 40, who had planned on taking a hike out of the Bishop area one day earlier but never returned, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said.
  Crews on the ground and in the air searched for Stringer, who authorities said
  
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• Woman with fake badge, loaded gun arrested in Costa Mesa

  08-11-2019 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Costa Mesa police said Thursday they arrested a woman dressed as a law enforcement officer and armed with a loaded, unregistered gun on Friday, Nov. 1.
  Michelle Brianna Hughes, 30, of Huntington Beach, identified herself as an Orange County sheriff’s deputy when she was stopped by officers near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Merrimac Way, Costa Mesa Police Department spokeswoman Roxi Fyad said.
  She had been driving a Chevrolet Impala equipped with California exempt license plates
  
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• California’s 100k club grows as tax hikes mount

  08-11-2019 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Almost 80,000 retired public employees in California are drawing pensions in excess of $100,000 per year, according to an analysis of 2018 pension payout data by Transparent California. The $100,000 club members collected 20 percent of the $51.7 billion in total public pension payments made last year in California.
  Both the number of six-figure pensions and the total payout were new record highs. If public pensions were a competitive sport, California’s trophies would weigh enough to sink
  
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• U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee approves wide ranging reforms

  08-11-2019 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee board of directors, under unrelenting pressure from Congress and former Olympians in the wake of the USA Gymnastics and USA Swimming sex abuse scandals, has unanimously approved what it characterized as its most sweeping reforms in decades.
  The board on Thursday approved by-law changes that the USOPC said will increase athlete representation on its board and hold national governing bodies more accountable.
  Current and former Olympians and their support
  
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• Rams injury report: Who’s in, who’s out vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

  08-11-2019 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A look at Rams players who were listed on the injury report, and their status for Sunday’s game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh:
  BRANDIN COOKS, wide receiver
  Injury: Concussion sustained early in Oct. 27 win over Bengals.
  Participation status: Didn’t practice Wednesday or Thursday, practiced on a limited basis Friday.
  Official status: Out.
  Will he play?: No.
  BRYCE HAGER, linebacker
  Injury: Shoulder. Hurt in the Buccaneers game Sept. 29.
  Participation status: He will go on injured
  
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• Costa Mesa nanny now accused of molesting 17 boys

  08-11-2019 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  A male nanny who worked for families across Southern California is now accused of abusing 17 children who were in his care, including molesting boys as young as two years old, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
  Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski, 30, of Costa Mesa is now facing 33 felony counts, including lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, oral copulation of a child and possession of child pornography.
  Zakrzewski’s attorney, Matthew B. Wallin, said his firm is
  
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• Disneyland to give Snow White’s Scary Adventures dark ride a major facelift in 2020

  08-11-2019 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Snow White’s Scary Adventures is about to become the latest classic Fantasyland dark ride to undergo a major refurbishment when the Disneyland opening day attraction goes under the knife in 2020.
  Disneyland filed a building permit with the city of Anaheim for a $445,000 refurbishment of Snow White’s Scary Adventures, according to city records.
  Disneyland officials confirmed the Snow White’s Scary Adventures attraction is scheduled for refurbishment in 2020.
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• Audit backs school finance critics

  08-11-2019 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A half-decade ago, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature overhauled California’s school finance system with the avowed goal of closing the “achievement gap” separating poor and English learner students from their more privileged classmates.
  School districts with large numbers of “at-risk” students would be given billions of extra dollars to improve their educations. From the onset, however, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) drew criticism from education reform
  
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• Whicker: Inglewood football is on a new flight path

  08-11-2019 21:40 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The practice gear didn’t always match, the grass was unforgiving and hard, and the LAX air traffic turned signal-calling into lip-reading.
  All of that was true at Inglewood High last year, too, when a 0-10 football team practiced here.
  On Wednesday, a 10-0 team practiced here.
  It was preparing to rampage through the CIF Southern Section Division 13 playoffs, beginning a home game with Banning (5-5) on Friday night.
  The head coach is Mil’Von James, a former UCLA defe
  
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• These are the restaurants now open at 2nd & PCH in Long Beach

  08-11-2019 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The much anticipated 2ND & PCH, an 11-acre open air commercial center, held its grand opening last month with hundreds of locals gathering at the retail center for the first time.
  The 215,000-square-foot center includes all sorts of stores, from jewelry shops to a Whole Foods to fashion stores and of course restaurants.
  More than a dozen restaurants are set for 2ND & PCH, but sadly for the hungry, not all were yet serving food by the grand opening.
  But a few have begun to open their door
  
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• Are sick ‘puppy mill’ dogs being disguised as rescues to sidestep new California law?

  08-11-2019 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Delight Homan bought Taquito Pepe at Ca Puppy in Westminster Mall only to learn that the chihuahua was deathly ill. She and her husband, Bert, subsequently spent more than $15,000 in vet bills to save his life. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Delight Homan bought Taquito Pepe at Ca Puppy in Westminster Mall only to learn that the chihuahua was deathly ill. She and her husband, Bert, subsequently spent more than $15,000 in vet bills to save his life. (Photo by Mindy Schauer,
  
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• Selena tribute artist – a DACA recipient and San Fernando Valley resident – arrested by ICE, her family says

  08-11-2019 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Singer Karol Posadas, a Selena tribute artist, was detained by immigration authorities in Texas, according to published reports, friends and family who have launched a GoFundMe site to help pay for her defense.
  ICE representatives and the performer’s manager were not immediately available to comment on Friday, Nov. 8.
  Posadas was raised in the San Fernando Valley and has been portraying Selena for the past three years with multiple tribute bands.
  The GoFundMe page launched to raise money f
  
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• Theater review: Donna Summer musical takes a superficial look at a serious artist

  08-11-2019 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Considering that the legendary figure at the center of this story spent much of her life battling against being pigeonholed as superficial and unworthy, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” is unforgivably superficial and pretty much unworthy.
  This 2018 Broadway musical, now at the Pantages through Nov. 24, focuses on the 1970s pop music icon who managed to sustain a varied and respected singing career into the new millennium.
  Dan’yelle Williamson (Diva Donna), center, performs in
  
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• Newsom’s proposal to take over the utilities is a unique form of madness

  08-11-2019 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom has a solution to the problems of wildfires and rolling blackouts that is simple, elegant and wrong: the state or local governments must take over utility companies.
  The fact is that state officials already run California’s utility companies.
  The powerful Public Utilities Commission, a board of political appointees you wouldn’t trust with a toaster, determines in exacting detail the management of such complex companies as Pacific Gas & Electric.
  For years, the P
  
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• Rams vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Who has the edge?

  08-11-2019 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  RAMS (5-3) vs. STEELERS (4-4)
  When: 1:25 p.m. Sunday
  Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh
  Line: Rams by 3 1/2
  TV/radio: Channel 11; 710-AM, 1330-AM (Spanish)
  RAMS OFFENSE vs. STEELERS DEFENSE
  The Rams’ offense looked better in wins over lowly Atlanta and Cincinnati, but be careful. Pittsburgh’s defense will take the ball away if the Rams are sloppy coming out of their bye. The Steelers force turnovers on 23.3% of opponents’ possessions (most in the league) and sack quarterbacks on 9.
  
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• Newsom looking scared during the fire season: Thomas Elias

  08-11-2019 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  At times during this fall’s still simmering fire season, rookie Gov. Gavin Newsom looked a little like a scared rabbit as he ping-ponged for weeks from blaze to blaze, from Los Angeles to Santa Rosa and many points in between.
  Newsom has good political reason to be frightened. He lived through the energy crunch in the first years of this millennium and knows how that debacle destroyed the popularity of then-Gov. Gray Davis, even though Davis had no say about the electricity deregulation be
  
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• Purple & Bold: How should Lakers exercise load management with their stars?

  08-11-2019 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Friday, Nov. 8 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.The 2019-20 NBA season syllabus, which began with a chapter on global politics, has moved onto one on sport physiology. This lesson is titled: Load Management.
  Most of the discussion so far has been focused on Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, who’s twice missed the nationally televised front end of a back-to-back with what, the league reveal
  
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• Kings look to avoid Canadian sweep in Montreal

  08-11-2019 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Although he operates on the ice and not the hardwood, Kings wing Tyler Toffoli has shown a knack for buzzer beaters.
  His goal with 7.2 seconds remaining in regulation against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday salvaged a point for the Kings (5-10-1), who fell 3-2 in overtime.
  “Good for us to find a way to get a point,” Kings coach Todd McLellan told reporters. “Not so good on us to leave a point behind.”
  The Montreal Canadiens (8-5-3) await the Kings for a 4 p.m. game Saturd
  
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• Two spirited pop-up Christmas-themed cocktail bar concepts are coming to Southern California

  08-11-2019 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Miracle and Sippin’ Santa, two pop-up experiences that focus on holiday décor and hand-crafted seasonal cocktails, are coming to the West Coast this season with locations in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim and San Diego.
  Miracle will take over The Blind Rabbit (440 S. Anaheim Blvd.,) in Anaheim, The Ordinarie (210 The Promenade N) in Long Beach, the Melrose Umbrella Co. (7465 Melrose Ave.) in Los Angeles and Polite Provisions (4696 30th St.) in San Diego. Sippin’ Santa is com
  
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• 40 years of rescues: Huntington State Beach lifeguard hangs up buoy and badge

  08-11-2019 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Steven Hicks in about the mid-90s, already into his second decade as a State Parks lifeguard. He is retiring after four decades serving Huntington State Beach. (Photo courtesy ofHuntington State Beach Lifeguard Association)
  Steven Hicks in 1980, just after starting as a Huntington State Beach lifeguard. Hicks is retiring after four decades on the job at the same location. (Photo courtesy ofHuntington State Beach Lifeguard Association)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCalifornia State Parks L
  
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• Del Mar consensus picks for Friday, Nov. 8

  08-11-2019 19:16 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. 8 for racing at Del Mar.
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• USC trying to avoid repeat of last season’s 0-3 finish

  08-11-2019 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It was pointed out to Clay Helton in a press conference following USC’s loss to Oregon that his team found itself in the exact situation it was a year ago, 5-4 with three games left to play.
  “It hit me like a ton of bricks,” Helton said.
  Last year, the Trojans lost their final three games to finish below .500 for the first time since the Paul Hackett era. USC now sits on the precipice, with the chance to define the season one way or the other.
  Even if USC wi
  
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• USC at Arizona State: TV info, scouting report and prediction

  08-11-2019 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  USC at Arizona State
  When: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday
  Where: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
  TV/Radio: ABC/AM 790
  Records: USC 5-4, 4-2 in Pac-12; Arizona State 5-3, 2-3
  USC 2019 stats
  QB Kedon Slovis: 165-241, 1,889 yards, 16 TDs, 8 INTs
  RB Kenan Christon: 37 carries, 258 yards, 2 TDs
  WR Michael Pittman Jr.: 58 catches, 792 yards, 8 TDs
  LB John Houston Jr.: 79 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 PBUs
  S Isaiah Pola-Mao: 50 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2 INTs
  USC injury report: OUT: QB JT Daniels (kne
  
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• Successful Aging: It’s the 18th anniversary of this column, and here’s what you were talking about

  08-11-2019 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Dear readers,
  Each fall, I write an anniversary column that reflects some of what I have learned from our readers during this past year. It’s been 18 years, and almost 900 columns later that I find there is still more to write because aging cuts across everything from public policy to business, entertainment, pensions and testosterone. And it affects all of us.
  I prepare extensively to write the anniversary column. For one year, each question and comment from our readers is saved, printed
  
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• Sears closing 11 area stores: Buena Park location — Orange County’s last — will close by February

  08-11-2019 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The parent company of Sears and Kmart is closing 96 stores across the country within the next three months, leaving a bare-bones Southern California presence for the once-iconic retailers.
  Transformco, the company that earlier this year bought the remaining assets of Sears Holdings Inc., said Thursday it will close 51 Sears locations and 45 Kmarts by the end of February.
  The list includes 11 Sears stores in Southern California and one Kmart location. Going-out-of-business sales will begin at the
  
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• Urban Commons estimates high-priority Queen Mary repairs will cost $5-to-$7 million

  08-11-2019 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Urban Commons, the firm tasked with maintaining and repairing the Queen Mary, has a plan to complete critical repair work — but it’s unclear how the company will pay for it.
  A city memo sent this week to Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and members of the City Council included details of the plan, which Urban Commons Principal Taylor Woods estimated would cost between $5 and $7 million.
  “We recognize that historic preservation will be costly,” Woods wrote in an Oct. 22 lett
  
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• Queen Mary’s high-priority repairs will cost $5 to $7 million, Urban Commons estimates

  08-11-2019 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Urban Commons, the firm tasked with maintaining and repairing the Queen Mary, has a plan to complete critical repair work — but it’s unclear how the company will pay for it.
  A city memo sent this week to Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and members of the City Council included details of the plan, which Urban Commons Principal Taylor Woods estimated would cost between $5 and $7 million.
  “We recognize that historic preservation will be costly,” Woods wrote in an Oct. 22 lett
  
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• Disneyland rolls out a new lineup of holiday popcorn buckets and souvenir sippers

  08-11-2019 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s time to get your jingle on and Disneyland has just what you need to jingle all the way around the Anaheim theme park with a jingling Christmas ornament souvenir sipper and a new lineup of holiday popcorn buckets.
  A new collection of seasonal popcorn buckets and souvenir sippers are now available at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure as the theme parks officially kicks off the holiday season today, Nov. 8.
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• Alexander: Mike Bohn, Clay Helton, Urban Meyer and a delicate decision for USC

  08-11-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Mike Bohn said most of the right things during his introductory news conference as USC’s athletic director on Thursday. Expectations are good, excellence is expected, the Trojan Family is important, and (this is a shocker) California’s “Fair Pay To Play” legislation will not lead to the destruction of college sports and is, in fact, a good thing.
  (And let’s be honest: Don’t you think USC, with its network of prosperous alumni, would have just a bit of an edge
  
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• Casino Insider: 🎰 Veterans Day dining and free play deals

  08-11-2019 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now.Veterans Day is this upcoming Monday, and there will be plenty of freebies and discounts for veterans and active duty military. Southern California’s casinos will be among the places offering deals.
  The Buffet at Harrah’s Resort Southern California will offer a free meal to veterans on Monday, Nov. 11. (Courtesy of Harrah’s Resort Southern California)
  The casinos 
  
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• Real estate new: Former Adrays property sells for $8.8M; Hyatt in Newport Beach gets a makeover

  08-11-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The former Adrays building in Orange, now a dialysis clinic, has been sold for $8.8 million, according to the brokerage Newmark Knight Frank.The single-tenant, 21,000-square-foot clinic is leased by Fresenius Medical Care. Originally built in 1988 with a complete renovation in 2016 to meet Fresenius’ specifications, the building sits on 1.63 acres at 1809 West Chapman Ave.
  NKF’s Senior Managing Directors Glenn Rudy and Rob Ippolito represented the seller, Orange County-based Adray Pl
  
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• HOA Homefront: Election processes gets a lot more difficult in 2020

  08-11-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  An extensive overhaul of HOA election procedures takes effect in 2020 after the passage of Senate Bill 323. Here is a recap of the many changes:
  The law at Civil Code 5100(g) will finally allow votes by acclamation when, at the close of nominations, there are not more candidates than open seats. Unfortunately, it only applies to HOAs of more than 6,000 members.
  Associations will be required by a new Civil Code 5100(a)(2) to hold board elections at least every four years. This will affect few HOA
  
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• AFI Fest bringing Martin Scorsese, ‘Queen & Slim’ and 140 more films to Hollywood

  08-11-2019 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2019 AFI Fest starts its eight-day run at Hollywood & Highland’s Chinese Theater complex Thursday, Nov. 14 with the gala world premiere of “Queen & Slim,” director Melina Matsoukas’ (“Insecure,” “Beyonce: Formation”) and screenwriter Lena Waithe’s (“The Chi”) couple-on-the-run drama starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith.
  Through Nov. 21, L.A.’s biggest and most prestigious international film festival wil
  
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• Mother of autistic teen who died in El Modena High School golf cart crash files suit against Orange Unified School District

  08-11-2019 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The mother of a special-needs teen who died when in a golf cart crash at El Modena High School in September has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Orange Unified School District claiming negligence in the incident and by the staff who were with the boy.
  The suit, filed on Nov. 5 in Orange County Superior Court, says Emmanuel “Manny” Perez suffered chest and abdominal trauma after he sat in a campus golf cart and crashed into a railing. The Orange family and their attorney Rob
  
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• Freeway ramp meters aren’t perfect and can leave motorcyclists in a tough spot

  08-11-2019 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. I ride a motorcycle and when I get to a freeway on-ramp with a traffic meter, the traffic detector in the ground doesn’t always sense my motorcycle. I’ve held up traffic waiting for it to change, and it never does. I’ve proceeded even though the meter’s light is red, figuring the loop detector is inoperable. Should I just go? Or do I hold up traffic in hopes it will eventually change? What does California law indicate a motorcycle rider do in a situation like this?
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• Mulvaney stands up Democrats in impeachment probe

  08-11-2019 16:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON — Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has stood up Democrats in their impeachment inquiry, skipping his 9 a.m. deposition as Democrats wrap up closed-door interviews and move into a public phase of the investigation.
  Democrats subpoenaed Mulvaney late Thursday as the White House signaled that he wouldn’t appear. The White House instructed its officials not to comply with the investigation, which is looking at President Donald Trump’
  
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• Newport Harbor water polo center Ike Love commits to Stanford

  08-11-2019 09:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Another Orange County boys water polo player of the year is headed to The Farm.
  Reigning Register boys water polo player of the year Ike Love of Newport Harbor committed Thursday to Stanford, which will give the Cardinal two county of the players of the year next fall.I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be continuing my education and water polo career at Stanford University! Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way. #gotrees #FearTheTree pic.twitter.com/p6v6O3efxh
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• At a Macy’s in Santa Ana, smash-and-grab robbers make off with perfume

  08-11-2019 07:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Robbers staged a smash-and-grab robbery Thursday night at a Macy’s fragrance counter at the MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana.
  Three men smashed glass display cases and made off with perfume just before 8 p.m., according to the Santa Ana Police Department.
  The suspects put the bottles into duffel bags and left via the store’s south doors to an awaiting early 2000s silver Nissan Altima, police said.
  The suspects “were last seen leaving the parking structure northbound onto Main Street
  
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• 3 men smash displays and grab perfume from Macy’s at MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana

  08-11-2019 07:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Robbers staged a smash-and-grab robbery Thursday night at a Macy’s fragrance counter at the MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana.
  Three men smashed glass display cases and made off with perfume just before 8 p.m., according to the Santa Ana Police Department.
  The suspects put the bottles into duffel bags and left via the store’s south doors to an awaiting early 2000s silver Nissan Altima, police said.
  The suspects “were last seen leaving the parking structure northbound onto Main Street
  
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• Kawhi Leonard, Lou Williams rally Clippers past Blazers

  08-11-2019 07:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Blazers’ Hassan Whiteside, center, is defended by the Clippers’ Lou Williams, left, and Ivica Zubac during the first half of Thursday’s game at Staples Center. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Rodney McGruder #19 of the Los Angeles Clippers defends against the dribble of CJ McCollum #3 of the Portland Trail Blazers during the first half of a game at Staples Center on November 07, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resu
  
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• Agencies flout spirit of open records law

  08-11-2019 07:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Whenever legislators propose a law, analysts review the arguments for and against the measure. Appropriations committee staffers determine any possible financial consequences of the bill. These reports are always useful and usually thorough, but there’s one thing they often overlook: the likely unintended consequences of any new proposal.
  If state officials considered such potentialities, Californians might not be saddled with the effects of a well-intentioned 2017 law designed to make pub
  
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• Being smarter about high-speed rail in California: Tom Daly and Laura Friedman

  08-11-2019 07:28 via ocregister.com
  
  There are few phrases in California politics that invoke as much passion as the words “high-speed rail.” The ambitious transportation infrastructure project seeking to move passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes, and ultimately connect San Diego to Sacramento, has become a centerpiece of public debate.
  The project has drawn controversy for its significant cost overruns while also inspiring recognition of our real need for viable mass transit in our s
  
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• Set money free: John Stossel

  08-11-2019 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  House members summoned Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to Washington, D.C., and grilled him — harshly — about his plan to create a new currency, Libra.
  “Why should we trust you?!” asked Congressman Mike Doyle.
  I liked it when Zuckerberg said, “I actually don’t know if Libra’s going to work, but I believe that it’s important to try new things.”
  He was right. That’s very important.
  The Libra would make it easier to transfer money anywher
  
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• CIF-SS boys water polo playoffs: Thursday’s results, upcoming schedule

  08-11-2019 06:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Thursday’s results and the upcoming schedule for the CIF-SS boys water polo playoffs.
  BOYS WATER POLO 
  DIVISION 1
  First round
  Thursday’s results
  Huntington Beach 11, Orange Lutheran 5
  Harvard-Westlake 11, Mater Dei 3
  Newport Harbor 11, Oaks Christian 8
  Loyola 9, Santa Margarita 6
  Semifinals, Nov. 13
  At Wm. Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center, Irvine
  Harvard-Westlake vs. Huntington Beach
  Loyola vs. Newport Harbor
  DIVISION 2
  Saturday’s quarterfinals
  Los Alamitos at Palos Verdes, 2 p
  
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• Chargers left tackle Russell Okung exits game in Oakland with injury

  08-11-2019 06:32 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND, CA – NOVEMBER 7: Oakland Raiders safety Lamarcus Joyner (29) breaks up a pass intended for Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen (13) in the fourth quarter of their NFL football game at the Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
  Oakland Raiders running back Alec Ingold (45) dives for the end zone to score past Los Angeles Chargers outside linebacker Kyzir White (44) and linebacker Drue Tranquill (49) during the first half
  
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• Huntington Beach boys water polo earns revenge against Orange Lutheran, advances to Division 1 semifinals

  08-11-2019 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach goalkeeper Jacob Pyle can’t stop this shot by Orange Lutheran’s Riley Catino during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 boys water polo playoffs at Santiago Canyon College in Orange on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Huntington Beach defeated Orange Lutheran 11-5. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Huntington Beach’s James Rozolis-Hill shoots against Orange Lutheran during the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 boys water polo playoffs at San
  
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• In Long Beach, hundreds gather to mourn the loss of family of 3 killed in suspected DUI crash on Halloween

  08-11-2019 05:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Vera Awaida pulled her two sons in for a tight embrace.
  With tears in her eyes, she faced hundreds of people looking toward her, with candles illuminating their faces at Los Cerritos Park on Thursday night.
  They stood where her oldest son, daughter-in-law and grandson spent their last moments together, before a suspected drunken driver fatally struck them as they were walking home one week ago.
  “I wouldn’t be standing here,” Vera Awaida said to the crowd, “without your su
  
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  08-11-2019 05:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Vera Awaida pulled her two sons in for a tight embrace.
  With tears in her eyes, she faced hundreds of people looking toward her, with candles illuminating their faces at Los Cerritos Park on Thursday night.
  They stood where her oldest son, daughter-in-law and grandson spent their last moments together, before a suspected drunken driver fatally struck them as they were walking home one week ago.
  “I wouldn’t be standing here,” Vera Awaida said to the crowd, “without your su
  
  Read more

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