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• Chargers travel to Colorado to find identity with playoff hopes alive

  11-11-2019 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  When Melvin Gordon runs through the equipment sled to start Tuesday’s practice, the side-by-side pads will hit back with more force. And when the Chargers’ running back stops after cutting to evade the hanging bag, Gordon might feel shortness of breath sooner than he usually does for a workout.
  Austin Ekeler will likely experience some of the same sensations when it’s his turn at the drill line.
  The cold weather and high altitude in Colorado will be an adjustment for the Charge
  
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• Placentia makes more room to honor its vets and active-duty military

  11-11-2019 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Placentia celebrated Veterans Day with the unveiling of an expansion to its memorial honoring the military service and sacrifice of those who have lived or been educated in town.
  The $20,000 expansion to the monument in the Civic Center plaza not only added more room for names to be etched in the black granite stones, but it also allowed for those previously listed on the back to be moved to where they are now facing front.
  The newly expanded Veterans Monument was unveiled during the Veterans Da
  
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• Lakers say Anthony Davis probable, Rajon Rondo questionable against Phoenix on Tuesday

  11-11-2019 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — After aggravating his shoulder injury on Sunday night against the Toronto Raptors, there’s a slim chance that Anthony Davis, the Lakers’ leading scorer through nine games, could miss Tuesday’s road game in Phoenix.
  Davis was added to the injury report Monday with right shoulder soreness, owing to a block that he said set back some discomfort he’s been feeling since jamming the shoulder two weeks ago against the Charlotte Hornets. He’s listed as &l
  
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• The politics of federalism and localism: Tom Campbell

  11-11-2019 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Which level of government should make a policy decision should not depend on which level is more likely to give a contending side the outcome it desires. Yet that has been the pattern in recent examples of clashes between national, California and local government.
  Last month, the Trump administration sued California for having entered into an agreement with Quebec, Canada, to exchange carbon emission credits in a cap-and-trade program.
  A month before that, California sued the federal government
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Justin McCoy, Newport Harbor

  11-11-2019 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Justin McCoy
  School: Newport Harbor
  Sport: Football
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: He rushed for season highs of 219 yards and four touchdowns in the Sailors’ 35-32 win over St. Anthony of Long Beach in the CIF-SS Division 9 playoffs. McCoy (5-10, 185) this season has rushed for 1,018 yards and 18 touchdowns. His previous season high was 192 yards against Fountain Valley. Newport Harbor (8-3) plays at home against third-seeded Monrovia (10-1) in
  
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• Why are so many criminal cops getting a pass in California?

  11-11-2019 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  In a free and open society, not even powerful government officials are supposed to be above the law.
  Yet a remarkable investigation, published in the Southern California News Group and several other newspapers across the state on Sunday, showed the degree to which this principle is routinely violated in our state. The situation demands change.
  The result of six months of digging from UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, the series found 630 police officers in the past decade who
  
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• Angels pondering rotation configuration around Shohei Ohtani

  11-11-2019 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Angels are preparing to put Shohei Ohtani back into the starting rotation next year, although Billy Eppler isn’t ready to say just how they’ll configure the rotation around him.
  Eppler has said the Angels plan to have Ohtani pitch once a week, and be the designated hitter three or four days a week. With Ohtani pitching on six days rest, though, it’s unclear at this point what that means for the rest of the starting pitchers.
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• Special Olympics athletes embrace the joy of competition

  11-11-2019 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Simi Stars softball player Jessica Johnson gets ready to slam the ball during the Special Olympics Fall games
  in Fullerton, CA on Sunday, November 10, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  OC Stars and Stripes volleyball player Stephanie Hardy, right, and Becca Nerney celebrate during the Special Olympics Fall games in Fullerton, CA on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Their team won a gold medal in their division. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gall
  
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• Orange County football top 25 for second week of playoffs, Nov. 11

  11-11-2019 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County high school football top 25.
  O.C. TOP 25
  (The poll voters are five members of the media. The final poll will be published after the CIF-SS Finals.)
  1. Mater Dei 10-0 (125 poll points)
  Trinity League champions, like the rest of the Division 1 playoff teams, did not play last week, have a quarterfinal game this week.
  Next: vs. Bishop Amat at Santa Ana Stadium, Friday
  2. Mission Viejo 10-0 (119
  
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• Disneyland Resort will offer new seasonal foods through Jan. 6 — here are 10 worth trying

  11-11-2019 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Main Street all decked out with Christmas trees and garlands, Mickey and Minnie dressed in their holiday best, strolling carolers, and toy soldiers on parade — of all the special touches added in November, a menu of seasonal eats really gets park-goers in the holiday spirit at the Disneyland Resort.
  “All I need is a picture of a tree and a bowl of posole to feel like the holidays are here,” says Chef Gracie Gomez, Disneyland Resort pastry sous-chef, referring to some of the sea
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Elyse Stowell, Esperanza

  11-11-2019 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Elyse Stowell
  School: Esperanza
  Sport: Volleyball
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: The BYU-committed outside hitter recorded 35 kills and 28 digs to help the Aztecs rally past Murrieta Valley 22-25, 17-25, 25-22, 25-15, 15-7 to capture the CIF-SS Division 2 title at Cerritos College. Stowell drilled a kill on championship point. “Doesn’t surprise me,” Aztecs coach Isaac Owens said. “She has been good all year.”
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• Newsom already has the power to remedy the power outages

  11-11-2019 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Amid an unprecedented – and excruciating – recent number of intentional power outages to mitigate the risk of fires during California’s dry, windy conditions, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a number of policy measures, ranging from demands for $100 rebates to PG&E customers to threatened fines to appointing an energy czar, none of which will squarely address the unacceptable dilemma of widespread and continuing power outages that have already affected millions of my fellow
  
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• Theater review: The leads of ‘The Lion in Winter’ reign over a polished production in Laguna Beach

  11-11-2019 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Upper-crust families who bicker and quarrel always make for compelling theater.
  From flocking to ancient Greek plays — bloody generational strife — to Shakespeare — fights over power, land and riches — to the modern-day family finagling on HBO’s “Succession,” audiences can’t seem to get enough of dysfunctional haves conniving to outdo, and do in, each other.
  Notable in this format is James Goldman’s 1966 play, “The Lion in Winter,&rdquo
  
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• Just 48% of Californians can “afford” an entry-level home: 12 things to know

  11-11-2019 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  California house hunters seeking their first home found “affordability” up from a year ago, according to one industry indicator.
  A California Association of Realtors‘ measurement tracking financing conditions for a theoretical first-time homebuyer found 48% of California households could “affordably” purchase in the third quarter vs. 47% the previous quarter ago and 45% a year ago.
  The association measures buying conditions for a hypothetical first-time house hunter
  
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• A Whole New World: Disney+ streaming service debuts with hit brands

  11-11-2019 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney will sprinkle its pixie dust on the streaming arena Tuesday as its Disney Plus service debuts with an arsenal of marquee franchises, including Marvel and Star Wars, original series with a built-in fan base and a cheap price to boot.
  The $7-a-month commercial-free service is poised to set the standard for other services like WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBCUniversal’s Peacock to follow, as major media companies behind hit TV shows and movies seek to s
  
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• A Whole New World: Disney streaming debuts with hit brands

  11-11-2019 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney will sprinkle its pixie dust on the streaming arena Tuesday as its Disney Plus service debuts with an arsenal of marquee franchises, including Marvel and Star Wars, original series with a built-in fan base and a cheap price to boot.
  The $7-a-month commercial-free service is poised to set the standard for other services like WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBCUniversal’s Peacock to follow, as major media companies behind hit TV shows and movies seek to s
  
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• How Netflix’s teen romance ‘Let It Snow’ brought the YA Christmas novel to life

  11-11-2019 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Kiernan Shipka was 15, still playing Sally Draper on “Mad Men” and devouring each new book by John Green, her favorite young adult novelist, when she first read the script for “Let It Snow.”
  The story was a romantic comedy with a large ensemble of lovestruck teens snowed-in on Christmas Eve in an idyllic small town. Along with fellow YA stars Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, Green co-wrote the 2008 novel of the same name on which the screenplay was based.
  While that wa
  
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• OCVarsity Student Sections: Los Alamitos Los Locos are champs for Round 1 of playoffs

  11-11-2019 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowWith strong showings by so many of the loud and proud student sections in Orange County this past Friday night, some good sections, like like Sunny Hills Lancer Nation and the Trabuco Hills Stampede, weren’t able to make the cut as one of the five finalists for the OCVarsity Student Section of the Week.
  It was going to take something crazy, or perhaps Loco, to beat out all of the great competition.
  That
  
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• Brian Setzer Orchestra cancels its Christmas Rocks! Tour due to illness

  11-11-2019 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Setzer will have to sit out his annual Christmas Rocks! Tour due to a severe case of tinnitus. The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s 20-city run, which is now in its 16th year, has been cancelled after Setzer’s diagnosis.
  “It’s heartbreaking to disappoint my fans who have shared my Christmas seasons with me for over fifteen years,” he said via a press release issued on Monday, Nov. 11. “I’m truly sorry for the inconvenience this has caused all of the amazin
  
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• Drivers: More 5 Freeway closures are scheduled near 605

  11-11-2019 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Caltrans has scheduled another round of nighttime closures of the 5 Freeway, this time Tuesday through Thursday, each concluding the following morning.
  The northbound 5 Freeway will be closed between Norwalk Boulevard and 605 Freeway to allow continued construction of temporary frame support for the second half of the new Florence Avenue Bridge over freeway lanes.Related links5 Freeway drivers: A fourth lane has opened on the northbound side
  Valley View Avenue bridge over 5 Freeway to close for
  
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• After boost from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine

  11-11-2019 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By DESMOND BUTLER, MICHAEL BIESECKER, STEPHEN BRAUN and RICHARD LARDNER
  KYIV, Ukraine  — Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president.
  Perry’s efforts to influence Ukraine’s energy policy came earlier this year, just as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s new government was s
  
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• Why Old Brea Chop House, which opens today, might make you feel like you’re in New York

  11-11-2019 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Open the door and you’ll be swept away by a swingin’ soundtrack of hits by Frank, Dino and Sammy. Look right and you’ll see a bar with its own dedicated team — cocktails for the dining room are made elsewhere. Then the smell of freshly baked dinner rolls will waft your way. The dining scene in North County has been picking up lately and Old Brea Chop House will be a welcome addition. Here’s a look at this suave newcomer opening Monday, Nov. 11. 
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• Why Old Brea Chop House, which opens Monday, Nov. 11, might make you feel like you’re in New York

  11-11-2019 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Open the door and you’ll be swept away by a swingin’ soundtrack of hits by Frank, Dino and Sammy. Look right and you’ll see a bar with its own dedicated team — cocktails for the dining room are made elsewhere. Then the smell of freshly baked dinner rolls will waft your way. The dining scene in North County has been picking up lately and Old Brea Chop House will be a welcome addition. Here’s a look at this suave newcomer opening Monday, Nov. 11. 
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• Why Old Brea Chop House, which opens Monday, might make you feel like you’re in New York

  11-11-2019 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Open the door and you’ll be swept away by a swingin’ soundtrack of hits by Frank, Dino and Sammy. Look right and you’ll see a bar with its own dedicated team — cocktails for the dining room are made elsewhere. Then the smell of freshly baked dinner rolls will waft your way. The dining scene in North County has been picking up lately and Old Brea Chop House will be a welcome addition. Here’s a look at this suave newcomer opening Monday, Nov. 11.
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• Albano’s football rankings: Orange County top 25 after first round of playoffs

  11-11-2019 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County’s football hierarchy didn’t change much at the top after the first round of the playoffs, but there was still plenty change below thanks to the continued surge by teams such as Cypress, Sunny Hills, Marina and Trabuco Hills.
  Here’s my updated rankings:
  Albano’s Top 25
  1. Mater Dei 10-0
  2. Mission Viejo 10-0
  3. Servite 7-3
  4. Corona del Mar 11-0
  5. JSerra 6-4
  6. La Habra 9
  
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• Steve Fryer’s vote: O.C. football top 25 Nov. 11

  11-11-2019 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The five-person media panel continues to vote through the playoffs in the Orange County football top 25 poll …Mater Dei (10-0)
  Mission Viejo (10-0)
  Servite (7-3)
  Corona del Mar (11-0)
  JSerra (6-4)
  La Habra (9-2)
  San Clemente (9-2)
  Orange Lutheran (5-6)
  Edison (8-3)
  Tesoro (9-2)
  Foothill (11-0)
  San Juan Hills (8-3)
  Santa Margarita (3-8)
  Yorba Linda (10-1)
  Cypress (11-0)
  Villa Park (6-5)
  Los Alamitos (4-7)
  Orange (10-1)
  St. Margaret’s (9-2)
  Newport Harbor (8-3)
  Trabuco Hills (7-4)
  Wes
  
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• Steve Fryer’s vote in the O.C. football top 25, Nov. 11

  11-11-2019 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe five-person media panel continues to vote through the playoffs in the Orange County football top 25 poll. Here is my vote this week …Mater Dei (10-0)
  Mission Viejo (10-0)
  Servite (7-3)
  Corona del Mar (11-0)
  JSerra (6-4)
  La Habra (9-2)
  San Clemente (9-2)
  Orange Lutheran (5-6)
  Edison (8-3)
  Tesoro (9-2)
  Foothill (11-0)
  San Juan Hills (8-3)
  Santa Margarita (3-8)
  Yorba Linda (10-1)
  Cypress (11-0)
  Villa
  
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• As Harley in Laguna Beach celebrates its first anniversary, owner Greg Daniels has moved into the kitchen

  11-11-2019 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Harley in Laguna Beach celebrates its first anniversary this month and changes have been in the works.
  In April, Chef Landon Pulizzi departed to accept a position as executive chef at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa.
  Owner Greg Daniels, who left Haven Gastropub and Provisions Market in Orange to take over the space that was once 370 Common in Laguna, created the menu with Pulizzi, a former colleague at Haven.
  Daniels is and always has been executive chef at Harley and has no plans to find
  
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• Football teams that use same stadium adjust for second-round games

  11-11-2019 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor advanced to the second round of the CIF-Southern Section football playoffs. Both schools use Davidson Field at the Newport Harbor High campus as their home fields for football and both have second-round home games.
  Newport Harbor will play at Davidson Field on Friday when the Sailors play Monrovia in a Division 9 second-round game. Corona del Mar will play there Saturday when the Sea Kings play Cajon in a Division 3 second-round game.
  Esperanza and Yorba Linda p
  
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• CIF-SS football playoffs: Updates on times, dates for second-round games

  11-11-2019 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCorona del Mar and Newport Harbor advanced to the second round of the CIF-Southern Section football playoffs. Both schools use Davidson Field at the Newport Harbor High campus as their home fields for football and both have second-round home games.
  Newport Harbor will play at Davidson Field on Friday when the Sailors play Monrovia in a Division 9 second-round game. Corona del Mar will play there Saturday when
  
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• California’s criminal cops: Read all the stories in the series

  11-11-2019 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Read all the stories in our series on California’s criminal cops.
  
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• How you can spend the holidays with ‘The Gilmore Girls’

  11-11-2019 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Forget about going back home for the holidays. Instead, head over the the whimsical town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, and get some Pop Tarts and coffee at Luke’s Diner, or take a selfie at the gazebo as Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood brings back the “Gilmore Girls Holiday,” backlot tour.
  From Dec. 21 through Jan. 5, fans of “The Gilmore Girls” can walk through the town square recreated from the actual set used in the Warner Bros. dramedy — which ran 2000-
  
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• Tropicália Music and Taco Festival 2019: 8 things to know

  11-11-2019 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  With music including classic festive Norteño beats, dreamy alt-pop and straight-up rock artists, the third annual Tropicália Music & Taco Festival made its debut this weekend at the Fairplex in Pomona after two years at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.
  More than 100 bands, plus dozens of taco vendors, made up the weekend of music and food meant to reflect Los Angeles’ vibrant Latino culture.
  Here are some of the highlights from the festival’s third installment:
  1. Elbo
  
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• Status Update: SkinSpirit to make SoCal debut in Newport Beach; $119 semi-private flights to Mammoth return

  11-11-2019 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A new skincare clinic will debut in early December in Newport Beach.
  SkinSpirit is opening its first Southern California facility at The Walk shopping center at Westcliff Drive and Irvine Avenue.The company was founded in 2003 by Dr. M. Dean Vistnes, a Stanford grad and board-certified plastic surgeon, and Lynn Heublin, a former tech executive. The clinics offer a full suite of aesthetic services. SkinSpirit has more than 10 locations throughout Northern California and Washington state.
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• Anaheim Union High School District puts $398 million bond measure on March ballot

  11-11-2019 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Even before completing $249 million in school upgrades that started five years ago, Anaheim Union High School District officials say there’s plenty more work to be done to bring buildings and classrooms up to snuff.
  That’s why they’ll be asking voters in March to approve a $398 million bond measure. It would raise money through the sale of bonds to further chip away at facilities needs at 19 campuses that were estimated at $1.2 billion in 2014.
  The district’s board of tru
  
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• 5 things to check out at the two-day Adult Swim Festival at Banc of California Stadium

  11-11-2019 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  After delighting fans with its quirky two-day event at ROW DTLA last year, the Adult Swim Festival will return Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, but found a new home at Banc of California Stadium in Downtown Los Angeles.
  Created by the folks over at the Adult Swim, which is the more adult-oriented nighttime programming aired late night on the Cartoon Network, the event features live music and stand-up comedy on three stages, show premieres, screenings and live versions of Adult Swim content
  
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• Ex-NFL star Eric Stevens vs. ALS: ‘Our battle right now is fighting for my life’

  11-11-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Melissa  Heckscher, contributing writer
  Eric Stevens doesn’t want this to be a sad story.
  Yes, the former NFL player has ALS, a fatal neuromuscular disease that quickly renders its victims unable to speak, eat and breathe on their own.
  Yes, he was just diagnosed in August, a mere month after marrying his college sweetheart and after a successful career in football turned into a promising future as a firefighter.
  Yes, the 30-year-old Palos Verdes Peninsula High grad is already start
  
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• Drake leaves Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival stage to boos in abrupt ending to festival

  11-11-2019 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, in one of the weirdest finales to a music festival ever, ended abruptly on Sunday night after Drake, one of the biggest hip-hop stars in the world, asked the crowd if they wanted him to keep going — and a good part of the crowd responded with boos.
  Drake was a surprise headliner on Day 2 of the eighth annual edition of the eclectic music festival curated by hip-hop entrepreneur Tyler, the Creator, and the surprise was part of the problem.
  With just three question m
  
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• Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival ends abruptly with surprise headliner Drake leaving the stage amid boos

  11-11-2019 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, In one of the weirdest finales to a music festival ever, ended abruptly on Sunday night after Drake, one of the biggest hip-hop stars in the world, asked the crowd if they wanted him to keep going — and a good part of the crowd responded with boos.
  Drake was a surprise headliner on Day 2 of the eighth annual edition of the eclectic music festival curated by hip-hop entrepreneur Tyler, the Creator, and the surprise was part of the problem.
  With just three question m
  
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• Homeless man stabbed during doughnut shop robbery in La Habra

  11-11-2019 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  A homeless man was stabbed early Monday as he reportedly tried to stop thieves during the robbery of a La Habra doughnut shop
  Officers were called just before 3:45 a.m. to the scene in the 100 block of W. La Habra Blvd near the corner with Euclid Street to reports of a theft.
  While on their way to the call, officers were told by dispatchers that there was a possible stabbing victim at the front of the business, La Habra police said.
  Officers found the victim with a stab wound to his chest and a
  
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• UC Irvine study examines unseen grief of soldiers who lost friends in combat or by suicide

  11-11-2019 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Until years after the Vietnam War, soldiers returning from battle with post-traumatic stress disorder went undiagnosed.
  Now a new UC Irvine study indicates that active military personnel and veterans might grapple with something else likewise misinterpreted – grief.
  “There has been little focus on the grief of losing a buddy to combat or suicide,” said the study’s lead author, Pauline Lubens, now a policy analyst at Swords to Plowshares, which serves veterans in San Franc
  
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• Fullerton agrees to start planning for a Korean War memorial in Hillcrest Park

  11-11-2019 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Korean American leaders are pushing to build in Fullerton’s Hillcrest Park what could be the country’s first memorial to have the names of all 34,027 American soldiers who died in the Korean War.
  The City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 5, agreed to team up with the Orange County Korean War Memorial Committee to create a conceptual plan for the tribute.
  “We owe everything to the 34,000 who gave their all,” the committee’s Secretary General Joe Pak said. “But the
  
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• Legislating by whim

  11-11-2019 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Democrats who dominate the state Legislature have developed a very bad habit — legislating by whim.
  If they take a dislike to something or someone, they ban it. If they like something, they impose it on everyone and/or give it taxpayers’ money.
  However, their whims, awash in self-righteousness, often violate not only common sense, but existing laws and even constitutional rights.
  An excellent example was a law that required clinics offering non-abortion alternative services to pr
  
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• Whicker: Raptors short on bodies, long on heart as they derail Lakers

  11-11-2019 08:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ Alex Caruso (4) is defended by Toronto Raptors’ Chris Boucher during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Toronto Raptors’ Fred VanVleet, right, drives past Los Angeles Lakers’ Dwight Howard (39) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsToronto Raptors’ Fred Van
  
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• Toronto Raptors beat Lakers, look forward to facing Clippers, Kawhi Leonard

  11-11-2019 07:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The reigning NBA champs limped into Staples Center on Sunday for the first of two consecutive games against two of this year’s title favorites.
  That task was made even more daunting considering the Toronto Raptors are down a pair of starters — and are missing a pair of stars from last season’s title team, both of whom relocated to Los Angeles: Danny Green to the Lakers and Kawhi Leonard to the Clippers.
  “We got Danny,” point guard Fred VanVleet s
  
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• Disneyland closes Tarzan’s Treehouse after slat breaks on rope suspension bridge

  11-11-2019 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland closed Tarzan’s Treehouse on Sunday afternoon after a wooden slat broke on one of the Adventureland attraction’s rope bridges suspended three stories above the ground.
  Nobody was injured on Tarzan’s Treehouse, according to Disneyland officials. The attraction is closed for the evening, officials said.
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• Lakers fall to shorthanded Toronto Raptors, ending seven-game win streak

  11-11-2019 06:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, rear, is defended by Toronto Raptors’ Fred VanVleet during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis, left, blocks a shot from Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam (43) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers&rs
  
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• Ducks powerless to stop Connor McDavid, Oilers in blowout defeat

  11-11-2019 05:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson blacks a shot by Edmonton Oilers right wing Zack Kassian during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsEdmonton Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen, rig
  
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• Two injuries further deplete Rams’ weakened offensive line in loss to Steelers

  11-11-2019 05:23 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — By the end, the Rams had one offensive lineman on his feet and playing the position where he started the season. That was left tackle Andrew Whitworth. He’ll withstand the heaviest storm.
  Down the rest of the line, injuries during the Rams’ 17-12 loss to the Steelers on Sunday brought further turmoil to a unit that was considered a liability even when healthy.
  Knee injuries took young center Brian Allen out of the game in the second quarter and veteran right tackle
  
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• Lakers’ Rajon Rondo remains sidelined with calf strain, but ‘getting closer’

  11-11-2019 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Rajon Rondo’s calf strain might be considered “mild,” leaving him “day to day” and well enough for him to take to the road and practice five-on-five with the Lakers, but it hasn’t improved enough to get him on the floor for real.
  “He’s getting closer,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “He did five-on-five full court yesterday and the calf is feeling better, (but) he’s still not all the way there yet, and we&rsquo
  
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