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• Effort to recall Westminster Mayor Tri Ta and 2 council members takes big step forward

  12-11-2019 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Community organizers aiming to recall Westminster Mayor Tri Ta and council members Kimberly Ho and Chi Charlie Nguyen say they have enough signatures to put all three targets on an upcoming ballot.
  On Monday, Nov. 11, several Westminster United participants submitted petitions to the City Clerk’s office.
  In a statement released afterward, Westminster United accused the officials of “unethical actions, corruption, nepotism, favoritism, lack of critical thinking and incompetence.&rdquo
  
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• One Love Cali Reggae Festival will return to Long Beach in February

  12-11-2019 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Love will be in the air at the Queen Mary once again.
  Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, for the fifth annual One Love Cali Reggae Festival at the Queen Mary Events Park adjacent to the ship in Long Beach.
  Sign up for our Festival Pass newsletter. Whether you are a Coachella lifer or prefer to watch from afar, get weekly dispatches during the Southern California music festival season. Subscribe here.
  The lineup for the three-day festival, set for Feb. 7-9, 2020, so far includes heavy
  
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• Concerns raised over the study of making carpool lanes of the 5 Freeway in south county toll lanes

  12-11-2019 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  As it prepares to hear public feedback on its latest proposals for addressing south county’s traffic needs – including extending its 241 – Orange County’s toll road agency finds itself in conflict with the region’s transportation officials.
  The question at hand: Should the Transportation Corridor Agencies, which manage the county’s toll roads, have a voice in changing the 5 Freeway to improve travel in south county?
  The Orange County Transportation Authority h
  
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• OCVarsity video: Best matchups in quarterfinals of the CIF-SS football playoffs

  12-11-2019 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Steve Fryer, Dan Albano and Jonathan Khamis preview this week’s best matchups in the CIF-SS quarterfinals, including Servite vs. Mission Viejo, Edison vs. La Habra and Katella vs. Segerstrom.  — Video by Jonathan Khamis, for the Orange County Register.Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now
  
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• Brush fire in Prado Basin affects Corona airport

  12-11-2019 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A small brush fire briefly affected operations at Corona Municipal Airport before the flames were extinguished Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12.
  Corona Fire Department Assistant Chief Chris Cox said the flames burned about a quarter-acre. The airport manager ordered a halt to takeoffs and landings while fire engines accessed the fire via the airport runway, Cox said.
  The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. Engines left about 2:45 p.m. and the airport reopened, Cox said.
  The cause of the fire was under
  
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• Ducks stick with goalie rotation as Ryan Miller subs for John Gibson

  12-11-2019 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Coach Dallas Eakins huddled with his staff after the Ducks’ lopsided defeat Sunday to the Edmonton Oilers. As is their custom, they kicked around a few ideas as they began preparations for Tuesday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings at Honda Center.
  Tempting though it might have been to toss John Gibson back in goal after he wasn’t sharp in giving up six goals on 31 shots against the Oilers, the Ducks’ coaching staff decided it was best to stick with thei
  
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• Younger players ready to step up on Cal State Fullerton’s women’s basketball team

  12-11-2019 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Perhaps it’s the no-seniors angle, the loss of All Big West center Daeja Smith or the fact that only two starters are returning, but women’s basketball coach Jeff Harada is perhaps facing more uncertainties about the upcoming season than the number of question marks that appear on the Riddler’s body suit.
  Others also have noticed, given the preseason Big West Coaches Poll recently predicted the Titans would finish last in the conference.
  “We are facing the challenge of ha
  
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• Paul George’s Clippers debut expected Thursday against the New Orleans Pelicans

  12-11-2019 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s been no outright “warning” to the league articulated by the Clippers ahead of Paul George’s arrival this week — likely to come Thursday in New Orleans, according to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes — but that’s not to say Doc Rivers’ team isn’t licking its chops in anticipation.
  After Rivers offered a coach’s hat-tip to Nick Nurse and the Raptors for setting traps all game for Kawhi Leonard that effectively held him to a season-
  
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• Column: Our supermarket dancing was so hot we melted the frozen foods

  12-11-2019 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  If they don’t want us to do the samba or other dances, why do they play music in the markets, forcing us to move to the beat while mindlessly dumping seven cans of anchovies into those moveable magical carts that become our boogie partners until … we find a live match?
  Why does management think it is necessary to call the policia to stop our dancing?
  The audacity!
  By the way, I met and discarded a man at fresh tomatoes who wanted to tango, which is another word for groping.
  I did me
  
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• ‘Signing Day’ is Wednesday: Send us your athlete’s information

  12-11-2019 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOCVarsity will be covering the “Signing Day” news and events around Orange County on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
  On that day, athletes in nearly all sports will have their first chance to sign a National Letter of Intent to play college athletics.
  OCVarsity will be publishing a list of athletes who sign as well as photos.
  Schools are encouraged to email us ([email protected]) their list of athletes sta
  
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• Corky Carroll: Readers share ideas for the perfect gift to get the surfer on your holiday shopping list

  12-11-2019 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Fa, la, la, la, laaaaaa, kiddies. Yes, it’s that joyful time of year when you get into a snit over what to get that surfer in your life for Christmas, Hannukah, or just because everybody is giving and getting gifts and you want to be a part of it.
  Yeah, many remind us that “it’s not about getting presents.” I say don’t be a grinch and get ready to burn some plastic.
  But what should you get?
  Fret no more, because I am here to save the day with my annual — extre
  
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• Laguna Niguel begins its next 30 years ‘in pursuit of happiness’

  12-11-2019 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  We expect our leaders to lead – that’s the whole point. A critical component of leadership, of course, is ensuring our leaders are planning for the future. When I was elected as your mayor last year, I immediately called for the City Council to embark on Laguna Niguel’s first-ever strategic planning process to chart our path through the challenges and triumphs headed our way in the next 30 years. That was a promise made, and a promise delivered. I’m proud to announce that
  
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• Taco Tuesday: Lola Gaspar says goodbye Barcelona, hello Mexico City

  12-11-2019 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Lola Gaspar in Santa Ana closed for a short break in July while chef Luis Perez took a brief sabbatical south of the border. He came back freshly energized by Mexico City’s restaurant and bar scene, prompting him to throw out the old menu and start anew. 
  The revamped offering is gloriously concise: a few tacos and quesadillas, plus several Mexican side dishes and snacks. Customers now order all food and drinks at the bar. Table service is gone. Lola Gaspar opened more than 10 ye
  
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• New Disney+ streaming service makes debut — but not without problems

  12-11-2019 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  BURBANK — The Walt Disney Co. assured subscribers it is working to resolve technical problems keeping thousands from watching Disney+, its streaming service, which began operating Tuesday.
  “The consumer demand for Disney+ has exceeded our high expectations,” a Disney+ spokesperson told City News Service. “We are pleased by this incredible response and are working to quickly resolve the current user issue. We appreciate your patience.”
  ANALYSIS: The streaming-video b
  
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• Turducken dog, anyone? Fast food chains get creative with holiday menu items

  12-11-2019 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s turkey and tamale time at fast food restaurants. Many chains stretch their menus out of the ordinary during the holidays to provide something like a traditional family meal. One is even doing its own version of turducken.
  It’s easier for chains that supply sweets. They’re leaning on cinnamon and of course pumpkin spice.
  Here’s a sampling of what’s out there.
  Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf: Seasonal sips include Peppermint Mocha Cold Brew, Winter Dream Tea Latte, wh
  
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• Exemplary life, inexplicable death: Services for Navy Lt. Ruth Cortes, an Anaheim native, planned for Saturday

  12-11-2019 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Navy Lt. Ruth Cortes, who grew up in Anaheim, was allegedly killed by a former boyfriend on Oct. 30. Her family wants her to be remembered for her selflessness and loyalty. (Courtesy of Judith Spirtos)
  Sisters Judith Spirtos and Ruth Cortes were inseparable buddies growing up in Anaheim. Navy Lt .Cortes was killed on Oct. 30. (Courtesy of Judith Spirtos)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSisters Ana Cortes, left, Judith Spirtos and Ruth Cortes pose in a recent photo. Navy Lt. Ruth Cortes was
  
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• Sex crimes by cops an outgrowth of their ‘power and coercive authority,’ expert says

  12-11-2019 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Criminologist Philip Stinson has spent more than a decade studying bad cops and oversees a national database that often explains exactly how they came to violate their sworn duty.
  Often, Stinson says, the power imbalance between a police officer and the civilians they encounter leads some astray.
  Police officers regularly come in contact with vulnerable people who are “subject to the power and coercive authority granted to police,” said the criminal justice professor at Bowling Green
  
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• How some cops accused of violent assaults get off with disturbing the peace

  12-11-2019 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Charles Foster was among three San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies charged with beating and taunting a suspect at the end of a three-hour pursuit through the Mojave Desert, but the only one convicted of a felony in the assault.
  A judge, however, set aside the jury verdict and prosecutors then allowed the fired deputy to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace. Foster appealed his termination, was reinstated to the department and today works at a sheriff’s de
  
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• These sexual predators carried guns and badges

  12-11-2019 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  In December 2009, a team of police officers arrested two women in Hollywood for drug-related crimes and drove them to a police station. From there, two narcotics officers took the women to jail in Van Nuys. But only one was booked.
  The other, identified later in court documents as Jane Doe No. 3, stayed in a Volkswagen Jetta with Officers Luis Valenzuela and James C. Nichols, who drove her to a secluded area in Van Nuys. There, one of the officers sexually assaulted her in the back seat of the c
  
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• Nine USC students die in three months as speculation runs rampant on campus

  12-11-2019 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC community on Tuesday was mourning the deaths of nine students this semester, a figure that is greater than the total for each of the two previous academic years.
  University President Carol Folt — in a letter sent to USC students, parents and faculty over the weekend — said eight students died since the fall semester began in the last week of August, two from unknown causes.
  The number increased to nine on Monday, when a USC student was found dead at The Du
  
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• Radio: There’s no mystery why this show grabbed listeners

  12-11-2019 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  I was just shy of eleven years old when one of my favorite radio productions I ever heard made its debut. It was a CBS Radio production heard nationwide on CBS owned and operated stations, locally on KNX (1070 AM).
  I am speaking, of course, about the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Himan Brown, a longtime producer from the Golden Age of radio with a variety of programs under his belt (I am told he produced over 30,000 episodes of programs during the era), somehow convinced CBS to try out a new series
  
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• Supreme Court’s conservatives seem to back Trump on scrapping DACA

  12-11-2019 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to end a program that allows some immigrants to work legally in the United States and protects them from deportation.
  There did not appear to be any support among the five conservatives in extended arguments Tuesday for blocking the administration’s decision to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It currently protects 660,000 undocume
  
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• 4 things to do at Southern California casinos (Nov. 15-21)

  12-11-2019 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino 
  Award-winning country music star Sara Evans, whose hits include “Suds in a Bucket,” “Born to Fly,” “A Little Bit Stronger” and “I Could Not Ask For More” will play the Indio resort Friday, Nov. 15. Evans has sold millions albums over her career.
  8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, 84245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio. $39-$69. 760-342-5000, fantasyspringsresort.com.
  The following night will be about as far away from Ameri
  
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• Why are there “Does” in the case? Ask the lawyer

  12-11-2019 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: We have gone over a lawsuit in which we are named. There are “Does” (as in John or Jane Doe) listed in the caption, and we see the word “Does” in the case. What does that mean, or who is that?
  -M.H., Anaheim
  Ron Sokol
  A: The Does are fictitious parties, named (or listed) because that person may belong in the case, may have some responsibility for the harm or the incident, but his or her identity is not presently known. (It could also be a company or some other entity,
  
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• No. 1 milk company declares bankruptcy amid drop in demand

  12-11-2019 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
  Dean Foods, America’s biggest milk processor, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday amid a steep, decades-long drop-off in U.S. milk consumption blamed on soda, juices and, more recently, nondairy substitutes.
  The Dallas company said it may sell itself to the Dairy Farmers of America, a marketing cooperative owned by thousands of farmers.
  “Despite our best efforts to make our business more agile and cost-efficient, we continue to be impacted by a challenging operating envi
  
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• Don Juan Avila Elementary honors family members who served our nation

  12-11-2019 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Girl Scout, Tabytha Nie, 9, with her dad Lance Corporal USMC MWSG-37 Bryan Nie and mom Specialist US Army Alley Miesch-Nie during “Veterans – A Lifetime of Service” Veterans Day celebration held by Don Juan Avila Elementary School in Aliso Viejo on Friday, November 8, 2019. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer)
  Mrs. Mary Wilson, lower left, Assistant Principal Julie Everett and Principal Kim Maxwell, far right, with active service personnel and students&rsqu
  
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• LA Archbishop José Gómez is first Hispanic to head US Conference of Catholic Bishops

  12-11-2019 16:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID CRARY and REGINA GARCIA CANO
  BALTIMORE — Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, an immigrant from Mexico, overwhelmingly won election Tuesday as the first Hispanic to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
  Gómez, 67, has been serving as the conference’s vice president for the past three years. Regarding doctrine, he is considered a practical-minded conservative, but he is a strong advocate of a welcoming immigration policy that would include a path
  
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• The National Association of Realtors votes to ban ‘pocket listings’

  12-11-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Association of Realtors voted Monday, Nov. 11, to ban “pocket listings,” requiring brokers and agents to input homes into Realtor-run listing services within one business day after publicly marketing them.
  The vote, coming on the final day of NAR’s annual conference in San Francisco, seeks to end years of squabbling among Realtors over marketing practices critics say cut some agents and buyers out of real estate deals. The practice also can be discriminatory agains
  
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• Does Disneyland need even more holidays?

  12-11-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’ve ever dropped a letter in the mail addressed just to “Santa Claus,” chances are that it made its way to small town that lies just south of Interstate 64, deep in southern Indiana.
  Only a couple of thousand people live in Santa Claus, Indiana, but the community can swell to ten times that population on some summer days thanks to its theme park, Holiday World. Now home to some of the best roller coasters and water coasters in America, Holiday World opened in 1946 as Sant
  
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• After winning title, CSUF women’s soccer team to face USC in NCAA tournament

  12-11-2019 15:02 via ocregister.com
  
  After winning their second Big West Conference title in three years, the women’s soccer team will head to Los Angeles to play USC in the opening round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
  It will be their 14th women’s soccer match, two of which have come in the NCAA tournament where the Titans are 1-0-1 against the Trojans. The most recent match ended in a 3-3 draw at USC in 2015.
  The Trojans’ record this year is 14-4-1. CSUF (14-2-4, 5-0-3) earn
  
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• Former President Jimmy Carter enters hospital for surgery

  12-11-2019 14:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAY REEVES and SHAMEKA DUDLEY-LOWE
  ATLANTA — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was going into surgery Tuesday morning at Emory University Hospital to relieve pressure on his brain, his spokeswoman said.
  The procedure is meant to resolve bleeding due to his recent falls, Deanna Congileo said in a statement.
  Carter has fallen at least three times this year. The first incident, in the spring, required hip replacement surgery. He hit his head falling again on Oct. 6 and received 14 stitche
  
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• Former President Carter out of surgery, no complications

  12-11-2019 14:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAY REEVES and SHAMEKA DUDLEY-LOWE
  ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter was recovering Tuesday following surgery to relieve pressure from brain bleeding linked to recent falls.
  A statement from a spokeswoman said there were no complications from the procedure, performed at Emory University Hospital for a subdural hematoma, or blood on the brain surface.
  Carter, 95, will remain in the hospital for observation, said Deanna Congileo, his spokeswoman at the Carter Center.
  The statement s
  
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• Whicker: Clippers survive off night, get ready to brandish their not-so-secret weapon

  12-11-2019 08:54 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Paul George, come on down.
  The Clippers who launched a thousand magazine covers last month turn their weary eyes to you, maybe as early as Wednesday night in Houston. The second biggest reason anyone thought the Clippers would be That Team is ready to launch.
  They held the fort without George on Monday night, as his shoulder nears full rehabilitation. They seized a 98-88 win over the leg-weary Toronto Raptors, who could manage only 10 fourth-quarter points as Fred Van Vleet h
  
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• Whicker: Clippers hold off Raptors, get ready to brandish their not-so-secret weapon

  12-11-2019 08:54 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Paul George, come on down.
  The Clippers who launched a thousand magazine covers last month turn their weary eyes to you, maybe as early as Wednesday night in Houston. The second biggest reason anyone thought the Clippers would be That Team is ready to launch.
  They held the fort without George on Monday night, as his shoulder nears full rehabilitation. They seized a 98-88 win over the leg-weary Toronto Raptors, who could manage only 10 fourth-quarter points as Fred Van Vleet h
  
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• CIF-SS boys water polo playoffs: Semifinals schedule

  12-11-2019 08:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The schedule for the CIF-SS boys water polo playoffs Wednesday, Nov. 13.
  BOYS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  Semifinals
  Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Woollett Aquatics Center
  Harvard-Westlake vs. Huntington Beach, 7 p.m.
  Loyola vs. Newport Harbor, 5 p.m.
  DIVISION 2
  Semifinals
  Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Woollett Aquatics Center
  Palos Verdes vs. Foothill, 6:30 p.m.
  San Clemente vs. Mira Costa, 5 p.m.
  DIVISION 3
  Semifinals
  Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Woollett Aquatics Center
  Beckman vs. Schurr, 3:30 p.m.
  Santa Bar
  
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• CIF-SS girls tennis playoffs: Monday’s scores, updated schedule for Wednesday’s semifinals

  12-11-2019 08:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores from the CIF-SS girls tennis playoffs on Monday and the schedule for the semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
  GIRLS TENNIS PLAYOFFS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Semifinals
  Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2 p.m.
  Westlake at University
  Peninsula at Mira Costa
  DIVISION 1
  Quarterfinals, Monday
  Corona del Mar 12, Murrieta Valley 6
  Huntington Beach 10, Troy 8
  Camarillo 11, Mater Dei 7
  Marlborough 13, Aliso Niguel 5
  Semifinals
  Wednesday, Nov. 13 2 p.m.
  Huntington Beach at Corona del Mar
  Camarillo at Marlborough
  DIVISION
  
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• Kawhi Leonard, Clippers beat Raptors but lose Landry Shamet to injury

  12-11-2019 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard drives to the basket past Toronto’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson during the first half of Monday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  The Clippers’Ivica Zubac scores over Toronto’s Marc Gasol during the first half of Monday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Clippers’ Lou Williams is stripped of the ball by Toronto’s Rondae Hollis-Jeffers
  
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• College pals Landry Shamet, Fred VanVleet among the Clippers-Raptors reunions

  12-11-2019 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors got together in the same place on the same night again, but – Shocker! – that wasn’t the only resonant reunion on Monday.
  Former Wichita State teammates Landry Shamet and Fred VanVleet also got another crack at each other as pros, facing off for the third time, but for the first time since Shamet was traded to the Clippers in February.
  VanVleet, who was a senior when Shamet was a freshman, helped persuade Shamet to trust
  
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• Irvine commuting costs ranked 4th-worst in nation

  12-11-2019 04:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine residents suffer the fourth-costliest commutes among the nation’s largest cities, according to one intriguing metric.
  The folks at online loan locator LendingTree looked at commuting and employment data for 100 major U.S. cities to gauge daily to-and-from work costs as measured by wages made by those commuters. Basically, how much you could have made if you weren’t stuck in traffic.
  Irvine’s estimated, lofty annual cost was $9,818 for an average daily trek of 26.8 minute
  
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• Latest second-guessing on use of Todd Gurley comes from Sean McVay himself

  12-11-2019 04:44 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Sean McVay sometimes blames himself for his team’s setbacks in cases where most Rams-watchers would say it’s not the coach’s fault but the players’.
  It was different Monday. McVay accepted responsibility for the odd disappearance of Todd Gurley in the fourth quarter of the Rams’ 17-12 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on Sunday. And most people who watched the game probably would say the coach wasn’t just being gallant &mdash
  
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• 32-mile paddle from Catalina to Huntington Beach raises awareness of mental health concerns for veterans, first responders

  12-11-2019 03:51 via ocregister.com
  
  There were moments during the 32-mile trek that exhaustion set in, as the group dug their paddles into the ocean, one stroke at a time.
  But knowing they had each other and a shared goal kept them moving across the Catalina Channel toward shore.
  “We can do together what I cannot do alone,” said Danny Nichols, event director for the inaugural Operation Open Water, an endurance trek across the ocean on Monday, Nov. 11, that ended in Huntington Beach.
  Army veteran Kyle Kelly, center, get
  
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• Irvine residents say thanks on Veterans Day

  12-11-2019 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment Color Guard takes part in the Veterans Day Ceremony at Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park in Irvine, CA on Monday, November 11, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Amara Childs, 5, left, and her sister, Miley Jimenez, 8, celebrates Veterans Day at Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park on Monday, November 11, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJim Zieg
  
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• Huntington Beach girls tennis knocks off Troy to reach Division 1 semifinals

  12-11-2019 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach’s girls tennis team aimed Monday to show it belonged with the top teams in CIF-SS Division 1.
  Mission accomplished.
  Last season’s CIF-SS Division 3 champion defeated postseason regular Troy 10-8 in a quarterfinal match at Huntington Beach to advance to its first Division 1 semifinal.
  “Since we’re new to Division 1, we sort of come at every round like it’s going to be a challenge,” said Oilers junior Kaytlin Taylor, whose sweep at singles inclu
  
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• CIF tennis roundup: Huntington Beach girls knock off Troy to reach Division 1 semifinals

  12-11-2019 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHuntington Beach’s girls tennis team aimed Monday to show it belonged with the top teams in CIF-SS Division 1.
  Mission accomplished.
  Last season’s CIF-SS Division 3 champion defeated postseason regular Troy 10-8 in a quarterfinal match at Huntington Beach High to advance to its first Division 1 semifinal.
  “Since we’re new to Division 1, we sort of come at every round like it’s go
  
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• 110-foot Torah unscrolled during Sunday services at Capo Beach Church

  12-11-2019 03:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Capo Beach Church members help hold a 110-foot-long, 300-year-old Torah as it stretches across the congregation during a service on Sunday, November 10, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Capo Beach Church members help hold a 110-foot-long, 300-year-old Torah as it stretches across the congregation during a service on Sunday, November 10, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCapo Beach Church members help hold a 110
  
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• Stanley the giraffe escaped the Woolsey fire. But was he supposed to be on the Malibu ranch to begin with?

  12-11-2019 03:27 via ocregister.com
  
  MALIBU — Stanley, a well-loved giraffe who has appeared in commercials and the movie “The Hangover Part III,” drew attention during the fast-moving Woolsey fire last year when some on social media accused his handlers of not evacuating him when the flames reached Saddlerock Ranch, where he is the main attraction on several tours.
  Some pointed to a widely shared photo of Stanley standing next to a firefighter near an enclosure, as orange-tinged smoke enveloped the sky above.
  Gue
  
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• For UCLA and Utah, running game looms large in Pac-12 South battle

  12-11-2019 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Coach Chip Kelly knows what’s at stake when UCLA travels to play Utah on Saturday (Fox/Ch. 11, 5 p.m.) but won’t call it the biggest game of the Bruins’ season.
  “Every game in this league is important to us,” Kelly said. “If we didn’t win last week then this game wouldn’t be important.”
  Utah’s Kyle Whittingham, the longest-tenured coach in the Pac-12 Conference, knows the Utes will face a confident UCLA team that has won three conferenc
  
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• Search continues for hit-and-run driver in fiery crash with ambulance on 91 Freeway in Anaheim

  12-11-2019 02:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities on Monday continued searching for a hit-and-run driver who ran from a burning vehicle that collided with an ambulance early Sunday, Nov. 10, in Anaheim on the 91 Freeway, officials said.
  The motorist fled from a crash that caused a CARE ambulance to roll over onto its side on the freeway near Harbor Boulevard at about 4:15 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said.
  A CARE driver, a CARE attendant, two Orange County Fire Authority personnel, a boy who had initially been a patient in th
  
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• Lake Forest joins in honoring service and sacrifice on Veterans Day

  12-11-2019 02:47 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman shades herself during a Veteran’s Day ceremony at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, November 11, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Christian Hernandez, 6, gets a lesson on items used in WWI at a Veteran’s Day ceremony at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA on Monday, November 11, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLinda Fontanilla, Vice President for Student Servic
  
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• CIF State girls volleyball tournament begins this week

  12-11-2019 02:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe CIF State girls volleyball tournament begins Tuesday with Southern California Regional first-round matches in Divisions I-V.
  Orange County teams selected for Divisions I-V: Division I, Aliso Niguel, Corona del Mar, Esperanza, Foothill, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach; Division III, Tustin; and Division IV, Garden Grove.
  Mater Dei is seeded third in the Open Division that starts play Wednesday. The Monar
  
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