Anaheim news

• UCLA RB Joshua Kelley named All-Pac-12 second team; no Bruins make first team

  10-12-2019 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  One year after having just one player named to the All-Pac-12 first-team, the UCLA football team got shut out Tuesday.
  UCLA running back Joshua Kelley was named to the All-Pac-12 second team, along with four additional Bruins earning honorable-mention recognition.
  Most glaring was that UCLA (4-8, 4-5 in Pac-12) failed to land a defensive player on the all-conference first or second team for the first time since 2011.
  Kelley, a redshirt senior in his third year with the Bruins, concluded his UCLA
  
  Read more

• Santa arrives in San Clemente with some holiday magic

  10-12-2019 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Clara Yoshimi, 6, of Irvine tells Santa what she wants for Christmas during his appearance at the San Clemente Community Center on Saturday, December 7, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Sisters Cali Beutler, right, 10, and Summer Beutler, 7, of San Clemente ride a sled together on a snowy hill outside the San Clemente Community Center during a downtown holiday celebration on Saturday, December 7, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery w
  
  Read more

• OCVarsity video: Will Corona del Mar football win its CIF State championship game?

  10-12-2019 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSteve Fryer, Dan Albano and Jonathan Khamis preview Corona del Mar’s CIF State championship football game against Serra of San Mateo. What did they think of the Sea Kings’ thrilling win against Oceanside in the regionals? And will Ethan Garbers set a CIF-SS record in his final high school game? — Video by Jonathan Khamis for the OC Register.
  
  Read more

• I pay taxes now and also when I die? Ask the lawyer

  10-12-2019 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Many of us spend a lifetime seeking to make enough money, and to have enough assets so we can retire and if possible leave some for our loved ones. We pay taxes during our lifetime, but get taxed again when we die?
  -K. C., Rancho Palos Verdes
  Ron Sokol
  A: The estate tax is also referred to as an inheritance tax. But, perhaps derogatorily, it is also on occasion called a “death tax.” It is a levy on a beneficiary’s portion of an estate, most often on assets and other financia
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Clint Eastwood visits Camp Pendleton for screening of ‘Richard Jewell’

  10-12-2019 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Director Clint Eastwood visited Camp Pendleton, Saturday, Dec. 7, for an advance screening of his movie “Richard Jewell.”
  The film, which opens Friday, Dec. 13, is based on the true story of a security guard who faced national scrutiny when he was falsely accused of planting a bomb at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
  Eastwood visited with Marines and signed autographs following the screening at the base theater.
  In an interview with Camp Pendleton’s public information offic
  
  Read more

• CSUF communications students report on, take part in Long Beach Democratic Presidential Forum

  10-12-2019 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton students had the chance of a lifetime to both report on and take part in the national conversation surrounding the 2020 presidential election when they attended “Real América,” the recent California Democratic Party/Univision Presidential Forum in Long Beach.
  The televised event featured eight candidates vying for the Democratic nomination: Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer and Andrew
  
  Read more

• Mike Trout named to inaugural All-MLB team

  10-12-2019 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO >> Mike Trout added an honor that didn’t even exist before.
  Trout was named on Tuesday to the All-MLB team, a new honor that recognizes players for their full-season performance, regardless of league.
  The honorees were selected by a panel of media members, broadcasters and former players, along with fan voting.
  Trout, who won his third MVP award this season, hit .291 with 45 homers and a 1.083 OPS.
  Trout was joined among the outfielders on the first-team by the Dodgers&rsqu
  
  Read more

• Angels’ Mike Trout named to inaugural All-MLB team

  10-12-2019 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — Mike Trout added an honor that didn’t even exist before.
  The Angels’ superstar center fielder was named on Tuesday to the All-MLB team, a new honor that recognizes players for their full-season performance, regardless of league.
  The honorees were selected by a panel of media members, broadcasters and former players, along with fan voting.
  Trout, who won his third MVP award this season, hit .291 with 45 homers and a 1.083 OPS.
  Trout was joined among the outfielders o
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Fifth UCLA football player enters NCAA transfer portal, Je’Vari Anderson

  10-12-2019 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A fifth UCLA football player has entered the NCAA Transfer portal as linebacker Je’Vari Anderson announced his decision to leave the program Tuesday afternoon.
  Anderson joins former bruins Theo Howard, Marcus Moore, Noah Keeter and Tyree Thompson in the portal. Keeter and Thompson announced their departure last week, while Howard and Moore entered the portal in October.
  Anderson, a senior from West Oakland, Ca., enrolled at UCLA in April 2018. He did not play in the 2018 season and played
  
  Read more

• CIF champion Tustin girls volleyball team adds a slew of post-season honors

  10-12-2019 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a memorable year for Tustin High’s CIF champion girls volleyball team and the Tillers were honored Monday night, Dec. 9, by the Tustin Unified School District board for their accomplishments.
  Last week, the Tillers also received a number of CIF post season honors.
  Tustin’s senior outside hitter Ava McInnes was named the player of the year in Division 5, senior libero Malia Acosta was named first team All-CIF and Coach Joanna Lane was named the coach of the year.
  Tustin defeate
  
  Read more

• California Policy Center’s bittersweet legal victory over Anaheim school district

  10-12-2019 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2017, the California Policy Center made what should have been a routine request for documents from Anaheim Union High School District.
  We were trying to understand how officials had decided that their best bet for managing the exodus of families from the district’s troubled schools was to block the exits. What we didn’t expect was that the district would also simply try to block the release of public documents about that policy.
  The district stonewalled.
  The district obfuscated, d
  
  Read more

• Titan Voice: Pollak Library librarian offers a glimpse of treasure trove of government information

  10-12-2019 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Interested in the federal investigations into the Ku Klux Klan, the McCarthy hearings or the 9/11 Commission Report? All this and more can be found in Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library, a selective Federal Depository Library, giving campus members and the public access to important government publications.
  “The origins of the Federal Depository Library Program date back to 1813, when Congress ordered that publications be distributed outside of the federal government,” explai
  
  Read more

• ‘Cybertruck in the wild’: Tesla’s newest ride spotted on LA streets

  10-12-2019 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Anyone wanting to buy a Tesla Cybertruck can go ahead and put a $100 refundable deposit down to reserve one of the massive vehicles right now. But, they will still have to wait at least two years before they can get behind the wheel, as Tesla has said the first Cybertrucks won’t be delivered until late 2021.
  But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any Cybertrucks out on the road already.
  Since Tesla debuted the Cybertruck on Nov. 21, there have been a handful of reports about, and
  
  Read more

• Santa brings snow and good cheer to Aliso Viejo

  10-12-2019 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Aliso Viejo rang in the holiday season with its third annual All Is Bright holiday celebration on Thursday, Dec. 5. Town Center was aglow as some 4,000 guests enjoyed train rides, crafts, caroling and a visit from Santa as the 22-foot Christmas tree was lit beneath a halo of softly falling “snow.”
  Santa arrives, with an escort by Camp Pendleton Marines, at the Aliso Viejo Town Center for the city’s annual holiday celebration and tree-lighting on Thursday, December 5, 2019. (Pho
  
  Read more

• Ducks happy with Ondrej Kase, anticipate more scoring

  10-12-2019 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Ondrej Kase’s numbers aren’t particularly eye-catching. He had three goal and eight assists in 24 games before he and the Ducks faced the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, modest totals for a right wing many in the organization believe is capable of one day delivering so much more.
  Not that the Ducks are disappointed, mind you. They are not.
  In fact, Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said he was quite pleased with Kase’s play in matching 3-2 losses Sunday to the Winnip
  
  Read more

• Officers shot in New Jersey standoff; school on lockdown

  10-12-2019 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID PORTER
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Police officers were shot Tuesday in the Jersey City standoff that left a neighborhood, including a school, on lockdown, authorities said.
  Sporadic, heavy gunfire rang out over the course of at least an hour along a major thoroughfare but has quieted down. SWAT teams, state police and federal agents responded to the scene, and police blocked off the area, which has a Catholic school, some stores, a kosher supermarket and a hair stylist.
  FBI spokeswoman P
  
  Read more

• Multiple people killed in New Jersey shooting, including an officer

  10-12-2019 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID PORTER
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A police officer and multiple others were killed in a shooting in Jersey City Tuesday that authorities say is not believed to have been a terrorism attack.
  One officer was pronounced dead at a hospital and multiple other people were found dead at the scene, Mayor Steven Fulop said without indicating how many were killed.
  A second officer was struck in the shoulder by gunfire, and two others were injured by shrapnel, Fulop said.
  The nearby Sacred Hea
  
  Read more

• Authorities: Multiple people dead in New Jersey shooting

  10-12-2019 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID PORTER
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — uthorities say that multiple people including a police officer are dead after a shooting in Jersey City on Tuesday.
  They said there was no indication terrorism was behind the standoff marked by heavy gunfire.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  A police officer was killed in a shooting in Jersey City marked by heavy gunfire, prosecutors said. Two more officers and a civilian were wounded.
  The three people wounded were
  
  Read more

• USC QB Kedon Slovis named Pac-12 offensive freshman of year; three Trojans named to first team

  10-12-2019 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  USC quarterback Kedon Slovis was named the Pac-12 offensive freshman of the year on Tuesday, putting a cap on his first collegiate season.
  Slovis was the backup entering the season but was pressed into duty by an injury to start JT Daniels in the season opener. After feeling his way through the second half of that win over Fresno State, Slovis came into his own.
  The Scottsdale, Ariz., native threw for 3,242 yards and 28 touchdowns while completing 71.8% of his passes. He threw nine interceptions
  
  Read more

• What to expect when Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard returns to Toronto

  10-12-2019 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Kawhi Leonard returns to Toronto on Wednesday as a hero and an opponent.
  It’s his first visit since the three-time All-Star took his talents to L.A., agreeing to sign with the Clippers during free agency this past summer – just three long, massively scrutinized weeks after he led the Raptors to their first NBA title in his only season with the team.
  At the start of the Clippers’ current six-game road swing, Leonard told reporters in Milwaukee he won’t focus on the fuss su
  
  Read more

• Tustin police investigate after man found stabbed in road

  10-12-2019 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Tustin police were searching for answers after a 62-year-old man was found stabbed in the roadway Monday night and later died.
  It was shortly before 8:50 p.m. when officers were called about a man in the street on Prospect Avenue at Norwood Park Place, Lt. Andy Birozy said.
  They found him bleeding from a single stab wound to his upper body. He was treated by paramedics and taken to a hospital but died, police said.
  “The early stages of the investigation indicate the victim was walking on P
  
  Read more

• Searchers ‘looking for any sign’ of Irvine man missing in hike to Mt. Baldy summit

  10-12-2019 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Alpine search teams on Tuesday, Dec. 10, were looking for an Irvine man who got separated from his three fellow hikers on Mt. Baldy on Sunday. The 19 searchers – “the best that we have,” said San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman – are seeking Sreenivas Mokkapati, 52.
  “Sree” Mokkapati started his hike from the Village at Bear Flats to the Mt. Baldy Summit early Sunday, the sheriff’s department has said. Some time during that hik
  
  Read more

• Irvine’s City Hall turns into a winter wonderland

  10-12-2019 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Snow fell from the sky – OK, it’s SoCal, so it was fake, but still festive – as residents cheered and enjoyed the city of Irvine’s celebration to kick off the holidays.
  The city’s annual tree-lighting event on Saturday, Dec. 7, also featured entertainment and a special visit by Santa Claus.
  Irvine’s Christmas tree is seen from the second floor of City Hall during their annual lighting event in Irvine on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange
  
  Read more

• Lisa May talks leaving radio, her ouster from KROQ’s Kevin & Bean show and joining KLOS’ Frosty, Heidi and Frank

  10-12-2019 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Lisa May says she’s not sure what she’ll feel when she signs off KLOS 95.5 FM for the final time on Friday, Dec. 13, bringing to a close three decades as a Los Angeles radio personality.
  But she’s pretty sure tears will be involved.
  “I think I’ll cry,” May says. “I think it’s going to be … I don’t think it’s hit me. Just talking to you, I’m getting all choked up.”
  Longtime L.A. radio personality Lisa May is leaving KL
  
  Read more

• Trump country sees biggest income dips — and jumps

  10-12-2019 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  In recent years, an oil boom has pumped up the incomes of many rural residents in Texas, even as flooding and the trade war have dragged down incomes in Nebraska farm country. Both cases are emblematic of a broader trend: The counties with the most dramatic income gains and losses since 2016 are mostly rural and Republican.
  A Stateline analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis data shows that while residents of booming big cities were most likely to have growing incomes in the three years between
  
  Read more

• Rolling Loud music festival returns to LA, and here are 7 can’t miss female artists

  10-12-2019 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles edition of the Rolling Loud festival will return to the Banc of California Stadium Saturday and Sunday. There will be big name artists in hip-hop, cool installations to check out and plenty of vendors and food booths.
  This weekend there will also likely be tributes to rapper Juice WRLD, who died Sunday after suffering a medical emergency in a Chicago airport. The rapper was among the planned headliners on day one of the festival, along with Chance The Rapper, Lil Uzi Vert, Young
  
  Read more

• Taco Tuesday: This taco is very Mexican but also sort of French

  10-12-2019 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I’ve written about the incredible duck taco at Sol in Newport Beach before. This is a taco I think about often. 
  Sol’s “carnarditas” combines two of my favorite things: tacos and duck confit. The confit leg and thigh are flash-fried and served atop a stack of corn tortillas. The duck is remarkably tender and juicy and also infused with some sort of Baja-style spice blend that gives it extra oomph. 
  Orange County Food FinderWhere to find the best restaurant menu
  
  Read more

• University of Phoenix agrees to $50 million settlement over false ad claims

  10-12-2019 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY
  The University of Phoenix and its parent company have agreed to pay $50 million in cash and cancel $141 million in student debt to settle allegations of deceptive advertisement brought by the Federal Trade Commission.
  The deal, announced Tuesday, settles a dispute over an ad campaign the for-profit college unrolled in 2012 touting partnerships with companies including Microsoft, Twitter and Adobe. It suggested the school worked with those companies to create job opportunities f
  
  Read more

• Radio: What is happening to KABC/790 AM?

  10-12-2019 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  To say that KABC (790 AM) is a failure would be an understatement. The once-proud station that actually brought full-time talk radio to Los Angeles has been irrelevant for years. It has been years since the station earned what might be considered decent ratings — the November ratings came in at 38th place with a rating of 0.6 of the overall share of the audience aged 6 and over; as recently as July the rating was a measly 0.3.
  In comparison, KFI (640 AM) was 8th overall in November with a
  
  Read more

• Girls basketball notes: Santa Ana Elks Classic offering tough competition

  10-12-2019 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Segerstrom-hosted Santa Ana Elks Classic girls basketball tournament isn’t easing into the tough competition this week.
  In a pool play game Wednesday, No. 10 Huntington Beach (2-2 entering Tuesday) will take on surging No. 11 Foothill (6-2) at 7 p.m. at Segerstrom in one of the best games of the week.
  Huntington Beach has been dealing with injuries but reached the CIF-SS Division 2-AA quarterfinals last season.
  Foothill won the Orange-hosted Lady Panther Classic last week.
  The Santa An
  
  Read more

• Crime spree that includes assault, stabbing and carjacking in Santa Ana leads to arrest of 4

  10-12-2019 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Police investigate after four people were arrested following a fight at a laundromat and carjacking that ended on Flint Drive, an unincorporated area between Tustin and Santa Ana, on Monday, December 9, 2019.
  Police investigate after four people were arrested following a fight at a laundromat and carjacking that ended on Flint Drive, an unincorporated area between Tustin and Santa Ana, on Monday, December 9, 2019.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPolice investigate after four people were arr
  
  Read more

• PHOTOS: New holiday attractions at Disneyland Resort

  10-12-2019 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Wintertime Enchantment at Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle includes icicles, wreaths and festive décor at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, Dec 5, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Hundreds of fluorescent trees and neon halos light up the Downtown Disney District during Let it Glow on Thursday, Dec 5, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMickey Mouse joins other characters as they perform duri
  
  Read more

• Theater review: Two local stages offer different takes on holiday merriment

  10-12-2019 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Tradition used to allocate us only 12 days of Christmas, though real and virtual cues for the holiday now seem to arrive, like it or not, year-round.
  Fortunately, our local theaters can be applauded for restraint. Seasonal fare doesn’t muscle its way onto most stages until Thanksgiving leftovers have been consumed.
  The larger houses are tapping a range of ways to showcase the season. While South Coast Repertory firmly steers the center of the road — its annual “A Christmas Caro
  
  Read more

• Theater review: Stage version of ‘Frozen’ at the Pantages melts our hearts

  10-12-2019 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2018 Broadway musical “Frozen,” in its national tour, just might melt the hearts of even the most hardened theatergoers at the Pantages.
  It’s not flawless, but it’s surprisingly deep, sweetly romantic, visually opulent and plentifully humorous.Based, of course, on the 2013 Disney animated film of the same name, its book is by Jennifer Lee, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Michael Grandage directs, stunningly bringing the movie to life onsta
  
  Read more

• Musical spreads holiday cheer in San Juan Capistrano

  10-12-2019 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa greets a group of kids at the front of the stage in San Juan Capistrano’s Historic Town Center Park as “snow” falls following the official lighting of the city’s Christmas tree on Saturday, December 7, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  A group of kids plays and dances together on stage at Historic Town Center Park in San Juan Capistrano following the city’s annual holiday celebration and tree-lighting ceremony on Saturday, December 7, 2
  
  Read more

• 4 things to do at Southern California casinos (Dec. 13-19)

  10-12-2019 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  Singer, songwriter and actor Chris Isaak will stop at The Show at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa.
  Isaak, whose career spans more than three decades, is known for such songs as “Wicked Game,” “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing” and “Blue Hotel.”
  Isaak has also stepped in front of the camera for roles both big and small. He starred as a fictionalized version of himself in “The Chris Isaak Show” and on film
  
  Read more

• Home Tour: Helena Modjeska’s historic house offers a look back

  10-12-2019 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  If Helena Modjeska were alive today, it’s very likely that she’d be extremely contented with the idea that her Orange County retreat is a place that draws visitors from around the globe. Arden, the home she named after William Shakespeare’s famed forest in “As You Like It,” is the property the renowned Polish actress purchased in 1888 that is both a California State Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
  Nestled in what is now known as Modjeska Canyon (between S
  
  Read more

• Building towards Broadway

  10-12-2019 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you got a ham in the house? Maybe one who has memorized the entire soundtrack to “Hamilton”? The kid who comes up with their own dance numbers and dreams of making it on Broadway someday? Lucky them – theater is great for kids in so many ways. It’s a place to meet friends, build self-confidence and public speaking skills, develop empathy and compassion, be exposed to literature and history, and improve teamwork skills. Most of all, it’s just fun.
  The good news
  
  Read more

• Chapman forecast: Is California’s housing shortage a mirage?

  10-12-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Chapman University economic forecast has a decidedly different warning for the California economy: There may be no housing shortage.
  The school’s semi-annual forecast actually has a relatively upbeat outlook for the state’s real estate market for 2020. After that, says Chapman economist Jim Doti, he sees a chance of “severe weakness” for the state’s real estate markets as demand for housing dries up with California’s population growth coming to a near halt.
  Th
  
  Read more

• Can Southern California build 1.34 million homes in a decade?

  10-12-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The state of California has been handing communities housing goals for decades, but never has the crisis of unavailable or unaffordable homes been more acute – and never has Southern California been given a bigger goal.
  State housing officials, using a much-disputed equation that projects future housing needs and adds in the existing shortfall, told the six-county region this summer that it should plan to add 1.34 million new homes by the end of the decade.
  That’s three times the num
  
  Read more

• Morsels: Best bites of 2019

  10-12-2019 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Marugame udon: The freshly made udon noodles are cut before your eyes. Best part: when the runny egg yolk mixes with the broth to enhance the umami-laden-bowl. The line at the South Coast Plaza looks daunting, but it’s worth the wait.
  2. Top tea shops: At Omomo Tea Shoppe (5365 Alton Pkwy, Irvine) try the avocado smoothie with strawberries (substitute custard for boba). At Seven Leaves Cafe, opt for the mung bean milk tea with pandan leaves.
  Mung bean tea flavored with pandan leave
  
  Read more

• Pelosi announces agreement on North American trade pact

  10-12-2019 16:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR
  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced agreement on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win on the very same day that Democrats announced their impeachment charges against him.
  Pelosi said it was a “victory for America’s workers.”
  Just before she announced her support, Trump said the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will “be great” for the United States.
  “It
  
  Read more

• ‘We must act;’ Democrats unveil Trump impeachment charges

  10-12-2019 16:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON — House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment Tuesday against President Donald Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — pushing toward historic votes over charges he corrupted the U.S. election process and endangered national security in his dealings with Ukraine.
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi, flanked by the chairmen of the impeachment inquiry committees, stood at the Capitol for what she called a “solemn ac
  
  Read more

• Daxon: Keeping ahead of holiday thieves

  10-12-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Here we are, less than two weeks before Christmas, and I bet all of your shopping isn’t done yet. Mine isn’t either.
  This is the time of the season when we get so rushed between work, shopping and holiday gatherings that it is easy to get careless about safekeeping our purchases from holiday thieves. That includes what we buy at the mall and online.
  On Nextdoor.com and nearly everywhere you go we hear about porch pirates. Maybe you’ve been a victim of the scum bums who steal pa
  
  Read more

• Disneyland fans shouldn’t resist the park’s new rides

  10-12-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland fans have a lot to look forward to in the new year after Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance wowed critics and fans at its Walt Disney World debut earlier this month. The anchor attraction in the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land opens at Disneyland on Jan. 17.
  After several turns on the ride in Florida, I declared Rise of the Resistance the world’s best theme park attraction. Once it opened for the public to get a look, many fans on social media agreed.
  Sign up for our Park Lif
  
  Read more

• Liquid Assets: Selanne Steak Tavern’s recipe for the ultimate eggnog

  10-12-2019 14:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Holidays kindle thoughts of family and friends. Gatherings with conversations that linger into the evening and gut-busting laughter that reminds us that we actually enjoy spending time with each other. Typically this jolly vibe ensues after a few cocktails. Fortunately at Selanne Steak Tavern in Laguna Beach, the bar manager intends to please. He dabbles with seasonal flavors to bring out the best sips of the season. An autumnal pumpkin offering makes way for a spirited eggnog ideal for December
  
  Read more

• The war in Afghanistan is a pointless farce. End it.

  10-12-2019 10:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The war in Afghanistan has been a doomed waste of life, money and time for most of the 18 years it has been going on.
  While this has been known to growing numbers of Americans, recently published interviews with American officials involved in overseeing and waging the war make clear just how aimless the war has been all along.
  For years, John Sopko from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has overseen the publication of damning reports on the war in
  
  Read more

• Sacramento’s limitless addiction to tax-and-spend governance

  10-12-2019 09:16 via ocregister.com
  
  California state government’s addiction to taxing-and-spending is nothing new, but it is impressive just how persistent state lawmakers are in pursuing new ways of making life in the Golden State even less affordable.
  Through the end of the 2019 legislative session, state lawmakers proposed $20.4 billion in higher taxes and fees, according to a report from the California Tax Foundation.
  Of those, $4.4 billion of tax and fee increases were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  As CalTax not
  
  Read more

• Unions must follow court’s dues ruling

  10-12-2019 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s powerful public-sector unions are used to getting their way as they rack up legislative and court victories on everything from pensions to school reform. Some unions seem to struggle, though, on those rare occasions when they don’t prevail. We’ve seen this following the Supreme Court’s landmark Janus decision from June 2018.
  In recently filed challenges, several California public employees argue that unions are violating that decision by making it inordinatel
  
  Read more

• France’s rising influence could be to America’s benefit: Tom Campbell

  10-12-2019 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  At the beginning of the 20th century, France ruled Indochina, half of Africa and territories in the Americas.  At the beginning of the 19th century, France ruled most of Western Europe, however briefly, under Napoleon.  After World War II, France emerged as a leader of the effort to integrate Europe into what would become today’s European Union. Germany’s economy had been shattered; the UK had suffered extensive war damage; France, due to its early capitulation to Germany i
  
  Read more

Follow @Anaheim_NewsUS on Twitter!