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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Dec. 10-20)

  20-12-2019 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Dec. 10 to Dec. 20.
  Biyako, 512 S. State College Blvd., AnaheimClosed: Dec. 19
  Reason: Rodent infestationVelvet Lounge, 416 W. Fourth St., Santa AnaClosed: Dec. 19
  Reason: Rodent infestationHo-Toys Chinese Food, 734 S. State College Blvd., AnaheimClosed: Dec. 18
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: Dec. 19Cuzcatlan, 1330 S. Magnolia Ave., AnaheimClosed: Dec. 18
  Reason: Cockroach infe
  
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• Major Orange County freeway closures planned: Dec. 21-27

  20-12-2019 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Here are major construction projects planned for Orange County’s freeways and toll roads between Dec. 21 and Dec. 27, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority, Caltrans and the Transportation Corridor Agencies.
  73 Freeway
  Southbound off-ramp to MacArthur Boulevard:11:59 p.m. Dec. 20 to 6 a.m. Dec. 2191 Freeway
  Westbound at La Palma Avenue, westbound connector to the 57; westbound on-ramp from southbound Kraemer Boulevard:10 p.m. Dec. 20 to 10 a.m. Dec. 21
  10 p.m. Dec. 21 to
  
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• Chargers injury report vs. Oakland Raiders | LT Russell Okung doubtful

  20-12-2019 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  A look at Chargers players who were listed on the injury report this week and their status for Sunday’s home game against the Oakland Raiders:
  Russell Okung, left tackle
  Injury: Groin
  Participation status: Did not participate Wednesday-Friday
  Official status: Doubtful
  Outlook: Okung likely won’t play Sunday after missing a week of practice. Rookie Trey Pipkins will start at left tackle against the Raiders if Okung is ruled out, according to Chargers coach Anthony Lynn.
  Mike Williams,
  
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• U.S. Center for SafeSport suspends track and field coach John Rembao

  20-12-2019 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  World renown high jump coach John Rembao has been suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for misconduct.
  Rembao, a former SMU head coach and Stanford, Arizona, Texas and Cal Poly/SLO assistant, was placed on temporary suspension for allegations of misconduct on Wednesday by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee created and financed Center. SafeSport has not listed the nature of the misconduct allegations against Rembao.
  Rembao is currently listed as the head track and field coach at Los
  
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• As health insurance rates continue to rise, some turn to a new model for care

  20-12-2019 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By Nicole Hayden, USC Center for Health Journalism Collaborative
  To anyone looking at Laura Campbell’s life from the outside, it might be hard to see any sign of strain. She lives in a nice neighborhood in Huntington Beach and works for a small publishing company. She took an end-of-summer road trip with her kids.
  But for the widowed mom of teenage twins, health coverage is just out of reach. The company she works for is not obligated to provide health benefits and doesn’t do so
  
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• Purple & Bold: No rush, but Kyle Kuzma’s ankle can’t heal soon enough

  20-12-2019 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Dec. 20, 2019 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.The Lakers, in the midst of a truly challenging stretch of schedule, really could use a shot of Kyle Kuzma.
  The third-year forward has missed nine games this season, including the entirety of the Lakers’ just-completed five-game road trip, when he was sidelined with lingering ankle soreness from a sprain suffered on Nov. 29.
  The trip ende
  
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• UCLA DBs coach Paul Rhoads to become Arizona defensive coordinator

  20-12-2019 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA defensive backs coach Paul Rhoads has left the program to become the defensive coordinator at Arizona.
  UCLA head coach Chip Kelly hired Rhoads in December of 2017.
  This season, Rhoads helped coach sophomore safety Stephan Blaylock, who ranked No.18 nationally with 5.4 solo tackles per game, which led the Bruins. Under Rhoads, cornerback Darnay Holmes has led the Bruins in back-to-back seasons in pass breakups with six this year and 11 last season.
  Rhoads has previously been a defensive coor
  
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• Charities coughing up less money to middlemen these days in California, AG finds

  20-12-2019 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  In a cheerful turn of events, charity middlemen — those for-profit folks who try to coax you into monthly donations outside the grocery store, appeal to your better nature by phone at dinner and seem acutely active this time of year — are pocketing far less of your donations than they did a decade ago.
  While commercial fundraisers in California pocketed 56 cents of every dollar they raised for charities in 2008, they kept only 20 cents of every dollar they raised in 2018, according t
  
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• Rams vow to keep fighting as they face 49ers in a real must-win game

  20-12-2019 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA CLARA — The Rams are taking it one game at a time. So are the vultures.
  They’re circling as last year’s NFC champions lie on the verge of demise, set to be knocked out of this season’s playoff race if the Rams (8-6) lose either of their final two games or the Minnesota Vikings (10-4) win either of theirs.
  RELATED: Who has the edge? Rams vs. 49ers matchups
  The end could come Saturday night, when the Rams face the playoff-bound San Francisco 49ers at 5:15 p.m. at Levi
  
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• Some bikers upset over new riding restriction on trail at Newport’s Buck Gully Reserve

  20-12-2019 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Raul Contreras and his wife, Theresa, were out for a hike at Buck Gulley Reserve on Thursday, Dec. 19, enjoying the splendor of nature with views reaching to the Pacific Ocean.
  The Anaheim couple comes to the Newport Beach reserve several times a month. They became familiar with the location and the Buck Gully Trail because Raul works construction at homes in the area. When he has time off, they take advantage of the outdoors.
  The single-track trail in Buck Gully Reserve north of Corona del Mar
  
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• San Clemente surfer, 13, hospitalized after wipeout at Pipeline in Hawaii

  20-12-2019 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Up-and-coming surfer Hayden Rogers, 13, was hospitalized after a wipeout at Pipeline on the North Shore of Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 19, just after a major surf contest wrapped up, according to Surfline.com.
  According to the report, a group of young surfers hit the water just as the Pipe Masters event was concluding and Rogers’ injury occurred as the winners of the big contest were on the podium accepting their awards.
  Rogers “got stuck at the top of a wave and free-fell with the lip to
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball faces North Carolina in final high-caliber nonconference game

  20-12-2019 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  In its first true road game of the season last week, the UCLA men’s basketball team was down 20-8 after the first 12 minutes against Notre Dame. The UCLA offense was flat and the defense wasn’t any better in a 71-65 loss. They finished the game with season-low marks in free-throws (50%) and 3-pointers (43.8%).
  “We had too many breakdowns, but we had breakdowns no matter what we do right now,” UCLA head coach Mick Cronin said. “I think you’ve got to be able to
  
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• Joan Irvine Smith, member of pioneer family who was instrumental in creation of UC Irvine campus, dies at 86

  20-12-2019 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Joan Irvine Smith, an environmental activist and philanthropist who was instrumental in establishing and advancing UC Irvine, has died, UCI officials announced Friday, Dec. 20. She was 86.
  Smith was the great-granddaughter of Irvine Ranch founder James Irvine, an agricultural pioneer whose family went on to create the influential Newport Beach-based real estate development company.
  Born Athalie Anita Irvine in 1933, she joined the Irvine Co. board of directors in 1957. That was the year UC Regen
  
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• Bellator 236: A.J. McKee looks to keep winning in style

  20-12-2019 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A.J. McKee sat on the stage at The Forum and waited for his next opponent.
  Having just decimated Georgi Karakhanyan in eight seconds – the second-fastest knockout in Bellator MMA history – McKee knew his place in the quarterfinals of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix.
  Having drawn the first option in the eight-man tournament, McKee chose the when and where for his next fight: December in Hawaii. The only unknown that September night was the who.
  Then he watched four fellow
  
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• Bloomberg’s ‘war on poverty’ echoes failures from the past

  20-12-2019 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO – During his first inaugural address in 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a no-holds-barred federal “war on poverty” that promised not only to improve poor people’s economic conditions – but to address the fundamental causes of their despair. “Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty,” he said, “but to cure it, above all, to prevent it.”
  LBJ promised to help poor Americans become self-sufficient,
  
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• Kings look to cap off successful road trip in Buffalo

  20-12-2019 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  With their road trip already deemed a success, the Kings look to forge through the final challenge of a six-game expedition that has seen them accumulate eight out of a possible 10 points so far.
  They extended their point streak to six games with an overtime loss Thursday in Columbus. The Kings will close out this swing with a showdown Saturday in Buffalo.
  “Points in six games in a row. I think we’re starting to play to our identity and playing better within our structure,” Kin
  
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• Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station

  20-12-2019 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing’s new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company’s effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year.
  As the company scrambled to understand what happened, NASA canceled the Starliner’s docking with the International Space Station, instead focusing on a hastier than planned return to Earth. The Starliner could parachute into its landi
  
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• UCLA adds 8th linebacker in final day of early signing period

  20-12-2019 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA has even further filled its need in the linebacker unit.
  The Bruins added their 18th player to the 2020 class Friday morning with the signing of Joquarri Price from Desert Ridge High in Mesa, Arizona.
  Price’s signing comes one day after the three-star outside linebacker decommitted from San Diego State. He verbally committed to the Aztecs’ program in August.
  The 6’2”, 215-pound linebacker recorded 162 tackles, 27 sacks and six forced fumbles during his time at Desert
  
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• The Register’s All-Orange County First Team Offense

  20-12-2019 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Register’s All-County football team for 2019.
  FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
  Bryce Young | Mater Dei, QB, Sr.
  The Register’s Offensive Player of the Year.
  QUARTERBACK
  Ethan Garbers | Corona del Mar, Sr.
  Garbers set Orange County single-season records for touchdown passes (71) and passing yard (5,034) as he led Corona del Mar (16-0) to the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 championship and the CIF
  
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• The Register’s All-Orange County First Team Defense

  20-12-2019 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Register’s All-County football team for 2019.
  FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
  Clark Phillips III | La Habra, DB, Sr.
  The Register’s Defensive Player of the Year.
  DEFENSIVE LINE
  Cooper Gallaway | Tesoro, Sr.
  The stand-up defensive end racked up 16 sacks to share the team lead with Ethan Hurst. Gallaway was selected the defensive player of the year in the South Coast League.
  Lance Keneley | Mi
  
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• Mexico danger map: Travel warnings updated by State Department

  20-12-2019 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The advisory concerning travel in Mexico was updated this week by the U.S. State Department, but the overall warnings about specific states remained the same.
  The update issued Tuesday specified new restrictions on official travel by U.S. government employees.
  For other visitors, the warnings have not changed since January 2018.
  Level 4: The five states with the sternest “do not travel” advisory, because of kidnappings and other crimes, are the northern border state of Tamaulipas an
  
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• Orange County Offensive Player of the Year: Bryce Young, Mater Dei

  20-12-2019 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei’s history of quarterbacks is impressive.
  Two Heisman Trophy winners, John Huarte and Matt Leinart, played their high school football at Mater Dei. JT Daniels was a two-time state player of the year as the Monarchs’ quarterback, and Matt Barkley was another Mater Dei quarterback who received state player of the year honors.
  When Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson compares the Monarchs’
  
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• Southern California home prices hit record high $549,000 in November

  20-12-2019 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California’s median home sales price hit $549,000 in November as low mortgage rates, limited choices and a healthy local economy motivated house hunters to pay up, CoreLogic/DQ News reports.
  Here are some key house-hunting trends from the report covering closed transactions for all types of homes in the six-county region …
  Pricing: SoCal’s median was $549,000 — up 5.6% over 12 months. The latest median breaks the record of $541,250 set in June 2019.
  Purchasing:
  
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• Orange County Defensive Player of the Year: Clark Phillips III, La Habra

  20-12-2019 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowLA HABRA — Electric. Elite. Well-rounded.
  Those are just a few descriptions of cornerback Clark Phillips III after his senior season at La Habra.
  He made six interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns, returned three kicks for scores and caught 10 touchdowns at wide receiver.
  His play helped La Habra (10-3) navigate another challenging schedule, defend its Freeway League title and advance to t
  
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• John John Florence earns spot on USA Surfing Olympic team, alongside San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino

  20-12-2019 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Hawaiian surfer John John Florence has earned the coveted second and last spot on the men’s side of the USA Surfing Olympic team, joining San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino in the sport’s Olympic Games debut in Tokyo next year.
  The battle for the position came down to the final heats of the Billabong Pipe Masters on the North Shore of Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 19, where friend and rival Kelly Slater faltered in the semifinals against Brazilian Italo Ferreira and left the door open for F
  
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• Orange County Football Coach of the Year: Pete Karavedas, Sunny Hills

  20-12-2019 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowWhen Pete Karavedas became the football head coach at Sunny Hills five years ago, the job fulfilled much of what he was looking for … as a teacher.
  “I knew it was a great school,” Karavedas said. “So I came here to teach because it’s a great school and I was told it would be a great place to work. I didn’t know if we were going to win many football games here.”
  Sunny
  
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• All-Orange County Football: Second Team, Third Team

  20-12-2019 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Register’s All-County football team for 2019.
  SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
  QB: Noah Fifita, Servite, So.
  RB: Isacc Galvan, Orange, Sr.
  RB: Walter Gooding, Esperanza, Sr.
  WR: Will Kenner, St. Margaret’s, Sr.
  WR: Kris Koontz, La Habra, Sr.
  WR: Justin Schafer, Tesoro, Sr.
  OL: Thomas Bouda, Corona del Mar, Jr.
  OL: Ryan Easterday, Edison, Jr.
  OL: JT Hand, Mission Viejo, Jr.
  OL: George Miki-Han, Mater Dei, J
  
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• Hoag exceeds fundraising goal thanks to $1.36 million Christmas ball haul

  20-12-2019 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Wow, that’s quite the holiday haul ­– $1.36 million to be exact, all for Hoag Hospital Foundation thanks to supporters at the 53rd Annual Christmas Carol Ball.
  Held on Saturday, Dec. 14, at Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, the 600 guests attending the ball enjoyed a multi-course dinner prepared by Chef Collin Thornton and a live performance that included ballerinas before they danced the night away to the sounds of the band NRG.
  Flynn A. Andrizzi, president of Hoag Hospit
  
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• USC hitting its stride with shooting as it prepares for LSU

  20-12-2019 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Non-conference play is winding down for the USC men’s basketball team, but not before the Trojans get the chance to make a statement ahead of Pac-12 play.
  USC will take a short bus ride across downtown to Staples Center to face LSU on Saturday in the 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame Classic. The Tigers represent to USC an opportunity for an impressive non-conference win for the NCAA Tournament committee to consider in March.
  The Trojans (9-2) have some good wins, like against Harvard on a neut
  
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• UK lawmakers OK Johnson’s Brexit bill, pave way to exit EU

  20-12-2019 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON  — Britain took a big step towards the European Union exit door on Friday when lawmakers gave preliminary approval to Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s EU divorce bill in a decisive vote that broke years of political deadlock over Brexit.
  The House of Commons, with its Conservative ranks swollen after Johnson’s election victory last week, voted 358-234 for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, clearing the way for the U.K. to leave the European Un
  
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• There’s a $10,000 cocktail on the menu at San Manuel Casino

  20-12-2019 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  If you want to know what $10,000 tastes like in cocktail form, San Manuel Casino in Highland has an answer.
  Mixologists Christopher Rosano and Joey Gottesman were on hand Thursday, Dec. 19, during the unveiling of the casino’s two new high limit rooms to make and show off the new drink, dubbed the “Rare and Fine.”
  Sign up for our Casino Insider newsletter and get the week’s best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. Subscribe here.
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• Rose Tournament President Laura Farber puts spotlight on unity and diversity

  20-12-2019 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  In the last 130 years, the word “hope” has never been part of the Tournament of Roses Parade theme — until now. For the 131st edition of the New Year’s Day event, the theme is “The Power of Hope.”
  And that change couldn’t come at a better time, according to Laura Farber, president and chairwoman of the board of the Tournament of Roses Association.
  “We’re in a very divided world,” she said, adding, “It’s a very unifying theme
  
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• From combat to concerts, Los Angeles-based composer John Beal has seen (and done) it all

  20-12-2019 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  John Beal has had a unique life. The 72-year-old Southern California native is an award-winning and world renowned film composer and conductor and a decorated combat U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran. He’s composed the music for more than 2,000 movie trailers, worked with EDM artist Deadmau5 on his 2018 album, “Where’s the Drop?,” and the unlikely duo presented those songs live during a pair of shows at The Wiltern in Los Angeles last year.
  One of the biggest moments
  
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• HOA Homefront: The holiday wish list

  20-12-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  During the holiday season, we often struggle to find the perfect gift for those who are important to us. Sometimes we need a little help, and we ask for a “wish list” of gifts to guide us. What would wish lists from the key players in the HOA world look like?
  For the homeowner membership:
  Regular communications from the board.
  Organized and efficient board meetings.
  An attentive board during open forum.
  A board committed to follow the law and the governing documents and to improve th
  
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• If your name has drastically changed, Real ID requires an extra step or two

  20-12-2019 16:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. I need a Real ID so I can fly for work. My license expires in a year anyway. When I turned 18 many years ago, I changed my first and middle names. I just changed my driver’s license, Social Security card, bank account, and my school record. There wasn’t any issues at the time. Now, however, I have a birth certificate that does not have the same name as everything else. Not even my last name is the same, because I was married many years ago. I consulted an attorney friend and he sa
  
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• On year’s longest night, a growing number pause to remember homeless people who died in Orange County

  20-12-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For Father Dennis Kriz, it’s not enough to remember homeless people who died in Orange County once a year.
  The annual gatherings, always on Dec. 21 — the first day of winter and the longest night of the year — mark National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. And while Kriz plans to take part in this year’s ceremonies on Saturday, as he always does, his public vigil for people who die without shelter is constant.
  Every month, in their honor, the parish priest at St. Phi
  
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• See The Orange County Register’s 2019 year in photos

  20-12-2019 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A stand up paddleboarder makes his way around Huntington Harbor with the snowy mountains as a backdrop in Huntington Beach, CA on Friday, February 22, 2019. Recent storms dropped the snow level to about 2,000 feet. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Max Nieznanski, 6, center, hugs his father Marine Master Sgt. Jeremy Nieznanski after he surprised Max and his older brother Hayden during a YMCA after-school program at Marian Bergeson Elementary School in Laguna Niguel on Wednes
  
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• Successful Aging: Am I too sensitive to how my younger colleagues speak to me?

  20-12-2019 15:48 via ocregister.com
  
  I am 80 years old and work one day a week for a hospital assuming responsibility for the food for two events involving thousands of hospital employees, plus doing some occasional bookkeeping. The folks I work for used to work for me when I was employed as the director of all food services for 12 hospitals. Recently, several colleagues are reminding me to do “this” or “that.” I know what I am doing like the back of my hand. I am wondering if they think that because of my a
  
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• Harrison hopes to retain his WBC belt against Charlo Saturday and bring it back to Detroit

  20-12-2019 15:23 via ocregister.com
  
  ONTARIO >> The wheels of the Motor City don’t roll toward championships anymore. The Tigers, Red Wings, Lions and Pistons had a combined record of 70-165-4 on Thursday.
  Worse yet, it’s hard to even generate an argument about Detroit’s top athlete. Blake Griffin? Dylan Larkin?
  Tony Harrison hopes to join that discussion Saturday night.
  The final protege of trainer Emanuel Steward defeated Jermell Charlo for the WBC 154-pound championship last December, in a unanimous but u
  
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• Most Influential 2019: David Cordero brings Apartment Association to the fight against homelessness

  20-12-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In the world of those who want to end homelessness, the word of the moment is “collaboration.”
  Of course, it’s one thing to talk about collaboration. It’s another to do it.
  David Cordero, executive director of the Apartment Association of Orange County, manages to do both.
  In September, Cordero brought his association — which represents about 2,900 rental-property owners, property managers and suppliers — into a partnership with Orange County United Way’
  
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• Doheny desalination sees growing costs, concerns

  20-12-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A proposed desalination plant near Doheny State Beach could increase the average residential water bill by as much as $15 a month — virtually three times more than a 2017 estimate — according to the latest projections.
  And that’s not the only issue fueling growing financial concerns with the $120 million plant.
  The reluctance of neighboring water districts to commit to buying water from the plant could leave the small South Coast Water District — the plant’s propone
  
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• Buttigieg-Warren clash on campaign trail spills into debate

  20-12-2019 14:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES, KATHLEEN RONAYNE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  LOS ANGELES  — The long-festering feud between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg erupted Thursday night in a high-stakes debate that tested the strength of the Democratic Party’s shrinking pool of presidential contenders just six weeks before primary voting begins.
  Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has emerged as an unlikely presidential power player, gaining ground with a centrist message. Warren
  
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• What you should know about nonprofit finances

  20-12-2019 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  You have accepted an invitation to be on a local nonprofit board of directors, and there’s an initial board meeting next week. Your skill sets closely align with the programs the nonprofit provides to the community it serves. Does that mean the only part of the board meeting you need to be involved in is about the programs? Can you sleep through the rest of the meeting? Definitely not!
  The most important responsibility of a board of directors is managing the nonprofit by making good, sound
  
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• Russell Westbrook, Rockets hand Clippers a rare home loss

  20-12-2019 07:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 19: Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers reacts as he dribbles past PJ Tucker #17 of the Houston Rockets during the first quarter of the game at Staples Center on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 19: Paul George #13 of the LA Clippers drives past Russell Westbrook #0 of the Houston Rockets during the first half of the game at Staples Center on December 19, 2019 in Los A
  
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• Southern Utah hands Long Beach State its 5th straight loss

  20-12-2019 07:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — Long Beach State held Southern Utah to just 11 points through the first 12 minutes of Thursday’s game at the Pyramid, but Cameron Oluyitan and the Thunderbirds shook off their slow start, rallied, then pulled away for an 84-63 nonconference victory.
  Oluyitan scored a career-high 27 points, going 6 for 8 from behind the 3-point arc. He made four of his 3-pointers after intermission when the Thunderbirds broke the game open with a 20-4 run to start the second half.
  Michael
  
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• Tustin basketball wins showdown with rival Foothill

  20-12-2019 07:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Foothill’s Jacob Horton tries to steal the ball from Tustin’s Bradley Burdick in a non-eague basketball game at Tustin High Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  Tustin’s Jason Naranjo celebrates scoring against Foothillin a non-league basketball game at Tustin High Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsTustin’s Jason Naranjo dribbles down the court a
  
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• In the audience, the Democratic debate felt fresh

  20-12-2019 05:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A cross section of Southern Californians who attended the Democratic presidential debate Thursday, Dec. 19, at Loyola Marymount University offered sharply divided views about which of the seven candidates won the night.
  Several audience members who spoke with the Southern California News Group gave the win to Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. But others voted for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden.
  Most agreed this sixth debate was pe
  
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• Clippers’ Ivica Zubac enjoys celebrity interactions that come with job

  20-12-2019 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — To be an NBA player in L.A. means hearing the same old jokes – but with some extra pizzazz, if they’re delivered by celebrities.
  Ivica Zubac – who has played the entirety of his three-plus-year NBA career in L.A., starting with the Lakers, who traded him to the Clippers in February – said he enjoys the opportunity to meet famous folks such as actor/comedian Adam Sandler, who sauntered in the Clippers’ locker room (on rapper/actor LL Cool J’
  
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• Bucks outclass Lakers as Giannis Antetokounmpo extends his range

  20-12-2019 04:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers’ Anthony Davis shoots in front of the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo during the first half of Thursday’s game in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
  Milwaukee Bucks’ Khris Middleton fouls Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMilwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and Los Angeles Lakers’ Dwight Howard battle f
  
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• UCI legal clinic urges South Pasadena officials to release records in police shooting of ‘ER’ actress Vanessa Marquez

  20-12-2019 04:37 via ocregister.com
  
  More than a year after South Pasadena police officers shot and killed actress Vanessa Marquez in front of her home after she allegedly pointed a BB gun at the officers during a wellness check, details of the incident released to the public have been scarce.
  Hoping to bridge that gap between the public and law enforcement is Mackenzie Anderson, a law student at the University of California, Irvine who, along with a classmate and professor, attended a South Pasadena City Council meeting on Wednesd
  
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