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• Sea lion pup drops 30 feet from pedestrian bridge onto Coast Highway

  24-12-2019 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  A 33-pound sea lion pup is in critical condition at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center after he dropped more than 30 feet from a footbridge to Aliso Beach over Coast Highway.
  “Despite falling almost two stories, the animal appears not to have any fractures or internal injuries,” said Peter Chang, CEO of PMMC, a nonprofit that rescues marine mammals along Orange County’s coast.
  Around 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, the center rescue staff received a call from Laguna Beach Animal Contr
  
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• How the Lakers and Clippers stack up in building title contenders

  24-12-2019 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — At summers’ end, two superteams had formed in Los Angeles, fueling immediate debate: Who did a better job building a contender? The Clippers or the Lakers?
  “They’re good and we’re good,” Kyle Kuzma said. “So anytime both L.A. teams are good, you’re gonna naturally have that type of a rivalry.
  But games in December don’t typically matter too much in May and June. As Kawhi Leonard would say, the big goal is the “Larry O.B.&r
  
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• Park Life: Star Tours heads for ‘Rise of Skywalker’ planets and Six Flags launches West Coast Racers coaster

  24-12-2019 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  What new planets will Star Tours visit in “The Rise of Skywalker” finale? Are you ready to burn rubber on West Coast Racers at Six Flags Magic Mountain? Southern California theme parks add a few new presents under the Christmas tree in this week’s Park Life newsletter.
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  New Mission
  The updated Star Tours surfs massive waves on
  
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• A last Christmas for 12 Sears stores in Southern California

  24-12-2019 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The missteps of Sears are plain to see in the bold letters on banners outside and inside its soon-to-be-shuttered stores.
  “Store closing.”
  “Nothing held back.”
  “Everything must go.”
  For many Sears locations in Southern California, this holiday shopping season represents the last Christmas for an iconic brand that was, in its heyday, the Amazon.com of its time.
  People come and go from Sears at Valley Plaza in North Hollywood on Friday, November 8, 2019. Sears a
  
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• Wildfires cause turmoil in California’s property insurance market

  24-12-2019 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ken Sweet and Sarah Skidmore Sell, The Associated Press
  Kent Michitsch seemed to be running out of traditional options to insure the home he’s lived in for more than 30 years northeast of San Diego as California’s massive property insurance market reels from three consecutive years of destructive wildfires.
  Michitsch, 57, has received three non-renewal notices in three years and says he fears a fourth when his homeowners’ policy comes up for renewal the middle of next year i
  
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• Rapper Blueface draws backlash for tossing cash from SUV onto LA’s Skid Row

  24-12-2019 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A local rapper says it was “the season of giving,” but a video of Blueface standing atop an SUV in the downtown Los Angeles Skid Row area and tossing money into the air as the homeless and others scrambled to grab the floating bills is generating plenty of debate.
  Blueface, 22, posted the video Monday afternoon, showing him standing on the SUV in front of the Emmanuel Baptist Rescue Mission, where lines of tents of homeless people can be seen along the sidewalks.
  
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• Orange County football: 2019 All-League Teams

  24-12-2019 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe all-league football selections for all of the leagues — from Big 4 League to Trinity League.
  BIG 4 LEAGUE
  Co-MVP: Dane Brenton, Marina
  Co-MVP: Andrew Schouw, Segerstrom
  Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Pharoah Rush, Marina
  Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Angel Vega, Segerstrom
  Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Tafisi Gauta, Garden Grove
  Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Reymundo Garcia, Segerstrom
  Co
  
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• New Foothill boys basketball coach excited about prospects for the future

  24-12-2019 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Foothill High’s first-year boys basketball coach Yousof Etemadi has only been guiding the Knights for about a month, but he’s already seeing progress.
  The Knights have a 6-7 overall record following a 54-45 loss to Tustin on Dec. 19 at Tustin.
  “It’s been going really good,” Etemadi said. “I’m really proud of the way they’re working. We won seven games last year and we’re already at six. Our boys are working hard and we have a good group of se
  
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• Christmas Eve reflections on the importance of humility

  24-12-2019 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Tomorrow is Christmas.
  We can spend a lot of time on the theology of what Christmas signifies.  Brighter minds than mine have tried to demystify the concept of God, a higher power, a diffuse presence that unites all life.  Better scholars than I have read the sacred scriptures of their faiths, written books, and given sermons inspired by what they found.  I take nothing from them—literally, God bless them! But the whole idea of believing in something beyond wh
  
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• See how we photographed Santa underwater for the Christmas Day paper

  24-12-2019 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Register staff photographer Leonard Ortiz photographs Santa at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on December 11, 2019. (Photo by Michele Cardon, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  In tomorrow’s newspaper, readers will see a full-page Christmas Day portrait on the front page. The photo shows Santa, underwater, greeting a surprised girl.
  Art director Laila Derakhshanian and photo editor Michele Cardon worked closely with staff at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach to c
  
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• See how we photographed Santa under water for the Christmas Day paper

  24-12-2019 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Register staff photographer Leonard Ortiz photographs Santa at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on December 11, 2019. (Photo by Michele Cardon, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Art director Laila Derakhshanian and photo editor Michele Cardon worked closely with staff at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach to coordinate the hour-long photo shoot in front of the facility’s three-story Blue Cavern exhibit.
  Photographer Leonard Ortiz used a Nikon D810 and three strobe
  
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• Many Chargers go unnoticed in 2019 amid losing season

  24-12-2019 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Keenan Allen, Mike Williams and Austin Ekeler are on the verge of becoming the first trio with at least 1,000 receiving yards in the same season since 2008. That feat has only happened five times in NFL history, but only Allen is headed to the Pro Bowl from the Chargers’ trio.
  Chargers cornerback Casey Hayward has had one of his best seasons, and has the high Pro Football Focus score to back it up, but he’s also not headed to the Pro Bowl.
  Chargers fullback Derek W
  
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• Kalanick splits from Uber: Ex-CEO leaves board of directors, sells remaining shares

  24-12-2019 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick has cut the last ties he had with the company he co-founded and helped build into a giant in the ride-hailing industry.
  On Tuesday, Uber said Kalanick will leave its board of directors, effective Dec. 31. Kalanick said in a statement that with Uber having gone public earlier this year, “it seems like the right moment for me to focus on my current business and philanthropic pursuits.”
  Kalanick is now involved with CloudKitchens, a company th
  
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• Can you sell your organs for money? Ask the lawyer

  24-12-2019 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I recall a story awhile back where someone tried to sell his kidney on eBay. Is it legal to sell one of your organs, be it on eBay or otherwise?
  -C.H., Los Angeles
  Ron Sokol
  A: EBay does not allow the selling of one’s kidney (or anyone else’s kidney for that matter). The National Organ Transplant Act, enacted in 1984, disallows either the sale or purchase of human organs. Doing so can be punishable by as much as five years in prison or a fine of $50,000. There are some body parts,
  
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• Report: LeBron James and Anthony Davis expected to play in Lakers-Clippers on Christmas

  24-12-2019 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  You can keep Christmas circled on the calendar.
  A mega-watt crosstown match-up between the Lakers and the Clippers is expected to have all its stars, according to an ESPN report. While LeBron James (thoracic muscle strain) and Anthony Davis (right knee soreness) will officially be listed as questionable on the night before Christmas, both are likely to suit up for the game.
  A source confirmed to Southern California News Group that the Lakers had a morning walkthrough, and that both James and Dav
  
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• 3 things to do at Southern California casinos (Dec. 27-Jan. 2)

  24-12-2019 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  Before there was the Tom Cruise film version of “Rock of Ages” there was the on-stage musical version that celebrated some of the great hair bands and artists of the ’80s, including Styx, Bon Jovi, Poison, Pat Benatar and more. That musical is coming to The Show at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa in Rancho Mirage for one night.
  8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 32250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. $25-$45 (six-ticket limit per custome
  
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• Celebrity deaths in 2019: Those we’ve lost this year

  24-12-2019 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A look back at the notable people from entertainment, politics, news, business, and sports that we’ve lost in 2019.
   
  FILE РIn this Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, Peter Fonda, poses atop a Harley-Davidson motorcyclein Glendale, Calif. Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like “Easy Rider,” has died. His family says in a statement that Fonda di
  
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• Take the controversy out of ethnic studies, be accurate

  24-12-2019 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There are few things most of the minority groups who together make up the majority in today’s California want more than simple inclusivity.
  And yet…When a state panel made up largely of ethnic minority group teachers and college professors last summer submitted a proposed ethnic studies curriculum cobbled together in just six sessions for use in virtually all the state’s public schools, it was anything but inclusive.
  Yes, the plan gave plenty of attention to anti-immigrant rhe
  
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• Michael Pittman Jr. has chance to cement himself in USC record books in final game

  24-12-2019 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Pittman didn’t realize it needed to be said, but the senior USC wide receiver sent out what he thought was an innocuous tweet.
  “Just in case y’all wondering I am playing in the bowl game,” it read.
  Then the responses started pouring in.
  “I would expect nothing less from one of the greatest WR[s] to ever wear the uniform,” read one.
  “You are all that a Trojan is and should be,” said another, while one fan declared Pittman “one of my al
  
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• Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons

  24-12-2019 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
  MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy hypersonic weapons.
  Speaking at a meeting with top military brass, Putin said that for the first time in history Russia is now leading the world in developing an entire new class of weapons unlike in the past when it was catching up with the United States.
  The Russian leader noted that during Cold War
  
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• Rise of the robocalls: Southern Californians getting almost 9 million a day

  24-12-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Your phone rings. The number on your caller ID isn’t one of your contacts. You wince, wondering whether to answer just in case, or let it go to voicemail.
  If there’s a recorded voice on the other end of the line — probably trying to sell you something or scam you into giving up money or personal information — then you have just received one of the 7 million to 9 million robocalls that Southern Californians are estimated to be bombarded with each day.
  A new federal law int
  
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• Heisler: It’s a merry holiday for Lakers and Clippers

  24-12-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  L.A. vs. L.A. (cont): It’s a merry holiday for local fans, awakening Christmas to the next game in their long-awaited four-times-a-season rivalry.
  If followers of both teams longed for a rivalry, it was only because Laker fans thought it was fun to step on the Clippers … like the time the Clips didn’t give Shaquille O’Neal all the tickets he wanted and he dropped 61 points on them.
  Meanwhile, Clipper fans lived to upend the haughty Lakers … as their team has done
  
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• Saddleback Church could sell land by its Mission Viejo office for up to 80 homes

  24-12-2019 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Saddleback Church’s plan to sell 12 acres of its Mission Viejo property for a housing project will mean an infusion of $2 million into Mission Viejo city coffers if it goes through.
  The vacant land was included as part of the church’s 2016 purchase of a nearby office building for its administrative offices. But the vacant portion of the property had been previously limited to open space for the city. Mission Viejo City Council members agreed recently that if Saddleback Church sells t
  
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• Mission Viejo OKs land for up to 80 homes if Saddleback Church sells land by its offices

  24-12-2019 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Saddleback Church’s plan to sell 12 acres of its Mission Viejo property for a housing project will mean an infusion of $2 million into Mission Viejo city coffers if it goes through.
  The vacant land was included as part of the church’s 2016 purchase of a nearby office building for its administrative offices. But the vacant portion of the property had been previously limited to open space for the city. Mission Viejo City Council members agreed recently that if Saddleback Church sells t
  
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• 100-plus Nativity sets fill Santa Ana home with Christmas spirit

  24-12-2019 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Alma Madrid bought the near life-size Nativity set that belonged to the Crystal Cathedral at a garage sale. The scene now sits in her backyard in Santa Ana, CA, on Friday, Dec 20, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Alma Madrid shows off a tiny Nativity scene at her home in Santa Ana, CA, on Friday, Dec 20, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAlma Madrid bought the near life-size Nativity scene that belonged to
  
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• R2-D2 droid roams freely around Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge during Disneyland play test

  24-12-2019 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A familiar blue and white astromech unit roamed freely around Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge speaking droid and marvelling at the Millennium Falcon as surprised Disneyland visitors snapped photographs.
  The “play tests” with R2-D2 in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge are part of an ongoing innovation process looking at new ways for guests to experience Disney parks, according to Disneyland officials. The experiences being tested may or may not end up as theme park offerings, officials sa
  
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• Trump lashes out as impeachment trial stuck in limbo

  24-12-2019 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER
  PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday as his Senate impeachment trial remains at an impasse, with Republican and Democratic leaders at odds over its format and whether witnesses should be called.
  Speaking at his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, after a teleconference call with troops stationed across the globe, Trump singled out Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is indefinitely holding up sending the articles of impeachment the House passed last week to th
  
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• The top 10 theme park moments of 2019

  24-12-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  OK, theme park fans — what were your favorite moments of 2019? Here were mine:
  Patrons at Oga’s Cantina are among the first visitors to Disneyland to be able to buy alcohol during opening day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge on Friday, May 31, 2019. . (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  10. The end of Prohibition at Disneyland: Oga’s Cantina opened with the rest of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in May, becoming the first bar open to the public
  
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• Cold, wet and snowy Christmas storm coming to Southern California

  24-12-2019 15:32 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Southern California will catch a break Tuesday from the weather, but a cold, strong storm with the potential to drop up to 3 inches of rain in some parts of Los Angeles County and up to 2 feet of snow in the local mountains is forecast to slam the region on Christmas night.
  Rainfall totals of up to 2 inches in Malibu and Pasadena and up to 1.5-inches in Long Beach and Santa Clarita were predicted by the National Weather Service, which also forecast that snow levels could drop
  
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• Most Influential 2019: Mandy Kelly is helping her students lead a nationwide movement to spread kindness

  24-12-2019 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Mandy Kelly is the first to say her students teach her as much as she teaches them.
  She wants it that way.
  “When you teach from the top-down, you shut off 36 ideas that were possible,” said Kelly, 31, a sixth-grade teacher at Trabuco Mesa Elementary in Rancho Santa Margarita.When Kelly assigned her students in 2016 to do random acts of kindness for a month, they turned the class lesson into a nationwide social media challenge.
  This year the challenge, which exploded in popularity, he
  
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• California businesses at the breaking point due to minimum wage hikes

  24-12-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s minimum wage rises to $13 an hour on Jan. 1, and a number of its localities now have wage rates above $15 an hour.
  Labor groups promised that $15 would be an economic boon for the state, while then-Gov. Jerry Brown worried that “economically, the minimum wage may not make sense.” The state’s experience with rapidly rising wage rates show the former governor was right to be concerned.
  Consider the impact on the state’s full-service restaurant industry, w
  
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• Walnut’s Malik Khouzam voted Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week

  24-12-2019 08:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week
  Athlete: Malik Khouzam
  School: Walnut
  Sport: Basketball
  Noteworthy: In the championship game of the Glendora boys basketball tournament Saturday, Khouzam made a 3-pointer with seven seconds left to give Walnut a 60-59 victory over Bishop Amat. Khouzam, who earned all-tournament honors, finished with 20 points and made five 3-pointers.
  
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• Blues bury Kings early with four first-period goals

  24-12-2019 06:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick looks back for the puck after a save as the Blues’ David Perron (57) hopes for a rebound during the first period of Monday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 23:Brayden Schenn #10 of the St. Louis Blues celebrates his goal with Vince Dunn #29, to take a 1-0 lead over the Los Angeles Kings, during the first period at Staples Center on December 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo b
  
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• Has the time come for ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ to stop fighting?

  24-12-2019 06:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Pop culture is littered with doomed, self-destructive relationships.
  Buffy the Vampire Slayer dated Spike the Slayer of Vampire Slayers, and you knew that was never gonna work.Padmé and Anakin tried to make it work in the earliest “Star Wars” trilogy and when things fell apart she died of a broken heart, and he, well, he tried to destroy galaxies, now didn’t he?And now, after the second of three reunion shows for Season 14 of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,&
  
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• Suspect sought in Yorba Linda bank robbery

  24-12-2019 06:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A thief fled with cash taken during a Yorba Linda bank robbery on Monday, Dec. 23.
  The heist took place at the Chase Bank branch in Yorba Linda, 17490 Yorba Linda Blvd., Orange County Sheriff’s Sgt. Joses Walehwa said. The suspect walked into the building at about 1:20 p.m. and handed a note to an employee, who then provided him with money.
  The robber was described only as a man between the ages of 50 and 60 years old, Walehwa said. Witnesses did not observe a firearm in his possession.
  Au
  
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• Celebration of life ceremony planned for search and rescue volunteer who died on Mt. Baldy

  24-12-2019 05:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A celebration of life ceremony is planned for Saturday, Dec. 28, for a volunteer search and rescue worker who died while looking for a hiker who went missing in early December.
  Tim Staples, 32, died on Saturday, Dec. 14, after an apparent fall while searching for missing hiker Sreenivas “Sree” Mokkapati, 52, of Irvine.
  Officials announced Monday that Staples’ celebration of life ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rancho Cucamonga at Abundant Living Church at 10900 Civi
  
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• Rose Bowl: Ducks coach Mario Cristobal leads a team fashioned in his own image

  24-12-2019 04:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Not every head coach gets a second chance.
  Mario Cristobal had his moments at Florida International, like winning the Sun Belt title in 2010. But four of his six seasons ended with losing records, including a 3-9 2012 that resulted in him being fired.
  ROSE BOWL 2020 TEAM PREVIEW: Oregon
  So he went back to his roots as an offensive line coach, assisting at Alabama for four years. Then he got a job as co-offensive coordinator at Oregon. And when head coach Willie Taggart left Eugene after one year
  
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• Wisconsin enters Rose Bowl behind nation’s top-running back

  24-12-2019 04:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Wisconsin knows all too well the danger of last-minute plays.
  In the 2011 Rose Bowl against TCU, an attempt to tie the game in its final two minutes was prevented as the Badgers’ two-point conversion was swatted away by TCU’s Tank Carder. Wisconsin lost the game, 21-19.
  Returning to Pasadena in 2012, this time against Oregon, it was a fumble by wide receiver Jared Abbrederis in the game’s last five minutes that allowed the Ducks to recover the ball and defeat the Badgers, 45-38
  
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• Oregon’s Herbert on the Rose Bowl: ‘This is everything we wanted’

  24-12-2019 04:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Justin Herbert didn’t need to return to Oregon for his senior season.
  Had he left for the NFL Draft following his junior year, no one would have blamed the quarterback. He’d already lifted a program that went 4-8 his freshman year to a nine-win season in 2018.
  But Herbert came back to play his senior season for his hometown college. The Eugene native had been lightly recruited out of high school, picking the Ducks over programs like Montana State and Northern Arizona. Herbert wanted
  
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• Clippers bring string of blown leads into holiday showdown with Lakers

  24-12-2019 03:37 via ocregister.com
  
  For all the good times and merriment they promise, the holidays are nothing if not stressful – just ask L.A.’s two NBA superteams, both of whom are limping heading into a Christmas Day rematch that seemed a week ago like it would be the stuff statements are made off.
  Now, the main course on Wednesday’s NBA holiday schedule suddenly seems squishier, like it might be a less substantial meal than what everyone was wishing for.
  The Lakers – who will host the Staples Center sh
  
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• Reasons to waver on the California waiver

  24-12-2019 03:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The support for California’s automobile emission waiver should be wavering. It once made some sense, but when it was repurposed from focusing on smog to focusing on greenhouse gas emissions, it made far less sense. Given that issue’s contentiousness today, it is worth revisiting.
  When California was first granted a waiver from federal emission standards, there was a good reason. It was allowed because the Los Angeles region was particularly susceptible to smog as a result of a unique
  
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• Chargers will finish last in AFC West, but can find some solace in Kansas City

  24-12-2019 03:14 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Philip Rivers’ game-ending interception in Detroit. Losing to a rookie third-string quarterback versus Pittsburgh. Melvin Gordon’s last-second goal-line fumble in Tennessee. The seven turnovers against Minnesota.
  All of those losses stung for the Chargers this season. The boatload of injuries to start the year also stung and stunk.
  But the biggest sting of all might be the team’s 0-5 record against AFC West foes.
  “Well, since you brought it up,” C
  
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• Lakers’ Frank Vogel was among the first to give Paul George an NBA chance

  24-12-2019 03:13 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The last time they spoke, fires raged in the hills of Los Angeles.
  When the Getty Fire threatened several residential areas in late October, there were more than a few NBA players who were fearful they might have to relocate, Paul George among them. That was when he heard from his old coach, Frank Vogel, offering him a place to stay if he needed it.
  “He reached out, giving support, ‘If you need anything,’” George said last week. “If we need a hous
  
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• Long Beach State can’t overcome cold shooting, turnovers in Seattle

  24-12-2019 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Cold shooting and turnovers put Long Beach State in a 20-point hole by halftime, and there was no digging out of it in a 79-57 loss to Seattle on Monday afternoon.
  Terrell Brown had 17 points, eight assists and four steals to lead five Seattle players in double figures as the Redhawks turned 23 LBSU turnovers into 28 points.
  Myles Carter added 13 points, Morgan Means chipped in 12, Delante Jones scored 11 and Riley Grigsby had 10 for the Redhawks (7-7). Means also had nine assist
  
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• Spotlight: Don’t miss these Rose Parade floats

  24-12-2019 03:02 via ocregister.com
  
  These three 2020 Rose Parade floats are sure bets to be crowd pleasers.
  INSIDE THE PARADE: How floats are built
  Float: Cultivating Curiosity
  Sponsor: Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens
  Builder: Phoenix Decorating Company, phoenixdeco.com
  The Huntington celebrates its centennial with a mini-trip to the famed San Marino library and gardens in float form. It features iconic elements in the collections including the Pavilion of the Three Friends from the Chinese Garden, the arched
  
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• Whicker: Without a Plan B, Dodgers might rue the day they lost Hyun-Jin Ryu

  24-12-2019 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Criticized for their reluctance to sign someone else’s players, the Dodgers decided not to sign one of their own.
  That’ll show ’em.
  Hyun-Jin Ryu looked like a Dodger-for-life. He was the most famous Korean in a county that, in the 2010 census, had more than 230,000. He also was the best National League pitcher this season and won the ERA championship.
  When the Toronto Blue Jays waved a four-year contract at Ryu, the Dodgers waved goodbye. The price was $80 million, which does n
  
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• Disneyland cast members will be the first to ride Rise of the Resistance

  24-12-2019 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland cast members just got an early present under the Christmas tree: The 30,000 employees will be the first to experience Rise of the Resistance at the Anaheim theme park.
  Disneyland cast members will preview the new Rise of the Resistance attraction on Jan. 8-17, according to Disney officials.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
  SEE ALSO: Rise of the Resistance: I rode Di
  
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• Rose Parade: Float builders put art and magic on wheels

  24-12-2019 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  On a chilly weekend morning in late November, a stream of almost finished Rose Parade floats make their way slowly down a back street in Irwindale.
  This almost-parade was a “T-2” day at Phoenix Decorating Company, the third required inspection of these future floats by parade officials.
  Officials were busily taking measurements and assessing how these lumbering beasts take corners (very slowly).
   
  Floats go from idea to artist rendering to a 3-D scale model or detailed blueprint
  
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• Laguna Woods condo board greenlights LED-conversion project for streetlights

  24-12-2019 02:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The future is looking bright for Third Mutual as the board on Tuesday, Dec. 17, unanimously authorized a project that would increase the effectiveness of the mutual’s street lighting.
  The LED Conversion Project, recommended by contractor Siemens, will convert 759 street light fixtures from high-pressure sodium technology to light-emitting diode models, or LEDs, throughout the mutual, according to a Village Management Services staff report.
  “It’s a dramatic change,” VMS Ma
  
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• Winter weather could complicate Christmas travel across Southern California

  24-12-2019 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Dreaming of a white Christmas? Prepare for a wet one instead, meteorologists said Monday.
  Weather watchers were keeping track of a potential storm system blowing into the area on Wednesday that’s likely to bring scattered rains across most of Southern California, according to the National Weather Service.
  The storm could be similar in strength to one that drenched much of the region over the weekend and into Monday morning, said Tom Fisher, an NWS meteorologist.
  Or there could be little ra
  
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