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• Remains of American soldier killed in Afghanistan are returned to US

  25-12-2019 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  DOVER, Del. — The remains of a 33-year-old American soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan have been returned to the United States, arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
  Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Goble of Washington Township, New Jersey, was killed Monday in a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province. The Taliban has claimed they were behind the attack.
  An Army carry team loads a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Goble, Wednesday, Dec. 25
  
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• Santa Anita Park is hoping to turn the page in 2020

  25-12-2019 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — If anybody deserves a good, trouble-free 2020, it’s Santa Anita marketing director Nate Newby.
  This past year has not been kind to Newby. Marketing Santa Anita in 2019, with all its troubles, was akin to selling bottled water aboard the Titantic.
  The onslaught of negative news turned a lot of the less-than-hardcore racing fans off in a major way.
  “We were definitely down a little bit in attendance this year, but we’re optimistic leading into this season that we
  
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• Chargers TE Hunter Henry recalls life-changing trip to Guatemala

  25-12-2019 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Hunter Henry was a highly recruited football player in high school, but he gave soccer a try before committing to the University of Arkansas.
  If Henry had any desire to be a two-sport athlete for the Razorbacks, those hopes quickly vanished during a trip to Guatemala when Henry was 16.
  Henry’s church hosted a soccer camp for children in Guatemala City. Henry played goalkeeper, and had the length advantage at 6-foot-5, but that did him no favors.
  “He got scored on a
  
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• At Christmas Eve ‘Fiddler’ sing-along, Laemmle Theaters feel the love in wake of potential sale

  25-12-2019 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Choruses of nine full movie theaters around Los Angeles crooned, “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “If I Were a Rich Man,” on Tuesday night as folk dancing characters of the 1971 film, “Fiddler on the Roof” fluttered across big screens.
  The Christmas Eve “Fiddler on the Roof” sing-along is a Laemmle Theatres tradition 12 years running. Yet patrons felt an especially deep appreciation for the family-owned art-house chain at this year’s event &mdash
  
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• Lakers-Clippers on Christmas Day: Live NBA updates

  25-12-2019 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard spins for a shot in front of the Lakers’ Danny Green during Tuesday’s season opener at Staples Center. Leonard was his typical dominant self in his Clippers debut with 30 points, six rebounds and five assists in a 112-102 victory. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  Clippers Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , #2, eyes a two point shot as Lakers Alex Caruso, #4, defends during second half action at Staples Center Monday, March 4, 2019.The Clippers defeated the L
  
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• Firefighters knock down Anaheim mobile home blaze

  25-12-2019 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Firefighters quickly put out a Christmas Day fire at a mobile home in Anaheim that left four adults temporarily homeless.
  Firefighters dispatched at 7:35 a.m. to the 200 block of North Grand Avenue had the blaze out about 8 a.m., Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.
  The mobile home suffered “small damage to the exterior but significant damage to the interior,” Wyatt said.
  No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire was under investigation.
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• USC players see Holiday Bowl as impetus to regain fans

  25-12-2019 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — USC has a few things it wants to accomplish in Friday’s Holiday Bowl against Iowa. Beat a top-25 team, gain some momentum for 2020.
  And maybe with a victory, help win back some of the fans.
  The discourse around the team has been a complicated one all season, especially the past few weeks since the regular season ended. Fans upset that USC retained head coach Clay Helton have made their opinions known on social media.
  Senior wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. won’t be
  
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• Allee Willis, songwriter famous for ‘September,’ ‘Friends’ theme, dies at 72

  25-12-2019 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Allee Willis, who wrote the iconic theme song to the TV show “Friends” and co-wrote the Earth, Wind & Fire classics “September” and “Boogie Wonderland,” died on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles at the age of 72, it was announced Wednesday.
  Willis also co-wrote the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” and the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance” — among hundreds of other songs — and won a Grammy for 1985&
  
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• Christmas storm to bring rain, heavy snow; wind advisory issued for Thursday

  25-12-2019 17:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A Christmas storm could produce heavy rain and snow, forecasters said Wednesday, warning that travel through parts of the Inland Empire may be difficult.
  A trough of low pressure hanging off the coast will overlay most of Southern California by Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, ushering in significant precipitation comparable to what was seen on Thanksgiving.
  The NWS has issued a wind advisory for Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for Orange County and the inland empir
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: My realistic 2020 New Year’s resolutions. Some involve doughnuts.

  25-12-2019 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  I don’t know if you’re the sort who makes New Year resolutions, or if you’ve just given up because you think they’re doomed to failure. Last year I pledged to gain weight and, guess what? I achieved that goal! I also pledged not to run over any fitness nuts in the gym parking lot, and I also achieved that! So I feel like I’m on a roll. Here’s what I’m vowing for 2020:
  I will control my aggravation when my friend texts me for the 1,000th time that she wil
  
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• A Christmas lesson on compassion and government power

  25-12-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This week, children may learn about that greedy man, Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is selfish until ghosts scare him into thinking about others’ well-being, not just his own.
  Good for the ghosts.
  But the way Scrooge addresses others’ needs matters.
  Today’s advocates of equality, compassion, increased spending on education, health care, etc., say “we care” but demand that government do the work.
  Controlling other people with the power of government doesn’t prove yo
  
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• The Christmas Truce of 1914 proved that peace is possible

  25-12-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As 1914 drew to a close, Europe had been at war for months.
  On the Western Front, opposing armies faced each other across a stalemated front line running from the North Sea to the Swiss border.  On December 24, 100,000 soldiers from both sides of that line decided to create some peace on Earth.
  They decorated their trenches with holiday spirit. They sang carols to each other across “No Man’s Land,” then walked into the space between their trenches, met, smoked and drank to
  
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• Hal Landon Jr. takes his final bow as Scrooge in South Coast Repertory’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

  25-12-2019 05:58 via ocregister.com
  
  ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house 507 people stood applauding and cheering an actor whose portrayal of Scrooge had spanned 40 years. After Tuesday evening’s ovation the performance was a ghost of Orange County’s Christmas past.
  The heartfelt celebration from a capacity audience was for Hal Landon Jr. in his final performance of “A Christmas Carol.” Since 1980 the actor has starred in South Coast Repertory’s annual production of the C
  
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• 3 arrested on suspicion of trafficking underage girl and woman for sex in Anaheim

  25-12-2019 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities arrested three people last week on suspicion of trafficking a 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old woman for sex in Anaheim and other cities throughout the state, police said Tuesday, Dec. 24.
  Officers working with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Human Trafficking Task Force were notified of the alleged prostitution operation Sunday, Dec. 15, Anaheim Police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. They made contact with the victims, as well as two women who were both arrested at
  
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• 3 arrested on suspicion of trafficking teen and woman for sex in Anaheim

  25-12-2019 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities arrested three people last week on suspicion of trafficking a 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old woman for sex in Anaheim and other cities throughout the state, police said Tuesday, Dec. 24.
  Officers working with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Human Trafficking Task Force were notified of the alleged prostitution operation Sunday, Dec. 15, Anaheim Police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. They made contact with the victims, as well as two women who were both arrested at
  
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• Surfer attacked by shark near Channel Islands calls rescue a ‘Christmas miracle’

  25-12-2019 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A surfer attacked by a shark off the coast of Southern California called his tale of survival a “Christmas miracle” that he hopes will inspire others who are going through tough times.
  Adam Coons, 37, was surfing his last wave of the day near Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands, on Saturday afternoon when the shark suddenly emerged.
  “It felt like I just got blasted by a torpedo,” Coons told ABC News. “I didn’t feel the bite from the adrenaline and th
  
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• A Christmas Eve kiss and Feast of the Fishes: Jim Doti

  25-12-2019 04:18 via ocregister.com
  
  On Christmas Eve, my parents, two older brothers and I were seated around our dinner table ready to celebrate an annual Sicilian tradition, the Feast of the Seven Fishes. The year was 1955, and I was 9 years old. Our new neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Vozihnoj, and their two daughters, Bozena and Elikap, joined us.
  Three months earlier, the Vozihnoj family had moved into our melting-pot Chicago neighborhood as immigrants from a country they called “Bohemia.” On the day they moved in, Ma cal
  
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• Sacramento’s push for density could come to your neighborhood

  25-12-2019 04:14 via ocregister.com
  
  California is headed for civil war. This isn’t a fight with the other states or the federal government. It’s a battle over land use, and how the use of any one property affects the lives of everybody else around it.
  State law has created housing scarcity in California by imposing layers of costs and restrictions on construction, and especially by limiting development in outlying areas.
  New communities could be built if the state government wasn’t measuring driving distance and
  
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• USC’s Isaac Taylor-Stuart, Kenan Christon return home to San Diego

  25-12-2019 03:58 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — USC’s trip to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego allowed players such as cornerback Isaac Taylor-Stuart and running back Kenan Christon to come back to their hometowns for the end of the season.
  Taylor-Stuart, a Helix High grad, was a starter for much of his redshirt freshman season. He made 36 tackles (one for loss), defended five passes and intercepted another.
  That interception came in the final game of the regular season, when Taylor-Stuart jumped a route and created the t
  
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• Rams’ Jared Goff takes encouragement and hard lessons from season

  25-12-2019 03:10 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Jared Goff’s disappointing year is ending with an encouraging month.
  After going all of November without a touchdown pass, the quarterback with the league-high $110 million guaranteed contract has been himself again in December and will take his best statistical stretch of the season into the Rams’ finale against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum.
  It’s either one more example of the inconsistency that’s costing Goff and the Ra
  
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• VOTE: Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week (Dec. 27)

  25-12-2019 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Each week, publications from the The Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) nominate Athletes of the Week for their respective region.
  Each nominee is entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week county-wide vote.
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• VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week (Dec. 27)

  25-12-2019 03:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Each week, publications from the The Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) nominate Athletes of the Week for their respective region.
  Each nominee is entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week county-wide vote.
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• Whicker: John Jackson greets a Christmas that he wasn’t sure he’d see

  25-12-2019 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Redshirt Year is nearly over. John Jackson Jr. is eligible again.
  Most of us are. We’re eligible to smell and taste and see things to the limit, to take a step and appreciate God’s green earth beneath us. Hardly any of us do. JJ didn’t either, not always. He was running like he did at USC when he was an All-Pac-10 receiver, when he was setting USC’s stolen base record, making the grades, raising three kids with his wife Ann, watching them perform at high levels but de
  
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• UCI men’s basketball coach Russ Turner looks to get team right before Big West play begins

  25-12-2019 02:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Russ Turner doesn’t doubt his team’s ability. But the UC Irvine men’s basketball coach knows his team has to shore up a few things before Big West Conference play begins for the Anteaters on Jan. 11 against Hawaii.
  UCI is not shooting the way it did last season — especially from 3-point range — when it not only won the conference tournament title, but won its first NCAA Tournament game in program history. The Anteaters are also not playing defense the way Turner wou
  
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• Suspect in Newport Beach bank robbery arrested in La Quinta after more attempted heists

  25-12-2019 01:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A suspect in a Newport Beach bank robbery managed to evade arrest after his vehicle was spotted by local police Monday, Dec. 23, but was taken into custody the following day in Riverside County.
  Newport Beach Police Detectives arrested Barry Allan Buydens, 56, in his city of residence, La Quinta, at about 8:25 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, NBPD officials said in a news release. He was booked on suspicion of evading arrest, robbery and two counts of attempted robbery.
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• Suspect in Newport Beach bank robbery arrested after more attempted heists

  25-12-2019 01:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A suspect in a Newport Beach bank robbery managed to evade arrest after his vehicle was spotted by local police Monday, Dec. 23, but was taken into custody the following day in Riverside County.
  Newport Beach Police Detectives arrested Barry Allan Buydens, 56, in his city of residence, La Quinta, at about 8:25 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, NBPD officials said in a news release. He was booked on suspicion of evading arrest, robbery and two counts of attempted robbery.
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• Clippers, Kawhi Leonard downplay report of improper requests

  25-12-2019 01:49 via ocregister.com
  
  PLAYA VISTA — On the eve of Round 2 in the Battle for L.A., there was still sorting out happening about both teams got here, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on one side in Lakers’ purple and gold and Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on the other side, sporting Clippers’ logos.
  On Monday, the Athletic’s Sam Amick reported that Leonard, who became the highest-profile free agent ever to choose to come to the Clippers after also considering signing with the Lakers and re-sig
  
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• When the Christmas rain comes depends on where you live

  25-12-2019 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Commuters on Christmas morning should have no problem weather-wise traveling to loved ones’ homes – but the drive back could be a bit challenging.
  On Tuesday, meteorologists said they expected heavy rainfall to hit the coasts and valleys in Los Angeles County by Christmas afternoon, and later into the night in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
  “There may be some scattered showers in the morning, however they would be very light,” , said Tom Fisher, a meteorol
  
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• Voters were promised high-speed rail, not a boondoggle

  25-12-2019 00:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The California High Speed Rail Authority has a new plan to complete the necessary construction for 119 miles of track in the Central Valley by 2022, as required by federal grant agreements. They’re going to build the track in non-continuous 5-mile segments.
  Just when you thought nothing could be more ridiculous than the plan to run the bullet train between San Jose and an orchard near Wasco, the rail authority announces a plan to build segments of track that don’t connect to each oth
  
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