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• Santa Anita and six incomparable horse racing memories

  26-12-2019 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Most, if not all, regular visitors to Santa Anita have their favorite memories of the Great Race Place and the many storied figures that have graced the venue with their presence through the years.
  The historic race track has been home to some of the sport’s greatest stars, from equine standouts Seabiscuit, Citation, John Henry and Zenyatta, to horsemen the likes of Bill Shoemaker, Charlie Whittingham, Laffit Pincay and Bob Baffert.
  These are my favorite memories from my years at the track
  
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• $2.6 million bridge will make crossing Superior Avenue safer in Newport Beach

  26-12-2019 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The city of Newport Beach will build a bridge to help pedestrians and bicyclists cross Superior Avenue at West Coast Highway.
  But plans for a dog park accompanying the project were recently nixed by the City Council after complaints from nearby residents.
  Being so close to the coast, officials said, the area gets a lot of foot and bike traffic and the bridge will be a safer option for them. It also will improve access to Sunset Ridge Park, which was developed a few years ago. The 13.7-acre park
  
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• Check out these ‘Rosy’ events before and after the Jan. 1 Tournament of Roses Parade

  26-12-2019 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
   
  A volunteers preps a float for the 130th Tournament of Roses Parade at Fiesta Parade Floats on Dec. 29, 2018 in Irwindale. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
   
  Fresh air and up-close on the parade route or cozy and warm at home are both great choices on New Year’s Day morning to watch the annual spectacular Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. But how does it all come together?
  Find out the little details, the moves and the personalities at a slower pace &nda
  
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• Alexander: The off-season frustration of the Dodgers fan

  26-12-2019 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • Pick one. The Dodgers, from managing partner Mark Walter and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman on down, are:
  (a) Timid.
  (b) Cheap.
  (c) Not as obsessed with winning a World Series as they should be (i.e., the way their fan base is).
  (d) Smart enough to avoid long-term commitments that become more onerous as players get older.
  (e) All of (a), (b) and (c).
  • Among a fan base increasingly frustrated by October failures, not to mention rising tic
  
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• Holiday Bowl preview: USC seniors find meaning in beating Iowa

  26-12-2019 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — No, it’s not the College Football Playoff. No, USC’s 12th national championship isn’t on the line.
  But Friday’s Holiday Bowl against Iowa still has meaning for USC’s players, particularly the seniors.
  The game in San Diego will be the last time players like receiver Michael Pittman Jr., linebacker John Houston Jr. and defensive end Christian Rector suit up as Trojans. They aren’t taking that for granted.
  “We came a long way just to fini
  
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• Bay Area investors sell Montage Beverly Hills for $415 million after buying Dana Point resort for $497 million

  26-12-2019 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain at the Montage Beverly Hills, a 201-room resort sold for a reported $415 million at year-end 2019. (Courtesy: Montage Beverly Hills)
  Bar at the Montage Beverly Hills, a 201-room resort sold for a reported $415 million at year-end 2019. (Courtesy: Montage Beverly Hills)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsStairs at the Montage Beverly Hills, a 201-room resort sold for a reported $415 million at year-end 2019. (Courtesy: Montage Beverly Hills)
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• Bay Area investors sell Beverly Hills resort for $415 million after buying Dana Point hotel for $497 million

  26-12-2019 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain at the Montage Beverly Hills, a 201-room resort sold for a reported $415 million at year-end 2019. (Courtesy: Montage Beverly Hills)
  Bar at the Montage Beverly Hills, a 201-room resort sold for a reported $415 million at year-end 2019. (Courtesy: Montage Beverly Hills)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsStairs at the Montage Beverly Hills, a 201-room resort sold for a reported $415 million at year-end 2019. (Courtesy: Montage Beverly Hills)
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• Orange County Girls Tennis Player of the Year: Kaytlin Taylor, Huntington Beach

  26-12-2019 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Girls Tennis player of the Year Kaytlin Taylor, of Huntington Beach High School, is a member of the Orange County Register’s All-County girls tennis team– photographed in Huntington Beach CA, on Friday, Dec 13, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Orange County Register’s All-County girls tennis team– photographed in Huntington Beach CA, on Friday, Dec 13, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume in
  
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• All-Orange County Girls Tennis: First Team, Second Team

  26-12-2019 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Girls Tennis player of the Year Kaytlin Taylor, of Huntington Beach High School, is a member of the Orange County Register’s All-County girls tennis team– photographed in Huntington Beach CA, on Friday, Dec 13, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Girls tennis Coach of the Year Natasha Schottland, from Portola High School, is a member of the Orange County Register’s All-County girls tennis team– photographed in Huntington Beach CA, on Friday, Dec 13
  
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• Orange County Girls Tennis Coach of the Year: Natasha Schottland, Portola

  26-12-2019 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Register’s All-County girls tennis team– photographed in Huntington Beach CA, on Friday, Dec 13, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Girls tennis Coach of the Year Natasha Schottland, from Portola High School, is a member of the Orange County Register’s All-County girls tennis team– photographed in Huntington Beach CA, on Friday, Dec 13, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume inseco
  
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• Stocks close at record highs; Nasdaq eclipses 9,000 for first time

  26-12-2019 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Retailers and technology companies drove modest gains for stocks on Wall Street Thursday, extending the market’s record-setting run.
  The Nasdaq composite climbed above 9,000 points for the first time as technology stocks rose. The index extended its winning streak to 11 days. Data showing that a last-minute surge in online shopping helped lift holiday sales gave a boost to shares in Amazon and other retailers. The gains lifted major indexes to new record highs.
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• Whicker: Santa Anita turns to technology in effort to limit horse tragedies

  26-12-2019 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  They will not quit running into each other. They will not quit having heart attacks, or clipping the heels of their competitors. They will not stop getting sick.
  But maybe more thoroughbreds will get through this Santa Anita meet alive, thanks to a scanner that deepens the power of probability.
  Santa Anita is the first track to use the Mile-Pet Scanner, developed by the veterinary medicine department at UC Davis.
  Its purpose is to find things inside a horse’s leg, specifically the ankles,
  
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• Senior Moments: As the decade ends, I’m ready to tackle the smallest of problems

  26-12-2019 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Once again I failed to snatch the lid off in time.
  The bright red battery-powered can opener was purported to be a super-easy device that anyone could use.
  Once again, I discovered I’m not anyone.
  When fastened to the top of the can, the opener spins around on its own, severing it from the can seamlessly. Sounds great, yes? And it would be if that’s all it did. But mine shifts into merry-go-round mode, circling the can over and over thumbing its big red nose at me on each trip. I hav
  
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• Photos: Snow in Southern California brings white Christmas a day late

  26-12-2019 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Motorist are stranded along Historic Rte. 66 near Kenwood Ave. as the northbound 15 Freeway in Cajon Pass is shut down due to heavy snowfall in San Bernardino on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
  A semi truck carrying several cars is covered in snow on the southbound 15 Freeway in Cajon Pass during a heavy snowfall in San Bernardino on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019.(Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume ins
  
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• Southern California surfers dominated waves at home and abroad in 2019

  26-12-2019 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a year of great waves and accolades for Southern California surfers who were hoisted up in victory on foreign sands and cheered on by hometown crowds at surf contests in their backyard.
  Here are some of 2019’s most notable surf success stories:
  Olympians named
  Surfing will be taken to a global stage next year as it heads into the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and already surf fans are excited about the local athletes who were named to compete in its debut.
  San Clemente’s Kolohe Andin
  
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• Rain and snow winds down for Southern California but expected to soon return

  26-12-2019 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Skies were expected to clear up by late Thursday, Dec. 27, and stay that way into the weekend after Southern California was battered with a few inches of rain and up to 2 feet of snow in the mountains.
  Heavy rain and snow close Southern California freeways, break record, could linger
  But meteorologists said rain and snow could show up Monday.
  Although the sun was peaking through some skies at around noon Thursday, there was still a chance for some scattered showers and snow in the mountains goin
  
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• Anaheim girl taps to gold, Visit Anaheim completes multi-year project … Bravo!

  26-12-2019 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim dancer wins gold at the ‘Olympics of Tap’
  Megan Reta, an 11-year old dancer from Anaheim, recently traveled with the United States Tap Dance Team to compete at the World Tap Championships in Riesa, Germany. Competing against tap dancers from over 30 different countries, Reta won the gold medal for her tap solo in the children’s division (11 and under). Additionally, Reta’s tap small group won the silver medal in the same age division.
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• Ducks, ill and injured, back at work after 4-day break

  26-12-2019 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  After four days of rest and recovery, the Ducks head back to work Friday, taking on the Vegas Golden Knights at Honda Center. The ailing Ducks appeared to have reached a breaking point when they reached the Christmas break with a 5-1 loss Sunday to the New York Rangers.
  Regaining their health was of paramount concern for Ducks coach Dallas Eakins, who iced a lineup Sunday that lacked six of his top 12 forwards. Not only did a nasty virus sweep through the dressing room, but there were serious in
  
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• Drummond: A look back at Yorba Linda’s year

  26-12-2019 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A look-back at people and events for 2019 in Yorba Linda:
  Saddest civic loss: Longest-serving City Councilman (30 years) and Mayor (5 years) Hank Wedaa, an unwavering low-density, measured-growth advocate for the city, died at age 95.
  Best law enforcement news: The city pays the third-lowest per-capita cost for police services ($178.41) of the county’s 34 cities (range $156.50 to $802.75), based on a recent survey.
  Longest wait for historic restoration: An often-stymied, $1 million renovat
  
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• Best of 2019: Orange County’s 10 best new restaurants of the year

  26-12-2019 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  End-of-year lists like this one are never easy. In terms of legitimate “best new restaurants,” 2019 year gave us an embarrassment of riches. It probably would have been easier to compile a list of the 25 best newcomers, but I’ve never been a fan of participation trophies so I’m sticking with 10. I’ve shuffled and reordered this list two dozen times, at least, and in the end some very good restaurants — steakhouses, supper clubs, taquerias, taverns, bistros, wo
  
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• 11 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, Dec. 27-Jan. 2

  26-12-2019 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘A Twisted Christmas Carol’
  The Group Rep presents a new comedy by Phil Olson, a spoof on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
  When: Runs 4 p.m. Saturday; 7 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 12.
  Where: Lonny Chapman Theatre, upstairs stage, 10900 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood.
  Tickets: $20; $17 seniors and students.
  Information: 818-763-5990. www.thegrouprep.com
  ‘Disney’s Frozen’
  The Broadway play, based on the 2013 movie, by Jennifer L
  
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• Successful Aging: How to fight ageism and change outdated attitudes

  26-12-2019 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Dear readers,This week we continue our conversation about ageism. Various movements, publications and initiatives are helping the American public have a realistic understanding of aging.
  John Feather, the CEO of Grantmakers in Aging, is quoted in a Hartford Foundation report that gets to the essence of the issue. “If you ask anyone who works in the field of aging services or policies about the biggest challenge we face, they may initially say lack of funding, understanding the issue or lac
  
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• Oregon vs. Wisconsin: Rose Bowl Game 2020 preview and updates

  26-12-2019 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The Oregon Ducks and the Wisconsin Badgers will meet in the Rose Bowl Game for the first time since 2012.
  Oregon clinched a spot in the 106th edition of the game, the eighth appearance in program history, following a 37-15 victory over Utah to win the Pac-12 Championship.
  Wisconsin didn’t have the same success, suffering a 34-21 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game, but will represent the conference in Pasadena while Ohio State competes as one of four teams in the College Fo
  
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• Daxon: Big changes for Brea in 2020

  26-12-2019 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Did Santa bring you what you wanted? I bet Steve Vargas says he did.
  Especially after many tries he was finally elected as Brea’s mayor pro tem by his fellow council members with a 3-2 vote. Council members Glenn Parker and Cecilia Hupp were the no votes.  Marty Simonoff was again elected mayor, and with a 5-0 vote.
  Congrats to both of them, and wishes for a year of productive teamwork for the betterment of Brea and all of us.
  The betterment of the Brea Place property at Birch Street
  
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• USC vs. Iowa: Holiday Bowl TV info, scouting report and prediction

  26-12-2019 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  No. 22 USC vs. No. 16 Iowa
  When: 5 p.m. Friday
  Where: SDCCU Stadium, San Diego
  TV/Radio: Fox Sports 1/AM 790
  Records: USC: 8-4, 7-2 in Pac-12; Iowa: 9-3, 6-3 in Big Ten
  2019 USC stats
  QB Kedon Slovis: 260-362, 3,242 yards, 28 TDs, 9 INTs
  RB Vavae Malepeai: 97 carries, 466 yards, 6 TDs
  WR Michael Pittman Jr.: 95 rec., 1,222 yards, 11 TDs
  LB John Houston Jr.: 100 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 PBUs
  S Isaiah Pola-Mao: 68 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 4 INTs
  USC injury report: OUT: QB JT
  
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• Some mountain resorts closed after storm shuts down Southern California roads

  26-12-2019 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Local mountain resorts had a good heaping of new snow Thursday morning, Dec. 26, as the winter storm rolled in overnight, but be warned before you pack up the skis and snowboards to hit the slopes.
  Mountain High got an estimated 18-to-24 inches overnight with more on the way, officials said. But with the roads shut down and hard to travel, the resort will not open today, officials said on Twitter.IT'S DUMPING! UP TO 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. Due to the snow & roads, it is not possible to open in t
  
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• 18 Disneyland attractions, parades and fireworks shows that closed this decade

  26-12-2019 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Walt Disney famously said that Disneyland would never be complete as long as there was imagination left in the world and that adage held true during the past decade as a host of attractions departed for Yesterland.
  Let’s take a chronological look at 18 Disneyland attractions, parades and fireworks shows that closed in the 2010s to make way for new or updated experiences.
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• Kawhi Leonard, Clippers take win over Lakers in stride

  26-12-2019 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Clippers coach Doc Rivers talks often about players who are “stars in their role,” guys who do what’s asked of them, like Moe Harkless with his versatile defensive chops or Ivica Zubac with his big-bodied rim protection.
  On the big Christmas Day stage Wednesday, Kawhi Leonard – cast as the Clippers’ leading superstar – absolutely was a star in his role.
  Leonard’s steady excellence buoyed the Clippers in the 111-106 victory over the &l
  
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• Amazon says holiday shopping broke records this year

  26-12-2019 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jordyn Holman, Bloomberg
  Amazon.com said its holiday season this year was “record-breaking” with billions of items shipped and “tens of millions” of Amazon devices like the Echo Dot sold.
  The e-commerce giant said that 5 million new customers started Prime free trials or paid memberships globally, while the number of items that were delivered with one-day or same-day shipping quadrupled compared with last holiday season. Independent third-party sellers, meanwhile, sold
  
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• Kristin Chenoweth will ring in the New Year celebrating women in music with two big shows in Los Angeles

  26-12-2019 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Fresh off her eight-evening stint on Broadway with music from her new album “For the Girls,” Emmy and Tony award-winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth is preparing for a big New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles.
  The 51-year-old bi-coastal resident has been back on the West Coast promoting her new Hallmark Channel movie, “A Christmas Love Story,” which debuted on Dec. 7. She said she has been enjoying the sunshine and working feverishly on curating the perfect New Ye
  
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• Master Gardener: What to do with poinsettias and potted pine trees after the holidays

  26-12-2019 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Can I transplant my poinsettia plants outside after Christmas? I live where there is no frost.
  A: If you live in a frost-free area, chances are that you can grow your poinsettias outdoors.
  The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a tropical plant brought to the United States from Mexico in the 1820s. In its native habitat, it will grow to the size of a small tree.
  The red “flowers” of poinsettias are not flowers at all – they are bracts (leaves). Poinsettia flowers are nest
  
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• Tips to make the best of post-holiday shopping

  26-12-2019 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By Anne D’Innocenzio, The Associated Press
  Holiday shopping doesn’t end with Christmas.
  Shoppers can take advantage of fatter discounts on clothing, home decor and other items between Christmas and well into January.
  In fact, a National Retail Federation survey of nearly 8,000 adults conducted Nov. 27 through Dec. 5 found that 68% of holiday consumers will likely shop the week after Christmas. Nearly 50% plan to take advantage of post-holiday sales and promotions, and 27% plan to use
  
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• Tornado warning jolts OC residents during winter storm

  26-12-2019 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  A tornado warning took many Orange County residents by surprise early Thursday soon after it was received during the night’s winter storm.
  It jolted people awake just as the cold storm blew through Southern California, bringing with it pounding rain.
  For many, the emergency alert from the National Weather Service was received shortly after midnight on their cell phones, stating: “TORNADO WARNING,” then “Take shelter now.” The warning was seen in parts of Garden Grov
  
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• All I want for Christmas is … a parking spot

  26-12-2019 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  I’m late for everything. I attempted holiday gift shopping. I couldn’t find a parking spot.
  And just try to find parking at a clubhouse in Laguna Woods Village. Ha.
  On weekends even lovers’ lane is bumper to bumper. No need to ask how I know. Thankfully, I am acquainted with the guy with a drawl who always leaves the lights on for me.
  I hope there is actually a good fairy who grants wishes. I simply want my own parking space wherever on earth I shall wander.
  Often, whenever I s
  
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• Southbound 15 Freeway through Cajon Pass reopens with CHP escorts

  26-12-2019 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Snow closed the 15 Freeway through the Cajon Pass early Thursday morning, Dec. 26, as a powerful winter storm churned through the area, but just after 9 a.m. Caltrans reopened the southbound lanes with CHP escorts
  The 15 Freeway, a major commuter and commerce route, was closed northbound at Cleghorn Road. Several other Inland-area roadways were shut down because of weather as well, and all vehicles in the mountains are required to have chains on their tires, Caltrans said.
  Caltrans said shortly
  
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• 15 Freeway through Cajon Pass closed, heavy snow blankets roadway

  26-12-2019 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Snow closed the 15 Freeway through the Cajon Pass early Thursday morning, Dec. 26, as a powerful winter storm churned through the area.
  The 15 Freeway, a major commuter and commerce route, was closed northbound at Cleghorn Road and southbound at Ranchero Road in Hesperia.
  Several other Inland-area roadways were shut down because of weather, and all vehicles in the mountains are required to have chains on their tires, Caltrans said.
  Shortly after 9 a.m. Caltrans briefly re-opened the 15 Freeway s
  
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• 15 Freeway through Cajon Pass closed as storm rolls through

  26-12-2019 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Snow closed the 15 Freeway through the Cajon Pass Thursday morning, Dec. 26, along with several other Inland-area roadways as a powerful winter storm churned through the area.
  All vehicles traveling mountain highways will have to be equipped with tire chains, Caltrans said.
  The 15 Freeway, a major commuter and commerce route, was closed in both directions: Northbound traffic will be turned back starting at Cleghorn Road and southbound traffic at  Hesperia.
  Caltrans said its snowplow crews w
  
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• Stock market winners, losers: What they say about this decade’s economy

  26-12-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The stock market can tell good tales, especially when you listen to its past.
  Forget the day-to-day gyrations. This decade’s story was about a remarkable turnabout in the financial markets.
  One must recall the 2000s weren’t pretty for investors, with four of 10 years being money-losers. As the decade ended, the world’s economy was mired in the Great Recessions’ wrath. Investors of all sorts and sizes, hammered by large losses, were getting their first taste of a long rebo
  
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• Stock market soared 253% this decade: Who won? Who lost?

  26-12-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There was plenty for stock investors to cheer in the 2010s. The key Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index returned 253% this decade vs. a 6% decline in the previous 10 years.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
  The 2010s’ top U.S. stock category was companies marketing and retailing via the internet — you know, Amazon, Google, Facebook and the like. They were up 1,189% in 10 years. Yes, 13 times your money. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAlso a decade ago
  
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• New defense bill secures $146 million for improvements at Camp Pendleton

  26-12-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  With $146 million in military construction planned at Camp Pendleton, local lawmakers and military officials say Marines and sailors will be better served in their mission to protect the country, and surrounding communities could see a boost in local construction jobs.
  Construction funding was secured through this year’s National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Donald Trump on Friday, Dec. 20. The act specifies the annual budget and expenditures for the U.S. Department of Def
  
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• Gardening: There’s power in these purple and white plants

  26-12-2019 16:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Purple and white.
  I was in a nursery the other day and was intrigued by the number of plant species, this time of year, that show off flowers in purple (some colorists call it violet) and white. I think these colors are appropriate for Los Angeles area gardens since white, at this time of year, can impart a winter wonderland effect while, in warmer seasons, white and purple are blessedly cool colors, as opposed to more heated yellows, oranges, and reds. And also, however, if you must have pink r
  
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• Pruning, picking and transplanting: What you can do in the garden this week, Dec. 28-Jan. 3

  26-12-2019 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Happy New Year in a few more days! Continue harvesting winter vegetables planted in autumn. Replace those harvested completely, such as spinach, cauliflower, cabbages, radishes, beets and turnips. These new plants will be ready to harvest around Valentine’s Day, and then there will still be time to put in one more round. For plants that produce an on-going harvest – like peas, snap peas, Chinese peas and Swiss chard – pick the edibles regularly and feed the plants lightly ev
  
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• Most Influential: Angels star Mike Trout is one of OC’s brightest lights on and off the field

  26-12-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The search for the proper comparison has come to this: Mike Trout is the weather.
  The Angels center fielder is a warm breeze on a winter day in Southern California. Just ask Lucy Dunn, president and CEO of the Orange County Business Council. She was asked about Trout’s importance to the community where he has played baseball for the past eight years.
  How do you put Trout’s off-the-field impact into words?“Watching Mike Trout homer,” Dunn said, “may be to Orange Coun
  
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• Why these photogenic dumplings are popping up in Los Angeles

  26-12-2019 15:56 via ocregister.com
  
  First it was ice cream. Then came the egg.
  And now the dumpling is getting its turn as an Instagram darling with a new pop-up exhibit in downtown L.A. that takes you into the offices of Dumpling & Associates to see how this dish makes its dough.
  Set in a 5,500-square-foot space at the Row DTLA shopping complex, the pop-up museum runs through March 5.
  Dumpling & Associates is the latest of the pop-up experiences designed for the Instagram crowd to pop up in the city.
  In 2017, the Museum o
  
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• Christmas typhoon leaves 20 dead in Philippines

  26-12-2019 15:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM GOMEZ
  MANILA, Philippines— A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 20 people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Catholic country.
  Typhoon Phanfone stranded many people in sea and airports at the peak of holiday travel, set off landslides, flooded low-lying villages, destroyed houses, downed trees and electrical poles and knocked out power in entire provinces. One disaster respons
  
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• If you like your health plan, you can’t keep it under a public option

  26-12-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly two in three Americans support the creation of a government-sponsored health plan to compete against plans offered by private insurers, according to the most recent survey data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
  This “public option” sounds reasonable enough — at least initially. Those who like their insurance don’t have to buy it. And who could be opposed to giving consumers more insurance choices?
  But the public option would not allow the millions of people who li
  
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• State officials are at the core of 2020 election security

  26-12-2019 14:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
  SPRINGFIELD, Va — Inside a hotel ballroom near the nation’s capital, a U.S. Army officer with battlefield experience told 120 state and local election officials that they may have more in common with military strategists than they might think.
  These government officials are on the front lines of a different kind of battlefield — one in which they are helping to defend American democracy by ensuring free and fair elections.
  “Everyone in this room is
  
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• OC Assembly fight is the latest GOP fracas

  26-12-2019 10:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Republican Party has always fought battles between its conservative and moderate wings, with the former often engaged in “RINO” hunting — targeting those officials who they depict as Republican In Name Only. But as the party’s fortunes fade, its internal disputes are becoming more contentious and increasingly counterproductive.
  A recent statewide fracas involved Assemblyman Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley, who re-registered as a No Party Preference candidate sho
  
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• The joys and headaches of holiday travel: John Phillips

  26-12-2019 09:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California is a region populated with transplants — and I’m not even talking about hair and livers — I’m referring to humans.
  Many of us grew up somewhere else and decided to cross the Golden Gate in search of glamour, opportunity or better weather.
  We love and adore our families, we just prefer to do it from 3,000 miles away.
  But according to the numbers, ‘tis the season … for air travel.  Lots of folks will be flying somewhere for the holidays
  
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• California’s bungled $1 billion accounting system

  26-12-2019 09:46 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2005, the State of California began a project called the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) that was planned as a single replacement for a multitude of existing budget, accounting, cash management and procurement systems. The cost was estimated in 2012 at $617 million with a completion date of July 2016. Today the cost is estimated at over $1 billion and the “end date” is June 2020.
  But the problems with FI$Cal are worse than cost overruns and blown deadlines, ac
  
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