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• Pretend City holds early NYE celebrations for little ones

  31-12-2019 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  One-year-old Veda Moore is all smiles and laughter during the annual Noon-Year’s Confetti Countdown at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  One-year-old Veda Moore is all smiles during the annual Noon-Year’s Confetti Countdown at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will re
  
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• Kids celebrate Noon Years Eve in Garden Grove

  31-12-2019 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Sofia Restrepo, 2, celebrates as the clock strikes 12 P.M. during the Noon Years Eve celebration at the Chapman Library in Garden Grove, CA, on Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Sandy Followell works to get her daughter, Sofia Restrepo, 2, excited about the impending balloon drop during the Noon Years Eve celebration at the Chapman Library in Garden Grove, CA, on Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe galler
  
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• Ducks are own worst enemies in sloppy loss in Las Vegas

  31-12-2019 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Ducks didn’t have a chance Tuesday because they didn’t give themselves a chance. They tossed the puck around like it was toxic and paid the price for their carelessness with a 5-2 loss to the opportunistic Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
  The Golden Knights jumped the Ducks from the start, and it wasn’t as if they needed help to build a commanding lead. The Ducks gave it to them anyway, sandwiching two egregious turnovers around an own goal as Vegas
  
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• Badgers and Ducks and Roses, oh my: Must be the Rose Bowl Bash

  31-12-2019 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Oregon fan Kalyn Koyanagi tries out a rose headband she made at the Rose Bowl Bash in Downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, December 31, 2019.Oregon and Wisconsin will meet on New Years Day at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Fans pose with murals at the Rose Bowl Bash in Downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, December 31, 2019.Oregon and Wisconson will meet on New Years Day at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Soun
  
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• Deadline approaching for watchdogs interested in serving on Orange County grand jury

  31-12-2019 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Courthouse officials are putting the call out for prospective county watchdogs interested in scrutinizing local governance and getting a closer look at high-profile criminal investigations, as the recruitment deadline nears for the Orange County grand jury.
  Prospective grand jurors have until Jan. 17 to apply to become one of 19 people to serve during an upcoming, year-long term beginning July 1.
  Orange County grand jurors, unlike many in the country, serve a dual role, both carrying out oversig
  
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• Will high winds force Disneyland to cancel New Year’s Eve fireworks?

  31-12-2019 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Blustery Santa Ana winds that pummeled inland Orange County are expected to subside in time for the New Year’s Eve fireworks shows planned at Disneyland as revelers prepare to bid farewell to 2019 and ring in the new decade.
  High winds forced Disneyland to cancel the nightly fireworks show on Monday, Dec. 30, but the weather is expected to cooperate on New Year’s Eve when twin nighttime spectaculars are planned at the Anaheim theme park for midnight on the East Coast and West Coast.
  
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• Park Life: Disneyland diver discovers mysterious sunken head and the challenge changing classic Disneyland rides

  31-12-2019 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Should classic Disneyland rides be preserved or changed? How long will the lines be for Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland? What was the biggest theme park moment of 2019? Bid farewell to the old year and ring in the new year with the latest Park Life newsletter.
  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.
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  Head under the sea with a Disneyland diver who finds lost wedding ring
  
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• Drummond: Yorba Linda leaders to consider forgiving city’s loan to golf course

  31-12-2019 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Yorba Linda’s City Council is expected to consider canceling all loans due to the city’s general fund and special reserve fund from the Black Gold Golf Club and waiving the accrued interest payable on the loans, probably at a February meeting.
  The forgiven debt would total $20.2 million – $18.8 million in loans and $1.4 million in interest.
  A plan outlining the loan cancellation and interest waiver will be reviewed at a city Finance Committee meeting this month, according to Fi
  
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• Couple arrested, charged in death of man found stabbed on Tustin street

  31-12-2019 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Tustin police have arrested a man and woman in the death of a man found stabbed in the street on Dec. 9.
  The boyfriend-girlfriend duo, Miguel Orellana of Anaheim and Erika Pineda of Santa Ana, were arrested on Saturday after weeks of investigation led to them, police said.
  At the time police didn’t know why 62-year-old David Nakaki had been attacked but now say the motive was robbery. Authorities would not say what was stolen.
  On Tuesday, charges were filed in court against the pair. Accor
  
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• Galaxy adds versatile midfielder Aleksandar Katai

  31-12-2019 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy continued to restructure its roster with the acquisition of midfielder Aleksandar Katai.
  Katai, 28, spent the last two seasons with the Chicago Fire, recording 18 goals and 12 assists.
  Katai was acquired by the Fire on loan from Deportivo Alaves in Spain’s La Liga. His contract was raised to Designated Player status last season. He earned a base salary of $1.26 million last season.
  The Fire declined to pick up his contract options for the 2020 season, making him a free agent. Th
  
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• Green Cheek Beer Company’s second location will be the former Barley Forge in Costa Mesa

  31-12-2019 21:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Green Cheek Beer Company has bought Barley Forge and will open a second location at that spot in Costa Mesa.
  Brian Rauso and Evan Price, co-owners of Green Cheek, acquired Barley Forge for $1.05 million and hope to open within a week. “We are going to be ready for opening a week from today,” Price said on Monday, Dec. 30. “We’re waiting to hear from ABC and sometimes they take a little longer than we appreciate. It’s a standard name change on the license and normall
  
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• 20 don’t-you-dare-miss-it 2020 Rose Parade moments to watch for (and one ‘no drone’ warning)

  31-12-2019 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s what you’ll see — and what you hopefully won’t see — during Wednesday’s 2020 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena.
  Case in point: Drones.
  The FBI on Tuesday issued a reminder to the public that the air space above Wednesday’s Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl is a “No Drone Zone,” calling for all drone enthusiasts to leave the mechanical flying camera critters at home for this event, citing the need for “safety of attendees.&rdquo
  
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• New wave of chicken-killing Newcastle disease hits Southern California

  31-12-2019 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been a lousy holiday season for Southern California’s chickens.
  In recent weeks, new cases of the poultry-killing Newcastle disease hit San Bernardino, Riverside and Los Angeles counties, reviving an epidemic that state officials believed was nearing its end as recently as last summer. Since May 2018, when the disease was identified in the region, 1.2 million birds in the area have been euthanized.
  Careless bird owners who haven’t followed protocol for the highly contagiou
  
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• Ducks goalie John Gibson credits break with improved play

  31-12-2019 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — Goaltender John Gibson returned to the Ducks’ net Tuesday for the third consecutive game after a much-needed four-day Christmas break. There was zero reason for Ducks coach Dallas Eakins to make a change since Gibson was razor sharp the past two starts.
  The break couldn’t have come at a better time for Gibson, who emerged from it refreshed and refocused. He was superb in a victory Friday over the Vegas Golden Knights and even better in an overtime loss Sunday to the
  
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• A look back at the highlights of 2019 in Laguna Woods

  31-12-2019 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Woods Village CEO Jeffrey Parker (Courtesy of Village Management Services)
  Mary Rayner hits the first ball on the new pickleball courts during a ribbon cutting in Laguna Woods, CA on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Rayner, along with her late husband Dale, were the first to bring pickleball to Laguna Woods in 2011. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsElaine McClellan plays on the new pickleball courts following a ribbon cutting in Laguna
  
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• Who’s your mayor? City councils choose leaders for the next year

  31-12-2019 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Most Orange County cities have new mayors serving for the next year.
  Each December, city councils in the majority of the county choose from among their members a person to serve the year as mayor and represent the city, as well as a mayor pro tem.
  Only eight cities have voters who directly choose their mayor:  Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, Stanton and Westminster.
  In the other cities, here is who was recently chosen to lead the council until next December:
  Al
  
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• Rose Bowl preview: Oregon vs Wisconsin, a rematch 8 years in the making

  31-12-2019 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  When Oregon and Wisconsin take the field Wednesday at the Rose Bowl, it will be almost eight years to the day of their last meeting in “The Granddaddy of Them All.”
  On Jan. 2, 2012, the Ducks defeated the Russell Wilson-led Badgers 45-38 for the program’s first Rose Bowl victory in 95 years. The final score marked what was then the most total points (83) scored in Rose Bowl history since 1991.
  But a lot has changed in those eight years.
  Oregon’s then-head coach, Chip Kell
  
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• Get wedding planning help and see a doo-wop show at Pala Casino, Spa & Resort this week (Jan. 3-9)

  31-12-2019 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Pala Casino, Spa & Resort 
  The Pala Events Center will host a show all about wedding planning.
  The “Kiss The Bride Show” will feature wedding fashion displays, fashion shows, and samples of cakes and food. There will be expert advice from wedding planning professionals.
  The first 100 brides in line will get a bride-to-be tiara, veil and swag bag. They’ll also be able to enter for the chance to win gifts and prizes, including a honeymoon cruise.
  11 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 5.
  
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• Irvine will pursue ‘community choice’ program to buy its own electric power

  31-12-2019 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Flipping on the lights or running the dishwasher could get a little cheaper and a lot greener in Irvine, under a “community choice” energy program city leaders plan to implement.
  Irvine would still depend on and pay Southern California Edison for the use of its electric transmission system – the poles, wires and substations – to deliver power to residents and businesses. But city officials say the community choice program could save customers an estimated 2% compared with
  
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• Fullerton courthouse, shuttered over asbestos concerns, to reopen on Thursday

  31-12-2019 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Superior Court’s Fullerton facility is scheduled to reopen on Thursday, Jan. 2 – nearly two weeks after air-quality concerns arose related to asbestos and prompted its temporary closure.
  The North Court buildings were shuttered on Dec. 20 after workers discovered asbestos material while carrying out routine maintenance on an air-conditioning system.
  The facilities were closed while air-quality tests were performed. Those tests turned up traces of asbestos fibers in a si
  
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• Taco Tuesday: Yucatan-style puffy tacos with slow-smoked pork

  31-12-2019 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Maybe it’s because everyone grows weary of turkey this time of year. But whatever the reason, it appears that the turkey salbutes have been scrubbed from the menu at Chaak Kitchen in Tustin. I hope they are not gone forever. These were one of my favorite things at this excellent offshoot of Gabbi’s in Orange. If they don’t return, don’t worry. The salbutes with cochonita pibil are just as delicious. And those are still there.
  You might be wondering, “What the heck i
  
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• New Year’s Eve 2020: Your last-minute guide to Southern California events and happenings

  31-12-2019 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re the kind of procrastinator who still hasn’t made New Year’s Eve plans yet, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
  From where to eat on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to the best concerts and events, here’s where to ring in 2020 around Southern California.
  Reporter Kelli Skye Fadroski found 20 of the biggest events happening in Southern California to ring in 2020, with parties, concerts and more. You can see Dita Von Teese, time travel at
  
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• Strong surf expected for Southern California beaches to start 2020

  31-12-2019 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A surfer looks to see what is behind him in Newport Beach. A swell this week will bring waves and dangerous conditions to the coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  If you’re a surfer, it’s going to be a great start to the new year.
  But if you’re a novice, unfamiliar with the dangers of the ocean, you might want to stay away from the water this week.
  A swell is expected to show up mid-week, bringing a strong dose of waves to Southern California beaches st
  
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• Raging wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town’s waterfront

  31-12-2019 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By TRISTAN LAVALETTE
  PERTH, Australia  — Wildfires burning across Australia’s two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed at least two people while more property along the country’s east coast fell victim to a devastating fire season.
  About 4,000 residents in the southeastern town of Mallacoota in Victoria state fled toward the water Tuesday morning as winds pushed an emergency-level wildfire toward their homes.
  
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• Cooking with Judy: A new version of a popular tradition

  31-12-2019 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s that time again – time to recycle the tree, take down the lights and reflect on holidays past and the traditions we hold so dear.
  Probably no cookbook can claim greater responsibility as the source of those traditions as the iconic “Joy of Cooking,” which, since Irma Rombauer‘s first edition in 1931, has been a kitchen staple.
  The olive oil cake from from “Joy of Cooking” has a citrus flavor. (Courtesy of Judy Bart Kancigor)
  My own 1946 edition with
  
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• Who can shut down a restaurant in LA County? Ask the lawyer

  31-12-2019 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Seems like every week I read about restaurant closures, but who does that and under what authority?
  -B.K., Gardena
  Ron Sokol
  A: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (District Surveillance and Enforcement) inspects retail food facilities, including restaurants. A letter grade is issued, depending upon certain criteria. DSE has the authority to enforce the California Retail Food Code, the Los Angeles County Code (Title 11), and the Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law. The inspecti
  
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• Who can shut down a restaurant in LA County? Ask the lawer

  31-12-2019 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Seems like every week I read about restaurant closures, but who does that and under what authority?
  -B.K., Gardena
  Ron Sokol
  A: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (District Surveillance and Enforcement) inspects retail food facilities, including restaurants. A letter grade is issued, depending upon certain criteria. DSE has the authority to enforce the California Retail Food Code, the Los Angeles County Code (Title 11), and the Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law. The inspecti
  
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• Anaheim Hills Rotary recognized for its work with schools

  31-12-2019 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  For the last several years, the Anaheim Hills Rotary Club has dedicated much of its efforts toward projects that benefit kids Anaheim Hills schools. Those efforts were recognized recently when the Orange Unified School District, which serves the hills area, presented its very first “Community Partnership Award” to past president Anthony Siragusa, who accepted on behalf of the group.
  Members of the Rotary Club were lauded for such projects as providing scholarships for graduating seni
  
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• These 10 new Orange County restaurants had the biggest buzz in 2019

  31-12-2019 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Forget the critics for five minutes. Here are the restaurants you were excited about in 2019. We took a look back at our digital analytics to find the 10 restaurant opening stories readers clicked on most and they ranged from food halls to ethnic eateries and steak houses.
  Lots of restaurants have opened since the first of the year, but some of the flashiest and fanciest didn’t even make this list. If you want to know which establishments were heavy hitters according to readers, here&rsquo
  
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• Readers have spoken: Here are the 10 best buzz restaurants that opened in Orange County in 2019

  31-12-2019 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Forget the critics for five minutes. Here are the restaurants you were excited about in 2019. We took a look back at our digital analytics to find the 10 restaurant opening stories readers clicked on most and they ranged from food halls to ethnic eateries and steak houses.
  Lots of restaurants have opened since the first of the year, but some of the flashiest and fanciest didn’t even make this list. If you want to know which establishments were heavy hitters according to readers, here&rsquo
  
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• U.S. men’s national soccer team to begin camp in Qatar

  31-12-2019 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual January camp for the U.S. men’s soccer team team will begin Sunday, but not at the usual location of Southern California.
  U.S. Soccer announced Monday that the camp, under coach Gregg Berhalter, will begin at the Aspire Academy in Doha, Qatar.
  The U.S. will train in Qatar before returning to Southern California to face Costa Rica on Feb. 1 in a friendly at Dignity Health Sports Park.
  “At the start of an exciting year, this is a great opportunity to continue our process and
  
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• How did 2010 predictions about the future of surfing pan out?

  31-12-2019 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Kelly Slater, 11-time world champion, waves to the crowd who gathered for the WSL Founders’ Cup of Surfing, the first event that showcased the man-made waves in Lemoore, Calif. on Sunday May 6, 2018. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)
  What will happen to surfing as we ride a wave into the next decade?
  It was a question posed to Peter “PT” Townend, surfing’s first world champion, for a story the Orange County Register published as 2010 approached, a chanc
  
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• Rose Bowl: Oregon vs Wisconsin TV info, scouting report, coach’s quote and prediction

  31-12-2019 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  No. 6 Oregon  vs. No. 8 Wisconsin 
  When: Wednesday, 2 p.m.
  Where: Rose Bowl, Pasadena
  TV/Radio: ESPN / ESPN Radio
  Records: Oregon: 11-2 overall, 8-1 in Pac-12; Wisconsin: 10-3, 7-2 in Big Ten
  2019 Oregon statsQB Justin Herbert: 272-of-408, 3,333 yards, 32 TDs, 5 INTs
  RB CJ Verdell: 180 carries, 1,171 yards, 8 TDs
  WR Johnny Johnson III: 55 receptions, 818 yards, 7 TDs
  LB Troy Dye: 75 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 4 PBUs
  S Jevon Holland: 58 tackles, 4 INTs
  Oregon injury report: OUT: OL Dawson Jara
  
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• 3 magic shows to see at Southern California casinos in January

  31-12-2019 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  You can’t hit Las Vegas without seeing billboards advertising big name magicians; it’s a city that has become known for shows packed full of illusions, feats and daring escapes, but if you’re a Southern Californian, you don’t have to travel so far to see one of those high-quality productions.
  Casinos in the region often book big name acts ready to to amaze you with their wild magic tricks, including these three shows coming to the area in January.
  Tommy Wind 
  Kind of
  
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• Want your children to love reading books? Here’s how to do it

  31-12-2019 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Before moving across the country and becoming the children’s book editor of the New York Times Book Review, Maria Russo spent 10 years in Southern California. As both a former Los Angeles Times staffer and editor of Pasadena Magazine, Russo remains a fan of the area and one of its longest-running book-friendly landmarks.
  “I absolutely love Pasadena,” said Russo in a recent phone interview. “My kids just grew up in Vroman’s (bookstore), basically. We were just there
  
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• Train to be a (virtual) ‘Star Wars’ Jedi at this ‘Lightsaber Dojo’ in Huntington Beach

  31-12-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Ever wondered what it feels like to be a Jedi warrior wielding a lightsaber?
  Well, wonder no longer: Star Wars fans can now experience a Jedi training session — albeit in a virtual world — at one of three Lightsaber Dojo locations throughout Southern California until Feb. 2.
  The pop-up gaming experience, by immersive entertainment company Nomadic, can be found at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance; Cinemark Century Huntington Beach; and the Ontario Mills Mall; in Ontario. Locatio
  
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• Wrong-way driver, two semis crash on 57 Freeway in Brea

  31-12-2019 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  BREA — A wrong-way driver may be to blame for a fiery crash involving two big rigs this morning on the northbound 57 Freeway in Brea.
  The crash occurred near the Imperial Highway exit at 2:40 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
  One of the big rig drivers told officers a white sedan was going south in the northbound lanes and crashed right into the semi.
  Witnesses told the CHP they saw a man get out of the burning vehicle, but it was unclear if anyone was injured.
  All six lane
  
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• A New Year’s resolution for Disneyland fans

  31-12-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  For many of us, breaking resolutions is as much a New Year’s tradition as making them. Still, it’s nice to start the year with the optimism that, somehow, this year can be better than the ones before.
  How can we make that actually happen, though?
  As a theme park fan, I always encourage fans to see all those other people crowding the parks around them as allies and potential friends, rather than enemies getting the way. Every once in a while, I will browse the descriptions that my new
  
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• New California laws help animals, fire victims, immigrants

  31-12-2019 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of new California laws take effect with the start of the new year, including measures stemming from the devastating wildfires that have swept the state. Others address animal rights, criminal justice, businesses and health care. Among them:
  WILDFIRES
  — In a step to curb greenhouse gas emissions, California becomes the first state to require new homes to install solar panels, which the California Energy Commission says could add about $9,500 to the cost o
  
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• Militiamen breach U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; Trump blames Iran

  31-12-2019 14:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
  BAGHDAD  —Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, angered over deadly U.S. airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed militia. U.S. guards fired tear gas and palls of smoke rose over the grounds.
  An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw flames rising from inside the compound and at least three U.S. soldiers on the roof of the main e
  
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• Celebrating the good things that happened in 2019: Tom Campbell

  31-12-2019 10:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Our politics, and the news cycle, dwell too much on crises and criticism.
  Let’s use New Year’s Eve as a moment to balance that, as we reflect on some good things that happened in 2019.
  The largest hydroelectric project in the entire continent of Africa, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, will continue to completion.
  In November, the U.S. invited representatives of Ethiopia and the two downstream users of water from the Blue Nile, Sudan and Egypt, to Washington, to reach an agreemen
  
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