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• Albano’s Fab 5: Orange County girls basketball standouts last week, Jan. 14

  14-01-2020 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Dan Albano’s FAB 5 girls basketball players of the week, Jan. 7:
  Kaylee Byon, Rosary
  The sophomore guard scored 18 points – all in the second half – in an upset victory against top-ranked Mater Dei and scored 18 points in a triumph against county-ranked JSerra. She also recorded five assists in each Trinity League game.
  Kayla Chang, Laguna Hills
  The senior guard scored 41 points for the second time in four seasons to lead the Hawks past El Toro and surpass 2,000 points career p
  
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• Spitzer: No criminal charges related to 2017 traffic collision that killed Laguna Niguel teacher

  14-01-2020 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced Monday that he cannot legally or ethically file criminal charges related to a 2017 Laguna Niguel traffic collision that left a popular teacher dead.
  Spitzer’s decision, outlined in a letter to an attorney representing the teacher’s widow, comes a year after prosecutors decided to drop vehicular manslaughter charges against Jamie Mulford, the driver who initially was accused of causing the fatal traffic accident.
  Prosecutors have
  
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• Lakers winning even as Anthony Davis rehabs from injury

  14-01-2020 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO >> Make no mistake: Anthony Davis is working.
  For the last few days, he’s gone through drills, trying to see how his body is moving and how his soreness is improving from when he took a hard fall a week ago in a home game against the Knicks. But the urgency to recover from a bruised backside has waned ever so slightly — after all, the Lakers are 3-0 since he got hurt.
  “I’m getting closer to getting back on the floor with these guys,” he joked. &ldqu
  
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• Angels acquire Matt Andriese, plan to use him as a starter

  14-01-2020 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels picked up right-hander Matt Andriese from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league right-hander Jeremy Beasey on Tuesday.
  Although Andriese has pitched mostly out of the bullpen in the past two seasons, he will come to camp as a starter, according to general manager Billy Eppler. Andriese has options, so he could be part of the club’s rotation depth that shuttles between Triple-A and the majors.
  Andriese, 30, posted a 4.71 ERA in 70-2/3 innings with the Diamondbacks
  
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• Los Alamitos, Villa Park and Cypress among O.C. teams to win CIF-SS competitive cheer championships

  14-01-2020 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Seven Orange County teams won titles at the CIF-SS competitive cheer championships on Saturday at M.L. King High School in Riverside.
  This was the second year that CIF-SS held championships for competitive cheer.
  The champions from the county were: Los Alamitos (Division 1A); Villa Park (Division 2AA); El Dorado (Division 2 COED); Cypress (Division 3AA); La Habra (Division 3 COED); Brea Olinda (Division 4AA); Costa Mesa (Division 4 COED).
  Canyon (Division 2A) and Godinez (Division 3A) each finis
  
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• Gov. Gavin Newsom tours Riverside homeless shelter to highlight ‘crisis’

  14-01-2020 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom toured Riverside’s homeless shelter and homelessness services Tuesday, Jan. 14, as the second stop on a statewide tour focused on homeless issues.
  Newsom said homelessness is the state’s top priority.
  “This is a crisis. This is unacceptable,” he said. “Everybody has the right to be angry and concerned about the state of the state of California as it relates to homelessness.”
  Newsom released a budget Friday, Jan. 10, that includes more than $1
  
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• Disney California Adventure celebrates the Lunar New Year with lots of new foods starting Friday, Jan. 17

  14-01-2020 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s Mickey’s year and he’s rolling out a tasty feast. Starting Friday, Jan. 17, Disney California Adventure will celebrate the Year of the Rat at a Lunar New Year festival filled with special entertainment, Mickey and Minnie in themed costumes and lots of tempting food.
  Returning favorite eats and new treats will be served at Festival Marketplaces, Paradise Garden Grill, Lucky Fortune Cookery, the Lamplight Lounge and outdoor vending carts.
  This smoked beef bulgogi short rib o
  
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• Troubled Delta flight returns to LAX, possible fuel dump leads to minor injuries on ground

  14-01-2020 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A Delta flight bound for Shanghai, China had to return to Los Angeles International Airport shortly after takeoff because of a mechanical issue – and apparently dumped fuel that caused skin irritations among children and staff who were outside a Cudahy elementary school, authorities said.
  Delta Flight 89 landed safely at LAX just before noon, LAX spokesman Heath Montgomery said. The airline had taken off just after 11:30 a.m., according to FlightAware, a third-party website that tracks com
  
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• Troubled Delta flight returns to LAX after fuel dump leads to minor injuries on ground

  14-01-2020 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A Delta flight bound for Shanghai, China had to return to Los Angeles International Airport shortly after takeoff because of a mechanical issue – and apparently dumped fuel that caused skin irritations among children and staff who were outside a Cudahy elementary school, authorities said.
  Delta Flight 89 landed safely at LAX just before noon, LAX spokesman Heath Montgomery said. The airline had taken off just after 11:30 a.m., according to FlightAware, a third-party website that tracks com
  
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• Delta flight dumps fuel upon return to LAX, 18 elementary students, 9 adults treated

  14-01-2020 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A Delta flight bound for Shanghai, China had to return to Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday morning shortly after takeoff because of a mechanical issue – and apparently dumped fuel that caused skin irritations among children and staffers who were outside Cudahy elementary schools, authorities said.
  Delta Flight 89 landed safely at LAX just before noon, airport spokesman Heath Montgomery said. The jetliner had taken off just after 11:30 a.m., according to FlightAware, a third-party
  
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• Lakewood man charged with shooting 15-year-old dog to death

  14-01-2020 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A Lakewood man entrusted with the care of a 15-year-old terrier-mix named Artie was charged Tuesday with fatally shooting the dog in La Mirada as well as other crimes during a police chase.
  Shane Dubyak, 23, faces a maximum sentence of 14 years and eight months if convicted of cruelty to an animal, fleeing a pursuing officer’s vehicle while driving recklessly, possession of heroin with a firearm, unlawfully possession of ammunition and two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, said
  
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• Where to watch tonight’s Democratic presidential debate on TV, internet and with like-minded voters

  14-01-2020 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN HERBERT | City News Service
  LOS ANGELES — The final Democratic presidential debate before next month’s Iowa caucuses will begin at 6 p.m. Pacific time tonight — Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2019 — and will feature only six candidates, the fewest of any debate this campaign season.
  The debate will be televised by CNN and streamed live on CNN.com, across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android; via CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and An
  
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• Can I prohibit websites from selling my personal information? Ask the lawyer

  14-01-2020 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: When we go online and sign up for something, can we protect our privacy?
  -G.N., Seal Beach
  Ron Sokol
  A: Yes, the California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect on Jan. 1. The specific focuses of the act are to provide California residents with the right to: access their personal data, prohibit discrimination if a consumer exercises his or her privacy rights, request that a business delete any personal information obtained from a consumer, know whether one’s personal data is sold or di
  
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• Remembering Don Imus, the Riverside-born radio host who found fame and scandal on the East Coast

  14-01-2020 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Don Imus was never a big deal here in Los Angeles, even though his syndicated show was available for a time on a few stations including KLAC (570 AM), the original KRLA (now KRDC, 1110 AM) and KABC (790 AM). For whatever reason he never clicked with Southern California’s radio audience, in spite in spite of being a local boy: He was born in Riverside.
  But he most certainly did in New York. When my friend Andrew Holt worked in radio near the East Coast, he would talk about Imus and his show
  
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• Chargers TE Antonio Gates officially retires after 16 seasons

  14-01-2020 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Antonio Gates wasn’t in a good mood after catching his first touchdown pass from Philip Rivers in 2006.
  Ninety touchdowns later, Rivers and Gates hold the record for most touchdown connections between a quarterback and tight end.
  If that wasn’t enough, Gates has a career total of 116 touchdowns, the most by a tight end in NFL history.
  Gates is finally satisfied. One of the greatest tight ends and most prolific players in NFL history has called it a career. Gates, who played 16 season
  
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• Gov. Newsom is failing the people he’s supposed to serve

  14-01-2020 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In his inaugural address one year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom said of California, “This is where America’s future is made. This is our charge. That is our calling.”
  Gov. Newsom has had a full year, and a supermajority of Democrats in the Legislature. And yet with this power and ability to fix California’s pressing problems, I must give Gov. Newsom a solid F for his first year in office.
  California has serious issues and needs serious leaders to fix them.
  Unfortunately, our gov
  
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• EU pressures Iran on atom deal in last-ditch bid to save it

  14-01-2020 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By LORNE COOK and DAVID RISING
  BRUSSELS — Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure on Iran to stop violating its landmark nuclear deal in a last-ditch effort to resolve their differences through talks while also starting a process that could bring back punishing U.N. sanctions on Tehran.
  The three European Union countries are being pressed on one side by U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon the agreement like he did unilaterally in 2018, and on the other side from Ira
  
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• Tenants in L.A.-Orange County suffer nation’s 2nd-largest rent hikes

  14-01-2020 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Choose your best solution for Southern California’s rent mess — from construction to caps — because amid all the housing-supply debate, local tenants saw some of the highest rent hikes in the U.S. last year, the Consumer Price Index shows.
  New inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows renters in Los Angeles and Orange counties suffered the second-largest increases in the cost of renting last year — 5.5%. Meanwhile, Inland Empire tenants saw rents up 4.5%, t
  
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• L.A.-Orange County tenants suffer nation’s 2nd-largest rent hikes

  14-01-2020 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Choose your best solution for Southern California’s rent mess — from construction to caps — because amid all the housing-supply debate, local tenants saw some of the highest rent hikes in the U.S. last year, the Consumer Price Index shows.
  New inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows renters in Los Angeles and Orange counties suffered the second-largest increases in the cost of renting last year — 5.5%. Meanwhile, Inland Empire tenants saw rents up 4.5%, t
  
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• How America’s weak immigration means a weak economy

  14-01-2020 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  After years pushing a narrative that immigrants threaten the American economy, the Trump administration is reducing immigration to the U.S., and it’s not just illegal immigration––legal immigration is falling fast.
  But as the U.S. grows more desperate for more people, native-born Americans are paying the price, too.
  According to the most recent population estimates from the Census Bureau, yearly net international migration has declined to 595,348. That’s a drop of more th
  
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• Delta to pay $1.6 billion in profit sharing to its workers

  14-01-2020 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Delta Air Lines plans said it plans to pay out a record $1.6 billion in profit sharing to its employees this year.
  The payout for the average employee will be equivalent to about two months of pay, said Delta CEO Ed Bastian.
  Employees will get the bonus payments on Valentine’s Day, when the company typically holds profit-sharing celebrations for workers across the country. It will be the sixth year in a row that the airline has paid out more than $1 billion in profit-sharing payments.
  Whil
  
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• Taco Tuesday: No such thing as pig overload at OC Fresca in San Clemente

  14-01-2020 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Pork overload alert: The 3 Little Pigs taco at OC Fresca in San Clemente is seriously delicious. It combines carnitas, chorizo and chicharrones folded into a corn tortilla.
  Orange County Food FinderWhere to find the best restaurant menu items in the areaTo be honest, this is the only taco I’ve sampled thus far at this new Mexican restaurant and fresca bar, and when I return this will be the first thing I order again. Plus, another horchata colada made with house-pressed pineapple juice and
  
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• Woman pulls knife at South Coast Plaza jewelry store, makes off with $2 million worth of merchandise

  14-01-2020 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Police have arrested a 54-year-old woman who pulled a large kitchen knife on staff at a South Coast Plaza jewelry store and made off with $2 million worth of their merchandise, authorities said Tuesday.
  Karen Yvonne Floyd of Newport Beach walked into the store, which police did not want to identify, at about noon on Jan. 11.
  “This happens..it’s the middle of the day on a Saturday when there are people around,” Costa Mesa police spokeswoman Roxi Fyad said.
  Floyd, who Fyad descri
  
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• Woman accused of pulling knife at South Coast Plaza jewelry store, making off with $2 million in jewelry

  14-01-2020 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Police have arrested a 54-year-old woman who pulled a large kitchen knife on staff at a South Coast Plaza jewelry store and made off with $2 million worth of their merchandise, authorities said Tuesday.
  Karen Yvonne Floyd of Newport Beach walked into the store, which police did not want to identify, at about noon on Jan. 11.
  Karen Yvonne Floyd, 54, of Newport Beach was arrested on Monday, Jan. 13 after Costa Mesa police said she made off with $2 million worth of jewelry from a store in South Coa
  
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• Richard Gere meets Jesus in ‘Three Christs’ and talks playing real-life doctor who inspired the story

  14-01-2020 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  In “Three Christs,” actor Richard Gere plays a real-life psychologist who embarked on an unorthodox course of treatment with three paranoid schizophrenic patients who each believed he was the son of God.
  The film from director Jon Avnet, who also produced and co-wrote its screenplay, touches on issues of science and medicine, faith and delusions, but Gere says to him it’s really about something else altogether.
  “It’s belief in storytelling,” the actor says on
  
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• After Cal State Fullerton flameout, here’s where Gabe Kapler went from boy to man

  14-01-2020 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Moorpark College, a 13,756-student community college nestled into the rolling green hills of southeastern Ventura County, certainly doesn’t look as if it would have any real importance to one of Major League Baseball’s most storied franchises.
  Since the school was founded 52 years ago, it has produced seven major-league players, only three of whom have appeared in more than 100 games. The most famous is a former Division I washout who arrived at Moorpark in August 1994 hoping to resu
  
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• Inside the Dodgers: Team can find vindication, but no satisfaction, in Astros discipline

  14-01-2020 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Tuesday, Jan. 14 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.If you’re a major league baseball player, there is only one place a World Series can be won and celebrated: on the field, in the moment. The Houston Astros won Game 7 ofthe 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium. Nothing Rob Manfred said or did would change that. No matter the result of MLB’s investigation into the Astros’ trash can
  
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• Six O.C. players nominated to McDonald’s All-America game

  14-01-2020 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Three players from Mater Dei were among the six Orange County players nominated today for the McDonald All-America Basketball Game.
  The nominees: Devin Askew, Mater Dei; Judah Brown, Pacifica Christian; Ryan Evans, Mater Dei; Ian Martinez, JSerra; Aidan Prukop, Mater Dei; and Atin Wright, Fairmont Prep.
  Final rosters for the seniors-only game will be announced Jan. 23. The McDonald’s boys and girls games will be played April 1 in Houston. ESPN will televise both games live.
  Mater Dei state
  
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• Six O.C. boys basketball players nominated for McDonald’s All-America game

  14-01-2020 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThree players from Mater Dei were among the six Orange County boys basketball players nominated Tuesday for the McDonald All-America Basketball Game.
  The nominees: Devin Askew, Mater Dei; Judah Brown, Pacifica Christian; Ryan Evans, Mater Dei; Ian Martinez, JSerra; Aidan Prukop, Mater Dei; and Atin Wright, Fairmont Prep.
  Final rosters for the seniors-only game will be announced Jan. 23. The McDonald’s b
  
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• Lifeguard chief Bill Humphreys retires after 4 decades on the San Clemente sand

  14-01-2020 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Bill Humphreys, longtime San Clemente Marine Safety Chief, retired on Dec. 31, 2019, after more than four decades with the department. He’s shown here in a lifeguard Jeep in 1983. (Photo courtesy of Humphreys)
  Marine Safety Chief Bill Humphreys on the beach north of the pier in San Clemente,CA, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Humphreys retired at the end of 2019 after more than 40 years with the department.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume inseco
  
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• California’s surprise billing “fix” compromises care for millions of patients

  14-01-2020 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In the People’s Republic of California, delivering and receiving healthcare is akin to paying a visit to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
  It didn’t have to be this way; there are more than 50,000 talented doctors statewide eager to give consumers quality healthcare at a competitive prices. But, like most parts of the Golden State’s economy, a blizzard of bureaucracy has buried the sector in an avalanche of regulatory costs.
  In particular, a 2017 law meant to stop surpris
  
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• 4 things to do at Southern California casinos (Jan. 17-23)

  14-01-2020 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  R&B trio Boyz II Men will perform at The Show on Saturday, Jan. 18. The four-time Grammy Award-winning group has been performing for more than three decades and some of their most well-known songs include “Motownphilly,” “I’ll Make Love To You,” “End of the Road” and “On Bended Knee.” When the trio is not on tour, they’re doing their residency at the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las
  
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• Share your thoughts at a Jan. 16 community meeting on Chapman’s latest expansion proposal

  14-01-2020 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange is holding a public meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16, to get residents’ feedback on Chapman University’s latest plan to expand the university’s enrollment.
  The open meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of Orange building at 121 S. Center St.
  The city, as its staff prepares for an environmental review of the plan, has been accepting comments from the community.
  The plan, which Chapman submitted to the city in September, proposes the university be al
  
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• Will downtime plague Rise of the Resistance when new Disneyland ride opens in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge?

  14-01-2020 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been a rough month since the new Rise of the Resistance dark ride opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to big buzz and massive crowds combined with chronic downtime and customer complaints.
  Which begs the obvious question: Will Disneyland face the same crush of visitors and be plagued by the same downtime issues when the highly anticipated attraction debuts Friday, Jan. 17 in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge?
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• 50 moments that shaped entertainment and pop culture 50 years ago

  14-01-2020 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  This was 1970, the dawn of the Seventies, and with it the world welcomed Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon,” Disney’s “The Aristocats” and “Broom-Hilda,” a comic strip that blew the lid off the secret life of a centuries-old husband-hunting cigar-smoking witch.
  Also, the American Motor Corporation introduced its weird little subcompact the Gremlin on April 1, a joke that practically writes itself.
  There were goodbyes, too, in 1970. Motown star
  
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• 50 moments from 1970 that shaped entertainment and pop culture

  14-01-2020 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  This was 1970, the dawn of the Seventies, and with it the world welcomed Joni Mitchell’s “Ladies of the Canyon,” Disney’s “The Aristocats” and “Broom-Hilda,” a comic strip that blew the lid off the secret life of a centuries-old husband-hunting cigar-smoking witch.
  Also, the American Motor Corporation introduced its weird little subcompact the Gremlin on April 1, a joke that practically writes itself.
  There were goodbyes, too, in 1970. Motown star
  
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• 2020 Dodgers spring training preview: starting rotation

  14-01-2020 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Dodgers head toward the first workout of spring training on Feb. 14, we are providing breakdowns of how they stand with difference aspects of their roster. Up first, the starting rotation:
  2019 RECAP
  For the second time in the past three seasons, Dodgers starting pitchers had the lowest ERA in MLB. Second-year right-hander Walker Buehler had a solid follow-up to his rookie season despite a slow start, finishing 14-4 with a 3.26 ERA and flashes of brilliance like a 16-strikeout game agains
  
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• 2020 Angels spring training preview: starting rotation

  14-01-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Angels head toward the first workout of spring training on Feb. 12, we are providing a breakdown of how they stand with different aspects of their roster. Players acquired this winter include the method of their acquisition in parentheses. Up first, the starting rotation:
  2019 RECAP
  The Angels endured yet another season in which their rotation was decimated, this time not only by injuries but most notably by the tragic death of Tyler Skaggs. The Angels did not have a single starting pitch
  
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• New homes on horizon following $135 million sale of Valencia lots

  14-01-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Five Point Holdings announced Monday, Jan. 13, it sold its first 781 home sites at the 21,000-home master-planned “Valencia” development, located near Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County.
  The land developer didn’t give the names of the builders or the date construction will start, but called the transactions “a major step forward to opening its newest master-planned community.” Land grading began in October 2017, and the company has said in the past the fir
  
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• Irvine’s Five Point sells first 781 lots for a 21,000-home development near Santa Clarita

  14-01-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Five Point Holdings announced Monday, Jan. 13, it sold its first 781 home sites at the 21,000-home master-planned “Valencia” development, located near Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County.
  The land developer didn’t give the names of the builders or the date construction will start, but called the transactions “a major step forward to opening its newest master-planned community.” Land grading began in October 2017, and the company has said in the past the fir
  
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• WNBA, players reach agreement on new contract

  14-01-2020 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The WNBA and its players’ union have come to terms in principle on a new collective bargaining agreement that would nearly double the maximum salary for top players, improve travel accommodations and provide paid maternity leave.
  The new deal promises to address those and other hot-button issues that motivated the WNBPA to opt out of the previous contract early, in November 2018, because of a desire to negotiate a new deal.
  “Cathy Engelbert, the first WNBA Commissioner, brought her p
  
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• Cold, fast-moving storm bringing rain, snow to Southern California

  14-01-2020 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A cold, fast-moving storm out of the Gulf of Alaska worked its way Tuesday toward Southern California, where it was poised to hit Thursday and generate between three and five hours of moderate rain but is not expected to trigger mud slides or debris flows in burn areas, National Weather Service forecasters said.
  In the San Gabriel Mountains, 4 to 8 inches of snow will fall above 5,500 feet and between 1 and 4 inches between 3,500 and 5,500 feet, said NWS meteorologist Rich Th
  
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• Why this could be the funniest backyard in Long Beach

  14-01-2020 16:44 via ocregister.com
  
  As a working stand-up comic looking for any place to get laughs, Glendale resident Atif Myers has performed at some unusual places and been in weird situations.
  He’s appeared at several restaurants, including a Mexican restaurant where the fire alarm went off while he was on stage because of a steaming hot plate of fajitas.
  Once, at a nightclub, he was told at the last minute that it was underwear night so without giving it a second thought, he stripped down for his set.
  So when he was ask
  
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• Laguna Woods Village welcomes Year of the Rat with traditional Chinese arts, dances

  14-01-2020 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Chinese New Year will not be here until Jan. 25, at least in China, but the Chinese American Club of Laguna Woods Village staged its Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday, Jan. 11. It’s the year of the Rat, also known as the Year of the Golden Rat.
  The Yili Dance Group performs “Why Are the Flowers So Red?” during a Year of the Rat celebration at the Laguna Woods Village Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 11, 2020. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
  
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• Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate

  14-01-2020 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LAURIE KELLMAN
  WASHINGTON — After weeks of delay and strategizing, the U.S. House is planning to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the trial on removing him from office.
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi met privately Tuesday at the Capitol with House Democrats about next steps, ending her blockade a month after they voted to impeach Trump on charges of abuse of
  
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• House votes Wednesday to send impeachment articles to Senate

  14-01-2020 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LAURIE KELLMAN
  WASHINGTON — The House is preparing to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the historic trial, several people told The Associated Press.
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi was meeting privately Tuesday at the Capitol with House Democrats about next steps, ending her blockade almost a month after they voted to impeach Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of
  
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• Offshore oil rigs could turn into windmills and dive hotels

  14-01-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Long a scourge to environmentalists, California’s offshore oil rigs may be transformed into ecological trophies.
  A dozen or more of the state’s 27 offshore platforms could be decommissioned in the next decade. Rather than tearing them down, many would like to preserve the incidental artificial reefs – and the enriched marine habitat – that have formed on their underwater pilings.
  And up top?
  How about windmills? Dive hotels? Sea farms? Marine research centers? Or simply l
  
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• With Rise of the Resistance, Disney reveals the missing piece of its Star Wars land

  14-01-2020 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  So much for Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land being a failure.
  This week’s debut of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance finally should lay to rest the idea that was gaining some traction within the fan community that Disney blew it with its new Star Wars land. My readers on ThemeParkInsider.com recently declared the Walt Disney World installation of Rise of the Resistance not only the best new attraction of the year but also the best theme park attraction in the world ov
  
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• Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176

  14-01-2020 14:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By NASSER KARIMI and AYA BATRAWY
  TEHRAN, Iran ( — Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday arrests have been made for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 people on board just after takeoff from Tehran last week.
  The announcement came amid an upswell of anger and protests by Iranians in recent days over the downing of the jetliner last Wednesday and apparent attempts by senior officials in Iran to cover up the cause of the crash.
  Iran, which initially dism
  
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• 6 big questions ahead of final debate before start of voting

  14-01-2020 14:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES
  WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks the last time the leading Democratic presidential contenders will face a national audience on the debate stage before primary voting begins, making it the most significant moment of the 2020 primary season to date.
  The prime-time faceoff comes just 20 days before Iowa’s caucuses as polls suggest the nomination is truly up for grabs. Heading in, there were new signs of tension among all the top-tier candidates, particularly Bernie Sanders an
  
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