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• How California’s gold is still being found long after the 49ers stopped digging

  21-01-2020 23:52
  
  Jan. 24 is the anniversary of the discovery of gold by James Marshall at Johann Sutter’s mill in 1848. Once word about Marshall’s findings got out, California became known around the world.
  There might not be such a rush today, but there’s still gold in them thar hills and people working hard to find it.A lot has changed in mining since the 1850s, but one thing remains the same – prospecting for gold takes hard work, patience and some luck.
  “It’s a hobby that
  
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• Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea founder celebrates 20th anniversary and Grammy nomination

  21-01-2020 23:40
  
  Cindy Shea has a lot to celebrate. Her group Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea is up for its third Grammy Award for “20 Aniversario.”
  The album — nominated for Best Regional Mexican Music Album — celebrates the Mariachi Divas’ 20th year and was the first recorded in Shea’s new recording studio.
  The winner will be announced at the pre-show for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards at 1 p.m. Jan 26 on Grammy.com
  Shea, a trumpet player and Cal State Fullerton alumna, and her
  
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• Trader Joe’s again selling ‘Two-Buck Chuck’ for that iconic price

  21-01-2020 23:37
  
  The darling of the discount wine world is back.
  “Two-Buck Chuck” has returned to the shelves of Trader Joe’s at the $1.99 price that inspired the nickname.
  Chuck, aka Charles Shaw, actually never left — but the price for the wines, available in both red and white, had risen to $2.99 over the years.
  According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, the roll-back occurred last week and applies to all California stores.
  “We’ve been able to work with the producer of
  
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• Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa completes casino renovations, plans hotel room remodel

  21-01-2020 23:33
  
  Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa in Cabazon has completed its casino floor renovations and is now turning an eye toward remodeling its 310 suites and guest rooms in its hotel tower, casino officials announced in a news release Monday.
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  The casino had finished work on the casino level renovations, which involved the opening of cen
  
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• Mountain lion attack on boy in Lake Forest wilderness park was “extraordinarily rare,” officials say

  21-01-2020 23:13
  
  State fish and wildlife officials said the mountain lion attack that happened on Monday was a rare incident and that the injured 3-year-old boy was doing well.
  “There’s a lot of questions. … Was this family doing the right thing by being out there where mountain lions exist?” Patrick Foy, a captain with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, said to reporters on Tuesday.
  “We encourage families like this family and other families to take a beautiful day o
  
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• Mountain lion attack on boy in Lake Forest park was “extraordinarily rare,” officials say

  21-01-2020 23:13
  
  State fish and wildlife officials said on Tuesday that the mountain lion attack that happened the day before was rare and that the injured 3-year-old boy was doing well.
  “There’s a lot of questions. … Was this family doing the right thing by being out there where mountain lions exist?” Patrick Foy, a captain with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, said to reporters on Tuesday.
  “We encourage families like this family and other families to take a beaut
  
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• Titan Voice: Welcome home, Titan family, for the spring semester

  21-01-2020 22:52
  
  By Fram Virjee
  Cal State Fullerton president
  Home. Without the people who fill it with warmth, love and laughter, that word is just that: a word. A monosyllabic noun with as little life to it as the brick and mortar that make up the walls and foundations of the structures it conjures up. A house is very different from a home.
  With that in mind, the expression “Home is where the heart is,” refers not to the places where we eat, sleep, study, and play, but rather the people with whom w
  
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• Boys basketball: A look at Orange County leagues so far

  21-01-2020 22:52
  
  A look at Orange County boys basketball leagues:
  ACADEMY LEAGUE
  Leaders: St. Margaret’s 3-0 league record; Sage Hill 3-1.
  Outlook: St. Margaret’s defeated Sage Hill 64-37. It looks like St. Margaret’s, coached by ex-Orange Lutheran coach Chris Nordstrom, will go undefeated in league. Sage Hill was a CIF-SS 5AA finalist last year.
  Coming up: St. Margaret’s at Sage Hill, Feb. 4.
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  Leaders: Canyon 1-0; Villa Park 1-0.
  Outlook: Canyon, No. 13 in the Orange Coun
  
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• Kings at the All-Star break: What’s right, what’s wrong and what’s next

  21-01-2020 22:31
  
  The NHL all-star weekend is upon us and for the Kings that will mean an unusually long break –11 days without a game — to reflect upon their 50 games to date and look ahead to their remaining 32 contests.
  For Kings management and some of their players, the Feb. 24 trade deadline looms. The Kings are undoubtedly a team in transition that has an eye toward getting younger and tidying up a decidedly untidy cap situation.
  They headed into this hiatus inauspiciously, losing seven of their
  
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• Suspect in Temescal Valley deadly car-ramming crash faces spouse abuse, child injury charges

  21-01-2020 21:56
  
  A Temescal Valley man under investigation in the car-ramming deaths of three 16-year-old boys and injuries to three others already faces misdemeanor charges of spousal abuse and willful injury to a child, court records show.
  The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, which filed the misdemeanor abuse charges in December against Anurag Chandra, 42, was on Tuesday, Jan. 21, awaiting the California Highway Patrol’s investigation report on the Sunday night crash.
  Once prosecutors g
  
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• Downward goat? Yogis find solace by the sea at Newport Beach festival

  21-01-2020 21:53
  
  There were yoga holds in the air, on the sea and even under a few friendly goats who joined in on the fun on Saturday, Jan. 18.
  Spanky, one of the goats used from “Party Goats LA” seems to crack a smile as he takes a break during the 4th annual Orange County Yoga Festival. The event was held at the Newport Dunes on Saturday January 18, 2020.( Photo by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)
  Yoga participants, practice yoga skills during the 4th annual Orange County Yoga Festival. The
  
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• Boeing doesn’t expect Max jet to be cleared until summer

  21-01-2020 21:49
  
  By David Koenig, The Associated Press
  Boeing said Tuesday that it doesn’t expect federal regulators to approve its changes to the grounded 737 Max until this summer, several months longer than the company was saying just a few weeks ago.
  That timetable — the latest of several delays in the plane’s approval process — will create more headaches for airlines by pushing the Max’s return further into the peak summer travel season or possibly beyond it.
  Boeing shares fell
  
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• Charles Merritt, McStay family killer, gets death penalty

  21-01-2020 21:42
  
  Charles Merritt, convicted of killing a family of four, including two young children, was sentenced to death by a San Bernardino County judge on Tuesday.
  Merritt, 62, received the death penalty for three family members and life without parole for the death of father and husband, Joseph McStay.
  Merritt was found guilty of bludgeoning the McStay family in their Fallbrook home. The family had relocated from Orange County in 2009; McStay’s water-features business was based in San Clemente.
  Cha
  
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• CSUF’s Male Youth Empowerment Conference encourages young men of color to make college a goal

  21-01-2020 21:19
  
  When Sergio Contreras first ran for the school board in Westminster in 2000, he encountered a number of negative messages.
  “You’re too young, you’re too dark, you’re not smart enough, you don’t have enough degrees,” Contreras told an audience of over 400 students from eight high schools in Compton, Santa Ana and Garden Grove at the 4th annual Male Youth Empowerment Conference on Friday at Cal State Fullerton.
  He lost that race, and another in 2002. But he succ
  
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• Deputies looking for suspect in attacked at Woodfield Park in Aliso Viejo

  21-01-2020 20:44
  
  Investigators were searching for a man who they say attacked a woman while she was skateboarding in Aliso Viejo on Monday, Jan. 20.
  They released a composite sketch of the suspect on Tuesday in hopes the public could held identify him.
  The woman told deputies that she was at Woodfield Park in Aliso Viejo when a man tried to talk to her then attacked her, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  “He grabbed the victim who fought and screamed during
  
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• Deputies looking for suspect in attack at Woodfield Park in Aliso Viejo

  21-01-2020 20:44
  
  Investigators were searching for a man who they say attacked a woman while she was skateboarding in Aliso Viejo on Monday, Jan. 20.
  They released a composite sketch of the suspect on Tuesday in hopes the public could held identify him.
  The woman told deputies that she was at Woodfield Park in Aliso Viejo when a man tried to talk to her then attacked her, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  “He grabbed the victim who fought and screamed during
  
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• Voters beware of the populist threat. It comes from the right and left

  21-01-2020 20:22
  
  We stand at the precipice of a significant tectonic shift in our political system.
  Similar to the profound disruptions the newspaper, music and transportation industries underwent some years ago, our democratic system, which is designed to be a lagging social indicator, is struggling to find a working model for a more complex age.
  The speedy rise of populism in both parties marks the end of bilateral political discourse. The two-party system is no longer equipped to address the complexity of our
  
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• U.S. gets 1st case of mysterious new Chinese illness

  21-01-2020 20:16
  
  By CARLA K. JOHNSON and MIKE STOBBE
  SEATTLE  — A U .S. citizen who recently returned from a trip to central China has been diagnosed with the new virus that has sparked an outbreak and stringent monitoring around the world.
  The man returned to the Seattle area in the middle of last week after travel ing to the Wuhan area, where the outbreak began. The man is in his 30s and is in good condition at a hospital in Everett, outside Seattle.
  The U.S. is the fifth country to report seeing th
  
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• First Wuhan coronavirus patient identified in the United States

  21-01-2020 20:16
  
  A person in Washington state is infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, the first confirmed case in the United States of a mysterious respiratory infection that has killed at least six people and sickened hundreds more in Asia.
  The patient, who was hospitalized with pneumonia last week, recently had traveled to Wuhan, China, where the outbreak appears to have originated, federal officials have found.
  Investigators tested samples from the patient for the presence of the virus; positive results were
  
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• Taco Tuesday: Crispy taco cravings are real, and here’s a proper fix

  21-01-2020 20:03
  
  When you’re in the mood for a crispy taco, nothing else will do. And here’s a good one. 
  At Molcajete Grill in Westminster, they fry the crispy shells to order so the tortillas are still warm and glistening with grease and perfectly brittle. They stuff the shells with a generous handful of shredded beef and then pile on a small salad of chopped lettuce, tomato and finely grated white cheese. 
  There’s absolutely nothing groundbreaking about these tacos. That’s no
  
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• Nickelback and Stone Temple Pilots announce a tour stop at FivePoint Amphitheatre

  21-01-2020 19:30
  
  Rock band Nickelback has announced its All The Right Reasons 2020 Tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of its 2005 album of the same title.
  The group will perform the album, which spawned hits like “Rockstar,” “Photograph,” “Far Away,” “Animals” and “Savin’ Me,” in its entirety and special guests Stone Temple Pilots, with new singer Jeff Gutt will join them on the tour.
  The tour comes to FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on Sept.
  
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• Irvine looking at flavored tobacco products in anti-smoking push

  21-01-2020 19:30
  
  Irvine police may begin enforcing the law against underage tobacco use, up to and including confiscating vaping devices, as part of a broader effort to make the city smoke-free.
  While smoking cigarettes and vaping are already illegal in California for people under 21, Irvine’s new rule would specifically allow local police to enforce the law and provide them tools to do so, City Attorney Jeffrey Melching said.
  The City Council will give the rule a second vote (which is typically procedural
  
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• Disneyland’s new Magic Happens parade promises fashion-forward look and pop culture vibe

  21-01-2020 19:22
  
  The new Magic Happens parade coming to Disneyland will put a contemporary twist on classic Disney and Pixar folk tales with fashion-forward costumes inspired by modern runways along with pop culture-influenced music and choreography.
  The new Magic Happens parade launching Feb. 28 at the Anaheim theme park will feature nine new floats along with a new musical score.
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• The bright spots and vulnerabilities of Newsom’s proposed budget

  21-01-2020 19:17
  
  The introduction of the 2020-21 California state budget presents the opportunity to improve on last year’s budget, both in totals and in specifics.
  Last year’s totals witnessed an increase in tax revenue of 3.1% but an increase in expenditures of 3.6%, before accounting for the contributions to the state’s required rainy-day fund.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first year in office thus showed a mild improvement over former Gov. Jerry Brown’s last budget, where expenditures ex
  
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• Can marijuana legally be part of a Church service? Ask the lawyer

  21-01-2020 19:14
  
  Q: We attend a church. We worship there and we are comfortable there. In the past year, the pastor has introduced marijuana into the services. We are now being told this might not be legal, and the church might shut down or be required to change. But why? We aren’t bothering anyone, and it is one way of expressing worship.
  -K.R., Garden Grove
  Ron Sokol
  A: There is controversy about use of marijuana at church services in California. But, under the Federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act o
  
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• Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announces Parkinson’s diagnosis

  21-01-2020 19:10
  
  NEW YORK — Rocker Ozzy Osbourne says that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement.
  The 71-year-old Grammy winner and former vocalist for the metal band Black Sabbath said during an interview on “Good Morning America” that aired Tuesday that the diagnosis came after a fall last year.
  Osbourne had to cancel tour dates last year due to health troubles. Osbourne said he really wants to get well and get back to perfor
  
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• McConnell abruptly eases impeachment trial time limits

  21-01-2020 18:58
  
  By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly changed his proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial , backing off the condensed two-day schedule to add a third for opening arguments after protests from senators, including Republicans.
  The trial quickly burst into a partisan fight at the Capitol as the president’s lawyers opened arguments Tuesday in support of McConnell’s plan. Democr
  
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• Democrats decry McConnell’s impeachment rules as ‘cover-up’

  21-01-2020 18:58
  
  By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial quickly burst into a partisan fight Tuesday as proceedings began unfolding at the Capitol. Democrats objected strongly to rules proposed by the Republican leader for compressed arguments and a speedy trial.
  Even before Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled in the session, Democrats warned that the rules package from Trump’s ally, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, could force
  
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• Disney Imagineers fill Rise of the Resistance queue with ‘secret history’ of ancient Star Wars civilization

  21-01-2020 18:33
  
  Disneyland’s new Rise of the Resistance attraction emerges from a hidden rebel military outpost set up in an ancient cavern to avoid detection by First Order troops that have established a temporary base in a nearby Star Wars village.
  If Rise of the Resistance sounds like a scene from a “Star Wars” movie, that’s the point. The massive and complex new 4-rides-in-1 experience that recently debuted in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at the Anaheim theme park is designed to sl
  
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• LeBron James calls fan who threw debris at his son during game ‘disrespectful’

  21-01-2020 18:10
  
  BOSTON — He’s the son of one of the most famous athletes in the world, but Bronny James is still just a kid.
  After seeing a video of a fan at the Hoophall Classic throwing something toward his son during an inbounds pass, that’s what LeBron James wanted to remind would-be hecklers at Sierra Canyon games.
  James was a spectator for the game Monday afternoon, driving 90 miles to Springfield, Mass., for the chance to see his 15-year-old son play in the 70-62 Trailblazers loss. But
  
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• Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez officially joins Galaxy

  21-01-2020 17:50
  
  The Galaxy officially announced the signing of Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez as the new Designated Player.
  Hernandez, 31, joins the club from Sevilla in Spain.
  Hernandez is the all-time leading goal scorer from the Mexican national team, having scored 52 goals in 109 appearances and he’s a veteran of three World Cups.
  Hernandez will replace Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who left the Galaxy after two seasons to return to AC Milan.
  “I’m arriving with the best club in MLS, so I&
  
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• 7 things to do at Southern California casinos (Jan. 24-30)

  21-01-2020 17:37
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  Theresa Caputo, star of the TLC program “Long Island Medium,” will appear at the Rancho Mirage resort on Saturday, Jan. 25.
  The TV star plans to discuss her experiences of speaking with the dead and will deliver healing messages to people in the audience about their loved ones, according to a description on Agua Caliente’s website.
  8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, 32250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. $75-$120. 888-999-1995, agua
  
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• 2020 Dodgers spring training preview: bullpen

  21-01-2020 17:30
  
  As the Dodgers head toward the first workout of spring training on Feb. 14, we are providing breakdowns of how they stand with their roster by position groups. This week, we go to the bullpen. (Previously: the rotation):
  2019 RECAP
  Like the wobbly wheel on a shopping cart, the Dodgers’ bullpen was the weak spot on a 106-win team. It started with closer Kenley Jansen whose inconsistent 2018 season became a two-year regression. He finished with the highest ERA of his career (3.71) and a care
  
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• 2020 Angels spring training preview: bullpen

  21-01-2020 17:30
  
  As the Angels head toward the first workout of spring training on Feb. 12, we are providing a breakdown of how they stand with their roster. Players acquired this winter include the method of their acquisition in parentheses. This week, the bullpen. (Previously: the rotation):
  2019 RECAP
  The Angels’ bullpen was a strength at times in 2019, but the failure of the starters to get deep in games – or Manager Brad Ausmus’ reluctance to let them try – forced the bullpen to hand
  
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• Why you’ll want to discover this not-so-Secret Movie Club

  21-01-2020 17:17
  
  If you wanted to watch a classic film, or maybe even an old favorite, sure, you could stream it, maybe even go to a Redbox and rent a DVD.
  But you may also be able to watch it the way it was meant to be seen, on a big screen with a theater full of other film buffs and on 35mm film.
  Those are the perks of becoming a member of The Secret Movie Club.
  The club, which was launched in 2016, shows films at the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, and The Palace and The State theaters in downtown Los Angeles eve
  
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• Theater review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ poses unanswerable questions

  21-01-2020 17:13
  
  “What the Constitution Means to Me” is writer Heidi Schreck’s nearly two-hour, rather heartfelt, well-staged, beautifully delivered lecture centering on the one document holding America together.
  She posits her theses, without conclusions. Not that anyone can resolve the issues she raises to the satisfaction of all.
  At least her title is perfectly apt. She, or rather the performer playing her onstage at Mark Taper Forum through February, talks to the audience about this embattl
  
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• Man dies in officer-involved-shooting in Fountain Valley

  21-01-2020 16:57
  
  A man was fatally shot in an officer-involved shooting during an investigation into a sexual assault late Monday, Jan. 20, police said.
  Santa Ana police officers were in Fountain Valley investigating a case of sexual assaults on minors, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.
  At about 10:30 p.m., officers went to the suspect’s apartment, in the 10300 block of La Hacienda Avenue, and were let in by his mother, Bertagna said.
  “(The suspect) sees the officers and tried to flee out
  
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• Alice Cooper, Tesla and Lita Ford will play the Hollywood Bowl

  21-01-2020 16:57
  
  Legendary horror rocker Alice Cooper has extended his Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back Tour and is coming to the Hollywood Bowl with Tesla and Lita Ford on May 31.
  Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at 800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com.
  Cooper released “The Breadcrumbs” EP last year, which included tributes to some of his Detroit garage rock heroes of the ’60s and ’70s with songs like “Detroit City 2020” and “East Side Story.” Cooper’s
  
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• Daryl Hall & John Oates are playing the Hollywood Bowl, and here’s how to get tickets

  21-01-2020 16:39
  
  Rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates have announced a massive North American summer tour with Squeeze and KT Tunstall.
  The Live Nation-produced jaunt will come to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on May 29. The pre-sale begins today and is extended through 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. The general on-sale starts at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at Livenation.com.
  “I’m really looking forward to a big time 2020 tour,” Oates said via a press release. “Having KT Tunstall and Squeeze
  
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• Rammstein announces ticket sales for Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concert

  21-01-2020 16:31
  
  After teasing fans over the past few weeks with tour dates and fiery online maps, German heavy rock act Rammstein has announced that it will bring its full-scale stadium production Rammstein in Amerika Tour to North America for the first time ever. It’s coming to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sept. 19.
  It has been eight years since the last time Rammstein played Southern California, selling out Honda Center in Anaheim in 2012 while out on its extensive Made in Germany Tour. The band bu
  
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• Wanna be a movie star? Then visit a theme park

  21-01-2020 15:33
  
  Forget sequels and reboots. My favorite way to revisit a familiar story is to rediscover it from a different perspective.
  I fell in love with this storytelling device in my high school English class, when our teacher introduced us to Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.” If you’re not familiar with the play, it retells Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” from the perspective of two minor characters who barely get a mention in the original. It twists
  
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• OCVarsity’s Future 50 for Orange County North-South All-Star Classic in 2021

  21-01-2020 10:43
  
  The Orange County North-South All-Star Classic on Friday will spotlight some of the best seniors from the class of 2020. Here’s 50 players — the OCVarsity’s Future 50 — from the class of 2021 who have already surfaced as excellent candidates for the game next year.
  If game organizers follow the recommendation of South coach Chad Johnson of Mission Viejo, the 2021 game sponsored by Costa Mesa United and the L.A. Chargers would be moved up earlier in January.
  OCVarsity Futu
  
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• Girls basketball highlights: No. 3 Troy uses its depth to cool off No. 4 Esperanza

  21-01-2020 09:02
  
  GARDEN GROVE Troy’s girls basketball team provided another reminder Monday night just how much a group can evolve over the course of one season.
  The third-ranked Warriors flashed their ever-improving depth en route to a 60-42 victory against No. 4 Esperanza in a clash of potential Division 1 playoffs teams at the Presion Showcase at Orangewood Academy.
  Nine different players scored for the Warriors and their bench outscored Esperanza 12-0.
  “We have all the different pieces,” Tr
  
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• Perris’ Anthony Bagby voted Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week

  21-01-2020 08:02
  
  Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week
  Athlete: Anthony Bagby
  School: Perris
  Sport: Basketball
  Noteworthy: Bagby averaged 22.7 points per game last week, helping the Panthers win games against Elsinore, Arlington and Corona. Bagby registered 16 points and 10 assists against Elsinore and followed that with a 25-point effort against Arlington. He closed the week with 25 points and seven 3-pointers against Corona. He is averaging 24 points and five assists per game this season.
  
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• Redondo’s Alyssa Munn voted Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week

  21-01-2020 07:59
  
  Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week
  Athlete: Alyssa Munn
  School: Redondo
  Sport: Basketball
  Noteworthy: Munn averaged 17.6 points in three games last week. The senior guard had 19 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals in a 61-45 win over Leuzinger. She followed that with 20 points, nine assists, seven steals and five rebounds against Centennial.
  
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• JSerra All-County safety New Zealand Williams transfers to St. Bernard in Playa del Rey

  21-01-2020 07:08
  
  Another talented football player has left JSerra.
  All-County safety New Zealand Williams, who emerged as a defensive force in 2019, has enrolled at St. Bernard High in Playa del Rey, the junior confirmed Monday night.
  Williams (6-2, 175) earned third-team All-County honors last season and made second-team All-Trinity League.
  He arrived at JSerra after playing at Carson in 2018.
  Williams has been offered in recent days by Nebraska and Georgia.
  He is the third confirmed JSerra player to depart the
  
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• Previews of Orange County’s top boys basketball games Tuesday, Jan. 21

  21-01-2020 05:16
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowPreviews of the top boys basketball games on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
  NO. 15 LA HABRA (15-7, 4-0) VS. NO. 7 SONORA (17-4, 4-0)
  Where, when: Sonora, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
  Outlook: Sonora is on track to win 20-plus games for the 11th time in 13 years, and it’s poised to make a deep playoff run. The Raiders have a nice blend of experienced and young players, led by junior guard Daniel Esparza and sophomore Marqui Wo
  
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• Celtics hand sloppy Lakers their worst loss of season

  21-01-2020 04:24
  
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 20: Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics dunks over LeBron James #23 and Danny Green #14 of the Los Angeles Lakers at TD Garden on January 20, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics defeat the Lakers 139-107.(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
  The Lakers’ LeBron James takes a shot against the Celtics during the first half of Monday’s game in Boston. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Celtics’
  
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• Lakers’ Alex Caruso glad All-Star voting saga is coming to an end

  21-01-2020 04:03
  
  BOSTON — Monday was the final day of fan All-Star voting. For Alex Caruso, it was greeted with an exhale.
  The 25-year-old guard has enjoyed riding the wave of a surge of fan voting, clocking in a No. 4 among Western Conference guards last Thursday ahead of such esteemed players as Russell Westbrook, Donovan Mitchell and Devin Booker.
  But fun is fun. Even Caruso isn’t stumping for himself at this point.
  “I don’t want to say it’s a ‘travesty,’ but …
  
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• Will historic sewer digester building at entrance to Laguna be saved?

  21-01-2020 03:28
  
  The historic red-tiled sewer digester building has been a quirky sentinel at the entrance to Laguna Beach along Laguna Canyon Road for close to 90 years.
  Constructed as a New Deal project in 1935, the building is a remnant of the city’s first improvement district — a comprehensive sewer system created to protect the beaches from contamination.
  The sewage plant operated until 1983, after which Laguna Beach sewage was piped to the treatment plant in Aliso Canyon. Since 1989, the plant
  
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