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• Downey man sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing GameStop stores in LA, Orange counties by gunpoint

  27-01-2020 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old Downey man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for armed robberies at four GameStop stores in Los Angeles and Orange counties in 2018, officials said.
  Frederick Lopez Jr. robbed GameStop stores in Lynwood, Rowland Heights, West Covina and Brea, which resulted in the theft of more than $132,000, the Department of Justice said. Lopez committed the robberies – from August to October 2018 – by entering the stores at night and pulling a handgun to threaten sto
  
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• Garden Grove celebrates Lunar New Year with inaugural Tet festival

  27-01-2020 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Lion Dancers perform during Garden Grove’s inaugural Tet Parade on Westminster Ave on Sunday, January 26, 2020.(Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
  Garden Grove’s inaugural Tet Parade along Westminster Ave, from Brookhurst to Euclid St on Sunday, January 26, 2020.(Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsFrom right, Vietnam Veteran Max Stewart and Westminster’s Planning Commissioner Nguyet Pham sit aboard a 1973 Hu
  
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• Flight leaving center of coronavirus outbreak in China bound for Ontario airport, reports say

  27-01-2020 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A chartered jet leaving Wuhan, China, ferrying about 230 U.S. passengers from the center of the coronavirus outbreak, is headed to Ontario International Airport, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, Jan. 27.
  Ontario airport officials have not yet responded to questions about the report.
  However, on the ONT website, the airport posted an “emergency alert” that says: “The health of our travelers and community is of the utmost importance to ONT. We are very closely monitori
  
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• Lakers game against Clippers Tuesday is postponed

  27-01-2020 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  When it happens, it’ll go down among the most meaningful games in Staples Center history. And, at the same time, relatively meaningless.
  But for now, the NBA announced Monday afternoon that it was postponing Tuesday’s game between the Lakers and Clippers, to be rescheduled at a later date.
  “The decision was made out of respect for the Lakers organization, which is deeply grieving the tragic loss of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people in a helic
  
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• Lakers, Clippers will weather emotional night when they meet Tuesday

  27-01-2020 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  It’ll go down among the most meaningful games in Staples Center history. And, at the same time, relatively meaningless.
  The Lakers will host the Clippers on at 7 p.m. Tuesday, two days after Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
  They’ll play the game in “the house that Kobe Bryant built,” as Alicia Keys put it in her address as host of the Grammy Awards, the music awards show that was
  
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• Whicker: Kobe Bryant grew up before our eyes and kept us on our toes

  27-01-2020 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Kobe Bryant had L.A. long before hello.
  When he showed up for the Summer League at Long Beach State’s Pyramid in 1996, the place was already packed. He scored 27 in 26 minutes and shot 20 free throws, against older Detroit Pistons. He saw a sports writer from Philadelphia who had come cross-country and said, “Hello, Mr. Smallwood.”
  He was 17.
  He came on like the Jackson Five and he aged like Eric Clapton, and, given the chance, he might have been Tony Bennett.
  Bryant was basket
  
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• God’s House of Hip Hop 20/20 Summer Fest announces lineup

  27-01-2020 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  God’s House of Hip Hop 20/20 Summer Fest, a Christian hip-hop music festival coming to the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles in July, has announced a lineup of more than 70 artists in genres such as Christian hip-hop, Latin Christian hip-hop and gospel hip-hop.
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• 10 Boy Scouts receive their Eagle rank in Newport Beach ceremony

  27-01-2020 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Ten Boy Scouts earned their Eagle ranks during an honor ceremony Sunday, Jan. 26 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Newport Beach.
  “Each one of these young men shared a drive to succeed,” said Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill after the ceremony. “I look forward to celebrating them again because they will be contributing to their communities for years to come.”
  Navajo Benjamin Hale gives 10 Eagle Scouts an arrowhead after they receive their Eagle r
  
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• How this Mid City mural of Kobe and Gigi appeared in just 6 hours

  27-01-2020 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Like much of Los Angeles, Venice-based street muralist Jules Muck didn’t believe the news at first.
  Once she began receiving a wave of requests for a public mural to memorialize Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, their deaths alongside seven others in a Calabasas helicopter crash began to sink in.
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  Muck, also known as “Muckrack,” put out the call for tips on an available mural location that Sunday morning.
  She jum
  
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• Stolen Star Wars sporks return to Disneyland — and you can get one, for a price

  27-01-2020 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The space sporks that scoundrels and smugglers stole from Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo after Galaxy’s Edge debuted at Disneyland can now be purchased for a price from the Star Wars-themed restaurant.
  Disneyland now sells the $10.99 sporks at Docking Bay 7 to visitors who want to eat Fried Endorian Tip-Yip, Smoked Kaadu Ribs or a Mustafarian Lava Roll with a Star Wars-inspired utensil. Galactic credits won’t be accepted. Cash or credit only.
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• Huntington Beach man gets 3-year prison sentence for threatening to shoot up Marriott in Long Beach

  27-01-2020 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The former Long Beach Marriott hotel cook who threatened a mass shooting at his workplace last year was sentenced to serve three years and eight months in state prison Monday, Jan. 27, after he pleaded no contest to the felony threats.
  Rodolfo Montoya, 37, of Huntington Beach, was arrested on Aug. 20, the day after he told another employee he planned to shoot up the hotel – targeting him, other employees and customers – near the Long Beach Airport. When hotel management alerted autho
  
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• Ex-Long Beach Marriott cook who threatened to shoot up workplace sentenced to more than 3 years in prison

  27-01-2020 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The former Long Beach Marriott hotel cook who threatened a mass shooting at his workplace last year was sentenced to serve three years and eight months in state prison Monday, Jan. 27, after he pleaded no contest to the felony threats.
  Rodolfo Montoya, 37, of Huntington Beach, was arrested on Aug. 20, the day after he told another employee he planned to shoot up the hotel – targeting him, other employees and customers – near the Long Beach Airport. When hotel management alerted autho
  
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• Ex-Long Beach Marriot cook who threatened to shoot up workplace sentenced to more than 3 years in prison

  27-01-2020 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The former Long Beach Marriott hotel cook who threatened a mass shooting at his workplace last year was sentenced to serve three years and eight months in state prison Monday, Jan. 27, after he pleaded no contest to the felony threats.
  Rodolfo Montoya, 37, of Huntington Beach, was arrested on Aug. 20, the day after he told another employee he planned to shoot up the hotel – targeting him, other employees and customers – near the Long Beach Airport. When hotel management alerted autho
  
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• GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses

  27-01-2020 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — Pressure is increasing on senators to call John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after the revelation that a draft of a book by the former national security adviser undercuts a key defense argument — that Trump never tied withholding military aid to Ukraine to his demand the country help investigate political rival Joe Biden.
  Bolton writes in the forthcoming book that Trump told him he want
  
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• ‘American Dirt’ author Jeanine Cummins event at Vroman’s canceled

  27-01-2020 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The “American Dirt” controversy continues.
  A planned event at Vroman’s bookstore in Pasadena on Jan. 28 with “American Dirt” author Jeanine Cummins has been canceled by the publisher, according to a press release issued by the store.
  As well, though it was still listed on the author’s website as of Monday morning, an event in La Jolla at Warwick’s books was also canceled.
  “American Dirt,” which was published by Flatiron Books, received a grea
  
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• Newsom admits he stretched housing truth about a 3.5 million-unit shortfall

  27-01-2020 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom has recanted his repeated and insistent suggestion that the state’s housing challenges require 3.5 million homes to be swiftly built.
  He recently described this target — based on a flawed and outdated consultant’s study — as a “stretch goal,” whatever that means. Plus, he says he’s tossed that math and is having new construction goals formulated. Sadly, the governor’s very public stretching of the housing-shortage truth only furth
  
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• Newport Beach mourns Kobe and Gianna Bryant and 5 others from their community who died in helicopter crash

  27-01-2020 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil Sunday night, Jan. 26, at Newport Ridge Community Park to remember seven members of the Newport Beach community — including Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna — who died hours earlier in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.
  “There were seven lights that were burning bright this morning in Newport Beach and they got snuffed out,” said Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill. “When we lose fathers and mothers and daugh
  
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• Ocean at Main in Laguna Beach will close on Wednesday, Feb. 5, just months after its first anniversary

  27-01-2020 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Craig Strong, chef-owner of Ocean at Main in Laguna Beach, has announced that he will close his restaurant only three months after its first anniversary.
  “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the last day of service for Ocean at Main will be Wednesday, Feb. 5,” Strong said in a statement released to the media and shared on Facebook and Instagram. “Since 2018, we have loved serving and connecting with the Laguna Beach community. Ocean at Main has been the adventure of a lif
  
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• Family ‘heartbroken’ over loss of Sarah and Payton Chester, who died in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant,

  27-01-2020 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Sarah Chester was “the one that everybody counted on.” Her daughter Payton was “the gentlest person you would ever meet.”
  La Serna High football coach Andy George described his sister and 13-year-old niece, who were among the nine people from Orange County who died Sunday in the helicopter crash in Calabasas that killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
  George, who just a couple months ago led his team to the CIF Southern Section Division 6 ch
  
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• Anze Kopitar continues adding to his rich Kings legacy

  27-01-2020 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  In a campaign the Kings might sooner erase from the record books, team captain Anze Kopitar has continued to leave an indelible mark on the NHL as one of the finest players of his generation.
  This season, he leads the Kings in points, goals and assists, on the power play and at even strength. His 16-point lead over his next most-productive teammates is tied for the fourth-largest lead in team scoring in the NHL.
  His defensive play has been at a high level as well, making him an obvious choice as
  
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• Federal investigators begin probe into crash that killed Kobe Bryant, 8 others

  27-01-2020 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting Monday morning to decide how to investigate the Sunday morning helicopter crash in Calabasas that killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, one of his daughters and eight others.
  Groups “will focus on specific areas of interest in (the) investigation,” the federal agency said about 8:45 a.m.
  A “Go Team” had been sent to Southern California for the investigation, apparently arriving Sunday night. That team was expected to consist
  
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• Mourners leave purple and gold flowers outside Kobe Bryant’s home in Orange County

  27-01-2020 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  People making their way to work Monday or just starting their morning routines have paused to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant.
  A memorial in front of Bryant’s family home in Newport Coast off of North Pelican Hill Road continued to grow as mourners left flowers – many yellow and some purple, Laker colors.
  Erin Karal drove here from Huntington Beach to leave a bouquet of sunflowers.
  She kneeled in prayer and wiped away tears.
  Fans mourn the loss of Kobe Bryant at a make shift memorial outs
  
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• USC safety C.J. Pollard announces he will transfer from program

  27-01-2020 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  USC safety C.J. Pollard announced on Twitter Monday morning that he will transfer from the program. Pollard will be a graduate transfer, immediately eligible to play at his next school.
  “I would like to say thank you to USC Athletics for giving me to the opportunity to compete as a student-athlete and earn a degree from a prestigious private university,” Pollard tweeted.
  Pollard, a Carson native who played high school football at Serra, redshirted when he first arrived at USC in 2016
  
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• Status Update: Rock & Brews Tustin opens with help from rocker Paul Stanley

  27-01-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Rock & Brews has opened in Tustin, serving “Those Who Rock” in Tustin.
  The ribbon-cutting took place Jan. 22 with the chain’s founder, owner and Rock Hall of Famer Paul Stanley of KISS.The restaurant contributed 20% of the day’s sales to the American Legion Post 227. Post 227 has been supporting veterans in Tustin and throughout Orange County for more than 50 years.
  The Tustin eatery marks the 21st Rock & Brews location to open since 2010. The restaurant has 17 fl
  
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• With unrivaled ‘game,’ on and off the court, Kobe Bryant defined LA for a generation

  27-01-2020 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LA icons …
  There’s Magic. There’s Vinny. Edward James Olmos. Marilyn, of course. And Nipsey.
  And then, there’s Kobe Bryant — the kid from Pennsylvania whose mad skills were on display for the world — from a uniquely suited-for-him L.A. stage.
  “Kobe! Kobe! Kobe! “
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  The chants would rise and fall every 10 or 15 minutes or so Sunday night in the crisp air outside of Staples Center, where hundreds &md
  
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• What you need to know about 2020 Modernism Week in Palm Springs

  27-01-2020 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Maybe it’s been on your calendar for months, or maybe you’ve decided on a whim to go, but the ever-expanding and popular Modernism Week in the Palm Springs area is right around the corner.
  The “week” part is a misnomer as the event, now in its 15th year, spans 11 days, from Feb. 13-23. More than 350 homes, neighborhood and garden tours, lectures, presentations, parties, films and other events are on the schedule for the festival, which highlights mid-century modern archit
  
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• Kobe 1978 – 2020: Political Cartoons

  27-01-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
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• Gov. Newsom needs to push for highway improvements

  27-01-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For drivers, California’s bumpy roadways can seem like one giant pothole. So commuters should welcome Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-2021 budget, which smartly prioritizes roadway maintenance, congestion reduction, and key trade corridors.
  There’s no way to sugarcoat it: California’s infrastructure is in bad shape. The state has put off basic maintenance and repairs and there are now more deferred needs in the state’s transportation system than in any other area
  
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• Black Tap Anaheim is rolling out a vegan CrazyShake on Feb. 1 at Downtown Disney

  27-01-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the most popular milkshake makers in the world is now offering a vegan version.
  Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, famous for serving its signature CrazyShakes with outrageous toppings, will add The Vegan Black ‘N White CakeShake to its menu beginning Monday, Jan. 27 at all New York City stores, in Las Vegas and in select international locations. It will come to Black Tap Anaheim in Downtown Disney on Saturday, Feb. 1.
  “Research shows that veganism grew 600% from 2014 to
  
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• Disneyland maintenance crew feels sense of pride working on 1922 King Arthur Carrousel: ‘It’s part of our heritage’

  27-01-2020 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland has its share of classic rides, but there aren’t too many attractions like King Arthur Carrousel that date back before the 1955 opening of the Anaheim theme park.
  Disneyland’s maintenance crew has just started a monthslong refurbishment project that will replace the carousel’s steel canopy and freshen up the hand-carved horses on the vintage merry-go-round that was built in 1922 and moved to Disneyland for opening day.
  “It’s part of our heritage,” s
  
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• Ex-Long Beach Marriott chef to be sentenced Monday for threatening mass shooting

  27-01-2020 14:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — Sentencing is set Monday for a former Long Beach Marriott hotel chef who threatened to shoot up his place of business last summer.
  Rodolfo Montoya, 37, of Huntington Beach, pleaded no contest Jan. 13 to two felony counts of criminal threats. He is facing three years and eight months in prison as a result of the plea negotiated with prosecutors.
  Montoya told a co-worker last Aug. 19 “that he was going to shoot up fellow employees and people coming into the hotel,” L
  
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• Survivors return to Auschwitz 75 years after liberation

  27-01-2020 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By VANESSA GERA
  OSWIECIM, Poland ( — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred in the world today.
  In all, some 200 survivors of the camp are expected, many of them elderly Jews who have traveled far from homes in Israel, the United States, Australia, Peru, Russia, Slovenia and elsewhere. Many lost pa
  
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• Democrats demand Bolton testify at Trump’s impeachment trial

  27-01-2020 14:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON  — The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defense argument.
  Bolton writes in the forthcoming book that Trump told him that he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid from Ukraine until it helped him with politically charged investigations, inclu
  
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• Kobe Bryant leaves lasting impact with Orange County girls basketball community

  27-01-2020 11:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Kobe Bryant represented different things to millions of people around the world.
  To Orange County’s small and close-knit girls basketball community, he symbolized inspiration, friendship, mentorship, hope and pure wonder that they could literally touch.
  The Lakers’ legend was one of them.
  So it was with heavy hearts and after shedding tears that players and coaches remembered Bryant after he and his daughter Gianna were among nine people who died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calab
  
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• 5 moments from the 2020 Grammys that people will be talking about

  27-01-2020 06:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Grammy Awards 2020 expected to celebrate music and musicians, but the day’s tragic news — that Los Angeles basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash — cast a long shadow over the event at Staples Center, the place where Kobe worked his magic as a Laker.
  The show, however, did go on, and there were many winners, as well as many of the performers offered praise to Bryant during the course of the show.
  There was also one big winner &mdash
  
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• 8 memorable Grammys 2020 moments in GIFs

  27-01-2020 06:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Music’s biggest night, the 62nd Grammy Awards may be over, but we put together our memorable moments from Sunday night’s show accompanied by a Graphics Interchange Format also known as a GIF.
  Related: Grammy Awards 2020 – Scenes from the red carpet
  From Lizzo, Lil Nas X to Demi Lovato’s comeback, here are the top eight moments.
  1. Lizzo kicked off the Grammys with her hit songs, “Cuz I Love You”  and “Truth Hurts” but had the audience at Stapl
  
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• California’s big educational dilemma

  27-01-2020 05:42 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s largest, most important — and perhaps most troubled — governmental program is the education of nearly 6 million elementary, middle and high school students.
  Federal, state and local taxpayers are spending more than $100 billion each year on the assumption, or hope, that the state’s 944 school districts, ranging in size from 400,000 students (Los Angeles Unified) to four (Lincoln Elementary) will adequately educate our kids.
  Educationally, California’s a
  
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• Lil Nas X rips through ‘Old Town Road’ with BTS, Billy Ray Cyrus and Diplo at the 2020 Grammy Awards

  27-01-2020 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Rapper Lil Nas X had a huge 2019. The 20-year-old, who performed at the 2020 Grammy Awards, put out his single “Old Town Road,” which when country singer-songwriter Billy Ray Cyrus was added, it became a massive hit.
  The duo performed it for the first time along with EDM artist Diplo at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio last year.
  Lil Nas X turned heads on the Grammy red carpet with his hot pink Nudie suit that was modified with multiple straps and buckles. He wore a hea
  
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• Grammy Awards’ Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. performance did not rock this way

  27-01-2020 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  With the Grammys Awards 2020 underway Sunday, a handful of performances had people excited, while some had their heads scratching. One, in particular, was the Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C nostalgia-inducing performance of their hit, “Walk This Way.”
  Related: Usher’s Prince tribute with FKA Twigs at Grammys 2020 sparks Twitter revolution
  While some enjoyed Steven Tyler’s trademark screeches, many wished that this team-up had stayed in the past. This is what users on social medi
  
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• Two fatally shot in Alhambra are identified

  27-01-2020 04:55 via ocregister.com
  
  ALHAMBRA — A 42-year-old Alhambra man remained behind bars for the deadly shooting in an Alhambra apartment of a man and woman, who were identified Sunday by coroner’s officials.
  Police received a call of shots fired at an apartment complex in the 400 block of North Second Street at 7:15 p.m. Friday and upon arrival, they located two victims suffering from gunshot wounds inside an apartment, according to Cmdr. Gabriel Ponce of the Alhambra Police Department.
  Both victims were pronoun
  
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• Lil Nas X Grammy performance gets standing ovation on social media

  27-01-2020 04:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Grammy-nominated artist Lil Nas X’s show-stopping performan brought out not one, but four star-studded cameos during the award show on Sunday.
  Related: See photos of the show, winners
  His rotating stage included several remixes of his song, “Old Town Road” featuring K-pop band, BTS, Diplo, Mason Ramsey, rapper Nas and his original collaborator, Billy Ray Cyrus. The performance also included a small dedication to Kobe Bryant with the player’s jersey on display during the r
  
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• Demi Lovato tears up after false start on ballad ‘Anyone’ at 2020 Grammy Awards

  27-01-2020 04:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Demi Lovato performed her song “Anyone” at the 2020 Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday night. She has been quoted saying that she wrote the song days before her overdose in 2018 as a “cry for help.”
  On Sunday night, she was introduced by actress and “Little Women” director Greta Gerwig. As the cameras panned to Lovato in the middle of the arena with her piano player, the singer’s voice cracked and she shed a few tears as she took a sta
  
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• Photos: Kobe fans pay their respects at Mamba Sports Academy and the Lakers Training Facility

  27-01-2020 04:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Kobe Bryant fans were in Newbury Park and El Segundo to mourn and pay tribute following the helicopter crash on Sunday morning.
  Young fans gather near a memorial for Kobe Bryant outside Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park after Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday morning.He was traveling to the facility when his helicopter crashed.(photo by Andy Holzman)
  David Hernandez and Andrew Mason place a photograph of Kobe Bryant outside Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park after the NBA star
  
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• Kawhi Leonard leads Clippers to win over Magic

  27-01-2020 04:41 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers won a game nobody wanted to play.
  The tipoff was less than four hours after the Clippers and Orlando Magic learned of the death of former NBA great Kobe Bryant at the age of 41.
  “Sometimes the stage is the best place to get away from reality,” observed Clippers coach Doc Rivers. “I thought our guys had a two-hour break from an emotional day.”
  Kawhi Leonard scored 15 of his 31 points in a big third quarter and the Clipper
  
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• Billie Eilish lets her vocals take center stage at the 2020 Grammy Awards

  27-01-2020 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  For her Grammy Awards debut, 18-year-old singer-songwriter Billie Eilish toned it down a bit, opting to sing “When the Party’s Over” versus songs like “Bad Guy” or “You Should See Me in a Crown.”
  Eilish grew up and was homeschooled in Los Angeles, just miles from the Staples Center in Los Angeles where the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards are held, as host Alicia Keys noted. Eilish racked up six nominations this year including nods in the top four categories. S
  
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• Usher’s Prince tribute with FKA Twigs at Grammys 2020 sparks Twitter revolution

  27-01-2020 03:48 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not a Grammy show without a special tribute to an artist. The performer chosen for the 2020 show was the artist formally known as Prince.
  Related: See photos of the show, winners
  Usher took the stage to perform a selection of Prince’s hits such as “Kiss,” “Little Red Corvette” and “When Doves Cry” He was accompanied by Sheila E. and a group of dancers.
  Twitter had mixed reactions to the performance, which included amazing FKA Twigs dancing (an
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball gives one away in blowout loss to No. 12 Oregon

  27-01-2020 03:43 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA head men basketball coach Mick Cronin, center, talks to his team including Chris Smith, left, Tyger Campbell, Jalen Hill and Jaime Jaquez Jr., right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Oregon in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Pietsch)
  The University of Oregon paid tribute to Kobe Bryant with a moment of silence before the UCLA Oregon NCAA college basketball game in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Pietsch)SoundThe galle
  
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• Partial list of 2020 Grammy Awards winners

  27-01-2020 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Pop solo performance: “Truth Hurts,” Lizzo
  Pop vocal album: “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” Billie Eilish
  Pop duo/group performance: “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
  Traditional pop vocal album: “Look Now,” Elvis Costello & The Imposters
  R&B album: “Ventura,” Anderson .Paak
  Urban contemporary album: “Cuz I Love You,” Lizzo
  R&B song: “Say So,” PJ Morton featuring JoJo
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• Tyler, the Creator sends in the clones at 2020 Grammy Awards

  27-01-2020 03:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Tyler, the Creator is a songwriter, rapper, producer, performance artist, fashion designer – and he’s responsible for curating the annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles each year.
  The 28-year-old artist took the stage at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday night to perform “Earthquake” with R&B group Boyz II Men and Charlie Wilson, singer-songwriter and leader of The Gap Band.
  It started off as a straightforward performance, b
  
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• Grammy Awards 2020: Complete coverage

  27-01-2020 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Follow the biggest winners, most memorable performances, tributes and more.
  Click here if you aren’t redirected to our Grammy Awards coverage.
  
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