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• UC Irvine coach Russ Turner demands better effort

  28-01-2020 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine men’s basketball coach Russ Turner was happy about some things after Saturday’s 74-67 victory over visiting Cal Poly in a Big West Conference game. He was bugged about other stuff.
  In this case, the good news comes first. He was pleased with the contributions of freshman guard Jeron Artest and freshman forward Austin Johnson with the game on the line. Artest, son of former NBA star Metta World Peace, buried a 3-pointer and a 17-footer during crunch time. Johnson had a huge
  
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• Police investigate after man found wounded, dies in Santa Ana restaurant parking lot

  28-01-2020 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Ana police were investigating the death of a man who was found wounded in the parking lot of a taco restaurant early Tuesday.
  It was just before 12:50 a.m. when police were called about a body in the parking lot of Navarro’s Taqueria on South Standard Avenue near Edinger Avenue, Santa Ana police said.
  Officers found the man wounded with by possible gunshots, said Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
  Paramedics tried to save the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene at about 1 a.m. The corone
  
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• Shark, bird, sunset in same shot wins Palos Verdes Estates teacher coveted photo award

  28-01-2020 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The split shot stingray image was part of Renee Capozolla’s submission to the national team award for the World Shootout Photo Competition, with team USA earning the win. (Photo courtesy of Capozzola)
  Renee Capozzola, an AP biology teacher for PalosVerdes High School, recently earned a win at the World Shootout underwater photography contest held in Germany on Jan. 25, 2020. (Photo by Ron Watkins)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsRenee Capozzola, an AP biology teacher for PalosVerdes H
  
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• Shark, bird, sunset in same shot wins local high school teacher coveted photo award

  28-01-2020 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The split shot stingray image was part of Renee Capozolla’s submission to the national team award for the World Shootout Photo Competition, with team USA earning the win. (Photo courtesy of Capozzola)
  Renee Capozzola, an AP biology teacher for PalosVerdes High School, recently earned a win at the World Shootout underwater photography contest held in Germany on Jan. 25, 2020. (Photo by Ron Watkins)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsRenee Capozzola, an AP biology teacher for PalosVerdes H
  
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•  ‘Dolemite,’ ‘Rocketman,’ ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Star Wars’ among costume design nominees

  28-01-2020 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS — The period films “Dolemite Is My Name,” “Rocketman” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” are among the nominees for the 22nd Costume Designers Guild Awards, which will be presented Tuesday night at the Beverly Hilton.
  Costume designers for “Downton Abbey” and “Jojo Rabbit” round out the period film category for the awards.
  Disney/Marvel films have all the nominations in the sci-fi/fantasy category, with nods going t
  
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• Portola High boys basketball moves to front of Pacific Coast League standings

  28-01-2020 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Portola High’s boys basketball team had its struggles during the non-league portion of its schedule. But the Bulldogs have climbed to the top of the Pacific Coast League standings with two weeks left in the regular season, and now they’re taking aim at their first title.
  That would be the first in just their second year of varsity competition.
  Portola entered this week’s play 13-11 overall and 5-1 in league play, sitting in first place ahead of second place Beckman (12-12, 4-2)
  
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• Kobe Bryant had deal with wife Vanessa: ‘Never fly on a helicopter together’

  28-01-2020 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Kobe Bryant was very public about preferring to get around the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area by helicopter — but he and his wife “had a deal” that they would never ride in helicopters together, according to a report from People.
  “He and Vanessa had a deal that they would never fly on a helicopter together,” a source told the magazine. The report didn’t offer an explanation for why the couple had this pact.
  The same source also said that Bryant would &ldqu
  
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• Crean Lutheran hires Capistrano Valley Christian’s Rick Curtis as football coach

  28-01-2020 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Crean Lutheran has hired its most accomplished football coach since starting a program in 2010.
  The Saints announced Tuesday that they have hired Capistrano Valley Christian’s Rick Curtis as its football coach.
  Curtis, who replaces Randall Reynoso, coached Santa Margarita and Northwood before spending the past four seasons at Capistrano Valley Christian.
  Reynoso led Crean Lutheran to a 4-6 record last season, including an 0-5 record in the Empire League, and left to take the reins at El To
  
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• Hacienda Road in La Habra Heights to reopen soon

  28-01-2020 22:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Hacienda Road, which normally connects the San Gabriel Valley to Orange County for about 30,000 cars daily but has been closed from Canada Sombre Road to West Skyline Drive since March of 2019, is expected to reopen Feb. 11.
  The news came from La Habra Heights City Manager Fabiola Huerta. The road was closed because a section was in danger of a landslide. It has since been repaired.
  Barrels full of dirt that was drilled out to install a casing for an inclinometer are pictured along Hacienda
  
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• Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica

  28-01-2020 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
  HAVANA  — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday. Witnesses reported strong shaking but there was no immediate word of casualties or heavy damage.
  The quake was centered  86 miles northwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 7 miles west-southwest of Niquero, Cuba. It hit at 2:10 p.m. and the epicenter was a relatively shallow  6 miles beneath the surface.
  The quake could be felt strongly
  
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• Titan women defeat UC San Diego, 6-1, in tennis

  28-01-2020 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton’s women’s tennis team opened its dual match season Saturday afternoon with an 6-1 victory over future Big West member UC San Diego on the Titan Courts. The Tritons were ranked fourth in the West region in the preseason Division II Oracle/ITA regional rankings.
  The day began with strong showings by the teams of Zeidan/Suh and Acidera/Valenzuela to secure the doubles point and to get the Titans rolling.
  Singles play was dominated by the Titans, as Genevieve Zeidan,
  
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• An afternoon in the snow in Lake Forest

  28-01-2020 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Lake Forest’s Pittsford Park was a winter wonderland on Saturday, Jan. 25.
  At least a corner of it was when a layer of snow was put down for SnowFest 2020.
  Throughout the day, families rode sleds down the hill of white stuff while kids patted together snowballs, looking for targets. In SoCal fashion, families also enjoyed shaved ice treats at the park and other games and activities.
  Christopher Lang, 10, right, participates in a snowball fight with many other children during SnowFest 2020
  
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• A tale of two sons: our families deserve school choice

  28-01-2020 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  My child attended Santa Ana public schools, and I am committed to strengthening our district schools. At the same time, I know that district schools are not the best option for every student, and expanding—not constricting—the number of school choices and scholarships in our city ensures that every child has access to a quality education.
  One of the reasons I know this is because of an Orange County mom named Gisela. In Gisela’s own words, it took “so many years of strugg
  
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• Orange County home sales jump 37% as median price hits $732,750

  28-01-2020 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County homebuying rose and prices increased as Southern California’s median hit an all-time high in December.
  Orange County home sales totaled 3,109 in December — up 37% in a year, CoreLogic/DQ News reported. Still, Orange County’s latest sales count is still 12% off the December average of 3,533 since 1988.
  The countywide median selling price was $732,750 — up 3.2% over 12 months. The latest median is 1% off the county’s record high of $740,000 set in Octobe
  
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• Newsom’s opportunity to write a new chapter in the history of pardons

  28-01-2020 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The power of presidents and governors to overrule judges and juries by pardoning convicted felons or commuting their sentences is a vestige of ancient monarchial authority.
  As one history of the pardon power puts it:
  “The prerogative of mercy made its debut on the statutory rolls of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs during the reign of King Ine of Wessex (668-725 A.D.). Section 6 of the Laws provided: ‘If any one fight in the king’s house, let him be liable in all his property
  
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• The best of Kobe Bryant’s legends and tall tales with the Lakers

  28-01-2020 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Aside from the championships and aside from the statistics, Kobe Bryant had something most NBA players never achieve: mystique.
  Even as he was one of the biggest sports stars in the world, there were parts of the Black Mamba that seemed unknowable and enigmatic. He inspired legends as the first one to arrive the gym and the last one to leave, and his trash talk (even to his own teammates) was the stuff of myth. Even his helicopter commutes, before becoming a symbol of tragedy, were another locke
  
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• Doomed climate lawsuits waste precious time and money

  28-01-2020 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  For the second time in two months and the fourth time in two years, courts have tossed climate lawsuits.
  On January 17, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of 21 youths by the climate legal advocacy group Our Children’s Trust. The case was an attempt to force the federal government to impose limits on fossil fuel use.
  This decision comes just a month after New York state Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager dismissed a lawsuit bro
  
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• The New Pornographers are all revved up to hit the ‘Brake Lights’ for L.A. return concert

  28-01-2020 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Songwriter Carl Newman says he didn’t notice any theme to the lyrics he was writing for the New Pornographers‘ eighth studio album.
  At first, anyway. But in separate songs he refers to “a backseat driver,” “the roof of the car,” and “the leather on the seat,” and, well, you begin to see what he’s driving at.
  Those three songs — “You’ll Need a Back Seat Driver,” “You Won’t Need Those Where You’re Going
  
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• Toyota gambling with some hybrid drivers’ lives by not issuing safety recall, class-action suit claims

  28-01-2020 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Benning doesn’t feel safe in his 2015 Toyota Prius Liftback.
  While driving on a bridge over Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay last April, Benning’s brakes failed, he said, as traffic was coming to a halt at a red traffic light some 200 yards ahead.
  “I hit the brakes, pressed the brake all the way into the floor and nothing happened. The car didn’t slow at all,” Benning recalled, describing the incident on East Second Street near Marina Drive as “pretty terri
  
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• 3 things to do at Southern California casinos (Jan. 31-Feb. 6)

  28-01-2020 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  Comic legend Jerry Seinfeld will appear at the Rancho Mirage resort on Saturday, Feb. 1.
  Seinfeld and fellow comedian Larry David were the brains behind the highly popular ’90s TV sitcom “Seinfeld.” The show was full of creative plots including waiting an excessively long time for a table at a restaurant, being banned from a soup shop and having practically everything go wrong while visiting a dinner party. The show won multip
  
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• Taco Tuesday: Tortilla giant also makes great tacos

  28-01-2020 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  El Toro Bravo is probably more famous for its tortillas than its tacos. Their corn tortillas are everywhere, and their ultra-crunchy chips are some of the best totopos on the market. 
  75 Best Places to EatWhere to eat in Orange County: A map of the 75 Best RestaurantsThe company operates several taquerias as well, including two separate branches within a two-block stretch of 19th Street in Costa Mesa. The older one (745 W. 19th) serves as their flagship tortilla factory while this one (562
  
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• Video shows Kobe Bryant crash devastation, all bodies now recovered

  28-01-2020 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office said the bodies of all nine victims now have been recovered from the scene of the crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant and eight others.
  Three bodies had been found after the crash on Sunday, and on Tuesday the agency said the remaining six were recovered on Monday.
  Also on Tuesday, video from a drone over the site of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball legend, his daughter and seven others shows the devastating trail
  
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• Drone video shows devastation of helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, 8 others

  28-01-2020 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Video from a drone over the site of the helicopter crash that killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others shows the devastating trail of wreckage left when the the Sikorsky S-76B crashed into a Calabasas hillside.
  The video was released Tuesday, Jan. 28, by the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the Sunday morning crash in fog that killed all aboard. The flight began at John Wayne Airport in Orange County at 9:08 a.m. Sunday and crashed near Las Virge
  
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• Drone video shows devastation of crash that killed Kobe Bryant, 8 others

  28-01-2020 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Video from a drone over the site of the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others shows the devastating trail of wreckage left when the the Sikorsky S-76B crashed into a Calabasas hillside.
  The video was released Tuesday, Jan. 28, by the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the Sunday morning crash in fog that killed all aboard. The flight began at John Wayne Airport in Orange County at 9:08 a.m. Sunday and crashed near Las
  
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• All 9 bodies recovered from crash that killed Kobe Bryant

  28-01-2020 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office said the bodies of all nine victims have been recovered now from the crash scene.
  Three had been found after the crash on Sunday, and on Tuesday the agency said the remaining six were recovered Monday.
  Also on Tuesday, video from a drone over the site of the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others shows the devastating trail of wreckage left when the the Sikorsky S-76B crashed into a
  
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• REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin reveals story of the band’s biggest hits ahead of Southern California shows

  28-01-2020 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  REO Speedwagon crashed through to its biggest success after the release of “Hi Infidelity” at the end of 1980, but it’s the time before that album came out that singer Kevin Cronin is thinking about as the band prepares for a new run of shows.
  “It really did just catapult the band into a whole different level of popularity,” Cronin says of the record that by 2018 had reached Diamond status for selling more than 10 million copies. “But even before the album was
  
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• Is the doctor required to have another person in the room for my physical exam? Ask the lawyer

  28-01-2020 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: On two occasions now, my doctor has done a physical exam, and has another person in the room (one of his staff). Is he required to have some other person in the room?
  -D.G., Venice
  Ron Sokol
  A: California law does not require the physician to have someone else present in the room during a physical exam, but some doctors do so as a precaution. In turn, a patient can request to have another person present, or bring a friend or relative.
  Q: Are doctors in California required to have malpractice
  
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• Rail audit spotlights bullet train failures

  28-01-2020 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A new audit from the federal government provides the latest evidence that California’s High-Speed Rail project has veered far off course from its backers’ promises – and offers yet another strong argument for derailing this unnecessary boondoggle.
  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s finding criticizes the Federal Railroad Administration for not sufficiently monitoring a $2.5-billion grant to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, which oversees the construction of
  
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• California tests find illegal vapes tainted with additives

  28-01-2020 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
  LOS ANGELES — California officials announced Monday that marijuana vape cartridges seized in illegal shops in Los Angeles contained potentially dangerous additives, including a thickening agent blamed for a national outbreak of deadly lung illnesses tied to vaping.
  Officials also found that the illegal vapes confiscated in the December raids typically were not as potent as advertised, and sometimes contained just a fraction of the THC claimed on the labels, according to
  
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• Trump’s Mideast plan calls for Palestinian state, settlement freeze

  28-01-2020 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE and ARON HELLER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan Tuesday, calling for the creation of a State of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem, saying it is a “win-win” opportunity for both Israel and the Palestinians.
  The plan ends speculation as to whether his administration, in preparing a proposal without input from Palestinian leaders, would abandon a “two-state resolution” to the con
  
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• Philip Rivers future: Six potential landing spots for QB if he leaves Chargers

  28-01-2020 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Philip Rivers is leaving San Diego, but he’s not moving to Los Angeles to join the Chargers.
  Rivers and his family won’t be a two-hour commute away from Costa Mesa. They’re moving thousands of miles east to Florida, Rivers confirmed to ESPN last week.
  The surprising move could mean the end of the Rivers-Chargers partnership. Rivers renting an apartment in Orange County for the 2020 season doesn’t seem likely, but of course, it’s an option. So the 16-year marriage wi
  
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• Kings approach second half knowing change is coming

  28-01-2020 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  While they may be in the basement, the Kings still feel they are moving upward this season.
  Heading into 10 days without a game, the Kings sat last in the Western Conference and lagged a bit behind their pace from last season, which saw them bring up the rear as well.
  Yet they have been in 18 one-goal games, the sixth-highest total in the NHL. On the downside, they’ve lost nine games by a single score, more than any other team but the Montreal Canadiens, who have split their 20 one-goal ga
  
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• Dancers and dragons welcome Lunar New Year at Outlets San Clemente

  28-01-2020 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Students from the Three Treasures Cultural Arts Society demonstrate a traditional Chinese Lion Dance during the annual Lunar New Year celebration at the Outlets at San Clemente on Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Students from the Irvine Chinese School perform for the crowd during a Lunar New Year celebration at the Outlets at San Clemente on Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume
  
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• Sammy Hagar & The Circle, Whitesnake, Night Ranger coming to FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine

  28-01-2020 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Sammy Hagar & The Circle have announced a 2020 U.S. tour that will include ’80s rockers Whitesnake and Night Ranger.
  Hagar has been teasing the tour online and even talked about it on the red carpet before the MusiCares event that honored Aerosmith with the Person of the Year Award last week. The jaunt comes to FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on Sept. 8. and wraps up at North Island Credit Union in Chula Vista on Sept. 20.
  Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31 via LiveNation.c
  
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• Theater: The Last Ship’ founders, while ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ rescues itself

  28-01-2020 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Two productions currently on the boards look back decades ago. One was meant to draw parallels to current times and urge sociopolitical and personal resistance against seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The other seems meant solely to entertain.
  Yet the supposedly lighthearted entertainment, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” indeed entertains, thanks to highly skilled direction and a superbly capable cast. The other production, “The Last Ship,” just can’t overcome its weakne
  
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• Justin Bieber announces Rose Bowl concert and Valentine’s Day album release

  28-01-2020 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Justin Bieber, who burst onto the music scene with his debut album “My World 2.0” when he was just 16 years old, has announced that his new album, “Changes,” will drop on Valentine’s Day.
  The now 25-year-old will be following up the release with a massive tour with special guests Kehlani and Jaden Smith, which comes to Pechanga Arena in San Diego on May 26 and Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena on May 29.
  Tickets go on sale to the general public starting at noon Friday,
  
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• Here’s how local radio can survive and thrive in Southern California

  28-01-2020 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  I didn’t realize there was such a thing as iHeart apologists. After destroying radio as we know it and having not one but two record-setting layoffs — most recently last week — I didn’t think they would have any supporters at all.
  But the ink had barely dried on last week’s column when the comments started coming in: Don’t blame consolidation (which brought the likes of iHeart). Consolidation saved many stations. Today’s realities. Young people don&rsquo
  
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• 2020 Dodgers spring training preview: catchers

  28-01-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Dodgers head toward the first workout of spring training on Feb. 14, we are providing a breakdown of how they stand with their roster. Today, the catchers. (Previously, the rotation and bullpen).
  2019 RECAP
  The Dodgers began the season with Austin Barnes as their primary catcher and veteran Russell Martin making a welcome-back appearance as a backup, buying time for the arrival of one of the Dodgers’ blue-chip catching prospects. Barnes couldn’t keep the job as his offensive g
  
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• 2020 Angels spring training preview: catchers

  28-01-2020 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 their roster. Players acquired this winter include the method of their acquisition in parentheses. Today, the catchers. (Previously, the rotation and bullpen).
  2019 RECAP
  The Angels started the season with a pair of new catchers, Jonathan Lucroy and Kevan Smith, and neither performed as they’d hoped. Lucroy hit .242 with a .681 OPS and had trouble blocking balls. H
  
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• USC responds to coronavirus social-media rumor

  28-01-2020 16:57 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — An erroneous claim on social media of a student at USC contracting coronavirus prompted the school to issue a statement early Tuesday morning denying anyone on campus was diagnosed with the virus.
  About 11:15 p.m. Monday, a reply to a post about the coronavirus on USC’s Twitter account claimed a student at The Lorenzo student apartment complex had contracted the virus, prompting the school to respond.
  “We want to provide an update to the USC Community because ther
  
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• Philharmonic Society of Orange County announces 2020-21 season

  28-01-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by acclaimed conductor Riccardo Muti and winner of 62 Grammy Awards, will perform multiple concerts in March 2021 as part of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s 2020-21 season, announced today.
  Conductor Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will perform three Orange County concerts in March 2021 as part of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s 2020-21 season. (Courtesy of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County)
  The soci
  
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• McConnell leaving Democrats behind: Political Cartoons

  28-01-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  
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• The growing divide in the theme park industry pits Disney and Universal against everyone else

  28-01-2020 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  What is more important to theme parks — roller coasters or video games?
  I suspect that most people would answer roller coasters. But if you look at attendance numbers, it becomes clear that thrill rides such as coasters don’t drive attendance the way that attractions based on popular characters from movies, television and even video games do. That’s created a growing divide between theme park chains — one that became even more apparent over the past couple of weeks.
  Sign
  
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• Five things to know about voting in California’s March 3 primary

  28-01-2020 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 20 million Californians – about 80% of those eligible – are registered to vote going into the March 3 presidential primary.
  If you’re one of them, or if you want to register, here’s what you need to know about California’s primary.
  Ballots coming early
  Just because the primary is Tuesday, March 3, doesn’t mean you have to wait until then to cast your ballot.
  Ballots will start going to vote-by-mail voters the week of Monday, Feb. 3. You can mail in y
  
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• 5 things to know about voting in California’s March 3 primary

  28-01-2020 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 20 million Californians – about 80% of those eligible – are registered to vote going into the March 3 presidential primary.
  If you’re one of them, or if you want to register, here’s what you need to know about California’s primary.
  Ballots coming early
  Just because the primary is Tuesday, March 3, doesn’t mean you have to wait until then to cast your ballot.
  Ballots will start going to vote-by-mail voters the week of Monday, Feb. 3. You can mail in y
  
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• Trump lawyers raise defenses as pressure grows for witnesses

  28-01-2020 14:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team is raising a broad-based attack on the impeachment case against him even as it mostly brushes past allegations in a new book that could undercut a key defense argument at his Senate trial.
  Former national security adviser John Bolton writes in a manuscript that Trump wanted to withhold military aid from Ukraine until it committed to helping with investigations into Democratic rival Joe Biden
  
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• Pedestrian hit and killed by vehicle in Stanton

  28-01-2020 08:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and died near an intersection in Stanton on Monday night.
  Lt. Fred Thompson with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said the crash happened at around 9:40 p.m. near the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Cerritos Avenue.
  Thompson said the driver did not leave the area after the crash, and the intersection was closed while investigators worked the scene of the crash.
  Information on the identity of the person who died was not immediately available.
  R
  
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• Alexander: Kings prospect Cal Petersen enjoys AHL All-Star experience at home

  28-01-2020 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  ONTARIO — If you’re going to talk to a goalie before an All-Star Game, best to do it beforehand. He might not be in such a great frame of mind afterward.
  Then again, Cal Petersen ought to be used to it by now.
  Petersen, one of three hometown players to represent the Pacific Division in Monday night’s AHL All-Star Game at Ontario’s Toyota Arena, is in his third season with the Ontario Reign, which means his third season of apprenticeship behind Jonathan Quick and Jack Camp
  
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• Ducks’ sluggish start too much to overcome in loss to Sharks

  28-01-2020 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  San Jose Sharks’ Dylan Gambrell, left, reaches for the puck next to Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf (15) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
  San Jose Sharks left wing Patrick Marleau (12) celebrates after scoring a goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSan Jose Sharks right w
  
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• St. Paul’s Ludovica Albanelli voted Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week

  28-01-2020 06:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week
  Athlete: Ludovica Albanelli
  School: St. Paul
  Sport: Basketball
  Noteworthy: Albanelli turned in an outstanding performance for the Swordsmen in their 65-47 victory over visiting La Salle. The senior led all scorers with 23 points and five rebounds. She made four 3-pointers. Earlier this season, Albanelli was named to the Santa Ana Elks All-Tournament team for leading the team to the tournament title.
  
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