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• ‘Out of respect for Kobe Bryant,’ Clippers’ Moe Harkless will stop wearing No. 8

  31-01-2020 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  PLAYA VISTA — Moe Harkless said his jersey switch was a no-brainer.
  “I think it was an easy decision, just out of respect for Kobe Bryant and his legacy,” said the new No. 11, the Clippers’ forward formerly known as No. 8. “I just feel like it was the right thing to do for me personally. Obviously, everybody has their own opinion, but for me, it was an easy decision.”
  Like so many players around the league, Harkless has long been inspired by Bryant, who w
  
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• ‘Out of respect for Kobe Bryant,’ Clippers’ Moe Harkless will stop wearing No. 8

  31-01-2020 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  PLAYA VISTA — Moe Harkless said his jersey switch was a no-brainer.
  “I think it was an easy decision, just out of respect for Kobe Bryant and his legacy,” said the new No. 11, the Clippers’ forward formerly known as No. 8. “I just feel like it was the right thing to do for me personally. Obviously, everybody has their own opinion, but for me, it was an easy decision.”
  Like so many players around the league, Harkless has long been inspired by Bryant, who was am
  
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• Orange County’s incumbent 3rd District supervisor faces one challenger on March 3 ballot

  31-01-2020 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Voters in Orange County’s third supervisorial district are choosing between two candidates: incumbent Supervisor Don Wagner, a former Irvine mayor who won the seat in a March 2019 special election, and Ashleigh Aitken, a former federal prosecutor who sits on the OC Fair board.
  While the other Orange County Board of Supervisor’s seat on the March 3 ballot – representing the first district – could end up in a November runoff, the Third District race should be decided electi
  
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• Get food and restaurant news delivered to your inbox with The Eat Index: OC

  31-01-2020 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  In Orange County and don’t know where to eat? Brad A. Johnson knows where to go whether you want a humble taco or fine dining. Want to know the latest restaurant openings, closings and expansions in your neighborhood and beyond? There’s a new newsletter from Southern California News Group offering all of that and more.
  The Eat Index: OC, an Orange County-focused food newsletter, will launch Feb. 5. Sign up here.The Eat Index, which will come out weekly on Wednesdays, will feature Joh
  
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• First coronavirus case confirmed in Santa Clara County

  31-01-2020 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Clara County health officials Friday afternoon said that a man has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which has sickened thousands and killed more than 200 people throughout the world.
  County Health Officer Sara Cody said the man recently traveled to Wuhan, returned Jan. 24 to Mineta San Jose International Airport and then became sick.  He has been “self-isolating” at home since returning and only left to seek outpatient medical treatment on two occasions. Cody sai
  
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• Why does the USC basketball team struggle so early?

  31-01-2020 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — In the first half of USC men’s basketball’s 56-52 win over Utah on Thursday, the Trojans fell into a familiar, and frustrating, pattern. USC opened the game 2 for 12 from the field, and at one point in the first half missed 10 consecutive shots.
  Slow starts on offense have become a recurring theme for the Trojans (17-4, 6-2 in Pac-12 play) this season.
  There was the Stanford game, in which USC shot 36% from the floor in the first half, falling behind by 20 before
  
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• Ducks left wing Max Jones seeking the right balance

  31-01-2020 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Max Jones’ game has changed. It has been tweaked, altered and modified, and there might be more to come this season and in those to come.
  Jones and the Ducks’ coaching staff are still trying to determine how he can best serve himself and the club.
  It’s an ongoing process.
  Nothing has been settled.
  “He’s had to take on a new role,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. “It’s a different role than when he played in juniors and even a differ
  
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• Election year tales of poverty and woe at odds with reality

  31-01-2020 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO – We’re deep into another presidential election. It’s a time when a few of the wealthiest, most cosseted and least appealing members of society try to convince us that America basically is an impoverished wasteland, filled with untold suffering and blight. The nation won’t heal itself until we put one of them in charge of its behemoth government.
  “The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our coun
  
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• Stocks sink on fears coronavirus outbreak will dent the economy

  31-01-2020 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA
  The stock market got off to roaring start in January, until a virus outbreak that started in China wiped out its gains.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded more than 600 points Friday as the outbreak continued to widen, stoking fears that the travel restrictions and other uncertainties caused by the health emergency in the world’s second-largest economy could dent global growth.
  Technology companies, which do a lot of business with China, led the losses. Airlines fell af
  
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• Driver gets 24 years to life for 405 crash that killed 10-year-old girl

  31-01-2020 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  A San Clemente man who killed a 10-year-old girl while driving on the 405 freeway under the influence of prescription drugs admitted his responsibility for the fatal crash on Friday and was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison.
  Citing a previous DUI conviction and stints in rehab, Orange County Superior Court Judge Steven Bromberg said Adam Kanas, 39, must have known he was under the influence when he caused the crash on the northbound 405 near Seal Beach Boulevard that killed Kendra Geddis a
  
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• Super Bowl LIV preview: San Francisco 49ers vs. Kansas City Chiefs

  31-01-2020 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Super Bowl LIV: 49ers (15-3) vs. Chiefs (14-4)
  When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday
  TV: Fox
  Where: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
  Line: Chiefs by 1
  49ERS OFFENSE VS. CHIEFS DEFENSE
  The Chiefs’ defense did what no team couldn’t in the past month — contain Titans running back Derrick Henry. The Chiefs held Henry to 69 rushing yards to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years. But the 49ers have the best rushing attack in the NFL, and it’s hard to argue that by what
  
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• Forum on poverty covers homelessness, low-wage jobs, high housing costs

  31-01-2020 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite decades of well-intended efforts, an audience member asked, why is poverty still so prevalent?
  Four panelists, representing a spectrum of business and philanthropic sectors, grappled with that intractable question at a forum Thursday, Jan. 30.
  Lucy Dunn, president of the Orange County Business Council, said solutions comprise a “three-legged stool”: affordable housing, education and the infrastructure required for workers to commute.
  “But let’s not default to mise
  
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• U.S. declares emergency, new entry restrictions due to coronavirus

  31-01-2020 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEB RIECHMANN
  Washington  — The United States on Friday declared a public health emergency because of a new virus that hit China and has spread to other nations.
  Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar also announced that President Donald Trump will temporarily bar entry to the U.S. of foreign nationals believed to be a risk of transmitting the virus. The new restrictions begin Sunday afternoon.
  “The risk of infection for Americans remains low and with these and our pre
  
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• Order the new Coast Dish all February at BELLO by Sandro Nardone

  31-01-2020 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A favorite pastime of mine is talking about food. Culture, history, family. Stories and influences and people are all intertwined in the food we eat. Recently at Bello by Sandro Nardone in Newport Beach, we “nerded out” on the topic of sunchokes. What, may you ask, is a sunchoke? The answer: It’s a bulbous root that resembles a potato. It’s slightly sweeter than its tuber brother. And, while it’s a native plant to North America, it’s somewhat of a stranger to
  
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• Galaxy’s Julian Araujo has sights set on U.S. national team debut

  31-01-2020 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Julian Araujo began his offseason preparing for the 2020 Major League Soccer season with the Galaxy.
  Araujo was well into his training program when he received the phone call all young soccer players would want.
  “I was shocked, I didn’t really believe it,” Araujo said. “I called my mom right away and explained to her that (U.S. Men’s National Team coach) Gregg (Berhalter) called me … I was actually on my way to training with Sebastian (LLetget). I couldn&rsqu
  
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• Senior Living: What the 2020s have in store for aging boomers

  31-01-2020 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Judith Graham
  Contributing writer, Kaiser Health News
  Within 10 years, all of the nation’s 74 million baby boomers will be 65 or older. The most senior among them will be on the cusp of 85.
  Even sooner, by 2025, the number of seniors (65 million) is expected to surpass that of children age 13 and under (58 million) for the first time, according to Census Bureau projections.
  “In the history of the human species, there’s never been a time like (this),” said Dr. Rich
  
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• Trump curbs immigration for 6 nations in election-year push

  31-01-2020 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN LONG and NOMAAN MERCHANT
  WASHINGTON  — The Trump administration announced Friday that it was curbing legal immigration from six additional countries that officials said did not meet security standards, as part of an election-year push to further restrict immigration.
  Officials said immigrants from Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania will face new restrictions in obtaining certain visas to come to the United States. But it is not a total travel ban, unl
  
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• Editor’s Letter: Our pour decisions when it comes to wine

  31-01-2020 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Since we’re on the subject of wine this month, do you remember Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill? Annie Green Springs? How about Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers? If you answered “no,” you’re likely far younger than I am, much more of an aristocrat than I am, or, let’s face it, you’re just plain lying.
  Those mass-market brands were the ways untold numbers of Americans were introduced to wine back in the ’70s and ’80s. The “flavor profile&rd
  
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• Crystal Cove could get $2 million boost from state to help restore historic cottages

  31-01-2020 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The north beach Crystal Cove State Beach cottages in Newport Beach on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 as the Crystal Cove Conservancy announced they are ready to break ground on the second phase of restoring the remaining Crystal Cove cottages. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Walk along the shoreline in Crystal Cove and you’ll be sent on a seaside journey back in time. That’s the goal of those working behind the scenes to return the coveted cottages to the condition t
  
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• MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement extended one week

  31-01-2020 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The current Collective Bargaining Agreement between Major League Soccer and the Players Association, set to expire Friday, has been extended the deal until Feb. 7.
  The extension is in hopes of getting a new contract done.
  The 2020 MLS season is set to begin Feb. 29.
  The sides released a joint statement Thursday: “Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA) today announced that they have agreed to extend the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA)
  
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• Here are some deals on wings, pizza and more for the 2020 Super Bowl

  31-01-2020 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Most people don’t sweat the menu for their Super Bowl parties. It’s pretty much going to be wings and pizza in bulk, plus whatever chips and soda their guests bring.
  There aren’t a lot of national restaurant promotions for Sunday’s big game in Miami between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Here’s a grab bag of what’s out there.
  Large orders
  El Pollo Loco is selling 25 whole-cut wings for $54 with the choice of either sweet tapatio or garlic
  
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• Anaheim pastor arrested on suspicion of sexual assaults

  31-01-2020 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  A pastor at an Anaheim church was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of having committed a series of sexual crimes against three victims, two minors at the time, over at least the last two years, police said Friday.
  Rolando Fuentes, 53, of Anaheim is accused of rape and lewd acts on a minor among other charges, Anaheim police said at a news conference.
  Fuentes founded Centro Familia Cristiano Pnl in Anaheim about two years ago and was trusted by members who are mostly from the Honduran communi
  
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• Santa Ana lawsuit says whiter communities are funneling homeless its way

  31-01-2020 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Usually, when a city or county is sued over homelessness issues, the party filing the suit is a civil rights organization such as the American Civil Liberties Union or an advocacy group.
  But in a lawsuit filed earlier this month, the side saying it is the injured party is the city of Santa Ana.
  At its heart, the complaint filed in federal court on Jan. 13 is simple: Santa Ana says its taxpayers are being forced to pay a disproportionate share for services and shelter for homeless people by other
  
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• Senior Moments: How dear memories, and all mom’s belongings, fit into one bag

  31-01-2020 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been six years since I rescued it from the trash heap in the middle of the night.
  The big clunky suitcase is a fold-over that zips all around and opens into what my mother called her “hanging bag.” The plaid monstrosity, that for 30 years accompanied Mom on trips from her home in Virginia to mine in California, was the brief victim of a brutal garage clean out.
  George and I had placed it curbside, atop piles of needless stuff, awaiting trash pickup the next morning. But I
  
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• How long will Southern California heat wave last? Cold weather is coming.

  31-01-2020 20:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Temperatures in Southern California will climb Friday to levels considerably above normal, forecasters said.
  The unseasonable heat is the product of a ridge on interior high pressure combined with an offshore flow, said National Weather Service meteorologist Kristen Stewart in Oxnard.
  The NWS forecast sunny skies Friday and highs of 66 on Mount Wilson; 68 in Palmdale; 69 in Lancaster; 72 in Avalon; 74 in Santa Clarita; 75 in San Pedro; 76 in Torrance; 77 at LAX; 78 in Long Be
  
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• Live updates: Lakers return to Staples Center following Kobe Bryant’s death

  31-01-2020 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers return to the court for a home game at Staples Center against the Portland Trail Blazers at 7:30 p.m. Friday. It is the first game for the Lakers since a helicopter crash killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi and seven others Sunday. The Lakers had a game against the L.A. Clippers postponed earlier this week following the tragic event. We’ll have reporting throughout the day and through all the postgame interviews here.
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• Kings look to follow Alex Iafallo’s lead vs. Ducks

  31-01-2020 20:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings halted a five-game skid, finished strong and got a career game from one of their top players in Arizona on Thursday.
  Now, they look to keep it rolling against their rivals from just down the 5 Freeway when they host the Ducks on Saturday at Staples Center.
  Left wing Alex Iafallo scored all three goals in a 3-2 victory over the Coyotes, getting on the board first with a one-timer, earning a power-play goal with 2:56 to play to send the game into overtime, then scoring the winner right o
  
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• Coronavirus fears prompt Alhambra to cancel Lunar New Year celebration

  31-01-2020 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  ALHAMBRA — The city of Alhambra is canceling its Lunar New Year celebration, one of the biggest events of the year for the Chinese community, amid fears about coronavirus, according to a media report.
  The Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival was slated to take place Saturday on Valley Boulevard.
  The decision to nix the event will affect thousands of celebrants and more than 200 vendors, Felix Guo, senior VP with Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc., told ABC7.
  The radio station partners with
  
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• U.S. orders quarantine of 195 coronavirus evacuees in Riverside County

  31-01-2020 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Americans evacuated this week from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, are now under a federal quarantine and must stay at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County for two weeks, U.S. officials announced Friday, Jan. 31.
  The 195 passengers, including children, were to stay on base for 72 hours after landing Wednesday to undergo health screenings. However, officials believe it could take up to 14 days for someone who is infected with the virus to develop symptoms
  
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• U.S. orders quarantine for coronavirus evacuees at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County

  31-01-2020 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, are now under a federal quarantine and must stay at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County for two weeks, U.S. officials announced Friday, Jan. 31.
  The 195 passengers, including children, were to stay on base for 72 hours after landing Wednesday, Jan. 29, to undergo health screenings. However, officials believe it could take up to 14 days for someone who is infected with the virus to develop symptoms
  
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• Businessman sought in 3 killings denies he’s living in Montenegro to avoid arrest

  31-01-2020 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By Larry Altman, Vladimir Otasevic and Sasa Lekovic
  A former Southern California businessman sought in connection with the ambush slaying of a Rolling Hills Estates lawyer and the home-invasion killing of a Whittier man lives in a $2 million home along the Adriatic Sea in Montenegro, where the lack of an extradition treaty with the United States protects him from arrest.
  Richard Henry Wall, 67, who was identified in 2017 as a suspect in the killings, as well as a homicide in Las Vegas, recently
  
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• U.S. advises no travel to China, where coronavirus deaths top 200

  31-01-2020 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN MORITSUGU
  BEIJING — The U.S. advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period reported Friday.
  The virus has infected almost 10,000 people globally in just two months, a troublesome sign of its spread that prompted the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a global emergency.
  The State Department’s level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory,
  
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• Why the One Love Cali Reggae Fest has found a good home in Long Beach

  31-01-2020 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  From the minute he stepped on the stage in the parking lot of The Observatory in Santa Ana in February 2016, Micah Pueschel, the lead vocalist and guitarist for rock/reggae group Iration, knew the new One Love Cali Reggae Festival was something special.
  “It was really great…the crowd was huge and I just remember thinking this was a great turn out, especially for a first-year festival. And it’s only gotten bigger, and more consistent and I know for a fact people are coming from
  
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• What proper utility maintenance could have prevented

  31-01-2020 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Back in the good old pre-2017 days when many Californians paid little or no attention to the approximately dollar-a-month maintenance charge on their electric bills, most customers figured their money was being spent to assure reliable power.
  Actually, much of the maintenance money collected over six decades by big utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric was instead going to executive bonuses and other items never authorized by s
  
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• How often is Rise of the Resistance breaking down at Disneyland?

  31-01-2020 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Rise of the Resistance ride at Disneyland has been breaking down once or twice a day for an hour or more as thousands of Star Wars fans anxiously wait to experience the new Galaxy’s Edge attraction, according to a theme park tracking company.
  Touring Plans, which uses big data and statistical analysis to calculate daily crowd sizes and ride wait times at theme parks, has been tracking daily downtimes on the new Rise of the Resistance ride that debuted Jan. 17 at the Anaheim theme p
  
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• California’s charter schools in a precarious state

  31-01-2020 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Charter schools in California should have known a tough time was ahead when charter advocates spent around $62 million backing the wrong candidates in 2018.
  Education reformer Marshall Tuck lost to the union-backed Tony Thurmond for superintendent of public instruction and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did not become governor. Instead, it was Gavin Newsom who rode a wave of union money into the Governor’s Mansion.
  Newsom is a stark contrast to his predecessor, Jerry Brown,
  
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• Three JSerra football players enroll at Huntington Beach High

  31-01-2020 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Three JSerra football players, including two standouts from last season, have enrolled at Huntington Beach High, Oilers coach Brett Brown confirmed Friday.
  Speedy running back/cornerback Sammy Green, cornerback Zamajay Duncan and quarterback/defensive back Treyce Warren — all juniors — have transferred to the Sunset League school, Brown said.
  Green, the Lions’ fastest player in the fall, was selected first-team all-Trinity League in 2019 while Duncan was a second-team all-leagu
  
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• ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ author Kevin Kwan will discuss the impact of his novels in Irvine

  31-01-2020 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Kwan has reignited the Asian American a voice. His three best-selling novels and the success of his and Jon Chu’s box office sensation, “Crazy Rich Asians” (which, grossed $238 million worldwide), proved that an all-Asian cast was a bankable option for Hollywood. But stardom has not gone to Kwan’s head. The Singapore-born, Houston-raised writer remains a humble guy and “a huge techno-luddite,” who champions a new generation of creatives such as Awkwafina
  
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• 10 best Super Bowl halftime show moments

  31-01-2020 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  In years past, we’ve ranked the best overall Super Bowl halftime shows throughout history.
  Tired of that, last year we switched to the strangest moments to happen during halftime at the Super Bowl.
  But hello? There are only so many ways to say that Prince is the all-time champion of the Super Bowl halftime or Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake delivered the wardrobe malfunction heard ’round the world.
  So this year we’re stripping it down to the 10 more singular single moments
  
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• Casino Insider: Start your weekend with lots of laughter

  31-01-2020 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now. 
  In this Jan. 6, 2017 file photo, Comedian and actor Dana Carvey performs during the kickoff of his 20-show residency “Reunited” with Jon Lovitz at The Foundry at SLS Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. (File photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for SLS Las Vegas)
  Looking for a comedy show? Two big stars of comedy will do shows at the casinos this week: Jerry Seinfeld and Dana Ca
  
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• With the Chargers in L.A., what of their Baja fans?

  31-01-2020 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The NFL seems serious about selling its game in Mexico. The league announced this week that it will hold regular season games in Mexico City in 2020 and 2021, with the teams to be named, and those will be the fifth and sixth regular season games to be held there.
  But, as Spanish language broadcaster Adrian Garcia Marquez points out, the NFL’s Mexico initiative took a bit of a body blow the moment that the Chargers moved from San Diego to Los Angeles.
  “You can’t forget across th
  
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• Real estate news: Von Karman Tech Center sells for $25.4 million

  31-01-2020 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  KBS has sold Von Karman Tech Center, a 101,161-square-foot multi-tenant office building at 16842 Von Karman Avenue in Irvine, for $25.4 million to Dayani Partners.
  The property was sold by KBS Growth & Income REIT in an off-market transaction brokered by CBRE.The tech center was developed in 1980 and fully renovated in 2013-2014. KBS acquired the two-story building in 2015 and recently invested in a multimillion-dollar renovation, according to CBRE.
  Following the renovations, the property&rs
  
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• Company that owned helicopter that crashed, killing Kobe Bryant and 8 others in Calabasas, has suspended flights

  31-01-2020 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Island Express Helicopters, the company that owned the aircraft involved in the Sunday morning crash that killed nine people including former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant, has suspended its services indefinitely, the company says in a statement.
  The Long Beach-based company, which has declined interview requests, says it suspended regular and charter flights after Sunday’s crash.
  “The shock of the accident affected all staff, and management decided that service would be suspended un
  
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• Company that operated helicopter that crashed, killing Kobe Bryant and 8 others in Calabasas, has suspended flights

  31-01-2020 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Island Express Helicopters, the company operating the Sunday morning flight in which nine people including former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant died, has suspended its services indefinitely, the company says in a statement.
  The Long Beach-based company, which has declined interview requests, says it suspended regular and charter flights after Sunday’s crash.
  “Management decided that service would be suspended until such time as it was deemed appropriate for staff and customers,&rdquo
  
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• ‘American Dirt’ sales at this Riverside bookstore will aid immigrants

  31-01-2020 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A Riverside bookstore announced it will donate money from the sale of Jeanine Cummins’ novel “American Dirt” to a non-profit working with refugees and immigrants along the U.S.-Mexican border, while also hosting discussions about the story told in the book and the issues raised by its publication.
  “‘American Dirt’ has gathered much attention,” wrote Linda Sherman-Nurick, owner of Cellar Door Books, on the bookstore’s Facebook page this week. &ldquo
  
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• From LA to IE, the frenzy for Kobe tattoos erupts

  31-01-2020 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Rudy Bermudez with a tattoo of the late Kobe Bryant on his back, holds his daughter Brooklynn Skye, 2, at a memorial for Kobe Bryant near Staples Center, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Los Angeles. Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
  Tattoo artist Jessica Van Gorden works on Montebello resident Ca
  
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• HOA Homefront: Can the board deny us solar panels?

  31-01-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Can an HOA prevent us from placing solar panels on the roof of our condominium townhome? If we agree to be responsible for the repairs needed due to our solar panels, do we have the right to place solar panels on our roof? — M.F., Carmel Valley
  Q: Can my HOA deny me from installing solar panels on my roof? — M.H., Rancho Santa Fe
  Q: I was told we could not install solar because it would void our roof warranties. Can our management company ban installation of solar becaus
  
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• Orange County’s Black History Parade, to take place Feb. 1, reaches 40-year milestone

  31-01-2020 17:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Everyone is invited to the annual Orange County Black History Month Parade and Cultural Faire in downtown Anaheim on Saturday, Feb. 1, but those who don’t make it will have the whole month to visit an exhibit at the Muzeo celebrating the parade’s 40 years.
  The free festivities Saturday begin at 8 a.m. with a ceremony to open the Muzeo exhibit, Anaheim city spokeswoman Lauren Gold said. “Celebrating Our Heritage, Embracing Our Past and Building Our Future” includes photos
  
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• After stabbing, San Clemente residents want city to shut down vacation rental

  31-01-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Residents of a southwest San Clemente neighborhood want answers after a stabbing during a party at a vacation rental left them horrified, frustrated and wondering what protection they have.
  The neighborhood along Avenida Cordoba is filled with single-family homes. It’s a place where children play on the street and dog walkers abound. Neighbors know each other and frequently gather in each other’s yards or on the sidewalks to catch up. It’s just a few minutes’ walk to San
  
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• Red-light cameras certainly are legal in some cities

  31-01-2020 15:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. Recently my friend received a “courtesy notice” from the Garden Grove Police Department. Enclosed were a few photos of his vehicle at an intersection. It stated they want him to make an appointment to view the video of his vehicle going 15 mph through a red light. Are photo-enforcement pictures allowed as a way of giving someone a traffic citation? Is this legal to do at intersections?
  – Gayle Brierly, Los Angeles
  A. Honk wishes he didn’t know so much about red-light r
  
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