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• Laguna Woods Village board votes to send $518K driving range project to bid

  05-02-2020 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Golden Rain Foundation on Tuesday, Feb. 4, voted to move forward with the gate 16 driving range improvements project, at an estimated cost of $518,353.
  The new design will level the range and include six targets and two drainage paths as well as turf with a smart irrigation system, said Brian Gruner, recreation and special events director.
  The overall revitalization project will focus on the range’s clearing, grubbing, grading, drainage, netting, turf and tree needs.
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• Mission Viejo’s college-bound football class swells to county-high 12 on Signing Day

  05-02-2020 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMISSION VIEJO — Mission Viejo’s football team posted impressive numbers in the fall, winning 11 games and averaging 42.1 points.
  The Diablos’ stats on National Signing Day were just as good.
  Football players pose for a group photo during National Signing Day at Mission Viejo High School in Mission Viejo, CA on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register
  
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• Mission Viejo’s college-bound class swells to county-high 12 on National Signing Day

  05-02-2020 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMISSION VIEJO Mission Viejo’s football team posted impressive numbers in the fall, winning 11 games and averaging 42.1 points.
  The Diablos’ stats on National Signing Day were just as good.
  Mission Viejo produced the largest college-bound senior class in Orange County football on Wednesday. Eleven players finalized their college decisions by either signing national letters of intent or commitm
  
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• Busting the myth of Orange County’s ‘suburban sprawl’

  05-02-2020 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  “Suburban sprawl.” It’s a phrase used ad nauseam to describe Orange County — in news coverage of the tragic helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others, the political wave that turned ruby-red O.C.  blue, in paeans to its sandy beaches and crescent coastlines.
  But it’s wrong.
  While Orange County lacks a traditional urban core, it’s actually one of the most densely populated places in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Census
  
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• Purple & Bold: Dwight Howard opens up about losing Kobe Bryant

  05-02-2020 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday, Feb. 5 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.After keeping their silence publicly in the days immediately following the Kobe Bryant’s death Jan. 26, the floodgates opened for several Lakers after their game Friday, their first since the fatal helicopter crash that killed Bryant and eight others.
  LeBron James addressed the international expanse of Laker Nation pregame a
  
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• Amoeba Music announces where it will open its new location

  05-02-2020 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  After years of speculation about what the fate of Amoeba Music would be, the independent record store has firmly announced that it has found a new home.
  Amoeba will leave its current location — 6400 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, next to the ArcLight multiplex theater — and head to 6200 Hollywood Blvd., on the corner of Argyle Ave., to occupy the ground level of the new El Centro residential and retail complex. The store is set to open sometime in the fall. It will be located in the sa
  
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• Hurtado ready to make the cut, and take the cut, at Army

  05-02-2020 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Issac Hurtado is due for a haircut, by mid-July at the latest.
  Hurtado leaned over a table in the Cypress High School media center, dreadlocks obscuring his face, and signed his letter of commitment with Army on Wednesday, the first day of the regular letter-of-intent signing period for football players.
  He was Orange County’s leading rusher in the 2019 season with 2,631 yards and 37 rushing touchdowns. Hurtado also had 25 receptions for 458 yards and six touchdowns and was an excellent pa
  
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• Cypress’ Isaac Hurtado ready for challenges, and haircut, that await him in Army’s football program

  05-02-2020 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowIssac Hurtado is due for a haircut, by mid-July at the latest.
  Hurtado leaned over a table in the Cypress High School media center, dreadlocks obscuring his face, and signed his letter of commitment with Army on Wednesday, the first day of the regular letter-of-intent signing period for football players.
  He was Orange County’s leading rusher in the 2019 season with 2,631 yards and 37 rushing touchdowns.
  
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• Theater review: Will Jimmy Buffett fans want to belly up to see ‘Escape to Margaritaville’?

  05-02-2020 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  All jukebox musicals — one of the few formats these days guaranteed to bankroll a Broadway show — are built on hit songs. Whether we want to see these shows often depends most on how we feel about the artist or band who did those songs.
  For instance, despite its skimpy book, I enjoyed “Beautiful” a lot because I really like Carole King’s music. I liked “Jersey Boys” less than other people mainly because Frankie Valli’s high, nasal voice isn’t
  
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• Kings’ tough Eastern swing continues with Islanders

  05-02-2020 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  If there’s no shame in being beaten by the best, perhaps the Kings deserve a slight reprieve of late.
  Last Wednesday, they fell to the league’s reigning goalie of the year, Tampa Bay Lightning netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy, and its defending scoring champion and most valuable player, Tampa’s Nikita Kucherov.
  On Tuesday, they held a 2-1 lead in the third period against the NHL’s top team, the Washington Capitals, until the league’s leading goal-scorer, Alex Ovechkin,
  
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• Park Life: Spider-Man ‘stuntronic’ robot coming to Avengers Campus and Rise of the Resistance reliability issues

  05-02-2020 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  How often is Rise of the Resistance breaking down at Disneyland? When will Disney add more entertainment to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge? Why would anybody run from Disneyland to Disney World? All this and more in this week’s Park Life newsletter.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
  Up in the Sky
  Disney teases a high-flying Spider-Man autonomous “stuntronic” r
  
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• Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma is making an on-court case not to be traded

  05-02-2020 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The trade deadline is approaching, which in Lakerland means one thing: Kyle Kuzma rumors heat up.
  That’s been the nature of Kuzma’s career since he went pro. Forever a trade chip in backroom, imaginary scenarios as amateur general managers construct the title team of their dreams.
  “Kobe used to always tell me, ‘If they’re not talking about you, then you should be worried,’” Kuzma said Tuesday night. “And I’m the talk of th
  
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• Women who build university-community partnerships share how they do it in Cal State Fullerton talk

  05-02-2020 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Jennifer Yee and Ashley Cheri have talked to academic and community groups and even published an article on how they have maintained a successful partnership since they started working together in 2008 to create a service-learning course at Cal State Fullerton.
  Ten years later, the Civic Engagement Through Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies class, which gives students the opportunity to serve as role models for local high school students, became the first designed service-learning cou
  
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• Plane skids off Istanbul runway, 1 dead, 157 injured

  05-02-2020 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUZAN FRASER and MEHMET GUZEL
  ISTANBUL  — A plane skidded off the runway Wednesday as it tried to land in bad weather in Istanbul, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces, killing one person and injuring dozens more. Passengers had to evacuate through cracks in the smashed plane.
  Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said one person had died and 157 with injuries were taken to multiple hospitals. Three of the injured required surgery and two others were in intensive care, but none
  
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• Cal State Fullerton artists express their heritage at Mexican Consulate exhibit

  05-02-2020 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Shirley Villalobos wasn’t quite sure what she was looking for when she was asked to curate an exhibit of Cal State Fullerton students’ work.
  As she went through the paintings and other artworks that were in storage at the university, she started to find a common theme: depictions of cultural heritage, especially from the Latino students.
  “I feel like the students’ work I found displayed something in their everyday life,” said Villalobos, a graduate student studying
  
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• NHRA Winternationals could see Torrence, Kalitta in finals yet again

  05-02-2020 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The professional drag racing season begins with the 60th annual NHRA Winternationals Thursday through Sunday at Pomona’s Auto Club Raceway and, after 22 events held throughout the country, will as usual conclude back at same track with the NHRA Finals, to be run this year Nov. 12-15.
  These Pomona stops have been particularly good to Top Fuel racers Steve Torrence, the two-time defending national champion, and Doug Kalitta, the event winner at the last two Winternationals as well as the NHR
  
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• When ‘Elvis’ is in the building, it’s not just another Friday for this Laguna Woods club

  05-02-2020 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A group of friends dance together in front of the stage to the music of Elvis during a TGIF Club event at Clubhouse Two on Friday, January 31, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  TGIF Club Treasure Bob Figerira and Vice President Gerri Keysor pull winning raffle tickets from a bowl during Friday’s performance by Elvis Tribute Artist James Kruk at Clubhouse Two on January 31, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecond
  
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• Whicker: Enjoy the Dodgers’ journey with Mookie Betts without fretting the destination

  05-02-2020 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers are more versatile and watchable than they were Tuesday.
  The Dodgers have fortified their todays and protected their tomorrows.
  The Dodgers are no closer to their first World Series championship since Wayne Gretzky’s first season with the Kings.
  All three can be true.
  When it comes to predicting the 2020 World Series winner, you might as well be using an Iowa-based app. Who knew that Washington would be the last team standing in the season after they lost Bryce Harper?
  We do kn
  
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• Alexander: Is there really an appetite for the XFL?

  05-02-2020 21:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Wildcats begin their season Saturday on the road in Houston.
  Did you ask, “Who?” Or, “What sport?”
  Or, maybe, “Why should I care?”
  This is what the latest stab at out-of-season football may be up against. The launch of XFL 2.0, after an extra year’s run-up to allow the league’s personnel to get their footing, takes place this weekend with two games Saturday – including the L.A. franchise’s debut against the Houston Rough
  
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• Orange County settles former district attorney aide’s claim for $75,000

  05-02-2020 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Parting ways with a top executive in Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s office has cost the county about $140,000, more than half of which was to settle a filed claim.
  Melanie Eustice was named chief of administration of public affairs in January 2019 by the newly elected Spitzer, whom she had worked for since 2014 when he held the Third District supervisor’s seat.
  She left in mid-October after a dispute with Spitzer, according to documents provided by the county. Eustice
  
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• Titan Voice: Counting the homeless shows the need for expanded services

  05-02-2020 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ryan Tuong An Koyanagi 
  Each year since January of 2018, I’ve donned a reflective yellow vest, armed myself with a clipboard, pens and flashlights and joined the thousands of volunteers, including my fellow Cal State Fullerton geography students, who help with The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count on a cold winter night.
  Of Los Angeles County’s 4,000 square miles, I often volunteer for the neighborhoods with the highest need: South Central, Boyle Heights, Pomona, East Los An
  
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• Gavin Newsom’s single-payer commission is doomed to fail

  05-02-2020 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Last week, Gavin Newsom’s Healthy California for All Commission convened for the first time. The commission has been tasked with figuring out how to install a single-payer healthcare system statewide.
  The commission’s 13 voting and five non-voting members represent a who’s-who of big-government academics, union leaders, and public health officials. If they approach their job with any measure of objectivity, they’ll find what other blue-state officials who have examined si
  
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• How to get tickets to Ronnie James Dio’s Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund benefit in Los Angeles

  05-02-2020 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly a decade after his death from stomach cancer, metal music icon Ronnie James Dio continues to be celebrated and his family and peers continue to raise funds for cancer research and awareness via the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund.
  The 10th Anniversary Memorial Awards Gala will be hosted by metal head and radio and TV personality Eddie Trunk and take place on Feb. 20 at The Avalon in Hollywood.
  General admission wristbands to the event include balcony seats, access to the s
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball team finds its groove heading into Arizona trip

  05-02-2020 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Mick Cronin called his team together at half court. He gave a quick pep talk before the players huddled together and chanted “toughness” before breaking off to start Tuesday’s practice.
  What followed was a full-court passing drill where players shouted each other’s names and clapped and cheered on each successful play.
  It was a much-improved and encouraging sight for a team that less than six weeks ago ended its nonconference schedule on a three-game losing streak with a
  
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• Who will wear the crown? Miss Placentia/Miss Yorba Linda pageant is Feb. 8

  05-02-2020 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Seven will vie Saturday night to spend the next year as Miss Placentia or Miss Yorba Linda.
  As usual, the 2020 scholarship pageant will also name an Outstanding Teen to represent each city in the state pageant, which is a feeder to the Miss America contest, as well as at community events throughout the year.
  MEET THE CONTESTANTS
  Ariana Cruz, 18, of
  Santiago Canyon College;
  Talent: Colorguard;
  Platform: Creating cultural diversity in youth
  Rachel Griffin, 21, of
  Cal State Fullerton;
  Talent: Singi
  
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• GOP’s Mitt Romney says he will vote to convict President Trump, but acquittal is on track

  05-02-2020 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is on the verge of acquittal by the Senate, bringing an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history in a vote at the start of the tumultuous campaign for the White House.
  But onoe key Republican, Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, announced on the Senate floor that he was breaking with his party. Romney appeared to choke up as he spoke of his deep faith and “oath before God” demandin
  
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• Ducks’ Jacob Larsson attempting to become the team’s unseen defenseman

  05-02-2020 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Conventional wisdom suggests Jacob Larsson won’t hit his prime for another six years.
  Maybe longer.
  We know this because he’s not Bobby Orr or Nicklas Lidstrom or Scott Niedermayer, and also because it takes time for most NHL defensemen to grow into their roles, learn their craft, hone their skills and become more than just serviceable players playing a demanding position.
  Larsson appears to be making significant strides as he approaches the 100-game mark of his NHL career, all spent
  
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• Housing to support veterans, the recently homeless encouraged in vision for Fairview Development Center

  05-02-2020 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Costa Mesa leaders met with state officials in recent days, pitching a housing vision for the 114-acre Fairview Development Center in hopes of assuring the city keeps a place at the table in deciding the property’s future use.
  Once home to hundreds of residents with developmental or intellectual disabilities, the center has been phased out. The last two residents will soon be leaving.
  “If we don’t have a proposal that makes sense, and that strikes a balance between our need for
  
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• USC basketball trying to course correct on offense

  05-02-2020 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES >> The USC men’s basketball team sat down before practice on Monday to watch film from Saturday’s demoralizing 78-57 loss to Colorado.
  If any three things stuck out about the offense’s performance, or lack thereof, it was: Execution, execution, execution.
  The 37.9-percent shooting from the floor? The inability to get the ball into freshman star Onyeka Okongwu’s hands in the post? The half-dozen fastbreak points?
  They all boiled down to the same thing, in
  
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• UCLA set to defend national softball title without star players

  05-02-2020 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been eight months since the Bruins used a walk-off, two-out single to claim victory to the program’s 13th national championship.
  Since then, there has been a lot of celebration and a lot of change.
  The Bruins were recognized at Dodger Stadium, honored at the White House and received two ESPY nominations, including one for the winning play at the Women’s College World Series.
  Meanwhile, star pitcher Rachel Garcia racked up a lengthy list of accolades: Collegiate Woman Athle
  
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• Sam Hunt will bring his Southside Summer Tour to FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine

  05-02-2020 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Country music singer-songwriter Sam Hunt is finally dropping his sophomore album, “Southside,” on April 3 and he announced The Southside Summer Tour 2020 with Kip Moore, Travis Denning, Ernest and a DJ set by Brandi Cyrus.
  The jaunt kicks off on May 28 in Charlotte, N.C., and and begins to wrap up as it ventures to FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on Sept. 19 and North Island Credit Union in Chula Vista on Sept. 24.
  Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14 at LiveNation.com.
  The
  
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• Child under coronavirus quarantine ‘doing pretty well’ day after going to Riverside County hospital

  05-02-2020 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A child who was quarantined at March Air Reserve Base and sent to the hospital Tuesday is “actually doing pretty well” and is still being tested for coronavirus, a federal health official said Wednesday, Feb. 5.
  The child was one of 195 Americans who were placed under a 14-day federal quarantine at the base after being evacuated last week from an area of China where a fast-moving new coronavirus originated. That means the risk of coronavirus is real, said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, direct
  
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• Accurate Background to acquire CareerBuilder Employment Screening

  05-02-2020 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Accurate Background, an Irvine-based provider of employee background-screening, has agreed to acquire CareerBuilder Employment Screening, whose similar technologies and services will bolster Accurate’s offerings.
  CBES is a division of CareerBuilder.com in Chicago.
  The combined business will operate under the Accurate Background brand with a focus on technology innovation, customer service, candidate experience and solutions tailored to each client. Pending regulatory approval, the transact
  
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• For Valentine’s Day, give this heart-shaped garden flower

  05-02-2020 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  1. It’s nearly Valentine’s Day, so here’s a friendly reminder to share your love, not only with flowers and chocolates, but also with produce from your garden. And, just for the fun of it, look around your yard for the annual weed that I always call the “I-Love-You Plant.” It has low, feather-like leaves close to the ground and wiry upright, 20-inch flower spikes sporting lots of seed capsules that look like little hearts. To me, it’s amazing that this plant o
  
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• Learn plein art and botanical painting at historic house and gardens

  05-02-2020 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Artists can bring their sketchbooks and paints for a morning of Art at Arden. Each month, an instructor guides participants through the practices of plein air painting or botanical illustrations. The art sessions will focus on a different artistic medium and expression, but each program will seek to capture the beauty of the grounds.
  Admission and parking are free. Registration is required; visit letsgooutside.org/artatarden. Upon registration, a recommended list of materials is available. A tou
  
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• Search warrants, including 1 in San Pedro, served in case of Kristin Smart, who disappeared 24 years ago

  05-02-2020 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities descended upon a San Pedro home Wednesday morning, Feb. 5, to serve a search warrant in hopes of finding evidence to help solve the case of Kristin Smart, a woman who went missing from San Luis Obispo 24 years ago.
  Aerial footage showed authorities searching a home in the 900 block of North Upland Avenue in San Pedro. In addition, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office served search warrants in San Luis Obispo County and Washington state, authorities said.
  Authorities served the
  
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• Tokyo Olympics CEO: “I’m seriously worried” over new coronavirus

  05-02-2020 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By KOJI UEDA
  TOKYO — Tokyo Olympics organizers on Wednesday said they are increasingly concerned about the disruption the fast-spreading virus in China is causing ahead of the games, which open in just under six months.
  Chief Executive Officer Toshiro Muto sounded a grave note speaking at a meeting with officials of the International Paralympic Committee.
  “I am seriously worried that the spread of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum toward the games,”
  
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• McDonald’s will bring back its Shamrock Shake on Feb. 19

  05-02-2020 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  McDonald’s is bringing back its Shamrock Shake this winter for the first time since 2017 and introducing a McFlurry version of the minty dessert as well.
  The Oreo Shamrock McFlurry adds cookie pieces to the mix, which is vanilla soft serve colored bright green with a minty favor.
  The fast food giant is marking the 50th anniversary of the Shamrock Shake, which first appeared on its menus nationwide in 1970.
  The launch date is Feb. 19, according to a news release.
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• Highlighting economy, Trump argues America is great again

  05-02-2020 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump stood before acolytes and accusers as he delivered his State of the Union address.
  “Three years ago, we launched the great American comeback,” Trump opened, with his signature brand of triumphalism. “Tonight, I stand before you to share the incredible results.”
  How voters assess the state of the union will have direct implications for Trump’s reelection prospects in November. No longer a political outsider, he faces voters with a record, one t
  
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• Live-shooter training at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach prepares sailors for potential real-life scenario

  05-02-2020 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Capt. Jason Sherman, commanding officer of Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, was the first of four “hostages” carried out on a gurney by security and firefighters Tuesday, Feb. 4, during a live-shooter drill at the base.
  It was the conclusion of a scenario involving an armed suspect that had entered the base’s command headquarters and barricaded himself with the hostages. After negotiations failed, base security stormed the building and confronted and shot the man.
  Department o
  
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• Governor posthumously pardons civil rights leader for Pasadena ‘lewd act’

  05-02-2020 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom granted a posthumous pardon Wednesday to black civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and a top adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
  Rustin was arrested in Pasadena on a “morals charge” in 1953 for having sex in a parked car with another man and spent nearly two months in jail. He died in 1987.
  Newsom on Wednesday announced a new clemency initiative to pardon people prosecuted under discrimi
  
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• National Signing Day: Orange County athletes who signed and where they are going

  05-02-2020 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOCVarsity is compiling a list of Orange County athletes who will sign a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
  The list includes athletes who received commitment letters from Ivy League schools and military service academies, which don’t offer athletic scholarships or use the NLI system.
  Schools and coaches can email their school’s list of athletes who signed to [email protected] by 4
  
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• Angels reportedly add pitcher Ross Stripling from Dodgers in Joc Pederson trade

  05-02-2020 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A day after news broke that Angels were on the verge of acquiring another hitter for their stacked lineup, they are apparently also going to pick up a pitcher to bolster their rotation.
  Former All-Star Ross Stripling will come to the Angels, along with outfielder Joc Pederson, in exchange for infielder Luís Rengifo, according to multiple reports. There are expected to be other prospects on both sides of the deal, reportedly including Dodgers outfielder prospect Andy Pages.
  Neither team ha
  
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• 10 Valentine’s Day dinner and date ideas at Southern California casinos

  05-02-2020 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  If you haven’t made Valentine’s Day plans yet for the person you love (or like most of the time), don’t let panic set in. Southern California’s Casinos have everything from extravagant dinners to romantic concerts and spa specials and we have picked out nine ideas for a memorable date night.
  Note: for many of the seated dinners, reservations are recommended.
  Sign up for our Casino Insider newsletter and get the week’s best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Sou
  
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• The Doors’ Ray Manzarek will be celebrated with theatrical concert documentary

  05-02-2020 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For film director Justin Kreutzmann, the theatrical release of his concert documentary celebrating the life of The Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek has been a long time coming.
  That documentary, “The Doors: Break On Thru – A Celebration of Ray Manzarek,” will screen in select theaters worldwide Feb. 12, on what would have been Manzarek’s 81st birthday.
  After losing Manzarek to bile duct cancer in 2013, the surviving members of The Doors — drummer John Densmore and
  
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• PG&E seizure: Real threat or a bluff?

  05-02-2020 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Scott Wiener must be a glutton for punishment.
  Just last week, the Democratic state senator from San Francisco failed, after repeated attempts and many revisions, to win Senate approval of his ambitious bill to force local communities to accept more multi-family housing.
  Four days later, Wiener took on another, equally daunting issue by introducing legislation for a state takeover of bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and its transformation into the “Northern California Energy Utility
  
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• Bubble Watch: Southern California bankruptcies rise for 1st time since 2010

  05-02-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Bankruptcies last year rose locally and nationally for the first time since 2010.
  Source: American Bankruptcy Institute
  The Trend
  Last year, 36,931 individuals and companies filed for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Central California district, an increase of 2.7% compared with filings in 2018. U.S. bankruptcies also increased, but by only 0.3%. Statewide,
  
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• Saddleback Church plans a new worship center for its main campus in Lake Forest

  05-02-2020 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Saddleback Church wants to triple the size of its worship center in Lake Forest.
  The Lake Forest Planning Commission on Thursday, Feb. 6, is set to consider the church’s plan to build the 92,000-square-foot center, reshaping the 40-acre campus that thousands gather at for service every weekend.
  Pastor Rick Warren started Saddleback Church in Laguna Hills in 1980. The church has grown to 19 campuses across Southern California and internationally, according to its website. But the church has
  
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• Taste of San Juan will showcase more than 2 dozen of the city’s best eateries

  05-02-2020 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Foodies can indulge in some of the best of San Juan Capistrano at the Taste of San Juan on Thursday, Feb. 6, at Reata Park and Event Center. The event kicks off the celebration of the Fiesta de las Golondrinas with 25 restaurants under one roof.
  Tickets are $40 general and $60 VIP, available online at swallowsparade.com or at the door. Guests will enjoy live music and unlimited tastes.
  IF YOU GO
  When: 6-9 p.m. Thursday
  Where: Reata Park and Event Center, 28632 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano
  
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• National Signing Day: Live updates as Southern California athletes sign NLIs

  05-02-2020 16:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California News Group will be covering the “Signing Day” news and events around SoCal on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
  Athletes in football and most of the other high school sports will can officially sign a National Letter of Intent to play college athletics.
  We will be publishing news and updates throughout the day, and will have a list of the county athletes who sign.
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