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• Rain delays Angels’ Cactus League opener

  22-02-2020 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — A rainstorm brought morning showers to Tempe Diablo Stadium postponing the home portion of the Los Angeles Angels split squad Spring Training opener against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday and canceling the away matchup against the White Sox.
  Players hit in the cages and some threw long toss in a light drizzle as most games across the greater Phoenix area were rained out with the Dodgers and Cubs getting their game started at 3:15 p.m. and the A’s and Cubs game to b
  
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• Marina girls water polo edges Flintridge Prep to win first CIF-SS title since 1998

  22-02-2020 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Marina High School girls water polo players, and coach Tamara Towgood, jump into the pool as they celebrate their CIF-SS Division 6 championship win over Flintridge Preparatory on Saturday, February 22, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Marina High School girls water polo players, and coach Tamara Towgood, jump into the pool as they celebrate their CIF-SS Division 6 championship win over Flintridge Preparatory on Saturday, February 22, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contr
  
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• 3 dead, 18 injured in bus rollover in San Diego County

  22-02-2020 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  A charter bus rolled down an embankment off a San Diego County highway Saturday, Feb. 22, killing three people and injuring at least 18 others, authorities said.
  Emergency crews rescued several people trapped in the wreckage after the bus crashed around 10:20 a.m. on the southbound 15 Freeway south of the 76 Freeway, about 45 miles north of San Diego, the North County Fire Protection District said.
  The California Highway Patrol log said a person was still trapped at 11:16 a.m. and would not be a
  
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• First of Orange County’s new vote centers open ahead of March 3 primary

  22-02-2020 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Arash Namdari, right, helps a voter at The Huntington Beach Main Library, one of 39 vote centers in Orange County open on the first day of voting for the Primary Election.
  in Huntington Beach on Saturday, February22, 2020. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
  One of several voting machines to assist voters with accessibility issues at the Huntington Beach Main Library, one of 39 vote centers in Orange County open on the first day of voting for the Primary Election.
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• Dodgers don’t seem to have room for top pitching prospect Dustin May

  22-02-2020 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Barring injuries that change the makeup of the Dodgers’ pitching staff, it looks like top prospect Dustin May will be opening the 2020 season in the minor leagues.
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Saturday May was not being evaluated for a bullpen role to start the season. With the starting rotation essentially set — Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw, David Price, Julio Urias and Alex Wood — May’s ticket to Oklahoma City seems punched.
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• XFL preview: Los Angeles Wildcats host QB Cardale Jones, DC Defenders

  22-02-2020 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  DC Defenders (2-0) at Los Angeles Wildcats (0-2)
  When: Sunday, 3 p.m. PT
  Where: Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson
  TV: FS1
  Line: Defenders by 8 ½ points
  Preview: Wildcats coach Winston Moss is glad wide receiver Nelson Spruce is on his side, but he wants the rest of the offense to step up. It’s going to take a collective effort for the winless Wildcats to upset the undefeated D.C. Defenders on Sunday. The Defenders lived up to their moniker by shutting out the New York Guardians 27-
  
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• Mike Trout and Justin Upton help Vegas couple with gender reveal

  22-02-2020 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Vince DeFiesta and his wife Laura, of Las Vegas, were hoping to get some help from the Angels with their gender reveal video. It couldn’t have gone any better. MVP Mike Trout enlisted fellow outfielder Justin Upton to help the couple make their social media dreams come true.
  “Do you want a boy or girl?” asked Trout. “We just want a healthy baby!” shouted Laura. Trout lobbed the “ball” to Upton, who smashed it into a could of pink dust to oohs and awws fr
  
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• Public can watch broadcasts of Monday’s Kobe Bryant memorial at Great Park, Santa Ana

  22-02-2020 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Great Park soccer stadium and Santa Ana City Hall are hosting live broadcasts for locals who want to gather and watch Monday’s memorial to Lakers legend Koby Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, who died with seven others in a Jan. 26 helicopter crash.
  The 20,000 available tickets for Monday’s memorial at the Staples Center have all been sold and officials said those without a ticket should stay away.
  The Championship Soccer Stadium at the Great Park, 8000 Great Park Bl
  
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• Recipe: Mushroom stroganoff delivers flavor without the meat

  22-02-2020 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Beef Stroganoff was my mother’s company-dinner entrée. She couldn’t have imagined it without hardy strips of beef. Yet Chef Jamie Oliver sees it another way, without the beef but full of flavor.
  Oliver, who has written 22 bestselling cookbooks and enjoyed a 20-year television career with shows that aim to inspire home cooks to cook from scratch, packs his Stroganoff with wild and domestic mushrooms. Other components boost the texture and taste, including crunchy cornichons (Fr
  
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• Heisler: Unexpectedly, the NBA finds itself in a golden age

  22-02-2020 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Welcome to the NBA’s Golden Age.
  No, really.
  Unimaginable as it seemed during last fall’s standoff with China, the NBA is in the midst of its greatest boom with Forbes projecting it will set an all-time record of $9.5 billion in revenue this season … up from last season’s record $8.8 billion.
  Since its international incident, the league has gotten back to business … which has never been better, with prosperity more widespread than the 1990s, which were considered
  
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• Angels’ Mickey Callaway brings a simple emphasis to improving pitching: throw strikes

  22-02-2020 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Mickey Callaway’s strategy for fixing the Angels’ pitching staff is a simple one, the most basic idea that every coach tells his pitchers from Little League to the major leagues.
  “We have to throw strikes,” the Angels’ new pitching coach said. “That’s going to be our mission. We’re going to try to throw more strikes than anybody else in the league. If we can do that, we’re going to be where we need to be.”
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• Disneyland’s Magic Happens parade taps ‘American Idol’ alum Todrick Hall for new musical score

  22-02-2020 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland teamed up on the music for the new Magic Happens parade with “American Idol” singer-songwriter Todrick Hall, who learned to dance by watching Disney parades.
  “His sound is unique,” Magic Happens parade show director Jordan Peterson said. “It’s forward. It’s contemporary. But at the same time, he’s a huge Disney fan. That’s so important to us.”
  The new twice-daily Magic Happens parade launches Friday, Feb. 28 along Main Street
  
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• US median home price soars 6.8% in a year

  22-02-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. median sales price jumped 6.8% in a year as low mortgage rates helped motivate house hunters.
  The National Association of Realtors said Friday the median sales price of existing homes in January was $266,300, up from $249,400 a year ago.
  Sales of existing homes slipped 1.3% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.46 million. Sales have climbed 9.6% over the past 12 months as borrowing costs have fallen.
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• Albano’s girls water polo predictions: Saturday’s CIF championship matches

  22-02-2020 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Dan Albano’s predicted winners for today’s CIF-SS girls water polo championships at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine
  Division 6
  9:30 a.m. Marina def. Flintridge Prep
  Division 2
  12:10 p.m. San Clemente def. Harvard-Westlake
  Division 3
  2:50 p.m. Rosary def. M.L. King
  Division 1
  5:30 p.m. Laguna Beach def. Foothill
  Division 6
  6:50 p.m. Costa Mesa def. Cal
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• Albano’s girls water polo predictions for Saturday’s CIF championship matches

  22-02-2020 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowDan Albano’s predicted winners for the CIF-SS girls water polo championships Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine.
  Division 6
  9:30 a.m.: Marina def. Flintridge Prep
  Division 2
  12:10 p.m.: San Clemente def. Harvard-Westlake
  Division 3
  2:50 p.m.: Rosary def. M.L. King
  Division 1
  5:30 p.m.: Laguna Beach def. Foothill
  Division 6
  6:50 p.m.: Costa Mesa def. Cal
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• Alexander: New crew chief could make a difference for Bubba Wallace

  22-02-2020 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  It is a symbiotic relationship between driver and crew chief, even when the two are arguing with each other. They may disagree on the best way to proceed from start to finish, but when they bring out the best in each other, that’s when the magic happens.
  Bubba Wallace needed that magic, entering his third full season on NASCAR’s Cup circuit. He’d finished 28th in the standings in his first two seasons, and the elation of a second-place finish in his first Daytona 500 in 2018 wa
  
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• Successful Aging: The importance of friendships in a long healthy life

  22-02-2020 16:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Dear readers,
  I rarely discuss my own personal experiences for this column. This week is different. Here’s the story and it’s about friends. 
  Last year around this time, I met for a couple of days with two women with whom I went to college. We have known each other since we were freshmen – 62 years. (You do the math.). The three of us started out as young single women. As widows, we once again are three single women and just a bit older. 
  We care about the world aroun
  
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• Why can’t California create viable national leaders anymore?

  22-02-2020 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Once upon a time, Hollywood and California seemed to be leading the country, for better or worse, with outsized public figures and sometimes compelling, or at least entertaining, ideas.
  California politicians like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan achieved national power, establishing the primary strands of conservative thought.
  California’s liberals were less successful, but at least they were influential. Jerry Brown never made it to the White House — he would have been our first Zen
  
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• Seven reasons to question a state utility takeover

  22-02-2020 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  On Feb. 3, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill that would transfer to California taxpayers responsibility for the state’s largest and most troubled utility, Pacific Gas & Electric.
  The bill would give a new government agency, the California Consumer Energy and Conservation Financing Authority, the power to buy the assets and pay off the debts — including billions of dollars in wildfire compensation — of a utility now formulating an operating plan com
  
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• Sacramento’s absurd crusade against cashless businesses

  22-02-2020 15:39 via ocregister.com
  
  It didn’t feel as though I was participating in systemic discrimination as I ate a piece of pizza earlier this week in downtown Los Angeles.
  In fact, everything I was doing — from chewing to sitting to drinking a soda — felt normal.
  But according to a Sacramento lawmaker and chronically discontented progressives, being a patron of a cashless business — like the one at which I was eating — is discriminatory. Even “shameful,” as one completely irrational p
  
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• How AB5 is undercutting California’s creative sector

  22-02-2020 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  When California lawmakers wanted a better deal for Uber and Lyft drivers working long, tedious hours, it was tough to fathom opposition. After all, basic protections like workers’ compensation are a no-brainer for service industry laborers logging full-time days.
  Yet with its well-intentioned zeal, our Legislature has cast an inflexible blanket policy that’s now menacing much of California’s economic and cultural lifeblood: the arts.
  The Jan. 1 implementation of the state &ldqu
  
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• Leave your emotions at the doormat, this home needs to sell

  22-02-2020 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Preparing to sell your house begins with getting your house ready to market it, and for some, this concept is difficult to grasp.
  There are so many memories, milestones and emotions tied up in the place where you live. You’ll have greater success selling the home if you can flip the mental switch, disconnecting from those emotional attachments to “home sweet home.” Instead, view it as a commodity to be marketed to as many consumers as possible.
  Keep in mind, you’re not pr
  
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• Kobe Bryant’s pilot counseled on flying in low visibility after improper flight path in 2015

  22-02-2020 08:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Kobe Bryant’s helicopter pilot violated federal flight rules in 2015 when he flew without permission into Los Angeles International Airport’s airspace in weather conditions that affected his ability to maintain visual clearance as required by the tower, records show.
  Ara Zobayan, who piloted the Island Express Helicopter that crashed last month into a fog-shrouded hillside in Calabasas, killing Bryant, his daughter and seven other people, was counseled after the 2015 incident on, amo
  
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• CIF-SS boys basketball playoffs: Friday’s scores, matchups for the finals

  22-02-2020 08:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe scores from Friday’s CIF-SS boys basketball playoff games and the matchups for the championship games.
  CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Pool play, Friday
  Pool A
  Sierra Canyon 73, Etiwanda 62
  St. John Bosco 56, St. Anthony 52
  Pool B
  Corona Centennial 88, Rancho Christian 68
  Mater Dei 65, Harvard-Westlake 46
  DIVISION 1
  Semifinals, Friday
  Windward 67, JSerra 61
  Riverside Poly 63, Damien 61
  
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• Charisma Osborne scores 32 to lead UCLA women’s basketball past Washington State

  22-02-2020 07:44 via ocregister.com
  
  PULLMAN, Wash. — UCLA coach Cori Close had one thing to say about her team’s come-from-behind win over Washington State: Thank goodness for Charisma Osborne.
  “We were in a heap of trouble if it weren’t for Charisma,” Close said. “The bottom line is though, I’m bringing the joy because we found a way.”
  Osborne had a career-high 32 points and 11 rebounds and No. 8 UCLA rallied in the fourth quarter and beat Washington State 70-62 Friday night.
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• Lakers squander big lead before putting away Grizzlies in return from break

  22-02-2020 07:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers’ Avery Bradley dribbles in front of Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant during the first quarter of Friday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  The Lakers’ LeBron James reacts as he splits the defense of Memphis’ Dillon Brooks, left, and Jaren Jackson Jr., during Friday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsGrizzlies rookie guard Ja Morant, below, tries to pass the ball from under th
  
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• JSerra basketball falls in Division 1 semifinal as Windward surges in fourth quarter

  22-02-2020 06:57 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra forward Alpha Chibambe shoots a jump shot during the CIF-SS Division 1 semifinal game against Windward on Friday, February 21, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  JSerra point guard Justin Williams drives to the basket during a CIF-SS Division 1 semifinal game against Windward on Friday night, February 21, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJSerra point guard Justin Williams shoots an acrobatic layup during
  
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• Ducks blanked by Avalanche in their third consecutive defeat

  22-02-2020 06:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks’ Max Jones, left, pushes the Colorado Avalanche’s J.T. Compher against the boards during the first period of Friday’s game at Honda Center. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Colorado Avalanche’s Martin Kaut, left, is defended by Anaheim Ducks’ Brendan Guhle during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsColorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon (29)
  
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• USA Gymnastics asks Nassar survivors to release Steve Penny, USOPC, Karolyis, Don Peters from legal claims

  22-02-2020 06:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Speaking during a 2018 sentencing hearing for former U.S. Olympic and national team physician Larry Nassar, Rachael Denhollander, a former gymnast and Nassar survivor, asked “How much is a little girl worth?”
  According to a USA Gymnastics bankruptcy filing Friday night, it’s as little as $82,000.
  In a disclosure statement filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, USA Gymnastics said it is asking Nassar survivors to accept a settlement agreement that
  
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• Askew leads Mater Dei basketball past Harvard-Westlake and into Open Division final

  22-02-2020 06:39 via ocregister.com
  
  STUDIO CITY >> Devin Askew smirked as his teammates helped him up from the baseline.
  After taking an elbow to the chin on a third-quarter layup, the five-star prospect completed a three-point play to put Mater Dei ahead by 18 points.
  Askew fought through constant double-teams in a physical 65-46 win over Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in a CIF-SS Open Division pool play game, scoring 18 points and dishing out seven assists.
  His performance ensured that there would be no tiebreaker needed
  
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• Saturday’s schedule: Basketball and soccer playoffs, girls water polo championships, Masters wrestling

  22-02-2020 06:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe local schedule for the CIF-SS playoffs and championship events on Saturday.
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE
  SATURDAY, FEB. 22
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  Division 3A
  Fountain Valley at Shadow Hills, 7 p.m.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  Open Division
  Pool play, Pool A: Mater Dei (2-0) at Sierra Canyon (1-1), 7 p.m.
  Pool play, Pool B: Centennial (1-1) at Rosary (0-2), 7 p.m.
  Division 1
  ML King at Troy, 7 pm
  Division 2AA
  North Torrance at
  
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• Caltrans identifies sites, many near freeways, for emergency homeless shelters

  22-02-2020 03:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Small, undeveloped pieces of Caltrans property near freeway ramps and interchanges account for all but one of nine state-owned sites in Orange County identified Friday as spots where emergency shelters could be placed.
  The one exception: the state-owned Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa, where earlier this month only two residents remained in the cluster of buildings designed to hold hundreds of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
  In a Feb. 21 news release to accom
  
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• Clippers enjoy a full complement at practice, at least

  22-02-2020 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  PLAYA VISTA — Everyone, old and new, was present and accounted for – and on the court – Thursday and Friday.
  Key cogs Paul George and Patrick Beverley joined newcomers Marcus Morris and Reggie Jackson among the participants at practices Thursday and Friday, as the Clippers (37-18) prepare for the final 27-game regular-season push that begins with a Saturday matinee against the Sacramento Kings (22-33) at Staples Center.
  George and Beverley both are listed as “out” f
  
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• Dana Hills’ Dante Jackson shuts down Cypress baseball in first round of Loara Tournament

  22-02-2020 03:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCYPRESS — Dana Hills pitcher Dante Jackson had a stellar pitching performance to lead Dana Hills to a 6-0 win over Cypress in the first round of the Loara Tournament on Friday at Cypress High.
  Jackson, a 6-foot-5 lefty and San Diego State signee, allowed just four hits and struck out six over six innings for the Dolphins, who are No. 8 in the Register’s Orange County preseason top 10.
  No. 5 Cypres
  
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• Report: Lakers to waive DeMarcus Cousins, hope to add Markieff Morris

  22-02-2020 02:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers are making a move in the buyout market, intending to add forward Markieff Morris, if he clears waivers on Sunday, and waiving injured center DeMarcus Cousins for the roster spot, according to multiple media reports.
  The Athletic reported that Morris was entering the market after agreeing to a buyout with the Detroit Pistons on Friday. ESPN was first to report that Cousins, a former All-Star who was injured in the offseason before he ever played a game for the Lakers, would be cut to m
  
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• Report: Lakers to waive DeMarcus Cousins, add Markieff Morris

  22-02-2020 02:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers are making a move in the buyout market, intending to add forward Markieff Morris, if he clears waivers on Sunday, and waiving injured center DeMarcus Cousins for the roster spot, according to multiple media reports.
  The Athletic reported that Morris was entering the market after agreeing to a buyout with the Detroit Pistons on Friday. ESPN was first to report that Cousins, a former All-Star who was injured in the offseason before he ever played a game for the Lakers, would be cut to m
  
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• Coronavirus causing dip in Chinese imports at Ports of L.A., Long Beach

  22-02-2020 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The ongoing closure of factories in China due to the coronavirus continues bringing higher-than-normal cancellations of ships from that country to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, officials said Friday, Feb. 22 — capping off a trio of events that have combined to slice cargo volumes at the nation’s largest port complex.
  “The virus has had a major impact on the global supply chain,” said Port of L.A. spokesman Phillip Sanfield.
  While cargo numbers generally fall of
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Feb. 13-21)

  22-02-2020 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Feb. 13 to Feb. 21:
  Olive Garden, 16811 Beach Blvd., Huntington BeachClosed: Feb. 19 (report)
  Reason: Employee restrooms nonfunctional
  Reopened: Feb. 19 (report)The Gypsy Den, 125 N. Broadway, Suite D, Santa AnaClosed: Feb. 19 (report)
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: Feb. 20Blackmarket Bakery, 211 N. Broadway, Santa AnaClosed: Feb. 19 (report)
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened
  
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• Fairview Development Center in Costa Mesa considered for housing coronavirus patients, city asks court for injunction

  22-02-2020 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Costa Mesa officials are asking a federal court to block possible plans to house patients who have been exposed to coronavirus at the Fairview Development Center.
  The city filed a request for a legal injunction on Friday, Feb. 21, after learning a day earlier that Fairview was being considered by federal and state officials as a quarantine site. State Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, whose district includes Costa Mesa, said other sites are also under consideration.  It wasn’t immed
  
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• Costa Mesa asks court to stop relocation of patients diagnosed with coronavirus to Fairview Development Center

  22-02-2020 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The city of Costa Mesa is seeking a court injunction to stop plans for relocating dozens of patients diagnosed with the coronavirus from Travis Air Force Base in Northern California to the Fairview Development Center on Harbor Boulevard.
  The request was filed Friday, Feb. 21, to stop the plan – named in the filing are the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, US Air Force, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The California Governor’s Office of Em
  
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• Costa Mesa asks court to block relocation of patients diagnosed with coronavirus to Fairview Development Center

  22-02-2020 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Costa Mesa officials are asking a federal court to block possible plans to house patients who have been exposed to coronavirus at the Fairview Development Center.
  The city filed a request for a legal injunction on Friday, Feb. 21, after learning a day earlier that Fairview was being considered by federal and state officials as a quarantine site. State Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, whose district includes Costa Mesa, said other sites are also under consideration.  It wasn’t immed
  
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• Where to get a glass of Pliny the Younger before it’s all gone

  22-02-2020 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s that time of year again — when hop heads go crazy for the release of Pliny the Younger, Russian River Brewing Company’s award-winning Triple IPA that’s 10.25% alcohol. The limited edition brew has taprooms, bars and restaurants rolling out all kinds of special events and tastings. Reservations and tickets go really fast for pours, so it’s best to follow your favorite bar’s Facebook and Instagram pages. Another helpful source is hoppedla.com which tracks P
  
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• Free ice cream? Free tax prep? Candidates get creative before March 3 primary

  22-02-2020 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  As workers at the Anaheim Hilton and Sheraton hotels stepped outside for lunch break on a recent Saturday, they were greeted by a bright blue and yellow truck handing out free ice cream sandwiches.
  The catch? As they snagged their sandwiches, they might’ve had to talk politics for a minute with ice cream truck owner Josh Newman, a Democrat and former state senator who’s hoping to win the 29th Senate District seat back this year from Republican Sen. Ling Ling Chang.
  Newman’s roa
  
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• UCLA men face Colorado for potential tiebreaker in Pac-12 standings

  22-02-2020 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The Bruins have finally become the defensive team Coach Mick Cronin has been striving to turn them into all season. And it’s showing.
  At Utah on Thursday, UCLA prevented the Utes from making a 3-pointer until halfway through the second half, and Utah ended the game 3 for 12 from beyond the arc for its second-worst performance from distance during Pac-12 play this season.
  “Defensively, we couldn’t have played much better,” Cronin told reporters following UCLA’s 69-58
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday (2-21-2020)

  22-02-2020 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats for the Orange County games on Friday, Feb. 21.
  BASEBALL
  LOARA TOURNAMENT
  Dana Hills 6, Cypress 0
  DH: Jackson (W, 6IP, 4H, 0R, 6K). Fleming 2-3, 2B, RBI, HBP. Gartlan 2-4, SB, RBI.
  Cyp: Wozniak (5IP, 8H, 3ER, K). Lagafuana 1-2, HBP, SB. Orellano 1-1, BB.
  Other scores: 
  Marina 4, El Modena 1
   
  
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• Major Orange County freeway closures planned: Feb. 22-28

  22-02-2020 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Here are major construction project closures happening on Orange County’s freeways and toll roads between Feb. 22 and Feb. 28, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority, Caltrans and the Transportation Corridor Agencies.
  5 Freeway
  Northbound on-ramp from Main Street and the right lanes between 17th Street and the 22 Freeway:Nightly until approximately Tuesday, Feb. 25Carpool lane and left lanes between Grand Avenue and Fourth Street:Nightly beginning Sunday, Feb. 23 for appro
  
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• New bill would cap mobile home rent hikes statewide

  22-02-2020 01:36 via ocregister.com
  
  California legislators passed a law last year that limited rent increases for tenants in buildings at least 15 years old.
  But the measure, AB 1482, did not include mobile homes, allowing park owners to raise space rent as much as they want.
  A new bill unveiled Friday, Feb. 21, would change that.
  Assembly member Sharon Quirk–Silva, D-Fullerton, unveiled a plan to place rent caps on all Californiamobile homes. Patterned after AB 1482, the bill would limit future increases to 5% a year plus t
  
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• Costco changes its food court policy: You gotta be a member

  22-02-2020 01:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Shoppers who enjoy cheap hot dogs, churros and pizza from Costco’s food court soon will have to buy a $60 club membership to enjoy them.
  Shoppers who are not members of the warehouse club have long enjoyed its food offerings — particularly the hot dog/soda combo for $1.50 and the $1 churros. But beginning in March, the big-box retailer will require an active membership to visit the food court, according to multiple media reports.
  Costco couldn’t be reached to elaborate on the p
  
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• How to watch the Kobe and Gianna Bryant memorial on TV

  22-02-2020 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Officials are urging those who don’t have ticket to the Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna to stay away from Staples Center — which will be closed to traffic — and instead watch the tribute on TV.
  It will NOT be shown on TVs in the LA Live area near Staples Center, said LA police Chief Michel Moore.
  The memorial service is set to begin at 10 a.m. Pacific time Monday, and it is expected to be broadcast on all of the major television networks a
  
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• Bernie Sanders finds receptive, boisterous audience at Santa Ana high school

  22-02-2020 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders marshaled support for his progressive platform Friday morning at a high school in Santa Ana, urging people who aren’t Democrats to get new ballots if they plan to vote in the March 3 primary.
  The event at Valley High marked one of the first campaign stops for Sanders in Southern California as the Vermont Senator and other Democratic presidential hopefuls begin to canvas the state in advance of next month’s Super Tuesday primary.
  It also came just
  
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