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• Capistrano Unified extends school closures through May 1 because of coronavirus

  26-03-2020 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCapistrano Unified School District has joined districts throughout Orange County by extending its school closures three weeks into early May because of the coronavirus crisis, a move that casts doubt to whether high school sports will resume this spring.
  The district’s Board of Trustees met Wednesday and extended its shutdown through May 1.
  Capistrano initially anticipated an April 6 return and lat
  
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• ‘Den of vampiric fat cats’ could cost Anaheim millions in lawsuit

  10-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Todd Ament, former CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, at an event in 2011. (File photo by MARK RIGHTMIRE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)
  It was a tragically banal slice of vicious, small-time power brokering. Just a speck in the elaborate web of scandal that seized Anaheim city government, to be sure, but a textbook case of how two-bit tyranny can strangle a righteous American Dream.
  Yes, the saga of Isa Bahu and his family’s gas station reads like a bad dime store novel. But it cou
  
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• California lawmakers are trying to reconnect with crony capitalism

  10-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO – There’s yet another attempt to revive the state’s shuttered redevelopment agencies – those crony-capitalist abominations that abused eminent domain, ran up debt without a public vote and distorted development decisions at the local level. This year’s redevelopment effort is renamed the Reconnecting Communities Redevelopment Act, but – as this Editorial Board has opined – a cute new name doesn’t hide redevelopment’s sordid history
  
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• Enjoy geraniums. Plant hydrangeneas. And stop watering your onions and garlic.

  10-05-2024 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  5 things to do in the garden this week:
  1. You can test the drainage of any soil by digging a hole 1 foot deep and filling it with water. If the soil drains within four hours, you have decent drainage. If the soil requires more than four hours to drain you have a drainage issue that could lead to soil fungus problems, and significant soil amelioration with organic amendments is recommended. And then there’s the simple shovel test: Is your soil easy or difficult to dig? If you have a hard t
  
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• A 405 Express Lanes sign might be confusing to some

  10-05-2024 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. Dear Honk: I entered the northbound 405 Express Lanes because the sign at the entrance point said “Magnolia” (with some dollar amount). To me, the implication of that sign is that you can use the Express Lanes to access the Magnolia Street freeway exit. But, in fact, you cannot. The Express Lanes carry you past the Magnolia exit and you cannot exit them and then leave the freeway until Beach Boulevard. I feel that signage is misleading. It is electronic, so it would be easy to cha
  
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• Virtual home invasions: We’re not safe from government peeping Toms

  10-05-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The spirit of the Constitution, drafted by men who chafed against the heavy-handed tyranny of an imperial ruler, would suggest that one’s home is a fortress, safe from almost every kind of intrusion.
  Unfortunately, a collective assault by the government’s cabal of legislators, litigators, judges and militarized police has all but succeeded in reducing that fortress—and the Fourth Amendment alongside it—to a crumbling pile of rubble.
  We are no longer safe in our homes, not
  
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• Softball playoffs roundup: Mater Dei and Oxford Academy roll into semifinals

  10-05-2024 10:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei’s softball team scored five runs in the first inning and Sienna Acosta earned her second victory of the playoffs as the Monarchs defeated Beaumont 9-3 in the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinals Thursday at Fountain Valley Sports Park.
  Acosta, a junior, allowed one run on four hits in 5 2/3 for Mater Dei (14-11), which advances to play at Gahr in the semifinals Saturday.
  Gahr eliminated El Toro
  
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• CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Updated schedule for Friday’s quarterfinals

  10-05-2024 07:43 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
  Santa Margarita at Huntington Beach
  Orange Lutheran vs. La Mirada at Glenn HS, 4:15 p.m.
  DIVISION 2
  Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
  Canyon at Ayala
  Crean Lutheran at Moorpark
  DIVISION 3
  Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
  Mission Viejo at Los Alamitos
  Beckman at Newbury Park
  DIVISION 4
  Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
  Chino vs. Calvary Chapel at Great Park, Irvine
  DIVISION 7
  Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m.
  Buena Park at Rancho C
  
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• CIF-SS softball playoffs: Thursday’s scores, schedule for Saturday’s semifinals

  10-05-2024 07:08 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1 
  Quarterfinals, Thursday
  Orange Lutheran 7, Canyon 4
  Murrieta Mesa 12, Huntington Beach 0
  JSerra 2, Great Oak 0
  Pacifica 13, Oaks Christian 2
  Semifinals, Saturday, 3:15 p.m.
  Orange Lutheran at Murrieta Mesa
  JSerra at Pacifica
  DIVISION 2
  Quarterfinals, ThursdayMater Dei 9, Beaumont 3
  California at Whittier Christian: tied 4-4 after 12 innings; game will resume Friday, 3:15 p.m.
  Semifinals, Saturday, 3:15 p.m.
  Mater Dei at Gahr
  DIVISION 3
  Quarterfinals, Thu
  
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• Angels preach optimism as Royals hand them another home loss

  10-05-2024 06:40 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The injuries, the waiver claims and the callups – from as far away as Double-A – keep coming and yet Angels manager Ron Washington continues to keep his eye on the prize.
  Even as the Angels fell, 10-4, in the opener of a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night, following an afternoon when the roster’s revolving door begged for grease on its bearings, Washington was preaching the goal when he first arrived.
  While acknowledging a win-loss
  
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• USC graduates, families converge on Coliseum to cheer student achievement amid political turmoil

  10-05-2024 05:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The moment arrived Thursday night for USC graduates — but not the way the Class of 2024 had envisioned it mere weeks ago.
  Weeks ago, the 143-year-old private university proudly trumpeted the details of its annual university-wide commencement, featuring high-profile speakers, distinguished honorees and the usual pomp and circumstance, including speeches from top students.
  But that tradition was scuttled amid bitter division over a valedictorian’s cancelled speech, a wave of campus pro
  
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• Murrieta Mesa softball overpowers Huntington Beach in CIF-SS quarterfinals

  10-05-2024 05:49 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — A first-inning home run from Murrieta Mesa’s Paige Bambarger provided a glimpse of what was to come in the CIF SS Division 1 softball quarterfinal between the Rams and Huntington Beach on Thursday at Huntington Beach High School.
  The hits kept coming for the Rams, who led throughout and blew the game open in the final two innings, coming away with a 12-0 victory.
  Murrieta Mesa (25-3), the No. 4 seed in Division 1, will take on Orange Lutheran in the semifinals Satu
  
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• Orange Lutheran softball shows ‘fight’ in defeating Canyon in Division 1 quarterfinals

  10-05-2024 05:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowPitcher Brianne Weiss (9), left, and Kai Minor (2) of Orange Lutheran celebrate after defeating Canyon in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 1 softball playoffs at Orange Lutheran High School in Orange on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Orange Lutheran’s softball team continued to display its resiliency Thursday in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinal
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Friday, May 10, 2024

  10-05-2024 05:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, May 10, 2024.
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• UC regents expected to hit UCLA with maximum annual subsidy — err, “contribution” for Cal

  10-05-2024 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The University of California Board of Regents is planning to require UCLA to “contribute” $10 million annually to Cal’s athletic department in the aftermath of the conference realignment that separated the sister campuses, according to a summary of the upcoming meeting at UC Merced on the regents’ website.
  That is the maximum amount agreed upon by the regents in late 2022, after UCLA’s announced departure to the Big Ten placed the Pac-12’s future, and Cal&rsqu
  
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• Previews of Friday’s CIF Southern Section baseball quarterfinals

  10-05-2024 04:05 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BASEBALL QUARTERFINALS
  FRIDAY
  DIVISION 1
  Orange Lutheran (24-6) VS. La Mirada (23-6)
  Where, when: Glenn High, 4:15 p.m.
  Outlook: Trinity League champion Orange Lutheran, No. 1 in the Orange County Top 25, beat Sierra Canyon 6-0 in the first round and Vista Murrieta 17-6 in the second round. Loyola Marymount signee Nate Savoie hit two home runs and Josiah Hartshorn homered and drove in four runs in the win over Vista Murrieta. Hartshorn has a team-high 22 RBIs. La Mirada, champion of the G
  
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• Here’s a great new tool to help protect butterflies in your area

  10-05-2024 03:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Spring wings
  A look at our local Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species and share some tips on how to protect them.
  New conservation tool
  One of the ways you could help butterflies and moths in your local area is by creating a space with plants they are attracted to. Chris Cosma, a recent Ph.D. graduate from UC Riverside and now at the Conservation Biology Institute, created an online tool that lets you enter your ZIP code (or address) and the Butterfly Net shows the best native plant species
  
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• Angels’ Mike Trout says surgery was better than spending rest of season as DH

  10-05-2024 03:29 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Six days removed from arthroscopic surgery, Angels outfielder Mike Trout said Thursday there was an alternative to the procedure that will keep him out for an undetermined time.
  Talking for the first time post-surgery, Trout said he was given an option not to have surgery for his torn meniscus and dedicate the rest of the season to being a designated hitter. The issue was that the pain-tolerance route offered no assurances that it wouldn’t be a lost season anyway.
  “Ye
  
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• UCI sends suspension notices to several students in the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus

  10-05-2024 03:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Multiple UC Irvine students involved in a pro-Palestinian encampment that formed on campus last week have been given suspension notices, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday, May 9.
  According to one of the suspension letters independently obtained by The Orange County Register, the students have been barred from being “physically or virtually present on campus,” including in “any and all university housing facilities.” The notices were sent out early Wednesday, Ma
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, May 9

  10-05-2024 03:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, May 9
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  SOFTBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Quarterfinals
  DIVISION 1
  Pacifica 13, Oaks Christian 2
  JSerra 2, Great Oak 0
  Murrieta Mesa 12, Huntington Beach
  
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• Florida’s ban on cultivated meat sacrifices conservative principles for culture war points

  10-05-2024 02:56 via ocregister.com
  
  It is not yet clear whether the alternative protein products known variously as “lab-grown,” “cell-cultivated” or “cultured” meat will deliver the environmental benefits touted by their boosters or when they will be appealing and cheap enough to be competitive with conventional poultry, beef and pork. But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis already has made up his mind, deeming these products so repellent that selling them should be a crime.
  When he signed the nation&rs
  
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• Man charged with drowning golden retriever puppy in Cypress

  10-05-2024 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A 27-year-old man is facing a felony charge after police accused him of drowning a golden retriever puppy in a Cypress hotel room.
  Richard Benjamin Tolliver was charged Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to one count of cruelty to animals. His next court date is a May 16 pretrial hearing at the West Justice Center in Westminster.
  Authorities were called to the Extended Stay motel at 5990 Corporate Drive about 8:50 a.m. Monday, May 6 in response to reports of smoke coming from a room, according to
  
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• Not allowing transgender surfers would violate Coastal Act, Huntington Beach contest organizer learns

  10-05-2024 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Coastal Commission has drawn a line in the sand: Allow transgender surfers to compete, or you’ll be in violation of the Coastal Act.
  A two-day surf contest happening this weekend in Huntington Beach found itself at the center of a hotly debated topic: Whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in the gender division they identify with or the gender they were born as – a question many sports organizers are facing as equality and fairness are argued among both s
  
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• ‘The Bear,’ ‘Reservation Dogs’ among Peabody Award winners

  10-05-2024 02:17 via ocregister.com
  
  FX’s Emmy-winning comedy “The Bear” and acclaimed drama series “Reservation Dogs” were among the winners announced today for the prestigious 84th annual Peabody Awards, while the “Star Trek” franchise will receive an Institutional Award for it’s long-running impact on entertainment and culture.
  The Peabody Awards — which honor “the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023” &md
  
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• USC Shoah Foundation to help expand program to recognize Holocaust survivors

  10-05-2024 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A Los Angeles-based program that brings Holocaust survivors into classrooms and to community events to share their stories in an effort to counter antisemitism and bigotry is set to expand, officials announced Thursday.
  Living Links, billed as the first national organization to engage and empower third-generation descendants of Holocaust survivors, will be partnering with USC Shoah Foundation to expand the program and bolster its speaker training efforts. According to Robert Williams, executive
  
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• Man who killed Irvine scientist at Malibu Creek State Park has separate battery conviction reversed

  10-05-2024 02:09 via ocregister.com
  
  A state appeals court panel on Thursday reversed a man’s felony conviction for attacking a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy while he was awaiting trial in the murder of an Irvine research scientist who was camping with his two young daughters in Malibu Creek State Park.
  The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that a reasonable jury could conclude that the male deputy’s injuries were “not serious enough to require professional
  
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• Heavy rains bring slow start to Southern California wildfire season, but residents urged to stay prepared

  10-05-2024 02:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite record heavy rainfall last winter, the threat of wildfires in Southern California remains significant in coming months with the peak of the season looming just around the corner.
  CalFire, the Orange County Fire Authority, and several other partnering agencies hosted a press conference Thursday, May 9, at Irvine Lake in Silverado, as part of a multi-agency effort to raise awareness and urge residents to be prepared and help reduce wildfire risks.
  “Don’t let the green hillsides
  
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• These are SCNG’s finalists for the 66th SoCal Journalism Awards

  10-05-2024 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The Southern California News Group was well-represented among the finalists for the 2024 SoCal Journalism Awards.
  The Los Angeles Press Club announced the finalists for the 66th annual awards on Thursday, May 9, and SCNG had 26 total finalists across 19 categories – including a possible journalist of the year.
  Staff writer Beau Yarbrough, who writes for The Sun and SCNG’s other Inland Empire publications, was named a finalist for journalist of the year in the “print, circulatio
  
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• Ex-classmate testifies to receiving ‘sexually charged’ messages from accused killer Samuel Woodward

  10-05-2024 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A former Orange County School of the Arts student testified this week to receiving “sexually charged” messages from a teenage Samuel Woodward, the man currently on trial for killing his former classmate Blaze Bernstein, a slaying prosecutors allege was a hate crime.
  With Woodward’s attorney admitting at the outset of his murder trial that Woodward, then 20, killed 19-year-old Bernstein in 2018, the key question for jurors will be whether Woodward was driven by anti-gay and anti
  
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• Irvine doctor suspected of sexually assaulting patients

  10-05-2024 01:06 via ocregister.com
  
  An Irvine doctor who specializes in treating liver diseases is suspected of sexually assaulting two female patients.
  Dr. John Carl Hoefs, 79, was arrested on May 3 and charged with seven counts of sexual battery, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. He was released after posting a $500,000 bond.
  Hoefs is accused of grabbing the breasts of two patients during exams at a medical office in Irvine affiliated with Hoag Hospital.
  He is suspected of assaulting a female patie
  
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