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• Disneyland’s flying Dumbo elephants are grounded, and the reason’s kind of shady

  13-01-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  One of Disneyland’s most popular rides in history has shut down temporarily, but don’t panic: It will be back up and flying again soon, with a new and improved queue that will make life a bit better for those who stand in line for an hour at a time.
  “The Dumbo elephants have packed their trunks for now,” park spokeswoman Suzi Brown joked, describing the rehabilitation efforts that started Jan. 8, which will include moving the lines to the back of the ride and installing &
  
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• Ditch the subsidies to get more housing

  19-05-2024 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s little disagreement that California has a housing-affordability crisis, as the state’s average home value is close to $800,000 and well over $1 million in coastal markets. These astounding prices have put a squeeze on lower-income Californians and exacerbated the homelessness problem, so lawmakers — and voters — continue to approve subsidies for affordable-housing projects.
  As is common any time the government subsidizes something, the influx of cash is inflationa
  
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• Does your city have elected attorneys, clerks, treasurers? And how much do they make?

  19-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  City Attorney Michael Gates at a “Save Huntington Beach Victory Rally” for Republican candidates for city council in 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  When Huntington Beach city councilmembers wanted to demand identification from voters (despite threats that this violated state law), and fought more low-income housing (despite state commands), their city attorney didn’t grimace or drag his hand across his neck or shake his head vehemently “NO!&rd
  
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• Cal State Fullerton physicists are key players in new age of exploration

  19-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If you wanted a true-life plot for a movie about the thrill of discovery, you could do worse than borrowing from the short, productive, slightly geeky history of the Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy at Cal State Fullerton.
  And if you wanted the perfect prop for that movie, you’d want to straight-up steal the whiteboard hanging in the office of one of the center’s leaders, Jocelyn Read, a 44-year-old physicist and an expert in rare celestia
  
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• Prosecutors fight bail release for reputed Mexican Mafia chief in OC

  19-05-2024 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  To those in his corner, Johnny Martinez is a brilliant, caring, jailhouse lawyer who has unfairly spent his entire adult life behind bars for a murder he did not commit.
  But to those trying to keep him locked up, Martinez is the ultra-violent capo of a notorious prison gang who has extorted drug dealers and ordered hits on people who crossed him.
  The two faces of Martinez — the reputed leader of Orange County’s Mexican Mafia — will be presented to a federal judge May 24 in Sant
  
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• When you don’t plan ahead, your life and finances suffer

  19-05-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Change is hard, and often, the first step toward this is the hardest. Such was the case with my friend, Paul.
  Paul prided himself on not setting goals or planning ahead. “Life is too short to box yourself in,” he used to quip. “I prefer to take it as it comes and be surprised.”
  About three years after he shared this with me, Paul reached out to let me know his spouse was divorcing him. “She said she was tired of always guessing in our relationship, that I was reacti
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Sunday, May 19, 2024

  19-05-2024 09:25 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 Sunday, May 19, 2024.
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• How California’s bursting budget morphed into a $45 billion deficit in just two years

  19-05-2024 09:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The much-revised 2024-25 state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom released last week contains hundreds of spending reductions and other actions to close what he says is a $44.9 billion deficit.
  Exactly two years earlier, Newsom boasted as the state enjoyed a $97.5 billion budget surplus, thanks to surging revenues from the post-pandemic economic recovery.
  “No other state in American history has ever experienced a surplus as large as this,” Newsom said as he unveiled a revised $300 billion
  
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• Schauffele and Morikawa are tied at the PGA Championship with a lot of company

  19-05-2024 08:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Bryson DeChambeau celebrates after a eagle on the 18th hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
  Scottie Scheffler waits to play on the second hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
  Scottie Scheffler reacts to his chip to the green on the fourth hole during
  
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• Angel City falls to Trinity Rodman, Washington Spirit

  19-05-2024 08:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Sydney Leroux scored for Angel City (3-5-1) in the 4-2 loss to the Washington Spirit on Saturday night.
  ACFC was without veteran defender Sarah Gorden after she was hurt early in the game.
  Trinity Rodman lead the Washington Spirit with two goals in the first half.
  All six goals came in the first half at Washington D.C.’s Audi Field, matching a league record for most goals in the opening half. Casey Krueger and Ouleymata Sarr also scored for the Spirit (7-3-0).
  Angel City goalkeeper DiDi Ha
  
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• Galaxy’s Novak Micovic untouchable in scoreless draw

  19-05-2024 07:55 via ocregister.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Novak Micovic stopped both shots he faced in his first start of the season for the Galaxy in a scoreless draw against Charlotte on Saturday night.
  The 22-year-old Micovic made two starts and six appearances for the Galaxy (5-2-7) last year in his first season in the league.
  The Galaxy entered play with 25 goals, second behind the 35 of Inter Miami. The Galaxy have played to four straight draws, falling to 3-3-3 on the road.
  The two clubs were meeting for the third time wi
  
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• Beckman beats St. John Bosco with walk-off hit in 8th to win Division 3 baseball title

  19-05-2024 05:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Beckman players celebrate after beating St. John Bosco in the championship game of the CIF-SS Division 3 baseball playoffs in Lake Elsinore on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Beckman won the game 2-1. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  LAKE ELSINORE – In the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs, the game tied and teammate Isaiah Kapur on second base, Beckman’s Jagger Snitko hit a line drive to right field.
  Snitko rounded first base and took a look toward home plate t
  
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• University boys tennis defeats Torrey Pines to advance to first CIF State championship

  19-05-2024 05:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowUniversity’s boys tennis team took a major step Saturday toward becoming the first state champion.
  The 15-time CIF-Southern Section winner avenged an earlier loss against Torrey Pines by defeating the San Diego Section powerhouse 5-2 in the finals of the CIF/USTA SoCal regional at The Claremont Club.
  The Trojans advanced to play California of San Ramon in the inaugural state final May 25 at Fresno P
  
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• Walker Buehler leads Dodgers past Reds

  19-05-2024 05:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Admitting that he was running out of patience in a not-so-long wait to become a dominating pitcher again, it turns out that was actually Walker Buehler’s competitive side returning to the forefront again.
  Buehler went six scoreless innings in his third start since returning from a nearly two-year absence after elbow surgery and his first since saying last week that the “happy-to-be-here thing” had about run its course.
  The Dodgers 4-0 victory over the Cincin
  
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• Orange County track and field athletes hit their marks in Masters Meet

  19-05-2024 05:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Most of Orange County’s track and field athletes who competed in the CIF-SS Masters Meet at Moorpark High School on Saturday knew there wasn’t much room for error if they were to advance to next week’s CIF State meet.
  The majority responded with top marks and a few qualified for the state meet in more than one event.
  The top six placers in each event qualified for the CIF State Championships in Clovis on May 24-25.
  Pacifica thrower Zach Lewis was among the county’s double
  
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• Angels go hitless in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position to lose marathon game

  19-05-2024 05:14 via ocregister.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — The Angels came up with clutch pitches and defensive plays, but no clutch hits.
  The Angels were hitless in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position in their 3-2, 13-inning loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday, wasting a strong start from Patrick Sandoval.
  Right-hander Carson Fulmer, working his second inning of the night, hit Nathaniel Lowe with a pitch with the bases loaded to push home the winning run.
  The only runs the Angels managed were solo homers from Taylor W
  
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• Disneyland character performers vote to unionize

  19-05-2024 04:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Mickey Mouse, Sleeping Beauty, Darth Vader and other Disneyland employees who work with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars character performers have voted to unionize, according to the union organizing workers.
  The National Labor Relations Board announced the results of the vote on Saturday, May 18 following a four-day union election at Disneyland by character and parade performers.
  Disneyland’s 1,700 character and parade performers — calling themselves Magic United — will be
  
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• Redondo boys volleyball defeats St. Margaret’s to win first CIF SoCal Regional title

  19-05-2024 04:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Redondo players celebrate win in CIFSS Regional boys volleyball final against St. Margaret’s Saturday May 18, 2024 (Photo by Robert Casillas, Contributing Photographer)
  Redondo players and coaches hold up plaque after 5 set win against St. Margaret’s in CIFSS Regional boys volleyball final Saturday May 18, 2024 (Photo by Robert Casillas, Contributing Photographer)
  Redondo players celebrate win in CIFSS Regional boys volleyball final against St. Margaret’s Saturday May 18, 2024
  
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• The AVP’s solution for growing beach volleyball in America? Bullriding

  19-05-2024 04:00 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — The day before the AVP Huntington Beach Open kicked off, one by one, the league’s Chief Operating Officer Robert Corvino welcomed a slew of competing teams in for a private presentation to sell a new vision for professional volleyball in the United States.
  Bullriding. At least, its structure.
  Despite the continued growth of beach volleyball as a sport in the United States, the AVP, as league veteran and Long Beach State grad Paul Lotman put it, has long struggled t
  
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• Doug O’Neill’s Preakness day win comes at Santa Anita

  19-05-2024 03:54 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — Doug O’Neill was in the winner’s circle again on a Triple Crown race day. That it wasn’t the Preakness winner’s circle, or even the Pimlico winner’s circle, seemed not to bother him at all.
  O’Neill enjoyed the victory by his filly Miss Lizzy and jockey Antonio Fresu in the $100,000 Mizdirection Stakes, a sprint down the hillside turf course, in front of a Preakness day crowd Saturday at Santa Anita.
  The trainer best known for winning the Kentuc
  
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• Whatever your passion, you’ll find it in Laguna Woods

  19-05-2024 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  “We need men!” exclaimed Sandy Smolinsky, representing the Laguna Woods Village Square Dancers at the 2024 Club Expo held recently at Clubhouse 5.
  “I’m dancing a lot of the boy parts now,” she added, laughing. “People don’t know how much fun square dancing is, and it’s good for your body and your brain.”
  The Village Square Dancers garnered 30 signups of unspecified gender from the crowd that packed the clubhouse April 30.
  “Classes will
  
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• LA Grand Prix: Benjamin, McLaughlin-Levrone back overcoming hurdles

  19-05-2024 03:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the USA wins the women’s 200m race with a time of 22.07 as Gabby Thomas finished sixth with a time of 22.68 during the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix track and field meet at Drake Stadium on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the USA wins the women’s 200m race with a time of 22.07 as Gabby Thomas finished sixth with a time of 22.68 during the USATF L
  
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• Dodgers’ pitching staff continues to get healthy

  19-05-2024 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — On the way to becoming whole again after a myriad of injuries up and down the pitching staff, the Dodgers could be close to assuming a true identity soon.
  Success has been a patchwork quilt of some strong starts, surprising success from a bullpen of interchangeable parts, solid infield defense, with bursts of power and production from the top of the order.
  The Dodgers have always touted their depth and it has been key in keeping within reach of teams with the best records in
  
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• UCLA softball’s comeback kids advance to regional final

  19-05-2024 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — According to UCLA softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez, the best thing about freshman pitcher Kaitlyn Terry is that she owns things. Her maturity, Inouye-Perez says, is so impressive that when mistakes do occur she remains undeterred and settles right back in.
  Terry has proven techniques, but also adapts to each situation. And as Virginia Tech kept scoring runs, Terry stayed calm.
  Her poise paid off as the sixth-seeded Bruins shook off an early 4-0 deficit to storm back and adva
  
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• Oleksandr Usyk edges Tyson Fury to win undisputed heavyweight title

  19-05-2024 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Oleksandr Usyk has defeated Tyson Fury by split decision to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years.
  Usyk (22-0) added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and IBO belts with a spectacular late rally highlighted by a ninth-round knockdown in a back-and-forth bout between two previously unbeaten heavyweight champs. Two judges favored Usyk, 115-112 and 114-113, while the third gave it to Fury, 114-113.
  Usyk started quickly, but then ha
  
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• Seize The Grey cinches D. Wayne Lukas his 7th Preakness Stakes win

  19-05-2024 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid.
  The gray colt took advantage of the muddy track just like Lukas hoped he would, pulling off the upset in a second consecutive impressive start two weeks after romping in a race on the Derby undercard at Churchill Downs. Seize the Grey went off at 9-1, one of the longest shots on the board.
  My
  
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• Oxford Academy’s ‘amazing’ run halted by Eastside in CIF-SS Division 7 softball final

  19-05-2024 00:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOxford Academy players pose with their runner-up trophy after losing to Eastside,11-2 in the CIF-SS Division 7 championship game in Irvine on Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  IRVINE — As Oxford Academy softball coach Bob Whitney joined his somber players in a postgame photo at the CIF-SS finals Saturday, he quickly offered an upbeat perspective.
  “We m
  
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• Angels’ Willie Calhoun says he’s back after losing his way

  19-05-2024 00:29 via ocregister.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — This weekend Willie Calhoun is enjoying his career revival in the place where his big-league career started … and then got derailed.
  Calhoun, a 29-year-old the Angels signed to a minor-league deal over the winter, had four hits Friday night to raise his average to .365 and his OPS to .959 in his first 13 games with the Angels.
  “Willie Calhoun, when he was a youngster, was a pretty good hitter,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “And for some re
  
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• Pacifica Christian baseball shut out by Azusa in first CIF-SS championship game

  19-05-2024 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LAKE ELSINORE – The Pacifica Christian baseball team’s starting lineup Saturday included five freshmen, three sophomores and one junior.
  For a CIF Southern Section championship game.
  That youth showed up, and not in the best way.
  Pacifica Christian’s Blake Hayes catches the ball during the CIF-SS Division 8 baseball championship game againstAzusa at Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore on Saturday May 18, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
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• Sparks come up short 89-82 against the Aces

  19-05-2024 00:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The Sparks fell to 0-2 on the young season and Jackie Young was to blame.
  The Aces guard finished with 22 points and 11 assists to lead Las Vegas to an 89-82 victory over the visiting Sparks on a nationally televised game Saturday afternoon inside the Michelob ULTRA Arena.
  The Sparks shot 51.5% (34 of 66) from the floor, but committed 18 turnovers that led to 25 Aces points.
  Sparks forward Dearica Hamby led all scorers with 29 points on 12-of-16 shooting and collected a team-high nine rebounds a
  
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