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• Dodgers shuffle pitching plans, promote Elieser Hernandez for start

  16-05-2024 04:49 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Even bullpen games get extra rest in the Dodgers’ starting rotation.
  The Dodgers pivoted from an expected bullpen game on Wednesday night, instead promoting right-handers Elieser Hernandez and Eduardo Salazar from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
  In the starting rotation for OKC, Hernandez was 4-1 with a 2.83 ERA in Triple-A. He started for the Dodgers Wednesday – his first major-league start since Oct. 5, 2022 with the Miami Marlins.
  “Talking it through with
  
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• UC Irvine baseball walks off Nicholls State after blowing 8-run lead in NCAA regional opener

  01-06-2024 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  CORVALLIS, Oregon — Caden Kendle’s two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted UC Irvine to a wild, 13-12 victory over Nicholls State on Friday afternoon at the Corvallis Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Nicholls erased an early 9-1 deficit and then took a 12-11 lead in the top of the inning.
  The Colonels got their dramatic, three-run blast from first baseman Edgar Alvarez with one out in the ninth. But Nicholls State reliever Devin Desandro
  
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• Pelicans to defer Lakers’ 1st-round draft pick from Anthony Davis trade until 2025

  01-06-2024 02:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers, as expected, will have the No. 17 overall pick in the upcoming NBA draft.
  The New Orleans Pelicans had the choice to use or defer the pick for one more year as part of the Anthony Davis trade in 2019. This is the last of three first-round picks the Lakers owe to the Pelicans in the deal. The Times-Picayune was the first to report the decision on Friday.
  Instead of having the Lakers’ first-round pick in the June 26-27 draft, the Pelicans will receive the Lakers’ first-roun
  
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• Corky: Three more to be added to the Surfers’ Hall of Fame

  01-06-2024 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  I was pleased to receive the announcement of the inductees into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame for 2024.
  This year the surfing greats who are getting the nod are Hawaiians Ilima Kalama and Jamie O’Brian, along with the excellent Huntington Beach local star Jeff Deffenbaugh.  A solid lineup for sure.
  The induction ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. on Aug. 2 in the plaza at the corner of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in front of Huntington Surf & Sport.   The event is op
  
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• First cannabis retail shop opens in Laguna Woods

  01-06-2024 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The first legal cannabis retail shop in South Orange County has opened, adding Laguna Woods to the short list of cities in the region that have allowed local sales.
  Laguna Woods was the first city to pass an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in 2008, but with pushback and few commercial storefronts even available or landlords interested in renting it would be years before serious conversation happened about a store opening.
  Guests check out the variety of cannabis products during
  
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• Florida deputy who shot Black airman has been fired

  01-06-2024 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Terry Spencer | Associated Press
  A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon.
  Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 after responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment.
  Body camera video shows that w
  
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• Marian Robinson dies at 86; Michelle Obama’s mother lived with first family at White House

  01-06-2024 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By Darlene Superville | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
  Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson. In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life.”
  She was a widow a
  
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• Santa Margarita Catholic High 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  01-06-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The da Graca family from left: Kathy, Heather, graduate Haley, and Ralph, pose for photos, following the Santa Margarita Catholic High School commencement at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Thanh Thai Nguyen, Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Orange, speaks during the commencement of Santa Margarita Catholic High School at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SC
  
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• Community calls for more sand, less boulders for OCTA’s track protection plans

  01-06-2024 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A community outcry against big boulders being placed on the beach in San Clemente grew louder Thursday evening, with a crowd calling for the use of more sand as a buffer as the Orange County Transportation Authority plans new projects to protect a key rail line that runs oceanfront in sections of the town.
  A standing-room-only crowd of about 150 people filled City Hall for a listening session hosted by the OCTA, which owns the train tracks through Orange County, including a 7-mile section in San
  
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• Mike Tyson’s health episode causes Jake Paul fight postponement

  01-06-2024 00:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last weekend.
  Tyson and Paul said Friday that they will announce a new fight date next week. They were scheduled to meet July 20 in Arlington, Texas.
  Tyson became nauseous and dizzy during the final hour of a flight from Miami to Los Angeles last Sunday, and his plane was met by first responders who attended to the former heavyweight champion. Tyson’s camp attributed the episode to a
  
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• 25 years of NOON: Diane Williams on the shock, suspense and surprise of stories

  01-06-2024 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The stories come in the mail, actual postage-paid physical submissions, not email. Diane Williams, pen in hand, reads them at her kitchen table.
  For the past 25 years, Williams has been the force behind NOON, an art and literary journal that has featured the work of writers including Lydia Davis, Roxane Gay, R.O. Kwon, Tao Lin, Ottessa Moshfegh, Sam Lipsyte and more.
  Williams, who co-founded NOON with Christine Schutt, is the author of 11 books of stories including “I Hear You&rs
  
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• Troy High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  31-05-2024 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Graduate Sarah Kim has her photo taken with her friend Evan Torres following Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer)
  Family members raise letters spelling the name of their graduate during Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato
  
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• US women’s soccer coach Emma Hayes ready for 1st game

  31-05-2024 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Emma Hayes said the groundwork has been completed ahead of her debut with the U.S. women’s national team. Now it’s all about the details.
  Hayes will be on the sidelines with her team for the first time Saturday when the United States plays a friendly match against South Korea in Commerce City, Colorado.
  Hayes was named U.S. coach in November but she finished out the Women’s Super League season with Chelsea before joining her new team in-person. Assistant Twila Kilgore coached t
  
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• Why did Irvine finance a report for a state veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills?

  31-05-2024 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine officials discussed this week a nearly $60,000 technical review  — funded by the city — of a proposed veterans cemetery in Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills — a cemetery that will ultimately be financed largely by the state.
  The discussion left some Irvine residents and Councilmember Tammy Kim questioning why Irvine paid for a review of a project happening miles away.
  The answer winds from Orange County’s long history without a veterans cemetery and Irvine Counci
  
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• President Biden endorses latest Gaza cease-fire proposal

  31-05-2024 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war.
  Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release the re
  
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• Galaxy looks to wrap busy week with win in Chicago

  31-05-2024 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy opened their second three-game week with consecutive home wins over the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas.
  Saturday’s final game is on the road against the Chicago Fire, a team near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. The Galaxy (7-2-7, 28 points) enters Saturday in second place in the Western Conference.
  “The group’s target was nine points this week,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “So there’s a lot to play for.”
  Having the chance to complete th
  
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• Onetime FBI’s ’10 most wanted’ suspect arrested by Long Beach police on child molestation charges

  31-05-2024 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A former Boeing engineer who at one point landed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list for five years after fleeing to Canada was arrested by Long Beach police on child molestation charges shortly after he was released from federal prison, where he served a 20-year sentence for a child pornography conviction, authorities said Friday, May 31.
  Richard Steve Goldberg, now, 78, was originally wanted by Long Beach police in 2001 after an investigation into allegations that h
  
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• One’s a nurse, one’s an electrician, one’s on Team USA — meet 5 OC grads with big plans

  31-05-2024 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County is in the height of graduation season, with thousands of seniors celebrating the end of their high school careers and, for many, making summer plans before the start of college, whether it be at a local community campus or off to a four-year school.
  But while their friends take a breather before hitting the books again, these high school graduates have a post-school plan that is a lot less traditional, but indicate a bright future ahead.
  One already has a job as a nurse, another ha
  
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• 17-year-old Tustin High School graduate headed to play with Army National Guard Band

  31-05-2024 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  For 17-year-old Aaron Rodriguez-Herrejon, joining the Army was an idea that intrigued him as a kid, he said, but one he kept hidden in the back of his mind.
  “I guess the patriotism that comes with being in the military,” he said of what drew him. “I would always see videos of just how it’s like to be in the military and the pride of it. That kind of interested me.”
  But the intimidation the institution might give off to an outsider looking in, and the assumption that
  
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• This Kennedy High grad had her nurse assistant job before her diploma

  31-05-2024 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Deborah Okbaab, a recent John F. Kennedy High School graduate, is already a certified nurse assistant, successfully completing all requirements for her license and landing a paid position while still a student.
  Okbaab participated in Kennedy’s Patient Care Pathway, a specialized program designed to immerse students in the medical field through hands-on experience. Along with her other high school courses she was getting a comprehensive introduction to health care while engaged in clinical
  
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• Champions League final: Legendary Real Madrid takes on upset-minded Dortmund

  31-05-2024 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON — Whatever you call it, just don’t call it luck.
  Real Madrid has dominated European club soccer’s biggest prize like no other. Coach Carlo Ancelotti was asked on the eve of the Champions League final if he could explain it.
  “There is something special in this club. It is important to study this,” Ancelotti said on Friday. “It is something special. For what reason I don’t know. History, conditions, quality of the players, character … it happ
  
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• This Los Alamitos High grad is grabbing her rugby ball and heading around the globe for Team USA

  31-05-2024 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Recent Los Alamitos High School graduate Sariah Ibarra will be joining the U.S. national rugby team this summer.
  Ibarra’s love for rugby began in her childhood, playing alongside her brother on an all-boys team with the Back Bay Youth Rugby Club in Costa Mesa. As she grew older, she transitioned to an all-girls team with the Belmont Shore club in Long Beach.
  Last year, she had the opportunity to study and play rugby in New Zealand, training with some of the top players in the world. There,
  
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• Recent Tustin High School graduate taking a year off to help others and learn more about herself

  31-05-2024 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  With graduation right around to corner, Alia Hartwig faced mounting pressure to decide what she would study for the next four years in university – a decision the Tustin High senior said she had been struggling with for some time.
  So, instead of rushing off to college, Hartwig chose to take a gap year to see more of the world, learn more about herself and, mostly, she said, give back to those less fortunate than herself.
  Hartwig deferred her acceptance to Baylor University to join the Chri
  
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• This Anaheim High grad is already ready for an electrician’s career

  31-05-2024 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Guillermo Chavez Barajas spent all four of his years at Anaheim High in its Building Industry Technology Academy, a program that trains students for careers in construction and building design.
  So he’s set to continue his work in the electrical field right away.
  Guillermo Chavez Barajas is one of the lead recruits for Simon Builders and will be continuing the trade after graduation. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  “This has been a way for me to show my creativit
  
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• Look inside Peter Pan’s Never Land pitched for Disneyland expansion

  31-05-2024 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The world’s first Peter Pan-themed land set to debut at the Tokyo Disneyland resort offers a glimpse of what the future could hold for Disneyland over the next few decades under a reimagined long-term vision for the Anaheim theme park district.
  Peter Pan’s Never Land has been pitched as a possible project for the DisneylandForward theme park expansion plan recently approved by the city of Anaheim.
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• UFC 302: Lightweight champ Makhachev wants to beat Poirier, not retire him

  31-05-2024 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Islam Makhachev understood the reasons why Dustin Poirier would consider retirement after their lightweight title clash in the main event of UFC 302.
  The 35-year-old Poirier has cited family, blossoming business interests, and just a general weariness of the grind that it takes to reach a championship bout as motives as to why he may call it quits, win or lose to Makhachev.
  Makhachev just believed Poirier had more fight left in the tank.
  “I hope he does not retire
  
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• Tesla recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix seat belt warning system

  31-05-2024 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Tesla is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix a seat belt warning system that may increase the risk of an injury in a collision.
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the recall includes certain 2012-2024 Model S, 2015-2024 Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles.
  The seat belt warning system is supposed to provide audible and visual seat belt reminder signals to drivers to alert them that their seat belt isn’t fastened. The NHTSA said that
  
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• Lazy Dog Restaurant launches a $5 subscription program

  31-05-2024 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar has launched a subscription service with an appetizing pitch: Enrollees get back as much as three times what they pay in.
  It’s called the Lazy Dog Campfire Club, in keeping with the chain’s Rocky Mountain theme, and it works a little differently from other restaurant chains’ memberships.
  A customer signs up to pay $5 a month and then gets one free item a month worth up to $15. The item can be a starter, a dessert or a TV Dinner, one of the chain&rs
  
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• French Open: Rublev falls as Swiatek, Gauff, Sinner, Tsitsipas move on

  31-05-2024 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS — Sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev berated his own behavior after he was knocked out of the French Open by Matteo Arnaldi 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4 in the third round on Friday.
  Rublev showed frustration throughout over his lack of precision, committing 37 unforced errors and four double faults. After netting a forehand in the third set, he smashed his racket on his knee four times.
  “I am completely disappointed with myself, with the way I behaved, the way I performed, and I can’t reme
  
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• Tustin’s Claire Gocke named women’s basketball coach at Irvine Valley College

  31-05-2024 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTustin girls basketball coach Claire Gocke has found a new challenge.
  The veteran coach has resigned after 12 seasons to become the head coach of the Irvine Valley College women’s basketball team, she confirmed Friday.
  “Tustin has been my home and family for 12 years,” she said, “but all my people said it was a no-brainer to go and challenge myself at the next level.”
  At Irvi
  
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