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• Ducks add six prospects in Day 2 of NHL draft

  29-06-2024 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks made six selections on Saturday’s Day 2 of the NHL Draft after stunning the floor with their selection of Beckett Sennecke third overall and trading up to grab hard-hitting defenseman Stian Solberg at No. 23 on Friday.
  Here are glimpses at each of the newest members of the flock.
  Lucas Pettersson, center, MoDo (Sweden), No. 35 overall
  Pettersson could be described as Leo Carlsson Light in that he combines deceptiveness, creativity, an arsenal of subtle movements and fluid skating
  
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• Rental security deposits in California cut substantially under new law

  02-07-2024 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Rental security deposits in California will be cut substantially under a new law that limits them to one-month’s rent.
  The cost to move into a furnished rental in California will be cut in half under Assembly Bill 12, which took effect Monday, July 1. For an unfurnished unit, maximum move-in costs will be a third less.
  The one-month limit applies to landlords who own more than two rental properties or more than four units.
  For mom-and-pop landlords below that two-property, four-unit t
  
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• Ducks take surprisingly quiet approach to free agency

  02-07-2024 02:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Up to this point, Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek has operated in the cool comfort of a shadow cast by low expectations and nonexistent pressure as he made moves to stockpile futures and improve the organization’s long-term outlook.
  With that freedom, he has embraced chaos time after time, shaking up the final rankings in 2023 when he took Leo Carlsson over Adam Fantilli and then unleashing an earthquake on the prospect order in 2024 when he launched Beckett Sennecke up the draft board.
  
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• NSSA national championships bring big amateur surfing action to Huntington Beach

  02-07-2024 02:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Surf City is earning its moniker this week, as the final days of the National Scholastic Surfing Association national championships are underway.
  The nine-day competition draws an estimated 500 competitors from across the country, including Hawaii and Puerto Rico, to battle it out for the prestigious amateur title, where many pro surfers get their start.
  “It’s been great, we’ve had beautiful summer weather, the water is warm, all the kids are really digging that,” said NS
  
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• State Farm seeks ‘massive’ insurance rate hike for California homeowners

  02-07-2024 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  State Farm is again seeking to raise California homeowners’ insurance premiums — this time by an average 30%.
  The insurance giant, the largest provider in the state, is asking regulators to approve what would appear to be its steepest-ever rate hike in California, affecting more than 1.2 million homeowners. The request comes just months after the company won approval to raise rates by 7% and 20% earlier this year.
  Also see: Home insurance at $10,000 a year shows California buyer
  
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• McCarthyism, Malibu and B-movies: ‘The Future Was Color’ isn’t your average beach read

  02-07-2024 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Patrick Nathan’s “The Future Was Color” is not your typical breezy summer beach read.
  Yet lovers of literary fiction will still want to take summer’s long, hot days to luxuriate in the novel’s prose and its steamy eroticism, not to mention its thoughtful and challenging contemplations on art, politics and, well, the entire human condition.
  When this moody, noir-ish story opens, readers meet George, a Hungarian immigrant who has managed to find middling success writi
  
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• July 4th fireworks: New rules, where to watch and tips in Southern California

  02-07-2024 01:48 via ocregister.com
  
  We’re heading into July 4th weekend! If you’re still making plans, here’s our guide to help. 
  First, you might have looked around enough to know that a few traditional regional fireworks shows were changed to drones or canceled altogether. Is Southern California’s relationship with fireworks changing? Reporter Kristy Hutchings took a deeper look into what’s happening. 
  Fireworks news updates
  Throughout the region, law enforcement agencies are cracking down
  
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• 5 best things I ate at Din Tai Fung in Downtown Disney

  02-07-2024 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  A Michelin-awarded restaurant from Taiwan known for its legendary Shanghai-style soup dumplings that dribble down your chin is already booked for weeks and drawing lines in Downtown Disney.
  Din Tai Fung held a grand opening ceremony on Monday, July 1 following a weeklong soft opening at the outdoor shopping mall next door to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
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• Authorities seeking information on string of San Juan Capistrano vegetation fires

  02-07-2024 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  A string of recent vegetation fires in San Juan Capistrano has led authorities to seek the public’s help in identifying the culprit or culprits.
  The most recent fire occurred last Tuesday, June 25, in the area near Calle Arroyo, next to San Juan Creek, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
  Less than an hour later, a second fire ignited about a mile away.
  Both fires were contained to less than an acre, said OCFA Capt. Thanh Nguyen.
  There have been other suspicious vegetation fires
  
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• Biden campaign reset after disastrous debate: Portray Trump as threat, show president back at work

  02-07-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN LONG and WILL WEISSERT
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s reset after his disastrous debate performance is looking more like a return to business as usual.
  Even as his campaign works to quell Democratic anxiety and reassure spooked donors, Biden has been putting the focus on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump as a threat to the nation, and trying to get back to doing the job of president.
  On Monday night, Biden will speak on the Supreme Court’s decision to g
  
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• Report: 15, 10 and 5 freeways are deadliest in state, as traffic deaths rise

  02-07-2024 01:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California freeways remain deadly as roadway fatalities soar, according to a report released Monday, July 1, three days before a record number of motorists hit the road for the Independence Day holiday.
  Fatalities from car crashes rose a whopping 17% in 2022 in California, as compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2018, reported ConsumerAffairs’ Journal of Consumer Research in its data-driven study “Deadliest Roads in California.”
  In a Top 10 list of California freeways
  
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• Additional $5 million in state funding earmarked for veteran cemetery in Orange County

  02-07-2024 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  An additional $5 million from the state has been allocated in the upcoming California budget toward constructing the Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Orange County, planning for which has been picking up speed.
  The latest infusion of funding brings the total amount committed for the project to $50 million, nearly 40% of the $126 million needed for the first phase of construction in Anaheim Hills’ Gypsum Canyon. The project to build Orange County its first official veterans cemetery
  
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• Euro 2024: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo turns missed PK tears into shootout ‘joy’

  02-07-2024 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A game of epic personal drama and tears for Cristiano Ronaldo ended with his Portugal making the European Championship quarterfinals after beating Slovenia in a penalty shootout on Monday in Frankfurt, Germany.
  The last-16 game went the distance because Ronaldo’s extra-time spot kick in the 114th minute was saved by Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Oblak – leaving him in tears and consoled by every teammate before restarting play. Regulation and extra time finished 0-0.
  When they went to pena
  
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• ‘Significant heat wave’ to bake Southern California this week

  02-07-2024 00:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, temperatures will soar across Southern California this week and bring “dangerously” hot temperatures reaching into the triple digits in some areas.
  An excessive heat warning will be in effect for the 5 and 14 freeway corridors, the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Antelope Valley foothills and the Antelope Valley beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday and continuing through at least 5 a.m. the following Monday, according to the National Weather Se
  
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• TV Tinsel: Take in the sights and sounds as Ribeiro hosts ‘A Capitol Fourth’

  02-07-2024 00:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Luaine Lee | Tribune News Service (TNS)
  Strike up the band, pack up that picnic lunch, pull out the Sousa score, it’s that time of year again. On Thursday, America will celebrate its independence from those tax-lovin’ limeys and light up the skies with fireworks and charcoal briquettes.
  To commemorate the holiday, PBS will be presenting its annual “A Capitol Fourth” extravaganza with talent like the legendary singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson, award-winning actor Darren C
  
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• The Sphere had a splashy debut. This year’s July 4th show may be better

  02-07-2024 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  John Katsilometes | (TNS) Las Vegas Review-Journal
  LAS VEGAS — The Sphere celebrates its one-year anniversary of igniting its worldwide fame by jumping into the stream.
  “Sphere Fourth of July Celebration,” a new show on the Exosphere, will play at 9:30 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. on July 4. “XO Stream,” the official livestream of the Exosphere available at all hours, premieres at 9:30 p.m. July 4 and will be available at thesphere.com and on the venue’s official YouTu
  
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• California Sports Hall of Fame honors Lakers ‘Iron Man’ A.C. Green and NFL icons Marshall Faulk and Rodney Peete

  02-07-2024 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Sports Hall of Fame honored former Lakers “Iron Man” A.C. Green, former San Diego State and NFL running back Marshall Faulk, and former NFL quarterback and USC standout Rodney Pete at its 16th annual inductee gala Sunday, June 30, in Ontario.
  In addition to honoring the three sports legends for their feats on and off the field, the Class of 2024 inductees included sports agent Scott Boras and sports photographer Andrew D. Bernstein.
  California Sports Hall of Fame Presi
  
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• Kings sign Joel Edmundson and Warren Foegele to beef up the roster

  02-07-2024 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Monday’s free-agent flurry brought a pair of new faces to the Kings, and they may be on opposite ends of the value spectrum despite being similarly priced.
  After adding winger Tanner Jeannot via trade at the draft Saturday, general manager Rob Blake continued to emphasize size and truculence Monday with the additions of 6-foot-5-inch veteran defenseman Joel Edmundson and heavy, possession-oriented forward Warren Foegele.
  Foegele, 28, signed a three-year contract worth $10.5 million ($3.5 m
  
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• “Beetlejuice” pop-up experience is coming to Los Angeles’s Ovation

  02-07-2024 00:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The ghost with the most is coming to L.A., babe.
  Tim Burton’s ghoulish cinematic universe will arrive this summer for a new interactive experience. The event, hosted by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and Fever, will officially open its doors on Friday, August 23 at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. The 11,000 square-foot experience opens ahead of the 1988 film’s highly anticipated sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which is set to hit movie theatres on
  
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• Ron Paul: The presidential debate should be a wake-up call for Americans

  02-07-2024 00:06 via ocregister.com
  
  There were plenty of surprises in last week’s presidential debate. For one, Americans who rely on the mainstream media for their news learned that they had been lied to for the past three years about President Biden’s capability to do the job he was elected to do.
  The realization that the media has been lying for years about Biden is a positive development, as, hopefully, thoughtful Americans might begin wondering what else the media has been lying about. For example, they will find
  
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• Douglas Schoen: Democrats can no longer avoid discussing replacing Biden

  01-07-2024 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Democrats are rightly reeling after President Joe Biden’s first debate performance, which reinforced – and indeed magnified – existing concerns about his age and mental fitness. 
  Even after a week of preparation at Camp David, Biden “seemed a little disoriented” according to longtime Democratic strategist David Axelrod, who added that by the time Biden finally got it together, the “panic had set in.”
  Ultimately, last night’s debate made clear
  
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• FasTrak texts messages seeking payments are a scam, California AG says

  01-07-2024 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you gotten a text message lately, allegedly from FasTrak, claiming you owe money for using a toll road?
  The message looks legitimate. The agency name is correct, and you might even have a transponder and recently used a local toll road.
  But the text message is scam, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
  Also see: She had a transponder on the windshield — but was still charged as if she didn’t
  Bonta’s office on Monday, July 1 issued a consumer alert followin
  
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• FasTrak text messages seeking payments are a scam, California AG says

  01-07-2024 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you gotten a text message lately, allegedly from FasTrak, claiming you owe money for using a toll road?
  The message looks legitimate. The agency name is correct, and you might even have a transponder and recently used a local toll road.
  But the text message is scam, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
  Also see: She had a transponder on the windshield — but was still charged as if she didn’t
  Bonta’s office on Monday, July 1 issued a consumer alert followin
  
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• Sparks come home hopeful after 7-game winless road trip

  01-07-2024 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  TORRANCE — Zia Cooke and Azurá Stevens believe the Sparks, now that they’re home, can put an end to their losing streak.
  “It’s been tough,” Cooke said of the team’s seven-game winless road trip. “I think for all of us, it’s been a little bit of frustration but the biggest thing for us all is to stay together, continue to stay connected and understand that it’s hard to win in this league. But if we want to do it, we have to stay connect
  
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• Pasadena’s landmark Ambassador Auditorium heads to the market for $45 million

  01-07-2024 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The three-tiered crystal chandelier hangs in the lobby. (Courtesy of The Ambassador Foundation of Pasadena)
  The grand lobby. (Courtesy of The Ambassador Foundation of Pasadena)
  LED lighting illuminates the stage. (Courtesy of The Ambassador Foundation of Pasadena)
  The lower lobby. (Courtesy of The Ambassador Foundation of Pasadena)
  Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium, which boasts a 500,000-gallon reflecting pool anchored by a 37-foot solid bronze egret sculpture, is going on the market for $
  
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• 10 theme brunches in Las Vegas you need to try

  01-07-2024 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Christopher Lawrence | (TNS) Las Vegas Review-Journal
  LAS VEGAS — A good brunch is a magical thing.
  Jams and pastries alongside big slabs of meat. An assortment of other foods that should have no business being served together, yet somehow work. All of it accompanied by a cocktail — or, as is becoming the case, an unlimited supply of them — as you linger over it with a group of friends.
  If done correctly, brunch almost feels like you’re getting away with something.
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• Error in new lung transplant algorithm harmed sick and dying patients

  01-07-2024 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants.
  But a flaw in the process for awarding the organs to sick and dying patients meant some people didn’t receive the care they were entitled to, the Tribune has learned.
  Specifically, patients with type O blood received fewer transplants last year than would have been otherwise expected, according to records obtained by the Tribune and interviews with patients, surgeon
  
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• Is it safe to give an app my credit card information?

  01-07-2024 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Poonkulali Thangavelu | Bankrate.com (TNS)
  From rideshare and food delivery to digital wallets and shopping, it seems like you can do just about everything through an app on your phone. These apps ask for your card information when you sign up for their services, but is it actually safe to give it to them?
  In most cases, yes — it is generally safe to share your credit card data with apps. But even apps considered safe aren’t foolproof, which is why it’s important to understand
  
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• O.J. Simpson ‘In Memoriam’ at BET Awards’ gets awkward audience reaction

  01-07-2024 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Joseph Wilkinson | New York Daily News
  O.J. Simpson was included in the BET Awards’ In Memoriam section at the Sunday night show, apparently shocking many in attendance.
  Others included in the segment, such as Clarence Avant, Willie Mays and Carl Weathers, received widespread applause. But when Simpson popped up, there was a notable silence followed by smattered cheers.
  “lol OJ Simpson in memoriam for anything is WILD no matter how you slice it,” one viewer wrote on Twitter.
  Th
  
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• Clippers bring back Nicolas Batum on two-year deal

  01-07-2024 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Nicolas Batum had envisioned himself retiring in a Clippers jersey. The team had taken a chance on the veteran Frenchman after a rocky stint with the Charlotte Hornets and he was grateful. He didn’t think about leaving.
  But it happened.
  Batum, 35, was shipped to the Philadelphia 76ers this past season as part of the late-night trade that brought James Harden to the Clippers at the end of October, finding out at the next day’s shootaround.
  Now, the free-agent forward could finish
  
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