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• Huntington Beach housing development at former Magnolia Tank Farm up for approval again

  02-07-2024 17:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A proposed 29-acre housing and hotel development in southeast Huntington Beach will go before the California Coastal Commission again this month seeking approval.
  The commission, at its July 10 meeting, will look at a request to rezone the former site of the Magnolia Tank Farm, where oil storage tanks once stood. The storage tanks are gone and the site’s owner, Shopoff Realty Investments, proposes to build 250 homes, a hotel and park space.
  A year ago, the commission put off deciding wheth
  
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• A full day of fun, patriotism in OC for the Fourth of July

  05-07-2024 01:11 via ocregister.com
  
  In just about every corner of Orange County, communities gathered Thursday, July 4, to celebrate American independence.
  There were community runs, neighborhood barbecues, carnivals and, at night, the sky was bright with fireworks celebrating the Fourth of July.
  San Clemente tried something new this year with a Stars, Stripes ‘N Slides event that kept families cool and entertained.
  In Anaheim Hills, a community favorite cheered the crowd as pups in their best patriotic getups strutted in th
  
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• Angels shut out for second straight day, get swept by A’s

  05-07-2024 00:53 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — The good feelings from the Angels’ six-game winning game streak are officially gone, eviscerated in three games against one of the few teams having a worse season.
  The Angels lost 5-0 to the Oakland A’s on Thursday, getting shut out for the second consecutive game and losing for the fourth straight game since their winning streak.
  While the Angels looked like they might be showing some signs of life last week – even if it was still too late for this season &ndas
  
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• Sparks look to avoid franchise-worst 9-game skid

  05-07-2024 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  TORRANCE — The Sparks are trying to avoid a franchise-record nine-game losing streak. To prevent that, the Sparks must beat the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena.
  “We don’t want to lose any games, but obviously trying to work on process and standards,” Sparks coach Curt Miller said. “Take care of the little things that help take care of the wins and losses.”
  Sparks All-Star forward Dearica Hamby always has a bit of
  
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• Warren WR Jace Brown commits to UCLA football

  04-07-2024 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Warren receiver Jace Brown announced his commitment to football coach DeShaun Foster and the UCLA Bruins on Thursday.
  Brown was on campus for his official visit the weekend of June 22.
  “It was a great visit,” Brown said. “It is home. It’s great to be out here with all those great guys and coaches. They really want the best for me.”
  The 6-foot-4, 200 pound receiver rounded out that weekend back in Westwood for the Bruins’ 7-on-7 tournament. Brown was joined by
  
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• Red, white and blue roll into LA County on a sizzling July 4

  04-07-2024 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  District 3 Councilmember Kristina Duggan joins youngsters on Bay Shore Ave. during the annual Fourth of July Kids Bike Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  Luca Terry is ready for the 20th annual Fourth of July Kids Bike Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024, at Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  Youngsters cross Ocean Boulevard during the annual Fourth of July Kids Bike Parade
  
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• Euro 2024 quarterfinal: What you need to know for Portugal vs. France

  04-07-2024 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany — Portugal and France meet in the European Championship quarterfinals on Friday and the match features a head to head between two of soccer’s biggest stars: Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé.
  The winner will play either Spain or host nation Germany in the semifinals. Kickoff is at noon PT in Hamburg.
  Here’s what to know about the match:
  Match facts
  — It’s a match between two of the pre-tournament favorites but neither have been convincing.
  
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• Euro 2024 quarterfinal: What you need to know as Germany hosts Spain

  04-07-2024 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  STUTTGART, Germany — Spain plays host nation Germany on Friday in the quarterfinals of the European Championship in an eagerly anticipated matchup between two of the best performing sides at the tournament.
  There is also a potential record on the line as Spain and Germany have each won three European Championships, better than any other nation.
  Two of the most exciting talents will be on show in Spain teenager Lamine Yamal and 21-year-old Germany forward Jamal Musiala. Kickoff is at 9 a.m.
  
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• Angels’ Luis Rengifo awaits MRI exam on wrist injury

  04-07-2024 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Luis Rengifo passed the first test, and now he’s waiting on the second.
  Rengifo, who hurt his right wrist on a swing in the ninth inning Wednesday, underwent X-rays that showed no broken bones. He will undergo an MRI exam Friday in Chicago. He was not placed on the injured list.
  “It’s still a little sore,” Rengifo said Thursday.
  Apparently, the holiday Thursday complicated the Angels’ efforts to get Rengifo an MRI in Oakland. Since he wasn’t go
  
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• Horse racing notes: Sweet Azteca is front-running favorite at Los Alamitos

  04-07-2024 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ALAMITOS LEADERS
  (Thoroughbred meet, through Sunday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Kyle Frey / 5
  Edwin Maldonado / 4
  Edgar Payeras / 3
  Umberto Rispoli / 2
  Antonio Fresu / 2
  Cesar Ortega / 2
  Tiago Pereira / 2
  Armando Ayuso / 2
  Jeremy Laprida / 2
  Diego Herrera / 2
  Trainers / Wins
  Sergio Morfin / 4
  Doug O’Neill / 3
  Bob Baffert / 3
  Jorge Periban / 3
  Steve Knapp / 3
  Peter Eurton / 2
  Peter Miller / 2
  WEEKEND STAKES
  LOS ALAMITOS
  Saturday
  • $200,000, Grade II Great Lady M Stakes, fillies and mares, 3-ye
  
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• Rams bring back John Johnson III for third stint

  04-07-2024 20:40 via ocregister.com
  
  John Johnson III is back with the Rams. Again.
  The veteran safety has agreed to his third stint with the Rams, the team announced Thursday, one year after a successful return. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  Johnson, a third-round draft pick out of Boston College in 2017, started four seasons for the Rams. He left as a free agent in 2021, signing a three-year, $33.75 million deal with the Cleveland Browns.
  Released after two seasons, Johnson signed a one-year contract to come back to the R
  
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• U.S. investigating Chinese swimmers’ doping tests

  04-07-2024 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  GENEVA — The international swimming federation says its top administrator has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who failed doping tests in 2021 yet were allowed to continue competing.
  The news comes just three weeks before the Paris Olympics, where 11 of the Chinese swimmers who tested positive for the banned heart medication three years ago are set to compete.
  The swimmers won three gold medals for China at the 2021
  
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• Cooking with Judy: Consider smoking something tasty this Fourth of July

  04-07-2024 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Bring out the flags! Strike up the band! It’s Independence Day, and there’s lots of places to celebrate in our neck of the woods.
  Hot enough for you? Brea’s Country Fair at City Hall Park includes swimming at the Plunge, a pancake breakfast, live entertainment, kiddie parade, dog parade, classic car show, food, games, exhibits and handmade gifts.
  In Fullerton head to the Downtown Plaza for a car show, carnival rides, games, food booths, live music and spectacular fireworks. La
  
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• Drummond: Budget in place for opening new computer science charter school in Yorba Linda

  04-07-2024 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  A preliminary budget for the first year of operation of the Orange County School of Computer Science on the Bernardo Yorba Middle School campus has been approved by trustees of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District on a unanimous vote.
  The budget for an estimated enrollment of 800 students lists revenues totaling a bit above $10.1 million, expenditures totaling nearly $7.7 million and reserves, fees and transfers totaling nearly $2.5 million. A total ending fund balance is listed as
  
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• 2 men stabbed, 1 killed in Fullerton; homicide investigation underway

  04-07-2024 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Two 20-year-old men were found with significant stab wounds on the 2400 block of West Valencia Avenue in Fullerton on Wednesday, July 3; one died of his wounds, the Fullerton Police Department said.
  Around 6:13 p.m., officers responded to reports of a fight in progress in the area; upon their arrival officers found the two men lying in the street, a department press release said. Officers immediately began life-saving measures on the two men, officials said. One taken to a regional trauma center
  
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• Dunn: Toast of the town, Mr. Irrelevant visits Newport Beach

  04-07-2024 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  There has never been a more appropriate Mr. Irrelevant “key to the city” recipient than former University of Alabama safety and New York Jets last-pick draftee Jaylen Key.
  Honored, roasted and toasted throughout the 49th Irrelevant Week, Key was awarded a key to the city by Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill at the Lowsman Trophy banquet at The Cannery in Newport Beach, as well as given gifts, proclamations and advice from former players as he prepares for his first NFL training
  
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• Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar maintains grip on yellow jersey

  04-07-2024 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  DIJON, France — Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France after a mass sprint that was decided in a photo finish on Thursday.
  Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey after a nervous day on the bike amid crosswinds.
  Groenewegen earned a sixth career stage victory at cycling’s biggest race ahead of Jasper Philipsen and Biniam Girmay.
  “I actually don’t know what happened but I was first,” Groenewegen said.
  There was no major change in the
  
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• Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic needs 4 sets to top wild card

  04-07-2024 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON — Novak Djokovic says he wouldn’t have been surprised if his second-round match against young Jacob Fearnley at Wimbledon went to a fifth set, but he’s “very glad it didn’t.”
  The seven-time champion at the All England Club beat his 22-year-old Scottish opponent 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 on Centre Court on Thursday in another test of his fitness following recent knee surgery.
  “Can I be playing better and moving better? Yes, absolutely,” Djokovic sai
  
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• Alexander: Riverside County will be well represented in Olympic water polo

  04-07-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The path to Paris, and the 2024 Olympic Games, is different for everybody.
  For two Inland Empire water polo athletes – the second and third to ever make a USA Olympic women’s water polo squad from Riverside County – the paths were particularly different but the shared experience could help make the upcoming games even more special.
  Emily Ausmus is 18, a 2023 graduate of Martin Luther King High and IE Varsity Player of the Year as a senior. She used this past academic year as a
  
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• CIF-SS boys basketball player of the year Grayson Sinek transfers from La Habra to JSerra

  04-07-2024 17:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Grayson Sinek, the CIF Southern Section Division 3AA boys basketball player of the year this past season, transferred from La Habra to JSerra.
  JSerra basketball coach Keith Wilkinson confirmed that Sinek is on the JSerra team.
  Sinek was All-Orange County second team in the 2023-24 season, his junior year, in which La Habra won the CIF-SS 3AA championship. A 6-foot-2 guard, Sinek scored 11 points in the Highlanders’ 76-45 win over St. Bonaventure in the 3AA championship game.
  JSerra last se
  
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• Anaheim briefs: Join the community to celebrate Fourth of July

  04-07-2024 17:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Happy Fourth of July Anaheim!
  The annual Independence Day parade kicks off at 1 p.m. today at Canyon Hills High.
  Starting the day’s festivities is the 5K/10K Firecracker Run at 7 a.m. at the high school and at 9 a.m. watch the Yankee Doodle Dog Show.
  Then follow the parade over to Peralta Park for the community festival with food booths opening at 3 p.m. and entertainment at 5 p.m.
  The fireworks show will be at 9 p.m.
  For more information on 4th of July fun, visit www.anaheim.net/four
  
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• Larry Elder: Can we talk about Biden’s lies, ‘election denying’ and bad behavior?

  04-07-2024 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Twenty-four hours after the Trump-Biden debate, Democrat politicians and pundits contemplated mass suicide. Hosts and panelists said out loud, “Biden has to go.”
  But when the dust settled, they switched from throwing Joe Biden under the bus to telling the bus driver to swerve to avoid hitting him. The reason is simple. Biden has the delegates and cannot be replaced unless he wants to go — and Dr. Jill isn’t having it.
  They realize even if they replaced Joe, black female v
  
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• Will America heed the warnings of history and take decisive action to address its debt crisis?

  04-07-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The United States is full steam ahead into uncharted fiscal waters, with rapidly growing federal debt promising a choppy economic future. Candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump have added trillions to the national debt during their recent presidential administrations, leaving America at a critical juncture that demands urgent, bipartisan action.
  If you read this column, you know the numbers are stark: U.S. government debt is projected to reach a staggering 122% of GDP by 2034, far surpassing leve
  
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• Murder by suicide: Judge’s ruling a ‘gut-punch’ in Linda Cummings’ case

  04-07-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Superior Court
  Department C-35
  Oct. 9, 2009
  Louis Wiechecki, in a suit and tie, sat at the counsel table in Judge Frank Fasel’s eighth-floor courtroom awaiting the most important judicial ruling in his life.
  Editor’s note
  Former Orange County Register reporter Larry Welborn covered Linda Cummings’ story from 1974 until his retirement in 2014 and still pursued the truth in the following years. He wrote about it in the new book “Murder by Suicide: A reporter u
  
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• A bite of nostalgia, in the form of ham and cheese sliders

  04-07-2024 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Beth Dooley | Star Tribune (TNS)
  What’s a no-fail recipe for summer gatherings? My dad’s old-timey ham and cheese sliders never fail to deliver.
  There’s nothing fancy about these mini sandwiches, but the first bite is bound to kick-start all kinds of nostalgia. Melty, gooey and delicious, they continue to be the main attraction at our family reunions, bridal showers and graduations. They’re ridiculously easy to make and embarrassingly indulgent; consider that U.S. Navy sa
  
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• Fireworks bundt cake: Confessions of a very amateur baker

  04-07-2024 15:10 via ocregister.com
  
  “My bundt hole’s too big,” I said. I was alone in my kitchen. My inner Beavis laughed out loud.
  This was supposed to be an “easy, colorful July 4 recipe.” That’s what I’d jotted on our editorial list of stories for the week, anyway. Not quite as simple as the patriotic berry trifle I made for this column a few years ago (heck, you don’t even need an oven for that one), but it is close.
  To be fair, the cake part of the Food Network’s Fireworks
  
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• Mission Viejo council should reject hotel tax increase

  04-07-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Or a tax without side effects. The Mission Viejo City Council should contemplate that before its July 9 meeting, when it will consider putting a tax increase on lodgings before voters in the Nov. 5 election. 
  Called a transient occupancy tax, it’s collected on hotels, motels and homes rented from such apps as Airbnb and Vrbo. A TOT is attractive because it falls on tourists, not the locals. As the Register reported, the current TOT is 8%, t
  
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• Could a ‘body double’ help you complete money tasks?

  04-07-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kimberly Palmer | NerdWallet
  The term “body doubling” might make you think of someone completing a task for you, like a stand-in who does stunts for an actor, but it actually refers to using someone else’s presence to help you focus on your own task.
  While the technique has been used for years among people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, financial experts say that people outside of the ADHD community can also find body doubling helpful to get money tasks done,
  
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• Zelenskyy challenges Trump to reveal plans for quick end to war

  04-07-2024 14:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Annmarie Hordern and Daryna Krasnolutska | Bloomberg News (TNS)
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Donald Trump should come forward with his plan to quickly end the war with Russia, warning that any proposal must avoid violating the nation’s sovereignty.
  “If Trump knows how to finish this war, he should tell us today,” Zelenskyy said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Kyiv on Wednesday. “If there are risks to Ukrainian independence, if we lose statehood &nda
  
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• Michelle Steel: Tax increases stifle California’s economy and harm working families

  04-07-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California taxes continue to rain down on families thanks to a state government that thinks they know how to spend your money best. The latest hardship is yet another increase in the state gas tax, which now sits at a highest-in-the-nation 60 cents per gallon as families kickoff summer travel.
  The increase is part of a years-old scheme to enlarge state government at the expense of taxpayers. After voters took the commonsense step in 2002 of requiring gas taxes to be used for actual transportatio
  
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