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• Man pleads not guilty to threatening Rep. Maxine Waters

  01-06-2023 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A 60-year-old man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to making a series of phone calls to the Hawthorne office of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and threatening her with violence and death.
  Brian Gaherty of Houston faces four counts of making threats in interstate communications and four counts of threatening a United States official, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
  A trial was scheduled for July 25 before U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, but that date is ex
  
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• Caring for your roses, tomato plants and more in the garden this week

  03-07-2024 13:43 via ocregister.com
  
  5 things to do in the garden this week:
  1. Most commercially grown roses rebloom every six to eight weeks if they are deadheaded in a timely manner. To deadhead means to remove faded blooms. On a stem where you have deadheaded a flower, cut back to the lowest five-leaflet leaf on that stem. If you have a  constantly decomposing layer of mulch under your roses, fertilization will not be necessary. However, if the ground is bare, deadheading should coincide with application of a fertilizer de
  
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani won’t participate in Home Run Derby

  03-07-2024 08:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani won’t participate in the Home Run Derby on July 15 despite the Japanese superstar ranking second in the majors with 27 homers.
  Ohtani has taken part in the Derby just once, exiting in the first round in 2021 at Coors Field in Denver. This year’s event is at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
  “I’m in the middle of my rehab progression, so it’s not going to look like I’ll be partic
  
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• Teoscar Hernández caps thrilling walk-off win for Dodgers

  03-07-2024 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani just about made Japanese Heritage Night his very own Tuesday. He just needed a little help to make the evening a complete success.
  Ohtani’s 433-foot home run in the seventh inning came in front of a sold-out crowd and gave the Dodgers a brief lead that quickly evaporated.
  Down to their last out with nobody on base, consecutive doubles from Will Smith and Freddie Freeman tied the score. Teoscar Hernandez followed with a game-ending single to left field that
  
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• Dearica Hamby named All-Star before Sparks’ losing streak reaches 8 games

  03-07-2024 06:36 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It was another up-and-down night for Dearica Hamby and the Sparks on Tuesday.
  The veteran forward was named a WNBA All-Star for the third time in four years then flirted with a triple-double before the Sparks blew a fourth-quarter lead against the Washington Mystics and lost their eighth consecutive game, 82-80, at Crypto.com Arena.
  Hamby, who logged her 12th double-double of the season with 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, said she feels like she deserves her spot o
  
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• Angels’ José Soriano allows 4 runs in his return from injured list

  03-07-2024 06:23 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — José Soriano wasn’t able to pick up where he left off before a stint on the injured list.
  The Angels right-hander pitched his best game of the season in his last time out, but three weeks later he returned to the mound and saw one bad inning cost him in the Angels’ 7-5 loss to the Oakland A’s on Tuesday night.
  Soriano pitched his best game in the big leagues on June 12, going eight innings in a victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. But the 25-year-old ri
  
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• Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw resumes throwing program

  03-07-2024 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw not only resumed his throwing program this week, the Dodgers saw improvement after a week of downtime following a recent bout with shoulder soreness.
  Kershaw played catch in the Dodger Stadium outfield for a second consecutive day on Tuesday and appears to be back on track toward a return from offseason shoulder surgery.
  “He’s gonna throw a ’pen tomorrow,” Manager Dave Roberts said. “He looks really good. I would argue that he loo
  
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• For a July 4 potluck, it can’t get any easier than these baked beans

  03-07-2024 04:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By Carla Vigos
  Laguna Woods Globe cooking columnist
  Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Barbecues and outdoor potluck gatherings are happening, and you need to bring a dish.
  My friend in Laguna Woods, Steve Meislahn, shared his baked bean recipe with me. This is an easy recipe based on the beans you used to get at Love’s Wood Pit Barbecue Restaurant.
  You can cook them in the oven or a crockpot. They were the hit of a recent Foodies Club event, and Steve was willing to share his versio
  
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• An uphill battle as Southern California cities try to combat illegal Fourth of July fireworks

  03-07-2024 03:31 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Fourth of July looms each year, Southern California’s police and fire agencies battle a predictable crime: illegal fireworks that will be set off for hours on end, rattling neighborhoods with lighting up the sky. The dangerous effects of the illicit devices are just as predictable, among them injuries, fires, dense smoke and emotional trauma to veterans and others suffering from post-traumatic stress.
  To try to get people to stop buying and setting off the illegal devices — fr
  
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• Demoted Angels starter Reid Detmers making strides toward a return

  03-07-2024 03:25 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Reid Detmers is getting closer to a return to the major leagues, while Chase Silseth still has more work to do.
  “Silsy is still going through the ringer a little bit,” Angels pitching coach Barry Enright said of the two starters currently working at Triple-A. “I think he’s a little behind where Det is right now.”
  Silseth, who missed two months with right elbow inflammation, has allowed 19 earned runs in 18 innings in four starts at Triple-A.
  Detmers,
  
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• After Grants Pass ruling, will cities make public spaces safe for the public again?

  03-07-2024 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Congratulations to the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, for having the clarity and courage to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the Ninth Circuit’s unreasonable reading of the Eighth Amendment. It is now the law of the land that cities may enforce generally applicable laws against public camping, because this is not a violation of the Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment.”
  If only Los Angeles had done this, we might have been spared nearly two decad
  
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• Swanson: Dalton Knecht, Bronny James journey into Lakers’ spotlight

  03-07-2024 02:46 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Life isn’t like a math problem; you can take wildly different routes to arrive at the same destination.
  Saw that Tuesday afternoon at the Lakers’ training facility, where two young men sat beside each other in director’s chairs, answering reporters’ questions about themselves and their journeys so far and their hopes for where they’ll go next – together, as teammates now, despite their radically different pathways to get to this point.
  The s
  
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• 1 killed in shooting at Fashion Island retail center in Newport Beach

  03-07-2024 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – A person was killed Tuesday during an apparent robbery and shooting at Fashion Island in Newport Beach.
  Initial reports from police indicated a mid-afternoon robbery at the shopping mall led to one of the suspects opening fire, an official said.
  There was no immediate description of a suspect or whether more than one person was shot.
  News video from the scene showed a police had placed a tent over a victim on a street at the center.
  City News Service contributed to this sto
  
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• 1 killed in robbery at Fashion Island retail center in Newport Beach

  03-07-2024 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – A person was killed Tuesday during an apparent robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach.
  A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle during the robbery, police said during a news conference. Three suspects were arrested after the robbery, in which shots were fired.
  News video from the scene showed a police had placed a tent over a victim on a street at the center.
  The robbery startled staff and shoppers at Fashion Island, at 401 Newport Center Drive, described by its owner
  
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• 1 killed in attempted robbery at Fashion Island retail center in Newport Beach

  03-07-2024 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A 69-year-old woman was killed in an apparently failed robbery attempt at the upscale Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach on Tuesday, and three suspects were ultimately taken into custody, authorities said.
  According to Newport Beach Police Sgt. Steve Oberon, a husband and wife were walking outside the mall near the Barnes & Noble store around 3:30 p.m. when they were approached by two male suspects who attempted to rob them. A “struggle” ensued, during which the woman was dragg
  
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• Not just crossings, but also fencing, helps save wildlife from being roadkill

  03-07-2024 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  While a massive wildlife bridge is being built across the busy 101 Freeway at a cost of $92 million, some scientists say there is a better — and cheaper — way to stop animal roadway carnage.
  “Wildlife crossings don’t solve roadkill. Sure, they provide a safe way across the road but fencing is the only way we know that stops roadkill,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the UC Davis Road Ecology Center, a program of the Institute of Transportation Studies.
  “Fenc
  
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• Teacher’s aide at Tustin middle school suspected of inappropriately touching 12-year-old

  03-07-2024 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A teacher’s aide at Utt Middle School in Tustin was arrested last week on suspicion of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl, authorities said.
  Giacomo “Jack” Antonio Valdivieso-Vargas, 21, was arrested on Thursday, June 27, on suspicion of felony child abuse, child annoyance, and lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, according to the Tustin Police Department.
  He was also accused of making sexual remarks to two other 12-year-old girls.
  Valdivieso-Vargas
  
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• Skydance Media reaches preliminary agreement to merge with Paramount

  03-07-2024 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By Michelle F. Davis | Bloomberg
  Independent film and TV producer Skydance Media has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Inc. and merge with Paramount Global, the parent of CBS and MTV, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
  National Amusements, the family company that controls Paramount, will refer the deal to a special committee of Paramount directors for review, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing an agreement t
  
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• Lakers introduce draft picks, say Bronny James ‘earned’ his spot

  03-07-2024 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  New Lakers draft pick Bronny James, front, smiles with his father LeBron James, right, behind him after his introductory press conference on Tuesday at UCLA Health Training Center. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka, far left, and new head coach JJ Redick, far right, stand next to new Lakers draft picks Dalton Knecht (4) and Bronny James (9) during their introductory press conference on Tuesday at UCLA Health Training Center. (Photo by Keith B
  
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• Biden plans public events blitz as White House pushes back on pressure to leave race

  03-07-2024 00:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN LONG
  WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden will meet with congressional leaders and Democratic governors, sit for a network TV interview and hold a press conference in the coming days, a blitz designed to push back against growing pressure for the 81-year-old president to step aside in the 2024 race after his disastrous performance in last week’s debate with Republican Donald Trump.
  “We really want to turn the page on this,” Wh
  
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• Jury to determine Samuel Woodward’s fate — was killing Blaze Bernstein murder or manslaughter?

  03-07-2024 00:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The fate of Samuel Woodward, admitted killer of his former classmate Blaze Bernstein, is now in the hands of an Orange County jury that must decide whether it was a hate-fueled slaying driven by the ideals of a Neo-Nazi group or a deadly altercation sparked in the heat of passion.
  Deliberations began on Tuesday afternoon, July 2, in the nearly three-month murder trial of Woodward, who during his testimony admitted to stabbing Bernstein to death during a late-night meetup in January 2018 and then
  
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• Studio City man pleads not guilty to shooting fireworks from helicopter in El Mirage dry lakebed

  03-07-2024 00:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A Studio City man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a federal charge alleging the use of fireworks shot from an in-flight helicopter at a Lamborghini while filming a video posted on YouTube last July 4.
  Suk Min Choi, 24, known as Alex Choi, was arraigned on one count of causing the placement of an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
  A tentative trial date of Aug. 13 was scheduled before U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. in downtown
  
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• Gov. Newsom signs law allowing California restaurants to keep surcharges

  03-07-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  After an 11th-hour intervention by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California restaurants will be allowed to continue adding surcharges onto patrons’ bills to help cover the skyrocketing cost of doing business in the Golden State.
  In its original form, Senate Bill 478, authored in June by Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), would have prohibited purported junk fees from a host of businesses including bars, delivery apps, travel, ticket sales, hotels and restaurants.
  The la
  
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• Galaxy home again versus LAFC on July 4th at the Rose Bowl

  02-07-2024 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Hartman remembers attending the Galaxy’s Fourth of July game in 1996. Hartman, who is now the Galaxy’s goalkeeper coach, got tickets to the game from his then-roommate and former UCLA teammate Greg Vanney.
  Vanney, a player on that first Galaxy team in 1996, is in his fourth year as head coach of the Galaxy.
  One year after attending the game as a fan, Hartman found himself on the field as the Galaxy’s goalkeeper in 1997.
  “I’m really proud of my roots within Sou
  
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• City of Orange approves local sales tax measure for November ballot

  02-07-2024 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  City of Orange voters will be asked in November to approve a half-cent local sales tax that officials expect would raise approximately $20 million annually for 10 years and help Orange climb its way out of a revenue deficit that has persisted for more than a decade.
  The City Council approved the ballot measure in a 5-2 vote during a special meeting Friday, with councilmembers John Gyllenhammer and Jon Dumitru voting no.
  Asking voters for the half-cent tax that would sunset after 10 years was an
  
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• Ducks acquire defenseman Brian Dumoulin from Seattle

  02-07-2024 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks have acquired defenseman Brian Dumoulin from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2026 draft, both teams confirmed Tuesday.
  Dumoulin, 32, chipped in 16 points in 80 games for Seattle and finished as a plus player for the fifth time in six seasons despite a disappointing campaign overall for the Kraken. A year earlier, he contributed a career-high 25 points to the Pittsburgh Penguins, with whom he played eight full seasons and won Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2
  
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• Why Disneyland’s Oogie Boogie Bash hasn’t sold out yet

  02-07-2024 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneylanders were bracing for the worst when Oogie Boogie Bash tickets went on sale last week and preparing for a repeat of last year’s 12-hour sellout that left many fans of the annual Halloween event grumbling about missing out on all the fun.
  Tickets are still available for a few select nights if you want to go to Oogie Boogie Bash when the wildly popular event returns to Disney California Adventure from Aug. 25 through Oct. 31.
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• Incoming freshman football player at Chino High dies after medical emergency in school pool

  02-07-2024 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A 14-year-old boy who was going to be a freshman and a member of the football team this fall at Chino High died Sunday, June 30, after being pulled from the school pool on Friday, June 28.
  The cause of death for Jason Phan of Ontario was pending, said sheriff’s Sgt. Matthew Parrish, a spokesman for the Orange County Coroner’s Office. The teenager was taken to Children’s Hospital of Orange County before he died.
  There was no evidence of a crime, Parrish said.
  An official school
  
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• Stock prices slide for makers of Ozempic, Wegovy after Biden calls for cheaper obesity drugs

  02-07-2024 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By John Lauerman, Madison Muller and Naomi Kresge
  Novo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly & Co. shares fell Tuesday after President Joe Biden continued his push for cheaper drugs by demanding price cuts on their blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs.
  The companies are charging “unconscionably high prices” that are above those paid in other countries, Biden said in an editorial with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders published in USA Today. If “pharmaceutical companies refuse to substa
  
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• 8 USMNT coaching candidates to possibly replace Gregg Berhalter

  02-07-2024 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — Jürgen Klopp, Thierry Henry and Marcelo Bielsa are among those being speculated about as candidates to take over from Gregg Berhalter as U.S. coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
  Jesse Marsch, Hugo Pérez and Pellegrino Matarazzo could be considered if Berhalter is fired or quits. Among high-level European club coaches, Massimiliano Allegri and Mauricio Pochettino also are available.
  Berhalter remained as coach Tuesday, a day after the U.S. was eliminated from the Copa
  
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