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• Mike Moustakas quickly steps into leadership role with Angels

  19-07-2023 03:08 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels had lost nine of 10 games before the All-Star break, so at their workout the day before they resumed play last week, infielder Mike Moustakas felt something needed to be done.
  Moustakas called a meeting.
  “I wanted to get the boys together to tell them that we still have half a season left,” Moustakas left. “If you want to play in October, we’ve got to start winning some baseball games.”
  Moustakas concedes it was “a pretty obvious sta
  
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• Alexander: Will Padres series prepare Dodgers for what’s to come?

  25-09-2024 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Is this somehow good for the Dodgers? Being threatened in the final week of the season, for a change, and playing with something at stake against a team that not only is focused on knocking them from their pedestal but has, in the words of Dave Roberts, “had their way against us” in 2024 … will this actually pay dividends when the truly meaningful games begin?
  Or maybe the truly meaningful games have already begun. The early returns Tuesday night weren&rsqu
  
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• Beware of the government’s push for a digital currency

  25-09-2024 08:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The government wants your money.
  It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it.
  The government’s schemes to swindle, cheat, scam, and generally defraud taxpayers of their hard-earned dollars have run the gamut from wasteful pork barrel legislation, cronyism and graft to asset forfeiture, costly stimulus packages, and a national security complex that continues to undermine our freedoms while failing to making us any safer.
  Americans have also been
  
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• Dodgers lose opener of NL West showdown series with Padres

  25-09-2024 07:07 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — For the past two months, the Dodgers have largely tried to ignore the San Diego Padres, figuring they just had to take care of their own business and their National League West lead would stay sufficient to claim the division title for the 11th time in 12 years.
  They can’t ignore them any longer.
  In the opener of the most important September series the Dodgers have played since 2021, the Padres took it to the Dodgers, handing them a 4-2 loss on Tuesday night.
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• Orange County girls flag football Top 10 rankings, Sept. 24

  25-09-2024 05:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowGIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL
  Orange County Top 10 rankings
  (Records through Sept. 24)
  1. Orange Lutheran (16-0): The Lancers beat Mater Dei 52-6 in their Trinity League opener on Tuesday.
  2. Newport Harbor (14-2): The Sailors play Classical Academy in the quarterfinals of the El Toro tournament Saturday.
  3. Santa Margarita (9-0): The Eagles face Torrey Pines in the quarterfinals of the El Toro tournament.
  4. Aliso
  
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• USC’s Bear Alexander still working to crack the starting lineup

  25-09-2024 05:40 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES  – Two months ago, this was a perfect fit.
  Two months ago, USC’s Bear Alexander was several months removed from the spring-transfer-portal will-he won’t-he that new defensive line coach Eric Henderson had no intention of reliving, and neither did anyone else. Alexander acknowledged and understood the importance of keeping his motor and consistency high. He was a barnacle on the walls in Henderson’s office, and Alexander appeared ready for a breakout seaso
  
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• 8 country bars to check out in Southern California

  25-09-2024 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Country music as a genre gained new fans this year as it found itself taking the front seat in the pop culture mainstream.
  Last year’s Stagecoach Festival sold out before both weekends of Coachella.
  “Twisters,” the standalone sequel to the 1996 disaster film, had a box office debut of $81.3 million, making it the best-ever opening weekend for a natural disaster film to date. The soundtrack to the film brought together quite a few country stars including Thomas Rhett, Kane
  
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• Angels blow late lead against White Sox, delaying their record for futility

  25-09-2024 05:03 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Just moments after Jack López experienced the exhilaration of his first major league home run, he felt the sting of an embarrassing gaffe.
  The Angels’ second baseman failed to catch a pop-up that would have ended the eighth inning with the Angels leading by a run. The tying run scored on that play, and the go-ahead run came on a single on the next pitch.
  That cost the Angels a 3-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night, allowing the White Sox to hold at 120
  
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• Newsom signs California law banning medical debt from credit reports

  25-09-2024 04:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By Molly Castle Work | KFF Health News
  Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adding the nation’s most populous state to a growing effort to protect consumers squeezed by unaffordable medical bills.
  The bill, by Sen. Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and backed by Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta, will block health care providers, as well as an
  
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• Dodgers promote minor-league pitcher who hit 104 mph this season

  25-09-2024 04:06 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A big part of the story of the 2002 Angels’ run to the franchise’s only World Series championship was the arrival of Francisco Rodriguez.
  Then just 20 years old, the hard-throwing right-hander was a September callup, struck out 13 in his first 5⅔ major-league innings, made the Angels’ postseason roster on the strength of that and was a crucial piece of their bullpen on the way to the title.
  The Dodgers are taking their shot at finding similar ligh
  
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• LAFC eager to ‘complete the job’ in U.S. Open Cup final against Sporting KC

  25-09-2024 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been more than three weeks since the Los Angeles Football Club won a match.
  Wednesday night’s U.S. Open Cup final at BMO Stadium presents a unique opportunity, one the team earned with that late-August victory near the banks of the Green River, at the 4,500-seat Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington.
  The gutsy 1-0 effort against the Seattle Sounders in the U.S. Open Cup semifinal was a “funny one” for LAFC goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
  Taking place on the host&rsq
  
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• OC Board of Supervisors take steps to strengthen county contract oversight

  25-09-2024 03:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Board of Supervisors directed the county’s internal auditor to check out any contracts paid for with federal COVID relief funding and will start requiring a majority board vote when discretionary funds are going to be awarded.
  Those reforms and others the supervisors discussed Tuesday, Sept. 24, and said they are committed to making, are in response to allegations the county is now making in lawsuits against Viet America Society and Hand to Hand Relief Organization Inc., two nonprof
  
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• Relief fund for injured OCFA firefighters tops a quarter million dollars, highlights sense of community among first responders

  25-09-2024 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  More than $265,000 has been raised so far for the firefighters injured when their truck overturned on an Orange County toll road last week, with contributions from Southern California hotshot crews, firefighter and police unions and others.
  The crash occurred on the evening of Sept. 19, north of the Portola Parkway exit on the northbound 241 Toll Road. Eight members of the Orange County Fire Authority’s Santiago hand crew were headed back to their command post in a transport truck, followi
  
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• 5 defendants liable in Tustin boiler room securities scam

  25-09-2024 02:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal court jury deliberated for a little more than two hours before finding five defendants liable for a boiler room securities scheme that fraudulently raised more than $67 million from investors to benefit a Tustin aerospace start-up.
  The verdict handed down Friday, Sept. 20, capped a 10-day trial stemming from a 2021 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit involving Elite Aerospace Group, a bankrupt company that purported to design, build and sell components for rockets, spacecra
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, Sept. 24

  25-09-2024 02:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, Sept. 24
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  TUESDAY’S SCORES
  GIRLS TENNIS
  NONLEAGUE
  St. Margaret’s 17, Capistrano Valley Christian 1
  GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Corona del Mar 33, El Toro
  
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• US consumer confidence takes biggest dip in 3 years

  25-09-2024 02:30 via ocregister.com
  
  American consumers are feeling less confident this month as concerns about jobs rose significantly.
  The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 98.7 in September, from 105.6 in August. It was the biggest month-to-month decline since August of 2021.
  The survey was conducted before the Federal Reserve announced a bigger-than-expected half-point interest rate cut last week.
  The consumer confidence index measures both Americans’ asse
  
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• The best reusable drinking straws for eco-friendly sipping

  25-09-2024 02:20 via ocregister.com
  
  These days, most of us are looking for ways to be a little kinder to the planet. You might not give much thought to the plastic straws you use to drink your favorite beverages, but they can actually damage the environment, especially our oceans.
  If you prefer drinking through straws but want to do your part to go green, reusable drinking straws are the way to go. Made from durable materials you can wash after each use, they cut down on plastic waste while still allowing you to sip your soda or w
  
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• Top ceiling fans with lights to brighten and cool your home

  25-09-2024 02:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A ceiling fan is an elegant design choice for nearly any room and can also help improve your home’s energy efficiency. To make your ceiling fan even more functional, you can choose one with lights.
  A quality ceiling fan is designed for the size and type of room where it’s installed. For instance, our top pick, the Westinghouse Lighting Brentford 52-inch Ceiling Fan, is an indoor/outdoor ceiling fan perfect for larger spaces with low lighting needs.
  Considerations when choosing ceilin
  
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• Clippers star Kawhi Leonard will be limited to begin training camp

  25-09-2024 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Clippers star Kawhi Leonard continues to experience swelling in his right knee and will not participate in certain drills when training camp begins next week in Hawaii, amid reports that he underwent an offseason procedure.
  Lawrence Frank, the team’s president of basketball operations, did not address a procedure but said Tuesday that the swelling has gone down “significantly” but has not subsided completely. Leonard, 33, is coming off yet another campaign tha
  
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• Shoes and technology helping produce great times in cross country

  25-09-2024 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The Woodbridge Classic’s Doug Speck boys sweepstakes race on Saturday had 107 runners finish the Great Park 3-mile course in Irvine in under 15 minutes.
  Thirteen runners in that race, named for longtime track and field and cross country supporter Doug Speck, finished under 14 minutes.
  Yes, it’s a fairly runner-friendly course – flat with a finish line a few feet below the elevation of the starting area.
  But those times might have to do more with the evolution of the athletes, t
  
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• A 400-year-old oak tree in Santa Clarita Valley gets LA County historic landmark status

  25-09-2024 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  It began its life about the time of the Mayflower’s journey to America.
  After 400 years, it thrives on the edge of Pico Canyon Park in unincorporated Santa Clarita Valley, saved from being knocked down for a development project in Newhall Ranch after a protest by a tree-sitter and environmental activist, John Quigley, about 20 years ago. In 2004, the county moved the tree out of harm’s way about a quarter mile to the park, where it has flourished.
  “Old Glory,” a 400 year-
  
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• California confidence rebounds to 19-month high vs. big US dip

  25-09-2024 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  “Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend.
  The number:  California’s consumer confidence made a major U-turn in September, jumping to its highest level since February 2023 – a distinct bullishness compared to a sour national outlook.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index tracking shopper psyches with polling in eight states including California and nationally.
  The curve
  California co
  
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• Angels rookie Nolan Schanuel says he’s learned what it takes to play every day

  25-09-2024 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Earlier this season, when Angels manager Ron Washington noticed that Nolan Schanuel didn’t seem to have enough energy early in the day, he began benching his rookie first baseman for day games.
  Schanuel finally got fed up with this, went into his manager’s office, and announced: “I’m ready to play.”
  Washington agreed, and he changed the lineup. He said it hasn’t been an issue since then.
  “He’s figuring it out mentally,” Washin
  
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• UCLA’s Oluwafemi Oladejo gaining more experience as edge rusher

  25-09-2024 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA defensive coordinator Ikaika Malloe is known for his hands-on coaching. He even wears cleats to practice.
  He lined up opposite Oluwafemi Oladejo on Tuesday afternoon during individual drills with the defensive linemen, arms stretched out in front of him in a demonstration.
  Oladejo has been sponging up knowledge lately as he gains more experience at edge rusher. He has been rotating in with the position since fall training camp and he got his first start at the spot again
  
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• Curt Miller out as Sparks head coach after 2 seasons

  25-09-2024 01:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Sparks announced Tuesday they have mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Curt Miller after two seasons.
  On Thursday, the Sparks finished their season 8-32 and in last place in the league. They were 25-55 overall with Miller at the helm and didn’t qualify for the WNBA playoffs in either season.
  “On behalf of our ownership group and franchise, I would like to thank Coach Miller for his passion and commitment to the Sparks organization these past two seasons,” Governor
  
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• Orange County Diaper Bank celebrates $2.5 million in assistance

  25-09-2024 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Gregory C. Scott, President and CEO of Community Action Partnership of Orange County, speaks as members of various agencies gather at Anaheim Indepencia Family Resource Center in Anaheim to celebrate the collaboration that provided $2.5M to sustain the OC Diaper Bank on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Since opening in March 2000, the OC Diaper Bank has distributed more than 50 million diapers to families. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  State Senator Tom Umberg speaks as members
  
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• Surfing Heritage and Culture Center rides wave of change

  25-09-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The Surfing Heritage and Culture Center is all about preserving surfing’s past – but the San Clemente institution is also setting a new course toward the future.
  A new executive director, Jeff Alter, was recently appointed and a mostly new board of directors made up of surf industry leaders will tap their insider knowledge gained through decades of experience in retail, apparel, and other facets of the surf culture to guide the 25-year-old institute forward.
  Surfing Heritage and Cult
  
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• Orange County girls volleyball Top 10, Sept. 24

  25-09-2024 00:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County girls volleyball rankings.
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOP 10
  (Records through Monday, Sept. 23)
  Mater Dei (21-3): The Monarchs won the Championship Division of the Durango Fall Classic tournament in Las Vegas.
  Huntington Beach (22-3): The Oilers were champions of the Classic Division of the Durango Fall Classic.
  Santa Margarita (14-5): The Eagles beat JSerra in five sets to start their Trinity League portion of the season.
  Los Alamitos (20-4): The Griffins advanced to the Durango Fall Cl
  
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• T.I., Tiny win $71M in lawsuit against makers of L.O.L. Surprise O.M.G. dolls

  25-09-2024 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  T.I. and wife Tiny won $71 million in their long-running lawsuit against toy company MGA Entertainment in Chatsworth.
  The 49-year-old Xscape singer, real name Tameka Cottle, thanked their legal team and the jury for their verdict and “seeing what we’ve been fighting for the last three trials,” in an Instagram Live posted after emerging victorious from Monday’s hearing.
  She and the 43-year-old rapper, Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr., have been battling MGA Entertainment since
  
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• Newsom signs bill limiting homebuyer sales contracts to 3 months

  25-09-2024 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday, Sept. 24, limiting real estate contracts between homebuyers and their agents to three months, imposing a time limit on agreements that became mandatory last month under the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement.
  The new law will take effect on Jan. 1, making California one of at least 28 states with laws requiring home shoppers to have a buyer-representation agreement with their agents.
  See also: Confusion reigns on eve of
  
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