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• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opens new $75 million ‘front porch’ on Nov. 17

  14-11-2024 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  With the hope of getting more people through their doors, Natural History Museum officials are opening the venue’s new “front porch” this Sunday, Nov. 17 with a free community block party that will include live music, food and even a dinosaur.
  “We really want to be a place that the community sees is for them. So it’s important for us to have a space that people can come into and feel like they’re welcomed and they belong here,” said Dr. Lori Bettison-Var
  
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• Rams QB Stetson Bennett IV continues to work despite limited opportunities

  15-11-2024 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — After practice has ended, after players have pulled off their shoulder pads and retreated to the weight room or showers, after coaches have returned to their offices, Stetson Bennett IV and Dave Ragone walk clockwise laps around the Rams’ practice field.
  It started around Week 3; Ragone, the quarterbacks coach, asked Bennett, the third-string quarterback, to walk around the field with him. They discuss the game script that was installed that day, the audibles the coachi
  
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• Sting plays hits and surprises at Wiltern Theatre during 5-night run

  15-11-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Weeks before the Sting 3.0 Tour reached Los Angeles, the singer-bassist described his decision to tour as a trio for the first time in years as a way to surprise both himself and the audience.
  We can’t say how surprised he was at the Wiltern Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the second of five nights at the venue, but there was definitely a frisson of excitement in the audience as Sting walked on stage in Los Angeles accompanied only by a guitarist and drummer for the first time since the Pol
  
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• These prisoners from Southern California could be freed under Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons

  15-11-2024 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California-based defendants who took part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol following Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral loss could be among the winners of Trump’s imminent return to the White House if the president-elect follows through on promises of clemency related to the Jan. 6 riot.
  Throughout the campaign season, Trump repeatedly pledged pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, though exactly how wide-ranging such expected acts of clemency would extend — and whether they would
  
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• Young leaders inspire at Orange County National Philanthropy Day event

  15-11-2024 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Sage Hill seniors Wilson Song and Connor Wong didn’t need to preach much to move a rather full choir at the annual National Philanthropy Day lunch Thursday.
  The Grove in Anaheim was packed with people from Orange County who care about philanthropy. Still, they got the program started with their enthusiastic advocacy for finding ways to help others.
  “Each of us has the power to offer hope and support,” Song said when they were recognized as the Outstanding Youth for the 39th ann
  
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• Check out these limited-time ‘Wicked’ food, merchandise and events

  15-11-2024 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Broadway sensation is hitting the big screen. That’s right, 20 years after it premiered in California and shortly thereafter made its way to New York, “Wicked” is coming to movie theaters across the globe. Part one of the film premieres on Nov. 22, with the second part set to come out Nov. 21, 2025.
  As fans of the musical prepare for the release, there are quite a few limited-time offerings happening to promote the film, some of which are exclusive to Southern California.
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• California Senate leader calls union ‘morally bankrupt’ for opposing Fullerton’s Josh Newman

  15-11-2024 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters
  California’s top Senate Democrat called a prominent labor union “morally bankrupt” after it spent more than $1 million to oppose the state’s most vulnerable Democratic senator in a tight race that could put a Republican in his seat.
  The union apparently spent the money against Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton because leaders were angered by at least one vote that he cast. And while it’s not uncommon for unions to criticize or threaten Demo
  
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• Chargers QB Justin Herbert inflicting damage passing and running

  14-11-2024 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The play was designed for quarterback Justin Herbert to run around the right side of the Chargers’ formation on fourth-and-1 from the Tennessee Titans’ 4-yard line this past Sunday. The blocking broke down in front of Herbert, though, and so he was forced to improvise, to think on his feet.
  No problem.
  Herbert found a hole in the line to his left and darted through it, picking up the first down and then a touchdown for a 13-7 lead with 1:55 remaining in the first h
  
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• Roger Penske adds Grand Prix of Long Beach to his Southern California motorsports legacy

  14-11-2024 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — Roger Penske’s fingerprints are all over the motorsports landscape in Southern California.
  His latest venture will be overseeing the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April.
  Penske Entertainment acquired the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach on Thursday, buying it from Gerald R. Forsythe, and will be in charge of running the race weekend.
  It won’t be a typical race weekend either.
  It will be the 50th running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, a milestone event in
  
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• Let the games begin: 2026 campaign for California governor now looms

  14-11-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  California has a lengthy — very lengthy — list of critical economic, social and policy issues that are very likely to remain unresolved when Gavin Newsom vacates the governorship 26 months hence.
  The nation’s highest levels of poverty and homelessness, shortages and rising costs of housing, exploding energy bills, an uncertain water supply, street crime, chronic educational shortcomings, a bullet train project that seems to be going nowhere, and multibillion-dollar budget defic
  
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• Ducks hope to salvage homestand in finale with Detroit

  14-11-2024 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Having picked up just two of a possible 10 points thus far during their longest stretch at home this season, the Ducks will seek to salvage two more as they wrap up their residency against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.
  Despite their lack of tangible results, the Ducks were satisfied with elements of their game, stretches of competition and their development process.
  “Obviously, we don’t like the outcomes of the games. We thought we could pull out more wins during this homest
  
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• California see-saws back to tough on crime with passage of Proposition 36

  14-11-2024 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But now the balance is back to getting tougher, as polls this fall showed many voters believed property crimes have vastly increased since the 2014 passage of Proposition 47.
  The clearest manifestation of this was the strong performance of Prop. 36 on this month’s ballot, drawing a huge 70 to 30 percent majority.
  There was also the easy defeat of Los Angeles County Distri
  
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• How a Trump administration could affect California’s housing crisis

  14-11-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By Felicia Mello | CalMatters
  As California Democrats attempt to “Trump-proof” the state and Republicans celebrate their party’s sweeping victory, the mood among some of the state’s most prominent housing advocates is glum.
  “Trump’s extremist economic agenda is going to tank the housing market and housing construction,” Sen. Scott Wiener, one of the Legislature’s loudest YIMBY voices, said in an interview Friday.
  That concern is based largely on ac
  
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• 2 Israeli airstrikes hit Syria’s capital and a suburb, killing 15 people, Syrian state media says

  14-11-2024 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALBERT AJI
  DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel carried out at least two airstrikes on a western neighborhood of Damascus and one of the capital’s suburbs on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding another 16, Syria’s state news agency said.
  The airstrikes on the Mazzeh neighborhood in Damascus and the suburb of Qudsaya, northwest of the capital, struck two buildings, the SANA news agency said. An Associated Press journalist at the scene in Mazzeh said that a five-story buildi
  
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• Horse racing notes: Silent Law can extend Bob Baffert’s rule at Del Mar

  14-11-2024 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  DEL MAR LEADERS
  (Through Sunday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Hector Berrios / 6
  Antonio Fresu / 6
  Kazushi Kimura / 5
  Tiago Pereira / 4
  Juan Hernandez / 4
  Umberto Rispoli / 4
  Trainers / Wins
  Mark Glatt / 5
  George Papaprodromou / 4
  Peter Miller / 4
  Doug O’Neill / 4
  Steve Miyadi / 3
  Phil D’Amato / 3
  WEEKEND STAKES
  DEL MAR
  Saturday
  • $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs
  Sunday
  • $100,000, Grade III Bob Hope Stakes, 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs
  LOS ALAMITOS
  Saturday
  • $
  
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• Tate McRae will perform at the Kia Forum in September

  14-11-2024 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Canadian pop star, singer and dancer Tate McRae will bring her Miss Possessive Tour to the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Friday, Sept. 26.
  Tickets for the tour supporting her third studio album, “So Close To What,” will go on sale exclusively for AMEX card holders on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at tatemcrae.com. There will also be an artist presale on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com. The general sale will begin on Friday, Nov. 22, at 11 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com.
  At 13, Mc
  
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• Riverside County: The deadliest year inside one of America’s deadliest jail systems

  14-11-2024 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By Christopher Damien
  Christopher Damien is reporting about law enforcement in Southern California’s inland and desert communities as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship.
  Alicia Upton paced the concrete floor of her jail cell. She looked around the cramped quarters. Then she pressed the alert button on an intercom attached to the wall.
  “What is your emergency?” responded a voice, captured on video footage from a camera in the cell. It was a deputy
  
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• The Audible: On USC’s ‘probation,’ ageless LeBron, and Paul George vs. Clippers fans

  14-11-2024 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Alexander: Only in the NCAA can you get in trouble – if you want to call it that – for violating a rule that has since been rescinded. Which is why we woke up Thursday to stories of USC’s football program being put on probation.
  Or, as the Fox News website headlined it: “USC football fined and put on probation for major NCAA violations,” Uh-huh, sure. Major. Right.
  This was hardly “Reggie Bush’s parents get a new house” territory. It wasn&rsquo
  
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• US mortgage rates dip, but economists see volatility ahead

  14-11-2024 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA
  The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged lower this week, ending a six-week climb.
  The rate slipped to 6.78% from 6.79% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s still down from a year ago, when the rate averaged 7.4%.
  Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week. The average rate slipped to 5.99% from 6% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6
  
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• Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 6 months, following drop in interest rates, inflation

  14-11-2024 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT
  The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in six months last week as layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels.
  The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications fell by 4,000 to 217,000 for the week of Nov. 9. That’s less than the 225,000 analysts forecast.
  The four-week average of weekly claims, which evens out some of the weekly ups and downs, fell by 6,250 to 221,000.
  Weekly applications for jobless benefits a
  
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• Dan Albano’s Orange County football Top 35 rankings, Nov. 14

  14-11-2024 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOCVarsity’s Dan Albano votes weekly in the Orange County football Top 25 poll.
  Here is how he voted this week for the Top 25 and his “Next 10” teams:
  1. Mater Dei (9-0) vs. Sierra Canyon
  2. Mission Viejo (10-0) vs. Centennial
  3. Orange Lutheran (7-3) vs. JSerra
  4. JSerra (6-4) at Orange Lutheran
  5. Santa Margarita (5-6) at St. John Bosco
  6. San Juan Hills (9-1) at Oaks Christian
  7. Servi
  
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• Six Flags Magic Mountain plans 21st roller coaster for 2026

  14-11-2024 21:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags Magic Mountain will extend its lead as the Roller Coaster Capital of the World when the Valencia amusement park adds a 21st coaster to its record-setting lineup while continuing to fend off challenges by rivals edging ever closer to the title.
  Six Flags Magic Mountain will debut a new coaster in 2026 that will be a first-of-its-kind thrill ride in North America, according to Six Flags officials.
  The new Magic Mountain coaster is part of Six Flags’ plan to spend $1 billion o
  
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• Farmers, educators aim to make organic produce available in California public schools

  14-11-2024 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  While California’s fertile soils sprout some of the country’s best produce, the transition from pedigree farms to public school cafeterias isn’t always so fruitful.
  Enter the Farm-to-School summit at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, hosted recently by Rumiano Cheese, wherein dozens of California farmers, educators, food service workers and curious citizenry gathered on an early fall afternoon to tour the 28-acre parcel, enjoy meals grown from nearby soil and talk abou
  
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• Mike Tyson, 58, concedes the villain role to Jake Paul

  14-11-2024 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Friendship is at the heart of how a fight came together between 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and much younger YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
  Friction helped build the hype for a bout that is testing the formula for how boxing is delivered to the masses, a first-ever combat sports offering from the streaming platform Netflix rather than pay-per-view or traditional cable.
  “I think they’re beloved fans of Mike Tyson,” Paul said, try
  
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• Tyler Childers is bringing the On The Road Tour to the Hollywood Bowl

  14-11-2024 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Tyler Childers is set to embark on his On The Road stadium and arena tour, which will make a stop at the Hollywood Bowl on June 10, 2025.
  Presented by Live Nation, the Grammy-nominated country singer-songwriter will be joined by a rotating lineup of special guests, including Wynonna Judd, Charley Crockett, Robert Earl Keen, The Hold Steady, Medium Build, Deer Tick, Hayes Carll, S.G. Goodman, Cory Branan, and SOMA.
  The tour kicks off April 3 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans and includes
  
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• My Chemical Romance is bringing the Long Live the Black Parade tour to Dodger Stadium

  14-11-2024 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Less than a month after delivering a memorable performance of “The Black Parade” in its entirety at the When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas, My Chemical Romance has announced an upcoming stadium tour where the band will play its iconic album in full once more.
  The emo-rock legends will make a stop at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 26, 2025, with special guest Wallows. Produced by Live Nation, the 10-city stadium trek, aptly named Long Live The Black Parade,
  
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• Dogs competed in a ‘smile-off’ contest at the National Dog Show preview. Everybody won

  14-11-2024 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By Stephanie Farr, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
  PHILADELPHIA — Two dog breeds renowned for their uncanny smiles — the Lancashire heeler and the Samoyed — were pitted head-to-head in a “smile-off” contest at the National Dog Show press preview Tuesday, shepherding in howls of laughter from the crowd and confused head tilts from the contestants.
  These noble descendants of wolves, bred to strike fear in the hearts of livestock with their impeccable herding skil
  
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• At packed UFO hearing, calls for transparency ring loud

  14-11-2024 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By Justin Papp, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
  The email came through one day in January 2015, according to Tim Gallaudet, during a pre-deployment exercise off the East Coast that included the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.
  The subject line read, in all caps, “URGENT SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE,” recalls Gallaudet, then commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. In his telling, the email from an operations officer asked for any information on a series of unknown objects di
  
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• UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond receives contract extension through 2029

  14-11-2024 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA has extended athletic director Martin Jarmond’s contract through 2029, the school announced in a press release Thursday morning.
  “In just four years, Martin has redefined UCLA Athletics – creating new opportunities for Bruins to compete on the biggest stages, making major investments in student-athlete wellness and success, taking important steps to shore up the financial health of our athletics enterprise and putting an inclusive culture at the center of the department,&r
  
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• UCLA football ready for ‘rocking’ atmosphere at Washington

  14-11-2024 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The UCLA football team is on a roll, having won three Big Ten Conference games in a row and coming off its first win of the season at the Rose Bowl.
  The Bruins are back on the road again this week for a Friday night game against Washington, a team that has been unstoppable in its home territory.
  The Huskies have won 19 consecutive home games, their longest home win streak in modern school history.
  “It’s just rocking,” UCLA head coach DeShaun Foster told reporters of Husky Stadi
  
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