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I’M EVERY WOMAN: What do you get when you put together Dorit “Dodo” Bar Or, an actress-turned-designer whose breezy summer clothes are a hit with fashion influencers like Chiara Ferragni; and Ada Kokosar, a stylist and fashion consultant who is branching out into shoes? A fabulous world that is a cross between “Dynasty” and Barbie’s closet.
Gowns with snaking embroidery designs and a polka-dot metallic pink jumpsuit were just some of the looks featured in their capsule collection, christened Dodo by Midnight, shown on a handful of models standing on a tiny metallic carousel during Milan Fashion Week.
It marked Kokosar’s first clothing collaboration under her Midnight label, which made its debut last season with a shoe line for Cesare Paciotti. She reprised the plastic-wrapped Cinderella slippers that are becoming a brand signature, augmenting them with extravagant tulle ruffles.
Kokosar plans to work with new designers each season. “Midnight for me is a factory, it’s a collective of creative, unconventional minds that merge together,” she said. “It’s a space, a label, where we can create things where we can drop our rules that we ingrain from society and the mask that we have to wear.”
Both women felt it was liberating to embrace a

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A woman was fatally injured in what police called a vehicle versus pedestrian collision Saturday night in Los Alamitos.

A statement from Los Alamitos Police Department Capt. Chris Karrer said that at about 8:27 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Ball Road and Bloomfield Street. They found the injured female pedestrian just west of the intersection in the roadway.

Orange County Fire Authority paramedics took her to a hospital for treatment, but she died before arrival, the statement said.

The driver of the involved vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. There was no suspicion of impaired driving being a factor in the incident, police said.

The victim hasn’t yet been publicly identified.

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call the police department at 562 431-2255 ext. 426, or leave information at occrimestoppers.org

Homebuying in Santa Ana in the October-to-December period rose in just three of six ZIP codes as prices increased in five of those neighborhoods.

Using CoreLogic data, we compared recent sales patterns for all residences vs. results the year-ago period. Sales in Santa Ana sales rose as 511 residences were purchased in the latest period vs. 491 a year earlier. That’s a gain of 4.1 percent vs. a decline of 1.3 percent countywide.

Neighborhood trends in Santa Ana for year-end from CoreLogic’s report …

Santa Ana ZIP code 92701 — 60 homes sold vs. 78 a year earlier. That’s a sales loss of 23.1 percent. Median selling price of $360,000 vs. $306,905 last year, a gain of 17.3 percent. That median ranked No. 82 highest out of 83 Orange County ZIPs.

Santa Ana ZIP 92703 — 94 homes sold vs. 53 a year earlier. That’s a sales gain of 77.4 percent. Median of $501,000 vs. $424,936 last year, a gain of 17.9 percent. That median ranked No. 77 highest out of 83.

Santa Ana ZIP 92704 — 122 homes sold vs. 107 a year earlier. That’s a sales gain of 14.0 percent. Median of $540,250 vs. $420,101 last year, a gain of 28.6 percent. That median ranked No. 67 highest out of 83.

Santa Ana ZIP 92705 — 94 homes sold vs. 121 a year earlier. That’s a sales loss of 22.3 percent. Median of $897,500 vs. $761,885 last year, a gain of 17.8 percent. That median ranked No. 17 highest out of 83.

Santa Ana ZIP 92706 — 70 homes sold vs. 60 a year earlier. That’s a sales gain of 16.7 percent. Median of $600,000 vs. $575,264 last year, a gain of 4.3 percent. That median ranked No. 60 highest out of 83.

Santa Ana ZIP 92707 — 71 homes sold vs. 72 a year earlier. That’s a sales loss of 1.4 percent. Median of $410,000 vs. $422,680 last year, a loss of 3 percent. That median ranked No. 81 highest out of 83.

See full-year 2017 CoreLogic results …
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From 2017’s fourth quarter, eight countywide trends to ponder:

1. At the neighborhood level, prices were up in 66 of 83 Orange County ZIP codes compared to the previous year.

2. Sales rose in 38 of 83 Orange County ZIPs.

3. Builder sales were 1,544 — up 4.2 percent from a year earlier. Median selling price was $869,000 — up 0.2 percent from a year earlier.

4. In the cheapest third of the county’s market — the 27 least expensive ZIPs, median of $622,500 and below — 2,540 homes sold. That’s down 0.9 percent compared to a year earlier.

5. In the 27 priciest ZIPs — median of $789,050 and higher — 3,236 homes sold. That’s down 0.2 percent.

6. In the 11 Orange County ZIPs with medians above $1 million, sales totaled 720 homes, down 1.9 percent in a year. There were 10 seven-figure ZIPs a year earlier.

7. In the county’s 16 beach-close ZIPs, 1,484 homes sold in the latest period, down 0.6 percent vs. a year earlier.

8. As for relative bargains, there were six ZIPs with medians under $500,000 with total sales of 440 homes. A year earlier, 14 ZIPs had medians under $500,000 with 1,039 sales, or a drop of 58 percent in a year.

LOS ANGELES – First it counted, then it didn’t.

The Kings were down by two goals with time running out in the third period Saturday night in their game against the Edmonton Oilers. Dustin Brown scored with 18 seconds to play to get his team close, then it appeared he scored to tie the game with just under 10 seconds left.

A review was to see if the puck crossed the line. It did, and the game-tying goal was allowed. Then it was disallowed after a coach’s challenge because Brown was found to be guilty of interfering with goaltender Cam Talbot.

The end result was a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to the Oilers before a sellout crowd of 18,230 at Staples Center.

The massive cheer the fans gave upon thinking the game was tied, was quickly met with one giant boo and not-so-nice chants directed at the officials.

A replay showed Brown jamming the puck past the goal-line and Talbot, whose glove was down but seemingly not on top of the puck.

“No,” Brown said, when asked if he agreed he interfered with Talbot. “The puck was loose. If the puck’s trapped under his pad, and you jam it in the net, I mean, that’s been the standard.

“I’m hitting the puck in front of his pad. What am I supposed to do? I don’t know. It’s frustrating.”

Kings coach John Stevens thought the goal should have been allowed.

“I think the league is so confused, that I’m confused,” he said. “I don’t think they know what it (inference) is, so how the hell are we supposed to know what it is, right? There’s a loose puck sitting in the crease and he jams it in the net. I sure as heck would like to see it count as a goal. I think that’s just a good, hard hockey goal.

“We saw a play before the game where the puck was jammed under the goalie’s pad and he drove the pad in the net. I get that, right? Goalie’s gotta be allowed to make a save. But that puck was entirely loose, Brownie hit the puck first and it goes in the net.”

Even so, the playoff-contending Kings (33-24-5, 71 points) were down 3-1 entering the third period to an Edmonton team not fighting for a post-season berth. The Oilers are 26-31-4 (56 points).

Anton Slepyshev scored his fourth of the season just 51 seconds into the game for the Oilers, who went up 2-0 on Leon Draisaitl’s 19th at 6:16 of the second period.

Tyler Toffoli got the Kings within 2-1 on his 20th at 14:26 of the second, thanks in part to an assist by Nate Thompson. But turnovers can kill momentum, and when the Kings turned the puck over in the neutral zone less than three minutes later, their deficit was 3-1 when Jujhar Khaira netted his 10th after skating in alone on Jonathan Quick, who made 21 saves.

Tobias Rieder, recently acquired by the Kings from Arizona, scored his ninth of the season and first as a member of the Kings at 7:51 of the third and the Oilers’ lead was cut to 3-2.

Rieder talked about the emotional swing at the end, when the Kings went from thinking they had tied the game, to knowing they had not.

“Well, it’s crazy, obviously,” he said. “You could hear the fans cheering and then the fans booing. It was a tough call against us, but that happens in hockey.”

The Kings had life after Rieder’s goal, and plenty of time to catch Edmonton. But the Oilers got an empty-net goal by Ryan Strome at 19:01 for a 4-2 lead. Forty-one seconds later, Brown scored his 18th. But what would have been his 19th never became official.

Talbot was happy to get the victory, but he suggested it never should have come to having to rely on a goaltender inference call to get it.

“Not the ideal way we wanted to end it,” he said. “When you go up by two goals with under a minute, it should be a done deal. But I guess you could say we found a way to gut one out and got a call.”

The game marked the return of Kings forward Jeff Carter, who had been out since the third week of October with a lacerated ankle. Carter played just over 17 1/2 minutes and had four shots on goal.

The Kings out-shot the Oilers 33-25.

Next up for the Kings are the Pacific Division leading Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night at 7:30 at Staples Center.