Lululemon Athletica has acquired a stake in Canadian cycling apparel startup 7mesh Industries in a move designed to “push the boundaries” in advanced technical apparel.

Research from Swiss speciality textile effects company HeiQ has revealed more communication from brands and retailers on odour control textile technologies could capture added value and educate consumers on the environmental impact of laundering.

The redevelopment of La Habra’s civic center is nearly complete with one large project looming in the months ahead.

The community center completed its 5,000-square-foot addition earlier this month and this week finalized tenants to use the space. And city officials are checking plans now before issuing permits to demolish the old City Hall for a housing development. City leaders moved into a renovated City Hall across La Habra Boulevard in March.

The City Council, on Monday, June 19, approved leases with the La Habra Art Association, Boy Scout Troops 833 and Pack 337 and the La Habra Woman’s Club to use space in the Community Center for a $1 a year.

The Boy Scouts and Woman’s Club were given five-year leases, while the Art Association was given a 2-year lease at the same price. The association will have space in the new housing development, and doesn’t expect to remain long term at the Community Center, Community Services Director Sal Failla said.

The city will also use a portion of the building for storage.

Each organization gets its own space in the Community Center, with a locked door and a shared restroom.

The cost of the expansion was about $.2 million. Funding comes from capital reserves, impact fees and the sale of the former City Hall property to housing developer City Ventures.

The old administration building could be demolished within the next two months to make room for the housing development, which has been in the works for nearly two years.

“They are checking the plans now and hopefully we will be able to get the permits soon,” said Andrew Ho, director of community and economic development. “The time frame for a project is always nebulous. We would like to start this project in two weeks, but a lot needs to happen in two weeks for that to happen. It might just start in August, that’s probably more reasonable.”

The development, which is part of the land swap between the city and City Ventures, is expected to house 71 condominiums, Ho said.

The old Civic Center building was sold to the developer for $5.58 million. The city purchased buildings across the street from City Ventures for $3.69 million, which were remodeled into the new City Hall. The project cost $11.5 million.

“This project will bring a strong and and new presence to La Habra Boulevard,” Ho said. “We’ve been trying revitalize the boulevard for quite a while now and make these streets a bit more lively during the day and night with pedestrian activity.”

The police station building, which architecturally doesn’t match the new the City Hall and Community Services building will be getting an upgrade later this summer. The facade of the building will be updated so the design of the city buildings is cohesive in downtown.

By IVAN MORENO

MILWAUKEE  — A Milwaukee jury on Wednesday acquitted a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots on the city’s north side.

Jurors found that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide when he shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith after a brief foot chase following a traffic stop Aug. 13. Smith had a gun when he ran, but the case hinged on whether he was a threat when Heaggan-Brown fired the shot that killed him.

Body-camera video showed Heaggan-Brown shooting Smith once in the arm as he appeared to be throwing the gun over a fence. The video showed the second shot — 1.69 seconds later — hit Smith in the chest as he lay on the ground.

Prosecutors argued Smith was defenseless at the time of the second shot because he had thrown the gun over the fence. Defense attorneys argued Heaggan-Brown had to act quickly to defend himself.

Smith’s family members reacted angrily, swearing and storming immediately from the courtroom. Outside, one man shouted obscenities at a sheriff’s deputy as he was held back by other family members.

“I don’t agree with the decision, but I have to respect it,” said Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, who made the decision to charge Heaggan-Brown. That put him at odds with Police Chief Edward Flynn, who had said the shooting was justified.

Heaggan-Brown’s acquittal came less than a week after a Minnesota officer, Jeronimo Yanez, was acquitted in the shooting death of a black motorist seconds after the motorist informed him he had a gun. Yanez testified the driver, Philando Castile, disregarded his commands not to take out his gun and he feared for his life.

Heaggan-Brown was fired from the police force in October after being charged with sexual assault in an unrelated case. The sexual assault case was not mentioned during the trial because it is being handled separately and knowledge of it could prejudice the jury.

Smith’s death brought to the surface long-simmering tensions between black Milwaukee residents and police, and demonstrators assembled near the site of the shooting in Sherman Park hours after it happened.

Two nights of riots followed, with protesters throwing rocks, bricks, and bottles at police officers. The protesters burned eight businesses and a police car and when it was over, 40 demonstrators had been arrested and a handful of officers hurt.

In the encounter with Smith, Heaggan-Brown and two other officers had approached Smith’s rental car because it was parked more than a foot from the curb and they believed a drug deal was about to take place.

In Heaggan-Brown’s bodycam video, he began chasing Smith immediately after stepping out of his patrol car.
Heaggan-Brown’s camera shows him briefly pointing the gun at Smith as he begins the pursuit. He put his gun back in his holster as Smith turned into a path between two houses.

Smith slipped and fell near a fence, dropping his gun. He started reaching for it as he stood up, with his left hand holding the fence.

When the video is slowed frame-by-frame, Smith is seen holding the gun by the barrel to throw it over the fence. Prosecutors argued that Smith no longer posed a threat.

The two shots by Heaggan-Brown came in quick succession, striking Smith once in his right arm and then the fatal shot to the chest.

The 12-member jury included four African-Americans.

The Milwaukee acquittal also came as jurors in Ohio were in their third day of deliberations in the murder retrial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist. Ray Tensing’s first trial ended last November in a hung jury after some 25 hours of deliberations on the murder and voluntary manslaughter charges.

The transforming alien robots are coming to a theater near you in the fifth installment of the toys-turned-movie-stars franchise. The Hasbro toy company, which owns the movies, has done its share of transforming over the years too.

Hall of fame game

The National Toy Hall of Fame is in Rochester, N.Y., and accepts public nominations for toys to be inducted every year. There have been 62 in all. Which of the following toys has not been inducted?

A. Duncan yoyo

B. Transformers

C. Lego

D. Little green army men

E. The stick

Answer: B, Transformers.

In 2016, the Transformers were one of 12 finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame – but did not make it in. The inductees in 2016 were the swing, Dungeons & Dragons and Fisher-Price Little People. When you look at the legacy of the Transfomers toys compared to toys in the Toy Hall of Fame, you might wonder what the issue is.

You can nominate your favorite toys here: toyhalloffame.org/nominate

An original Optimus Prime Transformer toy from the 1980s can fetch a couple hundred dollars today, depending on its condition.

Which of the following was not part of the Transformers marketing campaign when they came out in the 1980s?

A. Marvel comic book

B. cartoon TV series

C. animated movies

D. electronic games

E. breakfast cereal

F. trading card game

Answer: F, trading card game

Hasbro history

1923: Hassenfeld Bros. is founded in Providence, R.I., by Henry and Hillel Hassenfeld. It sells textile remnants and, later, pencil boxes and school supplies.

1940s: The company markets its first toys, a line of doctor and nurse kits.

1952: Mr. Potato Head becomes the first toy to be advertised on TV and is a hit, with $4 million in sales in a few months. Mrs. Potato Head follows in 1953. The plastic potato body comes in 1964. (Mr. Potato Head was the only licensed toy in the “Toy Story” movies and was voiced by Don Rickles, who died in April.)

1960s: After Mattel comes out with the Ken doll in 1961, Hasbro follows in 1964 with G.I. Joe. The 12-inch doll is the first to use the term “action figure.” The company changes its name to Hasbro in 1968.

1970s: Two Hasbro toys are expensive flops: Javelin Darts, which are lawn darts banned for safety reasons; and the Hypo-Squirt, a squirt gun that looks like a giant hypodermic needle and is lambasted as a “junior junkie” item. The company struggles with debt in the late 1970s.

1980s: Hasbro has success with the My Little Pony franchise, introduced in 1982. In 1984, the company launches the Transformers toys, an even larger success. That year Hasbro expands into the game market with the purchase of Milton Bradley Co., maker of Monopoly.

1990s: Hasbro purchases Tonka Corp. and Parker Bros. In the mid-1990s, the company launches Hasbro Interactive to keep up with digital innovation. Other acquisitions in the 1990s include the companies that created Dungeons & Dragons and Furby.

2000s: Hasbro has its first film blockbuster with “Transformers,” released in 2007. In 2011, Greenpeace criticizes the company for its packaging materials and the company makes changes.

Two more “Transformers” movies are scheduled to be released, in 2018 and 2019.

Top brands in the movies

Hasbro products are behind one of the most profitable brands in Hollywood. “Transformers” films are the company’s biggest earners, far ahead of its “G.I. Joe” and “My Little Pony” offerings.

Sources: National Toy Hall of Fame, Hasbro, Box Office Mojo

IRVINE Felony charges were filed Wednesday, June 21, against a man suspected of attempting to drag an employee of a Woodbury Town Center children’s boutique by her hair into a storage room.
Charlie Choi, 47, of Irvine, was due to be arraigned in Orange County Superior Court on one count each of assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping to commit robbery or a sex offense, with a sentence-enhancing allegation for the personal use of a deadly
weapon.
Police released surveillance video of the attempted kidnapping, which occurred just before 7:20 p.m. Saturday at the Mon Beau Bebe store at 6226 Irvine Blvd., and used tips from the public and other investigative leads to track down the suspect, said Kim Mohr, a spokeswoman for the Irvine Police Department.

In the video, the woman can be seen looking away for a moment and then being grabbed by the hair by the suspect, who attempted to drag her into the storage room.

The woman struggled with the man, and when she told him the store was equipped with surveillance cameras, he let her go and fled, Mohr said.
Choi was arrested about 4:30 p.m. Monday at his home in the 300 block of Fountainhead in the Portola Springs area and is being held on $1 million bail.

The bands are starting to play in Fullerton.

Music acts will be performing throughout the city all afternoon and into the night for the third annual Day of Music Fullerton.

Communities around the world celebrate June 21, the summer solstice, with Fete de La Musique, or World Music Day. Fullerton’s festival is featuring more than 150 acts spread across dozens of venues around town.

Black Hole Records, Fullerton College and Plummer Auditorium are a few places visitors can go throughout the day to hear free music.

Performances are scheduled until 10 p.m., with bagpipe player Tucker Fleming scheduled to play at Villa Del Sol at sunset.

In addition to performances, music education sessions are planned, an exhibit featuring the work of several female artists and a screening of VIREO, a made-for-TV-and-online opera, followed by a Q&A with members of the production team and cast.

To see the full lineup, visit thedayofmusic.com.

Experimental/rock/funk band SAPIEN playing for about three dozen in front of Black Hole Records. @ocregister @DOMFullerton pic.twitter.com/RPtIKloyOv

— Brian Whitehead (@bwhitehead3) June 21, 2017

If you go:

(Performances are planned throughout the city, including in parking lots, restaurants and churches.)

The line-up for a couple of select stages are:

Villa Del Sol, 305 N. Harbor Blvd., started at 12:30 p.m.: Los Dos Saxos y Mas, Kathy Sanders, Justin Gutierrez, Bill Pratt, Saxophone ONE! and more

Black Hole Records, 108 N. Harbor Blvd., started at 1 p.m.: SAPIEN, Reinventing Your Exit, 390, Waker Glass, Just Because

Fullerton College Sculpture Garden, 321 E. Chapman Ave., starts at 5 p.m.: Deep Sea Madness, The Greater Good, The Oil Pans, Bud Overdose, Bad Antics, White Night

Out at the third annual Day of Music Fullerton. 150+ performances at 40+ local venues. Look for pink balloons @ocregister @DOMFullerton pic.twitter.com/uKW8WmIecU

— Brian Whitehead (@bwhitehead3) June 21, 2017

Walter Van Beirendonck cryptically titled his spring collection “Owls Whisper,” which, when paired with “The Pure and the Damned” show tune, gave the sense that the designer was wistful for less tainted times.
That seemed prevalent also in his collection’s silhouettes, which overall were simpler and more streamlined than in recent seasons. That’s not to say they were devoid of Van Beirendonck’s signature twists, like sports leggings in a riot of patterns popping out from under tailored shorts and a mélange of unexpected fabrics or deconstructed pieces, but even these had fewer dangling bits wafting off.
The designer’s deft sartorial hand was apparent throughout the collection, from the well-crafted, cartoony raincoats in green or orange with oversized sleeves and slouchy metallic pants to the assortment of more tailored pieces, such as checkered trousers and blazers.
Among the most eye-catching looks was the quirky series of jackets and shirts fronted with a patchwork of fabrics creating asymmetric, geometric faces. What did they express — anger? Pensiveness? That was open to interpretation, just like the collection’s overriding theme.
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Rooted in elevated staples, Theory’s been notable for its take on seasonless, transitional layering to build up a lifestyle wardrobe. The idea is purity in design — great construction in its simplest form, sparse use of color, and a newfound take on sharp tailoring to highlight the female body. Creative director Lisa Kulson approached resort pragmatically, offering capsules that speak to all the varying weather conditions the sales period spans — cold weather, holiday and a precursor to spring — and continuing that vein of timeless elegance.
Statement outerwear was the push for winter with great tonal patchwork shearling bombers that played on texture, leather outerwear with shearling accents, and faux mongolian fur jackets in black or white. An athletic thread ran through ski-inspired chunky knits, technical leggings and graphic track pants and tops suitable for après-ski.
Tonal use of springlike marigold, pink and red on silk blouses and lightweight pants highlighted the brand’s effort to expand past neutrals and into softer, fluid silhouettes. A Nineties influence ran through the cropped sweaters and ribbed knits styled back to low-slung trousers with a bit of flare. It spoke to the origins of Theory with the sexy pant and essential shirt combo.
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It was European style that inspired Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran for this laid-back collection filled with all the brand’s signatures: loose layers, touches of workwear, blouson shirts and long trenches. “I believe in Europe, and this collection has European style, a refined minimalism, although there’s always a little bit of Japan on my mind too,” said Lemaire.
The designers took that European theme seriously, booking the Berlin band Die Wilde Jagd to play a live set as models paced the raw, industrial space. All the breezy cotton poplins, chintzes, twills and lightweight dry silks looked cool and easy, particularly on a day when the audience was wilting in the Paris heat.
Lightweight, long-sleeve cotton T-shirts and other ones with fluted sleeves were worn over loose, high-waist trousers cropped at the ankle. Some jackets were long and loose, ending at the knee, while shirt jackets had a military feel with patch pockets. Some trousers had built-in belts, while others were flat-fronted with a dropped crotch and others still had a thick waistband, giving them a workwear feel.
Lemaire and Tran spiked their usually muted, neutral palette with rich natural tones: Rust for a short suede jacket, lemonade for the long-sleeve cotton T-shirt, a caramel sleeveless

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