• Orange County baseball top 25 rankings, Feb. 19

    Orange County baseball top 25 rankings, Feb. 19
    Steve Fryer’s Orange County baseball rankings:
    Rank, team, record, previous ranking (records through Monday)
    1. Orange Lutheran (1-1; PRV: 1)
    2. Huntington Beach (2-1; PRV: 2)
    3. Cypress (3-0; PRV: 4)
    4. JSerra (2-0; PRV: 3)
    5. Beckman (3-1; PRV: 7)
    6. Canyon (3-0-1; PRV: NR)
    7. Aliso Niguel (1-1; PRV: 5)
    8. Mater Dei (3-0; PRV: NR)
    9. Capistrano Valley (0-1; PRV: 8)
    10. Tesoro (0-2; PRV: 6)
    11. Mission Viejo (1-2; PRV: 9)
    12. Servite (3-2; PRV: NR)
    13. El Toro (1-1; PRV: NR)
    14. Newport H
  • Aliso Niguel baseball rallies to beat San Clemente and stays tied for first place

    Aliso Niguel baseball rallies to beat San Clemente and stays tied for first place
    SAN CLEMENTE — After being shut out for five innings, the bats for the Aliso Niguel baseball team came to life against San Clemente on Wednesday.
    The Wolverines scored five runs in the last two innings to pull out a 5-2 victory at San Clemente in a Sea View League contest.
    Aliso Niguel (15-8, 6-3), which is ranked No. 9 the Register’s Top 25, is 3-0 against San Clemente (12-11, 5-4) and clinched the season series.
    The Wolverines are tied with San Juan Hills atop the Sea View League s
  • Holocaust survivor educates FBI agents in Los Angeles on dangers of antisemitism

    Holocaust survivor educates FBI agents in Los Angeles on dangers of antisemitism
    Amid record levels of antisemitism across the country, the FBI office in Los Angeles invited centenarian and Holocaust survivor Joseph Alexander to recount his life story of surviving 12 concentration camps, and to educate agents.
    Alexander, now 101, was crowded by dozens of agents on Wednesday, April 17, eager to hear his story of surviving the Holocaust as well as get a better understanding of law enforcement’s role in preventing it from happening again.
    “Millions were persecuted b
  • Holocaust survivor educates FBI agents in Los Angeles about dangers of antisemitism

    Holocaust survivor educates FBI agents in Los Angeles about dangers of antisemitism
    Amid record levels of antisemitism across the country, the FBI office in Los Angeles invited centenarian and Holocaust survivor Joseph Alexander to recount his life story of surviving 12 concentration camps, and to educate agents.
    Alexander, now 101, was crowded by dozens of agents on Wednesday, April 17, eager to hear his story of surviving the Holocaust as well as get a better understanding of law enforcement’s role in preventing it from happening again.
    “Millions were persecuted b
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  • Sham impeachment of Mayorkas rightly dismissed by the U.S. Senate

    Sham impeachment of Mayorkas rightly dismissed by the U.S. Senate
    Of course Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, should not have been impeached, and good on the United States Senate this week for dismissing the trumped-up charges against him before his trial even got underway.
    He committed no high crimes nor misdemeanors in carrying out his duties, which, whether or not the House Republicans who forced the issue, or the Senate Republicans who voted along party lines, like it, involve carrying out the policies of the president.
    If they want to i
  • Los Alamitos baseball battles back to beat Fountain Valley after rough start

    Los Alamitos baseball battles back to beat Fountain Valley after rough start
    Los Alamitos’ Devin Porch hit a solo home run in the sixth inning to lift the Griffins to a 6-5 victory over Fountain Valley in a Surf League game Wednesday, April 17. (Photo by Lou Ponsi)
    LOS ALAMITOS — The Los Alamitos baseball team’s winning streak and its second-place position in the standings appeared to be in jeopardy early in the Griffins’ Surf League game against Fountain Valley on Wednesday at Los Alamitos High School.
    After spotting the Barons four runs in the f
  • Angels reliever Robert Stephenson to miss season

    Angels reliever Robert Stephenson to miss season
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Robert Stephenson, who received the Angels’ largest free agent contract this winter, will miss the entire 2024 season because of an elbow injury.
    The team announced Stephenson’s status after Wednesday night’s comeback win against the Tampa Bay Rays, but declined to give further specifics on the exact nature of the injury or what type of procedure he would undergo until Thursday.
    Stephenson, 31, missed most of spring training with a sore shoulder, bu
  • Chargers planning to sign running back J.K. Dobbins to 1-year contract

    Chargers planning to sign running back J.K. Dobbins to 1-year contract
    The reunions continued Wednesday. Running back J.K. Dobbins plans to sign with the Chargers on a one-season deal, according to multiple reports, another former Baltimore Ravens player reuniting with offensive coordinator Greg Roman and Gus Edwards in Los Angeles.
    Dobbins and Edwards, who left the Ravens and signed a two-year contract with the Chargers last month, will be tasked with establishing a consistent ground game for Roman and head coach Jim Harbaugh. In addition, they will team up to rep
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  • Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, April 17

    Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, April 17
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, April 17
    Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
    The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
    WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
    BASEBALL
    TRINITY LEAGUE
    Servite 1, Santa Margarita 0
    JSerra 8, St. John Bosco 6
    FREEWAY LEAGUE
    Troy 10, Sonora 6
    EMPIRE LEAGUE
    Tust
  • Person shot in Anaheim, investigation launched

    Person shot in Anaheim, investigation launched
    A person was shot in Anaheim late Wednesday afternoon, police said.
    The shooting occurred around 4:15 p.m. on the 2800 block of West Ball Road. Both directions of Ball between Beach Boulevard and Dale Avenue were temporarily closed for the investigation, Anaheim Police Sgt. Jon McClintock said.
    Details on the victim, their condition and the circumstances of the shooting were not immediately released.
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  • Angels rally in 9th inning to beat Rays

    Angels rally in 9th inning to beat Rays
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A night after the Angels continually came up short when the game was on the line, they got the job done.
    The Angels rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night, scoring two runs in the ninth inning just after they had surrendered the lead by giving up two in the eighth.
    Nolan Schanuel and Zach Neto, two of the Angels’ struggling hitters, reached base with one out in the ninth. Pinch-runner Jo Adell then stole third, with Neto stealing s
  • John Phillips: Oakland International Airport of Anywhere but Oakland

    John Phillips: Oakland International Airport of Anywhere but Oakland
    The Port of Oakland’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport during a meeting last week.
    Personally, I was hoping they’d rename the airport after Oakland’s most beloved son, but they just couldn’t get any traction behind MC Hammer International.
    In a statement, Port Commission President Barbara Leslie wrote: “We are standing up for Oakland and the East Bay&hellip
  • Sparks rookies excited to start a challenging year

    Sparks rookies excited to start a challenging year
    LOS ANGELES — It is safe to say that Cameron Brink, Rickea Jackson and McKenzie Forbes are looking forward to playing for the Sparks in the WNBA.
    The trio of rookies are also ready to cut themselves some slack to navigate the inevitable ups and downs they will face during the upcoming season.
    “I think giving ourselves grace is extremely important,” Brink said, who was selected second overall in Monday’s night draft.
    The 6-4 forward from Stanford averaged a double-double w
  • Alexander: Lakers ignore hot-air merchants who suggested avoiding Nuggets

    Alexander: Lakers ignore hot-air merchants who suggested avoiding Nuggets
    The world according to Jim:
    • We will now see if the “pundits” – or, as I’ve described them, the hot-air merchants – are correct.
    The Lakers ignored those – particularly but not limited to ESPN’s Mike Greenberg and Stephen A. Smith –who suggested they should tank in their 7-8 play-in game with New Orleans in order to avoid defending NBA champ Denver in the first round. Rightly so, too. What those folks forgot, in their desperate search for som
  • Studio City freeway crash that killed LA Fire Department recruit not classified as a hit-and-run

    Studio City freeway crash that killed LA Fire Department recruit not classified as a hit-and-run
    Authorities said Wednesday that the crash on the northbound 101 Freeway in Studio City that killed a Los Angeles Fire Department recruit was not believed to have been a criminal hit-and-run.
    The crash that occurred about 5:10 a.m. Monday near Vineland Avenue in Studio City took the life of 22-year-old Jacob Fuerte, who was driving a Jeep that collided with another vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol and the LAFD.
    CHP officials said Fuerte, a Riverside resident, collided with a 20
  • Russian strike on Ukraine city kills at least 17 people

    Russian strike on Ukraine city kills at least 17 people
    By Illia Novikov | Associated Press
    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 17 people, authorities said.
    At least 61 people, including three children, were wounded in the morning attack, Ukrainian emergency services said, as rescue workers searched through partially demolished buildings and tall mounds of rubble. Chernihiv lies about 150
  • Death row inmate transfers to Chino prison spur safety concerns with mayor, police

    Death row inmate transfers to Chino prison spur safety concerns with mayor, police
    The transfer of more than two dozen condemned inmates from San Quentin’s death row to the California Institution for Men in Chino under a new state program has prompted outcry from city officials, who are urging the state to send them elsewhere because of safety concerns.
    As of Wednesday, April 17, 26 condemned inmates are being housed at CIM under the Condemned Inmate Transfer Program launched earlier this month, which marked the closure of segregated death row units at San Quentin Rehabi
  • Report: Communications breakdown exacerbated Maui fire’s impact

    Report: Communications breakdown exacerbated Maui fire’s impact
    By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone and Claudia Lauer | Associated Press
    HONOLULU — As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday.
    Communications problems were also encountered by the Hawaiian Electric Company, with offic
  • Angels encouraged by Jose Soriano’s development as a starter

    Angels encouraged by Jose Soriano’s development as a starter
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — José Soriano took another step along what the Angels hope is the path to being a frontline major league starter.
    Long before the Angels’ gut-wrenching, 13-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays ended on Tuesday night, it was set up to be Soriano’s first victory as a big league starter.
    Soriano gave up one run and one hit in five innings, striking out six and walking five. He threw 90 pitches.
    “I think he’s coming along,” Manager Ron Wa
  • Southern California representatives vote for warrantless surveillance, against the Fourth Amendment

    Southern California representatives vote for warrantless surveillance, against the Fourth Amendment
    One of our essential liberties is keeping our private matters safe from the snooping eyes of the government. It’s enshrined in the Fourth Amendment “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” 
    At issue in Congress is the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Because communications in foreign countries are not protected by the Fourth Amendment, FISA allow
  • Mickey, Minnie and other Disneyland characters move one step closer to unionizing

    Mickey, Minnie and other Disneyland characters move one step closer to unionizing
    Mickey Mouse, Sleeping Beauty, Iron Man and other Disneyland employees who work with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars character performers have moved one step closer to unionizing, according to the union organizing workers.
    Disneyland’s 1,700 character and parade performers calling themselves Magic United filed a petition on Wednesday, April 17 with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize under the Actors’ Equity Association, according to the union.
    Sign up for our Park Lif
  • Mickey, Minnie and other Disneyland character performers move one step closer to unionizing

    Mickey, Minnie and other Disneyland character performers move one step closer to unionizing
    Mickey Mouse, Sleeping Beauty, Iron Man and other Disneyland employees who work with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars character performers have moved one step closer to unionizing, according to the union organizing workers.
    Disneyland’s 1,700 character and parade performers calling themselves Magic United filed a petition on Wednesday, April 17 with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize under the Actors’ Equity Association, according to the union.
    Sign up for our Park Lif
  • Dodgers waste Landon Knack’s effective debut in shutout loss

    Dodgers waste Landon Knack’s effective debut in shutout loss
    LOS ANGELES — The sights, sounds and smells all have been familiar to Landon Knack for months now and on Wednesday the right-hander finally got his first chance to dive into the fray.
    Knack made his major league debut and needed an inning to get his bearings before showing the presence that has been front and center for the Dodgers since February.
    As good as the rookie was, Washington Nationals starter Jake Irwin was even better as the Dodgers fell, 2-0, to drop each of the first two serie
  • Columbia’s president rebuts claims she has allowed the university to become a hotbed of antisemitism

    Columbia’s president rebuts claims she has allowed the university to become a hotbed of antisemitism
    By COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Columbia University’s president took a firm stance against antisemitism in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, but she faced bruising criticism from Republicans who say her actions haven’t supported her words, especially when it comes to disciplining faculty and students accused of bias.
    Nemat Shafik’s visit to Capitol Hill was a reprise of a December hearing that led to the resignations of presidents at Harvard and the
  • Ducks’ season ending as Cutter Gauthier’s career begins

    Ducks’ season ending as Cutter Gauthier’s career begins
    The Ducks’ campaign will end where it began, in Las Vegas against the Golden Knights, but Thursday’s season finale will be remembered more as a commencement than a conclusion.
    Marquee trade acquisition, World Junior Championships gold medalist, Hobey Baker Award finalist and 2022 lottery pick Cutter Gauthier will arrive in the NHL, making his debut for the Ducks after a season of triumph and tumult for the 20-year-old forward.
    Gauthier was selected fifth overall in 2022 by the Philad
  • Sage Hill girls basketball honors ‘amazing’ senior class for National Signing Day

    Sage Hill girls basketball honors ‘amazing’ senior class for National Signing Day
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSage Hill’s girls basketball program celebrated another milestone on Tuesday.
    The Lightning recognized college-bound seniors Emily Eadie, Kat Righeimer, Annabelle Spotts and Aurora Elder in advance of National Signing Day of Wednesday.
    Eadie, a first-team All-County forward in the winter, is headed to Princeton, which qualified for the NCAA tournament this past season.
    Righeimer, a third-team All-Co
  • Lakers eager for playoffs rematch against Nuggets

    Lakers eager for playoffs rematch against Nuggets
    NEW ORLEANS — Despite the New Orleans Pelicans’ late comeback attempt, the Lakers held on to beat the Pelicans 110-106 in Tuesday’s Play-In Tournament game to clinch the No. 7 seed and their spot in the playoffs.
    Their reward: a first-round matchup against the No. 2 seed Denver Nuggets – the defending NBA champions that swept the Lakers, 4-0, in last spring’s Western Conference finals.
    Even before they beat the Pelicans, few people outside of the Lakers’ organ
  • Earth Day effort gets early start on the sand; others ways to celebrate in Orange County

    Earth Day effort gets early start on the sand; others ways to celebrate in Orange County
    The group clutching bags and wearing gloves set out with one mission: To scoop up as much trash as they could from the sand and shoreline.
    More than 20 volunteers got to work on Tuesday, April 16, at Huntington State Beach, an early environmental clean-up effort ahead of what is expected to be a busy weekend of activities in Orange County in honor of Monday’s Earth Day.
    “We don’t do enough, as citizens – period,” said Larry Cook, contract transformation director for
  • Corona couple channel their grief to urge motorists not to text and drive

    Corona couple channel their grief to urge motorists not to text and drive
    Kellie and Eddie Montalvo find it difficult to speak about the death of their 21-year-old son Benjamin that was caused by a hit-and-run driver who was texting seconds before she hit his bicycle on a Corona street four years ago.
    But the knowledge that their story could save the lives of others motivated the couple to record a public service announcement for the state Office of Traffic Safety and Caltrans that began airing Wednesday, April 17, during National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
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  • California Supreme Court to hear appeal seeking to overturn new rooftop solar rules

    California Supreme Court to hear appeal seeking to overturn new rooftop solar rules
    By Rob Nikolewski | San Diego Union-Tribune
    A trio of environmental groups opposed to recent changes to the rules affecting the 1.8 million Californians who have installed rooftop solar on their homes and businesses will get their day before the state Supreme Court.
    The high court has agreed to hear arguments by the Environmental Working Group, the Center for Biological Diversity and the San Diego-based Protect Our Communities Foundation, appealing a decision by the California Public Utilities C

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