• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (11-3-18)

    Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (11-3-18)
    Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, Nov. 3.
    GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
    Championship finals
    DIVISION 9
    La Puente def. Pacifica Christian/OC, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15, 21-25, 15-4
     
    BOYS WATER POLO
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
    Quarterfinals
    DIVISION 2
    Dana Hills 5, Damien 4
    Mira Costa 8, Redlands East Valley 4
    DIVISION 3
    Segerstrom 12, Northwood 8
    Servite 16, San Marcos 7
    DIVISION 4
    Capistrano Valley 7, Claremont 4
    Schurr 14, Alta Loma 12
    Santa Monica 6, Rancho Cucamonga 4
    DIVISION
  • Garden Grove police release additional footage in attempt to locate suspect in stabbing of elderly man

    Garden Grove police release additional footage in attempt to locate suspect in stabbing of elderly man
    Garden Grove police are still searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed an elderly man multiple times in the restroom of a fast food restaurant, Oct. 27. (Courtesy of Garden Grove Police Department)
    Garden Grove police are still searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed an elderly man multiple times in the restroom of a fast food restaurant, Oct. 27. (Courtesy of Garden Grove Police Department)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA still image from surveillance footage of an assault sus
  • Girls Scouts prove it’s not all about cookie sales at Cadette-O-Rama

    Girls Scouts prove it’s not all about cookie sales at Cadette-O-Rama
    SILVERADO — Not many people will think of the outdoors before they think of cookies when it comes to the Girl Scouts, but there are about 600 girls proving otherwise.
    Gathered in Silverado’s Oak Canyon Park, Girl Scout troops from all over Orange County — and parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties — came together to participate in the chapter’s annual Cadette-O-Rama.
    Sydney Chan, 11, left, and Matilda Weaver, 12, take part in the Girl Scouts Cadette-O-Rama
  • Girl Scouts prove it’s not all about cookie sales at Cadette-O-Rama

    Girl Scouts prove it’s not all about cookie sales at Cadette-O-Rama
    SILVERADO — Not many people will think of the outdoors before they think of cookies when it comes to the Girl Scouts, but there are about 600 girls proving otherwise.
    Gathered in Silverado’s Oak Canyon Park, Girl Scout troops from all over Orange County — and parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties — came together to participate in the chapter’s annual Cadette-O-Rama.
    Sydney Chan, 11, left, and Matilda Weaver, 12, take part in the Girl Scouts Cadette-O-Rama
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  • Time to ‘fall back’ as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end

    Time to ‘fall back’ as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end
    LOS ANGELES >> Southern California residents will get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night, Nov. 3, as Daylight Saving Time comes to end and clocks are turned back an hour.
    California and most other states will “fall back” one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, as the state returns to Pacific Standard Time.
    As usual, fire officials urged people to use the semi-annual clock changing exercise as a reminder to replace batteries for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
  • LeBron James says of outside noise around Lakers: ‘I don’t pay attention to it.’

    LeBron James says of outside noise around Lakers: ‘I don’t pay attention to it.’
    PORTLAND – When the Lakers last hosted morning shootaround in the Moda Center, the season brimmed with possibility.
    Then they started playing games. And now two weeks later, at 3-5, what’s simmering isn’t so much the organization’s potential, but rather its tension.
    As the team prepared for another road game against the Portland Trail Blazers — whom the Lakers have not beaten in 16 straight meetings — multiple reports of a tense meeting between coach Luke Walt
  • Live Pac-12 updates: UCLA football vs. Oregon Ducks

    Live Pac-12 updates: UCLA football vs. Oregon Ducks
    The UCLA Bruins (2-6, 2-3 Pac-12) enter the final month of the season, beginning with Saturday’s game at 4:30 p.m. at Oregon. The Bruins need a quick cure to their ailments to keep their bowl hopes alive.
    Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream. UCLA QB situation becoming clearerEvery player. Every snap. #GoDuckshttps://embed.scribblelive.com/js/jwflvplayer/player-licensed.swfDorian Thompson-Robinson taking snaps from Boss Tagaloa so it appears that the freshman is in line to return to
  • Explosion at Westminster apartment complex sends 3 people to hospital

    Explosion at Westminster apartment complex sends 3 people to hospital
    Orange County firefighters were called to a Westminster apartment complex after an explosion occurred Saturday, Nov. 3. (Courtesy of Orange County Fire Authority)
    A small SUV crashed into a wall in a parking garage, striking a water heater closet that caused a gas leak and led to an explosion at a Westminster apartment complex Saturday, Nov. 3. (Courtesy of Orange County Fire Authority)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDebris is scattered in an alleyway after an explosion rocked an apartment
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  • Whicker: Kershaw is signed and sealed, and has plans to deliver

    Whicker: Kershaw is signed and sealed, and has plans to deliver
    “Clayton, have you given any thought to the fact that this might be your last game as a Dodger?”
    The question was as predictable as a post-season flyover, whenever a series got to a certain point and Clayton Kershaw was the next guy up.
    It turned out that the answer was “yes.” Kershaw had thought about it, and rejected it. As soon as Christian Vazquez jumped into Chris Sale’s arms to celebrate Boston’s championship, Kershaw began thinking about a blue 2019.
    On
  • Long Beach State men’s basketball hoping revamped defense leads to strong season

    Long Beach State men’s basketball hoping revamped defense leads to strong season
    The Long Beach State men’s basketball team last season played a brand of defense that head coach Dan Monson could only describe as “woeful.”
    The Beach gave up 78.4 points per game, ranking 310th out of 351 Division I programs. Opponents shot 46.7 percent from the floor and 36.5 percent from 3-point range.
    So it shouldn’t come as much surprise that LBSU spent much of its offseason working to fix its issues on that side of the court.
    Monson decided to make the switch from a
  • UFC 230: Derrick Lewis and his unlikely heavyweight title shot

    UFC 230: Derrick Lewis and his unlikely heavyweight title shot
    How much has your life changed in four months?
    Derrick Lewis went from worst possible victory to most improbable victory and now is on the cusp of his ultimate and unlikeliest victory.
    “The Black Beast,” less than 10 years after being released from prison, continues his impressive ascent toward MMA greatness when he takes on heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the UFC 230 main event Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
    Not bad for a guy who was initially looking to
  • Kartje: If the Rams get past New Orleans, could they really go undefeated?

    Kartje: If the Rams get past New Orleans, could they really go undefeated?
    The Rams had just barely scraped past Packers in one of those hard-fought, narrow-escape games every contender must eventually weather in the long slog to the Super Bowl, and Jared Goff stood behind the podium in his post-game press conference, politely answering a stupid question.
    “As the only team remaining with a perfect record, has this become a thing with the team?” someone asked the Rams quarterback.
    “I’m sorry?” Goff responded, before politely assuring that,
  • Breeders’ Cup consensus picks for Saturday Nov. 3

    Breeders’ Cup consensus picks for Saturday Nov. 3
    Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday Nov. 3 at the Breeders’ Cup.
    Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks
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  • This guitarist wants you to hear the history of Anaheim, Long Beach and Los Angeles.

    This guitarist wants you to hear the history of Anaheim, Long Beach and Los Angeles.
    Using a portable microphone and recorder and his electric guitar, Cal State Long Beach and Chapman University music professor Alexander Elliott Miller found inspiration in long-gone places that have left their mark on local history. The result is “To….Oblivion: Historic Landmarks Around Los Angeles,”  his new instrumental album that captures modern sounds of the city to take people back in time sonically.
    “I like the idea that it’s kind of an au
  • Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, Nov. 3

    Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, Nov. 3
    Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday Nov. 3 at Santa Anita.
    Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks
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  • Long Beach State women’s basketball hopes big year from Shanaijah Davison raises the Beach in Big West

    Long Beach State women’s basketball hopes big year from Shanaijah Davison raises the Beach in Big West
    They say the biggest jump in growth for a college basketball player comes between one’s freshman and sophomore seasons. If that’s the case, then Long Beach State’s women’s basketball team could be in for a special season from guard Shanaijah Davison.
    The 5-foot-8 guard earned honorable mention All-Big West honors as a freshman, leading the Beach in scoring with 13.8 points and coming in second and third in assists and steals, respectively.
    This year, expectations are high
  • Vote as if you really mean it this time

    Vote as if you really mean it this time
    On the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, President-elect Hillary Clinton sat regally on a damask armchair in her New York hotel suite and smiled at the ribbon-festooned bottle of Champagne on her breakfast tray. “If there’s one thing that’s certain in this crazy world,” she said to the trio of hair stylists orbiting her chair, “it’s that the polls are never wrong.”
    There’s something so believable about numbers. When they’re in print, they l
  • You’ve never seen a Mexican restaurant like Descanso, a place where tacos are grilled at your table

    You’ve never seen a Mexican restaurant like Descanso, a place where tacos are grilled at your table
    Rob Arellano, owner of Descanso Mexican restaurtant in Costa Mesa on Thursday, November 1, 2018. Arellano has come up with a new concept for a Mexican restaurant: at-your-table cooking by chefs on plancha grills. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
    Descanso Mexican restaurant also features a taco bar that looks like a fast-food stand inside the restaurant. Photo taken in Costa Mesa on Thursday, November 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe galler
  • Police shoot out parolee’s tire in ‘hellacious pursuit’

    Police shoot out parolee’s tire in ‘hellacious pursuit’
    SANTA ANA – A parolee-at-large was arrested Friday following a high-speed chase in which the driver rammed police cars, prompting an officer to shoot out a tire of the evading vehicle.
    Two cars were stolen in a residential burglary in Garden Grove on Oct. 25. Police were able to locate one of the vehicles Friday and set up surveillance on it in the area of Euclid and First streets in Santa Ana, Garden Grove police Lt. Carl Whitney said.
    Police attempted to stop the red Jeep Liberty about 1
  • Return taxpayers’ money and send a message with Prop. 6

    Return taxpayers’ money and send a message with Prop. 6
    There is no question that California’s roads and bridges are in need of greater maintenance and congestion relief but there is also plenty of reason to question why the revenue from the new gas and vehicle that taxes (which Proposition 6 would repeal) could not be found within the annual budget, and whether it would best be returned to taxpayers’ pockets.
    Senate Bill 1, passed in April 2017, imposed an estimated $52 billion in gas taxes and vehicles registration fees over 10 years. S
  • When will you retire? Have a plan before choosing between 65 or 85

    When will you retire? Have a plan before choosing between 65 or 85
    When talking about retiring from your job in the future, you might be considering the financial aspects. You ask, “How much cash and investments do I need to fund my retirement and continue to live the same lifestyle?”
    In reality, that’s not the only question you should be asking yourself if you want to make a successful transition to retirement.
    One question to consider is when should I retire? The questions below may help you decide when and what you will do before and after
  • It takes all kinds to get a deal done

    It takes all kinds to get a deal done
    There are all kinds of “psyche-out” strategies used in negotiating real estate deals.
    Some are more effective than others, but a lot of times it comes down to how hot-tempered any of the players can get. You’re dealing with a lot of personalities and opinions when a home is up for grabs.
    So let’s break down the cast of characters and their assorted motives.
    Sellers: Sometimes a single person, but usually a couple. And since opposites attract, you are probably de
  • How 2 women, homeless for years, walked different paths to similar deaths in the streets of Orange County

    How 2 women, homeless for years, walked different paths to similar deaths in the streets of Orange County
    Rita Ann Wilde appears on Row 159 of the spreadsheet where the Orange County coroner’s office tracks the deaths in 2018 of people who have “no fixed abode.” Homeless.
    More than one car hit Wilde on Sept. 20 as she stepped off the sidewalk late at night near the corner of Harbor Boulevard and La Palma Avenue in Anaheim. She had lived on the streets in that area for years, panhandling, eating meals served by faith groups, sleeping.
    Wilde became one of more than a dozen homeless p
  • UC Irvine men look to add more offense to their traditionally stingy defense

    UC Irvine men look to add more offense to their traditionally stingy defense
    IRVINE — UC Irvine booked an onerous 2017-18 nonconference schedule that left them 5-11 going into Big West play. This season, one phase of tough nonconference play is already behind the Anteaters.
    Russell Turner took his team to Seoul, South Korea, for the Asia Pacific Collegiate Tournament this summer, where they went 4-1 against collegiate all-star teams from Japan, the Philippines, Chinese Taipei and Russia and Korea’s Yonsei University Korea. The only loss was by one point to a
  • Cal State Fullerton men follow breakthrough season with challenging nonconference schedule

    Cal State Fullerton men follow breakthrough season with challenging nonconference schedule
    FULLERTON — Cal State Fullerton was decidedly one of the lesser-known teams when it made the NCAA Tournament last season, one that had little preseason notice, played few games on television and had no reputation outside of a few counties in Southern California.
    But the rest of the college basketball world will get more familiar with them in 2018-19. Coach Dedrique Taylor, who led the Titans to a 20-win season, Big West Conference Tournament title and just the third NCAA berth in program h
  • UC Irvine women’s basketball looks to build off turnaround season

    UC Irvine women’s basketball looks to build off turnaround season
    IRVINE — UC Irvine’s men’s basketball team has a doppelganger.
    It’s the Anteater women’s program. In the wake of Russell Turner building the men’s team into a perennial title contender in the Big West, the women’s team under Tamara Inoue made a quantum leap last season.
    The women’s team went 18-14, posting as many wins in 2017-18 as they did the three previous seasons combined. It was just the second winning season since 2003-04 and the team played
  • Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball plans to blend experience with influx of youth

    Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball plans to blend experience with influx of youth
    FULLERTON — The best phrase to describe the 2018-19 Cal State Fullerton’s women’s basketball team is “generation gap.”
    The Titans have three seniors returning from last year’s 8-21 team, including all-conference center Daeja Smith (12.5 points per game, 9.3 rebounds per game), Hannah Thompson and Jade Vega, all thirsty for wins after totaling just 15 the last three seasons.
    Behind them is a fleet of sophomores and freshman second-year coach Jeff Harada has rec
  • Yep, drivers of public buses have more leeway in carpool lanes than cops

    Yep, drivers of public buses have more leeway in carpool lanes than cops
    Q. Honk: You recently wrote about a sheriff’s deputy in Los Angeles County using the carpool lane without a passenger and that officers often shouldn’t do it. Today, there was a double-length Orange County Transportation Authority bus that was out of service with no passengers using the carpool lane on the southbound 55 Freeway near the I-5. I called the OCTA and was told that it was OK. So police vehicles can’t/shouldn’t use the carpool lane in non-emergency situations,
  • All of OCVarsity’s coverage of the high school football playoffs Friday night

    All of OCVarsity’s coverage of the high school football playoffs Friday night
    This is the place to find all of OCVarsity’s coverage of the high school football playoffs on Friday night — game stories, photos, scores, updated brackets and more.
    PHOTOS
    OCVarsity Photos: Exciting start to the CIF-SS high school football playoffs
    SCORES & BRACKETS
    Orange County football scores and stats from Friday
    Updated CIF-SS football playoff brackets
    COLUMN
    OCVarsity Student Section of the Week
    STORIES
    San Clemente getting stronger, cruises past Murrieta Valley in Divisio
  • Roundup: Katella rallies again to edge Summit in first-round thriller

    Roundup: Katella rallies again to edge Summit in first-round thriller
    Katella’s football team delivered another epic comeback in the playoffs Friday night.
    The Knights rallied from a 28-point deficit early in the second half to post a 42-35 victory against upset-minded Summit of Fontana in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 8 playoffs at Glover Stadium in Anaheim.
    Summit (4-7) led 35-7 early in the third quarter after returning an interception for a touchdown. But Katella (11-0), the top seed in Division 8, responded by scoring 35 unanswered points
  • Aliso Niguel rolls over Foothill to collect first football playoff win since 2005

    Aliso Niguel rolls over Foothill to collect first football playoff win since 2005
    Foothill’s Roman Pistone, right, is brought down early in the first quarter against Aliso Niguel on Friday November, 2 2018. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
    Aliso Niguel’s Caleb Peterson looks for room to run on a play early in the first quarter against Foothill High on Friday November, 2 2018. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAliso Niguel”s Eduardo Mayen, center, looks for room to run against Foothil
  • Gary Bryant helps lead unbeaten Centennial football past Orange Lutheran in Division 1 playoffs

    Gary Bryant helps lead unbeaten Centennial football past Orange Lutheran in Division 1 playoffs
    CORONA – Gary Bryant is a special special teams player.
    Bryant returned a punt 50 yards for a touchdown as part of a three-touchdown second quarter to lead Centennial to a 35-7 victory over Orange Lutheran Friday night in a CIF-Southern Section Division 1 first-round playoff game.
    “All week we’ve been preaching ‘Survive and advance’, so anything I can do to help the team,” Bryant said. “Special teams are so important on this team for us, so it feels good
  • Gary Bryant helps lead Centennial football past Orange Lutheran in Division 1 playoffs

    Gary Bryant helps lead Centennial football past Orange Lutheran in Division 1 playoffs
    CORONA – Gary Bryant is a special special teams player.
    Bryant returned a punt 50 yards for a touchdown as part of a three-touchdown second quarter to lead Centennial to a 35-7 victory over Orange Lutheran Friday night in a CIF-Southern Section Division 1 first-round playoff game.
    “All week we’ve been preaching ‘Survive and advance’, so anything I can do to help the team,” Bryant said. “Special teams are so important on this team for us, so it feels good
  • Millikan looks unstoppable as it rolls over Pacifica in Division 7 playoffs

    Millikan looks unstoppable as it rolls over Pacifica in Division 7 playoffs
    LONG BEACH >> The only thing that could stop the Millikan Rams football team Friday night was the clock.
    The Rams (8-2) dominated Pacifica (5-6) in their first-round CIF-SS Division 7 playoff game at home, 53-6, the offense scoring touchdowns on eight straight possessions and the defense stifling a Mariners running game that came into the game averaging 222 yards.
    The offense was so productive that it gained 268 yards in the first half on just 20 plays from scrimmage. Pacifica gained just
  • Millikan football advance to quarterfinals after win over Pacifica

    Millikan football advance to quarterfinals after win over Pacifica
    LONG BEACH >> The only thing that could stop the Millikan Rams football team Friday night was the clock.
    The Rams (8-2) dominated Pacifica (5-6) in their first-round CIF-SS Division 7 playoff game at home, 53-6, the offense scoring touchdowns on eight straight possessions and the defense stifling a Mariners running game that came into the game averaging 222 yards.
    The offense was so productive that it gained 268 yards in the first half on just 20 plays from scrimmage. Pacifica gained just
  • Los Alamitos digs deep, finds way to get past Westlake in first round of football playoffs

    Los Alamitos digs deep, finds way to get past Westlake in first round of football playoffs
    Los Alamitos wide receiver Jaiden Mitchell makes a catch against Westlake in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 football playoffs at Cerritos College
    Cypress on Friday, November2, 2018. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
    Los Alamitos wide receiver Noah Kelly, left, celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Westlake in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 football playoffs at Cerritos College
    Cypress on Friday, November2, 2018. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe g
  • Chris Street helps JSerra smash through Long Beach Poly, advance to second round

    Chris Street helps JSerra smash through Long Beach Poly, advance to second round
    Poly’s Kejuan Markham gains yards for the Jackrabbits as they take on JSerra in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs Friday, November 2, 2018 in Long Beach.(Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)
    JSerra’s Chris Street gets past Poly’s defense as the Lion’s take on the Jackrabbits Friday, November 2, 2018 in Long Beach.(Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJSerra’s Chris Street tries to break t
  • Patrick McMorris powers Santa Ana past Fountain Valley in first round of Division 8 playoffs

    Patrick McMorris powers Santa Ana past Fountain Valley in first round of Division 8 playoffs
    Santa Ana’s Nick Larriva, left, fights for more yardage before being brought down by Fountain Valley’s Kishaun Sykesin in the CIF-SS Division 8 playoff Santa Ana on Friday, November 2, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
    Fountain Valley wide receiver Brandon Krause, left, straight arms a Santa Ana defender as he runs for more yardage in the CIF-SS Division 8 playoff in Santa Ana on Friday, November 2, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)So
  • Alexander: Disappointing end but encouraging first year for LAFC

    Alexander: Disappointing end but encouraging first year for LAFC
    LOS ANGELES >> When you think about it, really, the Los Angeles Football Club probably shouldn’t have expected to get this far.
    They were starting from scratch: New players; new coach; new stadium and practice facility and all the bugs that had to be worked out of all of the above. Even by Major League Soccer standards, and even with a coach in Bob Bradley who had previously won an MLS Cup with an expansion team, the odds were stiff.
    But the disappointment was real when LAFC&rsq
  • San Clemente getting stronger, cruises past Murrieta Valley in Division 1 football playoffs

    San Clemente getting stronger, cruises past Murrieta Valley in Division 1 football playoffs
    San Clemente quarterback Brendan Castello carries the ball during a quarterback keeper play in a first-round CIF-SS Division 1 playoff game against Murrieta Valley on Friday, November 2, 2018. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
    Murrieta Valley quarterback Hank Bachmeier throws the ball during a CIF-SS first-round Division 1 playoff game at San Clemente High School on Friday, November 2, 2018. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecon
  • David Ukatu’s last-second kick helps North Torrance football edge Orange

    David Ukatu’s last-second kick helps North Torrance football edge Orange
    As time runs out, North Torrance’s David Ukatu (24) kicks the game-winning field goal in his team’s 19-16 victory over Orange in a CIF-SS Division 9 first-round playoff game on Friday night at North. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
    Orange’s quarterback Daylen Pedroza (3) comforts teammate Brandin Sun (7) after their 19-16 loss to North in Torrance on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNorth’s St
  • Yorba Linda sticks to ground game to grind out win over Chino Hills in Division 4 playoffs

    Yorba Linda sticks to ground game to grind out win over Chino Hills in Division 4 playoffs
    YORBA LINDA – Yorba Linda’s football team went old school in the second half of its CIF-SS Division 4 first-round playoff game against Chino Hills on Friday.
    After an evenly matched first half where neither team could gain an advantage, the Mustangs stuck mostly to running the ball up the middle in the second half.
    Due in large part to the hard-nosed running of Keaton Haddad and James Festini, and then a huge interception by Dawson Kane in the final minutes, the Mustangs controlled t
  • Orange County football scores and stats for Friday (11-2-18)

    Orange County football scores and stats for Friday (11-2-18)
    Scores and stats for the Orange County football games on Friday, Nov. 2.
    FOOTBALL
    O.C. SUMMARIES
     
    FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
    First round
    CIF-SS
    DIVISION 1
    St. John Bosco 49, Serra 0
    Murrieta Valley at San Clemente
    JSerra 42, Long Beach Poly 9
    Oaks Christian 22, Chaminade 7
    Mater Dei 44, Valencia 6
    Mission Viejo 24, Bishop Amat 7
    Rancho Cucamonga at Vista Murrieta
    Centennial 35, Orange Lutheran 7
    DIVISION 2
    Tesoro at Rancho Verde
    Alemany at Cathedral
    Notre Dame 41, La Habra 34
    Los Alamitos 19, Westl
  • OCVarsity Photos: Exciting start to the CIF-SS high school football playoffs

    OCVarsity Photos: Exciting start to the CIF-SS high school football playoffs
    See the great plays and thrilling moments from Friday night’s high school football games. Go go the OCVarsity pages to see all of the stories, scores and more.
    Mission Viejo running back Jamari Ferrell (C) #23 runs for yardage against Bishop Amat in the first half of a Division 1 prep playoff football game at Bishop Amat High School on Friday, November 2, 2018 in La Puente, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
    Mater Dei’s Bryce Young #9 carries the ball as
  • Tropicalia Music and Taco Festival loses Sunday night headliner Cardi B, plus Ronnie Spector, Cuco and more

    Tropicalia Music and Taco Festival loses Sunday night headliner Cardi B, plus Ronnie Spector, Cuco and more
    On the eve of the second Tropicalia Music and Taco Fest, set for the Queen Mary Park in Long Beach Saturday, Nov. 3, and Sunday, Nov. 4, festival producer Goldenvoice announced one of the fest’s top-billed acts wouldn’t be showing up — and it wasn’t the one everyone expected.
    Cardi B, who was scheduled to close out Sunday night’s show, was scrapped from the bill, according to a press release sent late Friday night, as were Cuco, BadBadNotGood and Ronnie Spector.
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  • Paying a visit to Richard Nixon

    Paying a visit to Richard Nixon
    Out for a run on a wooded trail last Saturday morning, Neil Young’s “Campaigner” came up — as if at random! — on the Spotify feed in my headphones.
    You know the tune — or maybe you don’t. From 1977, on the “Decade” album: “Hospitals have made him cry /
    But there’s always a freeway in his eye … where even Richard Nixon has got soul.”
    Somehow the algorithm had intuited that, for my sins, I had an appointment at the Rich
  • Orange County scores and player stats for Friday (11-2-18)

    Orange County scores and player stats for Friday (11-2-18)
    Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Friday, Nov. 2.
    GIRLS TENNIS
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
    Second round
    DIVISION 1
    Troy 9, West Ranch 9 [Troy won 77-76]
    Dana Hills 11, Beckman 7
    DH: Line 1 singles C. Swift swept 3-0 and Line 3 doubles D. Fresenius/M. Delery swept 3-0
     
     
     
     
     
  • Previews: CIF-SS girls volleyball finals Saturday at Cerritos College

    Previews: CIF-SS girls volleyball finals Saturday at Cerritos College
    CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
    DIVISION 1
    MATER DEI (38-2) VS. MARYMOUNT OF LOS ANGELES (32-8)
    Where, when: Cerritos College, Saturday, 8 p.m.
    Admission (all matches at Cerritos College): $12-$5
    Live coverage: Fox Sports West
    Outlook: This is the third Mater Dei-Marymount match this season. Marymount defeated Mater Dei in the championship of the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix in September. Mater Dei defeated Marymount in a nonleague match at Mater Dei last month. Ma
  • UCLA football pregame graph: How short-handed are the Bruins?

    UCLA football pregame graph: How short-handed are the Bruins?
    Before the season even started, UCLA was facing major personnel changes. The Bruins had six players suspended for the season opener and had two players suffer season-ending knee injuries. Injuries have continued, stripping the linebacker group to its bare bones entering the final month of the season and threatening the running backs group, but the Bruins have still shown small improvement throughout the year.
    Here’s a look at UCLA’s injuries and suspensions this season, showing which
  • Election: Is America itself on the ballot? Depends on who you ask

    Election: Is America itself on the ballot? Depends on who you ask
    In the end, what is it all about?
    The question hangs over Tuesday’s election, like a star-spangled flag on a windless day waiting to be blown one direction or another by a breeze from the ballot box.
    In the view of those who are calling this the most important election of our lifetimes — and that includes people from all corners of the political universe — the upcoming midterm is less about specific policy proposals, individual candidates and congressional-majority math than it

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