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• CIF-SS boys basketball polls: Monday, Nov. 26

  26-11-2018 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The first CIF-SS boys basketball polls of the season, released Monday, Nov. 26.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Boys Basketball Advisory Committee
  OPEN DIVISION
  The first watch list will be released Jan. 7.
   
  DIVISION 1
  1 Sierra Canyon
  2 Rancho Christian
  3 St. John Bosco
  4 Mater Dei
  5 Bishop Montgomery
  6 Santa Margarita
  7 Centennial/Corona
  8 Etiwanda
  9 Damien
  10 Chino Hills
  11 Harvard-Westlake
  12 Riverside Poly
  13 Long Beach Poly
  14 JSerra
  15 Rancho Verde
  16 St. Anthony
   
  DIVISION 2AA
  1 Notr
  
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• Eva Kilgore: Solita Tacos & Margaritas in Huntington Beach has a special offer for gift card buyers

  26-11-2018 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Guess what I just did?
  I went to Solita Tacos & Margaritas and bought $50 worth of gift cards — and then received a bonus card worth $10. I love this restaurant, and this special deal available through Dec. 31.
  Treat yourself, or give two gifts — either way, you are going to enjoy excellent Mexican food and some delicious libations.
  Solita Tacos & Margaritas is in Huntington Beach at 7631 Edinger Ave., Suite 1508, near the 405 Freeway. Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through
  
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• Radio: It’s been a year since The Sound 100.3 went off the air, and its fan page is still more active than most stations

  26-11-2018 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since The Sound (now KKLQ, 100.3 FM) left the airwaves for good. November 16th was the day, at 1 p.m.
  Posts on The Sound LA Radio Family page of Facebook paid tribute to the station, including a video post of the final minutes of the station as it dropped classic rock due to the station’s sale to a satellite-syndicated religious format.
  Of course, it didn’t have to be this way, but radio is a business … and a poorly-r
  
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• Orange County football offensive player of the week: Caine Savage, Western

  26-11-2018 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Western wide receiver Caine Savage breaks away from Peninsula safety Ethan Han in the CIF-SS Division 11 championship game at Western High in Anaheim on Friday, November23, 2018. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
  Western wide receiver Caine Savage hauls in a pass for a touchdown against Peninsula in the CIF-SS Division 11 championship game at Western High in Anaheim on Friday, November23, 2018. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsWestern’s C
  
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• How is Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge affecting other theme parks’ plans for 2019?

  26-11-2018 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  With Disney’s 800-pound gorilla lurking on the horizon, Southern California theme parks have made a conscious decision to either lay low and wait out the storm or stand tall and put up a valiant fight against the gargantuan beast known as Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, opening at Disneyland next summer.
  Southern California theme parks are falling into one of two camps: fight or flight. Six Flags Magic Mountain and SeaWorld California have decide to fight back with “world’s fir
  
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• Artistic Accents: Jewelry is wearable art. Like a canvas, adorn your body with beauty.

  26-11-2018 21:01 via ocregister.com
  
  “All art is autobiographical,” posited Federico Fellini. “The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” With that simple thought, the Italian filmmaker touched on the idea how personal jewelry is. Each piece speaks to the past – Where was it sourced? How was it crafted? Whose hands polished the gems? And, possibly even more important: Who once wore it?
  Fine jewelry, like art, transcends this moment in time. It is wearable art that transforms and empowers us while
  
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• Melvin Gordon likely out several weeks with MCL sprain for Chargers

  26-11-2018 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — In a cruel twist of fate following a near-perfect, bounce-back performance, the Chargers will now be without one of their most important offensive weapons as they enter the season’s most important stretch.
  Running back Melvin Gordon suffered an MCL sprain in the Chargers’ 45-10 victory over the Cardinals  which is likely to sideline him for several weeks. The team announced only that Gordon would be “week-to-week”, after he sustained on an odd reve
  
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• This week’s nonleague Orange County girls water polo schedule

  26-11-2018 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  Monday, Nov. 26
  Nonleague — Dana Hills at Capo Valley, 3:15 p.m.
  Tuesday, Nov. 27
  Nonleague –– Edison at Ocean View, 3, Fullerton at Tustin, 3, West Torrance at El Dorado, 3, Los Amigos vs. Cypress at Kennedy, 4, University at Laguna Hills, 4, El Toro at Capo Valley, 3:15, Marina at Estancia, Cerritos at Esperanza, 4, Yorba Linda at Troy, 4, La Habra at Canyon, 4, Trabuco Hills at Woodbridge, 4, Katella at Northwood, 4, Pacifica at Santa Ana Valley, 3:15, Schur
  
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• GM to slash up to 14,000 jobs in North America; 5 plants may close

  26-11-2018 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By TOM KRISHER and ROB GILLIES
  DETROIT — General Motors will lay off up to 14,000 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures to cut costs and focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles.
  The reduction includes 8,100 white-collar workers, some of whom will take buyouts and others who will be laid off. Some U.S. factory workers could transfer to truck or SUV factories that are increasing production.
  Most of the affected
  
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• FBI, Sheriff’s Department still on the hunt for bomber who killed Aliso Viejo spa operator

  26-11-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The building at 11 Mareblu in Aliso Viejo on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, where a bomb exploded in a day spa killing its owner, Ildiko Krajnyak, in May 2018, is still surrounded by tarps and scaffolding. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Firefighters and sheriff’s deputies escort children from Academy on the Hill pre-k school in Aliso Viejo on May 15, 2018, after a nearby explosion killed one person and injured two others. (File Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Re
  
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• Woman injured after her car slams into a Buena Park Denny’s restaurant

  26-11-2018 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A car slammed into a Denny’s restaurant in Buena Park on Monday, Nov. 26, sending the driver to the hospital.
  Shortly after 9 a.m. firefighters were called to the restaurant at Orangethorpe Avenue and Beach Boulevard, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Tony Bommarito said. They cut off the driver’s side door to get the woman out.
  She was taken to a hospital in moderate condition, the fire captain said, with non-life-threatening injuries.
  “There were people in (the restaura
  
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• Cannabis law and its impact on communities of color

  26-11-2018 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Californians are having their past marijuana convictions expunged and the state has established a cannabis social equity program. So why are there still so few minority-owned cannabis businesses?
  This fall, Governor Jerry Brown signed two pieces of legislation aimed to repair the damages from California’s failed war on drugs that disproportionately impacted communities of color. Assembly Bill 1793 (Bonta) expunges past marijuana convictions, and Senate Bill 1294 (Bradford) establishes the
  
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• Billie Eilish and Bob Moses will headline ALT 98.7/FM’s Share the Love Benefit Show

  26-11-2018 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  ALT 98.7/FM announced its Share the Love Benefit Show, which will feature performances by L.A. native and 16-year-old singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Canadian electronic duo Bob Moses on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at the Wiltern (3790 Wilshire Blvd.) in Los Angeles.
  The concert will benefit four charities including Meals on Wheels, the ASPCA, Make-A-Wish and the National Park Foundation. ALT 98.7/FM’s The List subscribers will be the first to get the pre-sale code to buy tickets (price range T
  
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• Albano’s Top 25 Orange County football rankings after CIF finals

  26-11-2018 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Grace Brethren#12 Troy Hothan tackles Corona del Mar#81 Mark Redman in the first half. Grace Brethren football hosting Corona del Mar for the Division 4 championship in Simi Valley, CA on November 24, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
  San Gorgonio’s Elijah Hall is tackled by Brea Olinda’s Nathan Wyse. Brea Olinda was playing San Gorgonio for the CIF-SS Division 9 championship game at Brea Olinda High on Friday, November 23, 2018.(Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributi
  
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• The original Casino Morongo is back in action

  26-11-2018 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  While many Southern California Casino owners are looking to the future with elaborate expansions and new amenities, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians is also giving a big nod to its past.
  As a planned expansion is underway to Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa, the tribe has reopened the original Casino Morongo, with both facilities operating across from each other in Cabazon.
  That original casino moved its slot machines and table games out after the much larger Morongo Casino, Resort and Spa was
  
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• 12 museum and gallery exhibitions in Southern California this December

  26-11-2018 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  Art of the Jewel: The Crevoshay Collection
  Go behind the art and science of jewelry designer Paula Crevoshay’s sparkly creations.
  When: Opens Dec. 7 and runs through May 12, 2019
  Where: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exhibition Blvd., Los Angeles
  Admission: $5-$12, free for members and children age 2 and under
  Information: www.nhm.org
  Once Upon a Tapestry: Woven Tales of Helen and Dido
  The fates of two heroines from classical mythology are explored thr
  
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• New volleyball festival created by Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrates the beach and a healthy lifestyle

  26-11-2018 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Beach volleyball gave Kerri Walsh Jennings a dream life. So her latest venture is about paying it forward.
  Her office has a salty smell. You can hear the sound of waves crashing in the distance. The floor is made up of sand and the dress code is often a bikini – maybe a long-sleeve sweater on those unusually chilly Southern California days.
  Beach volleyball superstar Kerri Walsh Jennings, of Manhattan Beach, is starting a new chapter, creating a lifestyle event series that showcases not ju
  
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• Mexico to increase security at border after migrants try to cross

  26-11-2018 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
  TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexico looked set to shore up security near its border with the United States on Monday, as police lined up outside a shelter in the city of Tijuana and told Central American migrants they couldn’t walk toward the border area.
  Mexico’s National Migration Institute said that 98 migrants were being deported after they tried to breach the U.S. border, and U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop them. Mexico’s Interior Departmen
  
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• Orange County Holocaust survivors bear witness to a terrible history

  26-11-2018 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Gary Lenzer
  See 92-year-old Gary Lenzer dance. One hand is on his walker as he twirls our photographer around in an impromptu do-si-do. Where’s the music? In his head.
  Feel his smile brighten the room, even as his small face is half hidden under a dark blue cap emblazoned with the U.S. Army logo – the same Army he volunteered for after Allied troops liberated the concentration camps.
  Listen as he tells you in his still-thick accent how he escaped the Nazis by hiding out in the Berlin
  
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• Homebuying drops 13% for inland South County: What cities got hit hardest?

  26-11-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in inland South County — including Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and San Juan Capistrano — fell 13 percent this summer vs. a year ago.
  It was the slowest-selling third quarter in four years for Orange County’s housing market, as buyers balked at high prices and expensive mortgages while homeowners and builders boosted the supply of residences for sale.
  Here’s what my trusty spreadsheet told me when looking at house-hunting patterns at the n
  
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• High surf, rain coming to Southern California

  26-11-2018 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
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  LOS ANGELES — High surf will pound Southern California from Tuesday through Friday, and rain is forecast Wednesday and Thursday, raising the threat of rock slides and mudslides in areas of L.A. and Ventura counties recently denuded by wildfire, the National Weather Service said on Monday.
  A beach hazard statement, which is slightly less serious than a high surf advisory, will be in force along the L.A. and Orange County coasts from Tuesday afternoon through Friday
  
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• Steve Fryer’s vote in the final Orange County football poll

  26-11-2018 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  How I voted today in the final Orange County football top 25 media poll of the 2018 season …
  1. Mater Dei 12-2; def. SJ Bosco 17-13; Trinity League 2nd place; Division 1 champion
  2. JSerra 9-3; DNP; Trinity 3rd; D1 quarterfinalist
  3. San Clemente 7-5; DNP; South Coast 1st; D1 quarterfinalists
  4. Mission Viejo 6-6; DNP; South Coast 2nd; D1 quarterfinalist
  5. Corona del Mar 11-2-1; lost to Grace Brethren 26-14; Sunset 1st tie; D4 finalist
  6. Villa Park 12-1; DNP; Crestview 1st; D4 semifinal
  
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• ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ leaps on the Southern California stage

  26-11-2018 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  “So You Think You Can Dance” reigning champion Hannahlei Cabanilla is coming home.
  And this “warrior princess” isn’t alone.
  Hannahlei Cabanilla (Photo by Adam Rose/FOX)
  Jay Jay Dixonbey (Photo by Adam Rose/FOX)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCole Mills (Photo by Adam Rose/FOX)
  Chelsea Hough (Photo by Adam Rose/FOX)
  Jensen Arnold (Photo by Adam Rose/FOX)
  Darius Hickman (Photo by Adam Rose/FOX)
  Genessy Castillo (Photo by Adam Rose/FOX)
  Evan Debenedetto (Photo by
  
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• Status Update: MemorialCare expanding to Rancho Mission Viejo

  26-11-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  MemorialCare in Fountain Valley is expanding with the addition of a new health center in Rancho Mission Viejo. The hospital broke ground on the facility Nov. 19. The center, which should open by next summer, will include a staff of primary care physicians as well as a full complement of nurses, medical assistants, and front office per­sonnel, according to a company statement. Seen here, MemorialCare leaders and physicians, community partners, along with architects, designers and builders, br
  
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• Southern California pay hikes slow to 3% a year, as inflation eats at gains

  26-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite all the talk about a regional labor shortage, Southern California pay raises remain stubbornly modest.
  Wages in the region rose at a 3 percent annual rate in the 12 months ended in September — down from 3.2 percent a year earlier, according to one federal yardstick. The Employment Cost Index tracks employee pay without the distortions created by varying hiring and salary patterns in specific industries.
  By ECI’s math, salary increases in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Be
  
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• Real estate news: Retirement community to break ground in Fountain Valley

  26-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  Oregon-based Sunshine Retirement Living, a senior housing company with 21 communities in 10 states, will break ground soon on a resort-style assisted living and memory care community in Fountain Valley. Park View Estates, at 11360 Warner Ave. and adjacent to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, will include more than 100,000 square feet on 3.5 acres with 145 units.
  Irvine-based C.W. Driver Cos. has concluded the $9 million student creation center and chapel for St. Junipero Serr
  
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• Online shopping at work? That lost productivity also opens a door to malware

  26-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly all of us have done it at least once.
  We’ve hunkered down at our computers at work to shop for bargain prices on everything from cell phones and flat-screen TVs to video games and leather jackets.
  And during the holidays many of us are probably shopping for family and friends, too. It’s not exactly something you’d want to tell your boss about. But if you’re feeling guilty … don’t sweat it, because you’re not alone.
  More than half plan to shop at
  
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• It may be harder to find the perfect Christmas tree this year

  26-11-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lisa Rathke, The Associated Press
  People may need to trim back their Christmas tree expectations this year.
  A tight supply means some shoppers will be paying more and searching longer for that perfect Christmas tree this holiday season. But there’s no need for panic buying on Black Friday as industry experts say consumers will end up with something to decorate this holiday season.
  The yuletide market imbalance was created a decade ago when a glut of Christmas trees and the Great Recessi
  
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• Jerry Springer a judge? On TV, anything is possible

  26-11-2018 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Longtime tabloid-talk host Jerry Springer dons a robe and wields a gavel in the upcoming “Judge Jerry,” adding a familiar face to the litany of courtroom shows on the syndicated-TV landscape. The “Jerry Springer Show” ended production in July 2018, and “Judge Jerry” is expected to fill many of his old time slots on stations across the country. (Photo courtesy of NBCUniversal)
  Before reality TV, Jerry Springer was an actual, real-life city councilman and mayor,
  
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• How many of these driving laws and tidbits did you already know?

  26-11-2018 15:13 via ocregister.com
  
  This Thanksgiving week, Honk is thankful for his readers, who are the smartest, prettiest, handsomest, funniest, most creative and happiest people, and the sharpest dressers, too. Because of their questions during the past year, he has learned:
  – A personalized license-plate number can be re-issued if the previous owner has given up the rights to it, although an owner can retain those rights even if the plates are not is use, but instead on a garage wall. …
  – Vehicles own
  
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• At least 10 LAX-to-Chicago flights canceled due to weather

  26-11-2018 15:06 via ocregister.com
  
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  LOS ANGELES — Thanksgiving travelers hoping to return home to Los Angeles or to other cities through Chicago are seeing their flights canceled Monday morning due to high winds and blizzard conditions in the Windy City, according to flight data.
  Ten flights from Chicago to LAX were canceled, according to the flylax.com list of arrivals and departures. Affected airlines include United, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand and SAS. All had 9:05 a.m. arrivals cancel
  
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• Anxiety abounds at NASA as Mars landing day arrives

  26-11-2018 14:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft’s six-month journey to Mars neared its dramatic grand finale Monday in what scientists and engineers hoped would be a soft precision landing on flat red plains.
  The InSight lander aimed for an afternoon touchdown, as anxiety built among those involved in the $1 billion international effort.
  InSight’s perilous descent through the Martian atmosphere, after a trip of 300 million miles (482 million kilometers), had stomachs ch
  
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• Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77

  26-11-2018 14:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD
  ROME — Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, died Monday. He was 77.
  Bertolucci’s press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death in an email to The Associated Press. Italy’s state-run RAI said Bertolucci died at his home in Rome, surrounded by family.
  “He will be remembered among the greatest in Italian and
  
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• Seton Hall edges Miami for Wooden Legacy title

  26-11-2018 07:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Seton Hall players pose for a group photo after beating Miami in the championship game of the Wooden Legacy tournament on Sunday night at Cal State Fullerton. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
  Seton Hall forward Michael Nzei dunks as Miami guard Anthony Lawrence II looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Wooden Legacy tournament Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Fullerton, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMiami guard Chris Lykes, left, and Seton
  
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• Anze Kopitar’s third-period goal, Dustin Brown’s hat trick lead Kings

  26-11-2018 07:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Edmonton Oilers goaltender Cam Talbot, center, stops a shot by Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown, right, with defenseman Kris Russell, left, defending during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
  Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse, right, clears the puck against Los Angeles Kings right wing Matt Luff, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)S
  
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• Hanukkah menorah lighting pays tribute to victims of shootings and fires, and the public servants who rushed to help

  26-11-2018 06:16 via ocregister.com
  
  A pre-Hanukkah celebration, hosted by Chabad of Los Alamitos, included the lighting of a 9-foot-tall gold menorahin Seal Beach on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Hanukkah starts Dec. 2. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Adam Readhead listens to music with his twins John, left, and Keith, 3, during an early menorah lighting ceremony in Seal Beach on Sunday, November 25, 2018.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsRubin Miles, right, l
  
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• Tobias Harris, Danilo Gallinari help Clippers edge Blazers, move atop West

  26-11-2018 06:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers couch Doc Rivers, center, reacts as the Trail Blazers call a timeout during Sunday’s game in Portland, Ore. The Clippers won 104-100. (Bruce Ely/The Portland Trail Blazers via AP)
  Portland Trail Blazers’ Evan Turner scores against the defense of Los Angeles Clippers’ Patrick Beverley (21) during an NBA basketball game inPortland, Ore., Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Los Angeles won 104-100. (Bruce Ely/The Trail Blazers via AP)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPortland Trai
  
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• Harris, Gallinari help Clippers edge Blazers

  26-11-2018 06:12 via ocregister.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tobias Harris had 34 points and 11 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 104-100 on Sunday night.
  Danilo Gallinari made the tiebreaking jumper with 47 seconds left and added 17 points for the Clippers.
  Damian Lillard scored 30 points for Portland, which led by 13 at halftime but then had to play the second half without starting center Jusuf Nurkic because of a bruised shoulder.
  With Portland missing its defensive anchor, the Clippers b
  
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• Faces are extra long these days in Kings’ locker room

  26-11-2018 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Long faces these days are a constant in the Kings’ locker room. Alec Martinez’s was extra long following Saturday night’s 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at Staples Center.
  Vancouver entered on an eight-game losing streak, they had one overtime loss during it, which made the loss even more glaring.
  Martinez was part of the Kings’ Stanley Cup titles in 2012 and 2014, so to now be on this team with the worst record in the league, can’t be easy.
  M
  
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• About last night: A review of UCLA’s 49-42 loss to Stanford

  26-11-2018 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA ended its season with a 49-42 loss to Stanford on Saturday, but the Bruins left the Rose Bowl as perhaps the happiest 3-9 team in the country because they could easily imagine better days ahead.
  “We played our (backsides) off since day one,” cornerback Darnay Holmes said. “We came up short several times, but next year, those little setbacks are not going to be setbacks. They’re going to be W’s.”
  Links to wrap up the game coverageUCLA’s comeback atte
  
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• Ducks’ undisciplined play proves costly in loss to Predators

  26-11-2018 04:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Kesler (17) pats goaltender John Gibson (36) on the helmet after the Nashville Predators scored a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
  Anaheim Ducks center Adam Henrique (14) and Nashville Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis (5) chase the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNas
  
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• Alexander: A near-perfect afternoon for Philip Rivers, Chargers

  26-11-2018 04:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (left) meets with Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen (right) following the Los Angeles Chargers 45-10 win over the Arizona Cardinals in a National Football League regular season game at the StubHub Center in Carson, Sunday November 25, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
  Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (left) meets with Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen (right) following the Los Angeles Chargers 45-10 win over the Arizona Cardinals i
  
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• Josh Rosen’s return to L.A. a reminder of how far rookie has to go

  26-11-2018 03:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Arizona Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen (3) throws against the Los Angeles Chargers during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo )
  Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen (3) prepares to be sacked by the Chargers Joey Bosa (99) during the first half Sunday in Carson. The Los Angeles Chargers host the Arizona Cardinals in a National Football League regular season game at the StubHub Center in Carson, Sunday November 25, 2018. (Photo by Will
  
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• USC basketball rallies late, beats Cal State Bakersfield

  26-11-2018 03:46 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Shaqquan Aaron led the fastbreak, drove the lane toward the basket, then flipped a pass toward Elijah Weaver, who was standing in one corner of the 3-point arc.
  Left unguarded, Weaver drilled the basket.
  In USC’s 90-75 victory over Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday afternoon, Weaver’s 3-pointer snapped the 68-68 tie between the teams in a surprisingly back-and-forth battle and sparked a final push.
  Over the final six minutes, the Trojans out-scored the Roadrunners,
  
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• Melvin Gordon’s status uncertain after knee injury against Cardinals

  26-11-2018 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON – In the middle of a near-perfect afternoon, with the offense cruising in the third quarter, Melvin Gordon came sprinting around the back of a toss play, looking for the end-around lateral.
  For weeks, the Chargers – and Gordon, in particular – had been waiting for the right opportunity to call this play. But as they finally ran it, it all went wrong. As fellow running back Austin Ekeler tossed it to Gordon, defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche blew up the backfield and coll
  
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• Stanford’s David Shaw impressed with Chip Kelly’s rebuilding effort at UCLA

  26-11-2018 03:03 via ocregister.com
  
  If Chip Kelly could get UCLA to this level in this situation — facing a brutal schedule with less than 60 scholarship players available at times due to injuries and transfers — Stanford coach David Shaw couldn’t help but wonder what UCLA’s first-year head coach has in store for the future.
  “In the back of my head, I truly believe this is the future Pac-12 championship game right here,” Shaw told reporters after Stanford held off the Bruins 49-42 at the Rose Bo
  
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• Kyle Kuzma’s headband signals hot start in Lakers loss

  26-11-2018 02:58 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – For some of the Lakers this season, a headband has been a sign: A player needs to rediscover his mojo, and any change can help.
  That was what Kyle Kuzma was in search of Sunday as he donned a headband for the first time all season, and he found it quickly.
  The second-year forward scored or assisted for each one of the Lakers’ first 16 points, including a technical free throw he shot early in the first quarter. At the first media timeout, he already had 10 points, shooti
  
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• Angels’ Dino Ebel expected to be among Dodgers’ coaching hires

  26-11-2018 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers plan to begin filling the vacancies on their major league coaching staff in the next few days and Angels coach Dino Ebel is expected to be among the new hires.
  The 52-year-old Ebel has spent the past 14 seasons on Mike Scioscia’s coaching staff with the Angels, serving as the third-base coach for most of that time and Scioscia’s bench coach for four seasons. He would replace Chris Woodward, the Dodgers’ third-base and infield coach over the past three seasons who le
  
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• Former USC star Nikola Vucevic again proves a problem for Lakers

  26-11-2018 02:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Nah, Nikola Vucevic said, USC shouldn’t fire Clay Helton.
  After leading the Orlando Magic to just its second season sweep of the Lakers on Sunday at Staples Center, the former Trojans basketball standout said he thought it appropriate to be patient with the embattled football coach despite USC suffering its first losing record since 2000.
  It appears Helton will stay put, so time will tell whether he figures it out. For the present, Vucevic and his team again had it all
  
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• Reaction to Clay Helton’s return as USC football coach

  26-11-2018 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  USC athletic director Lynn Swann had several reasons to part ways from USC football coach Clay Helton but released a statement Sunday that announced the return of the Helton for 2019.
  Despite losing back-to-back games against rival UCLA and Notre Dame and the lack of support from former players and fans, it was not enough to relieve Helton of his coaching duties.“Clay Helton is our head coach and he will continue to be our head coach.”
  USC AD Lynn Swann explains his decision in a let
  
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