• Tobias Harris and Danilo Gallinari create tough matchup for Clippers’ opponents

    Tobias Harris and Danilo Gallinari create tough matchup for Clippers’ opponents
    PLAYA VISTA — Name a more iconic duo?
    OK, yes, obviously there are a few others in the talent-rich NBA, but this season Clippers forwards Tobias Harris and Danilo Gallinari are among the best of them.
    As of Thursday morning, they’d spent the ninth-most time together of any tandem, sharing the floor for 1,019 minutes, according to NBA.com/stats.
    Their combined shooting percentage — 47.4 percent — when they’re on the court together is better than all but three pairs w
  • Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (1-2-19)

    Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday (1-2-19)
    Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
    BOYS BASKETBALL
    GIRLS BASKETBALL
     
    BOYS SOCCER
    NONLEAGUECanyon 2, Samueli Academy 0
    Goals: (Can) Gallardo, Gonzalez
    Los Alamitos 3, Long Beach Poly 1
     
     
  • Sorting out horse racing’s best for the Eclipse Awards

    Sorting out horse racing’s best for the Eclipse Awards
    There should be five unanimous winners when the Eclipse Awards, horse racing’s version of the Oscars, are handed out Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park.
    Of course, we all know that’s not going to happen.
    But how do you explain not voting for Game Winner, Justify, Monomoy Girl, Accelerate and Roy H in their respective categories?
    • Game Winner was undefeated this year and won three Grade I stakes, including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
    • Justify became the 13th Triple Crown win
  • Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma questionable for Friday’s game with Knicks after MRI

    Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma questionable for Friday’s game with Knicks after MRI
    The latest Laker injury in a frustratingly long string might not be so serious.
    After an MRI on Thursday morning, the Lakers confirmed that Kyle Kuzma has a lower back contusion, and he’ll be questionable to play on Friday night at home against the New York Knicks.
    Kuzma exited in the second quarter of Wednesday’s 107-100 loss to Oklahoma City and did not return. Coach Luke Walton said the staff saw him limping on the court, and though Kuzma tried to play through it, eventually he wa
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  • Wynonna Judd’s Pechanga performance has been rescheduled for February

    Wynonna Judd’s Pechanga performance has been rescheduled for February
    Wynonna Judd and her band The Big Noise will now perform at Pechanga Resort and Casino on Feb. 15 after having to reschedule a December date when the singer was ill.
    Tickets for the new show date are $40 and can be purchased at the resort’s box office by calling 888-810-8871 or visiting pechanga.com, according to the resort.
    The singer, one-half of the mother-daughter duo The Judds, has received more than 60 industry awards. She’s known for such hits as “Mama He’s Crazy,&
  • On-going police chase: begins in Culver City, passes through Long Beach and Orange County and now into San Diego County

    On-going police chase: begins in Culver City, passes through Long Beach and Orange County and now into San Diego County
    The California Highway Patrol was pursuing a vehicle on the southbound the I-5 that started in Play del Rey and wended through Long Beach and Orange County before sliding into San Diego County.
    The burgundy sedan was largely staying in the slow middle lanes, driving well below the speed limit. California Highway Patrol cruisers have trailed the male suspect.
    The chase started in Culver City with the driver at some possibly hitting a man on a scooter in Playa del Rey.
    Margaret Stewart, a spokeswo
  • Hours-long police chase ends after beginning in Culver City and passing through Long Beach and Orange County

    Hours-long police chase ends after beginning in Culver City and passing through Long Beach and Orange County
    Police officers pursued a burgundy sedan on the southbound 405 and 5 freeways for miles Thursday afternoon – a chase that started in Play del Rey and wended through Long Beach and Orange County before sliding into San Diego County.
    At 1:30 p.m., more than two hours after it all began, the suspect pulled over on the 5 Freeway’s right shoulder, near the Las Pulgas Road ramps on Camp Pendleton. At least four police cruisers stopped to the rear, along with a motorcycle officer, some
  • Columnist’s predictions were spot on for 2018, but 2019 looks to be tougher to forecast

    Columnist’s predictions were spot on for 2018, but 2019 looks to be tougher to forecast
    Land being used by Manaserro Farms – from Blake Road north along Rose Drive – is slated to become a housing development in Brea. (File photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Homes destroyed by the Woolsey Fire on Crags Road in Agoura Hills, Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOrange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer talks on the phone the day after being elected Orange County district attorney
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  • 2 rescued from overturned boat off of Huntington Beach’s Sunset Harbor

    2 rescued from overturned boat off of Huntington Beach’s Sunset Harbor
    Two men were rescued from the water near an overturned boat six miles off of Huntington Beach’s Sunset Harbor on Thursday, Jan. 3, with the help of lifeguards and a police helicopter.
    After getting alerted about the overturned boat, a Huntington Beach police helicopter flew to the site and lowered lifeguards to the water to retrieve the victims, authorities said.
    The two occupants were taken to shore by a sheriff’s Harbor Patrol boat and treated by paramedics before being taken to ho
  • 2 rescued from overturned boat off Huntington Beach’s Sunset Harbor

    2 rescued from overturned boat off Huntington Beach’s Sunset Harbor
    Two people were rescued from an overturned boat six miles off Sunset Harbor on Thursday morning, authorities said.
    Shortly after 11 a.m. Jan. 3, there were reports of an overturned boat with two people in the water, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. A  Huntington Beach police helicopter flew to the site and lowered a Marine Safety officer to the boat, authorities said. The officer was able to steer the boat to the shore.
    The two occupants wer
  • Sierra Club members, friends remember activist David Czamanske, dead at 80

    Sierra Club members, friends remember activist David Czamanske, dead at 80
    Often when a prominent person dies, friends say as a reflex that person will be missed or their  shoes will be hard to fill.
    The sudden passing of Sierra Club activist David Czamanske of South Pasadena left gaping holes in major aspects of the Angeles Chapter spanning Los Angeles and Orange counties in programming, conservation, political action, group hikes and fundraising — making the truism more than a platitude.
    Many at the Sierra Club Pasadena Group meeting Wednesday night in Eat
  • Wells Fargo pays $5 million fine, drops insurance license in California

    Wells Fargo pays $5 million fine, drops insurance license in California
    Wells Fargo has agreed to pay California $5 million to settle allegations that it opened insurance policies for its customers and charged them without their consent.
    The San Francisco-based company agreed to give up its insurance licenses for two years and to pay another $5 million if it ever wants to sell insurance in California again.
    Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones accepted the settlement on Wednesday. He says company representatives issued about 1,500 insurance policies without the consent
  • Valorie Kondos Field leads UCLA gymnastics into her final season

    Valorie Kondos Field leads UCLA gymnastics into her final season
    LOS ANGELES — Rarely is Valorie Kondos Field booed in Pauley Pavilion. The seven-time national championship-winning coach is known more for prompting cheers than eliciting jeers, but the fans suddenly turned on her. They were none too pleased with her staff’s judging at December’s “Meet the Bruins” intrasquad meet and let their displeasure be known.
    The fans showered the coaching staff with cheeky boos, but Miss Val, as she’s affectionately known, offered a re
  • After swearing in, LA-area Rep. Brad Sherman tries again to impeach President Trump

    After swearing in, LA-area Rep. Brad Sherman tries again to impeach President Trump
    That didn’t take long: On day 1 of the new Congress, San Fernando Valley Rep. Brad Sherman joined a Texas colleague Thursday to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump.
    It’s actually a re-introduction of the articles that Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, first submitted July 12, 2017, charging that Trump committed high crimes and misdemeanors by trying to halt the investigation into his campaign’s alleged collusion with Russian officials.
    T
  • Pac-12 Hotline: UCLA’s awful start, the Ball-Darnold comparison and what’s next for a storied program in the gutter

    Pac-12 Hotline: UCLA’s awful start, the Ball-Darnold comparison and what’s next for a storied program in the gutter
    The situation in Westwood had zoomed past comical — what else would you call that free-throw shooting against Belmont, or the lack of spirit in so many other instances— and into the realm of dark humor.
    The joke on UCLA’s campus: Need a quiet place to study? Try Pauley.
    And so on Monday, with the Bruins in the midst of a four-game losing streak and underachieving to an astonishing degree, the administration took the only action possible and terminated Steve Alford.
    For many fan
  • The left’s shaky logic on the constitutionality of Obamacare

    The left’s shaky logic on the constitutionality of Obamacare
    Last month, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled Obamacare unconstitutional because its individual mandate requiring people to have health insurance “can no longer be sustained as an exercise of Congress’s tax power,” since the tax that enforced it is now gone. Progressive-leaning critics quickly called it bad jurisprudence and assured people that Obamacare remained constitutional.
    However, Judge O’Connor’s ruling just saw through the hocus pocus by which O
  • House elects Pelosi speaker as diverse new Congress begins

    House elects Pelosi speaker as diverse new Congress begins
    By LISA MASCARO
    WASHINGTON — The 116th Congress gaveled into session Thursday swathed in history, returning Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker’s office and ushering in a diverse class of Democratic freshmen ready to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided government.
    Pelosi was elected speaker 220-192, with 15 Democrats rejecting her. She vowed, in prepared remarks, “to restore integrity to government so that people can have confidence that government works for t
  • Will new mortgage regulators in D.C. keep your home safe?

    Will new mortgage regulators in D.C. keep your home safe?
    What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
    Rate news summary
    From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey:  Down 2 basis points from last week and, for the first time in four months, the 15-year fixed rate is under 4 percent, averaging 3.99 percent. The 30-year fixed rate improved to 4.55 percent, down 4 basis point from last week.
    The Mortgage Bankers Association reported an almost 10 percent drop in mortgage application volume from
  • Relocations to other states creates new business for some California real estate agents

    Relocations to other states creates new business for some California real estate agents
    Real estate agent Myron Von Raesfeld sold 30 homes in North Carolina in the last six months, making him one of the top agents in the Raleigh-Durham market — from his desk 2,778 miles away in Santa Clara.
    Von Raesfeld, CEO of Windermere Silicon Valley, is advising homeowners and investors to sell high in California and move their assets outside the state. The payoff: more cash in hand, and a better quality of life.
    “It’s a great time to sell in
  • What’s on the California Democrats’ 2019 ban list?

    What’s on the California Democrats’ 2019 ban list?
    This month, plastic straws join our old friends the incandescent bulb, plastic grocery bags and foie gras as California contraband, as restaurants will be banned from providing them unless a customer specifically requests one.
    Restaurants are already transitioning to paper straws, which are fantastic for the first 30 seconds of use before they disintegrate into a clumpy white substance.
    Now, every time you hit the drive through at Mickey D’s, you’re gonna look down into your Mr. Pibb
  • Chad Reed ready to take on another season of Supercross

    Chad Reed ready to take on another season of Supercross
    Don’t tell Chad Reed that he is over the hill because right now he is still having too much fun flying over them.
    Supercross is a brutal, bone-jarring sport, and at 36, riders are usually several pages into the next chapter of their lives, icing their bruises and aching joints.
    But Reed keeps going … and going. Saturday night at Angel Stadium, Reed will begin his 17th season in the AMA season opener, and he will be the oldest competitor.
    There are days when he said he can sense his
  • Cal Chiefs must take their responsibility for SB54

    Cal Chiefs must take their responsibility for SB54
    In 2017, the California Police Chiefs Association (Cal Chiefs) cut a deal with Gov. Jerry Brown to help pass the California sanctuary-state law, Senate Bill 54. This law prohibits local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials to remove unlawfully present aliens, which endangers the lives of our police officers as well as our communities.
    On Dec. 26, Newman Police Department Corporal Ronil Singh was shot and killed during an early morning traffic stop. Two days later h
  • Bad stuff the stock market worried about is starting to happen

    Bad stuff the stock market worried about is starting to happen
    By Sarah Ponczek and Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg
    All of a sudden, the fundamentals aren’t looking as strong.
    First it was Apple Inc.’s $5 billion revenue miss, hints of which lopped 30 percent from its stock over three months. Now it’s a closely watched gauge of U.S. factory activity, which dropped to a two-year low and missed every estimate in a Bloomberg survey.
    What’s going on? Over and over in the fourth quarter, as the S&P 500 plunged 19.8 percent to the brink
  • Finally, a crackdown on misuse of taxpayer money

    Finally, a crackdown on misuse of taxpayer money
    Although state law specifically prohibits public officials from using taxpayers’ money for political campaigning, they have been doing exactly that throughout California.
    Local governments hire “consultants” to poll voters on what tax and bond measures they would find acceptable, to draft those proposals accordingly and, finally, to run so-called “information” campaigns to persuade voters to approve them.
    It’s so blatant that firms seeking lucrative contracts
  • Labor board to address unions’ contention Kaiser Permanente stalled contract talks

    Labor board to address unions’ contention Kaiser Permanente stalled contract talks
    Federal employment officials have issued a complaint and notice of hearing to address allegations that Kaiser Permanente has refused to negotiate a labor contract with 85,000 workers, and for tying the negotiations to a ban on political activity against the company.
    The action follows a May 2018 complaint Kaiser employees filed with the National Labor Relations Board, which claims the company repeatedly canceled contract negotiations with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions.
  • Stocks plunge after Apple forecasts slower iPhone sales in China

    Stocks plunge after Apple forecasts slower iPhone sales in China
    By MARLEY JAY
    NEW YORK — Stocks went into a steep slide Thursday morning after Apple reported a slowdown in iPhone sales over the holidays in China, a hugely important market for the company.
    The rare warning of disappointing results from Apple sent a shudder through markets and reinforced fears among investors that the world’s second-largest economy is weakening.
    The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 600 points about an hour into trading. The broader S&P 500 index was
  • How cold is it out there?

    How cold is it out there?
    Temperatures at 6 a.m. Thursday were in the 30s and 40s in most Southern California communities with San Fernando Valley readings dipping near or into freezing territory.
    Temperatures were well below freezing in the Antelope Valley.
    RELATED STORY: Rain, snow expected in Southern California for first weekend of the year
    Here are the 6 a.m. temperatures across Southern California as reported by the National Weather Service:
    L.A. DOWNTOWN: 45
    L.A. AIRPORT: 46
    LONG BEACH: 43
    FULLERTON: 39
    HAWTHORNE:
  • Appraisers see Southern California home values up 7.2%, more than other measurements

    Appraisers see Southern California home values up 7.2%, more than other measurements
    Real estate appraisers, the housing market’s frequent killjoy, seem to be in an odd role as relative optimists.
    The Real Estate Research Council of Southern California produces one of the more intriguing indexes tracking home values based on the work of local appraisers. This math suggests Southern California home prices remain strongly on the upswing — at least in October.
    Since 1943, the council has gotten volunteer appraisers to value the same homes every six months — 308 re
  • Rain, snow expected in Southern California for first weekend of the year

    Rain, snow expected in Southern California for first weekend of the year
    Rain and snow are expected to hit Southern California this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
    “Over the weekend, a Pacific trough moving inland across California will bring clouds and a good chance for showers and mountain snow,” according to a statement from the NWS.
    The bulk of the precipitation is predicted to fall between midnight and noon Sunday, the statement said. Snow levels will range from 5,000-5,500 feet with several inches of snow above 6,000 feet. Highes
  • Three Kings Day celebration brings holidays to a close at Disney parks

    Three Kings Day celebration brings holidays to a close at Disney parks
    Disney California Adventure will close out the Christmas season with a week-long Three Kings Day celebration honoring the holiday known as El Día de los Reyes Magos in Mexico, Central America and South America.
    The next few days are your last chance to catch all the holiday decorations, ride makeovers, parades, shows, fireworks spectaculars, seasonal foods and merchandise at the Anaheim theme parks. The two-month-long holiday season that began in early November comes to a close on Sunday.
  • Daily deals at Calle Tacos include 99-cent tacos and $5 tequila shots

    Daily deals at Calle Tacos include 99-cent tacos and $5 tequila shots
    Calle Tacos in Los Angeles has launched four days of deals every week. Monday sip margaritas for $5 each, Tuesday enjoy 99-cent tacos, Wednesday get a free side of chips with the purchase of a burrito and Thursday there are $5 tequila shots all day. The restaurant is open 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 a.m.-4 a.m. Friday and Saturday at 6508 Hollywood Blvd. Call 323-465-9100 or go to www.calletacos.com.
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  • Garden Grove apartment fire kills 6 cats; man and woman jump from 2nd-story window

    Garden Grove apartment fire kills 6 cats; man and woman jump from 2nd-story window
    GARDEN GROVE — It took more than 50 firefighters about 30 minutes to extinguish a two-story apartment-complex fire that forced 12 people out of their homes and claimed the lives of six cats.
    When firefighters arrived at the complex, on the 13300 block of El Prado Avenue, at about 3 a.m. they learned that one man had jumped from his second-story apartment and saw a woman hanging from a window, said Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department.
    “By the time they saw her
  • Garden Grove apartment fire kills 5 cats; man and woman jump from 2nd story window

    Garden Grove apartment fire kills 5 cats; man and woman jump from 2nd story window
    GARDEN GROVE — Firefighters needed 30 minutes Thursday morning to extinguish a two-alarm fire in a two-story apartment building in Garden Grove.
    Crews responded about 3 a.m. to the 13300 block of El Prado Avenue and located at least two units on fire, according to Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department.
    By the time crews had arrived, a man had jumped from the window of a second story apartment and a woman was hanging from the window, Nguyen said. The woman also jumped befor
  • China lands spacecraft on ‘dark’ side of moon in world first

    China lands spacecraft on ‘dark’ side of moon in world first
    By KEN MORITSUGU
    BEIJING — China’s burgeoning space program achieved a first on Thursday: a landing on the so-called dark side of the moon.
    Three nations — the United States, the former Soviet Union and more recently China — have sent spacecraft to the near side of the moon, which faces Earth, but this landing is the first-ever on the far side.
    The China National Space Administration said the 10:26 a.m. touchdown of the Chang’e 4 craft has “opened up a new cha
  • Whicker: Paul George makes sure Lakers fans remain unhappy with him

    Whicker: Paul George makes sure Lakers fans remain unhappy with him
    LOS ANGELES — Oklahoma City is expected to beat the Lakers when LeBron James isn’t playing, and it did.
    Oklahoma City is virtually guaranteed to beat the Lakers when Kyle Kuzma plays only 16 minutes before he hurts his back and has to ride a cart out of Staples Center. It did that, too.
    But the Thunder also won when Russell Westbrook missed 17 of 20 shots, including six of seven from deep. It moved its record to 24-13 with a 107-100 victory and looked far deeper, more versatile and m
  • Big rig hits overpass on eastbound 91 Freeway in Anaheim; some lanes closed

    Big rig hits overpass on eastbound 91 Freeway in Anaheim; some lanes closed
    ANAHEIM — A big rig lost its load Wednesday night when it struck the La Palma Avenue overcrossing on the eastbound Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim.
    The crash occurred just after 7 p.m. and prompted the closure of four lanes of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
    The driver said he was transporting a 60,000-pound refrigerator that was to be delivered to a marijuana grow operation in Desert Hot Springs when he took a wrong turn and ended up on the Riverside Freeway, wh
  • Big rig hits overpass on 91 Freeway in Anaheim; several eastbound lanes closed at the 57

    Big rig hits overpass on 91 Freeway in Anaheim; several eastbound lanes closed at the 57
    ANAHEIM — A big rig lost its load Wednesday night when it struck the La Palma Avenue overcrossing on the eastbound Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim.
    The crash occurred just after 7 p.m. and prompted the closure of four lanes of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
    The driver said he was transporting a 60,000-pound refrigerator that was to be delivered to a marijuana grow operation in Desert Hot Springs when he took a wrong turn and ended up on the Riverside Freeway, wh
  • Paul George has 37 points as Thunder spike short-handed Lakers; Kyle Kuzma due for MRI

    Paul George has 37 points as Thunder spike short-handed Lakers; Kyle Kuzma due for MRI
    The Los Angeles Lakers’ Brandon Ingram #14 scores past Oklahoma City Thunder’s Steven Adams #12 during the first half of their NBA game at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook #0 looks to pass under pressure from the Los Angeles Lakers defense during the first half of their NBA game at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. (Photo by
  • Coachella 2019 lineup: The 5 biggest takeaways

    Coachella 2019 lineup: The 5 biggest takeaways
    The lineup for the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival finally dropped after a day-long tease on Wednesday, and if you’d been expecting the rumored headliners to be the real deal, well, at least you got the soon-to-retire Childish Gambino to close out the Friday lineup.
    The other two headliners arrive as a bit of a surprise with Tame Impala atop the Saturday bill and Ariana Grande on Sunday, and no Kanye West, no Justin Timberlake as the rumors had it in recent months.
  • How will the real estate market perform in 2019?

    How will the real estate market perform in 2019?
    It seems timely to take a look at the real estate cycles in years past and project what the market is likely to do in 2019.
    No one I know has a crystal ball that they can use to see the future with absolute clarity. But thanks to Steven Thomas, local real estate broker and economist, we have some data we can refer to and extrapolate from to try to predict how the market will behave this year.
    There is an annual cycle, the data show. We start each year with a low point for both inventory of
  • Coachella 2019: Arichella, BlackPink and more excite fans as festival lineup announced

    Coachella 2019: Arichella, BlackPink and more excite fans as festival lineup announced
    Arichella is coming to the desert.
    That’s right. Ariana Grande is one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival headliners and people are stoked.
    Shortly after the music festival announced its lineup Wednesday night, Jan. 2, fans blew up Grande’s feed telling the musician how proud and excited they were for her.
    Grande herself tweeted that she was humbled and excited to be closing the festival on Sunday night of Weekend 1 and 2, April 14 and 21.humbled and excited as all h
  • Orange County basketball highlights for Wednesday, Jan. 2

    Orange County basketball highlights for Wednesday, Jan. 2
    Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
    BOYS BASKETBALL
    No. 18 Capistrano Valley Christian routed Spring Mountain of Las Vegas Wednesday in the Mountain View Christian Tournament in Las Vegas. San Clemente transfer Luke Powell led the Eagles with 19 points. Powell scored a season-high 21 points against Holy Martyrs Armenian Saturday and is averaging 18 points per game in his last three games. Cal State Northridge commit Festus Ndumanya made all fi
  • Mother, daughter killed in suspected DUI crash on 22 Freeway identified; suspect also named

    Mother, daughter killed in suspected DUI crash on 22 Freeway identified; suspect also named
    GARDEN GROVE — A 30-year-old man was behind bars Wednesday on suspicion of causing an alcohol-fueled, multiple-vehicle New Year’s Day crash on the Garden Grove (22) Freeway that killed a mother and her 9-year-old daughter.
    Melvin Cleveland Branch of Orange, who was being held on $100,000 bail, was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated shortly after the 12:50 a.m. Tuesday crash on the freeway east of Valley View Street, according to the California Hig
  • USC offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury to interview for NFL head coaching jobs, per reports

    USC offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury to interview for NFL head coaching jobs, per reports
    Last month, USC coach Clay Helton compared hiring Kliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator to winning the lottery.
    “I felt like he was the highest commodity out there,” Helton said. “We are very fortunate to have him, and I thank him for coming because he’s going to do a great job.”
    The feeling of euphoria might not last long. Only four weeks after joining the Trojans’ coaching staff, Kingsbury is set to interview for NFL head coaching jobs with the Arizona Ca
  • Coachella 2019: Lineup features Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Ariana Grande, Solange and more

    Coachella 2019: Lineup features Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, Ariana Grande, Solange and more
    The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is going big for its 20th year.
    Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande will headline the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio for twin weekends April 12-14 and April 19-21. Tickets for Coachella 2019 go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday. pic.twitter.com/v7RmGri9O0
    — Coachella (@coachella) January 3, 2019Other notable artists on the lineup include Solange, Weezer, The 1975, Billi
  • Victim identified in fatal Norwalk shooting on New Year’s Eve

    Victim identified in fatal Norwalk shooting on New Year’s Eve
    NORWALK — The coroner’s office Wednesday released the name of a man shot to death in Norwalk.
    Jose Soto Jr., 26, was a Norwalk resident, coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz said.
    Deputies responded at 4:50 p.m. Monday to a call of a gunshot victim in the 14300 block of Carmenita Road and located the person, who had suffered at least one gunshot wound to the upper body, Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
    The victim now identified as So
  • Mater Dei’s Bru McCoy named national football player of the year by MaxPreps

    Mater Dei’s Bru McCoy named national football player of the year by MaxPreps
    Mater Dei’s Bru McCoy was named the MaxPreps National Player of the Year for the 2018 high school football season on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
    McCoy, a 6-3, 215-pound senior receiver, had 78 receptions for 1,428 yards and 18 touchdowns this season.
    The Monarchs used McCoy occasionally as a linebacker/defensive end, mostly in the first half of the season, and he contributed five sacks.
    McCoy, who last week was named the Register’s Orange County offensive player of the year, will play in
  • Rough nonconference showing puts dent in USC’s NCAA Tournament hopes

    Rough nonconference showing puts dent in USC’s NCAA Tournament hopes
    LOS ANGELES — Andy Enfield was seated behind the scorer’s table at the Galen Center on Wednesday afternoon. The USC basketball team’s practice had ended. Players trickled off the court and headed toward their locker room. On the eve of conference play, Enfield recalled a more hopeful time.
    Ten months ago, the Trojans were in a tussle with Arizona in the Pac-12 Tournament final, the teams tied with 12 minutes left. USC ultimately crumbled down the stretch in what became a 14-poi
  • Beauty: A fresh start for the new year!

    Beauty: A fresh start for the new year!
    AN ICONIC BRAND GOES SOFT
     
     
    Crème De La Mer’s Luminous Lifting Cushion Foundation ($120)
    Crème De La Mer, the brand that pretty much invented high-end skin care with its $175-an-ounce moisturizing cream, is offering its take on the K-beauty trend of soaking a sponge applicator in makeup and housing it in an elegant compact. The Luminous Lifting Cushion Foundation ($120) is a buildable, longwearing formula with a satin finish and SPF 20. Like all La Mer products, i
  • Injury to Jatavis Brown could alter Chargers’ defensive scheme versus Ravens

    Injury to Jatavis Brown could alter Chargers’ defensive scheme versus Ravens
    COSTA MESA — An uneasy Adrian Phillips took off his helmet and dropped to one knee, as nine teammates walked to the sideline after the final play of the first quarter last week against the Denver Broncos.
    Phillips stayed with Jatavis Brown. He sensed it was a serious injury, while he watched Brown lay on the field surrounded by the Chargers’ medical team.
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