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• ‘America’s Got Talent’ takes on the world with new ‘Champions’ season

  14-01-2019 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Singer Susan Boyle on “America’s Got Talent – The Champions.” (Photo by Trae Patton/NBC)
  Sword swallower Alex Magala of Los Angeles by way of Moldova on “America’s Got Talent – The Champions.” (Photo by Trae Patton/NBC)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJudges Howie Mandel, Mel B and Simon Cowell on “America’s Got Talent – The Champions.” (Photo by Trae Patton/NBC)
  Juggler Viktor Kee on “America’s Got Talent &
  
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• Mater Dei’s Bru McCoy wins state football player of the year honor

  14-01-2019 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The awards continue for Mater Dei High’s Bru McCoy.
  McCoy this past weekend was named CalHiSports.com California football player of the year.
  He earlier was selected as MaxPreps.com national player of the year for the 2018 season. McCoy, a senior receiver, had 78 receptions for 1,428 yards and 17 touchdowns as Mater Dei won the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship, the CIF State Open Division title and was named national champion.
  McCoy was Orange County offensive player of the yea
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Sam Fries, Esperanza

  14-01-2019 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Sam Fries
  School: Esperanza
  Sport: Basketball
  Noteworthy: The uncommitted senior center scored 18 points, including the game-winning basket with 26 seconds left, and drew a critical charge 15 seconds later to help the Aztecs post a rare, 54-53 victory against Brea Olinda in the Crestview League. Fries also had 16 points and 11 rebounds in a 52-29 triumph against Foothill.
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• Snow shuts down 5 Freeway through Grapevine

  14-01-2019 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Snow in the Grapevine has shut down the 5 Freeway and has left several motorists stranded Monday, according to the National Weather Service and California Highway Patrol.I-5 shut down due to snow. Many vehicles stuck/stranded. Snow will likely continue for a few more hours. AVOID the Grapevine/Tejon Pass. #LArain #CAStorm pic.twitter.com/WpbcSqr7AR
  — NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) January 14, 2019Snow began to fall in the area between Los Angeles and Kern counties around 8:30 a.m., accor
  
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• Styx kicks off City National Grove of Anaheim’s 20th anniversary celebration

  14-01-2019 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On Sept. 4, 1999, rock band Styx became the first group to grace the stage at City National Grove of Anaheim, then known as The Sun Theatre.
  The yellow and tan-colored, multi-use entertainment venue, located off Katella Avenue in between Disneyland and Honda Center, is easy to spot with its giant branded water tower. The building along the northern edge of the Angel Stadium parking lot had briefly served as an awards show-themed restaurant, Tinseltown Studios, in 1998 but the concept failed to t
  
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• A sea of red washes over Downtown Los Angeles as LAUSD teachers strike

  14-01-2019 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Downtown Los Angeles is seeing a sea of red and umbrellas as thousands of Los Angeles County teachers head toward the L.A. Unified School District headquarters in protest for better wages, smaller class sizes and staffing needs Monday.Related: Live coverage of the LAUSD teacher strikeThis is part two of three protests happening Monday. Picket lines started as early as 7:30 a.m. at schools in areas like San Fernando Valley, Harbor City and Hollywood. After the rally, protests will
  
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• Soboba Casino’s new resort will open in February, and here’s what’s inside

  14-01-2019 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is getting closer to the completion of its brand new 200-room hotel and casino site with an announcement that it plans to open in the third week of February.
  The tribe broke ground on the casino site — about a mile from where the current casino stands in San Jacinto — in 2017. It will be on 37.5 acres of land and will include the hotel, a 140,000-square-foot casino, 2,000 ground parking spaces, a noodle restaurant, food court, 24-hour ca
  
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• Curt Seeden: Fountain Valley youth baseball clinic helps kick off celebrity golf tournament

  14-01-2019 21:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Who’s ready for baseball?
  As a kid, I lived for baseball. My younger years included four years of Little League – as a starting pitcher for the Phillies and Yankees, and as an outfielder for the Orioles and Giants. Sadly, my playing career came to end while playing for the Giants when I broke my foot in a non-baseball-related fall.
  Still, life was all about baseball when I was growing up. During recess, my friends and I would flip and lag baseball cards, which was sort of juvenile ga
  
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• Orange County girls basketball top 25 rankings, Jan. 14

  14-01-2019 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County girls basketball Top 25 for Monday, Jan. 14:
  ORANGE COUNTY TOP 25
  (Records through Sunday; PRV is previous ranking)
  1. Mater Dei (21-2; PRV: 1): Monarchs play New York’s Christ the King in the Hoop Hall Classic in Springfield, Mass. on Friday.
  2. Rosary (16-5; PRV: 2): Royals play host to former top-10 ranked JSerra on Tuesday and surging Santa Margarita on Thursday.
  3. Esperanza (15-5; PRV: 4): Remember when Kevin Kiernan suggested that the Azt
  
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• Video: UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi’s floor routine earns perfect 10, 20 million Twitter views

  14-01-2019 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA senior Katelyn Ohashi’s new floor routine earned a perfect 10 at the Collegiate Challenge last Saturday, helping UCLA win the quad-meet against Cal, Michigan State and UC Davis.
  Ohashi, who debuted the routine in UCLA’s season opener against Nebraska, recorded her fourth perfect 10 of her career last Saturday as UCLA scored 49.7 on floor, the fifth-highest mark in school history on the event.Aisn't enough for this floor routine by @katelyn_ohashi.pic.twitter.com/pqUzl7AlUA
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• A lot of big-money promises: Newsom’s housing budget explained

  14-01-2019 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  No wonder Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped those hints last week about an upcoming “Marshall Plan” for affordable housing.
  Sure, he’d made ambitious campaign promises to combat California’s housing crisis: leading the effort to build 3.5 million units over the next seven years (an unprecedented rate), jacking up state subsidies for housing reserved for lower-income Californians, and easing regulations so it would be easier to build all types of new housing. But what would he del
  
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• Rain closes amusement parks Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain while Disneyland remains open

  14-01-2019 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Don’t bother playing hooky to go to Southern California amusement parks today.
  The storm that dumped rain across the region has forced the closure of Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain, the parks announced on social media. Disneyland remains open.
  As Knott’s Berry Farm put it on Twitter, “Good Grief!”Good Grief! Knott's Berry Farm will be closed today, Monday, January 14, 2019 due to inclement weather. pic.twitter.com/msYZRBEFry
  — Knott's Berry Fa
  
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• China sentences Canadian to death, raises diplomatic tension

  14-01-2019 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By YANAN WANG and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
  BEIJING — A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death Monday in a sudden retrial in a drug smuggling case that is likely to escalate tensions between the countries over the arrest of a top Chinese technology executive.
  The court in northeastern Liaoning province announced that it had given Robert Lloyd Schellenberg the death penalty after rejecting his plea of innocence and convicting him of being an accessory to drug smuggling. It gave no indicat
  
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• UCI fraternity suspended following death of 18-year-old student

  14-01-2019 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A UCI fraternity was suspended and a police investigation begun after a student died Saturday morning, Jan. 12, at an off-campus home.
  Though campus officials did not give details about how 18-year-old Noah Domingo of La Crescenta died, they did say the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was on interim suspension, which means it must cease all activities.
  Kim Mohr, a spokeswoman for the Irvine Police Department, said she could not give more details pending the death investigation but said that
  
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• Does Southern California need 513 more hotels?

  14-01-2019 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Murphy shows off the 10th floor of a hotel tower under construction in April at Pechanga Resort & Casino.
  The 271-room Marriott Irvine Spectrum. It’s seen here under construction a year ago. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsConstruction of the Element by Westin hotel at 900 North Via Piemonte, near the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, CA., Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland
  
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• New BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach taps Brian Wilson and Bob Weir to headline

  14-01-2019 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Beach Boy Brian Wilson and Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir join previously announced Willie Nelson as the headliners of the three-day BeachLife festival, which brings its inaugural run to Redondo Beach May 3-5.
  The festival will feature a 40-band lineup and a “Side Stage” featuring several chefs collaborating in a pop-up restaurant next to the main stage.
  Other artists in the first group of bands announced by festival organizers Monday include Ziggy Marley, Violent Femmes, Los
  
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• Victims, families of Borderline shooting, Woolsey fire inspire REO Speedwagon benefit concerts

  14-01-2019 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  In an area hit so hard in November by a mass shooting and a terrible fire, the sweet sound of music was in the air Saturday and Sunday.
  Brooke Weger holds photos of shooting victims Blake Dingman, left, and Jake Dunham during the REO Speedwagon fundraiser concert in Thousand Oaks for victims of the Borderline nightclub shooting and the Woolsey Fire, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker)
  REO Speedwagon performs during a fundraiser concert in Thous
  
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• Trump’s attorney general nominee: ‘Vitally important’ Mueller finish work

  14-01-2019 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general will tell senators at his confirmation hearing “it is vitally important” that special counsel Robert Mueller be allowed to complete his Russia investigation, according to prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
  “I believe it is in the best interest of everyone — the President, Congress, and, most importantly, the American people – that this matter be re
  
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• Alexander: Still an uphill battle for Chargers in L.A.

  14-01-2019 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — On the field, as long as you discount Sunday’s boat race against the Patriots, the 2018 season was an unqualified success for the Chargers. A 12-4 regular season, one playoff win, and a core of young, talented players suggest a bright future.
  On the streets and in the boardrooms and living rooms of L.A., do people care?
  When the TV ratings come in for Sunday’s Divisional Round playoff game in Foxborough, they probably will show a healthy number nationall
  
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• PaleyFest LA will include stars from ‘This Is Us,’ ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘MacGyver’

  14-01-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s something that may make you put down the remote and get off the couch- the opportunity to see your favorite television stars in person.
  The Paley Center for Media will be holding PaleyFest LA at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood March 15-24. The event features a selection of panels with actors and creatives offering insight, as well as preview peeks, into a range of popular TV shows.
  The current lineup includes CBS’s “An Evening with Stephen Colbert,” “Hawaii Fi
  
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• How some local funding quirks are blocking school choice

  14-01-2019 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As California continues to search for ways to boost student achievement across the board, the state’s sweeping changes to the school finance system are receiving high marks. But more is needed.
  In 2013, California enacted the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which has streamlined funding allotments and given educators more say over how education dollars are spent at schools. In a survey of school district superintendents, 82 percent agreed that LCFF has led to greater alignment betwee
  
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• Live coverage of the LAUSD teacher strike

  14-01-2019 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  After last-minute negotiations to avert a strike failed, 30,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles union are walking out Monday in the first strike in the Los Angeles Unified School District since 1989. Follow our reporters and photographers as they cover the teachers picketing and the impact on students and schools.
  
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• PG&E, facing colossal liability, seeks bankruptcy protection

  14-01-2019 15:06 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Facing potentially colossal liabilities over deadly California wildfires, PG&E will file for bankruptcy protection.
  The announcement Monday follows the resignation of the power company’s chief executive a day earlier.
  PG&E said Monday that it’s given the required 15-day advance notice that it plans to file for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection.
  The company has already been blamed by state fire investigators for wildfires that broke out in October 2017.
  The co
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Walmart Grocery offers extra savings

  14-01-2019 14:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Walmart Grocery is offering free delivery on orders of $50 or more by using the code HOMEFREE when ordering online through Jan. 20. The offer is good for both new and returning customers and there is no limit on the number of times you may use it. New customers who prefer to pick up their order in-store may save $10 off their first online order of $50 or more with the code WOWFRESH. For more information, go to www.walmart.com.
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• Rain and snow are falling in Southern California, and mudslides are possible in burn areas

  14-01-2019 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A Pacific storm is hitting Southern California Monday morning, generating rain and snow, creating treacherous conditions in the San Gabriel Mountains and raising fears of mudslides and debris flows over areas stripped bare by the Woolsey fire in LA and Ventura counties and the Holy fire in Riverside and Orange counties, forecasters said.
  Authorities issued voluntary evacuation orders ahead of the forecast storm for portions of Lake Elsinore impacted by the Holy fire.VOLUNTARY
  
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• Community mourns loss of Long Beach church leader killed while riding his bicycle in Seal Beach

  14-01-2019 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Bagpipes played “Amazing Grace” as mourners gathered Sunday, Jan. 13, in a cold, muddy lot in Seal Beach to remember a Long Beach church leader and avid bicyclist who friends said died in a traffic collision on Friday.
  The hastily arranged memorial drew at least 150 people who commemorated the life of Paul Smith, 64, who was riding his bike when he was fatally struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Seal Beach Boulevard, according to two friends who org
  
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• Kylor Kelley, balanced Oregon St. beat UCLA men’s basketball

  14-01-2019 06:39 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA’s Jalen Hill grabs a rebound away from Oregon State’s Kylor Kelley (24) and Tres Tinkle (3) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Corvallis, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
  Oregon State’s Ethan Thompson slips past UCLA’s Kris Wilkes during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Corvallis, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUCLA’s Jaylen Hands dodges O
  
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• Lakers lose to last-place Cleveland Cavaliers

  14-01-2019 06:13 via ocregister.com
  Cleveland Cavaliers forward Cedi Osman, left, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton, right, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCleveland Cavaliers center Tri
  
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• Lakers lose to last-place Cavaliers

  14-01-2019 06:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Cleveland Cavaliers forward Cedi Osman, left, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 13:Kyle Kuzma #0 of the Los Angeles Lakers dribbles past Cedi Osman #16 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first half of a game at Staples Center on January 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees th
  
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• Rams get another chance at New Orleans in a rematch of regular-season thriller

  14-01-2019 05:51 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s the right thing to do, not only for the Rams but for NFL fans in general and, if they’re being honest with themselves, for the New Orleans Saints.
  The NFC championship game screamed for a rematch between the Rams and Saints, and both teams obliged with victories this weekend, so they’ll meet again Sunday in New Orleans with a Super Bowl berth on the line.
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• Larry Nance, Jordan Clarkson return to Staples Center to face Lakers

  14-01-2019 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Cleveland Cavaliers forward Cedi Osman, left, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton, right, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCleveland Cavaliers center Tri
  
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• Whicker: Road to Atlanta goes through New Orleans, and Rams know the directions

  14-01-2019 05:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The instruction manual is there.
  It was printed and embossed behind enemy lines, in some Dallas Cowboys’ sanctum, but it was made public for all to see.
  It is the plan to put the brakes on the New Orleans Saints.
  There’s no guarantee it will work for the Rams in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. It might require 469 miles of stopping distance, which is the interval between New Orleans and Atlanta’s Super Bowl site.
  But it’s there, in a way it wasn’t there on the
  
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• Without Porter, USC men’s basketball falls to Oregon

  14-01-2019 05:03 via ocregister.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Paul White and Louis King each scored 19 points as Oregon raced past USC 81-60 on Sunday night.
  Will Richardson had 11 points and Victor Bailey Jr. 10 for the Ducks (10-6, 1-2 Pac-12), the preseason conference favorite, who were coming off an 87-84 overtime loss to UCLA after leading by nine in the final minute.
  This time Oregon took a more deliberate approach by working the shot clock, crashing the boards and hitting 13 of 24 from 3-point range. The Ducks never trailed
  
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• Rams’ NFC championship game opponent: New Orleans Saints

  14-01-2019 04:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Rams (14-3) at New Orleans Saints (14-3)
  Date: Sunday, 12:05 p.m., Fox/11
  Last meeting: In one of the most thrilling NFL games of the regular season, on Nov. 4 at the Superdome, the Rams entered with an 8-0 record but had their dreams of an undefeated season dashed with a 45-35 loss. The Rams appeared to be on their way to a blowout loss when they faced a 35-14 deficit late in the second quarter, but then stormed back to tie the game 35-35 late with less than 10 minutes left in regulation. The R
  
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• TV Best Bets: LA Rams travel to New Orleans for chance at Super Bowl LIII

  14-01-2019 04:47 via ocregister.com
  
  NFLSunday, January 20NFC Championship: L.A. Rams at New Orleans, noon, FoxAFC Championship: New England at Kansas City, 3:40 p.m., CBS
  After a gap of 22 seasons, long enough for any NFL fan to forget, people questioned if the Los Angeles Rams, the first pro team in town, could regain its status in a city it turned away from, twice.
  It was a relevant question. In 1980, the team left the Coliseum for Anaheim Stadium, leaving west side and valley fans adrift. In 1995, they blew town altogether, tak
  
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• Ducks right wing Patrick Eaves making strides in return from broken rib

  14-01-2019 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Patrick Eaves didn’t make the trip with his Ducks teammates.
  But it would seem to be only a matter of time before he’s sound enough to play again. The oft-injured right winger would could be the third in a line of returning players to their lineup, following defenseman Cam Fowler and Rickard Rakell last week.
  Eaves’ return would leave the Ducks with only two injured players: goaltender Ryan Miller (sprained knee), right wing Corey Perry (kne
  
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• USC’s Kevin Porter Jr. suspended one game for conduct issues

  14-01-2019 03:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Porter Jr. #4 of the USC Trojans looks on against the Stanford Cardinal in the first half of a NCAA basketball game at Galen Center on the campus of the University of Southern California on Sunday, January 6, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Kevin Porter Jr. (4) returned Thursday for USC but had an uneven night in the Trojans’ loss at Oregon State. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsKevin Porter Jr., right
  
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• Patriots QB Tom Brady had no trouble against Chargers’ defensive scheme

  14-01-2019 03:26 via ocregister.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The Chargers surprised the Baltimore Ravens by playing seven defensive backs for most of last week’s AFC wild-card playoff game.
  Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley didn’t cook up anything out of the ordinary against the New England Patriots for Sunday’s divisional-round playoff game.
  The Chargers started with a zone defense, a coverage that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has seen for years. Brady gladly took what the defense gave him, and
  
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• Ducks fall to Jets in overtime as losing streak reaches 11 consecutive games

  14-01-2019 02:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Winnipeg Jets’ Patrik Laine (29) celebrates after scoring on Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson (36) as Cam Fowler (4) and Josh Manson (42) look on during second-period NHL hockey game action in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (Trevor Hagan/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Anaheim Ducks’ Rickard Rakell (67) celebrates after scoring against Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) during first-period NHL hockey game action in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (T
  
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• Here’s how much and how fast apprehensions at the border change

  14-01-2019 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The border wall is at the center of the partial federal government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history. President Trump is insisting on billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border before he reopens the government.
  How has the current wall worked to secure the border? How many people has it deterred?
  Funding and technology for security along the southern border has increased nearly every year for the past 15 and been effective. The number of people listed by the U.S. Borde
  
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• Alexander: Strong Chargers’ season ends with an abysmal day against Patriots

  14-01-2019 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A helpful Patriots fan draped a banner over the field railing at Gillette Stadium before Sunday’s game. It read:
  “Ready The Gun Powdah.”
  For what? To put the visiting Chargers out of their misery?
  This dreary afternoon, this 48-21 beatdown by New England in the AFC Divisional Round, was like playing Madden and setting it to “extreme embarrassment” level. This was a Chargers defense, so competent last week against a multi-dimension
  
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• Flash flood watch issued for 4 counties; evacuations urged for Inland Holy fire burn area

  14-01-2019 02:15 via ocregister.com
  
  A voluntary evacuation warning and a flash flood watch for the Inland Holy fire burn area was issued Sunday as Southern California braced for more rain, snow, strong winds and high surf throughout the week.
  The rain is expected Monday, with the warnings issued ahead of it.
  The National Weather Service’s flash flood watch will be in effect from Monday afternoon through Monday evening and covers an area that includes Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, including mo
  
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• We pay through the nose to live in California

  14-01-2019 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s inaugural address was a bit too long and somewhat disjointed, but he did make some cogent points, including this one:
  “Even in a booming economy, there is a disquieting sense that things are not as predictable as they once were, that we must now run faster just to stay in place. Stagnant wages. Costs that keep rising – rent, utilities, visiting the doctor – the basics are increasingly out of reach.  We face a gulf between the rich and everyone els
  
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• New Orleans Saints fight off Philadelphia Eagles, will face Rams for NFC championship

  14-01-2019 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas (13) pulls in a touchdown reception against Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cre’von LeBlanc (34) in the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)
  New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) works against against the Philadelphia Eagles in the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)SoundThe galler
  
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• Family says 13-year-old Jayme Closs is in ‘good spirits’ after kidnapping, escape

  14-01-2019 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The grandfather of a 13-year-old northwestern Wisconsin girl who authorities say escaped a man who killed her parents and held her captive for three months said Sunday she’s in “exceptionally good spirits.”
  Jayme Closs on Thursday fled the cabin near the small town of Gordon where she said she had been imprisoned. She approached a woman walking a dog and asked for her help.
  FILE – This undated file photo provided by Barron County, Wis., Sheriff’s Department, shows J
  
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• Tough Western Conference schedule keeps Clippers — and opponents — focused

  14-01-2019 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  PLAYA VISTA — Not all conferences are created equal: When Detroit — one of those “East Coast teams,” as Coach Doc Rivers calls them — beat his Clippers on Saturday, it was just the Pistons’ second victory in nine games, which improved their record to 18-23 and left them just a half-game out of playoff position.
  That same record in the Western Conference would be good for 14th.
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