• Will spending more really fix our schools?

    Will spending more really fix our schools?
    Former state legislator Ted Lempert is personally and professionally committed to improving the wellbeing of California’s children.
    Lempert, the president of Children Now, has tirelessly advocated to improve children’s futures and last week released a lengthy report comparing California to other states and concluding that we are woefully underspending on education.
    “Since the 1960s, and accelerated by the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, California has experienced a
  • Orange County firefighters pounce on small wildfire near Silverado in Cleveland National Forest

    Orange County firefighters pounce on small wildfire near Silverado in Cleveland National Forest
    Orange County firefighters have contained a roughly 2-acre wildfire in the Cleveland National Forest near Silverado Ranch, northeast of Foothill Ranch.
    The fire, in Williams Canyon and dubbed the Williams fire, was reported at 12:09 p.m., the Orange County Fire Authority said.
    More than 10 engines and brush rigs are on scene, and helicopters have been dropping water on the blaze, officials said.
    Forward progress on the Williams fire, which broke out in the Cleveland National Forest shortly after
  • Orange County firefighters contain small wildfire near Silverado in Cleveland National Forest

    Orange County firefighters contain small wildfire near Silverado in Cleveland National Forest
    Orange County firefighters have contained a 2-acre wildfire in the Cleveland National Forest near Silverado Ranch, northeast of Foothill Ranch.
    The fire, in Williams Canyon and dubbed the Williams fire, was reported at 12:09 p.m., the Orange County Fire Authority said.
    More than 10 engines and brush rigs are on scene, and helicopters have been dropping water on the blaze, officials said.Aerial photo of #WilliamsFire from FIRIS in Santiago Canyon. Helos are handling a spot fire but forward rate o
  • CIF-SS Football Playoffs: First-round pairings for Divisions 1 to 14

    CIF-SS Football Playoffs: First-round pairings for Divisions 1 to 14
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe CIF-SS football playoff pairings for all of the divisions.
    FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
    DIVISION 1
    First round, Friday, Nov. 15
    Bishop Amat at Mater Dei
    Servite at Mission Viejo
    JSerra at Centennial
    Calabasas at St. John Bosco
    DIVISION 2
    First round, Friday, Nov. 8
    Santa Margarita at Sierra Canyon
    Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at Vista Murrieta
    Orange Lutheran at Long Beach Poly
    Murrieta Valley at Rancho Cucamonga
    Chamina
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  • The dirty tricks to increase your taxes

    The dirty tricks to increase your taxes
    Perhaps California’s political structure hasn’t quite devolved into the kind of despotic regime like we see in North Korea or Venezuela, but that doesn’t mean we’re not headed in that direction. As reported last week in this column, the attack on Proposition 13 is now in full gear as proponents of the infamous “split roll” initiative are on the streets collecting signatures for their new $12 billion property tax increase on Californians.
    The measure, entitled
  • USC left to pick up the pieces after demoralizing loss to Oregon

    USC left to pick up the pieces after demoralizing loss to Oregon
    LOS ANGELES — It all happened so quickly, it was hard for USC to process. What once was a 10-point lead went up in smoke, emerging from the flames as a 39-point deficit and eventual 56-24 loss to No. 7 Oregon on Saturday.
    “It was like a blitzkrieg, honestly,” center Brett Neilon said.
    “I’ve never lost this bad in my life,” receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown admitted.
    Added wideout Tyler Vaughns, “It was a shocker to us. I would have never guessed that. Not at al
  • What’s next for USC? Road game at Arizona State

    What’s next for USC? Road game at Arizona State
    USC (5-4, 4-2 in Pac-12 play) at Arizona State (5-3, 2-3)
    When: 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday
    Where: Sun Devil Football Stadium (Tempe, Ari.)
    Watch/listen: ABC/AM 790
    USC update: The Trojans are officially no longer in control of their Pac-12 South fate, falling to a tie with UCLA for second place a game behind Utah after Saturday’s loss to Oregon. … USC got back injured players CB Chris Steele, DE Christian Rector, LB Malik McClain and LB Palaie Gaoteote IV, but lost O
  • Game Center: Chargers vs. Green Bay Packers, Sunday, 1:25 p.m., Carson

    Game Center: Chargers vs. Green Bay Packers, Sunday, 1:25 p.m., Carson
    The Chargers (3-4) try to keep fading playoff hopes alive when the open the second half of their season Sunday against the Green Bay Packers (7-1) at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:25 p.m.
    Stay with this page for game-related news, updates and analysis throughout the day. SCNG’s Gilbert Manzano and Jim Alexander are reporting from Carson.Who has the edge? Chargers vs. Packers | Chargers vs. Packers by the numbers
    Week 9 Odds, betting lines | Week
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  • Game Center: Chargers vs. Green Bay Packers live updates

    Game Center: Chargers vs. Green Bay Packers live updates
    Game on. The Chargers (3-4) try to keep fading playoff hopes alive when the open the second half of their season Sunday against the Green Bay Packers (7-1) at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. Stay with this page for game-related news, updates and analysis throughout the day. SCNG’s Gilbert Manzano and Jim Alexander are reporting from Carson.
    CHARGERS INACTIVE PLAYERS:#GBvsLAC Inactives:
    Easton Stick
    Geremy Davis
    Troymaine Pope
    Roderic Teamer
    Cortez Broughton
    Brandon Mebane
    Justin
  • Game Center: Chargers closing on on upset of Green Bay Packers

    Game Center: Chargers closing on on upset of Green Bay Packers
    Game on. The Chargers (3-4) try to keep fading playoff hopes alive when the open the second half of their season Sunday against the Green Bay Packers (7-1) at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. Stay with this page for game-related news, updates and analysis throughout the day. SCNG’s Gilbert Manzano and Jim Alexander are reporting from Carson.Who has the edge? Chargers vs. Packers | Chargers vs. Packers by the numbers
    Week 9 Odds, betting lines | Week 9 NFL scoreboard
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  • CIF-SS football playoffs: List of at-large teams

    CIF-SS football playoffs: List of at-large teams
    The revised list of teams that received at-large spots in the CIF-SS football playoffs.
    The complete brackets for all divisions will be released at noon.
    DIVISION 2
    Orange Lutheran (4-5 overall)
    Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (6-3)
    Santa Margarita (3-7)
    Serra (6-4)
    DIVISION 3
    Capistrano Valley (4-6)
    Corona Santiago (3-7)
    St. Francis (8-2)
    Tesoro (8-2)
    Westlake (2-8)
    DIVISION 4
    Chaparral (7-3)
    Damien (5-5)
    El Toro (1-9)
    Great Oak (4-6)
    Loyola (3-6)
    Murrieta Mesa (3-7)
    DIVISION 5
    Bishop Diego (5-5)
    Citru
  • Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday Nov. 3

    Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday Nov. 3
    The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday, Nov. 3 for racing at Santa Anita.
    Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks
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  • Breeders’ Cup consensus picks for Sunday Nov. 3

    Breeders’ Cup consensus picks for Sunday Nov. 3
    The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday, Nov. 3 for racing at Santa Anita.
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  • Live updates: CIF-SS football playoff pairings released today

    Live updates: CIF-SS football playoff pairings released today
    The CIF-Southern Section football playoff pairings are scheduled to be released Sunday at noon. Follow along here for updates throughout the day from our team of reporters.
    A Twitter List by Jim_McCurdie
  • Who are the big political donors in Orange County?

    Who are the big political donors in Orange County?
    The 2020 election is a year away, but Orange County’s top political donors have already given millions to support candidates across the nation to help them win primary and general elections.
    Yet even though Orange County officially flipped from red to blue this summer, a Register analysis of campaign finance records suggests most of the biggest individual donors from the region long associated with Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan are Republican.
    Top political supporters in Orange County ha
  • Resigned to the end of privacy: Doug McIntyre

    Resigned to the end of privacy: Doug McIntyre
    Everybody today knows about JFK’s affairs, FDR’s mistress and Warren Harding’s love child. Are we better or worse for this information?
    History is populated with truly strange behavior by movers and shakers, some of whom contributed mightily to the advancement of civilization. How fortunate for us the cellphone camera was centuries in the future. Nothing stays in Vegas today.
    California Congresswoman Katie Hill’s brief congressional career came to a crashing end last week
  • Whicker: Late Night with Canelo Alvarez produces an explosive finish

    Whicker: Late Night with Canelo Alvarez produces an explosive finish
    Canelo Alvarez, right, lands a punch against Sergey Kovalev during a light heavyweight WBO title bout, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, in Las Vegas (AP Photo/John Locher)
    Canelo Alvarez, right, lands a punch against Sergey Kovalev during a light heavyweight WBO title bout, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, in Las Vegas (AP Photo/John Locher)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSergey Kovalev sits in his corner between rounds against Canelo Alvarez during a light heavyweight WBO title bout, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019
  • USC quotable: Trojans express shock at loss to Oregon

    USC quotable: Trojans express shock at loss to Oregon
    Here are the highlights from the post-game press conferences following USC’s 56-24 loss to Oregon:
    Head coach Clay Helton
    Opening comments:
    “Credit to Oregon, good football team. We made enough mistakes tonight against a top-10 team that you can’t win a ball game. You can’t turn it over four times and to have the penalties that we had and expect to be that team. Not our night. As I told the group in there, we’ll come back and work on Monday and get ready for Arizona
  • Columnist David Whiting retires, but not before thanking readers and reminding why journalism matters

    Columnist David Whiting retires, but not before thanking readers and reminding why journalism matters
    David Whiting competes during the 10th anniversary celebration of the Over the Hump Mountain Bike race series at Lakeview Park in Orange on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. (File photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Allen S. Whiting and son David Whiting tour the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda. Allen Whiting was formerly the head of the Far East division in the State Department’s Intelligence and Research branch. (File photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange
  • Kings edge Blackhawks in overtime battle

    Kings edge Blackhawks in overtime battle
    It wasn’t quite an alumni game but two franchises with faded glory and a combined 14 players 30 years or older faced off Saturday when the Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 at Staples Center.
    The two teams ruled the West in the first half of this decade but found themselves clawing out of a tie for last place in the conference Saturday amid a youth movement across the NHL. They recaptured a bit of their magic in a contest that went deep into overtime.
    Left wing Kyle Clifford, defensema
  • Cerritos Valley Christian volleyball back in a final for the first time since 1998

    Cerritos Valley Christian volleyball back in a final for the first time since 1998
    CERRITOS >> The last time Cerritos Valley Christian played in a CIF Southern Section girls volleyball final, head coach Jeff Ornee was 7 years old. None of his players were alive.
    The sixth-ranked Defenders (24-8) weren’t at their best Saturday night, but they came up with enough big plays and a used a huge run to start the decisive fourth set to ramble into next weekend’s Division 4 championship match with a 3-1 triumph over visiting Saddleback Valley Christian, 25-21, 25-18,
  • Whicker: Ryan Garcia is worth every click as he quickly dismisses Romero Duno

    Whicker: Ryan Garcia is worth every click as he quickly dismisses Romero Duno
    LAS VEGAS >> Clickbait came to live at the MGM Grand Saturday night, in devastating fashion.
    Ryan Garcia, star of stage, screen and all of your personal devices, faced his most difficult test. Then he fulfilled his goal of making us say he still hasn’t faced a difficult test.
    He needed 98 seconds to knock out Romero Duno and make a large incursion into the lightweight division.
    The goodnight shot was a right hand on top of Duno’s head, following several hard shots with both han
  • Mater Dei girls volleyball edges Marymount, advances to Division 1 final

    Mater Dei girls volleyball edges Marymount, advances to Division 1 final
    The Mater Dei volleyball team celebrate winning CIF-SS Division 1 volleyball semifinal against Marymount in Santa Ana on Saturday, November 2, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
    Mater Dei’s Colby Bennett bumps the ball to a teammate during the CIF-SS Division 1 volleyball semifinal against Marymount in Santa Ana on Saturday, November 2, 2019. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMater Dei’s Mia Tuaniga, righ
  • Alexander: Lopsided loss to Oregon didn’t help Helton’s job security

    Alexander: Lopsided loss to Oregon didn’t help Helton’s job security
    LOS ANGELES >> Assuming that USC has now hired a new athletic director, as has been widely reported, Saturday night was Clay Helton’s opportunity for another first impression.
    Most people only get one shot. Helton’s working on his third, with Cincinnati athletic director Mike Bohn expected to be introduced soon as the ninth athletic director in school history, and the first since 1993 who has no previous connection to USC.
    So can we assume that in watching Saturday night’
  • UCLA football wins third straight, beats Colorado in Pac-12 play

    UCLA football wins third straight, beats Colorado in Pac-12 play
    PASADENA >> Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson and UCLA extended their winning streak in the Pac-12 to three games with a 31-14 victory over Colorado in front of a crowd of 47,118 at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.
    Thompson-Robinson provided the Bruins with an early  7-0 lead after the defense forced a three-and-out on Colorado’s opening drive. Thompson-Robinson completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Devin Asiasi, topping off a six-play drive of 57 yards that took the 2:32
  • UCLA football draws above average attendance at Rose Bowl for Colorado game

    UCLA football draws above average attendance at Rose Bowl for Colorado game
    PASADENA >> UCLA announced 47,118 fans in attendance for the Pac-12 matchup against Colorado in the Rose Bowl.
    UCLA held Veteran & Armed Forces Appreciation night, offering a free ticket to all active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces and veterans who showed their military ID on game day. General admission tickets were sold for $35.
    The Bruins also tweeted out a flash sale for $20 tickets to entice fans. The $20 ticket promotion was done to celebrate the 42-32 homecoming win over A
  • Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (11-2-19)

    Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (11-2-19)
    Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, Nov. 2.
    GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
    DIVISION 1
    Semifinals
    Mater Dei def. Marymount, 25-18, 22-25, 26-24, 25-19
    DIVISION 2
    Quarterfinal
    Esperanza def. Westlake, 25-21, 25-19, 25-15
    Esp: E. Stowell 22 kills, 5 blocks. Waugh 7 kills, 8 digs. C. Stowell 5 kills, 3 blocks. Harkey 39 assists.
    Note: Esperanza will host Bishop Montgomery in a semifinal match at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
    DIVISION 4
    Semifinals
    Valley Christian def. Saddleback Valley Chr
  • USC’s blowout loss to Oregon highlights season-long inconsistencies

    USC’s blowout loss to Oregon highlights season-long inconsistencies
    LOS ANGELES >> All season long, USC has been a different football team from one game to the next. Against Utah, the Trojans looked like a legitimate Pac-12 contender deserving of a top-25 ranking. The previous week, though, the Trojans couldn’t escape Provo with a win over lowly BYU.
    It’s been impossible to predict each week which USC team would show up, the good or the bad. Against Oregon on Saturday, both iterations of the Trojans showed up. And when playing the seventh-ranke
  • Former RB Skip Hicks inducted into UCLA hall of fame

    Former RB Skip Hicks inducted into UCLA hall of fame
    PASADENA >> Former UCLA running back Skip Hicks was the honorary captain for the coin flip ahead of the game against Colorado.
    Hicks was one of seven members inducted into the 2019 UCLA Hall of Fame on Friday.
    He received first-team All-American honors in 1997 and holds the program record for career touchdowns (55) and single-season touchdowns (26 in 1997). Both were also conference records at the time.
    He was the only Bruin to record over 100 yards in rushing and receiving after his 1996
  • Breeders’ Cup: Vino Rosso outruns McKinzie to win Classic

    Breeders’ Cup: Vino Rosso outruns McKinzie to win Classic
    ARCADIA >> Vino Rosso won Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, blowing by favored McKinzie in the stretch and giving jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. his fourth victory over the weekend.
    Mongolian Groom, winner of the Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 28, was pulled up by jockey Abel Cedillo at about the eighth pole. No immediate word was available regarding the horse’s condition.
    Vino Rosso, who won the Gold Cup at Santa Anita on May 27, went off a
  • Couples, Langer, chasing Goosen at Invesco QQQ Championship

    Couples, Langer, chasing Goosen at Invesco QQQ Championship
    Bernhard Langer and Fred Couples each posted a 7-under 65 in Saturday’s second round of the Invesco QQQ Championship at Sherwood Country Club, leaving both players just one shot behind leader Retief Goosen who sits atop the leaderboard at 10-under 134.
    But while their scores were identical, the way each player viewed their respective rounds was drastically different.
    For Langer, Saturday’s 65 was a bit of a disappointment, especially when you consider he was 8 under through 12 holes
  • Clippers center Ivica Zubac playing big, fitting his role

    Clippers center Ivica Zubac playing big, fitting his role
    PLAYA VISTA — Clippers center Ivica Zubac looks like he spent the summer improving his strength, diet and overall game, motivated to prove his worth and fulfill some high hopes.
    “The sky is the limit for him, he could be a very dominant center,” Kawhi Leonard said recently of Zubac, noting also, “how good he’s gonna be is gonna be up to him.”
    In the first six games this season – before which the good-natured 22-year-old center signed a four-year, $28.5 m
  • California’s climate policies are putting the lights out: Susan Shelley

    California’s climate policies are putting the lights out: Susan Shelley
    Somewhere in California right now, there is a dead battery that is going to change everything in the Golden State.
    For years, Californians have been told that the state must lead on climate change policy, even as the policies drove up the cost of energy and everything powered by it. Residential electricity rates here are more than 50 percent higher than the national average.
    Everybody seemed to be fine with it until the power went out. Historians may someday identify the turning point in state p
  • Orange Lutheran-Huntington Beach clash highlights CIF boys water polo playoff pairings

    Orange Lutheran-Huntington Beach clash highlights CIF boys water polo playoff pairings
    Orange County water polo flexed its muscle again Saturday by earning five spots in the eight-team Division 1 bracket and two other top seeds for the upcoming CIF-Southern Section boys playoffs.
    Newport Harbor (24-3), Orange Lutheran (16-9), Huntington Beach (17-8), Santa Margarita (18-8) and Mater Dei (13-13) were tabbed for Division 1 as the section announced the postseason pairings.
    Defending champion Harvard-Westlake (25-2) is the top seed in Division 1 followed by No. 2 Newport Harbor, whom
  • UCLA football live updates: Bruins vs. Colorado Buffaloes

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    UCLA returns to Pasadena on Saturday night looking for its third consecutive victory as it continues to turn its season around during Pac-12 play.
    The Buffaloes are looking to turn their luck around after dropping the last four games and fielding one of the worst pass defenses in the conference.
    The Colorado defense has allowed at least 30 points in each of its first eight games this season and will have a busy night trying to stop a Bruins offense that leads the conference in scoring (29.1 ppg)
  • ComplexCon turned Long Beach into the hottest spot for fashion — here’s how

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    Forget about fancy fashion weeks in New York and Paris, because the future of style was on display and for sale in Long Beach this weekend with the return of ComplexCon.
    The event, which opened Saturday Nov. 2, and continues Sunday, Nov. 3, turned the Long Beach Convention Center into a pop-up mall where people could buy items from name brands, boutique sellers and up-and-coming retailers that haven’t been released to the general public.
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  • Breeders’ Cup: Bricks and Mortar triumphs in Turf

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    ARCADIA — Bricks and Mortar outlasted 50-1 longshot United to the wire, winning the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf by a head and perhaps laying claim to Horse of the Year.
    Bricks and Mortar gave jockey Irad Ortiz and trainer Chad Brown their third Breeders’ Cup victories of the weekend as the winner made it six for six in 2019, including five Grade I stakes.
    Final time for the 1 1/2 miles was 2:24.73.
    Anthony Van Dyck finished third.
    United almost gave jockey Flavien Prat his se
  • Will Trump end the endless wars?

    Will Trump end the endless wars?
    Donald Trump made headlines in 2016 when he stood on a debate stage with 16 other Republican candidates and called the war in Iraq “a horrible mistake.” More recently Trump decried America’s need to exit “endless wars” when he tweeted that the United States would withdraw 2,000 American troops from Syria.
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  • Breeders’ Cup: Blue Prize upsets Midnight Bisou in Distaff

    Breeders’ Cup: Blue Prize upsets Midnight Bisou in Distaff
    ARCADIA — Midnight Bisou, the even-money favorite, saw her Horse of the Year hopes take a hit Saturday when she was upset by Blue Prize in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita.
    Blue Prize, sent off at 8-1 odds, ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.50 while winning her third consecutive race, including the Grade I Spinster Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 6. The 6-year-old Pure Prize mare beat Midnight Bisou by 1 1/2 lengths.
    Midnight Bisou sat far back up the backstretch and made a
  • New Chargers OC Shane Steichen differs from other wunderkinds

    New Chargers OC Shane Steichen differs from other wunderkinds
    CARSON — Chargers coach Anthony Lynn referred to Shane Steichen as young and innovative. That seems to be the description for most offensive coordinators in today’s NFL.
    But there’s something different about the latest 30-something offensive play-caller.
    Steichen, 34, won’t call his first NFL game until 1:25 p.m. Sunday, when the Chargers face the Green Bay Packers at Dignity Health Sports Park, so it wouldn’t be fair to compare him to Rams coach Sean McVay, 49ers c
  • Orange County football standings: Final 2019

    Orange County football standings: Final 2019
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe final Orange County high school football standings for 2019.Trinity League
    League
    Overall
    PF
    PA
    Mater Dei
    5-0
    10-0
    504
    145
    St. John Bosco
    4-1
    9-1
    432
    143
    Servite
    3-2
    7-3
    304
    210
    JSerra
    2-3
    6-4
    222
    223
    Orange Lutheran
    1-4
    5-5
    162
    327
    Santa Margarita
    0-5
    3-7
    135
    261
    South Coast League
    League
    Overall
    PF
    PA
    Mission Viejo
    4-0
    10-0
    443
    73
    San Clemente
    3-1
    8-2
    285
    178
    Tesoro
    2-2
    8-2
    377
    165
    Capistrano Valley
    1-3

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