• UCLA women’s basketball runs past Washington State

    UCLA women’s basketball runs past Washington State
    LOS ANGELES — After two consecutive games of overtime, the UCLA women’s basketball finally got a win in which it had room to breathe.
    Thanks to a second-quarter surge, the No. 10 Bruins triumphed over Washington State 66-50 on Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. The victory concludes UCLA’s fourth consecutive regular-season sweep of the Washington schools.
    Just two days removed from her career-high performance of 31 points Friday against Washington, Michaela Onyenwere surpasse
  • Case against Myles Kui Zhang, a federal agent accused of claiming fraudulent overtime, dismissed

    Case against Myles Kui Zhang, a federal agent accused of claiming fraudulent overtime, dismissed
    The criminal case against a former federal immigration and customs agent accused of claiming fraudulent overtime has been dismissed, after a prosecutor moved to drop a grand theft charge.
    An Orange County Superior Court judge on Nov. 13, 2017 dismissed the case against Myles Kui Zhang upon the request of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, court records show.
    In 2014, Zhang, a Chino resident, was accused of claiming fraudulent overtime in excess of $13,000 over multiple years. Sh
  • Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, wife and daughter die in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant

    Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, wife and daughter die in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant
    Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli was among the victims of the helicopter crash that also killed former Lakers star Kobe Bryant, OCC assistant coach Ron La Ruffa confirmed Sunday, Jan 26.
    Altobelli’s brother Tony, Orange Coast College’s sports information director, told CNN that Altobelli’s wife Keri and daughter Alyssa also were among the crash victims.
    Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna also was killed in the crash. The other victims have not been ide
  • Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli dies in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant

    Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli dies in helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant
    Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli was among the victims of the helicopter crash that also killed former Lakers star Kobe Bryant, OCC assistant coach Ron La Ruffa confirmed Sunday, Jan 26.
    Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna also was killed in the crash. The other victims have not been identified yet.
    Orange Coast College officials and supporters gathered at the school as news spread Sunday.
    Altobelli was entering his 24th season as Orange Coast College’s coach. In 2
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  • Anaheim puts union interests ahead of workers

    Anaheim puts union interests ahead of workers
    Christmas came early for Los Angeles union bosses in 2019 when on Dec. 3, 2019 the Anaheim City Council voted to approve a union-created Project Labor Agreement (PLA) that will essentially cover all taxpayer-funded construction projects in the city.
    PLAs are documents that seek to do what the marketplace has failed to do for construction unions over the past 40 years: gain back lost market share. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, less than 16% of the California construction workforce
  • Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest Lakers ever, dies at 41

    Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest Lakers ever, dies at 41
    Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant looks at the score board in the first quarter against the New Orleans Hornets during game five of a NBA Western Conference First Round playoff basketball game in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
    Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) before game five of a Western Conference Final Playoff basketball game as the Lakers beat the Suns 103-101 at the Staples Center on Thursday, May 27, 2010 in Los Ang
  • Rocket lands inside U.S. embassy walls in Baghdad; Iraqi protesters return to streets

    Rocket lands inside U.S. embassy walls in Baghdad; Iraqi protesters return to streets
    By SAMYA KULLAB
    BAGHDAD (AP) — One protester was killed by security forces after hundreds of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of Iraq’s capital and southern provinces on Sunday, defying a powerful Iraqi religious leader who recently withdrew his support from the popular movement.
    Separately, five Katyusha rockets crashed into a riverbank near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone without causing any injuries or serious damages, a statement fro
  • Photos: Kobe Bryant’s legendary basketball career

    Photos: Kobe Bryant’s legendary basketball career
    Kobe Bryant waves to fans after scoring 60 points in the final game of his career against the against the Utah Jazz. April 13, 2016. Los Angeles, CA.  (Photo by David Crane/Southern California News Group)
    BASKETBALL, HIGH SCHOOL, PHENOM, SLAM DUNK, PRACTICE, ACTIONSoundThe gallery will resume insecondsFormer Laker Kobe Bryant holds the Larry O’Brien championship trophy and the NBA Finals MVP trophy after the Lakers beat the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the 2009 Finals in Orlando, Fla. (
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  • ‘The world lost a giant’: Kobe Bryant mourned, remembered by celebrities following death

    ‘The world lost a giant’: Kobe Bryant mourned, remembered by celebrities following death
    Basketball legend Kobe Bryant, also known as “Mamba” in the sports world, was among five killed when a helicopter crashed along a hillside near Calabasas on Sunday morning, authorities and.Related: Kobe Bryant, 4 others killed in helicopter crash in CalabasasAmong Kobe’s many accomplishments in basketball, he also received an Academy award in 2018 for Best Animated Short Film, “Dear Basketball.”
    Celebrities took to Twitter to react to the shocking news of the player
  • Celebrities react with shock as they remember Kobe Bryant following fatal helicopter crash

    Celebrities react with shock as they remember Kobe Bryant following fatal helicopter crash
    Basketball legend Kobe Bryant, also known as “Mamba” in the sports world, was among five killed when a helicopter crashed along a hillside near Calabasas on Sunday morning, authorities and TMZ  and Variety reported.It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Kobe Bryant and four others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.The aircraft went down in a remote field off Las Virgenes around 10:00 this morning.Nobody on the ground was hurt.The FAA and NTSB are inves
  • Kobe Bryant reaction: Athletes react to death of Lakers legend

    Kobe Bryant reaction: Athletes react to death of Lakers legend
    Former Los Angeles Lakers star was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in Calabasas. The news rattled the sports world and led to instant reaction on social media:I can’t pray enough for Vanessa and the Bryant family… why is life so damn fragile! #RIPMAMBA
    — Kyle Rudolph (@KyleRudolph82) January 26, 2020
    Damn. RIP Mamba. May your memory be a blessing
    — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) January 26, 2020 Uhhhh. Noooo…life is too precious. RIP Kobe— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7)
  • Hong Kong Disneyland closes amid China’s coronavirus outbreak

    Hong Kong Disneyland closes amid China’s coronavirus outbreak
    Hong Kong Disneyland has joined Shanghai Disneyland in closing indefinitely amid the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 50, infected thousands and restricted millions from traveling to China tourist destinations during the Lunar New Year holiday.
    Hong Kong Disneyland announced that the theme park would be temporarily closing Sunday, Jan. 26 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
    “As a precautionary measure in line with prevention efforts taking place across Hong Kong, we are temporar
  • Bonds are a risky way to deal with pension woes

    Bonds are a risky way to deal with pension woes
    Recently, this column exposed the foolishness of two proposed statewide bond measures: A $15 billion school bond, which will be on the March 3 ballot, as well as a “climate resiliency” bond.
    Both are horribly flawed for several reasons, not the least of which that it makes no sense for California to go further into debt when we have a large surplus.
    But at the local level, taxpayers need to be aware of a recent resurgence in the use of pension obligation bonds, a risky financing meth
  • Coronavirus patients confirmed in Los Angeles and Orange counties

    Coronavirus patients confirmed in Los Angeles and Orange counties
    Two cases of coronavirus have now been confirmed in Southern California, one each in Los Angeles and Orange counties, health officials said Sunday, Jan. 26.
    Both patients were identified as travelers from Wuhan, China.
    The Los Angeles County case was announced Sunday, when the patient, identified as a returning traveler from Wuhan,  “presented themselves for care once they noticed that they were not feeling.”
    That person, who was not further identified,  “is currently
  • Kobe Bryant reported among 5 dead in helicopter crash near Calabasas

    Kobe Bryant reported among 5 dead in helicopter crash near Calabasas
    MALIBU – Five people, including basketball legend Kobe Bryant, were killed when a helicopter crashed along a hillside near Calabasas on Sunday morning, authorities and TMZ reported.
    The crash, in the area of Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street, was called in at 9:47 a.m., according to a watch commander at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lost Hills/Malibu station.Five people confirmed deceased, no survivors in #Calabasas helicopter crash. #LASD #Malibu deputies remain
  • Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna among 5 others killed in helicopter crash in Calabasas

    Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna among 5 others killed in helicopter crash in Calabasas
    CALABASAS — Five people were killed Sunday, including Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, when a helicopter crashed along a hillside in Calabasas.
    The crash, in the area of Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street, was called in at 9:47 a.m., according to a watch commander at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lost Hills/Malibu station.
    The helicopter was described as a Sikorsky S-76, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Ken
  • Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna among 5 killed in helicopter crash in Calabasas

    Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna among 5 killed in helicopter crash in Calabasas
    CALABASAS — Five people were killed Sunday, including Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, when a helicopter crashed along a hillside in Calabasas.
    Also on board was Orange Coast College head baseball coach John Altobelli, said OCC assistant baseball coach Ron La Ruffa.
    The crash, in the area of Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street, was called in at 9:47 a.m., according to a watch commander at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lost
  • Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday Jan. 26

    Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday Jan. 26
    The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday, Jan. 26 for racing at Santa Anita.
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  • Bishop Vann, OC Catholics head to Rome to meet with Pope Francis

    Bishop Vann, OC Catholics head to Rome to meet with Pope Francis
    The Bishop of Orange County will be among a group of Catholic leaders visiting the threshold of the tombs of the apostles, Sts. Peter and Paul, as part of a pilgrimage to the Vatican.
    Then they will meet the Pope.
    “The visit teaches us that we are united as a family of faith on the foundation of the apostles,” Bishop Kevin Vann said. “What I hope to pass along to the Holy See is the dynamic life of the Diocese of Orange.”
    The Italian excursion is called an Ad Limina, whic
  • Automated chest compression devices now in use by all 911 emergency responders in Orange County

    Automated chest compression devices now in use by all 911 emergency responders in Orange County
    For the past decade, only two fire agencies in Orange County — the cities of Newport Beach and Orange — chose to use automated chest compression devices instead of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation to keep people alive after they suffer cardiac arrest.
    But since Jan. 1, a new policy instituted by Orange County Health Care Agency’s Emergency Medical Services requires that the 10 agencies in the county that respond to 911 calls must use the automated devices.The decision is ba
  • Are your 2020 resolutions kaput? Go short-term instead

    Are your 2020 resolutions kaput? Go short-term instead
    If you do not feel as committed this week to the New Year’s resolutions you made Jan. 1, you’re not alone. Of the 130 million people who made New Year’s resolutions, 92% will give up by the second week of February.
    There are several good reasons you may have difficulty keeping your resolutions. You might feel overwhelmed or discouraged by seemingly unattainable goals. Maybe your intentions were not clear when you started, or you’re not ready to change.
    Brian P. Moran and
  • Tips From Disney Expert: Make a Difference in Your Community

    Tips From Disney Expert: Make a Difference in Your Community
    One of our favorite parts about being Disney Ambassadors is getting to go out into the community and make a difference along with our fellow Disney VoluntEARS. Since it’s still January, and New Year’s resolutions are still top of mind, here are a few ideas we have for you to get involved in your community, too.
    Start with small acts of kindness.The smallest actions can make a big impact on another person. Try to be on the lookout for simple ways you can help those around you, whereve
  • Cool Disney Jobs: Helping Others Help Others

    Cool Disney Jobs: Helping Others Help Others
    Name: Quinn ShurianRole: Corporate Citizenship SpecialistYears with the Company: 25Hometown: Newbury Park, CAInterests: Making quilts, baking and visiting local theme parks
    Q: Please tell us about your role.
    A. I lead all of our Disney VoluntEARS efforts at the Disneyland Resort, which means I get to provide ways for our cast members to give back. I do this by coordinating all of our volunteer projects out in the community and leading cast-facing campaigns like our annual clothing and canned foo
  • Whicker: UC Irvine basketball keeps playing long game under Russell Turner

    Whicker: UC Irvine basketball keeps playing long game under Russell Turner
    IRVINE — There are college basketball teams, and then there are programs. For long years, UC Irvine struggled to tell the difference.
    It would pick up a Raimonds Miglinieks here, a Jerry Green there, and prosper for a season or two. When they left, so did the plan.
    This is Coach Russell Turner’s 10th season, and after last season’s Big West Conference Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament first-round win over Kansas State, he signed a six-year contract extension. In those
  • Gov. Newsom busy dreaming up new bureaucracies

    Gov. Newsom busy dreaming up new bureaucracies
    It’s … alive!
    California’s government, that great hulking mass of parts thrown together to wreak havoc on the state’s unwary villagers, is growing.
    Gov. Gavin Newsom’s January budget is drawing criticism for its proposed expansion of the state bureaucracy. The governor requested funding for the creation of a new Department of Early Childhood Development, an Office of Health Care Affordability, a Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages, a Department of Cannabis C
  • Demographic undestiny

    Demographic undestiny
    Demography becomes destiny, the old adage goes. But many of the most confidently promoted demographic predictions have turned out grossly exaggerated or even dead wrong. In many cases they tend to reflect more the aspirations of pundits and reporters than the actual on-the-ground realities.
    Good thing, too. Many of the most famous predictions about population growth tended to be dystopic, envisioning a hopelessly overcrowded planet increasingly divided by race, crammed into a handful of large ci
  • Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball wins Big West battle over CSUN

    Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball wins Big West battle over CSUN
    Cal State Northridge forward Lamine Diane, center, goes up for a basket under pressure as Cal State Fullerton forward Davon Clare, left, and forward Jackson Rowe defend him during a Big West Conference game at Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton on Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
    Cal State Fullerton forward Davon Clare, third from right, shoots over Cal State Northridge forward Jared Pearre during a Big West Conference game at Cal State Fullerton in Ful
  • Cal State Fullerton basketball wins Big West battle over CSUN

    Cal State Fullerton basketball wins Big West battle over CSUN
    Cal State Northridge forward Lamine Diane, center, goes up for a basket under pressure as Cal State Fullerton forward Davon Clare, left, and forward Jackson Rowe defend him during a Big West Conference game at Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton on Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
    Cal State Fullerton forward Davon Clare, third from right, shoots over Cal State Northridge forward Jared Pearre during a Big West Conference game at Cal State Fullerton in Ful
  • Case of coronavirus confirmed in Orange County; officials call risk of transmission ‘low’

    Case of coronavirus confirmed in Orange County; officials call risk of transmission ‘low’
    The OC Health Care Agency said it received confirmation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday  evening that an Orange County case has tested positive for the coronavirus that appears to have spread from China.
    The patient, a “traveler from Wuhan, China, has been in contact with the HCA and was provided guidance in order to reduce exposure to the public while awaiting laboratory confirmation from the CDC. The individual has now been transported to a local
  • Case of coronavirus confirmed in Orange County

    Case of coronavirus confirmed in Orange County
    The OC Health Care Agency said it received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday  evening that an Orange County case has tested positive for the coronavirus that appears to have spread from China.
    The patient, a “traveler from Wuhan, China, has been in contact with the HCA and was provided guidance in order to reduce exposure to the public while awaiting laboratory confirmation from the CDC. The individual has now been transported to a local hosp
  • Boomers and millennials duke it out

    Boomers and millennials duke it out
    Last December, thousands gathered in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to watch a reenactment of George Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware. After a two-year hiatus due to bad weather, actors boarded boats and rowed across to cheers. “We had lovely weather,” said Jennifer Martin, executive director of the Friends of Washington’s Crossing Park.
    George Washington had no such luxury. He made his crossing in horrible weather; enduring sleet and snow, fierce winds and hull-
  • LAFC wins friendly over Uraguayan club team Penarol

    LAFC wins friendly over Uraguayan club team Penarol
    n Saturday night, Los Angeles Football Club welcomed 18,988 of its supporters back to Banc of California Stadium for the first time in 2020 to kick off the preseason. LAFC didn’t field anything close to its conventional lineup against Uruguayan club Peñarol; the team’s 2-0 win against one of the biggest clubs in South America was a true team effort.
    Six LAFC players, including starters like forward Diego Rossi, midfielder Eduard Atuesta and centerback Walker Zimmerman, are sti
  • Motivated South unites to defeat North in O.C. North-South All-Star Classic

    Motivated South unites to defeat North in O.C. North-South All-Star Classic
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCOSTA MESA Nick Billoups earned some redemption. Chad Johnson made more history. And the South defense played takeaway.
    The South put its personnel and motivation to good use Saturday to capture the 61st Orange County North-South All-Star Classic for the sixth year in a 27-13 victory in front of an estimated 5,500 at Orange Coast College.
    Billoups, San Clemente’s quarterback who was declared ineligible
  • Bellator 238: Cris Cyborg knocks out Julia Budd to make MMA history

    Bellator 238: Cris Cyborg knocks out Julia Budd to make MMA history
    Cris Cyborg, blue, defeats featherweight champion Julia Budd, red, by TKO to become the new champion duringBellator 238 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA., Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
    Cris Cyborg, blue, defeats featherweight champion Julia Budd, red, by TKO to become the new champion duringBellator 238 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA., Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume in
  • Photos: Bellator 238 fights at the Forum in Inglewood

    Photos: Bellator 238 fights at the Forum in Inglewood
    Photos from Bellator 238 fights at the Forum in Inglewood, Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photos by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
    Cris Cyborg, blue, defeats featherweight champion Julia Budd, red, by TKO to become the new champion duringBellator 238 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA., Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
    Cris Cyborg, blue, defeats featherweight champion Julia Budd, red, by TKO to become the new champion duringBellator 238 at
  • Photos: Los Angeles Dodgers Celebrate with fans during Fanfest 2020

    Photos: Los Angeles Dodgers Celebrate with fans during Fanfest 2020
    Thousands of fans came out dressed in Dodger Blue to support their team and share a day of fun, see some of their favorite players like Corey Seager, Justin Turner, Joc Pederson and more during the Los Angeles Dodgers Fanfest featuring player autographs, music, food, VIP Experience, Dodger merchandise and player interviews at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 25, 2020.
     
    Kiki Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers smiles as he speaks with the media during the Los Angeles Dodg
  • UC Irvine men’s basketball barely holds on to defeat Cal Poly

    UC Irvine men’s basketball barely holds on to defeat Cal Poly
    IRVINE — UC Irvine hasn’t lost many Big West Conference men’s basketball games the past two seasons. The Anteaters went 15-1 in conference a season ago, won the tournament title and was undefeated this season in the Big West before losing Wednesday at Long Beach State.
    It therefore figured to be interesting to see how the Anteaters reacted to that when they squared off with Cal Poly on Saturday.
    The Anteaters did not play spectacularly, by any means, but they had just enough to
  • UC Irvine barely holds on to defeat Cal Poly

    UC Irvine barely holds on to defeat Cal Poly
    IRVINE — The UC Irvine men’s basketball team hasn’t lost many Big West Conference games the past two seasons. The Anteaters went 15-1 in conference play a season ago, won the tournament title and were undefeated this season in the Big West before losing Wednesday at Long Beach State.
    Therefore, it figured to be interesting to see how the Anteaters reacted to that when they squared off with Cal Poly on Saturday night.
    The Anteaters did not play spectacularly, by any means, but t
  • Lakers stumble in Philadelphia in turnover-riddled loss

    Lakers stumble in Philadelphia in turnover-riddled loss
    Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, left, tries to make his move on Philadelphia 76ers’ Ben Simmons, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
    Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, center right, goes up for the shot with Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris, right, and Shake Milton, center left, defending during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP
  • Bellator 238: Darrion Caldwell makes quick work of Adam Borics

    Bellator 238: Darrion Caldwell makes quick work of Adam Borics
    Darrion Caldwell, red, defeats Adam Borics blue, by first round submissionduring their Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal Bout at Bellator 238 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA., Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
    Darrion Caldwell, red, defeats Adam Borics blue, by first round submissionduring their Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal Bout at Bellator 238 at The Forum in Inglewood, CA., Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutkne
  • 14-year-old boy struck in drive-by shooting in Anaheim

    14-year-old boy struck in drive-by shooting in Anaheim
    A drive-by shooting in Anaheim left a 14-year-old boy hospitalized on Saturday evening, authorities said.
    The 14-year-old and two other teenage boys were walking in the area of Orange Avenue and South Western Avenue around 5:30 p.m. when a dark-colored sedan pulled up next to the group, said Sgt. Shane Carringer, spokesman for the Anaheim Police Department.
    There were four people inside the car, one of whom pointed a gun at the boys, fired at least one shot, then drove away, Carringer said. One
  • LeBron James passes Kobe Bryant for 3rd place on NBA’s career scoring list

    LeBron James passes Kobe Bryant for 3rd place on NBA’s career scoring list
    PHILADELPHIA — Since coming to Los Angeles, it’s been inevitable that LeBron James would be measured against Kobe Bryant – the Lakers’ last great superstar. In at least one way, he’s finally surpassed him.
    On Saturday night, on a driving lay-up with 7:22 left in the third quarter of the Lakers’ game against the 76ers, James passed Bryant to become the third-leading scorer in NBA history.
    James had at least one public tribute to Bryant written on his black shoe
  • Alexander: Stubborn resilience keeps Ryan Palmer close at Torrey Pines

    Alexander: Stubborn resilience keeps Ryan Palmer close at Torrey Pines
    LA JOLLA – Friday was Ryan Palmer’s day at Torrey Pines. Saturday? He was stubbornly resilient, which might be the story of his golf life.
    Palmer shot a 62 on the North Course in Friday’s second round to take the Farmers Insurance Open lead by two shots, maybe because he was blissfully ignorant of what the others at the top of the leaderboard were doing. It could have been even better had he not bogeyed 18.
    But the third round, with everyone playing the tougher South Course, wa
  • Bellator 238: Aaron Pico cracks Daniel Carey with KO

    Bellator 238: Aaron Pico cracks Daniel Carey with KO
    INGLEWOOD — No other way to say it: Aaron Pico is back.
    The Whittier native shook off back-to-back knockout losses and delivered a stunning second-round knockout of Daniel Carey at Bellator 238 on Saturday night at The Forum.
    Pico (5-3) threw a front kick that caught Carey’s attention and caused him to drop his hands. Pick followed up with a massive left, part wrist and part forearm connecting with Carey’s jaw and neck. No matter, it was lights out for Carey as Pico followed up
  • Dodgers express ‘frustration’ over the Astros’ sign-stealing scheme and discipline

    Dodgers express ‘frustration’ over the Astros’ sign-stealing scheme and discipline
    Joc Pederson of the Los Angeles Dodgers signs autographs for fans during the Los Angeles Dodgers Fanfest with player autographs, music, food, VIP Experience, Dodger merchandise and player interviews at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 25, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
    Fans look out of the stadium as construction continues during the Los Angeles Dodgers Fanfest with player autographs, music, food, VIP Experience, Dodger merchandise and player intervi
  • Orange County girls basketball standings: Saturday, Jan. 25

    Orange County girls basketball standings: Saturday, Jan. 25
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowStandings for the Orange County girls basketball leagues through Jan. 24. The standings will be updated several times a week based on published information.Trinity League
    League
    Overall
    Mater Dei
    5-1
    21-2
    Rosary Academy
    4-1
    16-9
    JSerra
    3-2
    12-6
    Orange Lutheran
    2-4
    13-11
    Santa Margarita
    0-6
    5-14
    South Coast League
    League
    Overall
    San Clemente
    5-0
    22-2
    Aliso Niguel
    3-2
    18-6
    Tesoro
    3-2
    13-11
    Trabuco Hills
    1-3
    6-1
  • Okongwu, USC basketball cruise in road win over Oregon State

    Okongwu, USC basketball cruise in road win over Oregon State
    CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Onyeka Okongwu scored 18 points and had three highlight-reel dunks in the second half to lead Southern California to a 75-55 victory over Oregon State on Saturday.
    USC (16-4, 5-2 Pac-12) never trailed and had balanced scoring with five players in double figures.
    Okongwu, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound freshman forward, was 7 of 8 from the field with eight rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocked shots.
    “Honestly, this was the most confident game I’ve ha
  • WSU’s Anthony Gordon leads North in Senior Bowl, honors Upland’s Tyler Hilinski

    WSU’s Anthony Gordon leads North in Senior Bowl, honors Upland’s Tyler Hilinski
    North running back Joshua Kelley of UCLA (2) carries the ball during the second half of the Senior Bowl college football game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
    North quarterback Anthony Gordon of Washington State (3) scrambles away from South defensive end Trevis Gipson of Tulsa (15) during the second half of the Senior Bowl college football game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNorth running back Jos
  • ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ shocker: Tamra and Vicki leaving the show

    ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ shocker: Tamra and Vicki leaving the show
    Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge are Housewives no more.
    Check that: They may still technically be housewives, but Vicki has downed her last shot of tequila and Tamra has skinnied her last dip as members of the cast of “The Real Housewives Of Orange County.”
    “I will always be the OG of the OC but it’s time to say goodbye to ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County,’” Vicki tweeted Friday afternoon.
    “It’s been a wild 12 years but it’s time t
  • Orange County boys basketball standings: Saturday, Jan. 25

    Orange County boys basketball standings: Saturday, Jan. 25
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowStandings for the Orange County boys basketball leagues through Jan. 24. The standings will be updated several times a week based on published information.Trinity League
    League
    Overall
    St. John Bosco
    5-1
    19-5
    Mater Dei
    5-1
    18-5
    JSerra
    4-2
    19-4
    Servite
    2-4
    16-8
    Orange Lutheran
    1-5
    13-8
    Santa Margarita
    1-5
    11-12
    South Coast League
    League
    Overall
    Capistrano Valley
    4-0
    22-1
    San Clemente
    3-2
    15-9
    Mission Viejo
    3-2

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