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• Santa Margarita forfeiture makes basketball playoffs a longshot

  01-02-2020 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Margarita’s boys basketball team recently forfeited a win, a forfeiture that night keep Eagles out of the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.
  The Eagles were CIF-SS Division 1 champions last season. Santa Margarita would play in the Division 1 playoffs this season if they qualify
  The Eagles in November played in the Stallion Showcase tournament at San Juan Hills. The tournament was not sanctioned by the CIF-Southern Section and a team Santa Margarita defeated in that tournament, Sprit Aca
  
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• Santa Margarita forfeiture guarantees no basketball playoffs this year

  01-02-2020 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Margarita’s boys basketball team recently forfeited a win, a forfeiture that keeps the Eagles out of the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.
  The Eagles were CIF-SS Division 1 champions last season. Santa Margarita would have played in the Division 1 playoffs this season had the Eagles qualified.
  The Eagles in November played in the Stallion Showcase tournament at San Juan Hills. The tournament was not sanctioned by the CIF-Southern Section and a team Santa Margarita defeated in that tourn
  
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• Tony Stewart inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame

  01-02-2020 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C.— For one of the first times in his life, Tony Stewart showed up overdressed.
  Smoke wore a tuxedo to his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, and the blue honorary jacket is just a regular sport coat, not flashy enough to match the rest of Stewart’s outfit.
  The mismatch didn’t last long. By early Saturday morning, when the guest of honor finally rolled into his celebratory party at a sky-top lounge high above Charlotte, Stewart had changed into an oversized Oa
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (2-1-2020)

  01-02-2020 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, Feb. 1.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  NIKE EXTRAVAGANZA
  Mission Viejo 48, Palm Springs 39
  MV: Eldridge 16 pts, 6 rebs, 3 asts. Higgins 15 pts. Hewitt 8 pts.
  Los Alamitos 64, Sonora 57
  LA: Olcomendy 19 pts, 10 rebs.
  Note: Los Al trailed 33-19 at halftime.
  Other scores
  St. Augustine (San Diego) 48, Capistrano Valley 36
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  IRVINE SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Footh
  
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• San Marcos quarterback Emmett Brown announces he is transferring to Mater Dei

  01-02-2020 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The questions about a quarterback transferring to Mater Dei were answered Saturday.
  San Marcos of San Diego quarterback Emmett Brown announced that he will be transferring to Mater Dei.New chapter for my family and I. I thank you all! #GoMonarchs pic.twitter.com/czdJOAL7D8
  — Emmett Brown (@emmettbrown09) February 1, 2020Brown is a 5-foot-11, 180-pound sophomore who passed for 1,599 yards last season and rushed for 109 yards.
  In the fall, the Monarchs will be seeking to replace Bryce Young,
  
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• Man who stole lemur from zoo gets 12 years for Newport Beach burglaries

  01-02-2020 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A 19-year-old Newport Beach man who previously pleaded guilty to stealing an endangered species of lemur from the Santa Ana Zoo has been sentenced to 12 years and eight months in state prison for a rash of burglaries in Newport Beach, prosecutors said.
  Aquinas Kasbar pleaded guilty Sept. 10 in state court to 28 burglaries and one attempted burglary, accepting a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Andre Manssourian, who agreed to cap any punishment at 15 years and
  
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• Pentagon approves using military bases to quarantine 1,000

  01-02-2020 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday approved a request from the Department of Health and Human Services for the possible use of military facilities to accommodate 1,000 people who may have to be quarantined upon arrival from overseas due to a new virus.
  A Defense Department statement said HHS officials requested the use of several facilities capable of housing at least 250 people in individual rooms through Feb. 29. HHS would be responsible for all care, transportati
  
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• Lawmakers demand details on decision to send 195 coronavirus evacuees to Riverside County

  01-02-2020 21:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Citing a lack of transparency, Reps. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, and Norma Torres, D-Pomona, are calling on U.S. Air Force Secretary of State Barbara Barrett to explain why 195 Americans evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China were airlifted to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County.
  In the letter, sent Saturday, Feb. 1, the lawmakers said they were not consulted on the decision to redirect the flight from Ontario International Airport to the base, nor have they heard
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball shoots for first Pac-12 sweep

  01-02-2020 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  At first, Thursday’s game against No. 20 Colorado started out all too familiar for UCLA fans.
  The Bruins had played their best half of basketball all season. They had outrebounded the Buffaloes 20-10, forced seven turnovers and had used 15 points off fast breaks to lead 39-27 at halftime.
  As the team headed into their locker room at intermission, those watching had to wonder at what point in the second half – like it had so many times this season – would it all come crumbling d
  
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• NFL plans Kobe Bryant tributes for Super Bowl LIV

  01-02-2020 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The sports world has held numerous tributes for Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in the past week, and the biggest event in the United States will continue that Sunday.
  Super Bowl LIV is planning two tributes to honor the late basketball legend, including one during the popular halftime show with millions watching. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, the halftime headliners, announced the tribute during their Super Bowl news conference Thursday.
  “I think we’ll all be remembering Kobe on Sunday,&rdq
  
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• Republicans are right to come around on climate change

  01-02-2020 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Republicans are finally coming around on climate change and it’s about time.
  This is both the right policy move and it’s good politics. Win-win.
  According to Politico, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Bakersfield Republican, is expected to introduce a series of bills to serve as the party’s position on the environment, coming at a time when the party is struggling to attract younger voters who overwhelmingly see climate change as a key issue.
  Nothing worthwhile ever come
  
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• Issa’s bigoted tactics pander to the worst elements of the right

  01-02-2020 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Former congressman Darrell Issa really wants to get back to Washington, running for the House seat recently vacated by disgraced Rep. Duncan Hunter rather than in the House district he left not long ago.
  But to do it, he’s resorting to the shameful tactic of attacking a fellow Republican for being gay.
  The ad, against fellow Republican Carl DeMaio, centers on illegal immigration and who loves President Trump most. But several images called attention to DeMaio’s sexuality, flashing ne
  
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• California voters will confront hundreds of costly bonds this year

  01-02-2020 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  California voters will confront a Vesuvius of public school bond measures on the March 3, 2020 — nine of them in Orange County. In South Orange County, the Capistrano Unified School District is pushing two bonds (Measures H and I). If passed, both would obligate CUSD voters to pay $724 million in principal and interest — on top of all of the other taxes and bonds locals already pay.
  Bonds are a tax. Just as homebuyers use mortgages to borrow money, governments borrow money, and repay
  
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• Recipe: Tomato-Ginger Vinaigrette tops chicken with a burst of flavor

  01-02-2020 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Whether broiled, baked, poached or grilled, finding ways to doll up boned and skinned chicken breast seems a never-ending challenge. One approach is to top the bird with a vibrant vinaigrette, such as a warm Tomato-Ginger Vinaigrette, a concoction filled with bright flavors and color.
  I like to spoon the sauce over sliced cooked chicken breast that is fanned atop cooked rice, quinoa or farro. Couscous or orzo are luscious accompaniments, too. The excess vinaigrette seeps down to the grains or pa
  
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• Artist challenges himself with mural honoring Kobe Bryant, his daughter and ‘the Mamba mentality’

  01-02-2020 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  In a day – and with an assist from painters and local kids he knew – a Huntington Beach artist took everything that inspired him about Kobe Bryant and shared it with others through a mural on the side wall of a Costa Mesa market.
  “I – just like Kobe and his Mamba mentality – was driven and had a game plan,” said the Huntington Beach artist who goes simply by Tyke. “I did my due diligence. At game time, I trusted all my plan.”The mural on the El Tor
  
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• Three hope to unseat Orange County’s First District supervisor in March election

  01-02-2020 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Three candidates who hold city offices are challenging the reelection bid of Orange County First District Supervisor Andrew Do in the March 3 election: Westminster Councilman Sergio Contreras, Garden Grove Councilwoman Kim Bernice Nguyen and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido.
  The candidates are a diverse group in terms of their ages and personal backgrounds, as well as their professional experience.
  Sergio Contreras is running for the first district Orange County supervisor’s seat in the March
  
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• When Rams watch 49ers, they see a different way to build a winner

  01-02-2020 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When a Rams executive was asked recently how he’s rooting in the Super Bowl, his answer included a surprise for anyone raised on L.A. vs. Bay Area sports rivalries.
  Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff praised both the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, said he didn’t have a favorite, but then told a group of writers: “You always want your NFC West brethren to do well.”
  Imagine a Dodgers exec saying something like that when the San Francisco Giants are in th
  
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• Lakers players open up about mourning Kobe Bryant, playing on emotional tribute night

  01-02-2020 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The outpouring of grief has taken up whole stretches of sidewalk. It’s filled walls and billboards. It’s found its way to bus signs and window panes. Around Los Angeles, people are wearing their sorrow on their backs.
  It’s been like that, too, for the Lakers, who have held their devastation mostly within private quarters. Until now.
  The Lakers players were able to speak on Friday night about the mourning they’ve been through in the past week, since the
  
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• American Sofia Kenin rallies to win Australian Open

  01-02-2020 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — This, essentially, was where Sofia Kenin was going to win or lose the Australian Open final: She was down love-40 while serving at 2-all in the third set against two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza.
  Kenin came through in spectacular fashion. She won the next five points, each with a winner — one an ace, the others clean groundstrokes to cap exchanges of 11 shots or more.
  The American wouldn’t lose another game on her way to earning a Grand Sla
  
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• Successful Aging: Dangerous falls and how to avoid them

  01-02-2020 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. I have several friends who have taken bad falls that resulted in a broken wrist, concussion and even a brain bleed. I am 81 and want to avoid ending up in the same situation. I know that aging in itself places me at risk. Can you share some key tips that will lessen the probability of a fall? Many thanks. S.M.
  Dear S.M.
  Falls are a big deal! They are the enemy of later life. Here are some facts that support your concern as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Nat
  
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• Choreography is key to successful home remodeling projects

  01-02-2020 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Choreography is key to successful home remodeling projects
  Make sure you know who’s doing what and when to avoid conflicts and gridlock among vendors.
  When in the course of your life as a homeowner you elect to embark on the often daunting task of updating your house, get ready to figure out who is in charge.
  Let’s say you’ve decided to update your kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, stair banister, baseboards, and crown molding. Unless you hire a designer or a general contractor to
  
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• This guy is running 2,830 miles from Disneyland to Disney World — from coast to coast and mouse to mouse

  01-02-2020 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Don Muchow hopes to be the first ultra runner to tackle a transcontinental trek stretching from coast to coast and mouse to mouse when he runs 2,830 miles from Disneyland to Disney World.
  Muchow will start his Run Across America in Newport Beach on Saturday, Feb. 1 in hopes of finishing 98 days later in Melbourne, Fla. —the fastest ever run by a Type 1 diabetic.
  After dipping his toe in the Pacific Ocean in Newport Beach, his first stop will be 14 miles up Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim at th
  
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• Mater Dei girls basketball delivers Coach Kevin Kiernan special 800th career victory

  01-02-2020 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei senior Camryn Kiernan, right, and her teammates helped the Monarchs defeat Bishop Gorman of Nevada on Friday night to earn the 800th career victory for her father, Monarchs coach Kevin Kiernan. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)Mater Dei guard Camryn Kiernan, right, gets a hand on the ball forcing Bishop Gorman guard Jordan Kruljac to lose control at the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana on Friday, January 31, 2020. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)Sound
  
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• Mater Dei girls basketball delivers Coach Kevin Kiernan a special 800th career victory

  01-02-2020 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei guard Camryn Kiernan, center, holds on to the rebound as Bishop Gorman guard Aaliyah Bey, left, and guard Asya Bey, right, try to wrestle the ball away during the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana on Friday, January 31, 2020. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Mater Dei guard Alyssa Frescas, right, puts up a shot by Bishop Gorman forward Adrianna Salgado, left, a the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana on Friday, January 31, 2020. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photog
  
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• Girls basketball highlights: Mater Dei girls deliver Coach Kevin Kiernan special 800th career victory

  01-02-2020 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei senior Camryn Kiernan, right, and her teammates helped the Monarchs defeat Bishop Gorman of Nevada on Friday night to earn the 800th career victory for her father, Monarchs coach Kevin Kiernan. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)Mater Dei guard Camryn Kiernan, right, gets a hand on the ball forcing Bishop Gorman guard Jordan Kruljac to lose control at the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana on Friday, January 31, 2020. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)Sound
  
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• Girls basketball highlights: Mater Dei delivers Coach Kevin Kiernan special 800th career victory

  01-02-2020 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei senior Camryn Kiernan, right, and her teammates helped the Monarchs defeat Bishop Gorman of Nevada on Friday night to earn the 800th career victory for her father, Monarchs coach Kevin Kiernan. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)Mater Dei guard Camryn Kiernan, right, gets a hand on the ball forcing Bishop Gorman guard Jordan Kruljac to lose control at the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana on Friday, January 31, 2020. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)Sound
  
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• What Super Bowl fever costs the country and why the game won’t move to Saturday

  01-02-2020 08:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Super boost
  Only time will tell how many people tune in to tomorrow’s Super Bowl, but it will likely be the most-watched event of the year. Today we look at the game’s impact in many ways beyond the NFL.
  Massive ratings
  Although TV viewership was down a bit for last year’s game, the Super Bowls were the most-watched programs of the past 10 years.All about the ads
  A 2018 poll by Office Pulse found that the biggest winners of the game are the commercials. The survey asked:
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• Friday’s basketball highlights: Laguna Beach clinches Wave League title; Cypress wins third straight championship

  01-02-2020 07:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA roundup of the Orange County boys basketball highlights on Friday:The Laguna Beach boys basketball team clinched the outright Wave League championship by beating Fountain Valley 54-49 on Friday at Laguna Beach High.
  The league championship is the first for the Breakers in the Sunset Conference. Laguna Beach (19-7, 5-0) won the Orange Coast League championship in 2018.
  Nolan Naess had a game-high 23 points f
  
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• Lakers pay homage to Kobe Bryant in emotional loss to Trail Blazers

  01-02-2020 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Lakers forward LeBron James drives to the basket as Blazers center Hassan Whiteside defends during the first half of Friday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma #0 scores at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis #3 grabs a rebound at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday, Ja
  
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• Edison clinches share of Surf League boys basketball title with rout of Corona del Mar

  01-02-2020 07:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Edison boys basketball team won a share of its fourth consecutive league championship Friday by dominating Corona del Mar 70-46 in a Surf League game at Edison High.
  The Chargers were co-Sunset League champions in 2017 and 2018 and co-Surf League champions last season.
  If Edison (17-10, 4-1) beats Newport Harbor on Wednesday, it will clinch the outright league championship.
  Luke Serven led No. 14 Edison w
  
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• Garden Grove basketball tops Ocean View, grabs control of Golden West League race

  01-02-2020 07:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHUNTINGTON BEACH — Garden Grove’s strategy of drawing fouls and going inside as often as possible to Miguel Ortega worked to near perfection in the Argonauts’ 66-45 victory over Ocean View in a key Golden West League boys basketball game Friday at Ocean View High School.
  Ortega, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound forward, led the Argonauts (18-8, 6-2) with 22 points, mostly by muscling his way to the bas
  
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• No. 3 UCLA gymnastics upset by No. 11 Washington, despite Kramer’s first perfect-10

  01-02-2020 07:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES >> First came the wobble, then the loss of concentration, and then the eventual step off the beam. With three falls and three scores of 9.100, the UCLA gymnastics team recorded its season-low score in the event and fell behind Washington with just one event remaining: floor.
  The No. 3 Bruins needed a miracle.
  Cue: Gracie Kramer.
  For the first time in her career, Kramer scored a perfect-10. Her teammates knew it the minute she finished her routine. So did the student section, as
  
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• Ducks get a look at what their future might look like in loss to Lightning

  01-02-2020 06:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Ducks defenseman Erik Gudbranson, right, passes the puck away from Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
  Anaheim Ducks defenseman Josh Manson, left, pokes-checks the puck away from Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Alex Killorn during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)SoundThe gallery will resume insecon
  
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• Fairmont Prep basketball wins this time against rival Pacifica Christian

  01-02-2020 06:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCOSTA MESA – Fairmont Prep vs. Pacifica Christian continues to be one of the better rivalries in Orange County boys basketball.
  Fairmont Prep was the winner Friday. The Huskies defeated Pacifica Christian 88-76 in a San Joaquin League game at Vanguard University.
  Pacifica Christian also beat Fairmont Prep 62-59 on Jan. 14. The two teams played each other four times last year, with Fairmont Prep win
  
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• Alexander: LeBron James’ speech hits all the right notes

  01-02-2020 06:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — As it turned out, the only person who could truly do justice to the Lakers’ pre-game tribute to Kobe Bryant on Friday night was LeBron James.
  “I got something written down,” he told the crowd. “They asked me to kind of stay on course or whatever.
  “But Laker Nation, I’d be selling you short if I read off this (stuff).”
  So James tossed away the script and spoke from the heart. He spoke of celebrating Bryant’s career, spoke of the
  
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• Friday’s boys soccer highlights: Tustin wins Empire crown; Sunny Hills tightens up Freeway League race

  01-02-2020 06:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA roundup of the Orange County boys soccer highlights on Friday:
  Tustin defeated Valencia 3-0 on Friday at Tustin High to become the Empire League champions for the second consecutive season.
  The Tillers improved to 15-2-2 overall, including a perfect 8-0 in league.
  In other games Friday:
  FREEWAY LEAGUE
  Sunny Hills 2, Fullerton 1: Sunny Hills scored a goal in overtime to get past Fullerton in a Freeway League
  
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• Lakers, fans salute Kobe Bryant in emotional return to Staples Center

  01-02-2020 06:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Shirts with Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers cover all of the seats ahead of the tribute at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  Members of Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Academy sit on the Lakers bench and watch pre-game warm ups at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsKobe Bryant’s retired jerseys hang from the rafters at th
  
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• Frank Vogel calls LeBron James ‘a tower of strength’ for Lakers

  01-02-2020 06:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — There are days when Frank Vogel still feels shock.
  Kobe Bryant is gone. He knows it’s true, but he doesn’t want to believe it. Or the sheer enormity of that idea feels impossible to grasp.
  “You wake up in the morning and you say, ‘I can’t believe that this has happened,’” he said.
  But the coach charged with leading the Lakers through some of the franchise’s darkest days has been stoic in the days since the death of Bryant, his t
  
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• Former Laker Trevor Ariza fights through emotions as Kobe Bryant is honored

  01-02-2020 06:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Trevor Ariza stood on the Staples Center court prior to Friday’s game. The former Laker, who also grew up in Los Angeles, was back on his old home court as a member of the Trail Blazers, but rather than warming up, he was transfixed by the video board.
  There, a montage of photos played honoring the life of Ariza’s former teammate, Kobe Bryant, the Laker great who died alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash on Sunday in Cal
  
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• Eighth-ranked UCLA women’s basketball team gives up 92 points in loss to No. 16 Arizona

  01-02-2020 05:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Arizona forward Sam Thomas (14) drives into UCLA forward Lauryn Miller (33) on her way to the basket during an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. (Josh Galemore/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
  Arizona forward Sam Thomas (14) drives into UCLA forward Lauryn Miller (33) on her way to the basket during an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. (Josh Galemore/Arizona Daily Star via AP)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsArizona guards Hele
  
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• ‘Prepared to shed some tears,’ melancholy fans hang together at LA Live, at a Lakers game like no other

  01-02-2020 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The line started moving, in fits and starts, just after 5 p.m.
  “Surreal,” Chris Hamilton, of San Diego, said as he perused the scene Friday night outside Staples Center.
  Hamilton has had his tickets in hand since December. When he got them, he didn’t know he and his son, Carl, would be lined up with rows of heartbroken fans, all clad in layers of purple, gold and melancholy.
  Sadness, reverence, even curiosity and nostalgia — they all filled the solemn, awkward air for the
  
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• PHOTOS: How Kobe Bryant was remembered at Staples Center as Lakers return to court

  01-02-2020 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES >> As the Lakers returned for their first game at Staples Center after the helicopter crash that killed nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, the outpouring of love and grief was immense. Here are some of the images from one of the most emotional nights ever at Staples Center and LA Live.  More coverage
  Shirts with Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers cover all of the seats ahead of the tribute at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020
  
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• JSerra linebackers Malaki Teo, Champion Johnson transfer to Mater Dei

  01-02-2020 04:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The confirmed number of standout departures from the JSerra football program continues to grow.
  JSerra linebackers Malaki Te’o, a standout sophomore, and junior Champion Johnson have enrolled at Trinity League rival Mater Dei, Monarchs athletic director Tia Meza confirmed Friday afternoon.
  Te’o (6-1, 220) was a first-team all-league selection last season after finishing as JSerra’s third-leading tackler. He has been offered by Arizona State.
  Johnson (6-2, 200) is a linebacker/t
  
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• Woman sentenced to 6 months for rampage at Maggiano’s restaurant at South Coast Plaza

  01-02-2020 03:39 via ocregister.com
  
  A 27-year-old Fullerton woman has been sentenced to six months in jail for her part in a rampage last year through a South Coast Plaza restaurant.
  Passion Shenay Coleman pleaded guilty to single counts each of criminal threats, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy, as well as two counts of vandalism, all felonies. Coleman also pleaded guilty to assault, battery, wearing a mask in a crime, brandishing a weapon and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors.
  Coleman, who has been in custody since O
  
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• SoCal students face disappointment, uncertainty after virus outbreak cancels study-abroad sessions in China

  01-02-2020 03:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Grant Richardson’s dad Phillip watches a press conference on the novel coronavirus at home in Newport Coast on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Grant Richardson, a Pepperdine University sophomore, was forced to return from his semester abroad in Shanghai due to the novel coronavirus that forced Pepperdine to suspend its program there. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Grant Richardson, a Pepperdine University sophomore, was forced to return from his semester abroad in Shanghai d
  
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• Sand sculpture honors Kobe and Gianna Bryant, 7 others who died in helicopter crash

  01-02-2020 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  At promptly 8:24 a.m. — representing Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers with the Lakers — San Clemente sand sculptor Jay Bellamy dug up his first shovel of sand at Baby Beach in Dana Point Harbor.
  The scoop was the beginning of an hours-long labor of love Friday, Jan. 31, to pay homage to Bryant, 41, his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven other Orange County residents who died Sunday when the helicopter they were riding in slammed into a Calabasas hillside.
  A bouquet of flowers lays on t
  
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• Judge may reject attempt to withdraw guilty pleas in San Bernardino terror case

  01-02-2020 02:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Riverside resident Enrique Marquez Jr. likely has lost his attempt to withdraw the guilty pleas he made two years ago to charges related to supplying the AR-style rifles used to kill 14 people and wound 22 others in the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
  U.S. District Court Judge Jesus G. Bernal said Friday, Jan. 31, that he was inclined to deny Marquez’s motion. Bernal said he would issue a written ruling on an unspecified date.
  Bernal’s statement came after two days of testim
  
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• As major airlines cancel flights to China, some passengers come home early

  01-02-2020 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Jimmy Lin came out of Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport like many passengers on Friday: wearing a face mask. The 31-year-old had just traveled from Fuzhou, China where he was visiting his parents and decided to come home earlier because of the coronavirus.
  “I was going to stay until March, but I didn’t want to stay for too much longer,” he said. “I’m worried about the airlines getting cut off. I am afraid I can’t come back
  
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• A restored Palm Springs home by Albert Frey lists for $2.4 million

  01-02-2020 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The patio. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)
  The master bathroom. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe living room. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)
  The dining room. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)
  A view of the dining room. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)
  The den. (Photo by Ruben Vargas Jr. Photography)
  View of the poo
  
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• Miniature schnauzer mix Stanley just wants to be loved

  01-02-2020 02:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Miniature schnauzer-Sealyham terrier mix
  Stanley has been looking for his forever home for quite a while, and no one is sure why. (Courtesy of KenMar Rescue)
  Age: 2 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 21 pounds
  Stanley’s story: Poor Stanley has been looking for his forever home for quite a while, and no one is sure why. He’s a happy guy who loves people, especially if they give him massages and real steak or hamburger pieces as treats. He also loves snoozing in the sun. He makes
  
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