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• Cal State Fullerton launches anti-racism initiative in wake of offensive fraternity flier

  07-02-2020 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton has launched a multi-year anti-racism/anti-bias initiative called Titans Together: Striving for Justice, Equity, and Inclusion, in the wake of an outcry after a fraternity posted a flier with a word offensive to African American students.
  The announcement by CSUF President Fram Virjee on Thursday, Feb. 6, in an email to CSUF students, faculty and staff, comes almost four months after the Black Student Union called a town hall meeting to draw attention to the flier, posted on
  
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• Open Division teams announcement delayed

  07-02-2020 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-Southern Section will announce which teams will play in its elite boys and girls basketball Open Division playoffs on Sunday.
  The announcement was scheduled for Friday. Some Open Division candidates still are playing games today and/or Saturday. Among them are the Etiwanda boys team that plays Chino Hills tonight. Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth is playing in a showcase event today and Saturday.
  Mater Dei’s boys and girls basketball teams are on the “watch list” of candidat
  
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• CIF-SS delays selection of Open Division teams for boys, girls basketball playoffs

  07-02-2020 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF Southern Section said Friday it was delaying the announcement about which teams will play in its elite Open Division boys and girls basketball playoffs until Sunday.
  The announcement was scheduled for Friday. Some Open Division candidates are playing games Friday and Saturday. Among them are the Etiwanda boys team that plays Chino Hills on Friday night. Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth is playing in a showcase event Friday and Saturday.
  Mater Dei’s boys and girls basketball teams are on
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Jan. 30-Feb. 7)

  07-02-2020 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Jan. 30 to Feb. 7.
  Garfs, 3046 Bristol St., Costa MesaClosed: Feb. 7
  Reason: Rodent infestationEl Pico De Gallo, 7051 Westminster Blvd., WestminsterClosed: Feb. 5 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: Feb. 6Mi Puebla Mexican Grill, 3070 W. Lincoln Ave., Suite D, AnaheimClosed: Feb. 4
  Reason: Operating without a valid health permit
  Reopened: Feb. 4El Rancho Meat Market, 221
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball hopes to avoid first Pac-12 sweep vs. No. 23 Arizona

  07-02-2020 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Without top rebounder Jalen Hill, the Bruins could not, and did not, stop Arizona State.
  A little more than a hour before Thursday’s game between UCLA and the Sun Devils, it was confirmed the redshirt sophomore forward would not play after suffering a right knee sprain in practice the day before.
  Whether it was the lack of Hill’s 6-foot-10 presence on defense or ASU’s sharp shooting from the 3-point line, the Bruins saw their two-game winning streak come to a close in Tempe, fa
  
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• XFL game preview: Los Angeles Wildcats open vs. Houston Roughnecks

  07-02-2020 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Game: Los Angeles Wildcats at Houston Roughnecks
  When: Saturday, 2 p.m. PT
  Where: TDECU Stadium, University of Houston
  TV: FOX
  Line: Houston by 5 ½
  Preview: The Wildcats had an abrupt quarterback competition this week after Josh Johnson was ruled out because of a thigh injury. Johnson, 33, is viewed as one of the best quarterbacks in the XFL because of his 12-year experience in the NFL. The Wildcats will open Week 1 with Harvard-Westlake School product Charles Kanoff, who’s eight ye
  
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• Ortega Highway at Lake Elsinore to shut 12 hours Saturday, Sunday

  07-02-2020 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Attention, weekend travelers.
  If you’re thinking of driving the Ortega Highway between Riverside and Orange counties on Saturday, Feb. 8, or Sunday, Feb. 9, think again.
  You won’t get through during the daytime.
  Caltrans is closing 5 miles of the mountain road, also known as Highway 74, to all vehicles in both directions between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. both days, according to Caltrans and the Cleveland National Forest. The closure area extends from Grand Avenue, near Lake Elsinore, to Sout
  
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• Chris Taylor, Dodgers agree on two-year extension

  07-02-2020 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — With their blockbuster trade for Mookie Betts and David Price on hold, the Dodgers continued to tie up the loose ends of their offseason.
  The Dodgers reached agreement on a two-year contract with utilityman Chris Taylor Friday. Meanwhile, outfielder Joc Pederson lost his arbitration case and will receive a $7.75 million salary in 2020. That salary is still expected to be paid by the Angels. A multi-player deal that will send Pederson and right-hander Ross Stripling to the Ang
  
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• Weber Metals in Paramount to lay off 150 workers, citing Boeing Max crisis

  07-02-2020 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Weber Metals Inc., a Paramount-based company that forges high-performance structural components for the aerospace industry, has announced it will lay off an estimated 150 workers as a result of uncertainty surrounding Boeing’s troubled 737 Max program.
  The planned reductions, scheduled to take effect March 23, were revealed in a Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification received last month by the state Employment Development Department. Dawn Kazoleas, Weber’s vice president of h
  
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• Aide who testified against Trump escorted out of White House

  07-02-2020 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEB RIECHMANN
  WASHINGTON  — The decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats’ impeachment case against President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House complex on Friday, according to his lawyer, who said he was asked to leave for “telling the truth.”
  “There is no question in the mind of any American why this man’s job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House,&
  
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• Casino Insider: ❤️10 Valentine’s Day date ideas

  07-02-2020 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  In this May 1, 2013 file photo, Russell Hitchcock (R) and Graham Russell of Australian-British music duo Air Supply perform onstage during their 2013 World Tour in Kuta, Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. The rock duo will perform at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage on Feb. 15 and Harrah’s Resort Southern California on Feb. 16. (File photo credit should read SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images)
  If you’re still trying to figure out a good way to spend Valentine&rsq
  
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• UFC 247: Dominick Reyes believes he can beat Jon Jones with his skills and mentality

  07-02-2020 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Jon Jones is without a doubt the king of the light heavyweights, if not the greatest mixed martial artist to ever grace the Octagon.
  The champion has had his hand raised in 19 wins, the most in UFC light heavyweight history. He has never been technically beaten in the cage, losing only once because of a disqualification.
  On Saturday, Jones aims to make his 11th successful title defense, which would equal a UFC record held by middleweight legend Anderson Silva.
  In the other corner, Dominick Reyes
  
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• More planes with quarantined China passengers arrive in U.S.

  07-02-2020 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO— Hundreds more people evacuated from the virus zone in China began arriving Friday at military bases across the U.S. to begin a two-week quarantine.
  Federal officials did not immediately say how many people were aboard flights that landed in San Diego and San Antonio. Another plane from the Wuhan region of China, the center of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, was also due to arrive later Friday in Omaha, Nebraska.
  Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
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• 4 arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of pieces of mail from South Bay, O.C.

  07-02-2020 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Four people were arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of pieces of mail from mailboxes in Torrance, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Costa Mesa, police said Friday.
  At around 11:45 p.m. Thursday, officers stopped a car with two women coming from a hotel near Torrance Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach, police said.
  During the stop, officers searched the car, Redondo Beach Police Sgt. John Anderson said.
  “They found numerous items of mail belonging to other people,&r
  
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• UCLA’s budget mess: Blame Dan Guerrero all you want, but there’s nuance to the shortfall

  07-02-2020 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Dan Guerrero has been UCLA’s athletic director for 6,496 days.
  For the first 6,483, there were no cracks — no publicly visible cracks, at least — in the Bruins’ fiscal armor.
  Then, two weeks ago, came the revelation of a plunge into the red:
  An $18.9 million budget shortfall in the 2019 fiscal year that would be covered by an interest-bearing loan from campus and a projected $17 million shortfall in the 2020 fiscal year.
  Guerrero, who’s retiring this spring after 18
  
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• Helicopter in crash that killed Kobe Bryant, 8 others showed no signs of engine failure, report says

  07-02-2020 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that the Calabasas helicopter that crashed almost two weeks ago killing Kobe Bryant and eight others showed no signs of engine failure.
  The Friday update came as the National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate what led to the Sikorsky S-76B’s crash 40 minutes after it departed John Wayne Airport in Orange County. The pilot had circled the Glendale area, then flew into western L.A. County bound for Camarillo Airport.
  The
  
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• Roger Kahn, author of elegiac ‘Boys of Summer’ Dodgers classic, dies at 92

  07-02-2020 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in “The Boys of Summer,” has died. He was 92.
  Son Gordon Kahn said his father died Thursday at a nursing facility in Mamaroneck.
  The author of 20 books and hundreds of articles, Kahn was best known for the 1972 best-seller that looked at his relationship with his father through their shared love of th
  
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• Want a pair of In-N-Out Burger’s Drink Cup Shoes? You’re in for a wait

  07-02-2020 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  When In-N-Out Burger announced on Jan. 30 it was selling slip-on shoes designed like its soft drink cups, it suggested the footwear would be a good Valentine’s Day gift.
  “They go a lot farther than a box of chocolates,” read the Instragram post.
  But In-N-Out’s stock of the shoes didn’t go very far at all. The footwear sold out in days, faster than Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen ran through its stock of chicken sandwiches last July.
  The red-and-white shoes will be availab
  
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• Sex assault case against Newport Beach surgeon, girlfriend, not over yet

  07-02-2020 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County judge has declined to immediately rule on a request by prosecutors to drop charges against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, who are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women.
  Judge Gregory Jones says he wants to review the case in more detail before deciding on the request, and he says attorneys on both sides can file briefs by March 19 with their arguments.
  District Attorney Todd Spitzer has argued there isn’t enough evidence to proceed. Anothe
  
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• Officials report recent hepatitis A outbreak at downtown Long Beach steakhouse

  07-02-2020 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach public health officials reported a recent hepatitis A outbreak in a downtown restaurant on Friday, Feb. 7.
  The city confirmed seven cases of the disease by early Friday in people who ate at 555 East American Steakhouse, 555 E. Ocean Blvd., on or around Dec. 24.
  Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services said the investigation is ongoing and the number of confirmed cases could change. Other people who ate there around that time may have been exposed, but the restaurant
  
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• Hepatitis A outbreak reported at 555 steakhouse in downtown Long Beach

  07-02-2020 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach public health officials reported a recent hepatitis A outbreak in a downtown restaurant on Friday, Feb. 7.
  The city confirmed seven cases of the disease by early Friday in people who ate at 555 East American Steakhouse, 555 E. Ocean Blvd., on or around Dec. 24.
  Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services said the investigation is ongoing and the number of confirmed cases could change. Other people who ate there around that time may have been exposed, but the restaurant
  
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• Cecil Castellucci talks surprising resurrection of Plain Janes, her graphic novels about artful teen girls

  07-02-2020 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2007, DC Comics’ teen girl-centric imprint Minx published the graphic novel “The Plain Janes” by Cecil Castellucci and artist Jim Rugg; the story concerned high school students who make art installations covertly around their small town. While a sequel hit shelves a year later, Minx ultimately folded and the series was left incomplete.
  That is, until now: Little, Brown Young Readers just released an omnibus edition last month, including the first two tales and one new one, &
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, Feb. 8

  07-02-2020 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday Feb. 8 for racing at Santa Anita.
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• Dogue de Bordeaux Brick is as sweet as he is big

  07-02-2020 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Dogue de Bordeaux (French mastiff)
  Age: 3-4 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 105 pounds
  Brick’s story: Brick is pretty small for a mastiff, weighing in at just 105 pounds. Another 5 to 10 pounds would look good on him. He’s sweet, slow-moving and oh so cute. He’s a little timid with new people but very affectionate once he gets to know you. Sadly, a lump on his muzzle was diagnosed as a type of cancer that is known to recur, so his adopter will need to keep an eye on th
  
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• USC basketball seeking more marquee wins before March

  07-02-2020 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  With the calendar turned to February, USC has eight games left in the regular season before the Pac-12 tournament begins. So the opportunities for the Trojans to bolster their résumé for March Madness are dwindling.
  Which makes USC’s loss to No. 23 Arizona on Thursday all the more frustrating.
  The Trojans fell behind by 20 points. A late rally couldn’t overcome the deficit as USC fell 85-80 for its 10th consecutive loss in Tuscon.
  “We had some really dumb turnover
  
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• Won’t you be basset hound Noelle’s Valentine?

  07-02-2020 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Basset hound
  Age: 8 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Size: 30 pounds
  Noelle’s story: Noelle is looking for love just in time for Valentine’s Day. She’s small for a basset, but that doesn’t stop her love of walks and playing with people and other dogs. She gets along so well with others, in fact, that she even likes to play with cats. When she’s not busy playing, Noelle likes to lounge on a comfy couch with belly rubs in reach. Noelle would thrive in a home with ot
  
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• Ex-Pimco CEO Doug Hodge gets 9 months in college-admissions scandal

  07-02-2020 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Douglas Hodge, the former Pimco chief who once safeguarded the retirement savings of millions of Americans, was sentenced to nine months in prison for paying $850,000 in bribes to get four of his children into USC and Georgetown as phony soccer and tennis team recruits.
  The sentence, pronounced Friday in federal court in Boston, is the longest yet for a parent in the biggest college admissions scandal the U.S. has ever prosecuted. Hodge is the 14th parent to be sentenced.
  “As a parent, I h
  
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• Sanders, Buttigieg seen as top targets in Democrats New Hampshire debate

  07-02-2020 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Democratic Party’s seven strongest presidential contenders are preparing for what could be the fiercest debate of the 2020 primary season as the race barrels ahead toward a series of contests that will help determine the course of the nomination fight.
  The field has been shaken and reshaped by chaotic Iowa caucuses earlier this week, and Friday’s debate in New Hampshire — coming four days before the state’s primary — off
  
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• Jessica Mendoza resigns as Mets adviser, adds new roles with ESPN

  07-02-2020 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Jessica Mendoza will no longer be on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” or work for the New York Mets front office after signing a contract extension with the network.
  ESPN announced Friday that Mendoza will be an analyst on weekday games as well as making appearances on various network shows, including “SportsCenter” and “Baseball Tonight.”
  Mendoza’s increased appearances on ESPN have led her to resign as a baseball operations adviser to the Mets and
  
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• Here’s how to avoid getting burned out while caring for a loved one

  07-02-2020 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Becoming a caregiver for a loved one is a difficult task, physically and emotionally. Your role can change overnight, from being a spouse or a child to taking care of your partner or parent full time. In many cases, it can be a thankless job, especially when your family member has declining mental function and may not be the same person they once were.It isn’t uncommon for caregivers to experience some burnout when they are taking care of a loved one. The physical and emotional exhaustion
  
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• U.S. and Canada continue to grow women’s hockey at Honda Center

  07-02-2020 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  While all three NHL teams in California muddle toward a merciful end to the season, some hockey history will be made in the state Saturday anyway.
  The finale of the five-game U.S.-Canada Rivalry Series will take place at Honda Center, and it projects to be the biggest audience on hand ever for a women’s hockey game in the United States.
  That record is currently held by a 2002 meeting between the U.S. and Canada at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, where 10,158 fans were on hand. More than 11,000
  
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• Real estate news: Newport Beach firm buys 11 industrial properties for $425 million

  07-02-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  BKM Capital Partners, an institutional fund manager, has acquired a portfolio of 11 industrial properties in Southern California, Phoenix, Northern California and Portland, Oregon. BKM acquired the properties for $425 million.
  The Newport Beach firm bought eight of the properties through BKM Industrial Value Fund II and three of the properties in partnership with the Canyon Catalyst Fund, Canyon Partners’ real estate emerging manager program managed on behalf of the California Public Emplo
  
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• HOA Homefront: Is the board making solar installations too difficult?

  07-02-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: My HOA is requiring me to install “critter guards” as part of my solar installation, but this will cost me over $1,000. Can the HOA force me to undergo this expense? Your valuable advice is highly appreciated. — C.J., San Jose
  A: Civil Code sections 714, 714.1, and 4746 establish a strong legal preference for solar energy installations in California HOAs. Although a “reasonable” restriction is allowed, one that either adds $1,000 or 10% to the cost (whichever is
  
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• U.S. job-growth streak barely survives data revisions

  07-02-2020 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. job market’s long-running winning streak barely survived the annual revisions to employment data.
  The Labor Department’s updated results found 500,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. That’s the equivalent of wiping out more than two months of job growth at recent rates.
  The 2018 job gain was cut to 2.31 million from 2.68 million. The 2017 and 2019 gains were about 2.1 million, meaning each year under President Donald Trump — while still strong — has be
  
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• False report of tsunmani approaching Huntington Beach triggers sirens, alert

  07-02-2020 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  A report of a possible tsunami approaching Huntington Beach Friday morning that caused an alert to be issued and sirens to sound turned out to be a false alarm.
  Authorities were working to determine how the inaccurate report was sent out in the city.
  “Many of you may have heard the civil defense sirens sound,” the Huntington Beach Fire Department tweeted about 4:20 a.m. “There is no current threat to our community.”
  The department said it was “working to determine e
  
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• False report of tsunami approaching Huntington Beach triggers sirens, alert

  07-02-2020 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  A report of a possible tsunami approaching Huntington Beach Friday morning that caused an alert to be issued and sirens to sound turned out to be a false alarm.
  Authorities were working to determine how the inaccurate report was sent out in the city.
  “Many of you may have heard the civil defense sirens sound,” the Huntington Beach Fire Department tweeted about 4:20 a.m. “There is no current threat to our community.”
  The department said it was “working to determine e
  
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• Disney reveals new details about Avengers Campus that promise to ‘blow people away’

  07-02-2020 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Avengers Campus promises to wow visitors with Spider-Man swinging across the sky, Captain America leaping from rooftops and Doctor Strange conjuring up magic spells when the new Marvel super hero land opens at Disney California Adventure.
  “Avengers Campus really is going to blow people away,” Disney California Adventure vice president Patrick Finnegan said.
  Finnegan revealed new details about the Marvel-themed Avengers Campus set to debut this summer at the Anaheim theme park
  
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• Hangar for Goodyear blimp in Carson just … disappeared

  07-02-2020 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. Honk, awhile back I saw them erecting a hangar for the newest Goodyear blimp in Carson. Just as soon as it went up, it was mysteriously taken down. What’s up?
  – Jay Tautalafua, Carson
  A. Honk isn’t quite sure – but something didn’t go well.
  In December 2017, an inflatable hangar sprung to life at Goodyear’s base right off of the 405 Freeway. A 100 or so yards long and nine stories tall, it had air cells and was made of polyester fabric coated with synthetic
  
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• Thursday’s basketball highlights: San Juan Hills wins crucial game on buzzer beater; El Dorado knocks off Yorba Linda

  07-02-2020 08:48 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 Thursday:Jacksyn Foti made a buzzer beater to give San Juan Hills a 41-39 win over Dana Hills on Thursday that made the Stallions automatic qualifiers for the CIF-SS Division 3AA playoffs.
  San Juan Hills (11-17, 5-3) needed to win to force a tie with Dana Hills for second place in the Sea View League standings. As a second-place team, the Stallions
  
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• Sonora basketball crushes La Habra bid to share Freeway League title

  07-02-2020 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowLA HABRA — The Sonora boys basketball team did exactly what it wanted to do in its  Freeway League game against rival La Habra on Thursday at La Habra High School.
  The Raiders got Daniel Esparza involved as often as possible, slowed the game down on both ends of the floor and kept the Highlanders’ best shooters from getting close to the basket.
  In front of a loud, standing-room only crowd, th
  
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• UCLA softball routs Cal State Bakersfield as new faces star in season opener

  07-02-2020 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA’s Delanie Wisz #97 hits a second inning home run in Westwood on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  UCLA teammates welcome Delanie Wisz #97 home after she hit a second inning home run in Westwood on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUCLA’s pitcher Megan Faraimo #8 pitches to a CSU Bakersfield batter in Westwood on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
  
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• Small-ball Rockets outplay Lakers down the stretch

  07-02-2020 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Rockets guard Russell Westbrook, left, reaches for the ball held by Lakers forward Anthony Davis during the first half of Thursday’s game at Staples Center. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee (7) fouls Houston Rockets forward Danuel House Jr. in the act of shooting during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers guard Danny Green, left, s
  
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• Short-handed UCLA fades against Arizona State’s sizzling shooting

  07-02-2020 07:18 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA’s Jamie Jaquez Jr., right, puts up a shot against Arizona State’s Kimani Lawrence during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
  UCLA’s Cody Riley (2) knocks down Arizona State’s Mickey Mitchell (00) as Arizona State’s Romello White (23) goes for the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)SoundThe gallery
  
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• UC Irvine survives late scoring drought to beat UC Davis

  07-02-2020 07:12 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — UC Irvine is atop the Big West Conference standings in large part because of its four senior starters, but there’s no denying the contributions that have come from junior Brad Greene and three freshmen.
  Greene, the 6-foot-11 center who has blossomed after taking a redshirt season, led the Anteaters with 17 points and 12 rebounds in an 83-72 victory over UC Davis on Thursday night at the Bren Events Center.
  Greene shot 7 for 13 from the field and posted his sixth double-doubl
  
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• Shorthanded Canyon beats Villa Park, wins Crestview League championship outright

  07-02-2020 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Canyon celebrates in the visitors locker room after defeating Villa Park 52-42 in a Crestview League boys basketball game at Villa Park High in Villa Park on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Canyon’s Jake Stryker drives past Villa Park’s Garrett Andre during Canyon’s 52-42 victory over Villa Park in a Crestview League boys basketball game in Villa Park on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  
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• Girl on fire! Buena Park’s Isabelle Avalos sets Orange County record with 13 3-pointers

  07-02-2020 06:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Buena Park senior Isabelle Avalos has been known as an excellent shooter but she took her reputation to another level Thursday.
  The 5-foot-9 guard sank an Orange County record 13 3-pointers in a 72-40 victory against visiting Fullerton in the Freeway League finale for both schools.
  Avalos scored all 39 on her points from beyond the arc to break the 2018 record of former Brea Olinda All-County guard Stephanie Lee, now playing at Biola.
  “She was on fire,” Buena Park coach DeAnthony Wil
  
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• LeBron James selects Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard for his All-Star superteam

  07-02-2020 06:21 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — During the one time of the year when LeBron James can truly play general manager, he gave fans an insight into the team of his dreams.
  Two rounds into Thursday night’s draft for the Feb. 16 All-Star Game, it looked a lot like the superteam some thought might come to pass for the Lakers last summer.
  With his first pick, James – a team captain for the third straight year by virtue of leading fan voting – selected Lakers teammate Anthony Davis. He then selected
  
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• USC men’s basketball team’s late comeback falls short in loss to No. 23 Arizona

  07-02-2020 05:46 via ocregister.com
  
  USC guard Jonah Mathews (2) drives on Arizona forward Stone Gettings (13) in the first half during an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
  Arizona head coach Sean Miller in the first half during an NCAA college basketball game against USC Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUSC guard Quinton Adlesh, right, drives against Arizona guard Nico Mannion during the first half of an
  
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• Whicker: Storm The Court’s next win at Santa Anita won’t be such an upset

  07-02-2020 05:35 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — Los Angeles basketball fans might not be familiar with this, but whenever a college team pulls off a significant win, the students charge past the ushers and the rent-a-cops and occupy the territory.
  The phenomenon is called Storm The Court.
  Last November, Flavian Prat was on a horse named Storm The Court in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. They jumped into the lead and stolidly turned away all the favored horses, which meant all of them. Storm The Court was a 45-to-1 shot and n
  
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• Bob Bradley pleased after LAFC’s preseason draw with FC Dallas

  07-02-2020 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — After winning its first two, Los Angeles Football Club’s third preseason match ended in a 2-2 draw with FC Dallas on Thursday at Banc of California Stadium. LAFC has only one more tune-up match left before its CONCACAF Champions League debut, but Coach Bob Bradley again liked what he has been seeing from his team.
  “Another day in preseason where we take our football ideas and try to see where things stand. We did a lot of really good things today,” Bradley s
  
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