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• California’s losing its war on carbon

  01-03-2020 23:00
  
  For the last decade, California has waged a crusade to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases in the name of fighting climate change.
  The state has set specific reduction goals, and spent many billions of dollars, in both taxes and added consumer costs, to achieve them.
  Early on, we saw sharp reductions, but they were low-hanging fruit, achieved mostly by compelling utilities to replace carbon-based power generation such as coal and natural gas with “renewables,” chiefly
  
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• Hearing canceled on Feds’ scrapped plan to house Coronavirus patients in O.C.

  01-03-2020 22:52
  
  COSTA MESA — A Monday court hearing on the federal government’s since-reversed plan to house coronavirus patients in Costa Mesa has been canceled, city officials said Sunday.
  “On Saturday, February 29, we learned that Judge Staton canceled the hearing for Monday, March 2, 2020 due to the federal government’s removal of the site at this time,” Mayor Katrina Foley said. “Our team will huddle up on Monday to strategize as to next steps to ensure the issue isn&rsq
  
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• Orange County health officials now can test for coronavirus

  01-03-2020 22:20
  
  Public health officials in Orange County say they’re now able to test for coronavirus in patients exhibiting symptoms of the contagious disease amid fears of a local outbreak.
  The Orange County Health Care Agency said Saturday tests would be administered to anyone with the flu-like symptoms of the disease — referred to as COVID-19 by health care workers — who in the last two weeks has been in contact with other virus patients or who has traveled in areas where outbreaks have oc
  
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• Griffin Canning might be unavailable for start of Angels’ season

  01-03-2020 21:17
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. – Griffin Canning’s season is expected to be delayed, at least at the outset, as the Angels are still trying to determine the exact root of the issue that is causing discomfort in his ailing right elbow.
  Manager Joe Maddon said Sunday morning that Canning did not throw on the side Saturday, as expected, with the pitcher saying he was not up for it physically. That throwing session was supposed to be a part of a second round of testing following his MRI on Friday.
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• Whicker: Chris Burgess’ basketball journey has been long and bittersweet

  01-03-2020 20:30
  
  Chris Burgess has his own “Dear Basketball” story. It is not a short subject, but it’s animated.
  To work back, Burgess is an assistant coach at Brigham Young, which knocked off Gonzaga last week and is 24-7.
  “We can shoot it really well, and we’ve got seniors, and only one of them has ever been to an NCAA tournament, and they’re dying to get there,” Burgess said Friday night, in a Santa Monica hotel lobby, the day before BYU beat Pepperdine, 81-64.
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• Cold storm hits Southern California, mountain snow expected

  01-03-2020 19:35
  
  A cold storm will move through Southern California Sunday through Monday, bringing a fast drop in temperatures and light rain, but also low snow levels that will affect mountain roads and passes, along with high winds in some areas.
  A winter weather advisory began at 10 a.m Sunday for mountains and passes in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and was set for noon Sunday in the Los Angeles County mountains, excluding the coast Santa Monica Mountains, the National Weather Service said.
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• Striking excessive California criminal fees is the right call

  01-03-2020 17:15
  
  Los Angeles County just eliminated criminal administrative fees and the state might soon follow. These fines and fees tacked onto punishments for serious crimes to fund various parts of the criminal justice system.
  The argument from the Los Angeles County Supervisors and Sen. Holly Mitchell, the Los Angeles Democrat who is authoring the statewide moratorium, is that these costs disproportionately affect poor people, especially minorities. This is true, though many others are affected as well.
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• A tale of two California elections

  01-03-2020 17:00
  
  It’s the best of California elections. It’s the worst of California elections.
  It’s never been easier to vote in California.
  It’s never been harder to figure out what to vote for.
  The March elections in California represent the culmination of years of herculean efforts by state and local officials to boost the state’s low voter turnouts by making voting more convenient. They succeeded.
  So you can now register to vote online. You also can register to vote at any time
  
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• Trump’s college bowl for criminals

  01-03-2020 16:00
  
  There is nothing wrong with for-profit colleges and universities in theory.
  Point being, higher education involves such vast spending already that merely adding a little vigorish on the top for some savvy capitalists would barely be noticed in the already crazed economic equation.
  No, the theory is not the problem. There is only something wrong with for-profit colleges in fact.
  At Berkeley, there have been 107 Nobel laureates, and they have a dozen or so special NL-only parking places on campus,
  
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• Will the government tax your estate when you die, seizing home and assets?

  01-03-2020 14:00
  
  It might be a surprise to learn the term “Death Tax” does not appear anywhere in the federal tax code.
  The Estate Tax has been a minor but consistent source of federal revenue for a century. The tax was initially imposed in 1916 on wealthy families whose assets were previously passed down through generations completely untaxed.
  Estate taxes were later relabeled as death taxes to conjure up images of grieving families of farmers and small business owners who were burdened by substanti
  
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• Esperanza’s Aaron Nagao, Calvary Chapel’s Andrew Sparks capture titles at CIF State Wrestling Championships

  01-03-2020 08:22
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowEsperanza’s Aaron Nagao is a now a two-time state champion, as he was one of two Orange County wrestlers to capture a title at the CIF State Boys and Girls Wrestling Championships on Saturday at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield.
  Nagao defeated Hunter Leake of Buchanan, 8-2, to win the 132-pound title.
  Nagao won the 126-pound title last season and was a state finalist in 2018.
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• Whicker: UCLA keeps its head, goes to the head of the Pac-12 class

  01-03-2020 07:56
  
  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell, right, shoots over Arizona forward Stone Gettings during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. UCLA won 69-64. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell brings the ball down court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. UCLA won 69-64. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUCLA guard Tyger Campbell smiles duri
  
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• UCLA keeps its head, goes to the head of the Pac-12 class

  01-03-2020 07:56
  
  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell, right, shoots over Arizona forward Stone Gettings during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. UCLA won 69-64. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  UCLA guard Tyger Campbell brings the ball down court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. UCLA won 69-64. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUCLA guard Tyger Campbell smiles duri
  
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• Orangewood Academy girls basketball wins battle with Fairmont Prep for Division 2AA title

  01-03-2020 07:56
  
  Orangewood Academy players, Aixchel Hernandez, center, and Elodie Lalotte, right, celebrate with teammates after beating Fairmont Prep 57-49 in the CIF-SS Division 2AA championship game Saturday Feb. 29, 2020 at Godinez High.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  Orangewood Academy players celebrate beating Fairmont Prep 57-49 during the CIF-SS Division 2AA championship game Saturday Feb. 29, 2020 at Godinez High.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe
  
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• UC Irvine avoids post-clinch letdown, avenges earlier loss to UCSB

  01-03-2020 07:17
  
  IRVINE — Having already clinched the Big West Conference regular-season title and the top seed for the conference tournament, Saturday night’s Homecoming game against UC Santa Barbara was a potential stumbling block for the UC Irvine men’s basketball team.
  The Anteaters maintained their focus, extending their longest win streak of the season to six games with a 69-58 victory over the Gauchos in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,000 at the Bren Events Center.
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• Laguna Beach, San Clemente capture CIF SoCal girls water polo championships

  01-03-2020 07:13
  
  Laguna Beach and San Clemente’s girls water polo teams capped their seasons Saturday by claiming titles at the CIF State Southern California Regionals at Segerstrom.
  The CIF-SS Division 1 champion Breakers defeated The Bishop’s of La Jolla 17-8 in the Division 1 final after edging Newport Harbor 10-9 in overtime in the semifinals.
  In Division 2, CIF-SS Division 2 runner-up San Clemente edged Cathedral Catholic 8-7.
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• Cal State Fullerton runs out of time to rally at CSUN

  01-03-2020 07:12
  
  LOS ANGELES — Cal State Fullerton seniors Austen Awosika, Jackson Rowe and Brandon Kamga scored 18 points apiece and the Titans scored a season-high 59 second-half points on Saturday night, but it was not enough for them to avoid their sixth loss in eight games.
  Sophomore Lamine Diane had 27 points and 14 rebounds and junior Terrell Gomez had 27 points and five assists as Cal State Northridge defeated Fullerton 99-92 at the Matadome, avenging an 82-75 loss at Fullerton on Jan. 25 and beati
  
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• Dominant Kiki Iriafen leads Harvard-Westlake past Troy for Division 1 girls basketball title

  01-03-2020 07:03
  
  Kiki Iriafen (C) #44 of Harvard-Westlake drives to the basket against Troy in the second half of the CIF-SS Basketball Division 1 championship at Azusa Pacific University’s Felix Events Center in Azusa on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Harvard-Westlake won 55-42. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Harvard-Westlake celebrates with teammates after defeating Troy 55-42 to win the CIF-SS Basketball Division 1 championship at Azusa Pacific University’s Felix Events Center
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball secures first-place Pac-12 standing with win over Arizona

  01-03-2020 06:59
  
  Arizona forward Ira Lee, right, drives around UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  UCLA forward Jalen Hill, left, battles Arizona forward Stone Gettings for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsArizona guard Jemarl Baker Jr., right, drives to the basket
  
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• Some Southern California Catholic churches alter communion services amid coronavirus concerns

  01-03-2020 06:48
  
  Catholic Church leaders throughout Southern California have altered or suggested changes in their worship service practices amid concerns of the spread of the new coronavirus, church officials said Saturday.
  The dioceses serving Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties issued statements to parishes in recent days highlighting the changes, which include a ban on communion by cup, receiving the bread from hand to mouth, and holding and shaking hands during prayer and greetings.
  While the Dioc
  
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• Democratic Party of Orange County office vandalized with white nationalist propaganda

  01-03-2020 06:00
  
  Vandals are suspected of posting stickers promoting a group that supports white nationalism at the Democratic Party’s local headquarters in Orange on Saturday, Feb. 29, just three days before voters were set to scheduled to cast their ballots.
  The incident was reported at about 4 p.m. on the 1900 block of West Chapman Avenue, Orange Police Sgt. Phil McMullin said. An investigation has been launched in order to determine the identity and motives of whoever was responsible.
  Police did not im
  
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• USC closing in on a tournament bid with win over Arizona State

  01-03-2020 05:38
  
  Southern California guard Jonah Mathews (2) runs back after making a 3-point basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona State Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Southern California guard Elijah Weaver (3) shoots over Arizona State guard Jaelen House (10) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAriz
  
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• Servite soccer edges Loyola in final to finish on top in CIF-SS Division 1

  01-03-2020 05:35
  
  Servite’s Uriel Sanchez, left, celebrates his penalty shot goal against Loyola in the CIF-SS Division 1 boys soccer championship game at Warren High School in Downey on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Servite won 2-1. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Servite’s Uriel Sanchez, left, and Joseph Lutfi celebrate their 2-1 win over Loyola in the CIF-SS Division 1 boys soccer championship game at Warren High School in Downey on Saturday, February 29, 2020.(Photo by Mark R
  
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• $10 million gift to CSUF will help students discover ‘absolute wonders’ of science

  01-03-2020 05:29
  
  Fram Virjee, President California State University, gives a speech during a ceremony held at the campus onSaturday February 29, 2020.
  (Photo by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)
  Students, Amy Gleckl and Derek White at a ceremony held at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday February 29, 2020.
  (Photo by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCommunity liaison, Cal State Fullerton Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, Egleth Nuncci becomes emothional during her sp
  
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• Lakers look sluggish in loss to Ja Morant, Grizzlies

  01-03-2020 04:55
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The final moments of the game were of little importance to LeBron James.
  He stood by Rajon Rondo at the locker room tunnel with eight seconds remaining, then turned to head away from the court as time ticked off and blue and gold streamers fell from the ceiling.
  One of the Lakers’ most impressive streaks had come to an end in Memphis: The Lakers had won 18 straight road games in the Western Conference, a stat they proudly circled as a sign of impending playoff readin
  
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• Alex Caruso starts as Lakers continue experimenting with rotations

  01-03-2020 04:45
  
  Memphis Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks, left, handles the ball against Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso (4) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
  Memphis Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks, left, drives against Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso (4) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers forward Le
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday, March 1

  01-03-2020 04:38
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday, March 1 for racing at Santa Anita.
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• Billionaire activist Tom Steyer ending Democratic presidential campaign after pouring millions of dollars into his bid

  01-03-2020 03:51
  
  By Meg Kinnard
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who poured millions of dollars into his Democratic presidential campaign, is ending his bid after a disappointing finish in the South Carolina primary.
  Steyer was set to announced Saturday night in Columbia that he was dropping out of the White House race. After spending nearly $24 million on television advertising in the state, he finished behind former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday.
  St
  
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• NASCAR: Clint Bowyer claims pole position for Auto Club 400 in Fontana

  01-03-2020 03:35
  
  Xfinity series driver Harrison Burton does a burnout to celebrate after winning the Production Alliance Group 300 Saturday Feb. 29, 2020 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
  Harrison Burton celebrates after winning the Xfinity series Production Alliance Group 300 Saturday Feb. 29, 2020 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsXfinity series driver Harriso
  
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• San Clemente girls basketball shows fight but loses to Bishop Amat in CIF-SS Division 2A championship game

  01-03-2020 03:13
  
  Bishop Amat celebrates after defeating San Clemente 48-43 to win the CIF-SS Basketball Division 2A championship at Azusa Pacific University’s Felix Events Center in Azusa on Saturday, February 29, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Head coach Camille Buckley of Bishop Amat celebrates with her team after defeating San Clemente 48-43 to win the CIF-SS Basketball Division 2A championship at Azusa Pacific University’s Felix Events Center in Azusa on Saturday, Febr
  
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• Bishop Amat’s improbable playoff run ends with its sixth championship beating top seed San Clemente for Girls 2A title

  01-03-2020 03:01
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now: Tribune | Star-News | Whittier Daily NewsHead coach Camille Buckley of Bishop Amat celebrates with her team after defeating San Clemente 48-43 to win the CIF-SS Basketball Division 2A championship at Azusa Pacific University’s Felix Events Center in Azusa on Saturday, February 29, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Bishop Amat celebrates after defeating San Clemente 48-43
  
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• Madison Hughes poised to lead USA to rugby prominence

  01-03-2020 02:49
  
  CARSON, Calif. — Hands on his hips, chest heaving, Madison Hughes squinted past the south goal posts.
  Fiji, the No. 8-seeded team in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, had led the host Americans 12-0 early on Saturday, but with Hughes’ help, the Eagles had come back to take a 19-17 lead with a minute to go. Trying to catch his breath, he looked into the stands and heard the thumping chant: “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
  “They gave us that extra push,” Hughes said.
  Now an es
  
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• Galaxy opens with draw with Houston in Chicharito’s debut

  01-03-2020 02:23
  
  HOUSTON — Mauro Manotas scored the tying goal for Houston in the 64th minute to spoil Mexican star Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez’s Galaxy debut in a 1-1 draw Saturday in an MLS season opener.
  Manotas tied it with a shot 17 yards away from the left side of the penalty box.
  Cristian Pavon scored for the Galaxy in the 13th minute with a shot 20 yards out from the edge of the box, with goalkeeper David Bingham getting an assist.
  Marko Maric made two saves for Houston. Bingham
  
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• LAFC knows how Inter Miami wants to debut Sunday

  01-03-2020 02:10
  
  Two years ago, Los Angeles Football Club played its first match in Major League Soccer against the Seattle Sounders in the Pacific Northwest. The supporters still sing songs about Diego Rossi’s goal in the ninth minute, the first of 153 goals LAFC has scored during its first two MLS regular-season campaigns.
  Despite all the success that followed, that 1-0 road victory over the defending Western Conference champions remains one of LAFC’s brightest moments as a club. Now to begin the 2
  
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• Democrats risk blowback with leftward turn

  01-03-2020 02:00
  
  With progressive Democrats in almost total control of California, and easily winning the money race, there’s no compelling reason to expect that they will face much opposition soon. Yet at a hearing I attended last month, I may have gotten a glimpse of potential blowback against the party’s ever accelerating leftward lurch.
  The hearing at the Orange County Board of Education was in large part to discuss the application by the Orange County School of the Arts, which my younger daughte
  
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• Angels use eight-run burst to cruise past Giants

  01-03-2020 01:48
  
  THE GAME: The Angels delivered their highest-scoring game of the spring and all it took to hit that mark was an eight-run third inning in a 10-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday at Scottsdale Stadium.
  PITCHING REPORT: Dylan Bundy went two perfect innings, using only fastballs in the first inning and mixing in a curveball and changeup in the second frame. Bundy said his fastball had more life than his two-inning outing against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday. “What wasn&rsqu
  
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• Adrian Kempe scores winner as Kings top Devils in OT

  01-03-2020 01:34
  
  While this time of year brings its share of critical games in the NHL, the Kings and New Jersey Devils were very much in the dog days of the regular season Saturday afternoon. That didn’t stop them from putting together an exciting finish as the Kings beat the Devils 2-1 in overtime at Staples Center after a slow 40 minutes gave way to a frenetic finale.
  Adrian Kempe scored the winning goal 1:58 into overtime.
  Right wing Dustin Brown scored his 14th goal of the season for the Kings. Left w
  
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• Biden wins South Carolina, hopes for Super Tuesday momentum

  01-03-2020 01:27
  
  By Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard, and Bill Barrow
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden scored a convincing victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, riding a wave of African American support and ending progressive rival Bernie Sanders’ winning streak.
  The victory came at a a crucial moment in Biden’s 2020 bid as he bounced back from underwhelming performances in the first three contests and headed into “Super Tuesday,” when voters in 14 states go to the p
  
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• Walker Buehler has an old-school goal – pitch 200 innings for the Dodgers

  01-03-2020 01:21
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Walker Buehler has a very old-school goal for such a new-age pitcher.
  “I want to pitch 200 innings,” Buehler said after pitching two perfect innings against the Colorado Rockies in his spring debut Saturday. “That was my goal last year. That will be my goal this year. You have to pitch pretty well to get there. Two hundred innings is my goal, always has been. Maybe if I do it, I’ll change it. But that’s it.”
  He got close last season.
  
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• Wildcats’ offense sputters in XFL loss to New York Guardians

  01-03-2020 01:20
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – FEBRUARY 29: Josh Johnson #8 of the LA Wildcats reacts during the second half of their XFL game against the NY Guardians at MetLife Stadium on February 29, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The NY Guardians won, 17-14. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)
  EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – FEBRUARY 29: Saeed Blacknall #80 of the LA Wildcats gestures to the crowd after scoring a touchdown against the NY Guardians during the second half of their XFL game at
  
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• Couples take the leap (day) and get married

  01-03-2020 01:05
  
  When Martha Hurtado and Louis Garcia decided a few weeks ago to get married on Saturday, Feb. 29, they were looking for a Saturday when friends and family could join them at the Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana.
  “I didn’t realize it was a leap year,” Hurtado said. But the couple went ahead on booked the appointment with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder’s Office and joined 147 couples who were married on Saturday and now technically won’t have an anniversary
  
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• Cody Thomas homers twice in the same inning as Dodgers sweep split-squad games

  01-03-2020 01:05
  
  THE GAMES: In a pair of split-squad games, the Dodgers pounded the Colorado Rockies 14-2 at Salt River Fields and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 at Camelback Ranch on Saturday afternoon.
  PITCHING REPORT: Seven Dodgers pitchers held the Rockies to just four hits at Salt River Fields. Walker Buehler made his first start of the spring and retired all six batters he faced in two innings. He struck out Trevor Story and Charlie Blackmon in the first inning. … Joe Kelly gave up a hit in his s
  
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• Japreece Dean, small but mighty, leads UCLA women into final Pac-12 home game

  01-03-2020 00:50
  
  The UCLA women’s basketball team had just wrapped up practice.
  A few days prior, the Bruins had finished their 2018-19 Pac-12 regular season with an 84-50 blowout of Colorado. UCLA’s four seniors – Kennedy Burke, Chrissy Baird, Lajahna Drummer and Japreece Dean – had all been recognized.
  Just like she does with every practice, head coach Cori Close gathered her team at center court. They talked about what went well and what needed extra focus. Before she concluded practic
  
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• O.C. man who escaped from jail in Utah is captured in Idaho

  01-03-2020 00:36
  
  OGDEN, Utah — A California man convicted of mail fraud who escaped from a Utah jail by posing as a fellow inmate whose time had come to be released was captured in Idaho Friday, authorities said.
  Kaleb Wiewandt was arrested on Interstate 84 southeast of Mountain Home, Idaho, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release. Law enforcement had been tracking the vehicle in which Wiewandt was a passenger and he surrendered without incident when they made the traffic stop.
  Wiewandt, 40, was a
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (2-29-2020)

  01-03-2020 00:30
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, Feb. 29.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Championship finals
  DIVISION 3AA
  Santa Monica 44, Crean Lutheran 40
  CL: Feldman 14 pts. Cha 8 pts. Daniel 9 rebs.
  SM: Moawad 23 pts. Reed 10 pts, 7 rebs.
  BASEBALL
  LOARA TOURNAMENT
  Edison 3, El Modena 1
  Edi: Ross (W, 4IP 1R). Liefer (Sv, 2.1IP 0R 4K). Serven 2H. Brand 2H.
  SOFTBALL
  SAVANNA SHOWCASE
  Orange Luthera
  
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• David Backes eager to make Ducks debut, prove he can still contribute

  01-03-2020 00:29
  
  IRVINE — Sweat poured from David Backes’ face as he exited the ice and clomped into the Ducks’ dressing room at Great Park Ice on Saturday morning. His breathing was labored as he began to remove his equipment. He stood in front of his locker stall, still laced into his skates, ready to talk.
  “I’ve probably reached a saturation point where it’s been just me and a coach out there being in a practice situation,” he said. “I’ve done a lot of tha
  
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• Santa Clarita man with coronavirus: It’s been easier than having a cold

  01-03-2020 00:02
  
  A Santa Clarita man infected with coronavirus on a cruise ship in Japan remained ill and isolated at a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska as of Saturday, Feb. 29.
  But he says his symptoms have been mild.
  Carl Goldman spent weeks aboard the Diamond Princess, a cruise liner on which hundreds of people had contracted the virus. He came down with a fever during a flight back to the U.S. chartered by the State Department on Sunday, Feb. 16, and subsequently was diagnosed.
  “It was a giant floating Petr
  
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• Crean Lutheran girls basketball can’t hold off Santa Monica, loses in 3AA final

  01-03-2020 00:02
  
  Crean Lutheran’s Hailee Daniel goes for two against the Santa Monica Vikings during the Division 3AA girls finals in Azusa, CA on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Santa Monica pulled from behind to win 44-40. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Crean Lutheran’s Trinity Cha (2) battles for the ball with Taylor Feldman (5) against the Santa Monica Vikings during the Division 3AA girls finals in Azusa, CA on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Santa Monica pulled from behind to w
  
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