Anaheim news

• Kings show dominance in blowing past Hurricanes

  22-03-2025 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES –– In a successful stretch defined by squeakers, the Kings added a blowout of the NHL’s hottest team to run their string of seven victories in eight games, smoking the Carolina Hurricanes 7-2 on Saturday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena.
  Captain Anže Kopitar, newcomer Andrei Kuzmenko, grinder Tanner Jeannot, aspiring star Quinton Byfield and creative force Kevin Fiala each contributed a goal and an assist, with Drew Doughty’s pair of helpers also putting him
  
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• CONCACAF Nations League: USMNT plays for pride and third place

  22-03-2025 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Setback? Possibly. Sky is falling? Maybe. Much-needed wake-up call? No hope for 2026?
  Thursday’s CONCACAF Nations League semifinal loss against Panama has USMNT supporters, players (current and former) and staff sifting through a wide range of emotions
  The positive is that the 2026 FIFA World Cup is still 400-plus days away. The current state is still to decided.
  For the first time, the USMNT will not be in the finals of the Nations League. Thursday’s 1-0 loss again
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, March 22

  22-03-2025 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, March 22
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  SATURDAY’S SCORES
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  Aliso Niguel 7, Canyon Springs 0
  Dana Hills 3, Brea Olinda 1
  Kennedy 7, Montclair 0
  West Linn (OR)
  
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• Ducks’ 5-game homestand doesn’t start easy with Carolina

  22-03-2025 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks returned home from a .500 road trip and now will have an opportunity to get back to a .500 points percentage for the season against the Carolina Hurricanes at Honda Center, where a five-game homestand kicks off Sunday.
  The ‘Canes, who had won eight straight games entering the front end of their Los Angeles-Anaheim back-to-back set Saturday, are one of several formidable opponents left on the Ducks’ schedule. On the homestand, they’ll face Boston and San Jose, with the
  
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• USC women open NCAA Tournament routing UNC Greensboro

  22-03-2025 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC women’s basketball team breathes in the national spotlight because of its fast-paced offense and flashy superstar JuJu Watkins. But what separates these Trojans from their peers, and increases their ceiling from last year’s Elite 8 run, is their defensive versatility.
  One in which, Watkins, the point guard, is tied for the team lead in blocks and center Rayah Marshall is the head of the snake on their full-court press.
  On Saturday in its opening-round game
  
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• Orange County baseball standings: Saturday, March 22

  22-03-2025 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County high school baseball standings through Friday, March 21.TRINITY LEAGUEOverall
  Mater Dei7-0
  Orange Lutheran8-1
  Servite7-2
  Santa Margarita6-2
  St. John Bosco5-3
  JSerra3-2
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Newport Harbor
  3-0
  7-1
  Huntington Beach
  2-0
  6-0
  Los Alamitos
  2-1
  9-1-2
  Marina
  0-0
  7-5
  Edison
  1-2
  7-4
  Fountain Valley
  0-2
  5-5
  Corona del Mar
  0-3
  6-4
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Cypress
  3-1
  5-4
  F
  
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• Clippers host Oklahoma City in a battle of 5-game winning streaks

  22-03-2025 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Clippers, like most teams, stick to the company line when talking about their postseason chances. It’s more about us, than them.
  “We can’t control what anybody else is doing so we have to control what we are doing as best as possible,” assistant coach Brian Shaw said. “Everybody else keeps winning that we are jockeying (in the standings in) trying to get to that six spot. We have to keep winning, too. So, we’re just finding a way.&rd
  
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• Letter: Newsom can’t handle the state of California, he will do a disastrous job running the country

  22-03-2025 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Reading Steve Greenhut’s article about Newsom’s podcast and his attempts for repositioning himself for a run for the Presidency, I am appalled by Newsom’s audacity.  Newsom’s terrible job as governor of California shocks me that he would even remotely consider a run for the presidency.
  Then I read Susan Shelley’s article about the runaway costs and deceit of Medi-Cal.  Newsom’s administration initially budgeted $2-4 billion for Medi-Cal.&nb
  
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• A modest proposal: Legalize drugs, end gang warfare

  22-03-2025 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The big problem with our society is that we do not have enough gangs. Gangs are good. Gangs create jobs. Gangs stop petty thievery in their own neighborhoods. Did I mention that gangs are good? Young boys need role models. Who better to serve in this capacity that, you guessed it, gangsters.
  So far we have gangs what produce heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. This is all to the good. But we need more such.
  I have a modest proposal. Let us now ban chocolate, along with all these other addictive drugs
  
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• Chihuahua mix PJ loves to play and learn

  22-03-2025 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Chihuahua mix
  Age: 3 years
  Sex: Neutered male
  Size: 35 pounds
  PJ’s story: PJ is an athletic boy who likes to play fetch and tug of war. He loves food and treats, which makes training easy and enjoyable for him. Games like finding hidden treats and puzzles are a delight for him. They also help build his confidence, which he needs. His ideal family would work with him to continue doing that. A fenced yard and another, well-adjusted dog would be ideal. When it’s time to relax, PJ
  
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• LA man gets 3 years in prison, $240,000 fine, for OC sober living kickback scheme

  22-03-2025 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A Hollywood Hills man was sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison on Friday, March 21 for paying illegal kickbacks for patient referrals to his Orange County addiction treatment facilities.
  Casey Mahoney, 48, was convicted in Los Angeles federal court in September 2024 of one count of conspiracy, seven counts of illegal remunerations for patient referrals, and three counts of money laundering, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
  Along with the prison term, the DOJ sai
  
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• Wenyuan Wu: A timely proposal to defund Minority Serving Institutions

  22-03-2025 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  In California, 167 colleges and universities are certified “Minority Serving Institutions (MSI),” a federal program that rewards schools that enroll certain percentages of minority students with “in-kind services, volunteerism, diverse hiring, grants and contacts.” This represents nearly a quarter of all higher education institutions in the Golden State. 
  The category of MSI includes Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AAPISIs) and Hispanic Serv
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (March 13-20)

  22-03-2025 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from March 13 to March 20.
  Ga Bo Xoi Cali, 1324 S. Magnolia Ave., AnaheimClosed: March 20
  Reason: Cockroach infestationAwesome Protein Spot, 32141 Alipaz St., Suite J, San Juan CapistranoClosed: March 19
  Reason: None providedRancho Viejo, 15471 Edwards St., Suite F, Huntington BeachClosed: March 19
  Reason: Insufficient hot water
  Reopened: March 19John’s Philly Grille, 550 Pacific Co
  
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• Answering the key questions of Angels spring training

  22-03-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — The Angels got out of Arizona on Friday after a successful spring, which means they didn’t suffer any significant injuries.
  The most important player who came into camp with an injury – Zach Neto – represented the biggest of the five key questions we identified for the Angels at the start of spring training.
  Now that the Angels have left Arizona for three final games against the Dodgers, starting on Sunday, it’s a good time to revisit those questions.
  
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• Southern California builders reconsider projects ahead of new tariffs

  22-03-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  With a deadline nearing on the next wave of tariffs from the Trump administration, builders are facing the prospect of halting or slowing construction projects as prices for materials continue to rise.
  The National Association of Home Builders expects new tariffs starting April 2 will raise the cost of imported construction materials by more than $3 billion. Those price hikes would be on top of a 14.5% tariff on Canadian lumber, pushing up duties on imported lumber from the north to 39.5%.
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• EVs don’t work for everyone

  22-03-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I spent the past two weeks deep undercover as an electric vehicle driver.
  This was largely in response to negative feedback I received to a recent column, but even more largely because my car has been in the shop for more than a month (a story for another day).
  A month ago I wrote that the skyrocketing costs of electricity with utilities, especially PG&E, are quickly shrinking the major advantage EVs have over their gas-powered counterparts – the cost of recharging – and it was n
  
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• Susan Shelley: The folly of state energy policy

  22-03-2025 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Your electricity bill is too high, and one of the reasons for this is so idiotic, even the California state auditor had to say something.
  “The benefits of energy efficiency programs may not be worth their cost to ratepayers,” State Auditor Grant Parks wrote in a report released on March 18. “None of the utilities’ program portfolios met their annual goals in at least five of the seven years from 2016 through 2022, and none have met electric energy-savings goals since 2019
  
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• Replacing your palm tree with a drought-tolerant alternative? Consider these.

  22-03-2025 15:26 via ocregister.com
  
  “Due to the recent fires, it’s been recommended that we remove our last palm tree, which is by our pool. I have a narrow planter in that location. I would like a new drought-tolerant, fire-resistant tree or bush whose roots will not be a detriment in that location. During the summer, the area gets morning sun (approximately 6-8 hours) and afternoon shade. Any ideas for an interesting centerpiece for that planter?” – Karen Mansky
  The caveat should first be made that the so
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, March 22, 2025

  22-03-2025 15:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
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• Will California Democrats defer to former VP Kamala Harris if she runs for governor?

  22-03-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Rep. Katie Porter certainly didn’t wait for former Vice President Kamala Harris to decide whether she, too, wants to run for California governor in 2026.
  But Porter, in recently declaring her candidacy to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, has put a bit of an asterisk next to her campaign.
  Should Harris decide to enter the race, Porter would bow out, her spokesperson has said.
  Porter is laying out her cards.
  “If Kamala comes into this race — especially if she comes
  
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• Viewers flock to web cam livestreaming Big Bear bald eagle’s nest to the world

  22-03-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Full of questions about Big Bear Valley’s bald eagles, 5-year-old Ava Diaz watched the livestream of the nest on the large monitor and captured images with her own pink camera.
  As Ava pointed out interesting behaviors the eagles displayed in their nest overlooking Big Bear Lake, her mother took in the monitor and materials presented by the A.K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands to connect patrons to nature they wouldn’t normally get to see up close.
  “This is my first time seein
  
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• Larry Wilson: Radio Free Europe loss means one cowboy less on world stage

  22-03-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Sometimes in a culture there’s one single moment — one speech, one piece of art, one song — after which everyone recognizes the changing of the guard.
  It always looks or sounds so obvious, as if it had always been there and we just hadn’t seen it, or heard it, although of course it wasn’t so obvious until its creator or creators sculpted it, which wasn’t necessarily easy — it’s only in retrospect that it was so inevitable.
  In pop music, the tipping
  
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• Big Bear ski resorts hope to stay open through April

  22-03-2025 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A “March miracle” snowstorm that brought a healthy base to local resorts could mean an extended season through April, welcome news for skiers, snowboarders and snow players hoping to enjoy the spring season on the slopes.
  “That’s the plan,” said Big Bear Mountain Resort spokesman Justin Kanton. “As of now, thanks to some storms we’ve seen so far this month, that should give us the push we need to stay open through April.”
  Kanton warned, though, tha
  
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• Jersey Shore beach tag prices for 2025: How much it’ll cost to hit the sand

  22-03-2025 14:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sam Ruland, The Philadelphia Inquirer
  It’s almost that time of year again — Jersey Shore summer. Whether you’re a dedicated beach bum, a weekend warrior, or someone who just wants to dip their toes in the water for a day, there’s one thing you’ll need to factor into your budget: beach tags.
  Related ArticlesTravel | Travel: Why the best way to see New Zealand is on a cruise shipTravel | Do you need a reservation to get into Yosemite this summer? The Trump administ
  
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• Suspicious adversary: Can photographers and AI get along?

  22-03-2025 14:20 via ocregister.com
  
  For many photographers, artificial intelligence is their worst enemy. The evolving power of computers to create images that quickly, credibly and cheaply simulate the work that humans have done with cameras for more than a century threatens their very existence.
  It’s not a conspiracy theory to say AI could replace many real photographers, especially those in the commercial realm, in a matter of years. It has already started.
  Artist Phillip Toledano’s historical image of a sinkhole in
  
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• Medicaid recipients struggle to find mental health care. Looming cuts could make it harder

  22-03-2025 14:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org
  Charmeka Newton, a psychologist who has her own practice in Lansing, Michigan, is passionate about serving Black and Hispanic patients. They’re often looking for therapists who will understand how their race, ethnicity and culture may affect them, she said, and she helps provide that care.
  Medicaid is a major source of health care for people of color. But Newton can only afford to see a small number of Medicaid patients, because the program pays her so mu
  
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• The good, bad and ugly of energy drinks

  22-03-2025 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  March is National Caffeine Awareness Month, and as the name implies, awareness of our caffeine consumption should be on our radars. While there are proven health benefits of caffeine, the Food and Drug Administration recommends we keep our daily consumption of caffeine to 400 milligrams. Yet the rising popularity of energy drinks, which have the highest concentrations of caffeine of any beverage, have adverse health effects from overdrinking, especially among youths. (download full page)ENERGY D
  
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• Nearly one-third of American adults now trust social media for financial advice: Why that’s a terrible idea

  22-03-2025 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By James Royal, Ph.D., Bankrate.com
  Nearly one-third of American adults (30%) who looked for financial advice in 2023 turned to social media, according to Bankrate’s Financial Security Survey. Younger Americans are even more likely than the average to seek out financial advice from social media, potentially setting them off in the wrong direction during their crucial early saving years, when they could get a jump-start on building wealth.
  While social media may be a popular way to access l
  
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• Reshoring: A boon for U.S. real estate and local economies

  22-03-2025 13:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For decades, American companies sent manufacturing operations overseas in search of lower costs.
  Cheap labor, fewer regulations and efficient global supply chains made offshoring the dominant strategy for everything from electronics to pharmaceuticals.
  But the tide is turning.
  Reshoring — the process of bringing manufacturing and supply chains back to the U.S. — has gained momentum in recent years. Supply chain disruptions during the pandemic, geopolitical tensions with China and ris
  
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• Swanson: UCLA’s Londynn Jones never sweats the ‘small’ stuff

  22-03-2025 07:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — If you think UCLA women’s basketball standout Londynn Jones is formidable at her 5 feet, 4 inches tall, I’ve got to tell you about her great-great-grandmother, Mamie Kirkland.
  Before her death at 111 in 2020, the 4-6 Kirkland was, as the Buffalo News put it this week, “a giant of Buffalo history.”
  Dan Barry memorialized Kirkland in the New York Times, writing that “she was also the embodiment of the African-American experience of the 20th century
  
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• Clippers use big 2nd half to race past Grizzlies for 5th straight win

  22-03-2025 06:31 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — This wasn’t as much fun.
  In the Clippers’ surprising victory against the league’s best team earlier in the week, they were healthy, locked in and more importantly having fun.
  You could sense it in the way Kawhi Leonard scored, how James Harden did his thing, the times when Ivica Zubac dominated inside against the Cleveland Cavaliers and the rest of the team reacted on the bench.
  “One of the things that we’ve emphasized is finding joy in the game. W
  
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• Baseball roundup: University’s Andrew Shean tosses no-hitter; Cypress tops Serra again

  22-03-2025 06:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Andrew Shean pitched a no-hitter and had 10 strikeouts for University in a 9-0 rout of St. Margaret’s on Friday in a Pacific Coast League game at University High.
  Shean has not allowed a run in 14 consecutive innings pitched and has allowed just one run this season. He has 20 strikeouts in 15⅓ innings pitched and has allowed just seven hits.
  The junior also went 2 for 4 at the plate with a double and two runs scored. David Wu had two hits with a double, a stolen base and two RBIs for
  
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• Baseball roundup: University’s Andrew Shean tosses no-hitter; Cypress tops JSerra again

  22-03-2025 06:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Andrew Shean pitched a no-hitter and had 10 strikeouts for University in a 9-0 rout of St. Margaret’s on Friday in a Pacific Coast League game at University High.
  Shean has not allowed a run in 14 consecutive innings pitched and has allowed just one run this season. He has 20 strikeouts in 15⅓ innings pitched and has allowed just seven hits.
  The junior also went 2 for 4 at the plate with a double and two runs scored. David Wu had two hits with a double, a stolen base and two RBIs for
  
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• Katelynn Mathews leads Fullerton softball past No. 4 Mater Dei for big ‘program’ win

  22-03-2025 05:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFOUNTAIN VALLEY — If there’s an early theme to the Orange County softball season, it might be parity.
  Lower ranked teams have defeated lofty rivals in the O.C. Top 25 to prompt excitement that wide-spread competitiveness exists.
  Fullerton fueled the concept Friday by defeating No. 4 Mater Dei 4-0 behind a breakout performance by pitcher Katelynn Mathews at Fountain Valley Sports Park.
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• Top-seeded UCLA women crush Southern in NCAA Tournament opener

  22-03-2025 05:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The UCLA women’s basketball team kicked off its quest for the program’s first Final Four appearance by routing Southern, 84-46, in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion.
  Lauren Betts had 14 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots, and Londynn Jones scored 11 points for the Bruins (31-2), who are the tournament’s top overall seed. Janiah Barker provided a spark off the bench with 10 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and t
  
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• Angel City FC holds on for tie with Portland

  22-03-2025 05:33 via ocregister.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Kennedy Fuller scored early, and goalkeeper Angelina Anderson denied a late threat as Angel City FC held on for a 1-1 tie with the Portland Thorns in an NWSL game on Friday night.
  Fuller scored in the ninth minute to give Angel City an early lead, but Reilyn Turner scored her first regular-season NWSL goal, tapping in a bouncing corner kick in the 30th minute to pull the Thorns even in their home opener.
  Anderson leaped to push Hina Sugita’s strike from distance up a
  
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• Newport Harbor baseball starts Sunset League play with three straight shutouts of Corona del Mar

  22-03-2025 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Newport Harbor baseball coach Josh Lee and his Sailors couldn’t have asked for a better start to their Sunset League schedule.
  Pitcher Lucas Perez allowed two hits and one walk and had six strikeouts over six scoreless innings in the Sailors’ 2-0 victory over Corona del Mar on Friday at Newport Harbor High School.
  He also doubled and scored the game’s first run in the second.
  The victory completed a three-game sweep for the Sailors (7-1, 3-0), who won all
  
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• Laguna Beach defeats Woodbridge in Pacific Coast League baseball

  22-03-2025 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — It was a matchup of two fine pitchers, both throwing very well.
  Laguna Beach senior right-hander Becker Sybirski got just enough run support in his complete-game, 2-1 win over Woodbridge on Friday in a Pacific Coast League baseball game at Laguna Beach High.
  The Breakers, No. 23 in the Orange County top 25, are 10-0 overall and 4-0 in the eight-team league and have the most wins in county baseball. They were 10-17 last season
  No. 20 Woodbridge is 8-5 overall, 1-3 in league.
  
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• George Foreman, the glowering heavyweight who became a lovable champion, dies at 76

  22-03-2025 04:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer
  George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76.
  Related ArticlesNational News | Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changesNational News | Major League Baseball removes references to ‘diversity’ from MLB Careers home pageNational News | Trump administra
  
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• Two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman dies at 76

  22-03-2025 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76.
  Foreman’s family announced his death on social media.
  “A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand- and great-grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility and purpose,” his family wrote.
  A native Texan, F
  
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• George Foreman, 2-time heavyweight champion, dies at 76

  22-03-2025 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76.
  Foreman’s family announced his death on social media.
  “A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand- and great-grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility and purpose,” his family wrote. “A humanitarian,
  
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• Here’s how to enter the Big Bear bald eagle chick naming contest

  22-03-2025 03:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Have an idea about what to call the two eaglets that hatched in the nest overlooking Big Bear Lake in recent weeks?
  Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that operates two web cams that livestream the nest to the world, announced Friday the naming contest for the chicks is open.
  Suggestions are due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 28.
  The nonprofit maintains the free livestream without advertisements, so it asks for a small donation to enter the chick-naming contest. More contest details are onli
  
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• Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix gives drivers chance to capitalize on strong starts

  22-03-2025 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  THERMAL — Kyle Kirkwood is looking for ways to improve at the Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix and his team used Friday’s practice session at the new road course to move in that direction.
  The driver of the No. 27 Andretti Global Honda finished in fifth place in the NTT IndyCar Series season opener in St. Petersburg, Florida. A top-five finish in any IndyCar Series race is impressive, but it didn’t make Kirkwood smile.
  “I wouldn’t say I’m happy. I would say I&r
  
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• Rookies thrive in first round at Hoag Classic, with Els and Couples lurking

  22-03-2025 02:54 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Welcome to “March Madness” on the PGA Tour Champions.
  Like the NCAA Tournament in college basketball, the first round of the 2025 Hoag Classic at Newport Beach Country Club on Friday fittingly featured some “madness” of its own.
  Though there are eight World Golf Hall of Famers in the field, including two-time Hoag champions Fred Couples and Ernie Els, plus defending champion Padraig Harrington – the top golf seeds, so to speak – it was a
  
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• Proposed gutting of Department of Education worries Southern California educators, activists

  22-03-2025 02:41 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education was met with uncertainty Friday at some Southern California school districts, where educators and activists worry any federal funding cuts could impact already cash-strapped budgets and threaten programs for disadvantaged students.
  Among the most vocal critics of the president’s plan was Alberto M. Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
  “Any sig
  
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• LeBron James, Rui Hachimura might return for Lakers’ game vs. Bulls

  22-03-2025 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Starting forwards LeBron James and Rui Hachimura could return for the Lakers’ home game against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night.
  James and Hachimura were upgraded to questionable on the team’s Friday evening injury report after missing the last several games.
  The 40-year-old James missed the previous seven games because of a strained left groin injury he suffered late in the March 8 road loss to the Boston Celtics.
  The four-time league MVP averaged 25 points (
  
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• UK Subs bassist says bandmembers were denied entry into U.S. at LAX fter Trump criticism

  22-03-2025 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Three members of the pioneering British band UK Subs were detained and denied entry into the United States at LAX airport, according to a social media post by the band’s bassist, Alvin Gibbs. The situation meant only the group’s singer was able to perform at the LA Punk Invasion festival in Los Angeles.
  “Some of you might have seen posts on UK Subs’ websites, which provide photos and video of a random line-up playing with Charlie at a Los Angeles Punk festival at the week
  
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• UK Subs bassist says band members were denied entry into U.S. at LAX after Trump criticism

  22-03-2025 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Three members of the pioneering British band UK Subs were detained and denied entry into the United States at LAX airport, according to a social media post by the band’s bassist, Alvin Gibbs. The situation meant only the group’s singer was able to perform at the LA Punk Invasion festival in Los Angeles.
  “Some of you might have seen posts on UK Subs’ websites, which provide photos and video of a random line-up playing with Charlie at a Los Angeles Punk festival at the week
  
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• 605 Freeway closures begin this weekend between Long Beach and San Gabriel Valley

  22-03-2025 01:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Segments of the 605 Freeway in Los Angeles County will be closed this weekend — beginning Friday, March 21 — and next for work on a major project to rehabilitate the freeway from Long Beach to the San Gabriel Valley.
  A portion of the southbound freeway will be closed this weekend. The entire southbound freeway will be closed between Slauson Avenue and Interstate 5 in Santa Fe Springs Friday night and Sunday night, with partial lane closure the rest of the weekend, according to Caltra
  
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• Chargers sign TE Tyler Conklin to 1-year contract

  22-03-2025 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers on Friday added to their tight-end depth by signing Tyler Conklin, formerly of the New York Jets, to a one-year contract.
  Conklin, a seven-year veteran, will likely compete for the starting position with Will Dissly and Tucker Fisk when training camp begins in late July in El Segundo.
  Tight end was one of the thinnest spots on the roster before the Chargers signed Conklin, one of the NFL’s top possession receivers at his position. Conklin, 29, has had 50 receptions or more in
  
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