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• Carlos Estévez suffers 3rd blown save of season in Angels’ loss to Royals

  11-05-2024 06:25 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Closer Carlos Estévez spoiled what had been an outstanding night for Angels pitchers on Friday.
  Estévez entered with the Angels working on a shutout, but he gave up a two-run homer to the Kansas City Royals’ Adam Frazier in a game the Angels lost, 2-1.
  Estévez recorded the first out of the ninth, but then he gave up a single to MJ Melendez. He threw a 2-and-0 fastball on the inner half to Frazier, who yanked it just inside the right field pole.
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• Corona del Mar’s historic Niels Hoffmann, Marina’s doubles dominate CIF-SS boys tennis individual finals

  24-05-2024 02:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCLAREMONT — As Corona del Mar senior Niels Hoffmann posed with Beckman freshman Tyler Lee for a post-match photo Thursday, he stretched his arm around the shoulder of his opponent in the CIF-SS singles final and offered an encouraging pat.
  It was a telling moment between Orange County’s tennis maestro and one of its best prospects.
  The USC-bound Hoffmann solidified his status as the master by
  
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• NCAA, Power 5 conferences sign off on $2.8 billion plan, setting stage for dramatic change across college sports

  24-05-2024 02:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By RALPH D. RUSSO
  The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester.
  The deal still must be approved by the federal judge overseeing the case and challenges could arise, but if the agreement stands it will mark the beginning of a
  
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• ‘Heat of passion’ attack or planned murder of ex-girlfriend? OC jury must decide

  24-05-2024 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  An Anaheim man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend while awaiting trial for a domestic violence attack against the same woman may have been acting in the heat of passion while intoxicated and suffering from a head injury from a brawl outside a club, his defense attorney told jurors on Thursday.
  An Orange County Superior Court jury will have to decide whether Aaron Romo, 37, committed first-degree murder by beating and strangling 24-year-old Mirelle Mateus in the early morning hours of March 17,
  
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• Sparks eager to host Caitlin Clark, Fever at Crypto.com Arena

  24-05-2024 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  TORRANCE — When rookies Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson inevitably take the court at Crypto.com Arena for Friday night’s game between the Sparks and the Indiana Fever, three of the top four picks in last month’s WNBA draft will be playing in front of a packed arena and a nationally televised audience on ION.
  The arrival of Clark, the No. 1 selection, Brink, the No. 2 pick and Jackson, the No. 4 selection, all three recent college stars at Iowa, Stanford and Tenn
  
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• Trump holds a rally in the South Bronx as he tries to woo his hometown

  24-05-2024 01:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN
  NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump campaigned Thursday in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation, holding a rally in the South Bronx as he tries to woo minority voters days before a Manhattan jury will begin deliberations on whether to convict him of felony charges in his criminal hush money trial.
  Trump addressed supporters in Crotona Park, a public green space in a neighborhood that is among the city’s most diverse and its most
  
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• New Kings coach Jim Hiller’s challenge: ‘We have to do better’

  24-05-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  For Jim Hiller, being named head coach of the Kings completed an odyssey over ice, with the team that drafted him as a player also giving him his first shot as an NHL bench boss after stops in Berlin, Milan and about a dozen other cities between his stretches in Los Angeles.
  “Just shy of 35 years ago, I was drafted by the L.A. Kings, so to be sitting here today is an honor,” Hiller said. “To have that long and winding path to end up here is something that I don’t take lig
  
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• OC Supervisors approve contract for shoreline fishing services at Irvine Lake

  24-05-2024 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Board of Supervisors approved a contract that will help keep open fishing at Irvine Lake for at least another year.
  The contract for up to $482,020 with James Productions, Inc. to support the public shoreline fishing program at Irvine Lake was approved at Tuesday’s board meeting. The lake was reopened to fishing in 2019 after several years of being closed to the public.
  “The approval of James Productions to support shoreline fishing at Irvine Lake marks another milestone in ou
  
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• Shohei Ohtani buys La Canada Flintridge mansion for $7.8 million

  24-05-2024 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Shohei Ohtani has reportedly purchased a home in La Cañada Flintridge, paying $7.85 million for the five-bedroom, 6.5-bath mansion seen here on a cloudy Thursday, May 23, 2024.(Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Shohei Ohtani has reportedly purchased a home in La Cañada Flintridge, paying $7.85 million for the five-bedroom, 6.5-bath mansion seen here on a cloudy Thursday, May 23, 2024.(Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Shohei Ohtani has reported
  
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• Shohei Ohtani buys La Cañada Flintridge mansion for $7.8 million

  24-05-2024 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Shohei Ohtani has reportedly purchased a home in La Cañada Flintridge, paying $7.85 million for the five-bedroom, 6.5-bath mansion seen here on a cloudy Thursday, May 23, 2024.(Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Shohei Ohtani has reportedly purchased a home in La Cañada Flintridge, paying $7.85 million for the five-bedroom, 6.5-bath mansion seen here on a cloudy Thursday, May 23, 2024.(Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Shohei Ohtani has reported
  
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• Orange County boys and girls track and field leaderboard, May 23

  24-05-2024 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The top outdoors times (wind-legal) and marks for Orange County track and field through the CIF-SS Masters Meet on May 18.
  Compiled by Don Chadez/Flash Results West and MileSplit.com.
  Send corrections to [email protected]
  GIRLS LEADERS 
  (All race distances in meters)
  100 – Avery Groves, Santa Margarita, Sr., 11.92; Ava Simos, Corona del Mar, Sr., 11.94; Justine Wilson, Rosary, So., 12:08; Milan Smith, Rosary, Sr., 12.21; Estheleen Charalabidis, Corona del Mar, So., 12.22.
  200 – Ju
  
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• From axolotls to poison dart frogs, new Aquarium of the Pacific exhibit features amphibians for all

  24-05-2024 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach residents and visitors alike will soon have a chance to dive into the wild world of amphibians, thanks to a new exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
  The new exhibit, dubbed “FROGS: Facing a Changing World,” features more than 20 unique amphibians, from Mexican axolotls to blue poison dart frogs — and plenty of information about what threats these creatures are currently facing.
  “Guests will be able to discover a newly reimagined section of the Tropical Pacif
  
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• 3 suspects face charges in case of 11 armed robberies in Orange County, Torrance, Long Beach, LA and elsewhere

  23-05-2024 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A San Fernando Valley man has been charged in a case in which he is accused of a series of robberies and other crimes including the attempted heist of a Downey doughnut shop on Valentine’s Day when an employee grabbed his own gun and fired, chasing the alleged assailants out of the store, officials said.
  A 34-year-old North Hollywood resident is charged with one count of attempted interference with commerce by robbery. He was in jail without the possibility of posting bail.
  Two other suspe
  
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• New UCLA protest draws hundreds of protesters and 4 police departments

  23-05-2024 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  On the day UCLA Chancellor Gene Block testified before Congress about efforts to combat antisemitism on campus, pro-Palestinian activists rekindled protests on campus and briefly built a new encampment on Thursday, May 23.
  Related: UCLA Chancellor Block grilled by Congressional committee
  Protesters used tables, metal fences, plywood and other materials to block off a section of campus between Kerckhoff and Moore halls, a main walkway used by students traversing the Westwood campus. By afternoon,
  
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• Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession

  23-05-2024 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Within hours after Thomas Perez Jr. called police to report his father missing, he found himself in a tiny interrogation room confronted by Fontana detectives determined to extract a confession that he killed his dad.
  Perez had told police that his father, 71-year-old Thomas Perez Sr., went out for a walk with the family dog at about 10 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2018. The dog returned within minutes without Perez’s father. Investigators didn’t believe his story, and over the next 17 hours they
  
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• Sin City scares: A travel guide to Las Vegas’ most haunting attractions

  23-05-2024 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Jason Bracelin | Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS)
  LAS VEGAS — Just what are Vegas’ most haunting haunts?
  Fair question, fright fans, and we’re here with the answers.
  If you’re down for some clown-inspired scares, a visit to the city’s most macabre shop or just a good ol’ fashioned slice of “Murder Pizza,” here’s your guide to five of Vegas’ creepiest visits.
  Items found from the home featured in the documentary “Demon House” a
  
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• Fast-food prices have skyrocketed. Here’s a look at how much they’ve climbed

  23-05-2024 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Brooks Johnson | (TNS) Star Tribune
  Fast food has long been a staple of American diets because it is, or was, so inexpensive.
  Not so much anymore.
  Over the past five years, prices for popular menu items at chains like McDonald’s and Taco Bell have risen dramatically. The cost of a Big Mac or a Chalupa has doubled since 2019, according to archived and current pages of the Fast Food Menu Prices online tracker.
  Restaurant inflation overall has been significant, though much tamer by
  
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• Horse racing: Santa Anita races spark mixed feelings for this horse trainer

  23-05-2024 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Steve Specht motors to Santa Anita this week with a trailer full of well-trained horses and untamed emotions.
  The three horses come from Golden Gate Fields to compete on Saturday’s program of stakes for California-breds, led by a tenacious 3-year-old filly named Grand Slam Smile.
  The emotions come from what’s happening to racing back in Northern California, where Specht, 74, is the dean of thoroughbred trainers but unsure how much longer he’ll hang on.
  “I don’t want
  
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• Border bill fails Senate test vote as Democrats seek to underscore Republican resistance

  23-05-2024 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES and REBECCA SANTANA
  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are trying for a second time to push ahead with a bill to clamp down the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sought on Thursday to underscore Republican resistance to the proposal.
  The legislation, negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators, was already rejected by most Republicans in February when it was linked to a foreign aid package for Ukraine,
  
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• Could current COVID vaccines protect against future outbreaks? New study offers hope

  23-05-2024 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Irene Wright | The Charlotte Observer (TNS)
  Before March 2020, it was hard to imagine a global pandemic in the modern age.
  Now, it’s hard to imagine our lives without one.
  As COVID-19 has become less of an active part of our days and more a quick thought when we have a runny nose or cough, it’s time to think about what comes next — and how to stop another pandemic.
  A group of researchers had the future in mind when they asked if current COVID-19 vaccines and boosters could 
  
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• The number of births continues to fall, despite abortion bans

  23-05-2024 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Tim Henderson | (TNS) Stateline.org
  Births continued a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that a brief post-pandemic uptick in the nation’s birth numbers was all about planned pregnancies that had been delayed temporarily by COVID-19.
  Only Tennessee and North Dakota had small increases in births from 2022 to 2023, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional federal data on births. In California, births dropped by 5%, or nearly 20,000, for the year. An
  
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• Horse racing notes: Bob Baffert strong in Santa Anita Memorial Day races

  23-05-2024 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Thursday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Antonio Fresu / 17
  Kyle Frey / 15
  Edwin Maldonado / 14
  Juan Hernandez / 14
  Umberto Rispoli / 12
  Hector Berrios / 11
  Trainers / Wins
  Mark Glatt / 11
  Phil D’Amato / 9
  John Sadler / 7
  Steve Knapp / 7
  Librado Barocio / 6
  Jeff Mullins / 6
  WEEKEND STAKES
  SANTA ANITA
  Saturday
  • $125,000 Snow Chief Stakes, California-bred 3-year-olds, 1 1/8 miles on turf
  • $125,000 Melair Stakes, Cal-bred 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles
  • $100,0
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Friday, May 24, 2024

  23-05-2024 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, May 24, 2024.
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• How to use credit cards to save money on gas

  23-05-2024 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Gregory Karp, Jae Bratton | NerdWallet
  If you’re paying full price at the gas pump these days, you might be missing a way to fuel your household savings. That’s because many rewards credit cards offer bonus points when you use them at the gas station.
  Used right, those rewards are like a discount on every gallon you buy. Few consumers would turn down these savings when the average price of a gallon of gas as of May 2024 was $3.61, according to AAA.
  It’s fairly common now to
  
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• ‘Fantasmic’ viewers guide for return of Disneyland nighttime spectacular

  23-05-2024 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Sorcerer Mickey and a host of pink elephants, swashbuckling pirates and dancing princesses will once again take over the Rivers of America when “Fantasmic” returns to Disneyland after a yearlong hiatus following a fire that engulfed the nighttime spectacular’s marquee dragon.
  Our viewers guide has everything you need to know to catch the return of the fan-favorite nighttime show that has been entertaining crowds since 1992.
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• Dodgers’ Miguel Vargas getting accustomed to changes

  23-05-2024 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It was only a few hours after Miguel Vargas returned to the major leagues last week when his journey to get back on the Dodgers’ roster was put into proper perspective.
  Mookie Betts hit a leadoff home run in a 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday as Vargas cheered from the bench, the creases still in his brand new No. 27 Dodgers uniform after just being recalled.
  After the game, though, Betts lamented some of his defensive miscues like a throwing error and the
  
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• Space Force training HQ gets official nod to come to Space Coast

  23-05-2024 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The decision has been a year in the making, but the Space Coast will officially become the home of STARCOM, the training headquarters for Space Force.
  Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, both former Air Force facilities, were named in May 2023 the presumptive home for STARCOM, which stands for Space Training and Readiness Command. It’s one of three Space Force field command units, similar to an Air Force air command.
  Sen. Marco Rubio confirmed the decision was
  
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• NOAA predicts ‘highest-ever’ number of named storms in 2024 preseason forecast

  23-05-2024 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday said that the 2024 hurricane season has an 85% chance of being above normal, forecasting a range of 17 to 25 total named storms, and of those, eight to 13 are expected to become hurricanes.
  These numbers are the “highest ever” that NOAA has issued for its May outlook.
  An infographic shows the hurricane season probability and numbers of named storms predicted from NOAA’s 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook. (NOAA
  
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• Justice Department says illegal monopoly by Ticketmaster and Live Nation drives up prices for fans

  23-05-2024 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans.
  The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, was brought with 30 state and district attorneys general and seeks to break up the monopoly they say is sq
  
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• COVID-19 test maker Cue Health — once worth $2.3B — lays off entire company and shuts down

  23-05-2024 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By Natallie Rocha | San Diego Union-Tribune
  Cue Health, the once high-flying San Diego biotech supplying rapid COVID-19 test kits to the NBA and Google, is laying off all employees and shutting down on Friday.
  Cue’s closure comes a week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to throw away its COVID-19 test kits because they could give false results. The San Diego firm said on Thursday it stopped selling the COVID-19 tests, its only fully FDA-approved commerc
  
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