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• CSUF expert: Four ways to avoid exercise injuries

  20-08-2018 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Inspired by the new school year or the prospect of cooler weather to get out and exercise?
  That’s a great way to get and stay healthy, but not if it leads to injury, notes a leading Cal State Fullerton researcher in the field.
  Pablo Costa, associate professor of kinesiology, says sprains and strains account for 41 percent of sports- and recreation-related activities but can be prevented by focusing on stretching and flexibility.
  Pablo Costa, Cal State Fullerton associate professor of kines
  
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• Mater Dei boys basketball advances in Trinity League tournament

  03-02-2026 08:04 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – After back-to-back, one-point losses last week, Mater Dei’s boys basketball team needed the type of win it got on Monday.
  The Monarchs rolled to a 92-65 win over Orange Lutheran at Irvine Valley College in the first game of the three-day Trinity League tournament.
  Three Mater Dei players each scored more than 20 points. Junior guard Richie Ramirez scored 28 points, senior guard Luke Barnett scored 24 and junior forward Zain Majeed scored 22.
  The tournament moves to Hope Inte
  
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• San Clemente wins share of South Coast League boys basketball championship

  03-02-2026 07:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Desi Gutierrez scored 20 points with 16 rebounds to lead San Clemente to a 69-64 home win over Tesoro in South Coast League boys basketball on Monday in the final game of the regular season for both teams.
  The Tritons win gave them a share of the league championship. San Clemente and Tesoro finished 7-1 in league.
  Bryan Blake scored 16 points for San Clemente, which is 18-10 overall. Braeden Baggs scored eight points with 12 rebounds for the Tritons.
  Tesoro had won 10 in a row going into Monday&
  
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• San Clemente boys basketball wins share of South Coast League championship

  03-02-2026 07:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Desi Gutierrez scored 20 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead San Clemente’s boys basketball team to a 69-64 win over visiting Tesoro in the South Coast League on Monday.
  The win gave the Tritons a share of the league championship. San Clemente and Tesoro both finished 7-1 in league.
  Bryan Blake scored 16 points for San Clemente, which is 18-10 overall. Braeden Baggs scored eight points with 12 rebounds for the Tritons.
  Tesoro had won 10 in a row going into Monday’s game. The Titan
  
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• Mater Dei girls basketball beats JSerra for undefeated Trinity League title

  03-02-2026 07:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSANTA ANA — A season-long quest by Mater Dei’s girls basketball team to overcome injuries and remain the Trinity League juggernaut encountered one final challenge Monday.
  Coming off a loss Saturday at Ventura, the Monarchs played host to surging JSerra without starting forward Stella Hoss.
  The back spams for Hoss, Mater Dei coach Jody Wynn confirmed, joined an injury report that has included W
  
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• Edison girls soccer to play for league title after nearly losing to Newport Harbor

  03-02-2026 07:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Edison’s Marissa Devine (25) keeps the ball ahead of Newport Harbor’s Reese Pluma (16) during their Sunset League semifinal game in Huntington Beach, CA, on Monday, February 2, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Edison’s Marissa Devine (25) and Newport Harbor’s Leah Showalter (13) tangle as teammates Carys de Vengoechea (6) and Addie Bond (27) approach during their Sunset League semifinal game in Huntington Beach, CA, on Monday, February 2, 2026.
  
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• Clippers lose to 76ers amid James Harden trade talk

  03-02-2026 06:55 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — An All-Star snub. The second game of a back-to-back after a three-game trip. James Harden’s personal issues that kept him in Arizona and off the court. Rumors of a potential trade.
  On top of all that, there was Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, which only added to the Clippers’ rough few days. The 76ers handed the lackluster Clippers a 128-113 defeat at the Intuit Dome.
  The Clippers (23-26), who lost for just the fifth time in the past 22 gam
  
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• El Toro boys soccer overpowers San Clemente with league title at stake

  03-02-2026 06:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LAKE FOREST — Many teams that make the jump up to the South Coast League from the Sea View League struggle in their first season playing against better competition.
  That was not the case for El Toro’s boys soccer team this season.
  The Chargers dominated San Clemente 6-0 on Monday to win the South Coast League championship.
  El Toro (18-2-5, 6-1-1) won the Sea View League last season and had most recently won the South Coast League in 2017. The two teams entered Monday tied atop the le
  
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• Report: Clippers, James Harden exploring trade options; Cavaliers interested

  03-02-2026 05:55 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Clippers are engaged in advanced talks that would send 11-time All-Star guard James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for point guard Darius Garland, according to a Sports Illustrated report on Monday night. An ESPN report said the team and Harden are exploring multiple options to try to find a deal before Thursday’s noon PT NBA trade deadline.
  Harden, 36, carried the load for the Clippers for parts of this season and last season when Kawhi Leonard was out
  
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• El Monte activist alleges ICE officers broke her car window, pointed weapons at her

  03-02-2026 03:36 via ocregister.com
  
  El Monte resident Maria Santay, who said she is a U.S. citizen, alleges that federal officers intimidated her and livestreamed her Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, encounter with them. (Courtesy of GoFundMe)
  An El Monte resident, U.S. citizen and community organizer alleges she was intimidated by immigration officers in an encounter she livestreamed on her Instagram account.
  Maria Santay was driving Friday, Jan. 30, along Valley Boulevard in El Monte, keeping a watch for Immigration and Customs Enforcemen
  
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• LAFC GM John Thorrington says everyone is ‘buying in’ as new era begins

  03-02-2026 03:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Two weeks from the start of his team’s 2026 season, Los Angeles Football Club general manager and co-president John Thorrington likes what he sees.
  New head coach Marc Dos Santos and his staff have offered up ideas to tweak how LAFC will play in its ninth season, and after a few weeks of training and a couple of tune-up games it’s evident to Thorrington that the players have taken to them.
  “I’ve been really pleased, frankly,” Thorrington said at
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, Feb. 2

  03-02-2026 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, Feb. 2
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  BOYS SOCCER
  SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE
  Southlands Christian 3, Capistrano Valley Christian 1
  GIRLS SOCCER
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  Marina 2, Fountain Valley 0
  GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
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• Orange County boys basketball stat leaders, Feb. 2

  03-02-2026 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County boys basketball stat leaders through the games Saturday, Jan. 31.
  The leaderboards are based on stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  SCORINGName, school
  GP
  Pts
  PPG
  Zain Majeed, Mater Dei
  14
  322
  23.0
  Matthew Ahern, Capo Valley Christian
  23
  525
  22.8
  Richie Ramirez, Mater Dei
  28
  634
  22.6
  Josh King, Orange Lutheran
  21
  471
  22.4
  Jaiden Sabino Woodbridge
  18
  398
  22.1
  Maxwell Scott, Corona Del Mar
  26
  560
  
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• K-pop’s BTS announce a live comeback concert to air on Netflix in March

  03-02-2026 03:05 via ocregister.com
  
  K-pop superstars BTS announced their comeback special on Monday, a livestreamed concert on Netflix on March 21, followed a few days later by a new documentary on the band.
  “The Comeback Live | Arirang” will stream on Netflix at 8 p.m. Korean Standard Time – that’s 3 a.m. Pacific – so expect a lot of very sleepy West Coast K-pop fans that Saturday.
  BTS will stage the concert at Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the former royal palace Gyeongbokgung, which was built in 13
  
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• Owners of Brentwood home where Marilyn Monroe died sue LA, mayor

  03-02-2026 02:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The owners of the Los Angeles home where Marilyn Monroe died are suing the city and Mayor Karen Bass, alleging in federal court that the residence was designated a historic cultural landmark after they purchased it, curtailing their plans to demolish the structure, according to a complaint obtained Monday.
  Husband and wife Roy Bank and Brinah Milstein, who live at the Brentwood property, contend that Los Angeles designated the house a historic monument “without any public purpose or just c
  
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• USC heads into 2026 season with a QB room that’s ‘quite a bit better’ than last year

  03-02-2026 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  USC football general manager Chad Bowden heard one voice above all others during a team lift on Monday morning.
  “U-S-C,” Jonas Williams belted.
  The class of 2026 quarterback’s teammates responded with a resounding “Trojans!”
  Williams likely won’t be a starter this season and will play behind returning senior quarterback Jayden Maiava. But that hasn’t stopped him from fast-tracking his potential at USC while the staff carefully navigates how to handle fut
  
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• Attorney says Gabbard is holding up a complaint about her actions, which her office denies

  03-02-2026 01:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID KLEPPER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday.
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• FACT FOCUS: Images of NYC mayor with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated. Here’s how we know

  03-02-2026 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELISSA GOLDIN
  Multiple AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child and his mother, filmmaker Mira Nair, with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his confidant Ghislaine Maxwell, along with other high-profile public figures, were shared widely on social media Monday.
  The images originated on an X account labeled as parody after a huge tranche of new Epstein files was released by the Justice Department on Friday. They are clearly watermarked a
  
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• Swanson: The curious case of Kawhi Leonard’s All-Star snub

  03-02-2026 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Worth watching again, and we all know why: Because of who the “heart and soul” of the team is.
  The season would be so different if not for this crucial member of the cast “coming in to fill a role” by performing like an All-Star and completing “a near-impossible task” in the process.
  Dang, did Kawhi Leonard get snubbed … just like Chase Infiniti did.
  One by the NBA, the other by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Those quotes are actually
  
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• Bravo for a young artist being honored, an airman’s service and a new wellness space

  03-02-2026 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine teen selected as a 2026 YoungArts award winner
  YoungArts announced that Jerry (Hongyi) Zhang, an 11th grade student at University High School in Irvine, has been selected as a 2026 award winner in design. Zhang joins hundreds of the nation’s most accomplished young visual, literary and performing artists from 39 states and the District of Columbia.
  Bestowed annually since 1981, the YoungArts award recognizes exceptional young talent across artistic disciplines and affirms the youths
  
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• Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS raises conflict of interest concerns

  03-02-2026 00:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Legal experts say President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax information raises a plethora of legal and ethical questions, including the propriety of the leader of the executive branch pursuing scorched-earth litigation against the very government he is in charge of.
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• Crean Lutheran has a long break before boys basketball playoffs begin

  03-02-2026 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Crean Lutheran boys basketball coach Austin Loeb wishes his team was playing a game this week.
  The Saints will have a break of 12 or 14 days before they play their first playoff game.
  Loeb doesn’t like it, but Crean Lutheran will try to make the most of it.
  “It’s bad,” he said. “But I’m fine with it because we’re banged up and this is a chance to have like a minicamp before we go into the playoffs.”
  Crean Lutheran clinched the Crestview League cham
  
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• Trump says he won’t tear down the Kennedy Center arts venue but it needs to be closed for repairs

  03-02-2026 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he won’t tear down the Kennedy Center but said it needs to be closed for about two years for work that cannot be done with patrons coming and going for shows and other performances.
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• Rug Merchant Gets 34 to Life for Sex Assaults in Store

  03-02-2026 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL ANDERSON
  More than two years after he was convicted and 14 years since he was charged, a former Laguna Beach rug merchant was sentenced on Monday, Feb. 2, to 34 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting two women in his store.
  Saeid Maralan, 67, of Laguna Niguel was convicted of two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object and single counts each of rape and attempted oral copulation, all felonies.
  When the Orange County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against
  
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• Ex-Laguna Beach rug merchant gets 34 years to life for sex assaults in store

  03-02-2026 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL ANDERSON
  More than two years after he was convicted and 14 years since he was charged, a former Laguna Beach rug merchant was sentenced on Monday, Feb. 2, to 34 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting two women in his store.
  Saeid Maralan, 67, of Laguna Niguel was convicted of two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object and single counts each of rape and attempted oral copulation, all felonies.
  When the Orange County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against
  
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• Ryan Poehling stepping up contributions for depleted Ducks

  03-02-2026 00:10 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Every game is a vital game for the Ducks and now they’ll pivot off a win over the Pacific Division leader on Sunday into a tilt with the team they’re tied with in the standings, the Seattle Kraken, on Tuesday.
  It will be the Ducks’ final opportunity to secure two points before the Olympic break, with no more games until Feb. 25. While five Ducks will embark for Milan, the rest of the group could get a chance to heal up from the grind of a condensed schedule.
  Tro
  
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• Eddie Bauer to close all North American stores, file for bankruptcy

  02-02-2026 23:58 via ocregister.com
  Outdoor apparel retailer Eddie Bauer is expected to close its stores in North America and file for bankruptcy.
  The company, whose namesake opened its first store in Seattle in 1920, operates more than 200 stores in North America currently — down from more than 600 international locations in the 1990s. Locations outside of North America would not be subject to the bankruptcy proceedings, according to Women’s Wear Daily.
  The company’s manufacturing, wholesale, or e-commerce opera
  
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• Musk joins his rocket and AI businesses into a single company before an expected IPO this year

  02-02-2026 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year.
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• Musk Inc.? Billionaire combines his rocket and AI businesses before an expected IPO this year

  02-02-2026 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By BERNARD CONDON and MATT O’BRIEN, AP Business Writers
  NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before what’s expected to be a massive initial public offering for the business later this year.
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• Orange County boys basketball Top 25: Orange Lutheran rises after big win

  02-02-2026 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys basketball rankings as of Monday, Feb. 2. The team records are through Sunday, Feb. 1.
  Notable this week: Orange Lutheran moves up to No. 6 after it beat St. John Bosco 72-68. … Cypress rises to No. 9 following a big win over Canyon 82-62. … Fairmont Prep ascends to No. 10 with two crucial wins in the San Joaquin League. … Sonora climbs to No. 16 this week after a 74-59 win over El Dorado in the Freeway League.
  BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 25
  1. Santa Margarita
  
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