• Death row inmate transfers to Chino prison spur safety concerns with mayor, police

    Death row inmate transfers to Chino prison spur safety concerns with mayor, police
    The transfer of more than two dozen condemned inmates from San Quentin’s death row to the California Institution for Men in Chino under a new state program has prompted outcry from city officials, who are urging the state to send them elsewhere because of safety concerns.
    As of Wednesday, April 17, 26 condemned inmates are being housed at CIM under the Condemned Inmate Transfer Program launched earlier this month, which marked the closure of segregated death row units at San Quentin Rehabi
  • Orange County baseball stat leaders: Final 2024

    Orange County baseball stat leaders: Final 2024
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFinal Orange County baseball stat leaders for the 2024 regular season.
    To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.
    BATTING AVERAGEName, school
    BA
    H
    AB
    Julian Gonzalez, Santa Ana
    .520
    13
    25
    Ethan Pardo, Rancho Alamitos
    .484
    31
    64
    John Coopman, Pacifica Christian
    .450
    27
    60
    Cole Lefebvre, Estancia
    .448
    39
    87
    Nevan Namgoong, Woodbridge
    .444
    20
    45
    Luke Hansen, Northwoo
  • Terrorist sympathizers are disrupting universities across the country

    Terrorist sympathizers are disrupting universities across the country
    The Big Ten, the Pac-12 and the Ivy League are overrun with antisemitic students protesting in favor of Hamas. They claim they support Palestinians, but “Globalize the intifada” and “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea” are explicit genocidal slogans of Hamas. Democrats insist words mean things. These words mean the students are terrorist sympathizers.
    Some of the protestors are chanting “Death to America.” At least one Columbia University student
  • Lakers’ season ends as Nuggets’ Jamal Murray hits another game-winner

    Lakers’ season ends as Nuggets’ Jamal Murray hits another game-winner
    DENVER — The Lakers’ stars were hobbling down the stretch, trying to give their team another opportunity to extend their first-round playoff series.
    But just like the last time the Lakers were in Denver, Jamal Murray made sure they left Ball Arena with heartbreak instead of relief, hitting a game-winning shot in the final seconds to clinch the Nuggets’ 108-106 victory on Monday night, eliminating the Lakers in five games.
    LeBron James (30 points, 11 assists), scored nine points
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  • Dodgers cash in with bases loaded to beat Diamondbacks

    Dodgers cash in with bases loaded to beat Diamondbacks
    PHOENIX — If at first you don’t succeed – just keep loading the bases.
    The Dodgers entered Monday’s game 4 for 27 (.148) with 13 strikeouts in bases-loaded situations this year, a starvation diet in the all-you-can-eat buffet of scoring opportunities. When Shohei Ohtani hit into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the second inning – albeit on a 106.7 mph ground ball – the kryptonite seemed to get stronger.
    But they loaded the bases three tim
  • Dodgers beat Diamondbacks with rare strikeout-free effort

    Dodgers beat Diamondbacks with rare strikeout-free effort
    PHOENIX — Heading to Arizona this week, the Dodgers insisted this was no grudge match or a chance to exorcise the memory of last fall’s shocking NLDS sweep at the hands of the Diamondbacks.
    But they did face down a couple early-season nemeses – hitting with the bases loaded and strikeouts.
    The Dodgers entered the game 4 for 27 (.148) with the bases loaded this season but got a pair of two-run doubles with the bases loaded from Teoscar Hernandez and Andy Pages on their way to an
  • Angels rally past Phillies to snap 4-game losing streak

    Angels rally past Phillies to snap 4-game losing streak
    ANAHEIM — A game that began in disturbingly familiar fashion ended with a much needed change for the Angels.
    After trailing by three runs before they took their first at-bat of the night, the Angels rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.
    The Angels had lost nine of their previous 10 games and four in a row, without holding a single lead in any of the four straight losses.
    They snapped their 42-inning lead-less streak in the seventh inning on Monday, when
  • Orange County softball stat leaders: Final 2024

    Orange County softball stat leaders: Final 2024
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFinal Orange County softball stat leaders for the 2024 season.
    To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.
    BATTING AVERAGEName, school
    BA
    H
    AB
    Valerie Gomez, Samueli Academy
    .714
    25
    35
    Natalie Keith, Northwood
    .646
    31
    48
    Isabella Gomez, Costa Mesa
    .643
    45
    70
    To’avalu Fina’i,Loara
    .632
    24
    38
    Victoria Perez, Orangewood
    .625
    35
    56
    Taylor Shumaker, Esperanz
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  • CIF-SS boys tennis playoff pairings for all divisions

    CIF-SS boys tennis playoff pairings for all divisions
    CIF-SS BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS
    OPEN DIVISION
    Quarterfinals
    Friday, 3 p.m.
    Peninsula at University
    Woodbridge at Palos Verdes
    Loyola at Harvard-Westlake
    Beckman at Corona del Mar
    DIVISION 1
    First round
    Wednesday, 3 p.m.
    Northwood at Huntington Beach
    Tesoro, bye
    Cypress at La Canada
    Cate at Marina
    Brentwood, bye
    Sage Hill at Yorba Linda
    Redondo at Arcadia
    Ayala at Santa Margarita
    Oak Park, bye
    Canyon/A at Diamond Bar
    Mira Costa at San Marcos
    Claremont, bye
    Los Osos, bye
    Edison at Palm Desert
    San Mari
  • Class war in California

    Class war in California
    If you are a strong student at UC San Diego with middle-class college-educated parents and a wish to transfer to a “selective major” (engineering, data science, public health), the university isn’t interested in you. A new directive gives one point each for California residency, first-generation college-student status, low income, and a GPA above 3.0—a low bar for “selective” admissions. This is the latest instance of exclusionary practices in the na
  • Westminster man gets 21 years in prison for selling fentanyl, other drugs through darknet

    Westminster man gets 21 years in prison for selling fentanyl, other drugs through darknet
    SANTA ANA — A Westminster man and a Texas man were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms Monday for their part in a drug trafficking organization that peddled narcotics through the darknet and encrypted messaging apps.
    Michael Ta, 25, of Westminster was sentenced to 21 years and eight months in prison by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who handed down a punishment of 19 years and seven months to 37-year-old Rajiv Srinivasan of Houston.
    Ta pleaded guilty in August to a count of con
  • Westminster and Texas men get long prison sentences for selling fentanyl, other drugs through darknet, encrypted apps

    Westminster and Texas men get long prison sentences for selling fentanyl, other drugs through darknet, encrypted apps
    SANTA ANA — A Westminster man and a Texas man were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms Monday for their part in a drug trafficking organization that peddled narcotics through the darknet and encrypted messaging apps.
    Michael Ta, 25, of Westminster was sentenced to 21 years and eight months in prison by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who handed down a punishment of 19 years and seven months to 37-year-old Rajiv Srinivasan of Houston.
    Ta pleaded guilty in August to a count of con
  • Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt available to return in Game 5 against Nuggets

    Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt available to return in Game 5 against Nuggets
    DENVER — The Lakers received another potential boost for their frontcourt on Monday ahead of Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, with forward Jarred Vanderbilt being cleared to play for the first time in nearly three months.
    Reserve big man Christian Wood was available for Saturday night’s Game 4 win in Los Angeles after being sidelined for 2½ months after having left knee surgery last month but didn’t play.
    Vanderbilt, who has been sid
  • Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman rediscovers his swing after persistent work

    Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman rediscovers his swing after persistent work
    PHOENIX — Freddie Freeman has been searching for his swing, inside and out.
    A strict adherent to routine, Freeman hits three rounds of batting practice each day in preparation for that night’s game. When things aren’t going well or his swing just isn’t up to his standards – as it hasn’t been for much of the season’s first month – Freeman will change things up by taking the middle round out on the field with the team.
    When his batting average sank t
  • Erin Jones, former Corona del Mar girls soccer standout, dies in shooting near University of Arizona

    Erin Jones, former Corona del Mar girls soccer standout, dies in shooting near University of Arizona
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCorona del Mar High is remembering Erin Jones as a talented soccer player and kind teammate after the 20-year-old died Sunday after a shooting off-campus while attending the University of Arizona, officials said.
    “Erin had a passion for the game of soccer but most importantly had a passion of being a kind and inclusive teammate to all,” Sea Kings girls soccer coach Bryan Middleton said Monday
  • Mater Dei announces hiring of former college coach Jody Wynn to lead girls basketball team

    Mater Dei announces hiring of former college coach Jody Wynn to lead girls basketball team
    Mater Dei announced Monday that it has hired Jody Wynn, a former collegiate coach with strong ties to the program and Orange County, as its new girls basketball coach.
    The former Long Beach State and Washington women’s basketball coach replaces Kevin Kiernan, who resigned after last season.
    Wynn, a former standout player at Brea Olinda High, joined Kiernan’s staff this past season and helped coach a squad that includes her youngest daughter Kaeli Wynn, a sophomore who was a first-tea
  • University, Woodbridge, Beckman and Corona del Mar reach Open for CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs

    University, Woodbridge, Beckman and Corona del Mar reach Open for CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Pacific Coast League showed its power in boys tennis once again on Monday.
    University, Woodbridge and Beckman — the top-three teams from the league — joined Corona del Mar as the Orange County schools selected to the prestigious Open Division for the CIF-SS team playoffs.
    University (20-1, 14-0), the Pacific Coast League champion and two-time defending Open champion, earned the No. 1 seed
  • University, Woodbridge, Beckman and Corona del Mar in Open Division for CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs

    University, Woodbridge, Beckman and Corona del Mar in Open Division for CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Pacific Coast League showed its power in boys tennis once again Monday.
    University, Woodbridge and Beckman — the top-three teams from the league — joined Corona del Mar as the Orange County schools selected to the prestigious Open Division for the CIF-SS team playoffs.
    University (20-1, 14-0), the Pacific Coast League champion and two-time defending Open champion, earned the No. 1 seed for
  • Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, April 29

    Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, April 29
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, April 29
    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.
    MONDAY’S SCORES
    BOYS LACROSSE
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
    Wild-card Round
    DIVISION 2
    Canyon/Anaheim 11, Cate 9
    BOYS GOLF
    ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
    St. Margaret’s 194
  • Orange County baseball Top 25: Orange Lutheran at No. 1 entering CIF-SS playoffs, April 29

    Orange County baseball Top 25: Orange Lutheran at No. 1 entering CIF-SS playoffs, April 29
    This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings.
    Notable this week: Orange Lutheran is the No. 1 team in the Orange County rankings at the end of the regular season, but now the CIF-SS playoffs are starting. The final rankings will released after the CIF-SS championship games.  … The Lancers won the Trinity League championship last week. … Aliso Niguel continues to rise in the rankings, having won six in a row. … Servite returns to the Top 10 after sweepin
  • Realty TV star convicted of sexual battery of teen at Laguna Beach home

    Realty TV star convicted of sexual battery of teen at Laguna Beach home
    A Texas real estate developer and reality TV personality pleaded guilty Monday, April 29, to misdemeanor sexual battery for assaulting an unconscious 16-year-old girl at his vacation home in Laguna Beach in 2021.
    Four additional counts of sexual battery and one count of rape were dismissed for lack of evidence against William Lewald Hutchinson, 65, who starred in the Lifetime reality TV series “Marrying Millions” and whose company, Dunhill Partners, owns the Laguna Design Center in L
  • Reality TV star convicted of sexual battery of teen at Laguna Beach home

    Reality TV star convicted of sexual battery of teen at Laguna Beach home
    A Texas real estate developer and reality TV personality pleaded guilty Monday, April 29, to misdemeanor sexual battery for assaulting an unconscious 16-year-old girl at his vacation home in Laguna Beach in 2021.
    Four additional counts of sexual battery and one count of rape were dismissed for lack of evidence against William Lewald Hutchinson, 65, who starred in the Lifetime reality TV series “Marrying Millions” and whose company, Dunhill Partners, owns the Laguna Design Center in L
  • OC jury finds Arizona man guilty of 2015 quadruple killings

    OC jury finds Arizona man guilty of 2015 quadruple killings
    An Arizona man was convicted Monday, April 29 of the 2015 slayings of three men killed and burned in an SUV in a suburban Orange neighborhood and the slaying of a fourth man shot to death on a drive to Fontana, the apparent violent culmination of what prosecutors described as a feud over unpaid debts and control of a lucrative drug-trafficking business.
    A six-man crew — including five men from the Phoenix area and a sixth from Mexico with alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel — allegedl
  • Pomona man shot by Newport Coast resident during apparent home robbery attempt faces charges

    Pomona man shot by Newport Coast resident during apparent home robbery attempt faces charges
    A Pomona man who was shot and injured during an apparent home invasion robbery in Newport Coast in mid-April appeared in court for the first time Monday.
    Andrew Miguel Rosas, 24, until recently was recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during the apparent attempted robbery of a home inside a gated community in the pricey, coastal city on Tuesday, April 16.
    The homeowner fired at Rosas and another man who entered the house on Vista Luci that morning armed with handguns and carrying zip ties an
  • Pomona man shot by Newport Coast resident during apparent home robbery attempt appears in court

    Pomona man shot by Newport Coast resident during apparent home robbery attempt appears in court
    A Pomona man who was shot and injured during an apparent home invasion robbery in Newport Coast in mid-April appeared in court for the first time Monday.
    Andrew Miguel Rosas, 24, until recently was recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during the apparent attempted robbery of a home inside a gated community in the pricey, coastal city on Tuesday, April 16.
    The homeowner fired at Rosas and another man who entered the house on Vista Luci that morning armed with handguns and carrying zip ties an
  • Ouster threat looms as Speaker Johnson returns to Congress

    Ouster threat looms as Speaker Johnson returns to Congress
    By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot | CNN
    House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed to pass a major foreign aid package over the objections of hardline conservatives. Now, the Louisiana Republican will have to face the fallout.
    The House returned to session Monday evening following a weeklong recess after the chamber’s consequential move to pass billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.
    Looming over Johnson this week is the question of whether he will face a vote over
  • Angels ‘move on’ from Aaron Hicks after veteran’s slow start

    Angels ‘move on’ from Aaron Hicks after veteran’s slow start
    ANAHEIM —  Monday marked a milestone of sorts in the Angels’ season.
    For the first time this season, the Angels made a roster move that reflected performance, rather than being forced by an injury.
    The Angels designated Aaron Hicks for assignment, replacing the veteran outfielder him with utility man Cole Tucker. Hicks was 8 for 57 (.140) and had not played much since Jo Adell took over as the everyday right fielder.
    “We just thought we needed to start making some changes,
  • Rehab Riviera: Addiction fraud charges filed against another OC operator

    Rehab Riviera: Addiction fraud charges filed against another OC operator
    Orange County — once notorious for boiler rooms, investment cheats, Charles Keating Jr. and the savings and loan scandal —  grabbed a more modern and dubious distinction in 2021, when it was crowned “Ground Zero for addiction treatment fraud in America” by the feds.
    Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety coin (FILE PHOTO BY, BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG)
    The U.S. Department of Justice promised a crackdown, dubbed it “The Sober Home Initiative,” and
  • Repeat drunken driver convicted of fatal Yorba Linda crash

    Repeat drunken driver convicted of fatal Yorba Linda crash
    A law student and repeat drunken driver was convicted Monday, April 29 of second-degree murder for the Yorba Linda traffic death of a man who was heading home from work.
    Richard Curtis Lindwall was driving on La Palma Avenue around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2017 when he crashed his 2013 Hyundai Equus sedan head-on into a vehicle driven by Carlos Mendez.
    Lindwall was driving home after visiting his girlfriend, according to court filings, while Mendez was just leaving the Yorba Linda business complex w
  • Actor Depardieu will stand trial on sexual assault charges

    Actor Depardieu will stand trial on sexual assault charges
    By Oleg Cetinic and Barbara Surk | Associated Press
    PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film, prosecutors announced Monday.
    The 75-year-old actor, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, was detained for questioning by police in Paris for several hours earlier Monday. His lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, later declined to comment to reporters other than to say that the acto

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