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• Diamond Bar man arrested in Huntington Beach slaying of woman he’d been dating

  11-06-2024 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — A 35-year-old man was behind bars Monday on suspicion of killing a woman last month in Huntington Beach, police said.
  Christopher Mendez of Diamond Bar was arrested about 5:30 p.m. Friday at the border with Mexico as he attempted to re-enter the U.S., said Jessica Cuchilla, a spokeswoman for the Huntington Beach Police Department.
  Mendez, who was being held on $2 million bail, is accused of killing 35-year-old Nicole Marquisee of Walnut on May 31, Cuchilla said.
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• UFC 307: Alex Pereira beats Khalil Rountree Jr. to retain light heavyweight crown

  06-10-2024 09:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Alex Pereira retained the UFC light heavyweight crown by beating Khalil Rountree Jr. by TKO with 28 seconds left in the fourth round at UFC 307 on Saturday night.
  It was the fourth straight title bout for Pereira (12-2) and his third consecutive successful title defense.
  “You knew it was going to be a badass fight,” UFC CEO Dana White said.
  Rountree (14-6) showcased his speed early and delivered several hard strikes. At one point, in the second round, he d
  
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• Swanson: There’s real upside for the Dodgers at the bottom of order

  06-10-2024 08:49 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Buttom’s up, Dodger fans.
  You have something to celebrate! A playoff win.
  Saturday’s 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the National League Division Series snapped a six-game playoff losing streak and put the Dodgers back in the postseason win column for the first time since Oct. 11, 2022.
  For that, you can thank Shohei Ohtani. And Will Smith, Gavin Lux, Tommy Edman and Miguel Rojas.
  Together, those guys at the bottom of the Dodgers’ order ra
  
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• Five Dodgers relievers bring home Game 1 victory

  06-10-2024 07:47 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Everyone knew that starting pitching might be the Dodgers weakness this October, but they expected to be able to overcome any starter issues with a deep bullpen.
  So far, so good.
  After starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto got knocked around to the tune of five runs in three innings, five Dodgers relievers shut down the Padres over the next six innings in their 7-5 victory in Game 1 of the Division Series on Saturday night.
  The relievers gave up just two hits to a lineup that had five h
  
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• Dejan Joveljic’s second-half goal helps the Galaxy hold off Austin FC

  06-10-2024 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Gastón Brugman, front, vies for the ball against the Austin FC defenders during the first half of an MLS soccer match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)
  Los Angeles Galaxy defender Emiro Garcés kicks the ball again Austin FC defender Brendan Hines-Ike during the first half of an MLS soccer match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Saturday, Oct.
  
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• Alexander: Big Game Shohei … did you expect anything different?

  06-10-2024 06:49 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – There is a very good reason why the Dodgers-Padres NL Division Series will be playing in prime time in the East from start to finish, even with both New York teams still engaged in the postseason.
  He wears No. 17, he has finally reached the playoffs in his seventh major league season, and it took him just two innings of Saturday night’s 7-5 Dodgers victory in Game 1 to make his presence known.
  Or did you miss that dramatic bat toss in said second inning, after Shohei Oh
  
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• Dodgers rebound after rough start from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, take NLDS Game 1

  06-10-2024 06:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres walks back toward the dugout after striking out to end the game as catcher Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts to win game 1 of a National League Division Series playoff baseball game at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County register/ SCNG)
  Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres walks back toward the dugout after striking out to end the game as the Los Angeles Dodgers win game 1 of a National League Divis
  
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• Newport Harbor’s undefeated boys water polo team sinks Harvard-Westlake to capture Elite 8

  06-10-2024 06:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSTUDIO CITY — Newport Harbor’s boys water polo team isn’t losing sight of the finer points as it continues to rack up goals and victories at an impressive pace.
  The Sailors showed their situational execution on Saturday night in defeating host Harvard-Westlake 16-7 in the finals of the Elite 8 tournament to improve to 19-0.
  In the finals seconds of first period, No. 1 Newport Harbor cool
  
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• USC falls in grueling Big Ten battle with Minnesota

  06-10-2024 05:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California wide receiver Duce Robinson scores a touchdown while Minnesota defensive back Darius Green (12) falls to the field during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
  Minnesota defensive back Ethan Robinson, left, forces Southern California running back Quinten Joyner to fumble the ball during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
  So
  
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• LAFC shuts out Sporting KC

  06-10-2024 05:04 via ocregister.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Teenage rookie David Martínez scored early, Denis Bouanga had two assists, and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris earned his league-leading 14th clean sheet of the season as Los Angeles FC breezed to a 3-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
  Martínez took a pass from Denis Bouanga in the 14th minute and scored for the fourth time this season to give LAFC (17-8-7) the lead for good. Martínez was making his third start and 15th appearance.
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• Verdugo lifts Yankees over Royals in ALDS Game 1

  06-10-2024 04:29 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and saved at least one run with a sliding catch along the left-field line, boosting the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Saturday night in their AL Division Series opener.
  New York’s Gleyber Torres and Kansas City’s MJ Melendez hit two-run homers in a back-and-forth game in which the Royals wasted leads of 1-0, 3-2 and 5-4 and the Yankees failed to hold 2-1 and 4-3 margins. It was the
  
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• Southern California events mark the 1-year anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel and war in Gaza

  06-10-2024 04:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Several protests and rallies marking Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza have been planned in Southern California for this weekend and the days ahead.
  Thousands of people gathered at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to protest the year-long war in Gaza and call for a ceasefire. Oct. 5 also was promoted as an international day of action for those across the globe protesting an end to what they described as Israel’s occupation o
  
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• Bob Baffert, Martin Garcia ring up another big win at Santa Anita

  06-10-2024 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA – The skills of jockey Martin Garcia and trainer Bob Baffert have combined to produce victories in some of America’s biggest races over the past 15 years.
  With the addition of a little luck, they ended up in the Santa Anita winner’s circle together again Saturday, posing for pictures with Citizen Bull after the 2-year-old’s front-running victory in the $300,000, Grade I American Pharoah Stakes.
  As Baffert tells the story, Garcia, who has been riding in Kentucky, p
  
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• Clippers topped by Warriors in preseason opener

  06-10-2024 03:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers coach Tyronn Lue is expected to try out several starting lineups, experimenting with various looks in the team’s five preseason games.
  In their first game against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, Lue started Kris Dunn and Derrick Jones Jr. alongside James Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac. The latter three looked ready for the season. The others are going to need time.
  With Kawhi Leonard watching from the bench, Harden, Powell and Zubac each scored in double figures in t
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Sunday, October 6, 2024

  06-10-2024 03:06 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 Sunday, October 6, 2024.
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• Former Lake Forest insurance broker gets 3 years of probation for stealing $183,000 in premiums

  06-10-2024 02:43 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A former Lake Forest insurance broker pleaded guilty Thursday and was immediately sentenced to three years of probation for stealing about $183,000 in an insurance premiums, exposing victims to the danger of uninsured losses.
  Karen Marie Dondanville, 56, pleaded guilty to 90 counts, mostly felonies, including grand theft, theft from an elder, fraudulent insurance benefit claims, assisting in a false claim, making false entries in records or returns, and forgery. She also a
  
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• Dodgers ‘closing the door’ on Clayton Kershaw pitching in 2024

  06-10-2024 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are “closing the door” on Clayton Kershaw pitching again in 2024, Dave Roberts said Saturday.
  Kershaw has not pitched since leaving his Aug. 30 start in Arizona with pain in his left foot. The pain is being caused by bone spurs and ligament damage. But Kershaw had been continuing to throw, trying orthotics and different cleats to try to relieve the pain. He even threw an approximately 80-pitch bullpen session during the Dodgers’ series in Miami n
  
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• Red hot Mets rally in 8th to stun Phillies in NLDS Game 1

  06-10-2024 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo keyed another late comeback in New York’s electric run through the National League playoffs, helping the Mets break through for five runs in the eighth inning against a pair of All-Star relievers as they rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Saturday in Game 1 of their Division Series.
  The Mets had been stymied by Phillies ace Zack Wheeler, held to just one hit while trailing 1-0 and unable to muster any real scoring chances
  
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• Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis expected to make preseason debuts Sunday

  06-10-2024 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  PALM DESERT — After sitting out of the Lakers’ preseason-opening 124-107 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, LeBron James and Anthony Davis are expected to make their preseason debuts against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday at Acrisure Arena.
  James said after the team’s practice Saturday that he plans to play against the Suns, while coach JJ Redick said Davis is also expected to be available.
  The Lakers’ star duo sat out the first exhibition, with Redick citing their
  
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• OC Pride hosts celebration of LGBTQIA+ community at fairgrounds

  06-10-2024 01:52 via ocregister.com
  
  OC Pride hosted its Colors of Strength festival and parade on Saturday, trying out a new venue for the annual celebration of the  LGBTQIA+ community.
  At the OC Fair & Event Center the day kicked off with the Blaze it Forward parade around the parking lot, a showcase of the culture and unity of the community, and a remembrance of Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old Lake Forest man killed in 2018 in what a jury this year called a hate crime. His parents, Jeanne and Gideon Bernstein, served as
  
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• USC LB Eric Gentry out with injury against Minnesota

  06-10-2024 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — It wasn’t long into Easton Mascarenas-Arnold’s time at USC before he and Mason Cobb started calling themselves yin-yang, the two-man balance at linebacker at the heart of the Trojans’ defense.
  If Cobb was down, Mascarenas-Arnold could pick him up. Vice versa. Two complementary spirits. They have found stability, though, in part next to the emergence of a third force, the 6-foot-6 Eric Gentry bringing fire and versatility and production unmatched across most
  
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• Tiller Days celebrates Tustin community

  06-10-2024 01:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Tustin High School band marches along Prospect Avenue in Old Town Tustin during the annual Tustin Tiller Days Parade in Tustin on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Tractors roll along Main Street in Old Town Tustin during the annual Tustin Tiller Days Parade in Tustin on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  With hearing protection in place, Lady takes a nap near owner Stacey Connolly of Tustin on Main Stre
  
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• Runners, walkers speed past marine life during 2024 Aquarium of the Pacific 5K

  06-10-2024 01:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The Aquarium of the Pacific 5K route gives participants glimpses of the exhibits and wildlife on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  The Aquarium of the Pacific 5K route gives participants glimpses of the exhibits and wildlife on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  The Aquarium of the Pacific 5K route gives participants glimpses of the exhibits and wildlife on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024,
  
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• Swanson: Does a Hollywood ending await Dodgers’ Jack Flaherty?

  06-10-2024 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Jack Flaherty’s story has so many elements of a classic coming-of-age sports movie that you almost feel like you should be able to predict the ending.
  The best player on the “Sandlot” growing up to play for the Dodgers? It being set in the Valley, a la “Karate Kid” and “Bad News Bears”? The backdrop being a famously competitive Little League that produced TV stars like Tom Selleck and All-Stars like Jack McDowell, that was dominated for a spell by a pitc
  
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• The vice presidential debate was a sad reflection of how low our standards have fallen

  05-10-2024 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  If you tuned in to Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, you are now deeply familiar with the life stories of Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz. It was as if they could not help but lull us to sleep with long and boring prologues about their childhoods before answering any question. By the time they got around to saying anything even remotely relevant, we had already forgotten what was asked.
  The problem with Vance is that he’s an unprincipled yes-man whose sole purpose is to furt
  
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• Drug warriors are scamming us with Prop. 36 — and they have been lying to us for decades

  05-10-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  This November, California voters will decide whether they want people convicted of third-time drug possession and petty theft to be treated as felons and sent to state prison for years. Opponents of Prop. 36 have suggested this cruel and counterproductive ballot measure represents a “return” to the war on drugs that most Americans now oppose. 
  In fact, the war on drugs never ended. Worse still, the interests behind the war on drugs—who are now pushing Prop. 36—have k
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Oct. 5

  05-10-2024 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Oct. 5
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  SATURDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS WATER POLO
  TROY OC CLASSIC
  Fullerton 22, Rowland 10
  Sunny Hills 8, Rowland 6
  La Habra 9, Servite 8
  ELITE 8 TOURNAMENT
  At Harvard-W
  
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• California’s financial state deteriorates as officials slack on making financial data public

  05-10-2024 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  There are two ways California could use some truth in accounting. First, with the extraordinary level of waste, fraud and abuse in this state, it is indisputable we need more fiscal discipline and oversight.  Second, and in furtherance of the first, Truth in Accounting (TIA) is a highly reputable think tank that analyzes government financial reports. Its conclusions about California are disturbing to say the least. 
  Last week, TIA released its fifteenth annual Financial State of the St
  
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• With his presidential dreams crushed, Gavin Newsom continues to phone it in as governor

  05-10-2024 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Finally unshackled from the constraints of having to play governor while running a shadow campaign for president, Gov. Gavin Newsom is now able to drop the pretense and be himself.
  He’s letting Gavin be Gavin and it’s exactly what we would have expected.
  Newsom had a plan to reduce gas prices, which experts say will actually increase gas prices, and instead of introducing it during the legislative session that had been going on since January, he waited until lawmakers were headed hom
  
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• Bengal mix kitties Molly and Minnie have grown to love people

  05-10-2024 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Bengal mixes
  Age: 4 months
  Sex: Spayed females
  Minnie and Molly’s story: These bonded sisters were rescued from an abandoned warehouse when they were 8 weeks old. Initially very scared of people, they have grown to adore their foster family, thanks to lots of patience and love. They eagerly jump into laps and purr loudly, asking to be petted. They are well-adjusted to living indoors. Their fur has the bullseye markings of a Bengal and is irresistibly soft. Minnie and Molly are total
  
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