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• Dodgers’ infield defense has become a surprising strength

  08-05-2024 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers built a grand palace with some termites in the walls, it was said.  They were a race car on 87 octane. A classic novel with a chapter missing.
  Sure the Dodgers assembled one of their more anticipated rosters in a long time, but it had the potential to be destroyed from within by its defense. Or more specifically: infield defense.
  That’s how the narrative went, anyway.
  Gavin Lux was moved off shortstop in spring training because of throwing issues a
  
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• Luka Doncic, Mavericks crush Timberwolves in Game 5 to reach NBA Finals

  31-05-2024 05:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer
  MINNEAPOLIS — Luka Doncic had a 20-point first quarter on his way to 36 points for his high this postseason, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 124-103, on Thursday night to breeze through the Western Conference finals in five games.
  Kyrie Irving also scored 36 points for the Mavericks, who built a 29-point halftime lead on 61% shooting to deflate the once-energized crowd before most fans got up for their first snack break. The Mavs
  
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• Sparks can’t escape early hole in loss to Chicago

  31-05-2024 04:32 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Winning on the road is tough enough. Falling behind by 18 points at halftime makes it all the more difficult.
  Dearica Hamby had game-highs of 24 points and 13 rebounds and Kia Nurse had 17 points, but the Sparks could not overcome a slow start in an 83-73 loss to the Chicago Sky on Thursday night at Wintrust Arena.
  Marina Mabrey scored 20 points and tied a career high with six 3-pointers, while Elizabeth Williams had 17 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots as Chicago (3-3)
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, May 30

  31-05-2024 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, May 30
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  CIF SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Semifinals
  DIVISION I
  Orange Lutheran 3, Santa Margarita 0
  La Mirada 10, Huntington Beach 8
   
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• Swanson: USC’s D’Anton Lynn already making an impact, just ask Ronnie Lott

  31-05-2024 03:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Pro Football Hall of Famer and USC great Ronnie Lott, left, speaks with Trent Rush, right, during the 2024 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List Luncheon on Thursday at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  New USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn speaks during the 2024 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List Luncheon on Thursday at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  New USC defensive coordinator D&r
  
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• Angels still looking for better control from hard-throwing prospect Ben Joyce

  31-05-2024 03:16 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — While right-hander Ben Joyce is showing some encouraging signs in Double-A, the Angels apparently still want to see more.
  “I just heard that occasionally he’s still having trouble throwing the ball over the plate,” Angels manager Ron Washington said on Thursday. “I know he’s striking out more people than innings. He’s definitely doing that. But that’s in the minor leagues. Those same balls he may be throwing down there that he’s get
  
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• Disneyland will work with union representing character performers

  31-05-2024 02:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Snow White, Chewbacca, Spider-Man and other Disneyland employees who work with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars character performers will soon sit down with Disney negotiators to discuss union demands.
  Disneyland character and parade performers have been officially unionized now that federal labor officials have certified the results of a union election held in mid-May, according to the Associated Press.
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• Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from May 2024

  31-05-2024 02:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Benjamin Weil, a senior at Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts reacts when it is announced he is the Artist of the Year in film and TV during the awards ceremony for the 2024 Artist of the Year at Memorial Hall at Chapman University in Orange on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Ken Yim releases a trout he caught back into the lake at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, CA on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange Coun
  
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• Following conviction, Trump still on for Beverly Hills, Newport Beach fundraisers next week

  31-05-2024 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump still plans to head to Southern California next week for a pair of fundraisers, despite a guilty verdict in his hush money trial Thursday, a campaign spokesperson confirmed Thursday, May 30.
  Trump – who is the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony – is in the midst of his third quest for the White House. He has plans to head to Beverly Hills on Friday, June 7, and then Newport Beach the next day to raise money for his campaign.
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• Top Redlands Unified administrator placed on leave, district mum on reason

  31-05-2024 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Sabine Robertson-Phillips, a central figure in the alleged cover-up of sexual abuse allegations in the Redlands Unified School District, has been placed on administrative leave as assistant superintendent of human resources, the district announced Thursday, May 30.
  Robertson-Phillips, however, still remains employed with the district, Superintendent Juan Cabral said in a brief statement confirming the administrator’s absence after weeks of inquiry by the Southern California News Group.
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• French Open: American Peyton Stearns one of many unseeded upset winners

  31-05-2024 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
  PARIS — Good thing the French tennis federation installed artificial lights on every court at Roland Garros in 2021, because they sure did come in handy Thursday, allowing match after match to stretch deep into the night, including one particular result that stood out: unseeded American Peyton Stearns’ elimination of No. 10 Daria Kasatkina.
  All of the waiting around all day to get on court did not disrupt Stearns one bit, and the 22-year-old from C
  
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• Fontana denies wrongdoing in 2018 police interrogation characterized as ‘psychological torture’

  31-05-2024 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  In a forceful defense of its police officers, Fontana city officials say detectives did nothing illegal in the 2018 interrogation of a man who was “psychologically tortured” into falsely confessing to killing his father.
  An unsigned statement on the city’s website posted Wednesday, May 29, said, “the City of Fontana vigorously denies that (any officer) violated any state or federal law during the investigation.”
  The city recently paid nearly $900,000 to settle a fed
  
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• U.S. women’s water polo blends youth and experience with roster selections for Paris Olympics

  31-05-2024 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSeven first-time Olympians will join decorated Southern California attackers Maddie Musselman, Rachel Fattal and Kaleigh Gilchrist on the U.S. women’s water polo team at the Paris Olympics as it attempts to claim a fourth consecutive gold medal.
  The U.S. federation announced its 13-player Olympic roster on Thursday as the countdown continues toward opening ceremonies in Paris on July 26.
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• OC new Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs kicks off work

  31-05-2024 00:28 via ocregister.com
  
  County officials, community members and service providers are celebrating the launch of a new county office that aims to connect immigrants and refugees with vital resources they need to successfully establish a new home in Orange County.
  A Wednesday event at the County Administration North building in Santa Ana acted as the kickoff for the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) and was also the first in-person meeting of the OC Good Neighbor Task Force, a coalition formed after the fall
  
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• With Trump convicted in New York, what happens next?

  31-05-2024 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Rosie Manins | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
  After being convicted Thursday in New York, former President Donald Trump will remain free from custody while awaiting his sentencing on July 11. And he is certain to appeal which could carry the case into 2025.
  The jury in Trump’s criminal hush money case began deliberating Wednesday and returned a verdict Thursday, finding Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair, which he den
  
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• Can Donald Trump still vote for himself for president in November?

  31-05-2024 00:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Trump may be convicted of a felony and reside in Florida, a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of people with felony convictions. But he can still vote as long as he stays out of prison in New York state.
  That’s because Florida defers to other states’ disenfranchisement rules for residents convicted of out-of-state felonies. In Trump’s case, New York law only removes the right to vote for people convicted of felonies when they&rsqu
  
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• Can Donald Trump still run for president? Can he still vote for himself?

  31-05-2024 00:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Trump may be convicted of a felony and reside in Florida, a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of people with felony convictions. But he can still vote as long as he stays out of prison in New York state.
  That’s because Florida defers to other states’ disenfranchisement rules for residents convicted of out-of-state felonies. In Trump’s case, New York law only removes the right to vote for people convicted of felonies when they&rsqu
  
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• Fryer: Raul Lara trying to get plenty done in a short time as Mater Dei football coach

  30-05-2024 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Raul Lara accepted the offer to become Mater Dei’s football coach at a fairly late date.
  He got the very large job, the biggest head coaching job in Orange County sports outside of managing the Angels or coaching the Ducks, on April 25.
  Lara had to scramble to get himself and the Monarchs ready for spring football, including their spring game that was played Wednesday.
  One prominent and successful former county football head coach, when asked if he would take a run at becoming the Mater De
  
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• Former President Trump’s guilty verdict elicits strong reactions from Southern California lawmakers

  30-05-2024 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Democrats praised the country’s legal system. Republicans marked Thursday as “a shameful day in American history.”
  Former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict — on all 34 felony charges in his hush money trial — makes him the first former or sitting president ever convicted of a crime.
  “Despite his efforts to distract, delay and deny, justice arrived for Donald Trump all the same,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democratic contender for U.S. Senate in
  
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• Review: ‘Funny Girl’ in Costa Mesa boasts a mega-talented star

  30-05-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  At the end of almost any show these days,  theater audiences rise for an obligatory standing ovation as if the doorbell just rang and the last Halloween candy needs doling out.
  Rarely, an audience roars out of its seats with fervent spontaneity, a visceral launch as if the chairs were spring-loaded.
  Tuesday evening, the largely unknown stage actress Katerina McCrimmon, starring as Fanny Brice in the touring “Funny Girl” newly arrived at Segerstrom center, generated that raw erup
  
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• Former President Donald Trump found guilty in hush money trial

  30-05-2024 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
  Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for 9.5 hours.
  The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloi
  
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• Unpaid water bills could begin leading to shutoff in Santa Ana again

  30-05-2024 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Amid the economic woes of the coronavirus pandemic, Santa Ana placed an emergency moratorium on shutting off the water of those who got behind on paying for the utility and now that it is set to resume it will be with more leniency than in the past.
  The moratorium was a financial lifeline many cities threw to struggling residents and most had already resumed shutoffs. Santa Ana officials said many of the federal and state programs the city was participating in to help with costs had limited fund
  
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• Irvine man who firebombed Planned Parenthood clinic gets 6 years in prison

  30-05-2024 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  An Irvine man who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa and plotted but did not carry out attacks at an electrical substation in Orange and at Dodger Stadium during an LGBTQ pride event was sentenced Thursday to six years in federal prison.
  Tibet Ergul, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one felony count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility and one misdemeanor account of intentional damage to a reproductive health services facility. Two co-defendant’s of Ergul also ac
  
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• Horse racing: Frankie Dettori’s ‘bizarre’ ride might lead back here

  30-05-2024 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — Frankie Dettori said so long, arrivederci and au revoir to Santa Anita on Monday as horse racing’s globetrotting superstar rode here for probably the last time this season before moving on to his next midlife adventure.
  In any of the languages the Italian-born jockey gets along in, it’s not goodbye, it’s see you later.
  After putting off a planned retirement, moving from England to the United States and competing at Santa Anita this winter and spring, Dettori now
  
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• Horse racing: Frankie Dettori’s ‘bizarre’ ride may lead back here

  30-05-2024 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — Frankie Dettori said so long, arrivederci and au revoir to Santa Anita on Monday as horse racing’s globetrotting superstar rode here for probably the last time this season before moving on to his next midlife adventure.
  In any of the languages the Italian-born jockey gets along in, it’s not goodbye, it’s see you later.
  After putting off a planned retirement, moving from England to the United States and competing at Santa Anita this winter and spring, Dettori now
  
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• Orange County’s top committed football recruits, May 30

  30-05-2024 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTop committed high school football recruits from Orange County’s class of 2025:
  Note: Early signing day is Dec. 4
  Name, High school, Position, Height, Weight, College
  Benjamin Alefaio, Orange Lutheran, S, 6-1, 195, Arizona State
  Dash Beierly, Mater Dei, QB, 6-1, 215, Washington
  Quaid Carr, Servite, RB, 6-0, 190, San Diego State
  Jake Flores, JSerra, OL, 6-6, 285, Washington
  Zach Giuliano, Corona del
  
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• Hyundai, suppliers in Alabama sued over alleged child employment

  30-05-2024 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to prevent Hyundai and two other Alabama companies from what the government contends is the illegal employment of children.
  The complaint filed Thursday follows an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division that found a 13-year-old worked between 50 and 60 hours a week operating machines on an assembly line that formed sheet metal into auto body parts.
  The defendants include Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC, SMART Alab
  
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• Report: Biden finalizing US-Mexico border migrant limit reforms

  30-05-2024 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Colleen Long and Seung Min Kim | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with the matter.
  The president has been weighing additional ex
  
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• Jordan Woolery powers UCLA in Women’s College World Series opener

  30-05-2024 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Jordan Woolery dropped the bat and immediately raised her hands. Even though she watched the ball soaring toward the left-field fence, she knew it was gone.
  Knew it was big, too.
  Woolery’s three-run six-inning homer was the difference as sixth-seeded UCLA defeated 14th-seeded Alabama 4-1 in its opener Thursday at the Women’s College World Series.
  The Bruins (43-10) will play the winner of the Oklahoma-Duke game at noon PT Saturday at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.
  
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• Lúa Eatery, a new Vietnamese spot, opens in Dana Point

  30-05-2024 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Located in the old Eden Vegan space inside Dana Point’s Monarch Bay Plaza, Lúa Eatery, helmed by chef and co-owner Khang Nguyen, offers Vietnamese dishes with nods to other Southeast Asian countries and beyond. Currently in its soft-opening stage, Lúa Eatery will make its grand opening on Saturday, June 8.
  Formerly of Gem Dining, Nếp and the Recess Room, Nguyen will feature a fusion-forward menu with such fare as bò kho, a sizzling beef jowl with a poutine-adjace
  
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