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• Dodgers player profiles: Kyle Farmer

  06-10-2017 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Kyle Farmer acknowledges fans after he hit a walk-off double during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, July 30, 2017, in Los Angeles. This was Farmer’s major league debut. The Dodgers won 3-2. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ORG XMIT: LAD128Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Kyle Farmer, left, tosses the ball to second baseman Charlie Culberson to get San Francisco Giants’ Joe Panik at first during the first inning of a b
  
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• Kawhi Leonard has another big night as Clippers beat Jazz for 6th straight win

  02-01-2026 07:31 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Any comparisons to the last time these teams played were put to rest long before Thursday night’s game tipped off. Back in October, the Utah Jazz handled the Clippers with ease in a 21-point season-opening victory.
  That was then. Three months after that one-sided loss, the Clippers appear to have turned a corner following their rough start while a rash of injuries threatens to derail the Jazz’s season.
  Still, the Clippers proceeded with caution in their second meeti
  
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• Cal State Fullerton beats UCSB to send message as Big West play resumes

  02-01-2026 07:06 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — Just how talented is the latest version of the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team?
  UC Santa Barbara learned the hard way on Thursday night.
  Fullerton, picked to finish last out of 11 teams in the Big West Conference preseason poll, maintained a double-digit lead for nearly the entire game against UCSB before closing out a 94-85 win at Titan Gym.
  “That’s a good ballclub,” Fullerton coach Dedrique Taylor said of UCSB. “For us to do what we did
  
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• Sugar Bowl: Ole Miss ousts Georgia to advance to semifinal

  02-01-2026 06:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Mississippi celebrates a game-winning field goal against Georgia during the second half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football playoff quarterfinal game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  Georgia kicker Peyton Woodring (91) kicks a field goal against Mississippi during the second half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football playoff quarterfinal game, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  Georgia wide receiver Zachariah Branch (1) runs ag
  
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• New Year’s Day downpour sets some records in Southern California, with more wet weather ahead

  02-01-2026 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  A New Year’s Day storm dumped enough rain on Southern California to topple some daily precipitation records in the Inland Empire and San Diego, as part of a broader recent pattern of above‑average rainfall that has left the region soggy heading into the first week of 2026.
  The holiday season has been marked by a series of stormy forecasts, and AcuWeather senior meteorologist Bob Larson reported Thursday, Jan. 1, that more is on the way.
  The Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange and
  
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• Beach hazards statement affecting Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas until Sunday morning

  02-01-2026 04:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas were placed under a beach hazards statement by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 7:42 p.m. The statement is in effect until Sunday Jan. 4, at 10 a.m.
  “High astronomical tides in the mornings will result in minor tidal overflow and local beach flooding,” can be expected according to the NWS San Diego CA. “Predicted high tides at La Jolla: 6.9 feet at 7:26 a.m. Friday, 7.0 feet at 8:14 a.m. Saturday, 6.8 feet at 9:0
  
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• Kings fall to Lightning to open a new year

  02-01-2026 04:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES –– If the Kings’ New Year’s resolution was improving their last-ranked power play, they got 2026 off on the right foot.
  If it was to win more games at home, and overall, then they fell very, very flat.
  They converted twice with the extra man for the first time all season en route to a 5-3 loss over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday evening.
  They led 3-2 with 3:20 to play, but ceded two goals in 98 seconds off Lightning players storming th
  
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• Alexander: Where does the Rose Bowl fit in college football’s future?

  02-01-2026 04:07 via ocregister.com
  
  PASADENA – So, is this the end of an era, or a continuation?
  The 112th Rose Bowl was played Thursday afternoon, a Big Ten team won … and boy, does that have a different meaning here than it used to. Two years in, it still takes some getting used to that Southern California as well as the states of Oregon and Washington are part of the Big Ten footprint.
  But, as college football continues to evolve – and not necessarily in a good way, if you believe so many people who either pi
  
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• Fernando Mendoza aced Indiana’s Rose Bowl test

  02-01-2026 03:18 via ocregister.com
  
  PASADENA — Fernando Mendoza badly wanted to fit like a glove in Bloomington.
  Some may have called him creepy, or a stalker, Mendoza said. Others may just say the Heisman Trophy winner was well-prepared.
  Transferring into Indiana from Cal – on the heels of the Hoosiers’ first College Football Playoff berth – the redshirt junior printed out pictures of each of his new teammates. Like a playbook, he memorized the names, the faces of Indiana’s roster – study habit
  
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• Adam Summers: The success of Mamdani and the failure of socialism

  02-01-2026 03:10 via ocregister.com
  
  No place in the country rings in the New Year like New York City, but as the crystalline ball of lights drops in Times Square to mark the coming new year, so, too, does a shadow fall over the city as Zohran Mamdani takes power as the new mayor. Mamdani has promised greater affordability and “free” services (paid for by taxpayers, of course) such as child care and bus rides, but if he were to actually implement his schemes, his brand of “democratic socialism,” like all oth
  
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• New year may entertain political junkies, but California’s sluggish economy deserves the spotlight

  02-01-2026 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As the new year begins, there’s no shortage of political trends to keep Californians preoccupied, entertained or perhaps appalled — particularly the state’s transcontinental feud with President Donald Trump.
  There is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s all-but-announced campaign for president, centered on his self-appointed role of resistor-in-chief to Trump. As Newsom continues to troll Trump this year we may learn whether it continues to advance Newsom as a White House frontrunner or b
  
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• Jurian Dixon helps UC Irvine escape against Cal State Bakersfield

  02-01-2026 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  BAKERSFIELD — Jurian Dixon’s hot hand helped UC Irvine avoid an upset as Big West Conference play resumed.
  Dixon poured in a career-high 26 points, shooting 6 for 7 from 3-point range, but UCI squandered most of an 18-point lead in the final three minutes before escaping with an 81-77 road win against Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday afternoon.
  UCI extended its lead to 75-57 on an Andre Henry 3-pointer with 3:15 remaining, but Bakersfield put together a 12-1 run and eventually got w
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, Jan. 2, 2026

  02-01-2026 02:41 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 Friday, January 2, 2026.
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• In search of identity, Lakers looking to end slump vs. Memphis

  02-01-2026 01:57 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Lakers aren’t just in a slump.
  They’re on a journey of discovering who they are, what the team’s DNA is and their own identity.
  When Lakers Coach JJ Redick described the Detroit Pistons before his team’s blowout loss to the visitors on Tuesday, he used the word “physicality” and spoke about how hard the Pistons play as a team – characteristics of the type of opponents the Lakers have struggled against.
  Those sentiments not only wo
  
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• Indiana football dominates Alabama in Rose Bowl game

  02-01-2026 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza (15) looks for running room as Alabama’s Red Morgan (16) defends during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. The top ranked Indiana Hoosiers play the 9th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in the 112th Rose Bowl Game. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
  Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza looks for running room against Alabama during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026.
  
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• Rose Parade 2026: Float riders briefly hold sign seeking fire probe

  02-01-2026 00:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The organizations that commissioned a Rose Parade float honoring victims and survivors of the L.A. wildfires said on Thursday that a sign on a float demanding the state’s attorney general investigate county officials over fires was not part of the float.
  The “Rising Together” float, commissioned by the California Community Foundation and the Black Freedom Fund, honored those lost in both the Eaton and Palisades fires with 31 sunflowers representing those killed.
  In a tribute to
  
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• B-2 bomber misses rainy Rose Parade, but makes rescheduled date at Rose Bowl

  02-01-2026 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Foul weather meant the famed B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which typically ushers in the Rose Parade each year, missed its first flight Thursday morning in Pasadena during the 137th installment of the event.
  Its second appearance, a pregame flight over the Rose Bowl game, was postponed until halftime. But the bat-winged aircraft finally soared over the historic stadium at about 3 p.m., after Indiana University took a 17-0 halftime lead over Alabama.
  As the parade began, the skies were cloudy. The r
  
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• Horse racing column: Californians had Eclipse Award-caliber runs in 2025

  01-01-2026 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  While a lot about California horse racing changed last year, one big thing stayed the same: California thoroughbreds continued their comeback.
  Horses trained at Santa Anita and Del Mar deserve to win at least two divisional Eclipse Awards and place in the top three in at least five of the 10 divisions for 2025. This is after they won three championships and finished top-three in five divisions in 2024. Which was after they bottomed out and won no awards and were top-three in only one division in
  
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• Winter storm warning affecting Yosemite from Saturday to Monday – may reach 18 inches of snow

  01-01-2026 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite, Upper San Joaquin River, Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge and Kings Canyon NP are included in a winter storm warning released by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:25 p.m. The warning is valid from Saturday 1 a.m. until Monday Jan. 5, at 10 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA says to prepare for, “Total snow accumulations between 6 and 18 inches between 6,000 and 7,000 feet. 3 to 5 feet of accumulated snowfall above 8,000 feet. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.”
  “Travel could be
  
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• Rose Parade 2026: It’s showers on the flowers in Pasadena for 137th Tournament of Roses

  01-01-2026 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite a historic downpour and a few more empty seats than usual, the 137th Rose Parade pressed forward in the soggy air on Thursday, featuring marching bands, float riders, a Rose Court donning ponchos and tributes to the survivors and victims of what are now last year’s Los Angeles-area wildfires.
  The mammoth showcase lived up to its theme, “The Magic in Teamwork,” led by NBA legend and Grand Marshal Earvin “Magic” Johnson, leading more than 80 entrants who worke
  
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• Revelers splash into the Pacific to welcome new year in Huntington Beach

  01-01-2026 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Donning Grinsh onesies, Richard Yang and Paola German run for the water during the Surf City Splash in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, January 1, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Jeff Reimer celebrates the new year with his grandchildren, Ashley Cloud, center and Adrian Cloud during the Surf City Splash in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, January 1, 2026. Reimer said he’d never done a polar plunge, but he has to, “knock it off his bucket list”. H
  
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• Struggling Ducks gear up for flourishing Wild

  01-01-2026 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM –– Having picked up just six of their past 20 possible points, the Ducks geared up for Friday’s clash with a Minnesota Wild team whose season has had the opposite rhythm of their own.
  The Ducks won seven straight games early in the year to bring them to 11-3-1, but they’ve since cooled to go 10-13-2. Conversely, the Wild had a flimsy foray into the season at 3-6-3 before turning it on for a 21-4-4 mark since.
  That includes their 7-1-2 run since acquiring 2024 Norr
  
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• America250 float soars at Rose Parade

  01-01-2026 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The B-2 didn’t fly. But the America250 float soared down Colorado Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 1.
  When three majestic bald eagles soared 30-feet over Colorado Boulevard in the 137th Rose Parade on New Year’s Day, organizers hoped they not only would wow the crowd, but also begin to unify a fractured nation.
  It certainly united a wowed the crowd. Even in the soggy morning air, onlookers young and older along the parade’s 5.5-mile route were impressed by the giant, floral symbol o
  
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• Horse racing notes: Explora returns as Santa Anita resumes after rain

  01-01-2026 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  After rainouts Wednesday and Thursday, Santa Anita plans to resume thoroughbred racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and has added a program Thursday, Jan. 8. Saturday’s Santa Ynez Stakes, a sprint for 3-year-old fillies, features the return of Explora (Juan Hernandez riding) after the Bob Baffert-trained daughter of Blame ran second to Super Corredora as a 3-2 favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Next Thursday will include the rescheduled Robert J. Frankel Stakes and Eddie
  
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• No. 24 USC men take on two ranked teams in challenging road trip

  01-01-2026 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The No. 24 USC men’s basketball team is about to embark on the most difficult portion of its schedule.
  The weeklong road trip will begin with No. 2 Michigan (12-0 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) on Friday, move on to No. 9 Michigan State (12-1, 2-0) on Monday and finally wrap up with Minnesota (8-5, 1-1) on Jan. 9.
  “I don’t know if anybody’s prepared in the country for that trip,” head coach Eric Musselman told reporters in mid-December.
  “We’re going to be on the
  
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• Rams extend safety Quentin Lake with three-year deal

  01-01-2026 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Rams will not be allowing Quentin Lake to hit free agency.
  The team announced on Thursday that it had signed the fourth-year safety to a three-year contract extension, ensuring that Lake will not hit the open market this spring. The deal is worth $42 million with $25.7 million guaranteed, according to multiple media reports.
  Lake, in his second season as a team captain, has been instrumental to the Rams’ defense the last two years. When he has been healthy, he&rsquo
  
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• Rose Parade photos: See our 10 favorite floats from the 2026 parade

  01-01-2026 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s hard to pin down which floats go above and beyond each year in the annual Rose Parade. Created with planning that happens months — sometimes even years — out from the parade, each decked out with hundreds of flowers and hours of labor when they finally grace Colorado Boulevard, each float is designed to impress.
  There’s the ones that go home with awards, yes, but there’s usually a few that fall through the cracks, too. The staff at Pasadena Star-News was on sce
  
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• Orange Bowl: Oregon shuts out Texas Tech to reach semifinals

  01-01-2026 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The first thing that Oregon quarterback Dante Moore did after winning the Orange Bowl was salute the thousands of fans who made the cross-country trip to South Florida.
  If the Ducks’ defense keeps playing like this, those fans might be back in Miami before long.
  Matayo Uiagalelei caused a fumble to set up an Oregon touchdown, freshman Brandon Finney Jr. had three takeaways — two interceptions and a fumble recovery — and the fifth-seeded Duc
  
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• Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert gets an MVP endorsement

  01-01-2026 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — If you go strictly by the numbers, then the 2025 regular season wasn’t the best of quarterback Justin Herbert’s six seasons in the NFL. He didn’t top 5,000 yards passing, as he did during the 2021 season. He didn’t limit his interceptions to only three, as he did in ’24.
  Coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday that Herbert would sit out the Chargers’ regular-season finale Sunday against the Broncos in Denver in order to rest and ensure his fractured,
  
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• LA wildfire victims honored, survivors walk, ride on Rose Parade not far from destruction

  01-01-2026 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Andrew King ended Thursday’s Rose Parade soaked, but grateful.
  He described his ride on the “Rising Together” float from California Community Foundation and The Black Freedom Fund as a cleansing experience after a tough, tough year behind him.
  As one of five survivors picked to represent survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires, King — who lost his Bel Air Avenue home in Altadena — said what he will most remember most about his flag-waving stint onboard the float
  
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