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• Ducks open training camp with new faces and missing ones

  22-09-2023 03:31 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — On Thursday, the first on-ice day of Ducks training camp, the team welcomed its 60-year-old, first-time head coach as a guiding beacon, but three of their brightest young stars were nowhere in sight.
  While center Mason MacTavish was simply dealing with a muscle spasm that might not keep him out longer than a day, per General Manager Pat Verbeek, both forward Trevor Zegras and defenseman Jamie Drysdale remained without contracts for the upcoming season. Verbeek abstained from comme
  
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• Lakers’ turnovers fuels Pistons’ offense in 3rd loss in 4 games

  31-12-2025 07:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The recipe for success against the Lakers is hardly a secret at this point in the season.
  Be physical.
  If you have quickness and athleticism, test their perimeter defenders’ abilities to contain the ball and whether the back line will make multiple defensive rotations on time.
  And push the pace – all of which the Detroit Pistons did frequently against the Lakers on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena, handing the hosts a 128-106 loss for their fourth defeat in five
  
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• Lakers’ turnovers fuel Pistons’ offense in 3rd loss in 4 games

  31-12-2025 07:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The recipe for success against the Lakers is hardly a secret at this point in the season.
  Be physical.
  If you have quickness and athleticism, test their perimeter defenders’ abilities to contain the ball and whether the back line will make multiple defensive rotations on time.
  And push the pace – all of which the Detroit Pistons did frequently against the Lakers on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena, handing the hosts a 128-106 loss for their fourth defeat in five
  
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• A stretch of Angeles Crest Highway is closed after severe damage in 4 spots

  31-12-2025 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A stretch of Angeles Crest Highway in the San Gabriel Mountains will remain closed for now after Christmas week storms severely damaged the roadway, officials announced on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
  The thoroughfare, also known as Highway 2, saw a significant amount of destruction in at least four locations, Caltrans said on X. The closure extends from Cedar Springs, about 3.3 miles east of Newcomb’s Ranch, to Highway 138.
  Photos shared by Caltrans show sections of the highway buckled and broken ap
  
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• Kawhi Leonard, Clippers keep rolling with rout of Kings

  31-12-2025 07:31 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Clippers knew better than to take the struggling Sacramento Kings lightly.
  After all, the Clippers came into Tuesday night’s game with only two more victories than the Kings, despite a four-game winning streak, and they both reside near the bottom of the Western Conference.
  “We don’t have the best record in the league as well. I mean, they’re a good team. They have great talent. … It’s not going to be an easy game by any means,” Co
  
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• USC suffers overtime loss to TCU in Alamo Bowl

  31-12-2025 07:06 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — The USC football team fell short of a 10-win season, losing to TCU, 30-27, in the Alamo Bowl on Tuesday night at the Alamodome.
  Ryon Sayeri kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime, but it wasn’t enough to seal the win for the Trojans (9-4), who saw their defense fade down the stretch. TCU quarterback Ken Seals threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Payne, who did most of the work with his tightrope sprint down the sideline to secure the win.
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• JSerra girls basketball slows top-ranked Fairmont Prep to win tournament title

  31-12-2025 06:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowJSerra girls basketball coach Rachael Ziemann directed her players’ focus to a certain number on the scoreboard after a clash against Fairmont Prep on Tuesday night in San Diego.
  “Look,” she said in the reference to Fairmont Prep’s tally in the finals of the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic.
  One night after Fairmont Prep delivered a California record-setting offensive output, JSerra slic
  
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• JSerra girls basketball slows top-ranked Fairmont Prep for tournament title

  31-12-2025 06:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowJSerra girls basketball coach Rachael Ziemann directed her players’ focus to a certain number on the scoreboard after a clash against Fairmont Prep on Tuesday night in San Diego.
  “Look,” she said in the reference to Fairmont Prep’s tally in the finals of the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic.
  One night after Fairmont Prep delivered a California record-setting offensive output, JSerra slic
  
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• Lakers’ Rui Hachimura expected to be out 1 week with calf injury

  31-12-2025 05:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lakers starting forward Rui Hachimura is expected to be sidelined for one week with a calf injury that held him out of Tuesday night’s home game against the Detroit Pistons.
  Hachimura sat out of Tuesday’s game because of right calf soreness that he started feeling coming out of Sunday’s home win against the Sacramento Kings.
  He finished with 12 points, four rebounds and a pair of steals against the Kings but didn’t practice on Monday.
  “He’l
  
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• Bob Stoops, Montee Ball welcomed into Rose Bowl Hall of Fame

  31-12-2025 04:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball were inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on Tuesday in a ceremony at The Langham Huntington hotel in Pasadena.
  Stoops coached the Sooners to a 34-14 victory over Washington State in the 2003 Rose Bowl.
  Under the rules then in effect, Oklahoma was selected as the replacement for Big Ten champion Ohio State, which was second in the Bowl Championship Series standings, and bound for the Fiesta Bowl to play Miami for
  
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• Eric Henderson takes the reins of USC’s defense for Alamo Bowl

  31-12-2025 04:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — D’Anton Lynn was not on the sidelines for USC’s Alamo Bowl game against TCU.
  Penn State hasn’t officially announced that it has hired Lynn to be its defensive coordinator, but reports of a deal being reached and his absence on Tuesday are telling.
  USC co-defensive coordinator Eric Henderson was instead calling the defense in the Trojans’ final game of the season in the Alamodome, the same stadium where he coached UTSA in 2016 before beginning his coach
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025

  31-12-2025 03:43 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 Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, Dec. 30

  31-12-2025 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  TUESDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS BASKETBALLDESERT HOLIDAY CLASSIC
  Championship Game
  Mater Dei 108, Bellevue (WA) 80
  MD: Majeed 29 pts, 8 rebs. Ramirez 23 pts, 7 re
  
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• Bandfest Day 2 brings more pre-Rose Parade musical thunder

  31-12-2025 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The Allen Eagle Escadrille from Allen, Texasperforms during Bandfest, featuring the marching bands that have been chosen for the Rose Parade, at Pasadena City College on Tuesday December 30, 2025. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)
  Arcadia Apache Marching Band and Color Guard performs during Bandfest, featuring the marching bands that have been chosen for the Rose Parade, at Pasadena City College on Tuesday December 30, 2025. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photograp
  
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• How your key fob could help a thief steal your car

  31-12-2025 03:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Thieves are using the signals from a common device – your key fob – to steal cars, police in Orange County and elsewhere warn.
  “These criminals have upped their game,” Anaheim Police Sgt. Matt Sutter said. “As cars and security have upgraded, they’ve had to evolve too.”
  In some cases, thieves use electronic equipment to intercept or amplify a key fob’s signal from a short distance away, allowing them to unlock a vehicle while the driver heads to a
  
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• The 1966 Rose Queen talks Disney memories on her 60th anniversary

  31-12-2025 03:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Carole Cota Gelfuso remembers her year as Rose Queen for the 77th Rose Parade in happy detail. She was 19 and a graphic design student at Pasadena City College, unsure about her chances of even making the Rose Court.
  “Having the opportunity to try out for the Royal Court was a dream for most young ladies attending PCC,” Gelfuso, 79, said, explaining the group would not be known as the Rose Court until later.
  But as she marks her 60th anniversary as one in a long line of roy
  
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• Your last-minute guide to the 2026 Rose Parade

  31-12-2025 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  When listing Southern California’s enduring traditions, you’ve got to start in Pasadena, that little city with the international brand.
  The Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game boasts an affirming, though spectacular sameness each years — the striking colors of a bazillion posy petals, a packed house jammed into an historic stadium to see the nation’s best in college football and those telltale, Chamber of Commerce skies on TV, making deeply jealous all those folks on a break f
  
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• Search for fisherman missing from Newport Beach since Christmas Eve continues

  31-12-2025 02:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The search for a missing fisherman, last known to be fishing at the Wedge in Newport Beach on Christmas Eve, continued into a sixth day on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
  The fisherman, identified by Garden Grove police as Lu Thu “Tyler” Tran, 42, was visiting family in Southern California for the holidays from Reno, Nevada.
  He went fishing in Newport Beach on Dec. 24, not out of the ordinary for Tran, an avid fisherman, Sgt. Nick Jensen of the Garden Grove Police Department said.
  Tran’s fam
  
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• Foreign national pleads guilty to Southern California armed robbery spree

  31-12-2025 02:06 via ocregister.com
  
  One of two men indicted in an armed robbery spree at convenience stores around Southern California pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
  Jesus Soto-Parada, 27, had been deported to El Salvador during the 2024 robbery spree, but later returned to the country and was found living in South Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said.
  He entered a plea to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and seven counts of interference with commerce by robbery, according to the U.S. Attorney&rs
  
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• Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of ‘The Wire’ and Spike Lee films, dies at 71

  31-12-2025 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Isiah Whitlock Jr., the veteran character actor best known for his roles in “The Wire,” “Veep” and several Spike Lee films, has died. He was 71.
  Whitlock died Tuesday in New York after battling a short illness, his manager, Brian Liebman, told Deadline.
  “If you knew him — you loved him,” Liebman wrote in an Instagram post. “A brilliant actor and even better person. May his memory forever be a blessing. Our hearts are so broken. He will be very, ver
  
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• Original Saugus Cafe set to close Sunday after nearly 140 years in business

  31-12-2025 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  After almost 140 years of serving comfort food to locals, politicians and celebrities, Los Angeles County’s oldest restaurant is closing its doors this weekend.
  The Original Saugus Cafe, which was established in 1886, announced on its Facebook page that it will be closing its doors on Sunday, Jan. 4.
  “This decision was not made lightly, and it comes with heartfelt appreciation for everyone who walked through our doors, supported our staff, and made this cafe what it was,” read
  
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• Meta buys Singapore startup Manus in latest move to advance its artificial intelligence efforts

  31-12-2025 01:15 via ocregister.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues an aggressive push to amp up AI offerings across its platforms.
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• Fire survivors, volunteer joining Pasadena mayor on Rose Parade route

  31-12-2025 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo and his family will be joined on the Rose Parade route on Thursday, Jan. 1, by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and four other guests related to the Eaton fire’s impact on the greater Dena communities.
  Barger has served as the de facto mayor of Altadena throughout the recovery and burgeoning rebuilding phase post-Eaton fire. Along with Barger, Pasadena firefighter/paramedic Tony Zee, who was on medical leave due to a cancer diagnosis when the Eaton f
  
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• Fire survivors, volunteer joining Pasadena mayor on parade route

  31-12-2025 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo and his family will be joined by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and four other guests related to the Eaton fire’s impact on the greater Dena communities.
  Barger has served as the de facto mayor of Altadena throughout the recovery and burgeoning rebuilding phase post-Eaton fire. Along with Barger, Pasadena firefighter/paramedic Tony Zee, who was on medical leave due to a cancer diagnosis when the Eaton fire started, responded to help fight the fire,
  
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• La Cañada Flintridge includes a nod to Altadena’s The Bunny Museum on its Rose Parade float

  31-12-2025 00:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Candace Frazee is ending her 2025 on what she would call a “hoppy” note. She and her husband Steve Lubanski, co-founders of Altadena’s popular The Bunny Museum spent a day this week as honored guests of La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association, helping decorate a Rose Parade float that will one day belong in their storied collection.
  Jen Lazo, decorating chair of the foothill city’s Rose Parade entry, explained the idea behind “Goin’ Nu
  
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• He made a New Year’s Day promise to his Hoosier-fan wife 30 years ago. Now, they’re making good on it

  31-12-2025 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Peggy Sinko and her husband Ken Sinko help with float decorating for the La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association float Goin’ Nutz at Flintridge Prep in La Canada on Monday, December 29, 2025. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)
  It may have taken him 30 years, but Ken Sinko is about to fulfill a promise to his bride Peggy this New Year’s Day.
  The Oak Park, Illinois couple, both 76, landed in California this week and launched themselves into
  
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• Trump administration says it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

  31-12-2025 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.
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• Judge temporarily halts Trump’s move to end protected status for South Sudanese immigrants

  31-12-2025 00:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAFIYAH RIDDLE and CHARLOTTE KRAMON
  Hundreds of people from South Sudan may be able to live and work in the United States legally, while a federal judge on Tuesday weighs whether President Donald Trump’s move to revoke temporary protected status for immigrants from the East African country was illegal.
  Related Articles US commits $480M in health funding to Ivory Coast, the latest to sign ‘America First’ health deals DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mis
  
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• Rose Parade 2026: Meet this year’s Rose Queen and Court

  31-12-2025 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Rose Queen Serena Guo, center, and the Rose Court ride an Omnibus, a double decker carriage, from the 1900’s at Equestfest at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on Monday, December 29, 2025.Equestfest gives Rose Parade audiences a chance to preview the equestrian units featured in the 2026 Rose Parade. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  The 2026 Rose Court from left: Olivia Hargrove, Keiko Rakin, Livia dePaula, Rose Queen Serena Guo, Riya Gupta, Naira Wadley and Sophia Ren
  
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• Cotton Bowl: Defending national champ Ohio State faces CFP 1st-timer Miami

  30-12-2025 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer
  ARLINGTON, Texas — The Cotton Bowl has certainly gotten much more significant for Ohio State during three trips in a row to the game.
  This time, the second-seeded Buckeyes (12-1) are defending national champions as they get ready to play College Football Playoff first-timer Miami (11-2, CFP No. 10 seed) in a quarterfinal game there Wednesday night. The Cotton Bowl last January was a CFP semifinal game when Ohio State beat Texas for the third of
  
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