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  25-12-2016 00:30
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• UC Irvine men can’t complete comeback in loss to UCSB

  08-02-2026 08:14 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA BARBARA — The race for the top two seeds in the Big West Conference men’s basketball tournament just got a little tighter.
  UC Irvine cut a 21-point second-half deficit to five in the final minute, but the Anteaters couldn’t complete the comeback as UC Santa Barbara made eight of its final 10 free throws to secure an 84-79 victory on Saturday night at the Thunderdome, snapping UCI’s four-game winning streak.
  The loss drops UCI (16-8 overall, 9-3 Big West) back into a
  
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• Lakers sign Kobe Bufkin to 2-year deal, sources say

  08-02-2026 07:46 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Lakers filled out their roster at 15 players on Saturday night, signing South Bay Lakers guard Kobi Bufkin to a two-year deal that includes a team option for the 2026-2027 season, a source familiar with the situation, but unauthorized to speak publicly, confirmed to the Southern California News Group.
  ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the news of Bufkin’s signing.
  Bufkin, 22, has signed two 10-day contracts so far this season — one with the Memphis Gr
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball edges Washington

  08-02-2026 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Guard Donovan Dent #2 of the UCLA Bruins drives to the basket against guard Zoom Diallo #5 of the Washington Huskies in the first half of a Men’s NCAA basketball game at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 7, 2026. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
  Head coach Mick Cronin of the UCLA Bruins reacts toward an official in the second half of a Men’s NCAA basketball game against the Washington Huskies at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on Saturday, Febru
  
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• USC men hit with injury again ahead of road trip to Penn State, Ohio State

  08-02-2026 06:03 via ocregister.com
  
  It seemed as though USC men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman had finally perfected his starting lineup.
  Point guard Kam Woods could nearly read Musselman’s mind, accurately predicting how he wants plays run. Ezra Ausar and Jacob Cofie are physically formidable, while Chad Baker-Mazara and Alijah Arenas are wings who can create shots and — most of the time — sink them.
  “It’s been a good, solid mix together,” Musselman told reporters.
  The group will be di
  
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• Luka-less Lakers hold off short-handed Warriors for 3rd straight win

  08-02-2026 05:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Lakers guard Luke Kennard (10) reacts to a play during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
  Lakers forward LeBron James, left, is defended by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
  Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) misses a basket under defense by Lakers forward Ja
  
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• Cal State Fullerton men start fast to beat Cal State Bakersfield

  08-02-2026 04:59 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team built a 23-point lead by halftime and cruised past Cal State Bakersfield, 82-66, on Saturday evening for its fourth win in five games.
  Landon Seaman had 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting (3 for 3 from 3-point range) to pace the Titans (12-13 overall, 7-6 Big West), who completed a perfect week at Titan Gym. Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro finished with 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals on his birthday, while going 8
  
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• Clippers sign Kobe Sanders to standard contract

  08-02-2026 04:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers signed promising rookie Kobe Sanders to a standard contract, making him officially part of the team’s 15-man roster. The second-round pick from Nevada had been on a two-way contract.
  Sanders was approaching the 50-game cap for a two-way player, having appeared in 43 NBA games and was listed as active for two others. Now, he has no restrictions on how much he plays moving forward. He is averaging 7.0, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists over 21.5 minutes this season.
  Sanders’ de
  
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• Lakers GM Rob Pelinka addresses team’s future, Luke Kennard trade

  08-02-2026 04:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka addressed the team’s trade deadline strategy and the future of the franchise regarding investment on and off the court on Saturday, the first time he has spoken publicly since the season began and the sale of the franchise officially closed.
  Pelinka spoke to a group of local reporters, which included the Southern California News Group, for nine minutes before the Lakers took on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday evening. He called t
  
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• General manager Rob Pelinka addresses future of Lakers, Luke Kennard trade

  08-02-2026 04:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka publicly spoke for the first time since the season began and the franchise officially sold, addressing the team’s trade deadline strategy and the future of the team regarding investment on and off the court.
  Pelinka, who spoke to a group of local media, including the Southern California News Group, for nine minutes before the Lakers took on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday evening, called the team’s activity at the trade dea
  
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• Bob Baffert’s Plutarch wins at Santa Anita, jumps into Kentucky Derby picture

  08-02-2026 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — It’s never a shock when Bob Baffert trains the winner of a Kentucky Derby steppingstone race, but Saturday at Santa Anita, it looked like a surprise on the tote board.
  Baffert saddled the heavy favorite in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, only to watch his less highly regarded colt, Plutarch, follow a sharp ride by Florent Geroux to a three-quarter-length victory at 4-1 odds.
  Baffert has won eight consecutive runnings and 10 of the past 12 in the $100,000, Grade III Lewis. This
  
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• UC Irvine women throttle UCSB with stingy defense

  08-02-2026 03:19 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — UC Irvine women’s basketball coach Tamara Inoue will never get tired of beating UC Santa Barbara.
  The Anteaters took down the Gauchos again on Saturday afternoon in a Big West Conference showdown at the Bren Events Center, holding them to 28.3% shooting and getting double-doubles from Hunter Hernandez and Summah Hanson in a 63-41 victory.
  UCI has won 10 of the past 11 meetings against UCSB, which dominated Big West competition from 1997-2012, winning either a regular se
  
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• Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl is not so much of a rematch as it is a matchup of contrasts

  08-02-2026 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif.  — A heralded defense vs. an underrated one. A celebrated second-year quarterback vs. a veteran QB who has gone from perceived bust to beloved. An All-Pro wide receiver vs. one of the NFL’s best young cornerbacks.
  This year’s Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots (17-3) and Seattle Seahawks (16-3) is all about contrasts.
  And it starts with the coaches who will lead their teams onto the field.
  Being a part of the final game of the NFL seaso
  
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• ‘We will pay,’ Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother

  08-02-2026 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old Arizona resident has entered a seventh day.
  “We received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” she said in a video posted on social media, flanked by her siblings. “This is the only way we will have pea
  
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• Additional case of measles exposure reported at Disneyland, health officials say

  08-02-2026 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County health officials are warning of another possible measles exposure after a confirmed case visited Disneyland last month.
  The OC Health Care Agency on Saturday said an individual who was infectious with measles visited Disneyland Park on Thursday, Jan. 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Disney California Adventure Park from 3 p.m. until closing.
  Anyone who was at those locations during the listed times may be at risk of developing measles symptoms between seven and 21 days after exposure,
  
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• Winter Olympics: Japan’s Kagiyama tops Malinin in men’s short program

  08-02-2026 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN — The Milano Ice Skating Arena has less ambiance than a truck stop on the way from Tucson to Tucumcari.
  The Olympic figure skating venue is so ugly that local officials seemingly stuck it 30 minutes from Milano’s city center, past the end of the Metro line, next to a freeway, in hopes no one would notice it on their way to Genoa.
  The arena known prior to the Games as the Milan Forum is 36 years old and although it seems decades older, the late 1980s time frame makes sense given
  
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• La Habra man arrested in fatal park shooting

  08-02-2026 01:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A 19-year-old La Habra man was arrested on Friday, Feb. 6 on suspicion of murder in a fatal shooting at El Centro-Lions Park late last year, police said.
  Officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2025, at the park on East Erna Ave., the La Habra Police Department said.
  When officers arrived, they found a 20-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Detectives arrested Isaac Gomez and booked him on suspicion of murde
  
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• Some accused of public nudity as 17 arrested at DD Café in Garden Grove

  08-02-2026 00:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Seventeen people were arrested, some for alleged public nudity, after police determined that a Garden Grove coffee shop was operating as a so-called bikini café, authorities said.
  Police investigating the DD Café, on the 10500 block of McFadden Avenue, found staffers wearing bikinis or in various states of undress while serving customers, Garden Grove police Sgt. Nick Jensen said.
  The operation violated city municipal codes related to public nudity, business operations and alcohol
  
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• Corona del Mar boys basketball lands in Open Division for CIF-SS playoffs

  08-02-2026 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Corona del Mar boys basketball coach Jason Simco wanted his team to be in the Open Division of the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
  He got what he wanted.
  The Sea Kings (27-1) are in the field of 12 teams in the section’s top division. They are seeded eighth.
  “I love it,” Simco said after playoff brackets were released Saturday. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I’m so proud of our kids.”
  The other 11 Open Division teams are, in order of seeding: Sie
  
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• Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47

  08-02-2026 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he  He was 47.
  The band said in a statement that Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer.”
  3 Doors Down formed in Mississippi in 1995 and four years later received a Grammy nomination for the breakout hit “Kryptonite.” Arnold wrote the song in math class wh
  
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• UCLA women prepare for Michigan, Michigan State

  08-02-2026 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The UCLA women’s basketball team is approaching its greatest pair of tests in Big Ten play with away games at Michigan on Sunday and Michigan State on Wednesday. The Bruins are preparing for these matchups, point guard Kiki Rice said, as if they were Elite Eight or Final Four games.
  But UCLA (22-1, 12-0 Big Ten) has a distinct advantage.
  “We have the advantage in the post and size-wise,” head coach Cori Close said. “Against both teams.”
  The top f
  
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• Sage Hill, Mater Dei to clash in Open Division of CIF-SS girls basketball playoffs

  08-02-2026 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowIn a girls basketball season full of parity in Orange County, Sage Hill and Mater Dei separated themselves from the pack late but never met on the court to settle the No. 1 ranking.
  That showdown will happen in the playoffs for the second time in three years.
  On Saturday, Sage Hill and Mater Dei were seeded No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, and placed in Pool D in an expanded, 12-team field for the Open Divi
  
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• Sage Hill and Mater Dei to clash in CIF-SS girls basketball Open Division

  08-02-2026 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowIn a girls basketball season full of parity in Orange County, Sage Hill and Mater Dei separated themselves from the pack late but never met on the court to settle the No. 1 ranking.
  That showdown will happen in the playoffs for the second time in three years.
  On Saturday, Sage Hill and Mater Dei were seeded No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, and placed in Pool D in an expanded, 12-team Open Division for the C
  
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• Poodle Cooper is ready to play whenever you are

  07-02-2026 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Poodle
  Age: 2 years
  Sex: Neutered male
  Size: 14 pounds
  Cooper’s story: Cooper has energy to burn. Although he’s an adult, he can play like a pup, pouncing, exploring and keeping you on your toes. He’s a happy boy who’s full of love and will bring lots of smiles to his new family.
  Adoption cost: $200
  Adoption procedure: Fill out the application at Friends of Orange County’s Homeless Pets website, fochp.org, or email [email protected]. The website has other pets
  
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• Terrance Gore, member of Dodgers 2020 World Series team, dies at 34

  07-02-2026 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Terrance Gore, a base-running specialist who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ 2020 World Series championship team, has died at age 34, the team announced Saturday.
  “The Dodgers express their sorrow over the sudden passing of Terrance Gore, a member of our 2020 World Series champions. We send our condolences to his loved ones,” the Dodgers posted on X.
  Gore died Friday due to complications from an unspecified surgical procedure, according to multiple media reports.
  He was bor
  
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• Get ready for that big American religious festival – the Super Bowl

  07-02-2026 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By Shaun Tumpane
  Laguna Woods Globe columnist
  With Super Bowl Sunday almost upon us, it behooves me to opine on this, the quintessential American sacred cow. Now, I’m not impugning worship of any kind; however, when over 120 million people do anything, one could argue that whatever they’re doing can be categorized as a religion.
  One need to go no further than to observe the painted faces, the plastic gold link chains sized to fit a gorilla, the rainbow-colored frizzy wigs, and the mi
  
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• Los Angeles mayoral race goes from compelling to disastrous

  07-02-2026 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles is a city in crisis.
  Corruption, rampant homelessness, high housing costs, pothole-filled streets with bounded by poorly-maintained sidewalks, rising utility prices, an unwelcoming business environment and unaccountable government have come to define what should be the greatest city on the West Coast.
  The Palisades fire and all that followed exposed how broken Los Angeles city government is. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass did essentially everything wrong from the moment she decided to
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Feb. 7

  07-02-2026 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Feb. 7
  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.
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Pool A
  Orange Lutheran 11, Long Beach Wilson 8
  Pool B
  Oaks Christian 12, Corona del Mar 10
  Newport Harbor 16, JS
  
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• Santa Margarita girls soccer to take on rival to begin CIF-SS playoffs

  07-02-2026 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSanta Margarita and Santiago of Corona won’t play for a CIF-SS girls soccer championship this year. And they won’t play for a CIF Southern California Regional title if qualifying follows the script.
  The rivals will still collide in the postseason.
  Santa Margarita and Santiago on Saturday were paired for a first round, home-and-away series to highlight the draw for an eight-team CIF-SS Open Div
  
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• Santa Margarita girls soccer draws rival Santiago Corona to open playoffs

  07-02-2026 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSanta Margarita and Santiago of Corona won’t play for a CIF-SS girls soccer championship this year. And they won’t play for a CIF Southern California Regional title if qualifying follows the script.
  The rivals will still collide in the postseason.
  Santa Margarita and Santiago on Saturday were paired for a first round, home-and-away series to highlight the draw for an eight-team CIF-SS Open Div
  
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