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• Local teens making a big difference … Bravo

  26-11-2019 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Tustin teen called an ‘everyday hero’ for her education program
  Youth Service America recently recognized 16-year-old Aleena Anand of Tustin as an Everyday Young Hero for her nonprofit organization, Empowered Education A.R.T. Initiative.
  Lauren Chu, 17, Irvine, Troop 1809 (Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Orange County)
  Katerina Hanks, 17, Irvine, Troop 473 (Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Orange County)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsKaelyn Pieter, 17, Irvine, Troop 486 (Courtesy of Girl
  
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• Boys basketball roundup: JSerra beats Mater Dei with last-second shot

  31-01-2026 08:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Jaden Bailes made the game-winning shot for JSerra as time expired to beat Mater Dei 67-66 in a Trinity League game Friday at Mater Dei High.
  JSerra (17-11, 3-2) clinched the No. 3 seed in the Trinity League tournament next week that will take place over three days at Concordia University and Hope International University.
  The results of that tournament will decide the league champion and automatic playoff qualifiers from the league.
  Kansas signee Luke Barnett made a go-ahead 3-pointer for Mater
  
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• Buena Park girls basketball rallies past Godinez for Empire League title

  31-01-2026 07:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowBuena Park girls basketball players Jordyn McKnight and Kerianne Ta’aga said the volume in their locker room at halftime Friday rose to shouts for more energy.
  The Coyotes trailed Godinez by 12 points in a bid to defend their Empire League title.
  “We know we can do better than the first half,” Ta’aga said.
  Buena Park stayed united in the second half and showcased a few skills that
  
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• Los Amigos boys basketball tops Western to clinch third straight league title

  31-01-2026 07:02 via ocregister.com
  
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY — The Los Amigos boys basketball team has steadily grown as a program and transitioned from the hunted to the hunter.
  The Lobos beat Western 53-46 on Friday night to win the Coast League championship at Los Amigos High.
  Los Amigos (19-7, 7-0) claimed its third consecutive league title with coach DeAndre Ferguson, who is in his fourth season at the helm.
  The Lobos have one league game remaining, against Santiago on Tuesday, before the postseason begins.
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• Clippers can’t spoil Nikola Jokic’s return in loss to Nuggets

  31-01-2026 06:05 via ocregister.com
  
  DENVER — The Clippers tried to spoil the party, but Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets rode the good vibes of his return across the finish line.
  Jokic had 31 points and 12 rebounds in his first game in a month, Tim Hardaway Jr. added 22 points and the Nuggets knocked off the Clippers, 122-109, on Friday night.
  Jokic, the three-time NBA MVP, missed 16 games after injuring his left knee in the first half of a Dec. 29 loss at Miami. The Nuggets went 10-6 during that stretch, which also inclu
  
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• Mater Dei boys soccer clinches Trinity League title against JSerra

  31-01-2026 06:02 via ocregister.com
  
  James Obleda (8) and Isaih Covarrubias (3) of Mater Dei embrace after defeating JSerra in a Trinity League boys soccer game at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana on Friday, January 30, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Matthew Miranda (21) of Mater Dei and Nick Tonsich (17) of JSerra battle for the ball in a Trinity League boys soccer game at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana on Friday, January 30, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, Jan. 30

  31-01-2026 03:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, Jan. 30
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  BOYS SOCCER
  FREEWAY LEAGUE
  Troy 3, Crean Lutheran 2
  COAST LEAGUE
  Magnolia 2, Los Amigos 2
  Saddleback 3, Savanna 0
  ORANGE COAST LEAGUE
  Costa Mesa 7, Calvary Chap
  
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• Luka Doncic gets a triple-double by halftime as Lakers trounce Wizards

  31-01-2026 03:37 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Luka Doncic had a triple-double by halftime and finished with 37 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds as the Lakers crushed the Washington Wizards, 142-111, on Friday night.
  Doncic had 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds through the first two quarters. His 10th rebound came in the waning seconds of the second.
  The last time a player had a triple-double in the first half, according to Sportradar, was when Jalen Johnson of the Atlanta Hawks did it on Dec. 5. Johnson had 11 point
  
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• Photos: Protesters take part in “ICE Out!” demonstration

  31-01-2026 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of protesters, including students from nearby high schools, gathered at Sasscer Park in Santa Ana and then walked downtown to Ross Street.
  Protesters in Sasscer Park during a demonstration against ICE in Santa Ana, California on Friday, January 30, 2026. The “ICE Out!” demonstration is part of a nationwide day of action to show opposition to the Trump administration‘s ongoing immigration enforcement efforts (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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• Notebook: Xander Schauffele misses Farmers Insurance Open cut; powering up

  31-01-2026 03:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Xander Schauffele might have been the only person at his final hole Friday afternoon at Torrey Pines North who didn’t know he needed to make an 8-foot birdie putt to avoid missing the cut in a PGA Tour event for the first time in nearly four years.
  The putt on the ninth green rolled to the right of the hole and after he tapped in for par, Schauffele turned to his caddie, Austin Kaiser, and said, “Is that it?”
  Kaiser’s succinct reply: “Yeah, you’re done.”
  
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• Ravens damage both Big Bear bald eagle eggs

  31-01-2026 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Just days after Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow had their second egg of 2026, both eggs appear to be cracked and ruined.
  A little before noon on Friday, Jan. 30, the two eagles, whose annual nesting has been livestreamed since 2015, took a break from their nest.
  “Jackie and Shadow left the nest area for quite some time this afternoon, which was a little uncharacteristic of them,” said Jennifer Voisard, media and website manager for the environmental nonprofit group Friends of
  
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• Ravens damage Big Bear bald eagle eggs

  31-01-2026 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Just days after Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow had their second egg of 2026, both eggs appear to be cracked and ruined.
  A little before noon on Friday, Jan. 30, the two eagles, whose annual nesting has been livestreamed since 2015, took a break from their nest.
  “Jackie and Shadow left the nest area for quite some time this afternoon, which was a little uncharacteristic of them,” said Jennifer Voisard, media and website manager for the environmental nonprofit group Friends of
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, January 31, 2026

  31-01-2026 02:58 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 Saturday, January 31, 2026.
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• Justin Rose sets record pace for 4-shot lead in Farmers Insurance Open

  31-01-2026 02:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Justin Rose kept up the heat Friday in the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open, shooting 7-under 65 on the South Course at Torrey Pines to set the 36-hole tournament record and take a four-shot lead into the weekend.
  Rose has a two-round total of 127. That’s two strokes better than the record Rose shared with Tom Lehman (2005) and Lennie Clements (1996). Rose did it in 2019 when he won the Farmers. Rose finished birdie-birdie on the South Course, completing a round that began with a
  
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• Using professional hunters to shoot and kill all the deer on Catalina Island opposed by Supervisor Hahn

  31-01-2026 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A plan to shoot and kill every single mule deer living on Catalina Island submitted by the island’s private conservancy for state approval as a method to re-balance island animal and plant life, has drawn opposition from LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn and Fire Chief Anthony Marrone.
  Hahn, whose Third District includes the unincorporated portion of Catalina Island outside the city of Avalon, wants to stop the plan from moving forward, calling it “a drastic and inhumane approach.&rdq
  
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• Remembering Catherine O’Hara, a talented performer and a kind person

  31-01-2026 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  When Catherine O’Hara talked to us in 2023 about returning to the Hollywood Bowl to sing the role of Sally in “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” she surprised us by discussing just how anxious she got before showtime.
  “I’m horribly nervous; I am, I am,” O’Hara said of those moments in the dark before stepping on stage.
  That was hard to believe because O’Hara, who died Friday, Jan. 30 at 71, always seemed at home in the spotlight during a career
  
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• Macaulay Culkin, Meryl Streep and more pay tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died at 71

  31-01-2026 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By LEANNE ITALIE and MARK THIESSEN
  The death of Catherine O’Hara at 71 prompted an outpouring from the actor’s co-stars and friends over the decades. O’Hara, whose legendary comic skills were on display in “Home Alone,” “Schitt’s Creek,” “Beetlejuice” and much more, died Friday in Los Angeles after a brief illness.
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• The Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has — and hasn’t — changed over time

  31-01-2026 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ
  NEW YORK (AP) — When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows?
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• Mater Dei girls water polo among OC’s top seeds for CIF-SS playoffs

  31-01-2026 01:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei earned one of Orange County’s four No. 1 seeds for the upcoming CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs.
  In the pairings released by the section Friday, the Monarchs (24-2) claimed the top seed for the eight-team Open Division.
  Mater Dei, seeking its first section title in girls water polo, is seeded ahead of No. 2 Newport Harbor (23-3), No. 3 and defending champion Oaks Christian (21-5) and No.
  
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• Mater Dei girls water polo among O.C. top seeds for CIF-SS playoffs

  31-01-2026 01:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei earned one of Orange County’s four No. 1 seeds for the upcoming CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs.
  In the pairings released by the section Friday, the Monarchs (24-2) claimed the top seed for the eight-team Open Division.
  Mater Dei, seeking its first section title in girls water polo, is seeded ahead of No. 2 Newport Harbor (23-3), No. 3 and defending champion Oaks Christian (21-5) and No.
  
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• Huge cache of Epstein documents includes emails financier exchanged with wealthy and powerful

  31-01-2026 01:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before he died by suicide in 2019.
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• Trump administration approves new arms sales to Israel worth $6.67 billion

  31-01-2026 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved a massive new arms sales package to Israel totaling $6.67 billion, including 30 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment and weapons, as well as 3,250 light tactical vehicles.
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• Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman who helped save Washington’s army, is honored on $1 coin

  31-01-2026 01:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAVANNAH PETERS
  EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — The reverse side of the U.S. Mint’s 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin will feature Polly Cooper, a woman from the Oneida tribe known for helping George Washington’s Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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• SUV enters closed lanes on 405 Freeway in Irvine, crashing and killing passenger

  31-01-2026 01:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A speeding Subaru SUV veered into closed lanes on the southbound 405 Freeway in Irvine on Thursday night, Jan. 30, hitting a truck on a Caltrans project — killing the Subaru’s passenger and leaving the worker with minor injuries, authorities said.
  The 26-year-old Norwalk man behind the wheel of the Subaru was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, they said.
  The California Highway Patrol learned of the crash, north of the MacArthur Boulevard exit, just after 10:40 p.m,
  
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• Nurses dig into rainy day funds to keep Kaiser strike going

  31-01-2026 01:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Striking nurses at Kaiser Permanente wrapped up their first week of picketing on Friday — tired but still energized as they wait for a second wave of workers to join them in February.
  Sarah Rubino, a registered nurse who works at Kaiser’s Irvine Medical Center, joined about 150 others on the picket line at the corner of Sand Canyon Avenue and Alton Parkway. Amid the megaphone chants and horns honking from supporters, she said she’s prepared for another week with some help from
  
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• An Altadena bakery is making anti-ICE cookies and they sell out in minutes

  31-01-2026 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Cookie lovers looking to show solidarity with Minnesota residents fighting back against aggressive immigration raids — while also satisfying their own sweet tooth —  flocked this week to an Altadena cookie company.
  The object of their tasty rage? Multi-colored vanilla sugar cookies iced with an anti-ICE message.
  Since Altadena Cookie Company owners started making the “F— ICE” iced cookies on Wednesdays, a line of eager customers have waited for the small busine
  
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• Stars across Hollywood and Canada mourn Catherine O’Hara: ‘I thought we had time’

  31-01-2026 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Stars across Hollywood and Canada are mourning the loss of beloved comedian and actor Catherine O’Hara.
  O’Hara, known for her roles in “Schitt’s Creek,” “Beetlejuice,” “Home Alone” and “The Studio,” died at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness on Friday. She was 71. The exact cause of death is not yet known. As news of the “Schitt’s Creek” star’s death spread quickly, tributes flooded social media.
  
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• Moira Rose, Delia Deetz, Cookie Fleck and Kevin’s mom: Catherine O’Hara’s memorable roles

  31-01-2026 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOCELYN NOVECK
  Now is certainly not the time for pettifogging. But can we confabulate about the comic brilliance of Catherine O’Hara?
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• Judge calls Justice Department’s statements on slavery exhibit display ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrifying’

  31-01-2026 00:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARYCLAIRE DALE
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers on Friday that they were making “dangerous” and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites.
  The sharp exchange erupted during a hearing in Philadelphia over the abrupt removal of an exhibit on the history of slavery at the site of the former President’s House on Independ
  
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• UCLA’s Mick Cronin knows landscape has changed drastically for new coaches

  31-01-2026 00:46 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Seven years ago, Mick Cronin was Darian DeVries. A coach with success at the mid-major level, tasked with restoring a Blue Blood program.
  Cronin spent 14 seasons at pre-Big 12 Cincinnati, leading the Bearcats to 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances before coming to UCLA. DeVries took Drake University to the NCAA Tournament three times over a six-year stint, spent one season at West Virginia, and is now at Indiana, feeling the pressure of Bob Knight’s shadow.
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