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• Orange County baseball standings: Saturday, May 3

  03-05-2025 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County high school baseball standings through Friday, May 2.TRINITY LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  St. John Bosco
  14-1
  22-4
  Orange Lutheran
  10-5
  21-6
  Santa Margarita
  7-8
  15-12
  JSerra
  5-10
  10-15
  Servite
  5-10
  14-13
  Mater Dei
  4-11
  14-13
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Huntington Beach
  15-2
  22-4
  Newport Harbor
  14-4
  22-6
  Los Alamitos
  10-8
  17-9-2
  Fountain Valley
  9-8
  15-11
  Edison
  6-12
  13-14
  Corona del Mar
  6-12
  12-14
  
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• UCLA men have little defense for recent struggles

  09-01-2026 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA will honor alum Dave Roberts before Saturday’s game against Maryland at Pauley Pavilion. T-shirts displaying the Dodgers manager and Bruins coach Mick Cronin will be given to fans who make a donation to UCLA’s NIL collective Men of Westwood.
  The T-shirt is a spin off of the famous “Step Brothers” poster, featuring Cronin resting his hands on Roberts’ shoulder, as Will Ferrell does with John C. Reilly. Below them, the T-shirt reads: “We
  
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• Here’s a look at the nation of Venezuela’s history

  09-01-2026 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Eyes on Venezuela
  The United States’ incursion has split Latin America, with leaders aligned with President Donald Trump, mostly from the right, applauding the ouster, and nonaligned leaders condemning it on sovereignty grounds. Here’s a look at Venezuela and other nations in South America.
  According to the CIA World Factbook, Venezuela was one of three nations that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830, the others being Ecuador and New Granada (Colombia). For most of th
  
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• UCLA football adds to James Madison bounty via transfer portal

  09-01-2026 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dukes-to-Bruins trend continues to roll into Westwood as new Bruins coach Bob Chesney added another former player to UCLA’s transfer class Friday.
  James Madison offensive lineman Carter Sweazie, a 6-foot-2, 327-pound left guard who started every game for Chesney at the position in 2025, announced his commitment to UCLA on Instagram on Friday morning. Additionally, Rutgers defensive lineman transfer Darold DeNgohe – who played for Chesney at James Madison in 2024 – announced
  
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• Fractures are starting to show in Trump’s GOP at the start of this election year

  09-01-2026 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For House Republicans, the political year started with a pep rally of sorts as President Donald Trump gathered them at Washington’s Kennedy Center for a stemwinder of a speech. But by the time lawmakers had completed their first week of work this midterm election year, fractures in the party were already showing.
  From pushback to Trump’s self-described “Donroe doctrine” of aggression in the Western Hemisphere to breaks in party un
  
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• Chargers’ major injuries couldn’t stop their playoff push

  09-01-2026 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — When standout left tackle Rashawn Slater suffered a season-ending knee injury in training camp in August, Chargers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said he began waking up at 4 a.m., in order to consider his options without their top offensive lineman available for the rest of 2025.
  When veteran running back Najee Harris sustained a season-ending Achilles tendon injury in Week 3 against the Denver Broncos, Roman said he started waking up at 3:30 a.m., wondering who might be ca
  
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• Coach of softball teams in San Bernardino, Orange counties accused of molesting player

  09-01-2026 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A 64-year-old man who has coached softball in San Bernardino and Orange counties was charged with child abuse on Friday, Jan. 9.
  Michael Patrick Fitzgerald was arrested at his home on Wednesday after a 14-year-old girl who played on one of his teams came forward, the Ontario Police Department said in a news release.
  Fitzgerald was charged with three counts of lewd acts on a child younger than 14 and one count of lewd acts on a child aged 14 or 15. The first three crimes were alleged to have occu
  
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• ‘Disneyland Handcrafted’ changes everything you think you know about Disneyland

  09-01-2026 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  If you think you know everything about Disneyland, a new documentary from filmmaker Leslie Iwerks will make you realize you really don’t know anything about the wild, improbable and chaotic birth of Walt Disney’s first theme park.
  The new “Disneyland Handcrafted” documentary on the one-year blitz to create the Anaheim theme park will debut Jan. 22 on YouTube and the Disney+ streaming service.
  The blue carpet premiere of “Disneyland Handcrafted” took place on T
  
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• From climbing vacuums to cyber pets: Some highlights of CES 2026

  09-01-2026 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By RIO YAMAT and SHAWN CHEN
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think for themselves as they get to know you and your family’s wants and needs.
  As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang put it, “The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is here.”
  And everywhere you looked, robots. They roamed the show floor, assisted workers and entertained crowds — from humanoid
  
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• Battle-hardened Rams ready for another postseason opportunity

  09-01-2026 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — These aren’t the young Rams of 2023, with 40 rookies in training camp and little idea of what to expect from the NFL. They aren’t even the 2024 Rams anymore, a group that was still developing its identity in real time.
  As they prepare for their playoff opener Saturday at the fourth-seeded Carolina Panthers, the fifth-seeded Rams are something different in 2025. Confident in who they are, and their roles within the collective. Seasoned by past experiences, includin
  
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• Update: Wind advisory active for 5 Freeway north of LA until Sunday afternoon – gusts as high as 50 mph

  09-01-2026 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway corridor near Santa Clarita, Southern Ventura County Mountains, Northern Ventura County Mountains and Western Antelope Valley Foothills are the focus of an updated wind advisory issued at 1:22 p.m. on Friday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is in effect until Sunday Jan. 11, at 1 p.m.
  The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA states to anticipate, “Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.”
  “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could
  
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• Grammy Museum displays very personal items from Tejano Music Queen Selena

  09-01-2026 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  The Grammy Museum is paying tribute to late Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez with an exhibition made up of very personal items that have never been seen outside of Texas until now.
  “Even 30 years after her passing Selena is still inspiring so many people. She’s passed down from generation to generation. I think her music is timeless,” said Kelsey Goelz, curator for the museum which opens the exhibition “Selena: From Texas to the World,” on Jan. 15.
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• Editorial: Newsom has proven more government spending isn’t the answer

  09-01-2026 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  When Gov. Gavin Newsom first took office in 2019, his first budget proposal called for $144 billion in general fund expenditures.Now, his final state budget proposal, released Friday, is calling for $248 billion in general fund expenditures.Even after accounting for inflation, does it seem like Californians are getting their money’s worth from all of this state government spending?Newsom, of course, says Californians are better off: “Because of what we have built and protected in pas
  
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• Rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman sells for $15 million

  09-01-2026 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
  A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million.
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• Captain Mauri’s in San Clemente announces closure after more than 20 years

  09-01-2026 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  After opening its doors in 2005, Captain Mauri’s has announced it will bid San Clemente farewell at the end of January.
  The restaurant took to social media to break the news, stating, “We would like to thank all of our customers for your continued support and patronage throughout our 20.5 years in business. We have made a bittersweet decision to close Captain Mauri’s. We will miss the great community and will cherish friendships made.”
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• Lyft and Uber drivers protest Waymo robotaxis as California considers further regulations

  09-01-2026 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By HAVEN DALEY, Associated Press
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the cars killed pets and blocked traffic.
  Demonstrators holds signs during a protest by Uber and Lyft drivers asking state regulators to take self-driving taxis off the streets due to safety concerns at the California Public Utilities Commissio
  
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• Judge to temporarily block effort to end protections for relatives of citizens, green card holders

  09-01-2026 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that she expects to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered temporary legal protections for more than 10,000 family members of citizens and green card holders.
  U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said at a hearing that she planned to issue a temporary restraining order but did not say when it would be issued. This case is part of a broader effort by the administration to
  
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• Rams at Carolina Panthers: Who has the edge in the NFC wild-card game?

  09-01-2026 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  NFC WILD CARD: RAMS at CAROLINA PANTHERS
  When: 1:30 p.m. PT Saturday
  Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.
  TV/Radio: FOX (Ch. 11)/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 225, 226
  Line: Rams by 10.5
  Notable injury designations
  Rams: OUT: RG Kevin Dotson (ankle), WR Jordan Whittington (knee); QUESTIONABLE: TE Terrance Ferguson (hamstring), CB Josh Wallace (ankle).
  Panthers: QUESTIONABLE: OG Rob Hunt (biceps), OG Chandler Zavala (calf).
  What’s at stake?&n
  
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• Chevron could see $700 million-a-year boost from Venezuelan oil

  09-01-2026 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Crowley
  (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. could grow its cash flow by as much as $700 million a year from increasing oil production in Venezuela as the Trump administration seeks to control the South American country’s crude supplies, one analyst says.
  Chevron, the only US oil major currently operating in Venezuela, has a “differentiated opportunity among peers to increase production,” Jason Gabelman, an analyst at TD Cowen wrote in a note Friday. Its efforts could add be
  
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• South Carolina measles outbreak grows by nearly 100, spreads to North Carolina and Ohio

  09-01-2026 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press Health Writer
  South Carolina’s measles outbreak exploded into one of the worst in the U.S., with state health officials confirming 99 new cases in the past three days.
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, Jan. 9, 2026

  09-01-2026 21:05 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 9, 2026.
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• A use-of-force review board clears the officer who fatally shot Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn child

  09-01-2026 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A use-of-force review board cleared the Ohio police officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, according to a statement from the police department’s chief released this week.
  The five-member review board, empaneled by Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford, found that Officer Connor Grubb did not violate department policy when he fatally shot Young on Au
  
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• USC loses both starting tight ends as Walker Lyons chooses BYU

  09-01-2026 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Former USC starting tight end Walker Lyons has committed to BYU.
  Lyons posted a photo of himself as a toddler in a BYU jersey on his Instagram with the caption “locked in” on Friday morning, officially announcing the move.
  He will join his younger brother, Ryder, who committed to the Cougars in December as a quarterback.
  USC often deployed two tight ends in 12-personnel formations this season, making Lyons and Lake McRee valuable assets on offense. Lyons ended the season with 20 rece
  
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• No flag, anthem or parade: An isolated Winter Olympics beckons for Russian athletes

  09-01-2026 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAVEL BEDNYAKOV and JAMES ELLINGWORTH
  TERSKOL, Russia (AP) — Every time Nikita Filippov races, it’s an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so.
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• Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in Anaheim is extradited from Mexico

  09-01-2026 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend to death in Anaheim in 2017 has been extradited from Mexico after spending nearly eight years as a fugitive, Orange County prosecutors said on Friday, Jan. 9.
  Humberto Rodriguez Martinez, 39, returned to the United States early last month and is facing special-circumstances murder charges for the killing of Daniel Reyes, 32, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
  Martinez is accused of waiting for Reyes o
  
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• What to know about biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

  09-01-2026 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARTHA BELLISLE
  Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with precision rifle shooting. The sport, which originated from military training exercises in Scandinavia, is a real crowd-pleaser filled with tension and drama. Here’s what to know about biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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• Glitter, grit and the 50-km grind: What to know about cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

  09-01-2026 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEREK GATOPOULOS
  Cross-country skiing, the rugged grandfather of snow competition, will give its brightest stars a defining stage at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
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• Meet the ‘unsung hero’ who helped Walt Disney build Disneyland

  09-01-2026 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A retired Navy admiral who oversaw the construction of Disneyland and helped Walt Disney build what many regarded as a fool’s folly emerges as the unsung hero of a new documentary film about the birth of the Anaheim theme park.
  The new “Disneyland Handcrafted” documentary by filmmaker Leslie Iwerks on the one-year blitz to create the first Disney theme park will debut Jan. 22 on YouTube and the Disney+ streaming service.
  The blue carpet premiere of “Disneyland Handcrafted
  
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• Ski jumping overshadowed by cheating scandal after Norway caught tampering with uniforms

  09-01-2026 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN MELLEY
  Ski jumping is no fashion contest, but there will be nearly as much scrutiny on what jumpers wear at the Winter Olympics as the form of their flight and the distance they travel.
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• What to know about Nordic combined and its Olympic future

  09-01-2026 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN MELLEY
  Nordic combined, the only Olympic sport that bars women from competition, dates to the original Winter Games but may not survive beyond the Milan Cortina competition.
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