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• Recruiting: Orange County swimming standouts commit

  31-10-2017 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  With the early signing period rapidly approaching next week, several of Orange County’s top swimmers continue to commit to four-year schools.
  The Irvine Novaquatics have been the busiest announcing their recruiting news. Here is the club’s latest:
  Rising Calvary Chapel senior Andrew Koustik has committed to Texas, following the Novaquatics’ legacy of Aaron Peirsol, who starred for the Longhorns. Koustik captured the 200-yard freestyle at the CIF-SS Division 2 finals last season
  
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• Tesoro boys basketball earns big win on the road against San Juan Hills

  15-01-2026 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — The last time Tesoro’s boys basketball team stepped into the gym at San Juan Hills, it left with a 42-point loss.
  Tesoro came away with a much better outcome Wednesday, as the visiting Titans beat San Juan Hills 62-58 in a South Coast League game.
  The Titans (19-3, 2-0) are tied with San Clemente atop the South Coast League standings. San Juan Hills (12-9, 2-1) is in third place.
  “Any road win in the South Coast League is awesome,” Tesoro coach
  
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• Kawhi Leonard, Clippers turn back Wizards for 4th straight win

  15-01-2026 07:25 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Clippers’ turnaround from being a 6-21 team to now has been linked to Coach Tyronn Lue’s challenge of finishing the season above .500. He told the team that their goal should be to go 35-20 the rest of the season.
  That was in mid-December. At the same time, the team took a hard look at its defense and came away with a renewed focus on locking down opponents.
  The Clippers needed every bit of defensive effort to take another step closer to their goal with an uncom
  
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• Mater Dei boys soccer solidifies first-place standing with win over JSerra

  15-01-2026 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Mater Dei won the Trinity League boys soccer championship two seasons ago. JSerra won it last season and three seasons ago.
  It looks like it’s Mater Dei’s turn to win it this season.
  Mater Dei defeated JSerra 1-0 in a league game Wednesday at JSerra High.
  Santiago Schelotto scored the game’s only goal three minutes into the first half.
  The Monarchs (10-0 overall, 4-0 in league) are ranked No. 1 in the Orange County Top 10.
  Servite is in second place
  
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• Kings tie it late before losing to Golden Knights in OT

  15-01-2026 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Kings teased the crowd on hand and stole a point but stumbled 25 seconds into overtime, slipping in a 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena.
  The Kings have dropped four of their past five games and 12 of their past 17.
  They entered – and exited – the game buoyed by “pity points,” as captain Anže Kopitar has described them. Only three teams have accumulated fewer wins and only one has compiled fewer in regu
  
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• Trent Perry’s career night propels UCLA past Penn State

  15-01-2026 05:40 via ocregister.com
  
  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Trent Perry is picking up the slack for the UCLA basketball team.
  Perry scored a career-high 30 points, Tyler Bilodeau added 21 and UCLA rolled to a 71-60 victory over Penn State on Wednesday night.
  Perry, again upping his game in the absence of teammate Skyy Clark, made four 3-pointers, shot 7 for 13 from the field and made all 12 of his free-throw attempts in surpassing his previous career best of 17 points. Bilodeau also hit four 3-pointers and made 7 of 13 field
  
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• Rice, Betts lead No. 3 UCLA women past Minnesota for 10th straight win

  15-01-2026 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Kiki Rice had 25 points on 8-for-9 shooting and Lauren Betts posted her third straight double-double, leading the third-ranked UCLA women’s basketball team past Minnesota, 76-58, on Wednesday night.
  Betts staved off early foul trouble to finish with 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Bruins (16-1 overall, 6-0 Big Ten) stayed unbeaten in conference play and pushed their winning streak to 10 straight games. Their only loss was to No. 4 Texas in Las Vegas on Nov. 26.
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Jan. 14

  15-01-2026 03:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Jan. 14
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  ACADEMY LEAGUE
  Western Christian 72, Acaciawood 7
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  NONLEAGUE
  Newport Harbor 20, Wilson/Long Beach 13
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  Huntingto
  
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• Servite soccer makes the most of early goal in win over St. John Bosco

  15-01-2026 03:55 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — A goal from Servite’s Fabian Estrada in the seventh minute wound up being the only goal of the contest as the Friars defeated St. John Bosco 1-0 in a Trinity League boys soccer match Wednesday at Servite High School.
  The goal came off a corner kick from Servite’s Nico Pacelli, who placed the kick in front of the goal. The Friars’ Gregg Gonzalez tried to head the ball into the net. Braves goalkeeper Andrew Gonzalez leaped high to make a stop, but Estrada ran
  
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• Federal officer shot person in leg after being attacked with a shovel during Minneapolis arrest, AP source says

  15-01-2026 03:39 via ocregister.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officer shot person in leg after being attacked with a shovel during Minneapolis arrest, AP source says.
  
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• San Juan Hills’ Robert Frith credits firefighter with saving his life

  15-01-2026 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSan Juan Hills football coach Robert Frith is feeling grateful and raising awareness about emergency medical training after he survived a sudden cardiac arrest incident last month because of an undiagnosed heart condition.
  Frith, 48, collapsed while playing pickleball on Dec. 19 in San Clemente and received what he describes as “life-saving care” from an off-duty Orange County Fire Authority f
  
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• San Juan Hills football coach Robert Frith credits firefighter for saving his life

  15-01-2026 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSan Juan Hills football coach Robert Frith is feeling grateful and raising awareness about emergency medical training after he survived a sudden cardiac arrest incident last month because of an undiagnosed heart condition.
  Frith, 48, collapsed while playing pickleball on Dec. 19 in San Clemente and received what he describes as “life-saving care” from an off-duty Orange County Fire Authority f
  
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• Long Beach man arrrested, accused of pimping out a 17-year-old girl found at an Anaheim motel

  15-01-2026 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — A 33-year-old Long Beach man arrested in Orange County by a human trafficking task force has been charged with multiple felony counts following an investigation that led to the rescue of a 17-year-old victim from an Anaheim motel, officials announced Wednesday.
  Investigators with the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip on Jan. 8 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about the 17-year-old possibly being the victim of human trafficking.
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• Michael Gates touts tough-on-crime platform in bid for state attorney general

  15-01-2026 02:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Gates, the long-time former Huntington Beach city attorney, has entered the race for California’s attorney general with a tough-on-crime platform, vowing to enact stronger protections for police, restore local control to city governments and tackle homelessness with “not excuses,” but enforcement.
  Gates officially declared his candidacy on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Huntington Beach Pier, in front of more than 100 supporters and city leaders. The announcement sets
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026

  15-01-2026 02:08 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 Thursday, January 15, 2025.
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• Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators getting their message out

  15-01-2026 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID RISING
  BANGKOK (AP) — Iranian demonstrators’ ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent the Tehran government’s strongest attempt ever to prevent information from spilling outside its borders, activists said Wednesday.
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• DOJ asks LA judge to pause new law banning masks on federal officers

  15-01-2026 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday, Jan. 14, heard arguments but made no immediate ruling in the Trump administration’s bid to overturn new laws banning federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to show identification while conducting operations in California.
  The laws, passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, came in the wake of the Trump administration’s illegal immigration raids in Southern California in the summer, during which masked, unidentifie
  
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• Public mistrust linked to drop in deceased donor organ donations and kidney transplants

  15-01-2026 01:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURAN NEERGAARD
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Organ donations from the recently deceased dropped last year for the first time in over a decade, resulting in fewer kidney transplants, according to an analysis issued Wednesday that pointed to signs of public mistrust in the lifesaving system.
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• California’s scenic Highway 1 near Big Sur reopens 3 years after damaging landslides

  15-01-2026 01:31 via ocregister.com
  
  BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A 90-mile section of California’s Highway 1 along the famous Big Sur coast fully reopened Wednesday after three years of closures and repairs following a series of landslides and a roadway collapse that hampered tourism on the scenic route.
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• ‘No reasonable explanation’ for Homeland Security officer shooting Santa Ana protester in the face, blinding an eye, expert says

  15-01-2026 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A Department of Homeland Security officer’s decision to shoot a protester directly in the face with a less than lethal projectile from point blank range — blinding the demonstrator’s left eye — goes directly against how law enforcement should be trained to use such weaponry, a veteran police expert said on Wednesday.
  Video of the protester — who family members have identified as 21-year-old Kaden Rummler — being shot in the face by a federal officer with a les
  
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• Rams RG Kevin Dotson pushing ankle in effort to play against Bears

  15-01-2026 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kevin Dotson has never been one to sit on the sidelines for the Rams. The right guard has pushed through a lot of injuries during his three seasons with the franchise, often hobbling around the locker room before crushing down on defensive linemen on Sundays.
  So to sit out the past three games with an ankle sprain, particularly last weekend’s playoff victory over the Carolina Panthers, was no small thing for Dotson.
  “Even the last game really it hurt me to not be
  
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• USC QB Husan Longstreet transfers to LSU, will play for Lane Kiffin

  15-01-2026 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Husan Longstreet, the former Corona Centennial star who spent one season at USC as its backup quarterback, is headed to LSU to play for Lane Kiffin.
  Longstreet announced that he had signed with the Tigers in a social media post shared Wednesday afternoon after reportedly visiting LSU on Saturday.
  Kiffin, a former USC assistant and head coach, drew the college football world’s attention when he made the controversial decision to leave Ole Miss to take a head coaching job with the Tigers. He
  
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• New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations

  15-01-2026 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIFFANY STANLEY and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of tightening immigration restrictions, the Department of Homeland Security is attempting to make it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve their U.S. congregations with less disruption.
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• Lakers coach JJ Redick defends ‘remarkable’ LeBron James amid criticism

  15-01-2026 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Within minutes of wrapping up a dominating victory, LeBron James was in an ice bath on Tuesday night, soaking his taxed muscles. It was the final piece of a game-day routine that would ensure the Lakers’ 41-year-old star will be ready to play the next game.
  “He’s going to do everything he possibly can to play,” Coach JJ Redick said. “His 23rd year. It’s remarkable. His competitive stamina is off the charts.”
  James had been listed
  
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• Alexander: Ross Porter’s interview archive, in book form

  15-01-2026 00:39 via ocregister.com
  
  There are times, hard as it might be for some of our loved ones to believe, that being a pack rat has its benefits. (Trust me. I speak from experience.)
  Ross Porter ran into that a while back. He had kept 217 recorded videos with sports figures, dating to his days as the nightly sports anchor at KNBC-TV and encompassing his 28 years as a member of the Dodgers’ broadcast team.
  A few years ago – “I think it was 2021,” he said in a Zoom session this week – he received
  
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• Recalled ‘Super Greens’ diet supplement powder sickens 45 with salmonella

  15-01-2026 00:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONEL ALECCIA
  At least 45 people in nearly two dozen states have been sickened with salmonella food poisoning tied to a brand of “super greens” diet supplement powder, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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• Renaming the Department of Defense the ‘Department of War’ could cost up to $125 million

  15-01-2026 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War could cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $125 million depending on how broadly and quickly the change is made, according to an analysis released Wednesday from the Congressional Budget Office.
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• Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated

  15-01-2026 00:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE STOBBE
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers.
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• Carlsbad homeowner fighting multimillion-dollar fine over beach access, pickleball court

  14-01-2026 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Deborah Brennan | CalMatters
  Carlsbad homeowner John Levy’s lawsuit against the Coastal Commission disputes penalties over two locked gates, native vegetation, a wedding site and pickleball court. It also challenges the commission’s authority to exact multi-million dollar fines without judicial review.
  The commission, which protects public access and environmental quality in the Coastal Zone, a strip of land that follows California’s shoreline, accused Levy of blocking publ
  
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• How long will this nice summer-like weather last?

  14-01-2026 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Summer-like weather has been lingering across Southern California in recent days — but will it stick around?
  Temperatures in Orange County’s inland areas on Wednesday, Jan. 14, were about 15 degrees higher than the average, reaching into the mid-80s, and were about 10 degrees higher than normal along the coast, said National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Steward.
  Recent windy conditions that brought warm weather in recent days will ease up heading into the weekend, with a marine
  
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