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• Relocating elsewhere

  19-09-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I’ve been following the potential move of Amazon to Orange County. Last week, the city of Irvine was the potential landing spot for the new headquarters, but this week the Inland Empire is getting the nod.
  Having been a 50-year Orange County resident, my bet is nobody from Amazon is going to look forward to living in Barstow or Victorville. The executives are looking at houses in Irvine, Mission Viejo or Newport Beach, while the workers are destined for apartments in the outlying areas of
  
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• Potente wins San Felipe Stakes thriller for Bob Baffert

  08-03-2026 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — It was exhilarating. It was disappointing. For Bob Baffert, the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday had all the ups and downs of a Kentucky Derby campaign wrapped up in one race.
  Potente, the latest 3-year-old prospect to pop onto the scene for Baffert, took a huge leap forward to win the Grade II San Felipe in only his second start, with jockey Juan Hernandez timing his rally to beat long shot Robusta by a head.
  Brant, the colt Baffert and most bettors thought would cli
  
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• $40 million sought by family of Downey man stabbed to death outside library

  08-03-2026 04:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The family of a Downey man who was fatally stabbed as he charged the battery of his car outside the city library has filed a claim against the city seeking $40 million in damages.
  Reinaldo Jesus Lefonts, 68, was charging his Tesla at an EV station outside the Downey City Library on the morning of Sept. 13, 2025 when he was allegedly stabbed by Giovanni Navarro, a homeless man who had been convicted 28 times for various offenses including brandishing a weapon, attempted burglary, criminal threats
  
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• British Isles, Diego Herrera score upset in Santa Anita Handicap

  08-03-2026 04:02 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — The Santa Anita Handicap was watered down by scratches this time. The reactions of the people around upset winner,  British Isles, though, lived up to the race’s rich history.
  Diego Herrera, a 21-year-old Inglewood native who rode his first Grade I winner beyond the quarter-horse world, said, “I don’t even have words” to describe how he felt.
  Richard Baltas, who added a second win in the race to his one with Idol in 2021, sounded as if he couldn&rsquo
  
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• Reenactors bring American Revolution to life just as the United States turns 250

  08-03-2026 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  As the United States turns 250, experience a reenactment of some of the events that helped win the American Revolution.
  The Huntington Beach Historical Society is hosting a weekend of living history, with historians and storytellers bringing the revolution and fight for American independence to life. The event concludes Sunday, March 8.
  Seven-year-old Sean Huerta and his father, Brian, dress as members of the Indigenous Mohawk Nation during Huntington Beach Historical Society’s American Re
  
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• L.A. canyon home burns, tree falls on railroad tracks in Anaheim as Santa Ana winds kick up

  08-03-2026 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Gusty Santa Ana winds are expected to kick up again Sunday morning, March 8, raising concerns about fires, downed trees, power outages and hazardous travel for high-profile vehicles, forecasters said.
  On Saturday, a fire raged at a three-story, hillside home in Laurel Canyon, where over 100 firefighters extinguished the blaze in the main house, the exterior of an adjacent building and surrounding vegetation in one hour and 13 minutes, LAFD said in a news release. No injuries were reported.
  In An
  
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• Dodgers’ Andy Pages aims higher after World Series heroics

  08-03-2026 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two outs. Bases loaded. Bottom of the ninth. Game 7 of the World Series.
  Andy Pages stepped into a fantasy and walked out a hero.
  In the dream, of course, the victor is on offense, tossing away the bat with one arm raised. Pages made the scenario his own by pulling off an implausible catch in the most riveting of moments against the Toronto Blue Jays, while extending the 2025 MLB season into extra innings.
  The image of Pages making the catch, as Kiké Hernandez abso
  
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• Gang member sentenced to time served for role in Anaheim killing in 2020

  08-03-2026 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A convicted gang member was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison, or time already served awaiting trial, for his part in the gang-related shooting of a 20-year-old man near the entrance of an Anaheim hotel 5 1/2 years ago.
  Danny Rey Quintana, 29, pleaded guilty Jan. 22 to participating in gang activity and assault with a deadly weapon with a sentencing enhancement for gang activity. As part of a plea  deal, a count of murder with a special-circumstances allegation of gan
  
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• Angels split games against the Brewers, Athletics

  08-03-2026 01:03 via ocregister.com
  
  THE GAMES: The Angels split a pair of games on Saturday, losing 7-1 to the Milwaukee Brewers in Tempe, Ariz., and beating the A’s 3-0 in Las Vegas.
  PITCHING REPORT: In Tempe, right-hander Grayson Rodriguez gave up four runs in 3⅔ innings, allowing three hits and walking two. “Fastball location was bad,” Rodriguez said. “Got a little wild there in the second. I wasn’t able to throw strikes. A lot of big-leaguers in that lineup, so obviously they’re going
  
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• Families with missing loved ones like Nancy Guthrie face ambiguous loss

  08-03-2026 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By ED WHITE
  Lynette Pino watched in February as news about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie seemed endless. But she decided she didn’t want to get consumed by it.
  Pino has something in common with NBC “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie’s family: Her son, Darian Nevayaktewa, remains missing, too, nearly 18 years after leaving home before a new school year to see his father in Arizona.
  A banner with notes from hundreds of well-wishers and an image of Nancy Guthrie, the miss
  
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• At least 25 dead in Kenya after heavy rain brings flash floods and flight disruption to Nairobi

  08-03-2026 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 25 people have died after flash flooding in the Kenyan capital caused flight disruption and left motorists stranded for hours.
  George Seda, the police chief in Nairobi, said some of the victims were drowned and others were electrocuted. He warned that the death toll may rise as search and rescue operations continue.
  Volunteers retrieve the body of a man from a car after heavy rains in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, March 7

  08-03-2026 00:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, March 7
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  BASEBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Santa Ana 4, Santiago 1
  Santa Ana: Iglesias 2-3, BB, SB. Zamago BB, 2HBP, R. Soto (W, 5IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 5K). Centeno (2IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB
  
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• USWNT’s Alyssa Thompson scores late to secure SheBelieves Cup

  08-03-2026 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  HARRISON, N.J. — Former Angel City FC star Alyssa Thompson scored in the 82nd minute to break a scoreless stalemate and the United States defeated Colombia 1-0 on Saturday to win the SheBelieves Cup.
  It was the eighth consecutive shutout for the United States, which hasn’t allowed a goal since a 3-1 victory over Portugal in October. It was also the U.S. team’s eighth overall victory in the SheBelieves Cup tournament, now in its 11th year.
  Earlier in the day at Sports Illustrate
  
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• Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in war in the Middle East

  08-03-2026 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By SEUNG MIN KIM and JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON
  DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East.
  The dignified transfer, a ritual that returns the remains of U.S. service members killed in action, is considered one of the most somber duties of any commander in chief. During his first term, Trump said bearing witness to the transfer was
  
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• Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels

  08-03-2026 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, JOSHUA GOODMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels as his administration looks to demonstrate it remains committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere even while dealing with five-alarm crises around the globe.
  Trump encouraged regional leaders gathered at his Miami-area golf club to take military act
  
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• John Carlson sees Ducks as ‘an exciting proposition’

  07-03-2026 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM –– Buying at the trade deadline and sitting in first place may feel foreign to Ducks fans that have come along in the past few years.
  But they’re quite familiar concepts to the newest member of the flock.
  Since defenseman John Carlson entered the NHL in 2009-10, his Washington Capitals had the second most wins and second most points of any franchise behind the Boston Bruins. They also placed fifth in playoff games played and won their division nine times in 16 seasons.
  
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• Lakers thriving as Luka Doncic and Jaxson Hayes connect

  07-03-2026 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — One of the keys to getting the Lakers over their road bump, overcoming a 14-19 record against teams better than .500 as the postseason looms in the horizon, might be the player combinations on the court.
  Since the All-Star break, one of those duos that Lakers coach JJ Redick had turned to is star Slovenian guard Luka Doncic and backup center Jaxson Hayes.
  It’s not just that Hayes has recorded a team-high 9.4 in the plus-minus since the break – guiding the frontcou
  
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• Saks Fifth Avenue closing in OC, Palm Desert, Neiman Marcus closing in Canoga Park

  07-03-2026 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Luxury retailer Saks Global is closing several of its Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus stores nationwide as part of a brand restructuring, including three Southern California locations.
  The Saks Fifth Avenue stores at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa and The Gardens on El Paseo in Palm Desert will close, as will the Neiman Marcus store at 6550 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Canoga Park, the company said Friday.
  “These actions are designed to advance Saks Global’s transformation with a foc
  
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• No. 2 UCLA women top No. 11 Ohio State to reach Big Ten Tournament final

  07-03-2026 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The top-seeded UCLA women’s basketball team never felt pressure Saturday.
  On multiple occasions, fifth-seeded Ohio State would cut the deficit to single digits. It didn’t matter.
  The Bruins, ranked second in the country, would punch back on all of the Buckeyes’ momentum en route to a 72-62 victory in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals as they search for a second consecutive conference championship.
  The win was UCLA’s 24th consecutive and extended its p
  
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• License plate found at San Bernardino hit-and-run leads police to DUI suspect

  07-03-2026 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A license plate found at the scene of a Saturday morning hit-and-run in San Bernardino that critically injured a woman led police to the suspect’s home, where he admitted to the alleged crime before his arrest, police said.
  Police responded to a call at the intersection of Marshall Boulevard and D Street at 12:50 a.m. on March 7, where they found a woman lying in the roadway. She was taken to a hospital and reported to be in critical condition Saturday, said Lt. Christopher Gray of the San
  
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• Ducks’ wait for John Carlson continues as homestand finally ends

  07-03-2026 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM –– The Ducks will close their nine-game stretch at home but won’t open the John Carlson era against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
  It’s the longest homestand in the NHL this season in terms of games played and time elapsed, having extended across the Olympic break to encompass 36 days.
  Carlson’s new beginning was an even longer time coming. His 17 years as a Washington Capital came to an end after midnight Eastern Time on Friday, sending him westward.
  He arr
  
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• Gas up 17.7 cents in Orange County for biggest 1-day hike since 2012

  07-03-2026 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County shot up 17.5 cents on Saturday, March 7, to $5.165, the largest one-day increase since the record 19.2-cent spike of Oct. 5, 2012.
  The Los Angeles County average price, which rose 11 cents on Friday, is the highest it’s been since May 20, 2024. It is 47.1 cents more than one week ago, 66 cents more than one month ago and 44.6 cents more than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Infor
  
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• Gas up 17.5 cents in LA County for biggest 1-day hike since 2012

  07-03-2026 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County shot up 17.5 cents on Saturday, March 7, to $5.165, the largest one-day increase since the record 19.2-cent spike of Oct. 5, 2012.
  The Los Angeles County average price, which rose 11 cents on Friday, is the highest it’s been since May 20, 2024. It is 47.1 cents more than one week ago, 66 cents more than one month ago and 44.6 cents more than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Infor
  
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• Angels have high hopes for prospect Lucas Ramirez, who hit 2 HRs in WBC

  07-03-2026 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Lucas Ramirez has spent the week trying to prove the prospect analysts wrong.
  Ramirez, the son of longtime big-league slugger Manny Ramírez, has not even been ranked among the top 30 prospects in an Angels system that is considered one of the worst in baseball.
  But this week, Ramirez has been playing for Brazil in the World Baseball Classic. He hit a homer against Jacob deGrom in an exhibition against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, and then he hit two homers against
  
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• Postal supervisor in Costa Mesa who stole $300,000 in checks, gold, currency gets 1 year of house arrest

  07-03-2026 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A U.S. Postal Service supervisor who worked in Costa Mesa was sentenced to a year of home confinement in federal court on Friday for stealing checks worth about $284,000 and other goods worth up to $40,000.
  Joivian Tijuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, supervised the Costa Mesa post office on Adams Avenue when she was accused of stealing mail, according to federal prosecutors. Hayes pleaded guilty Feb. 7, 2025, to one count of mail by a postal service employee and one count of unlawful transfer, posses
  
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• 150 year anniversary: A look at how the telephone changed the world

  07-03-2026 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Dialing up history
  The patent for the telephone turns 150 today, the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876.
  Before the phone: One of the earliest ways to communicate outside of mail was the telegraph, invented by Samuel Morse in 1837. The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication by transmitting messages in Morse code over wires. It required skilled operators to encode and decode.
  1876 – The very first telephone was developed. Two inventors, Alexander Graham Bel
  
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• Rams place CB Darious Williams on reserve/retired list

  07-03-2026 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Rams cornerback Darious Williams is calling it a career after eight seasons, as the team announced Saturday it had placed the veteran on the reserve/retired list.
  Williams, 32, signed with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He enjoyed two stints with the Rams from 2018-2021 and 2024-2025, with two years with his hometown Jacksonville Jaguars in between.
  He was a starter for the Rams in 2021, including in Super Bowl LVI. He combined for eight tackles and one pass deflection in that 23
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Feb. 26-March 5)

  07-03-2026 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Feb. 26 to March 5.
  KoKo Chicken & B.B.Q, 5511 Orangethorpe Ave., La PalmaClosed: March 5
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: March 6Food sales at Lucky Strike, 400 Disney Way, AnaheimClosed: March 5
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: March 6Sebastiani’s Italian Bistro, 6078 Warner Ave., Huntington BeachClosed: March 4
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: March 5Kim N
  
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• German shepherd Levi needs an active owner

  07-03-2026 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: German shepherd
  Age: 1 year
  Sex: Neutered male
  Size: Should be around 90 pounds when full-grown in about 6 months
  Levi’s story: Levi is a big, strong powerhouse of a boy. He needs someone who likes to run or otherwise engage a dog in games and training that will help him learn about the world and give him a job to do. Otherwise, he will make his own entertainment, and it’s best that his new family help him do the right thing. He would do best with an owner who has the strength
  
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• Shohei Ohtani shines again for Japan in World Baseball Classic

  07-03-2026 17:29 via ocregister.com
  
  TOKYO — Defending champion Japan hit four home runs – two by Chicago Cubs slugger Seiya Suzuki – to beat South Korea 8-6 on Saturday and stay undefeated in Pool C of the World Baseball Classic.
  Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox also homered for Japan. Ohtani’s homer followed his grand slam Friday in a 13-0 win over Taiwan.
  Both teams showed more power than pitching, particularly in the first four innings in a slugfest as the two combine
  
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