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• Senate Bill 2 is the wrong way to create a police decertification process

  13-06-2021 05:26 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s no problem so terrible that the California Legislature cannot find a way to make it worse.
  That’s the story of Senate Bill 2, a legislative effort to create a process for decertifying problem law enforcement officers. California is one of only four states that doesn’t have a decertification system, and there’s a broad consensus, even among law enforcement unions, that this should be remedied.
  But leave it to the California Legislature to turn a police reform bill
  
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• Pacifica softball ‘ready’ for playoffs after defeating Capistrano Valley in regular-season finale

  27-04-2024 05:26 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE — Pitching, check. Defense, sharp. Offense, fast and opportunistic.
  Pacifica’s softball team flashed those winning qualities Friday in defeating visiting Capistrano Valley 5-1 in a clash of reigning CIF-SS champions bound for the Division 1 playoffs.
  With the postseason set to start next week, it was just the type of performance the reigning Division 1 champion Mariners wanted.
  Capistrano Valley’s Quinn Southerland slides into home in the top of the sixth inning, s
  
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• Rams select RB Blake Corum in 3rd round of NFL draft

  27-04-2024 04:48 via ocregister.com
  
  HERMOSA BEACH — The Rams selected Michigan running back Blake Corum in the third round of the NFL draft on Friday night.
  Using the 83rd overall pick, the Rams addressed a need that head coach Sean McVay had spoken about since the owners’ meeting in March. The Rams needed a dependable backup for starting running back Kyren Williams after last season’s breakout star dealt with multiple injuries, including an ankle sprain that cost him four games.
  Corum, 23, rushed 258 times for 1
  
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• Grace Kim opens 4-stroke lead at Wilshire Country Club

  27-04-2024 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGLES — Grace Kim opened a four-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship, shooting a 5-under-par 66 in tricky afternoon conditions at Wilshire Country Club.
  A stroke ahead after an opening 64, Kim had an eagle, four birdies and a bogey to get to 12-under 130. The 23-year-old Australian patiently worked her way around the tree-lined layup, trying not to get frustrated with the bumpy greens.
  “I think the less thoughts, the better,” Kim said. &ldqu
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, April 27, 2024

  27-04-2024 04:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
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• Stagecoach 2024: Lana Del Rey makes surprise appearance at Paul Cauthen’s set

  27-04-2024 04:13 via ocregister.com
  
  At the very end of Paul Cauthen’s Friday set at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, Cauthen surprised fans with a surprise duet with singer Lana Del Rey. 
  Del Rey, who’d been in Indio two weekends before for Coachella, where she was a headliner, came out with the “Cocaine Country Dancing” singer for a performance of The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody.”Lana Del Rey at the end of her ‘Unchained Melody’ performance with Paul Cauth
  
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• Shohei Ohtani responds to boos with home run as Dodgers pound Blue Jays

  27-04-2024 04:02 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO — Canadians are known to be good-natured, polite and just downright nice.
  They went a little off brand at Rogers Centre on Friday night, putting that aside to boo Shohei Ohtani like so many jilted lovers who stored up their animosity since December when false media reports gave them false hope that Ohtani would be starting a deeper, more meaningful relationship with them.
  Ohtani had a 360-foot response to the boos in his first at-bat, lining a home run into the right field sea
  
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• Garden Grove man gets life sentence for molesting boy

  27-04-2024 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  A 67-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 98 years to life in prison for molesting a boy from 1997 through 2001 in the Stanton area.
  Terry Lyn Myers of Garden Grove was convicted in February of five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and three counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a minor, all felonies.
  Myers began molesting the boy when he was about 9 years old, prosecutors said in a sentencing brief.
  At one point, Myers, who volunteered at various Orange County churches, sexually as
  
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• Angels’ Anthony Rendon to miss significant time with torn hamstring

  27-04-2024 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Anthony Rendon’s hamstring injury is not just some tightness that will resolve in a matter of weeks.
  The Angels’ oft-injured third baseman has a high grade partial tear of his left hamstring. The Angels had not provided detail on the severity of the injury until Friday because Rendon had sought further opinions after the initial diagnosis.
  Although the Angels won’t give a timetable, it’s going to be a matter of months. The team is still hoping that he&rsqu
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, April 26

  27-04-2024 03:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, April 26
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  FRIDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
  Ocean View 3, Katella 1
  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
  Northwood 6, Portola 1
  NONLEAGUE
  El Toro 2, Pacifica 1
  Whittier
  
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• Russian drones chase Abrams tanks from Ukraine front lines

  27-04-2024 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tara Copp | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack, two U.S. military officials told The Associated Press.
  The U.S. agreed to send 31 Abrams to Ukraine in January 2023 after an aggressive monthslong campaign by Kyiv arguing that the tanks, which cost about $10 million api
  
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• Dodgers’ Walker Buehler will make another rehab start in Triple-A

  27-04-2024 02:51 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO — Walker Buehler could take over the Triple-A Oklahoma City team lead in starts next week.
  The Dodgers have decided that Buehler needs one more rehab start before he is ready to join their starting rotation. Manager Dave Roberts said Buehler will start for OKC again on Tuesday – his sixth rehab start, fifth with OKC. Currently, no one has made more than four starts for OKC.
  Buehler has a 4.95 ERA in his first five rehab starts (including one two-inning outing with Class-A Ran
  
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• Photos: Westminster School District celebrates Olympics tradition with student athletes

  27-04-2024 02:36 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Students fromWarner Middle School move disks with a broom at the hockey station during the annual Special Olympics event held at Anderson Elementary School in Garden Grove on Friday, April 26, 2024. Teams comprising of approximately 40 students from across the district took part in events including: hockey, parachute toss, soccer, hopping and jumping jacks. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Students at Anderson Elementary School in Garden Grove hold signs as they chee
  
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• NFL draft: Rams trade up, take Florida State DT Braden Fiske in 2nd round

  27-04-2024 02:07 via ocregister.com
  
  HERMOSA BEACH — The Rams were not satisfied with one member of the Florida State defense after selecting Jared Verse in the first round on Thursday. To open the second day of the NFL draft, the Rams traded up to take Seminole defensive tackle Braden Fiske with the 39th overall pick in the second round.
  To move up 13 spots from No. 52, the Rams traded a 2024 fifth-round pick (No. 155) and their 2025 second-round selection to the Carolina Panthers.
  Fiske, 24, is a 6-foot-4, 292-pound pr
  
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• Stagecoach 2024: High-winds kick up dust and cowboy hats

  27-04-2024 02:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is back at the Empire Polo Club in Indio and its first day included some unusual weather for the three-day event, with high winds and cooler temperatures. Festivalgoers often experience hot and dry weather throughout the weekend.
  The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a windblown dust advisory on Thursday. The report warns that gusty winds are expected to cause periods of elevated particle pollution levels in the San Gorgonio Pass area and th
  
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• NFL draft: Chargers trade up to take WR Ladd McConkey in 2nd round

  27-04-2024 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — The Chargers got their wide receiver, after all.
  They traded up to select wide receiver Ladd McConkey out of the University of Georgia with the 34th selection in the NFL draft on Friday, swapping two picks with the New England Patriots. The Chargers got the 34th and 137th selections and sent the Patriots the 37th and 110th picks.
  McConkey will be a key addition to a thin wide receiver corps that lost veterans Keenan Allen and Mike Williams as salary cap casualties last month.
  
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• Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoids prison

  27-04-2024 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown | Associated Press
  BRIGHTON, Colo. — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison and was sentenced to 14 months in jail and probation on Friday in the Black man’s killing that helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests.
  Jeremy Cooper had faced up to three years in prison after being found guilty in a jury trial last year of criminally negligent homicide. He administered a dose of ketamine to McClain, 2
  
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• Tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

  27-04-2024 01:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By Josh Funk and Heather Hollingsworth | Associated Press
  OMAHA, Neb. — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn’t yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm.
  Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a cit
  
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• Lakers hoping they can flip the script, avoid being swept by Nuggets again

  27-04-2024 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Even though the details in each game of the first-round playoff series between the Lakers and the Denver Nuggets differ slightly, the bigger picture feels the same.
  The Lakers start strong with defensive intensity and pace in both the halfcourt and in transition, helping them get out to first-quarter leads and have an advantage at halftime. But then the Nuggets come roaring back en route to a victory.
  It happened in Game 1, a 114-103 Nuggets victory last weekend in Denver in w
  
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• VA Loma Linda blamed for serious staffing shortages at outpatient clinics

  27-04-2024 01:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The VA Loma Linda Healthcare System failed to provide oversight for a company that encountered serious staffing shortages after assuming management of five outpatient clinics in October 2021, forcing a staggering number of patients to be referred to outside physicians for care, according to a new federal report.
  The 40-page report, released this week by the VA’s Office of Inspector General, said that in 2022 VA Loma Linda made 992 referrals from its clinics in Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Mur
  
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• Anaheim’s resort-area buses get new solar-powered charging facility

  27-04-2024 00:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Anaheim Transportation Network, the transit agency that runs buses in the city’s resort district, on Friday opened the first-of-its-kind, solar-powered charging facility in the county to power its fleet of battery electric buses and vans.
  The charging hub, located east of the 5 Freeway off of South Claudina Street, expands the agency’s ability to charge its electric vehicles as its leaders plan to buy more in the coming years.
  “We’re extremely proud of it,” ATN
  
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• Wild ending to baseball’s regular season, now it’s time for CIF-SS playoffs

  27-04-2024 00:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The final week of the high school baseball regular season was a dramatic one.
  Now it’s on to the playoffs. The brackets for the eight CIF Southern Section playoff divisions will be released Monday at 10 a.m.
  Some basics on the baseball playoffs: teams are automatic qualifiers for the playoffs if they finish among the top two teams in a four-team league, top three in five- and six-team leagues, and top four in seven- and eight-team leagues; teams can apply for an at-large berth if their ove
  
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• Stagecoach 2024: See photos of musicians, fans from Day 1 of country festival

  27-04-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  From the music to the fans, here’s everything we say during Day 1 of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Friday, April 26.
  Riley Accurso, of San Diego, line dances at Diplo’s Honkytonk during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
  The L.A. Wranglers Dance Troupe performs at Diplo’s Honkytonk during the Stagecoach
  
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• Stagecoach 2024: Photos from Day 1 of the country music festival

  27-04-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Country music fans came from as close as Murrieta and as far away as Belgium to be part of Day 1 of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Festival goers, decked out in denim, cowboy hats and boots, showed off their line dancing expertise across the grounds.
  Here are photos of everything we saw during Day 1 of the sold out country music festival on Friday, April 26.
  Riley Accurso, of San Diego, line dances at Diplo’s Honkytonk during the Stagecoach Country
  
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• Chargers top draft pick Joe Alt makes an imposing first impression

  27-04-2024 00:18 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Joe Alt dwarfed the press room podium during his introductory news conference on Friday at the Chargers’ headquarters. He was nearly as tall as the powder blue backdrop with the team’s logo and its car sponsor splashed across it. His new lightning bolt cap barely fit atop his head.
  Standing 6-foot-9 and weighing 321 pounds, Alt was a commanding presence as he met with the Chargers’ coaching staff, toured the facility, spoke with reporters and posed for photos
  
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• Famed 125-mile Newport to Ensenada race brings legacy, competition and fun on the water

  27-04-2024 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The winds were strong, the weather favorable and the competition on the water was fierce for the iconic Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race.
  An estimated 146 boats departed from the start line off the Balboa Pier on Friday, April 26, for the 125-mile jaunt now in its 76th year. About 20 boats were signed up to do a shorter course that ends in San Diego.
  Sailboats gather near the Balboa Pier as they prepare to start the 76th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race in Newport Beach,
  
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• Mater Dei hires former college coach Jody Wynn as its girls basketball coach

  26-04-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei has hired Jody Wynn, a former collegiate coach with strong ties to the program and Orange County, as its new girls basketball coach.
  The Monarchs announced the hiring Friday. The former Long Beach State and Washington women’s basketball coach will replace Kevin Kiernan, who resigned after last season.
  Wynn, a former standout player at Brea Olinda, joined Kiernan’s staff this past sea
  
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• Mater Dei close to hiring former college coach Jody Wynn as girls basketball coach

  26-04-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei is close to ending its search for a new girls basketball coach.
  The replacement for Kevin Kiernan, who resigned after last season, will likely be former Brea Olinda High standout and ex-college coach Jody Wynn, who was an assistant for the Monarchs in 2023-24.
  Wynn previously was the head coach for the women’s basketball teams at Long Beach State and Washington.
  Wynn joined Kiernan’s
  
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• USC signs women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb to extension through 2030

  26-04-2024 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – As she watched proudly from the sidelines in Las Vegas in March, tears and confetti and hugs melding together on the postgame hardwood in one post-Pac-12-championship mishmash, JuJu Watkins’ mother Sari offered a definitive take on the coach who’d brought USC here.
  “I think Lindsay (Gottlieb),” Sari Watkins pondered, “is the best coach in the NCAA. Because she gives herself space to grow, and her approach is very open – in the development p
  
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• OCDE Superintendent Al Mijares announces retirement amid cancer diagnosis

  26-04-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  After 12 years of serving as the Orange County Department of Education’s superintendent, Al Mijares will retire at the end of June.
  Mijares announced his retirement on Friday, April 26, citing medical reasons and the advice of doctors. Only a few days ago, Mijares had said he was optimistic he would return to his job in August. He has been on medical leave since August 2023.
  “After extensive discussions with my medical team and my family, as well as considerable prayer, it has become
  
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