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• Storms topple famous sequoia

  09-01-2017 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  ARNOLD – A massive storm toppled a giant California sequoia famous for a drive-through hole carved into its trunk, causing fans of the mighty tree to mourn its loss.The tree shattered on impact when it went down Sunday, Calaveras Big Trees State...
  
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• Seahawks’ Sam Darnold wins 1st Super Bowl title in rout of Patriots

  09-02-2026 04:38 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Defense won this championship.
  Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl.
  Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers made all five of his field-goal tries.
  Former Narbonne High Gaucho and USC Trojans linebacker U
  
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• Jazzy Davidson, Kennedy Smith lead USC women to win at Illinois

  09-02-2026 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Behind career games from freshman Jazzy Davidson and sophomore Kennedy Smith, USC went on the road on Sunday and defeated Illinois 70-62 in a Big Ten Conference women’s game in Champaign, Illinois.
  Davidson had a career-best 27 points, plus eight rebounds and eight assists. Smith, from Etiwanda High, scored 20 points and had six blocked shots.
  Kara Dunn added 14 points, and Laura Williams had six points and 10 rebounds for the Trojans (15-9, 7-6).
  Smith scored seven in a 9-0 run to open th
  
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• Jazzy Davidson, Kennedy Smith lead USC women in win at Illinois

  09-02-2026 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Behind career games from freshman Jazzy Davidson and sophomore Kennedy Smith, USC went on the road on Sunday and defeated Illinois 70-62 in a Big Ten Conference women’s game in Champaign, Illinois.
  Davidson had a career-best 27 points, plus eight rebounds and eight assists. Smith, from Etiwanda High, scored 20 points and had six blocked shots.
  Kara Dunn added 14 points, and Laura Williams had six points and 10 rebounds for the Trojans (15-9, 7-6).
  Smith scored seven in a 9-0 run to open th
  
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• Man gets 15 years in prison for a fatal shooting in Santa Ana in 2022

  09-02-2026 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to 15 years in prison for a fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in Santa Ana.
  Alex Hernandez, who has been in custody since July 15, 2022, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a gun. As part of his plea deal, a murder charge with a sentencing enhancement for discharge of a gun causing death was dismissed.
  Hernandez pleaded guilty to killing Luis Garcia
  
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• Bicyclist killed by hit-and-run driver in Colton, police say

  09-02-2026 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A 27-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed in Colton early Friday, Feb. 6 by a motorist who fled the scene before officers arrived.
  That collision was reported around 4 a.m. at the intersection of Riverside Avenue and Key Street, according to a Colton Police statement.
  Details about the collision have not been released.
  A bicyclist — who is believed to have been struck by an unknown vehicle — was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have identified him as Sinahi Moises Garcia
  
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• Santa Anita win by Meaning caps super Sunday for Michael McCarthy

  09-02-2026 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — After being overmatched in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last fall, Meaning showed improvement and enjoyed some racing luck to turn the tables on Super Corredora and Explora in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday.
  Flavien Prat rode 3-year-old Meaning ($7.80) for the first time. Trainer Michael McCarthy won his third race of the afternoon and his second at the stakes level, a half-hour after 5-year-old Yellow Card ($8.40) and jockey Emisael Jaram
  
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• Winter Olympics: USA takes gold in team skate

  09-02-2026 00:50 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN — This time there would be no waiting.
  This time, they wouldn’t have to wait for the International Olympic Committee or the International Skating Union or the World Anti-Doping Agency to step up and do the right thing.
  This time Team USA could savor their moment, their golden moment, in the moment.
  Ilia Malinin, the two-time defending World champion, with a dramatic free skate, clinched Team USA’s successful defense of its Olympic team skating gold medal at the Milano Ice
  
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• 2 men killed in separate Santa Ana shootings on Saturday

  09-02-2026 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Two men were killed in separate shootings on Saturday, Feb. 7, Santa Ana police said.
  The shootings happened hours apart at different locations, leaving a total of two men dead and two people injured, Santa Ana police said in a news release Sunday. Authorities said one of the shootings appears to be gang-related.
  Officers responded around 11:10 p.m. to a shooting outside a house party in the 700 block of South Broadway. Upon arrival, they found three people with gunshot wounds in the roadway &md
  
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• Kawhi Leonard scores 41 to help Clippers rout slumping Timberwolves

  09-02-2026 00:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers center Brook Lopez looks on after fouling during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
  Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, left, goes up to shoot over Clippers guard Kris Dunn, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)
  Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (2) dribbles while Minnesota Timberwolves gu
  
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• UCLA women’s basketball holds off Michigan

  08-02-2026 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA guard Gianna Kneepkens, right, battles for the ball with Michigan guard Brooke Q. Daniels, left, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
  Michigan guard Olivia Olson (1) battles for the ball with UCLA guard Charlisse Leger-Walker, left, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
  Michigan head coach Kim Barnes Arico yells to her team from
  
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• Luke Kennard goes from LeBron James record breaker, to Lakers’ X-Factor in debut

  08-02-2026 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — There are very few hoopers that can claim to have outdone LeBron James.
  Luke Kennard is one of those few.
  Then playing for Franklin High (Cincinnati) on the Ohio high school basketball circuit, the future Duke guard scorched Brookville High on Feb. 6, 2015 for 44 points; a late-game 3-pointer securing him fourth place on the all-time scoring list in the state. Eleven years and two days ago, that triple – a shot Kennard has become known for across his career, making 44.2
  
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• California Republicans tilt at windmills over nonexistent mileage tax

  08-02-2026 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Republicans in California have a lot of time on their hands. They’re in the superminority in both chambers of the Legislature, which means not a single Republican vote is needed to get anything done. As a result, they—and their staff—have a major incentive to act out for attention.
  Case in point is the recent social media craze about a coming mileage tax.
  “California already has the highest gas taxes in the nation—now politicians want to track how far you drive,&rdq
  
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• ‘Take the vaccine, please,’ a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise

  08-02-2026 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT BROWN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.
  “Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. “We have a solution for our problem.”
  
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• Arenas scores 11 of his 24 in final 4 minutes leading USC at Penn State

  08-02-2026 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Alijah Arenas scored 11 of his 24 points in the final four minutes, including the go-ahead basket with 0.7 seconds left, to help USC beat Penn State 77-75 on Sunday.
  Freddie Dilione V made a layup for Penn State that tied it at 75-all with 12 seconds remaining. After USC called timeout to move the ball into the front court, Arenas took the inbounds pass, worked his way to the right block and kissed a layup high off the glass to cap the scoring.
  Kam Woods had 13 point
  
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• Gaza’s Rafah crossing opens after 2-day closure as Palestinians claim delays and mistreatment

  08-02-2026 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN
  CAIRO (AP) — A limited number of Palestinians traveled between Gaza and Egypt on Sunday as the Rafah crossing reopened after a two-day closure, Egyptian state media reported.
  The vital border point opened last week for the first time since mid-2024, one of the main requirements for the U.S.-backed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The crossing was closed Friday and Saturday because of confusion around operations.
  The Palestinian Red Crescent said 17 medic
  
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• FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show

  08-02-2026 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, DAVID B. CARUSO and LARRY NEUMEISTER
  NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people.
  But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an Associa
  
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• Voters are worried about the cost of housing. But Trump wants home prices to keep climbing

  08-02-2026 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to keep home prices high, bypassing calls to ramp up construction so people can afford what has been a ticket to the middle class.
  Trump has instead argued for protecting existing owners who have watched the values of their homes climb. It’s a position that flies in the face of what many economists, the real estate industry, local officials and apartment dwellers say is needed to fix a big chunk of America’s affordabil
  
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• Apps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland

  08-02-2026 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMES BROOKS
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland.
  The creator of the “Made O’Meter” app, Ian Rosenfeldt, said he saw around 30,000 downloads of the free app in just three days at the height of the trans-Atlantic diplomatic crisis in late J
  
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• Los Angeles plays a starting role as season 4 of ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ launches

  08-02-2026 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  With the city of Los Angeles serving as not just a background but as the heart of the show, season 4 of Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” series kicked off Feb. 5 and viewers can expect to see local landmarks play a starting role while the show’s star goes through some challenging times.
  It’s all based on the bestselling novels by renowned author Michael Connelly.
  “It’s really a love letter to L.A. because Michael’s novels are in some ways a love lett
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday, February 8, 2026

  08-02-2026 18:12 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 Sunday, February 8, 2026.
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• Ducks’ Jackson LaCombe brings new confidence to Team USA at Olympics

  08-02-2026 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — When Jackson LaCombe sat in the locker room on his first day of training camp in 2023, he had all the not-so-commanding presence of a gangly teenager holding up the wall at a high-school dance.
  That was reflected on the ice for much of his first season, too, when the murmurs were many.
  Was he an ‘alpha’? Should he have spent a year in the minors between college and the NHL? Would he get lost amid a crop of higher-profile Ducks prospects on the blue line?
  But as LaCombe
  
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• In an age of digital discourse, how can educators get youth talking in civil discourse

  08-02-2026 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Students are stuck in a modern catch-22 situation, a new national research report by the Chapman University-based Or Initiative says about the state of civil discourse among youth.
  Youth are eager to grapple with the world’s most polarizing issues, but in a digital age where headlines are incessant and social media often doubles as a primary news source, they may lack spaces where they can slow down, talk face-to-face about these topics and engage in an evidence-based exchange of ideas.
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• American Breezy Johnson wins Olympic downhill on day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash

  08-02-2026 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — American ski racer Breezy Johnson won the Olympic downhill Sunday with a hard-charging run on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash that saw her being taken off the mountain in a helicopter.
  Johnson was the sixth racer and found speed with a risk-taking trip along the iconic Olympia delle Tofana course on a sunny day in Cortina. She was in the leader’s box when Vonn, the No. 13 racer, cut a corner too close and was spun around before cra
  
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• Winter Olympics: Lindsey Vonn crashes in downhill, taken away by helicopter

  08-02-2026 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  In this image taken from video provided by Olympic Broadcasting Services, OBS, United States’ Lindsey Vonn crashes during an alpine ski women’s downhill race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (Olympic Broadcasting Services via AP)
  This combination of images shows the United States’ Lindsey Vonn crashing during an alpine ski women’s downhill race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Fe
  
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• Sick of fighting insurers, hospitals offer their own Medicare Advantage plans

  08-02-2026 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Susan Jaffe, KFF Health News
  Ever since Larry Wilkewitz retired more than 20 years ago from a wood products company, he’s had a commercial Medicare Advantage plan from the insurer Humana.
  But two years ago, he heard about Peak Health, a new Advantage plan started by the West Virginia University Health System, where his doctors practice. It was cheaper and offered more personal attention, plus extras such as an allowance for over-the-counter pharmacy items. Those benefits are more import
  
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• Co-workers of different generations mentor each other to reduce workplace misunderstandings

  08-02-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Wellness Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Goldberg brings a stack of newspapers to the office every day. The CEO of a Florida public relations firm scours stories for developments relevant to her clients while relishing holding the pages in her hand. “I want to touch it, feel it, turn the page and see the photos,” Goldberg said.
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• Finding a friend when you need someone, or something, to lean on

  08-02-2026 15:48 via ocregister.com
  
  “Carrie Cane, where are you?” I called as I walked from doorknob to doorknob through my house.Usually, I’d find my so-named cane hanging out on one of them. Carrie and I became friends when my physical therapist brought her in to help me get walking again after I fell and fractured my hip. I was immediately drawn to her sharp wit.
  “’Carrie Cane,’ that’s the best name you can come up with?” she asked. “I thought you were supposed to be a write
  
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• Steve Hilton is running against everything the Democrats have done

  08-02-2026 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Halfway through the first candidates’ debate in the race for California governor, one thing was clear.
  The emperor has no clothes.
  As in the story of the emperor’s new clothes, there was one person on the stage who could see it. And once he said it, it seemed that the whole state could see it. That’s what was evident in an instant poll of viewers conducted by the two television stations in San Francisco and Los Angeles that broadcast the live event.
  Political commentator Steve
  
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• Major safety concerns for travelers using Southern California’s airports

  08-02-2026 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board recently held a public hearing to approve its final report on the deadly January 2025 midair collision over the Potomac River just outside Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
  During the hearing, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy worryingly warned, “Burbank is one [airport] where commercial airlines have called me to say the next midair [collision] is going to be at Burbank, and nobody at FAA is paying attention
  
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