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• UCLA softball uses 7-run inning to complete comeback against Arizona

  29-04-2024 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The UCLA softball used a seven-run inning that included a solo home run and a grand slam to beat Arizona 11-7 at Easton Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
  Megan Grant hit a solo home run over the center field wall to begin the bottom of the fifth inning and Maya Brady hit a bases-loaded two-run double to score Seneca Curo and Taylor Stephens. Sharlize Palacios’ grand slam tied the game at 7-7.
  Thessa Malau’ulu hit an RBI single in the sixth inning that allowed Jordan Wo
  
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• Beckman baseball shuts out Los Alamitos to grab spot in Division 3 final

  15-05-2024 05:14 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ALAMITOS — Senior pitcher Rex Jarcy pitched one of the best games of his career Tuesday to lead Beckman to a 3-0 win over Los Alamitos in the CIF-SS Division 3 baseball semifinals at Los Alamitos High.
  Beckman (24-6-1) will play St. John Bosco for the Division 3 championship Friday or Saturday at the Lake Elsinore Diamond. The date and time of the game will be announced Wednesday.
  Beckman’s Jack Terry (33) celebrates their win over Los Alamitos during their CIF-SS Division 3 play
  
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• Caitlin Clark scores 20 in 10-turnover debut as Fever lose to Sun

  15-05-2024 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Caitlin Clark struggled early in her WNBA debut before finishing with 20 points and 10 turnovers as the Indiana Fever fell to the Connecticut Sun, 92-71, on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.
  Alyssa Thomas led the Sun with 13 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, registering the 12th triple-double of her career. DeWanna Bonner added 20 points and DiJonai Carrington had 16. Carrington also was a major reason for Clark’s early of
  
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• Bullpen games to rest starters a ‘no-brainer,’ Dodgers’ Dave Roberts says

  15-05-2024 04:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The choice is a simple one if viewed with a long lens.
  The Dodgers have committed to keeping their starting pitchers as healthy as they can for the long term even if it means making decisions that don’t necessarily maximize their chances of winning on any given day.
  So the prospects of a Tyler Glasnow-Logan Webb pitching matchup on Wednesday night will give way to the Dodgers’ fourth bullpen game of the season. Glasnow has not pitched on four days of rest this y
  
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• ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Martin Short has something Funner in mind

  15-05-2024 03:44 via ocregister.com
  
  “Only Murders in the Building” star Martin Short is the new mayor of the small California town named Funner.
  Known for his television work on “SCTV” and “Saturday Night Live” and appearances in films such as “Father of the Bride” and “The Three Amigos,” Short – who is currently enjoying a successful run of the Hulu series “Murders” with Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep and Jane Lynch – is now trying his h
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, May 14

  15-05-2024 02:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, May 14
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  TUESDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Semifinals
  DIVISION 1
  Corona 3, Huntington Beach 1
  DIVISION 7
  South El Monte 2, Buena Park 1
   
   
   
  
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• Driver found with 85 pounds of possibly counterfeit narcotics laced with fentanyl near San Clemente

  15-05-2024 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A 74-year-old man from Mexico was arrested on Interstate 5 near San Clemente after authorities found 85 pounds of possibly counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said Monday.
  On May 8, Deputy Ochoa from the Highway Interdiction Team pulled the driver over on the freeway near the San Clemente and San Diego County border for missing a front license plate. Ochoa alleged that the driver seemed nervous and later admitted to having narcotics in th
  
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• Driver found with 85 pounds of possibly counterfeit narcotics arrested on I-5 near San Clemente

  15-05-2024 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A 74-year-old man from Mexico was arrested on Interstate 5 near San Clemente after authorities found 85 pounds of possibly counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said Monday.
  On May 8, Deputy Ochoa from the Highway Interdiction Team pulled the driver over on the freeway near the San Clemente and San Diego County border for missing a front license plate. Ochoa alleged that the driver seemed nervous and later admitted to having narcotics in th
  
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• UC Regents approve $10 million annual payments from UCLA to Cal athletics

  15-05-2024 02:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A University of California Board of Regents panel today approved a plan for UCLA to pay $10 million annually to UC Berkeley to bolster the finances of the Golden Bears’ athletic programs following the dissolution of the Pac-12 Conference, but it called for a review of the payment after three years.
  UC President Michael Drake had recommended that the $10 million payments begin with the 2024-25 school year and continue through the end of the 2029-30 year, representing the
  
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• Angels’ pitchers still failing to meet first-strike expectations

  15-05-2024 02:18 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — All spring the Angels emphasized to their pitchers the importance of getting ahead in the count with first-pitch strikes.
  They ranked 29th in the majors in that department on April 22, when the Angels had a meeting to break down what was going wrong.
  Since then?
  The Angels have been 30th. Dead last.
  “We know what we want to do,” Manager Ron Washington said on Tuesday. “We’ve got to do the work to make it happen. We’re talking about it every day. We&r
  
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• The call of Baja California surf is the stuff of legend. Has violence ended that dream?

  15-05-2024 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  For the better part of the past half-century, Baja California has beckoned to surfers from across the globe, offering peeling point breaks without crowded lineups to those willing to travel and camp in remote and barren areas.
  For many Southern California surfers, such excursions are the stuff of legend, a cherished ritual that groms read and hear stories about until they’re old enough for their own south-of-the-border adventures.
  “It’s a surfer’s rite of passage,”
  
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• JSerra joins Canyon and El Modena as Orange County softball teams to watch in 2025

  15-05-2024 01:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowJSerra’s softball team featured only two seniors in its starting lineup for the CIF-SS Division 1 semifinals.
  The young Lions, in Division 1 for the first time, impressed by playing defending champion Pacifica tough in a 1-0 loss.
  “They have a lot to build off for sure,” JSerra coach Katie Stith said of her squad.
  The strong showing against an experienced Pacifica team provided further p
  
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• LAFC looks to snap out of road funk in St. Louis

  15-05-2024 01:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Aiming for its first road victory this Major League Soccer season, the Los Angeles Football Club will try on Wednesday to knock off St. Louis City SC, last year’s Western Conference top seed.
  In the midst of LAFC’s initial stretch with midweek games, Steve Cherundolo’s team stifled the only conference opponent that was unbeaten following a charter flight, overrunning Vancouver 3-0 on Saturday.
  For LAFC’s fourth match in 12 days, it will be at CITYPARK, where the second-ye
  
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• Top questions Sparks must answer during the 2024 WNBA season

  15-05-2024 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  TORRANCE — The Sparks have several questions surrounding this year’s team, including who will replace Nneka Ogwumike as the team’s leading scorer, will rookie forwards Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson be a part of the organization’s long-term “core four” and will an up-tempo style of play result in the franchise’s first winning season since 2020.
  “Certainly a team without a bonafide superstar so we’re going to see a lot of team basketball,&rd
  
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• Jurupa Valley teacher who said she was fired for Christian beliefs will get $360,000

  15-05-2024 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Jurupa Unified School District in Riverside County will pay $360,000 to a former high school gym teacher who alleged she was fired for refusing to follow policies recognizing students’ transgender identities, a conservative law firm announced Tuesday, May 14.
  Former Jurupa Valley High School teacher Jessica Tapia will receive $360,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging she was wrongfully fired for refusing to hide students’ transgender identities from their parents. (Courtesy of Advoca
  
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• Trump, Biden to stock campaign coffers at glitzy SoCal events in June

  15-05-2024 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are both headed to the City of Angels in June on to tap into the the ATM known as Southern California’s rich and influential families.
  Trump will be the first to touch down, attending a Beverly Hills fundraiser on Friday, June 7, where tickets range from $5,000 to $250,000, according to the invite. He’ll then travel south to a Newport Beach fundraiser hosted by virtual reality entrepreneur Palmer Luckey on Saturday, June 8.
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• Trump, Biden aim to shovel campaign cash at glitzy SoCal events in June

  15-05-2024 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are both headed to the City of Angels in June on to tap into the the ATM known as Southern California’s rich and influential families.
  Trump will be the first to touch down, attending a Beverly Hills fundraiser on Friday, June 7, where tickets range from $5,000 to $250,000, according to the invite. He’ll then travel south to a Newport Beach fundraiser hosted by virtual reality entrepreneur Palmer Luckey on Saturday, June 8.
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• Alice Munro dies at 92; beloved Canadian author revered as short story master

  15-05-2024 00:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By Hillel Italie
  Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
  A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in 2013, died Monday at home in Port Hope, Ontario. Munro had been in frail health for years and often spoke of retirement, a decision that proved final after the author&r
  
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• Alexander: At PGA Championship, club pros get their moment

  15-05-2024 00:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The idea of a club pro teeing it up among the stars of professional golf isn’t quite a fish-out-of-water scenario. But it’s close.
  There will be 21 such entrants in this week’s PGA Championship, the second of the year’s four majors, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. Their existence, as day-to-day representatives of their sport, differs greatly from that of the Scottie Schefflers and Rory McIlroys of the world.
  Case in point: Michael Block, the pro from Arroyo Trabu
  
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• Ducks make changes on the bench and in the front office

  14-05-2024 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks were already set to undergo one of the most stark transformations in the NHL this offseason, beginning Tuesday with changes behind the bench and in the front office.
  It was announced by the club that assistant coaches Newell Brown and Craig Johnson would not have their contracts renewed, opening the door for new faces to join head coach Greg Cronin and assistant Brent Thompson. Cronin could also have a multitude of new players in his group as the Ducks will be one of the most financial
  
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• Driver suspected of causing fatal crash in Irvine is sought

  14-05-2024 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine police are asking for the public’s help finding a driver who investigators say caused a fatal crash.
  Allen Yangkaou Lee, 67, of Irvine, died Monday night, a few days after Thursday’s rollover crash involving a 2004 Toyota Corolla near Culver Drive and Trabuco Road, police said.
  Lee was heading north on Culver approaching Trabuco at about 4:30 p.m. and appeared to swerve and lose control of the car when the driver of a Honda Civic made a right turn against a red from Trabuco to
  
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• 8 Comic Con Revolution Ontario panels you don’t want to miss

  14-05-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Grab your capes and lightsabers, Comic Con Revolution returns to the Ontario Convention Center this weekend.
  The event, which hosts voice actors, animators, comic creators and WWE Hall of Famers, will take place Saturday, May 18, through Sunday, May 19, at the Ontario Convention Center.
  Cosplayers, X-maniacs and far-away galaxy fans will have the chance to meet the casts of “Star Wars Rebels,” “Star Wars: The Clones Wars” and “X-Men ’97.” These three eve
  
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• Inland Empire battles low college grad rates to gain higher tech jobs, businesses

  14-05-2024 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By Deborah Brennan | CalMatters
  For many Californians the Inland Empire is a view from Interstate 10 of massive warehouses and desert en route to Las Vegas or other parts of the country.
  To residents of the region, it’s a place of affordable housing yet interminable traffic, sweeping vistas shrouded by perpetual smog, and huge employers alongside family-owned businesses.
  More than 4.7 million people — 12% of California’s population — live in its 27,000 square miles and m
  
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• Will Disneyland use a virtual queue when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens?

  14-05-2024 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland could use a virtual queue with an unusual twist when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens later this year if the Anaheim theme park follows the lead of Walt Disney World where the rethemed Splash Mountain attraction debuts next month.
  Florida’s Magic Kingdom will use a virtual queue when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens on June 28.
  The Disneyland Resort has not yet announced attraction access details for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, according to Disneyland officials.
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• California moves closer to requiring new pollutant-warning labels for gas stoves

  14-05-2024 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIE AUSTIN | Associated Press/Report for America
  SACRAMENTO — California could require all new gas stoves sold in the state to carry a label warning users about pollutants they can release that have been linked to respiratory illnesses.
  The state Assembly approved a proposal Monday that would require the label on gas stoves or ranges made or sold online after 2024, or sold in a store after 2025. The bill now heads to the state Senate.
  Proponents of the legislation say it is a necessa
  
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• Chargers sign undrafted OLB Chris Collins

  14-05-2024 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers on Tuesday signed Chris Collins, an undrafted outside linebacker from the University of Minnesota, and waived outside linebacker Brevin Allen, who played two games for them in the 2023 season.
  Collins, a graduate transfer from North Carolina last season for the Golden Gophers, impressed the Chargers as a non-roster invitee to their recent rookie minicamp.
  The move comes after the Chargers on Saturday signed outside linebacker Bud Dupree, a former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, T
  
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• Ohtani’s ex-interpreter pleads not guilty — but just for now

  14-05-2024 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Dodger Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, May 14, to federal charges of stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodger slugger’s bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts — but he has agreed to plead guilty at a later date.
  The arraignment for Ippei Mizuhara, 39, in downtown Los Angeles was a procedural matter. Last week, he agreed to plead guilty to one count each of bank fraud and subscribing to a false tax return, according to the U.S. Attorn
  
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• Jim Trentin overcame stigma of his autism to become accepted as an Orange County baseball umpire

  14-05-2024 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  As the high baseball season closes in on its CIF Southern Section championship games, it marks the end of another umpiring season for Jim Trentin.
  He just finished his 27th as an Orange County high school baseball umpire.
  The Orange County Baseball Officials Association has several umpires that have around that long, close to that long or even longer. What makes Trentin’s longevity and dedication even more remarkable is that Trentin is autistic.
  Trentin, 63, said he was diagnosed with auti
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, May 13

  14-05-2024 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, May 13
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  MONDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS GOLF
  CIF-SS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
  DIVISION 1
  Bear Creek (par 71)
  Top teams: 1. Palm Desert 363; 2. San Marcos 372; 3. Oaks Christian 372;
  
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• Transient accused of shooting 2 Jewish men in LA to plead guilty, prosecutors say

  14-05-2024 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  A transient with a history of antisemitism who authorities say admitted attempting to kill two people who he believed were Jewish in Los Angeles in 2023 has agreed to plead guilty to hate-crime charges and other offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday, May 14.
  Jaime Tran, 29, had made Riverside one of his homes, and he was arrested in Cathedral City on Feb. 16, 2023, the day of the second shooting in two days in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of L.A. Tran had a rifle and handgun w
  
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