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• Woman killed in Anaheim found in pickup after San Diego County crash; suspect arrested

  03-08-2020 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Deputies found the body of a woman possibly killed in Anaheim on Friday, July 31, inside a pickup that crashed in San Diego County, and took the vehicle’s owner into custody.
  Jessie Villesca, 56, of Anaheim, was found dead Friday, July 31, inside of a Toyota Tundra driven by Abdulaziz Munther Alubidy, 30, also of Anaheim. The truck was involved in a crash, but investigators believe the woman was killed earlier in the day in Anaheim and was the victim of a homicide. Alubidy was arrested on
  
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• Bogusz scores a goal, Lloris has third consecutive shutout; LAFC beats Atlanta

  26-05-2024 08:57 via ocregister.com
  
  ATLANTA — Mateusz Bogusz scored on a free kick and Hugo Lloris had his third consecutive shutout to help LAFC beat Atlanta United 1-0 on Saturday night.
  LAFC (7-4-3) has won three consecutive games and four of its last five.
  Goalkeeper Brad Guzan was shown a red card (denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity) in the 60th minute, was replaced by Josh Cohen and Atlanta played a man down until Eduard Atuesta, who was shown a yellow card in the 10th minute, was shown a red in the 81st.
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• Riqui Puig’s second-half goal leads the Galaxy to win over Houston

  26-05-2024 06:55 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — The Galaxy haven’t been home much this season, having to fight and claw for points in nine of the first 14 games on the road.
  Saturday, the Galaxy (6-2-7, 25 points) returned home from a road trip to Minnesota and Charlotte, and reintroduced themselves to their home supporters with a 2-1 win in front of 21,707 at Dignity Health Sports Park.
  The Galaxy recently ended a three-game in eight-day stretch with three points, all draws, adding significance to the upcoming stretch of
  
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• Jose Soriano, Angels fall short against Guardians

  26-05-2024 06:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Credited by some metrics as the hardest throwing pitcher in baseball, getting Angels right-hander Jose Soriano up to speed as a major league starter continues to be a work in progress.
  Between the flashes of brilliance, there have been stumbles as well, namely when it comes to the end of Soriano’s outings when his 100-mph fastball takes its toll on his stamina.
  In a twist on the growth chart Saturday, Soriano’s rough patch came in the middle of his outing as the Cleveland Guardians u
  
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• Dodgers’ offensive slump continues as losing streak reaches four

  26-05-2024 04:05 via ocregister.com
  
  CINCINNATI – If only the Dodgers could bury their offense in cheese to make it more palatable like the locals do with the Skyline chili of which they are so inexplicably proud.
  They turned in another unappetizing performance Saturday night, managing just five hits and wasting their best scoring opportunities in a 3-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
  The loss was the Dodgers’ season-high fourth in a row.
  But the offensive malaise goes back farther than that. Over their past 16 games, the
  
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• The Chosen Vron, Kings River Knight shine at Santa Anita

  26-05-2024 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — The California Gold Rush Day stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday didn’t merely showcase the best Cal-bred racehorses around. They spotlighted a couple of the most reliable racehorses of any extraction.
  The Chosen Vron won the first of the five stakes on the card devoted to Cal-breds, making light work of a 2 1/4-length victory with jockey Hector Berrios in the $100,000 Thor’s Echo Stakes for sprinters.
  A half-hour later, Kings River Knight led all the way, winning by 1
  
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• Warren QB Madden Iamaleava commits to UCLA football

  26-05-2024 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Warren quarterback Madden Iamaleava officially announced his commitment to coach DeShaun Foster and UCLA on Saturday.
  Iamaleava’s commitment helps bolster the Bruins’ 2025 recruiting class, which before his commitment was ranked No. 43 overall on 247 Sports.
  Iamaleava led Warren to an 11-2 record in games he started and an appearance in the CIF-SS Division 3 semifinals in 2023, which served as his first year as a full-time starter.
  He served as the backup behind his brother Nico, who
  
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• Angels’ Mike Trout remains on track with recovery but still no timetable to return

  26-05-2024 03:23 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Still without a timetable for a return to the field, Angels center fielder Mike Trout said his recovery from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee is on track and he is “anxious” to take the next step in his rehab program.
  Trout last played April 29, disrupting a season when he was leading MLB with 10 home runs. He underwent a procedure May 3 to repair a torn meniscus and is expected to play at some point this season.
  Asked if he was aiming for a particular return dat
  
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• Oklahoma may see tornadoes, Texas could bake in triple-digit temperatures

  26-05-2024 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN MILLER
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Forecasters warned of another day of heightened risk of dangerous tornadoes in the Midwest on Saturday and told people in South Texas they could experience triple-digit temperatures — and that’s with four weeks to go before summer starts.
  The weather service in Oklahoma compared the day to “a gasoline-soaked brush pile.” Forecasters aren’t certain storms will form, but any that do could explode with large hail, dangerous winds and
  
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• Top assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to US to face charges

  26-05-2024 02:18 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — A top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel who was arrested by Mexican authorities last fall has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug, gun and witness retaliation charges, the Justice Department said Saturday.
  Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini,” is a leader and commander of a group that provided security for the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and also helped in their drug business,
  
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• Man shot, killed in Anaheim liquor store parking lot

  26-05-2024 02:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A 38-year-old man was shot and killed in the parking lot of an Anaheim liquor store in what police believe was a gang-related attack Friday night, May 24, authorities said.
  Anaheim officers were called to the 900 block of South Anaheim Boulevard at 7 p.m. on a report of a shooting and found the victim, identified as Jesse Barragan of Anaheim, unresponsive with at least one gunshot wound, Sgt. Jon McClintock said.
  Barragan died at the scene, McClintock said.
  The suspect fled before officers arriv
  
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani dealing with hamstring injury

  26-05-2024 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  CINCINNATI — Shohei Ohtani cruised into third base with a triple in the sixth inning Saturday night — and he wasn’t even running full speed.
  After the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani has been playing with a right hamstring contusion suffered when he was hit in the leg by a pickoff throw during one of the games on last week’s homestand.
  “Our advice to him is just be smart with it,” Roberts said. “I think he was just gonna leg out a double a
  
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• Dodgers’ Chris Taylor gets another start as Andy Pages sits

  26-05-2024 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  CINCINNATI — For most of the past month, Chris Taylor couldn’t get a start. Then he got two.
  Taylor started in left field Friday, only his fourth start this month. He went 1 for 4 with a double and was back in the lineup Saturday, starting in center field for the first time this season.
  It was the first time Taylor – mired in a deep slump all season – started in consecutive games since April 15-16.
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said it was not planned ahead of time but was
  
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• What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti

  26-05-2024 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dánica Coto and Jim Salter | Associated Press
  The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a young missionary couple from the U.S. were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group activity at a church, a family member told The Associated Press.
  Thursday’s killings of Jude Montis, the local director of Missions in Haiti Inc., and Davy and Natalie Lloyd happened in the community of Lizon in northern Port-au-Prince. Natalie Lloyd is the daughter of a
  
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• Disney songwriting legend Richard Sherman dies at 95

  26-05-2024 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Richard M. Sherman, the prolific composer-lyricist who with his late brother Robert penned some of Disney’s most popular songs, including “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from the 1964 classic “Mary Poppins,” died Saturday at the age of 95, the Burbank-based entertainment giant announced.
  “Richard Sherman was the embodiment of what it means to be a Disney Legend, creating along with his brother Robert the beloved classic
  
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• Man shot to death in Garden Grove

  26-05-2024 01:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was shot to death in Garden Grove early Saturday morning, May 25, and police were working to identify the shooter, authorities said.
  Garden Grove officers were called to the 12600 block of Westminster Avenue just past 4:15 a.m. on a report of a person lying down on the sidewalk appearing to be unconscious, Sgt. Mark Lord said.
  Arriving officers found a male of an unknown age dead of a gunshot wound, Lord said.
  Further information was not immediately available and the decedent was not ident
  
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• Photos: Fiesta Hermosa returns and so do its fans (and the fun)

  26-05-2024 01:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Hermosa Beach’s most boistrous bash returned to the beach on Saturday to launch its Memorial Day weekend run.
  Boys ride down a slide set up at the Carnival section of the Fiesta Hermosa on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
  Five-year-old Roman Powell, left, tosses a ball at a carnival game, one of several set up at the Fiesta Hermosa on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
  The Hobos, a local band supp
  
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• Berry fun is had by all in Garden Grove

  26-05-2024 01:26 via ocregister.com
  
  In Garden Grove, it’s strawberry fun forever.
  The 64th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is bringing the fun over Memorial Day weekend with the annual parade and the 5K Strawberry Stomp held Saturday and carnival rides and, of course, strawberries galore through the rest of the holiday.
  Grand Marshal Scott Klopfenstein, a former musician with the band Reel Big Fish, has fun along the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival parade route on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Ora
  
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• NASCAR Coca-Cola 600: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. vows not to retaliate against Kyle Busch

  26-05-2024 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  CONCORD, N.C. — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has cooled off and no longer plans to wreck Kyle Busch at the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
  But that doesn’t mean he and Busch are back on speaking terms.
  Stenhouse said he spoke to Busch’s team owner Richard Childress — who had threatened to go after Stenhouse himself if he retaliated against his driver in NASCAR’s longest race of the season — and said they are fine.
  Stenhouse threw a punch at Busch t
  
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• University boys tennis powers past California of San Ramon to win inaugural CIF State championship

  26-05-2024 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowUniversity’s storied boys tennis program added a new jewel to its expansive collection on Saturday:
  California’s first team championship.
  The Trojans defeated California of San Ramon 6-1 at Sierra Sport & Racquet Club in Fresno to capture the inaugural CIF State championship.
  University leaned on a balanced and deep lineup to add the state crown to a collection that includes 15 CIF Souther
  
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• Scottish Fest continues May 26 in Costa Mesa

  25-05-2024 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Bagpipers practice during the Scottish Fest held at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A competitor gives it his all in the caber toss at the Scottish Fest held at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Dressed for the occasion and wearing kilts, Robert Kelly of Costa Mesa stands with his son, Robert, 2, at the Scottish Fe
  
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• Sparks seek to shake Fever loss and take on the Stars

  25-05-2024 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Sparks are looking to win their second game of the season when they host the Dallas Wings on Sunday night at Crypto.com Arena.
  Sparks forward Dearica Hamby was effective in the first half but scored only two of her team-high 18 points after halftime in the team’s 78-73 loss to the Indiana Fever Friday night. Still, Hamby had an all-around impact, grabbing 12 rebounds, for her third double-double of the season, and dishing out a season-high seven assists.
  The Sparks
  
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• Driver arrested at John Wayne Airport after police pursuit that reached 120 mph

  25-05-2024 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  A police pursuit that at times reached speeds of more than 120 mph and ended at John Wayne Airport on Friday night, May 24 led to the arrest of the driver.
  Officers on patrol in Wilmington spotted a driver in a blue Chevy Cruze doing doughnuts near the intersection of Harry Bridges Boulevard and King Avenue about 8:20 p.m. and attempted to pull him over, but he fled, Lt. Joseph Fransen said.
  Police pursued the sedan, which eventually entered the southbound 405 Freeway and at times hit speeds upw
  
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• PGA golfer Grayson Murray, 30, dies after withdrawing from tournament

  25-05-2024 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial.
  There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team.
  “I am at a loss for words,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said. “The PGA Tour is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same. We mourn Grayson and pray for comfort f
  
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• Mission Viejo softball coach Clint Watson resigns after seven seasons

  25-05-2024 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMission Viejo softball coach Clint Watson, who guided the Diablos to a CIF-SS title in 2022, has resigned after seven seasons, he said.
  “It was a really good run,” Watson said. “I have no regrets. I got to meet some great people and I got to coach some great athletes.”
  Watson said one of the main reasons he resigned was to devote more time to Watson Wolfpack Fastpitch, his travel s
  
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• American Airlines has reportedly ‘fired’ law firm that blamed 9-year-old girl for being secretly filmed

  25-05-2024 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The law firm hired by American Airlines that blamed a 9-year-old girl for being secretly filmed while using a plane bathroom has been “fired,” according to the attorneys for the child’s family.
  The airline, facing lawsuits after a flight attendant allegedly recorded girls in airplane bathrooms, in a recent defense filing had argued the young girl should have known the toilet contained a recording device.
  That bombshell court filing from the law firm Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Ed
  
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• French Open guide: How to watch, schedule, betting odds

  25-05-2024 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS — Get ready for the French Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is and more:
  The basics
  The site in Paris is Roland Garros. The surface is red clay courts. Women play best-of-three-set matches; men play best-of-five-set matches. There are day and night sessions on most days.
  Schedule
  Sunday-Tuesday: First round (women and men)
  Wednesday-Thursday: Second
  
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• 81-year-old slingshot shooter who terrorized Azusa residents for years is arrested, police say

  25-05-2024 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  An 81-year-old man was arrested this week on suspicion of terrorizing a residential neighborhood for years with an unusual weapon: a slingshot.
  Prince Raymond King, of Azusa, was arrested after police served a search warrant on his home in the 900 block of North Enid Avenue on Thursday, May 23, and found the slingshot and ball bearings, Azusa police said in a news release.
  How many ball bearings King had inside the home was not provided.
  Officers learned over a lengthy investigation that dozens
  
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• FA Cup final: Manchester United stuns Manchester City

  25-05-2024 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON — Manchester United won the FA Cup after stunning defending champion Manchester City 2-1 in the final Saturday at Wembley Stadium.
  United’s first silverware of the season deprived crosstown rival City of the first back-to-back English league-cup doubles. United also qualified for the Europa League next season.
  The final was a repeat of last year’s which City won 2-1, and Pep Guardiola’s team did not give up its trophy without a fight.
  Alejandro Garnacho opened the
  
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• Maine coons Percy and Tabby want a home together

  25-05-2024 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Maine coons
  Age: 2-3 years
  Sex: Neutered males
  Percy and Tabby’s story: These bonded littermates are looking for a home together with someone who can give them a loving home for the next 15 years or so. They are loving and playful. Percy loves to sit on laps, while Tabby prefers the spot right next to someone. They were found on the street and taken in by a woman who fed them and took them to the vet for care. Percy and Tabby hide when young kids and dogs come into a room, so w
  
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