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• Angels’ offense stays hot in win over Guardians

  07-04-2025 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Red hot, even if he wasn’t ready to admit it, Logan O’Hoppe is putting a charge into the Angels’ offense that is starting to power its way through opponents.
  O’Hoppe stretched his home-run streak to four consecutive games and helped the Angels to a 6-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday with his offerings from both behind and alongside the plate.
  As the catcher, O’Hoppe helped the pitching staff get past a playoff team from last season wh
  
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• Kings ride revitalized power play to Game 2 win, 2-0 series lead on Oilers

  24-04-2025 07:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Two torrents of three unanswered goals powered the Kings past the Edmonton Oilers, 6-2, on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena, where the hosts took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series.
  The Kings have lost just twice all season, and never in regulation, when scoring three goals or more, and they’ve won 33 of 43 games on home ice, including both in the playoffs. The Kings have turned the special-teams angle 180 degrees from their three previous s
  
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• Santa Margarita baseball deals JSerra a stinging loss in 9 innings

  24-04-2025 06:58 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra’s Cole Strane bunts to help advance a runner to second base during a Trinity League game against Santa Margarita on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  JSerra second baseman Cole Strane tags Santa Margarita runner Gavin Spiridonoff as he’s caught in a pickle while trying to steal a base during a Trinity League game between the two teams on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
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• Dana Hills baseball beats Aliso Niguel with walk-off ending to wild contest

  24-04-2025 06:32 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT – The Dana Hills baseball team committed eight errors Wednesday.
  And won.
  Dana Hills sophomore Ryan See’s line drive down the left-field line in the bottom of the seventh inning sent home Tommy Moro with the winning run for a 9-8 walk-off victory over Aliso Niguel in a South Coast League game at Dana HIlls High.
  “That was a weird one,” See said.
  The Dolphins’ chances for securing a playoff berth improved Wednesday. They are 5-5-1 in the five-team South Co
  
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• Angels’ slumping hitters manage only 2 hits against Pirates

  24-04-2025 06:10 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels’ offensive malaise continued for another maddening day.
  The Angels managed just two hits in a 3-0 loss to left-hander Andrew Heaney and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
  Heaney, a former Angels pitcher, dominated the Angels over his six innings. He struck out nine, including the first six hitters of the game.
  Heaney was throwing a perfect game until Travis d’Arnaud doubled with one out in the fifth. Nolan Schanuel then reached on an error, giving t
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, April 23

  24-04-2025 05:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, April 23
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  TRINITY LEAGUE
  Santa Margarita 5, JSerra 1 (9 innings)
  SM: Bauer (W, 8IP, 7H, R, 5K), Gravely IV 2-5, 3B, 3RBI, Finnegan 2
  
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• Feds, family members angered by pending early release of man who killed teens in OC

  24-04-2025 05:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The pending release of a twice-deported illegal immigrant who has served only about a third of his prison sentence for the DUI deaths of two teens in Orange County has ignited a national uproar reaching both the governor’s office and the Trump administration.
  Anatoly Varfolomeev, the father of one of the teens, said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation notified him that 43-year-old Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano will be released in July to an undisclosed location in G
  
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• Newport Beach opens its first all-accessible playground

  24-04-2025 04:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A 12-foot super tower, a four-person wheelchair-accessible play structure and a weesaw are some of the new amenities found in Newport Beach’s first fully accessible park for children of all abilities.
  On Wednesday, April 23, Newport Beach city officials, residents and dozens of children turned out for a ribbon-cutting celebrating the refurbishment and upgrades at San Miguel Park. The 5,500-square-foot playground has more than 20 accessible, ground-level play features, elevated components r
  
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• Dodgers’ bullpen game implodes as Cubs complete mini-sweep

  24-04-2025 03:58 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Something was lost in translation.
  Travelmates in Tokyo just over a month ago, the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs have already played their season series, seven games in the first 25 games of the season. It started with a two-game Dodgers sweep at the Tokyo Dome but the Cubs found a favorable exchange rate, winning four of the five meetings on U.S. soil, including a two-game sweep at Wrigley Field this week.
  Noah Davis and Jack Dreyer were the weak links in the Dodgers’ bullpen g
  
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• Inglewood revives dream of a people mover connecting Metro to SoFi Stadium

  24-04-2025 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Inglewood is reviving a proposal to build an automated people mover to connect Metro riders and other visitors to SoFi Stadium, the Intuit Dome and its entertainment venues.
  The City Council on Tuesday approved a $34 million contract with Elevate Inglewood Partners to reassess the scope of the “Inglewood Transit Connector” project, including the number of stations needed and the technology that will be used. The revived ITC is now proposed to develop in multiple phases, with the firs
  
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• Lakers’ defense confusing Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards

  24-04-2025 02:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Lakers entered their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a specific game plan for how to defend Anthony Edwards.
  And it’s worked through the first two games of the best-of-seven series, which is tied 1-1 after the Lakers’ Game 2 win on Tuesday night, with the All-NBA guard admitting that how the Lakers have defended him has been confusing.
  “I don’t know – it seemed like every time I caught the ball, [the Lakers]
  
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• Orange County boys tennis sending several top contenders to Ojai tournament

  24-04-2025 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County boys tennis will be represented by highly-seeded singles players and doubles teams as it aims to maintain dominance this week at the prestigious Ojai tournament.
  The 123th edition of event, which is the longest-running amateur tennis tournament in North America played at the same location, will begin its CIF boys competition on Thursday.
  The boys singles and doubles finals are scheduled for
  
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• 9 concerts and comedy acts coming to Southern California casinos in May

  24-04-2025 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  As we get ready for summer with April showers behind us, entertainment at Southern California casinos will be blooming like May flowers with funk music, stand-up comedy, rock stars and more.
  Be sure to check each casino’s official website for the most up-to-date event information.
  Musician Saul Hernandez of the Mexican band Caifanes (pictured on stage during the Cordillera music festival in Bogota on Sept. 24, 2022) will perform with the group at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Highl
  
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• Man suspected of harming and killing cats in Santa Ana arrested

  24-04-2025 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  A 45-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning, April 23, on suspicion of felony animal cruelty following weeks of reports from community members that he had been luring and harming cats in a Santa Ana neighborhood, authorities said.
  The investigation of the suspect, Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, began after multiple reports over several weeks alleged that the man had been attracting neighborhood cats in the area of Sullivan Street and McFadden Avenue to his property, where he then injured or kil
  
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• Veteran Carl Edwards Jr. returns to majors in Angels’ bullpen shakeup

  24-04-2025 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels are giving Carl Edwards Jr. another chance.
  Edwards, 33, pitched in 297 major-league games heading into the 2024 season, but he had only faced three big-league hitters since then.
  After bouncing between the Chicago Cubs’ and San Diego Padres’ farm systems in 2024, and with a winter detour to Mexico, Edwards signed a minor-league deal with the Angels at the end of spring training.
  He posted a 1.54 ERA in 11⅔ innings at Triple-A, with 13 strikeouts and
  
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• LAFC acquires Frankie Amaya on loan from Liga MX’s Toluca FC

  24-04-2025 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  At the closing bell for Major League Soccer’s primary transfer window, the Los Angeles Football Club added depth to the middle of the park.
  Seeking to fight off fatigue from setting in for a trio of heavily used midfielders who have each played in more than 80% of LAFC’s 15 matches, LAFC brought in reinforcements Frankie Amaya and Ryan Raposo to its roster Wednesday.
  Amaya and Raposo, the ninth and 10th inbound moves for LAFC this season, offer head coach Steve Cherundolo additional
  
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• Dodgers shut down Blake Snell with continuing shoulder issue

  24-04-2025 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Blake Snell has been shut down from throwing again after he felt renewed discomfort in his shoulder after playing catch on Tuesday.
  Snell will be re-examined when the Dodgers return to Los Angeles.
  “As he was playing catch, (Snell) just didn’t feel great,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “So right now we’re gonna slow-play the throwing and probably get it looked at again when we get back home.”
  Snell made just two starts this season bef
  
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• Pastor calls for ‘full Target boycott’ over concerns about diversity, equity, inclusion

  24-04-2025 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The pastor of a Georgia megachurch who led a nationwide 40-day “fast” boycott of Target stores over the retail chain’s commitment to diversity initiatives is now calling for that effort to continue as a “full Target boycott.”
  The Rev. Jamal Bryant said this week that the Minneapolis-based retailer has not met all of the boycott effort’s demands. Among them: Restoring its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion principles and pledging
  
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• Narbonne football banned from playoffs for 3 years, stripped of 2024 title

  24-04-2025 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The Narbonne football program has to forfeit the 2024 City Open Division championship and is banned from competing in the postseason for three seasons due to violations of CIF eligibility rules, the L.A. City Section announced Wednesday.
  In a statement, the City Section said that “a thorough investigation by the LAUSD and the CIF LA City Section” found that Narbonne “violated CIF bylaw 202 (Accurate information) and CIF bylaw 510 (Undue influence, pre-enrollment contact) during
  
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• California fights U.S. threat to end school funding over diversity

  24-04-2025 00:30 via ocregister.com
  
  As the federal government threatens funding cuts over school diversity programs, California says it already complies with federal law and that the Trump administration’s actions are illegal.
  Meanwhile, many Southern California school districts are echoing the state’s stance, with some saying they never received a letter from federal officials.
  Thursday, April 24, is the deadline from the U.S. Department of Education for K-12 districts to certify they are complying with the feder
  
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• LAPD fields calls as Ye casts men ‘comfortable with wearing swastikas’

  24-04-2025 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Kanye West has put out a Los Angeles casting call seeking males who are “comfortable with wearing swastikas” as authorities field multiple calls for graffiti of the Nazi symbol as well as noise and disturbance, according to TMZ.
  The Los Angeles Police Department has gotten nearly a dozen noise and disturbance calls in the past two months due to a warehouse “where Kanye West is doing business for an upcoming event,” law enforcement sources notified TMZ. At least two separa
  
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• OC Department of Education invites public to review new ethnic studies course

  23-04-2025 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Department of Education has invited the public to review the ethnic studies curriculum developed for its ACCESS program, which it is offering to share with other school districts.
  In 2021, a new state mandate required ethnic studies to be offered in all California high schools by 2025 and made it a graduation requirement by 2030. The state provided a framework for the courses, leaving school districts responsible for creating the curriculum.
  Last September, the O.C. Board of Ed
  
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• Here’s what we know about Pope Francis’ funeral

  23-04-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Pope Francis died on Monday at age 88, capping a 12-year pontificate characterized by his concern for the poor and message of inclusion, but also some criticism from conservatives who sometimes felt alienated by his progressive bent.
  Related ArticlesAntisemitic incidents slow worldwide from post-Oct. 7 spike, but remain higher than before Gaza warIsraeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truceEVs, tariffs in the spotlight as Chinese automakers take leading role at Shanghai
  
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• Dog seen in viral video getting thrown in Long Beach is rescued, man arrested, police say

  23-04-2025 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of abusing a dog in Long Beach earlier this week — an attack that was captured on video and went viral after it was shared on social media, authorities said.
  Long Beach police on Tuesday night, April 22, arrested the suspect in the 800 block of Pine Avenue. The tan dog with floppy ears was rescued and taken to Long Beach Animal Care Services.
  Police said they plan to share updates on the dog’s condition “when appropriate, as the inves
  
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• Clippers want Norman Powell to stay aggressive for Game 3 versus Nuggets

  23-04-2025 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Clippers guard Norman Powell isn’t worried about his shooting. He isn’t concerned that he has yet to find a steady rhythm in the first two games of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets.
  Powell is shooting 10 for 26 from the field through eight quarters of play, his most productive stint coming in the fourth quarter Monday when he went 3 for 4 late in the Clippers’ 105-102 victory that evened the best-of-seven series at one gam
  
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• A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy

  23-04-2025 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy.
  The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has left the national trade policy subject to Trump’s “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.”
  It challenged Trump’s claim
  
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• Public workers to get more pension benefits under new bill

  23-04-2025 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  There was nary a peep of dissent when a bill that would let cities offer more pension benefits to public workers sailed through a committee hearing Wednesday.
  “Local governments need to be able to offer benefits workers value,” said Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, D-San Francisco. “It’s an option, not an obligation.”
  We hate to spoil the party, but we’ve seen how responsibly local officials have exercised such “options” before: In their big-heart
  
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• Bill allowing local governments to negotiate supplemental retirement benefits garners no opposition

  23-04-2025 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  There was nary a peep of dissent when a bill that would let cities offer more pension benefits to public workers sailed through a committee hearing Wednesday.
  “Local governments need to be able to offer benefits workers value,” said Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, D-San Francisco. “It’s an option, not an obligation.”
  We hate to spoil the party, but we’ve seen how responsibly local officials have exercised such “options” before: In their big-heart
  
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• Trump is putting his ‘touches’ on the White House with flagpoles, art and an Oval Office overhaul

  23-04-2025 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is putting his “touches” on the White House with new flagpoles, new artwork, a complete redecoration of the Oval Office and possibly covering up the lawn in the Rose Garden.
  Trump, a former real estate developer and hotelier, said Wednesday that he’s adding two “beautiful” flagpoles to the grounds to fly the American flag “in about a week or so.”
  The Republican president recently hung n
  
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• Reading instruction must follow science over subjectiveness

  23-04-2025 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  There is a vocal minority of English learner advocates in California who have chosen to argue — without credible evidence — that structured literacy is ineffective for multilingual learners. They sometimes cite “philosophical differences” as their reasoning behind this claim. I have been an educator for 37 years, and I choose to use data-informed decision-making for my students’ instruction rather than subjective beliefs.
  Every child I have taught to learn to read &
  
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