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• Busch Gardens brings back the Big Bad Wolf with a new coaster

  11-04-2025 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The sounds of guttural growls and bone-chilling howls will once again echo throughout the pitch-black forest outside a Bavarian village when a new roller coaster with a familiar name and glowing red eyes returns to Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
  Busch Gardens has announced Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf’s Revenge will debut in May without setting a specific date, but the new coaster is expected to open in time for the park’s 50th anniversary on May 16.
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• Bravo to these winners who showed their creativity and talents

  12-05-2025 01:57 via ocregister.com
  
  San Juan Capistrano student wins third straight U.S. kneeboard surfing title
  San Juan Capistrano’s Kevin Skvarna won the open division at the 2025 Kneeboard Surfing USA Titles and Festival, becoming the first to win three U.S. titles in a row.
  The event was held at Oceanside Harbor’s South Jetty in head-high surf with occasional rain showers.
  The Shmello, a chair designed by Bryce Moon of Irvine, brought the Savannah College of Art and Design student an Interior Design Magazine Best
  
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• Dodgers end road trip with win in Arizona behind Tony Gonsolin

  12-05-2025 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Dodgers’ Mookie Betts celebrates after hitting a double against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
  Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman celebrates after hitting a double while scoring Mookie Betts against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)
  Arizona Diamondbacks’ Eugenio Suárez reacts after strikin
  
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• Angels’ mistakes lead to loss to Orioles

  12-05-2025 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels’ Matthew Lugo reacts after hitting a home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
  Angels first baseman Kevin Newman (10) pats relief pitcher Connor Brogdon (75) on the back during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
  Angels’ Yoan Moncada gestures from second base during the third inni
  
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• Angels’ mistakes lead to loss against Orioles

  12-05-2025 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — On a day that the Angels had a chance to build some momentum by winning back-to-back series for the first time in nearly a month, they instead played a fundamental mess of a game.
  The Angels made mistakes in the field and on the bases in a 7-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
  A day after the Angels (16-23) played a clean game with good pitching, defense and hitting, the Angels didn’t have much of anything working on Sunday.
  In the first, left-hander Tyler Anderson s
  
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• Teen, 17, arrested in 12-year-old boy’s shooting death in Compton park

  11-05-2025 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A 17-year-old boy was arrested Sunday, May 11, after the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy at Fig/Oleander Park in Compton Friday, authorities said.
  The shooting took place around 4 p.m. Friday in the park in the area of North Oleander Avenue and West Fig Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
  Deputies found the boy in the park and administered first aid, the Sheriff’s Department said. Paramedics from the Compton Fire Department took him to a hospital, wh
  
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• Dodgers’ Max Muncy hopes seeing the ball better will lead to improved results

  11-05-2025 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX – It’s the basic advice given to any hitter – see the ball, hit the ball.
  Max Muncy figured if he could do the first better, the second would also improve.
  “Guys are throwing so hard now with so much movement. Sliders are coming in at 93, 94 mph. Even curveballs are coming in at 88, 89 mph,” Muncy said. “It’s not like the ball’s moving slow for you to see. I know the analogy that it feels like a beach ball coming in when you’re going
  
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• Just Like Heaven delivers thrilling sets from Vampire Weekend and Rilo Kiley

  11-05-2025 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Vampire Weekend closed out Just Like Heaven on Saturday, with a terrific headlining set that underscored the band’s place at the top of the indie rock scene that the Pasadena festival celebrates.
  But let’s come back to them in a minute. Because the biggest moment of the day came just before Vampire Weekend, when Rilo Kiley, which until this month hadn’t played together since the summer of 2008, delivered a nearly perfect set that left fans with broad smiles and a few tears at t
  
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• Angels’ shortstop Zach Neto still rebuilding his arm strength after surgery

  11-05-2025 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Zach Neto has been back in the Angels lineup and at shortstop for three weeks, and his bat is clearly at peak form.
  His arm, however, remains a work in progress.
  Neto, who had shoulder surgery last fall, has been managing his throws, saving the 100% throws for when it’s necessary. When the runner is slow, Neto practically lobs the ball across the infield, just in time to get the out.
  There’s nothing wrong with that, of course. In fact, it can be a good thing in the lo
  
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• Wango Tango becomes a beach party with new Surf City U.S.A. venue

  11-05-2025 21:36 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a radio concert that’s so iconic, it was a key plot point in Disney’s 2003 remake of “Freaky Friday.” But with a new venue, new city and whole new vibe, it’s safe to say this isn’t your parents’ Wango Tango.
  KISS-FM’s Wango Tango returned to Orange County on Saturday, May 10, at Huntington City Beach. The general admission event took place in the sand with concertgoers encouraged to bring their own beach towels if they wanted a spot to s
  
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• Dhalluin leads Stanford over USC in NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship

  11-05-2025 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Juliette Dhalluin score three goals on Sunday and the Stanford defense allowed just one second-half goal to help the Cardinal beat USC 11-7 to claim its 10th NCAA women’s water polo championship and third in the last four seasons.
  No. 1 Stanford (25-1) finished the season on a 10-game win streak, dating to a 12-11 loss to the Trojans on March 29. The Cardinal beat USC 11-7 on April 27 in the semifinals of the MPSF Championship.
  Dhalluin scored with a second left in the
  
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• How Natalie Nakase believed in herself to become a WNBA head coach

  11-05-2025 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — Natalie Nakase beat the sunrise.
  It’s not because she couldn’t sleep. It’s not because she didn’t have time to rest on this March morning. After all, the start of the WNBA season was two months away. And, yet, Nakase was tormenting herself – waking up at 5 a.m. one morning, and going to bed after midnight the next evening.
  “I’m training myself,” she says, “to sustain positive energy and mental focus through exhaustion
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Sunday, May 11, 2025

  11-05-2025 17:59 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, May 11, 2025.
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• 1 killed, dozens injured after tour bus crash on 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights

  11-05-2025 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was killed and dozens of other people were injured, including two critically, when a tour bus rear-ended a stalled Nissan Pathfinder and the SUV caught fire on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights early Sunday, May 11, authorities said.
  The collision on the westbound freeway, west of Azusa Avenue, occurred shortly after 5 a.m.
  The SUV had stalled for unknown reasons in the No. 1 lane on the freeway when the tour bus slammed into the back of it. The bus then veered to the right and moved acro
  
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• Californians aren’t blind to Newsom’s ambitions

  11-05-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the United States. This has been apparent for some time now. What has also been apparent is that he’s been more distracted by these aspirations.
  It now appears that a majority of Californians have come to perceive this, too.
  A recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll found that 54% of registered voters think the governor is “paying more attention to the things that might benefit his presidential ambitions than governing the state
  
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• Discovering a mother-daughter bond via a late-night email

  11-05-2025 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Although this will be the second Mother’s Day we’ve spent together, Katelyn Watkins and I still haven’t figured out which one of us is the mother.
  Katelyn, my friend in the night, and I met several years ago at about 2:30 a.m. when I emailed a writing submission to TELEPHONE, an international arts project where she is an editor. Middle-of-the-night communiques are not unusual for me, but getting a response about 15 minutes later was a surprise. Who was this person who also wrot
  
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• CIF-SS lacrosse playoffs: Saturday’s semifinals results, finals matchups

  11-05-2025 09:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores from Saturday’s games in the CIF-SS lacrosse playoffs and the matchups for the championship games Friday and Saturday, May 16-17.
  CIF-SS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS
  SATURDAY’S RESULTS
  BOYS SEMIFINALS
  DIVISION 1
  Loyola 11, Foothill 9
  Mater Dei 11, Santa Margarita 8
  DIVISION 2
  Dos Pueblos 13, Oaks Christian 4
  San Clemente at Aliso Niguel, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
  DIVISION 3
  Riverside King 10, West Ranch 9
  Agoura 9, Grace Brethren 5
  CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
  FRIDAY, MAY 16
  At El Modena HS, times TBA
  GI
  
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• CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Saturday’s semifinals results, finals matchups

  11-05-2025 09:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores from Saturday’s semifinals in the CIF Southern Section boys volleyball playoffs and the matchups for the championship games.
  CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
  SATURDAY’S RESULTS
  DIVISION 1
  Pool play, Round 3
  Newport Harbor def. Redondo, 18-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-12
  DIVISION 2
  Semifinals
  Mater Dei def. St. Francis, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17
  Peninsula def. St. Margaret’s, 13-25, 25-23, 25-16, 27-25
  DIVISION 3
  Semifinals
  Tesoro def. North Torrance, 25-17, 25-19, 25-16
  Orange Lutheran
  
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• Esperanza volleyball stuns Newbury Park with rally to win CIF-SS semifinal

  11-05-2025 09:13 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — With its championship hopes on the line, Esperanza’s boys volleyball team relied on its composure in the decisive moments of the CIF-SS Division 5 semifinal match Saturday night.
  The Aztecs went on a 5-0 run to end the match and earn their first trip to the CIF-SS finals since 2014.
  Esperanza defeated Newbury Park in five sets, 25-12, 25-17, 19-25, 21-25, 16-14, at Esperanza High.
  The Aztecs (20-11) will face Kennedy in an all-Orange County final on Friday or Saturday, May
  
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• Mater Dei boys lacrosse edges Santa Margarita, earns first trip to CIF-SS finals

  11-05-2025 08:46 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Since the CIF Southern Section took over the boys lacrosse playoff system in 2021, Mater Dei has been eliminated by the eventual Division 1 champion every season before reaching the championship game.
  Mater Dei got over the hump and reached the championship game for the first time by beating Santa Margarita 11-8 Saturday in the Division 1 semifinals at Santa Margarita High.
  “We’ve had some bad bracket luck the last few years but this group is different
  
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• Sage Hill volleyball back in CIF-SS finals with sweep of Crean Lutheran

  11-05-2025 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Jackson Cryst (20) of Sage Hill slams the ball over the net as Crean Lutheran tries to block during the semifinals of the CIF-SS Division 4 boys volleyball playoffs, May 10, 2025, at Sage Hill High.
  (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
  Josh Goldstone (24) of Crean Lutheran tips the ball over the net as Carson Ellis (15) of Sage Hill tries to block during the semifinals of the CIF-SS Division 4 boys volleyball playoffs, May 10, 2025, at Sage Hill High.
  (Photo by Steven Georges, Co
  
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• Orange Lutheran boys volleyball tops Warren in Division 3 semifinals

  11-05-2025 07:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Lutheran senior Connor Engelbrecht (1) celebrates with his teammates after a point in the Lancers’ 3-1 CIF-SS Division 3 semifinal win over Warren on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Downey. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  Orange Lutheran’s Logan Busch (11) and James Heninicke (12) try to block a hit by Warren’s Daniel Patino (7) on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in the CIF-SS Division 3 boys volleyball semifinals in Downey. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributi
  
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• Angels beat Orioles behind strong start from Jack Kochanowicz

  11-05-2025 06:33 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels accomplished something that’s been rare this season.
  They played the kind of baseball game that they’re supposed to play: getting a lead early and continuing to add on, with effective pitching throughout.
  It added up to a 5-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.
  The Angels (16-22) now have a chance on Sunday to win back-to-back series for the first time since early April.
  They didn’t need any of the dramatic late-inning heroics from v
  
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• Long Beach State, UCLA reach NCAA men’s volleyball title match

  11-05-2025 06:02 via ocregister.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the second straight season, the Long Beach State and UCLA men’s volleyball teams will square off with a national championship at stake.
  Third-seeded UCLA, chasing its 22nd national crown and looking to become the first program to win three straight in more than 40 years, will have to get past the team that spent the majority of the 2025 season atop the rankings. For top-seeded Long Beach, Monday’s 4 p.m. PT title match represents a chance to secure its four
  
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• Dodgers shut out by Corbin Burnes and Diamondbacks

  11-05-2025 04:54 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX — When the Arizona Diamondbacks signed Corbin Burnes to a franchise-record six-year, $210 million contract last winter, just a little more than they gave Zack Greinke in 2015, this is what they hoped they were buying.
  Burnes didn’t quite pitch up to his Cy Young pedigree in April and received a cortisone injection for shoulder inflammation, skipping a start and taking a 10-day break before facing the Dodgers on Saturday.
  The shot worked. Burnes handcuffed the Dodgers for seve
  
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• Galaxy suffer blowout loss to Red Bulls

  11-05-2025 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  HARRISON, N.J. — Emil Forsberg had two goals and two assists, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting also scored two goals and the New York Red Bulls beat the LA Galaxy 7-0 on Saturday night and the extend the defending MLS Cup champions’ winless skid.
  The Galaxy (0-9-3) have gone an MLS-record 12 consecutive games without a win to start the season. Their last win was a 2-1 victory over the Red Bulls on Dec. 7 to claim the 2024 MLS Cup title.
  New York tied the club mark for goals in a game, set in
  
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• AVP Huntington Beach Open: Hagen Smith, Logan Webber advance to semifinals

  11-05-2025 03:36 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — Born into beach volleyball royalty, Hagen Smith might finally be ready to take the throne.
  Smith and partner Logan Webber are having one of their best weekends since teaming up three years ago, reaching the semifinals of the AVP Tour’s Huntington Beach Open with a pair of hard-fought three-set victories on Saturday.
  The 12th-seeded pair will take on top-seeded Miles Partain and Andy Benesh in the first semifinal at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
  Smith is the son of Sinjin Smit
  
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• Teagan O’Dell leads Santa Margarita sweep at CIF Division 1 swimming finals

  11-05-2025 03:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowWALNUT — Swimmers poured water over sun-drenched starting blocks as temperatures at the CIF-SS Division 1 championships climbed to almost 100 degrees at Mt. SAC. One swimmer grabbed a drink seconds before his race.
  Staying as cool as possible became part of the strategy Saturday but there was no simmering down Santa Margarita’s Teagan O’Dell, her teammates or Northwood’s Derek Hitc
  
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• Dodgers sticking with Roki Sasaki’s development at big-league level

  11-05-2025 03:15 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX — After eight largely underwhelming starts, it’s obvious that Roki Sasaki is – as the Dodgers asserted when they signed him last winter – not a finished product.
  But whatever development the 23-year-old right-hander needs will have to be made at the major-league level. The Dodgers have no intention of sending him to the minors to work on the improvements they acknowledge he needs to make.
  “I don’t think that a minor-league stint is in any of our minds
  
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• Family of pilot from Rancho Cucamonga killed in a wildfire helicopter crash reaches a $15 million settlement

  11-05-2025 03:03 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed in 2020 while fighting a wildfire in Southern California reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft, their attorneys said Friday.
  Michael Fournier of Rancho Cucamonga was making water drops on Aug. 19, 2020 over hilly, rugged terrain when his bright red Bell UH-1H copter suddenly plunged into a hillside as he was helping battle the Hills fire burning 10 miles (16 kilomete
  
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