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• Californians, beware of this FasTrak toll fee text scam

  03-01-2025 04:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you recently received a text saying you owe a FasTrak toll fee with a link to pay? Beware – it may be a scam.
  These texts claim consumers owe Fastrak express lane or toll charges and includes a link to a fraudulent website that will ask for online payment. Do not click on the link or provide any personal information.
  Screenshot of a FasTrak text scam. (Screenshot: Ryanne Mena)
  The Toll Roads and other legitimate California tolling agencies do not send text messages to non-accountholde
  
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• Fairmont Prep girls basketball races past Sage Hill for statement win at Kiernan Klassic

  05-01-2025 09:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe keen observers certainly noted that Fairmont Prep and Sage Hill have each spent time this girls basketball season in the No. 2 spot in the Orange County rankings without facing off on the hardwood.
  That all changed Saturday at the inaugural Kiernan Klassic at Mater Dei High, and so did the debate.
  No. 3 Fairmont Prep used a spirited second half of rebounding and defense to defeat No. 2 Sage Hill 63-46
  
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• UC San Diego hands Cal State Fullerton another lopsided loss

  05-01-2025 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — It was a rough week for the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team.
  Fullerton proved no match for streaking UC San Diego in a 90-51 home loss on Saturday night that came just 48 hours after the Titans found themselves on the wrong end of a record-setting shooting performance in a lopsided home loss to Cal State Northridge.
  Fullerton (5-11 overall, 0-4 Big West) hung in the game early, before the Tritons (13-2, 3-0) went on an 11-0 run to extend their lead to 27-12
  
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• Long Beach State can’t keep Cal State Bakersfield off boards in loss

  05-01-2025 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  BAKERSFIELD — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team struggled on the glass and could not contain Cal State Bakersfield’s Jemel Jones in an 80-65 loss to the Roadrunners on Saturday night.
  Devin Askew had 21 points and Austin Johnson had a season-high 14 for Long Beach (6-10 overall, 2-2 Big West), which shot above 50% from the field (23 for 45) for the sixth time in its last seven games but was outrebounded 43-20. Bakersfield (8-8, 2-2) had 19 offensive rebounds, which led
  
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• Kawhi Leonard makes season debut as Clippers coast in win over Hawks

  05-01-2025 07:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Actress Jaime Gertz, left, with her husband and owner of the Atlanta Hawks Tony Ressler during a NBA basketball game between the Clippers and the Atlanta Hawks at Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG)
  Kawhi Leonard #2 of the Clippers reacts from the bench against the Atlanta Hawks in the second half of a NBA basketball game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Regis
  
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• UC Irvine dominates 2nd half to take showdown with UC Riverside

  05-01-2025 07:08 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine guard Justin Hohn takes a shot during the first half of their Big West Conference game against UC Riverside on Saturday night at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  UC Riverside center Joel Armotrading, right, grabs a rebound over UC Irvine center Bent Leuchten during the first half of their Big West Conference game on Saturday night at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  UC Irvine guard T
  
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• 3 men arrested in Fullerton bar stabbing

  05-01-2025 06:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Three men were arrested in connection with a double stabbing at a Fullerton bar on Thursday, police announced Saturday.
  At around 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, Fullerton police responded to a call at a bar in the 1800 block of West Valencia Drive, near Brookhurst Road, for a possible stabbing.
  Once officers arrived on scene, they located two men with several stab wounds. Both men were taken to a local trauma center and are expected to survive, according to police.
  Later that day, detectives arrested th
  
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• Mater Dei girls water polo knocks off Orange Lutheran on the way to Holiday Cup title

  05-01-2025 06:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowNEWPORT BEACH — As a former Olympic defender and a seven-time CIF-SS championship winning coach, Mater Dei’s Chris Segesman can be a hard-driving leader on the pool deck. The Monarchs’ girls water polo coach, however, had his players laughing Saturday during a timeout after his play selection with about one minute left in regulation against top-ranked Orange Lutheran.
  With the score tied
  
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• Adrian Kempe’s late goal against Lightning powers Kings to ninth straight home win

  05-01-2025 06:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES –– The Kings have been pedestrian in some areas but they’ve been magical in others, specifically in the third period and at Crypto.com Arena, where they won their ninth straight home game by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1, on Saturday evening.
  Mikey Anderson and Adrian Kempe each lit the lamp for the Kings, with Kempe breaking a 1-1 stalemate that spanned most of the match. Darcy Kuemper turned in a superb performance with 34 saves, including several with a
  
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• Joe Burrow, Bengals hold off Steelers to keep playoff hopes alive

  05-01-2025 05:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (1) picks up a first down defended by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith (56) during the first half of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
  Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Beanie Bishop Jr. (31) celebrates an interception with safety Damontae Kazee (23) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
  
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• Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals kept their playoff hopes alive by edging the Steelers 19-17

  05-01-2025 05:47 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — Joe Burrow passed for 277 yards and a touchdown, Cade York kicked four field goals and the Cincinnati Bengals kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 19-17 win over the floundering Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night.
  Burrow also threw an interception and his NFL record streak of consecutive games with at least 250 yards passing and three touchdowns came to an end. But he did enough to propel the Bengals (9-8) to their fifth straight win and keep them in the mix until the
  
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• Detect your inner mystery: A quest for self-discovery

  05-01-2025 05:34 via ocregister.com
  
  In almost every detective novel, one of the first questions asked is “Are there any fingerprints?” Why? Because each and every person carries a distinctive set of prints. You. Me. Everyone. Unique!
  These tiny ridges on our fingertips are not just biological markers but metaphors for individuality, uniqueness and the imprint we leave on the world.
  I no longer set goals on New Year’s Eve but believe we can transform that tradition into an investigation of our own inner mystery. A
  
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• USC falls to Michigan in back-and-forth Big Ten home opener

  05-01-2025 05:04 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — He bent in a stance approximately 90 feet from the basket, nodding his head at a Michigan guard, Wesley Yates III attempting to bend the very concept of momentum to his own youthful will.
  He’d never played a minute of collegiate basketball before this season, yes, spending an injury-plagued season at Washington before transferring to USC. He was prone to mistakes. He’d turned 60-year-old head coach Eric Musselman’s hair grey, at times. But his energy had cha
  
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• Got leftover chicken? Try these easy chicken enchiladas

  05-01-2025 03:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Carla Vigos
  Laguna Woods Globe
  Who doesn’t love the versatile rotisserie chicken? I get many meals from a single one.
  First is the roast chicken dinner itself, but sometimes, if I’m in the “feed me now” stage, I pull off the wings and eat them while driving home.
  Carla Vigos, Laguna Woods Globe cooking columnist
  (Courtesy of Carla Vigos)
  Chicken enchiladas is one way you can use up any rotisserie chicken you might have left.
  (Courtesy of Jeff Sinclair)
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Sunday, January 5, 2025

  05-01-2025 02:11 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, January 5, 2025.
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• Barnes storms to San Vicente Stakes win at Santa Anita

  05-01-2025 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — Bob Baffert’s unmatched experience at judging Kentucky Derby prospects has taught the Hall of Fame trainer that no matter what a young horse shows in his first race, he reveals more in his second.
  “That’s when you know,” Baffert said in the Santa Anita winner’s circle.
  After 3-year-old Barnes’ second race, Baffert knows he has another potential star in his barn.
  Barnes and jockey Juan Hernandez dominated a small but solid field in the $200,000,
  
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• Lakers’ offense humming again: ‘We’re figuring it out’

  05-01-2025 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Even as his team was in the midst of a 13-game stretch of statistically performing as one of league’s worst offensive teams, Lakers coach JJ Redick was seeing signs of better days.
  “I would say I like where we’re headed offensively with the process, and I like where we’re headed with our organization,” he said ahead of the team’s Dec. 23 home loss to the Detroit Pistons. “And there certainly was a stretch there where I didn’t li
  
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• Rams RB Kyren Williams primed for playoffs after first healthy season

  05-01-2025 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kyren Williams knows what the narrative was about him after dealing with injuries in his first two NFL seasons. He knows what the narrative is about running backs in general in recent years, that the position wears down players that makes them difficult investments.
  “I wish people who say that could feel how I feel right now,” Williams said. “Because, bro, when I tell, and I don’t want to jinx nothing, but when I tell you I feel better after games than
  
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• How No. 4 USC became an elite defense under assistant Beth Burns

  05-01-2025 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The first time Lindsay Gottlieb called, Beth Burns said no. Burns had lived several lifetimes in basketball already, a 30-plus-year coaching career with head-coaching runs at San Diego State and Ohio State. She was perfectly happy in simplicity, an associate strength and conditioning coach at Louisville.
  But Gottlieb kept calling, and in 2022, Burns found herself packing up a moving van for Southern California – with one caveat. She was into her mid-60s. She wanted litt
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Jan. 4

  04-01-2025 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Jan. 4
  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.
  SATURDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  NIKE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (AZ)
  Santa Margarita 75, Campbell Hall 51
  REAL RUN SHOWCASE
  Cypress 64, La Salle 55
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• No. 15 UCLA falls to Nebraska for first Big Ten loss

  04-01-2025 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. — If the UCLA men’s basketball team thought it was cold arriving to Pinnacle Bank Arena, it was in for a rude awakening at the 3-point line Saturday.
  While temperatures hovered about 20 degrees outside, the No. 15 Bruins found no source of warmth from the arc Saturday, firing a season-worst 14% from 3-point range in a 66-58 loss to Nebraska.
  The Bruins played their worst offensive game of the season in their first Big Ten game not played on the West Coast. UCLA (11-3, 2
  
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• Artificial intelligence spots a wildfire in an OC canyon – and promptly alerts firefighters

  04-01-2025 22:45 via ocregister.com
  
  When artificial intelligence cameras spotted a wildfire in a remote canyon in early December, it was the first time the Orange County Fire Authority received an alert from AI without getting an emergency call from a person, authorities said.
  OCFA announced the discovery in an X post on Friday, Jan. 3.
  The University of California San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia camera network’s AI alerted the OCFA of an “anomaly” seen on video footage around 2 a.m. on Dec. 4. The network has
  
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• Ducks return home against Tampa Bay full of resolve

  04-01-2025 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Following their best 10-game stretch since November 2023, the Ducks migrated back south to host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday after staring down a pair of challenges north of the border.
  They’ve won six of their past 10 games, including signature victories over two marquee clubs, New Jersey and Edmonton, as well as two more against the NHL-pacing Winnipeg Jets.
  In Winnipeg on Thursday, the Ducks rallied for the fourth time this season from a multiple-goal deficit, which tied them with
  
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• Marines tighten access to Camp Pendleton in wake of New Orleans attack

  04-01-2025 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Camp Pendleton has tightened access to the sprawling Marine base in North County in the wake of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people.
  “Commander NORTHCOM has directed all military installations to implement heightened security measures at all entry gates to include 100% ID CHECKS, random inspections, and the suspension of the Trusted Travel Program until further notice,” Camp Pendleton said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
  The message was referring to
  
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• Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Denzel Washington receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

  04-01-2025 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN
  WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.
  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aroused a standing ovation from the crowd as she received her medal. Clinton was accompanied to the event by her husband former President Bill Clinton, daughter Chelse
  
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• Prince William expresses sadness at death of his former nanny’s stepson in New Orleans attack

  04-01-2025 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By Pan Pylas | Associated Press
  LONDON — Prince William expressed his shock and sadness Saturday at the news of the death of his former nanny’s stepson in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people.
  London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed Saturday that they are supporting the family of 31-year-old Edward Pettifer, including helping them through the process of returning his body to the U.K. Pettifer was from west London.
  In a statement on social media,
  
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• Blast in southwestern Pakistan kills 1 person and wounds 35

  04-01-2025 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A blast from an improvised explosive device killed one person and wounded 35 others on Saturday in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Turbat, a police official said.
  Footage from the scene showed vehicles moving through the city before an explosion and flames engulfed one of them.
  Police officer Roshan Baloch said that eight of the wounded were in critical condition, and that the rest were stable. Most of the casualties are soldiers. The device was in a car parke
  
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• Lauren Betts doubles up again as No. 1 UCLA knocks off Indiana

  04-01-2025 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Lauren Betts’ ninth double-double of the season helped the No. 1 UCLA women’s basketball team stay undefeated Saturday.
  The 6-foot-7 center scored 25 points and collected 12 rebounds as the Bruins came away 73-62 winners over Indiana in a Big Ten victory in Bloomington, Indiana.
  UCLA also got 11 points from junior guard Gabriela Jaquez and 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists from junior guard Kiki Rice to improve to 15-0 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
  Betts, who shot 12 o
  
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• Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket on its way to Atlanta as 39th president’s state funeral begins

  04-01-2025 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATE PAYNE and BILL BARROW
  PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood farmhouse on its way to Atlanta, where he climbed the political ladder and based his decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.
  The former president’s six-day state funeral started in Americus at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, where current and
  
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• 1960s hitmaker Brenton Wood, 83, dies at Moreno Valley home

  04-01-2025 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Singer-Songwriter Brenton Wood, known for his hits “The Oogum Boogum Song” and “Gimme Little Sign,” has died of natural causes at his home in Moreno Valley. He was 83.
  Wood died peacefully in his sleep Friday, according to his managers, Isabel and Manny Gallegos.
  Manny Gallegos, who also served as Wood’s personal assistant, told Entertainment Weekly the singer had been ill for several months.
  “I was there [Thursday] night at his house,” Gallegos told the
  
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