Anaheim news

• Eaton fire doubles overnight to 2,227 acres — 20 homes lost, evacuations ordered for La Canada Flintridge

  08-01-2025 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  A destructive, fast-moving brush fire that broke out above Altadena Tuesday evening, Jan. 7, doubled in size overnight as evacuation orders were added to include all of La Canada Flintridge.
  At least 20 homes have been lost to the fire.
  The Eaton fire has burned 2,227 acres with no containment, fire officials said.
  More than 700 firefighters were assigned to the blaze as of 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Angeles National Forest.
  “The fire continues to dangerously burn both east and
  
  Read more

• Universal Studios Hollywood closes for second day due to deadly wildfires

  09-01-2025 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Universal Studios Hollywood will close its gates for a second day in a row due to gusting winds that have fueled a series of deadly and destructive wildfires across Southern California.
  Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk will be closed Thursday, Jan. 9 due to extreme winds and fire conditions.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
  “The safety of our team membe
  
  Read more

• Larry Elder: Democrats hold their noses and certify ‘insurrectionist’ Trump

  09-01-2025 08:51 via ocregister.com
  
  After President-elect Donald Trump leaned on dissident Republican U.S House members and strong-armed the reelection of Speaker Mike Johnson, congressional Democrats — and Republicans — marveled at Trump’s power and influence.
  When the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Colorado could not prevent Trump from appearing on that state’s primary, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the House Jan. 6 Committee, remained defiant. On CNN, Raskin said: “I disagree wi
  
  Read more

• Will fiscal responsibility now become the cornerstone of economic policy?

  09-01-2025 08:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The arrival of a new presidential administration invokes new beginnings and a break from the past. Still, realities from previous administrations remain, such as a fiscal challenge that demands immediate attention. It may weigh on the newcomers even more than they realize today. We can only hope they take it more seriously than their predecessors have done.
  The longstanding notion that debt accumulation is benign, based largely on interest rates that for a time fell below growth rates, has prove
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Los Alamitos boys basketball grabs control of Sunset League by knocking off Corona del Mar

  09-01-2025 08:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – On the Los Alamitos boys basketball team, seemingly any player could be the star player any given game.
  Liam Gray was that player Wednesday night.
  Gray scored a game-high 26 points for the Griffins in a 73-69 win over Corona del Mar in a Sunset League game before a large crowd at Corona del Mar High.
  Los Alamitos’ Trent Minter, left, puts up a shot over Corona del Mar’s Jackson Harlan in a Sunset League boys basketball game in Newport Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 8,
  
  Read more

• Mater Dei girls water polo seeded first for Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions

  09-01-2025 08:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County’s top girls water polo teams — Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran and Newport Harbor — will compete in a major tournament for the second straight weekend but could encounter some roster twists at the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions.
  Three county players and two from San Marcos have been selected to the U.S. national team for a World Cup that starts in Greece on Tuesday.
  Orang
  
  Read more

• Katella boys basketball finishes strong to pull out victory over Garden Grove

  09-01-2025 07:56 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE — Tenacity, grit and a clutch 3-pointer from Michael Montejo with 90 seconds remaining in the game were the deciding factors in Katella’s come-from-behind, 63-61 victory over Garden Grove in an Orange Coast League boys basketball game Wednesday at Garden Grove High School.
  After leading briefly, 4-0, in the first quarter, the Knights (11-5, 2-0) fell behind to the Argonauts (11-10, 0-1) and eventually faced a double-digit deficit in the third quarter.
  The Knights had bee
  
  Read more

• Tips for handling insurance claims after a disaster

  09-01-2025 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The trauma begins with an evacuation order.
  After rounding up your medications, personal documents, laptop, family photos and making your escape, you then spend endless, helpless hours worrying about whether your home will survive.
  Then, comes the unspeakable horror of learning your home has burned down. And that’s just the beginning of what can be a years-long process of recovering from a wildfire.
  Insurance officials say the claims process goes through a succession of stages, from the in
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Mission Viejo boys basketball starts league play with victory over Capistrano Valley

  09-01-2025 07:36 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO — Mission Viejo’s boys basketball team snapped an 11-game Sea View League losing streak by beating Capistrano Valley 41-33 Wednesday at Capistrano Valley High.
  The Diablos (9-11, 1-0) went 0-9 in league play last season in Keith Herbold’s first season as head coach and lost their last two league games in 2023.
  “This is what we talked about,” Herbold said. “We said, ‘let’s prove that we are a good team and start our league with a win o
  
  Read more

• Russell Westbrook, Nuggets rout Clippers with both teams missing stars

  09-01-2025 05:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KELLY The Associated Press
  DENVER — On a night when each team was missing a future Hall of Famer, the Denver Nuggets took care of the Clippers with the help of two former Clippers.
  Jamal Murray had 21 points and nine assists, former Clippers sparkplug Russell Westbrook added 19 points and eight assists and former Clippers center DeAndre Jordan had his best night of the season as the Nuggets pounded the Clippers, 126-103, on Wednesday night.
  Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was not av
  
  Read more

• Unsafe water advisory issued as Eaton and Palisades fires affect water supply

  09-01-2025 05:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Unsafe water alerts have been issued for areas near the Eaton and Palisades fires on Wednesday, Jan. 9 as the firefighting efforts have resulted in low water pressure and debris in the supply.
  An unsafe water alert was sent out Wednesday evening for those in the Eaton fire evacuated areas of Pasadena, stating that the water is unsafe until further notice due to potential impact from the Eaton fire.
  The Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) drinking water system potentially has debris and elevated turbi
  
  Read more

• No. 4 USC women rally to hand No. 8 Maryland its 1st loss

  09-01-2025 05:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. — On a night when JuJu Watkins didn’t play her best, the USC supporting cast was up to the task.
  Watkins scored 21 points before fouling out in the final minute, Kiki Iriafen also had 21 and Kennedy Smith fueled a critical fourth-quarter run as the fourth-ranked USC women’s basketball team rallied to hand No. 8 Maryland its first loss, 79-74, on Wednesday night.
  Shyanne Sellers scored 26 points for Maryland, but the Terrapins (
  
  Read more

• Man convicted of human trafficking of a minor in Orange County

  09-01-2025 04:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL ANDERSON
  SANTA ANA — A 36-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of human trafficking of a 17-year-old runaway and pandering two other women in Orange County.
  Xavier Dashea Washington was convicted of human trafficking of a minor, one count of pandering a minor older than 16, two counts of pandering, a count of attempting to prevent a victim from prosecuting, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of contempt of court for disobeying a court order.
  Jurors acquitted Washington of one co
  
  Read more

• Southern California wildfires add to growing worries about homeowner insurance

  09-01-2025 04:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Wildfires spared Tim Scanlon’s Altadena home as of Wednesday afternoon, even after devouring a neighbor’s landscaping and torching several nearby properties.
  But the music licensing executive worried that the firestorms rampaging across Los Angeles County still will affect his pocketbook, pushing already rising insurance premiums even higher.
  He’s paying $4,500 a year for homeowner insurance, which recently rose by $500.
  “After this, who knows if I’m insurable anymo
  
  Read more

• USC can’t hold off Oumar Ballo, Indiana in loss

  09-01-2025 04:25 via ocregister.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Oumar Ballo was always going to present a challenge for a USC team that doesn’t feature a lot of size.
  The 7-foot former Arizona standout powered his way to 23 points and Indiana erased an early double-digit deficit to hand USC an 82-69 loss on Wednesday night.
  Playing for the first time at Bloomington, USC built a quick 10-point lead on a layup by Wesley Yates III eight minutes into the game, 19-9. The Trojans (9-6 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) used sound defensive rotat
  
  Read more

• ‘Like you’re on a different planet:’ Malibu left decimated by Palisades fire

  09-01-2025 03:44 via ocregister.com
  
  For an hour and a half, 56-year-old Sean Ogden shuffled down the side of the PCH as Malibu burned.
  It had long been home, in one form or another.
  Ogden lived in a tent in Tuna Canyon Park, and he was evacuating by foot Wednesday afternoon, grizzled face caked in soot from a rampaging Palisades fire that had yet to reach any form of containment.
  His right shoulder carried a purple Adidas bag, filled with a couple of electronics and a bottle of shampoo.
  His left hand lugged the rusty handle of a s
  
  Read more

• ‘Big one we all feared’: Wildfires devastate Southern California

  09-01-2025 03:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A nightmare came true for Hope Edelman.
  “This is the big one we all feared, but somehow convinced ourselves would never happen,” said Edelman, an author and 27-year resident of Topanga Canyon, referring to the Palisades fire that began Tuesday and was, as she spoke Wednesday, eating up the canyons near her home.
  “Now it is.”
  Tens of thousands of locals could say the same. Some of the most beautiful, expensive and fire-prone neighborhoods of Los Angeles County are in flame
  
  Read more

• This map shows where the Sunset fire is burning in the Hollywood Hills

  09-01-2025 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  A brush fire that ignited Wednesday evening forced evacuations in the Hollywood Hills between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park.
  Sunset fire quickly endangers Hollywood Hills near Runyon CanyonRelated ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Sunset fire quickly endangers Hollywood Hills near Runyon CanyonCrime and Public Safety | How a rare windstorm whipped up LA County’s catastrophic hellscapeCrime and Public Safety | Historic homes, state park buildings lost to Palisades fireCrime and Public Safe
  
  Read more

• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Jan. 8

  09-01-2025 03:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Jan. 8
  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.
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS SOCCER
  TRINITY LEAGUE
  Mater Dei 5, Servite 2
  Goals: Coury (Ser), Gonzalez (Ser)
  Saves: (Ser) – Williams, Kremer
  
  Read more

• Sunset fire quickly endangers Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon

  09-01-2025 03:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Sunset fire began burning in the Hollywood Hills between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park on Wednesday evening, Jan. 8.
  The fire erupted at around 5:30 p.m. and has burned more than 19 acres as of 6:30 p.m., according to ABC7. The Los Angeles Fire Department is responding with 20 fire engines.
  A mandatory evacuation order is now in effect for Laurel Canyon Boulevard (western boundary), to Mulholland Drive (northern boundary), to the 101 Freeway (eastern boundary), down to Hollywood Boulevard (
  
  Read more

• How a rare windstorm whipped up LA County’s catastrophic hellscape

  09-01-2025 03:25 via ocregister.com
  
  A rare windstorm, unlike any in the past decade, whipped brush fires into unprecedented catastrophes, creating perhaps the two most destructive fires in Los Angeles County’s history, but neither of the ongoing blazes would have likely reached the same scale of destruction if it wasn’t for Southern California’s shifting climate, according to experts.
  To start, a low pressure system pushed the region’s typical Santa Ana northerly winds to a higher elevation than usual, caus
  
  Read more

• Orange Bowl: Notre Dame, Penn State are 1 win from shot at national title

  09-01-2025 03:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer
  DANIA BEACH, Fla. — It’s been a long time since either Notre Dame or Penn State reached college football’s mountaintop as national champions. It was 1988 for the Fighting Irish, 1986 for the Nittany Lions. There have been good seasons and bad seasons in the three-plus decades that have followed, coaching changes and a complete overhaul of what the sport looks like.
  Yet here they are – back again, on the doorstep of a title shot.
  The loss t
  
  Read more

• These Los Angeles restaurants offer food to fire evacuees and first responders

  09-01-2025 02:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles wildfires that have scorched the Palisades, Pasadena, Altadena and Sylmar areas remain at zero containment, with thousands of residents fleeing their homes under evacuation orders. Reel Inn, Cholada Thai, Rosenthal Winery and Moonshadows are among the eateries destroyed in the Palisades fire, with Fox’s, Side Pie, Miya and Everest succumbing to the Eaton blaze.
  A handful of unharmed restaurants across L.A. have stepped up to provide food and coffee to evacuees, firefighters
  
  Read more

• Historic homes, state park buildings lost to Palisades fire

  09-01-2025 02:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Among the devastation and loss caused by the Pacific Palisades fire, the blaze destroyed historic buildings and multiple structures at Will Rogers and Topanga state parks, officials announced Wednesday.
  The fire fueled by wind gusts up to 80 mph destroyed Will Rogers’ historic ranch house and buildings at Will Rogers State Historic Park, as well as the historic Topanga Ranch Hotel, which was once owned by William Randolph Hearst, an American publisher and politician.
  “California Stat
  
  Read more

• Palisades, Eaton fires damaged or destroyed these businesses, landmarks in LA County

  09-01-2025 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Wildfires driven by the worst windstorm in 10 years have blanketed Southern California, wreaking widespread destruction and misery.
  In the Pacific Palisades and Malibu, the Palisades fire has destroyed more than 1,000 buildings. In the San Gabriel Valley, hundreds of buildings have been damaged or destroyed by the Eaton fire with the communities of Altadena and Sierra Madre particularly impacted. In each area, the fires have left communities decimated.
  Three dangerous and rapidly spreading wildf
  
  Read more

• Swanson: Firestorm vs. L.A., and we’re all in this together

  09-01-2025 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A day ago, this column was going to be about what a difference a year can make.
  I was going to write about how, a year ago, the Chargers were in disarray, in need of a reset, and then Jim Harbaugh walked through the door. About how, a year ago, Rancho Cucamonga’s C.J. Stroud was on his way to winning Offensive Rookie of the Year, leading his Houston Texans to a playoff appearance, but how now … you know what?
  On Tuesday, the teams’ opposite trajectories setting them up to inte
  
  Read more

• Navy helicopters from San Diego air station will help fight SoCal fires

  09-01-2025 02:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Navy helicopters from Naval Airstation North Island will join other fire-fighting helicopters in the skies over Southern California, officials at the Pentagon announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
  The helicopters, known as the MH-60S Seahawk, are operated by several squadrons at the San Diego base and are being prepared to assist, said Steve Fiebing, a Navy spokesman. The the Palisades, Eaton Hurst and Lidia fires are burning thousands of acres and have destroyed hundreds of structures.
  “We&rsqu
  
  Read more

• Valencia boys soccer relying on speed, skill to defend Empire League title

  09-01-2025 02:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Valencia’s boys soccer team might not pass the initial eyeball test.
  But when the Tigers start playing, there is no doubt that they are among Orange County’s top teams.
  “We’re not big,” said Valencia coach Barry Gardner. “We’re not overpowering. But we’re very talented.”
  The Tigers (12-3 overall) are the defending Empire League champions They played their first league game Wednesday evening against Godinez (8-2-3), a newcomer to the Empire Le
  
  Read more

• NFL announces contingency plan for Rams-Vikings game in wake of wildfires

  09-01-2025 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  As wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, the NFL announced its contingency plan if the Rams and Minnesota Vikings are unable to play their NFC wild-card playoff game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Monday night.
  The teams are still preparing as if they will play there as scheduled. But should Inglewood not be a safe playing environment, the league said Wednesday, the game would be played Monday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
  “The NFL’s priority is
  
  Read more

• Live web cams capture Southern California wildfires in real time

  09-01-2025 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Strong winds continue to fuel Los Angeles-area wildfires. The Palisades fire has already charred 15,800 acres and forced the evacuation of at least 30,000, and the Eaton fire near Pasadena has claimed five fatalities and burned 10,600 acres.
  Fire officials are concerned about the fires continuing to spread east to west, and so far there has been minimal containment.
  Live cams some typically trained on beach conditions offered a real-time view of the Palisades fire and dense clouds of smoke pour
  
  Read more

Follow @Anaheim_NewsUS on Twitter!