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• Jose Suarez extends surge, but Angels’ offense stifled again in loss to Astros

  20-09-2024 05:03 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Jose Suarez showed more promising signs in his return to the starting rotation, but the Angels were once again plagued by a lack of run support in Thursday’s 3-1 loss to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Jon Singleton provided the decisive margin with a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning off reliever Ryan Miller.
  Taylor Ward blasted his fifth leadoff home run of the season (all in the last 19 games), tying him for fifth-most in MLB. However, that proved to b
  
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• Several firefighters reportedly injured after fire utility truck overturns on OC toll road

  20-09-2024 06:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Several firefighters were injured after a fire utility truck rolled over on a toll road Thursday night, Sept. 19, in Irvine, officials said
  The accident was reported around 6:50 p.m. on the 241 Toll Road near State Route 133, according to Officer Sergio Rivera, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol.
  A fter the fire utility truck rolled over, multiple people had to be transported to a hospital with injuries ranging from minor to moderate, Rivera said.
  Six firefighters were seriously hu
  
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• Aaron Rodgers dazzles in first home start since injury as Jets crush Patriots

  20-09-2024 05:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes in a superb homecoming performance, New York’s defense was dominant and the Jets rolled to a 24-3 victory over the New England Patriots in their home opener on Thursday night.
  Rodgers started his first game at MetLife Stadium since leaving the field just over a year ago with a torn Achilles tendon in New York’s opener. The 40-year-old quarterback showed no signs of the i
  
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• Jose Suarez extends surge, but Angels’ bats remain cold in loss to Astros

  20-09-2024 05:03 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Jose Suarez showed more promising signs in his return to the starting rotation, but the Angels were once again plagued by poor run support in Thursday night’s 3-1 loss to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Jon Singleton provided the decisive margin with a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning off Ryan Miller.
  “Singleton won the battle,” Angels manager Ron Washington said after Miller’s 79-mile-per-hour sweeper was poked to left field.
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• Sparks beat depleted Lynx in season finale to end 8-game skid

  20-09-2024 04:45 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — A long slog of a season ended on a bright note for the Sparks.
  Dearica Hamby scored 20 points, Rickea Jackson added 19 and the last-place Sparks closed the WNBA season with a 68-51 victory over the playoff-bound Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night.
  The Sparks (8-32) ended their eight-game losing streak and stopped Minnesota’s seven-game winning streak.
  The second-seeded Lynx (30-10), who had nothing to play for and will be at home to begin a best-of-three first-round serie
  
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• Crean Lutheran’s Jacob Maiava files for temporary restraining order against CIF over eligibility

  20-09-2024 04:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSANTA ANA — Crean Lutheran football player Jacob Maiava on Thursday filed for a temporary restraining order against the CIF Southern Section and CIF State seeking immediate eligibility after being ruled ineligible at the school following his offseason transfer from Santa Margarita.
  In a filing at Orange County Superior Court through his guardian, the All-County offensive lineman sought a hearing Thu
  
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• Fewer ‘ghost guns’ linked to crime in California, but problem persists

  20-09-2024 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California law enforcement officials are concerned about the proliferation of illegally assembled “ghost guns,” but they also say aggressive enforcement seems to be putting a dent in the number of the untraceable firearms on the streets.
  The total linked to crimes statewide has decreased in the past two years, after soaring for the previous dozen years, according to a state Department of Justice report.
  Ghost guns, known in law enforcement as unserialized firearms, trouble o
  
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• Kings’ new season comes with a new look – no more 1-3-1

  20-09-2024 02:36 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO –– Kings training camp opened with a bang Thursday as prospect Aatu Jämsen scored a lacrosse-style goal to ignite the fireworks on the ice before captain Anže Kopitar dropped a bomb in the dressing room.
  “We’re not going to play the 1-3-1 this year,” Kopitar proclaimed.
  Coach Jim Hiller, whose interim tag was removed in the spring, said Kopitar and the players were informed in recent days of a change to a more traditional 1-2-2 neutral-zone fore
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Sept. 19

  20-09-2024 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Sept. 19
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS WATER POLO
  NONLEAGUE
  Tustin 11, Laguna Hills 9
  University 13, Costa Mesa 8
  Crean Lutheran 16, Woodbridge 10
  Trabuco Hills 12, El
  
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• Swanson: Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani creates 50-50 club of his own

  20-09-2024 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Shohei Ohtani, international man of history.
  Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single bound.
  Neither bird, nor plane, he might be a superhero, the Dodgers’ Japanese sensation, their $700 million man, and now, the first major leaguer to achieve that mind-bending 50-50 milestone in one season.
  Make it 51-51, though, for funsies. Laugh about it, Shohei, because what else can you do?
  What can’t he do?
  Ohtani i
  
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• Rams’ defense sorting through growing pains heading into Week 3

  20-09-2024 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – In the dazed aftermath of Sunday’s humbling loss to the Cardinals, Rams head coach Sean McVay and the defensive coaching staff had a consistent message for the players as they tried to turn the page.
  “We didn’t go out there and not perform well because we weren’t capable of doing it,” linebacker Troy Reeder recalled. “We didn’t perform well because we didn’t do the things we’re capable of.”
  After an encouraging perfo
  
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• Justice Department opens civil rights probe on ‘goon squad’ after deputies torture 2 Black men

  20-09-2024 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
  JACKSON, Miss. — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot in the mouth, officials said Thursday.
  The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a pattern or practice of ex
  
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• Republicans are trying a new approach to abortion in the race for Congress

  20-09-2024 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — In the most contested races for control of the U.S. House, many Republican candidates are speaking up about women’s rights to abortion access and reproductive care in new and surprising ways, a deliberate shift for a GOP blindsided by some political ramifications of the post-Roe v. Wade era.
  Looking directly into the camera for ads, or penning personal op-eds in local newspapers, the Republicans are trying to distance themselves from some of the more aggr
  
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• Anaheim Little Arabia freeway signs ‘powerful symbol’ for community recognition

  20-09-2024 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Arab community in Anaheim’s Little Arabia on Thursday celebrated the unveiling of freeway signs that will lead travelers to the district that is now home to immigrants from across the world.
  “This is not just an installation of a sign,” said Rashad Al-Dabbagh, founder and executive director of the Anaheim-based Arab American Civic Council. “It’s a powerful symbol, recognition, pride and the representation that we have fought so hard to achieve.”
  Little Ara
  
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• Angels embrace experience of September baseball against a contender

  20-09-2024 01:50 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Nine of this season’s final 13 games for the Angels are against either the Chicago White Sox or Texas Rangers. The White Sox (36-117) have long been eliminated from postseason contention, and the Rangers (73-80) are very likely to be once that season-closing series arrives on Sept. 27.
  But in the middle of those 13 games is this weekend’s four-game set against the AL West-leading Astros (82-70) at Minute Maid Park. For the Angels (62-90), it’s their final opport
  
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• Israeli soldiers observed pushing bodies off roofs in West Bank

  20-09-2024 01:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By Julie Frankel and Majdi Mohammed | Associated Press
  QABATIYA, West Bank — Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the northern part of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene and video obtained by AP.
  An AP journalist in the town of Qabatiya witnessed three soldiers push the bodies off the roofs of adjacent multi-story buildings, sending them falling out of view. It was the latest in a s
  
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• Popeyes and Wendy’s have new $5 deals; here’s what you get

  20-09-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Like summer weather spilling over into autumn, this summer’s fast food trend is carrying over into late September.
  The trend is $5 value meals, and there are a couple of new ones from Popeyes and Wendy’s.
  The Popeyes deal, however, is not like McDonald’s $5 Meal Deal, which got the ball rolling in June. That one was a complete meal, with fries and drink.
  Popeyes’ 3 Piece Signature Chicken Deal is just three pieces of fried chicken for $5.
  Ordering online, you have the cho
  
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• How USC’s Zachariah Branch went from fast to ‘real fast’

  20-09-2024 01:18 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — They say speed kills, yes, but Zachariah Branch does not grant instant death. He waits. He processes. He lulls. And then, in a flash, he digs his cleat into turf with every Newton of force his 175-pound frame can muster.
  And when Branch makes that decision to put his foot in the ground, as USC track and field coach Quincy Watts proclaims, the acceleration is something special. Unbelievable.
  “That’s when you see,” Watts said, “the whooooo.”
  On Sep
  
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• New Cal State Fullerton president aims to unite campus community in first year at helm

  20-09-2024 01:15 via ocregister.com
  
  At Cal State Fullerton’s convocation Thursday, new university president Ronald Rochon gave his first major public address since taking the reins of the college nearly two months ago.
  In his 30-minute “State of the University” speech in front of faculty, staff and a smattering of students at the Meng Concert Hall on campus, Rochon tried to strike a balance between signaling a fresh start for the school and committing to plans already in action before his arrival.
  “I don&rs
  
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has MLB’s first 50-50 season after 3-homer day

  20-09-2024 01:14 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani announced his presence as the lone member of the 50-50 club with authority.
  Ohtani had a career-high six hits on Thursday – including three homer runs and two doubles – with 10 RBIs and two stolen bases.
  The two steals give Ohtani 51 for the season (the 13th season of 50 or more stolen bases in Dodgers history). The two home runs give him 50 for the season, passing Shawn Green (49) for the Dodgers’ single-season record.
  Only the sixth player in baseb
  
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has MLB’s first 50-50 season

  20-09-2024 01:14 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani announced his presence as the lone member of the 50-50 club with authority.
  Ohtani had a career-high five hits on Thursday – including two doubles and two home runs – with seven RBIs and two stolen bases.
  The two steals give Ohtani 51 for the season (the 13th season of 50 or more stolen bases in Dodgers history). The two home runs give him 50 for the season, passing Shawn Green (49) for the Dodgers’ single-season record.
  Only the sixth player in base
  
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• Alleged ‘crime tourist,’ 19, pleads not guilty to stealing $1M watch at gunpoint in Beverly Hills

  20-09-2024 01:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The second of two South American nationals allegedly linked to the armed robbery of a $1 million emerald-encrusted Patek Phillipe watch from a tourist sitting on the patio of a restaurant at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel pleaded not guilty Thursday to a federal charge.
  Jesus Eduardo Padron Rojas, 19, of Venezuela entered his plea in downtown Los Angeles to one count of interference with commerce by robbery — known as a federal Hobbs Act crime, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
  A
  
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• Fryer: Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan heads into Woodbridge Classic on an epic pace

  20-09-2024 00:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan will be off and running to start his senior year Saturday night in the Woodbridge Classic cross country meet at Great Park in Irvine.
  Noonan was last season’s Orange County boys cross country runner of the year and Gatorade’s boys cross country runner of the year in California. He repeated as a CIF Southern Section (Division 3) and state champion.
  In track and field, Noonan was the CIF state champion in the 3,200 meters. He was Orange County’s only
  
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• Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Friday, September 20, 2024

  19-09-2024 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, September 20, 2024.
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• Chargers QB Justin Herbert limited in return to practice

  19-09-2024 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Justin Herbert returned to the practice field Thursday at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, but the Chargers said his participation was limited because of an injured right ankle. His status for the Chargers’ game Sunday against the Steelers in Pittsburgh remained to be determined.
  Herbert was observed throwing passes, but he did not join his teammates for drills during the period open to reporters. The Chargers’ quarterback was injured on a third-down scramble in the third
  
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• Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman: Shohei Ohtani is ‘not really an option’ to pitch in postseason

  19-09-2024 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI — There has been a lot of talk about Shohei Ohtani possibly pitching if the Dodgers go deep enough in the postseason this year.
  Ohtani has not been involved in any of that talk.
  “There’s no conversation that was brought about with the pitching coach in terms of pitching in the postseason,” Ohtani said through his interpreter this week. “But we’re going to have a meeting back in L.A. to discuss the overall rehab progression.”
  The meeting has nothing
  
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• Bowling’s 1950s boom in suburbs gets fresh spin in new book

  19-09-2024 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The heyday of bowling alleys in Southern California is the subject of a new book. Author Chris Nichols gives all credit to Covina Bowl, his family’s favored bowling center of the 1980s.
  “I loved it so much,” says Nichols, 53, who grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. “I spent so many childhood milestones there.”
  Nichols organized a 60th anniversary party in 2016 for Covina Bowl. (I was there.) After the last pin fell in 2017, he was among those who successfully advocat
  
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• Gov. Newsom calls out Southern California cities while signing homeless, housing bills

  19-09-2024 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Huntington Beach and Norwalk Thursday, Sept. 19, during a press conference announcing the passage of 32 laws aimed at the state’s housing and homelessness crises.
  Newsom signed seven of the 32 bills, alongside Attorney General Rob Bonta, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Bay Area state legislators Timothy Grayson and Buffy Wicks and Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Tomiquia Moss.
  “We can pass all these laws and if folks at t
  
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• Gov. Newsom calls out Huntington Beach while signing homeless, housing bills

  19-09-2024 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Huntington Beach and Norwalk Thursday, Sept. 19, during a press conference announcing the passage of 32 laws aimed at the state’s housing and homelessness crises.
  Newsom signed seven of the 32 bills, alongside Attorney General Rob Bonta, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Bay Area state legislators Timothy Grayson and Buffy Wicks and Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Tomiquia Moss.
  “We can pass all these laws and if folks at t
  
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• Former Orange County election official tells story of protecting the vote in 2020

  19-09-2024 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The leadup to the 2020 election was marked by widening partisan polarization, raging wildfires in California and the COVID-19 pandemic.
  In the middle of that turbulence was Jackie Wu, who was working at the Orange County Registrar of Voters as a community outreach manager in charge of executing a voter outreach plan and assisting with proofing all election materials.
  That year, voter turnout in Orange County was 87.3%, one of the highest in the state. An incredible feat on its own, it was even m
  
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