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• Kings on historic pace as they get set to play host the Seattle Kraken

  06-04-2025 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  In peak form with potential for a rare division crown and perhaps even the best single-season point total in franchise history, the Kings will square off with the Seattle Kraken on Monday.
  It’ll be another chance to extend their franchise record for wins at home as well as a shot to solidify their playoff position. They entered Sunday’s slate of games –– which was highlighted by Washington Capitals wing Alex Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goal-scoring reco
  
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• Orange County softball stat leaders through April 26

  29-04-2025 09:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County softball stat leaders through Saturday, April 26.
  To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.
  BATTING AVERAGEName, school
  BA
  H
  AB
  Jenelle Monzon, Anaheim
  .700
  28
  40
  Hayli McIlroy, Crean Lutheran
  .688
  22
  32
  Victoria Rios, Costa Mesa
  .686
  24
  35
  Karla Oliva, Santa Ana Valley
  .679
  36
  53
  Mia Gonzalez, Buena Park
  .639
  46
  72
  Bella Bos, Calvary Chapel
  .632
  36
  
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• Top reported O.C. swimming marks entering league finals

  29-04-2025 09:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHere are the top reported Orange County swimming times and diving scores through April 28, 2025.
  Please send updates and corrections to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com.
  BOYS SWIMMING
  200-yard medley relay (O.C. standard 1:40.5) — Uni 1:33.59; SM 1:33.61; Port 1:34.82; Nor 1:35.13; Wood 1:35.18; MD 1:35.27; Troy 1:37.50; Irv 1:39.58; CL 1:39.69;
  200 free (1:44.9) — Maksymowski (Nor) 1:
  
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• Dodgers blow 5-run lead but come back to beat Marlins in 10 innings

  29-04-2025 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — This business of defending a championship is not for the faint of heart.
  The Dodgers blew a five-run lead in the middle innings and went into a five-inning hibernation before Tommy Edman’s two-run walk-off single retrieved a 7-6 victory over the Miami Marlins in 10 innings on Monday night.
  Since starting the season better than any defending World Series champion ever has (8-0), the Dodgers have barely won more than they’ve lost (11-10).
  Things were going well thro
  
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• Softball roundup: Huntington Beach and Rosary collect key league wins

  29-04-2025 06:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHuntington Beach softball coach Jeff Forsberg calls the Oilers’ offense “crazy good.”
  The lineup showed why Monday as it helped tighten the Sunset League race.
  Cali Bennett, Tea Gutierrez and Bree Carlson each had three hits to pace a 16-hit attack as visiting Huntington Beach defeated first-place Los Alamitos 9-4.
  Huntington Beach (16-7, 5-2), ranked No. 13 in Orange County this week, t
  
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• Update: Beach hazards statement in place for Orange County Coast until Wednesday night

  29-04-2025 05:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Weather Service released an updated beach hazards statement at 8:53 p.m. on Monday in effect until Wednesday, Apr. 30 at 9 p.m. for Orange County Coast.
  “Elevated surf of 4 to 6 ft, with sets to 7 feet expected,” the NWS San Diego CA said. “A 2 to 3 feet swell from 190 to 200 degrees with a 16 to 18 second period will prevail. Highest surf will occur on south/southwest facing beaches.”
  “Strong rip currents will create hazardous swimming conditions,&rdqu
  
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• WATCH: First look at Cowboy Carter tour merch, stage and specialty drinks in Los Angeles

  29-04-2025 05:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Beyoncé kicks off the Cowboy Carter Tour Monday, April 28 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. It’s the first of five shows that will be happening at the Los Angeles venue before it heads to its next stop in Chicago, Illinois.
  As with any new tour in the digital age, fans flock to social media to get a first look at the concert merchandise, the themed specialty drinks, a sneak peek at the stage for a hint of what’s to come and anything else fans at the venue share online.
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• Tyler Glasnow goes to IL, leaving another hole in Dodgers’ rotation

  29-04-2025 03:36 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Officially, Tyler Glasnow went on the injured list with shoulder inflammation. But the real diagnosis could be severe, Grade 1 frustration.
  Glasnow left each of his past two starts early with physical issues – leg cramping last week in Texas, a sore shoulder after just one inning on Sunday afternoon. Afterward, he expressed his frustration with an inability to get comfortable with some changes in his routine and mechanics – changes he made in hopes of preventing m
  
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• Family of man who died after encounter with officers in park accuse Fullerton police of excessive force

  29-04-2025 03:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A 46-year-old father of six died in police custody last week after authorities said he experienced a medical emergency, following a physical encounter with several officers from the Fullerton Police Department. The family of Jose Luis Naranjo-Cortez, who they say struggled with mental health issues, has now  accused police of using excessive force.
  Mary Naranjo-Cortez, 47, who said she is seeking legal assistance to file a claim against the city — believes officers used “unneces
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, April 28

  29-04-2025 02:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, April 28
  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.
  MONDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  FREEWAY LEAGUE
  Sonora 3, Troy 0
  NONLEAGUE
  Esperanza 6, Northview 1
  SOFTBALL
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  Huntington Beach 9, Los Alamitos 4
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• Cottie Petrie-Norris: California cannot afford to let drunk driving remain an epidemic

  29-04-2025 02:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Every time I hear about another drunk driving death, I ask myself the same question: How could we have prevented it?
  California is facing a growing drunk driving crisis — and prevention must be our top priority. Since 2019, drunk driving deaths in our state have surged 53%, killing 1,479 Californians in 2022 alone. These are not accidents. These are mothers, fathers, friends, and children. These are lives stolen in tragedies that could — and should — have been prevented.
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• 2 killed in fiery solo Tesla crash into tree in Claremont

  29-04-2025 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Two people were killed in a fiery vehicle crash into a tree early Monday in Claremont.
  The crash was reported at 2:10 a.m. on East Sixth Street near Mills Avenue, Claremont police and county fire department officials said.
  The vehicle, which appeared to be a Tesla, burst into flames after hitting the tree.
  Skid marks and a sheared parking meter can be seen where two people died early Monday, April 28, 2025, in the fiery crash of a Tesla into a treeon East Sixth Street near Mills Avenue in Clarem
  
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• Home burglaries spike in Altadena months after Eaton fire

  29-04-2025 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Property crimes have spiked around 450% in Altadena in the months since the Eaton fire ripped through the community in January, killing at least 18 people and destroying thousands of homes and businesses, according to law enforcement officials.
  On average, there have been more than 40 home burglaries reported each month since the fire in Altadena, according to Lt. Ethan Marquez with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Before the Eaton fire, the department responded to an average o
  
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• Orange County baseball stat leaders through April 26

  29-04-2025 02:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County baseball stat leaders through Saturday, April 26.
  To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.
  BATTING AVERAGEName, school
  BA
  H
  AB
  Jordan Solis, Westminster
  .556
  25
  45
  Gabe Segura, Magnolia
  .533
  16
  30
  Matthew Rubin, Santiago
  .522
  24
  46
  Mikey Haley Jr., Bolsa Grande
  .508
  31
  61
  Anthony Lopez, Saddleback
  .491
  27
  55
  Chris Arceo, Santiago
  .479
  23
  48
  Isaiah
  
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• Lakers look to overcome 4th-quarter woes with season on the line

  29-04-2025 01:57 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — When the Lakers traded for Luka Doncic in early February, a consensus around the league was how much the Lakers would benefit from having two all-time decision-makers in Doncic and LeBron James on the court together, especially late in games.
  In the game’s most precarious moments, James and Doncic would find ways to make sure the Lakers were the team that got over the hump. And that doesn’t even account for the scoring/playmaking that Austin Reaves brings to the t
  
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• Trump administration launches race-based discrimination investigations against Harvard Law Review

  29-04-2025 01:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
  The Trump administration on Monday announced federal officials are launching investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review, saying authorities have received reports of race-based discrimination “permeating the operations” of the journal.
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• Disability-rights arguments grow heated at Supreme Court, though sweeping ruling appears unlikely

  29-04-2025 01:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A disability-rights case at the Supreme Court grew unusually heated on Monday, including accusations of lying and references to one side’s position being a potential “five-alarm fire.”
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• Mexico and US reach deal on Rio Grande water sharing

  29-04-2025 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the United States said Monday they had reached an agreement that involves Mexico immediately sending more water from their shared Rio Grande basin to Texas farmers after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions earlier this month.
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• Long Beach’s Mariachi Festival returns this weekend

  29-04-2025 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach residents can enjoy listening to performances by renowned mariachi bands this weekend at the city’s Mariachi Festival.
  The Long Beach Mariachi Festival will take place on Saturday, May 3, from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Veterans Park, 101 E. 28th St. Residents will be able to listen to live music, but there will also be food and entertainment for all ages.
  This is the second year that the free festival will be hosted by the council offices of Vice Mayor Roberto Uranga and Councilmembe
  
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• Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX’s Starlinks

  29-04-2025 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed toward orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks.The United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried up 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites, named after the frigid fringes of our solar system beyond Neptune. Once released in orbit, the satellites will eventually reach an altitude of nearly 4
  
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• Nick the Greek opens San Clemente location

  29-04-2025 01:16 via ocregister.com
  
  With eateries in Irvine and Newport Beach, Nick the Greek, the San Jose-based chain known for its beef and chicken gyros/souvlaki and other Mediterranean-themed fare, will expand farther south when it opens its latest spot in San Clemente on Tuesday, April 29.
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  Other menu highlights include rotisserie meats, charbroiled skewers, burger
  
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• ‘People here need hope’: Construction begins on site of Altadena home destroyed by Eaton fire

  29-04-2025 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Almost four months after Margot Stueber’s Altadena home of 18 years burned down in the Eaton fire, construction workers broke ground on her new home, a milestone in the area where many property owners and leaders are pushing hard to get rebuilding.
  On Monday, April 28, Stueber cut a red ribbon while standing where her home used to be before the catastrophic Jan. 7 fire tore through the town.
  The ash and debris from her home has since been cleared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. But th
  
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• The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days suffers a devastating fire

  29-04-2025 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADRIAN SAINZ and TRAVIS LOLLER
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.
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• Alijah Arenas ‘progressing very well’ days after being involved in a serious car accident

  29-04-2025 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Chatsworth basketball star and USC commit Alijah Arenas’ health continues to improve in the days since he was involved in a serious single-car accident.
  An update was provided on the show “Gil’s Arena,” which is hosted by Arenas’ father and former NBA star Gilbert Arenas.
  “Happy to announce that Alijah is doing much better,” show producer Josiah Johnson said. “I just got off the phone with Gil about five minutes ago. Alijah is doing better —
  
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• Memories flood as Little Saigon community prepares fall of Saigon commemoration

  29-04-2025 00:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Westminster Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen left Vietnam crowded on a dinghy, fleeing the communist government in the years after the fall of Saigon, joining so many Vietnamese refugees who went on to rebuild lives in Little Saigon.
  On Wednesday, he’ll reflect on a wider arc of the Vietnamese diaspora as his city commemorates the 50 years since Black April, when South Vietnam lost the war.
  Westminster Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen speaks during an event commemorating Vietnam War Veterans Day on Saturd
  
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• Can Kings solve their 3rd-period issue against Oilers?

  29-04-2025 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  For the Kings, Tuesday night’s pivotal Game 5 of a tied first-round playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers will arrive on the heels of two third-period collapses in Canada and shift the series back to Southern California.
  The Kings have had a penchant for playing it safe and encountering danger anyway, downgrading a one-goal edge through two periods into a three-goal loss on Friday and turning a two-goal lead with 12:09 remaining into a disastrous overtime defeat on Sunday.
  Those direct h
  
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• Little Saigon stands on shoulders of early leaders

  29-04-2025 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  To understand how longtime frenemies Frank Jao and Tony Lam view Orange County’s Little Saigon, consider this bit of fictional wisdom from another immigrant named Tony, Tony Montana, the guy Al Pacino played in the movie “Scarface:”
  “In this country, you gotta make the money first.”
  The key word there isn’t money; it’s first.
  To be sure, Jao, 78, and Lam, 88, both like money. Each has earned enough of it to be considered wealthy (Jao) or solidly comforta
  
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• As the Vatican prepares a conclave, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal looms

  29-04-2025 00:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — As the Vatican switches gears from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal and whether he can vote in the May 7 conclave have been a constant question and source of gossip.
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• Ex-Justice Department prosecutor from LA challenges White House firing after Laura Loomer post

  29-04-2025 00:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
  WASHINGTON — A former career Justice Department prosecutor is challenging his firing by the White House, saying it was for “unprecedented partisan and political reasons” and undermines a “bedrock principle” of the justice system after he was dismissed following a post by right-wing activist Laura Loomer.
  Adam Schleifer, an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, was fired without explanation last month in an email from a White House official.
  
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• OC baseball Top 25: Newport Harbor zooms to No. 4 after two big wins

  28-04-2025 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings, as of Monday, April 28.
  Notable this week: Newport Harbor, which beat Huntington Beach in two of their three Sunset League games last week, soars from No. 15 to No. 4 in the rankings. … Huntington Beach remains at No. 1. … Laguna Beach keeps winning and keeps rising. The Breakers are up to No. 15. … Four teams not in the Top 25 last week are in it this week: No. 22 Crean Lutheran, No. 23 Brea Olinda, No. 24. La H
  
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