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• La Tuna wildfire — now more than 5,000 acres — largest fire by acreage in Los Angeles city history, officials say

  02-09-2017 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
   
  A crew with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) battles “La Tuna” brushfire on the hillside in Burbank, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. Several hundred firefighters worked to contain a blaze that chewed through brush-covered mountains, prompting evacuation orders for homes in Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale. (Matt Hartman via AP)A crew with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) battles a brushfire on the hillside in Bu
  
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• Desmond Claude, USC hold off hot-shooting UT Arlington

  14-11-2024 08:03 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Desmond Claude scored 26 points and made consecutive shots down the stretch to help USC beat UT Arlington, 98-95, on Wednesday night at the Galen Center.
  Claude made a layup and jumper to give USC a 94-90 lead with 19 seconds left. Jaxon Ellingsworth then hit a 3-pointer to pull UTA to within 94-93 with 12 seconds left before Terrance Williams II and Saint Thomas each made a pair of free throws to help the Trojans hold on.
  UTA made four 3-pointers during a 23-11 run to t
  
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• Slow start dooms Long Beach State in blowout loss to San Francisco

  14-11-2024 07:50 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A dismal start on the road doomed Long Beach State in an 84-54 loss to a hot-shooting San Francisco squad on Wednesday night at War Memorial Gym.
  LBSU went without a field goal for the first nine minutes of the game and fell behind 16-2, but the visitors recovered and got within 26-18 with five minutes left in the first half. USF then went on a 7-0 run to restore its double-digit lead and had a 36-24 advantage at halftime.
  USF, which shot 54% from the field in the first hal
  
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• Darcy Kuemper injured in Kings’ loss to Avalanche

  14-11-2024 07:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KELLY The Associated Press
  DENVER — Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper left with an undisclosed injury early in the third period, and the Kings lost to the Colorado Avalanche, 4-2, on Wednesday night.
  Mikko Rantanen scored twice in the third period to complete his ninth career hat trick for Colorado. Rantanen’s goal at 10:01 of the third gave Colorado the lead and he added an empty-net goal with 1:59 remaining for his second hat trick of the season. Artturi Lehkonen also score
  
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• LeBron James, Lakers rally past Grizzlies to remain unbeaten at home

  14-11-2024 07:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — If there were doubts about LeBron James’ ability to consistently string together strong performances in Year 22, he’s more or less erased them this week.
  James recorded his third consecutive triple-double on Wednesday night, leading the Lakers to a 128-123 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as they remained unbeaten at home this season.
  The Lakers (7-4) improved to 6-0 at Crypto.com Arena, their most consecutive home wins to start a season since 2010-11.
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• Ducks edged by Vegas for 5th loss in past 6 games

  14-11-2024 06:51 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Ducks held their own against one of the NHL’s top teams but lacked finishing ability once more in a 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night at Honda Center.
  They fell to 0-2 against Vegas, whom they beat in three of four meetings last year, and have lost five of their past six games overall.
  Brock McGinn and Frank Vatrano scored a goal apiece in support of Ducks goaltender Lukáš Dostál, who made 37 saves. Brett Leason assisted on bot
  
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• Man accused of threatening UC Irvine is convicted of weapons violations

  14-11-2024 06:22 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A 32-year-old man with previous felony convictions accused of threatening a mass shooting at UC Irvine was convicted Wednesday of multiple weapons violations.
  Sebastian Bogdan Dumbrava was convicted of five counts of manufacture, sale, or receipt of a large-capacity magazine that is prohibited, all felonies. Jurors deadlocked on felony counts of delivery of a threatening letter with intent to extort and attempt to extort property or other consideration by means of threat.
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• Cal State Fullerton goes cold after halftime in lopsided loss to Colorado

  14-11-2024 05:59 via ocregister.com
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The Cal State Fullerton basketball team went ice cold after halftime and a close game turned into a blowout as Colorado ran away from the Titans, 83-53, on Wednesday night at the CU Events Center.
  Fullerton (0-3) shot just 7 for 33 from the field (21%) in the second half, while Colorado (3-0) erupted for 48 points after the intermission while shooting 16 for 26 overall (61.5%) and 7 for 14 from 3-point range.
  Colorado led 55-43 with 8½ minutes remaining before outsc
  
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• Lincoln Riley is determined to add pass-rush talent at USC, but 2025 class is light on bodies

  14-11-2024 05:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The calendar flipped to October, and USC head coach Lincoln Riley became Floyd Boucard’s best friend.
  In mid-September, Boucard de-committed from Oklahoma, a defensive lineman in the class of 2025 who was largely being targeted by schools in the South. Riley, though, wanted him at USC. Badly enough, as Boucard said, that they were “always on the phone.” More precisely: Riley, eventually, was calling Boucard three to four times a day.
  Riley told Boucard, a 6-
  
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• Portola girls tennis tops Santa Margarita to earn spot in CIF-SS Open Division final

  14-11-2024 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — For the Portola and Santa Margarita girls tennis teams, reaching the CIF-SS Open Division semifinals was a first for both schools.
  The Bulldogs, the No. 2 seed in the Open Division, defeated the No. 3 seed Eagles, 10-8, Wednesday at Portola High, and now advance to an even higher plateau – a berth in CIF-SS finals.
  The Portola High School girls tennis team dances on the court after beating Santa Margarita Catholic High School in the Open Division semifinals of the CIF-SS pla
  
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• Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

  14-11-2024 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.
  A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority. Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats.
  With hard-fought yet
  
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• Clippers can’t keep pace with Rockets in 2nd half

  14-11-2024 04:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer
  HOUSTON — The shots weren’t falling for the Clippers’ top scorers on Wednesday night.
  Jalen Green had 21 points and Amen Thompson and Tari Eason added 18 each to lead the Houston Rockets to a 111-103 victory over the Clippers on Wednesday night in the opener of a two-game set.
  The Rockets trailed by 11 early but had taken a five-point lead by halftime. They used a 19-2 run at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth to turn
  
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• Westminster man charged with killing family member

  14-11-2024 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A 38-year-old Westminster man was charged on Wednesday with killing a family member.
  Irving Abraham Ochoamondragon was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon, authorities said. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of contempt of court for disobeying a court order.
  Ochoamondragon is accused of killing 57-year-old Teresa M. Julio of Westminster.
  Police were dispatched at about 9:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 to the 8200 block of 19th Street to ch
  
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• Former church volunteer convicted in Orange County of sexually assaulting 5 girls

  14-11-2024 04:34 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 60-year-old man was convicted in Orange County on Wednesday of sex assaults on five girls, including victims he met as a church volunteer.
  Jesus Heras Garcia was convicted of 12 counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, one count of oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 or younger, two counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14 and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child with a foreign object, all felonies.
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Nov. 13

  14-11-2024 03:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Nov. 13
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  GIRLS TENNIS
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Semifinals
  OPEN DIVISION
  Palos Verdes 14, Corona del Mar 4
  DIVISION 1
  Calabasas 14, Woodbridge 4
  DIVISI
  
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• Letter: Will the Democrats and the biased mainstream media get the message?

  14-11-2024 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  This may be the best thing that ever happened to the Democratic Party. They have at least a couple of years to remake themselves.
  If they take the hint and do so, I think they might start with their murky, radical left extremism of the whole transgender, child surgery, boys in girls bathrooms, boys in girls sports agenda. I think most of the country is just not comfortable with it.
  Then they could stop the constant lying about everything……secure border, economy is great, threat to
  
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• Fall Signing Day: El Dorado’s Nia Gille signs as the first women’s flag football recruit at Hope International

  14-11-2024 03:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe fast-growing sport of high school girls flag football notched another milestone Wednesday thanks to the signature of Nia Gille of El Dorado.
  The senior signed as the first women’s flag football recruit for Hope International, the NAIA school in Fullerton announced on Instagram.
  Hope International will field its first women’s flag football team in the 2025-26 school year.
  “It is so ex
  
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• El Dorado’s Nia Gille signs as the first women’s flag football recruit at Hope International

  14-11-2024 03:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe fast-growing sport of high school girls flag football notched another milestone Wednesday thanks to the signature of Nia Gille of El Dorado.
  The senior signed as the first women’s flag football recruit for Hope International, the NAIA school in Fullerton announced on Instagram.
  Hope International will field its first women’s flag football team in the 2025-26 school year.
  “It is so ex
  
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• Calvin Straub-designed home lists for $3M in Pasadena historic district

  14-11-2024 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The carport. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  The primary suite. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  The primary bathroom. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  A view of the upper level from the great room and kitchen area. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  The great room. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  One of the secondary bedrooms with a built-in desk and bunk bed. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  The wood deck. (Photo by Sterling Reed)
  This Calvin Straub-designed house in Pasadena, described in the National
  
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• Kamala Harris’ ‘perfect campaign’ and other bad takes from the 2024 election

  14-11-2024 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Election results make people say and do silly things. Too many overnight experts giving too many bad takes. This time was no different.
  Here are some of the worst.
  The Patriarchy Wins Again
  I won’t belabor the point since I’ve written about this a few times, but Democrats and pundits can’t seem to get past the idea that Donald Trump won the presidency because of sexism.
  For this, we turn to the ladies of The View.
  Alyssa Farrah, who served in the last Trump Administration but v
  
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• Chargers say Jesse Minter might become NFL head coach sooner than later

  14-11-2024 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said the quiet part out loud when he praised defensive coordinator Jesse Minter during an interview with ESPN personality and former NFL punter Pat McAfee on Monday. Harbaugh said he expected Minter to be a head coach sooner rather than later.
  “We’re probably going to have to enjoy Jesse Minter while we have him because I have a feeling he’s going to be a head coach next year,” Harbaugh said of the man he brought with hi
  
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• ‘Bear’ damaging cars in Lake Arrowhead was actually person in a suit and insurance fraud, officials say

  14-11-2024 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Four Los Angeles-area residents were arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 13 on suspicion of insurance fraud and conspiracy after allegedly falsely claiming a bear got into their vehicles and damaged them.
  There was no bear, rather, a person in a bear costume was seen in video footage provided with insurance claims.
  Dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Department of Insurance began an investigation after an insurance company suspected fraud when the suspects, residents of Glendale and
  
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• 4 arrested after ‘bear’ claimed to damage vehicles in Lake Arrowhead turns out to be person in bear suit

  14-11-2024 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Four Los Angeles-area residents were arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 13 on suspicion of insurance fraud and conspiracy after allegedly falsely claiming a bear got into their vehicles and damaged them.
  There was no bear, rather, a person in a bear costume was seen in video footage provided with insurance claims.
  Dubbed “Operation Bear Claw,” the California Department of Insurance began an investigation after an insurance company suspected fraud when the suspects, residents of Glendale and
  
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• What’s wrong with the Rams’ red-zone offense?

  14-11-2024 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay had a great many things to go over when discussing the Rams’ offense with reporters Wednesday. An offensive line in flux. Trying new rotations at tight end after Colby Parkinson saw his lowest snap share of the season.
  And a red-zone offense that didn’t score a touchdown in three trips inside the Miami Dolphins’ 20-yard-line in Monday’s 23-15 loss.
  “That was really probably the defining factor in the outcome of the game,” McVay s
  
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• Irvine passes anti-camping ordinance; pledges to keep enforcement ‘humane’

  14-11-2024 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine City Council is paving the way for city police to eventually clear homeless encampments around town, but pledged to slow walk implementation and to keep enforcement “humane.”
  Irvine’s new anti-camping ordinance would prohibit unauthorized camping, including open fires, and the storage of personal property in public areas and on private property without the owner’s consent. It also establishes procedures for the abatement of encampments, including prior notice a
  
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• What makes walking so great for your health and what else you need to do

  14-11-2024 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURA UNGAR
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name.
  The 71-year-old retiree starts each morning this way with a walking club.
  “I’m obsessed,” she said. Not only does it ease her joint pain, “it just gives me energy … And then it calms me, too.”
  Medical experts agree that walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, bols
  
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• ‘Avengers’ star Jeremy Renner named grand marshal of 2024 Hollywood Christmas Parade

  14-11-2024 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Oscar-nominated actor Jeremy Renner, perhaps known to most fans for his role as Hawkeye in the “Avengers” film series, on Wednesday was named the grand marshal of the 92nd Hollywood Christmas Parade Supporting Marine Toys for Tots.
  Renner will preside over the procession that will make its way through the streets of Hollywood beginning at 6 p.m. Dec. 1, 2024.
  “I’m honored to serve as the grand marshal for this year’s Hollywood Christmas Parade and excited to partner
  
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• Orange Lutheran football’s AJ Ia, TJ Lateef unwavering in their college plans

  14-11-2024 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Football players cannot sign with colleges until December, but some schools included football athletes in their Signing Day activities Wednesday.
  Orange Lutheran had football tight end AJ Ia and quarterback TJ Lateef involved in its Signing Day event.
  Ia is going to Arizona State. Lateef is bound for Nebraska.
  Both said that their college choices are finalized.
  “I like the school,” Ia said of Arizona State. “I always feel like I’m at home when I’m there.”
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• Brooks & Dunn will headline the Boots in the Park festival in Norco

  14-11-2024 01:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The single-day Boots in the Park country music festival will return to SilverLakes Equestrian and Sports Park in Norco with headliner Brooks & Dunn on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
  The event will also have performances by Parker McCollum, Jackson Dean, Rodney Atkins, Owen Riegling, Bryce Leatherwood, Joe Peters and sounds by Luwiss Lux. Boots In The Park showcases country artists, where fans enjoy an all-day country party with multiple artists, line dancing, delectable craft food from local vendo
  
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• What to know about Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick to serve as attorney general

  14-11-2024 01:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEG KINNARD
  In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist who has been seen as divisive even within his own party.
  Not one of the top names seen as a likely pick for the job, Gaetz’s selection was first pushed out on Trump’s social media network instead of a more formal announcement from his transition team as with most of his choices.
  Here are some things to know about Gaetz.
  He’s had leg
  
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