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• Lakers’ Dalton Knecht returns to starting lineup against Spurs

  28-11-2024 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Lakers coach JJ Redick alluded to possible changes after Tuesday night’s road loss to the Phoenix Suns.
  Just one day later, a significant change was made.
  Rookie forward Dalton Knecht replaced Cam Reddish in the starting lineup ahead of Wednesday night’s road game against the San Antonio Spurs, rejoining the first unit alongside LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura.
  The last time the Lakers shook up their starting lineup, replacing D’
  
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• James Harden scores 43 as Clippers crush struggling Wizards

  28-11-2024 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — James Harden was feeling it early, and the Washington Wizards had no answer for him.
  Harden scored a season-high 43 points in 32 minutes to help the Clippers romp to a 121-96 victory on Wednesday night, handing the struggling Wizards their 13th consecutive defeat.
  Harden hit seven 3-pointers, had 23 points in the first quarter and eclipsed his previous season high of 29 by halftime. The 10-time All-Star posted his highest point tota
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Nov. 27

  28-11-2024 03:42 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. 27
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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
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  HOOPSGIVING INVITATIONAL
  Villa Park 80, South Hills 47
  VP: Harris 27 pts, 5 rebs, Johnson 12 pts, Griffin 12 pts (4
  
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• USC women bounce back, blow out Seton Hall with balanced effort

  28-11-2024 03:36 via ocregister.com
  
  PALM DESERT — The USC women’s basketball team got back in the win column.
  JuJu Watkins had 20 points, seven rebounds and eight turnovers and the sixth-ranked Trojans defeated Seton Hall, 84-51, in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational on Wednesday night at Acrisure Arena, their first game since their first loss of the season.
  USC (5-1) had three other players score in double figures, including Kiki Iriafen with 15 points and nine rebounds. Freshman Avery Howell scored a career-best 14 po
  
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• Angels value Yusei Kikuchi’s ability to add strikeouts to their rotation

  28-11-2024 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  When Angels general manager Perry Minasian looked at Yusei Kikuchi’s 2024 season, he saw more than just a strong 10-start finish.
  On the day the Angels officially announced their three-year, $63 million deal with the left-hander, Minasian said that even when Kikuchi had seemingly mediocre numbers with the Toronto Blue Jays, he still showed qualities the Angels wanted.
  “When you look at his underlying numbers, the strikeouts, the walks, it was a quality year overall,” Minas
  
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• Rams WR Demarcus Robinson to play vs. Saints after DUI arrest

  28-11-2024 02:37 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson will play against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday following his Monday morning DUI arrest, head coach Sean McVay said on Wednesday.
  McVay said the Rams will allow the legal process as well as the NFL’s investigation into the matter to play out before any kind of suspension is handed down. League inquiries typically take until after a player’s court date, McVay said, so any process would be deliberate.
  “There’ll be
  
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• UCLA women’s basketball team isn’t letting No. 1 ranking go to their heads

  28-11-2024 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The UCLA basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time in program history, but little has changed for the Bruins.
  “I really felt no different because we already saw ourselves as a No. 1 team,” head coach Cori Close told reporters Wednesday. “We already saw ourselves in that light and so it didn’t matter what other people said or what number was attached. We view ourselves in that kind of company.”
  UCLA upset No. 4 South Carolin
  
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• Thanksgiving weekend traffic patrols stepped up by CHP

  28-11-2024 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  California Highway Patrol officers will conduct their annual Thanksgiving Maximum Enforcement Period beginning Wednesday night in Southern California and around the state to promote traffic safety during the holiday weekend.
  “As millions of motorists gear up for travel, the CHP is gearing up, too,” CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee said in a statement.
  Beginning at 6:01 p.m. Wednesday and extending through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, the agency will deploy all available officers to be on patrol.
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• Australian Senate debates social media ban for under-16s

  28-11-2024 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Rod McGuirk | Associated Press
  MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Senate on Thursday began considering a ban on children younger than 16 years old from social media after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported the age restriction.
  The world-first bill that would make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent young children from holding ac
  
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• Dodgers getting creative again with Blake Snell contract

  28-11-2024 01:15 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are at it again – not only spending big money but spending it creatively.
  A year after Shohei Ohtani’s willingness to defer $680 million of his $700 million contract fueled a $1 billion binge of signings by the Dodgers, the reverberations are still being felt. The Dodgers have agreed to sign two-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell to a five-year, $182 million contract as a free agent that is also constructed creatively.
  Snell’s contract i
  
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• OCVarsity video: Steve Fryer and Dan Albano make their predictions for the CIF-SS football championships

  28-11-2024 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  In this week’s OCVarsity Gridiron video, Dan Albano and Steve Fryer discuss Orange County’s three championship games in the CIF-SS playoffs and make their predictions.
  They discuss: Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco (Division 1), Edison vs. Simi Valley (Division 3) and Portola vs. El Rancho (Division 11).Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | O.C. football coaches analyze Edison’s chances in CIF-SS final without Julius GillickHigh School Sports | Former Mayfair of Lakewood football pl
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers’ signing of Blake Snell creates the traditional uproar

  28-11-2024 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  You knew it was coming, didn’t you?
  Baseball’s reigning Evil Empire took the initiative this week, signing another high-profile starting pitcher and giving its fans something additional to be grateful for during Thanksgiving week (besides, of course, those shots of the Commissioner’s Trophy being shown off here, there and everywhere throughout Southern California).
  And after the bombshell announcement Tuesday night, that the Dodgers had signed Blake Snell, the howls could be he
  
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• Massive balloons take shape ahead of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

  28-11-2024 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — They’re up, up and — almost — away.
  The massive helium balloons that will float through New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took shape on Wednesday, when they were filled with helium ahead of the big event.
  “You see these giant balloons come to life and they’re really, really huge,” said Stephanie Senkevich, one of dozens of people helping inflate the stars of Thursday’s show. “You can see them start on
  
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• Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump’s tariff threat

  28-11-2024 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROB GILLIES
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a senior official said Wednesday.
  Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if the countries don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across southern and northern borders. He said he would impose a 2
  
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• O.C. football coaches analyze Edison’s chances in CIF-SS final without Julius Gillick

  28-11-2024 00:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe suspension of Edison running back Julius Gillick for the CIF-SS Division 3 final against Simi Valley is one of the biggest storylines heading into the championships on Friday.
  Here’s what four Orange County coaches familiar with Simi Valley said about the Chargers’ chances to compete for win the section title without the 2,000-yard rusher:
  Frank Mazzotta, La Habra (lost to Simi Valley 41-3
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail a third time as he awaits sex trafficking trial

  28-11-2024 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY NEUMEISTER
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail on Wednesday as he awaits a May sex trafficking trial by a judge who cited evidence showing him to be a serious risk of witness tampering and proof that he has violated regulations in jail.
  U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian made the decision in a written ruling following a bail hearing last week, when lawyers for the hip-hop mogul argued that a $50 million bail package they proposed would be sufficient to
  
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• Chargers’ leading rusher J.K. Dobbins sidelined by sprained knee

  27-11-2024 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Running back J.K. Dobbins suffered a sprained knee during the Chargers’ loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night and is likely to be sidelined for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday he “didn’t really know how to categorize” the injury, however.
  “He’s working through something with his knee,” Harbaugh added.
  The NFL Network, citing an unnamed source, said Dobbins would be out this
  
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• Man accused of shooting at undercover gang officers in Orange faces attempted murder

  27-11-2024 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old accused of opening fire on undercover gang officers in an Orange neighborhood has been charged with attempted murder, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Nov. 27.
  The two officers were driving through a neighborhood known to have gang activity on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 21, when a man prosecutors have identified as Victor Manuel Trinidad shouted at them, “What’s up, homie, where you from?”
  He is accused of grabbing something
  
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• 3 killed, 1 seriously injured in fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash in Northern California

  27-11-2024 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  PIEDMONT, Calif. — Three people were killed and one seriously injured early Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck crashed and caught fire in Northern California, officials said.
  Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers said speed was likely a factor in the single-vehicle collision, but he added that authorities would continue to investigate the circumstances of the tragedy.
  The Cybertruck’s occupants had been driving back from a “function” around 3:10 a.m. Wednesday, but Bowers wo
  
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• Community vigils in San Bernardino, Los Angeles call for immigration relief and protections

  27-11-2024 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Holding signs and candles, dozens of immigrant rights advocates and families gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in San Bernardino for a “Keep Families Together” vigil on Tuesday night.
  The Nov. 26 event was organized by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), as part of the L.A.-based nonprofit’s ongoing efforts to denounce planned anti-immigration measures and mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump, leaders
  
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• Simple acts of kindness by OC residents restore faith in humanity

  27-11-2024 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Tony Munguia and his daughter Bivianne were heading to a job fair at Cypress College when they saw smoke curling from a nearby roof.
  They stopped. Flames were dancing inside the home on Via Jacara in Stanton. Bivianne dialed 911 as her father rushed inside. “Is anyone here?” he bellowed into smoke so thick it stung his eyes. “Yes,” a weak voice answered – a senior who had recent surgery and couldn’t walk.
  Munguia couldn’t see. He told her to keep talking
  
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• Why the first Thanksgiving may not have had the Pilgrims

  27-11-2024 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The first Thanksgiving?
  We are accustomed to thinking of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the neighboring Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts as the first to celebrate Thanksgiving, but some scholars say that isn’t accurate. Here’s the case for other possibilities.
  The Thanksgiving traditions started by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts in 1621 are what most Americans follow. But history shows a celebration to give thanks occurred in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. Not only that, 56 years earlier
  
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• LAFC season review: Disappointing finish after much progress

  27-11-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A couple hours after being named the 2024 Major League Soccer sporting executive of the year Tuesday, Los Angeles Football Club general manager and co-president John Thorrington declared he would gladly trade individual recognition for team success.
  “Right now we are all very disappointed given that we felt like we had a team that was capable of more,” Thorrington said in the wake of LAFC’s Western Conference semifinal loss to Seattle on Saturday at BMO Stadium. “And so i
  
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• Janet Nguyen to be sworn in as First District county supervisor next week

  27-11-2024 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  State Sen. Janet Nguyen is expected to be sworn in as the county’s next First District supervisor at a special OC Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 4.
  With about 61% of the votes, according to unofficial results as of Tuesday, Nguyen has maintained a strong lead ahead of Cypress City Councilmember Frances Marquez in the race for the First District office, which represents all or parts of Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach and Wes
  
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• Janet Nguyen could be sworn in as First District county supervisor next week

  27-11-2024 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  State Sen. Janet Nguyen is expected to be sworn in as the county’s next First District supervisor at a special OC Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 4, according to a county spokesperson.
  With about 61% of the votes, according to unofficial results as of Tuesday, Nguyen has maintained a strong lead ahead of Cypress City Councilmember Frances Marquez in the race for the First District office, which represents all or parts of Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, La Pal
  
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• UCLA LB Carson Schwesinger yet to make an NFL decision

  27-11-2024 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA linebacker Carson Schwesinger has college eligibility left, but his breakthrough performance this season could force him to make an important decision: Stay for another year of college football or go to the NFL?
  Foster told reporters on Wednesday that Schwesinger, who leads the Big Ten Conference in tackles, isn’t going to make a decision until after the season ends.
  “He’s truly locked in on finishing this year,” Foster said. “I can respect
  
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• Student housing waiting lists

  27-11-2024 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California’s 13 public universities had 9,220 names on waiting lists for their 93,714 student housing beds, according to public records and the universities themselves.
  Here are the this fall’s waiting list numbers, ranked by size:
  CSU Northridge
  — Enrollment: 33,970– Total beds: 3,508– Waitlist: 2,000
  RELATED STORY: Student housing construction accelerates at Southern California universities
   
  UC Riverside
  — Enrollment: 26,384– Total beds:
  
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• Carnival Cruise Line to offer 10 sailings celebrating America’s 250th birthday

  27-11-2024 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lacey Pfalz, TravelPulse (TNS)
  Carnival Cruise Line will be offering 10 special cruises in 2026 celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, all available to book now.
  All the itineraries, which range from three to eight days and set sail from the ports of Miami, Port Canaveral, Jacksonville, New York City, Long Beach and San Francisco, will be sailing on July 4, 2026.
  On that Independence Day, the seven ships sailing from the East Coast will meet at sea
  
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• Rep. Michelle Steel concedes to Derek Tran in California’s 45th congressional district race

  27-11-2024 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Rep. Michelle Steel, a two-term incumbent in California’s 45th congressional district, conceded to Derek Tran Wednesday afternoon after a long slog of a race that is one of the nation’s closest remaining contests yet to be called.
  “From the moment I came to the United States, I knew that giving back to the country that welcomed me with open arms would be part of my future,” said Steel, who made history in 2020 as one of the first Korean American women to be elected to Con
  
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• Rep. Michelle Steel appears to concede to Derek Tran in the 45th congressional district race

  27-11-2024 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Rep. Michelle Steel, a two-term incumbent in California’s 45th congressional district, appears to have conceded to Derek Tran Wednesday afternoon after a long slog of a race that is one of the nation’s closest remaining contests yet to be called.
  “From the moment I came to the United States, I knew that giving back to the country that welcomed me with open arms would be part of my future,” said Steel, who made history in 2020 as one of the first Korean American women to b
  
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