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• Michigan shuts down UCLA’s 2nd-half rally with size, shooting

  08-01-2025 06:50 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dueling 7-footers. Such is life in the Big Ten.
  But 7-footers who will step back on you one possession, dunk over you the next, and run pick-and-rolls for each other, that’s not what the UCLA men’s basketball team expected when it joined the beautiful muck that is this Midwest-centric conference.
  Slogs, low-scoring grinds, that’s what the Bruins thought was in store. Head coach Mick Cronin built a team to elicit those types of games, highlighted by a defense
  
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• ‘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
  
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• 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.
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• 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
  
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• 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 (
  
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• 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
  
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• 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
  
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• 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
  
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• 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
  
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• 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
  
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• 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
  
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• 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.
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• 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
  
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• 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
  
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• 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
  
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• Orange County boys soccer Top 10: No. 1 Mater Dei unbeaten, Jan. 8

  09-01-2025 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  This week’s Orange County high school boys soccer rankings.
  BOYS SOCCER TOP 10 
  (Records through Tuesday, Jan. 7)
  1, Mater Dei (8-0): Monarchs also are No. 1 in the first CIF Southern Section rankings that will be used to place teams into the CIF-SS playoff divisions.
  Previous ranking: 1
  2. JSerra (4-0): Lions beat Servite 4-1 in the Trinity League opener for both. They are home Friday against No. 1 Mater Dei at 5:30 p.m.
  Previous ranking: 3
  3. Servite (6-2-3): Friars lost to JSerra i
  
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• Ukraine officials report 13 dead in Russian missile strike

  09-01-2025 01:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By Illia Novikov
  KYIV, Ukraine — A daytime Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and wounded about 30 others on Wednesday, officials said.
  Footage posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Telegram channel shows civilians lying in a city street littered with debris. The post shows them being treated by emergency services and taken away on gurneys.
  Russian has frequently launched aerial attacks on civilian areas duri
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he spoke with Trump on Tuesday

  09-01-2025 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case, the justice said Wednesday.
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• Service workers union rejoins AFL-CIO after 20 years, just ahead of Trump’s inauguration

  09-01-2025 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Service Employees International Union is returning to the AFL-CIO after 20 years, betting that a united labor movement will do more to help workers overcome legal challenges to organize and join unions.
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• Sarmiento’s plan for the homeless is a clever approach

  09-01-2025 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  This Editorial Board has often criticized county supervisors’ discretionary budgets, seeing them as glorified slush funds that are open to abuse. Indeed, former Supervisor Andrew Do pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge last year for diverting pandemic funds to a charity tied to his daughter, which diverted some of the funds to personal uses.
  But while the Do scandal shows what can go wrong with budgets that evade the usual vetting, Second District Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento’s
  
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• Reports: Clippers star Kawhi Leonard leaves team to join evacuated family in L.A.

  09-01-2025 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers star Kawhi Leonard flew home to Los Angeles on Wednesday to be with family members who have been impacted by the devastating wildfires in the area, according to multiple reports. His family members reportedly have been evacuated from their homes.
  The Clippers are in Denver, where they are slated to play the Nuggets on Wednesday night, the second game of a two-game trip.
  Leonard, who bought a house in Pacific Palisades in 2021, recently returned to the lineup after missing the first 34 g
  
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• Pasadena, Altadena communities come together at evacuation center amid devastating Eaton fire

  09-01-2025 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of evacuees from the devastating Eaton fire gathered in hallways of the Pasadena Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. 8, amid gray, smoky skies, while ash rained down outside of the glass doors.
  Many residents fled the Altadena and Pasadena area due to the blaze that has consumed more than 10,000 acres with zero containment, according to Lisa Derderian, a city of Pasadena’s information officer. More than 800 people were at the evacuation center, Red Cross volunteers said Wednesday
  
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• Anna Li, Jiani Wu suspended by U.S. Center for SafeSport for abusing athletes

  09-01-2025 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Anna Li, a former U.S. national team member and eight-time UCLA All-American, and her mother Jiani Wu, an Olympic medalist for China and former USA Gymnastics national team coach, have been suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for abusing young gymnasts following a nearly six-year investigation in which SafeSport’s handling of the case has come under increasing criticism within American gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic community and by members of Congress, the Southern California News Gr
  
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• Huntington Beach girls soccer trying to heal after death of Kelly Reid in Fullerton plane crash

  09-01-2025 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHUNTINGTON BEACH — Huntington Beach’s girls soccer team received white flowers and observed a moment of silence on the pitch Tuesday afternoon at Marina High. With white bows in their hair and #6 marked in white on their legs, the Oilers then played on for fallen teammate Kelly Reid.
  Just a few yards from the field, two orange hearts — one for Reid and one for her father Pascal — h
  
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• Huntington Beach girls soccer dedicates season to ’12th man’ Kelly Reid, who died in Fullerton plane crash

  09-01-2025 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHUNTINGTON BEACH — Huntington Beach’s girls soccer team received white flowers and observed a moment of silence on the pitch Tuesday afternoon at Marina. With white bows in their hair and #6 marked in white on their legs, the Oilers then played on for fallen teammate Kelly Reid.
  Just a few yards from the field, two orange hearts — one for Reid and one for her father Pascal — hung o
  
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• Tom Hanks’ son: Palisades fire burning family’s neighborhood ‘to the ground’

  09-01-2025 00:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Vice President Kamala Harris are among the many famous people at risk of losing their luxury homes as the raging, windstorm-fueled Palisades fire roared through this tony, oceanside Los Angeles neighborhood Tuesday and Wednesday, destroying homes and forcing 30,000 residents to evacuate amid clouds of smoke and clogged roadways.
  “The neighborhood I grew up in is burning to the ground,” Chet Hanks, the musician son of Bay
  
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• Real estate’s top agents send messages of support amid Southern California wildfires

  09-01-2025 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Real estate agents intimately familiar with Southern California’s coastal and hillside homes posted heartfelt messages Wednesday, Jan. 8 on Instagram, expressing their support for those affected by wildfires ravaging the region.
  Tracy Tutor, Tim Smith and Aaron Kirman were among those reacting to the now six fires, which burned more than 27,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties by midday.
  “This morning I landed in my hometown of Los Angeles to absolute devastation,” Tut
  
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• At least 3 schools damaged by LA County fires

  09-01-2025 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Fires raging across Southern California have burned through several schools, though officials are still trying to get a full accounting of the damage.
  Palisades Charter High School, Palisades Charter Elementary School and Marquez Elementary School were significantly damaged by the Palisades fire, a Los Angeles Unified School District spokesperson said in a Wednesday, Jan. 8, email.
  The school district is working with authorities and emergency response teams to assess the situation and deter
  
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• Trump blames Newsom for Southern California wildfires, governor’s office pushes back

  09-01-2025 00:21 via ocregister.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed the massive wildfires burning homes in Southern California on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water policies, claiming in a jab on his Truth Social media platform that Newsom put the needs of “essentially worthless fish” over “the people of California.”
  “Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt
  
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• Fire hydrants ran dry in California, highlighting a major problem in firefighting

  09-01-2025 00:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRITTANY PETERSON
  For some 15 hours as wildfires spiraled out of control in Los Angeles, the public water system faced four times its usual demand, causing some hydrants to run dry and hindering the fight against the flames, local water officials said Wednesday.
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