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• Newsom, Harris suddenly become post-Biden rivals

  03-07-2024 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  For more than 25 years, as they climbed the political ladder of politics in California and the nation, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President Kamala Harris have acted like friendly colleagues, assiduously avoiding conflict.
  They shared a mentor in former San Francisco Mayor and state Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. They shared campaign consultants. They’ve never butted heads, each always running for offices the other was either willing to bypass or ineligible to hold (Harris was San Francisco
  
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• Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, July 6, 2024

  06-07-2024 08:52 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 Saturday, July 6, 2024.
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• 16-year-old boy arrested, accused of murder in Fullerton

  06-07-2024 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Police on Friday arrested a 16-year-old boy for his alleged involvement in a homicide in Fullerton this week, authorities said.
  Around 6:13 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, two 20-year-old men were found with significant stab wounds on the 2400 block of West Valencia Avenue, the Fullerton Police Department said. Officers immediately began life-saving measures on the two men, officials said. One was taken to a regional trauma center where he was later pronounced dead, while the second man who was taken to
  
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• Sparks outlast Aces in OT, snap 8-game losing streak

  06-07-2024 07:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Composure. That’s what Sparks coach Curt Miller wanted from his team against the two-time defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena.
  The Sparks’ 98-93 overtime victory was a masterclass in perseverance, the team’s first win since June 9 (also against the Aces) ending a franchise record-tying eight-game losing streak.
  “Super proud of this group,” Sparks coach Curt Miller said who applauded his team for only allowin
  
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• Will Smith hits 3 home runs as Dodgers rally to beat Brewers

  06-07-2024 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The starting catcher for the National League All-Star team was on the field at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. The other guy hit three home runs.
  Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras beat Will Smith in the All-Star voting. But it was Smith (who finished third in the voting) who went deep three times – more than Christian Walker even managed in a game this week. That kept the Dodgers close enough for Freddie Freeman’s two-run single and Teoscar Hernandez&rsq
  
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• Copa America: Canada edges Venezuela in PK thriller to reach semifinals

  06-07-2024 05:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Ismael Koné scored in the sixth round of the shootout after a third save by Maxime Crépeau and Canada advanced to the semifinals of its first Copa America with a victory over Venezuela on Friday night.
  The Canadians won, 4-3, on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in the quarterfinals, keeping Venezuela from advancing to the Copa America semifinals for the first time since 2011.
  Jacob Shaffelburg scored in the 13th minute f
  
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• Jason Heyward’s knee injury opens door for James Outman to rejoin Dodgers

  06-07-2024 04:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers got relatively good news from Jason Heyward’s MRI on Friday morning. But James Outman got the real good news.
  The exam of Heyward’s left knee showed only a contusion similar to a hyperextension, according to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. But there was no damage to the meniscus or ligaments in the knee.
  “We think we dodged the bullet with Jason,” Roberts said.
  Heyward injured his knee while trying to rob Joc Pederson of a home run in the fir
  
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• Ducks re-sign Pavol Regenda to a one-year contract

  06-07-2024 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks have re-signed winger Pavol Regenda to a one-year contract, two-way contract, the team announced in a news release Friday.
  Last season, Regenda notched 34 points in 54 games with the Ducks’ top minor-league affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, and appeared in five games for the parent club. He has three points in 19 career NHL games.
  At 6-foot-4 and 211 pounds, the 24-year-old Slovak flanker could mix into a bottom six that should feature other bigger yet skilled players. They include
  
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• Vehicle pursuit in Anaheim leads to officer-involved shooting early Friday

  06-07-2024 02:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Police shot at a suspect during a vehicle pursuit in Anaheim on Friday after an attempt to stop the vehicle for a hit-and-run traffic collision. The suspect, who was not injured, was detained and a firearm was recovered, authorities said.
  Around 3:45 a.m., officers witnessed a hit-and-run traffic collision and tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver didn’t stop and instead led officers on a vehicle pursuit, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Jon McClintock. During the pursuit, the driver s
  
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• Ducks sign 1st-round picks Beckett Sennecke and Stian Solberg

  06-07-2024 02:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks signed both of their 2024 first-round picks, Beckett Sennecke and Stian Solberg, to entry-level contracts, the team announced in a news release Friday.
  Sennecke, 18, was selected third overall, with his rapid ascent up the prospect board throwing the draft order into flux. Solberg, 18, was acquired with pick No. 23, which the Ducks traded up to obtain.
  At development camp, Sennecke demonstrated flashes of the elite skill that the Ducks found so alluring.
  “That’s one of the
  
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• Shark attacks reported at Texas’ South Padre Island; 2 people bitten, at least 1 severely

  06-07-2024 02:08 via ocregister.com
  
  SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — Shark attacks disrupted Fourth of July celebrations Thursday at South Padre Island as two people were taken to the hospital with bites, at least one of them severe, authorities said.
  Police were called for the attack on the man who was severely bitten around 11 a.m., according to Nikki Soto, the South Padre Island city secretary. He was initially treated at the beach by firefighters and police.
  This image provided by Texas Department of Public Safety shows a sha
  
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• Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal comes full circle Saturday

  06-07-2024 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Five years ago next month, Nate Diaz sketched out a circle in Anaheim that, on Saturday, is fated to close where it began.
  Following a unanimous-decision victory over former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in 2019, Diaz, the one-of-a-kind combat sports star from Stockton, Calif., stood in the Octagon at Honda Center and conjured something out of nothing.
  B. Baddest. M. Mother. F. You get the gist.
  The BMF belt was divined during a postfight moment that undressed the sport of mixed martia
  
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• Kings sign Caleb Jones to a 1-year, two-way contract

  06-07-2024 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings signed free agent defenseman Caleb Jones to a one-year, two-way contract worth up to $775,000, the team announced in a news release on Friday.
  Jones, 27, spent last year in the Colorado Avalanche organization, skating in 25 games with the Avs and a dozen more with their top minor-league affiliate. He had five points at the NHL level and six in the minors.
  In his career, he has accumulated 55 points in 242 games played for the Edmonton Oilers, who drafted him in the fourth round in 2015
  
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• Anime Expo brings thousands of fans, cosplayers to the LA Convention Center

  06-07-2024 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  For fans of anime and Japanese pop culture, art, fashion and entertainment — the Los Angeles Anime Expo is in town.
  The expo, now in its 33rd year, kicked off on July 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and ends Sunday, July 7. Thousands of fans and entertainers gathered for four days of programming and showcases, organized by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation. Many came decked out in cosplay of their favorite characters, movies and series, with plenty of fun interacti
  
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• Anime Expo brings thousands of fans, cosplayers to LA Convention Center

  06-07-2024 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  For fans of anime and Japanese pop culture, art, fashion and entertainment — the Los Angeles Anime Expo is in town.
  The expo, now in its 33rd year, kicked off on July 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and ends Sunday, July 7. Thousands of fans and entertainers gathered for four days of programming and showcases, organized by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation. Many came decked out in cosplay of their favorite characters, movies and series, with plenty of fun interacti
  
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• Ducks’ development camp provides look at a promising future

  06-07-2024 01:31 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — The Ducks wrapped up their development camp on Friday with a high-scoring three-on-three scrimmage that offered perhaps the most illuminating glimpses of the franchise’s future this week.
  It also had some links to the organization’s history as Scott Niedermayer’s team, led by Cutter Gauthier and Yegor Sidorov, edged Ryan Getzlaf’s squad, which featured both of the Ducks’ first-round picks in last weekend’s draft, Beckett Sennecke and Stian
  
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• Angel City FC hosts Gotham FC in final game before Olympic break

  06-07-2024 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The NWSL regular season is moving quickly and, just like last season, Angel City Football Club is in a fight for the playoffs.
  This season, instead of six teams qualifying, there are eight headed to the playoffs.
  Angel City (4-8-3, 15 points) enters the final week before the Olympic break in 11th place, but just three points behind Bay FC for the final playoff spot.
  Angel City has 11 games remaining, including Saturday’s second meeting against defending champion NJ/NY Gotham FC.
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall

  06-07-2024 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By TODD RICHMOND
  MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state.
  The court limited the use of drop boxes in July 2022, ruling then that they could be placed only in local election clerks’ offices and no one other than the voter could return a ballot in person.
  Conservatives controlled
  
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• Alexander: What are the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Ducks doing?

  06-07-2024 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • It is fortunate that this region’s NBA and NHL teams play on courts or rinks. If the games were played on paper, judging from the opening salvos of those leagues’ respective free-agent periods, the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Ducks would be in trouble.
  They might already be, if the pundits know what they’re talking about. (That’s always iffy, so these teams’ true believers should keep that in mind.) …
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• Man severely injured by ‘mortar-type’ firework he was setting off in Anaheim

  06-07-2024 00:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A Fourth of July reveler seriously injured himself on Thursday night, July 4, while setting off a mortar-type firework, authorities said.
  Officers and firefighters responded just before 9 p.m. to reports of a firework-related injury in the 1700 block of South Dallas Drive, said Sgt. Jonathan McClintock, an Anaheim police and fire spokesman.
  The first responders learned that the man had lit off the firework and suffered severe head injuries, the sergeant said. He was taken to a hospital in critic
  
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• Disneyland to close Space Mountain during busy summer season

  06-07-2024 00:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland plans to close Space Mountain during the middle of the busy summer vacation season to overhaul the 1977 indoor roller coaster that takes riders on a high-speed journey through the dark with many twists, turns and dips.
  Space Mountain will undergo a seasonal refurbishment beginning on Aug. 5 and remain temporarily unavailable for about a month, according to Disneyland officials.
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• Euro 2024: France knocks out Portugal on penalty kicks

  06-07-2024 00:03 via ocregister.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany — France ended Cristiano Ronaldo’s bid to win the title at his last European Championship by beating Portugal 5-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the semifinals on Friday.
  After the game finished 0-0 following extra time, Portugal substitute Joao Felix hit a post with the only miss in the shootout and Theo Hernández converted the clinching kick.
  It was a record sixth and last European Championship for the 39-year-old Ronaldo, who scored Portugal’s first p
  
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• Lakers sign Blake Hinson, Armel Traore to two-way deals ahead of summer league

  05-07-2024 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  On the eve of the Lakers’ start to summer league play, the franchise officially signed two players who were already featured on their summer league roster to two-way contracts.
  The Lakers announced on Friday that they signed forwards Blake Hinson and Armel Traore to two-way deals.
  Michael Scotto of USA TODAY Sports’ Hoops Hype reported that Hinson’s contract is for two years.
  The 6-foot-8, 230-pound Hinson averaged 18.5 points (42.1% from 3-point range) and 4.4 rebounds last se
  
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• Here’s a look at how U.S. territories became states

  05-07-2024 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. expansion
  On July 7, 1846, the U.S. officially annexed California. Here’s a look at our nation’s territorial expansion.
  Notable events
  1803: Louisiana Purchase
  Napoleon Bonaparte had a huge impact on Europe, but he altered the course of history in North America as well. The French general was waging an expensive war in Europe and began to view the Louisiana Territory as a burden – as well as a potential source of income. In 1803, he offered up all 828,000 square miles for
  
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• Laguna Beach’s first drone show delights some, others miss blasts and tradition

  05-07-2024 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  An inaugural drone show that replaced decades of exploding splendor from pyrotechnics is getting mixed reviews a day after its debut, city officials said.
  The 300 drones were staged on the Laguna Beach Lawn Bowling Club greens, ready to launch for the city’s Fourth of July festivities. At 9 p.m., they lifted off, piloted by an FAA-certified operator with help from a computerized program that coordinated their movements in the sky over Heisler Park and the ocean for 15 minutes. Synchronized
  
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• San Bernardino County supervisors ask state to declare emergency over homeowners insurance

  05-07-2024 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  San Bernardino County supervisors are asking the state to declare a statewide state of emergency as it’s becoming harder for homeowners to get affordable insurance in areas considered high-risk.
  The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted June 25 to adopt a resolution that asks California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature to declare a state of emergency and to take action to strengthen and stabilize the homeowners and insurance marketplace.
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• Connectors at Highways 91, 71 in Corona to close overnight Monday

  05-07-2024 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Highway 91 to northbound Highway 71 connectors in Corona will be closed in both directions overnight on Monday, July 8, for lighting installations, the Riverside County Transportation Commission announced Friday, July 5.
  Vehicles will not be able to access these freeways from either direction, with the westbound connector shutting down from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., and the eastbound connector closing from 10 p.m. to 6 p.m., a commission news release states.
  The closure times will be used by crews to in
  
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• Gavin Newsom gaslights Californians as he jockeys for the White House

  05-07-2024 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  In politics, gaslighting means brazenly denying what people can see with their own eyes, and then refusing to admit the lie even when caught at it. Gov. Newsom, in his State of the State address, demonstrated that he has elevated gaslighting to an art form.
  There were so many misrepresentations in his pre-recorded video speech that they were challenging to count.
  The gaslighting started right out of the box in the opening sentence, quoting California Gov. Culbert Olson from 1939 as the world was
  
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• 3 accused robbers face murder charges for tourist run over at Fashion Island in Newport Beach

  05-07-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Three Los Angeles County men accused of taking part in an attempted armed robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach and dragging a 68-year-old New Zealand woman under a getaway car were charged on Friday, July 5, with special-circumstances murder.
  Prosecutors allege that Leroy Ernest Joseph McCrary, 26, Malachi Edward Darnell, 18, and Jaden Cunningham, 28, killed Patricia McKay on Tuesday, July 2, in the commission of a robbery, which Orange County District Attorney’s Office officials not
  
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• Douglas Schoen: Down-ballot Democrats need Biden to drop out

  05-07-2024 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  As Democrats grapple with President Joe Biden’s botched debate performance last week, political strategists are not only assessing how Biden’s failure is affecting the presidential race but also how it might affect competitive, down-ballot matchups.
  To be sure, the Biden campaign has seen a marked shift in the polls since last week’s debate. As it currently stands, former President Donald Trump leads President Biden by 3 points, 47% to 44%, a three-point swing from the week bef
  
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