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• Obama takes the stage at rally in Anaheim

  08-09-2018 10:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama took to the stage on Saturday, Sept. 8 at an invitation-only rally in the Anaheim Convention Center, an event aimed at helping seven California Democratic Congressional candidates win Republican seats in November.
  The rally began at 10:15 a.m. Obama appeared shortly after noon, standing at a podium labeled #TakeitBack.
  Former President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally to support seven Democratic California congressional candidates at the Anaheim Convention Ce
  
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• Kawhi Leonard’s game-winning shot lifts Clippers past Kings in OT

  10-03-2025 05:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, below, dunks as Sacramento Kings forward Jake LaRavia defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Clippers center Ivica Zubac, right, shoots as Sacramento Kings center Jonas Valanciunas defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Clippers guard James Harden celebrates after forward Kawhi Leonard made
  
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• Update: Winter storm watch for Yosemite from Tuesday to Thursday

  10-03-2025 05:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite is the focus of an updated winter storm watch issued at 8:47 p.m. on Sunday by the National Weather Service. The watch is valid from Tuesday 11 p.m. until Thursday, Mar. 13 at 11 p.m.
  According to the NWS Hanford CA, “Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 feet above 4000 feet and up to 4 feet on the highest elevations. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.”
  “Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the Wednesda
  
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• Car thief suspect leads Garden Grove Police on pursuit into Anaheim; is arrested after K9 deployment

  10-03-2025 05:17 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE — A 28-year-old suspected car thief was taken into custody after a pursuit Sunday that damaged a pair of police vehicles.
  Around 1:50 p.m. Sunday, officers observed a black Land Rover near the intersection of Harbor and Garden Grove boulevards, according to the Garden Grove Police Department. The SUV matched the description of a vehicle stolen during a commercial burglary earlier in the day.
  When police tried to stop the vehicle, the suspect immediately drove away, leading to
  
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• Car theft suspect leads Garden Grove Police on pursuit into Anaheim; is arrested after K9 deployment

  10-03-2025 05:17 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE — A 28-year-old suspected car thief was taken into custody after a pursuit Sunday that damaged a pair of police vehicles.
  Around 1:50 p.m. Sunday, officers observed a black Land Rover near the intersection of Harbor and Garden Grove boulevards, according to the Garden Grove Police Department. The SUV matched the description of a vehicle stolen during a commercial burglary earlier in the day.
  When police tried to stop the vehicle, the suspect immediately drove away, leading to
  
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• Ducks snap skid with complete win over Islanders

  10-03-2025 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Ducks winger Sam Colangelo, right, celebrates with center Mason McTavish (23) after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
  Ducks center Trevor Zegras, right, controls the puck away from New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov, left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
  New York Islanders winger P
  
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• No. 3 UCLA gymnastics beats No. 12 Stanford in senior meet

  10-03-2025 04:37 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA gymnast Chae Campell mouthed every word to Kendrick Lamar’s “They Not Like Us” as she readied for her floor exercise routine.
  Every motion was explosive — tumbling passes looked sharp and dance choreography was expressive. Campbell brought back a routine from her freshman year and left it all on the floor in her final performance at Pauley Pavilion.
  She held her teammates and coaches and shared tears with them, at least until an unexpected 9.825 s
  
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• No. 3 UCLA gymnastics beats No. 12 Stanford in drama-filled senior meet

  10-03-2025 04:37 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA gymnast Chae Campell mouthed every word to Kendrick Lamar’s “They Not Like Us” as she readied for her floor exercise routine.
  Every move on the mat was explosive — tumbling passes looking sharp and dance moves fluid. She left it all on the floor in her final performance at Pauley Pavilion, holding her teammates as tears flowed.
  But the 9.825 score she received dampened the magic of the senior meet.
  Janelle McDonald was visibly frustrated as she sp
  
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• Kings’ balanced offense shines in narrow win over Golden Knights

  10-03-2025 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) celebrates after scoring against the Kings during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) and Kings right wing Quinton Byfield (55) vie for the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  Kings right wing Adrian Kempe (9) scores against Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hi
  
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• Galaxy remain winless after loss to St. Louis City SC

  10-03-2025 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — The post-championship life is not treating the Galaxy well.
  The Galaxy lost their third consecutive league game and fourth overall, losing 3-0 against St. Louis City SC in front of 19,271 at Dignity Health Sports Park Sunday.
  The loss was the second at home this season after going unbeaten at home during the championship season in 2024.
  “We created enough chances (in the first half) to score three goals ourselves,”  Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “And we hav
  
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• Laguna Woods seniors live out their rock ’n’ roll fantasies

  10-03-2025 04:03 via ocregister.com
  
  “Here come the jesters, one, two, three
  It’s all part of my fantasy
  I love the music and I love to see the crowd
  Dancing in the aisles and singin’ out loud.”
  Those lyrics are from Bad Company’s 1979 hit “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy.”
  In Laguna Woods retirement community, 19 residents got to live out their own rock ‘n’ roll fantasy at the Sing With the Band concert Feb. 20 at Clubhouse 5, put on by the Theatre Guild.
  Sure, there’s
  
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• Alexander: UCLA gets revenge, Big Ten title and maybe an overall No. 1 seed

  10-03-2025 03:41 via ocregister.com
  
  As the CBS network announcers noted Sunday afternoon, a good portion of L.A. took over Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse Sunday afternoon for the women’s championship game of the Big Ten tournament. In an unusual (to say the least) college sports season, maybe that was the most delightfully weird event of all.
  UCLA (30-2) and USC (28-3) have been the two best teams in Big Ten women’s basketball, by far, and two of the best in the country without a doubt. And No. 4 UCLA’
  
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• Austin Barnes back for another season as the one of the Dodgers’ ‘glue guys’

  10-03-2025 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. – The longest tenured position player on the Dodgers’ roster prefers to keep his head down while focusing on the daily grind, even as the potential end of an era looms.
  Austin Barnes is as decorated as anybody on the current roster when it comes to team accomplishments, with two World Series rings and four appearances in the Fall Classic.
  The SoCal kid on the hometown team has 10 seasons of major league experience, with over 8 1/2 years of official service time, and e
  
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• Austin Barnes back for another season as one of Dodgers’ ‘glue guys’

  10-03-2025 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — The longest-tenured position player on the Dodgers’ roster prefers to keep his head down while focusing on the daily grind, even as the potential end of an era looms.
  Austin Barnes is as decorated as anyone on the current roster when it comes to team accomplishments, with two World Series championship rings and four appearances in the Fall Classic.
  The SoCal kid on the hometown team has 10 seasons of major-league experience, with more than 8½ years of officia
  
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• Rams, WR Davante Adams agree to two-year contract

  10-03-2025 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rams made a big splash Sunday ahead of the opening of free agency, signing All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams to a two-year contract, the club announced.
  Adams, who after being released by the Jets was free to sign a contract ahead of the opening of the legal tampering period Monday, is the first big offseason addition for the Rams, who already agreed to a restructured contract with quarterback Matthew Stafford and re-signed left tackle Alaric Jackson and receiver Tutu Atwell this month.
  Th
  
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• Dodgers lose to Athletics as Blake Snell struggles

  10-03-2025 00:51 via ocregister.com
  
  THE GAME: The Dodgers fell into a four-run hole in Blake Snell’s second start of the spring and dropped a 7-5 decision to the Athletics at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz.
  OFFENSIVE REPORT: James Outman delivered his third extra-base hit of the spring and first home run with a three-run shot in the fourth inning. … After entering as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning, Chris Taylor had hits in consecutive at-bats, including his second double of the spring. … Hyeseong Kim had
  
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• Kite party brings splash of color to the sand and sky in Huntington Beach

  10-03-2025 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Whatever you do, don’t call it a festival.
  There’s no set schedule or events during the two-day gathering, warns Dave Shenkman, owner of Kite Connection on the Huntington Beach Pier and founder of the Kite Party event. Just some of the world’s best kite fliers, who come from around the world, hanging out for a party on the sand, kites in hand.
  “It’s just hang out, fly kites,” said Shenkman.
  Five-year-old Hannie Phan chases her unicorn skite as her dad tries to
  
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• Lakers embrace ‘next-man-up’ mentality with LeBron James sidelined

  10-03-2025 00:20 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — As LeBron James stood in front of his visitor’s locker at TD Garden late Saturday night, he downplayed the concerns surrounding the groin injury that sidelined him for the final 6 ½ minutes of the Lakers’ winning-streak ending loss to the Boston Celtics.
  “Not much concern,” James said. “Obviously, we go day to day, look at it each day, see if it gets better, and take the proper measurements to see what we need to do going forward.”
  And
  
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• Big second half helps UCLA avenge losses to USC and win Big Ten women’s basketball title

  10-03-2025 00:07 via ocregister.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Lauren Betts had 17 points, five rebounds, and four blocked shots as UCLA avenged two earlier losses to defeat USC 72-67 to win the Big Ten Conference women’s basketball tournament championship on Sunday.
  UCLA (30-2) made 18 of 21 free throws, including two by Londynn Jones with 3.4 seconds remaining after USC’s JuJu Watkins had scored five consecutive points to bring the Trojans (28-3) within one possession.
  More to come on this story.
  
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• Angels beat Reds, Jack Kochanowicz works four perfect innings

  10-03-2025 00:00 via ocregister.com
  
  THE GAME: Five Angels pitchers combined to hold the Cincinnati Reds to five hits in a 4-1 victory in a Cactus League game on Sunday in Tempe, Ariz.
  PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Jack Kochanowicz retired all 12 hitters he faced in four innings. He struck out two and got five groundouts. Kochanowicz needed just 44 pitches. He had to go down to the bullpen to get to his scheduled pitch-count of 65. Kochanowicz has allowed one earned run in nine innings so far this spring. Manager Ron Washington sai
  
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• Hummingbirds displaced by the Eaton fire find a new haven at a Pasadena landmark

  09-03-2025 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Jared Nigro remembers he hadn’t even gotten through the first sentence of his presentation before Sheryl Scott said yes. It was only three days after the start of the Eaton Fire and Nigro, executive director of the Pasadena Audubon Society, was having coffee with Scott, who is director of communications and operations for The Gamble House.
  The sad news was that the hummingbird cantina planned for the patio at Eaton Canyon Nature Center had been lost to the Jan. 7 inferno. Scott had a ready
  
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• Hummingbirds displaced by the Eaton fire are finding a new haven at a Pasadena landmark

  09-03-2025 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Jared Nigro remembers he hadn’t even gotten through the first sentence of his presentation before Sheryl Scott said yes. It was only three days after the start of the Eaton Fire and Nigro, executive director of the Pasadena Audubon Society, was having coffee with Scott, who is director of communications and operations for The Gamble House.
  The sad news was that the hummingbird cantina planned for the patio at Eaton Canyon Nature Center had been lost to the Jan. 7 inferno. Scott had a ready
  
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• Former central banker Mark Carney to become Canada’s next prime minister after governing Liberals elect him party leader

  09-03-2025 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney to become Canada’s next prime minister after governing Liberals elect him party leader.
  
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• Rebecca Black tapped as Katy Perry’s opening act for 20 shows, including 2 in Southern California

  09-03-2025 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Rebecca Black, whose music video for the song “Friday” viral fame for all the wrong reasons when she was just 13, is getting the last laugh.
  Black announced Sunday, March 9 on her Instagram page that she’s been chosen to open 20 arena shows on Katy Perry‘s The Lifetimes Tour which include stops at Honda Center in Anaheim on July 13 and the Kia Forum in Inglewood on July 15.
  “Secrets out,” Black wrote in the caption to a photograph of her and Perry. “@kat
  
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• Iran says it is open to talks about concerns about militarization of its nuclear program

  09-03-2025 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Associated Press
  Iran said Sunday it would consider negotiations with the United States if the talks were confined to concerns about the militarization of its nuclear program.
  In a statement posted on X, the country’s U.N. mission said: “If the objective of negotiations is to address concerns vis-à-vis any potential militarization of Iran’s nuclear program, such discussions may be subject to consideration.”
  A day earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamene
  
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• Laguna Woods resident helps save friend’s life in ocean rescue

  09-03-2025 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By Anita Gosch and Laylan Connelly
  Orange County Register/Laguna Woods Globe
  Christmas morning last year was windy and chilly, with the sun making feeble attempts to peek out from behind the clouds. The waves at T-Street Beach in San Clemente were large but choppy.
  Still, Randy Cumming hoped to catch a few good ones on his bodyboard before he had to hustle off to a holiday dinner.
  For Cumming, a Laguna Woods resident since 2017 who grew up in Mission Viejo, the day started like so many others in
  
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• Winter storm watch for Yosemite from Tuesday to Thursday

  09-03-2025 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite is the focus of a winter storm watch issued at 12:52 p.m. on Sunday by the National Weather Service. The watch is valid from Tuesday 11 p.m. until Thursday, Mar. 13 at 11 p.m.
  According to the NWS Hanford CA, “Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 feet above 4000 feet and up to 4 feet on the highest elevations. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.”
  “Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the Wednesday mornin
  
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• 4.1-magnitude quake rattles Malibu, San Fernando Valley and beyond

  09-03-2025 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  A 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook Malibu, the San Fernando Valley and other parts of Southern California on Sunday afternoon.
  The quake struck at 1:03 p.m., 6.9 miles southwest of Westlake Village, 7.1 miles south, southwest of Thousand Oaks and 7.7 miles west, northwest of Malibu, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  The temblor was at a depth of about 7.2 miles. It was followed by a series of aftershocks in the same general area, estimated at magnitudes of 2.5, 3.0 and 2.8, the USGS reporte
  
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• Tens of thousands of Mexicans rally with president to celebrate US decision to delay tariffs

  09-03-2025 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By Fabiola Sánchez | Associated Press
  MEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of people packed into Mexico’s City main plaza on Sunday to celebrate with President Claudia Sheinbaum a decision by the U.S. to postpone tariffs on many of the country’s goods.
  The crowd clutched large Mexican flags and yelled, “Mexico is to be respected!” as they cheered on Sheinbaum.
  “Fortunately, dialogue and respect have prevailed,” she told the crowd.
  The celebration comes
  
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• Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water

  09-03-2025 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy | Associated Press
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Sunday, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory. Hamas called it part of Israel’s “starvation policy.”
  Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to the territory of more than 2 million Palestinians, an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of the war.
  Israel is pressing the m
  
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