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• Rams QB Stetson Bennett IV continues to work despite limited opportunities

  15-11-2024 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — After practice has ended, after players have pulled off their shoulder pads and retreated to the weight room or showers, after coaches have returned to their offices, Stetson Bennett IV and Dave Ragone walk clockwise laps around the Rams’ practice field.
  It started around Week 3; Ragone, the quarterbacks coach, asked Bennett, the third-string quarterback, to walk around the field with him. They discuss the game script that was installed that day, the audibles the coachi
  
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• ‘Senseless act:’ Man arrested after popular great egret killed in San Bernardino Mountains

  15-11-2024 03:51 via ocregister.com
  
  People who frequent Lake Gregory in the San Bernardino Mountains are seething and grieving after authorities say a man trampled on the beauty and tranquility there by throwing rocks and injuring a great egret, leading to its death.
  The bird was so beloved that visitors gave it a name: Arthur.
  “The egret stands out all the way across the lake. It’s really a showy kind of bird,” Nathan Godwin, general manager of the Lake Gregory Company, which manages the park near Crestline for
  
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• UCLA football at Washington: Who has the edge?

  15-11-2024 03:04 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA (4-5 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) at Washington (5-5, 3-4)
  When: Friday, 6 p.m.
  Where: Husky Stadium, Seattle
  TV/radio: Fox (Ch. 11)/570 AM
  Line: Washington by 4
  What’s at stake? These are two teams trending in opposite directions with UCLA winning three in a row and Washington dropping three out of its past four games. A victory would bring the Bruins to a .500 record after a 1-5 start, erasing the negative energy that clouded the team during the first half of the season. The Huskies need a
  
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• Election 2024: Michelle Steel still leads Derek Tran, narrowly, in California’s 45th congressional race

  15-11-2024 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  More than a week after Election Day, Rep. Michelle Steel is still holding onto her razor-thin lead over Derek Tran in the race for California’s 45th congressional district, as of the latest vote tally posted by the secretary of state Thursday, Nov. 14.
  But Tran has further cut into her lead in the nailbiter race. Wednesday’s tally had Steel up by 349 votes. On Thursday, her lead shrunk to just 236.
  The Southern California race is currently the closest in the state that has yet to be
  
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• Irvine’s new space-themed playground is universal in more ways than one

  15-11-2024 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine introduced its first “universal” playground Thursday, Nov. 14, at Sweet Shade Neighborhood Park.
  The wheelchair-accessible play area is designed as an inclusive space for all residents, regardless of ability.
  Among its unique features, the outer space-themed playground includes adaptive swings, a sensory garden and Bankshot basketball, which the brand describes as mini golf but with a basketball. The Bankshot court features an array of creatively angled backboards of various s
  
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• Police officers take down street takeover near Temecula – with infant reportedly a passenger in 1 car

  15-11-2024 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Law enforcement officers, responding to complaints from residents about illegal street takeovers in the community of De Luz west of Temecula, impounded four cars and wrote 11 citations after busting up a recent sideshow. An infant was a passenger in one of the cars, the California Highway Patrol said.
  The residents said the reckless driving, including spinouts and cars doing doughnuts, has been happening for weeks, particularly on weekend nights, according to a CHP news release.
  So the CHP and R
  
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• USC QB Jayden Maiava is an ‘inspiration for the people of Hawaii’

  15-11-2024 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — On a dot of green in the middle of the North Pacific, 13-year-old Nehemiah Gavino-Veneri trains across the blooming fields of O’ahu, hoping one day for a shot on the mainland.
  Since his son first threw a football at 3 years old, Mark Veneri said, all Nehemiah can talk about is becoming a quarterback. He is a product of this generation of Polynesian dreamers, same as USC’s Jayden Maiava. Young quarterbacks, suddenly, are blossoming in Hawaii, a region of islands on
  
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• Six Flags to spend $1 billion on 11 new coaster over next 2 years

  15-11-2024 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags is going on a billion-dollar spending spree to add new roller coasters, thrill rides and water slides to its playlands across North America that doesn’t even include the $1 billion being spent on a new Six Flags park in Saudi Arabia.
  Six Flags plans to spend $1 billion on new rides, kids play areas, seasonal events and other amenities at its 42 amusement parks and water parks in North America over the next two years.
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• Six Flags to spend $1 billion on 11 coasters over next 2 years

  15-11-2024 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags is going on a billion-dollar spending spree to add new roller coasters, thrill rides and water slides to its playlands across North America that doesn’t even include the $1 billion being spent on a new Six Flags park in Saudi Arabia.
  Six Flags plans to spend $1 billion on new rides, kids play areas, seasonal events and other amenities at its 42 amusement parks and water parks in North America over the next two years.
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• Lakers begin quest for 2nd NBA Cup with matchup against Spurs

  15-11-2024 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Nearly one year after winning the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament and the sluggish play that followed, it’s become common to question what the Lakers’ approach would be in their quest to win the NBA Cup again.
  And if they would have similar motivations as last year.
  So far, it appears they do.
  “We want the money,” forward Rui Hachimura said after the team’s home win against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. “Last year, we
  
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• Knott’s Soak City will get a little TLC in 2026

  15-11-2024 01:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Soak City will get a little TLC when the 15-acre water park with two dozen slides, a lazy river and wave pool undergoes a major refurbishment for the first time in nearly a decade.
  Knott’s Soak City water park in Buena Park will be refreshed and enhanced in 2026, according to Knott’s Berry Farm officials.
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• Construction accident at Villa Park High School leaves 1 dead

  15-11-2024 01:00 via ocregister.com
  
  One person was killed and another severely injured in an accident in a construction zone at Villa Park High School on Thursday morning, Nov. 14, authorities said.
  At around 10:20 a.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the Orange County Fire Authority were dispatched to one of the construction zones at the school, fire Capt. Sean Doran said.
  “While no students were involved or injured, we are deeply saddened to share that we have been notified by authorities that one individ
  
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• Anaheim will drop appeal and end efforts to prevent group home for homeless women

  15-11-2024 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim will end its efforts to prevent a transitional housing home for women with mental health issues from operating in the Anaheim Colony historic district and drop its appeal in a lawsuit against the city, officials said.
  Grandma’s House of Hope, a nonprofit operating in Anaheim that provides supportive housing, had sued after the City Council denied a permit to open a group home in the Colony neighborhood in 2021.
  The group home had been met with fervent community opposition and the C
  
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• Sting plays hits and surprises at Wiltern Theatre during 5-night run

  15-11-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Weeks before the Sting 3.0 Tour reached Los Angeles, the singer-bassist described his decision to tour as a trio for the first time in years as a way to surprise both himself and the audience.
  We can’t say how surprised he was at the Wiltern Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the second of five nights at the venue, but there was definitely a frisson of excitement in the audience as Sting walked on stage in Los Angeles accompanied only by a guitarist and drummer for the first time since the Pol
  
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• These prisoners from Southern California could be freed under Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons

  15-11-2024 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California-based defendants who took part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol following Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral loss could be among the winners of Trump’s imminent return to the White House if the president-elect follows through on promises of clemency related to the Jan. 6 riot.
  Throughout the campaign season, Trump repeatedly pledged pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, though exactly how wide-ranging such expected acts of clemency would extend — and whether they would
  
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• Young leaders inspire at Orange County National Philanthropy Day event

  15-11-2024 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Sage Hill seniors Wilson Song and Connor Wong didn’t need to preach much to move a rather full choir at the annual National Philanthropy Day lunch Thursday.
  The Grove in Anaheim was packed with people from Orange County who care about philanthropy. Still, they got the program started with their enthusiastic advocacy for finding ways to help others.
  “Each of us has the power to offer hope and support,” Song said when they were recognized as the Outstanding Youth for the 39th ann
  
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• Check out these limited-time ‘Wicked’ food, merchandise and events

  15-11-2024 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Broadway sensation is hitting the big screen. That’s right, 20 years after it premiered in California and shortly thereafter made its way to New York, “Wicked” is coming to movie theaters across the globe. Part one of the film premieres on Nov. 22, with the second part set to come out Nov. 21, 2025.
  As fans of the musical prepare for the release, there are quite a few limited-time offerings happening to promote the film, some of which are exclusive to Southern California.
  A
  
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• California Senate leader calls union ‘morally bankrupt’ for opposing Fullerton’s Josh Newman

  15-11-2024 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters
  California’s top Senate Democrat called a prominent labor union “morally bankrupt” after it spent more than $1 million to oppose the state’s most vulnerable Democratic senator in a tight race that could put a Republican in his seat.
  The union apparently spent the money against Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton because leaders were angered by at least one vote that he cast. And while it’s not uncommon for unions to criticize or threaten Demo
  
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• Chargers QB Justin Herbert inflicting damage passing and running

  14-11-2024 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The play was designed for quarterback Justin Herbert to run around the right side of the Chargers’ formation on fourth-and-1 from the Tennessee Titans’ 4-yard line this past Sunday. The blocking broke down in front of Herbert, though, and so he was forced to improvise, to think on his feet.
  No problem.
  Herbert found a hole in the line to his left and darted through it, picking up the first down and then a touchdown for a 13-7 lead with 1:55 remaining in the first h
  
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• Roger Penske adds Grand Prix of Long Beach to his Southern California motorsports legacy

  14-11-2024 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — Roger Penske’s fingerprints are all over the motorsports landscape in Southern California.
  His latest venture will be overseeing the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April.
  Penske Entertainment acquired the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach on Thursday, buying it from Gerald R. Forsythe, and will be in charge of running the race weekend.
  It won’t be a typical race weekend either.
  It will be the 50th running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, a milestone event in
  
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• Let the games begin: 2026 campaign for California governor now looms

  14-11-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  California has a lengthy — very lengthy — list of critical economic, social and policy issues that are very likely to remain unresolved when Gavin Newsom vacates the governorship 26 months hence.
  The nation’s highest levels of poverty and homelessness, shortages and rising costs of housing, exploding energy bills, an uncertain water supply, street crime, chronic educational shortcomings, a bullet train project that seems to be going nowhere, and multibillion-dollar budget defic
  
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• Ducks hope to salvage homestand in finale with Detroit

  14-11-2024 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Having picked up just two of a possible 10 points thus far during their longest stretch at home this season, the Ducks will seek to salvage two more as they wrap up their residency against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.
  Despite their lack of tangible results, the Ducks were satisfied with elements of their game, stretches of competition and their development process.
  “Obviously, we don’t like the outcomes of the games. We thought we could pull out more wins during this homest
  
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• California see-saws back to tough on crime with passage of Proposition 36

  14-11-2024 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But now the balance is back to getting tougher, as polls this fall showed many voters believed property crimes have vastly increased since the 2014 passage of Proposition 47.
  The clearest manifestation of this was the strong performance of Prop. 36 on this month’s ballot, drawing a huge 70 to 30 percent majority.
  There was also the easy defeat of Los Angeles County Distri
  
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• How a Trump administration could affect California’s housing crisis

  14-11-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By Felicia Mello | CalMatters
  As California Democrats attempt to “Trump-proof” the state and Republicans celebrate their party’s sweeping victory, the mood among some of the state’s most prominent housing advocates is glum.
  “Trump’s extremist economic agenda is going to tank the housing market and housing construction,” Sen. Scott Wiener, one of the Legislature’s loudest YIMBY voices, said in an interview Friday.
  That concern is based largely on ac
  
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• 2 Israeli airstrikes hit Syria’s capital and a suburb, killing 15 people, Syrian state media says

  14-11-2024 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALBERT AJI
  DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel carried out at least two airstrikes on a western neighborhood of Damascus and one of the capital’s suburbs on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding another 16, Syria’s state news agency said.
  The airstrikes on the Mazzeh neighborhood in Damascus and the suburb of Qudsaya, northwest of the capital, struck two buildings, the SANA news agency said. An Associated Press journalist at the scene in Mazzeh said that a five-story buildi
  
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• Horse racing notes: Silent Law can extend Bob Baffert’s rule at Del Mar

  14-11-2024 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  DEL MAR LEADERS
  (Through Sunday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Hector Berrios / 6
  Antonio Fresu / 6
  Kazushi Kimura / 5
  Tiago Pereira / 4
  Juan Hernandez / 4
  Umberto Rispoli / 4
  Trainers / Wins
  Mark Glatt / 5
  George Papaprodromou / 4
  Peter Miller / 4
  Doug O’Neill / 4
  Steve Miyadi / 3
  Phil D’Amato / 3
  WEEKEND STAKES
  DEL MAR
  Saturday
  • $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs
  Sunday
  • $100,000, Grade III Bob Hope Stakes, 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs
  LOS ALAMITOS
  Saturday
  • $
  
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• Tate McRae will perform at the Kia Forum in September

  14-11-2024 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Canadian pop star, singer and dancer Tate McRae will bring her Miss Possessive Tour to the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Friday, Sept. 26.
  Tickets for the tour supporting her third studio album, “So Close To What,” will go on sale exclusively for AMEX card holders on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at tatemcrae.com. There will also be an artist presale on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com. The general sale will begin on Friday, Nov. 22, at 11 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com.
  At 13, Mc
  
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• Riverside County: The deadliest year inside one of America’s deadliest jail systems

  14-11-2024 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By Christopher Damien
  Christopher Damien is reporting about law enforcement in Southern California’s inland and desert communities as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship.
  Alicia Upton paced the concrete floor of her jail cell. She looked around the cramped quarters. Then she pressed the alert button on an intercom attached to the wall.
  “What is your emergency?” responded a voice, captured on video footage from a camera in the cell. It was a deputy
  
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• The Audible: On USC’s ‘probation,’ ageless LeBron, and Paul George vs. Clippers fans

  14-11-2024 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Alexander: Only in the NCAA can you get in trouble – if you want to call it that – for violating a rule that has since been rescinded. Which is why we woke up Thursday to stories of USC’s football program being put on probation.
  Or, as the Fox News website headlined it: “USC football fined and put on probation for major NCAA violations,” Uh-huh, sure. Major. Right.
  This was hardly “Reggie Bush’s parents get a new house” territory. It wasn&rsquo
  
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• US mortgage rates dip, but economists see volatility ahead

  14-11-2024 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA
  The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged lower this week, ending a six-week climb.
  The rate slipped to 6.78% from 6.79% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s still down from a year ago, when the rate averaged 7.4%.
  Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week. The average rate slipped to 5.99% from 6% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6
  
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