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• San Clemente finishes strong to beat Villa Park in Estancia Coast Classic boys basketball final

  31-12-2024 08:12 via ocregister.com
  
  In a game that was rough at times, San Clemente was smooth when the Tritons needed to be smooth.
  The Tritons boys basketball team beat Villa Park 58-53 on Monday in the Gold Division championship game of the Estancia Coast Classic tournament at Estancia High.
  Porter Hansen scored 18 points and Christian Fernandez scored 16 for San Clemente. The Tritons improved to 15-4. They are No. 8 in the Orange County Top 25 rankings.
  Fernandez, a 6-4 senior, was named tournament MVP. Hansen, 6-3 and also a
  
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• LeBron James, Max Christie propel Lakers past Blazers

  03-01-2025 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Playing without Anthony Davis hasn’t been a scenario the Lakers have had to face many times over the last couple of years.
  But when Davis hasn’t been available, it’s usually led to poor results – a script the Lakers flipped for at least one game with their 114-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, their sixth win in the past eight games.
  With Davis sidelined, the Lakers needed someone outside of LeBron James (38 points, eight a
  
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• Balanced UC Riverside tops Long Beach State for 3-0 start in Big West

  03-01-2025 07:06 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — The UC Riverside men’s basketball team isn’t just making a name for itself anymore. The Highlanders have become a known quantity in the Big West Conference.
  UCR made its latest statement on Thursday night, blowing past Long Beach State in the first half and then keeping its distance the rest of the way in the 76-60 victory at the Walter Pyramid.
  The win was the 1,000th in program history and the third straight to start conference play, something the Highlanders hav
  
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• Troy Terry’s OT goal helps Ducks stun Winnipeg again

  03-01-2025 05:31 via ocregister.com
  
  WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Ducks have been rising to the occasion more often recently.
  Troy Terry scored his second goal of the game at 3:34 of overtime to give the Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night – their second win against the Western Conference-leading Jets in a little more than two weeks, a stretch that also saw the Ducks topple a surging Edmonton Oilers squad.
  Terry added an assist in a three-point night, Radko Gudas and Leo Carlsson also scored and Joh
  
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• Harden-less Clippers can’t maintain fast start in loss to Thunder

  03-01-2025 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By TONY SELLARS The Associated Press
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The Clippers are eagerly awaiting the season debut of their biggest star. They played Thursday night without the other one.
  The short-handed Clippers started strong, but they could not maintain that for four quarters and were no match for the red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and the Thunder won their franchise-record 13th consecutive regular-season game, handing the Clippers a 116-98 defeat.
  The Cli
  
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• Californians, beware of this FasTrak toll fee text scam

  03-01-2025 04:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you recently received a text saying you owe a FasTrak toll fee with a link to pay? Beware – it may be a scam.
  These texts claim consumers owe Fastrak express lane or toll charges and includes a link to a fraudulent website that will ask for online payment. Do not click on the link or provide any personal information.
  Screenshot of a FasTrak text scam. (Screenshot: Ryanne Mena)
  The Toll Roads and other legitimate California tolling agencies do not send text messages to non-accountholde
  
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• Beware of FasTrak text scams

  03-01-2025 04:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you recently received a text saying you owe a FasTrak toll fee with a link to pay? Beware – it may be a scam.
  These texts claim consumers owe Fastrak express lane or toll charges and includes a link to a fraudulent website that will ask for online payment. Do not click on the link or provide any personal information.
  The Toll Roads and other legitimate California tolling agencies do not send text messages to non-accountholders, said the state Attorney General’s Office in a press
  
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• Lakers’ Anthony Davis, Gabe Vincent sit out against Blazers

  03-01-2025 04:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — All-Star big man Anthony Davis and backup guard Gabe Vincent weren’t available for the Lakers’ home game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.
  Davis missed the game because of a sprained left ankle, which he originally suffered in the first quarter of the Lakers’ victory over the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day in San Francisco.
  He only played the first seven minutes of the win over the Warriors before sitting out the remainder of the
  
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• A look at the electric guitar’s origin in Southern California

  03-01-2025 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Attuned to guitars
  What’s considered the best-selling pop instrument of all time was invented by Southern Californian Leo Fender.
  Some of the most notable electric guitar companies have their roots in Southern California. Rickenbacker began in the 1930s, Gibson built its second factory here in the 1950s and Fender was started in 1946.
  Notable early Fender events
  Aug. 10, 1909: Clarence Leonidas Fender is born in Anaheim.
  1928: Fender graduates from high school and runs an amateur radio sta
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Friday, January 3, 2025

  03-01-2025 03:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, January 3, 2025.
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• Sage Hill and Fairmont Prep to clash in inaugural Kiernan Klassic girls basketball showcase

  03-01-2025 02:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA matchup between Sage Hill and Fairmont Prep is among the intriguing Orange County storylines for the inaugural Kiernan Klassic girls basketball showcase at Mater Dei High on Saturday.
  The all-day event, which honors former Mater Dei girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan, will pit the Lightning (8-6) and Huskies (9-5) — ranked second and third in Orange County, respectively — in its 4:30 p.m.
  
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• Sage Hill and Fairmont Prep to clash at inaugural Kiernan Klassic girls basketball showcase

  03-01-2025 02:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA matchup between Sage Hill and Fairmont Prep is among the intriguing Orange County storylines for the inaugural Kiernan Klassic girls basketball showcase at Mater Dei High on Saturday.
  The all-day event, which honors former Mater Dei girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan, will pit the Lightning (8-6) and Huskies (9-5) — ranked second and third in Orange County, respectively — in its 4:30 p.m.
  
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• Letters: Carl DeMaio’s revealing op-ed about how the crooked Assembly really works

  03-01-2025 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  We voters all need to read the article “Assembly members taught how to duck accountability” by Carl DeMaio in Sunday, Dec. 22 Opinion section.
  This knowledge is essential to voters to assure the honest operation of our democracy.
  Every voter in California needs to know this, regardless of political belief.
  You will not be disappointed that you took the time to read it.
  Clarence Costa, Corona Del Mar
  A peak behind closed doors
  I commend Assembly member Chris DeMaio for
  
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• Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame bullies Georgia to reach CFP semifinals

  03-01-2025 01:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer
  NEW ORLEANS — Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame’s defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over second-seeded Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday that sends the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish into the semifinals of the College Football Playoff.
  In a game that was delayed by a day because of a deadly terror attack in the host city, Notre Dame (13-1) made enough big plays and
  
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• Letter: Americans are ready for a female president, just not Harris or Clinton

  03-01-2025 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  I was told by a very leftist acquaintance on Facebook that I was a fool for voting against women presidential candidates.  In the most recent election I was told that I was a racist and hated women because I had expressed concern that President Biden promised to pick a Black woman as his running mate.
  I found it disturbing that he selected race and gender boxes and didn’t look at the qualifications.
  I couldn’t care less about race or gender.
  I want a candidate who aligns with my
  
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• Letter: Anaheim doesn’t have a subsidy problem

  03-01-2025 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  While we welcome commentary on our city, a recent editorial was misleading (“Oversight of Visit Anaheim is wise, but the city should just scrap all subsidies instead,” Dec. 26).
  The editorial used our recent discussion of tourism marketing oversight to bring out a well-worn trope about “subsidies.”
  Problem is, there are no subsidies in Anaheim’s tourism marketing. It’s just the opposite — hotels tax themselves to fund tourism marketing by Visit Anaheim.
  
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• Rams OLB Jared Verse relishes in first Pro Bowl selection

  03-01-2025 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — After practice on Wednesday, Rams outside linebacker Jared Verse took a nap. When he woke up, he saw three missed calls from head coach Sean McVay.
  “I thought I was getting fired,” Verse said. “I’m like, ‘I don’t know what I did, I thought I was doing pretty good.’”
  No such luck for opposing offenses.
  Instead, McVay was calling to inform that he had been named to the Pro Bowl as a rookie as the team’s lone representative.
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Jan. 2

  03-01-2025 01:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Jan. 2
  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.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS SOCCER
  NONLEAGUE
  Westminster 2, Tustin 1
  GIRLS SOCCER
  NONLEAGUE
  Aliso Niguel 4, El Toro 2
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  NONLEAGUE
  Canyon 16, No
  
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• 36 new books coming in early 2025 to add to your reading list

  03-01-2025 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  There are plenty of ways to welcome in the new year, but after the parties end and the champagne loses its fizz, books will still be there for you – especially if you’re looking for ways to read more. While 2024 was a banner year for literature, bringing us prize-winning books from local writers like “James” by Percival Everett and “Soldiers and Kings” by Jason De León, there’s plenty more to look forward to in 2025 as well.
  And while there are li
  
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• Fryer: First release of CIF-SS basketball rankings raise some questions

  03-01-2025 00:32 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re consuming this content, which we used to call “reading,” then you follow high school sports which means you likely remember the rankings system that placed football teams into the playoff divisions.
  The basics of that system are now also in place for other CIF Southern Section sports, including the boys and girls basketball playoffs that begin Feb. 12. Every CIF-SS boys basketball team and every CIF-SS girls basketball team that qualifies for the playoffs will be plac
  
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• Costa Mesa woman surprised to learn of her own death

  03-01-2025 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Barbara Smith of Costa Mesa did not die in Boise, Idaho, on Sept. 20. She has never even been to Boise, Idaho.
  So imagine Smith’s shock when she recently discovered that her Medicare was discontinued. And that her bank account was frozen. And that the Social Security Administration wanted to claw back several months of benefits — all because she was dead.
  “It’s been awful,” said Smith, 81, who is definitely alive.
  “I’m lucky enough to be able to pay for
  
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• Small plane crashes into Fullerton building near airport, killing at least 2 and injuring 18

  03-01-2025 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A four-passenger plane crashed into a building near Fullerton Airport Thursday afternoon, Jan. 2, shortly after the pilot had radioed a request for an emergency landing, killing at least two people and injuring at least 18 more.
  Ten of the injured were hospitalized and eight were treated at the scene.
  Shortly after 2 p.m., the Fullerton Fire Department received a call about the collision on the 2300 block of Raymer Avenue, Lt. Tim Kandler said.
  The building of Michael Nicholas Designs, a furnitu
  
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• Small plane crashes into Fullerton building near airport, killing at least 1 and injuring 15

  03-01-2025 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A four-passenger plane crashed into a building near Fullerton Airport Thursday afternoon, Jan. 2, shortly after the pilot had radioed about an emergency landing, killing at least one person and injuring at least 15 more.
  Nine of the injured were hospitalized and six treated at the scene.
  Shortly after 2 p.m., the Fullerton Fire Department received a call of a plane crash on the 2300 block of Raymer Avenue, Lt. Tim Kandler said.
  A building halfway down the block was found engulfed in flames with
  
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• Small plane crashes into Fullerton building near aiport

  03-01-2025 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A single-engine plane crashed into a building near Fullerton Airport Thursday afternoon, Jan. 2, shortly after the pilot had radioed about an emergency landing.
  The collision occurred in the 2300 block of Raymer Avenue at about 2:30 p.m., police said.
  The aircraft went into a building, KTLA5 has reported.
  Evacuations were under way.
  The number of casualties, if any, is unknown. Black smoke can be seen from surrounding areas.
  People were being treated by authorities for various injuries near the
  
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• Plane crashes into Fullerton building

  03-01-2025 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A single-engine plane crashed in the 2300 block of Raymer Avenue in Fullerton at about 2:30 p.m., police said.
  The aircraft went into a building, KTLA5 has reported.
  Evacuations were under way.
  The number of casualties, if any, is unknown.
  Black smoke can be seen from surrounding areas.
  This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
  
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• Wayne Osmond, singer and guitarist for The Osmonds, is dead at 73

  02-01-2025 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo” and “Down By the Lazy River,” has died. He was 73.
  Sibling Merrill Osmond posted on his Facebook page that Wayne died this week at a Salt Lake City hospital after suffering a “massive stroke.”
  “I’ve never known a man that had more humility. A man with absolutely no guile
  
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• 2 stabbed in Fullerton bar on Valencia Avenue

  02-01-2025 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Two men were stabbed at a bar in Fullerton early Thursday morning, Jan. 2, police said, on Valencia Avenue.
  At around 1:15 a.m., Fullerton police officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon at the bar on the 1800 block of West Valencia, department spokeswoman Kristy Wells said.
  The officers found two men suffering from apparent stab wounds. Both were transported to the hospital. Their current conditions were not made public.
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• 2 stabbed at Fullerton bar

  02-01-2025 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Two men were stabbed at a bar in Fullerton early Thursday, Jan. 2, police said.
  At around 1:15 a.m., Fullerton police officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon at the bar on the 1800 block of West Valencia, department spokeswoman Kristy Wells said. The officers found the two men suffering from apparent stab wounds.
  Both were transported to a hospital. Their current conditions were not made public.
  Sgt. Ryan O’Neill said that an altercation took place between the vic
  
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• Torrance celebrates another Rose Parade float win, and a sigh of relief getting to end of route

  02-01-2025 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The City of Torrance’s float is towed during the 136th Rose Parade in Pasadena on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Photo by Drew Kelley, Long Beach Press-Telegram/SCNG)
  The City of Torrance’s float is towed during the 136th Rose Parade in Pasadena on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Photo by Drew Kelley, Long Beach Press-Telegram/SCNG)
  City of Torrance float “What a Beautiful Day” during the 136th Rose Parade in Pasadena on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham, Con
  
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• Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping

  02-01-2025 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
  Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
  The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through iPhones and other devices equipped with the virtual assistant for
  
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