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• Mater Dei close to hiring former college coach Jody Wynn as girls basketball coach

  26-04-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei is close to ending its search for a new girls basketball coach.
  The replacement for Kevin Kiernan, who resigned after last season, will likely be former Brea Olinda High standout and ex-college coach Jody Wynn, who was an assistant for the Monarchs in 2023-24.
  Wynn previously was the head coach for the women’s basketball teams at Long Beach State and Washington.
  Wynn joined Kiernan’s
  
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• DisneylandForward gets final approval from Anaheim council

  08-05-2024 15:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney’s three-year effort to get the go-ahead to grow its theme parks in Anaheim received final approval from the City Council on Tuesday, May 7.
  The City Council unanimously approved the project at its April 16 meeting. The second vote Tuesday was also unanimous and passed without discussion. The second reading and vote were required to finalize the changes to the city’s zoning that the project asks for. The adopted changes will go into effect in 30 days.
  The vote wraps up years of
  
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• Softball playoffs roundup: Mater Dei upsets top-seeded El Modena; Whittier Christian and Fullerton advance

  08-05-2024 09:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei’s credentials entering the softball playoffs seem to describe a mystery team.
  The Monarchs’ record was .500 with some inconsistent nonleague results. They played in a strong league but were an at-large selection for the postseason and unranked in the Top 10 for their division.
  But after two rounds of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs, Mater Dei is no longer a secret.
  The Monarchs knocke
  
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• CIF-SS softball playoffs: Tuesday’s scores, updated schedule for the Orange County teams

  08-05-2024 08:56 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  First round, Tuesday
  Orange Lutheran 11, Capistrano Valley 7
  Canyon 11, Camarillo 0
  Huntington Beach 4, Riverside Poly 0
  JSerra 3, La Mirada 2
  Oaks Christian 5, Los Alamitos 1
  Pacifica 4, South Hills 3
  Quarterfinals, Thursday, 3:15 p.m.
  Canyon at Orange Lutheran
  Murrieta Mesa at Huntington Beach
  JSerra at Great Oak
  Pacifica at Oaks Christian
  DIVISION 2
  Second round, Tuesday
  Mater Dei 4, El Modena 2
  Gahr 4, Tesoro 3
  California 8, Rosary 1
  Whittier Christian 7,
  
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• Orange Lutheran baseball team rolls past Vista Murrieta in Division 1 playoff game

  08-05-2024 08:27 via ocregister.com
  
  MURRIETA — Hitting is contagious.
  Orange Lutheran’s baseball team showed how true that is in Tuesday afternoon’s CIF Southern Section second-round playoff game at Vista Murrieta.
  Vista Murrieta’s RJ Holmes slides into home plate to score in the 6th inning of a CIF Southern Section Division 1 baseball second-round playoff game between the Vista Murrieta Broncos and the Orange Lutheran Lancers on Tuesday, May 7th.Orange Lutheran won the game 17-6 (Photo by Nick Koon, Contri
  
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• CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Tuesday’s scores, updated schedule for the Orange County teams

  08-05-2024 08:20 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  Second round, Tuesday
  Corona 3, Mater Dei 1 (8 innings)
  Huntington Beach 5, Villa Park 3
  Santa Margarita 6, Gahr 3
  Orange Lutheran 17, Vista Murrieta 4
  La Mirada 5, Foothill 2
  San Dimas 7, Cypress 6
  Quarterfinals, Friday, 3:15 p.m. 
  Santa Margarita at Huntington Beach
  Orange Lutheran at La Mirada
  DIVISION 2
  Second round, Tuesday
  Arcadia 7, Yorba Linda 1
  Hart 1, Newport Harbor 0
  Canyon 5, Quartz Hill 4
  Crean Lutheran 3, Citrus Valley 2
  Quarterfinals, Frida
  
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• Baseball playoffs roundup: Orange Lutheran wins big; Santa Margarita, Canyon advance

  08-05-2024 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Nate Savoie hit two home runs and Josiah Hartshorn homered and drove in four runs for Orange Lutheran in a 17-6 win over Vista Murrieta in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs Tuesday at Vista Murrieta High.
  The Lancers (24-6) will play La Mirada (23-6) at Glenn High in Norwalk in the quarterfinals Friday. La Mirada defeated Foothill 5-2 on Tuesday.
  Derek Curiel had two hits and three RBIs for Orange Lutheran, the No. 1 team in the Orange County Top 25. Brady
  
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• Mater Dei baseball battles Corona before losing in 8 innings in Division 1 playoffs

  08-05-2024 06:53 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Mater Dei’s roller coaster season came to an end Tuesday when the Monarchs fell to No. 1 seed Corona 3-1 in eight innings in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 baseball playoffs at Mater Dei High.
  Corona (27-3) will play at Aquinas in the quarterfinals Friday. The Panthers beat Aquinas 8-0 in the second round of the Boras Classic on April 3.
  Mater Dei (17-13) experienced high levels of success this season and struggled through other parts of the season. The Monarch
  
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• Ex-CEO of San Bernardino nonprofit indicted, accused of embezzling federal grant funds

  08-05-2024 06:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The former CEO of two Inland Empire nonprofit organizations, which she allegedly used to steal federal grant funds, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to more than two dozen felony charges.
  Donise Warren, 51, also known as Donise Warren-Jackson, of Canyon Lake, was taken into custody Tuesday after a federal indictment was handed down, alleging she diverted over $225,000 to cover a variety of personal expenses. Warren is charged with 15 counts each of embezzlement of government property and embezzlement
  
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• Max Muncy’s grand slam highlights Dodgers’ latest victory

  08-05-2024 06:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — As a bench player for the 2013 Dodgers, Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker pitched two scoreless innings as a reliever in a pair of blowout losses.
  He might be tempted to take the Dodger Stadium mound again before this series is over. It could be his best option.
  Max Muncy hit a first-inning grand slam and the Dodgers never looked back, rolling over the Marlins, 8-2, on Tuesday night for their sixth consecutive win and 13th in their past 15 games.
  The Dodgers have outscored
  
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• Offense lifts Orange Lutheran softball past Capistrano Valley in CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs

  08-05-2024 06:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCapistrano Valley’s Kayla Meyer fielded the ball and then dove in time to record the out as Orange Lutheran’s Olivia Oskorus hits the bag too later during the game between Capistrano Valley vs. Orange Lutheran in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 softball playoffs at Orange Lutheran high school.Photographed on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
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• Huntington Beach baseball beats Villa Park with comeback in CIF-SS playoffs

  08-05-2024 06:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Villa Park’s Adian Young is tagged out trying to score by Huntington Beach catcher Trent Grindlinger in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 baseball playoff in Orange on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  VILLA PARK – It was Huntington Beach’s turn to make the late comeback.
  The Oilers scored three runs in the sixth inning to beat Villa Park 5-3 on Tuesday in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs
  
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• Pro-Palestinian activists at Cal State LA march against invasion of Rafah

  08-05-2024 05:49 via ocregister.com
  
  As Israel began its invasion into Rafah in Gaza, pro-Palestinian activists at California State University, Los Angeles held a rally and march in opposition to the military operation.
  Roughly 200 protesters gathered outside their encampment in front of the gymnasium as the sun began to set on the campus.
   
  “There is only one solution: student revolution,” demonstrators chanted, and reminded people not to engage any counter protesters as they readied to take to the streets.
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• St. John Bosco baseball tops Corona del Mar to advance to CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinals

  08-05-2024 05:20 via ocregister.com
  
  BELLFLOWER — The St. John Bosco baseball team jumped out to an early three-run lead and received clutch hitting and timely pitching from a trio of seniors for a 5-3 win at home against Corona del Mar in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs Tuesday.
  Bosco senior left fielder Owen Tomich went 3 for 3 with two RBIs.
  “It felt good,” Tomich said, who drove in a run in the first and third innings. “A big part of that is having confidence, going in the box telling
  
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• LAFC placing more emphasis on U.S. Open Cup this year

  08-05-2024 04:57 via ocregister.com
  
  During their historic congested schedule last year, the 2023 U.S. Open Cup felt diminished compared to previous attempts by the Los Angeles Football Club at claiming the oldest trophy in American soccer.
  LAFC featured in six competitions – going 0 for 6 wasn’t in the conversation – and the early stages of the U.S. Open Cup in the spring felt small fry compared to the weight of a nearly complete CONCACAF Champions League run or a handful of trophies that were up for grabs along
  
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• JSerra softball rallies in 7th to stun La Mirada in CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs

  08-05-2024 04:49 via ocregister.com
  
  NORWALK — In a CIF Southern Section softball playoff game that saw no runs and 12 strikeouts through the first four innings, it seemed that something was bound to happen.
  And it did.
  JSerra trailed La Mirada 2-0 in the top of the seventh, but three consecutive hits, including a game-changing, two-run home run by freshman left fielder Brooklyn Lamb, put the Lions in the driver’s seat.
  The Lions held on to win 3-2 in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs.
  “It just fel
  
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• Appeals court overturns murder conviction in high-profile killing of Torrance nurse

  08-05-2024 04:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal appeals court panel has overturned the murder conviction of an Orange County engineer in the high-profile 1979 slaying of a Torrance nurse, ruling that lower courts erred in excluding potentially exculpatory evidence of another suspect.
  The three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to the state courts, where prosecutors must decide within 30 days whether to retry Douglas Gordon Bradford in the killing of Lynne Knight, a woman he had been dating.
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• Walker Buehler’s next challenge – finding his place in Dodgers’ rotation

  08-05-2024 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Walker Buehler returned to a much different Dodgers’ rotation than the one he fronted in 2022.
  That rotation also had Julio Urias and Clayton Kershaw with Tyler Anderson and Tony Gonsolin pitching at All-Star levels.
  Two years later, Buehler will have to find his place in a rotation fronted by big-money acquisitions Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (both off to excellent starts) and featuring veteran James Paxton with emerging young pitchers Bobby Miller, Gavin Ston
  
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• Want to intern this summer for The Orange County Register? Applications being taken for newsroom

  08-05-2024 03:53 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER SUMMER INTERNSHIP
  Application deadline: Friday, May 17, 2024
  The Orange County Register is seeking a talented, dedicated intern for its local news desk. The intern will work 30 hours per week, for 10 weeks, covering general assignment and breaking news as well as Little Saigon and other Asian communities. Preference will be given to applicants invested in or interested in the Vietnamese or other Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and who have ties to Southern
  
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• Patrick Sandoval dominates and Angels’ bats come to life against Pirates

  08-05-2024 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — Patrick Sandoval took another step toward getting his career back on track on Tuesday.
  Sandoval pitched seven innings in the Angels’ 9-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Kevin Pillar’s two homers and career-high six RBIs providing the bulk of the support.
  Sandoval has now pitched better in each of his last three starts, allowing three and two earned runs in the previous two. This was the first time this season that he finished the sixth inning.
  Although it
  
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• Medics from Southern California stuck in Gaza following seizure of eastern Rafah border crossing

  08-05-2024 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Omar Sabha, an operating room nurse who just returned from a volunteer medical mission in Gaza, is now worried for his brother and other medics from Southern California who are still in the war zone, following Israel’s seizure Tuesday of the Rafah border crossing.
  Several organizations, including the Palestinian American Medical Association and Humanity Auxilium, have partnered with medical professionals from around the world, some from Orange County, to send reinforcements into Gaza to he
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, May 7

  08-05-2024 02:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, May 7
  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.
  TUESDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Round 2
  DIVISION 1
  Huntington Beach 5, Villa Park 3
  Santa Margarita 6, Gahr 3
  La Mirada 5, Foothill 2
  DIVISI
  
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• OC Fair 2024: The Aquabats are coming to Pacific Amphitheatre and The Hangar adds a trio of shows

  08-05-2024 02:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Pacific Amphitheatre added a new show to its 2024 OC Fair concert season.
  The costumed alternative rock group The Aquabats will headline the Costa Mesa venue on Saturday, Aug.17 with support from Sweet & Tender Hooligans and The Agrrolites.
  Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11 at pacamp.com. Tickets include same-day admission to the OC Fair, which runs July 19-Aug.18 at the OC Fair & Event Center.
  In addition, three more shows have been added to the roster of tribute acts perfo
  
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• More protest fallout across Southern California campuses as graduations loom

  08-05-2024 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State LA students pass by a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the campus on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.The encampment was set up by students and activists on May 1st. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  A statue decorated by Pro-Palestinian supporters at the Cal State LA campus on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.The encampment was set up by students and activists on May 1st. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  A Palestinian supporter guards the entrance to the encampment se
  
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• Ducks land 3rd pick in NHL draft lottery

  08-05-2024 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The NHL’s draft lottery played out in the way that few NHL seasons ever do: according to the odds.
  That meant the San Jose Sharks would select first, last year’s No. 1 overall pick owners, the Chicago Blackhawks, would be up second and that the Ducks would slot in third.
  This year’s most coveted prospect is Boston University freshman Macklin Celebrini. However, the Ducks have never chosen first overall in their 32-year draft history and it will be no different when the two-day
  
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• Richard ‘Dick’ Pickup, longtime Orange County philanthropist and investor, dies at 90

  08-05-2024 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Richard “Dick” Pickup, an Orange County philanthropist who made a fortune as a securities trader and investor, died of a stroke on April 25. He was 90 years old.
  Pickup’s family said the Newport Beach resident spent his last day working in his office trading stocks and eyeing his next investment deal.
  Passionate about golf, cars and giving his money away, just five months ago Pickup and his family gave $50 million to Hoag Hospital.
  Calling it “the best money I ever spent,
  
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• The race is on to stop a tiny pest from killing Southern California’s native oak trees

  08-05-2024 00:51 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s less than a half-inch long but it can fell a giant oak tree in no time.
  The goldspotted oak borer, GSOB or Agrilus auroguttatus, is a 0.4-inch bullet-shaped beetle with six golden spots on its forewings, and it burrows its way into mature oak trees, cutting off a tree’s water and nutrients and leaving it to shrivel and die in about three years.
  Two views of the small pest that’s invading oak trees, the goldspotted oak borror (GSOB). (imaged courtesy of University of Califo
  
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• Prosecutor: Anaheim man strangled woman while awaiting trial in domestic violence case

  08-05-2024 00:46 via ocregister.com
  
  An Anaheim man beat and strangled his ex-girlfriend during a 2023 fight in his luxury apartment while awaiting trial for a domestic violence attack against the same woman, a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday.
  Aaron Stevan Romo, 37, ignored a court order barring him from contacting Mirelle Mateus, called the 24-year-old woman after being thrown out of an Orange nightclub and getting into a brawl and then killed the woman in Anaheim before getting into a standoff with police in Temecula, Senior De
  
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• Sparks move Caitlin Clark’s LA debut, 2 other games to Crypto.com Arena

  08-05-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  TORRANCE — The Sparks are going big, and in doing so are setting up a matchup between the top two picks in last month’s WNBA draft on a significantly bigger stage.
  With the sport’s booming popularity resulting in sold-out arenas and record-high TV ratings, the Sparks announced Tuesday that three of their home games – including their May 24 showdown against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever – would be moved from the Walter Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach to Crypto.
  
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• Jeannie Epper dies at 83; ‘greatest stuntwoman who ever lived’ did Lynda Carter’s stunts on ‘Wonder Woman’

  08-05-2024 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Andrew Dalton
  LOS ANGELES — Jeannie Epper, a groundbreaking performer who did stunts for many of the most important women of film and television action of the 1970s and ’80s, including star Lynda Carter on TV’s “Wonder Woman,” has died. She was 83.
  Epper died of natural causes Sunday at her home in Simi Valley, California, family spokesperson Amanda Micheli told The Associated Press.
  Considered one of the greatest at her craft — Entertainment Weekly in 2007
  
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