The Kings wrapped up their homestand with a fifth consecutive victory and set off on a two-game trip that’ll begin in St. Paul against the Minnesota Wild on Monday before concluding in Chicago on Thursday. If they were to take both games, they’d have a season-long winning streak, not having lost since the March 7…
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LOS ANGELES — Matthew Richtman ran away from the competition and made history in his Los Angeles Marathon debut Sunday. Richtman, a former All-American at Montana State, won the men’s race by nearly three minutes, in a personal best time of 2 hours, 7 minutes and 56 seconds (4:53 per mile) and the $10,000 Marathon…
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The following 120 students have been nominated for the 2025 Artist of the Year in instrumental music by teachers and private instructors at Orange County high schools and arts organizations. The nominees are listed below with an endorsement from their nominating teacher. When available, we have also included a link to the student’s work. Camelia…
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The following 211 students have been nominated for the 2025 Artist of the Year in theater by teachers and private instructors at Orange County high schools and arts organizations. The nominees are listed below with an endorsement from their nominating teacher. When available, we have also included a link to the student’s work. Carson Adams…
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The following 126 students have been nominated for the 2025 Artist of the Year in dance. The nominees are listed below with an endorsement from their nominating teacher. When available, we have also included a link to the student’s work. Jimena Alcocer Menodza Jimena Alcocer Menodza of Santa Ana, a junior studying at Orange County School…
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There’s no sugarcoating it: The COVID-19 pandemic has been horrific. In all, about 7 million people died around the world, including more than 1.2 million in the United States, according to the World Health Organization. During the worst of the pandemic, economies shifted, international tensions grew and the already sharp-elbowed nature of American politics grew…
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The Orange County Register is proud to announce the 2025 nominees for the Artist of the Year program. Originally created as a companion to Register’s long-standing annual high school Athlete of the Year honors, this program honors top junior and senior artists in Orange County as nominated by their arts teachers. In this 12th year,…
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It’s been about five years and more than 1.2 million American deaths since COVID-19 started killing people, but the frenzy of those early pandemic days remains memorable. Consider this 10-hour window of March 11, 2020, the day that, in many ways, kicked off the era: In the morning, East Coast time, the nation’s top infectious…
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Lawmakers like to introduce big-picture bills that attempt to solve some giant, unsolvable problem but often just make matters worse — or get so watered down that they end up making a statement rather than improving anything. As a rule, we’d like to see less lawmaking but take solace in targeted bills that reduce regulations…
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Has aging changed the way we eat? The topic came up at a recent lunch with friends. As I took a bite of my baked salmon, my mind snapped back to another lifetime. A teenaged me, sporting the requisite pony tail and saddle shoes of the era, was sitting on a round, red, faux leather…
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