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LOS ANGELES — The USC men’s basketball team didn’t have an answer for the second-highest scoring offense in the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday night. No. 10 Illinois scored seemingly at will from all three levels, with Jake Davis sinking 3-pointers and Kylan Boswell attacking in the paint as the Fighting Illini rolled to a…
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FULLERTON — In his first year back at the school where he guided the girls basketball team to five CIF Southern Section titles and three state championships, Troy coach Kevin Kiernan turned the Warriors back in the direction they hadn’t gone in several years. Troy won more games this year than it had in the…
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Wilson’s Jordyn Jefferson (3) shoots for two in front of El Dorado’s Karis Wu (30) in the CIF SS Division 4 quarterfinals in Long Beach, CA, on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer) Wilson’s Emily Alvarez Smith tries to get past El Dorado’s Kennedy Wood (10) in the CIF SS Division…
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Politicians and state leaders from the world’s fourth-largest economy like to say, “As goes California, so goes the nation.” Perhaps that is why a proposed wealth tax on billionaires that could end up on the November statewide ballot is not only being watched closely nationwide, but one of the country’s most progressive U.S. senators —…
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Northwood has hired former St. Margaret’s and Long Beach Poly coach Stephen Barbee as its football head coach, Northwood announced Wednesday. Barbee, 51, coached at St. Margaret’s for eight seasons (2010-17) and then at Long Beach Poly for seven seasons (2018-24). He led both teams to CIF-SS championships. He coached Poly to the Division 4…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Feb. 18 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. GIRLS WATER POLO…
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While developing art programs at a London hospital, Dr. Daisy Fancourt began collecting observations that would ultimately change the course of her life’s work. She watched as a child who’d been hospitalized for burns didn’t need morphine when he was watching a theater performance, and an adult patient with dementia who couldn’t remember her relatives…
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For Elizabeth Delgadillo, an 18-year-old Santa Ana College student, attending Mass on Ash Wednesday has been a family tradition since childhood. Now returning to the Catholic faith on her own terms, she said she is learning to rebuild her relationship with God. “I’m trying to find my own way to be with God,” she said…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now IRVINE — Foothill’s girls water polo players climbed from the pool after the final buzzer Wednesday and their joy soon overflowed. They jumped, hugged and cheered with each other and coach Paden Mitchell. The playoff division didn’t matter. The Knights’ play and…
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A view of the great room. (Photo by HAUSPIX.COM by clarkandvalentine) The picture window in the great room. (Photo by HAUSPIX.COM by clarkandvalentine) The casual dining area in the kitchen. (Photo by HAUSPIX.COM by clarkandvalentine) The primary bedroom. (Photo by HAUSPIX.COM by clarkandvalentine) The view from the patio. (Photo by HAUSPIX.COM by clarkandvalentine) A view…
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