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The Orange County scores from Thursday’s games in the CIF State boys and girls soccer playoffs and the schedule for Saturday’s regional finals. The Southern California Regional winners will face the Northern California Regional winners in the CIF State Championships on March 13-14 in Sacramento. BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS CIF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL SEMIFINALS THURSDAY’S RESULTS…
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LOS ANGELES — The UCLA men’s basketball team is a team of two stories. On the road, it resembles a team on the outside of the NCAA Tournament. But catch the Bruins inside Pauley Pavilion and one might consider penciling them into the Sweet Sixteen of their bracket. UCLA’s own head coach admitted he has…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — Right-hander Robert Stephenson continues to insist he’ll be ready for Opening Day, and he took a step toward that goal Friday. Stephenson faced hitters for the first time this spring. “A huge step, obviously,” Stephenson said after the workout. “I don’t know how many we’re going to do, but obviously that’s another…
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Ray Fenton is the new football coach at Orange Lutheran High School. Fenton coached Los Alamitos to the CIF Southern Section Division 2 championship this past season, his 10th as the Griffins’ coach. He coached Cypress to a CIF-SS championship in 2007. He replaces Rod Sherman, who was dismissed as Orange Lutheran’s coach after the…
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The Brea Olinda Unified school board will appoint to fill the Trustee Area 4 seat, after declaring Thursday night, March 5, that Chris Becerra had vacated his elected position. Becerra has not attended any board meeting since Nov. 6. Under state law, missing three consecutive months of meetings can be considered as having vacated an…
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A week after KTLA laid off five longtime journalists, one of them, weathercaster Kacey Montoya, will return to the air on Saturday, March 7, to work the weekend weather desk until sometime in April. When Montoya, fellow meteorologist Mark Kriski, anchors Lu Parker and Glen Walker, and reporter Ellina Abovian were let go by station…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita and Mater Dei’s girls soccer teams will play Saturday for a CIF Southern California Regional title and a trip to the inaugural CIF State championships. The Trinity League rivals each won in the Division I semifinals on Thursday to advance to…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — The Angels took a step toward clarity with their television situation by agreeing to purchase a portion of Main Street Sports, essentially creating their own network. The deal has been reached, a source said on Friday, but the Angels won’t officially announce it until early next week, because there are some details…
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With an earlier-than-normal noon tipoff in its Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game, the No. 2 UCLA women’s basketball team got a second wakeup call Friday. The top-seeded Bruins overcame a sluggish start in their tournament opener to pull away from a pesky Washington squad for a 78-60 victory in Indianapolis and advance to Saturday’s semifinal. UCLA came…
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By SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter. Related Articles Evidence suggests the deadly blast at an Iranian school was likely a…
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