PLACENTIA — The game between Los Alamitos and El Dorado in the opening round of the CIF-SS Division 1 girls soccer playoffs appeared to be headed to overtime. But then in the 78th minute, El Dorado’s Jialynn Davenport scored to give the Golden Hawks a 1-0 victory. El Dorado (10-6-5) will play host to Westlake…
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LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick called the 55-game stretch through Thursday night the hardest of his 17-year career, transcending playing and coaching alike. The Lakers’ coach was referring to the emotional and mental energy expended day after day as its own challenge – minimal practice time and little rest during the midseason march toward eventual…
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LONG BEACH — A tough start for Joshua Ward and the Cal State Fullerton basketball team ended with a fantastic finish. Ward made two free throws with 16.8 seconds left to break a tie against Long Beach State, and two more with 3.6 seconds remaining to seal an 86-82 victory in a Big West Conference…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita guard Taylor Black gets around an Esperanza defender to score a basket in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 girls basketball playoffs in Anaheim on Thursday, February 12, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Esperanza guard Avery Kame,…
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PARAMOUNT — Paramount junior guard Aiyanna Hooker scored a team-high 17 points but the Gateway League co-champions could not withstand Portola’s barrage from beyond the arc in a 64-41 home loss in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 girls basketball playoffs Thursday night. “I really was just trying my hardest because…
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IRVINE – After a 16-year wait to return to the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs – a step up in class from its Division 3 home for nearly the entirety of the school’s girls’ soccer history – Beckman arrived Thursday with a dominant performance befitting a top-seeded team. The No. 1-seeded Patriots dominated throughout,…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.” But repeated scientific studies say it’s a documented and quantifiable harm. Again and again, research has found increasing disease and deaths — thousands every year…
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California is pumping up mortgage relief to $100,000 in annual grants as it plans to serve a broader bracket of disaster survivors. The California Housing Finance Agency updated CalAssist eligibility on Thursday, Feb. 12, extending to applicants from high-income households whose homes were severely or completely damaged in either governor-proclaimed or president-approved disaster declarations from…
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The schedule for the Orange County teams in the CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs. CIF-SS GIRLS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS Games start at 5 p.m. unless noted. OPEN DIVISION Saturday, crossover games Corona del Mar vs. San Marcos at Santa Barbara HS, noon Orange Lutheran at Oaks Christian DIVISION 1 Quarterfinals, Thursday Corona Santiago vs. San…
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By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the abolitionist, writer and presidential adviser Frederick Douglass in a bipartisan move brokered by Black lawmakers. Related Articles Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’ Judge says US must help…
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