LOS ANGELES >> In its first ever CIF-SS finals appearance, the Santa Ana girls basketball team took an eight-point lead to the fourth quarter and had the No. 1 seed on the ropes. But the Saints only managed three points in the final eight minutes of play, and proved to be their downfall as they lost…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Up-and-coming isn’t the only description anymore for Capistrano Valley Christian’s girls basketball program. The Eagles earned the title of champion on Saturday night. Senior guard Halle Sii scored 25 points and sophomore guard Mariah Streeter had 21 to help the top-seeded Eagles capture…
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LOS ANGELES — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake near the Ventura County city of Santa Paula was felt Saturday around Los Angeles County and into parts of Orange County. The earthquake occurred at 5:44 p.m. nine kilometers northwest of Santa Paula, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. People as far north as Santa Barbara and Bakersfield…
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RIVERSIDE – The game plan was simple: Play defense and try to hit Matias Brown on the counterattack. It took until the seventh minute of overtime, but Brown eventually broke loose and scored the game-winning golden goal Saturday as the Sunny Hills boys soccer team grabbed a 1-0 victory over Norte Vista in the CIF…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now ORANGE — It was easy to dwell on the what-if scenarios before Orange Lutheran and Sage Hill met for the CIF-SS Division 2AA girls basketball title on Saturday night. But it was impossible not to respect the present and future for both teams…
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TEMPLE CITY >> The Temple City and Pacifica Christian of Newport Beach girls basketball teams both romped through the CIF-Southern Section Division 4A playoffs, winning their games decisively. But Pacifica Christian had the more dominating performances and it showed Saturday night. The Tritons proved too much too handle for Temple City in a 69-44 win…
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SAN DIEGO — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team whittled a 23-point deficit to one point, but the Titans’ latest comeback attempt came up just short in an 81-76 loss to UC San Diego on Saturday afternoon. Fullerton, which remains in the hunt for the Big West Conference title, trailed 52-29 at halftime but a…
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A website that aggregates court cases nationwide has published 260,000 confidential attorney discipline records, the State Bar of California said Saturday, Feb. 26. The data breach by shadowy judyrecords.com was first discovered Friday by the State Bar. “We apologize to anyone who is affected by the website’s unlawful display of nonpublic data,” Leah Wilson, executive…
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As the Laguna Woods Village rolls back to public life amid COVID caution, a much-loved institution made a comeback at the Performing Arts Center: The chamber music series Community Concerts opened the season Jan. 30 with the Minetti Quartett appearing fresh from Vienna. The youthful quartet, with all members appearing in their 30s, was made…
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One of the six historic structures at the Wintersburg Japanese Mission in Huntington Beach caught fire Friday and sustained heavy damage, officials said. The manse in 1910, near the 1910 Wintersburg Japanese Mission (right). Both were wooden structures, constructed of old growth redwood. (Photo courtesy of Historic Wintersburg). Multiple buildings built from about 1902 to…
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