They lined up at the bottom of Olympic Games halfpipe on a sundrenched freezing morning dusted with a coat of history and emotion, Swiss, Australian, Japanese, German riders, side by side, forming a sort of snowboard honor guard for greatest to ever clip into a board. Shaun White, the three-time Olympic champion, smiled and laughed…
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In Finland, a permanent repository for spent nuclear waste is licensed and under construction. In Sweden, the government has given its blessing to a final resting place. France has identified a site, Canada is in the final stages of choosing one, Japan and Switzerland have started geologic and other investigations. The U.S., meanwhile, has been…
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On football Sundays in the 1960s, Pablo Robertson and his dad made a sport of retreating to their 1961 Chevy Biscayne after church to catch the Los Angeles Rams game on the radio while Robertson’s mom chit-chatted with other parishioners. This football Sunday, Robertson, now 71, and his son will be a little closer to…
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Five Point Holdings has a new chief executive, a former homebuilding president at Irvine Company, who takes the helm four months after Emile Haddad stepped down from the leadership post. Daniel Hedigan, who spent 10 years as an executive with Irvine Co., assumed the role immediately, according to a Five Point statement released Wednesday, Feb.…
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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 Thursday, Feb. 10. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY’S SCORES GIRLS WATER POLO CIF-SS PLAYOFFS Second Round DIVISION 5 JSerra 13, Fontana 4 DIVISION 6 Santa…
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Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, suggested Thursday, Feb. 10, that he might not perform at April’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival after a social media spat with fellow headliner Billie Eilish. In an Instagram post, Ye suggested that Eilish’s interaction with a fan at a weekend concert in Atlanta was disrespectful to…
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A look at the top Orange County high school players to watch this season: TOP OC PLAYERS Will Burns, Trabuco Hills: A junior transfer from Mission Viejo, Burns is a slugging shortstop who committed to Texas Tech. He was the Mustangs’ starting quarterback in the fall. Xavier Cadenas, Servite: The ace of the Friars formidable…
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The Orange County high school baseball preseason top 10: BASEBALL TOP 10 1. Orange Lutheran: The Lancers are a mega-talented team with plenty of experience, including All-Trinity League senior pitcher Louis Rodriguez and senior catcher Karson Bowen. They both have committed to Texas Christian University. Junior right-hander Louis Rodriguez pitched a complete game as Orange…
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Villa Park junior Gavin Grahovac had a genetic head start when it came to baseball. He grew up in the right environment for it, too. His father, Mike Grahovac, was an excellent catcher at Chapman University and played in the San Francisco Giants minor league system. When Mike went into coaching, including at Orange Lutheran…
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The Miami Dolphins are interviewing to one of the NFL’s most established receiver coaches about the possibility of becoming the team’s offensive coordinator. The Sun-Sentinel has learned that Curtis Johnson, who spent a decade coaching the New Orleans Saints receivers, is interviewing to join new coach Mike McDaniel’s staff as the offensive coordinator. That interview…
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