Bird counts The National Audubon Society’s 125th Christmas Bird Count will be held through Jan. 5. Today we show you some of California’s owls, particularly the burrowing owl, a candidate for the state’s endangered species list. Frank Chapman and 26 other naturalists initiated the Christmas Bird Count in 1990 as a way of promoting conservation…
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A 54-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges after wildlife inspectors at a Torrance mail facility intercepted packages containing protected eastern box turtles addressed to one of the defendant’s aliases in China. Sai Keung Tin, of Hong Kong, entered his plea in Los Angeles federal court to four counts of exporting merchandise contrary to…
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A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered Probation Department officials to appear for a Dec. 23 hearing to explain why Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall should not be shut down. The judge’s order came a day after the Probation Department refused to close Los Padrinos in defiance of state law and the Board of…
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Ian Rankin is the best-selling author of the Inspector Rebus mysteries and other books. A multiple-award winner, the Edinburgh-based novelist has received an OBE and knighthood for his service to literature. Early one morning while traveling in Paris recently, Rankin took the Q&A and shared a wealth of book recommendations and more. Q. Please tell readers…
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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 Friday, Dec. 13 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. FRIDAY’S SCORES BOYS…
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MINNEAPOLIS — Austin Reaves was back in the Lakers’ lineup for Friday night’s road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing the previous five games because of a bruised left pelvis. “Feel good,” Reaves said after the team’s Friday morning shootaround. “Been getting treatment about five hours a day for the last week and a…
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LOS ANGELES — Oftentimes, the starting guards for the UCLA men’s basketball team will find themselves in a healthy discourse. The defensive-minded trio debates which one gets to check the opponents’ best offensive option. “It comes down to who we’re playing,” senior Kobe Johnson said on Wednesday. “Depends on the sizing, the matchup.” The topic…
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MINNEAPOLIS — The Lakers entered Friday optimistic about the benefits of a rare four-day break from games ahead of their road matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. But the reality of their 97-87 loss to the Timberwolves also revealed one of the downsides of having a lengthier break: rust. The Lakers’ effort, especially defensively, was evident…
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A man who robbed a Chase Bank in Foothill Ranch in October was arrested Friday by Orange County sheriff’s investigators, according to a news release. Edward Eugene Redd, 49, of Lake Forest was arrested on suspicion of robbing a Chase Bank and discharging a firearm during the incident. The robbery took place on Oct. 17…
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An accused founder of a violent Southern California white supremacist organization who lived in Huntington Beach was sentenced on Friday, Dec. 13, in downtown Los Angeles to the two years he already served on a federal charge of inciting brawls at political rallies across the state. Robert Rundo, 34, who lived in Huntington Beach, pleaded…
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