LOS ANGELES — The USC women’s basketball team showed its stubborn side when Thursday’s game against Indiana went down to the wire. Malia Samuels rushed the Hoosiers on defense. Jazzy Davidson made her free throws. Laura Williams battled on the boards. The resilience gained through enduring a four-game losing streak earlier in the season started…
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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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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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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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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 Kara Carlson | Bloomberg After a brutal year for the US electric-vehicle industry, Rivian Automotive handed investors a rare reason for optimism. The EV manufacturer based in Irvine reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and its first-ever annual gross profit, a key milestone after years of consistent losses. The signs of progress come as the company…
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