About 100 people gathered in prayer in Irvine — thousands and thousands of miles away from where a deadly earthquake killed more than 20,000 people in Turkey and Syria — to honor the victims and pledge aid. Leaders from different faith groups gathered at the Anatolia Cultural Center in Irvine on Thursday night, Feb. 9,…
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Lakers forward LeBron James speaks during a ceremony honoring him as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer before their game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to take over the record during Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Lakers great James Worthy, right,…
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BREA – The Orange Lutheran girls basketball team beat Brea Olinda 49-40 in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs Thursday night because junior guard Shea Joko had a fine game. So did Orange Lutheran’s Kelly Garrity, and Madi Bogan. And Taliyah McFerson. And Heaven Johnson, and … “Even if I…
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LOS ANGELES — If the Lakers remember one particular moment from Thursday night’s tilt, it might just be a second-quarter possession, when Austin Reaves found himself one-on-one with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Rather than step back and shoot over the 6-foot-11 forward, or simply pass out of an isolation against the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Los Alamitos’ girls water polo team carried an ambitious defensive strategy into its CIF-SS Open Division first-round match Thursday night. The Griffins’ desire to advance was even bigger. Los Alamitos executed its defensive plan against reigning Open Division champion Newport Harbor and added…
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Right before the 2020 Del Mar summer meet, jockey Juan Hernandez was looking to relocate from the Northern California circuit. He needed an agent, someone to handle his book on a Southern California circuit that includes some of the top riders in the nation. Craig O’Bryan, who has represented such Hall of Fame riders as…
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Mike Trout is going to have plenty of company among his Angels teammates in the World Baseball Classic. The Angels have 10 players from the 40-man roster on the final WBC rosters that were released on Thursday afternoon, plus another eight minor leaguers. The most prominent Angels in the event are Trout, who is the…
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Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of taking part in a statewide retail theft ring, California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced Thursday, Feb. 9. Prosecutors allege that from August 2022 to January 2023, a group of suspects wreaked havoc at retail stores across California, many of them Apple computer stores. The culprits would…
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Children play on the new playground equipment at the Orange County Rescue Mission in Tustin, on Thursday, February 9, 2023. The In-N-Out Burger Foundation provided the funds for the equipment.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) Howard Booker, executive director, In-N-Out Burger Foundation speaks before unveiling the new playground equipment at the Orange County Rescue…
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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. 9 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY’S SCORES GIRLS BASKETBALL CIF-SS PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 Round 1 Orange Lutheran 49, Brea Olinda 40 DIVISION 2A…
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