An exterior fire in Garden Grove displaced 19 residents after it extended to two adjacent mobile homes on Thursday, Jan. 26. Firefighters were sent to the 13100 block of Partridge St at 4:25 p.m. and reported no injuries. A family of 15 and a second family of four were displaced from their homes, according to…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Of all of his considerable talents, Novak Djokovic’s ability to cast aside whatever appears to stand in his way might be the most valuable. So forget about the potential distraction of his father’s decision to stay away from Rod Laver Arena for Djokovic’s semifinal against unseeded American Tommy Paul at the Australian Open on…
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SAN LUIS OBISPO — Long Beach State has been involved in plenty of tight games this season, so a wire-to-wire win was a welcome change of pace. Lassina Traore had 19 points and 15 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season and Long Beach never trailed in a 70-52 victory over Cal Poly on…
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LOS ANGELES — Last year at the Galen Center, it was USC’s Drew Peterson, who looked like Larry Bird raining shots from every angle and in every which way, a barrage of turnaround jumpers and deep 3-pointers en route to a Trojans victory over UCLA. This time it was Boogie Ellis who couldn’t be stopped,…
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LOS ANGELES — The last time the Clippers played the San Antonio Spurs, they were mired in a slump, having lost nine of 11 games. This time? The Clippers (27-24) are enjoying a winning streak, extending it to a season-high four games with a 138-100 victory against the same Spurs team they struggled to beat…
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LOS ANGELES — Do numbers lie? Generally, no. But they can mislead. Consider the curious case of college basketball supremacy in L.A. Going into the second UCLA-USC meeting of the season, the Bruins were No. 5 in the NCAA’s NET evaluation metric while the Trojans were 62nd. In Ken Pomeroy’s computer evaluation system, UCLA was…
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UC Irvine guard Justin Hohn, center, is surrounded by Cal State Fullerton guard Tory San Antonio, left, and guard Max Jones, right, during the first half of a Big West Conference game on Thursday night at Titan Gym. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) UC Irvine forward Akiva McBirney-Griffin, center, reaches for a rebound during…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SANTA ANA — Cassandra Zazueta played with a broken nose and knee brace Thursday night as she joined her twin sister Chloe and the Calvary Chapel girls basketball team for a rugged game against visiting Anaheim. The nonleague clash between CIF-SS Division 3A…
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While it was a big night for the connections of Horse of the Year and top older dirt male Flightline and trainer Todd Pletcher, it was Epicenter who took home top honors as the best 3-year-old male of 2022, perhaps the most contentious of this year’s Eclipse Awards. Epicenter beat out Taiba for the award…
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The Trabuco Hills and Western boys wrestling teams have been seeded No. 1 in their divisions for the CIF Southern Dual Meet Championships. Brackets were released Thursday for the six boys divisions and the two girls divisions. Trabuco Hills is the top seed in Division 3. Western is seeded No. 1 in Division 5. Western…
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