28-07-2024 06:33 via ocregister.com
DEL MAR — The Chosen Vron came through.
Arabian Knight didn’t.
Handled masterfully by jockey Hector Berrios, The Chosen Vron scored a sixth straight win while easily winning the $400,000 Grade I Bing Crosby for the second straight year at Del Mar.
The victory earned The Chosen Vron a return trip to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. A fifth-place finish in that race last November is the only loss for the 6-year-old son of Vronsky in the gelding’s last 15 races. The Chosen Vron, th
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Simone Biles falls in Olympic balance beam bid
05-08-2024 14:16 via ocregister.com
Simone Biles fell short of winning a fourth gold medal at these Olympic Games in Monday’s balance beam competition.
The operative word being “fell.”
Half the event’s eight competitors fell including Biles on an afternoon at Bercy Arena that ranged from uninspiring to dreadful.
Biles fell off the beam late in a routine that appeared headed toward her seventh career Olympic gold medal and finished fifth with a score of 13.100. Suni Lee, also of the U.S., was sixth, also at
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Galaxy needs penalty kicks to defeat Chivas in Leagues Cup battle
05-08-2024 07:11 via ocregister.com
Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Novak Mićović (35) celebrates after blocking a penalty shot to win the game during the penalty shootout of a Leagues Cup group stage soccer match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024.Los Angeles Galaxy won in a penalty shootout 5-4.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)
Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Novak Mićović (35) blocks a penalty kick by Club Deportivo Guadalajara defender Gilberto Sepú
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Festival of Arts is again a feast for the senses
05-08-2024 06:06 via ocregister.com
Summer is here, and with it the art festival season in Laguna Beach. Prime among them, the Festival of Arts is open for its 92nd year, with creations by 120 artists, including 21 newcomers.
It’s no exaggeration to say that there is something for everyone at the Festival of Arts. Throughout the uniquely arranged and decorated booths, there’s the work of photographers, painters, printmakers, glass artists, ceramicists, textile artists, jewelry makers and multimedia artists combining a
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Stay Hot keeps cool to score win in La Jolla Handicap
05-08-2024 05:11 via ocregister.com
DEL MAR — Sometimes, a long road trip turns ugly.
Ask Stay Hot. Actually, ask his trainer Peter Eurton.
After three straight wins by a head or neck in Southern California — starting with the Grade III Cecil B. DeMille Stakes at Del Mar last December — Stay Hot was shipped to Churchill Downs last May to compete in the Grade II American Turf on Kentucky Derby Day.
It didn’t go well. Stay Hot finished last in a field of 14.
Sunday, Stay Hot raced for the first time since tha
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Ukraine high jumper Yaroslava Manuchikh wins Olympic gold on her ‘front line’
05-08-2024 02:43 via ocregister.com
SAINT-DENIS, France – Ukraine’s Yaroslava Manuchikh won the Olympic Games high jump title on a night that never was about just the gold medal.
Manuchikh initially considered volunteering to help Ukrainian troops on the front lines shortly after Russia invaded the country in February 2022.
Instead, she decided she should her platform as the world’s premier high jumper to raise awareness for her war torn nation on a global stage.
Manuchikh, 22, added the Olympic gold medal to the
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Art and fashion enchant at Pageant of the Masters
05-08-2024 02:32 via ocregister.com
When people think of an alliance between art and fashion, the Met Gala, a fundraiser where celebrities wear over-the-top outfits to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York, may come to mind.
Now, art meets fashion in Laguna Beach at this year’s Pageant of the Masters production, titled “A La Mode: The Art of Fashion.”
In its 91st year, the pageant succeeds once again in bringing something novel, namely the role that fashion in all its permut
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Another USC collective folds, beefing up House of Victory as USC seeks ‘true alignment’ in NIL
05-08-2024 02:03 via ocregister.com
LOS ANGELES — Three years ago, Lincoln Riley came to Southern California from Norman, Oklahoma, because, in part, he saw the vision of a university best poised to take advantage of the metamorphosis of college football.
He said as much on a Monday night in April, speaking on a coaches’ panel at a fundraising event in Newport Beach hosted by USC’s collective House of Victory, driving home hardly-concealed calls to action to a room full of donors and USC luminaries. The school, R
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Angels bullpen locks down one-run victory over Mets
05-08-2024 01:15 via ocregister.com
ANAHEIM — After trading two of their best relievers, the Angels have the final two months of the season to see who can do what in their bullpen.
Ben Joyce certainly seems like a lock to be their closer, but a day after the Angels used him for four outs, they turned to some other pitchers to secure the final outs of Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the New York Mets.
Right-hander José Marte worked two innings and then right-handers Mike Baumann and Roansy Contreras handled the final t
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Dodgers bid farewell to Oakland with a win to take the series
05-08-2024 00:51 via ocregister.com
OAKLAND – The Dodgers paid their final respects to Oakland Coliseum this weekend, the last field on which they celebrated winning a full-season championship (Game 5 of the 1988 World Series was played here).
They paid more than that. They also paid some of the Oakland A’s bills.
The Dodgers’ three-day visit drew 81,811 fans – a three-day average of 27,270 fans per game for a team that averaged 8,179 a game before the Dodgers fans got there.
After an unsteady start to the
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Chargers’ swarming defense dominates joint practice with Rams
05-08-2024 00:36 via ocregister.com
EL SEGUNDO — Chargers edge rushers Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack made themselves at home in the Rams’ backfield during the teams’ joint practice Sunday. Linebackers Denzel Perryman and Daiyan Henley filled gaps in the defensive line, slowing down the ground game, or dropping smartly into coverage.
In the secondary, it seemed as if the Chargers were “playing volleyball,” as safety Derwin James Jr. put it after a dominating showing by their first team defense against the
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Olympic beach volleyball: Cheng and Hughes reach the quarterfinals
05-08-2024 00:15 via ocregister.com
PARIS (AP) — Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes lost a set for the first time in theParis Olympicsbeach volleyball tournament.
All that did was fire them up.
“When we bring the fire, the energy, the passion, we play better. So, we want to bring that all the time,” Hughes said after beating Italy 21-18, 17-21, 15-12 on Sunday. “Kelly and I really fight to stay in that present moment, and that really helps our team.”
Hughes and Cheng, the defending worl
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Rams offense struggles in joint practice with Chargers
04-08-2024 23:58 via ocregister.com
EL SEGUNDO – For the first time this preseason, the Rams got a chance to face an actual opponent, with a joint practice against the Chargers. The results of the day of work were mixed, depending on which side of the ball you were watching.
The Rams defense had a strong day, albeit against backup quarterback Easton Stick. The front won its matchups and clogged up running lanes, with Byron Young and Braden Fiske in particular causing chaos until the latter left practice to tend to a large bl
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Dodgers’ Will Smith ‘scuffling’ through slump that feels familiar
04-08-2024 23:35 via ocregister.com
OAKLAND – Will Smith was not likely to bat .362, the average he carried into May, all season.
But his numbers since then have not been good – a .204 average for three months with a .701 OPS in 64 games. The slide has only intensified recently. Smith is 8 for his past 57 (.140) with just one extra-base hit (a double) and 22 strikeouts in 15 games through Saturday.
“That’s just baseball, man. That’s baseball,” he said when asked this week about his slump. &ldquo
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Noah Lyles wins first U.S. men’s Olympic 100 meter gold in 20 years
04-08-2024 22:50 via ocregister.com
Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates after winning the men’s 100m dash and the gold medal during track and field at Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG)
Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates after winning the men’s 100m dash and the gold medal during track and field at Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (P
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Noah Lyles wins first U.S. men’s Olympic 100 gold in 20 years.
04-08-2024 22:50 via ocregister.com
Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates after winning the men’s 100m dash and the gold medal during track and field at Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG)
Noah Lyles of the United States celebrates after winning the men’s 100m dash and the gold medal during track and field at Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (P
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Tropical Storm Debby to slam Florida’s Big Bend as a hurricane Monday
04-08-2024 22:41 via ocregister.com
Tropical Storm Debby will rip into Florida’s Big Bend as a hurricane on Monday as it continues to increase in strength crossing the eastern Gulf of Mexico, forcing residents in the area to evacuate and potentially causing $1 billion in damages and losses across the South.
Top winds may reach 90 miles per hour, making it a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale when it makes landfall somewhere along coast south of Tallahassee, the US National Hurricane Center said.
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Our future AI dystopia is inevitable
04-08-2024 22:32 via ocregister.com
For the average person, the notion of artificial intelligence may feel like a combination of distant ideas tainted by wild claims found online and imagery from movies and TV. Still, we are all familiar with the prediction that artificial intelligence may one day in the future destroy society as we know it. While it is difficult to predict exactly what problems AI will create for us, it is a near certainty that AI will have catastrophic consequences and that we won’t do anything to stop it.
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Kevin Pillar says Angels’ keeping him at the deadline was ‘a mutual decision’
04-08-2024 22:12 via ocregister.com
ANAHEIM — Kevin Pillar was one of the stars of the Angels’ victory on Saturday night, prompting many around the Angels to point out that they were surprised — or even disappointed — that he was still there.
Pillar is enjoying a renaissance, apparent from games like Saturday, when he made a spectacular catch and drove in a run with two outs.
That’s precisely why some figured the Angels would be able to trade him to a contender at the deadline, in turn adding another
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U.S. women overpower Germany to extend winning streak, win pool
04-08-2024 20:39 via ocregister.com
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The U.S. women’s basketball team has incredible depth that no country can match, and it has played a key role in its unprecedented run of seven straight Olympic gold medals.
The Americans can wear down their opponents by sending wave after wave of WNBA All-Stars to the court. They did that again on Sunday, beating Germany 87-68 to extend their record streak to 58 consecutiveOlympic winsdating to the 1992 Barcelona Games.
“We&rs
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CatCon 2024 brings feline fun to Pasadena Convention Center
04-08-2024 20:00 via ocregister.com
CatCon featured several booths selling cat themed items for pets andpeople alike, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Cat lovers descend on Pasadena Convention Center for CatCon, billed as the world’s biggest cat-centric pop culture event, in Pasadena on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
CatCon featured several booths selling cat themed items for pets andpeople a
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Olympic swimming: Bobby Finke breaks world record in 1,500 to earn gold
04-08-2024 19:35 via ocregister.com
By PAUL NEWBERRY | AP National Writer
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Bobby Finke set a world record in the 1,500-meter freestyle Sunday, giving the United States a huge boost on the final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics.
But the giddiness was quickly erased when the Americans lost the men’s 4×100 medley relay at the Summer Games for the first time.
China stunned the U.S., which had won gold in the event at every Olympics other than the boycotted Moscow Games in 1980.
The medle
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Olympics TV schedule for Monday, August 5, 2024 (Pacific Times)
04-08-2024 19:23 via ocregister.com
Here is the Paris Olympics TV schedule for Monday, August 5, 2024. Highlights include Simone Biles in the floor exercise seeking her fourth gold medal of the Paris games, men’s soccer semifinals, and finals in the women’s 800- and 5000-meters in track and field.
ARTISTIC SWIMMING
11 a.m.E! — Team: Technical RoutineBADMINTON
5 p.m.USA — Women’s Singles: Gold Final6:30 p.m.USA — Men’s Singles: Gold FinalBASKETBALL 3X3
11:35 p.m.NBC — NBC Late Night (
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Olympic golf: Scott Scheffler shoots 62 to earn gold
04-08-2024 18:50 via ocregister.com
By DOUG FERGUSON | AP Golf Writer
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Scottie Scheffler delivered the best performance of his greatest year by rallying from four shots behind on Sunday with a 9-under 62 to win the Olympic gold medal in men’s golf in a thriller at Le Golf National.
Already a six-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, including his second Masters title, Scheffler added Olympic gold to an astonishing season with a round that kept some 30,000 fans on edge for a wild fina
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Olympic tennis: Djokovic tops Alcaraz for gold
04-08-2024 17:16 via ocregister.com
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his firstOlympicgold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in an enthralling men’s tennis singles final Sunday, giving the 37-year-old from Serbia the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume.
Djokovic’s impressive careeralready featured a men’s-record24 Grand Slam titlesand the most weeks spent at No. 1 in the rankings by any man or woman. It also already contained a Summer
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The great campaign reset of 2024
04-08-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
The decision by President Joe Biden not to seek re-election has forced both the campaigns of former President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party to recalibrate their messaging. So far, it has been a mixed bag.
As of this writing, polling indicates a tight race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. The current polling average from RealClearPolitics puts support for Trump at 47.7% versus 46.5% for Harris. This is much closer than the 3.1% lead Trump held over Biden at the time t
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Trump gets it right on zoning policies
04-08-2024 16:50 via ocregister.com
Economic populism is at odds with free-market economics as the former attempts to rile up “the people” by pitching simplistic ideas that fuel resentments. The latter focuses on time-tested principles that make us wealthier and freer — even if they aren’t widely understood or popular with the broader public.
It’s encouraging, however, when those who trade in cheap populism see the light. A good example involves the housing market. Prices have soared nationwide becaus
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What the longevity economy means and why it’s important
04-08-2024 16:45 via ocregister.com
Q. I have heard a lot about the longevity economy and don’t fully understand what it means. Can you explain it and why is it important? Many thanks. N.D.
Let’s begin with the term “longevity.”
Often it is used as a substitute for aging, yet the words are different from one another. Aging can be defined as a progressive decline to maintain one’s biological and physiological functioning.Longevity does not include decline. It is the average lifespan u
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Orange County’s charitable food network shifts into new, streamlined era
04-08-2024 16:15 via ocregister.com
Late last year, during an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Second Harvest Food Bank, the nonprofit’s director, Claudia Bonilla Keller, told hundreds of donors and volunteers that someday she’d like to put her organization – their organization – out of business.
“Let’s not just shorten the line,” she said, referring to an image of needy people queuing up on foot or in cars as they await food baskets. “Let’s end it.”
On Wednesda
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Photo contest reflects ecosystem off Laguna Beach, encourages protections
04-08-2024 16:03 via ocregister.com
A sea lion chomping on a guitarfish and a scene showing a flock of seagulls sitting on an eroded area of sand at Main Beach took top honors in this year’s 13th annual Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest.
The contest, put on to highlight the importance of conserving the environment off Laguna Beach’s seven miles of coastline and to celebrate its underwater world, drew 77 entries from amateur and professional photographers across Southern California, and as far away as Georgia, organizers sa
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