D'Antoni trusts Howard late in game
Dwight Howard’s presence late in the game could be seen as a liability because of his free throw shooting. Howard’s 48.3 percent average from the line tempts opposing coaches to employ the...
View ArticleEarl Clark looking tired, D'Antoni says
Earl Clark, the player Coach Mike D’Antoni once called the “brightest spot” on the team has dimmed in recent weeks, failing to post double digits in scoring in six of the Lakers’ past seven games....
View ArticleDodgers will soon make tough pitching decisions
GLENDALE, Ariz. – At some point before turning in their season-opening roster March 31, the Dodgers will have to shoe-horn their eight starting pitchers into a five-man rotation through roster...
View ArticleHoward too valuable to bench late in games
Dwight Howard's presence late in games for the Lakers could be seen as a liability because of his free-throw shooting. Howard's 48.3 percent average from the line tempts opposing coaches to employ the...
View ArticleCops' eyes are on, and under, big trucks
BREA – They barrel down freeways, rumble through city streets and climb steep grades carved through canyons. Each day, thousands of commercial trucks travel through Orange County – hauling trash,...
View ArticleSurvivors in fatal yacht race leave hospital
SAN DIEGO – Five surviving members of a six-man crew have been released from San Diego hospitals after a fatal yachting accident Friday. Survivor Vince Valdes of Newport Beach is CEO of Santa Ana-based...
View ArticleJohnson: Marines try to help dying brother
"You do not JOIN the Marines," each man barked at me. It was a mistake I had made many times before, but apparently not to this degree. I got lectured, not so severely schooled since Sister Delores...
View ArticleSwedish House Mafia dazzles at L.A. farewell
The trio's visages were projected on screen as they arrived on stage. Photo: David Hall, for the Register There isn't an enormous amount of stage banter at a Swedish House Mafia concert. For the most...
View ArticleTeen dies after being stabbed in crowd in Anaheim
ANAHEIM – A 19-year-old man has died from wounds suffered Saturday night in an Anaheim stabbing that police believe is gang-related. The victim had been listed in stable condition at UCI Medical Center...
View ArticleThe party starts at new Quinceanera Expo
SANTA ANA – Seventeen-year-old Flor Lopez was practicing the proper way for a model to walk, along with her friends Brittany Martinez, 14, and Kaleen Lopez, 13, in a room at the Delhi Community Center...
View ArticlePark officials ponder wisdom of free launches
For vendors at the Orange County Great Park's Sunday farmers market, one person in the crowd might be worth $6 (the price of a jar of candied jalapeños) or $20 (a vintage shirt). For the Great Park...
View ArticleWater district leaders elected
The board of directors of the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) has elected Joan C. Finnegan as board president and Jeffery M. Thomas as vice president. Finnegan is an experienced water...
View ArticleTustin Key Club hosts autism benefit concert
The Tustin Key Club hosted an autism benefit concert recently at the Tustin High School Sports Pavilion. The event raised funds for the nonprofit organization Aid for Autistic Children Foundation. The...
View ArticleSokol: Help a Hero focuses on Marines and spouses
Marines are self-sufficient. The same goes for Marine spouses. They aren't known for asking for help. Cindy Farnum, President of Operation Help a Hero (OHH), understands Marine families because she...
View ArticleSelma's Chicago Pizzeria celebrates 10 years of serving grandma's recipes
Selma's Chicago Pizzeria and Tap room is celebrating with specials and green beer this week as part of the restaurant's 10th anniversary. The Rancho Santa Margarita location opened on St. Patrick's Day...
View ArticleRegister Hero delivers the right words
ORANGE – He was a wreck, this stranger sitting alone in front of the nurses station at the hospital.It might have been Tom Walsh's first day as a volunteer for TIP, the Trauma Intervention Program, but...
View ArticleHans Von Spakovsky: Attacks on Justice Scalia unfounded
The inflammatory attacks on Justice Antonin Scalia after the oral arguments in the Supreme Court in the Shelby County case recently show the desperation of supporters of the "racial entitlement" that...
View ArticleEditorial: Sensible fix for AWOL sex offenders
Too often, toughened sentencing policies cast too wide of a net, which is why the Register's Opinion pages have railed at times against policies that up the ante on law enforcement by playing on public...
View ArticleEditorial: Immigration reform in political cooler
A month ago, we would have bet the ranch that Congress would pass some sort of immigration reform this year. Now, we are not quite so confident. We still believe that a majority of lawmakers in both...
View ArticleBob Ray Sanders: Justice Scalia showcases pride, prejudice and politics
Surely by now Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia knows that his Feb. 27 comments from the bench about a voting rights case were at best insensitive. At worst, Scalia's remarks had a racist tinge that...
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