NEW YORK — Andre Ethier wasted little time becoming the first major league player in two years with a 30-game hitting streak. Ethier singled off Jonathon Niese in the first inning Friday night, then added singles in the fifth and seventh in the...

The Angels on Friday night were wearing retro uniforms from the 1980s, a decade in which Tyler Chatwood spent all of 15 days. But the American League's youngest pitcher had no trouble with the American League's hottest team. He held the first-place...

Tyler Chatwood went eight innings and allowed one run on two hits, walking five and striking out five, as the Angels beat the Cleveland Indians, 2-1, in 11 innings Friday night at Angel Stadium.

DALLAS -- Along the sidelines, Phil Jackson was like a tiger on the prowl.

The Angels on Friday night were wearing retro uniforms from the 1980s, a decade in which Tyler Chatwood spent all of 15 days.

Our fabulous compilation of real estate news and views that make you go “Really?” goes regional … … If it’s Friday, it’s “Really? Vegas style!” Trump’s tower a sore spot on the Strip – Los Angeles Times Vegas distressed home sales hit another five year high: DataQuick‎ - Housing Wire Group to combine Las Vegas, N.C. furniture showrooms‎ - BusinessWeek MGM’s Jim [...]

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The Galaxy announced Friday it will play Spanish League power Real Madrid on July 16 at 7 p.m. at the L.A. Coliseum. The game will be played as part of the 2011 World Football Challenge. Ticket information will be released at a future date. Real...

The underdog story has seemingly been written and rewritten several times over in recent weeks. Victor Ortiz winning the WBC welterweight title from champion and previously undefeated Andre Berto. Orlando Salido taking the WBO featherweight belt from...

ANAHEIM – Twenty or so years ago, baseball scouts descended upon the shores of Australia, radar guns in hand, gold in their eyes. Australians were athletic. Australians had great weather. Australians were not pigeonholed and certainly not spoiled;...

The 12th annual Newport Beach Film Festival concluded Thursday night with record-matching attendance, the Southern California premiere of the comedy adventure "A Beginner's Guide to Endings," a closing-night party and award winners chosen by a jury and audience members.

The underdog story has seemingly been written and rewritten several times over in recent weeks.

After running 26 miles, Glimber Ayala and Natalie Stein fell to their knees, hugged each other and sobbed uncontrollably.

A Riverside County judge on Friday sentenced a Banning man and his girlfriend to 25 years to life for killing a Brea man in 2008. A jury convicted Jason Runnels, 34, and Lucia Janet Martinez, 30, of Pennsylvania, in February of killing Rick Henry...

The 9th annual Women's Journey Conference at UC Irvine is Saturday and you can still get tickets at the door for $45."It's women coming together to empower women and build self-esteem in young girls," said conference spokeswoman Patricia...

On the top floor of the Hall of Administration, the discussion of the county sheriff’s audit was moving along just fine until Tommy Bonikowski III threw up on the walnut table. "This is why Mommy keeps suits in her office now," County Supervisor...

Educators across California, including Orange County, are preparing a week of demonstrations they hope will avert school cuts that could swell to $4.8 billion in 2011-12. Events May 9-13 will range from Orange County's "grade-ins," where teachers...

When I think about the characters from the show Baywatch, the brave, tan lifeguards dawning bright red swimwear, I don’t remember the characters in the series being particularly wealthy. In fact, they lived in apartments, drove reasonably modest cars and did not seem to live overly extravagant lives. Who would have thought though that lifeguards [...]

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UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel announced Friday senior cornerback Courtney Viney and junior tight end Morrell Presley have been granted their release from the program and will transfer. "I know that both Courtney and Morrell want to go where they can be...

LOS ANGELES – Former All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury that accused him of bankruptcy fraud for allegedly selling items from his $18 million mansion in Ventura County.Dykstra, 48, who played for the New...

Disqus May 6, 2011 Labor agreement raises concerns STEPHEN LeFEBVRE Fri May 06, 2011, 03:25 AM EDT Taxpayer-funded construction projects should always be about the best work at the best price.

Though Americans as a group may have a reputation for being overweight, six visitors from the Netherlands visiting Orange County on a Rotary Group Study Exchange say they are finding people here to be pretty healthy.

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FULLERTON -- Friday morning, a parade of yellow school buses arrived at Cal State Fullerton, delivering more than 2,800 athletes to the 26th annual Kathleen E.

The Orange County Employees Association is promising to offer the city of Costa Mesa cost-cutting measures that it can consider instead of layoffs.

LOS ANGELES -- Former All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury that accused him of bankruptcy fraud for allegedly selling items from his $18 million mansion in Ventura County.

In 2010, Irvine chipmaker Broadcom earned more than $1 billion in profits but paid just $15.5 million in income taxes worldwide – a tax rate of 1.4 percent. Broadcom's tax rate, a third of the 4.68 percent rate paid by an average family of four...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Uncle Mo won't run in Saturday's Kentucky Derby – which starts at 3:30 p.m. Saturday – because of a puzzling internal ailment that has reduced his appetite and energy. The loss of the biggest name in a field already short on...

The last time the Lakers absolutely, positively had to win a basketball game, they blasted Boston, 89-67, in Game 6 of last year's NBA Finals. That was a true elimination game and this Game 3 at Dallas tonight is not. But that game was also at home....

Slide show: OCVarsity takes a look at the quarterback position as schools get ready for spring football. Find out what schools get enough help and which schools could use your assistance.

An Orange County doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients while they were unconscious is free on bail Friday.

VAILS GATE, Orange County - A Kia dealership has opened at the Healey Brothers' site.

When the Subaru Forester arrived for a weeklong test-drive, I admit I had some doubts.

Highway 330, a main route to Big Bear that closed after severe rainstorm damage, is expected to fully open to traffic before the Fourth of July holiday and briefly for the Memorial Day weekend.

SANTA ANA -- A 20-year-old woman was caught driving late Thursday with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit, according to police who expressed surprise that she could still function.

WESTMINSTER -- An article about a "Godless billboard" put up Wednesday by the Orange County Coalition for Reason generated a heated debate and so far, 1,231 comments on the Register's website.

SANTA ANA -- More than a year after a former Marine was sentenced to 15-years-to-life for killing a prominent Orange County doctor while driving drunk hours after he attended a mandatory briefing at Camp Pendleton about the dangers of drinking and driving, his appeal has been denied.

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When Stanley Davis walked outside his San Juan Capistrano home to find his pickup was missing, he first thought it had been stolen. Turns out it was taken by the city and he can't get it back. Like other vehicles removed by the city, it is set to be...

Graduates from Santa Ana Unified School District who attend Santa Ana College, then complete Cal State Fullerton admissions requirements will be guaranteed entrance to the university under a new program unveiled Friday. Through the program, called...

WESTMINSTER – An article about a "Godless billboard" put up Wednesday by the Orange County Coalition for Reason generated a heated debate and so far, 1,231 comments on the Register's website. The billboard, which was erected at the corner of Beach...

SANTA ANA – A 20-year-old woman was caught driving late Thursday with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit, according to police who expressed surprise that she could still function. The woman registered a .30 blood-alcohol level...

A public memorial will be held for Heather (Hoefnagels) Beyer, the former Angels Strike Force member and Newport Harbor and Tesoro High cheerleading coach who died last week of cancer. The memorial is scheduled for Tuesday, from 1 to 4 p.m., at...

EL SEGUNDO – For a Lakers team that truly needs everyone to come together now, here was the start. Kobe Bryant strapped it up and actually practiced with the team Thursday. There was no heavy scrimmaging, but there was a lot of work to do – a lot...

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball wants more complete access to documents on the Los Angeles Dodgers' finances, a person familiar with the sport's investigation of the team told The Associated Press. Former Texas Rangers president Tom Schieffer was...

A party at a CSU Fullerton frat house ended with two people stabbed, and authorities are still searching for the suspects.

The case of the missing water is the longest-running mystery in this community. But it's one village Water Superintendent Bob June is determined to solve.

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MISSION VIEJO -- A judge issued an arrest warrant for a man charged with burglary and cruelty to animals after he failed to show up to court twice this week, records show.