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With Jarred Vanderbilt out, Lakers plan to extend rotation for Game 2
Lakers coach JJ Redick says the Lakers will extend their rotations to “at least” nine players after Vanderbilt suffered a finger dislocation in the series opener against the Thunder.
Lakers address Vanderbilt’s ‘disgusting’ finger injury; Reaves tries to get back on track
Jarred Vanderbilt suffered a “full dislocation” in his right pinky finger, which is now in a splint that has him day to day. ... Austin Reaves on the other hand,…
Lakers’ Luka Doncic breaks silence on ‘very frustrating’ hamstring injury
The NBA’s regular-season scoring champion, out with a Grade 2 strain since April 2, is five weeks into the doctors’ expected recovery timeline of eight weeks.
Lakers done in by turnovers in Game 2 as Thunder take 2-0 series lead
Austin Reaves scores a playoff career-high 31 points in a return to form, but Oklahoma City pounces on 21 Laker turnovers and rides a strong third quarter to a 125-107…
Drummond: PYLUSD strategizes for its future educating students
Jim Drummond is a longtime Yorba Linda resident. He regularly gives his take on local issues.
Student found with loaded gun after fleeing high school in Westminster, police say
The student had refused to let police search his bag on campus, they said. The firearm was a 'ghost gun,' they said, meaning it had no serial number.
Little Saigon remembers with Black April ceremony
Members of Orange County's Vietnamese community gathered to remember the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, during the city of Westminster's annual Black April commemoration.
Westminster’s new street signs honoring Charlie Kirk go viral
Installed in late April, the signs declare the stretch of All American Way between Westminster Boulevard and 13th Street, "Charlie Kirk Way."
Stanton driver gets 3 years in prison for a hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in Garden Grove
The victim was struck while standing on the driver's side of his vehicle, parked in the street, waxing the car.
Man found dead in Stanton alley; authorities investigating the case as a homicide
Detectives were led to a nearby house where they discovered an illegal gambling establishment, but it was unknown if that and the death were connected.