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USA Surfing’s Skvarna wins first-ever U.S. men’s longboard gold at PASA Games
The win earns the longboard surfer from San Juan Capistrano a qualification into the 2027 Pan American Games.
All-County boys wrestling: Max Murillo is the OC wrestler of the year
The Esperanza junior, who repeated as a CIF-SS champion and advanced to CIF State Championships, leads the Orange County selections for the 2025-26 season.
Love Placentia marks a decade of volunteers showing care for their town
More than a dozen OC communities now participate in the Love Our Cities campaign,
How Southern California churches are turning unused land into affordable housing
Land-rich churches are bringing affordable housing into their spiritual agendas at a time of declining congregations.
Foothill baseball edges El Dorado in 11 innings to clinch playoff berth
Foothill beats El Dorado on a bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning in the Crestview League to clinch a playoff berth.
Fryer: Canyon, Fullerton among schools changing names, logos due to new law
Canyon will be the Cobras and Fullerton the Red Hawks starting next school year to align with a new state law that bans certain names and logos at public K-12…
Orange Lutheran baseball shows pitching depth in win over Servite
Orange Lutheran gets a much-needed complete game from pitcher Sam Principe in a victory over Servite in the Trinity League.
JSerra softball tops Orange Lutheran again for share of first place
Liliana Escobar pitches a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts to help JSerra tie Orange Lutheran atop the Trinity League standings.
Pre-enrollment contact at center of Orange Lutheran softball transfer case
Softball notes: Senior Morgan Fitzpatrick, who transferred from Los Alamitos, is awaiting the decision on her appeal to the CIF State office.
Orange County boys athlete of the week: Connor Ohl, Newport Harbor
The Newport Harbor swimmer is the Orange County boys athlete of the week.