Orange County Register

2 days ago | ocregister.com | Janis Carr

INGLEWOOD — With contract decisions looming and an already hefty payroll, the Clippers steered clear of splashy trades on Wednesday night and selected Penn State center Yanic Konan Niederhauser with the 30th and final pick . Niederhauser is an unheralded Swiss-born, 6-foot-11, 240-pound post player who transferred to Penn State last season after two seasons at Northern Illinois.

2 days ago | ocregister.com | Bill Plunkett

DENVER — It took an act of God to get Yoshinobu Yamamoto some run support. Yamamoto and Colorado Rockies rookie Chase Dollander took an un-Coors-ian scoreless pitchers’ duel into the sixth inning on Wednesday night when a thunderstorm arrived in the Denver area, announcing its presence with lightning visible in the distance. Heavy rain started falling during the Dodgers’ half of the sixth inning.

2 days ago | ocregister.com | Bill Plunkett

DENVER — Biding his time between starts for the Dodgers, Emmet Sheehan wasn’t just good Wednesday afternoon – he was perfect. Sheehan pitched six perfect innings for Triple-A Oklahoma City, striking out 13 of the 18 batters he faced in a dominating performance against the Sacramento River Cats. “I did (see that). It was pretty good,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “That’s what you’re supposed to do. “He did what he needed to do. I’m not sure when he’ll be back on line.

2 days ago | ocregister.com | Jon Coupal

On June 6th, 1978, California voters delivered a shock wave, not just in California, but throughout America. Proposition 13 reduced property taxes by more than half and imposed other restrictions on government’s ability to extract money from citizens and businesses. Despite Prop. 13’s victory with 64.8 percent of the vote, tax-and-spend progressives immediately filed a lawsuit directly in the California Supreme Court seeking to invalidate the new measure.

2 days ago | ocregister.com | Erika Ritchie

Newport Beach officials are gauging support for relocating one of the city’s fire stations to where there is a transit hub in the Fashion Island area, a change they said could improve the department’s response times and help complete a vision of a broader civic center. The transportation center, though, is one of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s top-performing hubs and is a connection point for four major bus routes – 1, 55, 57 and 79.