Big Bear ski resorts hope to stay open through April

• March 22, 2025

A “March miracle” snowstorm that brought a healthy base to local resorts could mean an extended season through April, welcome news for skiers, snowboarders and snow players hoping to enjoy the spring season on the slopes.

“That’s the plan,” said Big Bear Mountain Resort spokesman Justin Kanton. “As of now, thanks to some storms we’ve seen so far this month, that should give us the push we need to stay open through April.”

Kanton warned, though, that warm weather could quickly change the plans.

“We’ll just have to take it as it comes,” he said. “It can dump three feet on you and it can all melt in a week.”

For the entire month of March, there was about 50 inches of snowfall, while the season total is at about 80 inches, Kanton said.

It was more snow than the worst season on record, the 2017-18 season when there were just 39 inches, he said.

Conditions are holding up well across all three of Big Bear Mountain Resort’s properties – Bear Mountain, Snow Summit and Snow Valley – since last week’s storm that brought about 3 feet of snowfall.

“These are probably the best conditions for the season, to date,” Kanton said. “Hopefully we’ll get another shot of snow or two before the season ends.”

Even if the snow starts to melt, at the minimum one of the three resorts will stay open through April, he said. The operations teams will do regular assessments, he added.

There are several spring events on the horizon, including the “Bear Break,” with a pond skim and a retro fashion contest, free to enter for participants.

Southern California’s largest snow-tubing park, Big Bear Snow Play, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is expected to remain open through Easter weekend in April. Big Bear Snow Play has also expanded its glow-tubing night sessions for spring break, and will be open daily from Friday, March 28, to April 5, from 5 to 9 p.m.

The recent snow will make for extra chilly lake conditions for those who are taking the Polar Plunge at noon on March 29. The event is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics Southern California athletes.

The lake’s water temperature is expected to stay in the mid-30s for the event dubbed “Freezin for a Reason.”

Funds are raised to help support year-round sports training, leadership programs, athletic competitions, and health initiatives for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the Inland Empire Region of Special Olympics Southern California.

Individuals who take the Polar Plunge challenge are asked to raise at least $50 through pledges from family, friends and co-workers. More information: sosc.org/bigbearplunge

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Jersey Shore beach tag prices for 2025: How much it’ll cost to hit the sand

• March 22, 2025

By Sam Ruland, The Philadelphia Inquirer

It’s almost that time of year again — Jersey Shore summer. Whether you’re a dedicated beach bum, a weekend warrior, or someone who just wants to dip their toes in the water for a day, there’s one thing you’ll need to factor into your budget: beach tags.

While some Shore towns are still gloriously free (shoutout to Wildwood and Atlantic City), most require visitors to shell out for a daily, weekly or seasonal badge. And this year, those prices range from a reasonable $8 for a single-day pass to a jaw-dropping $200 for a season-long tag.

The good news? Many towns offer preseason discounts if you plan ahead, and some have reduced rates for seniors, kids and veterans. The bad news? If you forget to grab a badge, you might find yourself getting turned away just as you’re about to claim the perfect spot in the sand.

So, how much will it cost to hit your favorite Shore spot this year? We’ve rounded up the latest 2025 beach tag prices.

Beaches that are free (no badge required)

• Atlantic City: No beach tags required.
• Corson’s Inlet State Park: No beach tags required. More info.
• Island Beach State Park: No beach tags required; however, parking fees apply: $6 on weekdays and $10 on weekends. More info.
• North Wildwood: No beach tags required.
• Sandy Hook: No beach tags required; parking is $20 per car or $100 for a season pass.
• Strathmere: No beach tags required.
• Wildwood & Wildwood Crest: No beach tags required.

Most expensive season badges

• Deal: $200 for a seasonal walk-on fee.
• Loch Arbour: $150 for a season badge.
• Spring Lake: $110 for a season badge.
• Sea Girt: $115 for a season badge.
• Monmouth Beach: $105 for a season badge.
• Ocean Grove: $100 for a season badge.

Preseason discounts on seasonal badges

Want to save a few bucks? Buy your season badge early:

• Sea Isle City: $25 before May 15; $30 after.
• Ocean City: $30 before May 31; $35 after.
• Barnegat Light,Beach Haven,Holgate, and Long Beach Township: $40 before June 15; $50 after.
• Margate: $10 before May 31; $20 after.

Daily beach fees (most common rates)

• $8 in Stone Harbor
• $10 in Ocean City, Holgate, Barnegat Light, and Beach Haven.
• $12 in Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Sea Girt and Deal.
• $13 in Ocean Grove, Lavallette and Monmouth Beach.

Senior and youth discounts

Many towns offer reduced rates for seniors and youth:

• Avon-by-the-Sea: Seniors (65+) and youth (12-18) pay $55 for a season badge.
• Harvey Cedars: Senior season badge is $12.
• Long Beach Township & Holgate: Seniors (65+) pay $5 for the season.
• Lavallette: Seniors pay $25 for a preseason badge.

What to know before you go

• Some beaches charge more on weekends and holidays (e.g., Deal: $12 on weekdays, $15 on weekends).
• Certain towns offer free or discounted badges for veterans and individuals with disabilities.
• Beach tag checkers patrol most paid-access beaches, so be sure to purchase your badge before heading onto the sand.

As the season approaches, more Jersey Shore towns will finalize their 2025 beach badge prices. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, check the official websites of your favorite beach towns. And if you’re looking to save a few bucks, grab your badges early.

Because nothing kills a beach vibe faster than getting stopped at the entrance.

©2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer. Visit inquirer.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Suspicious adversary: Can photographers and AI get along?

• March 22, 2025

For many photographers, artificial intelligence is their worst enemy. The evolving power of computers to create images that quickly, credibly and cheaply simulate the work that humans have done with cameras for more than a century threatens their very existence.

It’s not a conspiracy theory to say AI could replace many real photographers, especially those in the commercial realm, in a matter of years. It has already started.

At the same time, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center has been their best friend. The Denver-based nonprofit has spent 62 years doing everything in its power to elevate the images that photographers make, staging countless exhibitions, public events and educational programs to enhance public understanding and appreciation of what the organization’s very existence argues is an essential art form.

That makes CPAC’s current exhibition a curious, and certainly controversial, outing. “History Reimagined” features three photographers whose work is generated exclusively by artificial intelligence. No use of actual mechanical cameras, no photo shoots in perfectly lit studios or on busy urban streets or in war zones, no sitting of subjects or framing of scenes.

Clearly, curator Samantha Johnston, who also happens to be CPAC’s executive director, is playing the traitor here by engaging with artists whose main tools are prompts, entered into programs, which generate images based on billions of data sets stored digitally around the globe.

These artists don’t point and shoot; they sit and type. They are anti-photographers, at least in the making of the work now on display at CPAC. They don’t belong here.

But this risky move has a significant reward. It is one of the most thoughtful and timely exhibits that CPAC has ever done. Print by print, it is a wildly captivating showcase of groundbreaking art.

Johnston knew she would take some heat, and made some wise advance moves to head off criticism and open up minds. In her curator’s statement, she notes how the show respects CPAC’s foundational mission to “acknowledge and respond to the technological innovations that are transforming the medium.”

She has a point there. CPAC guided the photo-loving public through the transition from analog to digital photography, the last revolution that altered how we see and respond to image-making. It is the institution’s responsibility to explore what comes next.

She also built her roster around three people who have demonstrated real skills with actual cameras. Todd Dobbs, Laura Rautjoki and Phillip Toledano are all accomplished in traditional photography techniques. That gives them at least some cred with the photo crowd.

Most importantly, she found good products to show off as examples of AI’s abilities. The images in this show do not just mimic actual photos; they do so with finesse and a deep understanding of what makes a quality photo connect to the human spirit as well.

That is to say, they do not look fake. Nor do they look hyper-real. Viewers cannot easily brush them off as follies and are forced to confront them as qualified competitors to traditional photos. The enemy is well-armed, and it’s got skills.

Within that, these artists deploy a lot of imagination and exploration. They each have their own motivation for making fakes, and each challenges the usual boundaries placed around art-making. This work engages a fundamental question: Is creating visual images through AI an extension of photography, or is it a whole new art form?

In some ways, these images feel very much like the contemporary art we see now in galleries and museums, with artists exploring topics of politics, media, racial bias and exploration of personal identity. They are trendy that way.

For example, the pieces from Rautjoki’s “The Image of a Woman” series look at the way females have been presented in art and media in her home country of Finland — mostly by male artists, filmmakers and photographers — and how that impacts her own ideas of self.

Her tactic is to replace the male gaze with data-driven images prompted by a female artist and produced by AI. Because the data set that AI uses includes historical photos, journalistic products and things like selfies, Rautjoki’s images alter the usual gender biases.

Within that new reality, she ventures far into the surreal, generating work of full-blown, often eerie, fantasy. Some of these objects explore the past and some feel super present, and many are quite funny. But she manages to make things that demonstrate, as she says in her statement, “the same quiet, ordinary, and unpretentious atmosphere that has characterized my previous work as a photographic artist.”

Fiction drives the work of Toledano, whose “Another America” series rewrites the history of mid-20th century New York City. His question: If it is becoming impossible to know if a photo is telling the truth, why not create a truth of your own — and make it more interesting than what really happened?

So he prompts AI to visualize his fantasies. One photo shows a giant sinkhole taking out a large section of street in Manhattan, which would have been a calamitous event — if it had actually happened. Another shows wolves roaming the streets of the city, while another depicts a massive urban flood. Some of the photos are accompanied by not-true stories penned by writer John Kenney.

Toledano’s photos demonstrate the power of AI to create fantastical pictures and its capacity to make them feel ultra-real — but also its dangers in allowing users to manipulate memory with deftness.

Dobbs’ work has the most critical take on AI’s abilities. To create his images, he prompted his computer to produce a “photograph of a typical American,” and it gladly offered up scores of scenes of human figures decked out in red, white and blue, often to ridiculous extremes.

The photos document one of AI’s biggest problems: “Despite running the same prompt countless times, the resulting images are uniformly American, white, and suburban — a visual echo of dominant cultural norms,” as the curator’s segment sums it up. Dobbs’ point is that AI is only as good as the data it knows, and oftentimes that data is lacking.

But Dobbs’ work does not come off as such a simple question-and-answer. It contains a deeper discussion about patriotism, consumerism and the nuances of personal and national identity. It condemns AI but at the same time honors it by understanding its power to both reflect and drive the cultural conversation.

That same idea overrides the exhibition as a whole. AI is here, and it is something to fear. It may be the source of our extermination, but can it make us more thoughtful and creative humans as we head out the door?

IF YOU GO

“History Reimagined” continues through April 12 at CPAC, 1200 Lincoln St., Denver, Colorado. It’s free. Info: 303-837-1341 or cpacphoto.org.

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Reshoring: A boon for U.S. real estate and local economies

• March 22, 2025

For decades, American companies sent manufacturing operations overseas in search of lower costs.

Cheap labor, fewer regulations and efficient global supply chains made offshoring the dominant strategy for everything from electronics to pharmaceuticals.

But the tide is turning.

Reshoring — the process of bringing manufacturing and supply chains back to the U.S. — has gained momentum in recent years. Supply chain disruptions during the pandemic, geopolitical tensions with China and rising overseas labor costs have forced companies to rethink their strategies.

Add in government incentives like the CHIPS Act and tax credits for domestic production, and reshoring are no longer just patriotic talking points, they are a business necessity.

While this shift brings economic benefits, one sector poised for significant gains is industrial real estate. Industrial space and logistics hubs are seeing increased demand as companies look to rebuild supply chains on American soil.

Industrial’s big moment

Manufacturing may have been outsourced, but demand for industrial real estate has remained strong, thanks to e-commerce. Now, reshoring is adding another layer of demand, particularly for manufacturing and distribution space.

Manufacturers looking to reshore need factory space, and they’re not just eyeing traditional industrial strongholds like the Midwest.

Texas, Arizona, and the Southeast are emerging as major reshoring hubs due to business-friendly policies, affordable land, and proximity to key transportation networks. Even California, despite high costs, is benefiting from semiconductor and biotech reshoring, thanks to its deep talent pool and access to ports.

With this shift, developers are repurposing outdated office and retail properties into industrial use. The conversion of big-box retail into warehouse and distribution centers is already happening, and underutilized office campuses could be next in line for transformation into R&D labs or advanced manufacturing facilities.

The logistics boom

Manufacturing doesn’t work in isolation. It needs a strong logistics network to move raw materials in and finished products out. That’s why reshoring is fueling growth in warehouse and distribution space, particularly in regions with easy access to rail, highways, and ports.

The trend is especially pronounced near inland logistics hubs like Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta, where vast warehouse developments are emerging to support reshored manufacturing operations. Port cities like Savannah, Charleston, and Los Angeles are also seeing an uptick in industrial activity as reshoring strengthens domestic supply chains.

Challenges to overcome

Reshoring isn’t a magic bullet. Companies bringing production back to the U.S. face significant challenges, including labor shortages, infrastructure gaps and higher operating costs.

The U.S. manufacturing workforce has shrunk over the years, and finding skilled workers is a growing concern.

Companies investing in reshoring must also invest in workforce training and automation to bridge the skills gap. Community colleges and vocational programs are beginning to step up, but this will be a long-term effort.

Another hurdle is infrastructure. While industrial construction boomed prior to 2023, roads, bridges and ports need upgrades to handle increased freight movement. Power supply is another issue, particularly for energy-intensive industries like semiconductor and electric vehicle battery production.

A long-term shift

Despite these challenges, reshoring is not a short-lived trend—it’s a structural shift that will reshape American industry for decades.

Advances in automation and AI are making domestic production more cost-competitive, and companies now recognize the risks of over-reliance on overseas supply chains.

For commercial real estate, this means continued demand for industrial space, adaptive reuse opportunities for underperforming assets, and expansion of logistics hubs. Cities and states that invest in infrastructure and workforce development will be the biggest beneficiaries of this new era of American manufacturing.

Reshoring is more than an economic shift — it can be a real estate revolution!

Allen C. Buchanan, SIOR, is a principal with Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services in Orange. He can be reached at [email protected] or 714.564.7104.

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Swanson: UCLA’s Londynn Jones never sweats the ‘small’ stuff

• March 22, 2025

LOS ANGELES — If you think UCLA women’s basketball standout Londynn Jones is formidable at her 5 feet, 4 inches tall, I’ve got to tell you about her great-great-grandmother, Mamie Kirkland.

Before her death at 111 in 2020, the 4-6 Kirkland was, as the Buffalo News put it this week, “a giant of Buffalo history.”

Dan Barry memorialized Kirkland in the New York Times, writing that “she was also the embodiment of the African-American experience of the 20th century,” detailing her experiences dealing with racial violence, lynchings, riots and the Ku Klux Klan. Kirkland’s life helped inspire the opening of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in Montgomery, Alabama.

“She was,” Jones said, “an extremely powerful woman.”

She never got to see Jones play basketball in person, but yes, she said, there absolutely is some Kirkland in her out there on the court.

“Yes! Just how strong she is,” Jones said. “She was a walking miracle.”

Also: “We looked alike, when she was younger.”

Jones is the Bruins’ mean-mugging, fun-loving guard, a diminutive, never-daunted competitor.

A junior from Riverside – where Kirkland would spend winters to get away from the cold – Jones is usually the most obvious player on the court, a favorite of fans who can appreciate a good beating-the-odds story, and anyone who might enjoy a rousing game of cat-and-mouse.

Southern’s 5-4 guard DaKiya Sanders certainly did: “I think she’s a great player, playing for a great team. It’s great to see somebody my height that’s at this level.”

Jones entered the NCAA Tournament averaging 8.8 points per game and shooting 34.8% on a team-leading total of 184 3-point attempts.

“I feel like the one thing I do get a lot is like, ‘Oh my God, you’re so small,’” Jones said. “But I’m around tall people all day, so, yes, I am small, but I make sure to tell them, ‘You guys are just big, I’m actually average.’”

On Friday, she was better than average; she was big in helping guide top-seeded UCLA to an 84-46 victory over No. 16 seed Southern before a crowd of 5,703 at Pauley Pavilion. One of six Bruins to score in double figures, she finished with 11 points on 5-for-11 shooting.

Kirkland – who was the mother of nine, according to the Times – never learned to drive, and often attributed her longevity to spending so many years walking around Buffalo, selling Avon beauty products.

Jones said she used to ask: “Grannie, how do you live so long? And she would be like, ‘No stress. Don’t stress.’ That was her secret.”

After everything Kirkland overcame in her life, that makes sense.

And it makes sense that, for Jones, the secret to success for the Bruins will be that they don’t stress as they venture deeper into March Madness with a second-round game Sunday night against the eighth-seeded Richmond Spiders.

“If we get each other going, we laugh, we smile, we giggle, and make jokes on the court,” she said. “That’s what it’s all about.”

In 2016, the Equal Justice Initiative honored Kirkland, then 107, at a fund-raising gala, where she gave a speech, turning down a wheelchair and walking on stage on her own. Until her death, Jones said, Kirkland “had all her hearing, seeing, walking.”

And this month, Jones is dancing again, her chance to make history possible because of the strength and spirit of her great-great-Grannie.

“I miss her extremely,” Jones said. “She was amazing.”

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Angel City FC holds on for tie with Portland

• March 22, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Kennedy Fuller scored early, and goalkeeper Angelina Anderson denied a late threat as Angel City FC held on for a 1-1 tie with the Portland Thorns in an NWSL game on Friday night.

Fuller scored in the ninth minute to give Angel City an early lead, but Reilyn Turner scored her first regular-season NWSL goal, tapping in a bouncing corner kick in the 30th minute to pull the Thorns even in their home opener.

Anderson leaped to push Hina Sugita’s strike from distance up and over the crossbar in the 83rd minute, preserving the deadlock.

Angel City played to a 1-1 draw at home against San Diego in its opener last weekend. The team is without forward Sydney Leroux, who announced that she is taking time off to focus on her mental health.

The Thorns were routed, 4-1, in their season opener last weekend against the Kansas City Current.

Portland is missing its biggest playmaker, Olympian Sophia Wilson, who is on maternity leave. Wilson, whose maiden name is Smith, was married in the offseason and took her husband’s name.

Angel City defender Sarah Gorden reached 10,000 career regular-season minutes during the match.

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Clippers use big 2nd half to race past Grizzlies for 5th straight win

• March 22, 2025

INGLEWOOD — This wasn’t as much fun.

In the Clippers’ victory against one of the NBA’s best teams earlier in the week, they were healthy, locked in and more importantly having fun.

You could sense it in the way Kawhi Leonard scored, how James Harden did his thing, the times when Ivica Zubac dominated inside against the Cleveland Cavaliers and the rest of the team reacted on the bench that night.

“One of the things that we’ve emphasized is finding joy in the game. We want to continue that. We want ’em to have fun,” assistant coach Brian Shaw said.

Finding that kind of joy against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night was a bit more difficult. This game had more of a business-like feel, the team taking on a more serious approach in facing another high-level Western Conference foe.

But seriousness turned to fun following halftime as the Clippers scored 68 points in the second half on their way to a 128-108 victory at the Intuit Dome, their fifth straight and eighth in nine games.

James Harden finished with 30 points and nine assists and Kawhi Leonard added 23 points on 9-for-12 shooting and 10 rebounds as six Clippers scored in double figures.

“(Having fun) is the most important thing. If you don’t have joy for yourself and for each other, it’s not going to work and that’s what we have been communicating and talking about,” said Harden, who shot 8 for 14 from the field (5 for 10 from 3-point range) and made nine of his 10 free throws. “You can see our swagger is different for sure.”

Their new-found bounce comes from inching up in the standings. The Clippers (40-30) are in seventh place in the West, a few percentage points ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves (41-31) and one game behind the red-hot Golden State Warriors (41-29) as they try to climb into the top six and avoid the Play-In Tournament (seeds 7-10).

“We can’t control what anybody else is doing so we have to control what we are doing as best as possible,” Shaw said. “Everybody else keeps winning that we are jockeying with, trying to get to that No. 6 spot so we have to keep winning, too.

“We’re just finding a way.”

The Clippers took charge of the game in the third quarter, opening the period on a 19-5 run and outscoring the fifth-place Grizzlies (43-28) by 36-16 to take a 96-82 lead into the fourth. Harden scored 12 points in the third and the Clippers cruised to victory from there, improving to 3-0 against Memphis this season.

Shaw, who has coached six games in Tyronn Lue’s absence, said the key to beating the top teams is simple.

“If we are just emphasizing and focusing, taking care of what we do and imposing our will on the other team and just staying focused on that as opposed to what anybody else is doing,” said Shaw, who has guided the team to a 5-1 record.

Lue continues to be bothered by a sore back and his status for Sunday’s home game against league-leading Oklahoma City (58-12) is unclear. He has improved, according to team officials, but he stayed home Friday.

Like their victory over the Cavaliers, nearly everyone who played had a hand in this win.

Zubac had another double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Bogdan Bogdanovic added 16 points and five assists while shooting 4 for 5 from 3-point range.

In his third game back from a hamstring injury, Norman Powell scored 14 points and had three rebounds, three assists and two steals, and Kris Dunn contributed 11 points.

The Clippers struggled to garner much traction early against the Grizzlies, who led by as many as eight in the first half. Memphis went on a 9-4 run to take a 66-60 lead into intermission.

“The first half wasn’t pretty, it was a chess game going on,” Shaw said. “They didn’t start (Zach) Edey and then every time we took Zu out they came in with him and Jaren Jackson (Jr.) or him and (Jay) Huff and they stayed big when we had our small (lineup), so I didn’t want to tip my hand too early.

“So, in the first half I said, well, I just feel it out and keep seeing how they’re attacking us with their two bigs.”

The gamble paid off. Shaw started Bogdanovic instead of Dunn to begin the second half and that enabled them to cut down their turnovers after allowing Memphis to score 21 points off eight turnovers before halftime.

Memphis made a surge at the end of the first half. With the score tied at 53-all, Scotty Pippen Jr. and Santi Aldama drilled back-to-back 3-pointers to get Memphis rolling. Leonard answered with a pull up jumper, but Pippen buried another 3-pointer to give the Grizzlies a 62-55 lead with 1:07 left in the half.

After Leonard completed a three-point play, the Grizzlies scored two quick baskets to extend their lead to 66-58. A pair of free throws by Harden closed out the half.

Jackson scored 23 points to lead the Grizzlies, who lost their third straight. Aldama finished with 16 points and Luke Kennard and Pippen each had 15 points.

Grizzlies star Ja Morant, who has been averaging 22.3 points and 4.1 rebounds. missed his fourth consecutive game while dealing with a hamstring injury. Memphis also was without Brandon Clarke, who left Wednesday’s loss because of a right knee injury.

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Baseball roundup: University’s Andrew Shean tosses no-hitter; Cypress tops JSerra again

• March 22, 2025

Andrew Shean pitched a no-hitter and had 10 strikeouts for University in a 9-0 rout of St. Margaret’s on Friday in a Pacific Coast League game at University High.

Shean has not allowed a run in 14 consecutive innings pitched and has allowed just one run this season. He has 20 strikeouts in 15⅓ innings pitched and has allowed just seven hits.

The junior also went 2 for 4 at the plate with a double and two runs scored. David Wu had two hits with a double, a stolen base and two RBIs for University (6-3, 2-1) and Chase Nguyen had two hits with two RBIs.

University had nine stolen bases. Sean Maher led the Trojans with three stolen bases and Nguyen added two.

Also in the Pacific Coast League:

Portola 6, Sage Hill 5: Jack Wang hit a two-run, walk-off single to Portola in a win over Sage Hill.

Portola (5-6, 3-0) led 4-1 entering the seventh inning and Sage Hill (4-4, 1-3) scored four runs in the top half of the inning to take the lead. The Bulldogs hit three consecutive singles to set up the walk-off hit by Wang.

Ashton Wood had two hits with a RBI for Portola and Brendan Villanueva had a triple and two RBIs.

Sophomore Evan Stroner had two hits and two RBIs for Sage Hill and pitched 5⅔ innings.

Irvine 4, Northwood 1: Adam Valencia pitched a one hit shutout for Irvine in a road win over Northwood.

Valencia had seven strikeouts for Irvine (6-7, 2-3) and went 2 for 3 at the plate. Alex Cho had a hit with two RBIs and Ethan Kim had a RBI.

Carter Liu had seven strikeouts in six innings pitched for University (4-6-1, 1-2).

In the Sunset League:

Los Alamitos 16, Edison 1: Los Alamitos scored 13 runs in the final two innings of a road win over Edison.

Tyler Smith and Damon Valdez each had two hits and three RBIs for Los Alamitos (9-1-2, 2-1). Wyatt Joyce added three hits with a RBI.

UC San Diego signee Jack Lorenz allowed one run in 4⅔ innings and struck out four.

Edison scored its lone run in the first inning. Mason Gerhardt led the inning off with a triple and scored on a single by Shane Timmons.

Huntington Beach 4, Marina 2: University of San Diego signee Jayton Greer hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning to help keep Huntington Beach’s undefeated season intact.

CJ Weinstein had two RBIs for Huntington Beach (6-0, 5-0) and Ethan Porter added two hits. Jake Frohn allowed one run in four innings with six strikeouts.

Luke Pratali hit a home run for Marina (7-5, 0-3).

In the Golden West League:

Costa Mesa 2, Kennedy 1: Wylan Rottschafer drove in the game-winning run and got the win on the mound for Costa Mesa (6-5, 2-1).

Rottschafer hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning and pitched two perfect innings of relief. Costa Mesa got a good start from Will Clark who allowed zero earned runs in five innings with five strikeouts. Aiden Comte had a RBI for the Mustangs.

Tyler Onofre pitched a complete game for Kennedy (6-6, 1-2).

Katella 8, Segerstrom 2: Kevin Reyes Mejia hit a 3-run home run for Katella in the second inning.

Julian Bustos had two RBIs for Katella (7-3, 1-1) and Ben Villela allowed just one run in 5⅔ innings pitched.

Jullian Hernandez and Zack Bretza each had RBIs for Segerstrom (5-5, 2-1).

In the Empire League:

Ocean View 2, Laguna Hills 1: Ocean View scored two runs in the final two innings to beat Laguna Hills.

Evan Simonds and Sam Arredondo each had RBIs for Ocean View (5-7, 1-1). Austin Aldous pitched four scoreless innings of relief to earn the win.

Kyler FitzPatrick had seven strikeouts in 6⅔ innings for Laguna Hills (7-3, 1-1) and had seven strikeouts. Christian Sigaty drove in the lone run for Laguna Hills. The Hawks had a 7-game winning streak entering Friday.

In the Orange League:

Saddleback 5, Santiago 3: Diego Enriquez and Andy Aguilar combined to allow just four hits in a win over Santiago.

Ruben Gutierrez went 3 for 3 with a double, stolen base and a RBI for Saddleback (5-5-1, 1-0. Ricardo Marquez had two hits and a RBI.

Magnolia 3, Santa Ana Valley 0: Blake Jaques pitched a shutout for Magnolia with just three hits allowed and six strikeouts.

Joseph Mendoza had two stolen bases and scored a run for Magnolia (4-3, 2-0). Santi Cortez had a hit and scored a run.

In the Coast League:

Estancia 11, Orange 10 (9 innings): Jake Humphries was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded which scored the game-winning run for Estancia in the ninth inning against Orange.

Nico Viramontes had a double with three RBIs for Estancia (6-5, 1-1). Sawyer Atkinson had two hits with a double, two stolen bases and a RBI. Ramon Perez had two hits, walked four times and scored three runs.

Gogh Nakagawa had two hits with three RBIs for Orange (5-5-1, 0-2). Dylan Norwalk had three hits and scored two runs.

In nonleague games:

Cypress 4, JSerra 3: The Centurions, ranked No. 6 in the county, swept this week’s two-game series against the No. 4 Lions by winning Friday’s game at JSerra.

Greg Prophet III drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning to lead Cypress to the win.

Nick Johnson and Connor Artasere each had two hits for Cypress (6-4), which beat JSerra 7-4 Wednesday at Cypress.

Wyatt Rosales got the win on the mound with two scoreless innings of relief.

Carter Meza, Owen Capron and Jordan Marian each had two hits for JSerra (3-3).

San Clemente 14, Murrieta Valley 0: Kaden Raymond had a career-game for San Clemente in a rout of Murrieta Valley.

Raymond went 4 for 4 with a home run, a double and seven RBIs for San Clemente (5-7). Stanford signee Mike Erspamer pitched four no-hit innings and had 10 strikeouts. Cade Cerone had two hits with a RBI.

Villa Park 3, Capistrano Valley 1: Nate Lewis and Pepperdine signee Shawn Romero each had RBIs for Villa Park in a win over Capistrano Valley.

Dominic Gutierrez had two hits for Villa Park (8-3, 1-2) and Owen Smith earned the win on the mound.

Reed Hitzler had two hits with a stolen base for Capistrano Valley (6-5) and Carter Micallef had a RBI.

Garden Grove 2, South El Monte 0: Manny Martinez pitched a one-hit shutout for Garden Grove (7-5).

Jose Fernandez and Andrew Rodriguez each had RBIs for Garden Grove and Fernandez hit a double.

In the San Joaquin League:

Pacifica Christian 13, Webb 1: Scout Escobedo had a home run for Pacifica Christian in a rout of Webb.

Rowen Gale and John Peterson each had three RBIs for Pacifica Christian (5-4, 3-0) and Peterson had a triple.

In the Anaheim Lions Tournament:

San Juan Hills 15, Canyon Springs 2: San Juan Hills scored runs in six of seven innings in a blowout win over Canyon Springs.

Ethan Meeker and Tanner Kessler each had three hits for San Juan Hills (6-5). Garrett Gandolfo had a stolen base and three RBIs.

Whittier Christian 8, Marshall 0: Alex Valencia did it all for Whittier Christian in a shutout win over Marshall.

Valencia pitched a complete game, allowed just two hits and had 10 strikeouts and hit a home run. Aiden Van Essen and Eli Echavarria each had RBIs for Whittier Christian (6-4).

​ Orange County Register