AP California News

By The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Benjamin Griscti’s 26 points helped UC Riverside defeat UC Irvine 88-78 on Saturday night. Griscti added three blocks for the Highlanders (10-15, 5-8 Big West Conference). Kyle Owens scored 16 points while going 5 of 11 from the floor, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was remembered Saturday as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of his father’s dream during a memorial service in Atlanta. “You, my love, were born a King, beautifully sculpted with the

By The Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jadon Jones had 26 points in Long Beach State’s 77-68 win against Cal Poly on Saturday night. Jones added three steals for the Beach (15-9, 7-5 Big West Conference). Marcus Tsohonis scored 18 points and added six assists. Aboubacar Traore had 12 points and was 4-of-7

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Spencer Dinwiddie signed Saturday with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers, finding a new team quickly after getting traded by the Brooklyn Nets. The point guard was traded by the Nets to Toronto on Thursday and then was waived. He cleared waivers Saturday and by then had already made up

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Adem Bona scored 13 points and Dylan Andrews and Lazar Stefanovic each scored 12 and UCLA won its fifth straight holding off Cal for a 61-60 win on Saturday. Jaylon Tyson scored 16 points, Jalen Celestine 13 and Fardaws Aimaq scored 12 and grabbed 12 rebounds for Cal before fouling out.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer There were plenty of critics when CBS announced four years ago that it would produce a kids-centric broadcast of an NFL playoff game on Nickelodeon. Now, if a league or network isn’t doing something to appeal to younger fans, they are behind the times. Nickelodeon will air its fifth

By The Associated Press ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Jaylen Searles’ 33 points led Utah Tech past California Baptist 85-78 on Saturday night. Searles added eight rebounds, four assists and four steals for the Trailblazers (10-14, 6-7 Western Athletic Conference). Beon Riley scored 12 points and Tanner Christensen added nine. Scotty Washington led the way

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Kaylynne Truong scored 13 points with eight assists and No. 19 Gonzaga used a strong start to race past Loyola Marymount 71-47 on Saturday to keep three streaks alive. The Bulldogs have won 18 straight games, the third-longest streak in the country. They won their 32nd straight game at home, the

By The Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Modestas Kancleris and Kaleb Higgins each scored 13 points and Cal State Bakersfield defeated Cal State Fullerton 73-71 on Saturday night. Kancleris added six rebounds for the Roadrunners (10-14, 5-8 Big West Conference). Kaleb Higgins shot 3 of 10 from the field and 6 for 6 from

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A series of slow-moving winter storms that wreaked havoc in Southern California and left 3 feet (91 centimeters) of snow in northern Arizona made its way Saturday into New Mexico, where a stretch of U.S. highway south of the Colorado line was closed and as much as a foot (30

By The Associated Press AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Xavier Dusell had 29 points in Fresno State’s 68-66 win over Air Force on Saturday night. Dusell shot 8 for 11 (7 for 8 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free throw line for the Bulldogs (11-13, 4-7 Mountain West Conference). Jalen

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs placed All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney on injured reserve and activated running back Jerick McKinnon on Saturday, finalizing the roster that they will take into the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers. The Chiefs ruled Thuney out for Sunday’s game earlier in the week because of

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 33 points, Kawhi Leonard added 24 and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 112-106 on Saturday. The Clippers opened the game on a 12-2 run before the Pistons tied it up and outplayed the

By ADAM BEAM and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press The CEO of one of Nigeria ‘s largest banks was killed Friday along with his wife and son when a helicopter they were riding in crashed near Interstate 15 in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. Herbert Wigwe, chief executive of Access Bank, was among the six people on

BAKER, Calif. (AP) — CEO of one of Nigeria’s major banks killed in California helicopter crash, director-general of WTO says.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal agency is offering a $50,000 reward for information about the deaths of three endangered gray wolves from the same pack in southern Oregon. The collars from two gray wolves sent a mortality signal Dec. 29. State wildlife officials responded and found three dead wolves, two with collars and one

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Super Bowl Sunday used to be the one day for a network to showcase its sports division and launch a new show. That is not the case anymore. With media consolidation, the networks are now sharing the stage with its corporate siblings. That’s been the

By SETH ENGLE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — After years of angst and filibustering, casual bettors strolling around Sin City are basking in the NFL’s embrace of sports gambling with the Super Bowl set to make its Las Vegas debut on Sunday. The vibe around the city feels like an all-around win for the

By ADAM BEAM and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A helicopter with six people on board crashed Friday night in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, authorities said. It’s not clear what happened to the people on board. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said they have not found any survivors. But they also did not say if

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink has moved its legal corporate home from Delaware to Nevada after a Delaware judge struck down Musk’s $55.8 billion pay package as CEO of Tesla. Neuralink, which has its physical headquarters in Fremont, California, became a Nevada company on Thursday, according to state