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WESTMINSTER – A Westminster business sustained moderate damage in a fire Thursday night, Feb. 22.

The blaze was reported around 10:30 p.m. at Wholesale Signs & Printing, 14861 Moran St., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz said.

The cause of the fire that began inside the front of the business remains under investigation, he added. The business was unoccupied and no one was injured.

Damage estimates were not immediately available. Twenty-eight OCFA and Garden Grove firefighters responded.

Homebuying in Irvine in the October-to-December period outpaced countywide sales activity.

Using CoreLogic data, we compared recent sales patterns for all residences vs. results the year-ago period.

Sales in Irvine sales rose as 1,242 residences were purchased in the latest period vs. 1,187 a year earlier. That’s a gain of 4.7 percent vs. a decline of 1.3 percent countywide. Prices were up in five of eight Irvine ZIP codes, including two with million-dollar medians.

Neighborhood trends in Irvine for year-end from CoreLogic’s report …

Irvine ZIP code 92602 — 112 homes sold in the period vs. 153 a year earlier. That’s a sales loss of 26.8 percent. Median selling price of $1,242,000 vs. $1,016,367 a year earlier, a gain of 22.2 percent.

ZIP 92603 — 65 homes sold vs. 54 a year earlier. That’s a sales gain of 20.4 percent. Median of $1,410,000 vs. $1,063,348 a year earlier, a gain of 32.6 percent.

ZIP 92604 — 62 homes sold, same as a year ago. Median of $700,000 vs. $702,811 a year earlier, a loss of 0.4 percent.

ZIP 92606 — 32 homes sold vs. 45 a year earlier. That’s a sales loss of 28.9 percent. Median of $763,000 vs. $772,267 a year earlier, a loss of 1.2 percent.

ZIP 92612 — 96 homes sold vs. 93 a year earlier. That’s a sales gain of 3.2 percent. Median of $717,000 vs. $640,179 a year earlier, a gain of 12 percent.

ZIP 92614 — 55 homes sold vs. 57 a year earlier. That’s a sales loss of 3.5 percent. Median of $615,000 vs. $590,211 a year earlier, a gain of 4.2 percent.

ZIP 92618 — 514 homes sold vs. 435 a year earlier. That’s a sales gain of 18.2 percent. Median of $803,000 vs. $845,263 a year earlier, a loss of 5 percent.

ZIP 92620 — 306 homes sold vs. 288 a year earlier. That’s a sales gain of 6.3 percent. Median of $945,500 vs. $859,545 a year earlier, a gain of 10 percent.

See full-year 2017 CoreLogic results by ZIP …

Beach ZIPs | North O.C. | South O.C. | Mid-county

From 2017’s fourth quarter, eight countywide trends to ponder:

1. At the neighborhood level, prices were up in 66 of 83 Orange County ZIP codes compared to the previous year.

2. Sales rose in 38 of 83 Orange County ZIPs.

3. Builder sales were 1,544 — up 4.2 percent from a year earlier. Median selling price was $869,000 — up 0.2 percent from a year earlier.

4. In the cheapest third of the county’s market — the 27 least expensive ZIPs, median of $622,500 and below — 2,540 homes sold. That’s down 0.9 percent compared to a year earlier.

5. In the 27 priciest ZIPs — median of $789,050 and higher — 3,236 homes sold. That’s down 0.2 percent.

6. In the 11 Orange County ZIPs with medians above $1 million, sales totaled 720 homes, down 1.9 percent in a year. There were 10 seven-figure ZIPs a year earlier.

7. In the county’s 16 beach-close ZIPs, 1,484 homes sold in the latest period, down 0.6 percent vs. a year earlier.

8. As for relative bargains, there were six ZIPs with medians under $500,000 with total sales of 440 homes. A year earlier, 14 ZIPs had medians under $500,000 with 1,039 sales, or a drop of 58 percent in a year.

LA PALMA — A John F. Kennedy High School student was arrested Thursday, Feb. 22, on suspicion of using social media to make violent threats, according to authorities.

The arrest of the 15-year-old boy followed an investigation that began when a La Palma school resource officer was notified of a social media post.

“The social media post contained an image and text, which indicated a threat of violence,” La Palma Police said in a statement. “Although the threat was not specific to any person or place, there was sufficient evidence to believe a crime had occurred.”

The boy, who wasn’t identified, was booked into Orange County Juvenile Hall where he remained in custody Thursday night. His parents are cooperating with the investigation and have surrendered multiple firearms for safekeeping, police said.

As a precaution, police will increase patrols on Friday at John F. Kennedy High School to address questions from parents and students.

LOS ANGELES — Fighting for a playoff spot with several other teams, the Kings made two trades over an eight-day span ahead of taking on the Dallas Stars on Thursday at Staples Center.

The trade deadline is Monday, so there might be more moves. But with 22 games left in the regular season and a stretch of 10 of 12 at home, the Kings need to be focused on one thing – making the postseason after not doing so last season.

Things did not go well for the Kings in their first game back after a seven-game trip as Tyler Seguin scored his 30th goal of the season at 11:33 of the third period and Alexander Radulov scored an empty-net goal with time winding down to lift the Stars to a 2-0 victory over the Kings before a sellout crowd of 18,230 at Staples Center.

The Kings (33-23-5, 71 points) had their three-game winning streak snapped and remained two points behind third-place Anaheim in the Pacific Division. Dallas (35-22-4, 74 points) came in having lost two in a row and three of four. The Stars, also battling to make the postseason, moved into third place in the Central Division.

Afterward, Kings forward Anze Kopitar wore the look of defeat on his face. His team had just returned from a long trip that culminated with a big victory Tuesday at Winnipeg. He didn’t buy the notion his team had no legs, even though it was out-shot 13-5 in both the second and third periods after it out-shot the Stars 8-2 in the first.

“No, I don’t think so,” Kopitar said. “I think our legs were there. We just didn’t manage the puck, for whatever reason that was. Obviously, the second period, we spent a lot of time in our zone and it’s tough to defend all the time.

“Quickie was really, really good in the second period, made some huge stops. We just didn’t create enough. We didn’t spend nearly enough time in their zone.”

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 26 shots, making several fine saves to keep his team in the game. But like Kopitar said, the Kings did not have good puck management. That’s why it might have looked like the team was fatigued, defenseman Jake Muzzin said.

“I thought we did a lot of good things,” he said. “Our start was good. Coming off the road is always tough after a long road trip like that. One day off and we’re right back into it. … We played a lot of the (second) period in our own zone, so it’s tiring.

“That’s our puck management I was talking about earlier. We allowed them to play in our zone and it’s hard work playing in your zone.”

Kings coach John Stevens gave Dallas the credit.

“There wasn’t a lot of room out there,” he said. “I thought every puck was contested. Second period they made a big push, probably cost us a little bit, spent a little too much time in our end because we didn’t manage the puck well enough against their checking.

“So not only did we spend a little too much time in their zone, we didn’t generate enough offensively.”

At the morning skate, Stevens was asked his thoughts about the front office trying to do all it can to help the team reach the playoffs with the aforementioned trades.

“I think Blakey and his staff, Blakey and all those guys – including the development staff in there – their efforts have been tremendous,” Stevens said, referring to vice president/general manager Rob Blake. “Not only in trying to help us now, but making sure that they have the eye on the future, too.”

The top three teams in each of the four divisions are guaranteed a playoff spot. There will also be four wild-card spots available, two each in the Western and Eastern conferences. The Kings and Stars are in that mix, too.

The Kings next host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at 7. Then it will be the first game of a back-to-back against the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights on Monday at Staples Center and Tuesday in Las Vegas.

OAKLAND — The Clippers put together some respectable offensive statistics on Thursday night, but it still wasn’t enough with Steph Curry doing a number on their defense.

Curry swished a beautiful buzzer-beater from way back early and hit another timely 3-pointer late on the way to scoring 44, and the Golden State Warriors returned from the All-Star break and had to hold off the Clippers 134-127 on Thursday night.

Kevin Durant had 21 points and eight assists, Klay Thompson added 19 points, and Draymond Green contributed 13 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals.

Curry shot 14 for 19, including 8 for 11 from 3-point range, in his third 40-point game of the season. Curry also had 10 assists, six rebounds and two steals.

The buzzer-beater was sweet, giving Golden State “a good vibe.”

“Obviously I feel every one I take has a chance to go in,” he said. “Not really worrying about shooting percentages, just chuck it and see what happens.”

Coach Steve Kerr challenged the defending champions to begin games better on the defensive end, which they did. Then the Clippers nearly came back with a surge down the stretch in what became an entertaining back-and-forth in the closing minutes.

“It takes a full effort. It’s not easy to win an NBA game, it’s really not,” Kerr said. “It takes the full 48. We’re not there yet.”

The Warriors led 104-93 on David West’s two free throws with 11:31 to play before a 9-0 Clippers run cut it to two.

“Our defense was not very good, but our offense allowed us to stay in the game,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “We had a lot of mix-ups down the stretch. … At the end of the day, it was an offensive game, and they just made more shots.”

Indeed, the Warriors shot 63 percent to the Clippers’ 50 percent. The Clippers made 34 percent of their 3-point attempts, but Steph and Co. finished at 56 percent. Both teams surpassed 30 assists, the Clippers at 32 and the Warriors at 31.

Curry let it fly from nearly halfcourt to end the first quarter, both his furthest 3-pointer of the season and first as time expired. Those have been his signature shots in recent seasons, so the sellout crowd went crazy.

44 points on 14-19 shooting (8-11 from 3PT) for Steph 🏀💦 pic.twitter.com/aVAF49aBOR

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 23, 2018

The two-time NBA MVP made another 3-pointer just before halftime, then the Clippers’ Danilo Gallinari drained a 47-footer at the buzzer to get the Clippers within 70-58 at the break.

“Steph was incredible as he always is,” Clippers guard Austin Rivers said.

Steph buries the triple and Gallo answers with the halftime buzzer beater from DEEP! #DubNation #ItTakesEverything pic.twitter.com/gWt79S91ts

— NBA (@NBA) February 23, 2018

Tobias Harris scored 22 points to lead seven Clippers in double figures. Gallinari wound up with 15 but suffered a bruised right hand in the fourth quarter, leaving the game with 5:10 left. DeAndre Jordan had 14 points and 14 rebounds for L.A., which had won five of six. Lou Williams, who had 50 points in a 125-106 victory over the Warriors at Oracle on Jan. 10, had 21 points and 12 assists off the bench.

“A loss is a loss, bro,” Williams said. “No moral victories over here.”

The Warriors are now 7-1 this season in the next game against an opponent after losing the first meeting.

Thompson made two quick 3-pointers to become the 10th Warriors player to reach 10,000 career points in the regular season, and his first 3-pointer moved him past Joe Barry Carroll (9,996 points) for 10th place on the franchise’s career scoring list.

Golden State lost at Portland before the break but improved to 13-1 following a loss this season.

The Warriors, who shot 66.7 percent in the first quarter to take charge, have dropped back-to-back games only seven times in Kerr’s four seasons.

TIP-INS

Clippers: Williams had a season-high 11 assists. … The Clippers shot just 11 for 31 from 3-point range. … The Clippers lost for only the sixth time in their last 19 games.

Warriors: Center JaVale McGee earned his fifth start of the season for the Warriors and had six points and four rebounds in place of Zaza Pachulia. … Kerr spent four nights in Hawaii for the All-Star break with his wife and two of his three kids. … The Warriors had gone into the All-Star break with the best winning percentage the past three seasons until Houston held that spot this year. … Patrick McCaw missed his second straight game with a sprained left thumb, while Jordan Bell sat out a 13th in a row with inflammation in his left ankle.

SHOOTAROUND NO-SHOW

Clippers guard Tyrone Wallace, on a two-way contract, had to fly into the Bay Area on game day. And the driver brought him straight to Oracle Arena, but the Clippers’ shootaround was not there.

“I told him to just go lay on the couch in my office back there,” Coach Doc Rivers said. “The car took him to the hotel and he got there after shootaround.”

ANALYTICS ASSIST

Kerr used the resources of analytics guru Sammy Gelfand throughout the break to determine the Warriors aren’t defending nearly as well in the first five minutes of games as they were a year ago.

“Sammy Gelfand did not get an All-Star break,” Kerr said, explaining the biggest issue as, “We’re just not trying hard enough.”

UP NEXT

Clippers: Visit Phoenix on Friday.

Warriors: Host Oklahoma City on Saturday after the Thunder won at Golden State 125-105 on Feb. 6.

Steph Curry extends the @warriors lead from way downtown!#DubNation 125 / #ItTakesEverything 118 with 1:47 to go in the 4th.

📺: @NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com/K94Q6NuD6V

— NBA (@NBA) February 23, 2018

It shouldn’t be part of anyone’s job to be treated this way. Nearly one-fifth of the way through the 21st century, you shouldn’t have to walk up five flights of stairs in a brand new construction to do your job. (Should you choose to, more power to you and your quads.) Nor should you wait for 25 minutes, without any explanation let alone apology, with hundreds of other people in front of an elevator that just doesn’t open (even if, when it finally arrives, it opens onto an industrial take on pretty pink). Along the way, you shouldn’t be pushed by one guard and refused basic assistance by two others, no matter how uncool they (rightfully) deem you.
That out of the way, on Thursday night, Miuccia Prada showed another powerful, intriguing collection, this one inspired in part by her change of venue to the newest addition to the Fondazione Prada complex, a newly constructed tower. Its black floor and floor-to-ceiling windows looking out over a field of neon signs got Prada thinking about how women navigate the night. “I liked the idea of the night, the night as the place for adventure, the place of freedom and its limits,” she said

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