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The shining new eyewear line from dynamic father-son duo Larry and Garret Leight hits stores this month.

Nanotechnology shrinks Greubel Forsey’s watchmaking to barely visible proportions.

Brazil’s newest luxury waterfront resort and residential villas put a focus on environmental sustainability.

The two top models were photographed together for the first time.

Here are San Clemente highlights of ReportsOnHousing house-hunting data for resales of existing detached and attached residences in the community.

This analysis includes October trends based on closed sales: sale counts; average price vs. average list price; highest and lowest price paid in the month; average cost per square foot and average size; plus, based on broker listing networks stats on Nov. 30, the “market time” metric comparing supply of listings to new escrows opened in past 30 days.

Trends we saw in San Clemente …

1. Sales: 64 sold vs. 80 a year ago.

2. Average sales price: $1,084,323 that ranked No. 9 out of 46 Orange County markets tracked and was down 4.1 percent in a year.

3. Compared to list: Sellers got 96.3 percent of what they typically asked for, ranking 43rd of the 46 markets.

4. Range: High sale of $2,825,000 vs. the $385,000 low.

5. Sizing: On average, buyers paid $414 per square foot — off 7.1 percent in a year and 11th highest out of the 46 tracked.

6. Market speed, as of Nov. 30: 94 days, listing to escrow opened vs. 102 days a year ago and 86 days two years ago.

Compare these patterns to five October trends we saw in all of Orange County …

1. Sales: 2,553 sold vs. 2,575 a year ago.

2. Average sales price: $868,090, up 10.4 percent in a year.

3. Compared to list: 98.4 percent.

4. Sizing: On average, buyers paid $464 per square foot — up 11.3 percent in a year — on a 1,870 square-foot residence.

5. Market speed, as of Nov 30: 62 days vs. 73 days a year ago and 75 days two years ago.

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Cal State Fullerton ranked No. 12 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s initial Fabulous 40 NCAA Division I preseason poll released last month.

The Titans are coming off a 2017 campaign that saw them reach the College World Series for the 18th time in program history.

Cal State Fullerton has now been ranked within the top 23 in all 20 preseason polls since Collegiate Baseball implemented its own preseason poll before the 1999 season. Fullerton is the second highest ranked team on the West Coast, only behind fellow 2017 Omaha participant No. 2 Oregon State.

In addition, Fullerton leads a group of five Big West squads that have been placed in the preseason rankings, as Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly and UC Irvine all received votes in the poll.

Defending national champion Florida is ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

For the Titans, it’ll be a good mix of returners and newcomers that should make up a team worthy of its top-12 preseason ranking.

Fullerton welcomes back two all-conference performers from a year ago in sophomore infielder Sahid Valenzuela and junior pitcher Brett Conine. The Titans will also be under the leadership of four-time Big West Coach of the Year Rick Vanderhook, who enters his seventh season as head coach.

Pitcher Colton Eastman and Conine were both named to Collegiate Baseball’s All-American Preseason Second Team last month.

Fans will get their first opportunity to see the 2018 Titans on Jan 27 at Goodwin Field, as Fullerton will hold its annual Alumni Game at 1 pm.

Source: Cal State Fullerton Athletics

LONG BEACH — CSUN on Wednesday night entered its Big West Conference men’s basketball game at Long Beach State having lost its conference opener by 19 points to Hawaii. Considering the Matadors also lost 11 consecutive nonconference games between Nov. 13 and Dec. 23, it figured they could have a difficult time with the 49ers.

The Matadors gave the 49ers all they could handle, but after a slow start, Long Beach State emerged with an 80-70 victory before 2,315 at Walter Pyramid.

A dunk by Mason Riggins gave Long Beach a nine-point lead (74-65) with 3:20 to play. There was still enough time for CSUN to come back, but the 49ers had all the momentum. And when Temidayo Yussuf made two free throws with 2:29 to play for a 76-65 lead, the Matadors were all but done, though they never threw in the towel.

Terrell Gomez made it interesting when he sank a 3-pointer with 1:13 to play to pull CSUN within 76-70.

The 49ers (8-11, 2-1) got a game-high 29 points from Gabe Levin, who also had nine rebounds. Deishuan Booker contributed 19 points and Yussuf had 15 points and eight rebounds.

Gomez led the Matadors (3-13, 0-2) with 24 points, Lyrik Shreiner had 13, Micheal Warren 12 and Tavrion Dawson 11.

Long Beach led 38-29 at halftime.

As much as anything, Long Beach head coach Dan Monson liked the way his team played defensively.

“We’re really trying to focus on our defensive disruption and I really thought the last 15 minutes of the first half was one of our better defensive stretches,” he said. “I think it gives our guys confidence that we can do it, but we’ve just gotta sustain it.”

The 49ers trailed 20-14 with just less than eight minutes to play in the first half, then embarked on an 18-3 run to lead 32-23. Monson said it was the defense that got the offense rolling.

“I thought we got some stops, deflections and we got out in the open court and got some space,” he said. “And we didn’t settle; we attacked the paint.”

Levin concurred.

“That was our defense,” said Levin, who shot 10 of 15 and made nine of 10 free throws; Long Beach was 28 of 33 from the free-throw line. “That gave us easy opportunities to score on the other end. I thought we had multiple opportunities to close out the game early.

“I don’t know if it was complacency or what, but we let them back in it too many times.”

Indeed, when Long Beach took its biggest lead of the game (56-44) with 13:18 to play, it appeared the 49ers might run away with it.

But Gomez and the Matadors wouldn’t have it.

CSUN coach Reggie Theus bemoaned all the free throws the 49ers took, and their 40 points in the paint.

“When a team shoots 33 free throws, they get 40 points in the paint — 68 points between free throws and paint touches — it’s hard to beat them,” he said.

Theus gave his players credit for hanging tough. He liked what he saw from Gomez, his freshman guard.

“I thought Terrell played extremely well,” he said. “I try to utilize him, try to put him in places where he can play his best basketball.”

SANTA ANA — Authorities say a bomb threat emailed to some students at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana was not credible — but nevertheless police plan a large presence there Thursday.

About 20 students received through social media an anonymous threat that there would be a bomb on campus Thursday, according to school officials.

The students were alerted to the threat via a social media platform called Sarahah, school officials said in a letter Wednesday to parents, faculty and staff.

“Law enforcement takes every threat as credible until determined otherwise based on available intelligence, information and a corresponding investigation,” the letter says “Our (law enforcement) partners have performed that investigation and have determined there is no credible threat to our institution at this time. We want to assure you that student safety is one of the highest priorities we have.”

Out of an abundance of caution, Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies and Santa Ana officers will be present at the school Thursday, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said Wednesday night.

OAKLAND — Lou Williams sent the same roaring, adoring crowd that cheered Kevin Durant’s milestone to the exits several minutes before the final buzzer.

Durant was brilliant, and Williams even better.

Williams scored 27 of his career-high 50 points in the third quarter and the undermanned Clippers beat the short-handed Golden State Warriors for the first time in more than three years with a 125-106 win Wednesday that spoiled a milestone night for Durant.

Williams shot 16 for 27 from the field with a career-best eight 3-pointers and made all 10 of his free throws. He is the first Clippers player with at least three 40-point games in a season since World B. Free, who had eight in 1979-80 when the team was based in San Diego.

“He ordered 50-piece nuggets on us tonight,” Durant quipped. “Lou got it going.”

Durant became the 44th player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points, finishing with 40 as the Warriors had their five-game winning streak snapped along with a 12-game unbeaten stretch in the Clippers rivalry.

Durant reached the milestone on a pull-up jumper from the left wing at the 1:41 mark of the second quarter. The Warriors announced his accomplishment on the main scoreboard and Durant received a standing ovation, shaking his head in acknowledgment while still very much in game mode.

By late in the fourth quarter, that crowd was making its way for the exits with the game out of reach.

The NBA Finals MVP returned from a three-game absence due to a strained right calf and scored 25 points in the first half against the Clippers – Durant’s biggest half of the season and the exact number he needed for 20,000.

Durant, who had a four-point play during the second quarter on the way to 14 points in the period, is at 29 the second-youngest player behind LeBron James (28 years, 17 days old) and first to reach the 20,000 mark as a member of the Warriors.

He shot 14 for 18, including 6 for 7 from deep, and Zaza Pachulia added 12 points on a night when the Warriors were without their starting backcourt. Steph Curry aggravated his sprained right ankle during the morning shootaround, and Klay Thompson also was out for rest that had been previously scheduled.

“Our spirit wasn’t right, our energy wasn’t right. We weren’t connected and they were,” Golden State coach Steve Kerr said. “The Clippers came in here probably insulted we were resting Klay, and obviously Steph goes down and so the game changes.”

Amid a Yahoo report that Williams and the Clippers “have recently engaged in contract extension discussions,” the 2014-15 Sixth Man of the Year also dished out seven assists to go with his own scoring barrage. Rookie Tyrone Wallace added a season-best 22 points off the bench for the Clippers while returning to the Bay Area, where he starred in college at Cal.

“Obviously 50 is a huge number. It’s a great accomplishment,” said Williams, who went into Wednesday’s game averaging 22.2 points on 44.4 percent shooting, including 40.7 percent from 3-point range. “For me, it was more important to get a win, try to close that gap to get back to .500, especially with the injuries, with guys in and out of the lineup, for us to still have that opportunity, to be in the playoff fold.

“I’ve been playing with confidence for the past month or so now, so tonight was similar to other nights that I’ve had. I’ve had some special nights this year, but this one was pretty good.”

Lou Williams had a big 3rd quarter for the @LAClippers, scoring 27 PTS!#ItTakesEverything pic.twitter.com/GW7Ra94Z4h

— NBA (@NBA) January 11, 2018

Nick Young started in place of Thompson and had seven points but shot 3 for 11 and missed six of his seven 3-point attempts. It was Young’s first start with the Warriors. Shaun Livingston played in place of Curry and contributed eight points and four assists.

Draymond Green missed his first five shots before connecting late in the third.

“We still have two All-Stars. It’s an embarrassment of riches,” Golden State coach Steve Kerr said of Durant and Green. “I’m not going to shy away from that.”

The Clippers, who have dealt with as many injuries as any team in the league this season, again played without Blake Griffin, Austin Rivers, Danilo Gallinari, Milos Teodosic and Patrick Beverley. They then watched C.J. Williams sprain his right ankle on a third-quarter drive to the basket. He left the arena on crutches.

There were 13 lead changes in the first quarter alone. Golden State went on a 10-0 run midway through the second during which Durant scored eight points.

Durant joined James, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to drop 20,000 points before the age of 30.

Why not? BINGO!

Lou Williams puts up a career-high 50 points. @LAClippers take down the defending champs on the road. #ItTakesEverything pic.twitter.com/fIZeCnc2ZR

— FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) January 11, 2018

CURRY’S ANKLE

Curry has the same injury that recently sidelined him for 11 games, though Kerr said: “I don’t think it’s serious. … He tweaked it.” No MRI or X-rays were scheduled for now, though Curry was sore and the Warriors won’t take any chances.

“I didn’t see anything,” Kerr said before the game. “We just had a normal shootaround and he was in his usual game-day routine with Q (Bruce Fraser) and he just rolled his ankle somehow. Just kind of a fluke thing, kind of caught us off guard, but obviously he won’t play. … It’s unfortunate. Hopefully it’ll clear up in the next couple days.”

The Warriors are 10-2 without Curry.

TIP-INS

Clippers: The Clippers hadn’t beaten the Warriors since Christmas Day 2014 and had lost 11 straight on Golden State’s home floor since a 105-86 win on Dec. 25, 2011.

Warriors: Durant notched his seventh 30-point game this season. … Thompson had played in all 41 games this season. … Center JaVale McGee played for only the second time in five games as Kerr struggles to use all his players in a deep, talented rotation. … Young earned his 194th career start as Golden State used a 14th different starting lineup this season — matching the team’s total from last season.

UP NEXT

Clippers: At Sacramento on Thursday, looking for a fourth straight win in the series.

Warriors: At Milwaukee on Friday to begin a five-game road trip featuring tough stops at Cleveland and Houston.

KD on Lou Williams: “He ordered a 50-piece McNuggets on us” pic.twitter.com/Qq75xIqBzj

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 11, 2018

Brooks Brothers presented an impressive array of its greatest hits during its first runway show that celebrated the roots of American men’s wear.
The company, which turns 200 years old in 2018, kicked off the party with a special event at the Pitti Uomo show in Florence. The brand borrowed the spectacular Palazzo Vecchio for a multipronged event that opened with the runway show and transitioned to a retrospective and private dinner hosted by Brooks’ owner Claudio Del Vecchio.
The show, which featured 51 looks — 43 men’s and eight women’s — was a nod to founder Henry Sands Brooks’ roots as a disruptor. With a live performance by the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana as the backdrop — playing “Empire State of Mind” as a nod to its New York history — the company presented modern interpretations of the button-down shirt, repp tie and other innovations that have since become men’s wear classics.
Suit jackets tucked into pants so they doubled as shirts, trench coats worn inside out and seersucker suits worn under tweed blazers were all featured during the show. Among the standouts were head-turning topcoats, madras shirts and shorts and lush shearling in the season-less collection.
There were also subtle references to some

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