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No. 4-ranked UCLA can earn an outright Pac-12 Conference regular-season championship with a win on Sunday when it visits hosts Colorado at Boulder, Colo.

Local prosecutors can do a better job of screening out weak cases that should not go forward and dismissing them earlier in the process.

The continued focus only on criminal defendants at the expense of victims is shameful.

UCLA dominated Cal on Saturday, but its lack of quality wins compared to Arizona might force the Bruins to start their NCAA tournament trek in the East Regional.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA came in way too cocky, according to coach Mick Cronin, and it nearly cost the Bruins. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 26 points and fourth-ranked UCLA rallied in the second half to beat Stanford 73-64 on Thursday night, improving to 14-0 at home this season.

Freshman Will McClendon made the biggest splash of his UCLA career by hitting a late 3-pointer Thursday night, and the fourth-ranked Bruins turned up the defens

Cal is 3-22 and has lost its last nine games. But the Bears will play it out — starting with two games in the City of Angels. The Bears will face USC on Thursday and then sit in LA traffic to get to Westwood for a faceoff with UCLA on Saturday.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 18 of his 25 points after halftime to power UCLA to a 70-63 win at Oregon that pushed its Pac-12 lead to 1½ games over Arizona.

No. 7 UCLA will be out to maintain its place atop the Pac-12 Conference and complete a season sweep of Oregon on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.

Local prosecutors can do a better job of screening out weak cases that should not go forward and dismissing them earlier in the process.