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STANFORD, Calif. — Kevin Hogan threw for 155 yards and a touchdown and ran for 47 yards and another score to help eighth-ranked Stanford beat No. 17 UCLA 27-24 in the Pac-12 championship game Friday night.

A Eugene man has filed a $3 million civil rights lawsuit against the Eugene Police Department and three officers for allegedly entering his home without permission and taking his mentally ill adult son to a local hospital, where he died of cardiac arrest after being “prescribed an overdoes of medication.” …

PORTLAND — The Oregon Zoo says its Asian elephant Rose-Tu has given birth to a 300-pound female calf. The zoo said the birth came at 2:17 a.m. Friday, and the youngster is healthy, vigorous and loud.

A woman who died Thursday after being hit by a van has been identified by police as Tamara Kay Glenn, 45, of Springfield.

PORTLAND — The Oregon Zoo says an ultrasound of its elephant Rose-Tu shows that her calf is in the right position for the birth expected any day now. The ultrasound Thursday showed the feet entering the birth canal. Elephant babies are born feet-first.

SPRINGFIELD — Four young men were arrested late Thursday night on felony robbery charges after they allegedly threatened to assault a supermarket security officer who had caught them stealing beer, police said. Springfield police were called at 11:16 p.m.

PRINEVILLE, Ore. — The century old Rager Ranger Station in the Ochoco National Forest is closing Friday. Four employees stationed there are being relocated to the Paulina Ranger District office in Prineville. Supervisor Kate Klein announced earlier this year that budget cuts were forcing the closure.

NEWPORT — A lawsuit filed against the Lincoln County School District and some Newport teachers accuses them of failing to prevent a 6-year-old boy from sexually assaulting other students and failing to report the abuse or inform parents. The federal lawsuit filed Nov.

With a hefty chunk of savings plucked from the state’s public employee retirement system and only a small net increase in spending on K-12 public schools, the two-year budget proposal that Gov.

Oregon finally broke away from Texas-San Antonio in the second half for a 95-78 victory Thursday night at Matthew Knight Arena. The Roadrunners (3-3) were still within 60-55 when the Ducks (6-1) scored eight consecutive points and gradually pulled away from there.