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• Explosion blows off roof, starts fire at Westminster auto shop

  11-10-2018 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  An explosion blew the roof off of an auto body shop in Westminster, causing a two-alarm fire on Thursday, Oct.11
  Two fire engines were dispatched to combat a blaze at Anthony Auto Body and Repair at 15156 Weststate St. at 3:34 p.m., said Westminster Police Sgt. Eddie Esqueda. Once there, crews saw heavy smoke and flames pouring from the building, according to Orange County Fire Authority Captain Tony Bommarito.
  Hoses snake away from a fire engine at the scene of a two-alarm fire that destroyed a
  
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• First ever U.S. TikTok Awards to happen in Los Angeles

  05-12-2025 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  TikTok is hosting its first-ever creators’ award show in the United States. The ceremony will take place on Dec. 18 live from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
  The TikTok Awards aim to celebrate a new era of creativity. The fan-voted awards will highlight creators in various categories, such as creator of the year, video of the year, breakthrough artist of the year, storyteller of the year, and the rising star of the year, which is sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics, a title spo
  
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• The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

  05-12-2025 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
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• Indiana House Republicans pass Trump-backed map, setting up high-stakes Senate fight

  05-12-2025 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press
  Indiana state House Republicans passed a new state congressional map Friday at the behest of President Donald Trump, advancing the legislation to the state Senate, where it is unclear if enough lawmakers will support its final passage.
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• No. 24 USC men’s basketball remains confident despite injuries

  05-12-2025 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  This season’s USC men’s basketball team isn’t quite what head coach Eric Musselman envisioned. He and his staff were confident in the roster they had built, but injuries have changed the look of the team.
  The confidence is still there.
  “There’s a camaraderie that’s like past teams that we’ve had that have won at a high level,” Musselman told reporters on a Thursday Zoom call. “They get along. And then there’s a pride in your role. A lot
  
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• Rosalía announces 2026 LUX Tour with Inglewood stop at the Kia Forum

  05-12-2025 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Rosalía has announced her largest headlining tour to date, unveiling the LUX Tour 2026, a 42-date arena run supporting her new record “LUX.”
  The global trek begins March 16 in Lyon, France, and will travel through 17 countries across Europe, North America, and Latin America before concluding September 3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The tour will include an Inglewood performance at the Kia Forum on June 29, 2026.
  The tour marks Rosalía’s first major outing since the 2
  
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• CSUF alum Raul R. Tapia mentors others to pay it forward

  05-12-2025 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  For many years, Cal State Fullerton alum Raúl R. Tapia has had a significant hand in creating success stories. That makes sense, given his altruistic nature and the fact that, having made his way from laboring in the Southern California lemon fields to advising a U.S. president in the White House, he himself is an extraordinary success story.
  Despite his achievements, Tapia, who earned a bachelor’s in political science in 1972, considers the help he’s given others to be among
  
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• Sixpence None the Richer brings Christmas show to La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

  05-12-2025 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  In an interview five-plus years ago, Leigh Nash was asked if she would ever consider joining another band, and if so, under what conditions. “I doubt it,” said the Sixpence None the Richer frontwoman. “Unless it was a band with Matt Slocum.”
  “I’m glad that I said that, because it’s definitely true that I wouldn’t do this with anyone else,” said Nash, who has regrouped with guitarist/cellist/songwriter Slocum (who joined Nash for the interview
  
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• Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released

  05-12-2025 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
  U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed federal law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the release of matters before a grand jury.
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• ‘We may be deporting the wrong people’: New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown

  05-12-2025 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By Wendy Fry | CalMatters
  If you found out your neighbor had a past criminal conviction, your knee-jerk reaction might be that you’d want them relocated.
  But what if that person committed a burglary in their late teens, served years in state prison, turned their life around, and now mentors at-risk youth?
  Do the details matter? Researchers found that they do.
  A new poll by Goodwin Simon Strategic Research examines California voters’ attitudes toward due process for immigrants with cr
  
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• A tale of two breads: OC bakers get ready for panettone season

  05-12-2025 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  It is, at long last, back.
  Panettone, the high-rise Milanese sweet bread with a tender, golden crumb and often studded with pearl sugar or chocolate and bejeweled with dried fruits and candied citrus, is synonymous with the Christmas season. This leavened loaf, which delightfully teeters into cake territory, has turned into something of a Moby Dick for many an American baker, a holiday challenge that allows them to earn their stripes.
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• This is the quietest amusement park I’ve ever visited

  05-12-2025 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Adventuredome at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas doesn’t have screaming thrill seekers, rumbling roller coasters, themed background music or any of the other sounds you’d expect to hear at an amusement park.
  The 5-acre indoor amusement park on the Las Vegas Strip is whisper quiet and strangely devoid of any noise.
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• Artst Wyland raises money for conservation work, takes art on the ocean

  05-12-2025 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Marine artist Wyland’s stated mission is simple – inspire through art and give people information so they can come up with creative ways to protect the environment.
  “It’s a beautiful thing when you see your message connect with people, especially the children, because they are going to inherit all these challenges. But I’m optimistic,” said the renowned marine artist, who launched his art career in Laguna Beach.
  The Wyland Foundation recently announced $250,00
  
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• Day 4 of Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing is postponed because he’s sick, judge says

  05-12-2025 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione’s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case was postponed Friday because the defendant is sick, his lawyers and the judge said.
  The hearing is slated to resume Monday.
  Mangione is seeking to exclude a gun, notebook and other items police officers say they found in his backpack when he was arrested Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan. He and his
  
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• Trump is meeting Mexican President Sheinbaum in person for the first time at World Cup draw

  05-12-2025 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is finally meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum.
  Their long-delayed first face-to-face discussion is focusing on next year’s World Cup — and side discussions about tariffs — but not immigration. That’s despite Trump’s push to crack down on the U.S.-Mexico border being his centerpiece issue, and the driving force in the relations between both countries.
  Trump has been
  
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• California’s disabled students face ‘terrifying’ special ed cuts after Trump changes

  05-12-2025 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters
  Sleep is a rare commodity at Lindsay Crain’s house. Most nights, she and her husband are up dozens of times, tending to their daughter’s seizures. The 16-year-old flails her arms, thrashes and kicks — sometimes for hours.
  But these days, that’s not the only thing keeping Crain awake. The Culver City mother worries about how President Donald Trump’s myriad budget cuts could strip their daughter of services she needs to go to school, live
  
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• What Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies

  05-12-2025 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press
  Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros., one of Hollywood’s oldest movie studios, poses seismic shifts to the entertainment industry and the future of moviegoing.
  As one of the remaining “big five” studios, the 102-year-old Warner Bros. is an essential part of movie theater business.
  The studio currently boasts three of the top five earning films domestically, including “A Minecraft Movie,” in first place, “Superman&rdquo
  
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• See 12 days of Christmas movies at Newport Beach’s historic Lido Theater

  05-12-2025 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  If you want to have an old-fashioned Christmas, then head to the historic Lido Theater in Newport Beach. This recently restored Art Deco showplace, opened in 1939, is holding its second annual “12 Days of Christmas Movies” festival, with a roster of classic holiday favorites every night.
  Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and shows start at 7 p.m. promptly, because there are no trailers. Tickets cost $12.50 each.  There’s free parking off of Finley Avenue, just after Via Lido, behind
  
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• FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport

  05-12-2025 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial soccer tournament even more of a Trumpian flair.
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• Putin and Modi hold talks and announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties

  05-12-2025 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By RAJESH ROY and AIJAZ HUSSAIN
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit and agreed to diversify mutual economic ties, as the United States presses India to revise its decades-old partnership with Russia.
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• Pope cancels Holy See fundraising commission announced under questionable circumstances

  05-12-2025 18:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press
  ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has taken his biggest step yet to correct one of Pope Francis’ more problematic financial moves, canceling a special Holy See fundraising commission that was announced under questionable circumstances while Francis was hospitalized.
  Leo on Thursday formally suppressed the fundraising commission, abrogated its statutes and fired its members. He decreed that its assets would go to the Holy See as a whole, and that the Vatica
  
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• Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

  05-12-2025 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members.
  The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration, which barred travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries a
  
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• Trump ventures deeper into anti-immigrant language by calling people from Somalia ‘garbage’

  05-12-2025 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURIE KELLMAN
  He said it four times in seven seconds: Somali immigrants in the United States are “garbage.”
  It was no mistake. In fact, President Donald Trump’s rhetorical attacks on immigrants have been building since he said Mexico was sending “rapists” across the border during his presidential campaign announcement a decade ago. He’s also echoed rhetoric once used by Adolf Hitler and called the 54 nations of Africa “s—-hole countries.”
  
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• What to know about the Eurovision Song Contest as Israel’s participation sparks walkouts

  05-12-2025 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press
  LONDON (AP) — The Eurovision Song Contest, which aims to be an upbeat celebration of music and unity, is facing the biggest crisis in its seven-decade history after four countries walked out of the competition over Israel’s participation and others weighed whether to join the boycott.
  Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia announced they will not take part in the 2026 contest in Vienna in May after organizers declined to expel
  
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• Disneyland diehard to set record with 15,000th ride on Radiator Springs Racers

  05-12-2025 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Diehard Disneyland fan Jon Hale will break his own record that he has held for more than a decade when he hops aboard Radiators Springs Racers for his 15,000th lap around Ornament Valley from the 2006 “Cars” animated film.
  “I don’t know of anyone who has done more rides on Radiator Springs Racers than I have,” Hale said via email.
  Hale will ride Radiator Springs Racers for the record-setting 15,000th time on Monday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. in Cars Land at Disney Californi
  
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• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor who performed in ‘Mortal Kombat,’ has died at 75

  05-12-2025 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a Tokyo-born actor known for his roles in the film “Mortal Kombat” and TV series “The Man in the High Castle” has died. He was 75.
  Tagawa died surrounded by his family in Santa Barbara from complications due to a stroke, his manager, Margie Weiner, confirmed on Thursday.
  “Cary was a rare soul: generous, thoughtful, and endlessly committed to his craft,” she said in an email. “His loss is immeasurab
  
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• Suspect in DC pipe bomb case said to have confessed in interviews with investigators, AP sources say

  05-12-2025 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
  Brian Cole Jr. also indicated that he believed the 2020 election was stolen and expressed views supportiv
  
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• Laguna Hills setting district map for future elections, Mission Viejo chooses staggered term limits

  05-12-2025 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Two South Orange cities recently made decisions on how voters will be choosing councilmembers in the 2026 elections.
  In Mission Viejo, elections will start being staggered again and in Laguna Hills, the city is set to transition to by-district elections with voters choosing a councilmember from their geographic area, versus the at-large elections that have been traditionally held.
  The Laguna Hills City Council is scheduled on Tuesday to hold a final public hearing to adopt the map for how the ci
  
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• World Cup match schedule to come into focus as draw begins at Kennedy Center

  05-12-2025 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By RONALD BLUM, HOWARD FENDRICH and NOAH TRISTER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2026 World Cup draw will begin Friday with a wintry feel as snow fell outside the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 189 days ahead of an expanded 48-nation tournament.
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• What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott

  05-12-2025 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By KIMBERLY CHANDLER and JAYLEN GREEN, Associated Press
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
  “Don’t ride the bus to work, to town, to school or any place on Monday,” the flyers read, urging people to attend a mass meeting that evening.
  There was a sense of urgency.
  
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