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• 2017 NFL draft position preview: Tight ends

  18-04-2017 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Alabama underused tight end O.J. Howard last season, most draft analysts agree. That won’t surprise many who watched USC play at the start of this decade.
  Alabama’s offensive coordinator, Lane Kiffin, seemed averse to throwing to tight ends when he coached the Trojans, and while Howard could have enjoyed a higher profile for the Crimson Tide last season, NFL personnel types certainly weren’t scared away.
  Howard is certain to be the first tight end off the board, and a high-firs
  
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• Anaheim police pursuit ends with 3-vehicle collision and bystander killed

  22-01-2026 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  A person who police said was an innocent bystander was killed in a three-vehicle collision in Placentia during a police pursuit.
  Officers with the Anaheim Police Department were conducting a “law-enforcement operation” around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, when its pursuit began, Anaheim Sgt. Eric Anderson said.
  The suspect drove into nearby Placentia, Anderson said, with the pursuit ending at Bradford and Madison avenues — where the suspect’s vehicle collided with two oth
  
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• A breakdown of how Oscar best picture nominees fared at the box office and which studios dominated

  22-01-2026 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Warner Bros. had a big morning when the 98th annual Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday.
  The studio behind films like “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” received 30 nominations for this year’s Oscars, which will be presented March 15 in Los Angeles.
  Combined, this year’s best picture nominees have earned nearly $1.4 billion at the global box office, according to figures provided by Comscore.
  Here’s a breakdown of the best picture nomi
  
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• Wildfire insurance battles: California bills propose consumer-friendly regulations

  22-01-2026 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters
  Jen Egan is still dealing with the aftermath of the Palisades Fire that damaged the home of her 83-year-old father, Paul, last January.
  That has meant more than a year of going back and forth with State Farm, which has assigned three different claims adjusters to their case. Egan also hired a public adjuster to help her navigate the process, who she says has been a “saving grace.”
  Egan and her father have received some payouts and are preparing to make
  
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• Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles

  22-01-2026 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By DÁNICA COTO
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars, as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid.
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• High-protein craze is reaching new heights in 2026

  22-01-2026 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants usually offer healthy food items at the beginning of the year, but 2026 has seen some extra intensity.
  They are promoting protein, which has become a “cultural obsession,” according to an August report on PBS.
  The National Restaurant Association predicts protein add-ons will continue to be huge in its “What’s Hot Culinary Forecast” for 2026. “Diners of all kinds are exploring the physical benefits of protein-rich diets, including muscle building an
  
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• Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review

  22-01-2026 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILSON MCMAKIN
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said Thursday.
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• Paramount extends its deadline for its Warner Bros. tender offer, again

  22-01-2026 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Skydance-owned Paramount is again extending the tender offer window in its $77.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while doubling down on a coming proxy fight.
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• Trump’s European threats could cause lasting damage to US standing in the world

  22-01-2026 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN SLOAN and MATT BROWN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely a month into his presidency, Joe Biden had a message for Europe.
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• Daxon: So long redevelopment agencies helping revitalize, hello sales tax sharing

  22-01-2026 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  For many years, Brea had a Redevelopment Agency that used property tax money to help cities fund renovation projects all around town. The premise of the RDA was to redevelop blighted areas, revitalize others and create more affordable housing.
  It was RDA funds that helped transform Birch Street and Brea Boulevard from a tired area into the sparkling Brea Downtown it is today. Affordable apartments were built with RDA funds, plus other modernization projects all around town.
  The other shopping ce
  
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• We tried Applebee’s O-M-Cheese Burger; here’s what you get

  22-01-2026 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  January is a month when many restaurants promote low-fat, low-calorie, nonalcoholic choices for diners with new year’s resolutions to eat healthy.
  Then there’s places like Applebee’s, where on a recent visit the parking lot smelled like onion rings.
  Perhaps you’ve seen its commercials for an item called the O-M-Cheese Burger, possibly the Glendale-based chain’s most attention-grabbing ads since “Fancy Like” in 2021 with Walker Hayes singing about Applebe
  
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• Complete list of 2026 Oscar nominees

  22-01-2026 17:16 via ocregister.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — This year’s class of Oscar nominees has been announced. Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” led all films Thursday with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards, setting a record for the most in Oscar history. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was second in the tally with 13 nominations.
  Here is a full list of nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards, which will be presented March 15 in Los Angeles:Best picture
  
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• 4 truly awful trees you should not plant in your yard or garden

  22-01-2026 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I am looking at trees to plant in my yard. Are there any specific ones that I should avoid?
  Here are some truly awful trees that I recommend against planting. Most of these are on the invasive species list. Unfortunately, this does not mean that you won’t be able to find them for sale in local garden centers or nurseries.
  Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) – This tree can reach over 80 feet and grows quickly in poor, dry soils. It has smooth bark and very large, tropical-looking
  
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• Oscar nominations snubs and surprises: Paul Mescal and Ariana Grande among biggest oversights

  22-01-2026 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press
  After such a strong year for movies, the brutal limitations of Oscar nominations were bound to have some big omissions. But there were several genuine shockers Thursday morning, including widely expected nominees like Ariana Grande and Paul Mescal missing out on nods in their respective acting categories. In some cases, that meant room for long overdue recognition, as with Delroy Lindo, who earned his first nomination for “Sinners.”
  Here are the bigg
  
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• Your guide to ‘Heated Rivalry’ events taking over Southern California

  22-01-2026 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  In just a few months, “Heated Rivalry” has grown from a buzzy streaming series into one of the most communal fandoms unfolding in real time.
  “Heated Rivalry” first debuted on the Canadian streaming platform Crave, where it built early momentum through word of mouth before being picked up by HBO Max for wider international distribution. That jump introduced the hockey romance to a much larger audience and almost immediately, the series took on a life of its own, spreading
  
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• Islamic Society of Orange County celebrates 50 years and ’50 more’

  22-01-2026 16:33 via ocregister.com
  
  When Hassan Mukhlis’s parents emigrated from Pakistan in the 1980s, they landed in Santa Ana and later purchased a home in Garden Grove, next to the Islamic Society of Orange County.
  “I’ve been here my whole life,” said Mukhlis, a public defender and president of what is now the largest Muslim community center in Southern California. “I’ve been at ISOC essentially, since birth, you would say.”
  Mukhlis’s uncle helped bring the society to life in 197
  
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• Prices ticked up in November as Americans keep spending a key inflation measure shows

  22-01-2026 16:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated.
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• Fish cakes and Birmingham greens were a hit at the Harlem EatUp! festival

  22-01-2026 16:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCUS SAMUELSSON, Voracious
  The green salad in this recipe calls for two types of greens, turnip and mustard. A mess of greens, whether they be turnip, collard or mustard, have been staples in the homes of African Americans for hundreds of years.
  Collard leaves are large; mustards have a slightly peppery taste; and turnips are a little bitter.
  Mashama Bailey, executive chef and partner at The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, is one of the most important chefs in the country. This is a dish similar
  
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• States race to launch rural health transformation plans

  22-01-2026 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sarah Jane Tribble, Arielle Zionts and Maia Rosenfeld, KFF Health News
  Imagine starting the new year with the promise of at least a $147 million payout from the federal government.
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• Mike Hestrin: Proposition 36 is working but the state must fund treatment

  22-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  With the overwhelming passage of Proposition 36 in November 2024, California voters sent a clear message to state lawmakers: it is time to end the public safety and public health crises of untreated addiction and rampant retail theft.Proposition 36 enacted a transformative approach targeting these issues, mandating treatment programs for those suffering from addiction and increasing penalties for repeat theft offenders and those peddling deadly drugs like fentanyl. While early signs of success a
  
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• Health insurance increase of $1,100 (or around $4,000 for a family of 4) creates big questions

  22-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Jorge Destrade says nearly a year of “political hot air” morphed into some harsh financial reality this month, when he learned that the annual bill for his family’s health insurance will jump by about $4,200.
  “I’ve got to answer a lot of questions I really wish I didn’t have to deal with,” said Destrade, a 58-year-old movie grip who lives in Echo Park.
  “I’ve been trying to catch up on retirement. I was sick for several years and thought I was
  
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• Federal officers detain a 5-year-old boy who school official says was used as ‘bait’

  22-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By HALLIE GOLDEN, Associated Press
  A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family’s lawyer said, making him the latest child caught up in the immigration enforcement surge that has riled the Twin Cities in recent weeks.
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• 4 in 5 small businesses had cyberattacks last year and almost half of those were AI powered

  22-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  One more reason things cost more today: cybercrime.
  A survey by the Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based education and victim resource nonprofit, found that 38% of small businesses hit by a cyberscam or breach in the previous 12 months passed those losses to customers by raising prices.
  Another key finding: Cybercrime against small businesses is increasingly fueled by artificial intelligence.
  “The era of predictable, human-scale threats has been superseded by a new reality of
  
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• The woman who led a protest at a Minnesota church service has been arrested, Bondi says

  22-01-2026 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday,
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• A woman who led a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service has been arrested

  22-01-2026 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday.
  Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn. where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
  Bondi announced the arrest of
  
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• Home prices dip in 44% of OC. How did your ZIP do?

  22-01-2026 15:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The median selling price for homes dipped year over year in 44% of Orange County ZIP codes, according to Attom.
  Looking at the 85 local ZIP codes with comparable sales in November 2025, prices increased in the past year in 48 and decreased in 37.
  The priciest ZIP, among those with five or more sales was Newport Coast 92657, with a $5.54 million median. The lowest was Laguna Woods 92637 at $545,000.
  Sales were up in 30 ZIPs, down in 44, and unchanged in 11. Busiest ZIP? Laguna Niguel, 92677, had
  
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• South OC Cars and Coffee gets council support to cruise on at Outlets at San Clemente

  22-01-2026 15:23 via ocregister.com
  
  South OC Cars and Coffee has become a community staple, its supporters told the San Clemente City Council, a gathering that each week draws more than 1,000 visitors, who also help fuel business and tourism in town.
  And, for now, it can continue unchanged, councilmembers agreed this week.
  A public hearing about the future of South OC Cars and Coffee was held by city leaders on Tuesday, Jan. 21, drawing more than 50 supporters who spoke about the beloved event hosted at the Outlets at San Clemente
  
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• Laguna Beach church revamps affordable housing project

  22-01-2026 15:21 via ocregister.com
  
  A Laguna Beach church proposing to use part of its property for an affordable housing project has revised the plans it is submitting to the city.
  Neighborhood Congregational Church, a non-denominational church near downtown, had submitted a 44-unit project to the city last spring, but The Rev. Rod Echols said Wednesday, Jan. 21, that the proposal will now be for 28 affordable units and a manager’s unit.
  Also, a proposal to demolish the original sanctuary and build a Spirit Center has been
  
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• Homicide rate declines sharply in dozens of US cities, a new report shows

  22-01-2026 15:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press
  Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice.
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• As Republicans embrace Big Government, they are becoming ‘Depublicans’

  22-01-2026 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For some years now, conservatives who believe in free markets and limited government have been labeled RINOs—”Republicans in name only”—as GOP liberals or moderates have historically been known. The MAGA movement flings this term as an insult and a signal that respecting the realities of supply and demand instead of endorsing price controls is a character flaw.
  But after watching the last few weeks unfold, it’s hard not to ask this: If believing in markets makes you
  
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