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• USC adds former five-star QB Sam Huard, nephew of QB coach Luke Huard

  06-01-2025 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A few years ago, Lincoln Riley might’ve panicked if he only had two quarterbacks in his room come December. Times have changed. This was a yearly occurrence, USC’s head coach reflected on National Signing Day, expressing faith in returning starter Jayden Maiava and highly-touted freshman Husan Longstreet heading into 2025.
  Still, Miller Moss was gone to the portal, and backup Jake Jensen. The room had no buffer, by sheer depth. And USC, Riley confirmed then, would
  
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• USC adds former 5-star QB Sam Huard, nephew of QB coach Luke Huard

  06-01-2025 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A few years ago, Lincoln Riley might have panicked if he only had two quarterbacks in his room come December. Times have changed. This was a yearly occurrence, USC’s head coach reflected on National Signing Day, expressing faith in returning starter Jayden Maiava and highly touted freshman Husan Longstreet heading into 2025.
  Still, Miller Moss was gone to the transfer portal, as was backup Jake Jensen. The room had no buffer, by sheer depth. And USC, Riley confirmed the
  
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• Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco among this week’s top boys basketball matchups

  06-01-2025 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  League play began for some Orange County high school basketball teams in recent weeks, but it really gets going this week.
  The schedule is loaded with outstanding matchups, including a showdown in the Trinity League between Mater Dei and St. John Bosco on Friday night at the Intuit Dome. That game is part of a new event, the Trinity-Mission League Showcase, being played at the new home for the Clippers.
  Among the many new-look leagues this season is the five-team Crestview League that consists o
  
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• Rams’ preparations for playoff opener vs. Vikings begin in earnest

  06-01-2025 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  After the Rams’ date with the Minnesota Vikings in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs was cemented Sunday night, Sean McVay turned in. He wanted to make sure he got a full eight hours before he went about the task at hand.
  “You want to make sure that we’re getting rolling,” McVay said over Zoom on Monday.
  The Rams (10-7) have a week to prepare for the Vikings (14-3), a team they beat in Week 8 and have plenty of familiarity with given the former Rams staffers now in
  
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• Chargers review: Are Justin Herbert and the offense peaking at the right time?

  06-01-2025 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  OK, so the competition was what it was, which wasn’t elite, but the Chargers’ offense sizzled during their three-game winning streak to end the regular season. They scored 34 points in a victory over the Denver Broncos, dropped 40 on the New England Patriots and another 34 on the Las Vegas Raiders.
  That’s — let’s see here — 108 total points for an average of 36 points per game during the most important stretch of the season to date. It’s quite a departur
  
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• Here’s where the Santa Ana wildfire threat will be highest this week

  06-01-2025 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index is warning Southern Californians of high risk conditions this week.
  Winds will increase on Tuesday, likely peaking Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, then weakening some on Thursday. It will be critically dry, and fire danger will be high. Be prepared.RELATED: Santa Ana winds could gust 60-90 mph in some Southern California areas, boosting fire danger
  Here are five tips to prepare your property for Santa Ana Winds from brightview.com.
  Here are more preparat
  
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• Orange County boys basketball stat leaders, Jan. 6

  06-01-2025 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County boys basketball stat leaders through Jan. 4.
  The leaderboards are based on stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  SCORINGName, school
  GP
  Pts
  PPG
  Brandon Benjamin, Canyon
  15
  457
  30.5
  Jaiden Sabino, Woodbridge
  8
  199
  24.9
  Sean Le, Westminster
  15
  368
  24.5
  Mason Hodges, San Juan Hills
  15
  365
  24.3
  Christian Fernandez, San Clemente
  17
  406
  23.9
  Christopher Trotter, Saddleback
  7
  165
  23.6
  Damian Navarro, Mi
  
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• Santa Ana winds could gust 60-90 mph in some Southern California areas, boosting fire danger

  06-01-2025 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A windstorm that forecasters described as potentially destructive and life-threatening will develop across Southern California Tuesday morning, dramatically raising the risk of wildfires for the next several days.
  “Residents across Southern California are urged to remain vigilant and monitor the latest forecasts,” the National Weather Service advised. “There is high confidence in strong offshore winds with the potential to be the strongest wind event of the season, especially f
  
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• Potentially destructive Santa Ana winds expected for LA County valleys and mountains, boosting fire danger

  06-01-2025 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A windstorm that forecasters described as potentially destructive and life-threatening will develop across Southern California Tuesday morning, dramatically raising the risk of wildfires for the next several days.
  “Residents across Southern California are urged to remain vigilant and monitor the latest forecasts,” the National Weather Service advised. “There is high confidence in strong offshore winds with the potential to be the strongest wind event of the season, especially f
  
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• Louisiana person is the first US bird flu death, health officials say

  06-01-2025 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms.
  Louisiana health officials announced the death on Monday.
  Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. They also said a genetic analysis had suggested the bird flu virus had mutated inside the
  
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• Which NFL coaches were fired after the 2024-25 regular season?

  06-01-2025 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  New England’s Jerod Mayo and Jacksonville’s Doug Pederson are two NFL coaches who are out of a job while New York Giants coach Brian Daboll is among those who look like they will be back next fall.
  It’s the day after the NFL’s regular season, which usually means a tough day for coaches as underachieving teams move quickly to make changes.
  Mayo was fired on Sunday after the team’s win over the Buffalo Bills, ending his tenure after just one season
  
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• Minneapolis OKs police reform deal with US government in wake of George Floyd’s murder

  06-01-2025 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require reforms within the city’s police department under long-term court supervision.
  The agreement, known as a consent decree, has been under negotiation since the Department of Justice issued a scathing critique of the city’s police in June 2023. The report alleged that police sys
  
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• Part-time Huntington Beach actor who solicited investments for phony COVID cure gets 8 years

  06-01-2025 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  A part-time actor from Huntington Beach convicted of soliciting investments for a phony COVID cure in the midst of the pandemic was sentenced on Monday, Jan. 6, to eight years, two months in federal prison.
  Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 57, was also fined $25,000 a year after a jury convicted him of 11 counts of wire fraud in connection to a company peddling a bogus cure and treatment for COVID during the early days of the pandemic.
  In March 2020, Middlebrook — whose screen credits include b
  
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• McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals

  06-01-2025 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press
  McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions.
  McDonald’s is the latest to shift its tactics in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling and the conservative backlash that followed. Walmart, John Deere, Harley-Davidson and others have also rolled back diversity programs.
  McDonald’s said Monday that it planned to retire specific goals for
  
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• UCLA football breakdown: How the Bruins look at the skill positions

  06-01-2025 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The UCLA football program has seen a lot of movement in its skill positions since the start of the offseason.
  The receivers will have a new position coach and passing game coordinator in Burl Toler III, who spent the last seven seasons at Cal Berkeley, in addition to new offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri.
  “Watching Coach Toler’s receivers on the field, I liked how they approached every snap,” head coach DeShaun Foster said in a press release. “He not
  
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• Healthcare shipments a $20 billion lifeline for UPS as it looks to defy slowdown

  06-01-2025 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Cailley LaPara | Bloomberg
  United Parcel Service Inc. has been quietly building a health-care empire to offset stagnating revenue in its core package-delivery business.
  Specialized logistics services, unlike standard brown-box delivery, have appealing profit margins. A customer who needs injectable medicines shipped overnight in a refrigerated box is willing to pay a hefty premium.
  “You’re maybe getting $300 on that shipment at the same cost of delivering, say, a J. Crew box
  
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• Newsom’s biggest unfinished project – health care – complicated by Trump

  06-01-2025 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc | KFF Health News
  Six years after he entered office vowing to be California’s “health care governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding to safety net services for the state’s neediest residents while engineering rules to make health care more accessible and affordable for all Californians.
  More than a million California residents living in the U.S. without authorization now qualify for Medi-Cal, the stat
  
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• Ducks’ Troy Terry named NHL’s Second Star of the Week

  06-01-2025 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Dreams deferred and deals denied came to define the Ducks during their absence from the postseason, which began in 2019, but a reshaped roster, renewed commitment to its talent and the NHL’s Second Star of the Week have all provided promise of late.
  Ahead of Tuesday’s confrontation with the team directly above them in the Pacific Division, the Calgary Flames, Troy Terry garnered recognition from the NHL.
  His six points and four goals, including an OT winner in Winnipeg, allowed him t
  
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• Orange County girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei surges to No. 1, Jan. 6

  06-01-2025 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowGIRLS WATER POLO
  Orange County Top 10 rankings
  (Records through Sunday, Jan. 5)
  1. Mater Dei (7-1): The Monarchs earned the top spot after defeating Orange Lutheran in the semifinals en route to their first Holiday Cup title.
  Previous ranking: 2
  2. Orange Lutheran (8-1): The Lancers bounced back from their loss in the semifinals to beat Oaks Christian 12-9 in the third-place match at the Holiday Cup.
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• Winter weather can disrupt. Here’s what to do if your flight is canceled

  06-01-2025 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Winter weather often causes flight delays and cancellations. While airlines can’t control the weather, they are required in the U.S. to provide refunds to customers whose flights are canceled. Here’s what to know about your rights, and what to know when cancellations start piling up:
  Keep an eye on weather forecasts
  Related ArticlesTravel | 6 tips to keep teenagers happy on vacationTravel | Teachers get free annual passes to SeaWorld San DiegoTravel | Climate change-driven weather ri
  
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• Doug McIntyre: A second look at Jimmy Carter

  06-01-2025 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By any standard, the late James Earl Carter led a remarkable life. If nothing else, the act of living to 100 makes him demographically interesting. But when you throw in a degree in engineering, captain of a nuclear submarine, governor of Georgia, president of the United States, architect of the Camp David Accords, his work with Habitat for Humanity, establishing The Carter Center in Atlanta, authoring 32 bestselling books, a 77-year marriage, with a Nobel Peace Prize to boot, this humble peanut
  
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• How drinking alcohol can affect your health

  06-01-2025 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By CARLA K. JOHNSON
  With the new year comes Dry January and a new surgeon general’s advisory on alcohol and cancer risk.
  Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods have thrown cold water on that.
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• Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed

  06-01-2025 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs.
  Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will also put strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a loo
  
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• Santa Ana police arrest man on suspicion of deadly stabbing at McDonald’s

  06-01-2025 20:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Police have arrested a suspect on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 43-year-old man outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Santa Ana, authorities said.
  Officers responded to reports of a stabbing around 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, and found the victim unresponsive with a stab wound to his upper torso in the parking lot of the McDonald’s at 3810 S. Bristol St.
  The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
  Officers learned that a woman had also been assaulted by a ma
  
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• A soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world’s oldest living person at nearly 117

  06-01-2025 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan.
  Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn’t think she would survive childhood, Cleber Canabarro, her 84-year-old nephew, told The Associated Press.
  LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks supercentenarians around the globe, released a statement on Saturday declaring the wheelchair-bound nun
  
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• Orange County restaurants opening in 2025 to put on your radar

  06-01-2025 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  While Orange County’s dining landscape suffered a series of losses in 2024 (Felix Continental Cafe and Maizano were two unfortunate surprises), a bonanza of restaurants are on the horizon for the coming year. From new Truly Pizza and Vox Kitchen locations to an L.A. pizza staple making its first foray into OC and Heritage Barbecue’s Daniel Castillo’s new concept, 2025 promises a fresh wave of dining destinations. Will they survive? Only time, and the discerning diner, will tell
  
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• Perry, real-life inspiration for Donkey character in ‘Shrek,’ dies at age 30

  06-01-2025 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Perry, the beloved real-life stand-in for the “Shrek” donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy, has died.
  He was 30.
  The donkey’s handlers announced his passing on Instagram, detailing that it was from an incurable hoof disease.
  “We are heartbroken to share that our beloved Barron Park donkey, Perry, passed away yesterday at the age of 30,” the Barron Park Donkey Project, where he lived before and after his movie-star years, wrote. “He was a beloved member of our communi
  
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• Galaxy trades defender Jalen Neal to CF Montreal for General Allocation Money, international roster slot

  06-01-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Jalen Neal started his Galaxy journey in the Academy at the U-13 level, eventually climbing to the first team in 2023.
  Monday, Neal’s time with the club came to an end as the Galaxy traded the 21-year-old defender to CF Montreal for $650,000 in General Allocation Money and a 2025 international roster spot. The Galaxy will receive $450,000 in GAM for 2025 and $200,000 for 2026.
  The move should give the Galaxy some much-needed salary cap relief ahead of the 2025 season.
  Neal, a Lakewood nati
  
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• Fubo merging with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV

  06-01-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Michelle F. Davis, Lucas Shaw and Christopher Palmeri | Bloomberg
  Walt Disney Co. and streaming provider FuboTV agreed to combine their online live TV businesses, creating the second-biggest digital pay-TV provider.
  As part of the transaction, Disney will fold its Hulu + Live TV business into Fubo, creating a new venture that will be 70% owned by Disney and the rest by Fubo, Disney said in a statement on Monday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report. With a combined 6.2 million subscribers i
  
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• Berkshire-owned lender sued by CFPB over ‘unaffordable’ home loans

  06-01-2025 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By Paige Smith | Bloomberg
  A lender owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. knowingly issued “unaffordable” home mortgages by ignoring the insufficient income or assets of some borrowers, a top financial regulator alleged in a lawsuit Monday.
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance Inc. in US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, claiming the firm’s lending process “ignored clear and obvious red flags
  
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• Recipe: Shrimp, Tomato and Basil Pasta is an easy and delicious weeknight dinner

  06-01-2025 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Shrimp and pasta are alluring partners, the shrimp lending a subtle sweetness and slight saltiness to the starchiness of the tender pasta. Tomatoes, fresh basil and garlic come to the party, too, making this quick-to-prepare dish a weeknight winner.
  Should the petit “tail” shells be removed? I save time by using defrosted frozen shrimp that is shelled and deveined but still have their tail shells in place. I figure that weeknight diners can cut off the shell-on tiny tails, but feel f
  
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• What to know about the Meta glasses the New Orleans attacker used to scout the French Quarter

  06-01-2025 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The man who drove a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing 14, had previously scouted the French Quarter and recorded video with his Meta smart glasses, the FBI said.
  On Oct. 31, Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded video with the glasses as he cycled through the French Quarter and plotted the attack, said Lyonel Myrthil, FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office. Jabbar also wore the glasses, which are capable of livestreaming
  
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• Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have wider privacy concerns

  06-01-2025 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By BERNARD CONDON
  NEW YORK (AP) — Your car is spying on you.
  That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that Tesla collected on the driver of one of its Cybertrucks that exploded in Las Vegas earlier this week. Privacy data experts say the deep dive by Elon Musk’s company was impressive, but also shines a spotlight on a difficult question as vehicles become less like cars and more like computers on wheels.
  Related ArticlesNational News | What to know about the Meta glasses the
  
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• Disneyland sold out on last day of holiday season

  06-01-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Throngs of Disneyland fans eager to see the Merriest Place on Earth decked out for the holidays on the final day of the Christmas season have forced the Anaheim theme parks to hang a “sold out” sign on the front gates.
  Disneyland and Disney California Adventure reservations for single day tickets and all annual passholders are unavailable for Monday, Jan. 6 — a rare occurrence in the reservation era of the parks.
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• Will TikTok be banned this month? The question is making content creators anxious

  06-01-2025 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. and HALELUYA HADERO
  Will TikTok be banned this month?
  That’s the pressing question keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision that could upend their livelihoods. The fate of the popular app will be decided by the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over a law requiring TikTok to break ties with its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, or face a U.S. ban.
  At the heart of the case is whether the law violate
  
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• Fewer than 1 in 1,000 US adolescents receive gender-affirming medications, researchers find

  06-01-2025 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer
  As U.S. lawmakers debate issues around health care for transgender youth, it’s been difficult to determine the number of young people receiving gender-affirming medications, leaving room for exaggerated and false claims.
  Now, a medical journal has published the most reliable estimate yet and the numbers are low, reflecting more clearly on medical practices now being weighed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  Fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. adolescents with commerc
  
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• 2 Huntington Beach library ballot initiatives have gathered enough signatures to force public vote

  06-01-2025 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach has two ballot initiatives related to the city’s libraries that have qualified with enough signatures, both reactions to actions the City Council has taken over the last few years.
  The first initiative seeks to repeal a city law that allowed Huntington Beach to create a children’s library book review board. The second would make it harder for the city’s public library operations to be privatized, a response to council discussions early last year.
  The city has n
  
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• Soul stars The Stylistics bring their smooth R&B hits, plus a few surprises, to The Wiltern

  06-01-2025 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been almost two decades since their last album, but with a little help from some very famous friends, soul stars The Stylistics are back with a new 21-track record that’s taking the veteran band in a surprising direction with new music that features elements of pop and even country sounds.
  And some of the band members admit that even after nearly 60 years of making music, they’re a little nervous about this new sound.
  “We have kind of an already set and established s
  
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• Lawmakers brace for Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons. Some are urging restraint

  06-01-2025 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEVIN FREKING
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has a new focus as lawmakers brace for the prospect that President-elect Donald Trump may soon pardon many of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes for their actions related to the riot.
  Trump said he would issue pardons to rioters on “Day 1” of his presidency, which begins Jan. 20. “Most likely, I’ll do it very quickly,” he said recently on NBC’s &ldqu
  
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• Status Update: French bakery Tous les Jours debuts in Brea; senior-living tower coming to Irvine

  06-01-2025 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The French-inspired bakery Tous les Jours opened recently in Brea, offering 300 types of pastries, cakes and desserts baked in-store daily. (Photo courtesy of Tous les Jours)
  The French-inspired bakery Tous les Jours opened recently in Brea, offering 300 types of pastries, cakes and desserts baked in-store daily. (Photo courtesy of Tous les Jours)
  The French-inspired bakery Tous les Jours opened recently in Brea, offering 300 types of pastries, cakes and desserts baked in-store daily. (Photo cou
  
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• The New Year is the same as the Old Year

  06-01-2025 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The Romans set January as the first month of the year. Originally, March had been the start of the new year. But the early Roman kings, before the republic, moved it to coincide with Janus, a two-faced god who looked backward with an old face and forward with a young face. Julius Caesar realigned Roman governance around January being the start of a new year of governance.
  The reality, however, is it is arbitrary and we have all given great psychological importance to it. The pagans of Rome engag
  
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• Biden says Americans shouldn’t forget the 2021 Capitol attack but there won’t be a repeat this time

  06-01-2025 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT
  President Joe Biden is decrying what he calls an “unrelenting effort” to downplay a mob of Donald Trump supporters overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 election — seeking to contrast that day’s chaos with what he promises will be an orderly transition returning Trump to power for a second term.
  In an opinion piece published Sunday in The Washington Post, Biden recalled Jan. 6, 2021, writing that “violent insu
  
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• Deadline has passed to use federal COVID relief aid, here’s some of how communities benefited

  06-01-2025 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Local governments had until the end of the year to use millions in federal relief dollars received during the height of the coronavirus pandemic; in Orange County, much of the one-time funding went toward the pandemic response and services intended to support the county’s most vulnerable residents as well as new construction and community needs.
  In 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, a $1.9 trillion economic relief plan with aid for citizens, businesses
  
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• Deadline has passed for county, cities to use federal COVID relief aid, here’s some of how communities benefited

  06-01-2025 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Local governments had until the end of the year to use millions in federal relief dollars received during the height of the coronavirus pandemic; in Orange County, much of the one-time funding went toward the pandemic response and services intended to support the county’s most vulnerable residents as well as new construction and community needs.
  In 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, a $1.9 trillion economic relief plan with aid for citizens, businesses
  
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• Shake up your workouts with the best vibration platform machines

  06-01-2025 16:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Which vibration platform machine is best?
  Most people don’t like exercising. It can be difficult to find the time and energy, and the exertion can be painful. With a vibration platform machine, you can avoid most of the exertion while stimulating your body in a healthy and engaging way.
  The best vibration platform machine is the LifePro Waver Vibration Plate Exercise Machine. It’s perfect for users of all levels thanks to its large range of vibration speeds and many included accessor
  
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• Sacramento Snapshot: The legislature is back to work, and we’re tracking these bills from OC legislators

  06-01-2025 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Legislature is back in session today, Monday, Jan. 6, and we’re kicking off this year’s work by tracking some early bills from Orange County’s legislators.
  While it’s still early in the legislative process, many lawmakers already have begun the process of filing bills.
  Sacramento Snapshot
  Editor’s note: Sacramento Snapshot is a weekly series during the legislative session detailing what Orange County’s representatives in the Assembly a
  
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• Harris will oversee certification of her defeat to Trump four years after he sparked Capitol attack

  06-01-2025 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRIS MEGERIAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday is set to preside over the certification of her defeat to Donald Trump four years after he tried to stop the very process that will now return him to the White House.
  In a video message, Harris described her role as a “sacred obligation” to ensure the peaceful transfer of power.
  “As we have seen, our democracy can be fragile,” she said. “And it is up to each of us to s
  
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• Why falling mortgage rates can signal bad news

  06-01-2025 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  “Numerology” tries to find reality within various economic and real estate trends measurements.
  Buzz: Why do real estate people root for falling mortgage rates?
  Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed stats on home loans, home prices, jobs and inflation dating to 1976. By the way, that was the year Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died Dec. 29 at age 100, was elected to the White House.
  Fuzzy math: Cheaper mortgages may increase affordability but frequently occur when economi
  
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• A white wicker bassinet bought in 1934 is still in use 130 babies later

  06-01-2025 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Athena Richmond Graves spent most of 2024 carrying on a legacy that dates back five generations.
  And all she had to do was that thing babies do effortlessly: Lie around and sleep.
  Athena is the 130th child to spend infancy in a white wicker bassinet that has embraced babies since 1934.
  First purchased from a Los Angeles merchant by the family that founded Watson’s Drugs & Soda Fountain in Old Towne Orange, the bassinet has been passed around among relatives, neighbors, business acquain
  
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• Remembering KNAC, the pure rock heavy metal radio station of the ’80s and ’90s

  06-01-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Often in radio, the smaller stations are the most interesting. Case in point is KNAC (now KBUE, 105.5 FM). Licensed to Long Beach, the little station set the standard for creative programming during its rock and roll tenure.
  Even the history of KNAC is interesting. The construction permit was actually issued to Saul Levine — an early pioneer in FM broadcasting —  in 1957. Levine sold the permit to Long Beach FM Broadcasting and instead launched KBCA (now KKGO-FM, 105.1) from Mou
  
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