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• Edison girls soccer’s Riley Crooks excited for early college enrollment after ‘dream’ career

  09-01-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHUNTINGTON BEACH — Riley Crooks operates at a different speed on the soccer pitch. The Edison senior bursts past opposing players, and her acceleration doesn’t stop there.
  Crooks departs on Friday to enroll early at Texas A & M, where she has signed to play for the Aggies’ women’s soccer team.
  It’s a bold move on the Orange County high school girls soccer scene, especiall
  
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• Horse racing notes: Cal Cup turf race at Santa Anita draws tough field

  09-01-2025 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Sunday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Juan Hernandez / 12
  Flavien Prat / 11
  Umberto Rispoli / 8
  Tiago Pereira / 5
  Frankie Dettori / 5
  Kazushi Kimura / 5
  Trainers / Wins
  Bob Baffert / 7
  Mark Glatt / 6
  Phil D’Amato / 5
  Michael McCarthy / 5
  Jeff Mullins / 4
  UPCOMING STAKES
  SANTA ANITA
  Saturday
  • $175,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic, 4-year-olds and up, 1⅛ (turf)
  • $175,000 California Chrome California Cup Derby, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles
  • $175,000 Leigh Ann H
  
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• Santa Anita cites fires, smoke in postponing Friday’s races

  09-01-2025 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Anita has postponed its Friday thoroughbred racing card until Thursday, Jan. 16, citing a forecast for continued poor air quality in the Arcadia area because of smoke from the nearby Eaton fire and other blazes in Los Angeles County.
  A decision will be made Friday about whether to race Saturday, when the California Cup program of stakes for Cal-bred horses is scheduled, track management said.
  Morning training was canceled Wednesday and curtailed Thursday. A message to horsemen said a decis
  
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• Catastrophic weather drives insured losses to highest since 2017

  09-01-2025 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By Stephan Kahl | Bloomberg
  As 2025 begins with wildfires wreaking devastation across Los Angeles County , it’s now clear that insured losses from natural catastrophes last year soared to the highest since 2017.
  At $140 billion, insured losses globally were more than double the 30-year average of roughly $60 billion, according to industry data compiled by Munich Re and published in a report on Thursday.
  Also see:  Southern California wildfires add to growing worries about homeowner in
  
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• No. 22 UCLA men’s basketball looks to shed ‘soft’ label

  09-01-2025 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a term that can be so negative for an athlete or a team. Now imagine being called “soft” by your own coach.
  That was the adjective an exasperated Mick Cronin used to describe his No. 22 UCLA men’s basketball team after its 94-75 trouncing by No. 24 Michigan on Tuesday night at Pauley Pavilion.
  Now the Bruins, armed with three days to reflect and regroup, take to the road to shake that label with a pair of Big Ten games against Maryland and Rutgers.
  Cronin didn’
  
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• More people are living in riskiest wildfire zones

  09-01-2025 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kendra Pierre-Louis | Bloomberg
  Tens of thousands of people have fled as wildfires spread across the Los Angeles region.
  What ignited the Palisades and Eaton fires — the two main blazes — is still under investigation, but weather conditions have helped fuel their spread. So, too, has where they ignited, in what experts call the wildland-urban or WUI interface.
  An increasing number of people around the US now live in that transition zone where open lands meet human development, and
  
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• When will California’s Great America close? 7 signs the end is near

  09-01-2025 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The countdown clock to extinction has been ticking ever since California’s Great America announced plans to shut its doors forever without revealing an exact closing date for the Northern California amusement park.
  Will 2025 be the final season for the Bay Area’s Disneyland? Will Great America get to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2026? Or will the park surprise everyone and stick around until 2033?
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• Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students

  09-01-2025 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.
  In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it was “fatally” tainted by legal shortcomings. The rule had already been halted in 26 stat
  
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• Mt. Wilson threatened by spread of Eaton fire

  09-01-2025 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eaton fire, which officials said had slowed as of Thursday morning, Jan. 9, has spread to Mt. Wilson, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
  Flames had reached the base of Mt. Wilson late Thursday morning, department spokesperson Carlos Herrera said. Authorities could not say what or how many structures are threatened by the spread, such as communication towers and the Mount Wilson Observatory.
  “We have numerous aircraft working in the area at the moment,” Herrera said. &ld
  
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• 20 suspected looters arrested in Southern California fire zones

  09-01-2025 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Twenty people have been arrested in the various Los Angeles-area fire zones for allegedly looting in the ravaged areas, authorities said Thursday as they vowed to crack down on any criminal activity tied to the disaster.
  “This is simply unacceptable,” Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger said. “… I promise you — you will be held accountable. Shame on those who are preying on our residents at this time of crisis.”
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• Can California legislators keep ICE out of the state’s schools?

  09-01-2025 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  California lawmakers are proposing steps to protect K-12 students and families from mass deportations — although the real value of those proposals may be symbolic.A pair of bills in the California state legislature — AB 49 and SB 48 — aim to keep federal agents from detaining undocumented students or their families on or near school property without a warrant. The bills are a response to President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to deport undocumented immigrants, a move which
  
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• ALTer Ego Festival canceled amid Southern California wildfires

  09-01-2025 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2025 ALTer Ego festival, set to feature headliners like Cage the Elephant and Glass Animals, has been canceled due to the devastating wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles. The event was scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 11 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood.
  In a statement posted on social media, festival organizers expressed their sorrow over the decision: “It is with heavy hearts that we report that we will be canceling our ALTer Ego show this Saturday at the KIA Forum. The devastation
  
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• Kings, with fires front of mind, go to Canada for back-to-back set

  09-01-2025 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Just as the Kings began to close the gap between their home and road schedules, they had a home game postponed Wednesday ahead of a back-to-back set that will kick off a five-game road trip Friday.
  It was a challenge to focus on the ice with fires raging around the Los Angeles area, which led to Wednesday’s postponement.
  “In my 20 years here, I’ve never seen anything even remotely close. Yeah, there are fires but not in a populated area where people are losing lives and losing
  
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• How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers

  09-01-2025 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By CORA LEWIS
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or business loans, according to a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized Tuesday.
  Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to increase the credit scores of millions of families by an average of 20 points, the bureau said. The CFPB says its research showed t
  
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• Dodgers trade former top prospect Diego Cartaya to Twins

  09-01-2025 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have traded faded prospect Diego Cartaya to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for a 20-year-old minor-league pitcher.
  The 23-year-old Cartaya was the top-rated international prospect when he signed for a $2.5 million bonus from the Dodgers in July 2018. He quickly started appearing in rankings of the top prospects in baseball. But his performance drifted farther from his perceived potential as injuries stalled his development.
  The Venezuelan catcher was designated f
  
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• Disney Imagineers who built Disneyland lost their homes in Altadena fire

  09-01-2025 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Generations of Walt Disney Imagineers who conceived, designed and built the attractions and lands at Disneyland and Disney theme parks around the world lost their homes in the Eaton Fire that destroyed large swaths of Altadena.
  Former Imagineer Joe Rohde took to Instagram on Wednesday, Jan. 8 to remember his time in the Altadena neighborhood and mourn the loss of countless homes owned by his fellow Imagineers.
  “Most of the places where we all lived burnt to ashes last night,” Rohde w
  
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• Fires force Lakers’ game Thursday vs. Hornets to be postponed

  09-01-2025 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The NBA announced that the Lakers’ home game against the Charlotte Hornets scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at Crypto.com Arena was postponed because of the ongoing fires in the Los Angeles area.
  The league said its statement released Thursday morning that the date for the rescheduled game will be announced at a later time.
  “The entire NBA family sends its thoughts and support to the community of Los Angeles during this challenging time,” part of the league’s statement
  
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• TikTok stars and marketers brace for app’s disappearance this month

  09-01-2025 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sapna Maheshwari | The New York Times
  The impending disappearance of TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the United States, has sent marketers, agencies and creators racing to embrace alternatives — even if they’re not entirely convinced that TikTok will in fact exit the United States this month.
  Marketers are shifting dollars to Instagram and amending their contracts with social media stars so they aren’t stuck paying for sponsored TikTok posts in the app&r
  
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• Stretch, tone and strengthen with these top resistance tubes

  09-01-2025 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Which resistance tubes are best?
  Free weights and calisthenics have been a great way to exercise for centuries and are still two of the most common types of exercises people use in the gym or at home. But one type of exercise that gets overlooked is resistance training. Resistance training can be safer than using free weights, but it can have certain benefits that free weights can’t. Using resistance bands or tubes gives you much more convenience, and you can use these types of equipment w
  
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• Strong winds forecasted Thursday as fires rage across LA County, and more expected next week

  09-01-2025 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  There is more wind coming to Southern California on Thursday, Jan. 9 and another batch of Santa Ana winds expected early next week, meteorologists say.
  “We had a little bit of a decrease in wind last night, which was good news, but we are starting to see that increasing wind we’re expecting today and into tonight,” NWS meteorologist David Gomberg said. “There’s definitely some concern for the Palisades fire because that whole area will see some enhanced winds.&rdquo
  
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• Uncertainty over Trump’s electric vehicle policies clouds 2025 forecast for carmakers

  09-01-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAMIAN J. TROISE
  NEW YORK (AP) — Electric vehicle demand is expected to keep rising this year, but uncertainty over policy changes and tariffs is clouding the forecast.
  Related ArticlesBusiness | TikTok stars and marketers brace for app’s disappearance this monthBusiness | Lucky, Forever 21 operator merges with JCPenneyBusiness | Stowaways on planes and inside landing gear raise worries about aviation securityBusiness | The ‘Worst in Show’ CES products put your data at
  
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• The best postpartum girdles for comfort and support

  09-01-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Which postpartum girdle is best?
  While everyone’s pregnancy looks different, the pressure of a growing baby distending the abdominal muscles happens in all pregnant individuals, and the recovery period can be particularly slow and uncomfortable.
  One way to reduce this discomfort and get your abs back to their pre-baby shape is to wear a postpartum girdle, like ChongErfei Postpartum Girdle, a highly recommended comfortable garment that can speed up the postpartum recovery process.
  What
  
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• Lucky, Forever 21 operator merges with JCPenney

  09-01-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Eliza Ronalds-Hannon and Reshmi Basu | Bloomberg
  Sparc Group, the operator of fashion brands including Lucky, Eddie Bauer, Aeropostale, Forever 21 and Brooks Brothers, has merged with JCPenney to form a new company called Catalyst Brands, according to a release Wednesday afternoon.
  The joint venture was formed in an all-equity transaction between JCPenney and SPARC Group and its shareholders Simon Property Group, Brookfield Corp., Authentic Brands Group and SheIn Group Ltd., according to the
  
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• UFC’s Mackenzie Dern expects different Amanda Ribas rematch

  09-01-2025 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Mackenzie Dern has fought in UFC main events before. In fact, Saturday will be her fourth.
  The Huntington Beach strawweight has even gone toe to toe with Amanda Ribas before. The fellow 31-year-old Brazilian handed Dern her first UFC and pro MMA loss in 2019.
  But there’s a first for everything, and Dern’s five-rounder against Ribas at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas is not only the first rematch of her 20-fight career but the first to come so close to the holidays.
  Consider Dern not a fan
  
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• Train like a pro with the best punching bags

  09-01-2025 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Which punching bag is best?
  Boxing classes provide a fantastic workout and outlet for relieving stress. Despite the rise in popularity, finding a nearby facility that offers boxing classes can be challenging. One solution is to purchase a quality punching bag for home use. For the cost of a one or two-month membership at a gym, you can have unlimited access to boxing equipment in any room of your house.
  The top pick, Century Original Wavemaster, has a highly durable design, stable floor base and
  
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• Stowaways on planes and inside landing gear raise worries about aviation security

  09-01-2025 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH FUNK
  What is going on with aviation security?
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• The ‘Worst in Show’ CES products put your data at risk and cause waste, privacy advocates say

  09-01-2025 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARAH PARVINI, Associated Press
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers’ lives — whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to cure loneliness or by providing tools that help people with mental and physical health.
  But not all innovation is good, according to a panel of self-described dystopia experts that has judged some products as “Worst in Sho
  
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• Elon Musk chats with German far-right leader, amplifying party’s message ahead of election

  09-01-2025 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By VANESSA GERA
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk live-streamed a chat with a leader of Germany’s far-right party on Thursday, using the power of his social media platform, X, to amplify its message ahead of an upcoming national election — and raising concerns across Europe about potential meddling by the world’s richest man.
  Musk, who worked last year to help reelect Donald Trump in the United States, told Alice Weidel, a co-l
  
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• California-made flying taxis are on the horizon as aviation soars into a new frontier

  09-01-2025 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When he was still a boy making long, tedious trips between his school and his woodsy home in the mountains during the 1980s, JoeBen Bevirt began fantasizing about flying cars that could whisk him to his destination in a matter of minutes.
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• Janet Nguyen celebrates oath of office, gets back into swing of OC Board of Supervisors

  09-01-2025 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Supervisor Janet Nguyen celebrated taking the oath of office to represent Orange County’s First District Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, at an event at Mile Square Park surrounded by her family, residents and other county leaders. 
  But she’s already been on the job for about a month. Nguyen was initially sworn in on Dec. 5 immediately following the certification of the November election results because the First District seat had been vacant since former Supervisor Andrew Do resigned
  
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• Do patrons have to report home purchase gift money to the IRS?

  09-01-2025 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Just about every time a benefactor provides gift funds for a home purchase, two questions come up.
  Do I have to report the gift to the Internal Revenue Service?
  Do I have to pay tax on the gift?
  The short answer for Question 1 is yes, in most cases you are supposed to report the gift. For Question 2, contributors likely don’t have to pay tax unless they are very, very wealthy.
  Also see: How and how much homeowners can transfer tax base to their next home
  First, let’s dig into th
  
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• Daxon: Resolving to make 2025 the best year — there will be plenty of new food to help

  09-01-2025 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Today is Jan. 9, the date of President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.
  His passing reminded me when I was fortunate to briefly meet President Carter several years ago.  It was at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena where Carter was having a signing for his book, “Living Faith.” It’s about how his values and experiences and religious beliefs formed what he called his living faith.
  While I waited in the very long line of folks anxious to meet him and have him sign their
  
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• US mortgage rate inches up to 6.93%, fourth straight increase

  09-01-2025 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matt Ott | The Associated Press
  The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, remaining at its highest level since July.
  The benchmark 30-year fixed rate loan rate rose to 6.93% from 6.91% last week, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. It was at 6.66% a year ago. It has risen for four straight weeks.
  The uptick in the cost of home loans reflects a rise in the bond yields that lenders use as a guide to price mortgages, specifically the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treas
  
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• Anaheim Hills: Teens needed as volunteers at Canyon Hills library branch

  09-01-2025 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Canyon Hills Library is recruiting teen volunteers in grades nine through 12 to help in the library from January through May.
  An orientation meeting for all volunteers is planned for 4 p.m. on Jan. 17 at the Canyon Hills branch.
  Volunteering at the library offers a fun way to earn school volunteer hours. Those interested should go to the library, fill out an application and attend the orientation meeting.
  For additional information, email [email protected].
  Pursennaly Yours to celebrate decade
  
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• Palisades fire damages or destroys ‘thousands’ of buildings

  09-01-2025 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The number of structures damage or destroyed by the fire that has ravaged Pacific Palisades and Malibu is “in the thousands,” the Los Angeles fire chief said Thursday, Jan. 9.
  The blaze remained at just more than 17,200 acres as wind conditions turned more favorable for firefighters.
  “It is safe to say that the Palisades fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles,” LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley said in a morning press conference.
  The
  
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• More than 1,000 homes damaged in Eaton fire which remains uncontained, but growth slows

  09-01-2025 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eaton fire that killed five people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other structures in several foothill communities has slowed, but remained at 10,600 acres and zero containment Thursday morning, Jan. 9.
  The fire’s growth has been significantly stopped, Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Anthony Marrone said.
  Firefighters were able to use aircraft starting Wednesday, Jan. 8.
  Four firefighters are among those injured in the fire. But authorities have not releas
  
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• Eaton fire’s growth slows, but still at zero containment

  09-01-2025 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eaton fire that killed five people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other structures in several foothill communities has slowed, but remained at 10,600 acres and zero containment Thursday morning, Jan. 9.
  The fire’s growth has been significantly stopped, Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Anthony Marrone said.
  Firefighters were able to use aircraft starting Wednesday, Jan. 8.
  Four firefighters are among those injured in the fire. But authorities have not releas
  
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• 20 some trees felled on property next to Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach

  09-01-2025 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Staff at the Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach were holding out hope a 50-foot live oak, the last of a forest of trees they’ve cared for over decades, would remain standing.
  But on Wednesday, Jan. 8, it too was felled. More than 20 trees, varieties of toyons, Catalina cherry trees, redwood and oaks, that once helped create a forest-like setting for the nature center were removed over the last two weeks by a crew hired by a neighboring owner establishing the property boundary lin
  
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• Laguna Beach transitioning to FBI’s crime reporting system, officials warn numbers will look higher

  09-01-2025 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Crimes occurring in Laguna Beach will be reported in greater detail offering more transparency following a switch to a national crime database, but that could also mean an increase in the numbers, city officials said.
  As of the new year, the Laguna Beach Police Department has started using the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System, known as NIBRS, which puts the department in compliance with the Department of Justice, which wants all law enforcement agencies to use the system, whi
  
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• Federal land sale could boost prospects for aspiring homeowners

  09-01-2025 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A brief exchange between Ohio Senator J. D. Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during their Oct. 1 vice presidential debate could foreshadow long-sought relief for Americans eager to purchase homes or secure affordable rental properties.
  Asked about the Republican Party’s Platform proposal to sell some federal lands to address housing affordability, Vance responded, “Well, what Donald Trump has said is that when we have a lot of federal lands that are not being used for anything.&
  
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• No, Mr. Trump, we do not need to own Greenland to secure American interests

  09-01-2025 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump declared this week that U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal are crucial to American interests and reaffirmed his interest in making Canada the 51st state. In his Mar-a-Lago press conference, Trump declined to rule out using military force to secure Greenland and the canal but assured everyone that he would only use “economic force” on Canada. 
  Threatening to violate the sovereignty of two independent nations by force is certainly an intere
  
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• Biden cancels trip to Italy, meant as final foreign visit of presidency, as fires rage in California

  09-01-2025 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California.
  Biden was scheduled to leave Thursday, after eulogizing former President Jimmy Carter at a memorial service in Washington, for the three-day trip to meet with Pope Francis and Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Min
  
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• Poet Billy Collins likes to leave his audiences ‘pleasantly disoriented’

  09-01-2025 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Midway through a conversation with poet Billy Collins, talk turns to the topic of inspiration, and how a writer recognizes the small moments around which one might build a poem.
  “It’s a good question because that’s something that isn’t written about much,” says Collins, 83, the best-selling former poet laureate of the United States. “It is a habit one develops, I think, over years. Recognizing, through all the waterfall of daily experience, and taking in
  
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• More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, officials say

  09-01-2025 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA and FATMA KHALED
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict.
  The ministry said a total of 46,006 Palestinians have been killed and 109,378 wounded. It has said women and children make up more than half the fatalities, but does not say how many of the dead were fighters or civilians.
  The Israeli military says it has killed o
  
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• Van moves to California drop to 2nd-lowest share on record

  09-01-2025 17:20 via ocregister.com
  
  “Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend.
  The number: California’s inability to attract other Americans is reinforced by statistics showing 2024 was the second worst for van relocations to the state since 2004.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at my curious collection of annual migration data from three moving van lines — Allied, Atlas, and United — over two-plus decades. Let’s remember that these interstate relocations are expensive. So
  
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• Antitrust lawsuits against tech should end

  09-01-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The federal government needs to end its antitrust crusades.
  The first case that should end is United States v. Google LLC. The case was brought by the United States Department of Justice on Oct. 20, 2020 in the final months of Trump’s first term and has been carried on aggressively by the outgoing Biden administration.
  On Aug. 5 last year, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta found Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its m
  
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• Santa Ana attorney reflects on time in Jimmy Carter’s White House, president’s legacy

  09-01-2025 16:32 via ocregister.com
  
  At just 21 years old, Ruben Smith found himself giving his father a tour of the White House — a surreal moment that turned unforgettable when President Jimmy Carter strolled out of the Oval Office to the Rose Garden and greeted them in Spanish.
  The next night, at the White House Christmas party, Smith said Carter remembered their meeting and shared a drink with Smith’s father, chatting as if they were old friends.
  For Smith, now an attorney living in Santa Ana, that brief encounter c
  
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• Schools cancel classes across the Southern US as another burst of winter storms move in

  09-01-2025 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMIE STENGLE and SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press
  DALLAS (AP) — Another blast of winter storms in the U.S. on Thursday closed schools, snarled flights and put millions of residents across the South under warnings of snow and freezing rain that could cause dangerous travel conditions.
  Texas schools canceled classes for more than 1 million students before the arrival of frigid and icy weather that could last into Friday. Closures also kept students home in Kansas City and Arkansas
  
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• Plant potatoes and poinsettia in the garden this week, plus more tips

  09-01-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  5 things to do in the garden this week:
  Exotic fruit. If you are looking for a fruit that will grab the attention of kids and adults alike, consider adding a finger grapevine to your garden. Finger grapes are two inches long and have the oblong shape of certain chili peppers, growing in dense clusters on the vine. Wherever ordinary grapes will grow, finger grapes will grow as well. Both green and black finger varieties are occasionally seen at farmer’s markets. They are remarkable for thei
  
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• Photos: A nation says a final goodbye to President Jimmy Carter

  09-01-2025 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, was honored with a state funeral Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral before a family service in his tiny Georgia hometown of Plains.
  Here are some of the images from the day’s proceedings:
  General view of the State Funeral Service for former US President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
  Grandson Jason Carter, speak
  
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