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• Ports of LA, Long Beach, could see cargo dip with new tariffs

  04-04-2025 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A potential trade war escalated on Friday, April 4, as the Port of Los Angeles braced for what could be a 10% drop in cargo by midyear. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, meanwhile, floated establishing separate “new strategic trade relationships” between the state and key U.S. trading partners using the state’s ports in an effort to avoid the rising costs.
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 34% levy on goods from China on top of an earlier 20% tariff, as well as a 20%
  
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• Ducks begin their march to the offseason in Vancouver

  04-04-2025 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  After being charred by the Flames in Calgary on Thursday and reshuffling their deck in goal Friday, the Ducks were onto Vancouver for Saturday’s duel with the Canucks.
  Following their loss in Calgary, the Ducks were mathematically eliminated from a playoff picture from which they’d long faded. Meanwhile, the Canucks’ winless stretch of three games in which they’ve been outscored 15-7 has effectively relegated them to scheduling tee times this spring as well.
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• Trump whacks tiny agency that works to make the nation’s health care safer

  04-04-2025 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News
  Sue Sheridan’s baby boy, Cal, suffered brain damage from undetected jaundice in 1995. Helen Haskell’s 15-year-old son, Lewis, died after surgery in 2000 because weekend hospital staffers didn’t realize he was in shock. The episodes turned both women into advocates for patients and spurred research that made American health care safer.
  On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the organization that supported that research — the Agency fo
  
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• Orange County boys and girls track and field leaders

  04-04-2025 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The top times (wind-legal) and marks for Orange County high school track and field through April 1.
  (Compiled by Don Chadez/Flash Results West)
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  GIRLS LEADERS
  (All race distances in meters)
  100: 1. Justin Wilson, Rosary, Jr., 11.82; 2. Maliya Collins, Rosary, Fr., 11.93; 3. Eden Murray, Mater Dei, Jr., 12.09; 4. Saige Acosta, Mater Dei, Sr., 12.15; 5. Estheleen Charalabidis, Corona del Mar, Jr., 12.18.
  200: 1. Justine Wilson, Rosary, Jr., 24:31; 2. Maliyah Coll
  
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• Chargers, QB Trey Lance reportedly agree on 1-year, $6.2 million deal

  04-04-2025 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers and quarterback Trey Lance agreed to a one-season contract potentially worth as much as $6.2 million, according to an ESPN.com report on Friday. Lance and Taylor Heinicke will serve as backups to starter Justin Herbert, giving the Chargers options in case of injury.
  Herbert sat out most of training camp last summer because of a foot injury and then was limited for several early-season games because of a sprained ankle. Heinicke, who signed a one-season contract to return to the Char
  
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• Chargers, QB Trey Lance agree on 1-year deal, reportedly worth $6.2 million

  04-04-2025 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers and quarterback Trey Lance agreed to a one-season contract, the team announced Friday. Lance’s deal is worth up to $6.2 million, according to an ESPN.com report. He and Taylor Heinicke will serve as backups to starter Justin Herbert, giving the Chargers options in case of injury.
  Herbert sat out most of training camp last summer because of a foot injury and then was limited for several early-season games because of a sprained ankle. Heinicke, who signed a one-season contract t
  
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• Why Midweek Is the Best Kept Secret in Pismo Beach – The Monthly Traveler

  04-04-2025 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Golden days, open skies, and the peaceful rhythm of the ocean—welcome to midweek in Pismo Beach. It’s The Monthly Traveler here, your ever-curious companion, uncovering the moments that make California’s Central Coast unforgettable. While weekends tend to steal the spotlight, there’s a quieter kind of magic that unfolds from Monday to Thursday. Fewer crowds, more room to roam, and a slower, sweeter pace—this is Pismo Beach as it was meant to be experienced.
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• Alyssa Thompson focused on progress as USWNT plays Brazil

  04-04-2025 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — United States women’s national team coach Emma Hayes continues to stress growth and development as the process begins for the FIFA 2027 World Cup.
  It’s something she’s seeing from Alyssa Thompson.
  “In our future, I hope that we can look at someone like Alyssa Thompson’s situation, a 17-year-old coming into the program, probably under-prepared for that because the level is so much higher, to then have a journey, which is pretty normal for a young pl
  
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• Kings welcome playoff nemeses Oilers for matinee clash

  04-04-2025 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Elton John didn’t sing “Saturday afternoon’s all right for fighting,” but the Kings and Edmonton Oilers will throw blows in a Saturday matinee that could go a long way toward determining their respective paths through the playoffs.
  The Oilers are already battered. They have been without captain Connor McDavid, the near-consensus best player in the world, since March 20, when he extended his scoring streak to 13 games. Edmonton’s leading producer this season –
  
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• An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren’t having it

  04-04-2025 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY NEUMEISTER
  NEW YORK (AP) — It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen — a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit — not only had no law degree, but didn’t exist at all.
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• Spring Dreams on the Central Coast – The Monthly Traveler

  04-04-2025 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Ahoy, fellow wanderers! It’s your ever-curious guide, The Monthly Traveler, back on the road and sailing straight into one of California’s most picturesque coastlines. With each journey, I aim to uncover those corners of the Golden State where relaxation and wonder meet—and this time, our compass is set for a place where the rhythm of the waves and the scent of blooming wildflowers herald a new season. Welcome to springtime in Pismo Beach.
  Nestled along the Pacific Coast Highwa
  
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• Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now

  04-04-2025 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues.
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• In-person voting opens for Irvine District 5 election; mail-in and drop box also options

  04-04-2025 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A vote center opens April 5 at Irvine City Hall as the special election for an open seat on the City Council enters the final stretch.
  HOA board member Dana Cornelius, small business owner Betty Martinez Franco and former councilmember/businessman Anthony Kuo are vying for the District 5 seat, a vacancy created on the council when Larry Agran won the mayor seat in November.
  Irvine’s Fifth District includes Woodbridge, University Park and other neighborhoods straddling the 405 Freeway.
  
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• Prince Andrew’s damaged reputation led to links with Chinese man accused of spying, documents show

  04-04-2025 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By DANICA KIRKA
  LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew’s damaged reputation and desperate need for cash are again causing headaches for King Charles III after a court released more documents on Friday showing how Andrew’s problems led him to become entangled with a suspected Chinese spy.
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• It’s Back and Bigger Than Ever! The 4th Annual All Things Kids Expo Returns to Temecula

  04-04-2025 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Families—get ready! The most exciting family event of the year is returning to the Promenade Temecula, and it’s pulling out all the stops. The All Things Kids Expo is back for its 4th annual celebration on Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and if you have kids, this is the one event you won’t want to miss.
  This high-energy, one-day expo is all about kids—and everything that makes childhood fun, healthy, active, and joyful. From the moment you step through
  
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• USC’s Kayleigh Heckel is the latest to enter the transfer portal

  04-04-2025 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Apparently there will be no rest for Lindsay Gottlieb.
  The USC women’s basketball coach has her work cut out for her and soon as freshman guard Kayleigh Heckel is the latest Trojan to announce her intention to enter the transfer portal.
  Heckel’s announcement comes on the heels of fellow freshman Avery Howell declaring a similar move just two days after a season-ending loss to UConn in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
  The duo, both McDonald’s All-Americans coming out of h
  
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• As Steve Hilton mulls a run for California governor, he’s promoting his book — and criticizing Democrats

  04-04-2025 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  As he considers a run for California governor, Fox News commentator Steve Hilton spoke to a friendly crowd in Yorba Linda on Thursday, April 3, where he took aim at the state’s growing list of Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls.
  Hilton, who was born in the U.K. and has been a U.S. citizen since 2021, appeared at the Nixon Library as part of his “Califailure” book tour, in which he argues that homelessness, high costs of living, high taxes and the housing crisis in California are
  
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• Car fire spreads in Disneyland parking structure

  04-04-2025 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Several vehicles caught fire on Friday morning, April 4 in a Disneyland parking structure.
  The fire was reported around 10 a.m. in the Pixar Pals parking structure, officials told KTLA. The Anaheim Fire Department said a Toyota RAV4 was the first to catch fire.
  The blaze then spread to at least three other vehicles.The Pixar Pals parking structure is reopening in phases after operations were temporarily paused to some areas, according to Disneyland officials. There were no impacts to the theme p
  
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• Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

  04-04-2025 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.
  Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for himself and three others in a Dragon capsule that was outfitted with a domed window that provided 360-degree views of the polar caps and everything in between. Wang declined to say how much he paid for the 3 1/2-day trip.
  The quartet,
  
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• About 500 law firms sign brief challenging Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal community

  04-04-2025 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal community pose “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself,” according to a court filing submitted Friday by more than 500 law firms.
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• Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial

  04-04-2025 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACK BROOK
  POINTE À LA HACHE, La. (AP) — Oil company Chevron must pay at least $740 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making.
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• Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it

  04-04-2025 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As stock markets tumble in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Republicans in Congress were watching with unease and talking of clawing back their power to levy tariffs — but almost none seemed ready to turn their words into action.
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• Fairness in girls’ sports deserves more than political posturing

  04-04-2025 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  As a mother and the representative for California’s 71st Assembly District, I introduced Assembly Bill 89 because I believe every young woman deserves a fair shot—not a rigged system.
  Girls shouldn’t have to train their hearts out only to be pushed aside by policies that ignore basic biological differences. AB 89 wasn’t radical—it was rooted in reality. And it was about one thing: protecting fairness in girls’ sports.
  But that message was lost on my colleagues
  
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• Judge moves legal case of detained Turkish Tufts University student to Vermont

  04-04-2025 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday moved the case of a detained Tufts University doctoral student to Vermont, where the Turkish national was briefly held before being moved to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana.
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• Tribes, long shut out from their own health data, fight for access and sovereignty

  04-04-2025 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Nada Hassanein, Stateline.org
  When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in tribal health 15 years ago, she focused her research on tribal cultural and health programs within six tribes.
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• Still need tickets to the 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach? Here’s how much they cost

  04-04-2025 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The Grand Prix of Long Beach is just days away — so time is running out to buy tickets.
  And there are a ton of options to choose from.
  The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, will take place from Friday to Sunday, April 11-13.
  And whether you’re thrifty or extravagant, there’s a ticket package for you.
  The various packages in fact, run from as little as $TK — all the way up to $TK.
  Below is a breakdown of available ticket packages an
  
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• Medicaid cuts could hurt older adults who rely on home care, nursing homes

  04-04-2025 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org
  Dr. Fred Levin has been watching with growing alarm the national debate around federal cuts to Medicaid. He’s responsible for the medical care of about 100 older adults at the Community PACE center in rural Newaygo, Michigan. For his patients, Medicaid isn’t just a safety net — it’s a matter of life or death.
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• OC, state leaders to compete in Trabuco Hills Invitational track meet

  04-04-2025 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trabuco Hills Invitational and Distance Carnival has many of Southern California’s standout athletes in track and field.
  The two-day event, in its 34th year, is Friday and Saturday at Trabuco Hills High.
  It begins with a frosh-soph 3,200 on Friday at 2:30 p.m. The final event Friday is the boys invitational 1,600 at 9:30 p.m. Saturday’s schedule begins with the girls frosh-soph 100 hurdles at 9 a.m.
  The meet schedules and other information, including the meet program, are he
  
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• Tesla estimates cut further on ‘unprecedented brand damage’

  04-04-2025 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By Craig Trudell and Subrat Patnaik | Bloomberg
  One of Wall Street’s most bearish Tesla Inc. analysts further reduced estimates for the company’s earnings, citing the magnitude of car-buyer backlash against Elon Musk.
  Tesla’s first-quarter vehicle deliveries were far below even JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Ryan Brinkman’s pessimistic estimate, “confirming the unprecedented brand damage we had earlier feared,” he said in a report Friday.
  The sales report &l
  
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• Here’s what’s happening, and when, during the 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach

  04-04-2025 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Nostalgia and new thrills will abound when the Grand Prix of Long Beach takes over the city’s downtown next weekend — with the iconic street race celebrating a key milestone.
  The Grand Prix, the popular 200 mph beach party, as race organizers describe it, will take place from Friday to Sunday, April 11-13. And while the drivers competing in various races will once again be in the spotlight, the street race itself will also be feted all weekend — as it marks its 50th anniversary
  
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• Two OC supervisors want to ask DOJ to reassess potential prison time for Andrew Do

  04-04-2025 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Board of Supervisors will consider on Tuesday, April 8, whether to urge U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and the Department of Justice to review and reassess the terms of former supervisor Andrew Do’s plea agreement and sentencing recommendation.
  Do pleaded guilty in October to accepting bribes related to what federal prosecutors called a scheme to steal public funds. About $9.3 million in federal COVID relief dollars were granted by the county to the nonprofit Viet America Societ
  
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• Wedding guest travel: Minimizing costs to make it work

  04-04-2025 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By Erin El Issa, NerdWallet
  Attending a wedding down the street can be costly — purchasing gifts and formalwear, hiring a babysitter and taking off work can all add up. But when the wedding is out of town and requires a flight or hotel stay, it can be downright expensive to celebrate someone else’s nuptials.
  Nearly 1 in 10 Americans (9%) are going to a wedding this summer that requires at least one night away from home, according to a new NerdWallet survey, conducted online by The Ha
  
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• Think twice before bailing out of the stock market, financial advisers say

  04-04-2025 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE and CORA LEWIS
  NEW YORK (AP) — The huge swings rocking Wall Street and the global economy may feel far from normal. But, for investing at least, drops of this size have happened throughout history.
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• Historic ocean liner off Florida’s Gulf Coast will soon be the world’s largest artificial reef

  04-04-2025 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID FISCHER
  A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Competing diving businesses are vying for the massive ship to be scuttled closer to them, while one group is suing to stop the ship from being sunk at all.
  The SS United States, a nearly 1,000-foot (305-meter) vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, is going through a monthslong scouring a
  
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• Believe it or not, there are some winners in the stock market this week

  04-04-2025 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAMIAN J. TROISE
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the numbers on Wall Street this week were red, but not all of them.
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• Supporters rally in support of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison

  04-04-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
  HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The wife of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador joined dozens of supporters at a rally before a court hearing Friday, where his lawyers will ask a federal judge to order the Trump administration to return him to the U.S.
  Jennifer Vasquez Sura, a U.S. citizen, hasn’t spoken to her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, since he was flown to his native El Salvador last month and imprisoned. She urged her s
  
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• Officials say a Russian strike in central Ukraine kills 14 people and injures 50

  04-04-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By LORNE COOK and ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated Press
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian ballistic missile strike Friday on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least 14 people and injured more than 50, Ukrainian officials said, as U.S. and European leaders pressed Russia to accept a ceasefire in the conflict.
  Six children were among those killed in the strike on the Dnipropetrovsk region city — the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — in what the region&
  
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• Climate disasters are on the rise. These states want to make oil companies pay

  04-04-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alex Brown, Stateline.org
  For many California residents, the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year were the latest and most searing example of the devastating effects of climate change. Some estimates have pegged the damages and economic losses from the fires at more than $250 billion.
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• Trump says he’s giving TikTok another 75 days to find a US buyer

  04-04-2025 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
  Congress had mandated that the platform be divested from China by Jan. 19 or barred in the U.S. on national security grounds, but Trump moved unilaterally to extend the deadline to this weekend, as he sought to negotiate an agr
  
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• Europe and Canada say they’ll spend more on defense, but are cool on US demands

  04-04-2025 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European NATO allies and Canada on Friday said they are willing to ramp up defense spending but are cool on American demands for the size of their military budgets, particularly given U.S. President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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• Senate takes up a budget plan crafted by Republicans to advance Trump’s agenda

  04-04-2025 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dived into contentious debate Friday on a budget plan critical to Republican efforts to pass trillions of dollars in tax cuts and boost border security and defense spending through what President Donald Trump calls “one big beautiful bill.”
  Passage of the plan would give Republicans the chance in coming months to muscle a tax cut bill through both chambers of Congress even if Democrats are unanimously opposed, just
  
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• Data obtained by AP shows 20% vacancy rates at nearly half of National Weather Service offices

  04-04-2025 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates — twice that of just a decade ago — as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland, according to data obtained by The Associated Press.
  Detailed vacancy data for all 122 weather field offices show eight offices are missing more than 35% of their staff — including those in Arkansas and Kent
  
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• Street racer in death of Orange County Register editor gets 9 years in prison

  04-04-2025 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A street racer whose driving led to the death of a Southern California News Group editor in Santa Ana five years ago was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, April 4.
  Prosecutors asked for Ricardo Tolento to spend 11 years behind bars, but new sentencing laws prohibit that, Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger said.
  Tolento’s defense lawyer wanted him to receive seven years of probation.
  A morning street race between Tolento, who was driving an Infiniti, and Louie
  
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• In open letter to Angels owner, Anaheim mayor outlines starting points for stadium negotiations

  04-04-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Mayor Ashleigh Aitken in an open letter published Friday to Angels owner Arte Moreno outlined her key starting points for future stadium deals that would benefit the team, city and residents alike, saying she wants to build a working relationship that doesn’t exist yet with ownership.
  “My relationship as mayor with Angels ownership is the source of a lot of speculation,” Aitken wrote. “But, honestly, we don’t really have one. I want to change that for the better.&rd
  
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• Six Flags spending millions on Magic Mountain water park makeover

  04-04-2025 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags Magic Mountain is giving Hurricane Harbor a multimillion-dollar makeover during the off season with reimagined theming, fresh paint and new landscaping as the water park prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary this summer.
  The refurbished 22-acre water park will make its grand debut when Hurricane Harbor returns for the summer season on May 24.
  “When you walk in, Hurricane Harbor is going to be noticeably different,” Magic Mountain President Jeff Harris said during a vid
  
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• LA County announces mammoth $4 billion tentative settlement covering 6,800 sexual abuse claims

  04-04-2025 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County announced it has reached a $4 billion tentative settlement covering more than 6,800 sexual abuse claims, some dating as far back as the 1950s, according to a statement from the county released Friday morning.
  The settlement would be the most expensive in county history and will impact budgets for years if not decades, to come, the statement said.
  The mammoth settlement can proceed after approval by the the Board of Supervisors and the L.A. County Claims Board.
  The agreement wo
  
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• Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza as ground troops enter Palestinian territory’s north

  04-04-2025 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA
  DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes killed more than a dozen people in the Gaza Strip early Friday, as Israel sent more ground troops into the Palestinian territory to ramp up its offensive against Hamas.
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• US electric vehicle industry is collateral damage in Trump’s escalating trade war

  04-04-2025 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEXA ST. JOHN
  DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk.
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• When heavy rainfall threatens flooding, you can protect yourself. Here’s how

  04-04-2025 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEXA ST. JOHN
  Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that’s particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change. The powerful storms can pose threats ranging from falling limbs to downed power lines to drowning.
  Experts say disaster preparation and good planning can help protect lives and property.
  FILE – Cars are submerged on a freeway flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey near downtown Houston, Texas, on Aug.
  
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• Yoon Suk Yeol removed as South Korea’s president over short-lived martial law

  04-04-2025 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol from office Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up a new election, four months after he threw the nation into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law.
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