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• Father’s Day: A look at the Founding Fathers dads

  13-06-2025 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  History tells us a lot about the signers of the Declaration of Independence, but not much is known about their dads.
  There were 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence and are considered to be the Founding Fathers of the United States. Today we’re going to talk about some of their fathers. If George Washington was the father of our country, his dad was the grandfather of our country.
  Country? Little has been passed down about Augustine Washington, but we do know he lived and far
  
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• Effort seeks to block Bill Essayli’s U.S. attorney confirmation

  13-06-2025 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s senators should block Bill Essayli from getting a full term as U.S. attorney for much of Southern California, according to a coalition that wants the Golden State’s senators to take action.
  Critics want to prevent Essayli, a Republican and former Inland Empire assemblymember, from being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
  A conservative firebrand and supporter of President Donald Trump, Essayli resigned from the legislature in April to become the U.S. Department of Justice&rsq
  
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• Edmonton seizes home ice as Stanley Cup Final becomes a 3-game series

  13-06-2025 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Corey Perry knew from his seat on the bench he wanted to say something.
  His Edmonton Oilers looked flat, outclassed by the defending champion Florida Panthers, and were in danger of a third consecutive loss in their Stanley Cup Final rematch that would have put them on the brink of losing once again. In the locker room at the first intermission, he offered some words of wisdom.
  “It wasn’t wisdom. It was just honesty,” Perry said Friday. “Had
  
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• Meta invests $14.3B in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for ‘superintelligence’ team

  13-06-2025 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT O’BRIEN
  Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant.
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• Real estate news: Tesla Collision Center property in Irvine sells for $21M

  13-06-2025 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The 35,616-square-foot building that’s home to a Tesla Collision Center in Irvine sold May 28 for $21 million.
  SRS Real Estate Partners said Tesla has a 10-year triple net lease with options to extend at 18011 Mitchell South.
  The seller was North Palisade Partners, a Los Angeles-based developer. The buyer, Np Mitchell LLC, was represented by Costa Mesa-based Tidemark Real Estate.
  SRS Capital Markets Senior Vice President Pat Weibel said the property offered up a well-known tenant in &
  
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• Camp Pendleton Marines do more training with drones as the technology advances

  13-06-2025 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Cpl. Christopher Magana Pinawin remembers being in fourth grade when his father gave him a battery-powered drone to fly.
  The 21-year-old Marine from Fullerton was intrigued by the challenge of keeping it airborne, but limited battery power cut any flight after 10 minutes.
  Now, a decade later, Magana Pinawin, an intelligence specialist with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, isn’t struggling to keep a toy in the air, but is learning how to expertly fly attack and reconnaissance drones, wh
  
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• Ducks sign prospect Lucas Pettersson to 3-year, entry-level deal

  13-06-2025 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks have signed prospect center Lucas Pettersson to a three-year, entry-level contract, the club announced in a news release on Friday.
  Petterson, 19, was the third selection in the second round (35th overall) in 2024 and will compete for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League next season, the top level of pro competition in Pettersson’s homeland.
  Brynäs, which lost in the SHL finals last season, includes multiple former members of the Ducks organization, most notably one-t
  
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• AMD says new chips top Nvidia’s in booming AI chip field

  13-06-2025 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ian King | Bloomberg
  Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said her company’s latest AI processors can challenge Nvidia Corp. chips in a market she now expects to soar past $500 billion in the next three years.
  The new installments in AMD’s MI350 chip series are faster than Nvidia counterparts and represent major gains over earlier versions, Su said at a company event Thursday in San Jose, California. The MI355 chips, which started shipping earlier this month
  
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• Former teen athletes allege OC school officials failed to protect them from predatory coach

  13-06-2025 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Two women who allege they were sexually abused for years by a high school wrestling coach in Orange County have filed a lawsuit alleging officials at two school districts ignored warning signs and failed to protect them from the predatory coach, who allegedly impregnated one of them when she was 16.
  The suit was filed late Thursday, June 12, in Orange County Superior Court against the Orange and Tustin unified school districts and 28-year-old Anthony Oscar Alcala, who coached girls wrestling tea
  
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• Riverside County pays $1.3 million to Wildomar man whose face was broken by deputies

  13-06-2025 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Kenneth Ciccarelli was sitting in his backyard patio one summer night, listening to music — loud music — on his blue-tooth device, when a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy appeared seemingly out of nowhere and demanded he turn off the tunes.
  Blinded by the deputy’s flashlight, Ciccarelli initially didn’t believe it was a real law enforcement officer standing in the darkened Wildomar patio, so he was slow in turning down the music that had drawn complaints from neigh
  
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• Lake Arrowhead-front home with ties to former Sen. Rob Hurtt seeks $8.9M

  13-06-2025 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Rob Hurtt, a former Republican minority leader, in a 1996 photo at the Capitol in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
  The waterfront home of former GOP Senator Rob Hurtt in Lake Arrowhead, center, is on the market for $8.9 million. (Google Earth)
  Show Caption1 of 2Rob Hurtt, a former Republican minority leader, in a 1996 photo at the Capitol in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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  A Lake Arrowhead estate linked to Rob Hurtt, a former California state senator who served as Republica
  
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• Prop. 36 over-promised on drug treatment. Could a little-known funding stream help foot the bill?

  13-06-2025 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Last year’s Proposition 36, which increased penalties on certain drug and property offenses, did so by convincing millions of voters that their initiative would help those struggling with addiction. Yet when the proposition took effect in December, there was still no plan for expanding California’s already-strained drug treatment infrastructure. Prop. 36 simply pointed to two existing funding streams as a source of treatment dollars: 1) Proposition 47 grants, which reinvest the priso
  
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• New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges

  13-06-2025 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOLLY RAMER
  A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire Democrats last year was acquitted Friday of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate.
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• Rams sign veteran OT D.J. Humphries to 1-year deal

  13-06-2025 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams signed veteran offensive tackle D.J. Humphries to a one-year deal Friday.
  Humphries, a longtime starter for the NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals, will provide depth and insurance on the Rams’ offensive line behind starting left tackle Alaric Jackson.
  Jackson agreed to a three-year, $57 million free-agent deal to stay in Los Angeles this spring, but the NFL Network reported this week that Jackson is dealing with a reoccurrence of the blood clots that
  
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• Trump’s recent moves risk politicizing the military, which has long strived to stay above politics

  13-06-2025 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
  Last weekend, President Donald Trump took the rare step of mobilizing the National Guard, and then the U.S. Marines, sending them into Los Angeles over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  Related Articles What to know about the Group of Seven summit in Canada that Trump will attend Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday Photos of preparations for Trump’s military parade marking the 250th anniversar
  
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• Tesla sues Ex-Optimus engineer alleging theft of robotic trade secrets

  13-06-2025 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dana Hull | Bloomberg
  Tesla Inc. sued a former engineer with the company’s highly secretive Optimus program, accusing him of stealing confidential information about the humanoid robot and setting up a rival startup in Silicon Valley.
  Zhongjie “Jay” Li worked at Tesla between August 2022 and September 2024, according to a complaint filed in a San Francisco Federal Court late Wednesday. Li worked on “advanced robotic hand sensors — and was entrusted with some of th
  
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• Elon Musk pins Tesla’s comeback on robotaxis after retreat from feud with Donald Trump

  13-06-2025 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg
  Tesla Inc. already had a lot riding on its highly anticipated robotaxi launch long before Elon Musk decided to swing a wrecking ball through his alliance with President Donald Trump — and the company’s share price. Now investors are looking for a win that can help repair the brand damage and shift Tesla back into growth mode.
  RELATED: Tesla sues Ex-Optimus engineer alleging theft of robotic trade secrets
  Musk said Tesla would start the new self-d
  
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• All-Orange County boys tennis team, player of the year 2025

  13-06-2025 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowALL-ORANGE COUNTY BOYS TENNIS TEAM 2025
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Rishvanth Krishna, University, Sophomore
  When the stakes were the highest for individual competition, University’s Rishvanth Krishna rallied to claim a championship.
  When the stakes were the highest for team competition, the sophomore came from behind to help the Trojans capture a title.
  Krishna used his budding talent and composure to deliv
  
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• How expressing gratitude can transform your work and life

  13-06-2025 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
  NEW YORK (AP) — The first thing Alison C. Jones does when she wakes up is to name three things she’s grateful for. It can be as simple as the breeze from a fan or as meaningful as the way a friend showed up for her emotionally.
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• Sentencing delayed for OC judge who killed his wife

  13-06-2025 20:33 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County Superior Court judge who shot and killed his wife during an argument at the couple’s Anaheim Hills home will wait a little longer to find out how long he will have to spend behind bars, with his sentencing delayed this week until September.
  Jeffrey Ferguson, now 74, was convicted of second degree murder for fatally shooting his wife, Sheryl, with a concealed carry Glock .40-caliber pistol while the two were watching television with their adult son in August 2023.
  Ferguson,
  
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• Galaxy try to focus amid immigration raids and protests

  13-06-2025 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy went into the international break following their first MLS win of the season May 31.
  Nearly two weeks later, the club is back in action, but also dealing with the emotions of the current times affecting many across the city affected by the immigration raids.
  As the Galaxy went through preparation Thursday for Saturday’s game against St. Louis CITY SC, just a short drive away, an immigration raid was taking place near the 91 Freeway.
  “As we come on the field, I think every
  
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• A degree at last: Bay Area man graduates UC Davis after 47 years

  13-06-2025 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Deborah Thompson Austin of UC Davis’ alumni association will instruct hundreds of undergraduates to move the tassel on their graduation cap from left to right at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center Saturday morning.
  For her husband, Ron Austin of Fairfield, it will be a moment — and degree — more than 47 years in the making.
  The 66-year-old is proud he has finally completed the requirements for a bachelor of arts in political science, but he sees his life as a cautionary tale th
  
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• Middle East conflict threatens to exacerbate inflationary pressure on some things

  13-06-2025 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer
  Israel’s attack on Iran Friday has catapulted their long-running conflict into what could become a wider, more dangerous regional war and potentially drive prices higher for both businesses and households.
  Oil and gold surged and the dollar rose as markets retreated, signaling a flight to investments perceived as more safe.
  After years of sky-high inflation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have become increasingly leery about the economy
  
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• Ping, ping ping. Here’s what it’s like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science

  13-06-2025 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN, BRITTANY PETERSON and CAROLYN KASTER
  INSIDE A TEXAS HAILSTORM (AP) — Wind roared against the SUV’s windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A horizon-wide funnel cloud loomed out the window, several miles away. Then came the loud metallic pings on the roof. First one, then another. Then it was too fast to count and too loud to hear much of anything else.
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• Angel City FC drawing inspiration from Savy King and Jun Endo

  13-06-2025 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Last Saturday was about debuts and returns for the Angel City Football Club.
  First, Alex Straus made his debut as coach, taking over June 1 after completing his time with Bayern Munich. The game ended in a 2-2 draw thanks to M.A. Vignola’s late goal.
  Also, highlighting the evening was the return of Savy King to BMO Stadium. The Angel City FC defender collapsed May 9 and days later underwent heart surgery. She drew a loud ovation from the crowd when she was shown on the videoboard watching
  
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• Where to park cash if you’re worried about the stock market

  13-06-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kate Ashford, NerdWallet
  The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. NerdWallet, Inc. does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks, securities or other investments.
  In recent weeks, 44% of Americans in households making $125,000 or more say they’ve put more cash aside to cover future expenses. That’s according to the Conference Board’s May Consumer Confidence re
  
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• What to know about the Group of Seven summit in Canada that Trump will attend

  13-06-2025 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROB GILLIES
  TORONTO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive Sunday for a Group of Seven summit in a country he has suggested should be annexed and as he wages a trade war with America’s longstanding allies.
  Related Articles Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday Photos of preparations for Trump’s military parade marking the 250th anniversary of the US Army Trump is finally getting his chance to try to top Fra
  
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• Attorneys close Karen Read’s murder trial by arguing if it was love gone wrong or a police cover-up

  13-06-2025 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL CASEY and PATRICK WHITTLE
  DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers in the murder trial of Karen Read gave their closing arguments Friday after weeks of testimony in a highly divisive case in which the prosecution’s theory of jaded love turned deadly is countered by a defense claim that a cast of tight-knit Boston area law enforcement killed a fellow police officer.
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• Villa Park High Graduation 2025: Our best photos of the ceremony

  13-06-2025 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Villa Park High School handed diplomas to its graduating Class of 2025 on Wednesday, June 11.
  Austin Park waves to his family during Villa Park High School’s graduation ceremony at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, OUSD)
  Parents cheer on their graduates during the Villa Park High School graduation ceremony at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, OUSD)
  Villa Park High School holds their graduati
  
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• UCLA approaches Men’s College World Series feeling ‘really special’

  13-06-2025 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. —  John Savage left Omaha last month with a mindset similar to the one he came back with this week – winning the next tournament.
  This time it just happens to be the last one of the season.
  The longtime UCLA head coach brings the 15th-seeded Bruins to the Men’s College World Series – the program’s first appearance since 2013 – beginning with Saturday’s 11 a.m. PDT opener against Murray State.
  And he’s hoping the Bruins can leave th
  
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• Pali High baseball team still looking for a home

  13-06-2025 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Weeks after the Palisades Fire, Mike Voelkel was finally allowed onto the Palisades Charter High School baseball field that was somehow spared by a blaze that had torn across 23,000 acres and 37 square miles, burning down more than 6,800 structures, including much of the neighborhood around the school.
  A diamond amongst the rubble of the worst fire in Los Angeles history, a diamond in the rough, but a diamond nonetheless.
  “The grass was so tall I certainly had to actually stare out on the
  
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• Look inside Hendo’s Barrel House, a new celebrity brewpub in Temecula

  13-06-2025 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Dan Henderson was called an aggressive fighting machine during his years in mixed martial arts. He’s got UFC championship belts that prove it hanging on the walls of his new restaurant, Hendo’s Barrel House in Temecula.
  Also an Olympic wrestler, Henderson recently fulfilled a six-year dream by opening an eatery that serves short rib grilled cheese sandwiches, Basque cheesecake, and cocktails with a mixed martial arts vibe.
  People eat and drink at Olympic wrestler and former MMA fight
  
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• The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first

  13-06-2025 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day.
  In Betsy Ross’ day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield smoke and noise. The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War, when the need
  
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• The NEA cut their funding. But California’s independent publishers press on

  13-06-2025 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The emails started landing on a Friday evening after work hours.
  That’s when independent publishing houses, literary journals, and other arts organizations learned that the National Endowment for the Arts would be canceling grants and withdrawing previously announced awards, effective May 31.
  These grants, which had been awarded but not necessarily dispersed, represented $1,227,500 that the NEA had promised to 51 independent publishers.
  “All 51 literary magazines and small presses ha
  
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• Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday

  13-06-2025 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By TARA COPP, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The tanks are staged and ready to roll. Fencing and barriers are up. Protective metal plating has been laid out on Washington’s streets.
  And more than 6,000 troops are poised to march near the National Mall to honor the Army’s 250th anniversary on Saturday, which happens to be President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.
  With preparations well in hand, one big unknown is the weather. Rain is in the forecast, so there is a chance
  
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• Why ‘The Witch Roads’ author Kate Elliott has many books to recommend

  13-06-2025 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  For the past 30 years, Kate Elliott has written fantasy, science fiction, space opera, Young Adult fantasy, as well as two novellas set in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. Her work has been nominated for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Norton, and Locus Awards. The Hawaii-based author’s latest is “The Witch Roads,” the first in an epic fantasy duology.
  Q. Please tell readers about your new book.
  As I say in the dedication, “The Witch Roads” duology is
  
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• Photos of preparations for Trump’s military parade marking the 250th anniversary of the US Army

  13-06-2025 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Troops get military assets into place and security fencing goes up around the National Mall where a large image of President Donald Trump drapes a federal building in preparation for Saturday’s military parade marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that coincides with Flag Day and Trump’s birthday.
  This is a photo gallery curated by Associated Press photo editors.
  Military tanks and other military vehicles are transported via railroad to Washington, D.C. for an upcoming parad
  
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• Outdoor drinking begins Friday night on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade

  13-06-2025 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Monica’s Entertainment Zone, which allows for outdoor drinking of alcohol along part of the city’s Third Street Promenade, opens Friday with a soft launch.
  Adults of legal drinking age will be able to purchase a drink from a participating, licensed business and consume it outside between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
  The outdoor drinking must be done within the entertainment zone boundaries, and Entertainment Zone participants must be wearing a city-app
  
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• Protesters rally outside Angel Stadium against ICE sweeps in Anaheim

  13-06-2025 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  About 200 people gathered near Angel Stadium to protest ICE activities in Orange County and elsewhere. As the Anaheim demonstration grew, some people climbed street poles to wave Mexican flags and around a dozen others stood in the middle of the street as cars drove by.
  A group of a couple hundred protesters express their opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Southern California this week as they hold up signs and chant to passing cars in front of Angel Stadium in Anaheim
  
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• Marines will take over protection of Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles

  13-06-2025 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  At noon on Friday, a company of infantry Marines from Marine Corps Ground Air Station Twentynine Palms will take over the role of protecting the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, assuming the mission from Army National Guard soldiers who have been on the property this week, said Major Gen. Scott Sherman, the commander of Task Force 51.
  The company has been there training with soldiers, but are now taking over guarding the federal building. A company is 200 Marines and officials said they
  
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• 4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, DHS says

  13-06-2025 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities are looking for four detainees who escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
  More “law enforcement partners” have been brought in to find the detainees missing from Delaney Hall, according to an emailed statement attributed to a senior DHS official whom the department did not identify. The statement also didn’t specify which law enforcement agencies are involved.
  
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• Their LA wildfire-ravaged properties are clear, but thoughts are a mix of loss, sadness, new starts

  13-06-2025 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s an emotional milestone unlike any other.
  And for almost 18,000 properties in Pacific Palisades and Altadena destroyed by the catastrophic Eaton and Palisades fires, it’s happening silently, out of the limelight. In Altadena alone as of June 1, over 5,000 fire-impacted properties — or 88% —  have been cleared. This is the day these owners’ witnessed their properties wiped clean, essentially in preparation for rebuilding or selling.
  We asked several people w
  
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• Alexander: FIFA’s Club World Cup hasn’t captured our imagination

  13-06-2025 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • Is it surprising at all that tickets for the FIFA Club World Cup tournament, which begins Saturday night in Miami and will feature 48 pool-play games in 11 cities, are not exactly hot sellers? It may be an example of greedy behavior receiving its just reward. …
  • Background: This once was a small tournament, held usually in December somewhere in the United Arab Emirates, that involved the champions of seven regions including CONCACAF (whose represen
  
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• Universal’s Horror Nights resurrects Friday the 13th for new maze

  13-06-2025 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Horror Nights visitors will return to Camp Crystal Lake where the gruesome legend of the machete-wielding slasher Jason Voorhees was born when the new Friday the 13th maze comes to the annual Halloween event at Universal Studios Hollywood.
  The Jason Universe haunted houses will be part of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood on select nights Sept. 4 through Nov. 2 and Universal Orlando from Aug. 29 through Nov. 2.
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• Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, shows up to support Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at trial

  13-06-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, came to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend.
  Ye, dressed in white, arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon while the trial was on a break.
  Asked if he was at the courthouse to support Combs, he responded “yes” and nodded. He then hustled to an elevator and did not
  
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• Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, briefly shows up to support Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at trial

  13-06-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, briefly showed up to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend.
  Ye, dressed in white, arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon while the trial was on a break and spent about 40 minutes in the building. He didn’t get into the main courtroom and instead observed testimony on a c
  
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• Edison High Graduation 2025: Our best photos of the ceremony

  13-06-2025 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Edison High School handed diplomas to its graduating Class of 2025 on Thursday, June 12.
  Moises Pineda gets ready to march before the Edison High School graduation ceremony in Huntington Beach on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
  The student band Maverick performed during the Edison High School graduation ceremony in Huntington Beach on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
  Ben Hickman looks to the his family
  
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• Detained Columbia protester asks judge to order his release, says government missed appeal deadline

  13-06-2025 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil on Friday asked a federal judge to order the release of the Columbia University protester from an immigration lockup, saying the Trump administration missed an appeal deadline.
  In a letter to U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in New Jersey, the lawyers said Khalil has satisfied all the court’s requirements, including posting a $1 bond, while the lawyers for the government missed a 9:30 a.m. deadline the
  
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• There’s an effort underway to name a Tustin post office after the city’s first female mayor, Ursula Kennedy

  13-06-2025 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Forty-one years ago, Ursula Kennedy was elected the first female mayor of Tustin.
  Now, there’s an effort by representatives and community members underway to honor her legacy with a post office dedication.
  Rep. Young Kim, R-Anaheim Hills, has introduced legislation in Congress to rename the Tustin post office, located at 340 East 1st St., the “Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building.”
  Tustin Mayor Ursula Kennedy with the Olympic torchbearer during the 1984 torch relay in Tust
  
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• El Modena High Graduation 2025: Our best photos of the ceremony

  13-06-2025 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  El Modena High School handed diplomas to its graduating Class of 2025 on Thursday, June 12.
  An exuberant Jose Alvarez Ordonez , center, reacts as he enters with stadium with fellow graduates during the El Modena High School graduation ceremony in Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Graduates throw their hats in the air at the conclusion of the El Modena High School graduation ceremony in Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange on Th
  
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