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• Kings seek answers for power play weakness

  01-12-2025 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer on the power play, and when he rolls into town Tuesday, the Kings might be forgiven if they ask him for a few pointers.
  They are five for their past 56 with the extra man. Most recently, they went 0-for-4 against the NHL’s worst penalty kill during a skin-of-their-teeth victory over the Vancouver Canucks, which was the Kings’ 12th overtime affair in 25 games this season.
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• Rams uncertain when they will activate WR Tutu Atwell

  01-12-2025 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  After returning wide receiver Tutu Atwell to practice last week, the Rams opted not to activate him off of injured reserve ahead of Sunday’s 31-28 loss to the Carolina Panthers. And as the Rams (9-3) prepare to face the Arizona Cardinals (3-9) in Week 14, it’s not clear whether or not Atwell will be a part of that game plan, either.
  When asked about the fifth-year receiver’s absence against Carolina, McVay said the Rams took into consideration special teams roles and how the 48
  
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• USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach’s sexual abuse, lawsuits allege

  01-12-2025 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging they failed to stop Sean Gardner from preying on girls despite repeated complaints about the coach’s behavior.
  The lawsuits allege USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were told about “inappropriate and abusive behaviors” in December 2017, includin
  
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• Shooting of National Guard members prompts flurry of US immigration restrictions

  01-12-2025 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Since last week’s shooting of two National Guard members in the nation’s capital by a suspect who is an Afghan national, the Trump administration announced a flurry of policies aimed at making it harder for some foreigners to enter or stay in the country.
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• Investigators urge witnesses of the deadly shooting at a child’s party in Stockton to come forward

  01-12-2025 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIE AUSTIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press
  STOCKTON  — Authorities in San Joaquin County urged witnesses of a deadly shooting at a child’s birthday party to come forward as the search for a suspect stretched into another day.
  Three children ages 8, 9 and 14 and a 21-year-old were killed Saturday when gunfire broke out at a banquet hall in Stockton where at least 100 people were gathered, San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow said. Detectives believe the gunfir
  
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• GOP-led states settle lawsuit against federal government over checking citizenship status of voters

  01-12-2025 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four Republican-led states agreed to settle lawsuits against the federal government over access to voters’ citizenship data, ending a dispute that began with the Biden administration in advance of the 2024 presidential election.
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• Santa Margarita’s Jayden Crowder soaked in CIF-SS title despite injury

  01-12-2025 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAs Santa Margarita celebrated its CIF-SS Division 1 football championship, one scene beamed with the joy and tight-knit support that have become the Eagles’ trademarks under coach first-year Carson Palmer.
  After Palmer hoisted the title plaque and took a knee to pray The Our Father with this team, several players excitedly huddled around injured cornerback Jayden Crowder to take photos with the seni
  
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• Santa Margarita football’s Jayden Crowder soaked in title despite injury

  01-12-2025 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAs Santa Margarita celebrated its CIF-SS Division 1 football championship, one scene beamed with the joy and tight-knit support that have become the Eagles’ trademarks under first-year coach Carson Palmer.
  After Palmer hoisted the title plaque and took a knee to pray The Our Father with this team, several players excitedly huddled around injured cornerback Jayden Crowder to take photos with the seni
  
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• USC riding Maui Invitational win, 7-game winning streak into Big Ten play

  01-12-2025 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  A trip to Maui was the final bargaining chip the USC men’s basketball team needed to get Chad Baker-Mazara to commit to their program.
  “When Coach told me that we were going to Maui, I literally asked (head coach Eric Musselman and assistant coach Anthony Ruta), has anybody won it back-to-back? And he told me no, and I actually did commit right there,” Baker-Mazara told reporters.
  The decision is starting to pay off for the 6-foot-7 forward and Auburn transfer, who is now the f
  
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• Orange County football Top 25: Santa Margarita is No. 1 in the final rankings

  01-12-2025 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  FINAL ORANGE COUNTY FOOTBALL TOP 25 POLL
  Notable this week: Santa Margarita is the No. 1 team in the final Orange County rankings for the 2025 season. … The Eagles won the CIF-SS Division 1 championship Friday by defeating Corona Centennial 42-7 at the Rose Bowl. … Los Alamitos passes San Clemente in the poll after it defeated the Tritons 33-20 in the Division 2 championship game. … La Habra moves up to No. 16 after its 27-13 win over San Jacinto in the Division 4 championsh
  
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• US air travelers without REAL IDs will be charged a $45 fee

  01-12-2025 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.
  The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without it have so far been allowed to clear security with additional screening and a warning. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant and that the new fee is intended to encourage travelers to obtain the ID.
  REAL ID is a federally compliant stat
  
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• Here’s why everyone’s talking about a ‘K-shaped’ economy

  01-12-2025 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating.
  So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise while the bottom part points to lower-income households struggling with weaker income gains and steep prices.
  A big reason the term is popping up s
  
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• Disneyland closes 8 attractions during busy Christmas season

  01-12-2025 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland will close eight attractions for seasonal refurbishments during the busy Christmas holiday season that has become the most popular time of the year at the Anaheim theme park resort.
  Indiana Jones Adventure, Incredicoaster, Grizzly River Run, Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind, Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes, Sailing Ship Columbia, Pixie Hollow and “Fantasmic” will temporarily close in December and early January as part of the standard refurbishment schedule at Disneylan
  
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• White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful

  01-12-2025 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists that a September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful.
  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered a justification for the Sept. 2 strike after lawmakers from both parties on Sunday announced support for congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of sm
  
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• Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don’t comply with government rules

  01-12-2025 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH FUNK, AP Transportation Writer
  Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements.
  The Transportation Department said Monday that it plans to revoke the accreditation of nearly 3,000 schools unless they can comply with training requirements in the next 30 days. Another 4,000 schools are being warned they may face similar action.
  This cra
  
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• Beach hazards statement for Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas from Tuesday to Friday

  01-12-2025 21:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas are the focus of an updated beach hazards statement released at 12:12 p.m. on Monday by the National Weather Service. The statement is valid from Tuesday 10 p.m. until Friday Dec. 5, at 10 a.m.
  “West-northwest swell with a 16 second period mixed with high astronomical tides will lead to minor tidal overflow and coastal erosion. Elevated surf will also be possible, up to 4 to 6 feet, primarily at west-facing beaches,” can be expec
  
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• Babson College supports student deported to Honduras

  01-12-2025 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Babson College has instructed faculty and staff to provide “academic and community support” to a student who was deported to Honduras when she tried to fly home to visit family for Thanksgiving.
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• National Guard member shot in DC has shown positive signs, West Virginia governor says

  01-12-2025 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN RABY, Associated Press
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia National Guard member who was shot last week in a brazen daytime attack in Washington, D.C., remains in serious condition but showed positive signs by giving a thumbs-up that he could hear a nurse’s question and wiggling his toes, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Monday.
  Morrisey said the family of 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe has asked the public to pray for him. Another member of the West Virgin
  
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• Waning immunity and falling vaccination rates fuel pertussis outbreaks

  01-12-2025 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By Céline Gounder, KFF Health News
  Rates of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are surging in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, and other states and localities across the country.
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• Thanksgiving debt regrets: How to recover if you overspend

  01-12-2025 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Once the haze clears from Thanksgiving sales, you might feel like a triumphant bargain hunter — or maybe you’ll be panicking over your receipts. Either way, you’re not alone.
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• US flyers without REAL ID will be able to pay $45 to bypass rule

  01-12-2025 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Allyson Versprille and Myles Miller
  (Bloomberg) — U.S. flyers arriving at the airport without a REAL ID will be offered the option to pay $45 for an alternative process to prove their identities, Transportation Security Administration officials said Monday.
  The new method, called Confirm ID, will start in February, and the results will be valid for 10 days, a window meant to cover most round-trip itineraries. The agency described the effort as part of a broader push to drive compliance wit
  
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• Hong Kong fire probe reveals unsafe netting as public mourns and government stifles dissent

  01-12-2025 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHAN HO-HIM and DAVID RISING
  HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials said Monday that their investigation into a deadly blaze that killed at least 151 has revealed some of the netting that covered scaffolding used in renovations was not up to fire-safety codes, as a wave of public sympathy and support was met by government moves to stifle criticism.
  Wednesday’s blaze, which took until Friday to fully extinguish, started on the lower-level netting covering bamboo scaffolding around on
  
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• Recipes: These holiday cookies are as fun to make as they are tasty to eat

  01-12-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  To my way of thinking, most folks love cookies. In the case of holiday cookies, for many it’s not just for their splendid taste and texture. Fondness is often linked to memories of warm kitchens and pleasant family times. Baking cookies is old-fashioned holiday fun.
  Of course, those cookie treasures can be sealed up in zipper-style plastic bags for enjoying at home or given as gifts (I like to keep one or two bags in the freezer for emergency cookie raids). There are a wide variety of cook
  
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• Bob Chesney set to become UCLA’s 20th head football coach

  01-12-2025 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Bob Chesney won at Salve Regina, a Division III university in Rhode Island. He won at Assumption, a Division II university in Worcester, Massachusetts.
  Chesney caught the eye of Holy Cross, an FCS program also in Worcester. He won there too. Goes to say, it’s hardly a surprise the 48-year-old coach from Pennsylvania has won at James Madison in the Sun Belt Conference, leading the Dukes on a College Football Playoff bid with an 11-1 record in 2025.
  UCLA is set to hire Ch
  
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• Heavy snow predicted for Northeast as Midwest still struggles with Thanksgiving weather snarls

  01-12-2025 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By PATRICK WHITTLE and ADAM SCHRECK
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Black ice, snow showers and fog pestered post-holiday travelers in the Midwest on Monday while the Northeast geared up for its first major snowstorm of the season.
  More than 8 inches of snow fell at Chicago O’Hare International Airport this weekend, setting a record for the highest single calendar day snowfall in November at the airport, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record was set in 1951.
  About 300
  
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• New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids

  01-12-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor.
  But what if those lenses could actually help preserve the child’s vision and reduce the chances for more serious eye problems in adulthood?
  That’s the promise of a new type of lens approved by the Food and Drug Administration in September. While the technology has pre
  
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• What is GivingTuesday? How to donate on the annual day of charitable giving

  01-12-2025 18:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. This year, nonprofits face uncertainty about how donors may respond to a range of changing factors.
  High prices may affect how much small dollar donors give this year or how many charities they will support. But President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation, which passed in July, also included a new charitable de
  
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• Starbucks to pay about $35M to NYC workers to settle claims it violated labor law

  01-12-2025 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday.
  The company will also pay $3.4 million in civil penalties under the agreement with the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. It also agrees to comply with the city’s Fair Workweek law going forward.
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• Rafael Perez: On Joe Rogan, the guy who just asks questions

  01-12-2025 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  We resume our divinely ordained crusade to recover our rationality and dispel the darkness that is online influencers who broadcast their stillborn thoughts to the masses. We’ve retaken Constantinople (Candace Owens), laid siege to Alexandria (Dave Smith), razed Acre (Hasan Piker), and sacked Tyre (Nick Fuentes). 
  We now approach Jerusalem where a single belligerent awaits. A man of cranial bounty. From humble origins making people eat bugs and charcuteries of animal testicles, to aff
  
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• Bitcoin dips below $85,000 in cryptocurrency rout

  01-12-2025 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
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  Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies extended a nearly two-month swoon Monday, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued.
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• ‘Little House on the Prairie’ reunion coming up in Simi Valley

  01-12-2025 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s the TV show that won’t die. Thousands of fans of “Little House on the Prairie,”  which ran from 1974 to 1983, keep it alive, not only by watching reruns, but also by attending reunions. And the next one’s in Simi Valley.
  The weekend of Dec. 12 to 14, there’s a three-day “Little House on the Prairie” cast reunion planned at Strathearn Historical Park.
  Exteriors for the show were filmed at the Big Sky Movie Ranch in Simi Valley, though the
  
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• Son of ‘El Chapo’ is set for a change-of-plea hearing in US drug case

  01-12-2025 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, Associated Press
  CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” was set Monday to change his not guilty plea in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother entered a plea deal.
  Joaquin Guzman Lopez had been scheduled to be in court Monday in Chicago for a status hearing, but a court document said the appearance would now be a change-of-plea hearing. The document didn’t say whether he would be pleading guilty, and Jeffre
  
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• Here are 8 ways to get tamales during the holidays in Southern California

  01-12-2025 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The holiday season isn’t just about Santa and gifts, for many it’s also about tamales. While people can find them all year long they’ve become a holiday tradition for many families, and you don’t have to know how to make them to enjoy them.
  So if you want to enjoy some great tamales this holiday season here are eight places you can go get your grub on, from festivals to restaurants and even a supermarket.
  Festivals
  Tamales being served steaming hot at the International Ta
  
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• On Dec. 1, ask us anything about the county budget on Reddit

  01-12-2025 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Curious about how the County of Orange manages its $10.8 billion budget? Where does the money come from, and how is it spent?
  The Register will answer any questions you may have about the budget process during our third-ever AMA — shorthand for “Ask Me Anything” — on the social platform Reddit on Monday, Dec. 1, from 5-6 p.m.
  The Register will be joined by county CEO Michelle Aguirre, CFO Kim Engelby and budget director Oana Cosma. We’re prepared to help you demysti
  
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• ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats

  01-12-2025 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The president of the International Criminal Court said during the institution’s annual meeting Monday that it will not bow to pressure from the United States and Russia.
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• When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call ‘mutual aid’

  01-12-2025 17:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By THALIA BEATY
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Times are tough. We take care of us.”
  In early November, Kashish Ali posted those words to her Instagram story as part of a yearslong practice she’s had to fundraise for food and drop it off at community fridges in Atlanta, where she’s from, and now in New York, where she lives. Ali, who is 32 and a first generation Pakistani immigrant, estimated that her friends and family have trusted her with thousands of dollars over the past cou
  
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• How to watch the last supermoon of the year

  01-12-2025 17:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, AP Science Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies.
  The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. When a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit, a so-called supermoon happens. It makes the moon look up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the faintest moon of the year, according to NASA.
  Supermoons happen a few times a year in clusters, taking
  
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• ‘Rage bait’ named Oxford University Press word of year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025

  01-12-2025 16:34 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.
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• California homebuyer’s goal: Save $18,200 annually for 5 years

  01-12-2025 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Want to enter the world of California homeownership? Become a voracious saver.
  My trusty spreadsheet had some fun with a curious study by Consumer Affairs that looked into a major challenge for first-time homebuyers: the down payment.
  The report pondered how long it would take to save 10% of the median purchase price, a common goal for first-timers, assuming the wannabe owner saved 10% of income left over after paying taxes and life’s “essentials,” using the median household in
  
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• Challenges ahead to hit California harder, CSUF economists say

  01-12-2025 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  As economist Anil Puri addressed a gathering of policymakers, business leaders and academics, the former dean of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton didn’t mince words when providing his in-depth analysis and three-year outlook for California’s economy at the recent Economic Forecast Conference.
  Puri, who serves as director of the university’s Woods Center for Economic Forecasting, and economist Mira Farka, who serves as co-director, presented their for
  
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• Crypto stocks help pull Wall Street lower and threaten its 5-day winning streak

  01-12-2025 16:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are giving back some of last week’s rally on Monday, as bitcoin, Nvidia and other former stars of Wall Street fall again.
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• Sen. Tom Umberg is vying for Board of Equalization seat

  01-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Term limits prevent state Sen. Tom Umberg from running for a spot in the California Legislature again — so he’s set his sights on an open State Board of Equalization seat in 2026.
  The BOE is responsible for overseeing California’s property tax system, and Umberg, a Santa Ana Democrat, is vying for the District 4 seat, which covers Orange, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.
  “The BOE plays a quiet but critical role in protecting homeowners, making s
  
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• Here’s some advice for KOST-FM: Don’t get rid of local DJs

  01-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  KOST (103.5 FM) added the syndicated Delilah show to its schedule, weeknights 7 p.m. to midnight, replacing longtime “Love Songs” host Karen Sharp, who was “retired” as part of last month’s nationwide cutbacks by station owner iHeart Media.
  To me, the move appears to be an obvious cost-cutting strategy, as syndicated programs are far cheaper than paying a live and local DJ … live and local being what radio executives keep telling us sets them apart from other
  
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• Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules

  01-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor despite his administration’s maneuvers to keep her in the role, an appeals court said Monday.
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• Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules

  01-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom the administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeal court said Monday.
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• Don Wagner: Just say no to crony capitalism in Orange County

  01-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Capitalism works. 
  Better than any other system devised by man, capitalism provides the most opportunity to the most people. It creates wealth, and produces a cleaner environment, better health, outcomes, stronger education, and more individual freedom than the alternatives.
  Despite recent flirtations with socialism on the left and by young people, generations of human experience proves that capitalism offers more, to more people, than does anything other system. 
  But capitalism has it
  
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• Indiana lawmakers in state House to convene session with redistricting top of mind

  01-12-2025 15:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press
  Indiana House members are expected to push forward Monday with redrawing the state’s congressional districts in Republicans’ favor, increasing pressure on their defiant counterparts in the GOP-led Senate to meet President Donald Trump’s demands.
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• Melania Trump reveals White House holiday decorations and her theme, ‘Home Is Where the Heart Is’

  01-12-2025 15:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Monday unveiled the White House holiday decorations and her theme is “Home Is Where the Heart Is,” her first since she resumed the role of first lady.
  Christmas trees decorate the East Room of the White House during a press preview of the Christmas decorations “Home is Where the Heart Is,” Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
  Her decor also nods to next year’s 250t
  
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• Senior living: What the air you breathe may be doing to your brain

  01-12-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Paula Span, KFF Health News
  For years, two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition.
  Both patients, a man and a woman, had agreed to donate their brains after they died for further research. “An amazing gift,” said Edward Lee, the neuropathologist who directs the brain bank at the university’s Perelman Sch
  
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• Why Cyber Monday could break spending records despite economic uncertainty

  01-12-2025 14:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Deals promoted as some of the best of the holiday season are expected to keep people across the United States glued to their computers and smartphones as the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon wraps up on Cyber Monday.
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