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• Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump’s last Cabinet meeting of 2025

  02-12-2025 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT and MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With Tuesday’s White House Cabinet meeting chugging past the two-hour mark, President Donald Trump ‘s eyes fluttered and closed. His budget director busied himself doodling a fluffy cloud. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was lucky enough to speak early, but the title on his nameplate was misspelled.
  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s name card is seen misspelled during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday,
  
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• Alexander: The Lane Kiffin Traveling Circus moves on

  02-12-2025 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  This was fitting, and probably to be expected: As Lane Kiffin boarded the private plane Sunday that would take him from Oxford, Miss., to Baton Rouge and his next coaching adventure, a gathering of University of Mississippi football fans saw him off – with boos and extended middle fingers.
  Poor guy just doesn’t have much luck with airport tarmacs, does he?
  Of course, the record must be tweaked for accuracy. When Kiffin was fired by then-USC athletic director Pat Haden in late Septemb
  
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• Snow Summit, Bear Mountain plan to open in coming days

  02-12-2025 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  The lifts will start spinning at Big Bear resorts in coming days, with Bear Mountain planning to open on Thursday, Dec. 4, and Snow Summit following on Friday.
  Warm weather and a lack of snow has plagued ski resorts along the West Coast, with delayed openings locally and across the northwest, but cold nighttime temperatures and low humidity has allowed snowmaking to cover runs enough to kick off the season in Big Bear, resort officials said.
  Snow Valley, about 30 minutes down the hill from the B
  
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• Orange County boys basketball Top 25: Undefeated Santa Margarita is No. 1

  02-12-2025 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys basketball rankings as of Tuesday, Dec. 2. The team records are through Monday, Dec. 1.
  Notable this week: Santa Margarita has been looking strong with several one-sided wins. The Eagles could be the team to beat in the Trinity League. … Mater Dei got off to a rough start before a few wins in a tournament in Washington state. … Corona del Mar impressed in a 21-point win over Orange Lutheran. … Los Alamitos is 1-3 against a very challenging schedule. &h
  
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• Ducks getting tested in goal as they host Utah

  02-12-2025 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Ducks returned from their split of a Midwestern back-to-back set and geared up to host the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday, their goalie depth was being put to the test.
  Already down Lukáš Dostál (shoulder), Petr Mrázek sustained an injury during a 5-3 loss to Chicago on Sunday, when the Ducks gave up five unanswered goals. Seasoned third-stringer Ville Husso relieved him there and in St. Louis, where the Finn earned a 4-1 win against his former club.
  Next, Husso, re
  
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• ‘Painful scar’ of San Bernardino mass shooting anniversary brings community together

  02-12-2025 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Public mourning on the 10th anniversary of the San Bernardino mass shooting started early on Dec. 2 outside a memorial to the memories of those killed in the attack.
  About 100 people gathered Tuesday morning near the Curtain of Courage memorial on the grounds of the San Bernardino County Government Center. The crowd was a little larger than in recent years, with family members of the victims joining county staff to pay respects to those who died in the shooting the morning of Dec. 2, 2015. Thirt
  
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• Man struck 16 times by San Bernardino officer feels vindicated after charges dropped

  02-12-2025 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Almost a year and a half after Billy Lee Hill absorbed 16 baton strikes from a San Bernardino police officer, he says his shins still hurt too much for him to stand for long, and his work is limited to light duties at a friend’s restaurant.
  But the 39-year-old Crestline resident achieved some measure of satisfaction when felony charges filed after the videotaped confrontation were dropped — and a misdemeanor charge added as part of a plea deal resulted in only a sentence of time alre
  
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• A look at the Thanksgiving shopping weekend and what’s next

  02-12-2025 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s shoppers may feel gloomy about the economy, but they certainly were in the mood to shop over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend that wrapped up on Cyber Monday.
  As Wall Street analysts and retailers sift through the data from the weekend — the unofficial start to the season and a good barometer of shoppers’ financial health and the strength of the economy — the figures show that shoppers went o
  
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• SEC chief wants to ease rules for small-firm public offerings

  02-12-2025 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lydia Beyoud and Katherine Doherty | Bloomberg
  The nation’s top securities regulator is planning to make it easier for small companies to go public by cutting mandatory disclosures and scaling back requirements based on the size of the firm.
  Such a move could increase the initial public offering pipeline and revive the roster of listed companies, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said in prepared remarks for a Tuesday event at the New York Stock Exchange.
  The revis
  
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• Trump says National Guard will be sent to New Orleans

  02-12-2025 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK, Associated Press
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge to the city that is already awaiting a separate immigration crackdown that is expected to begin this week.
  Trump did not say how many troops would be sent to New Orleans or exactly when they would arrive. Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who asked the Trump administration in September for up to 1
  
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• Kings trade Akil Thomas to Blues for Nikita Alexandrov

  02-12-2025 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES –– On a busy Tuesday morning for the Kings, they announced that one center would remain with the organization, another would be shipping out to the Midwest and a third would be arriving to Southern California imminently.
  Before they signed Samuel Helenius to a two-year contract extension worth $875,000 per season, they completed a trade with the St. Louis Blues that swapped Akil Thomas for Nikita Alexandrov.
  Helenius, 23, played 50 games for the Kings during the 2024-25 s
  
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• ‘Fackham Hall’ director reveals why the film spoof removed four great jokes

  02-12-2025 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  In director Jim O’Hanlon’s comedy “Fackham Hall,” everything on screen is a picture-perfect recreation of classic English period dramas such as “Downton Abbey,” “Gosford Park,” or “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
  Except for the dialogue and occasional sight gags, which hilariously parody the genre as thoroughly as “The Naked Gun” spoofed cop movies or “Blazing Saddles” skewered westerns or Monty Python mocked practically
  
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• US Justice Department seeks to dismiss Maurene Comey lawsuit on procedural grounds

  02-12-2025 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that fired former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey brought against it, saying she didn’t properly follow administrative complaint procedures before suing.
  The argument was in court papers filed Monday prior to a Thursday hearing in Manhattan federal court.
  In September, Comey sued the department, the Executive Office of the President, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi,
  
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• Newsom’s 911 debacle is California’s latest failed tech adoption

  02-12-2025 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Six years ago, shortly after the Legislature enacted his first state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom embarked on a celebratory tour to tout the spending plan’s major provisions.
  Newsom’s last stop was in San Francisco, where he bragged about increasing fees on telephone service to finance an upgrade of California’s 911 emergency communication system, whose deficiencies had become painfully apparent during a series of destructive and deadly wildfires.
  “During my first week in of
  
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• Orange County girls basketball Top 25: Mater Dei and Sage Hill lead pack

  02-12-2025 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls basketball rankings as of Tuesday, Dec. 2. The team records are through Monday, Dec. 1.
  Notable this week: Mater Dei remains No. 1 after capturing its inaugural Holiday Classic behind tournament MVP Harmony Golightly. The Monarchs play host to West of Utah (2-0) on Friday at 2 p.m. … Orange Lutheran (7-0) climbs five spots to No. 7 after winning its division in the El Toro T
  
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• Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don’t provide data

  02-12-2025 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless they provide information about those receiving the assistance.
  Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that the action is in the works because those states are refusing to provide data the department req
  
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• Diane Keaton’s LA dream home back on market for $27 million

  02-12-2025 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Diane Keaton’s prized dream home, inspired by her love of childhood fable “The Three Little Pigs,” is back on the market after being taken down not long before her death in October.
  The estate in LA’s Sullivan Canyon neighborhood is asking $27 million this time around, according to TMZ. The actress and home renovator had first listed it last March for $28.9 million as her health took a downward turn. In May, the price dropped to $27.5 million, where it stayed until being
  
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• Disney’s Lunar New Year 2026 festival returns with food, music and Horace Horsecollar

  02-12-2025 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland’s Asian-inspired food festival that pays tribute to Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean traditions will celebrate the Year of the Horse with a lineup of multicultural live entertainment and Disney characters dressed in festive attire.
  The 2026 Lunar New Year event will run from Jan. 23 through Feb. 22 at Disney California Adventure.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
  
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• Despite legal challenge, Florida college votes again to transfer land for Trump presidential library

  02-12-2025 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATE PAYNE, Associated Press
  The board of the South Florida college that’s giving away a valuable piece of property for Donald Trump’s future presidential library revoted to transfer the land on Tuesday.
  The board of Miami Dade College faces a lawsuit filed by a local activist and a trial set for August over allegations it violated the state’s open government law when it first voted to gift the parcel. The lawsuit said the board failed to provide sufficient notice for its sp
  
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• Trump says he doesn’t want Somalis in the US, urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it

  02-12-2025 20:33 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump during a lengthy Cabinet meeting on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States, saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to America.
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• Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says

  02-12-2025 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE BALSAMO and STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the United States, a move that comes as President Donald Trump has escalated rhetoric about the state’s Somali community, according to a person familiar with the planning.
  The operation could begin in the coming days and is expected to zero in on people
  
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• Man charged in National Guard shooting pleads not guilty during court appearance from hospital bed

  02-12-2025 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and assault charges during his first appearance before a judge via video from a hospital bed.
  Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who was also shot, faces charges stemming from the Nov. 26 shooting that killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24. His attorney entered a no
  
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• Hegseth cites ‘fog of war’ in defending follow-on strike in scrutinized attack on alleged drug boat

  02-12-2025 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea earlier this year.
  During Tuesday’s cabinet meeting at the White House, Hegseth said that he did not see that there were survivors in the water when the second strike was ordered and launched in early September, saying that “the thing was on fire” and citing the “fog of war” in defending the s
  
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• ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ to feature Chappell Roan, Mariah Carey, Post Malone and Maren Morris

  02-12-2025 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey, Post Malone, Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato and Maren Morris will help ring in the new year on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” with additional performances by 50 Cent, Charlie Puth, OneRepublic and Pitbull.
  The show on Dec. 31 will be live on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. EST, and repeat the next day on Hulu. Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora will anchor the celebrations from New York City at Times Square,
  
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• Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz face May trial date in gambling case

  02-12-2025 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By PHILIP MARCELO
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are facing a May trial on federal charges that they took bribes to help gamblers betting on their pitches.
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• Wind advisory for 5 Freeway north of LA for Wednesday and Thursday – gusts may reach 55 mph

  02-12-2025 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway north of LA is under a wind advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 10:40 a.m. The advisory is valid from Wednesday 6 a.m. until Thursday Dec. 4, at 3 p.m.
  “Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. Isolated gusts to 60 mph are possible,” according to the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA. “Relative lulls are possible in the late afternoon through evening hours Wednesday.”
  “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured
  
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• Cold weather advisory in place for Yosemite until Thursday morning – below zero wind chills

  02-12-2025 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite is the focus of a cold weather advisory released at 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from 7 p.m. until Thursday Dec. 4, at 9 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA said, “Very cold wind chills as low as 9 degrees below expected for elevations above 9000 feet.”
  “The cold wind chills as low as 10 below zero could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. Very cold temperatures can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure,”
  
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• Crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record and sells for $30.2 million

  02-12-2025 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution shattered records Tuesday as it sold at auction for 22.9 million pounds ($30.2 million).
  The Winter Egg, which was compared to the iconic Mona Lisa, was just one of seven of the opulent ovoids remaining in private hands, Christie’s London auction house said.
  The 4-inch (10-centimeter) tall egg is made from finely carved rock crystal, covered in a de
  
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• Recipe: How to make a perfect leg of lamb for holiday entertaining

  02-12-2025 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  In my childhood home, we had a leg of lamb two Sundays a month. I loved those Sundays, as did my Shetland sheepdog who was the recipient of the leftover bone. Mom’s recipe was simple. The meat was topped with olive oil, salt and pepper prior to roasting.
  This recipe takes it up a notch making it the perfect entrée for special occasion holiday entertaining. This approach studs the meat with little “bouquets” made of rosemary sprigs, slivered garlic and anchovies. Don&rsqu
  
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• These restaurants are serving creative Japanese Curry dishes for just one month

  02-12-2025 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  An iconic Japanese comfort dish is getting the holiday spotlight this month as several restaurants join forces to celebrate Japanese curry.
  Organized by the All Japan Curry Manufacturers Association, a group that works to promote Japanese curry around the world, the “Let Japanese Curry Melt Your Heart” promotion runs through Dec. 31 and will include Japanese and Japanese-fusion restaurants as well a pizza shop and even a crepe café serving creative versions of the comfort food
  
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• Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks

  02-12-2025 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press
  TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — The fear is palpable in this Palestinian village. It’s clear in how farmers gather their harvests quickly, how they scan the valley for movement, how they dare not stray past certain roads. At any time, they say, armed Israeli settlers could descend.
  “In a matter of minutes, they get on their phones. They gather themselves, and they surprise you,” said Yasser Alkam, a Palestinian-American lawyer and farmer f
  
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• Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip

  02-12-2025 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE
  BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s people — including in the war-battered south — on the final day of his first overseas trip.
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• Remembering Lauren Turner: Dealing with a player’s death

  02-12-2025 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Demian Brown wants you to know a few things about Lauren Turner.
  The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer coach wants you to know she was a game-changer on the recruiting front, that landing her from Beckman High School and the nationally recognized Slammers FC club in Newport Beach was “a massive uptick in our recruitment.”
  Brown wants you to know why Turner was such a recruiting coup. He can’t remember her missing a tackle in two years, talked with awe dripping from his v
  
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• More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue efforts intensify

  02-12-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By BINSAR BAKKARA and NINIEK KARMINI
  BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,300 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with nearly 900 people missing.
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• Bluey musical comedy show coming to Disneyland

  02-12-2025 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Bluey, Bingo and other characters from the wildly popular Disney+ animated television series will star in a new musical comedy show with a troupe of actors and musicians coming this spring to Disneyland.
  “Bluey’s Best Day Ever” will debut March 22 in the Fantasyland Theatre at the Anaheim theme park.
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• Gen Z and millennials embrace sustainable alternatives to imported fresh flowers

  02-12-2025 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and KIKI SIDERIS
  Instead of hiring a florist for her October wedding, Emily Day decided to grow her own flowers in her front yard in Calgary, Canada — a creative challenge that turned into a lesson on the hidden climate costs of the global flower industry. She said her homegrown arrangements were just as beautiful as store-bought ones and cost a fraction of the price.
  Day and her fiance built garden boxes out of wooden shipping containers in March and filled them
  
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• Ex-New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s comeback bid comes down to a runoff for Jersey City mayor

  02-12-2025 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback comes down to a one-on-one runoff Tuesday against an opponent who has denounced him and his scandal-stained exit from the governor’s office two decades ago as the epitome of “politics of the past.”
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• Despite US trade war, OECD expects global economy will grow 3.2% this year

  02-12-2025 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy has proven surprisingly durable in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday, upgrading its outlook for global and U.S. economic growth this year.
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• AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions

  02-12-2025 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOCELYN GECKER
  Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using artificial intelligence to read them.
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• Israeli forensics experts examine remains handed over by fighters in Gaza

  02-12-2025 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA, MEGAN JANETSKY and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Tuesday said it had received remains handed over by Palestinian fighters in Gaza to the Red Cross. They were believed to be remains of one of the two hostages still in the territory: an Israeli and a Thai national.
  Israel’s government said the “findings” from Gaza had been taken for forensics testing. Palestinian media said they were located in Gaza’s norther
  
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• As UCLA opens Big Ten play, can Donovan Dent shake his slump?

  02-12-2025 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — When Donovan Dent transferred to UCLA for his senior season, a reason behind the move, he said, was that if he endured a slump, he could go home to correct course. It took just seven games into his time in Westwood for him to need that one-hour trip east to Riverside.
  Dent returned to his high school gym for Corona Centennial’s game against Los Alamitos, spending a moment in Joshua Giles’ office chopping it up with his former coaches – the ones who won&rsquo
  
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• Messy house? Here are 16 tips to clean and organize for the holidays

  02-12-2025 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Let’s face it, we’re all a little messy. Well, most of us. I know, because I’ve been in your houses for the last four decades as a hard news reporter.
  That’s why it’s good to have company coming, because it makes us clean up. No one wants to invite guests over when there are piles of papers on the floor and bills all over the dining room table. And who can sleep in the spare room when it’s full of discarded junk?
  Well, we’re here to help. We got tips fro
  
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• AI’s impact could worsen gaps between world’s rich and poor, a UN report says

  02-12-2025 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer
  BANGKOK (AP) — Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world.
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• Are those exploding packages legal? Ask the Lawyer

  02-12-2025 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Have seen a bunch of videos where “porch pirates” pick up a box and on their way out, it explodes. They get a dye on them — it looks like — and smoke, and sometimes it gets on their cars. Are those exploding packages legal?
  D.H., Hacienda Heights
  Ron Sokol
  A: I have seen some of those videos as well. My reaction is that if someone is stealing from your porch, they should not be able to complain if if turns out to be a booby trap. I also read, if the report is accurate,
  
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• Freebie of the week: Kids can ski free for a week in Big Bear

  02-12-2025 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Got a kid who likes the slopes? Then check out this deal: Kids aged 12 and under can ski or snowboard with seven days of free lift tickets from Saturday, Dec. 6 through Dec. 12. This deal is good at Snow Valley, Snow Summit and Bear Mountain.
  To get your free lift ticket, go to any ticket window during operating hours, or add zero dollars ($0) when you buy online. On the day of use, go to the ticket window to print the physical ticket. You must show proof of your child’s age. The ticket is
  
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• Next governor must get tax policy right

  02-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California is truly a national leader in overtaxing its businesses, residents and visitors. Nevertheless, California is looking at a large and growing structural budget deficit for years to come. That is why it is crucial that the next governor of California, whoever it is, have some modicum of understanding of how counterproductive high tax rates are.
  A recent survey of the states by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation observed the Golden State “combines high tax rates with an uncompetitive ta
  
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• Costco sues Trump administration for tariff refunds

  02-12-2025 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By Zoe Tillman and Jaewon Kang
  Costco Wholesale Corp. joined a fast-growing list of businesses suing the Trump administration to ensure eligibility for refunds if the US Supreme Court strikes down the president’s signature global tariffs policy.
  The nation’s biggest warehouse club chain is among dozens of companies to file lawsuits in a US trade court since late October challenging President Donald Trump’s use of an economic emergency powers law to impose the levies, according
  
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• Russian skiers and snowboarders allowed by CAS to try to qualify for Winter Olympics

  02-12-2025 16:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By GRAHAM DUNBAR, Associated Press Sports Writer
  GENEVA (AP) — Russian skiers and snowboarders won a court ruling on Tuesday to apply as neutral athletes for qualification events to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after nearly four years of being excluded during the war on Ukraine.
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• Where did Southern California home prices jump the most in 10 years?

  02-12-2025 16:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Do you understand how much Southern California home prices have changed over the past decade?
  My trusty spreadsheet analyzed Attom’s homebuying data to identify which of the six counties in the region experienced the largest price jump over the past 10 years through September 2025. The analysis also revealed how prices have shifted across Southern California, all of California, and the entire nation.
  We used this data to create a quiz that helps you view the price gains from a regiona
  
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• Why are so many rest areas closed along California freeways?

  02-12-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Dave Rogers said he recently drove back to the Inland Empire from Oregon, driving south from San Jose along the 5 Freeway and through the Grapevine. Rogers said he counted six rest areas closed along the route and asked why so many are closed.
  A: California has over 80 rest areas along its freeways. Several are closed off and on for maintenance or repairs to infrastructure like water lines and restrooms. This can be frustrating to travelers seeking a break from the road.
  According to Caltrans
  
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