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• Horse racing notebook: At Los Alamitos, it’s hard to bet against Juan Hernandez

  04-12-2025 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  After choosing quality over quantity at recent Los Alamitos thoroughbred meets, Juan Hernandez is going for more of both as the Orange County track opens a two-week run Friday.
  California’s perennial leading jockey has two mounts Friday, including 9-5 morning-line favorite Voldemort in the allowance-level feature race, and two Saturday, 8-5 favorite Nimah in the $200,000, Grade II Starlet Stakes and 2-1 favorite Greenwich Village debuting in a maiden sprint.
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• El Monte man accused of killing passenger, Alhambra officer pleads not guilty

  04-12-2025 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  An El Monte man pleaded not guilty on Thursday, Dec. 4, to killing an Alhambra police officer and his own passenger in a collision between a reported stolen Hyundai SUV and a police cruiser during a pursuit.
  Steven Ara Zapata, 27, was arraigned at Alhambra Superior Court on two counts of murder, one count of reckless driving causing injury and two counts of fleeing a pursuing officer’s vehicle causing death.
  He faces 80 to 120 years to life in prison if convicted as charged.
  Bail was set a
  
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• A supersized World Cup field begins taking shape at Friday’s draw

  04-12-2025 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By RONALD BLUM, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — FIFA has invited more teams than ever for a World Cup priced largely for fans in the 1%. The process of figuring out which teams in the expanded 48-nation field will play where begins with Friday’s draw at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
  Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan will appear in soccer’s premier event for the first time when next year’s tournament is played from June 11 to July 19 at 16
  
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• Stress of Houthi combat was a key factor in series of costly Navy mishaps, investigations show

  04-12-2025 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and BEN FINLEY, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New investigative reports into a series of high-profile and costly Navy mishaps during a U.S.-led campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels reveal that the most intense running sea battle that the military service has faced since World War II took a toll on ships and personnel.
  The four reports released Thursday cover a “friendly fire” incident in December 2024 that saw the cruiser USS Gettysburg shoot
  
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• An NCAA-backed effort to reshape college sport regulations has hit a wall in Congress

  04-12-2025 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An effort to regulate college sports backed by the NCAA, the U.S. Olympic organization and the White House has faltered in Congress, with opponents raising concerns over the wide-reaching power it gives the NCAA and its most powerful programs.
  House Republican leaders had planned to push the bill, known as the SCORE Act, to a final vote this week. But those plans were abruptly scrapped after a procedural vote to advance the bill earli
  
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• 4-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the effects

  04-12-2025 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org
  Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week.
  Like many rural K-12 schools, the district has struggled to find teachers, and it sees the four-day week as a useful recruiting tool. It also wants to curb student absences, which tend to spike on Mondays and Fridays.
  The district maintained its traditional five-day calendar in
  
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• Woodbridge football playing for CIF regional title after 0-7 start to season

  04-12-2025 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  When the Woodbridge football team started the season 0-7, some players on the team quit.
  “They’re regretting it now,” said Woodbridge coach Connor McBride.
  That 0-7 start included an 0-2 record in the Omicron League. That second league loss was an ugly one, 55-7 to Pacifica.
  Then Woodbridge started winning. The Warriors beat Katella 35-0 and tied Buena Park for third place in league. They won a coin flip for the league’s last automatic entry to the CIF Southern Section pl
  
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• ‘I can hold this seat’: After Trump meeting, Issa drops idea of Texas move, will seek re-election in San Diego County

  04-12-2025 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa is no longer considering leaving San Diego County to run for Congress in Texas, he said Thursday, capping days of speculation about the future of the longest-serving member of the county’s congressional delegation.
  The Republican said that he would run for re-election in California after all, following a Wednesday meeting with President Donald Trump.
  “I think I can hold this seat in spite of the governor’s gerrymandering, and my intention is to stay right
  
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• Did Jamaree Salyer win the Chargers’ left tackle job?

  04-12-2025 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — There have been plenty of questions about the Chargers’ offensive line since left tackle Rashawn Slater suffered a season-ending knee injury during training camp Aug. 7. Two more were raised after Jamaree Salyer started and played so capably in Sunday’s victory over the Las Vegas Raiders.
  First, did Salyer play well enough during a 31-14 victory to get another start Monday night against the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles? Second, what took so long for the
  
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• After shutdown, federal employees face new uncertainty: affording health insurance

  04-12-2025 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
  Larry Humphreys, a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency worker in Moultrie, Georgia, says he and his wife won’t be traveling much next year after their monthly health insurance premium payment increases more than 40%, to $938.
  Humphreys, 68, feels betrayed by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. “As federal employees, we sacrificed good salaries in the private sector because we thought the benefits from government would be better now
  
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• US health department unveils strategy to expand its adoption of AI technology

  04-12-2025 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday outlined a strategy to expand its use of artificial intelligence, building on the Trump administration’s enthusiastic embrace of the rapidly advancing technology while raising questions about how health information would be protected.
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• A bundle of joy, and a basket full of goodies

  04-12-2025 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Colleen and Jaime Baro were basking Monday in the glow of their new and first-born baby, Andrew.
  “He’s got my hair,” Jaime Baro said with a smile of the thick, dark brown waves that framed Drew’s cherubic face.
  “He definitely has my blue eyes,” Colleen Baro added, as family sat around the new mother’s bed in the postpartum room at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton.
  After a 17-hour labor that turned into a C-section, the family had finally f
  
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• How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animal

  04-12-2025 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By GERALD IMRAY
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use them.
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• US Treasury slaps $7.1M fine on New York firm for managing properties for Putin ally

  04-12-2025 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department imposed a $7.1 million fine on a New York-based property management firm Thursday, accusing it of violating sanctions by managing luxury real estate properties for oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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• Immigration crackdown in New Orleans has a target of 5,000 arrests. Is that possible?

  04-12-2025 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACK BROOK and JOHN SEEWER
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trump administration officials overseeing the immigration crackdown launched this week in New Orleans are aiming to make 5,000 arrests with a focus on violent offenders, a target that some city leaders say is not realistic.
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• Tennessee special election shows the power of partisan gerrymandering as Trump pushes for more of it

  04-12-2025 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN MATTISE and DAVID A. LIEB
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As a leader of the College Democrats at Vanderbilt University, Luci Wingo knew the odds of a Democrat winning one of Nashville’s three U.S. House seats weren’t great. Yet her hope grew as the party mounted an aggressive campaign for its candidate, Aftyn Behn, in a special election to replace a Republican who had resigned.
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• How to watch the 2026 World Cup draw

  04-12-2025 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The world’s global party kicks off this Friday.
  Well, maybe not kick. It’s kind of a sorting hat type of situation. Let me explain.
  The 2026 FIFA World Cup is slated for 104 matches held in 16 stadiums across the U.S., Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19.
  Nations will be sorted into groups of four during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5. A slew of global celebrities and former players will participate in the sorting draw that sets the first-round groups and creates the
  
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• LAFC keeps goalkeeper Hugo Lloris with 1-year extension

  04-12-2025 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Arguably the best bang-for-your-buck signing in Los Angeles Football Club history will continue to represent the Black & Gold in 2026.
  Iconic French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, a World Cup winner in 2018, agreed to a one-year contract extension with a club option for 2027, LAFC announced Thursday.
  “From the start, I recognized the ambition of this club and the strong culture among players, staff, and supporters,” Lloris said in a statement. “I came here to compete, to keep play
  
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• Hegseth put troops at risk by sharing sensitive plans on personal phone, Pentagon watchdog finds

  04-12-2025 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID KLEPPER, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and BEN FINLEY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. troops at risk by sharing sensitive plans about an upcoming military strike in Yemen on his personal phone, according to a Pentagon inspector general’s report made public Thursday that criticized the use of unapproved messaging apps and devices across the Defense Department.
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• Disneyland raises Magic Key prices with new tier level

  04-12-2025 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland plans to sunset the Enchant Key and raise prices on the replacement Explore Key as the Anaheim theme park shuffles the four-tier lineup of the Magic Key annual pass program.
  The new $999 Explore Key will go on sale Jan. 13 as a replacement for the $974 Enchant Key that will be discontinued starting on the same date.
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• Jurors deadlock in trial of Garden Grove man who filmed himself shooting, killing homeless man

  04-12-2025 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The trial of a 70-year-old Garden Grove man, who while out on an afternoon jog filmed himself shooting and killing a homeless man, ended in a mistrial after an Orange County Superior Court jury was unable to reach a verdict.
  A day after beginning deliberations, jurors tasked with deciding the fate of Craig Sumner Elliott announced that they were hopelessly deadlocked 11 to 1 on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The holdout juror would not change their mind, according to court records. It was unclear whether th
  
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• Gorillaz bring House of Kong exhibition and two Hollywood Palladium shows to Los Angeles

  04-12-2025 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Gorillaz will bring their immersive House of Kong exhibition to Downtown Los Angeles for a limited four-week run from Feb. 26 to March 19, 2026, taking over Rolling Greens DTLA after its well-received debut in London last year.
  The experience opens the virtual band’s world to fans through audiovisual installations, artwork and archival material tracing the group’s evolution since the release of “Tomorrow Comes Today” in 2000.
  Exhibition tickets are available now for Kong
  
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• CIF SoCal Regional finals: Woodbridge vs. San Fernando, Division 7-AA

  04-12-2025 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL FINALS
  DIVISION 7-AA
  SAN FERNANDO (11-3) VS. WOODBRIDGE (6-8)
  Where, when: University High, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
  Live streaming: NFHS network
  Tickets: At GoFan.co ($8-$12)
  Outlook: Woodbridge has gone from an 0-7 start to qualifying for the playoffs, winning a CIF Southern Section championship and playing in the state playoffs. Woodbridge beat Montebello 24-23 last week in the CIF Southern Section Division 13 championship game. Mont
  
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• The meeting that changed Napa Valley: How a handful of farmers reshaped American wine

  04-12-2025 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Lea el artículo en español aquí.
  Ren Harris didn’t set out to reshape Napa Valley. He just wanted better grape prices.
  So one evening in 1975, he called a few neighbors to his house in Oakville — names that today read like a who’s who of modern Napa wine history: John Trefethen, Virgil Galleron, Justin Meyer and Andy Beckstoffer. Harris, a former San Francisco contractor who had recently ripped out 30 acres of prune trees and planted grapes, got straight to
  
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• US prioritizes visas for fans traveling for the World Cup, Olympics and other events

  04-12-2025 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has instructed U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to prioritize visa applications from foreigners wishing the visit the United States to either invest in America or attend the 2026 World Cup, 2028 Olympics and other major sporting events.
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• Ducks, after worst loss of the season, host Ovechkin and the Capitals

  04-12-2025 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM –– The Ducks are seeking to get back on track as a train from Washington is bearing down on them.
  Following Wednesday’s punting by the Utah Mammoth that saw them cede a touchdown, the Ducks will be back at it Friday when they’ll welcome the Washington Capitals.
  While the Caps have won six consecutive games and nine of their past 10, the Ducks have taken two matches in a row only once since their seven-game win streak ended nearly a month ago.
  “We’re tr
  
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• Council makes Cecilia Gallardo-Daly official as Costa Mesa city manager

  04-12-2025 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Cecilia Gallardo-Daly, a 30-year veteran of local government, will serve as Costa Mesa’s new city manager.
  The City Council unanimously approved Gallardo-Daly’s three-year employment contract this week, making permanent the role she has been in since June 3.
  “I’m very grateful for everything Ms. Gallardo-Daly has done to step up for the city of Costa Mesa,” Mayor John Stephens said. “I think she has a bright future in leading the city.”
  The City Council
  
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• California activist gets jail time for taking chickens from Perdue Farms plant

  04-12-2025 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A California animal welfare activist who took four chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant was sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of felony conspiracy, trespassing and other charges.
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• FIFA considered Vegas for World Cup draw but logistical issues helped send it to Washington instead

  04-12-2025 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK ANDERSON, AP Sports Writer
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — FIFA considered Las Vegas as the site for its World Cup draw but logistical issues helped prevent a deal from getting done.
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• SoCal Regional football: La Habra vs. Bakersfield Christian, Division 2AA

  04-12-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCIF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL REGIONAL
  DIVISION 2AA
  La Habra (11-3) vs. Bakersfield Christian (12-0)
  Where, when: Bakersfield Christian High, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
  Live coverage: NFHS Network (stream)
  Outlook: The Highlanders advanced to the regional for the first time since 2015 by defeating San Jacinto 27-13 in Menifee for the CIF-SS Division 4 crown. In 2015, La Habra lost at Camarillo 63-49 in Division
  
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• CIF SoCal Regional finals: La Habra vs. Bakersfield Christian, Division 2-AA

  04-12-2025 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCIF STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL FINALS
  DIVISION 2-AA
  La Habra (11-3) vs. Bakersfield Christian (12-0)
  Where, when: Bakersfield Christian High, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
  Live coverage: NFHS Network (stream)
  Outlook: The Highlanders advanced to the regional finals for the first time since 2015 by defeating San Jacinto 27-13 in Menifee for the CIF-SS Division 4 crown. In 2015, La Habra lost
  
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• Anaheim briefs: Shop books at the Central Library to support the Friends’ efforts

  04-12-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  You may find some great gifts for this holiday season at the upcoming Friends of the Anaheim Public Library book sale.
  The sale is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 19 at Central Library, 500 W. Broadway. You’ll find the selection of books and other items for sale in the basement.
  In addition to books there will be jewelry, curios, knick-knacks, puzzles and more. Don’t miss the sale!
  Many of the programs and events at the libraries are available through the generous support of
  
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• I tried all 12 Beers of Christmas at Knott’s Merry Farm

  04-12-2025 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm has become Knott’s Beer-y Farm for craft beer lovers who can sample all 12 Beers of Christmas from a renowned Orange County brewer during the winter holiday season at the Buena Park theme park.
  Every one of the beers in the 12 Days of Christmas series from the Placentia-based Bruery is being poured during Knott’s Merry Farm — from the Partridge in a Pear Tree Belgian-style quadruple ale to the 12 Drummers Drumming bourbon barrel aged blend.
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• Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA’s Olympic uniforms

  04-12-2025 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALYCE BROWN
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren revealed Team USA’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics looks Thursday, complete with Americana knit sweaters and plenty of vintage call-backs.
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• White House is expected to submit plans for new ballroom to planning commission this month

  04-12-2025 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By GARY FIELDS, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expected to submit plans for its new ballroom to a planning commission later this month, the Trump-appointed head of the panel said Thursday.
  “Once plans are submitted, that’s really when the role of this commission, and its professional staff, will begin,” Will Scharf, the chair of the National Capital Planning Commission, said at its monthly meeting on Thursday.
  The 90,000-square-foot ballro
  
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• Drummond: PYLUSD board to look at budget’s future after new year

  04-12-2025 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A key element of a “budget stabilization plan” in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District will come at a January board meeting when trustees are presented with a list of potential budget reductions starting the next school year.
  Reductions are deemed essential because of anticipated increases in the district’s deficit spending and predicted declines in enrollment, with the latest estimates presented at a November study session by Joan Velasco, interim assistant superi
  
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• A single hostage remains in Gaza after identification of Thai worker’s remains

  04-12-2025 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By AUDREY HOROWITZ and BASSEM MROUE
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Remains turned over to Israel as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal were those of a Thai agricultural worker, Israeli and Thai officials said Thursday. The return of Sudthisak Rinthalak’s remains leaves just one more hostage to be returned under the agreement.
  Sudthisak was an agricultural worker who had been employed at Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the hardest-hit communities in the attack. Israeli officials said the 42
  
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• Cooking with Judy: In the latkes debate, the splat method gives crispy texture

  04-12-2025 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  As we light the Hanukkah candles beginning Sunday evening, Dec. 14, I can’t help but remember the celebrations of my youth.
  My mother’s family was very close, and we cousins (13 of us) were raised together practically as siblings. On holidays, we squeezed into my grandparents’ tiny apartment. There were so many of us that my grandpa, Papa Harry, even put a board in the children’s table.
  The highlight, of course, was our Hanukkah party. The pile of latkes! The mountain of
  
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• What to know about the International Criminal Court as annual meeting lays out challenges

  04-12-2025 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MOLLY QUELL
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The mood is grim in The Hague as hundreds of diplomats, lawyers and activists gather this week for the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court to discuss unprecedented challenges including U.S. sanctions, Russian arrest warrants and worries over the court’s future.
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• SoCal Regional football: Los Alamitos vs. Cathedral Catholic, Division 1AA

  04-12-2025 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCIF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL REGIONAL
  DIVISION 1AA
  Cathedral Catholic (10-2) vs. Los Alamitos (12-2)
  Where, when: Veterans Stadium, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
  Parking: $10
  TV: Spectrum News and Spectrum SportsNet
  Live coverage: NFHS Network (stream)
  Outlook: Los Alamitos sprints into the regional after rallying past San Clemente 33-20 in the Division 2 final for its first CIF-SS championship since 2002. The st
  
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• A seal galumphs into a bar. The bartender says ‘Grab the salmon!’

  04-12-2025 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a technical term, it galumphed.
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• UK and Norway will mount joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables and hunt Russian submarines

  04-12-2025 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain and Norway will mount joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables from Russia, the U.K. said Thursday, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Støre held talks on defense.
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• NYT’s bombshell story on $1 billion social services fraud in Minnesota

  04-12-2025 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Somali immigrants living in Minnesota effectively stole more than $1 billion in taxpayer money over the last five years, The New York Times reported Sunday.
  In what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called “a new bombshell report from The New York Times,” the Gray Lady reported on what law enforcement cited as fraud taking “root in pockets of Minnesota’s Somali diaspora as scores of individuals made small fortunes by setting up companies that
  
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• Lott Trophy board member Bitetti dedicated his life to others

  04-12-2025 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  This year’s Lott IMPACT Trophy will be the first without Jeffrey John Bitetti, who diedSept. 24 at age 65.
  Bitetti, a musician who was popular for writing and performing songs for those celebrating a wedding or grieving the loss of a loved one, was a longtime board member and director of the Lott Trophy.
  The 22nd annual Lott IMPACT Trophy black-tie banquet will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday at ThePacific Club in Newport Beach and presented on a live television broadcast on CBS SportsNetwork.
  The
  
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• Asia flood death toll surpasses 1,500 as calls grow to fight deforestation

  04-12-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADE YUANDHA and NINIEK KARMINI
  PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for across the region.
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• Is paying for a mortgage rate buydown a good idea for you?

  04-12-2025 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Whether buying property or refinancing, you have the option to pay for points and lower the mortgage interest rate.
  What are the pluses and minuses of investing in points? And what analysis must you make to decide if buydown points are in your best interest? I’ve got some answers for you today.
  What exactly are points?
  Points, sometimes called discount points, are nothing more than interest paid in advance to achieve a lower interest rate.
  Think of a teeter-totter. The more you push down o
  
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• 100 Christmas and holiday gift book recs from Southern California bookstores

  04-12-2025 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  In the tumult of the holidays, a visit to the bookstore can provide a welcome bit of peace.
  Even better? When you stride through the doors of your local independent bookshop with a fistful of sure-fire suggestions, ready to make friends and family happy with excellent, locally sourced books. 
  And so we’re here to help. ‘
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  We reached out to local independent booksellers across Souther
  
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• Zohran Mamdani and the Louvre make the list of most mispronounced words of 2025

  04-12-2025 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMIE STENGLE
  DALLAS (AP) — From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations. That’s put both the name of New York City’s incoming mayor and the famed Paris museum on a list of the most mispronounced words in 2025.
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• How the far-left and New Right unite against free markets

  04-12-2025 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Spend five minutes listening to the American Left’s most theatrical tribunes, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and you’ll probably hear tales of a country on the verge of collapse, crushed by a rigged system that can be fixed only through a radical redesign of government. Then spend five minutes with the New Right,  including Vice President JD Vance, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and any number of nostalgists yearning to restore an idealized 1950 Amer
  
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• Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to 6.19%, near its low for the year

  04-12-2025 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer
  The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, slipping close to its low point so far this year.
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