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• Man fired officer’s gun and bit a sergeant at Fountain Valley PD, prosecutors say

  24-12-2025 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  A 29-year-old man accused of grabbing a police officer’s gun, firing off a round and biting a police sergeant while refusing to leave the lobby of the Fountain Valley Police Department is now facing multiple felonies, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Dec. 24.
  Walter Corea Sanchez was charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting an officer, grossly negligent discharge of a firearm and other allegations, according to a DA’s Office statement.
  
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• Call 911 or risk losing the baby? Raids force some immigrants to avoid care

  24-12-2025 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By Halle Parker, Verite News, KFF Health News
  As immigrants in southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi braced for this month’s U.S. Homeland Security operation, Cristiane Rosales-Fajardo received a panicked phone call from a friend.
  The friend’s Guatemalan tenant, who didn’t know she was pregnant, had just delivered a premature baby in the New Orleans house. The parents lacked legal residency, and the mother refused to go to a hospital for fear of being detained by federal immig
  
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• Yorba Linda gymnastics coach arrested for alleged sex acts with minor

  24-12-2025 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A 25-year-old gymnastics coach from Yorba Linda was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of committing sexual acts with an underage girl.
  Jacob Alexander Demmin was arrested by investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Detail “following allegations he groomed and had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a minor female,” according to sheriff’s officials.
  “The victim reported that in 2021, while Demmin was employed as a gymnasti
  
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• Photos of Christmas celebrations around the world

  24-12-2025 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The Associated Press
  From Bethlehem to Beijing, people around the world are celebrating the Christmas season. A polar bear mascot boards an elevator during holiday revelry. Swimmers plunge into frigid waters off Northern Ireland for a charity event. Singers fill a stadium in Indonesia.
  Associated Press photographers have captured diverse, mesmerizing images such as these as they chronicle a holiday period abounding in joy, reverence and dazzling lights.
  This is a photo gallery curated by AP phot
  
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• Still pondering a holiday gift? How about a kidney or liver?

  24-12-2025 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s the season of giving, and what better gift to give than time.
  More time with friends and family, more time to experience the world, more time to live another year, another day.
  The people at the health agency OneLegacy hope to share the idea of life-extending time with millions of people watching this year’s Rose Parade. The federal organ procurement organization that serves Orange County and much of Southern California (one of 40 such organizations around the country) is sponso
  
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• Anaheim’s Christmas Eve brunch spreads holiday cheer no matter the weather

  24-12-2025 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Olivia Cruz, 2, watches volunteers sort through gifts before giving her one during the annual holiday brunch in Anaheim on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Three-year-old Dalton Pham catches raindrops after receiving gifts, including a set of Hot Wheels, at the annual holiday brunch at West Center Street Promenade in Anaheim on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. Rain didn’t dampen the event. It was moved inside to a parking garage. (Photo by Mi
  
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• Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building

  24-12-2025 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility.
  As of last Friday, the building’s facade reads The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memo
  
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• California equestrian in hitman plot against husband dies by suicide

  24-12-2025 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  A California equestrian who tried to hire a hitman to murder her estranged husband fatally shot herself outside a San Diego bar after being released from prison, but before facing arson charges for burning down the couple’s Del Mar mansion.
  Tatyana Remley, 45, put a gun to her head outside the Princess Pub & Grille in the city’s trendy Little Italy section just before 9 p.m. last Thursday after firing a single shot into the air, witnesses told local ABC affiliate KGTV.
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• Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras’ presidential vote

  24-12-2025 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Central American nation’s fragile electoral system.
  The election is continuing Latin America’s swing to the right, coming just a week after Chile chose the far-right politician Jos&eacut
  
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• Strong, gusty Christmas week storm drenches Southern California with more rain on the way

  24-12-2025 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A strong Christmas Eve storm marked by dangerously strong wind gusts drenched Southern California on Wednesday, leading to street flooding, evacuation warnings and the looming possibilities of mudslides and dangerous debris flows in areas scarred by recent wildfires. Traffic at the start of a busy holiday travel period was treacherous at best across the region, with more wet weather in the forecast.
  The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department also issued an evacuation warning for the co
  
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• Two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria return home on Christmas Eve

  24-12-2025 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNAH FINGERHUT
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The remains of two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert were welcomed back to Des Moines on Wednesday, marking a solemn Christmas Eve for their grieving families.
  Several loved ones approached the caskets carrying Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and William Nathanial Howard, 29. The families huddled together, comforting one another and wiping away tears. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and U.S. Rep. Zach
  
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• Pediatrics group sues HHS for cutting funds for children’s health programs

  24-12-2025 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURA UNGAR, AP Medical Writer
  The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block nearly $12 million in cuts to the group.
  Earlier this month, the federal government “abruptly terminated” grants to the group, the lawsuit says.
  The funding supported numerous public health programs, including efforts to prevent sudden unexpected infant death, strengthen pediatric care in rural communities and support teens facing s
  
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• Mortgage servicer Mr. Cooper cutting 102 jobs in Lake Forest

  24-12-2025 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Mr. Cooper Group Inc., a mortgage servicing operation that was recently acquired by Rocket Cos., plans to layoff 102 workers in January at its Lake Forest business, according to a state filing.
  Detroit-based Rocket Cos. restructured the operations of Mr. Cooper since the two businesses completed their combination in a $14.2 billion all-stock transaction on Oct. 1.
  “The site will continue to operate and will not be closed,” wrote Angela Greenfeather, executive vice president and chief
  
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• Surfer who faced near drowning, paralysis, gets back on board

  24-12-2025 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  They weren’t the usual big waves Scott Muir is used to riding – but just being in the ocean was a Christmas miracle.
  It didn’t matter that the waves were tiny, or that he couldn’t stand up on the board. Muir, who nearly drowned and was left temporarily paralyzed following a surfing accident in Oceanside in October, was just stoked to be in the salt water once again.
  Following 85 days of intense rehab at Craig Hospital, a neurorehabilitation center in Colorado, Muir is bac
  
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• Motorists, residents being rescued in Wrightwood as slides, floods cut them off

  24-12-2025 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  San Bernardino County firefighters on Wednesday morning, Dec. 24, were rescuing motorists and residents in the Wrightwood area who were cut off by mudflows and fast-moving water that made Highway 2 impassable.
  There were no immediate reports of injuries requiring hospitalization, said Chris Prater, a Fire Department spokesman.
  It was unclear how many people were affected or whether they were in any immediate danger. The slides across roads and Highway 2 stopped drivers in their tracks. And resid
  
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• Drivers, residents being rescued in Wrightwood as slides, floods cut them off during storm

  24-12-2025 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  San Bernardino County firefighters on Wednesday morning, Dec. 24, were rescuing motorists and residents in the Wrightwood area who were cut off by mudflows and fast-moving water that made Highway 2 impassable.
  There were no immediate reports of injuries requiring hospitalization, said Chris Prater, a Fire Department spokesman.
  It was unclear how many people were affected or whether they were in any immediate danger. The slides across roads and Highway 2 stopped drivers in their tracks. And resid
  
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• Federal judge upholds Hawaii’s new climate change tax on cruise passengers

  24-12-2025 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
  HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge’s ruling clears the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the start of 2026.
  Related Articles Fast shipping is increasing emissions. Here’s why delivery has become more polluting Nature is rebounding a year after January’s fires, as plants, wildlife – and even a waterfall – thrive Warm weather and low snow
  
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• California’s minimum wage is increasing in 2026 as LA debates $30 an hour

  24-12-2025 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per hour starting Jan. 1. The adjustment — a boost of 40 cents per hour — was calculated in August by the Department of Finance as part of its minimum wage annual review required by state law.
  California has been raising its minimum wage over the past decade. Former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016 signed a watershed law to increase minimum wage from $10.50 per hour to $15 per hour, plus annual adjustments for inflation.
  The current r
  
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• Brace for gusty showers in Orange County Coast and Orange County Wednesday midday – gusts may reach 50 mph

  24-12-2025 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Coast and Orange County are under a weather alert for gusty showers by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:23 a.m. The alert is in effect until 12:15 p.m.
  Residents can look for wind gusts of up to 50 mph.
  “At 11:22 a.m., Doppler radar tracked gusty showers along a line extending from Whittier to near Newport Beach. Movement was east at 15 mph,” according to the NWS San Diego CA. “Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured object
  
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• Tornado warning issued, and quickly cancelled, over Alhambra

  24-12-2025 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  A Tornado warning was issued and quickly cancelled after a severe thunderstorm moved over Alhambra mid-Wednesday morning in the midst of a storm system that forecasters warned could potentially bring particularly destructive winds.
  The National Weather Service at 10:20 p.m. warned that a thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado had moved into the area, potentially impacting not only Alhambra but also portions of Pasadena, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, El Monte and Temple City.
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• After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a ‘few more weeks’ to finish releasing Epstein files

  24-12-2025 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK and SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a “few more weeks,” further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress.
  The department said the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, as well as the FBI, found more than a million more documents that could be relevant to the Epstein case. It did not say in its statement whe
  
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• Update: Flood advisory in place for Orange County until Wednesday afternoon triggered by significant downpours

  24-12-2025 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties are under an updated flood advisory which was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 10:52 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 3:51 p.m.
  According to the NWS San Diego CA, “Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.”
  “Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Overflowing poor drainage areas. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent,” the N
  
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• SkyPark at Santa’s Village marks 70 years in San Bernardino Mountains

  24-12-2025 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  It definitely looks a lot like Christmas this time of year at SkyPark at Santa’s Village.
  While the park is a draw all year, its name brings memories for so many in Southern California.
  This year marks the 70th anniversary of Santa’s Village, which first opened in 1955. “Generations of families have made memories here, giving the park a rich and cherished history,” spokesperson Courtney Passmore wrote in an email.
  “No matter what season, there’s always a littl
  
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• Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

  24-12-2025 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELANIE LIDMAN
  BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in Gaza.
  The city where Christians believe Jesus was born had canceled Christmas celebrations but on Wednesday, the giant Christmas tree returned to Manger Square, temporarily replacing th
  
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• Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

  24-12-2025 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELANIE LIDMAN
  BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was absent during the Israel-Hamas war returned on Wednesday.
  The city where Christians believe Jesus was born had cancelled Christmas celebrations for the past two years. Manger Square instead had featured a nativity scene of baby Jesus surrounded by rubble and barbed wire in
  
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• Rose Parade 2026: These 22 restaurants are near the New Year’s Day action

  24-12-2025 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The theme of this year’s Rose Parade is “The Magic in Teamwork.” Which is true and strong on so many levels.
  Certainly, in terms of the fires that devastated our hillsides, destroying whole communities — bonding and history, futures and dreams all reduced to ashes. Yet, which brought so many together to work, to recover, plan and begin to rebuild. The magic in teamwork in action, on display every day, in so many ways.
  According to the Tournament of Roses, the 2026 “
  
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• Police can now use federal funding to purchase drones

  24-12-2025 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Local law enforcement agencies have more access to federal funding sources for the purchase of drone technology with a provision included in the massive defense bill recently signed by President Donald Trump.
  The purchase of unmanned aircraft systems had previously been excluded from certain federal funding. But bipartisan legislation introduced earlier this year by Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA) and Troy Nehls (R-Texas) changing that was included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2025.
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• With more homeless shelter beds in place, hotel stay program, OC better set for winter, officials say

  24-12-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County is entering winter again without a dedicated emergency weather shelter for homeless people looking for refuge from rain or plunging temperatures, but increased bed space in year-round shelters and a hotel stay program should offer relief, county officials say.
  Storms this Christmas week could bring total rainfall of upwards of 4 inches along coastal areas and 5 to 9 inches in the foothills, according to the National Weather Service.
  For years, the county had offered cold-weather sh
  
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• ‘The best gift ever’: Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds

  24-12-2025 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURA UNGAR, AP Health Writer
  Suze Lopez holds her baby boy on her lap and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world.
  Before little Ryu was born, he developed outside his mom’s womb, hidden by a basketball-sized ovarian cyst — a dangerous situation so rare that his doctors plan to write about the case for a medical journal.
  Just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies occur in the abdomen instead of the uterus, and those that make it to full term “are essentially unheard of &mdas
  
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• Swanson: Angel City’s Savy King imagines ‘a nation of life-savers’

  24-12-2025 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Yeah, that’s Savy King over there, on her way back to work, eager eventually to clock in and play soccer in front of thousands of people again.
  Go ahead, talk to her. You can tell her. She won’t mind.
  Explain what it was like for you to watch while she lay on the pitch last May as paramedics and Angel City FC’s medical staffers swarmed around her. Tell her how much it messed with you to see an incredibly fit 20-year-old down for the count, unresponsive. How shocked you were, ho
  
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• A blast in Gaza wounds a soldier and Israel accuses Hamas of ceasefire violation

  24-12-2025 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIA FRANKEL
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An explosive device detonated in Gaza on Wednesday, injuring one Israeli soldier and prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-backed ceasefire. It was the latest incident to threaten the tenuous truce that has held since Oct. 10 as each side accuses the other of violations.
  The blast came as Hamas met with Turkish officials in Ankara to discuss the second stage of the ceasefire. Though the agreement has mostly held, its progress has slowed.
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• Travel: This guide can show you how to eat like a local in Mexico City

  24-12-2025 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Mexico City has a rich, layered history you can explore by studying an ancient colossal head sculpture in the city’s world-renowned anthropology museum, kayaking the canals built by Aztecs or admiring the political murals of artists like Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
  But Mexico City is also a food lover’s paradise. On my honeymoon with my wife, Gia, we had consistently phenomenal meals (and cocktails) at restaurants like Lismoneros. Still, to get a genuine taste of the cit
  
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• More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care

  24-12-2025 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON
  NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.
  The declaration issued last Thursday called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphori
  
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• Disneyland files permits to begin construction on new parking garage

  24-12-2025 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland is ready to start work on a new parking structure for the influx of visitors flocking to see the new Avatar themed land, Marvel attractions and Coco boat ride debuting at the Anaheim theme park resort over the next five years.
  Disneyland has filed a pair of building permits with the city of Anaheim for new commercial construction of a 3.2 million-square foot, 8-level parking structure as part of the $1.9 billion DisneylandForward project.
  The permits also call for the installation of
  
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• Average US long-term mortgage rate ticks down to 6.18% this week

  24-12-2025 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked down modestly this week, remaining in the same narrow range of the past two months.
  Related Articles Wall Street hovers near record levels and will close early These are the best and worst things about new account bonus offers US unemployment claims fall again last week, remain at historically healthy level Commercial real estate’s 12 days of Christmas Nvidia gains, hospitals hurt: Co
  
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• Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers

  24-12-2025 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.
  Related Articles Zelenskyy says he’s open to a free economic zone in Ukraine’s east but it must be put to a vote EU warns of possible action
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain close on Christmas Eve due to heavy rain

  24-12-2025 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain will close on Christmas Eve due to heavy rain as a powerful “atmospheric river” storm system moves through Southern California.
  Knott’s and Magic Mountain will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 24 due to inclement weather, according to each park’s official website.
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• Update: Weather alert for strong thunderstorms in 5 Freeway north of LA Wednesday morning

  24-12-2025 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway north of LA is under an updated weather alert for strong thunderstorms by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 8:29 a.m. The alert is in effect until 9 a.m.
  Residents should be prepared for wind gusts of up to 55 mph.
  “At 8:27 a.m., Doppler radar tracked strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles northwest of Santa Clarita to Porter Ranch to Malibu. Movement was northeast at 15 mph,” according to the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA. “Gusty winds could
  
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• Matthew and Gunnar Nelson return to tell all in ‘What Happened to Your Hair?’

  24-12-2025 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When Matthew and Gunnar Nelson released their debut album “After The Rain” in 1990, it wasa massive hit.
  The record sold more than 2 million copies and launched a 300-show tour. The first single, “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection,” hit No.1 on the charts; the title track was released next, climbing to No. 6.
  But ask people what they remember about Nelson today and plenty will give the same answer: The hair. Those long, blonde, lustrous locks cascading do
  
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• Investigators sift through wreckage after a deadly Pennsylvania nursing home explosion

  24-12-2025 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By MINGSON LAU, MARC LEVY AND MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press
  BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — Construction crews and drones searched the rubble of a Pennsylvania nursing home Wednesday, a day after a powerful explosion killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building and left several residents unaccounted for.
  First responders work at the scene of an explosion and fire at Bristol Health & Rehab Center, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, in Bristol, Pa. (Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via
  
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• How a fast-moving $50 cash relief program buoyed needy families when SNAP payments were paused

  24-12-2025 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMES POLLARD
  Finances already looked tight for Jade Grant and her three children as she entered the year’s final months.
  “Everyone’s birthday is back-to-back,” the 32-year-old certified nursing assistant said. “You have holidays coming up. You have Thanksgiving. Everything is right there. And then, boom. No (food) stamps.”
  Grant is among the nearly 42 million lower-income Americans who get help buying groceries from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pr
  
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• Five statistical reasons why you shouldn’t play Santa

  24-12-2025 17:15 via ocregister.com
  
  For those dads out there who think they’ve got what it takes to play Santa this Christmas, here are five statistical spoilers to make you think twice and leave home deliveries to the dude in red:
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  1. WHEN OUT ON THE ROOF THERE AROSE SUCH A CLATTER …That’s the sound of you taking a dive. For the record, 11,000 people end up in the emergency room every Christmas due to decorating injuries. And falls from rooftops are the fifth-highest work-related fatality rate in
  
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• Irvine trades land with FivePoint; approves 1,300 market-rate homes

  24-12-2025 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine will swap land with Great Park housing developer FivePoint, an agreement that promises the area another neighborhood.
  As part of the deal that the City Council first considered in February, the city will give Heritage Fields El Toro, an entity managed by FivePoint, 26.4 acres of land within the Great Park to be the site of 1,300 market-rate units.
  In exchange, the city is getting 35 acres directly northwest of the Irvine Transportation Center, typically referred to as the “Crescent
  
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• Suspect in national guard shooting faces new federal charges that allow death penalty discussions

  24-12-2025 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has been charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges in connection with the ambush on November 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the second.
  Related Articles Powerball’s $1.7B jackpot could make Christmas Eve unforgettable for a lucky winner Wall Street hovers near record levels and will close early US unemployment claims fall
  
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• Huntington Beach continues its losing streak on NIMBY policies

  24-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach continues to fight a losing battle to evade state laws that require it to permit more housing. This Editorial Board long predicted the outcome. The latest: On December 10, the state Supreme Court refused to review the city’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that requires it to update its housing plan and permit nearly 14,000 new units this decade. The city has lost in the lower courts, the high court and in the federal courts, too.
  If the city were interested
  
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• The California Way on homelessness is a blueprint for what not to do

  24-12-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s always painful to see homeless encampments on Christmas Eve.
  Is this the best we can do? Doesn’t anyone have a better idea than throwing billions of tax dollars at nonprofit organizations to poke around asking troubled people if they’re ready to accept services yet?
  In fact, the Trump administration has a better idea. Two of them.
  In Trump’s first term, his administration offered states a waiver from a provision in a 1965 law that stripped the funding from state ment
  
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• US unemployment claims fall again last week, remain at historically healthy level

  24-12-2025 14:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week and remain at historically healthy levels despite some signs that the labor market is weakening.
  Related Articles Commercial real estate’s 12 days of Christmas Nvidia gains, hospitals hurt: Congress winners and losers Aetna to cover IVF treatments for same-sex couples in national settlement Cautious shoppers step up spending to start holiday season
  
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• Everything you need to know about Christmas, and how it has evolved into a global holiday

  24-12-2025 14:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press
  Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the acts of kindness of a fourth-century Christian saint? And have you heard about the modern-day Japanese tradition of eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas?
  Since the early 20th century, Christmas has evolved from a religious holiday to a hugely popular cult
  
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• Commercial real estate’s 12 days of Christmas

  24-12-2025 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Christmas 2025 is in the books! 2026 is around the corner, and the credit card bills are coming.
  But today’s column is a bit of diversion and fun. Please enjoy my take, as a commercial real estate professional, on the real 12 days of Christmas.
  On the first day of Christmas, my market gave to me – a deal that’s contingency free.
  On the second day of Christmas my market gave to me – two phone in leads and a deal that’s contingency free.
  On the third day of Christmas
  
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• Zelenskyy says he’s open to a free economic zone in Ukraine’s east but it must be put to a vote

  24-12-2025 13:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters that he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland if Russia also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized, free economic zone monitored by international forces. The proposal, which would address one of the major obstacles to ending Russia’s war, must also be put to a referendum.
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