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• How have the Clippers suddenly turned things around?

  29-12-2025 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Looking ahead to the Clippers’ next five games, four of which are at home, there are some stiff challenges.
  After playing the Sacramento Kings (8-24) on Tuesday and the Utah Jazz (12-19) on Thursday, the team faces the Boston Celtics (19-12), the Golden State Warriors (16-16) and then the New York Knicks (22-9) on the road. Daunting, but the Clippers have developed some momentum with their recent play.
  Few would have predicted that this rejuvenated Clippers team would bea
  
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• Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached

  29-12-2025 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEVI SHASTRI and MARGERY A. BECK
  States will share $10 billion for rural health care next year in a program that aims to offset the Trump administration’s massive budget cuts to rural hospitals, federal officials announced Monday.
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• Here’s how to watch Rose Parade 2026: Floats, performances and more

  29-12-2025 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  It is almost time for another rendition of the beloved Rose Parade, a nationally-televised celebration of the new year, float artistry and, of course, roses.
  If you’re looking to tune in from home, staff at The Pasadena Star-News, from the parade’s home city, compiled a list of everything you need to know as you watch the 137th iteration of the floral extravaganza.
  How to watch
  The parade is set to begin at 8 a.m. PST on New Year’s Day. On TV, several channels will be broadcast
  
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• Wind advisory for 5 Freeway north of LA until Monday evening – gusts as high as 55 mph

  29-12-2025 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway corridor near Santa Clarita, Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area, Santa Susana Mountains and Western San Gabriel Mountains/Highway 14 Corridor were placed under a wind advisory by the National Weather Service on Monday at 2:19 p.m. The advisory is valid between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
  According to the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA, “Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected.”
  “Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread powe
  
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• Justin Herbert will not play in Chargers’ regular-season finale vs. Broncos

  29-12-2025 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Justin Herbert will not start, play a backup’s role or suit up for the Chargers’ regular-season finale on Sunday against the Broncos, Coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday. The Chargers made the decision based on the need to have a healthy-as-possible Herbert ready for the playoffs.
  Herbert fractured his left, non-throwing hand during the Chargers’ victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 30 and underwent surgery the next day. He has played with varying degrees of
  
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• Fountain Valley appoints Chris Nigg as its fire chief

  29-12-2025 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The city of Fountain Valley has appointed Christopher Nigg to be its new fire chief.
  Nigg brings to the city of more than 55,000 residents across 9 square miles some 20 years of fire service experience.
  “Public safety is foundational to a strong and prepared community,” Mayor Jim Cunneen said in a statement. “Chief Nigg brings the leadership needed as Fountain Valley continues to strengthen its emergency response capabilities and ensure the Fire Department is well-positioned to
  
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• No. 16 USC football embracing Alamo Bowl opportunities against TCU

  29-12-2025 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  USC offensive lineman Tobias Raymond has played at multiple positions on the offensive line this season, bringing a steadying presence not just to the line but to the offense as a whole.
  Last season’s Las Vegas Bowl game against Texas A&M was the starting point for it all.
  “A first start is awesome, but having it be in a bowl game is pretty cool,” Raymond told reporters on Saturday. “It’s awesome to take home that jersey and being able to put it up on the wall a
  
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• Chesney names coordinators at UCLA, bringing them from James Madison

  29-12-2025 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Bob Chesney is bringing his closest colleagues alongside him to Westwood.
  James Madison defensive coordinator Colin Hitschler and offensive coordinator Dean Kennedy will assume the same roles at UCLA, the university announced Monday afternoon.
  “Both Colin and Dean played integral parts to our historic success at James Madison,” Chesney said in a release. “I am thrilled that they have chosen to continue their coaching journeys in Westwood as part of our new B
  
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• Homeland Security says a fraud investigation is underway in Minneapolis

  29-12-2025 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal Homeland Security officials were conducting a fraud investigation on Monday in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
  Noem posted a video on the social platform X showing DHS officers going into an unidentified business and questioning the person working behind the counter. Noem said that officers were “conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud.”
  “The American people deserve answers
  
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• USC’s D’Anton Lynn reportedly finalizing deal at Penn State

  29-12-2025 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Penn State is finalizing a deal to hire USC’s D’Anton Lynn to be the defensive coordinator for new head coach Matt Campbell, according to multiple reports.
  Lynn was rumored to be a target for the job last week, and speculation only ramped up when USC decided to cancel a Thursday evening media availability that featured the defensive coach.
  It’ll be a return to Penn State for Lynn, who was a three-time Big Ten honorable mention cornerback while playing for the Nittany Lions from
  
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• HOA Homefront: Court decision denying ADU supports board’s discretion

  29-12-2025 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A California appellate court decision on Dec. 19 in the Eng v. Opperman case confirmed an HOA’s application of the Business Judgment Rule in board decisions, a ruling that should discourage members who would sue their HOA simply because they disagree with such  decisions.
  Eng v. Opperman involved the Portola Valley Ranch Association, a planned development in Portola Valley in Northern California’s San Mateo County.
  The Oppermans sought to build an accessory dwelling unit on thei
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm 2026: All the seasonal events, food festivals and holiday parties

  29-12-2025 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm has rolled out plans for its 2026 festival line-up that will fill the Buena Park theme park every month of the year with entertainment, food, thrills and fun.
  Knott’s has unveiled its annual Seasons of Fun calendar that includes events dedicated to Peanuts characters, Boysenberry treats, summertime barbecues, Halloween frights and Christmas cheer.
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• Bravo for these teens remembering service

  29-12-2025 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Darin and Denise Nakakihara of Laguna Niguel received a free brand-new heating and cooling system through Lennox HVAC company’s “Feel The Love” campaign. Triton Air & Plumbing installed the unit at no cost.
  (Courtesy of Triton Air & Plumbing)
  MCAS Tustin Young Marines from Santa Ana are among those who honored World War II Navajo code talkers in Window Rock, Arizona. They joined 76 fellow Young Marines youth members and adult volunteers from across the country.
  (Courtes
  
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• California couple creates one of the most sustainable homes in the nation

  29-12-2025 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  When Jason and Kristin Nichols first met at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center in 2017, they made group dinners together from scratch and washed dishes by hand. And while they worked side by side helping to keep flames from the Nuns Fire from destroying the center, they discovered they shared more than a spiritual path. Seven months later they were married.
  Their origin story as a couple was the precursor to a handmade family life, where laundry is hung to dry in the breeze, weekends are spent on DI
  
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• Doug Schoen: The under the radar issue in California’s gubernatorial race

  29-12-2025 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Affordability, this year’s political buzzword, will almost certainly continue to dominate next year’s midterms and gubernatorial races.
  Nonetheless, as pressing as cost of living concerns are, there is an under the radar issue that candidates cannot afford to overlook: crime and public safety.
  Indeed, whereas the president and congress play an outsized role in boosting wages, improving the economy, and keeping costs low, it is governors who oversee each state’s policing and cri
  
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• Big Tech blocks California data center rules, leaving only a study requirement

  29-12-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters
  Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the issue by 2027.
  If that sounds pretty watered down, it is. Efforts to regulate the energy usage of data centers — the beating heart of AI — ran headlong into Big Tech, business groups and the governor.
  That’s not surprising given that California is increas
  
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• Studio City home, reached by a pedestrian bridge, lists for $2.7M

  29-12-2025 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The house backs up to a pool. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The living room in the main house. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The gourmet kitchen. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The breakfast nook. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The primary suite. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The walk-in shower. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The soaking tub. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The guest house living room. (Photo by Jonathan Golden, Blue Gold)
  The b
  
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• Judge orders release of transcript of closed hearing for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk

  29-12-2025 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW BROWN
  A Utah judge on Monday ordered the release of transcripts from a closed-door hearing in October over whether the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk must be shackled during court proceedings.
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• New California laws rewrite car-buying rules with return policy, pricing reforms

  29-12-2025 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters
  California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules this year, including a  controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money back if they are sold a defective vehicle and a right to return a used vehicle within three days.
  After an intense lobbying push this year from automobile companies, dealers and consumer groups, more legislative battles over California vehicle purchases could follow in 2026. Sky-high ca
  
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• Russia opens rebuilt Mariupol theater more than 3 years after Moscow airstrike killed hundreds there

  29-12-2025 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  A historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has opened its doors more than three years after it was pummeled in a Russian airstrike that killed hundreds of civilians sheltering inside.
  Moscow-installed authorities marked the rebuilding of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater with a gala concert on the building’s new main stage Sunday night. Images shared by Russian state media outlets showed the building’s marbled pillars and s
  
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• How bomb cyclones form and create dangerous conditions

  29-12-2025 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABELLA O’MALLEY
  When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?
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• The 11 big trades of 2025: Bubbles, cockroaches and a 367% jump

  29-12-2025 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  It was another year of high-conviction bets — and fast reversals.
  From bond desks in Tokyo and credit committees in New York to currency traders in Istanbul, markets delivered both windfalls and whiplash. Gold hit records. Staid mortgage behemoths gyrated like meme stocks. A textbook carry trade blew up in a flash.Investors bet big on shifting politics, bloated balance sheets and fragile narratives, fueling outsized stock rallies, crowded yield trades, and crypto strategies built
  
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• Free fun things to do on New Year’s Eve in Southern California

  29-12-2025 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s certainly no secret that it costs a fortune to go out on New Year’s Eve. Restaurants and clubs know that it’s one night they can expect to charge big prices. But what if you don’t want to spend a fortune? But you still want to have a good time?
  Well, here are our suggestions for things you can do that won’t break the bank — both during the day and at night. (But if the event is outdoors, you’d better make sure it’s not canceled, since at this
  
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• Recipes: Feta cheese adds extra oomph to these 3 dishes

  29-12-2025 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  In ragtag crumbles or genteel chunks, feta cheese gives a frisky flavor edge to food. Its salty, sour-sweet sharpness gives a classic Greek salad its signature taste; romaine, olives, cucumbers and red onions would be just another salad without feta’s tart earthiness. Its flavors also add oomph to everything from black beans to pasta to tacos.
  Feta dates back thousands of years in Greece, where it’s made with goat’s milk or sheep’s milk. Today, in America, it generally is
  
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• Trump indicates the US ‘hit’ a facility that he tied to alleged drug boats

  29-12-2025 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the U.S. offered no other details.
  Trump made the comments in what seemed to be an impromptu radio interview Friday.
  The president, who called radio host John Catsimatidis during a program on WABC radio, was discussing U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean Sea an
  
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• All-County girls golf: Donina Zhou is the OC player of the year

  29-12-2025 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowALL-COUNTY GIRLS GOLF TEAM 2025
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Donina Zhou, Santa Margarita, Jr.
  Santa Margarita golfer Donina Zhou was known for her consistent play this fall but how she responded to one of her lowest moments became part of her legacy.
  At the CIF-SCGA Southern California Regional, she carded a 3-over-par 77 at Los Serranos Golf Club.
  For the first time, Zhou recalled, her 18-hole score was too high
  
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• FDA panelists questioned antidepressants in pregnancy. But doctors call them a lifeline.

  29-12-2025 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lisa Rab, KFF Health News
  If you are pregnant or a new mother who is struggling with depression or anxiety, you can call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, 24/7: 833-TLC-MAMA (833-852-6262). Postpartum Support International can help connect you with a local mental health provider at 800-944-4773 or psidirectory.com.
  Before giving birth to her second child, Heidi DiLorenzo was anxious. She worried about her blood pressure, and the preeclampsia that prompted her to be hospital
  
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• Struggling to set 2026 financial goals? Get an AI assist

  29-12-2025 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  AI-powered platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini offer new ways to plan your 2026 financial goals. But how can you leverage them without compromising your privacy?
  With a NerdWallet survey finding that more than 2 in 5 Americans (43%) say they’ve used AI for aspects of their personal financial planning, that’s an increasingly relevant question.
  Here’s how to get the most out of AI tools.
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• A power outage can turn dangerous fast. Here’s how to prepare

  29-12-2025 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By CALEIGH WELLS
  Power outages can come from winter storms, heat waves, wildfires or a delivery driver backing into the power line by your house. But depending on how long they last or what the temperature is outside, they can be serious or even fatal, no matter the cause.
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• Ancient meditation practices find new life in modern religious communities across America

  29-12-2025 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and DEEPA BHARATH
  On most Monday nights, the sanctuary of All Saints Episcopal Church — with its vaulted ceilings, stone arches and stained-glass windows — seamlessly transforms into a space of quiet contemplation.
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• No. 16 USC football vs. TCU in Alamo Bowl : Who has the edge?

  29-12-2025 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  No. 16 USC (9-3) vs. TCU (8-4) in the Valero Alamo Bowl
  When: Tuesday, 6 p.m.
  Where: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
  TV/radio: ESPN/KNX 1070 AM
  Line: USC by 6½ points
  NOTABLE INJURIES
  USC: QUESTIONABLE: CB Prophet Brown (undisclosed), DL Jamaal Jarrett (undisclosed), OL Alani Noa (undisclosed), S Bishop Fitzgerald (undisclosed), RB Waymond Jordan (ankle), K Caden Chittenden (undisclosed); OUT: Kilian O’Connor (undisclosed), OL Elijah Paige (knee); RB Eli Sanders (knee); CB Chasen John
  
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• At 60, Rick Bass suited up to play semi-pro football. The result is ‘Wrecking Ball’

  29-12-2025 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Rick Bass didn’t set out to resume his football career at the “somewhat desiccated age of 60.” It just kind of happened.
  Bass, the journalist and author of books including “Oil Notes,” “The Ninemile Wolves,” and “Why I Came West,” wrote a 2015 story for Texas Monthly magazine about the Brenham Express, a semi-pro football team in the town known chiefly for its beloved food export: Blue Bell ice cream. Kirby Simmons, Bass’s best friend f
  
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• Two pilots killed after helicopters collided in New Jersey are identified

  29-12-2025 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE COLLINS
  Authorities on Monday identified two pilots who died after their helicopters collided midair in southern New Jersey.
  Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71, were friends who both lived in New Jersey and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site in Hammonton, about 35 miles southeast of Philadelphia.
  Hammonton Police Chief Kevin Friel said in a statement that Kirsch, of Carney’s Point, was pronounced dead at an area hospital after bei
  
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• China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs

  29-12-2025 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By SIMINA MISTREANU, Associated Press
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — It is a soulful folk song, filled with feeling and history: A love-stricken young man tells God about his hopes and dreams of happiness. Generations of Uyghurs, the Turkic ethnic minority in China’s Xinjiang region, have played it at parties and weddings.
  But today, if they download it, play it or share it online, they risk ending up in prison.
  “Besh pede,” a popular Uyghur folk ballad, is among dozens of Uyghur-
  
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• Santa Ana completes $2.8 million in improvements for Santiago Park, with more to come

  29-12-2025 17:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Santiago Park, a roughly 34.5-acre community park and one of Santa Ana’s larger green spaces, will move into a third phase of planned improvements this coming year.
  The park runs alongside Santiago Creek, stretching from Main Street toward the 22 Freeway, with recreational amenities including picnic areas, playgrounds and tennis and basketball courts, as well as an archery range, a lawn bowling green and an interpretive wildlife center.
  Five-year-old Margo Franco enjoys the newly updated s
  
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• Out with the old: With 2026 nigh, here’s some wide-ranging intel on managing transitions

  29-12-2025 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEEPTI HAJELA
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s that time — December’s waning days, when we prepare to turn the calendar page. Many Americans take stock, review goals accomplished and unmet, ponder hopes and plans. How’s our health? What’s up with our money? What about the country? Will the coming year look like the departing one year, or be something entirely different?
  Are we ready?
  It can be an overwhelming period. So The Associated Press reached out to professionals
  
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• Status Update: Richland Aesthetics med spa expands to Newport Beach

  29-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Richland Aesthetics opened its flagship medspa in Newport Beach. The location at 21165 Newport Coast Drive offers modern skincare with “a concierge-level patient experience.”The owner is Brandon Richland, a board certified plastic surgeon, seen here with his wife, Jessica Richland, vice president of the company. (Photo courtesy of Jim Kennedy Photographers)
  Richland Aesthetics opened its flagship med spa in Newport Beach. The location at 21165 Newport Coast Drive offers modern skinca
  
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• Wind advisory issued for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until early Monday evening – winds gusting up to 45 mph

  29-12-2025 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  At 7:55 a.m. on Monday, the National Weather Service released a wind advisory in effect until 4 p.m. for 5 Freeway through Grapevine.
  The NWS Hanford CA says to prepare for, “Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.”
  “Transportation will be impacted by strong winds traveling I-5 along and near the border of Los Angeles and Kern County,” the NWS said. “Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.&
  
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• Her mini therapy horses stepped up big amid wildfire destruction. They’ll be galloping at the Rose Parade

  29-12-2025 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Victoria Nodiff-Netanel watched from the backyard of her Calabasas home as the Palisades fire flames crested a nearby ridge in the first week of January 2025.
  Waiting until the very last minute to evacuate, Nodiff-Netanel fled down the hill with her nine mini-horses and eight dogs.
  Within the week, she quickly jumped into action, driving her mini-horses to fire recovery areas, fire stations, and makeshift emergency homebases throughout the devastated Palisades burn area.
  “Because of all th
  
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• After rain-soaked delay, Santa Anita gallops back into action on opening day

  29-12-2025 16:17 via ocregister.com
  
  After dodging the puddles during a particularly wet week, Santa Anita Park’s opening day finally arrived Sunday for its annual Classic Meet. Throngs of racing fans arrived, too, at the iconic Arcadia park.
  Sunday’s card featured six graded stakes races, highlighted by the Grade I Malibu Stakes on a mild Sunday with no sign of sprinkles. And it was a sunny day indeed for trainer Bob Baffert, whose horses Nysos and Nevada Beach captured first and second place in the Grade 2 Pincay Stak
  
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• Stocks slip on Wall Street as 2025 winds down

  29-12-2025 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAMIAN J. TROISE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped in morning trading on Wall Street Monday to kick off another holiday-shortened week.
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• 40 years ago, KNAC brought metal to Southern California’s airwaves

  29-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It was 40 years ago — Jan. 8, 1986 — when a format called Pure Rock hit the airwaves of Long Beach’s own KNAC (now KBUE, 105.5 FM). Metallica, Megadeth, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Stryper, Pantera, White Zombie, and Guns ‘N Roses were core KNAC artists. It soon developed an almost cult-like following and attracted a wide cross-section of listeners, though the station’s largest demographic group was young males.
  It became the little station that could, helping
  
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• Winter storm brings blizzard conditions and dangerous wind chills

  29-12-2025 15:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press
  A potent winter storm threatened blizzard-like conditions, treacherous travel and power outages in parts of the Upper Midwest as other areas of the country braced Monday for plunging temperatures, strong winds and a mix of snow, ice, and rain.
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• Senior living: Judge in nursing home bankruptcy case gives families fresh hope

  29-12-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jordan Rau, KFF Health News
  A bankruptcy judge blocked an attempt by a nursing home chain’s primary investor to shield himself from settlement payments and liability in lawsuits alleging hundreds of patient injuries and deaths — encouraging those pursuing millions in damages.
  Genesis HealthCare, once the nation’s largest nursing home chain, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in July with a proposal to protect its controlling investor, Joel Landau, from legal liab
  
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• China stages military drills around Taiwan to warn ‘external forces’ after US, Japan tensions

  29-12-2025 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By KANIS LEUNG, Associated Press
  HONG KONG (AP) — China’s military on Monday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern warning” against separatist and “external interference” forces. Taiwan said it was placing its forces on alert and called the Chinese government “the biggest destroyer of peace.”
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• Trump and Netanyahu are to meet in Florida at a crucial moment for the US-backed Gaza ceasefire

  29-12-2025 14:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT, SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, as Washington looks to create fresh momentum for a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that could be in danger of stalling out before a complicated second phase.
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• US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to ‘adapt or die’

  29-12-2025 13:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMEY KEATEN and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
  GENEVA (AP) — The United States on Monday announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies to “adapt, shrink or die” in a time of new financial realities.
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• US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says

  29-12-2025 13:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated Press
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, though he said he would prefer an American commitment of up to 50 years to deter Russia from further attempts to seize its neighbor’s land by force.
  U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Zelenskyy at his Florida resort on Sunday and insisted that Ukraine and Russia
  
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• Federal judge dismisses indictment against LA TikTok creator shot by ICE officer

  29-12-2025 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal judge has dismissed an indictment accusing a popular TikTok creator of assaulting a federal officer during a traffic stop in Los Angeles in which an ICE officer shot him earlier this year.
  U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin said in a Saturday order that he dismissed the case because Carlitos Ricardo Parias was denied access to a lawyer while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and because the government failed to provide pre-trial discovery material, including bod
  
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• Lakers blow past Kings to snap 3-game skid

  29-12-2025 06:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Lakers forward Lebron James, center, drives to the basket against Sacramento Kings guard Demar Derozan (10) as center Maxime Raynaud (42) watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
  Lakers forward Lebron James reacts while holding his back during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
  Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) reacts aft
  
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