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• Ojai Playhouse announces a weekend celebration of filmmaker David Lynch

  07-01-2026 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  In honor of the late filmmaker David Lynch’s birthday weekend, the Ojai Playhouse is hosting a multi-day celebration of the life, legacy, and enduring influence of the visionary, iconic artist.
  The events will run Jan. 15-20 and feature Lynch’s landmark films, live performances, and a chance for fans to try a cup of espresso from Lynch’s personal La Marzocco GS3 espresso machine, which resides in the Playhouse lobby. Lynch, a longtime practitioner of transcendental meditation,
  
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• Rams WR Davante Adams focused on big picture upon return from injury

  07-01-2026 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — When the fifth-seeded Rams face off against the four-seed Carolina Panthers in Saturday’s NFC wild-card matchup, it will be the first time in four years that Davante Adams plays in a postseason game. The longest gap in his career gives the veteran receiver appreciation for the moment and the opportunity to play in meaningful games.
  But if the Rams are able to beat the Panthers on the road, Adams doesn’t anticipate much joy in the moment.
  “You have to forgive
  
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• US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation

  07-01-2026 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation.
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions following his instructions for
  
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• Trump immigration policies and a lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office says

  07-01-2026 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. population is projected to grow by 15 million in 30 years, a smaller estimate than in previous years, due to President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies and an expected lower fertility rate, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
  The nonpartisan budget office projected that the U.S. population will grow from 349 million people this year to 364 million people in 30 years, a 2.2% small
  
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• Angel City Football Club adds 3 free agents, including Ary Borges from Racing Louisville

  07-01-2026 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Angel City Football Club continued its offseason roster building with three signings, the previous two days.
  Tuesday, Angel City signed midfielder Ary Borges to a three-year contract. Borges spent the last three seasons with Racing Louisville FC (53 games, six goals). Before joining NWSL, Borges played three seasons in Palmeiras (34 goals).
  She has made 49 appearances for the Brazilian national team.
  “She is a brave talent who always wants the ball and to control the game while also being
  
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• Trump invited to give State of the Union address on Feb. 24

  07-01-2026 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Donald Trump to give the first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 24.
  The invitation sent on Wednesday notes that the nation is marking the 250th anniversary of American independence. The invitation touted the work of Trump and a Republican-led Congress in 2025 and pointed to the year ahead.
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• Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing ‘dangerous times’

  07-01-2026 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”
  Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and spirit him out of the country to face drug trafficking charges in the United States. U.S. forces continue to mass in the Caribbean Sea.
  The 202
  
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• Update: High wind warning affecting 5 Freeway north of LA until Thursday evening – gusts could peak at 65 mph

  07-01-2026 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway corridor near Santa Clarita, Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range, Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains, Southern Ventura County Mountains and Northern Ventura County Mountains are under an updated high wind warning which was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 1:35 p.m. The warning is valid from 8 p.m. until Thursday Jan. 8, at 8 p.m.
  “North winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected,” the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA said. “Periods of blo
  
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• Beyond Wonderland: Tiësto, Zedd, Holy Priest, Alison Wonderland top the bill

  07-01-2026 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Insomniac Events is bringing the fantasy back to the Inland Empire this spring, as Beyond Wonderland announces its return to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino with a genre-spanning lineup set for March 27–28.
  Known for its surreal soundscapes, whimsical stage designs and immersive storytelling inspired by Alice in Wonderland, the two-day festival will once again transform the sprawling Inland Empire venue into a fully realized fantasy world.
  A diverse mix of global dance music heavyw
  
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• Orange County girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei at No. 1 entering big tournament

  07-01-2026 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowORANGE COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10
  Records through Tuesday, Jan. 6.
  1. Mater Dei (9-1): The Monarchs are seeded first this week for the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions, an event they captured for the first time last season. Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in the Orange County season preview, lost at reigning CIF-SS Open Division champion Oaks Christian 11-7 on Saturday. The Monarchs play host to Long Bea
  
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• OC girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei still leading entering big tournament

  07-01-2026 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowORANGE COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10
  Records through Tuesday, Jan. 6
  1. Mater Dei (9-1): The Monarchs are seeded first this week for the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions, an event they captured for the first time last season. Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in the Orange County season preview, lost at reigning CIF-SS Open Division champion Oaks Christian 11-7 on Saturday. The Monarchs play host to Long Beac
  
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• Will Disneyland’s Avatar boat ride use Shanghai’s ground-breaking Pirates technology?

  07-01-2026 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland fans are hoping a new Avatar boat ride coming to the Anaheim theme park resort will feature ground-breaking technology from a jaw-dropping attraction designed by Walt Disney Imagineering that’s been called the most immersive theme park ride ever built.
  The Avatar boat ride pitched as part of the DisneylandForward expansion looks like it could be a close cousin to Shanghai Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle of the Sunken Treasure.
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• A Palisades church parish rebuilds its future while holding a community together

  07-01-2026 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Rev. Msgr. Liam Kidney of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church delivers a message of hope on the anniversary of the Palisades fire on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Parishioners gathered at the church steps for a noon service. The church has been closed since it was damaged in the fire. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  At noon, parishioners gathered on the front steps of a school that no longer exists as they once knew it.
  The address remains — 880 Toyopa Drive — but ne
  
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• Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown

  07-01-2026 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
  The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration officer in Minneapolis was at least the fifth death to result from the aggressive U.S. immigration crackdown the Trump administration launched last year.
  The Department of Homeland Security said the officer fired in self-defense as the woman tried to run down officers with her vehicle. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said video of the incident showed it was reckless and unnecessary. It occurred as the federal
  
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• Miami and Ole Miss, outsiders a year ago, play in CFP semifinal

  07-01-2026 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Miami barged into the College Football Playoff like a hurricane, a stifling defense and steady quarterback rekindling the magic of 2001.
  Mississippi has been excelling since its coach left for another program, an athletic and acrobatic quarterback taking the Rebels to heights not seen since the 1960s.
  The Fiesta Bowl will be a playoff game like no other, the sixth-seeded Rebels facing the 10th-seeded Hurricanes in the desert, a spot in the national championship game on th
  
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• High-speed chaos on ice: What to know about short track speedskating at the Winter Olympics

  07-01-2026 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Sports Writer
  The most decorated short track speedskater in Olympic history will be looking to add to her impressive medal tally in front of a home crowd at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Here’s what to know about the short track competition.
  How it works
  Unlike long track speedskating, in which most events are 1-on-1 races against the clock, short track is about beating all of the other athletes grouped together on the ice while they sprint counterclockwise laps ar
  
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• Kings scrambling minus Kopitar, Armia, Moore and Perry

  07-01-2026 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Already oft-challenged to score at full strength, the Kings will be shorthanded up front Wednesday against the San Jose Sharks, and very likely beyond.
  Since Dec. 29, they had been missing Trevor Moore, who was now deemed day-to-day with an upper-body injury after initially being out with an illness. They’ll also be without Anže Kopitar (lower-body) and Joel Armia (upper-body), who sustained injuries in Monday’s win over the Minnesota Wild. In an unforeseen development, Corey Pe
  
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• Justice Department sues Connecticut and Arizona as part of effort to get voter data from the states

  07-01-2026 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials in Connecticut and Arizona are defending their decision to refuse a request by the U.S. Justice Department for detailed voter information, after their states became the latest to face federal lawsuits over the issue.
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• Trump urged mid-decade redistricting. One-third of states have now looked at reshaping House seats

  07-01-2026 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press
  Republican and Democratic officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump began pushing for remapping as a means of boosting the chances of Republican candidates in this year’s midterm elections.
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• Ready for a trip to the ‘park? Snowboarding set for its spotlight at the Winter Olympics

  07-01-2026 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press
  The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a “snurfer” and started selling them the next year.
  Related Articles From big air to moguls and slopestyle, what to know about freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics What to know about skeleton at the Winter Olympics: Hurtling head first down an icy chute on a sled Feet first do
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

  07-01-2026 21:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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• President Petro’s clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner

  07-01-2026 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABEL DEBRE and MANUEL RUEDA, Associated Press
  BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — An “abhorrent” violation of Latin American sovereignty. An attack committed by “enslavers.” A “spectacle of death” comparable to Nazi Germany’s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain.
  There is perhaps no world leader criticizing the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela as strongly as left-wing President Gustavo Petro of neighboring Colombia.
  While other of
  
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• Angels GM Perry Minasian offers few details on Anthony Rendon restructuring

  07-01-2026 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  More than a week after the news first broke of the Angels and Anthony Rendon restructuring the oft-injured player’s deal, there are still more questions than answers about what it means.
  General manager Perry Minasian spoke to reporters Wednesday for the first time since they agreed to the restructuring, and he declined to explain exactly why they did it or what it means for the roster, besides the obvious.
  “I won’t get into details of it,” Minasian said. “He won&rs
  
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• Holders of $895-a-year AmEx card rush to spend Saks perk

  07-01-2026 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Dina Katgara
  (Bloomberg) — American Express card holders and other shoppers are hurrying to spend store credits and gift cards at Saks Fifth Avenue as the cash-strapped retailer heads toward a potential bankruptcy restructuring.
  When a company files for bankruptcy, it’s not automatically required to honor gift cards, sometimes leaving consumers empty-handed.
  That’s worrying for customers such as Julia Portela, a 38-year-old travel content creator in Miami. Her American Express
  
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• Winter weather advisory for 5 Freeway through Grapevine and Tehachapi for Thursday – wind gusts reaching 55 mph

  07-01-2026 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine and Tehachapi are included in a winter weather advisory released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 12:03 p.m. The advisory is valid for Thursday, Jan. 8 between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA states to prepare for, “Total snow accumulation 2 to 5 inches. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph, producing blowing snow.”
  “Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute. Strong winds could
  
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• Orange County judge admits to federal felony, agrees to resign

  07-01-2026 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County Superior Court judge and former local prosecutor has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge after federal prosecutors accused him of working with a doctor in a multi-million-dollar California workers’ compensation fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
  Israel Claustro has agreed to resign from his position as a judge by Monday, Jan. 12, after signing a plea deal admitting to one count of mail fraud, federal prosecutors said.
  Claustro, as part
  
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• Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It’s part of his affordability plan

  07-01-2026 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.
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• Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge

  07-01-2026 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By MORIAH BALINGIT and CHARLOTTE KRAMON
  Even with two incomes, Charity Pallum said she and her husband would not be able to afford child care for their 1-year-old twins. But because of federal child care subsidies, both Pallum, a teacher, and her husband, who works at a car dealership, are able to work full-time.
  Now, the Trump administration is increasing the reporting burdens for states to access the money. If Pallum’s family were to lose that support, her husband might have to stop work
  
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• Wind advisory issued for Santa Ana Mountains from Thursday to Saturday

  07-01-2026 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:34 a.m. valid from Thursday 9 p.m. until Saturday Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. for Santa Ana Mountains/Foothills.
  The NWS San Diego CA adds to anticipate, “Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 60 mph expected, locally higher near Freemont Canyon. Strongest winds will be Thursday night into Friday morning.”
  “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power o
  
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• Orange County under a wind advisory Thursday and Friday

  07-01-2026 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A wind advisory was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:34 a.m. valid from Thursday 9 p.m. until Friday Jan. 9, at 1 p.m. for Orange County.
  According to the NWS San Diego CA, “Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 35 to 45 mph expected. Strongest winds are expected east of Interstate 5 and near the foothills of the Santa Ana mountains.”
  “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result,&
  
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• From big air to moguls and slopestyle, what to know about freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics

  07-01-2026 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press National Writer
  You might be inclined to think of freestyle skiing as one of the new kids on the block at the Winter Olympics — after all, there are lot of young athletes doing it — but some of the freeskiiing sports were introduced at the Calgary Games some 38 years ago.
  Four decades of familiarity with moguls, the halfpipe, big air and more have turned some of these daring athletes into household names and their tricks have gotten more and more crea
  
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• Trump’s Greenland idea isn’t new. The US has pursued it at least 3 times before

  07-01-2026 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By R.J. RICO
  President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark fits into a long, little-known pattern in U.S. history. From quiet discussions after the Civil War to a $100 million offer in the wake of World War II, American leaders have repeatedly seen Greenland as a strategic prize.
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• White House completes plan to curb bedrock environmental law

  07-01-2026 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations implementing a landmark environmental law that the White House says needlessly delays federal approvals for energy and infrastructure projects.
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• Why the US has designs on Venezuela’s oil

  07-01-2026 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, AP Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump used military force to capture the country’s leader, President Nicolas Maduro.
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• Susan Shelley: Rocket fuel for fraud—the high cost of the COVID pandemic

  07-01-2026 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Lock ‘em up.
  Lock up every elected official, public employee, private citizen or visitor who knew, enabled or participated in the unchecked looting of government assistance programs for the sick, the hungry, the isolated, the unhoused and the impoverished.
  There was always something suspicious about the extreme reaction in some states, especially California, to the suggestion at a certain point that it was time to end the COVID emergency. From top government officials to anonymous commente
  
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• Maduro is out. Whether that serves U.S. interests remains to be seen.

  07-01-2026 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  After years of increasingly brutal oppression, Venezuela is finally free of dictator Nicolás Maduro after he was captured last Saturday by the U.S. military in Caracas. Exiled Venezuelans across the world took to the streets to celebrate. “My joy is too big,” said a Venezuelan in Chile.
  Many across the world share that joy. Freedom advocates longed for Maduro’s ousting for years. Footage of him in shackles is a welcome sight for those of us who care about individual righ
  
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• Chat platform Discord files confidentially for IPO

  07-01-2026 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Caroline Hyde and Bailey Lipschultz
  (Bloomberg) — Discord Inc. filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a rapidly growing pipeline of venture capital-backed tech listings.
  The San Francisco-based chat app company is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. on a listing, people familiar with the plans said in March. Discord, whose platform is popular with gamers and programmers, has more than 200 m
  
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• Orange County boys soccer: JSerra trying to build another championship team

  07-01-2026 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra’s boys soccer team started play last week in the Trinity League. The Lions defeated St. John Bosco 2-1 on Friday in their league opener.
  The Lions get a bigger test Wednesday when they face Servite in a league game at home at 5:30 p.m.
  Servite beat Santa Margarita 2-0 in a Trinity League opener Friday at Santa Margarita.
  Last season the Lions finished 20-0-1 and earned championships in the CIF-SS Open Division and CIF Southern California Regional Division I playoffs.
  The Lions
  
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• Orange County boys soccer Top 10, Jan. 7

  07-01-2026 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The first Orange County boys soccer rankings of the 2025-26 season.
  ORANGE COUNTY BOYS SOCCER TOP 10
  (Records through Jan. 5)
  1. JSerra (6-3): The Lions were last year’s CIF Southern Section Open Division and CIF Southern California Regional Division I champions. They lost some fine players to graduation but a strong corps of young players make JSerra a team to beat — again — in the CIF-SS.
  2. Mater Dei (7-0): The Monarchs are seen as the top challenger to JSerra’s attemp
  
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• Orange County boys soccer: 10 players to watch

  07-01-2026 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY PLAYERS TO WATCH
  Mina Besada, Sunny Hills, F, Sr.: Besada scored 18 goals over the Lancers’ first 15 games.
  Jude Califf, JSerra, D, Jr.: He was All-Orange County second team last season as a sophomore at Villa Park.
  Joaquin Chavez, Orange Lutheran, MF, Jr.: Chavez was All-Orange County second team and All-Trinity League first team last season as a sophomore.
  Nathan Cueva, Valencia, F, Sr.: Cueva did not play last season after transferring from Sunny Hills, where he was an All
  
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• Saint-Tropez bids adieu to Brigitte Bardot with a funeral and public homage

  07-01-2026 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON
  PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot’s funeral was being held on Wednesday with a private service and a public homage in Saint-Tropez, the French Riviera resort where she lived for more than half a century after retiring from movie stardom at the height of her fame.
  The animal rights activist and far-right supporter died Dec. 28 at age 91 at her home in southern France.
  She died from cancer after undergoing two operations, her husband, Bernard d’Orma
  
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• Newspapers seek sanctions over allegations OpenAI deleted key evidence

  07-01-2026 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Lawyers representing the New York Daily News and an array of news organizations suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing and distorting their reporters’ work have asked a Manhattan judge to sanction ChatGPT’s parent company, alleging the tech behemoth deleted millions of conversations they were required to hand over as evidence of copyright infringement.
  OpenAI continued to destroy output logs despite orders from two judges to preserve and provide them to the news organizations, new court
  
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• US Christian leaders minister to an anxious diaspora with Venezuela’s future in flux

  07-01-2026 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO
  Faith leaders who minister to Christians in Venezuela and the Venezuelan diaspora in the United States are urging prayers for peace as they attend to congregations roiled by uncertainty and high emotions following the U.S. capture of deposed leader Nicolás Maduro.
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• UCLA football stocks up on receivers in transfer portal

  07-01-2026 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Open up the playbook: UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava will have a few new wide receivers, among multiple Wednesday transfer commits, to work with in 2026.
  A trio of wide receivers – Florida’s Aidan Mizell, James Madison’s Landon Ellis and San Jose State’s Leland Smith – joined UCLA’s transfer class Wednesday morning, according to multiple reports. Mizell, Ellis and Smith combined for 1,489 receiving yards in 2025, with the latter two eclipsing more than 600 re
  
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• Editorial: Brea is playing developer with taxpayer cash

  07-01-2026 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Costco, the ubiquitous Issaquah, Washington-based seller of food and consumer products, is so popular that it earned nearly $270 billion in revenues last year. That put it at No. 12 for revenues on the Fortune 500 list of companies. Obviously, the mega-retailer knows what it’s doing — and is perfectly capable of opening a new store without a government’s help.
  Yet the Brea City Council voted 3-1 to “enter an agreement with a Southern California real estate developer to pu
  
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• Nick Reiner’s attorney withdraws from case; defendant now off suicide watch

  07-01-2026 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH
  With his previous attorney withdrawing from the case, arraignment was postponed today for Rob Reiner’s youngest son, who is accused of killing the famed filmmaker and his photographer wife Michele in their Brentwood home.
  Nick Reiner, 32, remains jailed without bail pending his next court appearance on Feb. 23. He appeared in a downtown courtroom Wednesday morning, when defense attorney Alan Jackson informed a judge that his firm had withdrawn from the case. Reiner
  
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• Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida’s congressional districts

  07-01-2026 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE SCHNEIDER and DAVID FISCHER
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he plans to call a special session in April for the Republican-dominated legislature to draw new congressional districts, joining a redistricting arms race among states that have redrawn districts mid-decade.
  Even though Florida’s 2026 legislative session starts next week, DeSantis said he wanted to wait for a possible ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on a key provision of the Voting R
  
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• ‘The Wiz’ brings updated enchantments to Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa

  07-01-2026 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  When actor Alan Mingo Jr. landed the title role in the 50th anniversary revival of the Broadway musical “The Wiz,” he felt confident that he knew what would come next.
  A national tour, a Broadway run, and then back on the road again, he was imagining himself doing basically the same show he’d loved since his boyhood in Maryland in the ’80s.
  The first part of that unfolded as expected. The 2023 national tour of “The Wiz” moved to Broadway a year later, and retu
  
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• Shooting is reported in Minneapolis, where the feds are conducting an immigration crackdown

  07-01-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM SULLIVAN and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities reported a shooting Wednesday involving federal agents in Minneapolis, where immigration enforcement has been conducting a major crackdown.
  Live video posted online showed a large presence of federal and local officers, yellow police tape and cars that had been in a crash. Cmdr. Gregory Bovino of U.S. Customs and Border Protection was in the group.
  “We are aware of a shooting involving federal law enforcement
  
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• ICE agent shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown

  07-01-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM SULLIVAN and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist when she allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during an immigration crackdown in the city, authorities said Wednesday.
  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot the woman in her vehicle in a residential neighborhood in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
  The shooting marks a dramatic e
  
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