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• Estranged husband arrested in killing of Newport Beach woman found in Crestline

  24-01-2026 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The estranged husband of a Newport Beach woman whose body was found down an embankment near Highway 138 in Crestline in November has been arrested on suspicion of her murder, authorities said Saturday, Jan. 24.
  Gordon Abas Goodarzi, 66, of Rolling Hills, was arrested Friday, Jan. 23, in connection with the death of Aryan Papoli, 58, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
  Papoli was found around 11:45 a.m. on Nov. 18, near Highway 138 and Crestline Road, the
  
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• Alexander: For Rams to win, Matthew Stafford must play like an MVP

  24-01-2026 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — If Matthew Stafford is truly the NFL’s Most Valuable Player – as many observers anticipate and the Professional Football Writers Association already announced this past week – this is the time he needs to demonstrate why.
  Indeed, the process already has begun. The Rams are in the NFC Championship game, one step from the Super Bowl, precisely because Stafford kept his cool when others might have lost theirs. He directed a game-winning drive in the wild-card round
  
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• Siamese mix Marshmallow is looking for a quiet home

  24-01-2026 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Ragdoll-Siamese mix
  Age: About 6 years
  Sex: Neutered male
  Marshmallow’s story: Marshmallow loves people and will happily follow them from room to room, curiously observing everything that’s happening. He would do best in a quiet, low-activity home where he can feel settled and comfortable. Marshmallow loves food and likes to hang out in the kitchen, chatting and asking when dinner will be served. He enjoys companionship and is best suited for someone who appreciates an indepen
  
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• Playing and investigating are two of kitty Meadow’s favorite things

  24-01-2026 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Domestic shorthair tortoiseshell
  Age: 1 year
  Sex: Spayed female
  Meadow’s story: Active, playful Meadow loves toys, and she has plenty to keep her engaged. She’s curious and loves to investigate new things. She has been around other cats, but not dogs or kids, so the rescue isn’t sure how she would be with them. She’s shy and would love a calm and patient owner or family who will help her feel safe and comfortable so she can grow and thrive. If you’re looking
  
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• Secret to USC basketball’s toughness? Football players

  24-01-2026 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The USC men’s basketball coaches were all in agreement after reviewing film of a potential transfer – or at least almost all of them. They liked this particular player. They really liked him.
  “Well, he just hit the ground four times,” Trojans head coach Eric Musselman piped up.
  There’s some confusion. One assistant asks what he means. The answer lies in an adage that Musselman’s father and longtime coach, Bill, drilled into his players as well as his own famil
  
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• New England at Denver: What you need to know for Sunday’s AFC title game

  24-01-2026 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The New England Patriots face the Denver Broncos in the AFC championship game Sunday.
  The Patriots have a strong offense, ranked third overall, while the Broncos boast the league’s second-best defense. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye threw three touchdown passes last week.
  Denver’s defense led the league with 68 sacks this season. Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham is making his first start since 2023 with Bo Nix (ankle) out.
  Both teams are coming off big wins, with the Patriots def
  
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• AFC Championship preview: Patriots and Broncos prepare for different QB duel

  24-01-2026 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  DENVER — If any opponent is familiar with Denver Broncos fill-in quarterback Jarrett Stidham, it’s the New England Patriots, who drafted him in 2019 to serve as Tom Brady’s backup.
  When Josh McDaniels took the Las Vegas Raiders’ head coaching job, he traded for Stidham, who backed up Derek Carr for two years before signing with Denver, where he served as Russell Wilson’s No. 2, then as Bo Nix’s right-hand man.
  After McDaniels returned to New England for his th
  
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• Adam Summers: Why California’s high cost of living is not inevitable

  24-01-2026 21:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Politicians as diverse as socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Republican President Donald Trump have recently tapped into voters’ concerns about affordability. This has already been an issue for some time in California. While there is little debate that it is becoming harder and harder to get by comfortably, there are significant differences in opinion over how much of the problem is nature versus nurture.
  I was discussing this with a friend of mine who is politically left-of-
  
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• Fountain Valley to ask residents whether they want a charter

  24-01-2026 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  After an outpouring of opposition and even confusion by residents about the merits of their city adopting its own charter, the Fountain Valley City Council decided to “pump the brakes” on the prospect.
  The council narrowly voted in November to put the idea of becoming a charter city before voters this year. A charter, essentially a city constitution, could give the city more say over local affairs such as local elections and bidding processes and even put the city in a better positio
  
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• USC football breakdown: How the Trojans look on special teams

  24-01-2026 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  USC football coach Lincoln Riley was a constant presence in special teams meetings this season, slipping in to monitor the phase of the game that’s becoming increasingly important. He was on the field with the group, too, observing each fielded punt and kickoff.
  Riley will have a new man to trust with special teams this season. The Trojans have hired Mike Ekeler, former special teams coach at Nebraska, to lead the group.
  Ekeler has nine seasons of experience as a special teams coordinator
  
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• LAFC signs Amin Boudri from Sweden’s first division

  24-01-2026 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Swedish midfielder Amin Boudri has signed with the Los Angeles Football Club.
  The 21-year-old’s acquisition from club GAIS in the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s first division, was announced Saturday.
  After the Black & Gold paid a nearly $4 million transfer fee to GAIS, according to reporter Fabrizio Romano, Boudri will be contracted to LAFC through the 2029 season, including a club option for an additional year.
  “We’re thrilled to welcome Amin to
  
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• Georgia commit Gavin Honore among football players who have left Mater Dei

  24-01-2026 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTwo Mater Dei football players have confirmed their transfer to new schools and a third player has indicated a move via social media.
  Wide receiver Gavin Honore, who is committed to George, has enrolled at Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas, the junior said Friday.
  Honore (5-10, 180) earned first-team All-Trinity League honors in the fall after collecting 23 receptions for 368 yards and two touchdowns.
  He was exp
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Jan. 15-22)

  24-01-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Jan. 15 to Jan. 22.
  Lollicup Fresh at MainPlace Mall, 2800 N. Main St., Suite 1028, Santa AnaClosed: Jan. 22
  Reason: Operating without a valid health permitJoe’s Gourmet Deli, 6904 Katella Ave., CypressClosed: Jan. 21
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: Jan. 22Afters Ice Cream, 18030 Brookhurst St., Suite A-1, Fountain ValleyClosed: Jan. 22
  Reason: Sewage overflowTaiko Udon
  
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• Larry Wilson: The fix is in on American sports

  24-01-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  I was never interested in gambling, or even in playing innocent cards, which is weird, because I had genetic reasons to be pre-disposed to the vice.
  My paternal grandfather, allergic to shovels and panning in Arctic streams, would board ships from San Francisco to Alaska as prospectors in the ‘20s still dreamed of the booty from the turn-of-the-century Gold Rush. He’d play gin rummy games all the way up, and turn around as soon as he got there, playing gin all the way back to Califor
  
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• UCLA football breakdown: How the Bruins look on special teams

  24-01-2026 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For just a few days, the special teams unit was in real limbo in Westwood.
  Kicker Mateen Bhaghani entered the transfer portal as it opened, even taking a visit to Arizona State on the same weekend as a handful of former teammates.
  Bhaghani later confirmed to the Southern California News Group, however, that he was remaining a Bruin. UCLA should be able to breathe a little easier getting its kicker back – one who, at one point last season, led all Bruins with individual points per game.
  Bha
  
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• Soup is one of the season’s simple pleasures

  24-01-2026 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Soup is a one-pot wonder, the ultimate comfort food that soothes both body and soul. Now that we’re out of summer and our days are shorter and chillier, it’s time to get out the crockpot and put together a tried-and-true favorite or attempt something new.
  Since anthropologists tell us soup-making dates back at least 20,000 years, there are countless recipes to choose from.
  Asian and French cuisines offer clear, simple soups like miso, egg drop or classic consomme. These minimalist so
  
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• Walt Disney made up Disneyland as he went along during construction in the mid-1950s

  24-01-2026 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Walt Disney made up plans for Disneyland as he went along during the yearlong construction blitz in the mid-1950s that his critics mocked as impossible and predicted would become a spectacular failure, according to a new documentary about the making of the Anaheim theme park.
  Disneyland Construction Supervisor Joe Fowler said work began in July 1954 with virtually no plans for the park in the new “Disneyland Handcrafted” documentary by filmmaker Leslie Iwerks that debuted Thursday, J
  
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• Police chief calls for calm after a man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

  24-01-2026 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACK BROOK, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
  The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the person was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a 37-year-old man was killed.
  He urge
  
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• Person shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis

  24-01-2026 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  A person was shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis Saturday morning, officials say.
  The shooting occurred on Nicollet Avenue near 26th Street, according to a post on the city’s social media page. No information on the person’s condition was immediately released.
  Officials asked members of the public “to remain calm and avoid the immediate area.”
  Saturday’s shooting is the third in as many weeks by immigration officers in Minneapolis, beginning with the
  
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• Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown has died, hospital record shows

  24-01-2026 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 51-year-old man shot Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press shows.
  The person was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Gov. Tim Walz said. The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told the AP in a text message that the person had a firearm with two magazines and that the si
  
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• Man shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

  24-01-2026 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACK BROOK, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
  The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the person was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. A hospital record obtained by The Associated Press that a 51-year-old man who was shot
  
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• California homebuying drops to 2nd-lowest level in 21 years

  24-01-2026 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  California homebuying fell to its second-lowest level for a November in 21 years, despite mortgage rates at their lowest in three years.
  Statewide, 23,317 existing and newly built homes — houses and condos — were sold, according to Attom data dating to 2005. This broad tally of sales is down 8% over 12 months and 30% below average.
  It’s no short-run slip. Sales over the past three years averaged 26,428 per month – 31% below the pace of the previous 18 years.
  Contemplate t
  
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• Susan Shelley: Gavin Newsom grandstands and flops at Davos

  24-01-2026 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom is back from his all-expense-paid trip to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. Guess who paid for it.
  Every special interest in California.
  KCRA in Sacramento reported that the cost of this trip, like all the governor’s official travel, was paid by the California State Protocol Foundation. The mission of the foundation is “to lessen the burden on California taxpayers by relieving California of its obligations to fund certain expenditures.”
  That&rs
  
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• Stolen vehicle rammed into Anaheim store in $1 million jewelry heist; suspects later crash in getaway cars

  24-01-2026 16:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Thieves rammed a stolen vehicle into an Anaheim store on Friday afternoon, stealing roughly $1 million worth of jewelry, authorities said.
  After the heist, the alleged suspects got into two separate car crashes and later were taken into custody.
  The suspects drove a stolen black Nissan Rogue through the front of the Classic Jeweler store located at 5753 E Santa Ana Canyon Road in Anaheim on Friday, Jan. 23 at around 2:30 p.m. to gain entry and rob the business, according to Anaheim police office
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, January 24, 2026

  24-01-2026 16:53 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 Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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• O.C. vet’s stranded antiquities are finally going home

  24-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop. You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated….
  Thai antiquities from Ban Chiang that Trevor Murphy is trying to get repatriated to Thailand. This bangle shows human bones. (Courtesy Murphy)
  One might assume that the wisdom of Thomas Palmer, Confucius and Maya Angelou inspired the Laguna Beach fiduciary to persevere in his quixotic mission. After a year-and
  
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• If your garden produces more fruit or vegetables than you can eat, try this

  24-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I recently opened a book, which fully lives up to the promise of its subtitle: “How to Grow a Garden for Fermenting, Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating, Freeze Drying & More.”
  Appropriately titled “The Preserver’s Garden” (Cold Springs Press, 2026), this volume, written by Staci and Jeremy Hill, is essential to anyone who has ever had too many apricots or tomatoes to consume and didn’t want them to go to waste. With the processing techniques found here, you wi
  
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• How to prepare for the ‘Great Wealth Transfer’

  24-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
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  We are in the midst of the Great Wealth Transfer, experts say — a predicted titanic pass-down of assets from older generations to Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. According to financial research firm Cerulli Associates, $124 trillion will cha
  
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• Letter: Golden State Fiber is no boondoggle

  24-01-2026 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Johnny Kampis’ op-ed casts open-access municipal broadband in a negative light while implicitly defending a telecom monopoly model that has failed rural Californians.
  Approximately 26.5% of rural California households lack access to high-speed broadband. Geographic barriers and limited profit potential have long discouraged private internet service providers from these areas, thus necessitating public investment.
  In response, forty rural counties formed the Golden State Connect Authority (
  
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• America’s next Golden Age moves from theory to tool with AI

  24-01-2026 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Every so often, a phrase starts floating around with just enough frequency to make you stop and notice it.
  Lately, that phrase is this: “We’ve officially entered the Golden Age of America.” As a matter of fact, one of my clients mentioned this to me in a text last week.
  It stopped me in my tracks and caused me to ponder.
  It is a bold statement. Maybe even an uncomfortable one, especially after several years marked by a pandemic, inflation, political division and a steady drumbe
  
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• Australian Open: Sinner overcomes cramps; Keys, Pegula advance; Osaka withdraws

  24-01-2026 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN PYE and DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writers
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Limping and desperately trying to stretch out cramps in his arms and legs, Jannik Sinner had just gone down a break in the third set when the extreme heat rules saved him.
  Play was suspended for eight minutes while the roof was closed on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday afternoon (Friday night PT), and the two-time defending Australian Open champion returned a revitalized man.
  After seemingly being on the verge of an unlikely
  
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• El Dorado basketball takes step toward league title with win over Villa Park

  24-01-2026 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  El Dorado center Brian Dean gets the ball in the open to score against Villa Park in a Freeway League basketball game in Placentia on Friday, January 23, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Villa Park guard Jordan Garcia, right, finds his path blocked by El Dorado guard Evan Nam in a Freeway League basketball game in Placentia on Friday, January 23, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Villa Park guard Hayden Hakala, center, struggles to get a shot be
  
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• La Habra boys basketball clinches playoff berth with win over Cypress

  24-01-2026 08:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Acen Jimenez #24 of La Habra tries to block a shot by Emmanuel Igbekoyi #14 as Gavin Kroll #22 of Cypress looks on. Cypress played La Habra in a Crestview League basketball game on Jan. 23, 2026 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
  Aaron Wilson #1 of La Habra tries to get past Brennen DeLa Cruz #15 of Cypress. Cypress played La Habra in a Crestview League basketball game on Jan. 23, 2026 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
  Ryan Gov #1 an
  
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• Godinez girls basketball surges in the fourth quarter to beat Segerstrom

  24-01-2026 08:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA nonleague schedule featuring a Trinity League school and five other teams ranked in the Orange County girls basketball Top 25 prepared Godinez for the challenge it faced entering the fourth quarter Friday.
  The Grizzlies trailed Segerstrom by two points with the Jaguars’ loud home crowd on their side.
  But Godinez responded with a 16-0 run to open the fourth quarter and collected a 61-54 victory to
  
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• Boys basketball roundup: Sonora earns important league win over Yorba Linda

  24-01-2026 07:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Sonora moved into second place in the Freeway League standings with a dominant win, 67-45, over Yorba Linda in a league game Friday at Yorba Linda High.
  Tyler Holmquist had a triple-double for Sonora (18-8, 4-2) with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Jayden Barnes led Sonora with 24 points and had five steals.
  Luca Pirona added 12 points with seven rebounds for the Raiders.
  Sonora jumped over Villa Park, which lost to El Dorado on Friday, in the league standings.
  Yorba Linda (9-15, 1-4) sit
  
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• Fourth-quarter burst carries Crean Lutheran boys basketball past Canyon

  24-01-2026 07:47 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Crean Lutheran boys basketball team has shown the ability to combine defensive muscle and offensive firepower on multiple consecutive possessions.
  As a result, the Saints have broken open close games in one short burst.
  That dominance on both ends of the court enabled the Saints to pull away from Canyon in the fourth quarter and defeat the Comanches, 60-47, in a Crestview League game Friday at Canyon High School.
  With La Habra’s 60-57 victory over Cypress on Friday, the
  
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• Streaky Ducks beat Kraken for 6th straight win

  24-01-2026 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Cutter Gauthier and Pavel Mintyukov each had a goal and an assist, Lukas Dostal made 21 saves and the Ducks beat the Seattle Kraken, 4-2, on Friday night for their sixth consecutive victory following a nine-game losing streak.
  Ryan Poehling scored short-handed, Chris Kreider added a power-play goal and Mintyukov banked in a long empty-netter. The Ducks have three games left on a five-game trip they opened with a 2-1 shootout victory at NHL-leading Colorado on Wednesday night.
  Jar
  
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• Disneyland’s Lunar New Year: 12 new things to eat and drink ranked from best to worst

  24-01-2026 04:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual Lunar New Year festival at the Disneyland resort is perfect for foodies who love to sample and share while grazing from one food booth to the next on an Asian-inspired epicurean adventure.
  I set out to taste all the new food items available this year using the Sip and Savor pass during the grand opening of the food festival on Friday, Jan. 23 at Disney California Adventure.
  The 2026 Lunar New Year festival celebrating Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures and traditions runs through
  
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• Suspect arrested after reports of car thefts in San Bernardino by driver of an unmarked tow truck

  24-01-2026 04:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A suspect in various car thefts across San Bernardino County involving an unmarked white tow truck taking cars was arrested Thursday, Jan. 22, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced.
  Andy Joel Bonilla, 30, of Colton was identified by the sheriff’s department as a suspect in the thefts, which have occurred over the past several months. He was arrested at a residence on the 900 Block of Ellen Street in Colton, the sheriff’s department said.
  Investigators said th
  
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• Key executive at OC emergency medical services leaves amid controversy

  24-01-2026 03:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Dr. Carl Schultz quietly retired this week as Orange County’s controversial decision-maker for emergency medical services, four months after fire chiefs countywide called for his termination.
  As EMS medical director, Schultz ruffled feathers by what the Orange County Fire Chiefs Association called his brash decisions preventing paramedics from using innovative medical techniques already employed statewide.
  Schultz also banned first responders from taking stroke patients to Orange County Gl
  
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• Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow welcome first egg of 2026

  24-01-2026 03:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The eagle egg has landed.
  RELATED: 2026 nesting season underway for Big Bear’s famed bald eagles
  Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, two of Big Bear’s most famous birds, have welcomed their first egg of 2026.
  A screen grab shows a close-up look at Jackie and Shadow’s first egg of the 2026 nesting season Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Big Bear. (Courtesy of Friends of Big Bear Valley)
  The 24-7 camera footage, installed by the environmental nonprofit group Friends of Big Bear Valley to cap
  
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• Ex-Olympic snowboarder on FBI’s most-wanted list is arrested in Mexico, flown to Ontario

  24-01-2026 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MIKE BALSAMO and AMY TAXIN, Associated Press
  Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive, was arrested in Mexico and on Friday flown to the U.S. to face charges related to running a multinational drug trafficking ring and the killing of a federal witness.
  FBI Director Kash Patel, during a press conference on the tarmac at Ontario International Airport, said the capture of Wedding, 44, resulted from a manhunt by U.S. investi
  
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• Why the two people who discovered gold in California never cashed in

  24-01-2026 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Missing a golden opportunity
  How the two primary people of the gold discovery in California failed to cash in.
  On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. James Marshall, the first to find it, never made a fortune from it. On May 12, a pioneer named Sam Brannon ran through the streets of San Francisco shouting, “Gold, gold from the American River!” This ignited the “gold fever” that changed the course of the area. The area’s population doubled in a
  
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• Ex-OC church employee secretly recorded two juvenile congregants in their bathrooms, suits allege

  24-01-2026 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A Laguna Hills church is entangled in a federal child pornography case against a former employee that has triggered lawsuits alleging he gave two juvenile congregants computers equipped with software allowing him to secretly record them nude in their bathrooms.
  Court documents in the federal prosecution of the employee, Jacob Melvin Hart, indicate there could be more juvenile victims from Crossline Community Church. Several staff members of the church have resigned in the aftermath of the breach
  
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• Prosecutors allege gang members tried to kill Indiana judge to derail domestic abuse trial

  24-01-2026 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By TODD RICHMOND
  Members of a motorcycle club and a street gang worked together in an attempt to kill an Indiana judge in hopes of derailing a domestic abuse case against one of their own, prosecutors alleged Friday, hours after police announced they had arrested five people in connection with the investigation.
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• Judge rules US Justice Department filed a lawsuit over Georgia voter data in the wrong city

  24-01-2026 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF AMY and CHARLOTTE KRAMON
  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Georgia on Friday dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state, ruling the federal government had sued in the wrong city.
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• Lori Coble, Ladera Ranch mother who lost 3 children in 5 freeway crash, dies at 48

  24-01-2026 01:53 via ocregister.com
  
  A Ladera Ranch mother, whose tragic story of losing her three young children in a freeway accident in 2007 broke the hearts of so many, has died.
  Now, nearly 20 years later, her story of loss — and hope restored with the birth of triplets in 2008 — continues to resonate with a community who loved her then, and now.
  Coble, 48, was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer and breast cancer in August and since word of her illnesses broke across social media, community members in Orange Co
  
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• California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast

  24-01-2026 01:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIE AUSTIN
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company’s plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state’s coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration’s removal of regulatory barriers to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades.
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• Meta pauses teen access to AI characters

  24-01-2026 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday.
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• Powdered whole milk could be a culprit in the ByHeart botulism outbreak, tests show

  24-01-2026 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONEL ALECCIA
  Powdered whole milk used to make ByHeart infant formula could be a source of contamination that led to an outbreak of botulism that has sickened dozens of babies, U.S. health officials indicated Friday.
  Related Articles Meta pauses teen access to AI characters Texas Black man exonerated nearly 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington Hunter S. Thompson’s death confirmed as suicide, Color
  
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