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• Anaheim mayor faces recall effort

  17-02-2020 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  After a little more than a year in office, Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu is the target of a recall campaign launched by residents with a laundry list of complaints.
  Since he won an eight-way race in November 2018, critics have bashed Sidhu for his handling of issues such as the Angel Stadium talks, proposed rent control rules and how he runs council meetings. Sidhu previously served two terms on the council, from 20004 to 2012.
  Now a group of residents, including Lupe Ramirez, has begun the process
  
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• Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for months, says DOJ

  07-01-2026 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By LEAH WILLINGHAM and MICHAEL CASEY
  BOSTON (AP) — The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor had been planning the attack for months and left behind videos in which he confessed to the murders, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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• New lawsuits blame suicide, terminal illness deaths on Palisades fire

  07-01-2026 00:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The wife of a man who killed himself after his home burned down in the Palisades fire is among more than a dozen plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits blaming the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and other defendants for causing or hastening the deaths of their relatives.
  The lawsuits — the first death-related litigation in the Palisades fire — were brought last month under a pilot law, state Senate Bill 447, that expired Dec. 31 and allowed plaintiffs to sue for the pain, suff
  
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• Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80

  07-01-2026 00:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and a conservative commentator, has died. He was 80.
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• State officials recommend approval of controversial solar project near Baker

  07-01-2026 00:15 via ocregister.com
  
  State energy officials have recommended approval of a solar plant near the Mojave National Preserve that has been opposed for nearly 20 years by environmentalists who claim it will endanger desert bighorn sheep and obstruct their migration patterns.
  On Dec. 29, the California Energy Commission released an environmental impact report on the proposed Soda Mountain Solar Project, a 300-megawatt solar electrical generating plant and 300-megawatt battery storage system on 2,670 acres of federal land
  
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• Clippers rookie Kobe Sanders has breakout game against Warriors

  07-01-2026 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — With 10 seconds left in Monday night’s game and the Clippers clinging to a one-point lead, rookie Kobe Sanders prepared to make a move to the basket.
  What did he have cooked up before Coach Tyronn Lue called a timeout?
  “I had a bucket,” Sanders said without hesitation.
  Sanders’ confidence is a bit bold but without swagger. He unapologetically says he knows how to play basketball, isn’t afraid to breathe down the necks of Steph Curry or Luka Doncic
  
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• On the hook for uninsured residents, counties wonder now how they’ll pay

  07-01-2026 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By Christine Mai-Duc and Claudia Boyd-Barrett | KFF Health News
  In 2013, before the Affordable Care Act helped millions get health insurance, California’s Placer County provided limited health care to some 3,400 uninsured residents who couldn’t afford to see a doctor.
  For several years, that number has been zero in the predominantly white, largely rural county stretching from Sacramento’s eastern suburbs to the shores of Lake Tahoe.
  The trend could be short-lived.
  County health
  
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• Angel Stadium field turned into dirt racing track

  07-01-2026 00:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Before the lucious green outfield is shaped and manicured for the upcoming baseball season in Anaheim, it is being transformed by crews this week into a dirt pit.
  Angel Stadium traditionally hosts AMA Monster Energy Supercross and Monster Jam events in January and February — a rip-roaring couple of weeks that require some 500 truckloads of dirt to be hauled in to cover the field of the stadium, with mounds formed to create giant ramps for the riders and drivers.
  While Feld Entertainment wo
  
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• Trump store in suburban Philadelphia ‘kind of run its course’ and is set to close

  07-01-2026 00:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE CATALINI
  BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia shop selling President Donald Trump-themed merchandise that became a magnet for die-hard supporters announced it’s closing its doors, six years after opening.
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• The Original Saugus Cafe, which closed its doors on Jan. 4, could reopen soon

  06-01-2026 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  After announcing that after almost 140 years of serving comfort food, Jan. 4 would be the final day for The Original Saugus Cafe, it looks like the Santa Clarita diner may get a second chance at life.
  According to a report posted on Jan. 5 by Santa Clarita radio station KHTS-FM, the cafe, which was established in 1886 and is Los Angeles County’s oldest restaurant, will reopen under new ownership.
  Demetrio Lopez, a customer since 1980, says goodbye and wishes well to Michaela Vuong, who has
  
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• How Delcy Rodríguez courted Donald Trump and rose to power in Venezuela

  06-01-2026 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN
  MIAMI (AP) — In 2017, as political outsider Donald Trump headed to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez spotted an opening.
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• Trump’s former Russia adviser says Russia offered US free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine

  06-01-2026 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By EMMA BURROWS
  Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time.
  The Russians repeatedly floated the idea of a “very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine,” Hill said during a congressional hearing in 2019. Her comments surfaced again this week and were shared on soc
  
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• FACT FOCUS: Trump sows confusion on number of childhood vaccinations

  06-01-2026 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump spread some confusion about childhood vaccinations in social media posts about changes to U.S. vaccine recommendations.
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• Why Walter Isaacson says the Declaration of Independence can still unite us

  06-01-2026 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Humans have produced some great sentences over the years, such as this one from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” 
  But in his book, Walter Isaacson has declared “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written” to be the second line of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by th
  
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• New LAFD chief admits there were missteps in analysis of Palisades fire response

  06-01-2026 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the eruption of the Palisades fire, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s recently sworn-in chief admitted there were missteps made by leadership in response to the blaze before committing to corrective action and further review to prevent residents from another harrowing wildfire experience.
  “We acknowledge where we must do better,” said Jaime Moore at an LAFD’s Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6. “We take respon
  
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• Ex-OCFA chief blasts helicopter contract lapse, but officials say it won’t hurt firefighting

  06-01-2026 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County Fire Authority contract for a multi-agency fleet of firefighting aircraft has expired, drawing criticism from the outgoing fire chief, even as other officials tied to the program argue it shouldn’t have an impact on the amount of resources available to rapidly battle large-scale wildfires.
  At issue is the Quick Reaction Force, a partnership between OCFA, Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles and Ventura County fire departments dating back to 2022 that includes sev
  
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• Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concerns

  06-01-2026 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEOFF MULVIHILL and MORIAH BALINGIT, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states over concerns about fraud.
  “For too long, Democrat-led states and Governors have been complicit in allowing massive amounts of fraud to occur under their watch,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement.
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• What’s next in deposed Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro’s criminal case

  06-01-2026 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nicolás Maduro’s first court hearing in the U.S. — a spectacle where he proclaimed he is still Venezuela’s president — was merely the beginning of a legal odyssey that could keep him locked up and out of power for years, maybe even the rest of his life.
  The deposed South American leader and his wife, Cilia Flores, were arraigned Monday on drug trafficking charges, days after U.S. force
  
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• Mater Dei’s Kaeli Wynn stays positive after season-ending surgery

  06-01-2026 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei’s Kaeli Wynn smiled and chatted with well-wishers as she left the Meruelo Athletic Center in crutches and her leg in a stiff brace.
  The South Carolina basketball signee held her head high Saturday after the Matt Denning Hoops Classic as she discussed her recovery from a Dec. 3 surgery that wiped out her senior season.
  “I have a lot of positivity in me,” Wynn said. “This i
  
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• Theft of luxury handbags worth $100,000 foiled by Irvine police

  06-01-2026 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Would-be handbag thieves were caught by Irvine police officers after they entered a luxury shop at Jamboree Road and Dupont Drive, attempting to take roughly $100,000 worth of bags in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 6, authorities said.
  Building security contacted the Irvine Police Department to report two people spotted on camera entering the building, police said. Officers arrived and found two suspects hiding inside, and took both men into custody.
  Footage of the suspects shows them,
  
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• Swanson: Clippers undaunted scaling their own chasm

  06-01-2026 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Heard it first from a former college basketball coach: “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”
  Don’t know why anyone would want to eat an elephant, but I can appreciate imagery more colorful than the old “one game at a time” cliché.
  Unfortunately for the 13-22 Clippers, they’re not looking at an elephant. They’re working their way through a task the size of a brontosaurus. Or maybe something even bigger – Jupiter?
  
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• 70 new Disneyland eats and treats for the 70th anniversary party

  06-01-2026 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland will restart its 70th anniversary celebration with a new menu lineup designed to tempt foodies and keep them coming back for more after pressing pause on the yearlong party during the Halloween and Christmas seasons.
  Disneyland chefs will kick off the second half of the 70th anniversary celebration on Thursday, Jan. 8 with a new limited-time menu of eats, treats and drinks.
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• US nearly triples list of countries whose citizens must post bonds up to $15,000 to apply for visas

  06-01-2026 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
  Less than a week after adding seven countries to the list of nations subject to visa bonds, bringing the total to 13, the State Department on Tuesday added 25 more. The bond requirement for the latest additions will take effect Jan. 21, according to a notice posted o
  
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• Bill would ban ICE arrests at California state courthouses

  06-01-2026 22:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Immigrants worried about being arrested by federal agents outside California state courtrooms could be helped by an Inland Empire state senator’s bill announced Tuesday, Jan. 6.
  SB 873 from San Bernardino Democrat Eloise Gómez Reyes “aims to prevent federal immigration agents from disrupting regularly scheduled court appearances with unannounced and indiscriminate arrests,” a news release from the senator’s office states.
  The bill “will provide legal assuranc
  
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• Kings hope to keep rolling vs. Sharks and Macklin Celebrini

  06-01-2026 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES –– The Kings have a modicum of momentum for the first time in a month, and might have finally found an offensive spark in a line combination to boot.
  They took a pair of clashes with the Minnesota Wild, their first consecutive wins since Dec. 8. Next, they will welcome Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday for the final game of their homestand.
  The second of those two victories was propelled by the line of Kevin Fiala, Andrei Kuzmenko and Alex Turcotte. F
  
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• Trump says his voters loved the Venezuela attack — here’s what they really think

  06-01-2026 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By JESSE BEDAYN, MIKE CATALINI, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, SOPHIE BATES, OBED LAMY and CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press
  It’s only been days since an audacious U.S. raid snatched Nicolás Maduro from a Venezuelan military base and sped him to a Brooklyn prison, yet Detroit-area Trump supporter Aaron Tobin can already see it all playing out on the big screen.
  It’ll be the subject of movies for years to come, he predicts. “I am thrilled.” Plenty of others who voted for Preside
  
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• Brian Jones: State of the state is not what we’re told, or what it should be

  06-01-2026 21:33 via ocregister.com
  
  When I arrived in the legislature as a newly minted state legislator, I was shocked by what I found in the annual state budget. A bloated and reckless spending plan stuffed with pork, misguided priorities and overspending on feel-good social programs at a time when a strong cinching of the belt was in order to preserve essential services.
  That was 2010 and Democrats spent what I called an “absurd” $129 billion that year. 
  Fast forward and California’s budget has exploded t
  
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• 5 Freeway north of LA placed under a high wind watch Wednesday and Thursday – wind gusts reaching 65 mph

  06-01-2026 21:33 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway north of LA is the focus of a high wind watch issued at 12:29 p.m. on Tuesday by the National Weather Service. The watch is valid from Wednesday 8 p.m. until Thursday Jan. 8, at 8 p.m.
  According to the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA, “North winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible.”
  “Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles,” the NWS said. &l
  
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• Alaska Airlines pilot who safely landed plane after panel blew out says Boeing unfairly blamed him

  06-01-2026 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press
  The Alaska Airlines pilot who has been universally praised as a hero for safely landing a jet after a door plug panel flew off shortly after takeoff is suing Boeing because he believes the plane maker wrongly tried to blame him and the rest of the crew in past legal filings.
  Captain Brandon Fisher was commended by the heads of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration and even Boeing executives for helping ensure none of the 1
  
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• How the real-life story of an actress turned nun inspired ‘Lori Lovely’

  06-01-2026 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Sarah McCoy’s latest novel might never have happened if it weren’t for Turner Classic Movies.
  The author’s “Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?” tells the story of Lu Tibbott, a college student writing her senior thesis about her aunt, Lori, who, as a young woman, gave up her career as an actress to become a Benedictine nun. Lori has refused to tell her story to the press, but agrees to tell Lu the story of what really happened in her youth. It’s a story that mi
  
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