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• Angels key spring training dates

  11-02-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  ANGELS KEY DATES (all times Pacific)
  Tuesday: Pitchers and catchers report
  Wednesday: First workout, pitchers and catchers
  Feb. 18: Full squad reporting day
  Feb. 19: First full-squad workout
  Feb. 23: First Cactus League game, Angels vs. A’s, Mesa, Hohokam Stadium, noon
  Feb. 24: First home Cactus League game, Angels vs. Brewers, Tempe Diablo Stadium, Tempe, noon
  March 7: Angels vs. Dodgers, Tempe Diablo Stadium, noon
  March 22: Angels vs. Dodgers, Camelback Ranch, Glendale, 7 p.m.
  March 25:
  
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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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• 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.
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• Palisades Charter High returns home Tuesday, marking a new chapter in fire recovery

  24-01-2026 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Palisades Charter High School will return to its main seaside campus Tuesday morning, more than one year after the deadly Palisades fire destroyed nearly 40% of the school and forced students and faculty into temporary classrooms during extensive reconstruction and environmental remediation.
  The reopening marks a defining moment for the Pacific Palisades community, signaling not only the physical restoration of campus facilities but the emotional return of daily rituals, shared spaces, and a sen
  
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• Lifeguard statue planned for San Clemente making waves

  24-01-2026 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The beach was starting to get busy.
  San Clemente was just 2 years old and word was spreading about the pristine “Spanish Village by the Sea.”
  The railroad was bringing droves of people to the pier and “many thousands of campers” were hanging out on the sand. Transcripts from nearly a century ago show a city meeting where concerns were voiced about sharp pieces of wood on the south ramp of the pier causing injury to beachgoers who were seeking first aid, sweeping currents
  
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• DUI driver who killed 2 OC teens, then reentered U.S. illegally after prison, is sentenced

  24-01-2026 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A twice-deported undocumented immigrant previously convicted of the DUI deaths of two teens in an Orange County freeway crash was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 23 to three years and ten months in federal prison for illegally reentering the U.S.
  He reentered the country months after his release from prison, after serving only about a third of his sentence for the DUI case, which ignited a national uproar that drew in the governor’s office and the Trump administration.
  The early release last yea
  
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• DUI driver who killed 2 OC teens sentenced for illegally re-entering U.S.

  24-01-2026 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A twice-deported undocumented immigrant previously convicted of the DUI deaths of two teens in an Orange County freeway crash was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 23 to three years and ten months in federal prison for illegally reentering the U.S.
  The early release last year of Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano after he served 3 1/2 years of a 10-year sentence for the Nov. 13, 2021 deaths of Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin in a high-speed crash on the southbound 405 Freeway near Seal Beach Boulevard d
  
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• Are Luka Doncic, Lakers having trust issues on the court?

  24-01-2026 01:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Like other players around the league, the free agents on the Lakers are looking at the present to secure their future, whether it’s in L.A. or elsewhere. And the key to staying on the NBA level is more minutes that can translate into more shots and eye-catching numbers.
  Coach JJ Redick understands that. “I’ve been there,” said Redick, who played 15 years in the NBA, including four with the Clippers. He called it a “human element.”
  “Guys are worried about
  
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• Spanish prosecutors drop sexual assault complaint against Julio Iglesias

  24-01-2026 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors said Friday they were shelving an initial investigation into accusations of sexual assault by Julio Iglesias in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic after concluding that Spain’s National Court lacked jurisdiction to judge the matter.
  Earlier this month, Spanish prosecutors had opened an investigation studying allegations that the 82-year-old Grammy-winning global singing star had sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in t
  
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• Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally

  24-01-2026 01:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press
  Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come” on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration’s accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services.
  “There is still much road ahead to travel together,” Vance told attendees at the annual March for Life demonstration, which draws tens of thousa
  
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• Private guard called 911 in ICE detainee homicide, saying man ‘kept going’ after suicide attempt

  24-01-2026 00:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By RYAN J. FOLEY and MICHAEL BIESECKER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Cuban immigrant at a Texas detention center tried to hang himself, was restrained by guards in handcuffs, and stopped breathing during a subsequent struggle, according to a 911 call from a private security contractor.
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• After critical win over Purdue, UCLA men look to stack up wins on the West Coast

  24-01-2026 00:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Mick Cronin wasn’t pleased with the travel to start UCLA’s Big Ten schedule.
  The Bruins played at Washington, then had a home matchup with Oregon in early December. They began the New Year on a trip to Iowa and Wisconsin, returned briefly to welcome Maryland, before venturing to Penn State and Ohio State.
  To top it off, UCLA (13-6, 5-3 Big Ten) hosted No. 4 Purdue on two days’ rest when the Boilermakers were settled in Los Angeles after playing USC five days
  
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• Texas Black man exonerated nearly 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias

  24-01-2026 00:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press
  HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was innocent in the killing of a white woman in Dallas.
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, Jan. 23

  24-01-2026 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, Jan. 23
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
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  At Sunny Hills
  Sunny Hills 17, Santa Ana 5
  At Garden Grove
  Canyon 9, Chaparral 6
  Capistrano Valley 15, Garden
  
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• With contract done, Trinity Rodman focuses on field as USWNT faces Paraguay

  24-01-2026 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — Trinity Rodman entered the U.S. Women’s National Team camp with a lot of uncertainty.
  Rodman’s contract with the Washington Spirit expired after last season, so she started 2026 without an NWSL contract and more importantly, with the term “unattached” listed next to her name on the U.S. Soccer training camp press release.
  “I never thought I’d be in a national (team) camp with no contracts signed,” Rodman said Friday. “That was very w
  
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• Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington

  24-01-2026 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL PHILLIS, REBECCA BOONE and GARY FIELDS, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling.
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• NAMM 2026 honors Smashing Pumpkin’s Billy Corgan with TEC Innovation Award

  24-01-2026 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  After Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins got together in Chicago in the late ’80s, the band found its way to a studio to record early versions of its songs, Corgan recalled at the NAMM Show in Anaheim.
  Corgan received the TEC Innovation Award at the 41st annual TEC Awards on Thursday, an honor given annually to musicians such as Jack White, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, whose creative work includes not just their music but a curiosity and passion for the equipment used to make it.
  In a
  
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• US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture

  24-01-2026 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.
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• Mission Viejo kicker Caleb Sylvia wins national competition in Florida

  24-01-2026 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMission Viejo kicker Caleb Sylvia has been busy building off his strong season in the fall.
  The junior recently won a field goal competition at the Kohl’s National Underclassman Challenge in Boynton Beach, Fla.
  Sylvia booted a 65-yard field goal at the event.
  The Orange County record for the longest field goal in a game is 60 yards. Former county standouts Hutch Parker of St. Margaret’s and Ch
  
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• Confetti the sea lion is recovering in San Pedro despite 2 bullets in his head

  24-01-2026 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A male sea lion that rescuers in San Pedro have named Confetti after it was found in Ballona Creek was on the mend Friday despite the fact that the sea mammal has two bullets in his skull.
  The sea lion was fished out of Ballona Creek, a channeled stream that empties into the ocean near Marina del Rey, on Jan. 5 and found to be suffering from the potentially fatal bacterial infection leptospirosis, which affects the kidneys.
  Confetti the sea lion is seen in Ballona Creek before he was rescued. (P
  
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