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• Angels reportedly pursued Patrick Corbin, Nate Eovaldi before they signed elsewhere

  11-12-2018 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — Although the Angels have been unable to land any significant pitching help this winter, they were reportedly chasing two of the winter’s biggest prizes before they went elsewhere.
  The Angels were one of four finalists for Nate Eovaldi before he re-signed with the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, according to NBC Sports Boston.
  The Angels also quietly pursued Patrick Corbin, who ended up signing with the Washington Nationals, according to Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic
  
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• Government unchained: The year the Constitution lost its guardrails

  14-12-2025 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice.
  Yet what good are rights on paper when every branch of government is allowed to ignore, circumvent, chip away at or hollow them out in practice?
  Two hundred and thirty-four years after the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791, the safeguards meant to shield “We the people” from government abuse are barely recognizable.
  In ways the Founders could scarcely have imagined—and wo
  
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• Authorities step up security at Hanukkah events in LA County after Australia attack

  14-12-2025 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities were providing extra patrols at Jewish facilities and Hanukkah events throughout Los Angeles County on Sunday after a deadly attack in Australia killed as many as 16 people who were gathered at a beach to celebrate the first day of the Jewish holiday.
  “The Los Angeles Police Department is deeply saddened by the tragic mass shooting attack that occurred during a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community in Australia and here in L
  
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• Chargers’ defense comes up big in victory over rival Chiefs

  14-12-2025 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston gets hit by a Kansas City Chiefs defender in the teams’ season opener Sept. 5, 2025, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)
  Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a pass during the first half of their game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)
  Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen catches a pass in front of Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent
  
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• KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas features Evanescence, Rise Against and surprises

  14-12-2025 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  As roadies rolled a grand piano onto the stage midway through Evanescence‘s set, singer Amy Lee smiled at the fans that packed the Kia Forum for KROQ‘s 34th annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show and let slip her other reason to celebrate on Saturday.
  “It’s my birthday,” said Lee, born 44 years ago in Riverside. “And on my birthday, I get to do whatever I want.”
  What she apparently wanted to do was sing her heart out during a 45-minute headlining set that
  
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• Police investigate drive-by attack at Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah

  14-12-2025 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Police are investigating the report of a drive-by shooting with an estimated 20 rounds fired that was aimed at a Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah, followed by an obscenity shouted from a car.
  The homeowner posted an account of what happened the evening of Friday Dec. 12 on social media, along with a surveillance video. Police later said the weapon used was likely an airsoft gun, as officers found no shell casings around the house.
  The Anti-Defamation League, a San Bernardino City Councilwoma
  
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• Student wounded in 2019 Santa Clarita school shooting was on campus during Brown University attack

  14-12-2025 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  At least two of the Brown University students who were on campus when a deadly shooting unfolded Saturday have survived school shootings before.
  One is Mia Tretta, a junior who was shot in the abdomen during a 2019 shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California.
  Tretta, 21, was studying for a final exam in her Brown dormitory Saturday when she learned of the attack. She had been planning to study at the Barus and Holley engineering and physics building, where the shooting took place
  
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• Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery

  14-12-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.Video footage posted to social media shows a passerby dressed in a white T-shirt and dark pants crouching behind a parked car before sneaking up behind a gunman, grabbing him and wrestling away his firearm. The bystander then points the weapon at the gunman, who falls to the ground.The intervention drew wid
  
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• Public menorah lightings to mark start of Hanukkah in LA, OC

  14-12-2025 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Free public menorah lightings to mark the first night of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah will be held around Southern California on Sunday, Dec. 14, including in Culver City, Santa Monica, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.
  See also: Public Hanukkah celebrations planned in Orange County
  A giant menorah lighting at The Culver Steps in Culver City will begin at 4:30 p.m. The event will also include live music, a magic show, latkes, doughnuts, chocolate “gelt”; craft-making and a caricatur
  
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• Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

  14-12-2025 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELANIE LIDMAN
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Sunday in an attack on a Hannukah celebration at a popular Sydney beach and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to call it an act of antisemitic terrorism. Antisemitism has been on the rise in Australia, fueled in part by Israel’s war in Gaza, even as local Jewish groups have decried the lack of support from authorities.
  Worldwide, Australia and Italy experienced the biggest increase in antisemi
  
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• Los Alamitos consensus picks for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025

  14-12-2025 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
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• Chapman U forecast: slow but better growth in ‘26

  14-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite President Donald Trump’s zigzags on tariffs, taxes and regulations, the U.S. economy still should hit 2% growth in 2026, up from an estimated 1.8% this year.
  That’s according to the forecast given Thursday by Chapman University President Emeritus Jim Doti before 300 local community and business leaders at the school’s Musco Center for the Arts, plus 1,500 live online. It’s worth taking their forecasts seriously. Of 48 real GDP forecasts issued for 2025 by research
  
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• Hill of Hope in Carbon Canyon still sharing its unorthodox message

  14-12-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  At the entry shack off Carbon Canyon Road, a man signed me in as a visitor and directed me to follow the car ahead up the gravel road.
  I was heading, with hesitancy, to the Hill of Hope.
  This is a sprawling piece of land owned for a half-century by an unusual religious movement. A Catholic woman in Placentia named Frances Klug had gained renown starting in 1967 as she transmitted messages she said came from God, the Virgin Mary and several saints.
  Hundreds of adherents raised $1.1 million to buy
  
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• Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how to find light in the darkest months

  14-12-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEFANIE DAZIO
  The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter.
  Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, which can begin as early as October and last into April for some.
  The winter solstice will occur Dec. 21, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemis
  
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• Sen. Adam Schiff, a primary antagonist of President Donald Trump, marks one year in U.S. Senate

  14-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When Adam Schiff was sworn in as the junior U.S. senator from California one year ago, he’d already spent 12 terms in the House of Representatives and was arguably best known for leading House impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump during Trump’s first term.
  In the 12 months since joining the upper chamber of Congress, Schiff has continued to make a name for himself as a chief antagonist – and a prime target – of Trump, calling out actions by the president
  
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• John Moorlach: If I were governor, here are ten ideas I’d pursue to save California

  14-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Recently I was challenged to list what I would do, if elected governor of California, to fix the once Golden State. We know California doesn’t need another gubernatorial candidate. Since I’m a registered Republican, the voter registration demographics are not favorable, there is virtually no road to victory even if I wanted to run. As this is now a top-two “jungle election” state, another Republican entrant would only make the chance of two Democrats appearing on the Nove
  
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• Adam Summers: Calling 911 over California’s failed IT projects

  14-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California might have to call 911 to save its emergency communications system upgrade project. Whether the call would actually get through is another matter.
  While the Golden State prides itself on its innovative technology sector and the genius, in Silicon Valley and beyond, these private sector successes have yet to be replicated in the state government. The failure to upgrade the state’s 911 system is just the latest example of this ineptitude.
  The California Governor’s Office of
  
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• A guide to good manners at the retail counter this holiday season

  14-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH
  As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the job.
  Related Articles Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how to find light in the darkest months Faith leaders embrace sound baths to connect with spiritual seekers Winter virus season so far is not too bad, but doctors worry about
  
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• Senior Moments: The night my mother forgot Hanukkah

  14-12-2025 15:32 via ocregister.com
  
  On the night that Mom forgot Hanukkah, she left a message on my voicemail in a halting tone. It said simply, “For some reason I can’t remember the story of Hanukkah.”
  At 99, my mother’s always good memory had started to slip. She wanted to know if I could write down the story and bring it to her.
  Granted, it can be a convoluted story, so I boiled it down to the nugget. Bad guys desecrated the Temple. Good guys drove them out and discovered that the sacred lamp oil had bee
  
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• Guess which country pays the most for health care

  14-12-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, you better stock up on apples. The deadline for open enrollment for health care coverage is here and millions of Americans are bracing themselves for significant increases in their 2026 premiums. According to PBS, those who enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace without the premium tax credit can expect an average of 18% increase. And in some can more than double.
  THE U.S. HAS THE HIGHEST PREMIUMS IN THE WORLDAmericans pay far more in health care prem
  
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• Looking ahead to 2026: Key tax law changes and core financial moves

  14-12-2025 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This year has been full of major events. It began in January with the inauguration of a new president and the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’s history.
  A trade war soon followed, sparked by increased tariffs, and in July, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
  In September and October, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates, which preceded the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Despite these shifts, the U.S. stock market reached&n
  
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• Police say 2 people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

  14-12-2025 10:27 via ocregister.com
  SYDNEY (AP) — Police say 2 people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
  
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• Fryer: Carson Palmer noticed how Santa Margarita QB stood tall at the end

  14-12-2025 09:26 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO – Santa Margarita football coach Carson Palmer was asked who was the most improved Eagles player from the start of the season to the end of the season, which was a 47-13 win over De La Salle in the CIF State Open Division championship game at Saddleback College.
  “Oooh, that’s a good question,” Palmer said.
  It was suggested that senior quarterback Trace Johnson, who moved from Florida to play at Santa Margarita his senior year, had been the most improved play
  
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• No. 25 UCLA men’s basketball falls to No. 8 Gonzaga

  14-12-2025 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Graham Ike had 25 points and five assists and No. 8 Gonzaga beat No. 25 UCLA 82-72 on Saturday night to improve to 9-1.
  Ike scored 15 points in the first half, highlighted by a tomahawk dunk with 8:02 remaining that gave Gonzaga a 23-19 advantage. The Bulldogs took their first lead shortly before Ike’s dunk on a 3-pointer by Adam Miller, negating a 7-0 deficit.
  Tyler Bilodeau led UCLA (7-3) with 22 points. He was 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
  UCLA trailed 45-40 at halftime, th
  
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• Former Santa Margarita football coach likes what he sees with these Eagles

  14-12-2025 08:36 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO — Former Santa Margarita players must like what they’ve seen with the 2025 version of the Eagles football team.
  So did the retired coach who led Santa Margarita to its other state football championship in 2011.
  Harry Welch was the coach of that ‘11 Eagles team that beat San Jose’s Bellarmine 42-37 in the CIF State Division I final.
  Welch is the only coach to lead three different schools to CIF State football championships, having also won state titles at Can
  
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• Beckman football sees state title slip away to El Cerrito in 4-A final

  14-12-2025 08:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Zak Hazboun #9 ofBreckman is tackled after a pass reception in the second half. CIF Division 4-A football championship game between Beckman and El Cerrito on December 13, 2025 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
  Aidan Tran #20 ofBreckman is tackled byJoeseph Broussard #11 of El Cerrito in the first half. CIF Division 4-A football championship game between Beckman and El Cerrito on December 13, 2025 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
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• High school football: Scores from Saturday’s CIF state championships

  14-12-2025 08:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Saturday’s scores from the CIF State championship football games, and the scores from the games Friday.
  SATURDAY’S RESULTS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Santa Margarita 47, Concord De La Salle 13
  DIVISION 1-A
  Fresno Central East 42, Oxnard Pacifica 28
  DIVISION 2-A
  Sonora 35, Rio Hondo Prep 10
  DIVISION 3-A
  Delano Kennedy 42, Oakland McClymonds 3
  DIVISION 4-A
  El Cerrito 35, Beckman 12
  DIVISION 5-A
  Calaveras 42, Bishop Union 21
  DIVISION 6-A
  Winters 28, San Diego Morse 7
  DIVISION 7-AA
  Redding Christian
  
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• Santa Margarita football rolls De La Salle to win state Open Division title

  14-12-2025 07:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMISSION VIEJO — Santa Margarita’s football program completed the final stage of a radical transformation Saturday at a destination many believed wasn’t possible before the season.
  The Eagles played for the CIF State Open Division championship one season removed from a 5-7 finish, and just more than a year since an alleged hazing incident surfaced.
  De La Salle wide receiver Trisshon Wrigh
  
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• Kings scorched by Flames in overtime

  14-12-2025 07:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Kings white-knuckled their way through regulation, taking the Calgary Flames to overtime, losing 2-1, at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night.
  Adrian Kempe scored a rare first-period goal for the Kings, who couldn’t muster another the rest of the way. Darcy Kuemper made 36 of 38 saves.
  Blake Coleman tallied shorthanded and Morgan Frost won it in overtime. Local product Dustin Wolf came up with 20 of 21 stops.
  The Kings extended their points streak to four games but lo
  
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• Fdd Dreams wins Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos as a horse dies

  14-12-2025 07:06 via ocregister.com
  
  CYPRESS — Twenty-five-year-old quarter-horse trainer Xavier Rodriguez added a thrill to a whirlwind year when the 3-year-old gelding Fdd Dreams and jockey Luis Martinez scored an upset win in the Champion of Champions Stakes at Los Alamitos on Saturday night.
  It was a bittersweet moment, though. Major-race-winning 4-year-old Stanley Cartel fell after finishing sixth in the race and had to be euthanized, a Los Alamitos spokesman said. Details on the horse’s injury were not immediately
  
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