• Beckman football rallies to top Brea Olinda in OT to win Division 8 title

    Beckman football rallies to top Brea Olinda in OT to win Division 8 title
    Ricardo Luna (15), left, and quarterback Noah Nam (17), of Beckman share an emotional embrace after defeating Brea Olinda in the CIF-SS Division 8 championship game at Brea Olinda High School in Brea on Friday, November 28, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Beckman head coach Marcello Giuliano, center, joins his team for a group photo with the championship trophy after wining the CIF-SS Division 8 championship game against Brea Olinda at Brea Olinda High School in Brea
  • The European Union moves ahead with toughening its migration system

    The European Union moves ahead with toughening its migration system
    By SAM McNEIL
    BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials on Monday were finalizing a major overhaul of its migration system, including streamlined deportations and increased detentions, after years of fierce debate on the issue has seen the rise of far-right political parties.
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  • Meet Bob Chesney, UCLA football’s new ‘ultimate type of competitor’

    Meet Bob Chesney, UCLA football’s new ‘ultimate type of competitor’
    Salve Regina, a small Division III university of just under 3,000 students, accomplished a feat that had felt unthinkable in the years before Bob Chesney arrived.
    Eight consecutive losing seasons. Little hope. Chesney turned the page. Salve Regina finished 2010 with a 6-4 record, and Chesney, then 34, was hunting for a new offensive coordinator.
    Kevin Gilmartin, fit in a suit and tie, sat at a meager circular table in the office that’s now his own and stared at Chesney, who was at his firs
  • The Supreme Court weighs Trump’s bid to fire independent agency board members

    The Supreme Court weighs Trump’s bid to fire independent agency board members
    By MARK SHERMAN
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s push to expand control over independent federal agencies comes before a sympathetic Supreme Court that could overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.
    Lawyers for the administration are defending President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause and calling on the court to jettison the unanimous 1935 decision in Humphrey&rsq
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  • In ‘Dust Bunny,’ Mads Mikkelsen hunts the monster under a little girl’s bed

    In ‘Dust Bunny,’ Mads Mikkelsen hunts the monster under a little girl’s bed
    In “Dust Bunny,” an imaginative 10-year-old named Aurora is terrified of the monster under her bed. It’s real to her, and when her parents vanish one night and their bedroom is torn to pieces, she’s sure it’s coming for her next.
    But Aurora, played by Sophia Sloan, has a whole lot of moxie, too.
    After following her mysterious, melancholy neighbor, played by Mads Mikkelsen, into Chinatown one night – and spying him take down a team of assassins who approach him
  • New Visit Huntington Beach CEO, John Urdi, skis into town

    New Visit Huntington Beach CEO, John Urdi, skis into town
    John Urdi will be taking the helm for Visit Huntington Beach; the longtime travel exec trading the snow and skis for sand and surf.
    Urdi, the founding CEO for Mammoth Lakes Tourism in 2010, was recently selected to replace the retiring Kelly Miller as CEO and president of Visit HB, one of the region’s largest destination marketing groups.
    The announcement follows a nationwide search, Visit HB officials said, with Urdi expected to start his new role Jan. 1.
    “It’s been a wild rid
  • Status Update: Frolic with cats at this Tustin cafe; Trader Joe’s nearly ready in Costa Mesa

    Status Update: Frolic with cats at this Tustin cafe; Trader Joe’s nearly ready in Costa Mesa
    The Fluffy Tail Cafe in Tustin is providing a temporary home to 16 cats under 7 months of age that were fostered by rescue partner Tiny Paws & Whiskers, also in Tustin. The cafe address is 13562 Newport Ave. (Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    At the Fluffy Tail Cafe in Tustin, one of the kittens available for adoption waits for a customer to join her on a cat lounge. The cafe is providing a temporary home to 16 cats under 7 months of age that were fostered by rescue partner Tiny P
  • World Cup to include 3-minute hydration breaks in each half of all games, not only in hot weather

    World Cup to include 3-minute hydration breaks in each half of all games, not only in hot weather
    ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says it will include three-minute hydration breaks in each half of every game at next year’s World Cup, not just those played in hot weather.
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  • Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier to be arraigned over sports betting scheme

    Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier to be arraigned over sports betting scheme
    By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press
    NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Heat player Terry Rozier is set to appear Monday in a federal court in Brooklyn on charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games.
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  • Cal Fire says Orange County owes nearly $32 million for Airport fire costs

    Cal Fire says Orange County owes nearly $32 million for Airport fire costs
    Cal Fire has filed a complaint against Orange County and two Public Works employees seeking to recoup nearly $32 million in costs associated with last year’s Airport fire.
    The state agency filed in Orange County Superior Court to recover costs related to “fire suppression, investigation, report-making, administrative, accounting and collection,” as well as legal fees, according to the complaint dated Sept. 3.
    The Airport fire, which erupted Sept. 9, 2024 in Trabuco Canyon, and
  • 10 questions for 2026’s do-it-yourself economic forecast

    10 questions for 2026’s do-it-yourself economic forecast
    It’s officially economic forecast season.
    As punctual as any holiday tradition, all the gurus polish their crystal balls to reveal their glossy business outlooks for the coming year.
    Their work is curiously detailed, with seemingly exacting projections for numerous economic variables. These estimates look and feel authoritative, whether in fancy printed or digital form, especially when the outlook’s data includes multiple decimal places.
    But for all that effort, the consensus usually
  • Wall Street hangs near its records as the battle to buy Warner Bros. heats up

    Wall Street hangs near its records as the battle to buy Warner Bros. heats up
    By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are hanging at the edge of their record heights on Monday as Wall Street waits to hear from the Federal Reserve later this week on what it will do with interest rates.
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  • OC photographer, on his way to shoot a wedding, is deported to El Salvador instead

    OC photographer, on his way to shoot a wedding, is deported to El Salvador instead
    By the third hour in chains, Adan Caceres’ head was pounding and his lips were cracking from thirst.
    Shackled at the wrists, ankles and waist, the Orange County wedding photographer sat pinned in his seat on a government plane, listening as the guards mocked the men around him as “criminals.” When one man begged to use the bathroom, he was refused, he said. So the stranger slid his shackled hands down, unzipped his pants and urinated into the same plastic water bottle he’
  • How a fabulous new biography of radio legend Bobby Rich came to be

    How a fabulous new biography of radio legend Bobby Rich came to be
    Pat Gaffey is a longtime radio newsman who got his start at the legendary KPOL/KZLA combo (now separately-owned KMPC, 1540 AM and KLLI, 93.9 FM) in the days when radio news was still a big deal. He also worked at KHTZ (now KNX-FM, 97.1) and spent time as a production assistant for Casey Kasem’s “American Top 40.”
    Bobby Rich is a longtime on-air DJ, having worked in numerous cities including New York, Philadelphia, Tuscon and Seattle; locally, he was heard on KHJ (930 AM), KHTZ,
  • Magnitude 7.6 quake triggers a tsunami on Japan’s northern coast

    Magnitude 7.6 quake triggers a tsunami on Japan’s northern coast
    TOKYO (AP) — A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 40 centimeters in coastal communities in the region, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
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  • Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package to soften blow of his tariffs, White House official says

    Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package to soften blow of his tariffs, White House official says
    By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.
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  • Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by Netflix

    Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by Netflix
    By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount has gone hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.
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  • Washington’s Mayor Bowser says the city’s police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down

    Washington’s Mayor Bowser says the city’s police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Smith, who was catapulted into national attention after President Donald Trump moved to federalize Washington’s police force and who worked to confront rising violence in the nation’s capital, is stepping down as the city’s police chief, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday.
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  • Trump says Netflix deal to buy Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’ because of size of market share

    Trump says Netflix deal to buy Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’ because of size of market share
    By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share.
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  • Redistricting in Indiana faces ultimate test in state Senate

    Redistricting in Indiana faces ultimate test in state Senate
    By ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press
    A proposal to redraw Indiana’s congressional boundaries faces its first public test in the state Senate on Monday, with no clarity on whether it can pass a final vote later in the week despite months of pressure from President Donald Trump.
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  • Trump says Zelenskyy ‘hasn’t read’ a US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war

    Trump says Zelenskyy ‘hasn’t read’ a US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war
    By SUSIE BLANN, Associated Press
    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
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  • Greenland hosts annual talks with US at end of a year when Trump revived talk of takeover

    Greenland hosts annual talks with US at end of a year when Trump revived talk of takeover
    NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland is hosting annual meetings with U.S. officials to discuss bilateral ties at the end of a year in which U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up talk of a U.S. takeover of the mineral-rich island that is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.
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  • Top EU official warns the US against interfering in Europe’s affairs

    Top EU official warns the US against interfering in Europe’s affairs
    By LORNE COOK, Associated Press
    BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official on Monday warned the United States against interfering in Europe’s affairs and said only European citizens can decide which parties should govern them.
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  • Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire

    Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire
    By MARC LEVY and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
    ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act.
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  • Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Monday midday – 1/4 mile visibility

    Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Monday midday – 1/4 mile visibility
    5 Freeway through Grapevine was placed under a dense fog advisory by the National Weather Service on Monday at 2:43 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 11 a.m.
    The NWS Hanford CA states to prepare for, “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog for elevations between 1000 and 2500 feet.”
    “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” the NWS said. “If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.”
    The fu
  • Battling food deserts is an invented solution to a more complicated problem

    Battling food deserts is an invented solution to a more complicated problem
    How fun it must be to spend other people’s hard-earned money. That’s the position government leaders find themselves in day in and day out as they make decisions about what to spend our tax dollars on. They have billions to indulge the most fanciful items on their policy wish lists. 
    Sometimes they splurge hundreds of millions on a 911 system that doesn’t work at all or billions on a fancy new high-speed rail to nowhere – that’s billions of dollars, every one o
  • Elaine Parker: Three healthcare reform ideas for Congress

    Elaine Parker: Three healthcare reform ideas for Congress
    As 2025 winds down, enhanced Obamacare subsidies are finally set to expire. Yet, congressional Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to preserve this temporary, pandemic-era giveaway that should have sunset years ago. The scheme not only hides the true cost of care for millions of Americans but undermines genuine efforts to reform our broken healthcare system with choice, transparency, and competition.
    If conservatives are resolute, this could be the rare exception to Ronald Reagan’s adage
  • Agree with him or not, Noam Chomsky’s ideas are still worth grappling with

    Agree with him or not, Noam Chomsky’s ideas are still worth grappling with
    Today marks the 97th birthday of Noam Chomsky, known both for his status as  “the father of modern linguistics” as well as his prolific political commentary.
    I’m aware that as the opinion editor of an editorial page that tilts libertarian he’s an unusual figure to highlight, but he was intellectually influential to me ever since I read a booklet of his (“9/11”) sometime in 2002 (I would’ve been 11).  Though I came to identify more with thinkers
  • Ducks blow past Blackhawks in lopsided rout

    Ducks blow past Blackhawks in lopsided rout
    Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke (45) reacts after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
    Ducks left wing Cutter Gauthier (61), center Mason McTavish (23), right wing Beckett Sennecke (45), and defenseman Olen Zellweger (51) celebrate after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swop
  • No. 16 USC women overcome sluggish start in win over Washington

    No. 16 USC women overcome sluggish start in win over Washington
    LOS ANGELES — The No. 16 USC women’s basketball team recovered from a sluggish start to hand Washington its first loss, 59-50, and win its Big Ten Conference opener.
    The win marked head coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s 100th win as head coach at USC.
    The Trojans (7-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) out-worked the No. 21 Huskies on the boards and grabbed 50 to Washington’s 38. The Huskies (8-1, 0-1) came into the game as the second-best rebounding team in the conference at 44.9 rebounds per

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