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• Breaking ground and busting forced unionization attempt

  03-05-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Wincome Group is hoping to begin construction on its subsidized luxury hotel project in Anaheim this year despite a local union’s efforts to thwart it with a ballot measure.
  “On Katella Avenue next to the Anaheim Convention Center, and across from the Disneyland Resort, the Anabella is set to close in mid-August,” the Register reported. “Demolition and construction would start after with completion expected by early 2020.”
  But Citizens for a Better Anaheim, headed b
  
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• Galaxy looking for the right momentum going into 2026 season

  22-01-2026 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — The Galaxy are a month away from opening the 2026 Major League Soccer season and also the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
  The Galaxy also want to forget about 2025 when the club finished near the bottom of the Western Conference.
  Fortunately, the club has a history it can fall back on. After a disappointing 2023, the Galaxy returned in 2024 and won their sixth MLS Cup.
  “We just need to have a good start to the season,” defender John Nelson said Wednesday. “I think it&rsq
  
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• Orange County girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei still No. 1 for last tournament

  22-01-2026 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowORANGE COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10
  Records through Tuesday, Jan. 21.
  1. Mater Dei (17-1): The Monarchs are seeded first for the Newport Invite, which runs Thursday through Saturday. Mater Dei has captured three tournaments this season. Previous ranking: 1
  2. Newport Harbor (18-3): Gabby Alexson and UC Santa Barbara commit Sophia Verdugo each scored three goals in a 13-9 win against Orange Lutheran on T
  
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• Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia

  22-01-2026 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL BIESECKER and RYAN J. FOLEY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.
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• Lakers, Clippers have gone different directions since last meeting

  22-01-2026 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers are no longer an upstart and the Lakers are no longer among the NBA’s elite, all of which makes Thursday night’s crosstown showdown at the Intuit Dome just another midseason game. It’s a contest that still carries importance for both teams but has little to do with any sort of rivalry.
  For the Clippers (19-24), the game is a chance to get back to winning after being blown out by the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday in the second game of a road back-to-back that ended a six
  
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• Trump’s Argentine ally welcomes a shipload of Chinese EVs for the first time

  22-01-2026 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABEL DEBRE and VICTOR CAIVANO
  ZÁRATE, Argentina (AP) — The vast field of over 5,800 electric and hybrid vehicles gleamed on the cargo deck of the BYD Changzhou, an Chinese container vessel unloading Wednesday at a river port in eastern Argentina.
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• Minnesota statewide strike, economic blackout to protest ICE on Friday

  22-01-2026 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Thousands of union members, religious faithful and ordinary citizens are expected to participate in a massive statewide economic strike on Friday that organizers are hoping will bring an end to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Minnesota.
  The event, called “A Day of Truth and Freedom,” is being organized by union representatives, faith leaders and community members. They are urging Minnesotans not to go to work, school or go shopping in response to the ongoing fede
  
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• Former DEA agent sentenced to 5 years in prison for using badge to protect drug trafficking friends

  22-01-2026 00:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM MUSTIAN
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In two decades of kicking in doors for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took on the risks of being the “lead breacher,” meaning he was the first person into the room.
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• Rams cleaning up pre-snap communication ahead of Seahawks’ hostile environment

  22-01-2026 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — In their divisional round playoff victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, the Rams struggled to adjust to the defensive back blitzes the Bears were deploying. Quarterback Matthew Stafford didn’t complete a pass in his first seven attempts against these types of pressures while taking three sacks.
  Part of it was just the game plan of Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen giving the Rams issues. But it was also a product of some difficult communication at the line of
  
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• Food costs spiked while gas prices cooled. Here’s the latest look at consumer expenses.

  22-01-2026 00:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest consumer price report last week, providing a closer look at how energy costs, grocery prices and other everyday expenses have shifted in the nearly 12 months since President Donald Trump assumed office.
  Across the board, inflation accelerated last month, with prices rising 0.3% from November to December. Consumer costs are also 2.7% higher than they were a year ago, an increase driven largely by surging food prices, which saw a 3.1% hike ye
  
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• Chess grandmaster died of cardiac arrhythmia with methamphetamine, kratom in his system

  21-01-2026 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A chess grandmaster from the Bay Area who died in October was found to have died due to a probable cardiac arrhythmia and had methamphetamine and the active ingredients of kratom in his system at the time of his death, authorities said.
  Daniel Naroditsky, 29, a Foster City native who became one of the most influential voices in the sport of chess, died Oct. 19 at his North Carolina home.
  In January, an investigative report listed Naroditsky’s pending probable cause of death as cardiac arrh
  
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• Minneapolis businesses struggle during Trump’s immigration enforcement surge

  21-01-2026 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAFIYAH RIDDLE
  At Taste of East African in Minneapolis, the manager and owner are the only employees who come to work now, serving new customers who aren’t familiar with the food but are trying to support a restaurant challenged by a federal immigration enforcement surge.
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• Boys wrestling: Orange County rankings, Jan. 21

  21-01-2026 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys wrestling rankings as of Jan. 21.
  (Provided by Matt Biagini)
  106 pounds: 1. Giovanni Suarez, Esperanza, So.; 2. Elijah Ramirez, Mission Viejo, So.; 3. Kevin Martinez, Western, Jr.
  113 pounds: 1. Sammy Sanchez, Esperanza, So.; 2. Uriah Correa, Servite, So.; 3. Rikki Villasenor, Corona del Mar, Sr.
  120 pounds: 1. Max Murillo, Esperanza, Jr.; 2. Hunter Jauregui, Fountain Valley, Sr.; 3. Jesse Eilders, Villa Park, Sr.
  126 pounds: 1. Aaron Meza, Esperanza, So.; 2. Isaac Torres,
  
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• El Super union workers rally for protection from ICE in new contract

  21-01-2026 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  About 100 community supporters and union food workers with El Super Markets in Southern California rallied Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Mexican supermarket chain’s headquarters in Commerce, seeking improved wages and protection from immigration raids.
  The five-year contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 324 (Buena Park) and 770 (Los Angeles) — which together represent 700 of 5,000 workers with the Latino supermarket chain — expired April 16, 2025, said Matt Be
  
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• Girls wrestling: Orange County rankings, Jan. 21

  21-01-2026 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County girls wrestling rankings as of Jan. 21.
  (Provided by Fernando Serratos)
  100 pounds: 1. Gabriella Martinez, Santa Ana, Sr.; 2. Abigail Marquez, Marina, So.; 3. Niva Strasser, Aliso Niguel, Sr.
  105 pounds: 1. Nohea Booth, Marina, Jr.; 2. Tessa Fortenbaugh, Canyon, Sr.; 3. Dejah Aldrige, Trabuco Hills, Sr.
  110 pounds: 1. Angelica Serratos, Santa Ana, So.; 2. Samantha Conejo, Esperanza, So.; 3. Alexas Smith, Orange Lutheran, Fr.
  Marina sophomore Aubree Gutierrez was a CIF State cha
  
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• Astronauts say space station’s ultrasound machine was critical during medical crisis

  21-01-2026 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy” during the medical crisis.During their first public appearance since returning to Earth, the four astronauts refused Wednesday to say which one of them needed medical attention and for what reason. It was NASA’s first medical evacuation in 65 years of human spaceflight.
  NASA’s Mike Fincke said the
  
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• San Clemente becomes first city in OC to allow federal monitoring of its beaches

  21-01-2026 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  San Clemente is Orange County’s first city to partner with a federal agency on a surveillance plan to monitor beaches and ocean waters for illegal immigration activity with installed cameras.
  The City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 20, agreed to the plan, a year in the making, to partner with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to get a $1 million camera and sensor monitoring system up and running on a hilltop at the Avenida Salvador Reservoir. The lease with the agency is for up to 30 years, and
  
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• Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says

  21-01-2026 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.
  The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow
  
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• USC women feeling united ahead of road trip test against No. 13 Michigan State

  21-01-2026 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The 25 assists that the USC women’s basketball team passed around in Sunday’s win over Purdue were the second-most all season. Jazzy Davidson, Kennedy Smith and Malia Samuels finished with six apiece.
  It was an indicator of the team coming together in a game that snapped the Trojans’ four-game losing streak.
  “We’re hunting our best selves, our most competitive,” head coach Lindsay Gottlieb told reporters after beating Purdue. “I really enjoy this team be
  
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• ​Jim Butcher says grief and fatherhood impact Dresden Files ‘Twelve Months’

  21-01-2026 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, an urban fantasy series that has sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S., as well as the Codex Alera, and the Cinder Spires novels. His latest Harry Dresden book, “Twelve Months,” is out this week, five years after the last installment. Butcher is appearing at San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy today for a sold-out event to launch this 18th book in the series. Butcher took the Q&A to talk about the book and his reading life.
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• ICE activity increases in Maine as anxiety grows in immigrant communities

  21-01-2026 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By PATRICK WHITTLE and RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Trump administration is now targeting Maine in its mass deportation campaign, a state with relatively few residents in the United States illegally but a notable presence of refugees in its largest cities, particularly from Africa.
  Reports of immigration arrests over the last week have struck fear in immigrant communities of Portland and Lewiston and prompted backlash from Gov. Janet Mills and other Democrats
  
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• Former Iowa superintendent expected to plead guilty to falsely claiming US citizenship

  21-01-2026 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, whose arrest by federal immigration agents drew national attention, is expected to plead guilty Thursday in federal court to charges that he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen and illegally possessed firearms.
  Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana in South America, initially pleaded not guilty to the two charges, which together carry a maximu
  
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• Former Iowa superintendent charged for claiming US citizenship expected to change not guilty plea

  21-01-2026 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, whose arrest by federal immigration agents drew national attention, is expected to change his plea on Thursday in federal court to charges that he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen and illegally possessed firearms.
  Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana in South America, initially pleaded not guilty to the two charges, which together carry a maximum sentence of 20 ye
  
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• Bolsa Grande selects Alexis Ramirez as football coach

  21-01-2026 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowBolsa Grande has hired assistant Alexis Ramirez as its football coach, athletic director Scott Snyder announced.
  Ramirez coached linemen and kickers at Bolsa Grande last season under coach Doug Cooper, who resigned after one season to spend more time with his family, Snyder said.
  Cooper was in his second stint as Bolsa Grande’s coach.
  A former standout lineman and track athlete at Garden Grove, Rami
  
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• IOC hasn’t had formal contact with Trump administration about LA28

  21-01-2026 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  When Kirsty Coventry was elected as the International Olympic Committee’s first woman president last March the former Olympic swimming champion admitted the IOC faced “a number of difficult challenges” and acknowledged that one of them was “Donald Trump.”
  Meeting with President Trump early in her presidency would be a “priority,” she said.
  Coventry, however, acknowledged on Wednesday that in the 10 months since her election the IOC has yet to establish f
  
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• Editorial: Los Angeles unions declare war on job creators

  21-01-2026 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Not another tax on California’s most productive citizens. Labor unions in Los Angeles are proposing a ballot initiative called the “Overpaid CEO Tax.” 
  The effort is sponsored by the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, which partners with the United Teachers of Los Angeles, UNITE HERE Local 11 (tourism workers) and other unions that have helped make life more unaffordable and public schools even worse.
  The campaign explains the initiative, if passed, “would progr
  
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• Ducks’ defenseman LaCombe added to U.S. Olympic roster

  21-01-2026 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Jackson LaCombe is an Olympian.
  The Ducks’ No. 1 defenseman will skate for the Americans in Milan after USA Hockey announced in a news release that LaCombe had been selected to replace injured Florida Panthers rearguard Seth Jones.
  Jones appeared to break his collarbone after being struck by a puck during Jan. 2’s Winter Classic against the New York Rangers. His lingering recovery opened a window of opportunity for LaCombe, who was in camp with Team U.S.A. during the offseason.
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• Knott’s Berry Farm closes 9 attractions after busy Christmas season

  21-01-2026 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm will close nine attractions for seasonal refurbishments following the busy Christmas holiday season as the Buena Park theme park resort shifts into one of the rare slow periods on the calendar before the start of the 2026 Peanuts celebration.
  GhostRider, Calico River Rapids, Timber Mountain Log Ride, Calico Railroad, Sol Spin, Wheeler Dealer, Carrusel de California, Beagle Express Railroad and Camp Snoopy’s Off Road Rally will temporarily close in January and/or Fe
  
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• Kristen Bell returning as host to SAG’s Actor Awards

  21-01-2026 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kristen Bell is returning as host of the Screen Actors Guild’s Actor Awards for a third time.
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• Editorial: Newport Beach takes its own wrong path on housing

  21-01-2026 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Anyone who follows California housing policy is well aware of Huntington Beach’s losing efforts to defy the state’s effort to permit more housing development. The courts have repeatedly rebuked that Orange County city’s lawsuits and the city is now facing a loss of its local zoning control and potential fines. Down the coast, Newport Beach is likewise resisting new construction, although it’s taking a different approach.
  Newport Beach officials have, to their credit, appr
  
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