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• Building towards Broadway

  10-12-2019 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you got a ham in the house? Maybe one who has memorized the entire soundtrack to “Hamilton”? The kid who comes up with their own dance numbers and dreams of making it on Broadway someday? Lucky them – theater is great for kids in so many ways. It’s a place to meet friends, build self-confidence and public speaking skills, develop empathy and compassion, be exposed to literature and history, and improve teamwork skills. Most of all, it’s just fun.
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• FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump’s 2020 election obsession and hints at possible future actions

  29-01-2026 14:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press
  DENVER (AP) — Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection in 2020. But for more than five years, he’s been trying to convince Americans the opposite is true by falsely saying the election was marred by widespread fraud.
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• Dow to cut about 4,500 jobs as emphasis shifts to AI and automation

  29-01-2026 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer
  Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial intelligence and automation in its business.
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• Escape from Washington? Senators look to start new chapters as governors

  29-01-2026 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By MAYA SWEEDLER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s increasingly one place that U.S. senators want to be — anywhere but Washington.
  Democrat Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota became the fourth sitting senator to seek leadership of a home state in 2026 when she announced her campaign on Thursday. That’s the most in recent history, according to an Associated Press analysis of congressional retirements.
  She joins Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet, Tennessee Republican Marsh
  
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• Sabalenka into 4th straight Australian Open final, will face Rybakina for title

  29-01-2026 13:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan waves after winning her Australian Open semifinal against American Jessica Pegula on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Melbourne. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
  Elina Svitolina of Ukraine plays a forehand return to Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
  Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus plays a forehand return to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine during their semif
  
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• New videos show Alex Pretti scuffle with federal officers in Minneapolis 11 days before his death

  29-01-2026 13:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Pretti was forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers, videos that emerged Wednesday show.
  This image taken from video by Max Shapiro shows Alex Pretti, left, scuffling with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Jan. 13, 2026. (Max Shapiro via A
  
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• US appeals court says Noem’s decision to end protections for Venezuelans in US was illegal

  29-01-2026 13:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press
  A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States.
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• Unmentioned but present, Trump is a common denominator in efforts to strengthen Asia-Europe ties

  29-01-2026 13:00 via ocregister.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Stability. Consistency. Ever-changing complexity.
  With language like that, deployed in separate meetings in three Asian capitals this week, government leaders forged closer ties driven in part by a figure halfway around the world: the president of the United States. And much of the time, they didn’t even mention Donald Trump’s name.
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• Dense fog advisory issued for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Thursday midday – visibility down to 1/4 mile

  29-01-2026 11:24 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine is under a dense fog advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:21 a.m. The advisory is in effect until noon.
  “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog,” can be anticipated according to the NWS Hanford CA. “Highways include, but are not limited to Interstate 5, State Routes 99, 41, 43, 46, 58, 59, 140, 152, 165, 180 and 198.”
  “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” the NWS sa
  
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• With playoffs looming, JSerra boys basketball races to win over Servite

  29-01-2026 08:48 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The JSerra boys basketball team came out running and never slowed down in an 89-47 victory over Servite in a Trinity League game Wednesday at Servite High School.
  Three players finished with double doubles for the Lions (16-11, 2-2), who are ranked No. 3 in Orange County.
  Ryan Doane scored a game-high 25 points with 13 rebounds, Godschoice Eboigbodin scored 18 points with 14 rebounds and Earl Bryson had 11 points and 11 assists.
  “A good game from us,” JSerra coach Kei
  
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• Santa Margarita boys basketball makes history with win over Mater Dei

  29-01-2026 08:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei guard Malloy Smith, right, comes up a against Santa Margarita forward Drew Anderson, left, as he tries to score a basket in a Trinity League basketball game in Santa Ana on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Santa Margarita forward Drew Anderson dunks the ball for the score against Mater Dei in a Trinity League basketball game in Santa Ana on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
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• Hollywood Burbank Airport officials say safety is ‘our top priority’

  29-01-2026 07:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Hollywood Burbank Airport officials insisted on Wednesday the facility is safe for passengers, one day after the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board suggested the airport could be the next to experience a midair collision due to the combination of airline and helicopter traffic in the area.
  “The safety of our guests, staff, tenants and all stakeholders while they are at Hollywood Burbank Airport is our top priority,” a written statement released Wednesday by the airport
  
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• Tesoro boys basketball overwhelms San Juan Hills to move closer to league title

  29-01-2026 07:43 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Last season in the South Coast League, a team was undefeated in league play and headed towards a league championship when a third-place team pulled an upset and threw the league standings into disarray.
  Tesoro’s boys basketball team made sure that history did not repeat itself as it dominated San Juan Hills 74-39 on Wednesday at Tesoro High.
  San Juan Hills was the aforementioned undefeated team in the South Coast League last season when it was upset by Tesoro
  
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• UCLA men coast to victory over short-handed, slumping Oregon

  29-01-2026 07:28 via ocregister.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — Tyler Bilodeau had 18 points, Eric Daily Jr. had his second double-double this season, and UCLA beat short-handed Oregon, 73-57, on Wednesday night to extend the Ducks’ losing streak to seven games.
  Dailey finished with 14 points and a career-high tying 11 rebounds. Donovan Dent scored 11 of his 15 in the second half for UCLA (15-6 overall, 7-3 Big Ten) and Trent Perry, who was scoreless on 0-for-5 shooting before halftime, added 12 points.
  The Bruins have won three in
  
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• Trading pledges draw doubts

  29-01-2026 07:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By Paul Wiseman
  President Donald Trump has strong-armed many of America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States. But a study out Tuesday raises doubts about whether the money will actually materialize and questions how it would be spent if it did.
  “How realistic are these commitments?” write Gregory Auclair and Adnan Mazarei of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a nonpartisan think tank that supports free
  
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• Sage Hill girls basketball pulls away late to beat Rosary for league title

  29-01-2026 06:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSage Hill’s girls basketball team experienced a different type of excitement Wednesday night at Rosary.
  The Lightning enjoyed crunch time to clinch another league title.
  One night after watching its point guard Amalia Holguin erupt for 61 points, including an Orange County record 14 3-pointers, Sage Hill used a 9-0 run in the middle of the fourth quarter to beat Rosary 65-50 and clinch a fourth cons
  
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• Chargers hire Chris O’Leary as their new defensive coordinator

  29-01-2026 06:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers turned to a familiar face to fill a glaring void after defensive coordinator Jesse Minter departed last week to become the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens. The Chargers named Chris O’Leary, their former safeties coach, as Minter’s replacement on Wednesday night.
  O’Leary spent the 2024 season with the Chargers, Minter’s first season with the team after Jim Harbaugh hired them. O’Leary and Minter led the Chargers’ defense to an NFL-low average of
  
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• Lakers routed by Cavaliers in LeBron James’ emotional return to Cleveland

  29-01-2026 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND — LeBron James made an emotional return to Cleveland then battled through what was likely his worst game ever as a Cavaliers opponent.
  Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points, Jaylon Tyson had 20 and the Cleveland Cavaliers used a big third quarter to beat the Lakers 129-99 and spoil James’ return to Northeast Ohio.
  More than two decades after the Cavaliers drafted him first overall in 2003, James returned to his hometown and scored only 11 points, the first time in 13 trips to C
  
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• Police arrest 3 men as part of probe into burglary ring targeting homes in Newport Beach, Irvine

  29-01-2026 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Three men believed to be part of a residential burglary ring have been arrested, Newport Beach and Irvine police announced Wednesday, Jan. 28.
  Police say the group is connected to a series of residential burglaries reported in Newport Beach over the past several months, as well as a suspected burglary plot in Irvine earlier this month. Details about the Newport Beach burglaries were not immediately available.
  On Jan. 10, investigators observed the men traveling from Los Angeles County to the Sha
  
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• Why new USC defensive coordinator Gary Patterson returned to coaching

  29-01-2026 04:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Gary Patterson had one box in mind that he had to check after leaving the TCU football program.
  “You had to be three years out to qualify for the College Hall of Fame,” Patterson told reporters on Wednesday. “We hit all the other check marks. That was one of the reasons why I’ve been out of it.”
  Patterson is returning to coach college football after leaving TCU – a program he spent 20 years with – in 2021. He’s taking the reins
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Jan. 28

  29-01-2026 04:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Jan. 28
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Fairmont Prep 77, Savanna 31
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
  Sage Hill 65, Rosary 50
  St. Margaret’s 36, Portola 32
  GROV
  
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• Lauren Betts leads No. 2 UCLA past Illinois despite foul trouble

  29-01-2026 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Lauren Betts overcame early foul trouble to score 23 points and pull down nine rebounds, leading the second-ranked UCLA women’s basketball team to an 80-67 victory over Illinois on Wednesday night.
  Betts, the Bruins’ 6-foot-7 AP All-American center, picked up her second and third fouls – the latter on a technical foul – with 1:29 left in the first quarter.
  She sat out the rest of the first quarter and the second quarter, returned to the court after
  
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• Swanson: USC’s Lincoln Riley bets big on Gary Patterson at defensive coordinator

  29-01-2026 04:05 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Down to his third strike here with defensive coordinators, Lincoln Riley is betting big on Gary Patterson.
  He’s pushed all his chips in on GP. It’s either going to pay off handsomely or fail miserably, because, as Patterson has spent decades telling the 840 or so players who came through his TCU program, “winning is not a sometimes thing.”
  It’s all or nothing.
  So, to shore up his defense, Riley has gone and grabbed a College Football Hall of Fame
  
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• Kam Woods, USC men edged by Iowa

  29-01-2026 03:44 via ocregister.com
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa — Kam Woods put the USC basketball team on his back during a stirring second-half comeback, but it wasn’t quite enough.
  Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points, including two free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining, as Iowa survived USC’s comeback bid to win, 73-72, on Wednesday night.
  The Hawkeyes (15-5 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) led by as many as 17 points in the second half, but USC rallied and went ahead by one point with eight seconds left. Stirtz was fouled by USC&rsquo
  
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• OC health officials report measles case

  29-01-2026 03:17 via ocregister.com
  
  OC Health Care Agency officials reported a confirmed case of measles in the county on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
  A young adult who had been traveling internationally was infected, officials said. Times and locations of possible exposure to the highly contagious virus occurred between 2 and 4 p.m. Friday at the EoS Gym in Ladera Ranch and the AFC Urgent Care in Ladera Ranch between 3:30 and 6 p.m. Friday and again 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, officials said.
  “Anyone planning domestic or international tr
  
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• Dense fog advisory in place for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Thursday midday – limited visibility

  29-01-2026 02:51 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine is the focus of a dense fog advisory released at 5:46 p.m. on Wednesday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from 11 p.m. until Thursday Jan. 29, at noon.
  The NWS Hanford CA adds to anticipate, “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.”
  “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” according to the NWS. “If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.”
  The
  
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• Anaheim Tourism Network, which shuttles visitors, others in resort area, to begin “wind-down” of operations

  29-01-2026 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The Anaheim Transportation Network, which serves millions of riders each year in the resort area, will stop operating after March 31, officials said Wednesday, Jan. 29.
  ATN’s governing board, made up largely of hoteliers and other resort interests, voted unanimously to “conduct an orderly wind-down,” board chair Matthew Hicks said in announcing the decision after a closed session meeting on Wednesday.
  Hicks, who also works with the under-development entertainment and housing di
  
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• Why Los Angeles’ mansion tax debate is likely to go statewide

  29-01-2026 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ben Christopher | CalMatters
  Los Angeles will be keeping its controversial “mansion tax” just the way it is, thank you very much.
  Last Tuesday, L.A.’s city council rejected an 11th-hour proposal to place a rewrite of the city’s 4-year-old tax on high value real estate sales onto the June 2026 local ballot.
  The decision, made after a heated session brimming with arcane procedural objections and spirited public comment from tenant activists and union members, effectively
  
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• ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ drops Gretchen Rossi and Katie Ginella

  29-01-2026 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Katie Ginella and Gretchen Rossi, around whom much controversy swirled on “The Real Housewives of Orange County” in 2025, will not be back when the 20th season of the reality TV series returns later this year.
  Variety magazine reported Tuesday that Rossi is out. Ginella posted on social media earlier this month that she would not be returning.
  Rossi, who has not yet commented on the Variety report on her social media accounts, returned for the 19th season in 2025 as “a friend&r
  
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• TikTok star Shirley Raines, known for bringing meals and respect to people on LA’s Skid Row, dies at 58

  29-01-2026 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA BOONE
  Shirley Raines, a social media creator and nonprofit founder who dedicated her life to caring for people experiencing homelessness, has died, her organization Beauty 2 The Streetz said Wednesday. She was 58.
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