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• Canyon Fire 2 containment at 75 percent; assistance center closes Monday

  15-10-2017 06:26
  A fire fighter cuts a burning tree in Santiago Oaks Regional Park in Orange on Wednesday morning, October 11, 2017. Anaheim fire officials reported fire crews had reached 75 percent containment of the 9,217-acre Canyon Fire 2 Saturday evening.
  
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• Fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack brings fresh division to the Capitol

  06-01-2026 14:16
  
  By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press Congressional Correspondent
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years ago outside the White House, the outgoing President Donald Trump told a crowd of his supporters to head to the Capitol — “and I’ll be there with you” — in protest as Congress was affirming the 2020 election victory for Democrat Joe Biden.
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• What Americans think about the situation in Venezuela, according to recent polls

  06-01-2026 14:03
  
  By LINLEY SANDERS, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There are few signs that President Donald Trump’s supporters wanted the United States to become more embroiled in foreign conflicts ahead of its military actions in Venezuela — even as many Republicans show initial support for his military strike there, according to an Associated Press analysis of recent polling.
  Most Americans wanted the U.S. government to focus in 2026 on domestic issues, such as health care and high costs
  
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• New report shows a 25% drop in deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers

  06-01-2026 13:47
  
  By CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press
  Deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers in the U.S. decreased by nearly 25% in 2025, according to an annual report.
  FILE – Linda Shields leaves flowers in front of the West York Police Department after a police officer was killed responding to a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pa. on Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
  The report from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, shared with The Associated Press ahead of its
  
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• European leaders push back on Trump’s comments about a US takeover of Greenland

  06-01-2026 13:39
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Several European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland.
  The leaders issued a statement reaffirming the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island “belongs to its people.”
  The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joined Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in defending Greenland’s sovereignty in the wake of Trump’s comments about Greenland, w
  
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• Corona del Mar boys basketball finds a way past Los Alamitos

  06-01-2026 08:03
  
  LOS ALAMITOS — The game-winning basket in the final seconds of the Sunset League basketball game between Corona del Mar and Los Alamitos on Monday at Los Alamitos High School didn’t unfold the way it was drawn up by Sea Kings coach Jason Simco.
  But thanks to some split-second adjustments by Luke Mirhashemi, Maxwell Scott and his brother Nolan Scott, the Sea Kings got the result they wanted – a 78-77 victory over the Griffins.
  Maxwell Scott (1) of Corona del Mar maneuvers past R
  
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• Kings beat Wild for 2nd time in 3 days

  06-01-2026 07:35
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Kings tamed the Minnesota Wild for the second time in three nights, taking Monday’s affair, 4-2, at Crypto.com Arena after winning Saturday’s game in a shootout.
  They won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 8 and did so not only against strong opposition but under adverse circumstances. Captain Anže Kopitar (lower-body injury) and Joel Armia (upper-body injury) exited the match in the first and second periods, respectively, leaving the Kings w
  
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• Clippers hold off Warriors for 7th win in 8 games

  06-01-2026 07:01
  
  INGLEWOOD — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr had a one-word strategy on how to slow Clippers star Kawhi Leonard.
  “Pray,” he said.
  His concern coming into Monday night’s game stemmed from Leonard’s recent play. The six-time All-Star had averaged 39 points during the Clippers’ recent six-game winning streak, before posting 22 in their streak-snapping loss to the Boston Celtics over the weekend.
  “He’s a brilliant player. It’s good to see h
  
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• Drug dealer gets 15-year sentence for selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a woman in Anaheim

  06-01-2026 06:20
  
  SANTA ANA — A 36-year-old man was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in federal prison for dealing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 30-year-old woman in Anaheim.
  U.S. District Judge James Selna sentenced Jesus Angel Reyna to 189 months behind bars and ordered him to pay $6,948.24 in restitution for funeral expenses to the victim’s parents.
  Reyna met with the victim near her home in Anaheim on Oct. 28, 2022, and sold her several pills laced with fentanyl, federal prosecutors said in
  
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• USC men handed another lopsided loss by No. 12 Michigan State

  06-01-2026 05:35
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. — It’s arguably the toughest road trip in the nation for a reason, and USC found out why.
  Coen Carr scored 18 points and Jaxon Kohler added 16 on perfect shooting as 12th-ranked Michigan State handed the USC men’s basketball team its second straight blowout loss, 80-51, on Monday night.
  Jeremy Fears Jr. had 15 points and seven assists for the Spartans (13-2 overall, 3-1 Big Ten), who took control with a 27-6 run early in the game and led by at least 20 for m
  
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• Slumping Ducks can’t catch Capitals in 6th straight loss

  06-01-2026 04:47
  
  WASHINGTON — A change of scenery did nothing to help the Ducks end their slump.
  Justin Sourdif scored his first NHL hat trick and added two assists, as the Washington Capitals built a four-goal lead before needing two empty-net goals to secure a 7-4 win on Monday night, handing the Ducks their sixth straight loss.
  Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist, John Carlson also scored and Connor McMichael had four assists for the Capitals, who ended a two-game slide. Ch
  
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• Disneyland fight leaves bloodied dad with stitches after ‘sucker punch’

  06-01-2026 04:25
  
  A fight at Disneyland prompted by a dispute over line-cutting left a father visiting from Washington state with a bloody gash over his eye and his crying teenage daughter screaming “stop hitting my dad,” according to social media posts about the incident.
  The Disneyland fight broke out on Dec. 30 just before 1 p.m. in the queue for the Indiana Jones Adventure dark ride at the Anaheim theme park.
  “A group of people were waiting in line at Indiana Jones when another group cut thr
  
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• USC adds to WR corps rebuild with commitment from transfer Terrell Anderson

  06-01-2026 03:53
  
  The USC football program added four-star sophomore receiver Terrell Anderson to its 2026 transfer class as it undergoes a rebuild of the receiving corps.
  Anderson has an NIL value of $531,000 according to on3.com and officially committed to USC on Monday, which was the fourth day that the transfer portal window was open.
  He is the fourth player to commit to USC out of the portal behind cornerback Jontez Williams, linebacker Deven Bryant and cornerback Carrington Pierce.
  Anderson spent his first
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, Jan. 5

  06-01-2026 03:51
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, Jan. 5
  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.
  MONDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Katella 56, Avalon 26
  Tarbut V’Torah 105, Bethel Baptist 10
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  NONLEAGUE
  Savanna 19, Artesia
  
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• Dodgers working to get players out of Venezuela amid uncertainty

  06-01-2026 03:14
  
  The Venezuelan winter league has suspended play in the wake of the United States’ military action in Caracas, leaving players in uncertain situations.
  That group includes Dodgers reliever Edgardo Henriquez, a Venezuelan native who was pitching for La Tiburones de la Guaira in Caracas, the Venezuelan capitol. One of the Dodgers’ top prospects, outfielder Eduardo Quintero (another Venezuelan native) also played briefly for the same team.
  “We’ve been in contact with our guys
  
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• Resources and support for those affected by Palisades and Eaton fires one year later

  06-01-2026 02:58
  
  A year later, what are the resources and services that remain, have been added or updated to help those affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires?
  Here is a partial list.Altadena Eaton Fire Relief Fund
  The Altadena Forever 10K, 5K Walk/Run and the 1K Family Walk/Run on Jan. 4, 2026, has a specific GoFundMe account for donations. Details and donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/altadena-eaton-fire-relief-fund
  Bank of America Rebuild Solutions
  The bank’s December 2025 new program to help
  
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• Spectrum offers $25,000 reward for information after cables cut in Jurupa Valley

  06-01-2026 02:37
  
  Thieves — possibly hunting for copper to recycle for illicit profit — damaged Spectrum fiber optic cables in western Riverside County on Saturday, Jan. 3, briefly cutting service to some customers of the company’s television, internet and phone services.
  Spectrum, which on Dec. 24 noted similar damage to lines in Chino Hills, is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those responsible.
  Such acts of vandalism against communications providers are su
  
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• Winter Olympics: Ilia Malinin is ready to tell his story

  06-01-2026 02:22
  
  IRVINE — The allure of figure skating, what captivates millions who wouldn’t know Axel Paulsen from Ulrich Salchow, why it transcends the Olympic Games every four years, is its ability to tell a story. More than any other sport, there is a cinematic quality to skating.
  It even comes with a soundtrack.
  “That’s what makes skating unique to, let’s say, hockey, or something that’s based on a clock,” said Shae-Lynn Bourne, a former world champion ice dancer f
  
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• Record $9.6 million fine for Third Coast after substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

  06-01-2026 01:49
  
  By JOSH FUNK
  Pipeline safety regulators on Monday assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana in 2023. But the $9.6 million fine isn’t likely to be a major burden for Third Coast to pay.
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• Military action in Venezuela emerges as an issue in a closely watched GOP primary in Kentucky

  06-01-2026 01:49
  
  By BRUCE SCHREINER
  President Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela has emerged as a flash point in the closely watched Republican primary campaign between Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a long-running Trump antagonist, and retired Navy SEAL officer Ed Gallrein, who has the president’s backing.
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• A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct

  06-01-2026 01:49
  
  By PATRICK WHITTLE
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction.
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• Hilton, Minnesota hotel apologize for email canceling immigration agents’ rooms

  06-01-2026 01:40
  
  By SARAH RAZA
  A Minnesota hotel that wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there this month is apologizing and saying the refusal violated its own policies. The Department of Homeland Security had accused the global Hilton hotel chain of a “coordinated” effort to refuse service to its employees.
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• Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition

  06-01-2026 01:33
  
  By MARC LEVY
  SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) — Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly losing fights in communities where people don’t want to live next to them, or even near them.
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• Editorial: Trump ditches America First to be the king of Caracas

  06-01-2026 01:27
  
  No one should mourn the plight of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. For more than a decade, he has oppressed the people of his nation through authoritarian rule and the misery of socialism. However, we in America should question the wisdom of allowing any president to unilaterally commit acts of war without explicit authorization from Congress.In November, amid Senate debate over whether to block United States actions in Venezuela, the Washington Post reported on a briefing by Secretary of Sta
  
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• Edith Renfrow Smith, part of Northwestern’s ‘SuperAgers’ study, dies at 111

  06-01-2026 01:10
  
  Edith Renfrow Smith, the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa and a longtime Chicago schoolteacher, remained mentally sharp well past 100, becoming the subject for medical researchers studying what they called “SuperAgers.”
  Smith, 111, died of natural causes on Friday at the Breakers assisted living facility in Edgewater, where she had moved in October, said her daughter, Alice Frances Smith.  She previously had lived in Lakeview.
  Edith Renfrow was born in
  
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• Orange County girls basketball stat leaders, Jan. 5

  06-01-2026 01:04
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls basketball stat leaders through Jan. 3.
  The leaderboards are based on stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  SCORINGName, school
  GP
  Pts
  PPG
  Rylee Bradley, Marina
  10
  239
  23.9
  Adelyn Boberg, San Juan Hills
  20
  386
  19.3
  Fiona McCormick, Laguna Beach
  18
  347
  19.3
  Charlotte Muller, Esperanza
  13
  230
  17.7
  Alexa Muller, Esperanza
  8
  133
  16.6
  Vivian Villagrana, Pacifica Christian
  10
  165
  16.5
  TaNiya Paul
  
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• Hyundai and Boston Dynamics unveil humanoid robot Atlas at CES

  06-01-2026 00:51
  
  By MATT O’BRIEN
  Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics publicly demonstrated its humanoid robot Atlas for the first time Monday at the CES tech showcase, ratcheting up a competition with Tesla and other rivals to build robots that look like people and do things that people do.
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• Bakery serves up tradition with Three Kings Day bread

  06-01-2026 00:49
  
  Jovian Mendoza, a baker at Max’s Bakery in Anaheim, stacks Three Kings Bread on a rack after removing them from an oven on Monday, January 5, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Carmen Mendoza waits on long-time customer Cathy Ambriz while Antonio Rodriguez pulls a piping hot Three Kings Bread out of the oven at Max’s Bakery in Anaheim on Monday, January 5, 2026. The traditional sweet yeast bread, containing a small figurine of baby Jesus inside, is eaten on t
  
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• It’s time for league action in Orange County boys basketball

  06-01-2026 00:40
  
  Starting this week, league games will dominate the boys basketball schedule until the CIF Southern Section playoffs begin in early February.
  The biggest game this week is St. John Bosco at Santa Margarita on Friday at 7 p.m. It is a Trinity League opener for both teams.
  St. John Bosco (11-4), led by 6-6 senior Christian Collins, is ranked No. 3 in CIF-SS in the computer rankings.
  Santa Margarita (19-2), led by senior guard Kaiden Bailey (Georgia Tech signee), is No. 2 behind top-ranked Sierra Ca
  
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• Orange County girls soccer Top 10: Santa Margarita continues to lead pack

  06-01-2026 00:34
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowORANGE COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER TOP 10
  (Records through Sunday, Jan. 4.)
  1. Santa Margarita, 10-0-0: Felicity Nguyen leads the reigning CIF-SS Open Division champion with 17 goals. Sophomore Winter Meskiel has five goals for the Eagles, who were ranked No. 1 in the Orange County season preview. Previous ranking: 1
  2. Mater Dei 10-1-3: Senior forward Valentina Labuschagne has 15 goals and three assists for the
  
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