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• Catholic foster care agency wins Supreme Court verdict

  18-06-2021 04:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By JESSICA GRESKO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples. The court said the city of Philadelphia wrongly limited its relationship with the group as a result of the agency’s policy.
  The ruling was specific to the facts of the case, sidestepping bigger questions about how to balance religious
  
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• Ducks banking on youth, promise and plenty of cap room

  24-04-2024 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE –– Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek may not have the commanding presence or steely stare of his former teammate and front-office mentor Steve Yzerman, but the feisty, fiery forward turned first-time GM will certainly be the center of attention this summer, when the Ducks figure to be a major player in the offseason.
  They’re bursting with potential over the long haul and an added benefit of having a bundle of scintillating talents younger than 25 is that many of them are
  
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• Sober Living Task Force wants to keep issues in Sacramento’s face as billions are spent

  24-04-2024 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Jessica, 34, says she would love to get off fentanyl but worries it’s not possible while homeless. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Hey! Planning for the caterpillar-to-butterfly (we hope) transformation of California’s mental health system — spending billions to tackle homelessness, addiction and mental illness on our streets — is happening. Right now.
  And since ours is the most directly impacted region, the Southern California Sober Living Task
  
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• Stagecoach 2024: What you need to know before heading out to the three-day country festival

  24-04-2024 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is making its way to the Empire Polo Club in Indio following both weekends of its sister event, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 26-28.
  The three-day country festival includes headliners Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen, supported by acts such as Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Hardy, Willie Nelson & Family, Bailey Zimmerman, Leon Bridges, Diplo, Dwight Yoakam, the Beach Boys, Wiz Khalifa, Carin León and more.
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• Biden signs $95 billion war aid measure with assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

  24-04-2024 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and that also has a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in the U.S.
  The announcement marks an end to long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress over urgently needed assistance for Ukraine.
  “We rose to the moment. we came together. and we got it done,”
  
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• Will orange-cream combo challenge pumpkin spice for seasonal flavor champ?

  24-04-2024 17:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Good Humor ice cream’s ad notes its Creamsicles are only a 100-calorie treat. (Courtesy: Unilever)
  I have to admit to a certain weakness for creamsicles.
  The curious mixing of orange and vanilla into an ice cream treat had long been a personal favorite, and it seems that a flock of product managers for noteworthy food brands have similar feelings. Various spins on orange and cream have made this classic combo a hot item again in 2022 on menu boards and grocery shelves.
  Now, it’s a go
  
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• No joke, for 12 days Netflix is turning Los Angeles into the comedy capital of the world

  24-04-2024 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  For 12 days Los Angeles may be the funniest place in the world as more than 300 comedians jump on various stages across the city and bring the laughs during the Netflix is Joke Fest.
  “It’s one of the biggest festivals ever put together celebrating comedy,” said Robbie Praw, Netflix’s vice president of stand-up and comedy.
  The festival takes place from May 1-12 at more than 35 venues across the city. Performers range from comedy legends like Jerry Seinfeld, Ali Wong, Kevin
  
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• Swanson: Kawhi Leonard’s return sparks hope, even in Clippers’ loss

  24-04-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Leave it to Tyronn Lue to sit at a podium wearing a smug little grin after a playoff loss.
  What, Lue worry? Not three years ago, when the Clippers were down 2-0 after consecutive home losses in a first-round playoff series against these Dallas Mavericks. And certainly not now, with this first-round series tied 1-1 heading to Dallas for Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Sunday.
  No sir, as Lue would say. He’s not sweating Tuesday night’s 96-93 loss at Crypto.com Arena. He
  
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• Newsom’s gun control constitutional amendment gets nowhere, to the surprise of no one

  24-04-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom made headlines last summer for proposing a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution enshrining a handful of gun control measures into the supreme law of the land.
  There was some ginned up fanfare, with state Sen. Aisha Wahab praising Newsom as “a man of action” in the press release announcing the amendment.
  It was all a bit much for what everyone understood at the time to be Newsom’s latest attempt at positioning himself for the White House.
  Alas, the
  
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• Elitism and arrogance threaten a backlash against Democrats

  24-04-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Trouble in River City” goes the famous line in “The Music Man,” one of America’s best-loved musicals, set in the fictional town of River City, Iowa, meant to represent the country’s heartland. It is in America’s heartland — not just geographic, but socio-political — that Democrats risk a backlash this November. For it’s a heartland that is home to Americans who may be repulsed by Donald Trump for infinite compelling reasons, but whose
  
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• UN calls for investigation into mass graves uncovered at two Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

  24-04-2024 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDITH M. LEDERER | Associated Press
  UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations called Tuesday for “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops.
  Credible investigators must have access to the sites, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters, and added that more journalists need to be able to work safely in Gaza to report on the facts.
  Earlier Tuesday, U.N. human rights chie
  
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• Keep NDAs out of the lawmaking process

  24-04-2024 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  On Thursday, the California Assembly’s elections committee is set to consider Assembly Bill 2654.
  Introduced by Asm. Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, the proposal “would prohibit lobbyists and certain public officials and employees, as specified, from entering into, or requesting that another party enter into, a nondisclosure agreement relating to the drafting, negotiation, discussion, or creation of legislation.”
  The bill would also invalidate laws negotiated under NDAs.
  As first re
  
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• Dana Point Planning Commission sets hours for embattled Headlands bluff-top trail

  24-04-2024 16:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dana Point Planning Commission set public hours Monday night for accessing the Bluff Top Trail through the Dana Point Headlands preserve.
  Since a 2022 court order, the trail is supposed to be open 7 a.m. to sunset daily; the commissioners made the hours official with the permit approved Monday night.
  But the city and the Center for Natural Lands Management have disagreed for years on how much time the public should have on the trail, with officials from the center saying Monday night that th
  
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• Key questions about California’s budget deficit remain unanswered as deadlines loom

  24-04-2024 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Income Tax Daily Revenue Tracker” that’s updated daily by the state controller’s office.
  Last week was the deadline for filing personal income tax returns, and income taxes are by far the most important source of state revenue. What’s collected this month will have a big effect on the size of the state budget deficit that Gov.
  
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• Frumpy Mom: My kids think I’m an old lady

  24-04-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  My young adult children think I’m old. This may be a common misconception about someone who’s achieved the exalted rank of 67 years, but it’s completely untrue.
  My mental age is actually hovering right around 27, but it’s combined with the deep wisdom of an old soul, the combined knowledge of a few dozen college professors and the knees and scrambled brains of a pro football retiree.
  Now, they never actually tell me that they think I’m ancient, you understand. Becau
  
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• USC great Reggie Bush reportedly getting Heisman Trophy back

  24-04-2024 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Reggie Bush is finally getting his Heisman Trophy back.
  The Heisman Trust will announce Wednesday, as first reported by ESPN, the formal “reinstatement” of the trophy won by Bush 14 years after he was stripped of the award and forced to forfeit it amid NCAA sanctions against the USC football program.
  ESPN’s Pete Thamel says the Heisman Trust will attribute its reversal for what it calls “enormous changes in the college football landscape.”
  The star tailback gave up
  
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• Divide and conquer: The government’s propaganda of fear and fake news

  24-04-2024 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  “Nothing is real,” observed John Lennon, and that’s especially true of politics.
  Much like the fabricated universe in Peter Weir’s 1998 film The Truman Show, in which a man’s life is the basis for an elaborately staged television show aimed at selling products and procuring ratings, the political scene in the United States has devolved over the years into a carefully calibrated exercise in how to manipulate, polarize, propagandize and control a population.
  Take the
  
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• John Stossel: Capitalism versus racism

  24-04-2024 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Capitalism and racism go together?
  I hear it all the time.
  “Racism is intricately linked to capitalism,” says famous Marxist Angela Davis. “It’s a mistake to assume that we can combat racism by leaving capitalism in place.”
  “Anti-racist” activist Ibram X. Kendi says, “In order to truly be anti-racist, you also have to truly be anti-capitalist.”
  This is just silly.
  In my new video, Swedish historian Johan Norberg explains how free markets disc
  
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• Los Alamitos softball rallies past Huntington Beach to claim outright Sunset League title

  24-04-2024 07:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowLos Alamitos’ softball team first showed its grit by erupting for 11 runs in the final two innings. The Griffins then displayed their dance moves.
  Yes, Los Alamitos found plenty of reasons to celebrate Tuesday night at Huntington Beach.
  Gabby Terrones and Callie Fitzpatrick hit home runs in the sixth inning and Bella Rodriguez singled in the go-ahead run to highlight an eight-run seventh as the Grif
  
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• Clippers get Kawhi Leonard back, but Mavericks even series with Game 2 win

  24-04-2024 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard played 35 minutes in his first game in three weeks and it turned out, the Clippers needed every rusty second. And it still wasn’t enough.
  The Clippers made a push in the final two minutes but couldn’t overcome a poor shooting night and lost to the Dallas Mavericks, 96-93, in Game 2, as the visitors evened the best-of-seven series at 1-1.
  The series now moves to Dallas for Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Sunday.
  Trailing 90-81, the Clippers closed the
  
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• Angels snap losing streak after jumping to early lead against Orioles

  24-04-2024 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — In the wake another mediocre offensive performance in the Angels’ fifth straight loss, Manager Ron Washington promised that they were doing the work that was bound to turn their fortune eventually.
  It happened a day later.
  The Angels got production from throughout the lineup – including a first-inning home run from leadoff man Mike Trout – in a 7-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
  Washington put his star at the top of the order, a spot he had
  
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• Fullerton baseball extends reign in Freeway League with win over Buena Park

  24-04-2024 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — The Fullerton baseball team clinched its third Freeway League title in a row with a 6-3 victory over Buena Park on Tuesday.
  Miguel Velazquez went 3 for 4 with two home runs, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored and pitcher Eddie Acitia went the distance to improve his record to 5-0.
  Some thought this would be a rebuilding year for Fullerton, according to coach Shaun Hill, who has guided the Indians to a league title in each of his three seasons at the school.
  “It&rs
  
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• Ducks ‘in a good spot’ to compete for a playoff spot next season

  24-04-2024 04:53 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — For the Ducks, it was another season of pain, both literal and figurative, as an injury-marred campaign crashed short of the postseason landing strip yet again.
  But it was also a period of growth, both personal and collective.
  Though they finished just a tick better than last year’s NHL-worst total of 58 points, new leadership and a youth movement on the roster set a course toward snapping a string of six consecutive non-playoff seasons.
  “You could throw wins and every
  
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• Cypress baseball shuts out Pacifica, forces tie for first in Empire League

  24-04-2024 04:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Antonio Lujan (16) of Cypress celebrates after hitting a double against Pacifica in an Empire League baseball game at Cypress High School in Cypress on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  CYPRESS – Empire League baseball won’t have co-champions this year.
  Cypress beat Pacifica 4-0 in a league game Tuesday at Cypress High to create a tie for first first place.
  Cypress and Pacifica are 8-1 in league. They play each other Thursday, the final da
  
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• Shohei Ohtani hits ‘absurd’ 450-foot home run as Dodgers beat Nationals

  24-04-2024 04:16 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — If a ball has ever left an exit wound in a stadium, Nationals Park was nearly the first.
  Shohei Ohtani lined a hanging slider from reliever Matt Barnes into the upper deck in right field for a solo home run in the eighth inning on Tuesday night.
  It was the last run in the Dodgers’ 4-1 victory over the Washington Nationals. But it was certainly the most memorable.
  “It looked like a cruise missile,” James Outman said. “That was absurd. That was just absur
  
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• Dodgers’ offense arrives late but backs bullpen in victory over Nationals

  24-04-2024 04:16 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — It is not a small price to pay. But the Washington Nationals are probably fine with the bargain.
  They signed Patrick Corbin to a six-year, $140 million contract before the 2019 season and the left-hander played an important role in the Nationals’ World Series championship that year.
  For the last five years of that contract, however, the Nationals have been paying one of the worst starting pitchers in baseball very handsomely. In 101 starts before Tuesday, Corbin had
  
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• Kawhi Leonard to play for Clippers in Game 2 against Mavericks

  24-04-2024 03:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Word began to filter through the hallways of Crypto.com Arena late Tuesday afternoon. Kawhi Leonard would be warming up in advance of Game 2 of the Clippers’ first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks.
  Within minutes, cell phones clicked and cameras rolled, all capturing footage of the six-time All-Star forward as he prepared for his first postseason game.
  Leonard returned to the Clippers’ lineup on Tuesday night after missing the past nine games
  
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• Kawhi Leonard to play for Clippers in Game 2 against Mavericks

  24-04-2024 03:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard will play in Game 2 of the Clippers’ first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks tonight, his first game in three weeks.
  The All-Star forward has missed nine consecutive games, including the series opener, because of inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee. He has engaged in limited practices leading up to the playoffs, and only recently took part in contact drills.
  “He’s done all the necessary things he has to do to get
  
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• Sammy’s Law in California seeks to protect youth from social media drug sales

  24-04-2024 03:10 via ocregister.com
  
  On Feb. 7, 2021, Sammy Berman Chapman, 16, was silently killed in his Santa Monica home. The culprit: a fentanyl-laced pill the teen had purchased on social media.
  Now his parents Sam Chapman and Laura Berman are fighting to pass SB 1444 in the California state legislature, known as the Let Parents Choose Protection Act of 2024 — or Sammy’s Law. The bill would require all major social media platforms to allow integration with third-party monitoring software, which can notify parents
  
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• Angels’ Robert Stephenson says he had no issues with elbow before fateful pitch

  24-04-2024 02:40 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Robert Stephenson said his elbow felt “perfectly fine,” up until the moment that it didn’t.
  It was the second pitch of his rehab outing on April 13. The Angels reliever threw a slider and he could tell something was wrong.
  “It just came out weird,” Stephenson said on Tuesday, the first time he’d spoken to the media since the injury. “I just felt it right when I threw it. I tried to throw a couple more pitches after that, but just somethin
  
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