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• Clippers edged by Timberwolves

  07-12-2025 05:41 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Naz Reid made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining, Jaden McDaniels scored 27 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-106 on Saturday night.
  Julius Randle added 24 points for Minnesota. Reid’s big shot capped a 19-point night off the bench, including 5 of 8 from deep. McDaniels then made two free throws with 4.8 seconds left and the Timberwolves held on.
  Minnesota won its season-high fifth straight game. The Clippers have lost s
  
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• Stagecoach 2026: Diplo’s Honkytonk promises Marshmello, Emo Nite, more

  19-02-2026 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Giddy up, Diplo’s HonkyTonk is back at this year’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival, and so is its promise to deliver prominent contemporary acts to its programming.
  Now in its fourth year, this year’s Honkytonk acts include Dillstradamus (Dillon Francis + Flosstradamus), Emo Nite ft. Ashlee Simpson, rapper Juicy J, and Marshmello. The lineup also includes a performance by Diplo, who curates the weekend event that will also feature DJ Pauly D, Rebecca Black, Theo Von b2b Caleb
  
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• U.S. citizen, an Army vet, sues U.S., claiming false imprisonment after Camarillo immigration raid

  19-02-2026 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A U.S. citizen and Army veteran who was detained by federal immigration authorities for three days last summer filed a civil rights lawsuit against the United States government this week.
  George Retes, born, raised and still living in Ventura, claims officers violated his constitutional rights, were negligent and assaulted him, among other claims, during and after he was detained in an immigration enforcement raid in Camarillo in Ventura County in July.
  The lawsuit, filed in California’s C
  
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• Lon Rosen named Lakers’ president of business operations

  19-02-2026 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lon Rosen, the Dodgers’ executive vice president and chief marketing officer since 2012, has been named president of business operations of the Lakers, the franchise announced Thursday morning.
  Rosen replaces Tim Harris, who announced via email earlier this week to team employees that he plans on stepping down. Adding Rosen, who has worked hand-in-hand with Lakers controlling owner Mark Walter since Guggenheim Baseball Management bought the Dodgers since 2012, brings th
  
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• Team USA’s Alysa Liu wins Olympic figure skating gold

  19-02-2026 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN — Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win the Olympic figure skating gold medal in nearly a quarter-century, capturing the Winter Games most prestigious individual title with a program full of the joy that eluded her when she first emerged on the world scene as a 13-year-old sensation.
  Liu, four years after she stunned the sport by retiring at age 16 following the 2022 Beijing Olympics, less than two years after she shocked figure skating again by returning to competition, p
  
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• Virginia judge temporarily blocks Democrats’ redistricting work on bid to flip 4 congressional seats

  19-02-2026 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By OLIVIA DIAZ, Associated Press/Report for America
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia court on Thursday temporarily blocked Democrats from preparing for an April voter referendum to redraw the state’s congressional maps, handing the party another setback in its efforts to pick up four more U.S. House seats in the national redistricting battle.
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• LA County cleans up permit dashboard tracking wildfire rebuilding

  19-02-2026 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  For thousands of wildfire survivors trying to rebuild their homes and businesses, awaiting permits has been a slow burn. Los Angeles County’s updated permit tracker could soothe concerns.Updated two months ago, the Permitting Progress Dashboard highlights more than 12,000 building projects across seven phases of rebuilding that stretch back to January 2025, when the Palisades and Eaton wildfires tore through more than 16,000 structures and killed 31 people. The update follows other county
  
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• Rescue group in Las Vegas tries to catch a toucan that escaped its owner before it’s too late

  19-02-2026 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By JESSICA HILL
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Katherine Eddington was driving in North Las Vegas last week when she thought she saw a big black bird carrying a banana fly across the intersection.
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• Freddie Freeman can see the finish line – and hopes it’s with the Dodgers

  19-02-2026 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Father Time is undefeated. But Freddie Freeman intends to put up a good fight.
  “I love this game. I don’t want it to end, but I get it. It’s going to end,” Freeman said after the Dodgers’ workout Thursday. “Father Time is going to catch up. … We’re keeping it off a long time. But there comes a point where it’s time. And obviously I’m not there yet. I love it. I’m still playing pretty good. So as long as I
  
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• New Mexico reopens investigation into alleged illegal activity at Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch

  19-02-2026 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general has reopened an investigation into allegations of illegal activity at Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch.
  Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s office made the announcement Thursday, saying the decision was made after reviewing information recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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• White House pressure leads universities to cut ties with nonprofit that helps racial minorities

  19-02-2026 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOCELYN GECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press
  The Trump administration said Thursday its campaign to end diversity programs in higher education has led dozens of universities to cut ties with an organization known as The PhD Project, which helps racial minorities earn doctorate degrees.
  The PhD Project was a little-known nonprofit group until it caught the attention of conservative strategists last year and became the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education. The Re
  
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• USA tops Canada for gold in women’s hockey OT thriller

  19-02-2026 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN — Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey, beating Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday night to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports’ most heated rivalries.
  American captain Hilary Knight, in her fifth and final Olympics, forced overtime by tipping in Laila Edwards’ shot from the blue line with 2:04 remaining. The goal was the 15th of her Olympic career an
  
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• Large banner featuring Trump’s face is displayed on Justice Department headquarters

  19-02-2026 22:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A large banner featuring Donald Trump’s face was hung on the exterior of Justice Department headquarters on Thursday in a physical display of the Republican president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him.
  While Trump banners have been hung outside other agencies across Washington, the decision to place one on the storied Justice Department building amounted to a striking s
  
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• Horse racing: 3 trainers ‘honored’ to carry on John Shirreffs’ work

  19-02-2026 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — For a week, people at Santa Anita have been honoring John Shirreffs in every way they can: in the track’s moment of silence between races last Friday, in flowers and cards left at the Zenyatta statue, in sad conversations everywhere you turn.
  Now, Peter Eurton, Bob Hess Jr. and Leonard Powell will pay homage to Shirreffs the best way they know: by trying to keep his horses in the winner’s circle.
  Shirreffs was a youthful 80 when the trainer of Racing Hall of Fame mare
  
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• United States wins 3rd Olympic gold in women’s hockey, beating Canada 2-1 on Megan Keller’s OT goal

  19-02-2026 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN WAWROW, AP Hockey Writer
  MILAN (AP) — Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey, beating Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday night to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports’ most heated rivalries.
  American captain Hilary Knight, in her fifth and final Olympics, forced overtime by tipping in Laila Edwards’ shot from the blue line with 2:04 rema
  
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• Tustin faces replacing $40,000 in stolen veterans plaque, Orange and Huntington Beach had thefts, too

  19-02-2026 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Three Orange County cities are figuring out how, and if, they can replace tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of memorial plaques stolen from around their communities in recent weeks.
  Tustin leaders plan to replace five bronze plaques valued at about $40,000 that were stolen last month from the city’s veterans monument in time for Memorial Day weekend.
  Three bronze plaques are missing from a memorial at Tustin’s Veterans Sports Park in Tustin, CA, on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
  
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• Bodies of 8 killed in California avalanche cannot be recovered Thursday due to extreme weather

  19-02-2026 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The bodies of eight backcountry skiers who died in the largest avalanche in California history Tuesday will not be recovered Thursday due to hazardous weather conditions, officials said.
  Recovery operations to extract the group off the mountains are expected to continue into the weekend, according to a social media post from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office.
  One additional skier is missing but presumed deceased.
  The nine people were among a group of 15 backcountry skiers on a three-day t
  
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• Winter Olympics: Jordan Stolz second in his bid for historic gold medal

  19-02-2026 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN — Jordan Stolz missed out on his bid to become the first man to sweep the 500, 1,000 and 1,500-meter speed skating gold medals, finishing second behind China’s Zhongyan Ning’s Olympic record in the 1,500 final at the Milano Speed Skating Arena Thursday night.
  Stolz, who earlier in the Games won the 500 and 1,000, was seeking to become the first man to sweep the Games’ three shortest distances since American Eric Heiden at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, where he w
  
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• Costa Mesa becomes second California city to regulate self-checkout lanes

  19-02-2026 21:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Major grocery and retail drug stores in Costa Mesa will be required to heavily regulate self-checkout under a new law that city leaders say will combat retail theft and protect jobs.
  The City Council adopted an ordinance this week that will bring sweeping changes to retail operations’ self-checkout lanes: requiring one employee to oversee every three checkout stations, capping self-checkout transactions at 15 items and barring the purchase of any item kept in a locked case.
  In approving th
  
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• Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address

  19-02-2026 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and OLIVIA DIAZ, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week, just months after resoundingly winning an office previously held by a Republican.
  The Democratic rebuttal will immediately follow Trump’s address to Congress next Tuesday, offering the party’s most high-profile opportunity to deliver a countermessage.
  Spanberger, who
  
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• Alek Manoah feeling good about comeback with Angels

  19-02-2026 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Alek Manoah compared his post-surgery arm to a rental car.
  “When you drive your car and you use your brakes, you’re comfortable with your brakes,” he said. “You know exactly how sensitive they are and things like that. When you hop in a rental car, those first few stop signs might be a little (jarring).”
  That, Manoah said, is what it’s like to be rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.
  “There’s going to be some spiked sliders and so
  
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• HUD proposes rule that would force noncitizens from public housing

  19-02-2026 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL CASEY
  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday proposed a rule that would limit public housing mostly to citizens, which advocates fear could lead to tens of thousands of people being evicted.
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• Reverse 1031 exchange: How to tap equity for your next house

  19-02-2026 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  With a tight inventory of homes for sale, most folks don’t want to first sell their home and then hope to find the right replacement property. They’d rather identify the right replacement pad first, get it under contract, and then sell their departing residence.
  The same is true of most property investors looking to trade property.In the residential space, the process of buying first and then selling requires one extra step for investors to defer capital gains taxes on the sale of a
  
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• US pays about $160 million of the nearly $4 billion it owes the United Nations

  19-02-2026 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has paid about $160 million of the nearly $4 billion it owes the United Nations, the U.N. said Thursday.
  The Trump administration’s payment is earmarked for the U.N.’s regular operating budget, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told The Associated Press.
  The U.N. has said the United States owes $2.196 billion to its regular budget, including $767 million for this year, and $1.8 billion for a separate budget for the far-flung U.N. pe
  
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• Bravo to a Navy ensign, students making swift progress and helping your community

  19-02-2026 19:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Ensign Christopher Li of Yorba Linda serves as the combat electronics division officer board the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer out of San Diego.
  (Courtesy of Mass Communication Spec. 2nd Class Kevin Tang, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West)
  Team SW1FT holds the American flag in front of its pit display booth at the STEM Racing World Finals 2025 in Singapore. The team members are from left, Victoria Chen, design engineer; Charles Wu, team manager and manufacturing engineer; and Luna Zha
  
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• Where to find fish sandwiches, tacos, shrimp, and more for Fish Fridays

  19-02-2026 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  On the first Fish Friday of 2026, restaurants of all sizes are spotlighting fish and seafood on their menus with some new items and a few deals.
  Lent, a time when many Christians abstain from meat, began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. It lasts 40 days, ending on Thursday, April 2. Easter Sunday will be on April 5.
  Here is what some restaurant chains have announced on their websites, in social media or in news releases.
  Fish and seafood chains
  Bluewater Grill: Each location has its own menu, but the
  
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• USC Keck, Norris nurses begin 7-day strike

  19-02-2026 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of unionized nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Center hit the picket lines today to begin a seven-day strike amid prolonged contract talks.Officials with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United union contend the healthcare system is proposing to restructure employee health plans, making them reliant on care at USC facilities. They claim such a move will overload an “already-strained network” and lead to longer wait times and delayed health
  
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• Jadin O’Brien’s path: A track star gets a message, and winds up part of the US Olympic bobsled team

  19-02-2026 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM REYNOLDS
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Jadin O’Brien thought she was being scammed.
  The Milan Cortina Olympics — and the sport of bobsled, for that matter — were not anywhere near O’Brien’s radar a couple years ago, when the Notre Dame track and field star saw that someone sent her a direct message on Instagram. The message was ignored.
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• James Beard Award-winning New Orleans bar comes to the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point

  19-02-2026 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  For a coastal getaway that prides itself on breezy, surfside luxury, the Ritz-Carlton is about to get a bit more soulful. Starting Friday, Feb. 20, New Orleans’ cocktail bar of note Cure will return for its second residency, bringing French Quarter vibes to Dana Point’s chill shoreline.
  Currently ranked No. 49 on North America’s 50 Best Bars list and freshly crowned Food & Wine’s 2025 Best Bar in the U.S., Cure is also a James Beard Award winner (Outstanding Bar Progr
  
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• The Winter Olympics are hurting main street in Livigno’s duty-free mountain enclave

  19-02-2026 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH WILSON
  LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — On the climb to Livigno, atop the mountain pass before the road glides down to the village hosting snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, there sits a lonely customs checkpoint. Its guardhouse and gate are the only signs of an internal fiscal border within Italy, one that encircles the snow-blanketed valley and the duty-free status it has enjoyed for centuries.
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