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• Dodgers’ Max Muncy persevering through a rough final month

  26-09-2019 05:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — The past month has not been easy for Max Muncy.
  He took a 95-mph fastball off his right wrist on Aug. 28, suffering a slight fracture. He returned to action just 16 days later but found himself running a pitching gauntlet – the starters in his first four games back were Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler and Blake Snell.
  Not surprisingly, Muncy went 1 for his first 15 with six strikeouts in his first four games after returning. Things were looking up in his next
  
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• USC men’s path to rescuing a tournament bid starts against UCLA

  23-02-2026 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The USC men’s basketball team has to fight to rescue any chances of making the NCAA Tournament.
  A costly 71-70 loss on Saturday to Oregon knocked the Trojans (18-9 overall, 7-9 Big Ten) down to No. 58 in the NET rankings, a six-spot fall from their previous position at No. 52. They’ll need to win as many of the remaining four games as possible — starting with UCLA (18-9, 10-6) on Tuesday.
  “I’ve never had a season like this,” head coach Eric Musselman told repo
  
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• Idobi Radio Summer School tour is coming to Southern California

  23-02-2026 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual idobi Radio Summer School Tour, which spotlights emerging pop punk and indie acts, is hitting the road again for its third year, kicking off in Southern California.
  This year’s lineup features five bands, including Summer School alum Honey Revenge, which has graduated to headliner after previously being an opening act. The band is joined by newcomers South Arcade, Games We Play, Winona Fighter, and Chase Petra.
  Southern California pop punk fans looking to get in on the ground fl
  
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• PayPal attracts takeover interest after stock slump

  23-02-2026 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ryan Gould, Matthew Monks, Dinesh Nair and Paige Smith | Bloomberg
  San Jose-based PayPal Holdings, the digital payments pioneer, is attracting takeover interest from potential buyers after a stock slide wiped out almost half of its value, according to people familiar with the matter.
  The shares jumped as much as 9.7% on the news.
  The company has fielded meetings with banks amid unsolicited interest from suitors, the people said. At least one large rival is looking at the whole company, while
  
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• Chargers mock draft: ‘Dynamic’ TE Kenyon Sadiq could be 1st-round pick

  23-02-2026 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Isn’t it obvious? Isn’t it a foregone conclusion? Isn’t it a no-brainer?
  Seriously, why wouldn’t the Chargers address their most pressing need and use their first-round draft pick to select a standout offensive lineman to better protect quarterback Justin Herbert, who was battered and bruised en route to a career-high 54 this past season?
  After all, Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz and coach Jim Harbaugh acknowledged they didn’t always put Herbert in a position t
  
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• Fallout from East Coast blizzard hits LAX

  23-02-2026 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Dozens of flights between the East Coast and Los Angeles International Airport were cancelled Monday morning due to the blizzard that is pounding a large swath of the nation’s Eastern Seaboard.
  As of 4:30 a.m. Monday, more than 111 flights into and out of LAX were cancelled. At least 30 of those were flights to John F. Kennedy International in New York City, Newark Liberty International in New Jersey and Boston Logan International, according to FlightAware.
  Nearly 40 flights destined for L
  
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• Kaiser strike ends with thousands of nurses returning to work Tuesday

  23-02-2026 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The nearly five-week strike by 31,000 registered nurses and other workers at Kaiser Permanente is over, with union members returning to work on Tuesday, Feb. 24.In a statement, the union said its members are going back to work while “final negotiations are completed.”
  The likely end of the protracted walkout comes after last week saw more than 40% of union workers cross picket lines and go back to work.
  With town hall and video conferencing meetings scheduled Monday, the union posted
  
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• Kaiser strike ends with 31,000 workers returning to work Tuesday

  23-02-2026 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The nearly five-week strike by 31,000 registered nurses and other workers at Kaiser Permanente is over, with union members returning to work on Tuesday, Feb. 23.In a statement, the union said its members are going back to work while “final negotiations are completed.”
  The likely end of the protracted walkout comes after last week saw more than 40% of union workers cross picket lines and go back to work.
  With town hall and video conferencing meetings scheduled Monday, the union posted
  
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• Disneyland pays tribute to Porch Potato known as Mayor of Main Street U.S.A.

  23-02-2026 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland has bestowed a rare honor usually reserved for Disney Legends instrumental in the creation of the Anaheim theme park on a beloved annual passholder who was as much of a Main Street U.S.A. mainstay over the past two decades as Mickey Mouse.
  Disneyland has added a memorial plaque to a Main Street U.S.A. porch bench that pays tribute to Frank Rodriguez of Pico Rivera, who was known to park employees and regular visitors as the “Porch Potato” and the “Mayor of Main Stree
  
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• 2-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton dies at 43 after being in a car crash

  23-02-2026 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer
  Two-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton died after being in a car crash in Atlanta on Saturday. She was 43.
  The athletic department at Georgia, where Braxton played in college, texted The Associated Press confirmation of her death on Monday and posted on social media. Her son, Jelani Thurman, posted a photo of his younger self in his mother’s jersey on social media and wrote that he we will miss his “queen.”
  Braxton last played in the WNBA in
  
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• Zach Neto believes Angels can prove the doubters wrong

  23-02-2026 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Zach Neto’s goal is simply to stay on the field this season. And if he, and the rest of the Angels key players can do the same, he has high expectations.
  “I think we’re right there,” the Angels’ shortstop said. “We don’t have young guys who haven’t experienced this before We all know what it takes now to get to that next level, playing in October.
  “It’s just a matter of trusting each other. Staying healthy is the mo
  
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• Acclaimed restaurant at River Street Marketplace announces closure

  23-02-2026 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  After a little more than one year in business, The Market by The Meat Cellar at San Juan Capistrano’s River Street Marketplace has announced its closure. The final day of service will be on Sunday, March 1.
  Owners Anthony and Sara Villegas shared the news via Instagram, citing, in part, a difficult road for the “mom and pop” operations since opening in November 2024. Despite a steady start, the duo noted that revenue never reached the levels needed to sustain the business follo
  
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• CSUF’s Innovation Hub: Empowering tomorrow’s engineers and computer scientists

  23-02-2026 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  University leaders, students, faculty, donors and industry partners gathered at the construction site on the Cal State Fullerton campus where the Engineering and Computer Science Innovation Hub is taking shape.
  Situated adjacent to the engineering and computer science complex, the three-story, 42,000-square-foot Innovation Hub will serve as a “catalyst for discovery and industry innovation,” officials within the College of Engineering and Computer Science said.
  The gathering was held
  
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• A proposal to exempt homeowners 60 and older from property taxes would cost local governments billions

  23-02-2026 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  When former Saratoga Councilmember Rishi Kumar ran for Santa Clara County assessor last year, he campaigned on the promise of exempting homeowners ages 60 and older from paying property taxes.
  After he lost by a landslide to Neysa Fligor in the Dec. 30 runoff election, Kumar turned that pledge into a statewide ballot initiative campaign. But a new state analysis sheds a sobering reality on his idea, noting it could cause “major fiscal effects” for local governments — with reven
  
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• Federal court rejects GOP-led Utah Legislature’s latest try to block House map that helps Democrats

  23-02-2026 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Utah voting districts that give Democrats an improved shot at winning a U.S. House seat can be used in this year’s election, a federal court ruled Monday while turning aside a Republican request to block the new map.
  The ruling marked the second setback in recent days for Republicans, who also lost an appeal at the state Supreme Court.
  A Utah judge imposed the new districts last November after striking down the congressional districts that the Republican-led
  
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• Maui’s famed banyan tree still ‘in the ICU’

  23-02-2026 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIN NOLAN/Honolulu Civil Beat
  Lahaina’s iconic Indian banyan tree has been off limits to visitors since the August 2023 wildfire tore through the historic community, but some Maui County officials are hopeful that they might soon be able to restore public access.
  Arborists from all over Maui — as well as a few from Oʻahu — will be organizing an extensive assessment of the tree’s health, the results of which will help determine when Lahaina Banyan Court Park might
  
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• A horse’s neigh may be unique in the animal kingdom. Now scientists know how they do it

  23-02-2026 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, AP Science Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Horses whinny to find new friends, greet old ones and celebrate happy moments like feeding time.
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• New waterside Italian restaurant opens at downtown LA’s Hotel Figueroa

  23-02-2026 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Italian coastline is coming to downtown Los Angeles and it’s bringing a Tuscan menu not to the beach but poolside in a 100-year-old hotel.
  Florence by the Water opened in mid-February overlooking an outdoor pool at Hotel Figueroa, which is marking its 100-year anniversary.
  “The restaurant faces the pool so it’s really an oasis,” said Francesco Zimone, the restaurateur who opened the restaurant alongside Executive Chef Giuseppe Gentile.
  “We really want to offer e
  
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• Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents

  23-02-2026 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer
  When sifting through the seemingly endless collection of documents in the Epstein files gets to be too much and Ellie Leonard needs a break, she takes a walk outside. Then it’s back to the computer.
  The New Jersey mother of four is among hundreds of citizen-journalists, or sleuths, absorbed by the material connected to the late Jeffrey Epstein. She’s determined to learn the stories behind his illicit sex ring and relationships with some of the world&r
  
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• How the former Prince Andrew could be removed from Britain’s line of succession

  23-02-2026 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By SYLVIA HUI
  LONDON (AP) — It’s been 90 years since a British royal was removed from the line of succession. That might happen again now that Britain’s government says it will consider introducing legal changes to formally remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the list of royals in line to the throne.
  Despite being stripped of his status as prince in October over his close links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the former Prince Andrew, King Charles III&r
  
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• 10 memorable moments from the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

  23-02-2026 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By SALLEE ANN HARRISON
  MILAN (AP) — With 116 medal events over 16 days spread across northern Italy, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics delivered many unforgettable moments. Here are 10 of the biggest, from heartbreak to triumph.
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• Nick Reiner pleads not guilty to murdering parents Rob and Michele Reiner

  23-02-2026 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW DALTON | AP Entertainment Writer
  Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, acclaimed director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
  Nick Reiner’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, entered the plea on his behalf as he stood behind glass in an enclosed custody area of the packed Los Angeles courtroom.
  Reiner, 32, the third of Rob Reiner’s four children, has been held without bail since his arrest
  
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• How book publisher The Folio Society remade itself for the 21st century

  23-02-2026 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  On a recent afternoon, I met up for coffee with The Folio Society CEO Joanna Reynolds and Publishing Director Tom Walker. The duo was on a quick trip to the U.S., a market that now accounts for more than half of the U.K. publisher’s business.
  It wasn’t always that way.
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  When the London-based Folio Society began in 1947, it was a subscription service with very particular old-scho
  
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• How Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell skeptical midterm voters on his plans

  23-02-2026 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate.
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  The president and his party appear vulnerable, with polls showing much of America distrust
  
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• Recipes: 4 dishes that showcase beans in all their glory

  23-02-2026 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Recently, when talking about food with family and friends, the subject of beans has come up in our conversation. Indeed, beans are having their moment. Whether canned, dried, or steamed and packaged in refrigerated containers, it seems that people can’t get enough of them.
  Beans are high in protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Important attributes, but there is more to say about their surge in popularity. Many sources tout that they help your gut, your blood pressure, and your cholestero
  
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• FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseases

  23-02-2026 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Monday laid out a proposal to spur development of customized treatments for patients with hard-to-treat diseases, including for rare genetic conditions that the pharmaceutical industry has long considered unprofitable.
  The preliminary Food and Drug Administration guidelines, if implemented, would create a new pathway for bespoke therapies that have only been tested in a handful of patients due to the challen
  
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• Police in Britain arrest Peter Mandelson, a former ambassador, in probe into Epstein ties

  23-02-2026 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British police on Monday arrested Peter Mandelson, a former U.K. ambassador to the United States, in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.
  London’s Metropolitan Police force said “officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office” at an address in north London.
  It did not name Mandelson, in keeping with British police practice, but the suspect in the case has previously been identified as Mandelson
  
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• 6 planets will parade across the night sky at the end of February

  23-02-2026 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
  NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible to the naked eye.It’s what’s known as a planetary parade, which happens when multiple planets appear to line up in the sky at once. The planets aren’t in a straight line, but are close together on one side of the sun.
  Skygazers can usually spot two or three planets after sunset, according to NASA. Hangouts of four or five that can be glimpsed with
  
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• Police are finding suspects based on their online searches as courts weigh privacy concerns

  23-02-2026 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SCOLFORO
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Criminal investigators hoping to develop suspects in difficult cases have been asking Google to reveal who searched for specific information online, seeking “reverse keyword” warrants that critics warn threaten the privacy of innocent people.
  Unlike traditional search warrants that target a known suspect or location, keyword warrants work backward by identifying internet addresses where searches were made in a certain window of time for p
  
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• NHL’s return to the Olympics lives up to the hype and sets the stage for 2028 World Cup of Hockey

  23-02-2026 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Hockey Writer
  MILAN (AP) — The long wait for the best hockey players in the world taking the ice in an international tournament lived up to the hype.
  Four of the seven games in the knockout round at the Milan Cortina Olympics went to overtime, including the U.S beating Canada in a fast-paced, back-and-forth final for the gold medal. The sport earned the spotlight it got in the NHL’s return to the Games following a dozen-year drought.
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