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• Here’s how to avoid getting burned out while caring for a loved one

  07-02-2020 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Becoming a caregiver for a loved one is a difficult task, physically and emotionally. Your role can change overnight, from being a spouse or a child to taking care of your partner or parent full time. In many cases, it can be a thankless job, especially when your family member has declining mental function and may not be the same person they once were.It isn’t uncommon for caregivers to experience some burnout when they are taking care of a loved one. The physical and emotional exhaustion
  
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• Calabasas ridgetop house shaped like an X seeks $13 million

  14-02-2026 02:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The home’s exterior features a non-combustible green slate roof, naturally distressed wood siding over fireboard and Durango Noce limestone walls. (Photo by Open House Foto)
  When opened, the great room provides direct access to the pool and spa. (Photo by Open House Foto)
  The great room. (Photo by Open House Foto)
  The fire pit. (Photo by Open House Foto)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Open House Foto)
  A view of the kitchen, casual dining area and family room. (Photo by Open House Foto)
  The climate
  
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• Veteran’s memorial plaques in Tustin stolen; Long Beach man arrested

  14-02-2026 02:40 via ocregister.com
  
  A Long Beach man was arrested earlier this month in connection with the theft of bronze memorial plaques from Tustin’s Veterans’ Sports Park and similar thefts across Orange County, authorities said.
  The theft occurred overnight on Jan. 20, 2026, when six plaques were removed from the park, according to the Tustin Police Department.
  Detectives with the department’s Property Crimes Unit launched an investigation and identified a suspect believed to be responsible not only for th
  
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• Lunar New Year: A look at the Year of the Horse

  14-02-2026 02:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lunar New Year begins Tuesday, February 17, ushering in the Year of the Horse. The lunar calendar, used in both Chinese and Vietnamese cultures, is divided into 12 segments, with each assigned an animal sign. The Chinese New Year celebration starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later.
  According to myths, the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac were selected through a race. This race was meant to create a time measurement for people. There c
  
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• Immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,000 beds

  14-02-2026 01:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
  Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds, a document released Friday shows, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly purchases warehouses to turn into detention and processing facilities.
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• A California photographer is on a quest to photograph hundreds of native bees

  14-02-2026 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAIMIE DING
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the arid, cracked desert ground in Southern California, a tiny bee pokes its head out of a hole no larger than the tip of a crayon.
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• Judge dismisses charges against 3 Connecticut officers accused of mistreating paralyzed prisoner

  14-02-2026 01:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE COLLINS
  A Connecticut judge on Friday dismissed criminal charges against three current and former New Haven police officers who were accused of mistreating prisoner Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022.
  Judge David Zagaja dropped the cases against Oscar Diaz, Jocelyn Lavandier and Luis Rivera after granting them a probation program that allows charges to be erased from defendants’ records, saying their conduct was not malicious.
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, February 14, 2026

  14-02-2026 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, February 14, 2026.
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• Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein

  14-02-2026 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN HANNA and KENDRIA LAFLEUR
  MALAKOFF, Texas (AP) — Some school districts in the U.S. dropped plans for class pictures after widespread social media posts linked a billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein to the photography giant Lifetouch, which on Friday called the claims “completely false.”
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• Fans in Irvine cheer skaters who train locally at Olympic watch party

  14-02-2026 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Fans at Great Park Ice in Irvine, CA react as Ilia Malinin competes in the Olympic Winter Games men’s free skate finals on Friday, February 13, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne and High Performance Coordinator Jacqueline Palmore take a photo with skaters and a poster of Bourne during a watch party at Great Park Ice in Irvine, CA on Friday, February 13, 2026. The gathering was for the men’s free skate final of the Olympic Wint
  
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• Affordable housing residents near Portland ICE building ask judge to limit feds’ use of tear gas

  14-02-2026 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By CLAIRE RUSH
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multiple residents of an affordable housing complex in Portland, Oregon, have bought gas masks to wear in their own homes, to protect themselves from tear gas fired by federal agents outside the immigration building across the street. Others have taped their windows or stuffed wet towels under their doors, while children have sought security by sleeping in closets.
  Some are now telling their stories to a federal judge Friday, as they testify in a lawsui
  
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• UCLA gymnastics hosts Michigan for annual alumni meet

  14-02-2026 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The fourth-ranked UCLA women’s gymnastics team has momentum on its side going into Saturday’s Big Ten meet against No. 9 Michigan.
  Last week, the Bruins (8-2 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) maintained their unbeaten record in Big Ten meets with a 197.550-197.275 victory at No. 17 Minnesota. The depth of UCLA’s roster is clear, but wo-time Olympian Jordan Chiles continued to set the pace with her fourth perfect 10 in as many weeks, her third in a row on floor exercise.
  In addition to Chil
  
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• Memo says White House was ‘excellently preserved’ during East Wing demolition for Trump’s ballroom

  14-02-2026 00:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER
  The White House mansion’s eastern facade appears to have been “excellently preserved” when demolition crews tore down the East Wing to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, an administration official said in a memo made public Friday.
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• Irvine’s Tri Pointe Homes sold to Japanese group for $4.5 billion

  14-02-2026 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Tri Pointe Homes, founded by three out-of-work homebuilders in Irvine during the Great Recession, is being sold to the Japanese building materials group Sumitomo Forestry for $4.5 billion, the companies said Friday, Feb. 13.Tri Pointe cited high home costs and mortgage rates, coupled with the state of the U.S. economy, as reasons for the sale, which is expected to close in the second quarter. The shift to Sumitomo also will take the company private.
  Also see: California boosts mortgage reli
  
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• Katie McConnell, of Encinitas, wins “Thriller at Killers” big-wave event

  14-02-2026 00:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The waves were pumping — big, bombing and beautiful.
  For the “Thriller at Killers” surf contest off Todos Santos Island in Ensenada the forecast was a fun event for the world’s best big-wave riders. But when the surfers, a handful from Southern California, showed up for the one-day event on Feb. 7, the waves were twice as big as expected, upward of 30 feet to welcome the competitors.
  “It was just epic. Everyone was so psyched,” said Encinitas surfer Katie McCo
  
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• Trump’s Harvard move reflects one of his go-to tactics: Lawsuits

  14-02-2026 00:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW
  ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump has played many roles. Real estate developer. Marketing extraordinaire. Reality TV host. Candidate. President — twice.
  Another part has been constant through all of them: plaintiff.
  Trump both threatens lawsuits and files them with aplomb — against individuals, institutions, even the people who elected him. Sometimes the threats are just that, and no lawsuit materializes. And, certainly, Trump has found himself on the receiving end of
  
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• Review: South Coast Repertory pulls out all the stops with ‘Virginia Woolf’

  14-02-2026 00:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Late in the third act of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” a stunned character named Nick says to one of the principal protagonists, Martha, “there’s no limit to you, is there?”
  “No, baby,” she replies. “None.”
  No limit sums up how superbly directed and acted Albee’s pyrotechnics are now on South Coast Repertory’s Segerstrom Stage.
  In repertory with “God of Carnage,” another significant lolla
  
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• Buzz of the Olympics: How drone cams deliver high-pace visuals and add a new dynamic for TV viewers

  14-02-2026 00:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW DAMPF and STEVE DOUGLAS
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Standing on a tower overlooking the cliffs of the Cortina downhill course, there is someone who is just as involved in the biggest skiing races of the Winter Olympics as Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson.
  Martin Bochatay is the drone cam pilot for the money shots inside the iconic Tofana schuss, the narrow chute between two walls of Dolomite rock.
  He is part of a team in control of the buzzing machines that are flyin
  
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• Judge gives US 2 weeks to retrieve student deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving

  14-02-2026 00:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL CASEY and MARK SCOLFORO
  BOSTON (AP) — A college student deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving in November must be returned to the United States within two weeks, a federal judge in Boston ruled Friday.
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• Warm Valentine’s Day to give way to a ‘cold, blustery and rainy week’

  14-02-2026 00:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunny skies on Valentine’s Day are expected to give way to a strong, windy,multi-day storm beginning Sunday, with even weak tornadoes possible, forecasters say, as Southern California weather proves winter is not over just yet.
  “There will be a cold, blustery and rainy week,” said Ariel Cohen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “It’s a big change from this past week.”
  If you’re looking to head to the beach for the holiday weekend, the wea
  
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• New Zealand restricts the spread of a reviled killer’s views by hampering his attempts to gain fame

  14-02-2026 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In a near-empty courthouse, in front of almost no one, the appeal by New Zealand’s most reviled killer was heard in muted fashion with little mention of the details of the country’s deadliest mass shooting.
  Such is New Zealand’s desire to smother the racist motivations of Brenton Tarrant, who murdered 51 Muslims praying at two mosques in the city of Christchurch in 2019. Tarrant, a self-professed white supremacist,
  
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• Kings’ Kevin Fiala injured at Winter Olympics

  14-02-2026 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Kings winger Kevin Fiala sustained an apparent and likely serious leg injury at the Milano Cortina Olympic Games.
  Fiala, a 29-year-old Swiss national, was taken from the ice on a stretcher after a hit by Canada’s Tom Wilson late in a match the Canadians led comfortably.
  Canada defeated Switzerland 5-1, which was the score when Fiala and Wilson, a winger for the Washington Capitals, collided and Fiala’s left leg got tangled in the boards with 2:50 left.
  The Kings, who entered the Olym
  
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• US skater Maxim Naumov honors his late parents by completing an Olympic dream he shared with them

  14-02-2026 00:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE SKRETTA
  MILAN (AP) — The last conversation that Maxim Naumov had with his parents was about following in their footsteps to the Olympics.
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• Malinin melts down, finishes 8th after disastrous free skate

  13-02-2026 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Ilia Malinin of the United States reacts after competing while waiting for scores during the men’s free skate program in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
  Ilia Malinin of the United States falls during the men’s free skate program in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  Ilia Malinin of the United States falls during the men’s fre
  
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• Federal agency flags safety shortcomings that ‘exposed’ workers to explosion at US Steel plant

  13-02-2026 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARC LEVY
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead said it found a series of incomplete, outdated or inadequate procedures and practices that “exposed” employees to the explosion, which happened as workers were flushing a gas valve.
  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company a total of $118,214 and issued 10 citations.
  The blast also injured 11 others
  
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• Alexander: New baseball season, same old refrain

  13-02-2026 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • Just checking: Have the Dodgers ruined baseball yet? …
  • To hear others tell it, the Kyle Tucker signing on top of the Edwin Diaz signing earlier in the winter was the final straw, the act that almost certainly will lead to a lockout this December and quite likely will lead to a work stoppage next spring. You really think a Players Association that has steadfastly and successfully fought off previous efforts to implement a salary cap will fold this
  
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• A judge says she’ll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients

  13-02-2026 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEOFF MULVIHILL
  President Donald Trump’s administration cannot force states to hand over detailed information on people who have applied for or received aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a judge said in a tentative ruling Friday.
  San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney last year blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture from requiring states to provide the data, including on the immigration status of people who receive benefits and applicants, after
  
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• Activist Corona mom, grieving hit-and-run death of son, keeps his story alive

  13-02-2026 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Kellie Montalvo wasn’t sure about this activist thing.
  Montalvo’s 21-year-old son, Benjamin, was fatally struck by a texting, hit-and-run driver just before midnight on June 11, 2020, as he bicycled with friends on Rimpau Avenue in Corona. The impact catapulted him off the windshield and over the car.
  There are two lanes in each direction on that section of Rimpau near Centennial High, with a portion of the right lanes marked for bicyclists, though they are not dedicated bike lanes.
  
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• ‘Gut punch’ — driver who killed Corona bicyclist, 21, getting out after less than 3 years

  13-02-2026 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Already reeling from grief because a son was killed, Corona resident Kellie Montalvo said she and her husband are “infuriated” that the hit-and-run driver who she considers unrepentant is apparently getting released from prison after serving less than three years of a nine-year sentence.
  Neomi Renee Velado, imprisoned on July 26, 2023, was scheduled to be freed by Saturday, Feb. 14, said her attorney, John-Paul Serrao. She was still in custody at the California Institution for Women
  
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• Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey’: The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman

  13-02-2026 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN SWEET
  NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathy Ruemmler has had a storied legal career. As a federal prosecutor, she helped successfully prosecute Enron executives including Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. She was part of President Barack Obama’s administration, working in various roles for much of his two terms in office, including as White House Counsel.
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