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• HOA Homefront: Can board censor candidate statements?

  18-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: The board of my association does not like the new law allowing for adjournment to 20% for the adjourned annual meeting so they cancelled the annual meeting and have failed to reschedule it so far. The HOA has no election rules. — A.H., Rancho Cucamonga
  A: Election rules are required by Civil Code Section 5105. The lack of election rules does not automatically invalidate elections, but such lack makes it far more likely to occur. If the HOA can under Civil Code Section 5145 show that the
  
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• Esperanza boys basketball earns gritty win over Brea Olinda

  21-01-2026 08:31 via ocregister.com
  
  BREA — The measure of a good team is how it responds after a tough loss.
  After falling to Troy by two points in its last game, the Esperanza boys basketball team responded with a gritty win over Brea Olinda 47-44 in the North Hills League on Tuesday night at Brea Olinda High.
  Aztecs coach JoJo Ballestero was pleased with the way his team rebounded after its first league loss.
  “It felt really good coming off a tough loss,” Ballestero said. “Defensively, I thought we did a
  
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• Boys basketball roundup: La Habra stays tied atop Crestview standings

  21-01-2026 08:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Acen Jimenez had 32 points with nine rebounds and two steals for La Habra’s boys basketball team in a 62-42 win over Foothill in a Crestview League game Tuesday at La Habra High.
  La Habra (19-6, 4-1) is tied with Crean Lutheran atop the league standings and beat Crean Lutheran in its first matchup on Jan. 9.
  Josh Desatoff had 20 points with four rebounds and Aaron Wilson had four steals for the Highlanders.
  Foothill (7-16, 0-5) will host Redondo Union in a nonleague game Saturday.
  In other
  
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• Crean Lutheran boys basketball rallies to beat Cypress to stay tied for first place

  21-01-2026 07:55 via ocregister.com
  
  CYPRESS — Crean Lutheran basketball players Jacob Majok and Chadrack Mpoyi each had big fourth quarters to help break open a close game against Cypress in the Crestview League on Tuesday.
  The pair combined for 18 fourth quarter points to lead Crean Lutheran to a 57-41 victory at Cypress High School that enabled the Saints to remain in a first-place tie with La Habra.
  The Highlanders defeated Foothill 62-42 in a Crestview League game Tuesday.
  The Saints (18-6, 4-1) who are ranked No. 2 in O
  
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• Villa Park boys basketball gets a crucial win over Sonora

  21-01-2026 07:29 via ocregister.com
  
  VILLA PARK – Two shorthanded boys basketball teams, both very much in need of a win.
  Villa Park got the win.
  The Spartans defeated Sonora 61-53 in a Freeway League game Tuesday at Villa Park High.
  Sonora and Villa Park are tied for second place in the five-team league. They both have 3-2 league records.
  Villa Park lost its first two league games, including a 79-66 loss at Sonora.
  Villa Park 6-5 freshman forward Jorden Salem scored a game-high 23 points with seven rebounds. Spartans junior
  
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• Kings beat slumping Rangers to snap 4-game skid

  21-01-2026 07:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Kings edged past another hobbled big-market franchise, downing the New York Rangers, 4-3, on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena.
  They had lost four straight games, six of seven overall and eight of their past 11 at home before coming up with their fifth four-or-more-goal performance of the campaign on home ice. The Rangers have dropped 10 of their past 12 decisions.
  In his 700th NHL game, Kevin Fiala scored a goal and engineered another for Andrei Kuzmenko. Adrian Kempe an
  
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• Luka Doncic has triple-double as Lakers rally past depleted Nuggets

  21-01-2026 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  DENVER — The Lakers started their annual Grammy road trip with a comeback win.
  Luka Doncic had 38 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Lakers rallied to beat the Denver Nuggets, 115-107, on Tuesday night.
  LeBron James, who was not voted an All-Star starter for the first time since his rookie season, had 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Lakers, who played the second half without center Deandre Ayton after he was poked in the eye.
  Jamal Murray scored 26 of his 28 poi
  
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• Mater Dei girls basketball cools off Santa Margarita in Trinity League duel

  21-01-2026 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSANTA ANA — Mater Dei’s girls basketball team might be inexperienced and youthful at spots but it’s beginning to blossom right on schedule.
  With a blend of emerging veterans and energetic freshmen, the Monarchs used their full-court press and balanced scoring to cool off visiting Santa Margarita 81-50 on Tuesday in a Trinity League matchup.
  The Monarchs extended their winning streak to a
  
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• California’s government broadband gamble will cost taxpayers

  21-01-2026 06:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Golden State Fiber is the latest example of California governments gambling with taxpayer money: forty counties, $111 million in bond financing, and a government-run broadband network. History suggests this bet will end the same way most do—over budget, underperforming, and on the public’s dime.
  The Golden State Connect Authority (GSCA) intends to deploy open-access fiber throughout rural areas of the state, north of Sacramento and through the Eastern Sierra Nevada down to the southe
  
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• Donovan Dent, Tyler Bilodeau help UCLA stun No. 4 Purdue

  21-01-2026 06:33 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — In the most crucial game of the season for the UCLA men’s basketball team, Donovan Dent rose to the challenge.
  The senior point guard dissected Purdue’s defense, creating for himself and his teammates. He defended star counterpart Braden Smith adequately. He delivered his best overall performance in blue and gold – 23 points and 13 assists – while leading the Bruins to a 69-67 victory over the fourth-ranked Boilermakers on Tuesday night at Pauley Pavil
  
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• This Orange County restaurant is on Yelp’s Top 100 list for 2026

  21-01-2026 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Only one Orange County spot landed on Yelp’s Top 100 list for 2026: Fat of the Land, located in Santa Ana, came in at No.19 on the popular user-generated review site.
  For owner Robert Paetz, the recognition feels “moderately surreal.” A former travel and wedding photographer, Paetz pivoted to hospitality after the pandemic shifted his industry, despite having never run a restaurant before.
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• Reports: Chargers expected to hire Mike McDaniel as offensive coordinator

  21-01-2026 04:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers needed only a week to find their “offensive head coach.” They are expected to hire former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel as their next offensive coordinator, replacing Greg Roman, according to multiple reports citing unnamed NFL sources on Tuesday.
  Miami fired McDaniel after going 7-10 this past season, the Dolphins’ second consecutive losing season after they advanced to the AFC playoffs in the 2022 and ’23 seasons. The Chargers fired Roman after th
  
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• Clippers’ win streak ends against hot-shooting Bulls

  21-01-2026 04:51 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — On the second night of a back-to-back set, the Clippers ran into a buzzsaw that brought an end to their six-game winning streak.
  Coby White scored 27 points and made six of Chicago’s franchise record-tying 25 3-pointers, and the hot-shooting Bulls beat the surging Clippers, 138-110, on Tuesday night.
  White had the touch again after hitting a season-high seven 3-pointers in Sunday’s blowout win against Brooklyn, and the Bulls shot 25 for 47 from behind the arc.
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• Orange County placed under a dense fog advisory until Wednesday morning – visibility limited to 1/4 mile

  21-01-2026 04:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Coast, Orange County, San Diego County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Inland Valleys are the focus of a dense fog advisory released at 7:12 p.m. on Tuesday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from 10 p.m. until Wednesday Jan. 21, at 9 a.m.
  The NWS San Diego CA says to expect, “Areas of dense fog with visibility one quarter mile or less.”
  “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” the NWS said. “If driving, slow dow
  
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• Santa Anita sues state over seizure of gaming terminals

  21-01-2026 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Anita has sued the California Department of Justice, seeking the return of the “Racing On Demand” gaming machines that state and local law enforcement officers removed from the Arcadia racetrack on Saturday.
  In a 23-page complaint plus exhibits filed in L.A. Superior Court, Santa Anita contends the DOJ and California Horse Racing Board had chances to say they believed the machines are illegal before seizing them.
  The terminals, which look like casino slot machines but offer par
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Fountain Valley crash; Toyota driver arrested on suspicion of DUI, manslaughter

  21-01-2026 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A pedestrian was killed in a crash involving a suspected DUI driver Monday night, Jan. 19, in Fountain Valley, police said.
  Officers were dispatched around 7:30 p.m. to the intersection of Warner Avenue and Newhope Street, where they found a man who had been struck by a Toyota Camry, the Fountain Valley Police Department said Tuesday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The pedestrian’s identity has not yet been released, pending his identification and notification of his family.
  The
  
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• Suspect charged in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home pleads not guilty

  21-01-2026 02:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIE CARR SMYTH
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The individual charged in connection with the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home earlier this month pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
  William D. DeFoor, 26, entered pleas to three counts in federal court in Cincinnati. Prosecutors have charged DeFoor with damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal offic
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, Jan. 20

  21-01-2026 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, Jan. 20
  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.
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  ORANGE LEAGUE
  Savanna 19, La Quinta 5
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  Foothill 20, Canyon 2
  GIRLS SOCCER
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  Newport Harbor 1, Marina 1
   
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• IRS head announces a shake-up on the eve of the 2026 tax season

  21-01-2026 01:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the 2026 tax filing season begins, the head of the IRS announced a shake-up Tuesday, saying the personnel and operational changes are intended to improve taxpayer service and modernize the agency.
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• Angel City FC’s Gisele Thompson looking to take a big step in USWNT camp

  21-01-2026 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — Angel City Football Club’s Gisele Thompson is headed into her third year as a professional.
  Along with her club duties, she has graduated to the senior U.S. Women’s National team, making four appearances last season.
  Now, heading into a busy 2026 with an even more important 2027, which includes a World Cup, Thompson is looking to take an even bigger step.
  “I think just being consistent in my abilities. I know the coaches told me that I need durability, especially
  
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• Barcelona commuter train crashes, killing 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain

  21-01-2026 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH WILSON and SUMAN NAISHADHAM
  BARCELONA (AP) — A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish regional authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring 37 others.
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• California’s newest ICE center has 1,400 detainees. What Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla saw there

  21-01-2026 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the state’s newest and largest immigrant detention center, located in California City, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
  In remarks to reporters, both highlighted what they described as inadequate medical care at the site.
  “The most frequent feedback we got was the inadequacy of the medical care they are receiving,” said Schiff. He described meeting a diabetic detainee who he said
  
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• FACT FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office

  21-01-2026 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering, nearly two-hour-long press briefing to recount his accomplishments, repeating many false claims he made throughout 2025.
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• Judge orders release of actor Timothy Busfield from jail pending child sex abuse case in New Mexico

  21-01-2026 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By MORGAN LEE and SAVANNAH PETERS
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges.
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• Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

  21-01-2026 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer
  NEW YORK — Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, center fielders who excelled at the plate and with their gloves, were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
  Beltrán, making his fourth appearance of the ballot, received 358 of 425 votes for 84.2% from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, 39 above the 319 needed for the 75% threshold.
  Jones, in the ninth of 10 possible appearances, was picked on 333 ballots for 78.4%
  Be
  
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• Australia’s Parliament passes anti-hate speech and gun laws after Sydney attack

  21-01-2026 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROD McGUIRK
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament on Tuesday passed anti-hate speech and gun laws proposed after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack that authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State group.
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• La Quinta golf estate on waterfront lot along the 8th fairway seeks $4M

  21-01-2026 00:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The entrance gate. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  The living room. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  A casual dining nook in the kitchen. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  The primary suite. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  This Santa Barbara-style home, located along the waterfront of La Quinta Country Club’s 8th fairway, is on the market for $3.95 million. (Photo by An
  
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• Jury seated in ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig’s sports betting case

  21-01-2026 00:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By FRED SHUSTER | City News Service
  A jury was selected Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles for the trial of former Dodger Yasiel Puig, who faces federal charges for allegedly lying to investigators about his suspected involvement in illegal sports betting.
  Puig, 35, is charged with obstruction of justice and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators.
  The right fielder spent six seasons with the Dodgers and last played Major League Baseball in 2019, splitting time between Cincin
  
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• Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

  21-01-2026 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM SULLIVAN and CLAIRE RUSH
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There was the pregnant woman who missed her medical checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesotaimmigration crackdown. A nurse found her at home, already in labor and just about to give birth.
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• Ex-USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain of Orange County dodges prison in COVID benefits scheme

  21-01-2026 00:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Former USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain was sentenced Tuesday to time already served and ordered to pay $228,995 in restitution for his role in a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $1 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits.
  McClain, 26, recently of Coto de Caza in Orange County, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II to serve two years’ supervised release. He pleaded guilty in June 2024 to one count of felony mail fraud, according to the U.S. Department of
  
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