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• HOA Homefront: What Sacramento did for (or is it to?) HOAs in 2017 (part 1)

  11-11-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Legislature was quite active this year in creating laws affecting HOAs, as six bills take effect in 2018. This column will address three and next week’s column will address the final three.
  Senate Bill 2, known as the “Building Homes and Jobs Act”, was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 29 as an urgency statute, which means it took effect on the day it was signed. Its stated goal is to increase housing supply and reduce homelessness, and it creates a fund called
  
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• Cuba releases details of 32 officers killed in US strike on Venezuela as US defends attack

  06-01-2026 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By DÁNICA COTO and ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
  HAVANA (AP) — The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning.
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• Homeless youth say they need more from schools, social services

  06-01-2026 20:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org
  Twenty-year-old Mikayla Foreman knows her experience is meaningful. Dealing with homelessness since 18 and currently living in a shelter, Foreman has managed to continue her academic journey, studying for exams last month in hopes of attaining a nursing degree.
  But Foreman believes there were intervention points that could’ve prevented her from experiencing homelessness in the first place.
  “If someone in school had understood what I was going through
  
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• Georgia sets March 10 election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

  06-01-2026 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF AMY, Associated Press
  ATLANTA (AP) — Voters in northwest Georgia will go to the polls to select a successor to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on March 10.
  Gov. Brian Kemp set the election date on Tuesday, a day after Greene resigned from Congress following a tumultuous five years.
  The field to succeed Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District is already swelling. As many as 19 Republicans have said they will run or are considering it, including state Sen. Colton Moore
  
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• What to know about skeleton at the Winter Olympics: Hurtling head first down an icy chute on a sled

  06-01-2026 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer
  Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, head first, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a helmet.
  Daly laughed. “If I knew that, I probably wouldn’t be out here,” he said.
  Skeleton will be the sport for thrill-seekers to watch during the Milan Cortina Olympics. Not everyone can skate, not everyone has been on skis, very few would dare
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Kenneth Nguyen, Fountain Valley

  06-01-2026 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Kenneth Nguyen
  School: Fountain Valley
  Sport: Basketball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: Nguyen scored 30 points and had six assists in the Barons’ 79-53 win over Pacifica in the Oxford Academy Winter Tournament. Nguyen was named tournament MVP. He averaged 21 points and seven assists over four games in the tournament. Fountain Valley is 16-2 overall and 0-2 in the Sunset League.
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• Feet first downhill on a sled at cheetah speed: What to know about luge at the Winter Olympics

  06-01-2026 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM REYNOLDS
  Nobody knows for certain when luge — the French word for sled — started, since nobody surely took note of the first time someone slid feet-first down a slope.
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• What to know about bobsled at the Winter Olympics: The Germans vs. everyone else

  06-01-2026 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM REYNOLDS
  The biggest rivalry going into the bobsled competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics is pretty much not in dispute.
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• Trump tells Republicans to be ‘flexible’ on abortion restrictions to get a health care deal

  06-01-2026 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW
  President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants Republicans to reach a deal on health care insurance assistance by being willing to bend on a 50-year-old amendment that bars federal money from being spent on abortion services.
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• Ex-Arizona lawmaker who questioned election integrity gets probation for using forged signatures

  06-01-2026 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACQUES BILLEAUD
  PHOENIX (AP) — A former Republican lawmaker who questioned the integrity of Arizona’s elections and served as a leader for the conservative group Turning Point Action was sentenced Tuesday to probation and a five-year ban on running for public office for using nominating petitions that contained forged signatures in a bid to qualify for a 2024 primary election.
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• Chick-fil-A marks its 80th anniversary with collectible cups

  06-01-2026 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Chick-fil-A has created a series of collectible cups to mark its 80th anniversary, to be released throughout 2026.
  The first cup became available on Monday, Jan. 5. It costs $3.99 at participating restaurants.
  It features a caricature of a rooster named Doodles, the Atlanta-based chain’s first mascot. Doodles was replaced by cows that can’t spell after Chick-fil-A launched its “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign in the mid-1990s. but a bird remains part of the chain’s logo an
  
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• ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse disrupts court week before sex abuse trial

  06-01-2026 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By JESSICA HILL
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexual abuse, was temporarily thrown out of court Monday after he disrupted proceedings with demands he be allowed to fire his defense attorney a week before trial.
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• At least 24 Venezuelan security officers killed in US operation to capture Maduro, officials say

  06-01-2026 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By REGINA GARCIA CANO, AAMER MADHANI and MEGAN JANETSKY, Associated Press
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least 24 Venezuelan security officers were killed in the dead-of-night U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal drug charges, officials said Tuesday.
  Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said “dozens” of officials and civilians were killed and that prosecutors would investigate the d
  
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• Orange County girls basketball Top 25: JSerra rises to top spot

  06-01-2026 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls basketball rankings as of Tuesday, Jan. 6. The team records are through Monday, Jan. 5.
  Notable this week: JSerra climbs two spots to No. 1 after defeating previously top-ranked Fairmont Prep 51-33 in the Premier Division final at the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego. … Troy leaps five spots to No. 7 on the strength of an impressive victory against Beckman at the Mari
  
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• California tax revenue getting a boost from AI boom — but for how long?

  06-01-2026 19:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters
  As California becomes more dependent on tax revenue from the tech industry, its stake in the health of the artificial intelligence industry has grown.
  The state is seeing financial benefits from the AI boom, a new analysis by the Legislative Analyst’s Office shows. But the boom raises questions: Will it continue to be accompanied by a decline in tech and other jobs? Is it a bubble?
  Tax revenue from stock-option withholding paid by some of the state&rsq
  
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• Mickey Rourke denounces GoFundMe that raised over $100K in his name

  06-01-2026 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Mickey Rourke says he is not behind the GoFundMe that was ostensibly initiated to help the Oscar nominee and former boxer avoid eviction.
  The 73-year-old star of “The Wrestler” broke his silence late Monday in a 5-minute Instagram Reel amid reports that he’d been given three days’ notice last month to pay nearly $60,000 in back rent or face eviction from his Los Angeles bungalow, which spurred the crowd-funded campaign that’s thus far raised over $100,000.
  “So
  
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• Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two

  06-01-2026 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIA FRANKEL
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a controversial settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank into two, according to a government tender.
  The tender, seeking bids from developers, would clear the way to begin construction of the E1 project.
  The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now first reported the tender. Yoni Mizrahi, who runs the group’s settlement watch division, said initial
  
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• Is circumstantial evidence really effective? Ask the Lawyer

  06-01-2026 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I just sat on a jury for the first time. It was a criminal case and there was not much direct evidence, but a bunch of circumstantial details. We deliberated and found the defendant guilty. Is circumstantial evidence typically what is offered, and is it persuasive most of the time?
  T.W., Diamond Bar
  Ron Sokol
  A: Circumstantial evidence does not directly prove an element of the alleged misconduct, but provides information from which the trier of fact may draw reasonable inferences to reach a c
  
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• Musk’s AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualized images of women and children

  06-01-2026 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer
  LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool.
  On Tuesday, Britain’s top technology official demanded that Musk’s social media platform X take urgent action while a Polish lawmaker cited it as a reason to enact digital safety laws.
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• Trump administration thanks the media for keeping quiet before the strike that captured Maduro

  06-01-2026 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER
  In the wake of last weekend’s U.S. military action in Venezuela, the news media got something it has seldom heard from the Trump administration: a “thank you.”
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• Tacos Los Cholos opens new Orange County location

  06-01-2026 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s a distinct aroma that follows Tacos Los Cholos whenever the growing restaurant chain plants roots, the scent of mesquite smoke and prime meats hitting the grill. Now, that savory perfume has found another new home along downtown Santa Ana’s Fourth Street corridor.
  Marking its fifth location, the lauded taqueria officially opened its doors on Dec. 22, located on the ground floor of the eight-story Rafferty building, brining new energy to the thoroughfare that’s currently
  
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• SoCal Edison offers compensation to only 82 Eaton fire victims 2 months into recovery program

  06-01-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Malena Carollo | CalMatters
  After just over two months, Southern California Edison has drawn more than 1,800 customers to a compensation program meant to settle scores of lawsuits against the company over the deadly Eaton Fire.
  As of Monday, the company has made offers to 82 of those who applied, Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison’s parent company Edison International, told CalMatters.
  Also see: With winter looming, Eaton fire survivors demand SoCal Edison provide housing relief
  Fire sur
  
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• SoCal Edison compensated only 82 Eaton fire victims 2 months into recovery program

  06-01-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Malena Carollo | CalMatters
  After just over two months, Southern California Edison has drawn more than 1,800 customers to a compensation program meant to settle scores of lawsuits against the company over the deadly Eaton Fire.
  As of Monday, the company has made offers to 82 of those who applied, Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison’s parent company Edison International, told CalMatters.
  Also see: With winter looming, Eaton fire survivors demand SoCal Edison provide housing relief
  Fire sur
  
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• Security forces clash with protesters in Iran’s main market as at least 36 killed in demonstrations

  06-01-2026 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters angry over Iran’s ailing economy conducted a sit-in Tuesday at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing demonstrators as the rest of the market shut down.
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• Ukraine’s allies meet in Paris but progress is uncertain with US focus on Venezuela and Greenland

  06-01-2026 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN LEICESTER and SYLVIE CORBET
  PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s allies met Tuesday in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country’s security after any potential peace deal is reached with Russia.
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• After Maduro capture, Trump’s tough talk evokes a return to the days of American imperialism

  06-01-2026 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hasn’t minced words about the larger message he’s trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit the deposed Venezuelan leader and his wife to the United States to face federal drug trafficking charges.
  “American dominance in the Western Hemisphere,” Trump declared following Maduro’s capture, “will never be questioned again.”
  In the days sinc
  
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• Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland for Arctic security. Here’s why

  06-01-2026 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By DANICA KIRKA
  Location, location, location: Greenland’s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world’s largest island a key part of security strategy. But for whom?
  Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make sure his country controls this mineral-rich island that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North
  
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• Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban

  06-01-2026 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws including the country’s first explicit ban on pill abortions, ruling Tuesday that they violate the state constitution.
  The justices sided with the state’s only abortion clinic and others who had sued over the bans passed since 2022, the year that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
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• Trump’s vague claims of the US running Venezuela raise questions about planning for what comes next

  06-01-2026 17:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has made broad but vague assertions that the United States is going to “run” Venezuela after the ouster of Nicolás Maduro but has offered almost no details about how it will do so, raising questions among some lawmakers and former officials about the administration’s level of planning for the country after Maduro was gone.
  Seemingly contradictory statements from Trump and Secretary of Sta
  
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• Trump says Indiana US Rep. Jim Baird and his wife are recovering after a ‘pretty bad’ car crash

  06-01-2026 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABELLA VOLMERT
  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Indiana U.S. Rep. Jim Baird, a Republican, and his wife are recovering in the hospital following a car accident.
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