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• How creating colorful plant combinations can create an impact in the garden

  03-05-2025 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Sometimes, the most memorable plant combinations consist of plants that you would not imagine could have such an impact. Individually, they might not be too interesting, but brought together in a garden bed, they leave an indelible impression.
  I saw an example of this the other day. The bed consisted of a variegated Euonymous with foliage that was mostly gold, ordinary zonal or fish geraniums with flowers in fire engine red, and bluish-purple flowered sea lavender (Limonium perezii). Gold and re
  
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• Cadiz Inc. banks water underground for a thirsty southwest

  16-12-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
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  A desert map looks simple until you notice the valves, meter boxes and quiet rights-of-way that promise movement when skies dry up. That’s where Cadiz Inc. steps in with projects that aim to turn storage beneath the Mojave into a practical safety net for cities and farms.
  California’s long, uneven wet seasons have made timing everything. So solutions that store water when it’s plentiful and deliver it later become more important each ye
  
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• A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue

  16-12-2025 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press
  MILAN (AP) — A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced Tuesday.
  The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints, estimated at as many as 20,000 over some 3 miles, and the loca
  
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• 6 women targeted by serial rapist sue Hinge, Tinder

  16-12-2025 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  She met him on Hinge.
  The two gathered for drinks in Denver’s Highland neighborhood in January 2023. Two shots later, Alexa said she was “completely intoxicated” at a level that did not match the number of drinks she had. She remembers tripping up the stairs to his apartment, but that’s where her memory of the night ends.
  She slowly pieced together what happened with her ruined clothes, home security camera footage, medical testing and social media sleuthing, Alexa said.
  
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• US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place

  16-12-2025 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago.
  The unveiling ceremony of the statue representing Virginia in the Capitol will take place in Emancipation Hall, featuring Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Rep
  
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• As reefs vanish, assisted coral fertilization offers hope in the Dominican Republic

  16-12-2025 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By TERESA DE MIGUEL
  BAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic (AP) — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, proudly showing off the “coral babies” growing on metal structures that look like large spiders. The conservationist enthusiastically points a finger to trace around the largest corals, just starting to reveal their vibrant colors.
  Del Rosario helped plant these tin
  
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• After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally

  16-12-2025 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By LORNE COOK
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Over the course of 2025, a new reality has sunk in for Europe. The United States, long its strongest ally, has chipped away at the European Union’s unity, economies, security and even its democracies, setting the backdrop for an EU summit this week at the end of an exceptionally trying year.
  After putting an indefinite freeze last week on Russian assets in Europe, EU leaders face a new test of strength at Thursday’s summit. Ukraine is in dire finan
  
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• Britain’s BBC is both beloved and maligned. Now it faces a $10 billion Trump lawsuit

  16-12-2025 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA
  LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a television documentary he claims was “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory and malicious.”
  Britain’s national broadcaster has apologized to Trump over the way it edited a speech in the program, but says it will defend itself against the defamation claim.
  The BBC is not the first media organization on the receiving end of a lawsuit from the
  
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• Rural health providers could be collateral damage from $100K Trump visa fee

  16-12-2025 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By Arielle Zionts, Phillip Reese, KFF Health News
  Bekki Holzkamm has been trying to hire a lab technician at a hospital in rural North Dakota since late summer.
  Related Articles US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally Britain’s BBC is both beloved and maligned. Now it faces a $10 billion Trump lawsuit How a Trump Media deal with a
  
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• USC, Brown University mutually agree to cancel men’s basketball game

  16-12-2025 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunday’s men’s basketball game between USC and Brown has been canceled due to the impact of Saturday’s school shooting that took place on the Providence, Rhode Island, research university campus.
  “The entire USC community sends its support to Brown University following the tragedy that has impacted its students, staff, alumni and the city of Providence,” the team said in a statement released on Tuesday morning.
  The teams mutually came t
  
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• How a Trump Media deal with a crypto firm exposes potential conflicts of interest

  16-12-2025 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN SLODYSKO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Crypto.com was under siege.
  Related Articles US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place After a year of Trump, EU leaders begrudgingly learn to live with the reality of an unreliable ally Britain’s BBC is both beloved and maligned. Now it faces a $10 billion Trump lawsuit Rural health providers could be collateral damage from $100K Trump visa fee Hegseth says he won’t publicly release
  
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• Jayden Maiava to return to USC football next season

  16-12-2025 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  USC quarterback Jayden Maiava will return for another season with the Trojans football team.
  The move was announced Tuesday morning on USC’s official social media channels.
  View this post on InstagramMaiava, who was eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft, was the eighth-ranked quarterback in the FBS at the end of the season in terms of passing yards with 3,431. He completed 247 of 373 passes for 23 touchdowns with eight interceptions.
  A handful of other players have announced their intent to retu
  
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• Wall Street drifts lower following mixed data on the economy

  16-12-2025 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting lower on Tuesday following mixed data on the economy’s strength, which did little to clear uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading.
  Related Articles Retail sales unchanged in October hurt in part by a decline in auto sales The US gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6% Don’t settle for a subpar health savings account Ford scraps F150 Lightning as mounting l
  
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• Hegseth says he won’t publicly release video of boat that killed survivors in the Caribbean

  16-12-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and BEN FINLEY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean.
  Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to see it, even
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Mei-Ling Perry, Troy

  16-12-2025 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Mei-Ling Perry
  School: Troy
  Sport: Basketball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 23.3 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.5 steals to lead the Warriors to the title in the Sunny Hills tournament. Perry, who is committed to Princeton, earned tournament MVP. She is averaging 23.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.1 steals for Troy (9-3).
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• Final Orange County football season stat leaders for 2025

  16-12-2025 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHere are the final Orange County high school football stat leaders for the 2025 season.
  The leaderboards are based on season stats published on MaxPreps.com.
  Orange’s Star Thomas passes the ball against Huntington Beach. The game was held at El Modena High School in the city of Orange on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.(Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)
  PASSING: TOTAL YARDSName, school 
  
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• Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity Fair

  16-12-2025 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and BILL BARROW
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an unvarnished take on her boss and those in his orbit in a series of observations that were published Tuesday in Vanity Fair and immediately sent shock waves through Washington while sending the West Wing into damage control.
  The first woman to
  
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• Can they get all those records on me? Ask the Lawyer

  16-12-2025 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I am the victim of a reckless driver. He caused the accident and admits fault. The injury to my back was so bad, I had surgery. Since then, I hired a lawyer who has filed a lawsuit. The guy we are suing has asked for 10 years of my medical records, and asked whether I have ever had treatment with a psychologist. Can they really get all that?
  C.M., Canyon Lake
  Ron Sokol
  A: In a civil case, one of the basic actions each side can take is called discovery. It means what the word signifies —
  
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• Police fan out to Providence schools to calm worries with the Brown University shooter still loose

  16-12-2025 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and LEAH WILLINGHAM
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Additional police were sent to Providence schools on Tuesday to reassure worried parents that their kids will be safe with the Brown University shooter on the loose and no indication yet that investigators have zeroed in on a specific suspect in the weekend attack.
  Authorities released several new videos Monday of the man suspected in Saturday’s mass shooting inside of a Brown classroom, which killed two students and wou
  
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• Killings of Rob Reiner and his wife stun Hollywood as decision on charges for their son looms

  16-12-2025 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and MIKE BALSAMO
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are set to present a case to prosecutors Tuesday following Nick Reiner’s arrest in the killings of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, which stunned their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics, where both were widely beloved.
  Prosecutors are set to decide whether and how to charge 32-year-old Nick Reiner, who is being held in jail without bail. He was arrested several hours after his
  
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• Retail sales unchanged in October hurt in part by a decline in auto sales

  16-12-2025 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sales at U.S. retailers and restaurants were unchanged in October from September as consumers moderated their spending amid worries about higher prices and other economic uncertainties after splurging over the summer.
  But a big factor dragging down the figure was a 1.6% drop in sales at motor vehicles and auto parts dealerships, hurt by the expiration of federal government subsidies that sliced demand for battery-powered electric
  
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• The US gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6%

  16-12-2025 17:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports.
  The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, highest since 2021.
  The November job gains were higher than the 40,000 economists had forecast. The October job losses were caused by a 162,000 drop in federal workers, many of whom resigned at
  
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• Indiana GOP shows real integrity

  16-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The GOP-controlled Indiana State Senate showed the nation what real leadership looks like last week, rejecting a push to gerrymander their state in favor of Republicans.
  On Thursday, the Indiana Senate voted 31 to 19 to reject the gerrymandering scheme, with 21 Republicans voting down the measure. The proposal was designed to yield two additional GOP seats in the 2026 midterms and came amid increasing pressure from President Donald Trump.
  Unlike their cynical and craven counterparts in Texas, a
  
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• Dredging project to remove sediment kicks off in Newport Harbor

  16-12-2025 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  After nearly a decade of planning and delays, work to dredge sediment from the bottom of the Newport Harbor has begun.
  The project, contracted through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and co-managed with the city of Newport Beach, will remove sediment that flows down the watershed and has built up through the decades to make navigation safer for boaters and help water quality throughout the harbor, officials said.
  Dredging equipment removes sediment near Lido Isle in Newport Harbor on Monday, De
  
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• From Dubai chocolate to Mike’s hot honey, these 5 food fads made 2025 delicious

  16-12-2025 16:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California is filled with trendsetters and their followers, and that includes the region’s restaurants.
  Some predictions for the year 2025, such as Yelp’s assertion that “mushrooms are having a moment,” weren’t widely reflected on menus.
  But we saw several fads arrive and take off at Southern California restaurants in 2025.
  Here are five trends that we noticed.
  Dubai chocolate
  Dubai chocolate has been around for years, but this summer it seemed to be everyw
  
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• From Dubai chocolate to hot honey, these 5 food fads made 2025 delicious

  16-12-2025 16:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California is filled with trendsetters and their followers, and that includes the region’s restaurants.
  Some predictions for the year 2025, such as Yelp’s assertion that “mushrooms are having a moment,” weren’t widely reflected on menus.
  But we saw several fads arrive and take off at Southern California restaurants in 2025.
  Here are five trends that we noticed.
  Dubai chocolate
  Dubai chocolate has been around for years, but this summer it seemed to be everyw
  
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• Laguna Beach to have voters to decide if councilmembers need term limits

  16-12-2025 16:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Voters in Laguna Beach will decide next year whether those sitting on the City Council dias should be limited by how many terms they can serve.
  The question that will appear on the November ballot is whether councilmembers should be limited to two consecutive terms and then have to wait a two-year hiatus before running again. Laguna Beach presently has no term limits, and in some cases, councilmembers have served as many as six consecutive terms.
  The Laguna Beach City Council last week accepted
  
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• Under Kennedy, America’s health department is in the business of promoting Kennedy

  16-12-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News
  As health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields one of the louder megaphones the federal government has. Yet he insists he doesn’t want to impose his opinions on Americans.
  “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,” Kennedy told a Democratic congressman in May.
  Kennedy once expressed different views — for example, about the need to proselytize about exercise. As he said on a podcast, he wants
  
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• Don’t settle for a subpar health savings account

  16-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  CHRISTINE BENZ of Morningstar
  Paired with high-deductible healthcare plans, health savings accounts help ease healthcare costs. HSAs are a triple tax-advantaged vehicle in the tax code, allowing for pretax contributions, tax-free compounding, and tax-free withdrawals for qualified medical expenses. However, few owners fund their HSAs to the maximum, and even fewer invest their HSA dollars outside a savings account.
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• Niles: A Christmas wish list from a theme park fan

  16-12-2025 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Is Santa still accepting Christmas wishes? Because I have a few.
  More than anything, I would love to see California’s theme parks get back to plussing their holiday celebrations, rather than downsizing them. Fans fill the parks during Christmas season, spending on holiday food and merchandise in addition to tickets and parking. Those fans deserve to see parks reinvesting that money into the season, rather than simply banking extra profit at the end of the year.
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