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• Lakers emphasize defense at pre-draft workout

  07-05-2018 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — After vowing a year ago that they would improve defensively following a 27-win season, the Lakers jumped from last in the NBA in defensive efficiency to 12th in Coach Luke Walton’s second season.
  Walton made a similar pledge following the 35-47 season that wrapped up less than a month ago, and that message was made loud and clear on Monday when the Lakers hosted a pre-draft workout for six prospects.
  “They (made) a real big emphasis on defense obviously,&rdquo
  
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• Stranded by winter weather? Here’s what airlines owe you

  26-01-2026 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By RIO YAMAT, AP Airlines and Travel Writer
  Winter weather can upend even the best-laid travel plans, but one less thing to worry about is losing money if your flight is canceled: U.S. airlines are required to provide refunds.
  A monster storm started to wreak havoc Saturday across parts of the country, with 12,200 weekend flights and counting canceled. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival that of a hurricane.
  Here’s a guide for winter
  
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• Businesses face pressure to respond to immigration enforcement while also becoming a target of it

  26-01-2026 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
  From family-run cafes to retail giants, businesses are increasingly coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for such arrests themselves.
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• Man stabbed to death in Fullerton, suspect arrested following crash in Buena Park

  26-01-2026 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a man to death in Fullerton Sunday night, Jan. 25, and fleeing to Buena Park and causing a hit-and-run crash, authorities said.
  Francisco Soriano Jr. of Fullerton was taken into custody by Buena Park police shortly after the crash, with Fullerton police detectives identifying him as the suspect in their homicide investigation, Fullerton police spokeswoman Kristy Wells said.
  Shortly before 8:55 p.m., Fullerton police were called to Euclid Stre
  
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• Tragedy motivates nurse to earn her master’s at Cal State Fullerton

  26-01-2026 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Sophia Santana was elated after passing the difficult licensing examination to become a registered nurse.
  And to celebrate Santana’s achievement, a friend purchased tickets for the annual Astroworld Festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas.
  The popular music extravaganza, which began in 2018, was founded and hosted by rapper Travis Scott and, over the years, featured star performers such as Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Wayne and Drake.
  “It was to do something beautiful and fun an
  
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• Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict government statements

  26-01-2026 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL BIESECKER
  Leaders of law enforcement organizations expressed alarm Sunday over the latest deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis while use-of-force experts criticized the Trump administration’s justification of the killing, saying bystander footage contradicted its narrative of what prompted it.
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• Federal Aviation Administration says 7 killed, 1 survived jet crash in snow in Bangor, Maine

  26-01-2026 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER
  The Federal Aviation Administration says seven people were killed and a crew member survived with serious injuries when a private business jet crashed in a snowstorm at Maine’s Bangor International Airport.
  The Bombardier Challenger 600 carrying eight people crashed on takeoff at around 7:45 p.m. Sunday night as New England and much of the country grappled with a massive winter storm. The airport, about 200 miles north of Boston, shut down after the
  
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• Status Update: Kaiser opens Aliso Viejo medical center; Curl opens in Laguna Niguel

  26-01-2026 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Kaiser is opening a facility in south Orange County on Tuesday, Jan. 27, replacing the healthcare provider’s original Aliso Viejo medical offices a few miles away.
  Aliso Creek Medical Offices at 800 Freedom Lane will offer a range of primary and specialty care services. The 42,000-square-foot facility offers primary care (family and internal medicine), pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, lab, pharmacy, physical therapy, radiology and mammography.
  Kaiser said its former medi
  
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• 14 free things to do in Southern California instead of watching the Super Bowl

  26-01-2026 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Now, I’m aware that some people are looking forward to watching the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 8 In fact, some of you even have parties to celebrate this semi-momentous event, (not that you ever invite me.)
  But, for those of us who aren’t into televised mayhem, Super Bowl Sunday can be a great opportunity to get out there and do stuff. And, if you’re lucky, that stuff won’t be crowded, because everyone else will be cluste
  
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• This proposed California ballot initiative aims to protect children who use AI chatbots

  26-01-2026 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  A leading child safety advocacy group has teamed with OpenAI to push for a statewide ballot initiative, which they say would be the most comprehensive artificial intelligence safety measure for children in the country.
  If the measure is placed on the ballot in November, and if California voters OK it, the Parents & Kids Safe AI Act would require companies to adopt a set of requirements aimed at protecting minors from potentially harmful effects that have been associated with AI use and would
  
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• These succulents with unusual leaves make striking houseplants

  26-01-2026 16:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jessica Damiano | The Associated Press
  People grow houseplants for all kinds of reasons. They provide a connection to nature and can make a room feel more inviting. They’re also pretty. And if pretty is what you’re after, I’ve got some lookers for you.
  Some of the most striking houseplants are succulents with unusual leaves. Unlike blooms that fade, unique foliage can steal the show year-round.
  All succulents should be planted in well-draining potting mix, ideally one formul
  
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• Southern California condo sales slump 28%

  26-01-2026 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Why aren’t cash-strapped house hunters flocking to condos, Southern California’s relative housing bargain?
  My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Attom sales data for the six-county region from November 2025 back to 2005. It found that the recent affordability-linked sales slump has been little different for condominiums and pricier single-family houses.
  Ponder the depth of Southern California’s sales slowdown by tracking the pace of the past three years vs. the previous 18 years of ho
  
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• US names 232-athlete roster for Milan Cortina Olympics, led by five-timers including Vonn, Humphries

  26-01-2026 16:21 via ocregister.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. team released its 232-athlete roster for the Milan Cortina Olympics on Monday and it includes Lindsey Vonn and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, who are among the seven Americans making their fifth trip to the games.
  Other five-timers are hockey player Hilary Knight, figure skater Evan Bates and snowboarders Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner.
  Meyers Taylor leads a group of 33 returning medalists. She has won three silver medals an
  
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• Trump administration invests in another US rare earth miner to loosen China’s grip on supply

  26-01-2026 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer
  The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently in smartphones, robotics, electric vehicles and many other high tech products.
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• Super Bowl 60 is set and it’s a rematch from 11 years ago: Patriots vs. Seahawks

  26-01-2026 16:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Drake Maye vs. Sam Darnold. Two stingy defenses. A second-year head coach vs. a veteran coach in his second act.
  Super Bowl 60 is set and it’s a rematch: The New England Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks.
  The Patriots will seek their NFL-record seventh Super Bowl victory when they face the Seahawks on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
  Led by Maye, coach Mike Vrabel and a stifling defense, the Patriots are back in the Super Bowl for the first time since Tom Brady and Bil
  
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• Anaheim Union school board open to possible repurposing of Hope School campus after students move

  26-01-2026 16:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Anaheim Unified High School District board recently agreed to solicit redevelopment proposals for the Hope School site.
  Hope is the district’s only dedicated special needs school; it opened in 1969 with a class of 52 students and seven teachers. The campus at 7901 Knott Avenue in Buena Park has grown to now house a junior high, senior high and an adult transition program that serves more than 200 students.
  Hope School in Buena Park, CA, on Monday, January 19, 2026. The Anaheim Union Hi
  
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• Remembering the late Jim Healy, KMPC’s hilarious sports radio host

  26-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s hard to believe that sports reporter Jim Healy passed away more than three decades ago.
  It seems like it was just yesterday that I was in the back seat of my father’s car listening to his commentary on the original KMPC (now KSPN, 710 AM). Healy passed away on July 22, 1994, at the age of 70 from complications of liver cancer, less than three months after his last show.
  To the uninitiated, it is extremely difficult to describe his program. Thirty minutes long, it featured report
  
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• California lawmaker wants the legislature to OK regulatory rules with massive price tags

  26-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A new bill in the California Legislature aims to regulate state regulators a bit.
  Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, is pushing legislation that would limit the ability of state agencies and regulators to adopt unilaterally major regulations that cost $50 million or more.
  Sacramento Snapshot
  Editor’s note: Sacramento Snapshot is a weekly series during the legislative session detailing what Orange County’s representatives in the Assembly and Senate are working on &mda
  
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• US stocks rise as gold hits another record and the dollar’s value falls

  26-01-2026 15:59 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ticking higher Monday, while other markets make much louder moves, including another record-breaking rush for the price of gold.
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• France honors fallen soldiers in Afghanistan after Trump’s false claim about NATO troops

  26-01-2026 15:51 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A senior French government official said Monday the memory of the French soldiers who died in Afghanistan should not be tarnished following U.S. President Donald Trump’s false assertion that troops from non-U.S. NATO countries avoided the front line during that war.
  Alice Rufo, a deputy French defense minister, and Gen. Loic Mizon, the military governor of Paris, inspect the names of French troops killed in NATO operations in Afghanistan, where they fought with U.S. and
  
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• Amateur Radio Club tunes in ham radio skills for an emergency

  26-01-2026 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Tim Goeppinger, left, and Dana Roode troubleshoot an issue in the morse code radio for the Orange County Amateur Radio Club during a competition between radio enthusiasts across the world, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (Photo by William Liang, Contributing Photographer)
  A radio owned by the Orange County Amateur Radio Club is seen during a competition between radio enthusiasts across the world, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (Photo by William Liang, C
  
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• A ferry carrying more than 350 people sinks off the Philippines, killing at least 18

  26-01-2026 15:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds more, while a fleet of coast guard and naval ships searched for those still missing.Coast guard officials said the cargo and passenger ferry apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight. The steel-hulled vessel abruptly tilted to one side and
  
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• Senior living: Vaccines are helping older people more than we knew

  26-01-2026 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Paula Span, KFF Health News
  Let’s be clear: The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering nerve pain and other nasty long-term consequences.
  The most important reason for older adults to be vaccinated against the respiratory infection RSV is that their risk of being hospitalized with it declines by
  
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• Matt Fleming: Newsom’s spin team should embrace silence more often

  26-01-2026 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Sometimes the best spin is to just keep your mouth shut. But not everyone does it.
  Californians recently learned that another relatively high-profile potential gubernatorial candidate, LA-based developer Rick Caruso, would not be running for that post or any other.
  Caruso’s announcement came after other big name potential candidates, like Sen. Alex Padilla, Attorney General Rob Bonta and former Vice President Kamala Harris, also opted not to run.
  We can speculate as to the reasons why they
  
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• Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered

  26-01-2026 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIA FRANKEL and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, Israel’s military said Monday, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that paused the Israel-Hamas war.
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• Investigators will detail causes of the midair collision over Washington, DC, and recommend changes

  26-01-2026 13:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press Transportation Writer
  So many things went wrong last Jan. 29 to contribute to the deadliest plane crash on American soil since 2001 that the National Transportation Safety Board isn’t likely to identify a single cause of the collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people at its hearing Tuesday.
  FILE – Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an Am
  
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• Talks with US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi were constructive but major challenges remain, Kremlin says

  26-01-2026 13:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are yielding apparent signs of progress, but major challenges remain on the path to a final settlement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday.
  Related Articles European Union opens investigation into Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes Israel launches ‘large-scale operation’ to locate last hostage in Gaza US security agreement for Ukraine is ‘100% ready’ to be signed, Zelenskyy says Iran unveil
  
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• Northeast sees more snow from the tail end of a colossal winter storm, at least 13 deaths reported

  26-01-2026 13:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATE BRUMBACK and JULIE WALKER, Associated Press
  The U.S. work week opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States. At least 13 weather-related deaths have been reported.
  People walk across the Brooklyn Bridge during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Sydney Schaefer)
  Workers s
  
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• Northeast gets last brunt of winter storm that brought ice, snow, cold to much of the US

  26-01-2026 13:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATE BRUMBACK and JULIE WALKER, Associated Press
  The U.S. work week opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States.
  People walk across the Brooklyn Bridge during a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Sydney Schaefer)
  Workers shovel snow from a sidewalk in downtown Indianapolis, on Sund
  
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• Judge set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown after fatal shootings

  26-01-2026 13:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers.
  The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul sued the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month, five days after Renee Good was shot by an Immigration and Customs officer. Saturday’s shooting by a B
  
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