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• Legislating by whim

  11-11-2019 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Democrats who dominate the state Legislature have developed a very bad habit — legislating by whim.
  If they take a dislike to something or someone, they ban it. If they like something, they impose it on everyone and/or give it taxpayers’ money.
  However, their whims, awash in self-righteousness, often violate not only common sense, but existing laws and even constitutional rights.
  An excellent example was a law that required clinics offering non-abortion alternative services to pr
  
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• Using professional hunters to shoot and kill all the deer on Catalina Island opposed by Supervisor Hahn

  31-01-2026 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A plan to shoot and kill every single mule deer living on Catalina Island submitted by the island’s private conservancy for state approval as a method to re-balance island animal and plant life, has drawn opposition from LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn and Fire Chief Anthony Marrone.
  Hahn, whose Third District includes the unincorporated portion of Catalina Island outside the city of Avalon, wants to stop the plan from moving forward, calling it “a drastic and inhumane approach.&rdq
  
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• Remembering Catherine O’Hara, a talented performer and a kind person

  31-01-2026 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  When Catherine O’Hara talked to us in 2023 about returning to the Hollywood Bowl to sing the role of Sally in “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” she surprised us by discussing just how anxious she got before showtime.
  “I’m horribly nervous; I am, I am,” O’Hara said of those moments in the dark before stepping on stage.
  That was hard to believe because O’Hara, who died Friday, Jan. 30 at 71, always seemed at home in the spotlight during a career
  
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• Macaulay Culkin, Meryl Streep and more pay tribute to Catherine O’Hara, who died at 71

  31-01-2026 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By LEANNE ITALIE and MARK THIESSEN
  The death of Catherine O’Hara at 71 prompted an outpouring from the actor’s co-stars and friends over the decades. O’Hara, whose legendary comic skills were on display in “Home Alone,” “Schitt’s Creek,” “Beetlejuice” and much more, died Friday in Los Angeles after a brief illness.
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• The Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has — and hasn’t — changed over time

  31-01-2026 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ
  NEW YORK (AP) — When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows?
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• Mater Dei girls water polo among O.C. top seeds for CIF-SS playoffs

  31-01-2026 01:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei earned one of Orange County’s four No. 1 seeds for the upcoming CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs.
  In the pairings released by the section Friday, the Monarchs (24-2) claimed the top seed for the eight-team Open Division.
  Mater Dei, seeking its first section title in girls water polo, is seeded ahead of No. 2 Newport Harbor (23-3), No. 3 and defending champion Oaks Christian (21-5) and No.
  
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• Huge cache of Epstein documents includes emails financier exchanged with wealthy and powerful

  31-01-2026 01:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before he died by suicide in 2019.
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• Trump administration approves new arms sales to Israel worth $6.67 billion

  31-01-2026 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved a massive new arms sales package to Israel totaling $6.67 billion, including 30 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment and weapons, as well as 3,250 light tactical vehicles.
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• Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman who helped save Washington’s army, is honored on $1 coin

  31-01-2026 01:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAVANNAH PETERS
  EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — The reverse side of the U.S. Mint’s 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin will feature Polly Cooper, a woman from the Oneida tribe known for helping George Washington’s Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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• SUV enters closed lanes on 405 Freeway in Irvine, crashing and killing passenger

  31-01-2026 01:18 via ocregister.com
  
  A speeding Subaru SUV veered into closed lanes on the southbound 405 Freeway in Irvine on Thursday night, Jan. 30, hitting a truck on a Caltrans project — killing the Subaru’s passenger and leaving the worker with minor injuries, authorities said.
  The 26-year-old Norwalk man behind the wheel of the Subaru was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, they said.
  The California Highway Patrol learned of the crash, north of the MacArthur Boulevard exit, just after 10:40 p.m,
  
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• Nurses dig into rainy day funds to keep Kaiser strike going

  31-01-2026 01:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Striking nurses at Kaiser Permanente wrapped up their first week of picketing on Friday — tired but still energized as they wait for a second wave of workers to join them in February.
  Sarah Rubino, a registered nurse who works at Kaiser’s Irvine Medical Center, joined about 150 others on the picket line at the corner of Sand Canyon Avenue and Alton Parkway. Amid the megaphone chants and horns honking from supporters, she said she’s prepared for another week with some help from
  
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• An Altadena bakery is making anti-ICE cookies and they sell out in minutes

  31-01-2026 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Cookie lovers looking to show solidarity with Minnesota residents fighting back against aggressive immigration raids — while also satisfying their own sweet tooth —  flocked this week to an Altadena cookie company.
  The object of their tasty rage? Multi-colored vanilla sugar cookies iced with an anti-ICE message.
  Since Altadena Cookie Company owners started making the “F— ICE” iced cookies on Wednesdays, a line of eager customers have waited for the small busine
  
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• Stars across Hollywood and Canada mourn Catherine O’Hara: ‘I thought we had time’

  31-01-2026 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Stars across Hollywood and Canada are mourning the loss of beloved comedian and actor Catherine O’Hara.
  O’Hara, known for her roles in “Schitt’s Creek,” “Beetlejuice,” “Home Alone” and “The Studio,” died at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness on Friday. She was 71. The exact cause of death is not yet known. As news of the “Schitt’s Creek” star’s death spread quickly, tributes flooded social media.
  
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• Moira Rose, Delia Deetz, Cookie Fleck and Kevin’s mom: Catherine O’Hara’s memorable roles

  31-01-2026 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOCELYN NOVECK
  Now is certainly not the time for pettifogging. But can we confabulate about the comic brilliance of Catherine O’Hara?
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• Judge calls Justice Department’s statements on slavery exhibit display ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrifying’

  31-01-2026 00:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARYCLAIRE DALE
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers on Friday that they were making “dangerous” and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites.
  The sharp exchange erupted during a hearing in Philadelphia over the abrupt removal of an exhibit on the history of slavery at the site of the former President’s House on Independ
  
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• UCLA’s Mick Cronin knows landscape has changed drastically for new coaches

  31-01-2026 00:46 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Seven years ago, Mick Cronin was Darian DeVries. A coach with success at the mid-major level, tasked with restoring a Blue Blood program.
  Cronin spent 14 seasons at pre-Big 12 Cincinnati, leading the Bearcats to 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances before coming to UCLA. DeVries took Drake University to the NCAA Tournament three times over a six-year stint, spent one season at West Virginia, and is now at Indiana, feeling the pressure of Bob Knight’s shadow.
  So do
  
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• Young people are protesting ICE and reenacting immigration raids in online gaming platform Roblox

  31-01-2026 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAITLYN HUAMANI
  Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is the “ultimate virtual universe” where users can “be anything you can imagine,” according to the platform’s website. Recently, some young users have been imagining themselves as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
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• Freezing reptile dubbed ‘Lizard in a blizzard’ is rescued after being buried in Rhode Island snow

  31-01-2026 00:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a “lizard in a blizzard” has been rescued after a man discovered the large cold-blooded reptile buried in snow in Rhode Island, somehow surviving the frigid temperatures.
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• It’s freezing cold and you’ve lost power. Here’s what emergency doctors want you to do

  31-01-2026 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEVI SHASTRI
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freezing temperatures and long-term power outages can quickly create dangerous health situations.
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  Even at seemingly routine winter temperatur
  
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• Rep. Robert Garcia says impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem may start soon

  31-01-2026 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Rep. Robert Garcia said impeachment proceedings would soon be launched if U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem doesn’t resign or isn’t fired “in the days ahead.”
  The Long Beach Democrat was recently tapped by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to co-lead a possible impeachment inquiry into Noem.
  Garcia did not specify a date for when House Democrats would make good on their publicly stated plans, but the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee doubled d
  
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• Alexander: L.A. gets a Hall of Fame; get ready for the arguments

  31-01-2026 00:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • OK, who ya got?
  We are about to start one huge debate. The Los Angeles Sports Council announced Thursday that it is going to establish a Hall of Fame, with a 2027 target date for the first induction ceremony. It’s about time, given the city’s and region’s sports legacy and the number of stars who have either played for our teams or grew up here and played elsewhere.
  “Los Angeles is the greatest sports city in the world, and it&rsquo
  
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• What does the Grammy Award have in common with a helicopter?

  30-01-2026 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Music to the ears
  You might not know a single song up for one of the 95 categories in tonight’s Grammy Awards, but let’s talk music.
  What’s in a name?
  Compared to the Academy Awards (whose 98th edition takes place March 15), the Grammy Awards are young at 68, even though mass distribution of music preceded that of films. The show is presented each year by the Recording Academy, which was founded in the 1950s as a project to present Hollywood Walk of Fame stars to musicians. The
  
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• Newsom files civil rights complaint after Dr. Oz accuses Van Nuys Armenian businesses of hospice fraud

  30-01-2026 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAIMIE DING and ALI SWENSON
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is demanding a civil rights investigation of Dr. Mehmet Oz, saying he discriminated against Armenians in a video claiming hospice fraud in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Van Nuys, the latest front in the state’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration.
  The Democratic governor’s complaint, filed Thursday, came after Oz posted a video on social media in front of an Armenian bakery at Victory Boulevard and
  
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• Expanded work requirements for the biggest US food aid program are kicking in for more states

  30-01-2026 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEOFF MULVIHILL
  Work requirements are kicking in for more older adults and parents of teenagers across the U.S. who get help with groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  The implementation dates vary by state: In some, people could lose benefits as soon as Sunday if they can’t show they’re working but many people have a month or more before their benefits are at risk.
  Here’s what to know about the changes.
  The law takes away exemptions for work requi
  
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• Here’s a look at the significance of sending animals to space

  30-01-2026 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Ham it up
  Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to become the first great ape in space.
  On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. However, three months earlier NASA had launched “Number 65” on a mission that helped pave the way for Shephard’s momentous flight. Number 65 was a male chimpanzee born in 1957 in the French Cameroons in West Africa. After being captured by trap
  
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• What Francesca Wade discovered writing ‘Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife’

  30-01-2026 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Francesca Wade is the author of “Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife,” her acclaimed biography of the iconic 20th-century author, art collector, and personality (which was also one of our picks for the best books of 2025). Wade is also the author of “Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars,” and her work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, Paris Review and Granta. Here, she takes the Book Pages Q&A about her wor
  
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• Why Olivier Norek’s ‘Winter Warriors’ is a ‘timely’ book, says its translator

  30-01-2026 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  In the midst of a brutally cold winter, an unwelcome armed force invades a peaceful community, bringing panic, turmoil and brutal violence. And despite overwhelming odds and unconscionable cruelty, the locals surprise the world with their resilience and refusal to bow to injustice.
  The above description might sound like current events, but it’s referring to a book in stores this week about a real-life battle that took place more than 85 years ago.
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• Gold, silver see biggest slide in decades

  30-01-2026 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jack Ryan, Yihui Xie and Yvonne Yue Li | Bloomberg
  Gold suffered its biggest slide in decades and silver posted a record intraday decline in a whipsawing reversal of a scorching rally that lifted prices to all-time highs.
  Gold fell more than 12% to slump below $5,000 an ounce in its biggest daily decline since the early 1980s. Silver plunged more than 36%, a record intraday decline, as the selloff swept through the broader metals markets. Copper fell 3.4% in London, retreating from Thurs
  
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• ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault charges

  30-01-2026 23:03 via ocregister.com
  By JESSICA HILL
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting a minor.
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• Hilary Duff teases future world tour during sold out concert in Los Angeles

  30-01-2026 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The mezzanine was rattling so hard it felt like an earthquake. Loud noise alerts were sounding on nearby Apple Watches. As pink butterfly confetti fell from the sky while the audience danced and sang every lyric to her 2000s hits, it became clear: Hilary Duff knows exactly what her fans came to see.
  An audience filled with (mostly) millennials ready to “heal their inner child” packed the sold-out Wiltern theatre show on Thursday, Jan. 29, as Duff finished up her short but sweet &ldqu
  
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