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• Look for these Cherries

  01-09-2017 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  I asked the produce manager at a Whole Foods supermarket, “When will the cherries from Oregon arrive?”
  “You mean Hood River?” he responded. I knew he would know what I meant by from Oregon. They are the best cherries I’ve ever tasted.
  I first noticed them because they seemed to be twice as large as the usual bing cherries I bought. Then I ate one and discovered they are twice as sweet, too.
  Hood River Cherries are sweeter and plumper than the usual varieties. (Court
  
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• Orange County girls basketball Top 25: Sage Hills takes over No. 1 ranking

  20-01-2026 20:09 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. 20. The team records are through Monday, Jan. 19.
  Notable this week: Sage Hill climbs three spots to No. 1 after extending its winning streak to 14 games with an 88-58 win against nationally-ranked Bishop Gorman of Nevada on Monday. The Lightning are the fourth different team to be ranked No. 1 in the county, joining preseason pick Mater Dei,
  
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• Rivals US and Canada could put North American dominance on display at the Olympics in Milan

  20-01-2026 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Hockey Writer
  One more goal. That’s how close the U.S. was to beating Canada in the final at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics before losing in overtime.
  One more goal. That’s how close the U.S. was from tying Canada in the semifinals at the 2014 Sochi Olympics before losing 1-0.
  One more goal. That’s how close the U.S. was to beating Canada in the final at the 4 Nations Face-Off a year ago before losing in overtime.
  “Canada won, right?” U.S. cen
  
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• Supreme Court takes up politically charged case with independence of the Federal Reserve at stake

  20-01-2026 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s unprecedented bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case.
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• Mexico sends 37 cartel members to US in latest offer to Trump administration

  20-01-2026 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s security minister said Tuesday that it had sent another 37 members of Mexican drug cartels to the United States, as the Trump administration ratchets up pressure on governments to crack down on criminal networks it says are smuggling drugs across the border.
  Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch wrote in a social media post on X that the people transferred were “high impact criminals” that “represented a real threat to the
  
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• Forecasters warn of a ‘major winter storm’ with ice threat from Texas to the Carolinas

  20-01-2026 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF MARTIN and HAYA PANJWANI
  ATLANTA (AP) — With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation’s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this weekend that could coat roads with ice and knock down power lines across the South.
  Forecasters on Tuesday expressed fears that an ice storm arriving late this week and into the weekend could weigh down power lines, sending them crashing and causing widespread power outa
  
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• Israeli crews target UN facilities for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem

  20-01-2026 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAM METZ
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday targeted at least two United Nations facilities, pushing forward with a crackdown against the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with delivering humanitarian services to millions of people across the region.
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• The US is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status. Here’s why that matters

  20-01-2026 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEVI SHASTRI, AP Health Writer
  It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they will meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation.
  Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it.
  The reevaluation is largely symbolic and hinges on whether a single measles chain has spread uninterrupted wi
  
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• OC Restaurant Week announces 2026 lineup

  20-01-2026 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s most reliable excuse to book dinner plans is back. OC Restaurant Week will return Sunday, March 8 through Saturday, March 14., bringing a countywide slate of prix-fixe menus, themed dining options and cocktails-heavy specials aimed at getting locals out of the house and into dining rooms from Brea to San Clemente.
  Back for its 18th year, the annual ode to local food, produced by the Orange County Restaurant Association, has grown into one of the region’s biggest
  
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• UCLA’s dominant women’s basketball team works to avoid complacency

  20-01-2026 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Cori Close shared in early November a warning that South Carolina’s Dawn Staley had offered up as advice for a team coming off a Final Four run.
  In short, winning causes a scheduling disaster.
  UCLA’s success, building a reputation through the Bruins’ NCAA Tournament run, and not to mention the Lauren Betts factor, turned Close’s squad into a pariah. No one wanted to play UCLA – except for a few foes who wished to battle; teams like Tennessee, Nor
  
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• NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and US Sen. Bernie Sanders rally with nurses on ninth day of strike

  20-01-2026 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By PHILIP MARCELO
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with nurses Tuesday in Manhattan during the ninth day of the largest strike of its kind that the city has seen in decades.
  The democratic socialists, speaking to a boisterous crowd of nurses in front of Mount Sinai West on the Upper West Side, called on hospital executives to return to the negotiating table to resolve the contract impasse that prompted some 15,000 nurses to walk off th
  
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• What to know about the 2026 Grammys, where Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga go head-to-head

  20-01-2026 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The 68th annual Grammy Awards will take place Feb. 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. This year marks a return to normalcy after the 2025 award show was altered to focus on supporting relief efforts following the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires.
  “I think we will see some history-making moments,” Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason jr. told The Associated Press. “With artists being nominated in c
  
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• Why experts question whether China’s one-child policy was necessary in the first place

  20-01-2026 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN MORITSUGU
  BEIJING (AP) — China’s one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread and led to baby daughters being sold or even killed, because parents wanted their only child to be a male.
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• Seven must-try restaurants during Pasadena Cheeseburger Week

  20-01-2026 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  According to city officials, and a plaque, one of the world’s most famous dishes started in Pasadena when, more than 100 years ago, a careless teenager accidentally invented the cheeseburger.
  “The cheeseburger is a legacy here in Pasadena and this is a nice way to focus on Pasadena restaurants,”  said Paul Little, president and chief executive officer of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, which honors the simple but ubiquitous dish every year with Cheeseburger Week. It take
  
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• Spokesman for Iran’s armed forces warns Trump against taking action against Khamenei

  20-01-2026 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELENA BECATOROS
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spokesman for Iran’s armed forces on Tuesday warned U.S. President Donald Trump not to take any action against the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after Trump called for an end to Khamenei’s nearly 40-year reign.
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• Iran warns Trump not to take action against Khamenei

  20-01-2026 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELENA BECATOROS
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Tuesday warned Donald Trump not to take any action against the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after the U.S. president called for an end to Khamenei’s nearly 40-year reign.
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• Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up sooner, and that’s a problem

  20-01-2026 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that’s a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.
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• Disneyland’s Lunar New Year — All the new things you can eat and drink at the food festival

  20-01-2026 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Foodies will be flocking to the Disneyland resort this weekend for the kickoff of the festival season and a chance to sample a dozen new food and drink items from the Lunar New Year menu with a Sip & Savor pass.
  The 2026 Lunar New Year event will run on Friday, Jan. 23 through Feb. 22 at Disney California Adventure.
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Nathan Cueva, Valencia

  20-01-2026 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Nathan Cueva
  School: Valencia
  Sport: Soccer
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: Cueva scored eight goals over two wins by the Tigers. He scored six goals in a 13-0 nonleague win over Sonora to start the week. He then scored two goals in a 5-3 win over Santa Ana in the Empire League. He has 23 goals in eight games this season. Valencia is 9-1 overall and in first place in the Empire League.
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• Review: ‘Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground’ brings a president to life in Laguna

  20-01-2026 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A former president is beyond cranky as we encounter him on the Laguna Playhouse stage in the one-man, two-act play “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground.”
  We see a vigorous older man storming around a homey mid-century modern living room, stopping only to throw up arms in frustration and pound a desktop with his fist.
  Verbally, there are a torrent of “hells” and a stream of “damns,” including that rarity from the last-century “damnation,” which probabl
  
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• Freebie of the week: Get creative in an open art studio at Pomona Fairplex

  20-01-2026 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Enjoy the free open art studio days at the Fairplex in Pomona, where you can practice your craft, whether it’s ceramics, drawing, painting or whatever. Meet other creative types, collaborate and grow. It’s up to you.
  The next open days are Jan. 28 and 29. Some art supplies are available, but you probably want to bring your own.
  The studio is open 1-5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, at the Millard Sheets Art Center at the Fairplex. Entry and parking in Admin Lot 1 are both free. Ent
  
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• Fullerton mobile home catches fire; 1 dead, 1 injured

  20-01-2026 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  One person died and another was hospitalized after a mobile home caught fire in Fullerton Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, authorities said.
  Fullerton firefighters responded to the complex at 1850 W. Orangethorpe Ave. around 5 a.m. and found one mobile home on fire, Deputy Chief Jon Fugitt told OC Hawk, a freelance news organization that sometimes works with the Southern California News Group.
  “(Firefighters) quickly … deployed hose lines and extinguished the fire and protected the exposur
  
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• Trump administration urges judge to reject Minnesota’s attempt to stop its immigration crackdown

  20-01-2026 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Trump administration is urging a judge to reject efforts by Minnesota and its largest cities to stop the immigration enforcement surge that has roiled Minneapolis and St. Paul for weeks.
  The Justice Department called the lawsuit, filed soon after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration officer, “legally frivolous.” Lawyers argued that the Department of Homeland Security is acting within its legal powers to
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Lola Mouflin, Marina

  20-01-2026 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Lola Mouflin
  School: Marina
  Sport: Water polo
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: The four-year starting goalie made a CIF-SS single-game record 38 saves in an 11-1 victory against Cypress in the Silver Division final of the Ocean View tournament. Mouflin had 69 saves in four matches in the tournament to help Marina improve to 14-9.
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• Slave descendants take a fight to protect their Georgia island homes to voters

  20-01-2026 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By RUSS BYNUM
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Voters in a coastal Georgia county will decide Tuesday whether large homes should be allowed on remote Sapelo Island, where Black landowners fear the change could saddle them with unaffordable property taxes in one of the South’s few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities founded by freed slaves.
  The referendum organized by island residents seeks to override McIntosh County commissioners’ 2023 decision to double the size of homes allowed in the
  
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• UCLA football breakdown: How the Bruins look at offensive line

  20-01-2026 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Coaching has been at every step of Bob Chesney’s path to Westwood. In high school, his father led as his head football coach, his grandfather served as the offensive line coach, and his uncle joined the family operation as the wide receivers coach.
  For Chesney, it’s time to take some tips from his grandfather, as the renovation project of the Bruins’ offense might most impact on the trenches on both sides of the ball. Later in this series of articles, the defensive linemen will
  
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• What to Stream: ‘The Beauty,’ Bruce Springsteen biopic, Mel Brooks

  20-01-2026 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  Dwayne Johnson transforming into MMA pioneer Mark Kerr for “The Smashing Machine” and Louis Tomlinson releasing his third solo album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
  Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Ryan Murphy’s new series “The Beauty” tackles beauty standards with some horror mixed in, Jeremy
  
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• Trump threats and Bukele model on crime back Latin American progressives into corner

  20-01-2026 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEGAN JANETSKY
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and from their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador president’s war on gangs.
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• Author Carissa Broadbent revisits World of Lost Hearts romantasy series

  20-01-2026 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Once a book is written, edited, published and out in the world, author Carissa Broadbent doesn’t typically want to go back and look at her work. 
  “You feel like you’re going to see something, and you’re like ‘Ugh, that’s stupid. I should have done something better than that.’ You want to correct it, but it’s already out there,” the Rhode Island-based writer said during a recent phone interview. “I don’t usually read my books
  
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• Russia’s top diplomat says NATO faces a deep crisis over Greenland

  20-01-2026 16:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press
  MOSCOW (AP) — The bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland heralds a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc, Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday.
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