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• OCFA chief to retire in January, tentatively accepts federal agency director role

  08-12-2025 02:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy will retire from the agency after the turn of the new year and has tentatively accepted a federal position, according to a memo sent out Friday night and obtained by the Southern California News Group.
  Fennessy, who has served as OCFA chief for nearly eight years, said he has tentatively accepted a director role with the newly created United States Wildland Fire Service, pending completion of a federal onboarding process.
  “Serving alongside
  
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• Ukrainian woman fleeing war arrested at green card interview in front of her U.S. citizen husband

  09-12-2025 17:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A Ukrainian woman was arrested by federal immigration agents last week while attending her scheduled green card interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in downtown San Diego, an occurrence that immigration attorneys say is becoming increasingly common.
  Viktoriia Bulavina first entered the country in 2022 through a Biden-era humanitarian parole program for Ukrainians displaced by the war. Her daughter was participating in a gymnastics competition in the U.S. when the w
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Vivian Grenald, JSerra

  09-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Vivian Grenald
  School: JSerra
  Sport: Basketball
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: The 6-foot-2 forward averaged 22.3 points and 9.5 rebounds to lead the Lions to a runner-up finish to reigning CIF-SS Open Division champion Ontario Christian at the Troy Classic. Grenald earned all-tournament honors for the second consecutive tournament.
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• ‘Rolling stops’ seem more common these days, what’s the law at stop signs?

  09-12-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Steve Wilson of Forest Falls, in the San Bernardino National Forest, asked about the laws regarding stop signs. “No one comes to a full stop anymore at stop signs,” has the law changed?
  A: The law requiring a full and complete stop at stop signs has not changed, regardless of how many drivers fail to fully stop. Every driver must come to a full stop behind the limit line, crosswalk, or entrance to the intersection.
  “Rolling stops are a common cause of neighborhood collisions
  
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• Road into San Onofre Surf Beach will reopen by end of week, officials said

  09-12-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The road into San Onofre State Beach, battered last week by king tides that chomped away at the sand and dirt roadway, is expected to be reopened by the end of the week.
  Just shy of 20 parking spots were lost, State Parks Lt. Jeff Kennedy said in an update Monday, Dec. 8. “But the road is still completely intact.”
  View this post on InstagramThere’s no timeline, however, on when water will be turned back on, impacting both the restrooms and the beach showers.
  For now, porta
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader’s news conference called off a day before Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

  09-12-2025 16:29 via ocregister.com
  
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — A planned news conference Tuesday by Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado was canceled after a several-hour delay, a day before the award ceremony in Oslo.
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• Planned appearance by Venezuelan opposition leader called off on eve of Nobel Peace ceremony

  09-12-2025 16:29 via ocregister.com
  
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — A planned news conference on Tuesday by Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado was canceled after a several-hour delay, a day before the award ceremony in Oslo.
  Machado, who last appeared in public 11 months ago, had been due to hold a traditional news conference by the laureate the day before the formal award ceremony. But the lunchtime event was delayed without explanation, until the Norwegian Nobel Institute sa
  
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• U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in just below 7.7 million

  09-12-2025 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in at 7.7 million with ongoing uncertainty over the direction of the American economy.
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• Medicaid work rules exempt the ‘medically frail.’ Deciding who qualifies is tricky

  09-12-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Samantha Liss and Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News
  Eliza Brader worries she soon will need to prove she’s working to continue receiving Medicaid health coverage. She doesn’t think she should have to.
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• Wall Street treads water ahead of the Federal Reserve’s coming decision

  09-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady on Tuesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say on Wednesday about where interest rates are heading.
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• Wall Street holds steady as Exxon Mobil climbs and AutoZone falls

  09-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady on Tuesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say on Wednesday about where interest rates are heading.
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• 5 Financial to-dos before the end of 2025

  09-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  MARGARET GILES and CHRISTINE BENZ of Morningstar
  As 2025 winds down, here are some moves to help you finish the year strong financially. Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning, Christine Benz, discusses strategies.
  This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
  Benefits of Rebalancing Your Portfolio
  Q: What are the benefits of portfolio rebalancing, and who most needs to do it?
  A: The main benefit of rebalancing is risk reduction. You trim securities tha
  
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• The holiday shopping season comes with tons of extra emissions. Here’s how to do it sustainably

  09-12-2025 15:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By CALEIGH WELLS, Associated Press
  We’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and U.S. residents are expected to shatter the spending record again this year. The National Retail Federation forecasts that 2025 will be the first time we collectively spend more than $1 trillion on year-end gifts.
  A lot of materials, energy, packaging and gasoline have gone into making and moving those gifts. All of those processes release planet-warming gases into the atmosphere.
  But a lot of that env
  
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• Huntington Beach loses challenge in federal court to state sanctuary law

  09-12-2025 15:40 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal judge has dismissed Huntington Beach’s lawsuit against the state’s landmark sanctuary law, which limits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
  Judge Sunshine S. Sykes, of the US District Court for the Central District of California, ruled Dec. 1 that the city lacked standing to challenge the law in federal court. Sykes invoked a Ninth Circuit precedent which held that a political subdivision, including charter cities such as Huntingto
  
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• Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says

  09-12-2025 15:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday.
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• California home prices won’t crash or soar in 2026, Zillow says

  09-12-2025 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Those who believe California home prices will crash in 2026 and improve affordability, along with folks hoping for more soaring values to pad their wealth, won’t like Zillow’s latest forecast.
  My trusty spreadsheet analyzed price outlooks for calendar 2026 for 50 big metropolitan areas – including six in California – and found Zillow’s estimates suggest a dull year ahead. Meek price movements are forecast for the firm’s regional indexes of its home valuations.
  
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• Niles: Proposed Warner Bros. deal is a missed opportunity for theme park fans

  09-12-2025 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Time will tell whether Netflix buying Warner Bros. will turn out to be a good deal for movie fans, or for the many people who work in the film and television industries. But the proposed takeover definitely is a missed opportunity for theme park fans.
  Warner Bros.’ catalogue includes some of the most attraction-friendly intellectual property in the entertainment industry. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter helped propel Universal’s theme parks to record financial success. DC Comics
  
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• State paternalism vs. AI innovation in Newsom’s California

  09-12-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Everybody seems to be an expert on artificial intelligence – even California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom. No one elected her to anything, but she’s using her official post to convene policy summits on AI. 
  Her section of the governor’s official state website describes how, on Nov. 19, she hosted a “pivotal Gender Equity Summit … focused on the intersection of gender, technology, and well-being…. this annual Summit
  
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• Supreme Court weighs Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections

  09-12-2025 14:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
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• ICE arrests of Afghans are on the rise in the wake of National Guard attack, immigration lawyers say

  09-12-2025 14:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAHAR AKBARZAI, MARTHA BELLISLE, REBECCA SANTANA and JULIE WATSON, Associated Press
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Giselle Garcia, a volunteer who has been helping an Afghan family resettle, drove the father to a check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She warned him and his family to prepare for the worst.
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• Trump says he’s fixing affordability problems. He’ll test out that message at a rally

  09-12-2025 14:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK and MARC LEVY, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania — shifting an argument made in Oval Office appearances and social media posts to a campaign-style event.
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• Federal Reserve set to cut rate but may signal a pause to come

  09-12-2025 14:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell’s ability to corral the necessary support from fellow policymakers for a third straight interest rate cut.
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• More people crowdfunded for essential needs in 2025, according to GoFundMe’s year-end report

  09-12-2025 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMES POLLARD, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — More and more people are turning to GoFundMe for help covering the cost of housing, food and other basic needs.
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• German leader says US strategy shows the need for more European security independence

  09-12-2025 13:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s new national security strategy underscores the need for Europe to become “much more independent” from the United States in terms of security policy.
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• Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support

  09-12-2025 13:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated Press
  ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffimed his firm refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine.
  “Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territories. We, clearly, don’t want to give up anything. That’s what we are fighting for,” Zelenskyy said in a WhatsApp chat late Monday in whic
  
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• Dense fog advisory affecting 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Tuesday midday – limited visibility

  09-12-2025 11:47 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway through Grapevine is under a dense fog advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 2:44 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 11 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA states to prepare for, “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog for elevations between 1000 and 2500 feet.”
  “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” the NWS said. “If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.&rdq
  
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• Albano’s Fab 5: Orange County girls basketball standouts last week, Dec. 8

  09-12-2025 08:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowDan Albano’s Fab 5 outstanding girls basketball players last week, Dec. 8, 2025:
  Sarah Aldeguer, Fairmont Prep, Sr., F
  The Princeton-bound Aldeguer averaged 16.5 points and earned all-tournament honors as the Huskies placed fourth at the Troy Classic.
  Kate Duarte, Rosary, Sr., F
  Duarte tallied 30 points and eight rebounds in a 57-35 victory against Buena Park.
  Elle Palmer, Santa Margarita, So., F
  Pa
  
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• Chargers work overtime to defeat Eagles on Tony Jefferson’s interception

  09-12-2025 06:08 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Justin Herbert’s fractured and surgically-strengthened left hand was protected by a heavily-padded white glove for the Chargers’ game on Monday night at SoFi Stadium. Nothing could protect him from the Philadelphia Eagles’ onrushing defense, but it really didn’t matter in the end.
  A defensive play won the game for the Chargers.
  Tony Jefferson intercepted a tipped pass at his own 1-yard line and the Chargers took a 22-19 victory over the Eagles in overtim
  
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• Chargers’ Justin Herbert, Cameron Dicker, Tony Jefferson work OT in victory

  09-12-2025 06:08 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD —It started with a run, because what else could the Chargers’ count on, deadlocked as they were with the Philadelphia Eagles in overtime Monday night at SoFi Stadium? So, quarterback Justin Herbert kept the ball and raced around the right side for a 12-yard gain and a first down.
  It ended with a one-handed, game-saving interception at the Chargers’ 1-yard line because what else could they have done to preserve a wild and unpredictable 22-19 victory over the Eagles in
  
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• A Democrat takes on a Trump-backed candidate for Miami mayor in a key Hispanic battleground

  09-12-2025 06:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
  MIAMI (AP) — A candidate backed by President Donald Trump and one supported by national Democratic figures face off Tuesday to be the next Miami mayor, in this sun-kissed city shaped by immigrants where both major political parties are watching for a glimpse into their standing ahead of next year’s midterms, particularly among Hispanic voters.If elected, Eileen Higgins would become the first Democrat to lead the city of 487,000 in nearly three decades. A win by
  
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