• OCVarsity Student Sections Report for Week 7

    OCVarsity Student Sections Report for Week 7
    Editor’s note: Manny Alvarez is writing for OCVarsity about the loud, proud, outrageous, innovative and dedicated high school student sections during the football season. If you have suggestions for topics, please let us know: [email protected] or tweet @MAlvarez02.
    The Student Section Report will be online each Wednesday during the football season.
    Wait, it’s already Week 7 of the football season – I mean the Football Student Section season?
    Seems like yesterday when w
  • USC football hires longtime TCU coach Gary Patterson as defensive coordinator

    USC football hires longtime TCU coach Gary Patterson as defensive coordinator
    USC has hired longtime TCU head coach Gary Patterson as its newest defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports.
    Patterson, 65, is a 2026 inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame and went 181-79 (11-6 in bowl games) at TCU to become the winningest coach in program history.
    He’s been working as an off-field analyst at Texas and as a consultant at Baylor since he was let go as TCU’s head coach in 2021.
    Patterson is highly regarded for his brilliance on defense, which inclu
  • To clear ice and snow, there are rock salt alternatives that are safer for your pets and yard

    To clear ice and snow, there are rock salt alternatives that are safer for your pets and yard
    By ALEXA ST. JOHN and CALEIGH WELLS
    Winter has its fans, but even those who enjoy playing in the snow probably dislike the chore of clearing up after a big storm that dumps several inches or even feet of snow and ice.
    It’s easy to dash to the closest hardware store to grab a bag of salt, but experts say there are a lot of environmental and other factors to consider when tackling all that ice and snow.
    Here’s what to know.
    What kinds of salt are out there?
    Rock salt, also known as sod
  • Ukraine, Russia, US to discuss fraught issue of territorial concessions in Abu Dhabi

    Ukraine, Russia, US to discuss fraught issue of territorial concessions in Abu Dhabi
    By KAMILA HRABCHUK and KOSTYA MANENKOV
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region will be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.
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  • Collins, Mills take different tacks on ICE’s sweeping enforcement action in Maine

    Collins, Mills take different tacks on ICE’s sweeping enforcement action in Maine
    By PATRICK WHITTLE, RODRIQUE NGOWI and LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press
    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials, now engaged in one of the nation’s highest profile Senate races, offered starkly different comments on Friday as a surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents racked up their arrest totals.
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  • Icebreakers, the key tech to unlock Greenland, are only made by either US allies or adversaries

    Icebreakers, the key tech to unlock Greenland, are only made by either US allies or adversaries
    By SAM McNEIL
    BRUSSELS (AP) — The cold, hard reality facing any U.S., NATO or European plans for Greenland is the ice. It chokes harbors, entombs minerals, and freezes shorelines into minefields of white and blue shards that threaten ships all year.
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  • Din Tai Fung sets opening date for Irvine Spectrum location

    Din Tai Fung sets opening date for Irvine Spectrum location
    Big xiao long bao news to mark on your calendar: Din Tai Fung has revealed the opening date of its upcoming Irvine Spectrum location.
    The lauded dumpling purveyor is slated for a soft opening (the initial period when a restaurant gets its sea legs) on Friday, Feb. 6, with reservation service beginning from 5 to 9 p.m. Regular hours begin the following day, Saturday, Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. The official grand opening is set for March 2.
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  • Illinois surgeon charged in Ohio couple’s killings is due in court

    Illinois surgeon charged in Ohio couple’s killings is due in court
    By JULIE CARR SMYTH and PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Illinois doctor indicted on murder charges in the December killings of his ex-wife and her dentist husband in their Columbus home is due in an Ohio courtroom on Friday.
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  • Former NFL player Kevin Johnson killed at homeless encampment, medical examiner says

    Former NFL player Kevin Johnson killed at homeless encampment, medical examiner says
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Kevin Johnson died from “blunt head trauma and stab wounds” at a homeless encampment, according to the medical examiner.
    The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said Johnson, 55, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning after being found unconscious. His death was ruled a homicide and is being investigated.
    A fourth-round draft pick by New England in 1993, Johnson spent time with the Patriots, Minnesota and Oakland be
  • What weather apps sometimes miss about dangerous winter storm conditions

    What weather apps sometimes miss about dangerous winter storm conditions
    By SETH BORENSTEIN and TAMMY WEBBER
    Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it’s better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms like the one blowing through the U.S.
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  • The coming winter storm: There’s an app for that. But how reliable is it and what’s inside?

    The coming winter storm: There’s an app for that. But how reliable is it and what’s inside?
    By SETH BORENSTEIN and TAMMY WEBBER
    Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it’s better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms like the one blowing through the U.S.
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  • Kings hitting the road, where they’ve done some of their best work

    Kings hitting the road, where they’ve done some of their best work
    LOS ANGELES — Long road trips have been kind to the Kings this season and now they’ve embarked on a six-game sprint that will include a daunting stretch of five matches in seven days.
    They’ll begin in St. Louis on Saturday, head to Columbus on Monday, visit former coach Todd McLellan in Detroit on Tuesday, finish the month in Philadelphia and then conclude their jaunt in Carolina to start February.
    On their two previous tours of five or more games, they earned 18 of a possible
  • Alleged DUI crash in Orange leaves passenger dead, driver hospitalized

    Alleged DUI crash in Orange leaves passenger dead, driver hospitalized
    A man was hospitalized and will be arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he allegedly caused a single-car crash that killed his passenger in Orange early Friday morning, Jan. 23, authorities said.
    The crash occurred in the area of La Veta Avenue and Batavia Street shortly before 3:15 a.m.
    A woman in a passenger seat was pronounced dead and the man driving the vehicle was taken to a hospital, police said.
    Video from OC Hawk, a freelance news organization that sometimes works
  • In the case of the Federal Reserve, Supreme Court appears to carve out a murky exception

    In the case of the Federal Reserve, Supreme Court appears to carve out a murky exception
    By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court for the past year has repeatedly allowed President Donald Trump to fire heads of independent agencies, but it appears to be drawing a line with the Federal Reserve.
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  • Too much? 17% of California homes are owned by investors

    Too much? 17% of California homes are owned by investors
    Investors own roughly one in six of California’s single-family residences.
    That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found after reviewing a BatchData report that estimates investor ownership of houses and townhomes nationwide. Investors in this study include everything from giant companies controlling thousands of houses to folks with a small collection of rentals to short-term rental operators to people with a second home.
    According to BatchData, California has 1.3 million of these investo
  • More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm

    More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm
    By EMILIE MEGNIEN, JEFFREY COLLINS and JAMIE STENGLE
    DALLAS (AP) — It was too cold for school in Chicago and other Midwestern cities Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began to crank up that could bring snow, sleet, ice and bone-chilling temperatures as well as extensive power outages to about half of the U.S. population from Texas to New England.
    Forecasters warned that the damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival a hurricane. At least 177 million people were under wat
  • HOA Homefront: Staying in your lane with team roles and boundaries

    HOA Homefront: Staying in your lane with team roles and boundaries
    Advising a homeowners association used to occasionally be very stressful, especially when directors would argue with me or a board would disregard my advice.
    However, a defining moment in my HOA law career came with the realization that my role is to tell boards the truth and provide them with my best advice. However, compelling the board to follow my advice is not my responsibility.
    Once I had a better understanding of my role, law practice became less stressful. Each other member of the HOA te
  • Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder on the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, has been arrested

    Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder on the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, has been arrested
    By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MIKE BALSAMO, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder for Canada who was among the FBI’s top fugitives and faces charges related to multi-national drug trafficking and the killing of a federal witness, was arrested Friday, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
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  • Florida deregulated nursing schools. Scam colleges and failing students followed

    Florida deregulated nursing schools. Scam colleges and failing students followed
    Alarmed by a growing shortage of nurses, Florida lawmakers in 2009 eased regulations on the schools tasked with training them, inviting new institutions to enter the market.
    The results were swift: Within five years, the number of Florida nursing programs more than doubled. But many were for-profit institutions that churned out students whose pricey degrees left them ill-prepared to enter the field.
    Among the newcomers was Ideal Professional Institute, a suburban Miami school that in the ne
  • Immigrants often don’t open the door to ICE, but that may no longer stop officers

    Immigrants often don’t open the door to ICE, but that may no longer stop officers
    By JULIE WATSON and AMY TAXIN, Associated Press
    SAN DIEGO (AP) — Since coming to the United States 30 years ago from Mexico, Fernando Perez said U.S. immigration officers have stopped by his home numerous times, but he has never once answered the door.
    “There are rules and I know them,” said Perez, speaking in a mix of English and Spanish in a Home Depot parking lot where he has routinely sought work as a day laborer from contractors and people renovating their homes.
    Over the
  • Americans split on using AI for personal finances

    Americans split on using AI for personal finances
    By Kurt Woock, NerdWallet
    The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. NerdWallet, Inc. does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks, securities or other investments.
    Most U.S. adults say AI has a role to play in a number of high-stakes tasks, including weather forecasting, developing new medicines and rooting out criminals, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.
    Related A
  • Wall Street drifts in mixed trading as Intel tumbles

    Wall Street drifts in mixed trading as Intel tumbles
    By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting in mixed trading on Friday, as a zigzag week punctuated by loud threats and pullbacks heads toward a quieter close.
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  • A sharp drop for Intel helps tug the US stock market lower

    A sharp drop for Intel helps tug the US stock market lower
    By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting lower Friday, as a zigzag week full of loud threats and pullbacks heads toward a quieter close.
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  • Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heat

    Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heat
    By R.J. RICO and JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press
    ATLANTA (AP) — Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining up crews and equipment to respond to outages if a forecasted ice storm cripples power across South Carolina.
    Austin Felts of the Nashville Department of Transportation drives a truck deploying salt brine on roadways Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. ahea
  • OC businesses report they are struggling under ICE raids and tariffs, new survey says

    OC businesses report they are struggling under ICE raids and tariffs, new survey says
    Orange County’s small businesses are feeling “overwhelming economic pain” from President Donald Trump’s tariff wars and ongoing immigration crackdown, a new economic impact survey by UC Irvine researchers says.
    The study, which drew on responses from 375 business owners and executives through the month of September, was a joint effort between Second District Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento’s office and the UC Irvine Social Impact Hub. Businesses were invited to partici
  • Luigi Mangione is due in court as judge weighs legality of police seizing his backpack

    Luigi Mangione is due in court as judge weighs legality of police seizing his backpack
    By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
    NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is set to return to court on Friday as a judge weighs whether to allow or exclude certain evidence from his federal death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett wants to hear testimony about procedures that police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, said allowed them to seize and look through Mangione’s backpack when they arrested him on De
  • A new type of red-light camera is coming to town — new and old versions require posted warnings

    A new type of red-light camera is coming to town — new and old versions require posted warnings
    Q: Honk: I saw your response on speed cameras, but what about the red-light cameras? Must signs be posted so you know they are about? I read that a new 2026 law allows cities to start giving automated citations via red-light cameras now. The yellow lights go from one second to 10 seconds, so that’s unfair. If it was posted, I’d be super conservative at those lights.
    – Don Field, Coto de Caza
    A: Honk didn’t know about this new law until Don brought it to his attention: The
  • Trump steals the show in Davos with a mixed bag of rhetoric and results at elite gathering

    Trump steals the show in Davos with a mixed bag of rhetoric and results at elite gathering
    By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press
    DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump took center stage in his whirlwind visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, overshadowing the yearly gabfest among national leaders, executives and other elites in the Swiss Alpine snows.
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  • 5 Democratic states asking judge to keep Trump from withholding money for child care

    5 Democratic states asking judge to keep Trump from withholding money for child care
    By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press
    Five Democratic-controlled states are asking a judge Friday to order President Donald Trump’s administration to keep money flowing for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at boosting low-income families with children.
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  • ‘The ultimate insult’: Trump downplaying NATO’s Afghanistan involvement causes distress in UK

    ‘The ultimate insult’: Trump downplaying NATO’s Afghanistan involvement causes distress in UK
    By PAN PYLAS, Associated Press
    LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump provoked outrage and distress in the U.K. on Friday with his suggestion that troops from NATO countries stayed away from the frontline during the war in Afghanistan.
    In an interview with Fox News in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Trump said he was not sure NATO would be there to support the U.S. if and when requested.
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