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• Overspending causes school district problems a split roll can’t solve

  23-11-2019 07:18 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s public-employee unions are backing an initiative slated for the 2020 ballot that would eliminate Proposition 13’s tax protections for commercial properties, through a so-called “split roll,” as a way to dramatically boost tax revenues for schools and local governments.
  State officials routinely address the plight of financially strapped districts by promoting higher taxes. They always fail to address two simple questions. First, what have districts done with
  
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• UC Irvine outlasts Hawaii in OT for sole possession of Big West lead

  30-01-2026 08:35 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — Kyle Evans came up big for the UC Irvine basketball team again on Thursday night at the Bren Events Center.
  The 6-foot-10 senior center from Aliso Viejo had 19 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots to lead the Anteaters to an 87-76 overtime win against visiting Hawaii in a matchup of first-place teams in the Big West Conference.
  Evans came in leading the nation in blocked shots at 3.2 per game.
  “Kyle Evans is just a dominant factor,” UCI coach Russell Turner said
  
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• Segerstrom boys basketball tops Ocean View to clinch share of league title

  30-01-2026 08:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Ahead of arguably his team’s most important game of the season, Segerstrom boys basketball coach Rex Gonzales received a text message from one of his mentors.
  Gonzales, a Tustin alum, got some great advice from former Tillers coach Ringo Bossenmeyer that helped him stay composed as the Jaguars beat Ocean View 48-44 on Thursday night at Segerstrom High.
  By winning, Segerstrom (16-9, 6-1) clinched a share of the Orange Coast League title with one league game remaining. A wi
  
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• Canyon girls soccer tops Foothill in showdown for Crestview League title

  30-01-2026 08:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE — The Canyon girls soccer team clinched the Crestview League championship with a 2-0 victory over Foothill on Thursday at El Modena High School.
  The Comanches (13-3-2, 7-0), who are ranked No. 10 in Orange County, will go undefeated in league if they defeat El Dorado in the final match of the regular season on Monday.
  The Knights (8-7-2, 6-2) finish in second place with their only two losses in league against Canyon.
  “El Dorado was really tough last game,” Canyon coach B
  
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• Tesoro girls basketball stays in league title chase with win over El Toro

  30-01-2026 07:33 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — The Tesoro girls basketball team kept its Sea View League championship hopes alive by beating El Toro 36-34 on Thursday at Tesoro High.
  Tesoro (16-12, 5-2) won both of its league games against El Toro (18-8, 4-2) this season and both teams are one game behind first-place Trabuco Hills, which is 6-1 in league play.
  El Toro and Trabuco Hills play each other Saturday and if El Toro wins, a three-way tie for the league championship is likely.
  Tesoro won the CIF-SS Divi
  
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• Ducks get shut out by last-place Canucks

  30-01-2026 07:29 via ocregister.com
  
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A five-game trip that started with a bang ended with a fizzle for the up-and-down Ducks.
  Nikita Tolopilo made 32 saves, Drew O’Connor opened the scoring with 9:42 left and the last-place Vancouver Canucks beat the Ducks, 2-0, on Thursday night.
  Tolopilo was denied his first NHL shutout after missing the first 2:11 of the second period because of concussion protocol after he was run over by Ryan Poehling late in the first period.
  Kevin Lankinen made one s
  
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• Kara Dunn reaches milestone as USC women top No. 8 Iowa for statement win

  30-01-2026 05:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC women’s basketball team finally unlocked four complete quarters on Thursday night, beating No. 8 Iowa, 81-69, at the Galen Center.
  It was Iowa’s first Big Ten loss of the season and first loss overall since falling to No. 1 Connecticut on Dec. 20, snapping an eight-game winning streak.
  Kara Dunn scored 25 points for the Trojans (12-9 overall, 4-6 Big Ten) and surpassed 1,500 for her career to go with 11 rebounds and five assists. Jazzy Davidson added 21 po
  
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• Santa Margarita girls soccer leans on ‘championship DNA’ to beat Mater Dei

  30-01-2026 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowRANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — The challenges in front of Santa Margarita’s girls soccer team on Thursday mounted in the opening minutes against Mater Dei.
  Coming off their first defeat and a week with two draws in the Trinity League, the Eagles quickly fell behind as Mater Dei’s Kendra Hansen scored on a rebound following a hard shot by Valentina Labuschagne.
  “Their back was up again th
  
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• Kings can’t slow Alex Tuch or solve Alex Lyon in loss to Sabres

  30-01-2026 04:22 via ocregister.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Few teams have been able to stop the Buffalo Sabres in the past few months, and the Kings fared no better.
  Alex Tuch had his fourth career hat trick to push his season goals total to 22, leading the surging Buffalo Sabres to a 4-1 victory over the Kings on Thursday night.
  Alex Lyon made a season-high 37 saves for his 10th consecutive victory to break the franchise record set by Gerry Desjardins in December 1976.
  Tuch reached 20-goal mark for the fourth straight season and f
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Jan. 29

  30-01-2026 04:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Jan. 29
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  ACADEMY LEAGUE
  Calvary Chapel/Downey 24, Anaheim Discovery Christian 21
  BOYS SOCCER
  SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE
  Avalon 5, Vista Meridian 1
  GIRLS SOCCE
  
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• Australian Open: Sabalenka’s new mentality vs. Rybakina’s resolve in final

  30-01-2026 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer
  MELBOURNE, Australia — When Aryna Sabalenka is really deeply contemplating her Australian Open final rematch with Elena Rybakina, it won’t be that breakthrough success in 2023 that she’ll be dialing in on.
  It won’t be the other three Grand Slam finals she’s won, either, including the most recent at the U.S. Open. Top-ranked Sabalenka will be trying to derive more motivation from the five tournament finals she lost in 2025.
  “I actua
  
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• Tech millionaire accused of killing estranged wife from Newport Beach was after money, prosecutors say

  30-01-2026 03:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The tech CEO husband of a Newport Beach woman whose body was found at the bottom of a mountain embankment in Crestline is accused of killing her during an apparently contentious divorce after she allegedly withdrew millions from an account they shared, court filings show.
  Gordon Abas Goodarzi, 66, is suspected of killing his estranged wife, philanthropist Aryan Papoli, 58, for financial gain, a prosecutor wrote in a sworn statement filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court.
  In the midst of a
  
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• Letter: San Clemente’s creepy surveillance cameras

  30-01-2026 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  I read Erika Ritchie’s recent story about San Clemente allowing the surveillance of south Orange County cities by US Customs and Border Patrol with serious concerns. According to Ritchie’s story, the federal government will be installing a 25+ foot tower high in the hills above San Clemente next month. The system includes a one million dollar high-powered surveillance camera and “sensor-monitoring system.”
  I live in Laguna Niguel and have not paid much attention to this s
  
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• LAPD won’t enforce ban on federal law enforcement officers wearing masks, chief says

  30-01-2026 02:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles police do not plan to enforce recently enacted state and local bans that prohibit federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks during enforcement operations, the police chief said at a news conference Thursday.
  Chief Jim McDonnell, when asked about the mask ban, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September and which seperately won approval by Los Angeles County supervisors, said he disagreed with the policy, citing the possibility of conflict between police and other a
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, January 30, 2026

  30-01-2026 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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• FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of 2026

  30-01-2026 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump held his first Cabinet meeting of 2026 on Thursday, focusing on the economy, housing, energy, health initiatives and drug prices. But while he painted a rosy picture of his administration’s accomplishments, some of his boasts —- and that of other officials —- were off the mark.
  Related Articles Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty of forging threat against Trump to get witness deported Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that put
  
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• Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty of forging threat against Trump to get witness deported

  30-01-2026 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By TODD RICHMOND
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury found a Wisconsin man guilty Thursday of forging threats against President Donald trump in an attempt to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported.
  Related Articles FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of 2026 Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expandi
  
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• Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico

  30-01-2026 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico.
  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said this week that her government had at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba, but said it was a “sovereign decision” not made under pressure from the United States.
  Trump has been squeezing Mexico to distanc
  
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• Editorial: Matt Mahan, a ‘back-to-basics’ Democrat, enters the governor’s race

  30-01-2026 01:03 via ocregister.com
  
  If Matt Mahan didn’t exist, California Democrats would need to invent him.
  Mahan, the moderate Democratic mayor of San Jose, has long positioned himself as a foil to the —  sometimes progressive, often will-of-the-wisp and increasingly national — politics of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who soon will be termed out of office as he prepares to run for president.
  And now Mahan’s announcement Thursday that he will join the crowded, if otherwise uninspiring, field of Democratic can
  
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• Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war

  30-01-2026 01:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands.
  Trump’s threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China. But Trump&rs
  
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• California Supreme Court won’t review Huntington Beach’s voter ID law, leaving appeals court decision against the city

  30-01-2026 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that blocked Huntington Beach’s controversial voter ID policy, dealing what could be a final blow to the city’s 2024 measure approved by voters.
  In a decision issued Wednesday, Jan. 28, the state high court left intact an appeals court order that said residents cannot be forced to present identification to vote at local polls.
  State leaders applauded the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the city’s argumen
  
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• Former First Brands CEO Patrick James and his brother are indicted for bilking billions from banks

  30-01-2026 00:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT
  Patrick James, the former CEO of bankrupt auto parts supplier First Brands Group, was indicted on federal fraud charges and arrested Thursday in Ohio with his brother Edward, a former senior executive with the company, the government said.
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• Protests and closures are planned around Southern California in opposition to ICE, the Trump administration

  30-01-2026 00:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Protests, boycotts, walkouts, social media posts.
  These various demonstrations, and more, are planned for Friday, as part of a nationwide day of action to show opposition to the Trump administration‘s ongoing immigration enforcement efforts and in solidarity with Minneapolis, where two people were fatally shot by immigration officers over the course of two weeks.
  Friday, activists said, is a day of “no work, no school and no shopping” with calls to stop funding the U.S. Immigra
  
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• Nationwide economic shutdown set for Friday in protest of ICE policies

  30-01-2026 00:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of organizations from across the country are staging a nationwide economic shutdown on Friday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies and demand an end to ICE operations.
  Activists are calling for a day of “no work, no school [and] no shopping” in response to the fatal shootings of at least four people by federal immigration officials in the past two months — including the high-profile shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minn
  
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• New homes for sale in Altadena’s guard-gated La Vina, starting at $2.3M

  30-01-2026 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Listed at nearly $2.52 million, this house spans 4,086 square feet and has four bedrooms and five bathrooms. (Courtesy of PLC Communities)
  The kitchen of the nearly $2.52 million home. (Courtesy of PLC Communities)
  Nine homes are complete in Encore at La Viña, center, in the upper part of Altadena’s guard-gated community. (Courtesy of PLC Communities)
  Show Caption1 of 3Listed at nearly $2.52 million, this house spans 4,086 square feet and has four bedrooms and five bathrooms. (Court
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at MainPlace Mall store

  30-01-2026 00:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 28 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a customer at MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana earlier this month, police said.
  Around 9 p.m. on Jan. 15, a 44-year-old woman reported she had been sexually assaulted earlier that day at the mall, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. She told officers she had visited Bee & Co., a store inside the mall, where she purchased facial cream and was offered a complimentary facial.
  The woman said she was introduced to a ma
  
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• California state employees alarmed by demand to prove their citizenship

  30-01-2026 00:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By Khari Johnson | CalMatters
  About 4,000 California Department of Public Health employees have been told they must use a federal verification system to prove they’re U.S. citizens.
  Leaders of the agency said in a memo obtained by CalMatters that the verification is necessary to receive federal funding, but employees and unions are resisting the directive.
  In the memo, a department human resources deputy director asked employees to comply with a series of deadlines that culminate April 10.
  
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• Fryer: Basketball playoffs approach, but first come some league tournaments

  30-01-2026 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF Southern Section boys and girls basketball playoff brackets will be out Feb. 7.
  Until then, a couple of regular-season games remain. Also on the basketball schedule between now and then are two league tournaments in boys basketball.
  The Pacific Coast League’s eight teams have a tournament for the fourth season in a row. This might be the last season for the tournament. Pacifica Christian joins the league in the 2025-26 school year, so preliminary plans for future seasons call for
  
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• Owner of Johnny Rockets, Fatburger files for bankruptcy

  30-01-2026 00:05 via ocregister.com
  
  FAT Brands — the owner of multiple restaurant chains including Johnny Rockets, Fatburger and Twin Peaks — has filed for bankruptcy amid debt of more than $1 billion.
  The franchiser filed for Chapter 11 on Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to Fox Business.
  FAT operates 18 restaurant brands with more than 2,200 locations. The company said it expects its restaurants to remain open as usual during the bankruptcy proceedings.
  Twin Peaks Hosp
  
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• Briefly: Dow cutting about 4,500 jobs in AI, automation pivot

  29-01-2026 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial intelligence and automation in its business.
  The company said Thursday that it anticipates about $600 million to $800 million in severance costs related to the cuts. Those costs are part of a broader plan aimed at simplifying operations and streamlining.
  Shares of Dow, which has about 34,600 employees globally, fell 3% in midday trading Thursday. Dow is based in Midland, Michigan.
  In Jan
  
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