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• Pacifica High School Graduation 2018

  18-06-2018 11:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Pacifica High School held the commencement ceremony for its Class of 2018 on June 15 at the Orange Coast College stadium.
  Candace Martinez, right, celebrates after graduating from Pacifica High School on Friday, June 15, 2018. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
  Jacob Thomas celebrates after graduating from Pacifica High School on Friday June 15, 2018. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDiana Dinh waves to her family after g
  
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• California boosts mortgage relief to $100,000 for wildfire victims

  13-02-2026 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  California is pumping up mortgage relief to $100,000 in annual grants as it plans to serve a broader bracket of disaster survivors.
  The California Housing Finance Agency’s updated eligibility goes live Thursday, Feb. 12, extending to applicants from high-income households whose homes were severely or completely damaged in either governor-proclaimed or president-approved disaster declarations from Jan. 1, 2023, through Jan. 8, 2025.
  “By offering a full year of mortgage assistance and
  
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• Horse racing column: As Kentucky Derby preps intensify, here are 20 horses at follow

  13-02-2026 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Ten weeks before the lineup and official odds for America’s greatest race are set, the Kentucky Derby picture may come into sharper focus in the next few days on the track and on betting platforms.
  Derby future wagering resumes Thursday through Sunday at 3 p.m. PST, with Paladin an 8-1 favorite on the morning line after 3-year-old division leader Ted Noffey, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner at Del Mar, was sidelined by an injury.
  Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes in Louisiana could
  
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• Horse racing notebook: Forever Young faces Bob Baffert duo in Saudi Cup

  13-02-2026 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Forever Young, the Japanese-bred 5-year-old last seen in competition winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1, tries to become the first repeat winner in the seven runnings of the $20 million Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse on Saturday. But he and jockey Ryusei Sakai will have to beat 5-year-old Nysos (Flavien Prat riding) and 4-year-old Nevada Beach (Irad Ortiz Jr.), the Bob Baffert-trained pair who battled to a 1-2 finish in the Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes at Santa Anit
  
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• Anthropic hits a $380B valuation as it heightens competition with OpenAI

  13-02-2026 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT O’BRIEN
  Artificial intelligence company Anthropic says it is now valued at $380 billion, cementing its position alongside rival OpenAI and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a trio of the world’s most valuable startups that investors will be watching closely this year to see if they will become publicly traded on Wall Street.
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• Mountain lions in Southern California get permanent, protective status from state commission

  13-02-2026 00:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The imperiled mountain lions of Central and Southern California were granted permanent protection on Thursday, Feb. 12, by the California Fish and Game Commission.
  By deeming six populations of pumas as “threatened” under the California Endangered Species Act, it will mean any entity proposing new developments or roads near mountain lion habitat must formulate a plan to mitigate the harm to these big cats.
  It could also bring in funds for additional wildlife crossings to increase the
  
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• Judge says US must help bring back a handful of Venezuelans deported to notorious prison

  13-02-2026 00:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUDHIN THANAWALA
  A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U.S. at the government’s expense.
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• Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary

  12-02-2026 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE CATALINI
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary in the special election to fill the U.S. House seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
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• Chloe Kim takes silver medal in Olympic halfpipe competition

  12-02-2026 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Silver medalist United States’ Chloe Kim holds her medal after the women’s snowboarding halfpipe finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
  LIVIGNO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 12: Silver medalist Chloe Kim of Team United States celebrates with the national flag of the United States during the medal ceremony for the Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe on day six of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park
  
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• Deportation case dropped against Tustin landscaper with 3 sons in the U.S. Marines

  12-02-2026 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  A deportation case against a 49-year-old man detained by immigration-enforcement agents in June while working a landscaping job in Santa Ana has been terminated by an immigration court judge, his attorney said on Thursday, Feb. 12.
  The Jan. 28 decision paves the way for Narciso Barranco of Tustin, a father of three U.S. Marines, to seek legal permanent residency in the United States.
  “For the time being, we’re now actively pursuing his parole in place with (United States Citizenship
  
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• Trump immigration officials shown video of Minneapolis protester’s death in tense Senate hearing

  12-02-2026 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The men tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda were made to watch a video of the shooting death of Alex Pretti in a slow, moment-by-moment analysis on Thursday by Sen. Rand Paul, who repeatedly cast doubt on the tactics used by federal officers and warned that the American public had lost trust in the country’s immigration agencies.
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• Hilary Duff announces 2026 World Tour with stop at Kia Forum

  12-02-2026 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Just two weeks after inviting fans on stage at the Wiltern in Los Angeles to tease “World Tour Loading…,” Hilary Duff has announced she’s hitting the road this summer.
  “The Lucky Me” world tour follows her “Small Rooms, Big Nerves” tour and will have three California stops, including the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on July 8, the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 11, and the Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland on July 12. The U.S. leg of t
  
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• Rick Garretson returns to Servite as head coach for football team

  12-02-2026 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Rick Garretson is returning to Servite to be the school’s new head coach for the football team.
  Garretson, 71, was an All-CIF receiver at Servite in the 1970s and later was the Friars’ receivers coach and then offensive coordinator for 16 years. Garretson also was the dean of students at Servite.
  He moved to Arizona and was an assistant coach at Chandler High School before becoming its head coach. Garretson coached Chandler to two state championships during his six seasons (2019-24)
  
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• Rick Garretson returns to Servite as football head coach

  12-02-2026 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Rick Garretson is returning to Servite to be the school’s varsity football head coach.
  Garretson, 71, was an All-CIF receiver at Servite in the 1970s and later was the Friars receivers coach and then offensive coordinator for 16 years. Garretson also was the Servite dean of students.
  He moved to Arizona where he was an assistant coach at Chandler High School before becoming its head coach. Garretson coached Chandler to two state championships during his six seasons (2019-24)  as the s
  
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• New plans for Oak Creek Golf Course raise an old debate

  12-02-2026 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine Company says it plans to create the city’s “largest nature park” as part of its new vision for the Oak Creek Golf Course, and is soliciting feedback from community members for what that natural space should look like.
  The real estate giant announced recently its intention to carve out from the 193-acre, privately-owned golf course “more than 50 acres of open, natural park space.” It has also reduced the housing component of its proposal, officials said. A
  
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• Friends of Big Bear Valley executive director Sandy Steers dies

  12-02-2026 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Sandra “Sandy” Steers, the executive director of the Friends of Big Bear Valley, famous for their webcams of a mated pair of bald eagles, has died.
  Fawnskin resident Steers, 73, died on Wednesday, Feb. 11. She had been fighting cancer for the last several years, according to Jennifer Voisard, media and website manager for the Friends of Big Bear Valley.
  “She was working on beating that,” Voisard said Thursday. “She was working until the very end.”
  The Friends
  
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• NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

  12-02-2026 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag Thursday at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd, rebuking the Trump administration for removing the well-known symbol of pride from the LGBTQ+ landmark.
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• Anthropic pledges $20M to candidates who favor AI safety

  12-02-2026 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By Emily Birnbaum | Bloomberg
  Anthropic PBC is donating $20 million to a political advocacy group called Public First that’s backing congressional candidates who favor safety rules for artificial intelligence, bolstering the company’s fight for “responsible AI” as Silicon Valley money floods into congressional races across the US.
  The donation promises to strengthen AI safety advocates’ fight against Leading the Future, a billionaire-backed super political action co
  
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• Top Trump antitrust official leaves post following disputes over big mergers

  12-02-2026 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By BERNARD CONDON, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months.
  Gail Slater, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for antitrust, posted on X Thursday that it was with “great sadness” that she was leaving after just a year in the role. The move comes after a back-and-forth decisions about whether to allow Hewlett Packard Enterprises t
  
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• EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says ‘everyone hates’

  12-02-2026 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEXA ST. JOHN, Associated Press
  DETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced an end Thursday to credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles, a device intended to reduce emissions that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said “everyone hates.”
  In remarks with President Donald Trump on Thursday at the White House, Zeldin called start-stop technology the “Obama switch” and said it makes vehicles “die&rdqu
  
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• Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

  12-02-2026 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that holds extensive contracts with the agency he would lead.
  The nomination of Scott Socha late Wednesday follows widespread firings within the Park Service as part of efforts by Trump’s Republican administration to sharply reduce its size. The administration also has faced blowback for the removal or planned removal of national park exh
  
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• He’s back: Kiké Hernandez re-signs with Dodgers

  12-02-2026 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — He’s ba-ack.
  Fan favorite and three-time World Series champion with the Dodgers Kiké Hernandez has re-signed with the team for one year and $4.5 million.
  Hernandez, 34, became a free agent after last fall’s World Series but was always expected back with the Dodgers. The signing was delayed in order to free up a roster spot during the offseason. The utility player underwent major elbow surgery following the 2025 season and is expected to go on the 60-day
  
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• Disneyland to demolish building to clear path for new parking garage

  12-02-2026 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland is expected to start work soon on a new parking structure designed to handle the influx of visitors coming to see the new Avatar themed land, Marvel attractions and Coco boat ride debuting at the Anaheim theme park resort over the next five years.
  Disneyland has filed a building permit with the city of Anaheim to demolish an office building to make way for construction of a 3.2 million-square-foot, 8-level parking structure as part of the $1.9 billion DisneylandForward project.
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• Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, taking silver as Choi Gaon wins women’s halfpipe

  12-02-2026 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim fell short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women’s halfpipe on Thursday.
  Choi dethroned the two-time defending champion after she bounced back from an ugly crash that had silenced the crowd. The 17-year-old drew another collective gasp when she jumped into the lead with a score of 90.25 on her final run.
  Kim had one more shot to get back on top,
  
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• Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, finishing 2nd to Choi Gaon in women’s halfpipe

  12-02-2026 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim fell short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women’s halfpipe on Thursday.
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• Judge reads death threats during hearing on Trump decision to end legal protections for Haitians

  12-02-2026 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press
  A federal judge used part of a court hearing Thursday to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians living in the United States.
  U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington refused to put that decision on hold. But before adjourning, she also took the unusual step of addressing some of the profane criticism and threats it engendered a
  
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• Ready for a Hot Mess on Valentine’s Day? You’ll find it at Venice Beach

  12-02-2026 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Remember the 1980s hair metal band Meat Riot?
  Probably not. The fictional band was featured in a 2013 Jack in the Box commercial for the Super Bowl.
  The ad, which you can watch on YouTube, showed Jack Box, the chain’s round-headed mascot, rocking out “Spinal Tap”-style in Meat Riot, promoting a burger called Hot Mess. It featured a beef patty with pickled jalapeños and a lot of cheese on sourdough toast.
  Jack in the Box is bringing back Hot Mess for a limited time on Mon
  
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• Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe brings fresh approach to 2026

  12-02-2026 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Logan O’Hoppe drove himself crazy at times during a forgettable 2025 season.
  O’Hoppe, who has been considered among the Angels’ promising young core of players, was often a mess at the plate and behind it.
  The catcher finished the season with a .213 average, .629 OPS and 19 homers, only two of which came in the second half.
  Now, the 26-year-old is starting fresh, at the end of what he described as a winter of education about himself.
  “I learned a lot
  
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• Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand

  12-02-2026 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIET LINDERMAN and CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated Press
  The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of a U.S. government decision to reunite her with her Afghan family. The decision likely ends a bitter, yearslong legal battle over the girl’s fate.
  In 2020, a judge in Fluvanna County, Virginia, granted Joshua and Stephanie Mast an adoption of the child, who was then 7,000 miles away in Afghanistan livi
  
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• Trump administration throws new roadblocks at EV charging buildout

  12-02-2026 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alexa St. John | The Associated Press
  The build-out of electric vehicle charging in the U.S. has not stopped since President Donald Trump returned to office. But the administration and Congress are continuing to throw up new roadblocks.Those include the administration withholding charger money to Democratic-controlled states and Congress slicing away at separate infrastructure funding across other states.
  And this week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy decreed that chargers must now be ful
  
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