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• Six Flags Magic Mountain turns on the lights for ‘Holiday in the Park’

  18-11-2018 06:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Six Flags Magic Mountain is all lit up for a brand-new season.
  It’s time for “Holiday in the Park,” when this playground for thrill seekers sparkles with more than 2 million lights.
  Jason Obaneo and his five-year-old son Dylan Obaneo enjoy artificial snow at Six Flags Magic Mountain on Saturday, November 17, 2018. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
  Six Flags Magic Mountain kicks off Holiday in the Park with more than two million lights, a new holiday-themed fo
  
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• Cinco de Mayo: You might be surprised how long it’s been celebrated in the U.S.

  03-05-2024 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862.
  It is not observed as a national holiday in Mexico, but schools in Puebla, where the battle took place, are closed for the day.
  Mexico’s Independence Day is Sept. 16.
  A report published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture said the observance of Cinco de Mayo in the U.S., started in California in 1863 in response to the resistance to French rule in
  
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• LAFC strives for consistency and points in San Jose

  03-05-2024 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Through the first third of the MLS regular season, the Los Angeles Football Club, on the whole, has been average.
  That’s the assessment of LAFC head coach Steve Cherundolo, whose team enters its 11th matchday this weekend situated fifth in the Western Conference and ninth in the Supporters’ Shield race with 15 of a possible 30 points.
  While April yielded a positive stretch for Cherundolo’s players, who went unbeaten after a three-loss March, ups-and-downs as a group and individ
  
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• Alexander: Lakers firing Darvin Ham was predictable, but is that it?

  03-05-2024 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Darvin Ham was the definition of Fired Coach Walking for weeks, as it turns out. Even 47 regular-season victories, good enough only for the play-in round in a rugged Western Conference, weren’t enough to save a second-year coach from the expectations of a legacy franchise and its entitled fan base.
  But the shame shouldn’t lie so much in Ham’s dismissal, made official with a one-paragraph statement by vice president/GM Rob Pelinka at 11:15 Friday morning, as it is in the process
  
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• Removing 750 LA County probation officers from field duties sparks court delays, diminished oversight

  03-05-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County probation officials claim the loss of 750 officers from their field offices is creating frustration, long court delays and a lack of oversight for thousands of convicted criminals in the region.
  Roughly 250 of the officers were temporarily reassigned in March to the county’s troubled, understaffed juvenile halls as part of a desperate — but ultimately successful — gambit to stave off the state’s impending shutdown of its two largest facilities. Simultan
  
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• Some EV battery rules loosen, potentially making more cars eligible for tax credits

  03-05-2024 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tom Krisher and Matthew Daly | | The Associated Press
  The U.S. government on Friday loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden administration of helping China.
  The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, giving automakers more time to comply with some provisions about where battery minerals can come from.
  The
  
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• The Book Pages: Why this weekend matters to readers

  03-05-2024 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Everybody knows why we become readers.
  For all the events, right?
  OK, that’s probably not the main reason, but it’s one of the benefits of being a reader in Southern California. There are tons of events to rouse us from our cozy chairs and reading forts, and this weekend offers three promising ones.
  Patrons come and go at the Michelle Obama Library in North Long Beach on Thursday, November 9, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
  Festival of AAPI Books (FAB) Lo
  
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• Your fridge is a place where fresh food goes to die. That doesn’t have to happen

  03-05-2024 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Laura Yuen | Star Tribune (TNS)
  MINNEAPOLIS — Do you feel ashamed when you toss out rotting food? Maybe it’s a produce bag of slimy green onions decomposing in the bowels of your fridge. Or a forgotten bin of leftovers that would have made a terrific reheated lunch, if only you had noticed it earlier.
  Related ArticlesRemnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA saysOrange-cream vs. pumpkin spice: Could we see a new seasonal flavor champ?Pizza City Fest returns to downtow
  
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• Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers

  03-05-2024 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tom Murphy | The Associated Press
  Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
  Under the deal announced Friday, the insurer will make coverage of artificial insemination standard for all customers nationally and work to ensure that patients have equal access to more expensive in-vitro fertilization procedures, according to the National Women’s Law Center, which represented plaintiffs in th
  
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• Israel’s actions in Gaza do not amount to genocide but that’s beside the point

  03-05-2024 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  It has been reported that the International Criminal Court is preparing arrest warrants for possible war crimes against Israeli leadership including President Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. This comes at a time when protesters in university campuses across the US are calling for an end to Israel-Hamas war, claiming among other things, that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. 
  The case for calling what the Israeli military is doing “geno
  
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• Ex-employees file class action lawsuit against Pirch, claiming illegal layoffs

  03-05-2024 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Former employees of Pirch, the high-end kitchen furnishing store that filed for bankruptcy last month, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the retailer.
  In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday, former Pirch worker Liza Rogers and others in the class allege that Pirch failed to follow state and federal laws when it laid them off abruptly several weeks ago.
  Pirch did not respond to a request for comment.
  Also see: Pirch, luxury kitchen retailer, sued for unpaid rent and inventory, totaling $5 m
  
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• U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and wife indicted over ties to Azerbaijan

  03-05-2024 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and SEAN MURPHY
  WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple’s ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
  From 2014 to 2021, Cuellar, 68, and his wife accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico, and in exchange, Cuellar agreed
  
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• No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Long Beach State vie for NCAA men’s volleyball title

  03-05-2024 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — The Walter Pyramid on the campus of Cal State Long Beach has donned a number of hats this week, and the 30-year-old arena has worn them well.
  The Pyramid will show itself off again Saturday afternoon when the top-seeded UCLA and second-seeded Long Beach State men’s volleyball teams collide in their nationally televised NCAA Championship match.
  The defending champion Bruins (25-5) and the Beach (27-2) split their regular-season matches in February, each winning in four se
  
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• CIF-SS boys lacrosse playoffs: Friday’s schedule for the Orange County teams

  03-05-2024 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BOYS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS
  Friday’s schedule
  DIVISION 1
  Quarterfinals, 5 p.m. unless noted
  Corona del Mar at St. Margaret’s, 7 p.m.
  Westlake at Mater Dei
  Santa Margarita at Loyola
  JSerra at Foothill
  DIVISION 2
  Quarterfinals, 5 p.m. unless noted
  Huntington Beach at Trabuco Hills
  San Clemente at Agoura
  DIVISION 3
  Second round, 5 p.m. unless noted
  Woodbridge at Village Christian, 4 p.m.
  Simi Valley at Northwood
  Compton at University
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• Protests: UCLA faculty echo students, allege leaders disregarded protesters’ safety

  03-05-2024 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA classes again shifted online Friday, as the campus continued to reel in the aftermath of a sprawling pro-Palestinian protest this week that sparked a mammoth police response and more than 200 arrests. Questions smoldered about the university’s response to the encampment and the counter protests that sparked violent overnight clashes.
  Across Southern California, from neighboring USC to Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties, demonstrations large and small continued, fueled by de
  
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• CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Saturday’s schedule for the CIF-SS semifinals

  03-05-2024 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
  Saturday’s schedule
  DIVISION 1
  Round 3 of pool play
  POOL A
  Newport Harbor (1-1) at Loyola (2-0), 6 p.m.
  Mater Dei (0-2) at Huntington Beach (1-1), 6 p.m.
  POOL B
  Corona del Mar (2-0) at Mira Costa (2-0), 6 p.m.
  Edison (0-2) at Tesoro (0-2), 6 p.m.
  DIVISION 2
  Semifinals, 6 p.m.
  Redondo at Beckman
  Santa Margarita at Servite
  DIVISION 3
  Semifinals, 6 p.m.
  El Dorado at San Clemente
  Long Beach Poly at St. Margaret’s
  DIVISION 4
  Semifinals, 6 p.m.
  Pasadena Poly
  
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• Sam Ash Music closing all stores, 7 in Southern California

  03-05-2024 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Sam Ash Music, the 100-year-old retailer that stoked the musical aspirations of countless shoppers, announced Thursday, May 2 “with a heavy heart” that it was closing all 42 stores nationwide.
  The New York-based company said in a social media post that store sales would begin Friday. “This unfortunate news also presents a fantastic opportunity for great deals,” the company wrote on Facebook.
  It offered no other reason for the closures.
  Sam Ash has seven stores in Californ
  
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• Are midwives and doulas the answer to keeping more Black babies alive?

  03-05-2024 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  This is part of a series of South Florida Sun Sentinel articles exploring maternal health care.
  It is 2 a.m. when Brianca Spence slips behind the wheel of her car. The drive to the nearest hospital can stretch as long as an hour, and feel like an eternity when she’s rushing to guide an expecting mother through childbirth.
  As labor unfolds, Spence will translate the harsh demands of a nurse on duty into calming guidance. She will encourage the woman to ask for pain medication when she needs
  
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• Mandatory reporting laws meant to protect children get another look

  03-05-2024 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Kristin Jones | KFF Health News (TNS)
  More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child abuse and save lives. The state’s requirement that certain professionals tell officials when they suspect a child has been abused or neglected was among the first mandatory reporting laws in the nation.
  Since then, mandatory reporting laws have expanded nationally to include more types of maltreatment — including neglect, which now accou
  
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• UC Irvine, Chapman University Gaza solidarity encampments continue

  03-05-2024 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Orange County pro-Palestinian encampments, one at UC Irvine and the other at Chapman University, continued on Friday, with no signs the protestors will be forced out or that the schools will move forward with the students’ demands.
  UC Irvine and Chapman students and other protesters are calling on the universities to divest from companies with ties to Israel and weapon manufacturers. The on-campus encampment at UCI of around 20 tents entered its fifth day – tents first went up on
  
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• Mortgage rate forecast for May 2024: No break for homebuyers

  03-05-2024 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Jeff Ostrowski | Bankrate.com (TNS)
  As homebuyers grapple with record prices this spring, mortgage rates have also crept up. On a 30-year fixed loan, the average rate was 7.39% as of May 1, according to Bankrate’s survey of large lenders, marking three straight months of 7% rates.
  Blame inflation. It’s still stubbornly elevated, rising to 3.5% in March, and that’s led to dialed-back expectations about how quickly the Federal Reserve cuts rates this year
  
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• Corky: Kelly Slater retires from competitive surf tour … kinda

  03-05-2024 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Well, we were beginning to think that Kelly Slater’s professional competitive surfing career had never been given an expiration date.  He just kept going and going and going … and going some more.
  The dude totally put the energizer bunny to shame.
  Kelly became the youngest world champion at 20 years old – it was more than obvious that he was going to have a long and successful run at the top.  But nobody ever guessed just how long and how successful it would go: 19 y
  
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• How credit cards can help you cope with travel troubles

  03-05-2024 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Ted Rossman | Bankrate.com (TNS)
  “Revenge travel” has been a big theme the past couple of years as Americans have been raring to go here, there and everywhere after hunkering down during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the Transportation Security Administration screened a record-high 858.5 million passengers in 2023.
  But it hasn’t been a smooth ride for travelers. In fact, if you flew in 2022 or 2023, there was a one-in-five chance your flight was delayed, according to the
  
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• As 2026 California governor race heats up, here’s a roundup of opinions on potential candidates

  03-05-2024 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  California is set to make a major decision when it decides who its next governor will be. While voters won’t get an official say until June 2026’s primary election, the race is heating up now as several vie to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who will term out in 2027.
  A handful of people have already declared their candidacies, and you can expect the field trying to be the state’s next chief executive to be a large one. And with each announcement – or lack thereof – come
  
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• Biden administration says 100,000 DACA immigrants are expected to enroll in Obamacare next year

  03-05-2024 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By AMANDA SEITZ
  WASHINGTON  — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday.
  The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democratic President Joe Biden’s initial proposal to allow those migrants to sign up for Medicaid, the health insurance program that provides nearly free coverage for the nati
  
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• See inside $25 million Paseo restaurant at Downtown Disney

  03-05-2024 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The $25 million Paseo restaurant, Centrico courtyard bar and Tiendita takeout stand now open in Downtown Disney celebrates the Mexican flavors, heritage and family of celebrity chef Carlos Gaytan with a menu of small plates, seafood, tacos, ceviches and tequila-based cocktails.
  The new Paseo display kitchen at Downtown Disney. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Patina Restaurant Group invested millions in the renovation of Paseo, Centrico and Tiendita  formerly occu
  
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• Lakers fire Darvin Ham after 2 seasons as the team’s head coach

  03-05-2024 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  After just two seasons at the helm, the Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday morning – a decision that seemed unlikely just a year ago but seemed inevitable after how the Lakers’ 2023-24 season transpired.
  Rumors of Ham’s declining job security had been circulating for months, with his dismissal expected since the Lakers’ season ended with their Game 5 loss to the Denver Nuggets in a first-round playoff series on Monday night at Ball Arena.
  Ham finished his L
  
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• Woman, uncle killed in possible double murder and suicide attempt at Santa Ana business complex

  03-05-2024 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman and her uncle were killed in Santa Ana on Thursday, May 2, and the woman’s boyfriend was hospitalized with what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.
  Santa Ana police responded to the 1200 block of East Chestnut Avenue about 4:25 p.m. after a woman called and said her boyfriend had stabbed both her and her uncle in a commercial-building unit just west of Grand Avenue, Officer Natalie Garcia said.
  When officers arrived, they found all three
  
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• UCLA transfer portal recap: Bruins retain many, still have holes to fill

  03-05-2024 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — DeShaun Foster has remained transparent about his need to use the transfer portal to help fill depth and multiple positions during the spring transfer portal window.
  This has been the only opportunity for Foster to make any significant roster moves, considering he was hired in February.
  There weren’t a significant amount of players who decided to enter the transfer portal from last season’s roster following the coaching change and Foster has been successful in kee
  
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• USC transfer portal recap: Trojans deep in the secondary, thin up front

  03-05-2024 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It simply became impossible to block out the noise at times last season, the lack of size on USC’s defensive front a consistent talking point that burrowed its way into the heads of players themselves.
  This group, veteran edge Jamil Muhammad emphasized after USC’s spring game, was “night and day” from last season, from philosophy to execution to simply size – bigger, stronger, more visibly physical.
  “I know me, and I know the rest of the de
  
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