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• Split California democratically, not geographically

  25-06-2018 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  All proposals to split California into multiple states share the same defect: a foolish fixation with geography.
  The new “Cal 3” initiative, which would create three states, is simply the latest measure (the first was pre-Civil War) to make the mistake of dividing us up by regions.
  The splitters’ logic is that many Californians are unhappy because we live in a state with too many people who don’t understand us because they’re too different from us. Splitters imagine
  
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• Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, telling Trump he meant what he said at Davos

  27-01-2026 19:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROB GILLIES
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals.
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• Disney shelved ‘Disneyland Handcrafted’ documentary for years

  27-01-2026 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A new documentary film about how Disneyland almost never happened sat on the shelf collecting dust for years and nearly never made it off the cutting room floor, according to the filmmaker.
  A 70-minute rough cut of “Disneyland Handcrafted” sat on the shelf in 2020 as Disney put the project on hold indefinitely, according to documentary filmmaker Leslie Iwerks.
  “I was thinking this would never see the light of day,” Iwerks told the Los Angeles Times.
  “Disneyland Hand
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Jayden Mysin, Aliso Niguel

  27-01-2026 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Jayden Mysin
  School: Aliso Niguel
  Sport: Basketball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: He scored 77 points over three wins for the Wolverines. In Sea View League games, Mysin, a 6-3 guard, scored 22 points against El Toro and 33 points against Mission Viejo. He finished the week with 23 points in a 78-34 win over Dos Pueblos in the Nike Extravaganza. Mysin is averaging 21 points and five rebounds a game.
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• Frost quakes cause loud booms, light shaking when bitterly cold temperatures persist

  27-01-2026 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By ISABELLA O’MALLEY
  Meteorologists say that water rapidly freezing in the soil amid bitterly cold temperatures can make a startling noise and even cause small vibrations.
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• Families of 2 men killed in boat strike sue Trump administration over attack they call ‘unlawful’

  27-01-2026 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER and BEN FINLEY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of two Trinidadian nationals killed in a Trump administration boat strike last October sued the federal government on Tuesday, calling the attack a war crime and part of an “unprecedented and manifestly unlawful U.S. military campaign.”
  The lawsuit is thought to be the first wrongful death case arising from the three dozen strikes that the administration has launched since September on boats in the Caribbean Sea and easte
  
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• Pinterest will lay off 15% of its workforce as the platform pivots resources to AI

  27-01-2026 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pinterest plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots more of its money to artificial intelligence.
  In a Tuesday securities filing, San Francisco-based Pinterest said it was making these cuts to support “transformation initiatives” — which include reallocating the company’s resources to AI-focused roles and prioritizing AI-powered products. It said it was also working
  
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• UPS looks to cut up to 30,000 jobs this year

  27-01-2026 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer
  UPS is planning to cut up to 30,000 operational jobs this year as the package delivery company continues with its turnaround efforts and reducing the number of Amazon shipments that it handles.
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• Recipe: This Super Bowl snack is scrumptious and easy to prepare

  27-01-2026 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  With Super Bowl Sunday approaching, I’m on the lookout for a nosh that is scrumptious and easy to prepare. White cheddar cheese topped with wine-soaked cherries andherbs is the perfect answer.
  The dried cherries need to soak in a mixture of wine, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, herbs de Provence and salt for 2 to 7 days in the fridge, so allow time for this little do-aheadchore.
  White Cheddar with Wine-Soaked Dried Cherries and Herbs
  Yield: Serves 4
  INGREDIENTS
  1/3 cup Merlot, or other dry re
  
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• New minor gives CSUF students tools to impact their communities

  27-01-2026 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  With more than 3 million people calling Orange County home, the 34-city, 948-square-mile region is large, complex and dynamic, said Zia Salim, professor of geography and the environment at Cal State Fullerton.
  The county is also part of a much broader metropolitan area, sharing its northern border with Los Angeles County, making the entire 5,000-plus-square-mile expanse the perfect “classroom” for examination through the lens of urban studies.
  So, it made sense for Salim and Mark Dra
  
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• Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Yemen threaten new attacks as US aircraft carrier arrives

  27-01-2026 18:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two Iranian-backed militias in the Mideast are signaling their willingness to launch new attacks, likely trying to back Iran, as officials acknowledged the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier to the region Monday. President Donald Trump ordered the carriers to move to the Middle East as he threatened military action over its crackdown on nationwide protests.
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• World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day

  27-01-2026 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By VANESSA GERA
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Holocaust survivors, politicians and regular people commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, gathering at somber events across Europe and beyond to reflect on Nazi Germany’s killing of millions of people.
  International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed across each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the Nazi German death camps. The U.N. General Assembly adopte
  
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• Tustin mixologist Derick Santiago builds a new kind of drinking culture

  27-01-2026 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  On a recent afternoon in Tustin, Derick Santiago stood behind the bar at his home studio mixing drinks that, at first glance, looked like something you would order at a serious cocktail bar. Two violet-hued in a coup and highball glass, the other tinted orange in a lowball. There was citrus in the air, the bite of ginger and the quiet confidence of an expert who has made these drinks dozens of times before.
  The only difference? Not a drop of alcohol, anywhere in sight.
  Santiago, 39, is the creat
  
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• India and EU clinch the ‘mother of all deals’ in a historic free trade agreement

  27-01-2026 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By RAJESH ROY and SAM McNEIL
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the European Union reached a free trade agreement to deepen economic and strategic ties, officials said Tuesday, after nearly two decades of negotiations.
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• Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in United States

  27-01-2026 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Monday backed a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroad.
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• What to know about Gregory Bovino, the commander of Trump’s immigration crackdown

  27-01-2026 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By The Associated Press
  The commander of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is leaving the city after federal agents fatally shot two people in less than three weeks.
  Gregory Bovino had been the go-to architect for the large-scale immigration crackdowns ordered by Trump and the public face of his administration’s city-by-city sweeps. The Border Patrol chief led agents in Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans before he headed to Minnesota in December for what
  
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• EU steps in to make sure Google gives rivals access to AI services and data

  27-01-2026 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Tuesday it’s stepping in to make sure Google gives rival AI companies and search engines access to Gemini AI services and data as required by the bloc’s flagship digital rulebook.
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• Top US trading partners pledged to invest $5 trillion in America. These researchers have doubts.

  27-01-2026 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has strong-armed many of America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States. But a study out Tuesday raises doubts about whether the money will actually materialize and questions how it would be spent if it did.
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• Sierra Madre Playhouse celebrates Lunar New Year with comedy, music and film

  27-01-2026 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The Sierra Madre Playhouse is jumping into the Lunar New Year with several shows planned during a multiweek series that will touch on comedy, film, theater, dance and music.
  “With this particular series we wanted to touch on the different genres that we present here. You don’t have to  be Asian American to enjoy these events, these are for everybody in the community,” said Berrie Tsang, company director for the Playhouse.
  The Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 17 but is marked t
  
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• Kid Cudi is bringing The Rebel Ragers Tour to the Crypto.com Arena

  27-01-2026 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Kid Cudi has announced The Rebel Ragers Tour, a major 2026 North American run that will take the Grammy Award-winning artist across more than 30 cities.
  Produced by Live Nation, the tour launches April 28 at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix and wraps June 27 at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista. The tour will make a Los Angeles stop on June 26 at Crypto.com Arena, marking one of Cudi’s largest hometown-area performances in recent years.
  The Rebel Ragers Tour
  
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• Trump’s use of AI images pushes new boundaries, further eroding public trust, experts say

  27-01-2026 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAITLYN HUAMANI, Associated Press Technology Writer
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration has not shied away from sharing AI-generated imagery online, embracing cartoonlike visuals and memes and promoting them on official White House channels.
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• Trump administration’s trust and credibility tested in wake of Pretti’s death in Minneapolis

  27-01-2026 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN SLOAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy didn’t simply criticize the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
  Following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer, the Louisiana Republican warned of broader implications for the federal government.
  “The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake,” Cassidy wrote in a social media post, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homel
  
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• Watch: Investigator describes intense air traffic at time of deadly midair collision near DC

  27-01-2026 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By GARY FIELDS, JOSH FUNK and ED WHITE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An air traffic controller felt a “little overwhelmed” by numerous aircraft around Reagan airport just minutes before an American Airlines jet collided midair last year with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing 67 people, an investigator said Tuesday at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing to determine the biggest factors in the crash.
  During the hearing’s early stage
  
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• Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims

  27-01-2026 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press
  Three of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims that their platforms — Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok and Google’s YouTube — deliberately addict and harm children.
  Jury selection starts this week in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. It’s the first time the companies will argue their case before a jury, and the outcome could have profound effect
  
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• Fed expected to keep rates unchanged as Chair Powell pivots back to economics

  27-01-2026 17:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won’t like the result.
  The central bank’s interest rate-setting committee is almost certain to keep its key short-term rate unchanged at about 3.6%, after three straight quarter-point cuts
  
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• More arctic air is expected for Southern states hit by ice and riddled with power outages

  27-01-2026 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By RUSS BYNUM and KRISTIN M. HALL
  When a massive winter storm descended on the Northeast and parts of the South over the weekend, Lisa Patterson planned to stick it out at her family’s home in Nashville.
  But after she and her husband lost power, trees fell onto their driveway and their wood stove proved no match for the frigid temperatures. Along with their dog, the couple had to be rescued and taken to a warming shelter.
  “I’ve been snowed in up there for almost three
  
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• Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy falls sharply in January to lowest level since 2014

  27-01-2026 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial prospects.
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• ‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight over threats from nuclear weapons, climate change and AI

  27-01-2026 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Earth is closer than it’s ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday and advanced its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds till midnight.
  The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited risks of nuclear war, climate change, potential misuse of biotechnology and the increasing use of artificial intelligence witho
  
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• Dodgers 2026 spring training position preview: catchers

  27-01-2026 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Dodgers pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report for spring training on Feb. 12. As we count down the days until camp begins, we are going through the various position groups to give a breakdown of where the roster stands. Today, we look at the catchers. Previously: outfielders.
  2025 RECAP
  Will Smith continued to emerge as possibly the best catcher in the National League. His .296 batting average and .901 OPS were career-highs for a full season – and held up despite a broken hand suff
  
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• Judge orders ICE chief to appear in court to explain why detainees have been denied due process

  27-01-2026 17:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE CATALINI and STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt.
  In an order dated Monday, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz said Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, must appear perso
  
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