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• Spring Forward

  17-05-2018 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  SWIG STYLISHLY:
  I have Marie Kondo-ed the cabinet in my kitchen that was devoted entirely to
  water bottles and replaced them all with a single stainless-steel BPA-free canteen from Fountain Valley-based Elemental. Holding a generous 25 ounces, the bottles are available in more than a dozen colors, from glossy gray or robin’s egg blue to
  matte black and teal, and they’ll keep liquids cold for 24 hours, hot for 12. The
  bottles come with a bamboo cap (for toting on errands or keeping on
  
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• K-pop girl group Twice delivers on first of 4 concerts at Kia Forum

  22-01-2026 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s about to be a very good year for the nine members of the K-pop girl group Twice, who on Wednesday, Jan. 21 played the first of four nights at the Kia Forum in Inglewood.
  To the casual music fan, there are two big names in K-pop. The boy band BTS is responsible in large part for breaking K-pop in the United States, selling out Honda Center and the then-Staples Center on their way to multiple nights at the Rose Bowl and SoFi Stadium.
  Then there’s the girl group Blackpink, who in 2
  
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• Fryer: Schools react to claim that Trinity League teams made offers to star player

  22-01-2026 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Cathedral Catholic football player Honor Fa’alave-Johnson provided a heck of a quote in a recent news story about his intention to stay at the San Diego school for his senior season.
  It all started with Fa’alave-Johnson’s social media post last week: “I appreciate all the different programs reaching out to my family and I. However, I’ll be staying in San Diego and playing my final season at Cathedral Catholic.”
  Asked by the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper ab
  
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• US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization

  22-01-2026 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE STOBBE and DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday.
  But it’s hardly a clean break.
  The U.S. owes more than $130 million to the global health agency, according to WHO. And Trump administration officials acknowledge that they haven’t finished working out some issues,
  
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• 50 years later: 11 classic albums that hit No. 1 on the charts in 1976

  22-01-2026 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  In 1976, record shoppers knew what they liked – the Eagles and Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan – and they bought it in droves.
  Only 11 different albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart that year, with Peter Frampton and George Benson sneaking to the top between the better-known likes of Wings, Led Zeppelin, Earth, Wind & Fire, and a few other familiar acts.
  The singles chart, meanwhile, was all over the place, with radio stations in transition and not su
  
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• Walt Disney was ‘scared’ Disneyland would never be ready for opening day in 1955

  22-01-2026 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Walt Disney famously said Disneyland would never be complete “as long as there is imagination left in the world,” but the biggest dreamer of them all was scared Disneyland would never be finished in time for opening day, according to a new documentary about the making of the Anaheim theme park.
  Disneyland Art Director Harper Goff said Walt Disney was “scared” Disneyland would never be ready for opening day in July 1955 in the new “Disneyland Handcrafted” docum
  
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• UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out

  22-01-2026 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK BANCHEREAU
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose access to emergency food and nutrition aid within weeks unless funding is secured, as violence and hunger surge in the region.
  Related Articles Recovery of missing dog Boro brings hope after Spain’s train crashes People in Gaza dig through garbage for things to burn to keep warm — a far cry from Trump’s vision Guinea-Bissau
  
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• VinylCon! returns to Los Angeles this Spring

  22-01-2026 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  VinylCon! is set to return to Los Angeles this spring, bringing its growing vinyl-focused convention back for a two-day event at the California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles.
  The event will take place March 21–22, marking the second Los Angeles edition of the multi-city vinyl fair.
  The announcement follows VinylCon!’s debut Los Angeles outing last summer, which drew more than 2,500 attendees and featured over 80 record dealers from across the United States and abroad, includi
  
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• Recovery of missing dog Boro brings hope after Spain’s train crashes

  22-01-2026 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUMAN NAISHADHAM
  MADRID (AP) — After back-to-back fatal train crashes sent shock waves through Spain, some good news arrived on Thursday: Boro, the missing dog, was found.
  Days earlier, Boro’s owner Ana García issued a desperate plea to help find him after the dog bolted Sunday in the aftermath of the high-speed train crash in southern Spain that killed at least 45 people. García, 26, and her pregnant sister were traveling with Boro on the train that derailed.
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• Pasadena Chorale to celebrate Black American composers with free show

  22-01-2026 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The Pasadena Chorale is hosting a concert in honor of Black History Month that explores faith, hope, and social justice.
  I BELIEVE will celebrate the profound musical legacy of two Black American composers. The program will begin with original spiritual arrangements by Michal Dawson Connor, an Altadena-based composer whose music includes “My Lord, What a Morning” and “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” both of which draw on deep traditions of resilience, devotion, and communal s
  
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• A Kentucky cathedral called ‘America’s Notre Dame’ gets a rehab, gargoyles and all

  22-01-2026 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER SMITH
  COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Gargoyles have watched over this small Kentucky city for more than a century from their lofty perches on a cathedral known as “America’s Notre Dame.” A new renovation will ensure they keep their posts for years to come on the meticulously restored facade of the towering stone sanctuary.
  Workers in recent weeks have been installing new terra cotta gargoyles as one of the final steps of a major, two-year restoration of the Cathedral Basi
  
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• Injured cougar cub found on Castaic road is on the mend

  22-01-2026 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  State wildlife officials on Thursday said a mountain lion cub with an injured paw that was captured after being spotted crouching in the middle of a Castaic roadway is on the mend.
  On Wednesday, California Fish and Wildlife officials received a report of an injured mountain lion in the area of Hillcrest Parkway and Olympic Street, according to an agency spokesman.
  A female mountain lion kitten that is about 4 to 5 months old and weighing 16 1/2 pounds was found injured early Wednesday, Jan. 21,
  
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• ‘Heated Rivalry’ stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to be torchbearers for Winter Olympics

  22-01-2026 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — The actors co-starring in the hit hockey romance TV series “Heated Rivalry” are set to be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame on the way to the Opening Ceremony for the Milan Cortina Games.
  The organizing committee announced Thursday that Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie will take part in the torch relay. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Feb. 6.
  This image released by Crave shows Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie in a scene from “
  
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• Lindsey Vonn, Chloe Kim, Mikaela Shiffrin headline US ski and snowboard squad named to the Olympics

  22-01-2026 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAT GRAHAM and EDDIE PELLS, AP Sports Writers
  Lindsey Vonn’s stirring return to ski racing in her 40s will hit its crescendo at the Milan Cortina Olympics, while the comeback quest of another U.S. gold medalist, snowboarder Jamie Anderson, came up short.
  Anderson, a two-time champion in slopestyle who returned to the sport after having two kids, failed to reach a podium this season and will not join the U.S. Ski & Snowboard team in the mountains of Italy.
  Mikaela Shiffrin made her f
  
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• Uvalde officer’s acquittal shifts focus to the next case over police response to attack

  22-01-2026 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With the acquittal in the first Texas trial over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, prosecutors must now decide how to try their case against the only other officer who was charged.
  Adrian Gonzales’ trial was a rare prosecution of an officer accused of failing to save lives by preventing a crime. For nearly three weeks, Uvalde County’s district attorney laid out a ca
  
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• At-a-glance: Southern California homebuying in November

  22-01-2026 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  A report from real estate tracker Attom showed Southern California homebuying dropped to its second-slowest pace for a November over the past 21 years.
  Here’s a summary of the homebuying data …Related Articles Zillow accused of referral monopoly, steering homebuyers to its lenders Wildfire insurance battles: California bills propose consumer-friendly regulations Home prices dip in 44% of OC. How did your ZIP do? Southern California homebuying dips to 2nd-slowest pace in 21 years La
  
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• Under Armour looking into data breach affecting customers’ email addresses

  22-01-2026 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Clothing retailer Under Armour is investigating a recent data breach that purloined customers’ email addresses and other personal information, but so far there are no signs the hackers stole any passwords or financial information.
  The breach is believed to have happened late last year, and affected 72 million email addresses, according to information cited by the cybersecurity website Have I Been Pwned. Some of the records taken also included personal information tha
  
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• House holding war powers vote to direct Trump to remove troops from Venezuela

  22-01-2026 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House was voting Thursday on a resolution that directs President Donald Trump to remove U.S. military forces from Venezuela as Democrats pressed the Republican-controlled Congress to curb the president’s aggression in the Western Hemisphere.
  The Trump administration told senators last week that there are no U.S. troops on the ground in Venezuela and committed to getting congressional approval before launching major military op
  
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• Could a president deploy wartime law against the Beatles? Trump administration says ‘yes’

  22-01-2026 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press
  A federal judge hearing arguments Thursday over President Donald Trump’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan gang members had a question: Could a president use the same law against a “British invasion” that was corrupting young minds?
  Jennifer Walker Elrod, chief judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, said her query — a reference to the moral panic in the 1960s over the arrival of the Beatl
  
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• Barrel Tasting 2026 takes place Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in Temecula

  22-01-2026 21:40 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 30 wineries in the Temecula Valley will open their cellars to visitors during Barrel Tasting Weekend. The annual event will take place Saturday, Jan. 31 and Sunday, Feb. 1.
  Tastings include unfinished barrel and tank wine samples as well as finished and newly released wines, according to Temecula Wines, the local winegrowners association. Wineries will also offer food and wine pairings.
  Tickets are $92 per person per day. Tickets for designated drivers are $52 per day.
  The event is sel
  
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• Trump administration tells agencies to compile data on money sent to Democratic states

  22-01-2026 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEOFF MULVIHILL
  President Donald Trump’s budget office this week ordered most government agencies to compile data on the federal money that is sent to 14 mostly Democratic-controlled states and the District of Columbia in what it describes as a tool to “reduce the improper and fraudulent use of those funds.”
  The order comes a week after Trump said he intended to cut off federal funding that goes to states that are home to so-called sanctuary cities that resist his immigratio
  
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• Defense company Anduril Industries announces plans for major new campus in Long Beach

  22-01-2026 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Space Beach will soon get a new resident.
  Anduril Industries, a defense company headquartered in Costa Mesa, announced plans on Thursday, Jan. 22, to open a major new campus in Long Beach.
  The company’s new campus, its announcement said, will house six buildings across 1.18 million square feet. About 435,000 sqaure feet of the campus will be dedicated to industrial research and development space, with the additional 750,000 square feet being reserved for office space.
  In total, the company
  
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• Former Iowa superintendent expected to plead guilty to falsely claiming he was a US citizen

  22-01-2026 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNAH FINGERHUT
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district is expected to plead guilty in federal court Thursday to two charges, including falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen, which could result in a lengthy prison sentence and increase the risk of deportation.
  Related Articles Maine’s governor demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge Huge winter storm to bring crippling snow, sleet and ice from Te
  
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• What to know about FDA’s review of new Zyn advertising proposal

  22-01-2026 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who smoke may soon be hearing a lot more about Zyn, the flavored nicotine pouches that have generated billions in sales while going viral on social media.
  Related Articles Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review States race to launch rural health transformation plans States go their own way as RFK Jr. shifts federal vaccine policy The US is on the verge of losing its measles eliminatio
  
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• Laila Edwards prepares to make Olympic debut as USA Hockey’s first Black female

  22-01-2026 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN WAWROW, Associated Press
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — It was fajita night to celebrate Laila Edwards’ hockey homecoming when an excited shriek pierced the casual gathering in the brightly lit early 20th-century colonial she grew up in on a quiet, tree-lined street.
  Four generations of the Edwards family turned to see a dumbstruck Laila and long-time friend and teammate Caroline Harvey huddled over a cell phone, breathlessly giggling, one “Oh, my God” after anoth
  
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• Patrick Eddington: ICE buys its way around the Fourth Amendment

  22-01-2026 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wants to know where someone works, worships, or travels, it doesn’t need to convince a judge it has probable cause for a warrant. In most cases, it can simply buy the data from commercial data brokers. That giant hole in the Fourth Amendment isn’t some oversight by the federal government bur rather the logical outcome of decades of surveillance battles that Congress has chosen to forfeit.
  Immediately after al Qaeda’s September 11,
  
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: ‘Once’ opens the Chance’s 2026 season

  22-01-2026 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Chance Theater kicks off its 2026 season Friday night with the authentic and heartfelt musical, “Once,” which chronicles the compelling story of a Dublin street musician and a Czech immigrant whose music collaboration creates a surprising connection.
  The musical is based on the Academy Award-winning film written and directed by John Carney, featuring the book by Enda Walsh and music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. It is directed and choreographed by Chance Resident Ar
  
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• Maine’s governor demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge

  22-01-2026 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By PATRICK WHITTLE, RODRIQUE NGOWI and LEAH WILLINGHAM
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time arrest numbers and basic information about who is being detained in a sweeping enforcement operation in Maine, saying the state has been left largely in the dark as fear spreads through immigrant communities.
  “If they have warrants, show the warrants. In America, we don’t believe in secret arres
  
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• Huge winter storm to bring crippling snow, sleet and ice from Texas to Boston

  22-01-2026 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By EMILIE MEGNIEN, SEAN MURPHY and JEFFREY COLLINS
  ATLANTA (AP) — Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather was barreling toward the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.
  The massive storm system is expected to bring a crippling ice storm from Texas through parts of the South, potentially
  
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• A new Tuskegee? RFK Jr.’s CDC puts African newborns at risk

  22-01-2026 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  In December of last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $1.6 million to the Bandim Health Project at the University of Southern Denmark to study the effects of a hepatitis B vaccine on 14,500 newborns in Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West Africa. 
  The study has been widely criticized by the medical community for its lack of rigor and disconformity to established clinical standards but more importantly, because the hepatitis B vaccine has already been proven safe
  
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