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• Status Update: Orange County’s jobless can apply for $800 from workforce program

  18-05-2020 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County residents who lost jobs because of the pandemic can apply for help and $800 as part of a workforce program funded with a state grant.
  The Orange County Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act program is designed to help job seekers upgrade skills, obtain employment, improve job retention and increase earnings.
  The county is using a $900,000 grant from the California Employment Development Department to support roughly 1,500 Orange County residents who have been financially impacted by
  
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• UCLA gymnastics team still strong with a new look

  12-12-2025 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Welcome to senior-season Jordan Chiles – and an upcoming season where a new-look UCLA gymnastic team greets a potentially impactful freshman class.
  Following a 2025 campaign, in which now-fourth-year coach Janelle McDonald led the Bruins to her best finish as runner-up to Oklahoma by four-tenths in the national championship – UCLA has to replace longtime veterans Chae Campbell, Emma Malabuyo (now a graduate student assistant coach) and Emily Lee.
  Six incoming freshmen – three o
  
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• Trump administration says sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image

  12-12-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEG KINNARD
  The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services.
  Department of Justice attorneys haven’t elaborated on how doing so might hamper the portrayal President Donald Trump seeks to present to
  
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• Admiral hands over leadership of command overseeing the Trump administration’s boat strikes

  12-12-2025 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America handed off command responsibilities Friday as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region.
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• What to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated

  12-12-2025 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER SMITH
  Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra.
  In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication.” The holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem nearly 2,200 years ago after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from oc
  
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• Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project

  12-12-2025 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
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• Trump sued by preservationists seeking architecture review over White House ballroom project

  12-12-2025 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
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• HOA Homefront: 4 new laws from Sacramento in 2025

  12-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  2025 brought HOAs four new bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, one which took effect July 1, and three that start Jan. 1.
  Assembly Bill 130
  The first 2025 bill affecting California HOAs was AB 130, a major housing bill that until the last moment had nothing to do with HOAs.
  However, one business day before the bill was to be approved on the Senate and House floors, Sen. Aisha Wahab on June 27 was able to slip into the bill major changes in HOA disciplinary process.
  The bill was signed by the gove
  
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• House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein’s estate

  12-12-2025 16:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew.
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• Los Alamitos consensus picks for Friday, Dec. 12, 2025

  12-12-2025 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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• Trump led Republicans to power in 2024. But 2026 could be a different story

  12-12-2025 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN SLOAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump successfully harnessed voter anxiety over the economy, immigration and crime last year to retake the White House — and lift plenty of other Republicans into office with him. But as the party tries to keep its grip on complete control in Washington, that strategy may be harder to replicate.
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• Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street from its all-time highs

  12-12-2025 16:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for superstars that had earlier soared in Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology are dragging the U.S. stock market off their records on Friday.
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• Broadcom drags on Wall Street as worries about AI weigh

  12-12-2025 16:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for superstar stocks that soared in Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology are weighing on the U.S. stock market Friday.
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• If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you

  12-12-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By COREY WILLIAMS
  DETROIT (AP) — Colin Farrell’s had it done — many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did.
  Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose or even Bart’s partially inscribed homage to his mother, some tattoos simply have to go for one reason or many others.
  But the process of taking them off is longer, much more costly and ouch — extremely more painful than getting them
  
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• Trump pardons former Colorado elections clerk, but it alone won’t free her from prison

  12-12-2025 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump issued a symbolic pardon for Tina Peters on Thursday, but it alone won’t free the former Colorado elections administrator who was convicted under state laws of orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
  Trump’s pardon power does not extend to state crimes like those for which Peters was convicted last year and sentenced to nine years in prison.
  President Donald Tr
  
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• Anthony Jeselnik loves reading great books. So he’s starting a book club.

  12-12-2025 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Anthony Jeselnik is not like other comedians: He’s created a dark onstage persona that gives him license to tell jokes about uncomfortable subjects with punchlines you never see coming.
  The comic, who will be doing a series of shows in Southern California early next year, is also a reader. A social media clip of him discussing his 2024 best-of reading list reveals him to be a serious fan of diverse, excellent fiction. And he spent 2025 reading a new book a week and posting about it on Inst
  
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• Trump’s Somali insults are a disgrace to the American dream

  12-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — After Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he was proud that his city had the largest Somali community in the United States, President Donald Trump unleashed a vicious rant during a press conference ostensibly about the auto industry: “I wouldn’t be proud to have the largest Somalian ― look at their nation. Look how bad their nation is. It’s not even a nation. It’s just people walking around killing each other. … They have destroyed Minnesota.
  
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• Rise in late auto loan payments signals stress on low-income families

  12-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Summer Ballentine, The Detroit News
  The rise in late auto loan payments is a symptom of an increasingly unaffordable vehicle market, experts say. Households with the lowest incomes are suffering the most.
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• The science of snowmaking: How Southern California resorts bring snow to the slopes during warm winters

  12-12-2025 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  When Mother Nature doesn’t deliver, it’s up to technology — and a dedicated crew willing to work in freezing cold weather while the rest of the world sleeps — to bring winter to the slopes.
  There has been an unseasonably warm start to this winter, with local ski resorts cranking on their snowmaking machines to blanket slopes for enthusiasts eagerly awaiting the start of the ski and snowboard season.
  It’s nothing new for resort operators in Southern California; winte
  
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• 2 Wisconsin congressional redistricting lawsuits may not resolve by 2026 midterm election

  12-12-2025 15:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of two lawsuits seeking to redraw congressional boundary lines that currently favor Republicans in Wisconsin would not be resolved until after the 2026 midterms under a timeline up for approval Friday.
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• Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detained

  12-12-2025 15:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By JACK BROOK and SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America
  KENNER, La. (AP) — Vilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home this week when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She had just enough time to call her oldest son before they smashed the passenger window and detained her.
  Customs and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino walks with border patrol agents through a neighborhood during an immigration crackdown in Kenner, La
  
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• Turnips can be planted in the fall or just about any time in Southern California

  12-12-2025 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Five things to do in the garden this week:
  Fruits. Weeping mulberry is a remarkable tree that you may wish to plant this fall or winter in its dormant state. To appreciate it, I urge you to view a short video produced by Michael Dolan, of Burnt Ridge Nursery & Orchards. To access the video, search  “weeping mulberry Burnt Ridge.” In the video, Dolan stands next to a weeping mulberry around five feet tall with a canopy that has expanded laterally to around 10 feet. The branch
  
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• Howard’s demise: Appliance stores meet retail’s graveyard

  12-12-2025 15:24 via ocregister.com
  
  La Habra-based Howard’s Appliance opened an “experience store” in Murrieta in 2023. The nearly 80-year-old appliance retailer is abruptly shuttering all of its Southern California stores Dec. 6. (Photo courtesy of Howard’s)
  The sudden closure of the Howard’s Appliance chain is another sign of the new reality of how Californians buy big-ticket items that fill their homes.
  Most shoppers no longer seek out these goods at modest specialty merchants like Howard’s i
  
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• Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families

  12-12-2025 15:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By CEDAR ATTANASIO and CLAIRE RUSH, Associated Press
  MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic.
  A home is surrounded by floodwaters near Twin Rivers Snohomish County Park in Arlington, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Ti
  
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• What is that Smog Abatement Fee on your vehicle registration?

  12-12-2025 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: My California Department of Motor Vehicles registration has the Smog Abatement Fee on it — but my parents don’t have it on theirs. Do you know why?
  – Gina N. Dangelo, Saugus
  A: Yes.
  Gina, do you happen to have a newer ride than your parents?
  Generally, the California Legislature does not require gas-powered cars and trucks that are eight years old or younger, are purchased here in the Golden State, with its restrictive requirements on manufacturers, and have remained with th
  
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• Wayne Winegarden: Why reforming PBMs is the key to lowering drug costs

  12-12-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If lawmakers want to make pharmaceuticals more affordable, they should look past populist policies like price controls that will only make matters worse and set their sights on reforming the Pharmacy Benefit Manager market.
  PBMs manage the drug benefits for insurers and negotiate discounts with drug manufacturers. You probably use one every time you go to the pharmacy to get your medications refilled and don’t even realize it. The top three PBMs, which process about 80% of all prescription
  
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• Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to ‘professional’ programs list amid uproar

  12-12-2025 14:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Education Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional,” adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted from a new agency definition.
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• Court blocks the release of hundreds of immigrants arrested in a Chicago-area crackdown

  12-12-2025 14:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court blocked the immediate release of hundreds of immigrants detained during a Chicago area immigration crackdown in a split decision Thursday that also allowed the extension of a consent decree outlining how federal immigration agents can make warrantless arrests.
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• Federal judge issues order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia

  12-12-2025 14:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on Friday to the cheers of a crowd assembled outside. A federal judge had ordered that immigration officials could not detain him.
  Abrego Garcia appeared for the appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, some 14 hours after he was released from detention on a judge’s
  
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• Abrego Garcia won release from detention. He must check in with immigration officials 14 hours later

  12-12-2025 14:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was due to check-in with immigration authorities on Friday, some 14 hours after he was released from detention on a judge’s orders.
  Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown earlier this year when he was wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. He was last taken into custody in August during a similar check-in.
  Kilmar Abrego García arrive
  
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