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• Summer-like waves in October? These photos show surfers enjoying the unseasonably warm weather

  18-10-2017 06:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The water is warm, the sun is shining and the waves are pumping.
  A fun swell showed up on the coast Tuesday, giving a late-summer vibe to the coastline as unseasonably warm weather lingers and surfers blew off work and school to paddle into some fun waves.
  A surfer is dwarfed by a wave while tackling the surf at the Wedge in Newport Beach, CA on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)A bodyboarder gets some speed while tackling the big surf at the Wedge
  
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• Ron Paul: The Vietnamization of Ukraine

  22-05-2024 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  As Ukraine’s defeat in the war moves closer, the neocons are desperate to draw the US further into the fight. Over the weekend, former US State Department official Victoria Nuland told ABC News that the US must help facilitate Ukrainian missile attacks deep inside Russian territory. The Biden Administration has to this point avoided involvement in such attacks, likely because Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will strike any facility that supplies or facilitates strik
  
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• UCLA police chief temporarily reassigned in wake of counter-protest violence

  22-05-2024 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  In the aftermath of campus violence when counter-protesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment, and law enforcement lagged, UCLA Police Chief John Thomas has been temporarily removed from his post and reassigned as the new Office of Campus Safety continues to conduct an examination of the school’s security processes “aimed at enhancing the wellbeing and safety of our community,” campus officials said on Wednesday, May 22.
  Thomas reassignment is pending, based on that probe.
  
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• Ex-Redlands teacher who sexually abused middle school students released from prison decades early

  22-05-2024 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  A former Redlands middle school teacher convicted in 2005 of sexually abusing three male students and sentenced to more than 74 years in prison, has been released from custody and is now living in Palm Desert.
  Sean Ramiro Lopez, 50, who taught at Clement Middle School from 1999 to 2002, is listed on the Megan’s Law database as “very low risk” to commit a new sexual offense. Under terms of his release, Lopez will spend the first six months of his parole in transitional housing.
  
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• From COVID-19 to campus protests: How the police state muzzles free speech

  22-05-2024 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The police state does not want citizens who know their rights.
  Nor does the police state want citizens prepared to exercise those rights.
  This year’s graduates are a prime example of this master class in compliance. Their time in college has been set against a backdrop of crackdowns, lockdowns and permacrises ranging from the government’s authoritarian COVID-19 tactics to its more recent militant response to campus protests.
  Born in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, these young people ha
  
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• World’s largest camera, costly and fragile, makes epic journey to South American mountaintop

  22-05-2024 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The world’s biggest camera was on its way from its birthplace at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park to a mountaintop half a hemisphere away in the foothills of the Andes. But there was a problem. And it required an order from Chile’s President Gabriel Boric to solve.
  “This was very high stakes operation. It’s the future of U.S. astronomy,” said SLAC engineer and camera project manager Travis Lange. “There are literally thousands of people
  
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• Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s pace

  22-05-2024 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM
  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his term, though Trump still holds the edge when it comes to the most impactful confirmations — those to the Supreme Court and the country’s 13 appellate courts.
  The march to 200 culminated with the confirmation of Angela Martinez as a district court judge in Arizona. The mi
  
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• USC adds Wyoming transfer Gavin Meyer to defensive line

  22-05-2024 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — For a fleeting moment, the interior depth was stable.
  A couple days after the group call that reeled prized defensive tackle Bear Alexander back in at USC, Lincoln Riley told media it was possible the Trojans would look to add defensive-line help in the spring transfer-portal window. But his tone was noncommittal, reflecting a front that had grown in talent and in size, a development everyone around the program knew was necessary entering the Big Ten.
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• Uvalde school shooting: Families sue Texas state police over botched response

  22-05-2024 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By Acacia Coronado and Jim Vertuno | Associated Press
  AUSTIN, Texas — The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against nearly 100 state police officers who were part of the botched law enforcement response.
  The families said in a statement that they also agreed a $2 million settlement with the city, under which city leaders promised higher standards and better training for local police.
  The announcement came two da
  
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• They’re getting sick because of the cross-border sewage crisis. This committee aims to prove it.

  22-05-2024 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Tammy Murga | The San Diego Union-Tribune
  Cassandra Sutcliffe has been using her inhaler more often to treat her chronic bronchitis.
  She lives on an oceanfront property in Imperial Beach, one of the southernmost communities impacted by sewage and toxic chemicals that spill over the U.S.-Mexico border.
  “The smell makes your eyes water and your throat close up,” said Sutcliffe, one of many residents who have reported having similar symptoms and who say they find rel
  
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• Worker awarded $58 million in Palmdale train yard injury

  22-05-2024 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A jury on Tuesday, May 21 awarded more than $58 million to a Palmdale train yard worker who slipped and fell on top of a train while performing electrical repairs at the Kinkisharyo International train manufacturing yard in 2016.
  The Los Angeles Superior Court panel’s total award to Pablo Scipione, now 46, was $58.35 million, which includes $54.15 million in compensatory damages and $4.2 million in punitive damages. Scipione at one time offered to settle for as little as $3 million.
  Accord
  
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• Remember the bee-pocalypse? Another false environmentalist story

  22-05-2024 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you heard about the “bee-pocalypse?” My new video explains.
  Honeybees are dying!
  It’s another environmental crisis we’re supposed to worry about.
  The media call it “bee-pocalypse” and “bee-mageddon!”
  A YouTube video with 15 million views says bee-mageddon “could lead to millions of people starving!”
  Even Fox News shrieked, “Do you like to eat? The disappearance of honeybees could have a drastic impact on o
  
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• Travel: Ka’anapali resort on west Maui makes a comeback

  22-05-2024 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  It was 6:30 a.m. and I was heading out on a sunrise jog on the West Maui coast with Brad Kukral, the running ambassador for the Westin Maui Ka’anapali resort. Our group of early birds included casual runners like me and a few others who were more serious about the sport. Fortunately Kukral, a seasoned marathoner and a resort bartender, set an easy pace on the paved beach path that traces this scenic coastline.
  As we ran steadily north from the resort, the morning light caught the mountaint
  
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• ‘Buy now, pay later’ needs better oversight, consumer protection bureau says

  22-05-2024 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By Paige Smith and Paulina Cachero | Bloomberg
  Buy now, pay later lenders such as Block Inc.’s Afterpay, Affirm Holdings and Klarna Bank AB should be treated in some ways like credit-card providers, according to one US financial regulator.
  The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a new interpretation of existing laws and regulations on Wednesday to make clear that, like credit-card providers, BNPL firms must investigate disputes, refund returned products or voided services, an
  
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• Angels’ José Suarez encouraged by recent performances

  22-05-2024 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — While four outings might not be enough to convince everyone that José Suarez is back, it’s done wonders for his confidence.
  “I feel like it’s me now,” Suarez said. “I’m attacking the zone. My confidence is at 100%. I feel really good right now.”
  The Angels left-hander endured a miserable April, with a 10.13 ERA in 16 innings. Over his four games in May, though, Suarez has a 1.93 ERA in 9 1/3 innings, with 12 strikeouts.
  “He s
  
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• NASA indefinitely postpones launch of Boeing’s Starliner crewed capsule

  22-05-2024 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA announced late Tuesday that it was no longer aiming for a Saturday launch of a pair of astronauts aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner as teams discuss a helium leak found on the spacecraft.
  While the range was cleared for Sunday and Tuesday backup launch windows, NASA said the next possible launch “is still being discussed.”
  At issue has been a helium leak found on Starliner’s propulsion module. NASA previously stated that the leak had unde
  
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• Moms for Liberty to spend over $3 million targeting presidential swing state voters

  22-05-2024 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON (Associated Press)
  NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a multi-state advertising blitz to increase its membership and engage voters before November, following through on a pledge it made last year to become more politically active across the country in 2024.
  Yet the considerable investment comes with a twist for a group that has previously said its focus was on local school board races: It will specif
  
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• FCC to consider rules for AI-generated political ads on TV and radio

  22-05-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ali Swenson | The Associated Press
  The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced on Wednesday a proposal to require political advertisers to disclose when they use content generated by artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads.
  If adopted by the five-person commission, the proposal would add a layer of transparency that many lawmakers and AI experts have been calling for as rapidly advancing generative AI tools churn out lifelike images, videos and audio cli
  
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• This popular Friday night summer wine series is returning after a yearslong hiatus

  22-05-2024 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Bring the picnic blankets, check out the great city views from atop a scenic park, walk through history and get ready to tip a glass or two or three back every Friday evening this summer because after a years-long hiatus the Barnsdall Fridays Wine Tasting is back.
  “This is a green space in a area that doesn’t have a lot of green space and it’s a great event where people come together to celebrate their community and wine tasting,” said Daniel Gerwin, president of the Barn
  
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• Mastercard will use AI to find compromised cards before they’re used by criminals

  22-05-2024 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ken Sweet | The Associated Press
  Mastercard said Wednesday that it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been compromised well before it ends up in the hands of a cybercriminal.
  In its latest software update rolling out this week, Mastercard is integrating artificial intelligence into its fraud-prediction technology that it expects will be able to see patterns in stolen cards faster and allow banks to replace them before they are used by criminals.
  “Ge
  
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• Daily marijuana use exceeds daily drinking in US

  22-05-2024 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By CARLA K. JOHNSON | AP Medical Writer
  Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, according to an analysis of national survey data, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol.
  Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook daily and near-daily drinking, said the study’s author, Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie
  
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• California Supreme Court seems poised to leave Prop. 22 unchanged

  22-05-2024 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters
  Proposition 22, the gig industry-backed initiative that 58% of state voters passed in 2020, has been mired in a legal back-and-forth since it became law — including being ruled unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge before being upheld by a state appeals court.
  Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and other companies have used the law to treat their drivers and delivery workers in California as independent contractors, not employees.
  The specific question bef
  
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• 6 Southern California restaurants make Yelp’s Top 100 BBQ Spots list

  22-05-2024 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Riverside County is a long way from Texas, but two restaurants in Riverside County serving Texas-style barbecue made it into Yelp’s top 20.
  In the website’s “Top 100 BBQ Spots 2024,” Calhoun Family Texas Barbeque in Murrieta landed at No. 17. This quick service mom-and-pop eatery specializes in brisket and sweet potato pie, according to its website. It’s at 24710 Washington Ave. calhounfamilytexasbarbeque.com
  Badlands BBQ in Norco followed at No. 18. The menu includ
  
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• 2 Riverside County barbecue restaurants make top 20 in Yelp list

  22-05-2024 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Riverside County is a long way from Texas, but two restaurants in Riverside County serving Texas-style barbecue made it into Yelp’s top 20.
  In the website’s “Top 100 BBQ Spots 2024,” Calhoun Family Texas Barbeque in Murrieta landed at No. 17. This quick service mom-and-pop eatery specializes in brisket and sweet potato pie, according to its website. It’s at 24710 Washington Ave. calhounfamilytexasbarbeque.com
  Badlands BBQ in Norco followed at No. 18. The menu includ
  
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• Lavender plants are a fresh, fragrant addition to your garden

  22-05-2024 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lee Somerville
  “Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly, lavender’s green,
  When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen.”
  — old nursery rhyme, Anonymous
  Of all the flowers in the garden, lavender is probably one of the most popular and easily recognized for its beautiful purple spiked blossoms and aromatic fragrance. Native to the dry slopes that surround the Mediterranean Sea, Lavandula was prized by Egyptians, Romans and Greeks for its medicinal and cleansing qual
  
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• Hunter Biden to ask LA judge to postpone tax trial

  22-05-2024 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Hunter Biden is expected to ask a federal judge in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday to postpone his trial on tax charges until September.
  President Joe Biden’s son is currently scheduled to go on trial in Los Angeles federal court before U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi on June 20 on nine federal tax charges for allegedly refusing to pay his taxes.
  His attorneys are expected to argue that the tax trial should be postponed until Sept. 5, based on scheduling conflicts with an unrelated felony g
  
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• Outloud Fest: What you need to know before heading to WeHo’s Pride festival

  22-05-2024 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Whether you’re voguing in the front row or having a kiki with friends in the disco shade lounges, it’s time to slay at this year’s Outloud Music Festival at WeHo Pride. The extravaganza will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with a lineup of fierce performances, all coming together for a weekend of unapologetic self-expression, music, and non-stop dancing.
  The Outloud Music Festival, set to take over West Hollywood Park on June 1-2, features two days of live performances. The line
  
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• Cal State Fullerton’s new president will come from University of Southern Indiana

  22-05-2024 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton’s next president will be Ronald Rochon, coming from University of Southern Indiana, the university system announced Wednesday.
  The California State University Board of Trustees appointed Rochon Wednesday morning.
  “I am honored to join the Titan community and excited to work alongside the university’s talented faculty and staff to further support the success of its dynamic and diverse student body,” Rochon said in a statement. “I look forward to c
  
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• Disneyland’s Club 33 to get its own Hollywood movie

  22-05-2024 17:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The secret, private and mysterious Club 33 at Disneyland is getting the theme park-to-silver screen treatment with a murder-mystery tale set in the magical dining club and a host of suspects that reads like a who’s who of history’s greatest figures.
  “Goosebumps” and “Shazam” screenwriter Darren Lemke has been tapped to write the script for a “Club 33” film set in a fantastical world of the members-only New Orleans Square restaurant, according to th
  
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• OC Board of Supervisors discuss new CEO search as Frank Kim’s retirement looms

  22-05-2024 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The hunt for the County of Orange’s next CEO continues; the OC Board of Supervisors discussed the position at Tuesday’s board meeting.
  The agenda item “public employee appointment” was scheduled to be discussed during closed session, but no decision was reported after the meeting.
  Frank Kim, who has been Orange County’s CEO since 2015, announced his plans to retire by July 11 in a letter to the Board of Supervisors last November. He’s served the county in vari
  
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