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• Two fires burning at Camp Pendleton

  17-10-2017 07:13 via ocregister.com
  CAMP PENDLETON  (City News Service) – A pair of wildfires spread across open terrain at Camp Pendleton on Monday, Oct. 16, sending plumes of brown smoke over northern San Diego County but posing no threats to populated areas, authorities reported.
  One blaze erupted Monday afternoon in a training area at the Marine Corps installation north of Oceanside, according to the Camp Pendleton Fire Department.
  The other involved remaining areas of combustion from a fire that burned over th
  
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• The Pantages will stage LA premieres of ‘The Outsiders’ and ‘Death Becomes Her’

  05-03-2026 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Maybe Happy Ending” and “The Outsiders,” winners of the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2025 and 2024 respectively, will make their Los Angeles premieres during the Broadway in Hollywood’s 2026-27 season at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
  In addition, Broadway in Hollywood will bring five more Broadway musicals to the Pantages for their L.A. premieres, including “Death Becomes Her,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Water For Elephants,” &l
  
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• Dunn: Basketball legend came from humble beginnings at Corona del Mar

  05-03-2026 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  John Vallely didn’t know what to expect when Corona del Mar High opened its doors for the first time in the fall of 1962.
  There were no seniors for the Sea Kings in the 1962-63 school calendar year, and there was nothing close to the campus that resembled suburban life. Ford Aerospace Company was nearby, but the immediate area was known more for a buffalo ranch and a landfill, where residents of Santa Ana and other nearby cities would drop off rubbish in Newport Beach. It’s hard to b
  
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• ‘Christ is king’ becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right

  05-03-2026 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER SMITH
  On its own, the phrase “Christ is king” sums up a core tenet of the Christian faith, that Jesus is the divine ruler of the universe. Catholics and many Protestants celebrate a Christ the King Sunday each year.
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• Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends

  05-03-2026 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARI YAMAGUCHI
  ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys.
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• Daxon: Brea police honors its own for going above and beyond

  05-03-2026 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Brea Police Department honored its deserving officers and staff at the annual awards dinner on Feb. 26 at The Brea Improv.
  There were 140 guests, including Rep. Young Kim, Orange County Fourth District Supervisor Doug Chaffe, Brea Mayor Cecilia Hupp and councilmembers Blair Stewart, Steve Vargas and Marty Simonoff.
  The department honored 25 police officers and three dispatchers for feats that went far beyond their usual call of duty. Some officers were honored for two or more outstanding inc
  
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• Editorial: Trump’s war of choice in Iran isn’t putting ‘America First’

  05-03-2026 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  After years of posturing as a “peace president” against regime change wars, Donald Trump has dragged the United States into yet another war abroad. While fulfilling a longtime neoconservative dream, this war is the latest assault on the constitutional order.
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution is clear. Congress is vested with the power to raise and support armies, maintain a navy and, most importantly, “to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, a
  
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• Average US long-term mortgage rate ticks up to 6%, ending a three-week slide

  05-03-2026 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer
  The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate came off its lowest level in three and a half years this week, as bond yields marched higher following a spike in oil pricesdue to the war with Iran.
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: Knights of Columbus are serving up Fish Fry Fridays

  05-03-2026 18:20 via ocregister.com
  It’s Fish Fry Friday time and the Knights of Columbus at San Antonio Catholic Church are extending an invitation to the community to join friends and neighbors for dinner.
  This annual event, held every Friday night starting this week through Lent except Good Friday, features a delicious, freshly prepared fish dinner from golden fried shrimp to salmon, as well as a variety of other fish dishes, beverages and desserts — all at reasonable prices. The dinners are 5 to 7 p.m. in the churc
  
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• Horse racing: Trainer Mark Glatt mourns tragic loss as he seeks major victory

  05-03-2026 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA — She was there for almost every step of his rise in thoroughbred racing, from back when she was a waitress in the box seats and he was a fledgling trainer at a small track in Washington state, through recent years when she was a constant presence in winner’s circles celebrating his victories on the top-class circuit in California.
  She was his wife for the past 25 years, mother of their three children. She was a racing partner and a life partner.
  Dena Glatt was so much a part
  
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• Rafael Perez: Antonio Villaraigosa’s time in politics is likely at an end

  05-03-2026 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Villaraigosa: “We’ve got to deal with zoning changes. And we’ve got to address the fact that we have to have a first time buyer program. It’s on the left side of your face. What’s on the left side of my face? Raquel?” 
  Raquel (Campaign Staff): “Just a little crumb. A little crumb.”
  Villaraigosa: “Oh, he didn’t care about that. He didn’t comb his hair today, man. He’s good. I’m just kidding.”
  I had indeed fai
  
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• Rider Strong’s podcast ‘The Red Weather’ blurs the line between truth and fiction

  05-03-2026 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Rider Strong grew up on television, both literally and figuratively. He spent nearly a decade as one of the stars of the ABC sitcom franchise “Boy Meets World,” spending his teenage years as Shaun Hunter, the moody best friend of Ben Savage’s Corey Matthews — and then the next 25 years in reruns and later memes, which can make it seem as if Strong is perpetually 16.
  But of course, Strong has aged along with the rest of us, and now, at 46, after spending the last several y
  
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• Attorney demands release of man accused of starting Palisades fire

  05-03-2026 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The attorney representing the man accused of starting the Lachman fire before it turned into the deadly Palisades fire is demanding the immediate release of his client following a sworn deposition by a Los Angeles city firefighter who testified that he told co-workers and a captain that the first fire was not fully out as they packed up hoses on Jan. 2.
  Steve Haney said the deposition, along with other testimony from a separate civil lawsuit filed by homeowners against the city and state, &ldquo
  
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• Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events

  05-03-2026 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY
  Children living through the latest war in the Middle East or seeing images of the conflict may need help making sense of events that many adults find unnerving. Exposure to war, even if it is indirect, can affect how kids think, feel and behave, according to mental health experts.
  Child psychologists and development specialists encourage parents to check in with their children, make time for age-appropriate conversations and to correct misinformation without going into exces
  
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• Update: High wind warning affecting 5 Freeway north of LA Thursday morning — gusts may reach 50 mph

  05-03-2026 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway north of LA is under an updated high wind warning which was released by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 8:53 a.m. The warning is in effect until 9 a.m.
  The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA says to be ready for, “North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.”
  “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result,” according to the NWS. “Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especi
  
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• Suspect in custody in Colorado in the case of 3 women found dead in Utah

  05-03-2026 17:55 via ocregister.com
  TORREY, Utah (AP) — A man sought in the deaths of three women in Utah has been taken into custody in Colorado, officials announced Thursday.
  There is no indication that the suspect had any connection to the victims, said Lt. Cameron Roden, a spokesman for the Utah Highway Patrol.
  Investigators tracked the suspect in one of the victims’ vehicles into northern Arizona and Colorado, where it was found abandoned in Pagosa Springs, the Utah Department of Public Safety said in a statement
  
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• Panel reviewing Trump’s White House ballroom project will vote on it April 2

  05-03-2026 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump’s plans to build a ballroom at the White House has set April 2 for a final vote on the project, the chairman said as the agency prepared to give additional consideration to the construction plans.
  Will Scharf, chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission and a top aide to the Republican president, made the announcement Thursday at the start of the panel’s March meeting.
  Th
  
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• Crews in Cuba rush to repair a damaged power plant to ease a blackout

  05-03-2026 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By MILEXSY DURÁN
  HAVANA (AP) — Swaths of Cuba remained without power on Thursday nearly a day after a huge blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel.
  Crews worked overnight to repair a broken boiler at one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants, but officials have warned that it could take three to four days for power to be fully restored.
  State media reported that some 444,700 customers in
  
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• Families turn to states for civil rights support as Trump dismantles the Education Department

  05-03-2026 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In their mostly white school district, Black students routinely heard racial slurs. White classmates hurled insults like “slave,” “monkey” or worse. It often went unpunished.
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• Man on trial in assassination plot says possible targets included Trump, Biden, Haley

  05-03-2026 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ
  The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran ‘s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
  It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included now-President Donald Trump, then-President Joe Biden and former presidential candidate and ex-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the man told jurors at his attempted terrorism trial in New York
  
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• California’s lukewarm EV use should serve as a warning

  05-03-2026 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  California comes closest to a success story for electric vehicle adoption, as 34% of all registered EVs in the country are in the Golden State. California also has the most EV chargers in the nation — over 200,000 are available publicly. The state has an extensive history of zero emission vehicle (ZEV) subsidies including its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project that spent $1.5 billion, a new clean vehicle rebate program approved to spend $200 million and a recently approved $1.4 billion EV infras
  
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• Meet Pedro Sánchez, Europe’s most vocal critic of Trump’s attacks on Iran

  05-03-2026 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH WILSON
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Pedro Sánchez has once again emerged as Europe’s most consistently vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, drawing his ire for refusing to allow the American military to stage operations for its attacks on Iran from Spanish military bases.
  Trump lashed out at the Spanish prime minister on Tuesday, saying he would “ cut off all trade with Spain ” in retaliation for the affront. The spat intensified the next
  
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• Hegseth urges Latin American allies to go on offense against drug cartels

  05-03-2026 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN
  MIAMI (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday urged Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels, warning that the Trump administration would be forced to act by itself if governments fail to effectively combat criminal organizations that directly threaten the United States and border security.
  “America is prepared to take on these threats and go on the offense alone if necessary,” Hegseth said in a speech at U.S.
  
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• Savannah Guthrie makes offscreen visit to ‘Today’ show, first since her mother went missing

  05-03-2026 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Savannah Guthrie made an off-camera appearance Thursday at NBC’s “Today” show studios to thank colleagues for their support since her mother Nancy went missing from her Arizona home a month ago.
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• Panic in Beirut as Israel warns Lebanon’s southern suburbs to evacuate

  05-03-2026 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL
  BEIRUT (AP) — Traffic was gridlocked in Lebanon ‘s capital on Thursday as panicked residents tried to flee after Israel’s military issued a notice ordering all of Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate, apparently signaling plans for a major bombardment of the area.
  The notice for the area known as Dahiyeh advised residents to “save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,” and specified which routes residents of different a
  
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• Chaos sown by Iran’s attacks across the Persian Gulf is key to its strategy

  05-03-2026 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL and JAMEY KEATEN
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, Iran’s theocratic government warned it would blanket the Middle East with missile and drone fire if it felt its existence was threatened.
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• Want to start your plants from seed? Here’s what you should know

  05-03-2026 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I’ve noticed that the price of vegetable plants has gone up a lot within the last couple of years. How hard is it to start plants from seed? 
  Growing plants from seed can save you a lot of money, but you’ll have to invest some time and money. The good news is that the initial investment will pay off over quite a few years if you purchase quality materials. 
  First, decide where you want to set up your seed-starting space. We have a heavy-duty wire shelf with casters from
  
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• Teenage girls are most likely to tear their ACLs. Parents say more must be done to protect them

  05-03-2026 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARC LEVY
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sofia Tepichin was about 30 minutes into her club soccer team practice in October when she spotted a fast-approaching defender. She tapped the ball away and hopped over the defender’s outstretched foot, came down awkwardly and heard a “pop.”
  She immediately fell to the ground, pain shooting through her left knee and knew it wasn’t good. It was, she said, “heartbreaking.”
  “And I knew personally that I tore my ACL,
  
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• Fight over Trump’s Iran war powers comes after a long stretch of Congress yielding to presidents

  05-03-2026 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW
  Multiple times during Donald Trump’s second presidency, Congress has debated his military authority, first in Latin America and now the Middle East.
  The latest test will come in the GOP-controlled House on Thursday after the Senate voted down a Democratic measure to limit Trump, at least theoretically, in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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• Best tax software of 2026

  05-03-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Bella Avila and Sabrina Parys, NerdWallet
  Taxes are complicated enough without the added stress of figuring out which tax software will work best for you. While you should get the same refund or bill no matter which provider you choose, tax filing programs typically come at a cost — so there’s a crucial difference between paying for what you’ll use and paying extra for what you don’t need.
  We did the research by testing and evaluating four well-known, widely used onlin
  
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