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• US jobless benefit applications jump to 236,000 last week as concerns about labor market persist

  11-12-2025 14:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years despite growing concern over the health of the labor market.
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• Coming for your credit card from left and right

  13-12-2025 13:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In a scene that perfectly captures the strangeness of American politics today, President Donald Trump, a billionaire and self-styled champion of American business (at least the ones he likes) was all smiles during an Oval Office visit from Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and mayor-elect of New York City.
  For months, the two men traded the harshest of insults. Mamdani was a “communist” and “radical left lunatic”; Trump a “fascist” and “despot.&rd
  
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• Life after artificial intelligence takes all of our jobs

  13-12-2025 09:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that within the next five years, AI could eradicate half of all entry-level jobs and increase unemployment by up to 20%. University of Louisville professor and computer scientist Roman Yampolskiy makes a darker prediction, claiming that 99% of jobs will be eliminated by robots and AI in the next five years.
  These appear to be scary times indeed – AI is now creating images of people with the correct number of fingers and the future that was promised where A
  
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• Golden Jubilee boat parade shines in Dana Point Harbor

  13-12-2025 09:15 via ocregister.com
  
  As the sun has been setting, the Dana Point Harbor has only gotten brighter as boats decked out in thousands of twinkling lights have cruised the waterway, their crews and the people watching from the shore sharing a festive holiday tradition that marks 50 years this weekend.
  The annual Boat Parade of Lights launched in the harbor Friday night, with the last cruise happening at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14. This year’s theme is the “Golden Jubilee – Carol of the Boats.”
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• Servite and water polo coach Andy Coffman part ways after 11 seasons

  13-12-2025 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Servite and boys water polo coach Andy Coffman have “parted ways” after 11 seasons, the Trinity League school announced Friday.
  Coffman, who also served as the school’s aquatics director since 2015, highlighted his tenure by leading Servite to the CIF-SS Division 3 title in 2018.
  It was the school’s first section championship since 2005 under legendary coach Jim Sprague.
  This past season, Servite finished 18-10 overall, 1-4 in league and lost to eventual champion Loyola 1
  
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• Man gets 44-plus years for fatal rifle shooting in Anaheim

  13-12-2025 07:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A 25-year-old man was sentenced Friday, Dec. 12, to 44 years to life in prison for fatally shooting another man in Anaheim four years ago in what defense attorneys said was a dispute over a vehicle purchase.
  Richard Flores was convicted Oct. 23 of second-degree murder.
  He gunned down 30-year-old Jefferson Diaz on the 1700 block of West Glenoaks Avenue, about a quarter-mile west of Euclid Street, before midnight on April 16, 2021.
  Armed with an AR-15-style rifle, Flores went looking for Diaz in a
  
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• Orange Lutheran girls basketball overwhelmed by La Salle’s strong start

  13-12-2025 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE — The Orange Lutheran girls basketball team came into Friday’s game looking to build off the momentum of a quality victory earlier in the week.
  Instead, it was La Salle, the top-ranked team in the San Gabriel Valley, that blitzed Orange Lutheran from the onset and came away with a 49-26 victory at Orange Lutheran High.
  Orange Lutheran guard Kayla Watanabe, left, comes up against La Salle guard Julianne Tan as she tries to get to the basket in a nonleague girls basketball game
  
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• Santa Margarita boys basketball survives late scare from Village Christian

  13-12-2025 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Midway through the fourth quarter of Friday’s nonleague basketball game between Village Christian and Santa Margarita, it seemed like garbage time was looming.
  Santa Margarita had a big lead but it had to hold off a late rally to beat Village Christian 92-85 at Santa Margarita High.
  Santa Margarita forward Markee White shoots a layup during a nonleague game against Village Christian on Friday, December 12, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photograp
  
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• Anaheim police officer involved in Eastvale crash, suffers non-life-threatening injuries

  13-12-2025 06:01 via ocregister.com
  
  An Anaheim motorcycle officer collided with a car on Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, in Eastvale, according to authorities, and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
  A sedan was making a left turn when it crashed with the motorcyclist near Limonite Avenue and Eastvale Gateway shortly before 4 p.m., said Riverside County sheriff’s Lt. Deirdre Vickers. The driver of the sedan remained at the scene.
  Bits of the police motorcycle laid about as deputies responded to the scene.
  The mot
  
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• Lakers’ Austin Reaves to miss at least 1 week with calf strain

  13-12-2025 02:55 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Lakers guard Austin Reaves will be sidelined for at least the next week – and presumably the team’s next two games – because of a calf injury.
  The team announced on Friday afternoon that Reaves was diagnosed with a “mild” left calf strain and would be reevaluated in about one week.
  The Lakers play the Phoenix Suns in Arizona on Sunday and the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Thursday.
  They’ll return to Southern California for a matchup against
  
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• USC wide receiver Makai Lemon wins Biletnikoff Award

  13-12-2025 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  USC junior wide receiver Makai Lemon has won the Biletnikoff Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top college wide receiver, it was announced Friday during the College Football Awards show.
  Lemon, who beat out Ohio State sophomore Jeremiah Smith and Connecticut senior Skyler Bell for the honor, is the second Biletnikoff Award winner in USC history, joining Marqise Lee (2012).
  The first-team All-American finished the regular season leading all Power Four conference players in rece
  
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• Top Angels executives deny team knew of Tyler Skaggs’ or Eric Kay’s drug use or ties

  13-12-2025 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Top Los Angeles Angels executives testified on Friday, Dec. 12 that they knew nothing about Tyler Skaggs’ opioid use or that a team communication staffer was providing Skaggs with illicit pills prior to the pitchers’ shocking 2019 death, as testimony in the high-profile wrongful death trial against the organization drew to a close.
  Molly Jolly, the team’s senior vice president of finance and administration, said she was “flabbergasted” to learn of the drug use invol
  
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• Dodgers officially add elite closer Edwin Diaz

  13-12-2025 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Newly signed Dodgers relief pitcher Edwin Diaz poses for photos with Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, left, and general manager Brandon Gomes, right, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Newly signed Dodgers relief pitcher Edwin Diaz speaks to reporters during his introductory press conference on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Dodgers president of
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, Dec. 12

  13-12-2025 02:25 via ocregister.com
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, Dec. 12.
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  FRIDAY’S SCORES
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  VILLA PARK CLASSIC
  At Villa Park
  Torrey Pines 18, Villa Park 8
  At Los Alamitos
  Ventura 15, University 4
  Irvine 7, Yucaip
  
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• LA Bowl: Washington and Boise State aim to go out on top

  13-12-2025 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Rob Gronkowski stumbled around the podium, falling off balance to his left, before plopping into a chair behind Washington and Boise State helmets and jerseys.
  “It’s going to be a great game; we got two solid teams,” the former star tight end for the New England Patriots, who’s the enigmatic and energetic host of the Bucked Up LA Bowl between the Huskies and Broncos at 5 p.m. Saturday at SoFi Stadium.
  “I’m already drunk,” Gronkowski sai
  
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• New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants

  13-12-2025 01:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH FUNK
  New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday, and he threatened to withhold $73 million in highway funds unless the system is fixed and any flawed licenses are revoked.
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• Santa Margarita reaches state final a year after being rocked by hazing scandal

  13-12-2025 01:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Two images bookend Santa Margarita Catholic High School’s improbable journey from 2024’s scandal-ridden 5-7 season to a spot in the CIF State Open Division championship showdown with De La Salle on Saturday night and a game that has attracted national attention.
  One is after Santa Margarita’s 42-7 victory against Centennial in the CIF Southern Section Division I title game, first-year head coach Carson Palmer, the former Eagles standout, USC Heisman Trophy winner, NFL All-Pro q
  
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• GOP chairman threatens Clintons with contempt of Congress in Epstein inquiry

  13-12-2025 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee threatened Friday to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton if they refuse to appear for depositions as part of the committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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• US accuses Rwanda of violating the peace deal as M23 rebels seize a key eastern Congo city

  13-12-2025 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By EDITH M. LEDERER and MARK BANCHEREAU
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States accused Rwanda on Friday of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by backing a deadly new rebel offensive in the mineral-rich eastern Congo, and warned that the Trump administration will take action against “spoilers” of the deal.
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• Lakers looking at ‘everything’ to fix issues with perimeter, transition defense

  13-12-2025 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers are more than aware of the trends that have shown up in most of their seven losses through 24 games.
  A perimeter defense that struggles to contain quicker ball-handlers.
  And a transition defense that doesn’t get back quickly enough to slow potential fast-break opportunities.
  The Lakers’ defensive struggles aren’t “baffling” to Coach JJ Redick in light of the team entering Friday with a 116.7 defensive rating (points allowed per 100 poss
  
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• TSA renews push to end collective bargaining agreement for airport security screeners

  13-12-2025 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The Transportation Security Administration is renewing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s push to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers — the second such attempt this year and one that comes just a month after the longest government shutdown on record.
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• Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years

  13-12-2025 00:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report acknowledges that the military failed to address a growing series of issues with the V-22 Osprey aircraft since it took flight almost 20 years ago.
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• Chargers QB Justin Herbert limited in practice, but set to play vs. Chiefs

  13-12-2025 00:22 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was listed as a limited participant in the team’s practices on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but they dropped him from their final injury report of the week, which means he’s good to go for Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
  As if there were any doubt, right?
  Herbert has played all but four games since assuming the Chargers’ starting quarterback role in Week 2 of his rookie season in
  
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• Trump was unable to insult his way to victory in Indiana redistricting battle

  13-12-2025 00:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By THOMAS BEAUMONT and ISABELLA VOLMERT
  If Indiana Republican senators had any doubt about what to do with President Donald Trump’s redistricting proposal, he helped them make up their minds the night before this week’s vote.
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• Michael Callahan resigns as Aliso Niguel football coach

  13-12-2025 00:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Callahan has resigned as football coach at Aliso Niguel after six seasons.
  Callahan announced his decision to the team’s players Friday.
  He graduated from Aliso Niguel in 2005 and played football there.
  Callahan said in a statement that he has resigned so that he can commit more time to his family that includes two children.
  Aliso Niguel this season finished 8-4 overall and was third in the Foxtrot League with a 3-2 league record.
  The Wolverines beat Millikan 7-6 in the first round
  
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• Michael Calahan resigns as Aliso Niguel football coach

  13-12-2025 00:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Calahan has resigned as football coach at Aliso Niguel after six seasons.
  Calahan announced his decision to the team’s players Friday.
  He graduated from Aliso Niguel in 2005 and played football there.
  Calahan said in a statement that he has resigned so that he can commit more time to his family that includes two children.
  Aliso Niguel this season finished 8-4 overall and was third in the Foxtrot League with a 3-2 league record.
  The Wolverines beat Millikan 7-6 in the first round of
  
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• Irvine to join local efforts to address radioactive waste in San Onofre

  13-12-2025 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Should Irvine look to take a lead in relocating and storing San Onofre’s 3.6 million pounds of radioactive waste?
  The Irvine City Council is split.
  Overlooking the coastline from its 84 acres on the northern edge of Camp Pendleton, just south of San Clemente, the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Plant has housed millions of pounds of spent nuclear fuel sealed in 123 stainless-steel canisters much longer than originally advertised.
  The plant was decommissioned in 2013 after its steam
  
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• What to know about Trump’s draft proposal to curtail state AI regulations

  13-12-2025 00:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By JESSE BEDAYN
  President Donald Trump is considering pressuring states to stop regulating artificial intelligence in a draft executive order obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, as some in Congress also consider whether to temporarily block states from regulating AI.
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• Gang member who murdered 5 in Banning is sentenced to death

  13-12-2025 00:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A death sentence was handed down Friday, Dec. 12 for a Banning gang member involved in five killings — sometimes just for sport — over multiple years.
  In October, after deliberating only a few hours, a Riverside jury recommended capital punishment for William Arnold Armendariz III, 28, for his deadly crimes.
  During a hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Friday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Matthew Perantoni affirmed the jury’s recommendation, imposing the death
  
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• Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains

  12-12-2025 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT O’BRIEN
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.
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