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• Waking the dead?

  09-01-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California Department of Public Health
  Rarely does a governmental report make our heart race, but this mysterious footnote was a jolt:
  “From 2016 to 2022,” said California’s most recent dispatch on medical-aid-in-dying prescriptions and passings, “7 individuals regained consciousness after ingestion. No individuals regained consciousness in 2023 and 2024.”
  What?
  Seven terminally ill people drank the potion that was supposed to end their lives and…woke up? How
  
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• El Dorado boys basketball survives overtime battle with Yorba Linda

  17-01-2026 08:24 via ocregister.com
  
  YORBA LINDA — When the El Dorado and Yorba Linda boys basketball teams battle on the hardwood, toss the records aside, as anything can happen.
  The host Mustangs pushed the Golden Hawks to the edge but Jake Waters missed a 3-point shot in the waning moments of overtime and El Dorado held on for a 61-59 win in a Freeway League game Friday night at Yorba Linda High.
  Noah Barker scored six of the eight points for the Golden Hawks (20-2, 4-0) in the extra period. Barker, a senior forward, finis
  
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• Beckett Sennecke, Mason McTavish help Ducks edge Kings in shootout

  17-01-2026 07:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Ducks rallied from two goals down to upend the Kings, 3-2 in a shootout, on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena to take a 2-1 lead in the season series.
  The Ducks now trail the Kings by just one point in the standings but are two back of San Jose for the final wild-card playoff berth.
  After losing nine straight games, the Ducks won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 9. The Kings have stumbled in five of their past six efforts and lost 15 of their past 22, a funk
  
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• Last-second basket gives Santa Margarita basketball a win over JSerra

  17-01-2026 07:41 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – When JSerra guard Jaiden Bailes made a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining to tie the boys basketball game against Santa Margarita, most people in the gym must have been expecting overtime.
  Santa Margarita’s Rodney Westmoreland was not one of those people.
  Westmoreland took the inbounds pass from teammate Brayden Kyman, raced down court and fired up a leaning 22-foot shot that banked in at the buzzer to give Santa Margarita a 70-67 win in the Trinity League ga
  
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• La Habra boys basketball knocks off Canyon with help from Acen Jimenez

  17-01-2026 07:36 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Shortly after La Habra defeated Canyon, 57-54, in a Crestview League basketball game Friday at Canyon High School, Comanches coach Nate Harrison paid the ultimate compliment to Highlanders senior Acen Jimenez, who scored a game-high 36 points.
  “He’s the best player in Orange County,” Harrison said.
  Jimenez got the Highlanders (18-6, 3-1), who are ranked No. 6 in Orange County, going right out of gate with 11 points in the first quarter, including three 3-pointer
  
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• San Clemente boys basketball pulls away from San Juan Hills in second half

  17-01-2026 07:15 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN CLEMENTE — San Clemente held onto its share of the top spot in the South Coast League standings by beating San Juan Hills 88-66 on Friday at San Clemente High.
  The Tritons (13-9, 3-0) are tied for first place in the league standings with Tesoro, which is also 3-0 in league after a dominant win over Dana Hills on Friday.
  Both teams have beaten the other three teams in the league once and will play each other for the first time  Wednesday at Tesoro High.
  “We have kind of been
  
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• Esperanza girls basketball knocks off Villa Park in battle for first place

  17-01-2026 06:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowVILLA PARK — Esperanza’s girls basketball team is known for prolific 3-point shooting under coach Jimmy Valverde but there’s more to the Aztecs’ success than just shooting.
  A few other ingredients surfaced again Friday in Esperanza’s clash against Villa Park for sole possession of first place in the Crestview League.
  The Aztecs’ matchup zone defense forced 21 turnovers
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026

  17-01-2026 05:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, January 17, 2025.
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• James Harden leads Kawhi-less Clippers past Raptors in OT

  17-01-2026 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  TORONTO — Even without Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers are on a roll.
  James Harden had 31 points and 10 assists, Jordan Miller added 19 points and six assists and the Kawhi-less Clippers extended their winning streak to five games by beating the Toronto Raptors, 121-117 in overtime, on Friday night.
  Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 14 rebounds, Cam Christie scored 16 points and Kris Dunn had 15 as the Clippers won for the 12th time in 14 games since starting the season 6-21.
  Leonard missed his te
  
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• Ducks’ Leo Carlsson out 3-5 weeks with thigh injury, threatening OIympic availability

  17-01-2026 04:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer
  LOS ANGELES — Ducks center Leo Carlsson will be sidelined for three to five weeks after undergoing a procedure to treat a left thigh injury, putting his Olympic participation for Sweden in question.
  Carlsson had the procedure on Friday in Los Angeles on a Morel-Lavallée lesion – a rare degloving injury in which skin and fat become separated from fascia tissue, leaving a fluid-filled space.
  Carlsson, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft,
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, Jan. 16

  17-01-2026 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, Jan. 16
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  EXPRESS LEAGUE
  Samueli Academy 54, Vista Meridian 11
  GIRLS SOCCER
  OLYMPIC LEAGUE
  Whittier Christian 3, Village Christian 1
  GROVE LEAGUE
  Bolsa G
  
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• Trees damaged in the Eaton Fire are being transformed into Fender guitars

  17-01-2026 03:39 via ocregister.com
  
  When Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes performed at a benefit concert for Altadena fire recovery this month, one of the guitars he played had a significant connection to the community, which had been devastated by wildfire.
  It was a Fender Telecaster handcrafted by the Fender Custom Shop from a deodar cedar tree damaged in the Eaton Fire, and it’s now up for auction to raise more money for Altadena fire relief.
  Three more Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Altadena Telecasters will be made from Al
  
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• Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters

  17-01-2026 03:07 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, including people observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
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• Real estate mogul Rick Caruso will not run for mayor nor governor

  17-01-2026 02:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Billionaire real estate mogul Rick Caruso announced Friday, Jan. 16, that he will not run for office this year, putting to rest months of speculation that he would seek to become either the next mayor of Los Angeles or governor of California.
  In announcing his decision, Caruso said two questions guided his thinking – where he could make the most impact and how running would affect his family.
  “After much reflection and many heartfelt conversations with my family, I have decided not t
  
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• Here are a few things you may not know about Greenland

  17-01-2026 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A look at Greenland
  Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers at the White House on Wednesday, the day after Greenland’s prime minister said his nation would prefer to remain part of Denmark.
  A top Danish official said Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after holding highly anticipated White House talks with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State
  
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• Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term

  17-01-2026 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons in recent days, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC, a former governor of Puerto Rico and a woman whose sentence he commuted during his first term but who ended up back in prison for a different scheme.
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• SCE files lawsuits hoping to force other public agencies to share liability for Eaton fire damages

  17-01-2026 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California Edison filed lawsuits Friday, Jan. 16, against a dozen public agencies it says should share liability for potential civil damages from the Eaton fire, including Los Angeles County for not sending evacuation alerts to west Altadena until the neighborhood was aflame.
  Among those named in SCE’s two cross complaints are the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, its contractor for evacuation alerts, Genasys, the Los Angeles County Fire and Sheriff’s depart
  
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• Chinese EVs are making inroads in North America. That worries industry experts

  17-01-2026 01:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEXA ST. JOHN
  DETROIT (AP) — Chinese automakers have been making inroads around the world with growing sales of their high-tech, stylish and affordable electric vehicles. That has had competitors concerned even before Canada this week agreed to cut its tariffs on Chinese EVs in exchange for concessions on Canadian farm products.
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• Trump offers to restart US mediation in Nile River dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia

  17-01-2026 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ready to restart U.S. mediation efforts between Egypt and Ethiopia with an eye toward resolving long-standing issues of water sharing from the ⁠Nile River.
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• Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

  17-01-2026 01:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16, officials said.
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• YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content

  17-01-2026 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAITLYN HUAMANI
  YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing content that advertisers define as controversial, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a nongraphic way.
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• LAFC parts ways with Yaw Yeboah

  17-01-2026 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Football Club and midfielder Yaw Yeboah mutually agreed to part ways on Friday.
  LAFC announced that the two-year deal Yeboah signed prior to last season, including a club option for 2027, was terminated effective immediately.
  The 28-year-old midfielder from Accra, Ghana, has been on administrative leave from Major League Soccer since Oct. 25, pending a league review for potential violations of MLS rules.
  Derrick Jones, a teammate of Yeboah’s with the Columbus Crew in 2024,
  
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• Mother of Elon Musk’s child sues his AI company over sexual deepfake images created by Grok

  17-01-2026 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE COLLINS
  The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his AI company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually exploitive deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.
  Ashley St. Clair, 27, who describes herself as a writer and political strategist, alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday in New York City against xAI that the images have included a photo of her fully dressed at age 14 that was altered to show her in a bikini, and
  
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• Rosters announced for Orange County all-star football game

  17-01-2026 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowNorth coach Michael Echaves of Troy and South coach Mark Nolan of Trabuco Hills have announced their rosters for the Orange County all-star football game Jan. 31.
  The Orange County North vs. South All-Star Football Classic is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Newport Harbor High.
  The game is organized by non-profit Costa Mesa United and sponsored by the Chargers.
  NORTH ROSTER
  Offense
  Colin Creason (Los Alamitos, QB
  
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• Courts blocked green fee for cruises. This company is still charging it

  17-01-2026 00:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCEL HONORE/Honolulu Civil Beat
  At least one cruise line has started charging its passengers Hawaiʻi’s tax on visitor stays and the new, landmark environmental “green fee” that goes with it, even though a court order currently bars local tax officials from collecting those dollars on cruise stays.
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• Lakers’ urgency lacking when opponents heat up from perimeter

  17-01-2026 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — While others might be wondering why, with two superstars, the Lakers are losing to sub-.500 teams, Marcus Smart isn’t one of them. He knows what’s wrong and it has nothing to do with scheduling, officiating or personnel.
  The Lakers have enough offensive firepower. Luka Doncic leads the league in scoring (33.6 ppg) and LeBron James can still hit jumpers on 41-year-old knees.
  What they don’t have, according to Smart, is defensive urgency, especially when teams
  
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• New research bolsters evidence that Tylenol doesn’t raise the risk of autism despite Trump’s claims

  17-01-2026 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURA UNGAR
  A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn’t increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities – adding to the growing body of research refuting claims made by the Trump administration.
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• State lawsuit claims New Jersey town’s former mayor directed police to keep minorities out

  17-01-2026 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  CLARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey town whose former mayor was once heard denigrating Black people on secret recordings made by a whistleblower is now facing a state lawsuit that claims he and local police officials directed officers to keep minorities out of the community.
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• UCLA gymnastics: Katelyn Rosen bounces back from sophomore season to become team’s ‘pulse’

  17-01-2026 00:27 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Calling Katelyn Rosen’s sophomore season a slump, rocky, or up-and-down may have been an understatement.
  This time last season, the former elite gymnast entered the week-three meet after recording a pair of 9.9 scores the week prior. But after nailing her first two passes of her floor exercise routine on Jan. 18 of last year, Rosen fell on her third – under-rotating a back layout 1.5 into a front tuck on her final floor routine pass, just the second time in her co
  
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• FEMA reverses decision will test soil on 100 lots destroyed by Eaton fire

  17-01-2026 00:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced that in a reversal from its original position would be providing soil testing to 100 properties in the Eaton fire area.
  Last March, members of California’s Congressional delegation urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct soil testing after wildfire cleanup.
  In its statement this week the EPA said soil sampling will be done at randomly selected properties and will be focused on testing for lead. Samples will be co
  
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