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• Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center receiving animals from wildfire areas 

  11-01-2025 04:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Wildlife impacted by the fires in nearby Los Angeles County are coming to local care centers as response teams in the fire-torn communities are overwhelmed with animals in critical need of help.
  “Tragically, many wildlife are impacted by wildfires and lose their lives.  But for those that can be rescued, our staff is trained and ready to triage and treat burn and smoke inhalant victims,” Debbie McGuire, executive director of the Huntington Beach-based Wetlands & Wildlife Car
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Jan. 9-16)

  18-01-2025 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Jan. 9 to Jan. 16.
  Wetzel’s Pretzels at Irvine Spectrum Center, 618 Spectrum Center Drive, IrvineClosed: Jan. 15
  Reason: Rodent infestation
  Reopened: Jan. 15Food sales at La Palma Groceries, 1763 W. La Palma Ave., AnaheimClosed: Jan. 15
  Reason: Sewage overflow
  Reopened: Jan. 15The Vintage 1979, 10110 Westminster Ave., Suite A, Garden GroveClosed: Jan. 15
  Reason: Cockroach infes
  
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• Firefighters make overnight progress battling Palisades and Eaton fires

  18-01-2025 17:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Firefighters have made overnight progress battling back the deadly Los Angeles blazes. 
  The Eaton Fire was 73% contained as of 7 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, up from 65% the day before. 
  The Palisades Fire was 43% contained as of 7 a.m. on Saturday, up from 39% on Friday evening.
  Eaton Fire
  Cal Fire said low marine clouds and fog are possible over the fire early Saturday morning, but a weakening south wind will lessen the marine influence through the weekend. Dry conditions are expected
  
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• Australian Open: OC’s Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen reach 4th round

  18-01-2025 17:23 via ocregister.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen were born about 15 months apart and first crossed paths a decade ago when they were playing in Southern California tennis tournaments for kids.
  Tien, now 19, and Michelsen, 20, are close friends, frequently play the video game Fortnite together, trained with each other all offseason at the Tier 1 academy in Orange County and, once again, are competing in the same event — except this time, it is on a Grand Slam stage, and on Monda
  
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• Southern California’s toughest spots to find an apartment

  18-01-2025 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  “How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.
  The pain: Southern California tenants last year hunted for housing in some of the nation’s tightest apartment markets.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a year-end report by RentCafe on rental availability at big apartment complexes nationwide. The data tracked 139 U.S. markets, including six in Southern California.
  The pinch
  The Los Angeles wildfires have dramatically pushe
  
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• ‘Wildfire refugees’ scramble to find housing as rental prices soar

  18-01-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Declan Durcan and his wife wept with relief when they got the call last Sunday telling them they could rent a three-bedroom house in Brentwood.
  It was a small but consequential bit of good news after a devastating, heart-rending week.
  Their Pacific Palisades home was transformed into rubble Jan. 7 when an inferno devoured their block. Then came a fruitless search for a nearby rental.
  “Everywhere we looked had like 50-60 people, people offering double, triple the rent, offering to pay six m
  
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• Disneyland unveils a new Haunted Mansion attic bride without her axe or murder on her mind

  18-01-2025 16:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The Black Widow Bride in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion who had a dark habit of beheading her husbands has traded in her axe for a new backstory that softens her murderous tendencies and makes her a more mournful and lovesick figure.
  Walt Disney Imagineering will introduce a new ghostly bride using projection technology in the Haunted Mansion’s attic scene when the classic dark ride returns today, Jan. 18 after shedding its annual holiday overlay.
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• 10 reasons we cling to stuff we don’t need — and how to stop

  18-01-2025 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The beginning of a new year is the ideal time to harness those feelings of guilty excess and summon the resolve to lighten up.
  I know it’s no fun. As I sort through my own home, I have a whole arsenal of excuses to avoid letting go of what should go. To fuel my momentum, I ran my top 10 reasons for not letting go by organizing expert Kim Krogh, owner of Elephant Organizing, of Orlando, and asked her to bust through my resistance.
  “I’ve heard every one of these excuses,” s
  
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• Susan Shelley: Biden can’t leave fast enough. His presidency has been a total failure.

  18-01-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The most fraudulent presidency in the history of the nation is about to come to an end.
  Joe Biden leaves office at 9 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, Jan. 20. During the inaugural ceremonies, federal employees will remove every trace of the Biden administration from the White House. They should check behind the sofas and under the rugs to find everyone who has been making presidential decisions. Whoever they are, they have to leave now.
  Maybe they’ll all write books and blame each other for th
  
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• What to do know about Santa Ana winds, tree limbs and firescaping

  18-01-2025 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  In the wake of our recent catastrophic fires, much can be written about the value of firescaping and its principles and I will get to that subject in a moment, but first let me say a few words about tree maintenance. The Santa Ana winds that spread the fires with lightning speed blew with hurricane force. Although nothing can compare to the property damage — much less loss of life — caused by the wind-driven fires, it’s worth taking a moment to discuss tree damage not only from
  
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• Larry Wilson: After the fires, out-of-state pols spin lies about California

  18-01-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Politicians in red states such as Louisiana do a lot of stupid stuff, like politicians in California do.
  When a hurricane sweeps through the South, does that make politicians from California threaten to withhold much-needed aid to American citizens in peril?
  It does not.
  And yet after Altadena and the Palisades are devastated by fires in one of the worst natural disasters in our country’s history, somehow a grandstanding pol such as the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, can
  
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• Matt Fleming: Wildfires unleash an endless stream of very bad takes

  18-01-2025 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a webpage to combat “disinformation” about Los Angeles wildfires, but its usefulness is debatable.
  Referencing a tweet alleging such, Newsom wrote: “FACT: No fire stemmed from a satanic ritual.”
  Phew! I’m glad Newsom set the record straight there. Without his webpage, millions of Californians might still be wondering if satanists were behind the whole thing.
  I’m kidding. That’s not something anyone serious was considering. What
  
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• Prison abuse, deaths and escapes prompt calls for more oversight

  18-01-2025 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By Amanda Hernández, Stateline.org
  Rampant sexual abuse by guards at women’s prisons in California. An inmate suicide that went unnoticed for 18 hours in Washington state. Multiple jail breaks in Pennsylvania.
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• Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans

  18-01-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News
  Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death.
  Related ArticlesHealth | Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare’s price negotiationsHe
  
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• What the Monterey Peninsula teaches us about commercial real estate

  18-01-2025 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As I shared last week, I celebrated my 68th birthday recently. My wife treated me to a weekend at Pebble Beach.
  I know! But someone had to do it.
  We stayed in a spot overlooking the iconic Pebble Beach golf links — home of the annual AT&T Pro-Am and countless major championships over the years.
  This golf course has witnessed so many unforgettable moments, from Jack Nicklaus’ famous one-iron shot to a foot at the 17th hole in the 1972 U.S. Open to Tiger Woods’ runaway U.S. O
  
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• San Juan Hills boys basketball overwhelms Tesoro with big effort by Mason Hodges

  18-01-2025 09:15 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — This was supposed to be a big night for the San Juan Hills boys basketball team. The Stallions had feasted on Dana Hills and Trabuco Hills in South Coast League play, but the rivalry game with Tesoro represented a step up.
  A significant challenge. A measuring stick.
  It was a whitewash.
  Led by Mason Hodges with 25 points and Adam Aziz with 16, San Juan Hills scored a big win, all right, a 67-25 victory over the Titans.
  It was going to be a tall order from the outset fo
  
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• Jon Coupal: Information and resources for taxpayers impacted by the LA wildfires

  18-01-2025 08:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The terrible fires that have ravaged Los Angeles County and other parts of the Southland aren’t even fully contained and our offices here at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association are already getting calls from victims who are ready to press on and move forward to start rebuilding. It has been an important reminder that one of the great things about living in California is the people. In many ways, they still have the pioneer spirit that built this great state and country.
  But everyone ha
  
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• Australian Open: Monfils beats Fritz to reach 4th round at age 38

  18-01-2025 08:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Gael Monfils joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open’s fourth round at age 38 or older since the tournament field expanded to 128 players in 1988, coming back to beat fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4, on Saturday (Friday night PT).
  After punctuating his victory with a 134 mph ace – his 24th of the afternoon, doubling Fritz’s total – Monfils did a celebratory dance
  
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• JSerra all-league quarterback Ryan Hopkins transfers to Mater Dei

  18-01-2025 08:33 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra dual threat quarterback Ryan Hopkins has enrolled at Trinity League rival Mater Dei, the junior confirmed Friday night.
  Hopkins (6-3, 195) burst onto the Orange County football scene this past season as a speedy runner with a strong arm.
  In his first season as a full-time starter, Hopkins earned first-team All-Trinity League honors and helped the Lions (6-5) reach the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs.
  He passed for 1,111 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for a team-leading 483 yards and eight
  
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• Crean Lutheran boys basketball beats Canyon in wild Crestview League

  18-01-2025 08:12 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – It was unlikely that a boys basketball team would go undefeated in the Crestview League.
  The five-team league is just too good and too balanced for that to happen.
  Crean Lutheran made sure of that Friday with a 62-51 win over Canyon in a league game at Crean Lutheran High.
  Canyon guard Brandon Benjamin, right, tries to get a shot over Crean Lutheran guard Jacob Majok, center, and forward Will Malual, left, in a Crestview League basketball game in Irvine on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (
  
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• Long Beach Cabrillo freshman dies after on-field medical emergency during soccer game

  18-01-2025 08:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — A player on the Cabrillo High School boys frosh-soph soccer team died Friday evening following an on-field medical emergency during a home game against Long Beach Poly.
  The Long Beach Unified School District released a statement regarding the passing of the unidentified student:
  “We are heartbroken to share that a Cabrillo High School 9th grade student passed away after experiencing a medical emergency during a soccer game,” the district’s statement said. &ld
  
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• St. Margaret’s girls basketball rallies past Rosary for ‘critical’ Pacific Coast League win

  18-01-2025 07:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — The St. Margaret’s girls basketball program added another milestone Friday to its impressive resume under fourth-year coach Josh Markum and his experienced cast of players.
  The host Tartans knocked off Orange County mainstay Rosary 53-42 in the schools’ first meeting in the new-look Pacific Coast League.
  St. Margaret’s (15-6, 2-1) rallied from a four-point def
  
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• Capistrano Valley boys basketball pulls out win over Aliso Niguel in OT

  18-01-2025 07:36 via ocregister.com
  
  ALISO VIEJO — Capistrano Valley center Jake Davis picked a perfect time to make his first 3-point basket of the season.
  With 5.8 seconds remaining in the game, Davis intercepted an inbound pass by Aliso Niguel and made a game-tying 3-point shot that sent Friday’s Sea View League game into overtime.
  Capistrano Valley then took control in the extra period and beat Aliso Niguel 59-51 at Aliso Niguel High.
  “It was a little bit crazy,” Davis said. “Darius (Turner) put a
  
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• Austin Reaves’ career night helps short-handed Lakers edge Nets

  18-01-2025 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The last time the Lakers were without Anthony Davis and in need of a player to step up offensively outside of LeBron James and Austin Reaves, they got a career night out of Max Christie.
  But this time, it was Reaves and James again doing the heavy lifting on Friday night, with Reaves scoring a career-high 38 points and James adding 29 as the Lakers held on for a 102-101 victory over the struggling Brooklyn Nets.
  The Nets, who lost 126-67 to the Clippers on Wednesday night in
  
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• Tustin boys basketball dominates Costa Mesa in Empire League battle for first place

  18-01-2025 06:45 via ocregister.com
  
  TUSTIN — Tustin’s boys basketball team stayed unbeaten in the Empire League with a convincing 67-42 win over Costa Mesa on Friday night at Tustin High.
  The Tillers (18-6, 4-0) were led by the trio of Yuri Klines, Ethan Contreras and Daniel Molina.
  Klines had a team-high 16 points, Contreras added 15 points and Molina finished with 12 points and four 3-pointers, all in the second half.
  “Our focus, our intent and our physicality was excellent,” Tustin coach Ringo Bosse
  
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• UCLA routs Iowa with dominant first half, ends 4-game skid

  18-01-2025 05:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Among the various strengths related to the depth the UCLA men’s basketball team acquired this past offseason, head coach Mick Cronin was excited for one specific aspect with this group.
  “I’ve always wanted enough really good players on the perimeter that I could have a good passing team,” Cronin told reporters on Nov. 7. “That’s a coach’s dream.”
  Through 17 games, though, the Bruins hadn’t fulfilled that dream. They ranked
  
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• Sonora hires Andrew Cedergren as head coach for football team

  18-01-2025 05:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Andrew Cedergren is the new head coach for Sonora’s football team, the school announced Friday.
  It is the first football head coaching assignment for Cedergren, 36. Last season he was an assistant coach at Orange Coast College. Cedergren previously was defensive coordinator at Ayala High and also has coached at Etiwanda and Glendora high schools.
  He replaces Kevin Oberlander, who resigned after this past season.
  Cedergren said he was impressed by Sonora when the school reached out to him a
  
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• Annette Rossilli, 85, died in Palisades fire after resisting evacuation offers to stay with her pets

  18-01-2025 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Bubbly, happy, friendly — Annette Rossilli was known for her love of orchids, her pets and her purple hair.
  Rossilli, 85, was a longtime resident of the Pacific Palisades who died in the fire that raged through her community.
  The devoted pet owner stayed in her home after evacuation orders were issued on Tuesday, Jan. 7, to be with her pets — a dog named Greetly, a canary named Pepper, two parrots and a turtle. Neighbors, church friends and caregivers tried multiple times to help Ros
  
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• Lakers’ Anthony Davis sits out against Nets with lingering foot ailment

  18-01-2025 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lakers All-Star big man Anthony Davis was a late scratch for Friday night’s home game against the Brooklyn Nets because of left plantar fasciitis – an injury designation that has lingered for the past two months.
  Davis started the day as probable to play before being downgraded to questionable a little less than an hour before tipoff and ruled out 30 minutes before the game.
  Friday was Davis’ third missed game of the season and his first absence since the Ja
  
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• Senior living: I’m moving forward and facing the uncertainty of aging

  18-01-2025 04:41 via ocregister.com
  
  It takes a lot of courage to grow old.
  I’ve come to appreciate this after conversations with hundreds of older adults over the past eight years for nearly 200 “Navigating Aging” columns.
  Time and again, people have described what it’s like to let go of certainties they once lived with and adjust to new circumstances.
  These older adults’ lives are filled with change. They don’t know what the future holds except that the end is nearer than it’s ever been.
  
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