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• What to do with a windfall

  22-12-2025 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kate Ashford, NerdWallet
  The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. NerdWallet, Inc. does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks, securities or other investments.
  The first rule of windfalls is to understand that everyone will handle coming into some extra cash differently. People have varying obligations, responsibilities and personal styles.
  “We have 73 households that
  
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• Consider the pop of purple that milk thistle can bring to your garden

  13-02-2026 03:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Here are 5 things to consider this week:
  Herbs. Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is one of the most attractive local weeds. Lush foliage is laced with wavy white patterns, complemented by purple flowers. Its seeds have long been used as a complementary treatment for liver conditions such as cirrhosis and hepatitis. The seeds have a nutty flavor and may be eaten raw, added to salads or smoothies, or brewed into a tea.
  Fruit. Soursop (Annona muricata) has been touted of late as a superfood for its
  
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• Tortoise’s relatively quick escape from Fullerton shed fire caught on camera

  13-02-2026 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The quick escape of a stereotypically slow reptile from a shed fire is getting attention on social media. Leo, a female tortoise, tapped into her speedy side to flee flames that engulfed her backyard habitat in Fullerton after a heat lamp tipped over and caught fire.
  A video of Leo’s escape shows the tortoise going into what her owners called “sport mode” to get away from her burning shed.
  Hyeri Tom and her family, Leo’s owners, were at a Super Bowl party on Sunday, Feb.
  
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• Fryer: Former Laguna Hills athletes now successful coaches at the school

  13-02-2026 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Many Orange County high school teams are homegrown teams that are made up solely of neighborhood kids.
  Laguna Hills is pretty close to having a homegrown coaching staff.
  Five Laguna Hills teams won league championships during this winter season. The coaches of those teams are Laguna Hills alums.
  One of the five is Kevin Macare, Laguna Hills Class of 1988. Macare coached the girls soccer team to the Golden West League championship. It is the school’s first girls soccer league championship s
  
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• Dodgers’ Dave Roberts thrilled to have Kiké Hernandez, Evan Phillips back

  13-02-2026 02:42 via ocregister.com
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — They really are putting the band back together.
  One day after re-signing relief pitcher Evan Phillips to a one-year, $6.5 million contract, the Dodgers brought back another three-time World Series champion, signing utility man Kiké Hernandez to a one-year, $4.5 million contract. At the same time, they made sure the longest-tenured player on the roster (in continuous service) will be around a little longer, agreeing to a contract extension with third baseman Max M
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Feb. 12

  13-02-2026 02:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Feb. 12
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  GIRLS SOCCER
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  Round 1
  Pacifica/GG 1, Torrance 0
  DIVISION 3
  Round 1
  Paloma 2, Northwood 1
  DIVISION 5
  Round 1
  Kennedy 2, San Gorgonio
  
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• John Shirreffs, trainer of Zenyatta, dies at 80

  13-02-2026 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  John Shirreffs’ legendary victories with the champion mare Zenyatta were only the biggest part of the trainer’s success and only one reason for his popularity at California thoroughbred racetracks.
  So the news that Shirreffs died suddenly at age 80 hit the racing world especially hard. The Daily Racing Form reported that Shirreffs died in his sleep Thursday morning at his home near Santa Anita Park. He was said to have been feeling ill since returning from looking at 2-year-olds to b
  
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• Canada rolls over Czechia as the NHL returns to the Olympics in a big way

  13-02-2026 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Canada’s Bo Horvat, right, celebrates with Canada’s Drew Doughty after scoring his sides third goal during a preliminary round match of men’s ice hockey between Czech Republic and Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
  Czechia’s Radim Simek tries to block a shot by Canada’s Connor McDavid during a preliminary round match of men’s ice hockey between Czech Republic and Canada at the 2026 Winter O
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, February 13, 2026

  13-02-2026 01:32 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 Friday, February 13, 2026.
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• Puerto Rico governor signs law to recognize fetus as human being as critics warn of consequences

  13-02-2026 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By DÁNICA COTO
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being, a move doctors and legal experts warn will have deep ramifications for the U.S. Caribbean territory.
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• Rivian offers investors hope it can withstand a bleak EV market

  13-02-2026 01:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg
  After a brutal year for the US electric-vehicle industry, Rivian Automotive handed investors a rare reason for optimism.
  The EV manufacturer based in Irvine reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and its first-ever annual gross profit, a key milestone after years of consistent losses. The signs of progress come as the company prepares to begin selling its R2 midsize SUV, a lower-priced EV that Rivian hopes will appeal to a broader swath of car buyers.
  Th
  
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• House renames press gallery after Frederick Douglass in bipartisan recognition of Black history

  13-02-2026 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT BROWN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the abolitionist, writer and presidential adviser Frederick Douglass in a bipartisan move brokered by Black lawmakers.
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• CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs: Scores, schedule for Orange County teams

  13-02-2026 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The schedule for the Orange County teams in the CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs.
  CIF-SS GIRLS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS
  Games start at 5 p.m. unless noted.
  OPEN DIVISION
  Saturday, crossover games
  Corona del Mar vs. San Marcos at Santa Barbara HS, noon
  Orange Lutheran at Oaks Christian
  DIVISION 1
  Quarterfinals, Thursday
  Corona Santiago vs. San Clemente at Capistrano Valley HS
  Beckman at Harvard-Westlake
  Foothill vs. Laguna Beach at Capistrano Valley HS, 6:30 p.m.
  DIVISION 3
  Quarterfinals, Friday
  Glend
  
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• California boosts mortgage relief to $100,000 for wildfire victims

  13-02-2026 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  California is pumping up mortgage relief to $100,000 in annual grants as it plans to serve a broader bracket of disaster survivors.
  The California Housing Finance Agency’s updated eligibility goes live Thursday, Feb. 12, extending to applicants from high-income households whose homes were severely or completely damaged in either governor-proclaimed or president-approved disaster declarations from Jan. 1, 2023, through Jan. 8, 2025.
  “By offering a full year of mortgage assistance and
  
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• Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’

  13-02-2026 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN
  The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.” But repeated scientific studies say it’s a documented and quantifiable harm.
  Again and again, research has found increasing disease and deaths — thousands every year — in a warming world.
  The Environmental Protection Agency finding in 2009, under the Obama administration, has been
  
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• Horse racing column: As Kentucky Derby preps intensify, here are 20 horses at follow

  13-02-2026 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Ten weeks before the lineup and official odds for America’s greatest race are set, the Kentucky Derby picture may come into sharper focus in the next few days on the track and on betting platforms.
  Derby future wagering resumes Thursday through Sunday at 3 p.m. PST, with Paladin an 8-1 favorite on the morning line after 3-year-old division leader Ted Noffey, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner at Del Mar, was sidelined by an injury.
  Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes in Louisiana could
  
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• Horse racing notebook: Forever Young faces Bob Baffert duo in Saudi Cup

  13-02-2026 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Forever Young, the Japanese-bred 5-year-old last seen in competition winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1, tries to become the first repeat winner in the seven runnings of the $20 million Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse on Saturday. But he and jockey Ryusei Sakai will have to beat 5-year-old Nysos (Flavien Prat riding) and 4-year-old Nevada Beach (Irad Ortiz Jr.), the Bob Baffert-trained pair who battled to a 1-2 finish in the Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes at Santa Anit
  
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• Anthropic hits a $380B valuation as it heightens competition with OpenAI

  13-02-2026 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT O’BRIEN
  Artificial intelligence company Anthropic says it is now valued at $380 billion, cementing its position alongside rival OpenAI and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a trio of the world’s most valuable startups that investors will be watching closely this year to see if they will become publicly traded on Wall Street.
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• Mountain lions in Southern California get permanent, protective status from state commission

  13-02-2026 00:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The imperiled mountain lions of Central and Southern California were granted permanent protection on Thursday, Feb. 12, by the California Fish and Game Commission.
  By deeming six populations of pumas as “threatened” under the California Endangered Species Act, it will mean any entity proposing new developments or roads near mountain lion habitat must formulate a plan to mitigate the harm to these big cats.
  It could also bring in funds for additional wildlife crossings to increase the
  
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• Judge says US must help bring back a handful of Venezuelans deported to notorious prison

  13-02-2026 00:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUDHIN THANAWALA
  A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U.S. at the government’s expense.
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• Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary

  12-02-2026 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE CATALINI
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary in the special election to fill the U.S. House seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
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• Chloe Kim takes silver medal in Olympic halfpipe competition

  12-02-2026 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Silver medalist United States’ Chloe Kim holds her medal after the women’s snowboarding halfpipe finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
  LIVIGNO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 12: Silver medalist Chloe Kim of Team United States celebrates with the national flag of the United States during the medal ceremony for the Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe on day six of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park
  
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• Deportation case dropped against Tustin landscaper with 3 sons in the U.S. Marines

  12-02-2026 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  A deportation case against a 49-year-old man detained by immigration-enforcement agents in June while working a landscaping job in Santa Ana has been terminated by an immigration court judge, his attorney said on Thursday, Feb. 12.
  The Jan. 28 decision paves the way for Narciso Barranco of Tustin, a father of three U.S. Marines, to seek legal permanent residency in the United States.
  “For the time being, we’re now actively pursuing his parole in place with (United States Citizenship
  
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• Trump immigration officials shown video of Minneapolis protester’s death in tense Senate hearing

  12-02-2026 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The men tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda were made to watch a video of the shooting death of Alex Pretti in a slow, moment-by-moment analysis on Thursday by Sen. Rand Paul, who repeatedly cast doubt on the tactics used by federal officers and warned that the American public had lost trust in the country’s immigration agencies.
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• Hilary Duff announces 2026 World Tour with stop at Kia Forum

  12-02-2026 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Just two weeks after inviting fans on stage at the Wiltern in Los Angeles to tease “World Tour Loading…,” Hilary Duff has announced she’s hitting the road this summer.
  “The Lucky Me” world tour follows her “Small Rooms, Big Nerves” tour and will have three California stops, including the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on July 8, the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 11, and the Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland on July 12. The U.S. leg of t
  
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• Rick Garretson returns to Servite as head coach for football team

  12-02-2026 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Rick Garretson is returning to Servite to be the school’s new head coach for the football team.
  Garretson, 71, was an All-CIF receiver at Servite in the 1970s and later was the Friars’ receivers coach and then offensive coordinator for 16 years. Garretson also was the dean of students at Servite.
  He moved to Arizona and was an assistant coach at Chandler High School before becoming its head coach. Garretson coached Chandler to two state championships during his six seasons (2019-24)
  
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• Rick Garretson returns to Servite as football head coach

  12-02-2026 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Rick Garretson is returning to Servite to be the school’s varsity football head coach.
  Garretson, 71, was an All-CIF receiver at Servite in the 1970s and later was the Friars receivers coach and then offensive coordinator for 16 years. Garretson also was the Servite dean of students.
  He moved to Arizona where he was an assistant coach at Chandler High School before becoming its head coach. Garretson coached Chandler to two state championships during his six seasons (2019-24)  as the s
  
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• New plans for Oak Creek Golf Course raise an old debate

  12-02-2026 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine Company says it plans to create the city’s “largest nature park” as part of its new vision for the Oak Creek Golf Course, and is soliciting feedback from community members for what that natural space should look like.
  The real estate giant announced recently its intention to carve out from the 193-acre, privately-owned golf course “more than 50 acres of open, natural park space.” It has also reduced the housing component of its proposal, officials said. A
  
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• Friends of Big Bear Valley executive director Sandy Steers dies

  12-02-2026 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Sandra “Sandy” Steers, the executive director of the Friends of Big Bear Valley, famous for their webcams of a mated pair of bald eagles, has died.
  Fawnskin resident Steers, 73, died on Wednesday, Feb. 11. She had been fighting cancer for the last several years, according to Jennifer Voisard, media and website manager for the Friends of Big Bear Valley.
  “She was working on beating that,” Voisard said Thursday. “She was working until the very end.”
  The Friends
  
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• NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

  12-02-2026 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag Thursday at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd, rebuking the Trump administration for removing the well-known symbol of pride from the LGBTQ+ landmark.
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