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• What’s in a name? Check out the origin stories for five OC spots

  12-12-2025 18:37
  
  Every name tells a story.
  Throughout Orange County, place names pay homage to people, geography and even local lore.
  There are the namesakes that are well known, such as the famous surf break, the Wedge, named because of how the wave refracts off the rock jetties and meets up with another wave, forming a “wedge.”
  And just how holy was Holy Jim? Well, let’s just say Jim Smith was first dubbed Cussin’ Jim in the 1880s before his name evolved to “Holy Jim,” a who
  
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• Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how to find light in the darkest months

  14-12-2025 16:10
  
  By STEFANIE DAZIO
  The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter.
  Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, which can begin as early as October and last into April for some.
  The winter solstice will occur Dec. 21, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemis
  
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• Sen. Adam Schiff, a primary antagonist of President Donald Trump, marks one year in U.S. Senate

  14-12-2025 16:00
  
  When Adam Schiff was sworn in as the junior U.S. senator from California one year ago, he’d already spent 12 terms in the House of Representatives and was arguably best known for leading House impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump during Trump’s first term.
  In the 12 months since joining the upper chamber of Congress, Schiff has continued to make a name for himself as a chief antagonist – and a prime target – of Trump, calling out actions by the president
  
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• John Moorlach: If I were governor, here are ten ideas I’d pursue to save California

  14-12-2025 16:00
  
  Recently I was challenged to list what I would do, if elected governor of California, to fix the once Golden State. We know California doesn’t need another gubernatorial candidate. Since I’m a registered Republican, the voter registration demographics are not favorable, there is virtually no road to victory even if I wanted to run. As this is now a top-two “jungle election” state, another Republican entrant would only make the chance of two Democrats appearing on the Nove
  
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• Adam Summers: Calling 911 over California’s failed IT projects

  14-12-2025 16:00
  
  California might have to call 911 to save its emergency communications system upgrade project. Whether the call would actually get through is another matter.
  While the Golden State prides itself on its innovative technology sector and the genius, in Silicon Valley and beyond, these private sector successes have yet to be replicated in the state government. The failure to upgrade the state’s 911 system is just the latest example of this ineptitude.
  The California Governor’s Office of
  
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• A guide to good manners at the retail counter this holiday season

  14-12-2025 16:00
  
  By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH
  As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the job.
  Related Articles Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how to find light in the darkest months Faith leaders embrace sound baths to connect with spiritual seekers Winter virus season so far is not too bad, but doctors worry about
  
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• Senior Moments: The night my mother forgot Hanukkah

  14-12-2025 15:32
  
  On the night that Mom forgot Hanukkah, she left a message on my voicemail in a halting tone. It said simply, “For some reason I can’t remember the story of Hanukkah.”
  At 99, my mother’s always good memory had started to slip. She wanted to know if I could write down the story and bring it to her.
  Granted, it can be a convoluted story, so I boiled it down to the nugget. Bad guys desecrated the Temple. Good guys drove them out and discovered that the sacred lamp oil had bee
  
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• Guess which country pays the most for health care

  14-12-2025 15:00
  
  If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, you better stock up on apples. The deadline for open enrollment for health care coverage is here and millions of Americans are bracing themselves for significant increases in their 2026 premiums. According to PBS, those who enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace without the premium tax credit can expect an average of 18% increase. And in some can more than double.
  THE U.S. HAS THE HIGHEST PREMIUMS IN THE WORLDAmericans pay far more in health care prem
  
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• Looking ahead to 2026: Key tax law changes and core financial moves

  14-12-2025 14:00
  
  This year has been full of major events. It began in January with the inauguration of a new president and the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’s history.
  A trade war soon followed, sparked by increased tariffs, and in July, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
  In September and October, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates, which preceded the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Despite these shifts, the U.S. stock market reached&n
  
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• Police say 2 people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

  14-12-2025 10:27
  SYDNEY (AP) — Police say 2 people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
  
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• Fryer: Carson Palmer noticed how Santa Margarita QB stood tall at the end

  14-12-2025 09:26
  
  MISSION VIEJO – Santa Margarita football coach Carson Palmer was asked who was the most improved Eagles player from the start of the season to the end of the season, which was a 47-13 win over De La Salle in the CIF State Open Division championship game at Saddleback College.
  “Oooh, that’s a good question,” Palmer said.
  It was suggested that senior quarterback Trace Johnson, who moved from Florida to play at Santa Margarita his senior year, had been the most improved play
  
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• No. 25 UCLA men’s basketball falls to No. 8 Gonzaga

  14-12-2025 09:03
  
  SEATTLE — Graham Ike had 25 points and five assists and No. 8 Gonzaga beat No. 25 UCLA 82-72 on Saturday night to improve to 9-1.
  Ike scored 15 points in the first half, highlighted by a tomahawk dunk with 8:02 remaining that gave Gonzaga a 23-19 advantage. The Bulldogs took their first lead shortly before Ike’s dunk on a 3-pointer by Adam Miller, negating a 7-0 deficit.
  Tyler Bilodeau led UCLA (7-3) with 22 points. He was 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
  UCLA trailed 45-40 at halftime, th
  
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• Former Santa Margarita football coach likes what he sees with these Eagles

  14-12-2025 08:36
  
  MISSION VIEJO — Former Santa Margarita players must like what they’ve seen with the 2025 version of the Eagles football team.
  So did the retired coach who led Santa Margarita to its other state football championship in 2011.
  Harry Welch was the coach of that ‘11 Eagles team that beat San Jose’s Bellarmine 42-37 in the CIF State Division I final.
  Welch is the only coach to lead three different schools to CIF State football championships, having also won state titles at Can
  
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• Beckman football sees state title slip away to El Cerrito in 4-A final

  14-12-2025 08:22
  
  Zak Hazboun #9 ofBreckman is tackled after a pass reception in the second half. CIF Division 4-A football championship game between Beckman and El Cerrito on December 13, 2025 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
  Aidan Tran #20 ofBreckman is tackled byJoeseph Broussard #11 of El Cerrito in the first half. CIF Division 4-A football championship game between Beckman and El Cerrito on December 13, 2025 in La Habra, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
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• High school football: Scores from Saturday’s CIF state championships

  14-12-2025 08:06
  
  Saturday’s scores from the CIF State championship football games, and the scores from the games Friday.
  SATURDAY’S RESULTS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Santa Margarita 47, Concord De La Salle 13
  DIVISION 1-A
  Fresno Central East 42, Oxnard Pacifica 28
  DIVISION 2-A
  Sonora 35, Rio Hondo Prep 10
  DIVISION 3-A
  Delano Kennedy 42, Oakland McClymonds 3
  DIVISION 4-A
  El Cerrito 35, Beckman 12
  DIVISION 5-A
  Calaveras 42, Bishop Union 21
  DIVISION 6-A
  Winters 28, San Diego Morse 7
  DIVISION 7-AA
  Redding Christian
  
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• Santa Margarita football rolls De La Salle to win state Open Division title

  14-12-2025 07:53
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMISSION VIEJO — Santa Margarita’s football program completed the final stage of a radical transformation Saturday at a destination many believed wasn’t possible before the season.
  The Eagles played for the CIF State Open Division championship one season removed from a 5-7 finish, and just more than a year since an alleged hazing incident surfaced.
  De La Salle wide receiver Trisshon Wrigh
  
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• Kings scorched by Flames in overtime

  14-12-2025 07:26
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Kings white-knuckled their way through regulation, taking the Calgary Flames to overtime, losing 2-1, at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night.
  Adrian Kempe scored a rare first-period goal for the Kings, who couldn’t muster another the rest of the way. Darcy Kuemper made 36 of 38 saves.
  Blake Coleman tallied shorthanded and Morgan Frost won it in overtime. Local product Dustin Wolf came up with 20 of 21 stops.
  The Kings extended their points streak to four games but lo
  
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• Fdd Dreams wins Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos as a horse dies

  14-12-2025 07:06
  
  CYPRESS — Twenty-five-year-old quarter-horse trainer Xavier Rodriguez added a thrill to a whirlwind year when the 3-year-old gelding Fdd Dreams and jockey Luis Martinez scored an upset win in the Champion of Champions Stakes at Los Alamitos on Saturday night.
  It was a bittersweet moment, though. Major-race-winning 4-year-old Stanley Cartel fell after finishing sixth in the race and had to be euthanized, a Los Alamitos spokesman said. Details on the horse’s injury were not immediately
  
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• USC’s Waymond Jordan set to return next season

  14-12-2025 06:08
  
  Running back Waymond Jordan is coming back to USC for his senior season instead of declaring for the NFL Draft.
  “I’m coming back for another year because I feel like we left a lot of things on the table,” Jordan said in a social media video. “We’re coming back for everything and we’ve got a great thing building here in LA.”
  View this post on InstagramJordan, a Hutchinson Community College transfer, rushed for 576 yards and five touchdowns on 88 carries b
  
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• LA Bowl: Washington cruises to win over Boise State

  14-12-2025 05:57
  
  INGLEWOOD — A purple haze hovered like a metaphorical halo over SoFi Stadium. How many times could Jedd Fisch set the record straight?
  Washington’s head coach had already addressed Friday that he was planning on remaining with the Huskies beyond the Bucked Up LA Bowl on Saturday night.
  Fisch had been linked to jobs across the nation as openings appeared — UCLA and Florida in particular — and the question is sure to arrive postgame once again after Arizona State coach Kenn
  
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• Swanson: UConn dominates USC — and that’s bad news for UCLA

  14-12-2025 05:02
  
  LOS ANGELES — The No. 1 Connecticut women’s basketball team came to L.A. on Saturday and demolished No. 16 USC, 79-51 – and I’m so sorry, UCLA.
  I watched the Huskies – who came into the nationally televised non-conference showdown as 20-point favorites – run the Trojans out of their own gym and couldn’t stop thinking about the No. 4-ranked Bruins.
  The better-than-ever Bruins. The big-dreaming Bruins. The now-or-never Bruins who came into this season with
  
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• USC women’s coach Lindsay Gottlieb addresses shooting at Brown University

  14-12-2025 03:31
  
  LOS ANGELES — USC women’s basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb shared strong feelings regarding the school shooting that occurred at Brown University on Saturday.
  “The college football cycle has been in the news a million times and are we going to report about this? It’s the guns,” Gottlieb told reporters at the start of the postgame press conference that followed USC’s game against UConn.
  “We’re the only country that lives this way. Parents shou
  
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• Litmus Test gives Bob Baffert his 15th Los Alamitos Futurity

  14-12-2025 03:03
  
  CYPRESS — After chasing the presumptive 2-year-old champion Ted Noffey and a $3 million colt named Brant in his earlier races, Litmus Test faced a decidedly less star-studded field in the Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday.
  But that’s not why Litmus Test won the $200,000, Grade II race, trainer Bob Baffert insisted after sending out the 1-2-3 finishers.
  “He’s getting better,” Baffert said in the winner’s circle. “He ran better today than he did in the Bre
  
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• Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza wins Heisman Trophy

  14-12-2025 02:28
  
  NEW YORK — Fernando Mendoza, the mercurial quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football’s most prestigious award since its inception in 1935.
  Mendoza claimed 2,362 first place votes. He beat Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia (1,435 votes), Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love (719 votes) and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin (432 votes).
  Mendoza guided the Hoosiers to their first No. 1 ranking and the
  
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• No. 16 USC women shredded by No. 1 UConn

  14-12-2025 01:53
  
  LOS ANGELES — When UConn orchestrated, USC scrapped. The Trojans, who were a 20-point underdog at tipoff, let loose everything they had but were powerless against the No. 1-ranked women’s basketball team in the nation.
  No. 16 USC fell behind by as many as 21 points in the first half and lost 79-51 on Saturday at the Galen Center.
  Kennedy Smith led the Trojans with 16 points and seven rebounds. Londynn Jones scored 14 points off the bench.
  UConn’s Azzi Fudd, who is expected to b
  
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• Girls basketball coach Kerwin Walters is out at Sage Hill

  14-12-2025 01:52
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowKerwin Walters is no longer coaching the girls basketball team at Sage Hill, the school confirmed Saturday.
  Athletic director Megan Cid stated that Mike Farzley, an associate director of athletics at the school, will “step in as interim program head” just nine games into the season. Farzley, who has basketball coaching experience, will have two assistants to round out the coaching staff, Cid a
  
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• Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade welcomes Santa to town

  14-12-2025 01:45
  
  Laguna Niguel residents take their holiday party to the streets.
  The city’s more than 25-year-old parade marched down Crown Valley Parkway Saturday morning, Dec. 13, jingling all the way.
  With floats and marching bands, community groups and fancy cars, the event has all the trappings of a traditional parade, wrapped up in holiday ribbon with Santa Claus overseeing the merriment.
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• Lakers’ defense under review as their offense takes a hit

  14-12-2025 01:06
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers’ Friday morning meeting heightened their attention to the team’s defensive struggles. And their Friday afternoon news was an example of why they need to have urgency when it comes to finding solutions.
  With the team announcing that star guard Austin Reaves will be sidelined for at least the next two games because of a left calf strain, the Lakers will be without the player coach JJ Redick said had “carried” the team for the previous six weeks
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Dec. 13

  14-12-2025 01:04
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Dec. 13.
  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.
  SATURDAY’S SCORES
  FOOTBALL
  CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPSDivision 7-AA
  Redding Christian 16, Woodbridge 0
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  NORTH ORANGE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Aq
  
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• Woodbridge football’s remarkable run ends with loss in CIF state finals

  14-12-2025 00:56
  
  FULLERTON — The Woodbridge football team made an unexpected run to reach the CIF State Division 7-AA championship game on Saturday. But the Warriors weren’t able to add one more highlight to their amazing season.
  The Warriors had some success moving the ball but hurt themselves with turnovers and lost to Redding Christian 16-0 at Fullerton High School.
  The Lions finished their season unbeaten (15-0).
  Woodbridge’s David Bosley (5) leaps Redding Christian’s Jonah Day (17) f
  
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