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• When a gift makes a big mess

  30-11-2025 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Most of us do not intend to leave our families a financial mess when we are gone.
  In fact, many believe they have done all the required work to have their estate settled: They considered what was essential, gave away assets during their lifetime and documented thorough instructions for what to do after they passed.
  But after decades as a CPA helping administrators and trustees, I am rarely surprised when an estate is a mess. Even the most conscientious decedent can leave behind confusion, bad ta
  
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• USC Keck, Norris nurses begin 7-day strike

  19-02-2026 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of unionized nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Center hit the picket lines today to begin a seven-day strike amid prolonged contract talks.Officials with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United union contend the healthcare system is proposing to restructure employee health plans, making them reliant on care at USC facilities. They claim such a move will overload an “already-strained network” and lead to longer wait times and delayed health
  
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• Jadin O’Brien’s path: A track star gets a message, and winds up part of the US Olympic bobsled team

  19-02-2026 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM REYNOLDS
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Jadin O’Brien thought she was being scammed.
  The Milan Cortina Olympics — and the sport of bobsled, for that matter — were not anywhere near O’Brien’s radar a couple years ago, when the Notre Dame track and field star saw that someone sent her a direct message on Instagram. The message was ignored.
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• James Beard Award-winning New Orleans bar comes to the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point

  19-02-2026 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  For a coastal getaway that prides itself on breezy, surfside luxury, the Ritz-Carlton is about to get a bit more soulful. Starting Friday, Feb. 20, New Orleans’ cocktail bar of note Cure will return for its second residency, bringing French Quarter vibes to Dana Point’s chill shoreline.
  Currently ranked No. 49 on North America’s 50 Best Bars list and freshly crowned Food & Wine’s 2025 Best Bar in the U.S., Cure is also a James Beard Award winner (Outstanding Bar Progr
  
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• The Winter Olympics are hurting main street in Livigno’s duty-free mountain enclave

  19-02-2026 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH WILSON
  LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — On the climb to Livigno, atop the mountain pass before the road glides down to the village hosting snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, there sits a lonely customs checkpoint. Its guardhouse and gate are the only signs of an internal fiscal border within Italy, one that encircles the snow-blanketed valley and the duty-free status it has enjoyed for centuries.
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• FCC chairman says the agency is investigating ABC’s ‘The View’ over equal time rule

  19-02-2026 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEG KINNARD
  The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC’s “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air, according to the head of the agency that oversees U.S. broadcast airwaves.
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• Alysa Liu carries US medal hopes into concluding women’s free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics

  19-02-2026 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer
  MILAN (AP) — Alysa Liu is left to bear the ambitions of the American figure skating team on Thursday night, when the last of the “Blade Angels” with a legitimate shot at the Olympic gold medal tries to catch Japanese teammates Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto during the women’s free skate at the Milan Cortina Games.
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• Olympic figure skaters offer wellness tips for weekend athletes. The ‘hard ice always wins’

  19-02-2026 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WADE
  The figure skaters at the Winter Olympics make it look easy; sheer elegance on hard ice.
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• Federal judge accuses Trump administration of ‘terror’ against immigrants in scathing ruling

  19-02-2026 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By SUDHIN THANAWALA
  A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.
  Citing the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, the judge said that the White House had also “extended its violence on its own citizens.”
  “The threats posed by the executive branch cannot be viewed in isolation,” U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes in Ri
  
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• San Juan Capistrano man who killed estranged wife believed she had date with another man, prosecutors say

  19-02-2026 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A San Juan Capistrano man accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death at their home allegedly believed she had a date lined up with another man during the Valentine’s Day weekend, prosecutors said on Thursday, Feb. 19, while announcing a murder charge against him.
  Stephen Anthony Demora, 62, was charged with murder with an enhancement for personal use of a knife, said Kimberly Edds, a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
  He faces 26 years to life in state
  
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• When Rhode Island shooter started firing, bystanders jumped into action to end the carnage

  19-02-2026 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL CASEY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Sitting in the stands at a hockey game, Michael Black heard what he thought was popping balloons before quickly realizing it was gunfire. As dozens of people rushed out of the Rhode Island arena, Black told his wife to “run, run” and then lunged toward the shooter’s handgun.
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• US civil rights agency sues Coca-Cola distributor for excluding men from casino work trip

  19-02-2026 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON, AP Business Writers
  The U.S. federal agency that enforces workplace civil rights is suing a regional Coca-Cola bottler for sex discrimination, alleging the company discriminated against male employees by only inviting women to a company-sponsored networking event.
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• Slavery exhibit removed by Trump administration is returning to Independence Mall in Philadelphia

  19-02-2026 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARYCLAIRE DALE
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Workers on Thursday began restoring an exhibit on the lives of the nine people once enslaved at the former President’s House in Philadelphia amid a contentious legal fight between the city and the Trump administration.
  Mayor Cherelle Parker visited the site Thursday morning and thanked the workers for their efforts, spokesperson Joe Grace said.
  A federal judge had set a Friday deadline for the Interior Department to restore the exhibit
  
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• Dunn: Corona del Mar basketball team is competing in elite CIF Open Division, among superpowers

  19-02-2026 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Since Corona del Mar High opened its doors in 1962, the school has enjoyed success in virtually every sport.
  Walk through most high school gymnasiums and you’ll see league championship banners draped from the walls and rafters. At Corona del Mar, only national, CIF State and Southern Section level triumphs are honored among the cloth-bearing accolades.
  No matter the coach, the CdM boys basketball program has been at the forefront of league and CIF competition, and to reach a new level
  
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• Governors arrive in Washington eager to push past Trump’s partisan grip

  19-02-2026 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and STEVEN SLOAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In another era, the scene would have been unremarkable. But in President Donald Trump’s Washington, it’s become increasingly rare.
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• Global dining hall Maydan Market brings Filipino-Soul fusion food with SoulPhil pop-up

  19-02-2026 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Inspired by her world travels and the time she spent walking through international food markets, renowned chef Rose Previte launched Maydan Market to build a global village of food with a roster of restaurants focused on international cuisines with an L.A. touch. It’s all housed under one roof in the West Adams area with one spot reserved for a rotating residency.
  That residency will now take diners through the Philippines with a touch of American soul as the respected SoulPhil pop-up, whi
  
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• How a defendant in Minnesota went free because of Justice Department turmoil

  19-02-2026 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By RYAN J. FOLEY and JIM MUSTIAN
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal prosecutor’s office in Minnesota has been gutted by a wave of career officials resigning or retiring over objections to Trump administration directives. Because of the turmoil, 12-time convicted felon Cory Allen McKay caught a break.
  With a three-decade record of violent crime that includes strangling a pregnant woman and firing a shotgun under a person’s chin, McKay was scheduled to stand trial next month on metha
  
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• Letters to the editor: Week of Feb. 15

  19-02-2026 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Re “The Dangerous Unintended Consequences of a Domestic Violence Registry“:
  We appreciate Jane Stoever’s analysis and support her call for caution as policymakers discuss a domestic violence registry in California. Survivors are too often harmed by systems that miss the complexities of abuse.
  As a relationship violence service provider, we share concerns that a publicly accessible registry, while well intentioned, could deepen harm. Survivors tell us fear of losing housing
  
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• Lawmaker says the US deported a baby with bronchitis, while authorities say the child was medically cleared

  19-02-2026 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By AUDREY McAVOY
  U.S. immigration authorities deported a 2-month-old baby with bronchitis to Mexico along with his family, a U.S. representative from Texas said.
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• Average US long-term mortgage rate dips to 6.01%, lowest level in more than 3 years

  19-02-2026 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer
  The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate slipped this week to its lowest level in more than three years, but remains around 6% in the same narrow range it has been in this year.
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• Southern California homebuying remains below Great Recession’s crash

  19-02-2026 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  How sluggish has Southern California homebuying been over the past three years?
  Well, house hunters across the six counties bought 500,159 homes from 2023 through 2025, according to Attom.
  And in the previous TWO years? 502,140 sold. Yes, roughly equal.
  Call it what you want – chill, collapse, correction or crash – but house hunters are balking at high housing costs to an almost unfathomable degree. Ponder what Attom’s sales data, which goes back to 2005, tells my trusty spread
  
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• Overtime and shootout rules at the Olympics change as the tournament unfolds

  19-02-2026 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Hockey Writer
  MILAN (AP) — Three of the four men’s hockey quarterfinal games Wednesday going past regulation provided a reminder of how overtime rules work at the Olympics.
  Canada beat Czechia 82 seconds into 3-on-3 overtime. Finland also tied it late and needed more than three minutes to defeat Switzerland. The U.S. allowed a goal with 91 seconds left in the third period before beating Sweden on Quinn Hughes’ OT goal.
  Switzerland’s Leonardo Genoni (6
  
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• Former South Korean president receives life sentence for imposing martial law in 2024

  19-02-2026 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By KIM TONG-HYUNG
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of leading an insurrection on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, a ruling that marks a dramatic culmination of the country’s biggest political crisis in decades.
  The conservative leader was ousted from office after he declared martial law and sent troops to surround the National Assembly on Dec. 3, 2024, in a baffling attempt
  
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• Trump heads to Georgia, a target of his election falsehoods, as Republicans look for midterm boost

  19-02-2026 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF AMY and STEVE PEOPLES
  ATLANTA (AP) — He is weighing military action against Iran, leading an aggressive immigration crackdown, and teasing a federal takeover of state elections.
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• Early prenatal care, considered best for moms and babies, is on the decline in the US

  19-02-2026 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURA UNGAR, AP Medical Write
  Early prenatal care improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby. But a new federal report shows it’s been on the decline.
  The share of U.S. births to women who began prenatal care in the first trimester dropped from 78.3% in 2021 to 75.5% in 2024, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
  Meanwhile, starting care later in pregnancy or getting no care at all has been on the rise. Prenatal care b
  
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• US hockey star Haley Winn’s three older brothers are her biggest fans online and at the rink

  19-02-2026 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRITTANY PETERSON and STEFANIE DAZIO
  MILAN (AP) — U.S. hockey defender Haley Winn’s three older brothers are her biggest, loudest and most colorful fans. To say the Winn brothers have shown pride for their baby sister at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics would be a vast understatement.
  They churn out goofy viral videos in several outfits to cheer her and her teammates on: In some, they deck themselves out in American flag-patterned jackets and matching bucket hats and narrate the
  
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• Goldenvoice Presents April brings Coachella artists to SoCal venues

  19-02-2026 17:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival may take over the Empire Polo Club in April, but some of its most exciting performances will unfold far from the festival grounds.
  Goldenvoice Presents April returns with more than 25 intimate shows from Coachella artists performing at venues across Los Angeles, Pomona and San Diego County from April 7-18. Instead of sprawling festival fields, fans can catch acts such as Disclosure, FKA twigs, David Byrne, Wet Leg and Devo in rooms like The Roxy, The
  
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• CSUF alum’s contributions help open doors to educational opportunities

  19-02-2026 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  In celebration of their accomplishments in their respective fields and their service and support of the university, Cal State Fullerton isrecognizing five Distinguished Alumni on Feb. 28, as the 2026 CSUF Vision & Visionaries Award recipients.
  When Peter Mitchell began college at Cal State Fullerton in the late 1980s to study political science, he was looking not only for a strong education but also for a sense of community.
  What Mitchell found at CSUF was a training ground that set him up f
  
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• Tariffs paid by midsized US firms tripled last year, new analysis from JPMorganChase Institute shows

  19-02-2026 16:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tariffs paid by midsized U.S. businesses tripled over the course of last year, new research tied to one of America’s leading banks showed on Thursday — more evidence that President Donald Trump ‘s push to charge higher taxes on imports is causing economic disruption.
  The additional taxes have meant that companies that employ a combined 48 million people in the U.S. — the kinds of businesses that Trump had promised to revive — hav
  
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• Blue Note Jazz Festival 2026: Patti LaBelle, Wyclef Jean and Gregory Porter top lineup

  19-02-2026 16:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Blue Note Jazz festival is back with a jazzy lineup for its annual summer show.
  This year’s event, hosted by Arsenio Hall and happening at the Hollywood Bowl June 13-14, features Patti LaBelle, Wyclef Jean, Gregory Porter, Samara Joy, Yussef Dayes, Cimafunk, Kokoroko, Elena Pinderhughes, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA, LAUSD Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Big Band, LA County High School for the Arts Band and Robert Glasper presents R+R=
  
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