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• Why Do Experienced Musicians Make Mistakes?

  24-09-2016 15:13
  I spoke to Paul Jackson Jr. at a recent Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The talented Jackson used to be the guitarist in the American Idol house band.
  
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• What you think about your attachment style might be completely wrong

  19-02-2026 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALBERT STUMM
  It’s not uncommon that new clients come into Kelsie Coles’ therapy office and declare their attachment style.
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• US fine arts commission is expected to vote to advance Trump’s White House ballroom proposal

  19-02-2026 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel responsible for reviewing President Donald Trump’s plans to build a massive ballroom on the site of the former White House East Wing is expected to vote to advance the project when it meets Thursday.
  The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is likely to vote on the design at its monthly meeting, which is being held over Zoom. The panel is now led by appointees of the Republican president.
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• Knott’s Berry Farm closes 7 attractions heading into Boysenberry Festival

  19-02-2026 16:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm will close seven attractions for seasonal refurbishments following the annual Peanuts Celebration as the Buena Park theme park prepares for the start of the 2026 Boysenberry Festival.
  Kite Flyer, Wipeout, Balloon Race, La Revolucion, Linus Launcher, Surfside Gliders and Los Voladores will temporarily close in March as part of the standard refurbishment schedule at Knott’s Berry Farm.
  The seven new ride closures join GhostRider, Timber Mountain Log Ride and Montezoo
  
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• This 6-foot shrub will flower for half the year in near-drought conditions

  19-02-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Here are 5 things to consider this week:
  Fruit. Blue or purplish fruit provides health benefits due to the anthocyanins — known of their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties — which given them their color.  For this reason, you may want to consider planting seeds of purple strawberries and blue watermelon. For now, the only sources I can find for seeds of these plants are in India (neeraseeds.com) and Great Britain (seedfella.com). Both companies ship to the US.
  A deep
  
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• Millions of eligible filers didn’t use Free File

  19-02-2026 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Filing your income tax return can be, for many, a dreaded annual task. And paying to file unnecessarily can only add insult to injury. Still, many eligible filers fail to take advantage of a free federal tax filing program, potentially overspending on filing fees every year to do something that’s required by law.
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• New audit of imprisoned ex-OC Supervisor Andrew Do shows no fraud at CalOptima Health

  19-02-2026 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A second audit of imprisoned ex-Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do’s tenure on the CalOptima Health board found no evidence of fraud, but uncovered multiple instances in which Do may have failed to declare a conflict of interest, including two for which he was fined $12,000 by state regulators.
  CalOptima’s anti-conflict policies have since been tightened according to recommendations in the eight-page report by Ankura Consulting, released late Wednesday, Feb. 18. CalOptima is the coun
  
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• OC supervisors conducting national search looking for new county CEO

  19-02-2026 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  With CEO Michelle Aguirre set to retire in June, Orange County supervisors say they have an aggressive, national search underway for a new leader of the county’s 18,000 employees.
  Fifth District Supervisor Katrina Foley said the county has hired the HR firm Wendi Brown Creative Partners to oversee the recruitment process for the OC Board of Supervisors. The job posting will be published shortly, her office said.
  Foley said she’s specifically looking for someone with a “broad de
  
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• The former Prince Andrew went from helicopter pilot to trade envoy to royal pariah

  19-02-2026 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON (AP) — He was reportedly his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite, but the former Prince Andrew has long been a headache for Britain’s royal family.
  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday, his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office in an inquiry stemming from his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. He is the first senior British royal to be arrested since King Charles I, almost 400 years ago.
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• ACA 7 injects race in public schools with a government blessing

  19-02-2026 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The proposed constitutional amendment in California known as Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7 is a direct assault on equal protection in education. It would repeal the sacrosanct protections of Proposition 209, allowing racial preferences and considerations in public K-12 education while preserving the ban only for public employment, higher education admissions and enrollment, and public contracting.If passed, it would legally permit race to be used as a factor in decisions about gifted and t
  
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• Why the health benefits of the Nordic diet are worth considering

  19-02-2026 15:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Have you heard of the Nordic diet?
  Researchers believe that this way of eating may not only help reduce heart disease, but may also be a solution to help address climate change. The Nordic diet is not a new diet trend, but the traditional food culture of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. In fact, it is a research-supported, practical eating approach that has been linked to longer life, better cardiovascular health and a lighter environmental footprint.
  The Nordic diet is a plant-forw
  
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• DC mayor declares emergency, asks President Trump for help on sewage spill on the Potomac

  19-02-2026 15:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By GARY FIELDS
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declared an emergency on Wednesday and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system leak that dumped 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River in its early stages.
  “Our number one priority is the district, and that we’re going to utilize all resources, local, federal, and regional, or otherwise, to support operations of the district and
  
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• US applications for jobless aid fall to 206,000 last week as layoffs remain low

  19-02-2026 14:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels.
  The number of Americans filing for jobless aid for the week ending Feb. 14 fell by 23,000 to 206,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s significantly fewer than the 225,000 new applications that analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast.
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• U.S. trade deficit slipped to $901 billion last year amid Trump tariffs

  19-02-2026 14:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries.
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• Trump gathers members of Board of Peace for first meeting, with some US allies wary of new body

  19-02-2026 14:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will gather Thursday with representatives from more than two dozen countries that have joined his Board of Peace — and several that have opted not to — for an inaugural meeting that will focus on reconstruction and building an international stabilization force for a war-battered Gaza, where a shaky ceasefire deal persists.
  Trump announced ahead of the meeting that board members have pledged $5 billion for
  
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• A judge weighs extending protections for refugees in Minnesota facing arrest and deportation

  19-02-2026 14:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on whether he should extend an order that protects Minnesota refugees who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported.
  U.S. District Judge John Tunheim blocked the government from targeting these refugees last month, saying the plaintiffs in the case were likely to prevail on their claims “that their arrest and detention, and the policy that purports to justify them, are unlawful.”
  
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• Iran and the US lean into gunboat diplomacy as nuclear talks hang in balance

  19-02-2026 14:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States leaned into gunboat diplomacy on Thursday as nuclear talks between the nations hung in the balance, with Tehran holding drills with Russia and the Americans bringing another aircraft carrier closer to the Mideast.
  The Iranian drill and the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier near the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea underscore the tensions between the nations. Iran earlier this week also launched a d
  
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• The CBO’s latest report and the choice between reform and disorder

  19-02-2026 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite what progressives have been arguing lately, the United States does not have a tax problem. Federal revenues, even after last year’s extension of the Trump tax cuts, are running above their historical average as a share of GDP. What America has is a spending problem so large that the Congressional Budget Office’s latest 10-year outlook reads less like a fiscal forecast than a warning label.
  Between now and 2036, the CBO projects $94.6 trillion in federal spending against $70.2
  
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• ONT Field prepares for its first pitch in Ontario

  19-02-2026 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ontario Tower Buzzers — the single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers — are almost ready to play ball.
  In less than two months, the Buzzers will step into a newly built, 6,000-seat aviation-themed stadium, ONT Field.
  The city-owned minor league ballpark is part of a sports complex — known as the Ontario Sports Empire — that includes soccer, football and softball fields as well as tennis, pickleball and basketball courts. The complex will also have a youth sports t
  
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• World shares are mixed, while US futures advance following a Wall St rally led by Nvidia

  19-02-2026 13:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELAINE KURTENBACH
  European shares opened lower and Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after a rally on Wall Street that was led by computer chip giant Nvidia.
  Oil prices rose as media reports said the likelihood was rising of U.S. conflict with Iran.
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• US futures retreat after Nvidia-led rally, oil prices rise on reports of potential US-Iran conflict

  19-02-2026 13:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By ELAINE KURTENBACH
  Markets on Wall Street Thursday were poised to give back a slice of the gains made a day earlier on the shoulders of computer chip giant Nvidia.
  Futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%. Nasdaq futures were off close to 0.3%.
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• Clashes in the West Bank kill a 19-year-old Palestinian-American, Palestinian officials say

  19-02-2026 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELANIE LIDMAN
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank killed a 19-year-old Palestinian-American man late Wednesday night, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
  The ministry said Nasrallah Muhammad Jamal Abu Siyam was shot by settlers in the village of Mukhmas, north of Jerusalem.
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• Walmart delivers another quarter of impressive sales but offers a muted outlook

  19-02-2026 13:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart delivered another standout quarter as the promise of lower prices drew in a broader spectrum of Americans during the critical holiday shopping period, including wealthier households.
  The outlook from the Bentonville, Arkansas, company, however, hinted at a volatile economic environment ahead on Thursday.
  Shares dipped almost 3% before the opening bell.
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• Yosemite placed under a cold weather advisory Friday and Saturday — temperatures as low as 10

  19-02-2026 13:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite is under a cold weather advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 4:14 a.m. The advisory is valid from Friday 4 a.m. until Saturday Feb. 21, at 10 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA says to prepare for, “Low temperatures of zero to ten degrees above 6,000 feet of the Sierra Nevada. Low temperatures of 10 to 20 degrees in the Sierra Nevada below 6,000 feet into the adjacent foothills.”
  “Frostbite possible on unprotected skin. Wind chills reaching wel
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

  19-02-2026 13:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former British prince who was stripped of his royal titles because of his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
  While Andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with his friendship with Epstein, concerns about Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to the late financier have dogged the royal family for more than a decade.
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• Winter storm warning active for 5 Freeway north of LA until Friday morning — could see 4 inches of snow

  19-02-2026 10:16 via ocregister.com
  
  5 Freeway corridor near Santa Clarita, Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains and Southern Ventura County Mountains are under a winter storm warning which was released by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 1:13 a.m. The warning is in effect until Friday Feb. 20, at 7 a.m.
  According to the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA, “Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches for 3500 to 4500 feet elevation including the Grapevine of the Interstate-5 Corridor possible. Total sn
  
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• Trabuco Hills girls basketball stumbles early, loses to Oxnard in quarterfinals

  19-02-2026 08:52 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO – It came suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue, about midway through the first quarter.
  Trabuco Hills, playing host to fourth-seeded Oxnard, was locked in a tie score. Neither team looked sharp yet, and the youth of each program was on full display.
  Then it happened. Three straight 3-point baskets from three different players on three consecutive possessions by Oxnard. Three shots, nine points, followed by a putback by a fourth player for an 11-0 run that gave the Yellowjack
  
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• CIF-SS girls soccer: Scores from Wednesday’s CIF-SS playoff games

  19-02-2026 08:32 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  OPEN DIVISION
  First leg of 2-game series
  Santa Margarita 1, Oaks Christian 0
  Mater Dei 1, Redondo Union 0
  QUARTERFINALS
  DIVISION 1
  Westlake 4, Rosary 0
  Newport Harbor 0, Orange Lutheran 0 (NH wins in PKs 4-2)
  DIVISION 4
  Immaculate Heart 2, Laguna Hills 1
  DIVISION 5
  Artesia 1, Anaheim 1 (Artesia wins in PKs 5-4)
  Sultana 2, Kennedy 1
  DIVISION 6
  Ocean View 4, Adelanto 2
  Segerstrom 1, Arroyo Valley 0
  DIVISION 7
  Savanna 3, Nuview Bridge 0
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• CIF-SS girls basketball: Wednesday’s scores from the CIF-SS quarterfinals

  19-02-2026 08:23 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  OPEN DIVISION
  Pool play, Round 3
  Pool A: Ontario Christian 84, JSerra 61
  Pool D: Sage Hill 56, Mater Dei 45
  QUARTERFINALS
  DIVISION 1
  Valencia/Valencia 52, Troy 48
  Moreno Valley 63, Orange Lutheran 41
  La Salle 50, Villa Park 45
  DIVISION 2
  Saugus 54, Portola 44
  Crescenta Valley 57, San Clemente 42
  Rosary 53, Dos Pueblos 33
  DIVISION 3
  Oxnard 64, Trabuco Hills 53
  St. Margaret’s 50, Canyon/CC 47
  DIVISION 4
  Canyon 47, Eastside 22
  El Dorad
  
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• Girls basketball playoffs: Canyon, Rosary, Marina reach CIF-SS semifinals

  19-02-2026 07:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Canyon’s girls basketball team had a dominant win, 47-22, over Eastside of Lancaster in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs Wednesday at Eastside High.
  Canyon (15-16) entered the playoffs on a three-game losing streak, but has won all three of its playoff games by double-digit margins.
  Zulymar Velazquez led Canyon with 17 points and six assists. Kyara Vargas had 14 points and 12 rebounds.
  Canyon will host La Cañada in the semifinals on Saturday.
  In other games Wednes
  
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