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• Why I stayed with the same mediocre big bank for 10-plus years

  05-11-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When you work in an industry like personal finance, it can be embarrassing to admit that you went against the best practices that you preach. But I’ll keep it real and confess that I stuck with a mediocre bank for years without seeking out something better. I was a customer at what I’ll refer to as Big Bank. (Yes, you’ve heard of its real name.)
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• Eagles run away from Commanders to clinch NFC East title

  21-12-2025 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer
  LANDOVER, Md. — This was not a terrific performance by the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, from a fumble on the opening kickoff to a pair of penalties on the tush push to three wide-left field-goal tries to a halftime deficit.
  Still, Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and company eventually got going in the right direction and clinched a second consecutive NFC East title by beating the Washington Commanders, 29-18, on Saturday night. The ga
  
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• Santa Ana Zoo unveils River’s Edge, a new immersive multi-species exhibit

  21-12-2025 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana Zoo celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 20, the opening of River’s Edge, a new multi-species exhibit that officials called the largest and most complex project in the zoo’s more than 70-year history.
  The celebration continues Sunday, Dec. 21, with a second day of free admission for Santa Ana residents.
  Construction on the roughly $8.6 million habitat began in 2022, replacing an aging exhibit with a modern space designed to prioritize animal comfort and well-being.
  Guest feedba
  
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• Man killed, another wounded in Santa Ana shooting

  21-12-2025 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  A 20-year-old man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting late Friday night, Dec. 19, in a residential neighborhood in Santa Ana, police said.
  Officers were dispatched around 11:25 p.m. to the 500 block of South Marine Street after receiving a report from a man who said he had been shot, a Santa Ana Police Department statement said. When officers arrived, they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.
  Orange County Fire Authority personnel pronounced one of the victims, identified as
  
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• CFP: Mississippi crushes Tulane, gets rematch with Georgia in Sugar Bowl

  21-12-2025 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer
  OXFORD, Miss. — Trinidad Chambliss ran for two touchdowns and passed for another, and No. 6 Mississippi looked unfazed by the defection of Coach Lane Kiffin, beating No. 17 Tulane, 41-10, on Saturday in a first-round game of the College Football Playoff.
  Scoring runs of 20 yards by Kewan Lacy and 4 yards by Chambliss gave Ole Miss (12-1) a 14-0 lead before eight minutes had elapsed in the coaching debut of Pete Golding, who was promoted from defensive coord
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Dec. 20

  21-12-2025 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Dec. 20.
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  SATURDAY’S SCORES
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  NIKE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
  Sage Hill 68, Mission Hills 66
  Sage: Holguin 22 pts. Uphoff 20 pts. Klamberg
  
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• No. 4 UCLA women rout Long Beach State to cap nonconference slate

  21-12-2025 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA guard Kiki Rice drives as Long Beach State guard Khylee Pepe, right, defends during the second half on Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
  Long Beach State guard Brynna Pukis, left, drives against UCLA guard Lena Bilić, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
  UCLA center Lauren Betts (51) shields the ball from Long Beach State guard Khylee Pepe (13) during the first ha
  
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• No. 4 UCLA women rout Long Beach State to cap nonconference slate

  21-12-2025 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The UCLA women’s basketball team finished the nonconference portion of its schedule much the way it began.
  Another lopsided win.
  The No. 4 Bruins hosted Long Beach State on Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion and ran away with a 106-44 victory.
  UCLA (11-1) began the season with a 77-53 win against visiting San Diego State on Nov. 3 and every victory since has come by 14 points or more, including back-to-back wins over No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 18 North Carolina.
  The only
  
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• Analysis: Kings did right to trade Phillip Danault, but issues loom

  21-12-2025 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  With half an hour remaining before the holiday roster freeze, the Kings dealt Phillip Danault back from whence he came, to the Montreal Canadiens.
  In isolation, Kings general manager Ken Holland got what should be a draft pick somewhere in the 30s amid a deep prospect crop in return, while shedding $11 million in cap space across this season and next. He also did right by Danault, relocating him back to his home province, and on an unconventional timeline, per his request.
  But more broadly, the
  
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• At Chain Reaction’s final show fans mourned, ‘Feels like losing a piece of history’

  20-12-2025 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Lines of fans spanning generations gathered at Chain Reaction’s tiny strip mall parking lot for the venue’s final show.
  Chain Reaction hosted its last event on Friday, Dec. 19, featuring Rancho Santa Margarita-based band Movements, Militarie Gun, and Cherdomingo. The show was part of a three-day goodbye stint that followed two previous performances: one on Thursday, Dec. 18, which also included Movements, Militarie Gun, and Underbrook; and one on Wednesday, Dec. 17, which included St
  
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• Sources: Rams fire special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn

  20-12-2025 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  After a punt return for a touchdown played a pivotal role in the Rams’ 38-37 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday, head coach Sean McVay fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn on Saturday, two sources confirmed.
  It marks the first time in McVay’s nine-year tenure with the Rams that he has dismissed a coach in the middle of the season. Blackburn was in his third season with the Rams. An interim had yet to be determined, per one source, but the Rams still have Ben
  
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• After Eaton fire ignited, her out-of-print Altadena history book was in high demand. A year later, it’s back

  20-12-2025 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Copies of Michele Zack’s book for sale at the Altadena Heritage Holiday Gathering on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
  Copies of Michele Zack’s book for sale at the Altadena Heritage Holiday Gathering on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
  Author Michele Zack and her friend Phillip Arroyo of Altadena at the Altadena Heritage Holiday Gathering on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
  An autograph from author Michele Zack in a copy of her book. (Phot
  
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• CFP: Malachi Toney recovers to lead Miami past Texas A&M

  20-12-2025 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Malachi Toney’s tiebreaking 11-yard touchdown reception with less than two minutes left lifted No. 10 seed Miami to a 10-3 win over No. 7 Texas A&M on Saturday in the College Football Playoff.
  Mark Fletcher Jr. had a career-high 172 yards rushing to help the Hurricanes (11-2) advance to the Cotton Bowl to face No. 2 seed Ohio State on Dec. 31.
  Toney’s big play came a series after what looked a devastating mistake for the freshman. Toney made a recep
  
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• California’s wealth tax proposal pits fiscal fantasy against economic reality

  20-12-2025 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Last week, the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office released its initial description of the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act,” a one-time, 5 percent tax on these individuals’ net wealth. Its conclusions should concern every California voter. The LAO confirms what we’ve been documenting at Stanford’s Hoover Institution: a proposal that exchanges an uncertain, short-term revenue windfall for a predictable and disastrous long-term erosion to California’s tax
  
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• Air quality alert issued for Orange County until early Monday

  20-12-2025 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Coast, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys, Riverside County Mountains and San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning are the focus of an air quality alert reported at 12:11 p.m. on Saturday by the National Weather Service. The alert is in effect until Monday Dec. 22, at midnight.
  The NWS San Diego CA states to be ready for, “The South Coast AQMD has extended a mandatory wood-burning ban for residents in the South Coast Air Basin. The No-Burn rule bans burning wood
  
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• USC men enter Sunday with new opponent, new point guard

  20-12-2025 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The changes keep on coming for the USC men’s basketball team.
  On Sunday afternoon, the Trojans will be playing an unexpected opponent with an unexpected point guard now that UC Santa Cruz is on the schedule and transfer point guard Kam Woods is in the lineup.
  USC was originally slated to play Brown University on Sunday until the teams mutually agreed to cancel the game after the school shooting that took place on Brown’s campus.
  Head coach Eric Musselman didn’t want to go into
  
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• Chargers focused on beating Cowboys, not playoff-clinching scenarios

  20-12-2025 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  If the Chargers defeat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in Arlington, Texas, and if a set of dominoes falls in their favor, including a loss by an old friend on “Monday Night Football,” then they will have clinched an AFC playoff berth for the second time in Jim Harbaugh’s two seasons as their coach.
  Big deal, you say.
  Actually, it would be a very big deal for the Chargers.
  You see, the Chargers haven’t advanced to the playoffs in consecutive seasons since qualifying four str
  
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• Larry Wilson: A year on from catastrophe, cheers for the ‘good fight,’ but ‘still in the wilderness about it all’

  20-12-2025 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  When I was growing up there, almost unimaginably long ago, in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, it was almost impossible to both live and work in Altadena.And now that the equivalent of an atom bomb a year ago leveled the darling place, which lives mostly in memory, and in forlorn hope? It’s rather harder.
  Because everything is gone.
  Nineteen dead in the Eaton fire. Every neighborhood from Pinecrest Drive west to the edge of the Meadows burned to the ground.
  I know, I know. The courage
  
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• Shepherd-mastiff mix Moxie is a big, beautiful, brindle girl

  20-12-2025 18:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: German shepherd/Neopolitan mastiff mix
  Age: 3 years
  Sex: Spayed female
  Size: 85 pounds
  Moxie’s story: She came into a shelter unexpectedly pregnant and surprised everyone by giving birth to a single puppy. She needed immediate rescue, and thanks to a wonderful foster, mom and baby received the care they needed. Now that Moxie has finished her mama duties, she’s ready to find a loving home of her own. She is affectionate and people-loving. She’ll offer her paw for pets an
  
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• Meet kittens Tom and Jerry, a couple of charmers

  20-12-2025 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Domestic shorthairs
  Age: 6 months
  Sex: Neutered males
  Tom and Jerry’s story: These sweet, cuddly brothers are gentle and loving with everyone they meet. They have grown up with teenagers, dogs, cats and daily household life, so they are well-adjusted and easygoing. Nothing rattles these two — they just roll with life and charm everyone they meet. They adore playing with each other, and when their zoomies are over, they’ll snuggle together or relax quietly, soaking up the
  
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• Chargers at Dallas Cowboys: Who has the edge?

  20-12-2025 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  CHARGERS (10-4) at COWBOYS (6-7-1)
  When: 10 a.m. PT Sunday
  Where: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
  TV/Radio: Ch. 11; 640 AM/94.3 FM (Spanish)
  Line: Cowboys by 1.5
  Notable injury designations
  Chargers: OUT: WR Derius Davis (ankle), S RJ Mickens (shoulder); QUESTIONABLE: OLB Bud Dupree (back), WR Quentin Johnston (groin), S Elijah Molden (hamstring), RT Trey Pipkins III (ankle), DL Teair Tart (shin).
  Cowboys: OUT: CB DaRon Bland (foot), T Tyler Guyton (ankle); QUESTIONABLE: CB Josh Butler (knee)
  
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• California homebuying runs 22% below average

  20-12-2025 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  California house hunters aren’t in a buying mood, pushing statewide sales to their fourth-slowest October in 21 years.
  Across California, there were 29,379 closed sales of houses and condos, both existing residences and newly constructed, in October, according to real estate tracker Attom. That homebuying activity was off 2.2% in a year and 22% below the month’s average since 2005.
  House hunters may be modestly encouraged by mortgage rates dropping off their recent peaks. However, th
  
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• OC Probation Department’s mobile resource vehicles to address barriers and reduce recidivism

  20-12-2025 17:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Five new Mobile Resource Vehicles will help reduce recidivism among juveniles, people experiencing homelessness, transitional-age youth and other populations by removing access barriers and strengthening compliance with court orders, Orange County Probation Department officials said.
  Described as “first-of-its-kind,” the MRV community outreach program was designed to bring multiple department services directly to clients using the vehicles, which were unveiled in a press conference F
  
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• Checking boxes, losing viewers: The Academy’s fade into obscurity

  20-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Academy Awards are leaving broadcast television. Or broadcast television is getting rid of the Academy Awards.
  Either way, the network television event that has been seen on ABC for five decades is moving to YouTube TV, owned by Google.
  The deal calls for the awards show to stay on ABC through 2028, the 100th anniversary of this pinnacle of Hollywood success. From 2029 through 2033 it will be seen on YouTube, “for free globally and on YouTube TV in the U.S.,” according to the com
  
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• How delays and bankruptcy let a nursing home chain avoid paying settlements for injuries and deaths

  20-12-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jordan Rau, KFF Health News, KFF Health News
  Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot, that the hospital called an elder abuse hotline and then the police, her son alleged in a lawsuit.
  Hunt died five days later. Her death certificate said the foot injury was a “significant” factor. Genesis denied wrongdoing but agreed to pay $3.5 million in a settlement Hun
  
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• Older adults may struggle to learn a new language but classes are a worthwhile exercise

  20-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WADE
  TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina.
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• Larry Wilson: Trump’s sick take on a National Security Strategy

  20-12-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I don’t want to live in the world outlined in President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, released last week, and neither do most Americans. Not that most Americans will take the time, as I just did, to read its 33 pages of eccentric, tariff- and war-oriented sabre-rattling.
  So I will boil it down so that you don’t have to peruse it. The president and a handful of nativist advisors would like to replace 250 years of decently successful approaches to our relations w
  
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• Why the Huntington Desert Garden is an inspiration for succulent lovers

  20-12-2025 15:40 via ocregister.com
  
  If you decide to make your backyard into a forest of succulent trees, you might not get much shade, but you will probably never need to worry about irrigation or pruning.
  Moreover, you might eventually become a destination for succulent lovers — if you enjoy the company of plant enthusiasts — as the Huntington Desert Garden in San Marino, for example, has become.
  Located on the grounds of the Huntington, the Desert Garden saw its first selections planted in 1907, and it has grown ove
  
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• Rafael Perez: Susie Wiles confirms what we all knew about Trump

  20-12-2025 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Executive Cabinet of Unforced Errors has struck again, adding to the ever-growing list of instances where Donald Trump’s roster of chronic ball-droppers have had to defend each other’s incompetence.
  In February, Pam Bondi told MAGA that the Epstein client list was sitting on her desk ready for her to review — she later infuriated Trump’s base when her DOJ claimed that the list never existed.
  In March, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Secretary of War Crimes Pete
  
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• Finding balance when the holidays arrive

  20-12-2025 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Well, the holidays are upon us, and I always relish this time of year.
  The pace slows, if only a little, and I find myself with more moments to spend with family, reflect on the year that was and imagine the year that is coming.
  It is a season that encourages gratitude and perspective, something that can be hard to maintain during the other 11 months when deals stack up, deadlines tighten and our calendars appear to have a life of their own.
  Looking back on my career, especially those early deca
  
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