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• Will stackable, modular living units help LA’s homeless?

  27-11-2019 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On any given night, nearly 60,000 people in Los Angeles County are homeless with more than 44,000 of them are living on the streets, according to data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
  The people who endure that kind of existence suffer a multitude of indignities, ranging from a lack of sanitation to virtually no access to medical treatment. And when they seek temporary refuge in homeless shelters they often find less privacy there than out on the streets.Enter Dome. It&rsqu
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Jan. 29

  30-01-2026 04:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Jan. 29
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  ACADEMY LEAGUE
  Calvary Chapel/Downey 24, Anaheim Discovery Christian 21
  BOYS SOCCER
  SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE
  Avalon 5, Vista Meridian 1
  GIRLS SOCCE
  
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• Tech millionaire accused of killing estranged wife from Newport Beach was after money, prosecutors say

  30-01-2026 03:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The tech CEO husband of a Newport Beach woman whose body was found at the bottom of a mountain embankment in Crestline is accused of killing her during an apparently contentious divorce after she allegedly withdrew millions from an account they shared, court filings show.
  Gordon Abas Goodarzi, 66, is suspected of killing his estranged wife, philanthropist Aryan Papoli, 58, for financial gain, a prosecutor wrote in a sworn statement filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court.
  In the midst of a
  
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• Letter: San Clemente’s creepy surveillance cameras

  30-01-2026 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  I read Erika Ritchie’s recent story about San Clemente allowing the surveillance of south Orange County cities by US Customs and Border Patrol with serious concerns. According to Ritchie’s story, the federal government will be installing a 25+ foot tower high in the hills above San Clemente next month. The system includes a one million dollar high-powered surveillance camera and “sensor-monitoring system.”
  I live in Laguna Niguel and have not paid much attention to this s
  
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• LAPD won’t enforce ban on federal law enforcement officers wearing masks, chief says

  30-01-2026 02:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles police do not plan to enforce recently enacted state and local bans that prohibit federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks during enforcement operations, the police chief said at a news conference Thursday.
  Chief Jim McDonnell, when asked about the mask ban, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September and which seperately won approval by Los Angeles County supervisors, said he disagreed with the policy, citing the possibility of conflict between police and other a
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, January 30, 2026

  30-01-2026 02:01 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, January 30, 2026.
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• FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of 2026

  30-01-2026 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump held his first Cabinet meeting of 2026 on Thursday, focusing on the economy, housing, energy, health initiatives and drug prices. But while he painted a rosy picture of his administration’s accomplishments, some of his boasts —- and that of other officials —- were off the mark.
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• Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty of forging threat against Trump to get witness deported

  30-01-2026 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By TODD RICHMOND
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury found a Wisconsin man guilty Thursday of forging threats against President Donald trump in an attempt to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported.
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• Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico

  30-01-2026 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico.
  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said this week that her government had at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba, but said it was a “sovereign decision” not made under pressure from the United States.
  Trump has been squeezing Mexico to distanc
  
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• Editorial: Matt Mahan, a ‘back-to-basics’ Democrat, enters the governor’s race

  30-01-2026 01:03 via ocregister.com
  
  If Matt Mahan didn’t exist, California Democrats would need to invent him.
  Mahan, the moderate Democratic mayor of San Jose, has long positioned himself as a foil to the —  sometimes progressive, often will-of-the-wisp and increasingly national — politics of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who soon will be termed out of office as he prepares to run for president.
  And now Mahan’s announcement Thursday that he will join the crowded, if otherwise uninspiring, field of Democratic can
  
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• Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war

  30-01-2026 01:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands.
  Trump’s threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China. But Trump&rs
  
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• California Supreme Court won’t review Huntington Beach’s voter ID law, leaving appeals court decision against the city

  30-01-2026 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that blocked Huntington Beach’s controversial voter ID policy, dealing what could be a final blow to the city’s 2024 measure approved by voters.
  In a decision issued Wednesday, Jan. 28, the state high court left intact an appeals court order that said residents cannot be forced to present identification to vote at local polls.
  State leaders applauded the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the city’s argumen
  
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• Former First Brands CEO Patrick James and his brother are indicted for bilking billions from banks

  30-01-2026 00:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT
  Patrick James, the former CEO of bankrupt auto parts supplier First Brands Group, was indicted on federal fraud charges and arrested Thursday in Ohio with his brother Edward, a former senior executive with the company, the government said.
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• Protests and closures are planned around Southern California in opposition to ICE, the Trump administration

  30-01-2026 00:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Protests, boycotts, walkouts, social media posts.
  These various demonstrations, and more, are planned for Friday, as part of a nationwide day of action to show opposition to the Trump administration‘s ongoing immigration enforcement efforts and in solidarity with Minneapolis, where two people were fatally shot by immigration officers over the course of two weeks.
  Friday, activists said, is a day of “no work, no school and no shopping” with calls to stop funding the U.S. Immigra
  
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• Nationwide economic shutdown set for Friday in protest of ICE policies

  30-01-2026 00:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of organizations from across the country are staging a nationwide economic shutdown on Friday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies and demand an end to ICE operations.
  Activists are calling for a day of “no work, no school [and] no shopping” in response to the fatal shootings of at least four people by federal immigration officials in the past two months — including the high-profile shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minn
  
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• New homes for sale in Altadena’s guard-gated La Vina, starting at $2.3M

  30-01-2026 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Listed at nearly $2.52 million, this house spans 4,086 square feet and has four bedrooms and five bathrooms. (Courtesy of PLC Communities)
  The kitchen of the nearly $2.52 million home. (Courtesy of PLC Communities)
  Nine homes are complete in Encore at La Viña, center, in the upper part of Altadena’s guard-gated community. (Courtesy of PLC Communities)
  Show Caption1 of 3Listed at nearly $2.52 million, this house spans 4,086 square feet and has four bedrooms and five bathrooms. (Court
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at MainPlace Mall store

  30-01-2026 00:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 28 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a customer at MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana earlier this month, police said.
  Around 9 p.m. on Jan. 15, a 44-year-old woman reported she had been sexually assaulted earlier that day at the mall, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. She told officers she had visited Bee & Co., a store inside the mall, where she purchased facial cream and was offered a complimentary facial.
  The woman said she was introduced to a ma
  
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• California state employees alarmed by demand to prove their citizenship

  30-01-2026 00:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By Khari Johnson | CalMatters
  About 4,000 California Department of Public Health employees have been told they must use a federal verification system to prove they’re U.S. citizens.
  Leaders of the agency said in a memo obtained by CalMatters that the verification is necessary to receive federal funding, but employees and unions are resisting the directive.
  In the memo, a department human resources deputy director asked employees to comply with a series of deadlines that culminate April 10.
  
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• Fryer: Basketball playoffs approach, but first come some league tournaments

  30-01-2026 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF Southern Section boys and girls basketball playoff brackets will be out Feb. 7.
  Until then, a couple of regular-season games remain. Also on the basketball schedule between now and then are two league tournaments in boys basketball.
  The Pacific Coast League’s eight teams have a tournament for the fourth season in a row. This might be the last season for the tournament. Pacifica Christian joins the league in the 2025-26 school year, so preliminary plans for future seasons call for
  
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• Owner of Johnny Rockets, Fatburger files for bankruptcy

  30-01-2026 00:05 via ocregister.com
  
  FAT Brands — the owner of multiple restaurant chains including Johnny Rockets, Fatburger and Twin Peaks — has filed for bankruptcy amid debt of more than $1 billion.
  The franchiser filed for Chapter 11 on Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to Fox Business.
  FAT operates 18 restaurant brands with more than 2,200 locations. The company said it expects its restaurants to remain open as usual during the bankruptcy proceedings.
  Twin Peaks Hosp
  
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• Briefly: Dow cutting about 4,500 jobs in AI, automation pivot

  29-01-2026 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial intelligence and automation in its business.
  The company said Thursday that it anticipates about $600 million to $800 million in severance costs related to the cuts. Those costs are part of a broader plan aimed at simplifying operations and streamlining.
  Shares of Dow, which has about 34,600 employees globally, fell 3% in midday trading Thursday. Dow is based in Midland, Michigan.
  In Jan
  
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• LA Fair 2026: The lineup of concerts coming to the Fairplex

  29-01-2026 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The LA County Fair at Fairplex has announced its lineup of concerts and comedy shows, featuring a mix of returning favorites, chart-topping artists and a few surprises.
  Concerts will take place during the annual LA County Fair, which opens in May and runs through the end of the month. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m., and fairgoers are encouraged to arrive at least three hours early to allow enough time for parking, entry and seating.
  Concert tickets include admission to the LA County Fair on the ni
  
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• LA County Fair 2026: The lineup of concerts coming to the Fairplex

  29-01-2026 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The LA County Fair at Fairplex has announced its lineup of concerts and comedy shows, featuring a mix of returning favorites, chart-topping artists and a few surprises.
  Concerts will take place during the annual LA County Fair, which opens in May and runs through the end of the month. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m., and fairgoers are encouraged to arrive at least three hours early to allow enough time for parking, entry and seating.
  Concert tickets include admission to the LA County Fair on the ni
  
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• Seagoing albatross makes rare appearance off California coast, startling researchers

  29-01-2026 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded sighting of the bird north of Central America.
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• 3,000 pharmacists and technicians will join Kaiser’s nurses strike

  29-01-2026 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 3,000 workers with the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Southern California said Thursday that they would join a “second wave” strike against Kaiser Permanente.
  UFCW said Thursday that members voted to give Kaiser a 10-day notification of an unfair labor practice strike beginning Feb. 9. The lab and pharmacy employees with the UFCW locals postponed a previously announced strike scheduled for Feb. 3, according to UFCW Local 770 spokeswoman Heather Rutman.
  Rutman c
  
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• Newborn calf struggling in deep freeze brought indoors to curl up on couch

  29-01-2026 23:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By DYLAN LOVAN
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky family battling extreme cold temperatures on their farm over the weekend opened their home to a newborn calf that was struggling in the deep freeze.
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• Orange to spend $300,000 more to stop drivers from crashing into Plaza Park in famed traffic circle

  29-01-2026 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The installation of some traffic safety measures around the traffic circle in the Old Towne Orange has helped reduce crashes, which peaked at a dozen in 2022, and needed repairs to the plaza’s park and historic fountain; this week the City Council decided to take more steps to prevent collisions.
  Since 2018, there have been 43 drivers who drove into the park at the heart of the Orange traffic circle, a few making it all the way to damage the fountain. Some 70% involved drivers under the in
  
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• Feds want to join lawsuit accusing UCLA Medical School of racial discrimination in admissions

  29-01-2026 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trump administration is seeking to join a lawsuit accusing the UCLA Medical School of engaging in racial discrimination in its admissions process, according to court papers obtained Thursday.
  In a complaint filed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice alleges that UCLA’s medical school uses a “systemically racist approach” to admissions that favors Black and Latino applicants over those who are white and Asian American.
  The DOJ is seeking to join plaintiffs in the suit b
  
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• South aims to extend winning streak in Orange County all-star football game

  29-01-2026 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTwo decade-long streaks will collide in the Orange County North vs. South All-Star Football Classic on Saturday at Newport Harbor High.
  The South enters the annual game for seniors riding a 10-game winning streak in the series. The North will seek its first victory since a 12-6 triumph in 2014.
  Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at gofan.co.
  The North coach, Michael Echaves of Troy,
  
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• South aims to extend winning streak in O.C. all-star football game Saturday

  29-01-2026 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTwo decade-long streaks will collide in the Orange County North vs. South All-Star Football Classic on Saturday at Newport Harbor High.
  The South enters the annual game for seniors riding a 10-game winning streak in the series. The North will seek its first victory since a 12-6 triumph in 2014.
  Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased on gofan.co.
  The North, led by coach Michael Echaves of
  
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