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• How UCLA gymnastics’ Katelyn Rosen rebuilt herself to shine again

  02-04-2025 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA gymnast Katelyn Rosen transformed into a dark witch at the Big Ten Championships.
  It happened when she mounted the balance beam and again when she stepped onto the podium for floor exercise.
  “I like to tap into whatever character, whatever role I’m playing in the moment,” Rosen told reporters. “If I’m focusing on my artistry, and I’m focusing on the faces I’m making and making eye contact with the judges and the audience, that relieves a lot of pres
  
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• Best thing I ate at Disneyland this week: Star Wars cheese skewer

  02-04-2025 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A chunk of deep fried cheese on a stick with an otherworldly appearance and a nearly unpronounceable Star Wars name gets my vote for the best thing I ate at Disneyland this week.
  The $8.49 Fried Falumpaset Cheese Skewer is available at Ronto Roasters in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge during the Season of the Force seasonal event that runs through May 11 at Disneyland.
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• Social Security’s acting leader faces calls to resign over decision to cut Maine contracts

  02-04-2025 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN and PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner is facing calls to resign after he issued an order — which was quickly rescinded — that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for Social Security numbers at a federal office rather than the hospital.
  Newly unearthed emails show that the March 5 decision was made as political payback to Maine’s Governor Janet Mills,
  
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• Lake Elsinore man re-arrested after 18 years in teen’s cold case killing in Moreno Valley

  02-04-2025 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Riverside County sheriff’s cold case investigators re-examining the unsolved 2007 slaying of a teenager in Moreno Valley returned to the man initially suspected of the crime to make an arrest.
  Vincent Edward Gonzales III was initially taken into custody 10 days after 15-year-old Clyvaughn Mallet was found mortally wounded in a dirt field close to Sunnymead Boulevard and Frederick Street on May 5, 2007. A relative said at the time that Clyvaughn had just left a movie theater and was walking
  
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• US revokes visas of Mexican band members after cartel leader’s face was projected at a concert

  02-04-2025 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By MEGAN JANETSKY, Associated Press
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend.
  U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who was U.S. ambassador to Mexico during the first Trump administration, said late Tuesday on X that the work and tourism visas of members of Los Alegres del Barranco were
  
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• DEI at universities will continue despite feigned compliance with Trump policies

  02-04-2025 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Following President Trump’s executive orders and threats aimed at ending diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at universities across the country, many institutions have apparently fallen in line. Among them are some of the most prestigious and famously liberal including Columbia, Rutgers, the University of Michigan, and the University of California system.
  Much has been said about how these universities and institutions are “bending the knee” to the subjugating power of Tr
  
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• Kings head to Utah in search of another series sweep

  02-04-2025 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings thrived against the best team in the NHL again and on Thursday they’ll have another opportunity to complete a season-series sweep when they travel to Salt Lake City for the third and final meeting with Utah HC.
  After winning for a third time Tuesday against the league-leading Winnipeg Jets and outscoring them 10-3 in the process, they’ll face the NHL’s newest franchise – sort of, following an absurdly complicated relocation from Arizona – with a chance to
  
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• Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department

  02-04-2025 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By AMANDA SEITZ
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered no new details Wednesday about his massive restructuring of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the day after thousands of layoffs ricocheted through its agencies, hollowing out entire offices around the country in some cases.
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• Law firms fear Trump orders could affect security clearances of lawyers who are military reservists

  02-04-2025 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says executive orders targeting law firms are being issued in the name of national security, with the White House asserting that the firms don’t deserve access to sensitive U.S. government information.
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• Viet Book Fest celebrates 50 years of diasporic literature following fall of Saigon

  02-04-2025 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Đặng Thơ Thơ, in her thirties and in a new country, was able to turn what was just a hobby in Vietnam into her occupation in the United States.
  In 1992, she immigrated from Saigon to California and by 2002, the Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association was hosting the signing of her first short story collection, “The Winter Exhibition.”
  Two decades later, the novelist, short-story writer and editor will be a panelist for VAALA’s fourth Viet Book Fest
  
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• Angels’ taxed bullpen falters late in loss to Cardinals

  02-04-2025 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. LOUIS — The Angels paid the price for what it took to win four straight games.
  After continually using their best relievers to help them secure that winning streak, the Angels were left with few choices in what became an ugly 12-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.
  They were in position to extend the winning streak after Logan O’Hoppe’s grand slam in the seventh gave them a two-run lead.
  However, at that point they had only two available relievers who were even s
  
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• Alzheimer’s disease study: researchers create at-home smell test for early detection

  02-04-2025 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When it comes to the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests that the nose knows.
  Mass General Brigham neurology researchers have created a smell test that shows promise as a tool for identifying risk of cognitive impairment.
  They found that test participants could successfully take the test at home, and that older adults with cognitive impairment scored lower on the test than cognitively normal adults.
  Their study on the test could help identify people who are at risk
  
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• Family of man, 19, killed by Fullerton police files claim against city

  02-04-2025 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The family of a 19-year-old man shot and killed by Fullerton police announced Wednesday, April 2, that they have filed a legal claim against the city demanding transparency and justice for what they believe was an unjustified shooting.
  The claim seeks unspecified damages, the family’s attorney, Michael Carrillo said during a press conference in front of Fullerton City Hall Wednesday morning. A claim is generally a required precursor before a lawsuit can be filed against a government agency
  
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• Kevin Ryder returns to KROQ 106.7-FM five years after station fired him

  02-04-2025 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Ryder has returned to KROQ-FM five years after the station fired the longtime cohost of “The Kevin & Bean Show,” he and the station’s owner announced on Wednesday.
  Ryder takes over the afternoon show on weekdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. as its current host Megan Holiday moves to weekday nights.
  “I spent half of my life with my fellow favorite weirdos, helping to make KROQ an iconic radio station and a global destination to foster and nurture musical groups,”
  
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• US Army identifies 4th soldier who died in training accident in Lithuania

  02-04-2025 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has released the identity of the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania, a day after his body was recovered during a weeklong search that took hundreds of troops and other rescue workers from three nations.
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• Once common, now unusual: Conservative candidate firmly concedes Wisconsin Supreme Court election

  02-04-2025 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
  PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — As the first news outlets began calling the Wisconsin Supreme Court election for the liberal candidate Susan Crawford, her opponent called her — to concede.
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• Tustin hangar fire investigation closed out without finding cause

  02-04-2025 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Fire Authority officials have closed their investigation into the cause of the Tustin hangar fire, more than a year after the late-night blaze destroyed one of the city’s iconic World War II-era blimp hangars.
  Investigators looked at leads related to copper wire thieves and reports of someone who had once frequented the hangar. Ultimately, investigators couldn’t zero in on a cause and closed their investigation in November, according to newly released records.
  The fire
  
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• Coachella 2025: Here’s this year’s must-have festival foods

  02-04-2025 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  While stages at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will host performances led by some of music’s most prominent acts, festival-goers will also be treated to Michelin-starred dishes, local favorites, secret speakeasies, and a variety of delicious foods and beverages.
  Throughout the three-day event at Indio’s Empire Polo Club, from April 11-13 and April 18-20, fans from around the world may need a break from the action to recharge and refuel. Luckily, there will be plenty of
  
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• Big Bear bald eagle chicks now have their own names

  02-04-2025 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Big Bear Valley elementary school children have picked names for two bald eagle chicks that  hatched last month as the world watched.
  Students named the bigger chick Sunny and the smaller chick Gizmo, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that organized the naming contest as part of its outreach efforts. The group maintains two web cams that monitor and livestream the day-to-day happenings in the nest atop a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake.
  Jackie and Shadow, the bel
  
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• What to know about Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announcement

  02-04-2025 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set to announce a barrage of self-described “reciprocal” tariffs on friend and foe alike.
  The new tariffs — coming on what Trump has called “Liberation Day” — is a bid to boost U.S. manufacturing and punish other countries for what he has said are years of unfair trade practices. But by most economists’ assessments, the risky move threatens to plunge the economy into a downturn
  
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• Watch Live: Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announcement

  02-04-2025 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set to announce a barrage of self-described “reciprocal” tariffs on friend and foe alike.
  The new tariffs — coming on what Trump has called “Liberation Day” — is a bid to boost U.S. manufacturing and punish other countries for what he has said are years of unfair trade practices. But by most economists’ assessments, the risky move threatens to plunge the economy into a downturn
  
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• 4 steps to take toward financial spring cleaning

  02-04-2025 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sara Rathner, Kimberly Palmer, NerdWallet
  The first three months of 2025 have been a lot. Tariff threats, cuts to federal jobs, and still-high prices for food, gas and housing have shaken consumer confidence.
  If you started the year hopeful but now feel anxious, channel those negative emotions into action. Spring is the perfect time to open some windows, plant some flowers and freshen up the money goals you set at the start of the year.
  Here are some things to focus on.
  1. Review your spendin
  
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• All-OC boys basketball team: Brandon Benjamin is the Player of the Year

  02-04-2025 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  ALL-COUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM 2024-25
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Brandon Benjamin, Canyon, SeniorEveryone in the gym knew that Brandon Benjamin would get the basketball, including every opponent Canyon’s boys basketball team played against.
  So getting double- or triple-teamed were nightly events for Benjamin. He still managed to average 30 points a game while shooting 57 percent from the floor.
  Benjamin’s unstoppable consistency made him the Orange County player of the year for the second
  
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• In California’s Capitol, some political fights span decades

  02-04-2025 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Were we able to transport ourselves back in time 50 years and into California’s Capitol, we would find a governor seeking and enjoying massive attention by national political media as he eyes some greater office. We’d also find a Legislature dealing with conflicts among influential interests with heavy financial impacts.
  In other words, the Capitol’s dynamics in 1975 were pretty much what they are today.
  The resemblance even extends to specific issues. For instance, then-Gov. J
  
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• Supreme Court appears divided over whether states can cut off Planned Parenthood funding

  02-04-2025 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a case that comes amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund the nation’s leading abortion provider.
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• Angel stadium’s plight gives city new challenges

  02-04-2025 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The California State Auditor’s release of a report evaluating the city of Anaheim’s stadium lease with the owners of the Angels baseball team coincided not only with opening day, but with the sentencing of former Mayor Harry Sidhu to two months in prison.
  Sidhu pleaded guilty to four felonies related to the aborted sale of the stadium. Prosecutors allege he provided confidential information to a consultant—with the expectation of receiving a $1 million campaign contribution. We
  
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• Dodgers acquire Esteury Ruiz, former stolen base leader

  02-04-2025 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have acquired a former stolen-base leader.
  In a trade of minor-leaguers, the Dodgers sent right-hander Carlos Duran to the A’s in exchange for outfielder Esteury Ruiz. One of the fastest players in professional baseball, Ruiz, 26, will report to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
  Right-hander Kyle Hurt, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, was moved to the 60-day injured list in order to clear a 40-man roster spot.
  Originally signed by the Kansas City Royals in 2
  
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• Ahead of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, race drivers trade helmets with firefighters

  02-04-2025 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A swapping of helmets. A sign of mutual appreciation.
  Ahead of the official start of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, race car drivers Colton Herta and Colin Braun swapped their helmets with two members of the Long Beach Fire Department who were on the front lines of the catastrophic wildfires that swept through the Los Angeles area at the start of the year.
  From left, LB Grand Prix Driver Colin Braun and LBFD Capt. Brian Sher converse during a helmet swap at LB Fire Station 1 on Tuesday, Apr
  
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• Einstein called it his “biggest blunder.” Now a Berkeley Lab breakthrough is shedding light on the mysteries of dark energy and cosmic expansion

  02-04-2025 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released new breakthrough findings on one of science’s biggest mysteries — one that Albert Einstein once called his “biggest blunder.”
  In March, Berkeley Lab researchers presented data gathered from 14 million galaxies at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit in Anaheim, which has ignited new theories on dark energy – once thought to be a universal constant like gravity – as an evolving form of ma
  
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• Amazon’s last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

  02-04-2025 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.
  The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Amazon offer was made in a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
  The New York Times first reported on the bid.
  President Donald Trump
  
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• Look inside new Disneyland steakhouse coming to Downtown Disney

  02-04-2025 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A Michelin-starred chef will bring an old school Italian-American steakhouse and a North Carolina-style barbecue joint to Downtown Disney when he opens the tandem restaurants at the Anaheim outdoor mall.
  New York City celebrity chef Joe Isidori will open Arthur & Sons Steak and Bourbon and Pearl’s Roadside BBQ on the footprint of the former Tortilla Jo’s location in Downtown Disney.
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• Cheeseburgers and chicken so far fail to entice a rescue dog who’s spent weeks on the run in Alaska

  02-04-2025 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By BECKY BOHRER
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In the days after wildfires devastated the Los Angeles area, a formerly stray dog named Jackie lucked into a new life. She was rescued from an overburdened shelter in Los Angeles County, where she faced possible euthanasia, and given a home far away in Juneau, Alaska.
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• Gas prices soar: Up more than 24 cents in past 12 days

  02-04-2025 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVEN HERBERT
  The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Wednesday to its highest amount since June 10, increasing 2.4 cents to $4.891.
  The average price has risen 11 of the past 12 days, increasing 24.2 cents, including 4.8 cents Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. It rose three consecutive days, increasing 1 cent, dropped four-tenths of a cent March 25 and resumed increasing last Wednesday.
  The avera
  
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• Pasadena Airform house with bomb shelter lists for $1.85M

  02-04-2025 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  A dome-shaped Pasadena home that architect Wallace Neff built for his brother in 1946 is on the market for $1.85 million.
  Known as the Andrew Neff House, this 1,350-square-foot dwelling features two bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open-plan living area.
  There’s an underground bomb shelter built using the same Airform Bubble House technology of reinforced concrete sprayed onto a balloon form as the main residence. The balloon was only deflated after the concrete hardened.
  According to t
  
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• Angels players relax enforcement of Ron Washington’s cell phone ban

  02-04-2025 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. LOUIS — The cell phones are back.
  Eyebrows were raised in spring training with the news about manager Ron Washington’s ban of cell phones in the Angels clubhouse, which he said he planned to continue into the regular season.
  During the second series of the season, players are back to using their phones in their clubhouse.
  Washington said he doesn’t spend time in the clubhouse, so it’s up to the players to determine how strictly the rule should be enforced.
  “I pu
  
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• Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump’s DOGE

  02-04-2025 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRIS MEGERIAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — DOGE’s days appear to be numbered.
  Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies. As far as the Department of Government Efficiency, Trump said “it will end.”
  All of that talk was before Musk faced a setback Tuesday in Wisconsin, where voters rejected his choic
  
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• Truck driver can seek triple damages in lawsuit over THC content in CBD product, Supreme Court says

  02-04-2025 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a truck driver who wants to sue for triple damages over a CBD hemp product he says was falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient and resulted in him getting fired.
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• Chargers mock draft 2.0: Lots of offensive options for GM Joe Hortiz

  02-04-2025 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  So, what’s changed since our way, way too early mock draft back in February?
  Nothing.
  Everything.
  But mostly nothing.
  In February, Joe Hortiz had plenty of options going into his second NFL draft as the Chargers’ general manager, and he still does. Free agency, especially the re-signing of future Hall of Fame outside linebacker Khalil Mack, might have altered Hortiz’s approach slightly going into the draft.
  But only slightly.
  The draft is April 24-25-26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin,
  
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• Wild weather expected across Midwest, South gets a rare ‘high-risk’ designation — the most severe category

  02-04-2025 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEFF MARTIN
  ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. government forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation — the highest category they use — to warn that a major tornado outbreak appears likely Wednesday in an area that’s home to about 2.5 million people.
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• Liquid eggs recalled for possible bleach contamination

  02-04-2025 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The maker of Egg Beaters and Bob Evans liquid eggs is recalling thousands of pounds of product that may be contaminated with a bleach cleaning solution, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  Michigan-based Cargill Kitchen Solutions announced the recall of 212,268 pounds of liquid eggs on Friday after someone submitted a tip to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
  Liquid eggs sold in Colorado, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois and Iowa and sent to distributors in O
  
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• Outrage grows over Maryland man’s mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison

  02-04-2025 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By BEN FINLEY
  In the 22 days since Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador, his young autistic son has sought comfort in the scent of his missing father’s clothes.
  “Although he cannot speak, he shows me how much he missed Kilmar,” Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, said in court documents. “He has been finding Kilmar’s work shirts and smelling them, to smell Kilmar’s familiar
  
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• With a nod to America’s civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own

  02-04-2025 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT BROWN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.
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• James Beard Award 2025 finalists announced: Two OC names make the cut

  02-04-2025 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The James Beard Foundation revealed its full list of James Beard Awards 2025 finalists today, April 2, at a live ceremony in Los Angeles.
  Daniel Castillo was nominated for best chef: California for his Central Texas-style barbecue at San Juan Capistrano’s Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano, which he owns and operates with his wife and business partner, Brenda.
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• Bob Mould talks using ‘bright melodies and darker words’ to explore isolation

  02-04-2025 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If Bob Mould has a superpower, it’s his mastery of dynamics.
  Walking that fine line of balancing light and heavy in volume and presentation is something that’s been his jam dating back to his Hüsker Dü days. It continued through his time in the band Sugar. It’s also infused in the fine body of work he’s churned out in a solo career that kicked off with 1989’s seminal “Workbook.” There’s plenty more where that came from on Mould’s ne
  
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• Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and DC

  02-04-2025 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRIAN WITTE
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the mass dismissals.
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• Nintendo Switch 2 game console launch date set for June 5

  02-04-2025 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By RYAN KRYSKA | Associated Press
  NEW YORK  — Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.
  At its 60-minute Nintendo Direct presentation, the company revealed a more vibrant display on the Switch 2, a larger screen and several games that will launch with the console.
  Central to its updated system is a new “C” button on its Joy-Con controller, which
  
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• 34 new books in our spring 2025 preview to add to your TBR pile

  02-04-2025 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s already been a tough year. But spring means rebirth and renewal — and also an opportunity to enjoy a good read on a park bench, in your backyard, or just about anywhere else. No matter how you’re feeling, there’s bound to be a book to lift your spirits, make you think, or just give you a much-needed laugh.
  Whether you’re looking for funny essays by one of America’s most popular comedians, a thoughtful look at the career of a hip-hop legend, a biography of
  
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• Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over sweet-flavored vaping products

  02-04-2025 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products following a surge in teen electronic cigarette use.
  But the justices’ unanimous decision throwing out a federal appeals court ruling is not the final word in the case, and the FDA could change its approach now that President Donald Trump has promised to “save” vaping.
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• Recipes: Make these colorful vegetable dishes for Passover

  02-04-2025 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  For Passover, the holiday of springtime, it is customary to showcase vegetables, especially green ones, on the menu. This year we’re preparing an aromatic broccoli and cauliflower tajine and a variety of salads, including a colorful green salad with papaya and pecans.
  Wheat flour is strictly forbidden during this eight-day holiday, which begins Saturday, April 12. In many households, like those of our families when we were growing up, noodles, rice and other grains are also not allowed. To
  
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• Warbringer vocalist John Kevill talks new music ahead of LA hometown show

  02-04-2025 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Warbringer frontman John Kevill wants to harness the world’s most malevolent forces and channel them into thrash metal tunes.
  “I’m in a metal band called Warbringer,” said Kevill in a Zoom interview. “We’re fast, vicious, and have a spiky logo, so we’re obviously trying to sound evil. What is the evilest thing that is wrong, wretched, and awful? Everything related to large-scale human-led institutions, such as a state, an army, or a police force.”
  
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