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• Californians pay for utility wildfire prevention. Is that cost-effective?

  04-12-2024 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Diane Moss lost her home in the Santa Monica Mountains after power lines ignited the apocalyptic Woolsey Fire in 2018. Since then, she’s pressed for a safer electric grid in California.
  “It’s so easy to forget the risk that we live in — until it happens to you,” said Moss, a longtime clean energy advocate. “All of us in California have to think about how we better prepare to survive disaster, which is only going to be more of a problem as the climate changes.&
  
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• Janet Nguyen is sworn in as First District county supervisor

  05-12-2024 04:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Former state Sen. Janet Nguyen was sworn in Wednesday as the county’s next First District Supervisor.
  Nguyen is taking the seat left vacant by former Supervisor Andrew Do who resigned last month after pleading guilty in federal court to a bribery charge for his role in a scheme involving the embezzlement of millions in COVID-relief funds.
  The OC Board of Supervisors certified the election results on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
  She was sworn into office on Wednesday as well, Nguyen confirmed in a te
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, Dec. 4

  05-12-2024 04:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Dec. 4
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Laguna Beach 71, Costa Mesa 57
  Oxford Academy 72, Acaciawood 36
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Villa Park 51, O
  
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• South Coast Repertory co-founder Martin Benson turned OC into vibrant market for theater

  05-12-2024 04:25 via ocregister.com
  
  As South Coast Repertory co-founder David Emmes tells the story of how theater has become such a vibrant part of life in Orange County – and how Martin Benson helped make that happen – he pauses in ways that are decidedly un-dramatic.
  “Martin and I…”
  The silence grows. You check to see if the phone is active.
  “… would talk…”
  Again, the lag borders on awkward.
  “… between scenes.”
  It’s not age or emotion that’s
  
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• Letter: We MAGA supporters are overjoyed and Democrats need to get over it

  05-12-2024 04:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Rafael Perez, “Americans need to just chill out” Op-Ed, December 1, 2024. Mr. Perez doesn’t understand public opinion Mr. Donald J. Trump is elected the 47th president of the United States of America and was elected by a electoral college and popular vote majorities.
  Comparing President Trump to a piece of wood is not only childish but disrespectful. Perez may not remember food prices, gas prices, inflation, or world peace under President Trump’s first term, I do. Ev
  
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• Lakers’ downward spiral continues with 41-point loss to Heat

  05-12-2024 04:10 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI — There were countless negatives to point to following the Lakers’ 134-93 blowout loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, but the most concerning one was this: based on the effort they played with, there was no clue that they were coming off another blowout loss two nights prior.
  The Lakers, who have now lost six of their last eight games to drop to 12-10 for the season, didn’t look like a team coming off a 29-point loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.
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• Jay Bhattacharya a brilliant pick to lead the National Institutes of Health

  05-12-2024 03:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Last week, President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to head the National Institutes of Health.
  Bhattacharya, a physician with a doctorate in economics and a professor at Stanford University, came to prominence during the coronavirus pandemic as a skeptic of heavy-handed responses.
  He was a co-author of The Great Barrington Declaration  in October 2020 which argued for “focused protection” of those  vulnerable to the virus but the end of d
  
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• JSerra linebacker Madden Faraimo signs with Notre Dame on National Signing Day

  05-12-2024 03:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowJSerra’s Madden Faraimo entered National Signing Day known for his impressive frame, prolific defense and looming status as the top uncommitted recruit in Orange County.
  But hours into the early signing period for football, the linebacker ended the suspense and became known as one of the major national commitments on Wednesday.
  The chiseled, 6-foot-3, 230-pound senior signed with Notre Dame to give
  
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• Rams to ease in new CB Emmanuel Forbes

  05-12-2024 02:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Blue visor on his helmet, white No. 25 jersey on his torso, new Rams cornerback Emmanuel Forbes practiced with the team for the first time on Wednesday.
  The Rams will spend the week teaching Forbes how their defense operates and allowing him to adjust to his new surroundings, and they don’t expect to hurry him onto the playing field after claiming him off waivers from the Washington Commanders on Monday.
  “It’s really just getting him acclimated. He’ll
  
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• UFC 311: Makhachev to defend title against Tsarukyan at Intuit Dome

  05-12-2024 02:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A long-anticipated lightweight title fight will finally be happening and in Southern California’s newest crown jewel.
  UFC CEO Dana White announced on social media Wednesday that 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev will defend his title against top-ranked contender Arman Tsarukyan in the UFC 311 main event on Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood.
  White also revealed the co-main event, which will pit bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili against Umar Nurmgomedov. Tickets for UFC 311 go on sa
  
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• Costa Mesa’s sober living rules can help, rather than harm, recovering addicts, appeals court says

  05-12-2024 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Costa Mesa City Hall (File photo by Steve Zylius, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Costa Mesa’s controversial laws governing sober living homes do not discriminate against recovering addicts, but may actually benefit them, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in a precedent-setting decision Wednesday.
  It’s a victory for the city that could have far-reaching implications in Southern California and throughout the nation, as communities struggle with proliferating sober home
  
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• Mission Viejo football’s Phillip Bell III conquers large challenges, signs with Ohio State

  05-12-2024 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Every high school football player who finalized their college destination on Wednesday had to overcome challenges.
  Then there is Phillip Bell III, Mission Viejo’s senior receiver, who signed with Ohio State on the first day of the early signing period for high school football players in the Class of 2025.
  Bell’s mother died in June. His father and other family members in August sued Mission Viejo High School, the Saddleback Valley Unified School District and others, including Mission
  
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• Family of Hannah Kobayashi calls on LAPD to release surveillance video of her crossing into Mexico

  05-12-2024 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The family of a woman from Hawaii who vanished after landing in Los Angeles three weeks ago expressed frustration with investigators and said they haven’t seen the surveillance footage that shows her walking across the border into Mexico.
  Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said this week that the video shows Hannah Kobayashi, 30, walking with her luggage alone into a covered walkway at San Diego’s San Ysidro crossing on Nov. 12, the day after relatives reporte
  
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• Huntington Beach’s new all-conservative council vows to keep fighting with Sacramento

  05-12-2024 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach’s three newly elected council members were sworn in at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, beginning two years of a 7-0 conservative control on the dais with a promise to keep up its fight with Sacramento policies.
  “We are a conservative town,” said new Councilmember Butch Twining. “I am a conservative all the way, and I will fight for conservative principles in Huntington Beach as long as I’m up here.”
  New Huntington Beach mayor Pat Burns,
  
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• UCLA bolsters defense on Signing Day, loses two local 4-star recruits

  05-12-2024 01:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA football’s social media accounts were flooded with selfie-style videos of newly signed recruits celebrating their futures at UCLA on the first day of college football’s early signing period Wednesday.
  Three-star defensive back LaRue Zamorano spoke into the camera from the bleachers of Corona Centennial High the day after he decommitted from Michigan State.
  “Can’t wait to touch down in Westwood,” he said in the video. “I chose UCLA beca
  
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• Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years

  05-12-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN
  MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a federal prison in the U.S. and is expected to be deported back home.
  Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show that Fabio Ochoa-Vasquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence.
  Ochoa, 67, and his older brothers amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a
  
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• Amnesty International says genocide is occurring in Gaza, an accusation Israel rejects

  05-12-2024 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAMY MAGDY
  CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid.
  The human rights group released a report Thursday in the Middle East that said such actions could not be justified by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel, which ignited the
  
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• Chargers rookie Tarheeb Still honored after ‘monster game’ vs. Falcons

  05-12-2024 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Chargers rookie cornerback Tarheeb Still was named the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Week after intercepting Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins twice on Sunday, returning one 61 yards for a third-quarter touchdown that proved to be the winning score in the Chargers’ 17-13 victory.
  “Thrilled,” Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday. “We’re always happy for a teammate’s success. Well-deserved. The monster game that he had, it (
  
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• Wrongfully accused Hesperia school janitor who spent 5 years in jail sues San Bernardino County

  05-12-2024 01:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A Hesperia man who spent nearly five years in jail for suspected child molestation but was acquitted a year ago at trial is suing a San Bernardino County prosecutor and sheriff’s detectives for wrongfully accusing him.
  Pedro Martinez, a former janitor at Maple Elementary School in Hesperia, says the case against him was based on the “fantastical claims” of an admitted opioid addict who had an extensive history of fabricating similar accusations against others, according to the
  
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• Mater Dei football’s Chuck McDonald III dedicates Alabama signing to his late mother

  05-12-2024 01:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSANTA ANA — As Mater Dei cornerback Chuck McDonald III bounced amongst a crowd of well-wishers, his thoughts settled on an inspiring force that helped him experience the afterglow of National Signing Day.
  McDonald, who signed with Alabama on Wednesday, reflected on his late mother Tameka.
  “I know she’s watching down on me, happy (and) smiling,” McDonald said after the signing day e
  
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• 3 US Army soldiers arrested on human smuggling charges along the border with Mexico

  05-12-2024 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  ALPINE, Texas (AP) — Three U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Cavazos, Texas, have been arrested on human smuggling charges, U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas said Thursday.
  Soldiers Emilio Mendoza Lopez, Angel Palma, 20, and Enrique Jauregui, 25, were arrested after a vehicle allegedly driven by Palma and carrying Mendoza Lopez, a Mexican national and two Guatemalan nationals was stopped Nov. 27 by law enforcement in Presidio along the border with Mexico, about 500 mil
  
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• Wood burning ban extended in most of Southern California

  05-12-2024 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning was extended through Thursday for much of Southern California due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area.
  The residential wood-burning ban was originally expected to expire Wednesday night, but it will now be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Thursday for the South Coast Air Basin, including the non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and all of Orange County.
  The order does not apply to mountain communities a
  
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• Two children wounded and gunman dead after shooting at Northern California school

  05-12-2024 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  PALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the shooter died from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot, sheriff’s officials said.
  The children were taken to nearby hospitals and their conditions were not immediately known. One was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Officials did not share information about their ages nor genders.
  The shooting occurred at about 1 p.m. at the Feather River Schoo
  
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• Why aren’t mobile homes considered among affordable housing fixes?

  04-12-2024 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  There should be a word for the particular joy of finding an open parking meter a half-block from your destination.
  I had been worried there only might be valet, because this was Beverly Hills and some valet guy is always just waiting to pop out and park your car in places like Beverly Hills. You might think the valet is meant to be a form of catering in this epicenter of flash and gilt, but what I know is the valet is the first checkpoint, assessing who is wealthy enough to belong here and who i
  
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• Does the approach to treating opioid addiction need a radical overhaul?

  04-12-2024 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The last time singer, songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge heard her son’s voice, he said, “I’m sick. Mom, it’s fentanyl.”
  According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were an estimated 70,029 overdose deaths involving opioids in 2020. On May 13, 2020, her son Beckett Cypheridge became one of the statistics: He died from causes related to opioid addiction.
  He was just 21 years old.
  Etheridge says she remembers asking herself: What d
  
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• Can sharing a good meal bring people together? One San Diego author thinks so

  04-12-2024 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  If there’s one thing Madhushree Ghosh has faith in, it’s the power of a great meal to unite people across whatever might divide them. Anyone who’s met her will tell you the first thing out of her mouth after “hello” is usually, “When can I feed you?”
  By day, Ghosh works in global oncology diagnostics and strategy, a career she calls her “paycheck” job. Her passion, though, is as an author and culinary and immigrant advocate. Ghosh’s 202
  
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• A small nonprofit in Long Beach wins some battles in the long war on plastics pollution

  04-12-2024 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  In a Long Beach shopping center near where the San Gabriel River empties into Alamitos Bay, researchers, educators and activists are stepping up the fight against plastics pollution.
  The headquarters for the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research is small, but it brings together a refill store, BYO Long Beach, with offices tucked behind it, a classroom and a state-of-the-art lab. Inside the lab, researchers engage in a multistep process that involves sieves, chemicals, a large scanner an
  
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• Rural areas experience the brunt of healthcare system deficiencies. Are there solutions?

  04-12-2024 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  On a recent flight across the country, I found myself staring out the window at a vast desert landscape that, as the crow flies, is a relatively short distance from the crowded streets of sprawling Los Angeles.
  From the air, it was possible to see towns and small cities in their entirety — squat buildings hanging out around a single intersection or rows of identical houses marching in tight grids alongside patches of sprinkler-fed green. Human-scale homes, post offices, local markets and c
  
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• Is the solution to teen despair teachable? Ambassadors of Compassion reaches into schools to try

  04-12-2024 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  “The world’s coming to an end, and I haven’t even graduated high school yet.”
  That’s a line from a teen character in “Euphoria,” a much-talked-about drama that aired on HBO about a group of high schoolers whose young lives are mired in depression, addiction and issues around sex.
  If only it were just fiction.
  In 2023, the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey reported that 40% of high school students had “persistent feelings of sadness or hopeless
  
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• Is a liberal arts degree useless if you want to succeed in life? Not at all.

  04-12-2024 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  To this day, when I drive along the coastline of California, I remember Professor Bernard Pipkin, whose courses in oceanography and earth science I took as science electives at USC when I was a freshman in 1978-79. His passionate teaching about the power of weather, the ocean, faults, and the natural world stayed with me forever. He took us on a field trip to Portuguese Bend, on the Rancho Palos Verdes Peninsula, to show us the progression of the slump in that earth, which then was already visib
  
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