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• California’s Democratic politicians never hold each other accountable

  07-04-2025 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The more California Democratic politicians get caught acting unethically, the more obvious it becomes that the Democratic-run Legislature has zero interest in oversight and accountability.
  For example, Democratic Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara drew heat from reporters last month when he skipped a hearing on the insurance crisis that he has largely avoided addressing for most of the past six years, only for news to leak that he was at a conference in Bermuda instead.
  When he agreed to attend
  
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• 2 rappellers rescued from 250-foot mine shaft in San Bernardino County

  25-04-2025 03:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The some 3,000 mines in San Bernardino County attract adventurers. YouTube videos and Facebook pages are devoted to rappelling in and exploring their shafts. Website authors wax nostalgic about the hunt for gold and silver deposits in the 1800s.
  But these same mines, mostly now abandoned, pose a high risk for thrill seekers.
  Two such men were pulled uninjured from an abandoned, 250-foot vertical mineshaft near Twentynine Palms on Saturday, April 19, by San Bernardino County Fire Department crews
  
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• Community members who give back celebrated at 49th Spirit of Volunteerism Awards

  25-04-2025 02:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of volunteers were celebrated and recognized at the 49th annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards for their selfless dedication to giving back to the Orange County community, addressing education, housing, food insecurity and other social needs.
  OneOC, an organization dedicated to uplifting and accelerating the success and reach of Orange County’s nonprofits, hosted the ceremony on Thursday, April 24, at the Grove of Anaheim, joined by hundreds of attendees gathered to salute the work
  
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• In Yucca Valley, a celebrity designer lists his rental property for $888K

  25-04-2025 02:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A fire pit area. (Photo by Roman Tyukayev)
  The pool and spa. (Photo by Roman Tyukayev)
  The house has two bedrooms. (Photo by Roman Tyukayev)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Roman Tyukayev)
  Todd Nickey, co-founder of the AD 100 design firm Nickey Kehoe, designed this $888,000 Yucca Valley home inspired by the original fireplace in the living room. (Photo by Roman Tyukayev)
  Show Caption1 of 5A fire pit area. (Photo by Roman Tyukayev)
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  A High Desert retreat by Todd Nickey, co-founder of the AD100 desi
  
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• OC woman, her 2 sisters and brother get prison terms for fake business fraud scheme

  25-04-2025 02:42 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County woman, along with two of her sisters and their brother, were sentenced on Thursday, April 24 to federal prison terms for a scheme in which they created nonexistent businesses, then claimed more than $1.1 million in unemployment benefits for purported employees of those fake businesses.
  U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Latrice Taylor, 42, of Buena Park, to a little over two years;  Evelyn Taylor, 41, of South Los Angeles, to 18 months; Raschell Taylo
  
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• NFL draft: Titans take Cam Ward at No. 1, Jaguars move up for Travis Hunter at No. 2

  25-04-2025 02:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer
  GREEN BAY, Wis. — Cam Ward has gone from zero-star recruit to No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Travis Hunter is taking his versatility to Jacksonville following a blockbuster deal.
  After the Tennessee Titans selected Ward first overall, the Jaguars moved up from No. 5 to select the Heisman Trophy winner with the second pick. Hunter, a playmaking wide receiver and cornerback at Colorado, wants to become the first full-time, two-way player in t
  
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• Newsom welcomes additions to state’s firefighting air fleet

  25-04-2025 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Citing a fire season that “never went away” this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom officially welcomed expansion of the state’s aerial firefighting force on Thursday in an airplane hangar at McClellan Park near Sacramento.
  Standing before the first of the state’s enormous, fully equipped C-130 Hercules tanker planes, which prides a 4,000-gallon water capacity and increased speed to fight fires, officials expressed appreciation that after several years of waiting, seven of these pla
  
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• Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks

  25-04-2025 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Houthi rebels in Yemen have shot down seven U.S. Reaper drones in less than six weeks, a loss of aircraft worth more than $200 million in what is becoming the most dramatic cost to the Pentagon of the military campaign against the Iran-backed militants.
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• Bonobos in Congo form girl groups to fend off male aggression, study says

  25-04-2025 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
  NEW YORK (AP) — Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds.
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• A Detroit nonprofit’s former finance chief gets 19 years for $40 million theft

  25-04-2025 01:34 via ocregister.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A former executive at a major Detroit nonprofit was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison for stealing more than $40 million meant to help beautify the city’s riverfront.
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• Photos: JCPenney meets excavator in Orange, making way for 167 condo plan

  25-04-2025 01:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Workers begin the demolition of the former JCPenney building at The Village at Orange mall in Orange, CA on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  John Stanek, principal of Integral Communities, speaks before the demolition of the former JCPenney building at The Village at Orange mall in Orange, CA on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Workers begin the demolition of the former JCPenney building at The Villag
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, April 24

  25-04-2025 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, April 24
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  NONLEAGUE
  Villa Park 6, Bishop Amat 3
  SOFTBALL
  RIGHETTI BEST OF THE WEST SPRING CLASSIC
  Royal 13, Huntington Beach 7
  GIRLS B
  
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• Eaton Fire shapes art in poignant installation at ArtCenter showcase

  25-04-2025 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eaton Fire, and the loss and destruction it wrought, is raw material for an immersive installation from the ArtCenter College of Design at the Pasadena Convention Center this Saturday.
  “Resilience in the Ashes” gathers three artifacts from the fire, recreated into pieces inviting reflection, healing and remembrance. James Meraz, ArtCenter associate chair of spatial experience design, Everard Williams, chair of photography and imaging, and alumnus Jeffrey Sugishita collaborated on
  
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• Judge maintains death penalty as possible punishment for Bryan Kohberger despite autism diagnosis

  25-04-2025 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, despite the defendant’s recent autism diagnosis.
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• Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer

  25-04-2025 00:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By RIO YAMAT
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.
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• DNC chair rips vice chair David Hogg’s plan to challenge incumbent Democrats

  25-04-2025 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER
  PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said Thursday that party officers should be banned from taking sides in primaries, countering DNC Vice Chair David Hogg’s plan to raise money for candidates challenging Democratic incumbents.
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• Google’s parent begins year with robust growth despite legal, competitive and economic threats

  25-04-2025 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
  Google’s profits soared 50% in this year’s opening quarter, overcoming the competitive and legal threats that its internet empire is facing amid an economy roiled by a global trade war.
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• In unintended filing, federal attorneys poke holes in Trump administration’s effort to end NYC toll

  25-04-2025 00:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
  The federal prosecutor’s office in Manhattan accidentally filed an internal memo that poked holes in the Trump administration’s strategy to kill New York’s toll on driving in Manhattan — arguing the government should change tactics if it wants to block the nascent program.
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• Even in California, access to death-with-dignity drugs can be refused

  25-04-2025 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  I was extraordinarily humbled by the outpouring of empathy from so many readers after my father’s death in Florida, an ordeal (“Give me the needle!” Pops bellowed) that made me grateful I live in California. We’ve had a death with dignity law on the books since 2015; what a relief to know that my daughters won’t have to endure what I went through with my parents.
  But that kind of care can be more difficult to access than one might expect, even here. And the law is s
  
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• Texas lawmakers approve $1B private school voucher plan

  24-04-2025 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By JIM VERTUNO and NADIA LATHAN
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money to pay for private school tuition, a major victory for school voucher proponents nationwide that was cheered on by President Donald Trump.
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• Horse racing notes: Kentucky Derby field still doesn’t include Baeza

  24-04-2025 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Sunday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Juan Hernandez / 6
  Umberto Rispoli / 4
  Hector Berrios / 3
  Antonio Fresu / 3
  Ricardo Gonzalez / 2
  Geovanni Franco / 2
  Trainers / Wins
  Bob Baffert / 4
  John Sadler / 4
  Phil D’Amato / 4
  (17 tied) / 1
  UPCOMING STAKES
  SANTA ANITA
  Saturday
  • $100,000, Grade III Royal Heroine Stakes, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1 mile on turf
  Sunday
  • $100,000, Grade III Senorita Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, about 6½ furlongs on turf
  LO
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Friday, April 25, 2025

  24-04-2025 23:45 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, April 25, 2025.
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• North Dakota enacts nation’s first law shielding Roundup’s maker from some cancer lawsuits

  24-04-2025 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID A. LIEB
  A new first-of-its-kind law enacted in North Dakota could shield agrochemical manufacturer Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn customers that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer.
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• Fryer: Troy volleyball enjoying this year’s success

  24-04-2025 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Welcome back to the boys volleyball playoffs, Troy High School.
  It was only six years ago that Troy was welcomed to the sport of boys volleyball.
  It seems impossible that a public school as large as Troy, which opened in Fullerton in 1965, a school that is in Orange County, a volleyball hotbed, started a boys volleyball program only six years ago.
  But it is true.
  Troy has won its first outright league championship in the sport. The Warriors beat Brea Olinda in four sets Tuesday to win the North
  
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• Kings’ Adrian Kempe brings ‘Juice’ and more to the postseason

  24-04-2025 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings’ first-round series is heading north of the border to Edmonton on Friday, and if they encounter customs agents who are Oilers fans, it might prove difficult for the boys in black and silver to get 3,200 ounces of “Juice” into Canada.
  Adrian Kempe, a 200-pound forward known simply as “Juice” since his impactful minor-league postseason run a decade ago, is leading the entire NHL in scoring during these playoffs. His seven points in two games have given the K
  
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• Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

  24-04-2025 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By TARA COPP
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press.
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• A wrong turn onto a bridge at the US-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportation

  24-04-2025 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By COREY WILLIAMS
  DETROIT (AP) — A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada.
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• How a surprising Shakespeare discovery was found in a letter used as scrap paper

  24-04-2025 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  A 400-year-old Shakespeare mystery has gotten a major shake-up.
  In a paper published in the journal “Shakespeare” on Wednesday, April 23 — the bard’s 461st birthday, if you’re buying candles and an extremely large cake — Professor Matthew Steggle, Chair in Early Modern English Literature at University of Bristol, presented research that finds potential significance in the scraps of a letter first discovered in 1978.
  Incredibly, the letter scraps were discovere
  
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• USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

  24-04-2025 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONEL ALECCIA, Associated Press
  The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat.
  The department on Thursday said it was withdrawing a rule proposed in August after three years of development. Officials with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service cited feedback from more than 7,000 public comments and said they would “evaluate w
  
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• Yosemite placed under a winter weather advisory from Friday to Sunday – potentially 9 inches of snow

  24-04-2025 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite is the focus of a winter weather advisory released at 1:36 p.m. on Thursday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from Friday 11 p.m. until Sunday, Apr. 27 at 11 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA says to be ready for, “Total snow accumulations up to 9 inches.”
  “Travel could be very difficult,” according to the NWS. “Plan on slippery road conditions. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches. Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road
  
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