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• Foothill football hires Jason Jellerson as head coach

  23-12-2024 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Foothill has hired Jason Jellerson to be its new varsity football head coach, the school announced Monday.
  Jellerson was an assistant coach at Foothill the past four seasons and at the school for eight years. He coached the Knights defensive backs this past season and has coached lacrosse at Foothill.
  He replaces Doug Case, who retired at the end of the season, his 25th as Foothill’s head coach. The Knights finished 7-6 overall and 2-3 in the Epsilon League. They advanced to the CIF Southe
  
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• Nicotine pouches are selling fast — and falling into minors’ hands

  24-12-2024 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Sabah Meddings | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  Just a year after he became chief executive officer of Philip Morris International Inc., Jacek Olczak swooped on rival nicotine pouch maker Swedish Match in a $16 billion deal.
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• Can I sue him for disclosing the secret I shared? Ask the lawyer

  24-12-2024 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: We have been friends for many years. I shared with him in absolute confidence that I have an illness and may become disabled. He said he would keep it to himself, but later told at least two people, including my coworker, who has now asked me very uncomfortable questions. Do I have a case against my so-called friend who shared this confidential information?
  G.K., Manhattan Beach
  Ron Sokol
  A: There is a jury instruction in California for harm caused by public disclosure of private facts. You h
  
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• Elon Musk’s preschool is the next step in his anti-woke education dreams

  24-12-2024 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Dana Hull | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  Jared Birchall, Elon Musk’s money manager and the head of his family office, is listed as the chief executive officer. Jehn Balajadia, a longtime Musk aide who has worked at SpaceX and the Boring Co., is named as an official contact.
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• Trump’s picks for top health jobs not just team of rivals but ‘team of opponents’

  24-12-2024 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Stephanie Armour, Julie Rovner | (TNS) KFF Health News
  Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives.
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• Starbucks barista strike expands on fifth day of closures

  24-12-2024 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Tonya Garcia
  (Bloomberg) — A Starbucks Corp. barista strike has shut down about 170 cafes, according to the coffee chain, disrupting service at locations nationwide during the final days of the crucial holiday shopping season.
  The union said it expects the number of stores impacted to hit 300, but it’s unclear if the group will hit that target by the end of Christmas Eve.
  Over 5,000 workers in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, among other cities, planned to join the work stoppage on
  
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• Union workers raid Social Security under the guise of ‘fairness’

  24-12-2024 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Just before Christmas Uncle Sam, not Santa, came down the chimney with a big bag of new benefits for state and local government workers. H.R. 82 was called the Social Security Fairness Act, even though it is not fair to the rest of those collecting the old-age benefit because it reduces the system’s solvency. It passed with bipartisan majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives by 327-75 and the Senate by 76-20. 
  H.R. 82 is convoluted, but a Wall Street Journal summary described t
  
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• Councilmember Ruesch chosen to serve as Mission Viejo mayor for next year

  24-12-2024 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Robert “Bob” Ruesch has been tapped by his City Council colleagues to serve the next year as mayor for Mission Viejo’s 90,000 residents.
  Ruesch succeeds Councilmember Trish Kelley, who has been mayor for the past year – her sixth time holding the position.
  This year, Ruesch worked alongside Kelley as mayor pro tem, and was nominated by her to advance to the role of mayor. Councilmembers choose a mayor from among their numbers to lead the body for the next year.
  Ruesch sai
  
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• NORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids

  24-12-2024 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By BEN FINLEY
  The Christmas tradition has become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the earth, delivering presents and defying time.
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• Person dies after being trapped by debris at Santa Cruz County beach

  24-12-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA CRUZ COUNTY – High surf played a role in a death Monday at a beach in Santa Cruz County.
  Authorities were called to Sunset State Beach around 11:30 a.m. for a report of a person trapped under debris or a log “due to the high surf,” according to California State Parks spokesperson Marty Greenstein.
  RELATED: Big waves slam Southern California beaches, more massive surf on the way
  Greenstein said rescuers and bystanders freed the person and gave him CPR. He was then taken to
  
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• Santa Cruz Wharf partially collapses; 3 rescued from water

  24-12-2024 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA CRUZ — Three workers inspecting the Santa Cruz Wharf fell into the choppy ocean waves and had to be rescued after part of the structure collapsed Monday, said city officials who fear the next storm could cause more damage.
  Two of the victims were rescued from the waters by lifeguards and a third self-rescued, officials said.
  A Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf restroom continues to be battered by waves Monday afternoon as it is carried toward Seabright State Beach. (Shmuel Thaler – Sa
  
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• This duo’s 50-year Rose Parade road trip is coming to a close

  24-12-2024 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  When you’re in the business of driving Rose Parade floats, it’s crucial to pick the right crew.
  For 50 years, Guy Roubian and Jack McGinley, true blue Pasadena boys, have exhibited a particular set of driving skills to drive 5.5 miles on New Year’s Day, accompanied by the cheers of hundreds of thousands. The two longtime friends have been at the wheel of Rose Parade floats for Disney, Jack in the Box and, for the past six years, the event’s main sponsor Honda.
  But this ye
  
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• 30 memorable Southern California concert and festival moments in 2024

  24-12-2024 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The joy of covering pop music in Southern California is that there is just so much of it. That’s also the worst thing about it, too.
  Each year we head out to stadiums and arenas and theaters and clubs to check out hot new acts, legends with long legacies, and festivals packed with every flavor of music imaginable.
  Yet there’s always one more you wish you could have caught. And sifting through the highlights of the year can be painful. Does Pearl Jam at the Kia Forum make the Top
  
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• CARB should cancel e-bike subsidies

  24-12-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California has enough problems without making people endure political stunts.
  That’s just what the California Air Resource Board did by providing a subsidy up to $2,000 to buy an electric bike, part of the California E-Bike Incentive Project. That’s the average price of a new e-bike, according to REI. The idea is to get people out of gas-guzzling cars and onto bikes to reduce climate change.
  Costing $3 million for just 1,500 grants, the application deadline was Dec. 18, but the websi
  
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• UCLA’s Sebastian Mack sticks with Mick Cronin

  24-12-2024 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jeff Kaufman and Mick Cronin fall into the same healthy debate when the two reconvene. The Coronado High head coach has built a strong reputation of developing offensively gifted guards, while the UCLA men’s basketball head coach builds teams that hang their hats on defense. Their visions may clash, but they wholeheartedly respect one another’s opinions.
  About three years ago, Kaufman approached Cronin with the idea of selling him on his senior guard, Sebastian Ma
  
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• CHP’s beefed-up enforcement campaign begins tonight, lasts through Christmas

  24-12-2024 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  California Highway Patrol officers will ramp up operations in L.A. and Orange counties and statewide tonight through Christmas night to nab drunken and drug-impaired drivers.
  The CHP’s annual Christmastime “maximum enforcement period” will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, when all available officers will deploy to catch DUI drivers, speeders and other scofflaws. The MEP will conclude on Wednesday night, lasting about 30 hours.
  “This time of year is about celebrating with family a
  
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• Survey: Small businesses feel optimistic about the economy after the election

  24-12-2024 16:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By MAE ANDERSON
  A recent survey shows small business owners are feeling more optimistic about the economy following the election.
  The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Small Business Optimism Index rose by eight points in November to 101.7, its highest reading since June 2021.
  The Uncertainty Index declined 12 points in November to 98, following October’s pre-election record high of 110.
  NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg said small business owners became more certain
  
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• Will Route 66 ever reopen in parts of San Bernardino County?

  24-12-2024 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Gary Oliver of Hemet asked if there are any plans to repair or reopen Route 66 east of Amboy.
  A: Plans are in progress to repair and reopen Route 66 east of Amboy, said Amy Ledbetter, spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Public Works Department. But this won’t happen overnight.
  There are 99 bridges that need to be repaired along the National Trails Highway, Ledbetter said. Ten bridges along the highway, between Amboy Road and Kelbaker Road, are in the final design stage. Additiona
  
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• Swanson: Garden Grove teen fought to live, now she fights for boxing glory

  24-12-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Guadalupe Ruiz, 15, works out with professional boxer Antonia Garcia at the Downtown Youth Center in Anaheim on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. The Garden Grove/Santiago High student recently won her 12th national title at the USA Boxing National Championships in Virginia. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Guadalupe Ruiz, 15, warms up at the Downtown Youth Center in Anaheim on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. The Garden Grove/Santiago High student recently won her 12th national title at
  
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• Southern California’s most-popular business stories for 2024

  24-12-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It was quite the year for Southern California’s business world, filled with layoffs, mergers, protests and store closings – and openings.
  To review 2024, look at a dozen Southern California News Group’s business stories that drew that most readers in the year.No. 1:Optum laying off 364 California healthcare workers, shuttering urgent caresNo. 2:UCLA, UC Riverside students petition to remove Starbucks from campusesNo. 3: Bass Pro Shops’ Outdoor World finally has an opening
  
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• Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus

  24-12-2024 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK, MARC LEVY and ASHRAF KHALIL, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful government panel on Monday failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel, leaving the decision to President Joe Biden, who opposes the deal.
  The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, known as CFIUS, sent its long-awaited report on the merger to Biden, who formally came out against
  
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• Niles: A busy 2024 set up big challenges for Disneyland in 2025

  24-12-2024 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  This past year may have been the most consequential year for Disneyland in more than two decades.
  Disneyland did not build any major new construction projects in 2024, but it still might have been the resort’s most important year since the Disney California Adventure expansion in 2001. This year, Anaheim approved the DisneylandForward initiative, which changed the rules that have governed land use at the resort since that expansion. Under the new rules, Disney can develop attractions and h
  
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• Most influential: New gold medalist Caroline Marks is ambassador of surfing, women pushing the limits

  24-12-2024 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been a wild ride for surfer Caroline Marks, but after a whirlwind of wins that earned her both a surfing world championship and an Olympic gold medal, she has finally been getting to take some time to allow it all to soak in.
  Marks, a Florida native who made San Clemente her home about a decade ago, won Olympic gold during a 2024 surfing showdown that unfolded in front of a global audience at a barreling wave off Tahiti last August, a major feat that helped solidify the 22-year-old su
  
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• Big waves slam Southern California beaches, more massive surf on the way

  24-12-2024 15:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Getting a new surfboard for Christmas?
  This will not be the week to hit the waves to learn to surf – and even experienced surfers should use extreme caution in the water.
  Big waves are slamming the Southern California coast this week, with massive surf showing up on Sunday, Dec. 22, and strong swells continuing through the week.
  “It’s going to be a better time to wait a few days after Christmas to bring your new board down,” Seal Beach Marine Safety Lt. Nick Bolin said. &
  
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• San Diego County will sell off more than 700 properties for past taxes

  24-12-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 700 properties are due to be sold to the highest bidder at an online auction early next year due to their owners’ failure to pay millions of dollars in taxes to San Diego County.
  It is the county’s biggest sale of so-called tax-defaulted properties in seven years.
  The Board of Supervisors earlier this month approved the public offering of land, homes and other assets whose owners are at least five years behind in paying their taxes. Some of the properties up for bid include
  
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• Several top O.C. girls soccer teams begin Excalibur tournament on Thursday

  24-12-2024 08:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFour girls soccer teams ranked in the Orange County preseason Top 10 are among the entries for this week’s Excalibur Tournament of Champions.
  No. 2 Los Alamitos (5-2), No. 3 Capistrano Valley (3-2-2), No. 4 Mater Dei (4-2-2) and No. 6 Huntington Beach (7-1-2) lead the county teams for the event, which runs Thursday through Saturday. Tustin and Foothill’s turf fields are the host sites for the
  
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• Ducks can’t solve Golden Knights, who complete season sweep

  24-12-2024 07:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By W.G. RAMIREZ The Associated Press
  LAS VEGAS — The Ducks likely have to wait until next season to try to solve the puzzle that is the Vegas Golden Knights.
  Tomas Hertl scored a go-ahead goal midway through the third period, Adin Hill made 31 saves and Vegas beat the Ducks, 3-1, to complete a four-game regular-season sweep on Monday night.
  After the Ducks tied the score on Mason McTavish’s goal early in the second period, Hertl broke the tie when he took a pass from Jack Eichel in f
  
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• Lakers’ 3-game winning streak ends with loss to Pistons

  24-12-2024 07:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — An NBA team’s identity can be fickle throughout an 82-game regular season.
  And the Lakers’ 117-114 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Monday night showed they’re still ironing out their latest one.
  Through the first month of the season, the Lakers’ offense carried them to a strong start.
  The following month, their defense either kept them in games or outright won them.
  Monday’s game looked like more of the former, but without the victory, as the Lake
  
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• Seal Beach Police Department touts ‘Don’t steal in Seal’ social media campaign

  24-12-2024 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  SEAL BEACH — The Seal Beach Police Department on Monday touted the success of its social media campaign attempting to reduce retail theft in the city.
  The campaign follows the release of a video of two of the three women arrested for suspicion of stealing approximately $1,635 worth of merchandise at the Ulta Beauty store in the 12300 block of Seal Beach Boulevard on Dec. 4 discussing how last month’s passage of Proposition 36 permits felony charges for petty theft with prior convicti
  
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• Albano’s Fab 5: Orange County girls basketball standouts last week, Dec. 23

  24-12-2024 06:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowDan Albano’s Fab 5 outstanding girls basketball players last week, Dec. 23:
  Charlotte Muller, Esperanza, Jr., G
  Muller scored 24 points, including six 3-pointers, in reaching her 1,000th career point in a 75-52 victory against Pioneer. She added five rebounds and seven assists.
  Kailey Nishi, Fountain Valley, Jr., G
  Nishi made a single-game school-record nine 3-pointers en route to a career-high 33 p
  
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