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• Google’s digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box

  17-04-2025 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion.
  The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia comes on the heels of a separate decision in August that concluded Google’s na
  
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• Rob Reiner remembered as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation

  15-12-2025 07:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who went on to become one, himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. He was 78.
  Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead Sunday at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation confirmed that Reiner and Sin
  
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• Alexander: Rams keep rolling, but there’s a long way to go

  15-12-2025 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Rams handled their business Sunday, as they should.
  Any real peril against the Detroit Lions and Jared Goff disappeared early in the second half of L.A.’s 41-34 victory. A field goal and two extended touchdown drives wiped out a 24-17 Detroit lead, and a 41-27 lead with 4:49 left ensured that nothing short of a Hail Mary ending would prevent the Rams from being the first NFL team to clinch a playoff spot in Week 15.
  Super Bowl? At 11-3, why not dream big, right?
  Um &h
  
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• Rams uncertain about Davante Adams’ status against Seahawks

  15-12-2025 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Rams wide receiver Davante Adams’ status for Thursday’s battle with the Seattle Seahawks is in question after he re-aggravated a hamstring injury in Sunday’s 41-34 win over the Detroit Lions.
  In the fourth quarter Sunday, Adams came up short on a route, hopping as he slowed down before falling face down to the SoFi Stadium turf. He stayed in that position as the Rams’ training staff came out to him before leaving the field and walking to the locker room
  
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• Lakers eke out win over Suns in frantic 4th quarter

  15-12-2025 05:22 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX — LeBron James made two free throws with 3.9 seconds left, Luka Doncic scored 29 points and the Los Angeles Lakers recovered from blowing a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter to top the Phoenix Suns 116-114 on Sunday night.
  Phoenix trailed 99-79 with 7:48 left, but took a 114-113 lead with 12.2 seconds left on Dillon Brooks’ 3-pointer over James, who made contact with Brooks after the shot. Brooks bumped James on the way back down the court, earning his second technical foul
  
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• USC men’s basketball holds off Washington State

  15-12-2025 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC men’s basketball team built up a lead in the first half and held Washington State off in the second half to beat the Cougars 68-61 in a complete-game effort.
  Jacob Cofie recorded a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds and Chad Baker-Mazara finished with 19 points. Ezra Ausar added 13 points, mostly off of his 9-for-11 free throw shooting.
  Rihards Vavers was Washington State’s leading scorer with 13 points off 41.7% shooting.
  Cofie was closing in on a
  
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• Jacob Cofie helps USC men’s basketball hold off Washington State

  15-12-2025 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC men’s basketball team built up a lead in the first half and held Washington State off in the second half to beat the Cougars 68-61 in a complete-game effort.
  “Our defensive metrics have not been good, but we’ve been scoring at such a high rate that we’ve gotten by winning games with our offense,” head coach Eric Musselman told reporters. “The real positive tonight is we had to grind the game out when we weren’t scoring and sho
  
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• Filmmaker Rob Reiner and wife found dead with knife wounds in Brentwood, report says

  15-12-2025 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Two people were found dead in a Brentwood home owned by actor, director and producer Rob Reiner on Sunday, Dec. 14. TMZ reported  the two suffered lacerations consistent with a knife and were identified as Reiner and his spouse, Michele.
  Crews responded around 3:40 p.m. to the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue, where they found a 78-year-old man and a woman believed to be about 68 years old dead, said Margaret Stewart, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The call was for medica
  
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• Filmmaker Rob Reiner and wife found dead in Brentwood, reportedly with knife wounds

  15-12-2025 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Actor, director and producer Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead in their Brentwood home on Sunday, Dec. 14, family members confirmed. Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds and a family member is being questioned by investigators, The Associated Press reported.
  In a statement to Variety, Reiner’s family said: “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy d
  
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• 2 dead at Brentwood home owned by actor, filmmaker Rob Reiner

  15-12-2025 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Two people were found dead in a Brentwood home owned by actor, director and producer Rob Reiner on Sunday, Dec. 14.
  Crews responded around 3:40 p.m. to the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue, where they found a 78-year-old man and a woman believed to be about 68 years old dead, said Margaret Stewart, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
  Information on the cause or causes of death was not immediately available.
  Television news coverage showed a large police presence at the home, which
  
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• Los Alamitos stakes upset leaves 3 tied for jockey title

  15-12-2025 02:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Smoovin Saturday and jockey Tiago Pereira won the closing-day King Glorious Stakes at Los Alamitos and played spoiler in the leading-jockey contest.
  Juan Hernandez, Kazushi Kimura and Armando Ayuso tied for the title with six victories apiece after each had a chance to grab it outright Sunday by winning the King Glorious, the final race of the two-week thoroughbred meet. Hernandez finished second in the King Glorious aboard John Metcalfe, Ayuso came in fourth with Pavlovian and Kimura was fifth
  
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• Chargers safety Tony Jefferson apologizes for making obscene gestures

  15-12-2025 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — First things first. Safety Tony Jefferson said he wished to apologize for his actions after his ejection from the Chargers’ victory Sunday over the Kansas City Chiefs, when he made an obscene gesture toward the Arrowhead Stadium crowd. Actually, to be specific, it was two gestures at once.
  “I was caught up in the moment,” Jefferson said. “I’m classier than that.”
  It was very much a heated moment.
  Or two or three, actually.
  Jefferson is
  
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• Rams clinch playoff spot with comeback win over Lions

  15-12-2025 01:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Detroit Lions Jahmyr Gibbs (0) drives through Rams defenders for a gain during first quarter action at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, December 13, 2025.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)g
  The Rams’ Matthew Stafford (9) rolls back during second quarter action at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, December 13, 2025.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)g
  The Rams’ Puka Nacua (12) looks for yardage as Detroit Lions Jack Campbell (46) gets a hold of his foot during first quar
  
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• Clippers search for answers amid season-long slump

  15-12-2025 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Clippers need help, possibly even divine intervention.
  Asked what the team has to do if they hope to avoid more late-game misfortunes, guard Kris Dunn didn’t point fingers at his teammates. Instead, he pointed to the sky and said, “Trust God.”
  Despite their lofty petitions, Coach Tyronn Lue seems to have run out of answers. The Clippers continue to commit untimely blunders, which have led to them dropping eight of their past nine games and 10 of their past
  
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• After continued struggles at home, Kings embark on a challenging road trip

  15-12-2025 00:07 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — After succeeding massively at home last season, this year’s Kings have staged one Southwest Airlines commercial after another at Crypto.com Arena.
  Wanting to get away would be understandable, not only after another painfully flat showing at home against the Calgary Flames Saturday, but in light of the Kings’ overall home/road disparity. Their .735 points percentage in away games dwarfs their .429 mark at home, where they score more than a full goal less per game.
  
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• Kreider and Trouba thriving with Ducks as they return to Madison Square Garden

  14-12-2025 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba have been key assets for the Ducks, but not long ago they had for-sale signs dangling around their necks.
  They began last season as the New York Rangers’ longest-tenured player and captain, respectively, but each started this campaign in the opposite corner of the country. On Monday, they’ll return to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since Trouba was dealt last December and Kreider was shipped out over the summer.
  The low point was a
  
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• Spelling out what’s at stake in the fight to end homelessness and hunger in OC

  14-12-2025 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  You never know what the person in front of you might be going through.
  In line at the market, at school dropoff, at the park. Maybe there wasn’t enough food in the fridge that day for three meals because rent is so high or maybe rent can’t get paid this month despite two jobs, risking homelessness.
  United to End Homelessness, an initiative of Orange County United Way, is turning that fact into a teaching tool with its “‘The Person in Front of You”‘ campaign th
  
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• Government unchained: The year the Constitution lost its guardrails

  14-12-2025 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice.
  Yet what good are rights on paper when every branch of government is allowed to ignore, circumvent, chip away at or hollow them out in practice?
  Two hundred and thirty-four years after the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791, the safeguards meant to shield “We the people” from government abuse are barely recognizable.
  In ways the Founders could scarcely have imagined—and wo
  
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• Authorities step up security at Hanukkah events in LA County after Australia attack

  14-12-2025 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities were providing extra patrols at Jewish facilities and Hanukkah events throughout Los Angeles County on Sunday after a deadly attack in Australia killed as many as 16 people who were gathered at a beach to celebrate the first day of the Jewish holiday.
  “The Los Angeles Police Department is deeply saddened by the tragic mass shooting attack that occurred during a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community in Australia and here in L
  
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• Authorities step up security at Hanukkah events around Southern California after Australia attack

  14-12-2025 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities were providing extra patrols at Jewish facilities and Hanukkah events around Southern California on Sunday after a deadly attack in Australia killed as many as 16 people who were gathered at a beach to celebrate the first day of the Jewish holiday.
  “The Los Angeles Police Department is deeply saddened by the tragic mass shooting attack that occurred during a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community in Australia and here in Los
  
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• Chargers’ defense comes up big in victory over rival Chiefs

  14-12-2025 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston gets hit by a Kansas City Chiefs defender in the teams’ season opener Sept. 5, 2025, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)
  Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a pass during the first half of their game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)
  Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen catches a pass in front of Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent
  
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• KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas features Evanescence, Rise Against and surprises

  14-12-2025 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  As roadies rolled a grand piano onto the stage midway through Evanescence‘s set, singer Amy Lee smiled at the fans that packed the Kia Forum for KROQ‘s 34th annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show and let slip her other reason to celebrate on Saturday.
  “It’s my birthday,” said Lee, born 44 years ago in Riverside. “And on my birthday, I get to do whatever I want.”
  What she apparently wanted to do was sing her heart out during a 45-minute headlining set that
  
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• Police investigate drive-by attack at Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah

  14-12-2025 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Police are investigating the report of a drive-by shooting with an estimated 20 rounds fired that was aimed at a Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah, followed by an obscenity shouted from a car.
  The homeowner posted an account of what happened the evening of Friday Dec. 12 on social media, along with a surveillance video. Police later said the weapon used was likely an airsoft gun, as officers found no shell casings around the house.
  The Anti-Defamation League, a San Bernardino City Councilwoma
  
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• Student wounded in 2019 Santa Clarita school shooting was on campus during Brown University attack

  14-12-2025 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  At least two of the Brown University students who were on campus when a deadly shooting unfolded Saturday have survived school shootings before.
  One is Mia Tretta, a junior who was shot in the abdomen during a 2019 shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California.
  Tretta, 21, was studying for a final exam in her Brown dormitory Saturday when she learned of the attack. She had been planning to study at the Barus and Holley engineering and physics building, where the shooting took place
  
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• Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery

  14-12-2025 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.Video footage posted to social media shows a passerby dressed in a white T-shirt and dark pants crouching behind a parked car before sneaking up behind a gunman, grabbing him and wrestling away his firearm. The bystander then points the weapon at the gunman, who falls to the ground.The intervention drew wid
  
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• Public menorah lightings to mark start of Hanukkah in LA, OC

  14-12-2025 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Free public menorah lightings to mark the first night of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah will be held around Southern California on Sunday, Dec. 14, including in Culver City, Santa Monica, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.
  See also: Public Hanukkah celebrations planned in Orange County
  A giant menorah lighting at The Culver Steps in Culver City will begin at 4:30 p.m. The event will also include live music, a magic show, latkes, doughnuts, chocolate “gelt”; craft-making and a caricatur
  
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• Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

  14-12-2025 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELANIE LIDMAN
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Sunday in an attack on a Hannukah celebration at a popular Sydney beach and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to call it an act of antisemitic terrorism. Antisemitism has been on the rise in Australia, fueled in part by Israel’s war in Gaza, even as local Jewish groups have decried the lack of support from authorities.
  Worldwide, Australia and Italy experienced the biggest increase in antisemi
  
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• Los Alamitos consensus picks for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025

  14-12-2025 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
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• Chapman U forecast: slow but better growth in ‘26

  14-12-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite President Donald Trump’s zigzags on tariffs, taxes and regulations, the U.S. economy still should hit 2% growth in 2026, up from an estimated 1.8% this year.
  That’s according to the forecast given Thursday by Chapman University President Emeritus Jim Doti before 300 local community and business leaders at the school’s Musco Center for the Arts, plus 1,500 live online. It’s worth taking their forecasts seriously. Of 48 real GDP forecasts issued for 2025 by research
  
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• Hill of Hope in Carbon Canyon still sharing its unorthodox message

  14-12-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  At the entry shack off Carbon Canyon Road, a man signed me in as a visitor and directed me to follow the car ahead up the gravel road.
  I was heading, with hesitancy, to the Hill of Hope.
  This is a sprawling piece of land owned for a half-century by an unusual religious movement. A Catholic woman in Placentia named Frances Klug had gained renown starting in 1967 as she transmitted messages she said came from God, the Virgin Mary and several saints.
  Hundreds of adherents raised $1.1 million to buy
  
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