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• HOA Homefront: Can board censor candidate statements?

  18-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: The board of my association does not like the new law allowing for adjournment to 20% for the adjourned annual meeting so they cancelled the annual meeting and have failed to reschedule it so far. The HOA has no election rules. — A.H., Rancho Cucamonga
  A: Election rules are required by Civil Code Section 5105. The lack of election rules does not automatically invalidate elections, but such lack makes it far more likely to occur. If the HOA can under Civil Code Section 5145 show that the
  
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• Santa Anita sues state over seizure of gaming terminals

  21-01-2026 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Anita has sued the California Department of Justice, seeking the return of the “Racing On Demand” gaming machines that state and local law enforcement officers removed from the Arcadia racetrack on Saturday.
  In a 23-page complaint plus exhibits filed in L.A. Superior Court, Santa Anita contends the DOJ and California Horse Racing Board had chances to say they believed the machines are illegal before seizing them.
  The terminals, which look like casino slot machines but offer par
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Fountain Valley crash; Toyota driver arrested on suspicion of DUI, manslaughter

  21-01-2026 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A pedestrian was killed in a crash involving a suspected DUI driver Monday night, Jan. 19, in Fountain Valley, police said.
  Officers were dispatched around 7:30 p.m. to the intersection of Warner Avenue and Newhope Street, where they found a man who had been struck by a Toyota Camry, the Fountain Valley Police Department said Tuesday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The pedestrian’s identity has not yet been released, pending his identification and notification of his family.
  The
  
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• Suspect charged in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home pleads not guilty

  21-01-2026 02:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIE CARR SMYTH
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The individual charged in connection with the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home earlier this month pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
  William D. DeFoor, 26, entered pleas to three counts in federal court in Cincinnati. Prosecutors have charged DeFoor with damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal offic
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, Jan. 20

  21-01-2026 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, Jan. 20
  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.
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  ORANGE LEAGUE
  Savanna 19, La Quinta 5
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  Foothill 20, Canyon 2
  GIRLS SOCCER
  SUNSET LEAGUE
  Newport Harbor 1, Marina 1
   
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• IRS head announces a shake-up on the eve of the 2026 tax season

  21-01-2026 01:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the 2026 tax filing season begins, the head of the IRS announced a shake-up Tuesday, saying the personnel and operational changes are intended to improve taxpayer service and modernize the agency.
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• Angel City FC’s Gisele Thompson looking to take a big step in USWNT camp

  21-01-2026 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — Angel City Football Club’s Gisele Thompson is headed into her third year as a professional.
  Along with her club duties, she has graduated to the senior U.S. Women’s National team, making four appearances last season.
  Now, heading into a busy 2026 with an even more important 2027, which includes a World Cup, Thompson is looking to take an even bigger step.
  “I think just being consistent in my abilities. I know the coaches told me that I need durability, especially
  
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• Barcelona commuter train crashes, killing 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain

  21-01-2026 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH WILSON and SUMAN NAISHADHAM
  BARCELONA (AP) — A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish regional authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring 37 others.
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• California’s newest ICE center has 1,400 detainees. What Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla saw there

  21-01-2026 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the state’s newest and largest immigrant detention center, located in California City, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
  In remarks to reporters, both highlighted what they described as inadequate medical care at the site.
  “The most frequent feedback we got was the inadequacy of the medical care they are receiving,” said Schiff. He described meeting a diabetic detainee who he said
  
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• FACT FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office

  21-01-2026 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press
  President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering, nearly two-hour-long press briefing to recount his accomplishments, repeating many false claims he made throughout 2025.
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• Judge orders release of actor Timothy Busfield from jail pending child sex abuse case in New Mexico

  21-01-2026 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By MORGAN LEE and SAVANNAH PETERS
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges.
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• Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

  21-01-2026 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer
  NEW YORK — Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, center fielders who excelled at the plate and with their gloves, were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
  Beltrán, making his fourth appearance of the ballot, received 358 of 425 votes for 84.2% from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, 39 above the 319 needed for the 75% threshold.
  Jones, in the ninth of 10 possible appearances, was picked on 333 ballots for 78.4%
  Be
  
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• Australia’s Parliament passes anti-hate speech and gun laws after Sydney attack

  21-01-2026 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROD McGUIRK
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament on Tuesday passed anti-hate speech and gun laws proposed after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack that authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State group.
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• La Quinta golf estate on waterfront lot along the 8th fairway seeks $4M

  21-01-2026 00:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The entrance gate. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  The living room. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  A casual dining nook in the kitchen. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  The primary suite. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Melissa Bramasco)
  This Santa Barbara-style home, located along the waterfront of La Quinta Country Club’s 8th fairway, is on the market for $3.95 million. (Photo by An
  
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• Jury seated in ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig’s sports betting case

  21-01-2026 00:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By FRED SHUSTER | City News Service
  A jury was selected Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles for the trial of former Dodger Yasiel Puig, who faces federal charges for allegedly lying to investigators about his suspected involvement in illegal sports betting.
  Puig, 35, is charged with obstruction of justice and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators.
  The right fielder spent six seasons with the Dodgers and last played Major League Baseball in 2019, splitting time between Cincin
  
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• Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

  21-01-2026 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By TIM SULLIVAN and CLAIRE RUSH
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There was the pregnant woman who missed her medical checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesotaimmigration crackdown. A nurse found her at home, already in labor and just about to give birth.
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• Ex-USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain of Orange County dodges prison in COVID benefits scheme

  21-01-2026 00:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Former USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain was sentenced Tuesday to time already served and ordered to pay $228,995 in restitution for his role in a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $1 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits.
  McClain, 26, recently of Coto de Caza in Orange County, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II to serve two years’ supervised release. He pleaded guilty in June 2024 to one count of felony mail fraud, according to the U.S. Department of
  
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• China meets initial soybean purchase goal, but Trump’s shifting trade policy could disrupt deal

  21-01-2026 00:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH FUNK
  China has fulfilled its initial commitment to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S., but it’s not clear if the trade agreement announced in October can withstand President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting trade policy as American farmers are still dealing with high production costs.
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• Robbers appear to target 7-Elevens in Orange, Los Angeles counties

  20-01-2026 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities are trying to determine if a series of robberies at 7-Eleven stores around Orange and Los Angeles counties are connected.
  Around 1:24 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, officers responded to a robbery at a 7-Eleven in the 2000 block of East La Palma Avenue in Anaheim, where a clerk said multiple male suspects climbed over the counter, took cash drawers with money inside and drove off in a light-colored sedan, said Sgt. Eric Anderson with Anaheim police.
  Minutes later, police were called to ano
  
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• Federal judge says Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in Virginia is ‘masquerading’ in the job

  20-01-2026 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two judges in Virginia are rejecting Trump administration arguments that a White House loyalist can continue serving as a top federal prosecutor in the state, with one on Tuesday soliciting applications for a replacement and the other prohibiting Lindsey Halligan from continuing to represent herself in his court as a United States attorney.
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• John Phillips: LA needs a dose of reality. Is Spencer Pratt the answer?

  20-01-2026 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  On the one year anniversary of the fire that burned down Pacific Palisades, reality show star, fire victim, and frequent social media critic of the city of Los Angeles’ pathetic leadership, Spencer Pratt announced that he would be challenging hapless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in her 2026 reelection bid.
  While speaking at the “They Let Us Burn!” protest in the Pacific Palisades near the charred remains of his house, Pratt said, “On Jan. 7, 2025, [his wife] Heidi [Montag
  
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• Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance say they are expecting their fourth child

  20-01-2026 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are expecting a son in late July, they announced in a social media post on Tuesday.
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• Leslie Aragon shaping Rosary girls basketball in first season as coach

  20-01-2026 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA game-winning 3-pointer coming out of a timeout in the final seconds of regulation. The continued development of young players. And an enthusiasm for hosting girls basketball showcases.
  The signs of coach Leslie Aragon’s impact on the Rosary program have surfaced in multiple ways in his first season.
  On Monday, the signals grew louder as Emalynn Vong sank a 3-pointer coming out of a timeout with 2.
  
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• Ducks head to Colorado looking to build on 4-game winning streak

  20-01-2026 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Riding their second-longest winning streak of the campaign, the Ducks traveled to face the same opponent that ended their longest, the Colorado Avalanche.
  The Ducks have distanced themselves from a nine-game trainwreck, chugging along with four consecutive victories. When they last went to the Mile-High City, they lugged seven straight triumphs in tow, but lost 4-1 on Nov. 7.
  In between their two strongest surges of the season, the Ducks had won consecutive games just twice. The
  
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• Republicans ask US Supreme Court to bar California from using new House maps while case is decided

  20-01-2026 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Republican Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block California from using the Proposition 50 congressional maps that voters approved in November while awaiting a decision by the nation’s highest court on whether the maps are constitutional.
  The emergency application was filed Tuesday, Jan. 20, following a decision by a federal three-judge panel in Los Angeles last week, which, in a 2-1 ruling, said California can use the new, voter-approved U.S. House maps for
  
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• Editorial: Trump’s increasingly unhinged bluster on Greenland

  20-01-2026 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  With his domestic policies doing little to ease affordability concerns while stirring up chaos in select cities, it’s no wonder the president has fixated on foreign affairs in his first year back in the white House.Lately, the president has revisited his preoccupation with annexing Greenland in an increasingly belligerent manner.President Donald Trump’s recent message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, provided in a letter rather than his usual social-media free ass
  
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• US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil

  20-01-2026 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to take control of the South American country’s oil.
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• US forces in Caribbean seize seventh sanctioned oil tanker linked to Venezuela

  20-01-2026 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts to take control of the oil in the South American country.
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• USC, Alijah Arenas ready for new chapter against Northwestern

  20-01-2026 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Alijah Arenas switched between his forehand shot and backhand, flicking the plastic ball over the net to his opponent, former NBA star Brandon Jennings.
  Arenas shuffled up and down the pickleball court and shifted laterally, quickly racking up the points and shutting out Jennings in the game, 11-0.
  “I’m trying to learn how to lose,” Arenas joked after the match. “Winning has gotten tiresome.”
  The friendly competition was posted to the YouTube channel for Gilbert Are
  
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• Cláudia Nunes: How CEQA is freezing AI competition at the infrastructure level

  20-01-2026 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  California is the engine of global AI. It’s the ecosystem where the companies and technologies driving today’s AI revolution were born. But an environmental law passed in the 1970s for a radically different industrial economy, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), is now threatening to stall that engine.
  By subjecting virtually every large data center project, as well as the critical electric grid infrastructure needed to power them, to lengthy environmental reviews, publi
  
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