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• LA County Fair opens 2025 season May 2 with food, fun and ‘Art Unleashed’

  22-04-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The countdown to the Los Angeles County Fair is on as it returns next week with more food, fun, farm animals and art.
  The 2025 fair, themed “Art Unleashed,” kicks off Friday, May 2, and runs through May 26.
  New this year to go with the artistic theme, the Center Theater Group has created a play starring Fair mascot Thummer, which will be performed every weekend. Bob Baker Marionettes will also perform every Sunday.Musical acts Mya, War, and Los Huracanes Del Norte are scheduled to pe
  
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• US consumer sentiment slides to 3-year lows as trade war raises inflation anxiety

  16-05-2025 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer sentiment fell slightly in May for the fifth straight month, surprising economists, as Americans increasingly worry that President Donald Trump’s trade war will worsen inflation.
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• San Jose mayor calls for reforms after latest animal shelter death

  16-05-2025 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  As she walked to the break room at the San Jose animal shelter earlier this week, a strange beeping noise from an IV pump in the shelter’s medical area drew Courtney Ferro’s attention.
  That’s when the animal care attendant, who was working a Monday night shift in the San Jose Animal Care and Services Center’s kitten hut Monday, witnessed what she described as the alarming and traumatic distress of a dog named Lola. Her rump was pressed up against the grate of her kennel,
  
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• Fortnite says its now offline on Apple’s iOS around the world

  16-05-2025 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fortnite says it’s now unavailable on Apple’s iOS globally because the tech giant blocked a bid to release the popular video game for iPhone users in the U.S. and Europe.
  “Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the U.S. App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union,” Epic Games-owned Fortnite wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twit
  
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• Summit baseball team beaten by Laguna Beach in Division 1 playoff opener

  16-05-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  FONTANA — Lucien Reed went 2 for 4, scored two runs and drove in the game-winning run with a triple as the Laguna Beach baseball team defeated Summit 7-5 in a CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoff opener Thursday afternoon.
  The Breakers (25-3) will host Norco in the second round Tuesday afternoon. Summit (25-4) saw its 22-game winning streak snapped with the loss.
  Laguna Beach’s offense exploded for five runs in the second inning. Thomas Gonzales stepped to the plate with the bases
  
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• Trump administration must resume $11 billion in funding for public health departments, judge rules

  16-05-2025 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEVNA BOSE, Associated Press Health Writer
  President Donald Trump’s administration must put the brakes on slashing billions in federal money for public health departments, a federal judge said Friday.
  Related Articles US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments Trump’s big bill faces next hurdle in Congress as GOP conservatives warn they may vote against it After Putin is a no-show at talks in Turkey, Trump says he’ll meet the Russian
  
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• Watching Trump from afar, Israel fears being left out of a new Middle East it helped create

  16-05-2025 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press
  As U.S. President Donald Trump jetted from one sprawling palace to another, embracing Arab leaders and heralding a new Middle East this week, many in Israel worried that the best partner they’ve ever had in the White House had lost interest.
  For decades, Israel has leveraged its special relationship with the United States to serve as a gatekeeper to Washington. From the Camp David Treaty with Egypt to the Abraham Accords brokered by Trump in his first ter
  
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• Cassie told Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘I’m not a rag doll’ after 2016 hotel assault

  16-05-2025 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — R&B singer Cassie delved into text messages with her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs as she resumed testifying in his sex trafficking trial Friday, saying she told him “I’m not a rag doll. I’m somebody’s child” after he beat her at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
  Cassie was back on the witness stand for a second day of cross-examination by Combs’ lawyers, after having
  
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• The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie on stage has been sentenced to 25 years in prison

  16-05-2025 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.
  A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February.
  Rushdie did not return to court to the western New York courtroom for his assailant’s sentencing but submitted a victim impact statement. During the trial, the 77-ye
  
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• Disneyland kicks off yearlong 70th anniversary party

  16-05-2025 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland unwrapped a bunch of birthday presents in celebration of the Anaheim theme park’s 70th anniversary that included a new World of Color water show along with a returning Pixar daytime parade, nighttime electrical parade and fan-favorite fireworks extravaganza.
  The 70th anniversary celebration of the original Disney theme park kicks off today, May 16, and will run through summer 2026 at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
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• Newsom has self to blame on budget

  16-05-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The California state budget has grown significantly under Gov. Gavin Newsom. In 2018-19, the state general fund budget spent $143 billion. Now, the governor is calling for over $226 billion in general fund spending even in the face of anticipated economic challenges.
  The governor’s May Revise anticipates an economic slowdown in the coming year, including reduced growth in the national Gross Domestic Product, greater unemployment and a downgrading of wage and salary growth.
  “Washingto
  
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• After 20 years of HOA Homefront, here are 21 tips for healthier communities

  16-05-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2005, Harold Medina, then a real estate newspaper special section editor, asked for articles on HOA law issues. The name “HOA Homefront” also was his idea, so thanks to him for creating and naming this column.
  After more than 750 columns and as the column enters its 21st year, here are 21 suggestions on HOAs becoming more positive communities. How many does your community already follow?
  1. Adopt a code of conduct for directors, committee members, and homeowners.
  2. Use educationa
  
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• Irvine council open to review of 3,100 homes to replace Oak Creek Golf Club

  16-05-2025 16:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The city of Irvine will move forward with its review of plans to build 3,100 homes on and around the site of the Oak Creek Golf Club, but nothing will be set in stone for quite some time.
  The City Council unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, this week with the Irvine Company to continue a city analysis of the developer’s proposal to eliminate the golf course and a nearby office complex to build what City Manager Oliver Chi said could be Irvine’s last traditiona
  
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• US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments

  16-05-2025 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By BEN FINLEY and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
  A federal judge in Maryland will hear arguments Friday over whether the Trump administration can invoke the state secrets privilege to withhold information about bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States.
  U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador in April and has since directed the administration to provide documents and testimony showing what it has done, if anything, to comply.
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• Elon Musk’s AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa’s racial politics was ‘unauthorized’

  16-05-2025 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press Technology Writer
  Much like its creator, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and “genocide” of white people.
  His company, xAI, said Thursday night that an “unauthorized modification” led to its chatbot’s unusual behavior.
  That means someone — the company didn’t say who &m
  
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• Huntington Beach lifeguard, 17, takes second place at world bodysurfing finals

  16-05-2025 16:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A Huntington Beach teenage lifeguard has proven to be one of the best bodysurfers in the world.
  Michelle Urkov, 17, recently returned from Australia, where she took second place in the International Bodysurfing Association World Tour finals May 8, an event that drew the best 48 men and 24 women bodysurfers from around the world to compete.
  Ukrov entered the event in the trials, meaning she had to earn her spot into the main competition. She had two mid-range results in the qualifying events lead
  
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• European leaders agree with Trump that Russia’s position on ceasefire talks is unacceptable

  16-05-2025 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By LLAZAR SEMINI and LORNE COOK, Associated Press
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — European leaders have agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia’s position in ceasefire talks is unacceptable and they intend to coordinate a response, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday.
  “We just had a meeting with President Zelensky and then a phone call with President Trump to discuss the developments in the negotiations today, and the Russian position is clearly unacceptable,&rdq
  
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• Freeing farm markets is better than tariffs and welfare

  16-05-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO—If you want to, say, make juice from an orange, the typical way is to mash the orange on a simple squeezer. But the early-to-mid 20th-century cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, had an even better way. His “simple” juice-making contraption involved pulling a string, which releases a guillotine blade, which cuts a cord that engages a battering ram that then enrages a sleeping octopus, which attacks the dangling orange and squeezes out its juice.
  Goldberg’s bizarre cartoo
  
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• CEO of Novo Nordisk, maker of weight loss drug Wegovy, to step down in wake of share price drop

  16-05-2025 15:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press Business Writer
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S, maker of blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy, said Friday its CEO was stepping down by “mutual agreement” with the company’s board of directors, citing “recent market challenges” and a steep decline in the company’s share price.
  Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen’s departure comes a week after the company downgraded its sales and profi
  
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• John Wayne Airport on track for more than $700M in improvements

  16-05-2025 15:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Officials are on track to spend about $700 million to give John Wayne Airport a facelift by 2031, touching nearly every corner of the more than 510-acre facility.
  Key projects include modernizing restrooms, resurfacing taxiways, installing new elevators and escalators and upgrading the baggage handling system. JWA’s more than 11 million annual travelers will also soon have even more expanded food and retail options to choose from, airport officials said.
  John Wayne Airport Director, Charle
  
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• US stocks drift as Wall Street heads for the finish of a big winning week

  16-05-2025 15:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is heading toward the finish of a strong, potentially perfect week as U.S. stocks on Friday drift close to the all-time high they set just a few months earlier, though it may feel like an economic era ago.
  The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading and potentially on track for a fifth straight gain. It’s heading for a 4.6% rise for the week, which would be its third big winning week in the last four, as hope
  
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• Taking a shortcut through a weigh station isn’t a good idea

  16-05-2025 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: My son and I were recently traveling on the eastbound 91 Freeway through Anaheim Hills and noticed a passenger vehicle driving through the weigh station to bypass traffic. What is the penalty for non-commercial vehicles that use those lanes as a shortcut?
  –  David Cordero, Anaheim
  A: Honk tried to connect with the California Highway Patrol at that weigh station David, but couldn’t.
  But, as you know, he is one smart cookie.
  So he turned his gaze southward and called one of the
  
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• Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

  16-05-2025 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURA UNGAR
  A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him.
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• Strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

  16-05-2025 15:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI, Associated Press
  New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike, leaving train terminals quiet for Friday’s rush hour and an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home.
  Groups of picketers gathered in front of transit headquarters in Newark and at the Hoboken Terminal, carrying signs that said “Locomotive Engineers on Strike” and “NJ Transit: Millions for Pent
  
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• The motherhood penalty: Mothers earned 35% less than fathers in 2024

  16-05-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alex Gailey, Bankrate.com
  Since having her first child in 2015, certified public accountant Katie Thomas has repeatedly asked herself the same impossible question: career or family?
  Following a layoff six months after having her first child, Thomas decided to start her own business because she needed more flexibility to juggle caregiving and her career. Three years later, her daughter slightly older, she decided to reenter the workforce to work full-time for one of her clients. The return was
  
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• Trump’s big bill faces next hurdle in Congress as GOP conservatives warn they may vote against it

  16-05-2025 14:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing to push their hard-fought package of tax breaks and spending cuts through its next hurdle Friday in the Budget Committee, but conservatives are warning they could vote to halt it unless there are further changes.
  Tallying a whopping 1,116 pages, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, named with a nod to President Donald Trump, is teetering at a critical moment. Conservatives are holding out for s
  
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• After Putin is a no-show at talks in Turkey, Trump says he’ll meet the Russian leader soon

  16-05-2025 14:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s moving to set up direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as he can, after Putin opted to skip peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey.
  “I think it’s time for us to just do it,” Trump told reporters as he wrapped a four-day visit to the Middle East.
  Trump later told reporters after boarding Air Force One to begi
  
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• Russia and Ukraine hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations

  16-05-2025 14:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNA ARHIROVA and ANDREW WILKS, Associated Press
  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expected them to yield little immediate progress on stopping the more than three-year war.
  A Ukrainian delegation led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov sat down with a low-level Russian team headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, according to Ukr
  
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• CIF-SS softball playoffs: Thursday’s scores, second-round schedule

  16-05-2025 09:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores from Thursday’s games in the first round of the CIF Southern Section softball playoffs and the updated schedule for Saturday’s second round.
  CIF-SS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  First round results, Thursday
  Oaks Christian 11, Camarillo 1
  Chino Hills 8, Mater Dei 1
  Huntington Beach 8, Charter Oak 7
  La Mirada 4, Paraclete 2
  Roosevelt 1, Fullerton 0
  Murrieta Mesa 6, Riverside Poly 0
  Ayala 7, West Torrance 0
  Notre Dame/SO 9, Orange Lutheran 7
  El Segundo 5, Cypress 4
  El Modena
  
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• CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Thursday’s scores, Friday’s schedule

  16-05-2025 08:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores from Thursday’s games in the CIF Southern Section baseball playoffs and Friday’s schedule.
  CIF-SS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
  THURSDAY’S SCORESFIRST ROUND
  DIVISION 1
  Los Osos 7, Cypress 5
  Norco 9, Corona Centennial 2
  Laguna Beach 7, Summit 5
  Villa Park 8, Bishop Amat 7
  Vista Murrieta 8, Harvard-Westlake 6
  Santa Margarita 2, Newport Harbor 0
  Los Alamitos 4, La Mirada 2
  Orange Lutheran 5, Rancho Cucamonga 0
  Mira Costa 2, Arlington 0
  Arcadia 2, Aliso Niguel 1
  El Dorado 5, Ayala 0
  
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