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• OC baseball Top 25: Huntington Beach stays No. 1, Villa Park moves up

  31-03-2025 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings, as of Monday, March 31.
  Notable this week: Huntington Beach remains at No. 1 after a going 3-1 in the prestigious Boras Classic South tournament. … Villa Park rises to No. 8 after wins over Top 25 teams El Dorado and Laguna Beach. … Newport Harbor climbs one spot after beating Edison in two of their three Sunset League games. … El Toro, 3-0 in the Sea View League, makes its Top 25 debut. … This week Trinit
  
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• First look at Xanathar puppet inside Dungeons & Dragons at Universal’s Fan Fest Nights

  24-04-2025 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A cackling Xanathar the Beholder will be waiting for adventurers in his gold-ladened lair when fans step inside a real-life Dungeons & Dragons game during a new after-hours fan event at Universal Studios Hollywood.
  Fan Fest Nights will run on select evenings between Friday, April 25 and May 18 at the Hollywood theme park.
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• Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation

  24-04-2025 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By JANIE HAR
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions.
  U.S. Judge William Orrick said a preliminary injunction was appropriate because the executive orders were unconstitutional just as they were in 2017 when President Donald Trump announced a similar order. Orrick issued the injunction sought by San Francisco and more than a dozen other munic
  
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• Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage eases to 6.81%, hovering near highest level in over two months

  24-04-2025 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer
  The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased this week, though it remains close to its highest level in more than two months.
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• Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens fire

  24-04-2025 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE CATALINI
  A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the New York City area, authorities said Thursday.
  Authorities arrested the 19-year-old from Waretown, New Jersey, and charged him with arson and aggravated arson in the fire that’s still burning in southern New Jersey that they described as started with “an improperly ext
  
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• A fifth Democrat enters the race in California’s 40th Congressional District

  24-04-2025 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Nina Linh, an entrepreneur and nonprofit founder, is the latest Democrat to jump in the 2026 race for California’s 40th Congressional District, mounting a challenge to Rep. Young Kim, R-Anaheim Hills.
  Linh is entering what’s expected to be a competitive race in a district that includes parts of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
  Linh said she is running to address what she described as chaos sown by elected officials in Washington, D.C.
  “Despite working harder than
  
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• Suburban Chicago man sentenced to life in prison without parole for July Fourth shooting

  24-04-2025 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Robert Crimo III will spend the rest of his life in prison for opening fire on spectators at the 2022 Highland Park Independence Day Parade.
  Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti imposed the expected sentence Thursday after listening to statements from 19 survivors and loved ones of people killed in the mass shooting. He was sentenced to seven consecutive natural life sentences without the possibility of parole − one for each of the seven people he murdered — plus an addition
  
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• OC supervisors call on Department of Justice to reassess Andrew Do plea deal and sentencing

  24-04-2025 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Board of Supervisors is going to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to reassess the potential prison time for former supervisor Andrew Do.
  Though it didn’t receive the unanimous support that the board’s chair, Fourth District Supervisor Doug Chaffee, initially wanted if the request was going to be made, a majority of the board agreed to ask federal prosecutors to reassess Do’s plea agreement and possible sentencing.
  Supervisors Chaffee and Janet Nguyen first asked their
  
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• Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now

  24-04-2025 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.
  Related ArticlesIn rare criticism of Putin, Trump urges the Russian leader to ‘STOP!’ after a deadly attack on KyivMost Americans expect higher prices as a result of Trump’s tariffs, new poll findsTrump will hold a rally in Michigan next week to m
  
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• Measles misinformation is on the rise — and Americans are hearing it, survey finds

  24-04-2025 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News
  While the most serious measles epidemic in a decade has led to the deaths of two children and spread to 27 states with no signs of letting up, beliefs about the safety of the measles vaccine and the threat of the disease are sharply polarized, fed by the anti-vaccine views of the country’s most senior health official.
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• Great Park gondolas gets initial OK from board for possible pilot

  24-04-2025 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  A gondola-like system is now on the path to arrive at the Irvine Great Park after a city board approved on Tuesday, April 22, looking at a pilot system to move the visitors around.
  The Great Park Board — made up of the City Council — voted 5-1 to enter into negotiations with Swyft Cities to build an autonomous elevated cable transit network that resembles gondolas at the park, dubbed the Whoosh system. The vote will let city staff negotiate an agreement with Swyft Cities, which has a
  
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• Data: 2025 high school grads facing $40k in college student loans

  24-04-2025 17:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Entering young adulthood saddled with debt has become standard for many who want an undergraduate degree, sometimes to the tune of tens-of-thousands of dollars.
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• DOGE isn’t enough to tame big government

  24-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico, with Musk having told Tesla shareholders his work in Washington is “mostly done.”
  Musk’s plans follow his latest downward revision of what he thinks DOGE could save the the federal government. While he once declared $2 trillion in cuts were possible, he subsequently reduced that to $1 trillion. And, most recently, he announced ab
  
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• Dodgers plumbing the depths to give players all the comforts

  24-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Flush with success last winter, the Dodgers sought out ways to make themselves a destination franchise for the best players they could find.
  Deferred salaries were one thing. But they also saw it as a duty to find a No. 2.
  And that’s how the newly-renovated home clubhouse – manager’s office included – at Dodger Stadium came to include eight sophisticated, state-of-the-art, multi-function, heated-seat, bidet-equipped Japanese-style toilets.
  They can thank Roki Sasaki
  
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• Alexander: Kings hold serve, but now comes the hard part

  24-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — In the span of three days, the Kings-Oilers series has run the gamut.
  First, we wondered if the Kings had it in them to smash the Edmonton curse. Now, with a power play that is percolating at 50% (5 for 10 in the first two games) after going 0 for the series a year ago, we wonder if a roster with two of the game’s very best offensive players can hope to contain the upstarts from L.A., or whether there are other, less pleasant surprises still in store for the Kings once
  
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• Tariff turmoil: What P&G, Pepsi and other companies are saying about tariffs

  24-04-2025 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAMIAN J. TROISE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tariff worries continue hanging over companies as they report their latest financial results and try to provide guidance on their path ahead.
  Some tariffs remain in place against key U.S. trading partners, but others have been postponed to give nations time to negotiate. The tariff and trade picture continues shifting and that makes it difficult for companies and investors to make a reliable assessment of any impact to c
  
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• The constitutionally dubious law empowering Trump’s ’emergency’ tariff authority

  24-04-2025 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Trump’s April 2 tariffs paralyzed businesses that rely on international trade, wreaked havoc with financial markets, and injected new economic uncertainty into everyone’s life. Far from offering “liberation,” Trump’s executive orders embody an arbitrary lawlessness that threatens the individual liberties of the entrepreneurs who create goods and services so many of us depend upon.
  In an effort to stand up for the rights of aggrieved small businesses, two rece
  
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• California ranks No. 2 for housing costs in U.S.

  24-04-2025 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s only one place outside of California where you’ll spend more of your paychecks on housing.
  My trusty spreadsheet calculated how much typical households spend on housing expenses by reviewing a cost study from WalletHub and homeownership levels from the Census Bureau.
  The math shows housing expenses eat up 44% of a typical California household budget. Only Hawaii at 53% was higher. No. 3 was New York at 42%, Massachusetts at 40% and Oregon at 37%. One big California rival, Flo
  
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• Recent whales washed up in Orange County show evidence of poisoning from toxic algae

  24-04-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Of the four whales that have washed up on Orange and Los Angeles county beaches this year, two had high levels of domoic acid poisoning confirmed in their systems, leading marine mammal experts to say it caused their deaths.
  Since February, marine rescue centers have been overwhelmed responding to sea lions, dolphins and birds found sick and dying on local beaches from Ventura County to Orange County, poisoned by unusually early blooms of toxic algae.
  “This is the first time in Orange Coun
  
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• Why this bright beauty is my favorite flowering succulent

  24-04-2025 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Five things to do in the garden this week:
  Perennials: Robertson dewflower (Drosanthemum micans) is my favorite low-growing, flowering succulent. And whatever is in second place is not even close. Picture a generous clump of daisy-like flowers whose petals are a glowing yellow from their base until they suddenly turn a fiery red along their length. The contrast is arresting. Along the coast, Robertson dewflower blooms nearly year-round while inland it flowers mostly during the spring in full sun
  
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• March home sales slowed in a lethargic opening to the spring buying season

  24-04-2025 16:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press Business Writer
  Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in March, a sluggish start to the spring homebuying season as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged prospective home shoppers.
  Existing home sales fell 5.9% last month from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.Sales fell 2.4% compared with March last year. The latest home sales fell short of the 4.12 mill
  
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• IMF chief urges countries to move ‘swiftly’ to resolve trade tensions that threaten global growth

  24-04-2025 15:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund urged countries to move “swiftly’’ to resolve trade disputes that threaten global economic growth.
  IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the unpredictability arising from President Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign of taxes on foreign imports is causing companies to delay investments and consumers to hold off on spending.“Uncertainty is b
  
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• Pope Francis’ doctor says pontiff died ‘without suffering, at home’

  24-04-2025 15:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ doctor has recounted the pontiff’s final moments in a pair of newspaper interviews, saying the pontiff had his eyes open and was breathing with oxygen, but unresponsive after being stricken by illness early Monday morning. “He died without suffering, at home,” the doctor said.
  Dr. Sergio Alfieri coordinated Francis’ five-week hospital treatment for double pneumonia and continued to oversee the pope&r
  
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• US filings for jobless benefits inch up as labor market remains strong despite fears of downturn

  24-04-2025 15:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer
  U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose modestly last week as business continue to retain workers despite fears of a possible economic downturn.
  Jobless claim applications inched up by 6,000 to 222,000 for the week ending April 19, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s just barely more than the 220,000 new applications analysts forecast.Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs, and have mostly stayed
  
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• In rare criticism of Putin, Trump urges the Russian leader to ‘STOP!’ after a deadly attack on Kyiv

  24-04-2025 15:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday offered rare criticism of Vladimir Putin, urging the Russian leader to “STOP!” after a deadly barrage of attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
  “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!”
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• Most Americans expect higher prices as a result of Trump’s tariffs, new poll finds

  24-04-2025 14:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ trust in President Donald Trump to bolster the U.S. economy appears to be faltering, with a new poll showing that many people fear the country is being steered into a recession and that the president’s broad and haphazardly enforced tariffs will cause prices to rise.
  Roughly half of U.S. adults say that Trump’s trade policies will increase prices “a lot” and another 3 in 10
  
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• Trump will hold a rally in Michigan next week to mark his first 100 days in office

  24-04-2025 14:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year.
  Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said. The region just north of Detroit, known as an automotive hub.
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• Wall Street’s rally loses momentum as more companies say the trade war is clouding their plans

  24-04-2025 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s momentum is slowing Thursday following its big two-day rally, as more U.S. companies say uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s trade war is scrambling their expectations for the year.
  The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading, a cooldown following leaps on hopes that Trump was softening his approach on tariffs and his criticism of the Federal Reser
  
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• European benchmarks slide while Asia finishes mixed as uncertainty persists over Trump’s plans

  24-04-2025 13:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Business Writer
  TOKYO (AP) — Global shares traded mixed Thursday, as worries crept back following a Wall Street rally that came after President Donald Trump appeared to back off his criticism of the Federal Reserve and his tough talk in his trade war.
  France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.9% in early trading to 7,412.26, while the German DAX shed early 1.0% to 21,755.04. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.3% to 8,375.06. U.S. shares were set to drift lower with Do
  
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• China says there are no negotiations with the US over tariffs

  24-04-2025 13:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By HUIZHONG WU, Associated Press
  BANGKOK (AP) — China on Thursday denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that the two sides were involved in active negotiations over tariffs, saying that any suggestion of progress in this matter was as groundless as “trying to catch the wind.”
  China’s comments come after Trump said Tuesday that the final tariff rate on China’s exports would come down “substantially” from the current 145%.
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