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• OC kidnapping, killing lands husband in prison for 40 years

  15-11-2024 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A Covina man who worked for U.S. Customs and Border Protection was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 15, to 40 years behind bars for kidnapping his wife in an attack that resulted in her death.
  Eddy Reyes, 39, who lived with his wife in Santa Ana before she vanished eight years ago, pleaded guilty in April to one federal count of kidnapping resulting in death.
  Federal prosecutors had said they would lower their sentencing recommendation to 25 years if Reyes provided information leading to the recovery o
  
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• Here’s what California’s plan for offshore wind farms might cost

  16-11-2024 00:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The winds in California get a bad name when they worsen devastating fires across the state but wind also is a clean form of energy the state is looking to harness further.
  The first big wind farms in the U.S. were built in California, then the industry boomed nationwide. There are now more than 60,000 turbines in the U.S., with the biggest clusters in the Midwest.
  California has some of the loftiest goals for renewable energy in the country. California, under state law, must run on 60% renewable
  
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• Previews for CIF-SS boys water polo championships Saturday

  16-11-2024 00:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCIF-SS BOYS WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Previews of Saturday’s CIF-SS finals at Mt. SAC.
  All games to be streamed live on NFHS Network.
  OPEN DIVISION
  JSERRA (26-3) VS. NEWPORT HARBOR (30-0), 5:10 p.m.
  Outlook: The Orange County rivals collide for the Open Division title for the third consecutive fall. JSerra, the Trinity League champion, won the championship last season en route to an undefeated campai
  
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• Relatives of LA actress reported missing concede she’s been found

  16-11-2024 00:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Relatives of a Playa Vista actress who appeared in several episodes of “Gossip Girl” and on “Blue Bloods” and was reported missing a week ago conceded Friday that she has been found and said they would return donations made to a GoFundMe page created to help bankroll a search effort.
  The admission by the family came after the actress — Chanel Maya Banks, 36, — posted a video of herself on social media Thursday night, saying she was getting ready to take part i
  
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• Original Panda Inn reopens in Pasadena after a massive makeover

  16-11-2024 00:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Panda Inn in Pasadena, the restaurant that preceded the quick service chain Panda Express, reopened Friday, Nov. 15 after a nearly two-year overhaul.
  The full service restaurant, at 3488 E Foothill Blvd., was opened 51 years ago by Andrew and Peggy Chrerng and Andrew’s father, Ming Tsai Cherng, a chef.
  Around 100 community members, loyal patrons, family friends and elected officials gathered in front of Panda Inn in Pasadena on Friday morning to celebrate the re-opening of the restaura
  
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• Rams TE Davis Allen is earning an expanded role

  15-11-2024 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Tight end Davis Allen was lying on the floor of the Rams’ training room when his back first started to seize up with spasms in Week 2. A fortunate location for an unfortunate situation.
  Allen would miss three games due to that injury, then slowly had to play his way into shape even as he still stiffly walked around the Rams’ locker room. But over the past four weeks, Allen has seen his snap count steadily increase from 12 in Week 7 to 27 to 42 to 56 in Week 10, in
  
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• From working class to executive: CSUF alum’s advocacy blazes trails

  15-11-2024 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton alumnus Joe Cordero’s journey from young Chicano activist to successful civil servant exemplifies how community support and his CSUF education transformed his life, enabling him to overcome obstacles and dedicate his career to public service and advocacy for equality.
  Cordero hails from the barrio of Chino, a town where he and his family have deep roots. His great-grandfather moved to Chino in 1900, and his grandmother was a member of Chino High School’s first gra
  
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• New LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman wants to review Menendez brothers’ case

  15-11-2024 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Erik and Lyle Menendez – brothers who have spent 34 years behind bars for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion, a made-for-TV case that drew worldwide attention – got hopeful news late last month when Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said he would ask a judge to reconsider their life sentences to allow them to apply for parole.
  Less than two weeks later, Gascón was defeated in his bid for reelection. The incoming district attorn
  
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• Speaker Johnson says Gaetz ethics report should not be released, rebuffing senators

  15-11-2024 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By FARNOUSH AMIRI
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he will “strongly request” that the House Ethics Committee not release the results of its investigation into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, rebuffing senators who are demanding access now that Gaetz is President-elect Donald Trump ‘s nominee for attorney general.
  Johnson’s intervention is highly unusual, as the Ethics panel has traditionally operated independently. His move seems certain to add the
  
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• Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

  15-11-2024 23:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world.
  Burgum, in his new role, will oversee a panel that crosses all executive branch agencies involved in energy permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation
  
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• Santa Margarita and Orange Lutheran qualify for CIF State girls golf championships

  15-11-2024 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSanta Margarita and Orange Lutheran’s girls golf teams finished first and second, respectively, at the CIF-SCGA SoCal Regional on Thursday to advance to the CIF State championships.
  Santa Margarita, the two-time defending state champion, captured the regional title by 10 strokes by shooting an impressive 8-under-par 362 at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.
  Emily Song paced the Eagles by claimin
  
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• Dodgers’ Brusdar Graterol undergoes shoulder surgery

  15-11-2024 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Add Brusdar Graterol to the long list of Dodgers pitchers who will be recovering from surgery well into 2025.
  Graterol underwent surgery to repair the labrum in his right shoulder Thursday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. The team said Graterol is expected to return to pitch at some point in the second half of the 2025 season.
  Graterol confirmed the surgery in a post on social media.
  “Yesterday I had my shoulder surgery, thank God and Dr. Elattrache ev
  
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• Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible ‘Insider Threat’

  15-11-2024 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By TARA COPP, MICHELLE R. SMITH and JASON DEAREN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacist groups.
  Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed against the Pentagon’s subs
  
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• Coast Summit puts spotlight on sustainability during Laguna film festival

  15-11-2024 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A soft fabric made from banana stalk fibers as an alternative to cotton. Packaging made from seaweed instead of plastic. High-end furniture made out of trash bags. Sunglasses and snow goggles made with discarded plastic bottles.
  Those were just some of the innovations spotlighted at The Coast Summit in Laguna Beach, putting a spotlight on sustainability during a day-long gathering on Thursday, Nov. 14 that brought together business leaders and advocates working to better the environment.
  The dis
  
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• USC’s Lincoln Riley and Nebraska’s Dana Holgorsen meet again with a few twists

  15-11-2024 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — They are no strangers, first growing together from the late Mike Leach’s expansive Texas Tech tree, their roots splintering off in careening directions only to weave back together.
  Eight years after Dana Holgorsen first left Texas Tech, he went toe-to-toe with former disciple Lincoln Riley in 2015, Holgorsen’s West Virginia Mountaineers ran roughshod by Oklahoma 44-24 in Riley’s first year calling plays in Norman. For years to come, they clashed in annual sh
  
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• Corky: The season for surfing gifts has arrived, here are some suggestions

  15-11-2024 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  “Fa la la la laaaaaa,” and a big full-sized, “ho ho ho hoooo.”  Yes kiddies, it’s that happy time of year again when the holidays are upon us and we are starting to think of what we are going to give as gifts to those special people in our lives.
  Most of you need no help as far as good ideas for gifts.  This is not for you. This is for those of you who are looking to give something to a surfer and have no idea what to get.  First-timers or those of yo
  
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• Kings’ injuries mount as schedule turns in their favor

  15-11-2024 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings finally have a light schedule ahead, and at just the right moment for a group that finds itself five players short due to injuries entering Saturday’s showdown with the Detroit Red Wings.
  They’ll play just three games in the span of 11 days with no back-to-back sets until Nov. 29, and they’ll host seven of their next nine matches. They’ve already played back-to-back three times and 12 of their 18 games have been on the road, leaving little time for repetitions,
  
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• 605 Freeway lanes closing in Downey, Norwalk this weekend for roadway upgrades

  15-11-2024 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Caltrans is closing lanes on the 605 Freeway beginning Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, for a roadway improvement project. (Graphic courtesy of Caltrans)
  Caltrans will conduct a fourth 55-hour extended weekend lane closure operation for roadway upgrading work on the southbound 605 Freeway in the Downey and Norwalk areas beginning Friday night, Nov. 15, and extending through Monday morning.
  The closures will occur at various times along the southbound 605 Freeway between the 5 Freeway in Downey and Firesto
  
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• Newly elected LA County DA to focus on overturning Gascon’s blanket progressive policies

  15-11-2024 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has listened intently for more than a year — to frustrated prosecutors, law enforcement officers and aggrieved crime victims.
  And now, in just over two weeks, he plans to incorporate their views as he swiftly moves the largest local prosecutorial office in the nation beyond what he describes as the “failed social experiment” of current District Attorney George Gascón.
  Hochman, a former federal prosecutor e
  
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• Covina man gets 40 years for kidnapping wife after she left El Pollo Loco in Garden Grove, killing her

  15-11-2024 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A Covina man who worked for U.S. Customs and Border Protection was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 15, to 40 years behind bars for kidnapping his wife in an attack that resulted in her death.
  Eddy Reyes, 39, who lived with his wife in Santa Ana before she vanished eight years ago, pleaded guilty in April to one federal count of kidnapping resulting in death.
  Federal prosecutors had said they would lower their sentencing recommendation to 25 years if Reyes provided information leading to the recovery o
  
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• Stylish and functional hand towel rings for every bathroom

  15-11-2024 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Which hand towel ring is best?
  Hand towel rings are a stylish fixture designed to hang a towel to dry your hands. These rings are designed to hang a single towel, either a kitchen or a hand towel. You’ll need to mount them yourself with their included installation hardware.
  The best place to install a hand towel ring is right by the sink so you’re not dripping water everywhere each time you wash your hands or the dishes. While most towel rings have a full circular ring, you can also
  
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• Top foldable keyboards for easy typing wherever you go

  15-11-2024 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Which foldable keyboard is best?
  Maybe you want to work on your next great novel on your iPad and don’t like the touch keyboard taking up so much of the screen. Maybe you want to type up long messages on your gaming console and hate using a game controller to do so. The flexibility afforded by a foldable keyboard gives you a chance to work and play anywhere you need to.
  For any needs that must be met, the best foldable keyboard is the iClever Bluetooth Keyboard. This pocket-size Bluetooth
  
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• Rose Parade marching band grant helps musicians from Cerritos and La Mirada to El Paso and Seminole

  15-11-2024 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  High school bands and musicians from throughout Southern California will receive the Tournament of Roses inaugural band grant, to help offset the cost of participating in the parade on Jan. 1, the Tournament announced this week.
  “Marching bands are, and will always be, an essential part of the Rose Parade,” said 2025 Tournament of Roses Association President Ed Morales. “As I’ve traveled across the U.S., as well as to Mexico, Panama, Japan and Denmark, to meet each of the
  
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• Allee Willis wrote the ‘Friends’ theme and countless hits. Now her story gets told.

  15-11-2024 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  You may not know the name Allee Willis but it’s almost impossible to imagine you don’t know her work. She would have been successful if her resume only included the songs she wrote or co-wrote songs for artists like Bonnie Raitt, Patti Labelle, Cyndi Lauper and the Pet Shop Boys, including hits with The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance” and Earth Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland; she also co-wrote the musical “The Color Purple.” 
  But
  
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• Unwrap joy with the best Advent calendars of 2024

  15-11-2024 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Which Advent calendars are best?
  It’s that time of year: The countdown to the holidays has begun. And what better way to cross off the days than with a fun and festive Advent calendar? It’s a tradition marked across the globe, with modern twists that everyone can enjoy. Here’s how to pick the best Advent calendars of 2024.
  How do Advent calendars work?
  Advent calendars are traditionally used to count down the days until Christmas. Advent is the reflective period of time leading
  
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• Southern California adds 65,900 jobs in October to record high

  15-11-2024 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California had a record number of jobs in October, despite high interest rates chilling parts of the local economy.
  My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures released Friday, found a record 8.06 million at work in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in October. These monthly stats are not adjusted for seasonal swings.
  The all-time high comes with a slower hiring pace. Between September and October, for example, employment in the four counties grew
  
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• Donald Trump has no discernible interest in fiscal responsibility

  15-11-2024 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Elon Musk, President-elect Donald Trump’s bounciest adviser, thinks he can identify “at least” $2 trillion in federal budget cuts. Although critics derided the billionaire entrepreneur’s suggestion as improbably ambitious, that assessment hinges on political assumptions rather than a cleareyed understanding of what could be accomplished if Trump were serious about restoring fiscal discipline.
  Unfortunately, there is little reason to think he is. Trump’s record durin
  
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• More people embracing leaves: ‘What falls in my yard stays in my yard’

  15-11-2024 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Fall leaves get a warm welcome from Christie Hunt.
  The River Forest resident rakes them into her flower beds, where they decay, providing fertilizer and valuable winter habitat for bees, moths, butterflies and fireflies.
  She also piles leaves around her fig tree, where they provide protection against the cold.
  And when Hunt uses up her own leaves, she gets creative.
  “I know this is going to sound a little strange,” she recently told a neighbor. “But I could really use some more
  
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• California’s rent control rejection might point to national appetite for different approach

  15-11-2024 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Robbie Sequeira | (TNS) Stateline.org
  California voters this month trounced a proposal to lift statewide restrictions on local rent control, signaling to other left-leaning states that similar caps on skyrocketing rents might be an uphill climb.
  It was, in fact, the third time Californians have said no.
  The measure’s defeat disappointed tenant advocates who argue that rent control would help curb the rapid rise in rents across the state. But for landlords and the housing industry, the late
  
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• Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars

  15-11-2024 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER,  AP Media Writer
  Headlines from the satirical website the Onion on Thursday: “New Dating Site Suggests People You Already Know But Thought You Were Too Good For.” “Trump Boys Have Slap Fight Over Who Gets to Run Foreign Policy Meetings.” “Here’s Why I Decided to Buy Infowars.”
  Only one has the ring of truth. Sort of.
  The bylined author of the Infowars article, Bryce P. Tetraeder, doesn’t actually exist. And the Onion doesn&rsq
  
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