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• PETA calls on Rose Bowl to permanently ban fireworks after drone switch

  05-04-2025 00:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite an animal rights group’s request that fireworks be banned at Rose Bowl events moving forward at the venerable stadium, officials said Friday, April 4, that they could not give a definitive answer on the future of Fourth of July celebrations there after replacing fireworks with a drone show this year.
  Last week the Rose Bowl and FoodieLand announced plans for a Fourth of July weekend celebration that included a drone show on Friday, July 4, which would replace a traditional firework
  
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• Nepal marks 10-year anniversary of earthquake that killed thousands

  25-04-2025 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2015 earthquake with a memorial service on Friday that was attended by top officials who pledged to be better prepared to face future disasters.
  Related ArticlesUN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockadeA Russian general was killed by a car bomb just outside MoscowSo you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right – an
  
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• How the public’s shift on immigration paved the way for Trump’s crackdown

  25-04-2025 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL COLVIN
  PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
  International students detained by masked federal agents for writing opinion columns or attending campus demonstrations.
  American citizens, visa holders and visitors stopped at airports, detained for days or facing deportation for minor infractions.
  Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigratio
  
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• First look at 4 new Star Wars destinations on Disneyland’s Millennium Falcon ride

  25-04-2025 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run will let the crew decide which Star Wars planets to visit when the rebooted Disneyland ride embarks on a journey to four new destinations with the Mandalorian and Grogu.
  The refreshed Smugglers Run ride in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will visit Tatooine, Endor, Bespin and Coruscant when the updated attraction debuts on May 22, 2026 at the Anaheim theme park.
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• UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade

  25-04-2025 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By WAFAA SHURAFA and LEE KEATH
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program says its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
  Related ArticlesAntisemitic incidents slow worldwide from post-Oct. 7 spike, but remain higher than before Gaza warIsraeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truceIsraeli str
  
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• Teen charged with killing Garden Grove man who tried to stop shoplifters in South El Monte

  25-04-2025 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A 16-year-old boy was charged this week with driving over and killing a Garden Grove man who tried to stop suspects after a shoplifting at his brother’s South El Monte shop, authorities confirmed Thursday, April 24.
  The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday filed one count of murder and  two counts of second-degree robbery against the teen, Greg Risling, a spokesman for the DA’s Office said.
  The teen, who appeared in Eastlake Juvenile Court on Wednesday,
  
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• Talk of raising taxes on millionaires swirls as Republicans draft Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

  25-04-2025 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Why not tax the millionaires?
  As Congress begins drafting a massive package for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” with trillions of dollars in tax breaks and federal program cuts, it’s a question that won’t seem to go away.
  Trump himself has mused he’d “love” to tax wealthier Americans a little bit more, but the Republican president has also repeatedly walked
  
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• Westminster man charged for allegedly slamming dog to ground in Long Beach

  25-04-2025 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A 28-year-old Westminster man was charged this week with a felony count of cruelty to an animal after he was allegedly seen on video slamming a German Shepherd mix to the ground by the leash and then kicking her in the face while she lay motionless, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
  Alexander Cueva also faces a special allegation of personal use of a deadly and dangerous weapon – a leash – during the attack, which was captured on a surveillance video
  
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• Your guide to the LA County Fair 2025, opening May 2

  25-04-2025 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Creative corn dogs, live music, farm animals, roller-skating, car shows and more await visitors at the LA County Fair, opening Friday, May 2.
  This year’s theme is “Art Unleashed,” which the fair describes as celebrating home arts and cuisine as well as visual and performing arts.
  The 93-year-old grandstand, one of the fairground’s oldest landmarks, will be closed for upcoming renovations. Home Arts exhibits, usually in the hall under the grandstand, have been moved to Exp
  
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• Lakers-Timberwolves: 3 things to watch for in Game 3

  25-04-2025 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — In certain areas, the Lakers made improvements from Game 1 to Game 2 in their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, helping them tie the best-of-seven series, 1-1, with Tuesday’s home win before heading to Minneapolis for Games 3 and 4.
  And the Timberwolves are, seemingly, trying to figure out how to get their best player, All-NBA guard Anthony Edwards, into an offensive rhythm.
  Both teams feel like they’ve yet to play their best basketbal
  
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• Light rain to hit Southern California on Saturday

  25-04-2025 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Light rain is expected to sprinkle over Southern California on Saturday, April 26, but a light, quick shower will make way for mostly dry conditions by the end of the weekend, National Weather Service forecasters said Friday.
  A storm descending from northern California was expected to hit Los Angeles County by Saturday morning, bringing about a quarter-inch of rain to most areas until about 1 or 2 p.m., followed by possible scattered showers, Meteorologist Mike Wofford said.
  Orange County and th
  
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• FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested

  25-04-2025 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement, Director Kash Patel said.
  Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse.”
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• Swanson: James Harden is the Clippers’ showrunner and loving it

  25-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — You get the feeling James Harden is really having a good time.
  The 16th-year NBA vet was on social media on Thursday morning, encouraging the home crowd – “how many times do you get a first? let’s get it!” – ahead of Intuit Dome’s successful playoff debut that night, a rollicking 117-83 victory over the Denver Nuggets that gave the Clippers a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series.
  Then he was on the court, controlling the action,
  
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• Stop intrusions into Americans’ rights to use cash as well as credit

  25-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  You don’t often go by your bricks-and-mortar bank branch these days, what with the electronic wonders of direct deposit and the fact that most of your purchases are made on a credit card.
  But sometimes you want some cash on hand, for emergencies, or for whatever you want — it’s your money. So you fire up the ATM outside the bank with your debit card and punch in your PIN. Hmmm — is $100 enough? Nah, better make it $200. You make the request, and the machine dutifully deli
  
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• HOA Homefront: Here’s a look at HOA bills in the California Assembly

  25-04-2025 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This is part one of a three-part series.
  This year Sacramento has been much more active regarding proposed HOA legislation, with at least nine bills introduced proposing to directly affect HOAs in various ways.
  The Legislature’s deadline on Feb. 21 for bills to be introduced has long past, but some bills could initially regard HOAs and then be amended to do something else, or vice versa. So, much can still happen before the June 6 deadline for bills to pass their house of origin and procee
  
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• Why lettuce will flower and grow bitter and what you can do about it

  25-04-2025 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. What causes lettuce to flower, and why does it taste bitter after flowering?
  When an annual (or biennial) reaches the end of its life, it wants to reproduce. This involves producing flowers and, subsequently, seeds. Reproduction is an energy-intensive process (as any pregnant woman can tell you), so all the sugars and nutrients are diverted away from the leaves and into the flowers. This is the cause of bitter lettuce.
  Bolting in cool-season vegetables (lettuce, cabbage, kale) usually occurs
  
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• Bernie Sanders and AOC won’t fix Democrats’ identity crisis

  25-04-2025 16:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly six months after losing both the White House and both chambers of Congress, Democrats’ continued refusal to conduct a thorough and honest assessment of why they lost has left the party adrift and without direction. 
  Indeed, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom told The Hill, Democrats will not find their way “back from the wilderness” unless they’re “willing to look inward at what led to the losses.”
  Moreover, Newsom continued, Democrats are in such a s
  
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• The impossible task of a pope

  25-04-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals from across the Catholic world will gather early next month to elect the next leader of the church. Some of the questions surrounding the next conclave concern whether the church will move away from Pope Francis’ more progressive attitudes by electing a traditionalist like Fridolin Besungu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Francis himself appeared to present a welcoming and loving embrace to marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ commu
  
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• Donald Trump’s trip to Pope Francis’ funeral puts a sharper focus on their clashes over the years

  25-04-2025 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER SMITH and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The day before he died, in his final public address, Pope Francis expressed an Easter Sunday message of unity and an appeal for the marginalized and migrants. “All of us,” he proclaimed, “are children of God!”
  In a dramatically different message Sunday, President Donald Trump issued an insult-laced post wishing a happy Easter to his opponents, including “Radical Left Lunatics,” &ldq
  
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• LA-area congressmembers seek mortgage relief for wildfire victims

  25-04-2025 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Two congressmembers representing communities hit hardest by the Palisades and Eaton fires that tore through Los Angeles County early this year have introduced legislation to provide mortgage relief to homeowners in areas declared a disaster by the president.
  The Mortgage Relief for Disaster Survivors Act would allow homeowners with a federally backed mortgage whose property was damaged or destroyed by a major disaster or emergency to seek forbearance — allowing them to skip mortgage paymen
  
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• Lawmakers know CEQA is a bust, so why won’t they fix it?

  25-04-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO—It’s not that typical that an acronym for an arcane regulation would be a household word, but in California the term CEQA—pronounced see-kwa—is as well-known as terms such as OMG and LOL. Signed by Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1970, the voluminous statute provides a laundry list of terms and conditions on developers of every manner of construction project. CEQA has created a regulatory nightmare, although it still has defenders. LOL indeed.
  As the Planning and Conserv
  
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• US to loosen rules on Tesla, other carmakers taking on China in race for self-driving cars

  25-04-2025 15:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By BERNARD CONDON, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is loosening rules to help U.S. automakers like Elon Musk’s Tesla develop self-driving cars so they can take on Chinese rivals.
  U.S. companies developing self-driving cars will be allowed exemptions from certain federal safety rules for testing purposes, the Transportation Department said Thursday. The department also said it will streamline crash reporting requirements involving self-driving
  
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• Update: Yosemite placed under a winter weather advisory until Sunday midday – potentially 9 inches of snow

  25-04-2025 15:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Yosemite is the focus of an updated winter weather advisory released at 6:41 a.m. on Friday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from 11 p.m. until Sunday, Apr. 27 at 11 a.m.
  The NWS Hanford CA says to be ready for, “Total snow accumulations up to 9 inches.”
  “Travel could be very difficult,” according to the NWS. “Plan on slippery road conditions. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches. Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road
  
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• Immigration is Trump’s strongest issue, but many say he’s gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds

  25-04-2025 15:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINLEY SANDERS, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration remains a point of strength as he takes wide-ranging actions to ramp up deportations and target people in the U.S. illegally, according to a new poll.
  The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 46% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s handling of immigration, which is nearly 10 percentage points higher than his approval rating on the e
  
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• A Russian general was killed by a car bomb just outside Moscow

  25-04-2025 15:20 via ocregister.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian general was killed by a car bomb on Friday, Russia’s top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months.
  The Investigative Committee said that Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow.The committee’s spokesperson, Svetlan
  
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• Wildlife crossings over freeways are rare — but there are other ways to let animals roam

  25-04-2025 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Will they build a wildlife crossing over the 5 Freeway in Irvine as well as the pedestrian bridge? Other places in Orange County would be good, too. Are any planned?
  – Carol Clayman, Irvine
  A: Not there.
  Carol is referring to the $23 million, 1,200-foot-long Jeffrey Open Space Trail Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge, which will open in a year and connect trails for two-legged critters.
  Honk isn’t aware of any plans for a wildlife crossing over an Orange County freeway.
  Robert Johnson,
  
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• A 6-hour morning routine? First, try a few simple habits to start your day

  25-04-2025 15:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALBERT STUMM, Associated Press
  Starting with brushing his teeth before 4 a.m., influencer Ashton Hall says he also swims, meditates, journals, rubs his face with banana peel, lifts weights, submerges his face in ice water and accomplishes much more every day before breakfast around 9:30.
  A video of his morning routine has racked up millions of views on social media, while sparking reactions that range from disbelief to awe. It also jumpstarted the conversation online about how best to start t
  
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• So you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves

  25-04-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOLLY MEYER, Associated Press
  Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have swelled thanks to Hollywood.
  “Conclave” the film, a moody 2024 political thriller, introduced many laypeople to the ancient selection process with its arcane rules and grand ceremony, albeit with a silver screen twist packed full of palace intrigue and surprise.
  T
  
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• Asked on Reddit: How should I trim my monthly budget?

  25-04-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kimberly Palmer, NerdWallet
  The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. NerdWallet, Inc. does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks, securities or other investments.
  Over on Reddit, a user recently asked for budgeting advice. After itemizing their current budget, the user was hoping to make cuts to their monthly spending and find a way to save more money.
  The user said they bro
  
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• Ex-US Rep. George Santos faces sentencing for fraud after duping donors and voters

  25-04-2025 14:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press
  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.
  The New York Republican, who served in Congress for barely a year before being ousted in 2023 by his House colleagues, pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
  He admitted to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of nearly a dozen people, includi
  
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