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• Review: The 10 best new restaurants in Orange County in 2021

  30-12-2021 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Hats off to all the new restaurants that opened this year. It was a long list that included a new wave of Thai restaurants, several new Italian restaurants and pizzerias, plus sushi, ramen, burgers, Mexican, Chinese, French, Spanish, American… 
  But this list stops at 10. All things considered — not just the food but also the ambience, the service, the drinks, the entire circus of dining out — these are the 10 best newcomers of 2021. 
  Peking duck at Chang’An in
  
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• LA County DA Nathan Hochman reverses predecessor’s ban on death penalty

  26-03-2025 01:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Reversing a controversial mandate from his predecessor, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman lifted a blanket ban Tuesday barring prosecutors from seeking the death penalty for special-circumstance homicides.
  The new policy, effective immediately, will be used in “exceedingly rare cases” and only after thorough review by prosecutors and consultation with crime victims, the District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
  Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricar
  
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• Huntington Beach baseball top Aquinas in first round of Boras Classic South

  26-03-2025 01:26 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – The Huntington Beach baseball team continues to live up to its high ranking.
  The Oilers stayed undefeated Tuesday by beating Aquinas 4-1 in the first round of the Boras Classic South tournament at Mater Dei High.
  The Oilers improved to 7-0 with the win in what some consider the best high school baseball tournament in California. It was the first loss for Aquinas (5-1) of San Bernardino.
  Huntington Beach plays La Mirada (8-1) in the Boras quarterfinals Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Mat
  
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• If zero-emission cars cut gasoline sales and tax revenue, how will California replace them?

  26-03-2025 00:58 via ocregister.com
  
  When California motorists fill their tanks, they are often paying the nation’s highest gas prices, an average of $4.65 a gallon currently and about $1.50 above the national average.
  One component of California’s high gas prices is the state’s gas tax, which ranges between 60 and 70 cents a gallon and is also the nation’s highest. The 10-cent range reflects differences on how indirect levies for climate change policies are calculated.
  Eight years ago, the Legislature and
  
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• Utah adds protections for social media child influencers

  26-03-2025 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah on Tuesday added new protections for the children of online content creators following the child abuse conviction of Ruby Franke, a mother of six who dispensed parenting advice to millions on YouTube before her arrest in 2023.
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• Snoop Dogg to give commencement address for USC business school

  26-03-2025 00:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg will deliver the 2025 commencement address for the USC Marshall School of Business, it was announced Tuesday.
  USC Marshall’s commencement ceremony will take place May 17 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for both undergraduate and graduate students.
  The Long Beach-born entertainer will share “knowledge and life lessons” from throughout his career, according to USC.
  “I am deeply honored to join USC Marshall’s commencement in cele
  
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• ACLU drops jailhouse informant lawsuit against OC Sheriff’s Department

  26-03-2025 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union and a group of community activists have dropped their 2018 lawsuit accusing the Orange County Sheriff’s Department of continuing to illegally use jailhouse informants.
  Attorneys for the ACLU said the department has made substantial reforms in its informant practices in recent years. Most of those reforms came through negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice, which found that, from 2007 to 2016, prosecutors and police systemically used jailhouse in
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, March 25

  26-03-2025 00:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, March 25
  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.
  TUESDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  BORAS CLASSIC SOUTH
  Round 1
  Huntington Beach 4, Aquinas 1
  HB: Goldenetz 2-run 2B. Porter R, 2B. Espinoza (5IP 7K)
  ANAHEIM LION
  
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• It took Trump’s Cabinet two months to confirm their staggering incompetence

  26-03-2025 00:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On Monday, several Trump Cabinet members including Pete Hegseth, the person in charge of our entire military, mistakenly sent war plans about the bombardment of Houthi rebels in Yemen to Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and a private citizen. 
  The Secretary of Defense is dishing about secret military operations on Signal, an unsecured messaging app, without even a quick look through the group chat member list to ensure that it only included the intended recipients. 
  
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• Landlord wins judgment against Clippers’ James Harden in long running fraud case

  25-03-2025 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A jury has ordered James Harden to pay nearly $1 million in punitive damages and share in the payment of another $450,000 in compensatory damages in a contract dispute lawsuit related to a Beverly Hills mansion the Los Angeles Clippers guard leased in 2019.
  Plaintiff George Santopietro’s long-running Los Angeles Superior Court complaint alleged that Harden paid $82,200 to stay for a week at the home contingent on him not having more than seven guests. But Harden had mul
  
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• Republicans look to rein in courts, judges as Trump rails against rulings

  25-03-2025 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary with proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach judges, tightening the GOP’s grip on government.
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• Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting ‘environmental justice’

  25-03-2025 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL PHILLIS, ALEXA ST. JOHN and MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency illegally canceled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit hard by pollution, Senate Democrats say.
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• Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart is offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

  25-03-2025 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By JAMIE STENGLE
  The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 would avoid the death penalty under a plea offer announced Tuesday, abruptly ending years of efforts by prosecutors to see that he face execution by lethal injection.
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• No criminal charges filed against Rialto Unified middle school students involved in classroom tussle

  25-03-2025 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A teenage boy and girl will not be criminally charged in connection with a classroom tussle at a Rialto Unified middle school that was partially recorded on video and widely seen on social media.
  In a statement Tuesday, March 25, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson said his office declined to file charges against either eighth-grader for the mutual combat that occurred March 10 at Jehue Middle School in Colton. Anderson said he hoped both students “can move on from this.
  
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• Judge orders a June trial for US government’s felony case against Boeing

  25-03-2025 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal judge in Texas has set a June trial date for the U.S. government’s years-old conspiracy case against Boeing for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people.
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• Clippers head east as postseason positioning looms

  25-03-2025 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The Clippers embarked on a four-game eastern trip that is crucial to their postseason goals. It’s not a make-or-break situation, but they could find their season on the edge if the outcomes aren’t favorable.
  For instance, if they win all four games, the Clippers would solidify themselves as legitimate playoff contenders. Win two or more of the games and they could settle in at No. 7 in the standings.
  Or the Clippers could lose all four and face rooting for other teams, like the Golde
  
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• Huntington Beach softball shows its offensive potential with sizzling start

  25-03-2025 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHuntington Beach softball coach Jeff Forsberg understands how players and teams succeed in hitting.
  Not only is Forsberg in his 21st season leading the Oilers, his background includes coaching reigning World Series MVP Freddie Freeman of Dodgers in travel baseball about 25 years ago.
  So, when it comes to explaining how fourth-ranked Huntington Beach (7-0) is averaging an eye-opening 11.7 runs per game, Fo
  
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• How Bill Murray’s scary character made Jennifer Coolidge giddy during ‘Riff Raff’

  25-03-2025 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Yes, Jennifer Coolidge has a pair of Emmys for her work on the first two seasons of “The White Lotus.” But an Emmy or two won’t help you when you’re face to face with Bill Murray and a gun.
  “I was giddy,” Coolidge says of that moment in “Riff Raff,” a new crime comedy that also stars Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, and Pete Davidson. “So I was really doing everything I could.
  “Like, I had this sharp zipper thing I kept trying to dig into my
  
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• Trump signs sweeping executive action overhauling US elections, including citizenship requirement

  25-03-2025 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
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• Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship

  25-03-2025 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
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• Newly unsealed memo sheds light on Justice Department’s rush to drop NYC mayor’s corruption case

  25-03-2025 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK
  NEW YORK (AP) — A top Justice Department official was leaning toward dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams even before summoning the top Manhattan federal prosecutor at the time to Washington to discuss the case, newly unsealed documents show.
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• Lawsuit blames downed power lines as second ignition point in Palisades fire

  25-03-2025 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A new lawsuit blames part of the catastrophic Palisades fire — the worst in Los Angeles history — on downed power lines from wooden poles snapped in the hurricane-force winds.
  The suit, filed Monday by attorney Alexander Robertson, alleges the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power tried for months to cover up the harm caused by the fallen line. It says the LADWP told the Washington Post days after the fire began Jan. 7 that the line was not energized at the time of the blaze and
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Josiah Hartshorn, Orange Lutheran

  25-03-2025 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Josiah Hartshorn
  School: Orange Lutheran
  Sport: Baseball
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: Hartshorn batted .667 with four home runs, two doubles, eight RBIs and eight runs scored in four games as the Lancers won the championship of the Bishop Gorman Invitational tournament in Las Vegas. Hartshorn, who plays outfield and first base, signed with Texas A&M and is an early-round MLB Draft prospect. For the season he is batting .500 with five home runs an
  
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• Lakers seek to recapture defensive identity amid skid

  25-03-2025 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — As Lakers coach JJ Redick sees it, his team’s recent woeful defensive performances are because of the bad habits the group developed on that end of the floor over the previous couple of weeks while a few of their main players were injured.
  But those bad habits are still lingering even with LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes all back in the fold.
  This was evident in the Lakers’ back-to-back losses to the Chicago Bulls at home on Saturday and Orlando Mag
  
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• Swanson: Without JuJu Watkins, USC is finished, right? Not so fast

  25-03-2025 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Watching JuJu Watkins felled by a torn right ACL in an NCAA Tournament game Monday night left a lot of L.A. and all of the women’s basketball world grieving, as one fan emailed me early Tuesday, “like someone had died.”
  No one has, fortunately. Trust and believe, Watkins will be back. And the top-seeded Trojans are still dancing, headed to the Sweet 16 in Spokane, Washington, after Monday’s inspired 96-59 second-round route of ninth-seeded Mississippi
  
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• President Trump pardons former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer

  25-03-2025 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned a former business partner of Hunter Biden who was convicted of participating in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe.
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• Wall Street drifts and Trump Media jumps despite souring moods for US consumers

  25-03-2025 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street edged higher in a quiet Tuesday after roaring the day beforeon hopes that President Donald Trump’s tariffsmay not be as sweeping as earlier feared.
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• Lego Galaxy indoor coaster coming to Legoland California in 2026

  25-03-2025 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  An outer space-themed indoor roller coaster where riders will train for intergalactic travel before blasting off on a mission into the Lego Galaxy is coming to Legoland California as Southern California theme parks prepare for a brewing coaster war in 2026.
  Construction has already begun on the first-of-their-kind indoor coasters that will debut next year at Legoland California and Legoland Florida.
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• US Vice President JD Vance to join his wife in Greenland on Friday

  25-03-2025 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that he’s joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake.
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• Ducks look to hand Bruins their 7th consecutive loss

  25-03-2025 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Ducks remained in the mushy middle as they prepared to confront a club that’s plummeted to a similar position Wednesday, when they’ll welcome the Boston Bruins to Honda Center.
  The Ducks are two games under a .500 points percentage while Boston sits three games below. The Bruins are winless in their past six games and have a -19 goal differential during their freefall, mostly recently being bombarded 7-2 by the Kings.
  Goals and expectations have recalibrated for t
  
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