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• Southern California News Group Boys Athlete of the Week: Jason Hong, San Marino

  14-10-2023 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  San Marino football player Jason Hong is the Southern California News Group’s High School Boys Athlete of the Week for Oct. 2-8 after he received 66.88% of the vote at the deadline Thursday.
  Edison’s Julius Gillick (football) finished second with 26.11% of the vote, and Aguinas’ Jusyis Solis (football) finished third (2.55%).
  Congratulations to all of the candidates for this week’s honor.
  To read more about Jason, click here.
  The SCNG Athlete of the Week winners are annou
  
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• New food coming to Angel Stadium for the 2025 season

  26-03-2025 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Angel Stadium is sauntering up to the plate with new menu items this season, offering fans a range of new concession and premium suite dining options. Culinary highlights will include s’mores waffles and sundaes, esquites cups with crushed chili-lime chips, char siu mac and cheese, and a hot dog creation topped with fries.
  “It’s definitely a collaboration between Legends [the stadium’s hospitality management] and the Angels,” said Dennis Radcliffe, executive chef fo
  
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• Rivian spins out startup focused on ‘micromobility’ EVs

  26-03-2025 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg
  Rivian Automotive in Irvine is spinning out a business that will develop small electric vehicles designed for short trips.
  The new “micromobility” company, known as Also, is launching with $105 million in funding from Rivian and venture capital firm Eclipse. Rivian, which makes consumer EV trucks and SUVs, will have a minority stake in Also.
  Chris Yu, a Rivian executive who will lead the new company as president, said in an interview that current options a
  
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• In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton’s server

  26-03-2025 17:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The attempts by President Donald Trump and top leaders of his administration to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans in a Signal group chat including a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary of state.
  This time, they’ve largely focused their ire not on sweeping potential security lapses, or punishments as a result, but on the journa
  
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• A heart-shaped note was found in socks bound for Luigi Mangione, prosecutors say

  26-03-2025 16:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
  NEW YORK (AP) — Someone tucked a heart-shaped note of encouragement into socks packed for Luigi Mangione to wear to court recently in the case surrounding the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, prosecutors said in a court document released on Wednesday.
  A court officer intercepted the note, which urged the accused killer to “know there are thousands of people wishing you luck,” Manhattan prosecutors wrote in respond
  
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• After reckless spending spree, Mayor Karen Bass asks for a state bailout

  26-03-2025 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  In December, Los Angeles City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo issued a 99-page report on the current-year budget of the city, the reserve fund and “revenue trends for 2024-25.”
  It revealed that Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council have run Los Angeles into the ground through overspending, liability and policies that have caused a decline in revenue from hotel, sales and business taxes.
  The report was issued before the catastrophic fires in January. This was the cheerful Merry Chri
  
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• Canadian Prime Minister Carney says trade war is hurting Americans, noting consumer confidence

  26-03-2025 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war is hurting Americans, noting that American consumer confidence is at a multi-year low.
  Carney also said the kinship that exists between U.S. and Canada is under more strain than at any point in the two countries storied histories.
  “His trade war is hurting American consumers and workers and it will hurt more. I see that American consumer con
  
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• Billy Zane is dying to catch some killers in the modern Western ‘Day of Reckoning’

  26-03-2025 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  As Butch Hayden, a U.S. marshal on the trail of a bank-robbing couple in “Day of Reckoning,” Billy Zane plays a classic Western movie anti-hero, the lawman who’ll break the law to serve justice as he sees it, in a modern-day setting.
  Hayden seemingly doesn’t have long to live as the new crime movie “Day of Reckoning” begins. But before he goes, he’s determined to finish off Emily and Kyle Rusk, played by Cara Jade Myers and Scott Adkins, whose gang has k
  
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• 8 concerts and comedy acts coming to Southern California casinos in April

  26-03-2025 16:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Spring is in the air, and April is blooming with entertainment acts at Southern California casinos. Visitors can catch stand-up comedians, a country music icon, a mix of reggae and ska and more.
  Be sure to check each casino’s official website for the most up-to-date event information.
  Ice Cube (pictured at SiriusXM Studios on Nov. 20, 2024, in Los Angeles) will perform at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Saturday, April 5. (Photo by Leon Bennett, Getty Images)
  Carlos Santana (pict
  
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• Wall Street drifts as Nvidia, Tesla and Big Tech drop

  26-03-2025 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — The majority of U.S. stocks are rising Wednesday, and Wall Street is drifting in mixed trading following weeks of scary swings, both down and up.
  The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in morning trading and potentially heading for a second quiet day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 201 points, or 0.5%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time, while more drops for Nvidia and Tesla were sending the Nasdaq composite toward a market-leading
  
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• Nvidia, Tesla and other Big Tech drag Wall Street lower

  26-03-2025 16:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Drops for Nvidia, Tesla and other former superstars are dragging Wall Street lower on Wednesday.
  The S&P 500 was down 0.8% in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost an early gain of 230 points and was down 37, or 0.1%, shortly before noon. The weakness for Big Tech had the Nasdaq composite heading toward a market-leading loss of 1.5%.The group of dominant stocks known as the “Magnificent Seven” ha
  
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• Mesa Water open education center to show students, residents what goes into getting water to taps

  26-03-2025 16:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Until now, much of what the fifth graders at Page Academy in Costa Mesa learned about water came out of a book.
  But during their visit to the new Mesa Water Education Center in Costa Mesa on Tuesday, March 25, the students could see, touch and even taste water and get an up-close look at the infrastructure connected to delivering the precious natural resource to faucets.
  Sebastian Townley joins his fellow fifth graders from Page Academy, as they compare the taste of “Redwood Tea”, to
  
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• Angels’ Mike Trout believes return to MVP form is all about his hands

  26-03-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels star Mike Trout looks on from the dugout before their Freeway Series exhibition game against the Dodgers on Monday, March 24, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Angels star Mike Trout watches the flight of his solo home run during the sixth inning of their Freeway Series exhibition game against the Dodgers on Monday, March 24, 2025, at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Angels star Mike Trout runs the bases after
  
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• UC’s diversity statement rule was Orwellian

  26-03-2025 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The University of California system has wisely decided this month to end its requirement that faculty job applicants submit a “diversity statement.” While it’s a reasonable goal to expect a university to be sensitive to the wide range of ethnic, religious and racial backgrounds reflected in its study body, these statements had a noxious political tinge—and correctly reminded some commentators of Joseph McCarthy-era loyalty oaths.
  This requirement had been in place for yea
  
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• US could run short of money to pay its bills by August without a debt limit deal, CBO says

  26-03-2025 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August without a deal between lawmakers and the White House, according to a Congressional Budget Office report Wednesday.
  By that time, the government would no longer have enough of a financial cushion to pay all its bills after exhausting its “extraordinary measures&
  
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• 4 American soldiers are missing from a training area near Lithuania’s capital, the US military says

  26-03-2025 15:34 via ocregister.com
  
  VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Four U.S. Army soldiers have gone missing at a training area outside of Lithuania’s capital, and a search is underway, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
  A statement from U.S. Army Europe and Africa public affairs in Wiesbaden, Germany said the soldiers were conducting scheduled tactical training at the time.It said further information will be provided as new information becomes available.
  Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported that four U.S. soldiers and
  
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• Rep. Young Kim joins task force to speed up US arms deliveries to allies

  26-03-2025 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Rep. Young Kim, R-Anaheim Hills, has been appointed to a new congressional task force aimed at speeding up arms sales and making sure the U.S. delivers weapons to its allies on time.
  This effort comes as concerns rise over growing threats in the Indo-Pacific region, which stretches from South Asia to the Pacific Islands. Tensions are especially high with China’s increasing military power.
  The task force’s job is to look at arms sales that are still in the pipeline and figure out whet
  
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• Where in California do renters stay the longest?

  26-03-2025 15:24 via ocregister.com
  
  A very tight market for California rentals means tenants move less frequently than the typical U.S. apartment dweller.
  My trusty spreadsheet looked at a RentCafe scorecard tracking the challenges apartment seekers face in 139 U.S. markets – including 11 in California – as of early 2025. RentCafe’s math is based on data from Yardi that covers large apartment complexes.
  These numbers tell us that a California renter lives in the same unit for 33 months, according to the median st
  
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• OC Board of Supervisors holds annual forum on Sheriff’s Department cooperation with ICE

  26-03-2025 15:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Sherriff’s Department in 2024 alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to 226 inmates who had finished serving their jail time, 186 of whom were taken into ICE custody.
  The OC Board of Supervisors held its annual TRUTH Act hearing on Tuesday, March 25, a required forum to inform the public and the board on access the Sheriff’s Department has provided immigration officials to people it has detained and screenings conducted for federal authorities.
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• California legislators give early OK to more accountability for those who threaten schools and churches

  26-03-2025 15:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Threats of mass shootings or bombs at schools or places of worship have become increasingly commonplace. But some prosecutors say if the person who made the threat didn’t name a specific individual they were targeting, it’s harder to legally charge them.
  One legislator from Los Angeles County wants to close a loophole in existing state law by clarifying that anyone who makes a credible threat to commit mass violence against such institutions — even if the threat isn’t dir
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers, background checks for ghost guns

  26-03-2025 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the nearly impossible-to-trace weapons called ghost guns, clearing the way for continued serial numbers, background checks and age verification requirements to buy them in kits online.
  FILE – A ghost gun that police seized from an organized shoplifting crime ring is on display during a news conference at the Queens District Attorney’s of
  
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• Groundbreaking criminal justice starts in Santa Ana courtroom

  26-03-2025 15:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Sam Solorio shows off his certificate during Young Adult Court graduation in Santa Ana, CA, on Friday, March 21, 2025. Solorio completed Young Adult Court, run by UC Irvine and Orangewood. Young Adult Court offers some 18 to 25-year-old males the opportunity to participate in a 2-year program that results in their felony being expunged. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Sam Solorio addresses the court as he joins seven other people during Young Adult Court graduation in Santa
  
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• Violent attacks against Tesla are abhorrent

  26-03-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s understandable people hold strong opinions for and against Elon Musk and his work as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which is making large cuts to government programs. Protests against Musk and Tesla Inc., of which he is CEO, are taking place at two levels. 
  First are peaceful demonstrations against Musk and other “oligarchs.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, last week held rallies in Nevada, Arizona,
  
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• Frumpy Mom: I’m not pretentious enough for Napa Valley

  26-03-2025 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I have a friend who owns a winery. Seriously, she really does. Now that you’re suitably impressed with me and my posh friends, I’ll tell you a secret: She doesn’t want it anymore.
  See, she’s just a really unpretentious person, and this conflicts with the very premise of wine culture, which is wrapped up in pretentions and snobbery. If you’ve ever been to Napa Valley, you know what I’m talking about.
  When you’re chatting about wine with certain people, if
  
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• The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth’s detailed attack plans against Houthis

  26-03-2025 14:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By TARA COPP
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlantic released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials Wednesday, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact times of warplane launches, strike packages and targets — before the men and women flying those attacks against Yemen’s Houthis this month on behalf of the United States were airborne.
  The disclosure follows two intense days during which Trump’s senior most Cabinet members of hi
  
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• Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to observe ceasefire against energy targets following US-brokered deal

  26-03-2025 14:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated Press
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is ready to proceed with a ceasefire prohibiting attacks on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, in line with a deal that was brokered by the United States during three days of negotiations with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the Saudi capital.
  Speaking in a video address late Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had agreed with U.S. negotiators “that a ceasefire for energy infrastructure can start t
  
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• NATO leader warns Russia to expect a ‘devastating’ reaction if it ever attacks Poland

  26-03-2025 14:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By VANESSA GERA and LORNE COOK, Associated Press
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia on Wednesday that the alliance would always stand by Poland or any other member and that its reaction to an attack would be “devastating.”
  Rutte spoke during a visit to Warsaw, the Polish capital, in brief comments made alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk said it was important to be prepared for any outcome of talks between Russia and the United S
  
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• Change in itinerary for US Vice President JD Vance brings cautious relief for Greenland and Denmark

  26-03-2025 13:29 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK, DAVID KEYTON AND DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press
  Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved early Wednesday by the news that U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland Friday, reducing the likelihood that they will cross paths with residents angered by the Trump administration’s attempts to annex the vast Arctic island, a semi-autonomous Danish territory.
  The couple will now visit the U.S. Space Force outpost at
  
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• Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar to private equity firms after a decade of trying to find a fit

  26-03-2025 13:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer
  Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion after a decade of trying to make its acquisition of the bargain chain fit.
  Dollar Tree Inc. acquired Family Dollar for more than $8 billion in 2015 after a bidding war with rival Dollar General.
  Dollar Tree last year announced that it planned to close hundreds of Family Dollar stores. The company also said at the time that it would record a $950 million impa
  
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• Watch live: US intelligence officials appear at House hearing after Senate grilling over leaked military plan

  26-03-2025 13:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top intelligence officials will brief House lawmakers Wednesday on global threats facing the U.S. — though they’ll likely be questioned again over their use of a group text to discuss plans for military strikes in Yemen.
  CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Director Kash Patel are among those who were asked to testify before the House Intelligence
  
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