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• Trump’s Elon Musk government efficiency commission is actually a good idea

  15-09-2024 23:37 via ocregister.com
  
  During his campaign, former President Donald Trump has proposed his share of bad policy ideas, such as a 20% tariff across the board. But tasking Elon Musk with heading a commission to make the government more efficient is one worth considering. In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Trump said this commission will conduct “a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government.”
  Efficiency is subjective. Some people believe that empowering the IRS with mo
  
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• Villa Park boys basketball gets blowout win over El Dorado

  15-01-2025 09:35 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE — The Villa Park boys basketball team is no stranger to playing games on the road.
  The Spartans’ home gym is closed while it undergoes some renovations, so technically all of their games have been away games this season as they are playing their “home” games at Santiago Canyon College.
  Villa Park received a balanced output from Tristan Griffin, Dakari Harris and Mal Johnson as the nomadic Spartans cruised to a 71-50 “home” victory over El Dorado in the
  
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• Australian Open: Naomi Osaka rallies for 3-set win; Djokovic, Alcaraz advance

  15-01-2025 08:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka thought for a few moments after losing a lopsided first set Wednesday (Tuesday PT), and it gave her the perspective she needed to turn things around and reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2022.
  “I just told myself … if she beats me, 6-1, 6-1, then she’s the greatest player ever,” Osaka recalled after her 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 second-round victory at the Australian
  
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• Danny Kennard leads Foothill boys basketball to win over La Habra in Crestview League

  15-01-2025 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Foothill was missing two starters going into a Crestview League boys basketball game against La Habra.
  Danny Kennard was not one of the two.
  The 6-foot-11 senior scored 22 points with seven rebounds and blocked four shots Tuesday to lead the Knights to a 61-55 win over La Habra at Foothill High.
  It was Foothill’s first win this season in the Crestview League, a five-team league that from top to bottom is probably the best league in Orange County that is not the Trinity Le
  
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• Wesley Yates III continues his emergence as USC basketball buries Iowa

  15-01-2025 07:15 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Eric Musselman first discovered Wesley Yates III, through an assistant coach, at a high school track meet in Texas. He didn’t get him, then. He got him, eventually.
  A year later, and Yates hasn’t stopped running yet.
  Before USC’s return home against Iowa on Tuesday night, the redshirt freshman guard was the first one in the gym, as forward Saint Thomas recounted. He worked out for an hour before the game. And then tip-off came, on a crucial Big Ten home
  
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• Wesley Yates III continues his emergence as USC men’s basketball buries Iowa

  15-01-2025 07:15 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Eric Musselman first discovered Wesley Yates III, through an assistant coach, at a high school track meet in Texas. He didn’t get him, then. He got him, eventually.
  A year later, and Yates III hasn’t stopped running yet.
  Before USC’s return home against Iowa on Tuesday night, the redshirt freshman guard was the first one in the gym, as forward Saint Thomas recounted. He worked out for an hour, pregame. And then tip-off came, on a crucial Big Ten homestand th
  
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• USC basketball buries Iowa for back-to-back big Big Ten wins

  15-01-2025 07:15 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — He came hurtling down the lane with every bit of force in his 6-foot-7 frame, Iowa guard Josh Dix the only barrier left standing in Saint Thomas’ way. And Thomas did not dodge, nor duck, nor dip: he went through, finishing a second-half layup straight over Dix’s frame, the fiery USC forward sneering and flexing in his general direction after a layup dropped home.
  And a referee’s whistle blew, issuing a technical foul.
  Time stopped, suddenly. The good vibrati
  
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• Santa Margarita and Mater Dei duel to a draw in Trinity League girls soccer opener

  15-01-2025 05:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowRANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Santa Margarita and Mater Dei showed Tuesday why they’re ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in Orange County girls soccer.
  Each squad overcame playing against the wind to score a goal in their Trinity League opener at Santa Margarita High.
  Overcoming each other, however, was a different story.
  Mater Dei goalie Kennedy Briseno made two spectacular, leaping saves in t
  
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• U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada, who put LA councilman Jose Huizar in prison, resigns

  15-01-2025 04:43 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced on Tuesday, Jan. 14, that he will resign his position as chief prosecutor for the Central District of California, the nation’s most-populous federal district.
  While serving as the top federal law enforcement officer in the Los Angeles-based district since September 2022, Estrada oversaw more than 500 prosecutors and staff who serve almost 20 million people in the seven counties that comprise the district.
  Estrada tendered his resignation to President
  
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• Ocean in Laguna Beach closed from Treasure Island to Table Rock Beach due to sewage spill

  15-01-2025 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Ocean waters off Laguna Beach are closed from Treasure Island Beach to Table Rock Beach because of a sewage spill from a sewer line break near Laguna Niguel Regional Park.
  About 465,000 gallons spilled from the main sewer line break, OC Health Care Agency officials announced Tuesday, Jan. 14. That break occurred at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 10.
  “The affected ocean water area will remain closed to swimming, surfing, and diving until follow-up water quality monitoring results meet acceptable
  
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• Rebecca Grossman, sentenced to life for running down two boys, has won a round in court

  15-01-2025 04:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Grossman Burn Foundation co-founder Rebecca Grossman, who was sentenced last June to 15 years to life in prison for fatally running down two young boys crossing a Westlake Village street, won a round in court on Tuesday, Jan. 14, when a judge denied a motion by the boys’ family for an expedited trial of their negligence and wrongful death lawsuit.
  Grossman, 61, is named a defendant in the Van Nuys Superior Court complaint along with her then-boyfriend, former Dodger pitcher Scott Erickson.
  
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• Ducks get Troy Terry back in shutout loss to Capitals

  15-01-2025 04:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer
  WASHINGTON — Hoping to build on the momentum of their overtime victory in Carolina over the weekend, the Ducks instead were shut out for the second time in three games.
  Ducks leading scorer Troy Terry returned after missing the past three games for the birth of his second child, but Logan Thompson stopped all 18 shots he faced and the Washington Capitals beat the Ducks, 3-0, on Tuesday night.
  Making a second consecutive start and playing in his third in a
  
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• Gusty winds spread toxic ash from LA wildfires, so take precautions

  15-01-2025 03:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite Tuesday’s green map from the South Coast Air Quality Management District, showing air quality in Los Angeles County was “good,” people should continue to take precautions outdoors, as a windblown dust and ash advisory remains in effect until Wednesday evening.
  “In most situations (the AQMD map) provides the whole picture. This is sort of a unique situation where we have a lot of ash down at levels where people live that could pose a health issue and won’t sh
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, Jan. 14

  15-01-2025 03:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, Jan. 14
  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
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  ACADEMY LEAGUE
  Newport Christian 62, Samueli Academy 50
  GROVE LEAGUE
  Los Amigos 41, Santa Ana Valley 25
  SAN JOAQUIN LEA
  
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• Amid law enforcement patrols in wildfire areas, LA and OC district attorneys want state prison sentences for looters

  15-01-2025 03:47 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — The district attorneys for Los Angeles and Orange counties are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to convene a special legislative session to enact urgency legislation that would allow state prison sentences for looting during a local emergency.
  The proposed legislation was submitted Monday to the state Legislative Council by Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman and Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
  It calls for the punishment for looting to be increased to bet
  
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• Biden announces Chuckwalla National Monument to protect land near Joshua Tree

  15-01-2025 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By WILL WEISSERT
  WASHINGTON — In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while shielding picturesque mountains and deserts from mining and energy development.
  Biden made the designations at an event at the White House, a week after — and on the other side of the country from — how he’d originally planned to do so, with a speech in
  
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• These healthcare workers fled the Eaton fire for their patients. Some returned to rubble

  15-01-2025 02:24 via ocregister.com
  
  When Dr. Raynald Samoa received the order to evacuate his Altadena home on Jan. 7, he wasn’t sure if he would ever see it again.
  That night, Samoa and his family, along with their two dogs, cat, and bunny fled for safety as a fierce windstorm fueled a firestorm called the Eaton fire that would change their lives, and thousands more in the matter of minutes.
  The next morning, they found out that their house burned down in the fire’s path through Altadena.
  And yet, there was Samoa on T
  
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• OC Fair 2025: Start Making Sense and Queen Nation coming to The Hangar

  15-01-2025 02:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Fair is set to make its summer return, bringing an exciting lineup of concerts to The Hangar.
  Located at the heart of the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, The Hangar will host live music every night during the OC Fair, running from July 18 to Aug. 17. Concert tickets also include same-day admission to the fair.
  Fans can look forward to an array of tribute bands delivering nostalgic performances that capture the spirit of legendary artists.
  Start Making Sense, a tribute to Talking
  
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• ‘A marathon, not a sprint’: Pasadena Unified families, staff grapple with Eaton-spurred uncertainty

  15-01-2025 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Juan Carlos Perez watched his life unravel in a matter of days. The wind-fueled fire that swept through his Altadena neighborhood last week not only destroyed his family’s home but also the school his child attended – Aveson Charter School.
  As a former candidate for the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education, Perez knew the community well, but nothing could have prepared him for the loss.
  “As a parent, first and foremost, it’s been really hard because you rea
  
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• CIF L.A. City Section to host sports equipment drive to benefit Palisades Charter High School

  15-01-2025 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF Los Angeles City Section will host a donation and equipment drive to benefit Palisades Charter High School, which suffered significant damage from the Palisades Fire.
  “Let’s come together as a Section and be there for them,” the City Section said in an email distributed to member schools.
  The drive will take place at Roybal Learning Center Saturday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Equipment can be dropped off at Roybal by using the back gate at Beaudry Avenue and Temple Street
  
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• With so many newly homeless amid fires, efforts to help already unhoused get tougher

  15-01-2025 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  As fire crews continue to work to gain control of the massive Palisades and Eaton fires, organizations from around Los Angeles County are working to support thousands whose homes were destroyed in an area where housing affordability and availability were already an enduring crisis.
  Aside from the newly homeless, the Eaton and Palisades fires have complicated efforts for agencies that help people who were already without dwellings long before the deadly fires were unleashed.
  Volunteers helping so
  
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• Chunk of ice from JetBlue plane smashed through Inglewood home’s roof, and residents are suing

  15-01-2025 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A Los Angeles couple is suing JetBlue after narrowly escaping being crushed when a watermelon-size block of ice allegedly fell from a commercial airliner and smashed through the roof of their Inglewood home, landing inches away from their bed, according to court papers obtained Tuesday.
  The ice chunk allegedly fell around 8 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2024, from a JetBlue Airbus traveling from New York City’s JFK International Airport to LAX, forcing the couple to move for fear of a repeat incident, a
  
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• Dodgers among 3 finalists awaiting Roki Sasaki’s decision

  15-01-2025 00:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Decision day is almost here.
  Beginning Wednesday, international free agents can sign with major-league teams. It’s usually a day populated by teenagers from Latin America posing for photos with a contract on the table in front of them and a fresh new cap atop their head. Then they fade into the obscurity of the minor leagues.
  But this year is very different thanks to Roki Sasaki’s decision to jump from Japanese baseball to MLB at age 23. The accomplished right-hander is the most cove
  
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• New York Daily News, NY Times ask federal judge to reject OpenAI, Microsoft challenges to copyright suit

  15-01-2025 00:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Lawyers for the New York Daily News, The New York Times, and other newspapers Tuesday asked a Manhattan judge to reject an effort by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss parts of their lawsuits accusing the tech giants of stealing reporters’ stories to train their AI products.
  The News, its affiliated newspapers in MediaNews Group and Tribune Publishing, The Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting have accused OpenAI and Microsoft of pilfering millions of their copyrighted news stories
  
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• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should resign in disgrace, but it’s not worth trying to recall her

  15-01-2025 00:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Since 1911, California voters have had the power to recall elected officials. It was meant for a time like this, when “indolent” and incompetent leaders are failing. The recall allowed citizens to quickly remove an officeholder and vote in a replacement at the same time.
  But not so much any more, because there are so many failed politicians that they form a virtual lobby for themselves. In 2022, the legislature passed and the governor signed a new law to make recalls of local officia
  
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• Thousands of LA County residents remain without power amid Santa Ana winds, wildfires

  15-01-2025 00:08 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 75,500 Southern California Edison customers are without power in LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties as of Tuesday morning on Jan. 14. That number includes more than 60,000 public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) in the region due to wind related damages, according to an SCE spokesperson.
  In LA County, where the Eaton and Palisades fires have ravaged communities, 22,202 SCE customers remain affected by power shutoffs as of noon on Tuesday.
  “Numb
  
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• Clippers star Kawhi Leonard in no rush to end minutes restriction

  15-01-2025 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  INGELWOOD — The reclamation of Kawhi Leonard continues at a slow, deliberate pace. And that’s fine for everyone involved, especially the Clippers superstar.
  Leonard recently returned to the lineup after missing the first 34 games this season, and the team has managed his comeback by taking it one day, one game, one box to check at a time. The final step is extended minutes.
  So far, Leonard has been handcuffed to playing roughly 20 minutes per game over three contests. Call it load ma
  
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• GOP Rep. Young Kim asks President-elect Trump to focus on wildfire aid first, politics second

  14-01-2025 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  While Republicans eye conditions for future federal aid to California grappling with catastrophic wildfires, at least one GOP House member implored President-elect Donald Trump directly to focus on helping residents first and worry about the politics part later.
  Rep. Young Kim, R-Anaheim Hills, was part of a congressional contingent that met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida over the weekend. The primary goal of the trip for the Republican lawmakers was to discuss state and local ta
  
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• ‘Nobody’s dying’: A look inside how a Pasadena senior home evacuated before burning down in the Eaton fire

  14-01-2025 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALLEN G. BREED and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
  Flush with her $1.25 winnings at the bingo tables, Sharon Tanner retired to a room off the dining hall to discuss the top worry for the residents council at her senior living community: what to do about people leaving their laundry in the washing machines and dryers.
  Dinner service at the Terraces at Park Marino in Pasadena was about half over, and residents were gathering in the lobby for the night’s movie feature: “Scent of a Woman.&rdquo
  
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• Where to watch President Joe Biden’s farewell address to the nation

  14-01-2025 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  President Joe Biden will deliver his farewell address to the nation Wednesday, Jan. 15, in East Coast prime time.
  Biden, who is nearing the end of his four-year term, will deliver the speech at 5 p.m. Pacific time from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
  All major broadcast and cable news networks are expected to carry the address, which the White House says will be 20 minutes in length.
  The president’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden’s farewell address
  
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