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• US mortgage rate inches up to 6.93%, fourth straight increase

  09-01-2025 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matt Ott | The Associated Press
  The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, remaining at its highest level since July.
  The benchmark 30-year fixed rate loan rate rose to 6.93% from 6.91% last week, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. It was at 6.66% a year ago. It has risen for four straight weeks.
  The uptick in the cost of home loans reflects a rise in the bond yields that lenders use as a guide to price mortgages, specifically the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treas
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Jan. 9

  10-01-2025 03:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Jan. 9
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  GIRLS SOCCER
  CRESTVIEW LEAGUE
  Troy 2, Pacifica 1
  GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
  Fullerton 4, Santa Ana 1
  GIRLS WATER POLO
  EMPIRE LEAGUE
  Garden Grov
  
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• Cotton Bowl: Ohio State, Texas enter CFP semifinal with chance to end droughts

  10-01-2025 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer
  ARLINGTON, Texas — There is still a sense for some Ohio State players that they haven’t done anything yet, even after winning twice already this postseason to get into the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl against Texas.
  “Absolutely. I have been here for four years, and I have absolutely no hardware to show for it,” receiver Emeka Egbuka said. “That’s really on the forefront of our minds.”
  While Ohi
  
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• Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. named AFC Defensive Player of the Month

  10-01-2025 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Derwin James Jr. was named the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Month on Thursday, because, of course he was. Over the final weeks of the regular season, the Chargers’ standout safety had 28 tackles, three sacks, seven tackles for loss, an interception and a fumble recovery.
  It was an added bonus after James was selected last week to the Pro Bowl for the fourth time in his seven-year career. Technically, he was named as a safety, but he fills so many roles, playing so
  
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• Individual federal disaster assistance is available for LA County wildfire victims

  10-01-2025 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Federal disaster assistance is now available to people affected by the ongoing devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.
  Individuals displaced from the wildfires can apply for housing grants, including basic home repairs, temporary hotel stays and rental assistance. Funds are also available to cover uninsured personal property losses. As well as essential items such as food, water, medications and baby formula, the Office of Los Angeles County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced
  
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• Fires cause NFL to move Rams’ playoff game with Vikings to Arizona

  10-01-2025 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The NFL announced on Thursday that it is moving the Rams’ playoff opener against the Minnesota Vikings from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., as yet more fires broke out across Southern California.
  The decision came Thursday afternoon shortly after the Kenneth fire broke out in West Hills, mere miles away from the Rams’ practice facility in Woodlands Hills. Many players, coaches and team employees live in the region near the fire.
  The game between the Rams (10-7)
  
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• Hazardous air quality: Smoke advisory extended due to wildfires in Southern California

  10-01-2025 01:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The South Coast Air Quality Management District warned Thursday that air quality in the Los Angeles area remained “unhealthy” as a result of the multiple wildfires ravaging the region, and the agency has extended a smoke advisory at least through 5 p.m. Friday.
  The smoke was expected to most heavily affect northwest coastal L.A. County, and in areas nearest the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst wildfires, the agency reported.
  WEATHER: Strong winds forecasted Thursday as fires rage across LA
  
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• SoCal school principal at Jimmy Carter’s funeral is touched by music, memories

  10-01-2025 01:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Dan Horn, principal of St. Genevieve Parish Schools in the San Fernando Valley who became a friend of the late President Jimmy Carter, likes to talk about Carter as a humble, peace-loving Christian who lived a simple life in a small town in Georgia before and after serving as the 39th president.
  Horn, 64, was among about 3,000 who attended the official state funeral for Carter who died at age 100 on Dec. 29, 2024.
  On Thursday, Jan. 9 at the National Cathedral, the poignant ceremony was attended
  
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• 12-hour curfews planned in Eaton, Palisades fire evacuation areas

  10-01-2025 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Areas under evacuation orders due to the Palisades and Eaton fires could be under a 12-hour curfew starting as early as 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9.
  At a news conference earlier in the day, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced the potential curfew as part of an effort to combat looting and crime in the burned areas. The curfew would be in effect until 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, according to officials.
  An announcement confirming the curfew is expected later Thursday evening.
  As of Thursday a
  
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• 12-hour curfews announced in Palisades, Eaton fire evacuation areas

  10-01-2025 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Areas under evacuation orders due to the Palisades and Eaton fires will be under a 12-hour curfew starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9.
  At a news conference earlier in the day, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced the curfew as part of an effort to combat looting and crime in the burned areas. The curfew will be in effect until 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10.
  As of Thursday afternoon, the department has made 20 arrests related to looting, according to a news release from LA County Supervisor
  
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• Businesses sue state over new California workplace law

  10-01-2025 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters
  California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work.
  The state’s Chamber of Commerce and California Restaurant Association filed the suit in federal court on New Year’s Eve, a day before the new law was to go into effect, seeking to block it from being enforced.
  The law prohibits employers from disciplining workers who refuse to attend workplace meetings to hear about their
  
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• Dodgers sign 4 arbitration-eligible players to 1-year contracts

  10-01-2025 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers reached contract agreements with four of their five remaining arbitration-eligible players on Thursday.
  Relievers Michael Kopech, Brusdar Graterol, Evan Phillips and Anthony Banda agreed to one-year contracts. The lone remaining unsigned arbitration-eligible player is left-hander Alex Vesia.
  Thursday was the deadline for teams to reach agreements with arbitration-eligible players before exchanging figures for hearings to be held next month. Although negotiations c
  
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• LA County Fire mistakenly sends out emergency evacuation alert to entire county

  10-01-2025 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles County Fire Department mistakenly sent out an evacuation warning to all of Los Angeles County Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9.
  Just before 4 p.m., people across the county received cell phone alerts ordering them to evacuate, even in areas unaffected by the ongoing fires.
  “It was an error,” LACFD spokesperson Kaitlyn Aldana said.
  The alert caused many residents, already tense from the ongoing fires raging across the county, to fear their homes were now in danger, too.
  Arou
  
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• Displaced Golden Gate jockey seeks ‘showcase’ in Cal Cup at Santa Anita

  10-01-2025 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  As year-round racing in the San Francisco Bay Area collapsed around them, some jockeys and trainers hit the highway this winter in search of fresh opportunities at Santa Anita, hoping to gain a foothold on the competitive Southern California thoroughbred circuit.
  It won’t be easy. But jockey William Antongeorgi III could take a big step Saturday.
  Antongeorgi – “Billy” to his friends – likes his chances of winning with a 5-year-old gelding named Clovisconnection in t
  
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• At Altadena’s fabled Zorthian Ranch, disbelief at the devastation

  10-01-2025 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Alan Zorthian, son of founder, estate administrator of Zorthian Ranch that was devastated by the Eaton Fire at his ranch in Altadena on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. The 48-acre ranch hosted people like Andy Warhol, Charlie Parker, Bob Dylan and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman who would visit with Alan’s artist dad Jirayr in the 1950s.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Alan Zorthian, son of founder, estate administrator of Zorthian Ranch that was devastated by the Eaton Fi
  
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• Fryer: Mater Dei and JSerra boys soccer teams meet again in high-stakes game

  10-01-2025 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s boys soccer team is No. 1 in the Orange County rankings, 9-0 overall and 2-0 in the Trinity League after a 5-2 win over No. 3 Servite on Wednesday.
  JSerra is No. 2 in the county rankings, 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Trinity League after a 7-0 win over Orange Lutheran on Wednesday.
  Mater Dei won the CIF Southern Section’s top division (Open Division) last season and JSerra won it (Division 1) the year before that.
  The Maxpreps.com national rankings have JSerra at No. 2 and
  
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• Shelters, centers welcome pets, livestock as fires threaten LA County homes

  10-01-2025 01:17 via ocregister.com
  
  As horse’s hoofbeats could be heard shuttling in and out of the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, clouds of smoke could be seen on the horizon from the Eaton fire – one of the several major blazes burning in Los Angeles County.
  The arena partnered with the city to open its doors and offer free boarding to horses and large livestock owners in areas impacted by the fires.
  Animal shelters and centers across Southern California have been providing their resources and space to help evacuees care
  
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• Free and discounted accommodations for wildfire evacuees

  10-01-2025 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Priority one: Get away from the fire.
  Priority two: Find safe shelter.
  That’s the choice Altadena resident Karen Dekker faced as she packed her 87-year-old mother, 15-year-old son and two German shepherds into the car and fled the Eaton fire Tuesday night.
  “I went online and Googled pet-friendly hotels, calling and calling until I got one that had a spot available. We had to go out to Pomona to find a pet-friendly hotel,” said Dekker, an elementary public school teacher who boo
  
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• Photos: Images from LA County’s fierce winds that launched unprecedented fires

  10-01-2025 00:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A charred half mast American flag still flies as wind continues to blow through the area on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 at the corner of Lake Avenue and Altadena Drive where businesses were destroyed in the Eaton fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  One of many billboard signs damage due tostrong Santa Ana winds Tuesday, Van Nuys CA, Jan 7, 2025.
  (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
  Dana Albright leaves Walworth Avenue in Pasadena on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 af
  
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• As fires continue to rage, Rams hope to keep playoff game at SoFi Stadium

  10-01-2025 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It’s not often that an NFL head coach gets a text from an opponent checking in on him the week of a playoff game. But Rams head coach Sean McVay received messages from his Minnesota Vikings counterpart Kevin O’Connell and Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips, both former Rams staffers, checking in on him in the wake of the fires that have ravaged Los Angeles County this week.
  “It’s one of those deals that almost doesn’t feel real,” Mc
  
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• Property owners suffering fire damage are eligible for property tax deferrals

  10-01-2025 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Property owners who suffer at least $10,000 in damage from this week’s firestorms — even if it’s just from smoke damage — are eligible to have property taxes deferred under a practice that has become almost routine after a long history of Southern California wildfires.
  Normally, the second half of the tax bill would be due by April 10 for those who pay their taxes directly instead of including them with their monthly mortgage payment.
  To get the deferrals, homeowners must
  
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• As Southern California wildfires rage, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy. He’s casting blame

  10-01-2025 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN LONG
  WASHINGTON — As cataclysmic wildfires rage across Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been offering much sympathy. Instead, he’s claiming he could do a better job managing the crisis, spewing falsehoods and casting blame on the state’s Democratic governor.
  Trump has lashed out at his longtime political foe Gov. Gavin Newsom’s forest management policies and falsely claimed the state’s fish conservation efforts are responsibl
  
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• Angels avoid arbitration with Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, 3 others

  10-01-2025 00:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels on Thursday agreed to one-year contracts with outfielders Taylor Ward and Jo Adell and pitchers Reid Detmers, Brock Burke and José Suarez, avoiding arbitration with all five players.
  The Angels will have arbitration hearings with utility man Luis Rengifo, outfielder Mickey Moniak and left-handed pitcher Jose Quijada to finalize their contracts for the 2025 season.
  Thursday was the deadline for teams to reach agreements with arbitration-eligible players before exchanging figures
  
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• Paris Hilton watched her Malibu home burn down on live TV

  10-01-2025 00:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jami Ganz
  A “heartbroken” Paris Hilton watched her Malibu home burn down on live television Wednesday as deadly wildfires continued to ravage Los Angeles.
  The socialite-turned-DJ, 43, said she was “heartbroken beyond words” as she shared a clip of ABC7’s reporting on her devastated neighborhood.
  PALISADES FIRE: 17,200-acre blaze damages or destroys ‘thousands’ of buildings
  “Sitting with my family, watching the news, and seeing our home in Malibu
  
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• Los Angeles wildfires among California’s most destructive in history

  10-01-2025 00:29 via ocregister.com
  
  In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, a home burns as a wildfire called the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif. The new documentary “Rebuilding Paradise” tells the story of the year that followed. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
  The two largest firestorms devastating Los Angeles County this week already rank among California’s 20 most damaging wildfires.
  Before the Palisades and Eaton fires, CalFire stats showed only 18 wildfires in history scorched more structures than preliminar
  
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• More than 750 members of inmate crews are helping battle burning wildfires in LA County

  10-01-2025 00:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Crews battling the massive blazes burning across Los Angeles County include more than 750 incarcerated firefighters, bringing renewed attention to a program that has become a key part of the state’s fire mitigation efforts.
  As of mid-day Thursday, Jan. 9, with the destructive Palisades and Eaton fires still raging, there were 783 inmate firefighters actively working alongside 4,700 firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, according to the Ca
  
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• Three-time Olympian Gary Hall Jr.’s Olympic medals lost in Palisades Fire

  10-01-2025 00:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Yesterday, three-time Olympian Gary Hall Jr. bought a toothbrush. It’s the only physical possession he has, currently. That, a pair of socks smudged with soot, a pair of jeans stained by ash, and some insulin.
  But no medals.
  At about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Hall Jr. was on the phone with his daughter in his home on Lachman Lane in Pacific Palisades when he saw a dark cloud waft over a nearby hill. He hung up. Smoke, acrid, tinged his nostrils as he walked into the kitchen.
  And then the
  
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• Edison girls soccer’s Riley Crooks excited for early college enrollment after ‘dream’ career

  09-01-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHUNTINGTON BEACH — Riley Crooks operates at a different speed on the soccer pitch. The Edison senior bursts past opposing players, and her acceleration doesn’t stop there.
  Crooks departs on Friday to enroll early at Texas A & M, where she has signed to play for the Aggies’ women’s soccer team.
  It’s a bold move on the Orange County high school girls soccer scene, especiall
  
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• Horse racing notes: Cal Cup turf race at Santa Anita draws tough field

  09-01-2025 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Sunday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Juan Hernandez / 12
  Flavien Prat / 11
  Umberto Rispoli / 8
  Tiago Pereira / 5
  Frankie Dettori / 5
  Kazushi Kimura / 5
  Trainers / Wins
  Bob Baffert / 7
  Mark Glatt / 6
  Phil D’Amato / 5
  Michael McCarthy / 5
  Jeff Mullins / 4
  UPCOMING STAKES
  SANTA ANITA
  Saturday
  • $175,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic, 4-year-olds and up, 1⅛ (turf)
  • $175,000 California Chrome California Cup Derby, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles
  • $175,000 Leigh Ann H
  
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• Santa Anita cites fires, smoke in postponing Friday’s races

  09-01-2025 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Anita has postponed its Friday thoroughbred racing card until Thursday, Jan. 16, citing a forecast for continued poor air quality in the Arcadia area because of smoke from the nearby Eaton fire and other blazes in Los Angeles County.
  A decision will be made Friday about whether to race Saturday, when the California Cup program of stakes for Cal-bred horses is scheduled, track management said.
  Morning training was canceled Wednesday and curtailed Thursday. A message to horsemen said a decis
  
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