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• USC men’s basketball can’t close with no-center lineup in loss to Cal

  18-11-2024 05:57 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — They didn’t have much rim protection. They couldn’t stop interior penetration. They fought an uphill battle, every free-wheeling transition bucket matched by a Golden Bears onslaught on their rim at the Galen Center, a game slowly slipping away from Eric Musselman and USC basketball.
  So with time waning in the second half, on Sunday, Musselman stuck to the very guns of how he’d built USC’s roster — and closed a basketball game without a center.&n
  
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• Jury selection begins in human smuggling case after deaths of Indian family at Canada-US border

  18-11-2024 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
  FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Nearly three years after a couple from India and their two young children froze to death while trying to cross the border from Canada into the U.S., two men went on trial Monday on human smuggling charges, accused of being part of a criminal network that stretched around the world.
  Prosecutors say Indian national Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, ran part of the scheme and recruited Steve Shand, 50, of Florida, to shuttle migrants across the bord
  
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• How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million

  18-11-2024 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIE WALKER and JOHN MINCHILLO
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York.
  The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It first debuted in 2019 as an edition of three fruits at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair,
  
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• CIF-SS football playoffs: OCVarsity’s reporters share their reactions, predictions, favorites in semifinals week

  18-11-2024 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-SS football playoffs are starting a new week with nine Orange County teams getting ready to play in the semifinals while there’s a different group dealing with the sudden end to their season after losing in the quarterfinals.
  Monday morning seemed like a good time to have the OCVarsity Blitz chase down reporters Steve Fryer, Dan Albano and Michael Huntley, who are the three voters in the Orange County football Top 25, to hear what they have to say about the playoffs.
  Here is the OC
  
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• Election results you don’t like aren’t proof of election fraud

  18-11-2024 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Over the last few days, Democratic challenger Derek Tran has taken the lead in his race against Rep. Michelle Steel.
  The tightly contested campaign had drawn many millions of dollars into what devolved into a bitter and heated campaign.
  Democrats attacked Steel as corrupt, while Tran was hit with attacks suggesting he was a Communist. It was nasty.
  California’s policy decision to make it easier for more people to vote has meant longer processing times. It’s frustrating to be left wai
  
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• Chargers review: ‘Every man is all in. I see poise. I see confidence.’

  18-11-2024 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s what we learned, what we heard and what comes next after the Chargers pulled out a 34-27 victory Sunday night over the Cincinnati Bengals that extended their winning streak to four games and likely cemented their status as a playoff contender with a 7-3 record overall:
  ARE THEY FOR REAL?
  Yes, the Chargers tuned up for the most difficult part of their schedule with a gritty victory over the Bengals, a game that could have gone sideways on them three or four different ways in the four
  
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• Here’s a look at the number of women in military combat roles

  18-11-2024 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been outspoken about his opinion that women should not serve in combat roles.
  Here’s a look at how many women are in such military roles, as of the 2024 budget year:
  Women serving in special operations
  — Navy Special Warfare combat crew: 2
  — Air Force special operations: 3
  — Green Berets: Fewer than 10
  — Comple
  
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• Future of Medicare drug price negotiations murky under Trump

  18-11-2024 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Lia DeGroot and Jessie Hellmann | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call
  WASHINGTON — The future of one of President Joe Biden’s key domestic policy achievements –– getting Medicare to negotiate drug prices –– could either become part of the Biden administration’s legacy, get rolled back by the incoming Congress or be weakened by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
  Trump has remained relatively mum about the drug pricing provisions of the 202
  
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• Dozens sickened, 1 dead after eating carrots sourced in Bakersfield and contaminated with E. coli

  18-11-2024 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from the infection.
  Altogether, 39 people were infected and 15 were hospitalized in 18 states after eating organic whole and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday.
  Grimmway Farms, based in Bakersfield, has recalled the carrots, which included whole and baby organic carrots sold in bags under multiple brand names including 365,
  
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• Letter: Two simple steps for pulling back the federal Administrative State

  18-11-2024 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Re “DOGE offers a golden opportunity to streamline the bloated federal government” (Nov. 17):
  I see that President-elect Trump has chosen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head up the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
  The first thing they can do to reign in the unelected bureaucrats of the Administrative State is to have Congress pass a law that says every regulation, rule, or guidance issued by any federal agency has to be voted on and passed by Congress befor
  
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• Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate

  18-11-2024 19:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines?
  The former Fox News commentator has made it clear, in his own book and in interviews, that he believes men and women should not serve together in combat units. If Hegseth is confirmed by the Senate, he
  
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• Trump team is seeking to ease US Rules for self-driving cars

  18-11-2024 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  David Welch and Allyson Versprille | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for self-driving vehicles one of the Transportation Department’s priorities, according to people familiar with the matter.
  If new rules enable wider deployment of cars without human controls, it will directly benefit Elon Musk, the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer and Trump mega-donor who’s
  
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• Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

  18-11-2024 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
  BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike late Monday slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital close to the U.N. headquarters, Parliament, the prime minister’s office and several embassies.
  Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Zoqaq al-Blat neighborhood of Beirut. The strike comes following reports that the U.S. envoy has delayed his visit for ceasefire talks.
  Ambulance sirens echoed through
  
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• Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions

  18-11-2024 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Just a week after winning several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed “there is no such thing as Palestinians.”
  Meanwhile, the two Trump advisers who led his outreach to Arab Americans have not secured positions in the administration yet.
  The selections have prompted mixed rea
  
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• Recipe: What are you planning to do with your leftover turkey? Try making this dish

  18-11-2024 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A gingered brown rice bowl is a luscious way to showcase asparagus and slivers of leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Use white rice if you prefer, following the package directions, but brown rice has a delightfully nutty taste. Only the outermost layer of the hull is removed during processing of brown rice. The milling and polishing (which converts brown rice into white rice) destroys much of the B, B3 and B6 vitamins.
  Gingered Brown Rice Bowls with Asparagus, Leftover Turkey, Carrots and Mint
  Yield:
  
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• Spirit Airlines encourages customers to keep flying through bankruptcy

  18-11-2024 18:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Allyson Versprille Jonathan Randles and Mary Schlangenstein | Bloomberg
  Spirit Airlines told customers Monday that they should continue feeling comfortable booking flights “now and in the future,” despite the airline filing for bankruptcy.
  The US carrier sought Chapter 11 protection in New York on Monday to restructure $1.6 billion of debt after struggling to overcome mounting losses and failed merger attempts, according to court filings. The company said it plans to relinquish co
  
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• Orange County restaurant chain Jan’s Health Bar expands into Long Beach

  18-11-2024 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 50 years after it was launched in Huntington Beach, Jan’s Health Bar is moving up the coast and out of Orange County for the first time when it opens a new location in Long Beach .
  The new outpost of the health-oriented eatery, which is known for its smoothies, sandwiches, soups, salads, wraps and bowls, opened Nov. 15 in an 1,800-square foot space at 6232 E. Pacific Coast Highway about a mile from California State University, Long Beach.
  The new restaurant marks the small chain&
  
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• Status Update: Discount retailer Panda Mart leases former Sears in Orange

  18-11-2024 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Panda Mart, a popular discount retailer with 100 stores outside the United States, is coming to Orange County, leasing its first domestic store at the former Sears in Orange.
  Brokers at JLL who negotiated the lease at the Village at Orange declined to comment on the new tenant. Sears, which has been closed for years, was divided in order to make room for a 24-Hour Fitness gym.
  So, what is Panda Mart? Imagine if Big Lots and Home Goods had a baby, a big one.
  Videos of the store in other countries
  
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• Santiago Canyon College alumnus returns to hear his music performed at fall concert

  18-11-2024 17:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Santiago Canyon College’s Fall Concert, held Nov. 7, was a night of music and celebration, highlighted by a special tribute to SCC alumnus and New York-based composer Victor Gutierrez, whose inspiring journey from student to musician was honored at the event.
  Titled “Encore! Honoring our Past and Composing our Future,” the performance was held in the Lorenzo A. Ramirez Library on campus, where one upstairs wing was transformed into a concert hall for the night. The evening bega
  
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• Bloated bureaucracies and progressive mandates in public education need to go

  18-11-2024 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  At the end of a contentious election year in which the Republican Party won the presidency, the House and the Senate in spite of opposite voting patterns among the majority of California’s electorate, it is easy to get caught up in the dramas of high politics and ignore painful education statistics. 
  Only 47% of California students meet or exceed English proficiency standards and nearly 65% cannot do math at the grade level, based on the 2024 California Smarter Balanced test results.
  
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• Cal State Fullerton’s Dedrique Taylor sizes up a new era of men’s basketball

  18-11-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Dedrique Taylor saw this coming months ago, even two years ago. He saw the runaway train bearing down and inevitably derailing what he spent 11 years building.
  The only Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball coach in program history to crash the NCAA Tournament dance twice now faced an inevitable truth — one that forced him to take the concepts he built, refined, re-refined and refined some more after that, and, well, forget them.
  This realization did not come easy. Nor did it come wit
  
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• Santa Ana City Council to consider adopting anti-camping law

  18-11-2024 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana City Council will consider anti-camping laws at its next meeting, which would make it illegal to sleep in tents or store personal belongings in public spaces.
  If approved, it would be illegal for any person to camp — defined under the amended ordinance as to pitch tents, use camping supplies or “to use property for living accommodation purposes or to use a vehicle for human habitation” — at any public parking lot or space, plaza or the Civic Center.
  It would
  
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• San Juan Capistrano’s new Windmill Park is ready for visitors

  18-11-2024 16:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Full of citrus trees and native pollinator gardens, Windmill Park has officially opened in San Juan Capistrano.
  Located next to the San Juan Hills Golf Club, the park sits on the corner of San Juan Creek Road and La Novia Park Avenue. The park is a collaboration with the golf club and San Juan Capistrano to turn more than an acre of land “into a tranquil community amenity,” according to the city.
  Windmill Park in San Juan Capistrano, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. The park is located a
  
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• KFI’s holiday layoffs underscore the problem with iHeart Media leadership

  18-11-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When two of your brightest stars leave your company, smart managers would reflect on why.
  But we’re dealing with iHeart Media; and in my humble opinion, there is a definite lack of caring or programming intelligence at the very top. That is why they are in such dire financial straits and have been for at least 20 years.
  Longtime KFI (640 AM) program director Robin Bertolucci resigned her positions — she also oversaw programming on KEIB (1150 AM) — on Friday, November 8th, the s
  
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• Senior living: Older Americans living alone often rely on neighbors, others willing to help

  18-11-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Hammen, 80, and his longtime next-door neighbor in south Minneapolis, Julie McMahon, have an understanding. Every morning, she checks to see whether he’s raised the blinds in his dining room window. If not, she’ll call Hammen or let herself into his house to see what’s going on.
  Should McMahon find Hammen in a bad way, she plans to contact his sister-in-law, who lives in a suburb of Des Moines. That’s his closest relative. Hammen never married or had children, and
  
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• Swanson: Chargers start hot, go cold and still come out winners

  18-11-2024 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD – As far as temperature checks go, Sunday’s 34-27 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals was a real fever dream for Chargers fans. A nerve-fraying, stomach-churning, toying, thrilling, beautiful mess.
  The headline: The Chargers won their fourth consecutive game to improve to 7-3, notching two victories more than all of last season and doing it before Thanksgiving.
  The subtext: They willed this win into existence after coughing up the entirety of the 21-point lead they’d
  
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• Chargers build, blow, and regain lead in thrilling win over Bengals

  18-11-2024 06:18 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said he wanted it loud at SoFi Stadium.
  It was loud.
  He wanted a home-field advantage Sunday night.
  He got it.
  Harbaugh wanted exposure for his up-and-coming team.
  He got that, too, and it wasn’t all he had hoped for Sunday night.
  The Chargers built a 27-6 lead by the early minutes of the third quarter, but then watched it all slip away as the Cincinnati Bengals rallied to tie it 27-27 in the fourth before winning it 34-27, thanks to J.K. Dobbi
  
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• Cooking with Judy: A cooking lesson for kids that was years in the making

  18-11-2024 06:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Can it really be 23 years?
  In 2001, Cathy Thomas, food editor of The Orange County Register, assigned me the Thanksgiving story. I planned to show how the diverse cultures of Orange County celebrate this most American holiday with their own ethnic dishes.
  In Westminster home cook Bich-Ngoc Thi Nguyen demonstrated her cha gio (fried spring rolls). In Little Arabia, Susan Nachawati, (barely weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks) invited me to her family’s restaurant in Anaheim where I s
  
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• USC basketball can’t close with no-center lineup in loss to Cal

  18-11-2024 05:57 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Seconds passed, and Saint Thomas of USC men’s basketball sat at the postgame podium Sunday night still contemplating the question, unsure of how to answer because he didn’t have the answer himself.
  What’s not clicking defensively? 
  “Um,” the USC forward Thomas said eventually, “I think that’s something that we’re still trying to figure out.”
  “Because it’s not like we’re a team that doesn’t play
  
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• Clippers snap skid with win over Jazz as James Harden hits NBA milestone

  18-11-2024 05:39 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Clippers celebrated James Harden’s 3-point achievement on Sunday, taking a moment during a timeout to recognize the 16-year veteran at the Intuit Dome.
  Harden moved solely into second place on the NBA’s career list, surpassing Ray Allen with 2,974 made 3-pointers. He had buried a 26-foot 3-pointer at the 6:18 mark of the first quarter to reach the benchmark.
  With that out of the way, the Clippers focused on beating the Utah Jazz and getting back to the winning s
  
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