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• What if you are falsely accused of a crime? Ask the Lawyer

  15-04-2025 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I am accused of stealing items from a store. It is not true. I took items out to show my mother, who needs a wheelchair. She stayed in the car. I was held by store personnel who persuaded the police arrest me. I have no record! How do I get this thrown out?
  M.B., Bellflower
  Ron Sokol
  A: First, there may still be an opportunity to prevail upon the prosecuting attorney (if not law enforcement) to reconsider. Were you given a chance to explain, and to have your mom back you up? Have you hired a
  
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• UCLA, USC to meet in NCAA women’s water polo semifinals

  10-05-2025 04:43 via ocregister.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The UCLA and USC women’s water polo teams will square off in the heart of the Midwest on Saturday for a chance to advance to another national title match.
  No. 2 seed UCLA shook off a three-goal deficit and defeated Loyola Marymount, 11-8, on Friday afternoon at the IU Natatorium, while No. 3 seed USC took control early and crushed Harvard, 18-7.
  Defending national champion UCLA (20-5) and USC (28-4) will square off at 11 a.m. PT, with the match available to stream live
  
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• Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies

  10-05-2025 04:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By JANIE HAR, Associated Press
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday.
  Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the emergency order in a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities last week, one of multiple legal challenges to Republican President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the size of a federal government he calls bloated and expensive.
  “The Court holds the Presi
  
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• Dodgers being cautious with Evan Phillips after MRI shows inflammation in elbow

  10-05-2025 03:44 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX — The template is beginning to wear thin.
  A Dodgers pitcher goes on the injured list. The player and Manager Dave Roberts express optimism that it will be a minimal absence. And then it isn’t.
  Reliever Evan Phillips is the latest to make that journey.
  Phillips went on the IL on Wednesday after feeling discomfort in his forearm over a few days and “just not recovering” normally after outings. Both Phillips and Roberts said the move was precautionary and Phillips wa
  
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• Chargers’ draft picks get warm welcome from veteran Khalil Mack

  10-05-2025 03:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers running back Omarion Hampton goes through drills during a rookie minicamp workout on Friday, May 9, 2025, in El Segundo. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Chargers running back Omarion Hampton goes through drills during a rookie minicamp workout on Friday, May 9, 2025, in El Segundo. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh speaks to his team during a rookie minicamp workout on Friday, May 9, 2025, in El Segundo. (P
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, May 9

  10-05-2025 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, May 9
  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.
  FRIDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS TENNIS
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Round 1
  JSerra 10, Beckman 8
  DIVISION 1
  Round 1
  Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks 14, Sage Hill 4
  Los Osos 1
  
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• Man, 24, gets more than 17 years for shooting at teens in Tustin

  10-05-2025 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  A 24-year-old man was sentenced on Friday, May 9 to more than 17 years in prison for shooting at a couple of teenagers outside a liquor store in Tustin two years ago.
  Daniel Martinez pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 to two counts of attempted murder with sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a gun and attempted premeditated murder.
  Orange County Superior Court Judge Lewis Clapp sentenced Martinez to 17 years and four months in prison. Martinez was given credit for 814 days behind bars.
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• President Trump calls for new national center to house homeless vets in West LA

  10-05-2025 02:43 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to establish a national center on the West Los Angeles VA campus to house and provide services to homeless veterans – while redirecting funds spent on “housing or other services for illegal aliens” to pay for the project.
  The order, issued on Friday, May 9, sets a goal of housing up to 6,000 homeless veterans at the National Center for Warrior Independence, as the facility will be called, by Jan. 1, 2028, and will help vetera
  
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• Angels’ move Ben Joyce to 60-day IL because his shoulder hasn’t improved

  10-05-2025 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — With Ben Joyce’s balky right shoulder still not feeling “right,” the Angels made a decision that will have the relief pitcher on the sidelines for at least another month.
  The Angels moved Joyce to the 60-day injured list on Friday. Because he’s already been out for a month, it’s not necessarily a sign he’s going to have surgery or any type of season-ending injury. An evaluation sometime next week could provide more clarity.
  While the roster mov
  
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• Saddleback baseball in CIF-SS playoffs for first time since 2006

  10-05-2025 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Saddleback baseball is in the CIF-SS playoffs for the first time since before the seniors on the team were born.
  The Roadrunners finished second in the six-team Orange League this season to qualify for the playoffs. The last time Saddleback made the CIF-SS playoffs was 19 years ago, in 2006.
  From the 2007 season to last season, the Roadrunners won 49 games and lost 368. Their overall league record during that time was 14-225.
  The Roadrunners take a 13-10-1 record into the playoffs that start nex
  
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• Why CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis knew she had to write ‘Death of a Racehorse’

  10-05-2025 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  From the Triple Crown races of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, to the Breeders’ Cup and beyond, it’s impossible to think about horse racing without also conjuring the shadow of all the beautiful Thoroughbreds who’ve died on the track.
  CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis usually covers the intelligence community and national security issues, but when she noticed news reports about an alarming flurry of racehorse deaths on tracks across the country in 2023, she knew sh
  
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• Celebrating 70 years together; an OC couple marks a platinum wedding anniversary

  10-05-2025 01:55 via ocregister.com
  
  When Ron Beard met his future wife, Sue, for the first time more than 70 years ago in their hometown of Indianapolis, there were instant sparks, their family says.
  A first date rapidly morphed into young love and young love swiftly blossomed into marriage.
  A photo of Sue and Ron Beard kissing soon after their marriage in 1955 was displayed during their 70th anniversary party at the Sea Bluffs Ivy Signature Living in Dana Point on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Commenting on the photo, their daughter Pam
  
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• El Toro girls swimming wins first CIF-SS title since 1993

  10-05-2025 01:52 via ocregister.com
  
  WALNUT — El Toro’s girls team and Calvary Chapel sprinter Bianca Nwaizu conjured memories of Orange County’s rich swimming history at the CIF-SS Division 3 championships Friday.
  El Toro stirred program legends such as Michelle Perry, Julie Williams, coach Sheri Ross and Olympian Kaitlin Sandeno in contending for its first section title in more than three decades.
  Nwaizu aimed to join Teagan O’Dell of Santa Margarita as the only county girl to break 59 seconds in the 100-y
  
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• Treasury secretary calls on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July

  10-05-2025 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Friday.
  He is calling on Congress to either raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July.
  Related ArticlesHow the military is dealing with Hegseth’s order to remove transgender troopsUS to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused15 states
  
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• Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission

  10-05-2025 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By HALLIE GOLDEN, Associated Press
  Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected data on users without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.
  Related ArticlesLongtime agent Jeff Sperbeck’s fatal fall from golf cart driven by John Elway ruled an accidentLiam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a rowFirst at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company saysExpedia cites lo
  
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• Pakistan says India fired missiles at 3 air bases inside the country. Pakistan retaliates

  10-05-2025 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — State-run Pakistan Television said Saturday that retaliatory attacks are underway after India fired missiles at 3 air bases inside Pakistan.
  “Multiple locations in India are being targeted in the retaliatory attacks,” the state-run media reported.
  It did not give details, and it was unclear which military locations in India were being targeted.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  ISL
  
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• Pakistan army spokesman says India has fired missiles at 3 of its air bases, raising conflict fears

  10-05-2025 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday, in a move that raised fears of a wider conflict.
  Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif said in a televised address that all Pakistan Air Force assets were safe. He added that some of the Indian missiles also hit India’s eastern Punjab.
  The Pakistani army spokesman said the missiles fired by India
  
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• Gas settlement email citing Venmo is legit, California says

  10-05-2025 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Did a suspicious email land in your inbox, promising settlement money at Venmo or Zelle?
  The message goes like this: “This payment represents your share of the California v. Vitol Settlement. More information visit vlc.calgaslitigation.com.” In one instance, a blue circle (with a Venmo link) said the recipient should click to “Accept Money from California v. Vitol Settlement Administrator.”
  Recipients then have to log into their bank or Venmo accounts to claim the money.
  
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• Alexander: After another early exit, Kings need fresh ideas

  10-05-2025 00:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim: 
  • Boy, this spring got awfully silent awfully fast around here, didn’t it? …
  • We’ve already discussed the failures of the Lakers and Clippers in their first-round playoff series (and if you haven’t yet checked out The Audible online this week, where Mirjam Swanson and I discussed those series, it’s worth your time). As for the Kings? Rob Blake’s departure as general manager, which team president Luc Robitaille insi
  
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• Teen charged with murder, assault in Santa Ana High stabbings that killed 1, injured 2

  10-05-2025 00:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A teenager was charged Friday, May 9, with murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing another student to death during a fight near Santa Ana High School earlier this week and injuring two others, authorities said.
  Armando Morales, 14, of Santa Ana was trying to help two friends involved in the fight when he was fatally stabbed, Officer Natalie Garcia, a spokesperson for Santa Ana police, said on Friday, May 9.
  Police believe Morales was not a gang member, she sa
  
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• Galaxy looking for ways to snap 11-game winless streak

  10-05-2025 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Frustrations. Something the Galaxy have had a lot of this season.
  On Sunday, they managed to take it another level, losing 1-0 to Sporting Kansas City, despite not allowing a shot on goal. SKC’s lone tally came on an own goal in the first half.
  “Definitely a frustrating one,” Galaxy goalkeeper John McCarthy said. “It has to get to a point where something, push comes to shove, something’s got to give for us at some point.”
  “We thought it could have been t
  
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• Longtime agent Jeff Sperbeck’s fatal fall from golf cart driven by John Elway ruled an accident

  09-05-2025 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A California coroner’s office has officially ruled that the death of Jeff Sperbeck, the sports agent who died after falling from a golf cart driven by longtime friend and business partner John Elway, was an accident.
  On Friday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department — which launched an investigation into Sperbeck’s death after a media frenzy around Elway’s involvement — released a statement from the Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau that ruled ou
  
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• How the military is dealing with Hegseth’s order to remove transgender troops

  09-05-2025 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services scrambled Friday to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force.
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a memo released late Thursday, reinstated orders issued earlier this year that said “expressing a false gender identity divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service.”
  His new order gi
  
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• 2 South Gate men charged with robbing casino patrons

  09-05-2025 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Two South Gate men are facing federal charges for allegedly committing more than a dozen armed robberies targeting the winnings of people leaving local casinos, officials announced Friday, May 9.
  Juan Gabriel Gonzalez, 22, and Dereck Nathan Lopez, 21, are charged in Los Angeles federal court with multiple counts of interference and attempted interference with commerce by robbery — known as a Hobbs Act crime — one count of Hobbs Act conspiracy and multiple counts of using firearms dur
  
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• Archer beef jerky maker taking over shuttered Farmer John plant in Vernon

  09-05-2025 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The snackmaker Archer is taking over the former Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon, saving the downtown Los Angeles plant targeted for demolition.
  The plant closed two years ago when the former owner, Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, cited rising costs of doing business in California. The 30-acre site drew near-constant protests from anti-meat activists, putting a dent in its sales of hot dogs, bacon and other meat products.
  Archer founder and CEO Eugene Kang said his San Bernardino-based c
  
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• Here’s what moms say they really want for Mother’s Day

  09-05-2025 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and while well-meaning spouses and children often shower the mom in their life with flowers and candy, that’s not always what moms are quietly longing for on their day of celebration.
  We put out a call for entries, asking moms what they (actually) want on their special day and invited them to submit their answers anonymously. While the answers varied, we definitely saw some common threads running through many of the answers: a little booze, a l
  
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• Liam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a row

  09-05-2025 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By FATIMA HUSSEIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Liam and Olivia dominate. Still.
  Related ArticlesFirst at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company saysExpedia cites lower demand for US travel for weaker-than-expected revenue‘DA POPE!’ Leo XIV’s Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humorFrom AI avatars to virtual reality crime scenes, courts are grappling with AI in the justice systemRecord-breaking amounts of seaweed drifting toward Florida, experts say
  The two n
  
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• Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication

  09-05-2025 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTINA LARSON
  Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows.Chimpanzees and humans last shared a common ancestor around 6 million years ago. Scientists suspect this ancient ancestor must have been a drummer — using beats to communicate.
  “Our ability to produce rhythm — and to use it in our social worlds — that seems to be something that predates humans being human,” said study co-author Cat Hobaiter, a University of St A
  
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• Orange County softball standings: Final 2025

  09-05-2025 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe final Orange County high school softball standings for the 2025 seasonTRINITY LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Orange Lutheran
  6-3
  22-5
  Mater Dei
  5-4
  16-11-1
  Santa Margarita
  4-5
  18-9-1
  JSerra
  3-6
  15-13SUNSET LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Huntington Beach
  10-2
  21-7
  Los Alamitos
  10-2
  16-12
  Marina
  8-4
  14-13
  Fountain Valley
  6-6
  14-12
  Edison
  6-6
  11-14
  Newport Harbor
  2-10
  10-18
  Corona del Mar
  0-12
  8-17
  SOUTH COAST LEAGUE
  Leag
  
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• ‘Mentally kind of exhausted’: Lakers’ Luka Doncic gets time to settle in

  09-05-2025 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — As Luka Doncic sat inside the makeshift press conference room inside Crypto.com Arena following the Lakers’ season-ending Game 5 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs, he fielded multiple questions about what he learned over the previous couple of months.
  Even though it had been nearly three months since coming to Los Angeles from Dallas in early February, the 26-year-old Slovenian star hadn’t had the time to sort through his e
  
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