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Longtime readers may remember former Orange County Register humor columnist Jeff Kramer, who left Southern California in 2003 for the frozen...

Following the city of Long Beach’s lead, Costa Mesa may soon require major grocery and drug retail stores to hire more workers for self-chec...

By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health NewsThis year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertain...

A dozen games into the Joel Quenneville era, the Ducks have already eclipsed much of their recent and regrettable history.Heading into a ro...

LOS ANGELES — Star guard Austin Reaves will miss his second consecutive game because of a groin injury when the Lakers host the San Antonio...

The redistricting dominoes are already falling — setting up a Republican-on-Republican fight for California’s 40th Congressional District in...

In what one councilmember described as “the biggest decision the city has made since its beginning” in 1957, the Fountain Valley City Counci...

When I moved to Orange County in 1987 to write editorials for the Orange County Register, all county supervisors and U.S. representatives we...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered officials on Wednesday to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests...

By BERNARD CONDON, AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging w...

The fastest-growing group of human trafficking victims in Orange County is children.A report scheduled to be released today from the Orange...

By JIM GOMEZ, Associated PressMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead with 75 others missing in the ce...

Q: Theodore Petrich of Hemet bemoaned all the solo drivers who ignore the law by entering and using freeway carpool lanes. Petrich asked why...

When you work in an industry like personal finance, it can be embarrassing to admit that you went against the best practices that you preach...

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The opposition leader in Ugandan Parliament sees the Ugandan-born Zohran Mamdani...

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ, Associated PressDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Officials at Gaza’s largest functioning hospital said Wedne...

By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to Miami on Wednesday — the anniversary of his reelec...

By Tim Henderson, Stateline.orgYoung homebuyers have been priced out of the market even more than previously, according to a report release...

SAN DIEGO — The Long Beach State men’s basketball team threw itself into the fire with a challenging season opener on the road, and the resu...

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County water polo player spotlightName: Luk...

LOS ANGELES — The Kings earned two points and avoided an ignominious distinction by beating one of the NHL’s top teams.The Kings blanked th...

ANAHEIM — Cutter is sharp, and so are the Ducks.With his first career NHL hat trick on Tuesday night, 21-year-old Cutter Gauthier helped th...

A 31-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita man suspected of fatally shooting a woman during a carjacking in Carlsbad fired at police while running...

LOS ANGELES — It took some time for the 18th-ranked USC women’s basketball team to click on Tuesday night. But the result was well worth the...

Across many parts of Orange County, voters passionate on both sides of Prop 50 waited in long lines at packed voting centers to cast their b...