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June 15, 2023

The color of the day: Patriotic

Ethan Ma, 7, walks through a display of 248 American flags in Irvine’s William R. Mason Regional Park on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The flags recognize the U.S. Army’s 248th birthday and also commemorates Flag...

June 14, 2023

$3.3 million going to students scammed by OC-based debt-relief company

Federal regulators are sending payments totaling $3.3 million to students who were bilked by an Orange County business claiming it would reduce their student loan debt. The Federal Trade Commission alleges Arete Financial Group and...

June 14, 2023

Six Orange County high school players chosen to try out for USA volleyball U19 national team

Six Orange County players have been selected to try out for the men’s U19 national team that will play in the FIVB Men’s U19 World Championship in August in Argentina. The six O.C. players, all...

June 14, 2023

This Tustin teen started a nonprofit to help unhoused youth. Now she’s heading to UCI

While frequently donating items to the Orange County Rescue Mission, Nikka Shahrokni and a group of her Arnold O. Beckman High classmates noticed much of its programming for homeless youth lacked peer involvement. They decided...

June 14, 2023

Irvine sexual assault suspect arrested in Laguna Hills

A 23-year-old Beaumont man was arrested on Wednesday, June 14, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman near the UC Irvine campus last weekend in an attack that was captured on surveillance video, authorities said....

June 14, 2023

The Register’s All-Orange County baseball team 2023

THE ALL-COUNTY BASEBALL TEAM 2023 FIRST TEAM P Matt Champion, JSerra, Jr.: He was 8-1 with a 1.65 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 59.1 innings for the CIF-SS Division 1 champions. The right-hander, who was...

June 13, 2023

Mom is first in family to earn bachelor’s degree, son will be next name called

Faith Couts had planned to enroll in college right out of high school. Sometimes, however, life shows up and plans change. When Couts, at age 18, gave birth to her daughter, Karlee Wetzel, she dropped...

June 13, 2023

Irvine police seek man caught on video sexually assaulting a woman crossing a street

IRVINE — Police sought the public’s help Monday to find a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Irvine. The suspect was last seen Saturday fleeing Scholarship and Graduate near UC Irvine’s North Campus, according...

June 12, 2023

Irvine City Council should halt Mayor Farrah Khan’s special interest project labor agreement

In Irvine California, in 2023, discriminating against whole classes of people is still acceptable. That is the impression we have after just discovering that Irvine’s Mayor Farrah Khan has been pushing a union-only Project Labor...

June 12, 2023

FTC plots lawsuit to block Microsoft from closing Activision deal

By Leah Nylen and Anna Edgerton | Bloomberg The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue Microsoft Corp. in federal court Monday to block the company from closing its $69 billion acquisition of Santa Monica-based Activision...