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• 5 environmental nonprofits to benefit from 24-hour Giving Day ending at midnight, April 10

  10-04-2019 22:30
  
  If you care about the local ecosystem, marine life and wilderness areas, today, April 10, provides an opportunity to show it.
  Five local nonprofits will benefit from a 24-hour Giving Day sponsored by the Orange County Community Foundation. Organizers hope the “Protect and Preserve”-theme campaign raises about $75,000 for the organizations that have committed to protect the environment.
  The campaign ends at midnight.
  Beneficiaries will include the Pacific Marine Mammal Center —
  
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• Successful Aging: When a grandparent should step in to help a grandchild

  10-04-2019 21:56
  
  Q. I have a 16-year old granddaughter whose parents are going through a very difficult time in their marriage. This is affecting my granddaughter and I don’t know whether I should interfere. She has gone from straight A’s to D’s on her report card. Her parents don’t set boundaries or limits for her. For example, she spends too much time on her phone, does not complete her homework, stays up too late and consequently doesn’t get sufficient sleep, often misses school
  
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• Rams free agency review: More departures than arrivals this time around

  10-04-2019 21:52
  
  Compared to their last few offseasons, in which the Rams completely revamped their franchise from top to bottom, Les Snead understands this offseason might seem a bit anti-climactic. There were no blockbuster trades or big free-agent swings. By the Rams’ recent standards, the last few months have been especially quiet.
  “But I like to say that’s a good thing,” the Rams general manager assured reporters last month, “because all those things have kind of put us in a si
  
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• Video: Lakers discuss Magic Johnson, injuries during exit interviews

  10-04-2019 21:47
  
  The Lakers talk about the abrupt resignation of Magic Johnson, and how injuries ravaged their season during exit interviews at the Lakers practice facility. Video by Jonathan Khamis, for SCNG.Related Articles Lakers players, coaches caught off-guard by Magic Johnson’s resignation Blazers edge Lakers after Magic Johnson’s surprise resignation Heisler: Magic finds out running the Lakers is a job, not an adventure Whicker: Running an NBA team is no Magic trick Live updates on Magic John
  
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• 4 longtime friends are set to earn rank of Eagle Scout together

  10-04-2019 21:28
  
  With three of his buddies nodding in agreement, 16-year-old Laurence Garcia looks at me with patience and explains that of course people should know how to handle an ax.
  Yes, we’re talking about a very real ax, the kind Jack Nicholson used quite effectively in the horror movie “The Shining.”
  “Wendy, I’m home!”
  But Garcia and his pals, nicknamed “The Cereal Guys” (more on that later), are prepared for my question. Just as they should be.
  After all,
  
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• Laguna Woods Village artisans showcase their talents at community bazaar

  10-04-2019 21:16
  
  Rhonda Ryckman looks at jewelry with her cousin Marie Rice during the Laguna Woods Village Bazaar on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Residents of the community had the opportunity to browse and purchase items from Laguna Woods Village artisans and vendors. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer)
  Lisa Kagan looks at vintage jewelry at Terry Agahi’s handbag and vintage jewelry booth during the Laguna Woods Village Bazaar on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Resident
  
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• Mission Viejo will host FINA Diving Grand Prix starting Thursday

  10-04-2019 21:05
  
  Mission Viejo is set to host the FINA Diving Grand Prix as it returns to the U.S. for the first time in six years, Thursday, April 11 through Sunday, April 14.
  The roster features 25 divers, including three 2016 Olympians, 11 members of the 2018 World Cup squad and five 2018 Junior World Championships team members, who will compete for the U.S.at the city’s newly renovated Marguerite Aquatics Center.
  Each year, the FINA Diving Grand Prix invites international divers to compete in a series
  
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• Search for clues continues in case of Camp Pendleton Marine missing in High Sierra backcountry

  10-04-2019 20:53
  
  Efforts to find an infantry Marine officer who disappeared during a ski trip into the High Sierra backcountry in February continue, with area law enforcement searching for any clues.
  First Lt. Matthew Kraft, who is serving with the 1st Battalion/7th Marines at Twentynine Palms and is based out of the 1st Marine Division headquartered at Camp Pendleton, set out on the solo ski trip Feb. 23 with an itinerary to complete a 195-mile trek along the Sierra High Route. The trip was to be completed in 1
  
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• Nipsey Hussle memorial: Staples Center releases details, procession map

  10-04-2019 20:53
  
  Los Angeles’ Staples Center released further details on Wednesday morning about the public memorial service to be held for rapper and South L.A. community activist Nipsey Hussle Thursday morning, including an updated map of the funeral procession slated for after the event.
  A live stream of the slain rapper’s memorial will also be available to fans without tickets, which were free and distributed Tuesday within minutes of their 10 a.m. release online. Ticket scalpers could be seen at
  
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• Santa Ana police raid cyber cafe, claiming it was used for illegal gambling

  10-04-2019 20:42
  
  Santa Ana police raided a cyber-cafe on Wednesday, saying it was being used for illegal gambling.
  Detectives and officers entered the Lucky 999 Cyber Internet cafe on Grand Avenue off the 5 freeway exit at around 6 a.m.. Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said 21 people inside the storefront, at 1314 N. Grand Ave., were detained and 19 gambling machines were seized.
  Everyone inside the strip mall store was taken into custody without incident. Three had been formally arrested by about 11 a.m.
  
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• Police in Hawthorne arrest 2 suspected in Seal Beach residential burglary, car theft

  10-04-2019 18:35
  
  A man and a woman from Rancho Santa Margarita have been arrested for allegedly burglarizing a home in Seal Beach and stealing a car.
  At about 5:47 a.m. Tuesday, Seal Beach police were called to the burglary in the 900 block of Catalina Avenue, according to Sgt. Mike Henderson. The callers also reported that a vehicle had been stolen. Police said the residents were inside the home at the time of the burglary.
  “As (offices) were investigating the crime, information was developed that led the
  
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• UC workers to picket at UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside

  10-04-2019 18:23
  
  LOS ANGELES — For the second time in less than a month and the fourth time in a year, thousands of University of California workers will stage a one-day strike Wednesday at campuses and medical facilities across the state, alleging unfair labor practices.
  The patient-care and service workers represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union plan to picket beginning at 9 a.m. at UC facilities including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UC Irvine Medical
  
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• Goldenvoice to launch Every One campaign, promoting safety, support and inclusiveness at Coachella and Stagecoach

  10-04-2019 18:19
  
  With the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival ready to take over the Empire Polo Club in Indio during three weekends in April, Goldenvoice, the Los Angeles-based promoters responsible for both events, is launching a new campaign dubbed Every One, which promotes safety, support and inclusiveness at its festivals.
  Coachella, which is now in its 20th year, will take place April 12-14 and 19-21, and Stagecoach is back in the saddle for its 13th year, April
  
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• California job killer bills may be more difficult to kill

  10-04-2019 17:54
  
  For two decades, the California Chamber of Commerce’s annual descriptions of certain legislative bills as “job killers” have framed the Capitol’s sharpest economic conflicts.
  The chamber, working in concert with other business and employer groups, has been remarkably successful in modifying or killing the two or three dozen measures that find their way onto the list each year.
  Even though most of the bills are carried by the Legislature’s dominant Democrats and are
  
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• Karma Automotive will expand Revero line times three, with possible SUV ahead

  10-04-2019 17:45
  
  The next generation of Karma Automotive was unveiled Tuesday, April 9 as the Irvine-based automaker discussed expansion plans that could bring enhanced economic development and more job opportunities to Moreno Valley.
  The Chinese owner of Southern California’s lone automaker is growing the Revero line to three models that will formally debut in about a week. Executives also hinted at new vehicle types, including an SUV, in the years ahead. 
  Fans of Irvine-based Karma’s sleek, hi
  
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• Aldi expansion will bring 15 new stores to Southern California; first stop: Panorama City

  10-04-2019 17:30
  
  Aldi will expand its Southern California presence on Thursday, April 11, with a new supermarket in Panorama City and more than a dozen new Southland locations planned.
  The Panorama store will be the German discount grocer’s 64th market in California.
  “We plan to open 15 stores in 2019, including Panorama City,” said Tom Cindel, head of operations and logistics for the company’s Moreno Valley division. “That will bring the total to 78. With this growth, we’ll b
  
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• 4 things to do at Southern California casinos this week (April 12-18)

  10-04-2019 17:30
  
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 
  Fans of The Beatles can watch video of their concerts on YouTube, but it’s really not the same thing as seeing the band live.
  For the closest thing to a live Beatles performance, guests can head to The Show at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage to see tribute The Fab Four.  The long-running and revered Beatles tribute (which even had a PBS special), features lookalikes for John, Paul, Ringo and George who dress in costume
  
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• Taco Bell goes old school with its test vegetarian menu

  10-04-2019 17:16
  
  While other fast food chains are trying to attract flexitarian diners with imitation red meat, for now Taco Bell is sticking with black beans.
  They are the “plant-forward protein” on a dedicated vegetarian menu being tested at 200 Tacos Bells in the Dallas area.
  Taco Bell’s menu has long been considered easy to hack by vegetarians, partly because its refried beans and black beans don’t have animal fat. But the chain wants to save them the trouble, according to Liz Matthew
  
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• Working together to help foster and homeless students succeed

  10-04-2019 17:00
  
  On any given day, thousands of California children wake up as foster youth, separated from their biological families under court order.
  Six times as many wake up in a car, on a borrowed couch of a relative or friend, or on a street. During the 2018-19 school year, California officially reported 33,563 foster youth attended public schools—0.5% of all California students. Another 207,677 students were officially identified as homeless—3.4% of all California students. In Orange County a
  
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• This Newhall girl’s last ‘MasterChef Junior’ challenge was a piece of cupcake

  10-04-2019 16:35
  
  Newhall tween Malia Brauer was all smiles.
  As she approached the “MasterChef Junior” judges’ table carrying a box of cupcakes that she and Jaala Smith had baked together on the April 9 episode, Malia said her mind wasn’t just on the prize that they ultimately would win: Their cupcake recipe will be published in the “MasterChef Junior Bakes!” cookbook, due out Oct. 22 on Clarkson Potter (available for pre-order now).
  “I was also thinking, Don’t drop
  
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• 7 simple food strategies to improve your eating habits and avoid nutrition shortfalls

  10-04-2019 15:02
  
  It’s no secret that a healthy diet is linked to disease prevention. The problem is that nutrition shortfalls are a major concern in the United States and globally. Shockingly, one in five deaths worldwide could be prevented by improving eating habits.
  The Global Burden of Disease Study was published this month in the medical journal The Lancet and looked at the nutrition of people in 195 countries over the past 27 years. For example, in 2017, cardiovascular disease, cancer and ty
  
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• Surfing’s dirty secret, toxic pollution, presents opportunity for environmentalists

  10-04-2019 15:00
  
  The surfer walks through the sand, paddles into an ocean twinkling beneath the open sky and waits among the dolphins and sea birds for a wave shaped by the confluence of distant storms, local breezes, shifting tides and ocean bottoms.
  But there’s a dirty secret to the idyllic nature experience.
  Toxicity, greenhouse gases and non-biodegradable materials accompany the average surfer in every phase of the sport, from the gas-fueled trip to the beach to the plastic surfboard with its plastic l
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Explore the past for free at the Orange County Jamboree

  10-04-2019 14:40
  
  The second annual Orange County Jamboree will be held at Irvine Ranch Historic Park 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 13. Families can learn about the history of Orange County and agriculture through displays, demonstrations, crafts, park tours and more. There will also be live music, a petting zoo, photo booth and food. Admission is free at 13042 Old Myford Road, Irvine. Free parking is available at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, 51 Market Place, Irvine. For more information, call 714-973-6607 or go to ww
  
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• Israel’s Netanyahu appears headed toward 5th term as PM

  10-04-2019 14:29
  
  By ARON HELLER
  JERUSALEM  — Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and other nationalist and religious parties a solid majority in parliament.
  The outcome affirmed Israel’s continued tilt to the right and further dimmed hopes of a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Re-election will also give Netanyahu a
  
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• Swimming: Tuesday’s leaderboard, April 9

  10-04-2019 08:58
  
  BOYS SWIMMING/DIVING
  San Joaquin League
  SADDLEBACK VALLEY CHRISTIAN 57, PACIFIC CHRISTIAN 12
  Sea View League
  TRABUCO HILLS 108, EL TORO 62
  MISSION VIEJO 111, CAPISTRANO VALLEY 58
  South Coast League
  SAN CLEMENTE 93, LAGUNA HILLS 76
  Surf League
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY 93, CORONA DEL MAR 75
  Trinity League
  SANTA MARGARITA 125, ST. JOHN BOSCO 45
  200-yard medley relay 1:43.5 — LaHi 1:39.56, TH 1:40.30, SM 1:43.47
  200 free 1:46.5 — 
  200 IM 2:00.5 — 
  50 free 22.1 — Cantin (TH)
  
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• Lakers players, coaches caught off-guard by Magic Johnson’s resignation

  10-04-2019 08:57
  
  LOS ANGELES — LeBron James walked toward the loading dock of his last regular-season game at Staples Center on his phone and shaking his head.
  “Crazy, crazy, crazy,” he said, captured on video as he left following what might be the strangest, most turbulent day of a strange and turbulent season.
  That was as close as the media got to a comment from James after Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson abruptly resigned on Tuesday evening, leaving the entire Lakers
  
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• Mike Trout suffers a minor groin injury in Angels’ fifth straight victory

  10-04-2019 08:13
  
  Starting pitcher Matt Harvey throws to the plate against the Milwaukee Brewers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Brian Goodwin hits a single to score Justin Bour in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsANAHEIM — Mike Trout was thrown out trying to advance to se
  
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• Mike Trout is injured in Angels’ fifth straight victory

  10-04-2019 08:13
  
  Starting pitcher Matt Harvey throws to the plate against the Milwaukee Brewers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Brian Goodwin hits a single to score Justin Bour in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsANAHEIM — Mike Trout was thrown out trying to advance to se
  
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• VIDEO: Dwyane Wade scores 30 in his final game as Heat dominate 76ers

  10-04-2019 07:07
  
  Dwyane Wade records 30 points, three rebounds and three assists in the final game of his career. The Miami Heat rout Philadelphia, 122-99.
  Despite the win, the Heat will miss the playoffs.
  Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) kisses wife, Gabrielle Union, as she holds daughter Kaavia James Union Wade after the Heat’s NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
  Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) celebrates with his sons, Zion W
  
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• Katelin Reyes, El Modena bats too much for Foothill softball team

  10-04-2019 07:02
  
  ORANGE – Katelin Reyes pitched her second shutout in as many days and got plenty of support from her team’s offense as El Modena’s softball team defeated Foothill 8-0 in a nonleague game Tuesday at El Modena High School.
  Reyes pitched eight shutout innings in the Vanguards’ 1-0, extra-inning victory over El Dorado in a North Hills League game Monday, and followed that up with seven shutout innings against the Knights.
  The Vanguards, ranked No. 18 in Orange County, improve
  
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• Blazers edge Lakers after Magic Johnson’s surprise resignation

  10-04-2019 07:01
  
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 09: Johnathan Williams #19 of the Los Angeles Lakers dunks in front of Enes Kanter #00 of the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on April 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 09:Kentavious Caldwe
  
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• Strong winds take down trees and scattered power outages are reported in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties

  10-04-2019 06:42
  
  Strong winds Tuesday night downed some trees in the Los Angeles area and there were assorted power outages in the region.Wind takes out a power transformer west of downtown!! This one on video but we have seen so many tonight @KCBSKCALDesk pic.twitter.com/itqqJ4ogL0
  — stu mundel (@Stu_Mundel) April 10, 2019 A tree has fallen into a house in Baldwin Park. @elianamoreno in Newschopper4 Alpha is over the scene. https://t.co/SSGvF62mcW pic.twitter.com/bOk3Iownno
  — NBC Los Angeles (@
  
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• Max Rajcic helps Orange Lutheran baseball stay hot with win over No. 1 JSerra

  10-04-2019 06:42
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Orange Lutheran’s baseball team continued its hot streak Tuesday with a 2-1 win over JSerra in a Trinity League game at JSerra High.
  The Lancers are 18-3 overall and 7-0 in league. Orange Lutheran has a three-game lead over JSerra and Servite (both 4-3 in league).
  Orange Lutheran junior right-hander Max Rajcic pitched six innings in which he allowed an earned run on three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks. Rajcic (6-1, 200), who has committed to UCLA, is
  
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• Dirk Nowitzki retires after 21 years with the Dallas Mavericks

  10-04-2019 06:38
  
  Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki (41) is introduced for the team’s NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns in Dallas, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
  Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki (41) celebrates a basket against the Phoenix Suns during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDebbie Walton, of Fort Worth, Texas, watches a video about Dallas Mavericks’
  
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• Alex Schrier tosses shutout as Santa Margarita baseball defeats Servite

  10-04-2019 06:36
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – Santa Margarita pitcher Alex Schrier blanked Servite in a 4-0 win in a Trinity League baseball game Tuesday at Santa Margarita High.
  The UC Santa Barbara-commit scattered seven hits in a complete-game effort and strikes out five.
  Schrier was only in danger once, when No. 6 Servite had the bases loaded with no outs in the second inning. He got a strikeout and forced two fielder’s choices to get out of the inning unscathed.
  “They put some good swings on h
  
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• Heisler: Magic finds out running the Lakers is a job, not an adventure

  10-04-2019 06:24
  
  One thing Magic Johnson proved running the Lakers:
  He wasn’t cut out to run the Lakers.
  In all, he lasted two years, one month and 19 days as team president, but it’s not like he didn’t accomplish anything great, even if much of it was set up by Mitch Kupchak’s draft picks.
  Magic signed LeBron James, a giant step which might make it possible for the Lakers to trade for Anthony Davis and sign an elite free agent.
  “I was happier when I wasn’t the president,&rdqu
  
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• Andrelton Simmons’ unique approach to the Angels’ cleanup spot comes to fruition

  10-04-2019 06:07
  
  ANAHEIM — Jhoulys Chacin found the one sure way to make Andrelton Simmons look like a slugger on Monday: he threw Simmons a pitch almost four feet off the ground.
  Simmons connected with Chacin’s hanging slider for his first home run of the season in the fourth inning of Monday night’s game between the Angels and Brewers. In the moment, it was huge. The Angels took a 3-2 lead and never trailed again en route to their fourth straight win.
  The homer begged a bigger question: Why i
  
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• Where J.T Daniels, USC’s quarterbacks stand in final week of spring practice

  10-04-2019 05:29
  
  LOS ANGELES — The plan has always been for USC to finish spring football practices, then sit down with the four quarterbacks vying for the starting job – returning starter J.T. Daniels, Jack Sears, Kedon Slovis and Matt Fink – and let them know where they stand heading into the summer.
  It won’t be an ultimate decision, but rather a notification so everyone knows where they are in the current pecking order.
  This pending status update came as news to Daniels on Tuesday as U
  
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• Whicker: Running an NBA team is no Magic trick

  10-04-2019 05:24
  
  This wasn’t a basketball season. It was a Netflix series.
  And maybe it shouldn’t end just because the playoffs are starting and the Lakers aren’t in them.
  A couple more episodes and LeBron James might consider running for President. Alex Caruso could demand to be traded. Anthony Davis could become the national spokesman in the fight against load management.
  Until then, Magic Johnson has decided to curtail his two-year run as President of the Lakers.
  He sounded like he didn&rsqu
  
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• Deputies seek armed suspect in Yorba Linda bank robbery

  10-04-2019 03:36
  
  A man brandished a gun during a Yorba Linda bank robbery on Tuesday, April 9, and fled with an unspecified amount of cash.
  The heist took place at the Opus Bank branch at 17672 Yorba Linda Blvd. at about 2:56 p.m., said Orange County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Wayne Rehnelt. He said a man carrying a black handgun and briefcase demanded cash and then fled on foot with an unspecified amount of money.
  Deputies were searching for the suspect Tuesday evening, and Rehnelt described him as a white
  
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• Reaction to Magic Johnson’s decision to step down from role with Lakers

  10-04-2019 03:33
  
  A change was coming for the Los Angeles Lakers. It was expected.
  What wasn’t expected was Magic Johnson’s abrupt resignation as the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations.
  Hours before the Lakers’ season finale against the Portland Trailblazers, Johnson held an impromptu press conference at Staples Center to announce his decision.
  Reaction:Magic is reaching tears now, saying he doesn't want to let down "my sister" Jeanie Buss. He prayed on it and said he f
  
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• The president’s actions were not OK. Not by a long shot.

  10-04-2019 03:25
  
  This week, Attorney General William Barr testified before Congress for the first time since he submitted his four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s principle findings from his nearly two year long investigation.
  Like his cursory initial letter summarizing the special counsel’s conclusions, Barr’s testimony raised more questions than it answered. First, Barr refused to answer whether he had shared the report with the White House, or briefed them about its contents
  
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• Long Beach will host California Democratic convention — and presidential hopefuls?

  10-04-2019 03:20
  
  Long Beach will play host to the California Democratic Party convention this November, almost certainly attracting candidates campaigning for the state’s presidential primary that will take place a little more than 100 days later, the city said Tuesday.
  Although the party hadn’t announced it yet, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia tweeted excitedly about the agreement on Tuesday. Later, the scheduling of the event Nov. 15-17 at the Long Beach Convention Center was confirmed by a source k
  
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• 2 dead in separate crashes on Ortega Highway after motorcyclists tried to pass vehicles

  10-04-2019 03:19
  
  Motorcyclists attempting to pass vehicles on the Ortega Highway resulted in two deaths on opposite sides of the highway on Sunday afternoon.
  The California Highway Patrol said the first crash happened at around 3 p.m., when a motorcyclist was driving his Kawasaki west on Highway 74, also called Ortega Highway, near the Riverside/Orange county border.
  “As the motorcyclist negotiated a turn, he attempted to pass a Dodge Durango, which was traveling in the same direction as him,” the CH
  
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• SB37 won’t solve ‘income inequality,’ but it will hurt California’s economy

  10-04-2019 03:17
  
  When Senate Bill 37 was introduced in the state Legislature in December, it was described in the Legislative Counsel’s Digest as relating to “Crimes: explosives.” That was prescient, because it has now been amended into a huge tax increase on businesses that could explode the state’s unemployment rate.
  SB37 by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, says “income inequality in California rose even more sharply than in the rest of the United States during the last half of the
  
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• Magic Johnson steps down as Lakers president of basketball operations

  10-04-2019 03:14
  
  LOS ANGELES — Magic Johnson is stepping down as the Lakers’ president of basketball operations, he told reporters at an impromptu press conference before the team’s regular-season finale Tuesday night at Staples Center.
  Johnson repeatedly said he was happier before he took this job, which he accepted in February of 2017, and indicated that he was telling reporters of his decision to step down before telling Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss.
  “Somebody’s going to
  
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• Irvine man pleads guilty to stealing more than $400,000 from U.S. Army Reserves

  10-04-2019 03:06
  
  A former U.S. Army Reserve employee from Orange County pleaded guilty Tuesday, April 9, to stealing more than $400,000 by billing the government for phony expenses.
  Ramon Torry, 54, of Irvine, admitted to one count each of wire fraud and theft of government money during a court appearance Tuesday in San Jose, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Public Affairs.
  The charges allege Torry conspired to commit fraud with a production company associate contracted to cre
  
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• Orange County turns to Gov. Newsom to extend use of Fullerton Armory for homeless night shelter after National Guard says no

  10-04-2019 02:55
  
  Orange County will appeal to Gov. Gavin Newsom in a bid to continue using the National Guard armory in Fullerton as night shelter for homeless people.
  The move comes after the California Military Department turned down a request to extend the shelter program into June.
  In his April 4 response to the county, Major General David S. Baldwin, adjutant general of the California National Guard, said that access to the drill floor at the armory, where homeless people bed down on mats, is essential to t
  
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• Kings drop from 2nd to 5th in NHL draft lottery; Ducks fall from 8th to 9th

  10-04-2019 02:55
  
  The Kings had the second-worst record in the NHL this past season and went into the draft lottery with the second-best odds to pick first overall, possibly taking top overall prospect Jack Hughes. Instead, the Kings slipped from second to fifth in the lottery Tuesday.
  The Ducks dropped from eighth to ninth.
  The New Jersey Devils won the lottery and will select first. The New York Rangers moved up to second and the Chicago Blackhawks went from 12th to third.
  The NHL draft will be June 21-22 in Va
  
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• Destructive ‘BattleBots’ aim to wreak havoc anew in hangar near Long Beach airport

  10-04-2019 00:43
  
  By Gary Metzker, Contributor
  Read for a chance to see defending champion Bite Force take on Tombstone– or maybe Minotaur vs. Witch Doctor?
  Still scratching your head?  We’re talking Bots. BattleBots.
  The hit television show “BattleBots” is returning to the Long Beach area. The show will be filming twice a day inside an airplane hangar near the Long Beach Airport starting April 12 and finishing April 22.
  “BattleBots” originally aired on Comedy Central in 2
  
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