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• USC freshman Isaiah Mobley finding his footing as Trojans enter stretch run

  19-02-2020 23:47
  
  LOS ANGELES — Ask most young basketball players to name the guy they model their game after, and you usually don’t get much variety. Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kyrie Irving are some of the most recycled choices.
  But USC forward Isaiah Mobley has a different answer: Some combination of Nikola Jokic and Kyle Anderson.
  It might take you back by its uniqueness at first, but it reveals who Mobley thinks he can be at his best: A lanky point guard initiating the offense, in the
  
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• Noted pastel artist will share her technique with Laguna Woods Art Association members

  19-02-2020 23:43
  
  Since its founding 50 years ago, the Laguna Woods Art Association has kept an open door for the community.  Ensconced in a spacious, light-filled Clubhouse Four studio, association members have set up their easels to make a variety of paintings, drawings and multimedia works. Members attend show openings and lectures and share their creativity with fellow artists, friends, family and community at large.
  One of pastel artist Mary Aslin’s figurative paintings. Aslin will be demonstratin
  
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• Homeowners get extension on Tax Postponement program

  19-02-2020 23:23
  
  Southern Californian homeowners considering a program that postpones their property tax payments will have extra time to apply if they were affected by a natural disaster, the state announced Wednesday.
  California’s Property Tax Postponement program, which gives elderly,  blind, disabled or financially troubled homeowners a chance to avoid tax payments temporarily, had a deadline for applications for the 2019-2020 fiscal year that came and went Feb. 9.
  Controller Betty Yee on Wednesda
  
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• 80 people lose jobs as Uber closes DTLA office, outsources work

  19-02-2020 23:12
  
  About 80 employees lost their jobs without notice when Uber recently closed its downtown Los Angeles customer support office, according to a report published today.
  Employees were told Thursday that it was their last day, as Uber was closing its Los Angeles office and shifting those jobs to a large customer support office in Manila, Philippines, The Los Angeles Times reported.
  “I know that this is a shock. This meeting is to inform you all that today is the last day in this office,”
  
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• Alex Wood back in blue, with inside track to spot in Dodgers’ rotation

  19-02-2020 23:02
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Seems like old times – but not quite.
  Acquired by the Dodgers in a midseason 2015 trade with the Atlanta Braves, Alex Wood faced the same situation each of the next three springs. The Dodgers were loaded with starters and he always seemed to be on the bubble, fighting for one of those spots in the rotation and trying to avoid a move to the bullpen.
  More often than not, he was successful. Wood made 62 starts for the Dodgers from 2016-18, going 26-14 with a 3.29 ERA a
  
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• Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Madison Beer, Daya and more will headline anti-DUI benefit at the Palladium

  19-02-2020 22:53
  
  The Noah Benardout Foundation is presenting its first annual LOVR Benefit Concert at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on March 21.
  The event will feature performances by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Madison Beer, Daya Braves, Walk the Moon’s Nicholas Petricca, Romeo of Farr, Saint Bodhi, Dreamers, Lemmo, El Javi, Ryan Baer and many more.
  The LOVR Benefit Concert will advocate for an end to DUI (driving under the influence) with the assistance of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
  
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• What is drawing humpbacks, big bluefin tuna to Southern California coast?

  19-02-2020 22:38
  
  Humpback whales have been spotted in recent days lunging into the water to scoop up anchovies, which are plentiful off the Southern California coast. (Courtesy of Delaney Trowbridge/ Newport Coastal Adventure)
  Humpback whales have been spotted in recent days lunging into the water to scoop up anchovies, which are plentiful off the Southern California coast. (Courtesy of Delaney Trowbridge/ Newport Coastal Adventure)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsHumpback whales have been spotted in recent
  
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• IRS to pay visits to high-income taxpayers who fail to file

  19-02-2020 22:30
  
  By Sarah Skidmore Sell, The Associated Press
  If you earn six figures and haven’t been filing your taxes, the IRS may come knocking.
  The agency said Wednesday that it is stepping up its efforts to visit high-income taxpayers who failed in prior years to file their tax returns on time.
  Revenue officers across the country will increase face-to-face visits with taxpayers who had income of more than $100,000 during a tax year and did not file a return in 2018 or prior years.
  “The IRS is c
  
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• Report: Trump, Rohrabacher worked together on scheme to cover up Russia’s hack in 2016 election

  19-02-2020 22:21
  
  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange t plans to claim during an extradition hearing  that he received an offer of a pardon from President Donald Trump — conveyed by former Orange County congressman Dana Rohrabacher — if Assange would cover up Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election.
  The allegation, reported Wednesday by The Daily Beast, is backed in part by 2017 news reports in which Rohrabacher claimed he met with White House officials and, later, went to London to meet pri
  
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• Report says Trump, Rohrabacher worked together

  19-02-2020 22:21
  
  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange t plans to claim during an extradition hearing  that he received an offer of a pardon from President Donald Trump — conveyed by former Orange County congressman Dana Rohrabacher — if Assange would cover up Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election.
  The allegation, reported Wednesday by The Daily Beast, is backed in part by 2017 news reports in which Rohrabacher claimed he met with White House officials and, later, went to London to meet pri
  
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• Park Life: Dissecting Disneyland’s price hike and Avengers Campus stunt show details

  19-02-2020 22:13
  
  What can you expect to pay after the latest Disneyland price hike? Do you have what it takes to play a superhero in the Avengers Campus stunt show? Why has Mickey Mouse never had his own ride? We’ve got all the details in this week’s Park Life newsletter.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
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  What are the best and worst times to visit Disneyland with the new
  
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• Kings trade away Alec Martinez for draft picks

  19-02-2020 22:13
  
  In their third trade in the past two weeks, the Kings sent yet another link to their glory years to a more competitive situation Wednesday, dealing defenseman Alec Martinez to the Vegas Golden Knights.
  In exchange for the veteran rearguard, the Kings received two second-round selections in the upcoming entry drafts. They now own Vegas’s second-round selection in 2020 and also acquired the St. Louis Blues’ 2021 second-rounder in the deal.
  Martinez hoisted the Cup in 2012 and again in
  
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• US home construction dips to just below 13-year high

  19-02-2020 22:04
  
  Construction of new homes edged back slightly in January after a December surge that had pushed home construction to the highest level in 13 years.
  The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that builders started construction on 1.57 million homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, a decline of 3.6% from 1.63 million units in December. That had been the highest point since late 2006 at the peak of the housing boom of the last decade.
  Economists had expected a slight pullback from the December
  
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• These Coachella artists are playing local venues during Goldenvoice Presents April

  19-02-2020 22:03
  
  Didn’t score tickets or can’t afford to spend three days in the desert at the 2020 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio this year?
  Never fear! Goldenvoice, the promoter behind Coachella, has revealed its seventh annual Goldenvoice Presents April concert series which features Coachella fest artists playing more than 30 shows in venues scattered throughout Southern California between April 8 and April 24.
  Tickets for these shows will go on sale over the course of three w
  
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• Can’t make it to Coachella? Goldenvoice Presents April includes dozens of festival artists in local venues

  19-02-2020 22:03
  
  Didn’t score tickets or can’t afford to spend three days in the desert at the 2020 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio this year?
  Never fear! Goldenvoice, the promoter behind Coachella, has revealed its seventh annual Goldenvoice Presents April concert series which features Coachella fest artists playing more than 30 shows in venues scattered throughout Southern California between April 8 and April 24.
  Tickets for these shows will go on sale over the course of three w
  
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• How electrical tape on a sign tricked a Tesla into speeding

  19-02-2020 22:00
  
  By Ryan Beene, Bloomberg
  Researchers were able to trick a Tesla Inc. vehicle into speeding by putting a strip of electrical tape over a speed limit sign, spotlighting the kinds of potential vulnerabilities facing automated driving systems.
  Technicians at McAfee Inc. placed the piece of tape horizontally across the middle of the “3” on a 35 mph speed limit sign. The change caused the vehicle to read the limit as 85 mph, and its cruise control system automatically accelerated, accordin
  
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• Brandi Carlile, Herbie Hancock, The B-52s top the Hollywood Bowl’s 2020 Summer Series

  19-02-2020 22:00
  
  The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced its 99th Hollywood Bowl 2020 Summer Series, which features a wide variety of music including jazz, classical, rock, world, pop and R&B.
  These concerts are only available to 2020 LA Phil subscribers for now at 323-850-2000 or hollywoodbowl.com. Five or more packages will be available starting March 17 and single ticket sales begin on May 3. This list only includes the LA Phil season and not all of the lease events happening at the Hollywood Bowl. For
  
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• Former Santa Ana police chief to head Laguna Woods Village security

  19-02-2020 21:44
  
  Laguna Woods Village has named Carlos Rojas as its new director of security services, effective Monday, Feb 24.
  Rojas will replace Tim Moy, a former commander with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department who has served Laguna Woods Village since the summer of 2016.
  Having spent 30 years in blue, Rojas’ resume spans law enforcement, security and police administration, according to a Village Management Services newsletter.
  Rojas worked for the Santa Ana Police Department for 27 years in
  
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• Gov. Gavin Newsom vows action on ‘disgrace’ of homelessness in state

  19-02-2020 21:39
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom touted California as a thriving model of success in many areas during his second State of the State speech Wednesday but called the worsening scourge of homelessness a “disgrace” and vowed aggressive measures to confront it.
  Newsom outlined a five-point framework that included emergency actions to quickly and humanely reduce street homelessness, provide mental health treatment for the homeless, spur affordable housing production, stabilize funding to tackle the prob
  
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• Chella 2020: Chicano Batman, Cuco to play third annual concert in Indio

  19-02-2020 21:33
  
  Los Angeles band Chicano Batman and Hawthorne-based singer-songwriter Cuco will top the third annual Chella Celebrando La Comunidad concert when it returns to the Riverside County Fairgrounds in Indio on Wednesday, April 15.
  The show, which typically runs for several hours and draws a few thousand local music fans, is set between the weekends of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and is put on by festival producer Goldenvoice to thank the local community.
  In this Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019
  
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• Boeing finds new issue with Max: debris in fuel tanks

  19-02-2020 21:25
  
  By David Koenig, The Associated Press
  Boeing said Tuesday that it found debris contaminating the fuel tanks of some 737 Max jets that it built in the past year but was unable to deliver to airline customers.
  A Boeing official said the debris was discovered in “several” planes but did not give a precise number. Boeing built about 400 undelivered Max jets before it temporarily halted production last month.
  The fuel tank debris was discovered during maintenance on parked planes, and Boe
  
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• Purple & Bold: Why the Lakers don’t need fixing

  19-02-2020 21:20
  
  This is the Wednesday, Feb. 19 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.So Adrian Wojnarowski keeps dropping bombs, and they keep missing the Lakers.
  On Tuesday came the news that Reggie Jackson looks to be Clippers-bound after agreeing to a buyout with the Pistons. And with the trade deadline bearing down on Feb. 6, the Clippers got the deal done for Marcus Morris. Oh, and yeah, last July, Kawhi Leonard took h
  
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• Loara, Newport Elks baseball tournaments start Thursday

  19-02-2020 21:12
  
  The baseball season already is a few days old, with a few nonleague games having been played.
  The season goes from goes from stroll to gallop Thursday, the first day of the Loara Tournament and the Newport Elks Tournament.
  The Loara Tournament is a 32-team. Loara Tournament teams that are in the Orange County preseason top 10 are No. 3 Santa Margarita, last season’s CIF-Southern Section Division 2 champion, No. 5 Cypress (last season’s Division 1 champion), No. 7 El Toro, No. 8 Dana
  
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• 3 ways to experience Dine Out Long Beach, Restaurant & Cocktail Week

  19-02-2020 21:08
  
  Dine Out Long Beach, Restaurant & Cocktail Week will bring seven days of meal deals and drink specials when it returns to the city for its fifth year Feb. 23-29.
  As part of the marketing event, dozens of restaurants all over Long Beach will offer prix fixe lunch and dinner menus running $10-$65 per meal.
  There’s going to be a lot of food and drinks to choose from, so to make it easier to decide which places to try out, here are three ways to experience Dine Out Long Beach, from checkin
  
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• Lawyer: Rohrabacher a conduit in offering Assange a U.S. pardon if he cleared Russia in Clinton email hack

  19-02-2020 21:06
  
  LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to claim during an extradition hearing that the Trump administration offered him a pardon if he agreed to say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, a lawyer for Assange said Wednesday.
  Assange is being held at a British prison while fighting extradition to the United States on spying charges. His full court hearing is due to begin next week.
  At a preliminary hearing hel
  
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• Bernie Sanders’ brand of socialism

  19-02-2020 21:00
  
  Bernie Sanders leads the race for the Democratic nomination.
  He may become America’s first self-described “democratic socialist” president.
  What does that mean?
  Today, when Sanders talks about socialism, he says: “I’m not looking at Cuba. I’m looking at countries like Denmark and Sweden.”
  But Denmark and Sweden are not socialist. Denmark’s prime minister even came to America to refute Sanders’ claims, pointing out that “Denmark is far f
  
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• Disneyland’s Magic Happens parade costumes and makeup take inspiration from fashion runways

  19-02-2020 20:39
  
  The new Magic Happens parade coming to Disneyland will take its fashion cues from the runways of New York, London, Paris and Milan as 90 performers in avante-garde costumes hit Main Street U.S.A. in their strike-a-pose vogue looks.
  “We wanted it to be artistic,” Magic Happens parade show director Jordan Peterson said. “It is very fashion forward. Stepping off the runway was the vibe that we were looking for.”
  The new twice-daily Magic Happens parade launches Feb. 28 along
  
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• Huntington Beach officers did not use excessive force in arrest, jury says

  19-02-2020 20:37
  
  Two Huntington Beach officers did not use excessive force during a confrontation with a man who was on the beach after curfew, jurors in a federal civil trial in Santa Ana decided on Tuesday.
  Jurors found that officers Matthew Reza and Alexander Durham did not violate the rights of Maliek Rosier, who had sought at least $250,000 from the city of Huntington Beach, court records show.
  The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Rosier, stemmed from an arrest the night of June 24, 2018, when officers working t
  
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• Angels’ Brian Goodwin says he has no hard feelings after arbitration hearing

  19-02-2020 20:36
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. >> Brian Goodwin spent part of his day on Tuesday wearing a suit, sitting in a hotel conference room and hearing about what was wrong with him as a baseball player.
  “It’s not a pretty process,” Goodwin said Wednesday in his return to Angels camp, a day after he became the first Angels player since 2011 to go to an arbitration hearing. “It’s not a pretty process by any means, but I think it’s necessary for players to have a voice to be able t
  
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• Alexander: No. 1 UCLA visits the mecca of softball this weekend — Cathedral City

  19-02-2020 20:28
  
  The best team in college softball will be determined in early June in Oklahoma City. But for a hint of who that might turn out to be, a trip to Cathedral City this weekend may be in order.
  This is the 17th year of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, a tournament that was originally intended to provide a West Coast showcase but has turned into softball’s largest event outside of the Women’s College World Series.
  It began with 16 teams in 2004. Beginning Thursday and running through Su
  
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• Playboy Jazz Festival 2020 lineup includes The Isley Brothers, St. Paul and The Broken Bones

  19-02-2020 20:22
  
  The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced the full lineup for the 42nd Annual Playboy Jazz Festival, which will be held June 6-7 at the Hollywood Bowl and hosted once again by comedian George Lopez.
  The lineup includes St. Paul and The Broken Bones, The Isley Brothers, Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science, Dee Dee Bridgewater and The Memphis Soulphony,  Musiq Soulchild, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Cross Currents Trio with Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Pott
  
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• Orange County SC signs former USL MVP Sean Okoli

  19-02-2020 20:06
  
  The Orange County Soccer Club announced the signing of Sean “Ugo” Okoli.
  Okoli, 27, rejoins the USL after spending the last two seasons in Europe at FK Jerv and Pinzgau Saalfelden.
  “It’s great to be back in the USL and playing for Orange County,” Sean Okoli said. “I really learned a lot overseas and I came back because I believe OCSC is the best opportunity for me.”
  In 2016, Okoli made 31 appearances, scoring 16 goals for FC Cincinnati, winning the USL G
  
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• Radio: How this one station made the move to No. 1

  19-02-2020 20:00
  
  KFMB-FM (100.7) has been on the air in San Diego since 1950, though it didn’t get its official license and call letters until September of 1959. At that time and until 1975, like so many FM stations of the era, it played what is called Beautiful Music, a format consisting primarily of long sweeps of instrumental music with few announcements or DJ chatter. Beautiful Music was designed to appeal to the early listeners of FM radio who tended to be older, more affluent, and less interested in
  
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• Hangar 24 Taproom & Restaurant is coming to Irvine on March 2

  19-02-2020 20:00
  
  It’s a dream location in the middle of Orange County with a 3,000-square foot restaurant, two containers, a two-acre patio, grassy areas with games, basketball and volleyball courts, a pool table, an aviary and a mini organic farm.
  It’s also under the flight path of John Wayne Airport and believe it or not that thrills owner Ben Cook, of Laguna Beach, because it’s a perfect fit for his brand. Hangar 24 Taproom & Restaurant’s other locations have aviation connections t
  
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• Passengers depart docked ship in Japan after virus quarantine ends

  19-02-2020 19:55
  
  By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG
  YOKOHAMA, Japan  — About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Wednesday at the end of a much-criticized two-week quarantine aboard the vessel, docked in Japan, that failed to stop the spread of the new virus among passengers and crew.
  The quarantine’s flop was underlined as authorities announced 79 more cases, bringing the total on the ship to 621. Results were still pending for some other passengers and crew among the origina
  
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• CSUF’s short-term Study Abroad trips are the ticket for busy students

  19-02-2020 19:52
  
  Vanessa Lara heard about Cal State Fullerton’s Study Abroad program during her freshman orientation.
  She was intrigued, but didn’t think it was for her. Study abroad was for juniors or seniors and involved trips that could last months and cost a lot of money, she thought.
  Then Lara found out about the week-long trip to Mexico for freshmen — one of the first times CSUF has had a Study Abroad program for first-year students. In late 2018 she traveled to La Paz with 19 other stude
  
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• In deep-blue LA, Trump gives faithful a chance to cheer

  19-02-2020 19:37
  
  Tuesday, Feb. 18, was a rare moment for Southern California’s Trump faithful. One by one — some wearing red “Make America Great Again” hats, some wearing patriotic jackets and pins, most wearing big grins — they climbed off the buses on the tarmac at LAX.
  They were ushered into an area that would become the “meet and greet’ zone for President Donald Trump. This was the stop-and-shift spot for this whirlwind fourth trip to LA as president– he’
  
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• Two suspended by U.S. Center for SafeSport remain involved in equestrian

  19-02-2020 19:28
  
  Steve Milne, an instructor at an Orange County horse riding center for people with disabilities, was suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegations misconduct in December.
  The conditions of Milne’s suspension include no contact directives including no unsupervised coaching, training, travel and lodging restrictions as well as contact/communication limitations.
  “The terms of their participation are known by the parties involved in the matter,” Teresa Roper, safe spor
  
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• Sex offender and instructor both still work near young equestrian athletes

  19-02-2020 19:28
  
  Steve Milne, an instructor at an Orange County horse riding center for people with disabilities, was suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegations misconduct in December.
  The conditions of Milne’s suspension include no contact directives including no unsupervised coaching, training, travel and lodging restrictions as well as contact/communication limitations.
  “The terms of their participation are known by the parties involved in the matter,” Teresa Roper, safe spor
  
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• Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid

  19-02-2020 19:21
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon’s top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration’s release of congressionally authorized aid to Kyiv in its conflict against Russian-backed separatists.
  John Rood resigned Wednesday, saying he was leaving at Trump’s request.
  The Trump administration’s delay in releasing the aid to Ukraine was centr
  
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• Where and when to watch tonight’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas

  19-02-2020 19:10
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Democrats can’t seem to get two billionaires on the debate stage at once but will still have one now that Michael Bloomberg has qualified for the contest tonight — Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 — in Las Vegas.
  Fellow billionaire Tom Steyer of California won’t be joining former New York Mayor Bloomberg, former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachus
  
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• Talich Quartet residency offers Cal State Fullerton musicians a fresh approach

  19-02-2020 19:06
  
  Jan Talich, baton in hand, was sitting in a circle with six violin students and long-time music professor Ernest Salem to rehearse Stravinsky’s “Apollon Musagète.”
  As he made suggestions to increase the tempo or even slow it down, the Cal State Fullerton students and professor frequently made notations on their sheet music.
  “The Stravinsky is a wonderful piece but it is difficult to play,” said Talich, artistic director for the Czech-based Talich Quartet, aft
  
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• Lizzo, A$AP Rocky top lineup of Virgin Fest in Los Angeles

  19-02-2020 19:01
  
  She’s 100% that headliner leading a genre-crossing lineup stacked with female performers at this inaugural music festival.
  Pop superstar and multi Grammy-winning diva Lizzo is headlining the new Virgin Fest, scheduled for Banc of California Stadium and Exposition Park on June 6-7. A$AP Rocky shares headlining duties for the fest and some of the other big names on the bill include multi-Grammy winners Anderson. Paak & The Free Nationals, electronica dance trio Major Lazer and
  
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• BeachLife Festival adds a pair of Long Beach legends in its new wave of acts

  19-02-2020 19:00
  
  Long Beach legends will hit the sand at the BeachLife Festival as the South Bay’s biggest concert adds more bands to its already stacked lineup of music May 1-3.
  Sublime with Rome, along with the Long Beach Dub All Stars, who both just performed at the One Love Cali Reggae Fest in Long Beach, are among the new acts festival officials announced Feb. 19.
  Joining them as part of the new group of bands announced for the second edition of the festival at Redondo Beach’s Seaside Lagoon is
  
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• This 13-year-old superhero from Long Beach is on Disney+’s new ‘Marvel’s Hero Project’

  19-02-2020 18:38
  
  Every superhero has an origin story. Genesis Butler’s started with chicken nuggets.
  Like most kids she loved chicken nuggets, and as a 3-year-old she ate them almost daily until her mom told her something about her favorite food that horrified her.
  “I always loved animals but then I started wondering about where my food came from and when she told me how we had to kill animals for it, I never wanted to eat it again,” said the now 13-year-old Long Beach resident.
  Not only did sh
  
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• CSUF to honor founder of autism networks that connect families, share research

  19-02-2020 18:37
  
  Every October, Cal State Fullerton becomes home to the Spooktacular Social, where adults with autism come with their caregivers to have fun and connect with others.
  They bowl, play pool, do arts and crafts, sing and dance — and even meet up with those who have shared interests, whether it’s sporting events, gaming or dining out.
  For the caregivers, usually parents or grandparents, it’s a much-needed time to step back and relax.
  “We’re really doing outreach to those
  
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• Angels’ plans for Anaheim stadium may be clearer in coming months

  19-02-2020 18:16
  
  The Angels will continue to play ball at their home field in Anaheim for at least the next several years while team owner Arte Moreno weighs whether to give the nearly 54-year-old stadium an overhaul or build a new park on the sprawling property that surrounds it.
  Moreno mentioned his thinking to reporters this week at spring training in Arizona, and while he didn’t reveal much, he indicated some improvements will be coming to the old Angel Stadium in the meantime.
  He said he was “un
  
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• Reflections on one of the great injustices of 20th century America

  19-02-2020 18:06
  
  President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the now-infamous Executive Order 9066 on this day in 1942, which gave military commanders the power to prescribe areas “from which any or all persons may be excluded.” That gave the greenlight to forcibly relocate 112,000 residents of Japanese descent (two-thirds were American citizens) from their West Coast homes to internment camps in remote locales.
  The internment was a dark day in American history and remains a stain not only on FDR’s
  
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• Two crises that should not be wasted

  19-02-2020 17:58
  
  A crisis, it’s been said, is a terrible thing to waste.
  Stanford economist Paul Romer coined the phrase in 2004 in referring to the nation’s waning education levels and it’s since been adopted and adapted by others.
  If exploited adroitly, crises spark needed societal changes that might not otherwise occur, just as otherwise destructive warfare often drives technology that later benefits civilians.
  California’s biggest crisis these days is a chronic shortage of housing, pa
  
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• San Clemente teen’s hearing loss tale shared in her new book

  19-02-2020 17:57
  
  Valli Gideons was picking up her daughter Harper’s spilled backpack when she came across a journal the then-10-year-old had written for school.
  In an entry that asked her to describe what made her unique, she had written: “My name is Harper and I’m deaf.”
  “My mom and dad had this weird gene thing that caused a part of the inside of my ear to be enlarged — by the size of a hair,” Harper wrote for her assignment at Marblehead Elementary in San Clemente. &l
  
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