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• Ducks’ Rickard Rakell ends drought with rewarding goal

  05-03-2020 23:17
  
  Rickard Rakell said he wouldn’t go home and cry as his goal drought reached 15 consecutive games. Presumably, he didn’t go home and laugh himself to sleep after his overtime goal ended his skid and propelled the Ducks to a 4-3 victory Wednesday over the Colorado Avalanche in Denver.
  Rakell’s goal was a feel-good moment for him and the Ducks. Neither he nor the team has had many recently. Rakell went the entire month of February without a goal, plus a couple of days in March; th
  
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• Sweeping Senate vote sends Trump $8.3 billion measure to fight coronavirus

  05-03-2020 23:11
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR
  WASHINGTON — The Senate passed an $8.3 billion measure Thursday to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in hopes of reassuring a fearful public and accelerating the government’s response to the virus, whose rapid spread is threatening to upend everyday life in the U.S. and across the globe.
  The money would pay for a multifaceted attack on a virus that is spreading more widely every day, sending financial markets spiraling again Thursday, disrupting travel and potenti
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, March 6

  05-03-2020 23:05
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, March 6 for racing at Santa Anita.
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• South Orange County Senior Day returns to Mission Viejo with resources, education

  05-03-2020 22:56
  
  Mark your calendar for South Orange County Senior Day 2020, coming Friday, March 13, to the Norman P. Murray Senior Center in Mission Viejo. Sponsored by state Sen. Pat Bates and Assemblyman Bill Brough, the free event will feature breakout sessions, free medical screenings and vendor resource fair. Dr. Benca with UCI Mind will give a keynote address on “Sleep and the Aging Brain.”
  The event includes free continental breakfast and lunch.
  Registration and breakfast begin at 8 a.m., fo
  
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• Stagecoach Country Music Festival announces set times for 2020

  05-03-2020 22:34
  
  We’re less than two months out from the 14th annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 24-26 and the promoters at Goldenvoice have revealed the set times for its three major stages.
  This year’s lineup includes heavy hitter headliners Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Eric Church as well as country icons like Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Billy Ray Cyrus, Marty Stuart and Neal McCoy.
  Stagecoach is also showcasing some of the hottest new
  
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• Carmageddon 2020: Caltrans will close the 5 Freeway for 36 hours in April

  05-03-2020 22:34
  
  Transportation officials have written the screenplay for an awfully big adventure — the largest freeway closure since Carmageddon and Carmageddon II. Will this blockbuster sequel have an equally happy ending?
  Officials with the California Department of Transportation announced Thursday, March 5, that a swath of the Golden State (5) Freeway in Burbank will be shut down during the weekend from 3 p.m. Saturday, April 25 to 3 a.m. Monday, April 27, as the transposition officials plan demolish
  
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• What changes for Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger now that he has an MVP award?

  05-03-2020 22:33
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — It is a life-changing achievement to win a Most Valuable Player award. But how does it really change your life?
  “Got a little more money,” Dodgers outfielder and 2019 National League MVP Cody Bellinger said, referring to the one-year, $11.5 million contract he signed this winter (the largest salary for any first-year arbitration-eligible player). “Other than that, my life hasn’t changed at all.”
  It might. The MVP label brings with it certain
  
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• What changes for Cody Bellinger now that he has an MVP award?

  05-03-2020 22:33
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. >> It is a life-changing achievement to win a Most Valuable Player award. But how does it really change your life?
  “Got a little more money,” Dodgers outfielder and 2019 National League MVP Cody Bellinger said, referring to the one-year, $11.5 million contract he signed this winter (the largest salary for any first-year arbitration-eligible player). “Other than that, my life hasn’t changed at all.”
  It might. The MVP label brings with it certain
  
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• Riverside startup taking its bug-detector pitch to Paris

  05-03-2020 22:31
  
  A Riverside-based startup will soon get to pitch its modern-day bug detector on a grand scale, flying to Paris in June to pitch its agricultural concept to investors with millions of dollars in hand.
  FarmSense, which credits its entrepreneurial roots to UC Riverside, made its case at the 2020 University of California Startup Pitch Showcase held in January in Monterey.
  The company’s presentation didn’t win, but it came close, creating a big enough buzz to earn an invitation to Ex
  
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• Theater review: ‘Barefoot in the Park’ steps uneasily into the 21st century

  05-03-2020 22:23
  
  From the distance of 2020, it is almost impossible to convey how popular and recognizable American playwright Neil Simon was from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  Across theater, TV and movies, Simon’s was a productive, if predictable voice: slight, but lively plots, quip-heavy patter and a sunny exploration of an America where none of the social tumult of his times was ever on display.
  Part of a sentence in his bio in the program for a new production of “Barefoot in the Park,” new
  
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• Tito’s: Don’t use our vodka to make hand sanitizer

  05-03-2020 22:21
  
  With store shelves emptied of disinfectants and cleaning supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak, some are turning to the internet for do-it-yourself recipes for hand sanitizer.
  But Texas-based distiller Tito’s is warning customers that its famous, handmade vodka is still best for drinking.
  The Austin-based company on Thursday reminded a Twitter user who claimed to have made hand sanitizer out of its vodka that hand sanitizer needs to contain at least 60% alcohol to be effective.
  
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• USC’s Jonah Mathews sees himself as a basketball lifer

  05-03-2020 22:15
  
  LOS ANGELES — When he walks onto the Galen Center court for the last time, Jonah Mathews will have 30 to 40 family members and friends in the crowd. Old classmates from Santa Monica High have been snatching up tickets in advance of his USC swan song.
  Those are the perks of being the local kid.
  “Everybody’s gonna be here,” he says.
  Mathews is one of five Trojans who will be honored on senior day Saturday as USC hosts UCLA in the teams’ regular-season finale. He&rsquo
  
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• UCLA’s Chip Kelly talks transfers and staff decisions

  05-03-2020 22:03
  
  LOS ANGELES — On day two of UCLA football’s spring practices, a cloudy sky filled the backdrop as only a couple fans watched from the nearby parking structure.
  It was less than 24 hours into the start of the Bruins’ spring camp when they lost another player to the NCAA Transfer Portal. Just hours after the team’s first spring practice wrapped up Tuesday, it became known that quarterback Austin Burton had made the decision to transfer and leave the UCLA program.
  “I t
  
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• Ernie Els taking lessons during rookie season on PGA Tour Champions

  05-03-2020 21:47
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – When World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els turned 50 and joined PGA Tour Champions this year, the four-time major champion said he was looking forward to renewing acquaintances with, and competing against, familiar faces in a relaxing atmosphere.
  But Els was jolted by reality in the first round of his first Champions event, the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Hawaii. Even with the ocean waves crashing in the background, it didn’t take long to realize his
  
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• Coming soon? Target developing even smaller stores

  05-03-2020 21:46
  
  In the world of big-box retail, “smaller” is increasingly where it’s at.
  Target Corp, which began unveiling small-format stores in 2014, is looking to go even smaller. John J. Mulligan, the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, addressed the strategy this week in an earnings call with investors.
  “This year, we’re exploring designs that redefine our idea of just how small our stores can be,” he said. “I’m not talking
  
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• Daxon: The election is over – pick up your signs

  05-03-2020 21:43
  
  Now that the election is past all the political signs need to be gone. If you placed signs in Brea, you have 10 days from March 3 to haul them away.
  Prior to our first Super Tuesday election, signs were all around Brea including on public right of ways, which is against the law in the city. Brea’s Public Works employees removed those signs.
  I had heard from a friend the city was paying workers overtime on weekends to pick up the illegally placed signs, but that was false.
  According to City
  
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• Orange County man accused of killing drug dealer he agreed to protect

  05-03-2020 21:36
  
  A man who was supposed to provide muscle for a friend collecting a drug debt instead betrayed him and slashed his throat, a prosecutor alleged Thursday during the opening of a murder trial.
  John Ramon Breceda, 40, is facing murder and arson charges after prosecutors allege he stabbed 44-year-old Floriberto Villasenor Cortes to death in a Costa Mesa neighborhood in May 2015 and then torched Cortes’ car in San Juan Capistrano to hide evidence.
  During opening statements Thursday morning in a
  
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• Connie Mack, famed baseball manager and coach, visited Fullerton with the Philadelphia Athletics

  05-03-2020 21:35
  
  Editor’s Note: This is the second of a six-feature series as Mr. Bucketlist researches the history of spring training and baseball at Amerige Park in Fullerton.
  1940: Fullerton rolls out the red carpet
  The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League called Fullerton their spring training home for four years (1937-40). In 1940, they had major league competition just two miles away.
  Legendary manager Connie Mack had brought his Philadelphia Athletics to the West Coast to workout the winter
  
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• Can coronavirus sicken our healthy housing market?

  05-03-2020 21:13
  
  Landing at 3.29%, this week Freddie Mac recorded its lowest 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in its nearly 50-year survey history. And, the Federal Reserve dropped short-term interest rates by one-half percent. The prime rate is now down to 4.25%. Incredible!
  This is certainly great news for the housing market. Not so much though for the travel, hospitality, oil and manufacturing industries.
  How many more people will get sick? How many more souls will we lose? How much longer will the coronavirus spr
  
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• Bubble Watch: Flipping hits 8-year high, but not in California

  05-03-2020 21:06
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: House flipping is up to an eight-year high … but not in California!
  Source: Attom Data Solutions
  The Trend
  U.S. homes were flipped 245,864 times last year — up 6.9% in a year at a pace equal to 6.2% of all sales, the highest since 2011. But in California, the 20,755 flips were down 0.9% from 2018 and 5.6% of all sales. Only 12 of the 45 states ranked had a bigger d
  
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• Kiss got totally fired up for last-ever Southern California show: Here’s what happened

  05-03-2020 20:54
  
  If this was it — if this was really the final Southern California show for Kiss — well, these costumed, face-painted, hard-rocking characters went out with a bang.
  Check that, they went out with all the bangs — the almost non-stop blasts of flames and fireworks were truly spectacular — during a show that gave the faithful who packed Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday a goodbye kiss to remember.
  Kiss played its first Southern California concerts on The End of the R
  
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• Cruise ship is held off California coast for coronavirus testing

  05-03-2020 20:51
  
  By OLGA RODRIGUEZ and ADAM GELLER
  SAN FRANCISCO  — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with about 3,500 people aboard to hold off the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew could be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died and at least one other became infected.
  A Coast Guard helicopter was expected to deliver test kits to the Grand Princess once it reached the waters off San Francisco later in the day. Princess Cruise
  
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• Graham Harrell stayed at USC for what he expects will be an improved 2020

  05-03-2020 20:28
  
  LOS ANGELES — It was deja vu all over again. And then all over again. And again.
  Such was the winter for USC offensive coordinator Graham Harrell. A job opportunity would present itself, then Harrell would decide to stay a Trojan. Then the cycle would repeat itself.
  “It can be stressful but you know it’s obviously a humbling experience,” Harrell said at press conference on Tuesday.
  If you feel as though you’ve already read this story, it’s because you probably
  
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• Stop stressing: You don’t need a 20% down to buy a home

  05-03-2020 20:06
  
  By Elizabeth Renter, NerdWallet
  Many Americans may be unnecessarily talking themselves out of homeownership. Thirty-seven percent of nonhomeowners say not having enough saved for a down payment is holding them back from homeownership, but 62% of Americans incorrectly believe you have to have at least 20% of a home’s purchase price to buy, according to NerdWallet’s 2020 Home Buyer Report.
  The truth is: You don’t need 20% of a home’s price to buy it. Some lenders offer mort
  
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• Stocks, yields slide as fear about virus grips markets again

  05-03-2020 19:56
  
  By Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise, The Associated Press
  Fear swept back through financial markets Thursday, and stocks fell sharply on worries about the fast-spreading virus outbreak. It’s the latest shudder in Wall Street’s wildest week in more than eight years.
  Major indexes lost roughly 3% in afternoon trading Thursday, and Treasury yields sank deeper toward more record lows in their latest yo-yo move. The slide nearly wiped out the surge that stocks had ridden just a day earlier,
  
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• Feed your shrubbery this week, and then feast on Satsuma tangerines

  05-03-2020 19:39
  
  1. Remember – Daylight Saving Time begins March 7 already. Even though we lose an hour by setting our clocks ahead (and it takes a week or two to adjust to the time change), we get more daytime light to enjoy the garden. And it’s also time to plant summer garden vegetables – cilantro, corn, root crops, squashes and specialty items from seed; vigorously growing peppers, tomatoes, and other veggies from pony-packs. Plant tomatoes deep, leaving only the top inch or two sticking ou
  
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• 15 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, March 6-12

  05-03-2020 19:39
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘A Body of Water’ 
  The Actors Co-op Theatre Co. presents a play by Lee Blessing about a couple who wake up in an unfamiliar house and are confused and worried about why they are there.When: Show runs 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday through March 15. Also, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and 22.Where: Crossley Theatre, 1760 N. Gower St., Hollywood.
  Tickets: $35; $30 ages 60 and older; $25 students. Information: 323-462-8460. www.actorsco-op.org
  ‘Alice in
  
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• Drummond: Yorba Linda council takes steps to make Black Gold Gulf Club more self sufficient

  05-03-2020 19:32
  
  Yorba Linda City Council members on a unanimous vote have taken actions intended to put the city-owned, 20-year-old Black Gold Golf Club on a surer financial footing in future years.
  The council’s key decision is to cancel all interfund loans due to the city’s General Fund and Special Reserve Fund from the Black Gold Golf Course Fund, totaling about $18.8 million.
  Included in the loan forgiveness is a waiver of all accrued interest payable on the loans – about $1.4 million &nda
  
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• Coronavirus updates for upcoming festivals and events in Southern California

  05-03-2020 19:17
  
  In an effort to address the spread of the coronavirus, organizers around the world have canceled or postponed planned events. Here in Southern California, we are monitoring events to keep you updated on those altered due to concerns over COVID-19. Currently, few have altered plans but we’ll be updating this page with information on events that do.
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• Biden surge keeps Sanders’ socialism at bay

  05-03-2020 19:10
  
  Only a week ago, Democrats were in disarray, as Bernie Sanders was building a commanding presidential primary lead. Party leaders understandably were frantic, while Republicans cheered the prospect of running against an avowed socialist.
  It was reminiscent of humorist Will Rogers’ famous quip, “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.”
  Then a funny thing happened on the way to a feared George McGovern-style wipeout. As the party turned to last Saturd
  
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• 7 healthy snacking strategies to maintain energy and good nutrition

  05-03-2020 18:26
  
  There’s no doubt that snacking is on the rise and, in fact, may even be replacing traditional meals. The snacking trend is fueled by busy schedules and the need for fast and convenient options on-the-go. While snacks have the potential to provide a nutritious source of energy between meals, snacking often contributes to excess sugar and fat in the diet and often less healthy eating patterns.
  Eating high-calorie snacks has the potential to disrupt the biological clock, causing overeating. A
  
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• California Democrats’ hard left turn

  05-03-2020 17:12
  
  California was once the land of Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and Pete Wilson.
  Now it’s the land of Gavin Newsom, Chesa Boudin and Nancy Pelosi.
  What used to sell in Los Angeles would sell in Peoria.
  Now it just sells in North Korea.
  In Tuesday’s primary we learned that even former Vice President Joe Biden and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg are too conservative for Golden State Democrats!
  Imagine that.
  According to the latest results, self proclaimed democratic socialist Be
  
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• Newsom’s high-stakes Medi-Cal overhaul

  05-03-2020 17:10
  
  The old adage about tiny acorns growing into mighty oak trees is not confined to dendrology.
  It applies as well to governmental programs and there’s no better example than Medi-Cal, California’s program of health care for the poor.
  An addendum to the landmark federal legislation creating Medicare coverage for the elderly 55 years ago offered federal subsidies to states for caring for the poor — dubbed Medicaid in most states, but Medi-Cal in California.
  At the time, Medi-Cal wa
  
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• Horse trailer fees halved after increase surprises boarders in Laguna Woods

  05-03-2020 17:05
  
  LAGUNA WOODS VILLAGE — Storage fees for horse trailers will be halved at a $160 monthly rate to reflect pricing that charges 50% of the RV Lot, as voted by the Golden Rain Foundation on Tuesday, March 3.
  Currently, the horse trailer storage fee is 100% of the RV Lot fee, or $320 per month.
  According to a Village Management Services staff report, 65% of that fee is subsidized by the community. The fee is subject to change annually.
  Though the decision was penned in a Jan. 9 meeting, billing
  
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• Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout

  05-03-2020 17:01
  
  By WILL WEISSERT
  WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday, according to a person familiar with her plans. The exit came days after the onetime front-runner couldn’t win a single Super Tuesday state, not even her own.
  The person wasn’t authorized to speak about Warren’s intentions and talked to The Associated Pre
  
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• Angels’ Anthony Rendon is a complete talent, wrapped in humility

  05-03-2020 17:00
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Eric Chavez had only been around Anthony Rendon for a few days when he realized he was seeing something special.
  “Honestly,” Chavez said, “I just shake my head. It’s unbelievable.”
  Chavez, a special assistant to Angels general manager Billy Eppler and a former Gold Glove third baseman, was so impressed that he told his 14-year-old son, Diego, he needed to come watch the Angels’ new third baseman work out.
  “You have to come out here,
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: This fried chicken joint finally arrives in Santa Ana 🍗

  05-03-2020 16:49
  
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  Chicken tender combo at Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken in Santa Ana (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  It took a really, really, really long time for Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken to open its doors in Santa Ana. In fact, critic Brad A.Johnson wondered if it had gone out of business before it even opened.
  Now, the smell of fried chicken wafts thro
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Are you in line at Costco today? And why?

  05-03-2020 16:09
  
  So are you one of the people who’s standing in gruesomely long lines at Costco, buying water and toilet paper in case the coronavirus spreads? Or at least trying to buy them, since they seem to be as sold out as if a hurricane were hitting Florida.
  Stories about this have been in the news, saying that the checkout lines snaked all the way back to the liquor department, which if you’re a Costco shopper, you know is in the back of the store. (Hint: Everything you actually want to buy i
  
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• What did Orange County say with its Super Tuesday votes?

  05-03-2020 16:00
  
  If you slap the “a rose is a rose is a rose” idea to politics, here’s what you get: A vote is a vote is a vote.
  But that’s not quite true. Votes aren’t just votes. In addition to pushing a candidate or idea closer to power, votes can be statements about how a particular community views the world at a particular point in time.
  With that in mind, here is some of what Orange County voters said in the March 3 primary.
  Statement No. 1: “We aren’t Republican a
  
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• Offshore oil rigs could be remade as reefs, windmills, sea farms, research hubs

  05-03-2020 16:00
  
  While 10 or more of Southern California’s 27 offshore oil rigs could be closed in the next decade, there’s a push to preserve the platforms’ habitat-rich underwater bases as artificial reefs — and possibly transform the tops into windmills, sea farms or marine research centers.
  But there’s a problem.
  California is widely recognized for progressive environmental policies, but it lacks the state-approved artificial reef program required for federal permission to trans
  
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• Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum to discuss new Iwo Jima book at Nixon Library

  05-03-2020 16:00
  
  As a teen, Martha MacCallum loved to look through old newspapers in her grandfather’s attic in Peekskill, N.Y.
  One day, she came across a scrapbook of news clippings preserved in plastic bags. She saw headlines of stories from World War II — “Hitler invades Poland,” “Paris Falls.” The papers were on top of an old brown chest of drawers next to a photo of a young Marine. The Marine was her grandfather’s nephew, Harry Gray. MacCallum also found a clipping
  
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• Here’s why Inglewood fired the mayor’s highly paid ex-girlfriend

  05-03-2020 15:30
  
  Melanie McDade-Dickens, the Inglewood mayor’s highly paid assistant and former girlfriend of eight years, allegedly committed fraud by forging a fake bonus check and improperly changing her tax exemptions to appear more financially stable to a lender for her purchase of a home, according to a termination notice.
  Two notices sent to McDade-Dickens before her firing late last year were released to the Southern California News Group through a public records request. Until now, the city would
  
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• Middle school in Monrovia cleaned after parent comes in contact with coronavirus

  05-03-2020 14:44
  
  MONROVIA — A middle school in Monrovia will be open Thursday morning after crews performed a deep cleaning overnight after a parent came in contact with someone exposed to the novel coronavirus.
  The parent has a student who attends Clifton Middle School, but the Monrovia Unified School District said in a statement neither the parent or their children have shown signs of any coronavirus symptoms, but placed themselves in self-isolation for 14 days. It was unclear when the self-isolation beg
  
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• World braces for months of trouble as coronavirus pushes west

  05-03-2020 14:16
  
  By MATT SEDENSKY
  BANGKOK — People around the world braced for months of disruptions from the new virus Thursday as its unrelenting spread brought ballooning infections, economic fallout and sweeping containment measures.
  “Countries should be preparing for sustained community transmission,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, leader of the World Health Organization, said of the 2-month-old virus outbreak. “Our message to all countries is: This is not a one-way street. We can push
  
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• Elijah Harkless, CSUN rally past UC Irvine, spoil Anteaters’ Senior Night

  05-03-2020 07:17
  
  UC Irvine’s John Edgar Jr. dribbles past CSUN’s Darius Brown II during Wednesday’s Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
  UC Irvine’s Evan Leonard pushes past CSUN’s defense and scores two during Wednesday’s Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCSUN’s Lamine Diane tries to score two aga
  
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• Long Beach Poly girls basketball brings the energy, knocks off Mater Dei in state playoffs

  05-03-2020 06:53
  
  Long Beach Poly celebrates after defeating Mater Dei 55-50 in the first round game of the Open Division playoffs in the CIF Southern California Regionals at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Alyssa Frescas (12) of Mater Dei, left, battles for the ball against Kalaya Buggs (3) of Long Beach Poly during the first round game of the Open Division playoffs in the CIF Southern California Regionals at Mater Dei High Sch
  
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• Rickard Rakell goal with 1.2 seconds left in OT gives Ducks victory over Avalanche

  05-03-2020 06:52
  
  Colorado Avalanche right wing Logan O’Connor (25) and Anaheim Ducks left wing Andrew Agozzino (26) battle for the puck along the boards during the first period in an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in Denver. (AP Photo/John Leyba)
  Anaheim Ducks left wing Nicolas Deslauriers (20) and Colorado Avalanche center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (41) exchange blows during the first period in an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in Denver. Both players received 5 minute penalties. (AP Ph
  
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• Wednesday’s baseball highlights: Yorba Linda’s Toigo hits grand slam; Aliso Niguel wins pitchers’ duel

  05-03-2020 05:57
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA roundup of the Orange County baseball highlights on Wednesday:Dean Toigo had a career-best game for Yorba Linda on Wednesday in an 11-5 win over Canyon in a Century Conference Tournament game at Canyon High.
  Toigo, a junior pitcher and outfielder, hit a grand slam and drove in five runs for the Mustangs (4-4). The junior also got the win on the mound, allowing three earned runs over 4 1/3 innings.
  Austen Ru
  
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• Orange County School of the Arts severs ties with Santa Ana Unified

  05-03-2020 05:57
  
  The Orange County High School of the Arts will enter a new act, following a vote Wednesday, March 4 by the Orange County Department of Education to take the popular charter school under the county umbrella and grant it a five-year renewal.
  The vote was greeted with a standing ovation from some 150 parents and other school supporters who showed up at an Orange County Department of Education meeting in Costa Mesa. Many had become frustrated in recent months during a dispute between the school and
  
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• Five Orange County races still too close to call, with some 200,000 ballots uncounted

  05-03-2020 05:47
  
  Several Orange County primary races remained too close to call late Wednesday, March 4, with more than 200,000 ballots still to be counted and fewer than 3,000 votes so far determining outcomes in five local races.
  That means one state senate race, an Orange County Board of Supervisors contest, two assembly races, and one local school bond are still up in the air – and could stay there for several days.
  Orange County elections officials need to tally 134,155 vote-by-mail and conditional ba
  
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