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• Genwa Korean BBQ ordered to pay $2.1 million for wage theft

  11-03-2020 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The restaurant operators of Genwa Korean BBQ in Los Angeles have been ordered to pay $2.1 million for underpaying its workers, the state announced Tuesday, March 10.
  The state’s Department of Industrial Relations found that the restaurant owners committed numerous wage theft violations for almost three years at eateries in the Mid-Wilshire district and Beverly Hills. Of the $2.1 million, more than $1.4 million will be compensation for 325 cooks, servers and dishwashers, with the remainder
  
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• Fun things to do for a Solvang day trip

  11-03-2020 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Just three hours north up the 101 from Los Angeles is a small Danish-style city with much to do. Solvang has something for everyone in the family and is the perfect place for a weekend or even day trip out of the busy SoCal cities. With some time to make memories, here are some ideas for a little getaway.
  The City
  Solvang is full of Danish-style architecture with windmills, cottage hotels, and bratwurst restaurants in every direction. Take photos of everything as you walk down the beautiful stre
  
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• Cal State Fullerton to halt in-person classes due to coronavirus fears

  11-03-2020 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Students and visitors on the campus of California State University Fullerton (CSUF) in Fullerton, CA, on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Students are reflected in a campus message board on the campus of California State University Fullerton (CSUF) in Fullerton, CA, on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsStudents and visitors on the campus of California State Universi
  
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• 4th person tests positive for coronavirus in Long Beach

  11-03-2020 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A fourth person in Long Beach has tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials announced Wednesday, March 11.
  The person, according to a city statement, is an adult male who has traveled to an international area of community transmission.
  Officials did not release more information on where the person traveled or where he is currently being treated.
  Related linksLA, Long Beach ports’ cargo volumes from Asia dive in wake of coronavirus outbreak
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• Coronavirus’ economic fallout: Don’t blame the messenger

  11-03-2020 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  This being my sixth decade as a journalist makes me perhaps a tad jaded when economic turmoil morphs into finger-pointing at the folks disseminating the distressing news.
  The coronavirus is a global pandemic. I don’t know how to sugarcoat that fact.
  The economic repercussions of this outbreak will hit many pocketbooks, and that makes me sad, for my own wallet and the finances of my audience.
  But professionally, the facts are the facts – even if they hurt.
  There’s a less-than-su
  
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• Beyond Wonderland vows to go on: 10 acts to see at the dance music festival

  11-03-2020 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The show will go on for Beyond Wonderland.
  Where the ongoing novel coronavirus fears have led to the cancellation of South by Southwest and postponement of the Coachella Music and Arts and Stagecoach festivals, Insomniac’s Beyond Wonderland team indicated on social media that the dance music festival, scheduled for March 20 and 21 at NOS Events Center, will move forward as scheduled.
  As well, a spokesperson for the NOS Event Center confirmed that Beyond Wonderland would proceed.
  The Beyond
  
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• Feds arrest 27 in L.A. County, 500 nationwide tied to powerful cartel

  11-03-2020 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Federal agents in Los Angeles arrested more than two dozen members of one of Mexico’s largest drug-trafficking cartels this week – part of a nationwide crackdown on the gang responsible for smuggling vast quantities of methamphetamines, heroin and fentanyl into the country, authorities said on Wednesday.
  Drug Enforcement Administration officials said the U.S.-based members of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, or  CJNG, also sent back machine guns they purchased in America
  
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• How Southern California casinos are responding to coronavirus

  11-03-2020 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  In the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley, Southern California’s casinos are social hubs; they’re the places that people go to see shows, eat meals,  gamble and have fun. And right up there with festival venues and sports stadiums, they’re the kinds of places that can host thousands of people. For some casino patrons, the idea of spending time there in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak is concerning.
  Officials from several Southern California’s casinos
  
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• NCAA tournament games limited to essential personnel only, no spectators

  11-03-2020 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s official. March Madness will be spectator-less.
  On Wednesday afternoon, the NCAA governing body put out a statement sharing its decision to conduct the upcoming NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments without fans due to the rising concerns of the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.NCAA President Mark Emmert statement on limiting attendance at NCAA events: https://t.co/TIHHJjdse5 pic.twitter.com/8I1HdceDfN
  — NCAA (@NCAA) March 11, 2020Game attendance wil
  
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• Lucky seniors: St. Patrick’s Day arrives early in Garden Grove

  11-03-2020 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Belinda Baez and Blanca Valdes, from left, dance to the band The Serenaders at the H. Louis Lake Senior Center St. Patrick’s celebration in Garden Grove, CA on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The center will have a green-pancake breakfast on March 17th, the actual St. Patrick’s Day. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Mike Saul on keyboards and the rest of The Serenaders play at the H. Louis Lake Senior Center St. Patrick’s celebration in Garden Grove, CA on Wedne
  
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• Park Life: Disneyland rolls out annual passholder perks and world’s first Mickey Mouse ride debuts

  11-03-2020 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  What do Disneyland annual passholders get with AP Magic? Why did it take Disney so long to make a Mickey Mouse ride? What should you order at Knott’s Boysenberry Fest? Get all the latest theme park news in this week’s Park Life newsletter.
  AP Magic
  Disneyland unveils the new AP Magic perks program that lets annual passholders pick up free swag, participate in special events and buy exclusive merchandise.
  Guests board Runnamuck Railroad and journey into Runnamuck Park as part of Micke
  
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• Fans banned from Warriors games at Chase Center to curb coronavirus spread

  11-03-2020 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  San Francisco will officially ban events over 1,000 people, including Warriors games, as decided by Mayor London Breed and city health officials, to help against the spread of coronavirus. Effective Wednesday, the ban will last at least two weeks.
  “Public health must be first priority,” city supervisor Matt Haney said in a tweet.
  This will immediately affect the Warriors, who have a game scheduled against the Brooklyn Nets at Mission Bay’s Chase Center on Thursday. In accordanc
  
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• Coronavirus 101: Orange County edition

  11-03-2020 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Yes, coronavirus is an epidemic (or pandemic, depending on the source) of international dimensions.
  But it’s also a local disease. While data and stories about the virus in current hot zones like China, Iran and Italy are important, that information might be less useful to you than what is or isn’t happening at your kid’s school, or the next Angels game.
  With that in mind, here are some basics about the novel caronavirus, along with information about how it is and isn’t a
  
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• Coachella and Stagecoach postponement creates potential conflicts with other festivals and tours

  11-03-2020 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Now that festival promoter Goldenvoice has officially announced that its Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival — which typically take place over three consecutive weekends in April at the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio — will be postponed until October, Southern California is looking at an event-filled fall season.
  In the wake of the novel coronavirus concerns, Coachella has been moved to Oct. 9-11 and 16-18 while its sister fest Stagecoach
  
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• Angels bullpen candidate Jacob Barnes looks to bounce back from injury-marred season

  11-03-2020 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Jacob Barnes is again feeling and pitching like the guy who had established himself as a dependable big-league reliever.
  Barnes, a non-roster invitee to Angels camp, has not allowed a run in five innings, with his velocity back in the mid-90s.
  “Looking at the velocity, the break on his breaking ball, and just his attitude,” Manager Joe Maddon said. “He’s got a nice attitude on the mound … I’m really liking what I’m seeing a lot.&rdq
  
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• Is Angels vs. Astros season-opening series in peril after Houston rodeo is canceled?

  11-03-2020 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Questions about the Angels’ season-opening series in Houston grew louder with the cancellation of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
  The Houston Astros, who are scheduled to host the Angels on March 26 in the first game of a season-opening four-game series, released a statement saying there have been no changes to their schedule so far.
  “We are in regular communication with the city, county, local health authorities and MLB,” the statement said. “W
  
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• LA County reports first death related to coronavirus, 6 new cases

  11-03-2020 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County has had its first death related to the new coronavirus, county health officials announced Wednesday, March 11.
  Officials also announced six new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s total to 27, including three in Long Beach.
  One of the new cases, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer confirmed on Wednesday, is likely the county’s second case of community spread, meaning investigators do not know how the person contracted the virus.
  The person who died, Ferrer said
  
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• USA Swimming settles with Ariana Kukors Smith in sex abuse lawsuit

  11-03-2020 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  USA Swimming has reached an out of court with settlement for World champion Ariana Kukors Smith in her lawsuit against the national governing body for their alleged role in her sexual abuse by her longtime coach Sean Hutchison.
  The settlement comes 18 months after the U.S. Center for SafeSport banned Hutchison, a former U.S. Olympic and national team coach, from the sport for life, finding he engaged in sexual misconduct Kukors Smith when she was a minor.
  The SafeSport investigation found that H
  
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• Ducks concerned about virus spread, but also about playing in empty arenas

  11-03-2020 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — If the games do go on without fans in attendance because of fears over the spread the COVID-19 virus, Ducks center David Backes said it would be “weird, very weird.” Carter Rowney, Backes’ linemate, said “it’ll be a completely different atmosphere and new for everyone.”
  As of Wednesday, the San Jose Sharks are the only one of the NHL’s 31 teams to agree to play without fans in the stands, adhering to a Santa Clara County decision to ban a
  
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• Celebrate St. Joseph’s Day at Mission San Juan with mariachis, ringing of the bells

  11-03-2020 20:35 via ocregister.com
  
  As the swallows return to nest at Mission San Juan Capistrano, their annual reappearance will be celebrated on Thursday, March 19. Saint Joseph’s Day at the Mission will feature live mariachi music, community presentations, guest speakers, Mission Basilica School performances, Native American storytelling and the ringing of the historic bells.
  Admission is included with entry into the Mission.
  IF YOU GO
  When: March 19
  Where: Mission San Juan Capistrano, 26801 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capis
  
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• Chapman University will move to online classes in response to coronavirus concerns

  11-03-2020 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Chapman University will teach its classes online starting Thursday, March 12, “out of an abundance of caution,” school officials said in a statement Wednesday.
  “The health of our Chapman community is of utmost importance and we believe this is the best way to prevent the spread of disease within our population and community,” officials said in the statement.
  The announcement comes after 3,000 members of the campus community signed a petition calling for the university to
  
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• Trump’s immigration policy puts the brakes on American innovation

  11-03-2020 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. government recently enacted what some experts have called “the most economically consequential policy of the Trump era.” That’s probably fair. After all, it’s set to burden the immigration system, undermine technological innovation and erect barriers for millions of people who want to work, study and raise their families in America.
  The policy in question is President Trump’s radical reinterpretation of the public charge rule, which allows the U.S. governme
  
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• Why is it taking so long for California’s votes to be counted?

  11-03-2020 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Millions of California voters had the same question after the March 3 primary: “What is taking so long?”
  Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who has the responsibility for overseeing elections, said it could be weeks before the outcome of some races is known. He called that “a good thing.”
  Padilla has been at the forefront of an effort to enact new laws that almost forcibly register people to vote and effectively drag them to the ballot box, or drag the ballot box to them. T
  
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• NOS Event Center says Insomniac Events’ Beyond Wonderland is still on

  11-03-2020 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  With multiple major festivals and concerts being canceled or postponed due to novel coronavirus concerns, some music fans have become uneasy about attending events in the coming weeks and months.
  On Monday, March 9, Insomniac Events’ popular EDM event Beyond Wonderland, which is scheduled for March 20-21 at NOS Event Center in San Bernardino, announced via Twitter that “SoCal is proceeding as planned. We are actively working with local health officials and monitoring all new developm
  
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• California destroys work in the name of workers

  11-03-2020 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Freelance jobs are “feudalism,” says California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez.
  She persuaded California’s legislature to pass a new law reclassifying freelance workers as employees. That means many people who hire them must now give them benefits like overtime, unemployment insurance, etc. Politicians said it would help freelancers a lot.
  Of course, much of the media agreed. Vox called it “a victory for workers everywhere”!
  Sigh. Young reporters just don’t und
  
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• Q&A with U.S. Women’s soccer’s Kelley O’Hara

  11-03-2020 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Kelley O’Hara plays for both Utah Royals FC and the US Women’s National Team. A two-time World Cup winner, O’Hara is a graduate of Stanford University, where she won the 2009 Hermann Trophy as the best player in the country. Just Women’s Sports caught up with O’Hara to talk about Olympics prep, coming back from injury, and her ill-fated attempt to see if she could walk away from soccer. To receive the Just Women’s Sports newsletter, sign up here.The Tokyo Oly
  
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• Whicker: NFL players’ union tries to keep from dividing

  11-03-2020 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By definition, the NFL Players Association cannot be a perfect union.
  Football teams are made up of restricted groups. A 178-pound cornerback shares little with a 330-pound offensive tackle. It’s not like they all face the same pitcher or shoot at the same goalie.
  “I’ve been lucky enough to represent some great running backs,” agent Peter Schaffer said. “I see them on Monday morning and they look like hell warmed over. And then I see backup quarterbacks and they cou
  
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• Three notable politicians added to CSUF’s Orange County oral history project

  11-03-2020 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Joe Dunn, former California state senator; Curt Pringle, former speaker of the California state Assembly; and the late Harriett Wieder, former Orange County supervisor, are the latest political biographies to be included in Cal State Fullerton’s Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History.
  On March 5, Dunn, Pringle and Wieder, represented by her daughter, Gayle Tauber, were recognized at the center’s 6th annual “Celebrating Orange County’s Political Legacy”
  
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• Best thing I ate: The Canadians are here, and they brought pho

  11-03-2020 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a mostly Canadian thing. And now it’s an Orange County thing because a new pho shop has just arrived in Garden Grove by way of Alberta. 
  Pho Hoan Pasteur operates nine Vietnamese restaurants in Calgary and Edmonton, where the tagline beneath their signage reads, “Fusion Noodle House.” 
  Pho Hoan Pasteur in Garden Grove. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Pho satay with peanut-chili broth is the house specialty at Pho Hoan Pasteur, a Viet
  
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• Home refinance applications surge on record low rates

  11-03-2020 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jordan Yadoo, Bloomberg
  A measure of U.S. home-refinancing applications soared to the highest level since April 2009, a sign that some American homeowners may see a silver lining in the coronavirus outbreak that’s battering the economy and markets.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association’s refinance index surged 78.6% in the week ended March 6 to 6,418.9, according to a report Wednesday that also showed the contract rate on a 30-year fixed loan fell to match a record low 3.47%.
  Cheaper b
  
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• Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund reveals real-life horrors with ‘True Terror’ series

  11-03-2020 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Robert Englund is no stranger to scary storytelling.
  Though the 72-year-old longtime Laguna Beach resident is best known for portraying the knifed finger glove-wearing antagonist Freddy Krueger in Wes Craven’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” films, Englund said he’s more recently taken a deep dive into the world of non-fiction horror. Being tapped to host and narrate the Travel Channel’s new series, “True Terror with Robert Englund,” has given him the opport
  
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• PepsiCo buying energy drink maker Rockstar for $3.85B

  11-03-2020 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  PepsiCo is buying the energy drink maker Rockstar Energy Beverages for $3.85 billion.
  PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have moved aggressively in their pursuit of consumers that have a much wider variety of drinks to choose from than several ago. Both must compete with smaller seltzer, soda, sparkling juice and energy drink makers that each market to a subset of consumers.
  Coca-Cola has branched out from its Classic Coke to keep customers who have given up, or cut back drastically, on sugary drinks. The co
  
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• Providing free income tax help has payoff for Cal State Fullerton students

  11-03-2020 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  During tax season, the foot traffic to a basement classroom at Cal State Fullerton really picks up.
  That’s where student volunteers from the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics are busy on Fridays and Saturdays providing free tax preparation for low-income families and individuals who qualify.
  On a recent Friday morning, it was pretty quiet. About 14 student volunteers were helping seven men and women with their taxes. In late March and April, as the tax deadline approaches, the stud
  
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• Surf artist Robb Havassy releases latest book, ‘Marin’s Wave,’ to inspire young girls

  11-03-2020 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Robb Havassy and his daughter, Marin, just after their move from Costa Mesa to Costa Rica. The surf artist recently wrote a book based on her journey to inspire young girls to love and respect nature. Courtesy of Havassy.
  Newport Beach native Robb Havassy, a surf artist who created Surf Story and Surf Story II, is back in Southern California with his new book Marin’s Wave, a semi-fictional story based on his daughter’s life in Costa Rica surrounded by nature. (Photo courtesy of Havas
  
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• WHO declares that coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic

  11-03-2020 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD, COLLEEN BARRY and JOHN LEICESTER
  ROME  — Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic.
  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heads the U.N. agency, said the WHO is “deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity” of the outbreak. He also expressed concern about “the alarming levels of inaction.”
  “We have, therefore,
  
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• U.S. service member killed in Middle East training exercise

  11-03-2020 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A U.S. military member was killed Tuesday, March 10, while participating in a training exercise in the United Arab Emirates, the Marine Corps has announced.
  Officials from the Marine Corps Forces Central Command have not yet identified the service member, but said in a statement that the incident is under investigation.
  In February, a group of Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force deployed to the UAE to train in Exercise Native Fury. At the time, officials at Camp Pendleton said the ex
  
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• Bernie Sanders to address Democratic campaign and his place in it

  11-03-2020 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES and WILSON RING
  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bernie Sanders has a choice.
  The face of the Democrats’ far-left flank is suddenly staring up at a towering wall of opposition from his own party, an urgent call to unify against President Donald Trump and a growing delegate disadvantage.
  And as unlikely as it may seem less than two weeks after losing his front-runner status, Sanders is now being forced to consider whether he will continue his increasingly uphill fight for the Democr
  
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• Bernie Sanders says he’s moving ahead with his Democratic presidential campaign

  11-03-2020 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES and WILSON RING
  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bernie Sanders says he’s moving ahead with his Democratic presidential campaign.
  He told reporters in Burlington on Wednesday that he’s not quitting despite key primary losses to Joe Biden the night before. The Vermont senator’s path to the presidential nomination considerably narrowed after decisive losses to Biden in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi.
  Sanders acknowledged “we are losing the debate over electabili
  
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• Titan Voice: Honored educator changes lives by teaching children how to read  

  11-03-2020 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By CSUF News Service
  For alumna Zoila Gallegos, teaching children who are struggling with reading and writing is her ministry. The educator spent 26 years as a teacher, mostly working with incarcerated and at-risk juveniles.
  A career as a reading and literacy teacher was an easy choice. Gallegos was born in Guerrero, Mexico, and came to the United States at age 2, with her mother. As a young student growing up in downtown Los Angeles amid poverty, violence and crime, she grappled with learning h
  
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• Cal State Long Beach suspends in-person classes due to coronavirus fears

  11-03-2020 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Long Beach will suspend in-person classes because of fears about the new coronavirus, the university announced Wednesday, March 11.
  Face-to-face classes are canceled from Thursday, March 12, to Tuesday, March 17, to allow instructors to prepare for a switch to online-only classes, which will begin Wednesday, March 18. The campus will remain open.
  Some courses in which online instruction isn’t appropriate — like laboratory or performing arts classes — will continue, bu
  
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• Cal State Long Beach suspends in-person classes due to coronavirus

  11-03-2020 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Long Beach will suspend in-person classes due to fears about the new coronavirus, the university announced Wednesday, March 11.
  Face-to-face classes are canceled from Thursday, March 12 through Tuesday, March 17, to allow instructors to prepare for a switch to online-only classes, which will begin Wednesday, March 18. The campus will remain open.
  Some courses, in which online instruction isn’t appropriate like laboratory or performing arts classes, will continue, but “accom
  
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• Why Stereoscope Coffee Co. in Newport Beach is worth checking out

  11-03-2020 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking for a cool new coffee place?
  Stereoscope Coffee Co. has just arrived in Newport Beach within walking distance of the Back Bay Loop Trail. That makes two O.C. locations, the other is in Buena Park, and LA will soon have two as well; the Arts District shop is open and another is coming to Echo Park in spring or summer.Baristas will be making espressos, pour-overs, cortados, Kyoto cold brew and other coffee drinks (most are $3.75-$6.50) as well as fancy teas ($4.25-$6.75) including matcha,
  
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• Disney reveals opening date for Marvel’s Avengers Campus

  11-03-2020 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The buckling brick wall near the entrance to the new Marvel super hero land coming to Disney California Adventure looks like it’s had a Hulk-sized encounter that left the 1940s-era industrial building shaken but still standing.
  But have no fear. The Hulk-dented building is in no danger of collapsing. The damaged facade of the still under-construction gift shop is all part of the architectural design of the new Avengers Campus debuting July 18 at the Anaheim theme park.
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• Avengers Campus: Take a tour inside Disney’s new Marvel land

  11-03-2020 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The buckling brick wall near the entrance to the new Marvel super hero land coming to Disney California Adventure looks like it’s had a Hulk-sized encounter that left the 1940s-era industrial building shaken but still standing.
  But have no fear. The Hulk-dented building is in no danger of collapsing. The damaged facade of the still under-construction gift shop is all part of the architectural design of the new Avengers Campus debuting July 18 at the Anaheim theme park.
  Walt Disney Imaginee
  
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• 4 Marvel superhero shows coming to Disney’s Avengers Campus

  11-03-2020 16:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney’s new Avengers Campus promises to wow visitors with Spider-Man swinging across the sky, Black Widow battling villains in a rooftop stunt show, Black Panther training new recruits and Doctor Strange conjuring up magic spells.
  Avengers Campus will host four superhero shows when the new Marvel themed land opens July 18 at Disney California Adventure. Walt Disney Imagineering and Marvel Studios officials offered new details about the epic and heroic encounters and experiences during a r
  
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• Remote-control spider-bot battle royale coming to Disney’s Avengers Campus

  11-03-2020 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Remote-controlled spider-bots will face off in the new Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure in a battle arena where fleet-fingered competitors will navigate their custom-built arachnoid robots in a fight to the death.
  The spider-bots will be sold in the Web Suppliers shop located across from the Web Slingers attraction in the new Marvel land opening July 18 at the Anaheim theme park.
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• 5 Marvel cocktails coming to Disney’s Avengers Campus

  11-03-2020 16:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Marvel-themed outdoor bar coming to Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure will serve beer cocktails and “shrunken” bite-sized snacks created by comic book technology developed for Ant-Man and the Wasp.
  The new Pym Tasting Lab coming July 18 to the Anaheim theme park will dispense drinks from a mammoth beer can in the center of a hexagonal bar overlooking the central plaza of Avengers Campus.
  Disney offered tastes of some of the new food and beverages coming to Avenge
  
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• Avengers Campus: Everything you can eat in Disney’s new Marvel land

  11-03-2020 16:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The menu in the new Marvel land coming to Disney California Adventure will feature a green soda linked to the Incredible Hulk, shawarma wraps inspired by an Avengers movie and food shrunken to the size of Ant-Man and the Wasp.
  The new Avengers Campus coming July 18 to the Anaheim theme park will feature an Ant-Man and the Wasp restaurant along with a pair of Marvel-themed food carts.
  Disney offered tastes of some of the new food and beverages coming to Avengers Campus and a construction tour of
  
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• Disney’s Spider-Man ride uses gesture-tracking tech to let riders sling virtual webs

  11-03-2020 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Spider-Man dark ride coming to Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure will use gesture-recognition technology that will track the body and eye movements of riders as they sling virtual webs from their wrists.
  Spider-Man actor Tom Holland will reprise his role in the new attraction debuting July 18 at DCA.
  Walt Disney Imagineering recently offered a media tour of the new Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure attraction now under construction in the new Marvel themed land at the Ana
  
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• Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for rape, sexual assaults

  11-03-2020 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ
  NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see.
  Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman at his apartment in 2006. He faced a maximum of 29 years in p
  
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