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• Laguna Niguel’s ‘2019 Philharmonic House of Design’ lists at $7 million

  17-03-2020 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking down onto the foyer. (Photo by Bob Ortiz)
  The living room. (Photo by Bob Ortiz)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA view of the eat-in kitchen and breakfast nook. (Photo by Bob Ortiz)
  The breakfast nook. (Photo by Bob Ortiz)
  The family room. (Photo by Bob Ortiz)
  An aerial view of the house and pool. (Photo by Bob Ortiz)
  Front gates. (Photo by Bob Ortiz)
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  Perched high atop a bluff in Laguna Niguel, this oceanview Hamptons-style estate served as the 2019 Philharmon
  
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• Is divorce mediation advisable? Ask the lawyer

  17-03-2020 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: My spouse and I are going our separate ways. Our relationship is strained, but we have been told by friends we should try divorce mediation. Given our current negativity toward each other, does mediation make any sense?
  -C.S., Los Angeles
  Ron Sokol
  A: Many lawsuits arise because of hostility. Divorce is certainly prone to emotions, including bitterness. Divorce mediation is a process that focuses on trying to help the parties reach agreement on division of assets, child custody and support is
  
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• Cal State Fullerton students shift gears as classes go online over coronavirus fears

  17-03-2020 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Michael Moreno and Billy Bourbois spent part of Friday afternoon taking a chemistry exam in what was likely their last class on the Cal State Fullerton campus this semester.
  Walking away from McCarthy Hall after it was over, Moreno, a first-year biochemistry major, and Bourbois a second-year student majoring in geology, took a few minutes to reflect on the effects the new coronavirus pandemic is having on their educational experience.
  “At first it was kind of weird,” said Moreno, 18,
  
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• Angels contribute $1 million for employees who miss work because of coronavirus shutdown

  17-03-2020 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels, like the other 29 teams in the majors, will contribute $1 million to support their gameday employees who are missing paychecks during the sport’s shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  On Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced that the 30 clubs would contribute $30 million to support the ushers, vendors, security guards, ticket-takers and other seasonal workers who will be affected by the sport’s hiatus.
  The season will be delayed at least until mid-May
  
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• Coronavirus leads Goldenvoice to postpone concerts indefinitely, including Cruel World festival

  17-03-2020 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Entertainment presenters Goldenvoice announced Tuesday that all of its upcoming shows are postponed indefinitely due to concerns about the novel coronavirus, a sweeping statement that appears to include Cruel World and Lovers & Friends, two daylong music festivals scheduled for early May.
  “Due to COVID-19 all Goldenvoice events have been postponed indefinitely,” read a statement on the company’s website early Tuesday afternoon. “At this time there is no information on
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: Taxpayers get 90-day delay to make payments

  17-03-2020 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
  The Trump administration says individuals and businesses will be allowed to delay paying their 2019 tax bills for 90 days past the usual April 15 deadline. The extension announced Tuesday is an effort to inject up to $300 billion into the economy at a time when the coronavirus appears on the verge of causing a recession.
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said individuals will be able to delay paying up to $1 million in payments. Corporations will be abl
  
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• Map shows daily count of coronavirus cases in Southern California by county

  17-03-2020 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Public health departments in Southern California are updating their totals at least daily of how many people have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
  Health officials are cautioning that because of limited testing so far, the public should assume that many people may be infected and should follow guidelines on things like social distancing and handwashing.
  “Just because you don’t see a case in your community doesn’t mean you aren’t goi
  
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• Map shows daily count of coronavirus cases in Southern California

  17-03-2020 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Public health departments in Southern California are updating their totals at least daily of how many people have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
  Health officials are cautioning that because of limited testing so far, the public should assume that many people may be infected and should follow guidelines on things like social distancing and handwashing.
  “Just because you don’t see a case in your community doesn’t mean you aren’t goi
  
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• Fire crews in Southern California begin taking extra steps in the field to limit coronavirus spread

  17-03-2020 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Fire crews across Southern California have begun taking special safety precautions in the field during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, meaning some could arrive to emergency calls dressed in masks, gowns, gloves and goggles.
  Some officials, like those with the Redlands Fire Department, asked residents not to be alarmed if they see firefighters arriving in gear that makes them appear to be working a hazmat situation.
  “Please know we are doing everything we can to protect you and your love
  
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• Coronavirus leads some Southern California police stations to close doors to public

  17-03-2020 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Police departments throughout Southern California are making changes to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, including closing their station doors and encouraging online requests for service.
  While many say they will keep responding in person to crimes in progress, agencies are encouraging those who can report less urgent matters or service requests to do so by phone or online.
  “So we’re still providing the service. We’re just adapting new ways to do them … an
  
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• CIF-SS delays Council meeting scheduled for March 31

  17-03-2020 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-Southern Section on Tuesday, March 17 announced that its Council meeting on March 31 has been postponed to a date to be determined.
  The Council is the CIF-SS legislative body. It is made up of representatives of CIF-SS leagues and others.
  Among the items up for vote at the Council session will be a proposed new method of how football teams are placed into football playoff divisions.
  The proposed system will use a team’s performance during the regular season to determine which divis
  
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• CIF-SS delays Council meeting

  17-03-2020 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-Southern Section today announced that its Council meeting scheduled for March 31 has been postponed to a date to be determined.
  The Council is the CIF-SS legislative body. It is made up of representatives of CIF-SS leagues and others.
  Among the items up for vote at the Council session will be a proposed new method of how football teams are placed into football playoff divisions. Teams’ performance during the 2020 season, for example, would decide into which playoff divisions they w
  
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• A lesson in economics for Gavin Newsom and Andrew Cuomo

  17-03-2020 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom complained recently that he’s seen small hand sanitizers going as much as $17. “That’s unconscionable, that’s usurious,” he complained.  Issuing a price-gouging alert for all the merchants taking advantage of COVID-19 panic buying, Attorney General Xavier Becerra reminded Californians that violating laws against such pricing tactics can lead to one year in jail and a fine up to $10,000.
  On our other coast, Gov. Andrew Cuomo demanded that the S
  
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• Four players from the Nets, the Lakers’ last opponent, test positive for coronavirus

  17-03-2020 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday — a worrisome development for the NBA and the Lakers, their last opponent.
  The Nets issued a statement saying that only one player has shown symptoms of the COVID-19 virus, while the three others with positive tests have not. The team has asked all members of the travelling party to remain in isolation while checking with team medical staff daily, and they’ve also reached out to recent opponen
  
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• 4 players from Nets, the Lakers’ last opponent, test positive for coronavirus

  17-03-2020 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday — a worrisome development for the NBA and the Lakers, their last opponent.
  The Nets issued a statement saying that only one player has shown symptoms of the COVID-19 virus, while the three others with positive tests have not. The team has asked all members of the travelling party to remain in isolation while checking with team medical staff daily, and they’ve also reached out to recent opponen
  
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• 4 Nets players, the Lakers’ last opponent, test positive for coronavirus

  17-03-2020 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday — a worrisome development for the NBA and the Lakers, their last opponent.
  The Nets issued a statement saying that only one player has shown symptoms of the COVID-19 virus, while the three others with positive tests have not. The team has asked all members of the travelling party to remain in isolation while checking with team medical staff daily, and they’ve also reached out to recent opponen
  
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• California has tested 3,487 people for COVID-19 as of Monday, March 16

  17-03-2020 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Updating figures on the spread of coronavirus in California, the Department of Public Health announced Tuesday, March 17, that the state has experienced 11 deaths and 472 positive cases of COVID-19 as of Monday.
  Public health officials said 24 of these cases are from repatriation flights and the other 448 confirmed cases include 82 that are travel-related, 75 from person-to-person transmission, 98 that are community-acquired and 193 cases that are under investigation. Of these, seven cases invol
  
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• Coronavirus and the importance of fiscal discipline for state, local governments

  17-03-2020 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  It didn’t take long for a seemingly strong, robust economy to come to a screeching halt.
  With the stock market free fall of last week, the economic expansion of nearly 11 years came to an end. While we will eventually get out of these circumstances, policymakers at all levels of government should learn a thing or two about the importance of spending within their means and preparing for down times.
  While President Trump on Monday said the nation “may be” slipping into a recessio
  
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• Northgate markets open early for seniors and those with disability amid coronavirus buying

  17-03-2020 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  piRebecca Garcia, 69, got in line at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, so she could shop for rice and pasta at Northgate González Market in La Habra when it opened at 7 a.m. just for those most vulnerable to the spread of the coronavirus.
  Starting Tuesday, Northgate locations across Southern California are opening an hour early for those with disabilities or who are 65 and older to shop for essentials “without fear or trepidation,” the chain’s co-president, Miguel Gonz&aac
  
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• OT Bryan Bulaga reportedly agrees to join Chargers

  17-03-2020 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers have filled their needs at offensive tackle.
  Bryan Bulaga agreed to terms to join the Chargers, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
  Bryan Bulaga re-joins new Chargers offensive line coach James Campen. They were together in Green Bay. Bulaga was viewed as the top free agent tackle on the market.
  Check back soon for more updates.
  Related Articles Reports: Philip Rivers agrees to 1-year, $25M deal with Indianapolis Colts Tom Brady says he’s leaving the New England Patriots;
  
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• Reports: Philip Rivers agrees to 1-year, $25M deal with Indianapolis Colts

  17-03-2020 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Philip Rivers has found a new home in the midwest.
  The former Chargers quarterback agreed to terms on a one-year deal to join the Indianapolis Colts, according to multiple reports. The deal is worth $25 million, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
  Rivers is familiar with the Colts’ coaching staff, with head coach Frank Reich being a former Chargers offensive coordinator. Nick Sirianni, the Colts’ offensive coordinator, is a former quarterbacks and wide receivers coach for
  
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• State student assessment tests and SATs in danger because of coronavirus

  17-03-2020 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California educators are considering seeking a waiver from the federal government to postpone this year’s statewide student assessment tests.
  “At this time, it’s being discussed,” California Department of Education spokesman Scott Roark said Tuesday.
  The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress test, scheduled to be given in May, assesses students’ progress and whether they are on track to be college-ready. Students take the test in third through ei
  
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• Marines cite ‘loss of trust’ in firing of medical commander at Camp Pendleton

  17-03-2020 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Navy Capt. Michael Enriquez, who headed up a medical battalion at Camp Pendleton, has been fired, the U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command has announced.
  The Field Medical Training Battalion – at the base’s Camp Del Mar – trains corpsmen who will serve with Marines to become combat-ready Field Medical Service Technicians. Typically, medical staff is part of the Navy, but this command is run by the Marine Corps.
  On Monday, March 9, Brig. Gen.Jason Morris relieved Enr
  
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• Ex-Angels player Doug Reinhardt linked to $9.5 million purchase of Laguna Niguel home

  17-03-2020 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Doug Reinhardt, the onetime Angels player turn reality star, is tied to the purchase of a French chateau-style estate in Laguna Niguel’s guard-gated Bear Brand Ranch.
  The house sold for $9.5 million.
  Property records show Reinhardt and mother Kelly Roberts, co-owner of the Mission Inn Hotel and Spa in Riverside, share ownership of the house.
  Constructed in 2009, the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom estate with floor-to-ceiling glass doors sits on close to 2 acres. It has unobstructed ocean vie
  
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• Football standout Shoes Brinkley from Philadelphia enrolls at Mater Dei

  17-03-2020 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  An all-state football player from Philadelphia, Pa. with 14 scholarship offers has enrolled at Mater Dei, the school confirmed Tuesday.
  Junior athlete Shoes Brinkley (5-10, 187), who played at Northeast High the past three seasons, announced Friday that he will be attending the Trinity League powerhouse.
  Geri Campeau, Mater Dei’s assistant principal for academics and athletics, confirmed that Brinkley has enrolled at the school.Friends, Family, Coaches, and Fans…
  It is with great ex
  
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• Football standout from Philadelphia announces transfer to Mater Dei

  17-03-2020 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A football standout from Philadelphia, Pa. with 14 scholarship offers has announced his transfer to Mater Dei.
  Junior athlete Shoes Brinkley (5-10, 187), who played at Northeast High the past three seasons, announced Friday that he will be attending the Trinity League powerhouse.Friends, Family, Coaches, and Fans…
  It is with great excitement that I announce that I’ll be attending and playing for the number one program in the nation, Mater Dei High School, for the remainder of my hig
  
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• How coronavirus compares to the biggest pandemics since 1900

  17-03-2020 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11. The outbreak began in China in late 2019 and has rapidly spread to more than 150 nations.
  Pandemic in perspective
  Estimated totals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the largest pandemics since 1900.
  It’s unlikely that the Spanish flu originated in Spain, and scientists are still unsure of the source of the new coronavirus. Several studies say the origin of the outbreak is Hubei
  
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• The Rolling Stones postpone U.S. tour set to start in San Diego in May

  17-03-2020 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s an old joke that only cockroaches and Keith Richards will survive a nuclear war, but the 76-year-old rock and roller and his Rolling Stones’ band mates aren’t taking any chances with the global coronavirus pandemic.
  The Rolling Stones announced Tuesday they are postponing all of the band’s upcoming No Filter tour dates in North America, which had been set to kick off May 8 in San Diego.
  The Stones, who played the Rose Bowl in Pasadena in August, planned to return
  
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• Orange County expected to ban all gatherings, close bars and limit restaurants to take-out

  17-03-2020 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Health Officer Nichole Quick is expected on Tuesday, March 17, to order a ban on all gatherings, public or private, which would effectively close the county’s bars and breweries and end dining in at restaurants to curb transmission of the coronavirus.
  Quick told Orange County supervisors during their Tuesday morning meeting that she’ll be issuing an order that follows the recent guidelines from the White House recommending residents avoid gatherings of 10 or more people
  
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• Bubble Watch: Coronavirus slashes commercial property values 24%

  17-03-2020 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Commercial property values are off an estimated 24% since Feb. 21. It’s another example of fallout from coronavirus fears and preventative measures that have upended the economy and raised huge questions about a key cog in the property investment game: tenants’ ability to pay the rent.
  Source: Green Street Advisors
  The Trend
  Commercial real estate looked like a grea
  
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• Coronavirus cancellation stung a little more for No. 1 USC women’s water polo

  17-03-2020 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The USC women’s water polo team’s season came to an abrupt end on Thursday, just as it did for every other team in the country as the NCAA canceled the rest of its 2020 championship events in the face of the growing COVID-19 crisis.
  It was, to every team, a minor tragedy, as much as you can call anything non-life threatening a tragedy in the shadow of a pandemic. But the blow to USC was unique to only a handful of teams in any sport.
  The Trojans were ranked No. 1 in the country as th
  
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• Diocese of Orange cancels Masses due to coronavirus concerns, but doors remain open

  17-03-2020 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Bishop Kevin W. Vann of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange delivers the homily during the Christ Cathedral Solemn Mass of Dedication on Wednesday July 17, 2019, in Garden Grove. Over 2000 people attended the dedication. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Diocese of Orange on Tuesday, March 17, announced that Masses will be canceled due to the coronavirus, but doors will stay open for individuals who wish to pray and seek spiritual assistance.
  The cancellation of Masses
  
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• Coronavirus: Infected people without symptoms are driving epidemic’s fast spread

  17-03-2020 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  People with mild or no symptoms of COVID-19 are the main drivers behind the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, according to an important new analysis of China’s outbreak released on Monday.
  These so-called “stealth” transmissions underscore the importance of “social distancing” measures that are now being enacted in communities across the U.S. and Europe, the researchers said. Unrecognized infections can expose a far greater portion of the population to virus than
  
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• Peter Björn and John release ‘Endless Dream’ as U.S. tour is postponed by coronavirus concerns

  17-03-2020 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  In an alternate timeline, the Swedish indie pop trio Peter Björn and John would be landing in Los Angeles about now, ready to kick off a U.S. tour for the group’s new album “Endless Dream” and playing a pair of shows in Southern California.
  That was the plan, at least, when Peter Morén called from Stockholm two weeks ago, the threat of the novel coronavirus still something out there that seemed manageable, perhaps.
  “We actually just had rehearsal and we talked
  
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• Reviewing our 5 Angels questions before the coronavirus shutdown

  17-03-2020 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Back when spring training began – what seems like a million years ago now – the Angels opened camp with the normal assortment of questions that we all planned to watch closely during the six weeks in Arizona.
  That six weeks ended up being about four weeks, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but still provided some pretty decent answers.
  So, let’s take a look back at those five questions, and the answers we could glean before the coronavirus shutdown.
  How will Shohei Ohtani be man
  
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• Curt Seeden: Fountain Valley Community Services programs canceled as coronavirus precaution

  17-03-2020 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain Valley Community Services Department officials have announced several steps they will take to ensure public access to essential services while adhering to recommendations to limit potential exposure and community spread of COVID-19.
  The state recommendations include postponing or canceling large gatherings of 250 people or more, postponing or canceling smaller gatherings in venues that do not allow social distancing, and limiting gatherings of high-risk individuals to no more than 10 pe
  
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• Coronavirus exposes sick leave gap for retail, restaurant workers

  17-03-2020 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s hiring boom in the low-paying restaurant and service sectors could have unintended consequences in boosting the spread of the coronavirus.
  More than 2 million service workers in the state handle food, merchandise, clean hotel rooms and care for children. They scrape by every year on three days of state-required sick time, forcing workers to choose between wages and time recovering at home.
  Statewide the number of people in the low-paying leisure and hospitality industries has
  
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• Rams LB Cory Littleton agrees to deal with Raiders

  17-03-2020 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Cory Littleton, a surprising star of the Rams’ defense, is cashing in on free agency by agreeing to sign with the Raiders, according to a report.
  The 26-year-old linebacker will play for Las Vegas on a three-year contract worth as much as $36 million, the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday.
  Littleton played last season under a one-year, $3,095,000 contract and was worth much more than that, leading the Rams in tackles for the second straight year with 134, and excelling in p
  
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• Rosary guard Caylee Santos commits to Cal State Los Angeles women’s basketball

  17-03-2020 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Guard Caylee Santos, who helped Rosary’s girls basketball team qualify for the CIF State Division 1 championship game, has committed to Cal State Los Angeles, Royals coach Rich Yoon said.
  The 5-foot-6 senior emerged as starter this season and played heavy minutes for a squad with a short bench.
  Santos averaged about 8.0 points and 4.0 rebounds for the Royals (23-12). The Trinity League co-champion won the CIF State Southern California Regional Division 1 title but didn’t play Bishop
  
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• CSUF students asked to move off campus as coronavirus precautions expand

  17-03-2020 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton is closing the campus to all but essential employees, asking resident students to move back home if they are able and expanding mandatory virtual instruction to include labs, studios and other face-to-face teaching methods through at least April 26, President Fram Virjee announced in a video released Tuesday, March 17.
  The announcement about CSUF’s latest efforts to halt the spread of the new coronavirus comes as the faculty and students begin a two-day technical trial
  
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• Coronavirus can live on plastic, steel surfaces for days

  17-03-2020 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A new study has found that COVID-19 can live on some surfaces for up to three days, including plastic and stainless steel.
  In a paper that has not yet been peer reviewed, National Institute of Health scientists analyzed the new coronavirus at the center of the global pandemic — and found it to be strikingly similar to SARS, its closest viral relative.
  Through a series of recent experiments, researchers tracked the virus’ viability on different surfaces, discovering that its half-life
  
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• IOC cautions against ‘drastic’ decisions on Olympics

  17-03-2020 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday cautioned against making “drastic” decisions regarding the 2020 Olympic Games while acknowledging the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on preparations for the Tokyo Games.
  The IOC also said it is working with international sports federations on revising qualification procedures for the Games, which have been significantly impacted by the pandemic. Qualification for nearly half of the athlete spots in the Tokyo Games have yet to be co
  
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• Here’s how Southern California’s spring garden tours are dealing with coronavirus concerns

  17-03-2020 17:31 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a rite of passage each spring in Southern California, tours and shows sponsored by gardening clubs and groups of selected private gardens boasting new blooms and bountiful displays. However, this is a spring like no other, as preventative measures related to the novel coronavirus outbreak result in unexpected and previously unimaginable restrictions on public gatherings and interactions. 
  The Theodore Payne Foundation (theodorepayne.org), first up on the calendar with its spring
  
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• Coronavirus: Bay Area locks down as seven counties face ‘unprecedented’ shelter-in-place order

  17-03-2020 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  In a dramatic and unprecedented move reflecting growing alarm over the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic, seven Bay Area counties Monday announced sweeping shelter-in-place restrictions effectively confining millions of residents to their homes for three weeks with exceptions for essential work, food or other needs.
  The new orders by health officers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties appear to be the most aggressive public response
  
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• Ex-California Congressman Duncan Hunter faces sentencing

  17-03-2020 16:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIE WATSON
  SAN DIEGO  — Family, friends and lawyers of convicted ex-Rep. Duncan Hunter say the California Republican is a devoted father and proud former Marine who should be shown some mercy for making mistakes after returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  Prosecutors paint a different picture. They have submitted 87 pages of details to U.S. District Court Judge Thomas J. Whelan ahead of Tuesday’s sentencing that shows a corrupt congressman who intentionally and r
  
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• White House seeks $850B economic stimulus for coronavirus response

  17-03-2020 16:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — The White House was asking Congress on Tuesday to approve a sweeping emergency stimulus package to help businesses and taxpayers cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the most far-reaching economic rescue package since the Great Recession of 2008.
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin planned to outline the roughly $850 billion package to Senate Republicans at a private lunch, with officials aiming to have Congress a
  
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• Trump wants quick checks sent to public in virus response

  17-03-2020 16:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic cost of the coronavirus pandemic, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday.
  “The president has instructed me we have to do this now,” he said at the White House briefing. He didn’t give details except to say the amount should be significant and millionaires would not get it. The proposal req
  
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• Disneyland’s coronavirus closure ends one man’s 2,995-day streak

  17-03-2020 16:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Jeff Reitz won’t resume his 2,995 consecutive day streak of visiting Disneyland when the Anaheim theme park reopens after an extended coronavirus closure.
  “The streak’s been ended,” Reitz said at Disneyland on the last day before the closure.
  Disneyland closed on Friday, March 13 and won’t reopen for the rest of the month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure of the park brings to an end an 8-year-plus streak of consecutive days that Reitz visited the Happiest P
  
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• How radio is responding to coronavirus, plus some news on the AM dial

  17-03-2020 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Radio is responding to the novel Coronavirus pandemic, though unlike, say, toilet paper, radio stations are on the hunt for in-demand items like microphone windscreens and remote codecs.
  They need windscreens so that each personality can have their own to prevent the spread of viruses, and codecs so that stations can have personalities broadcast from remote locations — including their own homes — via computers.
  Like other businesses, many station owners are having as many employees t
  
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• Coronavirus dampens St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world

  17-03-2020 15:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER MORRISON and JILL LAWLESS
  DUBLIN — St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world have fallen victim to the new coronavirus — but even a pandemic could not quash the desire to celebrate the color green, Guinness and all things Irish.
  Parades and parties were canceled around the globe Tuesday as governments imposed restrictions on human contact to slow the spread of the virus.
  Tim Finnerty, the Grand Marshall of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, leads c
  
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