• Sparks to give LAUSD an assist during coronavirus outbreak

    Sparks to give LAUSD an assist during coronavirus outbreak
    The L.A. Sparks said Wednesday they plan to assist the Los Angeles Unified School District with its new Grab & Go Food Centers, which are open from 7-10 a.m. at 60 locations. The effort, which began starting Wednesday, is intended to help ensure students and families who are most vulnerable to food shortages have access to meals during the COVID-19 outbreak.
    “We all have to come together at a time like this to contribute to the health and wellness of our community,” Sparks Presid
  • Coronavirus cancels UCLA women’s rowing team’s season after one competition

    Coronavirus cancels UCLA women’s rowing team’s season after one competition
    The UCLA men’s and women’s basketball teams were able to complete their nonconference and regular seasons, even reaching their respective Pac-12 tournaments. Softball and baseball had played their full nonconference schedules.
    But the UCLA women’s rowing team got to compete only once this season before the NCAA and Pac-12 canceled the winter and spring sports seasons along with the national championships due to the COVID-19 virus.
    “It’s very heartbreaking for the st
  • Out of a job? Several plans could keep you afloat amid coronavirus crisis

    Out of a job? Several plans could keep you afloat amid coronavirus crisis
    Donna Insalaco had to lay off 40 of the 45 employees at Pizzaiolo, her gourmet pizzeria in downtown Oakland, after sales fell through a “black hole.”
    “A lot of tears,” Insalaco said, “All of us here live check-to-check.”
    Responding to a statewide call for restaurants to close their doors to dine-in customers, Pizzaiolo is now only offering pick-up and delivery.
    “We hope that we can limp by enough to stay open and call our staff back,” Ins
  • Long Beach distillery Portuguese Bend is using its alcohol to help prevent coronavirus

    Long Beach distillery Portuguese Bend is using its alcohol to help prevent coronavirus
    When the owners of Long Beach’s Portuguese Bend Distillery opened their doors in June the plan was to create vodka, gin and rum, as well as bourbons, rye and other types of whiskeys at the 3,900-square-foot distillery and restaurant.
    But because of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the distillery is now making something that is currently in far higher demand than a bottle of vodka or gin — hand sanitizer.
    “We opened this distillery with the community in mind, we’re part of
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  • Orange County restaurateurs are getting into the grocery business, selling staples and meal kits

    Orange County restaurateurs are getting into the grocery business, selling staples and meal kits
    Pivot! Pivot! Pivot!
    At first, restaurants were offering takeout, delivery and curbside pickup. Now some are selling groceries.
    In light of Orange County’s prohibition of dine-in service to help prevent spread of the novel coronavirus, some restaurateurs are selling or giving away groceries. Chefs and restaurateurs began sending announcements to the news media and posting plans on Facebook and Instagram. They’re finding new ways to serve the public and/or make a buck.
    In light of ord
  • Why Fork & Salad in Orange is closing less than a year after it opened

    Why Fork & Salad in Orange is closing less than a year after it opened
    Fork & Salad in Orange recently posted a sign on its door that it was closing, effective Tuesday, March 17.
    A brief statement provided to The Register  from its owners read that “Due to the COVID-19 global crisis, Fork & Salad Orange has decided to close its doors indefinitely. We apologize to our wonderful customers for the inconvenience. Stay safe and keep healthy.”
    The property at 240 W. Chapman Ave. has been listed on loopnet.com as a “beautiful turnkey restaur
  • OC Parks shuts down vehicle traffic at regional parks due to coronavirus concern

    OC Parks shuts down vehicle traffic at regional parks due to coronavirus concern
    If you were hoping to get some air at one of your favorite parks, you might have to walk, bike, or ride a horse to get in there.
    OC Parks, which manages the county-owned park and wilderness system, shut down vehicle traffic starting Wednesday, March 18 at the following locations: Carbon Canyon, Clark, Craig, Irvine, Laguna, Mason, Mile Square, Tri-City and Yorba regional parks.
    “Walk-ins and bicycle or horse ride-ins are welcome,” OC Parks said in an announcement. “Restrooms wi
  • Whicker: Roger Mayweather, the original Mamba, was just as outspoken and lethal

    Whicker: Roger Mayweather, the original Mamba, was just as outspoken and lethal
    Back when Kobe Bryant was dunking on 3-foot rims, Roger Mayweather was watching a nature special on TV and learning about the black mamba.
    When the snake strikes, there’s no need to count to 10. Mayweather liked that, so he became the original “Black Mamba.”
    His nickname would be upstaged, and so would his own surname, because nephew Floyd Mayweather Jr. came along to go 50-0. But in the ’80s, Roger brought honesty into the ring, the kind that reverberated all the way to
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  • Coronavirus angst: Amazon drivers get 1 wipe to clean vans

    Coronavirus angst: Amazon drivers get 1 wipe to clean vans
    By Spencer Soper and Matt Day, Bloomberg
    When about two dozen Amazon.com delivery drivers reported for their shifts Tuesday morning on California’s central coast, their manager passed around a sleeve of disinfecting wipes. He said they could each take only one to clean their vans before starting their routes, according to three people present.
    The drivers, who work for a company that has a delivery contract with Amazon, thought it was a joke at first. Upon realizing it wasn’t, they g
  • FDIC warns of coronavirus scams saying banks in trouble from outbreak

    FDIC warns of coronavirus scams saying banks in trouble from outbreak
    By Ken Sweet, The Associated Press
    One of the nation’s bank regulators is urging Americans not to withdraw large sums of cash and to beware of fraudsters claiming that banks are limiting customers’ access to their money.
    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a statement Wednesday warning about an increase in scams trying to sow distrust in the U.S. financial system while the nation is dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Many banks have shortened branch ho
  • This is what Las Vegas looks like when coronavirus empties the gambling mecca

    This is what Las Vegas looks like when coronavirus empties the gambling mecca
    When is the Las Vegas Strip, and its casinos, parking lots, dining rooms and streets totally empty?
    That would be right now, after Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered a 30-day closure of nonessential businesses — and that includes pretty much everything that happens in Sin City — in an effort to keep workers and visitors from contracting the coronavirus.
    Photographer Gene Blevins went to Vegas and photographed the profound emptiness of the desert playground.
    New York New York hotel and
  • How to get food delivered safely and cheaply during this coronavirus crisis

    How to get food delivered safely and cheaply during this coronavirus crisis
    Threat of the novel coronavirus has restaurants scrambling to shift the business to home delivery and assure customers that it’s safe.
    Drivers are the biggest concerns, since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that it’s not aware of COVID-19 transmission by food packaging.
    Person-to-person is the main way COVID-19 is spread, according to the California Department of Public Health.
    App-based deliveries and online purchases can eliminate the need of money or food orders cha
  • Quick transition to online classes at CSUF prompted by coronavirus a ‘baptism by fire’

    Quick transition to online classes at CSUF prompted by coronavirus a ‘baptism by fire’
    When Gerard Beenen developed an online class for his organizational behavior course a while back, he spent 500 hours over a four- or five-month period on the project.
    So he empathizes with faculty members at Cal State Fullerton and around the country who have had only a few weeks or even days to learn the necessary tools such as Zoom or Titanium to get their multiple classes ready for the mandatory virtual instruction that started this week.
    Complicating matters, CSUF President Fram Virjee annou
  • Baseball: This week’s Diamond Club, March 18

    Baseball: This week’s Diamond Club, March 18
    A look at the top hitting and pitching performances last week in Orange County baseball.
    DIAMOND CLUB
    Bruno Banuelos, Segerstrom: A sophomore, Banuelos pitched a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts in a 7-0 win over Westminster in a Golden West League game.
    Gavin Grahovac, Villa Park: He homered twice in the Spartans’ 3-0 nonleague win over El Modena. Grahovac, a freshman, plays shortstop and catcher.
    Hunter Lehnertz, Foothill: Lehnertz was 3 for 3 with two doubles and a stolen base and drove in
  • Orange County high school baseball: College signings and commitments, updated March 18

    Orange County high school baseball: College signings and commitments, updated March 18
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOur list of the Orange County high school baseball players who have signed a letter of intent with a college (only seniors can sign) or announced their commitment to a college.
    The list was updated Wednesday, March 18
    Player, High School, Yr., Pos., College
    Caden Aoki, Huntington Beach, Jr., P/Inf, Notre Dame
    Adam Arroyo, Capistrano Valley, Sr., C, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
    Ryan Ball, Trabuco Hills, Sr., Cal S
  • Coronavirus forces Southern California independent bookstores to adapt to life during a pandemic

    Coronavirus forces Southern California independent bookstores to adapt to life during a pandemic
    Steven Salardino picked up the phone at Skylight Books on Wednesday with half an hour left before the neighborhood bookshop on Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles intended to shut its doors to in-person shoppers.
    But like many of the independent bookstores around Southern California, Skylight, which has served readers in Los Feliz, Echo Park and Silver Lake with author events, well-curated shelves, and the thoughtful expertise of its staff since 1996, won’t stop selling books.
    They just plan to
  • 48 new coronavirus cases confirmed in LA County, total now tops 190

    48 new coronavirus cases confirmed in LA County, total now tops 190
    Los Angeles County health officials confirmed 48 cases new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 190 confirmed cases so far. That’s 96 cases over the past 48 hours.
    Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that for every confirmed cases there are likely five or 10 additional people who were infected but have not been tested and might not even know it yet.
    “We’re going to see an increase in positive cases today and tomorrow and into
  • 46 new coronavirus cases confirmed in LA County, total now tops 190

    46 new coronavirus cases confirmed in LA County, total now tops 190
    Los Angeles County health officials confirmed 46 cases new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 190 confirmed cases so far. That’s 96 cases over the past 48 hours.
    Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that for every confirmed cases there are likely five or 10 additional people who were infected but have not been tested and might not even know it yet.
    “We’re going to see an increase in positive cases today and tomorrow and into
  • Target lobbies to stay open amid coronavirus shutdown

    Target lobbies to stay open amid coronavirus shutdown
    By Megan Wilson, Bloomberg
    Lobbying groups that represent companies including Target, The Clorox Co., and Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, are pushing for an exemption from local gathering bans and curfews in the U.S. so that stores can replenish products that are rapidly disappearing from store shelves.
    More than four dozen industry groups representing sectors ranging from household products, food and beverages to transportation, are pressing the Trump administration, lawmakers and state and local offi
  • Park Life: Coronavirus closes theme parks nationwide and Disney sets Marvel Campus opening date

    Park Life: Coronavirus closes theme parks nationwide and Disney sets Marvel Campus opening date
    What was the last day at Disneyland like before the coronavirus closure? When will Southern California theme parks reopen? What happens to all the unused food in the parks? We have all your COVID-19 theme park coverage in this week’s Park Life newsletter.
    Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
    Complete Shutdown
    All Disney theme parks around the world close amid concerns about
  • Coronavirus help: U.S. mortgage backers halt foreclosures for 60 days

    Coronavirus help: U.S. mortgage backers halt foreclosures for 60 days
    Certain borrowers nervous about missed house payments got some relief as two major government backers of mortgages have said they’re stopping foreclosure work for the next 60 days.
    The Federal Housing Administration and Fannie Mae announced moves to help out borrowers behind on house payments as part of effort to mitigate the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
    Loan servers of FHA and Fannie Mae loans have been directed to stop starting new foreclosure actions; suspend foreclosur
  • Chargers land highly coveted CB Chris Harris Jr.

    Chargers land highly coveted CB Chris Harris Jr.
    The Chargers entered another free-agency race, but came out winners this time.
    Cornerback Chris Harris Jr. has agreed to join the Chargers, ESPN’s Josina Anderson reported on Wednesday.
    Multiple teams were reportedly interested in the four-time Pro Bowl cornerback. Harris spent nine years with the Denver Broncos.
    The Chargers added depth to their talented secondary that features cornerback Casey Hayward, slot corner Desmond King and strong safety Derwin James.
    Check back soon for more upda
  • Laguna community group wants voters to have a say in large-scale developments

    Laguna community group wants voters to have a say in large-scale developments
    Plans to develop large-scale and, in some cases, block-long projects in Laguna Beach have prompted a community group to push for voters to have a say about major commercial developments.
    On Friday, March 6, Laguna Residents First presented a “letter of intent” to City Hall for a ballot initiative that could result in local voters having oversight over whether large commercial developments go forward.
    If voted into law, the initiative would not deter new projects, the group says, but
  • Olympic hopeful Rebecca Mehra’s random act of kindness went viral

    Olympic hopeful Rebecca Mehra’s random act of kindness went viral
    Rebecca Mehra is a professional track athlete for Oiselle who currently competes in the 800m and 1500m. An All-American at Stanford, she now lives and trains in Bend, Oregon. Her story about shopping for an elderly couple who were scared to enter the grocery store in light of the coronavirus went viral over the weekend, leading to interviews on CNN and Fox News. Below, Mehra recounts her act of kindness to Just Women’s Sports and reflects on the impact of coronavirus on both her professio
  • The Punk in the Park Beer & Music Festival postpones due to coronavirus

    The Punk in the Park Beer & Music Festival postpones due to coronavirus
    With large festival and event promotion companies like AEG/Goldenvoice and LiveNation suspending its festivals and tours for the foreseeable future due to the global spread of coronavirus, it’s not a surprise that independent promoters are having to do the same.
    Orange County-based Brew Ha Ha Productions is having to postpone its inaugural Punk in the Park Beer & Music Festival, which was scheduled to take place April 25 at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado.
    “Hey gang,” promoter
  • Coronavirus stimulus: Let owners miss mortgage payments, tenants skip rent checks

    Coronavirus stimulus: Let owners miss mortgage payments, tenants skip rent checks
    Let’s declare a housing payment holiday.
    With coronavirus hammering the national economy, the conversation has shifted to how the federal government can help cash-strapped Americans. With business routines upended or closed by varying levels of virus-related mandates, jobs have been lost and household incomes have been slashed.
    So what’s the best way to give aid?
    Let me argue for a “vacation” from the biggest household expense — paying for shelter. Let’s make
  • Clippers rookie Terance Mann undergoes hand surgery

    Clippers rookie Terance Mann undergoes hand surgery
    Clippers rookie Terance Mann underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a ligament in his right hand, the team announced Wednesday. There’s no current timetable for Mann’s return to basketball — which, of course, has been put on hold indefinitely more broadly after the NBA suspended the season last week in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
    Mann sustained the injury during a game on March 8, while on assignment with the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario, the organization’s G
  • Rams lose Dante Fowler, sign Leonard Floyd as new edge rusher

    Rams lose Dante Fowler, sign Leonard Floyd as new edge rusher
    Dante Fowler became the latest and perhaps most important free agent to leave the Rams’ defense, agreeing Wednesday to a three-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons, according to national reports.
    But the Rams quickly moved to fill that hole, reaching a deal with former Chicago Bears edge rusher Leonard Floyd on a one-year contract worth as much as $13 million, a team source said.
    Fowler, 25, was fifth in the NFL in tackles for loss (16) and ninth in sacks (11.5) in 2019, his first full s
  • Rams lose Dante Fowler, land Leonard Floyd as new edge rusher

    Rams lose Dante Fowler, land Leonard Floyd as new edge rusher
    Dante Fowler became the latest and perhaps most important free agent to leave the Rams’ defense, agreeing Wednesday to a three-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons, according to national reports.
    But the Rams quickly moved to fill that hole, reaching a deal with former Chicago Bears edge rusher Leonard Floyd on a one-year contract worth as much as $13 million, a team source said.
    Fowler, 25, was fifth in the NFL in tackles for loss (16) and ninth in sacks (11.5) in 2019, his first full s
  • Dante Fowler joins exodus from Rams defense, reaches deal with Atlanta Falcons

    Dante Fowler joins exodus from Rams defense, reaches deal with Atlanta Falcons
    Dante Fowler became the latest and perhaps most important free agent to leave the Rams’ defense, agreeing Wednesday to a three-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons, according to national reports.
    Fowler, 25, was fifth in the NFL in tackles for loss and ninth in sacks in 2019, his first full season with the Rams following a 2018 trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
    After accepting a one-year, $12 million contract with the Rams a year ago with the idea of proving his value, Fowler cashed i
  • Angels manager Joe Maddon optimistic about season despite coronavirus shutdown

    Angels manager Joe Maddon optimistic about season despite coronavirus shutdown
    When the baseball season finally starts – and Joe Maddon is confident that it will eventually – he sees this truncated season as an opportunity.
    The Angels manager said Major League Baseball could try all manner of experiments or enhancements to the game once it returns from the COVID-19 virus shutdown.
    “I think it’s a perfect time for MLB to incorporate different methods that traditionalists such as myself have been banging against,” Maddon said on a conference cal
  • Campsites throughout California shutter to limit coronavirus spread

    Campsites throughout California shutter to limit coronavirus spread
    Milly Johnston, 7, gives her brother Kieran, 9, and his friend Charlie Marinelli, 10, a push in their hammock at their campsite in Leo Carrillo State Park on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. In order to stay the week the family and friends, from Carlsbad, had to pick up and relocate their camp to make their reservation work. Registration is six months in advance for California’s reservation system, ReserveCalifornia. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
    Pack up the tents, put awa
  • Coronavirus: Trump invokes emergency authority; Ford, GM, Chrysler shut down

    Coronavirus: Trump invokes emergency authority; Ford, GM, Chrysler shut down
    By TIM SULLIVAN and DAVID RISING
    MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to invoke a federal law that allows the government to marshal the private sector to fight the coronavirus epidemic, as the economic damage mounted with word that Detroit’s Big Three automakers agreed to shut down all their factories to protect workers.
    On a day of head-spinning developments, stocks tumbled again on Wall Street, falling so fast they triggered another automatic trading halt. More b
  • Coronavirus: Trump invokes emergency authority, calls himself ‘wartime president,’ as Ford, GM, Chrysler shut down

    Coronavirus: Trump invokes emergency authority, calls himself ‘wartime president,’ as Ford, GM, Chrysler shut down
    By TIM SULLIVAN and DAVID RISING
    MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to invoke a federal law that allows the government to marshal the private sector to fight the coronavirus epidemic, as the economic damage mounted with word that Detroit’s Big Three automakers agreed to shut down all their factories to protect workers.
    On a day of head-spinning developments, stocks tumbled again on Wall Street, falling so fast they triggered another automatic trading halt. More b
  • Coronavirus: Trump invokes emergency authority, calls himself ‘wartime president,’ as automakers shut down

    Coronavirus: Trump invokes emergency authority, calls himself ‘wartime president,’ as automakers shut down
    By TIM SULLIVAN and DAVID RISING
    MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to invoke a federal law that allows the government to marshal the private sector to fight the coronavirus epidemic, as the economic damage mounted with word that Detroit’s Big Three automakers agreed to shut down all their factories to protect workers.
    On a day of head-spinning developments, stocks tumbled again on Wall Street, falling so fast they triggered another automatic trading halt. More b
  • Long Beach Grand Prix won’t reschedule this year after cancellation due to coronavirus; ticket holders eligible for full refund

    Long Beach Grand Prix won’t reschedule this year after cancellation due to coronavirus; ticket holders eligible for full refund
    The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will not be rescheduled for later this year, as initially planned amid the new coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Wednesday, March 18.
    Instead, the organization will focus on planning next year’s event, which is scheduled for April 16-18, 2021. The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach will refund the tickets that had already been purchased for this year’s event.
    “Over the past few days, we have actively pursued the possibility of resch
  • Long Beach Grand Prix won’t reschedule this year after cancellation due to coronavirus

    Long Beach Grand Prix won’t reschedule this year after cancellation due to coronavirus
    The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will not be rescheduled for later this year, as initially planned amid the new coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Wednesday, March 18.
    Instead, the organization will focus on planning next year’s event, which is scheduled for April 16-18, 2021. The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach will refund the tickets that had already been purchased for this year’s event.
    “Over the past few days, we have actively pursued the possibility of resch
  • Region’s home prices jumped 6.1% before coronavirus scare hit

    Region’s home prices jumped 6.1% before coronavirus scare hit
    What pandemic?
    If the novel coronavirus outbreak is having an effect on the Southern California housing market, it didn’t show up in February.
    Both prices and home sales were up in the six-county region from February 2019 levels, a reflection of deals signed in January, many before the first COVID-19 case showed up in the United States.
    The median price of a Southern California home — or the price at the midpoint of all sales — was $541,000, up 6.1% from the year before, accord
  • Chargers, DT Linval Joseph reportedly agree on 2-year, $17M deal

    Chargers, DT Linval Joseph reportedly agree on 2-year, $17M deal
    The Chargers have filled their opening at nose tackle.
    Linval Joseph agreed Wednesday to join the Chargers on a two-year, $17 million deal, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
    Joseph, a two-time Pro Bowler, spent the past six seasons with the Minnesota Vikings before being released last week. Joseph, 31, started his career with the New York Giants after being drafted in the second round out of East Carolina in 2010.
    Joseph will likely replace Bradon Mebane as the Chargers’ star
  • KROQ announces Stryker and Klein as new morning show hosts, replacing Kevin Ryder

    KROQ announces Stryker and Klein as new morning show hosts, replacing Kevin Ryder
    Just hours after Kevin Ryder of KROQ 106.7 FM’s Kevin in the Morning with Allie & Jensen show went on-air Wednesday morning to announce that the morning show team had effectively been “fired” on Tuesday, KROQ has announced its new morning show hosts.
    “Current afternoon drive co-hosts Stryker and Kevin Klein will debut on mornings in the coming weeks, succeeding longtime station veteran Kevin Ryder,” the release sent out by KROQ owner Entercom read.
    Ted Stryker a
  • Duff Goldman, star of Food Network’s biggest 2019 hit, ‘Buddy vs. Duff,’ returns with a new season

    Duff Goldman, star of Food Network’s biggest 2019 hit, ‘Buddy vs. Duff,’ returns with a new season
    These days it seems “Ace of Cakes” baker Duff Goldman is everywhere. He’s been a popular Food Network star on “Holiday Baking Championship,” “Duff Takes the Cake,” “Sugar High,” “Donut” and other shows. But his biggest hit is “Buddy vs. Duff,” which was also that channel’s highest rated program of 2019, reaching 14 million viewers.
    Goldman has returned for Season 2, in eight new episodes which began airing on Mar
  • Fashion File: Statement Bags

    Fashion File: Statement Bags
    The right handbag makes or breaks an outfit. Especially now when torn denim and sneakers are de rigueur. That’s where visionaries such as Olympia Le-Tan and Judith Leiber come to dazzle with pops of sparkle and punctuated commentary literally woven into clutch bags. These purses are functional – after all, they carry all our essentials – but they can express a ton about us, too. Even if we aren’t traveling far, they whisper, be your best you.
    Olympia Le Tan clutch inspire
  • Southern California home listings down 30%. Did coronavirus spook sellers?

    Southern California home listings down 30%. Did coronavirus spook sellers?
    The coronavirus impact on Southern California’s shrinking supply of existing homes for sale is being questioned by the man who tracks housing data.
    ReportsOnHousing tracks brokers’ listing services to gauge existing homes for sale and pending sales contracts. Here are conditions as of March 5 in the six-county region …Listed for sale: 29,659 residences are on the market, down 30% in a year.New escrows: 17,385 homes were put under contract to be sold in the previous 30 days, up
  • USA Gymnastics suspends Victoria Levine, co-owner of Maggie Haney’s NJ gym

    USA Gymnastics suspends Victoria Levine, co-owner of Maggie Haney’s NJ gym
    USA Gymnastics has suspended a second coach at the New Jersey gymnastics club that employed Maggie Haney, the coach of Olympic and World champions, who is currently under investigation for verbal and emotional abuse of young athletes.
    Victoria Levine, a coach and co-owner of MG Elite, was placed on an interim suspension by USA Gymnastics Tuesday and prohibited from having any unsupervised contact with minor-age athletes while the organization investigates allegations of verbal and emotional abus
  • With exit of KROQ 106.7 FM morning show hosts, Los Angeles internet

    With exit of KROQ 106.7  FM morning show hosts, Los Angeles internet
    Things got a little crazy on KROQ 106.7 FM this morning when Kevin Ryder, host of Kevin in the Morning with Allie & Jensen (and long-running The Kevin & Bean Morning Show before that), used his chance to say goodbye to say he and his coworkers on the show were fired and to air some grievances against his former bosses.
    The drama continued on social media later in the morning, with Ryder tweeting that three men had arrived to escort him from the building.
    Fans of the show, many of whom sa
  • Softball: Albano’s Diamond Club players of the week, March 18

    Softball: Albano’s Diamond Club players of the week, March 18
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA look at five of the top hitting and pitching performances last week in Orange County softball.
    Rebeca Cabezas, Segerstrom, So.
    The pitcher allowed one unearned run in a 1-0 loss to Division 2 contender Grand Terrace in the Jaguars’ lone game at the Bishop Gorman tournament in Las Vegas. She was supported by strong defense by freshman shortstop Michelle Delgado.
    Taylor Caudill, JSerra, Sr.
    The Boise St
  • Ouster of KROQ 106.7 FM’s morning show hosts shakes LA internet to its core

    Ouster of KROQ 106.7 FM’s morning show hosts shakes LA internet to its core
    Things got a little crazy on KROQ 106.7 FM this morning when Kevin Ryder, host of Kevin in the Morning with Allie & Jensen (and long-running The Kevin & Bean Morning Show before that), used his chance to say goodbye to say he and his coworkers on the show were fired and to air some grievances against his former bosses.
    The drama continued on social media later in the morning, with Ryder tweeting that three men had arrived to escort him from the building.
    Fans of the show, many of whom sa
  • Firing of KROQ 106.7 FM’s morning show hosts shakes LA internet to its core

    Firing of KROQ 106.7 FM’s morning show hosts shakes LA internet to its core
    Things got a little crazy on KROQ 106.7 FM this morning when Kevin Ryder, host of Kevin in the Morning with Allie & Jensen (and long-running The Kevin & Bean Morning Show before that), used his chance to say goodbye to say he and his coworkers on the show were fired and to air some grievances against his former bosses.
    The drama continued on social media later in the morning, with Ryder tweeting that three men had arrived to escort him from the building.
    Fans of the show, many of whom sa
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic raising funds for Italian hospitals amid coronavirus outbreak

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic raising funds for Italian hospitals amid coronavirus outbreak
    MILAN — AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimović set up an online fundraiser Wednesday to help hospitals at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, with the target of raising 1 million euros ($1.09 million).
    According to the website accepting donations, Ibrahimović donated 100,000 euros ($109,000) to the fund. It quickly raised a further 15,700 euros ($17,100).
    The 38-year-old Ibrahimović rejoined Milan in January from the Los Angeles Galaxy. He also played for Italian c
  • Rams re-sign OL Austin Blythe, but Andrew Whitworth still unsigned

    Rams re-sign OL Austin Blythe, but Andrew Whitworth still unsigned
    The Rams announced their first signing of the year this morning, holding onto free-agent guard-center Austin Blythe on a one-year contract.
    In his third season with the Rams and second year as a full-time starter, Blythe, 27, played right guard before switching to center for the last seven games because of Brian Allen’s knee injury and helping to stabilize the offensive line.
    Terms of his new contract weren’t revealed. He made $2,025,000 in 2019.
    Still unsigned is left tackle Andrew

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