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• Garden Grove cancels Strawberry Festival due to coronavirus fears

  19-03-2020 23:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the 62nd annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is cancelled for this Memorial Day weekend.
  The four-day festival each year includes a parade, carnival rides, performances and the biggest strawberry shortcake in the world. This year’s event was scheduled for May 22-25.
  But following recommendations from local and state entities, as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association dec
  
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• CSUF lecturer partners with Anaheim Ducks to pair science and hockey

  19-03-2020 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  What do hockey and electricity have in common? Score!
  When a goal is scored by the Anaheim Ducks, a horn blasts the arena with sound and a red light flashes behind the goal. For Ducks players and fans, this electrifying event is known as “Light the Lamp.”
  Cal State Fullerton students preparing for teaching careers and their education faculty adviser Christine A. Mayfield helped develop the lessons for “Light the Lamp,” the Ducks’ S.C.O.R.E. (Scholastic Curriculum of
  
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• Wide range of topics explored in CSUF faculty presentations

  19-03-2020 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton faculty members in recent months shared their work across the nation on such topics as pretrial publicity bias, Chen invariants in mathematics and Spanish-language news careers.
  Jesus Ayala, lecturer in communications, presented “Exploring Careers in Spanish-Language News,” and Davis Barber, lecturer in communications, spoke on “Earning What Your Photojournalism is Worth” at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Southern California Regi
  
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• Japanese Olympic Committee board member pushes for postponement of Tokyo Games

  19-03-2020 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A Japanese Olympic Committee board member said the Tokyo Olympic Games should be postponed, saying the International Olympic Committee is putting “athletes at risk.”
  The board member, Kaori Yamaguchi, an Olympic medalist in judo, said in a newspaper interview Thursday that she will push for postponement during a JOC board meeting next Friday.
  “Unlike other sporting events, the Olympics symbolize the ideal that sports bring about world peace,” Yamaguchi told the Nikkei new
  
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• Could coronavirus work-at-home arrangements become permanent?

  19-03-2020 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A growing number of companies are allowing employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak and one industry expert predicts that trend will continue after the virus is no longer a threat.
  The situation ramped up in recent days when the World Health Organization declared the global crisis to be a pandemic. The announcement is certain to fuel more work-from-home arrangements in the coming months.
  Many employers have opposed the idea of employees working remotely based on the fear th
  
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• Orange County softball hits leaders through March 16

  19-03-2020 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County softball hits leaders through March 16. | Coaches have until March 25 to email us their team leaders at [email protected]. |NAME, SCHOOL
  HITS
  AB
  BA
  Sophia Kashou, Savanna
  20
  31
  .645
  Emily Rush, Marina
  17
  31
  .548
  Olivia Fullerton, El Toro
  17
  37
  .459
  Leslie Lopez, Los Amigos
  16
  25
  .640
  Xochitl Esparza, La Quinta
  16
  29
  .552
  Samantha Crespo, Bolsa Grande
  16
  32
  .500
  Rebeca Cabezas, Segerstrom
  16
  3
  
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• Orange County softball strikeout leaders through March 16

  19-03-2020 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County softball strikeout leaders through March 16. | Coaches have until March 25 to email us their team leaders at [email protected]. |NAME, SCHOOL
  K
  BF
  IP
  Brooklyn Carreon, Whittier Christian
  91
  190
  50
  Taylor Caudill, JSerra
  72
  160
  38.2
  Lindsey Manhart, Trabuco Hills
  60
  260
  60.2
  Talia Hannappel, Edison
  58
  140
  35.2
  Makenah Reddick, Bolsa Grande
  48
  223
  57
  Gianna Pulido, El Modena
  44
  198
  37.1
  Sophia
  
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• Fryer: What happens next? Coronavirus crisis looms over high school sports’ spring athletes, teams

  19-03-2020 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCollege athletes who play spring sports have been granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA because the coronavirus forced conferences and schools to wipe out the spring sports season.
  High school athletes can’t be granted a fifth year of high school eligibility, although their spring sports season might also be wiped out by the COVID-19 virus.
  So high school coaches and athletic directors in Ora
  
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• During coronavirus closures, Grand Ole Opry will host free live streaming concerts

  19-03-2020 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A tornado ravaged Nashville and its surrounding cities earlier this month and the coronavirus forced the shutdown of surviving businesses, bars, restaurants and concert venues, but the Grand Ole Opry is carrying on.
  As concerns over the global spread of COVID-19, the Opry officially shut down to the public last week and will remain closed to live audiences through April 4 at the earliest, according to the venue’s official website.
  However, Opry members have announced it will continue its n
  
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• Todd Gurley reacts after being released by Rams

  19-03-2020 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rams released Todd Gurley Thursday to avoid paying $10.5 million in bonus and guaranteed money. The starting running back went from NFL offensive player of the year in 2017 to out of the Rams plans in 2020.
  Without Gurley, the Rams must either acquire a new running back or bank on either second-year Darrell Henderson or sixth-year Malcolm Brown to carry the load.
  NFL fans didn’t have to wait long to hear from Gurley, after the team announced the news.Damn I got fired on my day off #Qua
  
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• Todd Gurley reacts after being released by LA Rams

  19-03-2020 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rams released Todd Gurley Thursday to avoid paying $10.5 million in bonus and guaranteed money. The starting running back went from NFL offensive player of the year in 2017 to out of the Rams plans in 2020.
  Without Gurley, the Rams must either acquire a new running back or bank on either second-year Darrell Henderson or sixth-year Malcolm Brown to carry the load.
  NFL fans didn’t have to wait long to hear from Gurley, after the team announced the news.Damn I got fired on my day off #Qua
  
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• Saints coach Sean Payton says he tested positive for coronavirus

  19-03-2020 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton learned Thursday that he has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, he told ESPN.
  Payton is the first employee of either an NFL team or the league to make such a diagnosis public. He told the network that he came forward to motivate people to educate themselves about what they can do to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
  Payton said he took the test Monday after he began to feel ill a day earlier, but also said he has not been admi
  
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• News reports: Orange County man with coronavirus taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Orange

  19-03-2020 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County man reportedly suffering from COVID-19 disease was taken by ambulance on Thursday, March 19, in a negative pressure chamber from LAX to St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, according to eyewitness and news reports.
  The man’s wife said he is 65 and contracted coronavirus, which can lead to the disease, while on vacation in Egypt, and that she also has coronavirus, KABC-Channel 7 has reported.
  The man arrived from the island of Aruba aboard a private air-ambulance around 11 a.m. T
  
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• Red Sox ace Chris Sale to have Tommy John surgery

  19-03-2020 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON — Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale will have Tommy John surgery on his left elbow, an operation that would keep him out the entire 2020 baseball season if and when it resumes after the coronavirus pandemic.
  The team made the announcement on Thursday, two weeks after saying that the 30-year-old left-hander had a flexor strain near the elbow. At the time, the Red Sox hoped Sale would avoid the operation that usually requires a full year to recover from.
  Sale is 109-73 in 10 major league
  
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• Surfers find body in ocean off San Clemente

  19-03-2020 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Surfers off north San Clemente found a woman’s body floating in the water Wednesday morning, March 18, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department is treating the death as “suspicious.”
  The body was found at about 8 a.m. in an area called North Beach, near restrooms and an abandoned concession stand and next to a small playground with a swing set and slide on the sand.
  A body was brought in from the water at North Beach in San Clemente and was investigated near this restro
  
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• Should horse racing continue? Santa Anita keeps pushing ahead

  19-03-2020 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  To race, or not to race. That is the question.
  No, we’re not trying to go all Hamlet on you, but it is a valid subject this week as the pandemic coronavirus continues to wreak havoc throughout the world.
  While every major sports league in the U.S. has shut down, horse racing, for the most part, has carried on. It’s not business as usual. The public is barred from attending, and most recently owners and media were also told to stay away, but fans can still watch from home and plop dow
  
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• Disney warns coronavirus outbreak could change consumer behavior at theme parks and other businesses

  19-03-2020 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney warned investors that changes in consumer behavior as a result of the coronavirus crisis could adversely impact the company’s theme parks, cruise lines, theater shows and movie making and distribution efforts.
  “We have closed our theme parks; suspended our cruises and theatrical shows; delayed theatrical distribution of films both domestically and internationally; and experienced supply chain disruption and ad sales impacts,” Disney wrote in a filing with the Securities
  
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• U.S. warns Americans against all overseas travel due to coronavirus

  19-03-2020 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  BY MATTHEW LEE
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has upgraded its already dire warning to Americans against all international travel as the coronavirus outbreak spreads.
  The State Department on Thursday issued a new alert urging Americans not to travel abroad under any circumstances and to return home if they are already abroad unless they plan to remain overseas.
  “The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19
  
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• Soka Performing Arts Center postpones rest of 2019-20 season amid coronavirus outbreak

  19-03-2020 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Soka University announced Thursday, March 19, that it is postponing the remainder of its 2019-20 season at the Soka Performing Arts Center to comply with guidelines from the state Department of Public Health in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
  The postponed events at the Aliso Viejo venue are concerts by Yefim Bronfman (March 29), Pacific Symphony (April 5), Rocky Dawuni (April 11), Arlo Guthrie (April 18), Hub New Music (April 26), and Beatrice Rana (May 16). No new dates have been a
  
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• Coronavirus content is free to all readers

  19-03-2020 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  News about the coronavirus is moving fast and efforts to prevent its spread are escalating quickly. As the main source for local, community-driven reporting where you live, we are focused on providing you vital information when you need it most.
  To that end, we are making all coronavirus related content free as a public service to readers. No subscription required.
  To find all our coronavirus coverage, please go to our dedicated coronavirus page.
  
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• Todd Gurley released by Rams; here’s why it’s not a shock

  19-03-2020 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  He cut, he faked, he exploded to the top of the NFL running back class.
  But then Todd Gurley slipped.
  Thursday, Gurley fell all the way out of the Rams’ future, cut by the team in a move that was jarring, though hardly shocking.
  The 25-year-old who was the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2017 and carried the Rams to the Super Bowl in 2018 simply wasn’t pulling his financial weight anymore. The four-year, $57.5 million contract extension he signed before the 2018 season ma
  
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• Coronavirus pushes California unemployment claims to 80,000 in a day

  19-03-2020 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  As the coronavirus hammers the economy, Californians are losing their jobs and racing to get unemployment benefits.
  The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows Californians filed 58,208 initial claims for jobless benefits in the week ended March 14 — an increase of 34% in a week and up 42% vs. a year earlier.
  The state’s no outlier. Nationwide, 250,892 claims were filed in the same period —  up 25% in a week and an increase of 29% in a year.
  These increase
  
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• ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ fixes up Pomona house

  19-03-2020 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The Jauregui family’s 1916 home in Pomona has history.
  The older house reflects the neighborhood where Pedro Jauregui and his wife Phyllis have lived for many years.
  “We live in a community where a lot of the houses look the way they were built,” Pedro Jauregui said in a recent telephone interview.
  But it also had out-of-date electrical wiring, leaking pipes and “bug issues.” And with two bedrooms, it was a little small for him, his wife Phyllis, teenagers Cheyanne
  
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• Second person dies in Los Angeles County from coronavirus; 230 total cases as of Thursday

  19-03-2020 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County health officials confirmed the second death due to the coronavirus in the Pasadena area on Thursday along with 40 new cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 230.
  The person who died was between the age of 30 and 50 with underlying health conditions, according to Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.
  Ferrer has said the actual number of people with COVID-19 is likely much higher, possibly five to 10 times higher, due to the
  
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• Costco limits shoppers inside, won’t accept returns on coronavirus hoard

  19-03-2020 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Costco, at the epicenter of coronavirus binge shopping, is updating its policies to keep the germs at bay and shelves stocked.
  If you’ve seen lines forming outside a local Costco, it’s because the stores are limiting the number of shoppers allowed inside, forcing the crowd to wait outside with carts ready. Store managers have told the Southern California News Group that supplies in high demand are often sold out by midday, even with the crowd controls in place.
  In a message sent to m
  
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• Sparks players in Turkey have season suspended due to coronavirus

  19-03-2020 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Turkey’s professional sports leagues were the latest domino to fall in the world’s sports schedule Thursday, when the country’s Youth and Sports Minister Muharrem Kasapoglu suspended play in basketball, volleyball and soccer leagues in response to the worsening COVID-19 virus outbreak.
  Three members of the L.A. Sparks were competing until recently in Turkey, with guards Riquna Williams and Brittney Sykes – the latter of whom was acquired in an offseason trade – &nbs
  
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• Morsels: Fine dining finds a way amid coronavirus shutdowns

  19-03-2020 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Food not only sustains, it comforts in a tumultuous time like this. While the coronavirus is serious business, it’s also seriously affecting businesses including our beloved local restaurants. “We had actually had big plans to launch a to-go portion of our business a few years ago,” says Amelia and Florent Marneua, chefs/owners of Marché Moderne. “We were going to call it, ‘Marché A Emporté,’ but never got around to it. Now we’re hav
  
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• Morsels: Find comfort in food during the coronavirus

  19-03-2020 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Food not only sustains, it comforts in a tumultuous time like this. While the coronavirus is serious business, it’s also seriously affecting businesses including our beloved local restaurants. “We had actually had big plans to launch a to-go portion of our business a few years ago,” says Amelia and Florent Marneua, chefs/owners of Marché Moderne. “We were going to call it, ‘Marché A Emporté,’ but never got around to it. Now we’re hav
  
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• Coronavirus help: California adds extra week of jobless benefits

  19-03-2020 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Residents of California who lose their jobs due to the coronavirus panic will be able to tap an extra week of jobless benefit payments, one of the results of an executive order signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  Typically, people who apply for unemployment benefits when they are laid off or are affected by mass job cuts have to wait for one week before the benefits kick in.
  “If you had a case where somebody was laid off for two weeks and then they found work, they would normally only be paid for
  
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• The coronavirus workplace: Law, leave and pay issues

  19-03-2020 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Answers to key workplace questions coronavirus is bringing up from Sara Boyns a lawyer with Fenton & Keller in Monterey. 
  Question:  I own a small business that is heavily impacted by the COVID-19 situation.  What are my obligations to my employees?
  Answer: Business owners and employees are feeling the severe economic impact caused by the cancellation of events, quarantines, shelter in place, and social distancing. As of March 17, here are some  common questions and answe
  
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• Bravo: Girl Scout, middle-schoolers sew seeds of friendship with seniors, Special Olympics names award-winners and more

  19-03-2020 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Bridging generations over gardening
  Seniors in retirement homes don’t necessarily get outdoors as often as they should, just as teenagers don’t always connect well with the elderly. Gardening can help bridge this generation gap and provide a common ground.
  Senior residents, Girl Scouts, and students from Stacey Middle School’s Gardening Club enjoying the explosion of spring blooms. (Photo courtesy of the Paull family)
  Girl Scout Elizabeth Paull of Westminster addressed thi
  
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• Disneyland paying employees $59 million during coronavirus closure, study shows

  19-03-2020 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland is expected to pay its 31,000 employees about $59 million during the unprecedented closure of the Anaheim theme park due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to an economic impact study commissioned by Disney.
  Disney will continue to pay its employees while Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are shuttered through the end of March by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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• Gardening: Here’s a plant family with thousands of varieties you can eat

  19-03-2020 19:49 via ocregister.com
  
  In these uncertain times, there is reassurance in knowing that there is one family of plants whose every member you can eat.
  I refer to the mustard family (Brassicaceae), which includes more than 3,700 species, each of them munchable.
  Mustard family members are easily recognizable by their flowers, which have four petals arranged symmetrically around a central axis. When wandering through the hills and canyons of Southern California, you are sure to encounter some of them, especially short-pod m
  
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• Lenders throwing lifeline to borrowers impacted by coronavirus 

  19-03-2020 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Lenders throwing lifeline to borrowers impacted by coronavirus
  Big banks and government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie and Freddie are suspending penalties, foreclosures and evictions for borrowers who can’t pay their mortgage.
  A West Hollywood resident and longtime mortgage client of mine, works in the arena entertainment industry — an industry hard hit by coronavirus as concerts, sporting events and the like have come to a screeching halt. She is one of the lucky ones becau
  
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• Water polo: Corona del Mar girls coach resigns, Orange Lutheran to announce new boys coach

  19-03-2020 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Corona del Mar and Orange Lutheran have announced updates with their water polo coaching staffs.
  Justin Papa, who guided Corona del Mar’s girls to a CIF-SS Division 1 runner-up finish in 2019, has resigned after three seasons for personal reasons.
  Papa said he has transitioned into a career outside of water polo.
  “He worked very hard for us in creating a positive and competitive culture in which our players have thrived,” Corona del Mar said in a statement of Papa, a former Cor
  
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• Water polo: Corona del Mar girls coach Justin Papa resigns; Orange Lutheran to announce new boys coach

  19-03-2020 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCorona del Mar and Orange Lutheran have announced updates about their water polo coaching staffs.
  Justin Papa, who guided Corona del Mar’s girls to a CIF-SS Division 1 runner-up finish in 2019, has resigned after three seasons for personal reasons.
  Papa said he has transitioned into a career outside of water polo.
  “He worked very hard for us in creating a positive and competitive culture in which
  
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• Home Tour: An OC architect’s Woodbridge home reflects his father’s legacy … and his wife’s desire.

  19-03-2020 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The soaring ceilings, undraped windows and angled back wall all create a feeling of airy openness in the great room. (photography by Jeri Kogel)
  Purchasing a home in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Irvine, Renzo J. Nakata and his wife, Caroline Wong Nakata, knew they were buying into a legacy.
  “Woodbridge is one of the original developments of Irvine,” Renzo explains, “and Woodbridge is like a clock. This section of it is from the 9 to 12 quadrant, which was the first quadrant i
  
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• Trending: Embrace the blues

  19-03-2020 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  For its 21st year of hue forecasting, Pantone declared 2020 the year of Classic Blue, a shade that “brings a sense of peace and tranquility to the human spirit.” The design community has responded with pieces in comforting blue for every corner of your home.
   
  The Jens Bench from Design Within Reach. $1,895. Design Within Reach SOCO. :: dwr.com
  The Jens Bench from Design Within Reach has an understated Scandinavian flair that complements both modern and traditional aesthetics. A
  
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• Vivian Howard’s ‘Somewhere South’ PBS series focuses on the roots and realism of the region’s cuisine

  19-03-2020 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Vivian Howard, star of “A Chef’s Life,” the Peabody, Emmy, and James Beard Award-winning television series, will surprise you. Her soothing drawl and Southern belle looks belie a steely conviction.
  There’s a moment in episode 2 of her latest PBS show, “Somewhere South,” in which food is simply the backdrop for an unflinching discussion about racism in black food culture. Yet she does not back down from addressing a tough subject with African Americans who work
  
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• Angels scouting director Matt Swanson preparing for draft, even with coronavirus shutdown leaving no games to scout

  19-03-2020 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  At this time of year, Matt Swanson is usually crisscrossing the country trying to see as many of the best amateur baseball players as he can.
  These days, his longest trips are when he takes his dog for a walk around his Round Rock, Texas, home. The only games he’s watching are those played by his three kids, ages 9 to 3, in the back yard.
  “This is not something that comes in the manual when you get the job,” Swanson said. “For anybody.”
  Angels Director of Scouting,
  
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• Orange County central court partially reopens, causing ‘havoc’ over coronavirus, D.A. says

  19-03-2020 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Superior Court officials caused a panic today among defense attorneys by ordering them to appear in court for criminal proceedings despite state and local anti-gathering precautions to stave off the coronavirus.
  After closing all four county courthouses on Monday, officials reopened five courtrooms at the central courthouse in Santa Ana to handle time-sensitive proceedings, such as arraignments.
  District Attorney Todd Spitzer said the court is concerned about preserving the civil r
  
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• MLS extends season postponement to May 10 due to coronavirus

  19-03-2020 18:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Major League Soccer announced in a statement Thursday it was extending the postponement of the season and has set a target return date of May 10.
  The new date comes in accordance with the CDC’s recent announcement to postpone events involving more than 50 people for the next eight weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The league, according to the statement, remains focused on playing the entire 34-game regular season, which would push back the end of the regular season and move the MLS Cup i
  
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• Trump weighs controls on companies that take coronavirus bailouts

  19-03-2020 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL COLVIN and DEB RIECHMANN
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday the government should take an equity stake in some companies that need bailouts because of devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy.
  Trump told a briefing he has executive authority to curb the impact on businesses. “There’s a lot of executive power,” he said. “If we don’t have to use it, that would be a good thing, not a bad thing.”
  Such a move
  
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• A castle in San Juan Capistrano is up for grabs for $11.2 million

  19-03-2020 18:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The grand foyer. (Photo by Tyler Bowman, Bowman Group Media)
  The kitchen. (Photo by Tyler Bowman, Bowman Group Media)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe kitchen has a breakfast area. (Photo by Tyler Bowman, Bowman Group Media)
  The dining room. (Photo by Tyler Bowman, Bowman Group Media)
  The living room with ocean views. (Photo by Tyler Bowman, Bowman Group Media)
  The library. (Photo by Tyler Bowman, Bowman Group Media)
  The master bathroom’s jetted tub. (Photo by Tyler Bowman, Bowman
  
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• How to avoid coronavirus during home showings

  19-03-2020 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  With all of us impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic — be it working from home, schooling from home, social distancing, checking your temperature, ordering take out instead of dining in, and helping deliver groceries to the elderly — there are a few things you might want to consider if you are buying or selling a home during these uncertain times.
  Here’s a brief rundown on some precautions you may want to take as we ride out this storm.
  Don’t touch any surface in any home you
  
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• The coronavirus and our still very free society

  19-03-2020 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has upended everyday life. Across America, people are understandably anxious both about the public health consequences of the outbreak and the short- and long-term economic impacts of business closures and stock market declines.
  In times of crisis, it is easy to succumb to fear, obsess over what’s going wrong and suspend rational judgment in favor of convenient answers. But it’s important to keep a sober perspective, recognize what’s going right in addi
  
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• California faces an economic hit from the coronavirus

  19-03-2020 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s engaged, steady-hand-at the-tiller approach to managing California’s slice of the global coronavirus pandemic is winning well-deserved plaudits.
  Newsom has slowly but steadily ramped up restrictions on Californians’ potentially dangerous social interactions in hopes of slowing the spread of the deadly virus, while dipping into the state’s financial reserves to cushion impacts.
  As he called on lawmakers to act quickly, Newsom declared, “we must ri
  
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• How California’s school system can adapt to coronavirus

  19-03-2020 17:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Communities around the world are taking social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has already infected over 700 people in California. Schools have been closed for at least 42.1 million students, or around 74 percent of the K-12 student population in the United States. In California, about 99 percent of the public school population has already been affected by closures, and the governor expects that most schools in the
  
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• Master Gardener: How to prevent cat fleas in your yard

  19-03-2020 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Last summer we had a terrible problem with fleas. We have three cats that go outside, but they stay in our yard. What can we do to prevent a flea infestation this year? Should we treat our yard as well as our house?
  A: Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) live on both dogs and cats. There are different types of fleas, most are specific to their hosts. For instance, there are fleas that live exclusively on squirrels. Dog fleas resemble cat fleas but are not common in California.  Cat fleas a
  
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• Stop hoarding toilet paper: John Phillips

  19-03-2020 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  People need to seriously stop it with all of the hoarding of food and toilet paper.
  Especially the toilet paper.  We’ve been hit with a coronavirus pandemic, not cholera.
  I don’t know what in the world sparked the run on toilet paper, but suddenly it has become the new Tickle Me Elmo doll on Christmas Eve.
  How serious is the toilet paper shortage?
  If it lasts through Halloween we may be forced to TP our neighbors’ houses with CVS receipts.
  And it’s not just toilet pa
  
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