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• Coronavirus pushes the Dew Tour in Long Beach from May to September

  30-03-2020 23:46
  
  The fifth annual Dew Tour, a pro skateboard competition that was set to return to Long Beach May 7-10  has been postponed to Sept. 10-13 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, tour officials announced Monday.
  The competition is made up of male and female pro skateboarders competing in single and team events. The event was scheduled to be the last official qualifying event in the U.S. for the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed to 2021.
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• Drinks for delivery

  30-03-2020 23:38
  
  On Tuesday, March 17, the Orange County Health Care Agency called for bars, wineries, and breweries that serve only drinks to close in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Also affected are restaurants’ dining rooms across the county and limiting them to takeout and delivery only.
  It’s what we have to do to make sure we all stay healthy and safe! Thankfully, all of these places are keeping up with the new safety and health guidelines – additionally, they are allow
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: What will happen when rents come due April 1?

  30-03-2020 23:33
  
  By Patrick Clark and Nic Querolo, Bloomberg
  From landlords to economists to Wall Street traders, a lot of folks are fretting over what’s going to happen on April 1.
  That question is hanging over the U.S. real estate industry as $81 billion in rent payments come due. Renters are warning they won’t pay, prompting property owners to have delicate conversations with their lenders. And regulators are racing to keep the wheels of finance turning in the middle of a global health crisis.
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• With a storied past, Goodwin Field on deck for an even brighter future

  30-03-2020 23:32
  
  On April 18, 1992, Goodwin Field (then Titan Field) became the new home of Cal State Fullerton baseball. The occasion was marked with the Titans sweeping a doubleheader against Loyola Marymount, 8-2 and 11-3, setting the tone for the next two decades.
  Goodwin Field is the third on-campus diamond to serve as the Titans’ home field. The team’s first field was laid out to the west of Titan House, located to the southeast of the current stadium. Home plate was in the southeast corner of
  
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• After injury, Jack Jablonski making career moves with LA Kings

  30-03-2020 22:59
  
  In a season in which the Kings didn’t acquire many big names, their biggest addition may well have been away from the ice when they signed Jack Jablonski to their media staff.
  A former 50-goal scorer at the Bantam level, today he provides leadership, inspiration and an insatiable thirst for hockey knowledge from his motorized wheelchair.
  Jablonski, 24, was once a promising high-school player whose coaches believed he could be a Division I forward. In 2011, his life was changed literally in
  
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• Urgent question from small businesses: When will coronavirus aid arrive?

  30-03-2020 22:53
  
  By Joyce M. Rosenberg, The Associated Press
  When will the money arrive?
  That’s the urgent question for small business owners who have been devastated by the coronavirus outbreak. They’re awaiting help from the $2 trillion rescue package signed into law Friday. But with bills fast coming due, no end to business closings and an economy that’s all but shut down, owners are worried about survival.
  Millions of owners face April 1 due dates for rent, mortgage, credit card and other p
  
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• 7 more deaths in LA County, dozens of healthcare workers infected with coronavirus

  30-03-2020 22:53
  
  Seven more people have died from the novel coronavirus, Los Angeles County health officials said Monday, March 30. Officials also said 324 additional cases have been identified.
  The county’s death toll has now reached 44, with 2,474 confirmed cases.
  County Health Director Barbara Ferrer also said Monday that dozens of the confirmed cases were healthcare workers.
  “Although our numbers continue to rise, we have to assume there are other people infected who have not been tested,”
  
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• USC basketball adds grad transfer Chevez Goodwin

  30-03-2020 22:36
  
  USC added its third graduate transfer in the past week on Monday, as former Wofford power forward Chevez Goodwin committed to the Trojans with an announcement on Twitter.
  Immediately eligible to play next season, Goodwin adds some veteran presence to a USC frontcourt that otherwise consisted entirely of freshmen and sophomores.
  Goodwin, a 6-foot-9 forward from South Carolina, averaged 11.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a junior. He shot 64 percent from the floor and blocked 1.1 shots per g
  
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• Valley View Casino & Hotel extends coronavirus closure

  30-03-2020 22:22
  
  Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center has extended its closure through April 16, officials for the casino announced on Monday, March 30.
  A letter from Valley View’s General Manager Bruce Howard posted on Valley View’s website said that officials planned to reopen the casino, hotel and restaurants at 8 a.m., April 17, “but as we all know that date could change.”
  In a previous announcement, the casino had planned to reopen at 8 a.m. Friday, April 3. 
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• Disney’s Iger, Chapek take pay cuts amid coronavirus shutdown

  30-03-2020 22:17
  
  Walt Disney Co. Chairman Bob Iger will give up his salary, and other executives will take cuts in pay, in response to park closings and other hardships tied to the coronavirus.
  In a note to senior executives Monday, the company’s new chief executive officer, Bob Chapek, said the cuts begin April 5 and last indefinitely. His salary is being sliced in half, while other executives will see reductions of 20% to 30%.
  “This temporary action will remain in effect until we foresee a substant
  
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• We wasted an economic boom, and now we are starting to pay the price

  30-03-2020 21:58
  
  We don’t yet know the toll that COVID-19 will have on lives and health, but it is frightening. And so is the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
  The Labor Department reported that 3.28 million people, including over 186,000 in California, filed initial unemployment claims in the week that ended March 21. Before the record-setting unemployment figures, the White House and Congress were already agreeing to spend $2.3 trillion on a stimulus package intended to boost the economy.
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• UCLA officially cancels spring football game

  30-03-2020 21:43
  
  UCLA officially canceled its spring football game on Monday morning after the Pac-12 extended its team activity suspension through May 31.
  The Bruins, who were scheduled to hold their spring game on April 18, held three spring practices before the week of March 9. Their practice on March 10 was postponed due to rain, and their practices on March 12 and March 14 were canceled due to concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus. UCLA has not held practice since. The team had originally scheduled the
  
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• When will Disneyland reopen? Disneyland hotel reservation restrictions offer a clue

  30-03-2020 21:25
  
  The three Disneyland hotels in Anaheim have stopped accepting reservations before June 1 as Disney’s two nearby theme parks remain closed until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak.
  New reservations for the Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel are currently available for travel dates on June 1 and later, according to the Disneyland website.
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• Hotels near Disneyland are taking reservations — but only for June 1 and after

  30-03-2020 21:25
  
  The three Disneyland hotels in Anaheim have stopped accepting reservations before June 1 as Disney’s two nearby theme parks remain closed until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak.
  New reservations for the Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel are currently available for travel dates on June 1 and later, according to the Disneyland website.
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• Say goodbye to Senate Bill 50, hello to Senate Bill 902

  30-03-2020 21:04
  
  Six weeks after Californians saw the legislative failure of Senate Bill 50, an attempt to impose dense housing and high-rise buildings on most parts of this state, the bill’s author is back with yet another attack on single-family zoning throughout the state.
  This one is called Senate Bill 902. It’s the third bid in the last three years by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco to urbanize neighborhoods that neither want nor need to see their characters changed.
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• Delays for key court hearings OK’d for Coronavirus pandemic

  30-03-2020 21:04
  
  An emergency order giving local courts more time to hold key hearings for criminal defendants has been approved by state court officials during the coronavirus pandemic.
  The Judicial Council of California, during an emergency meeting on Saturday, agreed to temporary measures that will extend from 48 hours to seven days the deadline for arraignments, when defendants are informed of the charges they are facing and given the chance to enter a plea. And the deadline will go from from 10 court days t
  
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• 91 Freeway in Corona will close for 3 nights as construction continues

  30-03-2020 21:01
  
  You’re probably driving less these days because of coronavirus-related closures. But if you plan to drive through Corona at night this week, you’ll want to plan ahead.
  Construction still is forging ahead on the $472 million project that’s adding toll lanes on the 15 Freeway. And that work is going to trigger three straight nights of full closures of the 91 Freeway at the busy 91-15 interchange in Corona.
  All eastbound lanes on the 91 — including the 91 Express Lanes &mdas
  
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• California doesn’t need a new fight over Proposition 209

  30-03-2020 21:00
  
  In June of 1996, Californians voted to prevent the state from granting preferences or imposing burdens on anyone on account of the person’s race or gender.
  This was Proposition 209, and it passed 55 percent to 45 percent. It was a vote for color-blind government, and, especially, color-blind admissions to the University of California.
  Earlier this month, an effort to repeal Prop. 209 cleared the Rules Committee in the State Assembly.
  There has been no showing of changed sentiment among Cal
  
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• Parts of the Pilgrim are being removed as crews work to see if the sinking ship can be salvaged

  30-03-2020 20:58
  
  Efforts to stabilize the sunken Pilgrim – an icon of the Ocean Institute in Dana Point – continued Monday, March 30, as multiple agencies worked to right the 14-sail brig.
  Pieces of the ship were taken off so a crane could access and help keep it steady as efforts were made to attach airbags beneath it.
  “We’ve got all of the diesel fuel out of it and today we’re hoping to lift the boat,” said Dan Goldbacher, director of maritime and facilities at the institute
  
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• With no live sports, the TV sports industry struggles, gets creative

  30-03-2020 20:55
  
  It was March 11, and ESPN was in the midst of its busiest month of the sports year. The final weekend of conference basketball tournaments were coming up, to be followed by the 68-team women’s NCAA tournament, the beginning of the Major League Baseball season and continuation of the NBA season.
  And then, with a coronavirus cough heard all over the globe, the self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports Television suddenly lost its entire schedule of live sports. How big is that? ESPN estimat
  
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• Coronavirus forces food trucks to look for new business

  30-03-2020 20:52
  
  The novel coronavirus pandemic is taking the food truck industry to a place where it never expected to be.
  “Food trucks rely on people to gather. That model went away pretty quickly,” said Ross Resnick, founder of Roaming Hunger, a West Hollywood company that books trucks for events.
  It has more than 18,000 food trucks on its website nationwide, 803 of them in Los Angeles County, plus 154 in Orange County and 73 in Riverside County. The company doesn’t have numbers available fo
  
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• Coronavirus closures: Wahoo’s Fish Taco shuts 12 of 49 locations

  30-03-2020 20:28
  
  Wing Lam, co-founder of Wahoo’s Fish, talks to the media during a tour of new restaurants inside Terminal 4 at Ontario International Airport in Ontario on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. He has been invited to host a special dinner at the James Beard House in Manhattan on Oct. 10. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
  Wahoo’s crispy fish taco has a lighter batter than other restaurants, its owners say.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsWahoo’s Fish Taco and t
  
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• New St. John Bosco quarterback Katin Houser offered by San Jose State

  30-03-2020 19:40
  
  A new quarterback at St. John Bosco has been offered a scholarship by San Jose State.
  Katin Houser, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound sophomore who has transferred from Liberty of Henderson, Nev., was offered by the Mountain West Conference school on Thursday.God is Great!! After a great talk with @TheGundy, I am blessed to say that I have received my second D1 offer from San Jose St. University pic.twitter.com/ZCgt5Wc6GL
  — Katin Houser (@Katin_qb12) March 27, 2020Houser also holds an offer from Hawai
  
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• Onyeka Okongwu reflects on USC career, next steps ahead of NBA Draft

  30-03-2020 19:36
  
  Onyeka Okongwu’s USC career came to its expected conclusion last week.
  The freshman center from Chino Hills High declared for the NBA Draft, ending his time as a Trojan after earning All-Pac-12 first-team honors in his lone collegiate campaign. He led USC in scoring, rebounding and blocks, but is off to pursue his professional dream.
  Okongwu spoke with the Southern California News Group about his time at USC and his next steps now that he’s declared for the draft:
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• Pac-12 extends team activity suspension until May 31

  30-03-2020 19:19
  
  The Pac-12 announced Monday morning it has decided to extend its suspension on organized athletic team activities through May 31.
  The conference originally suspended team activities until March 29 but has revisited the decision. All scheduled sport competitions have already been canceled for the remainder of the academic year and there will continue to be no in-person team activities of any type allowed.
  There are limited exceptions to the Pac-12’s team activity suspension that are based o
  
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• We are living in very strange times

  30-03-2020 18:41
  
  Strange times.
  We’re all adjusting to our new reality. The other night I called my friend Marc in Las Vegas. I asked him, what’s new?
  Marc: We’re off bat.
  Me: You’re not eating bat anymore?
  Marc: No, we’ve switched to Impossible Bat. Tastes just like real bat!
  Before the pandemic, I had no idea people ate bats. I also had no idea I’ve been washing my hands wrong my entire life. I’ve now washed my hands so many times I no longer have fingerprints.
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• Marvel reveals Spider-Man comic based on Web Slingers ride coming to Avengers Campus

  30-03-2020 18:37
  
  A new Spider-Man comic from Marvel will offer the first glimpse of what riders can expect aboard the Web Slingers attraction coming to Avengers Campus once Disney California Adventure reopens after the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The first issue of the “W.E.B. of Spider-Man” comic series debuting in June will feature a storyline based on the new interactive dark ride set to open at the Anaheim theme park on July 18.
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• ‘Coachella’ documentary set to open the exact moment the 2020 festival should have begun

  30-03-2020 18:22
  
  The new music documentary, “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert,” will open on YouTube for free at noon on Friday, April 10, the exact moment the 2020 festival was set to kick off until the novel coronavirus pandemic forced its postponement for six months.
  Now what was originally intended as a March 31 appetizer for the 21st Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival will be the main dish, a meal that weaves together storylines from across the two decades the festival has thrived.
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• Coronavirus: Macy’s to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers

  30-03-2020 18:18
  
  By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
  NEW YORK — Macy’s will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers with its stores dark.
  The company on Monday said it is transitioning to an ‘’absolute minimum workforce” needed to maintain basic operations.
  Online operations won’t be hit as hard.
  Employees who are enrolled in health benefits will continue to receive coverage with the company covering 100% of the premium.
  “We expect to bring colleagues back on a staggered basis
  
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• Orange County girls water polo: All-league teams 2019-20

  30-03-2020 18:14
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe all-league girls water polo teams for the 2019-20 season. | Coaches and school administrators can email complete all-league team lists to [email protected].
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  MVP: Mallory Reynoso, Foothill
  First Team: Julia Janov, Foothill; Malia Allen, Foothill; Celeste Wijnbelt, Foothill; Kaya Barrett, Canyon; Anna Vaughan, Canyon; Amanda Ellerbroek, Esperanza; Maddie DeRado, Villa Park.
  Second Team:
  
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• Six Flags Magic Mountain extends coronavirus closure to mid-May or later

  30-03-2020 17:44
  
  Six Flags Magic Mountain has extended the temporary coronavirus closure of the Valencia amusement park amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced theme parks throughout California and across the United States to shutter operations.
  The temporary 19-day closure at Magic Mountain has now been extended to mid-May “or as soon as possible thereafter,” officials said.
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• Six Flags extends coronavirus closure to mid-May, cuts employee pay 25%

  30-03-2020 17:44
  
  Six Flags Magic Mountain has extended the temporary coronavirus closure of the Valencia amusement park amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced theme parks throughout California and across the United States to shutter operations.
  The temporary 19-day closure at Magic Mountain has now been extended to mid-May “or as soon as possible thereafter,” officials said.
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• Status Update: AT&T, union reach deal that includes raises for 4 years

  30-03-2020 17:30
  
  AT&T has reached a tentative contract deal with the union that represents 13,000 workers in California and Nevada, according to the Communications Workers of America.
  The agreement covers technicians, call center personnel and other employees. AT&T posted a statement on its website March 21 that confirmed the tentative contract. According to AT&T, the deal covers a four-year span.
  The contract must be ratified by the union’s membership, and the vote could be scheduled for later
  
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• 11 sea lion rescues in nine days has Pacific Marine Mammal Center scrambling amid coronavirus shutdown

  30-03-2020 17:29
  
  In just nine days, rescues teams from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center responded to 11 dying and starving sea lions, while its own resources were depleted by the stay-at-home orders meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
  The teams that typically go out in groups of four to five have been cut to one or two. Recent beach crowds also posed a hazard to rescuers and lifeguards in Dana Point and Huntington Beach had to intervene when crowds got too close to struggling marine mammals.
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• Postponed BeachLife Festival will livestream a slate of performances May 1

  30-03-2020 17:26
  
  The BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach may be postponed due to the novel coronavirus epidemic, but at least part of the event, which was originally scheduled for May 1-3, will still go on as planned online.
  The festival’s SpeakEasy stage, a new stage where musicians were set to turn down the volume and perform acoustically, will now be a livestream on May 1, which would have been the first day of the festival’s second year. BeachLife, like many other Southern California events and c
  
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• ‘The Voice’ found this Orange County singer after he’d spent years of paying his dues

  30-03-2020 17:23
  
  Nine words and 17 seconds.
  That’s all Roderick Chambers had to sing of the Brian McKnight song he’d chosen for his blind audition on “The Voice” to convince judge Nick Jonas to hit his button, spin his chair, and change Chambers’ life forever.
  Now picture what that was like for Chambers: You just got something you’d dreamed about for years, but there’s still more than a minute of the song to sing, and millions of viewers are watching.SoundThe gallery wil
  
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• Olympics rescheduled for July 2021 with opening ceremony on July 23

  30-03-2020 17:08
  
  By STEPHEN WADE
  TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games.
  Tokyo organizers said Monday the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after the games were due to start this year.
  “The schedule for the games is key to preparing for the games,” Tokyo organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said. “This will only accelerate our progress.”
  Last week, the IOC
  
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• A new bridge could be on the way for Trabuco Canyon Road

  30-03-2020 15:20
  
  It’s a familiar sight during stormy weather: workers closing the Trabuco Canyon Road bridge as tons of mud and debris swallows up the narrow, low-lying structure that connects canyon communities to Rancho Santa Margarita.
  To prevent more road closures and bring the 40-year-old structure up to today’s standard, the OC Public Works Department is starting the process to replace the bridge. Over the next few months, county officials will hear from the community on how the new structure s
  
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• Santa Ana police seek possibly armed suspect in fatal shooting

  30-03-2020 07:12
  
  Police released a photo Sunday, March 29, of a possibly armed and dangerous man suspected in a fatal shooting at a park in Santa Ana.
  Investigators believe Daniel Contreras, 22, of Santa Ana shot the male victim near a baseball field at El Salvador Park, 1825 W. Civic Center Dr., late Wednesday, Santa Ana Police Department officials said in a news release. The person who was wounded was a minor, and died at the scene, Orange County Deputy Coroner Erica Arellano said. His identity was not release
  
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• LA Convention Center to become mammoth field hospital in fight against coronavirus

  30-03-2020 04:00
  
  The Los Angeles Convention Center will become a field hospital to help relieve the pressures brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Sunday, March 29, in the information-packed latest edition of his evening livecasts.
  A team from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — alongside 30 members of the US National Guard — helped equip the convention halls with medical supplies and cots, Garcetti said.
  The mayor’s remarks came as t
  
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• USNS Mercy takes on its first non-coronavirus patients

  30-03-2020 03:04
  
  A patient comes aboard the USNS Mercy on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of US Navy)
  A patient is brought aboard the USNS Mercy on Sunday, March 29. (Photo courtesy of US Navy)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSailors transport a patient to be admitted aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy on March 29.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan M. Breeden)
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  The first three patients arrived Sunday on the USNS Mercy, a Navy hospital ship at the Port of Los Ange
  
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• SoFi Stadium construction worker has coronavirus, others enter self-quarantine

  30-03-2020 02:26
  
  A worker on the site of the Rams’ and Chargers’ new stadium in Inglewood tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and others who were in close contact with that person are in self-quarantine, the construction companies said Sunday.
  The Turner/AECOM Hunt construction team said in a statement that the infected worker is “doing well” and recovering and the number of others who could be exposed is “minimal.” The worker was assigned to a material pre-assembly are
  
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• Makeshift pantries pop up all over Orange County to help neighbors during coronavirus shutdowns

  30-03-2020 02:17
  
  On most mornings, JoAnne Swartz arrives before dawn at the Smart & Final in Fountain Valley. That gives her the advantage of buying some toilet paper before it sells out.
  However, Swartz, the store’s manager, stocks up on the suddenly coveted staple not for herself, but for her pop-up pantry.
  A week ago, Swartz got the idea to stack cardboard shelves of food and paper goods in the common area of her Huntington Beach apartment complex. A handwritten sign reads: “Take if you’
  
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• Chargers QB Tyrod Taylor has another chance to start, and to prove doubters wrong

  30-03-2020 02:06
  
  Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor often posts pictures on social media of his offseason workouts, but a recent picture of him training with a notable free-agent quarterback drew plenty of speculation.
  Taylor was pictured next to Cam Newton, the former MVP who was released by the Carolina Panthers last week. Many assumed that meant the Chargers were going to sign Newton, but as of now that’s not the case.
  It was just a picture of two friends who play the same position having a throwing sess
  
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• Neighborhood parades on wheels become the new way to party in age of coronavirus

  30-03-2020 02:01
  
  Birthdays for 10-year-old Kamryn Brownell have always been something to look forward to. Way back in September, she started thinking about hers on Friday, March 27.
  “We had a party planned and we picked out invitations,” said her mom, Michele Lawrence, a Long Beach resident.
  Ten-year-old Kamryn Brownell — with her mom, Michele Lawrence, above — was treated to a parade-style birthday party, which adhered to coronavirus-spurred social distancing. Photo: courtesy imageTen-ye
  
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• Mr. Bucketlist: When the Browns brought Tommy Lasorda to Fullerton

  30-03-2020 01:44
  
  Editor’s Note: This is the fifth of a six-feature series as Mr. Bucketlist researches the history of spring training and baseball at Amerige Park in Fullerton.
  1953: Before Fullerton was home
  On March 11, 1953, a 25-year-old lefty named Tommy Lasorda stepped onto the pitcher’s mound at Amerige Park wearing an unfamiliar brown and orange uniform.
  Tommy Lasorda of the Brooklyn Dodgers during pitching action, August 7, 1954. (AP Photo)
  That day, the future Hall of Fame manager was the s
  
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• San Onofre treatment plant problem leads to release of 7,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into ocean

  30-03-2020 01:34
  
  A water treatment plant at the now-closed San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station released about 7,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, March 25.
  In an alert to state regulators, Southern California Edison, which operates the power station, said an unexpected surge of wastewater led to an “upset” at the treatment plant that morning, triggering an alarm but allowing the sewage to flow through a 6,000-foot pipe out into the ocean before workers cou
  
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• Coronavirus: California home sales now ‘essential’ but health risks scare agents

  30-03-2020 01:28
  
  Real estate agents have serious concerns about what would seem to be good news: reclassifying their work as “essential” in this era of coronavirus fears.
  Over the weekend, residential real estate sales were added to an updated list of essential services from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. That seemingly gave a green light to the resumption of sales since that same list was key to a previous no-selling interpretation of Gov.
  
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• Five more coronavirus deaths reported in LA County as number of cases tops 2,000

  30-03-2020 00:53
  
  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Los Angeles has surpassed 2,000 people, Los Angeles County public health officials announced Sunday, March 29.
  Officials also reported five new deaths related to COVID-19, the disease resulting from the novel coronavirus, and 332 new cases. A total of 2,136 residents of the county are now confirmed to have contracted the disease as of Sunday, according to county health officials. There have been 37 confirmed deaths.
  Information on the latest individua
  
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• Long Beach announces 11 more coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing total to 99

  30-03-2020 00:24
  
  Long Beach officials announced 11 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, March 29, bringing the city’s total to 99. There were no additional deaths announced.
  No new law enforcement officers were included in the total.
  Long Beach’s total includes a Long Beach police officer, a statement from the city said, and four Long Beach firefighters. All of those first responders are Long Beach residents, but not included in the total are nine other Long beach firefighters who live elsew
  
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