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• Dunn: School’s gone virtual these twins, but they are hard at work and learning a lot

  03-04-2020 23:57
  
  Their high school and senior year are shut down, but Corona del Mar’s Ashley and Maddy Trester are among the most heroic twin sisters anywhere as they battle on the front lines in a demanding grocery store amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  “With so much panic purchasing at times, it’s been difficult to restock all the time and have the items that people want,” Maddy said.
  Maddy, who loves soccer and has played since she was 6, added that what has been most difficult about ca
  
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• Dunn: School’s gone virtual for these twins, but they are hard at work and learning a lot

  03-04-2020 23:57
  
  Their high school and senior year are shut down, but Corona del Mar’s Ashley and Maddy Trester are among the most heroic twin sisters anywhere as they battle on the front lines in a demanding grocery store amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  “With so much panic purchasing at times, it’s been difficult to restock all the time and have the items that people want,” Maddy said.
  Maddy, who loves soccer and has played since she was 6, added that what has been most difficult about ca
  
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• CIF, sections cancel all spring sports playoffs in California in response to coronavirus crisis

  03-04-2020 23:33
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowNo high school baseball or softball infielders will toss their gloves high into the sky this spring after the final out is secured for a section title. There will be no celebratory dogpiles of players, championship plunges into the pool or proud displays of golden plaques to elated friends and family.
  The CIF State and section playoffs for this spring were canceled Friday across California — the Souther
  
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• 2-year-old survives possible drop from Orange apartment balcony, 2 arrested

  03-04-2020 22:41
  
  A 2-year-old boy survived a possible one-floor drop from an Orange apartment into a balcony late Thursday night, police said, suffering minor injuries.
  A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.
  Officers were called at about 10:30 p.m. to check on the welfare of a child at an apartment complex on Chapman Avenue, said Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin.
  They responded to the Renaissance at Uptown Orange apartments, adjacent to the Santa Ana River trail, and went to a third-
  
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• 2-year-old survives drop from Orange apartment balcony; 2 arrested in suspected child endangerment

  03-04-2020 22:41
  
  A 2-year-old boy survived a one-floor drop from an Orange apartment into a balcony late Thursday night, police said. The child was hospitalized with minor injuries while a man and woman were arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.
  Officers were called at about 10:30 p.m. to check on the welfare of a child at an apartment complex on Chapman Avenue, said Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin.
  They responded to the Renaissance at Uptown Orange apartments, adjacent to the Santa Ana River trail, and
  
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• 2-year-old survives drop from Orange apartment balcony, 2 arrested

  03-04-2020 22:41
  
  A 2-year-old boy survived a one-floor drop from an Orange apartment into a balcony late Thursday night, police said, suffering minor injuries.
  A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.
  Officers were called at about 10:30 p.m. to check on the welfare of a child at an apartment complex on Chapman Avenue, said Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin.
  They responded to the Renaissance at Uptown Orange apartments, adjacent to the Santa Ana River trail, and went to a third-floor uni
  
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• Wells Fargo, other lenders miss debut of small business rescue

  03-04-2020 22:38
  
  By Mark Niquette, Michael Sasso and Hannah Levitt, Bloomberg
  Small businesses had mixed results Friday trying to apply for loans on the first day of an unprecedented federal relief program, with some banks including Wells Fargo & Co. saying they weren’t ready as lenders across the country grappled with lack of detailed guidelines from the government.
  JMorgan Chase & Co. started taking applications Friday afternoon after warning clients Thursday night it was still awaiting guidance
  
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• Coronavirus: Gov. Newsom joins property tax relief fray

  03-04-2020 22:21
  
  Just days before property taxes are due, Gov. Gavin Newsom has waded into the financial tangle linked to whether the payments should — or can be — postponed amid the economic chaos spawned by the coronavirus.
  While some county tax collectors want to keep the April 10 deadline, pressure has mounted to push back the payment date because numerous residential and commercial property owners have been financially jolted by the coronavirus.
  “We are assessing our options as it relates
  
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• Recipes: Serve an Easter meal with leg of lamb, baby Dutch potatoes and carrot cake

  03-04-2020 22:20
  
  Easter brings its share of ganache-filled chocolate eggs and scary-yellow marshmallow critters, so sweet they can make your molars shiver. But for many, no Easter celebration is complete without a leg of lamb.
  Even though big Easter gatherings are currently off, sliced lamb can be packaged and left at notified loved ones’ doorsteps or used as leftovers in everything from hash to sandwiches to soups. Or for a smaller yield, buy a 4-pound shank end of leg of lamb, tr
  
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• Long Beach’s paraplegic star Angela Madsen to row across Pacific

  03-04-2020 22:19
  
  By Gary Metzger,
  Contributing writer
  The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world’s five oceans. It extends approximately 9,600 miles. It connects Asia and Australia to the Americas. Traversing the ocean on a ship is arduous.
  Now imagine rowing across it.
  Well, if all goes well, Long Beach’s Angela Madsen will have rowed more than 25% of the Pacific by July.
  If you’re counting, that’s about 2,500 miles.
  Madsen, a three-time Paralympian and U.S. Marine veteran
  
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• Anti-eviction edict will worsen California’s economic woes

  03-04-2020 22:18
  
  SACRAMENTO >> California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently issued an executive order that creates a statewide moratorium on evictions. Such orders are just a fancy term for an edict — something passed unilaterally by the governmental leader without the normal legislative process that includes public hearings, public votes and other checks and balances.
  When restraints on the government’s power are removed, citizens are left at the mercy of the person who issues them. Fortunately, News
  
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• Engineer who authorities say purposely derailed train near USNS Mercy in San Pedro ordered held without bail

  03-04-2020 22:15
  
  A San Pedro man suspected of intentionally running a train off the end of the tracks in San Pedro in hopes of hitting the USNS Mercy earlier this week was ordered Friday, April 3, to remain behind bars on no bail until his trial date, authorities said.
  U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael R. Wilner made the order at a brief detention hearing in a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles, noting 44-year-old Eduardo Moreno posed a danger to the community and was a flight risk, said Thom Mrozek, spokesma
  
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• A public health approach to public safety will help our communities remain protected

  03-04-2020 21:56
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s decision to safely reduce incarceration in the effort to stop the spread of coronavirus is smart for the health and safety of Californians.
  By releasing 3,500 people serving a sentence for a non-violent offense and whose scheduled release dates are within the next 60 days, California is demonstrating national leadership.
  Local jail officials are making similarly smart decisions by seeking to safely reduce t
  
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• Rep. Gil Cisneros, a Navy vet, wants official explanation for firing of captain amid coronavirus outbreak on his ship

  03-04-2020 21:51
  
  Rep. Gil Cisneros on Friday called for Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly to tell Congress why he reneged on an earlier pledge not to punish a captain who sent a letter asking for help amid a growing outbreak of the coronavirus on his ship.
  “Acting Secretary Modly needs to explain his unexpected decision and reversal in position to the House Armed Services Committee and Congress,” said Cisneros, a Democrat from Yorba Linda whose 39th District includes portions of Orange, Los Angeles
  
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• Are we seeing steps toward reality for a sci-fi scenario?

  03-04-2020 21:41
  
  Many parts of current reality, from talking wristwatches to smartphones and sophisticated industrial and domestic robots like Amazon’s Alexa, Roomba vacuum cleaners and many more, occurred in science fiction stories decades before becoming everyday devices.
  So it pays today to consider where California and the rest of modern civilization may be headed, with online work and education expanded exponentially as part of the effort to curb the worldwide COVID-19 viral pandemic.
  Increasingly, pe
  
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• Coronavirus: 3M fires back at Trump over order to produce more face masks

  03-04-2020 21:37
  
  By DAVID KOENIG and ZEKE MILLER
  Manufacturing giant 3M pushed back Friday against criticism from President Donald Trump over production of face masks that are badly needed by American health care workers.
  The company said it has been producing as many masks as possible for the U.S. “over the last several weeks and months.”
  3M also said the administration asked it to stop exporting medical-grade masks to Canada and Latin America, which the company said raises “significant humani
  
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• Practice a little patience — and order some take-out

  03-04-2020 21:36
  
  Homebound civilians may not have any sports to watch on TV, but there’s a good substitute on these days, the “House of the Flying Grudges.” To see the latest episode, tune in to any news channel.
  It’s not enough that we’ve got sick people to treat, or that we’ve had to close pretty much any place where people congregate (schools, churches, restaurants, shopping centers, sporting events, etc.), or that whole populations are thrown out of work. We’ve got t
  
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• Newport Beach considering today short-term rentals ban during coronavirus outbreak

  03-04-2020 21:32
  
  Newport Beach officials will be meeting at 4 p.m. today, April 3, to discuss whether short-term rentals should be shut down by emergency order during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Concerns about short-term lodging – and the out-of-town visitors they draw – have been criticized by some community members who say people should not be traveling to the seaside town while California is trying to stop the spread of the virus.
  The city has shut down boardwalks and beach parking lots, but opponen
  
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• Orange County boys volleyball standings 2020

  03-04-2020 21:31
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County high school boys volleyball standings for the 2020 season.TRINITY LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  JSerra
  0-0
  4-0
  Mater Dei
  0-0
  6-1
  Orange Lutheran
  0-0
  2-1
  Servite
  0-0
  5-3
  St. John Bosco
  0-0
  2-3
  Santa Margarita
  0-0
  0-3
  SURF LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Newport Beach
  0-0
  6-0
  Corona del Mar
  0-0
  4-2
  Laguna Beach
  0-0
  8-5
  Huntington Beach
  0-0
  3-3
  WAVE LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Los Alamitos
  0-0
  15-4
  Edison
  0-0
  3-2
  Marina
  0
  
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• Orange County softball standings 2020

  03-04-2020 21:28
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County softball standings for the 2020 season.TRINITY LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Santa Margarita
  0-0
  5-0
  JSerra
  0-0
  7-2
  Orange Lutheran
  0-0
  7-3
  Mater Dei
  0-0
  6-6
  Rosary
  0-0
  1-3
  SURF LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Los Alamitos
  0-0
  10-0
  Edison
  0-0
  7-1
  Huntington Beach
  0-0
  2-2-3
  Marina
  0-0
  5-6
  WAVE LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Newport Harbor
  0-0
  3-3
  Corona del Mar
  0-0
  2-3
  Fountain
  0-0
  3-7
  Laguna Beach
  0-0
  0-3
  SOUTH COAST LEAG
  
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• Orange County baseball standings 2020

  03-04-2020 21:26
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County high school baseball standings for the 2020 season.TRINITY LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Orange Lutheran
  2-0
  8-0
  JSerra
  2-0
  11-1
  Servite
  2-0
  5-5
  St. John Bosco
  0-2
  4-2
  Mater Dei
  0-2
  3-6
  Santa Margarita
  0-2
  3-7
  SURF LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Fountain Valley
  0-0
  6-2
  Huntington Beach
  0-0
  6-3
  Los Alamitos
  0-0
  7-4
  Edison
  0-0
  5-4-1
  WAVE LEAGUE
  League
  Overall
  Laguna Beach
  0-0
  8-1
  Corona del Mar
  0-0
  5-4
  Marina
  0-0
  
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• Gov. Cuomo to seize ventilators for NYC as hospitals buckle under coronavirus strain

  03-04-2020 21:23
  
  By MARINA VILLENUEVE, JOHN LEICESTER and ARITZ PARRA
  NEW YORK — With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them — one of the most aggressive steps yet in the U.S. to relieve severe shortages of equipment needed to fight the scourge.
  “If they want to sue me for borrowing their excess ventilators to save lives, let them su
  
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• Coronavirus crimps home sales as agents grapple with new realities

  03-04-2020 21:08
  
  Walter Manalu and his fiancée had just found the perfect house, one that’s big enough for their blended family to share after they get married.
  The two-story, 3,800-square-foot Jurupa Valley home has five bedrooms, a three-car garage, a downstairs office, front porch, huge great room and sits across the street from a park.
  He had already leased out his current house, packed up all his boxes, bought new furniture and appliances and was making plans to hire contractors when his mortga
  
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• Suspension of trial for O.C. man accused of killing ex-wife extended due to coronavirus shutdown

  03-04-2020 21:01
  
  The suspension of the high-profile trial of a former attorney accused of strangling one of his ex-wives and throwing her body off an Italian cruise ship has been extended until at least April 27, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to sideline nearly all local jury trials.
  Lonnie Kocontes, who is accused of killing Micki Kanesaki in May 2006, was expected to take the stand on March 16, until the rapidly expanding coronavirus shutdown forced Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard M. King to
  
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• Orange Lutheran football: Oscar McBride named offensive coordinator; freshman quarterback Carson Conklin landing offers

  03-04-2020 20:43
  
  Orange Lutheran has named former Servite and Tesoro offensive coordinator Oscar McBride as its offensive coordinator, Lancers football coach JP Presley confirmed this week.
  McBride, a former tight end at Notre Dame, replaces Mike Crawford, who had been the Lancers’ offensive coordinator since 2016.
  Crawford oversaw the Ryan Hilinski era as the Lancers’ record-setting quarterback. Hilinski is plays at South Carolina.
  Crawford said this week that he is now the admissions director at Ca
  
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• Orange Lutheran football names Oscar McBride offensive coordinator; Carson Conklin landing offers

  03-04-2020 20:43
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange Lutheran has named former Servite and Tesoro offensive coordinator Oscar McBride as its offensive coordinator, Lancers football coach JP Presley confirmed this week.
  McBride, a former tight end at Notre Dame, replaces Mike Crawford, who had been the Lancers’ offensive coordinator since 2016.
  Crawford oversaw the Ryan Hilinski era as the Lancers’ record-setting quarterback. Hilinski now play
  
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• USC athletics to hold blood drive at Galen Center to help during coronavirus outbreak

  03-04-2020 20:32
  
  USC athletics and the Red Cross announced on Friday that they have partnered to host a blood drive at the Galen Center on April 14 “to help maintain a stable blood supply during the coronavirus outbreak.”
  The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with appointments mandatory for healthy donors. Appointments can be made on the Red Cross Blood Donor app, at RedCrossBlood.org or by calling 1-800-733-2767 and using sponsor code FIGHTON.
  ““This is the most important gam
  
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• Review: 10 more great Orange County dishes still available during the coronavirus pandemic

  03-04-2020 20:02
  
  While the coronavirus pandemic has turned our worlds upside down, many restaurants remain open, operating in crisis mode to provide essential takeout and delivery. 
  With reduced crews, restaurants have rallied heroically to keep us fed. The limited revenue won’t be enough to sustain many businesses for long, but it might help some survive while we all pitch in to help flatten the curve. 
  Anything could change overnight, but for the moment at least here are 10 more great dishes cu
  
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• If we can safely distance at the grocery store, surely we can do the same at parks

  03-04-2020 20:02
  
  Across California, local leaders are making decisions about how to manage the parks, beaches and trails that many of us flocked to at the beginning of the state’s sweeping stay-at-home order to contain the coronavirus.
  Where I live, in Los Angeles, the Department of Parks and Recreation responded by closing many outdoor facilities.
  For physicians and lawmakers working to halt transmission of the coronavirus, the crowds that had gathered understandably raised alarms. But rather th
  
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• What is so great about compromise? Ask the lawyer

  03-04-2020 19:57
  
  Q: We went to mediation. The mediator (a retired judge) kept saying that compromise is OK; you could lose, you will spend all that money — better to have a solution now and be done with it. Since we feel we are victims of misconduct by the other party, and have provable losses, why should we compromise?
  -B.C., Monrovia
  A: There is a saying: “A good settlement sends the parties home equally unhappy.” So if the parties reach a money settlement, one side feels it paid too much, an
  
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• Coronavirus cases confirmed in 4 Long Beach long-term care facilities

  03-04-2020 19:55
  
  Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in four long-term care facilities in Long Beach, according to city officials.
  Representatives for Long Beach’s Joint Information Center said details on how many cases were identified at each facility, and when those cases were reported, was not immediately available.
  The four facilities are:Bixby Knolls Towers;
  Long Beach Healthcare Facility;
  Pacific Palms Healthcare; and
  Palmcrest Grand Assisted Living.Lance Haering, the administrator for Pacific Palm
  
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• These books can help you write your way through coronavirus seclusion

  03-04-2020 19:34
  
  By Courtney Maum
  Last month at a skeleton-crew version of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference known as AWP, I gave a talk to its Writer to Writer mentorship program about control.
  Among the attendees, anxiety prevailed. Would frequent hand-washing be enough to keep this COVID-19 thing at bay? Would literary agents ever open up their inboxes again? What would a writing life in limbo look like or even mean?
  Book writers in America pray before the altar of Things We Can&rsquo
  
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• Your guide to streaming movies to rent or buy April 3-9

  03-04-2020 18:57
  
  “1917” (R, for violence, some disturbing images and language; available to buy on Amazon Prime, Fandango Now, Apple TV and Vudu) Director Sam Mendes, has similarly taken top technology — and the best cinematography, courtesy of Roger Deakins — to give us a compelling look at World War I through the eyes of two ordinary soldiers asked to perform an extraordinary task. The special sauce here, which you may have heard about: “1917” appears as if it were shot in o
  
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• English Premier League suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus outbreak

  03-04-2020 18:54
  
  The English Premier League was suspended indefinitely on Friday following a meeting of its 20 clubs, who discussed financial painkiller measures including asking players to take a substantial pay cut during the coronavirus outbreak.
  Having previously given a tentative – and improbable – return date of April 30, the world’s richest league said the season would not be resuming at the start of May and “will only return when it is safe and appropriate to do so,” and onl
  
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• Can golfing keep its social distance amid coronavirus anti-gathering efforts?

  03-04-2020 18:47
  
  Hundreds of golfers around Orange County are out swinging their irons on courses that have remained open in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
  Now the county’s supervisors are debating whether golf courses must obey California’s March 19 stay-at-home order, which directs “nonessential” businesses to curtail operations.
  Golfers enjoy a spring day on Tuesday March 31, 2020 at Old Ranch Country Club in Seal Beach — one of several golf courses still open in Orange Cou
  
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• Jurors convict Buena Park man of sexually assaulting 2-year-old

  03-04-2020 18:29
  
  A 23-year-old Buena Park man was convicted this week of sexually assaulting a toddler, with the jury trial ending with courts closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  A Santa Ana jury on Wednesday found Arthur William Robert Callender guilty of two felony counts of sexual intercourse with a child under age 10, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
  Prosecutors allege that Callender sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl he was babysitting in 2016. His tri
  
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• Final Four: Voting for Southern California favorite athlete, food, movies and recreation

  03-04-2020 18:28
  
  You’ve been picking your favorite Southern California movies, athletes, food and recreation spots, and now we’re down to four each.
  Our Final Fours are happening just as the NCAA Tournament would’ve been playing its marquee stretch of games, and there already have been some buzzer-beaters.
  For instance, in our movie category, top-seeded “L.A. Confidential” ended up tied with No. 9 “Beverly Hills Cop” in the Elite Eight and only advanced because of the hi
  
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• WNBA to delay the start of its season because of the coronavirus

  03-04-2020 17:35
  
  The WNBA will delay the start of training camp and the regular season in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the league announced Friday. The season was set to begin May 15 and training camp was to tip April 26.
  “As developments continue to emerge around the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extension of the social distancing guidelines in the United States through April 30, the WNBA will postpone the start of its training camps and tip of the regular season,” WNBA Commissio
  
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• How bird watching can reduce anxiety and stress during stay-at-home orders

  03-04-2020 17:25
  
  With the stress and uncertainty of COVID-19 weighing us all down, take a moment and enjoy the sounds and beauty of birds. Nature has a way of soothing the soul. And a healthy dose of its solace and respite might be just what we need right now.
  Studies have shown that bird watching can help reduce anxiety and depression. It’s undeniable that birds bring joy to people of all ages. According to the National Audubon Society, tens of millions identify themselves as birders.
  Staff at many of the
  
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• Scammers aim to exploit seniors with new ploys amid coronavirus crisis

  03-04-2020 17:15
  
  Early Sunday, March 29, Laguna Woods Village resident Marcia Hackett received an email from her minister seeking help in the delivery of eBay gift cards to church members with cancer. It was a $500 ask, and “out-of-the-ordinary,” she said.
  But these are not ordinary times.
  Of course Hackett would help — she’s invested 42 years of fellowship at her church, Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church. She was already looking for ways she could help fellow churchgoers and nei
  
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• Bubble Watch: California home prices can’t dodge coronavirus job cuts

  03-04-2020 17:08
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: A mind-numbing 1.5 million Californians have filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March as coronavirus protection measures, including strict limits on home selling, put a stranglehold on the state’s economy.
  Source: Gov. Gavin Newsom
  The Trend
  Various “stay at home” orders, limiting work to a modest list of “essential” industries, have sh
  
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• ‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ singer-songwriter Bill Withers dies at 81

  03-04-2020 16:17
  
  By MARK KENNEDY
  Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean On Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81.
  The three-time Grammy Award winner, who withdrew from making music in the mid-1980s, died on Monday in Los Angeles, the statement said. His death comes as the public has
  
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• Coronavirus lifestyle improves climate-change behaviors. Will it last?

  03-04-2020 16:00
  
  The skies are clearer and carbon emissions are down thanks to telecommuting, fewer shopping trips, fewer flights and other impacts of the coronavirus lockdown — some of the same behavior changes that scientists and environmentalists say are needed to address climate change in the long term.
  These experts point to lessons to be gleaned and Earth-friendly habits that could develop from the current crisis. But they also express concern that political leaders’ sense of urgency and trust
  
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• Shuttered San Clemente hospital to become coronavirus testing site

  03-04-2020 15:47
  
  The shuttered 73-bed San Clemente hospital will be used as a coronavirus testing site, after it was passed over for use as an overflow option for hospitals.
  In an agreement with MemorialCare announced by San Clemente city officials this week to use the hospital site, testing is expected to start as soon as the test kits become available and will be done as a drive-thru.
  “This is the No.1 thing residents in south county have been asking for,” said Supervisor Lisa Bartlett, who oversee
  
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• Dioceses alter Holy Week guidelines across Southern California due to coronavirus concerns

  03-04-2020 15:46
  
  There will be no gatherings for Masses at Catholic churches across Southern California, no palms handed out or public events celebrating the first Holy Communion.
  Even community Easter egg hunts are a no-go amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  But remember – prayer and faith can’t be cancelled.People celebrate during the opening ceremony of the 183rd Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. The world's largest beer festival will be held from Sept. 17
  
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• U.S. sheds 701,000 jobs, ending a record hiring streak amid coronavirus downturn

  03-04-2020 15:03
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
  WASHINGTON  — A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade as employers cut 701,000 jobs because of the viral outbreak that’s all but shut down the U.S. economy. The unemployment rate jumped to 4.4% from a 50-year low of 3.5%.
  Last month’s actual job loss was likely even larger because the government surveyed employers before the heaviest layoffs hit in the past two week. Nearly 10 million Americans applied fo
  
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• Coronavirus: DMV rescues drivers with expiring licenses

  03-04-2020 15:01
  
  Q. Dear Honk: How can I get a driver license extension? I went to the Department of Motor Vehicles website the first week in January for an appointment and could not get one until after my birthday this month. Could you ask our Gov. Gavin Newsom to order the DMV to send out extensions for seniors for 120 days or longer, as needed because of the coronavirus?
  – Ralph Bergman, West Anaheim
  A. Ralph dropped his emailed question to Honk way back on March 24, and, finally, the DMV adopted such a
  
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• Coronavirus: What could help us return to normal? Experts say antibody testing could be key

  03-04-2020 15:00
  
  How will we know when it’s safe to go back to work? To the movies? To Disneyland?
  When can the devastated economy rumble back to life?
  A key to getting those answers, epidemiologists say, is development of the type of simple, cheap blood test that a Little Saigon doctor has drawn official rebuke for offering.
  Used properly — and widely — such “surveillance testing” could allow public health officials to understand how widespread infection is in individual communitie
  
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• Coronavirus socialism: Political Cartoons

  03-04-2020 15:00
  
  Irma Velasco wears the ideal hat while walking around Lake Forest's Sunwood neighborhood's 38th Annual Sunwood Street Faire and Garage Sale Saturday.Mary Thomas-Vallens reacts after being named Elementary School Teacher of the Year at Brywood elementary in Irvine on Monday, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsIman Aiinehsazian, dressed as Pac-Man, dances with Missy Mandel during the Circle of Friends Halloween Dance at the
  
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• Orange Lutheran hires Nestor Nunez as boys water polo coach to replace Steve Carrera

  03-04-2020 08:08
  
  Orange Lutheran stayed in-house to fill one of the top coaching vacancies in Orange County boys water polo.
  The Lancers hired Nestor Nunez, the experienced assistant of former Orange Lutheran coach Steve Carrera, to take the reins of the Trinity League program.
  Nunez coached under Carrera for five seasons, including the team’s 2016 run to the CIF-SS Division 1 title.
  Nunez also played at Concordia for Carrera, who left Orange Lutheran in December to start the women’s water polo coach
  
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