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• All-County basketball players Isabelle Avalos of Buena Park, Ericka Maggard of Woodbridge commit to colleges

  06-04-2020 23:46
  
  All-County basketball players Isabelle Avalos of Buena Park and Erika Maggard of Woodbridge have committed to colleges.
  Avalos, a 5-foot-9 shooting guard, has committed to NAIA Hope International in Fullerton while Maggard, a 5-foot-10 forward, has committed to Division II Concordia in Irvine.
  Avalos highlighted her season by setting an Orange County single-game record for 3-pointers with 13 pointers against Fullerton in her final game.
  The senior broke the county record of Stephanie Lee of Brea
  
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• Orange County response to census higher than state average, but 3 other counties lagging

  06-04-2020 23:34
  
  Orange County residents appear more eager than their neighbors to be counted in the 2020 Census, early data suggests.
  As of April 4, more than half of O.C. households — 50.4 percent —  had self-responded to the 2020 Census, either online, by phone or by mail, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s well above the statewide average of 44.2 percent.
  Lagging behind were Riverside County, with a response rate of 42.2 percent; San Bernardino County, at 40.4 percent; and Los
  
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• Coronavirus hiring: Rite Aid, Goettl Air Conditioning need workers

  06-04-2020 23:25
  
  The fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work, but Rite Aid and Goettl Air Conditioning and Plumbing are hiring.
  Rite Aid announced Monday it is hiring 5,000 full-time and part-time cashiers, pharmacy technicians and distribution workers nationwide. The company didn’t specify where all the openings are, but many will likely be spread throughout Rite Aid’s 541 California locations.
  Information on job openings can be found at careers.info.riteaid.com
  
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• Coronavirus biz news: Costco, Walmart cut back (again) on shoppers inside

  06-04-2020 23:16
  
  The battle to thwart the spread of coronavirus has throttled many businesses and changed operations in many industries. Here’s a summary of the latest news around Southern California…
  Costco is limiting shoppers in its warehouses to two people per membership card.
  In a message to members on its website, the big-box retailer said the temporary measure was enacted “for your safety and the safety of our employees and other members, and to further assist with our social distancing
  
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• Six Flags pauses membership payments during coronavirus closure

  06-04-2020 23:09
  
  Six Flags will pause membership payments for members on the monthly payment plan while the chain’s amusement parks remain closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  “In response to the coronavirus pandemic, we are allowing members to pause their membership accounts until the parks reopen,” Six Flags officials said in a statement. “When a membership is on ‘pause’ the guest’s credit card will not be charged and they will accrue no additional charges on their accou
  
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• UFC 249 still on, with Justin Gaethje to fight Tony Ferguson at undetermined venue

  06-04-2020 23:03
  
  The UFC says Tony Ferguson will fight Justin Gaethje for the interim lightweight title in the main event of UFC 249 on April 18.
  The mixed martial arts promotion announced the main event matchup Monday. Gaethje replaces lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is apparently unable to leave Russia during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Although UFC President Dana White still hasn’t even announced a venue for UFC 249, he remains determined to hold a pay-per-view show this month. Most U.S. states
  
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• 5 California music festivals you can recreate at home, from Coachella to BottleRock

  06-04-2020 22:50
  
  Normally in April we are getting ready to kick off music festival season with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. That was obviously before the coronavirus pandemic and all gatherings were ordered canceled in the name of public safety.
  While many of the musical events that normally dot the springtime, such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Southern California and BottleRock Napa Valley, have been rescheduled for the fall, it’
  
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• Orange County coronavirus cases rise to 882, deaths remain at 14

  06-04-2020 22:44
  
  SANTA ANA — Orange County’s COVID-19 cases increased from 834 on Sunday to 882 Monday, with the death toll remaining unchanged at 14.
  The number of hospitalized patients decreased from 137 to 130, but the number of patients in intensive care units rose from 56 on Sunday to 72 on Monday, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.
  Of the county’s 882 cases, six, or 1%, involve children; 79, or 9%, are between 18-24; 139, or 16%, are between 25-34; 134, or 15%, are between
  
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• The shock and impact of instant 11 percent unemployment is just the beginning

  06-04-2020 22:40
  
  Not sure you’re worried enough about the economy? You’ve come to the right place. As bad as the numbers look right now, I’m about to show you the reality is even worse.
  This isn’t going to be pretty but if you think you can handle the truth, stick with me while I take you through the data.
  Start with the news that the U.S. unemployment rate has risen to 4.4 percent. Sure, you might think, that’s a huge one-month increase. But, so what? Let’s look on the bright
  
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• Construction continues for OC Streetcar and freeway projects during coronavirus outbreak

  06-04-2020 22:29
  
  Orange County’s transportation agency is pushing ahead with its construction projects – in some cases gaining speed while roads are unusually clear – but with precautions in place to protect workers during the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.
  In Santa Ana, workers are installing a water pipeline on 4th Street from Ross Street to Spurgeon Street to lay the ground for the OC Streetcar. Crews are also continuing their work to widen the 405 Freeway between the 605 Freeway and
  
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• NFL draft goes virtual, with team decision-makers to work from home

  06-04-2020 22:10
  
  The NFL draft will be conducted in a virtual format, with team personnel working from their homes.
  In a memo sent to the 32 teams Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell outlined procedures for the April 23-25 draft. The guidelines include no group gatherings.
  RELATED: NFL draft prep turns into home game for Rams scouts, execs
  “We have reviewed this matter in the past few days with both the competition committee and CEC (a group of league executives),&rd
  
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• Column: How the coronavirus made me clean my house and prioritize my life

  06-04-2020 21:56
  
  By Diane Duray, contributing columnist
  I got to Stater Brothers at 7:20 a.m. and stood in line with other seniors to await the special opening time for us at 7:45 a.m.  Although we stood our social distancing of 6 feet apart, we were able to keep our conversations flowing. I said to the nearest person, “I never thought my social life would come to this (a friendly conversation outside Stater Brothers).”
  Yet, it is what it is. And we commiserated, shared tips to say safe, and sha
  
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• Virtual It’s a Small World combines rides from 5 Disney theme parks during coronavirus closure

  06-04-2020 21:41
  
  You can take a virtual trip around the globe during the coronavirus closure of all 12 Disney theme parks with a new video version of It’s a Small World featuring scenes from attractions in Anaheim, Florida, France, Hong Kong and Japan.
  The It’s a Small World virtual boat ride featuring scenes from five Disney theme parks is the latest installment of #StayAtHome entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic now collected in a new comprehensive website dubbed Disney Magic Moments.
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• Volunteerism rises during COVID-19 crisis

  06-04-2020 21:09
  
  “We have the ability to do martial law … if we feel the necessity,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a March 17 press conference. He is one of many governors who have mulled extreme measures to deal with potential civic disorder during the COVID-19 crisis.
  We’re left, however, with a different impression about the state of life in these unprecedented times.
  Despite a few incidents of looting in San Francisco and some beach partiers who ignored social-distancing guidelines,
  
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• Coronavirus and our Second Amendment rights

  06-04-2020 21:04
  
  While it is understandably difficult for state and local officials to sort out which types of businesses are “essential” and which are not, the coronavirus pandemic does not justify government-ordered shutdowns of gun stores.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide lockdown order instructing “non-essential” businesses to remain closed in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus was certainly imposed with good intentions.
  But as critical as it is to prevent the spread
  
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• All-star softball games for seniors canceled due to coronavirus crisis

  06-04-2020 20:33
  
  The Orange County Softball Coaches All-Star Classic and Orange County vs. Inland Empire all-star softball game have been canceled because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, said Dan Hay, president of the Premier Girls Fastpitch, the games’ host and presenting sponsor.
  The Orange County game was scheduled for Tuesday, May 19 at Bill Barber Park in Irvine.
  The Orange County-Inland Empire game was planned for Wednesday, May 20 at Big League Sports Park in Chino Hills.
  Last season, th
  
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• Wine Wednesday doesn’t stop with these alcohol delivery services

  06-04-2020 20:31
  
  Wine Wednesday was always the perfect hump date treat, and we might need it now more than ever. Because most of us are stuck at home, we’ll be enjoying a glass (or bottle) of wine from the comfort of our kitchens. Don’t let this limit your options! Many delivery services are still functioning that include your favorite wines, beers,  and some new drinks to try for the first time. While all of these restaurants have been updating their safety and health regulations while closing
  
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• Purple & Bold: The NBA’s return is as cloudy as ever

  06-04-2020 20:07
  
  Editor’s note: This is the March 30 edition of the Purple and Bold Lakers newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  It’s now been almost a month since an NBA game was played, and I can tell you two things with a certain degree of confidence:
  1) With a nation hungry for sports and a great deal of money on the line, the league and its teams are dispensing a lot of work to figure out a plan to resume the season.
  2) As of now, with the nation under quarantin
  
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• Trump hypes the failed War on Drugs amid coronavirus pandemic

  06-04-2020 19:50
  
  At the beginning of a White House briefing on the coronavirus, President Trump and other officials took the time to announce stepped up counternarcotics efforts.
  “We must not let the drug cartels exploit the pandemic to threaten American lives,” declared the president.
  Unfortunately, President Trump has forgotten a lesson he knew well three decades ago, when he publicly called for the end of the War on Drugs: drug cartels will continue to exist so long as drug prohibition continues,
  
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• Reflections on another week sheltering-at-home

  06-04-2020 19:35
  
  SHELTERING-AT-HOME: The governor says this could last until June, but it’s not so bad, right?.
  I keep telling myself that, hoping it’ll comfort me–it gives me something to do while I’m sitting around flattening the curve.
  These are strange, scary times though. Streets are empty. Stores are closed. Up is down, left is right. As Dr. Peter Venkman once said: “Cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria!”
  For introverts like me, this was what we’ve always w
  
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• The Go-Gos’ Kathy Valentine shares her wild life in ‘All I Ever Wanted’

  06-04-2020 18:34
  
  For Kathy Valentine, the fairy tale began on Christmas 1980. Restless that night, the 21-year-old guitarist headed down from the home in the Hollywood Hills, where she’d been staying with a friend since moving to Los Angeles from Austin, to catch a gig by rising L.A. punk act X at the Whisky A Go Go.
  There, a chance encounter in the bathroom with Go-Go‘s guitarist Charlotte Caffey led to an offer to fill in on bass with the then-unsigned band for a run of eight shows over four nights
  
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• Orange County’s ‘essential workers’ can get childcare from YMCA, private schools

  06-04-2020 18:22
  
  YMCA Orange County is using 28 of its sites to give parents who are deemed “essential workers” a place for their children to go while they are on the job, and at least two Southern California-based private school companies also have shifted to emergency childcare while regular education remains online only.
  “When the schools shut down, there was a lack of childcare for nurses, police and others,” said Jeff McBride, CEO of YMCA Orange County. “We had the expertise an
  
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• Firefighters rescue man from flood-control channel in Buena Park during rainstorm

  06-04-2020 17:36
  
  A man was pulled out of a flood-control channel early Monday amid a rainstorm in Buena Park, fire officials said.
  It was just about 6:45 a.m. when residents around the 4600 block of Minorca Way heard someone yelling from a storm-drain area, said Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Orange County Fire Authority.
  When firefighters arrived to where the residents had directed them, they didn’t see anyone in need of help, Nguyen said. But fire units that were downstream found the man in the channel about
  
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• Drive-up and call-in public input? How coronavirus is changing access to local government

  06-04-2020 17:32
  
  If American democracy rests on public access and participation, how do you run a democratic government when a global pandemic means the public can’t set foot in city hall?
  In Southern California, local officials are answering that question in some creative ways.
  Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill throws to the plate during the first inning of Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds Prin
  
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• Status Update: Irvine Cottages, 12 homes and 72 beds, donated to Alzheimer’s nonprofit

  06-04-2020 17:30
  
  Alzheimer’s Orange County has been gifted a collection of cottages that will expand the nonprofit’s ability to help those suffering from the disease.
  Dr. Jacqueline DuPont, a gerontologist, has donated the memory care company she founded in 1996, Irvine Cottages, to AlzOC. The nonprofit said it will assume ownership in May.
  “I have devoted much of my life to the wellbeing of seniors who face the challenges that come with aging,” DuPont said in a statement.  “I
  
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• Player Message: Orange Lutheran softball’s Lexi Lacy says ‘nothing should stop your dreams’

  06-04-2020 17:00
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowEditor’s note: OCVarsity is publishing messages and memories from Orange County coaches, athletes and others who have been affected by the coronavirus crisis. Details about this project can be found here.This is a message from Orange Lutheran softball player Lexi Lacy:
  My name is Lexi Lacy and I am a transfer athlete. I was so looking forward to my junior season at Orange Lutheran. I have been play
  
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• Boys and girls lacrosse will have to wait another year to crown first CIF-SS champions

  06-04-2020 17:00
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThis was supposed to the first season that boys and girls lacrosse teams got to celebrate winning CIF Southern Section championships.
  Players, coaches and fans dreamed about their teams sprinting to their goalies for celebratory dogpiles this spring.
  The race to crown the first CIF-SS champions in lacrosse will have to wait another year, as the lacrosse season, along with all of the other spring sports, has e
  
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• Masters moved to November, British Open canceled until 2021

  06-04-2020 16:59
  
  The British Open will not be played this year for the first time since 1945, golf officials announced Monday as they tried to reconfigure a major championship schedule that would end with the Masters being played two weeks before Thanksgiving.
  Still to be determined is when — or even if — golf can resume depending on the spread of COVID-19 that has shut down sports worldwide.
  The R&A announced that the British Open, scheduled for July 16-19 at Royal St. George’s in England,
  
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• British Open canceled until 2021 as golf reworks schedule

  06-04-2020 16:59
  
  The British Open will not be played this year for the first time since 1945, with the R&A choosing to play golf’s oldest championship next year at Royal St. George’s and move the 150th Open at St. Andrews to 2022.
  It was a major piece of golf trying to reconfigure a schedule brought on by the spread of the new coronavirus.
  Golf organizations were expected to announce later Monday the PGA Championship moving to August, the U.S. Open going to September and the Masters to be played
  
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• Stocks rise sharply on signs of progress in battling virus

  06-04-2020 16:07
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK — Stocks jumped in markets around the world Monday after some of the hardest-hit areas offered sparks of hope that the worst of the coronavirus outbreak may be on the horizon.
  U.S. stocks climbed more than 4% in the first few minutes of trading, following up on similar gains in Europe and Asia. In another sign that investors are feeling more optimistic about the economy’s path, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose toward its first gain in four days.
  New corona
  
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• Video calls replace hugs for elderly in senior care amid coronavirus outbreak

  06-04-2020 15:30
  
  Three times a day for more than four years, 88-year-old Jeanne Wintheiser would amble from her one-bedroom apartment at the Town & Country senior community through a labyrinth of hallways and corridors to reach the room of her husband, an Alzheimer’s patient at the other end of the sprawling Santa Ana facility.
  There, she would often feed Bob Wintheiser, 89, his favorite meal — hamburgers — and together during baseball season they would watch their beloved Los Angeles Angel
  
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• ‘Powerful’ storm bringing rain, wind, snow to Southern California

  06-04-2020 15:04
  
  LOS ANGELES — A “potent” and “powerful late-season winter-like storm” will generate moderate to heavy rain Monday in Southern California, likely causing minor mud and debris flows over slopes denuded by wildfires and hazardous winter-weather conditions in the mountains, including a dusting of snow over Interstate 5 through the Grapevine, according to the National Weather Service.
  The NWS forecast between 1 and 2 inches of rain in coastal and valley areas and 3 to 5
  
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• Photos: Photographer’s eerie images of LA’s formerly bustling neighborhoods

  06-04-2020 15:00
  
  “The place is here, the time is now”, says the unmistakable voice of Rod Serling. This how the Twilight Zone episode “Where is Everybody” begins. A lone man wanders into the deserted town of Oakwood looking for a cup of coffee and breakfast.In the episode the “traveler” becomes more and more desperate as he searches for any sign of life or human activity. All of the inhabitants of Oakwood have simply vanished.
  Cities around the world, including Los Angeles, lo
  
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• Photos: Photographer’s eerie images capture the Twilight Zone-like aura in LA’s formerly bustling neighborhoods

  06-04-2020 15:00
  
  “The place is here, the time is now”, says the unmistakable voice of Rod Serling. This how the Twilight Zone episode “Where is Everybody” begins. A lone man wanders into the deserted town of Oakwood looking for a cup of coffee and breakfast.In the episode the “traveler” becomes more and more desperate as he searches for any sign of life or human activity. All of the inhabitants of Oakwood have simply vanished.
  Cities around the world, including Los Angeles, lo
  
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• Long Beach nonprofit to help rural poor in Guatemala after coronavirus shutdown

  06-04-2020 15:00
  
  Maria Juarez cried when she heard the news.
  Her family of five — in the rural, western Guatemalan village of Aldea Miramar — would receive a month’s supply of rice, beans, cornmeal, pasta, soup, cooking oil and soap from Xela AID, a nonprofit based in Long Beach, known stateside as Local Hope.
  “It’s a blessing from God,” Juarez told Ilsy Lopez, one of the organization’s volunteers, over a spotty phone line in Mam, her native language. “We won&rsquo
  
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• Long Beach nonprofit helps rural poor in Guatemala after coronavirus shutdowns

  06-04-2020 15:00
  
  Maria Juarez cried when she heard the news.
  Her family of five — in the rural, western Guatemalan village of Aldea Miramar — would receive a month’s supply of rice, beans, cornmeal, pasta, soup, cooking oil and soap from Xela AID, a nonprofit based in Long Beach, known stateside as Local Hope.
  “It’s a blessing from God,” Juarez told Ilsy Lopez, one of the organization’s volunteers, over a spotty phone line in Mam, her native language. “We won&rsquo
  
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• Coronavirus shutdowns leave the rural poor in Guatemala without food. So this Long Beach nonprofit is filling the gap.

  06-04-2020 15:00
  
  Maria Juarez cried when she heard the news.
  Her family of five — in the rural, western Guatemalan village of Aldea Miramar — would receive a month’s supply of rice, beans, cornmeal, pasta, soup, cooking oil and soap from Xela AID, a nonprofit based in Long Beach, known stateside as Local Hope.
  “It’s a blessing from God,” Juarez told Ilsy Lopez, one of the organization’s volunteers, over a spotty phone line in Mam, her native language. “We won&rsquo
  
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• Coronavirus sheds light on how many Southern Californians still lack internet access

  06-04-2020 15:00
  
  Jessica Lopez’s struggle to afford home internet service has always been inconvenient, making it tough for her 6-year-old daughter to do school assignments or for Lopez to complete online forms occasionally required by her employers at the Hilton of Anaheim.
  Now the coronavirus pandemic has moved her daughter’s kindergarten entirely online and shuttered her hotel, eliminating her job busing tables. And Lopez said her lack of internet access is forcing some tough decisions.
  Though she
  
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• U.S., Britain brace for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down

  06-04-2020 14:25
  
  By LORI HINNANT and DANICA KIRKA
  LONDON — The United States and Britain braced for one of their bleakest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened. New infections in Italy and especially Spain showed signs of slowing, with emergency rooms in the hard-hit Madrid region returning almost to normal a week after scenes of patients sleeping on floors and in chairs.
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was infected last month, was
  
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• Fire damages maintenance building, golf carts at Seal Beach country club

  06-04-2020 08:19
  
  SEAL BEACH — A fire inside a maintenance building Sunday at Seal Beach’s Old Ranch Country Club heavily damaged the structure and destroyed several golf carts, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
  The blaze inside the detached building at the county club near Seal Beach Boulevard and Lampson Avenue was reported at 5:07 p.m., said OCFA Capt. Thanh Nguyen.
  The fire was apparently caused by a malfunction in a battery system and a charger on one of the golf carts, Nguyen said.
  
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• Good Samaritan saves neighbor from burning Anaheim apartment

  06-04-2020 06:49
  
  A good Samaritan helped rescue a man from a fire at an apartment in Anaheim on Sunday, March 5.
  Firefighters received reports of flames coming from a unit at a complex at 3507 West Green Tree Circle at about 6:30 p.m., Anaheim Fire & Rescue spokesman Shane Carringer said. A resident who was inside the apartment fled to a balcony as his home burned.
  Firefighters stand on the roof of an apartment in Anaheim that caught fire Sunday, April 5. A man who had been trapped on the balcony of the burn
  
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• Santa Ana police seek help finding at-risk missing woman, 63

  06-04-2020 03:57
  
  SANTA ANA — Authorities asked for the public’s help Sunday to find a 63-year-old woman with cancer and early onset dementia who went missing in Santa Ana after a doctor’s visit.
  Sandra Crenshaw was last seen about 4 p.m. Saturday after going to a doctor’s office in the area of 2100 East First Street, Santa Ana police said.
  Crenshaw is from San Diego and reportedly unfamiliar with Orange County.
  She is white. She stands about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs about 100 poun
  
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• Angels counting on catchers’ pitch-framing skills to boost pitching staff

  06-04-2020 02:11
  
  In retrospect, Angels fans are certainly all longing for the days when their primary concern was if the team had acquired enough pitching to contend this season.
  A winter of hand-wringing about the Angels missing out on marquee pitching acquisitions has given way to a spring of wondering if the coronavirus pandemic would subside soon enough for there even to be a baseball season.
  In between, though, during a month of spring training in Arizona, the Angels had grown quietly optimistic that they h
  
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• Rain prompts Riverside County to warn of possible evacuations in burn scar near Corona

  06-04-2020 02:07
  
  The chance of heavy rain and flooding in Indian Canyon near Corona on Sunday, April 5, prompted officials to warn residents living in the burn scar of the 2018 Holy fire to be prepared in case weather conditions force them to evacuate.
  An evacuation warning was issued and applies to residents living near Glen Eden Road and the Grace Korean Church Retreat grounds in Corona, the Riverside County Emergency Management Department said on social media. Those who need assistance finding shelter for Sun
  
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• Rain prompts Riverside County to warn of possible evacuations in burn scar area near Corona

  06-04-2020 02:07
  
  The chance of heavy rain and flooding in Indian Canyon near Corona on Sunday, April 5, prompted officials to warn residents living in the burn scar of the 2018 Holy fire to be prepared in case weather conditions force them to evacuate.
  An evacuation warning was issued and applies to residents living near Glen Eden Road and the Grace Korean Church Retreat grounds in Corona, the Riverside County Emergency Management Department said on social media. Those who need assistance finding shelter for Sun
  
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• Rain prompts evacuation warning in burn scar area near Corona; snow expected in region’s mountains

  06-04-2020 02:07
  
  The chance of heavy rain and flooding in Indian Canyon near Corona on Sunday, April 5, prompted officials to warn residents living in the burn scar of the 2018 Holy fire to be prepared in case weather conditions force them to evacuate.
  An evacuation warning was issued and applies to residents living near Glen Eden Road and the Grace Korean Church Retreat grounds in Corona, the Riverside County Emergency Management Department said on social media. Those who need assistance finding shelter for Sun
  
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• Coronavirus response: Riverside Palm Sunday service includes message to Trump, who said he’d watch

  06-04-2020 00:31
  
  With the novel coronavirus forcing church services out of buildings and on to the internet, even President Trump was among those saying they’d tune in electronically.
  Trump on Saturday Tweeted that he’d be watching the Rev. Greg Laurie’s Palm Sunday service in Riverside.
  And just in case the president missed anything, he can do it again next weekend. Harvest’s Easter Sunday Service will also be online.
  “We’re hoping to maybe reach the largest crowd ever,
  
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• With anticipated surge on the horizon, LA County reports 15 new deaths and 663 new coronavirus cases

  06-04-2020 00:01
  
  With authorities urging the community to steel itself for a heartbreaking week ahead, Los Angeles County saw nearly 1,400 new cases of novel coronavirus reported over the weekend — climbing to nearly 6,000 since the outbreak began — and more than 40 new deaths.
  The county reported 663 new cases Sunday and 15 more deaths. On Saturday, 711 new cases and 28 deaths were reported.
  Despite the grim news — 5,940 cases so far and a total of 132 deaths — the county has just begun
  
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