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• Gary Bettman uncertain NHL can complete regular season due to coronavirus

  07-04-2020 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  For the first time since halting play four weeks ago, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman raised the possibility Tuesday of not completing the regular season in order to squeeze in time to award the Stanley Cup.
  Bettman also acknowledged during an interview with NBCSN the league is considering having games played at neutral sites in the event not all teams will be allowed into their home rinks.
  Bettman, however, stressed these are among myriad options being considered with nothing determined because i
  
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• Splash House cancels June installment because of coronavirus

  07-04-2020 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The pool party was supposed to get longer this year with an added weekend for the Splash House music event in Palm Springs, but due to the novel coronavirus pandemic the June edition of the event has been canceled, officials announced Tuesday, April 7, on Facebook.
  However the August editions of the event, which is part-pool party and part-electronic dance music festival at the Renaissance, Riviera and Saguaro hotels in Palm Springs, are still planned to happen, officials said.
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• Orange County reports 50 more cases of coronavirus on April 7

  07-04-2020 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 931 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Tuesday, April 7.
  On Tuesday, there were 50 new cases reported and one new death. The past three days have had 50 or fewer new cases reported each day.
  The highest daily total of new cases since the start of the county’s reporting was April 1, with more than 100.
  Some 40% of cases reported in the county were among those ages 45 to 64; 19 percent were among those 65 and older and 10 percent were young
  
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• Coronavirus eviction ban: What tenants need to know

  07-04-2020 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Attorney General’s Office has offered guidance on a new ruling that bars eviction proceedings in court systems statewide.
  The state’s Judicial Council on Monday, April 6 issued emergency orders that stop lenders’ efforts to foreclosure on mortgages and landlords’ ability to evict tenants — except in cases where public health or safety are involved.
  The new rules, which apply for 90 days after California’s state of emergency is lifted,
  
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• Creativity and compassion continue to combat the coronavirus

  07-04-2020 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s easy to feel depressed and scared these days. News about the impact and death toll of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, is constant. Government responses have been chaotic, ranging from near-indifference to suddenly shutting down the economy, with politicians offering to pay for everything.
  Yet we shouldn’t lose sight of the exceptional vitality that the private sector is demonstrating during this mess. It will make a difference, so cheer up!
  After what can only be described as a m
  
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• Whicker: Can Linval Joseph help power-lift the Chargers into contention?

  07-04-2020 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  If you were power-lifting against Linval Joseph, he liked to live inside your head. That was a tight squeeze.
  Joseph, the Chargers’ new defensive tackle, is 6-foot-4 and weighs 323 pounds. In Santa Fe High, just outside Gainesville, Fla., he bench-pressed 415 pounds, squatted 560 and clean-and-jerked 320 to win state championships. At the 2010 NFL scouting combine, Joseph had 39 reps on a 225-pound bench press.
  His competitors knew the outcome long before the end. Joseph would wait until e
  
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• Red tape allowed COVID-19 to spread

  07-04-2020 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  From mandatory quarantines to the closure of non-essential businesses around the world, our governments are doing everything they can to reduce the impact of this virus’s public health impact.
  But testing remains one of the most important measures to reduce the spread, and despite research showing that the United States was ranked as the “most prepared” nation to deal with a pandemic, the results have shown otherwise. America now has more cases than any other country, and we&rs
  
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• Coronavirus biz news: TJ Maxx furloughing 286,000; security firm hiring 1,000

  07-04-2020 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  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…
  Employee furloughs in the retail industry are now well over 1 million after the owner of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, one of America’s biggest clothing store chains, suspended its store workers.
  TJX Companies said Tuesday it would furlough the majority of its U.S. workforce at stores and distribution
  
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• Shohei Ohtani’s readiness to throw off a mound is ‘imminent’

  07-04-2020 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Even as Major League Baseball remains on hold and floating ideas for a return in May, Angels left-hander Shohei Ohtani is in the final stages of his rehab from Tommy John surgery and could start throwing off a mound “soon,” according to pitching coach Mickey Callaway.
  “He’s throwing out to 180 feet, long-tossing a little further than that, then coming back in to 60 feet and really letting it go,” Callaway said by way of update Tuesday. “So he’ll get off
  
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• Coronavirus chases OC basketball player all over the world

  07-04-2020 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Magic Johnson held the basketball aloft and explained that this bouncy piece of leather had taken him around the world.
  Little Ronnie Harris, who was in second grade at the time, would never forget the words of the former Lakers star.
  “I always wanted to do the things I loved: travel and basketball,” said Harris, who played at Aliso Niguel High, Irvine Valley College and Sonoma State.
  Who could have guessed how scary that advice would become?
  Harris is home today in Aliso Viejo now a
  
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• Laguna Woods Villagers offer a throwback to the glory days of radio amid coronavirus shutdown

  07-04-2020 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Lewis Marcus, left, squeezes in the booth to interview actor and Laguna Woods Village resident Brett Halsey for an episode of “The Old Pros Radio Hour.” (Courtesy of Charles Redner)
  Judy Saxon a writer/reader for The Old Pros Radio Hour approaches Video Club studio for a session. (Courtesy of Charles Redner)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJudy Saxon in the booth recording her story, “The Writers Club,” for “The Old Pros Radio Hour” podcast.(Courtesy of C
  
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• Disneyland might check your temperature before letting you in after coronavirus shutdown

  07-04-2020 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland could institute temperature screenings at security checkpoints in order to meet health guidelines and make visitors feel safe following the coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park, according to Disney officials.
  Disney executive chairman Bob Iger discussed how security precautions at Disney theme parks could change after the coronavirus crisis in an interview with Barron’s.
  “Just as we now do bag checks for everybody that goes into our parks, it could be that at some
  
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• Disneyland could institute temperature screenings after coronavirus shutdown

  07-04-2020 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland could institute temperature screenings at security checkpoints in order to meet health guidelines and make visitors feel safe following the coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park, according to Disney officials.
  Disney executive chairman Bob Iger discussed how security precautions at Disney theme parks could change after the coronavirus crisis in an interview with Barron’s.
  “Just as we now do bag checks for everybody that goes into our parks, it could be that at some
  
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• MLB: 30 teams in Arizona to end coronavirus hiatus just a ‘potential option’

  07-04-2020 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s just an idea.
  Multiple sources reported Monday that Major League Baseball and its players’ union had discussed a plan to start the 2020 season as early as May by moving all 30 teams to Arizona where games would be played in the 10 spring training ballparks there as well as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ home stadium, Chase Field, and possibly college facilities. No fans would be allowed and players would live in virtual isolation — going only from the ballpark to their ho
  
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• Championship round: Vote for Southern California favorites

  07-04-2020 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Your votes in the early rounds provided a lot of surprises, and only one bracket produced a championship matchup between the top two seeds.
  Not in your favorite Southern California movies of the past 50 years. That’s a showdown between No. 3 “Boyz N The Hood” and No. 13 “Die Hard.” (No. 1 “L.A. Confidential” and No. 2 “Chinatown” went down in the Final Four, by the way).
  Top-seeded In-N-Out reached the finals in the food institutions bracket,
  
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• Married couple found shot dead in Huntington Beach home

  07-04-2020 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  A married couple were found shot dead inside a Huntington Beach home Monday night, police said. Though police did not reveal details about what led to their deaths, they do not believe there is a public safety threat.
  Just before 7:45 p.m. on Monday, officers were called about doing a welfare check at the couple’s home in the 600 block of 8th Street, the Huntington Beach Police Department said in a statement Tuesday.
  Once they checked inside, they found the 56-year-old man and 55-year-old
  
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• Voters could have a say on Santa Ana’s 2525 project

  07-04-2020 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A petition seeking to block a controversial apartment project from being built in Santa Ana has enough verified signatures to qualify for a referendum.
  Opponents of the so-called “2525” project, which would be built across from the Discovery Cube OC, got word this week from the Orange County Registrar of Voters that they had collected more than the 10,909 valid signatures needed to place the referendum on the ballot.
  Boards cover broken windows at the entrance to 2525 N. Main St. in
  
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• CSUF alum strives to reshape local Orange County housing policy

  07-04-2020 20:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By Aaron Orlowski
  Before the novel coronavirus pandemic shook Orange County and the rest of California, the most pressing topic of conversation was, arguably, housing.
  Renters and prospective homebuyers face seemingly insurmountable prices, while many current homeowners oppose new construction that would increase housing supply and, potentially, bring down prices.
  Housing has reshaped political alliances in California, causing young liberals to link arms with conservative homebuilders to form th
  
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• Want a coronavirus disaster loan fast? California is early leader

  07-04-2020 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Zachary R. Mider, Jason Grotto and Phil Kuntz, Bloomberg
  When it comes to federal aid for small businesses, U.S. states are learning a lesson already familiar to shoppers on the hunt for toilet paper: It pays to be first in line.
  Over the last nine days of March, the Small Business Administration handed out 1,790 disaster-relief loans, for a total of $357 million, most of it for businesses disrupted by the coronavirus. The data was disclosed April 4 on a government website.
  Businesses in all
  
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• Woodbury Elementary teachers take road trip to encourage students during coronavirus shutdown

  07-04-2020 20:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Schools across the region have been trying to find ways to stay connected with students who are now learning from afar.
  One popular activity among neighborhood schools has been staff parades around their communities, and Woodbury Elementary hosted one recently to the cheers of its families.
  The Varma family wave to Woodbury Elementary Schoolteachers and staff as they parade around their school community to say hello to students and family members in Irvine on Friday, April 3, 2020. (Photo by Fra
  
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• California prediction: When coronavirus deaths will peak

  07-04-2020 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, an independent research center at the University of Washington, has released COVID-19 projections for all 50 states and for nations around the world.
  The models predict “extent and timing of deaths and excess demand for hospital services due to COVID-19,” the institute says.
  The model for California, as of April 7, predicted that COVID-19 deaths per day would peak on April 17. Projections assume “full social distancing” thr
  
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• Full quarantine imposed at Orange County central jail after 4 more inmates contract coronavirus

  07-04-2020 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s central jail in Santa Ana is under full quarantine after four more inmates contracted the coronavirus, bringing the total to 10, officials said Tuesday.
  The full lockdown means no inmates are being transferred in or out of the men’s and women’s jails and that movement is restricted, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun. Visits previously were suspended at the facility.
  Three males and one female inmate have tested newly positive as the jail struggles to
  
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• Stuck abroad: OC residents share travel nightmares wrought by coronvirus

  07-04-2020 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  World travelers from throughout Orange County have come home with tales to tell – not so much about their sightseeing adventures but the harrowing experience of finding themselves stranded abroad.
  As the coronavirus pandemic spread around the globe over the last month, countries suddenly closed their borders – rendering outbound flights gruelingly sporadic.
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  Huntington Beach husband and wife Michael Nestor and Diana Patton, both physicians, headed off for Siguat
  
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• Stuck abroad: OC residents share travel nightmares wrought by coronavirus

  07-04-2020 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  World travelers from throughout Orange County have come home with tales to tell – not so much about their sightseeing adventures but the harrowing experience of finding themselves stranded abroad.
  As the coronavirus pandemic spread around the globe over the last month, countries suddenly closed their borders – rendering outbound flights gruelingly sporadic.
  Diego Boggio and Madisen McCarthy, of Huntington Beach, left for a week in Peru on March 9. Their itinerary included the Machu P
  
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• Bubble watch: Coronavirus cuts mall values by half. All real estate next?

  07-04-2020 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Wall Street slashes mall values by half in March, triple the overall stock markets’ losses, as the novel coronavirus shuts American commerce.
  Source: Green Street Advisors, tracking trading in real estate investment trusts on Wall Street.
  The Trend
  Shares of mall operators fell 54% last month on a “total return” basis — that’s price change plus div
  
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• Coronavirus kills 4 at Redondo Beach’s Kensington senior home

  07-04-2020 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Four residents at Kensington Senior Living Center, in Redondo Beach, have died from the novel coronavirus, L.A. County Department of Public Health officials have confirmed.
  The 420-bed facility has 22 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including residents and staff, county health officials said in an email Tuesday, April 7. Officials did not give a breakdown between residents and staffers.
  The four Kensington deaths were among the 26 total deaths at long-term care facilities countywide, according to heal
  
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• Coronavirus: 4 residents at Kensington assisted living in Redondo Beach die

  07-04-2020 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Four residents at Kensington Senior Living Center, in Redondo Beach, have died from the novel coronavirus, L.A. County Department of Public Health officials have confirmed.
  The 420-bed facility has 22 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including residents and staff, county health officials said in an email Tuesday, April 7. Officials did not give a breakdown between residents and staffers.
  The four Kensington deaths were among the 26 total deaths at long-term care facilities countywide, according to heal
  
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• Disney California Adventure postpones sold-out Villains Nite due to coronavirus closure

  07-04-2020 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney California Adventure has postponed a sold-out Villains Nite in late April and plans to reschedule the after-hours event for an as-yet-unannounced date after the coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park.
  “We are working on scheduling options and hope to have more to share soon,” according to the Disneyland website.
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• Coronavirus treatment could be paid by Medicaid under bill from Rep. Gil Cisneros

  07-04-2020 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Every American diagnosed with coronavirus could be eligible for Medicaid, so that the subsidized healthcare plan would pay for all related testing and treatment, under a bill proposed Tuesday by Rep. Gil Cisneros, D-Yorba Linda.
  The Emergency Medicaid for Coronavirus Treatment Act, which Cisneros authored with fellow Democratic Rep.  Ruben Gallego of Arizona, would also cover other illness in the future that are declared a presidential national emergency.
  “With many Americans facing f
  
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• Trump removes watchdog tapped for virus rescue oversight

  07-04-2020 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, MATTHEW DALY and MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump has removed the inspector general who was tapped to chair a special oversight board of the $2.2 trillion economic package intended to help businesses and individuals affected by the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday.
  Glenn Fine, the acting Defense Department inspector general and a veteran watchdog, had been selected by peers last month for the position. Now it’s unclear who will oversee
  
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• Treasury seeks $200 billion more for small business coronavirus aid

  07-04-2020 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By Laura Litvan, Steven T. Dennis and Saleha Mohsin, Bloomberg
  The Treasury Department will ask Congress for $200 billion more to aid small businesses, according to a person familiar with the matter, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate could act as soon as this week to provide additional money.
  Businesses have rushed to tap the $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program that was part of the massive $2.2 trillion stimulus passed by Congress in response to the economic crisis
  
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• Leon Kaplan has survived on KABC for more than 40 years

  07-04-2020 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Craig Reynolds of Pasadena writes, “Enjoy your weekly articles. Might be interesting to do a paragraph on Leon Kaplan, KABC (790 AM)  Sunday mornings 8-10 a.m. He takes calls on all kinds of motorized products, and celebrated his 40th anniversary in January. He was let go with all the other local talent but brought back to work for nothing.”
  Good idea. Kaplan has been at KABC as long as I can remember. And he keeps hanging on in spite of changes at the station through the years.
  
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• Southern California weather: More snow and rain expected

  07-04-2020 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A cold storm triggered snow showers in the San Gabriel Mountains Tuesday, making travel through the mountains close to impossible in some areas, the National weather Service reported.
  Meanwhile, despite partly cloudy skies in Southern California valleys and other metropolitan areas, forecasters continue to predict a 60% to 70% chance of showers Tuesday and Wednesday, rising to 70% to 80% on Thursday.
  Rain or shine, lines continue at Trader Joe’s in Granada Hills, CA., o
  
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• N.Y.C. coronavirus deaths exceed 3,200, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

  07-04-2020 19:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARINA VILLENEUVE and LORI HINNANT
  NEW YORK  — New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11, health officials said Tuesday. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care with the virus.
  At least 3,202 people have died in New York from COVID-19, according to the count released by the city. The deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil killed 2,753 people in the city and 2,977 overall, when hij
  
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• Placentia’s fire chief putting finishing touches on new city department

  07-04-2020 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  While it’s recently gotten harder thanks to the physical distancing required by the coronavirus outbreak, Placentia’s new fire chief has been working to introduce himself to the community he’ll be working to keep safe.
  The city hired John “Pono” Van Gieson in late January to head the city’s fledgling department, which is on track to launch July 1 with 53 full- and part-time employees, including captains, engineers, firefighters and a reserve contingent of 24 p
  
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• Westminster recall election mail-in ballots can be dropped off or postmarked by April 7

  07-04-2020 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Westminster voters are deciding Tuesday, April 7, whether to recall three council members.
  The special election is being done by mail-in ballots only – the ballots sent out may also be dropped off at specific locations. Last month the Orange County Registrar of Voters Office canceled the in-person voting because of concerns about the spreading coronavirus.
  The recall effort targets Mayor Tri Ta and council members Kimberly Ho and Chi Charlie Nguyen.
  The recall ballot includes a two-part qu
  
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• New Coachella festival documentary traces the desert event’s 20-year history

  07-04-2020 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  When Raymond Leon Roker came to work at Goldenvoice in 2013 he quickly discovered two things about the concert promoter’s vast archives of film, videotape, and digital media shot over the years at the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival.
  First, there was a staggering amount of material, and second, no one really knew exactly what they had, or how to locate any particular performance from any specific year.
  “It hadn’t been touched, either,” Roker says of the Indiana
  
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• Pick up an Easter feast at these Southern California restaurants and chains

  07-04-2020 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Putting together a full Easter Sunday dinner might be a bigger challenge than usual this year, given super market shortages and the lack of dine-out options due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
  There are, however, many restaurant chains offering takeout and delivery on Sunday, April 12, and some have special Easter menus.
  Here is a sampling:
  Boston Market: A heat-and-serve family-style meal for 12 includes a half boneless honey-glazed ham, boneless turkey breast, cranberry relish, mashed potat
  
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• UCLA’s Chris Smith reportedly declares for NBA draft

  07-04-2020 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reports junior guard UCLA Chris Smith is entering the NBA draft.
  Givony reports Smith told ESPN of his decision Tuesday morning.
  “I’m 100% committed to the process and am excited to see what the future holds,” Smith told ESPN.
  Smith, who would have been the Bruins’ only senior next year, is coming off his best collegiate season after earning the Pac-12 Most Improved and All Pac-12 First-Team honors..
  The Chicago native led the Bruins with 13.1
  
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• The biggest supermoon of 2020 will shine Tuesday night

  07-04-2020 17:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Now, this is a good reason to step outside. And this one is pink, sort of.
  Tuesday and Wednesday will see the largest super pink moon of the year as the lunar orb makes its closest approach to Earth this year. According to Space.com, the name is because the April full moon often corresponds with the blooming of pink flowers in eastern North America.
  The moon will be only 221,918 miles from Earth on Tuesday. The average lunar distance, according to NASA, is 238,855 miles. Back on March 24, the mo
  
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• Mission Hospital doctor uses federal disaster response team experiences to help prepare for coronavirus onslaught

  07-04-2020 17:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Dr. Jim Keany, a longtime emergency room doctor from San Clemente, has helped thousands of people worldwide during natural disasters. He now finds himself on the front line in his own back yard where in the last few days, dozens of people have come to his Mission Hospital emergency room sick with symptoms of the coronavirus.
  He, maybe more than a lot of local doctors, knows what Orange County’s healthcare system is facing. Keany just recently returned from treating passengers who were aboa
  
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• Pandemic politics: Wisconsin voting underway despite coronavirus

  07-04-2020 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By SCOTT BAUER and STEVE PEOPLES
  MADISON, Wis. — Voters lined up to cast ballots across Wisconsin on Tuesday, ignoring a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in the state’s presidential primary election.
  The lines were particularly long in Milwaukee, the state’s largest city and a Democratic stronghold, where just five of 180 traditional polling places were open. Many voters across the state did not have facial coverings in line with public health recomm
  
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• Global stock rally zooms into Day 2 on hopes for coronavirus peak

  07-04-2020 16:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK  — Stocks climbed in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday as markets around the world piled on even more gains following their huge rally a day earlier.
  The S&P 500 was up about 1.5% in morning trading, after paring bigger gains from earlier. It added on to Monday’s 7% surge, following encouraging signs that the coronavirus pandemic may be close to leveling off in some of the hardest hit areas of the world.
  Even though economists say a steep recession i
  
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• What is the post-coronavirus future for theme parks?

  07-04-2020 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  As theme park fans and employees wonder when it will be safe for the parks to reopen, many of us also are beginning to think about what the parks might look like once they do. The longer that this temporary closure lasts, the more likely it will be to make lasting changes to the theme park industry.
  Some changes have happened already. SeaWorld has seen another CEO head for the door, although to be fair, SeaWorld’s CEO office seems to have put through more people than Tidal Twister did in t
  
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• Nursing rule waiver is finally approved to help deal with coronavirus outbreak

  07-04-2020 10:40 via ocregister.com
  
  From the outset of the coronavirus outbreak, officials have worried that patients would overwhelm medical facilities and there would be too-few health staff to deal with a spiraling number of sick people. States including Maryland and New York quickly relaxed regulations that kept qualified nurses from finishing their degrees and being available at hospitals and clinics.
  That was a sensible approach that California recently – albeit belatedly – adopted. On March 30, Gov. Ga
  
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• Trump administration’s finalized, more sensible CAFE standards

  07-04-2020 10:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trump Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation have just released the final version of their new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard.
  Its goal of increasing fuel economy 1.5 percent per year, aiming for 40 miles per gallon by 2026, hardly seems an environmental catastrophe. But because that is less restrictive than the 2012 Obama administration standard, mandating 5 percent annual improvements and a goal of 54.5 mpg in 2025, it is being characterizing as backslidi
  
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• Homebuilding’s vital role in difficult economic times

  07-04-2020 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Amid the coronavirus pandemic, our nation is facing a tremendous amount of uncertainty when it comes to the health of our residents and the future of our economy. Skyrocketing unemployment, coupled with a volatile stock market, has led to one of the most fragile economic periods in history.
  Before the coronavirus outbreak, the most pressing issue in California was how to address the state’s severe affordable housing crisis. Now the two crises have converged, placing the state at a major cr
  
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• Cash hoarding, in all its forms, threatens the economy

  07-04-2020 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Some stores in malls are refusing to pay rent to the mall operators due to the financial slow-down. Commercial contracts frequently contain “force majeure,” “time of war” or “act of God” provisions that forgive payment in very unusual circumstances.
  We can all understand why retailers would want to conserve cash in uncertain times, such as now, if they can legally do so.
  I do not purport to offer advice as to whether those clauses legally entitle non-payment.
  
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• Trinity League cancels remaining spring sports season this year because of coronavirus

  07-04-2020 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Trinity League fell in-line with leaders and school districts throughout the state Monday by canceling the remainder of its spring sports season this school year because of the coronavirus crisis.
  “Our hearts go out to all our student-athletes, coaches and especially our seniors who have lost the opportunity to play this season,” Servite principal and Trinity League president Michael Brennan said in a statement. “As we know, there are many life lessons that can be learned f
  
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• Senior-heavy Mater Dei softball disheartened it didn’t a get chance to fulfill promise

  07-04-2020 06:26 via ocregister.com
  
  They were the most senior-laden softball group in the ultra-competitive Trinity League.
  They had adjusted to not one or two but three significant changes to the coaching staff since the final pitch of 2019, which ended with a disappointing loss.
  This spring was supposed to be about one, final run and postseason redemption. But just as the promise was beginning to shine, all their chances were suddenly taken away.
  Forever.
  How does Mater Dei’s softball team feel about the cancellation of th
  
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