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• Irvine start-up raises red flags with offer to ‘certify’ businesses as coronavirus free

  09-04-2020 23:55
  
  100 Spectrum Drive in Irvine on Monday, April 6, 2020. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  An Irvine start-up company that’s promising it can certify businesses as clear of the coronavirus and get employees back to work has drawn an endorsement from a local politician while raising red flags with health experts.
  COVID19TEST.EXPERT says it will come to businesses and check employees for both current and past infections of the potentially deadly virus. The company is advert
  
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• Santa Anita races to Los Alamitos ‘not going to happen’

  09-04-2020 23:53
  
  Like many horse racing fans, I got a bit pumped up over the weekend when I read that Santa Anita’s racing dates might be transferred to Los Alamitos and we’d have thoroughbred daytime racing again in Southern California.
  Well, the dream was nice while it lasted.
  “It’s not going to happen,” Los Alamitos vice president Jack Liebau said in a phone interview Thursday morning.
  Can’t get more final than that.
  A letter from the Thoroughbred Owners of California to it
  
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• 67 new coronavirus cases reported in Orange County, no new deaths

  09-04-2020 23:51
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 1,079 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Thursday, April 9.
  No new deaths were reported. So far 17 Orange Count residents have died from the virus.
  On Thursday, there were 67 new cases of the virus reported.
  Officials have urged people not to read too much into a few days worth of data, but to look at larger trends. 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
  
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• Disneyland plans $200,000 renovation of Frontierland gate after coronavirus closure

  09-04-2020 23:41
  
  Disneyland plans a $200,000 renovation of the Frontierland entrance designed to improve pedestrian traffic flow after the Anaheim theme park reopens following the current coronavirus closure.
  A building permit filed with the city of Anaheim calls for the replacement of a pair of 15-foot-tall faux wooden gates and a 16-foot-long marquee along with the widening of an existing bridge at the Frontierland entrance, according to public records.
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• COVID-19’s economic fallout shows why California must stop its war against freelancers

  09-04-2020 23:38
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a massive hit to the U.S. economy, and California is no exception. The March jobs report showed the Golden State is shedding jobs at a furious rate. Yet a California law remains on the books that further frustrates the ability of freelancers to find work.
  On January 1, Assembly Bill 5 went into effect, which dramatically changed California’s employment landscape. Under AB5, thousands of Californians can no longer work as independent contractors. The law
  
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• Coronavirus slashes California consumer confidence in half

  09-04-2020 23:32
  
  California consumer sentiment was cut in half as the full impact of “stay at home” coronavirus orders became known in late March, says the Chapman-CMC Consumer Sentiment Survey.
  Pollsters doing the quarterly consumer survey noticed a sharp drop in optimism as the month wore on. When looking at responses from the week ended March 26, the confidence index stood at 51.5 vs. 96.9 three months earlier and 92 in 2019’s first quarter. For all of March, the Chapman-CMC index was 82.6.
  
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• Coach Message: Zach Henderson tells Aliso Niguel boys lacrosse ‘we must and will rise above this’

  09-04-2020 23:30
  
  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 Aliso Niguel boys lacrosse coach Zach Henderson:To my boys:
  I’m sorry that your season was cut short. All of the preparation, the late-night practices and even later nights
  
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• No one really knows when casinos will reopen, but here are their best bets

  09-04-2020 23:23
  
  Editor’s note: This story has been evolving and we will update as the situation changes and casinos extend closures or announce reopening dates. For the latest news, visit our casinos section. 
  As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues, tribal-owned casinos across Southern California remain closed and the target for reopening continues to shift.
  Most of the casinos had hoped to reopen by early April, but with a statewide stay-at-home order in place, many have since pushed back
  
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• Home values may fall as jumbo loans vanish

  09-04-2020 23:12
  
  Soon enough, jumbo mortgages will be as hard to get as Charmin and Prell.
  Just a few weeks ago, the entire private label jumbo mortgage channel stopped.
  Jumbos are mortgages greater than the “conforming” amount that can be sold to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or loans totaling over $765,600 in Los Angeles and Orange counties and over $510,400 in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
  Private label jumbos are those typically funded by non-bank lenders.
  Non-bank lenders
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: Rent hikes shrink in 59% of SoCal cities. Who was No. 1?

  09-04-2020 22:56
  
  The coronavirus pandemic is weakening local landlords’ ability to raise rents.
  Rent hikes cooled in 61% of Southern California rental markets in March, according to RentCafe. It found 56 of 95 markets tracked had smaller hikes vs. a year earlier. Overall, regional rents were rising at a 3.2% annual pace last month, the smallest March gain since 2012.
  “The data has yet to reflect the full impact of COVID-19,” says analyst Doug Ressler of Yardi Matrix. “We expect the impact
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: Rent hikes fall in 59% of SoCal cities. Who was No. 1?

  09-04-2020 22:56
  
  The coronavirus pandemic is weakening local landlords’ ability to raise rents.
  Rent hikes cooled in 61% of Southern California rental markets in March, according to RentCafe. It found 56 of 95 markets tracked had smaller hikes vs. a year earlier. Overall, regional rents were rising at a 3.2% annual pace last month, the smallest March gain since 2012.
  “The data has yet to reflect the full impact of COVID-19,” says analyst Doug Ressler of Yardi Matrix. “We expect the impact
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: Rent hikes fall in 59% of area cities. Who was No. 1?

  09-04-2020 22:56
  
  The coronavirus pandemic is weakening local landlords’ ability to raise rents.
  Rents hikes cooled in 61% of Southern California rental markets in March, according to RentCafe. It found 56 of 95 markets tracked had smaller hikes vs. a year earlier. Overall, regional rents were rising at a 3.2% annual pace last month, the smallest March gain since 2012.
  “The data has yet to reflect the full impact of COVID-19,” says analyst Doug Ressler of Yardi Matrix. “We expect the impac
  
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• San Juan Capistrano may spend $8 million to improve San Juan Creek and keep out runoff from its riding park

  09-04-2020 22:40
  
  San Juan Capistrano and the operator of the city’s riding park are planning to spend $8 million to restore the flow of nearby San Juan Creek and prevent runoff from the facility from entering the stream.
  Under city staff’s proposal, a pedestrian bridge from Reata Park will be removed, material that fills in parts of the stream bank will be replaced and two underground storage tanks will be built to store the runoff from the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park.
  Large, orange plastic barr
  
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• UCLA’s Chip Kelly: Games without fans make no sense

  09-04-2020 22:03
  
  On what would have been the 11th day of spring practice for UCLA football, coach Chip Kelly held a conference call with media from the comforts of inside his home.
  Instead of talking about the Bruins’ annual spring game, which would have been a little over a week away at this point in spring training, Kelly not only talked about the team’s current NFL draft prospects, but how the team is remotely communicating and still preparing for a fall season despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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• How can Southern California bus drivers be protected against coronavirus?

  09-04-2020 21:59
  
  Many transit agencies in Southern California are seeing the number of novel coronavirus cases among employees creep upward, heightening anxiety among bus operators and their families that they could be exposed.
  In Riverside County, where a bus driver contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, and another is being tested, a driver is concerned that not enough is being done to protect these frontline workers.
  A 60-year-old grandmother and driver for Empire Transportation Inc., a su
  
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• Orange County animal shelters closed by coronavirus but still make connections

  09-04-2020 21:38
  
  The county’s animal shelters are finding ways to maintain their adoption programs so overcrowding doesn’t become a problem for pets while the humans focus on social distancing.
  Lisa Price, the co-founder of Priceless Pets, a no-kill shelter with facilities in Costa Mesa, Chino Hills and Claremont, said the animal count could begin to increase if there is a decrease in adoptions.
  Terry Walls of Huntington Beach, a volunteer at Priceless Pets in Costa Mesa, sits with shepherd-mix puppi
  
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• Whicker: Pitchers in no man’s land again during coronavirus hiatus

  09-04-2020 21:22
  
  Nobody in sports needed a vacation, or a truce, more than the pitchers.
  The usual arm carnage, the mounting operations that mock the bubble-wrapping of young arms, was accompanied by an orbital baseball, propelled by hitters who apparently trained at Cape Canaveral.
  Now those pitchers have been the victims, or maybe the beneficiaries, of freeze-tag for nearly a month.
  “Guys like Chase Strumpf come up to me and say, ‘Hey, can we use the field?’’’ said JSerra High coa
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: 10 more excellent dishes you can get in Orange County 🍗 🥪 🥙

  09-04-2020 21:04
  
  The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here. 
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  Wood-fire rotisserie chicken from Solita in Huntington Beach (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Having to stay at home is downright crummy if you’re a person who loves dining out. Those restaurants miss you, too. And while you still can’t sit down and dine amid the coronavirus pandemic, you can still support them by getting their food to-
  
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• A good belly laugh can help us through difficult times

  09-04-2020 20:24
  
  Hi there! While your regular columnist, Cheryl Russell, is out on one of her many walks above and beyond the usual, thought I would jump into her desk chair and share a few words on her laptop before she returns. Best if I start with an introduction: I’m Cheryl’s Laughter Yoga class T-shirt. Until this thing called sheltering, for more than 11 years I was out like clockwork every Monday morning … that is me or one of my look-alike cousins. Now, suddenly I’m stuck in her
  
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• Johnny Juzang transferring to UCLA from Kentucky

  09-04-2020 20:19
  
  On the one-year anniversary of UCLA’s hire of men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin, the program picked up a high-profile transfer in former Kentucky freshman Johnny Juzang.
  Juzang posted his commitment to the Bruins’ program on Twitter Thursday morning and said he looks forward to coming home to Los Angeles and playing under Cronin. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard noted he will be petitioning for immediate eligibility for next season.I’m coming home ! #4sUp pic.twitter.com/IsqD
  
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• No tears will be shed over lack of state props

  09-04-2020 20:08
  
  There are no truly sterling silver linings in a period of international plague, a time of much human suffering and economic catastrophe.
  But Californians simply cannot be blamed for not missing one little bit a suddenly absent factor from this spring’s political season: being pestered by initiative signature-gatherers stationed outside grocery stores.
  These days, the formerly routine matter of going to the supermarket is a stressful-enough endeavor, what with the gloves, the masks and the
  
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• Coach Message: Chris Lee ‘appreciated hard work and commitment’ of his Foothill volleyball team

  09-04-2020 20:04
  
  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 Foothill boys volleyball coach Chris Lee to his team, followed by some special notes on his seniors:
  Hello All,
  I hope that this communication finds you in good health.
  It is with
  
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• Keep your hummingbird feeders filled and more you can do in the garden

  09-04-2020 19:51
  
  1. Refill hummingbird feeders frequently. It’s nest-building time, and as always, these tiny sweet-eaters need lots of energy. You can sometimes see them gathering spider webs from around windows and under eaves. With a beak full of the almost invisible fluff, they zoom off to make their half-walnut-shell-size, spider-web nursery, which conveniently stretches as the babies grow.
  2. Cut lilacs for indoor bouquets or to take to a friend so their heavenly fragrance and beauty can be fully enj
  
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• OC coronavirus health order: Workers dealing with public should cover faces

  09-04-2020 19:31
  
  Orange County Public Health Officer Dr. Nichole Quick is recommending that workers at “essential” businesses, such as those dealing with food service or the public, wear something to cover their nose and mouth while on the job.
  Quick’s health order, issued Thursday, April 9, adds to an earlier suggestion that everyone wear a homemade or improvised mask when leaving home to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
  Unlike in neighboring Riverside and San Bernardino counties, Q
  
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• In ‘The Main Event,’ a magical mask helps an 11-year-old boy topple the wrestling stars of the WWE

  09-04-2020 19:04
  
  Seth Carr looked clearly outmatched the first time he stepped into the ring to wrestle Babatunde Aiyegbusi.
  Seth was 11 years old and weighed about as much as the 30-year-old Aiyegbusi’s right arm, after all.
  Seth is an actor, with credits such as Marvel’s “Black Panther” and Amazon’s “Bosch.” Aiyegbusi’s a professional wrestler in for NXT, a sort of farm team for the WWE.Placentia police and members of a traumatic intervention program talk to resi
  
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• Tustin business women’s passion for pups helps drive away coronavirus blues

  09-04-2020 19:00
  
  What do you do when you have the coronavirus blues? When you’ve been isolated for weeks, and made the hard decision to lay off 33 loyal, full-time workers?
  If you’re business woman Carrie Hyde, you call out the dogs.
  “Dogs have an uncanny ability to bring people together and to heal them,” said Hyde, who has owned The Spaw pet grooming and boarding shop in Tustin for 20 years. “These are scary and uncertain times. I don’t think there’s a small-business o
  
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• CONDADO DE ORANGE: Policía pondera arrestos por no obedecer orden de quedarse en casa

  09-04-2020 18:53
  
  Ir a surfear en estos días podría conseguirte un boleto a la cárcel. Eso es lo que han aprendido algunos entusiastas del agua, con una multa en Manhattan Beach por desafiar las señales de cierre. Otro fue arrestado en Malibú por intentar escapar de los barcos salvavidas.
  Si está planeando una fiesta en la cuadra, también podría recibir una severa conversación de los oficiales, o una orden para dispersarse: la policía en alguna
  
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• Affordable housing project could also build San Juan Capistrano a new city hall

  09-04-2020 18:51
  
  San Juan Capistrano is looking at leveraging its City Hall property to create more affordable housing and new city headquarters.
  The city is entering into an exclusive negotiation agreement with nonprofit developer Jamboree Housing Corp. to explore building a new City Hall building and 40 affordable homes at the Paseo Adelanto property. The City Council approved the agreement Tuesday, April 7.
  “We have a duty as a city to address our affordable housing needs, but we also have really a seri
  
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• Coronavirus: California jobless claims hint unemployment nearing 15%

  09-04-2020 18:50
  
  It looks like the battle against coronavirus has put 1-in-7 Californians out of work.
  A new federal count of initial unemployment claims shows 925,450 Californians seeking benefits in the week ended April 4. That’s down by 132,875 in seven days — but only because the previous week’s tally was revised upward by 179,598 to a record 1.06 million.
  Various “stay at home” orders have decimated the economy, swamping state jobless benefit administrators with an unprecedente
  
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• Master Gardener: How to control the weeds in your yard

  09-04-2020 18:11
  
  Q: My lawn is more weeds than grass right now. What can I do to make it look nice again?
  A: Our late rains have been a real blessing for our drought troubles, but they have also allowed the weeds to flourish more than usual.
  There are three types of weeds: annual, biennial, and perennial. Annual weeds, such as spurges, knotweed, and burclover, live for one season and usually reproduce by seed. If you can remove annual weeds before they flower and form seeds, you can limit their spread.
  Biennial
  
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• Healthy Living: how to avoid feeling isolated while practicing social distancing

  09-04-2020 18:08
  
  Before 2020, it’s unlikely most people had ever heard the term “social distancing.” These words could have been mistaken as a suggestion to steer clear of social networking for a while, but COVID-19 has made the phrase well-known as an illness-prevention strategy.
  No matter how adept you are at measuring a six-foot space between you and other people, social distancing and stay-at-home orders can be difficult. Research has shown that a lack of social connection can raise the ris
  
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• Talent agency CAA cuts salaries up to 50% due to coronavirus

  09-04-2020 17:50
  
  LOS ANGELES — Creative Artists Agency says it is implementing salary cuts as the entertainment industry continues to reel from the effects of the novel coronavirus.
  The Century City business said the pay reductions would be as much as 50% of an employee’s compensation, with the higher earners taking the deepest cuts, the Los Angeles Times reported.
  CAA President and co-Chairman Richard Lovett, as well as co-Chairmen Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane, will take no salary for the rest of th
  
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• Tiger Woods missing the Masters more than ever due to coronavirus pandemic

  09-04-2020 17:33
  
  Tiger Woods felt strong and fit enough to compete for another green jacket. He could sense the adrenaline starting to flow, along with a strange sensation.
  He was grumpy.
  Instead of flying to Augusta National for the Masters this week, he was home in Florida, where the only competition for a green jacket was a putting contest with his 11-year-old son, Charlie.
  “I felt energetic, I felt really alive and wired and kind of irritable, and I didn’t know what was going on,” Woods sai
  
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• What do ‘Brews Brothers,’ ‘Dave,’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ have in common? TV maestro Jeff Schaffer

  09-04-2020 17:26
  
  TV producer-director-writer Jeff Schaffer isn’t very good at saying no.
  When his writer-producer brother Greg Schaffer came to him with an idea for a TV series to lampoon the burgeoning craft beer boom, Schaffer, who a decade earlier created the fantasy football-themed comedy “The League” with his wife Jackie, was an immediate yes.
  The first season of “Brews Brothers” created by these TV brothers lands Friday, April 10 on Netflix.Allison Wannenmacher, 8th grade, Orc
  
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• New Realtor forms address coronavirus issues

  09-04-2020 17:00
  
  As quickly as new information becomes available regarding COVID-19, the real estate business is trying to keep up. Just recently, the California Association of Realtors released two new forms to keep clients and Realtors safe, while at the same time keeping home sales moving along.
  If you list your house for sale, your agent will now ask you to sign a “Listing Agreement Coronavirus Addendum or Amendment.” This form outlines the conditions under which you are willing to show your home
  
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• The coronavirus turned this Elvis impersonator into the ‘Crisis Crooner’

  09-04-2020 16:25
  
  As an Elvis impersonator, Chris Maddox is used to shaking his hips on stage with his tribute band Graceband.
  But thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home order across the state, these days he’s performing from his closet and has become more like “Weird Al” Yankovic than the King.
  “I felt like we really needed to laugh. People are driving themselves crazy with the amount of anxiety and fear,” said Maddox, who grew up in Redondo Beach and now lives in
  
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• Why gardening during safer at home guidelines can be a healthy activity

  09-04-2020 16:10
  
  For gardeners, at least, the coronavirus crisis offers opportunities like never before. To stay healthy, we are admonished not to leave home except for essential purposes. Of course, we are still free to garden to our heart’s content and with all the extra time at our disposal we may finally embark upon long-delayed garden projects. And gardening itself is a great form of exercise which, as such, can only help to bolster our immune systems.
  Moreover, if you believe in the body-mind connect
  
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• Southern California weather: rain all over, heavy snow in mountains, flooding possible

  09-04-2020 16:07
  
  LOS ANGELES — As heavy snow fell in the San Gabriel Mountains, a winter storm warning remained in effect Thursday, scheduled to expire at 5 a.m. Friday.
  The National Weather Service forecast an accumulation of 12 to 24 inches of snow above 6,500 feet and 6 to 12 inches at 5,500 feet. It said a mixture of rain and snow is possible as low as 4,500 feet.
  “Travel could be very difficult to impossible, especially on higher elevations roads including Highways 2 and 39. No snow impacts expe
  
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• With Orange County cases topping 1,000, are hospitals ready for projected coronavius peak?

  09-04-2020 15:33
  
  Confirmed coronavirus cases in Orange County passed the 1,000-case mark on Wednesday, April 8, with 17 deaths reported from COVID-19, according to county health data.
  After several days of 50 or fewer new cases detected daily, the 91 cases added since Tuesday was the largest one-day spike since April 1. However, the numbers of people reportedly hospitalized and those in intensive care were down slightly – hospitalizations as of Tuesday were the lowest they’ve been in a week.
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• Record 16.6 million have sought U.S. jobless aid amid coronavirus outbreak

  09-04-2020 14:52
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
  WASHINGTON — With a startling 6.6 million people seeking jobless benefits last week, the United States has reached a grim landmark: Roughly one in 10 workers have lost their jobs in just the past three weeks.
  The figures collectively constitute the largest and fastest string of job losses in records dating to 1948. They paint a picture of a job market that is quickly unraveling as businesses have shut down across the country because of the coronavirus outbreak. More
  
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• Coronavirus: Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted

  09-04-2020 14:18
  
  By MICHAEL BIESECKER
  WASHINGTON  — The Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of the N95 respirators, surgical masks, face, shields, gowns and other medical supplies desperately needed to protect front-line medical workers treating coronavirus patients.
  The Department of Health and Human Services told The Associated Press Wednesday that the federal stockpile was in the process of deploying all remaining personal protective equipment in its inventory.
  The HHS statement confirms fed
  
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• Yes, we should blame China’s communist government for the spread of COVID-19

  09-04-2020 10:02
  
  Apparently, blaming China for exporting a deadly virus around the globe, lying about the danger it posed and withholding vital information regarding its origin is now considered racist by polite society.
  Mike Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization’s Emergencies Program, said at a news conference, “There is no blame in this.  All we need now is to identify the things we need to do to move forward quickly, with speed and to avoid any indication of ethnic or
  
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• Reevaluating the foresight, leadership of Brown, Schwarzenegger

  09-04-2020 09:51
  
  Ancient Egyptians first observed that only when we eliminate traditions do we discover why they first became traditions.
  That’s a warning state officials must heed this spring, as they shape a sharply reduced state budget where many programs will likely be slashed or eliminated. To rephrase the Egyptians: Eliminate a state program and you eventually learn why it was set up. This can be a very hard lesson.
  So it’s been this spring, as California coped with the many consequences of ex-
  
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• Fire authority action smacks of pettiness

  09-04-2020 09:35
  
  In the face of soaring costs, Placentia officials decided to exit their contract with the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) and start their own department.
  It’s one of the most fiscally responsible decisions we’ve seen in a local city — something that will save an estimated $28 million over the next decade while still ensuring quality fire and ambulance services.
  In response, the California Fire Chiefs Association sent a peevish letter to its members claiming that the city de
  
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• Ex-Angel Josh Hamilton indicted on injury-to-a-child felony charge

  09-04-2020 07:57
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton has been indicted on a felony charge of injury to a child after his teenage daughter accused him of beating her.
  A Tarrant County grand jury indicted the 38-year-old Hamilton on Monday. He remains free on $30,000 bond after he turned himself in to authorities on Oct. 30. If convicted, he faces a prison sentence of two to 10 years in prison.
  Hamilton’s attorneys say the Texas Rangers Hall of Famer who played two seasons
  
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• Quarterback General Booty, center Brody Crane confirm departures from JSerra football as transfer list grows

  09-04-2020 07:01
  
  JSerra football players General Booty and Brody Crane have confirmed their departures from the Trinity League program, raising the Lions’ list of outgoing transfers to at least 16 standouts.
  Eight of the players earned either first or second-team all-league honors in the Trinity last season for JSerra (6-5).
  Booty, the Lions’ starting quarterback last season as a junior, said he has enrolled at Texas powerhouse Allen while Crane, the team’s center, has returned to Santa Margari
  
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• Sailor on Mercy hospital ship tests positive for coronavirus

  09-04-2020 05:37
  
  A hospital crew member aboard the USNS Mercy has tested positive for COVID-19. The 1,000-bed Navy ship is at the Port of Los Angeles helping treat non-COVID patients from Los Angeles-area hospitals.
  Information about the positive test was made public late Wednesday. It is not presently known where the sailor contracted the coronavirus and if any other medical personnel on the ship has been infected, said Lt. Joe Pfaff, a spokesman for the Mercy.
  U.S. Navy sailors continued treating patients aboa
  
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• LeBron James hopes Lakers will have chance to finish season, achieve ‘closure’

  09-04-2020 04:05
  
  LeBron James won’t be ready to get back to work until the experts vouch for the safety of playing basketball in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nor, however, is the Lakers superstar ready to give up on a season that’s proved so challenging, so surprising and in so many ways, inspiring too.
  “I can have some satisfaction on what our team has been able to do this year,” James said on a video conference with reporters Wednesday. “Having a first-year coach, fi
  
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• Kobe Bryant children’s book to debut atop best-seller list

  09-04-2020 03:27
  
  Kobe Bryant is back atop the best-seller lists, days after the late Lakers superstar was selected to the Hall of Fame.
  The latest release from Bryant’s Granity Studios, “The Wizenard Series: Season One” will debut at No. 1 on The New York Times’ middle-grade hardcover list that will be published April 19. Earlier this week, it had already hit No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller list for children’s basketball books.
  Bryant and daughter Gianna were among nine who died
  
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• Cops don’t want to arrest you for disobeying coronavirus stay-at-home order, but they can

  09-04-2020 02:57
  
  Catching a few waves these days might get you a ticket to jail.
  That’s what a few water enthusiasts have learned, with one ticketed in Manhattan Beach for defying closure signs. Another was arrested in Malibu for trying to escape from lifeguard boats.
  If you’re planning a block party, you too might get a stern talking to from officers, or an order to disperse: Police in some cities have responded to large gatherings armed with loud speakers and even helicopters.
  But while hugging or
  
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