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• Sand filled the San Clemente skatepark, so dirt bikers showed up

  21-04-2020 23:55
  
  The quarter-pipes and bowls where skaters usually shred were covered with sand, so dirt bikers showed up with their toys to play.
  To keep skaters from hanging out at the Ralph’s Skate Park while the community is under stay-at-home, social-distancing orders, the city filled the skate park with 37 tons of sand. 
  Local skaters were irked and also asked if such drastic measures were needed to keep people out of the park. They worried the sand might cause damage to the surfaces.
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• Economic fallout threatens housing Orange County’s most vulnerable residents

  21-04-2020 23:54
  
  By Aaron Orlowski
  The COVID-19 pandemic has left few lives untouched, but as the economic fallout continues, the most vulnerable people are bound to suffer the greatest — especially those who struggle with stable housing.
  Kelsey Brewer, the communication and policy manager for Jamboree Housing Corporation, has watched the outbreak fundamentally change the conversation around housing because people must have shelter in order to shelter in place. Health also has become a collective issue.
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• COVID-19 threw out Joe Biden’s old playbook

  21-04-2020 23:53
  
  We haven’t seen much of Joe Biden since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here and there, he’ll appear for a moment in an odd video clip to give awkward statements from his dimly-lit basement, only to disappear again almost immediately. One could be forgiven for forgetting that the former vice president exists at all in the frenzy of the coronavirus news cycle.
  But despite reports that his campaign has grown frustrated with its lack of visibility, it’s probably what&rsquo
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County to require grocery and other retail workers to wear masks

  21-04-2020 23:41
  
  A rule requiring workers at grocery and drug stores, gas stations and other retail outlets to wear a mask or face covering when interacting with the public will go countywide beginning Friday, April 24.
  The directive – which county supervisors passed 3-2 on Tuesday with Michelle Steel and Don Wagner voting no – was the second try for Supervisor Andrew Do, after he couldn’t get colleagues to support the rule two weeks ago.
  The county’s face covering requirement follows a n
  
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• Esperanza High, EAST aquatics coach Galen Diaz surprised by drive-by parade

  21-04-2020 23:31
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowEsperanza and EAST coach Galen Diaz was surprised by a drive-by parade of his swimmers and water polo players on Sunday, April 19, 2020. (Photo courtesy of EAST Aquatics)
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  Esperanza’s Galen Diaz is known as a tough coach. The broad-shouldered, retired police officer has produced determined swimmers and steely water polo teams for more than 30 years. But on Sunday morning, a su
  
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• Social Security recipients: Deadline looms for non-filers seeking stimulus checks

  21-04-2020 23:14
  
  A deadline looms Wednesday for Americans who qualify for $1,200 stimulus checks but do not file a tax return.
  The $2 trillion stimulus package is sending the money to taxpayers, either by direct deposit or paper checks. The first checks went out to low-income Americans and those who filed tax returns for 2018 or 2019.
  But if you’re not filing a tax return and instead are taking Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, VA or Railroad Retirement be
  
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• Social Security recipients: Deadline looms for non-filers seeking $500 for children

  21-04-2020 23:14
  
  A deadline looms Wednesday for some Americans who qualify for $1,200 stimulus checks but do not file a tax return.
  The $2 trillion stimulus package is sending the money to taxpayers, either by direct deposit or paper checks. The first checks went out to low-income Americans and those who filed tax returns for 2018 or 2019.
  But if you’re not filing a tax return and want to claim the $500 stipend for dependents under age 17, you’ll need to register online by noon Eastern time (9 a.m. o
  
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• NFL mock draft 2.0: Chargers, Dolphins trade up for QBs

  21-04-2020 22:49
  
  Here’s the second of two Southern California News Group mock drafts as we approach Thursday’s stay-at-home 2020 NFL Draft. In this mock draft, teams waited to draft a wide receiver. You might have heard this draft class is deep with wideouts (sarcasm). Ok, let’s get to it:
  1. CINCINNATI BENGALS: Joe Burrow, QB, LSU
  Although this is the worst-kept secret in the world, the Bengals took their sweet time before announcing Burrow as the first overall selection. By now, you know Burr
  
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• Coronavirus: Nearly 1,700 Orange County residents have tested positive as of April 21

  21-04-2020 22:42
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 1,691 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Tuesday, April 21, but the day passed with no new reported deaths.
  There were 29 new cases of the virus report since Monday; that was with 24 of 25 hospitals reporting.
  The 14-day total of cases from April 8 to April 21 was 778 cases. The previous 14-day stretch, from March 25 to April 7, had 766 reported cases.
  Tuesday’s update noted another 717 people have been tested in the county for the corona
  
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• Publicly traded firms get $300M in small-business loans

  21-04-2020 22:40
  
  By Reese Dunklin, Justin Pritchard, Justin Myers and Krysta Fauria, The Associated Press
  Companies with thousands of employees, past penalties from government investigations and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus walloped the economy were among those receiving millions of dollars from a relief fund that Congress created to help small businesses through the crisis, an Associated Press investigation found.
  The Paycheck Protection Program was supposed to infuse small businesses,
  
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• How to avoiding the legal pitfalls of online recruiting

  21-04-2020 22:20
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to change their recruitment and hiring practices.
  While the Internet had already shifted the way people look for, apply to and fill jobs, small businesses will now, more than ever, need to rely on virtual recruiting to competitively attract new talent.
  Finding qualified employees can be expensive and time consuming for small businesses. With one bad hire, however, businesses can incur even more expenses. In fact, by some estimates, it can cost a busine
  
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• Earth Day celebrates 50 years: Ways to mark the milestone from or near home

  21-04-2020 22:09
  
  Fifty years ago, millions of protesters hit the streets to take a stand with a common goal: to protect the Earth.
  It was the start to the modern environmental movement, and for five decades each year on April 22, countless people have spent this quasi-holiday celebrating nature by doing clean ups at beaches and parks and by learning or teaching about nature and all its wonder with events big and small throughout the world.
  The Aquarium of the Pacific is adding new content daily for kids and adul
  
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• Samantha Huerta plans to continue writing her Cal State Fullerton story

  21-04-2020 22:07
  
  On one hand, this coronavirus lockdown is poison to a social creature like Samantha Huerta. You might as well deprive her of oxygen, of the lifeline she knows as running. The two go hand-in-hand in Huerta’s DNA as to be her lifeblood and lifeline.
  Huerta is more than a social creature. Put her in lockdown and you take away a large fiber of her being. And you take away the structure that keeps her keeping on, the structure that running gave her and gives her, the structure that made her one
  
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• Coronavirus: Irvine’s Impac Mortgage stops lending, furloughs 333 workers

  21-04-2020 21:40
  
  Impac Mortgage temporarily shut lending operations and furloughed 333 workers due to market turmoil tied to the novel coronavirus.
  The Irvine-based company, one of the few non-traditional lenders that survived the mortgage collapse of the Great Recession, suspended lending as of March 30. Impac filed a layoff notice with the state on April 18 saying its employees were in “temporary layoff” status.
  The mortgage market has been erratic as economic blows from COVID-19 took unexpected tu
  
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• Chipotle will pay $25 million after allegations it made hundreds sick

  21-04-2020 21:30
  
  Chipotle Mexican Grill will pay a $25 million fine to satisfy federal criminal charges accusing the chain of sickening more than 1,100 customers with norovirus over three years, U.S. attorneys said on Tuesday.
  The federal prosecutors also said that Newport Beach-based Chipotle pressured ill employees to come in to work.
  The fine is the largest ever imposed on a company accused of starting an outbreak of a food-borne illness, said Nick Hanna, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles.
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• Coronavirus cuts Southern California homebuying, escrows fall 48%

  21-04-2020 21:09
  
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  Coronavirus has dramatically slowed Southern California house hunting, with new sales contracts falling 48% in the past four weeks, according to one tracking service.ReportsOnHousing follows homebuying trends found in the listing services for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties. Here’s what the report found, as of April 16. And remember this is usually prime selling season …
  Demand: 8,646 homes were put into escrow in the prev
  
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• Coronavirus cuts Southern California home escrows by 48%

  21-04-2020 21:09
  
  Coronavirus has dramatically slowed Southern California house hunting, with new sales contracts falling 48% in the past four weeks, according to one tracking service.ReportsOnHousing follows homebuying trends found in the listing services for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties. Here’s what the report found, as of April 16. And remember this is usually prime selling season …
  Demand: 8,646 homes were put into escrow in the previous 30 days i
  
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• ‘Penny Dreadful’ actress Stephanie Arcila talks Latinx representation and series’ Los Angeles setting

  21-04-2020 21:02
  
  After three seasons on Showtime, the storyline of the British-American horror drama “Penny Dreadful” had run its course.
  The series, which focused on 19th century Gothic fiction and characters like Count Dracula, Victor Frankenstein, Abraham Van Helsing and Dorian Gray, had been filmed in Ireland. When it came time to write a follow-up series, though, creator John Logan yanked the period series out of its Victoria-era London setting and reset it in Los Angeles circa 1938.
  Thanks to a
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Corona del Mar softball coach says ‘We were going to have a great year!’

  21-04-2020 21:00
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowEditor’s note: The Orange County Register is having the area’s spring sports coaches take part in a Q&A about the 2020 season that was cut short by the coronavirus crisis.
  Olga Walls, Corona del Mar softball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I’m trying to keep busy and stay positive during these hard times. It’s definitely been challenging. I mis
  
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• Lakers’ Dion Waiters opens up about depression, edibles incident

  21-04-2020 20:41
  
  Dion Waiters signed with the Lakers on March 6, hoping to revive his stalled career – only to have the NBA season to stall out March 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, the 28-year-old guard took a step forward Monday evening, opening up about past struggles with an entry on “The Players’ Tribune.”
  His was the first installment in a series called “24,” in which athletes “honor the legacy of Kobe Bryant by sharing 24 truths that have shap
  
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• Former UCLA soccer coach Jorge Salcedo agrees to guilty plea in college admissions case

  21-04-2020 20:24
  
  Former UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo has agreed to plead guilty of conspiracy to commit racketeering in his involvement in the college admissions scandal, according to a plea agreement released Tuesday through the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston.
  Salcedo admitted to have received $200,000 in bribes to facilitate admission of two UCLA students.
  With a plea hearing not yet scheduled, the plea agreement states prosecutors will recommend a sentence at the low end of sentencing g
  
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• When national interests clash with free trade principles: Tom Campbell

  21-04-2020 20:03
  
  Should the United States conduct an inventory of essential goods like petroleum, food and pharmaceuticals, and invest in building up capacity if not outright reserves in each?
  If we don’t, we remain dependent upon foreign sources for our standard of living, and, in some cases, actual survival.
  To take this step would run contrary to over 200 years of accepted economic doctrine that countries should rely on free trade between each other.
  In 1817, the British economist David Ricardo publishe
  
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• How this moment in history could allow Walt Disney’s greatest dream to come true

  21-04-2020 19:53
  
  The novel coronavirus might be costing the company that bears his name an unimaginable amount of money, but this pandemic also provides us with a unique opportunity to make Walt Disney’s greatest dream come true.
  Disney’s losses surely have run deep, with theme parks and movie theaters closed around the world and no new sporting events to keep people watching the Disney-owned ESPN sports channels.
  The result has been devastating to the economy, with millions of families wondering how
  
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• Can radio survive the financial hit from coronavirus?

  21-04-2020 18:45
  
  Can radio survive the downturn in ad revenues brought on by COVID-19?
  Of course, it can.
  Radio itself will survive no matter what. It is free and easily received on an instrument found in more homes and cars than any other. And when it successfully serves the local community, it cannot be duplicated.
  The better question is, can radio in its current form survive the downturn in revenues brought on by COVID-19? I’d say no. And InsideMusicRadio’s Jerry Del Colliano agrees.
  The problem i
  
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• KIIS 102.7 FM is hosting a virtual prom and Ryan Seacrest co-host Sisanie Villaclara promises celebrity guests

  21-04-2020 18:23
  
  Along with all the other changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic, proms and prom-related activities were canceled for thousands of high school seniors in Southern California.
  So with no end date on the shelter at home state mandate, iHeartMedia Los Angeles’ 102.7 KIIS FM is throwing a Virtual Prom live from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, May 1 via YouTube.com/kiisfm. The Virtual Prom will also be replayed on KIIS 102.7 FM starting at 10 p.m.
  The event will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest, as well as
  
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• Can a furloughed employee in California get unemployment benefits? Ask the lawyer

  21-04-2020 18:05
  
  Q: I am going to be furloughed for a while. Just what is “furloughed”? And, can I get unemployment benefits?
  -L.A., Torrance
  Ron Sokol
  A: If you are laid off, your employment is terminated. You are probably eligible for unemployment benefits, assuming your employment termination is not for cause (see the question and answer below). Being placed on furlough is akin to an unpaid leave of absence. You retain your job and benefits associated with it (other than salary), but you stop work
  
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• Laguna Beach mayor calls for urgent closure of open county beaches as temperatures rise

  21-04-2020 18:04
  
  With unseasonably warm temperatures expected later this week, Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen is urgently asking the county to close its remaining south Orange County beaches.
  In a Monday, April 20, letter to Supervisor Lisa Bartlett, who oversees the Fifth District, Whalen asked the Board of Supervisors to close the beaches and trailheads. The board meets Tuesday morning.
  “We are extremely concerned that leaving the county beaches and trailheads open will put the health of our residents and
  
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• Laguna Beach mayor calls for urgent closure of open county beaches as temperature rise

  21-04-2020 18:04
  
  With unseasonably warm temperatures expected later this week, Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen is urgently asking the county to close its remaining south Orange County beaches.
  In a Monday, April 20, letter to Supervisor Lisa Bartlett, who oversees the Fifth District, Whalen asked the Board of Supervisors to close the beaches and trailheads. The board meets Tuesday morning.
  “We are extremely concerned that leaving the county beaches and trailheads open will put the health of our residents and
  
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• National Spelling Bee canceled for first time since 1945 amid pandemic

  21-04-2020 17:58
  
  By BEN NUCKOLS
  There will be no fidgeting at the National Spelling Bee microphone, no banter with pronouncer Jacques Bailly, no pointed questions about definitions or languages of origin, no dreaded bell that signals a misspelled word.
  This year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee was canceled Tuesday, the latest beloved public event to be scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  The bee will return next year, Scripps said, but that’s little comfort to the eighth-graders who are mis
  
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• Oil prices keep crumbling, stocks around the world tumble

  21-04-2020 17:34
  
  By STAN CHOE
  NEW YORK — Oil’s chaotic collapse deepened, and stocks around the world dropped on Tuesday as markets remain upside down amid the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
  A day after oil futures plunged below zero for the first time, traders in one corner of the U.S. crude market were still close to paying others to take it off their hands. That’s a market quirk created by a glut of oil, which has traders running out of places to store it in the near te
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Rosary softball coach recalls ‘perfect weekend that we can all hold on to’

  21-04-2020 17:00
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowEditor’s note: The Orange County Register is having the area’s spring sports coaches take part in a Q&A about the 2020 season that was cut short by the coronavirus crisis.
  Tom Tice, Rosary softball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I’m less bored than people might think. As athletic director, my energy in the spring is focused on our summer and fall pr
  
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• Tokyo Olympics, IOC argue on who pays for major delays

  21-04-2020 16:34
  
  An open conflict broke out between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC on Tuesday over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement.
  Tokyo spokesman Masa Takaya said the organizing committee asked the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee to remove a comment from its website suggesting that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed that Japan would shoulder most of the postponement costs.
  Media reports in Japan estimate the year-long delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic will
  
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• Chargers introduce highly anticipated new uniforms

  21-04-2020 16:17
  
  The Chargers pulled off the mission-impossible feat of promoting new uniforms for weeks without it being leaked on social media before the reveal date.
  For something that was supposed to be confidential, the Chargers spent the past month building hype by giving players and national reporters a sneak peek. Most of them tweeted raving reviews followed by emojis and gifs expressing their excitement. One review called it the best uniforms in the NFL.
  The Chargers promoted harder than boxing promoter
  
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• Schumer: Deal reached on major parts of $500 billion virus aid

  21-04-2020 15:50
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO
  WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday agreement has been reached on major elements of a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid package for small businesses, including additional help for hospitals and virus testing.
  Schumer said post-midnight talks among Democratic and Republican leaders, along with Trump administration officials, including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, produced a breakthrough agreement on the package.
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• Sunset Conference baseball coaches select ‘Dream Team’ to honor players from abbreviated season

  21-04-2020 08:07
  
  The spring sports season might have been cut short by the novel coronavirus crisis but baseball coaches from the Sunset Conference didn’t want their players to lose out on recognition as well.
  So on Monday, they announced their selections for the conference’s “Dream Team”, the top four or five baseball players from each school.
  “While no Surf or Wave League games were played,” Marina baseball coach Toby Hess wrote in an e-mail, “statistics, achievements,
  
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• Coronavirus: L.A. federal prosecutors team with AARP to fight ‘global fraud pandemic’

  21-04-2020 07:55
  
  LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles on Monday announced a partnership with the AARP to help residents avoid coronavirus-related fraud schemes such as online sales of counterfeit or fake COVID-19 testing kits, bogus cures, “immunity” pills and ineffective protective equipment.
  Phishing emails from entities posing as the World Health Organization or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, malicious websites and apps that appear to share virus-related inf
  
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• UC Irvine Medical Center nurses hold vigil calling for more masks, protective equipment

  21-04-2020 07:35
  
  Nurses at UC Irvine Medical Center held a candlelight vigil on Monday, April 20, praying for those who have tested positive for the coronavirus and calling for more protective equipment, such as N95 respirator masks.
  The county has distributed more than 1.3 million N95 masks – which provide greater protection against the coronavirus than simple face masks – to the region’s healthcare providers. The county has also dispensed 165,000 surgical masks, said David Souleles, deputy di
  
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• Firefighters rescue woman and her dog from Santa Ana River

  21-04-2020 07:11
  
  Firefighters rescued a woman and her dog after they were swept away in the Santa Ana River on Monday evening, April 20.
  A boxer had gone into the riverbed near 5th Street in Santa Ana during a walk, and the animal’s owner went into the water after it, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Thanh Nguyen said. Both were forced downstream.
  Officials didn’t immediately say how deep the water was in the search and rescue area.
  “Even a few inches in a body of water as large as the Santa
  
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• Worst smog in America is in L.A. metro region

  21-04-2020 06:01
  
  The five-county Los Angeles metro area is the smoggiest region in the country, according the American Lung Association annual State of the Air report. It’s the 20th time in 21 annual surveys the area has topped the list.
  Breaking it down further, San Bernardino County is named the worst county in the nation for smog, also known as ozone, and is followed by Riverside and Los Angeles counties, according to the report. Orange County also received a failing grade for smog although it was not l
  
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• LBUSD magnet, Anaheim Union academy Nos. 1 and 2 statewide, 2020 high school rankings say

  21-04-2020 06:01
  
  Southern California has two of the top 20 high schools in the nation and five of the top 10 in California – including the three best – according to a report released late Monday night, April 20.
  The California Academy of Mathematics and Sciences, a Long Beach Unified magnet school in Carson, came in 11th nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings. CAMS, on the Cal State Dominguez Hills campus, also ranked as the seventh best magnet school in the U.S.
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• Trump says he’ll ‘suspend immigration,’ offers no details

  21-04-2020 05:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus.
  “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” Trump tweeted.
  He offered no details as to what immigration programs migh
  
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• South Korea looking into reports about Kim Jong Un’s health

  21-04-2020 05:04
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean government on Tuesday was looking into U.S. media reports saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile condition after surgery.
  Officials from South Korea’s Unification Ministry and National Intelligence Service said they couldn’t immediately confirm the report. CNN cited an anonymous U.S. official who said Kim was in “grave danger” after an unspecified surgery.
  The Unification Ministry, which deals with inter-Korean af
  
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• Seoul sees no suspicious activity in North amid Kim concerns

  21-04-2020 05:04
  
  By Kim Tong-Hyung
  SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean government said Tuesday no unusual activity has been detected in North Korea after unconfirmed reports described leader Kim Jong Un as in fragile condition after heart surgery.
  The presidential Blue House says it had no information about the rumors on Kim’s health. Speculation often surfaces about North Korea’s leadership based on attendance at important state events. Kim, who is in his mid-30s, missed the celebration of h
  
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• Long Beach man charged with voluntary manslaughter in Anaheim man’s death

  21-04-2020 04:45
  
  A Long Beach man has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the March 30 death of an Anaheim man who had been assaulted two days earlier, Long Beach police said Monday.
  Officers responded to a housing complex in the 6800 block of Obispo Avenue at around 5:30 p.m. on March 28 to assist the Long Beach Fire Department with an assault, the Long Beach Police Department said in a statement.
  Isaac Smith, 46, of Anaheim, was found by officers. Authorities said life-saving measures were given to Smi
  
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• Girls basketball notes: Esperanza sophomore Alyssa Kubo commits to Hope International, sister act to continue

  21-04-2020 04:43
  
  Esperanza’s Kubo sisters are planning a basketball reunion in 2022-23.
  Alyssa Kubo, a sharp-shooting sophomore guard, has made an early commitment to NAIA Hope International, following the footsteps of her senior sister Katie Kubo, Aztecs coach Jimmy Valverde confirmed Monday.
  “She, like Katie, knows what she wanted and likes (Hope’s) style of play,” Valverde said of Alyssa. “It’s very similar to ours.”
  Both sisters helped Esperanza’s up-tempo squa
  
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• Alexander: Tua Tagovailoa should be the Chargers’ pick

  21-04-2020 04:27
  
  Rule No. 1 of any draft, any sport: Don’t believe anything you hear, especially from a team executive or scout.
  Rule No. 2 of any draft, any sport: It’s never a bad idea to read between the lines.
  So if you’re thinking about ordering a Tua Tagovailoa Chargers jersey, be patient but be ready.
  In the grand tradition of giving nothing away, general manager Tom Telesco’s made this observation in his annual pre-draft briefing last week: “We’re really happy with Tyr
  
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• Drone footage shows whales blowing rainbows off the coast

  21-04-2020 03:39
  
  Cool videos of rainbows forming in the mist created by whales breathing from their blowholes recently caught the eyes of folks working at three of Newport Harbor’s whale watch charters.
  So they compile a video showing an array of whales, including humpback, blue whales and gray whales, rainblowing.
  When whales breathe through their blowhole a combination of air and mucus is produced. The air that comes out is warm, and when it hits the colder air, water vapor is formed, known as the blow.&
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of threatening cameraman after Huntington Beach rally

  21-04-2020 02:38
  
  A man suspected of threatening a TV cameraman several hours after a protest in Huntington Beach on Friday was arrested that evening and remained jailed Monday, April 20, police said.
  Christien Francis Petersen, 36, of Costa Mesa, was arrested at 7:49 p.m., Friday, April 17, on suspicion of exhibiting a deadly weapon other than a firearm and kidnapping, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department’s arrest log.
  “The man allegedly had a pocket knife in his hand and made some sor
  
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• Reopening California: Look to the past, avoid mass confusion, war survivor says

  21-04-2020 02:33
  
  They came by the hundreds, bearing signs that read, “Open our economy” and “I want to pray in church.”
  From Michigan and Virginia, lockdown-protest fever spread like the flu to Montana, Arizona and Colorado. And in recent days, it caught on in Southern California cities, too — Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and San Clemente.
  One member of a newly formed task force studying how to reopen California is sympathetic but warned that a hasty retreat from social distancin
  
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• Rent-reduction bill a vast abuse of power

  21-04-2020 02:22
  
  We’ve all accepted the need for some unusual public-policy measures to deal with coronavirus, but we should always look askance at proposals that are unnecessary, counterproductive and abusive of our rights.
  Sadly, some legislators seem to be using the crisis to push the types of far-reaching legislation that could never get approved during normal times.
  Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, recently introduced the most striking example of this phenomenon. Assembly Bill 828 purports to p
  
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