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• Buena Park’s Jaylinn Hawkins becomes first Orange County player selected in 2020 NFL draft, goes to Atlanta Falcons

  25-04-2020 23:36
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowJaylinn Hawkins helped lead Orange County football in many ways while at Buena Park High. On Saturday, he led the county again during the NFL draft.
  The Cal safety was the first Orange County product selected in the 2020 NFL draft, going in the fourth round to the Atlanta Falcons.
  Hawkins (6-2, 210) couldn’t contain his excitement after receiving the news from the Falcons via phone.
  “I’
  
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• Coronavirus: 124 new cases reported in Orange County, 23,285 tested as of April 25

  25-04-2020 22:59
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 1,969 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Saturday, April 25.
  Two new deaths were reported, raising the total number of people who have died to 38 in the county. The county’s report said 24 of 25 hospitals reported in with stats for the daily update.
  There were 124 new cases of the virus reported in Saturday’s report. The most of any report by the county to date.
  The daily update noted another 1,202 people were tested a day after a r
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Ocean View baseball coach says team was willing to take on any opponent

  25-04-2020 22:01
  
  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.
  Tanner VanMaanen, Ocean View baseball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: It’s actually been crazy around here. My wife and I had our first child on 3/29, so most of the time it is get
  
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• LA leaders to begin settlement talks aiming for resolution to area’s homeless crisis

  25-04-2020 21:35
  
  Los Angeles leaders are expected to begin settlement talks that may lead to a plan to house many of the city’s 36,000 residents experiencing homelessness, and subsequently allow the enforcement of the city’s sometimes controversial “quality of life” laws, according to a councilman who appeared before a federal judge last week.
  The City Council moved to “authorize the city attorney to begin negotiations with the plaintiffs that would establish district-by-district se
  
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• Rare bioluminescent, glowing waves show up off Huntington, Sunset and South Bay

  25-04-2020 21:24
  
  A rare phenomenon called bioluminescence creates neon blue in waves crashing onto shore in Sunset Beach, CA, on Friday, April 24, 2020. What looks like red tide during the day will sometimes glow at night when the water is disturbed. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A rare phenomenon called bioluminescence creates neon blue in waves crashing onto shore in Sunset Beach, CA, on Friday, April 24, 2020. What looks like red tide during the day will sometimes glow at night when th
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Canyon softball coach says ‘my heart broke for the seniors’

  25-04-2020 20:58
  
  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.
  Jess Carbajal, Canyon softball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?A: I am doing well. While I miss my players and coaches, I work out of my home office year-round.
  Q: As a coach, what do you mi
  
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• Bittersweet family reunion: Quarantined, nursing home resident marks her 108th birthday

  25-04-2020 20:35
  
  Estela Orue Fernandez was 12 when the deadly “Spanish flu” of 1918 circled the globe. A century later, she is living through another devastating pandemic – this one, much lonelier.
  On Wednesday, April 22, Fernandez turned 108 years old. Her family marked the extraordinary milestone by blowing kisses at her through a window pane.
  Alvaro Fernandez, 82, greets his mother, Estela Fernandez, on her 108th birthday through the window at Sea Cliff Healthcare in Huntington Beach CA, on
  
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• Westminster pares back annual ceremony marking Fall of Saigon to quiet wreath-laying

  25-04-2020 20:24
  
  In normal times, Black April, which marks the 1975 fall of Saigon, attracts hundreds from around Orange County to Westminster’s official ceremony. Held annually on April 30, the solemn observance honors the millions who died during Vietnam’s decades-long civil war.
  But this year, on the 45th anniversary of Saigon’s capture, Black April will be marked in a quieter fashion. Meant to curtail the spread of coronavirus, the state’s stay-at-home order discourages the gathering
  
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• Man who died in Jurupa Valley collision is identified as 19-year-old La Habra resident

  25-04-2020 20:21
  
  One of two people killed in a traffic collision in Jurupa Valley on Thursday, April 23, was identified Saturday as a 19-year-old La Habra resident.
  Antonio Vazquez died in a crash about 6:50 a.m. on Limonite Avenue east of Camino Real, the Riverside County Coroner’s Office said.
  The crash left a sedan on its roof and a maintenance truck off to the side of the road.
  Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department said two people died in the crash. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department h
  
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• Orange County asks advice from business leaders on when, how to safely reopen

  25-04-2020 20:10
  
  As local, state and federal officials debate the appropriate time to lift coronavirus-related closures, Orange County leaders have convened their own task force on safely reopening businesses.
  Directed by Orange County Supervisors Board Chairwoman Michelle Steel and including Supervisor Don Wagner, the group of local business and healthcare leaders held its first conference call Tuesday, April 21 – and it could bring some preliminary recommendations to the board as soon as next week, Wagne
  
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• Morsels: Homegrown heroes

  25-04-2020 20:03
  
  Right now I’m so proud to live in Orange County. After the coronavirus crisis hit, OC came together and started feeding those most in need. Pitmaster Daniel Castillo of Heritage Barbecue, an underground cult-favorite for foodies, organized a no-contact, curbside food drive for out-of-work service workers on March 22. Along with chefs Ralph Montes from Taco Maria, Trevor Kotchek, Josh Lozano and Blake Mellgren of Craft House, Castillo served 1,500 pulled pork sandwiches with proteins donate
  
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• NFL draft: Rams take TE Brycen Hopkins, S Jordan Fuller after trading picks

  25-04-2020 19:57
  
  The Rams used their first two picks of the NFL draft’s final day to choose Purdue tight end Brycen Hopkins in the fourth round and Ohio State safety Jordan Fuller in the sixth after making a trade to add two selections later Saturday.
  Both were All-Big-Ten as seniors.
  The 6-foot-5, 245-pound Hopkins, who caught 61 passes for 830 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior, joins a Rams tight-end roster led by Tyler Higbee, Gerald Everett and Johnny Mundt.
  HIgbee is the most entrenched of those,
  
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• NFL draft: Rams take Purdue TE Brycen Hopkins after trading picks

  25-04-2020 19:57
  
  The Rams chose Purdue tight end Brycen Hopkins with their fourth-round pick in the NFL draft after making a trade to add two selections later Saturday.
  The 6-foot-5, 245-pound Hopkins, who was All-Big-10 after catching 61 passes for 830 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior, joins a Rams tight-end roster led by Tyler Higbee, Gerald Everett and Johnny Mundt.
  General manager Les Snead made a trade minutes before the Rams were due to make the 126th selection, sending that fourth-round pick to the
  
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• Recipe: You’ll become a fan of ‘fanned’ potatoes

  25-04-2020 19:28
  
  Only two things in this world are too serious to be jested on: potatoes and matrimony.— Irish Proverb
  I admit to potato love. Often when ordering from a restaurant menu, it’s the potato side dish accompanying the entree that makes up my mind. Rather than ordering the luscious chicken dish that comes with a rice pilaf, I most likely would choose the duck breast. Why? A fragrant gratin of potatoes oozing with cream and Gruyere cheese complements the bird.
  Last week on my home delivery
  
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• Man, woman shot at Garden Grove intersection

  25-04-2020 18:55
  
  A man and a woman standing near a street corner in Garden Grove in the middle of the night were gunned down Saturday, April 25, but they were expected to survive, police said.
  The shooting was reported at about 2:20 a.m. at the intersection of Barclay Street and Maureen Drive. Witnesses said a dark-colored sedan pulled up, a man got out and fired shots at the man, 35, and the woman, 30, Garden Grove police said. The shooter then drove away.
  Officers arrived to find the victims attempting to driv
  
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• NFL draft: Chargers select UCLA RB Joshua Kelley in 4th round

  25-04-2020 18:54
  
  Running back Joshua Kelley called UCLA numerous times asking for an opportunity to join the football team. This time, a different Los Angeles team called him to stay.
  The Chargers drafted Kelley on Saturday with the 112th overall pick of the fourth round in the 2020 NFL draft. Kelley gives the Chargers the power element they needed after running back Melvin Gordon joined the Denver Broncos last month. But Kelley is also a dynamic receiver out of the backfield and will complement 2019 breakout st
  
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• NFL draft: Chargers draft UCLA RB Joshua Kelley in 4th round

  25-04-2020 18:54
  
  Running back Joshua Kelley called UCLA numerous times asking for an opportunity to join the football team. This time, a different Los Angeles team called him to stay.
  The Chargers drafted Kelley on Saturday with the 112th overall pick of the fourth round in the 2020 NFL draft. Kelley gives the Chargers the power element they needed after running back Melvin Gordon joined the Denver Broncos last month. But Kelley is also a dynamic receiver out of the backfield and will complement 2019 breakout st
  
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• Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt receive gift of handmade masks to guard against coronavirus

  25-04-2020 18:48
  
  Stephanie Oddo was ecstatic when she got an email from a Navy lieutenant aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday afternoon, April 23.
  “I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to help us out here on TR with your masks,” the officer wrote to the Laguna Niguel resident. “Things are difficult over here right now, but it helps tremendously to know that people back home are thinking about us.  Sincerely, thank you and thank you to everyone that helped make it happen
  
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• NFL Draft: UCLA DB Darnay Holmes goes to New York Giants in 4th round

  25-04-2020 18:31
  
  With the fourth pick in the fourth round and the 110th pick overall of the 2020 NFL Draft, UCLA cornerback Darnay Holmes was selected by the New York Giants.
  Holmes is the second Bruin to be selected in the 2020 NFL Draft.
  The 5-foot-10, 198-pound former Bruin is the program’s first cornerback drafted since 2017 when Fabian Moreau was selected by Washington with the 81st overall pick.
  In January, Holmes decided to forgo his senior year at UCLA and enter the draft. After sitting out the fir
  
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• Eager, early risers hit the beach in San Clemente as closure lifts

  25-04-2020 18:30
  
  Beachgoers and surfers got up early to beat crowds as San Clemente’s coast opened back up to the public after a two-week shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. Brothers Cole (front) and Luke Gonia walk down to T-Street to get an early morning surf session. (Photo: Laylan Connelly/SCNG)
  Beachgoers and surfers got up early to beat crowds as San Clemente’s coast opened back up to the public after a two-week shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Laylan Connelly/SCNG)SoundThe g
  
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• Pneumonia vaccine not likely to help with coronavirus, UCLA expert says

  25-04-2020 17:30
  
  As the novel coronavirus spreads rapidly across California and the nation, the race is on to develop a vaccine.
  And questions are being raised about whether existing vaccines that target other diseases can offer help in the fight against the deadly, highly contagious COVID-19.
  Here is one such question.
  Q: Seniors are supposed to get a pneumonia shot a year apart, a total of two, does that help them in any way from getting the severe effects of the coronavirus?
  A: Probably not.
  Dr. Tisha Wa
  
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• The frenzy to get protection equipment gives rise to new brokers, questions and possible waste

  25-04-2020 17:00
  
  Mark Newgent’s medical supply company, Access International, took a call a few weeks ago from someone asking to buy millions of N95 face masks to protect people against the coronavirus.
  Newgent’s team, in Irvine, grew suspicious when the caller offered to pay in cash, which they don’t accept for the kind of high-volume orders they’ve been importing for three years from trusted factories in China.
  The caller then confessed he wasn’t really a customer; he was a Canadi
  
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• Coronavirus: Marine veteran doesn’t forget, helps VA hospitals across the U.S.

  25-04-2020 16:00
  
  She remembers the persistence of the people at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Long Beach.
  It was 2015. Cindy Mason had just had a baby, and she was due for a checkup. She kept putting it off.
  The VA persisted, sending letters to her Laguna Hills home. Mason, a hard-charging woman who had served in the Marine Corps, was busy. The founder and president of a communications company called Cynergy, she had trouble finding the time for something as routine as a checkup.
  “They kept beggi
  
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• 11 Southern California real-estate twists: coronavirus, buying down, lender shuts

  25-04-2020 16:00
  
  Here are 11 must-read stories about the local real estate market from the Southern California News Group’s Home Stretch newsletter. To subscribe to the free, twice-weekly email publication, just CLICK HERE!
  1.Virus cuts Southern California homebuying.Escrows fall 48% as listing edge up slightly.2.California existing home sales drop 11%.Median price jumps 8% by Realtors’ math.3.Can you find a housing bargain? Here’s how!Thoughts on house-selling from contributor Leslie Eski
  
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• 11 SoCal real-estate twists: coronavirus, buying down, lender shuts

  25-04-2020 16:00
  
  Here are 11 must-read stories about the local real estate market from the Southern California News Group’s Home Stretch newsletter. To subscribe to the free, twice-weekly email publication, just CLICK HERE!
  1.Virus cuts Southern California homebuying.Escrows fall 48% as listing edge up slightly.2.California existing home sales drop 11%.Median price jumps 8% by Realtors’ math.3.Can you find a housing bargain? Here’s how!Thoughts on house-selling from contributor Leslie Eski
  
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• Without social gatherings, Muslims across Southern California begin a sequestered Ramadan

  25-04-2020 15:00
  
  During the holy month of Ramadan, Ihab Elannan typically is surrounded by hundreds of people breaking their daily fast in the courtyard of his Anaheim restaurant, enjoying his cooking and the warm spring nights.
  All year long, he looks forward to his special shish barak, a dish of labor-intensive, meat-stuffed dumplings he cooks in yogurt stew. In a usual month of Ramadan festivities, his Little Arabia Lebanese Bakery and Cuisine eatery turns the equivalent of eight months in profit.In this Oct.
  
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• 5 weeks down: What I’ve learned from stay-at-home mandate

  25-04-2020 14:00
  
  Commercial real estate is a contact sport requiring face-to-face, arm-in-arm, hand-to-hand interaction.
  Or does it?
  On March 16th, we made the decision to allow one of our employees to telecommute. She was in the high-risk category for a COVID-19 infection. The next day we sent our staff of five to work remotely. All agents were encouraged to engage off-site as well.
  This was three days before our governor’s executive shelter-in-place order took effect March 20.
  Full disclosure: I prefer t
  
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• Orange Coast League baseball coaches pick ‘Dream Team’ to honor players from shortened season

  25-04-2020 06:54
  
  Orange Coast League baseball coaches have selected a “Dream Team” to honor the best players from their season cut short by the coronavirus crisis.
  “We came together as a league and wanted to honor our boys in some way,” Orange baseball coach George Chace said an e-mail Friday. “Their hard work deserves recognition.”
  Following the idea of baseball coaches in the Sunset Conference, Chace said the Orange Coast players were nominated by their coaches based on thei
  
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• Senior Living: In shutting out threat of coronavirus, seniors in continuing care communities feel shut in

  25-04-2020 06:43
  
  By Judith Graham, Contributing writer, Kaiser Health News
  Across the country, seniors’ lives are being upended as continuing care retirement communities take aggressive steps to protect residents from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
  These communities offer a spectrum of services ― independent living, assisted living and nursing home care — serving older adults with disparate needs, from the very healthy to the very ill.
  Since mid-March, aided by guidance
  
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• UCLA’s Devin Asiasi selected by New England Patriots in third round of NFL Draft

  25-04-2020 05:24
  
  After waiting until the very last pick of last year’s draft to have a player selected, UCLA saw improvement this year with its first draftee picked up in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
  UCLA tight end Devin Asiasi was selected by the New England Patriots with the 27th pick in the third round and the 91st pick overall of the 2020 NFL Draft on Friday.Congratulations to @ASI2X, a third-round pick of the @Patriots!
  He’s the first member of the 2020 UCLA NFL Draft Class presented b
  
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• Alexander: Bought tickets? No games? No communication?

  25-04-2020 04:34
  
  Larry Martinez bought tickets in February for opening day at Dodger Stadium, through StubHub.
  “Paid about $200, a little over (that) after fees,” he said in a phone conversation this week.
  “They have this program where, if it’s eventually canceled, they’re going to offer you 120 percent value of the ticket. In other words, you pay $200 and you got another 20 percent on it.”
  But here’s the catch. For Martinez, and thousands of others like him who have bou
  
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• NFL Draft: Rams get running back Cam Akers with their first pick

  25-04-2020 04:05
  
  The Rams used their first pick in the NFL draft on Friday to try to replace Todd Gurley.
  If he’s being asked to do the impossible, Cam Akers didn’t sound fazed.
  “Thank God I’m in this situation,” Akers said a few minutes after the Rams chose the running back from Florida State with the 52nd pick overall.
  Akers was the first of two second-round picks for the Rams, who took Florida wide receiver Van Jefferson a few minutes later with the 57th.
  The Rams later got Alaba
  
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• NFL Draft: Rams get running back Cam Akers with their first draft pick

  25-04-2020 04:05
  
  The Rams used their first pick in the NFL draft on Friday to try to replace Todd Gurley.
  If he’s being asked to do the impossible, Cam Akers didn’t sound fazed.
  “Thank God I’m in this situation,” Akers said a few minutes after the Rams chose him with the 52nd pick.
  Akers was the first of two second-round picks for the Rams, who took Florida wide receiver Van Jefferson a few minutes later with the 57th.
  Akers, twice a 1,000-yard rusher at Florida State before enterin
  
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• Tiny toy poodle Philip can accompany you everywhere you go

  25-04-2020 03:34
  
  This dog is portable size and like to be with his humans. (Courtesy of Love Bugs Rescue)
  Breed: Toy poodle
  Age: 10 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 5 pounds
  Philip’s story: This tiny fellow was rescued from a Riverside shelter after being made available only to rescue groups. He’s happy that his days of neglect are over. First, he received a much-needed grooming. His fur was so matted he needed to be shaved down, but his curly locks will grow back soon. He’s starting to feel l
  
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• Spaniel mix Ruffles is a fun girl looking for cuddles and a little patience

  25-04-2020 03:24
  
  This dog needs a chance to blossom into her silly self. (Courtesy of ICARE Dog Rescue)
  Breed: Spaniel mix
  Age: 2 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Size: 13 pounds
  Ruffles’ story: Ruffles came to ICARE Dog Rescue with five tiny babies who have long since found their homes. Ruffles loves dogs of all sizes and needs a canine companion in her new home. She is silly and happy and loves to toss toys in the air and zip around the yard. She will be extremely shy at first in her new home and needs some t
  
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• Coronavirus: Food insecurity in Orange County rises as lockdown enters second month

  25-04-2020 03:10
  
  The first COVID-19 drive-through food distribution held in Costa Mesa was executed this week with precision and speed.
  On Thursday, 150 volunteers were needed to load boxes and bags packed with shelf-stable items and fresh produce into the trunks of 1,200 vehicles that snaked through an otherwise empty IKEA parking lot. Each car, van, SUV and truck represented a family that needed food because of the massive unemployment that’s come since stay-at-home orders were set in place a month ago.
  
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• NFL draft: Chargers got Justin Herbert through patience

  25-04-2020 02:40
  
  Chargers general manager Tom Telesco got a “yeah, right” reaction when he mentioned in his pre-draft news conference that he doesn’t create smokescreens. It appears Telesco was at least telling the truth with his first pick in Thursday’s 2020 NFL draft.
  The lies and deception came from the teams ahead of the Chargers. For weeks, the Miami Dolphins had the public convinced they were split on quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert, and the smokescreens didn’t
  
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• The left-wing agenda of Newsom’s reopening task force

  25-04-2020 02:36
  
  With huddled masses of Californians yearning to be free, Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the launch of a task force to oversee the reopening of the economy by fostering business and job recovery. Yet it more closely resembles a central committee charged with installing some variant of Cold War-era Bulgarian industrial policy.
  Appointed as Newsom’s chief adviser and task force co-chair is uber-wealthy activist Tom Steyer. Yes, the same Tom Steyer who would bankrupt the fossil fuel industry
  
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• San Clemente Mayor Dan Bane helps restore some normalcy during his last City Council meeting

  25-04-2020 02:00
  
  San Clemente Mayor Dan Bane led his last City Council meeting this week and in doing so capped off some issues critical to the community.
  The seven-hour long April 21 meeting included a broad selection of topics including re-opening San Clemente’s beaches, a settlement over rules for vacation rentals and the city’s acquisition of a 10-acre Avenida Pico property for open space.
  For Bane, these topics were all of great significance and marked a sort of closure to his time on the dias.
  
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• Port of Los Angeles investing $367 million in improvements

  25-04-2020 01:59
  
  Much of the nation’s business activity has been scaled back or put on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but improvements are still moving forward at the Port of Los Angeles, according to Executive Director Gene Seroka.
  In a recent video message, Seroka said port leaders are focused on $367 million in long-term infrastructure investments that will boost competitiveness, expand markets and create more than 3,000 construction jobs.
  “All of our terminals are open and cargo is flowing
  
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• LA council OKs extended healthcare for laid off, furloughed LAX workers

  25-04-2020 01:52
  
  The Los Angeles City Council has voted to grant rent relief to airport concessionaires at Los Angeles International Airport, so long as they continue to provide healthcare for employees who have been laid off, furloughed or had hours reduced due to COVID-19 since March 1.
  The program, adopted by the Board of Airport Commissioners last Thursday, will ensure the workers’ health insurance coverage is extended for two months at the same rate and level as prior to the layoffs or reduction in ho
  
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• LA City Council approves extended healthcare for laid off, furloughed LAX workers

  25-04-2020 01:52
  
  The Los Angeles City Council has voted to grant rent relief to airport concessionaires at Los Angeles International Airport, so long as they continue to provide healthcare for employees who have been laid off, furloughed or had hours reduced due to COVID-19 since March 1.
  The program, adopted by the Board of Airport Commissioners last Thursday, will ensure the workers’ health insurance coverage is extended for two months at the same rate and level as prior to the layoffs or reduction in ho
  
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• USC’s Michael Pittman Jr. selected by Indianapolis Colts in 2020 NFL Draft

  25-04-2020 01:33
  
  With the second pick in the second round and the 34th pick overall of the 2020 NFL Draft, USC wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. was selected by the Indianapolis Colts Friday.
  The 6-foot-4, 223-pound receiver is the second Trojan selected in the 2020 NFL Draft after left tackle Austin Jackson was selected by the Miami Dolphins with the No. 18 pick. Pittman is USC’s first wide receiver to be drafted since JuJu Smith-Schuster in 2017.
  The Woodland Hills native and Oaks Christian High standout
  
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• Major Orange County freeway closures planned: April 25-May 1

  25-04-2020 01:31
  
  Here are major construction project closures happening on Orange County’s freeways and toll roads between April 25 and May 1, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority, Caltrans and the Transportation Corridor Agencies.
  The public is asked by officials to travel only for essential jobs and errands to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. 
  5 Freeway
  Northbound carpool lane between Grand Avenue and State Route 57:Closed for approximately two months starting April 1
  
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• Amazon asks workers at home to return or seek leave

  25-04-2020 01:27
  
  By Matt Day, Bloomberg
  Amazon.com is asking warehouse employees who have stayed away from work during the pandemic to return for scheduled shifts beginning May 1, or request a leave of absence.
  The move sets up a critical choice for employees at a company that has become a lifeline for Americans locked down to contain outbreaks of COVID-19. After the coronavirus began spreading through the U.S., Amazon offered unpaid time off without penalty for workers uncomfortable with coming in, along with $
  
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• Alice Waters’ daughter Fanny Singer dishes in a new book

  25-04-2020 01:19
  
  Fanny Singer has never been too far from her legendary mother, Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters. Right now, they’re closer than ever, sheltering in place at Waters’ Berkeley home — but they’ve always been connected by their shared love of cooking and food.
  In her new memoir “Always Home: A Daughter’s Recipes & Stories” (Knopf, $35), Singer, 36, recalls her childhood, growing up around the Chez Panisse kitchen and Waters’ always-burning firepla
  
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• Irvine Co. rethinks hospitality business, temporarily shuts 2 Orange County hotels

  25-04-2020 01:18
  
  The Aqua Lounge at the Fashion Island Hotel. (Photos courtesy Irvine Co.)
  Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach. (Photo courtesy of Fashion Island Hotel).SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe 536-room Hotel Irvine near John Wayne Airport. (Courtesy of Irvine Company)
  The 536-room Hotel Irvine near John Wayne Airport has spent $6.8 million to refresh its social spaces and guest rooms. The hotel is owned by Irvine Co. (Courtesy of Irvine Company)
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• Irvine Co. rethinks hospitality business as it temporarily shuts 2 Orange County hotels

  25-04-2020 01:18
  
  The Aqua Lounge at the Fashion Island Hotel. (Photos courtesy Irvine Co.)
  Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach. (Photo courtesy of Fashion Island Hotel).SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe 536-room Hotel Irvine near John Wayne Airport. (Courtesy of Irvine Company)
  The 536-room Hotel Irvine near John Wayne Airport has spent $6.8 million to refresh its social spaces and guest rooms. The hotel is owned by Irvine Co. (Courtesy of Irvine Company)
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• Irvine Co. rethinks hospitality business as it shuts 2 Orange County hotels

  25-04-2020 01:18
  
  The Aqua Lounge at the Fashion Island Hotel. (Photos courtesy Irvine Co.)
  Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach. (Photo courtesy of Fashion Island Hotel).SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe 536-room Hotel Irvine near John Wayne Airport. (Courtesy of Irvine Company)
  The 536-room Hotel Irvine near John Wayne Airport has spent $6.8 million to refresh its social spaces and guest rooms. The hotel is owned by Irvine Co. (Courtesy of Irvine Company)
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• As heat wave hits, some beaches are open, but in many cases not to hang out

  25-04-2020 01:18
  
  San Clemente city beaches are set to reopen on Saturday, a test study on how beachgoers will behave on a hot summer-like day while stay-at-home orders for the coronavirus are still in place.
  As a heat wave hits this weekend, some people will likely be seeking cool relief – but for those looking to hang out on the sand or surf, it won’t be an easy task.
  Lincoln Sickle, 8, left, and Vance Sickle, 4, bury their brother, Marcus Sickle, 4, at Aliso Beach in Laguna Beach, CA, on Friday, Ap
  
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