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• Coronavirus: Orange County tests more than 2,200, 105 new cases reported on April 26

  26-04-2020 22:51
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 2.074 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday, April 26.
  One new death was reported, raising the total number of people who have died to 39 in the county. The county’s report said 22 of 25 hospitals reported in with numbers for the daily update.
  There were 105 new cases reported Sunday, following 124 new cases of the virus reported in Saturday’s report. It is the third day the report had more than 100 cases.
  The daily update noted
  
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• The dark side of stimulus

  26-04-2020 21:00
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down with massive disruptions in virtually every aspect of human life. With some notable exceptions, humanity has pulled together to vanquish this silent killer. It’s amazing how quickly both the private sector and public health experts have moved to confront this serious threat. For this, we can all be thankful.
  But politics is politics and the controversies over government’s response to the crisis are legion and will continue long a
  
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• Man found dead in San Clemente home as OC deputies search for suspect

  26-04-2020 20:54
  
  Orange County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for whoever killed a man inside his home in San Clemente late Saturday night.
  The man in his 40s was found dead at the home in the 3000 block of Calle Frontera at around 10:30 p.m., said Carrie Braun, a Sheriff’s spokeswoman.
  Deputies arrived at the home after a call about a disturbance. They tried communicating with anyone inside, but didn’t get a response. They entered the home a short time later.
  There were few details Sunday ab
  
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• UCLA women’s tennis player Jada Hart will utilize extra year of NCAA eligibility

  26-04-2020 19:01
  
  Jada Hart put the phone down and screamed.
  Pure joy pulsed through her as her first reaction was to run around her family’s home in Colton.
  “What is wrong with you?” her dad joked from another room.
  Hart couldn’t help but be ecstatic.
  UCLA women’s tennis coach Stella Sampras Webster had just informed the redshirt senior she had been approved to return next year after the coronavirus pandemic had stripped away her senior season this spring.
  “It was relieving at
  
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• Women of Coast 2020

  26-04-2020 18:52
  
  When we began the tradition of Women of Coast three years ago, the aim was to create something unique within the county.
  Not just an award, some recognition for success. There are lots of those.
  Not just a bunch of feel-good stories to fill our pages. Readers want and deserve more depth and meaning.
  Instead, we wanted to build a practice of mutual investment among the vibrant, inspiring women we see all around us. We wanted Women of Coast to be a way not only to bring attention to women’s
  
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• Women of Coast 2020: Jeanne Pepper

  26-04-2020 18:26
  
  Why her, why now: No one would blame Jeanne Pepper – or her husband, Gideon Bernstein, their son or their daughter for that matter – if she were to withdraw from the world and become bitter and fearful. Over two years ago there was a nationwide search for their son Blaze Bernstein, who went missing after coming home to Orange County for the end-of-year holidays on break from his studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
  But on Jan. 10, 2018, Pepper and her family had to confront the
  
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• Women of Coast 2020: Milena Kitic

  26-04-2020 18:20
  
  Why her, why now: Milena Kitic is an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano best known for her signature role as Carmen in major opera productions throughout Europe and America. An artist-in-residence at Chapman University who has also taught at USC, among other top universities, she is also a well-known vocal coach and instructor.
  In sum: She’s a real diva. In the best way.
  “I always knew what I wanted. And I just worked,” she says. Work she did: As a little girl in Belgrade
  
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• Women of Coast 2020: Eileen Moore

  26-04-2020 18:13
  
  Why her, why now: Today the Honorable Justice Eileen Moore serves as an associate justice on the California Courts of Appeal with a reputation for championing veterans’ rights and mentoring the careers of young lawyers, not to mention being an author and a columnist for California’s legal newspaper the Daily Journal.
  But once upon a time she was just a girl in a big Irish Catholic family in Philadelphia. “We said grace before we ate and my mother served the food,” is the
  
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• Women of Coast: Maya Patel

  26-04-2020 18:06
  
  Why her, why now: When she was 8, Maya Patel’s family moved from the African nation of Zambia all the way to Anaheim in search of better educational opportunities for Patel and her two brothers. In fact, the entire Patel family story could be described as a search for opportunity – first Patel’s father left India for Africa chasing opportunity, and then he moved his family to America for even more.
  But to do so they had to sacrifice a successful garment business in Africa and s
  
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• Women of Coast 2020: Maya Patel

  26-04-2020 18:06
  
  Why her, why now: When she was 8, Maya Patel’s family moved from the African nation of Zambia all the way to Anaheim in search of better educational opportunities for Patel and her two brothers. In fact, the entire Patel family story could be described as a search for opportunity – first Patel’s father left India for Africa chasing opportunity, and then he moved his family to America for even more.
  But to do so they had to sacrifice a successful garment business in Africa and s
  
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• NHL’s best coronavirus option: Shut down the 2019-20 season, health expert says

  26-04-2020 18:02
  
  Imagine it: By July 1, the curve has not only been flattened, but the number of coronavirus cases in North America has declined in significant numbers thanks to social distancing and increased awareness and testing, and it appears the NHL is poised to restart the 2019-20 season.
  Four sites have been determined for centralized play, players have reconvened and resumed workouts on and off the ice as health experts have given their approval despite a lack of a vaccine. Teams will begin a two-week t
  
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• Ducks’ bout with midseason virus shows challenge of avoiding, containing illness

  26-04-2020 18:01
  
  When a respiratory illness swept through the Ducks’ dressing room in late December, just before the NHL’s annual Christmas break, no one thought much about it. Those things tend to happen at that time of the calendar year, with players in close proximity and traveling together.
  This bug was a nasty one, though, sidelining several players for several games with a persistent cough that made breathing difficult, especially at night. It would last for several weeks before it finally ran
  
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• OC Fair board meets Monday on future of holding 2020 fair

  26-04-2020 17:56
  
  Faced with the county public health officer’s expectation that mass gatherings will likely be limited “for a very long time,” the OC Fair’s board of directors will meet Monday, April 27, to decide whether to hold the 2020 fair.
  The fair, with its array of live entertainment, competitions, fried foods and carnival rides and games, is scheduled for July 17 through Aug. 16.
  Bans on public gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic led San Diego County Fair officials to nix t
  
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• Women of Coast: Lucy Santana

  26-04-2020 17:34
  
  Why her, why now: You would need a construction crane to lift all the laurels Lucy Santana has garnered over the past 20 years as the CEO of Girls Inc. – up to and including being named among Cal State Fullerton’s most influential Hispanic alumni, the OC Register’s 100 Most Influential, and many more than we have room to list.
  Santana herself would be the first to point out that it might seem an unlikely leap for her rise to head a major nonprofit – one that creates progr
  
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• Women of Coast 2020: Lucy Santana

  26-04-2020 17:34
  
  Why her, why now: You would need a construction crane to lift all the laurels Lucy Santana has garnered over the past 20 years as the CEO of Girls Inc. – up to and including being named among Cal State Fullerton’s most influential Hispanic alumni, the OC Register’s 100 Most Influential, and many more than we have room to list.
  Santana herself would be the first to point out that it might seem an unlikely leap for her rise to head a major nonprofit – one that creates progr
  
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• Edwards Lifesciences’ staff kitchen plates up meals for the homeless

  26-04-2020 17:30
  
  Scott Ullem was trying to come up with ways to raise money for an Orange County coronavirus fund when a novel idea struck him.
  Rather than just raising cash, how about using his company’s underutilized kitchen to turn out meals for the homeless, the Edwards Lifesciences chief financial officer thought.
  After all, the Irvine-based medical device manufacturer — on partial lockdown since the COVID-19 outbreak shuttered a major portion of the U.S. economy — has a 7,000-square-foot
  
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• Women of Coast 2020: Doniel Sutton

  26-04-2020 17:29
  
  Why her, why now: “I am the quintessential statistic in terms of the way my life ordinarily would have turned out.”
  By that statement Doniel Sutton doesn’t mean that it’s statistically probable that anyone should rise through the ranks of major corporations like Honeywell and Bank of America to secure a seat in the C-suite, let alone wind up as the senior vice president of human resources for PayPal’s entire global operations. Nor is it a given that anyone would tak
  
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• The breakdown: Best decade in SoCal sports history

  26-04-2020 17:19
  
  By the numbers and taking into account championships, near-misses, individual awards and regular-season titles, here’s how the top sports decades in Southern California were decided:
  HOW WE MEASURED
  7 points: Championship (World Series, NBA Finals, college national championship, etc.)
  3 points: Reaching final and losing (or Final Four in college basketball)
  2 points: Individual major postseason awards, final game or series MVP.
  1 point: Regular-season championship (division, conference, et
  
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• Alexander: Which one is the best decade ever in SoCal Sports?

  26-04-2020 17:15
  
  Once this was a sleepy little pueblo. Literally. The original name of what is now the second-largest city in America was “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula.”
  It is no longer sleepy. It certainly is no longer small. And when major league baseball arrived in 1958, a place that already had played host to the Olympics and had NFL and college football truly grew up.
  Sports Capital of the World? That’s what the city fa
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash on 405 Freeway in Seal Beach

  26-04-2020 16:30
  
  SEAL BEACH — A motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning after crashing into the right shoulder wall on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Seal Beach, falling into freeway lanes and being run over by at least one vehicle, authorities said.
  The crash was reported at 4:07 a.m. on the northbound San Diego Freeway just south of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  Witnesses told the CHP the motorcycle struck the right shoulder wall and that it was possible
  
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• As coronavirus rages, families push psychiatric facilities to make changes

  26-04-2020 15:00
  
  Jose Gonzalez doesn’t know much about the coronavirus. But he does know life has changed at the La Casa Mental Health Rehabilitation Center in North Long Beach, where he lives.
  He knows people have to stay in their homes right now because of the virus. He knows it’s why he has to wear a mask. He knows it’s why staff members at the mental health center are bringing him meals instead of serving them in the dining room. He knows it’s why he’s not allowed to leave the f
  
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• USA Water Polo, CIF-SS discussing conflict with rescheduled Junior Olympics in December

  26-04-2020 11:28
  
  USA Water Polo and the CIF-Southern Section have discussed the revised schedule for the Junior Olympics, which for girls in the older age divisions in Southern California will conflict with their high school season in December.
  The U.S. federation moved its Junior Olympics to November and December from its regular summer spot because of the coronavirus crisis.
  The 16 and 18-and-under divisions for the boys and girls have been re-booked for Dec. 27-30 in Irvine and throughout Orange County. The d
  
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• Where will we go from here?

  26-04-2020 10:24
  
  Where do we go from here? We’ve reached unemployment levels that equal or exceed the Great Depression, which soon may be renamed in history books as Great Depression One. We’ve seen economic growth collapse. We’ve taken on debt that staggers the imagination.
  We have opportunities to make decisions and changes as we climb out of the rubble. The first thing we’ll have to decide is whether we’re going to let America change into the Republic of Bananastan.
  In America, p
  
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• It’s not the government’s money, it’s your money

  26-04-2020 10:18
  
  In my house, we now measure time in loaves; specifically, loaves of whole wheat, rye and oatmeal sourdough. Currently, the exchange rate is running about 3.5 days to the loaf. I’m 14 loaves into flattening the curve. Now, if I could just flatten my stomach. I’m currently using an extension cord from our Christmas lights as a belt.
  The good news is (and that’s a relative term) the curve appears to be flattening. The bad news is, so is capitalism.
  What an irony. A disease that li
  
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• Newspapers are essential to economic recovery and business success

  26-04-2020 10:12
  
  Six months ago, I issued a call to action for businesses: to continue to exercise innovative thinking and leadership, stay engaged in the community, focus on growth, and address the troubling issues that challenge Orange County and the region.
  Much has changed in the world since then. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the trajectory of this economy and impacted business operations for almost every enterprise. Those “troubling issues” of six months ago have become even more persistent
  
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• Perfect storm clobbers California cities

  26-04-2020 09:20
  
  California’s nearly 500 cities had been hurting financially even before the COVID-19 pandemic clobbered the state’s economy and triggered a downward spiral of tax revenues.
  Although their revenues had climbed sharply during the previous decade, cities had seen even sharper increases in spending for employee pensions and health care and an epidemic of homelessness.
  With a pandemic-induced recession, California’s city officials are now hastily revising their budgets for the curre
  
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• Project Roomkey is saving lives in the coronavirus pandemic

  26-04-2020 09:06
  
  International crises have a way of bringing out the best in us — and, you know, the worst.
  In the coronavirus pandemic, the best of us are like your Greatest Generation grandpa. The one who took his steel net-laying, U-boat-catching Navy ship in so close to the Calais waterfront that the German snipers were taking pot shots at him when he went up on deck for a smoke. “Come and get me, Nazis!” he shouted into the damp night air while the bullets pinged in the rigging.
  Our era&rs
  
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• Colt dies at Santa Anita after training incident

  26-04-2020 06:35
  
  ARCADIA (CNS) – Last Renegade, an unraced 2-year old colt, became the 13th racehorse to die in racing or training-related incidents at Santa Anita this season when he died in a training incident on Friday.
  The horse, trained by Peter Eurton, died after what was termed an accident during training, according to information posted on the California Horse Racing Board’s website.
  Mike Marten, public information officer for the board, told City News Service on Saturday that Last Renegade &
  
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• NFL Draft: Breaking down the Rams’ 2020 class

  26-04-2020 05:32
  
  Cam Akers, running back, Florida State, 5-10, 217
  Fourth RB taken runs and receives. In the past decade, these round 2 picks have become Pro Bowlers: Dexter McCluster, Le’Veon Bell, Eddie Lacy, Derrick Henry, Dalvin Cook and Nick Chubb.
  Van Jefferson, wide receiver, Florida, 6-1, 200
  Shawn Jefferson’s son was chosen earlier than generally forecast. What did the Rams like so much? Polished route-running, which earns comparisons to Cooper Kupp.
  Terrell Lewis, outside linebacker, Alabam
  
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• NFL Draft: Breaking down the Chargers’ 2020 class

  26-04-2020 05:28
  
  Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon, 6’6, 236 (1st round, No. 6): Herbert isn’t as polished as the quarterbacks who were drafted before, but he might have the most upside with an arm that’s being called the strongest among the prospects. Herbert will need to beat Tyrod Taylor for the starting job, but his physical traits could flourish with the Chargers’ depth at the skill positions.
  Kenneth Murray, LB, Oklahoma, 6’2, 241 (1st round, No. 23): Murray’s versatility essen
  
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• Analysis: Chargers won’t admit it, but the draft says they play to run often

  26-04-2020 05:08
  
  The NFL draft is a weekend-long debate for teams to decide whether to draft for needs or best available players.
  The Chargers had the unique need of drafting a star player that could help them make a splash in Los Angeles as they head into their first season at SoFi Stadium.
  If that was a priority for the Chargers, which it seemed it was after their failed attempt to sign Tom Brady in free agency, then former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa made the most sense for them.
  But the Chargers didn&
  
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• Analysis: Chargers won’t admit it, but the draft says they plan to run often

  26-04-2020 05:08
  
  The NFL draft is a weekend-long debate for teams to decide whether to draft for needs or best available players.
  The Chargers had the unique need of drafting a star player who could help them make a splash in Los Angeles as they head into their first season at SoFi Stadium.
  If that was a priority for the Chargers, which it seemed it was after their failed attempt to sign Tom Brady in free agency, then former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa made the most sense for them.
  But the Chargers didn&r
  
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• Vin Scully returns home after brief hospitalization due to fall at home

  26-04-2020 04:52
  
  LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully was released from the hospital and is “resting comfortably” at home, according to the Dodgers.
  Scully suffered unspecified injuries when he fell at home Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks and thanked the first-responders and health-care workers who took care of him in a statement released by the Dodgers.
  “My sincerest thanks to the LA County firemen and women who come to the rescue and
  
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• Some NBA facilities reportedly will begin to reopen Friday

  26-04-2020 03:06
  
  As some states and municipalities begin loosening restrictions on personal movement, NBA players reportedly also will be allowed to return to their team training facilities for voluntary, individual workouts as soon as Friday — if their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still, ESPN reported Saturday.
  In Los Angeles County, the “safer at home” health order established to help slow the spread of the disease caused by the coronavirus is s
  
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• Where undrafted USC and UCLA football players have signed UDFA deals

  26-04-2020 02:24
  
  Only 255 collegiate football players get the chance to hear their name called in the NFL Draft.
  UCLA had three players drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft: tight end Devin Asiasi selected by the New England Patriots with the No. 91 pick, cornerback Darnay Holmes by the New York Giants with the No. 110 pick, and running back Joshua Kelley by the Los Angeles Chargers with the No. 112 pick.
  While USC had two players selected for the least amount of draftees picked up since 2002. Trojan left tackle Austin
  
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• NFL Draft: Where undrafted USC and UCLA football players have signed UDFA deals

  26-04-2020 02:24
  
  Only 255 collegiate football players get the chance to hear their name called in the NFL Draft.
  UCLA had three players drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft: tight end Devin Asiasi selected by the New England Patriots with the No. 91 pick, cornerback Darnay Holmes by the New York Giants with the No. 110 pick, and running back Joshua Kelley by the Los Angeles Chargers with the No. 112 pick.
  While USC had two players selected for the least amount of draftees picked up since 2002. Trojan left tackle Austin
  
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• And the bands played on: Musicians connect with fans in new ways

  26-04-2020 01:30
  
  As music consumers gravitated toward listening to their favorite tunes via streaming services instead of buying CDs and albums, recording artists have increasingly relied more on touring income than ever before.
  But after non-essential businesses, including concert venues, were recently ordered to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, musicians had to suddenly find different ways to reach their fans.
  Social media already saw artists interacting with their followers to varying degrees. Now, musi
  
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• Video: Gray whale makes surprise visit into Dana Point Harbor

  26-04-2020 00:40
  
  When Capt. Dave Anderson headed out on his weekly trip to grab video for his virtual whale watch program called Sensorium Cetacean Safari, he didn’t have to leave Dana Point Harbor.
  The program, one he and his wife Gisele Anderson came up with when their business was shut down due to the coronavirus situation, includes live and recent safaris with whatever ocean wildlife they find, a discussion about what they’re seeing, a special guest and some tips on the importance of connecting w
  
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