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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Cypress softball coach wishes team could play rival Kennedy for the league title

  27-04-2020 23:52
  
  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.
  Kevin Dull, Cypress softball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: Being home every day has been quite an adjustment, especially since I am so used to being outside and on the softball field d
  
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• Northwood’s Sharifi commits to CS Monterey Bay

  27-04-2020 23:44
  
  All-league guard Shandon Sharifi of Northwood committed to Cal State Monterey Bay, the Northwood boys basketball program confirmed.
  Sharifi, a 6-foot-1 senior, was All-Pacific Coast League this past season. He averaged a team-high 17 points a game.
  
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• Northwood basketball’s Shandon Sharifi commits to Cal State Monterey Bay

  27-04-2020 23:44
  
  All-league guard Shandon Sharifi of Northwood committed to Cal State Monterey Bay, the Northwood boys basketball program confirmed.
  Sharifi, a 6-foot-1 senior, was All-Pacific Coast League this past season. He averaged a team-high 17 points a game.
  Related Articles Spring wrap-up Q&A: Cypress softball coach wishes team could play rival Kennedy for the league title Spring wrap-up Q&A: Marina softball coach will remember team as ‘great bunch of student-athletes’ Whicker: Rememb
  
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• Coffee delivery favorites to start your morning

  27-04-2020 23:43
  
  Let’s face it, a lot of us rely on our morning cup of Joe. Some may even require more than one cup. And with the circumstances, my rose latte with oat milk and an extra shot sounds even more enticing. Lucky for you, my love for coffee has made me create a list of craft coffee shops that are offering delivery on Postmates and pick up for their loyal customers!
  Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders
  Courtesy of Instagram | @candicejoe
  Multiple Locations
  Bodhi Leaf coffee is offering delivery on Postmates
  
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• Newsom’s task force and plan to reopen the economy fall short

  27-04-2020 23:39
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to refuse to set a date for relaxing the coronavirus stay-at-home orders and the government-mandated economic shutdowns that are smothering California workers, businesses, and governments.
  “I wish I could prescribe a specific date to say when we can turn on the light switch to return to normalcy,” Gov. Newsom said. “We’ve tried to make it crystal clear there is no light switch. There is no date.”
  While the governor’s well-intentione
  
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• Trump’s immigration executive order is misguided and opportunistic

  27-04-2020 23:30
  
  As former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel would advise: Never let a crisis go to waste.
  President Trump apparently agrees. It’s why he took to Twitter last week to announce his plan to sign an executive order for the good of all Americans: “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!”
  The order, which Trump signe
  
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• Coronavirus Q&A: New rules for grocery store bags, fees

  27-04-2020 23:14
  
  Citing concerns about the spread of coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order suspending a state law for 60 days that bans grocery stores, convenience stores and other retailers in California from providing customers with single-use plastic bags and which requires stores to charge at least 10 cents per bag.
  Simple, right? So when you go to the store for the next two months, you’ll get a plastic or paper bag for your groceries, just like in years past, and it will be free
  
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• Orange County reported 54 more coronavirus cases as of April 27

  27-04-2020 23:13
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 2,126 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Monday, April 27.
  No new deaths were reported, keeping the total number of people who have died at 39 in the county. The county’s report said 22 of 25 hospitals reported in with numbers for the daily update.
  There were 54 new cases reported Monday, following a heavier weekend when 228 new cases of the virus were reported over the two days.
  The daily update noted another 7,985 people were tested, th
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reported 54 more coronavirus cases as of April 27

  27-04-2020 23:13
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 2,126 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Monday, April 27.
  No new deaths were reported, keeping the total number of people who have died at 39 in the county. The county’s report said 22 of 25 hospitals reported in with numbers for the daily update.
  There were 54 new cases reported Monday, following a heavier weekend when 228 new cases of the virus were reported over the two days.
  The daily update noted another 7,985 people were tested, th
  
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• Disney-exclusive Star Wars thermal detonator Coke bottles show up in Alabama grocery store

  27-04-2020 23:10
  
  Thermal detonator Coke bottles sold exclusively in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios have popped up in an unauthorized remote outpost in Alabama during the coronavirus closures of Disney theme parks around the globe.
  A pallet of the Galaxy’s Edge-exclusive Coca-Cola products has been spotted in a small, family-owned grocery store in Hartford, Alabama, according to social media posts.
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• Poll: ‘Eco-Republicans’ help build O.C. residents’ concern for the environment

  27-04-2020 23:07
  
  While Orange County’s shift from a conservative bastion to a politically balanced region has drawn national headlines, its embrace of environmental concerns has evolved even more dramatically, according to a new survey by Chapman University.
  In 2010, just 54% of those polled by Chapman thought climate change was real. In the latest poll, conducted in February, 73% not only said it was real but it was a serious problem.
  While Democrats are the primary drivers behind environmental protection
  
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• Coast Dish: A fresh perspective

  27-04-2020 23:06
  
  Chef Tony Nguyen had big plans for 2020. He was perfecting the menu at Da Lat Rose, a critically acclaimed Vietnamese supper club that he opened with Helene An in 2019, at Crustacean Beverly Hills. Last month, he was scheduled to cook at the Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival with Roy Yamaguchi. The chef was also constructing a lunch for our magazine’s pinnacle Women of Coast event. One of the dishes was this refreshing interpretation of spring. Tender white asparagus, Tokyo turnips, ca
  
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• NBA may allow team facilities to open May 8 in states relaxing restrictions

  27-04-2020 22:57
  
  As some states across the country deliberate and prepare to re-open non-essential businesses and services, the NBA — even in the markets where it stands to benefit — is exercising caution.
  The league announced Monday that it will not allow practice facilities to re-open until at least May 8, even in states where governments are relaxing quarantine restrictions. Even when facilities will be open, the NBA outlined strict regimens to limit exposure to COVID-19: no group workouts, no hea
  
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• No gym? No problem. Online workouts will keep you moving at home.

  27-04-2020 22:47
  
  By Liz Ohanesian
  Jehan Izhar was feeling stressed and “angst-y.”
  Izhar, owner of The Stage Global fitness and performing arts studio in Pomona, was thinking about her business and about the ongoing COVID-19 social distancing measures.
  “Usually, you can go out and get rid of that energy by going out in public,” she says by phone. “You go to the gym. You go to the bar. You go hang out with your friends. But all those coping mechanisms are gone.”
  Instead of leavi
  
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• 5 UCLA players who could be selected in 2021 NFL Draft

  27-04-2020 22:18
  
  After seeing just one UCLA player drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Bruins bounced back with three selections this past weekend, with tight end Devin Asiasi going in the third round followed by CB Darnay Holmes and RB Joshua Kelley in the fourth.
  What does the 2021 NFL Draft have in store for UCLA? Here’s a look at five Bruins who could be selected next spring:
  Stephan Blaylock, safety
  Last season was Blaylock’s first as a starter, and all the true sophomore did was lead UCLA with 8
  
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• 5 UCLA players that could be selected in 2021 NFL Draft

  27-04-2020 22:18
  
  After seeing just one UCLA player drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Bruins bounced back with three selections this past weekend, with tight end Devin Asiasi going in the third round followed by CB Darnay Holmes and RB Joshua Kelley in the fourth.
  What does the 2021 NFL Draft have in store for UCLA? Here’s a look at five Bruins who could be selected next spring:
  Stephan Blaylock, safety
  Last season was Blaylock’s first as a starter, and all the true sophomore did was lead UCLA with 8
  
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• Leo Williams leaps into the fight against coronavirus

  27-04-2020 22:04
  
  Nearly 36 years later, it still feels like yesterday for Leo Williams.
  Williams, as a recent graduate of the Naval Academy, entered the 1984 Olympic Trials high jump final at the Coliseum as a two-time NCAA indoor champion, World University Games winner and the Pan American Games silver medalist and third-ranked jumper in the U.S. in 1983.
  Dwight Stones won the Trials with an American record jump of 7 feet, 8 inches. Doug Nordquist, a former Fullerton College and Washington State jumper and Ston
  
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• Lakers received, then returned, $4.6 million from coronavirus loan program

  27-04-2020 21:24
  
  The Lakers say they have returned a $4.6 million loan they received from a federal loan program intended to help small businesses weather the coronavirus crisis.
  The team confirmed that they qualified for and received the loan from the Small Business Administrations’ Payroll Protection Program among the initial $349 million funding. But after the program’s initial budget ran out earlier this month — and after reports that several large companies took loans at the expense of a l
  
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• Coronavirus forecast: Fed’s near-zero interest rates to last into 2023

  27-04-2020 20:22
  
  By Christopher Condon and Sarina Yoo
  The Federal Reserve may hold interest rates near zero for three or more years, and its balance sheet will soar above $10 trillion as policymakers seek to revive the U.S. economy from recession, economists said in a Bloomberg survey.
  Just over half the 31 respondents to an April 20-23 poll predicted the target range for the federal funds rate, now at 0-0.25%, won’t move up until at least 2023. Another 22% said not before 2022.
  Respondents had limited exp
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball to play Kentucky in CBS Sports Classic

  27-04-2020 20:15
  
  Two teams with a combined 19 national championships will meet this December.
  UCLA men’s basketball will play Kentucky on Dec. 19 as part of the CBS Sports Classic, it was announced on Monday. A venue for the game between the two blue bloods has not yet been announced.
  The two winningest programs in men’s basketball history, UCLA and Kentucky have played 15 times, with the Wildcats holding an 8-7 advantage in those meetings. The Bruins last faced Kentucky in 2017, winning 83-75 in tha
  
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• Coronavirus cash: How to ask your bank or lender for help

  27-04-2020 20:10
  
  By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet
  Many banks, credit card issuers and other lenders have promised to help those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. They’re offering to defer or reduce payments and waive interest charges and rebate fees for those who have lost jobs, had their hours reduced or otherwise lost income to the COVID-19 crisis.
  The help usually isn’t automatic, however. You have to ask for it — and ask the right way.
  “In many cases, you only get the help if you conta
  
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• Poll: Just 4% of Orange County bosses will hire due to coronavirus

  27-04-2020 19:57
  
  How sharp is Orange County’s economic turnabout due to coronavirus?
  Just look at a quarterly poll of local CEOs conducted by Cal State Fullerton’s Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting …
  • 4% of executives polled this quarter said they’d be adding staff vs. 42% three months earlier. Decrease? 50% now vs. 10% then.
  • 15% see sales growing vs. 68% three months ago. Decrease? 72% now vs. 8% then.
  • 9% see increased profits vs. 60% three months ag
  
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• Poll: Just 4% of Orange County bosses hiring. It was 42% before coronavirus

  27-04-2020 19:57
  
  How sharp is Orange County’s economic turnabout due to coronavirus?
  Just look at a quarterly poll of local CEOs conducted by Cal State Fullerton’s Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting …
  • 4% of executives polled this quarter said they’d be adding staff vs. 42% three months earlier. Decrease? 50% now vs. 10% then.
  • 15% see sales growing vs. 68% three months ago. Decrease? 72% now vs. 8% then.
  • 9% see increased profits vs. 60% three months ag
  
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• Meat shortage coming, says Tyson, as coronavirus hits food chain

  27-04-2020 19:28
  
  By David Pitt, The Associated Press
  Meat isn’t going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. slaughterhouses. But as the meat plants struggle to remain open, consumers could face less selection and slightly higher prices.
  Industry leaders acknowledge the U.S. food chain has rarely been so stressed and that no one is sure about the future, even as they try to dispel concerns about shortages.Related: Coronavirus Q&A: Can I get COVID-19
  
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• Coronavirus: Buy meat now as shortage, price spike is coming

  27-04-2020 19:28
  
  By David Pitt, The Associated Press
  Meat isn’t going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. slaughterhouses. But as the meat plants struggle to remain open, consumers could face less selection and slightly higher prices.
  Industry leaders acknowledge the U.S. food chain has rarely been so stressed and that no one is sure about the future, even as they try to dispel concerns about shortages.Related: Coronavirus Q&A: Can I get COVID-19
  
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• Coronavirus: Buy meat now as shortage, price spike are coming

  27-04-2020 19:28
  
  By David Pitt, The Associated Press
  Meat isn’t going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. slaughterhouses. But as the meat plants struggle to remain open, consumers could face less selection and slightly higher prices.
  Industry leaders acknowledge the U.S. food chain has rarely been so stressed and that no one is sure about the future, even as they try to dispel concerns about shortages.Related: Coronavirus Q&A: Can I get COVID-19
  
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• Apartment rents level off; more cuts likely ahead

  27-04-2020 19:22
  
  Southern California tenants, long burdened by steadily rising rents, may get a breather as apartment rates show signs of leveling off and vacancies increase.
  While rents continue to go up, the pace of increases shrank during the first three months of the year, according to data from four top apartment trackers.
  And that began before the full impact of the coronavirus outbreak hit the market. Some landlords and analysts say the pandemic will weaken the rental market further as tenants losing
  
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• The false debate pitting lives versus the economy

  27-04-2020 19:13
  
  It’s wrong to say those who are calling for easing of the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders are only worried about the economy and don’t care about lives. In fact, saying that shows a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature and the totality of the economic wreckage.
  There’s no question that drastic shelter-in-place orders were needed in the beginning of the outbreak to slow the spread of COVID-19 and to buy the state time to regroup. That action undoubtedly saved lives.
  But
  
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• Up Close: Second Harvest CEO leads battle against hunger

  27-04-2020 18:56
  
  A 35-year veteran of the restaurant industry whose prior post was as chief executive officer of Mendocino Farms, Harald Herrmann stepped in as the new CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank on March 24, 2019. A year later, he and his team face a global pandemic and skyrocketing unemployment, causing more demand than ever for the county’s largest hunger-relief organization.
  Second Harvest sprang into action to meet the community’s needs for jobs and food. Herrmann hired 120 nonprofit and res
  
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• Newsom already lost the transparency, unity COVID-19 brought

  27-04-2020 18:50
  
  Californians have shown with great clarity during the coronavirus pandemic that if they’re convinced something needs to be done, they’ll cheerfully do it even when it’s uncomfortable and terribly expensive.
  So when Gov. Gavin Newsom in a mid-March first-in-the-nation move ordered most of this huge state’s citizenry to stay home in a quasi-quarantine condition in hopes of limiting the spread of the virus, they complied, with few exceptions.
  But now, with far less ambient p
  
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• Lenders: SBA relief program already overwhelmed (again)

  27-04-2020 18:42
  
  By Mark Niquette and Hannah Levitt, Bloomberg
  Not even 10 minutes after a government relief loan program for small businesses relaunched on Monday, lenders reported that the U.S. Small Business Administration system was overwhelmed and inaccessible with a flood of applications.
  Lenders from across the country were saying they couldn’t get into the SBA’s system when the Paycheck Protection Program relaunched at 10:30 a.m. New York Time, said Paul Merski of the Independent Co
  
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• Skateboarders roll with the punches during coronavirus pandemic

  27-04-2020 18:40
  
  Mike Donelon has spent nearly 25 years advocating for the benefits of skateparks, selling them as an effective way to lower crime, build self-esteem in kids and help keep them in school. He’s helped usher in eight skateparks in Long Beach since 1996.
  Last month, he pulled an unexpected 180.
  “I spent 20 years keeping kids in school, off the street and getting them into skateparks,” the 67-year-old former Long Beach City Councilman said by phone. “Now, within a few days, I&
  
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• Who should pay for pandemic impacts?

  27-04-2020 18:37
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic and the severe economic recession it induced are disasters unparalleled in recent generations and it will take years to fully recover from their human and financial tolls.
  Already, however, they are spawning legal and political conflicts, over whom, if anyone, should be accountable for their impacts.
  There is, for instance, a flurry of lawsuits — so many that there’s even a special website devoted to cataloging who’s suing and being sued. Cruise
  
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• OC Fair canceled for 2020 by coronavirus concerns

  27-04-2020 18:29
  
  The 2020 OC Fair won’t be held this summer because of ongoing concerns about the coronavirus and uncertainty over when the state may lift its ban on large events.
  The OC Fair and Event Center’s board of directors voted Monday, April 27, to cancel this year’s fair, but may offer some of the fair’s traditional entertainment and competitions online.
  Held annually in Costa Mesa, the OC Fair in 2019 attracted 1.39 million visitors over its 23-day run.
  With big gatherings and g
  
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• New York nixes Democratic presidential primary due to virus

  27-04-2020 18:25
  
  In an unprecedented move, New York has canceled its Democratic presidential primary originally scheduled for June 23 amid the coronavirus epidemic.
  The Democratic members of the State’s Board of Elections voted Monday to nix the primary. New York will still hold its congressional and state-level primaries on June 23.
  New York Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs has said that the cancellation of the state’s presidential primary would mean a lower expected turnout and a reduced need for
  
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• How to tackle home improvement projects while sheltering in place

  27-04-2020 17:53
  
  Christian Marcus and his wife Erika Diehl-Marcus intended to redecorate their Los Feliz apartment with a 1930s vibe. However, the couple, who own East Hollywood antique shop Diehl Marcus & Company, lacked time to do it.
  “We own an antique store, so you think that would make it easier for us,” says Marcus by phone. “But it can make it a lot more difficult because you have to sort through so many of your collections.”
  They’d gotten to work by painting the living r
  
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• Watch: Screaming teacher tells teens they deserve ‘painful death’ from coronavirus

  27-04-2020 17:48
  
  A New Jersey high school teacher was caught on video shouting at teenagers playing football in a park that they should “die a long, painful death” from the coronavirus.
  The invective came at the end of a short confrontation between the teens and a woman identified by multiple sources as Nicole Griggs.
  One of the teenagers told the Trentonian newspaper that he and several friends were playing football Thursday at a park in the Trenton suburb of Hamilton township when they were accoste
  
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• Screaming teacher tells teens they deserve ‘painful death’ from coronavirus

  27-04-2020 17:48
  
  A New Jersey high school teacher was caught on video shouting at teenagers playing football in a park that they should “die a long, painful death” from the coronavirus.
  The invective came at the end of a short confrontation between the teens and a woman identified by multiple sources as Nicole Griggs.
  One of the teenagers told the Trentonian newspaper that he and several friends were playing football Thursday at a park in the Trenton suburb of Hamilton township when they were accoste
  
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• Status Update: Mazda offers free services to healthcare workers; Sprouts expands grocery pickup

  27-04-2020 17:20
  
  With the business world pretty much on pause, much of the local business news we are seeing relates to COVID-19 and how companies are helping the battle to thwart the virus. Here’s a round-up:
  Free auto services
  Irvine-based Mazda North American Operations will provide free standard oil changes and cleaning services for U.S. healthcare workers at participating dealers nationwide, including Mazda dealerships in Tustin and Huntington Beach.
  Irvine-based Mazda North American Operations will p
  
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• Sneeze guards, temperature checks the new normal for U.S. retail

  27-04-2020 17:00
  
  By Jeff Green and Donald Moore, Bloomberg
  Each day, before the 350 employees at Fresh N’ Lean enter the company’s food preparation center in Anaheim, they fill out a health questionnaire and have their temperature taken.
  Anyone with symptoms, even if they seem like seasonal allergies, is asked to take paid emergency sick leave. Inside, workers are spaced widely apart and wear gloves and masks as they prepare food for delivery. In early April, employees got a $1 an hour raise just for
  
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• Camp Pendleton shows support for three-year San Onofre State Parks extension

  27-04-2020 15:54
  
  The future is uncertain at San Onofre State Park, a slice of paradise just south of San Clemente – but Camp Pendleton officials support the land remaining in the hands of of the state system for at least the next few years.
  Camp Pendleton officials, in a statement released on Friday, noted the Department of Navy is still “carefully considering” the state’s request to renew the current lease, which is set to expire August 2021 after 50 years of being run as State Parks pub
  
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• Whicker: Remembering the sporting adventures of Torrance’s Bart Johnson

  27-04-2020 05:11
  
  People ask Dana Pagett about memorable basketball plays. He has three.
  They happened consecutively, at the hands of one man.
  “It was the Beverly Hills tournament,” said Pagett, the former USC All-American who was playing at El Segundo then.
  “First, he dribbled down, got between two players and jammed it. Second, he got the rebound, stopped at the top of the key, hit a 21-footer. Then he came down, looked one way, bounce-passed the other way, but the shot was missed. So he follo
  
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• Coronavirus: OC Fair chair to recommend cancellation of 2020 event

  27-04-2020 04:13
  
  Fans of the OC Fair may miss their annual dose of newborn chicks and piglets, head-spinning carnival rides, fried foods and unusually shaped vegetables this year, with some fair officials inclined to nix the event due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
  Sandra Cervantes, who chairs the OC Fair and Event Center’s board of directors, said in an email Sunday that she will recommend canceling the 2020 fair when the board meets Monday, April 27, and she believes other board members are on the
  
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• Simi Valley Marine killed in Iraq gets helicopter flyover, parade of police and fire vehicles

  27-04-2020 03:06
  
  SIMI VALLEY — The family of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq last month had to postpone his memorial service because of restrictions on large gatherings in California to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
  Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, a critical skills operator from Simi Valley, Calif., suffered fatal wounds while accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an ISIS stronghold in a mountainous area of north central Iraq. He was 34 years old and assigned to 2nd Marine Raider
  
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• Small businesses need help: Political Cartoons

  27-04-2020 03:00
  
  Magic guard Elfrid Payton, left, drives to the basket on Lakers center Ivica Zubac during the second half of Friday’s game in Orlando. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.) Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen tosses the ball after scoring a touchdown during the first half Sunday against the Rams. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang) SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin, right, and Blues center Patrik Berglund battle for the puck during the first period of Thursday night’s
  
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• Curious whale surprises paddleboarder off Capo Beach

  27-04-2020 02:20
  
  Doug Griffith, who lives in Capistrano Beach, got a surprise visit from a curious whale that showed up next to his stand-up paddleboard. (Photo courtesy of Matt Larmand)
  A curious whale stopped to check out a stand-up paddleboarder off Capistrano Beach in Dana Point Sunday afternoon, a moment between man and nature caught on camera.
  “It was pretty amazing,” said Doug Griffith, who was out on the water with his son, Fritz, and father, Don. “I just think it was a once-in-a-lifeti
  
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• COVID-19: The great deregulator

  27-04-2020 02:00
  
  As we learn more about the coronavirus pandemic – and governments’ bungled attempts to address it – the recent protests across the country illustrate that more and more people are questioning whether governments have gone too far with heavy-handed, one-size-fits-all policies that infringe upon our property rights, Second Amendment rights and freedoms of travel, peaceable assembly, association, and practice of religion.
  A silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic is that it has
  
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• Newport Beach to consider closing beaches on weekends because of crowds amid coronavirus concerns

  27-04-2020 01:02
  
  Newport Beach’s shoreline and ocean could be off limits on weekends, a decision that will be taken up by city officials in a special meeting called for Tuesday to address crowds that showed up on beaches during the recent heat wave.
  The special meeting, scheduled for 3 p.m. on April 28, will focus on whether to close beaches for three upcoming, consecutive weekends. The closures would start May 2 and run each Saturday and Sunday through May 17, the city said in a news release on Sunday.
  An
  
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• White House aiming for Trump pivot from virus to economy

  27-04-2020 00:35
  
  WASHINGTON — After two months of frantic response to the coronavirus, the White House is planning to shift President Donald Trump’s public focus to the burgeoning efforts aimed at easing the economic devastation caused by the pandemic.
  Days after he publicly mused that scientists should explore the injection of toxic disinfectants as a potential virus cure, Trump has now rejected the utility of his daily task force briefings, where he has time and again clashed with scientific expert
  
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• Muted and vacant, Las Vegas struggles to survive shutdown

  27-04-2020 00:25
  
  LAS VEGAS — Slot machines are powered down, casinos boarded up and barricaded.
  Sidewalks are largely deserted and electronic marquees that once flashed neon calls for nightclubs, magic shows and topless revues instead beam somber messages of safety.
  The famous fountains of the Bellagio casino, where water choreographed to lights and music shoots hundreds of feet in the air, are still. Throngs of visitors who made it tough to maneuver on sidewalks have been replaced by the occasional jogger
  
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