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• Governor Newsom puts politics ahead of data in California shutdown

  01-05-2020 23:50
  
  In closing Orange County beaches this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was relying on science, not politics. It’s unclear where he’s getting his science, so I’ll offer this.
  Los Angeles County has implemented the most draconian beach closures in the country, and reports more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths. Orange County has taken a gentler approach, and reports 45 deaths.
  Orange County’s low death rate should be national headlines. Our population of 3.3 million is larger th
  
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• Virus delays prison time for Hot Pockets heir, ex-CEO

  01-05-2020 23:37
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
  An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune and a former investment executive who participated in the college admissions cheating scheme won’t get to serve their punishments at home, but they can delay going to prison until this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, a judge has ruled.
  Michelle Janavs, whose family invented Hot Pockets, and Douglas Hodge, the ex-CEO of Pacific Investment Management Co., can remain free until at least June 30, U.S. District Judge Nathani
  
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• Hot Pockets heir and former Pimco CEO can delay prison because of pandemic

  01-05-2020 23:37
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
  An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune and a former investment executive who participated in the college admissions cheating scheme won’t get to serve their punishments at home, but they can delay going to prison until this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, a judge has ruled.
  Michelle Janavs, whose family invented Hot Pockets, and Douglas Hodge, the ex-CEO of Pacific Investment Management Co., can remain free until at least June 30, U.S. District Judge Nathani
  
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• Clothing retailer J. Crew prepares for bankruptcy filing

  01-05-2020 23:27
  
  Clothing retailer J. Crew, which operates more than 20 Southern California locations under the J. Crew and Madewell banners, is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection in a move that could come as early as this weekend.
  The privately-held, New York-based retailer is scrambling to secure $400 million in financing in an effort to remain afloat, according to insiders familiar with the situation.
  Representatives with J. Crew could not be reached for comment Friday.
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• California is ‘many days, not weeks’ away from starting to reopen, Newsom says

  01-05-2020 23:10
  
  As protests against the statewide stay-at-home order hit from Southern California to Sacramento Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom assured residents that California is “many days, not weeks” away from starting to gradually reopen.
  In an afternoon briefing, Newsom said that the state is edging closer to loosening restrictions than ever — even as he urged people to heed social distancing and local county orders.
  “I just want folks to know we’re close to making really meaningfu
  
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• Rosalie Passovoy’s tennis skills earned her a place in Cal State Fullerton sports history

  01-05-2020 23:07
  
  There were signs Rosalie Passovoy was a woman ahead of her time who went beyond what became her claim to athletic fame. Put aside for the moment that her groundstroke ability led to a groundbreaking role as the first female tennis player at Cal State Fullerton — or Orange State College as it was then known.
  Focus on the little things, as they tell athletes to do. You can see the signs Passovoy wasn’t your ordinary “Mad Men” era co-ed if you paid attention to the April 9,
  
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• Signs of progress: Schools celebrate home-bound seniors with yard placards

  01-05-2020 23:00
  
  They will miss prom, the roar of the crowd as they accept their diplomas and grad night in the gym.
  But at least with some small gestures, school districts have found ways to celebrate their seniors.
  In front yards around Orange County, signs congratulate the Class of 2020 – the kids whose high school career screeched to a halt halfway through second semester. Their lives, both educationally and socially, became largely contained to computer screens after the coronavirus pandemic rolled in
  
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• FDA allows emergency use of remdesivir for coronavirus

  01-05-2020 22:59
  
  By MARILYNN MARCHIONE and MATTHEW PERRONE
  WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster.
  It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide.
  The FDA said in a statement that Gilead Science’s intravenous drug would be specifically indicated for hospitalized patients with “severe disease,” such as those experiencing breathi
  
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• When will Americans feel safe returning to theme parks?

  01-05-2020 22:33
  
  Much attention has been focused on when theme parks will reopen and how they will be different after the coronavirus pandemic, but there’s one question that’s only beginning to come into focus: When will visitors feel it’s safe to return?
  External polls and internal surveys offer a glimpse into the moods and expectations of theme park visitors as Americans prepare to enter into the post-COVID-19 era.
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• Most U.S. airlines will now require face masks on passengers

  01-05-2020 22:04
  
  Airline passengers will soon be required to wear face masks when flying to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
  American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines all said Thursday they would join the growing list of U.S. airlines that will require people to wear face coverings while onboard flights. JetBlue earlier this week became the first U.S. airline to announce it would require passenger face masks.
  “Our flight attendants are now wearing masks in flight,” Kurt Stache, America
  
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• Long Beach Halloween convention Midsummer Scream canceled due to pandemic

  01-05-2020 22:00
  
  Even monsters, ghosts and zombies can’t escape the wrath of the novel coronavirus.
  The Midsummer Scream Halloween and Horror Convention, a massive three-day festival that attracts more than 30,000 fans of horror to the Long Beach Convention Center, has been canceled this year, convention officials announced on Friday, May 1.
  The convention will rise again next year on July 9-11 at the Convention Center, officials said.
  Tickets for this year’s convention will be honored for Midsummer
  
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• Coastal cities, beachgoers challenge Gov. Newsom’s order to shut down O.C.’s coast

  01-05-2020 21:35
  
  Surfers, beachgoers and coastal cities are challenging the order set out by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, April 30, shutting down all Orange County beaches.
  Huntington Beach and Dana Point are asking a court to temporarily block the order, with Newport Beach and San Clemente planning to meet to discuss similar measures.
  The order unfairly singles out Orange County, and for the most part, people were social distancing in coastal areas, officials argue.
  A surfer hits the lip as people watch on th
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Orange baseball coach ‘will never forget’ perfect game in league opener

  01-05-2020 21:30
  
  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.
  George Chace, Orange baseball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: It’s a different kind of life, that’s for sure. I have tried to implement a routine so my days can be somewhat s
  
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• The Eagles postpone Forum shows — again — to October 2021 because of coronavirus pandemic

  01-05-2020 21:16
  
  The Eagles announced Friday, May 1, that their Hotel California Tour — already pushed back from April to September and October because of the novel coronavirus pandemic — has been postponed again until the fall of 2021. The band’s three nights at the Forum in Inglewood will now take place 18 months after they were originally scheduled.
  The concert originally rescheduled for Sept. 25 will be Oct. 15, 2021, the Sept. 26 show will be Oct. 16, 2021 and the Sept. 29 date will be Oct
  
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• Telemedicine and health care’s ‘new normal’ in the age of coronavirus

  01-05-2020 21:11
  
  Health care providers are adapting fast to changing times. They’re making face-to-face visits as safe as possible and finding new ways to keep waiting rooms safe and streamlined. And if you’re hesitant about going in — or don’t actually need to go in — you’ve got a host of other options, including phone and video appointments. What do you need to know in this new normal?
  Are there changes to waiting rooms?
  Yes. There are fewer people cooling their heels in wai
  
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• Thousands of protesters flock to Huntington Beach following state-ordered OC beach closures

  01-05-2020 20:58
  
  Large crowds opposing the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home mandate took to the streets of downtown Huntington Beach Friday, a day after the governor closed Orange County beaches and drew frustration and criticism from some residents and city leaders.
  Thousands of protesters gathered near the Huntington Beach pier shortly before noon. The tightly packed crowd, most of which was not wearing protective masks, repeatedly chanted “U.S.A.” as they waited for the demonstration to begi
  
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• Protesters flock to Huntington Beach following state-ordered OC beach closures

  01-05-2020 20:58
  
  Large crowds opposing the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home mandate took to the streets of downtown Huntington Beach Friday, a day after the governor closed Orange County beaches and drew frustration and criticism from some residents and city leaders.
  More than a thousand protesters gathered near the Huntington Beach pier shortly before noon. The tightly packed crowd, most of which was not wearing protective masks, repeatedly chanted “U.S.A.” as they waited for the demonstration
  
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• In a nation of edicts, we serve at pleasure of the king

  01-05-2020 20:58
  
  SACRAMENTO >> During Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, she found herself in the presence of the King of Hearts. He wanted her to go, so he cited Rule 42: “All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.” Heads turned to Alice. “I’m not a mile high,” she objected. “You are,” said the King. The queen testified that Alice is nearly two miles tall. “Well, I shan’t go, at any rate,” Alice said, “besides, that’s
  
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• Tough choices await returning lawmakers

  01-05-2020 20:42
  
  As California lawmakers prepare for a return to session, they’ll face an unusual set of COVID-related restrictions. As KCRA reported, legislators may only be accompanied by one staff member.  In-person meetings are forbidden. The state Constitution requires that the public be allowed to attend hearings, but attendees must first have their temperature taken and remain separated from others.
  Such common-sense annoyances are the least of returning lawmakers’ woes. Before the shutdo
  
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• The Peter Navarro Principle

  01-05-2020 20:40
  
  The 20th century produced the Peter Principle: in hierarchy, you’ll get promoted until you reach your level of incompetence.
  The 21st century provides the Peter Navarro Principle: if you’re relentlessly angry and accusatory, your incompetence will be no obstacle to your rise.
  Peter Navarro is a failed California politician who now, frighteningly, leads White House efforts to reopen the country and produce medical equipment to protect America from COVID-19. The story of how one of San
  
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• Cal State Fullerton softball great Jenny Topping is looking for her next hit

  01-05-2020 19:59
  
  There was that aha moment. It involved things you normally associate with life-changing epiphanies, like the proverbial bright light that hit Jenny Topping between the eyes like a 2-by-4. And it involved things you don’t associate with life-changing epiphanies — like turkeys.
  Topping was driving back to her rural Auburn home from hanging out with friends when a song came on the radio. The exact song about empowering women she and her friends talked about over dinner. Then she literal
  
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• Just Women’s Sports: How Diana Taurasi torched the internet

  01-05-2020 19:55
  
  The Southern California News Group is partnering with Just Women’s Sports for a weekly stories. Sign up for the JWS newsletter here.1. Diana Taurasi is all the content you need
  Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe, Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor took to IG Live last weekend to discuss the 2020 draft, WNBA culture, playing abroad, and much, much more. And while the marathon chat featured plenty of highlights (as well as a healthy amount of drinking and swearing), it was Taurasi’s candidness that
  
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• Successful Aging: How men are adjusting to life in the time of COVID-19

  01-05-2020 19:30
  
  Several weeks ago, I wrote a column about retired women and their adjustment to the early phase of COVID-19. It seems timely to get a sense how men in later life are dealing with this unprecedented time.  To get a snapshot of what is happening on the ground, I spoke to 10 men about their experiences, feelings, intentions as well as flickers of a silver lining.
  Staying connected: A common theme in many of the conversations was the importance of staying connected to others — to an aunt,
  
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• The Rolling Stones announces ‘Extra Licks!’ weekly streaming series

  01-05-2020 19:06
  
  Since The Rolling Stones’ No Filter Tour, which was originally scheduled to kick off in San Diego on May 8, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the band is has announced a weekly “Extra Licks!” livestream series.
  The virtual events will take fans through bonus footage and performances from six concert films from throughout the band’s nearly six decade-long career.
  “Extra Licks!” is part of YouTube’s #StayHome campaign and will stream at n
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: JSerra baseball coach will remember ‘best start in program history’

  01-05-2020 17:30
  
  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.
  Brett Kay, JSerra baseball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I think everyone looks at what is going on through a different set of lenses. Through all this madness, this has allowed me to
  
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• 1 dead, 2 injured after car hits truck on 405 Freeway in Huntington Beach

  01-05-2020 17:26
  
  The driver of a sedan died Thursday night after hitting a truck carrying a sign trailer on the 405 freeway in Huntington Beach as Caltrans workers set up a road closure. Two of the workers were injured. (OnScene.TV)
  The driver of a sedan died Thursday night after hitting a truck carrying a sign trailer on the 405 freeway in Huntington Beach as Caltrans workers set up a road closure. Two of the workers were injured. (OnScene.TV)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expand
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• Hope International basketball coach Bill Czech shares his harrowing COVID-19 recovery story

  01-05-2020 17:06
  
  The Hope International University men’s basketball team had just earned a berth in the NAIA Division I national championship tournament when the coronavirus outbreak put an end to the season.
  Hope coach Bill Czech did not enjoy telling his players the tournament, set for March 18-24 in Kansas City, Mo., had been canceled.
  Czech told them, “We need to do our part. Our younger adults need to help our older adults.”
  Now weeks later, Czech recalled those words and said, “I di
  
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• Rent Q&A: Do I have to pay? Coronavirus tenant protections could buy time

  01-05-2020 17:00
  
  With May rent now due, more tenants could have trouble paying their landlords because of furloughs or layoffs.
  As many as 8%-15% of Southern California renters were unable to make their rent payment in April. Now, six weeks after stay-at-home orders took effect, some out-of-work tenants are seeing their savings depleted, and landlords are bracing for weaker collections in May and June.
  Local and state eviction moratoriums — enacted to ensure residents have a home to stay in during the outb
  
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• Rent Q&A: Do I have to pay? Coronavirus protections could buy time

  01-05-2020 17:00
  
  With May rent now due, more tenants could have trouble paying their landlords because of furloughs or layoffs.
  As many as 8%-15% of Southern California renters were unable to make their rent payment in April. Now, six weeks after stay-at-home orders took effect, some out-of-work tenants are seeing their savings depleted, and landlords are bracing for weaker collections in May and June.
  Local and state eviction moratoriums — enacted to ensure residents have a home to stay in during the outb
  
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• Rent Q&A: Coronavirus-related tenant protections could buy you time

  01-05-2020 17:00
  
  With May rent now coming due, more tenants could be having trouble paying their landlords because of furloughs or layoffs.
  As many as 8% to 15% of Southern California renters were unable to make their rent payment in April. Now, six weeks after stay-at-home orders took effect, some out-of-work tenants are seeing their savings depleted, and landlords are bracing for weaker collections in May and June.
  Local and state eviction moratoriums — enacted to ensure residents have a home to stay in
  
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• Who cleans up the debris after freeway crashes?

  01-05-2020 15:56
  
  Q. Dear Honk: How come the accident cleanup crews on the freeways sometimes leave automobile bumpers behind? I drove the 405 Freeway recently and saw three bumpers by the center divider where there had been an accident.
  – Bill Coulson, Laguna Niguel
  A. Not sure about that trio of bumpers, Bill, but Honk, with the help of a frequent column contributor, can explain what is supposed to happen.
  When a vehicle crashes, the responding tow truck is supposed to clean up all of the debris and take
  
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• Which Six Flags parks will reopen first? These 6 are the top contenders

  01-05-2020 15:30
  
  Six Flags expects to reopen amusement parks in Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri this summer before other locations in California, New York and New Jersey as the United States begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Six Flags CEO Michael Spanos singled out six of the company’s amusement parks that would likely reopen first following the COVID-19 pandemic during a conference call with analysts.
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• Biden on sexual assault allegation: ‘never, never happened’

  01-05-2020 14:06
  
  By ALEXANDRA JAFFE
  WASHINGTON  — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday categorically denied allegations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, saying “this never happened.” Biden’s first public remarks on the allegation come at a critical moment for the presumptive Democratic nominee as he tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of leaving denials to his campaign.
  “I’m saying unequivocal
  
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• Biden denies former staffer’s sexual assault allegation

  01-05-2020 14:06
  
  By ALEXANDRA JAFFE
  WASHINGTON  — Joe Biden denied a former Senate staffer’s allegation of sexual assault on Friday, saying “this never happened.”
  It’s the presumptive Democratic nominee’s first public comment on an accusation of sexual assault by his former Senate staffer, Tara Reade.
  “I’m saying unequivocally, it never, never happened,” Biden said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
  Biden said he will ask the Nat
  
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• Simplistic and short-sighted to ignore ramifications of shutdown: Letters

  01-05-2020 10:00
  
  Re “Stay home, stay safe to protect public health” (Letters, April 23):
  The letter writer, speaking of the coronavirus, believes “saving lives is more important than the economy” and further adds: “We are all in this together. Let’s stay united.”
  As quaint and altruistic as that sounds, this coronavirus is not about lives vs. the economy. This shutdown is about lives vs. lives.
  Millions of lives have been affected by the shutdown. It’s very simplis
  
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• Huntington Beach officials planning legal challenge to Gov. Newsom’s OC beaches closure

  01-05-2020 06:53
  
  Huntington Beach officials voted to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to close all Orange County beaches, a decision he announced earlier Thursday in response to beach crowds during a heat wave last weekend.
  “Gov. Newsom’s mandate to close all beaches in Orange County today was a jarring decision that significantly impacts us here in Huntington Beach,” Mayor Lyn Semeta said in a news release. “Given that Orange County has among the lowest per-capita COVID-19 death
  
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• ACLU pushes OC Sheriff Don Barnes to release 500 medically vulnerable jail inmates

  01-05-2020 05:04
  
  The ACLU of Southern California is seeking a federal court order forcing Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes to immediately release 500 medically vulnerable inmates because of the coronavirus outbreak at the jails.
  The civil rights group filed a federal class-action suit Thursday against Barnes as the number of infected inmates in the jail system grew to 117. Daniel Parker, an assistant professor at UC Irvine’s Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, warned in a declaration for the laws
  
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• Orange County beach closure order draws wave of response

  01-05-2020 03:45
  
  It’s a beach bummer that puts a lock on one of the most valued Southern California treasures: the coast.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement on Thursday, April 30, shutting off access to all of Orange County’s beaches was met with passionate response, from beachgoers furious by the order, but also from people frustrated by some not adhering to social distancing guidelines.
  Beach-goers are spaced out along the sand by the pier in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, April 30, 2020. (
  
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• Drummond: Yorba Linda leaders take first look at revenue losses from coronavirus

  01-05-2020 03:38
  
  Yorba Linda’s operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 30 faces several shortfalls in income due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Finance Director Scott Catlett presented to the City Council on April 21.
  “Impacts to sales and use tax from the governor’s stay-at-home order have been swift and significant,” Catlett told the council. Sales taxes are the second-largest revenue stream for the city at 19% of total income, behind 52% from property
  
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• Bored, hankering for music? Online sessions bring guitar lessons home

  01-05-2020 02:59
  
  There are plenty of things you can’t do during the coronavirus pandemic but taking guitar lessons isn’t one of them.
  Guitar Center and its sister brand Music & Arts pivoted early during the health crisis to offer live, online lessons for guitar, bass, drums, piano and voice.
  Using ZOOM technology via a secured link, the one-on-one sessions are conducted from teachers’ homes and don’t require students to download an app.
  “Many of our instructors have multi-camera
  
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• Coronavirus: California surpasses 2,000 total deaths from virus

  01-05-2020 02:23
  
  California on Thursday reached more grim milestones in the continuing coronavirus pandemic with more than 2,000 confirmed deaths and more than 50,000 confirmed cases, according to data complied by this news organization.
  The state recorded 89 new deaths, bringing the total to 2,032. Fifty-five of them were reported in Los Angeles County. But the Bay Area was not spared – four deaths were logged in Santa Clara County, three in Alameda County, two in Contra Costa County and two in San Franci
  
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• New transportation and housing plan needs more public review

  01-05-2020 02:14
  
  As residents and businesses find themselves dealing with the impacts of a historic public health and economic crisis, the Southern California Association of Governments is preparing to move forward with a new long-range transportation and housing plan, which will have a substantial impact on Southern California communities over the next 25 years.
  Governed by an 86-member board made up of city and county elected officials, the region covered by the Southern California Association of Governments (
  
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• R.D. Hubbard, horse racing breeder, remembered as an industry icon

  01-05-2020 01:31
  
  By BETH HARRIS
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — R.D. Hubbard, who bred, owned and raced thoroughbred and quarter horses and was an influential executive in the racing industry, has died. He was 84.
  Hubbard died Wednesday at home with his wife Joan Dale at his side in Palm Desert, about 115 miles east of Los Angeles, according to Shaun Hubbard. His grandson told The Associated Press he had been in declining health.
  “He lived 262 years’ worth in 84,” Shaun Hubbard said Thursday by phone.
  
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• Irvine voters will see veterans cemetery issue on ballot again

  01-05-2020 01:25
  
  Two years after an initiative some hoped would settle the matter of where in Irvine to build a veterans cemetery, city voters will see another ballot measure – and possibly two – asking the same question: which is the best site?
  Supporters of putting an Orange County veterans cemetery on land on the northern border of the Great Park had enough valid signatures to get their measure on a ballot, Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley confirmed this week.
  Irvine City Clerk Molly
  
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• Hate rising? In age of coronavirus, Asian Americans in Orange County are targets

  01-05-2020 01:25
  
  “I’m getting sick because of people like you.”
  “Stay away from us.”
  “Go back to China!”
  Those are just some of the remarks that in recent weeks have been tossed at Asian Americans in Orange County.
  The ugly talk has grown loud enough, and common enough, that on the same night this week, April 28, three different local government bodies — the county board of supervisors and the city councils in Irvine and Garden Grove — felt the need to pass t
  
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• Obstacles loom as Southern California coroners seek to probe old death cases for earliest local links to coronavirus

  01-05-2020 01:22
  
  Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was requesting that coroners around the state reexamine deaths that back date back to December in an effort to hunt for previously undetected coronavirus cases.
  Reports of California’s first death from the virus, in Santa Clara County on Feb. 6, turned out to be weeks earlier than officials previously had thought that people were succumbing to the illness. That prompted the governor’s request.
  Whether local medical examiners actually wi
  
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• After decades, the heart of a nuclear reactor will finally leave San Onofre

  01-05-2020 01:08
  
  The original plan, nearly 20 years ago, was to plop the retired nuclear reactor pressure vessel on a barge and ship it off — via the Panama Canal or all the way around the tip of South America — to a final resting place in South Carolina.
  But there were strong objections to transporting the huge metal shell that way. After all, atoms had actually been split inside it. And so the giant, but empty, heart of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 1 was packed away in a huge
  
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• Coronavirus cases, deaths jump in O.C. nursing homes

  01-05-2020 01:05
  
  While there are signs that COVID-19 cases and deaths may be leveling off in Orange County and the rest of the state, infections in the county’s nursing homes and other long-term care centers continue to spike.
  Nine facilities in the county had outbreaks as of Thursday, April 30 — up from four centers a week earlier — and at least 11 others have had at least one infection. The number of infections in long-term centers has increased 78% over that period to include 204 residents a
  
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• Coronavirus: More than 8,000 tests have been give since Sunday

  01-05-2020 00:53
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency confirmed 145 new cases of the coronavirus as of Thursday, April 30, making for a total of 2,393 reported since testing began locally.
  The 145 new cases is the highest daily total to be reported so far.
  One new death was reported, raising the total number of people who have died of the virus in the county to 45. The county’s report said 22 of 25 hospitals reported in with numbers for the daily update.
  Another 1,594 tests for the coronavirus were given i
  
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• Dozens rather than hundreds quietly mark the fall of Saigon at Westminster park

  01-05-2020 00:46
  
  It was yet another illustration of the contrasts between normal times and coronavirus times.
  At an annual Westminster ceremony that usually brings hundreds from around Southern California, only a couple of dozen people showed up Thursday, April 30. Though small in number, they came to commemorate Black April, the anniversary of the the fall of Saigon.
  Kien and Minh Dang say a prayer at a Vietnam War Memorial at Sid Goldstein Freedom Park in Westminster, CA on Thursday, April 30, 2020. April mark
  
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