• Dine out, apply for $25 reimbursement from Long Beach law firm

    Dine out, apply for $25 reimbursement from Long Beach law firm
    A personal injury law firm in Long Beach has donated $10,000 to help California restaurants and households that are struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
    The May Firm invites people to order food from a local restaurant, submit a photo of the receipt to the firm and get reimbursement of up to $25 per household. Diners must first visit the firm’s restaurant relief fund web page and fill out a form to participate.
    The program is designed to serve 400 households and possibly more, depending
  • Jarrin Foundation will donate to LA Regional Food Bank

    Jarrin Foundation will donate to LA Regional Food Bank
    When his wife died last spring, Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrin created a charitable foundation in her memory. Now, the Jaime and Blanca Jarrin Foundation is stepping up to help out during the difficult times caused by the coronavirus quarantine.
    The foundation is partnering with Los Defensores, a Los Angeles-based legal services company, to donate up to $60,000 to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. The Food Bank has already provided 11.9 million meals to needy families during the pa
  • Man, teenage girl arrested after woman, 75, found assaulted in Tustin

    Man, teenage girl arrested after woman, 75, found assaulted in Tustin
    A 24-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were arrested this weekend after a 75-year-old woman was found partially naked and critically injured in the bushes near a Tustin parking lot.
    At about 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 1, Tustin police were called to the area of the 600 block of West 6th Street about a partially naked, unresponsive woman in the bushes, Tustin Lt. Andrew Birozy said.
    Officers found her with serious face injuries. She was taken to a hospital, where she remained in critical condition
  • Clippers’ purchase of the Forum becomes official

    Clippers’ purchase of the Forum becomes official
    The owners of the Los Angeles Clippers completed their purchase of The Forum concert venue in Inglewood on Monday for $400 million as part of a settlement agreement with Madison Square Garden Co.
    The Clippers’ owners will continue to operate the Forum — the former home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kings — as a music venue and have offered to hire all of current employees, according to a press release from the team Monday.
    The settlement, announced in March, ended a years-long
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  • Clippers’ purchase of Inglewood’s Forum becomes official, clearing way for proposed $1.2 billion arena in the city

    Clippers’ purchase of Inglewood’s Forum becomes official, clearing way for proposed $1.2 billion arena in the city
    The owners of the Los Angeles Clippers completed their purchase of The Forum concert venue in Inglewood on Monday, Mary 4, for $400 million as part of a settlement agreement with Madison Square Garden Co.
    The Clippers’ owners will continue to operate the Forum — the former home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kings — as a music venue and have offered to hire all of current employees, according to a press release from the team Monday.
    The settlement, announced in March, ended a ye
  • Cinco de Mayo to kick off a hot week for Southern California

    Cinco de Mayo to kick off a hot week for Southern California
    The celebration of Cinco de Mayo on Tuesday will coincide with the start of an unusually hot week for Southern California, with near record-breaking temperatures expected later in the week, weather experts said Monday, May 4.
    Temperatures for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino county inland areas this week are likely to be in the 80s and 90s, with coastal areas in the 70s and 80s, according to National Weather Service meteorologists. The temperatures are expected to be roughly 15
  • $500 dependent stipend: May 5 deadline for SSI, VA recipients to claim kids

    $500 dependent stipend: May 5 deadline for SSI, VA recipients to claim kids
    Time is running out for certain non-tax-filing beneficiaries to claim the “Plus $500” stimulus payments for young dependents.
    Beneficiaries of Supplemental Security Income and the Department of Veterans Affairs who did not file a tax return in 2018-19 can get the $500 stipend for children under age 17 if they provide certain information to the Internal Revenue Service by Tuesday, May 5.
    If you don’t get that information to the IRS, the automatic Economic Impact Payments this ye
  • OC Parks adds Andrew McMahon, Wheeland Brothers, Matt Baxter and more to its virtual concert series

    OC Parks adds Andrew McMahon, Wheeland Brothers, Matt Baxter and more to its virtual concert series
    Orange County Parks, which typically hosts its Summer Concert Series between June and August in various area parks, has announced more talent for its Sound Check Virtual Concert Series.
    As stay-at-home orders are still in effect and Orange County continues to practice socially distancing from one another, the series kicked off on April 25 with a streaming performance by Huntington Beach-based singer-songwriter Matt Costa and Dream Brother on May 2.
    It will continue streaming music at 4 p.m. ever
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  • These 3 Southern California performers made the ‘American Idol’ Top 11

    These 3 Southern California performers made the ‘American Idol’ Top 11
    “American Idol” revealed the results of its viewer votes on Sunday as the Top 20 was cut to just 11 singers – including three from Southern California.
    Sophia James — the recently adopted stage name of Sophia Wackerman, a 20-year-old from Long Beach — and Jonny West, 23, of Murrieta both earned enough votes after their performances on April 26 to advance to the Top 10.
    Three more Southern Californians — including Makayla Phillips, 17, of Temecula; Nick Merico,
  • California to begin reopening at end of this week, Newsom says

    California to begin reopening at end of this week, Newsom says
    Parts of California’s economy, including some retail and hospitality businesses, may reopen for limited operations starting later this week as the state moves to the next stage of managing the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.
    Lower-risk businesses within the retail, hospitality and restaurant sectors — like clothing, florists, bookstores and sporting good stores — may reopen for curbside pickup as early as the end of this week, Newsom said. Restaurants for d
  • Amazon engineer quits, forfeiting $1 million to protest firings

    Amazon engineer quits, forfeiting $1 million to protest firings
    By Matt Day, Bloomberg
    A senior Amazon.com engineer has resigned in solidarity with fired corporate and warehouse workers who protested working conditions at the company.
    Tim Bray, a vice president and veteran engineer with the company’s cloud-computing division, said in a post on his personal blog that he quit “in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.”
    Bray, who worked in Vancouver, was a d
  • These 55 photos from April are our Orange County photographers’ favorites

    These 55 photos from April are our Orange County photographers’ favorites
    Click Here if you are having trouble viewing the gallery on your mobile device.
    We asked our photographers to choose their favorite photos from the month of April 2020 and here are some of the amazing images they selected.
    With the coronavirus still dominating the new, it also dominated our photography.
    From birthday car parades to nurses demanding safety gear to crowds at the beach to empty beaches – our photographers were there.
    Despite our “new normal,” we also found our &ld
  • With balcony serenades, singer gives cooped-up neighbors ‘something to look forward to’

    With balcony serenades, singer gives cooped-up neighbors ‘something to look forward to’
    She didn’t necessarily mean for it to turn into an actual event. But week by week, that’s what happened.
    On a late afternoon in mid-March, Brennley Brown, 18, ventured out on the balcony of her Huntington Beach home and sang a few songs. Cocooning at home due to the coronavirus outbreak was still weirdly new, and the professional musician – a 2017 finalist on TV’s “The Voice” – wanted to offer  encouragement.
    From left, Jessica Debolt and Michaela M
  • San Clemente and Laguna Beach given go-ahead to open up beaches for exercise

    San Clemente and Laguna Beach given go-ahead to open up beaches for exercise
    Laguna Beach and San Clemente beaches have been given a green light to open back up to the public, with restrictions, based on plans they submitted to the governor’s office over the weekend.
    Other coastal towns – Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, Dana Point – and county and state beaches remain closed for now.  Some cities moved forward with legal action against the state and Gov. Gavin Newsom for shutting down the coast over the weekend after tens of thousands
  • Spring wrap-up Q&A: Santa Ana softball coach wishes team could have one more game together

    Spring wrap-up Q&A: Santa Ana softball coach wishes team could have one more game together
    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.
    Albert Rodriguez, Santa Ana softball
    Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
    A: It’s not easy. Just trying to stay busy.
    Q: As a coach, what do you miss most about your “normal routine&
  • Carnival offers $28-a-night fares for planned Aug. 1 restart

    Carnival offers $28-a-night fares for planned Aug. 1 restart
    By Jonathan Levin and Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg
    Carnival Corp. plans to resume sailing on Aug. 1, becoming the first major cruise operator in the Americas to outline a return to operations after coronavirus outbreaks on several ships shuttered the industry.
    The company’s flagship Carnival brand said Monday it will restart initially from Galveston, Texas, and Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida. Departures from other home ports in North America and Australia are canceled through Aug. 31,
  • Orange County softball well-represented on PGF All-American watch list

    Orange County softball well-represented on PGF All-American watch list
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMore than 20 Orange County softball players have been named to the Premier Girls Fastpitch All-American watch list for the western United States, a step that moves the seniors closer to being selected for the All-American Game in August.
    The East vs. West All-American Game is scheduled is Aug. 1 at 4:30 p.m. at Deanna Manning Stadium at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, said Dan Hay, president of Huntington Be
  • Enjoy these Mexican food restaurants for Cinco De Mayo

    Enjoy these Mexican food restaurants for Cinco De Mayo
    Happy Cinco De Mayo! On this day in history, we commemorate the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Over time, this day has turned into one where we celebrate with Mexican food, drinks, and culture. Just because we can’t go out, doesn’t mean we can’t pour a glass of Tequila and toast to everyone in that 1800’s battle. And with drinks, must come food – so here are some excellent Mexican food restaurants to order
  • Why Snoop Dogg went from gin and juice to red wine

    Why Snoop Dogg went from gin and juice to red wine
    He’s been sipping on gin and juice for years, but now Snoop Dogg also has his mind on his wine.
    The Long Beach hip-hop star and entrepreneur is now in the wine business after partnering with Australian-based winery 19 Crimes to create a new wine called Snoop Cali Red.
    “I think 19 Crimes already had quite a bit of street cred because of what the brand means and what it represents, but absolutely I think this will serve to give the category more street cred and certainly 19 Crimes too,
  • Dirt-cheap U.S. mortgages thwarted by $5 billion in margin calls

    Dirt-cheap U.S. mortgages thwarted by $5 billion in margin calls
    By Shahien Nasiripour, Bloomberg
    The Federal Reserve’s emergency rescue of the U.S. mortgage market should have set off a celebration among lenders trying to keep up with demand from borrowers. Instead, executives at Quicken Loans got a hefty margin call.
    That was just a fraction of the pain the Fed unintentionally inflicted on lenders in mid-March when it announced plans to buy a massive amount of mortgage securities. The move, meant to steady the market, caught many lenders by surprise a
  • NFL to move 2020 London, Mexico City games back to U.S.

    NFL to move 2020 London, Mexico City games back to U.S.
    The NFL is moving its five games scheduled for London and Mexico City this season back to U.S. stadiums because of the coronavirus pandemic. All five regular-season games will be played at the stadiums of the host teams.
    Scheduled were two home games for the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London and two at Tottenham’s new facility, with the Atlanta Falcons and Miami Dolphins as hosts. The Arizona Cardinals were to be the home team for the game at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
  • California: Pace of new coronavirus cases, deaths slows

    California: Pace of new coronavirus cases, deaths slows
    After California recorded an all-time high of 2,383 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the pace of new cases has slowed in recent days, dropping to 1,254 on Sunday, a 47% decrease from Wednesday and a 14% decrease from the day before, according to data compiled by this news organization.
    The state also recorded 23 new fatalities Sunday, down from 98 on Friday, the data shows.
    In the Bay Area, only 1 new death was recorded Sunday. That was in Santa Clara County, data shows. The fatality brings the tot
  • Could Anaheim be the next OC city to welcome cannabis businesses?

    Could Anaheim be the next OC city to welcome cannabis businesses?
    Anaheim officials appear poised to have a serious discussion in coming weeks about whether to reverse their longstanding opposition and allow cannabis businesses in the city.
    Councilwoman Lucille Kring, who voted against pot businesses in 2015 and 2017, has asked for a council discussion on whether to either approve a framework for permitting such businesses or put the issue before city voters.
    Explaining her change of heart, Kring said in a January interview that she has used CBD oil to calm he
  • It is time to re-open the beaches and begin to re-open California: Don Wagner

    It is time to re-open the beaches and begin to re-open California: Don Wagner
    In a stunning political move, Gov. Newsom on April 30 ordered all Orange County beaches closed indefinitely.
    Here is why.
    On Sunday, April 26, the local media ran pictures, “compression” shots through a telephoto lens, of crowds on the sand in Newport Beach. For technical reasons related to the lens, and not because of a deliberate intent of the media to mislead, those shots failed to accurately depict the density of the crowds and the overwhelming adherence to physical distancing ob
  • Punk pioneers X release first studio album in 35 years recorded by all four original members

    Punk pioneers X release first studio album in 35 years recorded by all four original members
    Los Angeles punk legends X exploded into the scene in the late 1970s with a fury, recording five essential punk-rock albums in just as many years.
    X led a movement that included other L.A. punk bands such as the Germs, the Zeros, the Weirdos and the Screamers and Bags.
    Although many of its contemporaries faded into musical lore, X has never let up, continuously touring through the years with occasional lineup changes performing the songs that made them legends.
    But for the first time in 35 years
  • To have a healthy garden, it doesn’t hurt to have these bugs around

    To have a healthy garden, it doesn’t hurt to have these bugs around
    One of the common frustrations of gardening is having to deal with creepy, crawly insects that chew up the leaves of your plants and their fruits once they eventually make them, with bugs such as aphids, snails and mealybugs being some of the notable offenders.
    But not all bugs are bad, and in fact, there are many insects that are highly beneficial either because they eat the bad bugs, or they pollinate your plants, or they even aid in breaking down organic matter such as compost and turning it
  • Like the Great Depression, the coronavirus pandemic has lessons to offer

    Like the Great Depression, the coronavirus pandemic has lessons to offer
    Yes, there I was in my beautiful red dress at the dance when the man who was to become your father noticed me. He asked me to dance and told me how pretty I looked. Unfortunately, the elastic in my slip was loose and worn and my slip started slipping … to the floor. My face became almost as red as my dress. My mother was going to sew new elastic in the slip, but elastic was hard to come by during The Great Depression. Times were devastating for everyone then. And farmers like your grandpa
  • Cal State Fullerton plans virtual graduation, but an in-real-life one still hoped for

    Cal State Fullerton plans virtual graduation, but an in-real-life one still hoped for
    Cal State Fullerton officials are looking for a way to allow 2020 graduating students to walk across the commencement stage to get their diplomas when the time is right.  But in the meantime, they’re putting together plans for a virtual commencement celebration in June.
    “We felt terrible that the Class of 2020 was unable to get the ceremony they deserved, so we wanted to do something special, and we came up with the virtual commencement celebration,” said Greg Saks, vice p
  • Coronavirus help: Job seekers can check out laptops, hot spots; Ralphs extends pharmacy home delivery

    Coronavirus help: Job seekers can check out laptops, hot spots; Ralphs extends pharmacy home delivery
    Workers rendered jobless in light of the coronavirus shutdown can get access to a computer and the Internet with some help from Google Fiber and the Orange County United Way.
    Loaner laptops and hotspots will be available at the One-Stop Center in Irvine thanks to a partnership forged by the investment division of the county’s Community Services department, the tech giant and the nonprofit.
    The tech essentials were available starting Friday, May 1. Job seekers can check out a laptop and hot
  • Famed NFL coach Don Shula dies at 90

    Famed NFL coach Don Shula dies at 90
    MIAMI — Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90.
    Shula surpassed George Halas’ league-record 324 victories in 1993. He retired following the 1995 season with 347 wins, 173 losses and six ties, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
    “Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years,” the Dolphins said in a
  • Will Southern California home values survive coronavirus?

    Will Southern California home values survive coronavirus?
    Will Southern California home values survive the novel coronavirus?
    We’ve seen this scenario before. A sudden shock to the economy. Jobs lost. Lenders in trouble.
    Yes, it’s early in the battle against the pandemic, so any economic guesswork probably requires a degree in epidemiology more so than a spreadsheet. But real estate history does have some lessons for anyone pondering what’s next for housing.
    Today’s economic turmoil may not be another Great Recession that savage
  • Aliso Niguel’s Routh determined to succeed despite roadblocks

    Aliso Niguel’s Routh determined to succeed despite roadblocks
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowIn the midst of a global pandemic, Aliso Niguel baseball player Colby Routh and his family decided they were in need of some social distancing. So on a Friday afternoon in early April, they took their camper to Malibu in search of a brief moment of serenity before he had to make a pivotal decision in his young life.
    Routh, a senior, is one of thousands of high school athletes who saw their spring season come
  • J.Crew files for bankruptcy as pandemic chokes retail

    J.Crew files for bankruptcy as pandemic chokes retail
    By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
    NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of J.Crew is filing for bankruptcy protection, the first major retailer to do so since the pandemic forced the closing of most stores in the United States.
    More retail bankruptcies are expected in coming weeks with the doors of thousands of stores still locked, though states have begun a staggered restart of their economies.
    March sales at stores and restaurants had their most severe plunge on records dating back to 1992. Clothing sales
  • Fullerton police shoot, kill knife-wielding man, authorities say

    Fullerton police shoot, kill knife-wielding man, authorities say
    Fullerton police officers trying to break up a fight inside a car between two men shot one to death when he advanced at them with a knife, authorities said.
    One officer was en route to an unrelated call at 9:27 p.m. Sunday when he saw two men fighting inside a truck at Lillie and Commonwealth avenues, Fullerton Lt. Jon Radus said.
    One man was armed with a broomstick and the other had a knife, Radus said.
    The officer called for backup and the arriving officers began to detain the man with the bro
  • Providers prepare for major surge in Medi-Cal and Covered California enrollment due to pandemic

    Providers prepare for major surge in Medi-Cal and Covered California enrollment due to pandemic
    Dwight Armentrout was among about 4 million Californians who lost their jobs about the time the state began locking things down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
    Armentrout’s position as a telecommunications field technician was eliminated in March, a week before COVID-19-related stay-at-home orders began. But that was only half the bad news.
    Like many others who became unemployed in subsequent weeks, the 64-year-old Cathedral City resident also found himself without employer-provid
  • Gavin Newsom undermines his own credibility

    Gavin Newsom undermines his own credibility
    When California legislators, decades ago, gave governors the power to declare emergencies and quickly deal with them, they probably had in mind sudden events such as earthquakes, wildfires or perhaps riots.
    They probably didn’t envision a governor assuming almost dictatorial power over the social and economic lives of every Californian for the indefinite future, as Gavin Newsom did when the COVID-19 pandemic struck the state. Newsom shut down much of the state’s economy and commanded
  • Save local government by eliminating local governments

    Save local government by eliminating local governments
    California is finally getting the local government apocalypse it needs.
    I love local government. In most places, it’s the most democratic, participatory, and effective level of government, and it deserves to be the most powerful and best-funded.
    But in California, local governments are too weak and small to be effective. Why? There are simply too many of them. And so, for the past decade, I have pined publicly for an “extinction event” that would kill off thousands of Californi
  • We can’t let cities and states go under: Gil Cisneros and Harley Rouda

    We can’t let cities and states go under: Gil Cisneros and Harley Rouda
    After blocking emergency funding for state and local governments, Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in an interview, “I would certainly be in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route.” The “bankruptcy route” is a path paved with mass layoffs of our local law enforcement, first responders and city staff. In order to keep our communities safe and prevent our unemployment and economic crises from worsening, Congress needs to step up and provi
  • Now is not the time for the crushing tax hikes a split roll would bring

    Now is not the time for the crushing tax hikes a split roll would bring
    Back in the 1980s, the Schylling Company produced an amusing toy, Ernest the Balancing Bear.
    Ernest performed a “death-defying high wire act” on a string strung high across a room. Ernest the Bear pedaled his unicycle as fast and as furious as possible across the wire trying to keep his balance and not fall off into the abyss.
    Sounds a lot like California taxpayers under normal circumstances, let alone during this economic free fall brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Between March
  • Hit-and-run collision in Orange leaves pedestrian hospitalized

    Hit-and-run collision in Orange leaves pedestrian hospitalized
    A motorist apparently drove off after striking and seriously injuring a pedestrian in Orange early Sunday, May 3.
    Debris and a box of medical supplies at the scene of a hit-and-run crash in Orange that sent one person to a hospital with serious injuries early Sunday, May 3. (Photo by OnScene TV).
    The crash happened near the intersection of Lewis Street and El Prado Avenue at about 1 a.m., Orange Police Sgt. Phil McMullin said.
    Officers were dispatched to the area, and found the pedestrian in the
  • Disney World trespasser hides on abandoned pirate island during COVID-19 quarantine

    Disney World trespasser hides on abandoned pirate island during COVID-19 quarantine
    An Alabama man who spent several days of his COVID-19 quarantine camping on an abandoned Disney World island told Florida deputies who arrested him for trespassing that it felt like living in a “tropical paradise.”
    Richard McGuire, 42, of Mobile, Alabama, said he never heard deputies on public address systems searching the private island for him on foot, by boat and by air because he was asleep in a dilapidated building.
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  • Coronavirus: Orange County reports 107 new cases and no new deaths

    Coronavirus: Orange County reports 107 new cases and no new deaths
    Total deaths in Orange County from the coronavirus remain at 52, according to the Sunday, May 3, daily update from the Orange County Health Care Agency
    The agency also reported 107 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday, for a total of 2,743 reported since testing began locally.
    Another 1,597 tests for the coronavirus were reported. As of Sunday’s update, 36,813 people have been tested.
     
  • A circus comes to life for an 18th birthday party

    A circus comes to life for an 18th birthday party
    A juggler on stilts, a magician who pulled cards out of his socks and a mime who directed traffic were the featured entertainers for a drive-by birthday party on Sunday, May 3.
    The festive event in Laguna Beach drew more than 40 participants including friends and neighbors of Tyler Gladstone, who turned 18. Everyone kept their social distance and rolled up in cars and golf carts to see the performers who stood on the street in front of her home.
    The circus show is one of the many ways families h
  • Cal State Northridge’s Lamine Diane hopes NBA will be next step in his journey from Senegal

    Cal State Northridge’s Lamine Diane hopes NBA will be next step in his journey from Senegal
    Before he moved more than 6,000 miles from home, before he learned English, before he became a two-time Big West Player of the Year at Cal State Northridge, Lamine Diane was a gangly 15-year-old at his family’s modest two-story house in Dakar, Senegal.
    His weekend nights were spent sprawled out on the living room couch as he watched live broadcasts of NBA games. As Diane saw Kevin Durant hit fadeaway jumpers and Tracy McGrady throw down acrobatic dunks, he became obsessed with reaching the
  • Thousands of beachgoers sent away Sunday from Newport Beach, hundreds from San Clemente, city officials say

    Thousands of beachgoers sent away Sunday from Newport Beach, hundreds from San Clemente, city officials say
    Thousands of people in Newport Beach and hundreds in San Clemente took to the shore on Sunday afternoon, as lifeguards and police repeatedly sent beachgoers packing, pointing out they were in violation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order that closed all Orange County beaches.
    “We’re seeing some crowds build,” said John Pope, spokesman for Newport Beach. “It’s enough where we want police enforcement to help get everyone off. It’s individuals who didn’t get
  • Thousands of beachgoers sent away from Newport Beach, hundreds from San Clemente, city officials say

    Thousands of beachgoers sent away from Newport Beach, hundreds from San Clemente, city officials say
    Thousands of people in Newport Beach and hundreds in San Clemente took to the shore on Sunday afternoon, as lifeguards and police repeatedly sent beachgoers packing, pointing out they were in violation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order that closed all Orange County beaches.
    “We’re seeing some crowds build,” said John Pope, spokesman for Newport Beach. “It’s enough where we want police enforcement to help get everyone off. It’s individuals who didn’t get
  • Thousands of beachgoers pour into Newport Beach, hundreds in San Clemente, city officials say

    Thousands of beachgoers pour into Newport Beach, hundreds in San Clemente, city officials say
    Thousands of people in Newport Beach and hundreds in San Clemente took to the shore on Sunday afternoon, as lifeguards and police repeatedly sent beachgoers packing, pointing out they were in violation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order that closed all Orange County beaches.
    “We’re seeing some crowds build,” said John Pope, spokesman for Newport Beach. “It’s enough where we want police enforcement to help get everyone off. It’s individuals who didn’t get
  • Newport Beach sends police to sweep beaches as crowd builds Sunday afternoon

    Newport Beach sends police to sweep beaches as crowd builds Sunday afternoon
    Newport Beach lifeguards and police were out on the sand on Sunday, May 3, informing a growing number of beachgoers that they were in violation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order that closed all Orange County beaches.
    A helicopter assisted in the afternoon sweep.
    “We’re seeing some crowds build,” said John Pope, spokesman for Newport Beach. “It’s enough where we want police enforcement to help get everyone off. It’s individuals who didn’t get the word or
  • Crowds build at some Orange County beaches Sunday afternoon

    Crowds build at some Orange County beaches Sunday afternoon
    Hundreds of people in San Clemente and a growing crowd in Newport Beach took to the shore on Sunday afternoon, as lifeguards and police told beachgoers they were in violation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order that closed all Orange County beaches.
    “We’re seeing some crowds build,” said John Pope, spokesman for Newport Beach. “It’s enough where we want police enforcement to help get everyone off. It’s individuals who didn’t get the word or those who are
  • Crowds build at some Orange County beaches Sunday

    Crowds build at some Orange County beaches Sunday
    Hundreds of people in San Clemente and a growing crowd in Newport Beach took to the shore on Sunday afternoon, as lifeguards and police told beachgoers they were in violation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order that closed all Orange County beaches.
    “We’re seeing some crowds build,” said John Pope, spokesman for Newport Beach. “It’s enough where we want police enforcement to help get everyone off. It’s individuals who didn’t get the word or those who are

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