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• Coronavirus: More than 40,000 tested, 131 new cases in Orange County as of May 6

  06-05-2020 23:31
  
  Four more people have died in Orange County from the coronavirus, making for a total of 65 reported deaths, according to the Wednesday, May 6, daily update from the Orange County Health Care Agency.
  The agency also reported 131 newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Tuesday, making for 3,004 cases reported since testing began locally. The reported noted that 268 cases were from residents in skilled nursing facilities and 216 cases were among Orange County jail inmates.
  The 131 new cases
  
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• Anaheim police to use facial recognition software to help identify suspects

  06-05-2020 23:25
  
  Anaheim city officials have given approval to the police department to purchase facial recognition software  that aids them in identifying criminal suspects.
  The Anaheim Police Department already has been using the software as part of an 18-month trial with maker Veritone, a Costa Mesa-based company. Tuesday’s unanimous approval by the City Council allows for the department to purchase a one-year $35,000 subscription that will last from May 1 to April 30, 2021, according to city docum
  
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• ‘Depression-era’ jobless rates loom in California, Newsom warns

  06-05-2020 23:18
  
  California faces job losses and unemployment rates reminiscent of the Great Depression, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday as he revealed the state has paid out $10.6 billion in unemployment benefits to workers amid coronavirus-linked business shutdowns.
  California’s hobbled economy faces “jaw-dropping” unemployment rates that could be officially revealed as soon as this month, Newsom said Wednesday during a regular briefing to discuss the state’s battle against COVID-19.
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• Alexander: True, KBO is real, live baseball, but …

  06-05-2020 23:15
  
  The (quarantined) world according to Jim:
  • I tried. I really did.
  The Korea Baseball Organization made it to ESPN late Monday night, a seeming panacea for a populace desperately hungry for any sort of live sports. I made it through less than two innings of the Samsung Lions and NC Dinos, and maybe there’s a large part of the issue right there.
  Yeah, it’s baseball. Yeah, it was live. And yeah, you didn’t know what the outcome would be. But are we really driven to care enou
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: Commercial real estate values drop 9% in April

  06-05-2020 22:55
  
  Commercial real estate values nationwide fell 9% in April as pandemic containment throttled the economy.
  Green Street Advisors in Newport Beach tracks commercial real estate values in two ways. Analysts watch both publicly owned real estate investment trusts traded on Wall Street and property dealings among privately held funds. Once a month Green Street combines that research into indexes tracking real estate performance in key categories.
  The coronavirus outbreak halted what had been commercia
  
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• Disneyland resort hotels push back reservations until July

  06-05-2020 22:44
  
  The three Disneyland resort hotels are no longer accepting reservations before July as the closure of Disney’s Anaheim theme parks stretches toward two months amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  New reservations for the Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel are currently available for travel dates on July 1 and later, according to Disneyland officials.
  Dining reservations and bookable merchandise experiences at the Disneyland resort are als
  
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• There’s nothing to fear yet from giant ‘murder’ hornets, UC Riverside researchers says

  06-05-2020 22:43
  
  RIVERSIDE — A UC Riverside entomologist said Wednesday that the sightings of fearsome Asian Giant Hornets in Washington state and Vancouver last year do not mean that they’re anywhere else in the United States, but that doesn’t mean the species or similar ones won’t settle down somewhere in the country in the future.
  Professor Doug Yanega has studied the giant hornets — known in scientific circles as V. mandarinia — and has been watching developments in Nanaim
  
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• There’s nothing to fear yet from giant ‘murder’ hornets, UC Riverside researcher says

  06-05-2020 22:43
  
  RIVERSIDE — A UC Riverside entomologist said Wednesday that the sightings of fearsome Asian Giant Hornets in Washington state and Vancouver last year do not mean that they’re anywhere else in the United States, but that doesn’t mean the species or similar ones won’t settle down somewhere in the country in the future.
  Professor Doug Yanega has studied the giant hornets — known in scientific circles as V. mandarinia — and has been watching developments in Nanaim
  
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• There’s nothing to fear yet from giant hornets, UC Riverside researchers says

  06-05-2020 22:43
  
  RIVERSIDE — A UC Riverside entomologist said Wednesday that the sightings of fearsome Asian Giant Hornets in Washington state and Vancouver last year do not mean that they’re anywhere else in the United States, but that doesn’t mean the species or similar ones won’t settle down somewhere in the country in the future.
  Professor Doug Yanega has studied the giant hornets — known in scientific circles as V. mandarinia — and has been watching developments in Nanaim
  
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• Park Life: Shanghai Disneyland sets reopening date and Six Flags rolls out post-COVID-19 plan

  06-05-2020 22:31
  
  How will theme parks change in the post-COVID19 era? How much could Disney lose during the coronavirus crisis? What’s it like to live on an abandoned Disney island? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
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• Park Life: Shanghai Disneyland sets reopening date and Six Flags rolls out post-coronavirus plan

  06-05-2020 22:31
  
  How will theme parks change in the post-COVID19 era? How much could Disney lose during the coronavirus crisis? What’s it like to live on an abandoned Disney island? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
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• A hasty hearing on a constitutional amendment that would overturn Prop. 209

  06-05-2020 22:20
  
  A controversial bill intended to re-introduce government preferences, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5, is scheduled for a committee hearing Tuesday in the California Legislature, giving the public a deliberately short 24-hour notice.
  Built on partial evidence and shallow prescriptions for an unrealistic utopia, ACA-5 is in essence divisive and discriminatory. Its overarching goal to undo Proposition 209, a bill that won the popular vote in 1996 and has withstood legal scr
  
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• Jets QB Sam Darnold sees ‘definitely room to grow’

  06-05-2020 21:56
  
  NEW YORK — Sam Darnold was mostly pleased with how he finished last year with the New York Jets. The young quarterback enters his third NFL season knowing he needs to be even better.
  Make or break? Not really.
  But the former San Clemente High and USC quarterback, who has flashed promise with his playmaking abilities, along with some inconsistency mixed in, needs the arrow to go way up on his progress this year.
  “There’s definitely room to grow,” Darnold acknowledged Tuesd
  
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• Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider-Esleben dies at 73

  06-05-2020 21:47
  
  BERLIN — Florian Schneider-Esleben, a co-founder of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died, record label Sony said Wednesday. He was 73.
  Citing fellow group founder Ralf Huetter, Sony said that Schneider-Esleben had been suffering from cancer, German news agency dpa reported.
  Schneider-Esleben and Huetter started working together in 1968. In 1970, they founded the Kling-Klang-Studio in Duesseldorf and launched Kraftwerk.
  Schneider-Esleben was involved in Kraftwerk albums span
  
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• Kings GM Rob Blake: ‘At the end of the day, there will be hockey’

  06-05-2020 21:35
  
  Kings general manager Bob Blake was easily distracted Wednesday morning. Somebody asked him if he had a chance to gather with friends and neighbors to play beach volleyball during the NHL’s suspension of play because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  Suddenly, the talk of the recent re-signing of defenseman Kurtis MacDermid, the cross-country drive of forward Alex Iafallo, the possibility of an entry draft held before the resumption of the 2019-20 season and a review of the Kings’ first 7
  
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• CSUF student’s research on German pastor who preached Nazi resistance has relevance today

  06-05-2020 21:34
  
  Before he went to college, Isaiah Colton Thompson believed his only calling was to go into the ministry.
  Then, at Victor Valley College and later at Cal State Fullerton, he was introduced to religious studies and was amazed at how his classes were transforming his world view.
  “It’s important to go into these courses with an open mind that is really able to say, ‘Why is it that people in different cultures, even my culture, believe in these different religions?’” sai
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Villa Park baseball coach ‘amazed at how positive team has been’

  06-05-2020 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.
  Burt Call, Villa Park baseball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I am just trying to stay in a routine from day to day, helping my students, players and my family.
  Q: As a coach, what do y
  
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• Porter Robinson is ready to share his Secret festival with you

  06-05-2020 21:21
  
  Porter Robinson has a Secret.
  And he wants to share it with you.
  The popular EDM DJ and producer is hosting his Secret Sky online festival on May 9 — a follow up to the in-person Second Sky event held in Oakland last year. It’s set to start at 11 a.m. and reportedly will run some 14 hours.
  Sign up for our Festival Pass newsletter. Whether you are a Coachella lifer or prefer to watch from afar, get weekly dispatches during the Southern California music festival season. Subscribe here.
  
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• State approves Newport Beach’s plan to open city beaches for limited active use

  06-05-2020 20:03
  
  Just a day after Newport Beach city officials wondered why their seven-mile stretch of sand remained the only city beaches closed in Orange County, they got good news.
  The city has been cleared to open its beaches for “active recreational use” to coincide with a state-approved plan. That means starting Wednesday, May 6, the city’s beaches opened for walking, exercising, surfing and other active uses from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  “The city is very pleased to reopen our beaches fo
  
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• State approves Newport Beach’s plan to open city beaches for limited access

  06-05-2020 20:03
  
  Just a day after Newport Beach city officials wondered why their seven-mile stretch of sand remained the only city beaches closed in Orange County, they got good news.
  The city has been cleared to open its beaches for “active recreational use” to coincide with a state-approved plan. That means starting Wednesday, May 6, the city’s beaches are open for walking, exercising, surfing and other active uses from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  “The city is very pleased to reopen our beaches
  
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• State approve Newport Beach’s plan to open city beaches for limited access

  06-05-2020 20:03
  
  Just a day after Newport Beach city officials wondered why their seven-mile stretch of sand remained the only city beaches closed in Orange County, they got good news.
  The city has been cleared to open its beaches for “active recreational use” to coincide with a state-approved plan. That means starting Wednesday, May 6, the city’s beaches are open for walking, exercising, surfing and other active uses from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  “The city is very pleased to reopen our beaches
  
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• Best thing I ate this week: Stop rage baking and buy this sourdough bread instead

  06-05-2020 20:02
  
  “Everyone and their damned sourdough starter!”
  That was the swift sentiment from a friend when I told her I was going to write about sourdough. Gwen Stefani performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. on Saturday, October 15, 2016. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)Canyon Crespo, 15, of Manhattan Beach falls off his large inflatable flamingo as he rides a wave near the Wedge in Newport Beach Friday morning. SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of
  
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• Where’s the beef? Plant closures lead to shortages at Costco, grocers

  06-05-2020 19:55
  
  By Dee-Ann Durbin, The Associated Press
  The effects of the coronavirus pandemic have moved beyond meat processing plants and are now hitting dinner plates.
  Several U.S. production plants have been temporarily shuttered in the last two weeks after hundreds of workers were sickened by the virus. That has led to meat shortages, with Wendy’s pulling some burgers off its menus and Costco limiting meat sales. Fake meat companies, meanwhile, are making their moves to capture some of those lost sa
  
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• Titan Voice: Honoring excellence live on-screen requires spirit, creativity

  06-05-2020 19:40
  
  By Fram Virjee
  No, I never thought I would perform a CSUF parody of an old song by The Beatles (“Back in the U.S.S.R.” becomes “Back in the CSUF”) for a horrified audience that consisted of Simon Cowell and the “America’s Got Talent” judges. No, I never imagined I would host a virtual awards show wearing matching bright orange Titan suits together with CSUF’s vice president for Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion. And, no, I never dreamed of a
  
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• Partisan Democrats are obviously holding Joe Biden to a different standard

  06-05-2020 19:01
  
  It is stunning to see emerging profiles in hypocrisy among predominantly Democratic female elected officials who just 18 months ago were proclaiming one must “believe women” in situations of he said-she said, birthing the #MeToo movement.
  What was hailed as “Believe Women” during the Justice Brent Kavanaugh confirmation hearings when allegations of sexual assault were leveled against him has become diluted to “let her speak (so we can then be done with you)” i
  
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• Cal State Fullerton: $20.5 million in federal coronavirus student aid to be distributed soon

  06-05-2020 19:00
  
  Things were getting tough for Kristen Moreno even before the coronavirus pandemic hit and she lost both of her part-time jobs.
  She had moved out of her parents’ house into an apartment in Hawthorne but was still going back to Lomita frequently to help her 64-year-old father, who is partially paralyzed after a stroke. The psychology major also takes 12 units at Cal State Fullerton and works on the research project she’s doing as a McNair Scholar.
  Moreno remembers her orientation at CS
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: More homeowners delaying mortgage payments

  06-05-2020 18:52
  
  By John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg
  About 7.3% of U.S. mortgages entered forbearance plans in April, providing temporary relief to more than 3.8 million borrowers who have lost income during the coronavirus pandemic.
  The loans have $841 billion in unpaid principal balance, up almost 12% from a week earlier, according to figures released Friday by Black Knight, a mortgage information service based in Jacksonville, Florida.
  Requests for payment relief are expected to soar as businesses remain shuttered
  
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• Jay Obernolte’s fight for accountability

  06-05-2020 18:45
  
  About three-fourths of the Legislature’s 120 seats are occupied by Democrats, which renders the Capitol’s relatively tiny band of Republicans pretty much irrelevant.
  However, one Republican, Jay Obernolte of Big Bear Lake, has carved out an effective role in bolstering transparency in and accountability for countless billions of dollars in tax and bond measures that local governments either place on the ballot or issue themselves.
  Several years ago, Obernolte won passage of a measure
  
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• Relief today, recovery planning for tomorrow in Anaheim: Trevor O’Neil

  06-05-2020 18:39
  
  We know Orange County is missing all that is great about Anaheim ― Disneyland, baseball, hockey, concerts, conventions, entertainment and dining.
  But don’t worry. Anaheim will be back.
  Right now, we are doing our part. And no other Orange County city has done as much to address the impacts of coronavirus.
  We are leading the way with help for our most vulnerable residents, support for businesses and preparation for eventual economic recovery.
  Community support
  As part of our City Coun
  
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• Paint and sip with one of these wine delivery services

  06-05-2020 18:39
  
  Have you ever paid $60 per person plus the price of a bottle of wine to let out your artistic side? Save some money and do it at home! If you don’t have any, put on your mask, and stop the local store for paint supplies. Then once you’re setting up, visit the website of one of these quick alcohol delivery services! It’s as easy as picking a wine bottle you want to try and tapping the button that says deliver. So have a glass of red or white, and then paint with all the colors o
  
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• Ban plastic bags! Oh wait, never mind!

  06-05-2020 18:32
  
  Recently, many politicians were in such a hurry to ban plastic bags.
  California and Hawaii banned them, then New York. Then Oregon, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont passed laws against them. More than 400 cities did, too.
  Why? Because plastic bags are evil, didn’t you know?
  “Look at the damage done by plastic bags! It is everywhere!” complained New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
  A Washington state senator cited “videos of animals choked by plastics, tangled in garbage!”
  
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• Amid financial woes, Laguna Woods Village clubs await clubhouse reopenings

  06-05-2020 18:29
  
  Members of the New Jersey Club whoop it up at the club’s Roaring ’20s party in 2016. The club has taken a financial hit during the shutdown with the loss of membership dues and canceled trips. (Courtesy of New Jersey Club)
  Laguna Woods residents and visitors check out classic cars at the annual car show sponsored by the Car Club and the Laguna Woods Village Recreation Department. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, such events are now uncertain. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Ph
  
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• New campus sexual assault rules bolster rights of accused

  06-05-2020 18:09
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY
  The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday finalized campus sexual assault rules that bolster the rights of the accused, reduce legal liabilities for schools and colleges, and narrow the scope of cases schools will be required to investigate.
  The change announced by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reshapes the way the nation’s schools respond to complaints of sexual misconduct. It is meant to replace policies from the Obama administration that DeVos previously revoked, sa
  
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• What are those weird things on the leaves of my peach tree?

  06-05-2020 18:07
  
  Q: Hi Laura, I read your column every weekend and I find it very helpful. My peach tree leaves are getting weird red things on them, any advice? 
  A: Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that usually appears about 2 weeks after leaves emerge. The fungus grows between cells in the leaf, inducing rapid cell division and enlargement. This results in warty-looking growths. The red color in these growths is the result of an accumulation of plant pigments.
  This disease can appear in any year, but i
  
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• ADP: More than 20 million jobs vanished in April

  06-05-2020 18:03
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  BALTIMORE  — U.S. businesses cut an unprecedented 20.2 million jobs in April, an epic collapse with coronavirus outbreak closing the offices, factories, schools, construction sites and stores that propel the U.S. economy.
  The Wednesday report from payroll company ADP showed the tragic depth and scale of job losses that left no part of the world’s largest economy unscathed. The losses will likely continue through May, with a recovery in hiring likely to begin in the
  
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• After coronavirus pandemic made Anthony the Magic vanish, the illusionist is eager to reappear

  06-05-2020 17:53
  
  Anthony Hernandez has made a career out of escaping tight situations.
  The illusionist’s tricks include getting out of handcuffs, locked boxes and 55-gallon drums of water.
  Now he is looking to escape a national crisis that made his livelihood disappear.
  Hernandez performs professionally as Anthony the Magic, and before the novel coronavirus pandemic he performed the equivalent of almost two shows for every day of the year. He and his partner Dawn Morgan said they did 650 shows a year, rang
  
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• Try these Mother’s Day pampering ideas for quarantining moms

  06-05-2020 17:44
  
  This year for Mother’s Day, more than ever, moms need the time and space to focus on their own health and wellness. We can celebrate Mother’s Day by encouraging the women we love to prioritize their own well-being.
  For the past few months during social distancing, many nonessential medical services have been postponed. Beauty routines like visits to hair and nail salons or even massages have all been canceled. At the same time, families are experiencing additional pressure to homesch
  
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• Heat wave continues in Southern California, and it’s not cooling down at night

  06-05-2020 17:43
  
  LOS ANGELES — The region’s second heat wave of 2020 entered its second day Wednesday, threatening temperatures approaching triple-digit territory.
  A heat advisory will be in effect from 10 a.m. Wednesday until 9 p.m. Thursday in the Los Angeles coastal zone — including beach cities, metropolitan Los Angeles, downtown LA and the Hollywood Hills; Beverly Hills; Long Beach; the Santa Mountains Recreational Area; the San Gabriel, San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys; Pomona; and
  
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• Gov. Newsom slams Northern California counties as “making a big mistake” for opening restaurants, gyms, salons and spas

  06-05-2020 17:41
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday sharply criticized two Northern California counties that have defied his health guidelines and begun to re-open restaurant dining rooms, gyms, hair salons and shopping malls.
  “They are making a big mistake. They are putting their public at risk,” Newsom said of Yuba and Sutter counties. “They are putting our progress at risk. These are exceptions. The overwhelming majority of Californians are playing by the rules and doing the right thing.”
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Orange Lutheran baseball coach ‘will cherish those eight games together’

  06-05-2020 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.
  Eric Borba, Orange Lutheran baseball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I am doing OK, just like everyone else. It’s tough being away from the school and the team, but the quality tim
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm’s record attendance and revenues turn to big losses with coronavirus closure

  06-05-2020 17:30
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm had started the year “very strong” with record attendance and revenue when the coronavirus outbreak forced the closure of the Buena Park theme park and turned the hopeful start into big losses, according to the latest quarterly report from its parent company.
  “Although the COVID-19 pandemic created conditions which led to the closure of our operations in mid-March, we are nevertheless pleased that the record pace we established in 2019 carried well into
  
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• Trump: COVID-19 task force not dismantling, just refocusing

  06-05-2020 16:55
  
  By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON  — One day after saying that the COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it would continue indefinitely, but focus more on rebooting the economy.
  Trump tweeted that the panel’s focus would be on “SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN.”
  Trump’s reversal comes as deaths and infections rates outside of New York, the epicenter of the coronavirus, are risi
  
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• Carnival CEO says cruise industry will be able to navigate through coronavirus crisis

  06-05-2020 16:42
  
  Bummed out over canceling a vacation during the COVID-19 pandemic? Imagine the misery of scrapping tens of thousands.
  As president and CEO of Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest leisure travel company, Arnold Donald has needed to make unpleasant and unprecedented decisions in these unpleasant and unprecedented times. Those decisions have had a major impact in Southern California, where two of the company’s brands — Carnival and Princess — accounted for 60 percent of
  
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• With ‘Upload’ and ‘Space Force,’ Greg Daniels takes comedy streaming to Amazon and Netflix

  06-05-2020 16:39
  
  Greg Daniels’ resume includes stints writing for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons,” co-creating “Parks and Recreation” and “King of the Hill” and developing the American version of “The Office.”
  And yet he’s still finding new ways to branch out.
  Daniels is leaving behind the broadcast networks for streaming as he launches two new comedies. He’s just released the sci-fi genre mashup “Upload” on Amazon
  
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• Orange County real estate patriarch Ronald Birtcher dies

  06-05-2020 16:30
  
  Ronald E. Birtcher, a leading member of an Orange County commercial development dynasty, died at his Napa home April 21, a family spokesman announced this week. He was 89.
  For more than eight decades, the Birtcher family firm developed houses, skyscrapers, offices and warehouses across the country and reportedly built, acquired and managed more than 40 million square feet of commercial property.
  Family developments include the Xerox Centre in Santa Ana, the Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Mart and
  
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• Coronavirus: Cypress engineer turns to 3D printer to help hospitals

  06-05-2020 16:30
  
  It started as a little thing. Just a gesture.
  Eric Gever’s sister, Stacy, who lived in Brooklyn, told him how closely the coronavirus had come. Two of Stacy’s roommates had become ill, and Gever started noticing New York in the news every night when he came home from his job as an engineer at Boeing.
  About the same time his sister was conveying this terrible news, Gever heard about a Cornell University robotics club in Ithaca, New York, that was making face shields for hospitals.
  At
  
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• With push from ‘Tiger King,’ locals back federal law to limit ownership of big cats

  06-05-2020 16:00
  
  Even though it featured an alleged murder-for-hire plot, a gay throuple, and a worker’s arm being ripped off by a tiger, there’s one detail in the Netflix docu-series “Tiger King” that many viewers found particularly shocking.
  At the beginning of the seven-episode series, this statistic flashes on screen: There are an estimated 7,000 captive tigers in the United States, nearly double the population of tigers in the wild worldwide.
  A federal bill that would ban privat
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Travel misadventures make great stories — when you get home

  06-05-2020 15:59
  
  Since no one can travel anywhere and tourist destinations such as Catalina and Hawaii are actively telling you to stay away, I figured it was time for another episode of Marla’s endless series of travel mishaps. For once, this one actually wasn’t my fault, but it’s a story I like to share, so here goes.
  Ignoring everyone’s advice, I took my kids to Egypt when they were 11 and 13 years old. My theory in those years was, if I want to go, I’m dragging them along. None
  
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• USC sued over refunds of campus fees

  06-05-2020 14:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court alleges that USC is profiting from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by refusing to refund unused portions of students’ spring semester fees.
  The proposed class-action complaint filed Tuesday names USC student Latisha Watson on behalf of all the university’s students who paid spring fees, alleging breach of contract for USC’s stated refusal to reimburse pro-rated portions of students’ payments after the unive
  
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• Justice Ginsburg in hospital with infection, court says

  06-05-2020 14:30
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON  — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, but plans to take part in the court’s arguments by telephone today, the Supreme Court said.
  The 87-year-old justice underwent non-surgical treatment for what the court described as acute cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
  She is resting comfortably and expects to be in the hospital for a day or two, the co
  
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