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• Authorities identify man found dead in San Clemente house; suspects sought

  08-05-2020 23:43
  
  A man found dead inside his San Clemente home last month was identified on Friday, and a sheriff’s official said detectives are continuing to seach  for suspects.
  The victim was identified as Christian Zamora, 47.
  Authorities have not released the way he died, but are investigating it as a homicide, said Orange County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun.
  On April 25, deputies were called at around 10:30 p.m. about a disturbance in the 3000 block of Calle Frontera.
  They tried to c
  
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• Lakers, Clippers could be among NBA teams allowed to test for coronaviurs, per report

  08-05-2020 23:40
  
  Because Los Angeles is among the places where testing for the coronavirus has become readily available to at-risk health care workers, the Clippers and Lakers could be among the NBA teams that will be permitted to test every player and staff member entering their training facilities for individual workouts for the disease, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
  A league source confirmed that teams opening facilities for voluntary workouts in areas where robust testing is available are exp
  
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• Corky Carroll: That special first winter spent surfing North Shore

  08-05-2020 23:29
  
  In order to avoid having to talk about the coronavirus, as I am not an expert nor do I have any valid opinion on that subject, I have started a little series on “Surf Safaris” that I have taken over the years, starting with the early ones.
  Today I am going to talk about my first trip to the infamous “North Shore,” on the island of Oahu.
  The first time I had gone to Hawaii was actually the summer before this, the year was 1963 and I was a 15-year-old, loud-mouthed up-and-c
  
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• Coronavirus: 3,240 cases in Orange County, 71 deaths as of May 8

  08-05-2020 23:23
  
  Five more deaths were reported in Orange County from the coronavirus, making for a total of 71 reported deaths, according to the Friday, May 8, daily update from the Orange County Health Care Agency.
  The agency also reported 153 newly confirmed cases of the virus as of Friday, making for 3,240 cases reported since testing began locally. The report noted that 316 cases were residents in skilled nursing facilities and 251 cases were among Orange County jail inmates.
  Friday’s update was one o
  
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• Nordstrom closing permanently in Riverside, Montclair

  08-05-2020 23:19
  
  Nordstrom is closing its traditional upscale stores at the Galleria in Riverside and Montclair Place, two stores among 16 to shutter permanently during the coronavirus pandemic.
  In a Tuesday, May 5 financial update, the Seattle-based retail chain announced it was “taking action to strengthen its business for the long-term.”
  “We’ve been investing in our digital and physical capabilities to keep pace with rapidly changing customer expectations,” CEO Erik Nordstrom sai
  
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• SPECIAL REPORT: Families detail Maggie Haney’s abuse of young gymnasts

  08-05-2020 23:13
  
  It was a few weeks before the U.S. Championships and Maggie Haney, a U.S. Olympic and national team coach, wanted a gymnast to add a new trick to her uneven bars routine.
  The gymnast balked. She had not attempted the skill for months. She was afraid and exhausted.
  But Haney demanded the gymnast do the skill. The gymnast continued to hesitate. Haney began ridiculing the girl in front of other gymnasts, according to the girl’s mother. Victoria Levine, Haney’s assistant at MG Elite, a N
  
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• Ryan Lemmon senior baseball showcase canceled because of the coronavirus crisis

  08-05-2020 22:48
  
  The Ryan Lemmon Senior Showcase, a popular, Orange County high school baseball event scheduled for early June, has been canceled because of the coronavirus crisis, organizers announced.
  The event was scheduled for June 4-7 but access to fields was a major obstacle.
  “Fields will not be open in time for the event. This comes from the state, county and (Irvine) city officials,” the Ryan Lemmon Foundation said in an e-mail to coaches.
  “The earliest (access) would be in July for Irv
  
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• Some DMV offices are open again for certain transactions

  08-05-2020 22:47
  
  As California slowly reopens, the Department of Motor Vehicles is in the first wave.
  It swung open the doors of 25 of its 195 field offices on Friday, May 8, for those with appointments or particular transactions that require in-office visits.
  The DMV shut its offices down six weeks ago, and now will reopen them in phases during the coming weeks.
  On Friday, social distancing and masks were reminders that life has changed.
  Employees have available masks, hand sanitizer and face shields. Customers
  
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• Mayor’s message: Laguna Niguel begins to chart a path forward

  08-05-2020 22:43
  
  Over the course of the last few weeks, we have adjusted to many changes in our everyday lives. For many of you, your children are home from school and you may be working from home as well, or for many, unfortunately not working at all. We are limiting ventures outside or staying home altogether. Life literally changed overnight – and so did our community.But it is for good reason, and most importantly these sacrifices to our normal way of life have been impactful in slowing the spread of C
  
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• Meghan and Harry live just up the hill from Studio City in home owned by Tyler Perry

  08-05-2020 22:30
  
  LOS ANGELES — After much speculation surrounding Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s new digs, reports have surfaced that they are living in a Coldwater Canyon mansion owned by prolific writer/producer/actor Tyler Perry.
  The $18 million, 22-acre property, which has eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, is located atop a hill inside the Beverly Ridge Estates gated community, located in the Coldwater Canyon area just north of Beverly Hills.
  If Meghan and Harry were looking for provisions, they
  
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• Orange County pending home sales plummet 39% in April

  08-05-2020 22:24
  
  Orange County house hunters made 39% fewer deals in April as sellers offered up cheaper homes.
  My trusty spreadsheet looked at data from brokers’ listing services compiled by Realtor.com through a partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. These stats cover single-family homes, condos and townhomes and include the supply of listings and house hunter demand as measured by residences in escrow.
  My trusty spreadsheet looked at April data from brokers’ listing services compi
  
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• All California voters will be able to vote by mail in November

  08-05-2020 22:24
  
  All registered voters in California will be able to vote by mail in the November election, state officials said Friday, in an effort to maintain voter participation in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new executive order makes California the first state to authorize sending vote-by-mail ballots to all voters in advance of the Nov. 3 general election, said Secretary of State Alex Padilla during an afternoon briefing.
  Californians who need to vote in person — i
  
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• Fantasy Springs Resort Casino reschedules postponed concerts for fall

  08-05-2020 21:53
  
  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio has announced a number of new dates for shows and concerts originally scheduled for the spring and summer that were postponed due to concerns over the novel coronavirus.
  Many of the planned concerts, by artists such as Chaka Khan, Pitbull and Daryl Hall & John Oates, have now been rescheduled for September and beyond.
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• Coronavirus fallout: 22% of U.S. unemployment falls in tourism, entertainment, dining

  08-05-2020 21:45
  
  The business of “fun” — work that’s a big part of the California job market  — now accounts for more than one-fifth of America’s unemployed.
  April’s national stats on the coronavirus’ economic human toll revealed a shocking unemployment jolt: 22 million Americans are out of work pushing the jobless rate to 14.7% — the highest since World War II. But this mayhem is by no means across-the-board job losses.
  Look at what job trackers classif
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Fountain Valley baseball coach says ‘this will make them better men’

  08-05-2020 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.
  Deric Yanagisawa, Fountain Valley baseball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: Surprisingly well. It’s definitely a shock to the system, but I look at it as a taste of retirement.
  Q: A
  
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• Why those daily coronavirus counts aren’t the complete picture

  08-05-2020 20:51
  
  The novel coronavirus was infecting and killing many more people in the outbreak’s early stages than public officials knew at the time, Los Angeles and Riverside counties have revealed through new data that gives a better picture of when people actually got sick or died.
  On March 4, when California and L.A. County declared public health emergencies, officials were aware of seven confirmed cases in L.A. County and one in a Riverside County resident who had been on a cruise ship. Now they ha
  
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• UCLA softball freshman Maya Brady put on a show before coronavirus shutdown

  08-05-2020 20:44
  
  The gazes followed Maya Brady everywhere she went at UCLA’s famed Easton Stadium.
  They marveled at her during warmups. They studied the freshman as she stepped into the batter’s box as the cleanup hitter for the defending NCAA champion Bruins. They watched as she patrolled center field.
  Oaks Christian softball player Maya Brady, Feb. 13, 2019. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker)
  The Oaks Christian softball team had a perfect perch behind home plate as they witnessed their recent alumnus an
  
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• San Onofre State Beach opens back up to public, with restrictions

  08-05-2020 20:30
  
  San Onofre State Beach, home to some of the area’s best surf breaks, opened back up Friday morning, May 8, after it was shut down for a month due to crowd concerns during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Like other beaches in the area, the opening comes with tight restrictions for “active-use” only. While there was no formal announcement by the state, a post on Instagram Thursday evening, May 7, announced the opening.View this post on InstagramSan Onofre State Beach will be opening to
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm postpones 100th anniversary celebration until 2021, new ride ready to open

  08-05-2020 20:20
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm has been forced to postpone a planned 100th anniversary celebration until next year amid its continuing coronavirus closure but the planned Knott’s Bear-y Tales dark ride will debut when the Buena Park theme park reopens.
  The Knott’s 100th Anniversary event planned for this summer will be postponed until 2021. Hosting a special event designed to draw big crowds right after Knott’s reopens would make it difficult to observe social distancing guidelines,
  
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• Alexander: New commissioner will try to polish Big West’s basketball reputation

  08-05-2020 20:00
  
  Dan Butterly has been with the Mountain West Conference for 21 years, and has been its Senior Associate Commissioner for the past eight. He finds it easy to recall when the Mountain West was just another men’s basketball conference.
  It didn’t take much to jog his memory.
  “We went from the 16th-rated league (nationally) in 2018-19, one of our worst seasons ever in terms of ratings, to the 10th- rated league this past year,” he recalled.
  “And it wasn’t just done
  
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• Recipes: How to make sandwiches and wraps that rise above the routine

  08-05-2020 19:36
  
  Ah, the relief that lockdown cooking can provide. When staying cooped up at home, one day may seem very much like the last. Cooking may be the best distinguishing component. But unless you are feeding the neighborhood or dishing up dinners to a large family, those meals can yield a load of leftovers.
  Sandwiches can be a creative way to use those fridge-filling reruns. Everything from leftover cooked steak, chicken, pork or seafood can be the cornerstone of brilliant sandwiches. Proteins, cold an
  
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• SeaWorld’s record attendance and revenues turn to steep declines with coronavirus closures

  08-05-2020 19:30
  
  A “strong start” to the year for SeaWorld and Busch Gardens with record attendance and revenues was brought to an abrupt halt when the coronavirus outbreak forced the closure of the company’s theme parks.
  Total attendance and total revenue both fell by 30% for the first quarter as SeaWorld Entertainment shuttered all of its theme parks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendance was down by 1 million visitors and revenue declined $67 million, according to the SeaWorld Entertainmen
  
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• Successful Aging: How to stay positive during these difficult times

  08-05-2020 19:25
  
  Q. I am 80 years old and have become very much aware of my age during this pandemic. Although I am healthy, I know I am in the high-risk category simply because of age. With all of the bad news and underlying fear, how does one stay positive yet realistic? D.H.
  A. Dear D.H.
  In these unprecedented times, staying positive is indeed a challenge. Let’s start with the reality piece. Age indeed is a risk factor for older adults for two reasons: Immune systems are not as strong as we get older an
  
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• Get your Mother’s Day meals delivered with these restaurants

  08-05-2020 19:21
  
  Let’s be honest. Moms deserve everything – and more! Give something personal for mom this year. Print out a picture of you and the family, paint her a work of art, or you can never go wrong with a handwritten card about how much you appreciate her. End her beautiful day with a tasty meal that will have the whole family, and especially her, happy.
  The Scratch Room
  Courtesy of OC Hot List
  2415 W Lincoln Ave Anaheim, CA 92801
  When was the last time you brought your mom breakfast in bed?
  
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• Artistic Vision: ‘Solo Perspective,’ photograph by Sam Kweskin

  08-05-2020 19:13
  
  WHO: San Clemente-born Sam Kweskin grew up spending countless hours in the ocean or exploring nearby foothill trails, which led to a lifetime love for art and nature. He received his BFA in studios arts with a focus on photography and ceramics from University of Arizona. He returned to Southern California, where he has been living and working ever since.
  WHAT: For Kweskin, photography provides license to feed his wanderlust. He says it gives him an excuse to push his boundaries and venture off t
  
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• Hand-waving and litigation distracts from real driver of gas prices

  08-05-2020 18:41
  
  Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced this week that he has filed a lawsuit against two multinational gasoline trading firms for participating in a “scheme to drive up and manipulate the spot market price for gasoline so that they could realize windfall profits.”
  Becerra says the alleged unfair competition practices may have resulted in an increase in the price of gas of about 1 cent per gallon.
  This is the last act of a show commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom in April 2019, when
  
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• If Assembly pursues Prop. 54 tweaks, restraint is needed

  08-05-2020 18:38
  
  A powerful lawmaker is considering changes to the state Constitution that at their best could help lawmakers safely conduct legislative business in times of crises, like future pandemics. But at their worst, the changes could return Sacramento to the days of last-minute, sweeping new laws made in the middle of the night.
  We urge Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-San Mateo, to pursue the former and not use the crisis as a backdoor to the latter.
  As the state has observed shelter-in-place orders, lawmak
  
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• Big rig carrying gravel overturns in Corona; westbound 91 mostly closed

  08-05-2020 18:36
  
  Four of the five lanes of the westbound 91 Freeway in Corona were expected to be closed through the late morning after a collision caused a big rig carrying gravel to overturn, the California Highway Patrol said.
  Only the far-left regular lane of traffic and the two toll lanes near Maple Street were open.
  The initial collision between a sedan and the big rig was reported just before 7 a.m. and involved other vehicles, the CHP said.
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• Big rig carrying gravel overturns in Corona; westbound 91 Freeway mostly closed

  08-05-2020 18:36
  
  Four of the five lanes of the westbound 91 Freeway in Corona were expected to be closed through the late morning after a collision caused a big rig carrying gravel to overturn, the California Highway Patrol said.
  Only the far-left regular lane of traffic and the two toll lanes near Maple Street were open.
  The initial collision between a sedan and the big rig was reported just before 7 a.m. and involved other vehicles, the CHP said.
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• California should take the lead in tackling the military’s sexual assault epidemic.

  08-05-2020 18:31
  
  As coronavirus continues to sweep across California and most of us shelter-at-home, National Guard members are deploying across the state to help. They’re running food banks, delivering test kits, and creating field hospitals. At the same time, they’re facing an epidemic of their own—military sexual assault. In the words of one investigator, sexual harassment in the California Guard is “commonplace.”
  A bill introduced in California in February could c
  
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• Poop tests in sewage might predict coronavirus surge

  08-05-2020 18:26
  
  Scientists across nation are examining Southern California’s poop — maybe even yours — with the hope of more quickly identifying COVID-19 hotspots and better preparing for future surges. The information could also signal when stay-at-home orders can be safely eased in specific communities.
  Untreated sewage has been used for years to track viruses as well as to analyze opioid use by neighborhood. Now the race is on to determine whether it can serve as an early warning system for
  
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• PBS documentary series ‘Asian Americans’ reveals personal stories and significant history

  08-05-2020 18:07
  
  Renee Tajima-Peña took her first shot at a documentary on the Asian American experience 25 years ago only to be stymied in her attempts just as other Asian American filmmakers had been before her.
  But over time things changed, says Tajima-Peña, a professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA whose 1987 documentary, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” was nominated for an Academy Award.
  “You have this kind of percolating opening of the Asian American presence,” she says
  
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• Souplantation will permanently close all its restaurants amid coronavirus, reports say

  08-05-2020 18:01
  
  Souplantation, a buffet specialist in salads and soups, is permanently closing all of its locations due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
  Rumors of the demise of the San Diego-based chain circulated on social media Thursday, but went unconfirmed for most of the day.
  “If I’d known the last time I went to Souplantation would’ve been the last time, I wouldn’t Souplantationed a little harder,” read one of a flood of tweets and memes on Twitter about the San Diego-based
  
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• Share your Mother’s Day photos

  08-05-2020 18:00
  
  How are you celebrating Mother’s Day?
  We know this year’s celebrations will look very different, and we want you to share those memories you’re making.
  Send us your photos. They must be ones you took.
  Also, tell us who is in them, what city you live in and what you are doing to celebrate.
  Email the photos before 3 p.m. Sunday to [email protected].
  For us to be able to use them, you must include in the email that you give us permission to publish the image(s) in an online gall
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Woodbridge volleyball coach says team was ‘on track for another great season’

  08-05-2020 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.
  Alan Ho, Woodbridge volleyball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: It took some getting used to. Teaching from a computer every day is definitely much different. Along with worry about my st
  
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• Aerial footage shows an eerily quiet Orange County — Disneyland, beaches and malls

  08-05-2020 17:00
  
  The past few months have turned Orange County into a weird combination of major metropolis and ghost town. But, as the county inches closer to opening back up, traffic will increase and parking lots will start to fill up again.
  The area often looks peaceful from the air but the lack of people during the county’s stay-at-home order has added a surreal feeling to the picturesque Southern California landscape.
  The coronavirus shutdown emptied beaches, closed malls and shuttered theme parks g
  
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• Coronavirus: Six degrees of mask making at UC Irvine shows the power of teamwork

  08-05-2020 16:00
  
  Let’s be honest: A lot of people are making protection-style masks these days.
  But most of those mask makers aren’t medical experts. Most also aren’t making products that are actually usable in hospitals.
  And few, if any, of those mask projects involve the blend of serendipity and organization as the mask making operation currently underway by people who work at UCI Medical Center in Orange.
  Along the way, the UCI project has grown to involve dozens of people, in something akin
  
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• Will Mickey Mouse wear a coronavirus mask when Shanghai Disneyland reopens?

  08-05-2020 15:33
  
  All but one very select group of Shanghai Disneyland employees will be required to wear protective face masks when Disney’s Chinese theme park reopens after a three-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The lone exception to the face mask rule: Disney’s beloved characters.
  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.
  SEE ALSO: Disney theme parks face $21 billion coronavi
  
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• Those advertisements on public property very well may be illegal

  08-05-2020 15:01
  
  Q. Hello Honk: Can major businesses or restaurants place mini billboards on public medians? I’m here in Riverside and a fast-food restaurant has placed a huge sign on an island at an intersection.
  – Mario Luna, Anaheim
  A. Probably not in most cities.
  Phil Pitchford, a spokesman for Riverside, talked to a city official and passed along the law to Honk.
  Mostly, such signs are not allowed on public property in town. But in some spots, such as on Riverside’s nifty pedestrian mall i
  
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• Southern California heat wave is on the way out

  08-05-2020 14:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — Temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees cooler Friday but remain 5 to 10 degrees above normal as Southern California’s second heat wave of 2020 eased up on its fourth and final day, a forecaster said.
  No heat advisory was in effect Friday morning. One issued for most of LA County expired at 9 p.m. Thursday, and one scheduled to expire at 10 p.m. Friday in Inland Orange County was canceled.
  Still, Friday’s highs, while forecast to be 5 to 10 degrees lower than Thursda
  
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• Jobless rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression; 20.5 million jobs lost

  08-05-2020 14:44
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
  WASHINGTON  — The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done to a now-shattered economy.
  The losses reflect what has become a severe recession caused by sudden business shutdowns in nearly every industry. Almost all the job growth achieved during the 11-year recovery from the Great R
  
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• Georgia promises thorough probe in killing of Ahmaud Arbery

  08-05-2020 14:12
  
  By RUSS BYNUM and BEN NADLER
  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Outrage is spreading over a shooting of a black man that led to murder charges more than two months later against a white father and son, but “all that matters is what the facts tell us,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said Friday.
  And once the GBI was brought into the case, “we came up fairly quickly with the solid belief that there’s sufficient cause to charge them with felony murder and aggravate
  
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• Father, son charged with killing black man Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia

  08-05-2020 14:12
  
  By RUSS BYNUM and BEN NADLER
  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son Thursday and charged them with murder in the February shooting death of a black man they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood.
  The charges came more than two months after Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed on a residential street just outside the port city of Brunswick. National outrage over the case swelled this week after cellphone video that appeared to show the
  
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• Anaheim council looking at new timeline for Angel Stadium development agreement

  08-05-2020 05:56
  
  Instead of seeing a development agreement for the Angel Stadium property this June, Anaheim officials could push the deadline back to September, allowing them to consider it alongside related agreements that were on a later timeline.
  The City Council on Tuesday, May 12, will consider changing the timing of some parts of the deal to sell the stadium and surrounding land to SRB Management, a partnership including Angels owner Arte Moreno, his wife and their family trust.
  After a long preparation p
  
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• NFL schedule would kick off with Chiefs vs. Texans on Sept. 10

  08-05-2020 05:22
  
  The Kansas City Chiefs will open defense of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on Sept. 10 in the NFL’s annual kickoff game — pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course.
  The Texans won a regular-season game at Arrowhead Stadium in 2019, then blew a 24-0 lead in the divisional round of the playoffs.
  RELATED: Rams would open SoFi on Sept. 13 | Chargers’ schedule looks manageable
  Another highlight of the opening weekend will have Tom Brady’s re
  
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• Will curbside pickup be enough to keep Orange County’s businesses afloat?

  08-05-2020 03:43
  
  Friday, May 8, represents the start of the “new normal” for Jessica Tjelmeland, chief operating officer at the David Hayman Jewellers in Yorba Linda.
  She and her staff of six have spent much of this week cleaning more than 2,000 pieces of jewelry, waiting for Gov. Gavin Newsom to finally give the go-ahead to open the business.
  Newsom did just that on Thursday, May 7, allowing lower-risk retailers such as jewelers, antique stores and florists to open for delivery and customers picking
  
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• LAFC practices for the first time in over two months

  08-05-2020 03:25
  
  Los Angeles Football Club held a formal practice for the first time in more than two months Thursday, and while the limitations of the session were a reminder of the COVID-19 pandemic’s grasp on the world, the players were collectively ecstatic to be working out again after training alone since March.
  “It was running a little bit, but at the beginning I was playing a lot by myself. I found a turf field by USC. Then I went through a phase where I was biking a lot, trying to get my hea
  
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• South Laguna beaches closed by diesel spill

  08-05-2020 03:20
  
  Totuava and Thousand Steps will remain closed to the public as crews clean up more than 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
  The fuel reached the beach after it appears to have drained from a generator at Mission Hospital Laguna Beach into a gutter and then into a storm drain, said Laguna Beach Battalion Chief Crissy Teichmann.
  “Early this morning, a generator fuel tank malfunctioned causing a leak,” Carrie Miller, spokeswoman for the hospital, said Thursday. “It was promptly detected
  
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• South Laguna beach closed by diesel spill

  08-05-2020 03:20
  
  Totuava and Thousand Steps will be closed to the public for the next few days as crews clean up more than 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
  The fuel reached the beach after its appears that a generator at Mission Hospital broke overnight, said Laguna Beach Battalion Chief  Crissy Teichmann.
  The fuel drained from the generator into a gutter and then into a storm drain, she said.
  “It went from the storm drain right down to Totuava Beach,” she said. “It looked like 300 gallons po
  
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• Evangelical church leaders vow to reopen sanctuary doors early in Southern California

  08-05-2020 03:17
  
  Leaders of several evangelical churches announced Thursday that they will reopen their sanctuary doors on May 31, defying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s schedule for reopening sectors of the state that have been shut down for several weeks because of coronavirus stay-at-home orders.
  Under Newsom’s schedule, which falls into four stages, churches come under Stage 3, along with hair and nail salons, gyms, movie theaters, weddings and sporting events without live audiences.
  But during a news confe
  
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