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• Photos: Southern California readers honor their moms today

  10-05-2020 23:46
  
  Readers from all over Southern California shared photos of their families enjoying Mother’s Day.
  Jeff and Linda Oskins, back, of Santa Ana celebrate Mother’s Day by having lunch with Linda’s parents Verla, 85 and Forrest, 88, of La Mirada. They will be celebrating 67 years of marriage in June!!! “We are so grateful for their good health and their ability to be together and look out for one another.”
  (Photo Courtesy of Linda Oskins)
  Mom Brenda Vargas, enjoys a family
  
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• Could California really go it alone?

  10-05-2020 23:00
  
  Gavin Newsom isn’t the first governor to describe California as a nation-state but he has been the term’s most vociferous gubernatorial exponent.
  What does it mean?
  Newsom offered this explanation in a recent interview with The Atlantic magazine:
  “Look, we’re the fifth largest economy in the world, 40 million strong, we’re as diverse a state as exists in this country, [with] 20-some percent of the state foreign-born.”
  He continued: “This narrative of pun
  
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• Coronavirus: 2 more deaths and 122 new cases reported in Orange County on Sunday

  10-05-2020 22:45
  
  Two more deaths were reported in Orange County from the Coronavirus, making for a total of 76 reported deaths, according to the Sunday, May 10, daily update from the Orange County Health Care Agency.
  The agency also reported 122 newly confirmed cases of the virus. The total cases are 3,502.
  Cases among people incarcerated in Orange County jails have been moved to the “other” category, resulting in a reduction in the Orange and Santa Ana city case counts.
  County officials said 24 of 2
  
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• Ducks sign defenseman Brendan Guhle, center Sam Carrick to contract extensions

  10-05-2020 22:28
  
  The Ducks signed defenseman Brendan Guhle and center Sam Carrick to contract extensions Sunday, locking up two depth players who were expected to help lead the San Diego Gulls of the AHL to the playoffs before play was halted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  The AHL is expected to announce as soon as Monday that it will cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 season because of the outbreak, leaving the NHL as the lone holdout among professional leagues in North American still hoping to complete
  
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• O.C. nursing homes and care facilities report coronavirus deaths

  10-05-2020 21:31
  
  Nine nursing homes, as well as residential care facilities in Orange County, have reported deaths of its workers or residents related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to data released by the California Department of Public Health on Friday, May 8.
  As of Thursday, May 7, 22 residents and one staff member of the facilities had died from COVID-19, according to data released by the county.
  Statewide, nearly half of the deaths related to COVID-19 have been attributed to n
  
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• 9 O.C. nursing homes and care facilities report coronavirus deaths

  10-05-2020 21:31
  
  Nine nursing homes and residential care facilities in Orange County have reported deaths of its workers or residents related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to data released by the California Department of Public Health on Friday, May 8.
  As of Thursday, May 7, 22 residents and one staff member of the facilities had died from COVID-19, according to data released by the county.
  Statewide, nearly half of the deaths related to COVID-19 have been attributed to nursing ho
  
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• 7 O.C. nursing homes and 2 care facilities report coronavirus deaths

  10-05-2020 21:31
  
  Seven nursing homes and two residential care facilities in Orange County, have reported deaths of its workers or residents related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to data released by the California Department of Public Health on Friday, May 8.
  As of Thursday, May 7, 22 residents and one staff member of the facilities had died from COVID-19, according to data released by the county.
  Statewide, nearly half of the deaths related to COVID-19 have been attributed to nurs
  
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• San Juan Capistrano will delay tribal village and skate park after coronavirus attacks city revenues

  10-05-2020 21:05
  
  Hit with a $3.8 million loss in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic, San Juan Capistrano will likely delay its plan to build a tribal village and a skate park in the city.
  The city also plans to lay off four full-time staff members, eliminate positions currently vacant, negotiate with its employee unions to forgo cost-of-living increases and cancel events such as summer concerts.
  “We’re having to make hard decisions. It’s difficult for everybody,” Councilman Brian
  
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• Virgin Fest cancels its 2020 LA debut due to coronavirus

  10-05-2020 20:14
  
  Virgin Fest, a new festival scheduled to make its debut in Los Angeles June 6-7 with acts such as Lizzo, A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak has pulled the plug for 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but is planned to return in 2021.
  “We are disappointed we cannot soon share our vision for the Festival of Tomorrow, today,” the announcement, posted Saturday, May 9, to the festival’s website and social media accounts, reads in part.
  “The safety of our community, well-bei
  
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• A look at modern motherhood on Mother’s Day 2020

  10-05-2020 20:14
  
  Today’s moms are more educated than ever before.
  A majority of women with a young child are in the labor force, and more mothers are serving as their family’s primary breadwinner.
  Today, most moms are millennials.
  Below is the total cumulative number of U.S. women born between 1981-1996 having their first child. About 1 million new moms a year were millennials as of 2016.Here’s a look at increasing education level and the percentages of mothers raising children alone.
  Family si
  
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• Photos: During coronavirus-spurred intermission, theater marquees share funny, hopeful messages

  10-05-2020 19:50
  
  With screenings on hold during the pandemic, Southern California movie theaters used their marquees to send messages of support, hope — and a little sardonic humor — in recent weeks. Theater owners hope their coming attractions will soon include getting moviegoers back inside at some point.
  Register file photo SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA 1973 brochure depicting Cal State Fullerton's University Village. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG)Long Beach State
  
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• California should end the lockdowns before more liberties are lost: Susan Shelley

  10-05-2020 19:17
  
  It’s time to end the coronavirus emergency in California.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his “guidelines” for reopening the state on Thursday. County public health officials will have to prove that they’ve met certain conditions before he will allow the county to move on to the next “stage.”
  The conditions look like excuses to keep the emergency going for months or years.
  For example, counties will have to show that they’ve had no more than one new COVID-19 ca
  
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• City Hall should stop trying to be our mother

  10-05-2020 19:11
  
  The city of Laguna Beach reopened its beaches recently, and today, I took my first walk on the beach since the shutdown in March. Felt good. I suppose I should be grateful that my local government gave me back this right, but I’m not. Instead, I resent that they took it from me in the first place. I feel like a rebellious teenager because our local elected officials are trying to be my mother.
  I was blessed with a great mom. From her I learned to follow the Golden Rule, respect authority,
  
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• Doing my part by doing nothing: Doug McIntyre

  10-05-2020 19:07
  
  The world is filled with people who are so much better than me.
  Every night on the evening news, anchors end their broadcasts with an inspiring story of someone, someplace, who is making the world better though some act of kindness.
  Often, it’s a child who has a heart of gold, or a remarkable World War II veteran who is still serving his country in his 10th decade of life. Me? I just sit here dishing up opinions.
  We don’t have a shortage of opinions in the age of Twitter, Yelp and Fa
  
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• U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan gives birth to daughter

  10-05-2020 18:46
  
  U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan is a mother.
  The Diamond Bar native and U.S. national team member gave birth to a daughter on May 7. Charlie Elena Carrasco, the first child of Morgan and her husband, Major League soccer midfielder Servando Carrasco,  arrived at 11:30 a.m., and weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces.
  Morgan announced the birth in social media posts on Saturday.
  “She made us wait longer than expected, but I should have known she would do it her way and here way only,” Morg
  
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• Standing for taxpayers and direct democracy

  10-05-2020 18:30
  
  The powers of direct democracy — initiative, referendum and recall — have been powerful tools to control slow-moving or corrupt politicians.
  These powers are enshrined in the California constitution for reasons that are just as compelling in 2020 as they were in 1911 when Gov. Hiram Johnson, seeking to counterbalance the influence the railroads had over the state Capitol, pushed to give ordinary citizens equal footing with legislative bodies to enact or reject legislative proposals.
  
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• Alexander: It’s hard – but not impossible – to coach from a virtual distance

  10-05-2020 17:29
  
  How do you coach when you can’t really, you know, coach?
  The first thing in football’s new normal, Sean McVay said, is to trust the players. You can have virtual meetings to impart information, and you can make sure the athletes have the proper tools to keep themselves in condition on their own. But as long as the coronavirus pandemic continues, and teams can’t actually take the field as a group, the onus is on the players to follow the plan.
  Yeah, it’s tough on play
  
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• These are the big blooming surprises at South Coast Botanic Garden

  10-05-2020 17:26
  
  A visit to the South Coast Botanic Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula serves as an antidote to cabin fever brought on by the coronavirus, which has confined Southern Californians to their homes over the past six weeks. At South Coast, this is an excellent time to view a magnificent rose garden of 60 varieties, rapturous spring flower gardens, and glorious trees in full bloom that you have probably never seen before. Note: In order to gain admission, you must order tickets in advance through th
  
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• We’ll just leave this viral world to the bears

  10-05-2020 16:30
  
  Wait — murder hornets?
  They kill the sweet little honeybees, which are already being butchered by our pitiless pesticides, by biting off their heads? They are as big as flying potato bugs? They can not only hyper-sting you and me — they can sting a beekeeper through her suit?
  OK, world — we give up. You win. Your side of the match was really well-played. As I wrote once in another context about the looming unlikelihood of humankind continuing more than about five minutes: &ldqu
  
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• Supreme Court ruling on DACA soon could alter So Cal lives; coronavirus might play role.

  10-05-2020 16:00
  
  Guatemalan native Melody Klingenfuss knows life in the U.S. before and after DACA, a program that puts off deportation and provides other opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in the country illegally as children.
  She describes DACA as her “cloak of protection.”
  But this spring, while the world copes with a health crisis, she and thousands of other DACA recipients face an added source of tension – they’re waiting to hear if that cloak will be yanke
  
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• Coronavirus means new rules, old problems for addicts in treatment

  10-05-2020 16:00
  
  Nearly overnight, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation switched 1,300 patients from traditional face-to-face addiction treatment to an online platform that, just days earlier, was viewed as a pilot project.
  Men joining the Beacon House addiction recovery community in San Pedro are quarantined in separate quarters for up to three weeks before they’re allowed to join the regular houses. After that they live in two- to three-man “pods,” remaining as isolated as possible from other p
  
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• 10 takeaways from Sweden’s controversial approach to the coronavirus pandemic

  10-05-2020 15:45
  
  In the worldwide campaign to stamp out death and illness from the coronavirus pandemic, Sweden is clearly an outlier.
  There’s no lockdown in Sweden. Its bars, restaurants and even nightclubs have not been closed since COVID-19 first reached its shores on Jan. 31. Elementary and middle schools remain open, though high schools and universities now rely on distance learning.
  There are no government orders to wear masks or socially distance, though the latter is recommended and most citizens h
  
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• Seal Beach unconcerned about influx of Long Beach residents as cities move toward differing beach policies

  10-05-2020 15:00
  
  The border between Long Beach and Seal Beach may be a little starker come Monday, May 11, as two different policies governing each city’s beaches go into effect.
  The oceanfront in Seal Beach will reopen at sunrise Monday as a “beach in motion” – for activities such as running, walking and surfing. People, though, will not be able to pitch a tent or lay out a towel for sunbathing and hanging out.
  In Long Beach, meanwhile — like the rest of Los Angeles County —
  
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• A Mother’s Day to remember: Southland family celebrates mom’s recovery after coronavirus battle

  10-05-2020 15:00
  
  Beet salad with mustard balsamic dressing.A city truck is brought in to place pieces of cement from the backyard of a home as Santa Ana police investigate a tip on a buried body in the backyard of a home on the 600 block of S. Center St in Santa Ana on Thursday.SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds A new outlet of the Loving Hut vegan restaurant chain opened not long ago in Garden Grove, serving similar fare to this Loving Hut in Ladera Ranch.A suspected bank robber who led police on a pursuit
  
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• UFC 249 ushers in fan-free, mask-filled era of sports

  10-05-2020 08:25
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Kicks, punches and grunts echoed through the empty arena. Coaches, commentators and camera clicks resonated like never before. Blood, sweat, swollen eyelids and face masks signaled the return of UFC, the first major sporting event to resume since the coronavirus shuttered much of the country for nearly two months.
  UFC 249 ushered in a new look for sports, too. One without fans and amid several safety precautions.
  It was definitely different — two fighters adjuste
  
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• Donald Trump congratulates UFC for restarting sports

  10-05-2020 04:55
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — President Trump congratulated UFC for restarting the sports world Saturday night after a nearly two-month hiatus.
  Trump’s taped message was played during ESPN’s broadcast of the UFC 249 undercard from a fan-free arena in Jacksonville.
  “I want to congratulate (UFC President) Dana White and the UFC,” Trump said. “They’re going to have a big match. We love it. We think it’s important. Get the sports leagues back. Let’s play.
  
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• Surfer killed in shark attack at Santa Cruz County beach

  10-05-2020 03:42
  
  A surfer was killed in a shark attack on Saturday at Manresa State Beach in Santa Cruz County.
  The 26-year-old man was attacked around 1:30 p.m. by an unknown shark species about a mile south of the main parking lot, California State Parks said in a statement.
  The surfer was pronounced dead at the scene and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has notified his family.
  According to the sheriff’s office, the attack occurred within 100 yards of shore near Sand Dollar Beach.
  Gabe McKen
  
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• Moms celebrated at Saddleback Church Mother’s Day drive-thru parade in Anaheim

  10-05-2020 02:28
  
  Free ice cream, posters with good wishes and surprise gifts were in the offing at a Mother’s Day drive-thru parade on Saturday, May 9, at Saddleback Church’s Anaheim campus.
  Church member Robert Castillo, 12, waves and blows a horn to mothers as about 300 families participate in a drive-thru Mother’s Day parade at Saddleback Church’s Anaheim campus, Saturday, May 9, 2020.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  The Ceron family and friends smile as they re
  
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• As we shelter in place we held a limerick contest, here are some of our favorites

  10-05-2020 00:24
  
  The limerick contest was a delightPoems came to me in morning and nightHere are just a fewFor which I thank youIf you feel robbed, you’re probably right.
  Cooped up like a chicken in a cageSome of us driven to fits and rageI learned from a fewWho saw World War IIHumor helps get you through any age.
  Apologies the page did not run last weekend as planned. It was bumped because the big breaking news story. There were thousands of submissions and I tried my best to keep on top of them. I got le
  
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• Pechanga Resort Casino targets June 1 for reopening

  10-05-2020 00:10
  
  More than two months after shutting its doors and powering down its slot machines in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Pechanga Resort Casino near Temecula seeks to reopen June 1, according to a post on the casino’s website Saturday, May 9.
  The casino, which is owned and operated by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, was among Southern California’s first tribal casinos to close, shuttering on March 16.
  “With Gov. (Gavin) Newsom and local officials
  
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