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• California’s high cost of employment will stifle recovery: John Moorlach

  11-05-2020 23:57
  
  The now ended long economic boom from 2010-2020 made Californians complacent. Workers were in demand everywhere in America, so employers put up with California’s high minimum wage, stunning housing costs and often absurd regulations.
  No more. The coronavirus depression has thrown record numbers of Americans into unemployment lines. The jobless rate skyrocketed in two months from under 4% to 31% as of mid-April in Southern California, higher than during the Great Depress
  
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• Man charged in 2018 death of Pasadena woman who was found stabbed in Westminster motel

  11-05-2020 23:36
  
  A 26-year-old man was charged on Monday in the 2018 stabbing death of a Pasadena woman found in a Westminster motel room.
  Aryan Vito Smith is charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement allegation of the personal use of a deadly weapon, in this case a knife, stemming from the death of 22-year-old Treeanna Nichols, court records show.
  Smith was arrested Thursday, May 7 and was being held in lieu of $1 million bail, according to jail records. Details about how he was tracked down and arreste
  
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• California, Western States Pact call on feds for $1 trillion in aid for coronavirus fallout

  11-05-2020 23:35
  
  Five Western states including California have called on the federal government for about $1 trillion in aid to states, said Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.
  Governors and legislative leaders in the Western States Pact — comprised of California, Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Nevada — wrote to Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asking for the package in response to mounting budget shortfalls.
  “It’s not just state
  
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• Dan Monson disappointed at Joshua Morgan’s departure, welcomes addition of Raymond Hawkins

  11-05-2020 23:21
  
  In this day and age it’s never surprising when a college athlete decides to transfer, especially under circumstances like those surrounding Joshua Morgan.
  The 6-foot-11 center spent his freshman season at Long Beach State blocking 80 shots (2.5 per game), tops in the Big West Conference, which named him Defensive Player of the Year.
  He entered the transfer portal, and in April was scooped up by USC. With one season of fine play, Morgan went from a mid-major to a high-major program. Again,
  
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• Westminster neighbors abuzz about hum at Huntington Beach industrial park

  11-05-2020 23:17
  
  Westminster residents are making some noise about noise.
  Dozens of frustrated neighbors have banded together to address the constant hum emanating from a facility located right across the street – on the Huntington Beach side of Rancho Road.
  “I’ve lived here for 21 years, and it’s been so peaceful until now,” said Colleen Campbell, a retired secretary.
  A handful of people started logging concerns, with both the company and Huntington Beach, several months ago. 
  
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• New sculpture garden offers open-air art experience at the Muckenthaler

  11-05-2020 23:08
  
  Fullerton’s Muckenthaler Cultural Center welcomed the first piece, “Godot” by a local sculptor Bret Price, to a new sculpture garden on on Friday, May 8.
  More pieces are to be added over the next few weeks, said Farrell Hirsch, the center’s CEO.
  Artist Bret Price places his sculpture “Godot” on its foundation at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton, CA on Friday, May 8, 2020. The painted steel sculpture is the first of several outdoor works that will
  
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• Tesla defies shutdown; ‘If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me,’ Musk tweets

  11-05-2020 23:03
  
  By Tom Krisher and Ben Margot, The Associated Press
  The parking lot was nearly full at Tesla’s California electric car factory Monday in Fremont, a likely indication the company was resuming production in defiance of an order from county health authorities.
  The lot at the massive plant in Fremont, which employs 10,000 workers, appeared to have a similar number of vehicles as it does when the factory is fully operating. A normal complement of workers would violate orders from the Alameda Co
  
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• Is Tesla defying county order? With parking lot nearly full, factory looks to be running

  11-05-2020 23:03
  
  By Tom Krisher and Ben Margot, The Associated Press
  The parking lot was nearly full at Tesla’s California electric car factory Monday in Fremont, a likely indication the company was resuming production in defiance of an order from county health authorities.
  The lot at the massive plant in Fremont, which employs 10,000 workers, appeared to have a similar number of vehicles as it does when the factory is fully operating. A normal complement of workers would violate orders from the Alameda Co
  
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• 2 arrested at Van Nuys Target in fight over coronavirus masks

  11-05-2020 22:54
  
  VAN NUYS — Two men accused of assaulting a Target security guard who confronted them about their refusal to wear masks inside the Van Nuys store were free on bail Monday awaiting word on possible criminal charges.
  The confrontation occurred about 10:20 a.m. May 1 at the Target store on the 5700 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, said Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department.According to police, the men entered the store without wearing face coverings, and were confronted by em
  
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• 2 arrested at Van Nuys Target after refusal to wear masks leads to fight, police say

  11-05-2020 22:54
  
  Two men accused of assaulting a Target security guard who confronted them about their refusal to wear masks inside the Van Nuys store were free on bail Monday, May 11, awaiting word on possible criminal charges.
  The confrontation occurred about 10:20 a.m. May 1 at the Target store on the 5700 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, said Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department.According to police, the men entered the store without wearing face coverings and were confronted by employees.
  
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• MLB owners agree to plan for July start to season, according to reports

  11-05-2020 22:34
  
  Plans for Major League Baseball’s return cleared one hurdle on Monday morning, but the most difficult may still be ahead.
  MLB officials are reportedly scheduled to meet on Tuesday with representatives of the MLB Players Association, who will certainly have concerns about precautions to ensure their health and plans to further reduce their salaries.
  MLB owners on Monday morning approved the framework for an 82-game season that would begin around the weekend of July 4, according to multiple
  
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• Newport Beach detective is saluted, honored during procession

  11-05-2020 22:29
  
  As the procession move along Monday morning, May 11, bystanders held American flags and many saluted, officers and civilians alike, to honor a Newport Beach police detective.
  Over the weekend, 36-year-old Jon Jarema died after a two-year battle with cancer.
  Police motorcycles led the line that included a hearse carrying Jarema’s remains from Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, where he died, to Pacific View Mortuary & Memorial Park in Corona del Mar.
  Jarema was a 12-y
  
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• Airlines balance fewer flights with angry travelers who want more space

  11-05-2020 22:21
  
  By Justin Bachman and Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg
  U.S. airlines are grappling with one outcome of the deep schedule cuts they’ve made in response to near-zero travel demand: Many of the flights that remain are starting to fill up, complicating social distancing guidelines and angering some passengers.
  While carrier traffic is still down about 90% from typical levels, not everyone has stopped flying. More than 215,000 people traversed U.S. security checkpoints on May 8, the highest total
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reported 55 new cases of the virus as of Monday, May 11

  11-05-2020 22:08
  
  Orange County had its fewest number of newly reported cases of the coronavirus in 13 days reported on Monday, May 11, according to the daily update posted by the Orange County Health Care Agency.
  The county has had 3,557 cases of the virus confirmed since testing began in March.
  No new deaths were reported on Monday, leaving the county at 76 people who have died of the virus.
  Another 196 tests for the coronavirus were given in the last day. As of Monday’s update, 52,982 people have been te
  
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• Still waiting for stimulus payment? Update info with IRS by Wednesday

  11-05-2020 21:54
  
  It’s been a month and a half since Congress passed a $2.2 trillion economic relief bill and the president signed it into law.
  About 130 million Americans have received stimulus payments from the Internal Revenue Service, but millions are still waiting for theirs.
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• AHL cancels season; Kings, Ducks affiliates shut down

  11-05-2020 21:47
  
  The NHL’s top minor-league system, the American Hockey League, announced Monday that it would cancel the remainder of its regular season and playoffs due to ongoing concerns about COVID-19 in North America.
  There are five California-based teams in the AHL, including the Kings’ top minor-league club, the Ontario Reign, and the Ducks’ affiliate, the San Diego Gulls.
  “After a lengthy review process, the American Hockey League has determined that the resumption and completion
  
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• Insomniac announces EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon livestream

  11-05-2020 21:36
  
  After postponing its annual Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Las Vegas to Oct. 2-4, event promoter Insomniac has announced it will host an EDC Virtual Rave-A-Thon on the originally scheduled concert dates, May 15-17.
  The livestream event will take place from 5 p.m.-2 a.m. each evening and include a massive line-up of EDM artists, several of which were scheduled to perform during the live event, including David Guetta, Duke Dumont, Kaskade, Zeds Dead, Zhu, K?D and many more.
  It will all be hosted by
  
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• Pacifica softball team had a new coach, high hopes for season, but coronavirus brought more pain

  11-05-2020 21:32
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Pacifica softball team was devastated by the death of its longtime coach, Mark Campbell, during the 2019 season. It was a heartbreaking time for the close-knit team.
  Campbell, 57, who led the program to a CIF-SS championship in 2014, passed away on March 18, 2019, a day after he collapsed at a youth softball game.
  With a new coach in place, Tony Arduino, the Mariners were showing a lot of promise and had
  
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• Six sex offenders whose early release was criticized by Orange County DA are arrested again

  11-05-2020 21:31
  
  A half-dozen sex offenders whose early-release from local lockup for parole violations drew condemnation from Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer are back behind bars after authorities allege they once again broke the terms of their release.
  Spitzer in earlier interviews on local and national news outlets and a statement to the public sharply criticized the decision by a court commissioner to release seven “high-risk” sex offenders for time served. The DA’s office now
  
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• L.A. County inmates infected themselves with coronavirus in apparent ploy to get released

  11-05-2020 20:41
  
  Inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic apparently infected themselves on purpose with COVID-19 in an attempt to get early releases, the Los Angeles County’s sheriff said on Monday.
  About two dozen inmates living in one module at the jail gathered in a common area and passed around a cup of hot water and a used face mask between each other in mid-April, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
  It’s unclear if one of the men thought he had the virus, or if the inmates were just hopin
  
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• L.A. County inmates apparently infected themselves with coronavirus in ploy to get released

  11-05-2020 20:41
  
  Inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic apparently infected themselves on purpose with COVID-19 in an attempt to get early releases, the Los Angeles County’s sheriff said on Monday.
  About two dozen inmates living in one module at the jail gathered in a common area and passed around a cup of hot water and a used face mask between each other in mid-April, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.
  It’s unclear if one of the men thought he had the virus, or if the inmates were just hopin
  
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• Who owns 6 California luxury resorts? Judge grants Chinese seller a trial date

  11-05-2020 20:35
  
  Dogs and people socialize in 2014 at a Yappy Hour at The Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  EnoSteak is an intimate steakhouse nestled into the wine cellar at The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMontage Laguna Beach has finished a property-wide renovation that touched most aspects of the luxury, cliff-top beach resort. All 253 guest rooms, including suites an
  
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• Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets

  11-05-2020 20:25
  
  By Amanda Seitz, The Associated Press
  Twitter announced Monday it will warn users when a tweet contains disputed or misleading information about the coronavirus.
  The new rule is the latest in a wave of stricter policies that tech companies are rolling out to confront an outbreak of virus-related misinformation on their sites.
  Twitter will take a case-by-case approach to how it decides which tweets are labeled and will only remove posts that are harmful, company leaders said Monday.
  Some tweets w
  
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• Seal Beach opens Monday; Los Angeles beaches will re-open Wednesday

  11-05-2020 20:15
  
  Seal Beach surfer Marc Moore had an entire beach day planned out Monday, May 11, to mark the first day of his beloved beach opening back up.
  “I’m going for the full beach experience,” he said on Monday, the first day people have been allowed back on the beach in the small coastal town in six weeks.
  First, his plan was to run on the soft sand for a bit of exercise. After his daughters finish their online classes, they will hit the beach for a family surf session.
  “They are
  
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• Gov. Newsom shakes up disability politics

  11-05-2020 20:11
  
  The cloistered community of political lobbyists who specialize in the massive, but otherwise obscure, system of compensating workers for job-related illnesses and injuries had been preparing for one of their periodic clashes.
  And then Gavin Newsom interceded.
  About once a decade, those with stakes in the nearly $20 billion a year workers’ compensation system do battle over the rules governing both eligibility for benefits – medical care and cash support – and their scope.
  There
  
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• Neon bioluminescent waves fading after making the ocean glow off Southern California coast

  11-05-2020 19:59
  
  The ocean neon light show that has been entertaining crowds at the coast at sundown for nearly a month is starting to dissipate, putting an end to a rare phenomenon that makes waves glow at night.
  Areas where thick red tides were persistent during the day – an indicator that the waves would glow at night – are starting to turn back to their natural blue hue. While there are still some spots of the coast showing the red tide, the remaining rusty red areas are moving with currents and
  
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• Check out these deals from your local breweries

  11-05-2020 19:53
  
  Prost! Salud! Cheers! Whatever you want to raise a glass to – make sure there’s something good in it. How about some beer for this week? Everyone is adapting to curbside pickup and delivery services right now. So we found breweries who have some awesome deals that will have everyone in your home pouring a glass for each other. Check out these local breweries that want to make your time at home fun.
   
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• Delta temporarily suspends service at Long Beach, Burbank airports

  11-05-2020 19:40
  
  Delta Air Lines announced late last week that it plans to temporarily suspend service until at least September at 10 U.S. airports, including Long Beach and Burbank, while customer traffic is low due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  The move, effective next Wednesday, will temporarily consolidate the airline’s operations in several markets served by multiple airports and allow its front-line employees to minimize their risk to COVID-19 while ensuring access to its network for passengers who mu
  
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• California’s viral video sensation ‘double rainbow guy’ dies at 57

  11-05-2020 19:38
  
  MARIPOSA — Paul L. Vasquez, the burly mountain man whose awestruck reaction upon seeing a double rainbow propelled him to internet stardom and turned him into a folk hero, has died in Central California. He was 57.
  Vasquez, who called himself Yosemitebear on social media, died early Saturday at a hospital emergency room, the Mariposa County coroner’s office told the Modesto Bee.
  The cause of death has not been released. Vasquez had recently posted on his Facebook page that he had go
  
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• Memo to split roll advocates: wait.

  11-05-2020 19:23
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, California and the rest of America wallow ever deeper into the worst recession since the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
  Millions of Californians are out of work. Thousands of businesses that were products of hard work, initiative, sacrifice and devoted nurturing are gone or soon will be. In every field from restaurants to nail salons, hobby shops and sporting goods outlets, hundreds of once-thriving businesses are dying or dead. When – or if &nda
  
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• Jennifer Connelly talks ‘Snowpiercer,’ life during quarantine and adopting new puppy

  11-05-2020 18:50
  
  Jennifer Connelly’s eclectic movie resume stretches back more than 35 years to Sergio Leone’s classic “Once Upon a Time in America.”
  She acted alongside David Bowie in “Labyrinth,” starred in teen movies like “Some Girls” and “Career Opportunities,” took on dark films such as “Requiem for a Dream” and “House of Sand and Fog,” and she won an Oscar for her role in “A Beautiful Mind.” Coming up, she&rsqu
  
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• Newsom’s job is about to get a lot harder

  11-05-2020 18:46
  
  Believe it or not, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s job is about to get a lot harder.
  Newsom deserves credit for acting quickly to shut down the state when it became clear COVID-19 was about to ravage the country. There have been stumbles, but the curve has been flattened with minimal fatalities, the health-care system has been bolstered and we are beginning to reopen.
  But the extent of the economic fallout caused by the shelter-in-place orders came clearly into view this past week and now Newsom must
  
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• Wildlife artist Wyland and shoe company Vans team up to help ocean wildlife

  11-05-2020 18:41
  
  Wyland’s wildlife art has been splashed on massive murals around the world, wrapped around mega cruise ships and prints of his marine scenes hang in countless homes.
  Now, his art will be worn on feet.
  Wyland and Vans have teamed up to have his art on custom shoes created by the Costa Mesa action-sports brand, a collaboration that will benefit what the artist is known for documenting and preserving: underwater sea creatures.Phantogram performs during the second night of the 27th annual KROQ
  
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• State’s coronavirus cases keeps rising over weekend, mostly in Southern California

  11-05-2020 18:40
  
  Fewer than half of California’s county health departments issued COVID-19 updates on Sunday, but the number of cases statewide still grew by more than 1,000 while fatalities from the deadly new disease crossed 2,700.
  The 1,128 new cases were just over half the amount reported Saturday, meaning the statewide case count rose by about 5% over the weekend to 67,848, according to data compiled by this news organization.
  Still, as with the now more than 67,000 confirmed cases in the state, most
  
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• Coronavirus: California’s COVID-19 case count continues to rise over the weekend

  11-05-2020 18:40
  
  Fewer than half of California’s county health departments issued COVID-19 updates on Sunday, but the number of cases statewide still grew by more than 1,000 while fatalities from the deadly new disease crossed 2,700.
  The 1,128 new cases were just over half the amount reported Saturday, meaning the statewide case count rose by about 5% over the weekend to 67,848, according to data compiled by this news organization.
  Still, as with the now more than 67,000 confirmed cases in the state, most
  
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• High surf, cloudy skies, cooler temperatures in Southern California

  11-05-2020 18:36
  
  LOS ANGELES — High surf will pound Southern California’s coast Monday, and dangerous rip currents will endanger swimmers and surfers, forecasters said.
  Meanwhile, cloudy and partly cloudy skies, along with cooler temperatures, are bringing relief after a weeklong heat wave.
  A beach hazards statement, which is a little less serious than a high surf advisory, will be in effect through late Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, Ventura and parts of Santa Barbara counties, according to the Na
  
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• Pac-12 stock report: Basketball officiating review, USC’s recruiting rise, UW’s slow start, turnover in Arizona and more

  11-05-2020 18:01
  
  Assessing developments on and off the field, and court …
  Rising: Pac-12 basketball officiating
  Many Pac-12 fans might recall the conference hired Sibson Consulting to conduct an independent review of football officiating after the calamitous breakdown in the replay review system during the fall of 2018.
  Welp, it smartly did the same with men’s and women’s basketball.
  The Hotline received a summary of the men’s review, which was conducted by Bob Delaney, a former director
  
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• Status Update: Raising Cane’s opens in Huntington Beach

  11-05-2020 17:35
  
  Surf City officially welcomed its first Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers on Tuesday, May 5.
  The restaurant is next to the Woody’s Diner in the shopping center with Stater Bros. on Adams Avenue east of Brookhurst Street.
  The Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based chicken finger chain has been in expansion mode through Orange County, opening 11 restaurants in 10 cities. Other relatively new arrivals include eateries in Anaheim Hills and Santa Ana.
  The chain has done its best to stay ahead of the C
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Godinez volleyball coach says the sudden end to season ‘was heartbreaking’

  11-05-2020 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.
  Jenevieve Nixon, Godinez boys volleyball
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: It’s certainly been a challenge being home every day with my family, but overall we are adapting relatively
  
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• Barbecue season is here: What’s new for your grilling needs

  11-05-2020 17:23
  
  Barbecue season is here, and this might be the most fired up we’ve ever been for its arrival, with the pressing need to change things up, get some fresh air and turn a to-do list item into a to-do.    
  “Grilling in our backyards is a nice way to share time with our families during this stay at home order” because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Pat Rosengren, the executive director of the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association’s Pacific affiliate.
  
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• AVP Tour beach volleyball players hoping for swift, safe return

  11-05-2020 17:15
  
  If life were going according to plan, the AVP Tour would have been kicking up sand in Southern California on May 1 with the Huntington Beach Open.
  “And it was such a gorgeous weekend, so that added salt to the wound,” said professional beach volleyball player Emily Day by phone from her Torrance home. “I would’ve been waking up early, driving there, meeting my team, figuring out our game plans.
  “Instead, I’m home.”
  Professional beach volleyballers, like
  
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• Rams’ kicking candidates come from far and hopefully not wide

  11-05-2020 17:00
  
  It’s hard to know who has the edge in the unusual three-man battle to replace Greg Zuerlein as the Rams’ kicker.
  But in one category, Lirim Hajrullahu tops the charts: Only he, not Austin MacGinnis or Sam Sloman, has heard his football exploits celebrated in song.
  “Halellujah, Hajrullahu” – to the tune of “Halellujah” – was a minor hit for some Winnipeg performers during Hajrullahu’s rookie season in 2014 with the Blue Bombers of the Canadian
  
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• Iranian navy friendly fire incident kills 19 amid U.S. tension

  11-05-2020 16:30
  
  By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
  TEHRAN, Iran ) — A missile fired during an Iranian training exercise mistakenly struck a naval vessel instead of its intended target in waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iranian authorities said Monday.
  The bungled training exercises took place on Sunday and raised new questions about the readiness of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces amid heightened tensions with U.S., just months after they acc
  
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• Iran says 19 of its sailors killed in training accident

  11-05-2020 16:30
  
  By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
  TEHRAN, Iran  — A missile fired during an Iranian military training exercise mistakenly struck a naval vessel instead of its intended target in waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iranian authorities said Monday.
  The bungled training exercises took place Sunday and raised new questions about the readiness of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces amid heightened tensions with U.S., just months
  
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• Jerry Stiller, comedian and ‘Seinfeld’ actor, dies at 92

  11-05-2020 14:07
  
  By The Associated Press
  NEW YORK — Comedy veteran Jerry Stiller, who launched his career opposite wife Anne Meara in the 1950s and reemerged four decades later as the hysterically high-strung Frank Costanza on the smash television show “Seinfeld,” died at 92, his son Ben Stiller announced Monday.
  He died of natural causes, his son — a comedy star himself — said in a tweet.
  Jerry Stiller was a multi-talented performer who appeared in an assortment of movies, playing
  
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• If games resume, athletes will ‘need to know when to peak’

  11-05-2020 09:47
  
  Making it safe for America’s professional sports teams to start playing games is one thing.
  Making sure athletes are in game shape is another.
  The coronavirus pandemic brought sports to a halt, but stay-at-home orders are starting to be eased and a handful of NBA teams are opening practice facilities.
  For players, the difference between merely working out and playing games will be a significant jump and experts say things shouldn’t be rushed. With athletes unable to simulate game or
  
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• Santa Cruz surfer killed in shark attack had O.C. ties

  11-05-2020 08:22
  
  WATCH: Drone video of great white sharks off Seacliff Beach in Santa Cruz.CLICK HERE if you’re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device.
  Officials have confirmed that the surfer who was killed in a shark attack on Saturday at Manresa State Beach in Santa Cruz County was 26-year-old Ben Kelly, owner of Ben Kelly Surfboards.
  The Santa Cruz County coroner’s office identified Kelly, who was attacked at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday by an unknown shark species about a mile south
  
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• Shanghai Disneyland reopens, serving as blueprint for Disney’s California and Florida parks

  11-05-2020 05:37
  
  The reopening of Shanghai Disneyland with a host of mandated COVID-19 health and safety measures is expected to serve as a blueprint for how Disney’s U.S. theme parks will need to function if they hope to swing open their gates in the next few months.
  The Shanghai Disneyland theme park in China reopened on Monday, May 11 with additional health and safety measures including face masks, temperature checks, reduced attendance, social distancing and constant sanitization.
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• Second suspect in deadly 2018 Anaheim park shooting arrested in SWAT raid in Riverside

  11-05-2020 02:41
  
  A SWAT team from Anaheim raided a home in Riverside early Friday, arresting a man police believe was involved in a deadly Anaheim park shooting more than a year and a half ago.
  Anaheim police said Fabian Santiago Mascareno, 22, was found in the home when SWAT officers served a search warrant at around 3 a.m. He surrendered, and is now being held without bail in Orange County.
  Police say Mascareno and another man — 24-year-old Hipolito Sanchez — walked up to a group of four men hangin
  
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• Vice President Pence spends weekend at home after exposure to infected aide

  11-05-2020 02:00
  
  By KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence was self-isolating Sunday after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week, but he planned to return to the White House on Monday.
  An administration official said Pence was voluntarily keeping his distance from other people in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19 since his exposure but was following the advice of medical o
  
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