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• She has Down syndrome. He has autism. Together they have 10 years of wedded bliss

  29-05-2020 23:48
  
  As a child, Erica Davis talked constantly about how one day she would marry the perfect guy.
  “I told her, ‘You know, honey, marriage isn’t for everybody,’” recalled her mom, Kathy Davis. “I did not expect it to happen.”
  Contrary to the old adage, mothers are not always right. Erica Davis just celebrated her 10-year anniversary with husband Ben Popely.
  Ben Popely and Erica Davis just celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary. Popely has autism and Davi
  
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• Major Orange County freeway closures planned: May 30-June 5

  29-05-2020 23:36
  
  Here are major construction project closures happening on Orange County’s freeways and toll roads between May 30 and June 5, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority, Caltrans and the Transportation Corridor Agencies.
  5 Freeway
  Southbound carpool connector to the southbound State Route 55 carpool lanes:3:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 30Northbound carpool lane between Grand Avenue and State Route 57 and southbound carpool lane between Bristol Street/La Veta Avenue and F
  
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• 94% of local tenants paid May rent, surveys show

  29-05-2020 23:22
  
  With June rent coming due, two surveys show more tenants were able to pay their rent in May than in April, most likely due to federal stimulus checks received in the last month.
  Locally, 94% of tenants paid their rent in full as of mid-May, a survey by CBRE agents of 47 landlords in Orange County and bordering regions of Los Angeles County shows.
  That compares with 91% of tenants paying in full in by mid-April.
  “The collection rate was about 3% better,” said Michael Cavner, an Orange
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday May 30

  29-05-2020 23:14
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday, May 30 for racing at Santa Anita.
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• Coronavirus: Three new deaths, and another 185 positive tests reported in Orange County as of May 29

  29-05-2020 23:08
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported three more deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus, making the total number of people in the county who have died 145.
  Of the reported deaths, 60 were among skilled nursing facility residents. Some 74% of the deaths have been people older than 65.
  The report also noted another 185 people have tested positive for the virus as of Friday, May 29. The total cases reported in the county since the start of testing in March is 5,923. The average numb
  
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• Clint Eastwood is turning 90, here’s some trivia to make your day

  29-05-2020 23:07
  
  Legendary Hollywood star Clint Eastwood turns 90 on Sunday. In honor of that milestone, we are taking a look at his stellar and sometimes controversial career.
  Clinton Eastwood Jr. was born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco. He was raised in Oakland, after moving from town to town as his father sought work during the Great Depression.
  In his mid-20s, he landed uncredited bit parts in such B-films as “Revenge of the Creature” and “Tarantula” while paying the bills by diggi
  
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• Alternative desalination project to be studied for Doheny beach

  29-05-2020 22:56
  
  With its proposed Doheny desalination plant facing hurdles because of costs and a lack of partner water districts, the South Coast Water District board has agreed to spend $73,000 to study a scaled-down alternative.
  The district has spent $7.9 million so far for the design, environmental impact report and other early development steps for a standalone four-well plant near Doheny State Beach. And it is continuing its pursuit of necessary permits, which it hopes to have in hand by mid-2021.
  But th
  
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• Yearbooks capture pre-coronavirus world for Southern California students

  29-05-2020 22:37
  
  Before they started snapping pictures, writing copy blocks and designing pages, 26 Chaparral High School students selected a theme for the 2019-20 yearbook.
  One and only.
  Apropos of the months ahead, Jackie Schmidt’s yearbook students, like thousands of other creative minds across Southern California, set out in the fall to capture in art and text the uniqueness of a school year barrelling toward an abrupt and unprecedented ending.
  In March, as the coronavirus pandemic brought about distan
  
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• Still waiting on stimulus payment? Watch the mail for a debit card

  29-05-2020 22:32
  
  Millions of Americans still awaiting their stimulus payments during the coronavirus crisis will receive their money via a prepaid debit card.
  In a Tuesday release, the Internal Revenue Service said about 4 million Americans will be receiving their stipend this way after tens of millions more got theirs via direct deposit or paper check.
  But the manner of delivery for these cards may trip some people up and cause them to toss the card, thinking it’s a scam.
  The IRS says cards will come in a
  
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• Watch two rehabbed sea lion pups return to the ocean in Palos Verdes

  29-05-2020 22:25
  
  Two sea lion pups were overjoyed recently when their caretakers at the Marine Mammal Care Center set them free in the ocean near Terranea Resort.
  As soon as the doors to their cages opened, the pups skipped over the rocky shoreline of Rancho Palos Verdes straight to the water’s edge — then frolicked about in the surf for a moment before swimming out past the breakers, according to a video the resort posted on YouTube this week.
  Two sea lion pups newly released by Marine Mammal Care
  
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• Splash House music festival cancels August weekends

  29-05-2020 22:18
  
  Palm Springs-based music festival and pool party hybrid Splash House will not happen at all this year due to the novel coronavirus.
  After announcing in April that the festival was canceling its June weekend, the event posted on Friday, May 29, that it would also be canceling its events scheduled for Aug. 7-9 and Aug. 14-16.
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• Burnt Crumbs is back each weekend in Pacific City

  29-05-2020 22:13
  
  Four years ago Burnt Crumbs’ spaghetti grilled cheese sandwich went viral on Instagram, leading to high-profile media attention from the Travel Channel and other outlets. But in April its owners were forced to shutter restaurants in the wake of the novel coronavirus crisis.
  Its Irvine locations came back and now the Huntington Beach Burnt Crumbs in Pacific City has been resurrected. On May 16, the restaurant reopened weekends only for takeout serving its signature sandwiches, salads and fr
  
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• ‘Superman Smashes the Klan’ author says story about racism against Asian Americans still relevant

  29-05-2020 22:04
  
  Back in 1946, the hit radio series “The Adventures of Superman” ran a storyline in which the Man of Steel defends a Chinese-American family against a loosely fictionalized version of the Ku Klux Klan, defeating the racist villains in the process.
  Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang, who has written for both “Superman” and “New Super-Man” and is the author of the recently released graphic novel “Dragon Hoops,” learned about this groundbreaking story not from
  
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• Rosters released for canceled Orange County All-Star Softball Game

  29-05-2020 21:58
  
  The Orange County All-Star Softball Game was supposed to be played May 18.
  The contest was postponed and then canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down all high school sports.
  The game’s organizers have released the names of 48 players selected for the contest, which is for seniors only.
  The selected players:
  Crestview League
  Mikayla Klepfer, C, Villa Park; Samantha Simons, OF, Villa Park; Sammie Olivo, OF, Canyon; Jenna Pppas, Ut, Canyon.
  Empire League
  Alyssa Brito, Inf, Pa
  
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• Can coronavirus stop a fashion show? Not for these Orange County students

  29-05-2020 21:56
  
  Peel back the layers of death and disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic and you’ll find some threads of hope.
  In a way, that’s what a recent fashion competition for Orange County community college students was about: resilience, ingenuity, re-invention.
  It’s certainly what the winner is all about.
  Maya Horikawa spent most of her life studying to be a concert violinist. But now, in her 30s, she’s chasing a career in the world of fashion. She’s been at Saddleb
  
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• 24 Hour Fitness prepares for bankruptcy while gyms start to open

  29-05-2020 21:56
  
  By Katherine Doherty, Bloomberg
  Gym owner 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Inc. is preparing for a potential bankruptcy to cut its debt as it reopens locations across the country with precautions in place for social distancing.
  The operator of more than 430 mid-tier gyms is in talks with investors over the terms of a loan that would keep the company operating through a court restructuring, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
  The proposed Chapter 11 filing would cut 24 Hour’s borr
  
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• Even shutdowns can’t destroy a relatively free economy

  29-05-2020 21:37
  
  SACRAMENTO – A funny thing happened on the way to the next Great Depression. The government forcibly halted economic activity, shutting most Americans indoors and robbing millions of people of their chance to earn a living as a means to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Yet many of the nation’s economic indicators remain remarkably steady.
  “By the day after Memorial Day, though, Wall Street had regained some stability, far more than many expected in the darkest days
  
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• The killing of George Floyd must spur greater police accountability

  29-05-2020 21:18
  
  The Memorial Day killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has rightly spurred nationwide outrage.
  Once again, we have a case of the police killing someone who did not deserve the death penalty. And once again, we have another story of a black American on the receiving end of unjustified police violence.
  According to the Associated Press, police were called after Floyd, who lost his job due to the stay-at-home order, allegedly tried to use a counterfeit $20 bill.
  While
  
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• Huntington Beach cancels city’s summer Junior Lifeguard program

  29-05-2020 20:41
  
  Huntington Beach officials have announced they are canceling their popular summer Junior Lifeguard session, joining other coastal towns that have nixed the in-demand program on the sand.
  “The Huntington Beach City Junior Lifeguard program has a long history of placing a priority on the safety and protection of our students and instructors,” officials said in an announcement. “It is with this same priority that we approached the discussion in regard to the 2020 Huntington Beach
  
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• Take 2 for SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch, but more storms loom on horizon

  29-05-2020 20:29
  
  By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX pressed ahead with its second attempt to launch astronauts for NASA on Saturday — a historic first for a private company — but more stormy weather threatened more delays.
  Elon Musk’s company came within 17 minutes Wednesday of launching a pair of NASA astronauts for the first time in nearly a decade from the U.S., before the threat of lightning forced a delay.
  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said managers w
  
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• Casino Insider: Some casinos have reopened, here’s what it’s like now 🎰

  29-05-2020 20:06
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter with all the best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. It’s delivered to your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now.A number of Southern California’s tribal casinos have reopened at this point, and things look a lot different than the pre-COVID times.
  We’re going to give you a glimpse of what that looks like in this week’s newsletter, but first, we have another poll for you. Do you have sp
  
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• As shutdowns lifts, what happens when wildlife exploring urban areas mix with humans return?

  29-05-2020 20:05
  
  A coyote casually trots along Main Street in Huntington Beach early morning Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Bob Daniel)
  It was an shocking sight as Huntington Beach resident Bob Daniel drove up Main Street after an early morning shooting video at the beach: A coyote strolling casually in downtown, an area typically busy with tourists and beachgoers just a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean.
  Daniel caught the moment on Wednesday, May 27, on camera as the coyote trotted past a stop sign
  
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• End of Connelly High School marks end of AD’s long career

  29-05-2020 19:57
  
  Today is a good day for Timmerie Henry.
  It’s her final day as athletic director at Cornelia Connelly High School in Anaheim. Henry is retiring after 43 years as Connelly’s A.D.
  Today also is a difficult day for Henry.
  Connelly will cease operations at the conclusion of this school year. The all-girls Catholic school in Anaheim, founded in 1961, has suffered financial difficulties in recent years.
  “My heart aches most for the kids at Connelly,” Henry said. “It’
  
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• Republican attacks on expanded voting undermine democracy and the GOP itself

  29-05-2020 19:55
  
  For over 20 years we have run literally hundreds of programs to encourage Republican voters to apply for and vote by absentee ballot. The national, state and local parties spent millions of dollars on the programs we implemented. This would include recent attempts at so-called “ballot harvesting” — the practice of allowing volunteers and paid professionals to essentially collect ballots from voters and return them to voting centers.
  During this time of global pandemic, when soc
  
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• Dodgers minor leaguers will get bonus out of David Price’s pocket

  29-05-2020 19:50
  
  Dodgers minor leaguers will continue to receive $400 a week from the team at least through June, and each will also receive $1,000 as a goodwill gesture from star pitcher David Price, a club spokesman confirmed on Friday morning.
  Minor leaguers throughout the sport were set to have their $400 weekly payments run through May, but the Dodgers have opted to continue them at least another month.
  The Dodgers are among about a dozen teams that have committed to continue the payments, while so far only
  
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• Here’s how one chef is trying to save his 3 restaurants during the pandemic

  29-05-2020 19:46
  
  Opening a new restaurant while running two others is no easy task during normal times.
  And for Ross Pangilinan, owner of Mix Mix, doing it during a global pandemic that has brought the restaurant industry to its knees has been a day-by-day juggling act that’s required shifting plans, and employees, on the fly to keep his kitchens alive.
  “It is stressful not knowing how much business we’re going to get, but it’s exciting that we’re going to be able to reopen and I wi
  
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• Businesses deserve a break from legislative onslaughts

  29-05-2020 19:42
  
  During a hearing soon after the state Legislature returned from its COVID-19-related hiatus, an Assembly committee considered a measure that would have imposed criminal penalties on online hotel booking sites that don’t disclose all of their fees.
  By California standards, Assembly Bill 3235 was a relatively modest regulation – and it failed to secure enough votes for passage. But the short committee debate reminded us of a disturbing truth: Despite a projected $54 billion budget defi
  
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• Senior Moments: Finding solace in the sound of a horn

  29-05-2020 19:36
  
  Taps came home to me on Memorial Day.
  It was just a short walk up the street to a neighbor’s front lawn. Their friend, Keith Beyer, an Army trumpet player who trains trumpeters for military funerals, stood tall and straight as the sound of his horn sent out a breath of peace.
  You could almost hear the silent reflections of the gathered neighbors, masked and standing six feet from each other, hands over hearts filled with stories. I was picturing the flag covering my husband’s coffin.
  
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• Minneapolis officer in George Floyd’s death arrested

  29-05-2020 19:31
  
  St. Paul Pioneer Press
  The Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, after which the man died, has been arrested, the state’s public safety commissioner announced Friday.
  Video taken by a bystander and shared on social media shows officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck, as Floyd was handcuffed and lying face-down on the ground, on Monday.
  The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is leading the investigation,
  
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• Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder

  29-05-2020 19:31
  
  By TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI
  MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder.
  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, after the office gathered enough evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
  Freeman did not have immedia
  
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• Minneapolis cop who knelt on handcuffed black man arrested

  29-05-2020 19:31
  
  By TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI
  The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests that resulted in fires and looting across parts of Minneapolis.
  Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said state investigators arrested Derek Chauvin, who was one of four officers fired this week, but he did not provide details. The state attor
  
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• Why Royal Thai Cuisine in Newport Beach has closed after 39 years

  29-05-2020 19:10
  
  Owners of Royal Thai Cuisine restaurants in Southern California, announced earlier this month that they had permanently closed the last dining room at 4001 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach. Sam Tila had operated the iconic restaurant with the one-ton wooden elephant out front for 39 years when the COVID-19 crisis struck his industry.
  “March 17 or 18 we opened one day to try to-go orders, and it didn’t work out. There’s not many people who wanted to-go orders,” said Til
  
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• MLB draft to air on MLB Network and ESPN

  29-05-2020 19:00
  
  The Major League Baseball draft, which has traditionally been shown only on MLB Network, this year will also be carried by ESPN on June 10-11.
  The two networks will both show the first round and the competitive balance round, which cover the first 37 selections. The two broadcasts, which will be independently produced, will begin at 4 p.m. PT. on June 10.
  The second day of the draft, on June 11, will be carried by MLB Network and ESPN2, beginning at 2 p.m. PT.
  The teams will make their selection
  
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• Eagle eye developed talented OCC pitchers in 1980

  29-05-2020 18:40
  
  Pitching coach Tim Kelly was a secret weapon of the 1980 Orange Coast College state championship baseball team, celebrating its 40-year anniversary this year.
  In his only year with OCC head coach Mike Mayne, Kelly transformed a collection of hurlers, including three freshmen standouts, into one of the best pitching staffs in California community college baseball history.
  Leading the Pirates to their first state title in 20 years was a pitching staff headed by freshman right-hander Don Smith, who
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Brea swimming coach will remember team’s triumph at Canyon Relays

  29-05-2020 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.
  Gil Rotblum, Brea Olinda swimming
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I have enjoyed spending time with my wife and daughters. We are all busy with activities and our jobs. It has been a ble
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Brea Olinda swimming coach will remember team’s triumph at Canyon Relays

  29-05-2020 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.
  Gil Rotblum, Brea Olinda swimming
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I have enjoyed spending time with my wife and daughters. We are all busy with activities and our jobs. It has been a ble
  
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• Start summer with one of these Southern-style BBQ restaurants

  29-05-2020 17:28
  
  With social distancing, we might not be able to get together for tasty old southern barbecues anytime soon. However, there are still many restaurants with your favorite tri-tip, BBQ chicken, ribs, and everything else you love. They’re even offering delivery and pick up to make it more convenient for you! So we put together this shortlist of local restaurants with all your barbecue favorites.
  Rich’s BBQ
  Courtesy of LA Taco/ Erick Galindo
  4100 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90029
  You know
  
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• HOA Homefront: Are our reserves being handled properly?

  29-05-2020 17:11
  
  Q: Is there a formula for the reserve funds that are necessary, or at least advisable, for a HOA? Also, can an assessment be collected from each homeowner and put in reserve and then returned to them after a reasonable time if it’s not needed? — B.K., San Diego
  A: HOAs in California are required by Civil Code Section 5550 to obtain a reserve study every three years and to review it annually. That reserve study informs the HOA as to how much money needs to be set aside each
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm exploring virtual queue system for post-coronavirus reopening

  29-05-2020 17:05
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm could feel very different with required advance reservations, reduced capacity, COVID-19 health surveys, mobile food ordering and possibly even a virtual queue system when the Buena Park theme park reopens following an extended coronavirus closure.
  Knott’s has implemented a number of technological updates and is exploring others to address new COVID-19 health and safety protocols that will be put in place when the park reopens.
  Knott’s Berry Farm is actively
  
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• Wear a mask. Why? It’s for the economy, stupid!

  29-05-2020 17:00
  
  Hall of Famer Magic Johnson has rejoined the Lakers as an adviser reporting directly to owner Jeanie Buss, the team announced Thursday. Johnson, who is a part-owner of the Dodgers, will be involved in all facets of the organization, including business and basketball, player evaluation and development and broader franchise needs. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds People fill the Anaheim Convention Center during the NAMM Show on Friday. (Photo by Nick Ag
  
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• KROQ DJ Anthony Valadez talks Latin alternative radio show and performing for Prince

  29-05-2020 17:00
  
  In a time of uncertainty and a bit of chaos, DJ Anthony Valadez wants to bring positive vibes and great music to the airwaves.
  Valadez, who was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, has been on the air in Los Angeles for 20 years. Listeners know him from shows on KCSN, KPFK and KCRW. He’s also programmed for digital streaming channels like TuneIn and was invited to open for artists like Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Mars and Prince.
  The Los Angeles-based DJ’s new show, the all-new
  
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• Costco says it’s bringing back hot dogs, samples by mid-June

  29-05-2020 17:00
  
  By Matthew Boyle, Bloomberg
  For all those who have missed munching on Costco Wholesale Corp.’s cheap and tasty hot dogs, don’t worry: Nearly all of its food courts will be re-opened by the middle of June, CFO Richard Galanti said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call.
  About 20% of the food courts were reopened at the end of the quarter. Costco has also eliminated some food items but didn’t say which ones.
  Another big part of the Costco in-store experience are the f
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday May 29

  29-05-2020 16:51
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, May 29 for racing at Santa Anita.
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  Related Articles Kentucky Derby hopeful Nadal retired after injury Trainer Jonathan Wong makes his mark at Santa Anita Reports: 2 horses trained by Bob Baffert fail drug tests Santa Anita: Abel Cedillo caps aftern
  
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• 22-year-old arson suspect found by Irvine police drone, arrested

  29-05-2020 16:07
  
  A 22-year-old arson suspect was arrested after he was found by a police drone during a search in Irvine.
  Kaveh Shahriari allegedly started fires in several residential trash cans on Rembrandt, near Jeffrey and Irvine boulevards, about 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, Irvine police Sgt. Karie Davies said.
  A silver SUV parked nearby on a street was damaged by the heat.
  While officers were responding to those fires, a resident on Parkdale, a quarter-mile from Rembrandt, called police about another trash can fi
  
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• There’s no Lavender Festival this year, but you can still walk through the fragrant fields

  29-05-2020 16:03
  
  Highland Springs Ranch & Inn’s annual Lavender Festival has been canceled for this year, but the historic property in Cherry Valley has arranged for guests to walk through the lavender fields between June 6 and July 19.
  The festival usually includes a wide range of entertainment, including vendors, cooking lessons, crafts, seminars and live music.
  This year, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, it will be limited to communing with nature.
  Visitors can wander thr
  
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• 7 shot at Louisville protest over fatal police shooting

  29-05-2020 15:31
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least seven people were shot in Louisville as hundreds of protesters converged on City Hall demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot in March by police who broke down her door.
  Louisville Metro Police said early Friday that at least one person was in critical condition. “No officers discharged their service weapons,” and all seven shot were civilians, police spokesman Sgt. Lamont Washington wrote in an email to The Associated
  
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• U.S. consumer spending sinks by record 13.6% in face of virus

  29-05-2020 15:18
  
  By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
  WASHINGTON  — U.S. consumer spending plunged by a record-shattering 13.6% in April as the viral pandemic shuttered businesses, forced millions of layoffs and sent the economy into a deep recession.
  Last month’s spending decline was far worse than the revised 6.9% drop in March, which itself had set a record for the steepest one-month fall in records dating to 1959. Friday’s Commerce Department figures reinforced evidence that the economy is gripped by
  
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• DMV grants more license extensions because of coronavirus

  29-05-2020 15:01
  
  Q. Honk: I have not been able to find out what happens when my driver license expires on my birthday in early June. Because I am going to be 82, I have to appear in person at a Department of Motor Vehicles office. I had an appointment in San Clemente on April 30, which, of course, was cancelled because of the pandemic. I’ve read that expiring licenses through May will be extended 120 days. I tried to call the DMV and the message says, “Call after May 29.” The DMV isn’t ma
  
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• Police across U.S. speak out against Minneapolis custody death

  29-05-2020 14:16
  
  By STEFANIE DAZIO
  LOS ANGELES  — Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight minutes.
  But some civil rights advocates say their denunciations are empty words without meaningful reform behind them.
  Authorities say George Floyd wa
  
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• Norco ’80, part 11: Gunmen race through mountains, use terrain to fire on officers

  29-05-2020 14:00
  
  Norco ’80
  The true story of the most spectacular bank robbery in American historyParts
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14Rising abruptly from the coastal flatlands, the San Gabriel Mountains, through which Lytle Creek has carved itself, quickly soar to elevations of over 10,000 feet at the summit of Mount Baldy. As dangerous as it is beautiful, Lytle Creek Canyon can be extremely uninviting terrain. Earthquakes, rockslides, wildfires and flash floods are common. The steep hillsides are cove
  
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