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• National Basketball Coaches Association expresses ‘disgust, frustration’ over killing of George Floyd

  01-06-2020 23:40
  
  The National Basketball Coaches Association on Monday expressed heartfelt condolences and prayers for the family of George Floyd, the 46-year-old man whose death in police custody on May 25 has sparked national unrest.
  In a news release, the NBCA also shared its “feelings of disgust, frustration, helplessness and anger” about the latest high-profile killing of an unarmed black man by police.
  A bystander shot video of Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, where then-officer Derek Chauvi
  
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• Women in Healthcare 2020

  01-06-2020 23:34
  
  When you were a child, who was the first person to put a Band- Aid on your boo-boo – and seal it with a kiss for good measure? Chances are it was Mom.
  Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest that quality caregiving by women continues for a lifetime: 80 percent of health care workers are women, and almost that many – 77 percent – of hospital employees are, too. Let’s not forget that an estimated 80 percent of health care decisions are made by, you guessed it, w
  
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• Women in Healthcare 2020: Annette Walker

  01-06-2020 23:33
  
  Annette Walker is the visionary health care leader tapped to build City of Hope Orange County, a 21st-century approach to treating and curing cancer and other serious illnesses.
  Named one of the 25 most influential women leaders in U.S. health care by Modern Healthcare magazine, Walker’s desire to work in public health began at a young age. “My parents and teachers instilled in me the importance of doing work that matters and of making the world a better place,” she says. &ldqu
  
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• Women in Healthcare 2020: Dr. Jasjit Singh

  01-06-2020 23:28
  
  Prior to becoming a pediatric infectious diseases subspecialist at CHOC Children’s Orange County, Dr. Jasjit Singh’s medical career was based on the East Coast. She received her undergraduate degree at Harvard University and her medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine, then completed her pediatrics residency at Cornell University Medical Center in New York, where she also served as chief resident. Finally, she completed her subspecialty fellowship training in pedia
  
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• Women in Healthcare 2020: Dr. Grace Lozinski

  01-06-2020 23:22
  
  For the past 17 years, Grace Lozinski has practiced hospital-based internal medicine at Hoag Hospital. Her success has come from a belief that was instilled in her at a young age.
  Raised in an immigrant family, Lozinski watched as her parents worked incredibly hard to provide a better life for her and her siblings. “They instilled not only a tireless work ethic, but a drive to achieve my utmost potential,” she says.
  That potential came in the form of a career in the medical field. &l
  
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• Anaheim orders 6 p.m. curfew to quell potential unrest

  01-06-2020 23:22
  
  With three different protests scheduled in Anaheim for Monday afternoon and evening, June 1, city officials announced a citywide curfew from 6 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
  Two of the events were set before the curfew, and one would fall after the curfew is in effect.
  “It is out of an abundance of caution to safeguard our community,” city spokesman Mike Lyster said.
  “We want to allow time for peaceful expression in our city and we have two demonstrations that are planned ahead of the curfe
  
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• Women in Healthcare 2020: Debra Drew

  01-06-2020 23:14
  
  Deb Drew came to Camino Health Center in the late 1990s and has grown the small community “care for the poor” clinic from serving a few patients to becoming a Federally Qualified Health Center with three locations that serve the underserved in South Orange County. However, her journey began long before she arrived at Camino Health.
  “My experiences in the Peace Corps in Ecuador led me to my lifelong calling of working with the vulnerable,” she says. “It was during th
  
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• Women in Healthcare 2020: Dr. Nasim Afsar

  01-06-2020 23:08
  
  Nasim Afsar always knew that her life would be about providing health care to communities with the goal of creating a better future for those she serves.
  “For me, ensuring health and providing health care is a calling,” she says. “The ability to ensure wellness in society enables individuals to work, seek further education, plan for the future and spend time with their loved ones.”
  Born and raised in California, Afsar’s medical career has taken her on a journey thro
  
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• 5 Things W. Bruce Cameron learned from dogs

  01-06-2020 23:04
  
  My husband is W. Bruce Cameron, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of  “A Dog’s Purpose,” but he’s nice enough to just let me call him Bruce.
  His latest dog book is “Shelby’s Story: A Dog’s Way Home Tale.” It’s a younger reader book told by a little stray puppy who was rescued from a life on the streets to become the star of the hit Sony movie “A Dog’s Way Home.” It’s based on the actual rescue of the star o
  
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• Pepper spray sales soar on Amazon

  01-06-2020 22:59
  
  By Spencer Soper, Bloomberg
  Amazon.com shoppers are buying up pepper spray as demonstrations continue around the country and self-defense becomes top-of-mind for some Americans.
  A $9.48 canister of Sabre “max police strength” pepper spray shot up to the top-selling rank in Amazon’s sports and outdoors category Monday morning, supplanting normal best-sellers such as shorts and T-shirts, according to Marketplace Pulse, which monitors the site. A neck gaiter, which can cover the n
  
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• Disneyland resort hotels push back reservations until mid-July

  01-06-2020 22:59
  
  The three Disneyland resort hotels are no longer accepting reservations before mid-July as the closure of Disney’s Anaheim theme parks stretches toward three months amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  New reservations for the Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel are currently available for travel dates on July 15 and later, according to Disneyland website.
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• Coronavirus tracker: Orange County reported 213 new cases as of June 1

  01-06-2020 22:50
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported no new deaths while another 213 people have tested positive for the virus as of Monday, June 1.
  The total cases reported in the county since the start of testing in March is 6,474. The total number of people in the county who have died remains at 147.
  The number of recoveries from the virus is estimated at about 2,632 as of Monday.
  With 24 of 25 hospitals reporting, there were 240 people in Orange County hospitalized as of Monday, and 97 of those peo
  
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• Q&A with UCLA’s new athletic director Martin Jarmond

  01-06-2020 22:23
  
  For the past few weeks Martin Jarmond, UCLA’s new athletic director, has organized his day into two parts: Boston College and UCLA.
  From around 7:30 in the morning until about 4:30 in the afternoon, he works on wrapping up his responsibilities as BC’s athletic director. It’s a role he’s had for the past three years and a position he officially concluded on Monday, June 1. After a break for dinner, he starts the UCLA portion of his day lasting from about 6:30 to 11:30 p.m.
  
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• IRS fails to pursue thousands of rich tax cheats, watchdog says

  01-06-2020 22:13
  
  By Laura Davison, Bloomberg
  The Internal Revenue Service is letting hundreds of thousands of high-income individuals duck their tax obligations, according to a government watchdog report.
  The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that 879,415 high-income individuals who didn’t file returns cumulatively failed to pay $45.7 billion in taxes from 2014 to 2016 and that the agency hasn’t tried to collect from many of those taxpayers. The IRS didn’t input 326,579 of
  
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• 2 officers injured during Sunday night’s protests in Orange County

  01-06-2020 21:05
  
  Orange County saw several demonstrations over the weekend in the wake of George Floyd’s death but the number of arrests and severity of damages paled in comparison.
  The most notable and largest local protests were in Santa Ana, San Clemente and Huntington Beach. Protesters came out in droves Sunday night to oppose the death of George Floyd.
  The demonstrations followed a previous day of protests across the nation. Some cities mandated curfews.
  The Santa Ana protest on Sunday resulted in 10
  
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• Target temporarily closes 20 Southern California stores amid protests

  01-06-2020 20:52
  
  Target Corp. is temporarily closing 175 stores in 13 states, including 20 Southern California locations, as a result of looting, property damage and violence tied to Black Lives Matter protests.
  Local closures will take place in Azusa, Baldwin Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Rosemead and West Hollywood. A total of nearly 50 California stores are on the list, but a Target spokeswoman said that could change, as “the situation remains incredibly dynamic.”
  The Minneapolis-based
  
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• Riots torch police reform discussion the nation needs

  01-06-2020 20:47
  
  We’ve long advocated for administrative and legislative reforms to de-militarize American police forces and improve the accountability of overly aggressive officers. It’s been a slow and often-frustrating process given the power of police unions to derail reforms – and the public’s understandable tendency to give officers the benefit of the doubt.
  Public opinion seemed to change in a flash. The video of Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee against George Fl
  
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• USC revokes football booster’s privileges after racist tweets

  01-06-2020 20:37
  
  USC Athletic Director Mike Bohn released a statement Monday morning on USC revoking a football booster’s season ticket and Trojan Athletic Fund membership privileges after an investigation into the said booster’s racist tweets over the weekend.Racism and hate speech will not be tolerated. pic.twitter.com/Ariz9zkdJ1
  — Mike Bohn (@USC_mikebohn) June 1, 2020“Following an immediate investigation into the matter, we informed the individual that their season ticket and Trojan A
  
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• New books just in time for summer reading

  01-06-2020 20:20
  
  Looking for something new to read? Check this roundup of recent and forthcoming releases from authors across SoCal:
  Pulitzer Prize-winning author and UCI professor of creative writing Héctor Tobar introduces us to real-life legend Joe Sanderson in “The Last Great Road Bum,” a novel that was culled from Sanderson’s journals and letters to his family. Sanderson journeys from one war-torn country to the next, beginning in 1960, and Tobar offers a fictional take on his trave
  
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• On reopening and budget, Newsom must set aside ideological commitments

  01-06-2020 20:16
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom finds himself in the unenviable position of trying to responsibly reopen the state’s economy while at the same time grappling with a state budget situation the polar opposite of what he was dealing with just a few months ago. In managing both, Newsom must be willing to set aside ideological priors and do what must be done to put the state on the right track.
  In an appearance on “The View,” Newsom made clear his understanding that the current situation does not
  
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• Workers’ compensation presumption burdens COVID-19 recovery

  01-06-2020 20:07
  
  With one stroke of the executive pen, Gov. Gavin Newsom set aside a basic rule controlling worker’s compensation law for more than a century in which the injury or illness must be connected to the workplace.
  The consequences of the governor’s COVID-19 “presumption” for workers is far-reaching and will potentially add billions in new costs to California’s already cost-laden system, especially as employers struggle to bring jobs and public services back online.
  Now, s
  
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• Curfews set Monday night for these Southern California cities, counties

  01-06-2020 19:48
  
  These Southern California cities and counties will have curfews in place for Monday night, June 1, following unrest across the country after the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis.
  Los Angeles County
  • LA County: From 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. until for notice
  • Beverly Hills: 4 p.m. A 1 p.m. curfew will go into effect in the city’s business district.
  • Santa Monica: 4 p.m. A 1 p.m. curfew will go into effect in the city’s business district.
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• Trump’s social media executive order is complicated and probably toothless

  01-06-2020 19:40
  
  President Trump isn’t happy with Twitter, to say the least. On May 26, Twitter added a fact-check label to two of the president’s tweets about mail-in ballots. Two days later, the president signed an executive order (EO) called Preventing Online Censorship. As it stands, social media companies are protected from various lawsuits when one of the millions of independent users posts copyrighted or illegal content on a public platform.
  It’d be difficult for a social media company t
  
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• Disneyland survey asks: When will passholders feel safe to return?

  01-06-2020 19:36
  
  Disneyland has begun surveying annual passholders about when they will feel comfortable and safe to return to the Anaheim theme park after an extended coronavirus closure.
  Passholders were asked a series of survey questions about how comfortable they would feel returning to Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knott’s Berry Farm, SeaWorld San Diego and Legoland California, according to MiceChat.
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• USA Badminton names Nancy Hogshead-Makar to its board

  01-06-2020 19:16
  
  Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Olympic swimming champion and prominent critic of the U.S. Olympia and Paralympic Committee, has been named to the Anaheim-based USA Badminton’s board of directors as an independent director and congressional liaison.
  The naming of Hogshead-Makar, a civil rights lawyer and founder and CEO of Champion Women, a non-profit providing legal advocacy for girls and women in sports, not only raises the stature of USA Badminton but also essentially gives one of the USOPC&rsquo
  
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• Coronavirus: California stats point to unemployment bottom

  01-06-2020 19:14
  
  California’s reeling job market, knocked off its feet by government-mandated business shutdowns amid the coronavirus outbreak, may have staggered to a bottom, economists say.
  The evidence that the worst may be over for job losses in California? A sharp decline in the number of people with ongoing unemployment insurance claims in California, a statistic known as continuing claims, according to economics experts.
  “The continuing numbers for unemployment claims are the ones that show we
  
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• A year after helping talk a woman out of suicide, Mission Viejo woman beats the coronavirus

  01-06-2020 18:54
  
  Chanel Dalirifar saved a life and had her own life saved – all in just the last 16 months.
  In 2019, Dalirifar was on the fifth floor of a parking structure at the Shops at Mission Viejo, talking a woman out of jumping to her death.
  Months later, she was in Mission Hospital across the street, spending 20 days in an intensive care unit fighting for her own life as she battled the coronavirus.
  It’s a lot to take in for a 23-year-old lifelong Mission Viejo resident, Dalirifar admits. But
  
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• Whicker: Maddon looks forward to a stripped-down season

  01-06-2020 18:40
  
  When he managed Tampa Bay and Chicago, Joe Maddon held “Legion Weeks.”
  The Rays and Cubs didn’t have to show up at 2 p.m., didn’t have to study printouts, didn’t have to watch videos and then hold meetings to deconstruct them, didn’t even have to take batting practice. Show up and play. Just like American Legion ball.
  Now Maddon is the idled manager of the Angels, his old school. He is waiting for an appetizer season of maybe 114 games, maybe fewer, maybe none
  
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• Get grub delivered tonight from Grubhub

  01-06-2020 18:38
  
  With the changes to the restaurant business, many locations have had to adapt. With this, we are seeing new restaurants offering pickup and delivery. We put together a list of some new grub spots to order from for delivery. Our favorite thing about Grubhub is their grading on reviews as well as questionnaires that tell you how good the food is, if your order is delivered on time, and if your order is correct. So whether you’re practicing social distancing at home, or want a snack for your
  
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• Trump slams governors as ‘weak,’ urges crackdown on protests

  01-06-2020 18:11
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and ALAN SUDERMAN
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump on Monday derided the nation’s governors as “weak” and demanded tougher crackdowns on protesters in the aftermath of another night of violent protests in dozens of American cities.
  Trump spoke to governors on a video teleconference with law enforcement and national security officials, telling the local leaders they “have to get much tougher” amid nationwide protests and
  
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• Al Dia’s ‘A Border Emergency’ newscast wins CSUF’s first student Emmy

  01-06-2020 17:58
  
  Al Dia, Cal State Fullerton’s student-produced Spanish-language newscast, has achieved a milestone for the university — a student Emmy.
  “A Border Emergency,” a 44-minute news magazine put together by eight students after a four-day trip to Tijuana and San Diego last year, was honored with the top prize for News at the 40th College Television Awards ceremony held virtually Saturday evening amid the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic and escalating unrest across the U.S. a
  
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• Man found shot to death in Santa Ana in suspected gang rivalry

  01-06-2020 17:55
  
  A man was found shot multiples times on a sidewalk in Santa Ana Sunday night and pronounced dead at the scene.
  It was just before 11 p.m. when police were called about the shooting at 1600 S. Evergreen St., police said Monday. That area is home to several multi-unit complexes.
  The victim’s name had not been released yet, pending family notification.
  Investigators suspect the shooting was the result of a gang rivalry, police said. They asked that anyone with information about the incident t
  
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• Kitchen pros say these are the tools and tips you need at home

  01-06-2020 17:52
  
  If you’ve settled in at home with plenty of groceries and a plan to cook more often amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, you’re not alone — pop on Instagram and you’ll see plenty of photos of home cooked meals, snacks and fresh baked bread.
  But what if you’re not the most experienced of cooks? If you’re wondering what tools you need most, or even just where to start, we’ve rounded up some advice from some Southern California kitchen store owners and empl
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Mater Dei boys swimming coach hopes this spring will give everyone ‘a new outlook on everything’

  01-06-2020 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.
  Ken Dory, Mater Dei boys swimming coach
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I’ve done more reading this spring than I have in my entire life. I love it! I’ve also been on track w
  
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• Disneyland surveys passholders about masks, temperature checks and health questionnaires

  01-06-2020 17:08
  
  Disneyland has begun surveying annual passholders about their feelings and opinions on potential COVID-19 health and safety protocols as the Anaheim theme park prepares to reopen following an extended coronavirus closure.
  Disneyland passholders were asked a series of survey questions about face masks, temperature checks at park entrances and pre-arrival health questionnaires, according to MiceChat.
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• Status Update: Stater Bros. opens new store Wednesday in Ladera Ranch

  01-06-2020 17:00
  
  Stater Bros. Markets is opening its first supermarket in Ladera Ranch, its 30th in Orange County, in a former Gelson’s Market at 25636 Crown Valley Parkway.
  The store opens at 7 a.m. Wednesday, June 3. Hours are daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., with 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays reserved for senior shoppers only.
  The new store will be led by store manager Maurice Saavedra who has worked with Stater Bros. for nearly 17 years, the company said.
  The 48,000-square-foot supermarket will
  
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• Status Update: Stater Bros. opens new store June 3 in Ladera Ranch

  01-06-2020 17:00
  
  Stater Bros. Markets is opening its first supermarket in Ladera Ranch, its 30th in Orange County, in a former Gelson’s Market at 25636 Crown Valley Parkway.
  The store opens at 7 a.m. Wednesday, June 3. Hours are daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., with 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays reserved for senior shoppers only.
  The new store will be led by store manager Maurice Saavedra who has worked with Stater Bros. for nearly 17 years, the company said.
  The 48,000-square-foot supermarket will
  
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• 2,000 Marines from Southern California deploy to the Middle East as crisis response force

  01-06-2020 15:42
  
  Units from Camp Pendleton’s 1st Marine Expeditionary Force have deployed to the Middle East, base officials announced on Monday, June 1.
  Four elements of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are now in Kuwait and will operate under U.S. Central Command, which oversee U.S. military in the Middle East. They will operate as a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response-Central Command.
  U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justice Greene, a team leader with Crisis Response Company, Sp
  
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• Coronavirus may cost Moreno Valley $20 million over two years in expenses and lost revenue

  01-06-2020 15:30
  
  The best case scenario for Moreno Valley, city officials say, is the loss of more than $9 million this fiscal year due to the coronavirus pandemic — and almost $10 million next year.
  The city’s third quarter financial summary, included in agenda materials for the Tuesday, June 2, Moreno Valley City Council meeting, shows that officials expect to lose about $9.3 million due to increased expenses and lost revenue this fiscal year, which ends June 30. And for next fiscal year, whic
  
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• Census field offices begin to reopen, aim to close the gap in lagging 2020 U.S. count

  01-06-2020 15:30
  
  Firefighter paramedics move a woman from a Toyota Prius to an ambulance where three people were injured Tuesday morning in a two-car traffic collision near UCI Medical Center in Orange. Tyler Shelgren competes in the overhead medley at the California Strongest Man Competition in Huntington Beach Saturday.SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds In this image taken from video provided by Anadolu Agency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media Saturday in Istanbul. Erdogan said t
  
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• Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged

  01-06-2020 14:12
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades.
  Trump spent nearly an hour in the bunker, which was designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks, according to a Republican close to the White House who was not authorized to publicly discuss private matters and spok
  
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• Unrest overshadows peaceful US protests for another night

  01-06-2020 07:21
  
  By ASHRAF KHALIL, AARON MORRISON and TIM SULLIVAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with peaceful demonstrations against police killings of black people overshadowed by unrest that ravaged cities from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and flared near the White House.
  City and state officials deployed thousands of National Guard soldiers, enacted strict curfews and shut down mass transit systems to slow protesters’ movements,
  
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• Report: MLB players offer 114-game season, but no new concessions on salary

  01-06-2020 06:43
  
  NEW YORK — Major League Baseball players ignored claims by clubs that they need to take additional pay cuts, instead proposing they receive a far higher percentage of salaries and  commit to a longer schedule as part of a counteroffer to start the coronavirus-delayed season.
  Players proposed a 114-game regular season Sunday, up from 82 in management’s offer, a person familiar with the plan told The Associated Press. Done that way, the World Series could extend past Thanksgiving.
  
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• South Coast Plaza won’t reopen Monday, as Costa Mesa goes to curfew

  01-06-2020 05:58
  
  Sometimes violent protests over the killing of a Minneapolis man at the hands of police forced the giant South Coast Plaza retail center to postpone its Monday, June 1 reopening from the coronavirus lockdown.
  “We are saddened by the recent events in our country and care deeply for the safety and well-being of our entire community,” the Costa Mesa mall’s website said. “Our June 1 reopening has been postponed and a new date will be announced soon.”
  The mall would not
  
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• NBA voices continue to swell in support of protests for George Floyd

  01-06-2020 05:35
  
  Amid a crowd of thousands making their way down an Atlanta street on Saturday afternoon, Jaylen Brown might’ve looked relatively anonymous among the masked crowd in his hometown.
  But the Celtics forward wasn’t anonymous or innocuous as he rallied protesters to a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., and helped lead the march.
  Internet video showed Brown holding a sign that read “I CAN’T BREATHE.” It’s a sentiment being shared around the NBA, from playe
  
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• Peaceful protests, looting, arrests grow across Southern California in wake of George Floyd killing

  01-06-2020 04:28
  
  Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear a sit-in protest for the killing of George Floyd on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020.
  (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
  Protesters outside Los Angeles City Hall, Sunday, May 31, 2020 in response to George Floyd’s death. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsProtesters and counter-protesters clashed near the Huntington Beach
  
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• Small Laguna Beach demonstration opposes racism, marks death of George Floyd

  01-06-2020 04:05
  
  A small demonstration was held in Laguna Beach on Sunday to mark the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd.
  A little more than a dozen protesters gathered in front of Main Beach Park in Laguna Beach.
  No police were present and a constant stream of drivers honked their support.
  Olando Edie, who held a sign reading “This is where we are but this isn’t where we’ll be,” said he was heartened by the reaction of beachgoers.
  “It’s reassuring man, for the future,&rdquo
  
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• Laguna Beach demonstration opposes racism, marks death of George Floyd

  01-06-2020 04:05
  
  A small demonstration was held in Laguna Beach on Sunday to mark the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd.
  A group of protesters gathered in front of Main Beach Park in Laguna Beach.
  No police were present and a constant stream of drivers honked their support.
  Olando Edie, who held a sign reading “This is where we are but this isn’t where we’ll be,” said he was heartened by the reaction of beachgoers.
  “It’s reassuring man, for the future,” Edie said. &ld
  
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• Christo, artist known for massive, fleeting displays, dies

  01-06-2020 03:55
  
  By LINDSEY BAHR
  NEW YORK (AP) — Christo, known for massive, ephemeral public arts projects died Sunday at his home in New York. He was 84.
  His death was announced on Twitter and the artist’s web page. No cause was given.
  Along with late wife Jeanne-Claude, the artists’ careers were defined by their ambitious art projects that quickly disappeared soon after they were erectedthat andoften involved wrapping large structures in fabric. In 2005, he installed more than 7,500 saffron-
  
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• Hundreds protest George Floyd’s death for a second night in Santa Ana

  01-06-2020 03:46
  
  As demonstrations in Huntington Beach, San Clemente and elsewhere seemed to be winding down, protesters in two groups held what started as peaceful gatherings in Santa Ana Sunday evening, a few hours before a 10 p.m. curfew was to go into effect citywide.
  A smaller group, which Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna estimated to be about 100 people, stood outside the Old Orange County Courthouse holding signs that read “I can’t breathe” and chanting, “No justice, no peace
  
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