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• Beloved Garden Grove baseball coach, mentor Jim Rawls dies after battle with cancer

  02-06-2020 23:45
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFormer Garden Grove High baseball coach Jim Rawls, who led the Argonauts to the playoffs in each of his 25 seasons, died Sunday after about a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Sara, and, Ricardo Cepeda, the school’s coach.
  Cepeda played baseball for Rawls, 76, in the late 1990s and remembered his mentor as a giving man who helped players prepare for life.
  “He really had a
  
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• As other casinos reopen, here’s why Augustine Casino remains closed

  02-06-2020 23:43
  
  While many tribal-owned casinos across Southern California have flipped on their slot machines and opened the doors to customers, Augustine Casino is taking a wait-and-see approach.
  The casino — a relatively small property compared to some of its Coachella Valley neighbors — is targeting a mid-June reopening date as officials monitor the progress of reopening other area casinos.
  “We don’t want to rush into anything. We feel like we have a good plan, but we want to make su
  
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• Coronavirus: 150 deaths, more than 6,500 positive tests in Orange County as of June 2

  02-06-2020 23:40
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported another 100 people have tested positive for the virus as of Tuesday, June 2.
  The total cases reported in the county since the start of testing in March is 6,574. The average number of new cases for the past seven days is 151 a day.
  Of the 6,574 confirmed cases, 717 were residents in skilled nursing facilities and 379 were Orange County Jail inmates.
  Three more deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus, making the total number of people in the co
  
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• Universal Studios Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain want to reopen by July 1

  02-06-2020 23:22
  
  Universal Studios Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain want to reopen by July 1 and are ready to begin the reopening process immediately following nearly three months of coronavirus closures.
  A plan for reopening the Universal, Six Flags and Pacific Park theme parks was presented to the Economic Resiliency Task Force of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, June 2.
  “We would like approval to begin the reopening process immediately,” Universal Studios Hollywood pre
  
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• What’s that smell of fire? It is likely training at Camp Pendleton

  02-06-2020 23:10
  
  If you’re smelling smoke, likely it’s coming from an annual fire training school at Camp Pendleton.
  Fire agencies from across Southern California are setting and putting out live wildland fires. The training not only helps firefighters refine their skills, but benefits the Marines by clearing flammable vegetation from the areas where they train on Camp Pendleton’s vast ranges.
  The training began on Monday, June 1, and is expected to run through Friday.
  Participating departments
  
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• Demonstrators chant, carry placards in downtown Brea in protest of the killing of George Floyd

  02-06-2020 22:50
  
  More than 200 demonstrators chanted at the corner of Birch Street and Brea Boulevard in downtown Brea on Tuesday to protest the death of George Floyd.
  People held signs saying “Your silence is deafening” and “Enough is enough” and chanted “Black Lives Matter” and “George Floyd,” as cars honked in support.
  A few police officers stood near the crowd to keep the peace. Most businesses in the area were not boarded up.
  The Brea protest is one of several
  
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• Sandra Tsing Loh returns with new ‘Madwoman’ tale

  02-06-2020 22:39
  
  From a shabbily elegant Craftsman on a tree-lined street in Pasadena, the Madwoman is managing her quirky empire.
  Many know her as Sandra Tsing Loh, the “imaginatively twisted and fearless” (as one local newspaper called her) author, performer, and regular commentator on radio shows such as “Morning Edition,” “This American Life” and “Marketplace.”
  Variety once named Loh one of America’s 50 most influential comedians, and her solo stage shows
  
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• Where UCLA stands at quarterback entering the 2020 season

  02-06-2020 22:36
  
  When it comes to UCLA quarterbacks, Dorian Thompson-Robinson has run the Bruins’ show the past two seasons and will more than likely do it again in 2020.
  In what could be a make-or-break year for the Bruins’ coaching staff, Thompson-Robinson is expected to have a breakout season, but that’s only if he makes strides in becoming more consistent. UCLA will also need to rely on growing its depth in the quarterback group following the transfer of their go-to backup during spring pra
  
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• 5-star guard Skyy Clark organizes cleanup for ‘peace, love and unity’ in Downtown Nashville

  02-06-2020 22:15
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now.Skyy Clark was working to remove graffiti left behind from rioters on the walls of a courthouse Monday morning in Downtown Nashville. Switching from a pressure washer to a hand brush, a local police officer recognized Clark.
  “The police were very thankful and appreciative of the work we were doing,” Clark said. “Some officers asked where I went to school, I told them I played basketball at
  
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• 1787 Brasher Doubloon, first U.S. gold coin, could fetch $15 million

  02-06-2020 22:15
  
  By Josh Friedman, Bloomberg
  One of the world’s most coveted coins is coming to the market.
  The Brasher Doubloon, the first gold coin struck in the U.S., is being offered privately at a $15 million asking price, according to numismatic adviser Jeff Sherid. His firm, Los Angeles-based PCAG Inc., is marketing the coin on behalf of a collector he would only identify as a former Wall Street executive.
  The doubloon is dated 1787 — 11 years after the Declaration of Independence was sig
  
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• Nickelodeon briefly goes off air to honor George Floyd; some parents complain

  02-06-2020 22:00
  
  Nickelodeon, the cable TV channel devoted to children’s programming, briefly suspended programming on Monday to air a message expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement — a strategy that drew both praise and criticism.
  The scheduled interruption lasted for exactly 8 minutes and 46 seconds — reportedly the same amount of time a Minneapolis police officer had his knee on George Floyd’s neck. Floyd’s death on Memorial Day has sparked outrage and protest
  
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• NCAA argues in sex abuse case it has no legal duty to protect athletes

  02-06-2020 21:58
  
  The NCAA says it has no legal obligation to protect student athletes against sexual abuse, according to a U.S. District Court Northern District of California filing.
  The NCAA in the filing also said it will ask Judge Edward J. Davila in July to dismiss a class act suit filed by three former college track and field athletes that names the NCAA and the organization’s board of governors.
  Olympian Erin Aldrich and former Texas high jumpers Jessica Johnson and Londa Bevins allege in the suit fi
  
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• Doctor suspended for video shaming health-care workers sues St. Joseph Hospital

  02-06-2020 21:53
  
  A physician has filed a lawsuit challenging her suspension from St. Joseph Hospital for posting a Facebook video shaming health-care workers who failed to practice social distancing outside an Orange restaurant.
  The 38-page complaint, filed in Orange County Superior Court, says Dr. Ana Sanchez shot a March 27 video at Blue Bowl Superfoods to demonstrate a disregard for COVID-19 safety among some St. Joseph employees.
  “Dr. Sanchez recorded her encounter with the congregants because of her c
  
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• Bit by the shopping bug: Tustin Flea Market comes to life after three-month hibernation

  02-06-2020 21:48
  
  It was almost like old times, as treasure hunters happily poked through vintage clothing, heirloom jewelry, refurbished furniture and handmade garden decor.
  But the shoppers wore masks, while the vendors gave themselves wide berth from one another. Usually a standard treat, doughnuts and coffee were nowhere to be found.
  Antique toy seller Joe Johnson, who has sold at the Tustin Vintage Flea Market for the past 4 years, organizes a display of toy cars on Sunday, May 31, 2020 as the market resumed
  
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• Stonecliffe community in Trabuco Canyon holds a “pop-up” graduation ceremony

  02-06-2020 21:39
  
  Nearly two dozen residents of the Stonecliffe gated community in Trabuco Canyon had their own graduation ceremony on Friday, May 29, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
  A row of cars paraded around the neighborhood, with people holding up signs to celebrate the occasion. Parents handed out “diplomas” to their kids, and resident and Anaheim Ducks play-by-play announcer John Ahlers shared words of encouragement for the graduates.
  Students from the Stonecliffe neighborhood in Trabuco Cany
  
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• Garden Grove orders 6 pm curfew, Main Street owners board storefronts

  02-06-2020 21:29
  
  With a protest expected in Garden Grove on Wednesday, the city is declaring a two-night curfew, beginning tonight at 6 p.m.
  Residents are to stay off any public street, sidewalk, park or other public place from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. both Tuesday and Wednesday, and businesses remain closed.
  “We are asking for the public’s cooperation in following the curfew orders so we can ensure the safety of our community, our businesses, and our first responders,” Garden Grove City Manager Scott
  
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• Police report 25 arrests during Anaheim protests that drew hundreds

  02-06-2020 20:59
  
  Police arrested 25 people in Anaheim on Monday night during largely peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd that drew hundreds of demonstrators.
  The Anaheim Police Department reported Tuesday that 23 adults and two juveniles were arrested the previous evening related to the demonstrations.
  Eight were arrested on suspicion of curfew violations, 13 for failing to disperse the scene of an unlawful assembly, and four for conspiracy and burglary after police allege they were trying to loot t
  
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• Arrogate, North America’s richest racehorse, dies at 7

  02-06-2020 20:45
  
  Arrogate, winner of the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic and the champion 3-year-old male that year on his way to becoming North America’s all-time leading money earner, has died. He was seven.
  Juddmonte Farms said Arrogate was euthanized Tuesday after becoming ill. The Lexington, Kentucky, breeding farm said it was unclear what the illness was and a necropsy is planned.
  Juddmonte said Arrogate had been having a successful breeding season until last week when it was suspended because of wh
  
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• Biden blasts Trump’s ‘narcissism’ in new phase of campaign

  02-06-2020 20:32
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT
  PHILADELPHIA — Joe Biden mounted one of his most aggressive attacks against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, deriding the commander in chief’s disregard of core constitutional values and blistering him for being “more interested in power, than in principle.”
  “He thinks division helps him,” the presumptive Democratic nominee said in a speech at Philadelphia’s City Hall. “This narcissism has become more important
  
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• 4th Street Market gets a refresh for its soft reopening on Wednesday, June 3

  02-06-2020 20:31
  
  When foodies return to 4th Street Market for dining in on Wednesday, June 3, they’ll see a refreshed space.
  The entire market has been brushed up from the interior walls to key signage and the patio. Expect new garden walls, graphic murals and more. “We are excited about the revamp of the market,” said owner/founder Ryan Chase. “It’s been five years since we opened so we decided it was time to make some changes and freshen some things up.”
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• Curfews in place Tuesday night for these Southern California cities, counties

  02-06-2020 20:21
  
  These Southern California cities and counties will have curfews in place for Tuesday night, June 2, following unrest across the country after the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis.
  The earlier curfew supercedes the later ones for areas with overlapping orders.
  Los Angeles County
  Los Angeles County: 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday. An exception will be made for people voting in special elections in the City of Commerce or Pico Rivera.Beverly Hills: From 1 p.m. until 5:30
  
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• Curfews in place Tuesday night for these Southern California cities

  02-06-2020 20:21
  
  These Southern California cities and counties will have curfews in place for Tuesday night, June 2, following unrest across the country after the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis.
  The earlier curfew supercedes the later ones for areas with overlapping orders.
  Los Angeles County
  Los Angeles County: 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday. An exception will be made for people voting in special elections in the City of Commerce or Pico Rivera.Beverly Hills: From 1 p.m. until 5:30
  
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• COVID should spur needed cultural and policy changes on public health

  02-06-2020 20:10
  
  Common-sense steps we should have taken years ago are becoming evident as we enter our fifth month of response to the global coronavirus health crisis.
  For years, we saw photos and videos of people in China and Japan wearing masks in public, and many of us just filed that away as a cultural difference. No, it was a common-sense health step that Americans would have done well to emulate.
  Before the recent crisis, we often encountered someone sneezing on a bus or airplane, often right next to us,
  
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• Fantasy Springs Resort Casino reopens after coronavirus closure

  02-06-2020 20:08
  
  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio reopened Tuesday, June 2, after closing for more than two months due to the novel coronavirus, according to a news release from the resort.
  The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians announced that it had opened Fantasy Springs’ casino, its quick service restaurants and its golf course with a list of health and safety guidelines. Spokesman Michael Felci said the resort opened around 8 a.m. Tuesday.
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• U.S. house price drop forecast by next April

  02-06-2020 20:04
  
  Nine years of annual home in price gains are expected to come to an end by next April, according to the forecast by CoreLogic, although prices are projected to continue rising locally.
  The Southern California-based real estate data firm predicted Tuesday, June 2, that U.S. home prices will drop 1.3% year over year by April 2021.
  The forecast predicted price drops will occur in 41 states, with the biggest declines occurring in areas hit by downturns in tourism and oil and gas.
  “The very low
  
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• Looting and criminality do not honor George Floyd: Ron Hart

  02-06-2020 20:03
  
  “CNN…stop feeding fears and anger, every day.” – Rapper Killer Mike
  The aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, a murder that no one in America can excuse and which we all condemn, has included violence and looting.  But violence and looting do not honor Floyd’s memory, nor do they change anything.
  Apparently the way many show respect for George Floyd is to break a window of a Nike store and steal Air Jordans — not exactly what Dr. King would ha
  
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• Feeling unsafe? California ranks 20th most dangerous state

  02-06-2020 20:00
  
  With public safety top of mind these days, let’s look at a new ranking that scores California poorly among states for the most secure places to live.
  The financial information website WalletHub graded U.S. states on a collection of crime, health, transportation, demographic and financial measurements, gauging how they compare in “safety” — not just personal or residential security but safety for finances, travel, on the job and emergency preparedness.
  California ranked 20
  
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• Confederate monuments targeted by protests come down

  02-06-2020 19:32
  
  By JAY REEVES
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— The base of a massive Confederate monument in Alabama’s largest city was all that remained Tuesday after crews dismantled the towering obelisk and trucked it away in pieces. Other symbols came down elsewhere, leaving an empty pedestal and a bare flagpole.
  Workers hired by the city of Birmingham began removing the top portion of the 115-year-old monument from Linn Park late Monday. By daybreak, the pedestal was the only thing left, covered with graffiti
  
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• Radio: Does the lockdown mean good things for radio?

  02-06-2020 18:22
  
  There was some good news for the radio industry recently: According to one survey, radio listening during the pandemic-related lockdown has rebounded somewhat, and it was the only mass media to show an increase outside of video streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu.
  In some ways it makes sense. After an initial bout of watching television programs and cable news, I tired of the repetition (and let’s face it, depressing news abounds) of so many programs and news channels. So moving to
  
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• One-third of America’s record unemployment payout hasn’t arrived

  02-06-2020 18:20
  
  By Shawn Donnan and Catarina Saraiva, Bloomberg
  Almost one-third of unemployment benefits estimated to be owed to the millions of Americans who lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus slump haven’t been paid yet, as flagship policies struggle to cope with the unprecedented wave of layoffs.
  The Treasury disbursed $146 billion in unemployment benefits in the three months through May, according to data published Monday — more than in the whole of 2009, when jobless rates peaked a
  
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• Corona del Mar’s John Humphreys, Huntington Beach’s Xolani Hodel named O.C. athletes of the year by athletic directors

  02-06-2020 18:15
  
  Corona del Mar wide receiver John Humphreys has been selected the Ken Fagans Male Athlete of the Year by county athletic directors. (File photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
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  Corona del Mar wide receiver John Humphreys and Huntington Beach volleyball/track and field athlete Xolani Hodel have been selected Orange County athletes of the year for 2019-20 by county athletic directors.
  Humphreys and Hodel each signed with Stanford for football and beach volley
  
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• Day 6 Photos: George Floyd protests continue in Southern California

  02-06-2020 17:35
  
  Protesters take over the intersection of Victory and Van Nuys Boulevards on Monday, June 1, 2020 to demand justice for George Floyd in Van Nuys. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Protesters take over the intersection of Victory and Van Nuys Boulevards on Monday, June 1, 2020 to demand justice for George Floyd in Van Nuys. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA looter leaves a Boost store on Van Nuys Boulevard on Mo
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Kennedy swimming coach misses the ‘youthful energy’ that filled the school

  02-06-2020 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.
  Eric Corona, Kennedy swimming
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: The online teaching has kept me busy. This is not something I was familiar with in March and I had to learn it on the fly. T
  
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• Fire damages Costa Mesa business-complex units

  02-06-2020 16:49
  
  An early Tuesday fire damaged several units in a single-story commercial complex in Costa Mesa, fire authorities said.
  The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. at 1515 MacArthur Blvd., said Capt. Joseph Noceti of the Costa Mesa Fire Department.
  “There was someone on site who called it in,” Noceti said. “When (firefighters) got there, it was burning through the roof.”
  It took 63 firefighters about 20 minutes to get the fire under control. At least three units were burned whi
  
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• These 65 photos from May are our Orange County photographers’ favorites

  02-06-2020 16:48
  
  Graduates celebrates as they join hundreds of fellow Los Alamitos High School seniors in a car parade through Rossmoor in unincorporated Orange County, CA, on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The Graduation Celebration Parade was organized by The Rossmoor Homeowner’s Association and twisted its way past four elementary schools.(Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Air Force’s Thunderbirds demonstration team flies over Anaheim and various medical facilities in Southern Cal
  
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• When people don’t feel heard, protests can turn into riots and more, experts say

  02-06-2020 16:44
  
  The fire department puts out an arson blaze in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020.(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
  Watching images of buildings on fire, shattered storefronts and armfuls of impulsively snatched merchandise stirs a sense of déjà vu for Bob Taylor.
  The retired Los Angeles Police Department commander saw the 1992 riots so up-close a rock smashed his patrol car windshield.
  “It’s sadly reminiscent,” Taylor said. “I just saw on
  
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• When people don’t feel heard, protests can turn into riots and more

  02-06-2020 16:44
  
  The fire department puts out an arson blaze in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020.(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
  Watching images of buildings on fire, shattered storefronts and armfuls of impulsively snatched merchandise stirs a sense of déjà vu for Bob Taylor.
  The retired Los Angeles Police Department commander saw the 1992 riots so up-close a rock smashed his patrol car windshield.
  “It’s sadly reminiscent,” Taylor said. “I just saw on
  
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• Disneyland wants to deliver Monte Cristo sandwiches and Dole Whips to your home

  02-06-2020 16:30
  
  Disneyland foodies who have been craving Monte Cristo sandwiches, Mickey Mouse-shaped Beignets, Churro Toffee and Dole Whips during the coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park may someday be able to get their culinary favorites delivered directly to their home.
  Disneyland annual passholders who were asked a series of survey questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic were thrown a curveball query about home delivery of Disneyland food and beverages, according to MiceChat.
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• Pandemic panic: Would Tustin Greek restaurant have to close?

  02-06-2020 16:00
  
  Goodbyes are important.
  That’s what Katrina Munoz told her daughter when she took her to Christakis Greek Cuisine on March 16. In tears, Katrina walked 2-year-old Samantha through the old place saying goodbye to pictures on the walls. One of the owners (along with her sister Sarah and brother Michael), Katrina was at home when she got the news that a lockdown was about to go into effect.
  Christakis couldn’t survive the economic fallout, could it?
  She felt like she had to go visit the
  
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• Successful Aging: Why has the pandemic caused me to procrastinate?

  02-06-2020 15:39
  
  Q. I have become a professional procrastinator. Since the virus and being self-quarantined, there is no urgency in my life; no one expects anything from me and I have nowhere to go. As a successful semi-retired businesswoman, my life was full and busy doing things for my business, interacting with customers and seeing my grandchildren. I miss the rides to the city, my grandchildren’s baseball games and the summer plans taking them to the Hollywood Bowl. My book group no longer meets; I sta
  
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• America needs a lesson from Disneyland’s Project Stardust

  02-06-2020 15:33
  
  Almost everyone gets to a point in their lives when they realize that they need to make some changes. Maybe it’s a better diet, a new job or thinking more carefully about how they treat other people.
  Businesses are no different. The market changes, and businesses must to adapt to survive. A little over a year ago, Disneyland invited me out to tour the park before opening so executives could show off their new “Project Stardust.” That was Disneyland’s effort to make change
  
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• Showdown: Law-and-order president versus protesters

  02-06-2020 14:14
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, TIM SULLIVAN and AARON MORRISON
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump vowed to deploy the military to “dominate the streets” of America and federal forces followed his lead, aggressively clearing a Washington park of protesters with tear gas so he could walk to a church and pose with a Bible. Across the nation, cities were engulfed in more violence and destruction.
  In New York City, nonviolent demonstrations were punctuated by people smashing storefro
  
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• 7 states, D.C. vote amid coronavirus pandemic, social unrest

  02-06-2020 14:09
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES
  Voters are being asked to navigate curfews, health concerns and a sharp increase in mail balloting on Tuesday as elections take place from Maryland to Montana.
  Four states were originally scheduled to vote in April but delayed their contests because of the coronavirus outbreak. Pennsylvania offers the day’s biggest trove of delegates and represents a high-profile test case for Republicans and Democrats working to strengthen their operations in one of the most important gen
  
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• Norco ’80, finale: Careers ruined, police tactics changed by bank robbery and gun battle

  02-06-2020 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 14On July 13, 1980, just over two months after the Norco bank robbery, the Riverside Press-Enterprise began a four-part exposé titled “Staying Alive.” Ostensibly an exploration of lessons learned from the Norco bank robbery, the opening lines of the first article clearly announced what it was really about:
  Riverside sheriff’s deputies are angry. And
  
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• It’s not just rage at racism, but also economic inequality

  02-06-2020 14:00
  
  For decades, academics warned that the ever-widening income gap in America could have dire consequences for California and the rest of the nation unless someone did something about it. Nothing happened.
  Then came the wholly unjustified police killing of the African American Minneapolis resident George Floyd, touching off protests from coast to coast, from near the Canadian border to near the Mexican border. The protests broke out in Seattle and Phoenix, in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco,
  
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• Protests, looting continue in Southern California as new week begins

  02-06-2020 07:05
  
  Protests for racial equality, woven between bouts of looting and vandalism by opportunists, continued Monday as Southern California residents started to pick up the pieces from a destructive weekend.
  Monday marked the sixth day of nationwide unrest over the death of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. Floyd, who was accused of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a corner convenience store, was killed when fired Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.
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• SoCal athletes, teams share thoughts on aftermath of George Floyd’s killing

  02-06-2020 05:28
  
  Southern California athletes and sports teams use social media to release statements and share opinions in response to George Floyd’s death and the aftermath:
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    Statement from the LA Sparks:  Statement from the LA Galaxy: Statement from the Los Angeles Rams: Statement from the Los Angeles Football Club: A full statement from Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers:  Lonzo Ball, a Chino Hills High alumnus and forme
  
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• Ex-OC attorney accused of killing wife on cruise ship denies she had proof he committed fruad

  02-06-2020 05:28
  
  An ex-Orange County attorney accused of killing an ex-wife on an Italian cruise ship denied that the woman had discovered evidence of his committing fraud, as his testimony continued Monday, June 1, in his ongoing murder trial.
  Lonnie Kocontes has testified to waking up to find his second wife, Micki Kanesaki, missing while the two were on the Island Escape cruise ship on the Mediterranean Sea in May 2006, denying allegations by prosecutors that he strangled Kanesaki and threw her body overboard
  
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• Ex-OC attorney accused of killing wife on cruise ship denies she had proof he committed fraud

  02-06-2020 05:28
  
  An ex-Orange County attorney accused of killing an ex-wife on an Italian cruise ship denied that the woman had discovered evidence of his committing fraud, as his testimony continued Monday, June 1, in his ongoing murder trial.
  Lonnie Kocontes has testified to waking up to find his second wife, Micki Kanesaki, missing while the two were on the Island Escape cruise ship on the Mediterranean Sea in May 2006, denying allegations by prosecutors that he strangled Kanesaki and threw her body overboard
  
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• Curfew, police presence seem to discourage protest in Costa Mesa near South Coast Plaza

  02-06-2020 05:09
  
  Ahead of an advertised protest at Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza Monday night, June 1, a handful of people showed up to find some of the stores boarded up and the mall surrounded by police.
  Hoping to prevent any problems with vandalism or looting that have been seen in other cities, Costa Mesa officials barricaded the 405 freeway ramps to South Coast Plaza and shopping mall parking lots in the area.
  A handful of people protest at Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza on Monday night. (Photo
  
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