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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, June 5

  04-06-2020 23:53
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, June 5 for racing at Santa Anita.
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• Fountain Valley demonstrators take a knee in George Floyd protest

  04-06-2020 23:22
  
  About 200 demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd stood along the edge of Mile Square Regional Park in Fountain Valley on Thursday, June 4, holding signs up to traffic.
  The protesters chanted, “No justice, no peace,” “Black Lives Matter,” “Say his name, George Floyd,” and “Say her name, Breonna Taylor,” as cars passed by shortly after 1 p.m., some honking in support. The demonstrators were at the corner of Edinger Avenue and Euclid Stree
  
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• Where UCLA stands at WR and TE entering the 2020 season

  04-06-2020 22:45
  
  Losing a handful of passing targets to the transfer portal and with Devin Asiasi choosing to forgo his senior season for the NFL, the Bruins’ stock at wide receiver and tight end entering the 2020 season shows limited experience and lack of depth.
  Here’s a breakdown of UCLA’s wide receiver and tight end position groups heading into the summer:
  On the roster
  At the top of the Bruins’ list for starters at the receiver position is Kyle Phillips. The San Marcos High alum is c
  
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• Gambling returns to Las Vegas after historic casino closure

  04-06-2020 22:41
  
  By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press
  The casino coronavirus closure has ended. Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and slot machines flashed and jingled for the first customers who started gambling again early Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada.
  “The past few months have presented our city with an unprecedented challenge,” said Derek Stevens, owner of two downtown Las Vegas casinos that were shuttered along with all gambling establishments in March. “We are excited
  
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• Historic Villa Rockledge estate in Laguna Beach sells for $12.5 million, half-off listing price

  04-06-2020 22:34
  
  A cliff-side Mediterranean Revival-style compound in Laguna Beach, known for many years as Mariona and later Villa Rockledge, has sold for $12.5 million.
  The figure is about a 54% decrease from the last asking price of $27 million.
  Property records show an Idaho limited liability company with a Chino Hills address linked to business power player Ed Mylett,  who has a net worth of $400 million, is the buyer.
  Mylett, 49, is a best-selling author, keynote speaker and co-founder of an invitatio
  
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• COVID-19 cases in Laguna Woods remain few; lawn bowling set to reopen Monday

  04-06-2020 22:01
  
  Village Management Services CEO Jeff Parker on Tuesday, June 2, announced that the number of daily COVID-19 cases for the county jumped from the prior week’s average of 157 to 213 on Monday.
  “That is something we’re going to want to continue to watch,” Parker said during his report at the regular Golden Rain Foundation meeting, noting the vulnerability of Laguna Woods Village’s senior community. Although cases are on the rise — including the highest number of
  
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• Can housing’s ‘economic injustice’ be fixed?

  04-06-2020 21:36
  
  If we’re going to be serious about lowering racial injustices, the nation’s uneven economic opportunities must also be discussed.
  Nationwide protesting following the death of a Minnesota black man in police custody raises a host of questions about racial inequality, including a widening wealth gap that’s very apparent in housing. Just look at who owns the home they live in, as measured by the Census Bureau.
  At the start of 2020, 65% of Americans were homeowners — down fro
  
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• Coronavirus: California unemployment claims rise in most recent week

  04-06-2020 21:31
  
  First-time claims for unemployment rose slightly in California during the most recent week, but longer-term patterns show job losses are dwindling statewide amid coronavirus-linked business shutdowns, federal officials reported Thursday.
  Initial unemployment claims totaled nearly 230,500 in California the week ended May 30, up 27,200 from the 203,200 claims filed the previous week by workers who had lost their jobs, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
  A longer-term measurement of unemploymen
  
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• `Get your knee off our necks!’: Floyd mourned in Minneapolis

  04-06-2020 21:04
  
  By AARON MORRISON and MATT SEDENSKY
  MINNEAPOLIS — Hollywood celebrities, musicians and political leaders gathered in front of the golden casket of George Floyd at a fiery memorial Thursday for the man whose death at the hands of police sparked global protests, with a civil rights leader declaring it is time for black people to demand, “Get your knee off our necks!”
  The service — the first in a series of memorials set for three cities over six days — unfolded at
  
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• Floyd eulogized at Minneapolis memorial in first of 3 events

  04-06-2020 21:04
  
  By AARON MORRISON, NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATT SEDENSKY
  MINNEAPOLIS — Hollywood celebrities, musicians and the politically powerful filed into a sanctuary in front of the golden casket of George Floyd for a memorial service Thursday as mourners began a three-city farewell to the man who was anonymous in life but sparked global protests for justice in death.
  The service was held at North Central University for the 46-year-old out-of-work bouncer, who died May 25 after a white police officer pu
  
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• Judge: $750,000 bail for 3 ex-officers accused in Floyd’s death

  04-06-2020 20:56
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI
  MINNEAPOLIS — A judge set bail at $750,000 apiece Thursday for three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, as a memorial service took place just blocks away.
  Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng made their first appearances in Hennepin County District Court as friends, relatives and celebrities gathered to memorialize Floyd in Minneapolis.
  The Minneapolis Police Department fired them last week, along wi
  
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• Risky mortgages back 10 weeks after dramatic crash

  04-06-2020 20:49
  
  It was all the rage before coronavirus.
  Mortgage lenders were funding deals that allowed everything from just listing liquid assets on the mortgage application with employment information being left blank. Another was 12 months of bank statement deposits as income proof alternative to tax returns. And, yet another example was bank and stock accounts being aggressively reformulated as high monthly returns to claim as monthly qualifying income.
  Ten weeks ago, with the full force of COVID-19 conver
  
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• Dozens in Tustin protest the death of George Floyd

  04-06-2020 20:08
  
  More than 35 people gathered at Peppertree Park in Old Town Tustin on Thursday, June 4, to call for the end to excessive use of force by police, especially against the people of color.
  The crowd observed 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence, symbolizing how long a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, on May 25 in Minneapolis.
  The event is one of several planned across Orange County and Southern California Thursday, continuing days of protests in res
  
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• About 40 people in Tustin protest the death of George Floyd

  04-06-2020 20:08
  
  About 40 people gathered at Peppertree Park in Old Town Tustin on Thursday, June 4, to call for the end to excessive use of force by police, especially against the people of color.
  The crowd observed 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence, symbolizing how long a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, on May 25 in Minneapolis.
  Speakers, including Tustin Mayor Allan Bernstein and Councilwoman Letitia Clark, then talked about the importance of peaceful pro
  
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• Review: Even during coronavirus crisis, Taco María shines bright

  04-06-2020 20:03
  
  Just before the lockdown order came in March, I dined again at Taco María in Costa Mesa. I ate poppyseed tostadas topped with Dungeness crab. They were exquisite. I enjoyed lamb birria infused with star anise and coffee. Chef Carlos Salgado had recently revamped the dining room with new banquettes that he built himself. The service was more polished than ever before, the wine pairings with each course even more sophisticated than I remembered from all previous visits. 
  Three days lat
  
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• Review: Even during a crisis, Taco María shines bright

  04-06-2020 20:03
  
  Just before the lockdown order came in March, I dined again at Taco María in Costa Mesa. I ate poppyseed tostadas topped with Dungeness crab. They were exquisite. I enjoyed lamb birria infused with star anise and coffee. Chef Carlos Salgado had recently revamped the dining room with new banquettes that he built himself. The service was more polished than ever before, the wine pairings with each course even more sophisticated than I remembered from all previous visits. 
  Three days lat
  
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• Curfews set Thursday night for Southern California cities

  04-06-2020 19:47
  
  These Southern California cities will have curfews in place for Thursday night, June 4, following unrest across the country after the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis.
  Los Angeles County, which has had curfews for the past few days, is not planning to issue a countywide curfew for Thursday.
  RELATED LINK: ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the curfews
  RELATED LINK: Officials say the curfews are working to help police focus on mayhem
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• Morning protest in Anaheim starts another day of demonstrations

  04-06-2020 19:35
  
  A group of people from the Pacific Islander community gathered in Anaheim on Thursday morning to demonstrate against police brutality and the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
  It came on the heels of several days of protests in Orange County and nationwide. Thursday’s protest was near Anaheim City Hall, which was the site of peaceful demonstrations the day before.
  It began at about 9:30 a.m. with people congregating at Carnegie Plaza in the Center Street Promenade area. Ci
  
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• Social distancing from my fridge and other pandemic challenges

  04-06-2020 19:26
  
  These are difficult times.
  My to-do list written throughout the years for that time I’d be free for chores and projects is now at the Smithsonian, a historic relic next to Pinocchio’s early promises.
  For some, the days are leisurely. For me, since my refrigerator knows my name, my step counter stepped out the door from exhaustion. At first, this appliance would say, “Hey Jan, come take a look. You don’t have to pick anything, just look.”
  Then it would taunt me to ta
  
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• Patio tables are suddenly the best seats in the house in the coronavirus era

  04-06-2020 19:04
  
  Too cold in winter, too hot in summer, hard metal chairs and battles with bees, flies and seagulls. Outdoor tables weren’t always the first choice at local restaurants but because the novel coronavirus is airborne, dining al fresco is now all the rage.
  “Honestly, I think we’re going to make Southern California look like Italy where you eat outside all the time,”  said restaurateur Bruno Serato. That’s what he discovered the very first night he reopened the Anah
  
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• Master Gardener: Is it too late to plant roses?

  04-06-2020 18:46
  
  Q: I live in Costa Mesa and I would like to know if it’s too late to plant the white rose bushes I see all around OC?
  A: In Southern California, it’s never too late to plant rosebushes. The popular “Iceberg” roses are super hardy and will rebloom without constant deadheading. They are also available in pink and burgundy flowered varieties.
  If you want to plant any perennials, it’s a good idea to do it sooner rather than later. June is still reasonably mild (at least
  
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• NBA approves 22-team return in Orlando starting July 31

  04-06-2020 18:45
  
  The NBA’s board of governors voted 29-1 on Thursday to approve the league’s proposal for a 22-team format to restart the season in Orlando, Florida, on July 31, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Portland was the only team to vote against the plan, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
  The resumption of play will mark the end to a complicated hiatus that began when play was abruptly suspended March 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  In a conference call Th
  
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• Henry Rollins talks KCRW radio show, playing bad guys, and his favorite vampire and Wolfman

  04-06-2020 18:42
  
  Henry Rollins is one of the nicest guys ever to be typecast as the bad guy.
  And that’s just fine, says the punk rock renaissance man whose CV includes everything from fronting the Rollins Band — and before that, Black Flag — to author, spoken-word performer, radio show host and movie villain.
  “With full honestly, I’m just glad for the work,” says Rollins, whose new movie “Dreamland” arrived this week. “Because I’ve not been to acting cl
  
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• Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary, defying a police ban

  04-06-2020 17:55
  
  By ZEN SOO and KEN MORITSUGU
  HONG KONG — Thousands of people in Hong Kong defied a police ban Thursday evening, breaking through barricades to hold a candlelight vigil on the 31st anniversary of China’s crushing of a democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
  With democracy snuffed out in the mainland, the focus has shifted increasingly to semi-autonomous Hong Kong, where authorities for the first time banned the annual vigil that remembers victims of the 1989 c
  
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• Residents, students and groups step up to help others during the pandemic … bravo!

  04-06-2020 17:46
  
  Brea Olinda High School Robotics Team 7157 stays active while sheltered at home. Team leader Elin Jang helps to produce 1,000 face shields. (Photo by Eric Eichinger)
  Bob Sandelman, of San Clemente, displays his origami cranes. (Photo courtesy of Bob Sandelman)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMission Hospital workers in Maskateer masks. The masks were sewn by Stephanie Hoang of Fountain Valley, whose mask-making initiative has spread nationwide. (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Hoang)
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• The Eat Index: OC: Which OC steakhouse sells the best meat? 🥩

  04-06-2020 17:37
  
  The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here.Main Course
   
  30-ounce dry-aged ribeye from Water Grill in Costa Mesa (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Steaks may be in short supply at your local grocery store due to the meat shortage, but one place where that’s not the rule is at top tier steakhouses. When the coronavirus lockdown first began, those restaurants pivoted to become temporary retail butcher shops.
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Foothill swimming coach was confident team was going to have ‘a great season’

  04-06-2020 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.
  Jim Brumm, Foothill boys swimming
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I’m adapting pretty good. I have been spending a lot of time with my wife Becky and daughter Meagan. Our older dau
  
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• Market heating up after two-month coronavirus chill

  04-06-2020 17:00
  
  The peak selling market in Southern California typically starts on Superbowl Sunday each year and extends through May.  But with the onset of the stay-at-home orders in mid-March to contain the virus, the housing market was thrown on its ear.
  Now that we are proceeding with the re-opening of our economy, the weather is warming up, and folks have spent their down time home shopping on every website they can find, demand is ramping up once again.
  Let’s review where we are with the data.
  
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• Drew Brees apologizes for flag comments: ‘Completely missed the mark’

  04-06-2020 16:55
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees apologized Thursday for comments that were “insensitive and completely missed the mark” when he reiterated his opposition to Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem in 2016, drawing sharp criticism from fellow high-profile athletes and others in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
  Los Angeles Lakers great LeBron James, New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins and former NFL player Martellus Bennett were just some of the high-pr
  
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• These tropical fruit trees and plants are thriving at a Southern California nursery

  04-06-2020 16:06
  
  It’s amazing what you can do with a third of an acre of land.
  Take Alex Silber, for example. On a piece of ground this size, he is growing 52 exotic fruit trees, shrubs, and vines, 9 exotic herbs and spices, and 4 pitaya cactus or dragon fruit species — red, pink, yellow, and white, with the yellow one being the rarest and sweetest of the lot. He is growing these mostly tropical species not only for his own enjoyment but to sell to the public as well.
  You can visit him on the grounds
  
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• Southern California theme parks will count on locals and passholders once they reopen

  04-06-2020 15:33
  
  Southern California theme parks targeting a July 1 reopening following extended coronavirus closures will have to rely more than ever on a steady if restricted flow of attendance from locals and passholders.
  The timing could be perfect for Southern Californians wary of expensive trips and in need of escapist fun as the economy slowly reopens amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s the
  
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• 1.9 million seek U.S. jobless aid even as reopenings slow layoffs

  04-06-2020 15:28
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
  WASHINGTON — Nearly 1.9 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many employers are still cutting jobs even as the gradual reopening of businesses has slowed the pace of layoffs.
  The total number of people who are receiving jobless aid rose slightly to 21.5 million, down from a peak of nearly 25 million two weeks ago but still at a historically high level. It shows that scattered rehiring is offsetting only some of the ongoing la
  
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• Sacramento’s latest bid to undercut legislative transparency

  04-06-2020 15:15
  
  Four years ago, despite fierce opposition from Democratic politicians, California voters passed Proposition 54, a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to be more transparent.
  Nearly two-thirds of the state’s voters backed Proposition 54, which requires final versions of legislative bills to be in print and online at least 72 hours before final votes. It also requires the Legislature to make audiovisual recordings of its meetings and place them online within 24 hours.
  It
  
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• Families agonize waiting for nursing homes to reopen for visitors amid coronavirus outbreak.

  04-06-2020 15:00
  
  When Jackie Saldana saw her 77-year-old father for the last time on March 13, the Glenhaven Healthcare nursing home in Glendale was just days away from locking its doors to the public to protect patients from the novel coronavirus.
  At the time, Ricardo Saldana was in stable condition undergoing long-term care for a stroke he suffered in 2014. But within weeks, his daughter learned the nursing home had placed a resident who had been exposed to the virus in the same room with her father.
  By April
  
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• Aliso Niguel High School’s class of 2020 celebrates with cap-and-gown pickup parade

  04-06-2020 14:53
  
  Hailey Jamora, a graduate of Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, shoots confetti into the air as she passes by teachers at the school following a cap-and-gown pickup event on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Music played through loudspeakers as students drove through various stations while teachers waved signs and cheered during the celebration. A formal graduation ceremony is still under consideration due to the pandemic. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Spanish teachers Rebe
  
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• Protests turn subdued after new charges in Floyd case

  04-06-2020 14:06
  
  By NOMAAN MERCHANT, AMY FORLITI and TIM SULLIVAN
  MINNEAPOLIS  — Demonstrations in cities across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but turned notably more subdued on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George Floyd that kicks off a series of events to mourn the man whose death empowered a national movement.
  The calmer protests came on the same day that prosecutors charged three more police officers and filed a new, tougher charge against the officer at
  
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• Anaheim man, formerly a Long Beach physician assistant, gets 18 months for illegal distribution of narcotics

  04-06-2020 10:39
  
  LOS ANGELES — A former Long Beach physician assistant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months behind bars and a year of home confinement for diverting dangerous narcotics to the black market.
  Gabriel Hernandez, 59, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Christine Snyder to pay a $13,000 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
  Hernandez, who worked at a Long Beach pain management clinic known as Vortex Wellness & Aesthetics, pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge of dis
  
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• Orange County athletes use social media to speak out against racism in wake of George Floyd’s death

  04-06-2020 08:59
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei’s Devin Askew is the Orange County boys basketball player of the year for the 2019-20 season. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
  Twin brothers Cassius, left, and Caine Savage on the football field at Western High School in Anaheim on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. The brothers signed letters of intent with San Diego State and Utah. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Regi
  
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• Orange County athletes speak out on social media against racism in wake of George Floyd death

  04-06-2020 08:59
  
  Protests at community parks, in front of government buildings and on city streets aren’t the only places in Southern California that young people are expressing their feelings about the death of George Floyd and equality in America.
  Some of Orange County’s most well-known high athletes also have made their voices heard on social media since the unarmed Floyd died in Minneapolis at the hands of police on May 25.
  Rosary point guard Asia Avinger, The Register’s player of the year
  
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• Orange County athletes speak out on social media about racism, equality in wake of George Floyd death

  04-06-2020 08:59
  
  Protests at community parks, in front of government buildings and on city streets aren’t the only places in Southern California that young people are expressing their feelings about the death of George Floyd and equality in America.
  Some of Orange County’s most well-known high athletes also have made their voices heard on social media since the unarmed Floyd died in Minneapolis at the hands of police on May 25.
  Rosary point guard Asia Avinger, The Register’s player of the year
  
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• ACLU sues Los Angeles, LA County and San Bernardino to stop curfews

  04-06-2020 08:38
  
  LOS ANGELES — Calling the curfews imposed throughout Southern California “draconian,” the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and individual journalists, protesters and others against Los Angeles, Los Angeles County and the city of San Bernardino.
  The ACLU claims in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles that the curfews are a violation of the First Amendment because they suppress all political protest
  
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• Police investigate after man brandishes gun during George Floyd protest in Newport Beach

  04-06-2020 07:30
  
  Police were investigating after a man involved in a verbal altercation near the Newport Beach Pier brandished a firearm amidst a protest against police violence Wednesday, June 3.
  The incident took place at 3:23 p.m. near 30th Street and Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach Police Department officials said in a news release. The suspect was arguing with at least one other person, then drew a handgun from a backpack before leaving the area.
  Footage recorded by a witness in a passing vehicle and poste
  
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• Hoornstra: A call for teams to act as civic institutions, not big businesses, for five months

  04-06-2020 06:19
  
  If professional sports teams sell hope, baseball stands alone as the most hopeless sport in North America.
  Negotiations to begin a 2020 season are going sideways at best. The Major League Baseball Players’ Association formally proposed a 114-game regular season Sunday. MLB team owners want a shorter season, reportedly close to 50 games, before the playoffs begin. Wednesday, multiple outlets reported that owners are not interested in countering the 114-game proposal. Commissioner Rob Manfre
  
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• Mission Viejo All-County center JT Hand decides to follow father’s footsteps at Arizona

  04-06-2020 05:12
  
  Mission Viejo All-County center JT Hand is ready to follow his father’s footsteps at the next level.
  The junior offensive lineman recently committed to Arizona, where his father, Bryan, played guard from 1992-96.
  “I’ve grown up going to Arizona games ever since I was little,” Hand said Wednesday of his decision. “The coaches feel like family and I know (offensive line coach Kyle) DeVan can get me to the next level. It just feels like home there.”
  Hand (6-3, 29
  
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• Curfews don’t send all protesters home, but officials say they work

  04-06-2020 04:59
  
  Sweeping curfews continue to be declared across Southern California as officials scramble to prevent peaceful protests of the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer from becoming exhibitions of looting and vandalism.
  But are the curfews working?
  “I think that it works in some cases, in others it does not,” said San Bernardino County Supervisor Josie Gonzales, who represents several cities that have declared curfews in recent days.
  Several law enforcement
  
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• Outside Lands 2020: What’s the latest news on the festival?

  04-06-2020 04:57
  
  Bay Area music fans might still be trying to hold onto the old saying “no news is good news.”
  For that might mean that everything is OK with their beloved Outside Lands, given that organizers remain silent on the fate of this year’s festival.
  Yet, given everything that’s going on with the coronavirus pandemic, it’s increasingly looking like a real long shot that the show will indeed go on as originally planned.
  Judging solely by the festival’s website, sfoutsi
  
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• Ex-defense chief Mattis rips Trump for dividing Americans

  04-06-2020 03:53
  
  By KEVIN FREKING
  WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary rebuke, former defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed use of military force to quell protests near the White House and said his former boss was setting up a “false conflict” between the military and civilian society.
  “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis wrote.
  The criticism was all the more remarkable because Mattis ha
  
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• Little damage reported from 5.5 temblor in Mojave Desert that was felt in Southern California

  04-06-2020 03:48
  
  The largest aftershock to date from the July 5, 2019 earthquake — that terrified residents of Mojave Desert towns and caused significant damage — struck that region Wednesday, June 3.
  The magnitude 5.5 earthquake was felt in Southern California and beyond. Minor damage was reported.
  The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 6:32 p.m. and was centered 10 miles south of Searles Valley, east of the Kern County city of Ridgecrest. The agency received reports of people feeling
  
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• Dana Rohrabacher begins lobbying for startup that’s trying to cure coronavirus

  04-06-2020 03:48
  
  Orange County’s longest-serving former congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, is now lobbying Vice President Mike Pence on behalf of a biotechnology startup led by veteran GOP operatives who say they’re developing a therapy that could effectively “cure” COVID-19.
  Rohrabacher, who now lives in Maine, launched the lobbying firm R&B Strategies shortly after leaving office in January 2019.
  He formed the business with Paul Behrend, who was a top aide for Rohrabacher and staff dire
  
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• 5.5 earthquake felt throughout Southern California; no damage reported in Mojave Desert towns

  04-06-2020 03:48
  
  A magnitude 5.5 earthquake centered in the Mojave Desert was felt in Southern California early Wednesday evening.
  The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 6:32 p.m. and was centered 10 miles south of Searles Valley, east of the Kern County town of Ridgecrest. The agency received reports of people feeling the earthquake throughout the Central Valley, San Jose, east to Henderson, Nev.; Phoenix and throughout Southern California to the Mexico border.
  There were no immediate reports of
  
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