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• All but 1 of remaining California DMV offices to reopen this week

  09-06-2020 23:50
  
  The last of the California Department of Motor Vehicle’s offices were set to reopen this week, more than two months after they were closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but not all services will be available, officials said Tuesday, June 9.
  Employees at all but one of the Department’s remaining 170 field offices will allow in-person visits for some transactions starting Thursday, June 11, but behind-the-wheel tests were still not available because of physical distancing rules
  
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• Live music returns Friday, June 12, to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino

  09-06-2020 22:38
  
  Tribute and cover bands will return to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Fridays and Saturdays beginning this weekend.
  The Indio resort announced Tuesday, June 9, that it is reopening the Rock Yard, its outdoor concert space, on Friday, June 12. The opening bands are Jumping Jack Flash, a Rolling Stones tribute, and Crimson Crows, a Palm Desert rock and dance band.
  On Saturday, June 13, No Doubt tribute band No Duh! headlines, with Rok of Ages opening.
  Fantasy Springs has announced its lineu
  
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• SpaceX pulls the plug on an LA Port lease deal, for a second time

  09-06-2020 22:35
  
  The Hawthorne aerospace company SpaceX has terminated a much-coveted lease deal to use 12.5 acres in the Port of Los Angeles to manufacture the Starship, a spacecraft designed to one day head to Mars.
  It’s the second time the company has bailed out of pending deal with the port and city of Los Angeles. Officials, led by City Councilman Joe Buscaino, went to extraordinary lengths as they scrambled in January and February to rush through SpaceX’s request for the property on Terminal Is
  
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• E.J. Malloy’s permanently closes its Los Altos location

  09-06-2020 22:19
  
  After five and a half years in the Los Altos neighborhood of Long Beach, E.J. Malloy’s is closing for good.
  The announcement was made Monday June 8 on the Irish-themed pub’s Facebook page.
  “As we close our doors here at EJ Malloys Los Altos for the last time, we want to thank each of you from the bottom of our glasses, and from the very bottom of our hearts. It pains us to say goodbye, but we know we’ll see you around! Sláinte,” part of the post read.
  The Los
  
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• BofA foundation to give $1 billion over 4 years to help communities hurt by COVID-19

  09-06-2020 21:44
  
  Bank of America has expanded its financial outreach with a $1 billion, four-year commitment to help communities address economic and racial inequality accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The programs will target people and communities of color that have experienced a greater impact from the health crisis, with a focus on health, job support and creation (training, reskilling and upskilling) and support for small businesses and housing needs.
  “Underlying economic and social disparities th
  
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• BofA foundation to give $1 billion over 4 years to help communities hurt by coronavirus

  09-06-2020 21:44
  
  Bank of America has expanded its financial outreach with a $1 billion, four-year commitment to help communities address economic and racial inequality accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The programs will target people and communities of color that have experienced a greater impact from the health crisis, with a focus on health, job support and creation (training, reskilling and upskilling) and support for small businesses and housing needs.
  “Underlying economic and social disparities th
  
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• Insurance telemarketers fined $225M for a billion robocalls

  09-06-2020 21:02
  
  By Tali Arbel, The Associated Press
  The U.S. communications regulator on Tuesday proposed a $225 million fine, its largest ever, against two health insurance telemarketers for spamming people with 1 billion robocalls using fake phone numbers.
  The Federal Communications Commission said John Spiller and Jakob Mears made the calls through two businesses. State attorneys general of Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas also sued the two men and their companies, Rising
  
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• Man killed in Orange when car jumps curb, rolls over

  09-06-2020 20:56
  
  A man died early Tuesday when his car jumped a curb in Orange then rolled over, police said.
  It was shortly after 8 a.m. when the Toyota Camry was traveling north on Santiago Boulevard at Robinhood Place, said Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin.
  The driver, the only person in the car, hit a curb and the car rolled over. The car came to a rest and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders, McMullin said.
  Police are investigating what led to the car striking the curb but they d
  
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• What it’s like to appear on one of radio’s longest-running shows

  09-06-2020 20:50
  
  One of my favorite public service shows when I was in high school and college was Ask the Professor, which ran locally on KHJ (930 AM) and KRTH (101.1 FM). The idea is simple: listeners send in questions to try to stump a panel of professors from the University of Detroit, Mercy, and you win an Ask the Professor coffee mug if you manage to stump them.
  Currently hosted by Matthew J. Mio, Ph.D, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, I was happy to find last year that it is still on
  
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• High temperatures, low humidity to remain Wednesday before cooling starts

  09-06-2020 20:47
  
  Hot, dry conditions were expected to continue Wednesday, though wind patterns could change, giving the Southland coastal flow rather than the dry winds that drove brush fires in the region earlier in the week, forecasters said.
  Temperatures were still expected in the mid-to-high 90s in the valleys and the Inland Empire, with some areas possibly reaching triple digits, forecasters said.
  Those high temperatures, combined with low humidity in the single digits, heated up fuels and made for ideal br
  
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• Lakers’ Kyle Kuzma encourages education, voting, activism in fight against racism

  09-06-2020 20:28
  
  Kyle Kuzma is making his voice heard.
  The 24-year-old Lakers forward from Flint, Michigan, has in the past couple of days encouraged education, applauded local and national activism and stressed the value of voting as he’s added his thoughts to the discourse on racism and police abuse in the United States.
  He shared his perspective in a Players Tribune piece, “Ain’t No Sticking to Sports,” posted Tuesday morning, and in a virtual conversation over a glass of wine Monday e
  
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• Southern California protests continue as George Floyd is laid to rest in Houston

  09-06-2020 20:22
  
  LOS ANGELES — As funeral services are held in Houston for George Floyd, another series of protests is anticipated across Southern California Tuesday in memory of the man who died after being pinned to the ground by a white police officer, and to call for an end to police brutality.
  Protests have been held daily for more than a week, including a massive gathering Sunday in Hollywood that attracted an estimated 50,000 people.
  A person walks by a boarded up JC Penny department store at Hemet
  
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• Torrance-based Honda hit by cyberattack, disrupting website, customer service

  09-06-2020 20:20
  
  Honda, which has its North American headquarters in Torrance, said on Tuesday, June 9, that it had been hit by a cyberattack that disrupted customer service locally and some manufacturing operations around the world, though the company added that the attack was expected to cause “minimal business impact.”
  The attack, which impacted the company globally, came more than three months after a cyberattack hit the city of Torrance. City officials, in April, said that the March 1 attack may
  
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• Honda hit by cyberattack, disrupting business in North American, elsewhere

  09-06-2020 20:20
  
  Japanese carmaker Honda said Tuesday< June 9, that it has been hit by a cyberattack that disrupted its business in several countries, though it expects the overall impact to be contained.
  The company, which has its North American headquarters in Torrance, said in a statement that “a cyberattack has taken place on the Honda network.″ It said there was no breach of data, but that it is working to “minimize the impact and to restore full functionality of production, sales and d
  
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• Lakers, Clippers can again begin plotting route in NBA championship pursuits

  09-06-2020 20:16
  
  As 22 NBA teams prepare to restart their engines July 31, L.A.’s two-pronged championship chase picks up anew — in accordance with a wildly unprecedented plan that’s being unfurled in the midst of the national uprising happening during a global pandemic.
  “Basketball offers no vaccine, no cure,” Paul George said as he narrated a video from the Clippers’ addressing all that’s happening in the United States. “Only an example of teamwork, of togetherne
  
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• When was the last time you used a phone booth?

  09-06-2020 20:02
  
  The newly restored 1960s-era phone booth in the corner of Jerry Ray’s garage is something only seen these days in classic movies and maybe a few antique stores.
  The wood-framed cubicles that house a black oblong, rotary phone have long since disappeared, but for Ray, 70, of Mission Viejo, the old phone booth, for which he paid a few hundred dollars, is more than just a conversation piece.
  Jerry Ray, left, with his recently acquired and refurbished 1950s phone booth that is fully functional
  
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• Xavier Becerra’s empty words about police abuse

  09-06-2020 19:37
  
  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently weighed in on Twitter about the widespread protests against police abuse after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The incident “has rocked our country to the core,” Becerra wrote. “As we confront this dark time, remember America is at its best when we come together to demand justice.”
  It’s encouraging to hear the state’s top law-enforcement officer express concern about justice, but his words are empty
  
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• White Sox special assistant blames players union for MLB impasse

  09-06-2020 19:25
  
  As a high-powered agent with a client list that included Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Jose Canseco, George Brett and Bret Saberhagen in the ’80s and ’90s then as special assistant to Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf the past 20 years, Dennis Gilbert has seen both sides of negotiations.
  There’s no mistaking which side he is on now.
  “I never take positions like this,” said Gilbert, who started the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation, a non-profit organizatio
  
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• USC-committed QB Moss applies for acceptance at Mater Dei

  09-06-2020 19:17
  
  Miller Moss, a quarterback who committed to USC, has applied for acceptance at Mater Dei.
  Mater Dei associate athletic director Jessica Perry said via email that Moss had not been accepted at Mater Dei as of Monday.
  Moss (6-3, 200) last season was at Alemany of Mission Hills where he passed for 3,118 yards and 28 touchdowns.
  Last season’s Mater Dei quarterback Bryce Young was a senior in the 2019 season. Young, the ‘19 Orange County offensive player of the year, is at Alabama.
  
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• USC-committed QB Miller Moss of Alemany pursuing transfer to Mater Dei

  09-06-2020 19:17
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAlemany quarterback Miller Moss, who recently committed to USC, has applied for enrollment at Mater Dei.
  Mater Dei associate athletic director Jessica Perry said via email that Moss had not been accepted at Mater Dei as of Monday, June 8.
  Moss (6-3, 200) is the fifth-ranked pro-style quarterback in the class of 2021 by 247 Sports.
  He passed for 3,118 yards and 28 touchdowns last season at Alemany, which went
  
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• Spring’s Outstanding Seniors: Beckman’s Madi Simon wins softball honor

  09-06-2020 19:00
  
  The Orange County Register is selecting an Outstanding Senior from each of the spring sports as a way to honor some of the top student-athletes who didn’t get a chance to have a normal and complete final high school season because of COVID-19.
  This is the Outstanding Senior for softball:  A painful foe returned to haunt Madi Simon just before the start of her final high school softball season.
  In January, the Beckman shortstop partially tore a ligament in her left ankle during a
  
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• Why a documentary maker spent years filming Mexican culinary expert Diana Kennedy

  09-06-2020 18:59
  
  There’s a point in the new documentary on Mexican food expert Diana Kennedy during which she snaps at students attending a boot camp held at her eight-acre ranch outside Zitácuaro, Michoacán. “Read my books and learn, please! What are you going to do when I’m gone? Who else is going to start screaming? Nobody!”
  A James Beard Award nominee, “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy” is the first feature by documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Carroll and she&rsquo
  
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• Woman dies after car veers off Trabuco Canyon road, hitting tree

  09-06-2020 18:48
  
  A 31-year-old Lake Forest woman died Monday afternoon after her car careened and hit a tree in Trabuco Canyon, authorities said.
  It was about 12:50 p.m. when a silver Honda Civic was traveling northbound on Live Oak Canyon Road, just south of Shelter Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol crash report.
  “For reasons still under investigation, the Honda veered left and crashed into an oak tree,” the report states.
  The driver was taken to Mission Hospital in Mission Vie
  
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• Hundreds pack Houston church for Floyd funeral

  09-06-2020 17:54
  
  By JUAN A. LOZANO and NOMAAN MERCHANT
  HOUSTON — Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church Tuesday for the funeral of George Floyd, capping six days of mourning for the black man whose death has led to a global reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice.
  Floyd, 46, was to be laid to rest next to his mother in the suburb of Pearland. He called out for her as a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck May 25. Cellphone video of the encounter ignited protests an
  
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• George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried

  09-06-2020 17:54
  
  By JUAN A. LOZANO and NOMAAN MERCHANT
  HOUSTON — George Floyd’s body arrived at a Houston church Tuesday for a private funeral, to be followed by burial, capping six days of mourning for the black man whose death inspired a global reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice.
  Floyd, 46, was to be laid to rest next to his mother in the suburb of Pearland. He cried out for his mother as a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck May 25.
  About 6,000 people atte
  
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• Boomers! fun parks in Fountain Valley, Upland permanently closed

  09-06-2020 17:33
  
  Crime Survivors, a non-profit organization, hosts Elf’s Holly Day for the victims of crime and their families at Boomers! in Irvine, CA on Sunday, December 22, 2019. Sisters Madison Perkins, 6, center, and Kennedi, 8, right, take part in the day of fun. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Monique Cantero, and her 5-year-old son Issac, leave their troubles behind during Elf’s Holly Day, sponsored by Crime Survivors at Boomers! in Irvine, CA on Sunday, December 22, 20
  
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• Boomers! fun park in Fountain Valley permanently closes

  09-06-2020 17:33
  
  Crime Survivors, a non-profit organization, hosts Elf’s Holly Day for the victims of crime and their families at Boomers! in Irvine, CA on Sunday, December 22, 2019. Sisters Madison Perkins, 6, center, and Kennedi, 8, right, take part in the day of fun. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Monique Cantero, and her 5-year-old son Issac, leave their troubles behind during Elf’s Holly Day, sponsored by Crime Survivors at Boomers! in Irvine, CA on Sunday, December 22, 20
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Dana Hills track coach will remember how team embraced Team = Family motto

  09-06-2020 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.
  Craig Dunn, Dana Hills boys track and field
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I am very fortunate to have an amazing family to spend time with. Being able to spend a lot of time with my 8-
  
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• Fullerton won’t freeze rent hikes, but will look at expanding subsidies

  09-06-2020 17:29
  
  Fullerton may expand its rent subsidy program, aiming to help residents in low-income apartments who are dealing with rent increases during the coronavirus pandemic.
  The City Council last week voted 3-2 to direct city staffers to come up with options on expanding the program for the council to discuss at its next meeting on June 16. The options could include securing private grants or using federal funds, such as money from the CARES Act, a coronavirus relief bill, city officials said.
  The city&
  
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• Does your city generate a lot of solar energy? Rankings offer surprises

  09-06-2020 16:00
  
  Solar energy use throughout the state and the nation is expanding rapidly — and it’s not just liberal strongholds embracing the transition away from fossil fuels.
  While Los Angeles produces the most total solar power nationwide, Bakersfield and Fresno generate more on a per person basis — and all three outproduce San Francisco, according to the new “Shining Cities 2020” study by Environment California.
  “You’ll find the Central Valley comes in very strong
  
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• There’s no telling the future for the theme park industry

  09-06-2020 15:33
  
  When will people feel safe going to Disneyland again? Or getting on an airplane? Or staying in a hotel? As the travel industry prepares to reopen, these are the billion dollar questions that will determine whether the industry recovers quickly … or faces a years-long slump.
  Early signs are not encouraging for a quick recovery. Universal’s theme parks in Orlando have reopened, and initial crowds were not, well, crowds. Social distancing was no problem as only a small fraction of the
  
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• It’s heating up Tuesday in Southern California communities

  09-06-2020 15:06
  
  LOS ANGELES — A heat advisory warning of potential heat-related illnesses will be in effect Tuesday in Los Angeles, neighboring beach cities and Orange County.
  The heat advisory will be in effect from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. in Los Angeles and Malibu, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Long Beach and portions of Ventura County. The high in those areas is expected to be 94 degrees, and “hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur,” warned the National Weather Service.
  “Drink
  
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• Lawmakers in denial over budget realities

  09-06-2020 10:42
  
  Most California lawmakers are facing a situation that isn’t particularly unusual over the years, but is a novel occurrence for them: a budget soaked in red ink, a troubled economy and a bevy of tough choices about which programs to fund and which ones to cut. Instead of rolling up their sleeves to make tough choices, many are digging in their heels.
  Until the coronavirus-related economic shutdowns, the state had no problem finding the cash to pay for its proposed $222-billion budget. The s
  
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• What if Joe Biden chose a Republican to be his vice president?

  09-06-2020 10:33
  
  America needs a bipartisan government, led by decent people.
  Decent people abhor racial brutality. Decent people abhor mob violence and physical attacks on defenseless people. Decent people oppose targeting people because of the color of their skin or their uniform.
  Our two major parties have split toward their extremes. In their debates over the last year, Democratic presidential candidates often called America systemically racist. Some seem afraid today of losing support if they distinguish th
  
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• Instead of tinkering with AB5, just repeal it

  09-06-2020 10:20
  
  From local newspaper columnists to court reporters, from musicians and sound mixers to seamstresses, it’s difficult to find a skilled field where the most destructive law California has adopted in the last few years does not hurt substantial numbers of people.
  Even before the COVID-19 pandemic threw unprecedented millions of workers onto unemployment and wrecked myriad businesses, the measure known as Assembly Bill 5 was destroying careers willy-nilly.
  It’s become extremely obvious j
  
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• California legislative leaders back state ‘sleeper hold’ ban

  09-06-2020 09:30
  
  By DON THOMPSON
  SACRAMENTO — California’s Assembly speaker and other key lawmakers on Monday backed making it illegal statewide for police to use a type of neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain, a proposal that appears to go beyond any other state.
  Major law enforcement groups did not immediately say if they would oppose the move, which comes after a different restraint used by Minneapolis police was blamed for the death of George Floyd, triggering ongoing nationwide p
  
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• O.C. Chief Health Officer Dr. Nichole Quick resigns amid mask controversy, threats

  09-06-2020 06:48
  
  Orange County’s chief health officer, Dr. Nichole Quick, resigned Monday night.
  She has faced push back from some members of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and criticism from residents for her order last month to require face coverings for the public as the county allowed some businesses to reopen.
  Quick was receiving heightened security due to threats stemming from her the mask order. She was not made available for comment Monday night.
  Supervisor Doug Chaffee said Quick resigned
  
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• Alumni profile: Baltazar wants to show that animation is not just for kids

  09-06-2020 05:46
  
  Miguel Baltazar graduated in 2018, but he’s already a successful storyboard revisionist, working on shows like “Boss Baby: Back in Business” for DreamWorks Animation and currently on the forthcoming “Inside Job” for Netflix’s new created animation department.
  His love of animation started when he was 4 years old, growing up in Anaheim, and his parents, who had immigrated from Mexico, showed him the movie “Toy Story.”
  Miguel Baltazar (Photo by Mark
  
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• After working the numbers, Brown maps out a new path

  09-06-2020 04:09
  
  When he crunched the numbers, Dillon Brown realized his immediate future all came down to numbers. And the more he crunched them with a clear, pragmatic realization of what they all meant, the more Brown realized his baseball future was headed south.
  That’s south, as in south of Cal State Fullerton, where Brown spent three seasons and change as primarily a reliever and very occasional starter. But those four years now represented his baseball past and Concordia University in Irvine, where
  
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• Coronavirus: California OKs movie theaters to reopen with limited seats

  09-06-2020 03:15
  
  By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
  SACRAMENTO — California movie theaters can begin opening later this week if they limit theater capacity to 25% or no more than 100 attendees, under state guidance released Monday.
  The guidance adds movie theaters to a long list of other businesses that can start reopening as the nation’s most populous state relaxes its stay-at-home order. Restaurants, churches, hair salons and retail stores have already reopened in many counties.
  Soon that reopening will expand va
  
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• OC clergy and Irvine police partner to display unity

  09-06-2020 02:40
  
  The Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council released a statement recently condemning the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, but Executive Director Akbar Hussaini said members started asking why they weren’t doing more.
  So the members – a broad coalition of leaders of local Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh and Christian congregations – on Monday, June 8, held a press conference to further spread their message of opposition to racism and injustice, and they planned a
  
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• ACLU wants LA to put the brakes on scooter tracking program

  09-06-2020 02:00
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Los Angeles over a program that tracks dockless electric scooters and bikes in real time, potentially allowing the government — or anyone with access to the data — to trace a rider’s entire trip.
  The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation allege the program violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, according to the lawsuit filed Monday, June 8.
  “Route da
  
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• Orange County Democratic party to candidates: Back police reform if you want us to back you

  09-06-2020 01:52
  
  The Democratic Party of Orange County will vote tonight on a resolution that would require local candidates who want the party’s endorsement to commit to fighting for police reforms if elected, including training officers on proper use of force and on racial bias.
  The party would continue to turn away money from police unions if the resolution passes, effectively relegating police unions to the same status as “big tobacco” and “big oil,” whose funding is considered
  
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• Angels prepare for draft with scouting staff ravaged by furloughs

  09-06-2020 01:35
  
  In a normal year, Matt Swanson would have just finished months of criss-crossing the nation to see all the best amateur baseball players, followed by several days hunkered down in a room with all of his staff to rank the players, and then a few days hashing out the final debates to select 40 of them in the draft.
  This year has been anything but normal for Swanson, the Angels scouting director.
  Instead, he’s spent the past couple months at his home in Texas, poring over video and having end
  
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• State guidelines for reopening schools don’t answer questions about sports returning

  09-06-2020 01:30
  
  The California state superintendent issued guidelines Monday about reopening the state’s public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the announcement did little to clarify the status of high school sports for the coming school year.
  Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction, released a 62-page guide book, “Stronger Together: A Guidebook for the Safe Reopening of California’s Public Schools.” It briefly addressed high school athletics.
  The report state
  
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• More than masks: 7 ways coronavirus rearranged retailing

  09-06-2020 01:15
  
  It wasn’t too long ago that a shopper would go into a store, been hit by the aroma of cleaning fluids, and wonder what was wrong.
  “Is there a health issue here?” might run through the consumer’s mind.
  Today, that same harsh smell of chlorine could bring relief as a sign that the store owner is focused on cleanliness. How retailing has changed in a matter of weeks.
  “What was once off-putting is now comforting,” says Eric Spangenberg, dean of the UC Irvine&rsquo
  
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• More than masks: 7 ways coronavirus changed how we shop

  09-06-2020 01:15
  
  It wasn’t too long ago that a shopper would go into a store, been hit by the aroma of cleaning fluids, and wonder what was wrong.
  “Is there a health issue here?” might run through the consumer’s mind.
  Today, that same harsh smell of chlorine could bring relief as a sign that the store owner is focused on cleanliness. How retailing has changed in a matter of weeks.
  “What was once off-putting is now comforting,” says Eric Spangenberg, dean of the UC Irvine&rsquo
  
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• Knott’s chicken restaurant reopens along with other Marketplace stores

  09-06-2020 01:11
  
  People who’ve been missing Knott’s Berry Farms signature chicken dinner restaurant, as well as Peanuts Headquarters and other locations can rejoice: They’re reopening today, June 8, along with other locations at Knott’s California Marketplace. Chicken-To-Go and the Berry Market and Bakery have already reopened.
  The theme park itself will not open yet, and no reopening date has yet been set.
  Here is the current scheduled reopenings:Open now: Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinn
  
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• Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69

  09-06-2020 01:11
  
  By ANDREW DALTON
  LOS ANGELES — Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of the next two decades, died Monday.
  The Grammy winner died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, publicist Roger Neal said. She was 69.
  “It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning,” sister Anita Pointer said in a statement.
  
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• Dodgers prepare for unique challenge of this year’s shortened draft

  09-06-2020 01:05
  
  LOS ANGELES — For the past year, the Dodgers’ amateur scouts have been evaluating hundreds of high school and college players.
  They get to pick six of them.
  With the minor-league baseball season essentially canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball has cut this year’s draft from the usual 40 rounds to just five — a cost-cutting move in line with many of the decisions being made by teams expecting to play a shortened season (if any) without fans to su
  
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