• Woman wounded in Lake Forest shooting near hotel, 1 in custody

    Woman wounded in Lake Forest shooting near hotel, 1 in custody
    A woman was found wounded Wednesday afternoon after a shooting that was reported in Lake Forest near a Hilton Garden Inn hotel, authorities said.
    Deputies were called at about 1:17 p.m. to the 23000 block of Lake Center Drive, said Orange County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun.
    There they found a woman wounded and took one person into custody. Details about the victim’s condition and person detained were not immediately available.
    It was unclear if the shooting happened on hotel p
  • NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races and properties

    NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races and properties
    By DAN GELSTON
    NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its races and properties on Wednesday, formally distancing itself from what for many is a symbol of slavery and racism that had been a familiar sight at stock car events for more than 70 years.
    The move comes amid social unrest around the globe following the death in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis. Protests have roiled the nation for days and Confederate monuments are being taken down across the South &md
  • 2 Camp Pendleton fires burn more than 7,500 acres

    2 Camp Pendleton fires burn more than 7,500 acres
    Firefighters continued to battle two blazes on Camp Pendleton Wednesday, June 10, that had burned more than 7,500 acres of brush, according to the base.
    The larger of the fires had burned about 7,000 acres as of about noon, according to a social media update from base officials. The smaller had burned about 500 acres. Both were about 20% contained around that time.
    Camp Pendleton officials first reported on Twitter the blaze early Tuesday, adding that there were no threats to communities on or o
  • LAPD officer was ‘out of policy’ in deadly Corona Costco shooting, LA authorities say

    LAPD officer was ‘out of policy’ in deadly Corona Costco shooting, LA authorities say
    An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was “out of policy” when he shot and killed an intellectually disabled Riverside County man and severely wounded his parents after the man struck the officer on the back of his head while inside a Corona Costco last year, the Los Angeles Police Commission agreed on Wednesday, June 10.
    The commission unanimously approve the conclusion on the June 14, 2019 incident laid out in a report to the civilian oversight group by Los Angeles Police Chief Mi
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  • Coronavirus: 13 new deaths, 147 new cases in Orange County as of June 10

    Coronavirus: 13 new deaths, 147 new cases in Orange County as of June 10
    The Orange County Health Care Agency reported another 13 deaths attributed to the coronavirus as of Wednesday, June 10.
    The county has 54 people die in the past 14 days, according to a state health department database.
    Of the 198 reported deaths since the start of tracking the virus in the county, 92 were among skilled nursing facility residents.
    Some 76% of those who have died were older than 65.
    The county also noted another 147 new positive tests in the last day, raising the total in the coun
  • Register for ‘Lit Up’ series that launches Friday with author Sandra Tsing Loh

    Register for ‘Lit Up’ series that launches Friday with author Sandra Tsing Loh
    The debut installment of the Southern California News Group’s virtual “Lit Up: Summer Reading Series” launches Friday at 5 p.m.
    Hosted by NPR commentator, author and performer Sandra Tsing Loh, the free, salon-style program, held via Zoom, will feature wide-ranging conversations on books, ideas and literary life with established authors and well-known personalities. Her first guest will be bestselling author T.C. Boyle.
    Following on the heels of the SCNG’s subscriber-only
  • California can responsibly navigate the risks of reopening

    California can responsibly navigate the risks of reopening
    As California counties start to loosen their stay-at-home policies and go through the phases of re-opening, they should look at the experience of Northern European countries that have been significantly and successfully relaxing restrictions over the last several weeks.
    These countries have been able to reopen schools and retail businesses without triggering unmanageable spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations.
    Denmark offers the most striking example.  After implementing an early and stri
  • Park Life: What Disney World’s reopening plan means for Disneyland and making visitors feel safe again

    Park Life: What Disney World’s reopening plan means for Disneyland and making visitors feel safe again
    What could Disney World’s reopening plan mean for Disneyland? When with Disneyland annual passholders feel safe to return to the park? What would you order if Disneyland offered home food and beverage delivery? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
    Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
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  • Flying United? You’ll have to pass a health checklist first

    Flying United? You’ll have to pass a health checklist first
    By Esha Dey, Bloomberg
    United Airlines is requiring its passengers to complete a self-assessment health screening before flying, one of the furthest reaching efforts among carriers to keep the Covid-19 outbreak in check as travel resumes.
    Customers will have to confirm they haven’t experienced coronavirus symptoms two weeks before flying and complete a checklist based on recommendations from the Cleveland Clinic, United said Wednesday.
    The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the airl
  • South Coast Plaza mall to reopen Thursday

    South Coast Plaza mall to reopen Thursday
    The giant South Coast Plaza retail center will reopen Thursday, June 11 with at least 110 merchants participating.
    The Costa Mesa center, which closed March 16 due to coronavirus concerns, had planned to reopen June 1 after California eased its stay-at-home orders, allowing indoor malls to open. The mall’s plans for a restart were postponed because of protests in Costa Mesa supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd, a black man killed in police custody in Minnesota.
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  • South Coast Plaza mall finally get its reopening Thursday

    South Coast Plaza mall finally get its reopening Thursday
    The giant South Coast Plaza retail center will get its reopening 10 days late — on Thursday, June 11 with at least 110 merchants participating.
    The Costa Mesa center, which closed March 16 due to coronavirus concerns, had planned to reopen June 1 after California eased its stay-at-home orders, allowing indoor malls to open. But the mall’s plans for a restart were canceled because of fears that local protests over a black man killed by police in Minnesota could get out of hand.
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  • Titans among 1,200 at peaceful protest against police brutality at Fullerton City Hall

    Titans among 1,200 at peaceful protest against police brutality at Fullerton City Hall
    About 1,200 people chanted the names of black Americans killed by police in recent months: George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Brionna Taylor.
    And many in the crowd at the protest Sunday afternoon in front of Fullerton City Hall held signs saying “Black Lives Matter” and “I can’t breathe.”
    Other signs were more personal, including one that read “It’s not our job to to spend our whole existence proving our humanity.” Mei-Ling Malone, a lecturer in Afric
  • Casinos are open after coronavirus closures: What you need to know before visiting

    Casinos are open after coronavirus closures: What you need to know before visiting
    When the novel coronavirus began to spread in Southern California, it brought the region’s casinos to a screeching halt, with players not able to hit the slots or table games for more than two months.
    Now, as tribal casinos emerge from their closures, there’s a new normal full of safety precautions.
    “Once everything started happening with the severity of COVID, every property really started looking at what can we do different?,” Melissa Asmus, director of operations for C
  • Spike Lee talks American patriotism in new Netflix film ‘Da 5 Bloods’

    Spike Lee talks American patriotism in new Netflix film ‘Da 5 Bloods’
    By JAKE COYLE
    Spike Lee was just 10 when Muhammad Ali, in 1967, refused to be drafted into the Vietnam War. It wasn’t his fight, Ali said then. The Vietnamese “never lynched me.”
    Ali’s stand, and the subsequent vitriol that came his way, made an enormous impression on Lee. His latest film, “Da 5 Bloods,” opens with footage of Ali’s speech.
    “Everyone is all lovey-dovey with Muhammad Ali now that he’s dead,” says Lee. “But at one ti
  • MLS announces a July 8 return in Orlando

    MLS announces a July 8 return in Orlando
    Major League Soccer will resume play on July 8 with a World Cup-style tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Orlando’s Disney World, commissioner Don Garber confirmed Wednesday. It will make the league the second to return to play after shutting down because of the COVID-19 outbreak, and will apparently beat the NBA and NHL in those leagues’ return to play.
    The National Women’s Soccer League will begin its season with a similar Challenge Cup tournament beginning
  • Fed sees no rate hikes through 2022

    Fed sees no rate hikes through 2022
    By Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
    The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will keep buying bonds to maintain low borrowing rates and support a U.S. economy mired in a deep recession with high unemployment. And it said nearly all its policymakers foresee no rate hike through 2022.
    The Fed has cut its benchmark short-term rate to near zero. Keeping its rate ultra-low for more than two more years could make it easier for consumers and businesses to borrow and spend enough to sustain a
  • CrossFit founder, CEO resigns over George Floyd tweet backlash

    CrossFit founder, CEO resigns over George Floyd tweet backlash
    By Matt Ott, The Associated Press
    The founder and CEO of CrossFit is stepping down after his tweet about George Floyd sparked a social media backlash and a wave of affiliated gyms cut ties with the company.
    Reebok also dropped its affiliation with CrossFit this week.
    Greg Glassman said on CrossFit Inc.’s website late Tuesday that he would retire. Glassman had apologized earlier for tweets that sparked online outrage by connecting Floyd, an African American man who died at the hands of the
  • Newport Beach finds a way to offer Junior Lifeguards program for youths of all ages

    Newport Beach finds a way to offer Junior Lifeguards program for youths of all ages
    After planning a limited version of their Junior Lifeguards program just for the oldest participants, Newport Beach leaders are waiting for the county’s OK to instead resume the popular ocean safety training for all ages.
    The City Council approved the program on Tuesday, June 9, with steps proposed for assuring social distancing and other health measures in light of the continuing coronavirus concerns, now the city is waiting for the sign-off from the county as early as Friday.
    Children ag
  • Best thing I ate: Extremely limited sashimi takeout from Hana re

    Best thing I ate: Extremely limited sashimi takeout from Hana re
    March 17 feels like an eternity ago. 
    That was the day when I reconfirmed my reservation and was looking forward to dining the following night at Hana re in Costa Mesa. Moments later came another text from the restaurant: “The city of Costa Mesa is calling for the closure of movie theaters, fitness club, and limiting restaurant to take out and delivery services only, effective tonight at midnight. Unfortunately we have to cancel your reservation for tomorrow.” 
    Weeks into t
  • Tesla shares surge, hit $1,000 for first time

    Tesla shares surge, hit $1,000 for first time
    Investors threw their weight behind Tesla on Wednesday, driving the electric automaker’s share price above $1,000 for the first time.
    Shares surged 7.5%, to reach as high as $1,011.65 shortly after trading began.
    Enthusiasm for Tesla was stoked by a report from Reuters that cited a company memo to employees in which Chief Executive Elon Musk said the company was ready to begin “volume production” of its electric semi-truck.
    Tesla debuted its electric semi in 2017, but has only
  • Mall owner Simon Property wants out of deal to buy rival Taubman

    Mall owner Simon Property wants out of deal to buy rival Taubman
    By Natalie Wong, Bloomberg
    Simon Property Group Inc. is terminating its $3.6 billion bid to buy Taubman Centers Inc., arguing its rival mall owner has breached the merger agreement by not taking steps to mitigate the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
    Simon said in a statement on Wednesday it has “exercised its contractual rights” to terminate the deal, which was announced in February before the pandemic battered malls. The company said it was asking a court to declare that Taubm
  • Ex-judge says push to dismiss Flynn case is ‘abuse of power’

    Ex-judge says push to dismiss Flynn case is ‘abuse of power’
    By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG
    WASHINGTON  — A former federal judge appointed to review the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn has found that the government’s request should be denied because there is “clear evidence of a gross abuse of prosecutorial power.”
    Former U.S. District Judge John Gleeson said in a filing Wednesday that the government “has engaged in highly irregular
  • Starbucks plans new cafe format as sales forecast take $3.2 billion hit

    Starbucks plans new cafe format as sales forecast take $3.2 billion hit
    By Richard Clough and Anne Riley Moffat, Bloomberg
    Starbucks Corp. expects the coronavirus pandemic to reduce sales this quarter by as much as $3.2 billion, dragging down the coffee chain’s performance as it sees a recovery stretching into next year.
    The company, which like other restaurants has had a difficult time offering guidance, said Wednesday it expects to report an adjusted loss of 55 to 70 cents a share when it next releases earnings. Operating income will decline as much as $2.2
  • Grocery prices jump 4.2%, biggest LA-Orange County increase since 2011

    Grocery prices jump 4.2%, biggest LA-Orange County increase since 2011
    The cost of buying groceries in May rose at the fastest inflation rate in nine years.
    Coronavirus-related business limitations slashed the number of meals eaten out and made visits to grocery stores far more frequent for many households. That created shortages of some basic goods and cut any discounting at the grocery store.
    The Consumer Price Index for Los Angeles and Orange counties shows the cost of groceries rising at 4.2% annual pace last month. For all of 2019, grocery inflation was 0.7% a
  • UCLA adds running back Deshun Murrell to 2021 class

    UCLA adds running back Deshun Murrell to 2021 class
    UCLA has picked up its second football commit in three days with running back Deshun Murrell announcing his commitment to the program Wednesday morning.
    Murrell is the eighth commit of UCLA’s class of 2021, following receiver Ezavier Staples’ commitment on Monday.
    Through a video on Twitter, Murrell confirmed his decision to play at UCLA.THE COMMITMENT ft. Deshun Murrell https://t.co/csQ2NX9HiG via @YouTube
    — Deshun Murrell (@deshun_03) June 10, 2020“Centreville, Alabama,
  • ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ star Harvey Guillén talks killing vampires and growing up in Southern California

    ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ star Harvey Guillén talks killing vampires and growing up in Southern California
    When actor Harvey Guillén sat down at a table read for the second season of the FX vampire mockumentary television show “What We Do in the Shadows,” he was thrilled to see how his character Guillermo had grown.
    In the first season of the quirky series, which was inspired by the 2014 film written and directed by Jemaine Clement of “Flight of the Conchords” fame and “JoJo Rabbit” director Taika Waititi, Guillermo was the humble, soft-spoken non-vampire si
  • ‘Stop the pain,’ a brother of George Floyd tells Congress

    ‘Stop the pain,’ a brother of George Floyd tells Congress
    By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR
    WASHINGTON — Philonese Floyd challenged Congress on Wednesday to “stop the pain” so that his brother George wouldn’t be just “another name” on a growing list of those killed during interactions with police.
    Floyd’s appearance before a House hearing came a day after funeral services for his bother, the 46-year-old Minnesota man whose death has become a worldwide symbol in demonstrations over calls for changes to police pr
  • Coronavirus: 8 things we got wrong — at first — about the deadly pandemic

    Coronavirus: 8 things we got wrong — at first — about the deadly pandemic
    A lot of our early assumptions about the new coronavirus have flip-flopped.
    This is normal. That’s how science works — it’s a process of being less and less wrong over time. COVID-19 is new, so there’s lots of uncertainty. And the pandemic’s size and scale caught us by surprise. As we learn more, our understanding of the virus continues to change.
    Here’s what we now know:
    Masks are useful after all.
    TOKYO, JAPAN – APRIL 08: A statue of a small boy is pic
  • Spring wrap-up Q&A: El Modena track coach says phone calls from seniors about their college offers has kept him happy

    Spring wrap-up Q&A: El Modena track coach says phone calls from seniors about their college offers has kept him happy
    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.
    Miguel Alcazar, El Modena track and field
    Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
    A: To be honest, it has been a challenge for me and the coaching staff not being able to be out there with the kids
  • The complete Reggie Bush-USC timeline: From Heisman to investigation to return to Troy

    The complete Reggie Bush-USC timeline: From Heisman to investigation to return to Troy
    Reggie Bush’s history with USC is as long and complicated as it is exhilarating and nostalgic. Almost 15 years have passed since Bush played his last game as a Trojan, and a decade has gone by since the announcement of the NCAA sanctions that kept USC from associating itself with Bush.
    But with the news on Wednesday that USC is welcoming the former Heisman Trophy-winning tailback back to campus, you might need a refresher on how exactly we reached this point. So here’s a timeline of
  • HBO Max pulls ‘Gone With the Wind’ over depiction of blacks and slavery

    HBO Max pulls ‘Gone With the Wind’ over depiction of blacks and slavery
    HOLLYWOOD — “Gone With the Wind” has been temporarily pulled from HBO Max and will return to the recently launched streaming service with a “discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions” of blacks and slavery.
    “‘Gone With the Wind’ is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society,” an HBO Max spokesperson said Tuesda
  • HBO Max pulls ‘Gone With the Wind’ over depiction of black people and slavery

    HBO Max pulls ‘Gone With the Wind’ over depiction of black people and slavery
    HOLLYWOOD — “Gone With the Wind” has been temporarily pulled from HBO Max and will return to the recently launched streaming service with a “discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions” of blacks and slavery.
    “‘Gone With the Wind’ is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society,” an HBO Max spokesperson said Tuesda
  • Reggie Bush’s top-10 games at USC: Fresno State Show, Bush Push and more

    Reggie Bush’s top-10 games at USC: Fresno State Show, Bush Push and more
    The Reggie Bush era at USC ended almost 15 years ago. But the Heisman-winning running back had numerous performances that haven’t faded from memory.
    In honor of Bush being welcomed back to USC on Wednesday, June 10, after his 10-year disassociation, here’s a look at his 10 greatest games as a Trojan:
    10. Oregon State, 2003
    The score: USC 52, Oregon State, 28
    The stats: 6 carries, 71 yards, 3 recs., 48 yards, 2 TDs
    The final regular-season game of his freshman year, this was
  • USC welcomes Reggie Bush back into fold after 10-year disassociation

    USC welcomes Reggie Bush back into fold after 10-year disassociation
    The cardinal and gold jerseys lay in the east end of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, under the arena’s famous peristyle.
    There have been many Trojans worthy of honors throughout USC football’s storied history, but only six have received this distinction, with their jersey numbers displayed for all to see, never to be worn again: 3, 11, 12, 20, 32, 33.
    But one has been conspicuously absent for the last decade: No. 5, the jersey that belonged to Reggie Bush.
    Bush reached the thresho
  • Miss concerts? Drive-in shows with major acts are coming to Southern California starting July 4th

    Miss concerts? Drive-in shows with major acts are coming to Southern California starting July 4th
    Back in May, in an op-ed piece in The Atlantic by Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters’ frontman said that although the coronavirus global pandemic had put the music industry and live events on pause, there would be a time when we all could rock again.
    “Because we have to,” he said. “It’s not a choice.”
    As the state begins to open back up, promoters and bands are coming up with clever ways to bring live music back to the masses.
    A trio of promoters including Jon Reise
  • Disneyland reopening ‘the driver’ of Anaheim tourism revival

    Disneyland reopening ‘the driver’ of Anaheim tourism revival
    There’s a simple formula to get Anaheim’s tourism business into any noteworthy rebound.
    Open Disneyland.
    “That’s the big one,” says Jay Burress, CEO of the VisitAnaheim convention bureau. “Disneyland is obviously the driver.”
    These are crushing times for tourism. The global coronavirus pandemic shut the door to travel and slammed businesses before “stay at home” mandates brought the economy to a standstill.
    In recent weeks the region’s
  • Quarantine kindness: Who left gifts and cards for Anaheim Hills kids?

    Quarantine kindness: Who left gifts and cards for Anaheim Hills kids?
    Tigers center fielder Cameron Maybin makes a catch on a ball hit by the Angels' Kole Calhoun during the fifth inning of Monday's game at Angel Stadium. Both teams struggled to find hits early. Clippers guard Chris Paul, left, and Lakers forward Kobe Bryant greet each other before Bryant's final game against the Clippers on Wednesday. The Clippers enjoyed the experience at least as much as Bryant did. SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Astros' Colby Rasmus watches his double in the fourth
  • ‘Chaos in Georgia’: Is messy primary a November harbinger?

    ‘Chaos in Georgia’: Is messy primary a November harbinger?
    By BILL BARROW
    ATLANTA — The long-standing wrangle over voting rights and election security came to a head in Georgia, where a messy primary and partisan finger-pointing offered an unsettling preview of a November contest when battleground states could face potentially record turnout.
    Many Democrats blamed the Republican secretary of state for hourslong lines, voting machine malfunctions, provisional ballot shortages and absentee ballots failing to arrive in time for Tuesday’s electi
  • USA Swimming sued under new California sexual abuse victims law

    USA Swimming sued under new California sexual abuse victims law
    Debbie Denithorne was a Bay Area 11-year-old with Olympic aspirations in 1980 when Andy King approached her parents about coaching her.
    “I could be an elite swimmer, perhaps an Olympian,” Denithorne recalled King telling her parents. “This was wonderful news because I had dreamed of being an Olympian, and it legitimized that dream because Andy King had coached Olympians.”
    King would soon turn her Olympic dreams into a nightmare of alleged sexual abuse that continues to ha
  • Grammys make awards changes, address conflicts of interest

    Grammys make awards changes, address conflicts of interest
    By MESFIN FEKADU
    NEW YORK  — The Recording Academy is making changes to several Grammy Awards categories, including the often-debated best new artist title, and having nomination review committee members sign disclosure forms to prevent conflicts of interest.
    The new rules announced Wednesday will affect the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, which will air live on Jan. 31, 2021.
    The best new artist award has been criticized for decades, and the academy has tried to evolve with the ever-chang
  • George Floyd protests challenge politicians to act

    George Floyd protests challenge politicians to act
    The tsunami of righteous indignation over the suffocation death of a black man, George Floyd, by a Minneapolis policeman, like all crises, creates both opportunity and peril for political figures.
    It will certainly impact President Donald Trump’s already iffy chances for re-election, given his tone-deaf response to Floyd’s death and the subsequent protests. It’s an opportunity for challenger Joe Biden to solidify his lead and improves the prospects of California U.S. Sen. Kamal
  • Liberty, bodily autonomy and human challenge trials: John Stossel

    Liberty, bodily autonomy and human challenge trials: John Stossel
    Deaths from COVID-19 are dropping, but we probably can’t resume normal life until someone develops a vaccine. Experts say it will take at least 12 to 18 months.
    Why so long?
    Because to make sure a vaccine works, researchers must recruit lots of volunteers and wait for them to get sick.
    First, they inject the volunteers. Half get the test vaccine; half get a placebo. Then, the test subjects resume their normal lives, and researchers watch to see who gets sick.
    For that research to work, the
  • How temporary, and how costly, will Project Roomkey end up being?

    How temporary, and how costly, will Project Roomkey end up being?
    Emergency powers are supposed to be temporary, but in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has used the coronavirus emergency to plow ahead with a costly plan to deal with a long-term problem: homelessness.
    In April, Newsom formally unveiled Project Roomkey, which aimed to accomplish the twin goals of “helping” hotel and motel owners  and housing homeless people, while billing the federal government for what was said to be 75 percent of the cost. The goal was to secure leases for 15,00
  • O.C., Inland law enforcement agencies join departments suspending use of sleeper holds

    O.C., Inland law enforcement agencies join departments suspending use of sleeper holds
    The Placentia, Corona and Riverside Police departments, along with the Orange and San Bernardino County sheriff’s departments, announced moratoriums on the use of carotid restraint control holds effective Tuesday, June 9, echoing similar policy shifts made by other Southern California agencies following the death of George Floyd.
    The Orange, San Bernardino County and Riverside County-area agencies are some of the latest to prohibit the use of the technique, also called a sleeper hold, afte
  • Sudden departure of Orange County’s health officer doesn’t end debate over mask requirement

    Sudden departure of Orange County’s health officer doesn’t end debate over mask requirement
    Orange County supervisors have asked Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the county Health Care Agency, to temporarily do double duty and stand in as the county’s health officer after the sudden resignation of Dr. Nichole Quick.
    Quick – who was appointed a year ago by county CEO Frank Kim – resigned Monday, June 8, amid an increasingly vitriolic debate between residents, supervisors and county health officials over how the county is reopening, if people need to wear masks and whether
  • OC Sheriff’s Department will immediately suspend use of carotid holds

    OC Sheriff’s Department will immediately suspend use of carotid holds
    The Orange County Sheriff’s Department joined several other Southern California law enforcement agencies in suspending the use of carotid restraint controls, commonly referred to as sleeper holds, while elected officials mull a statewide ban and some local agencies review the technique.
    Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said Tuesday, June 9, his department is evaluating the hold’s effectiveness as a compliance tool.
    Barnes added that internal data confirms the department doesn’t
  • Navy strike group with last Marine F-18 squadron heads out on global security mission

    Navy strike group with last Marine F-18 squadron heads out on global security mission
    The Navy destroyer USS Ralph Johnson was the last of four vessels to leave Naval Base San Diego on Tuesday, June 9, as part of a deployment of the Nimitz Carrier Strike group.
    Two other ships, the USS Sterett, a guided-missile destroyer, and the USS Princeton, a guided-missile cruiser, left the port in the last few days. The three ships will join the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, but before they headed out for the deployment they visited the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in the last weeks
  • Corona pays Mexican man $35,000 to settle claim in immigration detention case

    Corona pays Mexican man $35,000 to settle claim in immigration detention case
    A man who was deported to Mexico after Corona police stopped him for a speeding violation received a $35,000 settlement from the city, his attorneys said Tuesday.
    Corona city officials and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California reached the settlement agreement, although the two sides do not agree on whether a police officer violated California’s sanctuary law during the arrest that led to the deportation of Daniel Valenzuela last year.
    Valenzuela, 35, was taking his daug
  • State budget cuts could end adult day care

    State budget cuts could end adult day care
    Even with police violence, civil unrest and the unabating coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc in the world, Estelle Sherman is most worried about what’s happening behind closed doors in Sacramento.
    That’s where, this week, state legislators and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are in the final stage of negotiating the new state budget, set to be ratified by Monday, June 15. As part of the haggling, the $95.2 million California would spend on the Adult Day Services program, which Sherman
  • Human remains found on Mt. Baldy near where Lakewood man went missing

    Human remains found on Mt. Baldy near where Lakewood man went missing
    Human remains were found Saturday, June 6, by rescuers during a training exercise on Mt. Baldy, close to where a Lakewood resident had gone missing in late March, officials said Tuesday.
    A search and rescue team began hiking at about 7 a.m. near the last known whereabouts of 72-year-old Kwang Sun Kim, who had not been seen since Monday, March 23, said Sgt. Peter Shoupe of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s San Dimas Station. They located “miscellaneous human remains&

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