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• A permanent DACA fix is still as needed as ever

  19-06-2020 23:57
  
  On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s effort to terminate the Deferred Action Against Childhood Arrivals program. While this ruling for now protects DACA recipients from unreasonable efforts to remove them from the country they call home, there is still as much need as ever for a permanent solution from Congress.
  The DACA program was created by President Barack Obama in 2012 to shield qualified young people brought to the United States as minors a
  
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• It’s official: Transfer quarterback Miller Moss enrolls at Mater Dei, adds Elite 11 invite

  19-06-2020 23:53
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowIt’s official: Miller Moss is a member of the Mater Dei Monarchs.
  The touted quarterback from Alemany in the San Fernando Valley has completed his registration and enrollment at the Trinity League school, Mater Dei assistant principal Geri Campeau confirmed Friday.
  The finalization of Moss’ registration and enrollment was expected this week after news of his transfer to Mater Dei surfaced ear
  
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• Belmont kicks off Triple Crown, with Tiz the Law favored

  19-06-2020 23:36
  
  It’s been 17 years since Jack Knowlton and his Sackatoga Stable pals rode yellow school buses to the Belmont Stakes. It was a rollicking party on wheels for the group that came to watch their colt Funny Cide try to sweep the Triple Crown.
  It didn’t happen that day.
  Now, the ownership group that buys just one or two New York-bred colts a year is back to try again with Tiz the Law. He’s the star of a 10-horse field for the Belmont on Saturday, perhaps the biggest event in U.S. sp
  
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• Corky’s tips for a safe day at the beach

  19-06-2020 23:09
  
  Yes kiddies, this is my annual tips column on how to survive going to the beach this summer.
  This has absolutely nothing to do with the coronavirus, by the way.  As always, this is aimed at newbies and other non-beach oriented people who might be a tad clueless when it comes to the hazards to your health from what would seem to be a fun day at the beach.
  For those of you who have read these in years past, and yes I pretty much say the exact same things every year, I suggest you stick with m
  
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• Black Players Coalition created in MLS to address racial inequalities

  19-06-2020 23:06
  
  A group of Black players throughout Major League Soccer announced the formation of an organization to address racial inequities in the league and the sport.
  “This is a new organization that will address the racial inequalities in our league, stand with all those fighting racism in the world of soccer and positively impact black communities across the United States and Soccer,” part of the statement read from the Black Players Coalition.
  In all, more than 70 Black players have jo
  
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• Mater Dei cornerback Jaylin Davies commits to Oregon, extends flock of Monarchs to the Pacific Northwest

  19-06-2020 23:04
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAnother defensive standout from Mater Dei is headed to the University of Oregon.
  All-County cornerback Jaylin Davies committed Friday to the Ducks, giving the Pac-12 Conference power a fifth defensive star from the Monarchs in recent years.
  Oregon’s highly-regarded defensive unit features brothers Andrew and Austin Faoliu, Keyon Ware-Hudson and Mase Funa.
  Austin Faoliu (defensive tackle) and Funa (
  
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• For Roosevelt Roberts, the fight continues in the UFC

  19-06-2020 23:04
  
  Roosevelt Roberts is no stranger to fighting. Same goes for doors locking behind him, whether it’s inside an Octagon cage or a jail cell.
  When Roberts was 17, that’s where he found himself – three months in a youth correctional facility in San Francisco and another nine months in a juvenile probation department detention facility in Redwood City.
  Nine years later, the Moreno Valley father of two somehow and some way finds himself in the opening fight against lightweight veteran
  
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• Coronavirus: Seven new deaths, 288 new cases in Orange County as of June 19

  19-06-2020 22:42
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported on Friday, June 18, the second consecutive day of seven additional deaths attributed to the coronavirus, pushing the total number of people who have died in the county to 257.
  There have been 85 deaths in Orange County in the last 14 days, during which time case loads in intensive care units have also increased. But, according to the state’s coronavirus-tracking dashboard, Orange County has at least 41% of its ICU beds still available.
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• Things We Love: Board games perfect for old-fashioned family fun

  19-06-2020 22:30
  
  By Tanvi Chheda
  Fun suggestions for your next family game night with the kids:
  Allowance
  (Lakeshore Learning)
  This colorful and exciting game introduces young players to money as they earn (by mowing the lawn, washing the car, etc.) and spend (pay for an overdue library book, buy an ice cream cone, etc.) their way around the board. Each player receives $3 of game money at the start (in two $1 bills, two quarters, three dimes and four nickels) and the first one to save $20 wins. With elements of
  
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• Southern California adds 64,800 workers in May; jobless rate edges up to 18.1%

  19-06-2020 22:27
  
  The slow reopening of the Southern California economy put 64,800 workers back on the job as of early May.
  My trusty spreadsheet determined that local bosses had 6.73 million employees last month in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group. This staffing count is derived from a survey of employers done in the early part of each month.
  It’s a modest recovery of 1% employment growth from April as some business limitations were eased. Still, the economy — slowly th
  
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• BeachLife Festival launches summer livestream series

  19-06-2020 21:12
  
  A new date has yet to be announced for the postponed BeachLife Festival, but festival officials still plan on having a musical summer with a new online series.
  This week, festival officials announced the launch of the monthly SpeakEasy Summer Series, a streaming event named after the new festival stage that was planned for this year where musicians were set to play acoustic versions of their music.
  The first show will take place at 5 p.m. June 25 and will feature G Love, who was on the lineup fo
  
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• Disneyland employee unions demand that the Anaheim theme parks not reopen on July 17

  19-06-2020 21:09
  
  A coalition of unions representing 17,000 Disneyland cast members sent a letter demanding that California Gov. Gavin Newsom stop Disney’s Anaheim theme parks from reopening on July 17 out of concern for employee safety.
  “Disney wants clearance from the government to reopen the Disneyland Resort in July,” according to the letter from the Coalition of Resort Labor Unions. “Unfortunately, despite intensive talks with the company, we are not yet convinced that it is safe to r
  
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• Lakers unveil strategy to become ‘anti-racist’ organization

  19-06-2020 20:49
  
  For Jeanie Buss, the threat has never been spelled out more clearly — on a white page in black typewriter font.
  The Lakers’ owner and governor shared a letter on Instagram on Friday morning from a self-described fan of 60 years with a hateful message, addressing Buss with an epithet for women.
  “I now say to hell with the overpaid n—– traitors and the NBA,” the man wrote. “Go to hell and join (redacted) Kobe Bryant.”
  In her own post, Buss said she r
  
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• How USC men’s basketball remade its roster for the 2nd year in a row

  19-06-2020 20:28
  
  To put USC men’s basketball’s roster churn over the last two years into perspective, here are two numbers for you to consider.
  Thirteen. Fifteen.
  The former is the number of scholarship players college basketball teams are allowed to have any given season. The latter is the number of new scholarship players USC has added in the last two years combined.
  Prior to the 2019-20 season, USC had three returning players, two graduate transfers, five freshmen and a third transfer who had to s
  
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• SCOTUS’ LGBT ruling affirms the right principles

  19-06-2020 20:24
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to apply anti-discrimination protections to gay and transgendered people has surprised activists on the left and right, but strikes us as a sensible ruling based on traditional legal reasoning. The ruling also rebuked those who expect justices to do the bidding of the political faction that supported their nomination.
  In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, whi
  
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• Decision delayed on whether to remove judge or DA from rape case against Newport Beach surgeon, girlfriend

  19-06-2020 20:04
  
  A decision on whether to remove either a judge or the Orange County District Attorney’s Office from the high-profile criminal case against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend accused of drugging and raping several women has been delayed by more than a month.
  The delay, until Aug. 7, comes as the OCDA’s office seeks to have criminal charges against Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley dismissed, attorneys for some of the victim’s seek to have the local prosecutor’
  
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• ‘Zoom University’ students stuck with unwanted leases

  19-06-2020 19:56
  
  Liana Chavez was halfway through her freshman year at Cal State Fullerton when she and three sorority sisters signed a lease for next year at the University House Fullerton student housing complex, one block south of campus.
  Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, shutting down almost all in-person classes at the state’s fourth-largest four-year university.
  Although all but one of her classes — a lab — will be online during the fall, the Northern California resident can’t get
  
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• Here’s how to retheme Splash Mountain to ‘Princess and the Frog’

  19-06-2020 19:50
  
  Disneyland cast member Frederick Chambers’ idea to retheme Splash Mountain with a “Princess and the Frog” backstory sparked an online debate about the racist undertones inherent in the ride based on the controversial 1940s Disney movie “Song of the South.”
  An online petition signed by tens of thousands of supporters calls on Disney to retheme Splash Mountain to “Princess and the Frog.” Any retheme of a Disney theme park attraction would be handled by Wal
  
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• Recipes: These 3 casseroles deliver flavor as well as convenience

  19-06-2020 19:48
  
  You needn’t think of casseroles as troughs laden with cream-of-something canned soup and off-the-shelf components. Casseroles can showcase fresh ingredients, dishes rich in flavor as well as convenience. They can be assembled in advance and lend themselves to dividing between two pans, one to bake and one to freeze. Flexible and foolproof.
  According to “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink” (Oxford, $125), casseroles of one sort or another have been around since prehistori
  
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• Phillies say 5 players, 3 staffers test positive for COVID-19 in Clearwater, Florida, facility

  19-06-2020 19:45
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies say 5 players, 3 staffers test positive for COVID-19 in Clearwater, Florida, facility.
  This story will be updated.
   
  
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• See how art imitates plant life at the Sherman Gardens

  19-06-2020 19:29
  
  The saying is art imitates life and at the Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar it is imitating plant life.
  The recently added Sculpture Botanica installation features ceramic sculptures that resemble full-sized plants down to the pollen grains.
  The art installation Sculptura Botanica is on display at Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona del Mar, CA on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. This part of the exhibit is called Yellow Aroid Sculptures, which represents the distinct shape of aroid fl
  
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• NCAA expands ban, joins SEC in targeting Confederate flag

  19-06-2020 19:20
  
  By RALPH D. RUSSO
  The NCAA on Friday expanded its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its championship events, one day after the Southeastern Conference made a similar declaration aimed at the Mississippi state flag.
  The current NCAA ban, in place since 2001, prevents states from hosting what the NCAA calls predetermined championship sites, such as for men’s basketball tournament games. Mississippi is the only state currently affected by the policy.
  The ex
  
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• San Clemente assistant city manager to take over after City Council lets interim contract run out

  19-06-2020 19:12
  
  San Clemente council members, some unhappy with decisions made, have let the contract run out for the interim city manager in place since January.
  Recruited by the city when its city manager left for a new job, Bob Dunek agreed to fill in during the search for a replacement. But his previous retirement from a 21-year career as Lake Forest city manager, meant he was limited by the state retirement system’s rules to working 960 hours in one fiscal year, which ends June 30.
  On Tuesday, June 1
  
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• ‘Chariots of Fire,’ ‘Lord of the Rings’ actor Ian Holm dies at 88

  19-06-2020 18:55
  
  By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON — Ian Holm, a versatile British actor whose long career included roles in “Chariots of Fire” and “The Lord of the Rings” has died. He was 88.
  Holm died peacefully Friday morning in a hospital, surrounded by his family and carer, his agent Alex Irwin said in a statement. His illness was Parkinson’s-related.
  “His sparkling wit always accompanied a mischievous twinkle in his eye,” Irwin said. “Charming, ki
  
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• Meet 3 of the ‘Worst Cooks in America’ who hail from Southern California

  19-06-2020 18:50
  
  Los Angeles resident Eric Smart once set his microwave on fire when he tried to cook raw bacon in a paper bag.
  And Louisa Sharamatyan, who lives in Glendale with her parents, served nearly raw fried fish to her family.
  But that’s nothing compared to Domaine Javier, a San Gabriel nurse whose terrible pasta sent someone to the emergency room.
  Yep, these three are terrible cooks — perhaps some of the worst cooks in the country.
  The three locals are among the 14 contestants on season 20
  
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• Casino Insider: San Manuel Casino is the final tribal casino to reopen

  19-06-2020 18:32
  
  Once San Manuel Casino opened its doors Monday afternoon, all of the region’s tribal-owned casinos were officially back in business and welcoming the public.
  And like at the region’s other casinos, a much different experience awaited San Manuel’s guests compared to their last visit.
  Jesus Guzman, a guest safety concierge, wipes down a slot machine at San Manuel Casino near Highland on Monday, June 15, 2020. The casino reopened to the public Monday after being shuttered for thre
  
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• Stars of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ will bring Drive ‘N Drag performances to Los Angeles

  19-06-2020 18:23
  
  Drag has gone full on drive-in with Voss Events all-new Drive ‘N Drag experience.
  The three-day show will feature performances by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winners Jaida Essence Hall, Yvie Oddly and Aquaria along with fan-favorite queens Asia O’Hara, Acid Betty, Gigi Goode, Monet X’ Change, Kameron Michaels, Kim Chi, Naomi Smalls, Plastique, Vanessa Vanjie and Violet Chachki.
  The show will take place at Bay and South Alameda streets in Downtown Los Angeles July 24-
  
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• Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections

  19-06-2020 17:52
  
  By ASTRID GALVAN and DEB RIECHMANN
  WASHINGTON — Undeterred by this week’s Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children.
  Trump denounced the high court’s ruling that the administration improperly ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2017. Splitting with Trump and judicial conservatives, Chief Justice John Roberts jo
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: JSerra boys lacrosse coach says ‘high school sports is a gift we cannot take for granted’

  19-06-2020 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.
  Adam Guy, JSerra boys lacrosse
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: Definitely a shock to the system early on. I am usually all over the place from January-May. So on one hand it was a blessi
  
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• In ‘Mr. Jones,’ director Agnieszka Holland tells the true story of the reporter who exposed Stalin’s famine in Ukraine

  19-06-2020 17:28
  
  Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland says she thought she had finished, at least for the moment, making movies with the kind of weight and sorrow of some of her most acclaimed work.
  At 71, the Polish expatriate had made several films set in the Holocaust, such AS “Europa, Europa,” for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay, or “In Darkness,” which was nominated for the Oscar for best foreign film.
  Other movies focused on the soul-crushing nature o
  
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• Make Music Long Beach returns with a virtual festival Sunday

  19-06-2020 17:23
  
  The novel coronavirus pandemic may have shut down concert venues, but live music lives on this weekend thanks to Make Music Long Beach.
  The event is part of the international Make Music Day, which is a celebration of free live music that started in France in 1982 and is now observed around the world on June 21 in more than 120 countries with free concerts held in venues and public spaces.
  “We obviously can’t do it like we would normally do it in previous years when we had lots of ven
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday June 19

  19-06-2020 17:10
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, June 19 for racing at Santa Anita.
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• California adds record 141,600 jobs in May, unemployment at 16.3%

  19-06-2020 17:07
  
  California bosses added a record 141,600 jobs in May as the economy slowly reopened, but the jobless rate took only a tiny fall to 16.3%.
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, June 19 that last month’s survey of 80,000 California employers showed 15.12 million workers. The 141,600 gain from April was the state’s largest monthly gain, surpassing a 97,000 jump in April 2010. May’s hiring boost only made a small dent in the record loss of 2.4 million jobs in April as the
  
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• California adds 141,600 jobs in May, unemployment at 16.3%

  19-06-2020 17:07
  
  California bosses added 141,600 jobs in May as the economy slowly reopened, but the jobless rate took only a tiny fall to 16.3%.
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, June 19 that last month’s survey of California employers showed 15.12 million workers. The 141,600 gain from April was the No. 5 largest among the states. Tops? Texas at 237,800.
  California is one of the slowest states to ease business limitations designed to slow the spread of coronavirus. The statewide job count i
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Canyon track coach ‘super proud’ of athletes’ resilience

  19-06-2020 17:00
  
  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.
  Christopher Anderson, Canyon track and field
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: The additional time has allowed me to deepen the connection with my kids, and it has allowed me to complete s
  
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• Real estate news: 115 new townhomes coming to Anaheim

  19-06-2020 17:00
  
  Shopoff Realty Investments has gotten the OK from Anaheim’s city council for the “Lincoln At Loara” townhomes project.
  The project at 1631 & 1691 W. Lincoln Ave. will require the demolition of an industrial building on the property to build the 115-unit gated townhome community, Shopoff said.
  In 2019, Shopoff entered into an agreement to acquire two parcels of land from a private landowner. During discussions with city, Shopoff was able to assemble an additional two parcels
  
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• Senior Moments: Remembering a friendship that flourished on social media

  19-06-2020 16:46
  
  “Tomorrow is going to be a better day,” Sammie would post on Facebook every night. I began looking at it and believing it. I liked going to sleep with that thought. Sometimes when I couldn’t sleep, I would pick up my phone and scroll to her Facebook page so I could reread it. Even say it out loud.
  Although Sammie and I had both worked at the San Gabriel Valley newspapers at one time, we didn’t really get to know each other until she retired and moved out of state and join
  
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• How low should your cut the grass in your lawn during the summer heat?

  19-06-2020 16:20
  
  1. Mulching makes a huge difference around landscape plants and in vegetable gardens. It holds water so the soil has a more uniform moisture level. It permits better availability of soil nutrients. It reduces weed germination, and helps to keep plant diseases from spreading. It looks good, too. However, it must be kept at a depth of about three inches and needs to be replenished at least once a year. Any mulch that does not contain redwood is ideal for roses and most other plants. Redwood mulche
  
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• Voting districts in O.C. continue to flip blue. Will it matter in November?

  19-06-2020 16:00
  
  The coronavirus has halted many of the events and activities that local Republicans and Democrats traditionally use to drive up their registration numbers, but it hasn’t stopped Orange County from continuing to turn blue.
  In the 49th Congressional District, which straddles south Orange County and north San Diego County, the registration advantage recently flipped, with Democrats now holding a slight lead over Republicans. Same thing happened in the Board of Supervisor’s 3rd District.
  
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• Meet the Disneyland cast member who wants to change Splash Mountain’s story

  19-06-2020 15:39
  
  Frederick Chambers used to ride Disneyland’s Splash Mountain as a kid with his blind uncle and the experience always made them both uncomfortable.
  “He would always call it the racist animal ride,” said Chambers, 22, a Disneyland cast member from Orange. “He could simply hear the fact that these were animal caricatures of people of color. It sounded problematic to him simply coming from an audio perspective. Maybe that’s not what you want in a Disney park.”
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• If you’re a veteran, your driver license can prove it

  19-06-2020 15:01
  
  Q. What is the veteran’s designation on the California driver license? What is the purpose, and how do I apply?
  – Tom Marshall, San Clemente
  A. If vets jump through hoops, Tom, they get “VETERAN” toward the bottom of their licenses or DMV-issued IDs outlined with red and blue lines.
  Because you have to prove to the Department of Motor Vehicles that you served your country in the military, that designation holds weight.
  Businesses and other outfits – think restaurant
  
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• 13 SoCal real estate twists: $50 million mansion, empty hotels, coronavirus

  19-06-2020 14:00
  
  Here are 13 must-read stories about the local real estate market from the Southern California News Group’s Home Stretch newsletter. To subscribe to the free, twice-weekly email publication, just CLICK HERE!
  1.Orange County’s home-price record broken: $50 million!That’s what lender Glenn Stearns paid for author Dean Koontz’s Newport Coast estate.2.Koontz is a buyer, too.He picks up his second Shady Canyon home in Irvine in six months for $10.5 million.3.This is an &ld
  
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• California needs serious budget reform

  19-06-2020 11:59
  
  The developing budget crisis for the state of California provides the perfect time for long-overdue reforms.
  The California Constitution mandates a budget be passed by June 15. The Budget Act of 2020, Senate Bill 74, by state Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, passed on that date. She is the chair of the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. But even advocates dubbed it a “placeholder budget,” pending events that will affect what goes into future trailer bills.
  On Thursday,
  
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• Sanctuary policies rightly left to the states

  19-06-2020 11:56
  
  During the most recent years of the national immigration debate, when California has led the way with a swaggering braggadocio in the fight with the federal government over protecting undocumented residents, this editorial board has agreed with state laws such as SB54 limiting local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration agents with respect to enforcing federal immigration law.
  State and local law enforcement officials should focus on state and local laws. Federal immigrati
  
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• Now is not the time for more regulations

  19-06-2020 11:30
  
  Earlier this year, President Trump’s EPA opted to keep a regulatory standard imposed by President Obama’s EPA that aims to reduce amount of particulate matter emitted by industry.
  These National Ambient Air Quality Standards, or NAAQS, have become a lightning rod issue for activists seeking to capitalize on the national apprehension around the COVID/Wuhan Virus crisis.
  Surprisingly, many of the same voices who championed the Obama EPA’s 2012 NAAQS standards are now&nb
  
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• After police changes, what else will unrest spur?

  19-06-2020 10:57
  
  It’s now plain that weeks of social unrest following the Minneapolis police killing of the unarmed African American George Floyd in late May will spur huge changes in policing across America and California.
  But what else? For landmark demonstrations through history sometimes produced major changes affecting much more than the immediate targets of the protesters.
  Anti-tea tax protests of English colonists in Boston, which British authorities called riots at the time, helped spur the America
  
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• JSerra boys water polo among the O.C. contenders climbing divisions in new playoff groupings

  19-06-2020 07:57
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowDivision 1/2 in CIF-SS boys water polo will have a few intriguing newcomers from Orange County when the next season arrives.
  JSerra, which captured the Division 4 title in the fall with a young squad, climbed all the way to Division 1/2 in the groupings recently released by the Southern Section.
  The Lions improved dramatically in Coach Brett Orsmby’s second season, winning the section crown without
  
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• Albert Pujols pays $180,000 to support furloughed Angels employees in the Dominican Republic

  19-06-2020 05:03
  
  Albert Pujols is helping fill the gaps the Angels left when they decided to furlough many of their employees.
  Pujols is paying $180,000 out of his pocket to support furloughed Angels employees in the Dominican Republic for five months, according to a source close to Pujols.
  The Angels have a complex in the Dominican Republic, and the media guide lists two coordinators of Latin American operations. There are also nine staff members assigned to the Dominican Summer League team. The media guide lis
  
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• Newsom signs bill to send all California voters a mail-in ballot for November

  19-06-2020 03:58
  
  By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
  Los Angeles — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday to require county officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for the November election, cementing into law the Democratic governor’s earlier order to mail out ballots statewide in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
  Newsom, citing health risks from large groups gathering at polling places, announced in early May that the state will send every voter a mail-in ballot for the fall contest, but his pla
  
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• Irvine’s 30-year-old anti-gay rights law may be on its way out

  19-06-2020 03:15
  
  When Irvine’s City Council passed a local anti-discrimination rule back in 1988, it apparently touched a nerve with some residents, who objected to including sexual orientation among criteria that couldn’t be used as a basis for city decisions.
  So opponents of the rule got up a campaign and in 1989 passed a ballot measure that struck “sexual orientation” from the council’s human rights ordinance and said it couldn’t be used to determine that a city action or p
  
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