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• Mexican Mafia associate gets 17 years for ordering attacks behind bars

  22-06-2020 23:47
  
  A Mexican Mafia associate was sentenced Monday to more than 17 years in federal prison for ordering attacks behind bars on behalf of the powerful prison-based gang.
  Ramon Alvarez, 45, of Santa Ana previously pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges, admitting to having been given the power to place fellow inmates on so-called “hard candy” or “green light” lists that marked them for murder or assault while they were in the Orange County jail system.
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• Lakers granted Jason Kidd permission to interview for Knicks’ coaching job

  22-06-2020 23:36
  
  Lakers’ assistant coach Jason Kidd is among the candidates to take the head coaching job with the New York Knicks.
  The Lakers granted permission for Kidd to interview with the Knicks last week, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to Southern California News Group. Kidd’s talks with the Knicks were first reported by the New York Times.
  The Lakers generally grant permission for assistants to interview for head coaching roles. As the top assistant on the West-leading Lake
  
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• Disneyland begins recalling cast members from furlough for July 17 reopening, union says

  22-06-2020 23:33
  
  Disneyland has started recalling hundreds of employees from a monthslong furlough to begin preparing Disney’s Anaheim theme parks for reopening on July 17 after an extended coronavirus closure, according to union officials.
  Disneyland was expected to start contacting approximately 775 cast members over the past weekend who will begin returning to work on June 28, according to Workers United Local 50, which represents 7,850 food and beverage workers at the Disneyland resort.
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• DMV resumes behind-the-wheel driving tests, with new precautions

  22-06-2020 23:20
  
  The Department of Motor Vehicles will resume behind-the-wheel driver tests beginning Friday, June 26, following three months of coronavirus-related concerns keeping new drivers off of the roadway.
  Masks will be required, temperatures taken, testing routes will be shorten. A backlog of previously cancelled tests will have to be cleared before other prospective drivers can schedule their own driving tests.
  “I’m asking for everyone’s patience as we safely clear the backlog of behi
  
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• Ohana Festival in Dana Point postpones to 2021 due to coronavirus

  22-06-2020 23:11
  
  The 2020 installment of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Fest featuring headliners Kings of Leon, Pearl Jam and Vedder, has officially been postponed due to the continued spread of coronavirus.
  The three-day fest had been scheduled for Sept. 25-27 at Doheny State Beach, but promoters posted via the official Ohana website and its various social media pages that the festival has been postponed until Sept. 24-26, 2021.
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• Free ‘Walking Dead’ panels announced for Comic-Con@Home

  22-06-2020 23:05
  
  Panelists for AMC’s three different “Walking Dead” shows and its horror series “NOS4A2” were revealed by the network on Monday, one of the first big announcements about the kind of programming fans will get as Comic-Con@Home replaces San Diego Comic-Con this year.
  The annual celebration of pop culture, like nearly every other large public event, quickly fell victim to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
  And while Comic-Con International in May promised it would create a
  
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• The life-changing decision that put Max Tuerk on the path to USC, NFL

  22-06-2020 22:47
  
  Max Tuerk never intended on being an offensive lineman. He wanted to play a skill position. You know, catch passes, score touchdowns, hear the fans at Santa Margarita High cheer for him.
  Specifically, Tuerk thought he’d play tight end, like his dad, Greg, did at Brown.
  So it must have been an unpleasant shock for Tuerk when his head coach, Harry Welch, and Santa Margarita’s offensive line coach, Marty Spalding, informed Tuerk he would playing on the offensive line.
  “Much to his
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court rules SEC can recover illegal profits from OC couple

  22-06-2020 22:40
  
  <p>The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to take millions of dollars from an Orange County couple accused of swindling foreign investors but the decision did limit the government to targeting only the net profits of illegal conduct.</p><p>The court battle was tied to the case of Charles C. Liu and Xin "Lisa" Wang of Laguna Niguel, who raised $27 million from dozens of investors in China to build a proton beam radiation therapy
  
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• Supreme Court rules SEC can recover illegal profits from OC couple

  22-06-2020 22:40
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Securities and Exchange Commission’s efforts to take millions of dollars from an Orange County couple accused of swindling foreign investors but the decision did limit the government to targeting only the net profits of illegal conduct.
  The court battle was tied to the case of Charles C. Liu and Xin “Lisa” Wang, who raised $27 million from dozens of investors in China to build a proton beam radiation therapy center aimed at treating c
  
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• Golden Globes follow Oscars with coronavirus delays to 2021 award shows

  22-06-2020 22:40
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Golden Globes is refusing to let the pandemic get in the way of its party.
  The ceremony will be held Feb. 28, 2021, in Beverly Hills with previously announced hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Monday.
  The date, as with that of other awards, had been delayed amid the coronavirus disruption. But with the Academy Awards having staked out April 25 last week, the Globes jumped on the February date the Oscars had previously held.
  
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• Absurd bill to give tenants a decade to repay rent should be rejected

  22-06-2020 22:39
  
  We remember when California legislators would occasionally float far-reaching and irresponsible bills simply to make an ideological point. Those bills typically would get a hearing and then would quietly get shelved. These days, however, even some of the craziest ideas have a reasonable chance of passing.
  When we first heard about Senate Bill 1410, we figured that its supporters couldn’t be serious. Designed to provide relief to renters who lost income during the coronavirus shutdowns, the
  
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• Santa Ana police investigate death of man found stabbed in apartment courtyard

  22-06-2020 22:09
  
  Santa Ana police were investigating the death of a man found stabbed multiple times Sunday afternoon.
  It was shortly after 5 p.m. when police were called to assist Orange County Fire Authority personnel with a wounded man in an apartment complex in the 4100 block of West 5th Street, Santa Ana police said Monday.
  Officers found him in a courtyard. Paramedical attempted life-saving measures and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  During the investigation, officers were told by wi
  
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• Court narrows SEC power to recoup illegal gains in case tied to Laguna Niguel couple

  22-06-2020 22:07
  
  By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg
  The U.S. Supreme Court limited the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission to recoup illegal profits from wrongdoers, putting new curbs on one of the agency’s most potent legal weapons.
  The 8-1 ruling Monday preserved the SEC’s power to win “disgorgement” in federal court so long as the money is used to reimburse defrauded investors and doesn’t exceed the wrongdoer’s net profits. But the court also suggested that
  
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• Coronavirus fallout: Orange County home sales down 51% in May

  22-06-2020 22:01
  
  Orange County homebuying was cut in half in a year in May by coronavirus-related business limitations.
  DQNews reports for May in Orange County, closed sales stats show …
  • 1,635 homes sold, existing and new — down 50.6% in a year. In the previous 12 months, Orange County’s sales count was 32,496 homes sold — down 0.8% in a year.
  • $750,000 countywide median selling price — up 4.2% over 12 months. The latest median is 0.7% off the county’s record hig
  
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• Watchdogs: Treasury too secretive on small business loans

  22-06-2020 21:52
  
  By Anne D’Innocenzio, The Associated Press
  The Trump administration has relented to public pressure and pledged to provide more details about which small businesses received loans from a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program. But government watchdogs say even more transparency is needed to get an accurate picture of who was helped, and who was left out.
  Under pressure from Democratic lawmakers and government watchdogs, the Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration said
  
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• Spray-at-Home Orders: No water park? No problem. Here’s how to DIY it

  22-06-2020 21:51
  
  It may be tough with all that’s going on, but this time of year can still bring back memories of being young and carefree. Long days filled with sun-kissed fun sounds fantastic right about now.
  With social distancing restrictions still in place, plans are up in the air for reopening water parks like Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, as well as water playgrounds and splash pads. Which makes this an excellent time to turn your thoughts to your own backyard, patio or driveway and create the water f
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reported 175 new cases as of June 22

  22-06-2020 21:50
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported on Monday, June 22,  another 175 confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the case total in Orange County to 10,595 in Monday’s report. There were no new deaths reported.
  The seven-day average number of new cases per day in the county is 270.
  Of the 10,595 confirmed cases countywide, 1,047 were residents in skilled nursing facilities and 389 were Orange County Jail inmates.
  Of the reported deaths since the start of tracking the virus in O.
  
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• NYPD officer in ‘chokehold’ video had prior brutality case

  22-06-2020 21:40
  
  NEW YORK — A New York City police officer removed from duty after he was recorded putting a man in what the police commissioner said was a banned chokehold once faced criminal charges alleging he pistol-whipped a teenage suspect and broke two of his teeth.
  The police department moved quickly to suspend Officer David Afanador without pay after Sunday’s confrontation on the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach in Queens. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday the swift action was a sign of
  
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• Apple redesigns iPhone home screen, adds translation app

  22-06-2020 21:34
  
  By Mark Gurman, Bloomberg
  Apple will make the most drastic changes to the iPhone home screen since the product’s release in 2007 as part of a software update expected later this year.
  The new home screen allows users to place widgets that sit between the typical grid of apps, Apple said Monday at a virtual conference for developers. The widgets present information from an app, such as the weather or a calendar, that updates throughout the day and can be set to varying sizes. The new softwa
  
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• Pasadena’s Rose Bowl will screen drive-in movies this summer

  22-06-2020 20:53
  
  A slew of drive-in style movies are coming to the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena this summer as Tribeca Enterprises, IMAX and AT&T will be hosting screenings at the venue every weekend starting July 2-July 26.
  The series kicks off with director Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thriller “Jaws” at 8:15 p.m. July 2 and wraps with Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” at 8:45 p.m. July 26. There are a slew of comedy films (“Superbad,” “Mean Girls,” “P
  
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• Give individuals and small businesses a government-backed line of credit

  22-06-2020 20:31
  
  The economy is reopening. Consumer spending increased by almost 18 percent last month, sending the stock market soaring. That’s the good news. The bad news is that with no COVID-19 vaccine or cure on the horizon, consumers have not fully resumed their prepandemic activities, and they might not do so for quite a while.
  There are no silver bullets to help everyone weather this storm. There is, however, a policy that could help the economy — businesses and individuals alike — in a
  
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• Surging coronavirus cases in U.S. raise fear that progress is slipping

  22-06-2020 20:18
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coronavirus cases in Florida surpassed 100,000 on Monday, part of an alarming surge across the South and West as states reopen for business and many Americans resist wearing masks or keeping their distance from others.
  The disturbing signs in the Sunshine State as well as places like Arizona, Alabama, Texas and South Carolina — along with countries such as Brazil, India and Pakistan — are raising fears that the progress won after months of lockdowns is sl
  
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• The Federal Reserve is getting desperate: Ron Paul

  22-06-2020 19:48
  
  In a sign that the Federal Reserve is growing increasingly desperate to jump-start the economy, the Fed’s Secondary Market Credit Facility has begun purchasing individual corporate bonds. The Secondary Market Credit Facility was created by Congress as part of a coronavirus stimulus bill to purchase as much as $750 billion of corporate credit. Until last week, the Secondary Market Credit Facility had limited its purchases to exchange-traded funds, which are bundled groups of stocks or bonds
  
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• Existing U.S. home sales fall to lowest levels since 2010

  22-06-2020 19:36
  
  By Vince Golle and Reade Pickert, Bloomberg
  U.S. sales of previously owned homes dropped in May by more than forecast to the lowest level since October 2010 as the coronavirus pandemic sent demand skidding along with the rest of the economy.
  Closing transactions decreased 9.7% from the prior month to an annualized pace of 3.91 million, data from the National Association of Realtors showed Monday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 4.09 million rate. Compared wit
  
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• Which Southern California casinos have resumed bus programs

  22-06-2020 18:54
  
  As Southern California’s tribal-owned casinos have reopened they’ve powered on slot machines, fired up the grills at restaurants and some have even cautiously waded into opening amenities such as pools.
  However, one staple before the casinos closed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus was in-house bus service. Since reopening, many have suspended in-house bus programs and bus drop-offs.
  We received a number of emails from readers about busing at the casinos, so we reached out
  
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• Restrictions on opening up businesses in Laguna Beach’s downtown are relaxed

  22-06-2020 18:40
  
  For decades, Laguna Beach has regulated the type and mix of retail services in its iconic downtown, creating an application process that would take months and put businesses interested in opening through arduous scrutiny.
  City leaders are now planning to simplify the process with the hopes it will attract a more diverse mix of successful businesses.
  The clothing store Envy on Forest Avenue in Laguna Beach on Monday, February 24, 2020 moved their store to a new location down the street. The Lagun
  
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• Laguna Beach is opening its downtown area to more businesses, loosening restrictions

  22-06-2020 18:40
  
  For decades, Laguna Beach has regulated the type and mix of retail services in its iconic downtown, creating an application process that would take months and put businesses interested in opening through arduous scrutiny.
  City leaders are now planning to simplify the process with the hopes it will attract a more diverse mix of successful businesses.In recent years, critics say the lengthy, expensive and often prohibitive process has driven away innovative and fresh businesses. The restrictions a
  
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• Why Sacramento fails California — and itself

  22-06-2020 18:05
  
  There may be no better symbol of Sacramento’s failure as California’s capital than the 18-foot -tall stainless-steel sculpture outside the city’s downtown sports arena. The work, by famed contemporary artist Jeff Koons, cost the city and the arena’s tenant, the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, $8 million. Its official name is “Coloring Book #4” but it’s really a representation of the character in Winnie the Pooh named Piglet.
  It’s also a symbol of Sac
  
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• Placentia’s new fire department takes step forward with Fullerton aid agreement

  22-06-2020 18:04
  
  Placentia officials have secured the first of several aid agreements that would allow their new fire department to cooperate with agencies in neighboring cities, but they’re still hoping to get others in place as close as possible to the department’s July 1 start date.
  In the face of stiff opposition from their city’s firefighters union, the Fullerton City Council opted last week to sign an automatic aid agreement with Placentia’s new Fire and Life Safety Department.
  But
  
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• Voiceless victims of coronavirus: Quarantined nursing homes plagued by stress and loneliness

  22-06-2020 18:01
  
  More than any other segment of society, the coronavirus preys on nursing home residents. Yet barricaded behind walls, they are the pandemic’s most invisible victims – even to their loved ones.
  In an often futile mission to keep the virus at bay, long-term care facilities throughout the country have gone on lockdown. For months, many occupants’ only visual access to family has been through a window or via virtual chats.
  Not only are residents separated from family members, they&
  
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• Alumni, students call on Santa Margarita Catholic High School leaders to better address racism

  22-06-2020 17:58
  
  More than 1,300 students and alumni – including Golden State Warriors player Klay Thompson – have signed a letter sent to Santa Margarita Catholic High School administrators demanding they do better at addressing racism and discrimination on the private Rancho Santa Margarita school’s campus.
  “When we were in high school and experienced discrimination firsthand, we felt ill-equipped to address authority and this institution that had its own hierarchy, its own protocol, it
  
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• Spring’s Outstanding Seniors: Taehoon Song of Anaheim Discovery Christian wins boys golf honor

  22-06-2020 17:30
  
  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 boys golf:  Anaheim Discovery Christian’s boys golf team lined up its path for capturing a state championship in the spring and liked what it saw.
  Co-coach Victor Chayasirisobhon knew he had a talent
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Portola boys tennis coach heartbroken for seniors ‘who built this program from the ground up’

  22-06-2020 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.
  Natasha Schottland, Portola boys tennis
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: It’s extremely hard. I teach because I love having conversations with students in the classroom, and I coach
  
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• Status Update: Retail openings include Burlington Stores, Facialworks spa, District at Tustin

  22-06-2020 17:00
  
  A number of retail outlets continue to open gradually under loosened COVID-19 restrictions. Here are a few we know about this week:
  Facialworks spa will reopen in Newport Beach on Wednesday, June 17, with Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and Huntington Beach to follow soon. The company’s flagship location in Newport Beach has five reclinable chairs that face movie screens. It also has two treatment rooms for individual services on a warmed spa bed. Address: 1727 Westcliff Drive; phone 949-877-191
  
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• Status Update: Burlington Stores, Facialworks spa, District at Tustin reopen

  22-06-2020 17:00
  
  A number of retail outlets continue to open gradually under loosened COVID-19 restrictions. Here are a few we know about this week:
  Facialworks spa will reopen in Newport Beach on Wednesday, June 17, with Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and Huntington Beach to follow soon. The company’s flagship location in Newport Beach has five reclinable chairs that face movie screens. It also has two treatment rooms for individual services on a warmed spa bed. Address: 1727 Westcliff Drive; phone 949-877-191
  
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• MOMS fight: Anti-racism message divides longtime national organization

  22-06-2020 16:00
  
  Smiling moms and their kids held homemade signs that spelled out an anti-discrimination message.
  “We. Stand. With. All. Moms. And. Pledge. That. Racial. Discrimination. Will. Stop. With. Our. Kids.”
  And these moms from the MOMS Club of Rancho Santa Margarita did what moms do, they made a collage and put it all together in one photo they could post on social media platforms.
  That’s when things got ugly.
  The International MOMS Club, a non-profit organization that was founded 37 y
  
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• 3 flavorful foods that boost your immune system

  22-06-2020 15:50
  
  We’ve known for ages that a nutrient-rich, balanced diet with ample plant-based ingredients is one of the best ways to get vitamins and minerals, fiber and anti-inflammatory antioxidants. Now some experts suggest that verdant veggies offer added benefits.
  Registered dietitian Cynthia Sass, a contributing nutrition editor at Health magazine, writes that green veggies provide anti-inflammatory antioxidants as well as key nutrients known to help the immune system function, including vitamins
  
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• Here’s when Disneyland and other Southern California theme parks plan to reopen

  22-06-2020 15:02
  
  Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and other major Southern California theme parks closed for months by the COVID-19 pandemic have proposed reopening dates as the state moves closer to allowing visitors to return to the tourist destinations.
  California theme parks have rolled out detailed COVID-19 health and safety plans ahead proposed reopening dates in July that still need to be approved by state officials.
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• English town mourns victims of suspected terror attack

  22-06-2020 14:04
  
  By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON — The English town of Reading mourned Monday for three people stabbed to death in what is being treated as a terror attack, gathering for a moment of silence as police questioned the suspected lone attacker.
  More than 100 students lit candles and laid flowers in memory of history teacher James Furlong, who was named as one of the victims. A flag in the courtyard of the Holt School, where he taught in nearby Wokingham, had been lowered to half-staff.
  
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• We can maintain a free society while effectively addressing pandemics

  22-06-2020 08:40
  
  America is allegedly the land of the free. But since March, millions have lived under statewide mandatory lockdowns. As the lockdowns are being lifted, we should reflect on how to approach any resurgence of cases — and the next pandemic. Must we resign ourselves to renewed lockdowns that treat liberty as a dispensable luxury?
  America can do better, but only if we understand what it means for the ideal of freedom to serve as a beacon guiding government’s actions. It does not mean triv
  
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• Democrats’ support for police union bill undermines their commitment to reform

  22-06-2020 08:30
  
  House Democrats are outraged by police violence, at least as measured by the heat and velocity of their rhetoric. This week, they advanced their federal police reform bill, sponsored Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, setting it up for a vote as soon as next week. The bill limits qualified immunity for police officers, no-knock warrants and choke-holds, among other provisions.
  “If the Republicans in the Senate want to choose to ignore the public sentiment about justice in policing, they do so
  
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• The 2020 ESPYS focus on honors, pandemic and racial justice

  22-06-2020 05:59
  
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  No red carpet, no nattily dressed athletes, no house band or monologue poking fun at the past year’s top athletes and moments.
  This was a different version of The ESPYS.
  The focus of Sunday night’s show on ESPN was hope and inspiration in the time of coronavirus.
  NFL quarterback Russell Wilson, along with soccer star Megan Rapinoe and WNBA star Sue Bird, hosted the pre-produc
  
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• Noose found in stall of Bubba Wallace at Alabama NASCAR race

  22-06-2020 05:43
  
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — A noose was found in the garage stall of Black driver Bubba Wallace at the NASCAR race in Alabama on Sunday, less than two weeks after he successfully pushed the auto racing series to ban the Confederate flag at its tracks and facilities.
  NASCAR announced the discovery late Sunday and said it had launched an immediate investigation. It said it will do everything possible to find who was responsible and “eliminate them from the sport.”
  “We are angry
  
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• ESPYS: Snoop Dogg, Pau Gasol pay tribute to Kobe Bryant

  22-06-2020 05:42
  
  Kobe Bryant’s death remains an emotional topic for many in the city of Los Angeles and across the sports world.
  Rapper Snoop Dogg and former Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol paid tribute to Bryant during the 2020 ESPYS broadcast, which was held virtually by ESPN for the first time as a result of the pandemic.From one LA legend to another, gone too soon.@SnoopDogg pays tribute to Kobepic.twitter.com/9X2P1ldoQC
  — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 22, 2020
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• ESPYS: Dodgers named the 2020 Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year

  22-06-2020 05:20
  
  The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation stepped up to help its local community, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, providing for those in need.
  The foundation’s work was honored at the 2020 ESPYS, an ESPN award show held virtually for the first time because of the pandemic, with the Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year.
  According to a team press release, LADF has provided 279,280 meals and $659,227 in in-kind donations to support vulnerable populations who are experiencing homelessness, food insecurit
  
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• Balboa Island couple celebrates 70th wedding anniversary with drive-by parade

  22-06-2020 05:11
  
  A friend of the Birnies rides his bike past Bill and Barbara Birnie during a drive-by parade on Balboa Island in Newport Beach on Sunday, June 21, 2020 to celebrate the couple’s 70th wedding anniversary. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Quincy Stokes, left, is accompanied by her husband John on guitar, as she sings a modified version of Frank Sinatra’s hit “You Make Me Feel So Young” for her grandparents’ 70th wedding anniversary drive-by parade
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: California passes 5,500 deaths as of June 21

  22-06-2020 04:43
  
  California has 177,236 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of June 21, according to totals reported by county public health department websites. Los Angeles County accounts for nearly half the states cases (83,397) and more than half the deaths (3,120). Five other states have more than 100,000 cases: Illinois (136,104), Massachusetts (106,936) New Jersey (168,834), New York (397,272) and Texas (109,581), which also reported the highest number of new cases (8,322).
  Globally, the U.S. still has
  
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• Photos: Fathers are honored on their day in Southern California

  22-06-2020 04:42
  
  Fathers young and old enjoyed time with family on Sunday. Our photographers captured some of their moments.
  Juan Gabriel Dorantes plays with his granddaughter Gabriela, 4, in the surf in Redondo Beach on Sunday, June 21, 2020.
  (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
  Salvador Ramos hangs out with his daughter Ariana, 3, at the Redondo Beach Pier on Sunday.
  (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDavid Bagdasarian and his son Andranik, 3,
  
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• Horse racing: Red King takes San Juan Capistrano Stakes at Santa Anita

  22-06-2020 03:53
  
  It took a year, but trainer Philip D’Amato’s $35,000 investment in February 2019 paid dividends on closing day of Santa Anita’s spring meet on Sunday.
  Red King, claimed by D’Amato last year at Santa Anita with hopes he would win the marathon San Juan Capistrano Stakes with the 6-year-old son of English Channel, finished third in the 1 3/4-mile turf race last year, but he got the job done one year later.
  Although Red King let him down last year, D’Amato still won the
  
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• A fine Father’s Day spent with their 103-year-old dad on ‘The Porch’

  22-06-2020 02:48
  
  Ralph Freeman’s blue shirt highlighted his crinkled light blue eyes as he smiled behind a mask. The 103-year-old waved to his daughter Janet Bollman 67, and her fiance, Bob Bernstein, 69, who arrived at his assisted living home to wish him a happy Father’s Day on Sunday.
  “That big smile is such a joy,” Bollman said, asking Freeman to remove his mask so others could experience it.
  Park Terrace in Rancho Santa Margarita created “The Porch,” a patriotically decor
  
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