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• Mission Viejo Animal Services’ first drive-through clinic vaccinates record number of pets

  24-06-2020 23:48
  
  What pup doesn’t love a road trip … except when one of the stops is getting a shot.
  Still, it has to be done and a record number of pet owners took advantage of a drive-thru vaccine clinic the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center hosted on Tuesday, June 23.
  Carly Morris of Aliso Viejo looks back at her pit bull husky mix named Trouble as they wait in line at the drive-through Pet Vaccine Clinic at the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center in Mission Viejo on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (
  
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• Volleyball tour transitions to Long Beach this summer, South Bay cities, Huntington Beach miss out

  24-06-2020 23:05
  
  The South Bay beach cities, as well as Huntington Beach, will lose their AVP Tour events, with a three-part beach volleyball series in Long Beach instead, organizers have announced.
  Hosting a three-part AVP Champions Cup series in Long Beach on July 18 will allow the new series to keep its footprint small during the coronavirus outbreak, said Donald Sun, the owner and CEO of the Association of Volleyball Professionals.
  But that means the tournaments set for Hermosa Beach in July, Manhattan Beach
  
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• Amanda Waters named athletic director at Mater Dei

  24-06-2020 23:02
  
  Amanda Waters, who has 21 years of experience in high school sports, is the new athletic director at Mater Dei.
  Waters served as athletic director at Carlsbad High in San Diego County the past six years. She also has been the girls basketball and softball head coach at Carlsbad.
  She is a co-founder of the National AD Resources Network, an online community for athletic directors.
  In a statement released by Mater Dei, Waters said: “I am extremely excited to be a part of such an amazing schoo
  
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• Coronavirus: 26 new deaths, 354 new cases in Orange County as of June 24

  24-06-2020 22:56
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported on Wednesday, June 24,  another 26 deaths raising the total in the county since the start of tracking the coronavirus to 299.
  Of those who have died, 152 were residents of skilled nursing facilities, up from 138 in Tuesday’s daily report.
  There were 354 new cases of coronavirus, raising the cumulative total tracked in the county to 11,016 cases since testing began. Of the total, 1,099 have been in skilled nursing facilities and 391 were Or
  
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• Disneyland cast members plan protest Saturday against reopening theme park on July 17

  24-06-2020 22:52
  
  A pair of Disneyland unions are calling upon more than 17,000 cast members to protest the proposed July 17 reopening of Disney’s Anaheim theme parks out of concern for employee safety.
  The Coalition of Resort Labor Unions and Unite Here Local 11 are hosting a Disney Caravan for Safety on Saturday, June 27 that will encircle the shuttered Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks.
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• Park Life: Disney unveils reservation system and when SoCal theme parks plan to reopen

  24-06-2020 22:37
  
  How will Disneyland’s new reservation system work? When do Southern California theme parks plan to reopen? Should Disneyland retheme Splash Mountain? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
  Get In Line
  What the new Disney Park Pass reservation system could mean for Disneyland annual passholders.
  The central hub at Disneyland awaits visitors. (Courtesy of Disney)
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  Disneyland unions warn it is unsafe for employees to return to work. Plus: Disneyland begi
  
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• Angels manager Joe Maddon eager to get back to work, with Shohei Ohtani in his rotation

  24-06-2020 22:33
  
  As soon as the baseball season was shut down by the coronavirus, it was clear that there could be at least one silver lining for the Angels if they ended up playing a shortened season.
  They’ll have Shohei Ohtani as a two-way player from the start.
  Just about a week before the opening of camp to prepare for the 60-game sprint of a season, Joe Maddon said Ohtani has been throwing live batting practice and is expected to be good to go as a pitcher when the season starts around July 23.
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• Plane goes off runway at Upland’s Cable Airport, pilot injured

  24-06-2020 22:27
  
  A single-engine aircraft went off the runway at Cable Airport in Upland after landing shortly before noon Wednesday, June 24. The pilot sustained minor injuries, authorities said.
  There were no immediate reports of a fire or fuel leak, said Jimmy Schiller, a spokesman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department, which was called to the scene in the area of 2100 West Foothill Boulevard.
  The wreckage of a single-engine aircraft is hoisted away after it crashed off the runway after landing at Cab
  
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• Plane goes off end of runway at Upland’s Cable Airport, pilot injured

  24-06-2020 22:27
  
  A single-engine aircraft went off the runway at Cable Airport in Upland after landing shortly before noon Wednesday, June 24. The pilot sustained minor injuries, authorities said.
  There were no immediate reports of a fire or fuel leak, said Jimmy Schiller, a spokesman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department, which was called to the scene in the area of 2100 West Foothill Boulevard.
  The wreckage of a single-engine aircraft is hoisted away after it crashed off the runway after landing at Cab
  
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• Pay attention to what the real scientists say about the coronavirus, CSUF expert says

  24-06-2020 22:05
  
  For months, Mojgan Sami has had virtual check-ins with her public health students at Cal State Fullerton about issues surrounding the coronavirus. They’ve talked about everything from the politicization of science to the outcry over masks and the links between the virus and racism.
  One of the most-discussed topics has been the criticism and second-guessing of scientists in the midst of a worldwide pandemic.
  “It’s not about single articles and single experts,” said Sami, a
  
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• Coronavirus roundup: GNC files for bankruptcy protection

  24-06-2020 21:52
  
  The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Wednesday related to the national and global response, the workplace and the spread of the virus. Here are some updates … 
  Health and wellness company GNC Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It is looking to close at least 800 to 1,200 stores.
  The company said in a statement that it’s looking to restructure its balance sheet at t
  
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• Analysis: How the Lakers move forward without Avery Bradley

  24-06-2020 21:46
  
  For a stretch of games in November and December, the Lakers were reinvigorated by what they called “the Avery Challenge.”
  At the time, Avery Bradley was sidelined by a hairline fracture in his right leg, and without their best on-ball defender, their defense had slipped. The goal of the challenge was to play as well without Bradley on defense as they had with him.
  The Lakers now know that if the NBA is able to restart next month in Orlando, the entire postseason will be a challenge a
  
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• CrossFit ex-CEO sells fitness company after controversial tweets

  24-06-2020 21:39
  
  By Jonathan Roeder, Bloomberg
  CrossFit’s former chief executive officer has sold the fitness company he co-founded to an affiliate only weeks after Twitter postings sparked anger that led to his ouster.
  Greg Glassman sold the creator of exercise and nutrition regimes to Boulder, Colorado-based partner Eric Roza, according to a letter released on CrossFit’s Twitter account. Roza said in the letter he’s “deeply honored to have the opportunity to lead CrossFit thro
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Foothill tennis coach brought to tears by ‘outpouring of support’ from players, parents

  24-06-2020 21:30
  
  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 crisisDennis Claus, Foothill boys tennis
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I am actually playing pickleball every day at home (I have a court). I call the players every few weeks to see how they a
  
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• Coronavirus pummels commercial real estate, could end long boom

  24-06-2020 21:27
  
  By Joyce M. Rosenberg and Ken Sweet, The Associated Press
  Americans are likely to see more “for rent” signs in the coming months as many businesses devastated by the coronavirus pandemic abandon offices and storefronts and potentially end a long boom in the nation’s commercial real estate market.
  Hotels, restaurants and stores that closed in March have seen only a partial return of customers, and many may fail. Commercial landlords have already reported an increase in missed re
  
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• Kosovo president, 9 ex-fighters indicted for war crimes

  24-06-2020 21:10
  
  By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI
  PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted Wednesday on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by an international court investigating their actions against ethnic Serbs and others during and after Kosovo’s 1998-99 independence war with Serbia.
  Because of the indictment, Thaci has postponed his trip to the White House in Washington, where he was t
  
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• Post-lockdown realities begin to emerge

  24-06-2020 21:00
  
  Patio seating is more popular than ever at restaurants that reopened when governments relaxed precautions against the spread of COVID-19, one feature of the during- and post-pandemic world. Senior hours at some grocery and big box stores are no longer strictly enforced, with sprinklings of youngsters now appearing among the silver-haired.
  Beaches are crowded, and the supposedly required social distancing there fast became another non-enforced rule. Masks remain almost ubiquitous on the sand and
  
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• Santa Ana police officer charged with worker’s compensation fraud

  24-06-2020 20:51
  
  A Santa Ana police officer is facing charges for worker’s compensation insurance fraud after the Orange County District Attorney’s Office accused him of continuing to accept his full pay without working despite being physically able to return to his job.
  Jonathon Ridge, 29, is facing four felony counts, including for making fraudulent insurance benefit claims and a fraudulent statement to obtain compensation, court records show.
  Ridge is on administrative leave, according to the Sant
  
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• Santa Ana officer charged with worker’s compensation fraud

  24-06-2020 20:51
  
  A Santa Ana police officer is facing charges for worker’s compensation insurance fraud after the Orange County District Attorney’s Office accused him of continuing to accept his full pay without working despite being physically able to return to his job.
  Jonathon Ridge, 29, is facing four felony counts, including for making fraudulent insurance benefit claims and a fraudulent statement to obtain compensation, court records show.
  Ridge is on administrative leave, according to the Sant
  
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• Pechanga Resort Casino will not do July 4 fireworks show this year

  24-06-2020 20:41
  
  Pechanga Resort Casino near Temecula announced Wednesday, June 24, that it will not be holding its annual Fourth of July fireworks show.
  In a news release, the casino cited its nearly three-month coronavirus closure and the need to avoid mass gatherings for public health as the reasons it will not do the show this year..
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• Thousands of US inmates got virus relief checks; the IRS wants them back

  24-06-2020 20:40
  
  By Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press
  Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help claw back the cash that the federal tax agency says was mistakenly sent.
  The legislation authorizing the payments during the pandemic doesn’t specifically exclude jail or prison inmates, and the IRS has refused to say exactly what legal authority it has to retrieve the money. O
  
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• Did you feel the magnitude-5.8 quake that hit central California?

  24-06-2020 20:26
  
  LOS ANGELES — Some Southern California residents felt light shaking Wednesday thanks to an 5.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled the Lone Pine area in Inyo County.
  The temblor, originally reported with a 6.1 magnitude, struck at 10:40 a.m.
  There were reports of light shaking being felt in the San Fernando Valley, West Los Angeles and even as far south as Orange County.
  There were no immediate reports of any local damages or injuries.
  Seismologist Lucy Jones said the Wednesday morning quake
  
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• Stocks plummet as new coronavirus cases surge

  24-06-2020 20:22
  
  By Alex Veiga, The Associated Press
  Stocks are down sharply on Wall Street as data showing new coronavirus cases in the U.S. have climbed to the highest level in two months rattles investors’ optimism for a relatively quick economic turnaround.
  The S&P 500 was down 2.7% in afternoon trading Wednesday, giving back all of its gains for the month. The selling, which followed a skid in European stock indexes, accelerated around mid-morning on news that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
  
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• Hollywood landmark Musso & Frank will reopen June 26

  24-06-2020 20:20
  
  Musso & Frank Grill will be operating as close as possible to normal when the classic Hollywood dining spot reopens on Friday, June 26, according to chief financial officer and proprietor Mark Echeverria.
  “As people start to venture outside a little more, inevitably they’re going to notice that everything has changed around them. And we want Musso’s to be that place that has changed the least,” he said in a phone interview.
  Musso & Frank is a century-old restauran
  
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• Hollywood landmark Musso & Frank will reopen Friday, June 26

  24-06-2020 20:20
  
  Musso & Frank Grill will be as close to normal as possible when the classic Hollywood dining spot reopens on Friday, June 26, according to chief financial officer and proprietor Mark Echeverria.
  “As people start to venture outside a little more, inevitably they’re going to notice that everything has changed around them. And we want Musso’s to be that place that has changed the least,” he said in a phone interview.
  Musso & Frank is a century-old restaurant on Holly
  
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• Appeals court overturns short sentence in Fullerton hate crime

  24-06-2020 20:14
  
  Appellate judges have overturned a five-year sentence for a man who angrily confronted, threatened and yelled racial slurs at a pregnant Black woman at a Fullerton bus stop – echoing concerns raised by prosecutors that the man should have received a stiffer penalty because of his violent past.
  A panel of judges on the California Court of Appeals, in an opinion released this week, found that Orange County Superior Court Judge Roger B. Robbins abused his discretion by sentencing Tyson Theodo
  
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• Appeals court overturns court offer in Fullerton hate crime

  24-06-2020 20:14
  
  Appellate judges have overturned a five-year sentence for a man who angrily confronted, threatened and yelled racial slurs at a pregnant Black woman at a Fullerton bus stop – echoing concerns raised by prosecutors that the man should have received a stiffer penalty because of his violent past.
  A panel of judges on the California Court of Appeals, in an opinion released this week, found that Orange County Superior Court Judge Roger B. Robbins abused his discretion by sentencing Tyson Theodo
  
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• 1-in-5 California homeowners live mortgage-free

  24-06-2020 19:20
  
  If living without a house payment is your dream, one-in-five Californians are living it already.
  A report from Construction Coverage, a building industry information service, shows 20.1% of California owners don’t have a mortgage. Nationally, 26.4% of owners are mortgage-free. Only five states had fewer: Maryland, lowest at 16.6% then Massachusetts (19.2%), Utah (19.3%), Rhode Island (19.6%) and Colorado (19.7%).
  These mortgage-free owners often can ignore certain slices of the economic de
  
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• Travelers to N.Y., New Jersey, Connecticut are told to isolate

  24-06-2020 19:05
  
  NEW YORK — New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from states with high coronavirus infection rates to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, beginning Thursday, the three governors said.
  “We now have to make sure the rates continue to drop,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday at a video briefing with Govs. Phil Murphy of New Jersey and Ned Lamont of Connecticut, both fellow Democrats. “We also have to make sure the virus doesn’t come on a p
  
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• Multiple positive COVID-19 tests at Santa Anita, SoFi Stadium

  24-06-2020 18:59
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita had 17 people test positive for the coronavirus during its recently completed meet, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said.
  The Arcadia racetrack was on Monday’s list of nonresidential settings with five or more confirmed cases of the disease. The list includes food and retail stores, meat processing plants and educational settings. The track’s meet ended Sunday.
  The list also included SoFi Stadium, the under-construction NFL
  
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• Multiple positive coronavirus tests at Santa Anita, SoFi Stadium

  24-06-2020 18:59
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita had 17 people test positive for the coronavirus during its recently completed meet, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said.
  The Arcadia racetrack was on Monday’s list of nonresidential settings with five or more confirmed cases of the disease. The list includes food and retail stores, meat processing plants and educational settings. The track’s meet ended Sunday.
  The list also included SoFi Stadium, the under-construction NFL
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: California had 6,524 new cases and 60 new deaths as of June 23

  24-06-2020 18:55
  
  California has had 189,604 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 5,555 deaths as of June 23, according to totals reported by county public health department websites.
  Statewide, 6,524 new cases and 60 new deaths were reported. While the seven-day average of daily cases has climbed from 4,010 to 4,435, the seven-day average for daily deaths has dropped to 63.6 to 60.5 since Monday.
  Los Angeles County accounts for nearly half of the state’s cases (88,262) and more than half the deaths (3,17
  
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• Some states break virus records as US caseload grows anew

  24-06-2020 18:53
  
  By NOMAAN MERCHANT, NICK PERRY and KEN MORITSUGU
  HOUSTON — Coronavirus hospitalizations and caseloads hit new highs in over a half-dozen states as signs of the virus’ resurgence mounted, with newly confirmed infections nationwide back near their peak level of two months ago.
  After trending downward for six weeks, the U.S. caseload has been growing again for over a week, particularly in the South and West. Some 34,700 new cases were reported nationwide Tuesday, according to the count
  
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• Volunteer is always there when CSUF’s Center for Healthy Neighborhoods needs a hand

  24-06-2020 18:46
  
  When Amy Santos needs someone to help out at a food drive or health fair at the Cal State Fullerton Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, she knows who to call.
  Andrea Rios, one of the center’s resident volunteers, is a fixture at its classes on health and nutrition, community meetings and outreach programs.
  She is also a core member of a community building initiative called Safe Neighborhoods, which is looking at ways to make sustainable changes in local neighborhoods.
  “She is an engage
  
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• The BET Awards celebrate 20th anniversary amid pandemic and protests against systemic racism

  24-06-2020 18:40
  
  Back in April, BET Networks’ president Scott Mills and the producers of the annual BET Awards recognized they’d have to cancel its popular four-day BET Experience and free fan fest at L.A. Live due to the continued spread of coronavirus, but they were adamant that the actual awards ceremony would be presented in some capacity.
  The crew swiftly pivoted the BET Awards, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, to a virtual broadcast without a live audience. The show will be host
  
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• Small plots bring big rewards for Laguna Woods Village gardeners

  24-06-2020 18:31
  
   
  Laguna Woods Village resident Kerry Wells in his garden space in Garden Center 1, which he shares with fellow gardeners. (Photo by Daniella Walsh, correspondent)
  Found objects enhance Kerry Wells’ garden oasis in Garden Center 1 in Laguna Woods Village. (Photo by Daniella Walsh, correspondent)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsJulie Millet’s Laguna Woods Village garden shows evidence of her green thumb. (Photo by Daniela Walsh, correspondent)
  California sun and green thumbs
  
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• Relationships: Living in close quarters during COVID-19 can be a challenge

  24-06-2020 18:30
  
  Some of us have approached the collective quarantine of the last few months in a Jean-Paul Sartre “No Exit” kind of way — “Hell is other people” — or embraced a more John Donne “No Man Is an Island” philosophy. Most of us have probably been doing a little of both.
  Hell, at times, can be other people, especially when you’re trying to work and certain daughters are nostalgia-watching an old video in which kids march around 1970s-era Disneyland
  
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• Honda Center development plans to add 6,000-seat concert venue, food hall, homes and parks

  24-06-2020 18:30
  
  Move over, LA Live – it’s time to make room for OC Vibe.
  A 115-acre entertainment, office and residential development anchored by the Honda Center is coming to Anaheim’s Platinum Triangle, with the first phase expected to open in 2024.
  A plaza leading to the entrace of the Honda Cener would give fans a place to congregate.Ducks owners the Samuelis have filed their plan for developing property around the Honda Center. (Courtesy of OC Vibe)
  The Paseo is among the outdoor gatherin
  
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• 1 dead, 1 hurt in Home Depot parking lot crash in Costa Mesa

  24-06-2020 18:20
  
  A 49-year-old man died Tuesday after he and another man were hit by a pickup truck outside a Home Depot in Costa Mesa, authorities said.
  Coroner’s officials on Wednesday identified the victim as Juan Martinez Hernandez.
  Costa Mesa police responded to the store, at 2300 Harbor Blvd., just before noon after the two pedestrians had been struck in the parking lot near a lumber area.
  Both were taken to a hospital, where Hernandez was pronounced dead.
  Details about the second man’s conditi
  
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• Titan Voice: Student finds community, pride in project mapping historical gay friendly spots 

  24-06-2020 17:51
  
  By Laura Fauvor
  Five minutes. I waited only five minutes after reading the spring 2020 announcement to apply for the opportunity to work as a graduate research assistant with Eric Gonzaba, assistant professor of American Studies, on his grant-funded project Mapping the Gay Guides.
  As an activist, I could not pass up an opportunity to be a part of making queer history more publicly accessible by literally putting it on an online map.
  The launch of the Mapping the Gay Guides project and website se
  
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• Having a fireworks show at home? Here’s how to get the most bang for your buck

  24-06-2020 17:42
  
  Getting your money’s worth is a good goal in any economy, but the effects of the coronavirus pandemic may place an even greater value on value for the patriotic and budget-conscious of Southern California.
  With America’s birthday just a few days away, citizens of communities where consumer fireworks are allowed to be sold and used may be weighing tradition and socially distanced fun against belt tightening when deciding whether fountains, novelties, smoke items and spinners will be l
  
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• Spring wrap-up Q&A: Mater Dei boys lacrosse coach wishes his team had one more chance to ‘play the game we love and have some fun’

  24-06-2020 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.
  Johnny Rodriguez, Mater Dei boys lacrosse
  Q: How are you adapting to being home every day during the spring?
  A: I miss it. Everyone does. I don’t think anyone on our staff realized how big of a role our boys and this p
  
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• Appeals court orders dismissal of Michael Flynn prosecution

  24-06-2020 17:19
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
  The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in a 2-1 ruling that the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against Flynn settles the matter, even though Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to prosecutors in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigat
  
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• Camp Pendleton’s 1st Marine Division musicians are also a trained security detail

  24-06-2020 17:18
  
  Staff Sgt. Jeremy Matt, a trombonist with the 1st Marine Division Band at Camp Pendleton, knew he had to be as precise with his M-14 and he was the slide on his instrument.
  The 14-year career Marine musician was recently overseeing a group of his band members during one of four annual training events at Camp Pendleton. The members of the famed “Blue Diamond” field band, not only have a mission to inspire patriotism and build morale among the troops, they also provide security when th
  
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• V-shape recovery or Nike swoosh? Economists differ on speed of rebound

  24-06-2020 17:00
  
  Assuming the spread of the coronavirus has been tamed, the recession of 2020 may be in the rear-view mirror, with the economy growing again in the second half of the year, two economic forecasts released this week show.
  But the question remains whether the recovery will be V-shaped as predicted by Chapman University economists or a Nike swoosh, as envisioned by UCLA forecasters.
  Chapman sees sharp rebounds in gross domestic product and employment during the year’s second half —
  
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• How Michelle McNamara’s obsession to catch a serial killer led to HBO’s ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’

  24-06-2020 16:46
  
  On the very first night of filming for the HBO series “I’ll Be Gone In The Dark,” documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus trailed Patton Oswalt to a Chicago suburb where the actor-comedian headlined an event for his late wife Michelle McNamara’s true-crime book of the same name.
  At the same time at a house just outside Sacramento, police were swooping in to arrest a man they believed to be the notorious serial killer and rapist who was the subject of McNamara’s “I&rs
  
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• Deputies shoot, kill armed woman in Lake Forest during burglary call

  24-06-2020 16:27
  
  A woman armed with a handgun was fatally shot by deputies early Wednesday in Lake Forest after they encountered her while responding to a burglary call, authorities said.
  It was around 1 a.m. when deputies were called to the 22000 block of Loumont Drive about a burglary in progress at a home, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  When they arrived, they came in contacted with the woman, in her late 20s, across the street from the home holding what loo
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Rolling on the river in Navajo Nation

  24-06-2020 15:52
  
  So I’ve mostly been writing these adventures about our visits to foreign countries, but this one takes place in the good old USA, or in fact in the Navajo Nation, which is sort of a foreign country. At some time or another, every middle-class American family does the big Southwestern road trip around Arizona, New Mexico and such, seeing about 9 billion cactus, about that many petrified rocks and wigwams that sell rocks and fake Navajo rugs that were actually made in Mexico in Navajo design
  
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• Will Disneyland suspend FastPasses, single rider lines and park hopping?

  24-06-2020 15:32
  
  A day at Disneyland could be very different for seasoned visitors if the Anaheim theme parks follow the lead of other Disney resorts around the world and suspend the use of FastPasses, single rider lines and park hopping.
  Annual passholders and longtime locals who have mastered Disneyland and Disney California Adventure may face a new set of obstacles to their ride navigation wizardry once the parks reopen.
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• Low humidity, high winds boost fire risk in Southern California

  24-06-2020 15:18
  
  LANCASTER — An elevated risk of fire will prevail Wednesday in the Antelope Valley and its San Gabriel Mountains foothills for a second consecutive day because of high temperatures, dry conditions and high winds, forecasters said.
  Highs in the Antelope Valley again could reach 104 degrees Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service, which said these conditions would last through Friday.
  To minimize the risk of sparking a fire, the weather service urged residents to refrain from burn
  
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