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• ‘Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles’ star James Harris on shifting with COVID-19

  06-07-2020 23:53
  
   
  Season 12 of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” returning agents include, from left, David Parnes, Josh Altman, Tracy Tutor, Josh Flagg and James Harris. (Courtesy of Bravo Media)
  James Harris, left, with Josh Flagg and Josh Altman in a scene from Season 12 of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.” (Courtesy of Bravo Media)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBravo’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” star James Har
  
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• Nitro Circus stars relive childhood in new Quibi show filmed in Southern California

  06-07-2020 23:51
  
  Motocross stars Travis Pastrana, Vicki Golden and members of Nitro Circus are performing stunts in a new show designed for the era of streaming video and they’ve brought some childhood friends to play, but not in the way you might think.
  Their new show, “Life Size Toys,” hit streaming platform Quibi on Monday, July 6, for its debut (additional 5-8 minute episodes from the initial run will be released each weekday). The show follows Pastrana and Golden as well as Nitro Circus me
  
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• Mater Dei All-County forward Meaali’i Amosa commits to Pepperdine for women’s basketball

  06-07-2020 23:48
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAll-County forward Meaali’i Amosa, who helped Mater Dei’s girls basketball team capture the CIF-SS Open Division title last season, has committed to Pepperdine.
  A second-team All-County selection last season, the 6-foot-1 Amosa averaged about 10 points and 7 rebounds as a junior in 2019-20.
  “Pepperdine is getting a great one,” Mater Dei coach Kevin Kiernan said Monday. “Not
  
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• Weather forecaster issue fire danger warnings for LA County, high winds continue in OC, IE

  06-07-2020 23:29
  
  Fire danger in Southern California will continue through at least the rest of the week as the region swelters under temperatures in the middle to upper 90s, weather forecasters said.
  Temperatures hit at least 96 degrees in Santa Clarita on Monday, near where firefighters were still battling the 1,300 acre Soledad fire burning adjacent to the Angeles National Forest.
  While fire crews appeared to be getting a handle on the Soledad fire, the potential for more fires in the region remained high.
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• Forecasters issue fire danger warnings for LA County, high winds continue in OC, IE

  06-07-2020 23:29
  
  Fire danger in Southern California will continue through at least the rest of the week as the region swelters under temperatures in the middle to upper 90s, weather forecasters said.
  Temperatures hit at least 96 degrees in Santa Clarita on Monday, near where firefighters were still battling the 1,300 acre Soledad fire burning adjacent to the Angeles National Forest.
  While fire crews appeared to be getting a handle on the Soledad fire, the potential for more fires in the region remained high.
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• WNBA players to wear jerseys with names of women killed, form Social Justice Council

  06-07-2020 23:07
  
  The Sparks’ Tierra Ruffin-Pratt will be among the WNBA players who’ll serve on the newly formed Social Justice Council, an initiative introduced Monday by the WNBA and WNBPA as a part of an announcement they’re dedicating the 2020 season to social justice, with actions planned on the court and off.
  The forthcoming 2020 season – set to begin in abbreviated fashion this month entirely in Bradenton, Florida – will be dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement and the
  
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• Personal responsibility key in these pandemic times

  06-07-2020 22:21
  
  The coronavirus pandemic and the global shutdowns to contain its spread have understandably been a source of anxiety and frustration to Americans. Even with the extraordinary measures taken to limit its spread, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of over 130,000 Americans and many more around the world.
  We all want to return to a time when we can go to our favorite businesses without masks and barriers. We all want to be able to visit with friends and family without feeling like we’re taking a
  
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• In-person public comments returning to Santa Ana City Council

  06-07-2020 22:20
  
  The Santa Ana City Council plans to resume in-person public commentary beginning with its meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 7.
  But the public won’t get a seat inside the council chamber.
  Residents will not be allowed to sit within the chamber to maintain social distancing and avoid possible transmission of the coronavirus. “Seating with social distancing will be available outside the council chamber for members of the public to await their turn to speak,” officials said in a
  
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• Coronavirus: Will tenants, landlords, taxpayers split the bill for unpaid rent?

  06-07-2020 22:12
  
  Mounting debts for unpaid rent during the pandemic could upend the state’s apartment industry — throwing tenants out on the street and choking small landlords unable to make mortgage payments.
  But an unprecedented state Senate plan is moving forward to give tax breaks to landlords for forgiving rents and halting evictions, and allow tenants 10 years to repay back debt to the state.
  And the estimated cost to taxpayers? Up to $10 billion over the life of the program.
  “We’re
  
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• Sensible reform idea: ask the police to do less

  06-07-2020 21:33
  
  One of the more intriguing police-reform ideas to emerge in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis is remarkable for its simplicity. Many troubling incidents occur after officers respond to minor disturbances involving mentally ill people or non-criminal matters. Why not skip the cops and instead call social workers or mental-health professionals?
  It’s a common-sense question asked not only by reformers, but by prominent police officials. “We’re asking cops to do
  
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• Wild Wedge goes crazy with 25-foot waves, best swell in years – with no one allowed to enjoy it

  06-07-2020 21:32
  
  The world-famous Wedge in Newport Beach woke up with a roar this weekend, bringing waves upward of 20 feet in one of the biggest summer swells in years.
  The rouge surf, which bounces off the Newport Harbor jetty to double up in size and wedge up in shape, was one for the books. But with the beaches shut down for the holiday weekend, many of the riders who would brave this beastly wave were left high and dry.
  It was a scene you’ll likely never ever see again: An epic swell with no crowds ou
  
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• Whicker: 44 notes on 22 NBA teams, before the bubble season begins

  06-07-2020 20:57
  
  Remember the NBA?
  If not, save these 44 facts on 22 teams, as the playoffs bubble up in Orlando July 30:
  LAKERS (49-14): LeBron James is launching a career-high 6.4 three-pointers and playing a career-low 34.8 minutes per game, but also leads the NBA in assists.
  The Lakers lead the NBA in blocks and have cut six-and-a-half points off last year’s defensive showing.
  CLIPPERS (44-20): They’re second in the West despite two losses to Sacramento and one loss apiece to Atlanta, Chicago and
  
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• Treasury names 650K small businesses receiving PPP loans

  06-07-2020 20:50
  
  By Christopher Rugaber and Joyce M. Rosenberg, The Associated Press
  The Treasury Department on Monday released the names of more than 650,000 small businesses that received funds from a government program intended to support the economy as states shut down in April to contain the viral outbreak.
  Treasury identified just a fraction of the total borrowers, naming only those companies that got more than $150,000. Those firms made up less than 15% of the nearly 5 million small companies that receive
  
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• Amazon shares top $3,000 for the first time

  06-07-2020 20:44
  
  By Catherine Larkin and Ryan Vlastelica, Bloomberg
  Amazon.com rallied Monday, with the stock extending a recent advance deeper into record territory and topping $3,000 for the first time.
  Shares rose as much as 4.8% to touch $3,030.30 and were on track for their fourth straight daily gain. The stock is up more than 12% over the four-day stretch and has climbed about 80% off a March low, resulting in a market capitalization of $1.5 trillion.
  Amazon has seen accelerating demand for its e-commerce
  
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• Justices reference ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Veep’ in Electoral College decision

  06-07-2020 20:18
  
  By MARK SHERMAN | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — In a decision flavored with references to “Hamilton” and “Veep,” the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College.
  The ruling, in cases in Washington state and Colorado just under four months before the 2020 election, leaves in place laws in 32 states and the District of Columbia that bind electors to vote f
  
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• Man dead, driver arrested in Santa Ana pedestrian crash

  06-07-2020 20:11
  
  A 19-year-old Santa Ana man who was possibly involved in a street race was arrested Sunday night after striking a pedestrian who was crossing the street, police said.
  It was just after 10 p.m. when police received several calls about a man down in the road at Bristol and Myrtle streets, Santa Ana police said Monday morning.
  The man was found with major injuries in the street. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics treated him but pronounced him dead at the scene, police said.
  Bryan Lemus, 19, w
  
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• WNBA: Seven of 137 players tested are positive for the coronavirus

  06-07-2020 20:10
  
  Seven of the 137 WNBA players who were tested for the coronavirus between June 28-July 5 tested positive, the league announced Monday.
  The WNBA mandates any player who tested positive will self isolate until she satisfies public health protocols and has been cleared by a physician.
  Ahead of the 22-game regular-season schedule and traditional playoff format to follow, players and staff from the L.A. Sparks and 10 of the 12 WNBA teams are due to arrive today at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, w
  
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• Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83

  06-07-2020 19:35
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at age 83.
  A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after doctors said he had a stroke.
  He had suffered what was described as a mild stroke in January 2010 and had a heart pacemaker implanted in 2013 but continued to perform.
  Daniels, a singer, guitarist and fiddler, starte
  
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• Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications

  06-07-2020 19:15
  
  NEW YORK — Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx Tale” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. He was 41.
  Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots.
  “God has another angel in heaven now,&
  
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• On the heels of his ‘most challenging year by far,’ Huntington Beach school chief retires

  06-07-2020 19:02
  
  Huntington Beach City School District students have faced two closures this year.
  The first came in March with stay-at-home orders to contain the spread of coronavirus. That one is temporary – although questions remain about exactly how and when schools can reopen.
  The second, however, is permanent. Via a virtual meeting in April, HBCSD board members voted to shutter Perry Elementary due to the district’s falling enrollment numbers.
  In the midst of a roller-coaster year, Gregory Haul
  
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• Beaches reopen after weekend holiday closures across Southern California

  06-07-2020 18:57
  
  You may resume your sunbathing, relaxing on the sand and surfing some of the left over swell still lingering along the Southern California coastline.
  After a short shutdown over the holiday weekend to keep crowds at bay, Los Angeles, Long Beach and Orange County beaches are back open as of Monday morning, July 6.
  Boys create a human tower in the surf near the Seal Beach Pier in Seal Beach on Sunday, July 5, 2020 after Seal Beach reopened the beach after the 4th of July holiday closure. (Photo by
  
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• Lido’s new Fire Station 2 will make emergency response better on the Newport peninsula and beaches

  06-07-2020 18:53
  
  It was the place of action for many of Newport Beach’s firefighters.
  Fire Station 2 located on the site of old City Hall on the Balboa Peninsula was a good place to get training. The peninsula offered lots of opportunities for calls. There was plenty of activity at the beaches, lots of cars, residences built close together, bars, Pacific Coast Highway and a nearby Hoag Hosptial.
  “It’s our busiest, active and most diverse fire station,” said Fire Chief Jeff Boyles, recalli
  
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• Issues with MLB coronavirus testing process disrupt Angels workouts

  06-07-2020 18:49
  
  A day after officials contracted by Major League Baseball failed to show up to administer the Angels’ coronavirus tests, the team twice delayed its workouts to accommodate the tests, according to a source.
  At least three other teams — the Oakland A’s, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals  — have had workouts delayed or canceled because of logistical issues with testing in the past 24 hours.
  As MLB attempts to forge ahead with a season amid the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Fullerton opens Wilshire Avenue for outdoor dining

  06-07-2020 18:39
  
  As coronavirus concerns simmer, indoor dining is out, and outdoor dining is in.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Orange County last week to close indoor operations at restaurants for at least three weeks to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
  Fullerton recently closed off part of West Wilshire Avenue from Malden Avenue to Harbor Boulevard downtown as part of the city’s “Walk on Wilshire”to allow for outdoor dining. People enjoy breakfast atRialto Cafe on Saturday, June 27, 2020. (Pho
  
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• Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over Confederate flag, rope shaped like noose

  06-07-2020 18:34
  
  By JILL COLVIN | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — After a weekend spent stoking division, President Donald Trump on Monday blasted NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport’s only Black driver, Bubba Wallace, of perpetrating “a hoax” involving a rope shaped like a noose in his garage.
  Exploiting racial tensions, Trump suggested Wallace should apologize after one of his crew members discovered the rope in a garage stall they had been assigned to. F
  
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• Overwhelmed Southern California transferring coronavirus patients to Bay Area hospitals

  06-07-2020 18:22
  
  The calls have been relentless. This patient needed to be flown by plane to the Bay Area for care — did he have a crew? That patient was awaiting transfer by helicopter to Santa Barbara for treatment. Could they swing it?
  “Everyone’s tired because this has been going on for so long,” said Sergio Cardenas, a longtime flight nurse who now serves as Reach Air Medical Services’ program director in Imperial County, a swath of agricultural land wedged into the southeast c
  
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• USC safeties embrace new role as ‘quarterbacks of the defense’

  06-07-2020 18:00
  
  Even under the old USC defensive scheme, safeties were vital playmakers for the Trojans. Last season alone, Talanoa Hufanga finished second on the team with 90 tackles, despite missing three games, and Isaiah Pola-Mao finished third with 73 takedowns.
  But under new defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, safeties like Hufanga and Pola-Mao will take on a new role, one their position coach describes as “the quarterbacks of the defense.”
  Safeties in the new scheme will be tasked with relayi
  
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• Why there are 3 versions of Percival Everett’s new novel ‘Telephone’

  06-07-2020 17:58
  
  In “Telephone,” the latest novel from Percival Everett, a family medical crisis and a mysterious note prompt a professor to head out on a mission to save a group of women.
  How the story unfolds, though, will vary from reader to reader, depending on which version of the book you read for one very unusual reason: There are three separate versions of “Telephone,” which was published by Minneapolis-based Graywolf Press in May.
  “One of my interests is not the authority o
  
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• Pedestrian dies in Fountain Valley hit-and-run crash

  06-07-2020 17:57
  
  A pedestrian died on the Fourth of July when she was hit and trapped under a car in Fountain Valley, police said.
  It was about 8:11 p.m. when officers were called to the crash site at Euclid Street and Edinger Avenue, Fountain Valley police said.
  There they found the unresponsive female under a white, 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity had not been identified as of Sunday night, authorities said.
  During the investigation, officers discovered the victim ha
  
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• Placentia will open 50-unit complex for homeless veterans this month

  06-07-2020 17:53
  
  When former Navy man James Smart found out he would be moving from his makeshift home – a shed in Corona – into a brand new apartment in Placentia’s veterans village, “it was the happiest day of my life,” he said.
  Smart, 66, has been without a permanent home since the fall. He’s excited to start a new chapter in his life in one of 49 furnished apartments for homeless veterans in the new development, which will also have an on-site manager and an array of servi
  
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• Status Update: Goodwill reopens; See’s Candies offers ‘click, pick, go’

  06-07-2020 17:30
  
  More retail merchants across Orange County have reopened even as dine-in service at restaurants closes to help stem an increase in COVID-19 infections.
  Goodwill of Orange County has reopened all 24 of its stores and boutiques.
  The nonprofit closed its doors temporarily March 18 and last week began a phased reopening to safely bring employees and shoppers back to the stores.
  Goodwill COVID-19 protocols include health screenings for employees; face coverings for team members and shoppers; frequent
  
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• Trump’s leadership tested in time of fear, pandemic

  06-07-2020 15:26
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE and CALVIN WOODWARD | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Not long after noon on Feb. 6, President Donald Trump strode into the elegant East Room of the White House. The night before, his impeachment trial had ended with acquittal in the Republican-controlled Senate. It was time to gloat and settle scores.
  “It was evil,” Trump said of the attempt to end his presidency. “It was corrupt. It was dirty cops. It was leakers and liars.”
  It was also soon forgo
  
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• Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

  06-07-2020 15:16
  
  By FRANCES D’EMILIO | Associated Press
  ROME — Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and often haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables” and the epic “Once Upon A Time In America,” died Monday. He was 91.
  Morricone’s longtime lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, said “the Maestro,” as he
  
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• Chief Justice John Roberts’ institutionalist approach to the judiciary

  06-07-2020 15:00
  
  In the last few weeks, Chief Justice Roberts has sided with the liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices in striking down President Trump’s effort to revoke DACA, in protecting victims of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and in preventing Louisiana from restricting access to abortions.
  In contrast, he sided with the conservatives in prohibiting Montana from excluding religious schools from programs available to private non-religious schools. The middle is a comfortable positio
  
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• Planning a more equitable SoCal: Rex Richardson

  06-07-2020 14:55
  
  Cities are navigating three crises simultaneously — a pandemic, a fiscal emergency for municipal budgets due to historic job loss, and an uprising in response to the brutal killing of George Floyd, underscoring the impacts of structural racism. Each of these crises expose the underlying health, economic, and racial disparities that persist for communities of color in our country. While hundreds of thousands are marching to protest these injustices, productive dialogue occurs among families
  
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• Dodgers have decision to make on ‘next man up’ to replace David Price

  06-07-2020 03:01
  
  LOS ANGELES — By baseball standards, Ross Stripling has certainly been a good soldier.
  Over four seasons in the big leagues, he has accepted a swing-man role with the Dodgers that forced him to move back and forth between the starting rotation and the bullpen, returning to a long-relief role even after making the All-Star Game as a starter in 2018. This spring, he absorbed the news that the Dodgers had planned to trade him to the Angels only to have the deal fall through in very public fas
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reports 3 new deaths and 663 new cases as of July 5

  06-07-2020 01:19
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported three new deaths as of Sunday, July 5, increasing the total number of people in the county who have died from the coronavirus to 366.
  Of the 366 deaths, 191 were listed as people in skilled nursing facilities and two were listed as homeless.
  There were 663 new cases of the virus confirmed on Sunday.
  The cumulative case total is now 16,845 since testing began in March.
  The county’s breakdown of deaths by age is as follows:85 and older: 32% (119)
  
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• Pollution from fireworks briefly made air hazardous, AQMD says

  06-07-2020 00:52
  
  Tiny particles from Fourth of July fireworks left areas of Southern California  with air that was unhealthy or unhealthy for sensitive groups Sunday afternoon, July 5, the South Coast Air Quality Management District said.
  The residue from detonated fireworks put air quality in the hazardous category for parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties during the overnight and early morning hours, but receded during the day, the AQMD said in extending its particulate advisory into Sunday.
  That reduc
  
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