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• Major League Soccer season set to resume amid uncertainty caused by COVID-19

  07-07-2020 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Major League Soccer had unveiled plans for its 25th season celebration back in January.
  However, the celebration never got on track as the season was shut down after two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Tonight, after a near four-month hiatus, MLS will resume its season in a “bubble” at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida with the MLS is Back Tournament.
  What happens after that is anybody’s guess.
  Leading up to the start of the tournament, there have been pos
  
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• A Restaurant in Newport Beach will close temporarily

  07-07-2020 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  A Restaurant in Newport Beach has decided to close temporarily, a decision brought on by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new guidelines prohibiting indoor dining.
  “Given the new state mandate restricting restaurant operations from offering dine-in service for the next three weeks, A Restaurant has made the very difficult decision to close to the public until dining room service can resume,” read a Facebook message to its customers. The note was signed by Joseph “McG” Nichol and
  
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• USC, UC, CSU, Loyola Marymount praise international students in wake of ICE directive

  07-07-2020 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Southern California university officials said Tuesday they are reviewing a directive from federal immigration authorities that could force thousands of international students out of the country if schools offer only online courses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that international students cannot remain in the country if they are taking solely online courses.
  “The U.S. Department of State will not issue visa
  
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• USC, CSU praise international students in wake of ICE directive

  07-07-2020 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Southern California university officials said Tuesday they are reviewing a directive from federal immigration authorities that could force thousands of international students out of the country if schools offer only online courses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that international students cannot remain in the country if they are taking solely online courses.
  “The U.S. Department of State will not issue visa
  
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• Alexander: Are the odds now against having full seasons?

  07-07-2020 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  As we begin to ramp up the return of our major sports leagues … well, the early reports seem discouraging. The more we see, the less we like:
  For example, MLB botched its own coronavirus testing protocol on the first weekend of its do-over training camps. Supposedly the firm with which it had contracted to process the tests claimed the Fourth of July holiday held things up. Maybe an enterprise that customarily works on holidays should have emphasized that it expected the same of its partn
  
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• Mortgage injustice: Blacks twice as likely to get rejected for a loan

  07-07-2020 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Blacks hear “No” from mortgage lenders twice as often as a typical American borrower.
  A report from LendingTree shows a huge racial gap in rejection rates for loans to buy a home. Stats compiled by the online loan marketplace reveal 12.64% of mortgage applicants from Blacks were rejected in 2019 vs. 6.15% for all purchase-loan submissions.
  Yes, this analysis of the latest federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data tells you Blacks are 105% more likely to get turned down for a home loa
  
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• Commissioner Adam Silver: NBA prepared to deal with some positive coronavirus tests

  07-07-2020 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  There will be more positive tests among NBA players. Of that Commissioner Adam Silver is relatively certain.
  It’s how many and when they occur that will make the difference.
  “That’s more a representation of what’s happening around the country … virtually none of them were in Florida at the time that testing began,” said Silver, referring to the announcement last week that 25 of 351 players tested for the coronarvirus between June 23 and July 2.
  “And so,
  
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• Collins Aerospace moving Anaheim facility to Kansas, fueling 200 layoffs

  07-07-2020 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Collins Aerospace is shifting its Anaheim refrigeration operation to Lenexa, Kansas, in a move that will put an estimated 200 employees out of work.
  In a recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification sent to the state, the company, which makes and services systems for commercial aircraft, said the initial layoff of 155 workers will begin Aug. 21 and be completed within two weeks.
  “Additional separations will occur thereafter,” Debbie Nakamura, Collins’ senior manager of
  
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• Enjoying a drive-in movie night in San Juan Capistrano

  07-07-2020 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  One boy sits alone atop the cab of a pick-up truck as he watches The Lego Movie during a pop-up drive in movie event hosted by the City of San Juan Capistrano at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Club on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Movie-goers practice social distancing while watching The Lego Movie from their vehicles during a pop-up drive-in movie event, hosted by the City of San Juan Capistrano, in the parking lot of the Rancho Mission Viejo Ridin
  
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• Petition asks O.C. Health Care Agency to report COVID-19 in restaurants

  07-07-2020 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Reports are always available about rats and roaches in restaurants, so why not regularly post a list of eateries closed when employees have contracted COVID-19, which can be deadly?
  That’s the thinking behind a new petition by activist Eva O’Keefe that has attracted more than 260 signatures since it was first posted during the last week of June. She hopes to garner at least 1,000 signatures before presenting it to the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
  LA, San Diego, San Bernardino
  
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• Mary Trump’s book offers scathing portrayal of president

  07-07-2020 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JILL COLVIN
  NEW YORK  — President Donald Trump’s niece offers a scathing portrayal of her uncle in a new book obtained by The Associated Press Tuesday that credits a “perfect storm of catastrophes” for exposing the president at his worst.
  Mary L. Trump, a psychologist, writes that the coronavirus pandemic, the possibility of an economic depression and deepening social divides have brought out the “worst effects” of Donald Trump&rsq
  
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• Philadelphia Eagles WR DeSean Jackson apologizes for anti-Semitic post

  07-07-2020 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has apologized after backlash for sharing anti-Semitic posts on social media over the weekend.
  “My post was definitely not intended for anybody of any race to feel any type of way, especially the Jewish community,” Jackson said in a video he posted on Instagram on Tuesday. “I post things on my story all the time, and just probably never should have posted anything Hitler did, because Hitler was a bad person,
  
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• What Disney World’s reopening could mean for Disneyland

  07-07-2020 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The reopening of Walt Disney World starting later this week after an extended COVID-19 closure offers a first look at the new normal coming to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in the coronavirus era once Disney’s Anaheim theme parks eventually swing open their gates.
  The reopening of Disney’s Florida theme parks with additional health and safety measures including mandatory face masks, temperature checks, reduced attendance, social distancing and enhanced sanitization is ex
  
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• What if I have a dispute with Amazon over returned items? Ask the lawyer

  07-07-2020 20:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I ordered some clothes from Amazon but two items do not fit. Now what? I paid, but what if they won’t take them back?
  -M.M. Rancho Palos Verdes
  A: In your web browser, type “Amazon, our return policies.” There you will find many details on handling Amazon returns. Research indicates that used or open box items purchased and shipped from Amazon can in most cases be returned within 30 days of receipt; however, Items that have been resized, damaged or otherwise altered after de
  
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• Virtual event with authors Michael Connelly, Karen Grigsby Bates, Attica Locke, Joe Ide and Tod Goldberg

  07-07-2020 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Best-selling author Michael Connelly – and creator of the popular Amazon TV series “Bosch”now entering its seventh season – will join the all-star lineup this Friday for the Mystery andCrime episode of Southern California News Group’s virtual “Lit Up: Summer Reading Series” hosted by NPR commentator, author and performer Sandra Tsing Loh.
  The weekly salon-style program, held via Zoom Friday at 5 p.m., features wide-rangingconversations on books, ide
  
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• Virtual event with authors Michael Connelly, Karen Grigsby Bates, Attica Locke, Joe Ida and Tod Goldberg

  07-07-2020 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Best-selling author Michael Connelly – and creator of the popular Amazon TV series “Bosch”now entering its seventh season – will join the all-star lineup this Friday for the Mystery andCrime episode of Southern California News Group’s virtual “Lit Up: Summer Reading Series” hosted by NPR commentator, author and performer Sandra Tsing Loh.
  The weekly salon-style program, held via Zoom Friday at 5 p.m., features wide-rangingconversations on books, ide
  
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• Dodgers still seeking a championship; Would the sprint title be legitimate?

  07-07-2020 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It’s a sprint, not a marathon.
  The reverse has always been true with a 162-game regular season annually challenging major-league teams, making sure only the truly deserving (in theory) earn a chance to play for a championship in October. This year, however, a 60-game mini-season is all MLB will attempt. Is that enough to make for a legitimate champion?
  “That’s a good question. I’ve thought about it a little bit,” Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kersh
  
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• DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemic

  07-07-2020 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLIN BINKLEY
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week and said schools must be “fully operational” even amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  Anything less, she says, would fail students and taxpayers.
  DeVos made the comments during a call with governors as the Trump administration launched an all-out effort to get schools and colleges to reopen. Audio of the call was obtained by The Associat
  
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• Brethren Christian school in Huntington Beach will close after 73 years, letter to school community says

  07-07-2020 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Brethren Christian High School in Huntington Beach will close after 73 years, with school officials saying there is a financial shortfall amid declining enrollment.
  With Brethren Christian facing a $650,000 deficit for next year’s budget, keeping the school open would mean additional staff and teacher cuts, “which would compromise the excellent education BCHS has always provided,” the school’s board chair, Lee Wilhite, said in a letter to the school community sent Monday,
  
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• Hiring soared in May as mass layoffs eased

  07-07-2020 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market took a big step toward healing in May, though plenty of damage remains, as a record level of hiring followed record layoffs in March and April.
  The Labor Department reported Tuesday that the number of available jobs rose sharply as well, but remained far below pre-pandemic levels.
  The figures, from the government’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, or JOLTS, illustrate the whiplash the economy has experienced since the pan
  
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• Q&A: The nuts and bolts of the Paycheck Protection Program

  07-07-2020 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Joyce M. Rosenberg, The Associated Press
  Small businesses can still get help from the government’s coronavirus relief plan after Congress extended the Paycheck Protection Program until Aug. 8.
  The program that was set to expire Tuesday still has nearly $132 billion left after giving out more than 4.8 million loans since it began April 3. Loan recipients included companies as varied as restaurants, dental offices, retailers, construction companies and manufacturers that were devastated b
  
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• County animal shelter sees fewer lost dogs this Fourth of July

  07-07-2020 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Dog A1686743 stood shy and unsure inside kennel 224.
  Apparently spooked by Fourth of July fireworks, the Australian shepherd was found running near the I-5 freeway in San Juan Capistrano. He, and 16 other dogs from around the county, were taken to the OC Animal Care facility in Tustin over the holiday weekend. So far half of them have been reunited with their owners.
  “This is significantly less than the last couple of years,” Jessica Novillo, the agency’s spokeswoman, said of t
  
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• Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again

  07-07-2020 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT
  The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients climbs.
  A national nursing union is concerned that gear has to be reused. A doctors association warns that physicians’ offices are closed because they cannot get masks and other supplies. And Democratic members of Congress are pu
  
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• Classic radio call letters return, plus remembering two of LA’s pioneering Black DJs

  07-07-2020 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  There was some big news down in San Diego last week: The return of KGB to the AM band, with the former KFMB (760 AM) picking up the legendary calls.
  The original KGB (now KLSD, 1360 AM) was among America’s Finest City’s first radio stations, first signing on in 1922. It was the area’s “Boss Radio” station in the mid-1960s; in 1972, it was “recycled” to become a progressive rock station — and one of the few on the AM band — under the direction
  
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• Fitz and The Tantrums will headline City National Grove of Anaheim’s Drive-In OC Series

  07-07-2020 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Nederlander Concerts has announced that Los Angeles indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums has joined its Drive-In OC Series at City National Grove of Anaheim.
  The sextet, which is known for songs like “Out of My League,” “The Walker,” “Moneygrabber” and “HandClap,” will headline Drive-In OC at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 and 6. Tickets are $160-$300 per vehicle (vehicles can hold up to six patrons) and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, July 10 via AXS.com.
  “We
  
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• No more delays: What to know about the July 15 tax deadline

  07-07-2020 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sarah Skidmore Sell, The Associated Press
  It’s time to do your taxes — no more delays.
  As the coronavirus pandemic took hold this spring, the federal government postponed the traditional April 15 filing deadline until July 15.
  The move provided some economic and logistical relief for taxpayers dealing with the disruptions and uncertainty brought on by lockdowns, school closures and shuttered businesses. But now that new deadline is rapidly approaching.
  Taxpayers must file or seek
  
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• The next big music festival you attend may be inside a video game

  07-07-2020 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Rapper Travis Scott blazed through hits such as “Sicko Mode,” “Stargazing” and “Goosebumps” and new single “The Scotts” as Rachel Foy, 42, and her son Atticus, 11, took in the stunning visual effects and graphics of the performance. But the Ontario family wasn’t watching Scott as he performed from some massive, souped-up stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, but rather in a video game at home.
  Atticus is a fan of Fortnite and
  
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• Marine Corps says shooting reported at California base

  07-07-2020 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — The U.S. Marine Corps said Tuesday it was investigating reports of an active shooter at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California.
  The Corps said in a tweet that military police responded to reports of gunshots at approximately 6:30 a.m. and cordoned off the area.
  “We cannot confirm a suspect in custody at this time,” the tweet said.
  The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was not requested to assist with t
  
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• Discover the history, mystery and ‘Miracle’ of the Eastern Sierra

  07-07-2020 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  It was homesickness that prompted Kendra Atleework to dive deep into the history of the Eastern Sierra.
  The author of “Miracle Country,” a personal memoir and regional history published by Algonquin Books on July 14, grew up in Swall Meadows, located in the southern end of Mono County between Bishop and Mammoth Lakes. She left after high school to attend Scripps College in Claremont and then headed to graduate school at the University of Minnesota.
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• When the smoke clears from Swall Meadows, blackened trees and skeleton motorcycles

  07-07-2020 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Kendra Atleework’s “Miracle Country” explores the history and landscape of the Eastern Sierra, but also provides a look into the life of the author, who grew up in the Owens Valley, went to school in Claremont and ultimately returned to Bishop, where she now lives. 
  What follows is an except from the book, which will be published July 14 by Algonquin Books.
  To understand the place we call the Eastern Sierra, you must be able to see what is no longer here. See what hides, c
  
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• Man taken to hospital for self-inflicted gunshot at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base

  07-07-2020 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  A shooting at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center – Twentynine Palms Tuesday morning, July 7, appears to have been self-inflicted, base officials said.
  The sound of a gunshot was first reported at 6:30 a.m. The sprawling San Bernardino County training base was put on lockdown and all Marine and civilian personnel were told to shelter in place.
  “Military police surrounded the gunman and saw that it appears the gunshot was self-inflicted,” said Capt. Nicole Plymale, a base spok
  
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• Gunman surrounded at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base, officials said

  07-07-2020 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Military police have surrounded a gunman at the Marine Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms.
  There was a report of shots being fired at 6:30 a.m. Initially, no one has been reported as being injured, said Capt. Nicole Plymale, a base spokesman.
  Military Police have the suspect cordoned off and are in contact with him, she said.
  A shelter in place order has been issued for the base, which is in San Bernardino County near Desert Heights.#BREAKING: We are aware of reports of an active shooter at M
  
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• Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

  07-07-2020 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCELO DE SOUSA and DAVID BILLER
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the virus’ severity.
  Bolsonaro confirmed the test results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters in capital Brasilia.
  “I’m well, normal. I even want to take a walk around here, but I can’t due to medical recommendationS,” Bolsonaro said.
  The president has often appeared in public to shake han
  
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• 7 more O.C. restaurants close temporarily because of COVID-19 concerns

  07-07-2020 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  More Orange County restaurants have closed temporarily to deep clean and sanitize, seven after finding out that one or more employees have been exposed to or infected with COVID-19.
  Augustino’s Italian Restaurant in Garden Grove and PokeBowlz in Ladera Ranch both closed because employees had been exposed to the virus. PokeBowlz reopened on Monday, July 6. The two restaurants posted messages on Facebook to customers that each would close for employee testing and sanitizing.
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• 7 more O.C. restaurants close temporarily because of coronavirus concerns

  07-07-2020 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  More Orange County restaurants have closed temporarily to deep clean and sanitize, seven after finding out that one or more employees have been exposed to or infected with COVID-19.
  Augustino’s Italian Restaurant in Garden Grove and PokeBowlz in Ladera Ranch both closed because employees had been exposed to the virus. PokeBowlz reopened on Monday, July 6. The two restaurants posted messages on Facebook to customers that each would close for employee testing and sanitizing.
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• Disneyland hotels push back reservations until August

  07-07-2020 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Disneyland resort hotels are accepting reservations starting in August as the closure of Disney’s Anaheim theme parks stretches toward four months amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  New reservations for the Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel are currently available for travel dates on Aug. 1 and later, according to Disneyland website. The Disneyland Hotel remains closed until further notice.
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• Capo Beach takes another battering after big swell, high tides hit

  07-07-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Capistrano Beach took yet another beating over the weekend as a big swell and high tides battered the small county-run beach, once again tearing up the walkways and propelling pebbles and sand onto the parking lot. The waves hit with such force they tossed concrete benches and heavy trash cans over and pushed them into the parking lot.
  The Dana Point beach, which sits just south of Doheny State Beach at Beach Road, has been watched closely by county officials and residents who are trying to figu
  
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• HOA Homefront: How to reopen amenities (the pool) in COVID-19 world

  07-07-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As the seesaw battle of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, HOA boards and managers are torn between the fear of reopening amenities and the desire of residents to enjoy their use. Pools, gyms and tennis courts are hot-button issues now as HOAs try to return toward normalcy.
  Most County Health Departments have specific guidance regarding reopening amenities such as pools, gyms or tennis courts. Also, the Center for Disease Control and the California Department of Public Health have helpful online i
  
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• HOA Homefront: How to reopen amenities (the pool) in coronavirus world

  07-07-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As the seesaw battle of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, HOA boards and managers are torn between the fear of reopening amenities and the desire of residents to enjoy their use. Pools, gyms and tennis courts are hot-button issues now as HOAs try to return toward normalcy.
  Most County Health Departments have specific guidance regarding reopening amenities such as pools, gyms or tennis courts. Also, the Center for Disease Control and the California Department of Public Health have helpful online i
  
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• Death toll from flooding in Japan reaches 55, dozen missing

  07-07-2020 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARI YAMAGUCHI
  TOKYO — Soldiers used boats to rescue residents as floodwaters flowed down streets in southern Japanese towns hit by heavy rains that were expanding across the region on Tuesday. At least 55 people have died and a dozen remain missing.
  Pounding rain since late Friday in the southern region of Kyushu has triggered widespread flooding. More rain was predicted in Kyushu and the western half of Japan’s main island of Honshu as the rain front moved east.
  In Fukuoka, on t
  
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• Orange County employees worry about spread of coronavirus in office building as more colleagues test positive

  07-07-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Social workers employed by Orange County are calling for enhanced safety measures at the Santa Ana building where they work, driven by fear of increased exposure to colleagues who have tested positive for coronavirus over the past few weeks.
  The workers say their potential exposure to the virus also poses a risk to elderly and disabled clients who they sometimes must visit at home.
  In recent weeks, coronavirus has spread rapidly in Orange County, which is now one of 24 counties in California in
  
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• Disneyland and other theme parks must enforce this rule: Wear a mask or get out

  07-07-2020 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Is it safe to visit a theme park? The answer to that question will depend greatly upon the work of the employees.
  Disney is reopening its theme parks in Florida next week, and it’s implementing what has become an industry standard for new health and safety procedures. Temperature checks. Physical distancing in queues, on rides and in theaters, restaurants, and shops. Hand sanitizer dispensers everywhere. And, yes, everyone’s gotta wear a mask.
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• Woman seen killing kitten on video in South Gate

  07-07-2020 15:12 via ocregister.com
  
  SOUTH GATE — Authorities in South Gate asked for the public’s help Tuesday morning in identifying a woman seen on surveillance video killing a kitten.
  A woman with orange hair is seen on video walking onto the porch of a home near Hildreth Avenue and Tweedy Boulevard around midnight Sunday evening, picking up the kitten and a can of bug spray, then spraying the kitten’s mouth and fur.South Gate, CA
  Kitten stolen off of porch, and killed just feet away.
  Thief drenched the kitten
  
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• Angels schedule: Where the team will play in 2020 season

  07-07-2020 13:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will play against the Athletics to open the season on July 24.
  July 24-27: at Athletics
  July 28-30: vs. Mariners
  July 31-Aug. 3: vs. Astros
  Aug. 4-6: at Mariners
  Aug. 7-9: at Rangers
  Aug. 10-12: vs. Athletics
  Aug. 14-16: at Angels
  Aug. 17-18: vs. GiantsAug. 19-20: at Giants
  Aug. 21-23: at Athletics
  Aug. 24-27: at Astros
  Aug. 28-31: vs. Mariners
  Sept. 2-3: vs. Padres
  Sept. 4-6: vs. Astros
  Sept. 9-10: at Rangers
  Sept. 11-13: at Rockies
  Sept. 15-17: vs. Diamondback
  
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• Dodgers schedule: Where the team will play in 2020 season

  07-07-2020 13:26 via ocregister.com
  
  July 23-26: vs. Giants
  July 28-29: at Astros
  July 30-Aug. 2: at Diamondbacks
  Aug. 3-5: at Padres
  Aug. 7-9: vs. Giants
  Aug. 10-13: vs. Padres
  Aug. 14-16: at Angels
  Aug. 17-18: vs. Mariners
  Aug. 19-20: at Mariners
  Aug. 21-23: vs. Rockies
  Aug. 25-27: at Giants
  Aug. 28-30: at Rangers
  Sept. 1-3: vs. Diamondbacks
  Sept. 4-6: vs. Rockies
  Sept. 8-10: at Diamondbacks
  Sept. 12-13: vs. Astros
  Sept. 14-16: at Padres
  Sept. 17-20: at Rockies
  Sept. 22-24: vs. Athletics
  Sept. 25-27: vs. Angels
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• Horse euthanized at Los Alamitos Race Course

  07-07-2020 13:14 via ocregister.com
  
  CYPRESS (CNS) – A 3-year-old horse was injured on the track at Los Alamitos Race Course Sunday night and later euthanized, officials confirmed today.
  The quarter horse gelding named Jess Bet Me suffered the mortal injury in Sunday night’s eighth race, according to the official racing chart. Video of the race shows the horse finishing behind the rest of the pack.
  The death was confirmed by Mike Marten, public information officer for the California Horse Racing Board.
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• Assembly Bill 5 undercuts the ability of workers to work

  07-07-2020 11:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Today’s gig economy matches independent contractors with available jobs, but California’s 2019 independent-contractor status law, Assembly Bill 5, severely limits workers’ options.
  In opposition to the law, the open letter of 153 scholars that I initiated for the Independent Institute focused on Assembly Bill 5’s harmful consequences in the coronavirus pandemic. This harm has a parallel in history.
  When the Black Death swept Europe, workers and peasants sought flexibility
  
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• COVID-19 will force universities to reinvent themselves, lower prices

  07-07-2020 11:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Faculty at my university recently received a call for proposals to develop innovative online courses—especially large enrollment, introductory courses—for the fall semester. Similar initiatives across the country will prove as disruptive to my colleagues as automation for assembly line workers.
  Lecture classes with hundreds of students are essential to the business model of residential universities. Those pull down average course delivery costs and subsidize smaller seminars, supervi
  
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• Speed cameras work, may help reduce unnecessary police encounters

  07-07-2020 10:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Back in mid-May, in the throes of an ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a curious yellow robotic dog swept across social media. Deployed by the Singaporean government in the island nation’s public spaces, the camera-mounted robotic dog was tasked with gently nudging park patrons to respect social distancing guidance with kind verbal reminders. The reaction was swift and universally derisive—prompting comparisons to the dystopian science fiction series “Black Mirror.”
  But did t
  
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• Closed restaurant building burns in Orange

  07-07-2020 06:07 via ocregister.com
  
  A fire that broke out in Orange on Monday evening at the former Johnny Rebs’ restaurant was quickly quelled by the Orange Fire Department.
  The fire broke out along the 2900 block of East Chapman Avenue, fire officials said. The Orange Fire Department sent roughly 30 firefighters to the scene at around 7:15 p.m.
  Officials said the fire was under control as of 7:45 p.m. Nobody was injured from the fire.
  The fire burned at the former restaurant that closed nearly a year ago.
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