• Moreno Valley woman who housed cats in poor conditions receives probation

    Moreno Valley woman who housed cats in poor conditions receives probation
    A 45-year-old woman who kept dozens of cats in inhumane conditions at her Moreno Valley home was sentenced Wednesday, July 8, to three years felony probation.
    Kristen Gotangco pleaded guilty in March to 17 counts of felony animal cruelty for mistreating the felines, and Riverside County Superior Court Judge Bambi Moyer imposed the stipulated sentence.
    According to sheriff’s officials and Moreno Valley Animal Control, nearly 100 adult felines and kittens were discovered on July 1, 2019 in t
  • Here’s why Netflix’s ‘The Old Guard’ is groundbreaking

    Here’s why Netflix’s ‘The Old Guard’ is groundbreaking
    The new Netflix adaptation of “The Old Guard” graphic novel might be the most radical superhero movie made so far.
    Sure, the plot doesn’t immediately signal this: The story follows four immortal soldiers who for centuries have fought the good fight for humanity, and just as they take on a new recruit they come under fresh attack from powerful forces.
    But look a little closer: The team’s commander is a woman, Andromache of Scythia — Andy, for short — played by
  • Want 5 buildings, 23 rental units in Laguna Beach? That’ll be $47 million

    Want 5 buildings, 23 rental units in Laguna Beach? That’ll be $47 million
    Want to quickly become a landlord with a collection of beach town properties?
    A portfolio of five Laguna Beach rental properties — 23 residential units and two small retail spaces — is on the market for $47 million.
    Four of the properties being marketed by the Corona del Mar office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties are on the ocean side of Pacific Coast Highway:
    • Sunset Cove Villas at 683 Sleepy Hollow Lane has eight units with one-to-three bedrooms and o
  • Park Life: Enforcing Disneyland’s mask rule and keeping Mickey Mouse safe

    Park Life: Enforcing Disneyland’s mask rule and keeping Mickey Mouse safe
    How will Disneyland enforce its mandatory mask rule? Which shows and attractions will stay closed when Disneyland returns? How will Mickey Mouse maintain social distance? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
    Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
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    Disneyland plans to deploy a team whose primary job will be to enforce a new policy requiring
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  • Los Angeles makes its World Cup 2026 host pitch

    Los Angeles makes its World Cup 2026 host pitch
    The Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee presented its virtual city workshop with FIFA and U.S. Soccer on Wednesday.
    Los Angeles is one of the final 17 cities in the U.S. vying to host matches for the tournament that will also be played in Canada and Mexico.
    The other U.S. cities up for consideration are Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, Nashville, New York/New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
    The c
  • Facebook civil rights audit: ‘Serious setbacks’ mar progress

    Facebook civil rights audit: ‘Serious setbacks’ mar progress
    By Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press
    A two-year audit of Facebook’s civil rights record found “serious setbacks” that have marred the social network’s progress on matters such as hate speech, misinformation and bias.
    Facebook hired the audit’s leader, former American Civil Liberties Union executive Laura Murphy, in May 2018 to assess its performance on vital social issues. Its 100-page report released Wednesday outlines a “seesaw of progress and setbacks&r
  • Unions plan ‘Strike for Black Lives’ walkout to highlight racism

    Unions plan ‘Strike for Black Lives’ walkout to highlight racism
    By Aaron Morrison, The Associated Press
    A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S.
    Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” tens of thousands of fast food, ride-share, nursing home and airport workers in more than 25 cities are expected to walk off the job July 20 for about eight minutes — the amount of ti
  • Skipped rent payments rise as tenants face financial cliff ahead

    Skipped rent payments rise as tenants face financial cliff ahead
    Two surveys show American renters continue to be under financial stress as pandemic-linked monetary help is coming to a possible end.
    The National Multifamily Housing Council’s found 77.4% of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by July 6 in its survey of 11.4 million units in apartment complexes nationwide. That payment pace is down from 80.8% who had paid a month earlier and 79.7% a year ago.
    Apartment List’s most recent housing payments survey of 4,000 American
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  • Skipped payments rise as renters face financial cliff ahead

    Skipped payments rise as renters face financial cliff ahead
    Two surveys show American renters continue to be under financial stress as pandemic-linked monetary help is coming to a possible end.
    The National Multifamily Housing Council’s found 77.4% of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by July 6 in its survey of 11.4 million units in apartment complexes nationwide. That payment pace is down from 80.8% who had paid a month earlier and 79.7% a year ago.
    Apartment List’s most recent housing payments survey of 4,000 American
  • How The Wave 94.7’s Pat Prescott began hosting ‘Justice Now!’ about policing, protests and more

    How The Wave 94.7’s Pat Prescott began hosting ‘Justice Now!’ about policing, protests and more
    Following the death of George Floyd while in police custody and the nationwide protests it sparked, Pat Prescott, morning radio host at The Wave 94.7 FM in Los Angeles, said that she and several of her station colleagues felt they needed to do or say something.
    “We knew the community was hurting and that people needed to be able to express themselves,” Prescott said during a recent video interview from her Los Angeles home.
    The week of Floyd’s death, Jeff Federman, regional pre
  • Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

    Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen
    By COLLIN BINKLEY
    President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if America’s schools don’t reopen in the fall despite the coronavirus, and he lashed out at federal health officials over reopening guidelines that he complained are impractical and expensive.
    As Trump increased his pressure on state and local officials, New York City announced that most of its students would return to classrooms only two or three days a week and would learn online in between
  • US housing market heats up, 33% more mortgage applications

    US housing market heats up, 33% more mortgage applications
    U.S. homebuying is heating up, despite the pandemic.
    Applications to borrow to buy a home were up 33% for the week ending July 3 from the same week a year earlier, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The figure was up 5% in the week to the highest level in nearly a month.
    While the outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed, house hunters have quickly r
  • Best thing I ate: Tandoori pork ribs and chili-infused chicken, family style

    Best thing I ate: Tandoori pork ribs and chili-infused chicken, family style
    I’ve heard it said often that spicy foods boost the immune system. Just in case that might be even slightly true, I’ve been eating chicken vindaloo from Clay Oven in Irvine. My lips have been on fire for two days. Curried butternut squash helps with that. It has a sweet, creamy, cooling effect that counteracts the burn. Sadly, I ran out of squash before I finished the vindaloo. 
    Clay Oven, a longstanding Indian restaurant in Irvine, recently introduced family-style takeout packa
  • Stanford cutting 11 varsity sports programs

    Stanford cutting 11 varsity sports programs
    Stanford has announced it is eliminating 11 varsity sports programs after the 2020-21 academic year.
    Programs affected include men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling.
    According to a letter sent out by the school, the 11 programs consist of more than 240 student-athletes and 22 coaches. The university is also eliminating the jobs of 20 sup
  • United sending layoff notices to nearly half of U.S. employees

    United sending layoff notices to nearly half of U.S. employees
    By DAVID KOENIG
    United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees – nearly half its U.S. staff – they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how deeply the virus pandemic is hurting the airline industry.
    The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as infection rates rise in much of the U.S. and some states impose new quarantine requirements on travelers.
    United officials said Wednesday that they still hope to limit the number of layof
  • How David Foster, hit producer for Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and more, opened up in Netflix documentary

    How David Foster, hit producer for Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and more, opened up in Netflix documentary
    Superstar producer David Foster likes to be in control, which is usually fine for the pop star or rock band looking for a hit record, but not so great for the director of a documentary on Foster’s life.
    “It was important to me that David had to be open,” says Barry Avrich, whose film “David Foster: Off The Record” arrives on Netflix this month. “I have no interest in exploiting him. But at the same point, I needed him to be candid.
    “So he knew the rules,
  • Disneyland reveals list of reopening Downtown Disney shops and restaurants

    Disneyland reveals list of reopening Downtown Disney shops and restaurants
    The first stage of a phased reopening of Disneyland begins this week as the Downtown Disney outdoor shopping mall returns following a four-month coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park resort.
    Downtown Disney is set to reopen on Thursday, July 9. An employee preview of the reopened outdoor shopping mall will be held on Wednesday.
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  • Disneyland reveals full list of reopening Downtown Disney shops and restaurants

    Disneyland reveals full list of reopening Downtown Disney shops and restaurants
    The first stage of a phased reopening of Disneyland begins this week as the Downtown Disney outdoor shopping mall returns following a four-month coronavirus closure of the Anaheim theme park resort.
    Downtown Disney is set to reopen on Thursday, July 9. An employee preview of the reopened outdoor shopping mall will be held on Wednesday.
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  • Think your dinner table conversations are podcast material? This Riverside family made it happen

    Think your dinner table conversations are podcast material? This Riverside family made it happen
    Aiden and Cassie Laudenslager are two kids who might not be seen but are definitely heard.
    They’re members of a Riverside family in which everybody podcasts.
    Aiden, 12, reviews video games while Cassie, 9, picks apart episodes of “The Simpsons” made more than 20 years before she was born.
    Their parents, who met working in radio, are happy to help their kids find their voices in an increasingly popular pastime.
    According to Forbes, 62 million Americans listen to podcasts each we
  • `A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as virus surges

    `A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as virus surges
    By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and SOPHIA TULP
    LOS ANGELES — For two weeks, Rachael Jones has stayed home, going without a paycheck while waiting and waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test from a pharmacy near Philadelphia.
    “I’m just so disappointed. I just don’t know how — with the resources and the people we have and the money we have — we can’t get this right,” she said.
    Four months, 3 million confirmed infections and over 130,000 deaths into the U.S.
  • Harrah’s Resort Southern California turns buffet into Italian restaurant because of coronavirus

    Harrah’s Resort Southern California turns buffet into Italian restaurant because of coronavirus
    Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Valley Center has turned a portion of its former buffet into a quick service Italian restaurant.
    Che Bello opened Friday, July 3, and features pizzas, pastas and lasagnas in a space that’s been redecorated with its own look and feel. It’s intended to be a long-term replacement for the former buffet space, which casino officials have decided not to reopen.
    Buffets, once an alluring element of the casino experience, have mostly shuttered &md
  • ‘Showbiz Kids’ director Alex Winter interviews former child stars about trials and traumas of the business

    ‘Showbiz Kids’ director Alex Winter interviews former child stars about trials and traumas of the business
    The idea of making a documentary about child entertainers was something director Alex Winter says he thought about often but always set aside over the past decade.
    “I came up as a child actor,” he says by phone from his South Pasadena home recently. “I’ve worked with a lot of child actors as a director over the years. And it occurred to me that I had never really seen the story told, in an intimate way, from the subjects themselves.
    “Especially in a non-tabloid way,
  • Former UCLA teammates Thomas Welsh, Bryce Alford talk life inside the TBT bubble

    Former UCLA teammates Thomas Welsh, Bryce Alford talk life inside the TBT bubble
    As NBA and WNBA players are dipping their toes into their respective bubbles, another group of hoopers is in the midst of a high-stakes tournament, having spent the past week-plus on their own figurative island. They’re happy to let the rest of the sports world learn from their experience — and to play basketball again.
    The $1 million prize at the end is a nice incentive too, of course.
    A pair of former UCLA Bruins will be reunited this week at The Basketball Tournament, the winner-t
  • Coronavirus education and testing effort targets Orange County’s ‘hot spot’ neighborhoods

    Coronavirus education and testing effort targets Orange County’s ‘hot spot’ neighborhoods
    Now that they’ve identified the problem – hot spots where coronavirus cases are growing faster than in the rest of Orange County – a partnership of local government and nonprofit officials is hitting it with everything they’ve got in the hope of reversing the trend.
    Mobile COVID-19 testing clinics in affected neighborhoods, a multilingual call center to answer residents’ questions about the disease, free hotel rooms for people who can’t self-isolate at home, a
  • Court: Some employers can refuse to offer free birth control on religious grounds

    Court: Some employers can refuse to offer free birth control on religious grounds
    By JESSICA GRESKO
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Trump administration rules allowing some employers to decline to provide contraceptive coverage on religious or moral grounds, which could leave more than 70,000 women without cost-free birth control.
    The high court ruled 7-2 for the administration, which made a policy change to allow some employers who cite religious or moral objections to opt out of providing no-cost birth control required by the Obama-era healthcare la
  • Ryder Cup moved to 2021 because of COVID-19 pandemic

    Ryder Cup moved to 2021 because of COVID-19 pandemic
    The Ryder Cup was postponed until 2021 in Wisconsin because of the COVID-19 pandemic that raised too much uncertainty whether the loudest event in golf could be played before spectators.
    The announcement Wednesday was inevitable and had been in the works for weeks as the PGA of America, the European Tour and the PGA Tour tried to adjust with so many moving parts.
    The Ryder Cup was scheduled for Sept. 25-27 at Whistling Straits, and because of a reconfigured golf schedule brought on by the pandem
  • Enemies of charter schools are enemies of students

    Enemies of charter schools are enemies of students
    Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published “Charter Schools and Their Enemies.”
    He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on New York State Education Department’s annual English Language Arts test and its Mathematics Test.
    Sowell gives the results of student tests in charter schools such as KIPP, Success Academy, Explore Schools, Uncommon Schools, Achievement First as well as the traditional New York City public schools. On the Engli
  • Don’t let Tucker Carlson scare you: reform won’t hurt good cops

    Don’t let Tucker Carlson scare you: reform won’t hurt good cops
    Public outrage following the death of George Floyd led to more than nationwide protests. The high-profile display of police brutality, captured on video, also sparked renewed calls to end an unlawful shield that protects police and other government officials from accountability when they violate individual rights.
    The judge-made doctrine, called qualified immunity, has no principled defense. But that does not stop some commentators from trying.
    Fox News host Tucker Carlson, for example, recently
  • Never surrender to the cancel culture mob

    Never surrender to the cancel culture mob
    The online mob came for Harald Uhlig.
    What terrible thing had he done? He tweeted that Black Lives Matter “torpedoed itself, with its full-fledged support of #defundthepolice.” Instead of defunding, Uhlig suggested, “train them better.”
    Hundreds of people then signed a petition to demand that Uhlig, a University of Chicago professor and head of the Journal of Political Economy, resign. Even prominent economists like Janet Yellen and Paul Krugman joined the mob. Krugman ca
  • Calling on Californians to shop safe and shop local: Isabel Guzman and Sarah Friar

    Calling on Californians to shop safe and shop local: Isabel Guzman and Sarah Friar
    Local has taken on a new meaning and California’s beloved small businesses need our help now more than ever. Supporting nearby stores, business owners, and local employees, as they modify operations to slow the spread of COVID-19, is an essential commitment to our community.
    For Everett and Jones, an Oakland barbecue restaurant since 1973, the past few months have involved a series of pivots. To keep their business afloat, they quickly shifted resources towards online ordering, food delive
  • California’s 2020 ballot measures are mostly do-overs

    California’s 2020 ballot measures are mostly do-overs
    Four months out from November’s election — and just three months until mail voting begins — outcomes of virtually all major California races are preordained, including a win by the Democratic presidential nominee, assumedly Joe Biden.
    The big action will be 12 statewide ballot measures that may differ widely in subject matter, but have a common theme: do-over.
    All but two of the measures would re-fight old battles, including the proposals most likely to grab the spotlight, Prop
  • Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Still crabby as an apple

    Frumpy Middle-aged Mom:  Still crabby as an apple
    There’s a very sad thing that happens to you when you get old, which is that you become crabby. In fact, the word “crabby” has become attached to “old man” or “old lady” as if it were impossible to think of anything else.
    My mom was the epitome of a crabby old lady, though to be honest she was pretty cranky even before she got old. She got kicked out of her apartment because they told her it would take five days to repair her dishwasher so they could get
  • How to celebrate safely during the coronavirus pandemic

    How to celebrate safely during the coronavirus pandemic
    There’s no doubt that we are living in challenging times and most of us have made major adjustments and sacrifices in our lives during the coronavirus pandemic. Whether you are an essential worker who has remained on the front lines or a person with underlying health issues taking all necessary precautions, life is very different. At the same time, most likely you or a loved one has celebrated an important milestone during this time. Traditionally, birthdays, anniversaries and lifecycle ev
  • When Tom Hanks needed a director for his WWII naval drama ‘Greyhound,’ Aaron Schneider got the call

    When Tom Hanks needed a director for his WWII naval drama ‘Greyhound,’ Aaron Schneider got the call
    Aaron Schneider was working as a cinematographer but wanted to become a director. 
    He started by winning an Oscar in 2003 for his short film, “Two Soldiers.” But it took six years before his feature debut, “Get Low” — and another 11 years before his second. But it’s a good one: He returns at the helm for “Greyhound,” a World War II drama written by and starring Tom Hanks. 
    Hanks plays a navy officer on his first mission as captain; his de
  • Study: In a first, California poised to lose House seats

    Study: In a first, California poised to lose House seats
    Southern California could lose two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and a few state legislative seats when voting districts are redrawn next year, according to a new analysis by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College.
    With population growing slower in the San Gabriel Valley and Orange County than in other parts of the state, both areas are flagged by the institute as communities that might lose representation. The region’s House seats could
  • SpaceX aims for morning launch of 59 satellites — watch the 8:50 a.m. liftoff live

    SpaceX aims for morning launch of 59 satellites — watch the 8:50 a.m. liftoff live
    HAWTHORNE — Hawthorne-based SpaceX will try again Wednesday to launch 57 internet satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida as it continues its quest to build a worldwide broadband network.
    The launch of the Starlink satellites, along with a pair of Earth-observation satellites operated by a separate company, was originally planned for June 26, but it was scrubbed to allow more time for additional “pre-launch checkouts.”
    Wednesday’s launch is scheduled for 8:50
  • Intriguing Servite linebacker Harrison Cofell enrolls at St. John Bosco

    Intriguing Servite linebacker Harrison Cofell enrolls at St. John Bosco
    Servite linebacker Harrison Cofell has enrolled at Trinity League rival St. John Bosco, the senior confirmed Tuesday.
    The 5-foot-11, 210-pound Cofell joins a group of St. John Bosco linebackers led by Andrew Simpson and Benny Lockhart among others. Simpson (6-1, 215) has committed to Kansas.
    USC-committed linebacker Ma’a Gaoteote would be another name to watch with the Braves’ linebackers but he has transferred to Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas.
    Cofell’s strong offseason makes him
  • Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who served prison time for affair with student, dies at 58

    Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who served prison time for affair with student, dies at 58
    SEATTLE — Mary Kay Letourneau, a teacher who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted of raping him in a case that drew international headlines, has died. She was 58.
    Her lawyer David Gehrke told multiple news outlets Letourneau died Tuesday of cancer. He did not immediately return an email from The Associated Press.
    Letourneau was a married mother of four having difficulties with her marriage in 1996 when Vili Fualaau was a precocious 12-year-old in Letourneau’
  • Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher jailed for raping student, dies

    Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher jailed for raping student, dies
    SEATTLE — Mary Kay Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted for raping him, has died. She was 58.
    Her lawyer David Gehrke told multiple news outlets Letourneau died Tuesday of cancer. He did not immediately return an email from The Associated Press.
    Letourneau was a married mother of four having difficulties with her marriage in 1996 when Vili Fualaau was a precocious 12-year-old in Letourneau’s class at Shorewood Elementary in Burien, a south Se
  • Shohei Ohtani pitches in Angels’ intrasquad game, looks rusty

    Shohei Ohtani pitches in Angels’ intrasquad game, looks rusty
    ANAHEIM – The old normal was the new normal at Angel Stadium for an afternoon.
    Shohei Ohtani threw three innings in the Angels’ first intrasquad game of summer camp. The stands were empty, save a section in left field full of printed-out fan headshots. The public-address system played music on a continuous loop. The home plate umpire was Tim Buss, the Angels’ quality assurance coach.
    Only the players and uniforms looked as they normally do, but such is baseball at the moment. F
  • How wars in Iraq and Afghanistan contributed to today’s deteriorating civil-military relations

    How wars in Iraq and Afghanistan contributed to today’s deteriorating civil-military relations
    The killing of George Floyd at the hands of police exposed many Americans to an unsavory side of law enforcement. News coverage of demonstrations increased concerns about the actions of police, federal officers and the National Guard, with footage of riot police in Buffalo shoving an elderly man and casually walking past him as he bled on the sidewalk shocked millions of viewers.
    These and other incidents have led to widespread recognition of the need for police reform. Of particular focus is th
  • Lake Elsinore man killed by coronavirus after party warned others in final Facebook post

    Lake Elsinore man killed by coronavirus after party warned others in final Facebook post
    Tommy Macias, a 51-year-old Lake Elsinore truck driver, knew he was vulnerable to the coronavirus because he had diabetes.
    He faithfully followed health orders to avoid gatherings as COVID-19 cases and deaths multiplied across Southern California.
    “He was really good about staying away from people,” said brother-in-law Gustavo Lopez, who is moving to Wildomar from Mission Viejo.
    But the avid boater with many friends began to feel lonely, Lopez said.
    Tommy Macias, a 51-year-old Lake E
  • Former UC Irvine chancellor Drake to lead statewide UC system

    Former UC Irvine chancellor Drake to lead statewide UC system
    Michael V. Drake, the former head of UC Irvine, was unanimously selected Tuesday to be president of the University of California by regents, who emphasized his experience, innovation, collaborative approach and likability as well as the diversity he brings as the 10-campus system’s first Black leader.
    Drake, who turns 70 Thursday, just retired last month after six years as president of Ohio State University and will replace retiring University of California President Janet Napolitano.
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  • Newsom’s budget serves union leaders at the expense of students

    Newsom’s budget serves union leaders at the expense of students
    Gov. Gavin Newsom has once again sacrificed school-age children at precisely the moment they need him most in order to help the largest of his political backers, the state’s powerful teacher’s union.
    Last week, Newsom signed a state spending bill that guarantees pay and benefits for teachers and other union education employees – adults, it goes without saying – regardless of whether their schools open this fall, open part-time, or don’t open at all; whether students
  • Lakers brace for the ‘bubble,’ but say they’re prepared

    Lakers brace for the ‘bubble,’ but say they’re prepared
    Every season has its ups and downs, its wild twists and its doldrums. But usually, Danny Green said, you can see where you’re going.
    The Lakers have run the gamut this year on unprecedented events beyond their control: a tense political situation in China; dealing with the deaths of Kobe and Gianna Bryant; and now trying to restart a stalled season in a pandemic. In one sense, Green thinks, the team that can best handle the unforeseen may have the best shot at winning a championship in thi
  • Investigators: Fireworks may have started blaze at Irvine Regional Park in Orange

    Investigators: Fireworks may have started blaze at Irvine Regional Park in Orange
    Officials suspect fireworks are linked to the cause of a blaze that scorched 21 acres of the Irvine Regional Park in Orange over the weekend, investigators said Tuesday, July 7.
    The fire began in the area of Peters Canyon Road at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, the day after the July Fourth holiday. Details regarding its specific point of origin and exactly how it started were not immediately released.
    “The probable cause of the fire at Irvine Regional Park is due to fireworks,” Orange Coun
  • Laguna Woods Village discusses coronavirus surge, four board vacancies

    Laguna Woods Village discusses coronavirus surge, four board vacancies
    Village Management Services CEO Jeff Parker noted the surge in COVID-19 cases countywide in his report during a regular board meeting of the Golden Rain Foundation on Tuesday, July 7.
    “Yesterday we had 634 new COVID-19 cases in Orange County,” he said, citing the Orange County Health Care Agency. “This morning’s report is that it’s now up to 1,028 (new) cases.”
    The number — breaching the thousands in a single daily tally — is a first for the county
  • Orange County football coaches disappointed by postponement of summer conditioning programs

    Orange County football coaches disappointed by postponement of summer conditioning programs
    Sunny Hills football coach Pete Karavedas received the phone call from his school leadership as he walked off the practice field Monday at about 5:20 p.m. The news wasn’t good.
    After nine modified, strength and conditioning workouts since June 22 and no positive tests for COVID-19, the reigning CIF-SS champion Lancers were advised to postpone their summer workouts until further guidelines from health officials.
    Karavedas soon delivered the news that rocked football programs across Orange C
  • Justice Department says investigation of FBI’s handling of Larry Nassar case remains ongoing

    Justice Department says investigation of FBI’s handling of Larry Nassar case remains ongoing
    The U.S. Department of Justice is continuing to investigate the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s handling of sexual abuse allegations against former U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar, according to department’s inspector general.
    Michael E. Horowitz, the inspector, in a letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) stated that the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General’s 22-month investigation “of the allegations concerning the FBI’s han
  • Coronavirus: Another 1,010 positive cases reported in Orange County as of July 7

    Coronavirus: Another 1,010 positive cases reported in Orange County as of July 7
    The Orange County Health Care Agency  reported another 1,010 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed as of Tuesday, July 7.
    That follows 1,028 new cases added to the county’s stats as of Monday’s update.
    The cumulative case total has reached 18,892 since testing began in March. (You can see the increase in case totals by city since June 7 in the map below.)
    There were three new deaths recorded as of Tuesday, bringing the total number of Orange County residents who have

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