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• In movement against ‘systemic racism,’ USC to remove John Wayne exhibit

  10-07-2020 23:59
  
  LOS ANGELES — A John Wayne exhibit will be removed from the USC School of Cinematic Arts amid renewed scrutiny of racist comments made by the late actor and former Trojan, the school’s assistant dean announced Friday.
  “Conversations about systemic racism in our cultural institutions along with the recent global, civil uprising by the Black Lives Matter movement require that we consider the role our school can play as a change-maker in promoting antiracist cultural values and ex
  
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• Don’t skip vaccines during the pandemic

  10-07-2020 23:56
  
  It’s one of the many paradoxical elements of our changing lives during the coronavirus pandemic: In an understandable but ultimately misguided effort to protect our health and that of our family members, many of us are entirely avoiding not only hospitals but any and all formerly regular visits to physicians’ and dentists’ offices.
  We have become very used to staying away from others during the social-distancing shutdown, and we fear that by visiting a doctor’s office, we
  
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• Recovered from coronavirus? Sick patients need your blood, and hospitals say supplies are low

  10-07-2020 23:19
  
  As coronavirus cases surge and hospital beds fill throughout Southern California, one of the few tools that doctors have to treat the disease — plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients — is in alarmingly short supply.
  Hospitals and blood banks in Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino beseech recovered patients to donate blood so their antibodies can help treat the sick.
  “Hoag Hospital is putting out an urgent request for plasma donors.” spokeswoman ̴
  
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• Former Saddleback College wide receiver catches toddler dropped from burning building

  10-07-2020 22:51
  
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  The greatest catch of Phillip Blanks’ life didn’t happen on one of the football fields he loved as a youth.
  He wasn’t wearing athletic cleats let alone shoes because his opportunity arose so suddenly amid chaos.
  But the former Saddleback College wide receiver and Orange County resident had all the instincts, focus and compassion he needed to deliver in the all-important game of life.
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• Coronavirus state tracker: California tops 300,000 cases as of July 10

  10-07-2020 22:39
  
  California had at least 4,532 new cases of the coronavirus and 36 new deaths reported as of Friday, July 10, raising the state’s total cases to more than 300,000
  Without Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties included – they are expected to file their numbers later in the day – the state had reached 302,312, according to totals reported by other county public health department websites.
  The four local counties account for nearly 70 percent of the state&rsquo
  
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• Demi Lovato tells fans how Naya Rivera can be found ‘healthy and alive’

  10-07-2020 22:27
  
  Demi Lovato believes that if her Twitter followers “manifest” enough positive “energy” they can create a reality in which Naya Rivera will be found “healthy and alive” after she vanished during a boating trip with her 4-year-old son Wednesday.
  Demi Lovato sings the national anthem before the start of Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20. (Jose Carlos F
  
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• Brook and Robin Lopez will get to ride Disney World coasters during NBA bubble season

  10-07-2020 22:05
  
  Hard-core Disney fanatics Brook and Robin Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks have had their dreams realized now that NBA players will get to ride Disney World roller coasters while the league finishes its coronavirus-postponed season at the Florida theme park resort.
  The National Basketball Association has made arrangements with Walt Disney World to provide players, their entourages and league staff after-hours access to attractions and experiences at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Holl
  
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• Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.2 million vehicles over steering wheel part

  10-07-2020 22:02
  
  Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.2 million older minivans and SUVs worldwide because plastic emblems on the steering wheels can loosen and become projectiles if the driver’s air bag is inflated in a crash.
  The company says it has 14 reports of drivers being injured because of the problem.
  The recall covers Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan minivans from the 2008 through 2010 model years, as well Dodge Nitro SUVs from 2007 through 2011.
  The company says the emblems are hel
  
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• Amazon bars video app TikTok on workers’ phones, reports say

  10-07-2020 21:49
  
  By Tali Arbel, The Associated Press
  Amazon has told employees to delete the popular video app TikTok from phones on which they use Amazon email, citing security risks from the China-owned app, according to reports and posts by Twitter users who said they were Amazon employees.
  The notice said employees must delete the app by Friday to keep mobile access to Amazon email. Workers would still be allowed to use TikTok from an Amazon laptop browser.
  Amazon is the second-largest U.S. private employer
  
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• MLS is Back Tournament: A look at the LAFC, Galaxy and their ‘Group of Death’

  10-07-2020 21:46
  
  MLS is Back Tournament
  Group F overview: LAFC is the top seed and one of the tournament favorites. The Galaxy, Houston and Portland join LAFC in what has been described as the “Group of Death.” The teams will kick off tournament play Monday. Sixteen teams will advance to the knockout stage: the top two teams from each of the six groups, and the four best third-place teams.
  Group F schedule
  Monday
  LAFC vs. Houston, 5 p.m. (FS1)
  Galaxy vs. Portland, 7:30 p.m. (FS1)
  July 18
  Portland vs.
  
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• Cerritos Center pulls the plug on its entire 2020-2021 season due to coronavirus concerns

  10-07-2020 21:46
  
  The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts will go dark for the 2020-21 season because of uncertainty over the novel coronavirus pandemic and when it will be safe to resume live entertainment at the venue, officials said Friday.
  While venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theatre and Pacific Amphitheatre canceled their entire summer seasons as a result of the pandemic the decision by Cerritos Center is one of the first to shutter a season that runs through June 2021.
  “The city is commi
  
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• Trump makes it to Florida but postpones New Hampshire rally

  10-07-2020 21:02
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE and BILL BARROW | Associated Press
  MIAMI — President Donald Trump made it to the critical battleground state of Florida on Friday to raise campaign cash and tend to issues of high interest there for his base supporters. But his efforts to relaunch travel after a hiatus caused by a surge in coronavirus cases hit a new snag as his campaign canceled a weekend rally in New Hampshire, citing a tropical storm threatening the area.
  Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporter
  
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• Senior Living: More than just heartburn – managing GERD with age

  10-07-2020 20:59
  
  By Kashyap H. Trivedi, M.D.,
  Contributing writer
  If you experience heartburn, chest pain or swallowing issues after a meal, you could be experiencing gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD. GERD is a condition where stomach acid comes up into the esophagus. The risk of GERD in adults may be higher in those 50 years of age or older. It is important that older adults manage their risk factors and do not ignore symptoms of chronic GERD, as seniors are more likely to have health complic
  
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• Comet Neowise streaks across morning sky; here’s how you can catch a glimpse

  10-07-2020 20:27
  
  It’s time to experience a once-in-a-lifetime event.
  Comet Neowise, discovered in March, will continue its trek past Earth where it’s visible in the early morning hours for at least another week, according to NASA. It’s also likely to be visible at sunset into mid-August.
  Comet Neowise streaks across the early morning sky northeast of Adelanto Friday, July 10, 2020. Beginning Sunday, stargazers will be able to see the comet in the evening after sunset in the northwest sky, just
  
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• Casino Insider: Why Harrah’s Resort SoCal has a new Italian restaurant 🍕🍝

  10-07-2020 20:20
  
  Only a few months ago, buffets were a huge part of the casino experience. The promise of all-you-can eat servings of steak, pasta and seafood were perhaps as synonymous with a casino visit as hitting the slots and table games.
  But as casinos face a new normal posed by the novel coronavirus, buffets have been shuttered and officials are analyzing what to do with those spaces now.
  Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Valley Center has converted a portion of its shuttered buffet into an Ita
  
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• Whicker: A student-athlete, in that order, waits for his chance

  10-07-2020 19:53
  
  At some colleges, you play football. At others, football plays you.
  Zachary Van Bennekum, of West Ranch High, probably wouldn’t be packing up his heavy sweaters to attend Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, if it weren’t for the game he loves.
  He will watch videos and lift weights and practice just like they do at Penn State or Pittsburgh, if not quite as often.
  But he will treat football in context, as an extracurricular activity, not the hub of all human experience. There wa
  
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• Recipes: Have an abundance of summer tomatoes? Make these 3 dishes

  10-07-2020 19:47
  
  If you planted tomatoes as one of the cornerstones of your quarantine garden, I suspect that right now you are up to your armpits in those luscious orbs. Lucky you.
  Few would argue about the superior taste of homegrown vine-ripened tomatoes compared with picked-green-and-gassed versions often found in the marketplace. Store-bought can be as different from vine-ripened tomatoes as donkeys are to show dogs. Homegrown have an alluring sweetness balanced with pleasing acidity and herbal perfume.
  Che
  
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• Cooped up, going crazy: Can I see my friends or family?

  10-07-2020 19:44
  
  By Bernard J. Wolfson | California Healthline
  Cooped up too long, yearning for a day at the beach or a night on the town — and enticed by the easing of restrictions just as the warm weather arrived — many people have bolted from the confines of home. And who can blame them?
  But Houston — and San Antonio and Phoenix and Miami and Los Angeles — we have a problem.
  COVID-19 is spiking in Texas, Arizona, Florida, California and other states, forcing officials once again to shu
  
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• Giants star Buster Posey sitting out the 2020 season

  10-07-2020 19:42
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants star Buster Posey announced Friday he will sit out the 2020 season after he and his wife Kristen adopted identical twin girls.
  Posey said the girls were born last Friday and will need to remain in the neonatal intensive care unit for some time, so he and Kristen decided it was in the family’s best decision to opt out of participating this year.
  “After much discussion with my wife and doctors and a decision that I’ve wrestled with quite
  
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• Coronavirus unlikely to be spread by children, research suggests

  10-07-2020 19:24
  
  As schools contemplate reopening amid rising COVID-19 cases, an awkward truth is emerging: We’re the problem, not our kids.
  For months, we’ve kept children carefully isolated, pleading with them to behave, wear masks, wipe their boogers and not hug Gram and Grandpa. We’ve assumed this new virus acts just like the flu and common cold — so classrooms full of kids would create one giant cootie colony.
  But a growing body of research suggests young children aren’t respon
  
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• Senior Moments: You can still stop and smell the roses while wearing a mask

  10-07-2020 19:18
  
  I felt like I was coming home, which was strange considering I have barely been anywhere but home for the past few months. But on this morning, I decided to use my Get Out of Quarantine free card.
  Doublechecking that my mask was covering my nose, I held out my membership card for contactless entry and boom, I was home. Directional arrows guided me over the threshold to Descanso Gardens and even through my mask I could smell the flowers.
  I smiled my way over to the Rose Garden where brightly-colo
  
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• Electric truck maker Rivian raises $2.5 billion in funding round

  10-07-2020 19:14
  
  By Katie Roof, Bloomberg
  Rivian Automotive raised $2.5 billion in new funding from a group of investors led by T. Rowe Price Associates.
  The Michigan-based electric-truck startup has offices in Irvine and Los Angeles and is backed by Amazon.com and Ford Motor Co.
  Other investors in the funding round include Soros Fund Management, Coatue, Fidelity Management & Research Co. and Baron Capital Group, according to a statement Friday. Amazon also participated.
  The battery-powered vehicle venture n
  
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• BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach canceled for 2020, rescheduled for next year

  10-07-2020 18:44
  
  Organizers have canceled the 2020 BeachLife Festival, but plan to bring the Redondo Beach event back in 2021.
  BeachLife’s second year was scheduled for Seaside Lagoon May 1-3, 2020, but organizers postponed it in mid-March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and held off on announcing a new date. Now, BeachLife is expected to return May 21-23, 2021.
  “We are aiming to keep as much of the same lineup as possible, but the ‘BeachLife vibe’ will remain consistent no matter w
  
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• 14 SoCal real estate twists: Change Prop. 13, bidding wars, $19 million mansion

  10-07-2020 18:35
  
  Here are 14 must-read stories about the local real estate market from the Southern California News Group’s Home Stretch newsletter. To subscribe to the free, twice-weekly email publication, just CLICK HERE!
  1.Should Prop. 13 be altered?Voters asked to change residential property tax limits. Again.2.What’s a California election without real estate fireworks?Commercial property taxes, rent control propositions on the ballot, too.3.What are 23 short-term rentals in 5 buildings worth?Lag
  
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• Trump’s re-election campaign gets a reboot as coronavirus persists

  10-07-2020 17:58
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE and BILL BARROW | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s campaign reboot is getting a reboot.
  He will take baby steps back out onto the road Friday after a multiweek hiatus caused by a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases and after his planned comeback in Oklahoma turned into a debacle.
  Trump, trailing in the polls, is eager to signal that normal life can resume despite a rampaging virus that has killed more than 130,000 Americans. He’ll hold
  
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• Catholic Church lobbied for $1.4 billion in taxpayer funds — and LA and OC dioceses both got millions

  10-07-2020 17:39
  
  By REESE DUNKLIN and MICHAEL REZENDES | Associated Press
  NEW YORK — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
  The church’s haul may have reached — or even exceeded — $3.5 billion, making a global religious instituti
  
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• Successful Aging: Feeling your faith and missing religious services during the pandemic

  10-07-2020 17:29
  
  Q. As a 78-year old widow, I find myself missing my weekly religious services more than ever while finding my faith becoming stronger. Religion via Zoom is OK but not a real substitute for being in a sanctuary with other worshipers. I miss seeing my friends every week and singing together. I even miss sitting in the same seat each week; I guess I am hooked on ritual. Any way to get around this? Thank you. A.N.
  Dear A.N.
  During the pandemic, your question is even more important than ever as many
  
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• Hispanic-owned food company CEO praises Trump, sparking online culture clash

  10-07-2020 17:13
  
  By MATT OTT | AP Business Writer
  SILVER SPRING, Md. — The supercharged political landscape in the U.S. has grown potentially more perilous for companies ahead of the 2020 presidential election as Goya, a food company with a tremendously loyal following, discovered this week.
  The company that makes products used in many Hispanic cuisines but whose following extends well outside of that range, is getting some backlash after its CEO praised President Donald Trump at a White House event.
  Goya
  
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• Champions League draw features all 5 former winners in same half

  10-07-2020 17:13
  
  GENEVA — All five former Champions League winners were put into the same half of the draw on Friday, setting up a possible semifinal pairing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
  Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, Chelsea and Bayern Munich — who have combined to win 26 European Cups — will whittle down one side of the draw to reach the final on Aug. 23 at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon.
  The other side will see three-time finalist Atlético Madrid face Leipzig and Par
  
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• Iconic musician Booker T. Jones launches online directory of black-owned businesses

  10-07-2020 17:09
  
  Booker T. Jones has been a major force in American culture for nearly six decades.In the early 1960s, the organist and bandleader formed Booker T. & the M.G.s, one of the first prominent racially integrated groups. He wrote classic tunes like “Green Onions” and “Born Under a Bad Sign.” He played on countless Stax soul hits like “(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay” and “Knock On Wood,” and performed with and produced artists ranging from Bill Withe
  
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• Aaron Donald can soon become the Rams’ all-time All-Pro

  10-07-2020 17:00
  
  This is the first in a series looking at the upcoming Rams season in the context of the team’s rich history. As the franchise starts a new era with the move to SoFi Stadium, we’re considering how current stars compare to all-time Rams greats, the ways this year’s squad is like and unlike past Rams teams, and what history says about the Rams’ chances in 2020.
  Is the best current Ram in fact the greatest Ram of all time?
  If Aaron Donald has another season like his past five
  
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• If you want to fix policing, then rein in police unions

  10-07-2020 16:00
  
  SACRAMENTO – My Dad and I never agreed on politics given that he was unabashedly liberal in his views. He was a public-school teacher in New Jersey, so one would have expected that, as a proud Democrat, he would have been a champion of one of the Democratic Party’s most-powerful allies, the teachers’ unions. Instead, he refused to join. His rationale was simple: Those unions always protect bad teachers, which harms students.
  That point seems obvious. Once I was a guest on John
  
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• Homeless young adults finally meet their housing match in Orange County

  10-07-2020 16:00
  
  July 14 figures to be a big day for Marquis Bowen.
  That’s when Bowen, 24, could be approved to get money that will help him move into a place of his own. Right now, he shares a Costa Mesa apartment with an older cousin, but during his brief time as an adult he’s also had bouts of homelessness.
  Bowen could qualify for housing money on Tuesday because his name is likely to come up during what is known as a “housing placement match meeting,” get-togethers that involve people
  
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• Bidding war strategies: How to set yourself above the competition

  10-07-2020 16:00
  
  With the massive increase in demand for homes, buyers are facing bidding wars the likes of which we haven’t seen in quite some time.
  When you find yourself in the midst of a fight for the home of your dreams, listen to your agent as to how to position yourself for the best chance of success. Perhaps your agent will guide you in the strategic use of the one or more of the these tactics …
  Pay with cash, at a great price
  If you have the cash on hand from the sale of your home, or in yo
  
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• Vacationing in Newport Beach? City to decide on tightening short-term rental rules

  10-07-2020 15:37
  
  Looking for a seaside vacation in Newport Beach? You may be greeted with new rules as you check into your short-term rental.
  City officials are continuing discussions about tightening short-term rental rules to balance demand as a vacation destination with the quality of life for residents who live in the popular beach town.
  The city for months has been talking about the surge seen in short-term rentals, a booming business that has grown in recent years but has caused tension in neighborhoods. D
  
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• Downtown Disney now selling coronavirus masks with Mickey Mouse, Hulk and Baby Yoda characters

  10-07-2020 15:36
  
  Disney face masks featuring Mickey Mouse, Hulk, Baby Yoda and other characters that quickly sold out online in April are on sale at the recently reopened Downtown Disney following an extended coronavirus closure of the Anaheim outdoor shopping mall.
  The line of face masks with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters will let Disneyland visitors add a little superhero, princess or intergalactic flair to their Disneybounding attire once the Anaheim theme parks reopen following the COVID-19
  
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• Several ways to replace a registration tag that never arrived in the mail

  10-07-2020 15:01
  
  Q. At 76 years old and under the stay-at-home order, I sent in my vehicle registration payment. I received paperwork stating I needed to get a smog test. So I had my vehicle smog tested on May 19 and passed. Here it is in July and I still have not received my sticker. What is up with the Department of Motor Vehicles?
  – Bob Souza, Yucaipa
  A. That is indeed a head-scratcher as to why it is taking so long – maybe the pandemic has slowed down the process.
  A spokesman for the DMV up in Sa
  
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• Teacher’s union calls for LAUSD schools to remain closed with classes 100% online

  10-07-2020 14:34
  
  After LAUSD campuses closed in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the district began offering free meals to students via Grab & Go Food Centers like this one at San Fernando Senior High School, seen on April 20, 2020. United Teachers Los Angeles leaders are saying that conditions are not right for teachers and students to return to campuses this fall. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  LOS ANGELES — The board of directors and bargaining team for the unio
  
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• Avoid a re-trade by getting ahead of buyer requests

  10-07-2020 14:00
  
  Last week we covered four things that can occur once a commercial real estate deal reaches the end of its contingency period – that time frame whereby a buyer can determine whether or not to proceed to close.
  As you recall, the four outcomes are move forward, cancel, seek additional contingency time or ask for a price reduction — also known as a re-trade.
  Promised last week was a discussion of how to avoid a re-trade. But first, let’s spend a moment and dissect this request a b
  
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• Community organizations are returning to their 19th century roots

  10-07-2020 11:42
  
  When I needed to donate a box of vegetables recently, I called a nonprofit in my Queens neighborhood in Queens, New York, that organizes low-wage immigrant workers. The organizer, Will Rodriguez, said, “You know, Rinku, we don’t usually do this stuff, but we just had to jump in because the need is so great. People are suffering so much.”
  By “this stuff,” he meant mutual aid, in which members of a community work together to meet each other’s urgent needs. Norma
  
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• Let’s be honest, today’s conservatives are blatantly anti-immigrant

  10-07-2020 11:33
  
  There’s a ridiculous claim by conservatives about immigration that is usually described to me as not being against immigration, but instead being against illegal immigration. When you ask why these same conservatives don’t favor loosening up immigration restrictions so that it’s easier to legally immigrate into the United States they pivot to nativistic “America-first” diatribes.
  The fact of the matter is that modern conservatives are blatantly anti-immigrant.
  This
  
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• The FDA has entered the game

  10-07-2020 09:30
  
  Forget about mom’s permission; in the future, kids might need a doctor’s note to play video games.
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved the first-ever prescription video game-based device, EndeavorRx, for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Millions of children suffer from the disorder, and a treatment can be a game-changer for them, their parents, and their educators. What’s less game-changing is needing government approval to pay
  
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• California community colleges shift all sports to spring season for 2020-21 academic year

  10-07-2020 09:11
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe CIF State is expected to announce its plans for sports in 2020-21 on July 20 but the organization received a look Thursday at an approved collegiate model in the state.
  The California Community College Athletic Association announced that all its sports — even the socially-distanced friendly ones — will be played in the spring of 2021 this coming school year.
  The schedule depends on local
  
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• How to solve the housing crisis without mandated densification

  10-07-2020 09:05
  
  New evidence arrives almost every day backing the concept of a market-based solution to California’s housing shortage, one that does not have to involve politicians at all.
  Of course, that offends politicos like San Francisco’s Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, who persists in the notion that high-density, high-rise apartments and condominiums are the answer.
  In a sense, he’s right. For the market-based solution that’s fast taking shape does involve high rises and high
  
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• County of Orange defends messaging about youth sports postponement

  10-07-2020 08:00
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe County of Orange on Thursday defended its messaging about youth sports, which at the high school level were abruptly halted this week after receiving clearance by the county on June 15.
  Frank Kim, Executive Officer for Orange County, said during a press conference about the coronavirus pandemic that youth sports were suspended after the California Department of Public Health modified guidelines.
  He a
  
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• USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy aircraft carrier sidelined by coronavirus outbreak, returns to San Diego

  10-07-2020 03:53
  
  The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Navy aircraft carrier on what would have been a routine deployment before the coronavirus sickened more than 1,000 of its sailors, returned from its tumultuous, 31,835-nautical-miles passage to its homeport in San Diego on Thursday, July 9.
  On Jan. 17, the carrier left the Naval Air Station North Island with about 4,845 aboard for a deployment with a strike force of six ships to provide maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region. 
  In early March, the coronavi
  
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• USS Roosevelt, the Navy aircraft carrier sidelined by coronavirus outbreak, returns to San Diego

  10-07-2020 03:53
  
  The USS Roosevelt, a Navy aircraft carrier on what would have been a routine deployment before the coronavirus sickened more than 1,000 of its sailors, returned from its tumultuous, 31,835-nautical-miles passage to its homeport in San Diego on Thursday, July 9.
  On Jan. 17, the carrier left the Naval Air Station North Island with about 4,845 aboard for a deployment with a strike force of six ships to provide maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region. 
  In early March, the coronavirus pande
  
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• Westminster delays city manager hire over questions about candidate’s job history

  10-07-2020 03:22
  
  Westminster appeared poised this week to offer the job of city manager to applicant Chu Thai. But at the start of the council meeting Wednesday night, July 8, City Attorney Dick Jones recommended putting on the brakes.
  Local activists had been contacting City Hall with concerns about red flags they saw in Thai’s employment history, and noting “controversy that’s arisen,” Jones said, “we have determined that the background check for the city manager position has not
  
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• Southern California leaders, nonprofit commit $2 million to promote equity in housing, jobs

  10-07-2020 03:00
  
  The Southern California Association of Governments has declared racism a public health crisis, the six-county, cities-based planning organization has announced.
  The declaration includes providing $1 million in funding to advance equitable economic recovery, including adjusting local government housing plans to emphasize access to affordable housing and economic recovery funds for Black and other marginalized populations.
  “All the issues with respect to racial equity, the protests in the st
  
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• Daughter says she lied to police about providing false alibi for man accused of killing 81-year-old

  10-07-2020 02:16
  
  The daughter of a Nevada man on trial for allegedly strangling an 81-year-old Newport Beach man now says she lied to detectives about providing her father a fake alibi for the night of the slaying.
  The new testimony by Anthony Thomas Garcia’s adult daughter appears to bolster the claim by his defense attorney that Garcia wasn’t even in the state when Abelardo Lopez Estacion was killed on Apr. 11, 2015.
  But the sudden change of Samantha Garcia’s story – which stands in sta
  
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