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• Sparks’ Alana Beard is retired but not forgotten

  18-07-2020 23:38
  
  Alana Beard isn’t anywhere near the WNBA’s bubble in Bradenton, Florida, but on L.A. Sparks’ media day Friday, her name kept coming up.
  Beard made a most casual retirement announcement Jan. 22, during a radio interview on a sports talk station serving her native Shreveport, Louisiana: “I’m rolling out,” the defensive stalwart said that day.
  And with that, she moved on after 15 WNBA seasons, in which she was named Defensive Player of the Year twice, an All-Star
  
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• Clayton Kershaw has Dave Roberts encouraged for Dodgers’ opening day

  18-07-2020 22:36
  
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts got his final look at pitcher Clayton Kershaw during Friday’s intrasquad game at Dodger Stadium, and he was pleased with what he saw.
  Even though Kershaw gave up four runs, he finished with 11 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
  It was a fun night for Dodgers fans, because Kershaw went up against projected No. 2 starter Walker Buehler, who threw his first intrasquad game of the summer, and retired all seven batters he faced.
  Kershaw will start his ninth opening day wh
  
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• School reopenings shouldn’t be another political proxy: Doug McIntyre

  18-07-2020 22:00
  
  This January 1, there will be no Tournament of Roses Parade to welcome the New Year. No marching bands. No Rose Queen. No Grand Marshall waving from a float crawling along Colorado Blvd. 2021 has tested positive for 2020.
  If ever we needed a new year, it’s now. Instead, the Tournament of Roses Parade cancellation is likely a harbinger of what’s to come as more and more major events vanish in 2021. This ugly reality is just now beginning to appear. COVID-19 ain’t going away anyt
  
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• Lakers’ Dwight Howard says Breonna Taylor case is ‘something we should be discussing’

  18-07-2020 21:49
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Dwight Howard saw a picture recently that made him upset.
  The photo reputedly is of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, one of the officers who rammed into the apartment of Breonna Taylor on a no-knock search warrant in March and shot and killed the EMT, who had been in bed moments before and was not actually one of the targets of the investigation. In the photo that has widely circulated social media, Hankison is shown shirtless on a beach standing ne
  
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• Chad and JT’s excellent adventure: Comics make viral video about Surf City’s ‘mask shortage’

  18-07-2020 21:29
  
  In a YouTube video currently making gnarly waves, two surfer dudes stroll around the pier plaza offering complimentary face masks.
  “We’re here in Huntington Beach to solve the mask shortage,” explains the blond guy (as opposed to brunet guy). “As you can see, no one here has a mask, but we brought our own supply to fix the problem.”
  Just a few days after its release, the five-minute caper has already snagged more than 4 million views.
  Chad Kroeger, left, of San Clem
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm reopens: What it’s like to be back inside a theme park

  18-07-2020 21:21
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm returned without rides or shows for a Boysenberry-inspired food event that gave visitors a chance to walk through Calico Ghost Town again and the Buena Park theme park an opportunity to test out new COVID-19 health and safety measures.
  The limited-time Taste of Calico outdoor craft beer and food event runs at Knott’s on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through July 26.
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• Register reporter Erika I. Ritchie receives Marine Corps Heritage Foundation award for Darkhorse Battalion report

  18-07-2020 21:12
  
  The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation is awarding Erika I. Ritchie, who covers the military for The Orange County Register and Southern California News Group, with a recognition given out for local news reporting.
  Register reporter Erika I. Ritchie was named national Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize winner for military coverage in 2019. (File photo, The Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Foundation recently announced Ritchie will receive The General Oliver P. Smith Award for her piece telling the st
  
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• Life beyond coronavirus seclusion: seniors see challenges and change ahead

  18-07-2020 21:05
  
  By Judith Graham
  Contributing writer, Kaiser Health News
  Months into the coronavirus pandemic, older adults are having a hard time envisioning their “new normal.”
  Many remain fearful of catching the virus and plan to follow strict precautions — social distancing, wearing masks and gloves, limiting excursions to public places — for the indefinite future.
  Mortality is no longer an abstraction for those who have seen friends and relatives die of COVID-19. Death has an immedi
  
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• Prop. 13 is working, reject Prop. 15: Jon Coupal and Ernest Dronenburg

  18-07-2020 21:00
  
  Come November, Proposition 13 faces its biggest political battle at the ballot box. It is instructive to ask whether that iconic tax affordability measure remains good tax policy for California.
  As the just-released property tax assessments rolls from several California counties reveal, Proposition 13 is working exceedingly well at keeping homeowners and small business owners from losing their properties to skyrocketing property taxes, while delivering government a reliable source of revenue. Vo
  
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• Driver of Jeep in fatal hit-and-run in Santa Ana sought by police

  18-07-2020 20:21
  
  Police sought the driver of a white Jeep Cherokee involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Santa Ana Friday, July 17.
  Several people called to report a man lying in the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and McFadden Avenue at about 9:25 p.m. Friday, Santa Ana Police Department officials said. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics arrived and attempted to treat the injured person, but he died before he could be taken to a hospital.
  Investigators believe the man who died was standing on the c
  
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• Raising Cane’s founder plans restaurant rescue reality show

  18-07-2020 20:05
  
  The man who made eating chicken fingers a thing, Todd Graves, is in the planning staging of a new reality television show.
  Graves is known as the founder and CEO of Raising Cane’s. The single entrée-chain has grown from the first restaurant outside the North Gates of Louisiana State University to more than 500 outlets worldwide.
  When the drive-thru restaurant opened last November near Traffic Circle at 4500 Atherton Ave. in Long Beach, the buzz was all about the long line of cars an
  
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• MLB preview: 2020 American League team capsules

  18-07-2020 20:01
  
  AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST
  HOUSTON ASTROS
  2019 Record: 107-55
  Rank in AL Runs: 3rd
  Runs Allowed: 1st
  Run Differential: Plus-280
  Manager: Dusty Baker
  Rotation: Justin Verlander, Zack Greinke, Lance McCullers, Jose Urquidy, Josh James
  Closer: Roberto Osuna
  Bullpen: Ryan Pressly, Brad Peacock, Chris Devenski, Joe Smith, Joe Biagini, Bryan Abreu, Blake Taylor
  Lineup:
  C Martin Maldonado
  1B Yuli Gurriel
  2B: Jose Altuve
  SS Carlos Correa
  3B Alex Bregman
  LF Michael Brantley
  CF George Springer
  RF: Josh Reddick
  
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• MLB preview: 2020 National League team capsules

  18-07-2020 20:00
  
  NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST
  LOS ANGELES DODGERS
  2019 Record: 106-56
  Rank in NL Runs: 1st
  Runs Allowed: 1st
  Run Differential: Plus-273
  Manager: Dave Roberts
  Rotation: Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Alex Wood, Ross Stripling
  Bullpen: Tony Gonsolin, Joe Kelly, Dustin May, Blake Treinen, Pedro Baez, Adam Kolarek, Caleb Ferguson, Dylan Floro, Brusdar Graterol
  Closer: Kenley Jansen
  Lineup:
  C Will Smith/Austin Barnes
  1B: Max Muncy
  2B Gavin Lux
  SS Corey Seager
  3B Justin Turner
  LF A.J. Pollock/Jo
  
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• Recipe: Marrakesh Salad with Bulgur and Dates conjures the flavors of Morocco

  18-07-2020 19:12
  
  Manhattan Beach cookbook author Pamela Salzman admits that she has never been to Morocco but explains that she feels comfortable combining signature ingredients from that part of the world in a delicious salad. The recipe for Marrakesh Salad is from her latest book, “Pamela Salzman’s Quicker Than Quick” (Hachette, $28). Along with plenty of crisp lettuce Salzman includes North African ingredients such as dates, bulgur and almonds, along with a honeyed vinaigrette, mint and gree
  
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• Church with branches in Pasadena, Irvine and Corona sues over singing ban

  18-07-2020 18:50
  
  LOS ANGELES – A church with campuses in Pasadena, Irvine and Corona has filed an emergency request with a federal judge seeking a temporary restraining order halting the threat of enforcement of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on singing and chanting in places of worship — enacted to help fight the spread of the coronavirus — at Sunday’s service and all future services.
  Pasadena-based Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry Inc. allege in a federal civil comp
  
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• Clippers’ Doc Rivers reflects on Rep. John Lewis’ life and legacy

  18-07-2020 18:36
  
  With a couple hours of practice per day plus individual workouts in the evenings, basketball is front of mind again inside the bubble at Walt Disney World – but still, a social justice reckoning is unfurling, a pandemic rages and life doesn’t let up.
  Montrezl Harrell left the NBA’s closed campus Friday, sources confirmed shortly before he posted on Instagram: “Don’t worry Ma Ma your grandson on the way.”
  Later Friday evening, the world received news of Rep. Jo
  
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• Pedophile Cary Smith moves out of Orange County to Corona

  18-07-2020 18:29
  
  Cary Jay Smith, the pedophile who was released from a state mental hospital on Tuesday after two decades and moved into an adult residential facility in Orange, has relocated out of the county to neighboring Corona in Riverside County, police officials said Saturday, July 18.
  Orange police had announced in a Facebook post that Smith had left the county but did not say where he went. Saturday morning, Corona police said in a Twitter message that Smith had moved there, at least for the time being.
  
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• Pedophile Cary Smith moves out of Orange County; destination not announced

  18-07-2020 18:29
  
  Cary Jay Smith, the pedophile who was released from a state mental hospital on Tuesday after two decades and moved into an adult residential facility in Orange, has relocated out of the county, an Orange Police Department spokesman said Saturday, July 18.
  Sgt. Phil McMullin said he did not know in which county Smith is now living, but he said Chief Tom Kisela told him that the law enforcement agency that patrols that area has been notified.
  That jurisdiction did not have to sign off on Smith&rsq
  
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• Whicker: Will SoFi Stadium be The Last Manse in sports?

  18-07-2020 18:00
  
  The coronavirus has derailed our schools, shuttered our businesses, complicated our friendships, even prevented us from honoring our dead.
  Along the way it has killed nearly 140,000 Americans.
  Why should a stadium be immune?
  SoFi Stadium, the most ambitious stadium project since the Superdome, is still deemed “essential,” even though the Los Angeles Times reported that 15 more SoFi workers have tested positive in the past two weeks. That raised the infection total to 48.
  That’s
  
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• MLB 2020 predictions for every division, playoffs, World Series, awards

  18-07-2020 17:57
  
  Southern California News Group writers predictions for major awards, regular season, playoffs and World Series:
  Jeff Fletcher, Angels beat writer:
  AL WEST
  Astros
  A’s
  Angels
  Rangers
  Mariners
  AL EAST
  Yankees
  Rays
  Red Sox
  Blue Jays
  Orioles
  AL CENTRAL
  Indians
  Twins
  White Sox
  Royals
  Tigers
  NL WEST
  Dodgers
  Padres
  Diamondbacks
  Rockies
  Giants
  NL EAST
  Nationals
  Braves
  Phillies
  Mets
  Marlins
  NL CENTRAL
  Reds
  Brewers
  Cubs
  Cardinals
  Pirates
  AL WILD CARD
  Rays over Twins
  ALDS
  Yankees over Rays
  Indians ove
  
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• Weekend protests for social justice continue in Southern California

  18-07-2020 17:38
  
  LOS ANGELES – Demonstrators will again gather on Saturday throughout Southern California for more protests and other actions challenging systemic racism and police brutality, and advocating for change.
  The nationwide movement sparked by the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in Minneapolis continues nearly eight weeks after he was killed while in police custody and now embraces a range of issues.
  Events scheduled today in Los Angeles and Orange counties include: 9:45 a.m. in Hollywood
  
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• Hoornstra: Why luck will turn your baseball heroes into superheroes

  18-07-2020 17:00
  
  How do you like your heroes?
  Do you prefer the kind with superhuman strength, speed, and flexibility? Or do you prefer the kind who wrestle with their own limitations, who succeed despite human foibles?
  Major League Baseball is hoping you prefer the latter in 2020. You will not get to enjoy a 50-home run hitter this season, let alone 60. No pitcher will chase 300 strikeouts, no runner will steal 50 bases. The most prized feat of strength in a COVID-19 season might be the power of the human will:
  
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• Why Disneyland’s $1 billion Star Wars land isn’t a bust despite flat attendance

  18-07-2020 16:33
  
  The old adage of “if you build it, they will come” didn’t pan out for Disneyland with the debut of the $1 billion Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge as attendance at the Anaheim theme park remained flat in 2019.
  But while on the surface it may seem like Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge was a bust, if you dig a little deeper you’ll realize that keeping attendance flat during the largest expansion in Disneyland’s history was all part of Disney’s larger strategy.
  Sign
  
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• Paycheck Protection Program: Sizing up California’s $60 billion-plus share

  18-07-2020 15:01
  
  The federal Paycheck Protection Program has pumped more than $60 billion into California’s economy through almost 540,000 loans that small-business recipients said could help save 6.3 million jobs during the coronavirus downturn.
  Those businesses are spread across more than 1,200 cities in each of California’s counties. Many loans went to hard-hit businesses such as restaurants, retailers and beauty salons. Professional offices including dentists, doctors and lawyers are well-represe
  
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• Paycheck Protection Program: Explore a database of California’s 540,000 loans

  18-07-2020 15:01
  
  The U.S. Small Business Association released data this month on millions of loans issued through its Paycheck Protection Program, meant to be a lifeline for businesses struggling during the coronavirus downturn.
  Almost 540,000 loans went to California businesses, according to the data. See below for some important notes about what is and isn’t in the database.Best viewed on a desktop screen or a tablet held horizontally.
  Spot anything you think is newsworthy? Let us know at [email protected]
  
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• El Trafico updates: LAFC, LA Galaxy compete in MLS in Back tournament

  18-07-2020 13:50
  
  The LA Galaxy and LAFC will write the next chapter in the El Trafico rivalry as part of the MLS is Back tournament in Florida.
  The local teams will square off in a key Group F clash tonight at 7:30 PM PT.
  Alexander: It’s LAFC vs. Galaxy, only without most of the trappings
  The Galaxy fell 2-1 to the Portland Timbers on Monday, while LAFC finished in a 3-3 tie with the Houston Dynamo.
  Each team will also be without notable players that headlined previous games between the opposing teams.
  Abs
  
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• John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

  18-07-2020 06:04
  
  ATLANTA >> John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. He was 80.
  Lewis’ death was confirmed by a House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement Friday night.
  Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.He was best known for leading 600 protesters in the
  
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• All Orange County schools expect to start year with online classes

  18-07-2020 04:51
  
  Orange County’s public and private schools will reopen with online learning in the fall, unless the number of coronavirus cases drop significantly.
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Friday new school-related mandates that will have most students in the state learning online when the new academic year kicks off.
  “We all prefer in-classroom instruction, for all the obvious reasons,” Newsom said. “But only, only if it can be done safely.”
  Which schools can reop
  
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• Staffordshire terrier mix Fannie Mae would make a great family dog

  18-07-2020 04:03
  
  Breed: American Staffordshire terrier-pit bull terrier mix
  Fannie Mae is ready for a family of her own, but isn’t keen to share with another pup. (Courtesy of Pooch Match)
  Age: 2 years
  Gender: Female
  Size: About 60 pounds
  Fannie Mae’s story: Fannie Mae loves kids and is gentle with them. She would make a great family dog. She’s crate- and house-trained and walks nicely on leash. But she needs to be the only dog because she isn’t fond of other animals. She much prefers the
  
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• Sweet kitten Lizzie loves to play

  18-07-2020 03:57
  
  Breed: Domestic silver kitten
  Age: 11 weeks
  Gender: Spayed female
  Lizzie’s story: Lizzie is even prettier in person than in her photograph. She’s very sweet, likes to play with toys and loves treats. She gets along well with dogs. She is spayed, vaccinated and microchipped and has been treated for worms.
  Adoption fee: $175
  Adoption procedure: Fill out Friends of Orange County’s Homeless Pets’ online  application or email [email protected]. The website has other pe
  
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• A.J. Pollock enduring ‘wild ride’ with premature baby then Covid-19

  18-07-2020 03:38
  
  LOS ANGELES — As A.J. Pollock and his wife, Kate, prepared for the birth of their first child, they no doubt heard what a roller-coaster ride parenthood could be, filled with unexpected dips and dives, joys and fears deeper than you can imagine.
  They had no idea.
  The Pollocks welcomed their daughter, Maddi Mae, to the world on March 19 after only 24 weeks of pregnancy. Maddi weighed just one pound and six ounces at birth and has spent every day of her life so far in a neo-natal intensive c
  
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• From bedazzled skate outfits to cheetah print masks, two skaters sew how to make a difference

  18-07-2020 03:32
  
  Morgan Horvath and Lleyden Collins spend a lot of time together.
  The teens — Morgan is 17 and Lleyden 15 — have been good friends the past three years.
  As competitive figure skaters, they see each other at 5 a.m. every morning, five days a week, for two-hour training sessions at Aliso Viejo Ice Palace. That’s where they hone their skills amid Olympic-caliber athletes and coaches.
  As kids going to the same school — back when kids went to school — they’d often h
  
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• Marine unit once based at El Toro is deactivated in plans for ‘leaner and meaner’ Marine Corps

  18-07-2020 02:46
  
  A 3rd Marine Air Wing support unit – once based at the now-shuttered Marine Corps Air Station El Toro – was deactivated on Friday, July 17, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
  The unit, the Marine Wing Support Group 37, was responsible for synchronizing the efforts of four squadrons and how they provided ground support.
  Deactivating the unit frees up time and resources toward a redesign of the Marine Corps as ordered by Commandant Gen. David Berger, who emphasized in his 2019 plan t
  
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• Julio Teheran arrives at Angels camp, return to field still uncertain

  18-07-2020 02:19
  
  ANAHEIM — Julio Teheran has taken a big step toward taking his place in the Angels rotation.
  Teheran, who had been unavailable throughout the first two weeks of camp, has arrived in Anaheim and chatted with Manager Joe Maddon on Friday afternoon.
  Maddon said he’s still not sure how far into the intake process Teheran is, which would determine how quickly he’d be able to get on the field.
  “He’s here and I think that’s the big thing, as opposed to being out of t
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (July 9-17)

  18-07-2020 02:13
  
  Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from July 9 to July 17:
  Nguyen’s Kitchen, 488 E. 17th St., Suite B-102, Costa MesaClosed: July 13
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Reopened: July 14Cristi’s Restaurant, 821 S. Beach Blvd., AnaheimClosed: July 13 (report)
  Reason: Cockroach infestation
  Updates since last week’s list:
  Wok In at 2394 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, which was ordered closed July 6 because of a cockro
  
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• Sparks coach Derek Fisher emphasizing relationships, health in 2nd season

  18-07-2020 02:07
  
  Derek Fisher began his WNBA coaching tenure last season with some fanfare and a few raised eyebrows.
  The former Lakers point guard and five-time NBA champion had coached only once before, and the NBA’s New York Knicks went 40-96 while he was at the helm.
  Then, in his first summer guiding the Sparks, he led an injury-riddled roster to a 22-12 record before they bowed out in the WNBA semifinals, victims of a Connecticut Sun sweep in a turbulent moment for the organization. Fisher drew flack
  
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• As pensions sink, CalPERS gets risky

  18-07-2020 02:00
  
  The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s new plan to leverage a portion of its assets to invest in private equity and debt has its critics waving red flags.
  Reeling from the COVID-19-related economic slowdown, CalPERS needs to boost its slumping earnings. Its latest strategy, however, is so risky that some analysts hear echoes from the last recession.
  “It reminds me of what CalPERS did back in 2008,” said Margaret Brown, the only CalPERS board member to vote a
  
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• Coronavirus: 405 new cases, more than 340,000 tests given in Orange County as of July 17

  18-07-2020 01:55
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency  reported another 405 new cases of the coronavirus as of Friday, July 16, less than half of the new cases in the previous day’s report.
  The cumulative total for Orange County’s is 28,309 since local testing began in March.
  There were three new deaths reported as of Friday, bringing the total number of Orange County residents who have died to 469. All three deaths were people living in skilled nursing facilities, officials said.
  The data on de
  
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• Orange police say they are monitoring newly released sex offender

  18-07-2020 01:48
  
  Police are actively monitoring an admitted sex offender who reportedly moved to a residential facility in Orange after a more than two-decade-long forced-stay in a state mental hospital.
  The Orange Police Department on Friday announced that Cary Jay Smith, 59, has checked into an adult residential facility near Tustin Street and Chapman Avenue. The department added that they have set up a surveillance detail to monitor Smith.
  Smith’s controversial release comes two decades after he wrote a
  
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• Orange County will warm up for the weekend

  18-07-2020 01:47
  
  Temperatures won’t reach the advisory levels seen last weekend, but residents in inland Orange County areas can still expect highs in the 90s this Saturday and Sunday.
  High pressure over the desert will expand a bit into California, leading temperatures to warm in Orange County, said Dan Gregoria, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. Coastal areas will see highs in the mid-70s to mid-80s, while cities inland such as Fullerton and Yorba Linda will likely see the mercury rise int
  
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• Christ Cathedral’s music program struggles through pandemic, but is still alive

  18-07-2020 01:11
  
  Christ Cathedral’s music ministry, which was thriving before the pandemic, has been reduced to a bare-bones operation after public worship was initially shut down, later reopened with restrictions on singing, and most recently moved outdoors to curb the spread of infections.
  The music ministry, which serves the Diocese of Orange, was home to choirs in three languages, two large organs and a 52-bell carillon that served 11 weekly parish Masses and other diocesan gatherings throughout the ye
  
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• Alexander: Will there be football? And if so, when?

  18-07-2020 00:52
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • It seemed to be a discordant message at midweek, when the Tournament of Roses organizers announced there would be no Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2021, but said nothing to suggest the Rose Bowl might also be in jeopardy.
  Maybe they were just staying in their lane.
  As prospects of a traditional, full-length college football season grow dimmer, so too are the odds of New Year’s Day football in the Arroyo Seco. This coming season’s Rose Bowl was to be a Coll
  
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• Exempt newspaper carriers from AB5

  18-07-2020 00:49
  
  Local newspapers, as readers of these pages can appreciate, are critical sources of information that otherwise goes unreported.
  Local newspapers are essential to providing residents the information they need to better understand what’s going on in their own communities.
  It’s no secret that the newspaper business is a challenging one. In just the last 15 years, a quarter of U.S. newspapers have gone out of business, according to a report from the University of North Carolina, Chapel H
  
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• Bubble Dribble: What I Can’t Wait For Outside of NBA Quarantine

  18-07-2020 00:35
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Friday, July 17 edition of the Lakers Purple & Bold newsletter. ‘Bubble Dribble’ focuses on a look inside the NBA’s bubble. Sign up here for the newsletter.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — On the fifth morning of my weeklong quarantine, I woke up the same way I have every day so far: A knock on my door between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Breakfast was served.
  After a few minutes of lying in bed deciding whether to sleep on, I dragged mysel
  
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• Major Orange County freeway closures planned: July 18-24

  18-07-2020 00:30
  
  Here are major construction project closures happening on Orange County’s freeways and toll roads between July 18 and July 24, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority, Caltrans and the Transportation Corridor Agencies.
  5 Freeway
  Northbound connector to the southbound 55 Freeway:4 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, July 1955 Freeway
  Northbound on-ramp from MacArthur Boulevard:4 a.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday, July 18Southbound on-ramp from MacArthur Boulevard:8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 18S
  
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• Balsa Bill might not have won big contests, but he influenced surfing

  18-07-2020 00:23
  
  This is the story of my pal, “Balsa Bill” Yerkes.  Bill is as laid back a hard-core surfer as you are gonna find anywhere and has seen all sides of the surfing industry with more than 50 years in the business.
  He is currently 72 years old.  Here is how he got there:
  Originally born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, Bill would learn to surf in Malibu when his parents made a brief move to California in 1960 – he fell in love with the sport and the lifestyle that went along wi
  
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• Retired Cypress police K9 Sem, who took down murder suspects, dies

  18-07-2020 00:12
  
  Sometimes K9 Sem could be mistaken for a bear, earning him that moniker. At 115 pounds and with a nearly completely coarse, black coat, the Cypress police K9 cut an intimidating figure.
  But the 12-year-old retired German shepherd, who passed away this week, was a gentle giant.
  “He was a big boy,” Cypress police Sgt. Becky Mondon said Friday. She was at Sem’s side for eight years as his handler. He was put to rest on Wednesday, July 15 after being retired since 2018.
  But before
  
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• Tri Bourne has his health, his podcast and the AVP Tour this weekend

  18-07-2020 00:11
  
  Tri Bourne during a telephone interview this week talked about how grateful he is that AVP owner and managing partner Donald Sun found a way to put on the Champions Cup beach volleyball event, which began Friday with qualifying matches and will span three consecutive weekends in Long Beach amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  The series, at which no fans are allowed, replaces the regular schedule that annually includes events in Huntington Beach, Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, to name three.
  Bourn
  
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• Irvine council votes to take old anti-gay rights law off the books

  18-07-2020 00:02
  
  A more than 30-year-old law that removed sexual orientation from Irvine’s anti-discrimination policies has been repealed.
  Initially approved by city voters in 1989, the law was a response to the then-City Council’s approval of a human rights ordinance that barred the city from discriminating against people for a host of reasons including age, race, disability and sexual orientation.
  In June, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that lesbian, gay and transgender people are protected
  
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