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• Roger Stone calls Black radio host ‘Negro’ in interview

  19-07-2020 23:34
  
  Roger Stone, a political operative whose 40-month prison sentence was commuted this month by President Donald Trump, his longtime friend, called a Los Angeles-based Black radio host a “Negro” on the air during a contentious interview.
  The exchange occurred on Saturday’s Mo’Kelly Show, whose host — Morris O’Kelly — grilled Stone on his conviction for lying to Congress, tampering with witnesses and obstructing the House investigation into whether Trump&rsq
  
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• Clippers expect Joakim Noah will ‘be ready when called upon’

  19-07-2020 23:29
  
  When the Clippers added Joakim Noah to fill out the roster just before the league suspended play in March, it stood to reason that the experienced big man would arrive in L.A. with valuable lessons he could impart for the benefit of Ivica Zubac, the team’s young starting center.
  The 35-year-old Noah also would add depth in the post, giving the Clippers an accomplished option in case of injury or foul trouble.
  No one imagined then that Noah’s initial 10-day contract would stretch over
  
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• AVP Champions Cup: Nick Lucena, Phil Dalhausser get by Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb in tough final

  19-07-2020 23:23
  
  Just after top-seeded Nick Lucena and Phil Dalhausser won their semifinals match Sunday morning to get to the finals of the Monster Hydro Cup — the first leg of the AVP Champions Cup beach volleyball series in Long Beach — Lucena was asked which team he would like to play for the championship.
  He said it didn’t matter, that either team would be tough to defeat.
  As it turned out, the opponent was second-seeded Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb. Lucena was right, but he and Dalhausser e
  
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• President Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses

  19-07-2020 23:21
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote, as he scoffs at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden. Trump says it’s too early to make such an ironclad guarantee.
  “I have to see. Look … I have to see,” Trump told moderator Chris Wallace during a wide-ranging interview on ”Fox News Sunday.” &ldqu
  
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• LAFC’s offense continues to thrive, despite Carlos Vela’s absence

  19-07-2020 23:09
  
  Last season, Los Angeles Football Club established itself as one of the top offenses in Major League Soccer.
  The team’s prolific attack was anchored by Carlos Vela, but the team received contributions from its armada of attacking options. Through two matches at the MLS is back tournament, LAFC’s offense has continued to thrive without its captain, but now faces its toughest challenge of the competition group stage.
  All three of LAFC’s starting forwards scored in the team’
  
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• Finding a way for the show to go on

  19-07-2020 23:07
  
  Movies in the park are a popular summer event for many cities, and several are finding ways to offer the screenings in a socially distanced fashion.
  Yorba Linda this weekend hosted a community watch party for “Frozen 2” by marking out spaces for families to sit at Eastside Park.
  The 10-square-foot spaces were spread out through the grassy field before an inflatable screen and families put out blankets and snacks and settled in for the flick under a night sky of stars.
  Families watch
  
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• High living costs make people poor

  19-07-2020 23:00
  
  There’s no question that the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe recession it spawned are widening California’s economic divide.
  California already had the nation’s highest rate of functional poverty before this year began, as calculated by the Census Bureau using cost-of-living as well as income data, with nearly 20% of the state’s 40 million people impoverished. The Public Policy Institute of California calculates that another fifth of Californians are
  
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• NBA relying on testing, cleaning and personal responsibility to make the bubble work

  19-07-2020 22:35
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. >> Like many corners of the country, there are at least a few people within the NBA’s bubble who question the worthiness of masks.
  On Saturday, it was Dwight Howard, the Lakers center who pointed to the testing, isolation and other rigors and sacrifices the NBA has made to continue its season at Walt Disney World Resort. He pushed back after he was reported on the NBA tip line for not wearing a mask. In the face of all those factors, he would ask, aren’t
  
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• USC adds commitment of four-star CB Prophet Brown

  19-07-2020 22:22
  
  USC continued to add to a strong recruiting class on Saturday with the pledge of Monterey Trail cornerback Prophet Brown.
  The four-star recruit picked the Trojans and announced his commitment with a video on Twitter.
  Brown is the 18th member of USC’s 2021 class, and first to commit to the Trojans since June. He is the fifth defensive back prospect in the group. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Brown picked the Trojans over offers from Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.
  USC’s 2021 r
  
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• Guillermo Barros Schelotto on Galaxy loss to LAFC: “We gave up”

  19-07-2020 19:10
  
  The last two meetings between LAFC and the Galaxy, the scoreboard showed the large chasm between the two teams.
  Last October, the teams met in the Western Conference semifinals and LAFC shredded the Galaxy in a 5-3 game.
  Saturday night, the Galaxy put its best foot forward for 45 minutes of the first half, but eventually gave up the final five goals of the night in a 6-2 loss. Three of the goals came in the final 15 minutes.
  That’s 11 goals in the last two meetings in the rivalry.
  “W
  
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• Dear Orange County: I grew up Black in the OC bubble

  19-07-2020 18:28
  
  The Orange County Register is launching a series of occasional contributions from county residents who want to share their experience and contribute to the dialog in an evolving region. If you would like to be considered, please email reporter Theresa Walker at [email protected] and put Dear OC in the subject line. Submissions should be 700-1,000 words.Dear Orange County,
  I am an African American resident who was born in Newport Beach, to immigrant parents. I have lived in South OC my entire lif
  
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• Orange County pedophile Cary Jay Smith has moved to Lake Elsinore, sheriff’s deputies say

  19-07-2020 17:15
  
  Cary Jay Smith, the Orange County pedophile who was released without explanation after two decades from an involuntary stay at a state mental hospital, has moved to Lake Elsinore in Riverside County after spending a brief time in nearby Corona, authorities said.
  The Riverside County Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station posted a notice on its Facebook page at 11:30 p.m. Saturday saying Smith, 59, was in that city. Earlier, Smith was in Corona after relocating to a motel from an adult residential
  
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• Orange County pedophile Cary Jay Smith has left Lake Elsinore, sheriff’s deputies say

  19-07-2020 17:15
  
  Cary Jay Smith, the Orange County pedophile who was released without explanation after two decades from an involuntary stay at a state mental hospital, has left Lake Elsinore in Riverside County after spending a brief time there as well as nearby Corona this weekend, authorities said.
  “(Smith) decided to leave the Lake Elsinore area. Thank you to everyone who engaged with us upon learning he was in our community,” a Sunday afternoon Facebook post from the Riverside County Lake Elsino
  
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• Writing sports in Pomona led Fred Claire to Dodgers (and World Series)

  19-07-2020 17:00
  
  Fred Claire was so delighted to see a mention of the Prog in his morning newspaper, he dashed off an email to me.
  “It was the Pomona Progress-Bulletin that played an important part in my life and career that ultimately led to 30 years with the Dodgers,” Claire began.
  "American Idol" winner Lee DeWyze performs during the American Idol Live Tour at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Tuesday, August 17, 2010.Peach blossoms that bloomed early in February's unseasonably warm temperatures rece
  
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• Coronavirus backlash triggers wave of progressive activism from Asian Americans in Orange County

  19-07-2020 16:00
  
  After generations of benefiting from a conservative trope that painted Asian Americans as shining examples of how to assimilate and overcome racism, Tammy Kim said a wave of discrimination tied to the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped reality for many Asian Americans in Orange County.
  “We went from ‘model minority’ status to suddenly, at the drop of a hat, being ‘foreigners’ who are told to go back where we came from,” said Kim, managing director of the K
  
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• As coronavirus surges, public and private testing labs strain under the crush

  19-07-2020 15:30
  
  Nearly four months into the global pandemic, Natalia Garay-Owens’ son reported a headache. She took his temperature — it was normal — and didn’t worry much until he announced that he couldn’t taste his breakfast.
  When the low-grade fever kicked in, Garay-Owens of north Tustin went on the hunt for a COVID-19 test for her 12-year-old. It was July, when testing was supposed to be more robust than ever and anyone who wanted a test could get one. She called nursing advic
  
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• Planning ahead for incapacity helps you and family

  19-07-2020 13:00
  
  One in four American adults live with a disability, according to the Center for Disease Control. One in 10 adults over the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s or dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
  With numbers like that, we should all be planning for the possibility of our incapacity to handle our day-to-day lives.
  Defining incapacity
  California defines mental incapacity as an inability to make decisions or perform certain acts. Generally, there is a rebuttable presumption tha
  
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• Alexander: A resounding, dominant result for LAFC

  19-07-2020 10:50
  
  Los Angeles FC forward Bradley Wright-Phillips (66) celebrates after scoring a goal during the second half of an MLS soccer match against the LA Galaxy, Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
  LA Galaxy forward Cristian Pavon, center, attempts to shoot on goal as Los Angeles FC defender Eddie Segura, left, defends during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)SoundThe gallery will resume ins
  
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• The visionary woman the left can’t stand

  19-07-2020 10:40
  
  Recently there was an explosion of bilious joy on Twitter at the news that among the four million or so Paycheck Protection Program loans that the government handed out to keep people employed during the coronavirus shutdown of the economy, there was one that was accepted by the Ayn Rand Institute.
  “Today seems like a good day to remind you that Ayn Rand has provided the justification for unbridled selfishness and contempt for the common good,” wrote former Secretary of Labor Robert
  
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• Why are we politicizing food?: Gloria Romero

  19-07-2020 10:37
  
  “Where I’m going, you can’t follow. What I’ve got to do, you can’t be any part of. Ilsa, I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you’ll understand that.”
  So declares Humphrey Bogart to Ingrid Bergman in one of Hollywood’s most memorable lines in the climactic “Casablanca” airport scene, breaking the
  
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• Reduce spending on police by limiting what they must enforce

  19-07-2020 08:52
  
  Across the country, demonstrators have marched against police violence and misconduct, and public support for the Black Lives Matter movement is at an all-time high. Politicians, corporations, and sports teams are calling for reform, and police departments nationwide are facing unprecedented scrutiny.
  A prominent reform proposal is reduced funding for police. We agree that such expenditures, and criminal justice spending more broadly, should be much smaller than currently. But calls for reduced
  
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• Why waste a vote on Donald Trump or Joe Biden?

  19-07-2020 08:45
  
  I’ve decided to waste my vote in this election, and I’m not going to change my mind.
  I’ve been told by Democrats that I’m essentially voting for Donald Trump, and by Republicans that I’m voting for Joe Biden.
  “A vote for a third party is a vote for the opposition,” they say. This, of course, is implying that I would have voted for their favored candidate otherwise. But this isn’t the case, because if I didn’t vote for a third party, I would n
  
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• El Trafico: Diego Rossi, LAFC rally against LA Galaxy

  19-07-2020 06:58
  
  Kissimmee, Fla >> Los Angeles Football Club crushed the Los Angeles Galaxy 6-2 in both team’s second group stage match at the MLS is Back tournament on Saturday night, and moved closer to securing a place in the competition’s knockout stage.
  Through two matches in Orlando, Los Angeles Football Club’s attack hasn’t missed a beat despite the absence of reigning MVP Carlos Vela. The Galaxy, which played without its new star forward Javier “Chicharito” Herna
  
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• UFC: Deiveson Figueiredo chokes out Joseph Benavidez, claims flyweight title

  19-07-2020 06:09
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Deiveson Figueiredo won the vacant UFC flyweight championship Sunday, finishing a dominant performance against Joseph Benavidez with a rear naked choke with 12 seconds left in the first round.
  Jack Hermansson also stunned Kelvin Gastelum with a first-round submission by heel hook in the penultimate bout of the third UFC show in eight days from Fight Island, the UFC’s base of operations on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
  Figueiredo (19-1) became just th
  
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• Angels relievers perform well in intrasquad game

  19-07-2020 05:39
  
  ANAHEIM — With scheduled starter Andrew Heaney doing his work earlier in the day because of back stiffness, Angels relievers handled Saturday night’s intrasquad game.
  Right-hander Cam Bedrosian started the game two innings, including striking out the side on 11 pitches in the first inning.
  Left-hander Ryan Buchter worked a scoreless inning against the Angels regulars. Right-hander Jacob Barnes easily retired the first three hitters he faced in his inning, including strikeouts of Jo A
  
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• AVP Champions Cup: Crabb brothers put on another fine beach volleyball show

  19-07-2020 02:58
  
  Local beach volleyball fans have gotten used to seeing the Crabb brothers go against one another in big matches. That was the case Saturday in the quarterfinals of the first leg of the AVP Champions Cup series in Long Beach.
  Unfortunately, there were no fans on hand because of coronavirus restrictions, but the brothers and their partners gave a television audience quite a show.
  No. 2-seeded Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb proved just a cut above in this one, winning in straight sets 21-19, 21-18 over
  
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• Angels’ new slugger Anthony Rendon still dealing with oblique issue

  19-07-2020 01:50
  
  ANAHEIM — Anthony Rendon remains out with an oblique issue, and although he’s still listed as day to day, Joe Maddon isn’t ready to assume his star third baseman will be ready for next Friday’s opener.
  “I want to believe he’s gonna be ready (for opening day) but if not, we’re gonna have to have that Plan B ready,” the Angels manager said Saturday afternoon.
  Rendon felt tightness in his oblique during Wednesday’s intrasquad game. All the every
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reports 702 new cases and 25 new deaths as of July 18

  19-07-2020 01:06
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported another 702 new cases of the coronavirus as of Saturday, July 18.
  The cumulative total for Orange County cases is 29,011 since local testing began in March.
  There were 25 new deaths reported as of Saturday, bringing the total number of Orange County residents who have died to 494.
  The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigation and can take weeks to process, officials say.
  
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