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• Hotel, healthcare workers protest alleged lack of COVID-19 protections

  22-07-2020 23:51
  
  Workers from Southern California’s hotel and healthcare industries held protests Wednesday, calling for increased safeguards as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ramp up.
  The hotel workers, most of whom are represented by Unite Here Local 11, staged a car caravan ending at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ office on West Temple Street. Activists are asking the board to immediately pause the reopening of hotels.
  Positive tests and quarantines
  The union said it has learned
  
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• CSU students required to take ethnic studies course

  22-07-2020 23:48
  
  The Board of Trustees for the California State University approved on Wednesday by a wide margin the first major change to the university system’s general education requirements in 40 years by adding an ethnic studies and social justice course.
  The action, which passed the board 13-to-5 in a vote by teleconference Wednesday, became a hot button issue in light of the protests that swept the nation and the region in recent months following the police killing George Floyd in Minneapolis on Ma
  
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• Orange County real estate jobs at 97% of pre-coronavirus peak

  22-07-2020 23:47
  
  Orange County saw a rebound in real estate-related jobs with June employment at 97% of pre-pandemic levels, far outpacing other industries.
  My trusty spreadsheet crunched local employment data that shows “essential” industries such as building, selling, renting, financing and maintaining properties are faring much better than the rest of the region’s economy. Why? These businesses are operating under less-restrictive “stay at home” orders. Plus, housing got several
  
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• Defund the PC police

  22-07-2020 23:23
  
  In politics, the presumption has historically been that the candidate who best understands the proverbial “kitchen table” issues is the one who usually ends up winning the election.
  Now, the kitchen table’ is the subject. Literally.
  Grocery giant, Trader Joe’s has come under fire for the alleged insensitive branding of its ethnic foods.
  According to the Los Angeles Times, the names Trader Ming’s, Arabian Joe’s, Trader Jose’s, Trader Giotto’s and Tr
  
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• Orange County’s first In-N-Out is torn down to make way for a new one coming in 2021

  22-07-2020 22:30
  
  It opened in Santa Ana on September 28, 1975 and according to a post by a former employee on octhen.com, the staff memorized orders and added price totals in their heads.
  Each one had to pass a math test because there were no cash registers or adding machines for years. And that somehow seems appropriate for In-N-Out Burger, which has staked its reputation on Southern California’s insatiable desire for its old school burgers and fries.
  Crews tear down Orange County’s first In-N-Out B
  
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• Park Life: Knott’s Berry Farm reopens and 10 most expensive Disneyland auction items

  22-07-2020 22:17
  
  Would you pay $60,000 for a Space Mountain coaster train? What’s it like to be back inside Knott’s Berry Farm? Why didn’t Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge boost Disneyland’s attendance? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
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  What it’s like to be back inside a theme park now that K
  
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• O.C. man to plead guilty to laundering millions in cash and Bitcoin

  22-07-2020 22:09
  
  A Yorba Linda man is expected to plead guilty to operating an unlicensed virtual-currency business that authorities allege laundered millions in bitcoin and cash for criminals, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
  Kais Mohammad, 36, has agreed to admit to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, money laundering and failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court.
  Mohammad, through his company Heroc
  
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• Disneyland faces 32 million attendance drop over 2 years, analysts warn

  22-07-2020 21:25
  
  Disneyland faces a drop in attendance of 32 million visitors over two years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but that pales in comparison to the nearly 100 million guests Disney’s U.S. parks could lose during that time, according to a new analyst’s report.
  A new report by Wall Street analysts Cowen and Company paints a grim picture of attendance losses at Disney’s Parks, Experiences and Products division.
  “With the spread of COVID-19 having accelerated in the U.S., we expect a
  
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• Rams offseason recap 2020: Highs and lows as training camp approaches

  22-07-2020 21:00
  
  They spent much of the offseason staring at computer screens, but that doesn’t mean the Rams sat still. Changes to the roster and coaching staff made them one of the NFL’s most talked-about teams. As if changes to their address and their uniforms didn’t spark enough discussion.
  As the Rams prepare for the scheduled start of training camp July 28, here’s a review of the 10 biggest developments of their offseason, listed from worst to best:
  Pandemic impacts
  Although the NFL
  
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• Trump, Barr to expand anti-crime surge to several U.S. cities

  22-07-2020 20:31
  
  By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr are expected to announce Wednesday that federal agents will surge into several American cities including Chicago to help combat rising crime, expanding the administration’s intervention in local enforcement as Trump runs for reelection under a “law-and-order” mantle.
  Hundreds of federal agents already have been sent to Kansas City, Missouri, to help quell a record r
  
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• White House, GOP resist housing aid in next virus stimulus

  22-07-2020 20:24
  
  Despite disarray in the Republican ranks, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was pushing Wednesday to unveil a draft COVID-19 aid package as the White House resists Democratic demands for more virus testing, state funding — and housing eviction protections.
  Key GOP senators revolted over the emerging effort as the price tag could quickly swell above $1 trillion. Conservative Republicans vowed to slow-walk passage of any bill. But pressure is mounting as the virus crisis deepens and a $
  
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• Evidence links slaying of Crestline-area attorney and attack on New Jersey judge, FBI says

  22-07-2020 20:22
  
  The FBI confirmed Wednesday, July 22, that investigators “have evidence” linking the July 11 slaying of attorney Marc Angelucci near Crestline to Roy Den Hollander, the prime suspect in the shooting attack at the home of a New Jersey federal judge that left her son dead and husband wounded.
  “We are now engaged with the San Bernardino California Sheriff’s Office and have evidence linking the murder of Marc Angelucci to FBI Newark subject Roy Den Hollander. This invest
  
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• Best thing I ate: Noble Bird’s takeout rotisserie chicken is small but mighty

  22-07-2020 20:02
  
  I thought it was going to be yet another fast-casual takeout place. But this rotisserie chicken restaurant is much fancier than that. Noble Bird opened in December in Long Beach at 2nd and PCH, just across the bridge from Seal Beach. 
  The dining room is currently closed, but the patio is open and it looks lovely. It also feels perfectly safe, with limited seating to meet strict distancing guidelines. Eagle Scouts from Troop 772: Fred Minagar, Dillon Paige, Jerry McCloskey, Blake Vom St
  
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• Laguna Woods COVID-19 cases stabilize after mid-month jump

  22-07-2020 19:52
  
  Laguna Woods has had a total of 34 cases of COVID-19, with a spike in mid-July, Village Management Services CEO Jeff Parker said during a regular meeting of the Third Mutual board on Tuesday, July 21.
  In Orange County, the number of COVID-19 cases — now at 29,986 overall — outpaced Riverside and are second to Los Angeles County as the largest outbreak in California.
  In Laguna Woods, only 21 cases were reported in the first week of July.
  “The numbers are still up,” Parker
  
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• Laguna Woods coronavirus cases stabilize after mid-month jump

  22-07-2020 19:52
  
  Laguna Woods has had a total of 34 cases of COVID-19, with a spike in mid-July, Village Management Services CEO Jeff Parker said during a regular meeting of the Third Mutual board on Tuesday, July 21.
  In Orange County, the number of COVID-19 cases — now at 29,986 overall — outpaced Riverside and are second to Los Angeles County as the largest outbreak in California.
  In Laguna Woods, only 21 cases were reported in the first week of July.
  “The numbers are still up,” Parker
  
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• It’s a good time to turn regrets into gifts, for ourselves and others

  22-07-2020 19:38
  
  Staying at home more has caused some of us to turn to cooking and baking as a hobby.  It is easy to look up recipes on the Internet or bring out that dusty old cookbook. They both will tell us step by step exactly what we need to prepare foods, even ones we have never tried before.
  It can be fun to put new ingredients into old recipes just because they will add some fresh flavors.  Sometimes this turn out great, sometimes not so much.
  What we know is the ingredients we have put togethe
  
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• US sales of existing homes jump 20% after a 3-month slump

  22-07-2020 19:33
  
  Annualized US home sales, as tracked by National Association of Realtors. (Source: St. Louis Fed)
  Americans stepped up their home purchases in June by a robust 20.7% after the pandemic had caused sales to crater in the prior three months. But the housing market could struggle to rebound further in the face of the resurgent viral outbreak and a shrinking supply of homes for sale.
  Sales of existing homes rose last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.72 million, the National Association
  
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• Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Derek Brunson now the UFC on ESPN+ 31 main event

  22-07-2020 18:54
  
  One of the youngest fighters in the UFC has suddenly hit the big time.
  Edmen Shahbazyan’s middleweight fight against Derek Brunson has elevated to the main event Aug. 1 at UFC on ESPN+ 31 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
  Shahbazyan, 22, was supposed to take on the UFC veteran in the co-main event, but the main event between former bantamweight champion Holly Holm and Irene Aldana has been postponed.
  The announcement was made by UFC President and former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, who
  
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• In ‘Chasing The Light,’ Oliver Stone writes of Vietnam, ‘Salvador’ and ‘Platoon’

  22-07-2020 18:28
  
  In Oliver Stone‘s new memoir, he writes about when he first understood that his screenplay about a lost soldier in Vietnam connected back to the oldest tales of humankind. The protagonist of what was then titled “The Platoon” was like Odysseus in Homer’s epic, he saw, a young man who’d traveled into hell and who would only find the path home if he opened his eyes to the truth around him.
  It was a lesson Stone had retained from his days at NYU when a classics profess
  
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• The Cheesecake Factory’s new flavor for National Cheesecake Day features this candy bar

  22-07-2020 18:25
  
  The Cheesecake Factory’s dining rooms are closed in Southern California due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but it is going forward with its biggest promotion, National Cheesecake Day.
  It will take place July 30, and this year’s new flavor is Chocolate Caramelicious Cheesecake Made With Snickers.
  It features layers of chocolate, caramel, and cheesecake mixed with the candy on a brownie crust.
  The Cheesecake Factory has nearly three dozen flavors of its namesake dessert. But the Ca
  
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• Reports: Dodgers, Mookie Betts nearing long-term extension

  22-07-2020 18:05
  
  Mookie Betts and the Dodgers are reportedly working on a long-term contract extension that would keep the talented outfielder in Los Angeles for 10 or more years at a total cost of $350-400 million. The terms were reported Wednesday morning by Boston radio station WEEI.
  Betts still hasn’t played a regular season game since he was traded by the Red Sox for Alex Verdugo and prospects Jeter Downs and Connor Wong in February. The novel coronavirus pandemic postponed spring training in March. B
  
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• Dodgers, Mookie Betts nearing long-term extension

  22-07-2020 18:05
  
  Mookie Betts and the Dodgers are working on a long-term contract extension that would keep the talented outfielder in Los Angeles for 10 or more years at a total cost of $350-400 million. The terms were reported Wednesday morning by Boston radio station WEEI.
  Betts still hasn’t played a regular season game since he was traded by the Red Sox for Alex Verdugo and prospects Jeter Downs and Connor Wong in February. The novel coronavirus pandemic postponed spring training in March. Baseball&rsq
  
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• California tops New York with most coronavirus cases in the United States

  22-07-2020 17:16
  
  The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in California is now 409,305, which is more than New York or any other state.
  According to the data gathered by The Center for Systems Science in Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, California has more recorded cases than every country in the world, except Brazil, India, Russia, and the United States.
  Florida and Texas are also poised to pass New York soon.
  This animation shows the 10 states with the greatest number of positive t
  
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• ‘The Office’ star Creed Bratton talks Grass Roots rock fame, ‘Slightly Altered’ new album

  22-07-2020 17:11
  
  A three-legged feng shui toad inspired the first single off Creed Bratton’s new album “Slightly Altered,” but that’s definitely not the only time good fortune has smiled on the singer-songwriter and actor.
  As lead guitarist for the Grass Roots in the late ’60s, Bratton was part of the psychedelic pop/rock band’s peak period when singles such as “Midnight Confessions” and “Let’s Live For Today” cracked the Top 10.
  As a character ac
  
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• How LA-based comics artist MariNaomi created Cartoonists of Color

  22-07-2020 17:11
  
  As San Diego Comic-Con@Home starts up, you might be looking to expand your comics reading list.
  Try searching Cartoonists of Color.
  The six-year-old database, maintained by Los Angeles-based comics creator MariNaomi, features a wide range of artists and writers based everywhere from the United States to Chile and Australia. The work on display ranges from slice-of-life to fantasy to historical fiction.
  All of the 1400+ people listed in the database identify as people of color. It’s a testa
  
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• Costa Mesa leaders vow to enforce mask mandate – but no fines given so far

  22-07-2020 17:05
  
  With Orange County’s total coronavirus cases passing the 30,000 mark and COVID-19 deaths countywide now exceeding 500, Costa Mesa officials are launching a new effort to remind people that face coverings are required in some public places – and ignoring the rule could mean a fine.
  After a rancorous mask debate among Orange County officials and residents, Gov. Gavin Newsom settled the question with a June 18 mandate: masks and cloth face coverings are required when people are in publi
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: How I accidentally ended up in Nepal

  22-07-2020 16:34
  
  This is a travel misadventure I never wanted to admit to you, because some of you are actually foolish enough to take my travel advice and I don’t come off well in this. Believe me, I don’t.
  Once upon a time, I was a travel agent. I got paid to help people plan their trips. And then, much later, my Cheapo Travel column ran in newspapers around the country. I’m telling you this so you understand what an idiot move I made when I took my planned trip to India last year.
  As many of
  
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• Cops: 15 shot as gunfire erupts outside Chicago funeral home

  22-07-2020 15:34
  
  By HERBERT G. McCANN
  CHICAGO — Fifteen people were shot, one person was being questioned and multiple suspects were being sought after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago’s South Side as the federal government moved forward on plans to deploy more agents to the city where violence is spiking.
  First Deputy Superintendent Eric Carter said mourners outside a funeral home in the Gresham neighborhood were fired upon Tuesday from a passing vehicle. Carter said several targets
  
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• U.S. orders China to close its Houston consulate, claiming intellectual property theft

  22-07-2020 15:26
  
  By KEN MORITSUGU and MATTHEW LEE
  BEIJING — The United States said Wednesday that it has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston “to protect American intellectual property” and the private information of Americans.
  China strongly condemned the move, the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration as it ratchets up pressure on the world’s second-largest economy over trade, technology, human rights and security.
  Firefighters responded to reports of papers
  
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• Powerful quake jolts Alaska towns, produces small tsunami

  22-07-2020 14:08
  
  By MARK THIESSEN
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska  — A powerful earthquake located off Alaska’s southern coast jolted some coastal communities late Tuesday, and some residents briefly scrambled for higher ground over fears of a tsunami.
  There were no immediate reports of damage in the sparsely populated area of the state, and tsunami warning was canceled after the magnitude 7.8 quake off the Alaska Peninsula produced a wave of a less than a foot.
  According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the ea
  
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• See how little things add up in commercial real estate deals

  22-07-2020 14:00
  
  We are scheduled to close a deal today. Yes! Deals are happening – albeit a bit more challenging – during the year of the pandemic.
  Time on market, due diligence periods and loan processing all require additional days vs. the halcyon era of 2019. Shortened are buyer’s and seller’s patience with the delays.
  This particular transaction — met with enthusiasm — started back in February. We quickly selected a buyer and opened escrow — just in time for the bal
  
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• Coronavirus twists Southern California housing: Slowest sales, highest prices

  22-07-2020 14:00
  
  Southern California house hunters, challenged by a pandemic, bought the fewest homes in any June on record while record-low mortgage rates helped push the median selling price to an all-time high.
  DQ News/CoreLogic reported on Wednesday, July 22 that buyers closed purchases of 17,678 residences — existing and newly built — in June in the six-county region. That’s down 15% in a year as sales fell across SoCal. It was the slowest-selling June in a database that dates to 1988 and
  
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• COVID-19 clobbers weak transit systems

  22-07-2020 11:14
  
  We certainly know that COVID-19 strikes hardest, sometimes fatally, at those who already have weakened bodies, such as the elderly.
  That’s equally true of the COVID-19 recession. Businesses with weak balance sheets may not weather the sudden loss of income from government-ordered shutdowns and/or customers afraid to venture out.
  Public services, particularly those dependent on patronage, are not immune, as the state’s public transit systems are proving. They were already struggling t
  
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• California could develop guidance to re-open youth sports

  22-07-2020 10:42
  
  This week, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) pushed back the start of high school sports until December 2020 or January 2021. With most schools across the state required to remain fully online until their counties are removed from the state’s monitoring list, that decision might help to better align the high school sports season with the start of the in-person school year.
  But there’s still no guidance on what is – or isn’t &nda
  
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• Progressive policies are destined to fail: John Stossel

  22-07-2020 10:28
  
  I laughed when I saw The Washington Post headline: “Minneapolis had progressive policies, but its economy still left black families behind.”
  The media are so clueless. Instead of “but,” the headline should have said, “therefore,” or “so, obviously.”
  Of course, progressive policies failed! They almost always do.
  “If you wanted a poster child for the progressive movement, it would be Minneapolis,” says Republican Minnesota Senate candidat
  
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• Pedestrian struck and killed in Irvine

  22-07-2020 09:12
  
  IRVINE — A 52-year-old pedestrian was struck by an SUV and killed Tuesday night in Irvine.
  The crash occurred near the intersection of Silkberry and Hazelnut about 6:30 p.m., according to the Irvine Police Department.
  The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, the department said. His name was not disclosed.
  The driver of the SUV remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, police said.
  Alcohol or drugs were not immediately consi
  
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• Man gets 9 years in prison for crashing car into La Mirada fitness center after cancellation of membership

  22-07-2020 07:49
  
  NORWALK — A Whittier man who deliberately crashed a relative’s car into the front of a La Mirada fitness center that had canceled his membership was sentenced to nine years in state prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
  Sergio Gabriel Reyes, 34, was sentenced immediately after pleading no contest to one count of assault with a deadly weapon — an automobile — on Monday, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
  Reyes dr
  
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• Dodgers beat Angels in their exhibition finale behind Chris Taylor’s three-run homer

  22-07-2020 06:56
  
  The Dodgers won their only three exhibition games before Major League Baseball’s COVID-19 shortened 60-game season begins later this week without fans in ballparks.
  There will be plenty of time for the Dodgers and Angels to mix it up when they meet six times during the season, and they were entertaining in their only exhibition meeting on Tuesday, with the Dodgers holding on for a 6-4 victory behind a three-run homer from Chris Taylor in the third inning, his second homer in two nights, an
  
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• Alexander: Are you saying there’s a chance for the Dodgers and Angels? …

  22-07-2020 05:47
  
  This Space called it, two springs ago. And, well, sometimes you’re on target and sometimes you throw it to the backstop.
  From the editions of March 29, 2018:
  “It is the beauty of spring training. When it ends, everyone is still undefeated. 
  “So, in that spirit of optimism, why not indulge that wild dream that Southern California baseball fans have harbored for the better part of six decades? The Dodgers and Angels, playing in October. Playing each other in October. SoCal a
  
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• Sparks’ Derek Fisher welcomes women’s pro soccer to L.A.

  22-07-2020 05:42
  
  The Sparks won’t be the only professional women’s game in town (whenever games return to L.A.), and coach Derek Fisher said he couldn’t be happier about it.
  “I was excited when that popped up as breaking news earlier today,” said Fisher, referencing the National Women’s Soccer League’s announcement that in 2022 it will expand to Los Angeles, with a team launched by a group that includes 14 former U.S. women’s national team players, a group of A-lis
  
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• Mission Viejo man charged in fatal Laguna Hills hit-and-run

  22-07-2020 05:13
  
  A 34-year-old Mission Viejo man suspected in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Laguna Hills has been charged and pleaded not guilty Tuesday, July 21.
  Andrew Austin Arbuckle was held on $200,000 bail and arraigned in a courtroom in Santa Ana on a felony charge of hit-and-run resulting in death, Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Jaimee Blashaw said. He is also accused of a misdemeanor count of driving with a license that was suspended or revoked for a DUI, according to court records
  
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• Chargers offseason review: Quarterback carousel created many changes

  22-07-2020 04:58
  
  The Chargers said goodbye to a future Hall-of-Fame quarterback, flirted with arguably the greatest quarterback of all time and favored a college quarterback over a former MVP quarterback.
  Yeah, all of that happened this offseason for the Chargers. It was a rapid quarterback carousel before they settled on Tyrod Taylor and Justin Herbert.
  But this strange offseason — for various reasons — didn’t just involve the signal callers. The Chargers had a roster makeover for their schema
  
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• Chargers announce 2020 single game tickets no longer valid

  22-07-2020 04:24
  
  For many NFL fans, whether rooting for the Chargers or against, the inevitable bad news arrived Tuesday when the Chargers announced that single game tickets for the 2020 season were no longer valid because of the expected reduced capacity at SoFi Stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  If you were one of the fans with tickets to see the Chargers open SoFi Stadium against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 2, or a New England Patriots fan who scored tickets to see Bill Belichick walk the sidelines whi
  
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• Clippers’ Patrick Beverley leaves bubble because of personal emergency

  22-07-2020 04:23
  
  Guard Patrick Beverley became the second Clippers player to leave the NBA bubble, departing Tuesday because of an emergency personal matter, according to ESPN’s Malika Andrews and confirmed by a league source.
  The Clippers now appear to be missing four players: Montrezl Harrell also left Orlando last week to tend to an urgent family matter, per sources, and Landry Shamet and Ivica Zubac have not yet been documented with the team at Walt Disney World. (Zubac posted three hourglass emojis on
  
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• Huntington Beach council members say mobile homeless shelter would distract from larger effort

  22-07-2020 03:33
  
  Wearing black T-shirts emblazoned with “Take HB Back,” almost 100 people gathered outside Huntington Beach City Hall Monday night, July 20, to support a temporary homeless shelter proposed by Councilman Erik Peterson.
  Due to social distancing rules, the crowd watched the meeting on an outdoor screen rather than in the chambers. Cheers and jeers could be heard inside as residents and council members spoke for and against the proposal.
  But at the end of the five-hour meeting, five of t
  
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• Seeing military helicopters passing by? The Marines are training over Southern California for future conflicts

  22-07-2020 02:49
  
  Marines with multiple squadrons – from Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Stations Miramar and Yuma – are training in the skies over Southern California.
  Ospreys, combat helicopters, tactical fighters and heavy-lift helicopters are all part of the exercise, known as Summer Fury, and have been seen the last several days in the skies over Orange County. More than 5,000 Marines are participating in the training.
  Summer Fury, which began on July 14  and will run for three weeks, sh
  
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• Seeing military helicopters passing by? The Marines are train over coastal Southern California for future conflicts

  22-07-2020 02:49
  
  Marines with multiple squadrons – from Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Stations Miramar and Yuma – are training in the skies over Southern California.
  Ospreys, combat helicopters, tactical fighters and heavy-lift helicopters are all part of the exercise, known as Summer Fury, and have been seen the last several days in the skies over Orange County. More than 5,000 Marines are participating in the training.
  Summer Fury, which began on July 14  and will run for three weeks, sh
  
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• NBA exploring new frontiers in fanless arenas

  22-07-2020 02:48
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. >> The NBA has put an awful lot of thought into what is sure to become some of the least attended games in its history.
  With a black curtain blocking off three walls of seats in its largest venue, the league has unveiled the temporary home for its upcoming three-month run to crown a champion. Outside of the 94 feet of hardwood, the NBA will play in front of digital screens and unmanned cameras, with seats spread out and and many observers encased in plexiglass &mdash
  
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• Dispute leads to fatal shooting in Santa Ana; police say suspect confesses

  22-07-2020 02:34
  
  A man admitted shooting a person found dead in Santa Ana on Monday, and was arrested on suspicion of homicide, police said Tuesday, July 21.
  Juan Yepez Martinez, 31, of Santa Ana, had been arrested in connection with an unrelated case, and was interviewed by police, Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. He confessed that he had shot Carlos Sanchez Benitez, 40, also of Santa Ana, police said.
  As a result, detectives served search warrants at two homes, Santa Ana Police Department officials
  
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• Lawyer linked to California and New Jersey slayings described as jealous and angry

  22-07-2020 01:36
  
  Roy Den Hollander, the lawyer suspected in a deadly shooting at federal judge’s home over the weekend and linked to the July 11 slaying of men’s rights lawyer Marc Angelucci at his home near Crestline, was jealous and angry about Angelucci’s prominence, says a man who knew them both.
  Den Hollander was enraged he was not co-counsel in a lawsuit Angelucci had filed against the Selective Service System, said Harry Crouch, who heads the San Diego-based the National Coalition for Me
  
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