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• Dave Roberts, Dodgers adjusting to daily routine change

  25-07-2020 23:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has so many new decisions to make each day in this strange 2020 season. Bat Mookie Betts leadoff or second? Who to put in the DH spot? Which mask to wear?
  “Well, I had this really good one, this gray one, but my daughter said I was wearing it too much,” said Roberts who went with a standard medical mask for his pre-game Zoom call with the media, then switched to one adorned with the Dodgers logo for the nationally televised game Saturd
  
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• Amid coronavirus, uncertainty, parents decide how to school kids

  25-07-2020 23:40
  
  By TAMMY WEBBER and STEPHEN GROVES | Associated Press
  Joshua Claybourn is leaning toward sending his kindergarten daughter to in-person classes at a private school next month. Holly Davis’ sixth-grade daughter will learn online, though the family has not yet decided what to do for school for a teenage daughter who requires special accommodations for hearing problems and dyslexia and another who’s starting college.
  As they decide how their children will learn this fall amid the corona
  
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• 2 people bitten by coyote in Mission Viejo on Saturday; trail closed

  25-07-2020 23:39
  
  Two people were hospitalized after they were reportedly bitten by a coyote along a trail in Mission Viejo, prompting the city to close the trail on the Jeronimo Open Space, authorities said.
  Mission Viejo Animal Services was called to a local hospital after a woman was admitted with a bite mark to her lower left calf, city spokeswoman Kelly Tokarski said.
  The woman told officials she was out jogging in the bike lane along Jeronimo adjacent to the open space between Pavion and Silleros when the c
  
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• Sparks roll past Phoenix Mercury in WNBA opener

  25-07-2020 23:26
  
  Watch out now, the Sparks are 1-0 in the Wubble.
  Healthy and motivated, L.A. opened its season in the WNBA’s version of the NBA bubble with a sharp 99-76 nationally televised victory over the Phoenix Mercury.
  The midday ABC audience saw all of the players wearing Breonna Taylor’s name on the backs of their jerseys, as they sought to keep attention on the woman who was fatally shot by police in her own home in March.
  Viewers also saw Sparks stars Nneka Ogwumike and Seimone Augustus pu
  
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• Sparks make a bold statement in winning WNBA opener

  25-07-2020 23:26
  
  The scoreboard at IMG Academy read: Sparks 99, Mercury 75.
  But that season-opening result mattered less to players involved than the name on the backs of their jerseys, on the placards courtside and on the minds of everyone involved with the WNBA’s nationally televised triple-header tip-off Saturday.
  The name: Breonna Taylor.
  As in the preceding Seattle-New York game that opened the shortened 22-game regular season inside the WNBA bubble in Brandenton, Florida, the Sparks and Mercury left
  
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• Sparks make a a bold statement in winning WNBA opener

  25-07-2020 23:26
  
  The scoreboard at IMG Academy read: Sparks 99, Mercury 75.
  But that season-opening result mattered less to players involved than the name on the backs of their jerseys, on the placards courtside and on the minds of everyone involved with the WNBA’s nationally televised triple-header tip-off Saturday.
  The name: Breonna Taylor.
  As in the preceding Seattle-New York game that opened the shortened 22-game regular season inside the WNBA bubble in Brandenton, Florida, the Sparks and Mercury left
  
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• A dozen Huntington Beach police officers and employees have contracted COVID-19

  25-07-2020 23:26
  
  Eleven Huntington Beach Police Department officers and one civilian employee have tested positive for COVID-19 while 25 more workers have been quarantined for exposure to the virus since late June, straining the agency’s operations, Police Chief Robert Handy said.
  “It’s been hard,” he said Saturday. “We have had to do a lot of backfilling by paying overtime and ordering people into work on their days off.”
  Of those employees infected or quarantined, all but tw
  
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• Virus-weary Texas braces for Hurricane Hanna’s arrival

  25-07-2020 23:16
  
  By JUAN A. LOZANO and JOHN L. MONE | Associated Press
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Hurricane Hanna rumbled toward the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, lashing the shoreline with wind gusts, rain and storm surge, and even threatening to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases.
  The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was expected to make landfall late Saturday afternoon or early evening south of Corpus Christi, the U.S. Nat
  
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• Wildfire along Highway 111 in Palm Springs is 0% contained

  25-07-2020 22:21
  
  PALMS SPRINGS — A wildfire burning in northern Palm Springs along Highway 111 Saturday doubled in size in a matter of hours, growing to 100 acres with zero containment.
  The fire was reported about 6:30 a.m. and quickly blackened 50 acres near the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and Palm Springs Visitor Center.
  The blaze prompted a stretch of Highway 111 extending one mile north from Gateway Drive to be shut down, Palm Springs police announced about 7 a.m.
  Three hours later, fire officials said
  
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• Wildfire along Highway 111 in Palm Springs burns 192 acres

  25-07-2020 22:21
  
  PALMS SPRINGS — A wildfire burning in northern Palm Springs along Highway 111 nearly quadrupled in size since it was first reported Saturday morning, growing to 192 acres with 15% containment.
  The fire was reported at about 6:30 a.m. and quickly blackened 50 acres near the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and Palm Springs Visitor Center.
  The blaze prompted a stretch of Highway 111 extending one mile north from Gateway Drive to be shut down, Palm Springs police announced at about 7 a.m.
  Three ho
  
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• In nature, there is still some hope for man

  25-07-2020 22:03
  
  Good news?
  No way. We’re living in a Raymond Chandler novel. The “Lady in the Lake” is not a fetching mermaid. The lady in the lake is drowned and decomposed and washed up on the shore.
  And the roguish detective we would like to solve the mystery of her death is not a charming knight errant. He’s a simple fool.
  The only place to seek solace from the mendacity and idiocy of the great bulk of our species and our nominal leaders is in the natural world. The scholar Martha Be
  
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• Angels’ Shohei Ohtani set to pitch Sunday for the 1st time in nearly 2 years

  25-07-2020 21:58
  
  OAKLAND — The long wait is almost over.
  When Shohei Ohtani starts Sunday against the Oakland A’s, it will mark his return to a major-league mound for the first time in 693 days.
  Since Sept. 2, 2018, when Ohtani made a short-lived attempt to pitch with a damaged elbow that would require Tommy John surgery a month later, Ohtani has only been a hitter in the big leagues.
  Prior to that September game, Ohtani’s previous start was June 6, 2018, so it’s been more than two years
  
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• Report: Television personality Regis Philbin dies at 88

  25-07-2020 21:55
  
  By DAVID BAUDER
  NEW YORK (AP) — Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has died at 88, People magazine reported.
  Philbin died Friday, just over a month before his 89th birthday. He died of natural causes, according to a family statement to the magazine.
  Celebrities routinely stopped by Philbin’s eponymous s
  
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• A last celebration for Capo Unified’s Class of 2020

  25-07-2020 21:41
  
   
  Student Alexis Alston rolls into the ceremony as the Dana Hills high school holds a “walk through procession” where 600 students remain in their vehicles, then get to walk across a formal graduation stage Friday, July 24, 2020 in Dana Point during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  New graduates roll away from the commencement ceremony on skateboards as the Dana Hills high school holds a “walk through procession” where 60
  
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• Joe Biden swings and misses in swipe at Milton Friedman

  25-07-2020 20:31
  
  Joe Biden came out of his hibernation basement and launched a blistering attack on a public figure.
  Guess who! Donald Trump? No. Mike Pence? Try again. Mitch McConnell? Not even close. Any other Republican politician? No way. A Democratic office holder, maybe one who is not progressive enough to suit his new-found sharp leftism? Nope.
  You had better be sitting down for this one, or you’re going to keel right over. None other than Milton Friedman is Joe Biden’s target.
  Here is what th
  
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• Systemic racism in progressive California

  25-07-2020 20:21
  
  Not long ago, George Floyd’s killing was universally condemned and people across the planet elevated the problems faced by minorities in America for examination. The time was right for constructive debates and policy changes.
  But as usual, the moment of unity soon devolved into nonsense.
  Fast forward a bit and you have the “woke” destroying statues of abolitionists and waging crusades against Trader Joe’s salsa names. Instead of a focus on reducing police abuse, improving
  
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• Whicker: How ex-UCLA star J.R. Sakuragi built a high-mileage basketball career in Japan

  25-07-2020 19:30
  
  J.R. Sakuragi outlasted teammates, opponents, coaches, even our memories.
  Sayings were born and sprouted into cliches during his 23 years as a pro. When he showed up at UCLA in 1994 as J.R. Henderson with his well-grounded game, few people were saying things like, “He plays chess and everyone else plays checkers.” Now we all say it too much, but it was meant for Sakuragi. Until the coronavirus came to Japan, the 6-foot-8 Sakuragi was still dribbling through the pawns, slipping past t
  
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• Protests for social justice continue in Southern California on Saturday

  25-07-2020 19:24
  
  LOS ANGELES — A handful of demonstrations are scheduled in Southern California Saturday, some of them in support of the two-month long protest movement in Portland, Oregon, that has drawn intervention from federal authorities.
  Two such demonstrations will be held in front of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, at 4 p.m. by the group Refuse Fascism and at 4:30 p.m. by Youth Liberation Front.
  Other events are being held to demonstrate generally against racism, for “justice and change,&r
  
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• Recipe: Spuds O’Brien is a hearty potato dish that can work as a side or main course

  25-07-2020 19:23
  
  Baby Dutch Yellow potatoes as well as Yukon Gold potatoes have the perfect texture for this classic dish. They crisp to a golden brown without falling apart. Turn the side dish into a one-dish meal by topping each serving with a fried or poached egg.
  The origin of the dish is disputed. Some claim it was created in the early 1900s at a restaurant in Boston, other sources give credit to a New York City eatery in the same timeframe. No matter the derivation, the combination of ingredients is divine
  
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• Man in critical condition after being struck by his own car in Garden Grove

  25-07-2020 18:40
  
  A man was critically injured Friday, July 24, after being struck by a car he had been driving after a passenger took the wheel of the vehicle, according to police.
  Around 1:45 p.m., Garden Grove officers responded to the 12000 block of Tamerlane Drive, where they found a man lying in the street, police said in a news release.
  The man was transported by ambulance to a hospital. His name was not released and details regarding his injuries were not immediately available Saturday.
  An investigation r
  
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• Chargers reunite Francisco Pinto, Adrian Garcia-Marquez to grow Latino fan base

  25-07-2020 18:38
  
  Francisco Pinto and Adrian Garcia-Marquez have been described as Los Angeles’ radio couple because they keep finding their way back to each other.
  On Thursday, they reunited for the third time for a third L.A. professional team, when the Chargers introduced Pinto and Garcia-Marquez as the new Spanish-language radio broadcast team. Pinto will be the color commentator and Garcia-Marquez will handle the play-by-play call on Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM.
  They’re in the same roles they had whe
  
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• Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, July 25

  25-07-2020 18:31
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday, July 25 for racing at opening day at Del Mar.
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• Costa Mesa voters will decide whether to let cannabis shops come to town

  25-07-2020 18:28
  
  Costa Mesa will ask its voters in November whether they want to allow retail cannabis sales in the city in stores and via delivery services, bringing revenue some officials hope could help shore up the city budget.
  The city will place a measure on the fall ballot that would allow regulation and taxing of retail cannabis sales and delivery businesses. If approved, it would make Costa Mesa the second Orange County city (along with Santa Ana) to allow cannabis shops.
  In 2016, in the same election t
  
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• Man killed when motor scooter crashes into utility pole in Huntington Beach

  25-07-2020 17:26
  
  A 30-year-old man was killed Friday night when his motor scooter crashed into a utility pole in Huntington Beach, according to police.
  Huntington Beach police responded to the area of  Brookhurst Street and Effingham Drive at about 7:50 p.m. and found a 2007 Vespa scooter with major damage in the roadway.
  A preliminary investigation showed the operator of the scooter, who is from Garden Grove, was traveling north on Brookhurst Street from Hamilton Avenue, veered to the right, collided with
  
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• Will Knott’s Berry Farm drop reservations and cut days when theme park reopens?

  25-07-2020 16:36
  
  Lower than expected attendance has forced Knott’s Berry Farm’s sister parks across the United States to drop reservation requirements and cut back on weekly operating days after reopening following extended coronavirus closures.
  Ohio’s Cedar Point no longer requires reservations while Pennsylvania’s Dorney Park has announced plans to close on select weekdays during the typically busy summer season because of smaller than anticipated crowds. Kings Island and Worlds of Fun
  
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• High school swimming could encounter boosts, challenges in comeback from cancellation

  25-07-2020 09:43
  
  California’s high school swimming season ended abruptly in the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s scheduled comeback in 2021 offers intrigue and challenges.
  In other words, it could feel a lot like just another swimming season in Southern California.
  And considering the health crisis that has raged since March, that normalcy would be a welcomed vibe.
  “We’re just hopeful we can have something this year,” Santa Margarita co-coach Rich Blanc said this wee
  
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• Angels drop first game in major league history using new extra-innings rule

  25-07-2020 08:15
  
  OAKLAND — As if playing Opening Day in July in a stadium filled with cardboard cutouts instead of fans wasn’t different enough, the Angels went a little further to do something memorable on Friday night.
  For the first time in baseball history, a runner was placed at second base to start the 10th inning.
  The Angels came up on the wrong side, though, losing 7-3 to the Oakland A’s, who parlayed their free runner into a Matt Olson grand slam against Hoby Milner.
  Los Angeles Angels
  
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• Ross Stripling strong over seven innings as Dodgers beat up on Giants for a second time

  25-07-2020 07:00
  
  Giants Pablo Sandoval, #48, came down hard on Dodgers Chris Taylor, #3, going for a high through during 5th inning action at Dodger Stadium Friday, July 24, 2020.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Dodgers Chris Taylor, #3, was caught stealing second and is tagged by Giants Mauricio Dubon during 5th inning acton at Dodger Stadium Friday, July 24, 2020.Taylor was initially called safe, but the play was challenged by the Giants and after review called out, ending the at bat for the
  
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• SCIAC and Pacific West cancel most of their fall sports due to COVID-19 pandemic

  25-07-2020 05:53
  
  The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Pacific West Conference each announced Friday that they have canceled nearly all of their sports for the fall due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  The decisions will impact hundreds of student-athletes who compete for local schools in those conferences.
  The SCIAC, which is made up of nine schools that play at the NCAA Division III level, said in a statement that the conference’s presidents “unanimously agreed” to cance
  
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• Chiefs’ Duvernay-Tardif first to opt out of 2020 NFL season

  25-07-2020 05:38
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif became the first player to opt out of the upcoming NFL season on Friday, choosing to put his medical degree to use on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic rather than helping the Kansas City Chiefs defend their first Super Bowl title in 50 years.
  Duvernay-Tardif has been working to fulfill his requirements to become a doctor in the offseason, and has spent this summer working at a clinic in his native Canada. He said that
  
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• Angels open to increasing Shohei Ohtani’s role down the stretch this season

  25-07-2020 05:38
  
  OAKLAND — Shohei Ohtani, who was the Angels’ No. 3 hitter for Opening Day on Friday, won’t be in the lineup on Saturday.
  That’s because he’s pitching on Sunday.
  The Angels have never wavered from their plan of using Ohtani to pitch once a week and giving him the day off before and after he pitches. However, two of the Angels’ key decision-makers have now said on consecutive days that could loosen as soon as this year.
  “(Pitching) one day of the week, we
  
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• Following outcry in Orange County, state AG to require Cary Smith to register as sex offender

  25-07-2020 05:25
  
  A self-described pedophile freed this month after being confined for two decades in a state mental hospital, and whose whereabouts Orange County authorities have assiduously tracked in recent days, will be forced by the state to register as a sex offender, authorities said late Friday.
  The decision from state Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office followed efforts by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office to dig up Cary Jay Smith’s previous convictions of child sex crim
  
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• Mater Dei’s Brooke Demetre named John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year for Open Division

  25-07-2020 05:13
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei basketball player Brooke Demetre earned another prestigious award Friday for her efforts during the winter.
  The Stanford-committed senior was selected the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award for the CIF-SS Open Division.
  In late February, Demetre led the Monarchs to their first CIF-SS Open Division 1 title.
  The 6-foot-3 forward recorded 13 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in a
  
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• Mater Dei’s Brooke Demetre named John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year for CIF-SS Open Division

  25-07-2020 05:13
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei girls basketball player Brooke Demetre earned another prestigious award Friday for her efforts during the winter.
  The Stanford-committed senior was selected the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award for the CIF-SS Open Division.
  In late February, Demetre led the Monarchs to their first CIF-SS Open Division 1 title.
  The 6-foot-3 forward recorded 13 points, 10 rebounds and two block
  
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• SoFi stadium would have opened this weekend, here’s a look and how to take a virtual tour

  25-07-2020 04:29
  
  SoFi, So Good…but So Empty
  Unfortunately due to the global pandemic, Taylor Swift’s July 25 concert to open SoFi Stadium has been postponed. Today we look at the newest architectural jewel in Los Angeles that’s home to the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers.
  Unique features
  SoFi Stadium is a 3-million-square-foot sports and entertainment building in Inglewood. The project site is about 298 acres. Primary funding for the property is by Los Angeles Rams Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroe
  
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• Comic-Con@Home overrun by zombies with 3 ‘Walking Dead’ panels and ‘World War Z’ author Max Brooks

  25-07-2020 04:11
  
  Cast and creators of all three branches of “The Walking Dead” family tree talked Friday at Comic-Con@Home about what comes next when their seasons lumber back onto your TV sets in October.
  Meanwhile, a fourth panel touched on similar topics from a real-world perspective as “World War Z” author Max Brooks and four really big brains — scientists, not zombie food — talked about the similarities and differences between the real coronavirus pandemic and the imagina
  
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• State controller owes $169K to Industry for withholding records of developer’s involvement in audit

  25-07-2020 03:39
  
  State Controller Betty Yee’s office has been ordered to pay $169,000 in fees to the City of Industry’s attorneys to resolve a public records act lawsuit alleging the state agency audited the city as a political favor for a developer with an ax to grind.
  A Los Angeles Superior Court judge determined that while the Controller’s Office eventually complied with the city’s records requests, it only did so as a result of the lawsuit and, as such, should have to pay the fees, ac
  
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• Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw optimistic about quick return after ‘clean’ MRI

  25-07-2020 03:26
  
  LOS ANGELES — Whatever Clayton Kershaw did to his back in the weight room Tuesday, forcing him out of his scheduled Opening Night start, he is optimistic it is not “super serious” and he has a “clean” MRI to back him up on that.
  “When you get a clean MRI, you’re thankful for that obviously, that there’s nothing structurally wrong,” Kershaw said Friday. “So really after that, to me, you just try to get going. You try to get going, make t
  
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• Saturate OC revival meeting in Huntington Beach moving forward tonight despite city order to cancel

  25-07-2020 02:59
  
  Organizers of Saturate OC, a beach revival meet in Huntington Beach, say they plan to move forward with what will be their final event at that location Friday, July 24, in defiance of a city order that they not congregate.
  Jessi Green, who has organized the beach revivals and baptisms the past three Fridays, said she received a citation from the city Friday afternoon, but has nevertheless decided to “move forward” with the 6 p.m. event.
  The city issued a news release Friday saying Sa
  
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• Saturate OC revival meeting held in Huntington Beach despite city orders to cancel

  25-07-2020 02:59
  
  Hundreds gathered on the sand at Huntington Beach on Friday evening for the fourth week in a row to participate in a revival meeting called Saturate OC despite a city order earlier in the day to cancel the event because officials said organizers failed to obtain permits or follow state and county coronavirus health mandates.
  About 300 to 400 participants, a vast majority of them without masks, stuck close to one another, kneeling on the sand and singing hymns as some played guitars and drums. Se
  
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• Coronavirus State Tracker: California reported 8,615 new cases and 175 new deaths as of July 24

  25-07-2020 02:55
  
  California had at least 8,615 new cases of the coronavirus and 175 new deaths reported as of Friday, July 24, according to unofficial counts from county websites.
  That raises the state’s total cases to 437,522 since reporting began, and 8,348 people have died.
  The state also reported 234 new patients, bringing the total number of people hospitalized to 8,571.The state’s breakdown of cases by age is as follows:
  5 and younger: 1% (8,281)5-17: 7% (30,020)18-34: 35% (153,433)35-49: 25% (
  
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• Terrier mix Tumbleweed is a lovable, easygoing senior

  25-07-2020 02:42
  
  Breed: Terrier mix
  Tumbleweed is looking for a family open to a senior with a lot of love. (Courtesy of Lovebugs Rescue)
  Age: 13 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Size: 12 pounds
  Tumbleweed’s story: Tumbleweed found herself at a Moreno Valley shelter. She was adopted, then returned. Being an older gal at 13, Tumbleweed probably was scared by all of the changes. When she originally entered the shelter, she had a cut on her hip, a limp, horrible teeth and a cherry eye. She immediately caught the e
  
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• Sonora football hires Kevin Oberlander as head coach

  25-07-2020 02:38
  
  Kevin Oberlander is the new head coach of the Sonora football team, the school announced Friday.
  Oberlander was the offensive coordinator at Sunny Hills the past four seasons, and before that he was the head coach at Western Christian in Upland for three years and an assistant coach at Whittier Christian.
  Oberlander, who will also be a teacher at Sonora, replaces Gus Martinez, who resigned in June to become the head coach at Nogales of La Puente.
  In 2013, Oberlander led Western Christian to a 12
  
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• Orange Lutheran girls basketball lands talented, six-player freshman class

  25-07-2020 02:36
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe announcement of the revised CIF sports calendar for 2020-21 wasn’t the only significant news for girls basketball enthusiasts on Monday.
  Later that day, an intriguing tweet surfaced from first-year Orange Lutheran girls basketball coach Lindsay Charity.
  “I am 100 percent convinced we have the most talented incoming group of freshmen in the state and I can’t wait until we can start p
  
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• ‘Real Housewives’ star Shannon Storms Beador says she and daughters have coronavirus

  25-07-2020 02:33
  
  Shannon Storms Beador announced to her 1.3 million followers on Instagram on Friday that she and her three teen daughters have tested positive for the coronavirus.
  “This photo was taken pre-pandemic,” Beador wrote beneath a photograph of her and daughters Sophie, 19, and twins Stella and Adeline, 16. “Today we are COVID positive times four.
  “The girls and I are blessed to be quarantining in the same home (but self-isolating in separate rooms),” she continued. &ldquo
  
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• Coronavirus: 13 more deaths, 710 new cases in Orange County on July 24

  25-07-2020 02:25
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency  reported another 710 new cases of the coronavirus as of Friday, July 24.
  The cumulative total number of positive cases for Orange County is 33,358 since local testing began in March. County officials clarified that they may have tested an individual multiple times, but if positive, they are reported as only one case, even if they have duplicate positive test results.
  It is estimated that more than half of the cases, or 18,007 as of Friday, have recovere
  
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• Bat with rabies found in Anaheim

  25-07-2020 02:17
  
  A rabid bat was found Sunday, July 19, near a store entrance at 131 Katella Ave., in Anaheim.
  The Orange County Health Care Agency on Friday confirmed the bat had tested positive for rabies.
  Last September, a few bats with rabies were found in Anaheim and Orange, and a person reported coming into contact with one.
  The virus is spread to people through bites and, sometimes, scratches by infected animals. Because bats have small teeth, their bites may go unnoticed.
  The county health agency advised
  
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• Historic Main Street Bar & Cabaret’s windows smashed by an apparent Molotov cocktail

  25-07-2020 02:12
  
  The Laguna Beach Police Department is investigating an attempt made this week to damage the historic Main Street Bar & Cabaret.
  On Wednesday, July 22, police were notified that several bottles filled with what appeared to be an accelerant were thrown into the popular, longtime gay establishment on South Coast Highway, smashing at least seven windows.
  Responding police officers found a bag with five bottles, Sgt. Jim Cota said.
  Main Street Bar & Cabaret had windows broken when bottles wit
  
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• Major Orange County freeway closures planned: July 25-31

  25-07-2020 01:39
  
  Here are major construction project closures happening on Orange County’s freeways and toll roads between July 25 and July 31, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority, Caltrans and the Transportation Corridor Agencies.
  5 Freeway
  Northbound connector to 55 Freeway:4 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 2522 Freeway
  Eastbound on-ramps from The City Drive:4 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, July 26405 Freeway
  Between Goldenwest and Springdale streets:10 p.m. Saturday, July 25, to 9 a.m. Sunda
  
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• Bubble Dribble: Here’s what an NBA game is like without fans

  25-07-2020 01:36
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Friday July 24 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter. Reporter Kyle Goon is one of the few in the country allowed inside the NBA’s bubble. To get the “Bubble Dribble” insider accounts in your inbox throughout the NBA conclusion, sign up here.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It’s an exchange I’ve seen perhaps a hundred times. I’ve never heard it like this.
  LeBron James ran to the rack and dropped in a lay-up on Thurs
  
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