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• VIDEO: Placentia man catches 62-inch giant white seabass

  30-07-2020 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Nguyen poses with his white seabass catch. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Nguyen)
  Kevin Nguyen, of Placentia, caught a 62-inch, 84-pound giant white sea bass off San Diego. (Photos courtesy of Kevin Nguyen)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsKevin Nguyen and his wife, Teresa Tran,celebrate his recent catch of a white seabass off San Diego. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Nguyen)
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  Just when Kevin Nguyen thought his fishing day was over, he landed what might be a world-record-size
  
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• Bubble Dribble: The return of NBA does not mean a return to normal

  30-07-2020 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Thursday July 30 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon, who is among the few reporters with a credential inside the NBA bubble. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There was a telling moment on Wednesday, the eve of the NBA’s return, that Danny Green stumbled for a moment.
  The Laker veteran said that without fans, the NBA might find itself without distractions. This,
  
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• Car racing in Santa Ana street strikes passing truck, killing driver

  30-07-2020 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  A man in his 60s died Thursday after the truck he was driving was hit by a BMW that was racing with another car, Santa Ana police said.
  The crash happened at around 11:45 a.m. on Bristol Street and Santa Clara Avenue, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
  Before the crash, witnesses reported that a silver BMW sedan and a dark sedan were racing at high speeds northbound on Bristol Street. The BMW slammed into a Ford Ranger that was traveling southbound on Bristol and turning left on Santa
  
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• California theme parks reopen — without rides

  30-07-2020 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Months of closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic have forced California theme parks to find creative ways to reopen without one key ingredient: rides.
  California theme parks are returning with innovative solutions like zoo exhibits, food festivals, walk-through installations, shopping esplanades and possibly even haunted events while roller coasters, parades, fireworks and other activities that draw large crowds are prohibited.
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• Exclusive: World champion Terin Humphrey alleges Larry Nassar sexually abused her

  30-07-2020 22:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Terin Humphrey was just 15 when she arrived at a competition in Virginia in July 2002. She was on the brink of a U.S. national team career that would make her a gymnastics world champion and she was fighting major injuries in both hips that continue to hound her to this day.
  During a pre-competition training session, Humphrey, in severe pain in both hips, agreed to see Larry Nassar, the longtime U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics national team physician, for medical treatment.
  “I don’t
  
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• Juul files FDA application to keep selling e-cigarettes

  30-07-2020 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Angelica LaVito | Bloomberg
  Juul Labs Inc. has filed an application with the Food and Drug Administration to continue selling its e-cigarettes in the U.S., the company announced Thursday, a highly anticipated milestone that will determine the fate of the once-highflying company.
  Juul said it is seeking authorization for its device as well as its Virginia tobacco and menthol-flavored pods with 3% and 5% nicotine concentrations. Mango, mint and other flavors that the company stopped offering la
  
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• Self-employed landlords battle harder for home-loan approvals

  30-07-2020 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  All Fullerton residents Scott and Tina Foley, longtime clients of mine, wanted to do was refinance a rental property. They did it before. Easy, right?
  After an exhausting process, they thought they were finally at the mortgage funding finish line when one more phone call came. One more question.
  The loan funder asked if Tina was currently employed at their jointly owned construction firm.
  “Why would you ask?” the Foleys incredulously asked.
  “Oh, let me look,” said the fun
  
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• There’s stress. And then there’s logistics

  30-07-2020 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Let’s not beat around the bush. Buying and selling houses is stressful. Especially if you live in the house you are selling and plan to move into the house you are buying.
  Here’s a case study of how complicated the logistics can become, and how stressful the whole process can be. No names will be mentioned to protect the already stressed-out home sellers moving to a new home across the country.
  I’m not a representative of a moving company, have never driven a moving van, and ne
  
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• There’s stress. And then there are logistics

  30-07-2020 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Let’s not beat around the bush. Buying and selling houses is stressful. Especially if you live in the house you are selling and plan to move into the house you are buying.
  Here’s a case study of how complicated the logistics can become, and how stressful the whole process can be. No names will be mentioned to protect the already stressed-out home sellers moving to a new home across the country.
  I’m not a representative of a moving company, have never driven a moving van, and ne
  
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• Coronavirus unemployment: Newsom plans EDD reforms but relief is months away

  30-07-2020 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom, alarmed by the state’s difficulty in promptly paying unemployment claims to jobless workers, announced a “strike team” Wednesday to address the problems — but also indicated it could take months to catch up to a backlog of unpaid benefits.
  The strike team of state officials is being set up to address a debacle at the Employment Development Department that has persisted — without A solution — for more than four months. That’s when unemp
  
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• California Pizza Kitchen the latest chain to file for bankruptcy

  30-07-2020 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By Luca Casiraghi and Josh Saul | Bloomberg
  California Pizza Kitchen filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Houston on Wednesday, becoming the latest restaurant chain to try to cut debt as it grapples with the pandemic.
  “For many restaurants, the COVID-19 pandemic will be the greatest challenge they will ever face; for some, it may also be their last,” Chief Executive Officer James Hyatt said in a declaration filed as part of the bankruptcy.
  The company, which operates more than 200 rest
  
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• Laguna Beach is named one of the country’s most “charming” beach towns

  30-07-2020 20:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The tucked away coves and caves that make you feel like you’re at a remote beach. High-end hotels and quaint, seaside getaways;  tidepools to explore and art culture to soak in.
  Laguna Beach is rich with charm – and it seems others agree.
  In its list of the country’s 30 “most charming” beach towns, Travelmag.com listed Laguna Beach among its top picks, based on a survey of more than 500 travel writers, bloggers, photographers and industry professionals who name
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm expands sold-out food festival parkwide

  30-07-2020 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm has found a way to survive during the pandemic while the state keeps theme parks closed with a series of sold out food, beer and wine events that have proven so popular that they have warranted a sequel.
  The Taste of Knott’s craft beer and food event will run on 12 select dates from Aug. 21 through Sept. 13 at the Buena Park theme park.
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• 10 questions haunting housing in coronavirus era

  30-07-2020 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Numerous real estate “gurus” see certainty for a housing market rebound.
  Maybe I’m too jaded after three-decades plus of watching the Southern California economy, but we’ve just finished the worst spring for homebuying in the DQNews database that dates to 1988.
  Yes, coronavirus anxieties and business limitations meant in 2020 we saw housing’s usually peak-selling season run slower than springtime results of the bubble-bursting years of the mid-2000s and the dreadful
  
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• Local governments can crack down on pension spiking, California Supreme Court says

  30-07-2020 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  In a widely anticipated ruling, the California Supreme Court said Thursday, July 30 that local governments can, indeed, crack down on “pension spiking” by public workers without running afoul of the law.
  The Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association had argued that statewide pension reforms adopted in 2013 — forbidding such spiking — couldn’t be applied to existing workers because local agreements blessing end-of-career pension sweeteners were already in exi
  
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• Local governments can crack down on pension spiking, California Supreme Court rules

  30-07-2020 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  In a widely anticipated ruling, the California Supreme Court said Thursday, July 30, that local governments can, indeed, crack down on “pension spiking” by public workers without running afoul of the law.
  The Deputy Sheriffs Association of Alameda County had argued that statewide pension reforms adopted in 2013 — forbidding such spiking — could not be applied to existing workers because local agreements blessing end-of-career pension sweeteners were already in existence.
  
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• Review: Porch & Swing takes on Southern food without the drawl

  30-07-2020 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: Instead of our usual star system for restaurant reviews, we have instituted a temporary COVID Comfort Rating of restaurants to accompany our traditional criticism of the food, service and ambiance.
  “That’s too much butter, don’t you think?” my mother used to say whenever I slathered warm butter on my cornbread and waited for it to absorb. I applied so much butter that the cornbread turned soft, almost like pudding.  
  “That’s not too m
  
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• Cooking with Judy: Making changes makes a recipe a gift

  30-07-2020 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  When I learned that a friend from Fullerton was battling cancer, my first impulse was to bake.
  Isn’t that what you do when you feel powerless?
  The fact that he is a vegan was a challenge. I had heard that somehow – crazy as it sounds – you can replace eggs with flax or chia seeds. Would this work on my signature cookie, my Aunt Irene’s Chocolate Chip Mandelbrot? I was determined to try.
  Mandelbrot is the Jewish version of Italian biscotti. “Brot” means “
  
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• Local restaurateurs do what they must to survive in the COVID-19 era

  30-07-2020 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Imagine a business in which deadlines hit every few minutes, with workers filling hundreds of orders, custom-tailored at the last minute, to clients waiting on premise.
  All materials are perishable. Ordering them becomes incredibly tricky because the number of customers walking through the door each day is entirely unpredictable.SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds People look as shepherds lead their sheep through the centre of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday. Shepherds have guided a flock of 2,000 s
  
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• Local restaurateurs do what they must to survive in the coronavirus era

  30-07-2020 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Imagine a business in which deadlines hit every few minutes, with workers filling hundreds of orders, custom-tailored at the last minute, to clients waiting on premise.
  All materials are perishable. Ordering them becomes incredibly tricky because the number of customers walking through the door each day is entirely unpredictable.
  Since the coronavirus pandemic, restaurants have been compelled to emphasize safety with extraordinary cleaning and sanitizing routines. Seen here, Luis Navarro, who co
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: How Noble Bird lives up to its name 🐔

  30-07-2020 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
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  Rotisserie chickens from Noble Bird in Long Beach (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  When Brad A. Johnson visited Noble Bird, a restaurant in Long Beach just across the bridge from Seal Beach, he expected another fast-casual takeout place, but what he found was a fancy restaurant offering two excellent types of rotisserie chicken.
  It gets bonus points for having things safely spaced out, Johnson says. Read more. 
   
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• AMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona show

  30-07-2020 18:25 via ocregister.com
  
  AMP 97.1 FM will have an all-new crew running the morning show from 5-10 a.m., starting Monday, Aug. 3.
  The station’s parent company, Entercom, announced the debut of the Los Angeles edition of “The Morning Mess” featuring on-air personalities Joey Boy, Aneesh Ratan, Jeana Shepard and Karla Hernandez.
  “The Morning Mess” is currently aired on AMP’s sister station, Live 101.5 FM in Phoenix, Arizona, but the L.A. edition will feature curated content specific for
  
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• How the pandemic opened up the creative floodgates for this veteran punk rocker

  30-07-2020 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  While life before the pandemic was very busy for Long Beach musician, writer and filmmaker Frank Meyer, staying at home has turned out to be a creative boon for the guitarist and frontman of the veteran punk rock band The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs.
  Stuck in his two-bedroom apartment since March with his computer, a keyboard and a bunch of guitars and amps, Meyer has written and released several new songs in the past few months, including one all-star filled tune inspired by the coronavirus pa
  
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• Master Gardener: What you need to know about fruit cocktail trees

  30-07-2020 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I planted this fruit cocktail tree six years ago.  It was supposed to have four fruits on it, and so far I have gotten only plums and peaches. The plums are great, but the peaches are small and fall off before they are ripe and the fruit inside is really thin and bitter. I water every two days and fertilize once a month. Is there any hope of getting good peaches on this tree? I have thrown away 100 bad peaches already!
  A: I hear from quite a few people who have purchased 4-in-1 fruit tre
  
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• HOA Homefront: Can short-term rentals pay for property wear and tear?

  30-07-2020 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Our CC&Rs state that a rental must be at least 30 days. We have recently found several (web-based short-term) rentals in our complex that are just day to day rentals. I wrote to the Internet company and they replied that they would not take any action. How can they not take some responsibility for making sure the owners of the places they rent out are not illegal?  — R.F., Orange
  A: Your HOA should enforce its CC&Rs. The Internet company is happy to make money on short-term
  
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• Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from COVID-19 at 74

  30-07-2020 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  ATLANTA — Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 74.
  A post on Cain’s Twitter account on Thursday announced the death. Cain had been ill with the virus for several weeks. It’s not clear when or where he was infected, but he was hospitalized less than two weeks after attending Trump’s campaign rally
  
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• Surf contest gearing up to make waves at Surf Ranch near Fresno

  30-07-2020 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Starved fans will get a taste of live surfing competition for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut down pro sporting events earlier this year when an exhibition event will take place at the Surf Ranch in central California.
  The event, hosted by the World Surf League and held in Lemoore, will be dubbed the “Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble at the Ranch,” a team-format event that will be held on Aug. 9 at the man-made wave pool.
  Caroline Marks (USA), a Florida transplant w
  
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: Canyon Hills Presbyterian has a mission to help

  30-07-2020 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  For the last three decades, Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church has shared a regional partnership with the nonprofit Futuro del Oro, by building homes and relationships with the working families living in the most isolated areas near Playa de Tijuana.
  Responding to a need for assistance, the church’s Mission Committee and a friend of the congregation made a donation last month to provide food relief for the families now jobless because of the coronavirus. Futuro’s director for scholarsh
  
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• Six Flags passholders and members remain loyal during pandemic

  30-07-2020 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Loyal season pass holders and members helped keep cash flowing into Six Flags coffers and reduce losses by the millions during coronavirus closures that shuttered the company’s U.S. amusement parks.
  “I would like to thank our loyal season passholders and members for their commitment to our company during this difficult period,” Six Flags CEO Mike Spanos said in the latest quarterly report from the company.
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• How to use coffee grounds to improve your garden

  30-07-2020 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  “I know that coffee grounds are beneficial to soil, but in some places I read that they should be used in compost formation only. Some other sources claim that coffee grounds should be simply mixed with regular soil, including in existing pots. Which is correct? In some places, I also read that coffee grounds will deter pests after being sprinkled around the perimeter of a raised bed. Is that true?” – Reuven Koter, Woodland Hills
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• MORNING WRAP: Everything you need to know about Lakers-Clippers opener; How Angels blew leads and who was the Dodgers’ 13-inning hero?

  30-07-2020 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Morning Wrap shares the days top five stories from our reporters at the Southern California Newspaper Group … And have everything delivered to you in our daily newsletters
  ONE: The wait is over, the Lakers and Clippers square off in tonight’s NBA restart at 6 p.m., and we’ve got it all covered. Follow today’s LIVE UPDATES thread and share your comments and follow throughout the game. Read today’s previews from both our reporters. Kyle Goon has the preview from
  
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• Researchers will dig into census data to address Orange County health, social gaps

  30-07-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County will have a new tool to help direct its response to the health and social welfare disparities that have made Latinos and other minority groups disproportionately susceptible to the ravages of the COVID-19 public health threat.
  The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 28, awarded a nonprofit called Advance OC a $385,000 contract to aggregate over the next five months Orange County-centric data from the census, studies of local populations and conditions, and other indicators for a
  
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• Like your tomato plants? Here’s how to prepare for a fall harvest

  30-07-2020 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  1. If you have a favorite tomato plant, “clone” it now to start new plants for a better harvest in autumn by layering or by making cuttings from 18-inch-long stems. Layer by burying a foot or so of the older portion of a long stem, allowing several inches of the leafy tip to keep growing above the soil. Then cut it off the main plant after a month and plant the rooted portion. Or plant an 18-inch cutting now as deep as possible in its new home, allowing no more than three inches of t
  
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• Trump floats November election delay, bit it won’t happen

  30-07-2020 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER  and COLLEEN LONG
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is for the first time publicly floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.
  The date of the presidential election — the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every fourth year — is enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change, including agreement from t
  
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• Trump floats election ‘delay’ amid claims of voting fraud

  30-07-2020 15:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By ZEKE MILLER, MARK SHERMAN and COLLEEN LONG
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.
  The dates of presidential elections — the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every fourth year — are enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change. The Constitution makes no provisi
  
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• 1.4 million seek jobless aid as virus surges in South, West

  30-07-2020 15:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN
  WASHINGTON — More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy.
  The continuing wave of job cuts is occurring against the backdrop of a spike in virus cases that has led many states to halt plans to reopen businesses and has caused millions of consumers to delay any return to traveling, shopping and other normal economic activity. Those trends ha
  
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• U.S. economy shrank at record-breaking 33% rate last quarter

  30-07-2020 15:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
  WASHINGTON  — The U.S. economy shrank at a dizzying 32.9% annual rate in the April-June quarter — by far the worst quarterly plunge ever — when the viral outbreak shut down businesses, throwing tens of millions out of work and sending unemployment surging to 14.7%, the government said Thursday.
  The Commerce Department’s estimate of the second-quarter decline in the gross domestic product, the total output of goods and services, marked the sharpes
  
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• NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to look for signs of ancient life

  30-07-2020 14:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life.
  NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of the summer. Chin
  
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• Lakers-Clippers live updates: analysis, reaction, stats, scores

  30-07-2020 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The NBA will finally return to the court Thursday night with a double-header in Florida.
  Following the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans, the Battle for Los Angeles rivalry continues between the LeBron James led Lakers and Kawhi Leonard led Clippers.
  Anthony Davis is expected to play against Clippers after participating in Wednesday’s practice. Davis wore protective glasses and missed Tuesday’s practice after he was poked in the eye by Michael Carter-Williams in Saturday’s scr
  
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• Earthquake felt strongly in the San Fernando Valley

  30-07-2020 13:39 via ocregister.com
  
  A magnitude-4.2 earthquake struck 1.2 miles north of Pacoima at 4:29 a.m. Thursday, July 30. The jolt, which appeared to last about 10 seconds, violently shook the San Fernando Valley.
  A magnitude-3.3 aftershock hit at 4:38 a.m.
  More to come.
  
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• California legislators want to pile on the debt

  30-07-2020 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  When legislators passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2020-21 state budget in June, they described it as “balanced.”
  Not by a long shot.
  As detailed in this space earlier, it included at least $20 billion in direct and indirect, on-the-books and off-the-books borrowing that must, of course, eventually be repaid. More than half of the new debt is in “deferrals” of state aid to local school systems that, by constitutional law, must be restored in future years.
  Having
  
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• Angels bullpen implodes, spoiling big offensive night

  30-07-2020 08:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, runs to first as he pops out during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Brian Goodwin (18) is congratulated by Anthony Rendon (6) and other teammates after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
  
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• Edwin Rios wins one for Dodgers with two-run home run in 13th inning

  30-07-2020 06:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Edwin Rios (43) celebrates with Enrique Hernandez (14) after both scored on Rios’ two-run home run against the Houston Astros during the 13th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Edwin Rios watches his two-run home run against the Houston Astros during the 13th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)SoundThe gallery will resume ins
  
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• California should unlock entrepreneurs’ creativity to help save the nation’s economy

  30-07-2020 04:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Coronavirus is forcing businesses across the country to figure out new ways to stay afloat—and few are feeling the pinch more severely than barbers and cosmetologists. In an industry that requires in-person meetings and close physical contact, protecting customers’ and employees’ health requires creative new solutions.
  One idea seems like common sense: Given the evidence that infections are more likely indoors than outdoors, some salons have suggested moving operations outside.
  
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• Two years after Janus, more workers are exercising their freedom of association

  30-07-2020 04:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Two summers ago, in Mark Janus v. AFSCME, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the arrangement that forced government workers to pay union fees for the privilege of keeping their jobs.
  The court ruled that forced dues violate government employees’ First Amendment rights because public-sector unions are political organizations, bargaining with public officials over such matters as government spending, employee discipline, budgets, and taxation.
  The Janus decision is a nece
  
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• Chargers coach Anthony Lynn welcomes chaos in season of uncertainty

  30-07-2020 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers coach Anthony Lynn was blunt when he said it’s been chaotic since he entered the team’s facility last week, but he welcomed the chaos because that’s likely the best way to operate under the NFL’s new coronavirus protocols.
  “Definitely not normal,” Lynn told reporters Wednesday in his first Zoom interview of training camp. “I mean, every day it’s been different. It’s chaos, and we’re going to have to welcome chaos this year, bec
  
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• Newport Beach union’s misguided lawsuit

  30-07-2020 04:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The Newport Beach police union has filed suit against the city on behalf of three police officers who say the city owes them a higher pension benefit even though state law had subsequently allowed new pension formulas. The lawsuit not only is misguided, but highlights how difficult it is for localities to get their soaring pension costs under control.
  The issue centers on the generous “3 percent at 50” retirement benefit, which had enabled police officers to retire at age 50 with 90
  
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• Spreading ‘Biden fever’: John Phillips

  30-07-2020 04:04 via ocregister.com
  
  No wonder Joe Biden’s testing so positive in the polls.
  According to excellent reporting from Alex Roarty at McClatchy News, eight employees at the liberal group Progressive Turnout Project have tested positive for coronavirus, even as the group pushed ahead with its dozen purple state door-to-door voter canvassing operation.
  Officials say that it led to no spread within the group and claims to be practicing social distancing, wearing masks and taking other precautions.
  Question for you me
  
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• Hoornstra: Minor league baseball players face an awkward present, uncertain future

  30-07-2020 03:54 via ocregister.com
  
  In the second inning of his Mid-Island Men’s League career, it happened. Shea Spitzbarth allowed a hit – a double down the line.
  The runner didn’t score, and Spitzbarth still hasn’t allowed a run across 12 2/3 innings for his temporary team, Butchy’s Heat. In fact, he hasn’t allowed a hit or a walk since that first game. You might say things are going a little too well for Spitzbarth, who split last season between Double-A and Triple-A in the Dodgers’ or
  
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• U.S. junior national team swimmer Justina Kozan, sister Asia join Mission Viejo Nadadores

  30-07-2020 03:52 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the top high school-age swimmers from Southern California, and her rising sister, have joined the Mission Viejo Nadadores.
  Justina Kozan from the Mt. SAC-based BREA Aquatics club and her 14-year-old sister Asia have joined the Nadadores, Mission Viejo coach Mark Schubert confirmed Wednesday.
  Schubert said Kozan, a U.S. junior national team member, joined the Nadadores in late May.
  Swimmers have been under-the-radar with no competitions during the coronavirus pandemic but the Nadadores hav
  
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