• Western Dental rebounds after laying off 504 workers

    Western Dental rebounds after laying off 504 workers
    Western Dental and Orthodontics had to furlough more than 500 employees and close nearly all of its 250 California locations as business plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but offices are reopening and employees are returning to work.
    The temporary layoffs impacted call center supervisors, customer service workers, account managers, enrollment coordinators, administrative assistants, service representatives, billing employees and a variety of other positions.
    The company said most of the furl
  • California Supreme Court again punts on pension reform

    California Supreme Court again punts on pension reform
    For the second time in a little more than a year, the California Supreme Court has punted on the single-biggest financial issue facing local governments: escalating pension costs. In a ruling Thursday, the court unanimously upheld a modest 2012 pension-reform law, but refused to remove the main impediment to substantive pension reform.
    California’s overly generous public-employee pensions continue to consume larger shares of municipal budgets, as pension funds increase fees to make up for
  • Latinos will prosper with four more years of Trump: Mario Rodriguez

    Latinos will prosper with four more years of Trump: Mario Rodriguez
    President Trump continues to deliver for Latinos, spearheading groundbreaking economic programs that are uplifting countless Hispanic families in California and across the United States.
    On July 9, the president signed an executive order creating the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, a project that strives to create even more educational and economic opportunities for Latinos.
    “At the heart of our strategy to create a prosperous future for every Hispanic American, as well as all
  • UCLA hosts USC at the Rose Bowl to open its 2020 football schedule

    UCLA hosts USC at the Rose Bowl to open its 2020 football schedule
    UCLA football will facing its not-so-friendly neighbor to start the 2020 season.
    The Bruins’ new schedule, released Friday as part of the Pac-12’s reveal of its new 10-game conference slate, starts at the Rose Bowl against crosstown rival USC.
    The teams have the same bye week at the end of October, so if the game must be rescheduled due to a COVID-19 outbreak, it can be done so without much difficulty.
    After facing the Trojans, UCLA will travel to play Oregon State. The Bruins then r
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  • Honoring the great economist Milton Friedman

    Honoring the great economist Milton Friedman
    Today marks the 108th anniversary of the birth of economist Milton Friedman, one of history’s most consequential free-market advocates. Heeding the work of Friedman this year reminds us how much more sound and sustainable the nation’s policies could be.
    What made Milton Friedman unique not only was his grasp of economics, but also his ability to simply explain complex ideas. He opined, for example, that “the most important single central fact about a free market is that no exch
  • Coronavirus swings toward Orange County’s younger crowd

    Coronavirus swings toward Orange County’s younger crowd
    In recent months, pandemic-weary Orange County has seen a slow, but discernible, shift as the coronavirus has infected growing shares of young people, particularly those in their late 20s and early 30s.
    Teenagers also are catching the virus in larger numbers, while younger children, in general, either aren’t contracting the virus at the same rates or aren’t showing symptoms like other people – and health experts are not yet sure why.
    Since Orange County’s first infection
  • Rams lineman Brewer opts out, rookies Lewis, Hoecht put on COVID-19 reserve list

    Rams lineman Brewer opts out, rookies Lewis, Hoecht put on COVID-19 reserve list
    The coronavirus pandemic has hit the Rams’ roster.
    Offensive lineman Chandler Brewer has opted out of the upcoming season because a 2019 cancer battle leaves him at risk, and rookie linebacker Terrell Lewis and defensive lineman Michael Hoecht have been placed on the NFL’s “Reserve/COVID-19” list, the Rams announced Friday afternoon.
    Until Friday, the Rams had been one of the few NFL teams that had yet to have a player opt out or place a player on the special reserve list
  • Pac-12 sets new 2020 football schedule as doubt lingers

    Pac-12 sets new 2020 football schedule as doubt lingers
    If everything goes according to plan, the Pac-12 will start its football season in eight weeks. But as with everything in college sports in 2020, that’s a big “if”.
    The Pac-12 announced on Friday its CEO group had approved plans to move to a 10-game conference schedule for the 2020 season, with an opening weekend of Sept. 26.
    But with the COVID-19 pandemic a looming presence, commissioner Larry Scott admitted there’s no guarantee a football season even happens this fall.
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  • California has a lot riding on the Census

    California has a lot riding on the Census
    The 2020 Census has challenges, especially in California.
    In March 2019, Public Policy Institute of California estimated that about three-quarters of California’s population belong to one or more groups that the Census has historically undercounted. These include renters, young men, children, African Americans, Latinos and people who live in nonstandard housing.
    That was before the COVID-19 crisis. Today the task of persuading reluctant Census participants to open the door and give persona
  • USC faces UCLA to open 10-game Pac-12 football schedule

    USC faces UCLA to open 10-game Pac-12 football schedule
    USC will be staying close to home to start the 2020 season.
    The Pac-12’s new football schedule was released Friday as the conference adjusts to the new realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    The new schedule has USC opening the season with three games against in-state opponents, starting with a road game against UCLA on Sept. 26. It will be the first time the crosstown rivals have played in September since 1945.
    The Trojans will follow up with a home game against Cal before traveling to Stanf
  • Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, August 1

    Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, August 1
    The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday, August 1 for racing at Del Mar.
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  • Delayed election results? Maybe, but not because of fraud

    Delayed election results? Maybe, but not because of fraud
    By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and WILL WEISSERT | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night. But that doesn’t mean the results will be flawed or fraudulent, despite President Donald Trump’s continued insistence Friday.
    Trump, seeking to undermine the results of an election he could lose, is stepping up demands that the winner of the Nov. 3 contest be known
  • Coronavirus: July was California’s worst month of the pandemic

    Coronavirus: July was California’s worst month of the pandemic
    With one day left to go, July has already amounted to California’s worst month of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of cases and deaths. But, as it comes to a close, there are signs that the spread of the virus had begun to slow.
    The average number of new cases was at its lowest level in 11 days Thursday, with about 8,852 per day over the past week, while the rolling seven-day average test-positivity rate had fallen to 7% for the first time since July 1. There was a drop off in new cases Thur
  • Clippers face a Pelicans team with plenty of motivation

    Clippers face a Pelicans team with plenty of motivation
    In different measures, some good, some bad, others ugly, the Clippers looked Thursday like they hadn’t played in serious NBA action since March 10.
    With a team-high 30 points, Paul George backed up his proclamation that his shoulders benefited from four months of rest, that they’d healed completely, and that his psyche feels better for it.
    In other respects – a ghastly 22 turnovers and 30 personal fouls – the shorthanded Clippers’ cobwebs were enough to elicit shrie
  • Edmen Shahbazyan says UFC main event is just another fight

    Edmen Shahbazyan says UFC main event is just another fight
    Good things come to those who wait, or so it goes.
    Edmen Shahbazyan was supposed to fight Derek Brunson twice already before an injury to his opponent postponed the first bout and a worldwide pandemic stalled the second.
    Yet there is no greater charm than that third time as the Glendale 22-year-old will take his undefeated record into his first main event against the veteran middleweight Saturday at UFC on ESPN+ 31 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
    The co-main event fight was moved up last week afte
  • Original statue of a surfing Tim Kelly gets a head during 15-year restoration project

    Original statue of a surfing Tim Kelly gets a head during 15-year restoration project
    In 2010, the head that once sat on a statue memorial for South Bay surfing and lifeguarding icon Tim Kelly went missing. But now, the statue has been restored – head and all.
    Hermosa Beach resident Rick Koenig has spent 15 years on the project, an ode that not only pays tribute to Kelly, but also a simpler time in the South Bay.
    Rick Koenig spent 12 years cobbling together nine pieces of the old iconic surfer Tim Kelly statue that sat by the beach for 40 years. The statue was recreated in
  • Florida teen charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin theft

    Florida teen charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin theft
    By KELVIN CHAN | AP Business Writer
    LONDON — A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said Friday.
    The 17-year-old boy was arrested earlier Friday in Tampa, where the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case. He faces 30 felony charges, according to a news release.
    The hacks led to bogus tweets being sent out July 15 from the
  • Fullerton starts work on Pearl and Rolling Hills parks

    Fullerton starts work on Pearl and Rolling Hills parks
    The city will spend $3.8  million to turn a vacant lot on the east side of Fullerton into a park with a basketball court, tot lot and picnic area and make needed improvements to Rolling Hills Park off Bastanchury Road.
    The Fullerton City Council recently voted to start construction for Pearl Park at Pearl Drive and Cameo Lane; the bulk of the project’s $1.9 million cost will be funded by a $1.6 million state grant the city secured earlier this year. St. Jude Medical Center has also su
  • Here’s each state’s status in regard to the White House exit strategy for COVID-19

    Here’s each state’s status in regard to the White House exit strategy for COVID-19
    The spread in the states
    Using criteria provided by the White House, analysts at Covidexitstrategy.org are tracking each state’s progress in reducing symptoms and case numbers and conducting testing.
    The group of public health and crisis experts includes members from the U.S. Digital Response and Duke University’s Margolis Center for Health Policy and has built the website to track each state’s progress toward stopping the spread of COVID-19. Members of the team have exper
  • Wages, benefits grow at slowest pace in 3 years

    Wages, benefits grow at slowest pace in 3 years
    By Christopher Rugaber | The Associated Press
    Wages and benefits for U.S. workers rose at the slowest pace in three years in the April-June quarter, a sign that businesses are holding back on pay as well as cutting jobs in the coronavirus recession.
    Pay and benefits increased 0.5% in the second quarter, according to the government’s Employment Cost Index, released Friday. That is down from 0.8% in the first three months of the year. Wages and salaries rose just 0.4%, while benefits jumped
  • These 8 Southern California doctors, nurses sacrifice to help hospitals fight coronavirus

    These 8 Southern California doctors, nurses sacrifice to help hospitals fight coronavirus
    An ominous summertime spike in coronavirus cases across Southern California has packed hospitals and made front-line workers’ already stressful jobs even more exhausting.
    The number of people hospitalized each day with confirmed virus cases in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties climbed from about 2,200 on June 15 to more than 4,000 by July 13, state data show.
    While hospitalizations appear to have leveled off, deaths are now being reported at record levels in the fo
  • Orange Police Department officers will start wearing body cameras soon

    Orange Police Department officers will start wearing body cameras soon
    The Orange Police Department is the latest law enforcement agency in Orange County to get body cameras for its officers.
    Some 110 body cameras are expected to be delivered and put into use as early as the end of August, although the coronavirus pandemic may delay the delivery, said Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin.
    The City Council in March approved a $1.7 million five-year contract with Axon Enterprise for the body cameras, as well as in-car cameras and equipment for the department’s inte
  • Store items we’ll never take for granted again

    Store items we’ll never take for granted again
    Where were you at the beginning of the 2020 pandemic? What seemed like a War of the Worlds movie, businesses began to close down one by one in the middle of March. Movie theaters, stores, gyms, and other business places announced their temporary closure – and for some, they would lead to their permanent shutdown. As everyone left work, the grocery and convenience stores began being filled by scared and worried people wanting to gather supplies for the unforeseeable future at home ahead.
    He
  • Fauci optimistic COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available

    Fauci optimistic COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available
    By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Matthew Perrone | The Associated Press
    Once a coronavirus vaccine is approved as safe and effective, Americans should have widespread access within a reasonable time, Dr. Anthony Fauci assured lawmakers Friday.
    Appearing before a House panel investigating the nation’s response to the pandemic, Fauci expressed “cautious” optimism that a vaccine would be available, particularly by next year.
    “I believe, ultimately, over a period of time in 202
  • Recipes: 3 great meals you can make in your slow cooker or Instant Pot

    Recipes: 3 great meals you can make in your slow cooker or Instant Pot
    It’s not easy to stay on the culinary bliss train week after week. Quarantine cuisine, eaten at the same table day after day with the same cast of characters, can be challenging. But delicious dishes can be a real bright spot in a day filled with questions.  And slow cookers can be a convenient blessing, whether using an old-school version or a newfangled Instant Pot.
    Long, slow cooking often has the advantage of one-step preparation, but generally a preliminary sauté of vegeta
  • Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke

    Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke
    Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform’s site’s rules forbidding hate speech.
    The company said Friday that Duke’s account “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.”
    It didn’t specify what exactly Duke posted that triggered the ban, but its policy on hateful conduct prohibits promoting violence or threatening attacks against people based on
  • One-third of U.S. restaurants facing permanent closure, forecast says

    One-third of U.S. restaurants facing permanent closure, forecast says
    By Anita Sharpe and Nic Querolo | Bloomberg
    A new forecast projects that one in three U.S. restaurants may close permanently this year, showing how the Covid-19 pandemic is decimating an industry that employs millions of Americans.
    As many as 231,000 of the nation’s roughly 660,000 eateries will likely shut down this year, according to an estimate from restaurant consultancy Aaron Allen & Associates provided to Bloomberg News. This will bring the industry’s steady growt
  • Senior Moments: Where the wild things are…in my backyard

    Senior Moments: Where the wild things are…in my backyard
    They’re back…and this time they brought a friend.
    Just as I was feeling good about having addressed the visiting coyote issue in my backyard, this happened.
    I was sitting out on my deck one evening admiring the outdoor lights I had installed to deter my wildlife neighbors. They cast a soft glow that cut through the darkness, which I found very soothing. Until the light started taking shape and I found myself in a staring match with a coyote. On second glance, I saw that old beady-ey
  • Sparks learning how to prepare for late-night starts

    Sparks learning how to prepare for late-night starts
    In a typical WNBA season, 10 o’clock at night would represent the end of game day for most players. Maybe they would be finishing a post-game meal, or perhaps laying down to get some sleep before the next day’s practice.
    But not in 2020, the year of the WNBA’s Florida bubble. With a condensed season and teams sharing a limited number of arenas, 10 p.m. can be the local tip-off time, as it was Thursday for the Sparks’ 81-76 win over the Sun. And in those cases, players hav
  • Three charts explain who is dying as California tallies record coronavirus deaths

    Three charts explain who is dying as California tallies record coronavirus deaths
    We’ve known since early in the pandemic that age is a major risk factor for becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19. Those disparities are becoming more stark as quarantine fatigue and economic reopening has spurred more infections in younger age groups, but the recent record spike in deaths is still spurred mostly by our elders.
    This chart above clearly shows  that some of the younger adult age groups are infected more frequently than children or older adults, who make up a
  • 3 charts explain who is dying as California tallies record coronavirus deaths

    3 charts explain who is dying as California tallies record coronavirus deaths
    We’ve known since early in the pandemic that age is a major risk factor for becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19. Those disparities are becoming more stark as quarantine fatigue and economic reopening has spurred more infections in younger age groups, but the recent record spike in deaths is still spurred mostly by our elders.
    This chart above clearly shows  that some of the younger adult age groups are infected more frequently than children or older adults, who make up a
  • 3 charts explain which Californians are dying from coronavirus

    3 charts explain which Californians are dying from coronavirus
    We’ve known since early in the pandemic that age is a major risk factor for becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19. Those disparities are becoming more stark as quarantine fatigue and economic reopening has spurred more infections in younger age groups, but the recent record spike in deaths is still spurred mostly by our elders.
    This chart above clearly shows  that some of the younger adult age groups are infected more frequently than children or older adults, who make up a
  • Orange County auto sales plunge 22%; Tesla Model 3 top-selling car

    Orange County auto sales plunge 22%; Tesla Model 3 top-selling car
    Orange County auto dealers saw coronavirus-linked economic turmoil slash their sales by 23% in 2002’s first half vs. a year earlier.
    The stats from the Orange County Automobile Dealers Association were in line with downbeat national trends. Plus, the numbers confirm the industry’s major positive buzz of this otherwise dispiriting spring: how hot carmaker Tesla is, with its Model 3 being the county’s top seller.
    In 2020’s first six months, 67,036 new cars were registered i
  • 100-plus-degree fire weather is here, Southern California

    100-plus-degree fire weather is here, Southern California
    LOS ANGELES — The heat wave baking Southern California will go into a second day Friday, prolonging an elevated danger of wildfire and hazardous health conditions for residents.
    The National Weather Service continued to warn of hot, very dry conditions — up to 107 degrees in valley areas — with humidity levels in the single digits and strong gusty winds. But no red flag warnings were issued.
    “Dangerously hot conditions are possible, especially away from the coast, Thursda
  • Casino Insider: Get a sneak peek at Agua Caliente Cathedral City 🎰

    Casino Insider: Get a sneak peek at Agua Caliente Cathedral City 🎰
    Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter with all the best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. It’s delivered to your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now.The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians will become the first tribe in the area to boast three casino properties with the opening of the new Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City this fall.
    A construction worker walks through one of the three bar areas at the soon to be completed Agua Caliente Cas
  • California unemployment: State legislators grill EDD officials about failures

    California unemployment: State legislators grill EDD officials about failures
    California lawmakers grilled state labor officials on Thursday amid rising concerns about the government’s inability to pay unemployment claims that have soared amid widespread business shutdowns — and learned that decades-old technologies underpin the creaky payments system.
    During a state legislative hearing on Thursday, the Employment Development Department was portrayed as inept and unresponsive to the needs of jobless workers who have lost work in record numbers because state an
  • Immigration, wildfires, drug cartels: 3 powerhouse new documentaries you need to see

    Immigration, wildfires, drug cartels: 3 powerhouse new documentaries you need to see
    In Netflix’s new documentary series “Immigration Nation,” the filmmakers won unprecedented access to the inner workings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, showing how ICE agents do their jobs as well as the toll of their work on immigrant and refugee families.
    The Ron Howard-directed “Rebuilding Paradise” from National Geographic Documentary Films tracks the devastating impact of the Camp Fire on Paradise, California as its residents struggle to recover ov
  • 9 burning questions on the NHL restart without the Ducks and Kings

    9 burning questions on the NHL restart without the Ducks and Kings
    The NHL returns to the ice Saturday after a 4 1/2-month pause because of the coronavirus pandemic, with 24 of its 31 teams playing in two hub cities. There will be as many as six games on TV per day, but no fans in attendance at either Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, or Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
    The Ducks and Kings will be absent, having finished outside the top 24, but the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues could stage a rematch of their nerve-jangling Stanley Cup Final of last year. No ma
  • Pandemic economics pushing So Cal cities to consider cannabis

    Pandemic economics pushing So Cal cities to consider cannabis
    From Hawthorne to Laguna Woods to Montclair, cities throughout Southern California are considering the idea of licensing cannabis businesses as a way to offset revenue losses triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
    Other cities, such as Costa Mesa, already allow some marijuana operations but are considering permits for more segments of the industry as a way to grow their tax base, bring more jobs to town and expand cannabis access for residents.
    “We are seeing a significant uptick in the nu
  • Are theme park visitors ready to return this summer?

    Are theme park visitors ready to return this summer?
    Relief has turned to grief for theme park operators who anxiously awaited reopening this summer only to find themselves reducing hours, cutting back on weekly operating days and dropping reservation requirements even as they contend with state-mandated attendance caps.
    Lower than expected attendance has forced regional theme parks across the United States to reassess their operating plans after reopening following extended coronavirus closures.
    Which begs the obvious question: Are visitors ready
  • Morning Wrap: Full coverage from Lakers-Clippers thriller; Angels, Dodgers going in different directions; Whicker pays tribute to legendary Mike Gillespie

    Morning Wrap: Full coverage from Lakers-Clippers thriller; Angels, Dodgers going in different directions; Whicker pays tribute to legendary Mike Gillespie
    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 Lakers and Clippers opener in Orlando to restart the NBA was what everyone expected, a slugfest that came down to a last second shot, the Clippers’ Paul George missing a game-winning 3-pointer, allowing the Lakers to walk off with a 103-101 victory, writes Kyle Goon.LeBron talking about how Colin Kaep
  • Morning Wrap: Full coverage from Lakers-Clippers thriller

    Morning Wrap: Full coverage from Lakers-Clippers thriller
    The Morning Wrap shares the day’s top five sports stories from our reporters at the Southern California Newspaper Group.  
    ONE: The Lakers and Clippers opener in Orlando to restart the NBA was what everyone expected, a slugfest that came down to a last second shot, the Clippers’ Paul George missing a game-winning 3-pointer, allowing the Lakers to walk off with a 103-101 victory, writes Kyle Goon.LeBron talking about how Colin Kaepernick helped lead to the NBA demonstrations
  • Marine killed, 2 Injured, 8 missing in training accident off of OC coast

    Marine killed, 2 Injured, 8 missing in training accident off of OC coast
    A search was underway Friday morning, July 31, for eight U.S. Marines missing following a deadly training mishap off the coast of San Clemente Island.
    The accident happened about 5:45 p.m. Thursday when an amphibious-assault vehicle carrying 15 Marines and one Navy sailor began to take on water during a training exercise, according to the United States Marine Corps.
    A Marine assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based out of Camp Pendleton, was taken to a hospital in La Jolla where the
  • Trump faces rare rebuke from GOP for floating election delay

    Trump faces rare rebuke from GOP for floating election delay
    By STEVE PEOPLES | AP National Political Writer
    NEW YORK — President Donald Trump repeatedly tests the Republican Party’s limits on issues including race, trade and immigration. Now he has struck a boundary.
    GOP officials from New Hampshire to Mississippi to Iowa quickly pushed back against Trump’s suggestion on Thursday that it might be necessary to delay the November election — which he cannot do without congressional approval — because of the unfounded threat of
  • Hong Kong postpones elections by a year, citing coronavirus

    Hong Kong postpones elections by a year, citing coronavirus
    By ZEN SOO | Associated Press
    HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Friday that the government will postpone highly anticipated legislative elections by one year, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
    The Hong Kong government is invoking an emergency ordinance in delaying the elections. Lam said the government has the support of the Chinese government in making the decision to hold the elections on Sept. 5, 2021.
    “The announcement I
  • Caltrans has ideas other than spike strips to stop wrong-way drivers

    Caltrans has ideas other than spike strips to stop wrong-way drivers
    Q. Honk: I suggest that spike strips be installed on freeway off-ramps so wrong-way drivers can’t enter them. This would be an inexpensive and effective solution to a very dangerous and deadly problem. I don’t buy the excuse that they would prevent emergency vehicles from using the off-ramps; they should not be going against traffic anyway.
    – Les Slifkin, Arcadia
    A. Wrong-way driving is rare – but when it does occur, it is often deadly.
    Over five years ending in 2018, Cal
  • Consumer spending up 5.6%, but coronavirus could stall gains

    Consumer spending up 5.6%, but coronavirus could stall gains
    By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | AP Economics Writer
    WASHINGTON — American consumers increased their spending in June by a solid 5.6%, helping regain some of record plunge that occurred after the coronavirus struck hard in March and paralyzed the economy. But the virus’ resurgence in much of the country could impede further gains.
    Last month’s rise in consumer spending followed a seasonally adjusted 8.5% surge in May after spending had plunged the previous two months when the pandemic sh
  • Clippers see silver lining in otherwise sloppy loss to Lakers

    Clippers see silver lining in otherwise sloppy loss to Lakers
    The Clippers could take something from their most irregular final regular-season meeting on Thursday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, a 103-101 loss to the Lakers.
    “It’s a good lesson for the team,” Coach Doc Rivers said over Zoom. “You can’t make as many mistakes as we made in one game and be shorthanded.”
    The “self-inflicted wounds,” as Rivers called them, were plentiful; the NBA game-ready personnel on the Clippers’ bench, not so much.
    In its
  • Car pursued by deputies crashes in Garden Grove; 2 killed, 1 seriously injured

    Car pursued by deputies crashes in Garden Grove; 2 killed, 1 seriously injured
    A car pursued by deputies from Stanton to Garden Grove crashed into a fire hydrant then a tree Thursday, July 31, leaving two men dead and third seriously injured.
    Deputies near Katella Avenue and Beach Boulevard observed a Toyota Camry bearing license plates registered to a different year-model of the same car, Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Nathan Wilson said. They attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver sped eastbound on Katella, then southbound on Magnolia Street.
    When the veh
  • AJ Pollock homers, doubles in Dodgers’ win over Diamondbacks

    AJ Pollock homers, doubles in Dodgers’ win over Diamondbacks
    Los Angeles Dodgers’ A.J. Pollock connects for a two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game, the Diamondbacks’ home-opener, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
    A.J. Pollock #11 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is congratulated by Max Muncy #13 after hitting a two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of the MLB game at Chase Field on July 30, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Ch

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