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• Toxic algae keeps bathers, anglers out of two area lakes

  04-08-2020 23:54
  
  Toxic algal blooms have resulted in a “danger” advisory not to go in the water at Prado Regional Park Lake and not to eat fish from the lake. A similar advisory at part of Big Bear Lake has been posted since last month.
  Such blooms are not uncommon in Southern California or around the world. They are more likely to be found in the summer because warm water is a contributing factor, and climate change is increasing their occurrence.
  Pyramid Lake in north Los Angeles County has a lower
  
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• Sparks shooting for better start Wednesday vs. Fever

  04-08-2020 23:45
  
  Oh, they know.
  The Sparks are well aware their slow starts aren’t helping them.
  They want to avoid having to dig out of holes like the 17-point chasm they had in the first half of their loss to Seattle, or the quick 13-point deficit they faced in the loss to Chicago. They’d rather not have to overcome early-game hiccups such as their three turnovers in the first five possessions of the victory over Connecticut.
  “We talked about it, but talking is one thing. We gotta go out and
  
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• What’s the best way to protect my assets? Ask the lawyer

  04-08-2020 23:17
  
  Q:  Both of our jobs are on hiatus, and for the first time in our lives we are concerned about creditors. We have done reasonably well, and now want to figure out how to protect our assets. Any suggestions?
  -H.W., Rancho Palos Verdes
  Ron Sokol
  A: This column is not a sufficient place to evaluate all of the steps that may be considered to seek to protect one’s assets. Your wisest course is to sit down with a qualified professional, set out what assets you have and how each presently is
  
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• Chargers proving to be NFL’s most responsible team

  04-08-2020 23:02
  
  Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa is known for his intense training, a big reason why he was awarded with a five-year, $135 million contract extension last week.
  But now he’s being asked to tone it down for the first three weeks of training camp that consists solely of Zoom meetings, walk-throughs and strength and conditioning. It’s part of the ramp-up period that was created after the offseason program was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  In a normal summer, Bosa said hi
  
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• Mandate diversity? California bill would ban all-white corporate boards

  04-08-2020 22:43
  
  By Elizabeth Castillo | CALMatters
  All-white corporate boards would be prohibited in California under a bill in the Legislature that follows in the footsteps of a controversial law that mandated women in corporate boardrooms.
  More than 600 publicly held companies with California headquarters would be required to have at least one person of color serving on their corporate boards by the end of 2021 under the legislation introduced by Assemblymembers Chris Holden, a Pasadena Democrat, and Cristina
  
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• California water parks cancel summer season due to pandemic

  04-08-2020 22:21
  
  The summer that never started for two California water parks has officially come to end with swimmers never stepping foot in the wave pools, slipping down the tube slides or gliding along the lazy rivers due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  The Knott’s Soak City water park shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic will remain closed for the 2020 season, according to Knott’s officials. Soak City becomes the second Southern California water park in less than a week to cancel the summer season
  
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• Knott’s Scary Farm 2020 cancellation drives another stake in Halloween

  04-08-2020 22:20
  
  The cancellation of Knott’s Scary Farm 2020 drives another stake into the heart of Halloween as Knott’s Berry Farm joins Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood in scrapping lucrative seasonal events that bring hordes of haunt-happy fans to Southern California theme parks.
  The 48th Halloween Haunt separate-admission event will not return this season as Knott’s Berry Farm awaits COVID-19 guidelines for safely reopening California theme parks that have yet to be released by th
  
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• Bodies of missing Marines and sailor have been found off San Clemente Island

  04-08-2020 22:20
  
  The bodies of seven Marines and a sailor who disappeared when their seafaring military vehicle sank in deep water off San Clemente Island during a training exercise last week have been found, officials announced this afternoon, Aug. 4.
  Marine Corps officials notified families on Monday, Aug. 3, when the amphibious assault vehicle was first sighted by the crew of the HOS Dominator, a Navy ship brought in that specializes in undersea search and rescue.
  Pfc. Bryan Baltierra, 18, of Corona, is among
  
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• Nearly 5 million COVID cases: How did US get here?

  04-08-2020 22:16
  
  By PHIL MARCELO, CARLA K. JOHNSON and LISA MARIE PANE | Associated Press
  BOSTON — Fourth of July gatherings, graduation parties, no-mask weddings, crowded bars — there are reasons the U.S. has racked up more than 155,000 coronavirus deaths, by far the most of any country, and is fast approaching an off-the-charts 5 million confirmed infections, easily the highest in the world.
  Many Americans have resisted wearing masks and social distancing, calling such precautions an overreaction o
  
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• 3 more O.C. restaurants, including Michelin star winner Taco Maria, close with COVID-19 concerns

  04-08-2020 22:15
  
  The novel coronavirus is a great leveler when it comes to restaurant closures. From fast food and casual eateries to fine dining rooms, many have been struggling with the issue.
  This week one of Orange County’s only two Michelin-starred restaurants, Taco Maria, closed because an employee had been exposed to the virus. It will reopen Wednesday, Aug. 5  for takeout after proclaiming itself “COVID-free,” on Instagram.
  Closures related to COVID-19 usually come to light wh
  
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• Clippers welcome Lou Williams back against Phoenix

  04-08-2020 21:56
  
  Lou Williams will return to action Tuesday, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said, after the veteran scorer finished his NBA-mandated 10-day quarantine, enacted upon his return to the at the Walt Disney World Resort campus July 25.
  While he was isolated in his room – penance, in the time of earnest coronavirus prevention, for visiting the Magic City strip club in Atlanta, purportedly for chicken wings – three-time Sixth Man of the Year missed the Clippers’ first two seeding games; the
  
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• Clippers welcome back Lou Williams against Phoenix

  04-08-2020 21:56
  
  Lou Williams returned to action Tuesday after the veteran scorer finished his NBA-mandated 10-day quarantine, enacted upon his return to the at the Walt Disney World Resort campus July 25.
  While he was isolated in his room – penance, in the time of earnest coronavirus prevention, for visiting the Magic City strip club in Atlanta, purportedly for chicken wings – three-time Sixth Man of the Year missed the Clippers’ first two seeding games; they went 1-1 without him.
  Williams, 33
  
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• Orange police search for man who assaulted women walking in Santiago Creek area

  04-08-2020 21:39
  
  Orange police on Tuesday, August 4, released a composite sketch of a man who they believe has assaulted women walking in the Santiago Creek on at least three occasions.
  The first was at about 4:10 p.m. of July 25 on the Santiago Creek trail near Tustin Street and La Veta Avenue, said Sgt. Phil McMullin.  A woman was when a male grabbed her and pushed her into an alcove. She broke free and the suspect fled on a bicycle, police said.
  The other two incidents were on Sunday, August 2. The first
  
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• Dunn: Newport Harbor’s Cole Lavin transfers to Utah

  04-08-2020 21:21
  
  In an interesting twist with the coronavirus pandemic and high school sports in California, Newport Harbor High senior quarterback Cole Lavin has transferred to Brighton High in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, where the fall football season is scheduled to start Aug. 14.
  State CIF, the governing body of California high school sports, announced July 20 that fall sports will be pushed back to December and January. But considering how society and high school sports have changed since the pandemic’s
  
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• Culver City FC joins United Premier Soccer League for upcoming season

  04-08-2020 20:59
  
  The United Premier Soccer League announced Culver City FC as the newest Division II member for the 2020 fall season.
  Culver City FC will play in the Western Conference Division II.
  “We’re excited to welcome Culver City FC to the UPSL. Culver City has a very strong local soccer tradition,” UPSL commissioner Yan Skwara said. “CCFC is deeply entrenched in its community starting at the youngest levels and the club’s board of directors has a forward-leaning vision for th
  
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• Whicker: Jon Rahm might be the one to dislodge golf’s logjam at the top

  04-08-2020 20:50
  
  He grew up 70 miles from Pedrena, the Bethlehem of Spanish golf.
  Jon Rahm wanted to be Seve Ballesteros when he grew up, even if Ballesteros never really did. Two weeks ago, Rahm won The Memorial Tournament and became World No. 1, the first player from Spain to get there after Pedrena’s favorite won.
  But Rahm didn’t favor the same path. Ballesteros took squiggly routes through flora and fauna, and then triumphantly would chip and putt his way out of disaster. Rahm plays the game from
  
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• Rams QB Jared Goff finally has something to shout about

  04-08-2020 19:59
  
  The first day of Jared Goff’s fifth Rams training camp felt unusual. Which is to say it felt just like everything else about sports in 2020.
  You could hear it in his voice afterward.
  “Sorry,” the Rams’ quarterback said when he paused for a moment during a Zoom chat with reporters Monday evening. “My throat’s a little scratchy from yelling all day. I haven’t yelled in a few months.”
  The 2020 Rams team, which followed NFL orders and replaced official
  
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• Senate passes powerful Olympic reform legislation

  04-08-2020 19:46
  
  The U.S. Senate unanimously passed major Olympic reform legislation Tuesday that would demand greater accountability from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the national governing bodies of Olympic sports in this country in the wake of the USA Gymnastics and USA Swimming sexual and physical abuse scandals.
  The Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athlete Act places greater legal liability on the USOPC and NGBs for sexual abuses by coaches, officials and employees and provides C
  
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• Apple fire evacuations remain in place, 12 structures destroyed

  04-08-2020 19:31
  
  The Apple fire, ignited by hot debris from a vehicle’s faulty exhaust, grew by 400 acres overnight to 26,850 acres and containment was doubled to15% Tuesday morning. Evacuations were still in place because winds in the San Bernardino Mountains remain a threat, with gusts up to 30 mph forecast for the afternoon.
  Twelve structures were destroyed in the fire, authorities said. Through Monday, reports said one home and two outbuildings were burned. A damage assessment team has been investigati
  
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• Iran abducts Glendora man in Dubai, says his family

  04-08-2020 19:24
  
  By JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Glendora-based member of an Iranian militant opposition group in exile was abducted by Iran while staying in Dubai, his family said Tuesday.
  The suspected cross-border abduction of Jamshid Sharmahd appears corroborated by mobile phone location data, shared by his family with The Associated Press, that suggests he was taken to neighboring Oman before heading to Iran.
  Iran hasn’t said how it detained Sharmahd, though th
  
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• Ford CEO Hackett to retire, COO Jim Farley to lead automaker

  04-08-2020 19:21
  
  By Tom Krisher | The Associated Press
  Jim Farley will lead Ford Motor Co. into the future as the global auto industry faces a new era of autonomous and electric vehicles.
  The company named Farley, 58, as its new CEO effective Oct. 1, replacing Jim Hackett, who will retire after three years at the helm. Farley, who has been with Ford for more than a decade, had been chief operating officer since February and clearly was being groomed for the top position.
  He faces tough challenges as the industry
  
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• Don’t expect lower healthcare premiums amid pandemic-driven boon for insurers

  04-08-2020 19:19
  
  By Bernard J. Wolfson | Kaiser Health News
  When COVID-19 smacked the United States in March and April, health plans feared medical costs could skyrocket, jacking up premiums drastically in 2021, when millions of the newly unemployed might still be out of work.
  But something else happened: Non-COVID care collapsed as hospitals emptied beds and shut down operating rooms to prepare for an expected onslaught of patients sickened by the coronavirus. Fear of contracting it kept people away from E
  
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• USC names former Sparks coach Julie Rousseau chair of Black Lives Matter Action Team

  04-08-2020 19:00
  
  Former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Julie Rousseau will chair the USC athletic department’s Black Lives Matter Action Team, the school announced Tuesday.
  Rousseau, who coached the Sparks from 1997-98, now serves as an adjunct professor at USC of identity development of the contemporary female, and women and the law.
  A former student-athlete at UC Irvine, Rousseau earned her PhD in Human Systems Engineering from Arizona State in 2019. She served as an assistant coach at Stanford from 2001-
  
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• Social Media: SCNG sports team just a follow away

  04-08-2020 18:53
  
  The Southern California Newspaper Group is a large sports team that covers Southern California’s professional, college, high schools, and so much more. You can follow our team of reporters on social media, and get links to their latest stories. You can read their comments, opinions, and start a dialogue by asking them questions. It’s easy, and they’re just a follow away. Here’s a rundown of who to follow and samples of their recent work and takes.
  SOCIAL ACCCOUNTHow about
  
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• UCI creates pharmacy school, will enroll students in fall 2021

  04-08-2020 18:42
  
  Helping to round out its array of programs in the science and practice of healthcare, UC Irvine has announced the creation of a pharmacy school it says will prepare students not only to open a practice, but to be part of a collaborative team caring for patients.
  The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences adds a doctoral pharmacy option and folds it in with existing research-centered degree programs and an undergraduate course of study that Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Steve Goldste
  
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• Massive explosion shakes Lebanon’s capital Beirut

  04-08-2020 18:40
  
  BEIRUT — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.
  An Associated Press photographer near the port saw people lying injured on the ground, and hospitals called for blood donations, but exact casualties were not immediately known.
  Miles from the scene of the blast, balconies were knocked d
  
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• Trump signs $3 billion-a-year plan to boost conservation, national parks

  04-08-2020 18:29
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law legislation that will devote nearly $3 billion annually to conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands. The measure was overwhelmingly approved by Congress.
  “There hasn’t been anything like this since Teddy Roosevelt, I suspect,” Trump said about the 26th president, who created many national parks, forests and monum
  
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• 3 rescued from Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

  04-08-2020 18:06
  
  By NICK PERRY | Associated Press
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from above, authorities say.
  The men had been missing in the Micronesia archipelago for nearly three days when their distress signal was spotted Sunday on uninhabited Pikelot Island by searchers on Australian and U.S. aircraft, the Australian defense department said Monday.
  In this photo provided by the Australian Defe
  
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• Plan to replace Vic Braden Tennis College with a 101-unit senior complex draws residents’ opposition

  04-08-2020 18:00
  
  A 101-unit luxury senior apartment complex could replace the Vic Braden Tennis College, one of the institutions that put Coto de Caza on the map in the 1970s, under a development proposal that will soon go to the Orange County Planning Commission.
  Representatives from developer California Grand Villages say its proposal to build a two-story building on a four-acre lot will help address the community’s and the region’s need for senior housing. But hundreds of Coto de Caza residents ar
  
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• House prices up 4% in L.A. County, 5% in the Inland Empire, index shows

  04-08-2020 18:00
  
  A new housing report shows Southern California home prices continued to rise in June, thanks to low mortgage rates and a constrained supply of homes for sale.
  Los Angeles County single-family home sellers experienced an average gain of 4% over prices in June 2019, a same-home sales comparison by CoreLogic showed Tuesday, Aug. 4.
  L.A. County house appreciation was slightly smaller than in the previous four months.
  Attached homes — like condos and townhomes — had an appreciation rate o
  
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• Waivers process for elementary schools to reopen in-person released by state

  04-08-2020 17:55
  
  Elementary schools now have a detailed waiver process they can follow to opt-out of online learning in the fall and resume in-person instruction for the new academic year.
  The California Department of Public Health released Monday night a waiver application form along with information on what’s needed before county public health officials can grant some elementary schools permission to open.
  The new rules require applicants to consult with parent, labor and community organizations at their
  
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• How this debut YA novel about the ’92 LA riots suddenly feels so timely

  04-08-2020 17:33
  
  When Christina Hammonds Reed delivered the final draft of “The Black Kids,” it was December 2019 and her novel about a Black teenager coming of age during the 1992 Los Angeles riots felt rooted in that time and place.
  Half a year later, as “The Black Kids” arrives on Tuesday, Aug. 4, it feels prescient in its portrayal not only of the crisis of police violence against Black Americans but also how we understand it against the backdrop of history.
  “It’s very, ve
  
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• MORNING WRAP: Latest on Rams, Chargers opening training camp

  04-08-2020 17:08
  
  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
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  ONE: The Rams missed the playoffs last season a year after reaching the Super Bowl, so which team will fans see in 2020? Did the Rams improve after parting with star rusher Todd Gurley?  Rams general manager Les Snead thinks they did, and explains his reasons.
  Les Snead said:  “What I
  
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• Youth organizations could fill huge school-year gaps

  04-08-2020 16:00
  
  Joyful squeals and shouts drift out across Parking Lot J at Golden West College in Huntington Beach.
  A small group of children climb and jumpon a jungle gym outside the building that houses the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley on the otherwise empty college campus. And while those kids play outdoors, others are inside, doing different activities in various rooms.
  These groups of kids — “cohorts” of no more than 12 children — all play and learn at health-appropr
  
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• Is there any hope for Southern California theme parks?

  04-08-2020 15:33
  
  It’s quarterly reporting time for corporate America, and the news from the companies that own the nation’s top theme parks is as bad as expected.
  Most companies, including Universal, Six Flags and Knott’s Berry Farm owner Cedar Fair, started reopening parks in June, the final month of the second quarter. Disney did not reopen its Walt Disney World theme parks until July, so none of that revenue will show in its second quarter report.
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• Coronavirus relief bill: Both sides dig in as $600 unemployment checks hang in balance

  04-08-2020 15:22
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggling to reopen safely assuming a higher profile in the talks.
  Multiple obstacles remain, including an impasse on extending a $600-per-week pandemic jobless benefit, funding for the U.S. Postal Service and aid to renters facing eviction. Democratic negotiators spoke of progress
  
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• Smile more? Some see sexism in debate over Biden VP pick

  04-08-2020 14:59
  
  By SARA BURNETT and ALEXANDRA JAFFE | Associated Press
  CHICAGO — She’s too ambitious. She’s not apologetic enough. She should smile more.
  The debate over Joe Biden’s running mate has recently ticked through a familiar list of stereotypes about women in politics as the Democratic presidential candidate and his allies stumble through a search they had hoped would stand out for its inclusion and diversity.
  Instead, the vice presidential vetting has resurfaced internal party
  
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• Newsmakers Series: Join Rams and Chargers beat writers discuss the NFL’s future

  04-08-2020 09:32
  
  Join columnists and beat writers from both Bay Area News Group and Southern California News Group as they discuss the future for the National Football League. This webinar series will highlight the plans of each league for opening, the 2020 seasons at large, and what fans can expect from it.
  When:
  Thursday, August 6, 10 a.m. in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
  Host: Todd Harmonson, Executive Editor
  Guests:
  SCNG– Kevin Modesti (Rams) and Gilbert Manzano (Chargers)
  BANG– Cam Inman (49ers)
  
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• Coronavirus becomes a major force for inequality

  04-08-2020 09:27
  
  Across America, protests and rallies crying “Black Lives Matter” have featured thousands of demonstrators taking no care to social distance and not bothering to sanitize their hands very often.
  They’re ostensibly pushing for social justice and racial and economic equality, calling for fair treatment and less violence from police and other authorities and in effect demanding more equity in hiring and education.
  But their frequent disregard for the contagion of the ongoing corona
  
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• California must fund all growing public schools: Krista Woodgrift

  04-08-2020 09:05
  
  For the past several decades education funding has followed the student. Families could choose the public school that they felt best served the needs of their student. This summer that changed.
  As part of the state budget signed into law, education funding is frozen based on average daily attendance, ADA, as of February 29, 2020. This means that schools will receive the same amount of funding in the 2020-21 school year that they did in February. Schools with fewer students will receive the same
  
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• Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott responds to football players threatening opt-outs

  04-08-2020 08:38
  
  The Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a letter touting the conference’s work in those areas and an invitation to meet later this week.
  A letter from Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, dated Aug. 3, was sent to 12 football players leading the #WeAreUnited movement. The letter was obtained by The Associated Press and first reported by Sports Illustrat
  
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• Dodgers come up short against Padres in series opener

  04-08-2020 06:13
  
  Trent Grisham #2 of the San Diego Padres is congratulated by third-base coach Glenn Hoffman #26 after hitting a solo home run during the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park August 3, 2020 in San Diego, California.(Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
  Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SoundThe gallery will resume insec
  
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• Anthony Davis dominates with 42 points as Lakers clinch No. 1 seed over Utah Jazz

  04-08-2020 06:04
  
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) passes the ball away from Utah Jazz players, from left, Joe Ingles (2) , Mike Conley (10) and Tony Bradley (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)
  Los Angeles Lakers guard JR Smith (21) dribbles around Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo vi
  
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• Anthony Davis dominates Jazz with 42 points as Lakers clinch West’s No. 1 seed

  04-08-2020 06:04
  
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) passes the ball away from Utah Jazz players, from left, Joe Ingles (2) , Mike Conley (10) and Tony Bradley (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)
  Los Angeles Lakers guard JR Smith (21) dribbles around Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo vi
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: Los Angeles County accounts for 50% of cumulative deaths on Aug. 3

  04-08-2020 04:51
  
  Of California’s 58 counties, Los Angeles County accounts for 50% of the coronavirus-related deaths with 4,701 out of 9,491 estimated deaths in the state since testing began in March. Riverside County has the second-highest number of total deaths at 737.
  The California Department of Public Health dashboard shows that there have been 1,694 deaths in the state in the last 14 days, 597 of those deaths were in Los Angeles County which amounts to 35% of the deaths in 14 days. Nineteen of Califor
  
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• Joey Bosa went from stressful car wait to long-lasting Charger

  04-08-2020 03:47
  
  Joey Bosa was under stress last week when his agent and the Chargers were approaching the final hours for striking a deal in time for the first day of training camp. Bosa’s father, John, felt the brunt of the jitters.
  “All right, calm down,” the Chargers’ star pass rusher recalled telling his father. “We’ll have a good conversation later, hopefully.”
  The younger Bosa was right. He agreed to terms on a five-year, $135 million contract extension, but inste
  
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• Democrats take fundraising lead in Orange County’s State Senate, Assembly battles

  04-08-2020 03:37
  
  Democrats are raising more money than Republicans in all but one of Orange County’s nine state Senate and Assembly races, according to the latest fundraising reports filed with the state.
  Republicans still hold most of the county’s state legislative seats. But the California Democratic Party, labor organizations and individual donors are pouring money into several local races in hopes of flipping several seats to blue in the Nov. 3 election.
  While that’s helped Democr
  
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• Nine men who died in Marine training accident came from around the country and stages in life

  04-08-2020 03:35
  
  Many of the eight men now presumed dead after their amphibious assault vehicle sunk in deep water off San Clemente Island were celebrating milestones in their personal lives as they trained for their military careers.
  An 18-year-old from Corona was marking his first anniversary as a Marine, a new dad had a first son back home in Texas and a Portland man would have turned 19 during the 40-hour search-and-rescue effort that was mounted to find the group. A ninth Marine was found dead at the time.
  
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• Angels’ Shohei Ohtani won’t be able to throw for at least 4 weeks, but can DH

  04-08-2020 02:07
  
  The chances of Shohei Ohtani pitching again for the Angels this season took a hit with the Monday news that his MRI exam showed an injury that will prevent him from throwing for four to six weeks. There are only eight weeks left in this shortened season.
  Ohtani, who had some discomfort after making his second appearance of the year on the mound on Sunday, was diagnosed with a grade 1-2 strain of the flexor pronator mass. The “general timetable for beginning a throwing progression following
  
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• Dodgers’ Mookie Betts day to day with finger injury

  04-08-2020 02:02
  
  The finger Mookie Betts injured during an at-bat in Sunday’s game did not prevent him from hitting a home run in that at-bat. But it could keep him out of the lineup for a few days.
  Betts was not in the starting lineup Monday at San Diego due to the sore middle finger on his left hand and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Betts’ status will be re-evaluated each day.
  “We’ll see how he responds to treatment,” Roberts said.
  The injury is considered “a soft-tissue
  
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