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• Blizzard workers in Irvine organize on company Slack seeking pay increases

  05-08-2020 23:57
  
  By Jason Schreier |  Bloomberg
  Hundreds of employees at Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, the video game developer behind Diablo and Overwatch, are using the company’s Slack network to organize a list of workplace requests, including fair pay and increased sick time. Results of the effort, a rare example of labor organizing in the video game industry, are expected to be presented to management as early as this week, people familiar with the initiative said.
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• Park Life: Knott’s cancels Scary Farm 2020 and Disney theme parks take $2 billion hit

  05-08-2020 23:51
  
  Is Christmas next now that coronavirus has ruined Halloween? How will COVID-19 change Disneyland rides when the park reopens? Is another Star Wars cantina coming to Galaxy’s Edge? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
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• Biden won’t go to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination

  05-08-2020 23:33
  
  By BILL BARROW | Associated Press
  Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual.
  It is the latest example of the pandemic’s sweeping effects on the 2020 presidential election and the latest blow to traditional party nominating conventions that historically have marked the start of fall general elect
  
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• Dozens brawl at Anaheim hotel, at least 2 hospitalized

  05-08-2020 23:30
  
  As many as 100 people brawled inside and outside the Cambria Hotel & Suites in Anaheim Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 6,with at least two hospitalized, police said.
  Just before 12:40 p.m. officers were called to the hotel, at 101 E. Katella Ave., for a fight in the lobby, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said.
  “The officers arrive and were immediately met with about 40 people fighting outside,” Carringer said.
  Inside there was another massive combative group of perhaps 50 to 60, he
  
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• Clippers still adjusting to NBA bubble peculiarities

  05-08-2020 23:13
  
  Three seeding games in, Ivica Zubac said he’s getting used to living and competing within the bizarro world of the NBA bubble, where your access to loved ones is strictly virtual but you spend a game banging against a guy and then go home and get in the same elevator with him.
  The NBA’s alternate reality is working, the league reminded everyone Wednesday. In another joint communication, the NBPA and NBA announced that, for the third consecutive week, no players tested positive for th
  
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• Coronavirus testing is dropping in US, even as deaths mount

  05-08-2020 22:46
  
  By MATTHEW PERRONE, NICKY FORSTER and MICHELLE LIU | Associated Press
  U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to learn the results.
  An Associated Press analysis found that the number of tests per day slid 3.6% over the past two weeks to 750,000, with the count falling in
  
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• San Diego scoop shop Stella Jean’s lands in Costa Mesa

  05-08-2020 22:34
  
  Just in time for the dog days of summer comes San Diego frozen treat store Stella Jean’s Ice Cream.
  The scoop shop will celebrate its grand opening in Costa Mesa on Saturday Aug. 8, serving such flavors as Salty Caramel Corn, S’mores and Earl Grey Citrus Tea Cake, next to its sister restaurant Pop Pie Co. Co-owners Steven Torres and Gan Suebsarakham have decorated the 900-square-foot space with pastel walls, brass and marble accents.
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• California health insurance rates increase slightly for 2021

  05-08-2020 22:25
  
  By Adam Beam | The Associated Press
  Health insurance premiums for the 1.5 million Californians who purchase coverage through the state marketplace will go up an average of 0.6% next year, officials announced Tuesday. It’s the smallest increase yet and is attributed to a surge of new signups coupled with a decline in health care use during the coronavirus pandemic.
  More than 230,000 people have signed up for coverage since March 20, the day after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide stay-at
  
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• State Department watchdog resigns after predecessor’s ouster

  05-08-2020 21:48
  
  By Matthew Lee | The Associated Press
  The State Department’s acting inspector general resigned abruptly on Wednesday following the firing of his predecessor in circumstances now being investigated by Congress.
  Stephen Akard announced his resignation just two days after Democrats issued subpoenas for several of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s top aides to answer questions about the shakeup in the watchdog’s office. The department said Akard would return to the private sector bu
  
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• Experience prepared Julie Rousseau to lead USC’s Black Lives Matter Action Team

  05-08-2020 21:41
  
  When a group of USC athletes announced the formation of the United Black Student-Athletes Association in June and called for systemic changes within the athletic department, Julie Rousseau, an adjunct professor at the university, thought to herself, “Good for them.”
  Rousseau had taught several of the student-athletes involved in her identity development of the contemporary female class. She knew the task ahead of them was a challenging one, but she admired their determination.
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• OC desal facility deserves a permit

  05-08-2020 21:40
  
  Poseidon Water first proposed its desalination plant in Huntington Beach in 1998, only a few years after California had emerged from a drought.
  By the time the company received its original operating permit in 2006, the state was soon heading into yet another drought. The Regional Water Quality Control Board now is considering wastewater-discharge permits for the plant not long after the state emerged from one of the most grueling droughts in our history.
  Droughts certainly are a recurring chall
  
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• 9 accused of being in ring that sold opioids in bogus Southern California clinics

  05-08-2020 21:29
  
  Nine people, including a doctor who works for a Santa Ana pain-management clinic, are facing criminal charges related to a suspected narcotics trafficking ring accused of selling opioid prescriptions for cash, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
  A pair of newly unsealed federal grand jury indictments allege that a group of medical professionals prescribed nearly 440,000 pills of 30 mg oxycodone, which the U.S. Attorney’s Office described as the “highest dose of shor
  
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• 10 accused of being in ring that sold opioids in bogus Southern California clinics

  05-08-2020 21:29
  
  Ten people, including a doctor who works for a Santa Ana pain-management clinic, are facing criminal charges related to a suspected narcotics trafficking ring accused of selling opioid prescriptions for cash, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
  A pair of newly unsealed federal grand jury indictments allege that a group of medical professionals prescribed nearly 440,000 pills of 30 mg oxycodone, which the U.S. Attorney’s Office described as the “highest dose of short
  
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• Westminster council rejects 2020 ballot measure extending sales tax with little discussion

  05-08-2020 21:23
  
  At a special Westminster City Council meeting for a proposed permanent 1.5% sales tax, several speakers complained that notifications did not go out in time for residents to pencil it in.
  But council members themselves seemed equally flummoxed by the sudden Zoom meeting at 1 p.m. Monday.
  Mayor Tri Ta, who called the meeting the day before, repeatedly encouraged colleagues to comment on the proposal for a measure on the 2020 ballot that would not only extend the 1% sales tax approved by voters fo
  
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• Gone for good? Evidence signals many jobs aren’t coming back

  05-08-2020 21:18
  
  By Christopher Rugaber | The Associated Press
  Stark evidence of the damage the resurgent viral outbreak has caused the U.S. economy could come Friday when the government is expected to report that the pace of hiring has slowed significantly after a brief rebound in the spring.
  As the coronavirus continues to transform a vast swath of the economy, it’s becoming evident that millions of Americans face the prospect of a permanent job loss that will force some to seek work with new industries
  
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• Bank of America has display issue following $0 balance complaints

  05-08-2020 21:05
  
  By Lananh Nguyen | Bloomberg
  Bank of America Corp. said a temporary display issue has caused some online and mobile-banking customers to see inaccurate balances for their accounts.
  “There is no impact to their accounts and their information remains secure,” Mark Pipitone, a spokesperson for the bank, said in an emailed response to questions. “We are telling our clients who are impacted other ways they can view their current balance.”
  “Some clients may currently see
  
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• Coronavirus: ‘Discrepancies’ in California’s case data cast doubt as deaths continue to rise

  05-08-2020 20:55
  
  California’s curve of coronavirus cases continued to slope downward Tuesday, but the accuracy of those numbers was thrown into question by an announcement that afternoon from the state’s top health official.
  Persistent problems with the state’s reporting system, CalREDIE, have resulted in tests — and cases — going unreported in the state database, Dr. Mark Ghaly confirmed Tuesday. Worse yet, officials weren’t sure of the scope of the problematic data, which is
  
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• These 69 photos from July are our Orange County photographers’ favorites

  05-08-2020 20:18
  
  Jeshua Whitaker and his new bride, Pathita Whitaker, share a kiss after getting married at the ticket booth at the Honda Center on on Thursday, July 30, 2020.Orange County Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen is bringing marriage services back to Honda Center for the rest of 2020, this time using the center’s box office instead of borrowed ticket booths. Demand for the services continues, as a covid flare-up has closed some public facilities.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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• These 66 photos from July are our Orange County photographers’ favorites

  05-08-2020 20:18
  
  We asked our photographers to choose their favorite photos from the month of July 2020, and here are some of the amazing images they selected.
  As the coronavirus pandemic continues, so did our coverage of how people in the county are dealing with the health crisis.
  Among the changes in society, we saw bits of normalcy; fireworks on Independence Day, beach-goers in the sun and people getting married.
  We also saw beautiful owls at the Orange County Bird of Prey Center and the Bolsa Chica Wetlands.
  
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• Best thing I ate: Spicy tonkotsu ramen takeout from the mall

  05-08-2020 20:02
  
  The new branch of Silverlake Ramen at the Irvine Spectrum has finally opened, and it’s a welcome addition to the outdoor mall. (The original version in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles is where one of the chefs at Hiro Nori first gained a loyal following.) 
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  Before the pandemic, Silverlake Ramen had been on quite
  
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• It took nearly 30 years, but these 5 siblings and their parents opened a new restaurant together

  05-08-2020 19:29
  
  Maria Elena Lorenzo and husband Juan Irra began their journey as restaurateurs nearly 30 years ago with an orange shopping cart.
  On early weekday mornings, Lorenzo trekked a mile from their home to sell homemade tamales to kids and their parents in front of Grape Street Elementary School in Watts while Irra filled the trunk of his car and sold them at local factories.
  Then, Lorenzo would push the shopping cart through the neighborhood, selling tamales along the way before making her way back hom
  
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• In ‘Pan y Circo,’ Enrique Olvera and Diego Luna aim for tasty dinner chat

  05-08-2020 19:10
  
  Typically actor pals Diego Luna (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Narcos” ) and Gael García Bernal (“Coco,” “Mozart in the Jungle”) star in Hollywood movies  and popular TV shows. But as their next project the two Mexican superstars have chosen a serious reality show for their production company, La Corriente del Golfo, in collaboration with Amazon Prime Video.
  In seven episodes of “Pan y Circo” (“Bread & Circus&rd
  
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• Alexander: Is Brooks Koepka primed for a PGA three-peat?

  05-08-2020 19:00
  
  The PGA Championship will be held in San Francisco beginning Thursday and, well, this may be the eeriest major golf tournament in a long time, with no galleries to provide adrenaline at the moment a player might need it most.
  But does it feel like a major? Brooks Koepka thinks it does, fans or no fans, and that may be bad news for the rest of the field.
  “It’s pretty obvious it’s a major when you pull in,” Koepka said on a pre-tournament Zoom conference this week, whe
  
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• FBI raids YouTube star Jake Paul’s Calabasas home

  05-08-2020 18:44
  
  CALABASAS — A federal warrant was served Wednesday at YouTube star Jake Paul’s home in Calabasas.
  The warrant was being served in connection with an ongoing investigation, said Laura Eimiller of the FBI’s Los Angeles office.
  No arrests are planned, Eimiller said. Further details were not being released because the warrant is under seal, she said.
  It was unclear if Paul was at the location when FBI agents served the warrant, according to TMZ, which first reported the story.
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• Trailblazing Magnolia football coach Don Lent dies from cancer

  05-08-2020 18:39
  
  Don Lent, Magnolia’s first football coach who helped put the school on the Orange County high school sports map, died Monday, Aug. 3 from a rare form of blood vessel cancer, his daughter, Sandi, confirmed. He was 89.
  Lent rose to prominence at Magnolia in the early 1960s, leading the new school to the first Crestview League title in 1962.
  In their first season with seniors, the upstart Sentinels beat rival Savanna for the league crown.
  Magnolia lost the next week in the playoffs to Mater D
  
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• You can eat like Jay and Silent Bob at the Mooby’s pop-up in West Hollywood

  05-08-2020 18:33
  
  Have you ever wanted to chill with friends at one of your favorite TV hangouts, like The Max from TV’s “Saved By the Bell,” Good Burger from Nickelodeon’s “All That” or The Peach Pit” from “90210”?
  Derek Berry and his team have made those tasty TV dreams a reality via a series of sold-out pop-up experiences in Los Angeles that recreate those iconic spots. And now, even with coronavirus continuing to keep us at least six feet apart and local r
  
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• Apple fire 30% contained; firefighters working to protect Oak Glen, Forest Falls

  05-08-2020 18:25
  
  The Apple fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest was 30% contained Wednesday morning, with the blaze’s main thrust heading northeast into the San Gorgonio Wilderness.
  Firefighters worked to build lines to protect the towns of Oak Glen and Forest Falls on the west side, with the fire so far having scorched 27,319 acres.
  Slightly cooler temperatures and a small increase in humidity were expected along with southwest winds that could gust up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
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• Social Media buzzing after UCONN football cancels season. Who might be next?

  05-08-2020 18:24
  
  After the University of Connecticut cancelled its football season over concerns of COVID-19, will others follow? Social Media was buzzing after the news dropped Wednesday. Read what others are saying. And be sure to follow Adam Grosbard and Jon Wilner for the latest.Follow@AdamGrosbard and @wilnerhotline today on the latest developments with college football and college sports in the fall.Do you think there will be a college football season in the fall?
  — Inside SoCal Sports (@InsideSoCalS
  
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• NCAA releases guidelines for potential cancellation of fall sports championships

  05-08-2020 18:18
  
  The NCAA was expected to make a definitive decision on fall sports championships Tuesday. A day later, it made its decision. Sort of.
  In a statement released Wednesday, the NCAA board of governors released guidelines for how programs are to proceed with fall sports in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. These included guaranteeing scholarships to student-athletes who opt out of the season, though divisions must determine what this means for future eligibility by Aug. 14.
  As for fall sports and
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm could reopen this year ‘with a little luck’

  05-08-2020 18:17
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm could reopen this year “with a little luck” even as the Buena Park theme park’s parent company closes its other California theme park for the rest of 2020 and shutters half its parks amid continuing coronavirus woes.
  Knott’s parent company Cedar Fair saw a 98% decline in revenues and an attendance drop of 8 million visitors as coronavirus concerns closed most of the company’s theme parks, according to a second quarter financial report.
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• You can still get crafty at this Southern California casino during the pandemic

  05-08-2020 18:06
  
  Every month, more than a dozen people gather in Valley Center to make keepsake items and home decor trinkets. The location isn’t a community center, library, nor a friend’s house, but rather a casino.
  Harrah’s Resort Southern California has held its monthly Get Crafty series since 2016. For $35, guests get an instructor and all the supplies they need to craft an item that’s usually themed after a timely holiday.
  On Aug. 15, guests will make their way past slot machines an
  
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• Pac-12 rescue: Mammoth loan program would bail out athletic departments if football is canceled

  05-08-2020 17:59
  
  The Pac-12 is planning a mammoth loan program that would provide an escape hatch for cash-strapped athletic departments in the event the football season is canceled because of coronavirus, according to internal documents and conference sources.
  Football accounts for the majority of each department’s revenue, generating in excess of $50 million dollars in ticket sales and media rights alone.
  The loan program would be large enough to cover that loss for each school, if needed:
  According to a
  
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• Pac-12 rescue: Mammath loan program would bail out athletic departments if football is canceled

  05-08-2020 17:59
  
  The Pac-12 is planning a mammoth loan program that would provide an escape hatch for cash-strapped athletic departments in the event the football season is canceled because of coronavirus, according to internal documents and conference sources.
  Football accounts for the majority of each department’s revenue, generating in excess of $50 million dollars in ticket sales and media rights alone.
  The loan program would be large enough to cover that loss for each school, if needed:
  According to a
  
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• Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts

  05-08-2020 17:59
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JONATHAN LEMIRE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, President Donald Trump was flanked in the White House briefing room by a team of public health experts in a seeming portrait of unity to confront the disease that was ravaging the globe.
  But as the crisis has spread to all reaches of the country, with escalating deaths and little sense of endgame, a chasm has widened between the Republican president and
  
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• 50 years on, the wild story of ‘Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine’ gets told

  05-08-2020 17:39
  
  Rock journalist Jaan Uhelszki laughs as she describes a friend’s skepticism about life and work at Creem magazine during its glory days in the ’70s.
  “He keeps telling me, ‘All you Creem people romanticize it, you always make it seem like it was much better than it was,’” Uhelszki says. “I say, ‘No, it really was that good.’”
  With the release of the new documentary “Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine&rdq
  
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• Miguel’s Jr. debuts a carnitas taco and its hottest hot sauce yet

  05-08-2020 17:19
  
  Miguel’s Jr. is going bold on Wednesday, Aug. 5, with a spicy new taco and a new hot sauce to go with it.
  The Fiery Carnitas Taco is a street-style taco with meat, cilantro and onion in a soft corn tortilla. It’s drizzled with Fiery Habanero Hot Sauce, made with habanero peppers and garlic.
  The items are based on family recipes, according to chief executive officer Javier Vasquez, whose parents founded the Corona-based chain. His mother Mary’s carnitas are already served in the
  
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• MORNING WRAP: Ohtani done pitching? Angels, Dodgers win

  05-08-2020 17:11
  
  The Morning Wrap shares the day’s 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: Angels manager Joe Maddon said Shohei Ohtani is likely done pitching the rest of the year after being diagnosed with a grade 1-2 strain of the flexor pronator mass on Monday, reporter Jeff Fletcher writes. But that won’t stop Ohtani from being a DH.
  Next up: Angels at Seattle, tod
  
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• HOA Homefront: Assembly Bill 3182 proposes ending HOA restrictions on rental units

  05-08-2020 17:00
  
  Assembly Member Philip Yu-Li Ting from San Francisco has authored Assembly Bill 3182. In its original form, it was a horrible bill but later amendments improved it from horrible to just bad — a poorly drafted bill cutting back on private property ownership rights.
  AB 3182 would restrict the ability of homeowners in an HOA to vote to prohibit or limit rentals. The bill proposes to make several amendments to current Civil Code Section 4740 – the section which was enacted in 2012 to &ld
  
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• How an Elvis Presley radio tribute came together fast, and how you can hear it again

  05-08-2020 16:58
  
  “Elvis: A Three-Hour Special” tribute show is set to air via the net on August 16 — the day Elvis died at the age of 42 — at noon, and again at 6 p.m.
  The show was produced at Drake-Chenault beginning the day Elvis died in 1977, and it was shipped to clients just two days later to air that weekend.
  “Our competitors were shocked and astounded at how quickly we were able to get such a high-caliber program on the air in such a short time,” said Hank Landsberg who
  
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• How accurate are Orange County’s COVID hospital stats?

  05-08-2020 16:43
  
  Policy decisions amid the pandemic often rely on data that can appear confusing or inconsistent  – so it may not be surprising some Orange County officials are questioning whether local coronavirus numbers are accurate and what they really mean.
  Orange County supervisors Michelle Steel and Don Wagner have both publicly suggested the number of reported COVID-19 hospitalizations could be artificially high because people are counted when they seek care for an unrelated reason and then ha
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Are you Zooming around too much?

  05-08-2020 16:11
  
  So how are you doing with the whole new Zoom culture these days? Yesterday, I’d never even heard of this concept, and now I can’t get away from it.
  Until March, zooming existed merely in a pea-sized spot in my cerebral cortex as something the Roadrunner did, when he was outsmarting Wile E. Coyote. Beep beep.
  Now, all sorts of gatherings that used to actually be fun,  like a boozy happy hour, are turned into odd and rather awkward encounters in cyberspace. Trying to toast someone
  
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• Coronavirus changes how Red Cross provides shelter when disaster strikes

  05-08-2020 15:59
  
  Canoga Park resident Richard Ma heeded a voluntary evacuation warning as the Woolsey Fire charred almost 97,000 acres in November 2018 and was lucky to have friends who took him in. The UCLA sociology major, 17 at the time, felt compelled to do something for others driven from their homes, so he offered to help out at a nearby American Red Cross shelter.
  Over 250,000 people were evacuated and 1,075 residences were destroyed during the fire. Hundreds who fled their San Fernando Valley communities
  
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• Coronavirus relief bill: Progress slow as urgency grows

  05-08-2020 15:24
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Frustrated Senate Republicans re-upped their complaints that Democratic negotiators are taking too hard a line in talks on a sweeping coronavirus relief bill, but an afternoon negotiating session brought at least modest concessions from both sides, even as an agreement appears far off.
  Top Democrats emerged from a 90-minute meeting Tuesday with Trump administration officials to declare more progress. The Trump team agreed with that assessmen
  
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• Massive Beirut explosion kills at least 100, wounds more than 4,000

  05-08-2020 15:12
  
  By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM | Associated Press
  BEIRUT — Residents of Beirut confronted a scene of utter devastation Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port rippled across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 100 people, wounding thousands and leaving entire city blocks blanketed with glass and rubble.
  Smoke still rose from the port, where a towering building of silos was half destroyed, spilling out grain. Hangars around it were completely toppled. The blast knocked ou
  
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• Fossil fuels are essential to keeping the lights on: John Stossel

  05-08-2020 09:45
  
  Was the power on in your house this morning?
  If so, thank fossil fuels!
  A few parts of America do get energy from other sources. Washington state has fast-flowing rivers that allow Washingtonians to get most of their electricity from hydroelectric power. Iowa now gets about 40 percent of its electricity from wind.
  But most of us get power from the much-hated fossil fuels, primarily natural gas and coal.
  Burning them does pollute, although government-mandated controls like scrubbers in smokestack
  
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• Government-mandated gym closures are bad for our health and the economy

  05-08-2020 09:39
  
  A Ramona gym owner was recently charged with five misdemeanors for being open during the state’s shutdown orders. By forcing most fitness clubs to remain closed as we deal with the coronavirus pandemic, governments are negatively impacting public health.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us a lack of exercise increases our risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and dementia. Health experts have recently started to talk about the “Quaran
  
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• Should California borrow more or tax more?

  05-08-2020 09:36
  
  The state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this summer had been hastily adjusted to cope with projections that state revenues would plummet by tens of billions of dollars due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden recession it sparked.
  Nevertheless, it was a budget based on hope — that the federal government would provide as much as $14 billion in emergency aid so some spending could be restored, and that the recession would be relatively brief.
  In the final month of the 2020
  
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• These O.C. parents have a message for Gov. Newsom, teachers’ unions: “Open up the schools.”

  05-08-2020 07:51
  
  A pro-charter school group brought some 75 parents, teachers and a couple of Orange County Board of Education members together Tuesday evening to rally for the reopening of schools that were closed because of coronavirus concerns.
  Parents, they said, should be making the choice of whether their children learn on campus or online.
  “Open up the schools,” the crowd briefly chanted.
  Jeff Barke, right, leads a rally outside the Santa Ana Educators Association office in Santa Ana on Tuesda
  
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• Angels ride early homers from Mike Trout, Albert Pujols to victory

  05-08-2020 07:16
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Jo Adell (59) safely reaches first as Seattle Mariners first baseman Evan White waits for the throw after Adell hit a single in his first major-league at-bat during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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  If Tuesday marked a new start for the Angels, it was a good one.
  After losing seven of their first 10 games, the Angels had an off day and returned with Mike Trout and uber prospect Jo Adel
  
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• Dodgers’ late-arriving offense carries them past Padres

  05-08-2020 06:29
  
  San Diego Padres’ Francisco Mejia, above, collides with Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes before scoring off a double by San Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner runs down a ground ball before throwing out San Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. at first during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in San D
  
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