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• Federal coronavirus aid talks at risk of collapse

  06-08-2020 23:40
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump huddled at the White House Thursday with the Senate’s top Republican over a vital COVID-19 rescue package, but hopes on Capitol Hill for a deal were souring and there was increasing worry that GOP negotiations with Democrats might collapse.
  The impasse in the negotiations is putting at risk more than $100 billion to help reopen schools, a fresh round of $1,200 direct payments to most people, and hundreds of billi
  
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• Irvine-based Karma Automotive accused of stealing rival’s plans

  06-08-2020 23:38
  
  By Gabrielle Coppola | Bloomberg
  Irvine-based Karma Automotive is being accused of stealing vehicle plans from a U.S. company with which it discussed a joint venture.
  Michigan-based VLF Automotive, a niche carmaker co-founded by former General Motors Co. executive Bob Lutz, filed suit against Karma in California Superior Court in June.
  VLF claims it shared its plans for a “luxury Humvee” with Karma last fall as part of a proposed partnership to produce the vehicle for the Chinese mar
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reported 580 new cases and 32 additional deaths as of Aug. 6

  06-08-2020 23:35
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 580 new cases of the coronavirus as of Thursday, Aug. 6, bringing the county’s cumulative total of positive tests to 38,711 cases.
  It is estimated more than half of the reported cases, or 28,109 as of Thursday, have recovered. The count of people who have recovered is based on the prior 28-day cumulative case count. Some 448,087 tests have been given for the virus.
  There were 32 new deaths reported in Orange County on Thursday, raising the deat
  
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• As Kentucky Derby approaches, 2020 continues to challenge horsemen

  06-08-2020 23:28
  
  For all you naysayers out there, the folks who will poo poo any major accomplishments during this year’s Triple Crown races because of the upheaval caused by the coronavirus, well, a pair of veteran horsemen will disagree with you.
  Tom Drury, who trains Blue Grass Stakes winner Art Collector and will send out the colt in Saturday’s Ellis Park Derby, believes any feats accomplished in this topsy-turvy season should be greeted with great fanfare.
  “I don’t think there’
  
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• ‘Worst nightmare’: Laid-off workers endure loss of $600 aid

  06-08-2020 23:20
  
  By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL and PAUL WISEMAN | AP Business Writers
  An unemployed makeup artist with two toddlers and a disabled husband needs help with food and rent. A hotel manager says his unemployment has deepened his anxiety and kept him awake at night. A dental hygienist, pregnant with her second child, is struggling to afford diapers and formula.
  Around the country, across industries and occupations, millions of Americans thrown out of work because of the coronavirus are straining to afford th
  
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• La Habra’s Jake Garcia announces he will leave the state to play football in Georgia this fall

  06-08-2020 22:33
  
  USC-committed quarterback Jake Garcia announced Wednesday that he won’t play for La Habra High this coming season and plans to move to Georgia so that he can play football this fall.
  Valdosta High, which is perennially one of the top football programs in Georgia, will be his fourth high school.
  Garcia (6-2, 195), who will be a senior this fall, transferred to La Habra in January after playing at Narbonne in 2018 and 2019. He was at Long Beach Poly as a freshman in 2017.
  Garcia, a four-star
  
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• Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Friday, Aug. 7

  06-08-2020 22:30
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, August 7 for racing at Del Mar.
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• Coronavirus: California bill would make employers report exposures

  06-08-2020 22:13
  
  A California bill supported by labor unions and opposed by business groups would force employers to quickly notify employees and health officials if a worker is exposed to coronavirus.
  Under Assembly Bill 685, sponsored by The California Labor Federation and United Food and Commercial Workers, public or private employers would face fines up to $10,000 for failing to provide notifications of exposure within 24 hours. Failure to provide any of the notifications would be a misdemeanor, under t
  
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• Survival for some mom and pop landlords hangs in the balance

  06-08-2020 21:51
  
  Just how far can California kick this rent-free mirage down the road without causing insurmountable damage for landlords, lenders and local communities?
  Just how quickly, and how many of California’s renters who are righteously paying their rent get soured and resentful (and start thinking, me too!) by their bragging neighbors who have the means to pay but refuse to?
  Rightly so, we are too humane of a society to allow mass scale evictions, especially as it concerns the millions who have lo
  
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• Jury conduct questioned in trial of jail escapee convicted of abduction, torture

  06-08-2020 21:50
  
  An attorney representing Hossein Nayeri, the Newport Beach pot grower and jail escapee convicted of the abduction and brutal torture of a marijuana dispensary owner, is questioning whether misconduct occurred during jury deliberations in his high-profile trial.
  Attorney Renee Garcia during a hearing Thursday at the Newport Beach courthouse asked Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregg L. Prickett to release to her the identifying information of jurors who served during Nayeri’s 2019 trial
  
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• Sunny Hills hires Paul Jones as its athletic director

  06-08-2020 21:30
  
  Sunny Hills High has hired an athletic director with an impressive Trinity League resume.
  The Freeway League school has tabbed Orange Lutheran’s Paul Jones to replace Jon Caffrey, who is now an assistant principal at Fullerton.
  Jones spent the past six years as the athletic director at Orange Lutheran, his alma mater. Orange Lutheran claimed eight CIF-Southern Section tand three CIF State SoCal championships during that span.
  Orange Lutheran’s baseball team also won USA Baseball&rsqu
  
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• Sunny Hills hires athletic director Paul Jones of Orange Lutheran

  06-08-2020 21:30
  
  Sunny Hills has hired an athletic director with an impressive Trinity League resume.
  The Freeway League school has tabbed Orange Lutheran’s Paul Jones to replace Jon Caffrey, who is now an assistant principal at Fullerton.
  Jones spent the past six years as the athletic director at Orange Lutheran, his alma mater. Orange Lutheran claimed eight CIF-Southern Section tand three CIF State SoCal championships during that span.
  Orange Lutheran’s baseball team also won USA Baseball’s N
  
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• Angels top prospect Jo Adell sits because of quad tightness

  06-08-2020 21:20
  
  Jo Adell was out of the Angels lineup on his third day in the big leagues because of some quad tightness, although Manager Joe Maddon gave no indication it will be more than a one-day issue.
  “I don’t think so,” Maddon said Thursday. “The trainers didn’t express anything more than that, so as of right now I’m not concerned.”
  Adell’s first day on the big league bench came a day after he had trouble on two balls in right field, demonstrating the defen
  
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• Lucinda Williams headlines free streaming show in BeachLife Festival’s summer series

  06-08-2020 21:17
  
  The BeachLife Festival’s SpeakEasy Summer Series will wrap up Aug. 20 with celebrated folk rock singer Lucinda Williams.
  The Aquadolls, whose music floats between surf, punk and power-pop, and former pro-surfer turned musician Timmy Curran, will join Williams on the free livestream.
  The monthly series started in June and was named after the festival’s new stage that was planned for this year where musicians were set to play acoustic versions of their music.
  It’s included perfor
  
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• How USC athletics adjusted its academic services for a new virtual reality

  06-08-2020 21:07
  
  The chairs in Mimi Butler’s office are draped in football jerseys. It’s not completely unexpected for a director of athletic academic support, as Butler is at USC.
  But the jerseys aren’t cardinal and gold. They’re a more eclectic bunch, colorful NFL jerseys sent to her by former student-athletes once they make it big. They serve as motivation for the current Trojans, and a reminder of the relationships she’s forged with her past students.
  “In order to be succe
  
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• How Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest could change during the pandemic

  06-08-2020 20:55
  
  Six Flags is considering a host of new horrors for Fright Fest 2020 that could bring mazes without monsters, social-distancing scareactors and drive-through haunts to its amusement parks as an alternative to canceling the Halloween seasonal events.
  A new Six Flags Magic Mountain survey asks haunt fans how they feel about some potential changes coming to Fright Fest 2020, according to the Hauntline online news show dedicated to Southern California haunts and events.
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• 4 ideas Six Flags is considering for Fright Fest during COVID era

  06-08-2020 20:55
  
  Six Flags is considering a host of new horrors for Fright Fest 2020 that could bring mazes without monsters, social-distancing scareactors and drive-through haunts to its amusement parks as an alternative to canceling the Halloween seasonal events.
  A new Six Flags Magic Mountain survey asks haunt fans how they feel about some potential changes coming to Fright Fest 2020, according to the Hauntline online news show dedicated to Southern California haunts and events.
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• Anaheim briefs: Still time for some small businesses to apply for grant help

  06-08-2020 20:21
  
  The deadline has been extended for applying to the Fourth District Small Business Grants program, Supervisor Doug Chaffee recently announced.
  Applications will be accepted from businesses and nonprofits with 25 or fewer employees in the cities of Fullerton, La Habra, and portions of Anaheim. The application window will be open until 5 p.m. Aug. 22.
  Grants up to $10,000 are available to eligible small businesses. Grants are intended to assist those businesses impacted by COVID 19.  For more
  
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• Laguna Beach canyon home designed by Mark Singer as his own seeks $3 million

  06-08-2020 19:48
  
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  The master bedroom has a fireplace and a private deck. (Photo by ModernTake)
  Features of the master bathroom include a jetted tub, separate shower and sauna. (Photo by ModernTake)
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• Ohio governor tests positive for coronavirus ahead of Trump visit

  06-08-2020 19:40
  
  By FARNOUSH AMIRI and DAN SEWELL | Report for America/Associated Press
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive Thursday for the coronavirus just ahead of a planned meeting with President Donald Trump.
  The Republican governor’s office said he took the test as part of standard protocol before he was to meet Trump at an airport in Cleveland. He had planned to join the president on a visit to the Whirlpool Corp. plant in northwest Ohio.
  His office said the 73-year-old DeWi
  
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• Insomniac’s Backhard Summer BBQ Virtual Rave-A-Thon promises Dillon Francis, Joyryde and more

  06-08-2020 19:33
  
  Break out the barbecue and get ready to flip some burgers to the sounds of EDM with Insomniac’s Backhard Summer BBQ Virtual Rave-A-Thon.
  The latest installment of the Beverly Hills-based electronic music production company’s virtual events will stream live from 6 p.m.-midnight Aug. 7 and Aug. 8 via Insomniac’s YouTube and Twitch channels.
  Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella will serve as the grill master and host the event from inside the Insomniac Studios, which will be decked
  
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• The Eat Index: Our critic’s COVID comfort rating debuts with Porch & Swing review

  06-08-2020 19:24
  
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  Roasted pork jowl with creamy grits at Porch & Swing in Irvine (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Brad A. Johnson visited the new Porch & Swing in Irvine, which serves new twists on Southern favorites. Brad says the chef “doesn’t hit us over the head with Southern stereotypes but rather lets us search each dish for a clue as to how it’s connected. Other than a few requisite colloquialisms, the accent is barely perceptible.”
  But his
  
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• Proposition 21 will make the housing crisis worse. Vote No.

  06-08-2020 19:14
  
  Rent control is a government intervention that distorts, and damages, the housing market and nearly everyone in it. It doesn’t spur homebuilding. It does lower land values. It forces properties off the rental market. And above all, it doesn’t help people at the low end of the economic scale — a key goal of the backers of the ill-advised Proposition 21.
  Proposition 21 is the latest initiative to make it easier for localities to impose rent control. Voters rejected a similar meas
  
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• Vote No on Proposition 23, a cynical threat to dialysis care

  06-08-2020 19:09
  
  Even though it seems everyone’s a public-health expert these days, California voters have no business — and presumably very little interest — in getting into the minutiae of health-clinic regulations in our state.
  Leave that to the experts, right? Or at least to lawmakers in Sacramento?
  Wrong, if you are a Golden State voter needing to decide on the propositions that will soon arrive on your vote-by-mail ballot.
  Just as you were forced to only two years ago with Proposition 8 i
  
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• Why is the bullet train farce still going?

  06-08-2020 18:54
  
  The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced this week that due to concerns related to the novel coronavirus, the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Report on the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section would be extended.
  The rail authority is also extending the public comment period for the environmental documents on the San Francisco to San Jose Project Section.
  If there are no good fairy tales on Netflix this evening, and you like that kind of thing, you can see the
  
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• School reformers win a major skirmish

  06-08-2020 18:48
  
  The huge Los Angeles Unified School District is ground zero in California’s perpetual political war over educating millions of children on the short end of the state’s chronic “achievement gap.”
  LA Unified, the nation’s second largest school system, has nearly 10 percent of the state’s 6 million public school students, the vast majority of whom are considered to be “at risk” due to poverty, lack of English language skills or foster child status.
  Ea
  
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• High School Wrap: Everything you need to know about what’s happening in high school sports

  06-08-2020 18:47
  
  The latest from the Southern California Newspaper Group’s team of high school sports reporters …
  READ IT: Reporter Dan Albano with the latest on coaches, athletic directors who are encouraged by updated guidelines for youth, high school sports.
  Coaches, athletic directors encouraged by updated guidelines for youth, high school sportsREAD IT: Greg Coombs, the boys basketball coach at Godinez for the past 10 years and a coach in the Santa Ana Unified School District for nearly four de
  
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• Playing electoral defense, Trump to promote recovery in Ohio

  06-08-2020 18:45
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Forced to play defense in states he led comfortably months ago, President Donald Trump set his sights on Ohio on Thursday in an attempt to reframe the centerpiece of his reelection pitch.
  During his visit, Trump planned to promote the economic prosperity that much of the nation enjoyed before the coronavirus pandemic and try to make the case that he is best suited to rebuild a crippled economy. But his handling of the outbreak has weakened
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Why I’m rating restaurants for their COVID-19 response

  06-08-2020 18:32
  
  Last week, I started something new. I launched a COVID Comfort Rating system for restaurants. I’m mothballing the traditional star ratings until we get past this pandemic. I’ll be highlighting how restaurants comply with the safe reopening guidelines established by state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, things like mask policies, the availability of hand sanitizer, proper distancing, temperature checks, elevated cleaning standards and more. 
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• Review: COVID comfort ratings for Orange County restaurants

  06-08-2020 18:31
  
  Is that restaurant safe? Do the servers wear masks? Are the tables properly distanced?
  Dining out has changed. And to keep everyone safe and to slow the spread of COVID-19, our state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have established guidelines for the safe reopening of restaurants. Some places take the pandemic seriously while others clearly do not. That’s why I’ve instituted a new COVID Comfort Rating system to evaluate how well restaurants in
  
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• NY attorney general seeks to dissolve the NRA

  06-08-2020 18:20
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and LISA MARIE PANE | Associated Press
  New York’s attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for lavish personal trips, no-show contracts for associates and other questionable expenditures.
  Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed in state court in Manhattan after an 18-month
  
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• VIDEO: LeBron James and Doc Rivers respond to Donald Trump calling NBA kneeling protests “disgraceful”

  06-08-2020 18:03
  
  Following the Lakers game on Wednesday with Oklahoma City, Lakers star LeBron James was asked to respond to President Donald Trump calling NBA kneeling protests “disgraceful.” James wasn’t the only person to weigh in, Clippers coach Doc Rivers responded as well.
  What President Trump said …“When I see people kneeling during the playing and disrespecting our flag and national anthem, what I do personally is turn off the game. I think it’s disgraceful. We work w
  
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• California stacks the deck in favor of public sector unions

  06-08-2020 17:58
  
  California has found the solution to revitalize labor unions: Stack the deck in the unions’ favor.
  Look no further than last week’s election victory by the SEIU and AFSCME, who are now the representatives of more than 40,000 state-funded child care providers under the banner Childcare Providers United. Labor trumpeted a stunning 97 percent victory in the election.
  The unions’ pathway to this union dues payday is a sordid tale of everything that’s wrong with modern-day pub
  
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• Apple fire remains at 30% contained; full containment could come Aug. 17

  06-08-2020 17:40
  
  The Apple fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest was 30% contained and had consumed 28,085 acres of timber, chaparral and tall grass as of Thursday morning.
  Firefighters estimate full containment on Aug. 17. Containment is when firefighters create and hold a fire break around the perimeter of a wildfire. The break can be created by natural means, such as a stream or a river or roads and freeways, or by firefighters digging lines around the fire with bulldozers and hand tools.
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• MLS commissioner Don Garber says season will resume in home markets

  06-08-2020 17:35
  
  With the MLS is Back tournament winding down, Major League Soccer will turn its attention toward resuming the regular season, commissioner Don Garber said in a halftime interview, on Fox Sports 1 on Wednesday night.
  The schedule is expected to be more local to limit excessive travel. Garber said games will be played in front of fans “where we can.”
  “Fifty-one games in 35 days and delivery for our fans, getting our players on the field, having our media partners and our sponsors
  
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• These heat-resistant, drought-tolerant plants are also an excellent investment for gardens

  06-08-2020 17:34
  
  Despite being known for their wisdom, the ancient Greeks were fooled by cycads: They thought these seed plants were actually palm trees.
  This misunderstanding began with Theophrastus, who followed Aristotle as head of the Lyceum, or philosphers’ academy in Athens, and who was also credited as the founder of the science of botany for his voluminous writings on plants and their classification. Theophrastus looked at a cycad more than 2000 years ago and thought it was a palm. Yet, hinting at
  
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• Help for eggplants that are turning yellow instead of purple

  06-08-2020 17:33
  
  Q: I have a globe eggplant that was beautiful last year. Apparently, it is a perennial because it continues to grow (slightly elevated bed, facing south, close to the house, in Lakewood). My problem is that so many of the eggplants turn yellow. They are actually kind of a beautiful golden color, but they should be deep purple, almost black. The plant is laden with fruit, but they don’t seem to ripen. If I don’t pick them, the plant stops blossoming, so I try to pick the most ripe one
  
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• MORNING WRAP: Chris Taylor saves Dodgers; Mike Trout’s two homers come in Angels loss

  06-08-2020 17:15
  
  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: The Dodgers’ needed all of Joc Pederson’s two homers and  five RBIs and a game-saving throw from Chris Taylor to hold on for a 7-6 victory over the Padres.
  Next up: Giant at Dodgers, Friday, 7:10 p.m.While #Dodgers were on this road trip, MLB had coronavirus outbreaks on
  
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• Evictions begin for 1,000 L.A. County renters with pre-COVID judgments

  06-08-2020 17:00
  
  Betty Ordaz, 55, isn’t sure where to go next.
  She sat in the driver’s seat of her packed SUV, parked near a North Hollywood street corner where the sound of low-flying airplanes landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport echo.
  There she was. Just waiting, an earlier tongue-lashing that she was “lazy” reverberating in her head, even as clusters of supportive neighbors looked on Wednesday morning. They were all there waiting for the Sheriff’s Department to serve her an evic
  
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• Why your garden is the place to be when the sun goes down

  06-08-2020 16:22
  
  1. It’s great that evenings cool off a bit, often making the garden much cooler than the house. Enjoy your garden by relaxing outdoors (perhaps putting on a little mosquito repellant beforehand). Outdoor cooking and dining are pleasant tasks this time of year. Sitting around after dinner with loved ones and friends makes for great conversations. Maybe you could even read a book aloud together. Being together and communicating with each other – that’s the key.
  2. Remove dead flo
  
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• New cannabis coworking space in Santa Ana aims to boost industry access, diversity

  06-08-2020 16:00
  
  Anyone with experience in the legal cannabis industry will tell you that, given the steep regulatory costs, it typically takes north of $1 million to open a marijuana business in California.
  And with cannabis still illegal under federal law, it’s also notoriously hard for industry entrepreneurs — and particularly entrepreneurs of color — to borrow money to cover those startup costs.
  Those two factors are behind another often-quoted industry statistic: an estimated 81% of mariju
  
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• Theme park crowds stay away due to COVID-19 spikes

  06-08-2020 15:33
  
  The pent-up demand that Disney, Six Flags and other theme park operators expected after COVID-19 threatened to cancel their summer seasons hasn’t materialized as surges in coronavirus cases across the U.S. have kept visitors at home.
  Quarterly reports from Disney, Universal, Six Flags, SeaWorld and Cedar Fair paint a grim picture of the theme park industry with revenues down more than 90% and attendance close to zero during the recent three-month period when most parks were shuttered by th
  
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• Joe Biden launches national ad aimed at Black Americans

  06-08-2020 15:30
  
  By KAT STAFFORD | Associated Press
  DETROIT — Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential campaign has launched a new national ad focused on Black Americans, urging them to stand up to President Donald Trump the way their ancestors stood up to “violent racists of a generation ago.”
  The one-minute ad, which was shared exclusively with The Associated Press before its digital and television release on Thursday, is meant to drum up support among Black Americans, a key constituency for
  
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• Hiroshima survivors mark 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack

  06-08-2020 15:15
  
  By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Associated Press
  HIROSHIMA, Japan — Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers near an iconic, blasted dome Thursday to mark the attack’s 75th anniversary, many of them urging the world, and their own government, to do more to ban nuclear weapons.
  An upsurge of coronavirus cases in Japan meant a much smaller than normal turnout, but the bombing survivors’ message was more urgent than ever. As their numbers dwindle &mda
  
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• 1.2 million seek jobless aid after $600 federal check ends

  06-08-2020 14:55
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly federal jobless payment has expired.
  The Labor Department’s report Thursday marked the 20th straight week that at least 1 million people have sought jobless aid. Before the pandemic hit hard in March, the number of Americans seeking unemployment che
  
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• Esports: Dignitas’ EMUHLEET embraces being a role model for female gamers

  06-08-2020 11:14
  
  Emmalee “EMUHLEET” Garrido is a 14-year Counter-Strike player and team captain for the Dignitas’ female team. (Photo courtesy of Dignitas)
  Emmalee “EMUHLEET” Garrido is a 14-year Counter-Strike player and team captain for the Dignitas’ female team. (Photo courtesy of Dignitas)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsEmmalee “EMUHLEET” Garrido is a 14-year Counter-Strike player and team captain for the Dignitas’ female team. (Photo courtesy of Di
  
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• 2 O.C. men sentenced to prison for scamming distressed homeowners during ’08 recession

  06-08-2020 08:59
  
  SANTA ANA — Two Orange County men were sentenced Wednesday to five and 12 years in prison for their roles in a Santa Ana-based home loan modification scheme during the Great Recession in 2008.
  Aminullah “David” Sarpas and Samuel Paul Bain started Santa Ana-based U.S. Homeowners Relief in late 2008 during the collapse of the housing industry that tipped the nation into a recession.
  The company promised distressed homeowners relief on mortgage payments in exchange for advance fee
  
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• Police ID 5 suspects in robbery of man targeted and killed for his bicycle in Santa Ana; 4 in custody

  06-08-2020 08:24
  
  SANTA ANA — An accused gang member was behind bars Wednesday for allegedly robbing and fatally shooting a man who was targeted for his bicycle last month in Santa Ana.
  Jose Luis Salgado of Santa Ana, who turned 20 Wednesday, is charged with murder, with a special circumstances allegation of murder committed for the benefit of a street gang, robbery, participating in gang activity and being an active participant in a gang carrying a loaded gun in public.
  Salgado also faces sentencing enhanc
  
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• Rajon Rondo arrives in Florida, could join Lakers in bubble before playoffs

  06-08-2020 07:27
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Rajon Rondo is in Florida. Just not at Disney World.
  The Lakers guard got physically closer to rejoining the team on Wednesday, flying to Orlando to begin a seven-day coronavirus testing regimen outside of the NBA bubble. The 34-year-old guard has been away since fracturing his right thumb during the first weekend of training camp and getting surgery, and the Lakers hope to have him back playing potentially by the end of the month.
  Rondo will need to test negative
  
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• Mike Trout hits two home runs in Angels’ loss to Mariners

  06-08-2020 07:15
  
  Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout, left, and right fielder Jo Adell chase a fly ball from Seattle Mariners’ Austin Nola that fell in for a two-run double during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  Los Angeles Angels right fielder Jo Adell tries to catch a deep fly ball from Seattle Mariners’ Evan White during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Seattle. White was credited with a
  
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