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• Coronavirus: California eviction protections could end Sept. 1

  12-08-2020 23:28
  
  The Judicial Council of California on Tuesday announced it likely will end a statewide eviction moratorium on Sept. 1, aiding landlords seeking back rent but drawing dire warnings from community advocates about widespread evictions and homelessness.
  Housing experts are warning that millions of California tenants could lose their homes unless Gov. Gavin Newsom issues an executive order delaying evictions and state lawmakers quickly enact more protections for renters financially struggling through
  
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• Alexander: How will spectator sports look after COVID-19?

  12-08-2020 23:22
  
  While watching NBA games in Disney’s Orlando bubble over the next few weeks, pay attention to the video boards behind the benches. You may be looking at part of the future of spectator sports in North America.
  The novel coronavirus pandemic has created experiences of which we never would have dreamed: Games played in empty stadiums and arenas, with artificial crowd noise over the loudspeakers and cardboard cutouts representing “fans,” in what are unapologetically billed as made
  
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• Could Laguna’s historic South Coast Cinemas become a place to showcase electric cars?

  12-08-2020 23:20
  
  Electric cars. A coffee shop. A community gathering spot.
  A renovation of Laguna Beach’s shuttered South Coast Cinemas, a Vaudeville-era theater right across from Main Beach, is proposed to include all three.
  The concept from Irvine-based Rivian, which manufactures the electric cars, debuted recently with the city’s Planning Commission, drawing praise from most of its members as a creative and innovative use for the theater first opened in 1934 as the New Lynn Theatre.
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• Home sales up in only 2 Orange County ZIPs in record-slow spring

  12-08-2020 23:05
  
  How crushing was coronavirus on Orange County’s springtime homebuying?
  “Stay at home” business limitations, which made homeselling harder, cut Orange County total home sales by 36% in a year to 6,067 in the second quarter. It was the slowest spring for closed sales in DQ News’ database that dates to 1988.
  My trusty spreadsheet tells me that just two of 83 Orange County’s ZIP codes tracked had more closed sales in the April-to-June period vs. the same time in 2019: S
  
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• Home sales drop in all but 2 Orange County ZIPs in record-slow spring

  12-08-2020 23:05
  
  How crushing was coronavirus on Orange County’s springtime homebuying?
  “Stay at home” business limitations, which made homeselling harder, cut Orange County total home sales by 36% in a year to 6,067 in the second quarter. It was the slowest spring for closed sales in DQ News’ database that dates to 1988.
  My trusty spreadsheet tells me that just two of 83 Orange County’s ZIP codes tracked had more closed sales in the April-to-June period vs. the same time in 2019: S
  
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• Angels to face lineup questions when Andrelton Simmons returns

  12-08-2020 22:49
  
  ANAHEIM >> Interesting decisions are looming for the Angels.
  Andrelton Simmons, who is out with a sprained ankle, has been getting some live at-bats with the Angels’ squad in Long Beach. Manager Joe Maddon said Simmons “is a lot closer,” and he “wouldn’t rule it out,” that Simmons could be activated sometime during this weekend’s series against the Dodgers.
  Then what?
  David Fletcher, who has been playing shortstop in Simmons’ absence, is not
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm plans to reward season passholders with loyalty program perks

  12-08-2020 22:45
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm plans to unveil a new loyalty rewards program in 2021 with surprise prizes, free drawings and monthly incentives for its most loyal customers: Season passholders.
  Knott’s parent company Cedar Fair plans a systemwide rollout in 2021 of the new Pass Perks loyalty program for season passholders, according to an August 2020 investor presentation by the company.
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• Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp try to catch the great Rams receiver duos

  12-08-2020 22:42
  
  Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories looking at the upcoming Rams season in the context of the team’s rich history as the franchise starts a new era with the move to SoFi Stadium.
  Rams wide receivers Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp see themselves as a team within the team, working together to be one of the NFL’s premier pass-catching pairs.
  “I think we’re not like the flashiest group of receivers, but we’re just up there with production, up there wit
  
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• Pumpkin spice lattes: Dunkin’ Donuts beats Starbucks again, declares early start of the season

  12-08-2020 22:39
  
  College football has been canceled. But another fall classic is returning — earlier than ever.
  Because yes, if there ever was a year when we needed a soothing pumpkin-spiced latte, 2020 is it.
  Dunkin’ Donuts announced Wednesday that its pumpkin menu of drinks and bakery items will return next Wednesday, Aug. 19. Making their debut will be a new Signature Pumpkin Spice Latte — the base is now pumpkin-vanilla instead of pumpkin-cinnamon — and a new spicy but non-pumpkiny Ch
  
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• Park Life: State reviewing how and when to reopen Disneyland and first California theme park cancels season

  12-08-2020 22:37
  
  When will the state allow California theme parks to reopen? How long before Americans are ready to return to theme parks? When will parents feel safe taking their kids to Disneyland? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
  Under Review
  California state officials are reviewing how and when to reopen Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and other theme parks based on COVID-19 health data.
  The month-long Winterfest at California’s Great America culminates in a New
  
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• 55 Freeway connection to south 405 to close for next three weekends

  12-08-2020 22:36
  
  For the next three weekends, drivers will need to find an alternate route to go from the 55 Freeway to the southbound 405.
  The closure, which is for construction work to reinforce the pavement, will also significantly delay traffic in and out of John Wayne Airport, Caltrans officials said in an announcement.
  Caltrans is closing the 55 Freeway connectors to the southbound 405 from 10 p.m. on Fridays to 5 a.m. on Mondays for the next three weekends until Aug. 31. The connectors were already closed
  
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• What’s next? UCLA football looks beyond postponed fall season

  12-08-2020 21:49
  
  Well before the Pac-12 joined the Big Ten on Tuesday in announcing it was canceling the 2020 fall football season and all of its fall sports in hopes of beginning in January and playing through the spring, UCLA had been taking a cautious approach.
  The Bruins had returned to light workouts in July, with a feeling all along that a postponement or cancellation was inevitable.
  So, you can forget about the possibility of UCLA opening the season Sept. 26 against rival USC or a 10-game conference sched
  
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• Brittney Sykes, Sydney Wiese spicing up Sparks’ attack

  12-08-2020 21:17
  
  In Tuesday’s runaway victory over the New York Liberty, the Sparks’ stars accounted for 32 points on 12-of-19 shooting.
  Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray and Nneka Ogwumike, the team’s perennial All-Stars? Sure, they put up 34 points in the type of not-so-taxing outing that will benefit the Sparks down the stretch of a condensed schedule that has L.A. (5-3) playing its fifth game in nine days Thursday against the Washington Mystics (3-5).
  But against New York, it was a pair of fourt
  
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• Best thing I ate: Is this North OC’s best pho?

  12-08-2020 20:02
  
  On a long, hot summer day the last thing on my mind is a large, steamy bowl of soup. But I’m sitting outside for dinner these days, and when the sun goes down and that chill suddenly sweeps in, a bowl of soup starts sounding a like a great idea. 
  Alexa Roemer, 10, who performs a repertoire of songs about dogs along with her sister, Avery, sings at the annual Woofstock in San Clemente on Sunday afternoon. SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expand
  A new Vietnamese noo
  
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• Bubble Watch: Southern California mortgages 60 days late hit record high

  12-08-2020 19:57
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz:Coronavirus forced a record number of Southern Californians to fall two months behind on their home loans in May.
  Source: CoreLogic
  The Trend
  The data cruncher found 3.43% of the first mortgages it tracks in Los Angeles and Orange Counties were 60 days delinquent and 3.59% in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. A year ago, the two markets respectively had 0.55% and 0.83% of loans
  
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• The Masters to be played without fans at Augusta

  12-08-2020 19:07
  
  The Masters, known as much for the roars as the raw beauty of Augusta National, will be on mute this year. The club decided Wednesday there will be no spectators.
  That means all three majors in this year of COVID-19 will not have fans, and the silence figures to be most deafening at Augusta National when the Masters is played Nov. 12-15.
  From the opening holes down to Amen Corner all the way through the back nine, players can often figure out what’s happening with others just by listening.
  
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• Fearmongering isn’t the basis of sound policy

  12-08-2020 18:31
  
  The union that represents LAPD officers informed Mayor Eric Garcetti that the police will not help him enforce his orders to shut off the water and power to houses where parties are held.
  Garcetti said last week he is cracking down on people who have these prohibited gatherings. Of course, the mayor is one person. His ability to enforce anything depends on his ability to order someone to enforce it.
  He can order the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to turn off the utilities, because the
  
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• Drive-in comedy shows are pulling into Irvine Improv, with other Southern California venues a possibility

  12-08-2020 18:16
  
  Though many comedy clubs across the country have resumed live stand-up with social distancing restrictions in place, the Improv comedy clubs in Southern California have remained closed due to the coronavirus pandemic since mid-March.
  “Comedy without a crowd is very, very sad and the comedians need that audience because they feed off of their energy, so streaming wasn’t really a solution for us,” Erin von Schonfeldt, executive vice president of talent booking and programming at
  
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• Newsom sticks to his guns despite nascent recall effort

  12-08-2020 18:03
  
  Give Gov. Gavin Newsom credit for being gutsy about trying to shepherd almost 40 million Californians through the coronavirus crisis of disease and economic disaster.
  He knows there’s an active drive to recall him; he sees rallies resisting his orders; he’s seen demonstrators chain themselves to his fence, and he knows that out of so many Californians, at least one-eighth, or 5 million, are likely infuriated with his beach closings, school closures and other attempts to spur behavior
  
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• Woman arrested for DUI after fatally hitting pedestrian in Huntington Beach

  12-08-2020 17:07
  
  A woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after fatally hitting a man crossing the street early Wednesday in Huntington Beach, police said.
  Officers found the 26-year-old man in the road on Springdale Street near Croupier Drive shortly after the 12:20 a.m. crash, Huntington Beach Sgt. Joshua Page said. He died at the scene.
   
  The driver, a 22-year-old woman, was nearby with her car. Police say she was traveling north on Springdale when she hit the man. She cooperated
  
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• Sparks to join roundtable on public health on Monday

  12-08-2020 17:00
  
  L.A. Sparks stars Candace Parker and Nneka Ogwumike will join Coach Derek Fisher in a roundtable discussion with L.A. County Director of Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17.
  The conversation — which will be streamed live on the WNBA team’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn accounts — will focus on overcoming the challenges related to the coronavirus, social justice initiatives, and anti-vaping and anti-smoking campaigns.
  “The Sparks are espec
  
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• A home office is this year’s hottest housing feature

  12-08-2020 16:59
  
  Forget about those media rooms, wine cellars and home spas. The hottest item for buyers in a COVID-19 world is a home office.
  With millions of Americans now working at home, house hunters are looking for more room to hang their work hats.
  Almost half of home shoppers nationwide say they have converted a space at home into a remote office, according to a new study by Realtor.com.
  And more than 60% of potential homebuyers say that working at home is influencing the kind of house they want and the
  
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• MORNING WRAP: Debut of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” reveals who tested positive for coronavirus

  12-08-2020 16:57
  
  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
  ONE: HBO’s much anticipated debut of “Hard Knocks” which follows the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers through training camp, had a shocking opening scene when Chargers coach Anthony Lynn revealed to his players that he had tested positive for coronavirus during the offseason, reporter Gilbert M
  
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• Senator: Let’s stop another Wall Street takeover of California homes

  12-08-2020 16:52
  
  By Nancy Skinner, Special to CalMatters
  The Great Recession sparked a massive transfer of wealth in California and the rest of the nation. It happened on courthouse steps around the country when an estimated 5 million U.S. families lost their homes due to foreclosure. Many of those foreclosed homes were sold in bulk at auctions, and for the first time, large numbers of single-family homes were snatched up by Wall Street firms.
  This corporate scheme led to Wall Street establishing a new and wildl
  
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• Media mogul Sumner Redstone dies at 97

  12-08-2020 16:49
  
  Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family’s drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97.
  ViacomCBS Inc., which he lead for decades, remembered Redstone for his “unparalleled passion to win, his endless intellectual curiosity, and his complete dedication to the company.”
  Redstone built the company through aggressive acquisitions, but many headlines with his name focused on severed ties with wives, actors and executives. In multiple interviews, he said he’d ne
  
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• ‘Hard Knocks’ episode 1 recap: grillmaster Anthony Lynn steals the show

  12-08-2020 16:25
  
  Chargers coach Anthony Lynn opened the latest season of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” the same way most people have started their days in 2020 – by getting in front of a computer and joining a video conference on Zoom.
  Instead of being virtually greeted by classmates or coworkers, Lynn said hello to NFL players. Most were laughing from the comfort of their own homes and likely not wearing jeans.
  Cornerback Casey Hayward was on a massage table, defensive end Joey Bosa was called &ld
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Strange but true: We had no Wi-Fi and no one cared

  12-08-2020 16:02
  
  You’re not going to believe what I’m about to tell you, but I swear it’s true: I took a crowd of young 20-somethings away for five days to a place where there was no internet. That’s right. They had no Wi-Fi to watch stupid cat videos, learn who cheated on whom or peruse their friends’ deep thoughts on Instagram.
  And not only did they allow me to take them to this place, but they didn’t demand to leave when we got there. Nor did they go upstairs to the cafe, w
  
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• Will Disneyland block out annual passholders for weeks at a time?

  12-08-2020 15:34
  
  A Disneyland reservation system modeled after the one rolled at Walt Disney World could leave annual passholders blocked out of the Anaheim theme parks for days and weeks after the extended coronavirus closures eventually come to an end.
  Disneyland has been closely watching and learning from the phased reopening of Walt Disney World although the California park has not yet released details about its planned advance reservation system.
  “Our Annual Passholders are some of our most loyal and
  
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• Reject Proposition 19, a cynical special interest money grab

  12-08-2020 09:18
  
  California counties should implement the good part of Proposition 19; the voters should handle the bad part by turning down the ballot measure this November.
  Portability — taking your property tax bill with you when you move from one California county to another — rightly protects people from enormous spikes in taxes. Property owners are protected from dramatic tax increases by Proposition 13, passed in 1978, limiting increases to 2 percent a year. Portability would apply that limit
  
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• The myopia of the Black Lives Matter movement: John Stossel

  12-08-2020 09:14
  
  Black Lives Matter protests led many people to want to do something useful to reduce racial injustice. Racial justice groups are being flooded with money.
  Big companies made multimillion-dollar donations.
  “Bad idea,” says Black radio host Larry Elder.
  “It is condescending… and not helpful. I urge white people to chill. Stop helping us, because you’re making things worse!”
  Making things worse, he says, because it supports the activists’ claim that &ldquo
  
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• California’s tech failures strike again

  12-08-2020 09:08
  
  While marking time as lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom wrote a book about how technology could transform government.
  “I want to make government as smart as Google,” Newsom told an interviewer after the book, “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square and Reinvent Government,” was published in 2013.
  While technology “is flattening major institutions” and transforming how Americans shop, communicate, research and keep abreast of current events, Newsom said &ldq
  
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• Woman 8 months pregnant dies in Anaheim crash; baby survives

  12-08-2020 08:24
  
  A pedestrian who was more than eight months pregnant was killed in a crash in Anaheim on Tuesday night, Aug. 11 and another woman was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
  The victim was walking on the sidewalk with her husband at about 7:36 p.m. when a Jeep jumped the curb on Katella Avenue, drove along the sidewalk for about 300 feet and struck her, police said. The jeep then crossed Bayless Street and crashed in front of a car wash.
  A man in distress kneels and is consoled by by
  
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• Dodgers’ bunt blunders set up Manny Machado blast and another loss to Padres

  12-08-2020 06:56
  
  Austin Hedges #18 of the San Diego Padres tags out Chris Taylor #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers at home plate in the second inning of a MLB baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Austin Hedges #18 of the San Diego Padres tags out Chris Taylor #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers at home plate in the second inning of a MLB baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. (Photo by Keith Bir
  
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• Dylan Bundy continues dominant start and Angels blast four homers against A’s

  12-08-2020 06:42
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Jason Castro, right, celebrates with Albert Pujols, left, after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game as Oakland Athletics catcher Austin Allen looks on in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)
  Austin Allen #30 of the Oakland Athletics looks on as Jason Castro #16 is congratulated by Shohei Ohtani #17 and Albert Pujols #5 of the Los Angeles Angels after hitting a three-run home run the fourth inning of the game
  
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• Sparks run away from Liberty

  12-08-2020 06:22
  
  Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker (3) drives to the basket past New York Liberty center Amanda Zahui B. (17) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
  Los Angeles Sparks guard Chelsea Gray (12) shoots over New York Liberty guard Jazmine Jones (4) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNew Yo
  
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• Chargers coach Anthony Lynn reveals in ‘Hard Knocks’ episode he had coronavirus

  12-08-2020 05:51
  
  The opening scene of “Hard Knocks: Los Angeles” had a shocking announcement made by Chargers coach Anthony Lynn.
  Lynn revealed to his players that he had tested positive for coronavirus earlier in the offseason.
  “I can’t promise you you’re not going to get infected until I got infected,” Lynn was heard telling his players in Tuesday’s season-debut episode on HBO.
  The Chargers’ players immediately went from laughter to stunned after Lynn revealed th
  
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• Rams linebacker Terrell Lewis tested positive for coronavirus

  12-08-2020 05:43
  
  Rams linebacker Terrell Lewis tested positive for the coronavirus at the start of training camp, HBO’s “Hard Knocks” confirmed Tuesday night.
  The 2020 premiere of the series that goes behind the scenes at NFL training camps said Lewis, a rookie from Alabama, tested positive and showed him telling linebacker Samson Ebukam that he would miss practice for at least 10 days.
  Lewis, drafted in the third round, has been expected to compete for a starting role at outside linebacker.
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• Jubilation, anguish as race for NBA’s Western 8th seed gets as close as ever

  12-08-2020 05:05
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — He had just finished scoring 61 points in a needed win for his Trail Blazers. But Damian Lillard wasn’t done.
  He puffed out his chest and shouted toward press row, “Put some (expletive) respect on my name!” Of course, the people actually present for Lillard’s performance probably didn’t need any more telling.
  The NBA restart has been as colorful and compelling as could have been imagined, and that’s thanks much in part to a rivet
  
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• Dodgers’ offensive problems don’t start at the top, Dave Roberts says

  12-08-2020 04:17
  
  LOS ANGELES — When the Dodgers traded for Mookie Betts, they acquired one of the best leadoff hitters in baseball.
  But they haven’t used him that way.
  In spring training, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he would — “That’s where he feels comfortable and that’s where we’re at right now,” he said in February.
  Betts himself made it clear that was his preference.
  “That’s kind of been my whole career,” he said accurately — 567 o
  
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• Orange County declares Aug. 24 ‘Kobe Bryant Day’ to honor late athlete

  12-08-2020 04:16
  
  The day after the legendary basketball star would have turned 42, Orange County will observe “Kobe Bryant Day.”
  Bryant, a Los Angeles Lakers player and Orange County resident who died in a helicopter crash in January along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others, will be commemorated on Aug. 24 – a date that evokes his former jersey numbers, 8 and 24.
  Orange County supervisors voted Tuesday, Aug. 11, to designate Kobe Bryant Day at the request of board Chairwoman Michelle S
  
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• If Harris heads to DC, Southern California could loom large in the scramble to fill her seat

  12-08-2020 03:56
  
  Now that Democrat Joe Biden has chosen Rep. Kamala Harris as his running mate, it hasn’t dampened the political stakes in Southern California.
  Far from it.
  The political drama will likely be profound, especially if the ticket ultimately snags the White House. That would mean a U.S. senator would need replacing — with a poignant tumbling of political dominoes to follow.
  Perhaps the most Google’d question in the state on Tuesday — how would the U.S. Senate seat get filled?
  
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• QB Peter Costelli changes plans, will play for Mission Viejo this season

  12-08-2020 03:55
  
  Mission Viejo senior quarterback Peter Costelli changed his mind Tuesday.
  Or, rather, it was changed for him.
  Costelli planned to graduate early from Mission Viejo so he could enroll at the University of Utah and participate in the school’s spring football program.
  The Pac-12 Conference, which Utah is part of, announced Tuesday that it is postponing the football season to spring, which means there won’t be the usual spring football workouts for players like Costelli to take part in.
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: California has another 144 deaths reported as of Aug. 11

  12-08-2020 03:39
  
  Los Angeles County reported 63 new deaths on Tuesday, Aug. 11, pushing its total number of people who have died from the coronavirus to 5,057 and adding to the estimated statewide total, which is now 10,598.
  Riverside County has the second-largest number of deaths reported, 824, and Orange County follows with 734 people.
  Hospitalizations across the state were down 18.7% in the last 14 days, with 6,759 patients. Patients in ICUs have decreased 14.2% in the last 14 days with a total of 1,885.
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• Orange County opens COVID-19 test site to elementary schools hoping for in-person classes

  12-08-2020 03:20
  
  Orange County elementary schools seeking waivers to hold in-person classes will be able to send students or staffers who need a coronavirus test to county-run test sites.
  The state is requiring counties on its COVID-19 monitoring list (including Orange County) to start the school year online for upper grades, but at the elementary level (from transitional kindergarten to sixth grade) schools may apply for a waiver to reopen campuses.
  To help schools with their waiver applications, Orange County
  
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• Orange County schools back for a year like no other

  12-08-2020 03:05
  
  First-grader Anthony White, 7, notched a bonus Tuesday morning, Aug. 11, as he picked up his computer tablet at Charles G. Emery Elementary School in Buena Park. The iPad he’ll be learning on came with a cover in one of his favorite colors.
  “Red!”
  Third-grader Noah Herrera, 8, was issued his iPad by the Buena Park School District at nearby James A. Whitaker Elementary School before meeting his teacher, Mrs. Robson.
  “She’s fun,” he said excitedly about his clas
  
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• Whicker: Spring football is the right move for Pac-12, maybe for good

  12-08-2020 03:00
  
  No law consigns college football to autumn, especially in a place where autumn doesn’t exist.
  The fallen leaves do not crackle as you walk toward the Coliseum or the Rose Bowl or Sun Devil Stadium. Octobers in L.A. do not bring sweater weather. Pac-12 football will not be played this fall, and, sure, that will leave a void. It will be no more painful than losing your 10 o’clock worship or your monthly hair appointment and not nearly as dislocating as losing your job.
  As the 40,000 or
  
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• Surf’s up, but so are dangers of rip currents, strong waves

  12-08-2020 02:36
  
  The ocean in recent weeks has been more like a lake with small surf and balmy, warm water beckoning beachgoers who want to take a mellow dip into the saltwater.
  But conditions changed on Tuesday, Aug. 11, as a new swell brought strong surf to some areas of Southern California, with select spots showing waves in the 4-foot to 6-foot range, with the added danger of rip currents prompting lifeguards along the coast to keep a watchful eye on the water.
  An uptick in swell brings waves, rip currents a
  
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• Bidders chosen for new small plane facilities at John Wayne Airport

  12-08-2020 02:29
  
  Orange County supervisors selected three companies to overhaul John Wayne Airport’s small plane facilities on Tuesday, Aug. 11, wrapping up a lengthy process that included concerns from pilots and community groups that the changes could pave the way for more corporate jets.
  ACI Jet, which already operates at JWA, and newcomer Clay Lacy Aviation will receive 35-year leases to upgrade and reconfigure full-service facilities for general aviation (hobby planes, business jets and other non
  
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• Kamala Harris’ soft-on-police past haunts her as she is named vice presidential nominee

  12-08-2020 02:07
  
  Joe Biden’s choice of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate sent a shiver Tuesday through some police reformers in Orange County and throughout the Golden State.
  During her tenure as California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney, Harris turned a blind eye to potentially dirty Orange County cops and refused to order DNA testing that might exonerate a condemned man. In a scandal that rocked the foundation of justice in Orange County, Harris slow-walked an invest
  
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• Joe Maddon in favor of MLB playoffs in a bubble – with good weather

  12-08-2020 02:05
  
  ANAHEIM — The Major League Baseball postseason might be headed to Southern California, regardless of what the Angels and Dodgers do, and Joe Maddon is all for it.
  MLB is considering bubble scenarios for the postseason, similar to what the NBA and NHL have done, in order to help protect the sport from the coronavirus.
  Areas with multiple MLB facilities, including Southern California, are reportedly possibilities to host the postseason.
  To Maddon, it’s a great idea not just because of
  
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