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• Outside Lands launches Inside Lands music festival this month

  13-08-2020 23:39
  
  Are you ready for Inside Lands?
  It’s the new virtual online festival from — you guessed it — the Outside Lands promoters and it will feature “two days of music and never before seen footage to celebrate all things Outside Lands from the past 12 years of the festival’s history,” according to a news release.
  Inside Lands runs Aug. 28-29 and will stream exclusively on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/sfoutsidelands. It’s free to watch and the stream begins at 4 p.m.
  
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• Hurley family announce new wave of business ventures

  13-08-2020 23:38
  
  The Hurley family, well-known in the surf and action-sports apparel world, is starting a new venture after purchasing shoe brand Simple, with plans to bring its apparel expertise to the once-popular shoe company.
  “We literally look to that word and name to inform everything we do,” said Jeff Hurley, CEO of Kandui Holdings, the umbrella company that will eventually oversee a portfolio of brands. “When we are making product, it should be simple. If you’re mak
  
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• Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Friday, Aug. 14

  13-08-2020 23:32
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, August 14 for racing at Del Mar.
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• How USC men’s basketball is proceeding after postponement

  13-08-2020 23:02
  
  Wrapped into the Pac-12’s announcement Tuesday that it was postponing football and all other fall sports to 2021 was the news that the conference also would not allow winter sports, including men’s and women’s basketball, to play until the new year.
  It makes the Pac-12 the only conference to go so far as to postpone the basketball season as well in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The postponement of basketball isn’t necessarily a surprise; all the concerns about fall f
  
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• Statewide eviction ban to end on Sept. 1

  13-08-2020 22:55
  
  The California Judicial Council has voted to end its statewide freeze on court eviction cases early, giving Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers three weeks to come up with their own plan to protect as many as 4 million renters believed to be at risk of losing their homes due to COVID-related job losses.
  The 19-1 vote was announced Thursday, Aug. 13, after the conclusion of two days of email voting.
  As a result, two emergency rules — one freezing court eviction cases, the other freezing c
  
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• Angels’ David Fletcher continues to improve and impress teammates

  13-08-2020 22:49
  
  ANAHEIM >> Just after Joe Maddon memorably uttered the phrase Fletch-stein by way of making the oft-heard comparison between David Fletcher and former Angels shortstop David Eckstein, he then rattled off a few qualifiers.
  “He’s got more pop,” Maddon said of Fletcher.
  “His throwing arm is stronger.”
  “He’s got more positional versatility.”
  Given all that, and in light of Fletcher’s hot offensive start in his third big league season, perha
  
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• California Flex Alert issued for Friday due to heat wave

  13-08-2020 22:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — With oppressive heat in the forecast, a statewide Flex Alert is being issued for Friday calling for residents to turn off their lights and help conserve electricity.
  Power grid operators are predicting increased demand for electricity, according to the California Independent System Operator (ISO), which issued the Flex Alert to call for voluntary electricity conservation. Residents and businesses are being asked to reduce their energy consumption, especially between the hours
  
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• Whicker: COVID-19 forces 44-year-old to go from coach to QB

  13-08-2020 22:29
  
  If your favorite football players are wondering how to handle this pause, refer them to Geoff Buffum.
  For the first time in 14 years, Buffum will be a quarterback Saturday, for the Broncos against the Bears.
  Don’t bother looking for Jim Nantz and Tony Romo. These are the Calanda Broncos, playing the St. Gallen Bears in Chur, Switzerland.
  Buffum is 44. His dad Austin says that’s not so outlandish, since Tom Brady is 43. Sometimes you take up where you left off, like riding a bicycle.
  
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• Israel, United Arab Emirates to establish full diplomatic ties in US-brokered deal

  13-08-2020 22:21
  
  By JOSEF FEDERMAN, MATTHEW LEE and JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press
  JERUSALEM — Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians.
  The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory to President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election and reflected a changing Middle East in which shared concerns about ar
  
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• LeBron James finishes as NBA assists leader as Lakers fall to Kings

  13-08-2020 21:57
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. >> One of the shortest Lakers regular seasons in history — and yet also the longest — finally came to an end.
  It’s been 296 days since a high-profile Lakers-Clippers match-up at Staples Center that kicked off the 2019-2020 in front of a raucous crowd and huge TV ratings. Thursday’s meaningless 136-122 loss to the Sacramento Kings had little of the fanfare, but nonetheless wrapped up 71 games that saw the Lakers finish first overall in the West
  
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• Will home values tank post pandemic? 

  13-08-2020 21:49
  
  Is your home’s value headed down a slippery slope?
  Or, will your home value balloon, making that asset worth more than you could have hoped?
  Or, maybe stay at a standstill?
  I asked experts to weigh in what is to come for housing and mortgages, employment and the overall economy.
  Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics thinks high unemployment will put pressure on home prices later this year, despite help the market is getting from record low mortgage rates, government forbea
  
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• Trump opposes postal money that would help vote-by-mail

  13-08-2020 21:49
  
  By DEB RIECHMANN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Trump also claimed anew — falsely — that Democrats were pushing for universal mail-in voting and predicted without providing evidence
  
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• Lake Forest-based Johnny Rockets being acquired by Fatburger owner

  13-08-2020 21:41
  
  Lake Forest-based Johnny Rockets is being acquired by Fatburger owner Fat Brands for roughly $25 million, according to news reports.
  Fat Brands is buying the 1950s diner-style chain from private equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc., according to Reuters.
  Johnny Rockets debuted in 1986 on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. It gained a following with its vintage, 1950s diner style decor, burgers and ice cream shakes.
  According to Reuters, Fat Brands’ Chief Executive Officer Andy Wiederhorn said
  
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• Fatburger owner is acquiring Johnny Rockets

  13-08-2020 21:41
  
  Lake Forest-based Johnny Rockets is being acquired by Fatburger owner Fat Brands for roughly $25 million, according to news reports.
  Fat Brands is buying the 1950s diner-style chain from private equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc., according to Reuters.
  Johnny Rockets debuted in 1986 on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. It gained a following with its vintage, 1950s diner style decor, burgers and ice cream shakes.
  According to Reuters, Fat Brands’ Chief Executive Officer Andy Wiederhorn said
  
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: Operation School Bell provides students with new clothes, despite coronavirus restrictions

  13-08-2020 20:30
  
  Just like many other nonprofit organizations, members of the Assistance League of Anaheim have had to find alternative ways for participating in service projects as coronavirus restrictions continue.
  So on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., members will host a drive-by version of an Operation School Bell event at Dr. Jonas Salk Elementary School for about 300 students of the Magnolia School District.
  In collaboration with the district and Project Hero, the Assistance League of Anaheim wil
  
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• AMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening

  13-08-2020 20:19
  
  By Jake Coyle |  The Associated Press
  AMC Theatres, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.
  AMC Entertainment, which owns the chain, said Thursday that it expects to open the doors to more than 100 cinemas — or about a sixth of its nationwide locations — on Aug. 20 with throwback pricing for a day.
  AMC theaters have reopened in numerous international countries but have remained shuttered i
  
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• AMC theaters to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening

  13-08-2020 20:19
  
  By Jake Coyle |  The Associated Press
  AMC Theatres, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.
  AMC Entertainment, which owns the chain, said Thursday that it expects to open the doors to more than 100 cinemas — or about a sixth of its nationwide locations — on Aug. 20 with throwback pricing for a day.
  AMC theaters have reopened in numerous international countries but have remained shuttered i
  
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• How California home prices hit record high despite coronavirus

  13-08-2020 20:03
  
  It’s different this time.
  That’s what we’re told about real estate’s noteworthy resilience, which kept housing from falling into the pandemic economic’s quagmire and instead pushed California home prices to a record high in June.
  Yet my trusty spreadsheet, filled with three decades of home price data compiled by the California Association of Realtors, suggests it’s actually more of the same: A continuing upswing in a market filled with ups and downs.
  Two thing
  
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• Review: While a pandemic rages, Lola Gaspar is having its moment

  13-08-2020 20:02
  
  I’ve eaten chicken for dinner far too many nights in a row during this pandemic. Admittedly some of it has been very, very good. But in all these months I don’t think I’ve had a better chicken dinner than the family-style care package I picked up last week from Lola Gaspar. 
  Lola Gaspar is that scrappy, 12-year-old gastrobar in downtown Santa Ana. I wrote briefly last year about the chef’s Mexico City-inspired, stripped-down reboot, which felt like a culinary awakeni
  
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• Coronavirus unemployment: California jobless claims fall for third straight week

  13-08-2020 19:53
  
  Unemployment claims in California fell for the third straight week and declined to their lowest point in months, the government reported Thursday, offering hope that the state’s economy has begun to shed some of the ailments unleashed by coronavirus-linked business shutdowns.
  California workers filed 213,500 first-time claims for unemployment during the week that ended on Aug. 8, which was down about 8,500 from the 222,000 initial claims filed in the week that ended on Aug. 1, the U.S. Lab
  
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• US says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz

  13-08-2020 19:47
  
  By JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., the American military said Thursday.
  The U.S. military’s Central Command published a black-and-white video showing what appeared to be special forces fast-roping down from a helicopter onto the MT Wila, whose last position appeared to be off the eastern coast
  
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• Newport Beach bayfront estate with ties to Fletcher ‘Ted’ Jones Jr. price increases by $2 million

  13-08-2020 19:17
  
  A view of the main house from the courtyard. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Charlie Price)
  The formal dining room. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Charlie Price)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe great room. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Charlie Price)
  The remodeled kitchen. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Charlie Price)
  The billiards room staged as a home office. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Charlie Price)
  The master suite. (Photo by Andrew Bramasco and Charlie Price)
  Master bathroom. (Photo
  
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• Lessons in litter: Two ocean-focused groups hope to connect with students about beach trash

  13-08-2020 19:11
  
  Judging from the amount of trash left behind along the Southern California coast, lessons about litter still need to be taught to beachgoers.
  Two ocean-focused groups, the Shark Lab in Long Beach and the Eco-Warrior Foundation based in Laguna Beach, are hoping to connect with students as they head back to school to highlight the harm caused by pollution reaching the ocean, threatening sea creatures and other wildlife that call the coast home.
  Cal State Long Beach this week released the latest st
  
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• Bubble Dribble: Jared Dudley Q&A on Lakers lives off the court

  13-08-2020 18:49
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Thursday July 30 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon, who is among the few reporters with a credential inside the NBA bubble. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.Of the many things that have changed in 2020, pregame locker room access is a small, small loss. And yet veteran Jared Dudley has lost a stage.
  The 35-year-old San Diego native is the king of these sessions. When Dudley walks into room, a crowd of
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: Why we’re grading restaurants on COVID protocols

  13-08-2020 18:39
  
  The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here. 
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  Dining on the lawn in front of Selanne Steak Tavern in Laguna Beach, where outdoor tables are spaced at least 10 or 12 feet apart, sometimes much more than that. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Last week brought the first glimpse of Brad A. Johnson’s new COVID comfort rating when he reviewed the new Porch & Swing in Irvine.
  This week, Jo
  
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• What to do about naked palm tree roots and the mysterious nightlife of the opossum

  13-08-2020 18:11
  
  Q: I have a palm tree that is planted on a slope. The roots at the base of the tree are exposed and I would like advice on how to keep them covered. The dirt is so shallow that I can’t plant any ground cover there. Should I build a dam out of stones to prevent the erosion?
  A: Palm tree roots are fibrous like grass roots, but they tend to be shallow so they will out-compete anything planted near the base of the tree. It’s common to see root exposure near the base of palm trees due to
  
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• How Fork & Knife in Costa Mesa will help you serve fancy restaurant meals at home

  13-08-2020 18:11
  
  Chef Jonathan Blackford will combine gourmet takeout and high-end retail in a concept that seems perfect for these times in his new Costa Mesa shop Fork & Knife, slated to open Thursday, Oct. 1.
  “It’s kind of blending three different concepts,” he said Blackford, former executive chef at A Restaurant and CdM.
  The first is a fancy foods market with upscale products such as beans from Rancho Gordo and condiments including Truff hot sauce. Candles, kitchenware and other boutiq
  
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• How safe is home shopping? It depends on the seller

  13-08-2020 17:27
  
  How safe is home shopping? It depends on the seller
  Some homeowners take every precaution to keep the coronavirus from spreading. Others are more casual.
  I’ve never skinned a cat, but I’ve heard there are a number of different ways to do it. The same can be said of the sanitizing stations home sellers arrange for home tours.
  Here’s a sample of the different approaches I’ve come across.
  Nurse Nancy’s Place:  This home seller greeted me and my two buyers at
  
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• The creatures seen and unseen in Laguna Woods Village

  13-08-2020 17:22
  
  By Jon Perkins
  Nob Hill is in Laguna Woods Village, a senior community in Southern California, not anywhere near The Pacific Union Club or Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. It’s a nickname for an elevated area in the community of 16,000 older folks.
  The Village is noted for its flora, not its fauna. It is a recognized arboretum that draws botanists (dendrologists, to be picky) from universities to study the extensive diversity of its towering trees. I guess that where there’s flora,
  
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• These 3 colorful groundcovers will brighten your garden even in areas of punishing sun

  13-08-2020 17:20
  
  There is a trio of kaleidoscopic groundcovers that are happy when planted in the summer, will persist through the fall, and may even be around for the beginning of winter.
  The first of these is Portulaca grandiflora or moss rose. Portulaca means “little door” and refers to the lid that opens the plant’s seed capsules. Moss rose is a name that accentuates the moss-like carpet of its foliage and its rose-resembling flowers, albeit on a miniature scale. Just like with common garde
  
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• Tech trivia: Zoom a result of founder’s distaste for Monday morning commutes

  13-08-2020 16:58
  
  Today’s column calls for a little bit of this, that, and the other thing. Typically, some people cook with a little of this and a dash of that or garden with the same kind of flair. Me? I like to write about a some of this or a few tidbits about that for the reader to tuck away for future reference or to simply enjoy in the moment. So, today’s this and that is technology trivia.
  First up are fun facts about one of the biggest 2020 blockbusters—Zoom, the  digital meeting pl
  
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• ‘Hidden Huntington Beach’ TV show explores Surf City’s eccentric history

  13-08-2020 16:50
  
  Chris Epting pedals his bike right by the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center almost every morning. Yet until last week, he had never noticed the four pelican sculptures perched atop poles in the parking lot off Pacific Coast Highway.
  “They were hiding in plain view,” Epting said. “Now that my radar is more tuned in, I’m seeing things I’ve never seen before. Once you start exploring the history of your community, the way you look at it is forever altered.&rdquo
  
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• John Wayne Airport tries to lure travelers as passenger count makes slow rebound

  13-08-2020 16:18
  
  John Wayne Airport officials have put in place new public health measures and conveniences they hope will make people more comfortable visiting the airport during the coronavirus pandemic, but project passenger traffic this year could still be around half what it was in 2019.
  The abrupt dropoff in travelers that began in March as the coronavirus gained a foothold in the U.S. led airport officials to close off two of John Wayne’s three terminals, and they remain closed, although airport spo
  
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• What is deep cleaning and how restaurants are doing it during the coronavirus pandemic

  13-08-2020 16:14
  
  These days, Wilson Creek Winery is going through disinfectant in 65-gallon containers.
  The Temecula Valley winery is getting weekly disinfectant sprays by workers wearing uniforms with “Ghostbuster”-like backpacks, according to Bill Wilson, chief executive officer.
  “They go in just like you see on TV. A guy with a respirator and goggles fogging all the places. We do that first thing Monday morning,” he said in a phone interview.
  Since the arrival of the novel coronavirus
  
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• Election outreach in SoCal shows it’s tough to boost voting in a pandemic

  13-08-2020 16:00
  
  “Is there an option to vote online just like the Census 2020?”
  “How am I supposed to pick a candidate?”
  These are some of the questions voters asked during a series of focus groups recently organized by researchers from UC Riverside and the government watchdog group Common Cause aimed at learning why young and racially diverse Californians aren’t as likely to vote as older white people.
  “There’s a real hunger for more information, simply conveyed, and co
  
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• Election outreach in So Cal shows it’s tough to boost voting in a pandemic

  13-08-2020 16:00
  
  “Is there an option to vote online just like the Census 2020?”
  “How am I supposed to pick a candidate?”
  These are some of the questions voters asked during a series of focus groups recently organized by researchers from UC Riverside and the government watchdog group Common Cause aimed at learning why young and racially diverse Californians aren’t as likely to vote as older white people.
  “There’s a real hunger for more information, simply conveyed, and co
  
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• MORNING WRAP: What does USC and UCLA Football do next? Clippers clinch No. 2 seed

  13-08-2020 15:50
  
  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: The Morning after the Pac-12 canceled the fall football season, USC and UCLA wondered where it goes from here. Will there be a season in January? Will more conferences join them? Reporter Adam Grosbard took at look at USC and Fred Robledo followed up with Chip Kelly and UCLA..And if sports ever do comeba
  
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• MORNING WRAP: What do USC and UCLA football do next? Clippers clinch No. 2 seed

  13-08-2020 15:50
  
  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: The Morning after the Pac-12 canceled the fall football season, USC and UCLA wondered where it goes from here. Will there be a season in January? Will more conferences join them? Reporter Adam Grosbard took at look at USC and Fred Robledo followed up with Chip Kelly and UCLA..And if sports ever do comeba
  
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• Public health leaders in California, nationwide leaving jobs amid pandemic pressures

  13-08-2020 15:15
  
  Nearly a dozen state and local health leaders, including a pair in Orange and San Bernardino counties, have retired or resigned since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic under the crushing responsibility of serving as the often vilified public face in the fight against the virus.
  The departures in California mirror a nationwide trend in which dozens of top health officers have left formerly low-key positions after they were thrust into the white-hot, polarizing spotlight of the coronavirus pandem
  
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• US jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high

  13-08-2020 15:03
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the pandemic intensified five months ago yet still remains at a high level. The viral pandemic keeps forcing layoffs just as the expiration of a $600-a-week federal jobless benefit has deepened the hardships for many.
  The Labor Department said applications fell to 963,000, the second straight drop, from 1.2 million th
  
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• Abandoned by state after explosion, Lebanese help each other

  13-08-2020 14:43
  
  By HEND KORTAM | Associated Press
  BEIRUT — In the southern Lebanese town of Haris, a newlywed couple is living in one of Safy Faqeeh’s apartments for free. He’s never met them before, and they aren’t on a honeymoon. Their apartment in Beirut was wrecked when last week’s massive explosion wreaked destruction across the capital.
  Faqeeh is one of hundreds of Lebanese who have opened their homes to survivors of the Aug. 4 blast.
  University students who volunteered to he
  
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• Crash closes southbound 710 in Long Beach

  13-08-2020 14:29
  
  All southbound lanes of the 710 Freeway just south of the 405 Freeway in Long Beach were closed until further notice Thursday morning due to a crash, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  Southbound 710 Freeway traffic was being diverted to the 405 Freeway, the CHP said.
  Details of the crash were not immediately available.
  
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• 1 killed in 710 Freeway crash in Long Beach

  13-08-2020 14:29
  
  LONG BEACH — One person was killed in a crash early Thursday morning on the southbound 710 Freeway in Long Beach, and a stretch of the freeway is closed until further notice.
  The crash occurred about 3:45 a.m. just south of the 405 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  The accident prompted the closure of the southbound lanes of the 710 Freeway, south of the 405, as well as the southbound 405 transition to the southbound 710, the CHP said.
  Southbound 710 Freeway traffic is b
  
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• California’s crusade against the gig economy and Prop. 22

  13-08-2020 10:22
  
  Reasonable people can disagree whether the business model of Uber, Lyft and other transportation services is a model of flexible part-time work or cruelly exploits non-employee workers.
  Their drivers, often using their own vehicles, are paid by the ride, giving rise to the term “gig economy.”
  Uber, et al, contend that they give drivers opportunities to voluntarily supplement their incomes by working whenever it suits them. It’s not uncommon for someone to simultaneously drive f
  
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• Small ball then long ball lift Dodgers to win over Padres

  13-08-2020 06:45
  
  The Dodgers’ Chris Taylor #3 bunts during their game against the padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Wednesday, August 12, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  The Dodgers’ Justin Turner #10 is congratulated by Mookie Betts #50 and Cody Bellinger #35 after Turner hita three run homer in the bottom of the eight inning during their game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Wednesday, August 12, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily
  
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• Clippers secure No. 2 seed with victory over Denver Nuggets

  13-08-2020 05:46
  
  Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers drives to the basket against Torrey Craig #3 of the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 12, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.(Photo by Kim Klement-Pool/Getty Images)
  Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac (40) shoots while defended by Denver Nuggets players Nikola Jokic (15), Torrey Craig (3) and Michael Porter Jr. (1) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in
  
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• Clippers rookie Terance Mann takes confidence cues from veterans

  13-08-2020 04:27
  
  No amount of sage advice could’ve prepared Terance Mann for his rookie season in the NBA; there simply wasn’t a blueprint for a season interrupted for four-plus months by a pandemic before being reset in a sealed-off Florida bubble.
  But though everyone involved is a rookie in regard to the situation and surroundings at Walt Disney World Resort, the game is the game, and the Clippers’ institutional wisdom for what works when you’re coming off the bench stands.
  “We fo
  
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• With honor ceremony, 7 Marines and a sailor who died in ocean training exercise are flown to Dover Air Force Base

  13-08-2020 04:17
  
  The flag-draped caskets of seven Marines and a sailor who died when their seafaring vehicle sank off San Clemente Island headed to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
  In a final “honorable carry,” each casket was moved by a Marine or Navy pallbearer from a hearse to the awaiting plane during a private gathering at Marine Corps Air Station Mirimar. The vehicles arrived at the flight line one by one.
  Once all the caskets were aboard the C-17, a Navy chaplain aboard the plane sa
  
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• Dave Roberts on Dodgers’ offensive woes: ‘It happens every year’

  13-08-2020 04:12
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts got defensive Wednesday when asked about the offensive potholes in his lineup.
  Four of the starting nine went into Wednesday’s game with batting averages below .200. Only two (Mookie Betts at .281 and A.J. Pollock at .280) were over .250 and the team had batted a collective .199 in the previous eight games (four wins and four losses).
  “It happens every year that a group of guys aren’t swinging the bat well,” Roberts said. &
  
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• Coronavirus tracker: California’s hospitalizations lowest in six weeks, 8,522 new cases and 187 new deaths reported as of Aug. 12

  13-08-2020 04:03
  
  Coronavirus-related hospitalizations appeared to hit their lowest point across California in nearly six weeks on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
  State health officials reported 112 fewer COVID-related hospitalizations on Wednesday, marking the eighth day straight that hospitalizations had declined.
  As of Wednesday, 6,647 people were in hospitals. According to state data reported by the daily tracker, hospitalizations were at 6,812 on July 1.
  The state had 8,522 new cases and 187 new deaths, reported as of W
  
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