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• Coronavirus: 216 new cases, no new deaths reported in Orange County on Aug. 17

  17-08-2020 23:55
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 216 new cases of the coronavirus as of Monday, Aug. 17, bringing the cumulative total of positive tests  to 43,925 cases.
  An estimated 14,914 cases have been reported in the last 30 days.
  There were no new deaths reported in Orange County on Monday, keeping the death toll to 810 people.
  The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigation and can take weeks to process, official
  
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• Vote No on Proposition 15’s destructive property tax hikes

  17-08-2020 23:53
  
  Proposition 15, which would raise property taxes on commercial and industrial buildings by as much as $12.5 billion annually, is the most significant tax measure to reach the California ballot in decades. Based on the “mom and apple pie” ballot title drafted by the attorney general, it’s easy for voters to overlook the true nature of the measure.
  Simply put, Proposition 15 would begin to dismantle Proposition 13 — the historic ballot measure that limited taxes to 1 percen
  
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• Utah kicks off 2020 high school football season

  17-08-2020 23:38
  
  Utah this past week was the first state to have high school football games.
  Only one Utah game was canceled because of COVID-19: Weber of Pleasant View vs. Bingham of South Jordan was called off because three Bingham players tested positive for the coronavirus.
  Bingham has a strong football program. The Miners won a Utah football state championship in 2017. Bingham’s baseball program has won 21 state titles and has been in Orange County to play in the National Classic tournament that is ho
  
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• High schools in Utah kicked off the 2020 football season last week

  17-08-2020 23:38
  
  Utah this past week was the first state to allow high school football games during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Only one Utah game was canceled because of the coronavirus: Weber of Pleasant View vs. Bingham of South Jordan was called off because three Bingham players tested positive for the coronavirus.
  Bingham has a strong football program. The Miners won a Utah football state championship in 2017. Bingham’s baseball program has won 21 state titles and has been in Orange County to play in the N
  
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• California locks in emissions deals with automakers

  17-08-2020 23:30
  
  The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and major automakers on Monday confirmed they had finalized binding agreements to cut vehicle emissions in the state, defying the Trump administration’s push for weaker curbs on tailpipe pollution.
  The agreements with carmakers including Ford Motor Co, Volkswagen AG, Honda Motor Co and BMW AG , were first announced in July 2019 as voluntary measures prompting anger from U.S. President Donald Trump.
  A month later, the Justice Department opened an an
  
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• Six Flags brings back Fright Fest with outdoor haunts and scare zones

  17-08-2020 23:23
  
  Six Flags won’t let the coronavirus pandemic scare off its annual Fright Fest as its reopened amusement parks across the country will roll out a socially distanced event with face masked monsters and outdoor haunts for the upcoming Halloween season.
  Six Flags vows that the COVID-19 version of Fright Fest dubbed Hallowfest will still be scary while adhering to new health and safety protocols mandated by the pandemic.
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• Three families welcomed home in Fullerton by Habitat for Humanity

  17-08-2020 23:16
  
  Car parades have become the way to celebrate during the coronavirus pandemic and on Saturday, Aug. 15, three families watched a parade cruise past their new homes marking the completion of more Habitat for Humanity of Orange County projects in Fullerton.
  After the new homeowners were presented their keys in a ceremony, everyone walked down to the sidewalk to waive at the passing cars decorated with signs, such as “Home Sweet Home,” and balloons.
  The Ramos family receives the keys to
  
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• Virus pandemic reshaping air travel as carriers struggle

  17-08-2020 22:56
  
  In a bid to survive, airlines are desperately trying to convince a wary public that measures like mandatory face masks and hospital-grade air filters make sitting in a plane safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic.
  It isn’t working.
  Surveys indicate that instead of growing comfortable with air travel, more people are becoming skeptical about it. In the United States, airline bookings have stalled in the past month after slowly rising — a reaction to a ne
  
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• Family businesses may be lost without more fixes to Assembly Bill 5

  17-08-2020 22:30
  
  I bought my first 7-Eleven store in 1978, when my wife and I were in our early 20s. We have created employment for hundreds of Californians. For many, in fact, it was a good stable job with us that provided opportunity for an optimistic future, something not easily found in many of the communities where our businesses are located.
  Franchising is a good model for entrepreneurs to succeed in the retail business. By partnering with a well-known and established brand, there is consistency and stabil
  
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• Southern California groups scramble to get accurate census count as deadline looms

  17-08-2020 22:19
  
  Community groups in Southern California are rushing to get the word out, especially in hard-to-count neighborhoods, that the deadline for the census has been moved up a month to Sept. 30.
  Local nonprofit organizations, activists and researchers say the earlier deadline is going to exacerbate an undercount triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, which forced U.S. Census Bureau workers in March to suspend door-to-door canvassing as part of the decennial population survey. In the months since, commu
  
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• Orange County seeks state cash to turn motels into housing for homeless people

  17-08-2020 21:17
  
  Orange County hopes to win a share of $550 million that’s being distributed in California as part of “Project Homekey” and use the money to convert three motels into 144 units of  permanent housing for homeless people.
  The county’s Community Resources division, which is shepherding the proposals, declined to say which motels it hopes to renovate or where they are located. But it did provide information on the number of rooms and the amount of funding requested:$12.7
  
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• New dietary guidelines are out: What you need to know about health, nutrition and sugar intake

  17-08-2020 20:49
  
  Did you know that every five years the federal government, along with input from a committee of health and policy experts, puts out updated nutrition guidelines for the nation? Right now, the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are in the final stages of being released. The Dietary Guidelines provide evidenced-based nutrition recommendations for individuals two years and older to make healthy choices about food and drink every day. Unlike fad diets that are all about short-term food restr
  
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• Washington hires Jason Wright as NFL’s 1st Black team president

  17-08-2020 20:41
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO
  The Washington Football Team on Monday hired Jason Wright as team president, making him the first Black person to hold that position in NFL history.
  At 38, he becomes the NFL’s youngest team president and will run the organization’s business operations with coach Ron Rivera maintaining control over football decisions.
  Washington’s hiring of Wright drew a commendation from the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which seeks to promote diversity in NFL. Chairman Harry Carson
  
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• Bubble Dribble: What you can’t see on NBA video conferences

  17-08-2020 19:51
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Monday, August 17 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.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It was British science fiction writer Arthur Clarke who once wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Once in a while, this exact misinterpretation is unintenti
  
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• Kings hire John Wroblewski as new coach of AHL’s Ontario Reign

  17-08-2020 19:28
  
  The Kings’ youth movement continued Monday, when they hired John Wroblewski to become the coach of the Ontario Reign, their AHL team. Wroblewski, 39, served as coach of the United States National Team Development Program under-18 club for the past four seasons.
  The USNTDP, based in Plymouth, Michigan, produced a number of top draft picks in 2019, including Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils first overall, Alex Turcotte of the Kings at No. 5 and Trevor Zegras of the Ducks at No. 9. Overal
  
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• Don’t let California politicians cancel the gig economy

  17-08-2020 19:00
  
  California is once again robbing its residents of opportunity. Sobbing hearts have decided gig workers aren’t earning enough money or receiving the benefits they deserve.
  In January, California changed labor law to make it more difficult for companies to hire workers as independent contractors. Now a judge has ruled that Uber and Lyft are breaking that law and must classify their drivers as “employees.”
  When I was in college, I heavily relied on my job as a dog walker. I was do
  
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• End of an era looms for horse stables near Anaheim’s Honda Center

  17-08-2020 18:35
  
  When the Anaheim Equestrian Center first opened around 1970 next to the Santa Ana River, the 57 freeway and Angel Stadium were already nearby, but not much else was.
  Originally built to house a retired Anaheim fire captain’s racehorse, what was then called Rancho Del Rio became a boarding stable and place for aspiring riders to learn English, Western or dressage skills or have equine therapy.
  The Volcano House can be seen from a distance as visitors approach the property. The two-bedroom,
  
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• ESPN and Fox owed the Pac-12 hundreds of millions for the 2020 football season: Will they pay?

  17-08-2020 18:05
  
  One week ago, the Pac-12 took the momentous, unprecedented step of canceling the 2020 fall football season.
  The drama, however, is just beginning.
  The conference stood to collect $276.4 million in media rights fees from ESPN and Fox in the 2020-21 college sports cycle, according to a copy of the term sheet obtained by the Hotline.
  The vast majority of that payment was rooted in the 45 football games that were scheduled for broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, FOX and FS1.
  Will the Pac-12 get paid all
  
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• 13 SoCal real estate twists: rent struggle, pandemic peak, ‘Housewife’ selling

  17-08-2020 17:54
  
  Here are 13 must-read stories about the local real estate market from the Southern California News Group’s The Home Stretch newsletter.
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  1.Will home values tank post pandemic?Jeff Lazerson’s thoughts on lending.2.Want a Newport Beach bay-front estate with ties to the Fletcher Jones family?Well, the as
  
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• Status Update: Raising Canes, Grocery Outlet raise money for the needy

  17-08-2020 17:30
  
  While many of us have been hitting the fast-food drive-throughs and stocking up at grocery stores amid the COVID-19 pandemic, several area businesses are giving back to the community.
  Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers sold neck gaiters and says 100% of the net sales proceeds were donated to local hospitals in each of the Communities that Raising Cane’s serves. In Orange County, the chicken fingers chain recently donated $12,637.49 to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County Founda
  
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• Here’s the watering advice you need for the garden in August

  17-08-2020 17:29
  
  By LEE REICH
  August is the month for two garden W’s: weeding and watering. Regular attention to both keeps a vegetable or flower garden pretty and productive well into autumn.
  For now, let’s look at watering.
  It’s not necessarily less rain that makes soils drier in August; it’s August’s combination of heat and lush plant growth that quickly dries the soil.
  Don’t expect to recharge your soil with water by standing in place with hose in hand, directing a shower
  
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• 50 years after the Beatles broke up, these Fab Four books have new stories to tell

  17-08-2020 17:21
  
  In the first half of this year, only two bands sold at least one million album units: the Korean boy band BTS and a British foursome that has had three top ten albums, including a Billboard No. 1, in the last three years … even though they broke up 50 years ago.
  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles. They remain the one band with endless staying power and an audience insatiable for more, more, more. This year marks a half-century since the band parted ways – yet paperback writers c
  
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• MORNING WRAP: All you want to know about Clippers, Lakers on eve of the NBA playoffs

  17-08-2020 16:58
  
  The Morning Wrap shares the day’s top five stories from our reporters at the Southern California Newspaper Group. … Sign up to have our top sports stories delivered to your inbox with our daily newsletters
  ONE and TWO: The NBA playoffs are set to go with the Clippers on Monday and Lakers Tuesday. But are they ready?  Were they impressive enough since arriving in the Orlando Bubble? Reporter Kyle Goon answers those questions and more. Scouting report on Clippers-Mavericks, which
  
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• See how Southern California house hunting reversed in a pandemic

  17-08-2020 16:00
  
  Editor’s note: Please check out the data visualization above that details the ups and downs of local house hunting this year.
  Southern California house hunters put 1.64% more residences into escrow in the latest week tallied as part of a nearly four-month upswing in activity.
  Zillow found in the seven days ended August 8 there were 3,778 new pending sales in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. That’s up 4.13% vs. a year earlier. New escrows have increased in 1
  
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• Student-led group aims to make high school reading lists more diverse

  17-08-2020 15:00
  
  Amid a new civil rights movement that has swept across the country, a group of high school students and recent grads struck on an idea earlier this year that might, in some small way, improve racial understanding.
  It was time, they said, to include more diverse authors in the curriculum for literature classes.
  About a half dozen Southern California young people recently formed Diversify Our Narrative, an organization dedicated to changing high school reading lists by petitioning individual distr
  
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• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: Political Cartoons

  17-08-2020 15:00
  
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  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  
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• The destructive, shallow debate over Kamala Harris’ citizenship

  17-08-2020 09:10
  
  Chapman University professor John Eastman has published a theory that Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, may not be eligible to be vice president. He is wrong, and he has damaged our country at a time of already great division.
  Eastman has long maintained that being born on the territory of the United States does not automatically qualify an individual for citizenship. His views are not widely accepted in legal academic circles, but that, of course, does not invalidate them.
  Eastman’s argum
  
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• California’s crisis of competence

  17-08-2020 09:05
  
  Year by year and article by article, Ralph Vartabedian has revealed to Californians the woeful shortcomings of the state’s largest public works project, a north-south bullet train.
  Vartabedian, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, has made a virtual career of uncovering the project’s managerial, financial and political failings, lending factual credence to the conclusion that the wisest course would be to cut our losses and give it up.
  Although the project enjoyed strong personal supp
  
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• California teachers unions go all in on tax increases

  17-08-2020 09:01
  
  “It all belongs to us” could be the mission statement of some public employee unions in California as they seek legislation to raise taxes in midst of the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic and response.
  The Education Coalition, a group of nine statewide K-12 associations that represent teachers, administrators and other school employees, called on state lawmakers this week to “adopt additional revenue streams” to close what the groups say is a $20-bill
  
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• Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers: First-round scouting report

  17-08-2020 08:02
  
  SERIES SCHEDULE (all times PT)
  Game 1: at Lakers, Tues., Aug. 18, 6 p.m., TNT
  Game 2: at Lakers, Thurs., Aug. 20, 6 p.m., ESPN
  Game 3: at Trail Blazers, Sat., Aug. 22, 5:30 p.m., ABC
  Game 4: at Trail Blazers, Mon., Aug. 24, 6 p.m., TNT
  x-Game 5: TBD at Lakers, Wed., Aug. 26, TBD time, TBD network
  x-Game 6: Lakers at TBD, Fri., Aug. 28, TBD time, TBD network
  x-Game 7: TBD at Lakers, Sun., Aug. 30, TBD time, TBD network
  HEAD-TO-HEAD (this season)
  Lakers won the regular season series, 2-1
  Dec. 6: L
  
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• Californians urged to conserve electricity as heatwave strains power grid

  17-08-2020 08:00
  
  Officials urged Californians Sunday, Aug. 16, to conserve power and help stem potential blackouts during a heatwave that is expected to drive up the need for electricity this week.
  The California Independent System Operator issued a state-wide flex alert effective from Sunday through Wednesday.
  The warning was made in response to soaring demand for electricity that was largely due to the use of air conditioning as triple-digit temperatures roasted parts of Southern California. It calls upon resi
  
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• Clippers vs. Dallas Mavericks: First-round scouting report

  17-08-2020 06:53
  
  SERIES SCHEDULE (all times PT)
  Mon., Aug. 17: Mavericks at Clippers, Game 1, 6 p.m., ESPN
  Wed., Aug. 19: Mavericks at Clippers, Game 2, 6 p.m., TNT
  Fri., Aug. 21: Clippers at Mavericks, Game 3, 6 p.m., TNT
  Sun., Aug. 23: Clippers at Mavericks, Game 4, 12:30 p.m. ABC
  Tues., Aug. 25: Mavericks at Clippers, Game 5 (if necessary)
  Thurs., Aug. 27: Clippers at Mavericks, Game 6 (if necessary)
  Sat., Aug. 29: Mavericks at Clippers, Game 7 (if necessary)
  HEAD-TO-HEAD (this season)
  Clippers won the regula
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers have just too many weapons for Angels

  17-08-2020 06:29
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy, center, celebrates his two-run home run with Mookie Betts (50) and Cody Bellinger during the third inning of the team’s baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Beaty, right, is tagged out at second base by Los Angeles Angels shortstop David Fletcher as Beaty tried to stretch a single into a double during the second inning of a baseball game
  
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• Where do the Lakers and Clippers stand entering the playoffs?

  17-08-2020 04:55
  
  LeBron James called it a rhythm — a feeling in his body that hums and tells him the playoffs are around the corner. To Paul George, it was “flow,” that ideal balance of team chemistry that just seems right.
  Both the L.A. contenders were feeling that groove back in March: The Lakers were 8-2 coming out of the All-Star break, knocking off their title rivals in one weekend. But aside from their loss to the Lakers, the Clippers were 7-2 after the break themselves, including trounci
  
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• Pacific Coast Classic draw at Del Mar features six horses

  17-08-2020 03:56
  
  Higher Power, the defending Pacific Classic champion, had to beat nine horses to win last summer’s running at the generous odds of 9-1. This year, he’ll have to defeat only five rivals as the 30th running of Del Mar’s signature race drew its smallest field since 2003 on Sunday.
  The purse, cut in half to $500,000 this year, might have had an effect on the number of entries. For example, Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella thought about trying his turf standout, United, in the
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: California hospitalizations are lowest since June; 5,966 new cases and 26 new deaths as of Aug. 16

  17-08-2020 02:51
  
  For the 11th straight day, hospitalizations across California were down. According to state health agencies, there were 18 fewer hospitalizations as of Sunday, Aug. 16. The total number of COVID-related hospitalizations is 6,309, the lowest it has been since June 30, when hospitalizations were at 6,612.
  California reported 5,966 new cases of the coronavirus, on Sunday, Aug. 16, bringing the cumulative total since tracking began to 623,534.
  There were also 26 new deaths reported Sunday, making fo
  
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• Dodgers support Dustin May, beat Angels for their fifth straight win

  17-08-2020 02:35
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy, center, celebrates his two-run home run with Mookie Betts (50) and Cody Bellinger during the third inning of the team’s baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Beaty, right, is tagged out at second base by Los Angeles Angels shortstop David Fletcher as Beaty tried to stretch a single into a double during the second inning of a baseball game
  
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• Santa Ana family stricken with coronavirus embraced by community support

  17-08-2020 02:33
  
  A steady stream of drivers arrived at a pop-up car wash Sunday in Santa Ana to support a family devastated by coronavirus that needs to raise money for a funeral.
  Many didn’t even want their cars washed. They just wanted to drop off a donation.
  RELATED: A Santa Ana family is ravaged by coronavirus
  “A lot of people stopped by and donated and expressed their condolences. I’m very thankful,” said Carolina Gonzalez, whose father, Juan Ramos Moreno, died on Monday after fallin
  
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• Keibert Ruiz’s debut with Dodgers is a special one for his Triple-A manager

  17-08-2020 02:28
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers Keibert Ruiz hits a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Dodgers Keibert Ruiz (25) celebrates his solo home run with manager Dave Roberts (30) during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Dodge
  
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• Angels allow four homers as pitching issues sink them in sweep against Dodgers

  17-08-2020 01:24
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels endured the worst day a disappointing start to the season on a sweltering Sunday afternoon.
  The Angels gave up four homers and lost 8-3 to the Dodgers, getting swept in the first half of the annual Freeway Series and sinking even deeper from playoff contention in this shortened season.
  After losing four in a row and seven of nine, the Angels are 7-15 with more than one-third of the 60-game season complete.
  Even with a new playoff format that will include eight teams pe
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reports 342 new cases and 1 new death as of Aug. 16

  17-08-2020 01:15
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 342 new cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday, Aug. 16, bringing the cumulative total to 43,709 cases.
  Officials said a reporting issue at the state level appears to have been resolved and the total number of cases reported for Orange County is now accurate as of Wednesday’s report.
  There was one new death reported in Orange County on Sunday, raising the death toll to 810 people.
  The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certifica
  
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• Whicker: The Clippers’ eyes might be weary, but they’re still on the prize

  17-08-2020 01:10
  
  If the Clippers ever won an NBA championship, you figured it would happen in a studio. You know, like the moon landing did.
  Steve Ballmer would dance at zero gravity while Doc Rivers planted the flag. Kawhi Leoanrd would launch a two-mile three-pointer, while Patrick Beverley jawed at whatever little green men he found.
  Such a faraway title would feel real enough. New Yorkers weren’t in Paris when Lindbergh landed. The parade was even more glorious when he returned.
  Four rounds of playoffs
  
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