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• Flash flooding warnings issued for San Bernardino Mountains

  18-08-2020 23:53
  
  Thunderstorms were pounding the San Bernardino Mountains on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flash-flood warning.
  “Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly,” the weather service said just after 2 p.m. “Excessive rainfall over and upstream of the Apple fire burn scar will result in potentially deadly and destructive debris flows … of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.”
  The warning said the nort
  
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• Flash flooding warnings issued for Inland Empire

  18-08-2020 23:53
  
  Thunderstorms were pounding the San Bernardino Mountains and southwest Riverside County on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, prompting the National Weather Service to issue flash-flood warnings.
  “Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly,” the weather service said about the mountains just after 2 p.m. “Excessive rainfall over and upstream of the Apple fire burn scar will result in potentially deadly and destructive debris flows … of rock, mud, vegetation and other
  
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• Angels’ Joe Maddon takes middle ground on Fernando Tatis Jr. controversy

  18-08-2020 23:51
  
  ANAHEIM — As the baseball world was ablaze with discussion over unwritten rules and etiquette of blowouts Tuesday, Joe Maddon took a bit of a middle position.
  The subject was sparked by the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. hitting a grand slam on a 3-and-0 pitch with a seven-run lead in the eighth inning Monday. The Texas Rangers, notably manager Chris Woodward, were not happy.
  Maddon, who has spent more than 40 years in professional baseball, said he wouldn’t want his hitters swingi
  
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• Cindy McCain to vouch for Joe Biden via convention video

  18-08-2020 23:49
  
  By ALEXANDRA JAFFE | Associated Press
  WILMINGTON, Del. — Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden’s close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
  She’s just the latest Republican to join in the convention, after a number of notable GOP former elected officials — including former Ohio Gov. John Kasich —
  
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• Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell credits his grandmother for his love of basketball

  18-08-2020 23:26
  
  Basketball fans owe a debt of gratitude to Montrezl Harrell’s grandmother, whose influence set the passionate big man on a path to professional basketball, and whose recent death has hit him hard.
  “My grandmother was the one introduced me to the game of basketball,” Harrell said Tuesday on a Zoom video conference. “One of my biggest supporters, biggest fans, one of my best friends. Only way to put it. There’s no other way to explain the things she done for me. She w
  
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• Coronavirus: Daily update puts ICU stays at lowest level since early June in Orange County on Aug. 18

  18-08-2020 23:21
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 287 new cases of the coronavirus as of Tuesday, Aug. 18, bringing the cumulative total of positive tests  to 44,212 cases.
  An estimated 14,786 cases have been reported in the last 30 days.
  There were five new deaths reported in Orange County on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 815 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, offi
  
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• As vaping bans increase, people turn back to more harmful traditional cigarettes

  18-08-2020 23:21
  
  In news that seems to fit with the 2020 memes: Cigarette sales have increased during the coronavirus pandemic.
  People are spending less money than they would have on things like leisure activities and vacations. “They are also switching back to traditional cigarettes from vaping devices in the wake of federal restrictions on e-cigarette flavors,” The Wall Street Journal reports. Earlier this year, the federal government banned some pod and cartridge-based e-c
  
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• Soldiers hold Mali’s president and prime minister in apparent coup

  18-08-2020 23:19
  
  By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON | Associated Press
  BAMAKO, Mali — Soldiers detained Mali’s president and prime minister Tuesday after surrounding a residence and firing into the air in an apparent coup attempt after several months of demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s ouster.
  The soldiers moved freely through the streets of Bamako, making it increasingly clear that they were in control of the capital city. There was no immediate comment from the troop
  
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• Rams DT Michael Brockers happy to be back in pads

  18-08-2020 23:00
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — The annual head-count of players at the first Rams training-camp session open to reporters turned up little immediate reason to worry, with only one starter sitting out Tuesday’s beginning of padded practices, and that because of an injury described as minor.
  One relief was seeing Michael Brockers looking completely healthy.
  “I feel like a baby in water a little bit, man, just putting these pads on for the first time in (eight) months,” said Brockers, his
  
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• S&P 500 closes at record, erasing last of COVID losses

  18-08-2020 22:59
  
  By STAN CHOE, ALEX VEIGA and DAMIAN J. TROISE | AP Business Writers
  Wall Street clawed back the last of the historic, frenzied losses unleashed by the new coronavirus, as the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high Tuesday.
  The day’s move was a relatively mild one, nudging the index up 7.79 points, or 0.2%, to 3,389.78. That eclipses the S&P 500’s previous record closing high of 3,386.15, which was set Feb. 19, before the pandemic shut down businesses around the world and knocked
  
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• Water polo player alleges University High turned “blind eye” to complaints about coach

  18-08-2020 22:39
  
  Bahram Hojreh told players on the University High School girls water polo team and their parents that if they bought into his philosophy, followed his every instruction he would coach them to a college scholarship even the Olympic Games.
  One of those players alleges in a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court that Hojreh sexually abused, molested and harassed her between the ages of 15 and 17 under the guise of coaching while she was a student at the Irvine high school.
  As Hojreh molested
  
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• Whicker: the schedule is set. Can the high schools bring it to life?

  18-08-2020 22:36
  
  Contrary to the heavy breathing that you hear, there is no War on Football, not like the War on Cigarettes or Polio.
  There is risk, as there is with crossing streets while wearing headphones. But no one is trying to extract football from our culture, as if that were possible.
  Today the parks are full of high school quarterbacks throwing to high school receivers, or high school linemen stretching resistance bands.
  The game is alive. It’s just homeless.
  “We had 160 kids when we started
  
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• Highlights: Follow Lakers, Blazers video updates, social media reaction

  18-08-2020 22:25
  
  Follow Southern California Newspaper Group beat reporters Kyle Goon and Mirjam Swanson during the Lakers, Clippers NBA playoffs. 
  Who: Lakers vs. Trail Blazers, Game 1, best-of-seven NBA playoffs, first round, 6 p.m.
  What: Follow tonight’s Lakers, Trail Blazers highlight thread. We’ll post the best of social media video highlights, emojis and reaction …
  PRE-GAME
  Read today’s preview stories from the Southern California Newspaper Group and watch what players and pund
  
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• Rape victims confront Golden State Killer in court, as sentencing hearings begin

  18-08-2020 21:28
  
  Early rape victims of the Golden State Killer got their long-awaited opportunity to confront him in court on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the start of a series of sentencing hearings that are expected to end with a judge ordering him to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
  Women described the sadistic sexual assaults they or their loved ones suffered at the hands of Joseph DeAngelo more than 40 years ago, followed by the trauma the victims have carried with them since.
  DeAngelo, a former police offic
  
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• Rodents crawl out of Santa Monica dinosaur topiaries to freak out diners sitting outside, lawsuit alleges

  18-08-2020 21:15
  
  By BILL HETHERMAN | City News Service
  SANTA MONICA — A Santa Monica Third Street Promenade property owner is suing the city, alleging two topiaries sculpted as dinosaurs are home to rodents that roam near where people are dining outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic.
  EJA Associates LP, which owns a commercial building on the 1300 block of Third Street Promenade, alleges in the Santa Monica Superior Court lawsuit brought Monday against the city and Downtown Santa Monica Inc. that the dec
  
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• Victims call Golden State Killer ‘sick monster,’ ‘subhuman’

  18-08-2020 21:12
  
  SACRAMENTO — Victim after victim lined up on Tuesday to describe Joseph DeAngelo as a “sick monster,” “horrible man” and “subhuman” who stole their innocence and changed their lives during a more than decade-long reign of rape and murder that earned him the nickname Golden State Killer.
  The daughter of one rape victim gave him an obscene hand gesture and cursed him during the first of four days of hearings in Sacramento County Superior Court before he is
  
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• After outcry, U.S. Postal Service halts some operational changes until after election

  18-08-2020 20:49
  
  WASHINGTON — Facing public pressure and state lawsuits, the Postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics warned were causing widespread delays and could disrupt voting in the November election.
  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he would “suspend” his initiatives until after the election “to avoid even the appearance of impact on election mail.”
  The abrupt reversal comes as more than 20 states, from New Y
  
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• California could get rotating power outages today or tomorrow

  18-08-2020 20:45
  
  Rotating power outages could come Tuesday, Aug. 18, and Wednesday, Aug. 19, to help keep the state’s power grid from crumbling, a top official said.
  The state is enduring massive air-conditioning usage, which puts a large strain on the system.
  “This heat storm is not over, and we still expect exceedingly hot temperatures (Tuesday) and Wednesday,” Steve Berberich, the grid operator’s president, said in a statement.
  No emergency order had been issued on Tuesday as of late m
  
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• Clippers vs. Mavericks: 3 trends to watch in their NBA playoff series

  18-08-2020 20:43
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — On the first night of the NBA playoffs, the Clippers took care of business.
  In a wild 118-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks, the Clippers were able to withstand Luka Doncic’s 42-point playoff debut, in part thanks to a controversial call that drew near-universal criticism.
  But what are the storylines to follow as the series unfolds? What might apply to the future games? A quick look at three trends to watch:
  Under the skin
  It was a whistle that drew the ire o
  
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• Clippers vs. Mavericks: 3 trends to watch in Game 2

  18-08-2020 20:43
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — On the first night of the NBA playoffs, the Clippers took care of business.
  In a wild 118-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks, the Clippers were able to withstand Luka Doncic’s 42-point playoff debut, in part thanks to a controversial call that drew near-universal criticism.
  But what are the storylines to follow as the series unfolds? What might apply to the future games? A quick look at three trends to watch:
  Under the skin
  It was a whistle that drew the ire o
  
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• Traditional, yet not, Pakistani reception in Tustin honors newlyweds in ‘coronavirus compromise’

  18-08-2020 20:42
  
  It was supposed be a traditional Pakistani wedding reception, starting with ongoing festivities a week in advance.
  Some 350 relatives and friends from around the world would be there, dancing and kissing and laughing and hugging – lots of hugging.
  “We Pakistanis are really affectionate,” said the bride, Aamna Abbasi. “That definitely was not going to work with the pandemic.”
  She and her husband Muzamil Samimi worried that even if they attempted a scaled-back and soc
  
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• Los Angeles, Orange County rent hikes at 5-year low, CPI shows

  18-08-2020 20:34
  
  The pandemic-weakened economy has cooled rent hikes in Los Angeles and Orange counties to the slowest pace in five years, the local Consumer Price Index shows.
  The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found rent inflation at a 3.6% annual rate in July vs. 5.8% a year earlier. The last time local rent inflation was this low was July 2015.
  The CPI tracks rental costs by polling consumers about rent they pay compared to other measurements that come from surveys of landlords. Those indexes show local lan
  
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• Would it be legal to end Social Security? Ask the lawyer

  18-08-2020 20:27
  
  Q: I am on a fixed income, much of which comes from Social Security. Now there is a possible cut to the payroll tax that funds Social Security, and word has it that the program is already running low on money. Would it be lawful for the government to end Social Security all together?
  -A.W., Tustin
  Ron Sokol
  A: Social Security has been upheld as legal by the courts, and has been in existence for many years. The Social Security Act was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, and taxes w
  
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• U.S. theme parks lose $18 billion, cut 125,000 jobs amid pandemic, industry association says

  18-08-2020 20:07
  
  U.S. theme parks and their employees have taken a massive financial hit this summer amid the COVID-19 crisis that has led to a 40% decline in economic output and a 40% reduction in industry jobs, according to the leading theme park association.
  New data released by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions offers a bleak assessment of the economic impact of closed theme parks and idled roller coasters wrought by a spring and summer of coronavirus closures and delays.
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• Inside Lands lineup announced: J. Cole, Gorillaz, Jack White highlight bill

  18-08-2020 19:47
  
  Outside Lands is going “Inside” for 2020.
  The actual festival couldn’t happen this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so organizers are hosting the virtual Inside Lands festival online instead. The two-day celebration, set for Aug. 28-29, features archival sets from past festivals, interviews with artists and other tuneful offerings.
  Featured artists include J. Cole, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Jack White, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, Above & Beyond, Haim, Major
  
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• This film festival is adapting to the pandemic with rooftop drive-in screenings

  18-08-2020 18:36
  
  With movie theaters and other indoor venues shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Method Fest Independent Film Festival could have done what some other events have had to do this year and go all online.
  But instead, they’re going old school with a drive-in movie fest on the rooftop of a mall parking lot.
  “I think it’s the coolest thing ever. I grew up going to (drive-ins) and I always loved it,” said Don Franken, founder of the eight-day film festival.
  The festiv
  
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• This is climate change leadership?

  18-08-2020 18:11
  
  California officials endlessly promote this state as “leading the world in the fight against climate change.” Yet as of this writing, many Californians are in their fourth night of energy blackouts. This is leadership?
  Maybe it’s time to rethink that goal of 100 percent carbon neutrality by 2045 and revisit the important triple-bottom-line questions: is it good for the environment; is it good for the economy; and does it meet social equity needs?
  As a three-term member of the C
  
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• Man arrested in March 2019 shooting death of Anaheim woman

  18-08-2020 18:02
  
  Anaheim police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected in the shooting death of a 26-year-old woman in March 2019, authorities said.
  In the early hours of March 2, 2019, Ayleen Morales of Anaheim was found in an alley in the 900 block of East Broadway with a gunshot wound, Anaheim police said.
  Police officers performed CPR until paramedics arrived, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Anaheim detectives have been investigating the case since then and arrested Pablo Partida Aparicio of Ana
  
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• Assembly Bill 3262 is bad for consumers and small businesses alike

  18-08-2020 17:54
  
  When Americans across the country need to earn more money or get rid of stuff, we can list it on Craigslist, Nextdoor, and OfferUp.
  These digital marketplaces were especially helpful during COVID-19 when most California retail locations shuttered their doors. In fact, without physical markets to sell and promote their goods, entrepreneurial Californians have relied heavily on online platforms like eBay and Amazon to continue operations.
  But this online option for small businesses could disappear
  
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• California’s shouldn’t snub charters of fair funding

  18-08-2020 17:49
  
  The pandemic has challenged our daily lives and forced us to adapt our way of life as we respond to new science, new data and new government directives. It is a dynamic period in America and the status quo has, in many cases, failed to rise to the challenge.
  Our educational system is a prime example.
  The shift to distance learning education fell short for students and parents in many areas of California. A state that prides itself as the wellspring of America’s technology revolution could
  
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• DIY boom: 25% jump in Home Depot’s key sales metric

  18-08-2020 17:38
  
  Millions of people forced to work out of the office during the pandemic took on new projects at home and Home Depot is supplying a lot of the DIY material they need.
  At Home Depot stores open at least a year, sales surged a remarkable 25% in the U.S. during the second quarter, the Atlanta company reported Tuesday.
  Overall revenue hit $38.05 billion, far exceeding the $34.94 billion Wall Street was expecting, according to a Zacks Investment Research survey. The company easily topped last year&rsq
  
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• 10 most expensive Disneyland items sold at auction featuring 1,100 theme park collectibles

  18-08-2020 17:28
  
  An auction featuring hundreds of Disneyland items fetching more $50,000 apiece drew hard-core Disney fans anxious to add a piece of the Anaheim theme park’s history to their personal memorabilia collections.
  Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks held the Disneyland 65th anniversary auction on Aug. 15 and 16.
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  The 376-page catalog for the two
  
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• Western U.S. homebuilders as confident as 2005

  18-08-2020 17:27
  
  Resurgent real estate pushed one measure of Western homebuilders’ confidence to a 15-year high.
  The western states’ slice of the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for August rose 8 points to 88, highest since 2005 and a noteworthy 2020 turnabout. The index started the year at 86, then plunged to 32 as the pandemic throttled the economy. But house hunters wishes for new housing as reversed the industry’s futures.The nationwide sentiment index
  
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• What are the greatest Top 40 radio stations ever? Here’s my top 15 list

  18-08-2020 17:23
  
  I didn’t see it until earlier this month, but in August 2017, Radio Ink (radioink.com) ran a story on the greatest top-40 radio stations of all time. You can read it yourself at tinyurl.com/rw0823.
  It’s an interesting read, though in my opinion it is an impossible list to create. Even the two “programming experts” — Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels — didn’t agree. I myself have some ideas, but I am in no way qualified to find the “greatest” simp
  
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• Emmys honor Tyler Perry for ‘unparalleled contributions’ to television

  18-08-2020 17:11
  
  NORTH HOLLYWOOD — The Television Academy announced Tuesday that entertainment industry icon Tyler Perry and The Perry Foundation will receive the 2020 Governors Award “in recognition of their unparalleled contributions to shaping the television medium.”
  Perry was chosen by the Television Academy’s Board of Governors for his achievements in television and his commitment to offering opportunities to marginalized communities through personal and Foundation programs of inclus
  
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• US housing starts surge 22.6%, third monthly increase

  18-08-2020 17:04
  
  Construction of new U.S. homes surged 22.6% last month as homebuilders bounced back from a lull induced by the coronavirus pandemic.
  The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that new homes were started an annual pace of nearly 1.5 million in July, highest since February and well above what economists were expecting. Housing starts have now risen three straight months after plunging in March and April as the virus outbreak paralyzed the American economy. Last month’s pace of construction wa
  
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• Morning Wrap: Clippers open playoffs with win; Lakers brace for tough series with Blazers

  18-08-2020 16:36
  
  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: The Clippers were in trouble in Monday’s NBA playoff opener against the Dallas Mavericks, then Mavericks star Kristaps Porzingis was ejected, the momentum shifted, and the Clippers left with a 118-100 victory in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. But it was a good win
  
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• For theme parks, enforcing safety rules is part of good hospitality

  18-08-2020 15:33
  
  People working in the service industry have enough to worry about in this pandemic. The last thing many of them want is to end up starring in a viral video fighting with someone who refused to wear a mask.
  I asked people working in Florida’s reopened theme parks to email me about their experience. One employee summed up a common complaint, “We have been instructed for years on being providers of hospitality. Now we are the mask police. Hard to be both.”
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• Ethnic studies now required for California State University students

  18-08-2020 14:46
  
  SACRAMENTO — Students at California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, will need to take an ethic studies course to graduate under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  The change comes amid the national reckoning over racism and police brutality sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It represents the first change to the CSU general education curriculum in over 40 years.
  Under the measure, beginning in the 2021-2022
  
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• Jill Biden’s path from reluctant politico to possible FLOTUS

  18-08-2020 14:00
  
  By ALEXANDRA JAFFE | Associated Press
  WILMINGTON, Del. — Jill Biden is a prankster.
  It’s the first thing most of her friends and former aides say when asked about her character. She once sneaked into a close aide’s birthday party dressed as catering staff and surprised him with a drink. She has dressed up as the Grinch to toy with colleagues during Christmas. And she likes to put on a red wig with a bob to pop up unnoticed at events or make her husband, Joe Biden, laugh.
  That s
  
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• Seager brothers each hit home run but Dodgers win matchup with Mariners

  18-08-2020 07:33
  
  The Dodgers’ Enrique Hernandez #14 is congratulated by A.J. Pollock #11 after he hit a two run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning during their game against the Mariners at Dodger Stadium, Monday, August 17, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  The Mariners’ J.P. Crawford #3 throws to first base for a double play as the Dodgers’ Max Muncy #13 slides into second base in the bottom of the seventh inning during their game at Dodger Stadium, Monday, Au
  
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• Angels beat Giants on Tommy La Stella’s walk-off home run

  18-08-2020 07:11
  
  Los Angeles Angels second baseman Tommy La Stella, left, tags out San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Crawford on a steal attempt during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles An
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: 86 new deaths, 9,217 new cases on August 17

  18-08-2020 06:34
  
  After nearly two weeks of declining hospitalizations in California, the numbers rose slightly (23 patients) on Monday, Aug. 17 to  6,332.
  The 6,332 hospitalized patients is a 17.2% decrease from 14 days ago with 30% of ICU beds available across the state.
  The state’s COVID-19 dashboard shows there have been 113,130 new cases in the last 14 days.
  The state’s testing positivity rate is 6.5% with 1,749,083 tests in the last 14 days.
  California reported 5,966 new cases of the corona
  
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• Clippers fend off Mavericks after Porzingis ejection in Game 1

  18-08-2020 06:15
  
  Officials separate the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers after the teams get into a scuffle during Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)
  Dallas Mavericks’ Boban Marjanovic (51) defends as Los Angeles Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell (5) dunks during the third quarter of Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kevin C. C
  
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• Coronavirus: Here’s how the political conventions will be impacted and U.S. political party history

  18-08-2020 05:19
  
  PARTY TIME
  The global pandemic is making the political conventions unconventional. Both political parties are going to hold virtual parties with the Democrats starting Aug. 17 in Milwaukee. The Republicans begin Aug. 21 in Charlotte.
  According to The Associated Press, there already have been three people working at the Democratic National Convention who tested positive for the coronavirus. Everyone attending the convention will have to wear a face mask, consent to daily testing for COVID-19, fil
  
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• Angels adapt to the limits of scouting in 2020

  18-08-2020 05:09
  
  ANAHEIM – Like fans, opposing scouts have been banished from major league ballparks in 2020.
  Unlike fans, the scouts can’t see cardboard cutouts of their faces looming behind home plate.
  There are other, more practical implications to the empty-stadium policy caused by the novel coronavirus. The Angels are playing the Giants this week for the first time in 2020. Without advance scouts – those scouts who take notes on an opposing team in advance of an upcoming series – bot
  
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• Biden’s convention: Left and Not-So-Left unite against Trump

  18-08-2020 05:04
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES
  NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Biden introduced the breadth of his political coalition to a nation in crisis Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, giving voice to victims of the coronavirus pandemic, the related economic downturn and police violence and featuring both progressive Democrats and Republicans united against President Donald Trump’s reelection.
  In taped excerpts released before the convention opening, former first lady Michelle Obama, wife of the natio
  
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• 5 takeaways from first night of the Democratic convention

  18-08-2020 05:01
  
  By BILL BARROW and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
  In another profound way that the coronavirus pandemic has upended American life, the Democratic National Convention started Monday with no convening. Instead, Democrats opted for the first virtual convention as the party begins the formal process of nominating Joe Biden as its candidate for president.
  Here are five takeaways from the first night.
  TRUMP’S DIVISIVENESS HAS UNITED DEMOCRATS
  From former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich to self-proclaimed de
  
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• Rajon Rondo rejoins Lakers out of quarantine, doubtful for Game 1 against Blazers

  18-08-2020 04:25
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A text popped into the Lakers’ team thread Sunday night.
  Rajon Rondo sent his teammates a picture: his practice uniform, laid out on top of his bed. The 34-year-old was ready to be released. Alex Caruso likened it to a child preparing for the first day of school.
  “He’s not a guy that likes to sit around,” Caruso said. “He’s constantly either working out or playing basketball. For him to be back, thrown in the mix with the teammat
  
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• Clippers welcome back Montrezl Harrell

  18-08-2020 03:52
  
  “MA this RUN for YOU”
  With his grandmother in his thoughts, Montrezl Harrell rejoined his Clippers teammates Monday morning, just hours ahead of tip-off in the Western Conference first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks.
  A month passed since he left the bubble July 17, and, for that matter, 160 days elapsed since Harrell played in an NBA game.
  No matter; the Clippers welcomed back the hard-playing reserve center who’d been away mourning the death of his grandmoth
  
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