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• La Brea Bakery Cafe reopens in Downtown Disney with all-day brunch

  19-08-2020 23:54
  
  One of Downtown Disney’s most popular “get fueled for the park” spots reopened today, Aug. 19.
  La Brea Bakery Cafe is back with an all-day brunch menu. It’s part of a gradual roll out of restaurants in the center that began on Thursdsay, July 9.  Recent reopenings include Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen (Wednesday, Aug. 12), Ballast Point and Tortilla Jo’s opened the previous week.
  La Brea has always served coffee drinks, sandwiches, salads and other goodies
  
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• Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups, accounts

  19-08-2020 23:48
  
  By Barbara Ortutay | The Associated Press
  Facebook says it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it, although the company isn’t banning it outright.
  Facebook said Wednesday it is banning groups and accounts associated with QAnon and a variety of U.S.-based militia and anarchist groups that support violence. But the company will continue to allow people to post material that supports these groups — so long
  
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• Despite devastating fire, this Long Beach restaurant wants to keep feeding the hungry

  19-08-2020 23:15
  
  AC Boral’s popular Bebot Filipino Soul Food restaurant in Long Beach hadn’t been open to the public for months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the chef and his staff were still just as busy.
  The Oxnard-born chef shifted his focus during the pandemic from running the restaurant to providing thousands of free meals to needy Long Beach residents.
  But a fire early Monday morning has practically destroyed his 2,000-square-foot restaurant, which opened about a year ago.
  “I
  
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• Apple reaches $2 trillion market value as tech fortunes soar

  19-08-2020 23:11
  
  By Michael Liedtke | The Associated Press
  Apple has become the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion as technology continues to reshape a world where smartphones are like appendages and digital services are like instruments orchestrating people’s lives.
  The iPhone maker reached the $2 trillion milestone in Wednesday’s early stock market trading when its shares surpassed $467.77.
  The stock later backtracked, but it didn’t diminish a remarkable achievement tha
  
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• Kamala Harris prepares to make history with VP acceptance speech

  19-08-2020 22:53
  
  By WILL WEISSERT and ALEXANDRA JAFFE | Associated Press
  WILMINGTON, Del. — Kamala Harris is poised to make history on Wednesday as the first Black woman to accept a spot on a major party’s presidential ticket, a moment intended to galvanize Democratic voters heading into the fall campaign against President Donald Trump.
  This will be her second time speaking to the Democratic National Convention. But the stakes are higher than ever before as Harris tries to unite the party behind Joe
  
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• Foothill’s Liam Harrison, Santa Margarita’s Speedy Laster to continue water polo legacies at Stanford

  19-08-2020 22:43
  
  Two Orange County high school water polo standouts have decided to continue legacies with Stanford’s men’s program.
  Foothill goalie Liam Harrison and Santa Margarita attacker Speedy Laster have recently committed to the reigning NCAA champion Cardinal.
  Harrison, a second-team All-County selection last season, will become the fourth Foothill goalie to play at Stanford, veteran Knights coach Jim Brumm said.
  The 6-foot-4 senior will follow the footsteps of Sandy Hohener, Nick Ellis and
  
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• Alexander: Coping with the desolation, and silence, of empty seats

  19-08-2020 22:38
  
  As we watch on TV, high-level games in empty stadiums and arenas almost seem normal now. If you squint, and if you forget that the crowd noise is artificial, not much seems amiss.
  But to a player, it’s still weird. With no fans, and thus no cheers or boos, the charged up atmosphere and the adrenalin it creates no longer exist. Generating that energy has become a DIY endeavor.
  Kind of like the old days on the sandlot, but with much more at stake.
  “At some point, you play a football ga
  
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• Newspapers seek lawmaker help to delay AB 5 labor rules

  19-08-2020 22:37
  
  Newspaper publishers are backing a bill making its way through the California legislature that will buy the industry more time before the state’s controversial Assembly Bill 5 forces big changes to longstanding delivery practices.
  AB 5, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019, is upending the gig economy, forcing companies to recategorize ride-hailing drivers and many independent contractors as employees. The law codifies a 2018 ruling by the state’s Supreme Court that said
  
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• Park Life: Knott’s plans passholders perks program and 10 most expensive Disneyland auction items

  19-08-2020 22:36
  
  What perks does Knott’s have planned for season passholders? Will Disneyland’s new reservation system leave annual passholders locked out? How much would you pay for a Space Mountain ride vehicle? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
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  Knott’s Berry Farm plans to unveil a new season p
  
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• Drive-in concerts with Pink Floyd and Queen tribute bands coming to Costa Mesa

  19-08-2020 21:32
  
  Autosonic Concerts has rounded out a full weekend of drive-in concerts for Sept. 25-27 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.
  Following the announcement of Oingo Boingo tribute band Dead Man’s Party’s drive-in show on Sept. 27, promoters have added Pink Floyd tribute band Which One’s Pink? on Sept. 25 and Queen tribute act Queen Nation on Sept. 26.
  All acts will perform two sets per evening: 6:30 and 9 p.m. for Queen Nation and Which One’s Pink? and 6:30 p.m. an
  
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• Galaxy add Colombian midfielder Yony Gonzalez on loan from Benfica

  19-08-2020 20:36
  
  The Galaxy announced the acquisition of midfielder Yony Gonzalez on loan from Benfica in Portugal.
  The Galaxy added Gonzalez, 26, using Targeted Allocation Money. He will occupy an International roster spot.
  “Yony is a dynamic playmaker who we believe can strengthen our attack this year,” Galaxy General Manager Dennis te Kloese said. “He possesses a diverse skill-set and will be an important addition to our roster.”
  Gonzalez will be added to the roster pending receipt of
  
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• Best thing I ate: A big comforting bowl of Vietnamese noodles

  19-08-2020 20:03
  
  Step into almost any restaurant in Little Saigon, and you can order a big bowl of rice vermicelli noodles, or bun, topped with herbs, fried eggrolls and grilled shrimp or meat or everything but the kitchen sink, really, all meant to be splashed with a light, citrusy fish sauce. 
  The bun bowls at Hue Oi have long been among the best in Fountain Valley, and still are. But when I logged onto Grubhub to order takeout from here the other day, I discovered that they have a new dish on the menu, o
  
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• Flex Alert begins an hour early Wednesday amid threat of rolling blackouts

  19-08-2020 19:42
  
  LOS ANGELES — A statewide Flex Alert, a call for voluntary electricity conservation, will be in effect again Wednesday afternoon in hopes of staving off the need for rolling blackouts, but it will begin an hour earlier in hopes of getting a jump on power-cutback efforts.
  The Flex Alert will take effect at 2 p.m. Wednesday and continue until 9 p.m., according to the California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s power grid. The alert was originally scheduled for 3 t
  
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• How to get free sausage at Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano

  19-08-2020 19:41
  
  Craving some smoked sausage from Heritage Barbecue? Put it on Kingsford’s tab.
  The nationally known charcoal brand is opening $5,000 tabs to treat customers of top barbecue joints with its “Famous Bites” program celebrating American pitmasters. Daniel Castillo of Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano is among 18 pitmasters across the U.S. chosen to present signature dishes for free.
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• Lakers vs. Trail Blazers: Three trends to watch unfold in their NBA playoffs series

  19-08-2020 19:30
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It’s a marathon, not a sprint, the Lakers have often said. But the playoffs are the time when the pace picks up.
  The Lakers looked a step behind the Portland Trail Blazers in their 100-93 loss on Tuesday night in Game 1, losing out on a late rally capped by a rush of late 3-pointers. Even though LeBron James posted 23 points, 17 rebounds and 16 assists — the only man in NBA history to have at least a 20-15-15 stat line in the postseason — it was f
  
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• USC DT Jay Tufele opts out of season, declares for NFL Draft

  19-08-2020 19:27
  
  Eight days after the Pac-12 postponed the fall football season to the spring due to COVID-19, a USC football player has decided to circumvent the spring season for the NFL Draft.
  USC defensive tackle Jay Tufele announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he is opting out of the 2021 season to enter the NFL Draft.
  “Although it pains me to leave all the people who have become so instrumental in my life, know that I will carry all of you with me in my heart as I embark on the next phase of my journe
  
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• Kamala Harris’ veep nod could end rule of Bay Area clique

  19-08-2020 19:26
  
  For almost 30 years, a small clique of politicians from the San Francisco Bay area has ruled in California, holding all the state’s ticket-topping offices except when muscleman actor Arnold Schwarzenegger partially jostled them aside for awhile in the early 2000s.
  In fact, Bay area politicians have reigned supreme through most of the last century, even after the state’s population center moved south to the Los Angeles and San Diego regions.
  The bipartisan Bay area dominance brought t
  
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• Village equestrians expected to say goodbye to beloved horses, but not this way

  19-08-2020 19:18
  
  On a hot, sticky summer day, Blaze, a mahogany Arabian, and Baby, a chocolate brown quarter horse, were standing side-by-side in front of their stalls, seemingly happy.
  Perhaps they had an inkling they were headed for greener pastures after years of being saddled up for riding lessons and trail rides at the Laguna Woods Village Equestrian Center.
  On Aug.1, the two were scheduled to be transported to the Sunny Oasis Rescue in the Johnsonville area in San Bernardino County. Michele Shoemaker has r
  
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• Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa will reopen poker room

  19-08-2020 18:51
  
  Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa announced Tuesday, Aug 18, that it would reopen its poker room on Friday, Aug. 21.
  The Cabazon-area casino announced its poker plans via its social media accounts.
  According to Morongo’s website, no more than seven players will be allowed at tables; seats will be divided by plexiglass dividers; cards will be sanitized after every hour of play; and seats and tables will be cleaned between players. There will be sanitizing stations throughout the space.Sign u
  
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• ‘Hard Knocks’ episode 2 recap: Chargers’ John Lott delivers memorable phrases

  19-08-2020 18:43
  
  The biggest obstacle HBO’s “Hard Knocks” faced for delivering an entertaining 15th season amid a pandemic would be to fill 60 minutes of airtime without preseason games, a staple of the reality show’s success.
  The daunting task was viewed as feasible because they were splitting time with the Chargers and Rams for an all-Los Angeles “Hard Knocks.” Regardless, lulls were expected, but perhaps maybe not this soon into a five-episode series.
  The curiosity of how t
  
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• They can’t play here, so area baseball program heads to Louisiana, Utah for tournaments

  19-08-2020 18:30
  
  They couldn’t play ball here, because of COVID-19, so many of Orange County’s top high school-aged baseball players packed their gloves and bats and played elsewhere.
  Like Louisiana. And Utah.
  Trombly Baseball, a travel ball organization based in Orange, fielded several teams in summer tournaments held in Louisiana last month and Utah this month.
  Different states have different restrictions for youth sports as the nation works through the COVID-19 pandemic. Sports activities banned i
  
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• Watch: California home prices set 7th record high in 27 months

  19-08-2020 18:18
  
  Look at the data visualization above to see California’s home pricing in July hit its seventh record high in 27 months, according to one key market benchmark.
  The California Association of Realtors’ median selling price in closed deals for an existing single-family home was a record $666,320 last month. That’s up 6.4% from the former peak of $626,170 in June and it’s a 9.6% increase in a year. Home pricing, boosted by low mortgage rates and a limited inventory for house h
  
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• Smoke warning issued in connection with Ranch2 fire in Azusa

  19-08-2020 18:14
  
  AZUSA — Smoke from the Ranch 2 Fire burning in Azusa has prompted the South Coast Air Quality Management District to issue a smoke warning Wednesday for parts of the San Gabriel Valley.
  Winds were expected to push smoke from the fire into Glendora, Upland and Baldwin Park, the AQMD said.
  The fire has grown to 4,300 acres burned and was 19% contained as firefighters focused primarily on extending containment lines on the north and west perimeters, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
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• Marshall: English reveries to get me through it all

  19-08-2020 17:46
  
  As is the case for most of us, I have not been out of my manor to have adventures. Instead, I rely on bits of memory to cheer me.
  I recall our trip to England. I had my Greta Garbo hat slightly askew, haughtily wearing a trench coat, and then our pilot’s voice announced our movie, Disney’s “Freaky Friday.” That turned out to be an omen of things to come that day.
  We hailed a cab and experienced our first language challenge. We were from Brooklyn. We still said cawffee. Th
  
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• English reveries to get me through it all

  19-08-2020 17:46
  
  As is the case for most of us, I have not been out of my manor to have adventures. Instead, I rely on bits of memory to cheer me.
  I recall our trip to England. I had my Greta Garbo hat slightly askew, haughtily wearing a trench coat, and then our pilot’s voice announced our movie, Disney’s “Freaky Friday.” That turned out to be an omen of things to come that day.
  We hailed a cab and experienced our first language challenge. We were from Brooklyn. We still said cawffee. Th
  
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• This Manhattan Beach resident is trying to save rock and roll with his podcast

  19-08-2020 17:37
  
  As Hunter Porter took jazz music classes in college, the Manhattan Beach native dreamed of playing punk and rock music for a living.
  After graduating from the University of Southern California in 2013 with a music degree, he carved out a career as a hired musician, touring for years with multiple bands.
  Those tours spawned his next creative project, a comedy podcast about two not-so-bright musicians who drop everything to try to save rock and roll from extinction.
  While he can’t tour due t
  
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• Fountain Valley car show canceled due to coronavirus pandemic

  19-08-2020 17:30
  
  The annual Fountain Valley Classic Car & Truck Show, as many know, has traditionally been held during the city’s annual Summerfest celebration every June.
  But like events across the state, Summerfest was canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  However, car show organizers Pete Haak and Ken Vela postponed the 14th annual show until Saturday, Aug. 29 at the Fountain Valley Sports Park.
  But  Haak and Vela announced last week they are canceling this year’s show
  
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• 25 years later, The Vandals’ explain why this ‘pure punk’ album is being reissued

  19-08-2020 17:23
  
  Josh Freese has played drums for artists from Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle to Sting and Kelly Clarkson, so yeah, he’s the kind of drummer people call when they want things to sound perfect.
  But his heart belongs to the Vandals, the long-running Orange County punk band he joined as a teenager. It’s a group of great musicality, except when they decide to leave things a little rough around the edges as Freese remembers in 1995 sessions for the album called — prepare yourse
  
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• Annual income requirements nearly double for condo guarantors at Laguna Woods Village

  19-08-2020 17:22
  
  Three more COVID-19 cases in Laguna Woods have been reported in the past week, announced Village Management Services CEO Jeff Parker during a regular meeting of the Third Mutual board on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
  In total, there have been 47 cases citywide.
  “We’re still one of the lowest communities in all of Orange County,” Parker said.
  To date, officials reported 43,925 cases countywide, with 810 deaths and almost 35,000 patients in full recovery, according to OC Health Care Agency.
  
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• Anaheim’s misplaced budget priorities

  19-08-2020 17:19
  
  Many people know the saying attributed to General Motors CEO and then-Defense Secretary Charles Wilson in the 1950s: “What’s good for GM is good for America.”  It’s a misquote, though. Wilson actually said something markedly different: “What is good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa.” As a Forbes column noted, Wilson believed that businesses did best when the country was doing well.
  We thought about those words after the Anaheim C
  
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• Morning Wrap: Are the Lakers in trouble after Game 1 loss? Dodgers win seventh straight

  19-08-2020 17:00
  
  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 Trail Blazers continued to be one of the hottest teams in the Orland bubble, shocking the Lakers in Tuesday’s playoff opener with a flurry down the stretch to win 100-93 to take Game 1 of the best-of-seven series despite a historic triple double from LeBron James, e
  
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• Big spending Biden: John Stossel

  19-08-2020 17:00
  
  Which presidential candidate will bankrupt America first, Donald Trump or Joe Biden?
  Last year, we compared the costs of the leading Democratic candidates’ promises. At that time, Biden, to his credit, proposed the least new spending.
  Kamala Harris promised the most. She wanted to add $4.2 trillion to America’s debt. Her lavish promises didn’t win her supporters; she dropped out soon after. But now she’s Biden’s running mate, and Biden promises to spend more.
  That&r
  
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• WeChat ban could hurt many in America, not just China

  19-08-2020 16:51
  
  By TALI ARBEL, KELVIN CHAN and JOSEPH PISANI | Associated Press
  For millions of people in the U.S. who use the Chinese app WeChat, it’s a lifeline to friends, family, customers and business contacts in China.
  That lifeline is now under attack by an executive order from President Donald Trump that could ban the app in the U.S. as early as mid-September, potentially severing vital relationships.
  “It’s the first thing I check in the morning,” Sha Zhu, a Chinese-American in W
  
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• This drive-thru Halloween horror experience in Orange County brings terror right to your car

  19-08-2020 16:51
  
  Despite the ongoing global pandemic, spirits will be coming out to play in Southern California this haunting season.
  However, even ghosts, goblins and ghouls are going to need to keep their masks securely in place and remain at least six feet apart from one another.
  The Urban Legends of Southern California drive-thru haunt is coming to the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 and will be bringing dark tales to patrons who will stay within the confines of their vehicles.
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• Taste of Knott’s: Everything you can eat and drink at the food and beer fest

  19-08-2020 16:47
  
  The Taste of Knott’s menu will offer 40-plus food and drink items at more than two dozen booths spread throughout Knott’s Berry Farm while rides and shows remain shuttered at the Buena Park theme park during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The Taste of Knott’s craft beer and food event will run on 13 select dates Aug. 21 through Sept. 13 at the Buena Park theme park.
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• Listen to the parents on sending kids back to school

  19-08-2020 16:00
  
  Parents want choices on sending their children back to school. That’s the main message from a survey my office sent this month to constituents in my 37th District of the California Senate. Responses arrived from 2,500 families. Of those responding, nearly 70 percent were parents, 20 percent grandparents and the rest guardians or other persons involved with raising children.
  Some major findings:
  About 50 percent said the distance learning during the last part of the school year did not meet
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Our summer vacation to Big Sur with no Wi-Fi, part 2

  19-08-2020 16:00
  
  So, last week I started telling you about our family trip to Big Sur, during which a miracle happened: A large number of 20-somethings spent five days in nature without whining that there was no Wi-Fi.
  It’s hard for me to even fathom this experience, because all of us, myself included, spend way too much time glued to the internet.
  My 21-year-old daughter, Curly Girl, will often read me the entire contents of looong, loooong text messages that people have sent her. I’m not going to s
  
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• Here’s Kamala Harris’ birth certificate. Scholars say there’s no VP eligibility debate

  19-08-2020 14:59
  
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  As Kamala Harris prepares to accept the vice presidential nomination at this week’s Democratic National Convention, there is a document on file in the Alameda County Recorder’s Office that contradicts any and all theories — legal, conspiracy or otherwise — that the California senator is ineligible for the office.
  Here it is, a copy of her birth certificate, available to anyone from the public for a fee of $25, plus shipping since the county o
  
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• FedEx plane makes emergency LAX landing, pilot injured

  19-08-2020 14:46
  
  LOS ANGELES — A FedEx plane made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday morning because of a mechanical issue, and one of the two people aboard was injured while getting off the aircraft.
  L.A. City firefighters responded to the airport about 3:50 a.m., according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
  A man was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening leg injury he sustained while exiting the aircraft, Stewart said.
  ABC7 showed video of s
  
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• Hillary Clinton returns to DNC championing women in politics

  19-08-2020 14:39
  
  By SARA BURNETT | Associated Press
  CHICAGO — After more than four decades in public life, Hillary Clinton will return to the Democratic National Convention to cement her legacy as a champion of women in politics.
  Clinton, who lost the presidency to Donald Trump in 2016 despite winning the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, is a complicated figure in American political culture. She’s despised by many Republicans and viewed warily by some progressives who are increasingly assertiv
  
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• Belarus detentions resume as opposition pushes for new vote

  19-08-2020 14:32
  
  By YURAS KARMANAU | Associated Press
  MINSK, Belarus — Authorities in Belarus on Wednesday resumed detentions of protesters who keep taking to the streets to demand the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, as opposition leaders ratchet up pressure on the government by forming a coordination council to push for for a new election.
  Several dozen people were detained in front of the Minsk Tractor Factory, where workers have been on strike since Monday, Sergei Dylevsky,
  
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• Democrats formally nominate Biden in bid to oust Trump

  19-08-2020 14:21
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE | Associated Press
  WILMINGTON, Del. — Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their presidential candidate, with party elders, a new generation of politicians and voters in every state joining in an extraordinary, pandemic-cramped virtual convention to send him into the general election campaign to oust President Donald Trump.
  For someone who has spent more than three decades eyeing the presidency, the moment Tuesday night was the r
  
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• Lakers stunned by Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers’ fourth-quarter rally

  19-08-2020 06:14
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There’s a saying that time is undefeated.
  In the NBA bubble, Dame Time is 8-2.
  For days, the Lakers have said they don’t face a regular first-round matchup in these playoffs, and Game 1 showed they were right. Damian Lillard, the hot-shooting Portland star who has scored more points than anyone else this summer, fired a fourth-quarter 3-point shot a step shy of the halfcourt with just over three minutes to go — the key three of his 34 points.
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• Damian Lillard, Trail Blazers down Lakers in Game 1 with fourth-quarter rally

  19-08-2020 06:14
  
  Los Angeles Lakers forward Markieff Morris battles on the floor for a loose ball with Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony , beneath, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
  Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) slam dunks over Portland Trail Blazers forward Mario Hezonja (44) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley
  
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• Photos: Joe Biden formally nominated as Democratic party’s presidential nominee

  19-08-2020 06:01
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden was formally nominated as the Democratic party’s 2020 nominee for president on Tuesday, Aug. 18 during the Democratic National Convention.
  Joe Biden formally nominated as the Democratic party’s presidential nominee during the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, August 18, 2020.(Photo Democratic National Convention)
  Joe Biden formally nominated as the Democratic party’s presidential nominee during the Democratic National Convention on
  
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• LAFC president Tom Penn steps down after six years to enter private business

  19-08-2020 05:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles FC president Tom Penn is leaving his job to move into private business. LAFC made the announcement Tuesday.
  Penn will remain an executive consultant for LAFC, but he is leaving to become the CEO of Co.Protect, which he recently founded. The company makes branded protective equipment.
  LAFC general manager John Thorrington and chief business officer Larry Freedman will serve as interim co-presidents, the club said in a statement.
  “From the beginning, Tom
  
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• LAFC president Tom Penn steps down after six years

  19-08-2020 05:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles FC president Tom Penn is leaving his job to move into private business. LAFC made the announcement Tuesday.
  Penn will remain an executive consultant for LAFC, but he is leaving to become the CEO of Co.Protect, which he recently founded. The company makes branded protective equipment.
  LAFC general manager John Thorrington and chief business officer Larry Freedman will serve as interim co-presidents, the club said in a statement.
  “From the beginning, Tom
  
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• Rajon Rondo inactive for Lakers, but lends in-game insights

  19-08-2020 05:13
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The mythical Playoff Rondo will have to wait. But Coach Rondo? He’s back on the bench.
  The Lakers were not ready Tuesday to activate Rajon Rondo, who was released from quarantine on Monday and practiced with the Lakers for the first time in a month since fracturing his right thumb. The 34-year-old is still working back into basketball shape.
  After three-on-three work on Monday, Coach Frank Vogel said Rondo’s hand had some soreness. But about five weeks
  
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• Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia shares the spotlight during Tuesday DNC keynote address

  19-08-2020 05:04
  
  Long Beach savored a small share of the Democratic National Convention spotlight on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
  Mayor Robert Garcia was one of 17 people from across the country selected as “rising stars” in the Democratic Party to give the keynote address during the second day of the convention.
  The joint speech pitched former Vice President Joe Biden — who will be officially confirmed during the convention as the Democratic Party’s choice to face President Donald Trump in the Nove
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: 11,502 new cases, 173 new deaths on August 18

  19-08-2020 04:55
  
  After nearly two weeks of declining hospitalizations in California, the numbers rose slightly. There were 23 new patients Monday and 28 new patients Tuesday, Aug. 18, for a total of  6,360.
  The 6,360 hospitalized patients is a 16.6% decrease from 14 days ago with 30% of ICU beds available across the state.
  The state’s COVID-19 dashboard shows there have been 113,240 new cases in the last 14 days.
  The state’s testing positivity rate is 6.5% with 1,743,325 tests in the last 14 day
  
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