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• Rent control is a disincentive to build affordable housing

  24-08-2020 23:19
  
  The primary path to the middle class for American families is through property ownership. However, for many African Americans, Latinos and other minorities, the opportunity has been out of reach because of discriminatory housing laws and economic inequality.
  It’s alarming that a measure on the November ballot would make this lack of access worse and simultaneously threaten relatively recent gains made by others in these groups. Proposition 21 would make it more difficult to build
  
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• Rapper Wiz Khalifa opens HotBox delivery-only restaurant in Los Angeles

  24-08-2020 22:14
  
  Rapper Wiz Khalifa will be sharing some of his favorite munchies via an all-new delivery-only restaurant chain that opens in select cities across the nation — including Los Angeles and San Diego — on Oct. 1.
  In partnership with Nextbite, Khalifa’s HotBox by Wiz will feature a curated menu of the multi-platinum selling artist’s favorite eats as well as dishes that were requested specifically by his fans.
  Menu items include: Crispy burnt brisket Blazed Ends smothered in smo
  
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• Orange County teachers report some Zoom issues Monday morning, but worked through them

  24-08-2020 21:30
  
  Zoom wasn’t quite as zooming as hoped Monday morning.
  Teachers and students have been frequently using Zoom, a videoconferencing tool, in their distance learning prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. The platform experienced breakdowns locally and, according to reports, nationwide Monday that by late morning seem to have subsided. About 9:45 a.m. the company tweeted that “everything should be working properly now.”
  Yorba Linda High School teacher Jeff Bailey had some problems w
  
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• What they’re saying as Lakers honor Kobe Bryant ahead of Game 4 with Blazers

  24-08-2020 21:18
  
  Follow Southern California Newspaper Group reporters Kyle Goon and Mirjam Swanson as they cover the Lakers and Clippers in the NBA playoffs. 
  Social media reaction, video highlights of Game 4 between the Lakers and Trail Blazers
  Tip-off: Lakers vs. Trail Blazers, Game 4, 6 p.m., (Lakers leads series, 2-1)
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  Lakers keep the memory of Kobe Bryant close to heart
  Remember focus. #MambaMentality pic.twitter.com/CFgjqrDuIL
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• How Vanessa Bryant remembered Kobe and Gigi on former Laker’s birthday

  24-08-2020 21:14
  
  Vanessa Bryant, the wife of Kobe Bryant, penned a touching letter on Intagram along with a video Sunday for her late husband, who would have celebrated his 42nd birthday.
  Bryant and his daughter Gigi died in a helicopter crash in January, and Sunday, athletes, fans and sports organizations posted tributes on social media to honor one of Los Angeles’ most beloved sports figures.
  Monday night, when the Lakers host the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series, the
  
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• Coronavirus: Jobless workers can receive $300 extra in California

  24-08-2020 21:08
  
  California workers will be able to receive an additional $300 in unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus after the state government agreed to participate in a lost wages program made possible through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
  The U.S. government’s Lost Wages Assistance Program is tapping Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to bankroll the program, which replaces a prior program for coronavirus-linked federal unemployment assistance that provided $600 in
  
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• What the Clippers are saying the day after Luka Doncic’s game-winner tied series, 2-2

  24-08-2020 20:48
  
  Luka Doncic’s game-winning 3-pointer tied the best-of-seven first-round series against the Clippers 2-2 with Game 5 on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
  The Clippers held practice Monday, and find out what they’re saying from Clippers beat reporter Mirjam SwansonOur @kylegoon asks Doc whether he expects Pat Bev back in the next couple games — and what his absence means for late-game defensive schemes. No solid news on Pat, but Doc brings up a particular ill-fated late-game switch yesterday. pi
  
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• Young Rams offensive linemen try to learn from last year’s hurt

  24-08-2020 20:43
  
  THOUSAND OAKS >> The Rams have made no veteran additions to an offensive line that struggled with growing pains and injury pains in 2019.
  So they’ll have to hope for more growth from the young linemen who will play between established tackles Andrew Whitworth and Rob Havenstein.
  That growth is happening, said quarterback Jared Goff, who counts on their protection.
  “They’re starting to really feel like a unit,” Goff said of the line after Saturday night’s intra
  
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• Councilmembers move to make Kobe Bryant Boulevard an LA street

  24-08-2020 20:40
  
  LOS ANGELES — Monday is Kobe Bryant Day in Los Angeles and Orange County, honoring the late Los Angeles Lakers star, and it’ll be highlighted by a move to rename a downtown stretch of Figueroa Street outside Staples Center in recognition of his legacy.
  “This is a gift to the city of Los Angeles and to all the Kobe Bryant fans around the world,” City Councilman Curren Price said in a statement announcing a proposal to rename the street. “L.A. streets will rise in hon
  
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• Scott Peterson’s death sentence rejected by California Supreme Court

  24-08-2020 20:13
  
  By DON THOMPSON | Associated Press
  SACRAMENTO — The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife but said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence if they wish in the high-profile case.
  It upheld his 2004 murder conviction in the killing of Laci Peterson, 27, who was eight months pregnant with their unborn son, Connor. Investigators said that on Christmas Eve 2002, Peterson dumped the bodies from his fis
  
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• TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app

  24-08-2020 19:47
  
  By Tali Arbel | The Associated Press
  Video app TikTok is suing the Trump Administration over its efforts to ban the popular Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns.
  TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, insisted Monday that it is not a national-security threat and that the government is acting without evidence or due process. The company filed suit Monday in federal court in California against the Commerce Department, President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbu
  
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• Encino home once tied to Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson sells for $3.5 million

  24-08-2020 19:36
  
  The kitchen is finished in Ann Sach’s tile and Carrara marble counters. (Photo by Sergii Dolgyi Studio)
  A view of the remodeled kitchen. (Photo by Sergii Dolgyi Studio)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAn aerial view of the Encino tennis court estate once tied to Brian Wilson.(Photo by Sergii Dolgyi Studio)
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  A six-bedroom Spanish-style estate in Encino with former ties to Beach Boys’ co-founder Brain Wilson has sold for $3.535 million.
  The 4,675-square-foot
  
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• Republicans officially nominate Trump to take on Biden in the fall

  24-08-2020 19:20
  
  By JILL COLVIN | Associated Press
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
  Trump has sought to minimize the toll of the pandemic, but its impact was evident as proceedings began in Charlotte. Instead of the thousands of people who were expected to converge on this city for a week-long
  
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• San Juan Capistrano will build long-discussed tribal park by late fall

  24-08-2020 19:08
  
  After years of delay, a park simulating an Acjachemen tribal village in San Juan Capistrano is expected to be built by late fall.
  In recent days, the City Council awarded a $1.2 million construction contract for the project, which involves a 1.5-acre park on an undeveloped city property along the 5 Freeway known as the Northwest Open Space.
  The city has set aside money from the proceeds of existing bonds to build the park. But the council put the project on hold in May amidst the coronavirus pan
  
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• Stay motivated in school with these tips for taking class online

  24-08-2020 19:05
  
  It doesn’t matter if you’re a student in elementary school or college – chances are you’re taking virtual classes this semester. You may have used Zoom before, but many students are taking virtual courses for the first time. In-person classes are a great way to learn and meet new friends around you. So with so many educational and social changes, how does someone adapt? We put together some tips that can help you stay interested and motivated in your online classes to get
  
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• Ocean Institute plans virtual 3-day maritime festival, kicks off with a water challenge

  24-08-2020 18:47
  
  For 35 years, the Ocean Institute has drawn hundreds of thousands of maritime enthusiasts to Dana Point Harbor for its annual Tall Ships Festival.
  So, the nonprofit’s officials said they weren’t going to let the coronavirus pandemic ruin people’s opportunity to learn about the ocean, marine life and sailing and are taking the festival online, but also around the world.
  While people won’t be able to board tall ships for cannon battles at sea, visit the pirates’ villa
  
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• Defiant postmaster says he won’t restore mail-sorting machines

  24-08-2020 18:41
  
  By MATTHEW DALY, LISA MASCARO and HOPE YEN | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy refused requests by Democrats on Monday to restore mail-sorting machines or mailboxes removed from service as part of sweeping operational changes at the Postal Service, despite complaints that the changes are causing lasting damage and widespread delays.
  Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., told DeJoy at a hearing on Capitol Hill that changes imposed by DeJoy this summer have threatened the r
  
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• Fullerton’s large Korean American community likely to elect first council rep in decades

  24-08-2020 18:34
  
  Fullerton will very likely swear in its first Korean American City Council member in decades after the November elections – just a few years after the city began its transition to electing leaders by districts to give Asian Americans and Latinos more of an opportunity to have a voice in local government.
  The two candidates running for District 1 – which encompasses the northwest part of the city – are Korean Americans. Although someone could still file for candidacy as a write-
  
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• How will coronavirus impact the political fortunes of Trump and Newsom?

  24-08-2020 18:13
  
  “You can say whatever you want before Jan. 1 of an election year, because almost no one will remember.” – Tom Quinn, then campaign manager for ex-Gov. Jerry Brown, 1978
  Attention spans were already short 42 years ago and they have become far shorter since, especially in this era of lightning-fast news cycles often moved by Twitter and Facebook.
  That reality has been a life preserver for many politicians, both in California and nationally, since Quinn first voiced it.
  But t
  
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• Mike Pompeo’s Iran policy failures needlessly risk future conflict: Ron Paul

  24-08-2020 18:05
  
  The U.S. foreign policy establishment has for decades been dominated by neoconservative interventionists and falsely-named “humanitarian” interventionists. These people believe that because the United States is the one “exceptional nation,” no conflict anywhere in the world could possibly be solved without our butting our noses into it.
  One of President Obama’s few foreign policy successes was to work with European countries on a deal that would see a reduction of s
  
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• Drive-In OC series bringing DJ Gareth Emery to Anaheim for two shows

  24-08-2020 18:00
  
  DJ Gareth Emery has been added to City National Grove of Anaheim’s Drive-In OC series line-up.
  The British trance artist, producer and songwriter will headline two shows in the venue’s parking lot on Friday, Sept. 18 and Saturday, Sept. 19.
  Tickets are $175-$350 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28 via AXS.com. Ticket price is per vehicle and the number of passengers must not exceed the number of safety belts in the vehicle.
  Though Emery is known for his dance chart-topping albu
  
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• Zoom suffers outage as students start classes online

  24-08-2020 17:47
  
  NEW YORK — Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educators.
  The company said Monday that it began receiving reports of disruptions around 6 a.m. Pacific time. It has identified the issue causing the problem and is working on a fix, it reported on its status page.
  Grade schools, high schools and universities are relying on Zoom and competing technologies like Microsof
  
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• As Santa Cruz County’s Bonny Doon burns, defiant residents refuse to give up fight for ‘Battle Mountain’

  24-08-2020 17:27
  
  BONNY DOON — Residents up here call it “Battle Mountain.” And despite evacuation orders and condemnation from fire and law enforcement officials, scores of Bonny Doon locals and their supporters are refusing to back down from a guerilla-style fight to protect their homes from flames.
  Many are organized into loose networks — ranging from small groups of neighbors with light gear to dozens of people equipped with tractors, generators, chainsaws and trucks packing sizable wa
  
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• How shopping for home decor is getting a boost from augmented reality apps

  24-08-2020 17:15
  
  Shortly before the launch of Jerome Furniture’s augmented reality app in 2015, a woman came into the Torrance store with yellow paint chips and a photo to help her find a couch that would work in her home.
  Scott Perry, executive vice president of digital for the San Diego-based, Southern California furniture chain, was there, and he showed her the AR app, which allowed him to seemingly magically manifest a couch into the middle of the store on the screen of his phone.
  “Her mouth hit
  
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• Status Update: Amazon building grocery store in Fullerton Town Center

  24-08-2020 17:00
  
  Amazon is building a second grocery store concept in Orange County, this time in a former Toys R Us in Fullerton.
  Matt Foulkes, the city’s director of Community and Economic Development, confirmed the e-commerce titan bought the store at 1100 South Harbor Blvd. in the Fullerton Town Center. The new grocery store will be a short walk from Costco.
  “The floorplan for the grocery story looks remarkably similar to a Whole Foods in terms of layout and food offerings,” Foulkes wrote t
  
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• Morning Wrap: Does Luka Doncic have Clippers worried? Lakers to honor Kobe Bryant in Game 4

  24-08-2020 16:52
  
  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: On a bum ankle, Dallas’ young gun Luka Doncic went from superstar to superstardom with his game-winning 3-point shot to even the best-of-seven series with the Clippers, and columnist Jim Alexander asks if the series has taken a turn the Clippers didn’t expect. And
  
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• Autism community ‘scared to death’ with students losing ground as distance learning continues

  24-08-2020 16:52
  
  As the mother of three young children on the autism spectrum, Laurie Kubasek strives to be masterful juggler.
  She constantly strategizes ways to divide her time between an 8-year-old daughter who enjoys designing costumes, a 7-year-old son who loves dancing to Michael Jackson music and a 5-year-old daughter who adores her iPad and stuffed animals.
  But Kubasek admits it’s nearly impossible to strike a balance with her children, especially with their latest challenge:
  Distance learning.
  The
  
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• Watch: Southern California owners balk at listing homes for sale

  24-08-2020 16:00
  
  Local homeowners continue to keep their homes off the market as the graphic above displays.
  Zillow statistics for the four-county region show a market strained by a lack of selling homeowners with 26,068 existing residences listed for sale in Southern California in the week ended August 15 — down 35% in a year. It’s not just a local pattern: Inventory is off 28% nationally.
  Some owners are spooked by coronavirus fears. Others are worried they won’t be able to find another home
  
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• SeaWorld San Diego reopens with orca and dolphin stadium shows plus food and beer festival

  24-08-2020 16:00
  
  SeaWorld San Diego plans to reopen this week as a zoo with orca, dolphin and sea lion stadium shows along with a food and beer festival while the marine park’s rides and roller coasters remain closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The limited-capacity, advance-reservation Zoo Days: Bayside BBQ & Brews experience will run Fridays through Sundays from Aug. 28 through Sept. 27 (plus Labor Day) from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at SeaWorld San Diego.
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• What voters need to know about California’s ballot propositions

  24-08-2020 15:00
  
  Let’s make some new rules for California gig workers!
  Let’s get back to the old rules when it comes to using race and ethnicity to admit or reject students at California universities!
  Let’s tweak the living heck out of the current rules that define the mother of all California tax laws, the 1978 version of Prop 13!
  These are just a few of the dozen proposals that California voters will approve or reject in the Nov. 3 general election. Others would lower the voting age by a few
  
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• Protest erupts after Wisconsin police shoot man from behind

  24-08-2020 14:46
  
  KENOSHA, Wis. — Officers deployed tear gas early Monday to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following a police shooting in Kenosha that also drew a harsh rebuke from the governor after a video posted on social media appeared to show officers shoot at a Black man’s back seven times as he leaned into a vehicle.
  A person was hospitalized in serious condition following a shooting by officers about 5 p.m. Sunday as officers were responding to a “domestic incident,
  
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• Trump aide Kellyanne Conway to leave White House

  24-08-2020 14:30
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month.
  Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016 race, was the first woman to successfully steer a White House bid, then became a senior counselor to the president. She informed Trump of her decision in the Oval Office.
  Conway cite
  
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• Short-circuiting the legislative process for electric cars

  24-08-2020 09:21
  
  The 2020 session of the California Legislature is radically different from any other in the state’s 170-year history, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Legislators abandoned the Capitol last spring after giving Gov. Gavin Newsom carte blanche authority and a billion dollars to deal with the crisis. When they finally returned two months later, their slate of bills was severely reduced and procedures were altered dramatically, eventually to include remote participation and voting and abbrevia
  
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• 2 pedestrians killed in Anaheim crash identified

  24-08-2020 06:13
  
  Officials identified two men Sunday, Aug. 23, who were fatally struck by a BMW while crossing a street in Anaheim nine days earlier.
  Girmay Girmay, 70, of Anaheim and Solomon Kedebe, 61, of Los Alamitos, on Friday, Aug. 14 were standing on a center divider along Lincoln Avenue near Aladdin Drive just before the crash, Anaheim Police Sgt. Steve Pena said. They waited for at least one vehicle to pass before trying to cross the street, but were hit by a silver BMW at about 9 p.m.
  “It looks li
  
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• Takuma Sato wins his second Indianapolis 500 at empty track

  24-08-2020 05:50
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — At an eerily empty Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Takuma Sato snatched a second Indianapolis 500 victory in an odd and unsatisfying finish to “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
  Sato held off Scott Dixon and won under caution after teammate Spencer Pigot crashed with five laps remaining in Sunday’s race, held in front of empty grandstands for the first time in 104 runnings because of the pandemic.
  Pigot needed medical attention on the track, the crash sc
  
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• Horse racing: Mo Forza, jockey Flavien Prat wins Del Mar Mile

  24-08-2020 05:19
  
  Perhaps announcer Larry Collmus best summed up Mo Forza’s performance in Sunday’s $200,000 Grade II Del Mar Mile as the field raced toward the finish.
  When jockey Flavien Prat found an opening early in the stretch and shot through along the rail, that’s when Collmus went to work.
  “Mo Forza dives through an opening on the inside. It is Mo Forza. Mo Forza comes up the rail and he’s pulling away … Wow! He won it by six emphatic lengths.”
  Wow, indeed.
  
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• Rams’ Sean McVay is no fan of SoFi Stadium’s artificial crowd noise

  24-08-2020 05:12
  
  Rams coach Sean McVay loves the look of SoFi Stadium. As for the sound of the team’s new home, don’t get him started.
  Actually, you don’t have to.
  “I don’t know about you guys, but how irritating was that constant crowd noise that just never stopped?” McVay said before reporters even brought it up in a Zoom chat Sunday, the day after the Rams held an intrasquad scrimmage at the Inglewood stadium.
  McVay wasn’t talking about a real crowd’s cheers and
  
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• Game 4 photos: Luka Doncic, Mavs shock Clippers in overtime

  24-08-2020 04:58
  
  Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks shocked the L.A. Clippers 135-133 in overtime of Game 4 to even the series at 2-2.
  Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic, left, drives toward the basket as Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard (2) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
  Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic (77) reacts to referee Zach Zarba, lower left, and referee Kevin Cutle
  
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• Clippers’ Paul George: ‘If I make shots, this series could be a little different’

  24-08-2020 04:52
  
  Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic, left, drives toward the basket as Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard (2) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
  Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic (77) reacts to referee Zach Zarba, lower left, and referee Kevin Cutler, right, during the third quarter of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Cli
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: California hospitalizations down 35% since June; 10,268 new cases and 160 new deaths reported as of Aug. 23

  24-08-2020 04:23
  
  COVID-related hospitalizations in California continued on the decline as of Sunday. The state reported 203 fewer patients, 5,665, down 35% from its high of 8,820 July 21, according to counts from county websites.
  California reported 10,268 new cases of the coronavirus, on Sunday, Aug. 23, bringing the cumulative total since tracking began to 667,470.
  There were also 160 new deaths reported, making for a total of 12,150 people who have died, according to unofficial counts from county websites.
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• Nearly seven months after his death, Lakers keep the memory of Kobe Bryant close to heart

  24-08-2020 04:20
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — On the court, the Black Mamba was Kobe Bryant’s icy persona.
  He was less himself and more a character: a cold-blooded scorer who would not hesitate to strike. Adopting snake scales as his skin was his way of hiding any sense of doubt — his way of showing an uncompromised resolve to compete.
  The Lakers hope to feel something like that Monday night for Game 4 against the Trail Blazers, when they don their Black Mamba City Edition jerseys (brought back fro
  
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• Stop enabling California’s taxation addicts

  24-08-2020 04:08
  
  One of the great delusions in California is the idea that if only the government had more power and money, we might finally solve the problems faced by Californians.
  Even before the pandemic, Californians were faced with an onslaught of calls for additional taxes.
  Just last year, the California Legislature proposed over $20 billion in tax and fee increases, according to the California Taxpayers Association.
  Just this past March, Californians were presented with 236 local tax and bond measures, p
  
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• Alexander: Playoff series takes a turn Clippers weren’t expecting

  24-08-2020 03:48
  
  Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic (77) shoots his game-winning 3-point basket as Los Angeles Clippers’ Reggie Jackson (1) defends during overtime of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Mavericks won 135-133 in overtime. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
  Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic (77) drives against Los Angeles Clippers’ Marcus Morris Sr. (31) during the first quarter of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playof
  
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• Welcome back to academic brainwashing season: Walter Williams

  24-08-2020 03:47
  
  Parents, legislators, taxpayers and others footing the bill for college education might be interested in just what is in store for the upcoming academic year.
  Since many college classes will be online, there is a chance to witness professors indoctrinating their students in real-time.
  So, there’s a chance that some college faculty might change their behavior.
  The leftist bias at our colleges and universities has many harmful effects.
  A UC Davis mathematics professor faced considerable back
  
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• Rancho Santa Margarita man recovering in hospital after twin brother killed in Dana Point crash

  24-08-2020 03:19
  
  The twin brother of a 23-year-old man killed in a crash in Dana Point was still recovering in a local hospital with severe injuries, family members said on Sunday.
  Brian Carbonell, 23, was conscious but on a ventilator as he continued to receive treatment after the crash on Wednesday, Aug. 19 that killed his brother, Jason, of Rancho Santa Margarita, and injured Brian’s girlfriend.
  The mother of the twins said Brian Carbonell was in a lot of pain and having trouble breathing due to a
  
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• Chargers WR Mike Williams exits practice while holding right arm

  24-08-2020 02:51
  
  COSTA MESA — Wide receiver Mike Williams is known for giving Chargers fans a rollercoaster of emotions whenever he attempts a diving grab.
  Williams often completes the acrobatic catches and quickly bounces back for the next play, but there are times where he gingerly gets up. Sunday was one of those times.
  Williams left practice holding his right arm after coming down hard on a deep incomplete pass attempt from quarterback Tyrod Taylor. Williams writhed in pain on the field after attemptin
  
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• Brittney Sykes, Candace Parker lead Sparks to comeback win over Wings

  24-08-2020 02:26
  
  The Sparks got some good injury news on Saturday when it was revealed that guard Riquna Williams had merely sprained her left knee. There’s no timetable for her return, but given how severe the injury looked, the news that the veteran’s season wasn’t over was a relief to the team.
  But Sunday’s 84-81 win over the Dallas Wings showed that Williams’ absence puts the Sparks’ depth to the test.
  First, for how the Sparks (10-3) won: They found themselves down by 10
  
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• Angels fail to take series in Oakland, lose in 10 innings

  24-08-2020 02:19
  
  Los Angeles Angels pitcher Dylan Bundy works against the Oakland Athletics in the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, left, is congratula
  
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• 15-year-old fatally stabbed in Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo woman arrested

  24-08-2020 01:34
  
  A 20-year-old woman was arrested Saturday on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 15-year-old boy in Aliso Viejo, officials said.
  The teen suffered multiple stab wounds near the intersection of Via San Gabriel and Via Iglesia either late Friday or early Saturday, Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said in a news release. Deputies were summoned at about 12:50 a.m. after the victim was brought to Saddleback Hospital in Laguna Hills, where he was later pronounced dead.
  The identity of th
  
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• Dodgers hit seven home runs, sweep Colorado Rockies

  24-08-2020 01:25
  
  LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers cruised into the halfway point of the season Sunday and made it look easy.
  Mookie Betts hit two of the Dodgers’ seven home runs in an 11-3 win over the Colorado Rockies. He also stole two bases, becoming the first player in franchise history with two homers and two steals in the same game.
  Kiké Hernandez, Will Smith, Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and Max Muncy also homered for the Dodgers, who completed a three-game sweep against their fading National
  
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