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• Coronavirus: 15 new deaths reported in Orange County as of Aug. 25

  25-08-2020 23:44
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 335 new cases of the coronavirus as of Tuesday, Aug. 25, bringing the cumulative total of positive tests to 46,642 cases.
  An estimated 12,689 new cases have been reported in the last 30 days.
  There were 15 new deaths reported in Orange County on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 912 people. The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigations and can take weeks to process, officia
  
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• Would it be legal to privatize the Postal Service? Ask the lawyer

  25-08-2020 23:30
  
  Q: The U.S. Postal Service is losing money. There continue to be many issues about how it is operating. Bottom line, could it be legally privatized?
  -D.H., Hawthorne
  Ron Sokol
  A: Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution grants Congress the authority to establish post offices and post roads. Review of the Postal Service website indicates that it handles 48% of the world’s total mail volume, and in 2019 generated $71.1 billion. So, if the Postal Service was privatized
  
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• Travel: Escape to Utah on a road trip to cure coronavirus cabin fever

  25-08-2020 23:20
  
  After five months binge-watching “The Wire,” “Tiger King,” “Breaking Bad,” “Dexter” and “Gardeners’ World,” and binge-eating about 50 pints of ice cream, I woke up one morning with an urge to get in my car and drive away. And not just to go to the grocery store.
  It actually happened after I opened my Facebook and saw pictures of friends in the wilderness. They looked happy. Carefree even.
  Why couldn’t I do a this? I had a ma
  
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• 30-acre sports park opens in Rancho Mission Viejo

  25-08-2020 23:20
  
  After more than a year of development, a new state-of-the-art sports park unveiled in Rancho Mission Viejo is already getting lots of use.
  Built on the hilltop of Village of Esencia, the 30-acre complex will be open not only for use by the village’s residents, but also the public.
  Esencia residents take a walk on the many walking paths and trails at Esencia Sports Park in Rancho Mission Viejo. The 30-acre park features sports fields, a playground, swimming pool, tennis and pickleball court
  
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• 30-acre sports park opens in Rancho Mission Veijo

  25-08-2020 23:20
  
  After more than a year of development, a new state-of-the-art sports park unveiled in Rancho Mission Viejo is already getting lots of use.
  Built on the hilltop of Village of Esencia, the 30-acre complex will be open not only for use by the village’s residents, but also the public.
  Esencia residents take a walk on the many walking paths and trails at Esencia Sports Park in Rancho Mission Viejo. The 30-acre park features sports fields, a playground, swimming pool, tennis and pickleball court
  
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• Portland star Damian Lillard (knee) to miss Game 5 vs. Lakers

  25-08-2020 23:18
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Headed into a closeout game against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Lakers learned their underdog opponent with a puncher’s chance just lost their best haymaker.
  Damian Lillard will miss Wednesday’s Game 5 with a right knee sprain, confirmed Tuesday afternoon by an MRI. The Trail Blazers’ charismatic big shot-maker, who led the seeding games in scoring and has been the top threat on offense, had been the engine of Portland’s unlikely run to
  
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• Owner of San Pedro clinic sentenced to nearly 4 years for $5 million health care fraud scheme

  25-08-2020 23:18
  
  A chiropractor who operated a clinic in San Pedro was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 25, to just under four years in federal prison for defrauding a dock workers union benefit plan of nearly $5 million in bogus billings, authorities said.
  Mahyar David Yadidi, 38, of West Los Angeles was also ordered to pay nearly $2 million in restitution by Judge R. Gary Klausner, said Ciaran McEvoy, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office.
  Yadidi pleaded guilty in November in Los Angeles federal court to consp
  
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• Clippers vs. Mavericks Game 5 playoff updates from NBA beat reporters

  25-08-2020 23:08
  
  The Clippers’ quest to bring a championship back to Los Angeles continues tonight with Game 5 of the first round series against the Dallas Mavericks in Florida.
  Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers must play to their capabilities and put an end to the Mavericks’ current momentum.
  In game 4, Doncic made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer and became the first player with 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists in a NBA playoff game.
  Paul George knows he can be a difference maker for the Clippers but h
  
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• Kristaps Porzingis ruled out as Clippers, Mavericks set for Game 5; Follow for game updates

  25-08-2020 23:02
  
  Follow Southern California Newspaper Group reporters Kyle Goon and Mirjam Swanson as they cover the Lakers and Clippers in the NBA playoffs. 
  Clippers, Mavericks Game 5 updates, social media reaction, video highlights … 
  When: Clippers vs. Mavericks, 6 p.m., (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
  PRE-GAME
  Clippers hope they can play to their capabilities, quell Mavericks’ momentum Dallas' Kristaps Porzingis (knee) has been listed as OUT for tonight's Game 5 against the Clipp
  
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• LAFC loses reigning MLS MVP Carlos Vela to knee injury

  25-08-2020 22:58
  
  Carlos Vela made his long-awaited return to the Los Angeles Football Club lineup Saturday, but the excitement level was subsided as he left the field with an injury in the second half .
  Saturday was Vela’s first game since March 8.
  Vela, who missed the MLS is Back Tournament last month to remain home with his wife during her pregnancy, left the game against Galaxy in the 57th minute and coach Bob Bradley speculated that it was an MCL injury.
  Tuesday, Bradley confirmed what he expected: Vel
  
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• California ski resort changing name, citing offensive word

  25-08-2020 22:41
  
  TAHOE CITY  — California’s popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort will change its name because the word “squaw” is a derogatory term for Native American women, officials announced Tuesday. The site was the scene of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
  The decision was reached after consulting with local Native American groups and extensive research into the etymology and history of the term “squaw,” said Ron Cohen, president and COO of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows.
  The word
  
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• Helicopter company in fatal Kobe Bryant crash sues 2 air traffic controllers

  25-08-2020 22:16
  
  The company that operated the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas in January, killing Laker legend Kobe Bryant and eight others, is fighting back against lawsuits by filing a suit of its own contending air-traffic controllers were to blame for the crash.
  The suit, filed last week as a cross-complaint to litigation against Island Express Helicopters and seeking unspecified damages, contends the crash was “caused by a series of erroneous acts and/or omissions” by a pair of air-traffic
  
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• Angels’ Shohei Ohtani spending downtime working in outfield

  25-08-2020 21:43
  
  Shohei Ohtani has a lot more downtime on his hands than he planned on at the beginning of the season. A forearm strain means the Angels pitcher likely won’t take the mound the rest of the season, so Ohtani has largely been relegated to his other role as designated hitter.
  But Ohtani is keeping busy during batting practice by fielding flyballs and grounders in the outfield.
  It doesn’t mean you should expect to see Ohtani playing the outfield during actual games this season; Angels man
  
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• UCLA football’s Jake Burton enters transfer portal with hopes of playing this fall

  25-08-2020 21:31
  
  Jake Burton, UCLA football’s starting tackle, announced via his social media account that he has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal in hopes of playing college football this fall after the Pac-12 announced on Aug. 11 that it was postponing the fall season, with hopes of salvaging the season in the winter or spring of 2021.
  Burton, a red-shirt senior, started more than 20 games the past two seasons at right tackle for the Bruins and is listed as a graduate, meaning he would be granted
  
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• County’s second large-scale COVID test site to open at OC fairgrounds — expected to help with surge in tests for schools

  25-08-2020 21:31
  
  A drive-thru coronavirus testing site at the OC Fair & Event Center will add capacity to the system, just in time to handle a potential flood of local school staff and students hoping to return to in-person instruction.
  The fairgrounds test site, which will open Wednesday, Aug. 26, will start with up to 500 tests a day and ramp up to 1,000 tests daily by next week, Orange County Health Care Agency spokeswoman Jessica Good said. It is expected to operate from 7 a.m.  to 3 p.m. weekdays u
  
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• Payroll tax deferral on hold without IRS guidance

  25-08-2020 21:22
  
  By Laura Davison and Allyson Versprille | Bloomberg
  The U.S. Treasury Department still has yet to tell companies how to handle President Donald Trump’s order delaying the due date for employee payroll taxes, leaving major employers like Walmart in the lurch.
  It’s been two weeks since Trump issued his directive deferring the deadline to pay worker’s portions of Social Security taxes from Sept. 1 through the end of the year. But employers, who are responsible for submitting those
  
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• Disneyland auditions Marvel superhero stunt performers for Avengers Campus

  25-08-2020 21:22
  
  A pair of new Avengers Campus shows featuring Captain America and Black Panther fighting a sword-wielding villain and General Okoye training young warriors are coming to the new Marvel themed land after Disney California Adventure reopens.
  The Anaheim theme park is looking for professional stunt talent and union actors to perform in Marvel superhero live action shows, according to the Disney Audition website.
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• Rams, Chargers announce SoFi Stadium won’t host fans until further notice

  25-08-2020 21:06
  
  The Rams and Chargers announced Tuesday they’ll open SoFi Stadium without fans in attendance until further notice.
  The 70,000-seat stadium in Inglewood is scheduled to host its first event Sept. 13 for the “Sunday Night Football” matchup between the Rams and Dallas Cowboys. The Chargers have their first game at the new venue Sept. 20 against the Kansas City Chiefs.
  “While we all look forward to coming together to celebrate this new era of sports and entertainment in Los A
  
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• Lose weight by eating? Audrey Johns’ ‘Easy Dinners’ cookbook tells how

  25-08-2020 19:42
  
  You go to bed hungry like a punished child. You wake up starving because you denied yourself last night’s TV snack. You start clock watching at 4 p.m., hanging on until dinner with a hammering headache and growling stomach.
  But it’s worth it because you’ve got to feel ravenous to lose weight, right?
  Not so, says Audrey Johns, cookbook author and weight-loss guru. She found that starving simply didn’t work. So, she decided to eat her way to a better figure by cooking healt
  
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• Flavor ban would deprive smokers of safer options

  25-08-2020 19:36
  
  Senate Bill 793, which would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products throughout California, on Monday passed the Assembly and now heads back to the Senate. The legislation purports to improve public health, but it actually would endanger the health of people who are trying to quit smoking.
  The bill prohibits retailers from selling tobacco or nicotine with a characterizing flavor. One of its obvious targets is vaping, given most electronic cigarettes use liquids that have flavori
  
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• Exxon, Raytheon booted from Dow in major embrace of tech

  25-08-2020 19:03
  
  By Sarah Ponczek and Katherine Greifeld | Bloomberg
  The dominance of technology companies has eclipsed every other story in 2020’s pandemic-upended stock market. Now it’s helping speed changes to the world’s most famous equity benchmark.
  In the biggest reshuffling in seven years, Exxon Mobil Corp, Pfizer and Raytheon Technologies Corp. were kicked out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, making way for Salesforce.com, Amgen Inc. and Honeywell International to enter the 124-year
  
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• For Lakers’ LeBron James, Jacob Blake’s shooting is bigger issue than a big Game 4 victory

  25-08-2020 18:47
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Tuesday, Aug. 25 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon, who is among the few reporters with a credential inside the NBA bubble. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It should have been about basketball.
  It should have been a night of both celebration and somber reflection about Kobe Bryant, the franchise star who continues to inspire the Lakers seven months after his d
  
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• McDonald’s announces spicy Chicken McNuggets and a Chips Ahoy McFlurry

  25-08-2020 18:39
  
  McDonald’s will begin serving a spicier version of its Chicken McNuggets on Sept. 16. It will be the first time the quick service giant has offered a new flavor of this dish since it was introduced in 1983, according to a press release.
  Related linksHow fast food history was made at these 12 Southern California sites
  See the evolution of fast food in Southern California with this timelineSpicy Chicken McNuggets will have a tempura batter that includes both cayenne and chili peppers and com
  
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• American Airlines plans 19,000 furloughs, layoffs in October

  25-08-2020 18:36
  
  By David Koenig | The Associated Press
  American Airlines said Tuesday it will eliminate 19,000 jobs in October as it struggles with a sharp downturn in travel because of the pandemic.
  Flight attendants will bear the heaviest cuts, with 8,100 losing their jobs.
  The furloughs and management layoffs announced Tuesday are in addition to 23,500 employees who accepted buyouts, retired early or took long-term leaves of absence. American began the year with about 140,000 employees but expects fewer than
  
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• Which Southern California casino hotels are open during the coronavirus pandemic

  25-08-2020 18:15
  
  Since reopening May and June, most casino resort properties in Southern California have been working on getting various amenities operating again, including their hotel rooms.
  Some have opened with limited room capacity while others have eliminated certain services. And some are open only to VIPs. Here’s a look at which tribal-owned Southern California casinos have reopened their hotels and how they are operating during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
  Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho
  
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• Video: What LeBron James said about Jacob Blake … ‘Black people in America are scared’

  25-08-2020 17:31
  
  Lakers reporter Kyle Goon shared LeBron James’ postgame thoughts on Instagram about the shooting Sunday of Jacob Blake, in which James said his emotions were “all over the place” and that “Black people in America are scared.”
  On Monday night, after the Lakers’ Game 4 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, James sounded off after police shot and wounded a Black man (Jacob Blake), apparently in the back, while responding to a call about a domestic dispute in K
  
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• Jacob Blake’s dad says son was left paralyzed by Wisconsin police shooting

  25-08-2020 17:16
  
  By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and TAMMY WEBBER | Associated Press
  KENOSHA, Wis. — The father of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son was left paralyzed from the waist down.
  Blake’s father told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was told his son was shot eight times during the Sunday evening confrontation with police, which was captured on cellphone video and led to two nights of unrest in the city between Milwaukee and Chicago.
  The father, who is also
  
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• Galaxy hopes to build off its 1st win of the season

  25-08-2020 17:16
  
  For the first time this season, the Galaxy returned to work following a victory.
  Saturday’s 2-0 win over crosstown rival LAFC was the first of 2020 for the Galaxy and brings a new level of confidence, although according to goalkeeper David Bingham, the club never lost its focus despite going winless through the first five games of the season.
  “We don’t hold any value on anyone’s opinion who’s not in the locker room,” Bingham said Monday. “There’s n
  
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• ‘Free rent’ bill will ultimately harm tenants

  25-08-2020 17:15
  
  As the legislative session heads toward recess, California lawmakers are passing stopgap bills designed to help Californians deal with the hardships caused by the coronavirus-related economic shutdowns. The most troubling measure, Assembly Bill 1436, passed through committee last week — although its fate is uncertain as its far-reaching provisions draw significant pushback.
  The bill is designed to help struggling tenants, but threatens to upend the housing market by undermining the ability
  
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• Morning Wrap: Clippers face critical Game 5 avainst Mavs; Lakers dominate Blazers

  25-08-2020 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: What will the emotions be like in Game 5 after the Mavericks’ young star Luka Doncic tied the series with a 3-point buzzer beater heard around the NBA on Sunday to make it 2-2, explains Clippers reporter Mirjam Swanson.
  Next game: Clippers vs. Mavericks, Game 5, tonight
  
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• Country stars Luke Bryan and John Langston are coming to a radio near you

  25-08-2020 16:24
  
  Luke Bryan and John Langston will be hosting the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. midday shift on Go Country (105.1 FM). Bryan and Langston will be heard weekdays starting Monday and running through September 25th.
  Expect a lot of stories … both are known for storytelling in their music and my hunch is they will be entertaining as DJs spinning their favorite country tunes.
  Go Country station manager Michael Levine says, “We couldn’t be more excited … They have such a loyal following i
  
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• Bubble Watch: 5.5% of mortgages in California are delinquent

  25-08-2020 16:00
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: An estimated 5.5% of all first mortgages in California were delinquent in July.
  Source: Black Knight’s tally of skipped mortgage payments counts all homeowners tardy on payments whether they are in forbearance plans or not.
  The Trend
  California delinquencies have risen from 1.8% in February. Yes, they’ve tripled in a period of unprecedented economic volatility due to bus
  
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• Can drive-through haunts save Halloween for theme parks?

  25-08-2020 15:33
  
  The Halloween season should have been starting now. Yes, bags of candy are showing up on grocery shelves already. But fans who prefer Halloween’s scares to its sweets are facing a year without popular events such as Knott’s Scary Farm and Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, which should have been deep into their promotional campaigns by now.
  Fortunately for those of us who love the holiday, the Halloween spirit is as hard to kill as Jason, Freddy and Michael Myers put t
  
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• Republican convention showcases rising stars, dark warnings

  25-08-2020 15:12
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — A rising generation of Republican stars offered an optimistic view of President Donald Trump’s leadership but was undermined on the opening night of the GOP’s scaled-back convention by speakers issuing dark warnings about the country’s future and distorting the president’s record, particularly on the coronavirus pandemic.
  As Trump faces pressure to expand his appeal beyond his loyal
  
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• Why it’s a good idea Felipe Esparza created two new Netflix specials in English and Spanish

  25-08-2020 15:02
  
  Last year, while comedian Felipe Esparza was performing a set in Spanish at Sevilla Nightclub in Long Beach, he took note of a particularly enthusiastic group in the audience that included a man in his 40s who was there with his father.
  After the show, Esparza said he ran into the father and son as they were getting into their car.
  “I said to him, ‘Hey, where are you going?’ and he said back, ‘Oh, we’re going home to watch your special in English, because my dad lik
  
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• Trump convention blurs official business and politics

  25-08-2020 15:02
  
  By AAMER MADHANI, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Plenty of presidents have walked right up to the line separating official business from politics — or even stepped over it. President Donald Trump has blown past it with a bulldozer, and his planned Republican convention speech from the White House lawn this week might be the latest and most blatant example yet.
  Down in the polls and facing the headwinds of a coronavirus-battered economy, Trump made
  
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• Laura, now a hurricane, takes aim at US Gulf Coast

  25-08-2020 14:50
  
  By REBECCA SANTANA and JEFF MARTIN | Associated Press
  NEW ORLEANS — Laura became a hurricane Tuesday shortly after entering the warm and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, gathering strength on a path to hit the US coastline as a major storm that could unleash a surge of seawater higher than a basketball hoop and swamp entire towns.
  The National Hurricane Center projected that Laura will become a Category 3 hurricane before landfall, with winds of around 115 mph (185 kph), capable of devas
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: Hospitalizations down 17% in last 14 days in California on August 24

  25-08-2020 06:57
  
  According to the California COVID-19 dashboard there are 5,618 patients hospitalized in California on Monday, Aug. 24. This is a decrease of 1,152 patients (17%) over the last 14 days.
  The state is reporting that 31% of its ICU beds are available, 65% of its ventilators are available and ICUs occupancy has declined by 17.6% in the last 14 days.
  The state had conducted 1,654,133 tests in the last 14 days with a 6.5% test positivity rate. There have been more than 10.65 million tests in the state
  
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• Angels’ poor pitching spoils an Albert Pujols milestone

  25-08-2020 06:53
  
  Albert Pujols #5 of the Los Angeles Angels lines out in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on August 24, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
  The Los Angeles Angels’ David Fletcher, left,beats Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel, right, to the bag on an RBI infield hit in the top of the third inning on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Houston. (Kevin M. Cox/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsHouston
  
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• On Mamba Night, the Lakers make short work of Blazers to take 3-1 series lead

  25-08-2020 06:09
  
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) drives downcourt against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)
  Los Angeles Lakers’ JR Smith (21) and Portland Trail Blazers’ Carmelo Anthony, left, go after the ball during the second quarter of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kevin C. Cox/
  
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• Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook and other NBA stars pay tribute to Kobe Bryant

  25-08-2020 05:48
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Before his Oklahoma City Thunder team tipped off Monday afternoon, Chris Paul jogged over to one of the stanchions on the court at AdventHealth Arena.
  Typically he hits it three times. On this day, he went for eight — in honor of Kobe Bryant’s second jersey number.
  “I look up and I say, ‘Let’s go Bean,’ ” Paul said. “Because I know what type of competitor he was, and I know there isn’t a game going on that he ai
  
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• Photos: Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of first-round playoff series

  25-08-2020 05:12
  
  Take a look at the photos from the Lakers’ playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, Aug. 24. The Lakers entered the contest with a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series.
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) drives downcourt against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)
  Los Angeles Lakers’ JR Sm
  
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• Photos: Lakers defeat Trail Blazers in Game 4 of first-round playoff series

  25-08-2020 05:12
  
  Take a look at the photos from the Lakers’ playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, Aug. 24. The Lakers defeated the Blazers 135-115 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series.
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) drives downcourt against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)
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• Horse dies after injury during workout at Del Mar

  25-08-2020 04:39
  
  DEL MAR — A 4-year-old gelding died Monday during training at Del Mar, the second fatality during the summer meet.
  Irreproachable was injured during a workout on the dirt track, according to the California Horse Racing Board website, which did not specify the injury.
  Trained by Phil D’Amato, the gelding had no wins in two career starts and earnings of $5,550. Irreproachable finished second at Del Mar on July 24 and was 10th at Santa Anita on May 30.
  The seaside track north of San Die
  
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• Wife of ex-California Congressman Duncan Hunter sentenced for corruption

  25-08-2020 04:30
  
  By JULIE WATSON
  SAN DIEGO — The wife of former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced Monday in U.S. court to eight months of home confinement after pleading guilty to misusing more than $150,000 in campaign funds in a corruption case that ended her husband’s career.
  Government attorneys noted Margaret Hunter’s cooperation with the prosecution of her husband in arguing against putting her behind bars and for allowing her to serve the sentence at home. Her confin
  
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• Why is the California Legislature targeting bike share and scooter programs?

  25-08-2020 04:25
  
  California has been at the forefront of the shared micromobility movement and transportation innovation for years – yet the California State legislature is considering a bill as soon as next week that has the potential to destroy micromobility in the state entirely.
  Today, micromobility devices like bikes and scooters offer a mode of transportation that are essential to people across the state, from commuters to our most vulnerable and underserved communities. They replace tens of millions
  
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• Santa Anita expands turf track as it prepares for new season

  25-08-2020 03:23
  
  Santa Anita Racetrack is expanding its turf track to allow for the return of daily sprint races that were halted when its signature downhill course shut down last year in response to horse deaths.
  Horses running 6 and 6 1/2 furlongs will instead start on a new turf chute under construction at the racetrack’s northeast corner near the Gate 5 entrance to the venue’s parking lot. The addition will run parallel to the main dirt track’s existing 7-furlong chute.
  Dennis Moore, track
  
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• Masks, temperature checks, pictures mark first day in person at St. John’s Lutheran School in Orange

  25-08-2020 03:09
  
  A day St. John’s Lutheran School of Orange planned for and fought for finally arrived Monday, Aug. 24.
  About 450 students from kindergartners to sixth-graders donned face coverings and school uniforms, and followed a plethora of new rules to become among the first Orange County children to attend in-person classes since the coronavirus pandemic physically shuttered schools in March.
  Nicole Hanson gives her son Wyatt a hug before the first day for in-person teaching at St. John’s Luth
  
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• Mike Trout is working on his defense, thanks to Twitter

  25-08-2020 03:00
  
  Mike Trout’s outfield reads became somewhat of a trending topic among baseball fans and media on Twitter last Friday.
  Among those who were paying attention: Trout himself.
  According to MLB’s Statcast technology, Trout’s “jump” on balls hit to the outfield ranks among the bottom 1 percent of outfielders. Statcast divides “jump” into three components: reaction (feet covered in the first 1.5 seconds after a ball is hit), burst (feet covered from 1.6 to 3 se
  
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• Angels’ Mike Trout working on his defense, thanks to Twitter

  25-08-2020 03:00
  
  Mike Trout’s outfield reads became somewhat of a trending topic among baseball fans and media on Twitter last Friday.
  Among those who were paying attention: Trout himself.
  According to MLB’s Statcast technology, Trout’s “jump” on balls hit to the outfield ranks among the bottom 1 percent of outfielders. Statcast divides “jump” into three components: reaction (feet covered in the first 1.5 seconds after a ball is hit), burst (feet covered from 1.6 to 3 se
  
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