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• State Senate bill nail in the coffin for pension reform

  28-08-2020 23:56
  
  Citing high and unsustainable costs, the city of Placentia withdrew from the Orange County Fire Authority and established its own fire department.
  The fire department is now up and running. The city expects to  save millions of dollars a year, thanks in part to its ability to offer defined contribution retirement plans to new firefighters.
  Naturally, firefighter unions can’t stand the thought of a city offering firefighting jobs with anything other than an unsustainable and incredibly
  
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• 8 observations from Chargers’ training camp

  28-08-2020 23:56
  
  Rookie linebacker Kenneth Murray was frustrated when the Chargers decided to rest him for most of the first week of training camp.
  Murray said he could have played through the soreness he felt after his first padded practice, where he showed flashes of why the Chargers decided to trade back into the first round to draft him with the 23rd overall pick.
  The Chargers had seen enough. They weren’t going to take any chances with their prized linebacker.
  Murray didn’t have much to be frust
  
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• California misses chances for police reform

  28-08-2020 23:46
  
  After a state senator tested positive last week for COVID-19, the California Senate temporarily adjourned, thus creating more delays as lawmakers stumbled toward the final days of an unusual legislative session.
  The fate of many significant bills remains up in the air before Monday’s session close, but it’s clear that the push for serious police reform has faltered.
  On that front, it’s been all talk, little action. Democratic legislators, who have supermajorities in both houses
  
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• Galaxy turning attention back to playing after an emotional week

  28-08-2020 23:40
  
  Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget described Wednesday as an “emotional day.”
  Lletget and the Galaxy were the final game of the day scheduled, but the focus was soon switched away from the field as four of the previous five games on the schedule were postponed as players across the league protested the unjust shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
  The Galaxy and Seattle then followed suit and chose not to play.
  “For us, our conversations started happening later in the day,&rdqu
  
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• A year after admitting he smoked pot, green card applicant still stuck in Mexico

  28-08-2020 23:35
  
  The pandemic has messed with some immigrants’ lives in ways beyond making them sick.
  Take the Palomar family of Corona.
  In June of last year, Jose Palomar traveled from the Inland Empire to Mexico to seek a much coveted green card, a document that would identify him as a legal permanent resident of the United States.
  But complications forced him to stay in Mexico. And now, due to Covid-19, U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world are mostly shut down – leaving Palomar stuck acr
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reports 323 new cases and 9 new deaths as of Aug. 28

  28-08-2020 23:31
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as of Friday, Aug. 28, bringing the cumulative total of positive tests to 47,782 cases.
  An estimated 12,529 new cases have been reported in the last 30 days.
  There were nine new deaths reported in Orange County on Friday, raising the death toll to 956 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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• Rams running backs battle could last into the season

  28-08-2020 23:22
  
  Ideally, the Rams will see one player step up and claim Todd Gurley’s old role as the team’s No. 1 ballcarrier, and not use the running backs “committee” sometimes discussed around training camp.
  That goal was made clear Friday by new running backs coach Thomas Brown.
  Brown also made clear that nobody among Cam Akers, Darrell Henderson, Malcolm Brown, John Kelly and Xavier Jones has yet won the battle.
  “Obviously, I think you’d prefer to have a clear-cut guy w
  
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• Newsom announces color-coded reopening plan for California

  28-08-2020 22:23
  
  By Kathleen Ronayne and Michael R. Blood | The Associated Press
  Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new, color-coded process Friday for reopening California businesses amid the coronovirus pandemic that is more gradual than the state’s current rules to guard against loosening restrictions too soon.
  Counties will move through the new, four-tier system based on their number of cases and percentage of positive tests. It will rely on those two metrics to determine a tier: case rates and the percenta
  
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• Orange County lands in worst tier of new coronavirus tracking system Gov. Newsom announced Friday

  28-08-2020 22:15
  
  The state’s coronavirus watch list is out and a new, tiered monitoring system is taking its place in an attempt to streamline lockdown orders across counties and present a simplified list of when businesses and other public places are allowed open.
  Orange County, which made its way off the state’s watch list for pandemic-troubled counties on Sunday, joins 37 others in the highest of four new tiers: color-coded purple for having “widespread” COVID-19 infection.
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• Orange County lands in highest tier of new coronavirus tracking system Gov. Newsom announced Friday

  28-08-2020 22:15
  
  The state’s coronavirus watch list is out and a new, tiered monitoring system is taking its place in an attempt to streamline lockdown orders across counties and present a simplified list of when businesses and other public places are allowed open.
  Orange County, which made its way off the state’s watch list for pandemic-troubled counties on Sunday, joins 37 others in the highest of four new tiers: color-coded purple for having “widespread” COVID-19 infection.
  The new tra
  
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• Newsom announces new tiered coronavirus tracking system, phases out old watch list

  28-08-2020 22:15
  
  The state’s coronavirus watch list is out and a new, tiered monitoring system is taking its place in an attempt to streamline lockdown orders across counties and present a simplified list of when businesses and other public places are allowed open.
  Orange County, which made its way off the state’s watch list for pandemic-troubled counties on Sunday, joins 37 others in the highest of four new tiers: color-coded purple for having “widespread” COVID-19 infection.
  The new tra
  
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• Coronavirus: $300 in extra jobless payments start within 2 weeks

  28-08-2020 22:14
  
  Unemployed California workers should begin receiving an extra $300 in weekly unemployment payments starting in early September, according to a state labor agency disclosure.
  The additional unemployment payments are being provided to states nationwide through the U.S. government’s Lost Wages Assistance Program that is tapping funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  The $300 federal payment would be on top of the regular state unemployment benefits distributed by the Employment D
  
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• US mortgage rates fall: 30-year at 2.91%

  28-08-2020 22:04
  
   
  U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages fell this week, with historically low levels continuing to fuel demand for homes.
  Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year home loan declined to 2.91% from 2.99% last week. By contrast, the rate averaged 3.58% a year ago.
  The average rate on the 15-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 2.46% from 2.54% last week.
  Housing demand continues as one of few bright spots in the pandemic-hobbled economy, especially for
  
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• Capital One cuts card limits amid jobless-aid impasse

  28-08-2020 21:47
  
  By Jenny Surane | Bloomberg
  Capital One Financial Corp. is cutting borrowing limits on credit cards, reining in its exposure as the U.S. reduces support for millions of unemployed Americans.
  The adjustments, which the company said it makes from time to time, set off a swift outcry on social media. Some customers have complained in recent days their limits have been slashed by a third to two-thirds, eroding their ability to borrow in an emergency during a pandemic or potentially hurting their cre
  
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• NBA, NBPA agree to resume playoffs, focus on voting, social justice initiatives

  28-08-2020 21:21
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After two days of protest, angst and deliberation, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed to resume the playoffs Saturday, with numerous stipulations from team owners and the league to proactively tackle voting and social justice causes.
  Commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA executive director released a joint statement Friday afternoon after a “candid, impassioned and productive conversation” the previous day in a sprawling meeting
  
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• Leader of crew in O.C. and L.A. jewelry heists sentenced to nearly 4 years

  28-08-2020 21:21
  
  The ringleader of a crew of robbers who targeted traveling jewelry sales people doing business in Los Angeles and Orange County was sentenced Friday to nearly 4 years in prison.
  A federal judge sentenced Federico Santiago Quiroz Lucca to 45 months in federal lockup and ordered him to pay $835,000 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
  Lucca, a 52-year-old resident of the Rampart Village neighborhood in Los Angeles, admitted to leading a crew that surveilled and conspired
  
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• Take a socially distant ride on a Duffy boat this summer

  28-08-2020 21:13
  
  Socially distancing yourself at home with family and roommates was probably interesting when it first started, but five months later, it may have driven you crazy. While more businesses open their doors to the public while maintaining the new regulations of health and safety, people are beginning to take trips to the store, market, and restaurants more frequently for necessities. However, public events like concerts, movie theaters, and other activities remain closed. Thankfully, we live on the
  
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• Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations

  28-08-2020 21:12
  
  By AARON MORRISON, KAT STAFFORD and ASHRAF KHALIL | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates began highlighting the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
  An estimated thousands have gathered Friday near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered hi
  
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• Mission Viejo man charged in child molestation; investigators say 2nd victim emerges

  28-08-2020 21:01
  
  A second person has come forward alleging that she, too, was a victim of a Mission Viejo man who was arrested this week on suspicion of molestation, authorities said.
  The man was charged Friday with several felony counts and was being held in lieu of $1 million bail, records show.
  On Thursday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced that one day earlier they arrested Jose Andres Lopez, 67, after a minor had accused him of sexual assault starting in 2010 when she was younger than 1
  
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• TikTok celebrities face charges for Hollywood Hills house parties during pandemic

  28-08-2020 20:58
  
  By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated Press
  LOS ANGELES — TikTok celebrities Bryce Hall and Blake Gray are facing criminal charges after they hosted recent parties in the Hollywood Hills despite the city’s ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Friday.
  The Los Angeles city attorney’s office filed misdemeanor charges Thursday against Hall and Gray. The internet celebrities with millions of followers on TikTok share a home and allegedly held two partie
  
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• Nonprofits join forces in experimental program to help O.C. homeless

  28-08-2020 20:41
  
  Five years ago, Laura Bliss applied for a Section 8 federal housing voucher, hoping to end a period of on again, off again homelessness by landing in a permanent new home.
  At the time, Bliss lived in a home for women run by Family Ministries in San Clemente, sleeping in a bunk bed in a room she shared with  other women. There were strict rules about visitors and sobriety and finding a job. Bliss loved it there, but could only stay in that transitional program for a year.
  Fortunately, she ma
  
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• Sparks’ Chelsea Gray announces partnership with Rock the Vote, Equality California

  28-08-2020 20:32
  
  Sparks guard Chelsea Gray announced on Friday a new partnership with Rock the Vote and Equality California. Gray will donate $50 for each of her assists this season, retroactive to the start of the year, to be split between the two organizations.
  The Sparks will match Gray’s donations as part of the program, called “Chelsea Gray Assist for Equality.”
  The goal, Gray says, is to help people, especially in Black, Latino and LGBTQ+ communities, understand the importance of voting n
  
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• Biden, Harris to travel more as presidential campaign heats up

  28-08-2020 20:03
  
  By BILL BARROW and WILL WEISSERT | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — After spending a pandemic spring and summer tethered almost entirely to his Delaware home, Joe Biden plans to take his presidential campaign to battleground states after Labor Day in his bid to unseat President Donald Trump.
  No itinerary is set, according to the Democratic nominee’s campaign, but the former vice president and his allies say his plan is to highlight contrasts with Trump, from policy arguments tailored to
  
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• Japanese Ramen, Yakitori and Beer pop-up runs this weekend only in Anaheim

  28-08-2020 19:53
  
  Beat the heat with a Japanese style feast of grilled chicken, ramen and ice cold beer.
  Bizen Beer Bar in Anaheim teams up with Shin-Sen-Gumi restaurant, and Orion beer for a Ramen, Yakitori and Beer pop-up this weekend only beginning today and running through Sunday Aug. 30. (Courtesy of Ramen, Yakitori and Beer)
  Bizen Beer Bar in Anaheim teams up with Shin-Sen-Gumi, and Orion beer for a Ramen, Yakitori and Beer pop-up this weekend only beginning today, Aug. 28, and running through Sunday Aug. 3
  
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• Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Friday, Aug. 28

  28-08-2020 19:49
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, August 28 for racing at Del Mar.
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  Related Articles Lute Olson, Hall of Fame basketball coach for Arizona and Long Beach State, dies at 85 With Kershaw’s help, Dodgers use pair of shutouts to sweep doubleheader with Giants Fed up Chargers dema
  
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• Shark signs warns beachgoers to “keep out” of water near Huntington Beach Pier

  28-08-2020 19:45
  
  Signs were posted Friday morning in Huntington Beach warning people to keep out due to a shark sighting. (Photo courtesy of Louis Rice)
  Signs posted up in Huntington Beach Friday morning warned beachgoers to “keep out” of the water due to a shark sighting.
  The red signage was posted near the pier and by lifeguard towers on the city beach’s sand.
  Officials were not available Friday morning to provide details on what prompted the warnings to keep out.
  This time of year is shark s
  
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• Casino Insider: Which casino hotels are open and taking reservations

  28-08-2020 19:44
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter with all the best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. It’s delivered to your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now. 
  This Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 file photo shows one of the spacious the 6th floor suites in the Soboba Casino Resort as construction is almost complete. Soboba reopened its hotel in June and is operating it at 70 percent capacity (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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• Recipes: How to grill perfect chicken and other keys to a great Labor Day cookout

  28-08-2020 19:38
  
  Under normal circumstances, the Labor Day grill sizzles with burgers, brats and hot dogs. That’s fine. But considering the pandemic that is gripping our world, a change of pace might be welcomed. There always seems to be part of the gathering that cheers for chicken. Or more precisely, chicken breasts, the high protein white meat that is lower in fat and calories. Bless their little hearts.
  Chicken breasts on the grill can be challenging. Grill too long and the lack of fat makes them taste
  
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• Pirozzi in Corona del Mar has changed ownership but chef/menu stay the same

  28-08-2020 19:38
  
  They’ve always been friends, now they’ve decided to become business partners.
  Alessandro Pirozzi and Thad Foret met years ago when they were both working for Antonio Cagnolo, owner of Antonello Ristorante. “Me and Thad know each other literally from the first week I came to America,” Pirozzi, a native of Naples, said. “Wherever he worked, I would go to eat there and he would come to me, and we talked about business here and there.”
  Foret worked in the industry
  
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• A trade war amid a pandemic means costly PPE for essential workers

  28-08-2020 18:55
  
  One of the easiest ways to curb the devastating effect that COVID-19 is having on the essential workers is to immediately equip them with masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) that keeps them safe as they maintain the economy.
  Early in the pandemic, we heard heartbreaking stories of medical personnel who braved the frontlines by reusing disposable masks and wearing makeshift protective gowns because of the nation’s lack of preparedness for the surge in demand. Five months lat
  
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• New homes account for biggest share of U.S. sales in 12 years

  28-08-2020 18:54
  
  By Prashant Gopal | Bloomberg
  U.S. homebuyers are favoring newly built properties at the highest rate in more than a decade.
  New homes accounted for more than 12% of sales in the year through July, the biggest share since June 2008, according to an analysis by John Burns Real Estate Consulting.
  Americans rushing to take advantage of historically low mortgage rates are finding few previously owned homes to choose from because listings are so scarce. A growing share of buyers are turning to&n
  
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• MGM Resorts to lay off 18,000 amid slow comeback for casinos

  28-08-2020 18:27
  
  By Christopher Palmeri | Bloomberg
  MGM Resorts International is sending pink slips to about 18,000 employees, more than one-quarter of its pre-pandemic U.S. workforce, due to the slow recovery of some casino markets.
  The cuts, while centered in Las Vegas, are happening nationwide, the company said on Friday. MGM, the largest operator of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, has been struggling to fill its rooms and casinos since Nevada began reopening in early June. Two of the company’s casinos,
  
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• Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

  28-08-2020 18:21
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE, MICHELLE L. PRICE and KEVIN FREKING
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden as a hapless career politician who will endanger Americans’ safety as he accepted his party’s renomination on the South Lawn of the White House. While the coronavirus kills 1,000 Americans each day, Trump defied his own administration’s pandemic guidelines to speak for more than an hour to a tightly packed, largely maskless crowd.
  Facing a moment fraught with
  
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• This musician created friends out of clay for his videos

  28-08-2020 18:12
  
  After writing songs for rappers such as NoCap and PnB Rock, Agoura Hills musician Clay Priskorn decided to focus on his own music as an indie rock one-man-band called Friends of Clay.
  But writing new music wasn’t enough for the 27-year-old, he also wanted to create a group of weird new buddies, using his new clay animation skills to tell their stories through his songs.
  “During quarantine I was going to do videos for all of my songs that are getting released throughout the next coupl
  
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• Japanese leader resigning for health reasons

  28-08-2020 17:54
  
  By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Associated Press
  TOKYO — Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished.
  Abe has had ulcerative colitis since he was a teenager and has said the condition was controlled with treatment. Concerns about his health began this summer and grew this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two
  
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• Misguided California ‘stimulus’ proposal put on ice

  28-08-2020 17:32
  
  A plan to borrow $100 billion from future state income tax revenues so the money can be spent immediately has emerged in a last-minute budget trailer bill, but thankfully not as legislation. The plan to sell tax vouchers is now merely a requirement for a study of how to implement such a plan.
  That should come as a relief, if temporary, to future taxpayers who would be stuck with a bill for their then-current government expenses without sufficient current revenues to pay for them.
  Floated in late
  
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• Real estate news: Omni Metal Finishing lands $10 million building in Fullerton

  28-08-2020 17:30
  
  Salher LLC has acquired a 48,235-square-foot industrial building at 1450 Manhattan Ave. in Fullerton for $10 million, according to JLL.
  Salher will be occupying the property for its business, Omni Metal Finishing, JLL said in a statement.
  The building has 21-foot minimum clearance, eight grade-level doors, one dock-high door and a large fenced yard.A firefighting helicopter begins to pull up after filling up with water from Lake Chelan Sunday, in Chelan, Wash. SoundThe gallery will resume inseco
  
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• Coastal Louisiana a hot mess as Laura’s leftovers move east

  28-08-2020 17:30
  
  By MELINDA DESLATTE, STACEY PLAISANCE and GERALD HERBERT | Associated Press
  LAKE CHARLES, La. — The remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and mangled buildings along the Gulf Coast, and forecasters warn of new dangers as the tropical weather blows toward the Eastern Seaboard this weekend.
  Flooding and more tornadoes were possible as the leftovers of the once fearsome Category 4 hurricane move eastward through Tennes
  
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• Mental health is the elephant in pandemic-era classrooms

  28-08-2020 17:28
  
  COVID-19 isn’t the only health threat facing students and teachers returning to classrooms this fall.
  Long before the pandemic hit, millions of Americans suffered from mental illness.
  The pandemic and the resulting social and economic disruption have only led to increases in psychological trouble and, sadly, children aren’t exempt.
  Classrooms and extracurricular activities create communities of peers and teachers, which can be important support systems for struggling students. Many o
  
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• HOA Homefront: Our association stopped meeting. Is that OK?

  28-08-2020 17:00
  
  Q:: Our board says that due to the pandemic they are suspending board meetings “until further notice.” Our bylaws state board meetings must be held at least every three months. They said if they do hold a meeting they will limit attendance to 10 members, but the Open Meeting Act says it must be open to all eligible members. The board refuses to hold a meeting outdoors because it’s “too much trouble.” Is COVID-19 a valid excuse for these restrictions?  Has the b
  
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• Village mask-wearing rules tweaked as pandemic continues

  28-08-2020 16:49
  
  Want to take out the trash, pick up the mail, go to the carport, walk Fido or play badminton in the park? You’ll have to wear a mask — face-coverings are required in all public spaces.
  But now, with new rules passed by Laguna Woods Village officials on July 28, the first-time fine for non-compliance has been reduced from $50 to zero. There will still be escalating fines — up to $250 — for repeated rule breakers.
  With the original mandate, which went into effect July 6, La
  
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• Laguna Woods Village mask-wearing rules tweaked as pandemic continues

  28-08-2020 16:49
  
  Want to take out the trash, pick up the mail, go to the carport, walk Fido or play badminton in the park? You’ll have to wear a mask — face-coverings are required in all public spaces.
  But now, with new rules passed by Laguna Woods Village officials on July 28, the first-time fine for non-compliance has been reduced from $50 to zero. There will still be escalating fines — up to $250 — for repeated rule breakers.
  With the original mandate, which went into effect July 6, La
  
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• Teen charged in Kenosha shootings that killed 2, wounded 1

  28-08-2020 15:21
  
  By STEPHEN GROVES and SCOTT BAUER | Associated Press
  KENOSHA, Wis. — Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake.
  Kyle Rittenhouse faces five felony charges that include first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide, and a misdemeanor charge for possession of a dangerous weapon by
  
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• Parking laws don’t care who owns the adjacent house

  28-08-2020 15:01
  
  Q. Hello Honk: I have a question about the 72-hour parking law on public streets: Does that INCLUDE a homeowner who leaves a car parked all of the time in front of his or her property so no one else can park there?
  – Jim Petropulos, Wilmington
  A. Yes.
  The law doesn’t care who owns the property adjacent to the parking space on a public road.
  “The street belongs to the public,” Sgt. Clarence Perkins, of the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Traffic Division,
  
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• Lute Olson, Hall of Fame basketball coach for Arizona and Long Beach State, dies at 85

  28-08-2020 06:37
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85.
  Olson’s family said he died Thursday evening. The cause of death wasn’t given.
  “Coach Olson is the absolute best, one of the greatest coaches ever and one of the greatest human beings ever,” Georgia Tech coach and former Arizona player Josh Pasnter tweeted.
  FILE – In this March 5, 2016, file photo, Kelly and Lute Olson stand during t
  
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• Elect Laurie Davies to represent the 73rd Assembly District

  28-08-2020 05:33
  
  Voters in Orange County’s 73rd Assembly District wisely declined incumbent Assemblyman Bill Brough’s bid for re-election back in March.
  The top vote-getter in the primary was Laurie Davies, the mayor of Laguna Niguel, who we endorsed at the time.
  With Davies and progressive Democrat Scott Rhinehart  advancing to the general election, we reiterate our endorsement of Laurie Davies.
  Davies’ principled, conservative approach to government is sorely needed in Sacramento.
  As a s
  
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• With Kershaw’s help, Dodgers use pair of shutouts to sweep doubleheader with Giants

  28-08-2020 04:21
  
  Even with no fans in the stands, Clayton Kershaw is still master of their domain.
  Kershaw pitched six scoreless innings Thursday afternoon at Oracle Park, sending the Dodgers on their way to a doubleheader sweep of the San Francisco Giants that featured back-to-back shutouts.
  The Dodgers won the first game 7-0 behind Kershaw then used seven relievers to hold the Giants to just two hits in a 2-0 victory in the second game. It is the first time the Dodgers have had shutout victories in both ends o
  
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• Dodgers complete doubleheader sweep of Giants with second shutout

  28-08-2020 04:21
  
  The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson celebrates his home run with 3rd base coach Dino Ebel in the 2nd inning of game two of a doubleheader against the San Francisco Giants, Thursday, Aug., 27, 2020, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
  The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Victor Gonzalez (81) pitches the 2nd inning against the San Francisco Giants in game two of a doubleheader, Thursday, Aug., 27, 2020, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. (Karl Mondon/B
  
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• Fed up Chargers demand changes in emotional first trip to SoFi Stadium

  28-08-2020 04:08
  
  INGLEWOOD — Chargers coach Anthony Lynn drove to SoFi Stadium on Thursday undecided if his players were going practice for the first time at their new home.
  His mind was heavy with thoughts surrounding the protests that ensued in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after a police officer shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday.
  “Sometimes it just seems like it’s not getting better,” Lynn said about racial injustice and police brutality in the United States, “like it
  
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• Woman reached speeds of 100 mph before fatal Dana Point crash, police say

  28-08-2020 04:04
  
  A woman accused in the death of a young Rancho Santa Margarita man after she was pursued by police last week reached speeds of 100 miles per hour, officials said Thursday, Aug. 27.
  Ariana Joyce, 44, of Los Angeles, was in a Toyota Corolla parked against a red curb with its hazard lights flashing near Park Avenue and Glenneyere Street at 10:27 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, Laguna Beach Police Sgt. Jim Cota said in a statement.
  Officers performed a traffic stop, and noted that she was speaking “e
  
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