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• Time runs out on California’s legislative session. What did they do right, wrong?

  01-09-2020 23:51
  
  This year’s legislative finale wasn’t as crazy as last year’s, when a protester threw blood on the Senate floor. But, as the constitutional deadline loomed at midnight on Monday, lawmakers cursed and squabbled as they mulled the final bills.
  Memories of the late-night theatrics will fade away, but Californians will soon deal with the effects of many of the substantive bills that now are heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  One of the more troubling ones has already garnered his signat
  
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• LA, Orange restaurant companies to pay $476,777 settlements for wage theft

  01-09-2020 23:51
  
  Los Angeles County investigators have reached settlements of nearly half a million dollars with three Southern California-based companies that underpaid workers at Original Tommy’s Hamburgers and Pizza Hut locations.
  The county’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs targeted the companies for violations of the county’s minimum wage ordinance.
  The owners of Tomdan Enterprises Inc. and Koulax Enterprises Inc., which operate as Original Tommy’s, have agreed to pay $39
  
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• LA County restaurant companies reach settlements of $476,777 for wage theft

  01-09-2020 23:51
  
  Los Angeles County investigators have reached settlements of nearly half a million dollars with three Southern California-based companies that underpaid workers at Original Tommy’s Hamburgers and Pizza Hut locations.
  The county’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs targeted the companies for violations of the county’s minimum wage ordinance.
  The owners of Tomdan Enterprises Inc. and Koulax Enterprises Inc., which operate as Original Tommy’s, have agreed to pay $39
  
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• Black ex-franchisees sue McDonald’s for discrimination

  01-09-2020 23:43
  
  By Dee-Ann Durbin | The Associated Press
  More than 50 Black former McDonald’s franchise owners are suing the burger chain, saying the company steered them to less-profitable restaurants and didn’t give them the same support and opportunities given white franchisees.
  The 52 plaintiffs, who owned around 200 U.S. stores before being forced to sell them over the last decade, are seeking compensation of $4 million to $5 million per store, according to the lawsuit. The suit was filed Tuesd
  
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• Whicker: Swiss Skydiver vs. Gamine adds drama to Kentucky Oaks

  01-09-2020 23:31
  
  If Swiss Skydiver and Gamine were 3-year-old people, they would be attending different schools.
  Gamine would be the elegantly blazered Blair Waldorf of “Gossip Girl.” She could already identify a salad fork, and she might be reading the poems of Emily Dickinson. As a yearling, she was sold for $1.8 million.
  Swiss Skydiver would be Linda Marolla of “Arthur,” the quirky working girl from Queens who fights her way into Arthur’s drawing room. Her price was $35,000.
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• What the Sparks must address before the WNBA playoffs

  01-09-2020 23:26
  
  The Sparks saw their nine-game winning streak come to an end on Monday with an 18-point loss to the Minnesota Lynx.
  No one was raising the alarms after the game, nor should they have; the Sparks are one of three WNBA teams to have already clinched a playoff spot and are one game out of first place.
  But what the loss did was highlight some of the problems the Sparks’ recent string of wins helped cover up.
  “I think the common human reaction is to be really excited when you win and real
  
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• California is back in black due to going green

  01-09-2020 23:18
  
  California was hit last month with rolling blackouts, for the first in nearly two decades. Gov. Gavin Newsom says he knows why. His answer is not politically popular. But it is correct.
  According to Politico, “the exact root” of the trouble “is still unclear as more power outages loom.” Unclear, that is, to those who do not want to see it.
  California might be the only place on Earth that celebrates the loss of energy production. In recent years, one nuclear
  
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• Daredevils dangle from Six Flags Magic Mountain’s 300-foot Sky Tower and post video to TikTok

  01-09-2020 22:51
  
  A pair of daredevils broke into Six Flags Magic Mountain, scaled the park’s signature 300-foot-tall Sky Tower, discharged fire extinguishers, dangled off the ledge of the observation tower and posted video of the incident to TikTok, according to police reports.
  “Six Flags Magic Mountain has zero tolerance for this type of behavior and we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” Six Flags Magic Mountain spokeswoman Sue Carpenter said. “The safety of our employees
  
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• Tiz the Law heavily favored for Kentucky Derby minus Art Collector

  01-09-2020 22:33
  
  Art Collector was declared out of the Kentucky Derby early Tuesday morning, just hours before 3-5 morning-line favorite Tiz the Law drew the No. 17 post position for Saturday’s 146th edition of the Run for the Roses.
  In an oddity, the favorites – Honor A.P. (5-1), Tiz the Law and Authentic (8-1) – drew the three outside post positions in the 18-horse field. After Thousand Words (15-1), who drew the No. 10 hole, the 14 other horses were listed at 20-1 or higher on Mike Battaglia
  
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• Irvine getting 42 new homes with prices starting at $1.7 million

  01-09-2020 22:23
  
  Irvine’s upscale Orchard Hills neighborhood will be getting 42 new homes with prices starting at $1.7 million.
  Shea Homes has begun sales of the 42-residence Cetara project in the city’s northern foothills set around an avocado orchard. Cetera will have two-story homes ranging in size from 4,151 to 4,384 square feet, with five bedrooms and six bathrooms, and two-car garages.
  “The open floorplan designs are a perfect mix of modern and classic architecture, and are set in a treas
  
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• Lawmakers fail to pass bill allowing up to four-units on single-family lots

  01-09-2020 22:11
  
  A bill that would have allowed up to four housing units on a single-family lot died in Sacramento Monday, Aug. 31, when the Assembly voted too late to allow a second vote by the California Senate before the 2020 legislative session ended at midnight.
  In the end, Senate Bill 1120 became the latest of many attempts to curb the state’s housing crisis that failed this year.
  SB 1120 would have allowed property owners to build duplexes on single-family lots in neighborhoods zoned for h
  
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• California lawmakers fail to pass bill allowing up to 4 units on single-family lots

  01-09-2020 22:11
  
  A bill that would have allowed up to four housing units on a single-family lot died in Sacramento Monday, Aug. 31, when the Assembly voted too late to allow a second vote by the California Senate before the 2020 legislative session ended at midnight.
  In the end, Senate Bill 1120 became the latest of many attempts to curb the state’s housing crisis that failed this year.
  SB 1120 would have allowed property owners to build duplexes on single-family lots in neighborhoods zoned for h
  
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• ‘Only in LA’: Pilots report man flying jet pack at 3,000 feet near LAX

  01-09-2020 21:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a guy in a jet pack.
  A couple of pilots got quite a surprise while approaching Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend, when they spotted somebody apparently flying at about 3,000 feet in the air with a jet pack.
  The pilot of American Airlines flight 1997 radioed the LAX tower Sunday evening to make the unusual report.
  “Tower, American 1997. We just passed a guy in a jet pack,” the pilot said on the radi
  
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• Man flying jet pack spotted at 3,000 feet near LAX, pilots report

  01-09-2020 21:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a guy in a jet pack.
  A couple of pilots got quite a surprise while approaching Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend when they spotted somebody apparently flying at about 3,000 feet in the air with a jet pack.
  The pilot of American Airlines flight 1997 radioed the LAX tower Sunday evening to make the unusual report.
  “Tower, American 1997. We just passed a guy in a jet pack,” the pilot said on the radio
  
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• Laguna Woods couple finally gets hitched — but not the way they had planned

  01-09-2020 21:30
  
   
  Sharone Rosen and Mark Hochberg were married by the County Clerk-Recorders Office at the Honda Center after the coronavirus nixed two earlier tries to tie the knot. (Courtesy of Sheryl Strich
  Sharone Rosen shows off her wedding bouquet as Mark Hochberg, in back, takes care of some wedding business at the Honda Center. (Courtesy of Sheryl Strich)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSharone Rosen and Mark Hochberg pause for a “just married” photo at the Honda Center where they
  
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• Orange County Democratic party leader under fire for post praising Ho Chi Minh

  01-09-2020 21:28
  
  A vice chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County is under fire after he shared a Facebook post praising Ho Chi Minh, the late communist leader of Vietnam, for having “liberated an entire poor, colonized nation.”
  Some high-profile Republican and Democratic leaders are calling for Jeff LeTourneau to either resign or be removed from his position in the wake of his comments.
  LeTourneau quickly removed the Facebook post and issued an apology. But he told the Register on Tuesday
  
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• Angels Q&A: How they got here and where they go next

  01-09-2020 21:18
  
  The trade deadline has passed and the playoffs are now all but mathematically out of reach – insert “Dumb and Dumber” meme – for the Angels, who are 12-24 with 24 games to go in the season.
  We asked you on Twitter for the questions, and many of them were the same larger topics, about how the Angels got here and where they go now, and specifically about the immediate plans for General Manager Billy Eppler and shortstop Andrelton Simmons.
  Considering the franchise’s r
  
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• Trump wades into racial tensions with Kenosha visit

  01-09-2020 21:12
  
  By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN LEMIRE and WILL WEISSERT | Associated Press
  KENOSHA, Wis. — President Donald Trump dove into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice on Tuesday, visiting the “destruction” left by rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and declaring it was enabled by Democratic leaders.
  Soon after arriving in the city, a visit made over the objections of state and local leaders, Trump toured the charred remains of a block besieged by violence a
  
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• What if a president refuses to leave the White House after losing the election? Ask the lawyer

  01-09-2020 21:09
  
  Q: Could President Donald Trump stay in the White House even if he does not win the upcoming election?
  -T.W., Tustin
  Ron Sokol
  A: Under the 20th Amendment to our Constitution, the person who wins the election will be sworn into office by Jan. 20, 2021. If Trump remains in the White House after that date, it would be very awkward since he would then no longer be president. Could the election somehow be nullified or held up by the courts or Congress? I think not; if you remember, for example, in 2
  
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• California legislation: State could be first to develop its own generic drugs

  01-09-2020 21:04
  
  By Angela Hart and Samantha Young | Kaiser Health News
  California is poised to become the first state to develop its own line of generic drugs, targeting soaring drug prices and stepping into a fiercely competitive drug market dominated by deep-pocketed pharmaceutical companies.
  The Democratic-controlled legislature overwhelmingly approved a measure Monday that would direct the state’s top health agency to partner with one or more drug companies by January to make or di
  
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• California lawmakers OK more exemptions for AB 5 labor law

  01-09-2020 21:00
  
  By Adam Beam and Don Thompson | The Associated Press
  California lawmakers on Monday OK’d exemptions to about two-dozen more professions from a landmark labor law designed to treat more people like employees instead of contractors.
  Among other things, the legislation would end what critics had said were unworkable limits on services provided by freelance still photographers, photojournalists, freelance writers, editors, and newspaper cartoonists, with certain restrictions to make sure they
  
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• Renters vs. landlords vs. banks: Who won California’s eviction compromise?

  01-09-2020 20:46
  
  California renters financially hurt by the pandemic will be protected from eviction until at least next February, while small landlords will be offered some foreclosure protections, under a measure approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom late Monday night.
  The deal was passed by supermajorities in both state legislative chambers, with both Democrats and a handful of Republican lawmakers supporting the bill while pleading for additional federal intervention.
  A two-thirds vote of law
  
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• Apples are ripe for the picking, and Oak Glen has a plan for you do it safely

  01-09-2020 20:45
  
  Freeman House calls Oak Glen a life saver in the time of the novel coronavirus.
  The Redlands resident has a property called Stone Pantry Orchard in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. He said in a phone interview that it was good to be able to get out of the house and visit it.
  He and other business owners are hoping tourists feel the same way as Oak Glen’s busiest season arrives.
  “There are families that just want to get back to nature,” House said in a phone interv
  
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• Apple readies 75 million 5G iPhones alongside new watches, iPad

  01-09-2020 20:44
  
  By Debby Wu and Mark Gurman | Bloomberg
  Apple has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year, roughly in line with last year’s launch, in a sign that demand for the company’s most important product is holding up in the midst of the global pandemic and recession.
  The Cupertino-based technology giant anticipates shipments of these next-generation iPhones may reach as high as 80 million units in 2020, according to people familiar with the situation. Appl
  
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• You can audition for ‘American Idol’ this week on Zoom

  01-09-2020 20:33
  
  After crowning its latest winner, Just Sam (Samantha Diaz) of Harlem, New York, back in May, “American Idol” is already seeking fresh talent for its forthcoming season.
  The reality television show is hosting its “Idol Across America” virtual auditions via Zoom, which will look at California residents on Sept. 5.
  This is the first-ever virtual search for an American Idol and the remote auditions are taking place in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C. Superstar hopefuls wi
  
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• Star Wars souvenir coins coming to Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge

  01-09-2020 20:30
  
  You may want to get in line now outside the gates of Disneyland if you want to have a fighting chance of snagging what will certainly be the most sought-after souvenir in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge once the Anaheim theme park reopens: The new “silver” Batuuan Spira.
  What is a Spira? The hexagonal coin is the ancient currency of the Black Spire Outpost in the 14-acre Star Wars lands at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios that becomes a “free” souvenir when
  
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• ‘Free’ Star Wars souvenir coins coming to Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge

  01-09-2020 20:30
  
  You may want to get in line now outside the gates of Disneyland if you want to have a fighting chance of snagging what will certainly be the most sought-after “free” souvenir in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge once the Anaheim theme park reopens: The new “silver” Batuuan Spira.
  What is a Spira? The hexagonal coin is the ancient currency of the Black Spire Outpost in the 14-acre Star Wars lands at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios that becomes a “free&rd
  
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• Lawmakers approve another fix for AB 5 contractor law

  01-09-2020 19:42
  
  Legislators approved Assembly Bill 2257 that would give more exemptions to workers previously covered by the controversial AB 5 independent contractor law.
  It’s now up to the governor to sign it and make it law.
  WHAT THE BILL WOULD DO
  It’s a follow-up to last year’s hotly contested worker reclassification meant to extend employee benefits like health insurance and family leave to independent contractors, in particular those employed by gig companies like Uber and Lyft. But gig
  
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• Walmart’s membership service, a challenge to Amazon Prime, launches in 2 weeks

  01-09-2020 19:37
  
  By Richard Clough and Tiffany Kary | Bloomberg
  Walmart’s answer to Amazon Prime finally has a launch date.
  The new subscription program, dubbed Walmart+, will be available on Sept. 15, the world’s largest retailer said in a statement. The program costs $98 a year, a discount to rival Amazon’s $119 annual Prime membership, and includes unlimited free delivery from stores — including groceries — plus gasoline discounts.
  “We’ve tried to make a membership th
  
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• Here’s how KNX 1070 AM is celebrating 100 years on the radio

  01-09-2020 19:07
  
  KNX 1070 AM, one of the oldest broadcasting stations in the United States dating back to 1922, is about to celebrate 100 years on the air. If those numbers don’t add up, you’re right. But it’s a technicality that I am letting slide. Here’s the full story as it has been told to me:
  On September 10, 1920, Fred Christian started broadcasting his amateur radio station, 6ADZ. A former shipboard radio operator, Christian was manager of the Electric Lighting Supply Company in do
  
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• 2028 Olympic logos released for games in Los Angeles

  01-09-2020 19:00
  
  Barnacles grow on the interior hull of the Western Flyer, the sardine fishing boat John Steinbeck immortalized in “The Log From the Sea of Cortez,” in a dry dock in Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 5. Residents sit on the edge of the river while waiting a glimpse of the mine wastewater that spilled into the river earlier in the day on Aug. 6 along Animas River in Durango, Colo. SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds At S.Y. Kitchen Cucina Rustica in Santa Ynez, the “Italian farmhous
  
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• Spirit Airlines to land at John Wayne Airport in November

  01-09-2020 18:50
  
  John Wayne Airport will be welcoming budget carrier Spirit Airlines to its gates, with flights between Orange County and Oakland and Las Vegas expected to begin Nov. 17, airport officials announced Tuesday, Sept. 1.
  In a Facebook Live announcement at the airport, Spirit Vice President of Network Planning John Kirby said the airline will offer nonstop flights daily to Oakland and Las Vegas; from Las Vegas, travelers can proceed directly to 15 cities including New Orleans, Chicago, Minneapolis, At
  
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• Galaxy’s Nick DePuy settled in at new defender position

  01-09-2020 18:48
  
  Nick DePuy’s Major League Soccer career began as a first-round selection in the 2017 SuperDraft by the Montreal Impact.
  Unfortunately, things didn’t go smoothly in Canada for the Irvine native.
  “I was drafted as a forward with Montreal and my stint in Montreal was a little less than two years,” DePuy said Monday. “My first year (2017), I wasn’t really playing much, I would appear in a couple of games, but never really got into a good rhythm, never got into a g
  
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• Lawmakers fail to pass state plastic-waste reduction bill

  01-09-2020 18:13
  
  For the second straight year, the state Legislature came close — but stopped short — of passing a pioneering bill to reduce the use of single-use plastic waste by 75%, as Monday’s midnight deadline for legislation this year expired without a final vote.
  Less than 15% of California’s single-use plastic is recycled, overseas markets for the state’s recyclables has dried up and concerns are growing over the impact of the waste on marine life. That’s led environme
  
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• Pimco warns FHFA’s Fannie-Freddie plan threatens housing finance

  01-09-2020 18:07
  
  By Joe Light | Bloomberg
  Pacific Investment Management Co., one of the world’s biggest bond investors, is warning that a regulator’s push to end federal control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could threaten the U.S. housing finance system by forcing the sale of mortgage bonds and boosting loan interest rates.
  Pimco executives, in a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, expressed concern that Fannie and Freddie will be freed without congressional legislation, which they said in
  
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• The Orange County Children’s Book Festival goes virtual for 2020

  01-09-2020 17:45
  
  The Orange County Children’s Book Festival normally gives kids and families a chance to meet authors in person for stories, signings, and selfies.
  But as you may have noticed, things are different in 2020.
  And so for the 17th annual event, the festival is going virtual when it opens Monday, Sept. 13 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 25th.Conductor Orsmb Wilkins bows after American Ballet Theatre's performance of “The Nutcracker” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Thursday. Outfi
  
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• Friends — and Trump — defend and mourn right-wing activist killed in Portland

  01-09-2020 17:33
  
  By ANDREW SELSKY, GILLIAN FLACCUS and BERNARD CONDON | Associated Press
  PORTLAND, Ore. — A supporter of a right-wing group who was shot dead on a Portland, Oregon, street was mourned by both friends and President Donald Trump as a victim of mob violence while an online fundraising effort raised tens of thousands of dollars in his memory.
  Just hours before he was shot in the chest Saturday night, 39-year-old Aaron “Jay” Danielson and a friend were seen heading downtown to protec
  
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• What Tokyo Disney changes could mean for Disneyland

  01-09-2020 17:16
  
  Adjusted hours, the potential debut of a new E-ticket attraction and a themed land along with the return of parades and fireworks at Tokyo Disney offer a glimpse of what the future may hold for Disneyland in the months following the eventual reopening of the Anaheim theme park.
  The second stage of the phased reopening of Tokyo Disney resort is expected to serve as a blueprint for Disney’s California parks once Disneyland and Disney California Adventure return following an extended coronavi
  
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• California lawmakers approve ‘homelessness czar’ bill

  01-09-2020 17:13
  
  Legislators approved Assembly Bill 1845 that would create a statewide Office to End Homelessness to centralize the state’s efforts to tackle one of its most vexing issues.
  It’s now up the the governor whether to sign it and make it law.
  WHAT THE BILL WOULD DO
  Leading the new department would be the Secretary of Homelessness — AKA a “homelessness czar” — appointed by the governor. It would be the secretary’s job to try to streamline the more than 30 diffe
  
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• Morning Wrap: Rams and Chargers both dealing with injuries as season nears

  01-09-2020 16:53
  
  The Morning Wrap shares the day’s top five stories from our reporters at the Southern California Newspaper Group. … Sign up to have our top sports stories delivered to your inbox with our daily newsletters
  ONE: The Rams are less than two weeks away from their season-opener against the Dallas Cowboys, and they’re keeping close tabs on injuries to Darrell Henderson, Taylor Rapp, Travin Howard and Cooper Kupp, who is listed as day to day according to coach Sean McVay. Rams report
  
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• After ‘Homegoing,’ Yaa Gyasi reveals how she found her way to ‘Transcendent Kingdom’

  01-09-2020 16:47
  
  When Yaa Gyasi finished the first draft of “Homegoing,” her first novel, she decided she needed to “not think about that book for a while” and so she sat down to write a short story. 
  That story, “Inscape” (published in Guernica), focused on a character named Gifty, a Stanford English professor struggling to care for her mother, an exceedingly religious Ghanian immigrant. “I loved Gifty’s voice so much and the relationship that was unfolding b
  
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• The feds should bail out the states: Tom Campbell

  01-09-2020 16:00
  
  The state of California estimates a $54 billion budget deficit because of COVID-19. Altogether, the 50 states report a $500 billion hit to their budgets because of the virus. Congressional Democrats want the federal government to spend $950 billion to help the states, over this fiscal year and next. Senate Republicans have offered $150 billion. The two sides are in stalemate.
  On this one issue, the Democrats have the better side of the argument.
  Over the last year, the United States government h
  
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• Rep. Katie Porter is open to filling Kamala Harris’ Senate seat if Harris becomes veep

  01-09-2020 16:00
  
  Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine says she’s grateful to hear her name included in talks about who Gov. Gavin Newsom might appoint to fill Kamala Harris’ Senate seat if Harris is elected vice president in November.
  And Porter said Friday that she’s definitely open to the idea of moving from the House to the Senate. “I can’t imagine saying no to any position in which I could make a real difference in people’s lives.”
  The former UC Irvine law professor makes sen
  
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• Los Alamitos Unified sets tentative plans to pivot to hybrid, in-person instruction starting Sept. 8

  01-09-2020 15:34
  
  Los Alamitos Unified School District has set its targets for holding in-person instruction.
  The district opened its school year on Monday, Aug. 31, using distance learning for all of its students, but tentatively plans to begin pivoting to a hybrid plan with in-person instruction starting on Sept. 8 for its elementary school students.
  Middle school students would  then to transition to the hybrid plan on Sept. 14, with Los Alamitos High following Sept. 21.
  The hybrid plans will feature 50%
  
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• Is Harry Potter telling the future for the theme park business?

  01-09-2020 15:33
  
  If you want to understand what’s happening in the theme park industry right now, just look back a decade or so.
  In 2009, attendance was tanking at the Universal Orlando Resort — down more than 10 percent over the year before, according to the Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM Theme Index report. The economy was just beginning to recover from the Great Recession, but other parks were seeing modest increases that year, including big gains at Disneyland.
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• Coronavirus: Reopening of Orange County schools now delayed to Sept. 22, at the earliest

  01-09-2020 07:53
  
  Orange County’s schools may be able to open in-person on Sept. 22 – not Sept. 8 – the Orange County Health Care Agency announced late Monday night via Twitter.
  Under a new four-color, tiered monitoring system, Orange County is in the most restrictive of the tiers, but it’s on track to bump up to the next tier on Sept. 8.
  The county would then remain for 14 days in that tier, county health officials confirmed with the the California Department of Public Health, according t
  
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• California lawmakers pass eviction relief bill amid continuing coronavirus pandemic

  01-09-2020 07:35
  
  California legislators debated and voted late into Monday night on bills that had to be passed by a midnight deadline to have a chance to become law. A key measure passed aimed at keeping Californians who haven’t paid their rent since March 1 in their homes through at least Jan. 31.
  Legislators considered legislation involving everything from the eviction moratorium to police reform and from single-use plastics to the newspaper industry.
  Bills passed by both the California Assembly and Sen
  
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• California lawmakers finalize action on a wide range of bills

  01-09-2020 07:35
  
  California legislators debated and voted late into Monday night on bills that had to be passed by a midnight deadline to have a chance to become law. A key measure passed aimed at keeping Californians who haven’t paid their rent since March 1 in their homes through at least Jan. 31.
  Legislators considered legislation involving everything from the eviction moratorium to police reform and from single-use plastics to the newspaper industry.
  Bills passed by both the California Assembly and Sen
  
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• Leo Boese departs Mater Dei after 25 years as Bruce Rollinson’s go-to guy

  01-09-2020 07:08
  
  SANTA ANA — Leo Boese worked his way through the long line of Mater Dei High football players, shaking hands and exchanging hugs.
  “I’m sorry I never got the chance to yell at you,” he told a player.
  Boese was the equipment manager for all sports at Mater Dei since 2017. But he was much more than that. He was Monarchs coach Bruce Rollinson’s go-to guy for anything and everything the past 25 years.
  Boese, 71, is leaving the school and the area, as he and his wife, Bar
  
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• Tennis: Naomi Osaka wears mask in memory of Breonna Taylor at US Open

  01-09-2020 07:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Before and after her first-round victory at the U.S. Open, Naomi Osaka wore a mask bearing the name of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police.
  It’s just one of seven face coverings, each in honor of a different person, that Osaka brought to Flushing Meadows — the same number of wins it takes to claim a Grand Slam trophy. The world’s highest-earning female athlete hopes she can get the chance to raise awareness about racial injustice b
  
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