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• Cougars in Santa Monica Mountains show signs of inbreeding

  09-09-2020 23:52
  
  The first physical signs that inbreeding may be taking a toll on the imperiled cougar population of the Santa Monica Mountains were disclosed by National Park Service biologists Wednesday, Sept. 9.
  For years, wildlife experts have warned that the limited gene pool of mountain lions in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana Mountains created the likelihood of localized extinction unless outside cats were introduced into the populations.
  The discovery of two lions with kinked tails, at least one of which
  
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• OC sheriff’s deputy accused of taking debit card from theft suspect and giving it to her son

  09-09-2020 23:35
  
  A female Orange County sheriff’s deputy is accused of taking a debit card from a theft suspect and giving it to her son, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
  Seven-year veteran Angelina Cortez, 41, has been charged with filing a false police report and faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison if convicted.
  “The public has an absolute expectation that their law enforcement officers will carry out their duties lawfully,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, in
  
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• With California ablaze, all of the state’s national forests are closing

  09-09-2020 23:30
  
  Wildfires burning throughout California will cause every national forest in the state to be closed by Wednesday evening, the U.S. Forest Service said.
  Ten more national forests will close until further notice at 5 p.m., the agency said. The state is home to 18 national forests; the other eight were already closed on Monday.
  In a statement, regional forester Randy Moore called the fires and their extreme behavior “historic” and said the “temporary closures are necessary to prote
  
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• Back to school: Cal State Fullerton begins the fall semester almost entirely online

  09-09-2020 23:22
  
  Getting ready for the fall 2020 semester at Cal State Fullerton involved countless meetings and extensive, wide-ranging plans for situations that no one ever expected.
  “With 40,000 students and almost 4,000 faculty and staff, it’s a city. We’re trying to ramp up a city that’s essentially been shut down for five months,” said Ellen Treanor, associate vice president of the Chief Communications Office.
  Now, staff and students have returned and are seeing how well the s
  
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• Facebook takes down Trump-friendly group that posed anti-Muslim message

  09-09-2020 23:13
  
  A pro-Trump Facebook group that posed a demeaning, anti-Muslim question to would-be followers drew membership of more than 62,000, including several local Republican politicians.
  Facebook has now blocked one of at least two groups called “California For Trump” for violating rules against hate speech – to the relief of many local Muslims and advocates.
  But the ban is sparking cries of censorship from some Trump supporters, who insist social media platforms and media at large are
  
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• Oktoberfest 2020 hasn’t been canceled by coronavirus in Southern California

  09-09-2020 22:47
  
  Munich canceled its world-famous Oktoberfest celebration back in April, but in Southern California a few places are willing to keep the party going with beer and brats.
  Those venues will be required to have social distancing, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. State COVID-19 guidelines also ask businesses to “consider limiting excessive consumption of alcohol.”
  Two German eateries are in Orange County, which on Tuesday got the go-ahead from the state of California to allow indoor
  
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• Park Life: Disneyland delays Runaway Railway and daredevils dangle from Six Flags tower

  09-09-2020 22:25
  
  When will Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway open at Disneyland? How did police catch the suspects who allegedly scaled Magic Mountain’s 30-story tower? What could changes at Tokyo Disney mean for Disneyland? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
  Runaway Railway
  Disneyland delays the debut of the new Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway as vertical construction begins on the trackless dark ride project.
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• Cypress Hill to play Rubidoux Drive-In Theatre in Jurupa Valley

  09-09-2020 22:23
  
  The Rubidoux Drive-In Theatre in Jurupa Valley is giving people the chance to get insane in the brain when Cypress Hill performs at the drive-in theater this month.
  The hip-hop group will have two shows on Saturday, Sept. 26, one at 7 p.m. and another at 10 p.m., according to an announcement on the group’s website. 
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• J.C. Penney lenders, landlords sign deal to keep retailer open

  09-09-2020 22:11
  
  By Jeremy Hill and Eliza Ronalds-Hannon | Bloomberg
  J.C. Penney Co.’s lenders have agreed to team up with mall landlords Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners to buy the bankrupt chain of department stores.
  The tentative rescue deal, which would preserve about 70,000 jobs, includes a $300 million equity investment by the landlords, a lawyer for J.C. Penney said at a Wednesday bankruptcy hearing in Texas.
  The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the deal is valued at ab
  
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• Unprecedented smoke layer darkens Bay Area skies as massive wildfires burn

  09-09-2020 22:03
  
  Smoke from massive wildfires burning throughout the western United States blotted out the sun across the Bay Area and much of Northern California on Wednesday morning, casting skies in an orange glow that seemed like the stuff of science fiction and scrambling weather forecasts that couldn’t account for the unprecedented blanket over the atmosphere.
  The darkness forced drivers to turn their headlights on and triggered streetlights that illuminated sidewalks at noon. It dropped temperatures
  
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• An appreciation for Playoff Rondo, 2020 version

  09-09-2020 22:03
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday, Sept. 9 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. — He doesn’t always arrive on time, so he’s not like Santa Claus. But he’s not so rarely glimpsed as Bigfoot.
  So it’s hard to find the perfect match among mythic characters for
  
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• An appreciation for Playoff Rondo

  09-09-2020 22:03
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday, Sept. 9 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. — He doesn’t always arrive on time, so he’s not like Santa Claus. But he’s not so rarely glimpsed as Bigfoot.
  So it’s hard to find the perfect match among mythic characters for
  
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• An appreciation of Playoff Rondo, 2020 edition

  09-09-2020 22:01
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday, Sept. 9, edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon, who is among the few reporters in the country with a credential inside the NBA bubble. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — He doesn’t always arrive on time, so he’s not like Santa Claus. But he’s not so rarely glimpsed as Bigfoot.
  So it’s hard to find the perfect match among mythic char
  
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• Where the Sparks stand in the WNBA playoff race

  09-09-2020 22:00
  
  With two games left in the regular season, the Sparks have much left to play for.
  Specifically, four extra days of rest.
  The Sparks (15-5) find themselves in third place, one spot outside of the WNBA’s coveted double-bye into the semifinals. Los Angeles has already clinched a third- or fourth-place finish, meaning it receives a first-round bye, but that amounts to only two extra days to recover from this sprint of a season.
  “I know that’s in our minds,” guard Brittney Syk
  
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• Cal State Fullerton coach Jeff Harada’s winning plan for women’s basketball gets an extension

  09-09-2020 21:54
  
  Jeff Harada used this pandemic-created hiatus to take care of some financial matters. Matters the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball coach didn’t need Xs and Os to diagram.
  Instead, he used zeroes and dollar signs.
  During weekly Zoom calls with his players, Harada spent more time discussing bill-paying than the ball-screen offense he preaches on the court. As he figures, if you’ve got this much time and a captive audience, well, you might as well take stock of things and op
  
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• Serena Williams advances to US Open semifinals

  09-09-2020 21:50
  
  NEW YORK — They were just two particular points from Serena Williams’ latest three-set comeback at the U.S. Open, yet they were pivotal and consisted of the sorts of lengthy exchanges filled with athleticism and brilliance that in any other, non-pandemic year would be marked by thousands of folks rising to their feet for delirious roars and raucous applause.
  She needed both of these points to reverse a deficit that reached the scale of a set and a break after 45 minutes of her quarte
  
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• Counterfeit Apple products seized at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport

  09-09-2020 21:16
  
  LOS ANGELES — Authorities at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport recently seized 16,620 counterfeit wireless earphones and charging cables arriving from China that violated Apple’s AirPod and Lightning protected trademarks, officials said Wednesday.
  The items, which were seized on July 2 and July 15, included 2,400 pairs of counterfeit wireless earphones and 14,220 counterfeit charging cables, said Jaime Ruiz of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  If genuine, the seized merchandise wo
  
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• Board: no increase in assessments in 2021 for co-op members in Laguna Woods Village

  09-09-2020 21:09
  
  Total base assessments will remain at $601.98 per month (excluding property-related taxes and insurance) for United Mutual members as part of the 2021 business plan passed by the United board during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
  Broken down, that’s $396.38 in United assessments and $205.60 in GRF assessments, according to a Village Management Services staff report.
  “We’ve allowed the 2021 operating budget to be based on the same expected levels of service to our comm
  
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• Southern California builders double home construction plans, but it’s no boom

  09-09-2020 21:01
  
  Southern California homebuilders may have doubled their construction plans since May’s coronavirus bottom, but it’s no broad building boom.
  My trusty spreadsheet, filled with Census Bureau construction data, shows 4,019 residential units were permitted in the four-county region in July, 107% above May’s stay-at-home-orders depressed low. This data includes single-family homes and multi-family housing.
  Housing appears to be an economic leader amid the pandemic. Local builders ha
  
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• UPS holiday season hiring will top 100,000 amid e-commerce boom

  09-09-2020 21:00
  
  By Thomas Black | Bloomberg
  United Parcel Service said it will hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers to help handle an expected avalanche of holiday packages from online orders this year as shoppers avoid stores during the coronavirus pandemic.
  The holiday hires, a slight increase from last year, will be on top of the thousands of workers the courier already has added to keep up with a surge in package demand. During the second quarter alone, UPS brought in 39,000 workers at its U.S. unit, whi
  
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• Stocks bounce back on Wall Street as tech bloodletting halts

  09-09-2020 20:48
  
  By Stan Choe and Alex Veiga | The Associated Press
  Wall Street is snapping back on Wednesday from its recent tumble, as the bloodletting for big technology stocks comes to at least a temporary halt.
  Apple, Amazon, Zoom Video Communications and other tech companies that suddenly lost their momentum late last week on worries their stocks soared too high all regained some ground. They helped lift the S&P 500 by 2.5% in afternoon trading, and the index is on pace for its best day in three months
  
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• Navy calls off search for sailor presumed overboard off the USS Nimitz

  09-09-2020 20:00
  
  Navy officials aboard the USS Nimitz said on Wednesday, Sept. 9, they have concluded a search for a sailor presumed to have gone overboard.
  The sailor, identified as Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ian McKnight, 29, was first reported missing from the ship on Sunday, Sept. 6, officials with the U.S. 5th Fleet said.
  The ship, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing 17, left San Diego on June 8. The group was patrolling the North Arabian Sea at the time of McKnight&rs
  
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• Analysis: Chargers defense position-by-position breakdown

  09-09-2020 20:00
  
  Derwin James’ foot injury last season had a ripple effect throughout the Chargers’ defense. It gave the team a glimpse of life without the star safety, who had numerous roles in his memorable 2018 rookie season.
  The Chargers lacked depth and playmakers while James was sidelined for 11 games. They addressed those defensive shortcomings by signing nose tackle Linval Joseph and cornerback Chris Harris Jr. and traded back into the first round to select linebacker Kenneth Murray.
  But the
  
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• Bobcat fire: More San Gabriel Mountains foothill communities under evacuation warnings

  09-09-2020 19:44
  
  The Bobcat fire burning in the San Gabriel Mountains was still spreading out of control Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, as firefighters brought in more air and ground crews to try to get an upper hand.
  The fire, which started early morning Sunday in a remote section of the Angeles National Forest, has so far burned more than 11,450 acres.
  It was 0% contained.
  Overnight, evacuation warnings were extended to more communities. By Wednesday, fire officials said the foothill neighborhoods of Pasadena, Mo
  
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• Descanso Gardens’ Halloween plans include a pumpkin extravaganza throughout October

  09-09-2020 19:43
  
  Descanso Gardens will hold a daylight pumpkin festival this autumn.
  “Halloween at Descanso” opens Oct. 1 and run through Oct. 25 with hours of 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
  From Oct. 26 to Oct. 31, hours will be extended to 8 p.m. But on Halloween night, extended hours will be reserved for the botanical garden’s Family Plus members, according to a news release.
  Displays at the 150-acre property will include a house made of pumpkins, a pumpkin arch, and a pumpkin mandala.
  Before the novel coron
  
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• Re-elect Sharon Quirk-Silva to represent the 65th Assembly District

  09-09-2020 19:31
  
  California Democrats have an overwhelming majority in the Assembly, controlling 61 of its 80 seats. They have the ability to bulldoze Republicans even on tax-raising issues that require a supermajority vote. That increases the importance of the informal group known as the “Mod Squad” – centrist Democrats who sometimes stand up to the party’s progressive leaders.
  Over the years, we’ve noticed two distinct types of legislative Democratic moderates. Some, basically, ar
  
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• USC study says Americans welcome extra security at public venues

  09-09-2020 19:22
  
  LOS ANGELES — Long after 9/11, Americans remain willing to pay more for counterterrorism and anti-crime security at public venues and value them even if they entail a loss of time and privacy, according to a USC study released Wednesday.
  In the 19 years that have passed since Sept. 11, 2001, Americans have seen significant increases in counterterrorism security in public venues, including more security guards, closed-circuit TV cameras, metal detectors and bag checks, noted a USC statement
  
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• Amazon looking to hire 33,000, including some at new Beaumont facility

  09-09-2020 19:16
  
  By Joseph Pisani | The Associated Press
  Amazon is on a hiring spree.
  In the latest sign of how it’s prospering while others are faltering during the pandemic, Amazon said Wednesday it is seeking to bring aboard 33,000 people for corporate and tech roles in the next few months.
  It’s the largest number of job openings it’s had at one time, and the Seattle-based online behemoth said the hiring is not related to the jobs it typically offers ahead of the busy holiday shopping season
  
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• China’s dark turn: John Stossel

  09-09-2020 19:15
  
  “I’m more anti-China than you!”
  That’s a new theme of this election.
  Joe Biden says, “We will never again be at the mercy of China!” Donald Trump replies, “China would own our country if Joe Biden got elected!”
  It’s strange to hear competition, because just a few administrations ago, presidents were eager to celebrate China. “A future of greater trade and growth and human dignity is possible!” said George W. Bush. Bill Clinton pra
  
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• Walmart testing drones for deliveries

  09-09-2020 19:09
  
  By Anne D’Innocenzio | The Associated Press
  Walmart launched a pilot program Wednesday using drones to deliver groceries and household essentials in Fayetteville, N.C.
  The retail giant is using drones from Flytrex and says it hopes to gain insight into customers’ and its workers’ experience with the technology.
  Tom Ward, senior vice president of customer products at Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart, acknowledged it will be a while before drones are widely used for package de
  
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• No surprise the feds abuse mass surveillance

  09-09-2020 19:03
  
  It was secret, and now it’s public.
  In December, the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued an 83-page ruling that said the FBI improperly snooped on nearly 16,000 Americans by searching a database of electronic communications that the government collected without a warrant.
  The ruling was declassified and made public on Friday.
  The court said the FBI committed “widespread violations” of privacy protections that are supposed to prevent government agents from look
  
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• ‘Mulan,’ once a sure thing, becomes a problem for Disney

  09-09-2020 18:26
  
  By Christopher Palmeri, Shirley Zhao and Lucas Shaw | Bloomberg
  It was supposed to be another $1 billion blockbuster for Walt Disney Co. — a live-action remake of a 1998 animated hit featuring an all-star Asian cast, breathtaking cinematography and plenty of martial arts.
  Instead, the new “Mulan” is proving to be a political hot potato, reflecting the U.S.’s fraying ties with China, and the choices companies face when operating in the highly politicized, but lucrative env
  
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• Storytelling comes of age in Laguna Woods Village

  09-09-2020 18:19
  
  A member of the Publishing Club shares his story during a previous storytelling event at Clubhouse One in Laguna Woods Village. (Courtesy of Publishing Club)
  The Publishing Club has more than 40 members and many are published authors. The club’s plaque hangs on the wall of the Clubhouse One colonnade. Holding the plaque are, from left, Peggy P Edwards, Scott Galasso and the creator of the plaque, Ken Frey. (Courtesy of Publishing Club)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMembers of the La
  
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• Hoornstra: How do you feel about the 2020 brand of baseball?

  09-09-2020 18:16
  
  Something about this season has been bugging me more than I expected it would.
  Yeah, it’s the obvious thing.
  Without being able to attend games at ballparks, we can’t talk about baseball where we most often talk about baseball. It isn’t just the empty ballparks. I couldn’t tell you the last time I watched any game, in any sport, at a bar or restaurant with other people. I can tell you what’s happening in baseball. I can cite television ratings that paint an approxim
  
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• How Tom Petty’s death inspired the Flaming Lips’ new ‘American Head’ album

  09-09-2020 18:06
  
  For the Flaming Lips, a feeling is always more important than a plan, singer Wayne Coyne says.
  “We know that if we don’t go with the thing that we’re feeling then we don’t deserve to be the Flaming Lips,” he says near the end of a recent conversation about “American Head,” the band’s 21st studio album.
  “That’s the thing that our audience has encouraged us to do,” Coyne says of the idiosyncratic path the Flaming Lips have forged ov
  
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• How table games at Southern California casinos are different during coronavirus

  09-09-2020 17:40
  
  Southern California’s casinos are back in action and for most of them, so are their table games.
  But before you place your bets, know that the region’s tribal-owned casinos have changed how they’re doing table game business. Casinos have reconfigured their gaming floors, put up barriers, implemented and increased cleaning and have decreased the number of players for games due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. All of them require that you wear a mask.
  Here’s a look at how
  
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• Vibrating radios and long-distance listens as readers recall KHJ, KRLA, KFXM and more

  09-09-2020 17:29
  
  I received a lot of interesting responses recently related to the last few columns; it is obvious that radio means as much to you as it does to me. Here is a sample.
  “I didn’t grow up around here but spent most of my time in the Midwest and the South, traveling between Kansas City MO and Nashville TN.
  “There was a station in Little Rock Arkansas, KAAY. They were a typical top 40 station, but around 10:00 or 11:00 at night the Clyde Clifford show would come on. Clyde would play
  
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• Rams make Jalen Ramsey highest-paid CB with 5-year contract

  09-09-2020 17:28
  
  In October, the Rams traded away a fortune in draft picks to acquire Jalen Ramsey and watched the young cornerback transform their pass defense in an instant.
  Thursday, they invested another fortune to turn that instant into an era.
  The Rams agreed with Ramsey on a five-year, $105 million contract extension that makes him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL and should keep him in L.A. through the 2025 season.
  Ramsey’s agent, David Mulugheta, announced the deal in a tweet. It includes $7
  
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• Kevin Hart will fill Jerry Lewis’ shoes to bring back MDA telethon

  09-09-2020 17:24
  
  By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. | AP Entertainment Writer
  LOS ANGELES — Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy.
  The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Wednesday that Hart will host the MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon. The two-hour, star-studded virtual fundraiser event will air Oct. 24.
  Celebrity guests will include Michael B. Jordan, Eva Longoria, Jack Black, Usain Bolt, Josh Gad and Jillian Mercado, who was di
  
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• Morning Wrap: Clippers get land for new arena, and hope to take commanding lead against Nuggets

  09-09-2020 16:49
  
  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: It was a big off day for the Los Angeles Clippers. News broke that they secured land for their $1.8 billion arena in Inglewood and Patrick Beverely and Kawhi Leonard were named to the NBA’s all defensive second team.  The Clippers have a 2-1 series lead against the
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: This is the Year of the Un-Holiday, thanks to the coronavirus

  09-09-2020 16:21
  
  So, I think I can safely declare that 2020 is officially the Year of Un-Holidays. Right? The year that’s reminiscent of the old fogey who lives next door and calls the police every time you have a party in your back yard. That would have been my late mother, by the way. She really hated it when anyone had a good time.
  And that seems to be the theme this year, how to not have a good time. If there were specialty socks available for this Un-Holiday, they would be covered with designs of raw
  
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• Disney theme parks face another ‘lost year’ in 2021, analysts forecast

  09-09-2020 15:31
  
  Disney’s theme parks face another “lost year” in 2021 after a nearly $10 billion decline in revenue in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysts’ report.
  Deutsche Bank analysts upgraded Disney stock on the strength of the Disney+ streaming service despite continuing struggles in the company’s theme park and consumer products division.
  “At this point, we are assuming that FY21 (beginning 10/1/20) will be another ‘lost year’&rdqu
  
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• Forecasters warn of high fire danger in Southern California

  09-09-2020 15:02
  
  LOS ANGELES — Much of Southern California remains under threat of wildfire Wednesday amid strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity.
  Santa Ana winds, which were largely confined to the mountains and deserts Tuesday, are expected to strengthen and become more widespread Wednesday morning, “when critical fire weather conditions are expected across many portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties,” warned the National Weather Service.
  RELATED: Many still without power in LA and Ora
  
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• SCE reports 970 without power in Orange and LA counties

  09-09-2020 14:30
  
  LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers — a huge reduction from Tuesday — are still without power Wednesday morning.
  Both utilities were plagued by widespread failures over the Labor Day weekend as temperatures soared to record levels across the Southland.
  As of 7:30 a.m., SCE reported 806 customers in Los Angeles County and 164 customers in Orange County were without electricity, while the LADWP reported 90 c
  
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• LADWP reports 90 without power, SCE reports 970 in LA and Orange counties

  09-09-2020 14:30
  
  LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers — a huge reduction from Tuesday — are still without power Wednesday morning.
  Both utilities were plagued by widespread failures over the Labor Day weekend as temperatures soared to record levels across the Southland.
  As of 7:30 a.m., SCE reported 806 customers in Los Angeles County and 164 customers in Orange County were without electricity, while the LADWP reported 90 c
  
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• LADWP reports 244 without power, SCE reports 1,671 in LA and Orange counties

  09-09-2020 14:30
  
  LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers — a huge reduction from Tuesday — are still without power Wednesday morning.
  Both utilities were plagued by widespread failures over the Labor Day weekend as temperatures soared to record levels across the Southland.
  As of 2:30 a.m., SCE reported 1,671 customers in Los Angeles and Orange counties were without electricity while the LADWP reported 244 customers without ser
  
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• Dodgers absorb short start by Walker Buehler, win a wild one in extra innings

  09-09-2020 08:16
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Gavin Lux (9) scores on a base hit by teammate Edwin Rios as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Daulton Varsho bobbles the throw during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Gavin Lux scores after hitting a solo home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsO
  
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• ‘Hard Knocks’ episode 5 recap: Anthony Lynn keeps it real on Chargers’ cutdown day

  09-09-2020 07:52
  
  Most NFL coaches and general managers dread the two days after the final training-camp practice because they need to have difficult conversations with players as they trim the roster to 53.
  It’s not an easy situation to tell players they’re not good enough for the final roster while finding encouraging words after delivering the bad news.
  Coaches use common excuses for why they didn’t make the team. Rams coach Sean McVay went with “there’s too much depth at the posi
  
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• LeBron James and Lakers force their way past Rockets, take series lead

  09-09-2020 06:09
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (23) shoots during the first half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game against the Houston Rockets Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Houston Rockets’ Austin Rivers (25) grabs a rebound in front of Los Angeles Lakers’ Rajon Rondo (9) during the second half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)S
  
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• Lakers’ Anthony Davis lands on NBA All-Defensive first team

  09-09-2020 05:32
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — In all the defensive schemes the Lakers have hatched this season, in all their looks and gimmicks, Anthony Davis has been at the heart of them.
  On some nights, he was the Lakers’ most physical shot blocker and rebounder. On others, he was among their best perimeter defenders, thrown onto guards and staying with them despite his 6-foot-10 size. Some nights, he was both.
  So it was no surprise, to the Lakers or anyone else in the NBA, when he was named to the NB
  
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