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• Sparks lose to Aces, end regular season with a whimper

  12-09-2020 23:15
  
  With Saturday’s loss to the Las Vegas Aces, the Los Angeles Sparks gained an amount of certainty. But several lingering questions remain.
  With the 84-70 defeat in the regular-season finale, the Sparks were cemented into the No. 3 seed in the WNBA playoffs. The dream of a double-bye and the extra rest that came with it is over. Los Angeles will play Thursday in the single-elimination second round.
  But the Sparks had more to play for Saturday than just additional days off. They needed to pro
  
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• SoFi Stadium poised for NFL debut, with no fans and a few challenges

  12-09-2020 22:46
  
  On any given Sunday, the Inglewood streets might be jammed with cars. The parking lots might be crowded. The lines at the concession stands might be long and winding. The seats and luxury suites might be filled to capacity with excited football fans hours before the opening kickoff.
  On any given Sunday but this one, of course.
  SoFi Stadium, the new $5 billion home of the Rams and Chargers, opens its doors Sunday evening.
  Sort of.
  Fans are not invited.
  The Rams and Dallas Cowboys will play a nati
  
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• President Trump to visit Northern California for wildfire briefing next week

  12-09-2020 22:43
  
  President Donald Trump will visit California on Monday to be briefed about the wildfires that have burned 3.2 million acres, caused 19 deaths and destroyed more than 4,000 structures in the state.
  The White House said on Twitter Saturday that Trump will be attending a “briefing with local & federal fire and emergency officials on the state’s wildfires.” He’ll visit McClellan Park in Sacramento County, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles, which first reported the news. The
  
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• Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals: Who has the edge?

  12-09-2020 22:34
  
  CHARGERS (0-0) at CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-0)
  When: 1:05 p.m. Sunday
  Where: Paul Brown Stadium
  TV/radio: Channel 2; 98.7-FM; 105.5-FM, 94.3-FM (Spanish); Sirius 105
  Line: Chargers by 3 ½
  Who’s out?: Chargers: C Mike Pouncey (hip); Bengals: DT Geno Atkins (shoulder), Bengals S Shawn Williams (calf)
  What’s at stake?: For starters, no one wants to start 0-1 for obvious reasons. This is a game the Chargers need to win because they have a daunting schedule coming up against the Chiefs
  
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• Kamala Harris is living proof of the American Dream she now derides

  12-09-2020 22:07
  
  Speaking just days after the August 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake, Democratic nominee for vice president, California Sen. Kamala Harris, delivered a message to the American people that was the exact opposite of the call for unity and healing it needed.
  “The reality is that the life of a Black person in America has never been treated as fully human,” she claimed while standing in front of the American flag.
  Harris displayed a great deal of anguish over Blake’s shooting, call
  
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• Health officials note gains in Orange County’s coronavirus hotspots

  12-09-2020 21:16
  
  Public health officials, city and nonprofit groups still are working to tip the scale in residents’ favor in parts of Anaheim and Santa Ana, where pandemic metrics have outpaced the rest of the county. But conditions in these neighborhoods are improving, they say.
  Shares of tests returning positive have fallen and free COVID-19 swabs and other resources are being rapidly deployed.
  The signs of hope for Orange County’s hardest-hit communities come as Orange County businesses begin to
  
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• Keep the government out of pharmaceutical drug manufacturing

  12-09-2020 21:00
  
  Earlier this month, the California legislature passed a bill that would make the Golden State the first in the nation to establish its own line of generic drugs. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the bill into law by the end of the month.
  The measure’s architects argue that a state-run generics firm would provide additional competition in the drug market and lead to lower prices. But that promise is empty. Generic drugs can’t get much cheaper. Setting up a new state generics manu
  
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• Chihuahua-pug mix Cecily is a one-person girl

  12-09-2020 20:42
  
  Breed: Chihuahua-pug mix
  Cecily is ready for a new human to adore. (Courtesy of K9 Spirit Organization)
  Age: 4 years
  Gender: Spayed female
  Size: 9 pounds
  Cecily’s story: Adorable Cecily was rescued from a local shelter, where she landed after being hit by a car. She is healing nicely after her pelvis was fractured and spent a few weeks on crate rest. As a result, she does well sleeping in a crate at night and will use a potty pad if no one is around to let her outside. Cecily seems to atta
  
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• Tabby cat Ethan is an absolute love

  12-09-2020 20:35
  
  Breed: Domestic shorthair tabby
  Ethan is looking for a new home and won’t mind if you have dogs. (Courtesy of Long Beach Spay and Neuter Foundation)
  Age: About 6 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Ethan’s story: Ethan was rescued and now lives with a foster family and their two small dogs. He gets along great with the pups, even sharing a big bed with them. He is microchipped and fully vaccinated.
  Adoption donation: $50
  Adoption procedure: Contact Juliet with Long Beach Spay and Neuter foun
  
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• Rams sign WR Cooper Kupp to 3-year contract extension

  12-09-2020 19:43
  
  Cooper Kupp has become one of the Rams’ most productive and entertaining players by frequently turning short passes from Jared Goff into long yardage.
  Kupp and Rams management connected on a different kind of long gain Saturday morning when they announced agreement on a three-year contract extension that should keep the wide receiver zig-zagging across the SoFi Stadium turf through 2023.
  The contract is worth up to $48 million, the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported.
  Next to cornerb
  
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• Map: 12 wildfires burning in California

  12-09-2020 18:47
  
  As the state enters historic territory for acreage consumed, these are a dozen of the large wildfires burning in California.
  For details on an individual fire, see our California Wildfires page. Articles with evacuation information are free to all readers.Slater. Burning in the national forests on the California-Oregon line. Evacuations in Siskiyou and Del Norte counties. Started Sept. 7. (140,000 acres, Sept. 11)
  Red Salmon. Started July 27. Evacuation order issued Sept. 9 for the town of Denny
  
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• Galaxy’s Chicharito ready to return from calf injury

  12-09-2020 18:21
  
  Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez’s first season with the Galaxy hasn’t gone the way he’d envisioned.
  After playing in one game in the MLS is Back Tournament in July, Hernandez was sent home with a calf injury.
  With the Galaxy riding the momentum of a four-game winning streak, Hernandez is nearing a return from injury, declaring himself available for Sunday’s game at San Jose (8 p.m.; TUDN).
  “I love this playing this sport and I want to do the best that I ca
  
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• Rams vs. Cowboys could be delayed if air quality worsens

  12-09-2020 18:13
  
  The Rams continued to monitor air-quality reports Saturday as wildfires burned in California but remained confident Sunday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood would proceed.
  The NFL prohibits teams from playing or practicing if the air quality index shows sustained levels above 200.
  At their training facility in Thousand Oaks, the Rams practiced all week, and coach Sean McVay said Friday, “That shouldn’t be an issue for us (Sunday).”
  But R
  
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• Taste of Fall-O-Ween: Everything you can eat and drink at the Knott’s food and beer fest

  12-09-2020 18:09
  
  The Taste of Fall-O-Ween menu will offer 50-plus food and drink items at more than two dozen booths spread throughout Knott’s Berry Farm while rides and shows remain shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The Taste of Fall-O-Ween craft beer and food event will run on 18 select dates Sept. 25 through Nov. 1 at the Buena Park theme park.
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• Successful Aging: Why do some people handle the pandemic better than others?

  12-09-2020 18:01
  
  I have not been able to figure out the next three months of my life. During that time, the anniversary of the deaths of several family members will occur. Perhaps I am still grieving and the pandemic has made these previous losses just worse. And yet I know others have been able to take advantage of this time-out and are doing well. Is there something I can learn from them? H.N.
  Dear H.N.
  We are experiencing the most disruptive time of our lives. For many of us, it is a time of loss. That might
  
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• Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star and leader of the Maytals, dead at 77

  12-09-2020 17:59
  
  By HILLEL ITALIE
  NEW YORK (AP) — Toots Hibbert, one of reggae’s founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as “Pressure Drop,” “Monkey Man” and “Funky Kingston,” has died. He was 77.
  Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month. He was admitted in intensive care after comp
  
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• Recipe: Add some zing to breakfast by making your own hummus

  12-09-2020 17:49
  
  I’m in a rut when it comes to weekday breakfasts. I know my body needs protein to start the day, so Monday through Friday I generally eat one egg, a small piece of toast and fresh fruit.
  Thumbing through Mark Bittman’s “Eat Vegan Before 6:00” made me hungry for hummus. Garbanzo beans, the cornerstone of the tasty puree, is a good source of plant-based protein, a one-ounce serving offering about 3 grams of protein. I tried his recipe for Turkish Breakfast, a cinc
  
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• Kyle Davis named baseball coach at Fullerton High

  12-09-2020 16:55
  
  Kyle Davis, an All-Orange County player at Pacifica and All-Pac 12 player at USC, is the new baseball coach at Fullerton High School.
  Davis was a key contributor to Pacifica’s CIF championship baseball team in 2012. He also played football and basketball for the Mariners. He went on to USC where twice Davis was selected All-Pac 12.
  He has been an assistant coach at Pacifica and Northwood and formed a travel-ball team.
  
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• Senior Moments: Bookmarking the moment when a competitor became a comrade

  12-09-2020 16:54
  
  I found the slender silver bookmark in a small compartment of my old jewelry box; that’s where I had placed it when I graduated from high school. The matching one lives 3,000 miles away, maybe holding a place in a book Larry is reading.
  Larry and Patty, as we were known then, both desperately wanted to be named editor-in-chief of our high school newspaper. We had both worked hard and were equally qualified, although I suspect each of us thought they had a little bit of an edge over the oth
  
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• Major Irvine intersection closed throughout Saturday for crash investigation

  12-09-2020 16:45
  
  IRVINE — The investigation of a felony hit and run in Irvine has prompted the closure Saturday morning of an intersection and drivers were asked to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.
  Traffic Division investigators will be at the intersection of Culver Drive and Main Street beginning at 5 a.m., according to the Irvine Police Department.
  A 20-year-old woman from Irvine, who was a passenger in a car, died from injuries she sustained in the crash.
  The following closures will be in effec
  
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• When your garden gets this hot, here’s what you need to do

  12-09-2020 16:43
  
  1. Our hot weather has probably prevented several of us from doing much garden work lately. And it will stay hot for several more weeks at least. Then if winds come in, they can actually dry out our lawns, shrubs, trees, and potted plants very quickly, and they may die. So we need to remember to water our plants either early in the morning or later in the day, just before sunset. Actually, during this season I prefer watering in the evening because it has a chance to soak into the soil longer an
  
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• Redondo Beach says it will sue state water board over power plant extension

  12-09-2020 15:00
  
  Redondo Beach intends to sue the State Water Resources Control Board over a recent decision to extend the life of a power plant in the city for one year and three others around Southern California for at least three more years.
  The board, for its part, declined to comment specifically on the proposed lawsuit. An agency spokesperson, however, did defend the board’s decision — saying it was “sensitive” to the concerns Redondo Beach officials raised.
  The AES Redondo Beach po
  
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• Are 1031 exchanges at risk if Congress closes the tax loophole?

  12-09-2020 14:00
  
  As we have now surpassed Labor Day in the election year of the pandemic 2020, expect political rhetoric to reach a fever pitch. Sorry. Pun intended.
  As our nation slowly recovers from business lockdowns, distance learning, storms along the Gulf Coast, wildfires in California and upheaval in our streets – all while the government responds monetarily to stem the bleeding – expect the next question to be – “how on earth can we possibly pay for all of this?”
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• Beau Green, Turlock quarterback with Auburn offer, enrolls at Mater Dei

  12-09-2020 07:20
  
  The quarterback competition at Mater Dei High has an intriguing new entry.
  Beau Green, who missed last season at Turlock in the Central Valley due to an injury but holds an offer from Auburn, has enrolled at Mater Dei, the junior said Friday, Sept. 11.
  Green (6-2, 210) didn’t play his sophomore campaign because of labrum surgery on his right, throwing shoulder but recovered to train well over the summer.
  “The highlight (of the summer) was getting an extended period of time to really
  
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• Santa Ana man pleads guilty in deadly brawl in Orange

  12-09-2020 06:37
  
  A 23-year-old Santa Ana man pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 11, and was immediately sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with a deadly assault in a bar in Orange.
  Vidal Almazan Jr. pleaded guilty to a felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury. As part of the plea deal, a murder charge was dismissed. Almazan has been in jail since July 30, 2018.
  Co-defendant Antonio Jesus Brito, 21, who is nex
  
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• Denver’s Michal Porter Jr. makes another statement against Clippers

  12-09-2020 06:31
  
  This time it’ll be Michael Porter Jr.’s timely shot, block and rebound that’ll come up on sports talk shows, and not any ill-timed postgame comments.
  The 22-year-old from Missouri shared his frustration after the Clippers won Game 4, 96-85, saying: “We kept going to (Nikola Jokic) and (Jamal Murray) and I think they are two amazing players, you can never get mad at that, but I just think to beat that team we got to get more players involved.”
  Porter finished with 15
  
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• Angels blow lead in ninth and lose to Rockies on walk-off grand slam

  12-09-2020 06:08
  
  Charlie Blackmon #19 of the Colorado Rockies watches his walk-off grand slam in the ninth inning to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 8-4 at Coors Field on September 11, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
  Charlie Blackmon #19 of the Colorado Rockies celebrates his walk-off grand slam in the ninth inning to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 8-4 at Coors Field on September 11, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecon
  
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• Alexander Zverev erases 2-set hole, will face Dominic Thiem in U.S. Open men’s final

  12-09-2020 05:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) -— For two full sets, Alexander Zverev was confused and listless, his body language as poor as his winner-to-error ratio against Pablo Carreño Busta in the U.S. Open men’s semifinals Friday.
  Zverev double-faulted and smacked his left high. He put a backhand into the net to cede the opening set and covered his face with both hands. He netted a forehand early in the next set, then turned a forlorn face toward his guest box and put his palms up.
  When he pushed a bac
  
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• On eve of elimination game vs. Lakers, Houston guard Danuel House ejected from the NBA bubble

  12-09-2020 05:33
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — In the playoffs, you need all the help you can get.
  So on the eve of an elimination Game 5 against the Lakers, the Houston Rockets got unfortunate news: Danuel House, one of their key rotation players, was forced to leave the bubble after an NBA investigation concluded he had breached health protocols by inviting an unauthorized guest to his room.
  The Rockets played the last two games, both losses, without House (11.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg in the playoffs) after the league
  
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• Chargers coach Anthony Lynn isn’t new to creating impactful change

  12-09-2020 05:04
  
  Ruth Thompson recalled being star-struck when she first met Chargers coach Anthony Lynn at the annual “Red, White and Boom” Fourth of July parade in McKinney, Texas, six years ago.
  At the time, Thompson was preparing to open Hugs Cafe, a nonprofit organization that trains and employs adults with special needs. Lynn’s niece, Marty Cole, was training to work at the cafe.
  Lynn attended the parade in his hometown because Cole was riding the Hugs Cafe’s float. Thompson, a Denv
  
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• SF Giants game against San Diego Padres postponed due to positive coronavirus test

  12-09-2020 03:56
  
  Moments before the San Francisco Giants were set to open Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, the game was abruptly postponed.
  The Giants confirmed there’s been a positive COVID-19 test within the organization, which immediately forced the postponement of Friday’s game and put the remainder of the weekend series in jeopardy. It is not clear whether a player, coach or staff member tested positive, but MLB is expected to announce the additional information re
  
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• Padres’ home game against Giants postponed due to positive coronavirus test

  12-09-2020 03:56
  
  Moments before the San Francisco Giants were set to open Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, the game was abruptly postponed.
  The Giants confirmed there’s been a positive COVID-19 test within the organization, which immediately forced the postponement of Friday’s game and put the remainder of the weekend series in jeopardy. It is not clear whether a player, coach or staff member tested positive, but MLB is expected to announce the additional information re
  
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• Padres have two games against Giants postponed due to positive coronavirus test

  12-09-2020 03:56
  
  Moments before the San Francisco Giants were set to open Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, the game was abruptly postponed.
  The Giants confirmed there’s been a positive COVID-19 test within the organization, which immediately forced the postponement of Friday’s game. Saturday night’s game at Petco Park also was called off. The teams are still scheduled to play Sunday, but that game is in jeopardy too.
  It is not clear whether a player, coach or staf
  
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• Clippers falter down the stretch, lose to Nuggets in Game 5

  12-09-2020 03:49
  
  Lou Williams #23 of the LA Clippers and the LA Clippers bench react during the fourth quarter against the Denver Nuggets in Game Five of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at The Field House at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on September 11, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
  Michael Porter Jr. #1 of the Denver Nuggets reacts during the fourth quarter against the LA Clippers in Game Five of the Western Conference Second
  
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• 5 things to know about the smoke advisory across Southern California

  12-09-2020 03:37
  
  Orange skies tinted by wildfire ash loomed over Southern California on Friday as a smoke advisory was extended for at least another day.
  The advisory cautioned folks in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties to limit outdoor activities due to the unhealthy air quality, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The Bobcat fire near the San Gabriel Valley, and the El Dorado fire in the Inland Empire, had burned more than 40,000 acres as of Friday m
  
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• Westminster School board mulls a second election-related investigation

  12-09-2020 03:33
  
  Even as Westminster School Board members grappled with a vacancy created when a trustee was charged with address fraud, they confronted questions on Thursday, Sept. 10, about another colleague’s shifting residence situation.
  Board president Frances Nguyen is under scrutiny for changing precincts to run in the upcoming election. Twice, she listed residencies with the Orange County Registrar of Voters that differed from her longtime home.
  Westminster School District Superintendent Cyndi Paik
  
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• OC sheriff’s employees suspected of falsifying their reserve military orders to get paid time off

  12-09-2020 03:10
  
  Seven Orange County Sheriff’s Department employees are under federal investigation for allegedly taking more paid time off as military reservists than they actually served, the Orange County Register has learned.
  An internal investigation and subsequent audit initiated by Sheriff Don Barnes revealed that five deputies and two correctional workers — all of them assigned to the Orange County jail — allegedly falsified their military orders allowing them paid time off as reservist
  
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• Santa Ana rolls out coronavirus help to neighborhoods

  12-09-2020 03:05
  
  For Santa Ana residents who can’t get to Covid-19 resources, free tests, face masks and other help are coming straight to them.
  City officials have deployed a mobile resources center that visits at least one neighborhood every day, Monday through Friday, offering an array of services. They’ve also kicked off a series of visits at parks, with the next one scheduled for Monday, Sept. 14, at Memorial Park.
  “We wanted to bring resources to the people who need it the most,” sa
  
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• Taylor Ward returns to Angels with a more consistent swing

  12-09-2020 02:52
  
  Taylor Ward returned from Long Beach with a new approach at the plate.
  Ward took a .147 average with him when the Angels shipped him back to the alternate training site in the middle of August, but since returning Sept. 3, he had eight hits in his first 15 at-bats, including seven in three games prior to Friday.
  It earned Ward a start Friday over Jo Adell.
  “He’s not just trying to lift the ball the whole time,” Manager Joe Maddon said before Friday’s game against the Rock
  
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• Lakers’ Alex Caruso is sure of himself and his playoff role

  12-09-2020 02:44
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. >> Especially in the playoffs, LeBron James’ trust is not easily won. The 17-year veteran is known for controlling possessions with fanatical and sometimes possessive oversight, wanting to know for sure that a shooter will convert.
  So it seemed like quite a nod in Game 4 against the Houston Rockets when Alex Caruso, a 26-year-old making his first playoff run, got James’ dish for a corner three over James Harden. Caruso had missed his previous three attemp
  
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• Plaque dedicated for first San Clemente man killed in battle in WWII

  12-09-2020 02:38
  
  A plaque dedicated to the first San Clemente resident killed in a World War II battle has been installed on a memorial wall at the city’s Park Semper Fi.
  George Edson Smith, who served in the Navy aboard the USS LST-460, was declared dead on Dec. 26, 1944, days after kamikaze pilots attacked his ship, according to historical records.
  Smith and his family moved to San Clemente in 1925, when he was 3 years old. He attended Capistrano Union High School in San Juan Capistrano.
  On March 3, 1942
  
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• How to help – or at least not hinder – firefighters as they battle wildfires and try to save homes

  12-09-2020 02:36
  
  It’s not even the height of wildfire season, but resources are spread thin as firefighters battle multiple, massive fires around California, including some in our backyards.
  More than 20 million acres – a modern-day record – have burned in the state so far in 2020.
  And the worst, likely, is yet to come.
  While there often are summer wildfires, the state’s most destructive blazes typically occur in the fall. But the dry vegetation already prevalent in the region heightens t
  
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• Photos: Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets in Game 5 of Western Conference semifinals

  12-09-2020 02:20
  
  Take a look at the photos from the Clippers’ NBA playoff game against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, Sept. 11. Follow our updates from the game here.
  The Clippers entered the contest with a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series.
  Marcus Morris Sr. #31 of the LA Clippers and Paul Millsap #4 of the Denver Nuggets get into a scuffle during the second quarter in Game Five of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at The Field House at the ES
  
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• Photos: Clippers blow lead, lose to Nuggets in Game 5 of Western Conference semifinals

  12-09-2020 02:20
  
  Take a look at the photos from the Clippers’ NBA playoff game against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, Sept. 11. The Nuggets won 111-105, cutting the Clippers’ lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series.
  Lou Williams #23 of the LA Clippers and the LA Clippers bench react during the fourth quarter against the Denver Nuggets in Game Five of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at The Field House at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Comple
  
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• Rams’ Jalen Ramsey eager for 5 years with Aaron Donald

  12-09-2020 01:46
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Jalen Ramsey said his first thoughts after agreeing to a five-year, $105 million contract extension with the Rams this week were about his daughters, mother, father and older brother.
  After agent David Mulugheta told him the deal was official, Ramsey’s next call was to his two young daughters and their mother.
  “They’re my motivation,” Ramsey said of the two girls, whose names are in the contract in language about two incentive clauses, the Breelyn Bu
  
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• Sacrifice, loss of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks remembered in ceremony at the Nixon Library

  12-09-2020 01:42
  
  The Nixon Presidential Library & Museum hosted on Friday its annual remembrance – this year smaller and socially distanced – for the people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the rescuers who ran in to save lives.
  In the distance, echoing notes from bagpipes could be heard as “America the Beautiful” was played to open the morning ceremony. Orange County Fire Authority Chaplain Kent Kraning began with a prayer and spoke about how this country is reminde
  
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• How the Dodgers’ social justice campaign will benefit Southern California

  12-09-2020 01:35
  
  On July 16, several Dodger players appeared in a pre-recorded video released by the team. It came nearly two months after George Floyd died beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. The players had been spurred to use their platform to effect systemic change to racial injustices in their own region. The video ended with pitcher Clayton Kershaw saying, “we must unapologetically say that black lives matter.”
  Those words resonated. But they were not a shoutout to Black Lives Mat
  
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• OC grand jury quietly indicts former sheriff’s deputy in evidence-booking scandal

  12-09-2020 01:25
  
  A fired Orange County sheriff’s deputy has quietly been indicted by the grand jury as part of the department’s evidence-booking scandal.
  Nineteen-year veteran Edwin Mora was charged Aug. 5 with felony falsifying a police report in 2017, writing that he had booked a knife, methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe into the evidence locker when he had not. Mora, 44, is the third deputy to face criminal charges for mishandling evidence after internal sheriff’s audits showed that de
  
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• Orange County Soccer Club adds youth, signs pair of teenagers

  12-09-2020 01:09
  
  Orange County Soccer Club continued its focus on youth and development, with the signing of teenagers Alexis Cerritos and Raymond Drai.
  “We are excited to add Alexis and Raymond, two very talented teenagers, to our first-team roster,” OCSC President of Soccer Operations Oliver Wyss said. “Alexis and Raymond are gifted attacking players who have already shown great promise and will continue to develop daily in our professional environment!”
  Cerritos, 19, is the son of form
  
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• Operation Open Water holds physical relay in Huntington Beach to remember 9/11

  12-09-2020 01:08
  
  Each part of the grueling physical challenge represented lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
  A group of 22 first responders, veterans and surfers partook in Operation Open Water’s first “honor challenge” on Friday, a tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks on that fateful day, just one of the many remembrances held throughout the county – and across the country.
  Participants celebrate after they complete the “honor challenge”, in memory of 9/11 in Huntington
  
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