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• Coronavirus: 140 new cases, four new deaths in Orange County reported on Sept. 17

  17-09-2020 23:43
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 140 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, Sept. 17, increasing the cumulative total to 51,399 cases.
  The current seven-day average for positive tests dropped from 207 cases per day on Friday, Sept. 11, to 168 cases per day Thursday.
  There were four new deaths reported in Orange County on Thursday, raising the death total to 1,115. The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investiga
  
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• Orange County health officials warn of coronavirus and flu ‘twindemic’

  17-09-2020 23:35
  
  Another fall means another flu season, but this year, public health officials and politicians are warning the flu could compound the demand on Orange County’s health care grid, which has been groaning under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic.
  A dual outbreak is top of mind as cooling temperatures and relaxing pandemic rules — which likely will lead to more people mixing in tighter quarters — come on the heels of Orange County’s improving COVID-19 metrics.
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• Judge blocks US Postal Service changes that slowed mail

  17-09-2020 23:05
  
  SEATTLE — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election.
  Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service.
  The states challenged the Postal Service’s so-called “l
  
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• Judge blocks changes that slowed US mail delivery

  17-09-2020 23:05
  
  SEATTLE — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election.
  Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service.
  The states challenged the Postal Service’s so-called “l
  
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• Walmart’s new store-staff structure means raises — but not for all

  17-09-2020 22:42
  
  By Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg
  Walmart is rolling out sweeping changes to staffing in its U.S. stores just as the holiday crunch begins, bringing pay raises for some — but not all — members of a massive workforce that have already been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
  In October, all of Walmart’s U.S. supercenter locations will switch to a new team-based model that the retailer has been testing over the past year and a half in many of its smaller stores. About 165,000 hourly
  
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• 165,000 Walmart workers will get raises

  17-09-2020 22:42
  
  By Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg
  Walmart is rolling out sweeping changes to staffing in its U.S. stores just as the holiday crunch begins, bringing pay raises for some — but not all — members of a massive workforce that have already been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
  In October, all of Walmart’s U.S. supercenter locations will switch to a new team-based model that the retailer has been testing over the past year and a half in many of its smaller stores. About 165,000 hourly
  
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• Chargers center Mike Pouncey (hip) out for the season

  17-09-2020 22:32
  
  COSTA MESA — The Chargers will play without center Mike Pouncey for the 2020 season.
  Pouncey was placed on injured reserve Thursday and is scheduled for season-ending hip surgery at the end of the month, the team announced.
  “On top of being a Pro Bowl talent, he’s the ultimate captain, teammate and competitor,” Chargers general manager Tom Telesco said in a press release. “Quite simply, he’s one of the best leaders I’ve ever been around.  Mike&rsquo
  
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• The real story of how the violent, drug-fueled ‘Goodfellas’ became a gangster classic

  17-09-2020 22:26
  
  Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” is not just an iconic gangster movie; it’s an all-time classic and a pop-culture touchstone that’s packed with one memorable scene after another, whether it’s that minutes-long shot tracking Ray Liotta’s Henry Hill and Lorraine Bracco’s Karen Hill through the bowels of the Copacabana club or Joe Pesci’s terrifying Tommy DeVito asking ominously if Henry thinks he’s “funny like a clown.”
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• Why are the lowest mortgage rates so hard to capture? 

  17-09-2020 22:21
  
  Real deal or just a mirage?
  So simple it would seem. Every online mortgage ad you read, listen to on the radio or see on television makes your heart go pitter-patter just a bit more than the last super-low-rate stored into your memory bank.
  But why are things so wildly different from lender to lender when it comes to something so simple as loan program availability?
  And, what about those mandates and restrictions when your lender says it has what you want? Are your credit scores high enough? Did
  
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• What key decisions await the Clippers this offseason?

  17-09-2020 22:09
  
  The Clippers took the L, took the lump and all that’s left is to come back and take another crack at the franchise’s elusive first championship.
  What will they look like when they get back up off the mat after blowing a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series against Denver and try, try again?
  Will they run it back with the nucleus that finished 49-23 and earned the second seed in the Western Conference, the highest seeding in franchise history? Or will Clippers’
  
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• Go Go Gyoza dumpling deliveries now available in Orange County

  17-09-2020 22:09
  
  It started out at the beginning of the pandemic as a source of income to help out-of-work staff. But Hinoki & the Bird Chef Brandon Kida’s Go Go Gyoza frozen dumpling deliveries were an instant hit.
  “We started pinching dumplings in our kitchen with the plan to take orders via Instagram we would deliver to some of our L.A. friends and family as a way to make some money to help out his kitchen team at the restaurant who were out of jobs,” reads an announcement from the team.
  
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• 39% of California workforce has filed for jobless claims since March

  17-09-2020 21:56
  
  Unemployment claims in California fell last week compared with the previous week, a welcome respite for the state, which has seen 8.6 million workers file jobless claims since coronavirus-linked business shutdowns began six months ago.
  An estimated 230,200 California workers filed first-time claims for jobless benefits during the week ending Sept. 12, down 13,200 from the 243,400 who filed claims in the week ending Sept. 5, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.
  The decline snapped a three
  
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• Disneyland could allow for social distancing at 50% capacity, data shows

  17-09-2020 21:20
  
  Disneyland could theoretically let in 25,000 to 30,000 visitors per day and still allow for six feet of social distancing per person when the Anaheim theme park reopens with new COVID-19 health and safety protocols in place, according to new data analysis.
  Disneyland could comfortably accommodate 50% of the 110-acre theme park’s theoretical pre-COVID-19 attendance capacity, according to estimates by the Thinkwell Group.
  Thinkwell Group’s Brad Kissling calculated the COVID-19 physical
  
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• Key vote delayed on Poseidon desalination plan for Huntington Beach

  17-09-2020 20:59
  
  A crucial meeting on the Poseidon Water desalination plant proposed for Huntington Beach, scheduled for today, was postponed to allow the company to develop a more robust mitigation plan as requested by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board during three days of hearings this summer.
  The additional work is expected to take 45 to 60 days, after which a vote by the board is expected on one of the remaining two permits still needed for the project to proceed.
  A statement issued by the b
  
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• Census: 30% of Inland Empire late on rent, 17% in Los Angeles-Orange County

  17-09-2020 20:49
  
  The pandemic’s economic pain has battered renters far more than it has homeowners as some fresh data from the U.S. Census Bureau reminds us.
  In Riverside and San Bernardino counties, 336,000 adults live in households that are behind on rent due in the week ended Aug. 31, according to the bureau. That’s 30% of all Inland Empire tenants and almost twice the rate in Los Angeles and Orange counties where 537,000 who live in rentals were late payers — 17% of all tenants.
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• California needs a new energy plan

  17-09-2020 20:40
  
  The blackouts that rolled through California in August were the direct result of what happens when we plan based on wishful thinking and not science. Our planning and policies did not hold up to a real-world challenge and millions of Californians lost power during the hottest days of summer.
  As our state’s energy regulators and leaders plan for how to prevent blackouts in the future, our top priority should be to plan for a warming planet and more frequent and intense extreme weather event
  
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• Thorough preparation now a must for home buyers and sellers

  17-09-2020 20:39
  
  Current market and world health conditions in mind, there’s a new normal for the sequence in home buying and selling today.
  As a seller today, you need to stage your house to the nines, and then welcome in the crew of photographers and drone operators to capture every aspect of your house, including all of the images necessary to create a three-dimensional self-guided online tour.
  Your savvy, COVID-19 conversant agent will know how to make all of this come together, so that potential buyer
  
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• The Habit Burger Grill reopens dining rooms in Orange County

  17-09-2020 20:30
  
  Did your friendly neighborhood Habit Burger Grill seem to have temporarily closed? Drop by again and you’ll see it’s reopened.
  Although readers had reported shuttered locations in Fullerton and Irvine, the chain will not speak to any closures. But it has announced to the media that it has reopened its dining rooms in Orange County since local restrictions have been lifted.
  “The Habit Burger Grill is going above and beyond to ensure that their guests are able to enjoy their famo
  
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• Orange Unified announces starting dates for in-person instruction

  17-09-2020 20:14
  
  The Orange Unified School District will begin in-person instruction for its students starting Sept. 28.
  The return to in-person instruction will happen in phases, with pre-K and some first-graders starting Sept. 28. Students will trickle back by grade level until the final group of high schoolers start Oct. 20.
  Orange Unified School District Superintendent Gunn Marie Hansen explained the reopening plan in a letter sent Wednesday, Sept. 16, to district families.
  “With cautious optimism, we
  
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• Get the blues for free with this livestreamed concert featuring Keb’ Mo’ and Robert Cray

  17-09-2020 19:59
  
  Music fans can try to forget about the COVID-19 blues for a while by listening to the actual blues for hours during a free day-long live online festival.
  Organized by the Long Beach Blues Society and Long Beach Gives, the virtual festival dubbed A Day of Blues will be streamed live on Facebook starting at 10 a.m. Sept. 24 with a lineup of more than two dozen acts slated to perform during the 10-hour event.
  Sign up for our Festival Pass newsletter. Whether you are a Coachella lifer or prefer to w
  
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• Schools clothes to be distributed to Anaheim kids

  17-09-2020 19:47
  
  On Sept. 25, from 4 to 6 p.m., the Angels Baseball Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs on Anaheim-Cypress will distribute school clothes to kids in our community.
  Kids will be provided pants, polos, socks, shoes and undergarments, as well as a Junior Angels Kids Club backpack and Angels gear and face coverings.
  Families may register for the event by contacting Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Anaheim-Cypress at 714-491-3616 or through email to [email protected]  Everyone wi
  
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• Placentia-Yorba Linda school district will get community input on diversity through task forces

  17-09-2020 19:39
  
  Community input will be a key element in a program “to support actions and behaviors that match the diverse needs of our community,” as outlined in a resolution condemning racism recently adopted by trustees of the Placenita-Yorba Linda Unified School District.
  The input will come from task forces that will include district, family and student members, according to the resolution, which also promises to “continue our district-wide professional development in all areas of racial
  
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• Celebrating America’s great Constitution

  17-09-2020 19:16
  
  America today marks the 233rd anniversary of when Americans in those hallowed halls in Philadelphia unleashed the Constitution onto the world.
  Celebrating our Declaration of Independence is important, but it was the Constitution that gave form to the republican form of government that endures to this day. While it may not be at the heart of the political debate, the Constitution remains in our hearts and, especially, on our minds as we contemplate the challenges facing California and America. As
  
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• Firefighters hold the line on El Dorado fire

  17-09-2020 18:59
  
  The El Dorado fire was held to a standstill overnight, with acreage and containment unchanged Thursday morning, Sept. 17, from the day before.
  The fire’s scorched footprint remained at 18,506 acres and containment stood at 63%.
  The fire, burning since Sept. 5, was moving slowly, getting to a fire-retardant line along Highway 38 near evacuated Angelus Oaks but repelled by crews using fire hoses.
  MAP: Where the El Dorado fire is burning in the San Bernardino Mountains
  The fire was south
  
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• Bobcat fire crosses Highway 2, prompting evacuation warnings to the north

  17-09-2020 18:13
  
  The Bobcat fire’s path expanded dramatically overnight into Thursday morning, Sept. 17, chewing through another 4,000 acres as it continued to head north, authorities said.
  The fire had consumed 50,539 acres, still with only 3% containment as of 7 a.m. Thursday, forest officials said.
  Containment is the percentage of the perimeter where the blaze has been stopped, by firefighters’ work or by obstacles such as a body of water.
  Evacuation warnings were added for residents in Juniper Hi
  
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• Daxon: Brea working group makes new recommendations for traffic issues

  17-09-2020 17:50
  
  Back in January 2019, traffic barriers or delineators were put on State College Boulevard at Cliffwood Avenue without the knowledge or input of many of the residents living north of State College. The delineators were quite controversial and eventually removed.
  To get input from people on both sides of State College and Cliffwood, the Cliffwood area working group was formed with eight people from each side of the boulevard, two people from Country Road, which got much of the delineator-diverted
  
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• Is it safe to eat squirrel-bitten avocados?

  17-09-2020 17:25
  
  Q: We have a large avocado tree that used to have great fruit but now, as the trees in our tract have gotten bigger, we have squirrels that seem to delight in taking bites out of many of the avocados.
  Is it safe to use these avocados if we cut around the bite marks?
  Is there something we can put in the tree to scare them away or keep them out of the tree?
  A: To answer your first question: Yes, it is safe to eat the avocados that have been bitten into if you cut out the damaged parts. Of course,
  
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• Democratic squabbling doomed California’s ‘year of housing production.’ What happens in 2021?

  17-09-2020 17:23
  
  Buffy Wicks was breastfeeding her four-week-old daughter in her fifth floor Capitol office when she saw on television her fellow lawmakers were finally about to vote on one of the few remaining housing bills that really mattered.
  Wicks, only a month removed from a C-section, raced with her newborn down to the state Assembly chamber to make one last plea for her colleagues to pass SB 1120. Following in the footsteps of a 2019 Oregon law, the proposal would have forced California single-family-onl
  
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• Actress Lori Loughlin to serve time in Victorville, husband in Lompoc

  17-09-2020 17:18
  
  LOS ANGELES — TV actress Lori Loughlin will serve her prison sentence at the federal correctional institution in Victorville for her role in the college admissions scandal, according to court papers obtained Thursday.
  A judge signed off on the actress’ request to serve her time at the medium-security federal prison camp, according to a Sept. 9 order filed in Boston federal court.
  Loughlin’s husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, will serve his sentence at the low-securit
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: Check out the spooky eats that Knott’s Berry Farm will have for this event 👻

  17-09-2020 17:16
  
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  Main Course
  The Cookies and Scream Whoppie Pie coming to Taste of Fall-O-Ween at Knott’s Berry Farm. (Knott’s)
   
  OK, so you can’t ride the roller coasters or get chased through a haunted maze by a sinister looking clown at Knott’s Berry Farm this year (thanks, COVID), but if you like to eat and drink, you may still want to visit the Buena Park theme park.
  The T
  
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• Newport-Mesa group with teachers and parents are urging district to delay reopening plans for safety concerns

  17-09-2020 17:07
  
  A group that includes teachers and parents in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District contends the district’s reopening plan is lacking necessary safety protocols as it prepares for in-class instruction.
  The coronavirus pandemic has delayed the start of in-class instruction in much of Orange County; districts started the new year having students learning remotely online.
  Newport-Mesa officials announced Friday the district’s schools would begin modified in-person learning on Sept. 2
  
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• These stars of fall flower gardens are starting to appear for sale in nurseries

  17-09-2020 16:30
  
  There is a Chinese proverb that says: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
  This is a metaphor for doing something without further delay, even if it could have been done 20 years ago, since it is never too late to embark on a new venture and there is no time like the present to start. However, this proverb is not meant to be taken literally since although China, like the USA, has areas with mild winters, it also has Alaskan style winters in ce
  
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• Morning Wrap: Will Pac-12 football join others this fall? Dodgers win again

  17-09-2020 16:19
  
  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: IS PAC-12 FOOTBALL RETURNING?
  State restrictions lifted for Pac-12 football teams in California, Oregon: The path back just got easierTWO: DODGERS INCREASE LEAD TO 2 1/2:
  Dodgers clinch postseason spot, regain grip on NL West with winAlexander: Dodgers clinch a playoff berth,
  
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• COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US

  17-09-2020 15:16
  
  By PAUL WISEMAN | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high figure that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak.
  Before the pandemic hit the economy, the number signing up for jobless aid had never exceeded 700,000 in a week, even during the depths of the 2007-2009 Great Recession. Now they’ve topped 700,000 for 26 straight weeks.
  The Labor Department said Thursday that U.S
  
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• 300 and counting: Push by feds to arrest in US protests

  17-09-2020 15:10
  
  By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — In a private call with federal prosecutors across the country, Attorney General William Barr’s message was clear: aggressively go after demonstrators who cause violence.
  Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court, according to officials with knowledge of last week’s call who
  
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• 18 people file claims against federal government for chemical exposure at George Air Force Base

  17-09-2020 15:10
  
  At least 18 people, most of whom are military dependents, allege in recently filed federal claims they suffer from leukemia, Parkinson’s disease and other serious ailments as a result of exposure to at least 67 different toxic chemicals at the former George Air Force Base.
  The damage claims were obtained from the Air Force earlier this month through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Frank Vera, a 67-year former airman at George who has been diagnosed with radiation ex
  
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• Anaheim man arrested after Placentia fire linked to marijuana honey oil operation

  17-09-2020 09:32
  
  PLACENTIA — A 41-year-old Anaheim man was booked Wednesday on suspicion of manufacturing a controlled substance stemming from a blaze at a marijuana honey oil operation in Placentia, police said.
  David Hoffman was found in front of a business that caught fire in the 700 block of Dunn Way about 8:40 a.m., police said.
  Police said he told first responders there was a marijuana honey oil operation in the burning building and that there were several flammable chemicals on the premises, leading
  
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• Rare rough start for Dylan Bundy sends Angels to another loss

  17-09-2020 06:59
  
  Justin Upton #10 of the Los Angeles Angels is welcomed into the dugout after hitting a home rung against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the seventh inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on September 16, 2020 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images)
  Jo Adell #59 of the Los Angeles Angels catches a fly ball in right field hit by Daulton Varsho #12 of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on September 16, 2020 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by John McC
  
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• Lakers keep their guard up, taking upset-minded Nuggets with caution

  17-09-2020 05:25
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — On the day the All-NBA teams were released, it was striking how few are left in the bubble.
  Likely MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and former MVP James Harden were knocked out in the second round; fellow first-teamer Luka Doncic was gone in the first. Second-team point guards Damian Lillard and Chris Paul couldn’t get first-round wins; Pascal Siakam’s title defense fell short; as did Kawhi Leonard’s quest for a second straight.
  On the All-NBA first team
  
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• Mason Randolph extends Yorba Linda’s recruiting pipeline to Boise State

  17-09-2020 05:11
  
  It’s official: Yorba Linda High football has become a pipeline program for Boise State.
  Senior offensive lineman Mason Randolph on Tuesday, Sept. 15 became the third Yorba Linda player in as many recruiting classes to commit to the Mountain West Conference contender.
  Randolph will join forces in Idaho with defensive end Michael Callahan (class of 2019) and offensive lineman Nathan Cardona (class of 2020) at Boise State.
  Randolph referred to his close friends in a Tweet announcing his commi
  
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• Mason Randolph extends Yorba Linda football’s recruiting pipeline to Boise State

  17-09-2020 05:11
  
  It’s official: Yorba Linda High football has become a pipeline program for Boise State.
  Senior offensive lineman Mason Randolph on Tuesday, Sept. 15 became the third Yorba Linda player in as many recruiting classes to commit to the Mountain West Conference contender.
  Randolph will join forces in Idaho with defensive end Michael Callahan (class of 2019) and offensive lineman Nathan Cardona (class of 2020) at Boise State.
  Randolph referred to his close friends in a tweet announcing his commi
  
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• USC, UCLA work together to get clarity on lifting of restrictions in L.A. County

  17-09-2020 04:53
  
  An unprecedented situation called for an unusual maneuver.
  The athletic directors at USC and UCLA joined forces and held a joint Zoom call with Los Angeles County health officials Wednesday evening to clear a path for the football teams to begin practicing, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
  And it worked.
  “It was encouraging,” one source said.
  So encouraging that the teams are preparing to conduct full-squad practices once Pac-12 presidents approve that step, a move
  
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• State restrictions lifted for Pac-12 football teams in California, Oregon: The path back just got easier

  17-09-2020 04:42
  
  Pac-12 football took a major step toward returning to play Wednesday as the governors of Oregon and California lifted the state restrictions preventing half the conference from conducting normal practices.
  If all goes well, the conference could restart its football season in late October or early November, bringing it into general alignment with the Big Ten, ACC, SEC and Big 12 during the season’s finishing stretch.
  The next step for the Pac-12 teams in California and Oregon — and it
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers clinch a playoff berth, but hold the champagne

  17-09-2020 04:15
  
  Somehow the San Diego Padres didn’t seem quite as chirpy Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon.
  This was their coming out party, their measuring stick, their opportunity to demonstrate that they not only could play with the big, bad Dodgers but beat them. There may have been a ballpark full of empty seats, representing the limitations of Pandemic Baseball, but the young Padres made plenty of their own noise in the dugout Monday night in a 7-2 win, their youthful exuberance coming through (
  
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• Vietnamese American felon facing deportation gets backing from activists, elected leaders

  17-09-2020 04:01
  
  Tin Nguyen arrived from Vietnam as a boy, in 1979, with hope for a better future in a new country. But his refugee story took a bad turn.
  As the only Vietnamese kid in his grade school classes, he was bullied. As a teen, he joined gangs and, as an adult, he committed crimes. Nguyen ended up doing 20 years for murder and robbery.
  But Nguyen turned his life around in prison. And, last year, after his sentence was commuted, he was given a chance at freedom.
  That’s when he was picked up for de
  
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• Garden Grove Unified reverses plans for returning to in-person instruction

  17-09-2020 03:47
  
  Garden Grove Unified School District has reversed its reopening plans for starting in-person instruction next month.
  Orange County’s third largest district announced at its board meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 15, that it will no longer plan on returning students to campuses in October.
  In a statement on behalf of the board and Superintendent Gabriela Mafi, the district said that “more parents than expected” want to continue with distance learning and parents want more specific in
  
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• Rams’ Jared Goff, Eagles’ Carson Wentz play out ‘friendly rivalry’ Sunday

  17-09-2020 03:46
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Jared Goff is trying to bounce back from a rough season. Carson Wentz is trying to bounce back from a bruiser of a season-opening game.
  There’s always something to link Goff and Wentz, the Rams and Eagles quarterbacks who were picked No. 1 and No. 2 in the 2016 NFL draft.
  This week, the one-time rookie stars seem to share an old pro’s instinct for playing down personal rivalries.
  “I’ve got a lot of respect for Carson,” Goff said four days befor
  
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• Elderly man is Orange County’s first West Nile virus death in 2020

  17-09-2020 03:36
  
  An elderly man from Garden Grove is Orange County’s first West Nile virus-related death in 2020, county health officials reported Wednesday, Sept. 16.
  A news release issued by the Orange County Health Care Agency about the man’s death did not give his name or age, or the date he died.
  In 2019, one Orange County resident died from complications of West Nile virus; there were seven reported cases.
  West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne infection with such symptoms as fever, headache, body
  
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• Fire crews can’t say if some landmark sites have survived Bobcat fire; here’s what they know so far

  17-09-2020 03:14
  
  As the Bobcat fire burned for its 11th day — consuming more than 44,000 acres across the Angeles National Forest while dozens of other fires raged across the western swath of the country — fire crews were stretched too thin to be able assess potential damage to beloved landmark sites in the Monrovia foothills and the Angeles National Forest.
  Related: Map of the where the Bobcat fire is burning
  Here’s what they know for sure, as of Wednesday, Sept. 16:
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• Chiefs can relate to Chargers’ QB dilemma with Tyrod Taylor, Justin Herbert

  17-09-2020 03:13
  
  COSTA MESA — Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor will get opportunities to correct the mistakes he had last week against the Cincinnati Bengals during his first start in nearly two years.
  Taylor missed throws, struggled to get the offense in rhythm and failed to convert two fourth-and-short plays in the second quarter with him keeping the ball.
  “Convert them,” Taylor jokingly said Wednesday when asked what he could have done better on the two plays. “Just execute better and
  
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