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• Coronavirus: 138 new cases, hospitalizations at 178 in Orange County on Sept. 21

  21-09-2020 23:57
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 138 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, Sept. 21, increasing the cumulative total to 52,201 cases.
  There were no new deaths reported in Orange County on Monday, keeping the death total to 1,128. The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigations and can take weeks to process, officials say. The most recent deaths were on Sept. 17.
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported
  
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• Bones found in Santa Ana from Native American; no crime suspected

  21-09-2020 23:46
  
  The human remains found by a construction crew last week in a Santa Ana streetcar-maintenance yard were determined to be of Native American descent, coroner officials said on Monday, Sept. 21.
  Wednesday morning, Sept. 16, contractors working at 2008 W. 5th St. on the OC Streetcar had reported finding the bones six feet underground while digging a trench, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.
  Rib cage, arm and leg bones were among the those unearthed, police said. Orange County Coroner&rsq
  
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• Bones found in Santa Ana from Native American

  21-09-2020 23:46
  
  The human remains found by a construction crew last week in a Santa Ana streetcar-maintenance yard were determined to be of Native American descent, coroner officials said on Monday, Sept. 21.
  Wednesday morning, Sept. 16, contractors working at 2008 W. 5th St. on the OC Streetcar had reported finding the bones six feet underground while digging a trench, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.
  Rib cage, arm and leg bones were among the those unearthed, police said. Orange County Coroner&rsq
  
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• Mater Dei pitcher Seiber commits to Vanderbilt

  21-09-2020 23:18
  
  Mater Dei sophomore right-handed pitcher/first baseman Brennan Seiber committed to Vanderbilt, his father Christopher Seiber confirmed.
  Brennan Seiber (6-5, 200) pitched in two games for the Monarchs in the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season. He allowed no earned runs over 10 2/3 innings.
  Seiber also had offers from Miami, Oregon and USC according to his father.
  Vanderbilt was the 2019 College World Series champion.
  
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• Mater Dei pitcher Brennan Seiber commits to Vanderbilt

  21-09-2020 23:18
  
  Mater Dei sophomore right-handed pitcher/first baseman Brennan Seiber committed to Vanderbilt, his father Christopher Seiber confirmed.
  Brennan Seiber (6-5, 200) pitched in two games for the Monarchs during the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season. He allowed no earned runs over 10 2/3 innings.
  Seiber also had offers from Miami, Oregon and USC, according to his father.
  Vanderbilt was the 2019 College World Series champion.
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• Ellen DeGeneres makes on-air apology, vows a ‘new chapter’

  21-09-2020 23:07
  
  By MARK KENNEDY | AP Entertainment Writer
  NEW YORK — Ellen DeGeneres used her opening monologue of the new season of her daytime talk show to address allegations of a toxic work environment, apologizing for things “that never should have happened.”
  “I know that I’m in a position of privilege and power and I realize that with that comes responsibility, and I take responsibility for what happens at my show,” she said in a video posted Monday.“The Ellen DeG
  
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• Angels’ Justin Upton looks to carry hot finish into next season

  21-09-2020 23:02
  
  ANAHEIM >> Now that Justin Upton has discovered himself again, the next challenge will be to make sure this is the guy who shows up in 2021.
  Upton started this sprint of a season with a horrendous month, and he’s followed it with a good month.
  He hit .094 with a .357 OPS in his first 71 plate appearances, and since then has hit .318 with a 1.021 OPS in the next 75 plate appearances.
  Unfortunately for him and the Angels, it came too late to earn any additional opportunities beyond thi
  
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• Season over for ex-Newport Harbor QB Lavin

  21-09-2020 22:49
  
  Cole Lavin moved from Orange County to Utah because he saw Utah as offering him the best opportunity to have a senior season of football.
  Lavin’s senior season in Utah is over because of a knee injury, the same injury that ended his junior season at Newport Harbor last year.
  With COVID-19 pushing the start of the high school football season to early January in California, Lavin moved to Utah where high school football started in August. Lavin enrolled at Brighton High in Cottonwood Heights
  
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• Knee injury ends football season for ex-Newport Harbor QB Cole Lavin

  21-09-2020 22:49
  
  Cole Lavin moved from Orange County to Utah because he saw Utah as offering him the best opportunity to have a senior season of football.
  Lavin’s senior season in Utah is over because of a knee injury, the same injury that ended his junior season at Newport Harbor High last year.
  With COVID-19 pushing the start of the high school football season to early January in California, Lavin moved to Utah where high school football started in August. Lavin enrolled at Brighton High in Cottonwood He
  
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• USS Tripoli arrives in San Diego, will carry Marine Corps’ new age fighting aircraft

  21-09-2020 22:37
  
  After a trip around South America, the USS Tripoli has arrived in San Diego and will be used to deploy Marines and their aircraft worldwide.
  The America Class amphibious assault ship – the only one of its kind in San Diego – was virtually commissioned July 15 at its shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship arrived in San Diego on Sept. 18.
  “Our sailors did an outstanding job in getting Tripoli safely to our new home port,” said Capt. Kevin Meyers, the Tripoli’s comman
  
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• A Southern California writer’s fear of earthquakes fuels ‘Aftershocks’

  21-09-2020 22:05
  
  Novelist Marisa Reichardt has spent her life in Southern California. She grew up in San Diego, moved to Los Angeles in 1995 to attend graduate school at USC and currently lives in Hermosa Beach.
  Like other lifelong Californians, she’s lived with the threat of an earthquake — The Big One — looming in the background. “There’s this idea that we sort of survive by not thinking about it,” she says by phone from her home (before the late-night 4.6 quake on Sept. 18)
  
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• Live theater returns — outdoors and with social distancing — in Westminster

  21-09-2020 21:41
  
  A vulnerable and beloved victim of life during the pandemic continues to be theater. No matter how well-intentioned, live streams and Zoom readings don’t replace the experience of sitting in a shared space with an audience watching actors do their thing on stage.
  Saturday and Sunday the first small signs of flowering emerged at the plucky Rose Center Theater in Westminster, where a cast of 11, with live accompaniment, performed a 17-number concert version of the 1975 Tony-winning musical &
  
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• As DeChambeau heats up, golf’s purists should chill out

  21-09-2020 21:33
  
  What is golf’s equivalent of “pearl clutching?” Glove tugging, perhaps?
  Those who pace the floor over the damage Bryson DeChambeau wrought last week should get a grip, or maybe loosen it.
  As DeChambeau romped to a six-stroke victory at the U.S. Open, he was merely the latest change agent in a game that keeps slipping out of its grooves.
  And even if he successfully raided Winged Foot, everyone else was on the other side of the moat.
  Only DeChambeau broke par at the Open, despite
  
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• Orange County builder doubles home sales with lower-price focus

  21-09-2020 21:16
  
  New Home Co., a small Orange County-based homebuilder, has seen signed contracts double so far this summer as it focuses on lower-priced housing.
  The Aliso Viejo company, which builds in California and Arizona, told investors that its net new home orders totaled 152 in July and August, up 100% from a year ago. The company sold 296 homes in 2020’s first six month — up 11% in a year.
  Home sales have been an economic bright spot in a pandemic-ravaged economy.
  “Buyers continue to b
  
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• Europe adopts tougher COVID restrictions as infections surge

  21-09-2020 21:14
  
  By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIE CORBET | Associated Press
  LONDON — As the US closed in on 200,000 coronavirus deaths Monday, the crisis deteriorated across Europe, with Britain working to draw up new restrictions, Spain clamping down again in Madrid and the Czech Republic replacing its health minister with an epidemiologist because of a surge of infections.
  The growing push to reimpose tough measures in Europe to beat back a scourge that was seemingly brought under control in the spring contrib
  
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• Comic Iliza Shlesinger’s Tailgate Tour is coming to Anaheim’s Drive-In OC

  21-09-2020 20:48
  
  Comedian Iliza Shlesinger has kept herself plenty busy through the course of the pandemic.
  Though the “Last Comic Standing” winner was slated to be out on an international comedy tour, Shlesinger, like all entertainers, was forced to cancel her outing this year and dive into the virtual world in an effort to stay connected with fans.
  Now more than six months into the coronavirus-induced shutdown, Shlesinger is ready to provide some in-person laughs. She’s heading out on a nine-
  
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• Acapulco restaurants offering 60-cent tacos for the chain’s 60th anniversary

  21-09-2020 20:02
  
  Acapulco Restaurant y Cantina will sell tacos for 60 cents all day on Thursday, Sept. 24, to mark the Cypress-based chain’s 60th anniversary.
  The chain was founded in Pasadena in 1960, but only has a handful of locations remaining in Southern California.
  There will be a choice of choice of al pastor, carnitas, grilled chicken, and carne asada tacos, according to a news release. There’s no limit on the deal, according to the chain, but because the tacos are assembled at a taco station
  
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• Rockslide cleared for El Dorado firefighters; blaze doesn’t grow overnight

  21-09-2020 19:55
  
  Caltrans crews cleared away a rockslide along Highway 38 in the El Dorado fire‘s swath that had forced emergency vehicles to make detours, authorities said on Monday, Sept. 21.
  Fire activity was moderate overnight because of lower temperatures and higher humidity, they said, with the fire’s footprint in the San Bernardino Mountains unchanged since the night before: 22,576 acres have been charred, containment  was at 59%.
  One firefighter died Thursday while fighting the blaze tha
  
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• Bank shares slide on report of rampant money laundering

  21-09-2020 19:14
  
  The financial sector was hit hard Monday following a report alleging that a number of banks, JPMorgan, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank and Bank of New York Mellon among them, have continued to profit from illicit dealings with disreputable people and criminal networks despite previous warnings from regulators.
  According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, leaked government documents show that the banks continued moving illicit funds even after being warned
  
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• US household wealth hits record even as economy struggles

  21-09-2020 19:03
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — Americans’ household wealth rebounded last quarter to a record high as the stock market quickly recovered from a pandemic-induced plunge in March. Yet the gains flowed mainly to the most affluent households even as tens of millions of people endured job losses and shrunken incomes.
  The Federal Reserve said Monday that American households’ net worth jumped nearly 7% in the April-June quarter to $119 trillion. That figure
  
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• Soaring wealth during pandemic highlights rising inequality

  21-09-2020 19:03
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — Americans’ household wealth rebounded last quarter to a record high as the stock market quickly recovered from a pandemic-induced plunge in March. Yet the gains flowed mainly to the most affluent households even as tens of millions of people endured job losses and shrunken incomes.
  The Federal Reserve said Monday that American households’ net worth jumped nearly 7% in the April-June quarter to $119 trillion. That figure
  
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• Watch Burnt Crumbs chef Paul Cao compete on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’

  21-09-2020 19:02
  
  It’s been a great run for Orange County chefs appearing on Food Network’s “Chopped” competition show.
  Cathy Pavlos, former chef at Provenance, enjoyed the most recent appearance in August, Rachel Klemek and Shachi Mehra both won their shows.
  Hungry? Sign up for The Eat Index, our weekly food newsletter, and find out where to eat and get the latest restaurant happenings in Orange County. Subscribe here.
  Now comes Paul Cao, chef/owner of Burnt Crumbs in Irvine and Huntingto
  
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• Police reform is too important to be held up by politics

  21-09-2020 18:57
  
  Late last month, Los Angeles protesters lined up outside City Hall and marched along the 101 Freeway to protest police brutality. “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” they chanted.
  As similar cries reverberate across the country, the call for reform has finally reached Washington.
  This summer, Republicans and Democrats introduced their own separate police reform bills. Yet neither side seems willing to hash things out and agree on compromise legislation. Many Democrat
  
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• There’s an Elf on the Shelf drive-thru event coming to Pomona this holiday season

  21-09-2020 18:53
  
  We haven’t even gotten through Halloween during this pandemic, but live event promoters are already announcing holiday happenings modified for COVID-19.
  The Elf on the Shelf’s Magical Journey drive-thru event is coming to the Fairplex in Pomona Nov. 12-Jan. 3, with special preview nights starting Nov. 6.
  Guests can get into the holiday spirit from the safety of their personal vehicles as they experience elves coming to the aid of Santa Claus, who has made an emergency landing at the
  
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• Building a reopening plan on shifting sand

  21-09-2020 18:37
  
  We need to safely re-open California – or at least Orange County – now.  We are three weeks into the new “tier” system to reopen California.  The official guidelines have changed three times and we expect more changes to come.  Shifting standards have been the only consistency and we are – simply put – beyond frustrated.
  We were told in March that the state was shutting down to “flatten the curve.” The Governor then rolled out a four
  
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• Forty-two years later, another California property tax battle

  21-09-2020 18:24
  
  It’s been 42 years since California voters sharply altered the state’s political dynamics by overwhelmingly passing Proposition 13 to slash property taxes, ignoring virtually unanimous opposition from leaders of both political parties.
  It’s also been 42 years since Proposition 13’s opponents — public employee unions and others with stakes in government spending — first began plotting how to overturn it.
  They assumed, or hoped, that the state Supreme
  
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• Enjoy Knott’s Taste of Fall-O-Ween for a limited time

  21-09-2020 18:24
  
  While the theme park remains closed, Knott’s Berry Farm introduces its newest family-friendly outdoor food and retail experience celebrating the Halloween season and the flavors of Fall with Knott’s Taste of Fall-O-Ween. Taking place Fridays through Sundays beginning September 25th to November 1st, Knott’s pays tribute to the year’s spookiest season with a Fall food experience unlike any other. Halloween’s spirit comes to life with a cornucopia of Harvest and Hallow
  
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• Biden would push for less US reliance on nukes for defense

  21-09-2020 18:23
  
  By ROBERT BURNS | AP National Security Writer
  WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden leaves little doubt that if elected he would try to scale back President Donald Trump’s buildup in nuclear weapons spending. And although the former vice president has not fully detailed his nuclear priorities, he says he would make the U.S. less reliant on the world’s deadliest weapons.
  The two candidates’ views on nuclear weapons policy and strategy carry unusual significance in this election
  
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• Inland Empire home listings fall 47%, largest drop in U.S.

  21-09-2020 17:42
  
  Inland Empire house hunters are searching for properties in the nation’s tightest market, according to one survey.
  The number of existing homes listed for sale in Riverside and San Bernardino counties fell by 47% in the year ended in August, Zillow reports. That’s the deepest decline among 50 large metropolitan areas tracked by the real estate firm.
  Pandemic fears, financial challenges and quick-selling homes have kept many owners from selling locally and across the nation. It’
  
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• Inland Empire has 47% fewer homes for sale, largest drop in U.S.

  21-09-2020 17:42
  
  Inland Empire house hunters are searching for properties in the nation’s tightest market, according to one survey.
  The number of existing homes listed for sale in Riverside and San Bernardino counties fell by 47% in the year ended in August, Zillow reports. That’s the deepest decline among 50 large metropolitan areas tracked by the real estate firm.
  Pandemic fears, financial challenges and quick-selling homes have kept many owners from selling locally and across the nation. It’
  
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• As Democrats balk, Trump to make Supreme Court pick by Saturday

  21-09-2020 17:36
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LISA MASCARO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and just days before the first presidential election debate.
  Trump told “Fox & Friends” that he had a list of five finalists, “probably four,” and that he is pushing for a confirmation vote before Election Day. Democrats h
  
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• Orange County could stay in the red tier longer if coronavirus testing doesn’t pick up

  21-09-2020 17:31
  
  Orange County is half-qualified for the next coronavirus tracking tier, colored orange for “moderate” risk, which would mean more businesses and public sectors could reopen and less occupancy restrictions on those that have.
  Local shares of COVID-19 tests that are coming back positive are 3.9%, an improving metric that makes the county orange-tier material, in part.
  But the rate of new cases each day came in this week at 4.7 cases per 100,000 residents, dashing hopes that Orange Coun
  
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• Founder of Nikola, GM electric truck partner, quits amid allegations

  21-09-2020 17:27
  
  By David McHugh | The Associated Press
  Shares in electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola plunged on Monday after the company’s founder resigned amid allegations of fraud – just two weeks after signing a $2 billion partnership with General Motors.
  The company said late Sunday that Trevor Milton resigned and the departing executive chairman said he would defend himself against accusations that the company made false claims about its vehicles, allegations Nikola rejects.
  Milt
  
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• Wall Street joins global tumble, S&P 500 down more than 2%

  21-09-2020 17:16
  
  By Stan Choe | The Associated Press
  Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street Monday, joining a global tumble for markets as the S&P 500 sinks more than 2%.
  Losses began in Asia as soon as trading opened for the week, and they accelerated in Europe on worries about the possibility of tougher restrictions there to stem rising coronavirus counts. In the U.S., both stocks and Treasury yields weakened, while prices sank for oil and many other commodities a healthy economy would demand.
  The S&
  
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• How to get maximum savings and efficiency from your home’s cooling and heating systems

  21-09-2020 17:07
  
  The beginning of fall plays out in unique ways in Southern California: Instead of colorful leaves, we get powerful Santa Anas, and the noticeable nip in the night air is broken up by a heatwave or two (which can include record-setting temperatures, as is the case this year).
  Plus, this year we have the added challenges of a pandemic and raging wildfires.
  It’s tough to imagine the impending winter when highs reach into the 100s and the skies are filled with smoke, but it does make it a good
  
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• Status Update: FedEx hiring at least 1,500 in region

  21-09-2020 17:00
  
  FedEx is hiring across Southern California ahead of the holiday shopping season.
  The pandemic and related lockdowns have driven many shoppers to online orders, pushing up demand for logistics-related jobs.
  The first eight months of 2020 generated $497 billion in online sales, according to Adobe Analytics. In August alone, consumers spent $63 billion. The pandemic, Adobe says, added an extra $107 billion spent online.
  FedEx said Friday it’s looking to add 1,500 seasonal positions at FedEx f
  
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• What will a snow trip to local mountain resorts be like in the age of coronavirus?

  21-09-2020 16:59
  
  Skiers look out over the Snow Summit park in Big Bear Lake. The resort plans on opening this year but with adjustments due to coronavirus restrictions. FILE PHOTO/ SCNG
  Snowboarders exit the lift at Mt. High in Wrightwood IN 2019. The resort is expecting to open this winter season, though adjustments will be made due to the coronvirus. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSkiers look out over the Snow Summit park in Big Bear Lake. The res
  
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• Here’s one district’s plans, Capistrano Unified, for a safe return of students to classrooms

  21-09-2020 16:56
  
  Capistrano Unified School District grabbed a plethora of supplies and guidance in constructing its $25 million strategy for the worrisome enemy.
  Orange County’s schools are expected to be cleared en mass to reopen for in-person instruction as of Sept. 22, as local progress in curbing the spread of the coronavirus shows the required improvement. Capistrano Unified’s plans, approved by its school board on Sept. 2, provide a glimpse at what students and families throughout the county mi
  
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• Bobcat fire surges past 105,000 acres as new week of firefighting begins

  21-09-2020 16:54
  
  The Bobcat fire grew to 105,345 acres on Monday, Sept. 21, as firefighters prepared to try and again push back the wind-driven blaze from foothill neighborhoods.
  On Sunday, authorities ordered a new set of evacuations in the Antelope Valley. The fire reached that region in the past days after starting on Sept. 6 about 30 miles away deep in the Angeles National Forest north of Azusa.
  Containment, an established fire break at the perimeter of a wildfire, remained unchanged from the weekend at 15%.
  
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• Morning Wrap: Anthony Davis’ Mamba moment saves Lakers; Rams win, Chargers lose

  21-09-2020 16:39
  
  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: Anthony Davis had his big moment with the Lakers, hitting a game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to give the Lakers a 2-0 series lead against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, and social media was buzzing. Could this be the dagger the Nuggets can’t
  
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• Small quake strikes near Lake Elsinore

  21-09-2020 16:23
  
  A small earthquake on Monday morning, Sept. 21, slightly rattled Riverside and Orange counties.
  The magnitude-3.4 temblor struck at 6:20 a.m. at a depth of about 4.9 miles.
  Its epicenter was 6.4 miles northwest of Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, and 10.9 miles northeast of Rancho Santa Margarita, according to a computer-generated U.S. Geological Survey report.
  There were no immediate reports of damages, and none were expected in the aftermath of such a small temblor.
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• 15-year mortgage hits record low at 2.35%

  21-09-2020 15:45
  
  The average rate on the 15-year fixed-rate mortgage slipped to a new record-low of 2.35% last week.
  Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that weekly drop in 15-year average rates from 2.37% on Sept. 10 and 3.21% a year ago. The average rate on the 30-year home loan edged up to 2.87% from a record low 2.86% the previous week. By contrast, the 30-year rate averaged 3.73% a year ago.
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• Emmy 2020: These 13 gifs tell the surreal story of the most unusual awards show

  21-09-2020 15:31
  
  Even though Sunday night’s Emmy Awards were a weird hybrid of in-person presenters and nominees joining from home, there were plenty of gif-worthy moments.
  Here are some of our favorites:
  The red carpet fashion was missing, but people on social media spotted the night’s fashion winner: the Emmys award presenters wearing hazmat tuxedos.It’s safe to say that 2020 is a literal and figurative fire. Show host Jimmy Kimmel presented an opening monologue that was really different from
  
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• Alexander: This is why Anthony Davis is a Laker

  21-09-2020 07:05
  
  Los Angeles Lakers players celebrate at the end of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game against the Denver Nuggets Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Lakers won 105-103. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis (3) tries to block a shot by Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic (15) during the first half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe galler
  
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• Boy, 3, struck and killed by pickup in Orange

  21-09-2020 07:02
  
  ORANGE — A 3-year-old boy was struck and killed by a pickup in a mobile home park in Orange on Sunday night.
  The boy was hit at 1931 E. Meat Ave. around 7:15 p.m., Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin said. The boy had been been on a bicycle or tricycle at the time of the crash, McMullin said.
  Paramedics performed CPR on the toddler but he died at the scene, McMullin said. His name was withheld.
  The driver of the pickup stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, said McMullin. There was n
  
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• 3-year-old boy struck and killed by truck in Orange

  21-09-2020 07:02
  
  ORANGE — A 3-year-old boy on a bicycle was struck and killed by a pickup truck in a mobile home park in Orange on Sunday night.
  The boy was hit at 1931 E. Meat Ave. around 7:15 p.m., Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin said.
  Paramedics performed CPR on the child but he died at the scene, McMullin said. His name was withheld.
  The woman behind the wheel of the pickup stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, said McMullin. There was no indication that drugs or alcohol were factors in the
  
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• LeBron James: AD’s game winner ‘would have blew the roof off of Staples Center’

  21-09-2020 06:52
  
  While Lakers fans watching on TV won’t forget Anthony Davis’ game-winning 3-pointer in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals Sunday, Staples Center was quiet when the shot went through. LeBron James talked about wishing Davis had been able to experience the moment with a house full of Lakers fans in Staples Center.
  “It probably would have blew the roof off of Staples Center …” James said.
  Here’s the interview (video by Kyle Goon):On a question from @LakersR
  
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• Photos: Lakers hold off Nuggets in Game 2 of Western Conference Finals

  21-09-2020 06:48
  
  Take a look at the photos from the Lakers’ NBA playoff game against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Lakers won Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals.
  Los Angeles Lakers players celebrate at the end of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game against the Denver Nuggets Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Lakers won 105-103. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis (3) tries to block a shot by Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic
  
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• Could Anthony Davis’ game-winner knock the wind out the never-say-die Denver Nuggets?

  21-09-2020 06:24
  
  If anything is going to take the wind out of the sails of the never-quit Nuggets, you’d think this could be it.
  Anthony Davis’ arcing 3-pointer at the buzzer not only gave the Lakers a 105-103 victory in Game 2 of Sunday’s Western Conference Finals series, but it control-shift-deleted all of Denver’s painstaking work to recover from 16 points down.
  Alas, a loss is a loss is a loss — no matter how big or small the gap. Any way you slice it, the top-seeded Lakers are
  
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• Emmys 2020: ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Succession,’ the pandemic and social issues the big winners

  21-09-2020 06:01
  
  “Schitt’s Creek,” “Watchmen,” and “Succession” were the big winners at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday in a show that went virtual due the coronavirus and included a healthy dose of activism in this most volatile of years.
  “Schitt’s Creek,” a Canadian-based comedy about a wealthy family who lose it all and have to start over in the titular town, dominated the comedy categories winning all seven top awards include outstanding co
  
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