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• ICE facility where unwanted hysterectomies allegedly performed to get visit from Reps. Correa, Barragan, Gomez

  25-09-2020 23:57
  
  Congressional representatives from Southern California plan to visit on Saturday an immigration detention facility in Georgia to investigate reports of abuse, including allegations that some detainees were subjected to unwanted hysterectomies.
  Reps. Nanette Diaz Barragán, D-San Pedro, Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, and Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, will join fellow Congressional Hispanic Caucus members and others at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia.
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• Got sand? Dredging project in Newport Beach will add beach to shoreline

  25-09-2020 23:48
  
  Newport Beach is getting a hot commodity for its shore: sand.
  While some beach towns, especially in south Orange County, grapple with how to keep sand on their sections of coast, Newport Beach will be getting heaps to add between the West Newport rock jetties and on both sides of the Balboa Pier.
  An estimated 30,000 cubic yards of sand will be dredged starting Sept. 28 from the nearby Santa Ana River, where the sand that has accumulated near the channel outlet needs to be removed for flood contr
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, Sept. 26

  25-09-2020 23:35
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday, Sept. 26 for horse racing at Santa Anita.
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• USA Volleyball continues arrangement with Anaheim building

  25-09-2020 23:29
  
  USA Volleyball’s women’s and men’s national teams will continue to train in the Anaheim building that was called American Sports Centers, USA Volleyball announced Friday.
  The large building next to the 5 freeway near Disneyland housed the national teams and many youth volleyball and basketball programs and tournaments for many years until American Sports Centers’ lease of the facility was terminated in August. Because of COVID-19, tournaments and other sports events could
  
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• Coronavirus: 22 new deaths and 282 new cases reported in Orange County as of Sept. 25

  25-09-2020 23:25
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 282 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, Sept. 25, increasing the cumulative total to 52,904 cases.
  There were 22 new deaths reported in the county as well, raising the death toll to 1,204. 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. 21.
  Of the 1,204 deaths in Orange County, 444 were skil
  
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• Placentia-Yorba district delays start of in-person education by weeks

  25-09-2020 23:13
  
  The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, reacting to a survey of district families and employees, will delay its start of in-person hybrid instruction by two weeks for its elementary and middle school students and three weeks for its high schoolers.
  Oct. 21 is now the target date for transitioning the district’s preschool and elementary students to some on-campus learning, though there would still be times they are learning online. Originally, the district was working toward Oct.
  
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• Trump’s $200 prescription cards won’t hit mailboxes just yet

  25-09-2020 23:04
  
  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — If you’re on Medicare, don’t run to the mailbox looking for a $200 prescription drug card courtesy of President Donald Trump.
  Government officials said Friday that key details of Trump’s election-year giveaway still have to be fleshed out, including the exact timing and how Medicare’s cost would be covered — a sum that could approach $7 billion.
  It’s also unclear which Medicare enrollees will get
  
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• California is indeed a cautionary tale for the nation

  25-09-2020 23:03
  
  SACRAMENTO – During a business trip to Michigan in the 1980s, I recall driving on a commercial street that ran north to south through various well-kept working-class neighborhoods. At one point, the road passed a “Welcome to Detroit” sign. Immediately the surroundings became bleak, with boarded up buildings and graffiti. It was a disturbing sight.
  That was nearly two decades before the rapper Eminem immortalized Detroit life in his movie, “8 Mile,” which refers to t
  
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• How Justice Ginsburg changed the economy

  25-09-2020 22:51
  
  A candlelight vigil remembering and honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was held Monday evening September 21, 2020 in San Pedro.Community members were invited to participate as prayers were led and speakers praised Justice Ginsburg. Supervisor Janice Hahn spoke during the Monday evening event September 21, 2020. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)
  People gather under a mural of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the U Street neighborhood in Washington, Friday, Sept. 18
  
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• Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol

  25-09-2020 22:50
  
  By LISA MASCARO | AP Congressional Correspondent
  WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol as the first woman ever so honored, making history again as she had throughout her extraordinary life while an intensifying election-year battle swirled over her replacement.
  The flag-draped casket of Ginsburg, who died last week at 87, drew members of Congress, top military officials, friends and family, some with children in tow, to the Capitol&r
  
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• Patty’s Cakes in Fullerton celebrates 35 years and a 350% delivery increase

  25-09-2020 22:33
  
  No matter the business climate, the best way to stay successful is to constantly strive to improve what you offer your customers.
  That’s what Patty’s Cakes & Desserts found out at the start of the pandemic. At the time, the bakery, which is celebrating 35 years in business, with 10 at its storefront in Fullerton, had lost its third-party delivery company.
  Instead of taking a pause like many restaurants did when they hit a roadblock, Patty and Philip Gomez, the mother-son team tha
  
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• California passes first-in-nation plastics recycling law

  25-09-2020 22:11
  
  In a move aimed at reducing huge amounts of plastic litter in the oceans, along roadways and other parts of the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a first-in-the-nation law requiring plastic beverage containers to contain an increasing amount of recycled material.
  Under it, companies that produce everything from sports drinks to soda to bottled water must use 15% recycled plastic in their bottles by 2022, 25% recycled plastic by 2025, and 50% recycled plastic by 2030.
  Supporters of t
  
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• Costa Mesa to spend $1.7 million renovating Lions Park playground

  25-09-2020 22:08
  
  Kids in Costa Mesa will soon be able to roam and swing around a brand new jungle gym at Lions Park, as the long awaited playground improvement project gets underway.
  After more than a year of extensive planning – and going back to the drawing board to trim costs – the playground revamp was recently approved by the City Council. And the park’s beloved plane will be cleaned up and ready for kids to play pilot.
  Costa Mesa residents have been advocating for the city to renovate the
  
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• COVID-19 cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings

  25-09-2020 22:06
  
  By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, NICKY FORSTER and JOCELYN NOVECK | Associated Press
  MISSION, Kan. — It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus is striking smaller cities in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high.
  The spread has created new problems at hospitals, schools and colleges in the Midwest, as well as in parts of the West.
  Wisconsin is averaging more than 2,
  
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• Anaheim council to take next big vote on Angel Stadium sale Tuesday

  25-09-2020 21:36
  
  Anaheim officials will make their last major decision Tuesday, Sept. 29, on the terms of the $320 million sale of the Angel Stadium property to the baseball team’s owner.
  The deal would relieve the city of an asset that’s hard to put a price on, but is expensive to maintain – in exchange for what supporters say are long-term community benefits, but at what critics argue is an unreasonably low price.
  Key elements being voted on Tuesday are a pledge from owner Arte Moreno that th
  
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• ‘Million Dollar Listing’ star Fredrik Eklund’s hot shot agency takes on O.C.

  25-09-2020 21:35
  
  It was late morning when Fredrik Eklund swept through an oceanfront Mediterranean-style mansion in San Clemente — and without so much as his trademark high kick.
  Bravo’s fun-loving “Million Dollar Listing” favorite had other business to tend to.
  With his tall frame clad in a blue suit that brought out his eyes, the 43-year-old Swedish real estate mogul was on a weekly stop through his new Orange County territory where the Eklund Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman just signed t
  
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• Casino Insider: Here’s what this chef has planned for the upcoming Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City

  25-09-2020 21:27
  
  Casino Insider is a weekly newsletter with all the best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. It’s delivered to your inbox on Thursdays. Subscribe now.Chef Julian Gonzalez has been named the executive chef of the new Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City, which is slated for a fall opening. (Courtesy of Agua Caliente Casinos)
  Chef Julián González Cruz has had a lifelong love affair with food, from watching his dad cook on the gri
  
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• UCLA’s Chip Kelly in ‘happy place’ preparing for Pac-12 football season

  25-09-2020 21:00
  
  The Pac-12 announced a seven-game conference schedule with a Nov. 6 start date – an announcement big enough to keep a smile on UCLA football coach Chip Kelly’s face overnight.
  Kelly spoke on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Friday morning from UCLA’s Wasserman Football Center to share his reaction.
  “We are all in our happy place right now,” said Kelly said, who tested positive for the virus in March and wouldn’t devastation the role the coronavirus could
  
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• SAUSD high schools begin workouts Oct. 5

  25-09-2020 20:18
  
  Santa Ana Unified high schools are the only Orange County public high schools to have not resumed sports workouts.
  That will change Oct. 5.
  Santa Ana Unified District high schools will begin non-contact conditioning drills Oct. 5, district communications officer Fermin Leal confirmed today.
  Segerstrom athletic director Nick Canzone said schools are finalizing preparations for athletes and coaches to begin working out on campus. Those preparations include having pre-workout temperature checks rea
  
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• Recipes: However you cook salmon, the meal goes swimmingly

  25-09-2020 20:15
  
  I suspect that fresh salmon wasn’t easy to come by in my early childhood. Growing up in the ’50s in the San Fernando Valley, I accompanied my mother to the market each week to do her grocery shopping at Mr. Willis’ corner market. I remember rows of chops, steaks and roasts, but nothing that could be described as fresh fish.
  The only salmon Mom bought was canned, and it as dreadful, a mix of coral “meat,” plentiful white bones, and dark gray skin. She served it cold
  
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• UBI grows in popularity among local governments

  25-09-2020 20:07
  
  When the northern California city of Stockton, a relatively poor industrial city in the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley, started its Universal Basic Income program in 2018, its backers were forthright about their goals. They hoped that the plan to provide residents with no-strings-attached payments every month would spread across the country.
  Touted by the city’s young progressive mayor, Michael Tubbs, the plan provides $500 a month for two years to a handful of residents, selected
  
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• The Urban Legends Drive-Thru Haunt brings Halloween back to life

  25-09-2020 19:47
  
  Lock your car doors and enter the haunt
  You may be in your car, but that doesn’t mean you’re safe for what is around the corner! With all of the canceled Halloween events in 2020, you should expect that haunt attractions would adapt to the situation and bring you something even scarier than before. Urban Legends of Southern California brings you a drive-thru haunt experience that will have you rolling up your windows. The maze runs for 24 nights – Wednesday to Sunday evenings f
  
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• Watch: Memorial service this morning for firefighter killed in El Dorado fire

  25-09-2020 19:40
  
  A memorial service is being held this morning for Charles Edward Morton, the 39-year-old crew boss with the Big Bear Hotshots who died last week in the San Bernardino Mountains while fighting the El Dorado fire.I am at The Rock Church in San Bernardino, where preparations are being made for the 11 a.m. memorial service for U.S. Forest Service Big Bear Hotshots crew boss Charles Morton. pic.twitter.com/91OvRf5cJc
  — Brian Rokos (@Brian_Rokos) September 25, 2020 
  Only invited guests are
  
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• Watch: Memorial service held this morning for Big Bear Hotshot Charles Morton

  25-09-2020 19:40
  
  A memorial service is being held this morning for Charles Edward Morton, the 39-year-old crew boss with the Big Bear Hotshots who died last week in the San Bernardino Mountains while fighting the El Dorado fire.I am at The Rock Church in San Bernardino, where preparations are being made for the 11 a.m. memorial service for U.S. Forest Service Big Bear Hotshots crew boss Charles Morton. pic.twitter.com/91OvRf5cJc
  — Brian Rokos (@Brian_Rokos) September 25, 2020 
  Only invited guests are
  
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• Memorial service held this morning for firefighter killed in El Dorado fire

  25-09-2020 19:40
  
  A memorial service was held this morning for Charles Edward Morton, the 39-year-old crew boss with the Big Bear Hotshots who died last week in the San Bernardino Mountains while fighting the El Dorado fire.I am at The Rock Church in San Bernardino, where preparations are being made for the 11 a.m. memorial service for U.S. Forest Service Big Bear Hotshots crew boss Charles Morton. pic.twitter.com/91OvRf5cJc
  — Brian Rokos (@Brian_Rokos) September 25, 2020 
  Only invited guests were allo
  
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• Memorial service held this morning for Big Bear Hotshot Charles Morton

  25-09-2020 19:40
  
  A memorial service is being held this morning for Charles Edward Morton, the 39-year-old crew boss with the Big Bear Hotshots who died last week in the San Bernardino Mountains while fighting the El Dorado fire.I am at The Rock Church in San Bernardino, where preparations are being made for the 11 a.m. memorial service for U.S. Forest Service Big Bear Hotshots crew boss Charles Morton. pic.twitter.com/91OvRf5cJc
  — Brian Rokos (@Brian_Rokos) September 25, 2020 
  Only invited guests are
  
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• A drive-thru art exhibition is coming to the Hollywood Palladium

  25-09-2020 19:31
  
  The novel coronavirus pandemic has led to the resurgence of drive-in movies, drive-in concerts and drive-in comedy shows, and now, there’s even a drive-thru art gallery coming to a Hollywood landmark.
  In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Hyundai has teamed up with Long Beach’s Museum of Latin American Art and the Art of Elysium, a nonprofit organization that provides arts programs, for a drive-thru exhibition titled “Driven: A Latinx Artist Celebration Presented by Hyundai.&rdq
  
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• Sign up now for our Election Guide newsletter series

  25-09-2020 19:29
  
  It is nearly here. The 2020 election. Deep breaths.
  We want to help. While the national presidential election gets most of the attention, there is a lot more on your ballot that will affect your life, representation, pocketbook, local services and more. We are here to catch you up on everything you may have missed while dealing with a pandemic, wildfires and anything else happening in your life.
  To do that, we have created this special Election Guide newsletter. Think of it as all the notes you
  
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• New commercial ramps up pressure on Newsom to reopen Disneyland

  25-09-2020 19:16
  
  A new commercial calls on Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and other California theme parks as the major tourist destinations approach the 200-day mark of coronavirus closures.
  “Tell Gov. Newsom to help Anaheim get back to work,” according to the Reopen O.C. Now commercial. “Let’s reopen theme parks and reawaken our region.”
  The new ad was released by the Reopen O.C. Now coalition of Anaheim, Buena Park and Garden Grove city leaders a
  
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• Hard seltzer is bubbling up at these 17 Southern California craft breweries

  25-09-2020 19:11
  
  While many craft brewers continue to experiment by adding fruit, coffee and other flavors to their beer, some are also riding a new brewing wave, hopping on the hard seltzer trend with their own spin on the bubbly beverage.
  “It kind of falls in line with following trends where we’re seeing something become popular outside of the craft industry and then on the craft side of things breweries want to pick it up, play with it and see what they can do with it,” said Gary Magnone, co
  
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• Bobcat fire: Crews improve containment ahead of weekend winds, heat

  25-09-2020 19:11
  
  Fire crews battling the Bobcat fire are taking advantage of good weather and their gains in containment before the wind and heat return this weekend.
  On Friday morning, the blaze had not grown since the day before and remained at 113,986 acres, but containment was up to 55%, according to the Angeles National Forest.
  “Crews will take advantage of favorable weather and fire activity to secure containment lines before heat and winds increase starting Sunday,” the agency said in a mornin
  
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• Americans keep spending, but growth of retail sales slows

  25-09-2020 19:11
  
  Despite an end to the federal stimulus measures that have propped up consumer spending, retail sales climbed for the fourth straight month in August, extending a bounceback that has lasted longer than many economists had expected.
  The gains, however, were smaller than in previous months, which some economists warned could be a sign that the retail recovery was running out of steam.
  Retail sales rose 0.6% last month, the Commerce Department reported on Wednesday, and the 1.2% increase in July was
  
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• Stressed out? Free psychological help available to CSUF students virtually

  25-09-2020 19:03
  
  Navigating the college experience can be challenging, and whether a student is a new freshman or a returning senior, balancing academic responsibilities, work, relationships and more can take its toll. Add a global pandemic to the mix and the state of students’ mental health has become front and center.
  In response to these needs, Cal State Fullerton provides Counseling and Psychological Services in which current Titans can connect with a team of more than 30 mental health professionals wh
  
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• Travel: Ready to return to Vegas? Here’s what’s new

  25-09-2020 19:00
  
  If what happens in Vegas really stays in Vegas, then there’d be no worry of bringing COVID-19 back home after your southern Nevada getaway. Alas, the famous slogan doesn’t apply to contagious diseases.
  That’s why the novel coronavirus pandemic is no joke even in a city crawling in comedy clubs, not that anyone can take in a show just yet. But after months of being uncharacteristically lifeless, the vast majority of casinos, hotels, restaurants and stores are back in business do
  
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• Online industry seizes COVID-19 to sell red states to Californians

  25-09-2020 18:54
  
  At first, Stephanie Morris was nervous about leaving Modesto. She’d lived in the Central Valley her whole life, but her family couldn’t keep paying $850-a-month for her sons to share a living room while she, her husband and the baby slept in their apartment’s only bedroom.The anxiety faded by the time her family pulled out in a U-Haul bound for Salt Lake City on a smoky September night. Morris, 31, had still never been to Utah — her husband liked it when he worked there
  
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• Online industry seizes COVID-19 to sell red states to California

  25-09-2020 18:54
  
    
  At first, Stephanie Morris was nervous about leaving Modesto. She’d lived in the Central Valley her whole life, but her family couldn’t keep paying $850-a-month for her sons to share a living room while she, her husband and the baby slept in their apartment’s only bedroom.
  The anxiety faded by the time her family pulled out in a U-Haul bound for Salt Lake City on a smoky September night. Morris, 31, had still never been to Utah — her husband liked it when he
  
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• House hunters face competitive market as homebuying season extends into fall

  25-09-2020 18:38
  
  By Zach Wichter/Bankrate
  We’re in an unprecedented time in the housing market and global economy. The coronavirus pandemic has upended lives and changed the way people work, play and purchase real estate.
  With no real historical comparison _ and no real way to know what’s going to happen with the disease as the weather cools _ it’s trickier than ever to predict what the final quarter of the year will look like. But the course of this pandemic has left enough clues for experts t
  
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• A plan for solving California’s energy problem: Dan Brouillette

  25-09-2020 18:09
  
  For more than a month, Californians have lived with government energy reduction mandates and rolling blackouts during an intense heat wave. Recently, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti cheerfully tweeted, “It’s almost 3 p.m. Time to turn off major appliances, set the thermostat to 78 degrees…”
  Already paying some of the highest electricity rates in the country and now undergoing energy reduction mandates and rolling blackouts, California residents are rightly asking: Is thi
  
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• UFC 253: Dominick Reyes reboots title pursuit vs. Jan Blachowicz

  25-09-2020 18:05
  
  Dominick Reyes might not like it, but he’ll take it.
  Only a six-week camp. Fighting more than 8,000 miles from home. Stepping into the Octagon just a couple hours after sunrise.
  If that’s the price of becoming the UFC 205-pound champion, Reyes is first in line.
  The only snag is Reyes won’t be avenging what he and many believe was one of the most stunning victories over the greatest fighter of all time.
  Instead, Reyes renews his pursuit to claim what he believes should already b
  
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• How can anyone deny the reality of climate change?

  25-09-2020 18:02
  
  The thermometer has spoken. 102 degrees in San Francisco in early September, a record 121 on the same day in parts of Los Angeles, a simultaneous 130 in Death Valley – the third highest figure ever recorded on earth and the highest reliable reading anywhere since the 1930s.
  The thermometer’s objective message : climate change is no longer a coming phenomenon; our climate has already changed, with more to come.
  That’s the biggest reason wildfire seasons since 2017 have been far
  
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• Gavin Newsom’s battery-powered virtue-signaling

  25-09-2020 17:51
  
  A previous effort to ban automobiles that burn fossil fuel by 2040 was never able to gather enough support to be approved by the California legislature. Yet through the power of a pen, a phone, and a stylish California bear jacket, Gov. Gavin Newsom has decreed that they must be gone five years sooner.
  Executive order N-79-20, which the governor signed Wednesday at a news conference with the locked gates of Cal Expo at his back, declares that “it shall be a goal of the state that 100%
  
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• Orange County ranked second least-affordable place to buy a home

  25-09-2020 17:41
  
  Remember when folks worried about housing affordability — before a pandemic upended the economy?
  Nobody forgot how pricey a Southern California home was. It’s just that record-low mortgage rates put house hunters in a serious buying mood. With homeowners largely unwilling to sell, ensuing bidding wars have erased much of the potential buying power created by the Federal Reserve’s cheap-money policies. This payment-to-paycheck imbalance could chill the housing market’s rec
  
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• Orange County ranked 2nd least-affordable place to buy a home

  25-09-2020 17:41
  
  Remember when folks worried about housing affordability — before a pandemic upended the economy?
  Nobody forgot how pricey a Southern California home was. It’s just that record-low mortgage rates put house hunters in a serious buying mood. With homeowners largely unwilling to sell, ensuing bidding wars have erased much of the potential buying power created by the Federal Reserve’s cheap-money policies. This payment-to-paycheck imbalance could chill the housing market’s rec
  
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• Real estate news: Mission Viejo land destined for 60 townhomes sells for $10 million

  25-09-2020 17:30
  
  A 4-acre plot of land that one day will hold 60 townhomes, including nine affordable units, has sold for nearly $10 million in Mission Viejo.
  Avison Young completed the $9.936 million deal on behalf of the seller. The broker declined to identify the buyer, other than to say it was “a prominent national builder with a presence in the market.”
  That builder plans to develop City Lane Townhomes at 28719 Los Alisos Blvd, which includes 2.75 buildable acres.
  City Lane Townhomes is slated t
  
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• Spoiler alert! I did not win Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes

  25-09-2020 17:21
  
  Dear PCH. I am not naive. I didn’t believe it for a minute. I did not fall for your teasing when the first three letters arrived.
  I have now received 1,708 letters, 2,302 likes on Facebook and 441,780 emails stating that I may be a multi-million-dollar winner.
  You hounded me, sending me secret special numbers that no one else had (I felt superior), stating that no purchase was necessary although those little star windows where my magazine order showed through, obviously was to warn me that
  
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• How the life of civil rights hero John Lewis offers hope for America’s future in ‘Truth’

  25-09-2020 17:07
  
  By Joseph Barbato
  Twice in this admiring portrait of civil rights leader and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis (1940–2020), Jon Meacham admits he may be guilty of sentimentality in writing this book. He is correct, if sentimentality is defined as affectionate, tender, or nostalgic. Lewis was a “quietly charismatic, forever courtly, implacably serene man,” writes Meacham, a Vanderbilt historian. He was a humble man, “moved by love, not hate,” who “embodied the tra
  
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• Annual free Medicare counseling starts in October, but only by phone

  25-09-2020 17:00
  
  Medicare enrollees in search of a free, unbiased and informed look at the myriad of health care options for people 65 and older can once again turn to the trained staff and volunteers of the Council on Aging – Southern California.
  But unlike in years past, they won’t be able to meet in person to go over the coverage and plans being offered for 2021.
  All one-on-one sessions that the Council on Aging will offer as part of the Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program, known as
  
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• ‘Three-Ring Circus,’ part 5: Kobe Bryant’s first Lakers season ends with air balls, determination

  25-09-2020 16:30
  
  Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a five-part serialization of “Three-Ring Circus,” Jeff Pearlman’s book about the Lakers era that featured Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and Phil Jackson. The book was released Tuesday.Three-Ring Circus
  Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
  Parts1 2 3 4 5
  The 1996-97 Lakers were a flawed-yet-entertaining-yet-underperforming team. Led by the dominant Shaquille O’Neal, they completed the regula
  
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• Lakers get a boost early from Dwight Howard, who makes most of rare start

  25-09-2020 16:00
  
  Survivor Rishi Khanal, 27, is freed by French rescuers from the ruins of a three-story hotel in the Gangabu area of Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday. Across central Nepal, including in Kathmandu, the capital, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in the open without clean water or sanitation since Saturday’s massive earthquake, one of the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years. Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Camarda, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Matthews
  
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• Will Disneyland close on weekdays when theme parks reopen?

  25-09-2020 15:48
  
  The return of Hong Kong Disneyland after a second extended coronavirus closure comes with an unusual twist: The Disney park in the communist-controlled city will be closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the initial reopening stage.
  Which raises the question: Could Disneyland or Disney California Adventure remain closed on select weekdays once the Anaheim theme parks reopen?
  Disneyland, DCA and other California theme parks closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remain shuttered wh
  
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