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• Coronavirus: 246 new cases, 2 new deaths reported in Orange County on Sept. 27

  27-09-2020 23:43
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 246 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Sept. 27, increasing the cumulative total to 53,315 cases.
  There were 2 new deaths reported in the county on Sunday, raising the death toll to 1,216. 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. 24.
  Of the 1,216 deaths in Orange County, 446 were ski
  
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• After 1977 letter arrives in Huntington Beach, detective work uncovers writer

  27-09-2020 22:57
  
  Beefing about slow mail delivery has long been a national past-time – and recently, even more so than usual.
  But judging by its Feb. 9, 1977 postmark, this letter lagged behind for nearly half a century.
  In August, Josh Adler discovered a crumpled blue envelop – addressed in perfect cursive  – among the usual pile of bills and ads.
  Someone named John Simmons, he deduced, once lived in his Huntington Beach home. And someone named Michael Simmons wrote him a letter there.
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• After reaching Finals again, the Lakers take a moment to exhale

  27-09-2020 22:43
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Last June, LeBron James took in several games of the Finals — the NBA’s crown event that has long been his domain — from a hookah lounge.
  After failing to make the postseason for the first time in 14 years, James found himself playing spectator, his normal routine of series-long chess matches held only in his mind. When he normally might have been trying to win road games in packed arenas screaming his name, he watched from Cabo, or he watched fro
  
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• Rams rally from 25 points down but lose to Bills in last minute

  27-09-2020 22:36
  
  The Rams spent the first two Sundays of the NFL season affirming the potential of a team that was widely expected to be a non-factor in this year’s championship race.
  They spent most of the third Sunday confronting weaknesses that could keep them from returning to the playoffs right away.
  A sensational comeback from a 25-point comeback gave them the lead late in the game, but the inability to stop Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen when it mattered most cost the Rams a 35-32 loss at Bill
  
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• Democrats shouldn’t be so hysterical about the Supreme Court: Gloria Romero

  27-09-2020 21:56
  
  Finally, grown-ups in the Democratic Party are cautioning Democrats to stop having temper tantrums over the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice to fill the seat vacated by the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  Ironically, the “get a grip” admonition came from President Obama’s former chief of staff and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, who barked, “The idea of talking about impeachment as somehow retribution, that is what is corrosive to our political
  
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• Woman arrested in attempted kidnapping of Joe Montana’s 9-month-old grandchild in Malibu

  27-09-2020 21:10
  
  Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a home intruder who attempted to kidnap their 9-month-old grandchild over the weekend in Malibu, law enforcement officials confirmed on Sunday.
  According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Montana told deputies that his grandchild was sleeping in a playpen on Saturday when an unknown woman entered their home and grabbed the child. Montana and his wife, Jennifer, confronted the woman, whom authorities later identified
  
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• Woman arrested in attempted kidnapping of Joe Montana’s 9-month-old grandchild

  27-09-2020 21:10
  
  A woman was arrested Saturday on suspicion of breaking into a Malibu home where Joe Montana and his wife were staying, then trying to kidnap the couple’s 9-month-old grandchild, according to sheriff’s officials and TMZ.
  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said the woman entered the home in the 22100 block of Pacific Coast Highway in the late afternoon, then grabbed the child from the living room and went upstairs.
  According to TMZ, which first reported the story o
  
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• Angels’ Shohei Ohtani reflects on disappointing season and ahead to two-way role in 2021

  27-09-2020 21:04
  
  For Shohei Ohtani, like so many others in the world, 2020 has not been anywhere close to what he expected.
  Ohtani and the Angels and their fans and all of baseball, really, had hoped to see a healthy Ohtani reprise his role as a successful two-way player in the majors, picking up where he left off in 2018.
  Instead, he was barely a one-way player.
  Ohtani pitched parts of three innings before a forearm strain ended his season as a pitcher. The injury was not considered serious, but it was still to
  
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• Explaining the confusing Proposition 19 to Californians

  27-09-2020 21:00
  
  It’s no secret that ballot initiatives can be confusing, but Proposition 19 takes obfuscation to a whole new level.
  Voters can’t be blamed if they can’t remember whether Prop. 19 is the initiative that is a massive property tax hike or the measure that actually has something good for homeowners or the initiative that has something to do with firefighting. The fact is, all three are at least somewhat true — especially the part about the big tax increase.
  Let’s clear
  
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• Sheriff’s official: Driver who tore through Yorba Linda crowd could have ‘completely avoided all those people’

  27-09-2020 20:40
  
  The driver of a car that struck and seriously injured a man and woman in a Yorba Linda parking lot during a heated demonstration “could have chosen an alternate route that would have completely avoided all those people,” a sheriff’s sergeant said Sunday.
  Tatiana Turner, 40, of Long Beach, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder after the incident Saturday. She was attending the protest with Caravan for Justice, said Orange County Sheriff&r
  
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• Sheriff’s official: Driver who tore through crowd could have ‘completely avoided all those people’

  27-09-2020 20:40
  
  The driver of a car that struck and seriously injured a man and woman in a Yorba Linda parking lot during a heated demonstration “could have chosen an alternate route that would have completely avoided all those people,” a sheriff’s sergeant said Sunday.
  Tatiana Turner, 40, of Long Beach, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder after the incident Saturday. She was attending the protest with Caravan for Justice, said Orange County Sheriff&r
  
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• Father Time may get exhausted trying to rein in LeBron James

  27-09-2020 20:03
  
  On the morning that the IPromise School opened in Akron, LeBron James did more for society than his accumulated critics ever have.
  Theirs is an odd coalition of Michael Jordan’s sycophants, political opportunists, and pseudo-traditionalists who prefer their stars stay in one city and in one box. They have nearly made the deconstruction of James into a curriculum, with a B.S. in irrationality.
  On Saturday James’ team reached the NBA Finals for the ninth time in 10 seasons and 10th ove
  
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• New housing goals stir opposition

  27-09-2020 20:00
  
  As this much-troubled year began, the twin crises of homelessness and a broader housing shortage were, by common consent, California’s most pressing political issues.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom devoted almost all of his State of the State address to them in February and legislators introduced dozens of housing bills.
  Within a few weeks, however, housing and homelessness took a back seat as two new twin crises slammed into the state — the COVID-19 pandemic and a severe recession triggered by a
  
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• ‘Magic Lessons’ author Alice Hoffman talks pandemics, plagues and love potions

  27-09-2020 18:33
  
  Given her practical nature, it seems ironic that novelist Alice Hoffman sprinkles magical realism through most of her novels. There’s an abundance of it in her new “Magic Lessons,” the prequel to 1995’s “Practical Magic” and 2017’s “Rules of Magic.”
  “Magic Lessons” (Simon & Schuster, $27, Oct. 6) is the origin story of Maria Owens, the ancestor of the witchy Owens women who populate “Magic Lessons” and “Pract
  
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• A trip to the totally fictitious dystopia of California

  27-09-2020 18:14
  
  Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson arrived in Southern California on a beautiful day in January after receiving an unusual letter.
  “Please come quickly,” the letter urged. “You must help us. The mountains are moving.”
  Dr. Watson thought perhaps it was his big break in local news at last. He spent the entire flight from London reading a 600-page textbook on earthquakes and sketching major faults on a cocktail napkin.
  Holmes passed the time by studying maps of cities in Utah, C
  
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• Nearly 1M who died of COVID-19 also illuminated treatments

  27-09-2020 17:50
  
  The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the disease — and millions of others may survive.
  Ming Wang, 71, and his wife were on a cruise from Australia, taking a break after decades of running the family’s Chinese restaurant in Papillion, Nebraska, when he was infected. In the 74 days he was hospitalized before his deat
  
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• What happens to Disneyland’s Critter Country after Splash Mountain makeover?

  27-09-2020 17:20
  
  Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore will be left all alone in a dead-end corner of Disneyland when Princess Tiana takes over Splash Mountain and annexes the popular log flume ride into nearby New Orleans Square.
  Which raises the obvious question: What happens to the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh dark ride and the remainder of Disneyland’s Critter Country when Splash Mountain gets a “Princess and the Frog” makeover?
  Could the Pooh ride that started life as Country Bear Jambo
  
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• Gov. Newsom’s bid to drive California to a greener future: Doug McIntyre

  27-09-2020 17:00
  
  Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a phaseout of fossil fueled automobiles in California by the year 2035, which sounds like forever, but is only 15-years away and will fly by like that. (Imagine a finger snap.)
  The governor’s order means the end of the road for the internal combustion engine in the car capitol of the universe. It also begs the question, is there anything Newsom can’t do?
  If Gavin Newsom can prohibit a technology that has served us brilliantly for more than a cen
  
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• Deidre Pujols’ Open Gate Kitchen serves up hope daily

  27-09-2020 17:00
  
  He dropped to his knees and asked God to kill him.
  “If You don’t want me here, take me out,” Fernando Escobar screamed at the sky.
  It was 2017. He was drunk, high, hearing threatening voices in his head and living under the Waterman Avenue overpass in Redlands. In quick succession, Escobar went to the hospital, jail, a detox center, the Rescue Mission in Tustin.
  Last week, Escobar, 36, was near tears as he recounted his recent past. He’s now the manager/head cook at Open
  
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• Updates: Rams waste TD opportunity in red zone, cut Bills lead to 14-3

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
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  RAMS, BILLS, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  SECOND QUARTER
  Bills 14, Rams 3: The Rams marched inside the 10, but wasted a TD opportunity, settling for Samuel Sloman’s 30-yard field goal with 3:13 left until half. 13 plays, 63 yards.#Rams break the shutout late in the second quarter with a Samuel Sloman 30-yard field goal. Big drive for Darrell Hender
  
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• Updates: Rams finally finish a drive, but still trail Bills, 28-10

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
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  RAMS, BILLS, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  THIRD QUARTER
  Bills 28, Rams 10: The Rams finally finished a drive with Jared Goff scoring on a one-yard keeper with 4:47 left in the third quarter. 8 plays, 75 yards.
  Bills 28, Rams 3: The Bills are pouring in on. Josh Allen’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs extends their lead to 25 points with 8:05
  
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• Updates: Bills lead the Rams 7-0, end of first

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
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  RAMS, BILLS, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  Bills 7, Rams 0: After two TDs called back, Bills finally cash in. Josh Allen finishes drive with a one-yard TD pass to Lee Smith with 1:41 left in the quarter. 11 plays, 57 yards.WIDE OPEN.@BuffaloBills go for it on fourth down and @JoshAllenQB hits Lee Smith for the score! #BillsMafia
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• Updates: Bills extend first-half lead to 14-0 over Rams

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
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  RAMS, BILLS, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  SECOND QUARTER
  Bills 14, Rams 0: The Bills took advantage of the Rams turnover. QB Josh Allen plunged in from a yard out with 10:04 left until half. 7 plays, 66 yards.Bills are up by 14 after a 39-yard Josh Allen strike to wide-open Gabriel Davis puts them deep in #Rams territory, and 3 straight Allen runs punch
  
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• Updates: Bills dominate half, lead Rams 21-3

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
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  RAMS, BILLS, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  SECOND QUARTER
  Bills 21, Rams 3: Bills could do no wrong in the half, finishing with Josh Allen’s 3-yard TD pass to Tyler Kroft for a 18-point lead with 38 seconds left. 8 plays, 75 yards..@BuffaloBills extend their lead before the half!
  Tyler Kroft is left wide open in the flat for six. @Kroft86 @JoshAllen
  
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• Updates: Bills are pouring it on, lead Rams 28-3 in third quarter

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
  A Twitter List by InsideSoCalSpts
  RAMS, BILLS, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  THIRD QUARTER
  Bills 28, Rams 3: The Bills are pouring in on. Josh Allen’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs extends their lead to 25 points with 8:05 left in the third quarter. 7 plays, 52 yards
  SECOND QUARTER SCORING
  Bills 21, Rams 3: Bills could do no wrong in the half, finishing with Josh Allen&rsquo
  
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• Follow: Rams, Bills scoring updates, highlights and social media reaction

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
  A Twitter List by InsideSoCalSpts
  Rams at Buffalo Bills: Who has the edge?Rams need another defensive gem vs. Bills, Josh AllenRAMS, EAGLES, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  
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• Countdown: Rams, Bills game updates, 10 a.m.

  27-09-2020 16:57
  
  Highlights, scoring and twitter updates of today’s game between the Rams and Buffalo Bills at 10 a.m.
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  Rams at Buffalo Bills: Who has the edge?Rams need another defensive gem vs. Bills, Josh AllenRAMS, EAGLES, HOW THEY SCORED AND HIGHLIGHTS
  
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• California’s first Black architect and his work explored in new book by Sherman Oaks photographer

  27-09-2020 16:37
  
  After Janna Ireland photographed her first home for what would become a longterm project documenting the architecture of Paul R. Williams, she got a surprise. As it turned out, the midcentury modern in View Park with details influenced by Chinese architecture wasn’t actually designed by Williams.
  “It was designed by someone working in his office for people who were friends of Williams,” she explains by phone from her home in Sherman Oaks.
  Even so, the photos she shot there were
  
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• Chargers live updates: QB Justin Herbert to start against Panthers

  27-09-2020 15:22
  
  Rookie quarterback Justin Herbert will start his second consecutive game inside SoFi Stadium as the Chargers host the Carolina Panthers. The game starts at 1:05 PM PST on CBS.
  The rookie had four days’ notice, unlike last Sunday when Tyrod Taylor’s lung was accidentally punctured by a team doctor.
  Coach Anthony Lynn said Taylor would still be his starting QB if healthy, but what if the rookie shines like he did in last week’s debut?
  As Herbert continues to settle in with the of
  
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• School-issued computers a lifeline for Southern California schoolchildren during pandemic

  27-09-2020 15:15
  
  As this weird fall of distance learning unfolds, new data show that the great majority of schoolchildren in Southern California’s major metro areas are staring at computer screens issued by their school districts — not at devices belonging to their families.
  Connectivity in the gargantuan Los Angeles Unified School District as of Sept. 14 (SOURCE: LAUSD)
  And while “internet deserts” persist, the vast majority of adults in households with children — some 90 percent o
  
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• UFC 253: Israel Adesanya defends belt, Jan Błachowicz wins title

  27-09-2020 11:08
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Unbeaten Israel Adesanya defended his middleweight title in style with a dominant second-round stoppage of Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sunday
  Poland’s Jan Błachowicz also stopped Dominick Reyes late in the second round on Fight Island, the mixed martial arts promotion’s bubble performance venue in the Middle East, to claim the light heavyweight title vacated by Jon Jones.
  Adesanya (20-0) carved up his previously unbeaten Brazilian oppon
  
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• LeBron James’ latest heroics leave Lakers teammates, opponents in awe

  27-09-2020 09:55
  
  You know what they say: Don’t take LeBron James for granted.
  It seems like an outlandish premise, perhaps, that anyone would overlook his ability as he stormed to his 10th NBA Finals in 17 seasons.
  James, of course, had his ears open last offseason for whispers that he might be “washed” after a groin injury slowed him in his first season in L.A. and curtailed his personal 13-season playoff streak. And he found any such sentiments quite motivational, it turns out.
  But don’
  
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• Angels rookie Elliot Soto knocks first big league hit after 10 years in minors

  27-09-2020 08:33
  
  After Elliot Soto’s 10-year minor league odyssey culminated with his first two big league hits, he was asked what made him stick it out so long.
  “I don’t know,” the Angels’ 31-year-old rookie said on Saturday night. “I never wanted to give up. I’m a cucaracha. I’m a cockroach. Never die.”
  Although the Angels lost 7-6 to the Dodgers in a meaningless game, Soto and Jahmai Jones provided the happy storyline at the end of a mostly disappointing s
  
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• Officer assaulted at LAPD station in San Pedro; suspect took officer’s gun and opened fire — no one struck in exchange of shots

  27-09-2020 08:12
  
  Gunfire broke out in the lobby of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Station in San Pedro on Saturday night after a man came in, got into a fight with a desk officer and gained control of his gun. Police said the man then opened fire and a supervisor returned fire, but no one was struck by the shots. The desk officer was being treated for an assault, possibly a pistol-whipping, and a 29-year-old suspect was later arrested.
  A suspect in an altercation and shooting at the LAPD Harbor
  
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• Lights out: Dodgers’ power stays on, stadium power goes out

  27-09-2020 07:23
  
  LOS ANGELES >> It’s just a matter of time — a swarm of locusts followed by a robot uprising. What else is left?
  As if the 2020 season hasn’t been jampacked with enough oddities — from drone delays to seven-inning games and leadoff two-run home runs — the Dodgers and Angels added a power outage Saturday night.
  With the Dodgers leading 5-4, Kiké Hernandez flew out to left field to end the sixth inning. Seconds after Angels left fielder Taylor Ward made th
  
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• Photos: Lakers advance to NBA Finals, defeat Denver Nuggets

  27-09-2020 06:34
  
  Take a look at the photos from the Lakers’ NBA playoff game against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, Sept. 26. LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers defeat the Nuggets in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals.
  Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray (27) puts up a shot against Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (23) during the second half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J
  
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• Alexander: A full calendar year later, the Lakers will play for a title

  27-09-2020 06:16
  
  Sunday is a year, to the day, since the Lakers held their media day at their El Segundo training center to ring in the 2019-20 season. One year, to the day, since the official beginning of the LeBron James/Anthony Davis combo, and the intrigue over whether the organization had put enough other pieces in place to make a run at championship No. 17.
  It bears repeating. One calendar year, 366 days, in all likelihood the most tumultuous 366 days of their lives, yours or mine.
  And if you are the type
  
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• LeBron James punches out Nuggets in Game 5, Lakers punch ticket to NBA Finals

  27-09-2020 05:55
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. >> After a jaunt through NBA history, the Denver Nuggets met the one thing they could not overcome.
  It was 35-year-old LeBron James in a closeout game, smelling a path to the 10th Finals of his career.
  James hit four straight shots in the final four minutes of Game 5 against the Nuggets, a unforgettable cap to a masterful Game 5 victory, 117-107, that saw him score 38 points, grab 16 rebounds and dish out 10 assists. He choked out the last fight from Denver, which ha
  
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• LeBron James, Lakers punch out Nuggets in Game 5, advance to NBA Finals

  27-09-2020 05:55
  
  Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis (3) protects the ball from Denver Nuggets’ Paul Millsap, center, and Jamal Murray (27) during the first half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James pauses between plays during the first half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game between the Lakers and the Denver Nuggets Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena
  
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• If Newsom followed the science, he’d reopen the state: Donald Wagner

  27-09-2020 05:43
  
  The local community leaders at OpenCalNow are dedicated to a science-based approach to safely reopening the state. We wish Gov. Gavin Newsom would join us because the science says we can reopen safely and now.
  What does it mean to follow science?
  We know much more about the disease now than we did when the pandemic started. Science shows that children are much less likely to catch the disease, spread the disease, or die from the disease than are the elderly and the sick. Science has taught us th
  
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• Frank Vogel thinks 2020 NBA champ should receive more credit, not less

  27-09-2020 05:26
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — In three weeks, the Lakers could be champions.
  It carves into relief how close they were to not playing this at all.
  As the Finals draws nearer and talk of whether or not the 2020 NBA champion will carry an asterisk gets reheated, Lakers coach Frank Vogel reasserted his belief that the eventual winner should be graced with a special reverence for the hardships in a season unlike any other.
  “I said that coming in; I maintain that,” Vogel said. “It&
  
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• Preseason Rookie of the Year favorite, Gavin Lux doesn’t figure into Dodgers’ postseason plans

  27-09-2020 04:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — Voters in the BBWAA will be sending in their National League Rookie of the Year ballots in the next two days. Gavin Lux’s name will almost certainly not appear on any of them.
  His name is not likely to appear on any of the Dodgers’ lineup cards this postseason either. He might not even make the postseason roster.
  But don’t call this a disappointing year for the 22-year-old Lux, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
  “No, not at all,” Roberts said of
  
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• Santa Anita Racing: Improbable beats Maximum Security in Awesome Again

  27-09-2020 04:25
  
  ARCADIA — There’s a new marshall in trainer Bob Baffert’s barn, at least temporarily, after Improbable put on quite a show in Saturday’s $300,000 Grade I Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita.
  Sent off as the second choice at 9-5 behind Baffert’s other entrant, 1-2 favorite Maximum Security, Improbable, last early on in the five-horse field, made a bold move around the turn and drew off under Drayden Van Dyke for a 4 1/2-length victory over Maximum Security.
  Maximum S
  
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• Is Newsom serious about banning gas-powered cars?

  27-09-2020 04:18
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom flatly declared Wednesday that “In the next 15 years we will eliminate in the state of California the sales of internal combustion engines.”
  It was the latest example of Newsom’s fondness for headline-grabbing pronouncements of “big hairy, audacious goals.”
  The classic example was his flat campaign declaration that he would solve California’s chronic housing shortage by building 3.5 million new homes.
  That was impossible, as anyone familiar w
  
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• Get Her Number does a star turn at Spielberg’s expense at Santa Anita

  27-09-2020 04:09
  
  ARCADIA >> This was not a close encounter.
  Spielberg, the celebrated and red-carpeted 2-year-old, ran for the third time Saturday, at the American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita. He is 0-for-3.
  He finished 4 ¾ lengths behind runnerup Rombauer, who made the winner, Get Her Number, sweat liberally for a ¾ length victory.
  Get Her Number and Rombauer paid $75 for a $1 exacta, but money is an ethereal thing in horse racing, considering Get Her Number was a $45,000 purchase and Spie
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Sunday, Sept. 27

  27-09-2020 03:51
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday, Sept. 27 for horse racing at Santa Anita.
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• Coronavirus state tracker: Cases and hospitalizations in Californa down more than 60% from their previous highs

  27-09-2020 03:34
  
  California agencies reported 4,159 new cases and 80 new deaths of the coronavirus as of Saturday,  according to unofficial totals from public health websites.  The cumulative number of coronavirus cases is 805,133 and 15,556 deaths.
  The seven-day average of 3,336 new cases from the coronavirus represents a 66% decline since its high of 9,935, July 23, while the seven-day average of 85 new deaths is a 44% drop from its Aug. 15 high of 150, according to an analysis of data from public he
  
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• Los Alamitos high school teachers threaten strike over COVID-19 safety measures

  27-09-2020 03:04
  
  Los Alamitos High School teachers concerned about safety during the pandemic are looking at a possible strike beginning Tuesday, Sept. 29, the first day their campus is scheduled to reopen for in-person learning.
  On Saturday morning, Sept. 26, the Los Alamitos Unified School District board called for an emergency meeting, where it declared the potential work stoppage an emergency and authorized the superintendent to hire substitutes to fill spots.
  Board President Meg Cutuli said after the meetin
  
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• Mike Trout on postseason drought: ‘It’s time. We’ve got to get to the playoffs’

  27-09-2020 02:43
  
  The Angels are again preparing to pack their bags before an October of watching other teams in the postseason, followed by a winter of trying to do what it takes to join them.
  For Mike Trout, who has continued to build a Hall of Fame career while being notably absent from the playoffs, it is beyond frustrating.
  “The biggest thing is getting to the playoffs,” Trout said Saturday. “You guys see it. I see it. It sucks, being out of it. It’s time. We got to get to the playoff
  
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• Princess Noor lights up Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita

  27-09-2020 02:24
  
  ARCADIA — If Princess Noor had any detractors, the band of naysayers undoubtedly dwindled significantly after the $200,000 Grade II Chandelier Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Santa Anita.
  Princess Noor had won her first two starts, including the Grade I Del Mar Debutante on Sept. 6, by a combined nine lengths and looked like a special filly while doing so. But the daughter of Not This Time had yet to pass the test of going two turns successfully.
  She aced that test Saturday in the Chandel
  
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