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• Laguna Hills High cross country coach makes course improvements during down time

  29-09-2020 23:05
  
  The coronavirus pandemic created nearly six months of downtime for athletes and coaches, who have only recently begun to hold some modified practices for the start of seasons that are still months away.
  So Laguna Hills High School cross country coach Chris Lynch decided to turn the long hiatus into a positive.
  Laguna Hills High cross country coach Chris Lynch examines wild flowers growing on the 3-plus acre piece of unused of land adjacent to the football and baseball fields at Laguna Hills High
  
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• Disneyland and Disney World lay off 28,000 employees amid pandemic struggles

  29-09-2020 22:46
  
  Disney will lay off 28,000 employees at Disneyland and Walt Disney World as the company continues to struggle with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the six-month closure of its Anaheim theme parks.
  Disney parks boss Josh D’Amaro announced the layoffs on Tuesday, Sept. 29 in a statement and a letter to cast members, Disney parlance for employees.
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• Was City of Industry tricked into hiring a negotiator with a major conflict of interest on failed $20 million solar project?

  29-09-2020 22:25
  
  An attorney who negotiated the terms of a $20 million solar project on behalf of the City of Industry did not disclose to the city that the proposed developer owed him $1.5 million from a prior business relationship, according to newly uncovered documents obtained by the Southern California News Group.
  Industry now alleges the developer, William Barkett, orchestrated the hiring of attorney Anthony Bouza to limit oversight on the project. The city sued Barkett in 2019, alleging he siphoned off th
  
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• California expands protections for public health workers amid threats

  29-09-2020 22:15
  
  California will allow public health officials to participate in a program to keep their home addresses confidential, a protection previously reserved for victims of violence, abuse and stalking and reproductive health care workers.
  The executive order signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom is a response to threats made to health officers across California during the coronavirus pandemic. More than a dozen public health leaders have left their jobs amid such harassment over their role in mask rules and stay
  
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• Insomniac’s drive-in Park ‘N Rave series is coming to San Bernardino

  29-09-2020 22:10
  
  Fresh off the heels of revealing details for the 2021 installment of Beyond Wonderland, Insomniac Events has announced the launch of its weekly drive-in Park ‘N Rave Concert Series.
  The live music kicks off on Oct. 9-10 at NOS Events Center in San Bernardino with Factory 93 presents Maceo Plex. The 18-and-over only series will feature new EDM artists performing every weekend.
  Tickets for the Maceo Plex show are $200-$400 per vehicle (with up to five adults per vehicle) and are on sale now
  
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• How can I protect my screenplay from theft? Ask the lawyer

  29-09-2020 22:02
  
  Q: I have a screenplay that is going to be shopped around. For various reasons, I think there will be real interest. How do I ensure no one who reviews it, steals the ideas and storyline?
  -V.S., Los Angeles
  Ron Sokol
  A: Two immediate options come to mind to seek to protect your script: Register it with the Writer’s Guild of America and/or the U.S. Copyright Office. The WGA provides recordation of when the script is received, and provides proof of authorship of the work. It does not, howeve
  
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• OC restaurant targets LA anti-mask crowd with ‘Godfather’-inspired billboard

  29-09-2020 22:00
  
  Basilico’s Pasta e Vino in Huntington Beach, which has an anti-mask policy in its dining room, doubled down this week, taking out a billboard in Los Angeles with a nod to “The Godfather.”
  “Leave the mask, take the cannoli,” reads the sign, which shows the iconic puppeteer’s hand from movie posters for Francis Ford Coppola’s classic film and the name and city of the restaurant. It’s a replica of a smaller sign that’s posted in the shopping cen
  
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• Anti-mask restaurant in OC takes ‘Godfather’-inspired message to LA with new billboard

  29-09-2020 22:00
  
  Basilico’s Pasta e Vino in Huntington Beach, which has an anti-mask policy in its dining room, doubled down this week, taking out a billboard in Los Angeles with a nod to “The Godfather.”
  “Leave the mask, take the cannoli,” reads the sign, which shows the iconic puppeteer’s hand from movie posters for Francis Ford Coppola’s classic film and the name and city of the restaurant. It’s a replica of a smaller sign that’s posted in the shopping cen
  
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• NHL crowns Stanley Cup champion, faces uncertain future

  29-09-2020 21:58
  
  Now what? What comes next after NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and countless others worked successfully behind the scenes to complete the 2019-20 season by holding a Stanley Cup tournament unlike any other inside not one but two coronavirus bubbles in Canada?
  Bettman sounded almost giddy as he presented Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos with the Stanley Cup on Monday in Edmonton, Alberta. One long, complicated journey was done. Another one is about to begin, and it could be every bit as
  
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• The late John Denver returns to the radio in a long-unheard 1973 special

  29-09-2020 21:55
  
  Internet-based KNXFM93.Com — available online at the site and on your smart speaker as well as through apps such as TuneIn, MyTunerRadio, and StreamS — has announced a big event: another Classic Mellow Sound Music Special. This time, it’s the words and music of John Denver just as it was presented on KNX-FM (now KCBS-FM, 93.1) in 1973.
  The two-hour special will run on Saturday, October 10th at 5 p.m. and rerun on October 18 at noon.
  Hosted by Tom McKay, the program exudes posit
  
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• John Denver returns to the radio in a long-unheard 1973 special with the late singer

  29-09-2020 21:55
  
  Internet-based KNXFM93.Com — available online at the site and on your smart speaker as well as through apps such as TuneIn, MyTunerRadio, and StreamS — has announced a big event: another Classic Mellow Sound Music Special. This time, it’s the words and music of John Denver just as it was presented on KNX-FM (now KCBS-FM, 93.1) in 1973.
  The two-hour special will run on Saturday, October 10th at 5 p.m. and rerun on October 18 at noon.
  Hosted by Tom McKay, the program exudes posit
  
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• New California law gives people, nonprofits first dibs on foreclosures

  29-09-2020 21:47
  
  By Don Thompson | The Associated Press
  Tenants, affordable housing groups and local governments will get first crack at buying foreclosed homes under a measure approved Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  The bill is designed to keep corporations from snapping up homes and letting some fall into disrepair as they did during the Great Recession.
  It was among 15 bills Newsom signed into law as renters and home-buyers again struggle during mass layoffs prompted by the pandemic. The governor said the measu
  
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• Orange County home price hits new high: $800,000 after 11.6% jump

  29-09-2020 21:38
  
  Orange County’s homebuying resurgence continued in August as historically low-interest rates and a limited inventory pushed prices to record heights.
  DQNews reports Orange County closed sales stats for August show …
  • $800,000 countywide median selling price — up 11.6% over 12 months. The latest median breaks the record of $775,000 set in July and is the seventh new high set this year.
  • 3,559 homes sold, existing and new — up 10.9% in a year. Year to date
  
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• Orange County remains on state’s red tier for coronavirus restrictions because of bump in case rates

  29-09-2020 21:11
  
  Orange County will remain in the red tier of the state’s pandemic tracking system this week after a reversal in one of two coronavirus metrics that had been declining consistently – rates of new COVID-19 cases – kept the county from landing in the less-restrictive orange tier.
  Dr. Clayton Chau, Orange County Health Care Agency director and county health officer, said the county would not advance to the orange tier this week during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Sept
  
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• Landlords suing to push back against eviction ban

  29-09-2020 21:00
  
  By Kimberlee Kruesi and Adrian Sainz | The Associated Press
  As millions of Americans struggle to pay their rent during the coronavirus pandemic, landlords are going to courts, claiming the national eviction moratorium unfairly strains their finances and violates their property rights.
  At least 26 such lawsuits have been filed by property owners this year, including several federal challenges of President Donald Trump’s directive, delivered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
  
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• Titans have NFL’s first COVID outbreak with 8 positives

  29-09-2020 20:55
  
  By TERESA M. WALKER | AP Pro Football Writer
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans suspended in-person activities through Friday after the NFL says three Titans players and five personnel tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first COVID-19 outbreak of the NFL season in Week 4.
  The outbreak threatened to jeopardize the Titans’ game this weekend against the Pittsburgh Steelers and posed the first significant in-season test to the league’s coronavirus protocols.
  The
  
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• Two Democrats face off in 38th District race, with Rep. Linda Sanchez heavily favored to win reelection

  29-09-2020 20:52
  
  In the heavily blue 38th congressional district, Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez appears on track to clinch a tenth term in congress, but first-time candidate and fellow Democrat Michael Tolar hopes his campaign will push the party further to the left.
  Sanchez and Tolar were the only candidates in the primary for CA-38, which includes portions of Los Angeles and Orange counties. So the two Democrats, both from Whittier, advanced to the Nov. 3 general election, with Sanchez scoring 77.7% of the vot
  
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• Prop. 15: If voters raise taxes on commercial landlords, will small biz foot the bill?

  29-09-2020 20:33
  
  When supporters of a November property tax ballot measure talk about soaking the state’s faceless corporate giants and its wealthiest landlords, they are not talking about people like John Kevranian.
  The co-owner of Nuts for Candy & Toys in Burlingame, Kevranian and his wife have operated this mainstay of the Bay Area city’s downtown strip for more than a quarter-century. He rents the shop. And he’s exactly the type of voter that backers of Proposition 15 — which woul
  
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• Newsom signs law banning rat poisons that also kill mountain lions

  29-09-2020 20:28
  
  The state’s mountain lions will be a safer from the potent rat poisons that recently have killed at least three of the big cats in Southern California, where the local population is in danger of extinction.
  A measure signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom will largely ban harsh rodenticides that cause internal hemorrhaging. The measure is expected to result in fewer premature deaths of mountain lions — as well as bobcats, foxes, owls and other birds of prey — that eat rats.
  
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• Gov. Newsom signs law banning rat poisons that also kill mountain lions

  29-09-2020 20:28
  
  The state’s mountain lions will be a safer from the potent rat poisons that recently have killed at least three of the big cats in Southern California, where the local population is in danger of extinction.
  A measure signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom will largely ban harsh rodenticides that cause internal hemorrhaging. The measure is expected to result in fewer premature deaths of mountain lions — as well as bobcats, foxes, owls and other birds of prey — that eat rats.
  
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• Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike repeats as WNBA sportsmanship award winner

  29-09-2020 20:26
  
  For the second consecutive season, Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike was awarded the 2020 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, an honor presented each season to a player exemplifying the ideals of sportsmanship, such as ethical behavior, fair play and integrity. The WNBA announced the news Tuesday.
  A nine-season WNBA veteran, Ogwumike has served the Women’s National Basketball Players Association president since 2016. In the past year, she’s worked to negotiate a new collective bargaining agr
  
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• Airline workers brace for mass layoffs as COVID lingers

  29-09-2020 20:18
  
  By TOM KRISHER and CATHY BUSSEWITZ | AP Business Writers
  DETROIT — The worries are growing for United Airlines flight attendant Jordy Comeaux.
  In a few days, he’ll be among roughly 40,000 airline workers whose jobs are likely to evaporate in an industry decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
  Unless Congress acts to help for a second time, United will furlough Comeaux on Thursday, cutting off his income and health insurance. Unemployment and the money made by his husband, a home healt
  
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• Gusto Bread rises from the living room to a full-service bakery in Long Beach

  29-09-2020 20:16
  
  Arturo Enciso’s passion for baking started when he spotted an old wood-fired oven in the corner of a garden at his Long Beach apartment complex about seven years ago.
  He was drawn to it and decided to chop up some wood and fire it up. He also got a hold of “From The Wood Fired Oven” by Richard Miscovich, a book that offered him inspiration as well baking techniques. Soon Enciso was fermenting wild yeast, hand mixing dough and baking bread.
  Enciso was instantly hooked and now, a
  
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• Chargers CB Chris Harris Jr. out a month with foot injury

  29-09-2020 20:07
  
  Chargers cornerback Chris Harris Jr. confirmed reports that he’ll be out at least a month because of a foot injury.
  “Grind don’t stop, see y’all in a month,” Harris said Tuesday on his social media accounts.
  Harris injured his foot during the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Carolina Panthers. Harris had his cleat caught on the SoFi Stadium turf while Panthers players landed on his foot.
  Harris told NFL reporter Josina Anderson he’s expecting the fo
  
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• Whicker: NBA bubble has worked – let’s not do it again

  29-09-2020 19:55
  
  The NBA bubble has four to seven games left. If there is any mercy left in this world, it will permanently burst.
  It’s fine to congratulate the NBA and NHL for determining real champions in an unreal time, but let’s not forget the deadly circumstances that led us there. For more than 200,000 grieving American families and thousands more COVID-19 victims whose hearts, minds and limbs are still not quite right, this year of hell is not softened by a trophy presentation.
  And whenever th
  
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• 19 state legislators call on Newsom to reopen California theme parks

  29-09-2020 19:27
  
  A group of state legislators ratcheted up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen Disneyland, Universal Studios and other California theme parks after more than six months of coronavirus closures have left 135,000 park employees out of work.
  A bipartisan letter signed by 19 state senators and assembly members calls on Newsom to issue COVID-19 health and safety guidelines that would allow California theme parks to reopen.
  “We believe the time is now to move forward with theme park reope
  
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• JPMorgan pays $920 million, admits misconduct over spoofing

  29-09-2020 18:57
  
  By Matt Robinson and Tom Schoenberg | Bloomberg
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay more than $920 million to resolve U.S. authorities’ claims of market manipulation in the bank’s trading of metals futures and Treasury securities over an eight-year period, the largest sanction ever tied to the illegal practice known as spoofing.
  The New York-based lender will pay the biggest monetary penalty ever imposed by the CFTC, including a $436.4 million fine, $311.7
  
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• Dean Koontz takes us ‘Elsewhere’ into parallel universes ahead of free Zoom event

  29-09-2020 18:45
  
  Author Dean Koontz had read plenty about things like parallel universes, quantum mechanics, and multiverses full of innumerable timelines.
  So how excited was he to explore all those fascinating theories in one of his own books?
  “It never crossed my mind,” says the best-selling author of more than 100 suspense thrillers. “I never thought I’d write anything about it because my sense was that as intriguing as the concept is, it would inevitably turn into too much of a s
  
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• Segerstrom Center will present streaming concerts with Broadway stars

  29-09-2020 18:37
  
  The Segerstrom Center for the Arts has announced three new streaming concerts this fall headlined by major Broadway stars.
  “Live From the West Side: Women of Broadway” will include concerts by Patti LuPone (Oct. 24), Laura Benanti (Nov. 14) and Vanessa Williams (Dec. 5).
  Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone will perform a streaming concert on Oct. 24. Tickets may be purchased through the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Axel Dupeux)
  LuPone, an American Theat
  
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• Dodgers vs. Brewers: Wild Card Series scouting report

  29-09-2020 18:33
  
  A breakdown of the Wild Card Series matchup between the Dodgers and Brewers:
  PROJECTED LINEUPS
  BREWERS: CF Avisail Garcia (.238/.333/.326, 2 HRs, 15 RBI), LF Christian Yelich (.205/.356/.430, 12 HRs, 22 RBI), RF Ryan Braun (.233/.281/.488, 8 HRs, 26 RBI), DH Daniel Vogelbach (.209/.331/.391, 6 HRs, 16 RBI), 2B Keston Hiura (.212/.297/.410, 13 HRs, 32 RBI), 1B Jedd Gyorko (.248/.333/.504, 9 HRs, 17 RBI), SS Orlando Arcia (.260/.317/.416, 5 HRs, 20 RBI), 3B Eric Sogard (.209/.281/.278, 1 HR, 10 RB
  
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• Three ballot measures test attitudes on crime in California

  29-09-2020 17:51
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom said earlier this year that as the state’s prison population continued to decline, he wanted to start closing down prisons.
  He made good on that intention last week when the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced plans to shutter Deuel Vocational Institution near Tracy, which had been constructed in the 1950s as a place where young felons could be transformed into solid citizens.
  “Given the need to achieve savings and the decline in the prison popula
  
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• Assembly Bill 5 restricts opportunities and contributes to income inequality

  29-09-2020 17:46
  
  Virtually every law passed by the California legislature, every regulation enacted by state agencies, and every executive order from the governor—no matter how well-intentioned—create unintended consequences.
  California’s Assembly Bill 5, directed in large part toward gig workers to expand the coverage of those defined as employees and, ostensibly, to provide better working conditions and pay for those not now categorized as employees, is a case in point.
  By some estimates
  
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• The Walking Dead turns 10: A show insider talks big moments ahead of series return and new spinoff

  29-09-2020 17:38
  
  On Oct. 31, 2010, “The Walking Dead” premiered on AMC.
  The television series, which is based on Robert Kirkman’s popular graphic novels of the same title, quickly became an unlikely hit and top-rated horror drama.
  It soon morphed into a pop culture phenomenon that spawned spin-off shows, video games, a slew of official merchandise and even an after-show program hosted by Chris Hardwick dubbed “Talking Dead.”
  The show returns for the final episode of its 10th season
  
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• Investigation: Ex-Azarian coach: ‘This is about doing the right thing’

  29-09-2020 17:00
  
  The 5-year-old was the most skilled, most flexible girl in her training group at Azarian U.S. Gymnastics Training Center, a world-renowned gym in Orange County.
  To Rena Shikuma, her coach, the girl was an obvious choice to move up to a more advanced group last November. Vanessa Gonzalez, Azarian’s head girls coach, however, opposed the move even before the girl could try out for the next level, Shikuma said.
  “She was ‘too fat and too ugly’ according to Vanessa,” Shi
  
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• Democrats grow fundraising advantage in most of Orange County’s state Senate, Assembly races

  29-09-2020 17:00
  
  With just over one month to go before Election Day, Democratic candidates continue to raise more money than Republicans in almost every state legislative race that touches Orange County.
  Pre-election campaign finance reports show some Democratic challengers raising two or nearly three times as much as the GOP incumbents they’re hoping to oust, with Democratic parties and donors spending big as they try to send more local representatives to Sacramento than Republicans for the first time.
  Re
  
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• Morning Wrap: Doc Rivers out, what’s next for Clippers? Lakers, Dodgers share stage Wednesday

  29-09-2020 16:29
  
  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
  1. DOC RIVERS OUT AS HEAD COACH OF THE CLIPPERS
  Doc Rivers is out as Clippers coachIs a coaching change all that the Clippers need? We’ve heard that song beforeDoc Rivers ousted from Clippers, social media reacts to shocking decision2. THE LATEST ON THE LAKERS AS THEY PREPAR
  
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• Rep. Gil Cisneros and Young Kim face CA-39 rematch under very different circumstances

  29-09-2020 16:00
  
  In some ways, this year’s race for the tri-county 39th District feels like a repeat of 2018, with Democrat Gil Cisneros and Republican Young Kim again trading barbs in one of the most competitive House races in California.
  But beyond the contenders, the 2020 rematch between Cisneros and Kim is in largely new territory.
  Two years ago, when the pair first squared off, CA-39 was open following the retirement of long-time GOP House member Ed Royce. And the economy was growing in 2018, meaning
  
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• These COVID-19 changes at theme parks need to become permanent

  29-09-2020 15:33
  
  In trying to persuade California Governor Gavin Newsom to allow theme parks to reopen, managers at Disney highlighted all the things they have changed at Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort and will use at Disneyland to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
  I do not have a medical degree, so I cannot pass judgment on how effective those new procedures are at stopping the virus. But I can say that many of them have the potential to make visiting a theme park a much more pleasant experi
  
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• Where to watch the first 2020 presidential debate on TV, listen on radio and stream it live

  29-09-2020 15:16
  
  President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are slated to meet tonight — Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 — for the first of three 2020 presidential debates.
  Tonight’s debate will take place on the Health Education Campus at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
  The 90-minute debate runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Pacific time (9-10:30 p.m. Eastern) and will last 90 minutes. There will be no commercial interruption.
  All of the major TV netw
  
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• Foothill defensive end Nicholas Fryhoff finds winning combination at Penn

  29-09-2020 06:34
  
  The University of Pennsylvania’s combination of football and academics was too enticing for Nicholas Fryhoff to resist.
  The Foothill High defensive end recently committed to the Ivy League contender, picking the Quakers over a few other schools, including Arizona of the Pac-12.
  “I have a chance to join the Wharton School at UPenn, which is the top business school in the country,” Fryhoff explained.
  “By being a part of a program like this, as well as having the opportunity
  
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• Coronavirus state tracker: Age 18-49 are 59.9% of cases and 7.3% of deaths in California on Sept. 28

  29-09-2020 05:36
  
  According to the California Department of Public Health several counties could be lowered by a tier on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Once a county is lowered, or raised, a tier it must remain there for at least three weeks.
  A county must also meet criteria for the next tier in daily coronavirus positive cases per 100,000 and testing positivity – meaning the rate at which tests are coming back positive – for two consecutive weeks in order to progress down a level. 
  Cases and deaths associat
  
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• On eve of vote, current and former Anaheim mayors debate Angel Stadium sale

  29-09-2020 05:08
  
  With a vote that will largely cement the deal to sell the Angel Stadium property set for Tuesday, Sept. 29, a former Anaheim mayor made a last-ditch effort to persuade city leaders to reconsider.
  In a Sunday letter to Mayor Harry Sidhu and the City Council, Assemblyman Tom Daly (who was mayor from 1992 to 2002) urged them to reconsider the $320 million deal and “avoid the embarrassment and lawsuits that are sure to follow this one-sided deal.”
  The City Council in December approved th
  
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• Rams lost a game, but their running attack is a winner

  29-09-2020 04:18
  
  It was the third quarter Sunday in Buffalo, and the Rams had the ball back after falling 25 points behind the Bills. Normally a team in their predicament immediately revs up the jets of the aerial attack, impatient for yards and points. Instead they kept gassing up the ground game.
  On first down, Jared Goff handed off to Darrell Henderson, and the running back cut between blocks by tight end Tyler Higbee and wide receiver Cooper Kupp on the right side to gain 14 yards before Bills safety Micah H
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers are favorites, but it’ll be harder than it looks

  29-09-2020 03:36
  
  You want further proof that baseball’s Wild Card round is, well, just too darned wild?
  Ask the manager that benefited from it the most. Milwaukee was the last team into MLB’s postseason tournament, and the 29-31 Brewers will be prohibitive underdogs beginning Wednesday night against the 43-17 Dodgers, who led baseball in runs scored (349), run differential (plus-136), home runs (118), team ERA (3.02) … shall we go on?
  Asked during an off-day Zoom conference Monday how he felt
  
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• Disney postpones D23 Expo at Anaheim Convention Center until 2022 due to coronavirus

  29-09-2020 03:27
  
  Disney has postponed the D23 Expo fan convention planned for 2021 at the Anaheim Convention Center until 2022 due to ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The rescheduled D23 Expo will be held Sept. 9-11, 2022 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
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• Orange County health officials survey public on future coronavirus vaccine

  29-09-2020 03:14
  
  “If a COVID-19 vaccine is available, I plan to be vaccinated.” Do you strongly agree, strongly disagree or something in between?
  That’s the first scenario posed in a survey called “How Do You Feel About a COVID-19 Vaccine” launched Monday, Sept. 28, by Orange County’s Health Care Agency.
  The 16-part survey poses several hypotheticals – such as “I am completely confident that vaccines are safe” and “COVID-19 is not so severe that I shoul
  
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• So the Dodgers are in the playoffs. Now what?

  29-09-2020 03:07
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Monday, Sept. 28 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter from reporter J.P. Hoornstra. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.We shouldn’t take for granted that the Dodgers qualified for the playoffs in 2020. It’s a minor miracle that there are playoffs, and that there was a 2020 regular season at all. “Any day between now and Sept. 27 could be the tipping point for something catastrophic – a death, a team-wide outbrea
  
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• The Heat find perfect match with Jimmy Butler, a 2019 free agent the Lakers did not get

  29-09-2020 02:40
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jimmy Butler sometimes comes off like a culture unto himself.
  There’s the impish expressions that have made his face a meme several times over; his loudly trumpeted love of country music; recently his stint as CEO of Big Face Coffee which charges $20 a cup (because he wants a bill with a “big face” on it). There’s mythic tales of Butler dribbling in his room in the early morning hours, then less charming ones like how he disassembled his Min
  
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• Is a coaching change all that the Clippers need? We’ve heard that song before

  29-09-2020 02:23
  
  In 2013 the Clippers fired Vinny Del Negro. No presses were stopped and no programs were interrupted.
  They had just won 56 games for the first time in their tattered history. They had a 27-year-old Chris Paul and a 23-year-old Blake Griffin and a cryogenically-preserved Jamal Crawford.
  They still lost their first-round playoff series to a tougher, looser bunch of Memphis Grizzlies, and various journalists had speculated that Del Negro had “lost the locker room” somehow, which meant p
  
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• Amid Lakers’ success, Frank Vogel has played an understated, essential role

  29-09-2020 02:16
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It’s the ultimate first-world coaching problem: When you have arguably the game’s best player headlining the bill, you’re usually one of the last in line to get credit when reaching the top.
  When Frank Vogel, LeBron James’ latest coach, took over the Lakers job, he looked into the past for inspiration: He studied film of James’ Cleveland tenure under Ty Lue, then looked at clips of the Miami Heat — a painful memory to revisit aft
  
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