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• A kiss and a smile bring hope to Jimmy Nolan after accident

  30-09-2020 23:41
  
  It was like a fairy tale come true, when a kiss awakens the princess.
  Costa Mesa football coach Jimmy Nolan’s wife Taran had surgery Tuesday morning he wrote on his Facebook page. She and three of their four children on Sept. 10 in South Carolina were involved in a car collision that left two people dead, the Nolans’ youngest daughter Micki and the driver of the other vehicle Glendora Holmes.
  Taran was the most injured of the Nolans. Swelling had to subside before spinal surgery coul
  
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• $800 million payout for Las Vegas Strip shooting victims and relatives is OK’d by judge

  30-09-2020 23:31
  
  By KEN RITTER | Associated Press
  LAS VEGAS — A court on Wednesday approved a total of $800 million in payouts from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the deadliest in recent U.S. history.
  The action makes final a deal announced earlier this month and settles dozens of lawsuits on the eve of the third anniversary of the shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 850 at an open-
  
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• Lakers-Heat: NBA Finals Live Updates

  30-09-2020 23:21
  
  LeBron James and the Lakers are considered the favorite to win the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, who have built an impressive resume throughout their playoff run in the bubble.
  Despite winning 12 of 15 playoff games against the Pacers, the Celtics, and the top-seeded Bucks, Jimmy Butler and the Heat are considered underdogs in this finals.
  The Lakers lived up to their billing as the No. 1 seed in the West and produced a 12-3 record during their playoff run.
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• Google unveils latest Pixel 5G phone, new TV service

  30-09-2020 23:19
  
  By Michael Liedtke | The Associated Press
  Google will try to make a bigger splash in the smartphone market with a cheaper high-end model while it also aims to expand its presence on bigger screens with a new TV service.
  The products unveiled Wednesday focus on two areas where Google has struggled to make significant inroads. Google also used a half-hour showcase streamed online to introduce a $99 speaker that it says has better acoustics for playing music than the cheaper ones that it has been s
  
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• Disneyland layoffs include thousands of restaurant and hotel workers plus hundreds of Imagineers

  30-09-2020 23:16
  
  The massive layoffs coming to Disney theme parks in the U.S. as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are expected to cost nearly 3,500 Disneyland restaurant and hotel union workers their jobs and put more than 400 Imagineers out of work.
  The Disney Parks, Experiences and Products division announced this week that 28,000 employees would be laid off at Disneyland, Disney World, Walt Disney Imagineering and in the company’s cruise line, travel planning, retail, gaming and publishing divisions
  
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• An even longer wait between Finals, and a Kobe Bryant story

  30-09-2020 23:13
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday, Sept. 30 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon, who is among the few reporters with a credential inside the NBA bubble. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Finals begin today.
  If 10 years has felt like a long time between Finals for Lakers fans, imagine then what it might feel like for Lakers assistant coach Mike Penberthy. Tonight, he makes his Finals debut
  
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• Working Wardrobes opens new headquarters Wednesday after devastating fire

  30-09-2020 22:24
  
  Folks with the nonprofit Working Wardrobes have dusted themselves off after a devastating fire and are celebrating the opening of their new headquarters in Santa Ana.
  The fire in February destroyed their Irvine headquarters and all its contents.
  Officials, including CEO Jerri Rosen, holding scissors, cuts a ribbon at Working Wardrobes new headquarters in Santa Ana, CA on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. A fire in February, 2020 destroyed their previous building in Irvine. (Photo by Paul Bersebach,
  
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• Park Life: Disneyland lays off thousands and frustrated Knott’s asks: Why can’t we open?

  30-09-2020 22:24
  
  Who is to blame for massive layoffs at Disneyland? What happens to Critter Country after the Splash Mountain makeover? Will Disneyland close on weekdays when theme parks reopen? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
  Massive Layoffs
  Disney’s theme park division lays off 28,000 employees as Disneyland’s coronavirus closure stretches toward seven months.
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• Economic forecast: California years away from jobs recovery

  30-09-2020 21:31
  
  The California job market, which was at an all-time best level in February, appears to be years away from a return to the lofty heights it enjoyed before the coronavirus unleashed wide-ranging economic woes, a forecast released Wednesday says.
  The outlook from the UCLA Anderson Forecast suggests California’s pre-coronavirus economic boom won’t reappear for at least two years.
  It was just a few months ago, from August 2019 through February of this year, that the jobless rate in Califo
  
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• Angels president: ‘Something is not right in our organization’

  30-09-2020 21:12
  
  As the Angels begin their search for a new general manager, John Carpino said they are open-minded to anything.
  Five straight losing seasons has taught them that much.
  “Obviously, we’re not doing it the right way,” the Angels president said Wednesday morning. “We’re not winning games, so something is not right in our organization. So we have to look at it. You have to look in the mirror and find out, ‘OK, what’s happening here that’s causing us not
  
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• Elect Brian Maryott to represent the 49th congressional district

  30-09-2020 21:01
  
  The 49th Congressional District, representing parts of coastal Orange and San Diego counties, had long leaned Republican. But in 2018, environmental attorney Mike Levin won the seat by solid margins during a “blue wave” that gave Democrats control of the House. This year, Republican Brian Maryott, the former mayor of San Juan Capistrano, is challenging him.
  Both candidates were among the most knowledgeable and personable ones we’ve interviewed this election cycle. In recognitio
  
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• Voice of Seal Beach PD balances shouts with empathy

  30-09-2020 20:46
  
  In today’s tumultuous times, it’s not easy for a law enforcement frontman to maintain both a sense of humor and a sense of fairness.
  But Sgt. Nick Nicholas, public information officer for the Seal Beach Police, has managed to accomplish equilibrium – rising above the heated rhetoric to offer a voice of calm.
  Nicholas, 33, became the face of the department last December, just in time for his agency — and every other police force in the country — to face the twin issu
  
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• Seal Beach Police spokesperson uses voice of calm to maintain fairness

  30-09-2020 20:46
  
  In today’s tumultuous times, it’s not easy for a law enforcement frontman to maintain both a sense of humor and a sense of fairness.
  But Sgt. Nick Nicholas, public information officer for the Seal Beach Police, has managed to accomplish equilibrium – rising above the heated rhetoric to offer a voice of calm.
  Nicholas, 33, became the face of the department last December, just in time for his agency — and every other police force in the country — to face the twin issu
  
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• Seyram Bell named girls basketball coach at Santa Margarita

  30-09-2020 20:31
  
  It’s a husband-and-wife coaching tandem for Santa Margarita High basketball.
  The Trinity League school on Wednesday named Seyram Bell the head coach of its girls basketball team. Her husband is Santa Margarita boys basketball coach Justin Bell.
  She was the interim head coach this past season at UC Riverside. Bell started at UC Riverside as an assistant coach in 2010.
  Christina Marinacci-Wear was Santa Margarita’s coach last season. She remains at the school as an assistant coach. San
  
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• Bell named girls basketball head coach at Santa Margarita

  30-09-2020 20:31
  
  It’s a husband-and-wife coaching tandem for Santa Margarita basketball.
  The Trinity League school on Wednesday named Seyram Bell its varsity girls basketball head coach. Her husband is Santa Margarita boys varsity basketball head coach Justin Bell.
  She was interim head coach this past season at UC Riverside. Bell started at UC Riverside as an assistant coach in 2010.
  Christian Marinacci-Wear, last season’s Santa Margarita head coach, remains at the school as an assistant coach. Santa
  
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• Countdown: Lakers vs. Heat, Game 1 of the NBA Finals; Previews, social meda reaction

  30-09-2020 20:30
  
  Follow Southern California Newspaper Group’s Kyle Goon as he covers the Lakers during the NBA Finals inside the bubble in Orlando.
  Read previews, predictions and social media takes prior to Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Lakers at Heat, which starts at 6 p.m. During the game, follow for live updates, highlights and social media reaction.
   
  In the bubble, LeBron James’ routines and team bonds have kept him and Lakers on trackWhicker: NBA bubble has worked – let’
  
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• Elect Young Kim to represent the 39th congressional district

  30-09-2020 20:11
  
  Voters in the 39th congressional district will see a rematch between now-Rep. Gil Cisneros and former Assemblywoman Young Kim. As we did two years ago, we endorse Young Kim.
  Cisneros, a Democrat who ran as a moderate, has generally voted party-line. On fiscal matters, both before and after the pandemic broke out, Cisneros has generally voted to expand the role of the federal government. The nation cannot afford to continue to spend without limit.
  Young Kim, for her part, stresses fiscal responsi
  
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• Review: Heritage Barbecue is pure Texas in San Juan Capistrano

  30-09-2020 20:01
  
  Never has a new restaurant filled me with such equal measures of excitement and dread as Heritage Barbecue, which opened in August across the street from the mission in San Juan Capistrano. 
  My first couple of attempts to dine here end in dread. As soon as I park the car and round the corner on foot, my jaw drops as I notice a queue stretching nearly two blocks down the street. 
  City employees have their work cut out for them as they clean up thousands of pelagic crabs that blanket Chi
  
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• Dodgers add third catcher, pinch-running specialist to Wild Card Series roster

  30-09-2020 20:00
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers announced their 28-man roster for the best-of-three Wild Card Series on Wednesday.
  The roster includes a third catcher, rookie Keibert Ruiz, pinch-running specialist Terrance Gore and 13 pitchers but not second baseman Gavin Lux or pitchers Alex Wood and Dylan Floro. Matt Beaty was also added from the alternate training site.
  Floro spent all season with the Dodgers, appearing in 25 games (third on the team) and going 3-0 with a 2.59 ERA. Wood spent much of the sea
  
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• Compton man charged in shooting of 2 deputies in that city

  30-09-2020 19:52
  
  A 36-year-old Compton man – already in custody on suspicion of carjacking, robbery and assault with a firearm – was named as the man believed to have shot two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies as they sat in their patrol vehicle near a Compton Metro Station on Sept. 12, authorities said on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
  Deonte Lee Murray faces two charges of willful, deliberate and premeditated attempted murder of a peace officer in connection with the brazen attack, which was caught
  
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• Ford recalls over 700K vehicles; backup cameras can go dark

  30-09-2020 19:44
  
  Ford is recalling more than 700,000 vehicles in North America because the backup cameras can show distorted images or suddenly go dark.
  The recall covers most 2020 versions of Ford’s F-Series trucks, as well as the 2020 Explorer, Mustang, Transit, Expedition, Escape, Ranger and Edge. Also included are the Lincoln Nautilus and Corsair. F-Series trucks are the top-selling vehicle in the U.S.
  The company says in documents posted Wednesday by the U.S. government’s National Highway Traffi
  
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• Rocket-ship traffic jam delays SpaceX launch at busy Cape Canaveral

  30-09-2020 19:36
  
  HAWTHORNE — There’s a lot of traffic these days at Cape Canaveral in Florida, and the congestion forced a delay Wednesday in a planned launch by Hawthorne-based SpaceX of a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite.
  The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the GPS III Space Vehicle 04 had been scheduled for 6:51 p.m. California time. But citing “a conflict on the range,” SpaceX reset the launch for 6:43 p.m. Friday.
  The delay was due to another scheduled mission, a United Launch A
  
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• How Jennifer Siebel Newsom explores the ailing American Dream in ‘The Great American Lie’

  30-09-2020 18:57
  
  Over the past decade, documentary filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom has focused her attention on stories that examine American values, and especially those values that make the playing field uneven for the women, men and children of the nation.
  Her first documentary, “Miss Representation,” looked at the ways in which the media and culture contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence.
  “The Mask We Live In” examined what Newsom describe
  
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• Castle Park will open Ghost Golf Halloween attraction Oct. 2

  30-09-2020 18:15
  
  Castle Park isn’t going dark for Halloween this year.
  While almost all of Southern California’s major theme parks are closed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, this 25-acre amusement park in Riverside is planning on offering some eerie October festivities.
  It’s called Ghost Golf, and it will run on weekends beginning Friday, Oct. 2.
  It will be a more gentle celebration than its usual Halloween attraction, Castle Dark, which had mazes and scare zones with gore and mayhem lik
  
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• OC will remove discriminatory clauses from property deeds, documents for free

  30-09-2020 18:10
  
  Despite state and federal laws that ban housing discrimination, Orange County officials say some property deeds and other documents still contain restrictions intended to limit where certain people could live or buy property, based on race, religion and other characteristics.
  Now homebuyers and others who need to record official property documents with the county Clerk-Recorder’s Office can get any discriminatory language removed for free, under a program the Orange County Board of Supervi
  
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• Los Angeles rock band Dawes is coming to Drive-In OC in Anaheim

  30-09-2020 18:00
  
  Los Angeles folk-rock quartet Dawes will headline City National Grove of Anaheim’s Drive-In OC concert series in partnership with 88Five Live (88.5 FM) on Saturday, Oct. 17.
  Dawes is dropping a brand-new album “Good Luck With Whatever” on Oct. 2. The band put out several singles amid stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic including, “Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?,” “St. Augustine At Night” and “Still Feel Like A Kid.”
  
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• California’s recovery efforts would be hurt by more tax increases

  30-09-2020 17:48
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic and recession are, thankfully, dealing a somewhat smaller blow to California’s state revenues and public employee retirement systems than originally feared. The stock market’s rebound from its lows in March, combined with the strength of California’s tech companies, may have reduced some of the need for immediate budget cuts and the state’s desire for huge federal bailouts. Now, state lawmakers need to avoid raising taxes on the workers and companies
  
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• California’s rent strike: Who pays and how it works

  30-09-2020 17:23
  
  By Nigel Duara | CalMatters
  As the pandemic stretches into its seventh month, tenants and landlords have found themselves facing the same question: Who’s going to pay the rent if unemployment continues to hover north of 11%?
  After the California Supreme Court’s eviction moratorium expired Sept. 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers extended protections for residential renters and forestalled evictions until Feb. 1 for people who declared that they lost income due to the coronavir
  
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• Get in the Halloween spirit with our Boos!Letter

  30-09-2020 17:19
  
  Are you already shopping for decorations, planning out your scary movie marathon and scoping out parties and events this Halloween season? You’ll have a frighteningly good time with our new newsletter.
  Sure, Halloween is a little bit different in 2020 because of the novel coronavirus, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had, from making your own Halloween decorations to exploring socially distanced haunts to munching your way through Halloween-themed eats at theme parks.
  Our n
  
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• Economy plunges 31.4% in spring, but big rebound is expected

  30-09-2020 16:56
  
  By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy plunged at an unprecedented rate this spring and even with a record rebound expected in the just-ended third quarter, the economy will likely shrink this year, the first time that has happened since the Great Recession.
  The gross domestic product, the economy’s total output of goods and services, fell at a rate of 31.4% in the April-June quarter, only slightly changed from the 31.7% drop estimated one month ago,
  
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• Morning Wrap: Read all about Lakers, Dodgers big night ahead

  30-09-2020 16:44
  
  The Morning Wrap shares the day’s top five stories from our reporters at the Southern California Newspaper Group. … Sign up to have our top sports stories delivered to your inbox with our daily newsletters
  ONE: Lakers vs. Heat, Game 1, NBA Finals, 6 p.m.Lakers vs. Heat: NBA Finals scouting report https://t.co/yToV2CSyvj
  — Inside SoCal Sports(@InsideSoCalSpts) September 30, 2020
  Anthony Davis thinks LeBron’s tips and notes on how to be prepared and take care of his body h
  
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• L.A.-Orange County has one-fifth of nation’s priciest ZIPs for housing

  30-09-2020 16:30
  
  If most home “affordability” indexes confuse you, try this cost measurement for Los Angeles and Orange counties: the region is home to slightly more than one-fifth of the nation’s most expensive ZIP codes.
  Of 130 ZIP codes nationwide where the median selling price for residences this year was $1.5 million or more — 29 of those communities were in the two Southern California counties, according to a study by PropertyClub. That’s 22% of this most-expensive housing ran
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Motherhood is a losing proposition

  30-09-2020 16:28
  
  There was a time when I was able to keep track of all my personal possessions, even the small and slippery ones. Then motherhood intervened and things started to go haywire.
  Once you have children, you must simply develop a whole new attitude toward the things you own, meaning you have to stop caring about them.
  My kids are young adults now, but I was recently reminded that I have boxes in my garage filled with fragile folk art I bought long ago in Mexico, that I put away for safekeeping so that
  
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• In year of fire and plague, Working Wardrobes rises from ashes

  30-09-2020 16:00
  
  Once again, in a year that brought fire and plague, the nonprofit known as Working Wardrobes is dressed up in a new get-to-work outfit; one that founder and chief executive Jerri Rosen is ready to show off.
  “You’ve seen us through many, many iterations,” Rosen said. “This is the best so far.”
  That “best” she’s talking about is the space now occupied by Working Wardrobes, on the refurbished ground floor of an office building in Santa Ana.
  On Wednesd
  
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• Trump to Proud Boys: ‘Stand back and stand by’

  30-09-2020 15:18
  
  By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Associated Press
  President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn’t condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a “left-wing” problem and telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”
  “Almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing,” said Trump, whose exchange with Democrat Joe Biden left the extremist gr
  
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• After hours of debate, Anaheim council approves details of Angel Stadium sale

  30-09-2020 10:37
  
  The deal isn’t totally done, but the Anaheim City Council early Wednesday, Sept. 30, approved the terms on which they’ll sell the city’s biggest asset, Angel Stadium, and allow the surrounding property to be developed with thousands of homes, offices, shops and restaurants that are expected to generate millions in revenue.
  The council’s vote, which came at the end of a more than seven-hour meeting, was not a surprise – a majority led by Mayor Harry Sidhu in December
  
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• Suspect `extremely apologetic’ after attempted kidnapping of Joe Montana’s grandchild in Malibu

  30-09-2020 07:50
  
  By ANDREW DALTON
  LOS ANGELES — A 39-year-old woman was charged Tuesday in what authorities say was an attempted kidnapping of the 9-month-old granddaughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana from his Southern California home.
  Sodsai Predpring Dalzell of Los Angeles pleaded not guilty in LA County court to felony counts of attempted kidnapping of a child under 14 and burglary.
  “Miss Dalzell is extremely apologetic and is very well concerned about the well-being of the family,&rdq
  
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• Brewers like their chances against Dodgers in Wild Card Series

  30-09-2020 06:06
  
  The same thing that makes the National League Wild Card Series such a thrill for the Milwaukee Brewers is the scary part for the Dodgers.
  “It doesn’t really matter how you get here,” Brewers infielder Jedd Gyorko said. “Everyone’s starting the same now so we’ve got just as good a chance as anybody.”
  The Brewers got here by losing four of their final six games, finishing with a sub-.500 record for the season (29-31), and clinching the eighth and final NL
  
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• Lakers vs. Heat: NBA Finals scouting report

  30-09-2020 05:44
  
  NBA FINALS
  SERIES SCHEDULE (all times PT)
  Game 1: at Lakers, Wed., Sept. 30, 6 p.m., ABC
  Game 2: at Lakers, Fri., Oct. 2, 6 p.m., ABC
  Game 3: at Heat, Sun., Oct. 4, 4:30 p.m., ABC
  Game 4: at Heat, Tues., Oct. 6, 6 p.m., ABC
  x-Game 5: at Lakers, Fri., Oct. 9, 6 p.m., ABC
  x-Game 6: at Heat, Sun., Oct. 11, 4:30 p.m., ABC
  x-Game 7: at Lakers, Tues., Oct. 13, 6 p.m., ABC
  HEAD-TO-HEAD (this season)
  Lakers won the regular season, 2-0
  Nov. 8: Lakers 95, Heat 80, at Staples Center
  Dec. 13: Lakers 113, He
  
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• Debate takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minute

  30-09-2020 05:09
  
  By Bill Barrow and Zeke Miller
  WASHINGTON — After more than a year of circling each other, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio.
  The 74-year-old president and the 77-year-old former vice president are similar in age, and they share a mutual dislike. But they differ starkly in style and substance. All of that was evident from the outset on the Cleveland stage.
  Here are key takeaways from the first of three schedu
  
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• In the bubble, LeBron James’ routines and team bonds have kept him and Lakers on track

  30-09-2020 05:06
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — In the most rigid routines, small deviations appear like gulfs.
  LeBron James is a man of regimen. He likes to arrive on the first bus to the arena on game nights. He sleeps “more than anyone I know,” said Anthony Davis, with some players whispering that can be up to 15 hours in a day. He ices his knees and his feet — a timer goes off, as scripted to let him know exactly how many seconds he needs to spend wrapped in the cold.
  Phil Handy knows the r
  
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• ‘I Am Woman’ singer Helen Reddy dies at 78 in Los Angeles

  30-09-2020 04:57
  
  LOS ANGELES — Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78.
  Reddy’s children Traci and Jordan announced that the actress-singer died Tuesday in Los Angeles. “She was a wonderful Mother, Grandmother and a truly formidable woman,” they said in a statement. “Our hearts are broken. But we take comfort in the knowledge that her voice will live on forever.”
  T
  
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• Coronavirus: How the tier system impacts each county and business sector

  30-09-2020 03:35
  
  If you find the state’s four-color system of tiers a little confusing, scroll for a  breakdown of what it means by business sectors.
  The state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy explains:  Every county in California is assigned to a tier based on its test positivity and adjusted case rate. At a minimum, counties must remain in a tier for at least 3 weeks before moving forward. Data is reviewed weekly and tiers are updated on Tuesdays. To move forward, a county must meet t
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak at Cal State Long Beach grows to 17 cases

  30-09-2020 03:10
  
  A coronavirus outbreak at Cal State Long Beach has grown to include 17 confirmed, related cases, officials announced Tuesday evening, Sept. 29.
  Officials first announced Saturday, Sept. 26, that five cases had been identified and that all on-campus students would be quarantined. The university also announced that all in-person instruction will be paused for two weeks while officials perform contact tracing.
  That contact tracing has so far confirmed that 10 on-campus students and seven off-campus
  
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• Dodgers succeeded in an irregular regular season — can they top it with a championship?

  30-09-2020 03:06
  
  LOS ANGELES — This is the reason for the season.
  There was a time not so long ago when postseason baseball seemed aspirational at best. Remember the acrimonious negotiations that led to “Tell us when and where?”
  But Major League Baseball emerged from that June gloom, marched into empty stadiums and forged on through intake testing, daily testing, protocols, coronavirus outbreaks on multiple teams and blocks of postponed games.
  All for this. No, not the chance to crown a champio
  
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• “Shy, sweet and intelligent,” Senior Airman Jason Phan laid to rest

  30-09-2020 03:00
  
  Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan, the 26-year-old Anaheim man who died Sept. 12 in Kuwait, was laid to rest during a service Tuesday at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego.
  Phan was first remembered in a Mass in Vietnamese with dozens of family members, friends and military personnel at St. Columban Catholic Church in Garden Grove. Then a procession traveled the 121 miles to the cemetery, which limited attendees to 35 people because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  The casket of Senior Airman J
  
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• Federal officials urge governors to reduce high telephone rates at jails throughout nation

  30-09-2020 02:56
  
  Talk is cheap — except if you’re in a Southern California jail, where a 15-minute in-state phone call can cost up to $18.75.
  Elsewhere around the United States, telephone rates in state can exceed $20 for 15 minutes.
  The rates are so high that the Federal Communications Commission this month reached out to the nation’s governors to control in-state phone charges. The FCC recommends a cap of $3.15 per 15 minutes for prepaid jail calls using a credit card.
  Under federal law, the
  
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• Should deputies have done more to keep Yorba Linda protesters apart?

  30-09-2020 02:50
  
  At contentious rallies such as the one Saturday in Yorba Linda that pitted Black Lives Matters supporters against counter-protesters, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said it attempts to balance the right to assemble and be heard against the need to keep the peace.
  The sides lined six-lane Imperial Highway across from each other until some of the counter-protesters, waving American flags and Trump 2020 banners, surged across the road. Deputies moved in and some counter-protesters ret
  
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• Frank McCourt’s Dodger Stadium gondola project has a timeline

  30-09-2020 02:48
  
  It would be incorrect to say that Frank McCourt is back in Los Angeles. In some ways, he never left.
  McCourt is infamous among fans for steering the Dodgers into bankruptcy in 2011 before he was forced to sell the team by Major League Baseball. His family’s foundation still controls the Los Angeles Marathon. A corporation that bears McCourt’s name still owns the business offices at 1201 N. Broadway, across the 110 Freeway from Dodger Stadium, among other properties in his name.
  That
  
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• As tickets go on sale, L.A. Comic Con organizer and state COVID czar both say event will only go on if it’s safe

  30-09-2020 02:44
  
  Organizers of the Los Angeles Comic Con caught many people off-guard with the announcement Sunday that — the coronavirus permitting — they planned to hold an in-person event at the Los Angeles Convention Center in December.
  After all, the pandemic still rages in Los Angeles, California and the United States, so it seemed like an overabundance of optimism to think that even while restricting attendance and implementing other safety procedures a convention could be held on the planned
  
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