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• Could a huge COVID relief bill still happen before election?

  01-10-2020 23:49
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — With top Washington negotiators significantly apart on a huge COVID-19 relief bill, Democrats controlling the House are plunging ahead with a partisan debate on their next option — a $2.2 trillion measure that’s anathema to the White House and Capitol Hill Republicans.
  Thursday’s vote was chiefly sought by moderate Democrats who say the party needs to display greater flexibility. But the end result was a partisan debate aro
  
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• What costs $32 million and is made of titanium? NASA’s new space potty

  01-10-2020 23:27
  
  By MARCIA DUNN | AP Aerospace Writer
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s first new space potty in decades — a $23 million titanium toilet better suited for women — is getting a not-so-dry run at the International Space Station before eventually flying to the moon.
  It’s packed inside a cargo ship set to blast off late Thursday from Wallops Island, Virginia.
  Barely 100 pounds and just 28 inches tall, it’s roughly half as big as the two Russian-built toilets at the spa
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Friday, Oct. 2

  01-10-2020 23:22
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, Oct. 2 for horse racing at Santa Anita.
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• Knott’s parent company sees $1 billion revenue drop and 20 million visitor decline amid pandemic

  01-10-2020 23:22
  
  Knott’s Berry Farm’s parent company saw a $1 billion drop in revenue and a decline of nearly 20 million visitors during the six-month-long COVID-19 pandemic that has shuttered nearly half of Cedar Fair’s theme parks.
  Cedar Fair suffered a $625 million decline in net revenue and a 11.9 million visitor drop in attendance during the company’s third quarter, according to a preliminary report. Those losses were compounded by a $429 million decline in revenue and an attendance
  
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• Are banks trying to squeeze out mortgage brokers? 

  01-10-2020 23:20
  
  Since 1999, Thousand Oaks mortgage broker Salpi Devlin of Devlin Financial has written nearly 5,000 checks from her Bank of America business account – never a bounced check.
  Indeed, she was a loyal Bank of America customer. Nothing Devlin did would have made her persona non grata.
  Devlin gave Bank of America 21 years. Last month Bank of America gave Salpi 21 days to find another bank.
  “I refer to it as the love letter from Bank of America,” she said.
  The Bank of America letter
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: New smokehouse brings the taste of Texas to San Juan Capistrano

  01-10-2020 23:19
  
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  Smoked brisket and Texas hot links with all the fixin’s from Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Since it opened across from Mission San Juan Capistrano in August, Heritage Barbecue has welcomed massive lines and that’s not a surprise to critic Brad A. Johnson. He’s already written about the ch
  
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• Incumbent Sharon Quirk-Silva holds solid advantage over Cynthia Thacker in 65th Assembly race

  01-10-2020 23:12
  
  Democratic incumbent Sharon Quirk-Silva is strongly favored to hold her seat representing California’s solidly blue 65th Assembly District on Nov. 3, with conservative GOP activist Cynthia Thacker not raising any funds, launching a website or doing interviews to promote her campaign.
  Thacker, a retired businesswoman from Buena Park, did have a respectable showing during the March 3 primary, when she was the only challenger on the ballot against Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton. Quirk-Silva receive
  
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• Check’s in the mail? Trump doling out aid before election

  01-10-2020 23:10
  
  By AAMER MADHANI | Associated Press
  CHICAGO — It’s almost as if he’s writing a personal check.
  In recent days, President Donald Trump has promised millions of Medicare recipients that — thanks to him — they’ll soon be getting an “incredible” $200 card in the mail to help them pay for prescriptions. He’s called himself “the best thing” that ever happened to Puerto Rico, while releasing long-stalled aid. Trump has also taken to show
  
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• Coronavirus unemployment: State’s new jobless claims on pause

  01-10-2020 22:46
  
  Efforts to track California’s weekly jobless claims are on hold as the beleaguered Employment Development Department continues to play catchup processing some 600,000 jobless claims more than three weeks old.
  The pause, which started Sept. 20, also will allow the agency to add anti-fraud technology to its antiquated computer system.
  The EDD this week provided the U.S. Labor Department with the state’s previous week’s filings to ensure the national claims figures don’t gyr
  
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• Man convicted of murdering Irvine dentist over apparent affair with his wife

  01-10-2020 22:01
  
  An Orange County man was convicted of special-circumstances murder on Thursday, Oct. 1, for stabbing to death his wife’s apparent ex-lover, an Irvine dentist, after trying to run him down with his Mercedes-Benz SUV.
  Jurors found Hongli Sun, 43, guilty of slaying of Dr. Xuan Liu as well as felony assault for injuring a woman who tried to intervene during the July 18, 2015 attack outside a medical building off of Barranca Parkway in Irvine.
  During the trial, Senior Deputy District Attor
  
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• OC Parks hosts ‘Hocus Pocus’ drive-in movie nights and free virtual Halloween ‘Spooky Series’

  01-10-2020 21:47
  
  Since the pandemic shut down OC Parks’ annual in-person summer concert and film events this year, producers have decided to go virtual for a series of fun Halloween events via its official Facebook and Instagram pages.
  The daily virtual series will run from Oct. 26-31 and include crafts, trivia, highlights from county parks and the OC Zoo in Santa Ana and a special Shakespearean “Macbeth” scene will be filmed at Arden: Helena Modjeska Historic House and Gardens to be shown on O
  
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• Dana Point’s Monarch Beach Resort joins Waldorf Astoria chain

  01-10-2020 21:01
  
  The Monarch Beach Resort will once again be part of a luxury hotel chain.
  The 400-room, five-diamond hotel in Dana Point announced it’s joining with Hilton to manage and market the resort and will be rebranded as the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club. The independent resort was bought by Ohana Real Estate Investors for a reported $497 million in November.
  “It’s fitting that the storied Waldorf Astoria brand is coming to Dana Point — which is one of the
  
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• Foutnain Valley Fire Department takes annual open house outdoors

  01-10-2020 20:54
  
  For many years, families in Fountain Valley have looked forward to the Fire Department’s annual open house, traditionally held on a Saturday in early October as part of Fire Prevention Week.
  The Fire Department raises the big doors at either Station One on Bushard Street or Station Two on Newhope Street and invites residents to get an up-close look at all of its firefighting equipment, fire trucks and ambulances.
  Kids can dress up in full firefighting turnout gear and pose for photos. The
  
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• California to issue theme park reopening guidelines this week, state officials say

  01-10-2020 20:38
  
  California plans to issue reopening guidelines this week that will allow Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and other theme parks in the state to resume operations after more than six months of coronavirus closures, according to state officials.
  Reopening guidelines for California theme parks will be issued this week, according to Jesse Melgar, press secretary for Gov. Gavin Newsom. Theme park reopening guidelines may vary by county, according to Melgar.
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• Anaheim briefs: Festival to go, Halloween plans and more

  01-10-2020 20:35
  
  St. John’s Greek Fest is serving to-go this year
  St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church’s Orange County Greek Fest is now the OC Greekfesti-GO!!
  Experience the flavors of Greece and enjoy the very best of authentic Greek food the St. John’s community serves each year, but from home.
  This year’s event on Oct. 10 and 11 is meeting all the guidelines of coronavirus safety. You will be able to pre-order online at ocgreekfest.com or order on the day of at the church, 405 N
  
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• California governor vetoes bill aimed at better tracking millions spent on homelessness

  01-10-2020 20:31
  
  California has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into battling homelessness, and yet the number of people living on the streets shot up 16 percent last year.
  A bill by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Woodland Hills, aimed to better understand how those dollars are spent — and zero in on what works and what doesn’t — by creating a uniform data-collection system that could be used to craft better outcomes. It sailed through the Legislature without a single no vote and landed on
  
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• NBA Finals: 4 lessons from an emphatic Lakers win in Game 1

  01-10-2020 20:27
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Thursday, Oct. 1 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 game reveals the truth.
  There can be speculating and build-up, and questioning about mind games and history, but as Frank Vogel said on Wednesday night, the actual game is played between the lines. And the
  
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• For Laguna Woods artist, masks evoke history, culture

  01-10-2020 19:45
  
  Riki Bagish, 12, and Rio Bagish, 8, work on clay masks on grandma Julie Bagish and grandpa Martin Bagish’s patio. (Photos courtesy of Julie Bagish)
  Riki Bagish, 12, displays his finished mask, made with the assistance of his grandmother, Julie Bagish, of Laguna Woods. (Courtesy Julie Bagish)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsRio Bagish, 8, decorates her clay mask. (Courtesy of Julie Bagish)
  Three masks made by Riki Bagish, 12, and Rio Bagish, 8. Julie, Bagish, a ceramicist in Laguna Woo
  
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• SpaceX satellite launch scrubbed 18 seconds before liftoff

  01-10-2020 19:40
  
  HAWTHORNE — A SpaceX satellite launch from Cape Canaveral was scrubbed Thursday morning because of a sensor reading, according to the Hawthorne-based company.
  “Standing down from today’s Starlink mission due to an out of family ground system sensor reading,” the company announced, without immediately going into details. SpaceX noted that it “will announce a new target launch date once confirmed on the Range.”
  The launch was aborted just 18 seconds before lifto
  
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• Dunn: Newport Sports Museum, mentoring youth are part of John Hamilton’s legacy

  01-10-2020 19:29
  
  Visiting John Hamilton’s Newport Sports Museum was a throwback to yesteryear, one of the world’s greatest collections of sports memorabilia, but also a perfect place for special events, youth field trips and home to some of the most prestigious trophies of our time.
  During the two decades it was open to the public, in a building near Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Hamilton insisted on providing museum programs for at-risk youth, such as the Legacy Leadership Project, Athlete Outrea
  
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• Bob Hope’s former Palm Springs home seeks $1.5 million

  01-10-2020 19:19
  
  A plaque identifies the home’s former owners as Bob and Dolores Hope. (Photo by Chris Miller)
  The living room. (Photo by Chris Miller)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe kitchen. (Photo by Chris Miller)
  The dining room. (Photo by Chris Miller)
  Walls of glass offer a view of the covered patio and pool. (Photo by Chris Miller)
  A poolside view of the house. (Photo by Chris Miller)
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  A Palm Springs home once owned by legendary comedian Bob Hope and his wife, Dolores,
  
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• Drummond: New carts at Black Gold Golf Club will have more drive

  01-10-2020 19:13
  
  Yorba Linda’s city-owned Black Gold Golf Club is replacing a four-year-old golf cart fleet with 86 lithium battery-powered carts and four other vehicles for $585,000, which includes the trade-in value of the older carts with lead acid batteries.
  Lithium batteries “have become the new standard for golf cart fleets,” said a report from Parks and Recreation Director Mike Kudron, who added such carts can be charged in about four hours.
  Kudron noted the warranty on the “aging&
  
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• Laguna Woods: Meet the candidates vying for City Council

  01-10-2020 19:12
  
  Laguna Woods residents will vote Nov. 3 to elect three City Council members. Here are the five at-large candidates: Cynthia Conners (incumbent), Noel Hatch (incumbent), Shari L. Horne (incumbent), Kathryn Robbins and Judith P. Troutman.
  Cynthia Conners
  CYNTHIA CONNERS
  Years in Laguna Woods:  14
  Education:  BA, UCLA 1970; JD, UCLA Law 1983
  Occupation/Business experience: US Army, 1975-1985, served as a JAG officer with the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Litigation attorney in San
  
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• The undeniably biased national media: John Stossel

  01-10-2020 18:41
  
  “A pioneer devoted to equality.”
  That was The Washington Post’s headline about Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  But when Justice Antonin Scalia died, the headline was, “Supreme Court conservative dismayed liberals.”
  When the founder of ISIS was killed, the headline was: “Austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies.”
  But when President Donald Trump’s brother died, the headline was, “younger brother of President Trump who filed lawsuit against
  
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• Diagnosing dead or brown spots on a lawn and how to make them green again

  01-10-2020 18:26
  
  Q: I put in new sod a couple of years ago in my backyard and it has performed well until the last several months when it developed dead spots. It seems to be coming back with a little extra watering and seeding, but I wonder what caused them and how they can be prevented.
  A: Dead or brown spots in a lawn can be caused by several different things. The most common reason for brown grass is sprinkler malfunction. Automatic sprinklers need to be inspected frequently to ensure they are not clogged or
  
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• Newspapers get extra year to meet new delivery restrictions under AB 5

  01-10-2020 18:22
  
  A bill granting the newspaper industry an extra year to meet new labor standards was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
  Assembly Bill 323, authored by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, gives the industry time to figure out how to mesh the state’s controversial Assembly Bill 5 with longstanding newspaper delivery practices. Originally, AB 323 offered a two-year grace period.
  The bill, dubbed the “Save Local Journalism Act,” passed the state A
  
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• Ham it up with this pork-focused food event that returns to LA this month

  01-10-2020 18:22
  
  Pork-loving chefs will ham it up for five nights, cooking some of the most delicious pigs in the world from snout to tail as part of a traveling food event that comes to Los Angeles Oct. 13-17.
  Tickets are on sale for Cochon555, which returns to the city as a multi-day event that, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has been temporarily re-branded as Carryout With Cochon555.
  “It’s supporting local restaurants; it’s supporting local farmers,” said Brett Friedman, CEO an
  
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• Where to watch football at Southern California casinos during the pandemic

  01-10-2020 18:20
  
  Not much has been normal about life in Southern California since mid-March because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but one thing that arrived as scheduled is football season.
  While many fans probably won’t be able to see their favorite teams in person this year, they can still watch the games on TV. For those who want to beat pandemic-induced cabin fever and see a game anywhere else than home, Southern California’s casinos are an option.
  Many of the casinos are showing the games o
  
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• Google to pay $1 billion over 3 years for news content

  01-10-2020 18:13
  
  By Kelvin Chan | The Associated Press
  Google will pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for their content, the company’s latest effort to diffuse tensions over its dominance of the news industry.
  The company said Thursday that it has signed agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications in Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and Australia.
  “This financial commitment – our biggest to date – will pay publishers to create and
  
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• Friends, family publish book to honor TV writer who died

  01-10-2020 18:02
  
  Now that he is gone, all the stories can come out.
  Some are about Jim Pond, and they’re fun … like the time he dreamed up the idea of leaving his job at Toyota in Torrance to become a television writer over drinks at happy hour at the Velvet Turtle … or the time Pond and Will Fuller dug in the trash cans at Paramount Pictures and stole scripts (so they could learn how to write them).
  Some are dark … like the clues found in his Costa Mesa home when Pond died suddenly in
  
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• Kenley Jansen delivered with nervous Dodgers social media on pins and needles

  01-10-2020 17:43
  
  Nobody draws more social media reaction and emojis than Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen when he takes the mound in a save situation.
  During Game 1 of the best-of-three National League wild card series against the Milwaukee Brewers was no different. Jansen was summoned to close the ninth inning with a 4-2 lead, and Dodgers social media showed their nerves ….The assortment of gifs this tweet has attracted is both deep and varied. Good on you, Dodgers Twitter. https://t.co/qf8EnTqNC0
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• Fred Jung, Nick Dunlap and Bruce Whitaker for Fullerton City Council

  01-10-2020 17:33
  
  Three Fullerton council seats are up for election on the November ballot.  We endorse Fred Jung, Nick Dunlap and Bruce Whitaker.
  District 1: Fred Jung
  In District 1, local business owners Fred Jung and Andrew Cho come across as credible and realistic in their approach to the office.
  Both candidates see eye-to-eye on a number of issues.
  They both oppose Measure S, recognize the need to confront the city’s pension liabilities and understand that the city shouldn’t unnecessarily hi
  
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• For homeowners, saving a down payment is only the start

  01-10-2020 17:30
  
  By Sara Rathner  | NerdWallet
  If you’re saving for your first home, there’s no shortage of advice out there — some of it questionable, even if you do have an avocado toast habit. Still, it’s true that your down payment may be the biggest check you ever write.
  But once you move in, it’s also true that the cash tends to just keep flying out of your bank account like that money-with-wings emoji. If you drain your savings on closing day, you’ll have to delay
  
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• The proper and limited role of a Supreme Court justice: Walter Williams

  01-10-2020 17:21
  
  The United States Constitution’s Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2, provides that the president of the United States “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States.”
  President Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett as the U.S. Supreme Court justice who will replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Barrett currently serve
  
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• No Doubt talks ‘Tragic Kingdom’ at 25: The tears, tours and triumphs behind the classic album

  01-10-2020 17:16
  
  On Oct. 10, 1995, No Doubt’s third album, “Tragic Kingdom,” was released.
  The Anaheim-based band — comprised of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, drummer Adrian Young, bassist Tony Kanal, trombonist Gabrial McNair and trumpeter Stephen Bradley — feared that the record would never see the light of day. The label had gone through some changes and they’d been shuffled in and out of nearly a dozen Los Angeles area recording studios during the album-maki
  
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• NFL postpones Titans vs. Steelers game after more positive COVID-19 tests

  01-10-2020 17:03
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL postponed Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers game at Tennessee until later in the season after one additional Titans player and one personnel member tested positive for COVID-19.
  The announcement Thursday came one day after the league said it hoped to play the game on Monday or Tuesday. The NFL said a new game date would be announced “shortly.”
  “The decision to postpone the game was made to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches and ga
  
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• Morning Wrap: Big night for LA with Lakers, Dodgers playoff victories

  01-10-2020 16:28
  
  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 beat Heat in NBA Finals series opener, Game 2 on Friday.
  Lakers wallop the Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals
  LeBron, extremely serious in this postgame, said even without fans, it felt “great” to be back in the Finals and that he’s preparing for it for
  
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• How ‘Good Lord Bird’ brought Ethan Hawke and its young star to John Brown’s rebellion

  01-10-2020 16:04
  
  Ethan Hawke loved James McBride’s National Book Award-winning 2013 novel The Good Lord Bird, but when he read it he also knew he wanted to see it in a different medium.McBride’s story of John Brown and his efforts to end slavery both in Kansas and at Harper’s Ferry brings the author’s unique voice and humor to the famous events, telling the tale through the eyes of Onion, a young boy who finds himself under Brown’s care while dressing as a girl to survive. 
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• Asian Americans still being targeted in Covid-related hate incidents

  01-10-2020 16:00
  
  The disturbing uptick in Covid-related hate incidents directed at Asian Americans — and clashes that have arisen during demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd — will be keys to a virtual community meeting to be led next week by the Orange County Human Relations Commission.
  Since March, when Californians began to feel the social and economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, OC Human Relations and other  groups have tracked a rise in local attacks on Asian
  
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• Another California theme park reopens for Halloween event

  01-10-2020 15:14
  
  Legoland California will partially reopen without rides for a new Halloween event as shuttered California theme parks continue to find ways to swing open their gates while awaiting promised guidelines from the state that will allow them to return to full operations.
  The new Halloween in Miniland event will run on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Oct. 2 to 31 at the Carlsbad theme park.
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• US layoffs remain elevated as 837,000 seek jobless aid

  01-10-2020 15:03
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer.
  The Labor Department’s report, released Thursday, suggests that companies are still cutting a historically high number of jobs, though the weekly numbers have become less reliable as states have increased their efforts to root out fraud
  
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• Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble

  01-10-2020 14:53
  
  By MARIA CHENG and LORI HINNANT | Associated Press
  LONDON — An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world’s poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines themselves — and is running into skepticism even from some of those it’s intended to help most.
  In one of the biggest obstacles, rich countries have locked up most of the world’s potential vaccine supply through 2021, and the U.S. an
  
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• Dodgers’ first win in Wild Card Series soothes nerves, momentarily

  01-10-2020 09:36
  
  OK, Dodger fans, take a deep breath. The madness may be just beginning.
  This may, in fact, be the biggest curse of this manic best-of-three round that hopefully will be gone after this season: By the time a team merely gets to the Division Series, their fans may already be nervous wrecks.
  This 4-2 victory over Milwaukee in Game 1 of the lightning round was typical Dodger playoff baseball in a sense: Squander chances to put it away early, turn meek against the opposing team’s bullpen in the
  
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• Brewers’ Brent Suter melts down, Dodgers take advantage in Game 1

  01-10-2020 08:44
  
  Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brent Suter is one of two active major league players who attended Harvard University. He was a dual major in environmental science and public policy. The space between his ears contains multitudes and, for a time Wednesday night, Suter couldn’t escape it.
  Chosen at the last minute to start Game 1 of the National League Wild Card series against the Dodgers, Suter faced 13 batters and recorded only five outs. He walked five Dodgers, including two with the bases loa
  
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• Photos: Dodgers relievers, Seager take care of Brewers in Game 1 of Wild Card Series

  01-10-2020 07:58
  
  Take a look at the photos from Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series between the Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The Dodgers won 4-2 as Corey Seager hit a solo home run and the Dodgers relievers didn’t allow a run over the final five innings. Game 2 of the series is Thursday at 7 p.m.
  
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• Dodgers edge Brewers in Game 1 with strong pitching effort

  01-10-2020 07:41
  
  The Dodgers’ Corey Seager #5 is congratulated by Justin Turner #10 after hitting a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning during game one of their best-of-three National League Wild Card Series against the Brewers at Dodger Stadium, Wednesday, September 30, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Dodger pitcher Julio Urias #7 during game one of their best-of-three National League Wild Card Series against the Brewers at Dodger Stadium, Wednesday, September 30, 202
  
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• Miami Heat reeling after injury-plagued blowout loss to Lakers in Game 1

  01-10-2020 07:15
  
  Your team just got walloped in the opening game of the NBA Finals, with injuries to three of your stars added to the insult — what can you say?
  “Right now, it doesn’t really matter what you say,” Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra said after his team dropped Game 1, 116-98, a margin that doesn’t reflect how lopsided it was. “We get to work and get together tomorrow.”
  The most pressing problem for the Heat has to do with personnel. Big man Bam Adebayo played
  
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• Watch: Corey Seager hit 447-foot HR in Dodgers’ win over Brewers

  01-10-2020 07:00
  
  Corey Seager’s 447-foot home run added to the Dodgers’ lead in the bottom of the seventh and secured the 4-2 victory. The Dodgers lead the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL wild-card series.Seager. Yard. pic.twitter.com/VrHyf1aM1Q
  — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 1, 2020 
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• Lakers look down on Miami in more ways than one

  01-10-2020 06:44
  
  No doubt Miami’s players are familiar with stretching.
  Whether they can do enough stretching to justify the continuation of the NBA Finals is not known.
  Can Bam Adebayo, 6-foot-9, be stretched, manually or otherwise, to see eye-to-eye with the Lakers? Can Jimmy Butler, 6-foot-7, spend Thursday on some sort of a rack?
  Would helium help?
  Probably not. The Heat’s growth chart, so impressive during playoff series against Indiana, Milwaukee and Boston, wound up in the shredder against the
  
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• Earthquake swarm hits south of the Salton Sea

  01-10-2020 06:22
  
  MECCA — A swarm of earthquakes, the largest of which had a 4.9 magnitude, hit south of the Salton Sea in Imperial County on Wednesday afternoon, sending light shaking into Riverside County.
  In a two-and-a-half hour span, 45 earthquakes of at least a 3.0 magnitude struck the Westmorland area, according to seismologist Lucy Jones, formerly of the U.S. Geological Survey.
  The first quake, which had a 3.0 magnitude, struck at 4 p.m., and the 4.9 magnitude quake struck at 5:31 p.m., the U.S. Geo
  
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