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• Inglewood parents hope, pray daughters receive bone marrow transplant

  12-11-2020 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  This was going to be a great year.
  Dennis and Destiny Van Sciver, an Inglewood couple who have been married 10 years, had planned to renew their wedding vows in Mexico. They bought the dress, the suit and the plane tickets.
  Both Van Scivers were in line for big promotions. Dennis sells steak to restaurants and grocery stores. He was offered a position where he would be in charge of sales in California, Texas, Washington, Oregon and New York. Destiny, a social worker, was offered a position as su
  
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• Bubble Watch: 33% of Southern California homebuyers paying above list price

  12-11-2020 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: One-third of Southern California homebuyers are paying above the seller’s asking price.
  Source: Zillow
  The Trend
  The above-ask trend is a sharp increase from last fall. In September, 33% of homes sold above list price in both Los Angeles-Orange County and the Inland Empire. A year earlier, it was 21% in L.A.-O.C. and 16% in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
  Nationally, 22
  
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• Republican Janet Nguyen declares victory over Democrat Diedre Nguyen in race for 72nd Assembly District

  12-11-2020 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Republican Janet Nguyen has defeated Democrat Diedre Nguyen in the race to represent the 72nd Assembly District, keeping the open seat under GOP control.
  “I’m extremely humbled and honored that the voters of the 72nd Assembly District have trusted me to be their voice in Sacramento,” Janet Nguyen said Thursday, Nov. 12. “Now that the campaign is behind us,  I am ready to get to work immediately on behalf of the residents of our district.”
  Diedre Nguyen conceded
  
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• US ties Wales 0-0 as Gio Reyna follows in parents’ shoes

  12-11-2020 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Gio Reyna followed his father and mother onto U.S. national soccer teams, showing an insightful passing ability similar to his dad’s, and the Americans tied Wales 0-0 in an exhibition at Swansea on Thursday night.
  The match ended a 10-month layoff caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
  Reyna, who has received regular playing time at Borussia Dortmund, debuted a day before his 18th birthday. His distribution keyed the U.S. attack, much the way former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna did for many of
  
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• Disney CEO ‘extremely disappointed’ Disneyland remains closed by California’s ‘arbitrary standard’

  12-11-2020 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney CEO Bob Chapek says he is “extremely disappointed” that Disneyland remains closed after nearly eight months by an “arbitrary standard” in COVID-19 state guidelines established by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.
  “Unfortunately, we’re extremely disappointed that the state of California continues to keep Disneyland closed,” Chapek said on the call. “Frankly, as we and other civic leaders have stated before, we believe state
  
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• Coronavirus: 295 new cases, six new deaths reported in Orange County on Nov. 12

  12-11-2020 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 295 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, Nov.12, increasing the cumulative total to 63,460 cases.
  An estimated 3,742 cases have been recorded in the last 14 days.
  Six new deaths were reported by the county on Thursday, raising the total number of reported deaths to 1,520.
  Of the cumulative 1,520 deaths reported from the virus, 581 were skilled nursing facility residents, 121 were in assisted living facilities and five were listed as homeless.
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• Protected: Local businesses leverage new technologies to adapt to COVID, interact with customers

  12-11-2020 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
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• LAFC’s Diego Rossi named MLS MVP finalist

  12-11-2020 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Diego Rossi won the MLS is Back Golden Boot as the tournament’s highest goal-scorer during the summer.
  Sunday, he captured the regular-season award as well. Rossi, 22, finished with 14 goals and became the youngest player in MLS history to capture the Golden Boot. He played in 19 of LAFC’s 22 games this season.
  “As a forward, you always want to score and you always want to help the team in that way,” Rossi said. “You have to work hard for that, improve yourself, and
  
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• Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Friday, Nov. 13

  12-11-2020 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, Nov. 13 for horse racing at Del Mar.
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• The Latest: Woods off to bogey-free start in Masters defense

  12-11-2020 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
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  Tiger Woods has always been a notoriously slow starter at Augusta National, even while winning five green jackets. Not this year.
  The defending champion shot a bogey-free, 4-under 68 in the opening round of the Masters, leaving him three shots off the lead and very much in contention for a record-tying sixth title.
  It was a big surprise, considering the lackluster form Woods had s
  
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• SeaWorld and Legoland trim operations as San Diego moves backward in coronavirus fight

  12-11-2020 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  SeaWorld San Diego and Legoland California will be forced to reclose their indoor aquarium exhibits after San Diego County moved into a stricter COVID-19 tier in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
  San Diego County’s backward move into the state’s most restrictive purple/widespread tier 1 risk level starting on Saturday, Nov. 14 will shutter indoor aquarium exhibits at SeaWorld and Legoland.
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• Nearby snow resorts announce opening dates; Mountain High delays because of positive COVID test

  12-11-2020 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a winter wonderland at local mountain resorts, with most getting lifts ready to take snowboarders and skiers to their slopes.
  But Mountain High in Wrightwood has announced it is postponing its opening day because an employee tested positive for coronavirus.
  The delay showcases complications snow resorts may face as they prepare to welcome thousands of visitors to their mountain playgrounds.
  “We had an employee test positive for COVID-19 and we are currently following protocols f
  
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• Nearby snow resorts announce opening dates; Mountain High delays after positive COVID tests

  12-11-2020 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a winter wonderland at local mountain resorts, with most getting lifts ready to take snowboarders and skiers to their slopes.
  But Mountain High in Wrightwood announced Thursday, Nov. 12,  it had postponed its opening day because four employees have tested positive for coronavirus.
  The delay showcases complications snow resorts may face as they prepare to welcome thousands of visitors to their mountain playgrounds.
  Mountain resorts across the state and country, including Mountain
  
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• The Latest: Paul Casey shoots 65 in major Masters turnaround

  12-11-2020 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
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  What a difference a year — well, actually 19 months — makes for Paul Casey.
  The 43-year-old Englishman is leading the Masters after shooting a 7-under 65 in the opening round.
  In 2019, Casey shot 86 and 82 to badly miss the cut. But he turned things around in his return to Augusta National, which was delayed for seven months by the coronavirus pandemic.
  Starting on the
  
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• Wall Street scuffles as worsening pandemic slows its rally

  12-11-2020 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise | The Associated Press
  U.S. stocks were broadly lower Thursday amid worries about worsening coronavirus counts across the country.
  The S&P 500 was 1.3% lower in late afternoon trading, a rare stumble in what’s been a banner month for the benchmark index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 424 points, or 1.24%, at 28,977, as of 2:50 p.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.9%.
  Markets around the world are taking a pause after gallopin
  
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• Becerra, Padilla early favorites to succeed Sen. Kamala Harris

  12-11-2020 21:37 via ocregister.com
  
  With Kamala Harris the vice president-elect of the United States, many Californians wonder who Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint as the state’s new junior U.S. senator.
  An early favorite is Xavier Becerra, the state attorney general ironically first named to his current job by ex-Gov. Jerry Brown to replace Harris when she left her state office to join the Senate four years ago. Becerra in 2018 won election on his own and likely could serve another six years as the state’s top law enfor
  
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• Pilot dies in plane crash near Whiteman Airport in Pacoima

  12-11-2020 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A small airplane crashed into a neighborhood just short of Whiteman Airport in Pacoima on Thursday, Nov. 12, killing the pilot with the aircraft bursting into flames and setting several cars ablaze.
  Few recognizable plane parts were visible.
  The unidentified crashed on approach to the airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.#PlaneCrash @LAFD on scene of small plane crash right off the runway in Pacoima, unknown how many souls on board. Fire engulfed several parked cars
  
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• What’s next for backyard Matterhorn coaster builders? Disneyland’s Big Thunder, Splash and Space Mountains

  12-11-2020 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Aspiring Imagineer Sean LaRochelle and his team of 30 collaborators built a 26-foot-tall backyard version of Disneyland’s Matterhorn roller coaster that has become a viral sensation, but the amateur ride makers aren’t done yet.
  LaRochelle plans to keep expanding on the project in his parents’ Napa backyard and eventually build the entire Disneyland mountain range of rides — Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain and Space Mountain.
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• Orange High debuts first S.T.E.M. building of OUSD’s Measure S-funded projects

  12-11-2020 21:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The initial phase of a $288 million Measure S renovation program involving four high schools in the Orange Unified School District has completed its first project.
  Starting Nov. 16, Orange High School students will have access to a newly constructed $52.4 million S.T.E.M. complex, featuring technologically advanced science labs and classrooms, along with well-equipped teaching spaces for students with special needs.
  People tour the new Panther Pavilion, the Orange High School Measure S STEM Comp
  
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• Prop. 19: Voters extend Prop. 13 property tax breaks for older owners

  12-11-2020 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By Elliot Spagat | The Associated Press
  California voters gave the state’s landmark 1978 law to limit property taxes a makeover Wednesday, passing a measure that gives exemptions to older homeowners, the disabled and wildfire victims and strips breaks from people who inherit homes but don’t live in them.
  Proposition 19 received 51% of the more than 15.3 million votes cast, giving a big victory to the California Association of Realtors, which made major changes to a similar initiative
  
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• The Latest: Larry Mize breaks par for 1st time since 2009

  12-11-2020 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
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  Larry Mize got into red numbers early. More surprising is a late string of birdies that gave him a 2-under 70.
  Not bad for a 62-year-old former champion. It was the first time in 11 years that Mize broke par at Augusta National. He shot 67 in 2009 and tied for 30th that year.
  Mize won the 1987 Masters in a playoff when he holed a 140-foot chip on the 11th hole to beat Greg Norman.
  
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• Bidding wars, outdated appraisals hamstring first-time homebuyers

  12-11-2020 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s like quicksand for most first-time buyers. Bidding competition is as fierce as ever. Larger down payments and all-cash buyers are winning those bidding wars. No-sale again and again.
  Talk about discouraging.
  After a while, it becomes so demoralizing, some just give up on their homeownership dreams.
  One reason homebuying is so challenging is the inventory of homes for sale is perhaps at the lowest point ever. Property hoarding further depresses that inventory number: Why should real es
  
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• USC prepares for first road trip amid nationwide COVID-19 spikes

  12-11-2020 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  This week has been a devastating one for college football as it attempts to hold its season in the midst of a pandemic. As COVID-19 cases have surged nationwide, the increase has been reflected on college rosters.
  Four SEC games have been canceled or postponed this week due to positive tests and contact tracing. No. 3 Ohio State’s game against Maryland won’t be played this weekend due to spread on the Terrapin roster. And California is staring down its second consecutive cancellation
  
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• USC prepares for first road trip amid COVID-19 spikes

  12-11-2020 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  This week has been a devastating one for college football as it attempts to hold its season in the midst of a pandemic. As COVID-19 cases have surged nationwide, the increase has been reflected on college rosters.
  Four SEC games have been canceled or postponed this week due to positive tests and contact tracing. No. 3 Ohio State’s game against Maryland won’t be played this weekend due to spread on the Terrapin roster. And California is staring down its second consecutive cancellation
  
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• The Masters: Tiger Woods off to strong start in title defense

  12-11-2020 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the Masters, the final golf major of the year (all times EST):
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  Tiger Woods is off to a strong start in defense of his Masters championship.
  Starting on the back nine, Woods birdied both par-5s and added another on the par-3 16th to make the turn with a 3-under 33.
  He made another birdie at No. 1, dropping his score to 4 under. He is two strokes behind leader Paul Casey in a storm-delayed opening round.
  Woods has been a notoriously slow starte
  
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• Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski tests positive for COVID

  12-11-2020 20:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski has tested positive for the coronavirus.
  Lewandowski recently traveled to Pennsylvania to assist Trump’s efforts to contest the state’s election results. He said Thursday he believes he was infected in Philadelphia and he’s not experiencing any symptoms.
  Lewandowski appeared with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani at an event last Saturday outside a landscaping company and lobbed unfounded accusations of voter fraud as the race was called for Trump&rsquo
  
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• Review: Fried chicken for the whole family, plus cocktails

  12-11-2020 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s dark outside. The phone rings. “Hello?” I mute the television that’s been tuned to the election returns all night. 
  “Hi. It’s your driver with DoorDash. I’m almost at your front door with your food from Tavern House. However, the restaurant just called to tell me they forgot to put your cocktails in the bag. So I’ll drop off your dinner, but I’ll have to go back for the drinks.” 
  More from Brad A. JohnsonWhere to find the
  
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• Anaheim briefs: Muzeo Express chugs back into Anaheim for holidays

  12-11-2020 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The always popular Muzeo Express will have an opening party on Nov. 15.
  An annual tradition, the miniature train display will be returning for the upcoming season. The opening party will be 2 to 4 p.m. and will feature hot cocoa and cookies outside in the Carnegie Plaza and socially distanced VIP access to the whimsical installation.  There will be a scavenger hunt and free craft giveaway.
  Also, William Camargo’s “Origins & Displacements” is an outdoor installation tha
  
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• Daxon: After the election, Brea’s City Council gets back to business

  12-11-2020 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  This was quite an election season, but fortunately the Brea City Council race wasn’t rift with ugly rants and hate mailers.
  Thank you to all four candidates for running classy campaigns.
  With council members Christine Marick and Marty Simonoff re-elected – Marick for her third term and Simonoff for his seventh term – we have retained an experienced council, important for these challenging times.
  “The greatest challenge facing the city will be the continued navigation thro
  
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• Post-election warfare clouds chances for COVID relief bill in Congress

  12-11-2020 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden’s top allies on Capitol Hill adopted a combative posture on COVID-19 relief on Thursday, accusing Washington Republicans of dragging their feet in acknowledging Biden’s victory while doubling down on a $2 trillion-plus relief bill that’s a nonstarter with congressional Republicans.
  The message from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. — both o
  
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• Laguna Woods’ United board looks back at work during unusual year

  12-11-2020 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Members of the United Mutual board touted their top accomplishments of the year — committee by committee — during their 45th annual meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10.
  “Today we are celebrating a year of hard work under difficult circumstances” said President Sue Margolis. “We’ve had a number of crises to deal with — COVID-19, insurance and malware.”
  Margolis recognized that due to notable setbacks, the board may not have accomplished as much as it had plann
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: Some options for picking up Thanksgiving dinner 🦃

  12-11-2020 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here. 
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  Customers can order take-out Thanksgiving feasts with turkey or ham from Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que. (Photo courtesy of Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que)
  If you’re seeking a big Thanksgiving meal but also want to stay socially distanced from your oven and kitchen tools, Fielding Buck may have the solution for you.
  He has compiled a list of chain resta
  
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• Fall Fotofest is picture perfect

  12-11-2020 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain Valley families had the opportunity to create some Halloween memories recently at the Fountain Valley Historical Society’s first-ever “Fall FotoFest.”
  Heritage Park, which the Historical Society maintains, was turned into a fun outdoor photo studio with nearly a dozen fall backdrops – some scary and some not so scary – where families could pose for cell phone and camera selfies.
  Social distancing was kept in mind as an estimated 200 people traveled through
  
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• Little Onion Mexican Restaurant’s Irvine location closes

  12-11-2020 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  The second location of Little Onion Mexican Restaurant has closed after being open a little less than a year. Its last service was Sunday, Nov. 8.
  Owner Lori Reich Rowe said she fought really hard to stay open but timing was everything. “It’s due to COVID,” she said. “It’s the loss of business for full service restaurants with reduced dining room capacity. We’re getting into the colder months and it’s going to get worse because nobody’s going to wa
  
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• Drummond: Placentia-Yorba Linda district conducts survey to guide future

  12-11-2020 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Results from a survey of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District parents, students and employees, supplemented by focus group meetings and one-on-one interviews, will serve as a guide to build on the district’s strengths and confront issues and needs in the near future.
  The information gained will aid newly named Superintendent Jim Elsasser, who is scheduled to begin work Jan. 4. The nine-year leader of the Claremont Unified School District will replace the retiring Greg Plutko, who
  
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• Armenians protest Nagorno-Karabakh truce terms for a 3rd day

  12-11-2020 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By AVET DEMOURIAN | Associated Press
  YEREVAN, Armenia — Thousands massed Thursday in Armenia’s capital to protest the terms of a cease-fire agreement that gave territorial concessions to Azerbaijan in the long-running conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
  The rally marked the third straight day of demonstrations triggered by the truce to halt more than six weeks of deadly fighting between the two ex-Soviet nations. Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has
  
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• Laguna Woods Village to heed state, county pandemic guidelines

  12-11-2020 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Upon expiration of the original, mutualwide COVID-19 restrictions, the Golden Rain Foundation announced that it will officially be following state and county guidance pertaining to the pandemic, during a regular meeting of the board Wednesday, Nov. 4.
  GRF adopted its own temporary rules on an emergent basis in June; these were modified in July, ratified in August and expired in late October.
  The public health guidelines, as ordered by the state Department of Public Health, relate to three critic
  
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• Angels hire Perry Minasian as new general manager

  12-11-2020 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels on Thursday hired Perry Minasian, who spent the past three years as the Atlanta Braves assistant general manager, to be their new general manager.
  Minasian replaces Billy Eppler, who was fired as GM after the Angels’ fifth consecutive losing season. The team then opened up a wide-ranging search that saw them interview at least 16 candidates before deciding on Minasian.
  Minasian, 40, began his life in baseball helping his father, who was the Texas Rangers clubhouse manager. Minas
  
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• UCLA vs. Utah game has hurdles to clear before Saturday

  12-11-2020 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  There are still a few more tests to take before Utah can board a plane for Los Angeles on Friday in preparation for Saturday’s game against UCLA at 7:30 p.m. at the Rose Bowl.
  Utah had to cancel last week’s season opener against Arizona because multiple players on its football team and some staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
  Utes coach Kyle Whittingham said earlier in the week that the coronavirus fallout “decimated” two of their position groups.
  While who will be
  
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• To tackle bias, conservatives should leave Big Tech platforms

  12-11-2020 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Facebook and Twitter continue to draw the ire of conservatives over their actions against President Trump and other conservative voice’s tweets about voting and the election process during what has turned out to be a highly contentious election.
  If there’s one thing that’s clear in the cacophony of complaints about the media’s anti-conservative bias and even the allegations of election interference that have surfaced in the aftermath, it’s that conservatives have a
  
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• Passenger sick with COVID-19 on first cruise since pandemic lockdown

  12-11-2020 18:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By Danica Coto | The Associated Press
  One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after one passenger fell ill and is believed to have COVID-19, officials said Thursday.
  The SeaDream is carrying 53 passengers and 66 crew, with the majority of passengers hailing from the U.S. according to Sue Bryant, who is aboard the ship and is a cruise editor for The Times and The Sunday Times in Britain.
  She told The Associated Press that one pas
  
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• What to do with a 20-year-old plant that’s brown on the inside, green on the outside

  12-11-2020 18:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I have a bush that has a lot of brown leaves and branches. These are toward the middle of the plant—the outermost part is still green. The bush is over 20 years old. Is there a way to freshen up my shrub and get rid of the brown dead stuff?
  A: Sometimes you can renew an older perennial by well-timed pruning. Almost all perennials that reach a certain age will start to develop an ugly woody interior. At first, it isn’t that noticeable but eventually the dead part starts to overwhel
  
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• California needs school choice, not affirmative action

  12-11-2020 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  On Election Day, Californians voted against re-instituting affirmative action in public education, employment, and contracting.
  The failure of Proposition 16 is the latest chapter in the state’s affirmative action saga: legal through the 60s, 70s, and 80s, banned in 1996 via Proposition 209, and the subject of multiple legislative and legal challenges since then. Prop 16’s failure has no doubt left many affirmative action advocates disappointed, perhaps especially because it will mak
  
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• South Bronx restaurant turns into soup kitchen to help poor

  12-11-2020 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By CLAUDIA TORRENS | Associated Press
  NEW YORK — The special dish at La Morada, a small Mexican restaurant in the Bronx, varies from day to day: Perhaps it’s enfrijoladas, handmade tortillas covered with black bean sauce and pico de gallo. Or beef with a side salad.
  One thing doesn’t change: It’s free.
  The family-run restaurant, which opened in 2009 and has won Michelin acclaim for its Oaxacan food, has also served as a soup kitchen during the pandemic. In addition to ser
  
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• Votes show we’re deeply divided; where do we go from here?

  12-11-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Joe Biden has won the presidency of the United States but will lead a country both deeply divided and disappointed: Republicans upset that President Donald Trump lost while many Democrats are upset that the race was far too close.
  Nearly 50 percent of American voters cast a ballot for Trump – more than 70 million. This is the second highest number of votes ever for a presidential candidate, right behind Biden’s count of at least 75 million. It appears half the country supports a cand
  
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• The mystery of the Realtor lockbox revealed

  12-11-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When you’re working with an agent to list your house for sale, she’ll most likely use a modern, Bluetooth enabled, lockbox to manage access to your house while it is on the market.
  This high-tech tool can set the time when your house key can be retrieved, records the person who accessed the box, and records when the key was returned.
  Visiting agents can even log their clients’ comments about the home and their level of interest.
  If your house is not listed with an agent, you ca
  
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• Hoornstra: In defense of a Yu Darvish-less Cy Young Award ballot

  12-11-2020 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Back in July, I asked Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler what it would mean to win a Cy Young Award after a 60-game season. He said it didn’t matter.
  “Individual stuff, more than normal, takes a back seat this year,” he said.
  It’s not as if Buehler didn’t have skin in the game. Two oddsmakers emailed me their handicaps of the NL Cy Young race before the season began. One pegged Buehler third, the other fourth. He was a legitimate candidate to win the award given annuall
  
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• 5 ways to photograph your garden to see it with a fresh perspective

  12-11-2020 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By KATHERINE ROTH
  The coronavirus has led more people to spend time outdoors, and many find themselves walking the same paths and gazing at the same trees or shrubs day after day.
  Author and self-taught landscape photographer Larry Lederman suggests looking at your surroundings anew by turning a camera on them. Fall and winter, he says, are the perfect time to take up landscape photography.
  There’s the gorgeous fall foliage but also the beauty of the bare trees and their shapes. Lederman s
  
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• Biden moves forward without help from Trump’s intel team

  12-11-2020 15:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEB RIECHMANN | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence.
  Clinton was a Democrat and his vice president, Al Gore, was running against Republican Bush. Gore had been reading the so-called President’s Daily Brief for eight years; Clinton decided to bring Bush into the fold in case he
  
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• 709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates

  12-11-2020 15:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | AP Economics Writer
  WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly healing.
  The figures coincide with a sharp resurgence in confirmed viral infections to an all-time high above 120,000 a day. Cases are rising in 49 states, and deaths are increasing in 39. The nation has now recorded 240,000 virus-related deaths and 10.
  
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