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• Horse racing: Cedillo, Baltas take top honors at Del Mar

  03-12-2020 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  DEL MAR LEADERS
  (Final standings)
  JOCKEYS / WINS
  Abel Cedillo / 19
  Flavien Prat / 14
  Umberto Rispoli / 11
  Tiago Pereira / 9
  Mike Smith / 9
  TRAINERS / WINS
  Richard Baltas / 11
  Philip D’Amato / 10
  Richard Mandella / 9
  Peter Miller / 9
  Bob Baffert / 7
  WEEKEND STAKES AT LOS ALAMITOS
  Saturday
  • $300,000 Grade I Starlet Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles
  Sunday
  • $100,000 Grade III Bayakoa Stakes, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles
  DOWN THE STRETCH
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• Silverado residents say this fire is different: ‘This one is the real McCoy’

  03-12-2020 22:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Zachary Dupre, who has lived on Silverado Canyon Road for 45 years, was among the 20 or so evacuees waiting in a parking lot at Santiago Canyon College, just down Chapman Avenue from the canyon, Thursday morning, Dec. 3.
  They were awaiting any word on the Bond fire, powered by Santa Ana winds and affecting their futures.
  Dupre remembers the canyon fire of 2007 when he and others evacuated and spent two weeks living in something of an evacuees’ village in an Albertsons parking lot in Orange
  
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• Walter E. Williams 1936-2020: Thomas Sowell

  03-12-2020 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Walter Williams loved teaching.
  Unlike too many other teachers today, he made it a point never to impose his opinions on his students.
  Those who read his syndicated newspaper columns know that he expressed his opinions boldly and unequivocally there.
  But not in the classroom.
  Walter once said he hoped that, on the day he died, he would have taught a class that day. And that is just the way it was, when he died on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.
  He was my best friend for half a century. There was no one
  
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• Unhealthy air quality from Southern California wildfires leads to smoke advisory

  03-12-2020 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Smoke from at least two wildfires in Southern California was creating unhealthy air quality for most parts of the region on Thursday, Dec. 2, with officials recommending people stay indoors.
  A smoke advisory was issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District Thursday through at least Friday morning, Dec. 4, for parts of Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Ash could be seen dropping from darkened smoky skies in Orange County and Long Beach, which were the areas
  
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• Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Friday, Dec. 4

  03-12-2020 22:36 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, Dec. 4 for horse racing at Los Alamitos.
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• Rose Bowl Game to be played New Year’s Day without fans

  03-12-2020 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2021 Rose Bowl Game will look very different New Year’s Day.
  The Tournament of Roses announced Thursday that the Rose Bowl Game will be played without any fans at the stadium next month due to COVID-19 protocols set forth by state, county and city of Pasadena officials.
  The organizing committee for the game requested special permission for student-athletes and coaches to have guests at the game, but the request was denied based on state and local guidelines.
  “While we are disappo
  
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• Southern California will likely face tighter coronavirus restrictions soon under new state order

  03-12-2020 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  All of Southern California could soon be under much tighter coronavirus restrictions, after Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, Dec. 3, announced a new stay-at-home order that will go into effect in areas where local intensive care bed availability is low — as coronavirus hospitalizations continue surging statewide.
  The order, once it goes into effect, would be similar to what Los Angeles County already has, but would apply to every other Southern California county as well.
  The announcement mar
  
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• Newsom: California on verge of stricter COVID restrictions as ICU beds fill

  03-12-2020 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  All of Southern California could soon be under much tighter coronavirus restrictions, after Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, Dec. 3, announced a new stay-at-home order that will go into effect in areas where local intensive care bed availability is low — as coronavirus hospitalizations continue surging statewide.
  The order, once it goes into effect, will be similar to what Los Angeles County already has, but would apply to every other Southern California county as well.
  The announcement mark
  
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• Gov. Newsom announces new coronavirus stay-at-home order targeting regional hospital networks

  03-12-2020 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A new stay-at-home order is set to go into effect in areas where local intensive care bed availability is low, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, Dec. 3, as coronavirus hospitalizations continued to surge statewide.
  The announcement marked a change from the state’s approach to managing the virus’s spread so far. Instead of focusing on counties and using a tiered system to determine which business can open and with what capacity, the order will target regional hospital networks and
  
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• ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ star Braunwyn Windham-Burke comes out as lesbian

  03-12-2020 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Braunwyn Windham-Burke came out as lesbian on Wednesday.
  “I like women. I’m gay,” Windham-Burke announced in an interview with Anthony Ramos, head of talent for GLAAD, which advocates for fair and equal treatment of the LGBTQ community in entertainment and media.
  “It has taken me 42 years to say that, but I am so proud of where I am right now,” she said in the interview recorded on Wednesday. “I’m so happy where I am. To be able to be comfortable in my o
  
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• CSU presidents encouraged to reassess post-holiday plans due to COVID surge

  03-12-2020 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — Amid surging COVID-19 cases and the likelihood of students and staff traveling over the holidays, campus presidents in the Long Beach-based California State University system were being urged Thursday to reassess post-holiday scheduling, including possibly delaying the start of already limited in-person instruction.
  In a letter sent to the system’s 23 campus presidents this week, outgoing CSU Chancellor Timothy White and incoming Chancellor Joseph Castro called the coron
  
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• Will flailing at the coronavirus do much good?

  03-12-2020 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  It is well established that wearing face masks confers a high degree of protection from the coronavirus plague on both wearers and those around them. Plenty of documentation shows social distancing also helps, as do frequent hand washing, good ventilation and disinfecting surfaces that are frequently touched.
  Also effective are quarantines of new arrivals from other states and countries, as well as isolating those with positive COVID-19 test results.
  But as infections of the virus accelerated ac
  
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• Several school districts close campuses, shift to distance learning due to Bond Fire

  03-12-2020 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Several Orange County school districts closed campuses and shifted to distance learning on Thursday, Dec. 3, because of evacuations and poor air quality related to the Bond Fire in Silverado Canyon.
  Irvine, Saddleback Valley, Tustin and Newport-Mesa were among the districts to pivot students to online learning.
  Saddleback Valley Unified also cancelled classes completely for a few campuses in the most affected areas. Foothill Ranch Elementary, Portola Hills Elementary and Trabuco Elementary close
  
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• Pandemic making it harder for self-employed borrowers to get a mortgage

  03-12-2020 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Starting Dec. 14, Fannie Mae will require self-employed borrowers to cough-up the most recent three months of business bank statements to support the level of business revenue reported in their year-to-date profit and loss statements. The government-sponsored mortgage giant had been requiring just two months of statements since June.
  Tying three recent bank statements to the entire year-to-date P & L can easily become a nightmare for borrowers and underwriters.
  If you own 25% or more of any
  
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• More Disney California Adventure shops and food carts open as Buena Vista Street expands

  03-12-2020 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney California Adventure continues to open more shops and food carts as Buena Vista Street shopping and dining expands while the Anaheim theme park’s attractions and shows remain closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
  The Off the Page art gallery in Hollywood Land and a Grizzly Peak Airfield popcorn cart opened on Thursday, Dec. 3 at DCA.
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• Kings, Ducks exploring possibility of outdoor games in Carson

  03-12-2020 21:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Are you ready for some outdoor hockey?
  The Kings and Ducks are exploring the possibility of playing some home games this season at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson if socially distanced fans eventually are allowed to be in attendance by local health officials.
  In addition to the Kings and Ducks, the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins are looking into playing outdoors, according to Canada’s Sportsnet. The NHL still hasn’t set a date for opening night for its coronavirus-delayed
  
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• Santa Ana winds and fire dangers persist, prompt power shutoffs

  03-12-2020 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Strong winds with gusts of up to 80 miles per hour in some mountainous parts of Southern California on Thursday, Dec. 3, continued to drive fire dangers and prompt some power shutoffs in the region.
  The Santa Ana winds likely reached their peak overnight Wednesday and into early Thursday morning, but wind and fire warnings were still in effect for most areas, meteorologists with the National Weather Service said. The winds were also pushing smoke and ash from the rapidly growing Bond fire in Ora
  
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• Warner Bros. to release all 2021 films – ‘Matrix,’ ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ on HBO Max, theaters

  03-12-2020 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jake Coyle | The Associated Press
  In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new “Matrix” movie, “Godzilla vs. Kong” and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation “In the Heights” — will stream on HBO Max at the same time they play in theaters.
  Among the myriad release plan changes wrought by the pandemic, no studio has so fully embrac
  
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• Review: Easiest DIY pasta night ever

  03-12-2020 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  First the toilet paper vanished. Next it was everything in the soup and pasta aisles, including all the jarred marinara sauces and every shape of noodle except angel hair. Apparently, people don’t like angel hair, even when it’s literally the only thing left on the shelf.
  And here we go again.
  More takeout and deliveryFried chicken for the whole family, plus cocktails
  Which Brazilian churrascaria does takeout best?
  Best Places for family-style takeout
  Dr. Pepper braised pork, family-
  
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• COVID-19 kills and so does loneliness

  03-12-2020 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Winter is coming, and with it comes a new, dangerous stage in the pandemic.
  As the weather grows colder in most parts of the country, people will spend more time indoors, where COVID-19 can more easily spread.
  Recent, tighter pandemic restrictions around the country are adjusting for this reality.
  But with winter also comes increased isolation and an uptick in mental illness symptoms for millions of Americans.
  When considering new pandemic restrictions, local and state governments must consider
  
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• Recipes: Potato dishes take center stage for Hanukkah

  03-12-2020 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Potatoes have long been associated with Hanukkah, which begins Thursday evening, Dec. 10, because potato latkes — pancakes made of shredded potatoes — are customary at holiday dinners. In fact it’s oil that commemorates the Hanukkah miracle, and it can be used in a variety of potato dishes.
  After ancient Jerusalem was liberated from invaders, the oil that was needed to rekindle the Holy Temple’s eternal light was said to have miraculously lasted for eight days instead of
  
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• Huntington Beach opens huge tent for the homeless

  03-12-2020 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  From the street, it looks as though a blimp hangar has sprouted on Beach Boulevard.
  On the inside, too, the new homeless shelter in Huntington Beach brings to mind Tustin’s spectacular World War II-era hangars.
  Set to open Monday, Dec. 7, this new cavernous dome is, at its core, an extremely sturdy and well-insulated tent. However, to be clear, at 11,600 square feet the head-turning dome is not nearly large enough to garage a dirigible.
  It is the first time a big tent will be used to shelt
  
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• USC ready to trust young offensive linemen if needed

  03-12-2020 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  USC football has begun the process of becoming whole.
  On Wednesday, the first Trojan exited quarantine protocol and returned to practice following COVID-19 exposure. Head coach Clay Helton expects to see more players rejoin the team in the days ahead of Sunday’s 4:30 p.m. game against Washington State at the Coliseum (Fox Sports 1).
  But there still remains the possibility USC won’t be back to full strength by kickoff. The Trojans had to cancel their previous game due to positive COVI
  
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• Map shows Bond fire evacuations, closures, location

  03-12-2020 19:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The Bond fire in Silverado Canyon started at a house on Silverado Canyon Road on Wednesday, Dec. 2. It quickly grew to about 3,650 acres the next morning.
  Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for some neighborhoods while other areas were under voluntary evacuation warnings.
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• These maps show the forecast of the Santa Ana winds fire threat through Dec. 8

  03-12-2020 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index categorizes Santa Ana winds based on anticipated fire potential. The five-day forecast is showing a moderate level fire threat beginning Thursday, Dec. 3, then decreasing to marginal on Friday, Dec. 4.
  There is no rating for Saturday and Sunday, but a moderate threat level is expected again Dec. 7-8.
  The index created by the U.S. Forest Service uses a comprehensive, state-of-the-art predictive model that includes the moisture level in dead and live vegetation
  
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• Santa Ana expected to order new rules for using face masks

  03-12-2020 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Ana residents and those who do business in the city will be required to wear face masks.
  A new citywide mandate is expected to go into effect sometime this week. The specifics are not yet out, but should be soon once City Manager Kristine Ridge signs an executive order, Santa Ana officials posted on the city’s Facebook page.
  It’s unclear how the mandate could differ from a state mandate, which requires the face coverings outside the home when within 6 feet of people from other
  
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: Kids can read, learn about safety to win prizes

  03-12-2020 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A winter reading program, “Stay Safe Read at Home,” is being offered through the Anaheim Library through January to encourage reading and share holiday and bicycle safety lessons.
  This program is being hosted in partnership with Anaheim Fire and Rescue and is available through Anaheim.readsquared.com.  Kids can win prizes as they participate.
  There are various safety activities available as well as books, with each logged in book or activity giving the participant a raffle entry
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court hands Pasadena church’s case on coronavirus rules to lower court

  03-12-2020 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 3, kicked back to a lower court the question of whether a Pasadena-based church’s case can block California’s restrictions on worship services in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
  The brief order instructs a U.S. District Court to re-consider a previous ruling against Harvest Rock Church in light of a similar case in New York where the Supreme Court barred restrictions on religious services in that state.
  Harvest Rock – which has lo
  
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• Hector Camacho’s wild flight through boxing revisited in ‘Macho’ documentary

  03-12-2020 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Boxer rises from the street, boxer wins belts and makes millions, boxer falls to the street.
  Flight is slow. Gravity is fast. You always fall harder than you rise. Do we need to hear this story again?
  Somehow we do, when it’s about Hector Camacho.
  “Macho” is Eric Drath’s soulful Showtime documentary that premieres Friday night. It frames a fighter who made joyful noise, an eternal kid enveloped by trouble who never seemed to be the source.
  He was the Greatest Showman, lea
  
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• Shooting in Costa Mesa injures 2

  03-12-2020 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Two people were wounded Wednesday night, Dec. 2, in a shooting inside a unit at a Costa Mesa apartment complex.
  Costa Mesa police responded to the Camden Martinique, at 2855 Pinecreek Drive, about 10 p.m. and found the victims, who were taken to a hospital in unknown condition.
  A motive for the shooting was unclear and it was unknown if a suspect was in custody.
  
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• 10 most expensive Disneyland items in auction featuring 800 theme park collectibles

  03-12-2020 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  An upcoming auction featuring hundreds of Disneyland and Walt Disney-related items expected to fetch as much as $100,000 apiece will give hard-core Disney fans a chance to add a piece of the Anaheim theme park’s history to their personal memorabilia collections.
  Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks will hold the “Walt Disney: The Man, the Studio and the Parks” virtual auction on Saturday, Dec. 5.
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• No ordinary backup QB: How Nick Nash helps spark unbeaten SJSU

  03-12-2020 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Nick Nash is San Jose State’s backup quarterback on paper, but he’s far from a benchwarmer who leisurely patrols the sidelines with a clipboard in hand.On a team that’s off to its best start in 65 years heading into a matchup Saturday at Hawaii, the dynamic sophomore has added complexity to the Spartans’ offense with his unique role, one similar to the New Orleans Saints’ Taysom Hill.“He’s one of the better playmakers we have on our football team,”
  
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• What’s wrong when a staghorn fern has stopped producing new growth

  03-12-2020 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Our 50-year-old staghorn fern is slowly dying. It is in the same location, in the shade facing north.  We feed it occasionally with Miracle- Gro and a banana peel and spray lightly every few days more when the weather is hot. It has quit producing new growth. I cut the giant root base in half because it was all dead material. Is there anything we can do to save it?
  A: Staghorn ferns belong to the group of plants called epiphytes (this group also includes bromeliads and air plants). These
  
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• Arizona State QB Jayden Daniels is a familiar challenge for UCLA

  03-12-2020 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA will be facing a special player when it visits Arizona State on Saturday and one with whom high school football fans in Southern California are very familiar.
  When you think of all the area’s top high school quarterbacks over the years, Jayden Daniels stacks up with any of them.
  Daniels was a four-year varsity starter at Cajon High from 2015-18 and graduated as the CIF Southern Section’s all-time passing leader with 14,007 yards. He holds the section record with 170 touchdown pa
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: He’s found it! Brad tells you where to get a great chile relleno

  03-12-2020 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here.For years, readers have asked critic Brad A. Johnson where they can get a great chile relleno and he’s responded, “I keep searching but I haven’t found it yet.”
  That changed recently when Johnson visited the new Pour Vida location in Anaheim and had a chile relleno placed on a sizzling skillet and drenched in mole sauce.
  “There’s really nothing quite like the smell
  
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• Cooking with Judy: Planning and cooking for a modified Hanukkah celebration

  03-12-2020 18:27 via ocregister.com
  
  How to form community in isolation – that is the task of our houses of worship, which have had to get creative in the pandemic.
  Holidays are especially challenging, but north Orange County synagogues are rising to the occasion for the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah, which begins this year on Dec. 10.
  “We will gather virtually with ‘Eight Nights of Light,’” Rachel White, community organizer at  Fullerton’s Temple Beth Tikvah, told me, “which will
  
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• Windfall or not, Sacramento needs to prioritize for a change

  03-12-2020 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s projected one-time revenue windfall of $21 billion might offer many opportunities for the state government, says legislative analyst Gabriel Petek, but the state must be cautious, especially as the burden of the recession falls on the poorest among us. Sacramento would be wise to heed the advice of Petek and take a more restrained approach to news of a windfall.
  Writing in the periodic “Fiscal Perspectives” available on the website of the nonpartisan Legislative An
  
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• Torch at LA Coliseum lit in memory of Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic gold medalist

  03-12-2020 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The torch at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will be lit through sundown Thursday in memory of 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson, who famously lit the torch to open the 1984 Summer Olympics.
  Johnson died Wednesday at his home in Sherman Oaks. He was 86.
  Beyond his decorated athletic career, Johnson gained fame for helping to capture assassin Sirhan Sirhan after the shooting of Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1968. The UCLA graduate a
  
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• California restaurants hit with destructive restrictions: John Phillips

  03-12-2020 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Everyone from New York City, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco loves to brag about the quality of food and restaurants from their respective cities, claiming to have the best cuisine on the planet.
  Especially the pizza.
  They never stop talking about the pizza.
  However, I for one, am just as proud of Southern California.  Whether it’s the high-end restaurants with the celebrity chefs, authentic Chinese joints in the San Gabriel Valley or taco stands on the side of the corner, Los Angel
  
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• These live webcams can help you see the world during quarantine

  03-12-2020 17:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Even in the middle of a pandemic you can still travel around the country or even the world in total and complete safety thanks to live webcams.
  Stationary live webcams are nothing new, with plenty of websites around where people can find live feeds from places such as exotic beaches, national parks, tourist attractions, zoos and aquariums.
  You can even watch Earth live from outer space.
  But now with stricter quarantine rules resurfacing, checking out a live feed could literally be your window to
  
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• Walmart workers will get another round of bonuses as COVID-19 spikes

  03-12-2020 17:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jonathan Roeder | Bloomberg
  Walmart announced a new cash bonus to its U.S. employees as COVID-19 cases shoot to a record high.
  The world’s largest retailer gave out a total of $319 million in quarterly bonuses in late November and will disburse about $388 million more on Dec. 24 “in recognition of associates’ sustained commitment to customers during the pandemic.”
  About 1.5 million full- and part-time workers will get bonus pay, Walmart said on its website. The company
  
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• CSUF students express their hopes and dreams in annual ritual

  03-12-2020 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Whether it’s the goal of winning an Oscar, adopting a cat, or just passing accounting 201, Cal State Fullerton students have annually expressed their dreams, big and small, on the popular Before I Die Wall.
  Since 2013, using multicolored chalk, students have scribbled messages, some with accompanying drawings on the wall, consisting of six 4-by-8-foot sheets. Missives range from the fanciful to the fun, the pithy to the profound, and the miraculous to the mundane, all cramming for space.
  T
  
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• Jonathan Lethem talks ‘The Arrest’ and storytelling in a post-apocalyptic world

  03-12-2020 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Sandy Duplessis was a middling Hollywood screenwriter who often rode the coattails of his college friend, the dynamic and unscrupulous Hollywood executive Peter Todbaum.However, that was all before everything – cars, guns, computers, electricity – stopped working. The life-altering event is called The Arrest, which is also the title of Jonathan Lethem’s newest novel. Now known as Journeyman, Duplessis muddles along in a community that seems almost utopian…until Todbaum s
  
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• US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates

  03-12-2020 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By Paul Wiseman | The Associated Press
  The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell as the nation celebrated Thanksgiving last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intensified viral outbreak.
  Thursday’s report from the Labor Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped from 787,000 the week before. Before the virus paralyzed the economy in March, the number of people applying for un
  
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• 50th anniversary of the EPA: How the Nixon Library is celebrating

  03-12-2020 17:11 via ocregister.com
  
  On Thursday, Dec. 3, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum is opening a permanent outdoor exhibition, “The President and the Planet: Richard Nixon and the Environment,” a look at the initiatives of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
  Admission is $6 for access to all that’s in the rose garden. The outside venue is able to open under the state’s pandemic guidelines.Where:Ri
  
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• Anthony Davis, Lakers reportedly reach 5-year max deal

  03-12-2020 16:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Within days of trading for Anthony Davis, the Lakers carried an air of confidence that he’d be sticking around. Despite having him under contract for only the next season, general manager Rob Pelinka said how excited he was to have Davis as “a pillar of this franchise for many years.”
  It’s never been much in doubt that Davis’ future has been tied to Los Angeles. The question has always been this: When would he finally re-sign, and for how long?
  A nearly two-week wai
  
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• 4 steps to change the equation on affordable housing

  03-12-2020 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lisa Hershey, special to CalMatters
  Lisa Hershey is the executive director of Housing California, [email protected].
  This year’s election results underscore what we’ve known all along – Californians want affordable homes, health and prosperity for all.
  After years of mounting failure to address affordable housing and homelessness at the scale of the need required, 2021 will be our big chance. But as progressives found following the 2008 election, it’s all too easy
  
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• Wildfire north of Corona Airport grows to 105 acres, with 0% contained

  03-12-2020 16:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A fire that erupted north of the Corona Municipal Airport had burned 105 acres and was 0% contained, authorities said Thursday morning, Dec. 3.
  The non-injury blaze was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday within the Prado Reservoir bordering Riverside and San Bernardino counties, according to the Corona Fire Department and the Riverside County Fire Department.
  Nearly 200 personnel encountered flames in thick vegetation, burning at a moderate rate away from the airport. Five Cal Fire air tank
  
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• Watchdog group urges appeals court to lift secrecy on disability pensions for government workers

  03-12-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The most famous culprit may be Randy Adams, who secured a promise from the city of Bell to support his future disability retirement even before he became police chief.
  The city of San Fernando said police Sgt. William C. Bailey was, indeed, disabled, paving the way for his disability retirement. It wasn’t until years later that an audit by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System discovered that the city actually had terminated Bailey for cause — lying about his educa
  
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• It takes teamwork to prep a house for market

  03-12-2020 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If you want to get the best possible outcome when selling your home, you should stop for a hot minute and take stock. Take a good look inside and outside.
  Take pictures and make notes about each room, focusing on the décor, the condition, the architecture. Basically, document the good, the bad and the ugly.
  Next you need to assemble your sales team.
  This includes all of your co-habitational family members, roommates, boarders and/or couch surfers. There should be a “ring leader&rdqu
  
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