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OC Parks implemented parking lot closures at all county beaches and pedestrian access points to others as a measure to reinforce social distancing. Not everyone is staying away, though.
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The Strength Co. in Costa Mesa emptied its gyms into people’s garages and living rooms. “People need to work out right now, they don’t need to sit on their couch or watch Tiger King,” gym owner Grant Broggi said. -
What is known so far paints a troubling picture for Asian patients: at least six of the total deaths were Asians, representing at least 35% of deaths overall and 50% where race or ethnicity was known.
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Yvette Paz is an Army veteran who had COVID-19. The Huntington Beach resident credits trial drug hydroxychloroquine with saving her life and has been medically cleared for two weeks.
The city announced Thursday afternoon that it would be closing beachside metered parking on Pacific Coast Highway until further notice.
Torelli Realty presented its annual Holiday Snow Land on Saturday at Balearic Park in Costa Mesa, complete with 40 tons of real snow for families to play in.
The sixth annual OC Brew Hee Haw wrapped up its two-day run Saturday at the Hangar at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa.
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City lifeguards will fly blackball flags prohibiting board surfing from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in the area beginning Friday and will also close off the adjacent beach to prevent people from gathering.
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B.W. Cook writes that the onslaught of COVID-19 has slapped humanity in the face with the stark realization that the basics of food and shelter are essentially the only things that matter.
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Restaurants in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach are offering special Easter family platters to-go for those celebrating the holiday at home during the COVID-19 crisis.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shelved the high school spring sports season, leaving game officials without the work they planned on having.
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Commissioner Rob Wigod says the section is committed to doing everything it can to hold fall sports championship games.
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Starting at 6 p.m. Friday, all people in the city of Beverly Hills, including essential workers, are required to wear face coverings when they leave their homes, including for walks.
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Newsom announced the agreement to purchase 200 million masks during an interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday.
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Riverside County officials will turn a vacant Sears department store into a federal medical station where they will treat less severe patients to help alleviate stress at area hospitals.
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A shooting on Sunday in the Gramercy Park neighborhood left one man dead and three others injured, including the son of Assemblyman Mike Gipson.
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Rain and snow continues to fall on parts of the state as a wet spring pushes back against dryness
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Unemployed Californians will soon get an extra $600 in weekly jobless benefits from a federal stimulus package, but a deluge of new claims amid the coronavirus crisis has the state struggling.
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The postponement of this spring’s Coachella festival was one of the first signs that the coronavirus would alter our way of life for the foreseeable future.
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered people to wear face coverings, but homeless people and their advocates say masking up is difficult for many who live on the street.
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Unemployed Californians will soon get an extra $600 in weekly jobless benefits from a federal stimulus package, but a deluge of new claims amid the coronavirus crisis has the state struggling.
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How can the new coronavirus affect people so differently — killing some while leaving others blissfully unaware that they have been infected at all?
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Effective Friday, Los Angeles workers and residents must wear a mask, bandanna or other type of face covering while at essential businesses under an order from Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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The public should realize that COVID-19 cases are likely to rise when stay-at-home orders are eased, officials said.
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California coronavirus curve: Fewer deaths, long quarantine
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Known cases of COVID-19 jumped past 1,000 Wednesday in Orange County alongside the announcement of two more deaths attributed to the respiratory disease.
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Laguna Beach will have two trailers at the Alternative Sleeping Location site. Costa Mesa is hoping to receive 10 trailers from the county.
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Fountain Valley police arrested Thomas Christopher Ray, 51, on Wednesday at the MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley after responding to reports of an active shooter.
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A recent landmark court ruling prevents police in California from citing homeless people for sleeping in public spaces if no other shelter is available. But cities can still set hours of operation and prohibit the storage of private property as reasonable restrictions on time, place and manner of use for public places, attorney for the city Colin Burns argued.
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Following a vote by the City Council Tuesday, Costa Mesa will begin tapping into another resource to get aid to local businesses faster.
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The talented team hoped to contend for another national championship, but now Zoom rules the day.
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Marina, Edison and Estancia are considering ways in which they can give their students some of the traditional end-of-year experiences such as athletic awards, senior days and graduation while dealing with COVID-19.
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The CIF State office and the 10 CIF section commissioners announce that the rest of the season, including the championships at the section and state level, has been canceled.
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Huntington Beach’s Jacob Rosenberg has immersed himself in his start-up, Tajima Direct, after the coronavirus ended his senior season early at Stanford.
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With the Huntington Beach Union High School District keeping schools closed due to COVID-19, the season ends for Edison, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Marina, Ocean View and Westminster.
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The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach has resorted to “skeleton crews” to take care of rescued marine mammals while still protecting staff and volunteers from spreading the coronavirus.
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A makeshift sign attached to a white delivery van points the way to an artisan market open to the public and filled with goods from Orange County food makers who have come together with the goal to keep themselves and their employees in business during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Tam Nguyen and Johnny Ngo were nervous as they stood in front of the news media at the Whale Spa salon furniture store in Huntington Beach on Tuesday morning.
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While the Laguna Playhouse, like all other local theaters, has shut its doors because of the coronavirus pandemic, its officials want to show their appreciation for workers performing essential services to help others during the crisis.
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The arguments for keeping children locked up for weeks, in virtual petri dishes, for drug possession, truancy, vandalism and other nonviolent offenses, are suspect.
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Lynn Lorenz writes that out of the coronavirus crisis that we are experiencing now, the brave men and women we revere, who dare to tread where most of us would not go, are not the politicians among us.
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Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki writes that Hoag Hospital has established careful processes to keep all of its patients safe as they receive care for any health issue they are experiencing.
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Having spent my entire morning in an unsuccessful pursuit of the stupid stuff, tears of frustration falling down my face, I finally start to laugh. To think, not too long ago my biggest concern was the neighbor’s tree blocking my ocean view!
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It’s easier for older people to become more lonely during this constrained time due to COVID-19 because they aren’t as adept at connecting through technology as many kids and young adults.
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