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Lynn Lorenz, a masked crusader, takes sides in the coronavirus culture wars in Newport Beach. She said she’s gotten dirty looks from people for being masked. As if she’s the one who’s a bad neighbor.
On Friday, at least 200 evangelical Christian faithful gathered near lifeguard tower 20 to hear the word and be motivated to spread it. They sang and raised their hands skyward in praise. Several walked into the cool waves of the Pacific to be baptized at sunset.
An Orange County nonprofit will train hair stylists to recognize the signs of domestic violence in their clients and provide them with the resources to report the abuse.
In June, a Black Lives Matter solidarity post from a private Laguna art college was tagged #AllLivesMatter, and the subsequent uproar was a catalyst for students, alumni and staff to start publicly sharing their private stories of alleged discrimination and silencing.
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The Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Saturday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
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Brett Simpson takes over as surfing coach of Team USA, which plans to compete in the Summer Olympic Games in Japan next year.
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The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 1,133 new coronavirus cases in Friday’s numbers, bringing the total number of cases to 22,650.
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Newport Beach will shut down its City Hall to the public for the second time in four months as COVID-19 cases pick up throughout the state and region.
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The couple had been taking photos at Middleman’s Beach when a set of waves swept them off the rocks and into the ocean. Laguna Beach lifeguards rescued the couple.
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The process to revise Laguna Beach’s city code on historical preservation began in 2015.
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Text messages recently released by the National Transportation Safety Board reconstruct helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
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Armed with disaggregated coronavirus data, county officials and health advocates are going exactly where rates are highest to remove barriers to education and testing.
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The positive mosquitoes were collected in Cypress, Anaheim and Garden Grove. A dead bird, collected in Irvine, also tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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The Orange County North-South All-Star basketball games were canceled last week due to the coronavirus. The coaches chosen for this year’s games will head their respective rosters for next year’s showcase.
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The Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Sunday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
Thousands of protesters have converged in Orange County to speak out about the death of unarmed Black man George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police, as well as other Black men, women and children who have died at the hands of police.
Honoring this year’s graduating seniors from high schools in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Laguna Beach and other parts of Orange County.
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Michael Lofthouse, CEO of California tech company Solid8, has resigned after release of a video showing him making a racist rant at an Asian family.
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Los Angeles on Monday will launch a five-day application period for a rent relief program aimed at helping tenants during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Benjamin Keough, grandson of Elvis Presley, son of Lisa Marie Presley and brother of actor Riley Keough, has died.
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Skilled nursing facilities are being cautious after severe outbreaks earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, so even with new state directives, it is not easy for relatives to visit.
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When Lenin Gutierrez asked a customer to don a mask, she went after him on Facebook. Then thousands of people chipped in to back him through a GoFundMe campaign
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Fredy Hernández shrugged off any credit for his role in stopping the carjacker. “Man, we’re just selling food,” he said. “We’re not heroes.”
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Los Angeles County continued to report a surge in coronavirus cases Sunday, tallying 3,322 new cases of the virus and 18 related deaths.
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Authorities are still searching for the body of actress Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned while boating with her young son on Lake Piru in Ventura County.
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Actress Kelly Preston, whose credits included the films “Twins” and “Jerry Maguire,” died Sunday, her husband John Travolta said. She was 57.
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California failed to establish an effective coronavirus testing system early on, leaving it far behind — even now — in the fight against COVID-19.
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Scientists are finding evidence that blood type may be a risk factor for COVID-19. In one study, people with Type A blood were more likely to be hospitalized.
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Benjamin Keough, grandson of Elvis Presley, son of Lisa Marie Presley and brother of actor Riley Keough, has died.
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Scientists have devised a way to use the plasma of COVID-19 survivors for an upper arm injection that could inoculate people against the virus.
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Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor graduates receive scholarships in honor of Matt Olson, a 2019 CdM grad who died last year following a hit-and-run collision.
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Laguna Beach announced Wednesday that it would be cancelling the last session of its Junior Lifeguards program. A day later, Orange County reported 1,292 new cases and 26 new deaths related to the coronavirus.
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News and notes involving Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
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The California Coastal Commission has cleared Orange County to place more “no trespassing” signs at the mouth of the Santa Ana River to keep dogs and their people away from sensitive bird habitat nearby, although birders and commissioners both wonder how much good it will really do.
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Public health experts say wearing a mask can prevent the spread of COVID-19, but in Orange County many are still skeptical.
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The Orange County Breakers will play all of their matches at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
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Tiffany Gil will be one of the featured competitors on “The Great Grass Race.” Six teams will compete in a cross-country lawnmower race from California to New York over the next three months.
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Laguna Beach High School’s Nicole Struss and Emma Lineback are headed to UCLA, while Emma Singer and Jessie Rose will play women’s water polo at Cal.
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The Newport-Mesa Unified School District and Huntington Beach Union High School District have each suspended summer football programs indefinitely.
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Rusty Van Cleave won two CIF Southern Section championships as the head coach at Foothill, including one against the Seahawks in 2010.
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The Santa Ana City Council chose to reduce a planned increase to the city’s police budget from $9 million to about $3 million after dozens of residents spoke at a contentious council meeting Tuesday night.
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As the national movement to end police brutality has progressed, Ferin Kidd has emerged as a prominent activist and charismatic community leader, providing a unifying voice for the Black community through his organization Black OC.
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Artists Victor Payan and Sandra “Pocha” Peña planned to tour their latest project, “Dreamocracy in America” across the country. After COVID-19, they reimagined it as a series of online videos.
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Underserved Santa Ana residents may have more difficulty fighting deportation if the City Council doesn’t approve more funding for its critical deportation defense fund next week.
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The LGBTQ Center OC transferred nearly all programming to virtual platforms once the pandemic hit. Now, the center is taking people in for appointment-based STI testing starting June 26.
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Daily Pilot readers disagree with Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel regarding the name of John Wayne Airport.
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An Independence Day gift of dog tags from writer Jim Carnett’s wife is just what he wanted.
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A news report’s missing hyphen in “monthslong” draws the attention of grammar expert June Casagrande.
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Daily Pilot readers weigh in on wearing face coverings and the name of Orange County’s airport.
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A Daily Pilot reader responds to a recent op-ed by Robert Taylor regarding Orange County officials’ efforts in regard to climate change.
