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Fred Whitaker, the chair of the Republican Party of Orange County, said Sunday’s fundraiser at tech mogul Palmer Luckey’s home raised $10 million for the Trump campaign, just two weeks before Election Day on Nov. 3.
Most of the layoffs, spurred by the pandemic and low interest rates, will affect employees in Orange County.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said COVID-19 vaccines could start arriving in limited amounts this year and gave assurances a panel of scientists will independently review anything approved by the FDA.
The annual regatta hosted by the Balboa Yacht Club, which was cancelled this year, will be contested July 26 through 31.
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Managing the budget is one of the most important roles of a council member in Costa Mesa, the contributor writes.
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President Donald Trump arrived at John Wayne Airport on Sunday en route to a private fundraising event at the Newport Beach mansion of tech mogul Palmer Luckey.
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TimesOC’s e-newspaper includes all eight pages of Sunday’s coverage of Orange County.
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A casting call from Blumhouse Productions sought a young trans actress last year for its reworking of “The Craft,” a 90s cult classic following a coven of teen witches.
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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.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a fundraising event hosted by tech mogul Palmer Luckey at his Newport Beach home on Sunday.
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The Laguna Beach Patriots Day Parade has been canceled due to the coronavirus, parade entry chairwoman Sandi Werthe said.
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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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Breakers’ Skylar Kidd, Mikayla Lopez, Kenedy Corlett and Ella Baumgarten each make their college decisions.
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“Enough for All” aimed to assist Costa Mesans hit by the pandemic, particularly those ineligible for federal stimulus funds. But for all they’d raised, the need overwhelmed their resources.
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Demonstrators in Orange rallied against Proposition 22, a ballot initiative seeking to classify app-based transportation and delivery drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees.
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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 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.
TimesOC’s e-newspaper includes all eight pages of Sunday’s coverage 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.
California Stories from The Times
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The early-morning quake occurred 25 miles from San Diego Country Estates, 30 miles from Ramona, 35 miles from Lakeside and 36 miles from San Diego.
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California voters are deciding in the November election whether to approve Proposition 17, which would allow people convicted of felonies who are on parole to vote in future elections in the state.
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Proposition 23 would require dialysis clinics to employ at least one doctor who is on-site whenever patients are receiving treatment.
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Many residents say they feel under siege by the people who are supposed to protect them.
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Nowhere in California will a voter who refuses to wear a mask be turned away, election officials said.
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COVID hasn’t quite changed everything: In elections for the L.A. Board of Education, it’s still charter school advocates facing off against the teachers union. The stakes are high.
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Early ballots cast by people who die before election day are sometimes cited as proof of voter fraud, but in many states they’re perfectly legal.
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San Francisco supervisors are to vote on a proposal to discourage 911 calls that they say expose people of color to dangerous run-ins with police.
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Ice Cube’s thought process, an odd mix of obliviousness and entitlement, helps explain why Trump has an in with a demographic that should oppose him.
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Gig companies have poured a historic amount of money into defeating a law to make workers employees. What happens if their effort fails?
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Is killing thousands of Native Americans worse than denying the existential dangers of climate change?
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A fiscally robust museum plans to fund operations by selling $73 million of its art. The scope of the move threatens to accelerate a troubling trend.
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The cable news network is ready for a long night — and maybe a couple of extra days too — after the presidential election results start coming in on Nov. 3.
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The Orange County Health Care Agency on Friday reported 10 new deaths related to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,401.
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The city of Huntington Beach would contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, contingent on receiving a $50,000 grant.
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The Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Friday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
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Erin Huffstutter’s passion project, a scrappy multimedia platform focused on the love of all things Costa Mesa, was another coronavirus casualty, until another Costa Mesa lover stepped in.
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The Laguna Beach Unified School District introduced its COVID-19 dashboard on Wednesday, displaying information tracking the transmission of the virus among the population of its four schools.
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Kristen Ridge and Sue Murphy sell hats and visors for the sport of pickleball through their company, “PB&Jelly.”
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Laguna Beach High School senior Mateo Bianchi has committed to the UCLA men’s cross-country program. Bianchi was a member of the Breakers team that won the CIF State Division IV championship in 2018.
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Will O’Neil, a senior left-handed pitcher, would join former Newport Harbor High School teammate Johnny Olmstead on the Trojans.
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Jake La Dow and Alex Curtiss, both of whom live in Newport Beach, bested the field at the US Sailing “Championship of Champions” event, which was completed Sunday.
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Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in January, still played a role in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 17th title in franchise history.
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OC Film Fiesta goes virtual from Oct. 15-25 with a selection of films, workshops and Q&As. This year the festival spotlights democracy.
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Residents in North Irvine say they believe a nearby asphalt factory is releasing toxic fumes, potentially harming their health.
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South Coast Repertory joined more than 100 theatres across the nation in partnering with Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s national radio play, “It Can’t Happen Here.” The play premiered on YouTube for free Tuesday night and will be available for listening until Nov. 8.
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“Almost Presidential,” an OCC Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion online project, presents new work by six artists who examine the American and international representations of former presidents and failed presidential candidates.
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A yearslong saga came to a quiet end on Tuesday night when the Santa Ana City Council unanimously banned needle exchanges from operating in the city.
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Son Vu writes that Vicki Snell, who is trying to get reelected to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education, isn’t the choice of every parent.
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Steve Smith writes that the pandemic is merely a vehicle to show everyone that all across the education spectrum, all across the country, it is time for new, younger leadership.
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Patrice Apodaca writes that she’s happy to be back penning a weekly column, even though print journalism is in grave condition during the pandemic.
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Joseph Klunder, a former Newport Beach resident who lives in Beijing, writes that the most important thing anyone can do during the pandemic is to stay at home as much as possible.
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Galen T. Pickett, an academic physicist at Cal State Long Beach, writes that he wants his children to be able to interact face-to-face for their senior years in high school, but he insists that that interaction be safe.
