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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.
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.
Text messages recently released by the National Transportation Safety Board reconstruct helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
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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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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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 process to revise Laguna Beach’s city code on historical preservation began in 2015.
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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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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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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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The Orange County Breakers will play all of their matches at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
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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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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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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 Friday’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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Coronavirus continues to spread in L.A. County as officials confirmed 51 more coronavirus-related deaths and 2,667 additional cases Friday.
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Metro bus drivers said they face a greater risk of contracting the coronavirus as COVID-19 cases surge in L.A. County and bus lines grow more crowded.
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The suit, filed on behalf of seven graduate students at USC, UC Irvine and UCLA, argues guidelines issued by the Trump administration this week were “arbitrary and capricious” and violated students’ right to due process.
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Though the Anaheim theme parks remain closed, the Downtown Disney shopping district reopened this week to large crowds of Disney fans eager to return despite surging COVID-19 cases in Orange County.
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What is the best way for California to confront its ugly, racist past?
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Latinos now twice as likely to get coronavirus than whites in L.A. County
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The exhibit housed at the School of Cinematic Arts led to student protests in September 2019.
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The announcement by top advisors to Gov. Gavin Newsom offered stark evidence of the dire health conditions at several California prisons.
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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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Though the Anaheim theme parks remain closed, the Downtown Disney shopping district reopened this week to large crowds of Disney fans eager to return despite surging COVID-19 cases in Orange County.
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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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After more than a decade, why is Britney Spears still under a court-approved conservatorship, which leaves decisions involving her estate and everyday life to others?
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The final scene in “The Old Guard” neatly sets up a sequel. Star and producer Charlize Theron and director Gina Prince-Bythewood drop some more hints about what could come next.
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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 Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Thursday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County.
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When Mesa Water District found itself transitioning to a work-from-home model and upgraded computers, IT firm T2 Tech knew just what to do with the old ones.
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Artist Christie Smith said she decided in June to move the gallery down from Half Moon Bay to Laguna Beach.
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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 volleyball tour has transitioned to a three-part series in Long Beach due to the coronavirus. A tournament had been scheduled for Huntington Beach in October.
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The full-time Advantage Tennis Academy has been opening back up after COVID-19 struck and is expanding into Newport Beach.
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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.
