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Beachgoers enjoyed a variety of recreational activities in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach on Saturday, the start of Memorial Day weekend.
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Orange County reported double-digit coronavirus-related deaths for the third time in a four-day span, bringing the death toll over that period to 42.
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The Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Trustees decided Tuesday to cancel in-person graduations at its six high schools in favor of a virtual commencement.
Only about 150 of the oldest participants, ages 14 and 15, will take part in the long-running city program, which teaches ocean safety, physical fitness and citizenship every year to more than 1,300 children as young as 9. For the younger kids who make up the majority of the Junior Guards, it’s canceled.
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.
The City Council will consider approving on Tuesday what it calls the Fast Track Back to Business Initiative, an emergency permit waiver that would allow businesses and religious institutions to temporarily expand into parking lots, sidewalks or public property to maintain their usual occupancy with physical distancing.
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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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Protesters gather in Newport Beach to rally against the collection of rent and mortgage payments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The recommendations to implement come on the heels of approvals from the City Council on the economic recovery and business development plan on May 12.
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Five of the six new coronavirus-related deaths announced in Orange County Friday were among nursing home patients, the county Health Care Agency said.
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Riley DeCinces, a Newport Harbor High School senior, writes that her concern involves the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. She says she’s saddened by the district’s choice to cancel an in-person graduation altogether.
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Johanna Curgus writes that it was just announced that all Newport-Mesa Unified School District graduations would be virtual this year. To the class of 2020 seniors (and their families), it feels like the school board is giving up way too soon.
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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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Fountain Valley City Manager Rob Houston projects a budget shortfall of $5.1 million for the city in the next fiscal year but recommended measures would prevent layoffs and not impact services for the community for the coming year.
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Viet Rainbow of Orange County and AHRI for Justice collected $35,000 for undocumented LGBTQ members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to fundraise.
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City Council members Tuesday approved using $250,000 of federal grant as seed money to assist businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
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“Asian Americans,” helmed by director Renee Tajima-Peña, traces over 150 years of Asian American history, much of which is not taught in classrooms across the U.S.
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California has released new coronavirus health guidance for religious services, limiting total attendance to 25% of a building’s capacity.
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Los Angeles County reported 913 new COVID-19 cases and 16 additional deaths Sunday, bringing total confirmed cases to 45,034 and fatalities to 2,108.
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Large Memorial Day events in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties are being replaced by virtual ones.
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A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area has been arrested on suspicion of posting racist handwritten messages at several homes.
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State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson is pushing a bill — SB 956 — that would authorize an economic team at UC Berkeley to examine certain major tax breaks.
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Coronavirus outbreaks hits Farmer John and other food processing plants in Vernon.
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Without honor guards, gun salutes or folded flag ceremonies, families of recently deceased veterans say closure is hard to find.
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California has released new coronavirus health guidance for religious services, limiting total attendance to 25% of a building’s capacity.
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Los Angeles County reported 913 new COVID-19 cases and 16 additional deaths Sunday, bringing total confirmed cases to 45,034 and fatalities to 2,108.
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Activist Marc Ching, whose work won support from Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Damon and other celebrities, denies paying butchers in Asia to harm dogs.
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Check out these underseen gems from the Cannes Film Festival, which had to cancel its 2020 edition due to COVID-19.
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A decade after Obamacare became law, California has vastly expanded health coverage; Texas has resisted. Such regional differences have had a huge impact on many people’s lives.
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Beachgoers enjoyed a variety of recreational activities at local beaches on Saturday, the start of Memorial Day weekend.
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Ian Williamson, pro vice-chancellor and dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, will take over UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business.
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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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Ten of those 14 deaths were among skilled nursing facility patients, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency, bring the death toll from the disease to 40 in nursing homes and 112 overall.
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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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High school football teams will be grouped into playoff divisions at the end of the regular season, after proposal is approved 80-4.
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Sage Hill, Corona del Mar, Costa Mesa, Ocean View, Estancia, Brethren Christian and Fountain Valley were some of the area’s high schools honored by the CIF Southern Section for their academic success.
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Scout Devin Ugland and coach A.J. Gasporra have teamed up to offer free feedback for high school boys’ and girls’ basketball players.
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Houston Mallette averaged 15.7 points and seven rebounds per game as a junior, while leading the Tritons in assists with 4.9 per game along with 2.1 steals per contest.
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The CIF Southern Section has announced that it will be returning to the Mt. San Antonio College cross-country course for its championship races in the fall sport when competitive racing resumes.
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Sergio Perez is the new executive director of the Orange County Office of Independent Review. The position has been mired in controversy, though some hope he can avoid past mistakes.
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TimesOC’s e-newspaper includes all six pages of Sunday’s coverage of Orange County.
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Amid a global pandemic, five students graduating from Orange County colleges and universities reflect on their last semester and near future.
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Graduating students are anxious to be starting their careers in this economy, but their advisors are ramping up with virtual appointments, webinars and career fairs to help.
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Due to the coronavirus, Segerstrom Center for the Arts shuttered its venue and pivoted to virtual classes and events. Although the nonprofit arts organization is taking a revenue hit, the leadership staff expects the center to withstand the pandemic.
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Brett Super writes that he’s tired of watching people with the power to fix the mess we are in ignore it because they fear the responsibility. And he’s tired of people, his own neighbors, pretending like nothing is wrong in the world.
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June Casagrande writes that Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, has on its first page a sentence starting with “he.” On page two, four sentences start with “he.” On page three, seven sentences start with “he.”
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Diane Dixon writes that the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a new class of monarch, state governors who govern by diktat. In California, we have a governor who rules virtually single-handedly and whose whims and impulses instantly become policy, with no democratic process of review and debate to help shape the outcome.
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Like the supporters of the loudmouth leader of our nation have proven, the squeaky wheel gets the attention. Unfortunately, in the case of President Trump and the H.B. protesters, the wheel may roll off the road before it is properly repaired.
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Virginia Parks writes that workers in Orange County’s low-income, immigrant and communities of color are most at risk of not receiving state and federal unemployment benefits in the wake of the COVID-19 unemployment crisis.
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