Coronavirus: SoCal nail salons donate masks, gloves to health care workers

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While thousands of nail salons across SoCal are closed, many owners have come together to try to give back in another way.
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Weekend of beach-going leads Peninsula localities to announce closures; other measures being taken at parks

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In Newport News, officials said there weren’t issues with large groups or people in close proximity at the city’s Huntington Beach Park this weekend, according Poplawski. His department is more concerned with play and ball courts. [Top stories] White House projects 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in US from coronavirus pandemic if social ...
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Whole Foods workers plan ‘sick out’ over alleged coronavirus safety lapses

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The action follows reports from workers that various stores in California, New York City, Chicago and Louisiana have remained open after employees tested positive for COVID-19.
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H.B. surfer Kanoa Igarashi’s goal of winning gold at 2020 Tokyo Olympics is wiped out by coronavirus

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Kanoa Igarashi is big on goal-setting, and even bigger on goal-achieving. The Huntington Beach surfer last year set goals of finishing in the top five on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour, and qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Though he fell just short in the final CT rankings — he finished No. 6 in the world ...
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Whole Foods workers planning strike on Tuesday

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Whole Foods workers are set to strike on Tuesday to protest what they say is a lack of employee protections amid the spread of the coronavirus. Workers at the national grocery chain will call out sick to demand guaranteed sick leave to employees who self-isolate, reinstatement of health care coverage for part-time workers, double hazard pay, a commitment to ensuring workplaces stay clean and the closure of any store where a worker tests positive. The strike had originally been scheduled on May 1.
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‘I Couldn’t Even Move’: Orange County Woman On Coronavirus Diagnosis

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HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA) — According to Johns Hopkins, coronavirus cases in the U.S. have topped 124,000 with over 1,000 people recovered, including Orange County’s Yvette Paz, an Army veteran who documented her battle with the virus through a series of Facebook videos. The 30-year-old is a survivor who wants everyone to take the pandemic ...
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Corona del Mar’s Megan Chelf, Edison’s Kate Davies earn top Surf League girls’ soccer awards

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Senior midfielder Nikki Marino, junior defender Sophia Drake and senior defender Abby McCollam also all earned first-team all-league accolades for the Chargers. Huntington Beach (10-10-5, 2-4), which tied for third in league play, had senior forward Summer Stewart and senior defender Ella Davison as first-team all-league players. Stewart led ...
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Market Forecasts Released by LSI

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life Science Intelligence (LSI) has been tracking and publishing market data on the global personal protective equipment (PPE) market for the last decade. LSI has just published a special report, Covid-19 Impact on Global Market for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Gowns, Masks, Respirators to ...
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Yes, SoCal’s Air Is Insanely Clear Right Now (And We Have A Good Idea Why)

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So there’s that. Here’s what happened in the past 24 hours: The snow capped mountains form the backdrop for a walk in Huntington Beach this weekend. Californians have been told to stick close to home, even for their walks. The news cycle moves fast. Some stories don't pan out. Others get added. Consider this today's first draft.
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11 sea lion rescues in nine days has Pacific Marine Mammal Center scrambling amid coronavirus shutdown

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The teams that typically go out in groups of four to five have been cut to one or two. Recent beach crowds also posed a hazard to rescuers and lifeguards in Dana Point and Huntington Beach had to intervene when crowds got too close to struggling marine mammals. The center has asked many of its volunteers to stay home, and that means animal care ...
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