Unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows

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U.S. unemployment dropped sharply in August from 10.2% to a still-high 8.4%, with about half the 22 million jobs lost to the coronavirus outbreak recovered
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Dense fog blankets coast as heatwave builds – but will it show this weekend at the beach?

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So should you pack a sweater if you’re headed to the coast to beat the inland heat, expected as Southern California temps reach 110 degrees to 115 degrees in areas such as Anaheim and
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Lifeguards urge caution, expect crowded O.C. beaches on Labor Day weekend

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There are the ongoing coronavirus concerns to be aware of at crowded beaches, but beyond encouraging people to keep six-feet away from others and to wear masks to limit virus exposure, officials warn a day at the beach can pose other dangers that can quickly turn enjoyment into tragedy.
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Southern California cities can soon object to giant increases in housing goals

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The pain would be shared by cities big and small. Seal Beach’s goal, for example, would go from two new homes in the current cycle to 1,239 by 2029. Bellflower’s would go from two to 3,726 new
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More mosquitoes, birds testing for West Nile, county is spraying in some areas

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Orange County overall is experiencing more West Nile virus activity than last year, Young said, with cases popping up in Huntington Beach, Irvine, Garden Grove, Cypress, Los Alamitos, Costa Mesa, Orange, Santa Ana, Seal Beach and Westminster. The district ...
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1 dead, 1 arrested following disturbance at Huntington Beach apartment

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Police responding to reports of a disturbance in Huntington Beach found one person dead and took another into custody on suspicion of homicide Wednesday, Sept. 2. Residents at an apartment ...
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Bodies of 2 men, 1 from Huntington Beach, identified after 2019 disappearance in Washington state

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Jon Joseph Cleary, 47, of Huntington Beach, and Josiah Michael “Jo” Hilderbrand, 25, of Piercy, disappeared in June 2019 as they were driving through Yakima County in southern Washington to ...
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Body in Huntington Beach tide is fourth found at OC beaches in 11 days

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A 36-year-old Garden Grove man’s body was found this week in Huntington Beach’s tide – the fourth body found in Orange County waters in a little over a week. Kevin Bechtold died in the water ...
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Status Update: Whole Foods opens in Surf City; new boba at 4th Street Market

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A Whole Foods Market opened Wednesday, Aug. 26 in a former Orchard Supply Hardware store in Huntington Beach at the northeast corner of Brookhurst Street and Adams Avenue. The 44,448-square-foot grocery store in the Beachmont Plaza has all the usual ...
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Orange County’s Catholic elementary schools set to begin in-person learning Sept. 8

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The Diocese of Orange’s 31 elementary schools are preparing for in-person instruction starting Sept. 8; seven schools have received waivers to allow in-person schooling, more waivers
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