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The number of confirmed new cases of coronavirus in Orange County fell sharply in Tuesday’s re port, continuing a down wardAccordingtrend. to the county health care agency, Tues day’s report – covering the four-day period of Sept. 2-5 – showed 901 new cases were tallied, for a daily average of 225.25, compared to Friday’s av erage of 442 and the one week-ago average of 416. Hospitalizations dipped from 206 to 202. The use of intensive care units to treat COVID-19 patients increased from 28 to 30 and deaths edged up to eight from seven. The to-date total of Or ange County deaths from coronavirus is 7,365. National and statewide trends reflect the OC’s de clining numbers.
The New York Times reports that – over a 14day period – new cases are down 13 percent and hospitalizations by 11 percent. Deaths, however, are up 7 percent. In California, Los An geles Times calculates that – over a similar pe riod – new coronavirus cases have declined by 30 percent and deaths by 11 percent.
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The lamp has been lit. At Tuesday night’s meet ing of the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education, a resolution to install tem porary lighting at ath letic fields and courts at all seven comprehensive high school campuses wasTheapproved.votewas 4-0 with Board Member Terri Roc coUnderabsent.SB 328, all pub lic high schools in the state are required to be gin classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m.
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As if it wasn’t hot enough, a fire on Monday afternoon inflicted heavy damage on this Garden Grove home in the 10000 block of Hill Road. It started to spread to an adjacent house but OCFA firefighters were able to contain it. It took about 10 minutes to knock the fire out. (Orange County Fire Authority photo)
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Those of us sweating in Tuesday’s 93-degree heat in the West Orange County area may not be comforted that it will soon be considered a “cool”Accordingday. to the National Weather Service, the forecast calls for daytime highs to climb to 97 on Wednesday, 96 on Thursday and 101 on Friday. On Saturday, thunderstorms and show ers are expected to cool us off to 84 and give our lawns a bit of a respite. Daily highs are typi cally about five to eight degrees cooler close to the beach. In response to the hot weather, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach and Stanton are maintaining cooling centers for those without air conditioning. Garden Grove’s cooling center, located at the city’s Sports and Recreation Center in Garden
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A Flex Alert is in place, asking residents to cut back on usage from 4-9 p.m., by reducing light ing, raising thermostats to 78 degrees and avoid use of heavy appliances such as washers and dryers.The possibility has also been raised of rolling blackouts.
For information about countywide cooling center locations and hours of operation, call 211. Hot weather may not be the only inconvenience for area residents. State officials are calling on citi zens to conserve electricity to ease demand as the heavy use of air conditioning is straining the state’s grid.
Continued from page 1 Grove Park will be open Wednes day to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 Inp.m.Huntington Beach, Edison Community Center (21377 Mag nolia St.) and Murdy Community Center (7000 Norma Dr.) will be open through Thursday. Hours will vary from day to day. Stanton is using its branch library in the Civic Center (Katella Av enue just west of Beach Boule vard) for cooling from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Also available are buildings at Stanton Central Park, 10660 Western Ave. from 12-6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
That would make the school day end later and extend many extracurricular activities – espe cially athletics – past sunset. The response is to install light ing at those schools. Before the board is a proposal for foot ball/track, soccer, baseball and softball fields, as well as tennis courts for Bolsa Grande, Garden Grove, La Quinta, Pacifica, Ran cho Alamitos and Santiago. Lighting for Los Amigos is ex pected to come before the board
Heat wave broils on and on in West Orange County area
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Temporary lighting OKd for athletic fields, courts inSBOctober.328is a bill requiring the later start to the school day based on the reasoning that stud ies show better academic perfor mance, school attendance and health for students. Middle schools may not start classes earlier than 8 a.m. Also on Tuesday night, the board honored employees of the month.DoTran, a custodian at An thony Elementary School was the classified employee so hon ored and Jeanie Jo, a teacher at Simmons Elementary School was the certificated employee chosen.Thenext board meeting is scheduled for Sept. 20. The GGUSD is a public K-12 system serving most of Gar den Grove as well as portions of Anaheim, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Stanton and Westminster.
Boy, 7, fatally hit by car on street in Santa Ana
An attic fire in an apartment complex in Garden Grove on Sunday morning was quickly extinguished . According to the Orange County Fire Department, the blaze was reported at 11:41 a.m. in the 12600 block of Buaro Street, southwest of Lampson Avenue and Harbor Boulevard.
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Attic fire was quickly knocked out; residents’ belongings (lower left) were saved (OCFA photos).
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FIRE SCENE ON BUARO STREET IN GARDEN GROVE
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In a scene reminiscent of wild west shootout, a jew elry store owner in Hunting ton Beach drove off wouldbe armed robbers Saturday afternoon.According to the HBPD, the incident began around 4 p.m. at the store in the area of Algonquin Street and Davenport Drive near where
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On Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Helen Louise Swaim, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away at the age of 89 at her home in Stanton.Louise was born Jan. 14, 1933 in Drakesville, Iowa to Glen and Kathryn (Jaeger) Townsend. She was raised on a farm in Iowa as the second youngest of 7 Onsiblings.Jan.21, 1950 she married Ernest Dean Swaim. Together they raised five children Linda, Peggy, Greg, Ron and Mark. Louise was passionate about her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She showed this love through serving in ministries at her church, Garden Grove Friends, since 1960. Louise taught Sunday school classes for many years, majority working with the 4- and 5-year olds. She also shared the love of Jesus to those less fortunate by serving faithfully at Real Help ministry.Whilecooking hot meals and preparing food bags to give to those in need, she would serve and love on others with a huge smile on her face. Louise was preceded in death by her husband Ernie and son Greg. She is survived by her four children: Linda (Mike), Peggy (Carl), Ron (Sharon)
OCFA crews made it a priority to sal vage the residents’ belongings. There were no injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
A 7-year-old boy died after being struck by a car as he was walking along a street in Santa Ana Sunday night. According to the SAPD, po lice received a call of a pedes trian down in the roadway at 8:50 p.m. Officers and Orange County Fire Authority personnel responded and found the child, who was taken to a local hospi tal in critical condition. He was later pronounced dead. The incident took place in the area of 700 N. Rosita St., south east of Hazard Avenue and Eu clid Street. It appears the child was crossing Rosita north of 7th Street when he was struck by a vehicle traveling south on Rosita Street.Police say the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. The cause of the collision is under investigation. Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact Investigator N. Quinones at (714) 245-8216 or the Traffic Division at (714) 245-8200.
Raise for fast-food workers
SACRAMENTO (AP) – Cali fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a nation-lead ing measure giving more than a half-million fast food work ers more power and protec tions, despite the objections of restaurant owners who warned it would drive up consumers’ costs.The landmark law creates a and Mark (Shelly), six grand children: Renee (Shawn), Chad (Shannon), Heather (Andrew), Cortnee (Chris), Jonathon (Kelsey) and Cameron, and 11 great grandchildren: Kailee, Co ralee, Tanner, Ava, Vera, Calla, Ezra, Adalee, Alec, Colby and Garret.Acelebration of life will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 at the Lambertian Ministry Cen ter located at 12211 Magnolia St., Garden Grove, (formerly Garden Grove Friends Church) at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family is asking for non-perish able food items to be brought as they will be donated to a local food bank. A memorial fund has been set up with Community Action Part Continued from page 3
10-member Fast Food Council with equal numbers of work ers’ delegates and employers’ representatives, along with two state officials, empowered to set minimum standards for wages, hours and working conditions in California.
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Shootout at H. Beach jewelry store
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Helen Louise Swaim, 89, of Stanton Warner Avenue turns south to ward the Suspectsocean.forced their way into the business and an exchange of gunfire took place as the store owner defended himself. The Continued from page 3 suspects fled in two vehicles northbound on the San Diego (405) Freeway. The store owner was not hurt and one customer suffered mi nor cuts from broken glass. At 9 p.m. – with the help of an other law enforcement agency –a vehicle involved in the armed robbery attempt was located. It had crashed in Los Alamitos and several suspects fled. A search turned up a male juve nile who was detained. nership Orange County where monetary donations to the local food bank can be made in honor/ memory of Louise Swaim.
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What to expect from “Rings of Power”
By The Associated Press Amazon Studios has launched “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” a series is based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s writ ings which take place long be fore “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” films and books.
“I don’t think anyone needs to do any homework. Of course, having a prior knowledge of the lore and the world will only en hance the experience. But I think you can go into it as a complete new fan of Tolkien and Tolkien’s world.”– Charlie Vickers, who plays Halbrand, a human ship wreck survivor. “I’m really hoping that we’re going to bring some new fans to this kind of work in this world building in this sort of world. I think that it’s quite diverse. There are obviously families and kids and things like that who would love it. But equally people like me that love fantasy and still read it and go and see the movies and films and what ever – I think that will appeal as well.” – Sara Zwangobani, who plays the harfoot Marigold Brandyfoot.
In recent weeks the cast and producers have revealed some of the behind-the-scenes chal lenges that went into bringing the second age of Tolkien’s Mid dle-earth to screens.
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IS THE SHOW JUST FOR THOSE TOLKIENHARD-COREFANS?
“LORD OF THE RINGS: RINGS OF POWER” extends the saga of J.K. Tolkien’s time-honored story of Middle-Earth
“Two-and-a-half hours in the makeup chair every day. And I sang songs with my fellow ac tors, Megan Richards, Markella Kavenagh. I talked to my great team. Sometimes I just thought about my character and what I was going to do for the day. Ac tually, we had a lot of fun in the makeup chair. Two-and-a-half hours sounds like a long time, but actually we had a great time, So, it was like no time passed.’’ – Sara Zwangobani, on the time it took makeup and prosthetic artists to transform into harfoot Marigold Brandyfoot. “Three hours to put it on, and 45 to take it off. So, it is a big part of the day. It really was. And I became very good friends with the makeup artist and the prosthetics artist, as well.’’ –Owain Arthur, on the time it took makeup and prosthetic art ists to transform him into King Durin IV. “This is an iconic, necessary, revolutionary moment and I am very proud to fly the flag for generations to come in a fran chise of this scale.’’ – Black ac tor Sophia Nomvete who plays
WHAT TO EXPECT “I feel the main character for me in Tolkien’s work is Middleearth itself. If we can get that, then the characters will make sense and come from there. I re ally hope that then there will be something for everyone because the main bit is being immersed in another land.’’ – Morfydd Clark, who plays elven com mander Galadriel. “There is great evil in Tolkien and there is in this show. But we felt that it was important that even evil sort of had a point of view. We thought that was that was true to him. The first line in the show is ‘Nothing is evil in the beginning.” – Patrick McK ay, a showrunner and executive producer.“There’s fear matched with bravery. And I think we live in a world now where society and external forces can sometimes dim that instinct, that fiery in stinct to just to just do, which we idealistically rely on for our selves.” – Sophia Nomvete, who plays a dwarven princess.
“Definitely I feel the weight of expectation on my character be cause he’s obviously been por trayed in the films and people have an idea of who he is al ready. But this is set thousands of years before that, at a point where, you know, we’re explor ing his, well, my character’s beginnings, understanding his relationships with his family, his friends, his place in the world, and what he really wants to do.”
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Television
Prequel to the “Lord of the Rings” classic
It’s a television production of epic proportions, with an esti mated price tag of $465 million for its first eight episodes, with plans for a 50-part story arc.
– Maxim Baldry, who plays Isil dur, the human leader who ob tains an all-powerful ring.
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Continued from page 5 the dwarf princess Disa. “I think when people talk about the budget of the series, one thing that I keep saying is that I don’t think people want a bud get version of this story. You do not want to see sort of pieces of things falling off sets and cos tumes that look like rentals. I think you need the resources to tell a story of this scale.’’ – Cyn thia Addai-Robinson, who plays the queen-regent of Numenor WHISKING AWAY TO ISOLATED,ANOTHER,WORLD
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”
Associated Press reporters Mike Cidoni Lennox in Los An geles, Krysta Fauria in San Di ego, Berenice Bautista in Mex ico City and Mark Kennedy in New York compiled material for this story.
“Obviously, it will be compared with inevitably other current fantasy shows and particularly the (Peter) Jackson movies. But the world is very different and we’ve started out with some brand new characters, some characters from Tolkien that have never been played before or never featured in a live-action TV show. I think because it is a brand new thing, it’s more excit ing than worrying.” – Charles Edwards, who plays Celebrim bor. “I think when you look at a genre like fantasy, you can use the biggest stories to tell things that are very relatable. People want to get lost in the stories and they want to feel things and you need a big, big canvas to be able to do that. I’m a huge ‘Game of Thrones’ fan. I’m going to be watching ‘House of the Drag on.’ I have a friend on ‘House of the Dragon.’ I think this idea of having to choose one or the other – you can watch both. You can watch more. I will be watch ing more. So, if you’re a fan of genre, this is this is an incredible time.” – Cynthia Addai-Robin son, who plays the queen-regent of Numenor.
“We filmed during a pandemic, a global pandemic. It was diffi cult because we were away from loved ones for almost two years and our support systems. But what that did is it sort of forced us to to lean on each other. And that is is a bonding experience like no other.” – Nazanin Bo niadi, who plays a human healer and“Itsingle-mother.wasdifficult, yes. But we also had the particular privilege to be working. At one point, we were the only show that was shooting in the world – our col leagues had their shows paused and even canceled. The world was indoors and we were still able to go to set every day. That was also a fire that fueled our our performances. I think for ev eryone this became more than a show. It was our lives and it was a letter and a testament letter of love to all the fans and everyone else in the world that was in doors.” – Ismael Cruz Cordova, who plays an elf soldier.
“Those who both love Tolkien and who are passionate about Tolkien and have read every single little every ounce of work that they possibly is by Tolkien – I hope that they respond to it and connect to it for sure. But I also do hope that there are kids that haven’t been introduced yet and that, you know, maybe they will be inspired to go back to the books and rediscover them or discover them for the first time.” – Markella Kavenagh, who plays a young harfoot girl. “Obviously, it will be com pared with inevitably other cur rent fantasy shows and particu larly the (Peter) Jackson movies. But the world is very different and we’ve started out with some brand new characters, some characters from Tolkien that have never been played before or never featured in a live-action TV show. I think because it is a brand new thing, it’s more excit ing than worrying.’’ – Charles Edwards, who plays Celebrim bor.“Ithink we are not the mothers. We are but midwives or doulas at best. This is Tolkien’s baby and this is his world. And we’ve just seen it as our responsibility to hopefully bring it into being in a fresh, new way. If people feel his voice and his themes and his tones in the show even a little bit, we’ll just be thrilled. So we can’t wait for people to watch.” –Patrick McKay, show runner and executive producer.
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WHAT ABOUT THAT OTHER FANTASYBIGSHOW?
“From the very first moment, I think even from the audition stage, we’re not really meant to kind of share anything. So I remember when I got cast, and I got cast in the middle of lock down, and I couldn’t tell anyone. And then I left the country and I didn’t tell anyone where I was going because I thought, ‘Well, if I tell them where, they’re go ing to know, they’re going to know exactly what it is.’’– Cyn thia Addai-Robinson, who plays the queen-regent of Numenor.
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Continued from page 8 theTheseason.LosAngeles Dodgers built an early 5-1 lead and went on to a 6-3 victory over the San Fran cisco Giants at home. Joey Gallo had a three-run homer in the second and Max Muncy two solo shots to pace theTyoffense.Anderson (14-3) pitched seven innings, giving up eight hits and three earned runs. He struck out three batters and walked none. In relief, Craig Kimbrel picked up his 22nd save of the season. Wednesdays, Saturdays
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While the biggest stars re turned to the Rams, the roster did take a few key hits this offseason with star pass rusher Von Miller leaving for Buffalo in free agency, receiver Odell Beckham Jr. remaining un signed as he rehabilitates a knee injury from the Super Bowl and the retirement of left tackle AndrewCornerbackWhitworth.Darious Williams and right guard Austin Corbett also left in free agency, but the Rams did make a couple of key additions with the signing of linebacker Bobby Wagner and receiver Allen Robinson. They also realize they have to deal with the burden of being defending champions as they seek to become the first team since New England in 2004 to repeat.The17 consecutive seasons without a repeat champion are more than double the secondlongest stretch without a backto-back Super Bowl winner. “We realize that now we’re the ones with the targets on our back,” center Brian Allen said. “We’re not chasing the Tampa Bays, the teams that won the year before. We know we’re going to have a tough schedule this year, and we’re going to get everyone’s best shot. Bring it on.”
Thursday • Garden Grove (2-0) at Gahr (0-2) at Artesia High • Palos Verdes (1-2) at Edison (3-0) at Westminster High • El Toro (0-3) at Edison (3-0) at Huntington Beach High • Westminster (2-0) at Ana heim (0-2) at La Palma Park • Loara (1-2) at Sonora (2-1) • Savanna (0-2) at Rancho Alamitos (2-0) at Bolsa Grande High, 6:30 p.m. • Estancia (1-1) at Santiago (1-1) at Garden Grove High • Pacifica (1-1) at Canyon (30) at El Modena High • Western (2-1) at Esperanza (1-2). Friday • Mendez (0-3) at Bolsa Grande (1-1)•Marina (0-2) at Fountain Val ley (2-1) at HBHS • Cerritos (0-3) at Ocean View (1-2)•Costa Mesa (1-2) at La Quin ta (0-2) at GGHS • Los Amigos (1-1) at Saddle back (2-0) • Orange (1-2) at La Habra (12). followed by a playoff meltdown against the Rams that leave lingering questions heading into this Seattleseason.appears to be in rebuild mode after a decade run with the top record in the confer ence, having traded away star quarterback Russell Wilson.
• Ezekiel Hernandez of West minster had 15 tackles against Los Amigos and is averaging 11.5 per game. Here’s the schedule for area teams this week. As always, matchups, game times, locations and dates are subject to change without no tice, so check with the schools if you’re planning on attending. Most games are set for a 7 p.m. start except as noted.
Chargers, Oilers head for a showdown?
Rams kick off season vs. Bills Angels squeeze by Tigers; Dodgers cut down Giants
• Malachi Bey of Garden Grove rushed for two touch downs and 307 yards (the latter being close to the school record) against Santa Ana High.
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Hogue finished with 138 yards rushing. In two games, Awad has thrown for 886 yards.
against Orange Lutheran and Carter Hogue had two rushing touchdowns for the Chargers.
A dropped interception, a failed short-yardage attempt and a wellexecuted game-winning drive was the difference in sending the Rams to the title game and the Niners home to wallow all offseason at their missed opportunity.The49ersare seeking to reverse that result this season, starting with beating the Rams out in the NFC West.
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THE RAMS open the 2022 NFL season as the defending league champion on Thursday against a team considered the heir apparent, the Buffalo Bills (Brevin Townsell/LA Rams photo)
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Who’s Fast Out of the Grid Gate?
The prospects for the other two teams in the division aren’t as bright. Arizona spent much of last season in the NFC West lead before a late-season collapse
“When you come that close to actu ally being in the big dance, it’s hard to taper down your expectations for the next year, especially when you think the team is just as good, if not better,”
By Josh Dubow AP Pro Football Writer
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – The margin between the Super Bowl cham pion Los Angeles Rams and rival San Francisco 49ers couldn’t have been much smaller last season.
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The division that has provided the NFC champion in three of the past four seasons figures to have a couple of more contenders in 2022 with the Rams hungry for a repeat and the Nin ers hoping the switch at quarterback from Jimmy Garoppolo to Trey Lance can get one of the league’s strongest rosters over the top.
All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams said.
You ask yourself, what kind of op portunities are you willing to earn? It comes with sacrifice and hard work and being a great teammate.”
It’s probably no surprise, and maybe too early but the Empire League foot ball race is starting to shape up as a two-team struggle between Edison and Huntington Beach. Both teams won big that last week. The Chargers defeated a strong Orange Lutheran team 34-13 and the Oilers beat Wilson High of Long Beach 4317.The two will meet at Sheue Field on Friday, Sept.Edison23. and Huntington are rated first and second in this week’s High Five rankings for area teams. The rest of the Five are Garden Grove, Westmin ster and Western. “On the bubble” are Pa cifica, Rancho Alamitos andAmongOrange.the noteworthy gridiron performances last week were: • Parker Awad of Edi son threw for a TD pass
In a small but potentially significant sign of prog ress, the Los Angeles Angels defeated the De troit Tigers 5-4 in 10 in nings on Tuesday night in Anaheim and moved into third place in the Ameri can League West. A safety squeeze bunt by Magneuris Sierra brought in Andrew Velazquez with the winning run as the Halos posted their eighth win in 11 games. Earlier in the game, the Angels got three solo home runs, one by Mike Trout, his 31st homer of
But with coach Sean McVay back with an extension and a roster with stars such as Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp on offense, and Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey on defense, Los Angeles figures to have as good a chance as anyone in the NFC.
“Just because we did something last year doesn’t mean anything’s going to happen this year,’’ Stafford said. “We’ve got to go out there and earn it. Those opportunities that we got to play in those games last year were earned.
The Rams feel as if they are in good shape as well, even if they have stressed that last year’s success will have no bearing on this year’s results.