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- WATCH: Surfer rides ethereal GLOWING WAVES thanks to bioluminescent algae
Bioluminescence is always awe-inspiring, but in the context of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, for many surfers in California its recent appearance was an ethereal call to ride the waves once more after weeks stuck inside. - Judge shoots down California law mandating background checks for ammunition buyers, citing ‘grave injury’ to 2nd AmendmentA federal judge has overturned a law forcing Californians to undergo background checks when buying ammunition, arguing the rule set fire to the Second Amendment and deprived citizens of their right to bear arms.
- Trying to beat the queues? Man arrested for breaking into Disneyland during coronavirus lockdownWith lockdown taking its toll on people the world over, one man sought refuge in the so-called ‘happiest place on Earth’, breaking into Disneyland in California to get away from it all.
- Real Los Angeles Covid-19 infection rate could be DOZENS of times higher than official count, study suggestsThe number of people infected with Covid-19 in Los Angeles County could be many times higher than official figures suggest, researchers say, warning that predictions and public health strategies need an overhaul.
- Facebook CENSORS anti-quarantine protests in US as ‘harmful misinformation’Americans protesting their states’ coronavirus lockdown measures won’t be able to organize protests on Facebook any longer, after the Silicon Valley firm declared them “harmful misinformation.”
- ‘Shut up Karen’: LA Times writer sweatpants-shames locked-down Americans during pandemic & gets roastedSniffing that Americans working from home should “dress like the adult you’re getting paid to be” rather than prioritize comfort over office dress code, a Los Angeles Times writer got a digital spanking for his skewed priorities.
- ‘How do you still exist?’ Musk unloads on CNN after claims his ventilators were never delivered to California hospitalsThe continued existence of CNN is surprising, Elon Musk tweeted, after the network said the 1,000 ventilators that the Tesla CEO had promised to California never made it to hospitals. Musk posted evidence to the contrary.
- California gov announces $125 million relief for illegal immigrants over Covid-19California will be the first state in the US to provide financial relief to illegal immigrants amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Mysterious Covid-19 outbreak forces US Navy to quarantine 116 crew on HOSPITAL ship treating handful of non-coronavirus patientsThe US Navy has removed more than 100 sailors from a hospital ship docked in Los Angeles to aid the city’s fight against Covid-19 after seven crew members contracted the lethal virus – but exactly how remains a mystery.
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