Four Inland basketball players, six coaches earn top CIF Southern Section honors

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The Press-Enterprise
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Four Inland players and six Inland coaches earned top honors as the CIF Southern Section released its basketball awards Monday. The Paloma Valley girls team swept the awards for Division 4AA. Mya Pierfax, a junior guard, was chosen the Player of the Year for the division. She averaged 17 points per game this season. Matt Dale was chosen as the ...
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The hard, but honest, truth about Disneyland’s closure

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The San Bernardino Sun
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At least Disney was honest with us. Theme parks and other attractions all over the country are pushing back their reopening dates as it becomes apparent that COVID-19 won’t blow over quickly. But rather than commit to a new date, Disney offered the industry’s first honest response — it’s closed until further notice. Sign up for our Park ...
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Valley View Casino & Hotel, Agua Caliente casinos extend coronavirus closure

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The Press-Enterprise
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Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center and the Agua Caliente casinos in the Coachella Valley both recently announced plans to extend their coronavirus-related closures. Valley View has extended its closure through April 16, officials for the casino announced on Monday, March 30. The casino previously said it was hoping to reopen April 3 ...
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Video court arraignments to reduce coronavirus threat come to Riverside County

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The Press-Enterprise
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Delays for key court hearings OK’d for Coronavirus pandemic Inland courts try to balance justice and safety in coronavirus-forced changes San Bernardino County Superior Court announces coronavirus emergency plan Coronavirus forces emergency operations for Riverside County Superior Court San Bernardino County Superior also is hearing pleas via ...
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Disney’s Iger, Chapek to take pay cuts amid coronavirus shutdown

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The San Bernardino Sun
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Walt Disney Co. Chairman Bob Iger will give up his salary, and other executives will take cuts in pay, in response to park closings and other hardships tied to the coronavirus. In a note to senior executives Monday, the company’s new chief executive officer, Bob Chapek, said the cuts begin April 5 and last indefinitely. His salary is being ...
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Valley View Casino & Hotel extends coronavirus closure

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The San Bernardino Sun
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Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center has extended its closure through April 16, officials for the casino announced on Monday, March 30. A letter from Valley View’s General Manager Bruce Howard posted on Valley View’s website said that officials planned to reopen the casino, hotel and restaurants at 8 a.m., April 17, “but as we all ...
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Coronavirus puts Inland political campaigns in ‘Twilight Zone’

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The Press-Enterprise
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“It doesn’t feel right to campaign right now,” said Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, a Republican seeking a state Senate seat representing parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The virus, which led to the certification deadline for the March 3 primary to be extended to late April, is changing how a May 12 Inland special election will take plac
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Coronavirus: Macy’s to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers

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The San Bernardino Sun
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NEW YORK — Macy’s will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers with its stores dark. The company on Monday said it is transitioning to an ‘’absolute minimum workforce” needed to maintain basic operations. Online operations won’t be hit as hard. Employees who are enrolled in health benefits will continue to receive coverage with ...
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Coronavirus outbreak reminds us of a similar terror a century ago

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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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If the influenza epidemic of a century ago is giving us any clues, it’s obvious there’s no quick end in sight.
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We wasted an economic boom, and now we are starting to pay the price

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The San Bernardino Sun
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We don’t yet know the toll that COVID-19 will have on lives and health, but it is frightening. And so is the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The Labor Department reported that 3.28 million people, including over 186,000 in California, filed initial unemployment claims in the week that ended March 21. Before the record-setting ...
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