The Rev. Lawrence Wilkes, who in 2012 stepped in as interim pastor at the Crystal Cathedral when the Schuller family departed after a tumultuous bankruptcy, died last month after contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Doctors confirmed on March 28 that Wilkes, 80, had the disease, according to a Facebook post…
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Very soon it will be no mask, no service at Los Angeles’ grocery stores. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday night mandated that, “starting Friday, April 10th, employees and customers at many non-medical essential businesses such as grocery stores will be required to wear face coverings.”
With no way to safely pull it from the water, the Pilgrim – an icon of Dana Point Harbor – will be demolished. The decision made over the weekend followed extensive efforts to salvage the tall ship after it heeled starboard suddenly in its dock next to the Ocean Institute on March 29. more…
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Hal Willner, a record producer famed for his left-of-center tribute albums and concerts, and as the long-time sketch music producer for “Saturday Night Live,” has died of complications related to the coronavirus, Variety has confirmed. He was 64. On his Twitter account, the producer had alluded to having been diagnosed in a March 28 tweet…
via Hal Willner, Music Producer and ‘SNL’ Veteran, Dies of Coronavirus at 64 — Variety
Exclusive producers are putting rare bottles on the block through a new startup auction partnership.
Disneyland will halt annual pass payments for passholders who have paid for a full year and those on the monthly payment plan while the Anaheim theme park remains closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
via Disneyland halts annual passholder payments during coronavirus closure — Orange County Register
Orange County added 56 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday, April 2, increasing the region’s reported total to 656. The rate of increase slowed for much of this week, with the number of cases doubling every six days or so.
