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Owner Ted Caplaneris, left, and waitress Sandy Dooley handle orders at The Old Townhouse, a 45-year-old institution in San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. They immediately resumed indoor dining when a judge on Thursday, Dec. 17, cleared the way for restaurants in the state's second most-populous county to ignore Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home orders. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Appeals court blocks San Diego restaurant reopenings

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California attorney general tells clubs to follow order

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Margaret Hunter, the wife of former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, leaves a federal building Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in San Diego. She was sentenced Monday in federal court to eight months of home confinement in the corruption case that ended her husband's career. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Margaret Hunter, Duncan Hunter’s wife, files for divorce

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San Diego guard Chris Herren Jr., left, is defended by UCLA guard David Singleton (34) and forward Jalen Hill (24) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

UCLA routs San Diego 83-56 to win 4th in row; Juzang debuts

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 12, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, after an explosion and fire onboard the ship at Naval Base San Diego. The Navy on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, said that it will decommission the warship docked off San Diego after suspected arson caused extensive damage, making it too expensive to restore. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Navy will decommission warship damaged in suspected arson

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

San Diego attorney James McElroy poses for a portrait Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, in San Diego. McElroy calls his bond with his adopted Ethiopian son whose father was fatally beaten by white supremacists &quot;the best fee that I ever get out of a pro bono case.&quot; The 1988 murder of Mulugeta Saraw in Portland, Oregon, brought them together and also put McElroy face-to-face with Tom Metzger, the white supremacist who was found liable for the death and forced to pay $12.5 million. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

In this undated photo is Tom Metzger in San Diego. Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence, has died at age 82. The Riverside County Public Health Department said Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, that Metzger died Nov. 4 of Parkinson's disease. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

White separatist who spewed racial hatred dead at 82

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo, diners sit at outside tables at the Beach House Grill in San Diego. San Diego County is one of three of California's largest counties among 10 statewide that regressed on reopening businesses and other activities amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases, state officials said Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, while San Francisco imposed new restrictions including a ban on indoor dining in a bid to slow the spread of the virus there. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

As virus cases rise, more of California shuts down

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Iraqi immigrant Ethar Kakoz, a contact tracer for the COVID-19 virus, sits for a portrait Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in El Cajon, Calif. Kakoz is among a growing legion of ethnically and racially diverse contact tracers hired by local health departments to bridge the cultural divide in the United States and rebuild public confidence in America's public health system. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Minority US contact tracers build trust in diverse cities

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Video shows San Diego police shooting man who charged them

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

Ex-embassy worker suspected of sexually assaulting 24 women

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Border Patrol agent Justin Castrejon looks toward where the border wall makes its way over a mountain Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, near Tecate, Calif. President Donald Trump’s reshaping of U.S. immigration policy may be most felt in his undoing of asylum. Castrejon says migrants pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be guided through the mountains and picked up by a driver once they reach a road. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Migrants quickly expelled by Trump try repeatedly to cross

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Border Patrol agent Justin Castrejon looks toward where the border wall makes its way over a mountain Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, near Tecate, Calif. President Donald Trump’s reshaping of U.S. immigration policy may be most felt in his undoing of asylum. Castrejon says migrants pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be guided through the mountains and picked up by a driver once they reach a road. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Migrants quickly expelled by Trump try repeatedly to cross

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2007, file photo, former California Gov. Pete Wilson imitates the pose of a statue dedicated in his honor at Horton Plaza in San Diego. The statue was removed from the park after critics said the governor supported laws and policies that hurt immigrants and LGBTQ community members, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Thursday, Oct. 16, 2020. (Nelvin Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Statue of former governor removed after policies criticized

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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw heads to the dugout after completing the top of the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of a baseball National League Division Series Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw scratched from Game 2 start in NLCS

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San Diego Padres' Eric Hosmer, left, tries to control the ball as Los Angeles Dodgers' Corey Seager (5) safely reaches first on a throwing error by Fernando Tatis Jr. during the third inning in Game 3 of a baseball National League Division Series Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Tatis, Padres have to wait till next year as Dodgers sweep

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado points upward while rounding the bases on his solo home run off Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw during the sixth inning in Game 2 of a baseball National League Division Series Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Padres finally go deep, but can’t avoid 0-2 hole vs Dodgers

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press

Houston Astros' Carlos Correa, right, celebrates after hitting a three-run home run that scored Kyle Tucker (30) and Alex Bregman (2) during the fourth inning of Game 4 of a baseball American League Division Series against the Oakland Athletics in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) **FILE**

Bang! Bang! Astros thump away in win over Oakland, return to ALCS

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Mike Clevinger leaves the game with an injury during the second inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Clevinger replaced on Padres playoff roster with elbow issue

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press