Grace Leung

By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager

The rollout of new, green-top organics recycling carts by Newport Beach’s waste contractor, CR&R, is nearly complete as of Friday, April 15. CR&R has distributed thousands of organics carts to residential households since January to meet the state requirements for recycling of organic waste, which includes yard waste and food scraps, that took effect in January 2022.

All households should now have a green-top organic recycling

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After two years of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, all indoor and outdoor adult sports leagues operated through Carrboro Recreation, Parks, & Cultural Resources will no longer require masks.

The mandate was lifted on April 4 after  Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools dropped its mask requirement. All indoor and outdoor facilities are now fully operational. 

“We are following the school system guidelines,” said Carrboro Recreation, Parks, & Cultural Resources Recreation Administrator Charles Harrington. “We have to be respectful

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Publishing adult games on Steam has always been a tricky proposition, but the canceled launch of Super Seducer 3 has revealed an altogether deeper problem in the Steam developer rules.

The vast majority of video games are pretty benign forms of entertainment, but there is also a broad category of games that specifically targets adults with the inclusion of sexual content. Sometimes that content is suggestive or inferred, sometimes there’s a bit of nudity, and

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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Starting Friday new state guidelines will allow indoor full-contact sports for kids and adults in Oregon.

This year during the pandemic, school sports seasons have been switched around so some that would’ve already finished will just be starting their seasons.

“There’s been a lot of changes and a lot of you know adjustments and things,” Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Executive Director, Peter Weber said. “I think again our board has

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All indoor organized sports at the youth, high school, and adult recreation levels — both games and practices — will be suspended for four weeks to help battle the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday.

College and professional sports are not included in the “full and complete pause,” as Murphy called it, which will take effect Saturday at 6 a.m. and lasts until Jan. 2.

The executive order will apply

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The California Department of Public Health updated guidance on sports on Monday:

–COVID-19 continues to pose a severe risk to communities and requires all people in California to follow the recommended precautions and adapt the way they live and function in light of this ongoing risk. This guidance provides direction on outdoor and indoor youth and recreational adult sports activities to support a safe environment for these sports. The guidance applies to all organized youth

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