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Harris firm is Protesters gather against Garcia

representing
AVUHSD trio
By JULIE DRAKE
Valley Press Staff Writer
LANCASTER — Harris &
Associates, the Los Angeles law
firm hired by the former Ante-
lope Valley Union School Dis-
trict Board majority in 2019, is
representing the trio — former
Board member Robert “Bob”
Davis and current members
Victoria Ruffin and Amanda
Parrell — in their defense of
a wrongful termination law-
suit filed by Bridget Cook, the
longtime former general coun-
sel for the high school District.
Cook sued Davis, Ruffin,
Parrell and her former employ-
er last August, contending she
was unlawfully fired in 2019
in retaliation for whistleblower
reports on allegedly improper
and illegal contracts that would
have provided financial wind-
falls to Davis, Ruffin and Par-
rell, or to their close associates.
Cook is represented by at-
torneys Claire-Lise Y. Kutlay
and Alan Greenberg.
Cook, who is Black, alleged
that she was discriminated
against on the basis of her
race and gender. The lawsuit
also alleged Cook experienced
serious psychological and emo-
tional distress, and lost millions
of dollars in past and future
earnings, among other injuries.
The suit seeks unspecified
damages for retaliatory termi-
nation and discrimination.
Court records show Davis,
Ruffin and Parrell seek to avoid
any personal liability for firing
Cook, and to strike Cook’s re-
quest for attorney’s fees, civil
penalties and punitive damag-
es.
Davis, Ruffin and Parrell
fired Cook without warning
and without cause on May 9,
2019, after Cook raised con-
cerns about alleged waste,
improper use of government
funds and unlawful conduct to
the Board and to her supervi-
sor, Superintendent David Vi-
erra. As Cook’s direct supervi-
sor, Vierra had the authority to
fire and discipline her.
Cook reported alleged
waste, misuse of government
funds and unlawful conduct
See BOARD, A3
Protesters
against US
Rep. Mike
Garcia, R-Santa
Clarita, hold up
signs outside
his Palmdale
office on
Friday evening.
Simultaneous
protests
took place
at Garcia’s
Santa Clarita
office and at
Rep. Kevin
McCarthy’s
Bakersfield
office.
RAYMOND GARCIA/
VALLEY PRESS
Caravan participants believe their voices are not being heard
By RAYMOND GARCIA ita, for California’s 25th Dis- ty because of his refusal to Huerta Foundation gath-
Valley Press Staff Writer trict, which includes much of meet with those he was voted ered as simultaneous protests
occurred at Garcia’s Santa
PALMDALE — “Hey! the Antelope Valley. to represent.
Clarita office as well as Rep.
Hey! Ho! Ho! Mike Garcia Ruth Sanchez, president “We want to make sure
Kevin McCarthy’s office in
of the American Civil Lib- that he hears us one way or
has got to go!”
erties Union Antelope Val- another,” she said. Bakersfield.
These were the words
ley Chapter, said they were Members from various Waunette Cullors, a trust-
chanted by protesters during
out protesting to make sure organizations including ee for the Keppel Union
a cold and windy Friday eve-
Garcia heard their voic- Our Revolution, Progres- School District Board and
ning as residents caravaned
councilwoman for the Lit-
in protest against US Rep. es on issues that need to be sive Democrats of America,
Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clar- addressed in the communi- the ACLU and the Dolores See PROTEST, A5

Proposed park upgrades outlined Virgin Galactic hires

By JULIE DRAKE
Valley Press Staff Writer
LANCASTER — Proposed im-
provement to El Dorado Park include
a new community building, an expand-
ed playground with new inclusive play
equipment, a splash pad and a new
swing set with eight swings.
The City held five workshops to col-
lect public input on proposed improve-
ments to the park. The fifth workshop
was a virtual event held Thursday
night.
Lancaster hopes to secure a Prop-
osition 68 grant to pay for the im-
provements. Prop. 68 is a statewide
park development and community re-
vitalization program now in its fourth
round. Approximately $395.3 million
is available. The deadline to submit an
application is March 12.
“There was 478 applications the last
round in 2019 and only 62 grants were
awarded, so very competitive grant,”
Improvements to El Dorado Park could be on the way, as the City of Lancaster
has conducted five workshops seeking public input. The City is hoping to land a
Proposition 68 grant to pay for the project.
said consultant Mike Nilsson, who is
helping to write the grant.
Doug Grove with RHA Landscape
Architects discussed the proposed
changes.
A new larger community center
Ahrens as its new CFO
VALLEY PRESS
STAFF REPORT
Virgin Galactic has an-
nounced the appointment
of a seasoned executive with
over 25 years of experience
as its new chief financial of-
ficer.
Doug Ahrens will take over
the position effective Monday
after he most recently served
as CFO at Mellanox, a public
JULIE DRAKE/VALLEY PRESS company in the semiconduc-
tor industry. There, he was AHRENS
responsible for all finance
track record in building and
functions until the successful
sustaining growth.
acquisition by NVIDIA Cor-
would replace the existing building at “I’m thrilled to welcome
poration in 2020.
the south end of the park. The building Doug Ahrens to the Vir-
Michael Colglazier, chief
would be twice the size and serve as a gin Galactic team,” he said.
executive officer of Virgin
preschool. A large plaza area with ta- “Doug’s deep experience
Galactic, said Ahrens is an
bles and shade sails would be just north helping global manufactur-
excellent leader and devel-
See SPLASH, A5 oper of talent with a proven See AHRENS, A5

Seniors line up to get virus vaccinations

FROM A PRESS RELEASE County Department of Pub- Overall, Wesley gave some the supply for the nonprofit
lic Health mobile vaccination 1,700 vaccinations this week Wesley clinic and other dos-
LANCASTER — More
teams start operation today at its downtown Lancaster es for pharmacies, medical
than 600 seniors received
in the Antelope Valley, be- facility, said CEO Al Balles- offices and elsewhere. That
COVID-19 vaccinations Sat-
ginning with retirement com- teros, who toured the super- was about 10% of the total
urday at Wesley Health Cen-
plexes and senior apartments. visor and Lancaster Council- county shipment, while the
ter in the Antelope Valley’s
“We’re going to keep push- man Raj Malhi through the Antelope Valley accounts for
largest vaccination event so
ing, pushing,” said Los Ange- operation. about 4% of the county’s to-
far.
les County Supervisor Kath- The Los Angeles Coun- tal population.
Meanwhile, Lancaster
ryn Barger, who visited the ty Department of Public Starting Monday, teachers,
BRYAN CHAN, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Mayor R. Rex Parris an-
Wesley Health Center Satur- Health upped the Antelope other educators, food workers
Brenda Velasquez, Wesley Health Center deputy chief opera- nounced that a mass vacci-
such as supermarket employ-
tions officer and a registered nurse, fills syringes with COVID nation site is scheduled to day and who has been work- Valley’s vaccine alloca-
ees and emergency personnel
19 vaccine as Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger open March 8 in Lancaster. ing to get more Antelope Val- tion last week to more than
and Al Ballesteros, Wesley Health Centers CEO, look on. In addition, six Los Angeles ley residents vaccinated. 25,000 doses, which included See AV, A5

TODAY’S OUTLOOK A special good morning to Valley Press subscriber LILLIAN CARTER of Palmdale
Sunny. Highs INSIDE TODAY OBITUARIES B6 SECOND FRONT B1
in 50s to lower BUSINESS B5 OPINION B3 SPORTS C1
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A2 Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021

Skiers defy death in descent of Yosemite’s Half Dome

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
(AP) — Two skiers navigated a thin
layer of snow with no margin for
error down the precipitous shoulder
of Half Dome in Yosemite National
Park and alternately skied and rap-
pelled back to the valley floor in an
unusually daring feat.
Jason Torlano, 45, and Zach Mil-
ligan, 40, completed the descent in
five hours Sunday by carefully carv-
ing their way in crusty snow and us-
ing ropes to rappel several sections
of bare rock known as the “death
slabs” beneath the iconic face of Half
Dome, the Fresno Bee reported Thurs-
day.
“If you fall to your left or right,
you’re definitely dead,” said JT
Holmes, a professional free skier who
is a friend of Torlano’s. “If you fall
down the middle, you have a small
chance of not falling to your death —
but it’s a maybe.”
Snowboarder Jim Zellers is be-
lieved to be the first to descend the
800-foot upper section on the shoul-
der of the dome in 2000. But no one
is known to have attempted the entire
4,800-foot descent from peak to valley.
Torlano said he had been dream-
ing about skiing the dome since his
family moved to Yosemite when he
In this photo provided by Jason Torlano, Zach Milligan is shown on his descent down Half Dome in Yosemite
National Park last week. The two men climbed some 4,000 feet to the top of Yosemite’s Half Dome in subfreezing
temperatures and skied down the famously steep monolith to the valley floor.
was five years old.
He first climbed Half Dome as a
youngster, clinging to the same cables
tens of thousands of visitors do every
year to ascend the final steep pitch up
the rounded side of the polished gran-
ite feature. He advanced to become
one of an elite group of climbers
to scale the sheer granite face using
ropes only to catch his fall at least a
ASSOCIATED PRESS
dozen times. He later became a rang-
er in the park.
“It’s just always been there,” Torla-
no told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’ve
been attracted to Half Dome for as
long as I can remember.”
After also serving a stint in the
Army, he settled down with his wife
and children in a community near Yo-
semite. He specializes in using ropes
to work in high-altitude and danger-
ous settings.
He said he tried to ski down Half
Dome each of the past three years,
but called it off after finding unsuit-
able snow. This year, an early Febru-
ary storm filled Yosemite with fresh
powder, including about two to three
inches of snow at the peak of Half
Dome.
He rented a friend’s small plane
Feb. 19 to study the snow conditions
and possible route before calling Mil-
ligan, a rock climbing buddy, to join
him.
Milligan said he initially planned
to only film Torlano skiing, but decid-
ed to make his own descent by care-
fully side slipping down on skis. He
said things quickly turned dangerous
when he skied over part of one of the
cables and lost control before he used
an ice ax to stop his slide and was able
to right himself.
“I was just trying to stay in control
and stay alive,” Milligan said. “You’re
on that spine and you don’t have a lot
of room for error.”

YOUR SAY
HAVE
AV man killed near downtown taco stand
RESULTS LOS ANGELES (CNS) — of Palmdale, according to the walk with at least one gunshot Two suspects were seen

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Officials on Saturday released
o you believe in global the name of a 19-year-old man
warming? who was killed in a shooting
near a taco stand in downtown
OUT OF 32 CALLS Los Angeles.
The shooting victim was
identified as Reginald James
Los Angeles County coroner’s
office.
Officers responded to the
400 block of West Eighth
Street, near Hill Street, at
about 12:30 a.m. Friday and
found James down on a side-
wound, according to Lt. Ryan
Rabbett of the Los Angeles
Police Department.
The officers began per-
forming CPR on him, but he
eventually succumbed to his
injuries.
running westbound on Eighth
Street toward Olive Avenue af-
ter the shooting, Rabbett said.
A motive for the shooting
and description of the suspects
were not immediately avail-
able.

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LA police probe fire, vandalism

at Japanese Buddhist temple
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Authorities are investigating a
vandalism and fire at a Bud-
dhist temple in the Little To-
kyo section of downtown Los
Angeles.
Surveillance video caught
a man jumping the security
fences at the Higashi Hon-
ganji Buddhist Temple on
Thursday night, smashing a
12-foot-high glass window
with a rock, yanking a pair
of metallic lanterns off their
concrete bases and lighting
two wooden lantern stands on
fire, the temple’s head priest
told the Los Angeles Times.
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Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely after theft, shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Lady Gaga’s two French bull-
dogs, which were stolen by
thieves who shot and wounded
their walker, were recovered
unharmed Friday, Los Angeles
police said.
A woman brought the
dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic
Community Police Station,
just northwest of downtown,
around 6 p.m, said Capt. Jona-
than Tippet, commanding of-
ficer of the department’s elite
Robbery-Homicide Division.
Lady Gaga’s representative
and detectives went to the sta-
tion and confirmed that they
were the dogs, Tippet said.
The singer is currently in
Rome to film a movie.
The woman who dropped
off the dogs appears to be “un-
involved and unassociated”
with Wednesday night’s attack,
Tippet said.
In a tweet Friday night, the
LAPD said the woman had
found the dogs “and reached
out to Lady Gaga’s staff to re-
turn them.”
Her identity and the loca-
tion where the dogs were found
won’t be disclosed for her safe-
ty and because of the ongoing
investigation, the LAPD said.
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Six things that I think are just plain outrageous

We now see a clear leader in the Worst Governor in America race
F
ebruary is over and
time marches on.
Time for an Out-
rage Column:
Thieves — Saturday’s
front page included an-
nouncement of a program to
combat an increase of thefts
of catalytic converters from
vehicles here in the Valley.
Lowlifes (knowing how
much Los Angeles Coun-
ty District Attorney George
Gascon loves all criminals)
feel they can rip off hardwork-
ing citizens with impunity.
They steal the $2,500 pol-
lution-preventing devices and
sell the precious metals for
$200 to scrapyards.
I care about victims. It
would take many people
weeks or months to sock away
$2,500 to pay for the replace-
ment, not to mention the in-
convenience.
But I’m sure Gascon and
his ilk would say, “It’s just
property,” and go soft on the
culprits, no matter how many
actively seeking censure and forth for months, but I think Foreign Policy.” from having clothing and toys
retribution against those who Cuomo has vaulted into a A year later, following in separate sections for boys
William saw it differently is quite an- clear lead. a similar strike, the Times and girls.
P. Warford other. Not only did he send headline: “The many things Everything must be togeth-
I guess you checked your COVID-19 patients into Trump didn’t accomplish in er in a unisex section, with no
WPWCOLUMN@AOL.COM morals at the door when nursing homes, he lied about the latest Syria strike.” signs for boys or girls, accord-
Trump came down the esca- it, covered it up, and bullied In 2021, President Joe ing to the bill proposed by two
lator in 2015; once you aban- even Democratic lawmakers Biden ordered an airstrike Democrats in the Assembly.
prior convictions they had. don them, it is not easy to get in attempts to silence them. against Iran-backed militia in Violators face fines.
Censures — Parts of the them back. Wow. Syria in response to a rocket Let’s assume for a mo-
Republican Party bear no Dognappers — Now the And now credible threats attack on US targets. ment that this is a good idea,
resemblance to the common- abduction of expensive dogs, from a former aide that he This time the NYT told us: though it obviously is ridicu-
sense conservatives who tried as happened to Lady Gaga, is sexually harassed her. “With Strikes in Syria, Biden lous. Even if it were a good
to bring reason to the nation- on the rise. For foolishness and bum- Confronts Iran’s Militant idea, the state has no business
al discourse for decades. I read an article from the bling incompetence, Newsom Network.” regulating shelf space in pri-
Republican Party chapters United Kingdom warning is a contender, but for sheer They added, “Using a vately-owned stores.
have censured the likes of people against posting dog malevolence, Cuomo is king. carefully calibrated approach, Mostly, it is further evi-
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebras- pictures on social media, lest He is a really bad guy. the president hopes to re- dence that “progressivism” is
ka, and Congresswoman Liz a dognapper nab their furry Mirror universe — It’s strain Iran’s regional militia a mental illness.
Cheney. friends. like shooting fish in a barrel, allies without undercutting The country needs a new
Their crime? Voting for Is there no pleasure left to but an occasional look at bla- efforts to reach a new nuclear party for people who want
Trump’s second impeach- us that people won’t ruin? tant media bias is worthwhile. deal.” nothing to do with a party
ment. Bully, harasser? — I’ve In 2017, in response to Near identical circum- that censures members for
You don’t censure a presi- been bringing you occasional a Syria’s Khan Shaykhun stances, 180-degree opposite voting to impeach Trump
dent who failed to uphold his updates in the ongoing com- chemical attack, Trump or- slant in coverage by “The Pa- and nothing to do with a par-
oath, but you censure the law- petition between our Gavin dered an airstrike on Shayrat per of Record.” ty that dreams up bills like this
makers who voted to impeach Newsom and New York’s An- Airbase. Idiots’ Section — A one.
him? drew Cuomo for Worst Gov- The New York Times head- bill making its way through
Opposing Trump’s im- ernor in America. line: “Acting on Instinct, the California (where else?) William P. Warford’s column
peachment is one thing, but They’ve gone back and Trump Upends His Own Legislature would ban stores appears every Friday and Sunday.

Board majority approved contract to let them create personal websites for selves
From A1
with respect to contracts with D’Vacor Enter-
tainment Group, K12 Secure LLC, and Harris
& Associates law firm.
The Board majority approved a contract with
the northern California-based D’Vacor, operat-
ed by Ruffin’s close associate, to create personal
websites for themselves. The proposed contract
set no limit on how much could be charged.
On Feb. 27, 2019, approximately two weeks
after Cook reported concerns about the D’Va-
cor contract, Ruffin directed Vierra to “evaluate
Cook” by April 10, 2019. Ruffin also requested
that Vierra provide Cook’s performance evalua-
tions for the “past ten years” by March 6, 2019.
According to the complaint, on Feb. 28, 2019,
Ruffin angrily told Cook: “I can’t stand you. I
can’t stand being in the same room as you; that
is why we are looking at your contract.”
Cook started working for the District in 1994
as a substitute teacher. She became a full-time
teacher in 1995, and general counsel in 1998.
Cook regularly attended Board meetings and
served as sergeant at arms.
A case management conference and a hear-
ing on a demurrer with a motion to strike will be
heard Tuesday at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse
in Los Angeles. Superior Court Judge David So-
telo is hearing the case.
Davis, Ruffin and Parrell approved the Har-
ris & Associates contract on Jan. 24, 2019.
The firm’s principal attorney is John W.
Harris. Harris had a troubled past, includ-
ing allegations of overbilling, according to
Cook’s complaint. A SISC representative did not immediately resent the former Board majority.
“At the January 24 Board meeting, Cook return a call Friday seeking comment on wheth-
informed the Board and Vierra about the lack er it was conflict of interest for Hayden to rep- jdrake@avpress.com
of terms related to billing in the contract, and
the firm’s failure to provide a firm resume,” the
complaint said.
Cook also suggested that the Board wait to
vote on the contract with Harris until Harris
was available to answer current Board President
Jill McGrady’s questions regarding Harris’ al-
leged overbilling of local-government clients.
The Board majority did not wait, and instead
approved a three-year contract with no cap on
fees by a 3-2 vote, with McGrady and current
Vice President John Rush dissenting.
Harris & Associates submitted $163,840 in
invoices from January 2020 through October
2020. The District did not pay the invoices be-
cause Davis, who resigned suddenly in Novem-
ber 2019, was the only member of the Board
authorized to confer with Harris, who charges
$400 an hour. Attorney Herbert Hayden
charges $375 an hour.
Ruffin and Parrell continued to confer with
the firm in 2020 despite not being authorized to
do so. The Board severed its contract with the
firm in December after the Nov. 3 election, in
which McGrady was reelected and Board Clerk
Donita Winn was elected. Harris resigned prior
to the Board action.
Court records list Hayden as Davis, Ruffin
and Parrell’s attorney. AV Union High School
District is not paying for Harris & Associates to
represent the former Board majority. However,
the District has insurance through Self-Insured
Schools of California that covers legal fees.
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Pipelines, trains, vaccine and frozen turbines

O Freezing
ne of President
Joe Biden’s first
acts in office was
to cancel the controversial
Keystone Pipeline that was
to carry a heavy crude oil
mixture from western Can-
ada to Nebraska, where it
would connect with another
leg stretching to Texas Gulf
Coast refineries.
Critics of the president’s
action claimed he had
“killed 11,000 jobs.”
That figure is in conten-
tion and most studies put
the figure at half that or less.
The jobs would last only
a couple years as the pipe-
line was being built. Main-
taining pipelines takes far
fewer people.
Railroad jobs
The oil is carried to Tex-
as in trains, whose union
crews and supporting per-
sonnel would lose their jobs
if it were built. And which
also means that not building
the pipeline will have no af-
fect on fuel supplies as some
claimed it would.
Opposition to building
the pipeline comes from
folks along its path, includ-
ing Native American tribes.
Ironically for Califor-
nians, it’s similar to opposi-
Bill
Deaver
Kern County
Report
WDEAVER@MOJAVE.CO.US
tion to construction of the
California High-Speed Rail
system in this state.
That opposition has
centered in Kings Coun-
ty, north of Bakersfield,
from farmers who oppose
the tracks running through
their property.
Construction of that line,
currently building tracks
from Bakersfield to Merced,
employs around 4,000 men
and women, and is much
more complex that putting
pipe in the ground.
Current construction in-
volves building bridges and
other structures to carry the
tracks over highways, elim-
inating road crossings that
hold speeds down on the ex-
isting rail passenger service
to a 79 mph top speed.
The Kings County op-
position has its own irony,
as the county’s cattle busi-
ness depends on long, slow
freight trains that block
streets in Boron, Mojave
and Tehachapi as they car-
ry feed to the county several
times a week.
That’s those long trains
of reddish brown cars you
get to watch while waiting
at Mojave’s Arroyo Street
crossing and in Boron.
Completion of tracks
through the valley along
with construction of con-
necting lines will employ
crews to run the trains plus
people to maintain them,
sell tickets, etc.
The irony here is that
many of the folks who
support the Keystone pipe-
line oppose high speed rail
which is already supporting
good jobs and will continue
to provide good operational
positions when the line goes
into service.
Mojave pipelines
On the subject of pipe-
lines, two natural gas pipe-
lines run through Mojave
and are visible at Holt Street
near the former aluminum
extrusion plant eyesore and
crossing Oak Creek Road
west of town.
The newest of these
lines was built some 10 or
so years ago and I covered
its construction for the Mo-
jave Desert News as it moved
west from the Boron area
to Mojave and over the
mountains to the San Joa-
quin Valley.
I don’t recall how many
people were employed in
the effort, but it was no-
where near what has been
claimed for the Keystone
line. Maintenance is like
that for solar operations in
the area, with perhaps one
or two people.
COVID vaccine
I want to commend Ad-
ventist Health and Kern
County supervisors for their
handling of the effort to
vaccinate county residents
against COVID-19.
Adventist, which operates
that wonderful new hospital
in Tehachapi, one of the
nicest structures in East
Kern, along with clinics in
California City and Mojave,
offers injections at the hos-
pital and with support from
the supervisors are bringing
them to communities in
our region. The Tehacha-
pi operation is one of the
smoothest I have ever seen,
beginning with my first in-
jection a couple weeks ago.
I got the second jab last
Saturday and it was a very
smooth operation.
I made my appointment
online and with a callback
from them and was given an
appointment at 11:05 a.m.
I arrived in front of the
Tehachapi Post Office,
waited my turn in line for
a few minutes, had my pa-
perwork checked by a cour-
teous young lady, and was
directed to the injection site
a block away.
After the vaccine was in-
jected,. At 11:06 (!) I was di-
rected to the line to wait 15
minutes to ensure that there
were no after-effects, and
then sent on my way.
While waiting I was
checked every few minutes
by smiling young men from
a Kern County wildland
fire crew who gave me the
thumbs up sign which I re-
turned, telling them that I
was okay, and then sent on
my way.
By the way, the folks pro-
viding this service were do-
ing so in an icy wind.
The following day and
every day since I receive a
text message questionnaire
from the US Centers for
Disease Control checking
on my health. The only
problem was soreness for
one day at the injection site
which is usual from all the
other injections I have re-
ceived in my 85 years.
wind turbines
Much is being made of
wind turbines freezing in Tex-
as.
I asked local renewable en-
ergy consultant Linda Parker
if there are any problems with
cold weather in turbines in
our area, which has its share
of cold weather every winter.
“We don’t have that prob-
lem because, unlike the Texas
turbines, ours are weather-
ized,” she said.
In addition to wind tur-
bines, natural gas lines and
refineries froze in Texas be-
cause they also had not been
weatherized.
Texas is also the only state
not connected to a regional
energy grid that could have
provided additional electric-
ity.
Which means that Texas
apparently does everything
on the cheap.
Adding to the disaster is
that one of it GOP senators
was vacationing in sunny
Cancun while his constituents
were freezing and without
water.
Which makes me wonder
how all those folks who moved
to Texas from California are
doing in their new home.

Doctor appears in court video call while performing surgery

SACRAMENTO (AP) — The
Medical Board of California said it
would investigate a plastic surgeon
who appeared in a videoconference
for his traffic violation trial while op-
erating.
The Sacramento Bee reports Dr.
Scott Green appeared Thursday for
his Sacramento Superior Court trial,
held virtually because of the Coro-
navirus pandemic, from an operat-
ing room. He was dressed in surgical
scrubs with a patient undergoing the
procedure just out of view; the beeps
of medical machinery can be heard in
the background.
“Hello, Mr. Green? Hi. Are you
available for trial?” asked a courtroom
clerk as an officer summoned to ap-
pear in trial raised her eyebrows. “It
kind of looks like you’re in an operat-
ing room right now?”
“I am, sir,” Green replied. “Yes,
I’m in an operating room right now.
Yes, I’m available for trial. Go right
ahead.”
The clerk reminded Green the pro-
ceedings were being livestreamed be-
cause traffic trials are required by law
to be open to the public, and Green
said he understood. He appeared to
continue working with his head down
while waiting for Court Commission-
er Gary Link to enter the chamber.
When Link appeared and saw the
doctor on the screen, the judge hesi-
tated to proceed with the trial out of
concern for the welfare of the patient.
“I have another surgeon right here
who’s doing the surgery with me, so I
can stand here and allow them to do
the surgery also,” Green said.
The judge said he didn’t think it
was appropriate to conduct trial un-
der the circumstances. He told Green
he’d rather set a new date for trial
“when you’re not actively involved
or participating and attending to the
needs of a patient.”
Green apologized.
“Sometimes, surgery doesn’t al-
ways go as,” he said before the judge
interrupted him.
“It happens. We want to keep peo-
ple healthy, we want to keep them
alive. That’s important,” Link said.
The Board said it would look into
the incident, saying it “expects physi-
cians to follow the standard of care
when treating their patients.”

Protest speakers touch on various topics
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tlerock Rural Town Council,
said she has tried getting in
contact with Garcia by call-
ing his office and through
email.
“I’m a delegate for this dis-
trict and he needs to be meet-
ing with us even if we don’t
sit on the same party,” she
said. “We need to be mak-
ing decisions together and he
hasn’t even consulted us or
talked to us or anyone.”
The protest started around
4 p.m. from Sgt. Steve Owen
Memorial Park in Lancast-
er and caravaned through
west Palmdale, honking their
horns, waving their flags and
signs before ending up at
Garcia’s Palmdale office at
1008 West Ave. M-14.
Protesters gathered in
front of Garcia’s office or
sat in their parked cars as
they listened to the lineup of
speakers touching on various
subjects such as immigration,
education, COVID relief
and disproportion of repre-
sentation of the communi-
ties of color in the Antelope
Valley.
Sanchez said that Garcia
seems to be only representing
the Republican Party and not
the people of his district.
“The Antelope Valley is
60% Latino, and he’s not
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Other amenities on the
south end of the park include
a new splash pad and new
half-court basketball play
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The existing playground
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11 years old, would be moved
and the playground expand-
ed. The new playground
would include inclusive
equipment so children of all
abilities could play on it. The
swing set would be expanded
to eight bays with two ther-
apeutic swings for children
with disabilities.
Other proposed improve-
ments include new picnic
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lead, speaks into a megaphone protesting against Rep. Mike
Garcia outside his office in Palmdale on Friday evening.
representing us,” she said.
“He’s only capitalizing on the
fact that he is Latino and he’s
hiding behind that.”
Sanchez also questioned
why Santa Clarita has a large
vaccination site, but Garcia
hasn’t made the effort to get
shelters with five and six
tables. Another proposed
feature is a skate spot with a
spot to skate sans any bowls.
At the north end of the park,
the baseball and softball field
would get a new infield, new
turf and irrigation. There
will also be a new exercise
station, a new decomposed
granite path and new con-
crete paving.
Lancaster School Dis-
trict Board President Duane
Winn sought to clarify that
proposed park benches in-
clude an armrest to prevent
people from sleeping on the
benches.
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would include an armrest or
something to prevent people
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one open in the Antelope
Valley.
“Now they’re talking
about opening the (Antelope
Valley) fairgrounds, but that
still leaves out Lake Los An-
geles and Littlerock, which
are the predominant Black
from sleeping on them.
Antelope Valley Union
High School District Board
Clerk Donita Winn asked if
the improvements would in-
clude new lighting.
“Yes, we have all new LED
lighting on the walkways, for
the playground, for the all the
areas around the building,”
Grove said.
Donita Winn asked if
there will be a theme to the
playground.
Grove added if the grant
application is successful,
there will be more outreach
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and brown communities.”
Our Revolution Antelope
Valley Chapter Lead Wade
Alexander said they were out
collaborating in solidarity
with the other organizations
because Garcia is not meet-
ing with his constituents and
is supporting legislation that
is harming the community.
“(Garcia) voted against the
Equality Act, which would
have given LGBT people
equal rights and that’s an out-
rage,” he said. “As an LGBT
person, that meant some-
thing to me, and he voted
against that.”
Cullors said one of the
things that concerns her
about Garcia is his alliance
with former president Don-
ald Trump.
“As an African-American
woman, to me, you’re show-
ing that you’re not even for
equality or equal rights,” she
said. “We are well over 70%
Latino and people of color.
So voting against our well-be-
ing as far as education, jobs,
health, all those things is not
taking into account who we
are and what our area is in
need of.”
Sanchez said there are
more protests to come against
Mike Garcia as well as state
Sen. Scott Wilk.
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meetings to see what the
community wants.
“I’m excited about the
whole park change and I’m
really excited to hear about
all of the new things that are
going to be added that will
add so much more to the
neighborhood,” said Andi
Campognone, operations
manager for the Museum of
Art and History, who added
the improvements will help
to create a safer environment
for the neighborhood.
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Cali Cafe
44140 20th Street West. Suite 101
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.940.5878
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Sun 8am-8pm
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AMERICAN
Crazy Otto’s
1228 W. Ave I
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.940.9177
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33317 Santiago Rd
Acton, CA 93510
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1006-A Commerce Center Dr.
Lancaster, CA 93534
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Lancaster, CA 93534
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Palmdale, CA 93550
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Jon Smith Subs
38029 47th St. E. Suite C
Palmdale, CA 93552
661.526.5266
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McDonald’s
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The Village Grille
44303 N. Sierra Hwy & Ave. J-2
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.942.7760
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AMERICAN/BBQ
Buckle & Boots Watering Hole
706 West Lancaster Blvd.
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.522.5005
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AMERICAN/SPORTSBAR
Challenger Tap House
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1048 E. Avenue K
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.418.0056
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BRAZILIAN
Rio Brazilian Grill
328 West Lancaster Blvd.
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.860.4127
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BREAKFAST & LUNCH
Crazy Otto’s
43528 20th St West
Lancaster, CA 93534
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BREAKFAST & LUNCH
Karen’s Kitchen 2
840 West Palmdale Blvd.
Palmdale, CA 93550
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Karen’s Kitchen 3
4081 W. Avenue L
Lancaster,CA 93536
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BREAKFAST & LUNCH
The Original Karen’s Kitchen
42123 50th St. West
Quartz Hill, CA
Open Mon.-Sat. 6AM-3PM
Sun.7AM-3PM
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BREAKFAST & LUNCH
Katz N’ Jammers Café
44801 N. Beech St.
Lancaster, CA 93534
Open Daily 7am-2pm
661.945.6646
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BREW PUB
Lucky Luke Brew Pub
735 W. Lancaster Blvd.
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.522.3775
Lucky Luke Brewing
610 W. Ave. O Ste. #104
Palmdale, CA 93550
661.270.5588
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CAFÉ/RESTAURANT
Greenhouse Café
1169 Commerce Center Dr.
Lancaster, CA 93534
Open Mon-Fri 9am-8pm,
Sat & Sun 11am-8pm
661.723.3522
www.GreenHouseCafes.com
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CHINESE
Great Wall Mandarin
& Szechwan Cuisine
2001 West Ave J
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.942.3048
Open Daily 11am-9pm
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COFFEE
Trio Coffee House
38713 N. Tierra Subida Ste 210,
Palmdale, CA 93551
661.480.5363
Open 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM daily for
takeout and delivery.
www.triocoffeehouse.coffee
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CREOLE/CAJUN/SOUTHERN
LeeEsther’s Creole
and Cajun Cooking
830 1/2 E. Avenue Q6
Palmdale, CA 93550
661.266.0000
Open Tues-Sat 11am-7pm
www.LeeEsthersCreole.com
facebook.com/Lee Esthers
CUBAN
Baracoa Cuban Restaurant
853 Auto Center Dr. Ste F
Palmdale, CA 93551
661.265.9463
Open Sunday – Thursday 11AM-9PM
Friday & Saturday 11AM-10PM
www.baracoacubanrestaurant.com
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DELI
Desert Deli
2813 W. Ave L
Lancaster, CA 93536
661.940.5001
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FOOD TRUCK
Tacos El Superior
41520 10th St. West,
Palmdale, CA
The old Birdies driving range
661.566.9567
Lancaster location open soon
1049 W. Ave. K
Outside dining, take-out delivery
Open Mon – Thurs 11AM-9PM
Fri.-Sun 11AM-10PM
www.tacoselsuperior.com
GOURMET POPCORN &
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N’ Joy Popcorn
1233 Rancho Vista Blvd.
Antelope Valley Mall
Palmdale, CA 93551
661.538.1244
www.njoypopcorn.com
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Open Mon-Sat 11am-7pm
Sun 11am-6pm
HAWAIIAN
Ahi Hawaiian BBQ
1019 W. Ave. L Ste. 103
Lancaster, CA 93534
661.802.7667
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Gino’s Italian Restaurant
819 W. Palmdale Blvd.
Palmdale, CA 93551
661.224.1306
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44960 Valley Central Way
Lancaster, CA 93536
661.942.1300
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JAPANESE / SUSHI
bigtuna
1329 Rancho Vista Blvd.
Palmdale, CA 93550
661.273.9966
43530 10th St. West
Lancaster, CA 93536
661.942.6699
Take-Out & Delivery
Lancaster hours:
Mon-Thu & Sat 11:30AM-10PM;
Fri 11:30-10:30 & Sun 12-8PM
Palmdale hours:
Daily 11:30AM-8:30PM
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MEDITERRANEAN
Fresco II Mediterranean
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1311 W. Rancho Vista Blvd.
Palmdale, CA 93551
661.947.6677
Open Daily 4pm-9pm
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MEXICAN
Azteca Mexican Restaurant
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814 W. Lancaster Blvd.
Lancaster, CA 93534
310.831.7777
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MEXICAN
Chronic Tacos
39604 10th S. W. Suite 1
Palmdale, CA 93551
661.267.9940
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Open Mon & Thur 10am-9:30 pm
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10am-10pm
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MEXICAN
Don Chato
3807 Sierra Hwy.
Acton, CA 93510
661.269.2858
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38350 30th St. East
Palmdale, CA 93550
661.947.7166
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MEXICAN
El Chilaquil Restaurant
1052 E. Avenue J
Lancaster, CA 93535
661.941.4068
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Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021 A7

NY woman loses job, leads food pantry ‘Ready, Freddy?’

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Associated Press
‘I suppose, Rose’
D
NEW YORK — While dozens of ear Annie: You re-
New Yorkers lined up outside in the rain, cently asked read-
shopping carts at the ready as they waited ers to write in to re- Dear Annie
for free food, Sofia Moncayo led her team spond to the question “What Annie Lane
in prayer. do you love most about your
“We’re super grateful for these people partner and why?” I am
here. In Jesus’ name we pray,” she said, a pretty lucky lady. Some-
and the group of women around her times, I feel like pinching
clapped, cheered and replied: “Amen.” much he loves to do that. So
myself to make sure I’m not
“Now,” she said, “let’s get to work.” many men wouldn’t dare
dreaming. I’ll call us “Fred”
By then, they had worked almost non- hold hands. I don’t under-
and “Rose” to tell our story.
stop for hours. They picked up heavy stand why not. It doesn’t
Fred and I met later in
boxes, separated thousands of items and make a man any less manly.
life, after many years of
removed snow from the curb. They were And us women really long
single-parenting and hard
cold, wet and tired. No one would pay for that kind of affection.
work. We were co-workers
them and they didn’t care. They were just Sometimes we even skip to-
who became friends long
happy to be there for someone else that ASSOCIATED PRESS gether like a couple of gig-
before we dated. I was con-
day. Sofia Moncayo, who leads a food distribution program through Mosaic West gling kids.
tent to stay single for the rest
During the Coronavirus pandemic, Queens Church in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, speaks Monday with a Every meal is a reason
of my life, but somehow all
Moncayo has led the food distribution
donation recipient. to celebrate. We clink sil-
that changed after we start-
program through Mosaic West Queens verware or glasses for each
we’re doing, I think this would have been make sure is that we don’t look at peo- ed dating. Five years later, wonderful meal. Our friends
Church in the Sunnyside neighborhood. a much scarier time,” she said. “Being ple on the pantry line as people that need we had a big outdoor spring and family members have
The initiative began in March; Moncayo able to dig in and help others, it really food, and really focus on, ‘hey, these are wedding. Family and friends come to expect it and even
took charge a month later, as it expanded gives you perspective and helps you be- our neighbors.’” alike commented that it was started this tradition them-
to serve hundreds of people. lieve that you’re going to be OK too.” Sunnyside resident Carol Sullivan lost about time. We met in 2009, selves.
Since then, Moncayo has had her own Most of the food is donated by a neigh- her stage manager job when Broadway started dating in 2014 and I love doing so many
struggles. She was furloughed from her borhood restaurant and other sources. theaters closed because of the virus. She were married in 2019. things with him, such as
job at a construction company and re- There’s also been help from the Farmers was hesitant at first about receiving food What do I love most road trips, camping, hiking,
mains unemployed. And she also owes to Families Food Box Program overseen from a pantry, but she said that Moncayo about Fred? watching movies, holidays,
five months of rent for the martial arts by the US Department of Agriculture. and the other volunteers made her feel He is very genuine, sweet, shopping, even cooking,
studio that she owns with her husband in Moncayo, who was born in Colombia, welcome. kind and caring. He lets me cleaning and farm chores
the neighborhood. was moved to volunteer by her Christian “It has been a link to the community be me and never tries to — you name it. He is always
But she has continued to lead fundrais- faith by memories of the food insecurity that I didn’t have before and it also saves a change me or control me. ready, willing and anxious
ers and coordinate dozens of volunteers she faced growing up in New York. She lot of anxiety over having to have money Our relationship is a part- to join me in doing almost
who distribute more than 1,000 boxes of recalled how she would join her fam- to pay for food over having to pay for the nership with shared respon- anything.
food to families twice a week. ily in lines to pick up bread and cheese bills,” Sullivan said. sibilities. This paints a rosy picture
“I think helping others has to do some- from pantries and how sometimes she felt “If you have a dollar, you have to He is a great father of that our days are perfect,
thing to your brain chemically because if shame. stretch it in so many places. Having them four boys. Two of his boys and we get along great all
we had not being doing everything that “One of the things that we wanted to has made the choice less stressful.” are adopted from the foster the time. Just like any cou-
care system. And he loves ple, we do have to work on
them like they are his own.
TODAY IN HISTORY When I learned this about
communication and mutual
respect in our relationship.
him, I fell even more in love But he’s easy to talk to, and
Today is Sunday, Feb. 28, August 1996; Diana died in a centuries. “Spotlight” won 90. Singer Sam the Sham is 84. with him. we always work things out.
the 59th day of 2021. There car crash in Paris a year after the Academy Award for best Actor-director-dancer Tom- He loves my two daugh- I love him dearly, and I’m
are 306 days left in the year. that.) picture of 2015; Brie Larson my Tune is 82. Hall of Fame ters as if they were his own. looking forward to the next
2005 — In Santa Maria, was recognized as best actress auto racer Mario Andretti is He’s so very proud of them, chapter of our lives.
ON THIS DATE and it really shows. My “Ready, Freddy?” “I sup-
the prosecution and defense for “Room” while Leonardo 81. Actor Frank Bonner is 79.
IN HISTORY heart melts when he intro- pose, Rose.”
gave opening statements in the DiCaprio was named best Actor Kelly Bishop is 77. Ac-
On Feb. 28, 2013, Ben- duces them as our daughters. — Rose Loves Fred
sexual molestation trial of Mi- actor for “The Revenant.” tor Stephanie Beacham is 74.
edict XVI became the first He loves my grandsons and Dear Rose Loves Fred:
chael Jackson, who was later Oscar-winning actor George Writer-director Mike Figgis is
pope in 600 years to resign, son-in-law, too. Your romance sounds like
acquitted. Kennedy, 91, died in Middle- 73. Actor Mercedes Ruehl is
ending an eight-year pontifi- He loves to dance. He something out of a movie.
2018 — Walmart an- ton, Idaho. 73. Actor Bernadette Peters is
cate. (Benedict was succeeded loves to wrap his arm around The gratitude you have for
nounced that it would no One year ago — The 73. Former Energy Secretary
the following month by Pope me, and I get so swept away.
longer sell firearms and am- number of countries touched Steven Chu is 73. Actor Ilene each other and the all-out
Francis.) I’ve always wanted a man celebration of life and your
1784 — John Wesley, the munition to people younger by the Coronavirus climbed Graff is 72. Nobel Prize-win-
who loves to dance. We get relationship is something to
co-founder of Methodism, than 21 and would remove to nearly 60; Nigerian author- ning economist Paul Krug-
so wrapped up in each oth- cherish. Thank you for shar-
chartered the first Methodist items resembling assault-style ities reported the first case in man is 68. Comedian Gilbert
er that sometimes we don’t ing your beautiful story with
Church in the United States in rifles from its website. Dick’s sub-Saharan Africa, and Mex- Gottfried is 66. Basketball Hall
Sporting Goods said it would ico said it had two confirmed of Famer Adrian Dantley is even notice the music has us.
Leesburg, Virginia.
ended.
1844 — A 12-inch gun stop selling assault-style rifles cases. The State Department 66. Actor John Turturro is 64.
aboard the USS Princeton ex- and ban the sale of all guns to told Americans to avoid non- Rock singer Cindy Wilson is We hold hands every- Send your questions for Annie
ploded as the ship was sailing anyone under 21. essential travel to Italy, which 64. Actor Rae Dawn Chong is where we go. I love how Lane to dearannie@creators.com
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A8 Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021

State to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Califor-
nia is freeing up as much as
$28 million to help immi-
grants arriving from Mexico
and being released in the US
until their court dates, a sharp
contrast from other border
states that have emerged as
foes of President Joe Biden’s
immigration policies.
The funding, expected to
last through June, comes as
Biden unwinds former Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s policy
to make asylum-seekers wait
in Mexico until their court
hearings. It will pay for ho-
tel rooms for immigrants to
quarantine during the Coro-
navirus pandemic before go-
ing to their final destinations
throughout the US.
Money also will go to Jew-
ish Family Service of San
Diego to provide food, trans-
portation and help with travel
logistics. The state will fund
health services for the short
stays, including COVID-19
testing.
Last week, the Biden ad-
ministration began allowing
people into the United States
other instead of at each oth-
er,” said H.D. Palmer, spokes-
man for the California De-
partment of Finance.
The first asylum-seekers
waiting in the Mexican bor-
der city of Matamoros, home
to a migrant camp with
squalid conditions, were pro-
cessed for entry Thursday in
Brownsville, Texas. Process-
ing began Friday in El Paso,
Texas.
At the same time, the US is
releasing more asylum-seek-
ers who are not enrolled in
“Remain in Mexico” into the
country, as it did for hundreds
of thousands of people before
Trump foisted the responsi-
bility of hosting asylum-seek-
ers on Mexico in 2019.
While most people are
quickly expelled without an
opportunity to seek asylum
under pandemic powers that
Trump instituted and Biden
kept in place, limited releases
in the US have raised finan-
cial and humanitarian con-
cerns in some border cities.
“There’s no plan of action
once Border Patrol releas-
es migrants in city centers
from being detained,” Bruno
border agents have resumed
releasing people in Del Rio
and nearby cities. He noted
that nonprofit groups provide
cellphones, food and clothing
to people leaving border cus-
tody and called on federal au-
thorities to ramp up vaccina-
tions in border communities
or provide hotel rooms where
migrants who test positive
can quarantine.
In Yuma, Arizona, Mayor
Douglas Nicholls estimated
migrants to larger cities with
more infrastructure and re-
sources, as the federal gov-
ernment did during Trump’s
presidency.
Texas has sent 10,000
rapid COVID-19 tests to
Brownsville for arriving mi-
grants. City spokesman Fe-
lipe Romero says the tests are
administered at the local bus
station and anyone who tests
positive is told to isolate.
In El Paso, the Annuncia-
California is
freeing up to $28
million to help
asylum-seekers
released in the US
with notices to ap-
pear in court with
hotels, medical
screenings, and
transportation. Cal-
ifornia’s generosity
is a stark contrast
to Arizona and Tex-
as, where border
state officials have
challenged and
sharply criticized
President Joe
Biden’s immigra-
tion policies.
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FILES
Besides the new funding, Texas successfully sued to
it’s already spent nearly $12 block Biden’s 100-day mora-
million to help about 30,000 torium on deportations.
asylum-seekers at the border Texas and Arizona signed
since Trump’s presidency. agreements with the US De-
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Victims rights advocates plan LA-bound flight diverted after fight

recall effort against Gascon
LOS ANGELES (CNS)
— Crime victims and law en-
forcement officials planned
launch an effort Saturday
night to recall Los Angeles
County District Attorney
George Gascon, claiming
the sweeping changes Gas-
con has initiated since taking
office in December favor the
rights of criminals over their
victims.
Organizers plan to gather
the signatures needed to file
an intent to recall in a so-
called “Victims Vigil” at the
downtown Hall of Justice.
They expect up to 100 peo-
ple to attend, including many
crime victims and Deputy
District Attorney Jon Hat-
PHOENIX (AP) — An American Air-
lines flight was diverted and two women
arrested in Phoenix after authorities say
when a male passenger asked them to stop
using the language.
Pichardo allegedly spit at the man, who
one of the women spit on a fellow passen- then began recording them. Fortune said
the most egregious crimes, “However, within minutes ger who asked them to stop using racial Rodriguez then hit the man’s hand to stop
have drawn fire and legal of being sworn in, he made slurs in their conversation and the other him from recording.
challenges from Gascon’s other, drastic changes that slapped his hand when he started record- Rodriguez faces charges of assault and
own prosecutors and other he did not disclose when ing them. disorderly conduct and Pichardo faces a
current and former district campaigning that are let- American Airlines said the flight from charge of disorderly conduct.
attorneys. ting violent and dangerous Dallas-Fort Worth to Los Angeles when it Online court records did not indicate
Gascon ran as a reform- criminals back out onto our was diverted to Sky Harbor International whether the women have attorneys who
er in his 2020 race against streets. This is unacceptable. Airport on Thursday around 5:15 p.m. could comment on the allegations on their
two-term incumbent Jackie He fooled the voters of LA because of an on-flight altercation. behalf.
Lacey, making it clear that County and must be re- When the flight landed, officers with American Airlines spokesperson Derek
attacking what he called the moved from office.” the Phoenix Police Department arrested Walls called the women’s behavior “dis-
systemic racism of the crim- Representatives for the Kelly Pichardo, 30, and Leeza Rodriguez, turbing and unacceptable” and said in a
inal justice system would be district attorney did not 29, both from the Bronx, New York, say- statement that they were placed on their
his top priority. But the group comment directly on the re- ing they verbally and physically assaulted “internal refuse list pending further inves-
Recall George Gascon says call effort Saturday, as they other passengers and crew members. tigation.”
he misled voters on the ex- are not permitted to dis- Phoenix Police Sgt. Mercedes Fortune The flight continued to Los Angeles
tent of his planned changes. cuss political matters during said the women were using racial slurs and arrived without further incident.
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rum, grapefruit juice, aperol,
champagne— need I say more?!
We ordered roasted cauliflower
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cotija cheese and house made
blue corn tortillas as our
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French style egg salad and
prosciutto on a baguette. Rich,
tart, savory with a slight vinegar
finish that paired well with the
meat. Meatloaf sliders were my
guy’s choice—three beef & pork
patties topped on a brioche bun.
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red onion and tzatziki. This
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chicken combination plate on top
of steamed veggies, a spicy salmon
roll and a beef teriyaki salad. The
aroma the food was creating was
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over and ate some before I arrived
home at which point, I grabbed
my bag and ran all the way to my
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CASA GUTIERREZ
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If you love Mexican food, take
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and fine Mexican-style cuisine
from Zacatecas, Mexico is what
they have to offer and it’s very
important to have the best
quality food and drink. Just re-
opened with a very nice heated
outdoor patio. We dropped by
last week as we were out for
a drive and as I was craving a
Mexican-style shrimp cocktail
and my honey was craving a
margarita any style! Luis, our
server was ever so friendly and
brought us menus, chips, beans
& salsa as soon as we sat down.
I ordered the shrimp cocktail
without even glancing at the
menu, my guy a giant margarita
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chicken flautas. I couldn’t eat
mine fast enough, barely coming
up for air and the juice was so
delicious that when I finished
eating the large succulent shrimp
ad bite-size avocado chunks I
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waste. And, the margarita was
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during this Coronavirus Pandemic. I will continue to enjoy
my dining journey and reviewing six restaurants a week. We
need to continue to support our local restaurants so they’ll
still be here when this is all over. Bon Appétit!
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and the “not so traditional”. restaurant that we have all live music venue bringing the best
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made from scratch and topped beauty and creativity to the you country music and the best
with cream cheese icing and indoor/outdoor heated patio with food and drinks only now as an
fireplace as well as the heated tent
whipped cream or If you like (or outside experience! And, believe
for your dining pleasure. The new
love) peach like I do, try the four me, it was a great experience last
menu has some of the familiar
butter milk pancakes topped dishes like the bowtie Fresco, week when Arissa and I dropped
with Peach Compote, a crust mango pork chop and New York
in! We made reservations and
topping, cream cheese icing meatball Sicilian style pizza with
were seated right away at one of
and crowned with whipped some new dishes—gourmet
cream—perfect for my charcuterie board, saganaki (fried the wood tables and benches on
breakfast sweet tooth craving Kasseri cheese flambéed with the heated patio. The BBQ smoker
and absolutely delicious. For the Greek brandy). This is where was outside and a wonderful
ultra-creative and a yen for spicy, tradition is defined, through the
aroma was permeating the air and
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jalapeno corn cakes stuffed with dipping sauce and everything the outdoor speakers. Great menu
corn from the cob, jalapenos, from appetizers, salads and pizza
with a nice assortment of food—
and topped with a smooth, to hearty pastas, seafood, Greek
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and for the spicy food lover— specialty crafted cocktails will a mac & cheese burger—sounds
an absolute treat. The same make dining a whole lot sweeter. unique; brisket, tri tip, pulled pork
kind of artfulness is applied to We enjoyed dinner with the and chicken, plus pizza, pasta,
the crepes, French toast and summer salmon—crazy name as sandwiches, wraps, salads, sides
waffles, with selections like it is winter but it’s anything but
and desserts. OMG my taste buds
spinach, mushroom & tomato crazy—perfectly grilled over a bed
were in heaven—tri tip so tender
crepes, pumpkin-pecan French of greens with candied walnuts,
toast and the bacon waffle dried cranberries, feta and you could cut it with a fork and
drizzled with balsamic reduction; the flavor was to die for. Moist and
with the bacon cooked inside.
marvelous and the Swiss burger— juicy delectable chicken, creamy
Imagine how good that would
Angus beef, bacon, roasted garlic
be for a waffle lover who also aioli, arugula, caramelized mac & cheese with a kick and
craves bacon. If you are looking onions & mushrooms, balsamic spinach/artichoke dip on point—I
for something a little healthier, reduction on brioche with French
can’t even begin to describe all the
try the vegetable omelet with fries. The giant meatball size
wonderful flavors that we were
tomato and avocado slices— burger was cooked to a perfect
experiencing. And, my dixieberry
absolutely delicious! Search medium and combined with the
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BRIEF
IN
Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill
From Valley Press wire services
By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House
WORLD approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic
Ukraine sees relief bill that was championed by
President Joe Biden, the first step
second fatal in providing another dose of aid to
oxygen blast a weary nation as the measure now
moves to a tense Senate.
at hospital this “We have no time to waste,”
month Biden said at the White House after
KYIV, Ukraine — An ex- the House passage early Saturday.
plosion in a Ukrainian hospi- “We act now — decisively, quick-
tal ward where COVID-19 ly and boldly — we can finally get
patients are being treated ahead of this virus. We can finally
has killed one person and get our economy moving again. Peo-
injured another, authorities ple in this country have suffered far
said Saturday. too much for too long.”
The national emergencies The new president’s vision for
service said in a statement infusing cash across a struggling
that the explosion occurred economy to individuals, businesses,
in an oxygen pipe. It said 20 schools, states and cities battered by
people were evacuated after COVID-19 passed on a near par-
the blast at the hospital in ty-line 219-212 vote. That ships the
Chernivtsi, a city about 250 bill to the Senate, where Democrats
miles southwest of Kyiv. seem bent on resuscitating their min-
Saturday’s explosion was imum wage push and fights could
the second fatal oxygen erupt over state aid and other issues.
explosion at a hospital in Democrats said that mass un-
Ukraine this month. Three employment and the half-million
COVID-19 patients and a American lives lost are causes to act
young doctor died when an
President Joe Biden speaks on the economy Saturday in the Roosevelt Room
of the White House in Washington.
despite nearly $4 trillion in aid al-
ready spent fighting the fallout from
the disease. GOP lawmakers, they
said, were out of step with a public
that polling finds largely views the
bill favorably.
“I am a happy camper tonight,”
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said
Friday. “This is what America needs.
Republicans, you ought to be a part
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP
of this. But if you’re not, we’re going
without you.”
Republicans said the bill was too
expensive and said too few education
dollars would be spent quickly to im-
mediately reopen schools. They said
it was laden with gifts to Democratic
constituencies like labor unions and
funneled money to Democratic-run
states they suggested didn’t need it
because their budgets had bounced
back.
“To my colleagues who say this bill
is bold, I say it’s bloated,” said House
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy,
R-Calif. “To those who say it’s ur-
gent, I say it’s unfocused. To those
who say it’s popular, I say it is entirely
partisan.”
The overall relief bill would pro-
vide $1,400 payments to individuals,
extend emergency unemployment
benefits through August and increase
tax credits for children and federal
subsidies for health insurance.
It also provides billions for schools
and colleges, state and local gov-
ernments, COVID-19 vaccines and
testing, renters, food producers and
struggling industries like airlines,
restaurants, bars and concert venues.
Moderate Democratic Reps. Jared
Golden of Maine and Kurt Schrad-
er of Oregon were the only two
lawmakers to cross party lines. That
sharp partisan divide is making the
fight a showdown over whom voters
will reward for heaping more federal
spending to combat the Coronavirus
and revive the economy atop the $4
trillion approved last year.

Students abducted from Nigerian school freed

explosion caused a fire at
a hospital in Zaporizhzhia
during the first week of Feb-
ruary.

EU summons its By SAM OLUKOYA

Associated Press
Students and
ambassador to teachers who
were abducted by
LAGOS, Nigeria — Students, teachers and rela-
Cuba to explain tives abducted two weeks ago from a school in north- gunmen from the
letter to Biden ern Nigeria have been freed. Government Science
The students, teachers and family members were College Kagara two
BRUSSELS — The weeks ago are seen
European Union has sum- abducted Feb. 17 by gunmen from the Government
Saturday after their
moned its ambassador to Science College Kagara.
release meeting with
Cuba to return to Brussels Niger State Gov. Abubakar Sani Bello said he
the state Governor
to explain himself after he received 24 students, six staff and eight relatives on
Abubakar Sani Bello,
reportedly signed an appeal Saturday after they were released early in the morn- in Minna, the capital
asking US President Joe ing. of Niger state, in
This number released differed from the 42 peo- Nigeria.
Biden to lift sanctions against
ple that the governor had originally said were kid- AP PHOTO
Cuba and begin normaliz-
napped by the attackers, indicating some may still be
ing ties with the country.
missing. The discrepancy was not explained. dits, and are known to kidnap for money and to push and unharmed.
A spokesman for EU
One of the students has been hospitalized for ex- for the release of their members from jail. “We will not succumb to blackmail by bandits
foreign policy chief Josep
cessive exhaustion, he said, adding that the released Masauda Umar, 20, managed to escape from the and criminals who target innocent school students in
Borrell said Saturday that
will be medically checked and monitored for a few school when the men arrived Friday. the expectation of huge ransom payments,” he said.
the ambassador, Alberto Na-
days before being reunited with family. She told The Associated Press the bandits came “Let bandits, kidnappers and terrorists not entertain
varro, was asked “to come to
Sani Bello said that joint efforts of security, tra- to their sleeping quarters and after knocking on the any illusions that they are more powerful than the
Brussels to provide explana-
ditional leaders and stakeholders helped secure the main door, they hit the people who answered it and government.”
tions.”
release. made everyone gather. Nigeria has seen several such attacks and kidnap-
Politico reported that 16
Their release was announced a day after police “I was coming out from the door and I met some- pings over the years, notably the mass abduction in
European Parliament law-
said gunmen had abducted 317 girls from a board- body but ran back and hid under my bed,” she said. April 2014 by jihadist group Boko Haram of 276
makers wrote to Borrell ask-
ing school elsewhere in northern Nigeria, in Zamfara “I’m scared of going back to school because of what girls from the secondary school in Chibok in Bor-
ing him to remove Navarro
state. One resident said the gunmen also attacked a happened really got me scared but I will go back if no state. More than a hundred of the girls are still
as ambassador, arguing that the government tackles insecurity.” missing.
nearby military camp and checkpoint, preventing
the diplomat was “not wor- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said In December, 344 students were abducted from
soldiers from interfering with the mass abduction.
thy of the high functions he Several large groups of armed men operate in Friday the government’s primary objective is to the Government Science Secondary School Kanka-
holds.” Zamfara state, described by the government as ban- get all the school hostages returned safe, alive ra in Katsina State. They were eventually released.
NATION
Michigan girl
charged in
Officer fatally shot outside Armenia’s president refuses
grandmother’s
killing
New Orleans high school game order to dismiss military chief
CANTON TOWNSHIP, YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — over the separatist territory of Na-
NEW ORLEANS (AP) About 15,000 protesters calling for gorno-Karabakh. The agreement
Mich. — A 14-year-old girl — A police officer working
has been charged with kill- the resignation of Armenia’s prime saw Armenia lose control of terri-
security at a high school bas- minister marched through the cap- tories in Azerbaijan it had held for
ing her grandmother in sub- ketball game in New Orleans
urban Detroit, authorities ital Saturday as pressure on the more than 25 years.
was shot in the chest by a
said Saturday. leader intensified after the country’s Top military officers this week
man who was denied entry
The girl’s mental health president rejected his order to dis- joined in demanding Pashinyan’s
into the game, authorities
and ability to understand the miss the chief of the military gen- resignation, a move that he called
said.
proceedings will be exam- eral staff. an attempted coup. He ordered the
The shots were fired Fri-
ined before additional court Protests against Prime Minister dismissal of the chief of the gener-
day evening near the gymna-
action occurs. Nikol Pashinyan arose in November al staff, but the order was subject to
sium at George Washington
The 65-year-old victim after he signed a cease-fire ending approval by Armenia’s largely cere-
Carver High School, Police
was found stabbed Monday a six-week war with Azerbaijan monial president.
Superintendent Shaun Fer-
at her home in Canton. A guson told reporters at a MAX BECHERER/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/
granddaughter was arrested THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE VIA AP
news conference.
the same day about 20 miles New Orleans Police Chief Shaun Ferguson
John Shallerhorn, 35, got
away at a motel in South- (center) updates the media on the inves-
into an altercation with a
tigation of a shooting Friday at George
gate. staff member after he tried Washington Carver High School where a law
The victim was a “nurse to enter the game, authori- enforcement officer was fatally shot as a bas-
who was raising her grand- ties said. The officer — later ketball game was being played.
daughter. Our prayers go identified as Tulane Univer-
out to her son and family,” sity Police Cpl. Martinus Mitchum — went to intervene, and Shallerhorn
Wayne County Prosecutor shot him, police said.
Kym Worthy said. Two loud bangs were captured on video shared by WGNO-TV as the
If the teen is convicted of high schoolers played. A photographer from WWL-TV also reported that
HRANT KHACHATRYAN/PAN PHOTO VIA AP
murder, a judge would have the gunfire could be heard inside the gym. Opposition demonstrators carrying Armenian national and the separatist
the option of sentencing her The school was put on lockdown after the shooting, news outlets reported, region of Nagorno-Karabakh’s flag (right) march to the government build-
as an adult or a juvenile or and the game was ultimately called off. ings Saturday during a rally to pressure Armenian Prime Minister Nikol
a combination of both, the Mitchum, who also was a deputy constable with the Second City Court, Pashinyan to resign in Yerevan, Armenia.
prosecutor’s office said. later died at a hospital.

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Myanmar police deploy early to
crank up pressure on protests
YANGON, Myanmar
(AP) — Police in Myanmar
escalated their crackdown
on demonstrators against
this month’s military take-
over, deploying early and in
force on Saturday as protest-
ers sought to assemble in the
country’s two biggest cities
and elsewhere.
Security forces in some
areas appeared to become
more aggressive in using
force and making arrests,
utilizing more plainclothes
officers than had previously
revealed themselves. Pho-
tos posted on social media
showed that residents of at
least two cities, Yangon and
Monywa, resisted by erecting
makeshift street barricades to
try to hinder the advance of
the police.
Myanmar’s crisis took a
dramatic turn on the inter-
national stage at a special ses-
sion of the United Nations
General Assembly on Friday
when the country’s UN am-
bassador declared his loyalty
to the ousted civilian govern-
ment of Aung San Suu Kyi
and called on the world to
pressure the military to cede
power.
There were arrests Satur-
day in Myanmar’s two big-
gest cities, Yangon and Man-
dalay, where demonstrators
have been hitting the streets
daily to peacefully demand
the restoration of the gov-
ernment of Suu Kyi, whose
National League for Democ-
racy party won a landslide
election victory in Novem-
ber. Police have increasingly
been enforcing an order by
the junta banning gatherings
of five or more people.
Many other cities and
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Larry Are weapons laws fair to all?

Elder
L
et’s talk about the Unit- through the proper channels to firearms. How are we protect-
Commentary
FOCUS
ed State’s Constitution’s
Second Amendment —
acquire the necessary permits
to carry them. By the sound
ed from those who buy illegal
weapons and use them for ne-
that’s right, the one that pro- of it, the man who got stopped farious reasons?
tects the right to keep and bear wasn’t a law-abiding citizen. The simple answer is: We’re
arms. That brings us to our next not. Unless such a weapon is
Before anyone gets upset at While most law-abiding citizens will point. It’s understandable, that used in a crime, no one is going

The case against the mere mention of this topic,

we’re going to preface this col-
umn by saying that we are ab-
follow the laws and get proper per-
mits and licenses for firearms, there
in order to keep firearms, there
are certain laws by which we
must abide. Without them, it
to know the owner is in posses-
sion of it.

reparations Part I
are those who do not. There are myriad reasons
solutely not against the right to would be like the Wild West. why this happens: They are not
keep and bear arms. However, However, in many instances, it
supposed to be in possession
there are some issues with laws already is.

L
ast week, I testified before the House
Committee on the Judiciary’s Sub-
committee on the Constitution, Civil
Rights, and Civil Liberties regarding H.R. 40:
Examining the Path to Reparative Justice in
America. In other words, reparations.
This is the first part of the statement I sub-
mitted:
“Reparations is the extraction of money
from people who were never slave owners to
be given to people who were never slaves.”
It is also interesting that we are having this
hearing at a time when racism as a barrier to
that govern that right.
In the Saturday edition of
the Antelope Valley Press, we ran
a story about a man who led
police on a 45-minute chase,
after being pulled over for a
traffic violation.
When they finally caught
up to him a second time and
pulled him over once again,
they discovered this man had
weapons within arm’s reach,
was wearing body armor and
was in possession of fireworks,
as well as illegal ammunition.
The captain at Palmdale
Station figured the man took
off and attempted to evade
deputies because of the items
in his possession. We figure
that’s pretty good deductive
reasoning.
Capt. Shaffer also went
on to say that there’s nothing
wrong with firearms, as long as
people are responsible and go
Not everyone abides by the
law. Not everyone will apply
for and go through the process
to get a conceal carry permit.
Not everyone is going to buy
their firearms from a legiti-
mate source — especially those
firearms that are illegal. While
the laws are in place to protect
those who abide by them, what
about those who circumvent
them and are likely the ones
buying illegal ammunition and
of weapons, they are purchas-
ing weapons that are not legal
or they simply don’t want the
“government” to know what
they have.
So while law-abiding, re-
sponsible citizens are likely to
go through the process of ob-
taining the required permits
and licenses for their firearms,
we can’t say the same for crim-
inals, who will get weapons re-
gardless. Is this fair?

Why we should save the rhino

success has never been so insignificant.
In 1991, Black Democrat and Harvard
sociologist Orlando Patterson said: “The so-
ciological truths are that America, while still
flawed in its race relations and its stubborn

refusal to institute a rational, universal welfare
system, is now the least racist white-majority
society in the world; has a better record of
legal protection of minorities than any other
society, white or Black; offers more opportu-
nities to a greater number of Black persons
than any other society, including all those of
Africa.”
In 1997, Time/CNN did a broad survey of
Black and white teens. Asked whether racism
is a major problem in America, both said yes.
But, when Black teens were asked whether
racism was a big problem, small problem or
no problem in their own daily lives, 89% said
small or no problem.
In fact, nearly twice as many Black teens,
compared to white teens, agreed that “failure
to take advantage of available opportunities”
was a bigger problem than racism.
During the 2008 race for the presidency,
the major contenders were Democrats Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton; and Republicans
Mitt Romney, a Mormon, and Sen. John Mc-
Cain, who would have been 72 by the time he
entered office, if elected.
A 2007 Gallup poll found fewer Americans
would refuse to vote for a Black person (5%);
than would refuse to vote for a woman (11%);
than would refuse to vote for a Mormon
(24%); than would refuse to vote for someone
who would be 72 upon entering office (42%).
In 2007, the year before he was elected
president, Obama spoke at a Black church on
the anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
He said: “The previous generation, the
Moses generation (the generation of Martin
Luther King Jr.), pointed the way. They took
us 90% of the way there, but we still got that
10% in order to cross over to the other side.”
I thought that 10% remaining “to cross over
to the other side” was a fair assessment. Af-
ter all, a 2002 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics
poll found that 8% of Americans believed that
Elvis Presley was still alive — or that at least
there was “a chance.”
So, as to Obama’s 10% remaining, I’m not
sure how much more wiggle room we have left
before running into the Elvis factor.
The reparations argument is based, in part,
on the belief that but for slavery, America
would not have become the prosperous nation
it is today.
To the contrary, conservative scholar Mi-
chael Medved notes:
“It’s not true that the US became a wealthy
nation through the abuse of slave labor: The
most prosperous states in the country were
those that first freed their slaves. ...
“At the time of the Constitution, Virginia
constituted the most populous and wealthiest
state in the Union, but by the time of the War
Between the States the Old Dominion had
fallen far behind a half-dozen northern states
that had outlawed slavery two generations ear-
lier.”
About the difference in wealth between the
North and the South, Frederick Douglass, af-
ter escaping from a plantation in Maryland
to freedom in Massachusetts, wrote: “But the
most astonishing as well as the most inter-
esting thing to me was the condition of the
colored people, a great many of whom, like
myself, had escaped thither as a refuge from
the hunters of men. I found many, who had
not been seven years out of their chains, living
in finer houses, and evidently enjoying more
of the comforts of life, than the average of
slaveholders in Maryland.”
To be continued next week.
T
oday’s environmental activists are incentive to protect rhinos from poachers.
so hostile to capitalism that they That saves both rhinos and human lives.
end up killing animals they want John When I told Kalinina, “your bans have
to protect. failed... they are cruel to both rhinos and
Like the African rhinoceros. Stossel people,” she replied that “education” is the
Poachers kill them to get their horns, Commentary way to stop poaching. The Humane Soci-
which can sell for as much as $300,000. ety runs ads in Vietnam telling people that
Poachers mostly sell in China and Viet- rhino horns have no medical value. They
nam, to people who carve them into orna- claim this campaign convinced many peo-
ments or sell them as aphrodisiacs. By the ple.
way: The aphrodisiacs don’t work. “But what good did it do?” I asked.
When I started Stossel TV, my first vid- the Humane Society, one of many groups
that called Markus’ plan to sell 3D printed “People are still poaching the rhinos.”
eo covered one man’s attempt to reduce “It takes time,” she replied. “Time for
horn “greenwashing an illegal activity.”
rhino poaching by flooding the market the trickle-down effect.”
Kalinina said legalization might in-
with fake horns. It’s nice that the Humane Society tries
Matthew Markus argued that his 3D crease demand for real rhino horn, as did
happen once with elephant tusks. to convince people not to buy horn, but it’s
printed rhino horn would reduce demand outrageous that their hatred of capitalism
for real horns. “It started up a new carving industry
in China that had been dormant for de- blinds them to better ideas.
“One way to devalue something is to
cades,” she said. “It’s like the drug war,” I point out.
create a lot of it,” he explained. “When
I pushed back: “It needs to be long “You can ban things, but if there’s money
things are abundant, people don’t fight,
enough to bring the prices down, and to be made, poachers will kill animals.”
kill or steal.”
then people say, ‘Eh, there’s no money in “This is an endless argument,” she re-
True. Bootleggers and Al Capone’s
poaching.’” plied. “We can’t live in a lawless society.”
thugs disappeared when America ended
Prohibition. “The problem is that people still see an- But markets are not “lawless.”
imals as commodities!” Kalinina respond- Legal rhino farming or selling fake
South Africa, home to the largest num-
ber of rhinos, once tried something sim- ed, “natural resources for their use.” horn, would save endangered animals. But
Well, yes. I do. So what? I eat eggs. the environmental groups just can’t see
ilar. For 20 years, they allowed people to
own rhinos and sell their horns. Rhino Chickens are plentiful because people like that.
farmers put the rhinos to sleep with tran- me pay for what chickens produce. Now researchers from the University of
quilizer darts, sawed off their horns (the Kalinina sneered, “Are we really going Oxford have produced a new form of fake
horns grow back) and sold the horn. to just farm every single animal on this rhino horn that they say would reduce de-
Farmers had an incentive to protect rhi- planet so we can endlessly continue sup- mand for poached horn.
nos. South Africa’s rhino population qua- plying this bloodlust and thirst of people “Environmental” groups oppose that,
drupled. to consume wildlife products?” too.
But in 2009, under pressure from “envi- “Bloodlust?” Give me a break. Fortunately, South Africa wised up. Af-
ronmental” groups, South Africa banned Even if you oppose people using ani- ter my video was first broadcast, officials
sales of horn again. mal products, banning sales doesn’t stop decided to ignore the complaints from the
The sad result: Poaching increased the use. It just creates black markets and environmental groups. They re-legalized
sharply. Poachers also killed park rangers crime. sales of farmed rhino horn.
who tried to protect rhinos. Far better is letting rhino farmers trim After that, the killing of rhinos fell dra-
So, I confronted Masha Kalinina of horns and sell them. Farming gives people matically.
A new Trump party could boost California Dems
A
bout the first thing Don- the repeated shortages of in Faulconer when the former
ald Trump did after de- Thomas COVID-19 vaccines and the San Diego mayor who never
barking from Air Force Elias chaotic distribution of what sup- was much of a Trumper runs to
One near his new Elba (the plies there were when Trump replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in
Southern
island of Napoleon’s first exile) California left office. No one will ever know this year’s possible recall election
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starting a political party of his most likely they number at least It remains to be seen whether
very own. in the thousands. he attacks Young Kim and Mi-
He has copious seed money nia vote, for one example. Perot, If Trump ever founds his chelle Steel, new Republican rep-
for such a startup with more a data processing mogul whose own faction, he’s said he would resentatives from Orange County
than $200 million he gathered company General Motors call it the Patriot Party, seeming- who avoided voting on impeach-
in donations while boosting bought for more than $2 bil- ly oblivious to Samuel Johnson’s ment, never taking a stand.
fake claims of rampant election lion, drew 20%, indicating Bush famous observation that “Pa- For Trump, the alternative to
fraud last November. The large triotism is the last refuge of a a new party would be working
might have won had Perot not
and raucous crowds he drew interfered. scoundrel.” Such a party would within the GOP, running prima-
even after losing the last presi- work hardest to undermine and ry candidates against his would-
Now comes Trump, who ap-
dential election by more than 7 pears to know at least some of defeat several GOP senators be victims. That would not work
million votes gave some indica- this history. His stated purpose who decried his incitement of well in California, where Dem-
tion of his ability to draw masses the crowd that went straight ocrats and independents could
in starting a new party — if he
to any party he starts. from a rally behind the White bail out Trump targets in the
goes through with it — would
Meanwhile, the idea has House to breaking into the Cap- state’s June 2022 non-partisan
be to “punish” Republicans
Democrats drooling across itol building. He’d also go after primary.
he claims betrayed him by not
America, but nowhere more the 10 Republicans in Congress There is, therefore, little rea-
than in California. backing his bogus claims of hav- who voted to impeach him a son for any politician in Califor-
For third party efforts stoked ing actually won in a landslide second time. nia to fear anything the ex-pres-
by the rich and famous are not last year. These included one Califor- ident does. No one planned it
new to the nation or this state. Plenty of Republicans al- nian, David Valadao of Han- this way, but the state’s very open
They generally damage the lowed Trump’s 30,000-odd ford, who was never so indepen- primary makes it difficult for out-
party from which the founder documentable lies while in the dent while Trump held office. siders to dictate outcomes.
defected. White House to slide. They often For sure, Trump would not at- Which means Trump, who
The late Ross Perot was the let his prevarications become the tack the likes of his sycophantic had severe negative impacts on
last billionaire to start his own basis for national policy, fearing golf partner Kevin McCarthy California air and water quali-
what the ex-president could do
party, running against Repub- of Bakersfield, also the GOP ty, wildfire aftermaths, policing
lican George H.W. Bush and to their political futures. Namely, leader in the House and the policy, immigration, infrastruc-
Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992. destroy them by running some likely replacement for Speaker ture and more, probably can’t
Clinton won that time with a of his minions against them in Nancy Pelosi if Republicans re- greatly influence any more elec-
mere plurality, not a majority, primary elections. gain control there. tions here unless and until he
taking just 46% of the Califor- One consequence has been He might work against Kev- runs again for president.

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For Biden, a better way forward on Taiwan
W
hile Taiwan be-
haves responsibly
and peaceably,
China is growing ever more
menacing and belligerent.
US policy toward Taiwan
has for decades been an in-
coherent mess. The time has
come to clean it up.
American diplomats have
long adhered to the so-called
“One China policy,” oppos-
ing independence for Taiwan
and letting it be blackballed
from international forums, in
deference to Beijing’s claim
that the island is a renegade
Chinese province. Under the
1979 Taiwan Relations Act,
the United States is commit-
ted to providing Taiwan with
the arms it needs for defense
against a Chinese attack, yet
it has never explicitly prom-
ised to intervene on Taiwan’s
behalf should such an attack
occur. This lack of clarity has
been deliberate — Washing-
ton calls it “strategic ambigui-
ty” — but it long ago stopped
making sense.
When the Carter admin-
istration established full dip-
lomatic ties with China, the
hope was that the regime
in Beijing would gradually
liberalize, democratize, and
adhere to the norms of inter-
national cooperation. That
Canceling Shakespeare is a comedy of errors
J
ust when you thought
our so-called “cancel
culture” couldn’t get
   any more ridiculous,
the calibrators of literary
justice have surpassed them-
selves recently by targeting
The Bard himself as just
another racist, genderist, ho-
mophobic fellow.
Yes, even William Shake-
speare, who provided not
only centuries of wisdom,
tragedy and entertainment
but gave us much of our
modern vernacular, has
become the latest target of
those who can’t bear the
burden of context. Which,
as you know, really is every-
thing. But some of the busy-
bodies at #DistruptTexts
— which describes itself
as a “grass roots effort by
teachers and for teachers”
to “challenge” the tradi-
tional canon — aren’t con-
cerned with criticism in the
academic sense, even if they
think they are.
Opinion
Editor’s note: There were no letters from readers for this edition.
hope proved delusional. Chi-
na’s ruling Communist Party
has not budged an inch in the
direction of liberal democra-
cy.
China may have become
an economic powerhouse,
but, as Jianli Yang and Aar-
on Rhodes wrote in a 2020
essay for The Hill, it remains
“a rogue state; a coercive po-
lice state based on violence,
not consent; a state incom-
patible with the ideals of the
modern world.” China is
guilty of massive moral and
legal outrages, from its gulag
of slave-labor camps and the
forcible harvesting of prison-
ers’ organs to its brutal assault
on Hong Kong’s liberty and
the muzzling of vital infor-
mation about the coronavirus
outbreak.
Taiwan, meanwhile, has
metamorphosed from an
authoritarian one-party state
into a vibrant multi-party
democracy. It is today a land
of liberty, human rights, and
due process of law, the home
of 24 million people and
America’s ninth-largest trad-
ing partner.
While Taiwan behaves
responsibly and peaceably,
China is growing ever more
menacing and belligerent.
Twice last month, 15 Chinese
Kathleen
Parker
Commentary
KPARKER@KPARKER.COM
I understand the impulse
to stop teaching literature
and the lessons it holds the
way we have done it for de-
cades. But that doesn’t make
it a good idea.
Why should students
be forced to read Shake-
speare, as some teachers
on Twitter are wondering?
Why, indeed? God forbid
they should try to mud-
dle through a sentence by
Vladimir Nabokov, Jane
Austen, Leo Tolstoy or my
high school favorite, William
Faulkner. I loved Faulkner
not because he was easy to
read but because I had an
unforgettable teacher whose
passion shone light on the
beauty and the sound and
LETTERS FROM READERS
Jeff Jacoby
Commentary
JACOBY@GLOBE.COM
warplanes — including both
heavy bombers and fighter
jets — penetrated Taiwan’s
air defense identification zone
without warning or provoca-
tion. Asked for an explana-
tion, China’s Defense Minis-
try issued a threat: “We warn
those ‘Taiwan independence’
elements: Those who play
with fire will burn themselves,
and ‘Taiwan independence’
means war.”
China’s show of hostility
was presumably intended
to intimidate the new US
administration into toeing
the “One China” line and
preserving the fiction of Tai-
wanese subservience. On a
number of occasions, the
Trump administration had
made a point of doing the
opposite: Less than two weeks
before President Biden’s in-
auguration, then-Secretary
of State Mike Pompeo lifted
longstanding restrictions on
contacts between US and
Taiwanese officials, saying
they had been designed to
the fury of words.
Not that I’m a literary
snob, mind you. I also read
all of Harold Robbins’
trashy novels in junior high,
much to the furrowed brow
of my mother. One night
while I was reading “The
Carpetbaggers” by flashlight
under my covers, I over-
heard her say to my father:
“Should we be letting her
read those books?”
To my everlasting grat-
itude, he replied: “I don’t
care what she reads as long
as she’s reading.” Hurrah!
Quite a concession from a
man whose own father was
an English professor who
recited Beowulf (though
surely not all 3,182 allitera-
tive lines) in Olde English on
Christmas Eve. Mind you I
wasn’t reading Robbins for
school, nor did my extracur-
ricular reading habits pre-
clude my teacher-assigned
readings. But we all drift to-
ward what we like.
“appease” Beijing, but were
now “null and void.”
He planned to drive home
the point by sending Kelly
Craft, the US ambassador
to the United Nations, on a
high-profile trip to Taiwan.
(Amid the chaos of the presi-
dential transition, the trip was
scrubbed.) Pompeo’s actions
infuriated China; the state-
run Global Times newspaper
described them as “last-ditch
madness” that would lead
to the “annihilation” of Tai-
wan’s people.
But if the Chinese gov-
ernment expected Trump’s
successor to renounce the
previous administration’s dis-
play of support for Taiwan, it
has been disappointed. Biden
invited Bi-khim Hsiao, Tai-
wan’s de facto ambassador
to Washington, to attend his
inauguration — the first time
since 1979 that such an in-
vitation was extended. The
State Department spokesman
reacted to China’s incursion
into Taiwan’s airspace with
tough words calling on Bei-
jing to “cease its military,
diplomatic, and economic
pressure against Taiwan”
and emphasizing that “our
commitment to Taiwan is
rock-solid.”
It was a fine start. Biden
I can assure you I might
never have read Jack Lon-
don’s “Call of the Wild” or,
probably, anything by John
Steinbeck, had a teacher not
assigned them.
I didn’t enjoy them, to
be sure, but this isn’t to say
I should have been spared
the burden. On weekly trips
to the public library, I also
checked out every biography
of a woman I could find.
There weren’t many in those
days, which was a shame.
So, I understand the
thinking behind expanding
curriculums to include au-
thors who deviate from the
norm.
What makes any book, or
play, or poem worth reading
(and rereading) might seem
subjective, but there are
some sturdy guideposts. The
test of time is one measure:
There’s a reason people
travel from all over the world
to visit Shakespeare’s birth-
place and to attend the Roy-
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ought to go farther.
The president can use his
bully pulpit to explain why
there is no good reason to
keep pretending that Taiwan
is a part of China and not an
independent country in every
significant respect. He can
point out that Taiwan has
never been ruled by China’s
communist regime, and that
the great majority of Tai-
wan’s people don’t consider
themselves Chinese but ex-
clusively Taiwanese. He can
observe that it makes no more
sense to claim that Taiwan is
really China than to claim
that America is really Great
Britain, or Lithuania really
Russia.
The longer the United
States and its allies pay lip ser-
vice to the “One China” fab-
rication, the more embold-
ened China will be to insist
that Taiwan “must” be united
with the mainland, by force if
necessary. When Iraqi dicta-
tor Saddam Hussein claimed
Kuwait as Iraq’s “19th prov-
ince,” the United States led
a vast international coalition
to force him to back down.
Economically and strategical-
ly, Taiwan is more important
than Kuwait ever was, and
America and its allies would
have no choice but to resist
al Shakespeare Company.
Another measure is
whether and where a given
work lands in the long con-
tinuum of arts and letters.
Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don
Quixote” bored me to tears
— I don’t like slapstick, ei-
ther — but it was important
to read because the story of
the man from La Mancha is
considered the first modern
novel and one of the greatest
of all time. Others, especial-
ly other cultures, might join
me in disagreeing. Islam had
a Golden Age, too.
More voices from more
cultures is likely all to the
good. But the emphasis on
singling out and censoring
writers whose perspective,
language or other details of
verisimilitude (similarity to
the truth) would be deemed
unacceptable today is un-
wise and a missed opportu-
nity. They still have much to
teach us. History, though of-
ten painful, doesn’t become
any attempt by China to con-
quer its island neighbor.
Which is exactly why “stra-
tegic ambiguity” should be
scrapped.
Writing in Foreign Affairs,
Richard Haass, the president
of the Council on Foreign
Relations, and research fellow
David Sacks argue that the
best way to ensure that the
United States will not have to
fight to defend Taiwan is to
leave no doubt that it is pre-
pared to do so. “The United
States should adopt a posi-
tion of strategic clarity,” they
urge, by stating unequivocally
“that it would respond to any
Chinese use of force against
Taiwan. Such a policy would
lower the chances of Chinese
miscalculation, which is the
likeliest catalyst for war in the
Taiwan Strait.”
At the same time, the
Biden administration should
call a halt to the shameful
practice of treating Taiwan
as an global pariah. Taiwan
should have a seat at the table
at the United Nations and its
constituent agencies.
China is abusive and dicta-
torial. Taiwan is a democratic
friend. We can engage pro-
ductively with the one without
demeaning the other. Step 1 is
to stop being ambiguous.
kinder through ignorance or
wishful backward-thinking.
Back in the Dark Ages,
one of my assignments for a
humanities professor was to
write a critique of “The Civ-
ilization of the Renaissance
in Italy,” written in 1860 by
Swiss historian Jacob Burck-
hardt. I still remember my
first sentence, which was
both banal and true: In any
literary criticism, one must
first consider the historical
context in which a work was
written.
If Shakespeare is thought
to be offensive by today’s
standards, then, what of
it? He was writing for 1594
not 2021. By all means, talk
about that.
Who knows? Such a
discussion might lead to
learning — about politics,
manners, religion and histo-
ry — which wouldn’t be the
worst thing to happen lately
in an American classroom.
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Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021 B5

Warren Buffett encourages investors to bet on America

By JOSH FUNK
AP Business Writer
OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire
Warren Buffett encouraged inves-
tors to maintain their faith in Amer-
ica’s economy and the businesses
his Berkshire Hathaway conglom-
erate owns in a reassuring letter to
his shareholders Saturday.
Buffett hardly even addressed
the coronavirus that ravaged many
businesses last year, instead focus-
ing on the long-term prospects for
the railroad, utility and insurance
businesses and stocks that belong
to Berkshire Hathaway. But he said
U.S. business will thrive over time in
spite of the pandemic.
“In its brief 232 years of exis-
tence, however, there has been no
incubator for unleashing human
potential like America. Despite
some severe interruptions, our
country’s economic progress has
been breathtaking,” Buffett wrote.
Buffett’s annual letter is always
well read in the business world be-
cause of his remarkably successful
track record and his knack for ex-
plaining complicated subjects in
simple terms.
But he didn’t offer much expla-
nation for why Berkshire hasn’t
made a major acquisition in sev-
eral years or discuss the compa-
ny’s recent major new investments
in Verizon Communications and
Chevron, leaving many investors
wanting more.
“The one thing that caught my
eye about the letter was sort of what
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during
a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders
meeting May 5, 2019, in Omaha, Neb.
it didn’t have,” CFRA Research
analyst Cathy Seifert said. “I think
what was notable was the fact that
given everything that’s gone on in
this country from the pandemic to
all the social unrest to the social
inflation and climate change that’s
impacting the insurance industry. It
was striking to me that none of that
was mentioned in the letter.”
Buffett, a long-time Democrat,
largely avoided politics in the letter
but he did express faith in the future
of the country.
“We retain our constitutional as-
piration of becoming ‘a more per-
fect union.’ Progress on that front
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has been slow, uneven and often
discouraging. We have, however,
moved forward and will continue
to do so. Our unwavering conclu-
sion: Never bet against America,”
he said.
Buffett said Berkshire’s $120 bil-
lion stake in Apple is one of its most
valuable assets — rivaling its BNSF
railroad and Berkshire’s utility di-
vision — even though it owns only
5.4% of the iPhone maker, hinting
at a long-term commitment to the
Apple investment.
Buffett said one of his biggest
investments last year was the $25
billion repurchase of Berkshire’s
own shares. But even after that and
several multibillion-dollar stock
market investments in the second
half of last year, Berkshire still held
$138.3 billion cash at the end of
2020. Edward Jones analyst Jim
Shanahan said it’s significant that
Buffett is investing that much in his
own stock.
In addition to the letter, Berkshire
said its fourth-quarter profits grew
23% to $35.8 billion, or $23,015
per Class A share, even though the
pandemic continued to weigh on
most of its businesses, which in-
clude BNSF railroad, several major
utilities, Geico insurance and an
assortment of manufacturers and
retailers. Most of the gain over last
year’s $29.2 billion, or $17,909 per
A share, was related to paper gains
on the value of its investments.
Buffett maintains that Berkshire’s
operating earnings offer a better
view of quarterly performance be-
cause they exclude investments and
derivatives, which can vary widely.
By that measure, Berkshire’s oper-
ating earnings increased by nearly
14%, to $5.02 billion, or $3,224.74
per Class A share. That’s up from
$4.42 billion, or $2,714.76 per
Class A share, a year earlier.
The four analysts surveyed by
FactSet expected Berkshire to re-
port quarterly operating earnings
per Class A share of $3,413.01.
One of Berkshire’s hardest-hit
businesses last year was aviation
parts manufacturer Precision
Castparts, which lost a significant
amount of business because airlines
struggled due to the pandemic. Buf-
fett, who took a nearly $10 billion
writedown on the value of Pre-
cision Castparts last year, said he
made a mistake when he agreed to
pay $32.3 billion for that business.
“No one misled me in any way
– I was simply too optimistic about
PCC’s normalized profit potential,”
Buffett said. “Last year, my miscal-
culation was laid bare by adverse
developments throughout the aero-
space industry, PCC’s most import-
ant source of customers.”
Besides the business lessons
Buffett offered in his missive, the
90-year-old investor reassured his
stockholders that he has no plans
to retire; he said one of Berkshire’s
most-experienced managers had
retired at the “ridiculously prema-
ture retirement age” of 103.
In a break from tradition, this
year’s annual meeting will be
broadcast from Los Angeles instead
of Omaha in May, Buffett said. He
will be reunited on stage with his
investing partner, Charlie Munger,
who missed last year’s virtual meet-
ing. Berkshire’s other vice chairmen
— Greg Abel and Ajit Jain — will
also be there to respond during the
3.5-hour-long question period. Abel
and Jain are both viewed as poten-
tial successors to Buffett as CEO,
and since 2018, Jain has overseen
all of Berkshire’s insurance busi-
nesses while Abel has overseen the
conglomerate’s non-insurance op-
erations.

Federal government Borsalino looks ahead with cool bucket hats, baseball caps
approves $50 million By COLLEEN BARRY
AP Fashion Writer

for Alaska fishing MILAN — The fedora Humphrey Bogart

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal gov-
ernment has approved Alaska’s plan to give the
state’s fishing industry almost $50 million in
pandemic relief.
The decision came after two major revisions
to the plan and more than 200 public comments
from every industry sector, CoastAlaska report-
ed Friday.
“It really was a balance between getting the
funds out quickly and developing a spending
plan with the input of affected fishery partici-
pants,” said Alaska Department of Fish and
Game Deputy Commissioner Rachel Baker.
The final details of the plan were published
on Thursday.
Commercial applicants will be required to
provide evidence that the coronavirus pandemic
caused them to lose at least 35% of revenue in
2020.
Applications will be accepted from March
until May and payments could begin as early as
June, CoastAlaska reported.
Baker said the final plan excludes commercial
permit holders who fish in Alaska but live in oth-
er states that received coronavirus relief.
“Non-Alaska resident commercial harvesters
who fish up here but live in a state that received
a CARES Act allocation must apply to their
state of residence,” Baker said. “They’re not eli-
gible to apply to the state of Alaska for a funds.”
Non-resident charter guides are eligible if
they have an Alaska business license, CoastAlas-
ka reported.
The money will come from the first federal
coronavirus relief bill Congress passed in 2020.
More than $17 million will be earmarked for
commercial fishermen. Roughly $13 million
will go to sport and charter guides and about
$500,000 will go to the state’s aquaculture busi-
nesses.
Lockheed Martin plant closing means 90 years of work to end
wore in “Casablanca” may have secured Bor-
salino’s place in fashion and cinematic histo-
ry, but it will be something like the cow-print
bucket hat that will help ensure its future.
The storied Italian hatmaker still makes
its felt hats by hand in a Piedmont region
factory, using the same artisanal techniques
from when the company was founded in
1857 and some of founder Giuseppe Bor-
salino’s original machinery. It is updating its
offerings for next fall and winter, with a focus
on customization and youth-trends.
The new collection displayed during Mi-
lan Fashion Week takes inspiration from the
Arts & Crafts design movement in mid-19th
century Britain. Hat pins with leaf and floral
motifs allow women to uniquely shape the
hats, to take up an oversized brim, say, or to
create an elegant fold in the crown.
A leopard fedora can be paired with a
long chain, to wear over the shoulder when
going in and out of shops, while a clochard
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has an optional leather corset.
A girl wears a creation as part of the Borsalino women’s Fall Winter 2021-22 collection,
“You cannot change a hat so much,’’ Gia-
unveiled Wednesday during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy.
como Santucci, Borsalino’s creative curator,
said. “You can change the attitude of the “To be honest, it is such a small compa- Santucci said.
hat.” ny, in a way it is very simple to react,’’ said New social media platforms like Club-
Unisex styles, including baseball caps, be- Santucci, who is also the current president house are giving people the chance to cre-
rets and bucket hats, come in updated new of the Italian Chamber of Buyers. “The ate a limited and select group to discuss
materials - including a spotted cow print, smaller you are, the more reactive and relevant topics, which Santucci said has
black patent leather and rainproof nylon. prompt.” been key during the isolation imposed by
Such genderless looks are becoming an in- Beyond new styles, that means getting the pandemic.
creasingly important part of the collection, people talking. Santucci, who was Gucci He also has pursued collaborations with
Santucci said. CEO during the Tom Ford era, created a ready-to-wear brands, including Borsalino
“The hat is no longer a tool to cover your- new film for this season, featuring Milanese X Valentino.
self, but to discover yourself,’’ he told The women who chose hats to match their styles, “Brands are changing. It is getting closer
Associated Press. striding through the center of the city. Last to entertainment, to give people the chance
The company, which relaunched three season’s film featured dancers from Alessan- to engage with the brand, to understand it
years ago, was in the process of scaling up dria, site of the original Borsalino factory, better. Not only to understand what was
production from 150,000 hats a year to a dancing through the factory floor. done in the past, but to really interact and
goal of half a million when the pandemic “My strong belief is that fashion is be- to have the chance to be part of the same
hit. coming more and more a discussion,’’ community,’’ Santucci said.
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IT’S
IT’S OK TO HAVE
BETTER QUESTIONS.
TO HAVE ANSWERS.
IT’S BETTER TO HAVE ANSWERS.

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Martin’s plans to close a plant
in Maryland will mean the
end of more than 90 years of
company manufacturing at
the site.
The Bethesda-based firm
announced on Friday it plans
to shutter within two years
the Middle River plant,
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Workers will get the chance
our Rotary and Mission Sys-
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OBITUARIES & MEMORIALS

FRUEH, Lloyd Byron

“Buddy” went to be with
the Lord on January 9,
2021. He was at home in
Lancaster, Calif. with his
family by his side. Buddy
was born Sept. 10, 1946
in Fort Madison, Iowa.
He retired from the Simi
Valley Police Dept. after
27 years of dedicated
service. He also served
five years at the Fort
Madison, Iowa Police Dept. He loved the Lord and
read his bible every day. He served at Grace
Chapel, Lancaster, Calif., as an usher. Buddy was
a member of the Senior Men’s Golf Club in
Rancho Vista, Palmdale, Calif. Buddy’s first wife,
Renate, preceded him in death after 25 years of
marriage. Buddy is survived by his wife, Sharon of
27 years of marriage, his daughters, Natascha and
Nicole, step-daughter Elaine, step-son Dean, his
sister Terry, his brother Larry, 10 grandkids, and
4 great grandkids. A memorial will be held on
March 12, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Chapel,
44648 15th Street West, Lancaster CA 93534.
REMY, Judy
A resident of Leona Valley
for 27 years, passed away
tragically at the age of 61
on January 23, 2021. She
had her husband by her
side and went quickly and
painlessly but far too
young. Born in Bakersfield
California as Judy Jordan
Bridge-building violinist dies
By NEIL GENZLINGER
The New York Times
Yuval Waldman, an ac-
complished violinist and
conductor with particular
interests in building musical
bridges between countries
and rediscovering neglected
works composed under op-
pressive circumstances, died
OBITUARIES
& MEMORIALS
In loving Memory
Roszanna Marie
Lowry Cochran
1964 - Feb. 28, 2014
Feb. 1 in Brooklyn. He was
74.
His son, Ariel Levin-
son-Waldman, said that the
cause was coronary artery dis-
ease and that Waldman had
also contracted COVID-19
shortly before his death.
Waldman, who lived in
Brooklyn, was the son of Jew-
ish parents who survived the
purges in Ukraine during the
Nazi occupation of World
War II, and his childhood
involved several dislocations
before the family eventual-
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ly settled in Bat Yam, a Tel Violinist and conductor Yuval Waldman on April 23, 1977.
Aviv suburb. His career in
some ways reflected his mul- Jewish émigrés from the for- By 1974 Waldman was
tinational upbringing and his mer Soviet Union. In 2004 performing to acclaim in re-
sense of music as a lifeline in he founded Music Bridges citals and with orchestras. He
a turbulent world. International, which fostered had married Cathy Walder,
He conducted the New concerts and educational pro- a pianist and composer, in
American Chamber Orches- grams that included music 1970, and they often per-
tra, an ensemble formed in from different cultures — one formed together. But he also
the 1990s and made up of program, for instance, fea- began branching out, serving
tured American and Kazakh as concertmaster for ensem-
composers. bles including the Kansas
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Michael Remy- the love of her life, and they were
married for 39 years. She was a high school
teacher in the Valley for 27 years and coached
swimming for Quartz Hill and Highland
throughout her tenure. She had three children
whom she adored; Kody, Kahli, and Kolton, and
one grandson Kurt. Judy loved to travel to Mexico,
Hawaii, and the Caribbean. Mike and Judy loved
to go to Lake Havasu every summer with family to
water ski as their kids were growing up. In the
last couple of years, Judy discovered Lake Shasta
and fell in love with it. She called it her happy
place and looked forward to being with her grand-
son on the lake all year. Her whole life was
centered around her family. Judy loved gathering
with family and friends, eating good food, laugh-
ing at stories and that is how we would like to
celebrate her, but unfortunately, at this time due
to COVID we will not be holding the kind of
Celebration of Life she deserves. The ceremony
will be held in the Spring for very close family and
friends only. We know so many that would like to
be there. Instead of flowers, please send a card
with a sweet memory of Judy to her husband
Mike.
She is survived by her family mentioned above
along with her sister Debbie Lindaman and
brother Austin Jordan.
NELSON, Dillene
(Dolly) Alberta
August 26, 1955-Feb. 11,
2021. After a lengthy three
year battle with an autoim-
mune illness, Dolly spread
her wings, and peacefully
glided towards Heaven
into Eternity. She passed
at home, surrounded by
her husband, all three of
her children, her sister and
husband, and son-in-law. Dolly was born in
Lancaster, Calif., to Dillard and Margaret Stew-
art. She had a childhood filled with nieces, neph-
ews and cousins, friends and lots of desert to play
in. She married Daniel Hiegel in 1972 and they
had 3 children, Brandie, Tiffanie and Danny. They
later divorced, and she married Chester Nelson in
2005 at Sycamore Cove, Calif. Chet and Dolly
lived happily in California City for many years.
Dolly is survived by her husband Chet, daughters
Brandie and Tiffanie of Oregon, son Danny Hiegel
of North Edwards, sister June Solomon of Calif.
City, 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren,
nephew Barron Demarse and Billy Boughan and a
dear friend of 40 years Connie Naegle. Not to be
forgotten Bob and Nubia, Dolly’s wonderful friends
and neighbors who she could not have done
without. Dolly was preceded in passing by her
parents Dillard and Margaret Stewart, brother
Bill Boughan, nephew Larry Demarse, niece
Bonnie Fox, and grandson Paul.
Bible associated with music. grandchildren.
CEA, Christopher D.
Passed away peacefully
on February 12, with his
loving family by his side.
Christopher (Chris) was
born in Burbank, Calif.
on December 10, 1950.
Chris played many roles
but by far his favorite
was Dad. Chris is sur-
vived by his loving wife
Janet, his 4 children,
Tim, Melinda, Ryan, and
Emily, his 4 grandchildren, Tim Jr., Tommy,
Timia, and Giuliana, and his two sisters,
Nickolina Eastwood and Felicia Nachreiner. He is
preceded in death by his parents Nicholas and
Dolores Cea. A Rosary and Funeral Mass will be
held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Palmdale on
Thursday, March 4, 2021. The Rosary procession
will begin at 10:00 a.m. with the praying of the
Rosary at 10:30 a.m. The Funeral Mass will start
at 11:30 a.m. Military honors will be presented
immediately following the funeral and an outdoor
reception will be offered to all who attend. The
services for Chris will be live streamed, to view
please visit HalleyOlsen.com, click on the Photos
& Videos tab on Chris’s Obituary page on March 4,
2021. Instead of flowers the family is asking that
you make donations to either St. Mary’s Church in
Palmdale or St. Jude’s Children’s Research
Hospital in his honor.
 Sports
WORDS OF WISDOM?
“I would never shut up about things that are wrong.”
— The Lakers’ LeBron James responding to criticism
about his political activism.

Merisa Jensen, Sports Editor, (661) 441-6162, mjensen@avpress.com
TALKING
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er deadline of 8 p.m.
throughout the pan-
demic, some games
might not make it into
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Valley Press. Please find
the following full stories
on our website at www.
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Hockey League: Gold-
en Knights at Ducks,
Kings at Wild. Men’s
College Basketball:
UCLA at Colorado.
Morikawa’s late
stumble gives Work-
day contenders a
chance
B R A D E N TO N,
Fla. — PGA champi-
on Collin Morikawa
made seven birdies in
an eight-hole stretch
Saturday and made it
look as though no one
could catch him. All it
took was two bad holes
to turn the Workday
Open into a chase.
Morikawa shot a
5-under 67 at the Con-
cession Golf Club, a
reasonable score ex-
cept for what it could
have been. When he
drove to the front of the
green on the 316-yard
12th hole and made an
8-foot birdie, he was at
17-under par and no
one else was closer than
five shots.
He wound up lead-
ing by two shots over
Brooks Koepka, who
got his mistakes out the
way early and shot 70,
and Billy Horschel. who
had a 69.
Rory McIlroy, who
made a double bogey
for the second straight
day, was hopeful of
getting to 10 under to
at least give himself a
chance. He did one bet-
ter with a 66, including
an eagle on the par-5
13th that gave so many
players fits, and wound
up just four shots be-
hind.
Morikawa was at
15-under 201.
Nelly Korda leads
LPGA as Sorenstam
falls to bottom of
pack
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Nelly Korda surged into
the lead Saturday in the
Gainbridge LPGA with
a 4-under 68 that left
her in position to make
it consecutive wins for
the Korda family to
High School Athletics | College Signing
Two-Sport Scot
QH senior
Weese signs to
Macalester
By ALAN HENDRY
Valley Press Staff Writer
QUARTZ HILL — Ben Weese had of-
fers to play football in college, but he didn’t
think he would be able to continue to run
track as well.
The Quartz Hill senior played on the
varsity football team for three years, getting
promoted during the Rebels’ championship
run his freshman year, and he was on the
track team, running sprints, for four years.
“It was surprising,” Ben said of being
able to compete in both sports in college.
“I always use track to help with football, so
they kind of go hand-in-hand. I didn’t think
I would be able to play football and track.”
Weese will have the opportunity to do
both at Macalester College in Saint Paul,
Minnesota, a Division III school. Ben signed
a National Letter of Intent on February 9 at
Quartz Hill High, in front of family, friends
and coaches.
“It feels great. I’m really excited to be a
Fighting Scot and to be able to go to the
next level,” Ben said. “It’s an honor to be
able to play football still.”
Ben plays strong safety on the football
field, as well as defensive back and running
back. He runs the sprints on the track team.
“At a program like Macalester, a small
school like that, where you can play multiple
sports,” Quartz Hill football coach James
Vondra said. “He was exciting to watch. We
put him at fullback on offense every once in
a while just because of his aggression. It was
an honor to have him in our program. He is
one of those kids with a four point whatev-
er GPA. He always took the AP classes, the
Major League Baseball | Angels
FINAL YEAR? — In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Los
Angeles Angels designated hitter Albert Pujols waves to players
in the Colorado Rockies dugout in the second inning of a game
in Denver.
Motorsports | NASCAR Xfinity Series | Contender Boats 250
Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021 C1
NBA | LeBron James
LeBron
rejects
criticism
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
LeBron James responded to
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s criticism
of his political activism with a
promise that he will never just
shut up and dribble.
The Los Angeles Lakers
superstar also pointed out that
Ibrahimovic clearly didn’t
feel the same way about
spotlighting social injustices
when the soccer great called
out racism in his native Sweden
just three years ago.
The AC Milan striker
and former LA Galaxy star
criticized James and other
socially conscious athletes
ALAN HENDRY/Valley Press Thursday in an interview with
OFFICIAL — Quartz Hill senior Ben Weese signs a National Letter of Intent to play Discovery Plus. Ibrahimovic
football and run track at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MInnesota on February 9, called it “a mistake” for James
surrounded by his father Jimmy Weese (left), younger brother Ollie and mother Danielle and other athletes to get
Carbajal at a small ceremony at Quartz Hill High School. involved in political causes,
honors classes. So academically he was one football coach. “As he progressed through saying they should “just do
of our leaders. and starting working on more speed stuff, what you do best, because it
“On the field he was one of our leaders he’s grown to love the track side of it as well. doesn’t look good.”
by example. He’s not one to verbally get “It’s been great. It’s been a long journey, James responded forcefully
into your face, but he was our strong safety. just watching him grow from youth sports to Ibrahimovic’s stance after
He was the one that lined up our defense. the Lakers’ 102-93 victory over
into high school. Watching his passion and
He was the one that called our defense in the Portland Trail Blazers on
love for the game, as well as his academics,
the secondary and our coverage. We knew Friday night.
get him to this point that he is able to go to
he would be able to do that because of his “I would never shut up
college and play and do what he loves to
mental capacity, very high football IQ. He about things that are wrong,”
do.”
just never quit. He never asked to come out. said James, who had 28 points,
Vondra said Ben was a leader for the 11 rebounds and seven assists.
Just one of those guys who quietly did his Rebels.
“I preach about my people
job, but was fun to watch.” “He’s a leader,” Vondra said. “He was
and I preach about equality,
Ben has been playing football since he our team captain coming into this year. He’s
social injustice, racism,
was 7 years old. just one of those guys you wish everybody
systematic voter suppression,
“He got into track to begin with just keep-
was like him. He was always pound-for- things that go on in our
ing in shape in the offseason,” said Ben’s fa-
ther, Jimmy Weese, a Quartz Hill assistant See WEESE, C2 See LEBRON, C2
Pujols says he’ll decide future
after this season with Angels
By GREG BEACHAM “Hey, that’s the life we’re liv- career for 21 years deserve bet-
Associated Press ing on social media,” Pujols said ter than just me or her posting
ANAHEIM — Albert Pujols Saturday with a chuckle. “It’s sad something on Instagram,” Pu-
woke up from a nap last Monday that everybody just had to run jols said in his first interviews of
in Arizona to find several hun- with it.” spring training. “This thing just
dred messages and missed calls The 41-year-old slugger quick- got blown out of proportion. My
ly reiterated what he has been mind is not even there. My mind
on his phone.
saying for months: He hasn’t de- is on staying focused, healthy,
While he was sleeping, the Los
cided whether he will continue and hopefully trying to help this
Angeles Angels slugger’s wife, playing after the conclusion of
Deidre, had put up a compli- ballclub win this year, and that’s
his 10-year, $240 million contract it. If I feel at the end of the year
mentary Instagram post about with the Angels this fall, and he
Associated Press that that’s it, I’ll announce it (and)
her husband that was widely won’t make or announce a deci-
go home. But I’m not even there
interpreted to mean Pujols had sion until after the season.
yet.”
decided to retire after this season, “I think our organization, my
his 21st in the majors. friends, people that follow my See PUJOLS, C2
College Basketball | Utah 71, No. 19 USC 61

Snider wins at Homestead

start the season.
Annika Sorenstam
sank to the bottom.
Korda, whose old-
er sister Jessica won
the Diamond Resorts
Tournament of Cham-
pions last month to start
the new LPGA Tour
season, dropped only
one shot on a breezy
day at Lake Nona to
lead by one over Patty
Tavatanakit.
Sorenstam, playing
for the first time in more
than 12 years after re-
tiring, had no expecta-
tions and no excuses.
She kept leaving herself
in bad spots around the
green and finished with
a 79. That put her in
last place by four shots,
22 shots behind Korda.
The 50-year-old
Swede was making a
one-time appearance
because the tourna-
ment was brought to
her home course, and
she was happy enough
to make the cut on the
number.
“We put every effort
into every single shot,”
she said. “Just wasn’t
See NOTES, C2
after Gragson slams car
By MARK LONG
Associated Press
HOMESTEAD, Fla. —
Noah Gragson had close to a
9-second lead, the outside lane
wide open and the white flag
waiting for him ahead.
The JR Motorsports driver
was on the verge of an elusive
victory at Homestead-Miami
Speedway. And then the un-
thinkable happened. A lapped
car blew a tire and turned right in
front of him. A fraction of a sec-
ond earlier or later and Gragson
would have cruised by and ended
up in victory lane.
Instead, Gragson had no-
where to go and no time to stop.
He slammed into David Starr
and ended his day in disappoint-
ing fashion.
Myatt Snider was the bene-
ficiary. Snider won the Xfinity
Series race Saturday, taking the
checkered flag in overtime after
Gragson’s untimely wreck with
two laps to go in regulation.
“What are you going to do?”
Gragson said. “You’ve got (idiots)
in the way every single week.”
The 26-year-old Snider cele-
brated his first victory in 36 starts
with a reverse lap around the 1
1/2-mile track.
The Richard Childress Rac-
ing driver spun his tires on the
first of two restarts in overtime,
but got a second chance thanks
to a late caution after AJ All-
mendinger spun. Snider didn’t
make the same mistake twice,
driving by RCR teammate Ty-
ler Reddick and turning the final
No. 19 USC loses at Utah,
third loss in last four games
By JOHN COON
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY —
Alphonso Plummer scored 19
points, Timmy Allen added
OT WIN
15 points and eight assists and
Myatt Snider
Utah pulled away late in the
celebrates after
winning the second half to beat No. 19 USC
NASCAR Xfinity 71-61 on Saturday.
Series auto race Plummer made five
on Saturday at
3-pointers and Ian Martinez
Homestead-
scored 10 points off the bench
Miami Speedway
to help the Utes (10-11, 7-10
in Homestead,
Fla.. Pac-12) beat a Top 25 opponent
Associated Press for the first time this season.
Drew Peterson scored 19
two laps without much of a test.
points, and Evan Mobley added
“It’s just amazing to finally be
in this position,” Snider said. 11 points and eight rebounds for
Associated Press
The biggest challenge for the suddenly struggling USC (19-6,
13-5), which shot 37% from the CONTACT — Southern
first-time winner — the second California forward Isaiah
in as many weeks in NASCAR’s field and lost for the third time Mobley, center, pulls down a
second-tier series — was finding in four games. rebound as Utah’s Timmy Allen
victory lane. Snider missed the Sloppy basketball defined (1) and Ian Martinez (2) defend
turn before having to back up the first half as the Trojans and during the first half of an NCAA
college basketball game on
and try again. Utes combined for 19 turnovers
Saturday in Salt Lake City.
Reddick was second, followed before halftime.
by Brandon Jones, Daniel USC set a defensive tone by and Isaiah White scored three
Hemric, Jeb Burton and pole- pressuring Utah into several baskets apiece to fuel the 18-4
early turnovers, opening the run that gave USC that double-
sitter Austin Cindric. The race
door for the Trojans to take digit cushion. Two of White’s
See XFINITY, C2 an early 18-8 lead. Peterson baskets came off turnovers.
C2 Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021
WEESE: Will play football, run track at Macalester
From C1
pound one of the toughest kids
in the program. As a freshman
we brought him up to varsity to
be part of our championship
run. He didn’t care about his
size. He was always undersized,
shorter than everyone else, but
his aggression, his tenacious-
ness was always evident the way
that he played.”
Ben and his family were ag-
gressive and tenacious is pursu-
ing an opportunity in college,
starting the process his sopho-
more year.
“We used a recruiting agen-
cy at the end of his sophomore
year,” Jimmy Weese said. “We
knew that he wasn’t going to
have all these schools attract-
ed to him, so we got his name
out and see where he could go
and where he could fit. Doing
that early was definitely highly
beneficial for us and for him
and very lucky and happy we
took those steps at that time for
him.”
Ben’s mother, Danielle Car-
bajal, said the school reached
out to Ben last year and his re-
cruiting trip to the school was
exactly one year prior to his
signing ceremony.
Ben was on a recruiting trip
that initially started at the Uni-
versity of Chicago before going
to the Minneapolis/St. Paul
area for a visit to Macalester.
“He went to Chicago first
and then St. Paul and I remem-
ber asking him while we were
there ‘Well, which one did you
like better?’ and he said, ‘Here.’
He liked Macalester,” said Car-
bajal, who is also a teacher at
Quartz Hill High. “It was awe-
some that they ended up mak-
ing him an offer.
“It’s the culmination of a
lifetime of being an athlete and
XFINITY: Myatt Snider wins Homestead in OT
From C1
provided some proof that
Cindric might have more
competition than some expected
after he finished first and second
in the first two races.
Gragson was as much the
story as Snider. He was cruising
toward his first win since last
June when Starr blew a right-
front tire and turned into the
outside wall — and right in front
of Gragson.
Gragson climbed out of his
crumpled car, shook his head
NOTES: Mickelson nine shots back on Champions Tour; Southern Illinois ends North Dakota State’s win streak
From C1 S. Illinois ends North
meant to be today. Another
Dakota State’s 39-game
day tomorrow. I got two bonus winning streak
days this week, so that’s a good
thing.”
Korda was at 13-under 203,
one shot ahead of Tavatanakit,
the blossoming Thai star who
needed only a half-dozen starts
on the Symetra Tour to earn
her LPGA card when she left
UCLA.
Weir leads by 2 at Co-
loguard Classic, Mickel-
son 9 back
TUCSON, Ariz. — Mike
Weir went on a back-nine
birdie binge to take control of
the Cologuard Classic.
Phil Mickelson waded
into the mud for the second
straight day and will have to
dig out of a deep hole if he’s
going to make history.
Weir shot a 5-under 67 to
build a two-shot lead in the
Cologuard Classic on Satur-
day, leaving Mickelson with
a lot of ground to make up
to win his third straight PGA
Tour Champions start.
“I can’t recall a time where
I’ve hit so many shots close to
the hole,” Weir said. “I’ve hit
really a lot of shots that have
been almost tap-in to just out-
side of tap-in. My wedges have
been very good, even mid iron
game’s been very good, and
I’m driving it good.”
Weir shot 66 in the opening
round and had eight birdies
in breezy conditions at tricky
Tucson National. The Ca-
nadian left-hander was at 13
under, with Kevin Sutherland
second heading into the final
round.
Tim Petrovic became the
second player in PGA Tour
Champions history to have
a hole-in-one in consecutive
rounds with an ace on No. 14.
He was 8 under after a 67.
COLLEGE — Quartz Hill senior Ben Weese signs a Letter of
Intent to attend Macalester College on Feb. 9 and was joined
by Quartz Hill High principal Zach Mercier (left) and Quartz Hill
football coach James Vondra.
being an incredible student in
the classroom. I’m so excited
about Macalester. It’s a pretty
prestigious school to get into.
They only had about a 35 per-
cent acceptance rate last year.
The whole program is adver-
tised as the most progressive
football program in the nation.
They really push internation-
alism and just caring about
humanity. The coaching staff is
all energetic and really motiva-
tional and the track coaches as
well.”
Ben said he was convinced
about Macalester College be-
cause of many factors.
“They have everything I
need for college and everything
I would want to play for,” Ben
said. “The campus is really
beautiful, especially during the
fall before it snows.
“It was more, they have re-
ally good internship programs
that they set up all their players
with, for whatever they would
want to go into.”
Ben is still deciding between
chemistry and biology for a
major, but is interested in pur-
suing medicine.
Ben said Macalester made
and fists in disgust. He took off
his helmet and gloves and waved
to the crowd before stepping
into a waiting ambulance for
a mandatory ride to the infield
care center.
It was his third straight disap-
pointing finish at Homestead.
Gragson had the dominant car
in both races at Homestead last
year, but failed to win either.
“Definitely a bummer,”
Gragson said. “They know who
won this race based on speed
the last three times we’ve been
here. ... There’s only one thing
Javon Williams Jr. and Ro-
meir Elliott each had a pair of
touchdown runs, and South-
ern Illinois beat top-ranked
North Dakota State 38-14 on
Saturday that ended the Bi-
son’s 39-game winning streak.
North Dakota State (2-1,
1-1 Missouri Valley), which
has won three straight FCS
championships, last lost on
Nov. 4, 2017 to then-No. 8
South Dakota State.
“We didn’t show up and
play very well,” Bison coach
Matt Entz said. “There was
not any position group that
played well.”
It was the Bison’s worst
defeat since a 37-6 loss at Cal
Poly during the 2005 season.
Williams ran for a 3-yard
score and Elliott broke loose
for a 20-yard touchdown run
in the fourth quarter. Both
scores followed a North Da-
kota State turnover. Elliott
finished with 91 yards rushing
and Williams had 41, and the
pair also had touchdown runs
in the second quarter.
The Salukis (2-1, 1-1)
snapped an eight-game losing
streak to the Bison, who were
16.5-point favorites.
Osborne has triple-double
in No. 10 UCLA women’s
rout of USC
LOS ANGELES — Cha-
risma Osborne recorded the
ninth triple-double in UCLA
history, Michaela Onyenwere
scored 30 points and the 10th-
ranked Bruins made a sea-
son-high 16 3-pointers in their
93-51 victory over Southern
California on Friday night.
Osborne had 18 points, 10
rebounds and 12 assists in 34
minutes. The sophomore is
the seventh player in program
ALAN HENDRY/Valley Press
him an official offer during the
pandemic via a Zoom call.
Ben said the recruiting pro-
cess wasn’t too bad during the
pandemic shutdown, because
he had already started.
“I could see how not being
able to play this year and not
getting that final senior tape
out, I could see how that could
greatly impact other players,”
Ben said.
Both Ben and Jimmy Weese
were thankful to the many
coaches Ben had over the
years, starting in youth football
through high school.
“A lot of the coaches he had
in youth football helped him
progress,” Jimmy Weese said.
“Larry Lawrence with High-
land got him at a younger age
to take his game up an even
higher level, keep him interest-
ed, made it fun and really com-
petitive. On into high school
with coach Vondra and coach
Drennan. I think they taught
him not just being an athlete,
but how to be a man. How to
be an adult in society. It was just
amazing watching him grow
and flourish under their wing.”
we know how to do and that’s
rebound.”
Snider, the son of NASCAR
broadcaster Marty Snider, took
advantage and put Richard
Childress Racing in victory
lane for the first time in 2021.
He had no friends and family
members around to celebrate,
which might not have been a
bad thing.
“If you look at the bright side
since everyone’s not here, I get
to save it and (spread the party)
over a longer period,” he said.
history to have a triple-double
and first since Japreece Dean
against Yale in November
2019.
Onyenwere scored at least
30 points for the fifth time in
her career and second this sea-
son. The senior forward made
a career-high six 3-pointers
and was 11 of 19 from the
field.
Lindsey Corsaro added 14
points, including going 4 of 5
from beyond the arc, as UCLA
(14-4, 12-4 Pac—12) posted its
highest margin of victory over
its crosstown rival since 1999
and won both regular-season
games against the Trojans for
the first time in three seasons.
Alissa Pili led USC (10-11,
8-10) with 18 points and Jor-
dyn Jenkins scored 14.
MLS says Burkle backs
out owning Sacramento
expansion team
NEW YORK — Ma-
jor League Soccer says Ron
Burkle has backed out of plans
for an expansion team in Sac-
ramento, California, that was
scheduled to start play in 2023.
The league said in a state-
ment Friday night that Burkle’s
decision was “based on issues
with the project related to
COVID-19.”
MLS announced the Sac-
ramento Republic as its 29th
team on Oct. 21, 2019, and
said then the team would start
play in 2022. MLS said July 17
that Sacramento would not
start play until the 2023 season
because of the pandemic. At
the time, the league delayed
Charlotte, North Carolina,
until 2022 and St. Louis until
2023.
MLS expanded to 26 teams
last year with the addition of
Miami and Nashville, Ten-
nessee. Austin, Texas joins this
season, which is scheduled to
LEBRON: Criticized by Zlatan for political activism
From C1
community,” James added.
“I know what’s going on still,
because I have a group of
300-plus kids at my school
that’s going through the same
thing, and they need a voice,
and I’m their voice. I’ll use my
platform to continue to shed
light on everything that’s going
on around this country and
around the world. There’s no
way I would ever just stick to
sports, because I understand
how powerful this platform
and my voice is.”
James funds the I Promise
School in his native Akron,
Ohio. The third-leading
scorer in NBA history also
backs numerous initiatives
pursuing social justice, voting
rights and other progressive
causes.
James also made it clear
he was aware of comments
made in 2018 by Ibrahimovic,
the Swedish-born son of a
Bosnian father and a Croatian
mother.
“He’s the guy who said in
PUJOLS: 41-year old Pujols in final year of contract
From C1
The fifth-leading home run
hitter in major league history
says he has more pressing con-
cerns on his mind, primarily
the chase of his first playoff
victory with the Angels. Not
playing in October will never
stop grating on Pujols, who
begins the new season with
662 homers along with 2,100
RBIs, third-most in baseball
history.
“I don’t even get to watch
(the postseason), because I get
so mad because we should
have been there,” he said.
Pujols has at least one more
chance to get the team suc-
cess he craves alongside Mike
Trout, Anthony Rendon and
Shohei Ohtani. The 10-time
All-Star is in the midst of five
consecutive losing seasons
and six straight non-playoff
campaigns with the Angels,
but there is cautious optimism
around the big-budget fran-
chise heading into manager
Joe Maddon’s second season
in charge.
Even if Pujols attempts to
play in 2022, he knows he is
close to the end of the under-
whelming second act of his ca-
reer after 11 stellar seasons in
start April 17.
Sacramento’s announced
ownership group included
Burkle, founder of The Yucai-
pa Cos. and an owner of the
NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins,
as lead investor. He was joined
by entertainment executive
Matt Alvarez and Kevin Na-
gle, an investor in the NBA’s
Sacramento Kings who had
spearheaded the bid for MLS
expansion since 2014.
Burkle’s group had planned
a $300 million soccer-specif-
ic stadium on a 14-acre site
downtown and signed a deal
with UC Davis Health to be its
MLS jersey sponsor.
But the group had run into
cost issues with the proposed
stadium site and had yet to
break ground on the proposed
21,000-seat stadium. There
also was growing concern the
team would not be able to start
until 2024.
Schröder returns, Lakers
beat Blazers 102-93 to
snap skid
LOS ANGELES — LeB-
ron James had 28 points, Den-
nis Schröder added 22 in his
return to the Lakers’ lineup,
and Los Angeles snapped its
four-game losing streak with a
102-93 victory over the Port-
land Trail Blazers on Friday
night.
Montrezl Harrell had 17
points, and James added 11 re-
bounds and seven assists as the
defending NBA champions
avoided their longest losing
streak since March 2019.
The fresh-legged Schröder
was outstanding after a four-
game absence under the
NBA’s health and safety pro-
tocols, scoring 13 points in the
second half and leading the
Lakers’ decisive surge on both
ends of the court.
Los Angeles pushed ahead
Sweden, he was talking about
the same things, because his
last name wasn’t a (traditional
Swedish) last name, he felt like
there was some racism going
on when he was out on the
pitch,” James said. “I speak
from a very educated mind.
I’m kind of the wrong guy to
actually go at, because I do my
homework.”
Indeed, Ibrahimovic told
Canal Plus that “undercover
racism” caused the Swedish
media and public to treat
him with less respect and
reverence: “This exists, I am
100% sure, because I am not
Andersson or Svensson. If I
would be that, trust me, they
would defend me even if I
would rob a bank.”
James and Ibrahimovic
overlapped in Los Angeles
for about 16 months from
the summer of 2018 until
November 2019, when
Ibrahimovic went back to
Europe. While Zlatan was
unable to carry the Galaxy
to an MLS Cup title despite
St. Louis. He batted .328 with
445 homers while winning
three NL MVP awards for the
Cardinals, but has been a .257
hitter with 217 homers over
nine years in Anaheim.
Last season, Pujols batted
.224 with a .665 OPS — both
the worst marks of his two-de-
cade career — while playing
in just 39 of Los Angeles’ 60
games.
This season also brings the
distinct prospect of even less
action for Pujols, who has re-
mained injury-free and fairly
effective as a fielder at first base
over the past two years.
He’s certain to split playing
time at first with Jared Walsh,
who batted .337 with nine
homers and 26 RBIs in 22
games as a rookie last Septem-
ber, and with Ohtani as the
Halos’ designated hitter.
Pujols says he’s fine with
whatever role he gets in 2021
from Maddon, who praises the
veteran slugger for his maturity
and leadership.
“It’s going to be a meritoc-
racy always, and he gets it,”
Maddon said. “We’ve had the
conversations. Of course he
wants to play. Of course when
he doesn’t play, he might not
like it. He’s wired that way, and
in the third quarter and hung
on comfortably for only its sec-
ond win since losing All-Star
selection Anthony Davis to a
calf injury 12 days ago.
Damian Lillard scored 24
of his 35 points in the first
half for the Blazers, who lost
their fourth straight. Portland
committed 16 turnovers while
losing to the Lakers at Staples
Center for the first time since
November 2018.
Leonard has 30 points,
Clippers beat Grizzlies for
split
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —
Kawhi Leonard scored 30
points, Lou Williams added 17
and the Los Angeles Clippers
beat the Memphis Grizzlies
119-99 on Friday night to split
a two-game series.
Terance Mann, Nicolas
Batum and Paul George each
had 13 points for the Clippers,
122-94 losers on Thursday
night.
Jonas Valanciunas led
Memphis with 22 points and
11 rebounds. Ja Morant scored
20 points before he was eject-
ed, receiving a pair of techni-
cal for arguing a no-call with
2:18 remaining. De’Anthony
Melton scored 16 points.
It evident from the start that
the Clippers were going to be
much more aggressive on both
ends of the floor than they
were a night earlier.
The Clippers concentrat-
IOWA CITY, Iowa —
Iowa forward Jack Nunge will
ed defensively on guarding
miss the remainder of the sea-
the paint better than the pre-
son after injuring his right knee
vious game when Memphis
in the ninth-ranked Hawkeyes’
amassed 72 paint points. Los
Angeles was willing to see loss at No. 3 Michigan on
if the Grizzlies could makeThursday.
enough outside shots. School officials said the
6-foot-11 sophomore has a
Wild use early goals to torn meniscus and is expect-
beat Kings 3-1 for 6th ed to undergo surgery next
straight win week. Nunge was averaging
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The 7.1 points and 5.3 rebounds
Minnesota Wild blitzed the per game.
playing exceptionally during
two largely frustrating seasons,
LeBron already won the
Lakers’ 17th NBA title in his
second season with the club.
They also share remarkable
similarities as two astonishing
athletes who have remained
among the world’s best players
deep into their 30s. The
36-year-old James is still one
of the best all-around players
in modern basketball, while
the 39-year-old Ibrahimovic
remains among Serie A’s
scoring leaders with 14 goals
in just 13 league games for
Milan.
Dennis Schröder, the
Lakers’ German point guard,
gave his support to James and
confirmed the obvious truth
that Ibrahimovic’s attitude is
decidedly not shared by many
European athletes.
“Every athlete can use
our platform and try to
make change in this world,”
Schröder said. “Zlatan, he’s a
little different. Unique player,
unique character.”
that’s how you want him to be.
But he understands what’s go-
ing on. He accepts it well. Re-
gardless of the role we put him
in, I know he’s going to react
to it well.”
NOTES: LHP Packy
Naughton has a Grade 1 strain
of the UCL in his throwing el-
bow, the Angels announced.
They acquired Naughton
while trading OF Brian Good-
win to Cincinnati last season,
and he was expected to be in
their Triple-A rotation in Salt
Lake this year. The Angels ha-
ven’t decided what steps they’ll
take next with Naughton’s
injury, Maddon said. ... José
Quintana will start the Angels’
Cactus League opener Sun-
day vs the Giants in Scottsdale.
Patrick Sandoval and Dillon
Peters will be among the other
pitchers. ... Maddon praised
veteran RHP Jesse Chavez,
who signed with the Angels
this week. Chavez pitched for
Maddon with the Cubs in
2018: “He’s a big reason why
we made the playoffs that par-
ticular year,” Maddon said,
calling Chavez a “Swiss Army
knife. … He just makes any
team that he’s on better, and
he’s going to make this bullpen
better.”
Los Angeles Kings with three
goals in a span of just over
three minutes in the first pe-
riod and held on to win 3-1
on Friday night for their sixth
straight victory.
Kirill Kaprizov, Nick Bjug-
stad and Joel Eriksson Ek
scored for the Wild, who end-
ed the Kings’ six-game win-
ning streak. Minnesota’s last
loss was to the Kings in Los
Angeles on Feb. 16. That was
Minnesota’s first game back
after a two-week layoff due to
COVID-19 protocols.
Cam Talbot stopped 27
shots for the Wild, holding the
Kings scoreless until Jeff Car-
ter’s goal late in the third peri-
od in his first action since Feb.
2. Jonathan Quick made 27
saves for the Kings, who were
done in by the Wild’s three
goals in a 3:03 span.
Minnesota struck first on
Kaprizov’s fifth of the year, a
sprawling wrap-around goal at
12:33.
Bjugstad doubled the Wild’s
lead less than two minutes lat-
er after Quick misplayed a
puck off the backboards. The
carom rolled out to Bjugstad
alone in the slot, and he bur-
ied a backhander for his 100th
career goal.
No. 9 Iowa loses forward
Nunge to season-ending
knee injury
 Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021 C3
Motorsports | NASCAR Cup Series | The Dixie Vodka 400, 12:30 p.m. (FOX)

NASCAR winners altering playoff landscape

By MARK LONG crew chief, Adam Stevens. “The num- Every year since NASCAR’s cur- “But if you don’t win, you’re in a driver Austin Dillon, who has made
Associated Press ber of unique winners is really going rent playoff system began in 2014, lot of trouble right now because it’s the playoffs four times in the last five
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — NA- to change how many cars get in on at least three postseason berths have not looking like you’re going to be able years. “But I think as the season goes
SCAR’s postseason landscape has points, right? It’s pretty obvious.” been awarded to drivers based on to get in the playoffs right now without on, there will be some opportunities
been altered after just two Cup Series The simplest way to look at it: If points. The past three years, as Kevin a win.” for points.
races. the series heavyweights perform as ex- Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Loga- The Daytona 500 has a tendency “It always comes down to one or
With Michael McDowell and pected the rest of the way, there won’t no, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and to be a crapshoot, often delivering an two positions, I feel like, when it comes
Christopher Bell winning at Daytona be many playoff spots left for anyone Chase Elliott have won a bigger share odd top-10 and occasionally ending to points.”
International Speedway, the first in else. It’s a somewhat bleak outlook for of races, more drivers have made the up with a long-shot winner like Mc- HAMLIN’S HOME
the Daytona 500 and the second on several teams already and could force playoffs on points. Dowell. He had been winless in 357 No one in the field has been bet-
the road course, two playoff spots were them to adjust their approach begin- But Bell and McDowell already Cup starts before his breakthrough. ter at Homestead than Hamlin. The
locked up by guys who weren’t gener- ning Sunday at Homestead-Miami grabbed two of the spots, something Although Bell drives for power- Joe Gibbs Racing star has three wins
ally considered locks. Speedway. many would have considered an un- house Joe Gibbs Racing, he was a (2009, ‘13, ‘20) at the track and 11 top-
The fallout? Other teams are feel- “Some of that next batch of cars likely possibility entering the year. rookie for that top team and in his sec- 10 finishes in 16 starts. He led 137 of
ing the pinch in late February – six is really needing to be thinking about “The dynamic has changed dra- ond full season in the Cup series. 267 laps last June en route to his latest
months before the 16-driver playoff if they’re swinging for the fence or if matically right now,” 2012 Cup cham- “Two of the tracks we’ve went to victory.
field is set – and with 24 races remain- they’re racing for points,” Stevens said. pion Brad Keselowski said. “We’re are definitely tracks that create oppor- He’s tied with Tony Stewart and
ing. “Maybe one more winner that some- very early in the season, and it’s now tunities for guys that you wouldn’t nec- Greg Biffle for the most Cup wins at
“Probably not for the teams that body didn’t expect pretty early in the turned into a points race for those last essarily just give them a spot or think the 1 1/2-mile venue. Those interme-
we all expect to win, but for some of season could really change the com- few spots. Hopefully it doesn’t matter that they’re going to point themselves diate tracks are the ones Hamlin and
those fringe cars it will,” said Bell’s plexion.” for us. in,” said Richard Childress Racing Harvick mostly dominated last year.

Horse Racing

Santa Anita entries | Today

Associated Press
First post 12:30 p.m.
FIRST
$28,000,, 4-Year-Olds & Up, Six and One Half Furlongs (T)
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Sigalert (L), 124 E. Maldonado 6-7-4 John Sadler 6/1
2 Exultation (L), 124 U. Rispoli 2-2-5 Peter Eurton 2/1
3 Show Business (L), 124 J. Valdivia, Jr. 5-5-9 Steve Knapp 30/1
4 Squalotoro (L), 124 A. Cedillo 2-4-3 Doug O’Neill 12/1
5 Turntheclocktozero (L), 124 G. Franco 9-5-5 Mark Glatt 30/1
6 Bench Judge (L), 124 F. Prat 3-2-2 Peter Miller 5/2
7 Shuster (L), 124 T. Baze 7-8-7 Leonard Powell 30/1
8 Hartel (L), 122 J. Hernandez 3-3-2 Peter Miller 5/2
9 Galloping Mischief (L), 124 R. Fuentes 4-5-7 Paul Aguirre 10/1
10 Severin (L), 122 E. Flores 5-7-11 Paula Capestro 50/1
11 American Dancer (L), 124 J. Valdivia, Jr. 6-8-3 Mark Glatt 8/1
98 Foothill, S. 6-8-10
SECOND
$35,000, Maiden Claiming $50,000-$45,000, 3-Year-Olds, One Mile
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Stone’s River (L), 119 A. Cedillo 5-5-2 Craig Lewis 8/1
2 Gabby Hayes (L), 112 J. Pyfer 4-4-8 Steven Miyadi 2/1
3 Sir Williams Dream, 116 A. Centeno 9-10-6 Ricardo Zamora 15/1
4 Big Well (L), 123 F. Prat 5-4-x Tim Yakteen 3/1
5 Funkenstein (M), 123 J. Valdivia, Jr. 2-x-x Mike Puype 5/2
6 Big Frank Da Tank (L), 123 E. Maldonado 6-3-9 Adam Kitchingman 3/1
THIRD
$61,000, Maiden Special Weight, 3-Year-Olds Fillies, One Mile (T)
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Sweetest Angel (L), 123 J. Hernandez 2-5-5 G.Papaprodromou 5/2
2 Jibber Jabber (M), 123 U. Rispoli 2-2-4 Patrick Gallagher 2/1
3 Shvere Arbeter (L), 123 A. Cedillo 4-3-4 Ian Kruljac 4/1
4 Cider Apple (L), 123 T. Baze 3-2-2 Jeff Mullins 5/2
5 Hyland Haven (L), 123 F. Prat 7-2-7 Philip D’Amato 5/1
FOURTH
$33,000, Starters Allowance, 4-Year-Olds & Up, One Mile
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Motown Music (L), 124 U. Rispoli 4-2-1 Mark Glatt 9/5
2 Zimba Warrior (L), 124 M. Gutierrez 2-4-7 Craig Dollase 10/1
3 El Diablo Rojo (L), 124 J. Hernandez 1-5-2 Craig Lewis 8/1
4 Single Me Out (L), 124 G. Franco 3-8-5 Gary Stute 6/1
5 Dr. Troutman (L), 124 E. Maldonado 3-7-8 G.Papaprodromou 8/1
6 Ronamo (L), 124 F. Prat 2-5-7 Philip D’Amato 2/1
7 Alcools (L), 124 A. Cedillo 7-5-1 Peter Miller 6/1
FIFTH
$35,000, Maiden Claiming $50,000-$45,000, 3-Year-Olds & Up, Six and One Half Furlongs
(T)
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Uncle Ray (L), 126 J. Valdivia, Jr. 5-5-2 Mike Puype 5/2
2 Union Bliss (L), 126 R. Fuentes x-x-x Hector Palma 5/1
3 Ox Bridge (L), 122 U. Rispoli 5-2-x Doug O’Neill 7/2
4 Chipper (L), 126 T. Baze 4-2-7 Mark Glatt 4/1
5 Capo Mafioso (L), 126 F. Prat 4-7-2 Richard Baltas 3/1
6 Squeaky Cheeky (L), 122 M. Gutierrez x-x-x Peter Eurton 8/1
7 Mongolian Ford (L), 118 E. Maldonado 5-10-x Enebish Ganbat 15/1
SIXTH
$22,000, Maiden Claiming $20,000-$20,000, 3-Year-Olds & Up, Five and One Half
Furlongs
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Betito (L), 126 A. Cedillo 3-5-5 Kristin Mulhall 5/1
2 Count Alexei (L), 126 R. Gonzalez 5-6-2 Brian Koriner 3/1
3 Arrivederci Roma (L), 126 T. Pereira 8-7-4 Sally Rivera 15/1
4 Stir the Pot (L), 126 T. Baze 2-9-7 Steve Knapp 7/2
5 Notre Dame (L), 119 A. Centeno 10-6-6 Doug O’Neill 6/1
6 Best Dance (L), 118 G. Franco x-x-x Daniel Dunham 20/1
7 Jungle Boy (L), 126 J. Hernandez 8-7-x Steven Miyadi 6/1
8 Lucky Ryan Seven (L), 116 E. Ellingwood 4-5-6 G.Papaprodromou 12/1
9 Synsky (L), 126 E. Flores 5-4-x Hector Palma 6/1
10 Guinessey (L), 126 R. Fuentes 4-6-8 Paul Aguirre 15/1
SEVENTH
$36,000, Claiming $25,000-$22,500, 4-Year-Olds & Up, Six Furlongs (T)
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Bad Beat (L), 122 E. Maldonado 8-1-2 Adam Kitchingman 6/1
2 Strike It Lucky (L), 122 G. Franco 4-9-1 Brian Koriner 6/1
3 Bedrock (L), 120 J. Hernandez 6-1-1 Peter Miller 5/1
4 Castle Gate (L), 122 H. Figueroa 2-1-1 Sergio Morfin 12/1
5 Restless Rambler (L), 113 A. Centeno 2-3-2 Mark Glatt 5/1
6 Factorial (L), 120 J. Valdivia, Jr. 5-3-8 Ryan Hanson 8/1
7 Golden Image (L), 122 E. Flores 10-5-1 Daniel Dunham 30/1
8 Blackout (L), 120 F. Prat 5-6-1 Peter Miller 3/1
9 Castle (L), 122 A. Cedillo 7-4-1 Mark Glatt 7/2
EIGHTH
$100,000, Stakes, 4-Year-Olds & Up, One Mile
Tiznow Stakes
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Desmond Doss (L), 120 A. Cedillo 1-2-9 Steven Miyadi 4/1
2 Margot’s Boy (L), 122 J. Hernandez 9-3-3 Craig Lewis 5/1
3 Brandothebartender (L), 122 U. Rispoli 2-5-3 Craig Dollase 3/1
4 Surfing Star (L), 122 E. Maldonado 5-6-3 Karen Headley 4/1
5 Fashionably Fast (L), 124 T. Pereira 3-6-2 Dean Pederson 6/5
NINTH
$35,000, Maiden Claiming $50,000-$45,000, 3-Year-Olds Fillies, One Mile (T)
PP Horse (Med Code), wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
1 Jaxons Tour Guide (L), 119 H. Figueroa 10-x-x Doug O’Neill 15/1
2 Whistler’s Style (L), 123 F. Prat 5-3-6 Ian Kruljac 5/2
3 Esja (L), 119 R. Gonzalez 8-x-x Carla Gaines 30/1
4 Judy With Grace (L), 123 G. Franco 4-5-8 Ronald Ellis 5/1
5 Golden Journey (L), 123 J. Hernandez 7-9-x Richard Baltas 15/1
6 Kind But She Lies (L), 123 T. Baze 5-8-x J. Kruljac 8/1
7 Malibu Hannah (L), 123 U. Rispoli 9-8-6 Doug O’Neill 8/1
8 Avisse, 123 A. Cedillo 5-3-2 Manuel Ortiz, Sr. 3/1
9 Flag Salute (L), 116 J. Pyfer 3-4-7 Carla Gaines 7/2
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Santa Anita results | Saturday

Associated Press
FIRST
$63,000, Allowance Optional Claiming, 3-Year-Olds , One Mile, On the Turf, Clear
Off 12:31. Poor. stalked,duel str,best
Fractional/Final Time: 22.790, 46.630, 1:10.930, 1:23.000, 00.000, 1:35.210.
Trainer: Doug O’Neill
Winner: B C, 3, by Nyquist-Ann Summers Gold
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 3/4 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Hockey Dad 123 2 2 2-1 2-1½ 2-2 2-2½ 1-1¼ M. Gutierrez 1.20
Big Talker 123 5 4 5-1½ 5-1 4-½ 3-1½ 2-hd F. Prat 1.90
Discretionary Day 123 1 1 1-2 1-1 1-hd 1-hd 3-3 J. Hernandez 4.60
Seattle Bold 123 3 6 3-½ 3-hd 3-1½ 4-2½ 4-6 U. Rispoli 11.10
Club Cal 121 6 5 6 6 6 5-2 5-5 E. Maldonado 12.20
Crossword 123 4 3 4-1½ 4-2 5-hd 6 6 R. Gonzalez 17.10
2 (2) Hockey Dad 4.40 2.60 2.10
5 (5) Big Talker 2.60 2.10
1 (1) Discretionary Day 2.40
$1 Exacta (2-5) paid $4.90; $0.1 Superfecta (2-5-1-3) paid $2.95; $0.5 Trifecta (2-5-1) paid
$5.75;
SECOND
$42,000, Starters Allowance, 4-Year-Olds & Up , One Mile, Dirt, Clear
Off 1:06. Good. rated,dueled,driving
Fractional/Final Time: 23.920, 48.000, 1:12.320, 1:24.820, 00.000, 1:37.630.
Trainer: Jeff Mullins
Winner: DK B/ G, 5, by First Samurai-Trust in Hope
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 3/4 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Synthesis 124 1 2 2-1½ 1-hd 1-½ 1-½ 1-¾ T. Baze 1.60
Pubilius Syrus 124 4 4 5 5 3-2½ 3-7 2-1½ J. Hernandez 0.50
Mongolian Wind 122 3 1 1-1 2-2½ 2-3 2-1½ 3-10 E. Maldonado 14.20
Self Taught 124 2 3 4-1 4-hd 5 4-2 4-6 T. Pereira 21.30
Kenzou’s Rhythm 115 5 5 3-½ 3-½ 4-1 5 5 J. Pyfer 13.80
1 (1) Synthesis 5.20 2.20 2.10
4 (4) Pubilius Syrus 2.10 2.10
3 (3) Mongolian Wind 2.40
Daily Double (2-1) paid $13.80; $1 Exacta (1-4) paid $4.00; $0.5 Trifecta (1-4-3) paid $6.90;
THIRD
$61,000, Maiden Special Weight, 3-Year-Olds & Up Fillies and Mares, Six Furlongs, On
the Turf, Clear
Off 1:39. Good. rated ins, hand urging
Fractional/Final Time: 22.240, 45.150, 56.930, 00.000, 00.000, 1:08.530.
Trainer: Philip D’Amato
Winner: B F, 4, by Unusual Heat-Amare
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
That’s Amare 126 1 2 3-1½ 3-½ 1-hd 1-1½ F. Prat 0.80
Irish Aura 126 4 1 1-1 1-1 2-3 2-nk R. Gonzalez 4.00
Crazy Speighty 126 2 5 5 5 4-hd 3-hd J. Hernandez 12.50
Kalon 126 3 4 4-½ 4-2 3-hd 4-4¼ U. Rispoli 2.00
Shell Shock 126 5 3 2-½ 2-1 5 5 A. Cedillo 20.60
1 (1) That’s Amare 3.60 2.40 2.10
4 (4) Irish Aura 3.00 2.60
2 (2) Crazy Speighty 3.20
$0.5 Pick 3 (2-1-1) 3 Correct Paid $7.55. Daily Double (1-1) paid $10.00; $1 Exacta (1-4) paid
$6.50; $0.5 Trifecta (1-4-2) paid $12.30;
FOURTH
$22,000, Claiming, 4-Year-Olds & Up , One Mile, Dirt, Clear
Off 2:17. 4. hit gate st,going away
Fractional/Final Time: 23.020, 46.280, 1:11.250, 1:24.840, 00.000, 1:38.180.
Trainer: Andrew Lerner
Winner: DK B/ G, 5, by Fed Biz-Stadia
Scratched: Terrible Ted.
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 3/4 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Contagion 122 3 6 5-12 4-½ 4-8 2-2½ 1-7½ R. Fuentes 6.60
Impression 124 5 2 2-4 2-2½ 2-2 3-3½ 2-2 A. Cedillo 1.30
Studly Perfection 122 1 1 1-2 1-1½ 1-3 1-½ 3-5½ G. Franco 3.70
Flip the Coin Jan 115 4 3 3-2½ 3-5 3-½ 4-7½ 4-3½ A. Centeno 5.10
Six Point Rack 122 2 4 4-2 5-20 5-16 5-12 5-8 K. Desormeaux 3.70
Blame It On Kitty 115 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 J. Pyfer 18.00
4 (3) Contagion 15.20 5.40 3.40
6 (5) Impression 3.60 2.80
2 (1) Studly Perfection 3.40
$0.5 Pick 3 (1-1-4) 3 Correct Paid $17.50. Daily Double (1-4) paid $22.20; $1 Exacta (4-6) paid
$22.80; $0.1 Superfecta (4-6-2-5) paid $20.18; $0.5 Trifecta (4-6-2) paid $44.75;
FIFTH
$31,000, Claiming, 3-Year-Olds Fillies, Six Furlongs, Dirt, Clear
Off 2:46. Good. prsd,duel,clear,lasted
Fractional/Final Time: 22.040, 45.950, 59.100, 00.000, 00.000, 1:13.010.
Trainer: Jeffrey Metz
Winner: B F, 3, by Malibu Moon-Winter Forest
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Malibu Mistress 122 3 2 2-1 1-½ 1-1 1-no H. Figueroa 6.20
Mucha Woman 122 4 1 1-½ 2-1½ 2-1½ 2-2 E. Flores 2.30
Ruthies Racer 122 5 3 4-6 3-hd 3-2 3-1¼ F. Prat 0.70
Righteously 120 2 4 3-hd 4-4 4-2 4-1¼ M. Gutierrez 8.90
Exchange Vows 115 1 5 5 5 5 5 A. Centeno 10.60
3 (3) Malibu Mistress 14.40 4.80 2.20
4 (4) Mucha Woman 4.40 2.10
5 (5) Ruthies Racer 2.10
$0.5 Pick 5 (2-1-1-4-3) 5 Correct Paid $453.35. $0.5 Pick 4 (1-1-4-3) 4 Correct Paid $155.10.
$0.5 Pick 3 (1-4-3) 3 Correct Paid $51.90. Daily Double (4-3) paid $134.80; $1 Exacta (3-4) paid
$23.50; $0.5 Trifecta (3-4-5) paid $22.05;
SIXTH
$42,000, Maiden Claiming, 3-Year-Olds , One Mile and One Eighth, On the Turf, Clear
Off 3:24. Poor. sped clear, drew off
Fractional/Final Time: 23.290, 48.310, 1:13.670, 1:37.680, 00.000, 1:49.140.
Trainer: Richard Baltas
Winner: B C, 3, by Paynter-Path to Power
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 3/4 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Hubris 124 1 4 1-1½ 1-2 1-1 1-3½ 1-6 G. Franco 6.00
El Joy 120 8 1 2-1 2-1 2-1½ 2-2 2-1 U. Rispoli 5.10
Papale 124 10 3 6-½ 6-½ 6-1 5-1½ 3-½ F. Prat 10.40
Got Curly 124 9 2 4-½ 4-½ 3-½ 3-½ 4-¾ M. Gutierrez 2.50
Willy the Cobbler 124 5 9 10 8-1 4-hd 4-½ 5-nk A. Cedillo 11.90
Mahaamel 124 6 8 7-hd 7-1 7-½ 6-2½ 6-2 T. Baze 2.60
Mount Pelliar 113 3 6 8-1 9-½ 10 7-½ 7-4½ J. Pyfer 11.20
Compellus 124 4 7 5-½ 5-½ 8-1 8-3½ 8-no R. Fuentes 55.70
Space Odessey 124 7 10 9-hd 10 9-1 10 9-6 R. Gonzalez 37.10
Soulong 120 2 5 3-½ 3-½ 5-1 9-½ 10 J. Hernandez 26.70
1 (1) Hubris 14.00 7.60 5.80
8 (8) El Joy 5.80 4.20
10 (10) Papale 6.20
$0.5 Pick 3 (4-3-1) 3 Correct Paid $159.55. Daily Double (3-1) paid $177.40; $1 Exacta (1-8)
paid $46.20; $0.1 Superfecta (1-8-10-9) paid $139.16; $1 Super High Five (1-8-10-9-5) paid
$1,884.30; $0.5 Trifecta (1-8-10) paid $198.05;
SEVENTH
$25,000, Maiden Claiming, 3-Year-Olds , Six Furlongs, Dirt, Clear
Off 3:58. Good. up close, best late
Fractional/Final Time: 22.220, 45.710, 58.520, 00.000, 00.000, 1:11.590.
Trainer: John Sadler
Winner: DK B/ C, 3, by Munnings-Diva N Disguise
Scratched: Flactem Legacy, Cousin Eddie.
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Diva’s Finale 123 7 2 2-2 2-4 2-3½ 1-2¾ J. Hernandez 1.80
Handr’sdream 123 4 1 1-1 1-½ 1-½ 2-3¾ F. Prat 0.80
Coastal King 123 1 7 4-1½ 3-5 3-11½ 3-14 T. Baze 38.30
Big Discount 114 2 4 5-hd 6-2½ 4-½ 4-3¼ J. Pyfer 9.90
Whiskey Vision 123 3 5 6-½ 5-hd 5-4½ 5-4 A. Cedillo 15.00
My Only Mission 123 5 6 7 7 7 6-10 R. Fuentes 50.40
Philly Cheese 123 6 3 3-2½ 4-1½ 6-hd 7 E. Maldonado 9.50
9 (7) Diva’s Finale 5.60 2.40 2.20
6 (4) Handr’sdream 2.20 2.10
2 (1) Coastal King 8.00
$0.5 Pick 3 (3-1-9) 3 Correct Paid $89.15. $0.5 Consolation Pick 3 (3-1-1/3) 3 Correct Paid
$36.75. $0.1 Superfecta (9-6-2-4) paid $14.67; $1 Super High Five (9-6-2-4-5) paid $265.30;
$0.5 Trifecta (9-6-2) paid $23.35; Consolation Double (1-1) paid $13.00; Consolation Double (1-
3) paid $14.60; Daily Double (1-9) paid $40.40; $1 Exacta (9-6) paid $4.50;
EIGHTH
$100,000, Stakes, 3-Year-Olds , One Mile, On the Turf, Clear
Pasadena S.
Off 4:27. 6. 3deep str,kicked clear
Fractional/Final Time: 23.080, 46.720, 1:10.410, 1:22.440, 00.000, 1:34.390.
Trainer: John Sadler
Winner: DK B/ C, 3, by Candy Ride (ARG)-Charm the Maker
Scratched: Mac Daddy Too.
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 3/4 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Rock Your World 120 4 2 2-½ 2-1 2-1 3-1½ 1-2¼ U. Rispoli 1.10
Cathkin Peak 124 1 3 3-2 3-1 3-hd 2-hd 2-1 F. Prat 1.00
Red Flag 120 2 4 4-2½ 4-4 4-4 4-2 3-nk R. Gonzalez 7.70
Commander Khai 120 3 1 1-1 1-1½ 1-1 1-1 4-¾ J. Hernandez 9.60
Harlan Estate 120 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 R. Fuentes 42.60
5 (4) Rock Your World 4.20 2.40 2.20
2 (1) Cathkin Peak 2.20 2.10
3 (2) Red Flag 2.40
$0.5 Pick 3 (1-9-5) 3 Correct Paid $21.25. $0.5 Consolation Pick 3 (1-1/3-5) 3 Correct Paid
$11.20. Daily Double (9-5) paid $12.40; $1 Exacta (5-2) paid $3.10; $0.1 Superfecta (5-2-3-4)
paid $1.22; $0.5 Trifecta (5-2-3) paid $3.80;
NINTH
$24,000, Waiver Claiming, 4-Year-Olds & Up , Six Furlongs, Dirt, Clear
Off 4:59. Poor. brk in,bp st,vied,held
Fractional/Final Time: 22.290, 45.700, 58.570, 00.000, 00.000, 1:12.100.
Trainer: Philip D’Amato
Winner: CH G, 4, by Boisterous-Chetten County
Scratched: Final Rose.
Horse Wgt PP Strt 1/4 1/2 Strch Fin Jockey Odds
Malakai Moxie 115 3 7 1-hd 1-½ 1-2 1-hd J. Pyfer 2.30
Threearchbaymafia 124 2 9 6-2 4-½ 3-1 2-1¼ U. Rispoli 2.30
Zorich 124 9 4 7-½ 7-1 6-1½ 3-¾ J. Valdivia, Jr. 4.90
Eskimo Roses 110 4 1 2-hd 3-2 2-1 4-nk E. Ellingwood 19.80
Bird 124 6 6 5-1 5-1 4-1 5-½ E. Maldonado 6.80
Brazilian Summer 120 7 2 8-1 8-½ 7-½ 6-2¼ R. Fuentes 17.50
Dapper 124 8 3 9 9 8-hd 7-2¼ E. Flores 21.50
Hallowed Gift 124 5 5 4-hd 6-½ 9 8-1 R. Gonzalez 11.80
Fort McHenry 113 1 8 3-1 2-hd 5-hd 9 A. Centeno 12.90
3 (3) Malakai Moxie 6.60 4.00 2.60
2 (2) Threearchbaymafia 3.40 2.60
10 (9) Zorich 3.20
$0.2 Pick 6 Jackpot (4-3-1-9-5-3/6) 6 Correct Paid $3,399.26. $0.5 Pick 5 (3-1-9-5-3/6) 5
Correct Paid $1,136.00. $0.5 Pick 4 (1-9-5-3/6) 4 Correct Paid $134.20. $0.5 Pick 3 (9-5-3) 3
Correct Paid $11.35. $0.5 Trifecta (3-2-10) paid $19.35; $1 Super High Five (3-2-10-4-7) paid
$674.90; Daily Double (5-3) paid $13.60; $1 Exacta (3-2) paid $8.60; $0.1 Superfecta (3-2-
10-4) paid $34.47; Attendance unavailable. $1,129,636. $6,327,442. Handle $209,888. Total
Handle $7,666,966.
(c) 2021 Equibase Company LLC, all rights reserved.
 Numbers Game THIS DAY IN SPORTS
1967 — Wilt Chamberlain misses his first
field goal in four games to end his NBA record
shooting streak of 35 consecutive field goals.

C4 Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, February 28, 2021

NBA results | Saturday College Basketball Top 25 results | Saturday
Cavaliers 112, 76ers 109, OT Beal scored 34 points, Russell Men No.Carolina 78, No. 11 Florida St. 70 throws with 3.3 seconds left and fellow HOUSTON — Laila Blair scored 15 points
PHILADELPHIA — Collin Sexton Westbrook added 19 as part of his No. 1 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marym., late CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Freshman Walker senior Jordan Schakel made four free and Houston ended South Florida’s school-
scored 28 points, Darius Garland NBA-leading 10th triple-double, Kessler scored a season-high 20 points, throws in the final 8.7 seconds, leading San record 13-game winning streak.
No. 17 Kansas 71, No. 2 Baylor 58
had 25 and feisty Cleveland beat and the Washington Wizards used and North Carolina boosted its NCAA Diego State to its 10th straight victory.
No. 3 Michigan 73, Indiana 57 Tournament chances while giving coach Roy No. 18 West Virginia 72, Kansas 68
East-best Philadelphia 112-109 a 44-point third quarter to pull Auburn 77, No. 25 Tennessee 72
No. 5 Illinois 74, No. 23 Wisconsin 69 Williams his 900th career victory. LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kysre Gondrezick
in overtime. Isaac Okoro scored away for a 128-112 victory over AUBURN, Ala. — Allen Flanigan scored
MADISON, Wis. — Kofi Cockburn scored Xavier 77, No. 13 Creighton 69 a season-high 23 points and had seven scored 25 points, hitting a 3-pointer with
the first three points of OT and had the Minnesota Timberwolves.
15 when he fouled out. The Cavs 19 points, and Illinois completed its first CINCINNATI — Paul Scruggs scored 23 rebounds, leading Aubun to the victory. 16.7 seconds left to help West Virginia beat
Nuggets 126, Thunder 96 Kansas.
led by three and turned the ball regular-season sweep of Wisconsin since points and Zach Freemantle added 17, Women
Knicks 110, Pacers 107 2005. helping Xavier bolster its NCAA Tournament
over only for Ben Simmons to get No. 1 UConn 97, Butler 68 No. 21 Gonzaga 77, Loyola
whistled for an offensive foul. Spurs 117, Pelicans 114 No. 6 Alabama 64, Mississippi St. 59 hopes. Marymount 39
No. 7 Baylor 85, Kansas St. 49
Wizards 128, T’wolves 112 Jazz 124, Magic 109 STARKVILLE, Miss. — Jaden Shackleford No. 18 Texas Tech 68, No. 14 Texas 59 SPOKANE, Wash. — Jenn Wirth scored
WACO, Texas — Queen Egbo scored
WASHINGTON — Bradley Dallas at Brooklyn, late scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half, No. 16 Virginia Tech 84, W.Forest 46 19 points and No. 7 Baylor extended 19 points, Jill Townsend added 18 and
and Alabama clinched its first Southeastern Utah 71, No. 19 USC 61 the nation’s longest current streak of Gonzaga won the outright West Coast
Conference regular-season championship consecutive regular-season women’s
Planner
No. 20 Arkansas 83, LSU 75 Conference championship outright with the
since 2002. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Justin Smith had 19 conference titles to 11, wrapping up a tie for victory over Loyola Marymount.
Oklahoma St. 94, No. 7 Oklahoma 90 points and 10 rebounds, helping Arkansas the Big 12 crown by beating Kansas State.
No. 22 South Dakota St. 72,
NORMAN, Okla. — Freshman Cade to its sixth straight win. No. 11 Indiana 87, No. 15 Ohio St. 75
COMING UP IN SOCAL Cunningham scored 10 of his season-high UM Kansas City 66
No. 21 Loyola Chicago 65, Southern COLUMBUS, Ohio — Grace Berger scored
40 points in overtime, leading Oklahoma Illinois 58, OT 20 points and Indiana ended a 15-game No. 23 Missouri St. 64, Loyola
CLIPPERS (National Basketball Association) State to the victory. No. 22 San Diego St. 62, Boise St. 58 losing streak against Ohio State. Chicago 50
■ Today at Milwaukee, 12:30 p.m., ABC No. 10 West Virginia 65, Kansas St. 43 SAN DIEGO — Matt Mitchell hit two free Houston 67, No. 13 South Florida 49 No. 24 DePaul 75, Providence 49
■ Tuesday at Boston, 4:30 p.m., PRIME/TNT
■ Thursday at Washington, 4 p.m., PRIME
LAKERS (National Basketball Association) National Hockey League results | Saturday
■ Today vs. Golden State, 5 p.m., ESPN/SpecSN
Flames 6, Senators 3 Capitals 5, Devils 2 Juuse Saros made 29 saves for Nashville, the first Stanley Cup rematch of the season.
■ Tuesday vs. Phoenix, 7 p.m., TNT/SpecSN
OTTAWA, Ontario — Juuso Valimaki, NEWARK, N.J. — Garnet Hathaway and a winner of three of the last four games. Penguins 4, Islanders 3, OT
■ Wednesday at Sacramento, 7 p.m., SpectrumSN
Mikael Backlund, Elias Lindholm, Sean Daniel Sprong scored in the opening 5:06 Saros earned his first victory since Jan. 27. Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 0
DUCKS (National Hockey League) Monahan, Andrew Mangiapane and for the streaking Capitals. Lars Eller added Saros’ fellow Finn Pekka Rinne has taken a
■ Monday vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m., PRIME Hurricanes 4, Panthers 3, SO
Matthew Tkachuk scored for the Flames, the third goal in a big first period and Jabub larger share of the goaltending duties for
■ Wednes. vs. St. Louis, 6:30 p.m., PRIME/NBCSN who ended Ottawa’s three-game win streak. Vrana gave the Capitals breathing room Detroit at Chicago, late
Nashville in the month of February.
■ Friday at Colorado, 6 p.m., PRIME with a third-period breakaway tally. Rookie Lightning 5, Stars 0 Wild 4, Kings 3, OT
Flyers 3, Sabres 0
KINGS (National Hockey League) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Brian Elliott stopped 23 Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves in his ninth win. TAMPA, Fla. — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 Colorado at Arizona, late
■ Wednesday vs. Arizona, 7 p.m., FSW shots to shut out the Buffalo Sabres for a Predators 2, Blue Jackets 1 saves for his second straight shutout and Montreal at Winnipeg, late
■ Friday vs. St. Louis, 6 p.m., FSW/ESPN+ second time this season in leading the NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mattias Ekholm 23rd overall and the defending champion Vegas at Anaheim, late
■ Saturday vs. St. Louis, 6 p.m., FSW Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-0 win on Saturday. scored a pair of second-period goals, and Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars in St. Louis at San Jose, late
UCLA (Pac-12 Conference)
■ M BKB: Wednesday at Oregon, 6 p.m., ESPN2
■ W BKB: Wednesday at Pac-12 Tournament
College Basketball College Basketball NHL Motorsports NBA
The AP Top 25 The AP Women’s Top 25 West Divison NASCAR-Xfinity WESTERN CONFERENCE
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pacific Division
college basketball poll, with first-place votes women’s college basketball poll, with first- Vegas 16 11 4 1 23 48 34 Contender Boats 250 W L Pct GB
USC (Pac-12 Conference) in parentheses, records through Feb. 21, place votes in parentheses, records through Minnesota 17 11 6 0 22 53 41 Results L.A. Clippers 24 11 .686 —
■ M BKB: Wednesday vs. Stanford, 7:30 p.m., FS1 total points based on 25 points for a first- Feb. 21, total points based on 25 points for a St. Louis 20 10 8 2 22 60 61 Saturday
L.A. Lakers 23 11 .676 ½
Phoenix 21 11 .656 1½
place vote through one point for a 25th- first-place vote through one point for a 25th- Colorado 17 10 6 1 21 49 40
■ W BKB: Wednesday at Pac-12 Tournament place vote and previous ranking. place vote and previous ranking. Kings 19 9 7 3 21 57 52
At Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead, United States.
Golden State 19 15 .559 4½
Record Pts Prv Record Pts Prv Arizona 20 9 8 3 21 54 58 Sacramento 13 20 .394 10
Lap length: 1.50 miles
1. Gonzaga (60) 22-0 1596 1 1. UConn (28) 18-1 748 1 San Jose 17 7 8 2 16 47 64 Southwest Division

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2. Baylor (4) 17-0 1540 2
3. Michigan 16-1 1472 3
4. Ohio St. 18-5 1370 4
AUTO RACING 5. Illinois 16-5 1356 5
6. Alabama 18-5 1196 8
■ NASCAR Cup Series: The Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead-Miami 7. Oklahoma 14-5 1150 9
Speedway, Homestead, Fla., 12:30 p.m., FOX 8. Villanova 14-3 1132 10
9. Iowa 17-6 1088 11
BOWLING
10. West Virginia 15-6 1014 13
11. Florida St. 13-3 967 16
■ PBA: The Tournament of Champions, Jupiter, Fla.,10 a.m., FOX 12. Houston 18-3 921 6
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Men’s) 13. Creighton
14. Texas
16-5 836 14
13-6 730 12
■ Villanova at Butler, 9 a.m., CBS 15. Virginia 15-5 690 7
16. Virginia Tech 14-4 545 18
■ Memphis at Cincinnati, 10 a.m., ESPN 17. Kansas 17-7 532 23
■ Michigan St. at Maryland, 11 a.m., CBS 18. Texas Tech 14-7 477 15
19. USC 18-4 423 17
■ Pittsburgh at NC State, 1 p.m., ACC 20. Arkansas 17-5 346 24
■ Iowa at Ohio St., 1 p.m., CBS 21. Loyola Chicago 19-4 288 22
22. San Diego St. 17-4 222 25
■ South Florida at Houston, 1 p.m., ESPNU 23. Wisconsin 16-8 200 21
■ Nevada at Utah St., 4 p.m., FS1 24. Missouri 14-6 149 20
25. Tennessee 15-6 145 19
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women’s) Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St.
92, Belmont 80, Purdue 53, Oregon 53,
■ Georgia at Florida, 9 a.m., ESPN2 LSU 32, BYU 19, Drake 19, UCLA 17,
■ Georgetown at Xavier, 9 a.m., FS1 Clemson 13, Colorado 8, North Carolina
6, Wichita St. 6, Boise St. 5, Toledo 4, UC
■ Mississippi at Kentucky, 9 a.m., SEC Santa Barbara 2, Western Kentucky 2,
■ South Carolina at Texas A&M, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Winthrop 2, Xavier 2.
■ Arizona at Arizona St., 11 a.m., Pac-12 Top 25 Fared
■ Auburn at Tennessee, 11 a.m., SEC Saturday
No. 1 Gonzaga (23-0) vs. Loyola
■ Michigan at Minnesota, 11:30 a.m., BTN Marymount, late. Next: WCC Conference
■ Louisville at Notre Dame, noon, ESPN Tournament.
No. 2 Baylor (18-1) lost to No. 17 Kansas
■ Iowa at Wisconsin, noon, FS1 71-58. Next: at No. 10 West Virginia,
■ Maryland at Northwestern, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Tuesday.
No. 3 Michigan (18-1) beat Indiana 73-
■ California at Stanford, 1 p.m., Pac-12 57. Next: vs. No. 5 Illinois, Tuesday.
■ Oregon St. at Oregon, 3 p.m., Pac-12 No. 4 Ohio St. (18-6) did not play. Next:
vs. No. 9 Iowa, Sunday.
■ Alabama at Arkansas, 3 p.m., SEC No. 5 Illinois (18-6) beat No. 23
COLLEGE WRESTLING Wisconsin 74-69. Next: at No. 3 Michigan,
Tuesday.
■ Atlantic Coast Championship: TBD, Raleigh, N.C., 4 p.m., ACC No. 6 Alabama (19-6) beat Mississippi
St. 64-59. Next: vs. Auburn, Tuesday.
■ Pac-12 Championships: Final Round, 6 p.m., Pac-12 No. 7 Oklahoma (14-7) lost to Oklahoma
FISHING St. 94-90, OT. Next: at Oklahoma St.,
Monday.
■ Bassmaster Elite Series: The 2021 Bassmaster Elite at Tennes- No. 8 Villanova (15-3) did not play. Next:
at Butler, Sunday.
see River, Tennessee River, Knoxville, Tenn., 5 a.m., FS1 No. 9 Iowa (17-7) did not play. Next: at
GOLF
No. 4 Ohio St., Sunday.
No. 10 West Virginia (17-6) beat Kansas
■ PGA Tour: The WGC at The Concession, Final Round, The St. 65-43. Next: vs. No. 2 Baylor, Tuesday.
No. 11 Florida St. (14-4) lost to North
Concession Golf Club, Bradenton, Fla., 9 a.m., GOLF; 11:30 a.m., Carolina 78-70. Next: vs. Boston College,
NBC Wednesday.
No. 12 Houston (19-3) did not play. Next:
■ PGA Tour: The Puerto Rico Open, Final Round, Coco Beach vs. South Florida, Sunday.
Golf Club, Río Grande, Puerto Rico, 11:30 a.m., GOLF No. 13 Creighton (17-6) lost to Xavier 77-
69. Next: at No. 8 Villanova, Wednesday.
■ PGA Tour Champions: The Cologuard Classic, Final Round, No. 14 Texas (14-7) lost to No. 18 Texas
Catalina Course, Tucson, Ariz., 1:30 p.m., GOLF Tech 68-59. Next: at Iowa State, Tuesday.
No. 15 Virginia (15-6) did not play. Next:
■ LPGA Tour: The Gainbridge Championship, Final Round, Boca vs. Miami, Monday.
Rio Golf Club, Boca Raton, Fla. (taped), 5 p.m., GOLF No. 16 Virginia Tech (15-5) beat
Wake Forest 84-46. Next: vs Louisville,
HORSE RACING Wednesday.
No. 17 Kansas (18-8) beat No. 2 Baylor
■ NYRA: America’s Day at the Races, 1 p.m., FS2; 2 p.m., FS1 71-58. Next: vs. UTEP, Thursday.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
No. 18 Texas Tech (14-8) beat No. 14
Texas 68-59. Next: vs TCU, Tuesday.
■ Clippers at Milwaukee, 12:30 p.m., ABC No. 19 Southern Cal (19-6) lost to Utah
71-61. Next: vs. Stanford, Wednesday.
■ Golden State at Lakers, 5 p.m., ESPN/SpectrumSN No. 20 Arkansas (19-5) beat LSU 83-75.
NBAGL BASKETBALL
Next: at South Carolina, Tuesday.
No. 21 Loyola Chicago (21-4) beat
■ Austin Spurs vs. Santa Cruz Warriors, 8 a.m., NBA Southern Ill 65-58, OT. Next: MVC
Conference Tournament.
■ Fort Wayne Mad Ants vs. Lakeland Magic, noon, NBA
No. 22 San Diego St. (19-4) beat Boise
St. 62-58. Next: at UNLV, Wednesday.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE No. 23 Wisconsin (16-9) lost to No. 5
■ Boston at NY Rangers, 9 a.m., NBC Illinois 74-69. Next: at Purdue, Tuesday.
No. 24 Missouri (14-7) did not play. Next:
■ Columbus at Nashville, noon, NHL at Florida, Wednesday.
■ Detroit at Chicago, 4 p.m., NBCSN No. 25 Tennessee (16-7) lost to Auburn
77-72. Next: vs.Florida, Sunday, March 7.
RODEO
■ PBR: The Can-Am Invitational, (taped), 5 p.m., CBSSN Scores
Saturday, Feb. 27
RUGBY
FAR WEST
■ Premiership: Bath at Northampton (taped), 7:30 p.m., CBSSN Arizona 75, Washington 74
Cal Baptist 78, Vanguard 65
SKIING Colorado St. 72, Air Force 49
Hawaii 78, Long Beach St. 76
■ FIS: Alpine Skiing World Cup, (taped), 11 a.m., NBCSN Montana 59, Idaho St. 58
Omaha 80, Denver 76
SOCCER (Men’s) Oregon 74, California 63
Oregon St. 73, Stanford 62
■ Serie A: Atalanta at Sampdoria, 3:25 a.m., ESPN2 Pepperdine 90, San Diego 84
■ Premier League: Arsenal at Leicester City, 4 a.m., NBCSN Portland St. 73, N. Colorado 65
San Diego St. 62, Boise St. 58
■ Premier: Burnley at Tottenham Hotspur, 5:55 a.m., NBCSN UC Davis 68, Cal Poly 66, OT
■ Premier: Manchester United at Chelsea, 8:25 a.m., NBCSN UC Irvine 75, UC San Diego 64
Weber St. 72, Sacramento St. 70
■ Copa Do Brasil Final: Palmeiras at Grêmio, Leg 1 of 2, Porto EAST
Alegre, Brazil, 11 a.m., FS2 Albany (NY) 76, NJIT 66
American 78, Bucknell 71
■ Liga MX: Club Tijuana at Monterrey, 3 p.m., FS2 Boston College 94, Notre Dame 90
■ Liga MX: FC Juárez at Santos Laguna, 5 p.m., FS2 Boston U. 75, Army 63
Daemen 84, St. Thomas Aquinas 81, OT
■ Liga MX: Pumas UNAM at Guadalajara (taped), 9:30 p.m., Duquesne 86, Rhode Island 75
NBCSN Hartford 77, Binghamton 60
Lafayette 75, Lehigh 69
TENNIS Marshall 73, North Texas 72
Mass.-Lowell 64, Stony Brook 62
■ Singapore-ATP Singles Final, midnight, TENNIS Mercy 75, D’Youville 68
■ Montpellier-ATP Singles Final, 6 a.m., TENNIS Navy 73, Loyola (Md.) 67
Roberts Wesleyan 86, Molloy 80
■ Rotterdam-ATP, Buenos Aires-ATP, Lyon-WTA & Doha-WTA Siena 64, Manhattan 56
Early Rounds, 2 a.m. (Monday), TENNIS UConn 80, Marquette 62
West Virginia 65, Kansas St. 43
VOLLEYBALL (Women’s) SOUTH
Alabama 64, Mississippi St. 59
■ Athletes Unlimited: Team Clark vs. Team Bastianelli, Dallas, Auburn 77, Tennessee 72
3 p.m., CBSSN Clemson 66, Miami 58
Coastal Carolina 76, Troy 71
■ Athletes Unlimited: Team Cruz vs. Team Sybeldon, Dallas, Davidson 65, VCU 57
6 p.m., FS1 E. Kentucky 89, Tennessee St. 84
2. NC State 15-2 685 4
3. Texas A&M (1) 20-1 684 5
4. Stanford (1) 20-2 660 6
5. South Carolina 18-3 638 2
6. Louisville
7. Baylor
20-2 599 3
17-2 588 7
8. Maryland 16-2 539 9
9. Arizona 15-2 522 10
10. UCLA 13-4 459 8
11. Indiana 14-4 425 14
12. Michigan 13-2 415 11
13. South Florida 13-1 398 12
14. Oregon 13-6 294 13
15. Ohio St. 13-4 287 15
16. Arkansas 17-7 276 18
17. Georgia 17-4 257 22
18. West Virginia 17-3 244 19
19. Kentucky 15-6 231 17
20. Tennessee 13-6 206 21
21. Gonzaga 19-3 186 16
22. South Dakota St. 19-2 125 23
23. Missouri St. 15-2 93 25
24. DePaul 13-5 85 19
25. Rutgers 10-3 50 -
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St.
16, Northwestern 11, Florida Gulf Coast
8, Stephen F Austin 6, Virginia Tech 5,
South Dakota 3, Georgia Tech 3, BYU 3,
Marquette 1.
Women’s Top 25 Fared
Saturday
No. 1 UConn (20-1) beat Butler 97-68.
Next: vs. Marquette, Monday.
No. 2 NC State (16-2) did not play. Next:
at Syracuse, Sunday.
No. 3 Texas A&M (21-1) did not play.
Next: vs. No. 5 South Carolina, Sunday.
No. 4 Stanford (21-2) did not play. Next:
vs California, Sunday.
No. 5 South Carolina (19-3) did not play.
Next: at No. 3 Texas A&M, Sunday.
No. 6 Louisville (20-2) did not play. Next:
at Notre Dame, Sunday.
No. 7 Baylor (19-2) beat Kansas St. 85-
49. Next: at Texas, Monday.
No. 8 Maryland (18-2) did not play. Next:
at Northwestern, Sunday.
No. 9 Arizona (15-3) did not play. Next: at
Arizona St., Sunday.
No. 10 UCLA (14-4) did not play. Next:
Pac-12 Conference Tournament.
No. 11 Indiana (16-4) beat No. 15 Ohio
St 87-75. Next: vs. Iowa, Wednesday.
No. 12 Michigan (13-3) did not play.
Next: vs. Northwestern, Saturday, March
6.
No. 13 South Florida (14-2) lost to
Houston 67-49. Next: vs. UCF, Tuesday.
No. 14 Oregon (13-6) did not play. Next:
vs. Oregon St., Sunday.
No. 15 Ohio St. (13-6) lost to No. 11
Indiana 87-75. Next: Big Ten Conference
Tournament.
No. 16 Arkansas (18-7) did not play.
Next: vs. Alabama, Sunday.
No. 17 Georgia (17-5) did not play. Next:
at Florida, Sunday.
No. 18 West Virginia (18-4) beat Kansas
72-68. Next: at Kansas St., Wednesday.
No. 19 Kentucky (16-6) did not play.
Next: at Mississipi, Sunday.
No. 20 Tennessee (14-6) did not play.
Next: vs. Auburn, Sunday.
No. 21 Gonzaga (21-3) beat Loyola
Marymount 77-39. Next: WCC Conference
Tournament.
No. 22 South Dakota St. (21-2) beat
Kansas City 72-66. Next: MVC Conference
Tournament.
No. 23 Missouri St. (17-2) beat Loyola
Chicago 64-50. Next: vs. Loyola Chicago,
Sunday.
No. 24 DePaul (14-6) beat Providence
75-49. Next: vs. Butler, Monday.
No. 25 Rutgers (11-3) did not play. Next:
at Penn St., Sunday.
Scores
Saturday, Feb. 27
FAR WEST
Colorado St. 72, Air Force 48
Gonzaga 77, Loyola Marymount 39
Hawaii 76, Long Beach St. 73, OT
Idaho St. 72, Montana 56
N. Colorado 62, Portland St. 60
Nebraska-Omaha 80, Denver 75
New Mexico St. 67, Tarleton St. 44
Pacific 73, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 54
Portland 101, Pepperdine 94, OT
S. Utah 97, N. Arizona 80
San Francisco 86, BYU 72
UC Davis 62, Cal Poly 53
UC Irvine 64, UC San Diego 58
UC Santa Barbara 83, UC Riverside 76
UNLV 75, Fresno St. 74
Weber St. 75, Sacramento St. 69, OT
EAST
DePaul 75, Providence 49
Delaware 80, Towson 54
Drexel 51, James Madison 48
Howard 72, Delaware St. 64
Lafayette 47, Loyola (Md.) 35
Niagara 78, Quinnipiac 69
St. Peter’s 62, Siena 54
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 74, Prairie View 51
Alabama St. 81, Texas Southern 73
Appalachian St. 81, Georgia Southern 78
Belmont 89, Morehead St. 59
E. Kentucky 69, Tennessee St. 64
East Carolina 81, Memphis 62
FAU 86, Southern Miss. 61
FIU 82, W. Kentucky 79
Florida Gulf Coast 94, North Florida 45
Georgia St. 76, South Alabama 64
Jackson St. 74, MVSU 48
Jacksonville St. 60, Austin Peay 44
Liberty 62, Stetson 58
Louisiana-Lafayette 60, UALR 32
Mercer 76, ETSU 73
Middle Tennessee 74, Old Dominion 70
Morgan St. 66, Coppin St. 59
Ducks 20 6 10 4 16 40 58
East Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 20 11 5 4 26 70 67
Boston 18 11 5 2 24 55 49
N.Y. Islanders 20 10 6 4 24 54 49
Philadelphia 17 10 4 3 23 58 54
Pittsburgh 19 11 7 1 23 60 63
N.Y. Rangers 18 7 8 3 17 49 48
New Jersey 16 7 7 2 16 43 49
Buffalo 18 6 9 3 15 44 54
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 19 14 4 1 29 69 39
Florida 20 13 4 3 29 65 57
Carolina 20 13 6 1 27 69 56
Chicago 22 11 7 4 26 66 66
Columbus 22 8 9 5 21 61 74
Nashville 20 9 11 0 18 46 63
Detroit 23 7 13 3 17 49 71
Dallas 16 6 6 4 16 46 45
North Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto 22 16 4 2 34 78 55
Edmonton 23 14 9 0 28 79 69
Winnipeg 19 12 6 1 25 67 52
Montreal 19 9 6 4 22 64 58
Calgary 22 10 10 2 22 58 65
Vancouver 24 8 14 2 18 68 85
Ottawa 23 7 15 1 15 61 91
NOTE: Two points for a win, one
point for overtime loss. The top four
teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary
realignment.
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers 6, Boston 2
Minnesota 3, Los Angeles 1
Colorado 3, Arizona 2
Vegas at Anaheim, ppd
St. Louis at San Jose, ppd
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia 3, Buffalo 0
Calgary 6, Ottawa 3
Washington 5, New Jersey 2
Nashville 2, Columbus 1
Tampa Bay 5, Dallas 0
Toronto 4, Edmonton 0
Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT
Carolina 4, Florida 3, SO
Detroit 5, Chicago 3
Los Angeles at Minnesota, late
Colorado at Arizona, late
Montreal at Winnipeg, late
Vegas at Anaheim, late
St. Louis at San Jose, late
Sunday’s Games
Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 9 a.m.
Columbus at Nashville, noon
Philadelphia at Buffalo, noon
Washington at New Jersey, noon
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 4 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Calgary at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Florida, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Vegas, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
MLB
Spring Training Schedule
Times EST
(Subject to change)
Sunday, Feb. 28
Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Minnesota, 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Detroit, 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.
Miami vs. Houston, 1:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Cleveland, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Kansas City, 3:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. Seattle, Rockies
San Diego vs. Seattle, 3:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. San Francisco, TBD
Monday, March 1
Houston vs. Washington, 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Boston, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Miami, 1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Cleveland, 3:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Texas, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego, 3:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Angels, 3:10 p.m.
Colorado vs. L.A. Dodgers, TBD
Milwaukee vs. Arizona, TBD
Tuesday, March 2
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Boston, 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Miami, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Houston vs. N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Chicago Cubs, 3:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Seattle, 3:10 p.m.
Oakland vs. Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. Cincinnati, 8:05 p.m.
San Diego vs. Arizona, TBD
L.A. Dodgers vs. San Francisco, TBD
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (10) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 179 laps,
49 points.
2. (4) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 179, 45.
3. (2) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 179, 42.
4. (5) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 179, 41.
5. (1) Austin Cindric, Ford, 179, 42.
6. (8) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 179, 40.
7. (6) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 179, 0.
8. (22) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 179, 33.
9. (9) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 179,
33.
10. (20) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 179, 30.
11. (29) Riley Herbst, Ford, 179, 33.
12. (39) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 179, 25.
13. (18) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 179,
26.
14. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 179,
36.
15. (25) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 179, 22.
16. (33) Timmy Hill, Ford, 179, 21.
17. (32) Dexter Bean, Chevrolet, 179, 20.
18. (27) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet,
179, 19.
19. (11) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 179,
19.
20. (31) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, 179, 17.
21. (40) David Starr, Ford, 179, 16.
22. (36) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet,
179, 15.
23. (37) Chad Finchum, Toyota, 179, 14.
24. (35) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 179, 13.
25. (12) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet,
179, 12.
26. (15) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 178,
11.
27. (16) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 178, 10.
28. (26) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 178, 9.
29. (17) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 178, 8.
30. (21) Santino Ferruci, Toyota, 177, 7.
31. (30) Stefan Parsons, Chevrolet, 177,
6.
32. (14) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 177, 5.
33. (23) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet,
accident, 165, 13.
34. (7) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet,
overheating, 152, 3.
35. (34) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, garage,
148, 2.
36. (28) Colby Howard, Chevrolet,
reargear, 109, 1.
37. (13) Ty Dillon, Toyota, garage, 102, 1.
38. (19) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet,
accident, 98, 6.
39. (3) Harrison Burton, Toyota, engine,
70, 8.
40. (38) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 179, 0.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner:
106.697 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 30 minutes, 59
seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.085 seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 42 laps.
Lead Changes: 20 among 11 drivers.
Lap Leaders: A.Cindric 0-30; N.Gragson
31-32; J.Haley 33-37; A.Allmendinger
38-42; H.Burton 43; A.Allmendinger
44-73; N.Gragson 74-76; A.Cindric 77-
83; C.Howard 84-86; A.Cindric 87-99;
J.Clements 100-102; A.Cindric 103-115;
B.Jones 116-120; A.Allmendinger 121-
130; B.Moffitt 131-136; N.Gragson 137-
165; T.Reddick 166-167; B.Jones 168;
M.Snider 169-171; T.Reddick 172-177;
M.Snider 178-179
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times
Led, Laps Led): A.Cindric, 4 times for 63
laps; A.Allmendinger, 3 times for 45 laps;
N.Gragson, 3 times for 34 laps; T.Reddick,
2 times for 8 laps; B.Jones, 2 times for 6
laps; B.Moffitt, 1 time for 6 laps; M.Snider,
2 times for 5 laps; J.Haley, 1 time for
5 laps; J.Clements, 1 time for 3 laps;
C.Howard, 1 time for 3 laps; H.Burton, 1
time for 1 lap.
Wins: A.Cindric, 1; M.Snider, 1; T.Gibbs,
1.
Top 16 in Points: 1. A.Cindric, 147;
2. M.Snider, 118; 3. D.Hemric, 117; 4.
J.Burton, 106; 5. B.Jones, 93; 6. J.Haley,
90; 7. H.Burton, 89; 8. J.Clements, 87;
9. B.Brown, 75; 10. A.Allmendinger, 70;
11. R.Herbst, 62; 12. L.Cassill, 58; 13.
K.Weatherman, 58; 14. R.Sieg, 56; 15.
J.Graf, 53; 16. T.Gibbs, 50.
NASCAR Cup Series
Schedule-Winners
Feb. 9 — Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Kyle
Busch)
Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1
at DAYTONA (Aric Almirola)
Feb. 11 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2
at DAYTONA (Austin Dillon)
Feb. 14 — DAYTONA 500 (Michael
McDowell)
Feb. 21 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 At
DAYTONA (Christopher Bell)
Feb. 28 — Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead,
Fla.
March 7 — Pennzoil 400 presented by
Jiffy Lube, Las Vegas
March 14 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at
Phoenix, Avondale, Ariz.
March 21 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500,
Hampton, Ga.
March 28 — Food City Dirt Race, Bristol,
Tenn.
April 10 — Blue-Emu Maximum Pain
Relief 500, Martinsville, United States
April 18 — Toyota Owners 400,
Richmond, United States
April 25 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala.
May 2 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at
Kansas, Kansas City, Kan.
May 9 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at
Darlington, Darlington, S.C.
May 16 — Drydene 400, Dover, Del.
May 23 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at
COTA, Austin, Texas
May 30 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C.
June 6 — Toyota / Save Mart 350,
Sonoma, Calif.
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 16 12 .571 —
Dallas 15 16 .484 2½
Memphis 14 15 .483 2½
New Orleans 14 18 .438 4
Houston 11 20 .355 6½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Utah 27 7 .794 —
Portland 18 14 .563 8
Denver 18 15 .545 8½
Oklahoma City 14 20 .412 13
Minnesota 7 27 .206 20
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 22 12 .647 —
Brooklyn 22 12 .647 —
Toronto 17 17 .500 5
New York 16 17 .485 5½
Boston 16 17 .485 5½
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 16 17 .485 —
Charlotte 15 17 .469 ½
Atlanta 14 19 .424 2
Washington 13 18 .419 2
Orlando 13 21 .382 3½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 20 13 .606 —
Indiana 15 16 .484 4
Chicago 15 17 .469 4½
Cleveland 13 21 .382 7½
Detroit 9 24 .273 11
Friday’s Games
Toronto 122, Houston 111
Boston 118, Indiana 112
Phoenix 106, Chicago 97
Oklahoma City 118, Atlanta 109
L.A. Clippers 119, Memphis 99
Miami 124, Utah 116
Sacramento 110, Detroit 107
Golden State 130, Charlotte 121
L.A. Lakers 102, Portland 93
Saturday’s Games
Washington 128, Minnesota 112
Cleveland 112, Philadelphia 109, OT
Denver 126, Oklahoma City 96
Utah 124, Orlando 109
Indiana at New York, late
New Orleans at San Antonio, late
Dallas at Brooklyn, late
Sunday’s Games
L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 12:30 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 5 p.m.
Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 5 p.m.
Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m.
New York at Detroit, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Dallas at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Brooklyn at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Houston, 6 p.m.
Denver at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Memphis at Washington, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
New York at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Denver at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
Golf
PGA Tour
WGC Workday
Championship Par
Scores
Saturday
At The Concession Golf Club
Bradenton, Fla.
Purse: $10.5 million
Yardage: 7,470; Par: 72
Third Round
Collin Morikawa ........... 70-64-67—201  -15
Billy Horschel ................ 67-67-69—203  -13
Brooks Koepka ............. 67-66-70—203  -13
Webb Simpson ............. 66-69-69—204  -12
Rory McIlroy ................. 69-70-66—205  -11
Patrick Reed ................. 68-68-69—205  -11
Viktor Hovland .............. 71-69-66—206  -10
Scottie Scheffler ........... 69-70-67—206  -10
Hideki Matsuyama ....... 72-66-68—206  -10
Matthew Fitzpatrick ..... 66-69-71—206  -10
Abraham Ancer ...........71-66-70—207   -9
Louis Oosthuizen .........69-68-70—207   -9
Tony Finau ...................68-67-72—207   -9
Sergio Garcia ...............67-74-67—208   -8
Jason Kokrak ..............70-69-69—208   -8
LPGA Gainbridge Par
Scores
Saturday
At Lake Nona Golf and Country Club
Orlando, Fla.
Purse: $2 million
Yardage: 6,701; Par: 72
a-amateur
Third Round
Nelly Korda ..................... 67-68-68—203 -13
Patty Tavatanakit ............ 69-69-66—204 -12
Angel Yin ......................... 72-69-65—206 -10
Jin Young Ko ................... 68-72-66—206 -10
Lydia Ko .......................... 65-69-72—206 -10
Lexi Thompson ................71-68-68—207  -9
Chella Choi .......................69-69-69—207  -9
Brooke M. Henderson .....71-69-68—208  -8
Marissa Steen .................69-71-68—208  -8
In Gee Chun .....................69-68-71—208  -8
Stacy Lewis .....................71-68-70—209  -7
Jessica Korda...................71-68-70—209  -7
Sarah Kemp ....................70-69-70—209  -7
Jennifer Kupcho ..............68-71-70—209  -7
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provided
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City of Lancaster and Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the Sig-
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City of Lancaster and 3/6, 2021
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natory Craft Councils and Unions (“CWA”) for all Project Work agreements executed after July 1, 2018. The Contractor, and each of its subcontractors, of whatever tier, shall be required to submit LETTER(S) OF AS-
Contractor, and each of its subcontractors, date ofof first
whateverissuance of be
tier, shall let-required to submit LETTER(S) OF AS- SENT per the CWA.
SENT per the CWA. ters to a general personal rep-
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be considered partCalifornia
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ANDREA ALEXANDER, City Clerk ANDREA ALEXANDER, City Clerk
City of Lancaster personal delivery to you of a City of Lancaster
notice under section 9052 of
Published: Sunday, February 21, 2021the andCalifornia
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Other California statutes
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your rights as a creditor. You
may want to consult with an
attorney knowledgeable in
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YOU MAY EXAMINE the
file kept by the court. If you
are a person interested in the
estate, you may file with the
court a Request for Special
Notice (form DE-154) of the
filing of an inventory and ap-
praisal of estate assets or of
any petition or account as
provided in Probate Code
section 1250. A Request for
Special Notice form is avail-
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Attorney for petitioner
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