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BIDEN’S
CHOICE
MAKES
HISTORY
Ketanji Brown Jackson
is poised to become
the first Black woman
on Supreme Court.
By David G. Savage
and Eli Stokols
WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Biden on Friday nomi-
nated Judge Ketanji Brown
Jackson to the Supreme
Court in a historic choice
that could make her the first
Black woman to ascend to
the nation’s highest court.
“For too long, our govern-
ment and our courts haven’t
looked like America,” the
president said Friday, an-
nouncing the nomination at
the White House alongside
Jackson and Vice President
Kamala Harris.
Jackson, 51, a U.S. ap-
peals court judge for the Dis-
trict of Columbia, had been
the front-runner for the
Supreme Court seat ever
since Justice Stephen G.
Breyer, 83, announced last
month that he would retire
at the end of this term.
The court has had only
two Black justices: Thur-
good Marshall, a civil rights
pioneer and leading liberal,
served from 1967 to 1991. He
was replaced by Justice
Clarence Thomas, who has
been the court’s most con-
servative jurist since then.
Jackson could add a
strong progressive voice to
the court for decades to
come, but she would not al-
ter the current ideological
balance of the nine-person
bench, which has six Repub-
lican-appointed justices.
Jackson served eight
years as a federal district
judge in Washington before
[See Jackson, A8]
Kent Nishimura L.A. Times
JUDGE JACKSON was
seen as the front-runner
to replace Justice Breyer.
Public schools given
poor grades by voters
Poll shows decline in
trust by parents who
say education suffered
during the pandemic.
By Howard Blume
Confidence in California
public schools has declined
as voters and parents over-
whelmingly have concluded
that the quality of education
worsened during the pan-
demic, according to a UC
Berkeley Institute of Gov-
ernmental Studies poll co-
sponsored by the Los Ange-
les Times.
Pollsters asked voters to
give schools a letter-grade
rating from A to F — essen-
tially the same question
asked of voters in a 2011 USC
BUSINESS INSIDE: How protesters on social media are avoiding crackdown by Russia. A9
© 2022 D SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
THE BODY of a soldier is coated in snow after fighting near Kharkiv, Ukraine. “We are defending our country
alone,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “The fate of Ukraine is being decided right now.”
Moscow
prepped
to be a
pariah
Russia built foreign
currency reserves, cut
debt and forged buffer
to mitigate sanctions.
By David Pierson
and Sam Dean
SINGAPORE — With no
appetite for military con-
frontation, the U.S. and its
allies are relying on sweep-
ing economic sanctions to
persuade Russian President
Vladimir Putin to pull out of
Ukraine.
But the effectiveness of
those measures is anything
but certain, relying on a host
of factors that includes how
much China is willing to
come to Moscow’s aid.
Placing a stranglehold on
Russia’s $1.5-trillion econo-
my will not be easy, espe-
cially since it began trying to
buffer itself from interna-
tional sanctions after it
annexed Crimea from
Ukraine in 2014.
Russia has sidelined
growth to pare down its debt
and built up its reserves of
foreign currency and gold —
so much so that it reached
record levels this year at over
$640 billion.
The reserves help soften
[See Sanctions, A5]
Dornsife/Los Angeles Times
poll. A decade ago, the re-
sults were interpreted as
sobering; the numbers are
worse now.
Statewide, about 21% of
voters give the state’s public
schools an A or B; in 2011 it
was 27%. Meanwhile, D or F
grades statewide rose 15 per-
centage points in the last
decade, from 13% to 28%.
In the city of Los Angeles,
18% of voters give schools an
A or B; about 1 in 3 voters
give D or F marks to public
schools. Comparable figures
are not available for 2011.
“The decline is signifi-
cant,” Mark DiCamillo, di-
rector of the IGS poll, who
has surveyed voters in Cali-
fornia for more than four
decades. “It could be a long-
term trend, but I would cer-
[See Schools, A12]
NATALI SEVRIUKOVA’S Kyiv apartment was damaged in a rocket attack
Friday. Eleven U.N. members approved a U.S.-led resolution condemning Russia.
U.N. measure denouncing
invasion blocked by Russia
But no other members
oppose resolution in
the Security Council,
a victory for the U.S.
By Tracy Wilkinson
WASHINGTON — Rus-
sia stood alone Friday to
veto a U.N. resolution con-
demning its “brutal” inva-
sion of Ukraine, killing the
measure — for now. But all
other members in the sol-
emn session of the U.N. Se-
curity Council either voted
Christina House Los Angeles Times
BATTLE OF LOS ANGELE S
Terance Mann, left, and Luke Kennard
celebrate the Clippers’ 105-102 win Friday over
the Lakers at Crypto.com Arena. SPORTS, B14
Freeman House
is sold by USC
Cathedral developer
pays $1.8 million for
Frank Lloyd Wright
design. CALIFORNIA, B1
in favor or abstained, testa-
ment to rounds of intensive
diplomatic pleas by the Bid-
en administration.
The U.S.-drafted mea-
sure, which demands the im-
mediate, complete and un-
conditional withdrawal of
the Russian troops batter-
ing Ukraine, was approved
by 11 members. Most nota-
bly, China, thought to be in
Moscow’s corner, abstained.
So did two U.S. allies, India
and the United Arab Emir-
ates, in a disappointment for
the U.S. Russia, as one of five
permanent members, holds
veto power, which it exer-
Weather
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L.A. Basin: 74/48. B9
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
cised.
That Russia’s “isolation”
was so starkly drawn was
hailed as a major victory by
U.S. diplomats. And they
vowed they will carry a simi-
lar resolution to the full 193-
member General Assembly,
where there are no vetoes
and only a simple majority is
needed to pass.
The U.S. ambassador to
the United Nations, Linda
Thomas-Greenfield, said
that she was not surprised
by the Russian veto but that
it would not deter efforts to
rebuke and stop Moscow’s
[See U.N., A5]
U.S. eases guidelines
for masking indoors
In most areas, people
will not be urged to
wear face coverings
under CDC approach.
By Melissa Healy
Aiming to stay ahead of a
country racing to declare the
pandemic over, the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control and
Prevention on Friday an-
nounced far-reaching
changes in the way it gauges
the status of the pandemic
and recommends public
health measures such as
masking indoors.
The effect of the CDC’s
move was immediate and
sweeping: Under its new
framework, indoor masking
is no longer recommended
latimes.
Thousands
of Ukrainian
citizens take
up arms and
join the fight
By Nabih Bulos
and Kate Linthicum
KYIV, Ukraine — Rus-
sian troops closed in on this
besieged capital on Friday
as sirens wailed, missiles
streaked through the night
and civilians took up arms to
save a city on the brink of de-
feat in the largest ground
war in Europe since World
War II.
“Make Molotov cocktails,
neutralize the occupier!” the
Ukrainian Border Guard im-
plored as tens of thousands
of men and women around
the country loaded rifles, as-
sembled homemade bombs
and joined ragtag militias in
an effort to beat back one of
the world’s most powerful
armies.
The battle for Kyiv un-
folded into a second night —
gunfire crackled throughout
the city into Saturday morn-
ing — as the United States
and the European Union im-
posed some of their harshest
sanctions yet against Russia
and as NATO, the trans-
atlantic military alliance,
deployed more troops to its
member states in Eastern
Europe.
Despite an assessment
from top Pentagon officials
that Russia’s invasion was
not advancing as quickly
as expected thanks in part
to a spirited defense by
Ukraine’s air force, military
and civilian deaths were
mounting and tens of thou-
sands of people were fleeing.
As Russian tanks sur-
rounded the capital, an un-
easy realization settled in:
Despite widespread global
outrage over Russia’s inva-
sion of a democratic nation,
no foreign armies were com-
ing to help.
“We are defending our
country alone,” Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelen-
sky said in a solemn video
address in which he ordered
[See Ukraine, A4]
Pro-Putin GOP
wing disappearing
Few Republicans support
Trump’s Russia-friendly
view. PERSPECTIVES, A2
Francis appeals to
Russian Embassy
Pope aims to “express his
concern about the war”
in Ukraine. WORLD, A3
Former boxers
say they will fight
The Klitschko brothers
to take up arms against
the Russians. WORLD, A6
L.A. County isn’t
quite there yet
Local metrics fall just
short of qualifying, but
that’s expected to change
soon. CALIFORNIA, B1
for counties where 72% of
Americans live. Students in
those counties would no
longer be urged to cover
their noses and mouths
while inside school facilities.
In the 63% of counties
currently deemed at low or
moderate COVID-19 risk, the
decision to don a mask in
public spaces would be an
entirely personal one.
Los Angeles County, the
most populous in the coun-
try, falls into the riskiest of
[See Masks, A10]
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PERSPECTIVES

Pro-Putin GOP wing shrinking Invasion signals

ANALYSIS

War in Ukraine exposes lack of support for Trump’s position

By David Lauter end of an era for
WASHINGTON — Since
the 2016 election and Rus-
sian efforts to help Donald
Trump’s presidential cam-
many in Europe
paign against Hillary Clin-
ton, U.S. attitudes toward The question “Why did
Moscow have featured a By Markus Ziener we fail?” is echoing through
stew of partisan memes, per- many political circles and
sonal grievances and Cold BERLIN — When An- think tanks. Germany espe-
War tropes, all superim- nalena Baerbock, Germa- cially among European na-
posed on top of the inevi- ny’s foreign minister, ap- tions has always had a soft
table tensions between two peared in the morning hours spot for Russia. The legacy
big international powers. Thursday to make a state- of World War II, when the Na-
As wars have so often ment, she looked pale and zis invaded the Soviet Union
done, the Russian invasion shocked. Dressed in a black in 1941, still looms large. “No
of Ukraine — predicted for robe, she voiced what prob- peace without Russia” has
weeks, but still a shock — ably most Germans were become a mantra in many
has quickly begun to clarify feeling at that moment: “We political quarters.
who stands where. woke up in a different world Add a romantic but
One result has been to today.” A world of war. A war vague spiritual affinity, plus
highlight how little support in Europe only a 10-hour Russia’s geographic proxim-
Trump’s Russia-friendly at- Oleksandr Ratushniak Associated Press drive from where she had ity, and Moscow has been
titudes have within his UKRAINIAN soldiers look at a downed aircraft. As the Ukraine crisis intensified read her statement in Berlin. able to get away with a lot.
party. this month, a poll found that 85% of Americans had an unfavorable view of Russia. Baerbock, 41, belongs to a Even after the attempted
Some Republican generation that grew up not killing of opposition figure
elected officials have used Despite the large audi- only in a Europe without Alexei Navalny, who was
the occasion to criticize ences those figures draw, war, but in a Europe without flown to Germany to recover
President Biden, mostly by they’ve had limited impact borders. When journeying from what the West says was
asserting that he has failed on the views of GOP voters. through much of the Conti- a Kremlin-ordered
to take a tough enough A poll in January by nent, from one country to poisoning, there was still
stance. Very few have echoed YouGov for the Economist the next, travelers don’t sympathy here for Putin’s
the favorable comments magazine found, for exam- need to show their narrative of Russia being en-
about Russian President ple, that only about 1 in 6 Re- passports. Borders have lost circled and deceived by
Vladimir Putin that in re- publicans held a favorable their meaning. NATO after the fall of the
cent weeks have come from impression of Putin; nearly That world, it seems, is Iron Curtain 30 years ago.
Trump and Tucker Carlson, half viewed him very unfa- gone, and the optimism be- A few weeks ago, Berlin
the influential Fox News vorably. Republicans were hind it in tatters. even blocked the delivery of
commentator. only slightly more likely than Instead, the North At- some dated Howitzers from
That could have big con- Democrats to hold a favor- lantic Treaty Organization fellow NATO member Esto-
sequences. able view of the Russian is talking about securing its nia to Ukraine. The weapons
In the short term, Biden leader. borders, reinforcing its mili- were German-made — dat-
faces relatively little domes- Similarly, the latest an- tary presence in the east and ing back, ironically, to the
tic opposition to ratcheting Emilio Morenatti Associated Press nual survey by the Chicago protecting its alliance terri- days when East Germany
up economic sanctions A FAMILY and other Ukrainians use a subway Council on Global Affairs tory. The United States said was a member of the Warsaw
against Russia. Hesitancy station as a bomb shelter in the capital city of Kyiv. found that only a tiny share Thursday that it was send- Pact — and exporting them
by European allies will con- of the public in either party, ing 7,000 additional troops to outside NATO required the
strain him more than do- toward Russia for years. there’s merit in Putin’s com- 2% to 3%, viewed Russia as Germany, on top of the extra approval of the manufactur-
mestic concerns. That image only wors- plaints about NATO’s ex- “an ally — a country that deployment of 2,000 troops er. Germany said no, and, in
The one line the public ened during Trump’s years pansion into Eastern shares our interests and val- to Europe that President a widely mocked decision,
clearly does not want to in office, marked by his con- Europe in the late 1990s and ues.” About 1 in 5 Republi- Biden ordered earlier this said it would send 5,000
cross is any use of American sistent warmth toward early 2000s. cans and about 1 in 8 Demo- month. army helmets to Ukraine in-
troops — White House Putin — a friendliness that They also have high- crats viewed Russia as “a The biggest worry is this: stead. They never arrived.
spokespeople have repeat- has generated endless lighted the uglier sides of necessary partner — a coun- How to prevent the war in “You must not provoke
edly emphasized that Biden speculation but no clear ex- Ukrainian nationalism, try we must strategically co- Ukraine from spilling over, the Russian bear,” a com-
will not do that. planation ever since his which includes militias with operate with.” mon German saying goes.
Longer term: It’s pos- presidential candidacy clearly antisemitic and anti- About two-thirds of Other Europeans, in par-
sible, although by no means
certain, that widely aired
started.
American views of Russia
democratic programs. And
they’ve called for Ukraine to
Americans in both parties
viewed Russia as either “a ri-
In the end, those ticular the Baltic states and
Poland, had much less sym-
pictures of civilian death have only worsened since. As agree to abandon its goal of val” or “an adversary,” with pursuing a softer pathy for Moscow’s struggle
and destruction in Ukraine the Ukraine crisis intensi- eventually joining NATO, Republicans about evenly with its wounded pride after
at Putin’s orders will under- fied this month, Gallup while also urging Russia to split between the two and line toward Russia the Soviet empire’s collapse.
mine support for Trump and
other Putin apologists.
found that 85% of Ameri-
cans had an unfavorable
show restraint.
As a share of the Ameri-
Democrats favoring the
more adverse description by
all miscalculated. They warned that the Rus-
sian regime could not be
The mainstream of view of Russia, with just 15% can electorate, however, the about 2 to 1. trusted. When it came to se-
American public opinion favorable. American views of anti-imperialist left is in the Finally, a poll taken Sat- curity, they looked farther
has flowed against Russia Ukraine were favorable by single-digit range. Support urday through Wednesday from becoming a war be- west, beyond Europe,
for most of the last decade. nearly 2 to 1, the poll found. for Putin has come more by Echelon Insights, a Re- tween Russia and NATO? toward the United States.
During the late 1980s and In a rare bit of agreement, from the right, from Trump publican firm, found that Vladimir Putin’s lan- Unwillingness to ac-
1990s, after the fall of the Republicans and Demo- and some of his allies. only about 1 in 5 Republican guage, when the Russian knowledge the Russian
Berlin Wall and then the col- crats had equally negative After Putin recognized voters thought Biden was leader announced a “special threat was not confined to
lapse of the Soviet Union, impressions of Russia, al- two portions of Ukraine as being “too aggressive” in his military operation” in Germany. Italy and France
U.S. views of Russia were though Republicans were independent countries — approach to Ukraine. Two- Ukraine early Thursday, also tiptoed around Putin
mostly favorable. Attitudes slightly less favorable than the final pretext for invasion thirds thought he was either made the alliance fear the and tried to follow in Berlin’s
began to sour in the Democrats in their view of — Trump repeated his long- being “too cautious” (44%) worst: “Whoever tries to hin- footsteps. A consortium of
mid-2000s, then worsened Ukraine, 66% versus 57%. standing praise for the Rus- or “about right” (16%), while der us, or threaten our coun- European companies
starting in 2013, amid grow- Dissent from that main- sian leader, recounting to a the rest were unsure. try or our people, should scrambled for access to Rus-
ing tensions between the two stream, anti-Russian view conservative radio talk show The best gauge of public know that Russia’s response sian gas, including France’s
countries and the 2014 Rus- has come largely from two on Tuesday how he had opinion, however, some- will be immediate and will Engie, the Netherlands’
sian invasion of Crimea, part directions. watched Putin’s declaration times comes from watching lead you to consequences Shell, Austria’s OMV and
of Ukraine. On the left, a fairly small, on television. how elected officials behave, that you have never faced in Germany’s Uniper and Win-
By the time Trump be- but notable, segment views “I said, ‘This is genius.’ and the verdict there was your history. We are ready tershall Dea. They are all in-
came president, Americans U.S. involvement overseas Putin declares a big portion unequivocal. for any turn of events.” volved in the Nord Stream 2
had an unfavorable view of as a continuation of past im- of the Ukraine — of Ukraine “Vladimir Putin’s inva- It’s clear now that Europe pipeline project that was
Russia by about a 3-1 perialist adventures. As ten- — Putin declares it as inde- sion of Ukraine is reckless was not. supposed to double the de-
margin, according to the sions have risen in recent pendent,” Trump said. “Oh, and evil,” declared House “I’m so angry at ourselves livery capacity of Nord
Gallup poll, which has weeks, prominent voices in that’s wonderful. So, Putin is Republican leader Kevin for our historical failure,” Stream 1.
tracked U.S. attitudes that group have argued that now saying, ‘It’s independ- McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), former German Defense Now that Russia has
ent,’ a large section of who only rarely shows day- Minister Annegret Kramp- moved into Ukraine, Nord
Ukraine. I said, ‘How smart light between his positions Karrenbauer said in a tweet Stream 2 is history. No one
is that?’ And he’s gonna go in and Trump’s. that instantly went viral. can imagine that the pipe-
and be a peacekeeper.” Senate Republican “After Georgia, Crimea, and line will ever go into opera-
How to contact us “They’re gonna keep leader Mitch McConnell of Donbas, we have not pre- tion.
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THE WORLD

Protests in Russia shrink amid crackdown

Over 200 are held in
Moscow, where police
were also randomly
detaining passersby.
associated press
MOSCOW — Protesters
took to the streets in Mos-
cow, St. Petersburg and
across Russia on Friday to
decry the invasion of
Ukraine, even as authorities
sought to suppress the
spreading antiwar senti-
ment and project an image
of strength and righteous-
ness.
The largest demon-
stration erupted in St. Pe-
tersburg, where several hun-
dred people spontaneously
gathered in the city center,
chanting, “No to war!” as po-
lice in full riot gear detained
one protester after another.
The OVD-Info rights
group, which tracks political
arrests, counted 437 deten-
tions in 26 Russian cities, in-
cluding 226 in Moscow and
130 in St. Petersburg. In Mos-
cow, police were also ran-
domly detaining people who
were just passing by, accord-
ing to media reports.
The rallies on Friday
night appeared smaller than
on Thursday, when thou-
sands took to the streets
across Russia. A total of
1,820 demonstrators were
detained in 58 Russian cities
Thursday night, including
1,002 in Moscow, according
to OVD-Info.
Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov sought to
downplay the scale of the
SECURITY FORCES in riot gear detain an antiwar protester Friday night in St. Petersburg, Russia. A rights
group that tracks political arrests logged 130 in St. Petersburg, site of the largest demonstration.
protests, saying Friday that
while President Vladimir
Putin “hears everyone’s
opinion,” he also knows “the
share of those who have a
different point of view and
those who are sympathetic
to such a necessary opera-
tion.”
An ominous show of sup-
port for the attack on
Ukraine came from Chech-
nya, Russia’s predominantly
Muslim region run by the
iron-fisted leader Ramzan
Kadyrov.
Chechen media on Fri-
day reported that Kadyrov
rallied some 12,000 security
forces operatives in the cen-
ter of Grozny, the region’s
capital, for what was de-
scribed as an operational
readiness check.
According to a local news
site, Chechnya Today, Kady-
rov said they were prepared
to take part “in any special
Sergei Mihailicenko Anadolu Agency
operation” if needed, and kicked out of the Foreign
urged Ukraine’s President Ministry pool over an open
Volodymyr Zelensky to call letter condemning the at-
Putin and offer an apology. tack on Ukraine that has
The editor in chief of Rus- been signed by nearly 300 re-
sia’s state-funded TV chan- porters.
nel RT, Margarita Si- Chernenko said on the
monyan, posted a video on messaging app Telegram
Telegram showing Russian that the ministry cited her
armored vehicles rolling “lack of professionalism,”
through a rural area and a and she urged officials not to
man shouting, “God save retaliate against journalists
you, guys! We’ve been wait- who signed the letter.
ing for you for eight years.” “Apparently such are the
Simonyan, whose blog on times,” Chernenko wrote of
Telegram has more than the ban she now faces.
132,000 subscribers, said in Another journalist facing
the post that the man was trouble was Yury Dud. Like
quest with the prosecutor
general’s office and the Jus-
tice Ministry to consider la-
beling Dud a “foreign agent”
— a crippling designation
that implies additional gov-
ernment scrutiny and
strong pejorative connota-
tions that would discredit
him.
Popular state TV station
Channel One announced it
was replacing entertain-
ment programs on its sched-
ule with news and political
shows “because of the cur-
rent situation.” Among
those scrapped was a late-
night show hosted by a
popular comedian, Ivan Ur-
gant, who spoke out against
the invasion on Instagram.
The channel’s spokes-
people insisted the decision
to remove Urgant’s show
from the schedule had noth-
ing to do with his Instagram
post.
In another sign the
Kremlin was tightening the
screws on dissenting voices,
Russia’s state communica-
tions and internet watch-
dog, Roskomnadzor, an-
nounced “partial restric-
tions” on access to Facebook
in response to the platform
limiting the accounts of sev-
eral Kremlin-backed media.
It did not say what exactly
its restrictions implied.
The agency said it de-
manded Facebook lift its re-
strictions on state news
agency RIA Novosti, state
TV channel Zvezda and pro-
Kremlin news sites
Lenta.Ru and Gazeta.Ru,
but the platform didn’t com-
ply. The Facebook moves,
according to Roskomnad-
zor, included marking their
content as unreliable and
imposing restrictions on
search results to reduce the
publications’ audience on

Pope, at Russian Embassy, among a group of Ukraini-

ans near the city of Kharkiv
greeting the Russian mili-
tary.
many others Thursday,
Dud, a vocal Kremlin critic
who runs one of the most
popular YouTube blogs in
Facebook.
In its official statement,
Roskomnadzor said that
Russia’s Foreign Ministry

voices concern about war Those in Russia who

By Nicole Winfield
ROME — Pope Francis
went to the Russian Em-
bassy on Friday to person-
ally “express his concern
in Ukraine. But he has re-
frained from publicly calling
out Russia by name, pre-
sumably for fear of antago-
nizing the Russian Ortho-
dox Church.
Just this week, at the end
kered down in a bunker
under his cathedral along
with Ukrainian civilians
seeking shelter, said Francis
inquired during the call
about the plight of clerics in
the hardest-hit areas of
spoke out against the inva-
sion, in the meantime, were
facing repercussions.
Yelena Chernenko, a
journalist with the Kommer-
sant daily, said she was
Russia, wrote an elaborate
social media post decrying
the invasion of Ukraine.
On Friday, an influential
Kremlin-backed internet
watchdog group, the League
of Safe Internet, filed a re-
and the prosecutor general’s
office on Friday found Face-
book “complicit in violation
of fundamental human
rights and freedoms, as well
as the rights and freedoms of
Russian nationals.”

about the war” in Ukraine, in
an extraordinary, hands-on
papal gesture that has no re-
cent precedent. Francis lat-
of his Wednesday general
audience, he refrained from
naming Russia when he
urged political leaders to ex-
RETIREMENT
Ukraine.
The pope thanked the
Greek Catholic Church
leader for opening the doors

er assured a top Ukrainian
Greek Catholic leader he
would do “everything I can”
to help.
Usually, popes receive
ambassadors and heads of
state in the Vatican, and dip-
lomatic protocol would have
called for the Vatican foreign
minister to summon the
Russian ambassador. Fran-
cis is the Vatican head of
state, and for him to leave
the walled city-state and
travel a short distance to the
Russian Embassy to the
Holy See was a sign of his
anger at Moscow’s invasion
and his willingness to appeal
personally for an end to it.
Vatican officials said they
knew of no such previous pa-
pal initiative.
Vatican spokesman Mat-
teo Bruni confirmed the vis-
it, and the Vatican said
Francis traveled to and from
the embassy in a small white
car.
“The Holy See press of-
fice confirms that the pope
went to the Russian Em-
bassy to the Holy See on Via
della Conciliazione, clearly
to express his concern about
the war. He was there for just
over a half-hour,” Bruni said.
Francis has called for dia-
logue to end the conflict and
has urged the faithful to set
next Wednesday as a day of
fasting and prayer for peace
amine their conscience be-
fore God and avoid actions
that harm civilians and “dis-
credit international law.”
A day later, the Vatican
secretary of state, Cardinal
Pietro Parolin, held out hope
for diplomacy. “There is still
time for good will, there is
still room for negotiation,
there is still room for the ex-
ercise of a wisdom that pre-
vents the prevalence of par-
tisan interests, protects the
legitimate aspirations of
each and saves the world
from the madness and hor-
rors of war,” Parolin said in a
statement.
A person who answered
the phone Friday at the Rus-
sian Embassy said Ambas-
sador Alexander Avdeev
wasn’t there; there was no
immediate reply to an email
sent to the embassy seeking
comment.
The head of the Ukrain-
ian Greek Catholic Church,
the largest Eastern Rite
church in communion with
Rome, welcomed Francis’
protocol-bending diplo-
matic intervention and said
he hoped it would help dia-
logue prevail over force.
His Beatitude Sviatoslav
Shevchuk said the pope lat-
er phoned him in Kyiv and
assured him that “I will do
everything I can.”
Shevchuk, who has hun-
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of the cathedral and staying
with his flock, Shevchuk’s of-
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Francis assured Shev-
chuk of his support and
prayers for Ukraine and its
“suffering people,” the state-
ment said.
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POPE FRANCIS , meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a prior
occasion, called Friday for dialogue to end the heightened conflict in Ukraine.
and earn a reasonable rate of return.
A4 SAT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22
DEAD SOLDIERS in Kyiv. Ukrainian forces said the dead were Russian troops wearing Ukrainian uniforms on a mission to infiltrate the capital. U.S. military
officials said there was evidence that Russia’s attack on Ukraine, a nation the size of Texas with a population of 44 million, had not gone entirely according to plan.
New U.S. sanctions
target Putin and a
Kremlin-run fund
[Ukraine, from A1]
men of fighting age to stay in the
country and arm a resistance.
He said he would remain in Kyiv
and warned that multiple cities
were under attack: “This night
they will storm.”
In the less than 72 hours since
the onslaught began, Ukraine has
been jolted from a peaceful, mod-
ern nation of domed churches and
lively bars into one filled with
scenes that recall the wars of Eu-
rope’s past.
As newly minted fighters dug
trenches and practiced loading
weapons, people clutching bat-
tered suitcases and passports
swarmed buses and trains to take
them to safety in Romania and Po-
land. Families cowered in subway
shelters. Fragments of downed air-
craft smoked amid brick homes
and across open fields. Soldiers lay
dead in fresh snow.
On a call with President Biden
on Friday that lasted nearly 40
minutes, Zelensky pleaded for
more help. Shortly after, the U.S.
announced new economic sanc-
tions, this time directly targeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin
as well as a $10-billion Kremlin-run
investment fund.
It was the latest in a series of
punishing sanctions imposed by
Western powers in recent days,
part of what British Prime Min-
ister Boris Johnson called “a re-
morseless mission to squeeze Rus-
sia from the global economy piece
by piece.”
But it was not enough for a na-
tion on the edge of being con-
quered. Zelensky said he was
grateful for the support, but he has
repeatedly slammed sanctions lev-
ied against Russia as insufficient,
warning that unless world leaders
do more to stop the invasion, Putin
would broaden his war.
“If you don’t help us now, if you
fail to offer a powerful assistance to
Ukraine, tomorrow the war will
knock on your door,” said Zelensky,
a former comedic actor who has
transformed, overnight, into a
wartime leader of mercurial energy
and partisan eloquence. He called
on citizens from other nations with
combat experience to come to
Ukraine “and protect Europe with
S L AT I M E S . C O M
us.”
“The fate of Ukraine is being de-
cided right now,” he said.
On the second day of its large-
scale assault on Ukraine — part of
Putin’s dream of stitching back to-
gether remnants of the former So-
viet Union — the Kremlin sent
mixed messages about whether it
was open to dialogue with Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was
ready for talks once the Ukrainian
army laid down arms, insisting
that Russia does not intend “to op-
press” the Ukrainian people and
saying they should have “a chance
to decide their future.”
But Putin was much less diplo-
matic at a meeting with members
of his security council, where he Vadim Zamirovsky Associated Press
said he did not expect to reach A UKRAINIAN soldier looks at fragments of a downed aircraft in Kyiv. Ukraine’s prime min-
agreements with “a gang of drug ister said tens of thousands of people had registered with militias, and he urged more to join.
addicts and neo-Nazis that have
settled in Kyiv and taken the entire
Ukrainian people hostage.”
Zelensky, who has repeatedly
said that he would not accept a
Ukraine under Russia’s thumb,
has offered to negotiate on one of
the Kremlin’s key demands: that
Ukraine declare itself neutral and
abandon its ambition of joining
NATO. The goal of membership in
the military alliance is enshrined in
Ukraine’s constitution.
Russia’s offer of dialogue led
some to question whether it was
struggling militarily — or whether
it was an attempt at psychological
warfare in step with Putin’s taunt-
ingly slow buildup of tens of thou-
sands of troops along Ukraine’s
borders in recent months.
U.S. military officials said there
was evidence that Russia’s attack
on Ukraine, a nation the size of
Texas with a population of 44 mil-
lion, had not gone entirely accord-
ing to plan.
Pentagon officials said they be-
lieved the Russians had lost mo-
mentum, noting that Ukraine’s air
force was still fighting and its com-
munications and media systems
remained intact.
“It’s not apparent to us that the
Russians over the last 24 hours
have been able to execute their
plans as they deemed that they Ukrainian Police Department Press Service
would,” said Pentagon Press Sec- FIREFIGHTERS inspect a building after a rocket attack in Kyiv. The United Nations has
retary John F. Kirby, although he warned that as many as 4 million Ukrainians could abandon the country if fighting escalates.
L AT I M E S . C O M
added that it was a “dynamic, fluid
situation.”
Pentagon officials said about
one-third of the roughly 190,000
troops that Russia assembled be-
fore the invasion are now in
Ukraine, and said Russia was con-
ducting an amphibious assault
west of Mariupol, on the Sea of
Azov, involving potentially thou-
sands of troops. The Russian mili-
tary said it laid claim Friday to the
southern Ukraine city of Melitopol,
about three hours to the west.
In the meantime, Russian
troops continued their assault in
other parts of Ukraine, hitting elec-
trical grids and strategic military
sites but also civilian targets, such
as a hospital and a school.
In a Kyiv apartment building,
residents woke Friday to plumes of
smoke and screaming — the result,
according to the city’s mayor, of
Russian shelling.
“What are you doing? What is
this?” asked a dazed survivor, Yurii
Zhyhanov, according to the Associ-
ated Press. As tens of thousands of
his compatriots have already done,
he quickly gathered his belongings
to try to flee the city with his
mother.
“The enemy wants to bring the
capital and us to our knees,” said
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
A former heavyweight boxing
champion who was known as
Dr. Ironfist in his fighting days,
Klitschko said he was prepared to
defend Kyiv as a soldier. “I believe
in Ukraine, I believe in my country
and I believe in my people,” he said.
Authorities said that about
18,000 guns had been distributed to
reserve fighters in Kyiv, a city of
nearly 3 million people that was the
site of pro-democracy protests in
2014 that led to the ouster of a
Kremlin-friendly president and
helped spark the current conflict.
At the time, Putin responded to
those protests by annexing the Cri-
mean peninsula in southern
Ukraine and fomenting a separat-
ist rebellion in Ukraine’s east,
which seized control of part of the
Donbas region. He has described
his invasion of Ukraine as retribu-
tion for what he falsely describes as
an anti-Russian genocide in Don-
bas.
The same revolutionary spirit
that ignited protests in Kyiv nearly
a decade ago has been prevalent in
recent days as citizens — laborers,
teachers and shopkeepers — lined
up to join what are known here as
“territorial defense” battalions.
Ukrainian Prime Minister De-
nys Shmyhal said tens of thou-
sands of people had already regis-
tered with the militias, and
pleaded for more to join them and
“stand up against terror.”
“Help the military, help the vol-
Sergei Supinsky AFP/Getty Images
unteers, help the doctors,” he
urged.
As night fell Friday, all eyes were
on Kyiv, a city that dates back more
than 1,500 years and where just
days ago restaurants were packed
with locals unwilling to let the
prospect of a Russian blitz blunt
their moment of good cheer.
As air raid sirens echoed
through the empty streets, their
wail floating above the irregular
thump-thump of explosions in the
distance, no one knew what dawn
would bring.
Russia’s military said it had
seized a strategic airport near Kyiv
and said it had already cut off the
city from the west — the direction
in which many of those escaping
the invasion were heading.
United Nations officials re-
ported at least 25 civilian deaths,
and said that about 100,000 people
had fled their homes. The U.N. has
warned that as many as 4 million
Ukrainians could abandon the
country if the fighting escalates, a
refugee crisis not seen in Europe
since 2015, when millions arrived af-
ter escaping the Syrian civil war.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense
Minister Hanna Malyar said Fri-
day that the Russian army had lost
up to 80 tanks, hundreds of ar-
mored combat vehicles, 10 war-
planes and seven helicopters. The
figures could not be independently
verified, and Moscow did not issue
a tally of losses.
The pyrotechnics over Kyiv
were largely absent in Kharkiv,
Ukraine’s second-most populous
city.
Friday morning, residents had
cautiously emerged from the
underground subway stations
where they had taken shelter, mak-
ing their way along mostly empty
streets amid a snowstorm. Even
the buses were still running.
It wasn’t until slightly before
noon that the sounds of explosions
reverberated through the city cen-
ter, sending pedestrians scurrying
for shelter while motorists at-
tempted to escape from a threat
they could hear but could not see.
One of the last remaining staff
members at a hotel in Kharkiv said
he intended to stay. Alexander, a
24-year-old waiter who declined to
give his last name, seemed re-
signed to the Russian invasion to
come.
“Why would I go?” he said. “This
is my country. America isn’t here.
The European Union isn’t here. So
we’re fighting on our own.”
Bulos reported from Ukraine and
Linthicum from Mexico City.
Times staff writers Eli Stokols,
Sarah D. Wire and Anumita Kaur
in Washington contributed to this
report.
Prepared for sanctions,
Moscow seems unfazed
[Sanctions, from A1]
the financial blowback of Rus-
sia’s invasion. On Thursday, the
Russian central bank pumped
liquidity into the country’s
banking system and sold for-
eign currency for the first time
in years to prop up the ruble,
which plunged to its weakest
level since 2016.
President Biden announced
Thursday that U.S. and Euro-
pean allies would sanction five
Russian banks holding about $1
trillion in assets and block high-
tech exports. Russian oligarchs,
said to be members of Putin’s
inner circle, were also targeted
by sanctions.
On Friday, Biden said he
would join the European Union
in sanctioning Putin and his for-
eign minister, Sergei Lavrov.
His administration later an-
nounced it would sanction the
Russian Direct Investment
Fund, a sovereign wealth fund.
As it stands, those measures
are highly unlikely to inflict
enough pain on Moscow to trig-
ger a reversal in Ukraine, ana-
lysts said, noting that any sanc-
tions imposed now are likely to
be too little, too late.
“Sanctions in this case,
where Putin was clearly driven
to expand the Russian empire,
would have to be truly draconi-
an to have had a chance of suc-
cess,” said Gary Hufbauer, a
sanctions expert and a senior
fellow at the Peterson Institute
for International Economics.
Hufbauer said sanctions
achieve their goals in only a
small percentage of cases, and
are more likely to succeed when
they’re targeted at specific
economic goals or countries
with unstable political regimes.
Hufbauer puts the overall suc-
cess rate at around 25%, mostly
in minor cases of international
conflict.
The effects of harsh sanc-
tions tend to fall disproportion-
ately on the populace of a coun-
try, as opposed to its political
and financial elite, to the extent
that Hufbauer likened them to
economic carpet bombing, and
noted that economywide sanc-
tions have sometimes had the
unintended effect of consolidat-
ing power in the existing re-
gime. He cited the entrenched
leadership of the Castro and
Kim families in Cuba and North
Korea, respectively.
“Sanctions enable the ruling
group to better control the
whole economy, and when you
better control the whole econo-
U.N. measure condemning
invasion blocked by Russia
[U.N., from A1]
aggression.
“Russia, you can veto this
resolution, but you cannot veto
our voices,” she said, looking di-
rectly at the Russian repre-
sentative, Vasily Nebenzya,
who, in one of the peculiarities
of U.N. politics, was chairing the
session as rotating president of
the council.
“You cannot veto the truth,”
Thomas-Greenfield continued.
“You cannot veto our principles.
You cannot veto the Ukrainian
people. You cannot veto the
U.N. Charter. And you will not
veto accountability.”
Nebenzya, after the vote but
with the council still in session,
took Thomas-Greenfield and
several other Western repre-
sentatives to task for what they
had condemned as egregious
abuses and attacks on civilians
by Russian forces.
“Who are you to moralize?”
he said. Thomas-Greenfield
looked back at him, stone-
faced.
He and the Ukrainian am-
bassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, also
had testy exchanges. Nebenzya
called his Ukrainian counter-
part “boorish,” while Kyslytsya
said Nebenzya and his com-
ments accusing Ukraine of re-
pression earned him a special
“seat in hell.”
Friday’s vote followed senior
U.S. diplomats’ intense lobby-
ing of their counterparts from
dozens of countries to back the
resolution at the Security
Council or at a possible later
meeting of the full United Na-
tions, where a similar con-
demnation could be brought.
Russia “will be shown to be
isolated on the world stage,”
State Department spokesman
Ned Price said a couple of hours
ahead of the vote.
Although the Americans
were disappointed that India
and the UAE did not join in the
“yes” column, it was China’s de-
cision to abstain that gave them
particular relief.
Before Friday’s meeting,
S S AT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22
my you can really induce or
compel a lot of people to sup-
port you,” Hufbauer said.
At the same time, the EU is
seeking to change the personal
calculus in regard to Putin and
Lavrov. In a tweet Friday, Latvi-
an Foreign Minister Edgars
Rinkevics announced that the
EU would freeze both men’s as-
sets, along with other sanctions
against Russia to try to force a
halt of its invasion, the Associ-
ated Press reported.
The move drew skepticism
from some sanctions experts.
“These are more symbolic,”
said Michael Zweiback, a for-
mer U.S. federal prosecutor
who handled national security
investigations. “Putin and
Lavrov are very well-insulated
from such action.”
Sanctions would have to go
deeper into the lives of Russia’s
elite to place pressure on Putin,
others said.
“Seizing the estates of Putin
cronies, denying them visas,
and taking away their right to
send their kids to elite schools in
the U.K., Switzerland and other
favorite destinations would im-
pose a real lifestyle change on
Putin’s oligarchs and high offi-
cials, most of whom fancy them-
selves as citizens of the world
and prefer living and stashing
their stolen fortunes in the
West,” said Steve Fish, a profes-
sor of political science at UC
Berkeley.
Biden has said the U.S. is
also prepared to issue more
sanctions. To sting, experts say,
they would have to target Rus-
sia’s chief industry: energy. Oil
and gas account for nearly 60%
of Russia’s exports and about
one-fifth of its economic output.
But Washington and its al-
lies have been reluctant to focus
on that sector because the Eu-
ropean Union relies on Russia
for more than 40% of its natural
gas supplies, and the Biden ad-
ministration is under growing
pressure to tackle rising energy
costs against stifling inflation.
The attack on Ukraine has al-
ready sent Brent crude oil, the
global benchmark, to its high-
est level since 2014 at $105 a bar-
rel — enriching Russia’s coffers.
Those rising prices are one
reason the White House de-
clined to back calls to block
Russia from the global financial
messaging system used by
thousands of banks known as
SWIFT. The administration
said doing so could be so disrup-
tive to clearing transfers of
U.S. diplomats expressed the
likelihood that Beijing would
side with Moscow. They saw
glimmers of hope, however:
President Xi Jinping has been
publicly measured in support
for the invasion. Although he
values a growing relationship
with Moscow, he may also be re-
luctant to pick too bitter a fight
with the U.S. and NATO.
The Chinese representative
to the Security Council, Zhang
Jun, explained his country’s
vote saying that although China
did not support violating the
sovereignty of another nation,
as Russia has done, the resolu-
tion might add “fuel to the fire”
rather than contributing to a
diplomatic path to peace. He
also said Russia’s “legitimate
security aspirations” had to be
addressed.
“Ukraine should become a
bridge between East and West,
not an outpost for confronta-
tion among major powers,”
Zhang said.
Similarly, the UAE and India
said that although they ab-
horred Russia’s actions, they
feared the resolution would
shut the door to diplomacy and
dialogue. Both countries, espe-
cially India, also have strong
ties to Russia.
The Security Council vote
came after increased economic
sanctions the Biden adminis-
tration imposed on Russia on
Thursday — and on Putin him-
self on Friday — which had been
augmented by a series of mea-
sures by the European Union.
Rallying broader support for
a condemnation of Russia, how-
ever, had been a surprisingly
difficult task for U.S. diplomats.
Secretary of State Antony J.
Blinken and his deputy, Wendy
R. Sherman, as well as other of-
ficials, had been on the phone to
counterparts from a host of na-
tions, including Portugal, Tur-
key, Moldova, Israel and Saudi
Arabia. Those efforts followed
months of in-person and virtual
consultations and warnings
among allies about Russia’s de-
A5
funds that energy costs would
soar further.
If Russia were barred from
the global banking system, it
could take a page from Iran and
North Korea and try relying on
cryptocurrency to settle pay-
ments, though it would be
untested on an economy of Rus-
sia’s scale.
Eastern Europe — Ukraine
specifically — is already a hot-
bed of illicit cryptocurrency ac-
tivity, according to Chainalysis,
a Singapore-based blockchain
research firm.
Moscow announced in No-
vember that it would release a
prototype of a digital ruble by
this year, a currency that could
reduce Russia’s exposure to the
dollar and international sanc-
tions.
“I think it’s the future for our
financial system,” Russia’s cen-
tral bank governor, Elvira Nabi-
ullina, told CNBC last year.
Current sanctions against
Russia could take months, if not
years, to bite. Their severity
could be weakened by a country
like China, which has steadily
increased trade with Russia.
Beijing could offer to purchase
more oil and extend loans
through its state-owned banks,
but analysts are doubtful China
will breach sanctions and risk
alienating itself from the West.
“China’s leadership is trying
to straddle a geopolitical di-
vide,” Mark Williams, chief Asia
economist for research firm
Capital Economics, wrote in a
note to clients. “Russia is an ally,
but being seen to take its side
would hasten China’s decou-
pling from the West. Most likely,
China will support Russia fi-
nancially and through trade as
much as any Western sanctions
allow. Small companies and
banks may breach sanctions,
but larger firms and the govern-
ment won’t risk a further rup-
ture in relations with the West.”
That doesn’t mean China
won’t continue doing business
with Russia. It craves its oil and
gas and recently struck a deal to
import wheat. But China is un-
likely to do Russia any favors,
opting instead to capitalize on
its ally’s difficult position.
“China doesn’t provide char-
ity, even to its strategic part-
ners,” said Elizabeth Wishnick,
a senior research scientist at
the Center for Naval Analysis, a
U.S. Navy think tank. “I would
expect China to continue to be
hard-nosed about the invest-
ments it will make in Russia.”
signs on Ukraine.
India had been an especially
prickly case. In addition to his-
torical ties with Moscow, New
Delhi in recent years has built a
defense and diplomatic part-
nership with Washington.
But India was tepid in its ini-
tial response to Russia’s aggres-
sion. During a Security Council
session that unfolded in New
York on Wednesday night as
President Vladimir Putin un-
leashed Russian troops on
Ukraine, India’s representative
called for de-escalation but did
not condemn Moscow. So, while
not a “yes,” India’s abstention
Friday could have been worse,
diplomats said.
A Biden administration offi-
cial who briefed reporters on
the U.S. strategy for the Securi-
ty Council rejected any suggest-
ion that the difficulty in putting
together a united front reflected
the impotence of consensus-
based global organizations like
the United Nations and espe-
cially the Security Council,
where Russia and China are
permanent members, along
with the United States, France
and Britain. Russia currently
holds the rotating president’s
seat on the council.
“It’s important that we send
a message to Ukraine, to Russia
and to the world that the Secu-
rity Council will not look away,”
said the official, who briefed re-
porters on condition of ano-
nymity to discuss behind-the-
scenes deliberations. “The
council was established to re-
spond to precisely this scenario:
a stronger country waging war
against a weaker neighbor in
violation of the U.N. Charter
and the principles of the U.N.
Charter.”
But U.N. Secretary-General
António Guterres, who spoke to
reporters after the Security
Council meeting, was clearly
disappointed.
The United Nations “was
born out of war, to end war,” he
said. “Today that objective was
not achieved.”
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Tucker Carlson
retreats on Putin
LORRAINE ALI
TELEVISION CRITIC
The conflict in Ukraine
and backpedaling were the
main themes of Tucker
Carlson’s show Thursday
after the Fox News host was
slammed for defending
Russian President Vladimir
Putin, and dragging Presi-
dent Biden, in the lead-up to
Russia’s invasion of the
Eastern European nation.
“I don’t think anybody
approves of what Putin did
yesterday,” he said. “I cer-
tainly don’t.”
That wasn’t the note he
sounded 24 hours earlier,
just before tanks rolled over
the border between Ukraine
and Belarus, bombs deto-
nated over the capital, Kyiv,
and families sought shelter
in underground subway
stations. As on-scene re-
porters stressed the gravity
of the situation, and Ameri-
can media outlets reacted
with equal solemnity, one
notable exception emerged:
snuff out Christianity?”
The answer, to Carlson’s
mind, is no. (Nothing, not
even jailing antiwar pro-
testers, is worse than sub-
mitting cable news hosts to
criticism.) Which makes
Putin the good guy and
Biden the bad. And since
Joe likes Ukraine, Fox News
logic demands irrationally
turning on your own coun-
try and supporting the
enemy to ... own the libs?
Never mind the unpro-
voked attack was soon
condemned by multiple
heads of state, or that it
prompted sanctions and
sparked protests from
Sydney to St. Petersburg.
Carlson had all the footing
he needed: Former Presi-
dent Trump had already
referred to Putin as a “ge-
nius” for his aggression in
the region, just as he had
spoken highly for years of
the man whose meddling
helped him into the White Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
House. WORRY OVER Russia’s invasion is acute among Ukraine’s Jews, some of whom are survivors of the
By prime time Thursday, Holocaust. Ukrainian soldiers, above, take up a position Friday on a bridge in Kyiv, the capital.
Carlson had changed his

Fear rooted in history grips

Fox News.
As Putin started a war,
the conservative news out-
let’s top talent sympathized
with the former KGB-agent-
tune: “Vladimir Putin
started this war,” he said.
“He is to blame tonight for
what we’re seeing tonight in
the Ukraine.”

Ukraine’s Jewish community

turned-despot over the U.S.
and its allies — a stunning
move even for the network
that provided a megaphone
for Trump’s Big Lie about a
“rigged” election. But on
Wednesday, any expecta-
tion that Carlson and Fox
News colleague Laura In-
graham would tone down
the pro-Putin disinforma-
tion they’d been feeding
their viewers quickly evapo-
rated.
Instead, Carlson used
Wednesday’s show to wave
the flag not for the U.S. or its
suffering ally Ukraine, but
for Putin. Questioning why
we should hate the auto-
cratic and isolated Russian
ruler, the “Tucker Carlson
Tonight” host discounted
Ukraine as “a pure client
state of the United States
State Department.”
That same evening,
Ingraham blamed the con-
flict on the “weakness and
the incompetence” of the
Biden administration, a
position echoed by a num-
ber of Republican elected
officials, and called Ukrain-
ian leader Volodymyr Zelen-
sky’s desperate appeal for
Putin to stop the attack a
“pathetic display.” You
read that correctly. She
was mocking a last-ditch
effort to save lives and
country.
Characterizing the Rus-
sian advance as a “border
dispute,” Carlson preferred
to lay blame on the opposi-
tion: Democrats had condi-
tioned folks “to hate Putin,”
he said, going so far as to
urge his viewers to rethink
their feelings about good ol’
Vlad: “Has Putin ever called
me a racist? Has he threat-
ened to get me fired for
disagreeing with him? Has
he shipped every middle-
class job in my town to Rus-
sia? Did he manufacture a
worldwide pandemic that
wrecked my business and
kept me indoors for two
years? Is he teaching my
children to embrace racial
discrimination? Is he mak-
ing fentanyl? Is he trying to
Then he quickly pivoted.
“The question is ... how
should the United States
respond to what he has
done? Within minutes of the
outbreak of the war last
night the usual liars on
television began leveraging
this tragedy for partisan
political gain. ... It’s con-
temptible. But we’re going
to ignore that tonight and
talk about what matters.”
As much as Carlson
wanted folks to ignore his
previous week (OK, five
years) of blowing kisses at
Russia’s strongman, his love
letters were scattered about
social media. Russian state
media reportedly aired his
flattering commentary with
subtitles to show Putin’s
subjects how Americans
really feel, as well as an
article titled, “Tucker Carl-
son wonders why U.S. elites
hate Putin.”
The pro-Russia stance of
the network’s “opinion”
hosts created quite the
cognitive dissonance with
Fox’s news operations.
Whiplash kicked in Wednes-
day when the network
moved from mortar blasts
to partisan chatter. Trey
Yingst in Kyiv reported
from under a helmet against
the backdrop of sirens, then
host Shannon Bream threw
to White House correspond-
ent Kevin Corke, who im-
mediately situated the
reactions of American poli-
ticians within the realm of
Democratic/Republican
squabbling.
“Barack Obama, you
may recall, said to Mitt
Romney’s suggestion back
in 2012 that the Kremlin was
America’s number one
enemy that ‘the 1980s called,
they want their foreign
policy back,’ ” Corke said.
“Joe Biden at the time said
we were mired in a Cold War
mind-set if you listened to
Romney. Hillary Clinton
said his thinking was dated
and backward....”
As for reaction from
inside the Kremlin? You’ll
have to ask Carlson.
By Leila Miller
Several hours after
Odessa awoke to explosions
Thursday morning, Avra-
ham Wolff, the city’s chief
rabbi, got a call from a nearly
90-year-old Holocaust sur-
vivor. The man was so dis-
tressed he could barely
speak.
“He cried and cried, and I
just listened to him,” Wolff
said. “I told him that every-
thing is OK, the Russians
are not coming to kill us,
these are not Nazis.”
For weeks, the rabbi had
prepared for the possibility
that Russia could invade
Ukraine. He bought several
tons of sugar, macaroni, rice,
flour and water, hired 20 se-
curity guards and reserved
buses to evacuate thou-
sands of Jews to neighboring
Moldova.
But the bus drivers, like
so many others, have fled
the city, with some lines to
cross the border stretching
more than a mile. Wolff ’s job
now is to calm and feed con-
gregants, many of whom are
elderly and too scared to
leave their home.
The invasion has thrown
all of Ukraine into crisis, and
the panic is acute in the Jew-
ish community, where Holo-
caust survivors and their de-
scendants carry a long his-
tory of trauma. Synagogues
have turned into shelters,
while some Jews try to flee to
Israel.
And when people don’t
know what to do, they call
their rabbi.
“I got hundreds of phone
calls from people with fear,”
said Wolff. “People are wor-
ried and they call us all day,
from morning until night.”
Ukraine was once home
to the largest population of
Jews in Europe after Poland.
The vibrant community,
which included Jewish
schools and theaters,
started to wane after waves
of anti-Jewish riots under
Russian czars in the late
1800s and the following dec-
ades spurred massive mi-
gration to the United States.
During the Holocaust,
an estimated 1.2 million to
1.4 million Jews in Ukraine
were killed, according to
Wendy Lower, a historian at
Claremont McKenna Col-
lege. Hundreds of thousands
died in gas chambers or in
mass shootings. Others died
from malnourishment in
ghettos.
No longer welcome in ru-
ral towns where Nazi sympa-
thizers had lived, many sur-
vivors of the war moved to
big cities. In the decades
that followed, antisemitism
sent Jews fleeing, often to Is-
rael.
Today, Ukraine is home
to tens of thousands of Jews,
has a Jewish president, and
Kyiv, its capital, has several
Jewish schools.
In a statement criticized
by academics and others as
a false pretext for going to
war, Russian President
Vladimir Putin said this
week that his military opera-
tion aimed to “denazify”
Ukraine.
Elka Inna Markovitch,
the wife of the chief rabbi of
Kyiv, said she is nervous be-
cause Jews have a long his-
tory of being used as scape-
goats. “Very often when
things go wrong, the Jews
are to blame...,” she said.
“This is also very scary.”
Israel has called for all of
its citizens in Ukraine to
leave immediately. The Jew-
ish Agency for Israel, an or-
ganization that helps Jews
settle there, said that it had
opened an emergency hot-
line to help Ukrainians move
to Israel.
But several community
leaders say that they have
decided to stay — for now —
to help their communities.
Markovitch said that she
needs to care for the elderly.
She recalled visiting a 104-
year-old Holocaust survivor
a few days ago who had held
her hand, and asked for her
support.
“They’re terrified, there’s
no other way to describe it,”
she said. “They say, ‘We
started our life with the war
and we’ll end our life with
war.’ ”
Her 27-year-old daugh-
ter-in-law, Cherry Marko-
vitch, who helps run the
Chabad house in Kyiv, one of
many outposts around the
world under the Hasidic Or-
thodox Jewish movement,
spent weeks stocking a com-
munity center with bags of
dry food and about a hun-
dred mattresses. Families
had called to ask whether
they could shelter there if
things got bad.
When sirens woke
Markovitch on Thursday,
she grabbed her three kids,
packed several suitcases
and took her family to the
center. Other families trick-
led in throughout the day,
and the community held
prayer services and a Bible
study class. They even
danced to ease their anxiety.
Markovitch said her fam-
ily has tickets to travel to Is-
rael in the coming days, but
she assumed the flights
would be canceled.
“Everyone is asking,
what’s your plan for Shab-
bat, what’s your plan for to-
morrow?” she said. “We’re
literally going hour by hour.”
Meanwhile, rabbis in
countries bordering Ukraine
are preparing to take in ref-
ugees.
Fleeing Ukrainians have
begun trickling into a
Chabad house in Chisinau,
the Moldovan capital, which
has about 100 beds for ref-
ugees.
Zushe Abelsky, a rabbi
who runs the Chabad house
but is currently in the U.S.,
has helped organize the re-
lief operations.
He’s worried about a
shortage of kosher food,
pointing to how it’ll be diffi-
cult to cross the border to
get the items the Chabad
normally receives from
Odessa. He predicted the
Chabad will receive at least
150 people this Shabbat,
about triple the usual
amount.
“With more people you
have to be ready with food,”
he said. “Our rabbis over
there are also in distress.”
The anxiety has spread
to the Ukrainian and Rus-
sian diaspora — including in
Los Angeles. The Jewish
Federation of Greater Los
Angeles has announced a
fundraiser to help supply
Ukrainian families with
food, dispatch mobile medi-
cal units and transport peo-
ple out of conflict zones.
L.A. resident Anastasia
Shostak, 27, has family in the
northeastern city of Sumy,
where Ukraine is fighting
Russian forces. She said
they have been hiding in a
neighbor’s basement.
She was up all night on
Wednesday filling out paper-
work to try to help evacuate
her grandparents, who live
in Russia, to Israel. She’s
concerned about how the
conflict may affect them but
has been unable to schedule
a visa appointment for them
at the Israeli Embassy in
Moscow.
“It’s been a challenge be-
cause they’re overwhelmed,
they’re not picking up the
phones, they’re not respon-
sive — which I can totally
understand given the cir-
cumstances, but it worries
me,” she said.

Former boxing champions to take up arms against Russia

Ukrainians Vitali and
Wladimir Klitschko
pledge to fight against
the invading troops.
By Kurtis Lee
Both won several world
heavyweight boxing cham-
pionships, known for
smooth footwork and fierce
jabs. One never faced a
knockdown in the ring. The
other was undefeated for a
decade.
Now, after Hall of Fame
boxing careers, Vitali
Klitschko and Wladimir
Klitschko are again on the
world stage, united in
Ukraine’s fight against Rus-
sia’s invasion.
In the days since the as-
sault began on their home
country, both have said they
plan to take up arms to de-
fend against the Russian
military as it moves closer to
Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
On Friday, volunteer
fighters patrolled the streets
of Kyiv. President Volo-
dymyr Zelensky urged
Ukrainians to stand up and
defend their country. The
message came as Russian
airstrikes began to bombard
the capital city.
“Our military is here, our
civil servants are here de-
fending our independence
and our state, and we mean
to keep it that way,” Zelen-
sky said.
For much of Friday, har-
rowing images of Ukrainians
lined up to receive military
weapons flooded social me-
dia, along with images of
residents making Molotov
cocktails.
Vitali Klitschko, 50, who
since his retirement from
boxing in 2013 has served as
mayor of Kyiv, said in an in-
terview on ITV’s “Good
Morning Britain” that he
would stay and fight.
“I don’t have another
choice. I have to do that. I’ll
be fighting,” he said. “It’s al-
ready a bloody war.”
Last month, Wladimir
Klitschko, 45, enlisted in
Ukraine’s army reserve in
Kyiv.
“Now, the Russian presi-
dent [Vladimir Putin] is us-
ing war rhetoric ... he makes
it clear that he wants to de-
stroy the Ukrainian state
and the sovereignty of its
people,” Wladimir wrote on
LinkedIn on Thursday.
“Words are followed by mis-
Kyiv mayoral contest and
has served in the position
since. It’s the same year Rus-
sia invaded eastern Ukraine
and annexed Crimea.
In that time, he’s been a
staunch supporter of
Ukraine distancing itself
from Russia and creating
stronger relationships with
the European Union and
NATO. He’s also criticized
Putin over the years.
“Our eastern neighbor is
not happy with our decision
to become part of the Euro-
pean family,” Vitali Kl-
itschko told Britain’s Chan-
nel 4 News last month. “We
do not want to return to the
U.S.S.R. We were in the
U.S.S.R. and we see our fu-
ture as part of a European
family. Mr. Putin disagrees.
They have an idea to rebuild
Vladimir Shtanko Anadolu Agency the Soviet Union, but we do
VITALI KLITSCHKO, the mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine, not want to return to the
and a onetime boxer, attends a memorial this month. U.S.S.R. We see our future as
a free democracy.”
siles and tanks. Destruction ment after being a heavy- Tom Loeffler, who runs
and death come upon us. ... weight champion in three the Klitschko brothers’ com-
We will defend ourselves decades, Vitali Klitschko pany, K2 Promotions, said
with all our might and fight had political ambitions, de- he talked with Wladimir on
for freedom and democ- spite losing municipal elec- Thursday. The former
racy.” tions in Kyiv. fighter, who retired in 2017
The brothers have often At 6 feet 7 and 250 with a 64-5 professional
spoken publicly about poli- pounds, Vitali, with a boxing record, was hunkered down
tics. For years, even before record of 45-2 that includes in Kyiv and ready to resist
his official boxing retire- 41 knockouts, won the 2014 the invasion, Loeffler said.
“I feel helpless,” said
Loeffler, who is based in Los
Angeles. “Who would have
ever thought we would again
see war in Europe? This is
something none of us ex-
pected.”
Loeffler said he’s been in
communication with both
men. “We’re all just praying
they make it through this,”
he said. “We all must stand
with Ukraine.”
In recent days, Loeffler
said he’s thought back to
good times they all shared in
Los Angeles.
How all of Vitali
Klitschko’s children were
born at Cedars-Sinai Medi-
cal Center. How they would
train by running along
Venice Beach. In the 2003
heavyweight battle between
Vitali and Lennox Lewis at
Staples Center, Lewis won
after Vitali’s eye had become
too damaged to continue.
Even so, when the fight was
stopped Vitali was winning
on the judges’ scorecards.
Now, Loeffler said, he
wants the U.S. to do more to
support the Ukrainian peo-
ple.
“The sanctions must be
tougher,” he said. “The
world is watching and we
must help.”
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day there. A House committee is investigating what happened to records not given to the National Archives.
Rioter shown carrying Pelosi’s
lectern in Capitol gets prison
By Michael Kunzelman
A Florida man who
grabbed House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and
posed for photographs with
it during the U.S. Capitol riot
was sentenced Friday to
more than two months in
prison.
The image of Adam
Johnson smiling and waving
as he carried Pelosi’s lectern
went viral after the pro-
Trump mob’s attack on Jan.
6, 2021. Johnson placed the
lectern in the center of the
Capitol Rotunda, posed for
pictures and pretended to
make a speech, prosecutors
said.
After driving home, John-
son bragged that he “broke
the internet” and was “fi-
nally famous,” prosecutors
said. They argued that his
actions at the Capitol “illus-
trate his sense of entitle-
ment and privilege.”
“The now-viral podium
photo portrays Johnson as
confident, arguably gleeful,
while converting govern-
ment property to his own
use during an unlawful
siege,” a prosecutor wrote in
a court filing.
U.S. District Judge Reg-
gie Walton sentenced John-
son to 75 days in prison fol-
lowed by one year of super-
vised release. The judge also
ordered Johnson to pay a
$5,000 fine and perform 200
hours of community service.
Johnson will report to prison
at a date to be determined.
Johnson told Walton that
posing with Pelosi’s lectern
Avian flu prompts
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A majority of species
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inside as a precaution.
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. — A
majority of birds on exhibit
at the Detroit Zoo are being
moved indoors as a precau-
tion against the bird flu,
which federal and state offi-
cials have confirmed to be in
Michigan.
The birds will remain in-
doors as long as necessary to
ensure their health and safe-
ty, and many will be out of
public view, the Detroit Zoo-
logical Society said Friday in
a release.
Zoo staff can more closely
monitor the birds indoors
and prevent them from hav-
ing contact with wild birds
that may carry highly patho-
genic avian influenza, said
Ann Duncan, director of ani-
mal health for the zoological
society.
Flamingos, ostrich, cas-
sowary, sandhill cranes and
the zoo-roaming peafowl will
be among the birds out of
view, as will all birds housed
in the Matilda R. Wilson
Free-Flight Aviary, the zoo-
logical society said.
The Polk Penguin Con-
Pinellas County Sheriff ’s Office
ADAM JOHNSON was
photographed carrying
the speaker’s lectern
during the Jan. 6 attack.
was a “very stupid idea.”
“I bear no ill will toward
her or her office at all,” John-
son said.
Walton said America is
on a dangerous path when
many citizens believe that
they “have a right to do
whatever in order to have
the person who they want in
power sitting in the White
House.”
“That’s what we see in ba-
nana republics,” the judge
said. “That’s what we see in
countries like we’re experi-
encing now over in Ukraine.
That’s where we’re headed if
we don’t do something to
stop it. And I don’t know
what we do to stop it.”
Prosecutors said they re-
ceived a tip during plea ne-
gotiations with Johnson
that he intended to publish a
memoir. His plea agreement
includes an unusual provi-
sion that requires him to re-
linquish compensation from
any book, script, song, inter-
view or product bearing his
servation Center will remain
open and accessible to the
public because it has sepa-
rate air handling systems for
birds and visitors to the zoo,
which is in the Detroit sub-
urb of Royal Oak.
Federal officials said a
strain of the virus had been
detected in a noncommer-
cial backyard flock of birds
in Kalamazoo County in
southwestern Michigan.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture said Thursday
that Michigan officials have
quarantined the Kalamazoo
County site and 34 birds at
that property “will be de-
populated to prevent the
spread of disease.”
It’s not clear how the
strain reached the backyard
flock, a USDA spokeswom-
an said. Similar infections
have been reported across
the United States in recent
weeks.
The virus strain is poten-
tially deadly to commercial
poultry. A 2015 avian flu out-
break killed 50 million birds
across 15 states and cost the
federal government nearly
$1 billion.
The U.S. Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention
says the recent bird flu cases
do not present an immedi-
ate public health concern.
No human cases of these vi-
ruses have been detected in
the U.S.
THE NATION
name or likeness, for up to
five years.
Prosecutors recom-
mended sentencing John-
son to three months’ impris-
onment, one year of super-
vised release, a $5,000 fine
and 60 hours of community
service. Johnson’s attorneys
asked the judge to sentence
him to one year of probation
with credit for the weekend
that he spent in jail after his
arrest.
The defense lawyers said
Johnson didn’t know that
the lectern belonged to Pel-
osi when he moved it from a
cloak room. “Arguably, if he
latched onto some other
piece of government furni-
ture for his photo opportuni-
ty jail time would not even be
a consideration,” they wrote
in a court filing.
Johnson was arrested
two days after the deadly in-
surrection. He pleaded
guilty in November to a
charge of entering and re-
maining in a restricted
building or ground, a misde-
meanor punishable by up to
one year in prison.
Johnson was accompa-
nied by a friend when he flew
from Tampa, Fla., to Wash-
ington to attend then-Presi-
dent Trump’s rally near the
White House. They ran to
the Capitol when they
learned that it had been
breached. Johnson, after
getting separated from his
friend, climbed scaffolding
and entered the building.
He jiggled the door han-
dle to an office that he be-
lieved belonged to Pelosi,
but it was locked.
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The U.S. transplant sys-
tem needs an overhaul to
stop wasting organs and
give more patients a fair
chance at the life-saving
surgery, says an influential
scientific advisory panel
that set a five-year deadline
to turn things around.
The U.S. performed a
record number of trans-
plants of kidneys, livers and
other organs last year, more
than 41,000 — the vast ma-
jority thanks to donations
from the dead. But for all the
lives saved, Friday’s report
from the National Acade-
mies of Sciences, Engineer-
ing and Medicine puts a
spotlight on problems that
prevent saving even more.
More than 106,000 pa-
tients are on the nation’s list
for a transplant from a de-
ceased donor, and at least 17
die every day waiting. Many
more who could benefit from
a transplant never get put
on the waiting list, particu-
larly people of color, the
report stressed. Among
other challenges, geography
makes a difference in how
long the sick wait for a match
— and whether potentially
usable organs are recovered
when would-be donors die.
And too often, less-than-
perfect organs go unused.
“While the transplant
system does a lot of good
things and saves a lot of lives,
Al Drago Bloomberg
“Just across the hall and
only twelve minutes earlier,
several of the Speaker’s
staffers had barricaded
themselves in a different of-
fice, terrified,” a prosecutor
wrote.
As Johnson watched riot-
ers trying to break down the
doors to the House chamber,
where frightened lawmakers
were trapped, he shouted
that a bust of George Wash-
ington would make “a great
battering ram,” prosecutors
said.
“Thankfully, no one
heeded his suggestion,” a
prosecutor wrote.
Johnson, a stay-at-home
father, is married to a medi-
cal doctor and hasn’t been
employed for the last 11
years, prosecutors said.
They argued that the couple
could afford to hire some-
body to care for their five
school-age children if he
were jailed.
Johnson and his wife
have received death threats,
his lawyers said. “His wife’s
medical practice suffered fi-
nancially and some of Ad-
am’s oldest friends will no
longer speak to him or his
family,” they wrote.
More than 750 people
have been charged with fed-
eral crimes related to the
riot. More than 200 of them
have pleaded guilty, mostly
to misdemeanors. At least
100 riot defendants have
been sentenced, and more
than 80 others have trial
dates this year.
Kunzelman writes for the
Associated Press.
SURGEONS performed more than 41,000 organ
transplants in the U.S. last year, a record number.
it is demonstrably inequita-
ble and doesn’t work for
enough people,” Dr. Ken-
neth Kizer, a well-known ex-
pert in healthcare quality
who chaired the panel, told
the Associated Press. “A lot
of things can be done to
make the system work bet-
ter for more people.”
Among the panel’s top
conclusions:
8 The Department of
Health and Human Serv-
ices, which regulates the
transplant system, should
set national performance
goals that include reaching
at least 50,000 transplants a
year by 2026. Transplants
have been inching up for
years, but reaching that goal
would require a speed-up.
8 Hospitals must reduce
organ waste and be candid
S S AT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22
House panel
wants answers
on what Trump
did with records
Congress is examining
whether documents
were illegally taken
or destroyed.
By Sarah D. Wire
WASHINGTON — The
House Oversight and Re-
form Committee is scaling
up its investigation into
what its chairwoman says
could be “the largest-scale
violations of the Presidential
Records Act since its enact-
ment,” according to a letter
being sent to the National
Archives on Friday.
“I am deeply concerned
that former President
Trump may have violated
the law through his inten-
tional efforts to remove and
destroy records that belong
to the American people,”
committee Chairwoman
Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)
wrote in the letter to Archiv-
ist David Ferriero. The
Times obtained the letter
before it was sent to Fer-
riero.
The committee is exam-
ining what happened to
presidential records that
were supposed to be turned
over to the National Ar-
chives at the end of the
Trump administration and
are presumed to be missing
or destroyed. It is also look-
ing at 15 boxes of materials
recovered last month by the
National Archives from
Trump’s home at Mar-a-
Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., in-
cluding some documents
marked classified and some
that were torn up. The Ar-
chives has asked the Justice
Department to determine
whether a crime was com-
mitted in connection with
the documents’ handling.
Trump has called the
documents’ return “routine”
and “no big deal.”
Records produced for or
by a president through his
normal course of official du-
ties must be preserved for
the public under the 1978
Presidential Records Act,
which covers documents, re-
cordings, photos, memos
and notes. The records are
housed at the National Ar-
chives and made available to
researchers and the public
to help understand what in-
fluenced a president’s deci-
sion-making.
The committee has inves-
tigated reports that records
weren’t preserved in the
past, but it now plans to ex-
amine new areas including:
the records reclaimed from
Mar-a-Lago; social media
Molly Riley Associated Press
with patients about the op-
tion of a less-than-perfect of-
fer. For example, Kizer said
nearly 25% of donated kid-
neys went unused last year, a
level the panel wants to drop
to 5% or less by 2026. Studies
have found that surgeons in
France regularly implant
lower-quality kidneys from
older donors than their
American counterparts
with similar success.
8 Congress should hold
Health and Human Services
accountable for reducing
disparities by the same
deadline. One example:
Black Americans are three
times more likely to suffer
from kidney failure than
white people but far less
likely to be referred for trans-
plant evaluation. They wait
longer for a deceased-donor
A7
accounts and postings that
were not properly pre-
served; official business con-
ducted by White House staff
on nonofficial messaging ac-
counts that weren’t pre-
served; and records that
were ripped or otherwise de-
stroyed during the adminis-
tration, some of which were
taped back together before
being turned over to the Na-
tional Archives.
Ferriero notified Con-
gress on Feb. 18 that the Ar-
chives did not receive a com-
plete set of social media re-
cords from Trump and sev-
eral other administration
officials, and that despite
working with social media
companies some of the re-
cords may never
recovered. That same day it
confirmed media reports
that the Mar-a-Lago records
contained classified or de-
be
stroyed documents, and
that the communication
through nonofficial sources
wasn’t always preserved.
“The information in your
response suggests that for-
mer President Trump and
his senior aides may have re-
peatedly violated the Presi-
dential Records Act and
other federal laws, which
could severely impact the
preservation of records from
the Trump Administration,”
Maloney wrote in the letter.
Maloney requested by
March 10 a detailed account-
ing of the contents of the re-
claimed boxes, including the
level of classification for
each classified record, any
reviews of the contents by
other federal agencies, all re-
cords that were destroyed
and any response from the
administration to the Ar-
chives’ warnings about how
to properly preserve records
in order to comply with fed-
eral law.
She set a March 17 dead-
line for records showing dis-
cussions between high-
ranking Trump officials and
White House lawyers about
the use of personal messag-
ing accounts for official busi-
ness, destroying records,
missing records, what re-
cords to hand over to the Na-
tional Archives and proper
preservation of social media
records.
She also asked for re-
cords about what Trump
was told regarding White
House record keeping poli-
cies and whether employees
ever found shredded records
in White House toilets, a ref-
erence to an anecdote
Trump denies that will ap-
pear in an upcoming book by
New York Times reporter
Maggie Haberman.
organ, and are less likely to
find a living donor.
The panel recommended
multiple steps to ease those
disparities, but possibly the
most ambitious was: The
federal government should
start its regulatory over-
sight once patients are diag-
nosed with organ failure —
rather than waiting until
they find their way to the
transplant waiting list.
The group’s report con-
tains only recommenda-
tions, although the panel’s
scrutiny of the transplant
system was done at the re-
quest of Congress.
The Biden administra-
tion said Friday it would
consider the recommenda-
tions as it begins a previ-
ously scheduled renegotia-
tion of the federal contract
to run the transplant sys-
tem.
Some changes already
were underway. The United
Network for Organ Sharing,
which now runs the trans-
plant system, has been up-
dating policies to ease dis-
parities, including changing
how organs are distributed
so a patient’s ZIP Code mat-
ters less.
And under the Trump
administration, Medicare
set new standards to im-
prove the varying perform-
ance of groups that are re-
sponsible for collecting orga-
ns from deceased donors
and getting them to the right
transplant center.
A8 SAT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22
JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON got her first glimpse of the law as her father studied to become a lawyer, she said after President Biden nominated her Friday.
High court choice fulfills Biden’s vow
[Jackson, from A1]
being confirmed last year to
the U.S. Court of Appeals by
a vote of 53 to 44, receiving
three Republican votes.
That bipartisan support
is expected to help ease her
confirmation in a Senate
that is currently split 50-50,
with Harris giving Demo-
crats a tiebreaking vote.
Republicans were al-
ready voicing skepticism
about Jackson on Friday,
calling her a favorite of the
far left, but acknowledged
that Democrats likely have
the votes to confirm her.
The appeals court mostly
decides regulatory disputes,
so Jackson does not have a
record of rulings on contro-
versies such as abortion,
guns or religion.
Since her high school
days in Miami, Jackson has
won friends and admirers
for her intellect, character
and personal warmth. She
earned academic honors at
Harvard College and Har-
vard Law School.
GOP reaction signals a confirmation battle
By Nolan D. McCaskill
WASHINGTON — Some
top Republicans moved
quickly Thursday to define
Judge Ketanji Brown Jack-
son, President Biden’s Su-
preme Court nominee, as a
favorite of the far left, signal-
ing a contentious confirma-
tion battle for the historic
nominee.
Biden announced Jack-
son as his nominee on Friday
morning, fulfilling a cam-
paign pledge he made ex-
actly two years ago to select
a Black woman. If con-
firmed, Jackson will become
the first Black woman and
first former public defender
to sit on the Supreme Court.
Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
congratulated Jackson on
her nomination to succeed
retiring Justice Stephen G.
Breyer and said he was look-
ing forward to meeting with
her in person as he studies
her record, legal views and
judicial philosophy.
He called for a “rigorous,
exhaustive review” of Jack-
son’s nomination, noting she
had published only two
opinions since joining the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit
in June, both of which came
within the last few weeks.
“One of her prior rulings
was just reversed by a unani-
mous panel of her present
colleagues on the D.C. Cir-
cuit,” McConnell said. “I also
understand Judge Jackson
was the favored choice of far-
left ‘dark money’ groups
that have spent years at-
tacking the legitimacy and
structure of the court itself.”
South Carolina’s Sen.
Lindsey Graham, one of
three Republicans who sup-
ported Jackson’s confirma-
tion to the federal appellate
court last year, also cast her
selection as a victory for the
far left.
S L AT I M E S . C O M
She has broad legal expe-
rience, having served in an
array of positions, including
as a federal public defender,
a U.S. Sentencing Commis-
sion official and a law clerk
in three courts, including the
high court under Breyer.
In her remarks at the
White House, Jackson fo-
cused on her family and
faith. She said her parents,
who began their careers as
schoolteachers in Miami,
have been married for 54
years.
She said her first glimpse
of the law came when her fa-
ther was studying at the
kitchen table to become a
lawyer. He later served as
chief attorney for the Miami-
Dade County school board,
and her mother as principal
of a high school for the arts.
Jackson said her younger
brother was a police detec-
tive in Baltimore who volun-
teered for the Army and
served two tours of duty in
the Mideast. Her husband is
Dr. Patrick Jackson, a can-
JACKSON “was the favored choice of far-left ‘dark money’ groups that have spent
years attacking ... the court itself,” Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell claimed.
Graham had favored J.
Michelle Childs, a U.S. Dis-
trict Court judge in his state,
for the high court nomina-
tion. Childs also had the
public endorsement of
House Majority Whip James
E. Clyburn (D-S.C.). Had
Childs been selected, she
would’ve joined Justice Amy
Coney Barrett as the only
members of the high court
without law degrees from
Harvard or Yale.
“It means the radical left
has won President Biden
over yet again,” Graham
said Friday. “I expect a re-
spectful but interesting
hearing in the Senate Judici-
ary Committee. The Har-
vard-Yale train to the
Supreme Court continues to
run unabated.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
of Tennessee, the lone Re-
publican woman on the Ju-
diciary Committee, called
Biden’s announcement “ex-
tremely inappropriate” right
after Russia’s full-scale inva-
sion of Ukraine, saying it was
an example of the president
“putting the demands of the
radical progressive left
cer surgeon in Washington.
They have two daughters,
Talia and Leila.
Jackson also paid tribute
to Judge Constance Baker
Motley, a civil rights lawyer
who was the first Black
woman appointed to be a
federal judge. She noted
they were born on the same
day, 49 years apart.
“Today, I proudly stand
on Judge Motley’s shoul-
ders, sharing not only her
birthday, but also her stead-
fast and courageous com-
mitment to equal justice
under law,” she said.
Progressive organiza-
tions hailed her nomination.
“On the federal bench,
she has shown her commit-
ment to upholding laws that
protect people with disabili-
ties, workers, immigrants
and freedom of speech,” said
Ben Jealous, president of
People for the American
Way. “As a former public de-
fender, she brings to the
Supreme Court the perspec-
tive of someone who has
ahead of what is best for our
nation.”
“We must not blindly con-
firm a justice to serve as a
rubber stamp for a radical
progressive agenda,” she
warned.
Another Judiciary Com-
mittee member, Sen. Josh
Hawley (R-Mo.), said he was
“troubled by aspects” of
Jackson’s record when she
appeared before the panel
last year, including on crime
and criminal justice.
Democrats and progres-
sive groups cheered Jack-
son’s nomination, saying she
is a highly qualified and re-
spected jurist and calling
her selection a long-overdue
step to making the Supreme
Court look more like Ameri-
ca.
“Women and people of
color need a justice with a
strong record as a prog-
ressive that will finally fight
for them. Ketanji Brown
Jackson is that justice,” said
Meagan Hatcher Mays, di-
rector of democracy policy
for the liberal outside group
Indivisible.
“Conservative justices
seen the justice system
through the eyes of our soci-
ety’s most vulnerable.”
Advocates for civil rights,
workers rights, gay rights
and environmental protec-
tion said they were enthused
by Biden’s choice.
“Her historic nomination
promises an end to the era-
sure of Black women from
our most sacred legal insti-
tutions,” said Fatima Goss
Graves, president of the Na-
tional Women’s Law Center.
While antiabortion advo-
cates said they would op-
pose Jackson’s confirmation
to the court, the president of
the Center for Reproductive
Rights, a leading abortion
rights advocacy group,
stopped short of fully en-
dorsing her.
“Judge Jackson has not
ruled on any cases that di-
rectly address abortion
rights,” and her legal record
“provides minimal insight”
into her views, said Nancy
Northup, the center’s presi-
dent, saying the group
Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times
have happily turned the in-
stitution into a weapon in
our new culture wars,” she
continued. “Judge Jackson
will be a welcome addition to
the court. But if we really
want to change things, we
must add seats as well.”
Senate Democrats sig-
naled they would move
quickly on Jackson’s confir-
mation, following a similar
timetable to the one Senate
Republicans used to con-
firm Barrett in just over a
month in 2020.
Despite the skepticism
expressed by some Republi-
cans on Friday, Democrats
predicted Jackson would be
confirmed with bipartisan
support.
The Senate confirmed
Jackson to her current post
by a 53-44 vote last year.
Three Republicans — Sens.
Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa
Murkowski of Alaska and
Graham — joined every
Democrat and the cham-
ber’s two independent sena-
tors in voting to confirm
Jackson.
In a statement Friday,
Senate Majority Leader
would wait for Jackson’s tes-
timony “to learn more about
her views on ... reproductive
healthcare.”
For decades, the divide
over abortion and the Su-
preme Court’s 1973 ruling in
Roe vs. Wade, which guaran-
teed the right to abortion
nationwide, has loomed
large in Senate battles over
nominees to the court, espe-
cially when a new justice
could shift the bench’s ideo-
logical balance.
It’s not clear abortion will
be central to Jackson’s con-
firmation process, however.
If confirmed, she could join
the two remaining liberal
justices in supporting abor-
tion rights. But the conser-
vative majority is widely ex-
pected to either strictly limit
the right to abortion or to
overturn Roe vs. Wade en-
tirely by this summer.
However, Jackson could
join the court in time to take
part in two key cases involv-
ing the role of race.
The justices will decide
Charles E. Schumer (D-
N.Y.) hailed Jackson as “a
true public servant and
model jurist” with “excep-
tional qualifications,” whose
nomination “will inspire
countless future genera-
tions of young Americans.”
“Judge Jackson will re-
ceive a prompt hearing in
the Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee in the coming weeks,”
Schumer said. “After the Ju-
diciary Committee finishes
their work, I will ask the Sen-
ate to move immediately to
confirm her to the Supreme
Court.”
With the Senate divided
50-50, the Democratic Cau-
cus could confirm Jackson
on a party-line basis, with
Vice President Kamala Har-
ris casting the tiebreaking
vote in their favor.
Republicans acknowl-
edged Jackson would prob-
ably be confirmed quickly,
barring the loss of a Demo-
cratic Senate seat due to a
health issue or death. Sen.
Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.),
who is recovering from a
stroke, has said he will re-
turn to the Senate floor
soon.
Senate Majority Whip
Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.),
the Judiciary Committee
chairman, will lead the proc-
ess to confirm Jackson. Both
of California’s senators,
Democrats Dianne Fein-
stein and Alex Padilla, sit on
the panel that will vet Jack-
son and hold a hearing on
her nomination.
Durbin said the commit-
tee would immediately take
up her nomination “with the
careful, fair, and profes-
sional approach she and
America are entitled to.”
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
of Iowa, the top GOP mem-
ber of the Judiciary Commit-
tee, said Senate Republi-
cans’ review of Jackson “will
be as fair and respectful as it
is complete and comprehen-
sive.”
Kent Nishimura Los Angeles Times
next term whether to re-
strict or outlaw affirmative
action policies at colleges
and universities that use
race as a factor in admis-
sions. The court voted to
hear challenges to the poli-
cies at Harvard and the Uni-
versity of North Carolina.
The court will also recon-
sider the use of race to draw
districts that are likely to
elect a Black or Latino can-
didate. Since the 1980s, the
Voting Rights Act has been
understood to require that
states ensure, where pos-
sible, that racial and ethnic
minorities have an equal op-
portunity to “elect repre-
sentatives of their choice.”
Alabama’s attorney gen-
eral has argued that the
practice puts too much em-
phasis on race. The high
court voted to hear his claim
in the case of Merrill vs. Milli-
gan.
In a potential preview of
how Republicans plan to
oppose Jackson, Senate
Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) describ-
ed her as “the favored choice
of far-left ‘dark money’
groups,” and the Republican
National Committee labeled
her “a radical, left-wing ac-
tivist.”
Senate Democrats have
countered that Jackson is
extraordinarily qualified,
and have pledged to pursue
her confirmation in a quick,
fair process.
“Once the president
sends Judge Jackson’s
nomination to the Senate,
Senate Democrats will work
to ensure a fair, timely, and
expeditious process — fair to
the nominee, to the Senate
and to the American public,”
Senate Majority Leader
Charles E. Schumer (D-
N.Y.) said in a statement.
Breyer has said he ex-
pects to retire when the
court has handed down all of
its decisions for the term,
which it usually does by the
end of June. Senate Demo-
crats said they would move
forward to confirm Jackson
over the next month so she
can be sworn in as soon as
Breyer departs.
Biden had long promised
to select a Black woman for
the high court. Jackson was
well-known and highly re-
garded by the Obama White
House, and her name was
mentioned as a possible no-
minee after Justice Antonin
Scalia died suddenly in early
2016. That ill-fated nomina-
tion went instead to Judge
Merrick Garland, whom Mc-
Connell denied even a Sen-
ate hearing.
Soon after Biden moved
into the White House, Jack-
son was nominated for her
current seat on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit,
which is often a stepping-
stone to the high court,
including for Chief Justice
John G. Roberts Jr. and Jus-
tices Thomas and Brett M.
Kavanaugh.
Two of Biden’s other
finalists for the upcoming
opening were California
Supreme Court Justice
Leondra Kruger, 45, and
Judge J. Michelle Childs, 55,
of the U.S. District Court in
South Carolina.
L AT I M E S . C O M
Fighting Russia on the social media front
As antiwar protesters
cope with greater risk,
Twitter and Meta take
measures to help.
By Suhauna Hussain
On Thursday night, hu-
man rights activist Marina
Litinovich posted a video to
her Facebook account call-
ing for her fellow Russians to
protest the country’s inva-
sion of its neighbor to the
west.
“I know that right now
many of you feel despera-
tion, helplessness, shame
over Vladimir Putin’s attack
on the friendly nation of
Ukraine,” she said. “But I
urge you not to despair.”
Within hours, Litinovich
was in custody, facing a fine
for “an attempt to organize
an unsanctioned rally.”
As Russia cracks down
on antiwar protests, those
voicing dissent on the
ground and in online spaces
face heightened danger.
Hundreds of protesters
have been rounded up in
Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Human rights advocates
have warned that those au-
thoring critical posts on so-
cial media in the region
would face a new wave of re-
pression, including deten-
tion and other legal ramifi-
cations.
Some social media users
have improvised ways of
communicating in an at-
tempt to avoid censorship or
arrest.
In one instance, an Insta-
gram user posted an image
with no clear discernible
meaning — rows of man-
walking emojis, a sketched
profile of a woman’s head,
and the number seven — to
indicate the time and place
of a protest.
Meanwhile, the social
media companies have tak-
en measures to address
threats to their users in
those regions.
In response to news of the
escalating conflict Wednes-
day night, Meta Platforms,
the parent company of Face-
book, established a “Special
Operations Center” to moni-
tor and quickly respond to
the military conflict and
launched a tool in Ukraine
allowing people to lock their
profile with one click.
The tool provides an ex-
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This estate has two recording studios, of course
DJ Calvin Harris put
his own spin on his
reimagined Beverly
Crest compound.
By Jack Flemming
Calvin Harris, the do-it-
all DJ from Scotland who
also produces and sings, is
asking $25 million for his
compound in Beverly Crest
— or $10 million more than
he paid for it in 2014.
The price increase comes
with a quality increase, as
Harris completely re-
imagined the estate during
his eight-year stay.
Gates guard the proper-
ty, which is reached by a
long, winding driveway and
offers little reason to leave
with five separate structures
spread across 2.7 acres.
There’s a main house built in
2014, a two-story guesthouse
divided into two recording
studios, a five-car garage
that rises to a movie theater,
a security building and a
gym.
East Coast-inspired, the
traditional-style main house
sports a clean, white exterior
accented by hedges and ivy.
Harris dramatically remod-
eled the living spaces, add-
ing coffered ceilings above
herringbone wood floors
along with other highlights
such as skylights, splashes
of exposed brick, a marble
staircase, a bar and a wine
cellar.
The five structures com-
bine for a total of 10 bed-
rooms and 12 bathrooms, in-
cluding a primary suite that
opens directly to the back-
yard. Amenities outside in-
clude multiple gardens, a so-
lar dome and a swimming
pool surrounded by a lounge
and pergola. There’s also a
POLICE DETAIN a woman Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia. As Russia cracks down on protests against the
invasion of Ukraine, dissenters have improvised ways of communicating to avoid censorship or arrest.
tra layer of privacy to pre-
vent users who aren’t their
friends from viewing their
posts or downloading or
sharing their profile photo,
according to Nathaniel Gle-
icher, head of security policy
at Facebook, who described
the company’s response to
the crisis in a series of posts
on Twitter.
Facebook previously
launched the one-click tool
in Afghanistan in August, in-
formed by feedback from ac-
tivists and journalists. It has
also previously deployed the
tool in Ethiopia, Bangladesh
and Myanmar, according to
the company.
Twitter posted a guide to
shoring up security, warning
that while using its platform
“in conflict zones or other
high-risk areas, it’s impor-
tant to be aware of how to
control your account and
digital information.”
The company advised
setting up two-factor
authentication (a safeguard
against password hacking),
disabling location informa-
tion from showing on tweets,
adjusting privacy settings to
basketball court and ping-
pong table.
Josh and Matt Altman of
Douglas Elliman hold the
listing.
Harris has been nomi-
nated for five Grammys and
19 Brit Awards, winning
British Producer of the Year
in 2019. The 38-year-old has
also toured with Rihanna
and released five studio al-
bums since 2007 with hits
such as “Slide” and “This Is
What You Came For.”
He sold a Hollywood Hills
home to fellow musician
Charli XCX in 2020, and he
currently owns a vacant lot a
few miles away in Bel-Air
that he picked up four years
ago for $13.8 million.
Grammy winner
sells another home
Pharrell Williams just
sold his second California
home in three years, unload-
ing a glass-covered com-
pound sprawled across a
ridge in Hollywood Hills for
$9.2 million.
The final price comes up
short of the $12 million he
was asking in 2020, but it’s
still about $2 million more
than he paid for it in 2015.
Perched on a promontory
lot in Laurel Canyon, the
contemporary residence re-
sembles his other L.A. home
— a striking architectural
compound that he bought
from Tyler Perry in 2018 and
sold two years later for
$14 million.
The Grammy-winning
artist moved to Florida dur-
ing the pandemic, dropping
$30 million on a 17,000-
square-foot showplace in
Coral Gables.
His most recent sale
might be his most stylish.
The slender, low-slung
abode was built in 2007 by
Hagy Belzberg, a Santa
BUSINESS
make tweets visible only to
one’s followers, or deactivat-
ing one’s account if that feels
like the safest option.
Sophie Zhang, a former
data scientist at Facebook,
said that although a quick
and easy tool to lock ac-
counts was useful, earlier
and stronger measures by
social media companies
might have slowed Putin’s
march toward regional
domination.
A lack of aggressive re-
sponse to earlier “horren-
dous repression” in Belarus
— including the use of peo-
ple’s activity on Facebook to
make arrests — reflects a
broader issue with how so-
cial media companies navi-
gate human rights issues,
she said.
Zhang has criticized
Facebook’s reaction to glob-
al political conflict in the
past. She described in a
lengthy memo published by
BuzzFeed in 2020 how the
company failed to address or
curb disinformation cam-
paigns by politicians in nu-
merous countries abusing
the platform to influence
AMONG THE FIVE structures spread across 2.7 acres are a main house built in
2014, a guesthouse divided into two recording studios, a five-car garage and a gym.
Monica-based architect who
creates striking, spaceship-
like spaces. Here, Belzberg
unites glass and stone with
jagged lines slicing through
scenic interiors.
The smart home spans
6,100 square feet with five
bedrooms and 5.5 bath-
rooms, including a primary
suite with a 10-foot video
wall, steam shower and tub
made of onyx stone. There’s
also a guesthouse with a
screening area under a
folded plate roof.
Outside, the 1.5-acre
grounds add stellar features
such as a 70-foot infinity
pool, outdoor movie theater
and skate park. Multiple
lounges take in 360-degree
views of the surrounding city
and mountains.
elections and gain power.
Twitter spokesperson
Katie Rosborough said in an
email that in line with its re-
sponse to other global
events, the company’s safety
and integrity teams are
monitoring for potential
risks, including identifying
and disrupting attempts to
amplify false and misleading
information and looking to
“advance the speed and
scale” of its policy enforce-
ment.
“Twitter’s top priority is
keeping people safe, and we
have longstanding efforts to
improve the safety of our
service,” Rosborough said.
Facebook is actively re-
moving content that violates
its policies and working with
third-party fact checkers in
the region to debunk false
claims, spokesperson Dani
Lever said in an emailed
statement.
“When they rate some-
thing as false, we move this
content lower in Feed so
fewer people see it,” Lever
said. “We’re also giving peo-
ple more information to de-
cide what to read, trust, and
A singer, rapper, pro-
ducer and fashion designer,
Williams, known simply as
Pharrell, formed the hip-hop
production duo the Nep-
tunes in the mid-’90s and
started the band N.E.R.D.
later that decade. He’s won
13 Grammys and received
two Oscar nominations —
one for his hit song “Happy”
and another for producing
the film “Hidden Figures.”
Branden and Rayni
Williams of the Beverly Hills
Estates held the listing.
Sally Forster Jones of Com-
pass represented the buyer.
O.C. estate comes
with giraffe, zebras
For the last three dec-
ades, Dick Marconi has been
S AT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22
Dmitri Lovetsky Associated Press
share by adding warning la-
bels on content rated false,
and applying labels to state-
controlled media publish-
ers.”
On Friday, the Russian
government said it would
partially limit access to
Facebook in response to the
company’s treatment of
some pro-Kremlin news me-
dia accounts, several news
outlets reported.
Nick Clegg, Meta’s presi-
dent of global affairs, said in
a statement the move came
after “Russian authorities
ordered us to stop the inde-
pendent fact-checking and
labeling of content posted
on Facebook” by the four
outlets and the company re-
fused.
Though Twitter and
Facebook representatives
said the companies are pay-
ing close attention to emerg-
ing disinformation threats,
their response hasn’t been
free of missteps.
Twitter erroneously sus-
pended the accounts of inde-
pendent reporters and re-
searchers posting informa-
tion about the activities of
Christopher Amitrano
crafting a private paradise in
the hills of San Juan Capi-
strano, filling the 1,225-acre
ranch with houses, animals,
statues and any other ame-
nity that came to mind.
Now, he’s shopping it
around for $22.95 million.
Marconi made his for-
tune through the multilevel
marketing giant Herbalife,
creating the nutritional
company with Mark Hughes
in the 1980s and supplying
the brand’s lines of supple-
ments, vitamins and weight-
loss products.
He picked up the proper-
ty for $1.2 million in 1994. At
the time, it held cattle pas-
tures, prickly pear cactus
and a Tuscan-style home
built in the 1970s by “Endless
Summer” director Bruce
A9
Russian forces near the
Ukrainian border.
Rosborough said in an
email that while the com-
pany has been monitoring
for “emerging narratives”
that violate the platform’s
rules on manipulated media,
“in this instance, we took en-
forcement action on a num-
ber of accounts in error.
We’re expeditiously review-
ing these actions and have
already proactively reinstat-
ed access to a number of af-
fected accounts.”
Some of the affected
users accused the Russian
state of coordinating a bot
campaign to mass report
their accounts to Twitter, re-
sulting in the action taken
against their accounts, but
Rosborough said those
claims were inaccurate.
Even as social media
companies release tools to
improve safety and security
for their users in conflict
areas, the same companies
have given in to pressure
from Russia over the last
year, taking down posts in
support of political oppo-
nents to the current regime.
Meta, which owns Insta-
gram and WhatsApp as well
as Facebook, acknowledged
in its most recent transpar-
ency report that it does
sometimes delete content in
response to requests by Rus-
sian authorities, removing
about 1,800 pieces of content
“for allegedly violating local
laws” on Facebook or Insta-
gram in the first half of 2021.
Of the removed content, 871
were items “related to ex-
tremism,” according to the
report.
Meta did not immedi-
ately respond to emailed
questions about the re-
moved posts.
A December report by
the BBC found that Russia’s
media regulator Roskom-
nadzor had launched more
than 60 lawsuits against
Google, Facebook, Insta-
gram and Twitter last year,
targeting hundreds of posts.
The majority of court pro-
ceedings aimed to take ac-
tion against calls to attend
demonstrations in support
of jailed political leader
Alexei Navalny, who opposes
Putin.
Meta faces potentially se-
vere fines because of higher
penalties Russia imposed
last year for failure to delete
illegal content, according to
the BBC.
Brown. Marconi envisioned
a Tuscan-style village and
spent the next few years
bringing in olive trees, zoo
animals and much more.
At the heart of the com-
pound, there’s a 51-acre ex-
otic animal reserve, and the
$22.95-million price tag in-
cludes a giraffe, a dozen ze-
bras, six African antelopes, a
kudu and a llama — as well
as a pair of desert tortoises
that hang by the barn, ac-
cording to the listing. For
fishing, there’s also a lake
stocked with bass and cat-
fish.
Guarded by stone lions
and reached by a bridge, the
main house spans a single
story and includes ornate
fireplaces, wood-coffered
ceilings and a light-filled log-
gia.
Next to that, there’s a
2,100-square-foot office, mu-
seum and chapel complete
with a full-size replica of Mi-
chelangelo’s famous Vatican
City sculpture Pietà. It
weighs 10,000 pounds and
doesn’t come with the home
but can be purchased sepa-
rately.
Bronze and marble stat-
ues pop up across the estate;
notable examples include a
wild boar and 15-foot-tall
sculpture of the Roman god
Neptune. There’s also an
aviary, dog kennel, green-
house, observatory, wine ga-
zebo, helicopter pad, 23,000
lemon trees and 1,000 olive
trees imported from Italy.
Structures besides the
main house include a two-
story guesthouse and gym,
2,200-square-foot garage,
2,200-square-foot workshop,
2,100-square-foot employee
building and generator
building.
Jody Neal of Berkshire
Hathaway HomeServices
California Properties holds
the listing.
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MARKET ROUNDUP

A rally for stocks

as oil prices ease
associated press
Wall Street capped a tur-
bulent week of trading Fri-
day with a broad rally for
stocks as relief flowed
through the market, even as
deadly attacks raged in
Ukraine. Oil fell and in-
vestors turned away from
gold and other traditional
havens they favor when fear
is high.
The Standard & Poor’s
500 climbed 2.2% and notch-
ed its first weekly gain in
three weeks. The bench-
mark index was following up
on a wild Thursday when it
careened from a 2.6% loss to
a gain of 1.5%.
Stocks have swung
sharply with uncertainty
about how much Russia’s
invasion will push up infla-
tion, particularly oil and na-
Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times tural gas prices, and drag on
THE U.S. CENTERS for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced far-reaching changes in how the global economy.
it gauges the status of the pandemic. Above, people visit Grand Central Market in downtown L.A. last summer. Such big swings are likely
to continue, with so much
off on raising short-term
rates next month by double
its usual increase, at least for
now, said Brian Jacobsen,
senior investment strategist
at Allspring Global Invest-
ments.
Investors may have been
encouraged by looking at
how past geopolitical crises,
including wars, have af-
fected the stock market.
Generally, stocks are ini-
tially put under pressure be-
fore conflict breaks out, but
then they tend to recover be-
tween three and six months
later, said Zachary Hill, head
of portfolio management at
Horizon Investments.
Hill said the turning
point for the market this
week came as investors
judged the U.S. sanctions on
Russia to be less severe than
expected.
“The sanctions were not
as bad as feared,” he said.
The S&P 500 rose 95.95
points to 4,384.65. The Dow
Jones industrial average

U.S. eases guidelines for masks

[Masks, from A1]
the three new “COVID-19
Community Levels” out-
lined by the CDC. So are San
Diego and Imperial coun-
ties, most of the San Joaquin
Valley and the majority of
California’s rural north.
But most of L.A.’s neigh-
bors — Orange, Riverside,
Ventura, Santa Barbara and
San Bernardino counties —
are one step down in the me-
dium category of risk, and
most of the San Francisco
Bay Area is in the low-risk
tier.
In devising its new as-
sessment of community risk,
the CDC stopped counting
new infections and focused
on whether local healthcare
systems are in danger of be-
ing overwhelmed with se-
verely ill COVID-19 patients.
That, in turn, is a warning
sign that COVID-19 deaths
are about to rise, another vi-
tal sign for the CDC.
“We’re in a strong place
today,” said Dr. Rochelle
Walensky, the CDC director.
“We must focus our metrics
beyond just cases in the
community and direct our
efforts toward protecting
our people at high risk of se-
vere illness.”
Many Americans, includ-
ing people with compro-
mised immune systems and
medical conditions that
make them vulnerable to se-
vere cases of COVID-19, will
opt to continue wearing
masks and take other mea-
sures to protect themselves,
Walensky said. The new sys-
tem will help them see where
masking makes the most
sense while freeing healthy
people to go about their
business, she added.
The new framework also
defuses a growing political
problem: The CDC’s mask-
ing advice was at odds with
Americans’ growing weari-
ness with safety measures,
and with the widespread
perception that the worst of
the pandemic is over.
In recent weeks, even
governors in some of the na-
tion’s most pandemic-vig-
ilant states have declared
their intent to roll back
emergency public-health
measures, including mask
mandates.
Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief
medical officer for the Assn.
of State and Territorial
Health Officials, called the
new CDC system a big win
for Americans seeking clear
guidance on how to live
safely in a world where the
coronavirus remains in wide
circulation and illnesses
could surge suddenly.
“They’re really trying to
be responsive to the idea
that people need a bit of a re-
spite,” he said. “We need to
scale back these public
health measures but still
provide some indicators of
when you really can’t scale
back any further.”
The new paradigm radi-
cally altered the national
pandemic map. On Friday
morning, 95% of U.S. coun-
ties were classified as having
“high” or “substantial” levels
of coronavirus transmission,
and indoor masking was rec-
ommended in all of them. By
Friday afternoon, nearly
two-thirds of counties were
deemed safe enough to
make masking optional.
Much of New York, Mass-
achusetts, Maryland, Illi-
nois, Wisconsin and South
Dakota are colored green on
CDC’s new map, indicating
low COVID-19 risk. But Cali-
fornia, Oregon, Montana,
Kentucky, West Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee,
Florida and Maine had
broad swaths of orange, in-
dicating their hospital sys-
tems remained at risk of be-
ing overwhelmed with
COVID-19 patients.
“It’s clear that the coun-
try as a whole is transition-
ing from pandemic to a state
in which the virus is en-
demic,” said Dr. William
Schaffner, an infectious dis-
ease expert at Vanderbilt
University. “But we also have
a very large country, and
we’re not all doing it at the
same pace. This lets the
folks at the front of the line
move a bit faster than those
at back of the line.”
By signaling that even
the CDC is willing to ease up,
the new approach may ac-
celerate unmasking in the
places least likely to be ready
for it, Schaffner said.
He called the agency’s re-
vised measure sensible but
warned that the CDC must
prepare communities to re-
turn to public health mea-
sures if necessary.
“Once we’ve flipped the
switch to off we need to re-
member there’s a big world
out there and if there’s a new
variant, I’m afraid we may
have to flip that switch back
on,” Schaffner said.
“That will be very hard,”
he said. “Most Americans
want to put COVID in the
rearview mirror.”
For much of the last two
years, CDC’s risk levels were
based on a combination of
new infections and the per-
centage of positive tests in
the prior week. The new
“COVID-19 Community Lev-
els” are computed using a
mix of local hospital capac-
ity and the number of
COVID-19 patients admitted
to hospitals. Walensky said
these measurements will be
refined over time with data
from wastewater surveil-
lance networks and other
sources.
The new system acknowl-
edges a number of new reali-
ties. New cases involving the
Omicron variant have plum-
meted from their mid-Janu-
ary peak of 807,000 per day to
roughly 75,000. COVID-19
deaths, which rose above
2,600 per day in early Febru-
ary, have declined by a more
modest 38%. Those trends
have meant fewer hospitals
are close to reaching the lim-
its of their capacity.
Meanwhile, the Biden ad-
ministration’s focus on ex-
panding the availability of
rapid, at-home tests has
made new infections harder
for the federal government
to track.
With more than 215 mil-
lion Americans fully vacci-
nated and many millions
previously infected, Walen-
sky suggested that a version
of herd immunity has effec-
tively been achieved. Among
those with immune protec-
tion, infection with Omicron
has generally resulted in
mild symptoms at worst.
Given this “widespread
population immunity,” she
said, “the overall risk of se-
vere disease is now generally
lower.”
At the same time, new
COVID-19 medicines capa-
ble of preventing severe
COVID-19 in high-risk pa-
tients are beginning to make
their way into wide use.
These antiviral drugs are ex-
pected to keep more of the
newly infected from requir-
ing hospitalization.
At the White House,
Press Secretary Jen Psaki
said changes like these
have altered the pandemic
landscape enough to war-
rant a new approach. At the
same time, she urged cau-
tion in reopening the coun-
try.
“There are still people dy-
ing every day of COVID.
There are still immunocom-
promised populations,” she
said. “What we are trying to
work towards is a period of
time where COVID is not
disrupting our daily lives.”
Times staff writer Anumita
Kaur in Washington, D.C.,
contributed to this report.
uncertainty not only about
Ukraine but also about in-
terest rates. The Federal Re-
serve is caught in a delicate
dance in which it has to raise
interest rates enough to rein
in high inflation but not so
much as to cause a reces-
sion.
On Friday, at least, the
mood was calmer. A mea-
sure of fear on Wall Street,
which shows how worried
traders are about upcoming
swings in stock prices, fell
9%. Gold dropped 2% after
rallying for weeks on worries
about Russia and Ukraine.
Treasury yields held rela-
tively steady, signaling that
investors weren’t scram-
bling for safety as they had
immediately after Russia’s
invasion.
“The market acts emo-
tionally when these things
happen because it is so diffi-
cult to model,” said Mark
Hackett, chief of investment
research at Nationwide.
A U.S. government re-
port showed that inflation
last month was roughly in
line with economists’ expec-
tations, though it was still
high. It also showed that the
main engine of the U.S. econ-
omy, spending by consum-
ers, strengthened by more
than economists expected.
“Lost in a lot of focus on
Russia, the Federal Reserve
and inflation is the fact that
the economy is in a fairly
strong position,” Hackett
said.
The economic reports
could be enough to persuade
the Federal Reserve to hold
Dow: six months
38000
37000
36000
35000
34000
33000
rose 834.92 points, or 2.5%, to
34,058.75. The Nasdaq com-
posite gained 221.04 points,
or 1.6%, to end at 13,694.62 af-
ter swinging between mod-
est gains and losses. A day
earlier, it briefly was more
than 20% below its record
high, before roaring back
suddenly.
Smaller-company stocks
also notched gains. The Rus-
sell 2000 index rose 44.92
points, or 2.3%, to 2,040.93.
Prices have been swing-
ing sharply in many catego-
ries with the uncertainty
about Russia and Ukraine,
but the market’s brightest
spotlight has perhaps been
on oil and natural gas. Rus-
sia is one of the world’s larg-
est producers of both oil and
gas, and European consum-
ers are particularly reliant
on it.
Oil prices fell on both
sides of the Atlantic, a day
after they briefly topped $100
per barrel amid worries that
the conflict and upcoming
sanctions could disrupt sup-
plies. Benchmark U.S. crude
slipped 1.3% to $91.59 per
barrel. Brent crude, the in-
ternational standard, fell
1.2% to $97.93.
When announcing sanc-
tions on Russia on Thurs-
day, President Biden said he
would “do everything in my
power to limit the pain the
American people are feeling
at the gas pump.” That led to
some relief that sanctions
were not as severe as they
could have been, and the
drop in oil prices helped to
lift stocks.
Friday: 34,058.75
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Fund giants face sanction deadline Major stock indexes

Index Close
Daily
change
Daily % YTD %
change change
curities or sell them to a non- In 2017, the Trump ad- Bank depositary receipts as
Asset managers have U.S. person at a price that ministration imposed sanc- of Thursday. Dow industrials 34,058.75 +834.92 +2.51 -6.27
could be a fire sale.” tions on Venezuela, barring A spokesman for New S&P 500 4,384.65 +95.95 +2.24 -8.00
until May 25 to sell or A Treasury official said the trading of new debt is- York-based Van Eck said the Nasdaq composite 13,694.62 +221.04 +1.64 -12.47
freeze holdings in five the effective dates of the sued by that government firm is monitoring the U.S. S&P 400 2,661.60 +72.73 +2.81 -6.35
sanctions were delayed to and its state oil company in sanctions and will comply
Russian entities. help firms unwind positions U.S. markets. with them. Vanguard, whose
Russell 2000 2,040.93 +44.93 +2.25 -9.10

in the affected Russian fi- Those bonds were among funds also had exposure to EuroStoxx 50 3,661.24 +119.73 +3.38 -4.12
By Silla Brush and nancial institutions. the most-traded securities VTB Bank as of Jan. 31, said Nikkei (Japan) 26,476.50 +505.68 +1.95 -8.04
Loukia Gyftopoulou The extra time will “alle- in emerging markets and it’s reviewing the sanctions Hang Seng (Hong Kong) 22,767.18 -134.38 -0.59 -2.69
viate the need to rush to the were widely held by some of to determine how they will
BlackRock Inc., Van- market to sell,” said Dar- the biggest fund managers, affect its portfolios.
guard Group and Van Eck shak Dholakia, a Washing- including BlackRock and ETF provider Direxion
Associates are among large ton-based partner at Vanguard. warned investors that it had Interest rates
asset managers facing a tick- Dechert who specializes in Those two firms are also indefinitely suspended the Weekly 6 month 1 year
ing clock if they want to un- sanctions and national secu- large holders of shares or creation of additional shares Treasuries Yield change change change
load stakes in financial firms rity law. bonds of the two Russian for a Russia-focused fund it T-bill: 1 year 1.13 +0.14 +1.06 +1.05
sanctioned for Russia’s inva- After May 25, investment banks, according to the lat- manages. T-note: 5 year 1.86 +0.04 +1.02 +1.11
sion of Ukraine. funds will need to freeze est available data compiled “During this time, the T-note: 10 years 1.98 +0.06 +0.64 +0.53
The U.S. Treasury De- their holdings in the sanc- by Bloomberg. fund may not meet its in-
T-bond: 30 years 2.29 +0.05 +0.33 +0.11
partment gave fund man- tioned companies and won’t For example, Black- vestment objective, may ex-
agers until May 25 to find be able to trade their stocks Rock’s $16-billion iShares perience increased tracking
Week 6 months 1 year
non-U.S. buyers for their eq- or bonds under the current JPMorgan USD Emerging error and may experience Bank & mortgage rates Rate ago ago ago
uity and debt holdings in five guidelines, Dholakia said. Markets Bond ETF holds significant premium/dis-
6 Month CD 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.14
Russian entities, including That would leave funds with debt issued by VEB. The counts and bid-ask
VTB Bank PJSC and VE- illiquid holdings that are dif- fund tracks a JPMorgan spreads,” Direxion said in a 1 Year CD 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.28
B.RF. ficult to value. Chase & Co. index and had a statement. 2 Year CD 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.32
The firms also must sever Many of the funds at is- 3.8% weighting of Russian Dimensional Fund Ad- 30 Year Fixed 4.25 4.19 3.74 3.08
business ties with VTB, sue are passively managed securities at year end. visors also operates emerg- 15 Year Fixed 3.47 3.44 3.17 2.38
which was stripped of its ac- exchanged-traded funds, BlackRock’s $308-million ing-markets funds that hold 30 Year Jumbo 4.24 4.21 3.75 3.16
cess to infrastructure for the which track broad stock or iShares MSCI Russia ETF, depositary receipts of VTB
settlement of trades in Euro- bond indexes that include designed to give investors Bank. The Austin, Texas-
pean markets. the Russian firms. exposure to Russian stocks, based firm previously pared
“Portfolio managers face For money managers, has a stake of almost $2 mil- its exposure to Russian se- Commodities
a balancing act between this makes it harder to com- lion in VTB, the data show. curities after sanctions were Delivery Close Weekly 1 year
complying with sanctions ply with the sanctions be- “We are taking all neces- imposed in 2014 after the an- Commodity: Unit date in $ change change
and complying with their ob- cause they need to wait for sary actions to ensure com- nexation of Crimea, said Oil: Barrel Apr 22 91.59 +0.52 +30.09
ligations to fund sharehold- index providers to make pliance with applicable Senior Investment Director Gold Ounce Mar 22 1,886.50 -12.10 +158.40
ers under other laws and ob- changes to the underlying sanctions laws and regula- Karen Umland.
Silver Ounce Mar 22 24.00 +0.01 -2.40
jectives, which include try- indexes. They also may need tions,” BlackRock, the
ing to match an index,” said to warn investors that their world’s largest asset man- Brush and Gyftopoulou Associated Press (Bank and mortgage rate figures from Bankrate.com)
Jay Baris, a law partner at strategies could deviate ager, said in a statement. write for Bloomberg.
Sidley Austin. “In a volatile from the original objectives. Van Eck operates a $1.1- Bloomberg writer Eric Online updates
market they must deter- The asset managers have billion Russia-focused ETF Martin contributed to this For current market coverage plus stock prices and
mine whether to hold the se- been down this road before. with $30 million of VTB report. company data, go to latimes.com/business
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ence was Thurgood Marshall, for

whom I clerked. He brought a certain
‘Black History Month
authority to the court’s criminal
docket from having represented the
accused. Jackson would do the same.
is all about love’
Jackson also served, with unani-
mous Senate consent, on the United
States Sentencing Commission, the
HEAR ME OUT Black History Month is a
time for pride, reflection
independent agency that drafts and A Times Opinion video series and goal setting. Black
analyzes federal sentencing guide- History Month is a time to
lines. Federal sentencing law is a big research, explore and appreciate our culture and our heritage
part of the Supreme Court’s docket, as Black people.
and with the departure of Breyer, who As a teacher and coach at Dorsey High in the Los Angeles
helped write the current guidelines, Unified School District, I think of Black History Month as a
her expertise will enhance the court’s time to study and recognize the outstanding accomplish-
decision-making. ments of Black people in America and throughout the world
Finally, for eight years Jackson was and gain insight and inspiration. It is a time to use that inspira-
a judge at the federal trial court level, tion to continue to strive for excellence in all that we do and to
so she understands how cases begin make our ancestors proud of us.
and can sniff out the facts of a case It is a time to use historical examples to remind ourselves
from the cold appellate record. On the and our youth how to love one another and how to be proud as
Tom Williams Pool Photo current court, only Justice Sonia So- a people. It is a time to get back to our roots and also a time to
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON could be the first Black female justice. tomayor served on the trial bench. plan for our futures.
Her extensive qualifications not- It is a time to love being Black and to make sure that we are

Supremely qualified,
withstanding, we should not expect adding a solid layer of bricks to the existing wall that repre-
her confirmation process to be all sents our journey, which is called the Black experience in
sweetness and light. Forty-four Re- America.
publicans voted against her for the Black History Month is all about love — the love of being
D.C. Circuit, and many of them will use Black, the love of our forefathers, the love of ourselves and the

highly confirmable their “advice and consent” power, and

their turn under the lights (and a
valuable fundraising opportunity), to
inveigh against the president and
love of our future generations.
Irvin L. Davis, Los Angeles

Watch the letter writer tell his story at latimes.com/letters.

accuse the nominee of wild-eyed activ-
Jackson’s nomination is consequential, but it ism and legislating from the bench.
They won’t have a lot to work with,
but Jackson’s record as a district court
won’t undo the conservative lock on the court judge does include some noteworthy
reversals, including a ruling against
HARRY LITMAN The monthlong nomination proc- the Trump administration and in favor
ess, rapid by recent practice, can fairly of federal employee unions. Probably

O
ver the course of 29 days be summarized as a search for some her highest-profile ruling required
since Justice Stephen G. reason in the records or personalities former White House counsel Don
Breyer announced his of the other candidates to justify a McGahn to testify before the House
retirement from the marginally greater chance at biparti- Judiciary Committee. It included the
Supreme Court, Judge san confirmability than Jackson pre- much-quoted sentence: “Stated sim-
Ketanji Brown Jackson assumed the sents, and a failure to find one. ply, the primary takeaway from the
front-runner’s position to replace him. That is not to say that the case for past 250 years of recorded American
On Friday morning President Biden Jackson consists of confirmability history is that presidents are not
named her his nominee, and if con- alone. She checks a lot of boxes for kings.” (McGahn eventually testified
firmed she will become the first Black Biden and the court. by agreement with the committee.)
John Raoux Associated Press
woman on the court. Jackson’s nomination fulfills the One other major fact defines this
Jackson, 51, is not the head-and- pledge Biden made, with his back nomination: It is the least consequen- FORMER PRESIDENT Trump called Putin’s
shoulders most credentialed of the against the wall at a South Carolina tial in the last 50 years. The court’s moves before invading Ukraine “very savvy.”
three leading candidates that were debate, to nominate a Black woman to conservative hammerlock will not
under consideration — Leondra Kru-
ger, a California Supreme Court jus-
the court. Publicly limiting his choices
on the basis of race and gender has
change. For that reason, we can expect
a bit of hot rhetoric from GOP senators A party in allows an unqualified
leader to remain in office,
tice, has an equally impressive resume,
and at age 45, she would have the long-
drawn criticism from Republicans, but
no less an avatar of Republicanism
during the confirmation hearings, but
the Republicans have no reason to Putin’s corner something will eventually
go badly. Putin has now
est potential term on the court. Nor than Ronald Reagan campaigned on a wage a bloody battle against Jackson Re “Trump’s praise of etched his name alongside
does Jackson have the political muscle similar pledge, vowing to nominate the that they would be virtually certain to Putin splits GOP,” Feb. 24, Hitler in that regard.
of the other stellar candidate, U.S. first woman on the court and later lose. and “Defying arrest, Rus- American voters would
District Court Judge J. Michelle appointing Sandra Day O’Connor. Having blasted through norms and sians protest Ukraine do well to heed this lesson
Childs, 55, who had support from Rep. Moreover, on the merits of the the Constitution’s rules to achieve a attack,” Feb. 25 if the name Trump ever
James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Sen. criterion, there is broad acceptance of lopsided conservative court majority, appears on another presi-
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). the idea that the court ideally should Mitch McConnell and Co. can choose Many protesters have dential ballot.
But she has the strongest claim to resemble the country, and in any case, to hang back and pretend to be states- taken to the streets of William French
confirmability on terms the Biden voters chose Biden knowing he had men. Russian cities to condemn Los Angeles
administration can claim as biparti- made the pledge, a sufficient endorse- Whatever bruising attacks may President Vladimir Putin’s
san. She was confirmed in June to the ment in itself. come her way, Jackson — who, in addi- monstrous invasion of ::
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Jackson is an unequivocally well- tion to her excellent paper credentials, Ukraine.
Circuit, the second-most important qualified nominee. She has the same has by all accounts a winning person- But where are the Trump has once again
court in the country, with the support sort of platinum-plated resume as the ality — should prevail. All she needs is Republican voices rising in declared his unabashed
of three Republican senators. It would other justices: Harvard College and the equanimity she has already proved protest against the likes of love of Putin. In this recent
be a feat of almost impossible political Harvard Law School, hot shot law she possesses and to stay on her game, former President Trump, belated Valentine’s Day
gymnastics for those three — Graham, firms and three prestigious clerkships, which should be very well-practiced by Mike Pompeo and Tucker card, fresh with the scent
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan culminating with service for Breyer, the time she takes the chair before the Carlson and their fawning of treason, Trump gushes
Collins (R-Maine) — to turn against who has described her as “great, bril- Judiciary Committee and is formally praise of the Russian over the “very savvy” Rus-
her so soon. On Friday, the former liant, decent.” introduced to the American people. dictator? sian president and the
Republican House speaker, Paul Ryan Jackson also brings valuable pro- Only a self-inflicted wound can threat- While these brave “genius” of Putin.
tweeted, “Our politics may differ, but fessional diversity to the court. She en her barrier-breaking ascent to the Russian protesters are Mike Pompeo, Trump’s
my praise for Ketanji’s intellect, for her served for two years as an assistant court. massing in the streets and former secretary of State,
character, and for her integrity, is federal public defender. The last jus- putting their very lives on also got in the act, calling
unequivocal.” tice with remotely comparable experi- @HarryLitman the line, our Republican Putin “savvy,” “shrewd”
leaders cower fearfully in and a “talented states-
the face of their authori- man” for whom he has
tarian right wing. “enormous respect.”
What moral cowards Well, all dictators have

Stop targeting LGBTQ kids they are — unless, of

course, they actually sup-
port this attack on free-
dom-loving people.
their lovers. Hitler had Eva
Braun, and Putin has
Trump.
Mark Richardson
Paul Schiffer Encinitas
about the sincerity of their using the hormone blocker people such as Florida Gov. Studio City
Craven conservative conservatism. In reading leuprorelin (Lupron), a drug Ron DeSantis, whose “Don’t ::
their statements one could so useful and well-tolerated Say Gay” bill — which would ::
politicians pander to practically hear Abbott and that it is included in WHO’s prohibit “discussion about From Trump’s view-
their base by hurting Paxton shouting in unison, Model List of Essential Med- sexual orientation or gender Trump’s embrace of point, Putin is simply
“Look over there, everyone! icines. Yet Abbott and Pax- identity” in kindergarten Putin in light of the Krem- exacting welcome revenge
these young people. The transgenders are com- ton, neither of whom has ex- through third-grade class- lin’s aggression toward on a foreign political ene-
ing!” pertise in medicine or public rooms — was just passed by Ukraine may well be our my of Trump, Ukrainian
What Abbott and Paxton health, maintain that using the state’s House of former president’s politi- President Volodymyr
By Hanne Blank Boyd don’t recognize is that trans- it in the care of trans youth Representatives. cal downfall. It could be Zelensky. Trump hasn’t
gender and gender noncon- constitutes child abuse. Humans name things be- the last straw for some of forgotten the role that the

I
n recent days, Gov. forming people, including Abbott’s and Paxton’s cause they need to talk his less than enthusiastic unwitting Zelensky played
Greg Abbott of Texas youth, have always been messages contradict main- about them. Physicians de- supporters. in Trump’s first impeach-
issued an order, follow- here, going about their stream medical guidelines velop and deploy medical It is foolish to praise a ment.
ing an opinion sent out mostly unremarkable lives and, more grievously, openly care because they think they dictator in times of peace, This November,
by the state’s attorney just like everyone else. advocate for harming chil- stand a good chance of im- but to show admiration as Trump’s revenge agenda
general, Ken Paxton, that at- Thousands of years of dren. Making it mandatory proving people’s health and that dictator attacks a will move to his American
tempts to establish trans- historical and to report those who seek or well-being. Medical practi- relatively young democ- supporters. These voters
gender healthcare for mi- anthropological records provide gender-affirming tioners should be allowed to racy is outrageous. will play their role in exact-
nors as “child abuse” and show this. As with variations medical care to minors could do so without fear of being Unlike other foreign ing revenge against the
calling on medical profes- in sexual or romantic inter- subject people already at “reported,” just as parents wars that took place in former president’s domes-
sionals and the public to re- ests, or the many configura- disproportionate risk to should be allowed to seek faraway places, Putin’s tic critics by removing
port those seeking such tions of genitals, hormones great harm, ranging from out individualized care for invasion of Ukraine is them from office. Hope-
medical care. and sex chromosomes that bullying to murder. In addi- their children. reminiscent of the Ger- fully, this will occur in a
These two messages Western medicine unimag- tion, if gender-affirming care And, for heaven’s sake, man invasions that pre- more peaceful manner
form a toxic cocktail of inatively dubs “intersex,” be- for youth legally constitutes kids in Texas — and all kids cipitated World War II. It than Putin’s approach.
“what about the children?” ing transgender or gender child abuse, trans children — should be allowed to grow immediately conjures The line between
hand-wringing, unregener- nonconforming is simply an- whose parents let them ac- up to be who they are, with- America’s allegiance to democracy and tyranny
ate transphobia and MAGA- other aspect of human cess this form of healthcare out government officials democracy and that life- grows ever more fine.
friendly demonizing of medi- difference. could be removed from sup- painting bigoted, cruel and long desire to protect Paul Kramer
cal expertise. If being “conservative” is portive and loving homes repulsively self-serving democratic countries and Huntington Beach
It is unclear how Abbott’s what’s at stake, Abbott’s and and placed in Texas’ notori- bull’s-eyes on their backs. institutions, particularly
order will be enforced, espe- Paxton’s letters are not con- ous foster care system. in Europe. ::
cially since it does not servative at all in the true Abbott and Paxton’s Hanne Blank Boyd is a Lynn Lorenz
change Texas law. And if it meaning of the word. The pandering to their conserva- historian of medicine and Newport Beach Ukrainians are willing
weren’t so cruel, one might American Medical Assn., the tive base also rests on a logi- sexuality. She is a professor to die to keep democracy
give Abbott and Paxton American Nurses Assn., the cal fallacy so obvious they at Denison University. :: alive in their country.
credit for their attempts to American Psychological should be embarrassed. Al- Republicans are willing to
distract the public from the Assn., the U.S. Department though the word It’s good to see Rus- lie to kill democracy in
fire they find themselves of Health and Human Serv- “transgender” and practic- sians standing up to Putin. ours.
under just before state pri- ices and the World Health ing gender-affirming Ultimately, the Russian Mark Herder
mary elections March 1. Organization, none of which healthcare are both rela- FOR THE people must choose to Van Nuys
In addition to Abbott’s al- could exactly be accused of tively new, neither evolving RECORD somehow remove their
leged involvement in mis- pushing the cultural envel- language to include words unstable leader. Imagine
management of electrical ope, are united in insisting for something, nor devel- Vaccinations: In the Feb. 25 killing people one claims
HOW TO WRITE TO US
utilities’ excessive pricing that LGBTQ+ people, in- oping medical care around section, an article about the to protect, many of whom
during last winter’s deadly cluding youth, be protected it, makes that thing exist. anti-vax movement incor- speak the same language. Please send letters to
power crisis, and Paxton’s and given appropriate medi- Nor does not saying the rectly included references to Who is really committing letters@latimes.com. For
indictment on securities cal care regardless of their words for something erase it smallpox. It is no longer a “genocide”? submission guidelines, see
fraud charges, both face gender or sexuality. from existence, despite bla- standard childhood vaccine There is another sad latimes.com/letters or call
challenges from their bases This care often includes tant attempts to do so by in the U.S. lesson here. When a people 1-800-LA TIMES, ext. 74511.

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Take It Today, Or Have It Delivered RUGS tainly think that the impact
of COVID has probably con-
tributed to it.”
Grades vary by race, region
Asian American voters gave the highest marks to their
As in 2011, voters still give
their local schools higher local schools; Black voters, the lowest. Orange County
marks on average than they voters gave the highest marks of any region.
give to schools statewide,
but the gap has shrunk. A or B D or F
Statewide, 35% of voters give
an A or B to “the public Race/ethnicity
schools attended by children
Asian 39%
who live in your neighbor- 21%
hood.”
The percentage in Los
Angeles was 24%. Improving
Latino 36%
both the perception and re- 24%
ality of L.A schools is part of
the agenda laid out in a “100-
Day Plan” unveiled Thurs-
White 34%
day by new L.A. schools 24%
Supt. Alberto Carvalho.
The poll was adminis-
tered online to 8,937 regis- 24%
tered voters statewide in Black
34%
English and Spanish from
Feb. 3 to 10. Funding was pro-
vided in part by The Times. Region
The poll shows no major
Orange County 50%
political shift in attitudes
14%
toward teachers unions. Vot-
25,000 Rug Inventory ers remain widely divided,
especially along partisan
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conservatives more critical. 27%
Overall, pluralities — but
not majorities — agree that
unions are too powerful, re- Inland Empire 30%
sist reforms that would im- 30%
prove schools and are too fo-
cused on the needs of teach-
ers rather than the needs of Poll conducted online in English and Spanish from Feb. 3-10 among 8,937
California registered voters. Margin of sampling error approximately +/- 2
students. But a larger plu- percentage points.
rality — 46% — agrees that UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Poll
unions “strive to help teach-
David Lauter Los Angeles Times
ers succeed in a very tough
profession.” Opinions are al- Standardized tests
most evenly divided, within
A wide difference of opinion exists between the
the margin of error, on the
question of whether unions youngest and oldest California voters about whether
work to improve schools. standardized tests improve or hurt education.
And, depending on the
Improve Hurt No opinion
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30% stated they had no opin-
ion at all — suggesting the is- 18-29 26% 62%
sue was not so central to 30-39 36% 53%
their personal political cal- 40-49 43% 48%
culations.
On other school-related 50-64 47% 43%
issues, the poll found: 65 or older 53% 34%
8 Solid support for free
universal prekindergarten,
even at significant cost to
the state budget. By 67% to Poll conducted online in English and Spanish from Feb. 3-10 among 8,937
25%, voters said they backed California registered voters. Margin of sampling error approximately +/- 2
percentage points.
the plan to phase in the pro-
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Poll
gram for 4-year-olds by 2025.
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value of standardized test-

ing, with 47% of voters saying
that tests hurt public educa-
tion, while 42% said they
provide a benefit. On this
question, a strong genera-
tional split emerged. The
older the voters, the more
likely they were to approve of
standardized tests.
8 In Los Angeles, where
the poll indicated, however,
“that there’s a kind of wider
distrust, a wider sense of dis-
satisfaction,” he said.
In the past, because
schools are locally con-
trolled, he added, they’ve
been less marked by a parti-
san divide. But that appears
to be changing.
what it’s doing to schools.”
The recent polarizing
politics around schools also
are likely a factor, said
Marsh.
“I’m concerned about the
eroding public trust we have
in our public schools,” she
added.
Voucher proposal advo-

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nating school police has
been contentious, the poll
found 41% favored having
armed and uniformed police
to patrol schools, while 34%
preferred unarmed security
personnel and 10% chose
having no security person-
nel, with 15% having no opin-
ion. Parents supported hav-
ing police or other security
personnel at a higher rate:
49% favoring armed police;
29% unarmed security and
7% neither.
On the decline in voters’
assessment of school qual-
ity, a big unknown is whether
the shift from 10 years ago
represents a long-term
trend or a short-term reac-
tion to the pandemic.
The pandemic clearly has
played a role: 72% of voters
said the quality of education
has gotten worse “since the
outbreak of the co-
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who said much worse. With
some variation, this assess-
ment cut across all demo-
graphics. Among parents,
for example, 67% said educa-
tion had gotten worse.
“We had a lot of deficien-
cies beforehand, but now I
feel that, with the excuse of
the pandemic, everything
has just worsened,” said
Juanita Garcia, who has a
grandson in high school in
the L.A. Unified School Dis-
trict. “The quality of the edu-
cation is lowering every-
where. The children aren’t
receiving the type of educa-
tion or the skills that they
need.”
“This is one of those is-
sues where even large major-
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one, the public’s worse per-
ception of schools could sim-
ply be temporary and not in-
dicative of a meaningful
trend, said Kent Wong, di-
rector of the UCLA Labor
Center.
Eric Schickler, co-direc-
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The grades given to
schools are significantly
lower among Republicans
and strong conservatives
than among Democrats.
Public education is likely
to become a debated politi-
cal issue in this election year.
Petitions are circulating for
November ballot measures
that would permit parents
to spend public education
funding, via a voucher, on
private schools. Another
would limit the collective-
bargaining rights of teachers
and other employees. And
local school board elections
— which will include con-
tests in L.A. — are expected
to be more contentious.
Education is a traditional
strong suit politically for
Democrats, and those ballot
measures could be a long
shot in a liberal state like
California. Republicans,
however, have campaigned
heavily on school issues in
other states, such as Virgin-
ia, where public education
themes were central to the
GOP’s November guberna-
torial win.
A widespread negative
narrative about critical race
theory is “probably filtering
into how some Republicans
and conservatives see their
schools,” Schickler said.
“The pandemic — and now
these issues about what’s
being taught — have kind of
created the perfect storm in
making schools more of a
flashpoint.”
A different California poll
found voters giving the
state’s schools higher
marks. The PACE/USC
Rossier poll asked voters to
rate public schools since
2012. In its most recent annu-
al survey in July, 38% of vot-
ers gave A or B grades to
public schools and 51% gave
A or B grades to their local
public schools. Parents gave
schools even higher marks.
At that point, “maybe we
were still in a period of peo-
ple sort of appreciating all
the work that educators
were doing,” said Julie
Marsh, a professor of educa-
tion policy at USC’s Rossier
School of Education. “Po-
tentially what we’re seeing
now is fatigue in the dura-
tion of the pandemic and
cates hope to capitalize on
that discontent.
“Parents are angrier than
ever at how the K-12 system
is operating, and it’s no sur-
prise that there’s a revolt,”
said Tommy Schultz, chief
executive of the American
Federation for Children,
who pointed to the recent
school board recall in San
Francisco.
“While ballot initiatives
have historically had a losing
track record for K-12 re-
forms, almost entirely due to
the fact the unions can out-
spend and out-mobilize on
election day, the tide may
have turned,” he said.
One of the proposed
voucher initiatives is spear-
headed by disenchanted
L.A. Unified parents, who
fault teachers unions and
district officials for what
they regard as inadequate
education during the pan-
demic.
Parents continue to have
a diversity of perspectives.
“The 2019 UTLA strike
was when I first saw up close
the importance of unions in
looking out for students,”
said Eagle Rock parent
Carmel Levitan.
But Contra Costa
County parent Ernest Fal-
con said teachers unions, es-
pecially during the pan-
demic, have pushed policies
that are detrimental to stu-
dents.
“I do not think the Cali-
fornia Teachers Assn. repre-
sents the interests of chil-
dren,” said Falcon, an attor-
ney. “They aren’t making
schools safer for themselves
while harming the kids with
their fear-driven advocacy.”
For the poll, a larger sam-
ple of L.A. registered voters
— just over 2,100 — was col-
lected so that the L.A.-spe-
cific results would be valid
when examined outside the
state sample.
The margin of sampling
error for the full L.A. sample
is approximately 3 percent-
age points in either direc-
tion. The estimated margin
of error for the statewide
sample is 2 percentage
points in either direction. A
full description of the poll
methodology is available on
the IGS website.

D
CALIFORNIA
Tech’s
warning
fell on
deaf ears
Safety concerns were
raised before LAPD’s
detonation of seized
fireworks, study finds.
By Kevin Rector
Before members of the
LAPD bomb squad de-
stroyed part of a South L.A.
neighborhood by exploding
a stash of illegal fireworks
last summer, they repeat-
edly ignored warnings from
one of their most experi-
enced technicians that the
plan was not safe, according
to a new report by the
LAPD’s inspector general.
The member who raised
concerns, identified only as
“Bomb Technician C,” told
investigators with the U.S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives
that he had flagged both the
volume and weight of fire-
works being placed into the
LAPD’s “total containment
vessel,” or “TCV,” as exces-
sive and too powerful for the
vessel to control all at once.
“Based on my experience
and everything, I said, uh,
this is too much to do one
shot, we’re gonna break
them up, right?” the techni-
cian recalled.
He said his colleagues
and his supervisor told him
that he was wrong and that
he should “relax,” the in-
spector general found.
“They basically told me
that they had already done
the calculations, that they
were well under the net ex-
plosive weight that the TCV
could handle,” Technician C
told investigators.
Later, he said, he told a
colleague measuring out a
counter-charge, “I have a
bad feeling … this is not good
… this is too big,” and was
again ignored.
The subsequent blast, on
June 30, ripped open the
containment vessel and de-
stroyed much of the sur-
rounding neighborhood,
damaging nearly 40 vehicles
and 35 properties, injuring 17
[See Explosion, B5]
Teacher’s good
intentions don’t
excuse N-word
SANDY BANKS
San Diego
teacher Amy
Glancy
thought she’d
prepared her
fourth-grade
students for
the day’s
language arts
lesson. She
knew there was a land mine
in the poem she planned to
read, but she considered it
essential to what she was
trying to teach.
The reading Glancy
chose was Countee Cullen’s
iconic Harlem Renaissance
poem “Incident,” which
poignantly renders a Black
child’s painful encounter
with racism when a white
boy calls him the N-word.
Glancy, who is white,
said she wanted to “elevate
the voices of Black poets”
and chose this poem to
support her school’s cur-
ricular focus on under-
standing U.S. history “from
the nonwhite point of view.”
But her choice to read
the actual slur aloud
shocked and wounded some
of her students and alarmed
the school officials who
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Woman uses stickers to draw
attention to hunt for brother
KUSTRITZ IS hoping her orange stickers, which are
based on Stein’s sketches, will help get the word out.
heard their complaints.
Now Glancy, a veteran
teacher new to the prog-
ressive High Tech Elemen-
tary School in Point Loma,
has been pulled from her
classroom while the inci-
dent is investigated. And
she has landed in the midst
of an ongoing national de-
bate over how, why and
whether the N-word should
ever be uttered in class-
rooms.
The argument reflects
the complexities of this
moment in time where the
N-word is a lightning rod.
Glancy said she cau-
tioned the children before
she read the poem, warning
that some important parts
might be uncomfortable to
hear.
“Words are so powerful,
and I want them to know
that,” she explained to me.
Apparently that was
something her 9- and 10-
year-old students already
knew — and they proceeded
to school their teacher.
As soon as Glancy ut-
tered the N-word, a student
called out, “I can’t believe
you did that!” and stormed
out of class, followed by
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B
HANG
ON TO
THOSE
MASKS
A BIT
L.A. County is just
short of CDC target to
drop the use of face
coverings indoors.
By Luke Money
and Rong-Gong Lin II
Photographs by Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times
Americans are no longer
advised to wear masks in
public indoor settings in
many parts of the country
under new federal health
guidance unveiled Friday —
but the same can’t immedi-
ately be said for Los Angeles
County.
The new guidelines from
the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention ease
general masking recom-
mendations on a county-by-
county basis based on local
coronavirus case and hospi-
By Lila Seidman
While setting up a chess board at a men-
talization rates, as well as
the share of a region’s inpa-
tient beds that are occupied
tal health treatment center in Agoura Hills,
Jack Stein looked past his roommate like
by COVID-19 patients.
Using those metrics,
he’d seen a ghost. The 24-year-old went to counties are sorted into one
his room, laced up his shoes and walked out of three COVID-19 Commu-
into the midsummer evening. nity Levels: low, medium or
That was the last time anyone saw him. high.
His sister, Zoë Kustritz, is still trying to As of Friday, L.A. County
figure out what happened. remains in the high category,
Kustritz, 27, flew into Los Angeles from the only classification for
Cambridge, Mass., last weekend, continu- which the CDC continues to
ing the search for her only sibling. recommend universal in-
As she strolled the boardwalk between door masking. But the
Santa Monica and Venice Beach, she han- county is on the knife’s edge
ded out stickers she made. “Was Jack of leaving the high level and
here?” entering the medium cate-
Kustritz said her brother had taught gory, a transition that could
surf lessons at a nearby shop a few sum- come as soon as next week.
mers ago. He loved the beach. In fact, according to data
One man — a 53-year-old who goes by elsewhere on the CDC’s web-
the name Leaf-n-Thewind — said he’d hung site, the county’s metrics
out with Stein a few times. When Kustritz may have already improved
said her brother kept a sketchbook, the to a point to qualify for me-
man showed her some drawings he believed dium.
Stein had created and said: “This is him.” The unveiling of the new
“You’re giving me some hope right now,” CDC framework was eagerly
Kustritz said. anticipated in the nation’s
Stein is one of more than 41,400 adults most populous county —
who went missing in California in 2021 — which remains one of the few
about 60% of whom were men, according to parts of California that still
a report from the state attorney general’s require everyone age 2 and
[See Search, B8] older to wear masks in in-
door public settings, regard-
less of whether they’ve
been vaccinated against
COVID-19.
L.A. County health offi-
cials have said they planned
to review the latest guidance
and present some options
for a new masking policy at
Tuesday’s Board of Supervi-
sors meeting. They said they
would then consult with
business and labor groups,
meaning a new masking
plan could become clearer
later next week.
Speaking to reporters
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Indoor masking still advised for L.A.
[Rules, from B1]
Thursday, county Public
Health Director Barbara
Ferrer pledged to “carefully
review the proposend goals,
the metrics and the strate-
gies in relation to local con-
ditions and priorities; deter-
mine how to best align and
integrate relevant metrics
and strategies in our own
mitigation plans.”
Ferrer said Thursday
that she didn’t expect the
county to adopt the CDC’s
new guidelines mere hours
after they were were re-
leased Friday afternoon.
She added that she thinks
“it would be a lot to ask us to
move immediately with
changes because we do
know that CDC is going to
ask everyone to look at local
conditions as they make
moves.”
“We have to look at it,”
she said.
According to data pro-
vided by the CDC, 30% of the
U.S. population lives in areas
with a low COVID-19 com-
munity level, 42% in medium
and 28% in high.
That means the CDC still
recommends universal in-
door masking in counties
where more than a quarter
of the U.S. population lives,
including in San Diego
County, much of the San
Joaquin Valley and Imperial
County, and rural Northern
California.
For places in the medium
level, the agency says higher-
risk people, such as those
with weakened immune sys-
tems, might still want to
wear a mask. Counties in
this category include Or-
ange, Riverside, San Bernar-
dino, Ventura, Santa Bar-
bara, Santa Clara and Sac-
ramento.
“At this level, CDC rec-
ommends that people who
are high risk, [such as]
someone who is
immunocompromised,
should talk to their health-
care provider about taking
additional precautions and
may choose to wear a mask,”
said Greta Massetti of the
CDC’s COVID-19 Response
Incident Management
Team.
Those in the low level —
such as San Francisco, Ala-
meda, Contra Costa, So-
noma and San Luis Obispo
counties — aren’t subject to
any additional mask recom-
mendations beyond those
that apply to specified set-
tings identified by the state
or federal government.
Those include nursing
homes, indoors at K-12
schools or while aboard pub-
lic transit.
However, the CDC also is
easing its recommendations
for wearing masks in indoor
K-12 settings. Until now, the
agency recommended uni-
versal masking in schools,
no matter what the level of
coronavirus transmission.
Now, the CDC will recom-
mend universal masking in
schools only in communities
in the high level.
California officials have
already said they are reas-
sessing the statewide school
mask mandate, and plan on
Monday to announce a time-
line for potentially relaxing
it.
CDC Director Dr.
Rochelle Walensky said peo-
ple who feel more comfort-
able wearing masks should
continue doing so. But given
how many people have been
vaccinated, as well as the
broader availability of test-
ing and treatments, she said
it makes sense to adopt a
framework that provides a
more complete snapshot of
the pandemic.
“As the virus continues to
circulate in our community,
we must focus our metrics
beyond just cases in the
community and direct our
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efforts toward protecting
people at high risk for severe
illness and preventing
COVID-19 from overwhelm-
ing our hospitals and our
healthcare system,” she said
Friday.
L.A. County, unlike most
of California, has main-
tained a local universal in-
door mask mandate even af-
ter the statewide order was
lifted last week. Masks also
remain mandatory in county
courthouses, according to a
statement from Presiding
Judge Eric C. Taylor.
Rather than pinning the
relaxation of the require-
ment to a specific date, L.A.
County officials previously
said they were aligned with
the CDC’s previous guid-
ance — which recommended
that everyone, regardless of
vaccination status, mask up
in areas with elevated co-
ronavirus transmission.
Before Friday, the CDC
had recommended easing
indoor mask requirements
only in areas with
“moderate” transmission; to
get there, a community
would need to get under 50
cases a week for every 100,000
residents. In L.A. County,
that meant the goal was to
get to under 730 cases per
day, averaged over a weekly
period.
Though the most recent
COVID-19 wave has been re-
When Nixon broke the ice with China
The president’s library marks the 50th anniversary of his landmark visit
By Jaimie Ding
Fifty years ago, President
Nixon landed in Beijing in a
historic visit to China that
opened the door to diplo-
matic relations between the
two countries, shifting the
power dynamics of the Cold
War and undermining the
Soviet Union’s global influ-
ence.
The eight-day visit laid
the groundwork for a rela-
tionship that would aid in
China’s economic opening-
up to the world, bringing it
from an impoverished, iso-
lated nation to a global
superpower ready to chal-
lenge the United States.
On Thursday, with the
U.S.-China relationship
frayed and global diplomacy
faltering in the face of Rus-
sia’s invasion of Ukraine,
China’s ambassador to the
U.S., Qin Gang, marked the
anniversary of this trip with
a visit to the Richard Nixon
Presidential Library and
Museum in Yorba Linda.
“The two leaders, with a
masterly grasp of the shift-
ing international landscape,
put the interest of their na-
tions and their peoples be-
fore the differences in ideol-
ogy and the political system,
and over two decades of an-
tagonism and hostility, and
opened the gate of U.S.-
China relations,” Qin said in
a speech.
The ambassador was
joined by 300 political, com-
munity and business leaders
from the Chinese American
community in Southern Cal-
ifornia.
Following Chinese cul-
tural performances, former
U.S. Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger led the
commemoration with virtu-
al remarks.
In-person remarks were
also given by Elaine Chao,
the first Chinese American
member of a presidential
Cabinet, and former U.S.
Ambassador J. Stapleton
Roy.
At the time of Nixon’s
overtures, Roy noted, China
was in the midst of a tumul-
tuous Cultural Revolution
marked by political instabil-
ity, violence and chaos.
Nixon’s arrival marked the
first time a U.S. president
had set foot in China since
the Communist Party
formed the People’s Repub-
lic of China in 1949, and fol-
lowed more than 20 years of
almost no contact between
the two countries.
“On the surface, condi-
tions in China did not seem
right for a major diplomatic
initiative by the United
States,” Roy said. “Yet Presi-
dent Nixon and Chairman
Mao [Zedong] had the wis-
dom and courage to break
through the wall of hostility
and set their two countries
on a new and more beneficial
path to the future.”
In 1972, a shared antipa-
thy toward the Soviet Union
drew the U.S. and China to-
gether.
ceding rapidly, L.A. County
remains a ways off from that
threshold.
According to a Times
analysis, the county has re-
ported an average of about
2,100 new coronavirus cases
a day over the last week, a
drop of more than 40% from
the previous week. The week
before that, about 6,100
cases a day were reported.
And before that, 14,400 cases
a day were tallied.
Based on current trends,
county health officials
forecast that the mask man-
date could be lifted in mid- to
late March.
Getting to the CDC’s
newly defined medium cate-
gory, however, seems like a
far more imminent possibil-
ity.
There are two ways for
L.A. County to progress to
the next tier. In one, it would
need to report fewer than 10
new coronavirus-positive
hospitalizations for every
100,000 residents over a
weeklong period. The coun-
ty’s latest rate is just above
that threshold, at 10.6, CDC
data show.
The other option would
be for L.A. County’s co-
ronavirus case rate to drop
below 200 new cases a week
for every 100,000 residents.
This, too, is just out of reach
at the moment — as the
county’s latest calculated
QIN GANG, center, China’s ambassador to the U.S., with dignitaries and performers at the Richard Nixon
Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Thursday. Hundreds of Chinese Americans attended.
VENUS XING stands near artist Norman Rockwell’s portrait of President Nixon
at the library. Henry Kissinger led the commemoration with virtual remarks.
Nixon was also eager to
extricate the U.S. from the
costly Vietnam War, and
Chinese leader Mao sought
recognition over Taiwan at a
time when much of the globe
was still split over which gov-
ernment to recognize, more
than two decades after the
Communist victory in the
Chinese civil war.
Chao said Nixon’s visit,
while important geopoliti-
cally, was also deeply per-
sonal for many Chinese
Americans and symbolized
the “reunification of fam-
ilies.”
Her father left China in
1949 and could not return to
see his mother for 24 years.
His father died before he had
a chance to go back.
But the 50-year mile-
stone comes at a low point in
U.S.-China relations.
Under President Xi Jin-
ping, an increasingly nation-
alistic and self-assured
China has denounced what
case rate stands at 216. below that marker and could
It’s possible that L.A. lift its masking requirement
County has already qualified as soon as Wednesday.
for the medium category. L.A. County officials have
Data posted to another part maintained that their rules
of the CDC’s site late Friday are not etched in stone, and
suggest so, but the CDC’s of- that they can and will alter
ficial designation of counties their approach as condi-
in each of the new tiers is not tions warrant.
expected to be updated until “Our collective efforts to
next week. vaccinate, boost, mask and
Whatever the timing, re- follow other safety measures
cent moves at the federal, are bringing us closer to pre-
state and even local level surge levels,” Ferrer said. “As
have made L.A. County a we move forward and con-
distinct outlier in its ap- tinue to see improvements
proach. associated with less trans-
Officials in the cities of mission, we will implement
Long Beach and Pasadena, sensible changes to our miti-
which have their own inde- gation strategies that allow
pendent health depart- us to use the most appropri-
ments, said this week they ate tools for protecting resi-
are moving to align their lo- dents and workers from the
cal requirements with the damaging effects of
state’s more permissive COVID.”
rules, rather than the coun- Amid a continued decline
ty’s. in the number of co-
Palm Springs also will no ronavirus-positive patients
longer require masks in hospitalized countywide,
many indoor settings start- the region last week relaxed
ing Monday. Another juris- its rules to allow people to go
diction aside from L.A. without face coverings out-
County that is keeping a lo- doors at K-12 schools and
cal mask mandate on its child-care facilities, as well
books is Mendocino County. as in exterior areas of mega
In Santa Clara County, events, such as those at the
Northern California’s most Hollywood Bowl, Dodger
populous, officials set a Stadium, SoFi Stadium and
lower bar for relaxing indoor Los Angeles Memorial Coli-
masking: an average of 550 seum.
new coronavirus cases per And under a new health
day over a weeklong period. order that took effect Friday,
The county has since dipped fully vaccinated individuals
Photographs by
it sees as American interfer- gaged in so-called wolf war-
ence in its affairs and region, rior diplomacy, lashing out
and many in the U.S. have at any form of criticism ver-
come to view China as a bally or through social me-
growing economic and mili- dia.
tary threat. The U.S. has protested
On Wednesday, hours be- what it believes are unfair
fore the Russian invasion of economic practices by Bei-
Ukraine began in full force, a jing and condemned the
spokeswoman for China’s country’s crackdown on
Foreign Ministry said the Hong Kong and treatment
United States was the “cul- of Uyghur Muslims in Xinji-
prit” behind the problems in ang. Ahead of the Beijing
Eastern Europe, accusing Olympics, Washington an-
the U.S. of “heightening ten- nounced a diplomatic
sions, creating panic and boycott of the international
even hyping up the possibil- gathering in protest of Chi-
ity of warfare.” na’s human rights record.
The tension has grown in Last March, high-level
recent years, stoked by the talks between the two coun-
Trump administration, tries in Anchorage began
which labeled China a “stra- with a fiery exchange of ac-
tegic competitor,” placed cusations in which Secre-
tariffs on $370 billion worth tary of State Antony J.
of Chinese goods, sanc- Blinken criticized China for
tioned officials and targeted violating international
Chinese tech companies norms and China responded
such as Huawei and WeChat at length opposing U.S. in-
. terference in the country’s
China, in turn, has en- internal affairs.
L AT I M E S . C O M
can ditch their masks in-
doors at establishments
that screen the inoculation
status of visitors and pa-
trons.
In L.A. County, proof of
COVID-19 vaccination is
required at indoor bars,
wineries, breweries, distill-
eries, nightclubs and
lounges. Such rules are far
more expansive in the city of
L.A., covering additional in-
door spaces such as restau-
rants, movie theaters, hair
and nail salons, coffee shops,
gyms, museums, bowling al-
leys and performance ven-
ues.
Mayor Eric Garcetti con-
firmed Friday that the city
will ease indoor masking re-
quirements at those busi-
nesses that require vaccina-
tion proof, saying, “This mo-
ment gives us a renewed
sense of optimism about the
direction of this pandemic.
“We are able to take these
steps today because of our
collective determination
and sacrifice, and we should
take pride in that,” he said in
a statement. “But we’re not
out of the woods, and ... as
the pandemic evolves, our
collective fate will increas-
ingly depend on our individ-
ual choices and actions. Now
is the time to strengthen our
resolve to protect the health
and safety of everyone
around us.”
Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times
And while Nixon and
Mao essentially agreed to
kick the can down the road
in regard to the question of
Taiwan in 1972, the self-gov-
erning island continues to be
a potential conflict area.
This year, Qin described it as
the “biggest tinderbox” be-
tween the two sides and said
support of Taiwanese inde-
pendence would likely result
in military conflict.
Qin again drew the line in
the sand Thursday night,
calling the “One China” prin-
ciple an “unshakeable foun-
dation” for China-U.S. rela-
tions and a “red line that
cannot be crossed.”
Even with the future of
diplomatic relations up in
the air, Qin noted that talks
succeeded in the first place
because of common inter-
ests and a common enemy,
which he said still exist to-
day.
The ambassador pointed
out the extensive cultural
and economic exchange be-
tween the U.S. and China —
billions of dollars of annual
trade and the subsequent
jobs formed, more than
70,000 American companies
investing in China, relation-
ships between sister provin-
ces and cities, and the hun-
dreds of thousands of Chi-
nese students studying in
the U.S.
The two countries’ com-
mon enemies, Qin said,
should be major challenges
such as climate change, en-
ergy security, food security,
pandemics, nuclear prolif-
eration and cyberattacks.
“As the world’s two larg-
est economies and two cur-
rent members of the U.N. Se-
curity Council, it is simply
impossible for China and the
U.S. to stay in confrontation,
hostility or estrangement,”
Qin said. “Because any of
this will cause unbearable
damage to both countries
and the world.”
L AT I M E S . C O M
More than 200 supporters of Ukraine rally Friday in Santa Monica to denounce Russia’s invasion. Many
of the protesters, shown along Ocean Avenue near the pier, are from Ukraine and have relatives there.
Sailor faces military trial in fire
By Andrew Dyer
SAN DIEGO — A
20-year-old sailor will face a
military trial on charges of
deliberately setting the fire
that destroyed a $1.2-billion
warship on the San Diego
waterfront in 2020, the Navy
announced Friday.
Seaman Recruit Ryan
Sawyer Mays, a former deck
seaman on the amphibious
assault ship Bonhomme
Richard, is charged with
aggravated arson and the
willful hazarding of a vessel
in connection with the four-
day fire that destroyed most
of the ship. Vice Adm. Steve
Koehler, the commander of
the San Diego-based U.S.
3rd Fleet, issued the order
Wednesday to send the case
to trial, according to court
documents.
Mays was notified Friday,
said Gary Barthel, Mays’
San Diego-based civilian
lawyer. The sailor denies
the charges against him,
Barthel told the San Diego
Union-Tribune. “He’s not
Sex-assault claims roil Rialto school
Officials threatened
to expel a girl for
reporting abuse,
her mother says.
By Gregory Yee
The mother of a 15-year-
old girl who reported being
sexually assaulted by a fel-
low student at Carter High
School in Rialto is accusing
school officials of threat-
ening to expel her daughter
for reporting the abuse.
Stephanie Olvera, the
girl’s mother, addressed re-
porters Friday in Ontario
with her boyfriend and two
attorneys representing her
and her daughter.
Olvera’s daughter is one
of three teenage girls who
have reported being sexually
abused by a 17-year-old male
student in recent months,
according to authorities.
Two school officials face
charges after being accused
of failing to report the abuse
to law enforcement.
“What makes me the an-
griest is that the vice princi-
pal herself reached out to me
and stated to me that there
was no immediate concern,”
the girl’s mother said. “I
DNA helps Tahoe bear get a reprieve
By Christian Martinez
Internet celebrity, serial
break-in suspect and 500-
pound black bear Hank the
Tank was falsely accused —
at least partly.
The bear had been sus-
pected of breaking into
nearly 30 homes and causing
extensive property damage
in South Lake Tahoe, Calif.,
over the last seven months
as he searched for snacks,
earning him designation as a
“severely food-habituated”
bear and putting him at risk
T HEY STAND WITH UKRAINE
A SAILOR is charged with setting the July 2020 fire
that destroyed the Bonhomme Richard in San Diego.
happy to be going to court-
martial, but he’s determined
to prove his innocence.”
The notification came as
a surprise to Mays, Barthel
said, because a military
judge recommended against
proceeding to trial.
At a preliminary Article
32 hearing in December,
Navy prosecutors made
their case against Mays in
front of Capt. Angela Tang, a
Navy judge acting as the
asked her plenty of times if I
needed to leave my job so I
can go and attend to my
daughter, and she told me,
‘No, I’m a mother myself.
You have no reason to
worry.’ ”
The vice principal then
told her to speak with her
daughter at home, Olvera
said.
“I did mention to her
while I was on the phone
with her [that] my daugh-
ter’s not the same as of a cou-
ple months,” she said. “Is
there a reason I should
worry?”
Olvera said the vice prin-
cipal told her no.
Assistant principals
David Shenhan Yang, 38,
and Natasha Harris, 37, each
face one felony count of child
abuse under circumstances
or conditions likely to cause
great bodily injury or death,
and two misdemeanor
counts of failure of a man-
dated reporter to report
child abuse or neglect, San
Bernardino County prose-
cutors said Wednesday.
Jail records show Yang
and Harris were released
from custody Thursday
morning. Bail amounts were
not listed.
Syeda Jafri, a Rialto Uni-
fied School District spokes-
of being euthanized or relo-
cated.
The fate of the rotund fel-
low became a cause célèbre
as photos of him circulated
on the internet, where his
many aliases included Yogi,
Chunky and the Big Guy.
But evidence gathered
after a break-in reported last
week planted doubt that
Hank had been the sole cul-
prit in the crime spree, sav-
ing him from euthanasia by
state wildlife officials.
“DNA evidence collected
from the most recent inci-
dent as well as prior inci-
CITY & STATE
Denis Poroy Associated Press
hearing officer. According to
Barthel, Tang’s report rec-
ommended against going to
trial over concerns about the
evidence.
In the military system, le-
gal matters fall under a sin-
gle “convening authority”
who makes the final deci-
sions on whether to send a
case to trial and whether a
guilty verdict is upheld. In
this case, that authority is
Koehler.
woman, said that the safety
and well-being of students is
the district’s top priority and
that officials are treating the
allegations against the as-
sistant principals “with ex-
treme seriousness.”
An internal investigation
by the district is ongoing,
and officials are cooperating
with authorities, Jafri said.
Olvera said she immedi-
ately called Rialto police af-
ter her daughter told her
about the abuse she’d been
suffering. She also alleged
school officials threatened
to expel her daughter if she
kept reporting the abuse.
“My daughter had re-
ported this student several
times so they were tired of
her going to the office,” she
said. “They kept telling her
to drop the subject.”
Olvera said her daughter
reported the abuse to school
officials three times before
telling her about it.
“From what I know the
first principal that took a re-
port on it looked at her in her
eyes and told her it might
have been the way you dress
or it might be that you’re
seeking attention,” the
mother said.
Michael Alder, an attor-
ney representing the victim
and her family, said he plans
dents over the past several
months prove that at least
three bears were responsible
for breaking into numerous
residences,” the California
Department of Fish and
Wildlife said Thursday.
Hank had been impli-
cated in last week’s break-in
“likely based on visual obser-
vation,” according to the
agency, but DNA evidence
showed the real perpetrator
was a female bear, said de-
partment spokesman Peter
Tira.
Members of a homeown-
ers association in the water-
Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times
Cmdr. Sean Robertson,
Koehler’s spokesperson, de-
clined to comment on
Tang’s recommendation.
Robertson said only that the
admiral’s decision came af-
ter “thoroughly reviewing
the entirety of the hearing
officer’s report.”
Sailors first reported see-
ing smoke on the Bon-
homme Richard just after
8 a.m. July 12, 2020, near the
ramp down to its lower vehi-
cle storage area, or “lower V.”
The ship burned more
than four days before the fire
was extinguished. In De-
cember 2020, the Navy an-
nounced the 22-year-old
ship would be scrapped.
At Mays’ Article 32 hear-
ing, an arson investigator
said the fire was deliberately
set in the ship’s lower V. A
sailor on watch at the top of
the ramp into the lower V
testified he saw Mays — and
only Mays — walking down
the ramp carrying a bucket
just before the fire started.
Dyer writes for the San
Diego Union-Tribune.
to file a claim next week “for
a number of issues.” He did
not provide specifics and en-
couraged anyone with infor-
mation to contact his office.
The 15-year-old victim’s
abuse was “substantial,” oc-
curred on multiple occa-
sions on school property,
and was accompanied by
harassment and intimida-
tion, he said.
Rialto police said they
were first notified around
6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 of a sexual
battery at the high school,
and an initial report indi-
cated that a 17-year-old male
student had sexually as-
saulted a 15-year-old female
student several times over
the course of three months.
Police found that the victim
told Yang and Harris about
the assaults in November.
Detectives launched an
investigation and learned
two more female students,
ages 15 and 16, were sexually
assaulted by the same male
student, according to Rialto
police.
Olvera’s daughter is the
second victim identified by
Rialto police, said a lawyer
representing the family. One
victim came forward before
her daughter and a third vic-
tim was identified by au-
thorities this month.
front Tahoe Keys neighbor-
hood voted last week to al-
low wildlife officials to set up
traps on their properties to
catch Hank. Even bear advo-
cates admitted he should no
longer be allowed to roam
free, although they pushed
for relocation over euthana-
sia in the event of his cap-
ture.
“He’s on a mission. You
can tell he likes to eat,” said
Ann Bryant, who oversees
the Bear League. “The Big
Guy likes to eat where it’s
easy to get food, and he
doesn’t like to forage.”
S AT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22
Newsom ends
some special
pandemic rules
But the governor will
maintain the state of
emergency, angering
GOP lawmakers.
By Phil Willon
and Taryn Luna
SACRAMENTO — Gov.
Gavin Newsom on Friday re-
scinded a slate of COVID-
19-related executive orders
in response to signs of a sub-
siding pandemic, but did not
end California’s nearly two-
year-long state of emergency
despite criticism from Re-
publican lawmakers that he
no longer needs its immense
executive powers.
The governor’s office
summarized 19 provisions in
executive orders that will be
immediately terminated,
which included require-
ments that all state-owned
properties be made avail-
able for emergency use and
that state agencies identify
facilities for housing and
medical treatment.
Another 18 provisions will
expire at the end of March,
including those that protect
COVID-19 relief funds from
garnishment and allow for
virtual corporate and public
meetings, according to New-
som’s office. Additional exe-
cutive orders that limit lia-
bility for data breaches on
telemedicine platforms and
allow video assessments for
those with COVID-19 symp-
toms who receive in-home
supportive care would be re-
scinded on June 30.
Newsom administration
officials said California’s
COVID-19 state of emer-
gency needs to stay in place,
however, because it is neces-
sary to continue the state’s
COVID response. Using that
broad authority, the Demo-
cratic governor waived stat-
utes and laws to allow test-
ing and vaccination pro-
grams and to ensure that
California had enough ca-
pacity in hospitals to handle
another surge in cases.
“Many of us know fam-
ilies, communities, individu-
als who benefited, maybe
had their life saved, because
these provisions have been
in place up until this point,”
said Mark Ghaly, secretary
of the California Health and
Human Services Agency. “It
isn’t by accident or mistake
that California has one of the
lowest death rates of a large
state.”
Since he declared a state
of emergency on March 4,
2020, Newsom has issued 70
executive orders involving
the COVID-19 pandemic
that addressed a range of is-
sues, including price goug-
ing, halting evictions and
postponing the deadline for
filing tax returns in 2020. The
vast majority of those have
either been rescinded or
have expired.
Under the 1970 California
Emergency Services Act, the
governor has broad author-
ity to respond during a state
of emergency such as a pan-
demic. The governor can
“make, amend, and rescind”
state regulations and sus-
pend state statutes and has
the power to redirect state
funds to help in an emer-
gency — even funds appro-
priated by the California
Legislature for an entirely
different purpose. The gov-
ernor also has the authority
to commandeer private
property, including hospi-
tals, medical labs, hotels and
motels.
The California Supreme
Court in 2021 upheld an ap-
peals court ruling that af-
firmed Newsom’s emer-
gency powers. Two state Re-
publican lawmakers had
challenged Newsom’s power,
arguing he had no right to is-
sue an executive order re-
quiring ballots to be mailed
to the state’s 22 million regis-
tered voters before the Nov.
3, 2020, election.
The high court ruled the
law was constitutional be-
cause it required the gover-
nor to terminate a declared
state of emergency as soon
as possible and also allows
the Legislature to end it by
passing a joint resolution.
For more than a year,
GOP lawmakers have been
pushing for the Democratic-
controlled Legislature to
take action. However, it
wasn’t until last week that
Senate President Pro Tem
B3
Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)
agreed to hold a hearing on
the proposal, now scheduled
for March 15.
“I think it’s outrageous
that he would recognize that
these executive orders can
expire but that his claimed
prerogative to rule the state
by decree will remain in ef-
fect. The Emergency Serv-
ices Act is very clear that the
governor must terminate
the emergency at the earli-
est possible date that condi-
tions warrant,” said Assem-
blyman Kevin Kiley (R-
Rocklin), who sponsored a
bill in his chamber to end the
emergency.
Ann Patterson, the gov-
ernor’s legal affairs secre-
tary, said rescinding the
state of emergency would
“cripple” California’s re-
sponse to the pandemic.
Patterson also said that
all state mask and vaccine
mandates, including those
for schoolchildren and
healthcare workers, were en-
acted under the state health
and safety code. Even if the
state of emergency ends,
those mandates would re-
main in place until re-
scinded by the state’s top
public health officer.
Under Newsom’s execu-
tive powers that will remain
in place, the state will con-
tinue to largely waive licens-
ing requirements for health-
care facilities, workers and
testing labs — actions de-
signed to boost the state’s
vaccination and testing ca-
pacity and expand the scope
of practice for pharmacists,
technicians and EMS work-
ers. Pharmacies are allowed
to provide testing and vacci-
nations and mobile vaccina-
tion clinics are permitted.
Patterson noted that de-
clared states of emergency
remain in effect for disasters
that struck years ago, in-
cluding the deadly Camp fire
in 2018 that decimated the
Northern California town of
Paradise. A 2015 emergency
declared by then-Gov. Jerry
Brown over tree morbidity in
California’s forests also re-
mains in effect, she said.
Those emergencies give the
administration more flex-
ibility to repair damage, re-
duce threats and allow com-
munities to rebuild, she said.
Patterson said Newsom
has proven to be very judi-
cious when exercising his
emergency powers during
the pandemic. With the ac-
tions announced Friday, the
governor’s office said only 30
of 561 executive order provi-
sions related to the pan-
demic will remain in place by
this summer.
However, until the state
of emergency ends, Newsom
will retain his expanded
powers — including the au-
thority to change laws, reap-
propriate funds without leg-
islative approval and enter
into no-bid contracts.
In the first months of the
pandemic, Newsom came
under fire for a secretive $1-
billion mask deal his admin-
istration signed in 2020 with
BYD, a Chinese electric car
manufacturer that had been
ramping up its political
presence in California in re-
cent years. The contract was
kept under seal for weeks,
prompting bipartisan con-
cerns from lawmakers.
Last year, Newsom
brought in Blue Shield of
California to oversee the
state’s distribution of
COVID-19 vaccines, prompt-
ing objections from county
officials and questions
about preferential treat-
ment of a longtime donor to
the governor. Critics have ar-
gued that many of the no-bid
contracts awarded under
Newsom’s emergency pow-
ers have gone to companies
that have donated millions
to the governor or on his be-
half through behested pay-
ments.
Senate GOP leader Scott
Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) in-
troduced a bill this week that
would prohibit a state
agency from awarding no-
bid contracts to companies
that have made a charitable
donation on behalf of the
governor in the year leading
up to the gift.
“I am deeply concerned
about the increasing use of
massive no-bid contracts,”
Wilk said in a statement.
Times staff writer Melody
Gutierrez contributed to
this report.
B4 SAT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22 L AT I M E S . C O M

USC strikes a deal to sell Freeman House

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temple.
But, like many Wright
structures, its maintenance
has been a never-ending se-
ries of challenges. The roof
leaked. Rain soaked the
fragile blocks, which began
to flake and crumble. Rust
chewed away at the steel ar-
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mature around which the
blocks had been assembled.
In 1994, the Northridge
earthquake shifted the
home’s foundation, cracking
walls and knocking out a
chimney. A grant of $901,000
from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, along
with $1.5 million in funds
raised by USC, paid for
structural repairs. But plans
for a full restoration stalled.
It seemed as if the Freeman
House was destined to sit in
a permanent state of dilapi-
dated half-repair.
That could be about to
change. On Thursday, USC
announced that it had final-
ized the sale of the home to
Richard E. Weintraub, presi-
dent and chief executive of
Weintraub Real Estate
Group, a Los Angeles devel-
oper who has worked with
historic properties in the cational groups or architec- Hollywood, right off the Hol- From the beginning, the ex-
past. (He and fellow devel- tural tours — will have ac- lywood Bowl and the ca- tent of the work required
oper Tom Gilmore helped cess to the home four times a cophony of the old speakeas- and the cost of fixing the
bring the St. Vibiana Cathe- year. ies.” house seemed to grow faster
dral in downtown L.A. back For Weintraub, the acqui- For USC’s School of than we could raise the
to life as a restaurant and sition is part of a long- Architecture, the sale of the funds.”
events center.) running interest in early Freeman House marks a Wright’s Ennis House
The university had put 20th century design. “I’m continued shift away from stands as a positive case
the house on the market in passionate about archi- the stewardship of private study for what the Freeman
July for $4.25 million, then tecture,” he says. “That was homes. In 2019, the uni- House may face. One of
knocked the price down to what I wanted to be.” versity relinquished control the grander textile-block
$3.25 million. Weintraub And he has long found of the landmark Gamble homes, on a hill in Los Feliz,
says he acquired it for himself intrigued by the im- House in Pasadena, ceding the Ennis House also suf-
$1.8 million due to the exten- ages that celebrated archi- oversight to the independ- fered damage in the
sive repairs that are still tectural photographer Jul- ent Gamble House Conser- Northridge quake and was
needed. ius Shulman took of the vancy. That same year, plans briefly red-tagged as unin-
It’s a deal that comes Freeman House in the early for the university to receive habitable by the Los Angeles
with plenty of conditions, in 1950s (images that now re- Arroyo del Rey, a 1979 Pasa- Department of Building and
the form of a conservation side in the collections of the dena home designed by Safety in the 2000s after
easement held by the Los Getty Research Institute). Case Study architects Con- heavy rains destabilized the
Angeles Conservancy that “I’ve had it indelibly set in rad Buff and Donald Hens- hillside around the motor
prohibits Weintraub or any my head — that Julius Shul- man, as a bequest abruptly court. In 2005, the building
future buyer from demolish- man image of the window fell through. was listed among America’s
ing the building or making looking out over Highland,” “The School of Archi- most endangered historic
unsympathetic additions. Weintraub says. “It’s a house tecture is reaffirming its mis- places by the National Trust
Moreover, the public — edu- that hangs over the apex of sion and priorities, which is for Historic Preservation.
academic teaching and re- Then preservationists
search,” says the school’s stepped up. The Ennis
dean, Milton S.F. Curry. House Foundation was
The sale of the Freeman formed and, with a combina-
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and a FEMA grant, made
necessary structural re-
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In a 1998 report, Nicolai a full restoration eluded the
Ouroussoff, then The Times’ abilities of the small non-
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Yard Sales scribed the stasis that had sold to billionaire Ron
enveloped conservation ef- Burkle, who provided the
Costa Mesa Fictitious Business Name Statement NO.: 2022 019820 SUMMONS
forts in the wake of the necessary resources to bring
Halecrest Community Legal Notices The following person is doing business as: CITACION JUDICIAL Northridge quake. the home back to its majes-
Garage Sale. Sat., Feb. 26 Fictitious Business Name(s) COCO 701 Ocean Front
7-noon. 15+ homes! Follow Walk #3, Los Angeles, CA. 90291. Registered Owner Case Number (Numero del Caso): 19STCP03193 “Wright’s creation looks tic 1920s state — with a con-
signs X streets Fairview/Bak- (S): Cyan Robotics, Inc. 701 Ocean Front Walk #3, Los
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REQUEST FOR
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HalecrestGarageSale.com. INFORMATION (RFI) Angeles, CA. 90291. Business is conducted by: a
COMPUTER AIDED Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): “Along the facade, concrete that allowed some form of
DISPATCH/MOBILE business under the fictitious business name or names Reshrae Walker blocks are cracked or have public access 12 times per
PROJECT listed above on 12/2020. I declare that all information crumbled away. Wood sup- year.
RFI# CAD2022 in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:
declares as true information which he or she knows (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ports brace the fragile exte- In 2019, Burkle sold the
The Consolidated Fire to be false is guilty of a crime) REGISTRANT/CORP/ Ernie Maurice Jackson rior side walls. A heavy can- house for $18 million. The
Lost Protection District of Los LLC NAME: Cyan Robotics, Inc.. Signature: Zachary vas tarp is propped, tent- rules of the easement con-
Angeles County (District) is Rash. This statement was filed with the County Clerk NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide
I am trying to find Rosa Her- releasing a Request for of Los Angeles County on 01/27/2022. NOTICE- in against you without your being heard unless you like, over the roof — a neces- tinue to govern the property.
nandez. call me at 310 654- Information to obtain accordance with subdivision (a)of section 17920 A respond within 30 days. Read the information below. sary prophylactic because USC’s School of Archi-
0480 and ask for Oscar. information from firms that Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons
can provide a Commercial Off end of five years from the date on which it was filed and legal papers are served on you to file a written the structure leaks. It is a de- tecture, says Curry, remains
the Shelf turnkey, integrated
in the office of the County Clerk except, as provided response at this court and have a copy served on the pressing sight.” committed to the study of
Computer Aided plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.
in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 USC gathered the neces- conservation and preserva-
FOR SALE Dispatch/Mobile/Business
days after any change in the facts set forth in the state- Your written response must be in proper legal form if
Intelligence solution to en-
ment pursuant to section 17913 other than a change you want the court to hear your case. There may be sary funds from FEMA and tion. But, in keeping with
hance the District's dispatch a court form that you can use for your response. You
services, emergency res-
in the residence address of a registered owner. A new private donors to repair the contemporary debates
fictitious business name statement must be filed can find these court forms and more information at
ponse, Fire/Rescue opera- structural issues. But not about what histories are pre-
Out of State tions and business intelli- before the expiration. The filing of this statement does the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.
without Robert Timme, who served and how, the school is
not of itself authorize the use in this state of fictitious courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or
gence/analytics capabilities. the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the fil-
NEVADA FOR SALE business name in violation of the rights of another then served as dean of the aiming to reframe what con-
under federal state or common law (see section 14411 ing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you
HOME INVESTORS/ To obtain the RFI documents,
do not file your response on time, you may lose the School of Architecture, ad- stitutes heritage conserva-
please contact Carlos et seq. Business and Professions code). Dean C. Logan,
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call 702-476-9827 Pp legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit sale of the home.) reflects the discourse of to-
groups at the California Legal Services Web Site (www. In 2019, the Freeman day.”
lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online House made headlines Rather than individual
Your exclusive Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or
guide to SoCal by contacting your local court or county bar associa- again when The Times houses, the school now is
real estate
tion. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived reported that thieves had more focused on archives
fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award
of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must stolen two lamps and a chair and research. In 2020, the
listings. Employment be paid before the court will dismiss the case. from the home’s cache of fur- School of Architecture, in
Chief Financial Officer: Ap-
іAVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde niture, which was being partnership with the Getty
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contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a stored in an unmarked ware- Research Institute, ac-
USA, Inc., 35 N. Raymond
Ave., #209, Pasadena, CA continuacion. house in South Los Angeles. quired the archives of Paul
91103, attn. CEO Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que “While USC did do the R. Williams, a pioneering
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presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y structural work and used it Black architect whose im-
(800) 234-4444
hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una in a creative way with its print on Los Angeles re-
carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su architecture school,” says mains woefully understud-
respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal
Business Names Business Names correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es L.A. Conservancy President ied. Publications and exhib-
posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar and CEO Linda Dishman, itions will be forthcoming.
Fictitious Business Name Statement NO.: 2022 018724 para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios “they did not have the re- In addition, the school
The following person is doing business as: de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda
Fictitious Business Name(s) Mont Blac Executive de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en sources to do what the house launched “Save As,” a pod-
Car Service 334 S Main St Suite 9108 Los Angeles, CA la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte needed.” cast led by Trudi Sandmeier,
90013. Registered Owner (S): Mont Blac Corp 334 S que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota
de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le “The textile-block director of graduate pro-
Main St Suite 9108 Los Angeles, CA 90013. Business
is conducted by: a Corporation. The registrant com- de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si houses, in particular, have grams in heritage conserva-
menced to transact business under the fictitious busi- no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el very specific conservation tion at USC, which has ex-
ness name or names listed above on 04/2014. I de- caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su
clare that all information in this statement is true and sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. needs,” she adds. “There are plored issues of conserva-
correct. (A registrant who declares as true information four in Los Angeles. ... The tion and preservation in dia-
which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime) The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y amount of cement in the mix logue with social justice, the
REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Mont Blac Corp. direccion de la corte es):
Signature: Kimboll G. Montenegro. This statement Los Angeles County Superior of the blocks varies from site environment and the pres-
was filed with the County Clerk of California County 1945 S Hill Street to site. It was a very innova- ervation of intangible cul-
on 01/26/2022. NOTICE- in accordance with subdivi- Los Angeles, CA 90007 tive way of building houses, tural assets.
sion (a)of section 17920 A Fictitious Name Statement
generally expires at the end of five years from the The name, address, and telephone number of but with innovation, there L.A.’s architectural lega-
date on which it was filed in the office of the County plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an at- are issues the architect did cy — so much of which lies in
Clerk except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section torney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero not envision.” the residential sphere — is a
17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del
facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Wright was about form, difficult one to preserve,
17913 other than a change in the residence address Jason M. Murphy, Esq. not function — the kind of often subject to the vagaries
of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name 4455 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 100 architect who often per- of individual homeowners.
statement must be filed before the expiration. The San Diego, CA 92123
filing of this statement does not of itself authorize (858) 488-6767 ceived structural engineers Houses are houses, not pub-
the use in this state of fictitious business name in as the enemy. The Freeman lic buildings, and can there-
violation of the rights of another under federal state or Date: (Fecha) 7/8/2021
common law (see section 14411 et seq. Business and
House, for example, was fore be difficult to access or
Professions code). Dean C. Logan, California County S. Carter Clerk built without protective adapt to new uses. They also
Clerk. BY: C. Maffitt, Deputy. Published 02/26/22, (Secretario) flashing on the roof, an aes- can be difficult to maintain
03/05/22, 03/12/22, 03/19/22. F. Estrada Deputy
(Adjunto) thetic choice that ultimately financially. Historian An-
contributed to leaks. drea Burns published a
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME Dishman is pleased with report on the website of the
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek what the sale represents for National Council of Public
Unscramble these Jumbles, the home. “USC was very History in 2015 that syn-
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one letter to each square, conscious of the fact that thesized research on the
to form four ordinary words. they had an architectural abundance of house muse-
treasure. And making their ums in the U.S., noting that
TOAPI decision of wanting to sell it their long-term sustainabil-
was in the best interest of the ity was “in grave doubt.”
house.” The Freeman House lies
Jeffrey Chusid, who at the end of a tight, winding
ANOPI PHOTO: LA Times
served on the USC archi- road in the Hollywood Hills,
tecture faculty in the 1980s not an ideal location for a
Introducing and ’90s and not only was di- truly public site — which
the free rector of the Freeman House makes its acquisition by a
DLEGUS Hot but for a time lived in it, private buyer possibly the
Property agrees that a sale was a good best of all outcomes.
move: “It is an opportunity Weintraub, a USC gradu-
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[Explosion, from B1] Smith declined Friday to numerous indicators that mand, and protocols for cal- the city has set aside $5 mil- the latest report reiterated
people and displacing doz- comment in advance of the this incident required a culating the power of explo- lion to help businesses and the degree of negligence
ens more residents. meeting. The Los Angeles higher level of supervision sives. homeowners. shown by the LAPD.
The ATF later found that Police Department did not than that which was pro- It called for the designa- Activists have suggested He also reiterated com-
the bomb squad had indeed immediately respond to a re- vided.” tion of a safe site where dan- that such a careless detona- munity demands that the
badly miscalculated the ex- quest for comment. Detective A told investi- gerous explosives could be tion never would have hap- department identify the
plosive power of the In addition to outlining gators that he had heard transported for detonation pened in a more affluent bomb squad members in-
fireworks placed into the the warnings, Smith’s report Technician C raise concerns away from residential areas, neighborhood and that the volved in preparing the fire-
containment vessel. concluded that “a lack of su- once but had left it to his and for the department to subsequent deaths of two works for detonation.
The report by Inspector pervision and a failure to uti- team to work through those establish protocols to con- older residents were caused “We want to know who
General Mark Smith, which lize best practices at the concerns and thought that sider the fatigue of techni- by the blast and its disrup- are these people who obvi-
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warnings for the first time, had become somewhat of an The report outlines rec- scenes for hours. denied such connections. by not listening to one of the
was published online Friday accepted practice,” and that ommendations including Damage from the explo- Ron Gochez of Unión del most experienced agents
along with the agenda for the bomb squad supervisor, improvements in training, sion in the 700 block of East Barrio, which has helped or- who was there,” Gochez
the Police Commission’s identified only as “Detective communication, docu- 27th Street has been esti- ganize community members said. “These people need to
next meeting Tuesday. A,” had “failed to recognize mentation, the chain of com- mated in the millions, and affected by the blast, said be held responsible.”

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WALKER, William R.
Age 96, passed away peacefully
in the Southern California home he
built in 1954. A World War II veteran,
business owner, and family man, he
lived a full, beautiful life.

DAHLMAN, William R.
March 17, 1942 - January 15, 2022
William “Bill” Rynol Dahlman,
passed away on January 15, 2022,
after a long illness. He was at his home
in Studio City, surrounded by his loved
ones and quietly said goodbye. He is
survived by Kathryne Dahlman, his
wife of 56 years, his grandson Will,
his daughter-in-law Laura, brother
Rye Dahlman and his wife Susan,
sister Kris Manning, sister-in-law
Maria, numerous nieces and nephews
and his beloved dog Lexie. He was
predeceased by his brother Tony
Dahlman and his son Darren.
Born March 17, 1942 in Los Angeles,
Bill was the oldest of four children born
to Rynol and Alice Dahlman. He was a
kind, thoughtful and compassionate
person, always the positive and
reasonable one in the eye of the storm
and a mentor to many over his life. He
had a wonderful sense of humor.
He attended Harvard School and
graduated 1960, excelled in many
sports, but football was his best and he
became an all-CIF Halfback as a senior.
He then moved on to The University of
Southern California playing Freshman
football. He joined the Phi Delta Theta
Fraternity and became their President
and subsequently was named
President of the Fraternity Council.
He graduated in 1964 with his BS in
Finance.
It was at USC that Bill dated the love
of his life, Kathryne Baier. They were
married in 1965. Bill and Kathryne
built a beautiful life together over
many decades with their son Darren
until their lives were shattered with
the death of Darren in a tragic accident.
Bill treasured his time with grandson,
Will, and remained very active in his
life.
Bill began his career at Marstellar
Advertising as an account executive
while working on his MBA at USC at
night, graduating with his MBA in
1967. He then moved to Coca Cola
Bottling Company of Los Angeles as
a product manager for the Coca Cola
Brands.
He shifted to the Bottled Water
Division as a manager of an up and
coming beverage, Arrowhead Water.
Arrowhead became The Beatrice
Bottled Water Division, then The Perrier
Group, where he became Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer. One of the highlights was his
involvement with the 1984 Olympics
where Arrowhead Water was named
the Official Water! He subsequently
moved to Suntory Water Group
where he was the President and Chief
Executive Officer, leading the ramp-up
in their growth and quadrupling sales.
He was President of the International
Bottled Water Association and served
on the Board of Directors for many
years. He also served as the industry
spokesman in State and Federal
regulatory activity.
Bill then started his consulting
company, WRD & Associates, a
contract management and consulting
group to such companies as Coca Cola
Enterprises, Warburg Pincus, The World
Bank, and numerous others, with work
spanning not just the U.S., but Europe
and Asia.
His last position before he retired
was as President and CEO of The
Employers Group, during which time
he led the organization to be the
nation’s largest not for profit employer
association, serving over 3500
California companies.
During his career, Bill Served on
numerous Boards of both businesses
and associations but he was most
proud of his role as Chairman of the
Board of the Good Shepherd Center
for Homeless Women and Children.
Under his leadership, the organization
grew its capabilities and during that
time was able to help thousands
out of homelessness and give them
the capacity to live healthy, safe and
productive lives.
He loved his numerous golf trips to
Scotland and Ireland with his friends
and fly fishing at a friends fishing
lodge in Wyoming. Both sports were
very important in his life. Bill was the
most fit person anyone knew, running
for 30 years, exercising and cycling
every day.
Bill was fortunate to have such
wonderful caregivers and physical
therapists that worked endlessly with
him to overcome the problems that
resulted from his stroke.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
BLOCH, Saul Kaufman
March 18, 1927 - February 15, 2022
Dr. Saul Kaufman Bloch, died in
Los Angeles, California. Saul was one
month shy of his 95th birthday.
Saul is survived by his wife, Jill
Jacobson; four children--Diane Bloch,
Laura Bloch, Susie Bloch, and Sheryl
Bloch; five grandchildren--Rachel
Miller, Eden Alper, Noah Price, Isaac
Rodriguez, and Sara Rodriguez; and his
sister, Judi Bloch.
Growing up in Springfield,
Massachusetts, Saul was a voracious
reader. He devoured science fiction and
the plays of Shakespeare. A passion
he passed on to his children and
grandchildren.
Discharged from the Army in 1947,
Saul started college at the University
of Massachusetts, on the GI Bill. He
graduated in 1951 and entered Tufts
Medical School.
Saul spent his career as an OB/GYN
at Kaiser Sunset. In 1962, a patient
struggling with infertility was referred
to Saul by a colleague. Together, they
started a fertility clinic at Kaiser. They
were originally allowed half a day a
week, and it grew from there.
Saul loved being a doctor, and
in retirement continued practicing
medicine as a volunteer at the Los
Angeles Free Clinic, and at the UCLA
Health Clinic.
Saul was thoughtful. Always. Saul
never had an unkind word to say about
anybody. Ever. He did the right thing,
because that was the right thing to do.
Simple.
Saul died from complications of
Covid-19. This beautiful, brilliant,
gentle, precious man, so deeply loved,
was vulnerable. Saul was one of over
a million Americans stolen from their
loved ones by Covid-19. In Saul’s
memory, protect all our vulnerable
loved ones. Because it’s the right thing
to do.
KARZ, Rosalea Billie
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Hollywood Hills 800-600-0076
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KAYANO, Hugo “Yugo”
Private Funeral Services were held
for Hugo “Yugo” Kayano, 92 years
old, born in Spokane, WA, raised in
Okayama, Japan and a resident of
Culver City, who passed away on
January 26, 2022.
He was laid to rest at Inglewood
Cemetery and was preceded in death
by his parents (Komei & Kiyoko),
older brother (Roy) and younger sister
(Michiko).
He is survived by his wife, Mariko;
children Andrew (Cherry), Gary
(Allison), and Jennifer; grandchildren,
Mark & Michael and many nephews
and nieces.
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KIRKPATRICK, Robert
“Bob”
March 7, 1932 - January 25, 2022
Robert “Bob” Kirkpatrick, age 89,
passed away at his home in Palos
Verdes, California surrounded by
family on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
A lifetime Southern California resident,
he was born on March 7th, 1932, in
Long Beach, California to Ray and
Eleanor Kirkpatrick. He was a 1950
graduate of Wilson High School, a
1954 graduate of Berkeley, and a 1957
graduate of the UCLA School of Law.
“Bob” is survived by the love of his life
and wife of 64 years Nadine Camden
Kirkpatrick, also a native of Long
Beach. They resided in Long Beach
until 1968 before moving to Rolling
Hills on the beautiful Palos Verdes
Peninsula where they raised three
boys -Gregg (Gina Maluccio), Grant
(Shaya Davis) and Kent (Bernadette
Nieto) and ten grandchildren – Jack,
Nicola, Ryan, Alise, Cameron, Allison,
Ashley, Kyle, Ben and Colin. Bob was a
proud member of the legal profession
where he made lifelong relationships.
He practiced law with his brother
Gene and father Ray at Kirkpatrick &
Kirkpatrick Law Offices in Long Beach
for over 50 years. He was named Long
Beach “Man of the Year” in 1974. He
was known to have never missed one
of his boys games -home or away. And
beyond Nadine, his true love was the
garden. He took meticulous care of
his two acres whether it was mowing,
irrigation repair, or never missing a
weed. His jeans had the faint outline
of a weed-digger in the back pocket.
Bob was the last of four children
-the doctor announcing his arrival 18
minutes after his twin sister Ramona
was born with a loud “everyone back
in here!”. And though he was hard of
hearing and had poor eyesight, he
learned to read lips at the age of 5.
He had an uncanny ability to nourish
those around him with love, faith,
and wisdom. He was the ultimate
husband, father, and grandfather
and the consummate gentleman. The
family takes comfort in knowing that
he is now at peace surrounded by light.
Thank you from his entire family for the
calls, food, cards, and flowers. The love
we’ve received during this time has
been truly appreciated. Bob’s life will
be celebrated by his immediate family
at Green Hills Mortuary in Rancho Palos
Verdes on Saturday March 5th at 2pm.
The tribute and burial will be attended
by family only but live-streamed via
tribucast that can be easily accessed by
visiting: https://client.tribucast.com/
tcid/1899968820.
MOORE, Claudette B
September 17, 1937 - November 27, 2021
Claudette Blaylock Moore of
Pasadena passed away on November
27th 2021. She was predeceased by
her loving husband Malcolm S Moore
on February 3, 2018. Claudette’s
passion was animals, specifically
horses and everything about them.
She was a member of the Flintridge
Riding Club for a few years and that
was truly her happy place.
A memorial will be held on March
5th, 2022 at 3PM at the Chapel in
the Cabot and Sons Funeral Home in
Pasadena. In lieu of flowers she would
want you to donate to the ASPCA of
your choice.
PAINE, Russell G.
October 15, 1933 - February 1, 2022
Russell Gene “Rusty” Paine, age
88, passed away surrounded by his
family on Tuesday, 1 February 2022 in
Chandler, AZ after a long and valiant
fight with vascular dementia. Russell
was born in Arnold, NE to Francis
Virgil and Florence Virginia (Atkins)
Paine on October 15, 1933. While
the family moved in search of work
during the Great Depression, from
Nebraska to Pennsylvania to Colorado
and California, they eventually settled
in Redondo Beach, CA where they and
the extended Paine family set down
roots.
After meeting his best friend, Doug
Stott, in junior high school in North
Redondo, the two best pals went on
to Redondo Union High School where
he met many more good friends,
including life-long pal Jack Watson.
At RUHS ‘Rusty’ played football and
basketball, achieving All Bay League
honors on the football field at end,
recognition as one of the school’s top
athletes and interest from Stanford,
USC and a scholarship offer from the
University of Arizona. ‘Rusty’ was
elected Student Body President in
1950 and graduated in 1951 before
heading to UC Santa Barbara with
Jack. But money was tight, and Russell
returned to Redondo after one school
year to help his dad with the family
business. When his father’s health
took a downward turn, Russell took
over and continued the support of his
mother and sister Judy.
While back in Redondo, Russell
became an avid golfer, making the
drive over to Alondra Park every
Saturday to play with a regular
foursome where he became a single-
digit handicap player. When one of the
other regulars invited them all over for
burgers after their round, he met his
friend’s sister-in-law, Cornelia (Connie)
Duran and was smitten. A whirlwind
romance ensued and on May 17, 1963,
Russell and Connie were married in Las
Vegas, NV.
Two children came along in the
next four years, Timothy (Tim) in
1965 and Susan (Sue) in 1967, and
life became very busy with two little
ones and Russell as sole proprietor of
RG Paine Equipment Rentals, Inc., as
he continued in the heavy equipment
business as an owner-operator. A
move to San Juan Capistrano, CA in
1971 settled the family in a new home
– and adventure – that lasted until
2015 when they relocated to Arizona
to be closer to Sue and her family.
Russell was a loving husband, father
and grandfather who had an incredible
soft spot for children and dogs. Russell
was preceded in death by his parents,
Virgil and Virginia, his loving wife
Connie and his eternal buddies Doug
Stott and Jack Watson. He is survived
by his sister Judy Montgomery of
Oklahoma City, OK, son Tim (Sandra)
Paine of Chanhassen, MN and daughter
Sue (Thomas) Luther of Chandler, AZ,
as well as granddaughters Hannah
and Katie Paine, grandsons Brian
and Charlie Luther and many nieces,
nephews, cousins and friends that
knew and loved him.
Per Russell’s wishes, a portion of his
ashes will be scattered at favorite spot
in Montana, with some being interred
with Connie in Colorado. A gathering
in his memory is being planned for a
later date
Joanne “Jo” Thorne
1933 - 2022
Joanne Marie Nord Thorne, 88, of Henderson,
NV, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022,
at Prestige Senior Living at Mira Loma, Henderson,
NV. Joanne was born on 6/27/1933 in Milbank, SD,
the oldest child of Nelda M. (Johnson) and John
W. Nord.
Joanne graduated from Milbank High School
in 1951, after which she accepted a civil service
assignment and moved to Washington, D.C.,
where she met and married Bill Thorne in January
of 1953, while he was still serving in the U.S. Navy.
Bill and Jo lived in Colorado for 7 years, then in
Illinois for 6 years. After transferring to California
in 1968, they lived in their Diamond Bar home for
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AURELIO DE LA VEGA
November 28, 1925 - February 12, 2022
Maestro Aurelio de la Vega, the world-class
composer and a key igure of Los Angeles classical
music circles, passed away February 12 of
congestive heart failure at his home in Northridge.
He was 96.
A long-time resident of Los Angeles, de la
Vega was a hugely productive artist—his catalog
includes orchestral, chamber, vocal, piano and
electronic works and his commissions were sought
the world over. Among them, in 1977 he composed
“Adiós,” one of his more ambitious pieces, for
Maestro Zubin Mehta on behalf of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra. Throughout his long life
he garnered, as a result, numerous recognitions,
among them the Friedheim Award, of the Kennedy
Center for the performing arts which he received
twice (1978, 1984), the Cintas Foundation William
B. Warren Lifetime Achievement Award; the Carlos
Vo Hispanic Imperial Order, of which he was made
a member; and four nominations to the Latin
Grammy Awards, three times for Best Classical
Contemporary Composition and once for Best
Classical Album.
De la Vega taught composition for thirty-four
years at California State University, Northridge
as Distinguished Professor of Music and Director
of the Electronic Music Studio. In 1971 he was
awarded the Outstanding Professor Award of the
entire California State University system. Legions
of students and colleagues all coincide in calling
him “larger than life” and “a force onto himself.”
At a time when U.S. Latino composers were
a rarity, de la Vega was a notable pioneer. He
irst visited Los Angeles in 1947-- traveling from
his native Cuba, where he irst trained with Fritz
Don’t let the Kramer and befriended Erich Kleiber—to work
story go untold. with Arnold Schonberg. Still a diehard atonalist,
de la Vega eventually sought alternate training at
UCLA with Ernst Toch. He returned to Havana
to contexts that often regarded his works as too
avant-garde, inluenced by Eastern European
trends and critical of the more traditional Spanish
Share your repertoires. Despite such odds, he became, during
loved one’s story. the nineteen ifties, a stable international referent
to the Cuban musical scene through his frequent
placeanad.latimes.com/obituaries premieres—eight major pieces between 1950 and
1958, including his 12-tone masterpiece String
Quartet in Five Movements-In Memoriam Alban
Berg; his journalism—as music critic for two major
Havana dailies—; his public service—as member
of the National Culture Institute; and his teaching—
as founding Dean of the University of Oriente
School of Music.
Both in Cuba and the U.S. de la Vega taught,
In partnership with mentored and inspired students, performers
and artists, including visual artists whom he
encouraged and patronized. Testimonies abound
of both his generosity and his uncanny ability to
affect lives, both personally and through his music.
“He was one of those people you must remember
as ‘before and after’,” one of his students has
remarked. In addition to his work as a composer,
de la Vega distinguished himself as poet, essayist
and human rights advocate.
In 1959, the mature composer moved
permanently to Los Angeles. The fall of the
Fulgencio Batista dictatorship had caught him in
the middle of a U.S. lecture tour, after which he
returned to Havana. But after a brief stay, the hostile
context he found persuaded him to emigrate. In
the U.S., once he had become a citizen, de la
Vega became a vocal critic of the Castro regime,
particularly its dismal record of human rights
abuses and persecution of dissident artists and
intellectuals, all of which had contributed to the
destruction of a free Cuban culture. In reaction, de
la Vega saw his ever-growing catalog and world-
wide acclaim banned consistently in Cuba from
all mention and performance, including air waves.
Only in 2009, half a century after going into exile,
as an overdue recognition of lifetime achievement,
was Intrata (1972), one of his more ambitious
works, performed publicly in Havana by the Cuban
National Orchestra.
He asserted once: “I have always been intent on
creating a self-sufficient music, the type of art that
would be important enough to gift to your place of
birth, to the culture where you grew up… My work
is shaped like an arc with trunks, roots and leaves
that will sprout in the future once I’m gone. The
truth will be out then: I won’t be there, but my work
will be.”
In his later years de la Vega received well-
deserved homages and accolades. In 2014, a
90-minute documentary titled Aurelio: Rebel with a
Cause, narrated by Cuban-born actor Andy García,
was made by Los Angeles producer Camilo Vila.
One year ago, to honor his 95th birthday, no
less than two books on his life and works were
published: Manuel Gayol’s Aurelio de la Vega:
Impresiones desde la distancia, and Enrico Mario
Santí´s The Other Time: Aurelio de la Vega and
Music.
De la Vega was preceded in death by his irst
wife, Sara Lequerica, in 2009. He is survived by
his second wife, soprano and Verdi Chorus Artistic
Director Anne-Marie Ketchum de la Vega, as well
as many friends, students and admirers.
A funeral mass will be held Saturday, April 2 at
1 p.m. at Saint Andrew Catholic Church, 311 N.
Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California 91103.

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be given to Good Shepherd Center for 52 years until Bill’s death on 1/22/20. Joanne then
Homeless Women & Children, 1650 moved to assisted living in Chino Hills, CA. Joanne
Rockwood St., Los Angeles, CA 90026. was an active volunteer with the Girl Scouts for 45
The service will be held on Bill’s
birthday, March 17, 2022 at 11:00am
at All Saints Episcopal Church in
years.
Survivors include her daughters Vicky (Ron)
Farkas and Kristin (Mike) Day; granddaughters Kelly
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following. Theodore Tanton; sister Nadine Vogelgesang; impressed by Technicolor until a three-
sister-in-law Barbara Johnson; numerous nieces,
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The search for proof in the
matter will continue to
brighten your life in surpris-
ing ways.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): Before you invent new
methods for attaining your
goals, make sure you’ve giv-
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Dynasties
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10 Unity
11 “Frozen” snowman who
sings “In Summer”
12 Some spammers
15 Certify
18 Sporty rides
21 Calif. home of works by
Matisse and Warhol
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36 Like a costly victory
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en the old ones a chance to
work.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): The world wants you to
keep doing things a new way,
but it’s not always necessary.
The traditional methods will
work.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March
20): Driven by strong intu-
ition or a desire to stave off
boredom, you’ll take a spon-
taneous risk.
Today’s birthday (Feb.
26): You won’t rest until your
goal is reached. People will
be drawn to your remarka-
ble determination. Make
sure to ask a fair price for the
services you provide, which
are rare and valuable. Sum-
mer themes of art and
whimsy will attract pre-
mium friends. Aquarius and
Taurus adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 12, 14, 3,
19 and 41.
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for Creators Syndicate Inc.
The horoscope should be
read for entertainment.
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BRIDGE
By Frank Stewart
A good declarer imitates
a postage stamp — not by
getting more expensive, but
by sticking to one thing until
he gets where he’s going. He
forms a plan and sticks with
it.
At today’s slam, South
refused the first spade (an
error), won the next and
ruffed his last spade in
dummy. South then won-
dered which minor-suit fi-
nesse to try for a 12th trick.
He needn’t have worried:
Both kings were offside.
Down one.
South had no plan. If he’d
known about the technique
of suit establishment, he
would have tried to set up
dummy’s clubs. South takes
the ace of clubs at Trick Two,
ruffs a club high, leads a
ASK AMY
Overcautious on COVID
Dear Amy: Two weeks ago,
my husband, who was not
being careful enough, came
down with COVID-19.
I duly reported this to the
person who is in charge of a
weekly outdoor gathering I
attend.
I said we were taking seri-
ous precautions to ensure I
didn’t catch the disease, and
that I had tested negative for
the past five days.
I wasn’t surprised that
my offer to skip the meeting
that week was accepted.
I was distressed, howev-
er, to discover that the or-
ganizer had still included me
in the group text announc-
ing the event. (Our gather-
ing is dependent on weather
and other factors and hadn’t
occurred for some weeks.)
It was painful to see all
the outcries of joy from the
others that we would be
meeting. Despite the mea-
sures I took to remove my-
self from the group text, I
continued to get messages.
This week I was again in-
cluded in the group text,
then privately contacted
about my testing status. I re-
ported I had tested negative
eight times but was asked to
verify negative results for
both me and my husband.
I understand that people
are worried about COVID,
but is it wrong to expect
some common courtesy? If
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trump to dummy and ruffs a
club high.
When East-West follow,
South leads a trump to
dummy and ruffs a club. He
concedes a spade, wins
East’s diamond shift with
the ace, ruffs his last spade
in dummy and discards the
queen of diamonds on the
good club. If the clubs broke
badly, South could finesse in
diamonds.
You hold: ♠ J 2 ♥ A K 2
♦ 8 6 3 ♣ A Q 10 4 3. Both sides
vulnerable. The dealer, at
your right, opens one dia-
mond. What do you say?
Answer: If you overcall
at the two level with a broken
suit and a bunch of losers,
you may be doubled for
a telephone-number penal-
ty. Still, passing may miss
game, and a two-club over-
call of a one-diamond open-
ing has obstructive and
someone is not invited to an
event, isn’t it cruel to include
that person in a group text?
Lonely
Dear Lonely: I assume
your main question is about
the utility of excluding
someone from an outdoor
event who consistently tests
negative for COVID for
many days leading up to it.
It seems overly cautious
to keep someone who
doesn’t have COVID away
from an outdoor activity.
But these are the rules, and
you are conscientiously ad-
hering to them. You are dis-
playing common courtesy
by being honest.
It hurts that you can’t
join the activity, but you are
part of the group and it is ap-
propriate to include you in
notifications. I suspect that
if you weren’t included in
them, you might feel even
more hurt and excluded.
After two pandemic years
of facing other tough things,
this might hurt a little more
than it should.
Dear Amy: My dad has
built incredible things, in-
cluding a garage and an ad-
dition to his home. He re-
modeled neighbors’ homes
and did high-quality proj-
ects. This is his hobby.
He has never charged
anyone; they get the sup-
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lead-directing value. I would
pass, but I certainly would
not criticize two clubs.
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plies and he shows up to
help. He has freely given his
time and talents to neigh-
bors and friends.
I recently talked to him
about a built-in wall project
for my home. A few weeks
later he called me to say he
had some free time and
could help me with it.
After some planning, he
mentioned how much less he
is charging me than a con-
tractor would, and how he
didn’t need money for sup-
plies upfront, because he’d
include it on my invoice.
Is it presumptuous of me
to think my dad would help
me build something if I cover
the costs for the materials?
I never ask him for any-
thing. Our last conversation
left me deflated.
Frustrated Daughter
Dear Frustrated: Your fa-
ther wasn’t specific regard-
ing charging you for his time
and talent. And it seems that
he is advancing you the cost
of the material.
Ask him to be specific,
and then talk about it, using
a neutral tone and a nonde-
fensive attitude. If you de-
cide to do the project, go
with him to select materials
and assist him in building.
Send questions to Amy
Dickinson by email to ask
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B8 SAT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22
Missing brother is a sister’s mission
[Search, from B1]
office. Roughly one-fourth of
the cases were in Los Ange-
les County.
Last year, nearly 29,000
people reported missing in
the state returned on their
own or were found by law en-
forcement, the California
Department of Justice re-
ports.
But not all had happy
endings. More than 1,400
missing persons were ar-
rested, and 831 died, accord-
ing to the state report.
Many agencies consider
someone missing for more
than a year a “cold case,” ac-
cording to the National
Missing and Unidentified
Persons System.
Kustritz wants to make
sure that doesn’t happen
with Stein.
Los Angeles County sher-
iff ’s Det. Shannon Rincon,
who is handling Stein’s case,
said law enforcement offi-
cials think Stein is still alive,
likely living between Venice
and Malibu.
There have been numer-
ous sightings of people who
match Stein’s description,
Rincon said, and several
deputies think they may
have encountered him. But
so far, they haven’t been able
to track him down.
“I would love to bring him
home to the family,” Rincon
said. “Unfortunately, even if
we find him, if he doesn’t
want to return, we can’t force
him.”
Stein graduated from the
University of Minnesota in
the spring of 2020 with a de-
gree in economics and
landed a job as a broker at a
financial services company
in St. Paul, his sister said.
Kustritz described him
as an ambitious and charm-
ing person “who could be-
friend anyone.” He’s also a
talented artist, she added,
and an accomplished ath-
lete, especially involving
anything with a board —
surfing, skateboarding,
snowboarding.
But he was plagued by
psychological demons, his
sister said, and for a long
time he refused treatment.
Stein began to slide into
what Kustritz described as a
mental health crisis in May
2021 while living in Minneap-
olis.
By the end of the month,
he had driven to Southern
California — a place he told
his sister “where I’ve really
been calm.”
Stein had quit his previ-
ous job and was set to start
another — but pushed back
his start date when he made
the trip west, his sister said.
But things didn’t go
smoothly. When he had to
leave a second sober living
house because of his in-
stability, Stein phoned his
mother and sister on June 13.
He told them he’d been walk-
ing all night — that he was
“stuck” and needed help.
They immediately flew out.
Kustritz said her family
The N-word doesn’t belong in a fourth-grade classroom
[Banks, from B1]
another angry student.
Other students stayed but
took their teacher to task.
“Ms. Glancy, you don’t
understand how hard it is to
hear that word,” one child
told her, plaintively.
Two boys — one Black
and one white — were par-
ticularly upset. They lis-
tened as the teacher ex-
plained her thinking, then
they complained to the dean
at lunchtime.
Glancy had expected “a
big conversation” about the
language in the poem, she
said. But she did not antici-
pate the hostility of the
fallout and was not equip-
ped to address the hurt.
“I was very apologetic for
making them feel that way,”
she said.
When a student came to
her after class and said, “I
can’t believe you said that
word,” Glancy tried to blunt
the pain: “I said, ‘I read the
word.’... It was [the poet’s]
experience and his lan-
guage, and it’s not my job to
censor that.”
Which might be a per-
fectly logical response — if
these were not such young
children and Glancy was not
a white teacher in a multi-
racial class, at a school that
has as its mission promot-
ing equity and inclusivity.
::
I didn’t expect to hear
back when I reached out to
Glancy on Twitter, where
she describes herself as
“passionate about teaching
ZOË KUSTRITZ puts up stickers at Malibu Surf Shack, where Jack worked. It was also one of the last places he was seen. “If he ever
shows up, he’s going to be mad at me for all I’ve done to try to find him,” she said. “It would be great if he was mad at me and showed up.”
was “totally desperate” to
get Stein the help they felt he
needed.
They called the police
and social services to try to
have him admitted to a hos-
pital or mental health facil-
ity and held there for his own
safety — to no avail.
Finally, they found In-
spire Malibu, a private treat-
ment facility on Kanan Road
in Agoura Hills. He agreed to
enter treatment June 15.
Kustritz and her mother
returned home, but came
back for a visit the following
month.
The two had seen Stein a
few hours before he van-
ished and were eating dinner
about a mile or two away
when they learned he walked
out of the facility about
8 p.m. July 13. They rushed
back as a frantic search be-
gan.
Helicopters scoured the
area from the air, and a
search party fanned out on
the ground.
The 6-foot-3, 180-pound
Stein, who has blue eyes and
reddish-blond hair, wasn’t
carrying a cellphone or ID
when he walked away, offi-
cials said.
A missing person bulletin
issued by the L.A. County
and learning and lighting
the fire in others.”
But she called back right
away, willing to walk me
through all that happened
that day — from the reading
of the poem to the phone
calls home to parents of
every student in her class.
I tried to listen dispas-
sionately. But I could see
myself in every dimension of
the story she told.
I was that 8-year-old in
the poem, called “nigger” by
white girls not much older
than me, on a sleepover at
the YMCA. It was supposed
to be a fun community event
for my sister and me. But
even now, more than 50
years later, I remember how
helpless and frightened we
felt, in a room full of white
people, with no one we could
trust to protect us.
Decades later, I was that
mother complaining to a
middle-school teacher
about subjecting Black kids
to Mark Twain’s “nigger
Jim,” over and over again. I
knew that some kids in my
daughter’s class snickered
as they read “Huckleberry
Finn,” while the lone Black
boy in class sometimes
seemed to be on the verge of
tears. Did allegiance to the
canon of American litera-
ture justify sacrificing his
well-being?
And in between, I’d been
the teacher in a college
journalism class, confronted
by a student who didn’t
understand why she was not
allowed to render an inter-
view authentically. She’d
been told to use “the N-
KUSTRITZ AND her family arranged for a large billboard depicting Jack on
Lincoln Avenue in Venice. He had no phone or ID when he vanished, officials said.
Sheriff ’s Department notes
that Stein suffers from bipo-
lar disorder and depression.
The Facebook page Help
Find Jack Stein says he “is
likely looking to hurt him-
self.”
word” in her story, even
though the man she’d inter-
viewed had said “nigger.” I
responded to her question
with the professorial version
of “Because I say so” —
because I was tired of ex-
plaining the heritage and
hurt of the word to clueless
white students.
I have never forgotten
how hearing that word as a
child made me feel like I was
damaged goods. Or how
angry I was when I realized
that my own children were
being uncomfortably spot-
lighted in class by the slur.
Or how frustrating it was to
accept that smart white
students could make it to
college with only the barest
understanding of the epi-
thet.
It would be easy now to
opine that Glancy was
thoughtless and short-
sighted to rely on such an
incendiary word as a teach-
ing tool. But I think it is
more meaningful to ponder
questions the incident
raises, as debates over the
word’s use are migrating
from college campuses to
elementary schools.
In cases such as Glan-
cy’s, do we judge just the
outcome or also the intent?
If the teacher were Black,
would this resonate differ-
ently? Is it appropriate, or
even possible, to prepare
young children to hear the
slur as anything more than a
taunt, in an era where the
word has been weaponized?
The vile word is now a
casual slur, wielded com-
fortably by witless bigots
Over the next few days,
the family drove almost ev-
ery street in Agoura Hills,
Westlake Village and Thou-
sand Oaks. They looked for
Stein in Malibu and Venice
Beach, checking homeless
asserting white supremacy.
But it’s also a term of en-
dearment among some
Black men and their young
imitators; they have re-
claimed the slur — amended
colloquially to “nigga” —
and don’t give a damn about
establishment approval.
The N-word is evolving,
as language does over time.
And although there are all
kinds of teaching guides,
there is no consensus
among experts about
whether the word itself has
value as a teaching tool.
There is something
intrinsically ballistic about
the word, no matter how
many new iterations
emerge.
Even researching and
writing this column has
been a peculiar emotional
challenge for me. I get heart
palpitations every time I
type “nigger” in the search
bar.
I wanted to understand
that, so I called Harvard
Law professor Randall
Kennedy, whose 2002 book,
“Nigger: The Strange Career
of a Troublesome Word”
examines the word’s endur-
ance and the shifting
boundaries on its use.
“ ‘Nigger’ is the baseline
against which other poten-
tial slurs are measured,” he
told me. It has a centuries-
long history of “wreaking
havoc on American society”
through its association with
lynchings, mob violence and
other atrocities committed
against Black people, he
said.
Its potency is measured
Photographs by
shelters and encampments.
Within a week of his
disappearance, the family
bought ads on Facebook,
Google and Instagram. A
friend handed out more
than 200 posters from Venice
by the way it has endured,
even as other slurs have
faded over time. The N-
word “is still used to terror-
ize today … no matter how
some people have tried to
sanitize it,” Kennedy said.
He has used the word
openly in his race-related
university courses, he said,
but only after the class has
discussed it deeply.
Because context and
preparation matter. Anyone
who feels the need to say the
word “ought to be aware of
its baggage,” Kennedy says.
It is “still a very menacing
word.”
::
Menacing. That’s the
term that sticks with me
when I think about the
feelings of the children in
Glancy’s class.
She didn’t mean to alarm
her students, but she also
didn’t understand the sense
of threat inherent in the slur
— or the shock of the word
coming from a teacher they
trusted.
If Glancy were a Black
teacher, I suspect this would
have played out differently
— or not occurred at all.
Black teachers would likely
have had their own N-word
experiences to draw on, and
might be more likely to
consider whether the litera-
ry lesson would be worth the
pain the word could spawn.
In hindsight, that is a
question that should have
been asked: Can we really
expect a fourth-grader to be
able to uncouple the shock
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Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times
to Zuma Beach. In late De-
cember, they paid to have a
billboard placed atop a bicy-
cle shop in Venice.
And in February, Kust-
ritz returned to L.A. for the
first time since Stein went
missing, to continue her
search efforts.
“If he ever shows up, he’s
going to be mad at me for all
I’ve done to try to find him,”
Kustritz said.
But she mused: “It would
be great if he was mad at me
and showed up.”
Kustritz is hoping her
sticker campaign will help
get the word out and may
connect with someone who
has seen Stein or knows
where he is.
The orange stickers are
based on Stein’s sketches.
Kustritz hopes skate and
surf shops will carry them.
She visited one area
where Leaf-n-Thewind said
he’d seen Stein. Several
other people said either that
they had encountered Stein
or he looked familiar.
Though Kustritz doesn’t
know how reliable the ac-
counts are, she’s trying to
follow up on every lead.
“Hope feels much better
than the alternative,” she
said.
of the slur from its value as a
literary device?
Looking back at that,
Glancy said she realizes she
made a mistake. “I’m trying
to educate myself. I want to
do better,” she told me,
ticking off a list of resources
she’s consulting.
“Where I struggle the
most is that I’m pretty well
educated and literate, and I
read a lot of views that are
different than mine. I seek
out information, and still I
had no clue,” she said. “That
is what’s frightening to me.”
Now Glancy is broad-
ening her sources, stockpil-
ing advice, trying to find a
way to make amends to her
students — and fervently
hoping she will be allowed to
return to the classroom to
put what she’s learned into
practice.
I’m hoping for that too.
And here’s something I
hope she has come to under-
stand: Teaching is not just
about academic dogma and
lighting fires, but about
looking past the limits of
your own narrow vision and
trying to imagine how young
people, very unlike you,
might feel. Teachers and
students can learn from
each other.
And if there is anything
encouraging in this trying
episode, it is that Glancy’s
students felt comfortable
enough — with themselves
and with her — to push back
against something they felt
was wrong. That is a skill
they are likely to need in a
nation still struggling to
come to grips with racism.
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LAFC retools roster for 2022 LAFC

[LAFC, from B14]
ed. I think it’s a cool story, to
be honest.”
So does Dos Santos.
“It was only a question of
him getting an opportunity,”
he said. “I believed that, with
the right opportunity, Max
would be able to show all these
qualities and I think that’s
what happened. And he went
from there.
“That’s the story between
me and Max.”
The next chapter could be
the most interesting one. It
begins with Dos Santos, an as-
sistant to Bob Bradley’s in
LAFC’s inaugural season, re-
turning to join the staff of new
coach Steve Cherundolo. Cre-
peau, unhappy with his
friend’s late-season firing in
Vancouver, followed after
forcing the Whitecaps to trade
him to Southern California for
$1 million in allocation money
plus a first-round draft pick,
the most expensive deal for a
goalkeeper in league history.
Now it’s up to Crepeau to
make it all pay off.
“There’s some pressure.
It’s a natural aspect of sports,”
said Crepeau, who has one
season and a club option left
on his contract. “We need to
perform, we need to win, espe-
cially in this organization
where there’s that culture and
that mentality since day one.
“I love pressure, but I don’t
think about it. Maybe that’s
why I love it.”
He won’t be shouldering
that pressure alone. John
Thorrington, LAFC’s co-pres-
ident and general manager,
had an outstanding winter,
adding not only Crepeau, a
Canadian international, but
Ilie Sánchez and U.S. interna-
tional Kellyn Acosta in the
midfield, and Franco Escobar
and Doneil Henry, a team-
mate of Crepeau’s with Cana-
da, on defense.
Over the last seven
months, the roster has under-
gone the most dramatic
makeover in LAFC’s five-year
history, with only Latif Bless-
ing and captain Carlos Vela
remaining from the club’s in-
augural season in 2018. But if
Vela stays healthy and moti-
vated — and stays with the
team beyond the expiration of
his contract in June —
Cherundolo has more than
enough talent to get the team
ROSTER
Kelly’s deal
makes buyout
GOALKEEPERS
16 Maxime Crepeau manageable
30 Tomas Romero
77 John McCarthy
By Ben Bolch
DEFENDERS
2 Franco Escobar
3 Jesús Murillo After recommitting to
4 Eddie Segura Chip Kelly with a new four-
5 Mamadou Fall year, $22-million contract last
12 Diego Palacios month on the eve of the
15 Mohamed Traore coach’s buyout expiring,
18 Erik Dueñas UCLA left itself on the hook
24 Ryan Hollingshead for a relatively small amount if
25 Sebastien Ibeagha things go sour over the next
28 Antonio Leone two seasons.
33 Kim Moon-hwan Kelly’s contract, reviewed
44 Doneil Henry by The Times on Friday, calls
80 Julian Gaines for him to receive 70% of his re-
maining salary, talent fee and
MIDFIELDERS retention bonuses through
6 Ilie Sánchez Dec. 15, 2023, were the school
7 Latif Blessing to dismiss him without cause
8 Francisco Ginella before that date. Kelly is
11 José Cifuentes scheduled to make $4.6 mil-
23 Kellyn Acosta lion in salary and talent fees in
Josie Lepe Associated Press FORWARDS 2022 and $4.8 million each in
MAXIME CREPEAU spent the last four seasons with the Vancouver Whitecaps 9 Cristian Arango 2023, 2024 and 2025. His con-
before LAFC negotiated a trade for the Canadian international this offseason. 10 Carlos Vela tract also includes $1-million
17 Brian Rodríguez retention bonuses to be paid
“There’s always a period of 19 Ismael Tajouri-Shradi on Dec. 15, 2022, as well as the
adaptation to a new city and 21 Christian Torres same date in 2023 and 2024.
organization,” said Crepeau, 22 Kwadwo Opoku So, for example, if UCLA
27, who has temporarily set- 26 Cal Jennings were to dismiss Kelly the day
tled in a rental home in South 29 Daniel Musovski after next season ended, it
Pasadena with his wife, would owe only 70% of his re-
Cristina, and 9-month-old maining salary, talent fee
daughter, Lyvia. “A lot of peo- and retention bonus through
ple see only the football side LAFC Dec. 15, 2023, which would be
and just the green rectangle. SCHEDULE roughly $4.06 million.
But there’s new teammates, All times Pacific
Kelly, who has gone 18-25 in
getting to know them, getting his first four seasons at UCLA,
Saturday – vs. Colorado, 12:30 p.m.
to know their tendencies and March 6 – vs. Portland, 7 p.m. would owe the Bruins $3 mil-
the vision of the organiza- March 12 – at Inter Miami, 10:30 a.m. lion if he left the school before
tion.” March 20 – vs. Vancouver, 7 p.m. the final game of the 2022 sea-
Dos Santos predicts that it April 2 – at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. son. If Kelly were to depart be-
won’t take long. April 9 – at Galaxy, 4:30 p.m. fore the end of the 2023 sea-
“Max didn’t need an intro- April 17 – vs. Sporting Kansas City, 1 p.m. son, he would owe the school
duction,” he said. “It’s not like April 24 – at Cincinnati, 2 p.m. $1.5 million.
I arrived in L.A. and said, ‘Hey, May 1 – vs. Minnesota, 7 p.m. The bonus structure in
Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press there’s this goalkeeper in Van- May 7 – vs. Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Kelly’s contract calls for him
LATIF BLESSING , left, is one of only two players couver right?’ People knew May 14 – at Colorado, 12:30 p.m. to make as much as $1.085 mil-
May 18 – vs. Austin, 7:30 p.m.
remaining from LAFC’s original roster from 2018. what Max was doing in MLS. I lion per season for meeting
May 21 – at Columbus, 12:30 p.m.
don’t think I needed to push performance and academic
May 28 – vs. San Jose, 3 p.m.
back to the playoff tourna- you are at the end of the sea- too much.” June 18 – at Seattle, noon
benchmarks. If Kelly were to
ment it missed last season. son, not the beginning.” But he did push to get Cre- June 26 – vs. New York Red Bulls, noon win the Pac-12 Conference
However, the coach Crepeau, who posted ca- peau started on this road a June 29 – vs. FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m. coach of the year, he would get
warned, it might take time for reer bests for games (27), save dozen years ago. And he’s not July 2 – at Vancouver, 7 p.m. $50,000, and if he were to win
all those pieces to come to- percentage (75.8%) and shut- surprised it has taken him to July 8 – vs. Galaxy, 7 p.m. national coach of the year he
gether. outs (six) in 2021, will be key if this latest stop. July 17 – at Nashville, 5:30 p.m. would get $100,000.
“Any time you make LAFC’s season is to have that “Every time you see people July 23 – at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Kelly would earn $25,000
changes, those changes take happy ending. The team went you worked with and you see July 29 – vs. Seattle, 8 p.m. were the Bruins to finish in the
time to settle in,” he said. “We through three goalkeepers in signs of leadership, of quality, Aug. 6 – at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Associated Press top 10 and
are very happy with the 2021 while giving up 51 goals and years later you see them Aug. 13 – vs. Charlotte, 7:30 p.m an additional $25,000 were the
changes we made. We think and finishing with a losing reach important goals, you’re Aug. 17 – vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. team to finish in the top five
Aug. 20 – at San Jose, 7 p.m.
we have a good team. record (12-13-9) for the first always happy for them,” he (including ties for both cate-
Aug. 26 – at Austin, 5 p.m.
“But to get all those time. said. “Especially when they’re gories). Any appearance in
Aug. 31 – at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
changes firing on all pistons, The goalie’s national team good guys. Sept. 4 – vs. Real Salt Lake, 7 :30 p.m.
the College Football Playoff
we need a little time. So as am- duties delayed his start with “Max is a fantastic team- Sept. 10 – at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. would net Kelly $100,000, with
bitious as we are and excited his new club, leaving him little mate. He wants to win. He’s Sept. 13 – at Minnesota, 5 p.m. an appearance in the CFP
[as] we are about this group, time to get acquainted with very good. When you see that Sept. 18 – vs. Houston, 7:30 p.m. championship earning him an
we also understand it’s a long his new city, let alone a new happening, it’s good for every- Oct. 2 – at Portland, noon additional $150,000 and a na-
season. It’s important where back line. body.” Oct. 9 – vs. Nashville, 2 p.m. tional title another $200,000.
B10 SAT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22 S L AT I M E S . C O M

Crunch time in year of living dangerously

egon, Arizona and UCLA — corresponded with a sharp son, when USC will need him
As USC wins despite on tap during their next rise in turnovers, as USC has most.
three games, the time to iron averaged 13.6 giveaways dur- He certainly looked capa-
close calls, here are out any lingering issues has ing its last five games. ble Thursday, kicking into a
three keys to watch as arrived. The Trojans turned the new gear in the first over-
Here are three factors to ball over 17 times in their time against Oregon State.
the postseason nears. watch over USC’s final three double-overtime win over Mobley scored 19 points,
games: Oregon State, their second- tied for his second-highest
By Ryan Kartje highest total of the season. total of the new year. But the
The Beavers scored 25 junior forward hasn’t hit a
It took a second-half
Free-throw points off those turnovers, three-pointer since Feb. 5.
surge to escape Pacific, a shooting nearly upending USC be- USC has successfully
buzzer-beater to best Wash- When USC started its cause of them. spread its scoring around,
ington State and two over- conference slate, there was “Our ceiling has certainly but eventually its stars have
times to take down Oregon no question about the Tro- not been reached offen- to perform.
State. But after three close jans’ most glaring offensive sively,” USC coach Andy Mobley will be a crucial
calls to inferior teams during weakness. Enfield said. “We have a lot of part of any postseason run, if
the last two weeks, USC en- Through its first 23 growth to do at times.” he can find his rhythm again.
ters the final stretch of its games, USC hit just 63.7% of
schedule with a record num- its attempts from the stripe, TONIGHT
Another Mobley
ber of wins — and plenty to a total that today would VS. OREGON
prove. rank in the bottom five in all takeover? When: 7
With Thursday night’s of college basketball. It was this time last year Where: Matthew Knight
94-91, double-overtime vic- But during their five- that Mobley finally came Arena
tory in Corvallis, Ore., the game win streak, the Tro- Amanda Loman Associated Press alive, suddenly finding his On the air: TV: ESPN2;
Trojans tied the program’s jans have been a different ISAIAH MOBLEY, driving on Warith Alatishe of stroke from the three-point Radio: 790.
regular-season record with team at the line. They’ve hit Oregon State, came alive at this time last season. line and emerging as a reli- Update: Another narrow es-
24 wins. 78.4% of their attempts, bet- able offensive threat along- cape, this time from the
They also clinched a cru- ter than any other team in into the tournament and the season, USC’s offense has side his younger brother, Ev- clutches of the conference’s
cial first-round bye in the the conference. postseason.” been consistent only in its in- an. worst team, didn’t inspire a
conference tournament. Over the last two games, consistency. While Evan has gone on ton of confidence in USC as
Two more wins would en- USC has been even better, Offensive After dominating the to become the favorite for it enters the most difficult
sure USC of a second-place hitting 40 of 50 in games it consistency glass early in the season, NBA rookie of the year, Isa- stretch of its season. Oregon
finish in the Pac-12. won by a total of five points. USC was outdone on the of- iah has deftly carried on the just beat UCLA and can
The Trojans have lost “That’s helped us with What won’t help is an of- fensive boards in four role of primary scorer most make a major statement to
just one game this month, some of these ugly games,” fense that’s stagnant every- straight games before of this season. the tournament selection
avoiding their usual Febru- Isaiah Mobley said Wednes- where else. Thursday night’s win over The question is whether committee by sweeping the
ary skid. And with the other day, “and I think it’s going to While its defense has re- Oregon State. he can take that role to an- L.A. schools on its home
teams atop the Pac-12 — Or- help us coming up, going mained relatively strong all That same stretch also other level in the postsea- floor.

Cronin faces big decision down stretch PAC-12

STANDINGS
Conf. Overall
showed the need for consis-
TEAM W L W L
UCLA coach must tent offense in their loss to the
Arizona 15 1 25 2
Ducks on a night when they
choose between played reasonably good de- USC 13 4 24 4
Johnson, Riley. Both fense. UCLA 12 5 20 6
It didn’t help that three of
have unique strengths. UCLA’s top four scorers were
Oregon 11 6 18 10
Colorado 10 8 18 10
either sidelined or hobbled by
By Ben Bolch injury. Shooting guard Washington State 8 8 15 12
Johnny Juzang departed late Washington 8 8 13 13
CORVALLIS, Ore. — It’s a in the first half with an ankle Stanford 8 9 15 12
choice that UCLA coach Mick injury, never to return. Jaquez Arizona State 7 10 11 16
Cronin has increasingly pon- continued to play on dual an-
California 4 13 11 17
dered in recent weeks: Myles kle braces while badly missing
Johnson or Cody Riley? several jumpers. Point guard Utah 4 14 11 17
For most of the season, it Tyger Campbell played Oregon State 1 15 3 23
seemed the decision was through a bothersome shoul-
TODAY’S GAMES
made for him. der injury that forced him to
As a veteran of a Final Four miss the previous game. The No. 12 UCLA at Oregon State ............... 1 p.m.
team who complemented his trio combined for 29 points, No. 16 USC at Oregon ........................ 7 p.m.
interior scoring with a reliable well below their season aver- Washington State at Washington ......... 3 p.m.
jump shot, Riley began the age of 40. No. 2 Arizona at Colorado ................... 5 p.m.
season as the lone starting big The statistics largely tell Stanford at California .................... 5:30 p.m.
man in the Bruins’ four-guard the story of Riley’s and John- Arizona State at Utah ......................... 7 p.m.
lineup. But a knee injury suf- son’s respective strengths.
fered in the first half of the sea- Riley is averaging 8.0 points on
son opener, combined with a Robert Franklin Associated Press 49.0% shooting but only 3.4 re- TOP 25
nearly monthlong COVID-19 COACH MICK CRONIN , right, gets an offensive boost from Cody Riley (2), but bounds in 21.9 minutes per
layoff for his team, kept Riley
out for two months.
Into the void stepped
Myles Johnson adds more defensive skills and rebounding to the UCLA lineup.

make outside shots, in the block because of the oritize when UCLA (20-6 over-
game. Johnson is averaging
4.0 points on 61.4% shooting to
go with team highs of 6.0 re-
Iowa stays
Johnson, the graduate trans-
fer from Rutgers who was
prompted Cronin to replace
Johnson with Riley to start
way we were shooting the ball,
and we got away from it and
all, 12-5 Pac-12 Conference)
faces Oregon State (3-23, 1-15)
bounds and 1.4 blocked shots
in 18.7 minutes per game.
hot with win
known for defense and re-
bounding. He provided both,
starting every game Riley
the second half.
“I was trying to get some-
body that we could go to in-
that’s why we stopped scoring
— that was the key to getting
us back in the game.”
on Saturday afternoon at Gill
Coliseum in what amounts to
a must-win situation for a
Riley or Johnson? Johnson
or Riley?
As the Bruins head into
at Nebraska
missed. side,” Cronin explained after Riley scored 10 of his 12 Bruins team that has dropped their most pivotal stretch of
associated press
When the Bruins resumed the No. 12 Bruins’ 68-63 loss. points in the second half, re- four of its last five road games. the season, the debate inten-
their season in January, Riley “We needed to keep going into viving the debate about which The flip side of Riley’s of- sifies.
returned as well, moving back Cody and Jaime [Jaquez Jr.] big man Cronin should pri- fensive barrage was that his LINCOLN, Neb. — Tony
into the starting lineup. How- defense and rebounding TODAY Perkins scored 15 of his ca-
ever, his scoring and rebound- couldn’t match what Johnson AT OREGON STATE reer-high 20 points in the
ing lagged as he struggled to provided. Johnson’s four re- When: 1 p.m. second half, Keegan Murray
round into form, opening the SOUTHLAND bounds in 13 minutes matched Where: Gill Coliseum had 15 points and 11 re-
door for Johnson to replace TODAY Riley’s output in that category On the air: TV: Ch. 2; Radio: bounds, and No. 25 Iowa
him as the starter last week. in nearly 27 minutes. Riley 570. beat Nebraska 88-78.
Johnson proved a defen- MEN also surrendered a flurry of six Update: Juzang is doubtful The Hawkeyes (20-8, 10-7
sive and rebounding force in Cal State Fullerton at UC San Diego ..................................1 p.m. quick points to Oregon’s because of the ankle injury he Big Ten) won for the sixth
three consecutive victories, California Baptist at Utah Valley .........................................1 p.m. Franck Kepnang early in the suffered against Oregon. One time in seven games and
even if he was largely passive Pacific at Loyola Marymount .......................................... 4:30 p.m. second half as the Ducks ex- season after a run to the Elite posted their first victory in
on offense, chucking nearly Pepperdine at Brigham Young ............................................. 5 p.m. tended their lead. Eight, the Beavers rank Lincoln since 2015. The
every offensive rebound to UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside .................................... 5 p.m. The biggest factor as to among the worst Power Five Cornhuskers (7-21, 1-16) lost
teammates on the perimeter. Cal State Northridge at UC Davis ....................................... 5 p.m. which UCLA big man gets the conference teams and have their fourth straight, all by
More of that passivity in the Long Beach State at UC Irvine ............................................. 9 p.m. most minutes going forward lost 13 consecutive games, in- double digits. Perkins had
first half Thursday night WOMEN could be the team’s needs. cluding a 94-91 setback his first double-digit scoring
against Oregon, compounded USC at No. 12 Arizona .............................................................11 a.m. The Bruins fancy themselves against USC on Thursday in game since Dec. 6 against
by the Bruins’ inability to UCLA at Arizona State ...........................................................11 a.m. a defense-first team but also double overtime. Illinois.

NHL STANDINGS

Pacific
Calgary
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
30
L
14
OL
6
Pts
66
GF
170
GA
121
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Metropolitan
Carolina
W
36
L
11
OL
4
Pts
76
GF
180
GA
121
Kings take control early in triumph
KINGS 28 17 7 63 154 144 NY Rangers 33 13 5 71 155 128
[Hockey, from B14] KINGS 4, DUCKS 1
Vegas 29 19 4 62 170 153 Pittsburgh 31 14 8 70 174 146
York Islanders on Saturday. KINGS .....................................1 3 0 — 4
Edmonton 28 20 3 59 171 166 Washington 28 16 9 65 172 149
“We’d love to have Todd DUCKS ....................................0 0 1 — 1
DUCKS 25 20 9 59 161 165 Columbus 27 24 1 55 173 190 back but as of right now it’s FIRST PERIOD: 1. KINGS, Grundstrom 7 (Brown, By-
Vancouver 25 22 6 56 147 149 NY Islanders 19 20 8 46 119 132 status quo,” Yawney said field), 7:50. Penalties—Silfverberg, DUCKS
(Interference), 2:51. Kaliyev, KINGS (Hooking), 18:15.
San Jose 23 22 6 52 138 161 New Jersey 18 29 5 41 157 191 when asked about the SECOND PERIOD: 2. KINGS, Kempe 24 (Kopitar),
Seattle 16 33 5 37 139 193 Philadelphia 15 26 10 40 129 180 3:51. 3. KINGS, Kopitar 15 (Kempe, Doughty), 10:11. 4.
coach’s status. “We’ll make KINGS, Kempe 25, 12:51 (sh). Penalties—Carrick,
Central W L OL Pts GF GA Atlantic W L OL Pts GF GA due for the time being. DUCKS (Roughing), 2:45. KINGS bench, served by
Lemieux (Roughing), 2:45. Zegras, DUCKS (Interfer-
Colorado 38 10 4 80 210 148 Florida 35 12 5 75 215 157 Todd’s only a phone call ence), 9:32. Grundstrom, KINGS (Holding), 16:57. Ze-
St. Louis 31 14 6 68 184 141 Tampa Bay 33 11 6 72 174 142 away and the guys didn’t gras, DUCKS (Tripping), 19:02.
THIRD PERIOD: 5. DUCKS, Terry 27 (Getzlaf, Hen-
Minnesota 31 15 3 65 187 150 Toronto 33 14 4 70 182 142 need anyone behind the rique), 2:12 (pp). Penalty—Doughty, KINGS (Delay of
Nashville 30 18 4 64 161 148 Boston 30 17 4 64 148 141 bench the way they played Game), 17:44.
SHOTS ON GOAL: KINGS 11-11-10—32. DUCKS 7-9-
Dallas 28 20 3 59 147 149 Detroit 23 23 6 52 149 181 tonight. They knew what we 9—25. Power-play conversions—KINGS 0 of 3. DUCKS 0
Winnipeg 22 21 9 53 150 159 Ottawa 19 26 5 43 134 159 wanted to do and they did of 3.
GOALIES: KINGS, Quick 14-10-6 (25 shots-24
Chicago 19 26 8 46 134 181 Buffalo 16 29 8 40 141 191 it.” saves). DUCKS, Gibson 16-14-8 (20-16), DUCKS, Sto-
Arizona 14 34 4 32 119 190 Montreal 12 33 7 31 121 197 A playoff intensity was larz 8-5-1 (12-12). Att—17,174 (17,174). T—2:25.

Note: Overtime or shootout losses worth one point.

felt as the two franchises
wrote the latest chapter in
their “Freeway Faceoff,” and They’re our crosstown ri-
RESULTS with two points up for grabs vals, we knew where they are
KINGS 4 Adrian Kempe had two goals and an assist as the Kings and two points separating Jae C. Hong Associated Press in the standings and where
AT DUCKS 1 cruised and moved into second in the Pacific Division. the teams in the standings, THE KINGS’ Matt Roy, left, moves the puck up ice we are. Our second periods
AT CAROLINA 4 Nino Niederreiter and Vincent Trocheck scored 36 the players were engaged. as he is pressured by the Ducks’ Jamie Drysdale. are becoming a thing and
COLUMBUS 0 seconds apart to begin the third to break it open. Figure skater Nathan they shouldn’t be. We have to
Chen, who captured the enth goal of the season and Early in the third period, get those bad habits out of
AT ST. LOUIS 5 Jordan Kyrou had two goals, Ville Husso had 35 saves
Olympic gold medal in Bei- 18th of his career. Troy Terry finally gave the our game. Hopefully tonight
BUFFALO 3 and the Blues improved to 10-1-1 in the new year.
jing 15 days earlier and trains The Kings doubled their home fans something to is another learning lesson.”
AT CHICAGO 8 Patrick Kane and Brandon Hagel had hat tricks, and Alex up the road at Irvine’s Great lead early in the second cheer about when he scored The Ducks entered hav-
NEW JERSEY 5 DeBrincat and Seth Jones each had three assists. Ice Park (owned by Ducks when Adrian Kempe fired past Kings goalie Jonathan ing won consecutive games
AT COLORADO 6 Gabriel Landeskog scored three times and Nathan owners Henry and Susan home a feed from Anze Kopi- Quick for his 27th goal of the over divisional opponents.
WINNIPEG 3 MacKinnon had two to storm back from a 3-0 deficit. Samueli) energized the sell- tar. season. The Ducks contin- The Kings arrived as one of
out crowd by dropping the Less than seven minutes ued to apply pressure for the the hottest teams in the
AT ARIZONA 3 Nick Schmaltz scored two goals, one an empty-netter with
ceremonial first puck. later, Kopitar tallied his 15th next five minutes, but Quick league, having posted back-
VEGAS 1 31 seconds left. Scott Wedgewood stopped 43 shots.
The Kings struck first at goal of the season when his was unfazed by seeing shut- to-back victories over Arizo-
the 7:50 mark of the first pe- quick wrist shot on the out bid ended. na and an overtime win in
TODAY’S GAMES riod when Quinton Byfield power play fooled Gibson. “This is tough to swal- Las Vegas. The Kings own a
NY Islanders at KINGS, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Florida, 9:30 a.m. broke down right wing and Kempe scored his 25th goal low,” Ducks defenseman 10-game road point streak
Washington at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, noon centered to Carl Grund- of the season at 12:51 of the Kevin Shattenkirk said. “We (8-0-2) and are one of only a
Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville, 4:30 p.m. strom, whose one-timer in period to make it 4-0 at didn’t have the compete lev- few teams to hold a better
Toronto at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Boston at San Jose, 7 p.m. the slot beat John Gibson. It which point Gibson was re- el and intensity that we record on the road (15-6-5)
Colorado at Vegas, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 7 p.m. was the right winger’s sev- placed by Anthony Stolarz. needed. It’s embarrassing. than on home ice (13-11-2).
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NBA

Clippers are not sure

if George will return
[George, from B14] would play all of his cards con-
a return this season but also sidering these teams could
not putting a firm target date meet in the postseason.
for a return to action after Even with the Lakers miss-
missing the last eight weeks, ing 16 of their first 19 three-
and 30 games, with a torn ul- pointers they never trailed by
nar collateral ligament in his more than 12 after halftime,
right elbow. It marked the sec- and with eight minutes to play
ond time the Clippers have ex- in the third quarter, a vicious
tended George’s regimen of block by Austin Reaves on
rest. Reggie Jackson led to a Lak-
“He feels better, he’s mak- ers basket on the other end
ing progress, but he’s gonna that trimmed the Clippers’
need more time,” coach Ty- lead to just seven.
ronn Lue said before tipoff. It was part of a nightmare
Asked if there was still a third quarter in which the
chance to see George again Clippers mustered just 13
this season, Lue said he was points in 12 minutes, the kind
“not sure.” of scoring drought that has so
To Lue, the “biggest thing” often pulled a resilient team
is that regardless of the MRI back to the reality that they
result, George feels better. are missing some of the
And he has stayed in good league’s most impactful offen-
condition, continuing to work sive stars.
out during his All-Star break After the Lakers led by five
vacation to a Caribbean is- with 3:53 to play, the Clippers
land. But only seven weeks returned to their formula that
and 20 games remain in the has kept them 5-1 since the
regular season with the Clip- Feb. 10 trade deadline, getting
pers appearing bound for the baskets by four different play-
play-in tournament. ers to lead by one with 39 sec-
A torn ulnar collateral liga- onds to play after a 16-foot
Photographs by Christina House Los Angeles Times ment is a relatively rare injury jumper by Marcus Morris Sr.
DWIGHT HOWARD connects with the Clippers’ Robert Covington during a play under the basket. for basketball players who, “We didn’t play well,” Lue
unlike baseball players, gener- said. “We kept our compo-

Clippers clutch, Lakers fade

ally do not require surgery to sure.”
fix it, though whether George
could need it is still undeter-
mined. CLIPPERS 105, LAKERS 102
CLIPPERS
What Powell, George and Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Leonard watched during the Batum...............18 0-4 0-0 0-2 2 3 0
[Lakers, from B14] That, explicitly, has been especially with no game ac- first half and fourth quarter Morris Sr. ..........29 5-10 0-0 0-3 1 2 10
Zubac ...............18 3-7 0-0 1-7 0 4 6
fore saving the ball. the talk over the last week af- tion to offset any of them, was the blueprint for how the Jackson.............32 5-12 6-6 2-4 6 0 17
“I’ve never seen that,” ter James had the NBA took center stage and, at Clippers must continue to Mann................36 9-17 0-0 1-10 4 1 19
Kennard ............34 6-9 1-1 0-6 2 2 18
James said. buzzing throughout the All- least externally, dominated compensate for their ab- Hartenstein ........28 4-8 3-8 2-7 6 2 11
The Lakers did win an- Star break — whether po- the break. sences by receiving contrib- Coffey ...............23 5-9 3-4 0-1 2 2 14
Covington ..........20 4-7 0-0 1-7 2 3 10
other challenge in the final tentially veiled criticisms at “I think that for us, inter- utions from everywhere, Totals 41-83 13-19 7-47 25 19 105
30 seconds, this one eventu- Lakers management or very nally, we’re not paying as pushing their first-half lead to Shooting: Field goals, 49.4%; free throws, 68.4%
ally leading to an eight-sec- real thoughts about poten- much attention to this stuff 16 by turning steals by Robert Three-point goals: 10-26 (Kennard 5-8, Covington
2-3, Jackson 1-2, Mann 1-2, Coffey 1-3, Hartenstein
ond violation for the Clip- tially leaving the Lakers and as you all are in the media,” Covington and a block on 0-1, Morris Sr. 0-3, Batum 0-4). Team Rebounds: 9.
pers with another video re- maybe even returning to Vogel said before Friday’s Dwight Howard by Ivica Team Turnovers: 2. Blocked Shots: 8 (Covington 3, Ba-
tum 2, Hartenstein 2, Morris Sr.). Turnovers: 15 (Jackson
view in the middle of it. That Cleveland before he retires. game. “We’re all excited to Zubac into baskets. 5, Zubac 4, Kennard 2, Morris Sr. 2, Coffey, Harten-
led the Lakers to getting an- For a team excited to give just get back on the floor and Covington later deftly stein). Steals: 8 (Mann 3, Covington 2, Coffey, Kennard,
Morris Sr.). Technical Fouls: None.
other chance to take the everyone something new to make this push. We have 24 tipped a rebound toward Ter-
lead, but Carmelo Anthony’s talk about, it ultimately was games to make this run and ance Mann as he cut toward LAKERS
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
three-pointer with the team more of the same. try to improve our place in the basket, leading to a dunk, Ariza .................18 1-5 0-0 0-4 0 0 2
down one badly missed. Dismissed as “just noise” the standings and we part of his team-high 19 James ...............35 6-18 7-8 1-11 3 1 21
“Just trying to get a good by a member of the team’s haven’t really worried about points. And Luke Kennard, a Howard .............26 5-11 4-5 7-16 1 2 14
Reaves..............32 2-4 2-2 1-1 3 4 6
look,” Anthony said. “…I senior management, the sit- all that stuff, just taking ad- three-point contest competi- Westbrook .........32 9-21 0-2 0-3 1 3 18
missed it. It is what it is.” uation was serious enough THE LAKERS’ Talen vantage of the time to get tor only six days earlier, was Anthony.............28 7-14 0-0 2-5 1 3 18
Horton-Tucker .....27 6-9 2-3 1-3 1 2 16
After two Clippers free so that James’ agent, Rich Horton-Tucker defends away and taking a break.” somehow given wide swaths Monk ................24 3-9 1-1 1-2 6 2 7
throws, the Lakers had an- Paul, met with Lakers owner Terance Mann’s shot. But that excitement of room to make five of his first Johnson ............13 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 0
other chance, but James’ po- Jeanie Buss and general quickly faded, the Lakers seven three-pointers. He fin- Totals 39-93 16-21 13-47 18 17 102
Shooting: Field goals, 41.9%; free throws, 76.2%
tential game-tying three manager Rob Pelinka, clear up any perceived is- falling behind by as many as ished with 18 points. Three-point goals: 8-31 (Anthony 4-9, Horton-Tucker
didn’t fall. sources confirmed to The sues between the sides. 16 before a furious, third- But this night was also a 2-2, James 2-8, Reaves 0-2, Ariza 0-3, Westbrook 0-3,
Monk 0-4). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: None.
James finished with 21 Times. “I don’t understand how quarter comeback set the cautionary tale, a reminder of Blocked Shots: 7 (Howard 3, Reaves 2, Anthony,
points on six-for-18 shooting The meeting, which was some of my comments over stage for the team to stum- the razor-thin margins decid- James). Turnovers: 12 (James 6, Horton-Tucker 2, An-
thony, Ariza, Howard, Reaves). Steals: 8 (Anthony 2,
with six turnovers. West- first reported by ESPN, was the weekend were taken to a ble in the fourth. ing victory and defeat, and Horton-Tucker 2, Ariza, Howard, James, Westbrook).
brook and Anthony each to reiterate James’ commit- whole different area,” James “This is a game we’re sup- underscored why Lue — 6-0 Technical Fouls: Anthony, 11:14 fourth.
added 18 points. ment to the Lakers, who said, claiming that his words posed to win,” Anthony said. against the Lakers as the Clip- CLIPPERS 24 33 15 33— 105
“Not good enough,” West- have him under contract for were twisted. And it’s another one they pers’ coach — laughed LAKERS 22 25 31 24— 102
brook said. this season and next, and to The Lakers’ problems, didn’t. pregame when asked if he A—18,997. T—2:33.

STANDINGS Hornets 125, Raptors 93 Thunder 129, Pacers 125 Pelicans 117, Suns 102
Standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be TORONTO OKLAHOMA CITY NEW ORLEANS
determined for the playoffs. Teams are ranked 1-15 by record. Divi- Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
sion standing no longer has any bearing on the rankings. The top six Barnes ............31 13-18 2-2 2-5 1 1 28 Bazley .............33 6-16 1-2 3-10 0 0 14 Hayes..............17 3-5 2-2 3-6 1 4 9
teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. Teams seven Siakam............27 3-13 2-2 0-3 2 0 8 Wiggins ...........30 4-6 0-0 1-4 0 0 8 Ingram.............33 9-17 10-11 0-5 7 1 28
through 10 will participate in a play-in tournament with the top- Birch...............18 0-3 1-2 2-4 2 2 1 Roby ...............27 3-6 4-4 3-11 4 4 10 Valanciunas......32 7-16 4-6 4-17 0 1 18
seeded team playing the lowest qualifying play-in team. The next- Trent Jr.............28 5-12 0-0 0-4 1 2 12 Gilgus-Alexndr...38 13-24 9-12 1-8 5 2 36 Jones ..............31 0-9 2-2 3-5 1 4 2
lowest qualifying team would play the second, etc. Head-to-head
VanVleet ..........29 3-12 0-0 0-1 4 3 8 Mann ..............34 8-17 3-4 0-4 5 3 22 McCollum ........34 11-18 8-11 1-6 4 2 32
competition is the first of several tiebreakers, followed by conference
record. (Western Conference divisions: S-Southwest; P-Pacific; N- Achiuwa ..........23 3-8 3-7 1-5 0 0 9 Waters III .........23 3-8 0-0 0-5 0 0 8 Graham ...........25 2-6 5-5 0-1 2 0 11
Northwest; Eastern Conference divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S- Young..............21 2-4 1-3 3-5 2 1 5 Sarr ................21 2-4 0-0 1-4 2 5 4 Snell ...............25 3-5 0-0 1-7 1 2 9
Southeast). Boucher...........20 4-5 0-0 2-4 0 1 8 Pokusevski .......18 6-9 0-0 0-1 2 0 13 Marshall ..........16 2-6 1-2 1-1 2 1 5
Banton ............12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Maledon ..........18 5-10 1-2 1-4 3 2 14 Alvarado ..........11 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 0
WESTERN CONFERENCE Flynn...............12 2-3 1-3 0-2 5 1 5 Krejci ..............18 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 3 0 Hernangomez .....7 1-2 1-2 2-3 0 1 3
Champagnie.......4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Totals 50-101 18-24 11-53 23 19 129 Clark.................1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk. Mykhailiuk .........4 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 0 3 Murphy III ..........1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Shooting: Field goals, 49.5%; free throws, 75.0%
1. Phoenix 49 11 .817 8-2 P1 Watanabe ..........4 1-1 3-4 0-0 1 0 6 Three-point goals: 11-31 (Maledon 3-5, Mann 3-6, Waters III Totals 38-87 33-41 16-53 21 18 117
Totals 37-84 13-23 10-36 18 12 93 2-7, Pokusevski 1-3, Bazley 1-4, Gilgeous-Alexander 1-5, Krejci Shooting: Field goals, 43.7%; free throws, 80.5%
2. Golden State 43 17 .717 6 6-4 P2 0-1). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked
Shooting: Field goals, 44.0%; free throws, 56.5% Three-point goals: 8-29 (Snell 3-5, Graham 2-6,
3. Memphis 41 20 .672 81⁄2 7-3 S1 Three-point goals: 6-23 (Trent Jr. 2-4, VanVleet 2-7, Wata- Shots: 2 (Gilgeous-Alexander 2). Turnovers: 11 (Gilgeous-Al- McCollum 2-6, Hayes 1-1, Alvarado 0-1, Ingram 0-2,
nabe 1-1, Mykhailiuk 1-3, Banton 0-1, Barnes 0-1, Boucher 0-1, exander 7, Pokusevski 2, Roby 2). Steals: 9 (Bazley 3, Gilgeous- Jones 0-2, Marshall 0-3, Valanciunas 0-3). Team Re-
4. Utah 37 22 .627 111⁄2 7-3 N1 Champagnie 0-1, Flynn 0-1, Siakam 0-1, Achiuwa 0-2). Team Alexander 3, Mann 2, Waters III). Technical Fouls: None. bounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 4
5. Dallas 35 25 .583 14 6-4 S2 Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 4 (VanVleet 2, INDIANA (Hayes 2, Hernangomez, Jones). Turnovers: 10 (McCol-
Achiuwa, Birch). Turnovers: 16 (Barnes 3, Achiuwa 2, Boucher Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T lum 2, Valanciunas 2, Alvarado, Graham, Hayes, In-
6. Denver 34 25 .576 141⁄2 6-4 N2 2, Trent Jr. 2, VanVleet 2, Young 2, Banton, Birch, Siakam). Brissett............37 5-17 0-1 5-15 1 4 10 gram, Jones, Marshall). Steals: 10 (Marshall 4, Jones
7. Minnesota 32 29 .525 171⁄2 6-4 N3 Steals: 6 (Achiuwa 2, Barnes 2, Siakam, Trent Jr.). Technical Hield...............42 12-21 0-0 0-7 5 3 29 3, Alvarado, McCollum, Valanciunas). Technical Fouls:
Fouls: coach Nick Nurse, 7:56 third. Jackson ...........22 5-7 7-10 1-6 0 2 17 None.
8. CLIPPERS 31 31 .500 19 5-5 P3 Brogdon ..........30 6-14 0-0 0-4 4 1 15 PHOENIX
CHARLOTTE Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
9. LAKERS 27 32 .458 211⁄2 3-7 P4 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Haliburton........42 6-10 1-2 1-5 11 2 14
Smith..............28 6-10 2-2 2-6 2 1 16 Bridges............38 3-7 1-2 1-6 6 3 8
10. Portland 25 35 .417 24 4-6 N4 Bridges............31 5-11 1-1 3-10 7 2 11 Crowder...........29 4-6 2-4 0-5 3 4 12
Stephenson......28 6-14 0-2 1-3 4 6 14
Washington ......27 5-11 0-0 0-5 3 2 13 Ayton ..............31 9-12 1-2 1-5 1 4 20
Taylor ..............18 2-3 3-5 2-4 1 0 7
Plumlee ...........28 4-4 0-2 3-10 1 2 8 Booker ............36 10-24 8-8 0-3 5 3 30
Washington Jr. ..11 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 3
11. New Orleans 24 36 .400 25 6-4 S4 Ball.................29 5-16 1-1 1-5 6 2 13 Johnson...........28 4-11 4-4 1-1 1 3 15
Bitadze..............1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Rozier..............32 10-16 0-0 0-4 9 3 23 Craig...............24 0-6 2-4 3-11 2 3 2
11. San Antonio 24 36 .400 25 5-5 S3 Totals 49-100 13-22 12-51 31 19 125
Oubre Jr...........32 8-14 2-2 1-4 1 2 23 Shamet ...........16 3-9 0-0 0-3 1 3 8
13. Sacramento 22 39 .361 271⁄2 4-6 P5 Thor ................23 3-5 0-0 0-4 2 2 6 Shooting: Field goals, 49.0%; free throws, 59.1%
Three-point goals: 14-37 (Hield 5-9, Brogdon 3-8, Smith Payton.............13 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 2
Harrell .............23 9-12 2-3 5-10 3 3 20 McGee ............10 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 2 2
14. Oklahoma City 19 41 .317 30 3-7 N5 2-4, Stephenson 2-4, Washington Jr. 1-2, Haliburton 1-3, Jack-
Martin .............12 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 8 Wainright ...........5 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3
15. Houston 15 44 .254 331⁄2 1-9 S5 son 0-1, Taylor 0-1, Brissett 0-5). Team Rebounds: 6. Team
Totals 52-94 6-9 13-52 34 20 125 Jessie Alcheh Associated Press Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 11 (Jackson 5, Brissett 2, Hal- Biyombo ............2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Shooting: Field goals, 55.3%; free throws, 66.7% iburton, Hield, Smith, Stephenson). Turnovers: 15 (Haliburton Totals 36-82 18-24 7-37 23 27 102
EASTERN CONFERENCE Three-point goals: 15-40 (Oubre Jr. 5-10, Rozier 3-7, Wash- CAN’T TOUCH THIS 4, Hield 3, Stephenson 3, Washington Jr. 2, Brissett, Jackson, Shooting: Field goals, 43.9%; free throws, 75.0%
ington 3-9, Martin 2-3, Ball 2-7, Thor 0-1, Bridges 0-3). Team Smith). Steals: 8 (Brissett 2, Haliburton 2, Brogdon, Hield, Three-point goals: 12-40 (Johnson 3-10, Crowder
Team W L PCT GB L10 Rk. Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 2. Blocked Shots: 7 (Washington Stephenson, Taylor). Technical Fouls: Stephenson, 00:02 first. 2-4, Shamet 2-7, Booker 2-8, Ayton 1-1, Wainright 1-1,
1. Chicago 39 21 .650 7-3 C1 2, Bridges, Oubre Jr., Plumlee, Rozier, Thor). Turnovers: 16 (Ball Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry shoots against Oklahoma City 29 40 23 31 6— 129 Bridges 1-4, Payton 0-2, Craig 0-3). Team Rebounds:
6, Bridges 4, Martin 2, Oubre Jr. 2, Harrell, Plumlee). Steals: 10
1. Miami 39 21 .650 7-3 S1 (Martin 2, Oubre Jr. 2, Washington 2, Ball, Plumlee, Rozier, the defense of New York Knicks guard Alec Indiana 36 25 32 30 2— 125 8. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 8 (Ayton 3,
Booker 2, Craig 2, Johnson). Turnovers: 14 (Booker 4,
Thor). Technical Fouls: Harrell, 00:30 fourth.
3. Philadelphia 36 23 .610 21⁄2 6-4 A1 Burks. Lowry had 19 points in the Heat’s victory. A—15,182. T—2:26. Craig 3, Ayton 2, Bridges, Johnson, McGee, Payton,
Toronto 19 28 14 32— 93 Shamet). Steals: 6 (Craig 2, Ayton, Booker, Crowder,
4. Milwaukee 36 24 .600 3 6-4 C2 Charlotte 28 42 27 28— 125 Johnson). Technical Fouls: Booker, 5:06 third.
5. Cleveland 35 24 .593 31⁄2 5-5 C3 A—17,577. T—1:59. New Orleans 31 22 42 22— 117
6. Boston 35 26 .574 41⁄2 9-1 A2 76ers 133, Timberwolves 102 Phoenix 22 28 31 21— 102
7. Toronto 32 26 .552 6 7-3 A3 PHILADELPHIA A—17,071. T—2:13.
Heat 115, Knicks 100 Spurs 157, Wizards 153, 2OT Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
8. Brooklyn 31 29 .517 8 2-8 A4 Magic 119, Rockets 111 MIAMI SAN ANTONIO Harris..............29 2-9 0-0 0-3 4 2 6
9. Charlotte 30 31 .492 91⁄2 2-8 S2 HOUSTON Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Thybulle...........23 4-7 2-2 3-7 2 1 11 Jazz 114, Mavericks 109
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Butler..............33 9-20 5-9 1-2 2 3 23 Johnson...........46 10-20 7-7 1-7 2 2 32 Embiid ............31 10-18 11-13 0-10 3 3 34 DALLAS
10. Atlanta 28 31 .475 101⁄2 4-6 S3 Tucker .............31 3-3 0-0 0-2 3 2 8 McDermott.......27 5-11 2-2 1-1 2 0 12 Harden ............35 7-12 8-9 1-8 12 4 27
Gordon............29 6-11 0-0 0-0 1 3 15 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Tate ................28 6-11 0-0 1-5 6 6 13 Adebayo ..........34 5-10 6-8 2-16 4 1 16 Poeltl ..............41 12-15 4-8 6-11 8 3 28 Maxey .............32 12-16 2-2 0-2 2 4 28 Bullock............34 3-8 0-0 0-0 2 1 9
Wood ..............27 8-15 3-13 4-11 1 4 21 Lowry ..............35 4-11 9-9 0-9 4 4 19 Murray.............42 12-20 6-6 2-13 14 3 31 Green..............20 2-5 0-0 0-3 0 1 6 Finney-Smith ....27 3-5 0-0 1-4 1 4 7
11. Washington 27 32 .458 111⁄2 4-6 S4 D.Robinson ......13 0-5 0-0 0-3 1 4 0 Vassell.............42 4-11 3-3 1-8 4 5 12 Korkmaz ..........16 1-2 2-4 1-2 1 0 5
Green..............30 9-16 1-2 0-5 2 1 23 Powell .............26 9-12 3-3 4-7 0 1 22
12. New York 25 35 .417 14 2-8 A5 Porter Jr. ..........21 2-10 0-0 1-5 1 2 6 Herro ..............30 9-18 3-6 0-7 2 4 25 Walker IV .........35 9-17 3-6 1-4 1 4 23 Niang ..............15 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 3 Brunson...........35 4-11 0-0 0-2 2 4 8
Schroder..........27 4-10 2-2 1-3 6 3 10 Vincent............23 2-6 0-0 0-1 4 4 6 Collins.............16 2-5 0-0 3-3 1 2 4 Millsap ............12 0-2 3-4 1-2 0 2 3 Doncic ............35 8-24 4-4 2-7 11 5 23
13. Indiana 20 41 .328 191⁄2 2-8 C4 Martin .............16 3-4 2-2 1-2 1 4 8 Jones ..............15 1-3 4-5 0-0 3 1 6
Mathews..........23 5-9 1-1 1-2 0 1 13 Milton .............11 0-3 2-2 0-2 3 1 2 Dinwiddie ........25 8-12 1-1 0-2 2 2 20
14. Detroit 14 45 .237 241⁄2 2-8 C5 Martin Jr. .........20 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 1 4 Yurtseven .........13 3-4 1-1 0-2 0 2 7 Bates-Diop.......13 2-3 2-2 1-2 0 2 6 Cauley-Stein.......4 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 Kleber .............24 1-7 0-0 1-3 4 2 3
Sengun............18 2-5 2-2 2-6 4 2 6 Strus.................6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 3 Satoransky.........9 0-0 3-4 0-1 0 0 3 Joe ...................4 3-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 8 Bertans ...........18 6-9 0-0 0-3 0 0 17
15. Orlando 14 47 .230 251⁄2 3-7 S5 Totals 39-83 26-35 4-44 22 28 115 Totals 57-105 34-43 16-50 35 22 157
Christopher ......12 0-4 0-0 0-2 1 1 0 Reed.................2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Green..............11 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 2 0
Totals 44-94 9-20 10-41 22 24 111 Shooting: Field goals, 47.0%; free throws, 74.3% Shooting: Field goals, 54.3%; free throws, 79.1% Totals 42-82 30-36 6-42 30 23 133 Totals 42-88 8-8 8-30 22 21 109
FRIDAY’S RESULTS Shooting: Field goals, 46.8%; free throws, 45.0% Three-point goals: 11-32 (Herro 4-9, Tucker 2-2, Three-point goals: 9-29 (Johnson 5-9, Walker IV 2-5, Mur- Shooting: Field goals, 51.2%; free throws, 83.3% Shooting: Field goals, 47.7%; free throws, 0.0%
Three-point goals: 14-47 (Green 4-9, Gordon 3-8, Vincent 2-5, Lowry 2-7, Strus 1-2, Adebayo 0-1, Martin ray 1-3, Vassell 1-7, Collins 0-2, McDermott 0-3). Team Re- Three-point goals: 19-39 (Harden 5-7, Embiid 3-5, Joe 2-3, Three-point goals: 17-39 (Bertans 5-8, Dinwiddie
CLIPPERS at LAKERS Charlotte 235, Toronto 93 0-1, D.Robinson 0-5). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turn- bounds: 10. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 3 (Poeltl 2,
Mathews 2-6, Porter Jr. 2-6, Wood 2-6, Tate 1-2, Martin Maxey 2-3, Green 2-5, Harris 2-6, Korkmaz 1-2, Niang 1-3, 3-4, Bullock 3-7, Doncic 3-9, Powell 1-1, Finney-Smith
Okla. City 129, Indiana 125 (OT) Orlando 119, Houston 111 Jr. 0-1, Sengun 0-1, Christopher 0-3, Schroder 0-5). overs: 2. Blocked Shots: 5 (Adebayo 4, Tucker). Turn- Collins). Turnovers: 17 (Murray 6, Walker IV 3, Bates-Diop 2, Thybulle 1-3, Milton 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 1-3, Kleber 1-6, Brunson 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6.
San Antonio 157, Wash. 153 (2OT) Miami 115, New York 100 Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked overs: 8 (Lowry 2, Vincent 2, Adebayo, Butler, Herro, Collins 2, Jones 2, Johnson, Poeltl). Steals: 6 (Collins 2, Vassell 1. Blocked Shots: 0 Turnovers: 11 (Embiid 2, Harden 2, Thybulle Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 3 (Kleber 2,
Philadelphia 132, Minnesota 102 Utah 114, Dallas 109 Shots: 3 (Sengun 2, Tate). Turnovers: 13 (Sengun 4, Martin). Steals: 13 (Herro 3, Butler 2, Lowry 2, Martin 2, Bates-Diop, Jones). Technical Fouls: None. 2, Korkmaz, Maxey, Millsap, Milton, Niang). Steals: 10 (Maxey Bertans). Turnovers: 11 (Doncic 4, Brunson 2, Bullock,
Wood 4, Schroder 2, Christopher, Green, Porter Jr.). 2, Vincent 2, Adebayo, Strus). Technical Fouls: None. 4, Thybulle 3, Embiid, Harris, Milton). Technical Fouls: 76ers, Dinwiddie, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Powell). Steals: 9
New Orleans 117, Phoenix 102 1:13 second.
Steals: 12 (Green 4, Mathews 2, Porter Jr. 2, Tate 2, WASHINGTON (Bullock 2, Kleber 2, Bertans, Brunson, Dinwiddie,
Gordon, Sengun). Technical Fouls: Rockets, 7:42 first NEW YORK Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T MINNESOTA Doncic, Powell). Technical Fouls: None.
TODAY’S GAMES ORLANDO
Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Caldwell-Pope...42 7-14 6-6 1-1 4 3 24 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T UTAH
Barrett.............37 13-22 14-22 0-9 2 5 46
Favorite Line Underdog Time Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Kuzma.............46 13-27 7-8 0-8 7 3 36 Edwards ..........37 5-13 4-6 1-3 5 3 15 Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T
Randle ............35 2-15 7-8 1-8 8 3 11 Gafford............28 8-9 1-2 1-6 3 4 17
Boston 101⁄2 at Detroit 9 a.m. Carter Jr...........35 9-11 5-7 4-12 2 1 24 Vanderbilt ........16 1-5 0-2 3-8 1 2 2 Bogdanovic ......32 7-15 2-2 1-2 1 0 18
M.Robinson......29 0-1 0-0 1-9 0 5 0 Kispert ............31 4-7 2-2 1-2 2 4 12
F.Wagner ..........29 4-11 4-6 2-8 3 1 13 Towns..............33 8-19 7-7 1-7 3 3 25 O’Neale ...........32 3-5 2-2 1-4 4 3 9
at Atlanta 2 Toronto 4:30 p.m. Burks ..............34 4-6 2-2 0-8 2 3 12 Neto ...............36 9-15 0-0 2-4 9 4 22
Bamba ............25 3-7 0-0 1-7 0 6 6 Beverley...........19 0-3 2-2 2-6 0 5 2 Gobert.............33 6-6 2-4 2-17 2 3 14
Fournier...........36 5-16 0-0 1-3 2 5 13
at Miami 71⁄2 San Antonio 5 p.m. Anthony ...........30 5-10 2-2 1-5 6 4 14 Avdija..............37 6-10 0-0 1-9 1 3 14 Russell ............28 7-12 5-5 0-3 3 2 21 Conley.............30 5-12 2-2 2-6 5 0 15
Sims ...............18 0-0 0-0 1-4 1 2 0 Smith..............21 5-9 0-1 2-3 5 1 10
at Cleveland 61⁄2 Washington 5 p.m. Suggs..............14 1-5 1-2 0-1 0 6 3 Prince .............23 3-7 0-0 0-2 3 4 8 Mitchell ...........36 11-19 4-5 0-2 5 2 33
Quickley...........17 3-7 0-0 0-2 2 5 7 Hachimura .......19 3-5 1-2 0-1 2 3 8
Okeke .............31 9-13 3-3 1-9 4 1 26 McDaniels........23 5-11 0-0 1-4 2 3 10 Clarkson ..........22 5-13 1-1 0-1 0 1 13
Memphis 1 at Chicago 5 p.m. Harris..............29 3-7 3-3 0-1 0 2 12
Reddish...........15 2-4 2-2 0-0 1 2 8 Bryant .............15 3-9 0-0 1-3 2 1 6 McLaughlin ......18 1-3 0-0 1-3 2 0 3 Forrest.............15 2-2 0-0 1-4 3 2 4
at Milwaukee 91⁄2 Brooklyn 5:30 p.m. Toppin .............13 1-3 1-2 1-2 0 0 3 Gill ...................8 1-3 2-3 2-2 0 0 4
Hampton .........23 3-7 4-6 0-5 4 0 11 Nowell .............16 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 1 5 House Jr. .........15 1-2 3-4 0-0 0 1 6
McBride.............2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Winston.............4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0
at Denver 81⁄2 Sacramento 6 p.m. Ross ...............20 5-12 0-0 1-6 1 1 10 Reid................14 3-6 1-1 0-2 2 3 7 Whiteside.........14 0-0 2-2 2-8 1 2 2
Grimes ..............0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Schofield ...........0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 59-108 19-24 11-39 36 29 153 Layman .............4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 Paschall ............7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Totals 30-75 26-36 5-45 19 30 100 Okogie ..............4 0-0 2-2 0-2 1 1 2
Totals 42-83 22-29 10-54 20 22 119 Shooting: Field goals, 54.6%; free throws, 79.2% Totals 40-74 18-22 9-44 22 14 114
SCORING LEADERS Shooting: Field goals, 40.0%; free throws, 72.2% Three-point goals: 16-38 (Neto 4-7, Caldwell-Pope 4-10, Totals 36-86 21-25 9-41 23 27 102
Shooting: Field goals, 50.6%; free throws, 75.9% Three-point goals: 14-40 (Barrett 6-11, Fournier 3- Shooting: Field goals, 54.1%; free throws, 81.8%
Through Thursday Three-point goals: 13-36 (Okeke 5-7, Harris 3-6, Kuzma 3-5, Avdija 2-3, Kispert 2-5, Hachimura 1-2, Gill 0-1, Shooting: Field goals, 41.9%; free throws, 84.0% Three-point goals: 16-38 (Mitchell 7-12, Conley
10, Reddish 2-3, Burks 2-4, Quickley 1-5, McBride 0-1,
Anthony 2-4, Carter Jr. 1-2, Hampton 1-2, F.Wagner Smith 0-2, Bryant 0-3). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 1. Three-point goals: 9-39 (Prince 2-5, Towns 2-6, Russell 2-7, 3-7, Clarkson 2-6, Bogdanovic 2-8, House Jr. 1-2,
Toppin 0-2, Randle 0-4). Team Rebounds: 10. Team
G FG FT PTS AVG 1-6, Suggs 0-2, Bamba 0-3, Ross 0-4). Team Re- Blocked Shots: 5 (Avdija, Bryant, Gafford, Kispert, Kuzma). McLaughlin 1-2, Nowell 1-3, Edwards 1-6, Vanderbilt 0-1, Reid O’Neale 1-3). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers:
Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Robinson). Turn-
Embiid, Philadelphia 46 439 421 1361 29.6 bounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 4 Turnovers: 15 (Smith 4, Avdija 3, Kispert 2, Bryant, Caldwell- 0-2, Beverley 0-3, McDaniels 0-4). Team Rebounds: 8. Team None. Blocked Shots: 4 (Gobert 3, Whiteside). Turn-
(Hampton 2, Bamba, Okeke). Turnovers: 18 (Suggs 6, overs: 18 (Randle 4, Barrett 3, M.Robinson 3, Burks 2, Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 1 (Edwards). Turnovers: 16 overs: 18 (Mitchell 4, Forrest 3, Gobert 3, Bogdanovic
Pope, Gafford, Hachimura, Kuzma, Neto). Steals: 10 (Avdija 2,
Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee 49 496 393 1443 29.4 Anthony 4, Carter Jr. 3, F.Wagner 2, Hampton 2, Quickley 2, Toppin 2, Fournier, Reddish). Steals: 4 (Beverley 4, Edwards 2, Okogie 2, Reid 2, Russell 2, McDaniels, 2, Conley 2, O’Neale 2, Clarkson, Whiteside). Steals: 9
(M.Robinson, Randle, Reddish, Sims). Technical Fouls: Caldwell-Pope 2, Kuzma 2, Hachimura, Kispert, Neto, Smith).
James, LAKERS 41 453 172 1192 29.1 Bamba). Steals: 7 (Okeke 3, Anthony 2, Harris, Technical Fouls: Caldwell-Pope, 3:40 second. McLaughlin, Towns, Vanderbilt). Steals: 4 (Beverley, Edwards, (Conley 3, Forrest 2, Clarkson, House Jr., Mitchell,
Suggs). Technical Fouls: None. None. McDaniels, Reid). Technical Fouls: Timberwolves, 7:26 first O’Neale). Technical Fouls: None.
DeRozan, Chicago 56 581 386 1584 28.3
Young, Atlanta 54 498 335 1489 27.6 Houston 33 18 32 28— 111 Miami 30 35 25 25— 115 San Antonio 30 45 26 29 15 12— 157 Philadelphia 34 31 27 41— 133 Dallas 34 33 19 23— 109
Doncic, Dallas 44 428 234 1212 27.5 Orlando 27 31 28 33— 119 New York 32 23 30 15— 100 Washington 33 38 29 30 15 8— 153 Minnesota 25 24 25 28— 102 Utah 31 29 29 25— 114
Morant, Memphis 47 467 250 1253 26.7 A—16,631. T—2:17. A—19,812. T—2:28. A—15,302. T—2:56. A—16,684. T—2:18. A—18,306. T—2:07.
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17-point halftime lead while
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to no field goals and six free and Donovan Dent to show te in the regional playoffs. TIME EVENT ON THE AIR
throws in the second quar- how good it could be, serv- RESULTS Now they will get to play AUTO RACING
ter. The Wolverines badly ing as motivation to prove CITY BASKETBALL for a trip to Sacramento for 9 a.m. NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Production Alliance 300, TV: FS1
missed their most valuable people the team was still Boys’ Division I: Grant 53, Westchester 48 a state title. They should be qualifying
Girls’ Open Division: Birmingham 51, Westchester 46
player, Cameron Thrower, good. seeded No. 1 for the South- 11 a.m. NASCAR, Cup Series, Wise Power 400, qualifying TV: FS1
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who went to the bench with “When Kylan left, people Open Division: Corona Centennial 68, Harvard-Westlake 48
ern California Open Divi- 2 p.m. NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Production Alliance 300 TV: FS1
three fouls at the 7:43 mark. thought we couldn’t do Division 1: St. Bernard 71, JSerra 59 sion regional when pairings 4:30 p.m. NHRA, Arizona Nationals, qualifying TV: FS1
Harvard-Westlake (24-3) anything,” McCain said. Division 2AA: Village Christian 78, Long Beach Poly 69 are announced Sunday. BASKETBALL
Division 2A: San Juan Hills 59, La Mirada 49
never got closer than eight Dent has been the team Division 3AA: Rancho Cucamonga 67, Rancho Verde 66 “Finally we get to play for 5 p.m. G League, Stockton at South Bay Lakers TV: SpecSN
points in the second half. MVP all season with his Division 3A: Bishop Diego 54, Dana Hills 52 a state title,” McCain said. 5:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Milwaukee TV: 7, ESPND
Division 4AA: Garden Grove 54, Fullerton 50
The game was further court leadership and ability Division 4A: Western 65, Dos Pueblos 49 “That’s been on my dream BOXING
proof how Centennial has to drive and dish. McCain, Division 5AA: Villanova Prep 75, Chaffey 69 (OT) board for a while. I got to get 7 p.m. Super-featherweights, Chris Colbert vs. Hector TV: Showtime
Division 5A: Fontana 67, Riverside Prep 50 Garcia
separated itself the last two being recruited by UCLA, a state title.”
seasons. Gonzaga and Duke, demon- CITY SOCCER
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Boys’ Division IV: Venice 1, Animo Robinson 1 (Venice wins 9 a.m. Oklahoma State at Oklahoma TV: 2
“It’s an amazing feeling strated his clutch three- title on penalties, 4-2) boys, Van Nuys Grant won
to win back to back,” said point shooting skills. Girls’ Division II: Venice 1, Granada Hills Kennedy 1 (Venice its first basketball champi- 9 a.m. Purdue at Michigan State TV: ESPN
junior guard Jared McCain, “They’re as good as we wins title on penalties, 3-0) onship with a 53-48 win over 9 a.m. Florida at Georgia TV: ESPN2
Girls’ Division I: Cleveland 4, El Camino Real 2
who scored 20 points and thought,” Harvard-West- top-seeded Westchester. 9 a.m. Elon at Northeastern TV: CBSSN
SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS' SOCCER 9 a.m. Miami (Ohio) at Toledo TV: ESPNU
delivered three momentum- lake coach David Rebibo Division 1: Servite 1, JSerra 1 (Servite wins title on penalties,
Jeremiah Windham scored
changing three-pointers in said of Dent and McCain. 20 points to lead the Lanc- 9:30 a.m. Duquesne at Rhode Island TV: USA
3-0)
the second half. Dent scored 11 points and ers. 10 a.m. Butler at Marquette TV: 11
Centennial was sup- three times his assists led to In City Section Open 10 a.m. Vanderbilt at Mississippi State TV: SEC
posed to return all five start- dunks. Centennial’s big they are,” Centennial coach Division girls, Lake Balboa 11 a.m. Kentucky at Arkansas TV: 2
ers from last season’s cham- men, Devin Williams and Josh Giles said as he Birmingham defeated 11 a.m. North Carolina at North Carolina State TV: ESPN
pionship team, but star Aaron McBride, scored 17 proudly watched his players Westchester 51-46. Janna 11 a.m. Texas at West Virginia TV: ESPN2
guard Kylan Boswell trans- and 10 points, respectively. receive their championship Holley led the Patriots with 11 a.m. Navy at Colgate TV: CBSSN
ferred to a team in Arizona. Brady Dunlap scored 18 awards. 18 points. 11 a.m. Iowa State at Kansas State TV: ESPNU
11 a.m. Women, USC at Arizona TV: Pac-12LA
Some thought the Huskies points and Thrower had 15 Last season, the pan- In Southern Section
11:30 a.m. Fordham at Davidson TV: USA
wouldn’t be the same. In of his 17 points in the second demic prevented the Division 1, Playa del Rey St.
Noon Virginia Tech at Miami TV: BSSC
fact, they were even better half for Harvard-Westlake. Huskies from competing for Bernard defeated San Juan
Noon Women, Oregon at Utah TV: Pac-12
because it cleared the way “This shows how tough a state championship. They Capistrano JSerra 71-59.
Noon Clemson at Boston College TV: ACC
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12:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Mississippi TV: SEC
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Russia stripped of more events

At Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.—Par 70
PGA National Champion Course—7,125 yards
36-hole leaders
Daniel Berger ...............................65-65—130 -10
Chris Kirk.....................................65-68—133 -7
Kurt Kitayama...............................64-69—133 -7
Mark Hubbard ..............................70-64—134 -6
Adam Svensson............................69-65—134 -6
Chase Seiffert ..............................69-66—135 -5 staff and wire reports
Sepp Straka.................................71-64—135
Lee Hodges..................................71-66—137
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Roger Sloan .................................69-68—137 -3
Shane Lowry ................................70-67—137 -3 The invasion of Ukraine
John Huh.....................................72-65—137 -3
Nick Watney.................................71-67—138 -2
drew more punitive measures
Alex Noren...................................69-69—138 -2 across the sporting world Fri-
Taylor Pendrith ..............................69-69—138 -2
Gary Woodland.............................69-69—138 -2 day when Russia was stripped
Dylan Frittelli................................68-70—138 -2 of the Champions League
William McGirt..............................68-70—138 -2
Beau Hossler ...............................69-69—138 -2 final in St. Petersburg and
Russell Knox ................................69-69—138 -2 Formula One dropped the
Martin Contini ..............................68-70—138 -2
Sam Stevens................................70-68—138 -2 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi.
Lee Westwood ..............................69-70—139 -1 The International
Danny Willett................................67-72—139 -1
Matthias Schwab ..........................67-72—139 -1 Olympic Committee also
David Lipsky ................................68-71—139 -1
Peter Uihlein ................................67-72—139 -1 urged sports federations to
Sam Ryder...................................71-68—139 -1 move their events out of
Mito Pereira .................................68-71—139 -1
Aaron Rai ....................................67-72—139 -1 Russia or Belarus, which Mos-
Rory Sabbatini .............................65-74—139
Jhonattan Vegas ...........................69-71—140
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cow is using as a staging
Garrick Higgo ...............................68-72—140 E ground for its troops moving
Louis Oosthuizen ..........................75-65—140 E
Bronson Burgoon ..........................68-72—140 E into Ukraine from the north.
C.T. Pan.......................................70-70—140 E Russia still is due to host
J.T. Poston ...................................70-70—140 E
Brian Stuard ................................70-70—140 E Poland in World Cup qualify-
Brooks Koepka .............................68-72—140 E ing playoff semifinals in Mos-
Mackenzie Hughes ........................70-70—140 E
Christiaan Bezuidenhout.................69-71—140 E cow. Poland wants the game
Vaughn Taylor ...............................73-68—141 +1
Martin Trainer ...............................69-72—141 +1
taken out of Russia, but FIFA
Keith Mitchell ...............................71-70—141 +1 has yet to decide.
Stephan Jaeger.............................68-73—141 +1
Callum Tarren ...............................68-73—141 +1 Away from soccer, the In-
Joshua Creel ................................72-69—141 +1 ternational Ski Federation
Lucas Glover ................................69-72—141 +1
Brendon Todd...............................74-67—141 +1 announced Russia will not
Robert Streb ................................72-69—141
Cameron Young ............................68-73—141
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host any more of its World Cup
Dylan Wu.....................................68-73—141 +1 events this winter. The deci-
Alex Smalley ................................71-70—141 +1
Matthew NeSmith .........................72-70—142 +2 sion came after a farcical at-
Denny McCarthy............................71-71—142 +2 tempt to hold ski cross races
Ian Poulter...................................71-71—142 +2
Trey Mullinax ................................72-70—142 +2 Friday in the Urals resort of
K.H. Lee ......................................70-72—142 +2 Sunny Valley one day after
Ryan Palmer.................................68-74—142 +2
Nick Taylor ...................................77-65—142 +2 Russia invaded Ukraine.
Rickie Fowler................................72-70—142 +2 Only a handful of Russians
Kevin Streelman ...........................71-71—142 +2
Curtis Thompson...........................70-72—142 +2 started and dozens of racers
Brett Drewitt.................................74-68—142 +2
from all other countries did
Davis Riley...................................70-72—142 +2
Bill Haas .....................................70-72—142 +2 not take part. The Interna-
Billy Horschel ...............................68-74—142 +2
tional Ski Federation cited
Brian Gay ....................................76-66—142 +2
Patrick Rodgers.............................68-74—142 +2 “the safety of all participants
J.J. Spaun ....................................71-71—142 +2
Austin Cook .................................72-70—142 +2 and to maintain the integrity
Justin Lower .................................73-69—142 +2
Rick Lamb ...................................72-70—142 +2 of the World Cup” for calling
Padraig Harrington ........................73-70—143 +3 off five scheduled events in the
Lucas Herbert...............................72-71—143 +3
Brian Harman...............................72-71—143 +3 next month. Replacement
Aaron Wise ..................................72-71—143 +3 venues are being sought.
Dawie van der Walt .......................74-69—143 +3
Chase Koepka..............................71-72—143 +3 The European curling
Brice Garnett................................71-72—143 +3
Ryan Armour ................................72-71—143 +3
championships scheduled to
Charl Schwartzel ...........................74-69—143 +3 be held in November in Perm,
Anirban Lahiri...............................73-70—143 +3
Nate Lashley ................................70-73—143 +3 Russia, also will be relocated,
Joaquin Niemann..........................70-73—143 +3 the sport’s international gov-
Tommy Fleetwood .........................69-74—143 +3
Sung Kang...................................69-74—143 +3 erning body announced.
Brandon Wu.................................77-66—143
Henrik Stenson.............................73-71—144
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The International Tennis
Sungjae Im ..................................74-70—144 +4 Federation also canceled all
Seung-Yul Noh..............................68-76—144 +4
Paul Barjon..................................71-73—144 +4 events taking place in Russia
Luke Donald ................................72-72—144 +4 indefinitely.
Adam Schenk...............................71-73—144 +4
Kyle Stanley.................................71-74—145 +5
Chris Stroud.................................71-74—145 +5
Richy Werenski .............................71-74—145 +5
Doug Ghim ..................................68-77—145 +5 ETC.
Hank Lebioda...............................71-74—145 +5
Brendan Steele.............................72-73—145
Seth Reeves.................................72-73—145
Brandon Hagy ..............................72-73—145
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Brennan’s brain
Vince Whaley ...............................75-70—145
Martin Kaymer..............................78-67—145
Andrew Novak ..............................72-73—145
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reveals CTE
Ben Kohles ..................................70-75—145 +5
Kiradech Aphibarnrat.....................73-73—146
Doc Redman................................75-71—146
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Former Hawaii quarter-
CHAMPIONS TOUR
back Colt Brennan was
$1.8-MILLION COLOGUARD CLASSIC found to have Stage 1 chronic
At Tucson—Par 72 traumatic encephalopathy in
Catalina Course—7,123 yards
18-hole leaders a postmortem examination,
Miguel Angel Jimenez . 33-33—66 -6
Jeff Sluman ................... 32-34—66 -6 his family was told this week.
Woody Austin ................ 32-35—67 -5 Brennan, who grew up in
Tom Lehman ................. 32-35—67 -5
Orange County and played at
Rod Pampling ...............
Stephen Ames ..............
32-35—67
31-37—68
-5
-4 Santa Ana Mater Dei High
Chris DiMarco ............... 33-35—68 -4
Jerry Kelly ...................... 34-34—68 -4 and Saddleback College, had
Rob Labritz .................... 35-33—68 -4 drug and alcohol issues and
Tim Petrovic .................. 33-35—68 -4
Gene Sauers ................. 35-33—68 -4 died after an overdose that in-
Shane Bertsch .............. 35-34—69 -3
cluded fentanyl. He was 37.
Dicky Pride .................... 32-37—69 -3
Kirk Triplett .................... 39-30—69 -3 — Jeff Miller
1 p.m. Cal State Fullerton at UC San Diego TV: SpecSN
1 p.m. Southern Illinois at Drake TV: CBSSN
1 p.m. CIAA tournament, final, teams TBA TV: ESPNU
1:30 p.m. Virginia Commonwealth at Massachusetts TV: USA
or more in future tax pay- 2 p.m. Women, Kansas State at Oklahoma TV: BSW
ments to help finance a poten-
TENNIS tial new football stadium. ...
2 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego TV: BSSC
3 p.m. Duke at Syracuse TV: ESPN
$2.8-MILLION DUBAI DUTY FREE Carolina agreed to a three- 3 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas Christian TV: ESPN2
CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Dubai, United Arab Emirates year contract with free-agent 3 p.m. South Carolina at Alabama TV: SEC
Surface: Hard-outdoor tight end Ian Thomas. 3 p.m. St. Bonaventure at St. Joseph’s TV: CBSSN
SINGLES (semifinals)—Andrey Rublev (2), Russia, d. Hubert
Hurkacz (5), Poland, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5); Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, d. 3 p.m. Loyola Chicago at Northern Iowa TV: ESPNU
Denis Shapovalov (6), Canada, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3). Baseball players and own- 3 p.m. Washington State at Washington TV: Pac-12
DOUBLES (semifinals)—Nikola Mektic-Mate Pavic (1), Croatia, d.
Filip Polasek, Slovakia-John Peers (3), Australia, 6-4, 7-5; Michael ers took a step toward saving 3 p.m. Wisconsin at Rutgers TV: Big Ten
Venus, New Zealand-Tim Puetz (4), Germany, d. Edouard Roger- opening day, nearing agree- 4 p.m. Louisville at Wake Forest TV: ACC
Vasselin, France, and Austin Krajicek, 5-7, 6-3, 10-7.
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Ostapenko (15), Latvia, 6-1, 6-4; Iga Swiatek (7), Poland, d. Maria celed through March 7. 5 p.m. Nevada at Wyoming TV: CBSSN
Sakkari (6), Greece, 6-4, 6-3.
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SINGLES (quarterfinals)—Cameron Norrie (6), Britain, d. Peter
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(Semifinals)—Cameron Norrie (6), Britain, d. Stefanos Tsitsipas just as it appeared he was 7 p.m. Gonzaga at St. Mary’s TV: ESPN
(3), Greece, 6-4, 6-4.
DOUBLES (semifinals)—Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands-Marcelo close to rejoining the New 7 p.m. USC at Oregon TV: ESPN2 R: 790
Arevalo-Gonzalez (4), El Salvador, d. John Isner, and Hans Hach York Knicks. No timetable 7 p.m. Boise State at Nevada Las Vegas TV: CBSSN
Verdugo, Mexico, 7-5, 7-5.
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At Santiago, Chile Cleveland guard Rajon 7:30 p.m. Colorado State at Utah State TV: FS1
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Rondo will miss at least two 8 p.m. Women, UCLA at Arizona State TV: Pac-12
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d. Facundo Bagnis (8), Argentina, 7-5, 6-2; Pedro Martinez (4), KUCI
Spain, d. Yannick Hanfmann, Germany, 6-2, 6-2; Alejandro Tabilo,
James Harden had 27 points,
Chile, d. Miomir Kecmanovic (6), Serbia, 6-1, 6-4. 12 assists and eight rebounds COLLEGE HOCKEY
$262,727 AKRON ZAPOPAN OPEN in his Philadelphia debut, a 5 p.m. Wisconsin at Minnesota TV: Big Ten
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Surface: Hard-outdoor 133-102 rout of Minnesota.
SINGLES (quarterfinals)—Wang Qiang, China, df. Anna-Karolina 6 p.m. Pac-12 Championships TV: Pac-12LA
Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3; Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, d. Maria 8 p.m. Pac-12 Championships TV: Pac-12LA
Camila Osorio Serrano (4), Colombia, 6-4, 6-1; Sloane Stephens Daniel Berger opened a
(6), d. Daria Saville, Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. three-shot lead through two GOLF
DOUBLES (semifinals)—Zhu Lin-Xinyu Wang, China, d. Tara 10 a.m. Honda Classic, third round TV: Golf
Moore, Britain, and Emina Bektas, 6-4, 6-0. rounds of the Honda Classic
after a second consecutive Noon Honda Classic, third round TV: 4
Noon Champions Tour, Cologuard Classic, second TV: Golf
five-under 65 in Palm Beach
Lionel “Little Train” Gardens, Fla. ... Miguel An- round
HOCKEY
James, who starred at gel Jimenez had a hole-in-
Auburn and set NFL records one during a six-under 66 to 9:30 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia TV: NHL
for the San Diego Chargers, match Jeff Sluman for the Noon New York Rangers at Pittsburgh TV: 7
died after a lengthy illness, the first-round lead at the Colo- 4:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville TV: TNT
school said. He was 59. guard Classic in Tucson. 7:30 p.m. New York Islanders at Kings TV: BSW R: iHeart,
1330
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Authorities issued a war- Pittsburgh Penguins de-
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10 a.m. America’s Day at Races TV: BSSC
Wilkerson, the second-lead- out indefinitely with an up-
2 p.m. Trackside Live! TV: TVG
ing rusher in Kent State his- per-body injury. ... Arizona
6 p.m. The Quarters, Los Alamitos TV: TVG
tory, on charges stemming signed defenseman Dysin
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The NCAA relaxed the Kentucky’s racing director PREP BASKETBALL
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State women’s basketball 7 a.m. England, Manchester United vs. Watford TV: USA
coach Audra Smith was fired Russian Andrey Rublev 8 a.m. Turkey, Sivasspor vs. Besiktas TV: beINes
a day after filing suit against advanced to the final at the 8 a.m. France, Strasbourg vs. Nice TV: beIN1
the school alleging Title IX Dubai Championships and
violations and discriminatory will face Czech qualifier Jiri
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
Portugal, Maritimo vs. Sporting CP
Mexico, women, Cruz Azul vs. Tijuana
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practices at the university. Vesely, who beat Denis
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Noon
Noon
Uruguay, Liverpool vs. Danubio
France, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Saint-Etienne
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D
Grumbling back to fumbling
PAUL GEORGE has
been out since Dec. 22
with an elbow injury.
George’s
status
remains
up in air
Lue doesn’t know if
star’s elbow will heal
enough for him to
play again this season.
By Andrew Greif
Paul George wore a
T-shirt bearing Kobe Bry-
ant’s number and image and
nothing covering his injured
elbow. Kawhi Leonard wore
a red trucker hat and a scar
on his injured knee. And
Norman Powell donned a
black T-shirt from his signa-
ture label, plus a walking
boot protecting the frac-
tured bone in his left foot.
It remained unclear as
ever Friday night, as the
three building blocks of the
Clippers’ championship as-
pirations looked on from the
Crypto.com Arena sideline
during a frenetic 105-102 vic-
tory against the Lakers,
whether any will wear a Clip-
pers jersey again as their in-
jury recoveries proceed on
uncertain timelines.
An MRI exam on Georg-
e’s injured right elbow Fri-
day left the Clippers in the
inconvenient middle be-
tween not ruling him out for
[See George, B12]
Crepeau prepared to steady LAFC
After club went through
three keepers in 2021, it
hopes Canadian can help
propel it back to playoffs.
By Kevin Baxter
Maxime Crepeau was just 15
and playing in goal for a small
team in Quebec when Marc Dos
Santos invited him to his first
professional training session
with the Montreal Impact, the
club he coached.
It wouldn’t be the last time
Dos Santos opened a door for
him.
A month after he was hired as
manager of the Vancouver White-
caps in 2018, Dos Santos traded
for Crepeau and watched him be-
come one of the top keepers in
MLS. Then last month the two
followed each other to Los Ange-
les, with LAFC offering Dos San-
tos an assistant coaching job
while simultaneously negotiating
a trade for Crepeau.
“We go way back,” said Cre-
peau, who will make his LAFC de-
but in Saturday’s regular-season
opener against Colorado at Banc
of California Stadium. “I’m glad
that now we’re both here reunit-
[See LAFC, B9]
Corona Centennial dominates
The Huskies build a 17-point halftime lead and roll to
the Southern Section Open Division title. B13
B14
SPORTS
S A T U R D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 2 6 , 2 0 2 2 :: L A T I M E S . C O M / S P O R T S
CLIPPERS 105, LAKERS 102
Back after break full
of drama, Lakers show
signs of life before
falling short at finish.
By Dan Woike
Off-court confusion. On-
court confusion. And cer-
tainty, that no matter how
much people have spoken
about things changing this
season, the Lakers are
doomed to being just like
this.
After a week of drama
triggered by a series of com-
ments made by LeBron
James during All-Star Week-
end, the on-court return
didn’t offer any answers and
merely shifted attention to
an old, reliable type of issue
— the team’s inability to con-
sistently win.
Following a series of offi-
ciating reviews that slowed
the fourth quarter to a
glacial pace, the Lakers lost
to the Clippers 105-102 — a
loss that could have signifi-
cant implications with the
two teams closely connected
in the standings.
A very upset Lakers
coach Frank Vogel called the
decisions “B.S.” — his issue
with a final-minute review
that took the ball from the
Lakers with a chance to lead
and gave it to the Clippers.
After Russell Westbrook
missed a go-ahead shot,
James grabbed the rebound
and tried to save it, with the
Clippers’ Robert Covington
swatting the loose ball out of
bounds. Vogel called a time-
out with nine seconds on the
shot clock to call a play, but
the Clippers challenged the
call — specifically whether
James was out of bounds or
not.
“It definitely impacted
the moment,” James said.
Vogel passionately ar-
gued afterward that the two
plays weren’t connected —
James being out and Cov-
ington being out — and that
the Clippers shouldn’t have
been able to challenge a play
(James being out of bounds)
that already had occurred.
“I disagree strongly with
the ruling,” he said. “…It’s
just wrong.”
A lengthy replay ruling
confirmed that James
Photographs by Christina House Los Angeles Times stepped out of bounds be-
LeBRON JAMES, the subject of speculation over the All-Star break, had an uphill battle against the Clippers. [See Lakers, B12]
MLS ’22: LAFC
No coach,
no problem
for Kings
McLellan enters COVID
protocol before the game,
but L.A. is unfazed while
handling rivals with ease.
KINGS 4, DUCKS 1
By Steve Galluzzo
The way the Kings are playing,
not much seems to faze them.
Only 20 minutes before the
opening faceoff of Friday night’s
game against rival Anaheim at
Honda Center it was revealed that
Kings coach Todd McLellan had
entered COVID protocol and that
assistant Trent Yawney would
serve as acting head coach. Over
the next three hours, from his van-
tage point behind the bench, he
had to like what he saw.
The Kings broke the game open
with three consecutive goals in the
second period on their way to a 4-1
victory — their fourth win in a row
and sixth straight on the road — to
put more distance between them-
selves and the Ducks in the Pacific
Darryl Dyck Associated Press Division with 30 games left.
MAXIME CREPEAU , the new goalkeeper for LAFC, says he loves pressure but doesn’t think The Kings play host to the New
about it. “Maybe that’s why I love it,” he says. Crepeau is one of several key offseason additions. [See Hockey, B10]
Trojans have issues to address Cronin faces big lineup decision
As it approaches late-season games, USC must fix its The UCLA coach must choose between two talented
free-throw shooting and offensive consistency. B10 big men — Myles Johnson and Cody Riley. B10
L AT I M E S . C O M / S P O RT S S AT U R DAY , F E B RUA RY 2 6 , 2 0 22 DD1

NBA: CLIPPERS 105, LAKERS 102

THE LAKERS’ Dwight Howard, right, tries to block a shot by the Clippers’ Robert Covington in the first half.

Back to work downtown

Photos by Christina House

The Lakers and Clippers met with each team looking to start the second half of the season on a positive note. The Clippers
got what they needed with a sixth consecutive win over their rivals 105-102. Meanwhile, the Lakers fell five games below .500.

THE CLIPPERS’ Marcus Morris Sr. argues an

out-of-bounds call in his team’s win over the Lakers.

THE LAKERS’ Russell Westbrook drives to the basket as the Clippers’ Terance Mann defends on the play.

THE LAKERS’ LeBRON JAMES , right, and the Clippers’ Marcus Morris Sr. await a review of a call in the
final seconds of Friday’s game. James scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in his team’s loss.
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W E ’ V E worked on
improving your current financial
state and saving up for some
stuff that will happen soon,
though maybe not imminently.
Today, let’s talk about your
financial future.
I know the future can seem
like it’s a long way off. And what
with climate change and the
general state of politics and the
world at large, it can feel futile to
bother thinking about it at all,
never mind setting aside money
for it. But “Don’t save anything,
the planet will probably be a
burning tire fire by the time you
reach retirement age” isn’t pru-
dent financial advice.
Before we get to retirement
savings, though, let’s talk about
protecting your future finances
now.
FREEZE YOUR
CREDIT, PLEASE
In 2018, someone stole the wallet
out of my purse at a bar. Not a
huge deal. One trip to the DMV, a
few phone calls to replace cards,
whatever.
What I would learn very, very
shortly thereafter is that just
about everyone’s personal infor-
mation is for sale on the dark
web, thanks to the many data
leaks (including Equifax, a credit
bureau!) over the last few years.
The thieves got all my informa-
tion online and went on a shop-
ping spree. They opened credit
cards and checking accounts;
they used my driver’s license to
rent a car, which they then stole
and subsequently abandoned.
Please freeze your credit,
especially if your wallet or driv-
er’s license is stolen, but really, it
should be your default credit
setting. It is not foolproof — the
thieves were able to unfreeze my
credit at one bureau by imper-
sonating me on the phone. (They
were part of a ring of what was
described to me as professional
serial identity thieves. It’s been
an ongoing saga.)
You can set up your accounts
with the three biggest credit
bureaus — Equifax, Experian
and TransUnion — and have
your credit frozen in about 15
minutes. Seriously, it’s way faster
and easier than I thought it
would be. NerdWallet has a good
guide to it. When your credit is
frozen, no one can use your
information to open a new line of
credit. If you need to get a loan or
open a new credit card, you just
go back to the bureaus’ websites
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your apartment becomes unin-
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It’s usually less than $20 a
month. It’s worth it. Get it.
Pet insurance: I am less sold on
pet insurance, frankly. There are
a lot more variables here, includ-
ing the age of your pet. A study
cited in U.S. News & World
Report said the average monthly
cost for pet insurance is $29 for
cats and $49 for dogs. I had it
when my dog was a puppy but
I don’t have it now. Depending
on the provider and policy, there
can be high deductibles, ineligi-
ble procedures, payout amounts
that are less than what your vet
charges, and maximum annual
coverage amounts.
I prefer to put aside a set
amount in a “someday fund” in
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has been relatively healthy
since I got her at 10 weeks old.
If I did the math, I would have
spent more on premiums paying
$49 a month for pet insurance
than I did in paying outright for
vet stuff. But some people prefer
to have the coverage and peace
of mind, especially if they have a
breed that’s prone to injury or
illness.
To me, renter’s insurance is an
absolute no-brainer, while pet
insurance is a “do your research,
think about your personal situa-
tion and decide what’s right for
you” expense.
Car insurance: You have to have
car insurance in California if you
have a car. But you probably
don’t have enough. If you have
the legal minimum liability
coverage, your premium will pay
up to $15,000 for injury/death to
one person, $30,000 for injury/
death to more than one person
and $5,000 for property damage.
That’s ... not a lot. If you, say,
swerve to avoid a coyote in the
street and drive over someone’s
beautiful xeriscaped frontyard,
and they say, “Cool, that will be
$20,000 to fix and replace,” your
insurance will be like, “Well,
here’s the $5,000 you’re covered
for with us” and the rest of the
bill will be your problem. Or if
you hit someone crossing the
street — you know what health-
care costs are like in America.
They can take an ambulance to
the emergency room and get a
couple of X-rays and an MRI and
be at $15,000.
Most insurers will let you log
onto the site and play around
with changing your coverage to
see what your monthly bill would
be with different coverage limits.
I was able to increase mine to
$100,000 of injury liability, $50,000
of property damage liability, and
added $15,000 of uninsured mo-
torist coverage (which is not
legally mandated but pretty
great to have if you get hit by an
uninsured driver!) for just a few
dollars more per month.
FIGURE OUT
YOUR 401(K)
What is a 401(k) match and why
should I do it? Your workplace
might offer something called a
401(k) match. That means that if
you agree to put a percentage of
your paycheck into a special kind
of investment account, your
employer will put some money in
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it too.
There are a few different ways
that match can be structured,
and they are all somewhat con-
fusing and involve fractions. “If
you contribute 6% of your pre-
tax income, your employer will
match 100% on the first 4% and
50% on the next 2%” sounds like
a mean homework problem.
Here’s what that is telling you, in
plain terms:
• Let’s say you make $100. Before
you have to pay taxes on any of
that, you choose to contribute
6% of it — so $6 — to your 401(k).
• Your employer matches those
first $4 at 100%, so it puts an
additional $4 into your 401(k)
account for you.
• Then your employer matches
half of the next $2, so an addi-
tional $1.
• That means you put $6 toward
your retirement savings account,
and your employer deposits an
additional $5 for you.
If you don’t take advantage of
your 401(k) match, you are telling
your employer, “No, thanks, I
don’t want an extra percentage
of my salary every year from
you.” OK, you don’t get to use
that extra percentage right now,
but you’ll get to use it someday.
You don’t have to pay taxes on
any of this money until you are
retired and withdrawing it. So it
also means you pay less in in-
come taxes this year.
So take advantage of whatev-
er 401(k) match is available to
you. Personal finance author
Dave Ramsey tells people to
forgo the match as they pay off
debt. I don’t want to call anyone
out, but I personally think that
advice is fiduciary malfeasance.
The money in your 401(k) is not
just sitting around waiting for
you to get old. It is invested, and
the money it earns is then re-
invested, over and over, for years.
We know how powerful com-
pound interest is when it’s used
against us by credit card compa-
nies. In this case, it works in our
favor. The dollars you sock away
in your 20s and 30s are worth
more than the money you set
aside closer to retirement age.
How much should I set aside?
At minimum, you should put
aside the amount your employer
will match. But that’s not the
maximum. If you’re under 50
years old, in 2022 you can con-
tribute up to $19,500 for the year.
Most people do not contribute
that maximum! I think 10% is a
great number to shoot for after
you’ve got a handle on your debt,
and work your way up to 15%.
But if you’re just contributing
the minimum amount to get
your full match right now, you’re
doing great.
OK, fine. How do I sign up?
Email your HR person (or boss,
if your company is too small to
have HR) and say, “Hi, I’m going
over my finances right now, and I
wanted to know about our com-
pany’s 401(k) match and how to
contribute to the plan.”
What if I don’t have a 401(k)
available? Not every workplace
offers a 401(k). You can choose to
set up and contribute to an IRA,
which is like a 401(k) but not
sponsored by your workplace.
The contribution limits are a lot
lower ($6,000 max in 2022) and,
obviously, your money is not
getting matched by anyone.
There are a lot of different types
with different caveats. It’s less
EVERYTHING ELSE?
If you’ve followed each week of
this series to the letter — as I’m
sure you have — you’re currently
saving up for car repairs, medical
expenses, a big trip or wedding
or down payment, an emergency
fund, and now also your retire-
ment. And you’re paying more
per month for your insurance
coverage. It’s asking a lot from
your paycheck, I know.
And as much as I hate to say
it, none of this stuff is 100% fool-
proof. In 2020, there were people
with all of those savings and
more who discovered six months
of expenses means nothing
against a pandemic. You can
dutifully pay your premiums and
still get hit with something your
insurance won’t cover. You can
save up for retirement with every
paycheck starting the day you
turn 22 and still not have enough
to fund the life you want when
you’re done with work.
But it’s a whole lot better to be
prepared and fall short than to
not prepare at all. Your 401(k)
savings can be accessed before
retirement if you really, really
need them — I am talking a
life-altering medical event or
emergency. You’ll get slammed
with a hefty fee on top of getting
taxed on what you withdraw, but
it’s not completely untouchable
money.
You also may be able to take a
loan against your 401(k) to use
for a down payment on your first
home. That’s what I did. I bor-
rowed half the value of my 401(k)
at a very low interest rate to get
to that magical PMI-free 20%
down payment. I don’t lose any
of the money in my 401(k) and
automatically pay back a tiny bit
on the loan from each paycheck.
It’s a really good deal. So think of
401(k) savings as a backup down
payment fund as well.
ALMOST THERE
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folks. I hope you’re feeling more
confident and in control of your
money. Next week, we’ll review
what we’ve learned.
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W
H AT ’S it like
to be a craft
cannabis culti-
vator trying to
grow legal weed in Cali-
fornia? There are probably
as many different answers to
— and stories about — that
as there are pot farms across
the Golden State. And one of
those stories belongs to Lex
Corwin, the 28-year-old
founder and chief executive
of Stone Road Farms, a
brand that has its head-
quarters in Venice, just steps
from the Pacific Ocean, and
a cluster of greenhouses 400
miles due north on a remote
Nevada City, Calif., hilltop.
It was to that latter loca-
tion I trekked with the Green
Room video crew back in
September for a tour of
Corwin’s 57-acre property,
the centerpiece of which is a
biodynamic, off-the-grid
grow operation that uses
water from the ground below
and sunshine from the sky
above to turn month-old
seedlings first into towering
pot plants and then jars of
fragrant flower and packs of
prerolled joints.
Our visit also included a
frank discussion of the chal-
lenges — regulatory and
otherwise — that face Cali-
fornia pot farmers, what it’s
STONE ROAD Farms’ Nevada City, Calif., greenhouses.
like to helm a queer-owned
cannabis brand and a look at
Corwin’s plans for the future
of his weed-in-the-wilder-
ness spread, a future that
includes a cluster of experi-
ential rentals and wine-
country-style cannatourism.
(It’s worth noting that, while
a lot of the state’s small-scale
cannabis ventures face many
of the same hurdles as Cor-
win’s now 6-year-old com-
pany, his access to some
capital — through friends
and family investments —
puts him in a better position
out of the starting gate than
most of those trying to joust
the windmills of the Cali-
fornia regulatory land-
scape.)
Although opening Stone
Road Farms to the cannacu-
rious public is still a ways off,
you can take a virtual visit —
right now — simply by
watching Episode 7 of “The
Green Room,” The Times’
new video series that focuses
on California’s cannabis
commerce and culture.
Watch our first six episodes,
which include a joint-rolling
lesson from ’60s music icon
David Crosby, an attempt at
stoned yoga and a guide to
low-dose cannabis options,
at latimes.com/topic
/cannabis.
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PLANT PPL

The life of a
beetle hunter
GABE VERDUZCO GREW UP AS A ‘GARDEN BRO.’ NOW HE’S
WORKING TO SAVE URBAN FORESTS. BY J E A N E T T E M A RA N TO S

W
I T H H I S tousled black hair and
heart-melting smile, Gabe Ver-
duzco certainly has the looks of an
influencer. But instead of sharing
dance moves or crazy pranks, he’s
making his mark on social media by
posting pictures of insects and
native flowers, or himself in an
orange workman’s vest climbing a
massive oak tree in search of tiny
beetles threatening our urban trees.
See, Verduzco is to flora what
Superman is to Lois Lane. He’s had a hard crush on plants since he was
a young teen — embracing chores like weeding or mowing the lawn,
growing pumpkins and tomatoes for his family and, at 15, creating a
Tumblr page called #GardenBros — “just a group of friends trying their
hands at gardening” near their San Joaquin Valley homes in Kingsburg,
south of Fresno.
Some 18 years later he lives in there’s little to stop their
Dana Point so he can surf at spread except spotters like
least once a day. But plants are Verduzco. And often, by the
still the mainstay of his private time the damage to a tree be-
and professional lives. He tends comes apparent, little can be
a vegetable garden outside his done to save it. The best (yet
apartment. He manages the saddest) course of action is to
Orange County chapter of the remove the tree so the beetles
California Native Plant Soci- won’t infect others nearby.
ety’s social media as a volun- Verduzco’s employer, UC
teer. He’s a part-time park Cooperative Extension, focuses
ranger trying to stop poachers on agricultural and horticultur-
from stealing succulents and al research and education in
other native plants off coastal every county of the state. His
hills. His Instagram account, job is to search trees in a given
@antsyplantsy, is chockablock area to determine whether
with posts about native plants they’ve been infested and, if so,
and creatures. how badly. Then he marks and
And then there’s his main gig maps those trees so others can
as a research associate for the either treat or remove them.
University of California Cooper- Finding infestations is a
ative Extension’s Agriculture daunting task — just think of all
and Natural Resources divi- the trees on your street — but
sion, crawling around big urban Verduzco makes the work look
trees like oaks and sycamores fun, as in a TikTok video where
searching for the invasive shot- he’s climbing up and over the
hole borer and the goldspotted sprawling limbs of a giant oak.
oak borer (a.k.a. GSOB) — His videos are playful, but
rice-size beetles that have killed Verduzco is dead serious about
many thousands of Southern the threat. At the Anaheim
California oaks, sycamores, Hills Golf Course, for instance,
willows and other trees since the grounds are edged and
they were discovered here less dotted with lush stands of
than 20 years ago and could well native oaks, sycamores and
destroy many of our urban trees willows. This spot is lovely,
if left unchecked. almost impossible to believe it’s
“I’ve seen them kill trees in just a few miles from the stark
six months,” Verduzco says. 91 Freeway corridor. But Ver-
“And they’re tough. We had an duzco and his colleagues have
infected piece of wood from a found multiple dead trees here,
pallet put into a cage in our lab mostly oak, and many others
and a [shothole] beetle came that are infected, some beyond
out three months later, from a saving.
dead piece of wood.” Invasive shothole borers
Right now, these beetles leave rust-colored stains on the
don’t have any natural preda- outside of a tree and tiny holes
tors in Southern California, so roughly the size of a half-grain
of rice. The GSOB beetle is
harder to spot. It makes a tiny
D-shaped exit hole, but on a
craggy section of tree bark it’s
almost impossible to find until
Verduzco points one out.
It took some practice to spot
the signs, Verduzco said, but
now he can’t stop seeing them,
like during a recent visit to a
Los Angeles museum, when he
noticed some telltale holes on a
tree outside.
“It wasn’t anything serious, a
pretty light infestation they can
manage,” he said, talking al-
most to himself, “but I just
reminded myself ... I need to let
them know.”
Here’s how Verduzco ex-
plains his journey from inquisi-
tive boy in the San Joaquin
Valley, carving pumpkins and
wondering how they grow, to a
gung-ho, plant-centric, surfing
adult.
HE KNEW NOTHING.
AND THEN GREW
THE BEST CORN EVER.
“I grew up playing sports and
being outside. I always had a
knack for nature; bugs and
other critters were always en-
ticing to me. I just love being
outside.
“We always carved pumpkins
when I was a kid and baked the
seeds, and one day I thought,
‘Why don’t I grow pumpkins?’
I just put the seeds in the soil,
not knowing what I was doing,
but that’s how I started. I was
12 or 13 and my mom thought
they were weeds and pulled
them out. She didn’t know. I
was the one who liked doing
yardwork — pulling weeds,
mowing the lawn — and nobody
ever showed me. That’s one
thing I love about gardening —
you just learn by doing, by
teaching yourself.
“I started growing tomatoes
the next year and getting maga-
zines and seed catalogs, and
doing more research. My mom
moved into a rental in Kings-
burg and said I could grow stuff
in the space on the side of the
house. I cut down all the bushes
there so I could plant vegeta-
bles and my mom said, ‘Are you
going to plant the bushes back
when we leave?’ and I said,
‘Yeah’ ... but I don’t think I ever
did.
“I started growing tomatoes
and cucumbers, these super
exciting Armenian cucumbers,
and lemon cucumbers, which
are amazing. And then I grew
some sweet-corn varieties from
Johnny’s Seeds. It was the corn
they were growing at Fresno
State, people went crazy for
that corn, and I finally found
somebody who gave me the
variety name — Vision — and I
started growing that corn too,
the best corn I’ve ever had.
“Then when I was 15 1⁄2
I started working with the
USDA, watering and planting
plants for a grape breeder. They
were doing different experi-
ments to find organic methods
to prolong the life of table
grapes besides coating them
with pesticides. They let me use
the greenhouse to start my
seeds and that really helped me
get into the plant world.”
#GARDENBROS
BECAME AN EXCUSE
TO JUST ‘HANG OUT’
“I started #GardenBros on
Tumblr with some of my
friends. We were still in high
school, about to start college, joy, that taste, is so rewarding.
and one of my friends was inter- “But the other thing I love is
ested in my gardening. His giving vegetables away. When
family lived out in the country I was growing up we had so
with an acre of space out there, many tomatoes we were giving
and they had a large plot we them to family and friends.
could grow stuff on. Then one day I saw we had a
“We started it as a way for our new neighbor across the street,
friends to hang out. We’d have so I thought I would just be
bonfires and barbecues, get friendly. Here I am, 16 or 17, and
other friends involved. My I’m going over there to say,
whole goal was to get the ‘Hey, I grew these tomatoes and
#GardenBros into local far- I wanted to give you some,’ and
mers markets to sell corn and it broke the ice. I told them my
tomatoes, but that kind of name was Gabe and we talked a
fizzled out after we graduated little, but the really special
and went to work. But that moment came a couple weeks
always has been a personal later when they brought over a
goal, starting a farm and grow- watermelon, just for me. It was
ing stuff for folks. cool to see we were basically
“The real joy I have in grow- bartering, with vegetables.”
ing vegetables is reaping the
rewards of growing your own —
knowing where it came from, INSTAGRAMMING
knowing what you’re growing SECRET WILDERNESS
and how you’re watering it, how ZONES
you’re feeding it and building “I got my degree in plant
the soil, and all those things science at Fresno State and I
coming together so eventually went to work for Filoli Gardens,
you can pick it and eat it. That a botanic garden in Woodside,
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near Palo Alto. I really got into
native plants there while I was
helping to restore their native
garden, and it really took off
from there.
“Now I work directly with
native trees in county parks and
some of the wilderness zones in
the county. I see a lot of un-
touched areas where the public
has no access to, and I’ve
started documenting all the
beautiful flowers I see. I like to
research them, find out their
scientific names or how the
Native Americans used them,
and then post them on Insta-
gram.
“Native plants were here for
years and years before we came,
and they’re well adapted to
their particular areas. For here,
it’s rainy winters and hot sum-
mers, and the native insects
and birds rely on eating certain
seeds or plants. When you take
that away and put in palm trees
instead, it breaks the whole
ecological web. And I think
native plants also offer some
beauty in their history with the
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Native Americans and how they
used them. ... Like I’m also a
park ranger part-time; I help
patrol at the Dana Point Nature
Reserve, and I found this native
wild cucumber that looks like
an alien plant. It’s so spiky and
awesome, it just spurred me on.
It’s in the cucumber family but
it’s poisonous, so how did Na-
tive Americans use this? They
made the root into a powder
and used it to stun fish!
“Now I’m heavy into native
plants and helping the Cali-
fornia Native Plant Society by
volunteering to do the social
media for the Orange County
chapter. I’m so intrigued by
bugs and plants, and learning
about them — educating myself
— just excites me about life.”
HE ALSO SURFS
EVERY DAY
“I picked it up five years ago,
after I spent a year in Hawaii
planting a fruit farm. I’d always
wanted to surf, so I just moved
to Hawaii for a year and went
Photographs by
head-on at it, and when I came
back in 2017 I kept surfing. I surf
every single day — any time I
can fit it in, based on the swells
and high tide-low tide. I’ll go at
sunrise or sunset or the middle
of the day during lunch break.
I’ll go out for 30 minutes, or on
Saturdays, three hours. I’d say
I’m now submersed in surf
culture — and I’ll be surfing the
rest of my life.
“That’s why I moved to Dana
Point. My landlord is a former
pro surfer who grew up in Dana
Point, and he’s super cool,
totally into the surf culture
here. He knows all about the
wind and swell size, all the surf
stuff that’s beyond my knowl-
edge because he’s been doing it
all his life. I’m learning a lot
from him, and he lets me have a
vegetable garden where I’m
living, just a little raised bed
with strawberries and, this
summer, cucumbers and to-
matoes.”
POSTING ON TIKTOK
SHOWS THAT
‘ANYONE CAN DO THIS’
“I’m [of] Mexican heritage,
born in California, and I’m
trying to show people that
anyone can do this. You don’t
have to fit in a certain mold. It’s
like, ‘Hey, you don’t have to be
Martha Stewart to care about
plants and care about the
Earth.’
“And I want to show people
what I’m doing. I’ve been on a
path not lots of people have
been on, and I’m trying to be an
advocate for other individuals,
maybe those coming from a less
fortunate background or not
knowing what they want to do.
I’m trying to say, ‘Hey, if you
really enjoy something and
you’re passionate about some-
thing, just because you grew up
in a small farm town like Kings-
burg or an inner-city area, it’s
still possible to succeed.
There’s so many avenues you
can choose with plants.’ ”
This is the latest in a series
we call Plant PPL, for which we
interview people of color in the
plant world. If you have any
suggestions for PPL to include
in our series, tag us on
Instagram @latimesplants.
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IN HIS
ELEMENTS:
Gabe Verduzco
identifies
beetle infesta-
tions that can
kill trees by
looking for tiny
exit holes. For
R&R he surfs
and posts to
TikTok to
energize plant
lovers.
Behrmann, urban forestry
and natural resources advis-
or for UC Cooperative Ex-
tension for Los Angeles and
Orange counties. “They
basically wiped out all the
native willows in [San Diego
County’s] Tijuana River
Valley in just a year. We need
people to be vigilant.”
The goldspotted oak
borer (a.k.a. GSOB) has
been found in three varieties
of oak trees in Southern
California: canyon live oak —
the most widely distributed
oak in California — coast live
oak and California black
oak. The beetle was discov-
ered in San Diego County in
2004 and likely arrived in
California in firewood
brought in from Arizona or
Mexico, researchers say. The
GSOB larvae feed on the
cambium layer beneath the
bark, which is vital for the
tree’s health and growth. A
large enough infestation
eventually kills the tree.
Researchers believe the
invasive shothole borer
arrived in wood pallets or
products from Vietnam
and/or Taiwan. It was discov-
ered in the Whittier Narrows
in 2003 and has been spotted
as far south as San Diego
County and as far north as
Santa Barbara County. It’s
far less picky than GSOB
beetles. Invasive shothole
borers have sickened at least
65 varieties of SoCal urban
trees — including box elders,
maples, willows, sycamores,
oaks and cottonwoods — by
infesting them with their
primary food source, fusar-
ium fungus. Beetles “farm”
the fungus, eventually block-
ing the tree’s vascular sys-
tem, shutting off the flow of
water and nutrients, which
causes branches and then
the entire tree to die.
The UC Agriculture and
Natural Resources program
has a primer for how people
can spot infestations of
GSOB and invasive shothole
borers and lists the trees
most susceptible to the
shothole borers, which in-
Dania Maxwell Los Angeles Times
clude native and non-native
varieties. Here are some tips
from Nobua-Behrmann:
> Look for trees that have
How to dieback — dead or dying
upper branches — plus tiny
holes in the trunk or larger
protect branches and rust-colored
stains on the trunk. GSOB
your beetles make a D-shaped
exit hole.
> Trees with a light infes-
trees tation can be pruned or
treated with insecticides to
kill the beetles, but if they
from have dead branches and
more than 150 exit holes,
that’s a good indication that
killer the infestation may be too
severe to be treated. In that
bugs case, the best option is to cut
the tree down, or at least
remove the dead branches.
> Immediately chip or
BY J E A N E T T E burn infected wood to kill
the beetles. Don’t save in-
M A RA N TO S
fected wood for your fire-
place.
> Don’t spray your tree
with insecticides to try to
prevent an infestation. Effec-
T
H E N A M E S of tive insecticides require a
these tree-destroy- permit for use, and “we don’t
ing beetles are omi- want to be spraying insecti-
nous enough — cides in the environment if
goldspotted oak borer and you don’t have an active
invasive shothole borer — infestation.”
but the real nightmare is > Call your county’s coop-
what they’re doing to our erative extension office,
urban trees. master gardeners program
“They’ve killed hundreds or agricultural commis-
of thousands of trees” since sioner office, or consult the
these invasive beetles were list of certified arborists
discovered in Southern provided by the Interna-
California nearly 20 years tional Society of Arboricul-
ago, said Beatriz Nobua- ture at treesaregood.org.
Dania Maxwell Los Angeles Times
WOW , they’re small. This tube holds a sample of the
shothole borer, which can kill big oaks and sycamores.
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THIS TWO-
story ADU
by architect
Isabelle
Duvivier has
a double-
height living
room and
raised
windows.

W HEN
Chantal Arnoult moved
with her family to France
in 2008, she had no idea
she would return to Los
Angeles four years later,
divorced and unable to
afford the home that she
and her then-husband
had purchased for
$395,000 in 2002.
“I was broke, with two
kids and no job,” she said.
“I had a long-term renter,
so I stayed with my sister
and then rented another
place. When I refinanced
the house, I still couldn’t
afford the mortgage, so I
rented my house on
Airbnb for five years. My
kids and I moved seven
times. It was a constant
juggle.”
When a new series of
California laws was
passed in 2017 to make
accessory dwelling units,
or ADUs, easier to build,
Arnoult decided to move
home, withdraw her
retirement funds and
build a 650-square-foot
income property in her
Mar Vista backyard.
As conceived by her
sister, Venice architect
Isabelle Duvivier, the
ADU plays out as a case
study in the efficient use
of space and a thoughtful
approach to preserving
the tree canopy.
“We are losing our tree
canopy due to devel-
opment,” Duvivier said.
“People are sacrificing
every ounce of open
space to make these big
boxes. It’s OK to build,
but build with nature.
Ninety percent of our tree
canopy is on private
property. Trees provide
shade, clean the air,
collect rainwater and
connect us to nature. I’m
a building designer but I
feel like a building is
meaningless without a
connection to the out-
doors.”
The home also is an
inspiration for anyone
trying to balance the
economic struggles of
trying to live, work and
raise a family in L.A.
“I worked hard to
make it affordable,”
Duvivier said of the ADU,
which was completed in
2019 for about $225,000
including pavers, land-
scaping, fencing and an
attached garage conver-
sion that shares a wall —
and can be rented out.
“Most of my ADUs are
coming in at more than
$300,000. This one is the
least expensive one that
I’ve built, in part because
Chantal went with the
cheapest bid. But I think
it’s a beautiful unit.”
ADUs are compli-
UNDER THE TREES
A THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED MAR VISTA ADU COEXISTS WITH NATURE
cated, Duvivier said,
because they are on small
lots and “everyone wants
a roof deck and two bath-
rooms in a tiny space.”
They are also compli-
cated by things that
people often don’t con-
sider, like the fact that
new homes must sit five
to six horizontal feet from
power lines. “ADUs are
often closer to the power
lines, so you have to get
approval from the
LADWP, and they are
overwhelmed with ADUs
right now. In the old days,
new buildings would have
to be 15 feet from power
lines, but now it’s five.”
Despite being two
stories tall, the ADU is
dwarfed by an enormous
60-year-old Chinese elm
that the sisters worked
hard to preserve. “I like
using two stories because
you can never get the
land back,” Duvivier said.
“We had to cut the Chi-
nese elm back slowly, and
then, when we were fi-
nally ready to build, we
gave it a good trim. Now it
enhances her yard.”
It also enhances the
ADU, which is airy and
bright, thanks to its
southern exposure and
soaring 18-foot ceilings
that make the interior
feel larger than its floor
plan. “It feels voluminous
even though it’s tiny,”
Duvivier said. “I pay
attention to the orienta-
tion of the sun to make
sure buildings are maxi-
mizing the free energy
they get from the sun and
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BY L I SA B O O N E
sister can use reclaimed
rainwater to water the
lush landscape. “We
always collect stormwa-
ter on-site and collect
more than the city re-
quires,” she said. “I try to
integrate it in the design
so that people can really
use it and not just have
rain barrels because the
city requires them for
new buildings.”
The rental unit has
two small bedrooms
upstairs, including one
with a half wall that over-
looks the living area.
Downstairs, there is a
bathroom, laundry and a
kitchenette (featuring
cabinets and miniature
appliances from Ikea)
that opens onto the living
room. Oversize French
doors let in more sun-
shine and provide easy
access to a private patio
and garden that is hidden
behind a fence that sepa-
rates the two homes.
The interiors feature
concrete floors that are
durable and pet-friendly
(making them perfect for
renters), and Arnoult
estimates that she is
close to paying off the
stay cool from windows ADU ‘Window Onto the ADU with the proceeds
that face south.” Trees.’ The beauty of from short- and long-
Because Arnoult was these windows being up term rentals. She’s fur-
concerned with her high is that you get light nished the space simply
neighbors’ privacy, Du- and nature.” with an Ikea sleeper sofa
vivier designed the build- Another environmen- and chaise with built-in
ing with raised windows tally friendly touch by storage; bar stools found
that look out on the Duvivier, whose own on Next-door; a statu-
Chinese elm and other Venice home won a LEED esque fiddle-leaf fig; and
trees and offer light and Platinum rating, is the accessories from rum-
privacy. “You don’t see addition of a 400-gallon mage sales and Wayfair.
out, you see up,” Arnoult cistern located behind Looking back, Arnoult
said. “I actually call the the house so that her said she regrets hiring
the contractor who of-
fered the cheapest bid
because she ultimately
had to hire subcontrac-
tors to install central air
and heat, rain gutters,
landscaping, stair rail-
ings and fencing and
build out the kitchenette.
“It may have been less
stressful if I had included
everything in one higher
bid,” she says now.
Although she has no
regrets about building
the ADU, she admits she
was surprised when her
taxes went from $6,000 to
$9,000 a year. She also
thinks it’s important for
people to understand
L.A.’s Rent Stabilization
Ordinance, which regu-
lates rent increases and
evictions in a city where
rents are among the
nation’s highest.
Due to COVID-19, L.A.
landlords are prohibited
from raising the rent on
rent-stabilized units until
2023. “People who are
considering building an
ADU should be aware
that if their house was
built in or before 1978, the
Housing Department will
turn their main house or
the entire property, de-
pending on the configu-
ration, into an RSO [rent
stabilization ordinance]
property. This should be
more transparent.”
Like many L.A. sto-
ries, Arnoult’s ADU is a
saga of economic hard-
ship intertwined with
valuable real estate.
“I don’t know if I could
have held on to my house
if I didn’t have the sup-
plemental income from
my ADU,” she said. “I feel
so lucky to own this
house. I won’t sell it. I
have two kids, and now I
have two houses. If any-
thing happens to me,
both of my kids will have
a place to live. I don’t
think my kids would be
able to afford to buy a
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NATIONAL
PARK’S res-
ervation sys-
tem is meant
to reduce
summer over-
crowding.

Though the reserva-

Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times
Crane Flat Campground
tions requirements in
those years coincided
with pandemic mea-
sures, Yosemite’s strug-
gles with summer over-
crowding go back dec-
ades.
The park drew 3.3
million visitors in 2021,
NPS statistics show,
which made Yosemite
the 21st-busiest park in
the system and the
busiest in California.
(The busiest nation-
wide: Blue Ridge Park-
way, where rangers
counted 15.9 million
visitors along its route
through Virginia and
North Carolina.)

SNAG YOUR SUMMER SPOT and other sites will be

closed throughout this
year.
Under the Park Serv-
ice’s plans, 70% of reser-
vations for all dates from
The National Parks
Conservation Assn.
voiced its support for
Yosemite’s move in a
prepared statement
from its Sierra Nevada

I
YOSEMITE N A B I D to fight long-standing troubles with Regional Transporta- May 20 through Sept. 30 program manager, Mark
summer congestion, Yosemite National Park will tion System) buses or on will be available online Rose.
RETURNS TO impose a peak-hour reservation system from commercial tours. on March 23. The re- “As problems with
May 20 through Sept. 30. Visitors who enter the maining 30% will be overcrowding have
PEAK-HOUR The reservations, which carry a $2 nonre- park outside of the peak made available on a worsened in recent
ADVANCE fundable fee, will be available beginning at 8 a.m. hours are not required rolling basis seven days years, reservation sys-
on March 23 through recreation.gov. Each reser- to have a reservation, before the arrival date. tems have proven very
RESERVATION vation will be valid for three days. park management said, (In other words, some effective in combating
The move, announced Feb. 16, means that and those visitors are Aug. 30 reservations will the endless traffic,
SYSTEM. visitors will need a reservation to enter the park be- allowed to remain in the become available on crowded trails and long
tween 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., seven days a week. The require- park through peak Aug. 23.) lines for facilities that
BY C H R I STO P H E R ment includes annual and lifetime pass holders, and is hours. The park posted an plague overcrowded
R EY N O L D S in addition to the park’s $35-per-car entrance fee, which Also this year, the FAQ page with details of national parks,” Rose
is also good for three days while the reservation system Park Service statement the new program at said. “We’re pleased the
is in effect. (Otherwise, it’s good for seven days.) said, infrastructure nps.gov/yose/plan reservation system will
improvement projects yourvisit/faq.htm. be returning to Yosemite
However, anyone who National Park Service will require closure of Park officials said the this summer so that
books lodging, camping said. The same goes for several park areas and strategy builds on visitors can have the
or vacation rental reser- visitors with wilderness change traffic circula- lessons learned during best experience possible
vations within the park and Half Dome permits, tion in some areas. Most 2020 and 2021, when the while protecting the
is automatically in- and for visitors who notably, the Glacier park put summer reser- park from the damage
cluded in the peak-hour enter the park via Point Road, Tuolumne vation requirements in that overcrowding can
reservation system, the YARTS (Yosemite Area Meadows Campground, place to cut congestion. bring.”

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— and his cute friend — up the
street for drinks at Catch L.A.
Eventually, the topic of my disa-
bility came up (I don’t mind shar-
ing it) and all the work it has
taken me to overcome it. As I
finished, I expected the usual
reactions. To my surprise, how-
ever, the man next to me loudly
exclaimed, “Wow!” and asked
with genuine admiration in his
voice: “How did you do that!?”
After I absorbed my shock at
his question, I had to quickly
come up with an answer. No one
had ever asked me this before. I
took a breath and and responded,
“Well, I just ‘alpha’d’ up and re-
taught myself to live.”
The words were no sooner out
of my mouth than I realized what
I’d said. Those words had so
much more power to me than to
him. (In fact, the conversation
had moved on.)
But it was the first time I’d
verbalized the crux of why
Raquel Aparicio For The Times I struggled with intimate relation-
ships — I had been stuck in one
energy pattern in my body.
L . A . A F FA I R S Through my work with the
intimacy coach, I had studied my
stayed friends, and when I moved
to the West Coast, we began
going out to dinner. Every week.
This is it, I told myself. It’s finally
happening. So I geared up to tell
him: I wanted more. I wanted an
intimate relationship with him.
Before I could, he told me he’d
started seeing someone.
As awful as that experience
was, though, I took it as a positive
sign. It showed my growth. I had
been vulnerable enough to com-
municate a desire I had never
communicated before — that I
wanted to give someone else
access to my body.
Moving forward, are there still
going to be times where I’ll have
to “alpha up” to get through a
challenge? Absolutely. But I
believe there has been a historical
cost to all of that “bracing for the
worst.” It prevented me from
allowing someone to affect me to
the core.
And I’m not going back to that.
Examples of able-bodied
people dating disabled people
like me may be few and far be-
tween in our culture at large.
(When’s the last time you saw a

Turn down the power ability to navigate between what

most call (and I would argue we
need to transcend calling) stereo-
typically masculine and feminine
energies. Some call it our alpha
MY DISABILITY REQUIRED STRENGTH. DATING WAS DIFFERENT. and omega energies.
From this vantage point, I
BY E M I LY G O O D S O N could see that my childhood was a
lesson in how to “alpha up” to
protect myself from the hurts of
the world. From the sting of a
high school friend predicting that
I would never get married be-
TV show or film about a disabled
women who had an actual sex
life?) But now that I’ve found the
voice that I’ve hidden for so many
decades, I’m going to use it to
change this narrative.
> The author is the L.A.-based
founder of CultureSmart, a con-
sulting firm that helps start-ups
create a workplace culture that
embraces inclusion. You can find
her on Instagram at @ecgoodson
and on Medium.com.

I
WA S 8 when a rupture in
my brain stem left me in a
wheelchair, unable to
speak, partially paralyzed.
I needed emergency brain
surgery and then years of therapy
to talk and walk again.
Today, I’m very lucky. I have
my own consulting business, but
I walk with a limp and I have no
mobility in my left hand. I’ve also
never found love. I’m in my
mid-30s and I’ve never had a
boyfriend.
I didn’t get to have my first kiss
as a teenager. My first kiss was in
my late 20s with a guy I met after
a college basketball game. He
never asked me for a dinner date,
but he did invite me to his house
for a few make-out sessions be-
fore it fizzled and I never heard
from him again.
I’ve been on every dating app
possible. I’ve had office crushes.
Once, I went out for happy hour
drinks with a guy I’d worked with,
and liked. And he proceeded to
tell me about the woman he’d
started dating. Guys always
seem to want to hang out with me
and talk to me. Yet none try to
move me out of the “friend zone.”
It’s hard not to take it person-
ally. How often do we see fully
able-bodied people dating indi-
viduals with disabilities on TV or
film? In the media? Or in real life?
Does having a limp really make
that much of a difference in find-
ing someone attractive?
It wasn’t until I moved to Los
Angeles from Washington, D.C.
— from a place where politics
dominate to a place where cre-
atives write to better know them-
selves — that I found an answer.
It started when I hired an
intimacy coach, because that’s
apparently what one does in L.A.
My first email to her read, “I’ve
never dated anyone; can you
help? I think it has to be because
of my physical disability.”
I told her my desired outcome:
I wanted to be someone’s girl-
friend. And while that still hasn’t
happened, in some ways I’ve
achieved a far more important
outcome — the realization that
my disability itself wasn’t inhib-
iting my intimacy with men.
It was how I emotionally re-
sponded to having a disability
that was getting in the way.
Over the course of my life, I
have told hundreds of people
about my brain injury. Typically,
people respond to me with the
usual sympathies — “Oh, I’m so
sorry” — or embarrassed silence.
Recently, however, something
changed. Something changed
inside me.
A friend and I had finished
dinner at Cecconi’s on Melrose
when she struck up a conversa-
tion with a cute guy as they were
standing near the valet. One
thing led to another, and soon we
were accompanying the cute guy
cause “nobody marries someone
with a disability” to the heart- L.A. Affairs chronicles the
break of watching all of my friends search for romantic love in all its
get married when I was just long- glorious expressions in the L.A.
ing to be kissed, I hardened up, I’d area, and we want to hear your
alpha’d up, because otherwise the true story. We pay $300 for a
pain of being perpetually single published essay. Email
plus having a physical disability LAAffairs@latimes.com. You
would have overcome me. can find past columns at
But Los Angeles has become a latimes.com/laaffairs.
place where I’ve learned to keep
that pain from overtaking me.
Through my inner healing, I’m
finding ways to soften up, to open
up, to make room for the possibil-
ity of letting someone in. The
opposite of “alpha-ing” up.
This process hasn’t been
pretty, or easy. I cried so many
tears over a guy from San Diego.
I’d met him a few years ago when
he was on a stay in D.C., when I
was still living there. When I
finally worked up the courage to
tell him that I liked him, I got the
“I think you’re great but I just
want to be friends” line. So we

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Sherman Oaks Pacific Palisades Pasadena Beverly Hills
Lic# 00941825 Lic# 00872518 Lic# 01844466 Lic# 01367402

LOS ANGELES TIMES

10 YEAR LEGEND
Isabelle Mizrahi Jennifer Niman David Offer Tom O’Rourke
Pacific Palisades Sherman Oaks Brentwood Beverly Hills
Lic# 01209059 Lic# 00965903 Lic# 01150357 Lic# 00931753

HOT PROPERTY
© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network. Legend designation recipients are BHHS sales associates
who have earned Chairman’s Circle for 5 years or more.

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AWARD WINNERS

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE DIAMOND

The top ½ of 1% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

Pearson|Cusack Real Estate Group Valerie Punwar Lauren Ravitz Nancy Sanborn & Brian Joy
Sherman Oaks Calabasas Brentwood Beverly Hills
Lic# 00817566 / 02031885 Lic# 01491245 Lic# 01352397 Lic# 00771096 / 01324371
WSCE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

5 YEAR LEGEND
SARKISSIAN + PERERA GROUP Meredith Schlosser Team Emil Schneeman Shevin Team
Pasadena Brentwood Pacific Palisades Calabasas
Lic# 01242603 / 01715728 Lic# 01910316 Lic# 01200793 Lic# 00559629
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Lynette Sohl Ryan Sokolowski St. James + Canter Jan Thornton & Shereen Kelly
Pasadena Brentwood Beverly Hills Pasadena
Lic# 01256496 Lic# 01859461 Lic# 00949711 / 01810156 Lic# 01022261 / 00927323
HOT PROPERTY

© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network. Legend designation recipients are BHHS sales associates
who have earned Chairman’s Circle for 5 years or more.
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AWARD WINNERS

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE DIAMOND

The top ½ of 1% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

Tilley Group Larry Young & Associates Dittany Zhang-Seltzer

Pacific Palisades Beverly Hills Beverly Hills
Lic# 01001357 Lic# 00999537 Lic# 01960099

C H A I R M A N ’ S C I R C L E P L AT I N U M
The top 1% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

WSCE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
5 YEAR LEGEND
Mario Acosta Arthur Aslanian Kathleen Bywater Jack Chang Jeff Diamond & Sandy Pearce
Sherman Oaks Encino Pasadena Pasadena Calabasas
Lic# 01328908 Lic# 01291836 Lic# 01991093 Lic# 01075478 Lic# 01205734 / 01192459

LOS ANGELES TIMES

5 YEAR LEGEND 10 YEAR LEGEND
Debbie Edwards Jeff Fisher Sandi Jacoby Amalia Khachikian Anne Kislingbury &
& Davina O’Donnell Pasadena Brentwood Sherman Oaks Gary Smalley

HOT PROPERTY
Sherman Oaks Lic# 01429217 Lic# 00828431 Lic# 00989919 Pasadena
Lic# 01963431 / 01000976 Lic# 01927204 / 01935844

© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network. Legend designation recipients are BHHS sales associates
who have earned Chairman’s Circle for 5 years or more.

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AWARD WINNERS

C H A I R M A N ’ S C I R C L E P L AT I N U M
The top 1% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

Dan Mancinelli & Brian Moore Barbara Marcus Todd Marks & Team Nader Naderi
Pasadena Brentwood Beverly Hills Encino
Lic# 01259427 / 01057987 Lic# 01129129 Lic# 01227834 Lic# 01096047

NOT PICTURED

Rick Chimienti
Beverly Hills
Lic# 01047001

Lisa Weber
WSCE

Calabasas
Lic# 01426568
5 YEAR LEGEND
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Dan & Charlee Nessel Ed Solórzano

Santa Monica Beverly Hills
Lic# 01349526 / 01309674 Lic# 01276829

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE GOLD

The top 3% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Dean Abston Monica Iris Steven Arian Cecile Billauer Catherine Cheng Donna D’Aurio & Patti Fluhr Brody Davis
Encino Antola Calabasas Gifford Pasadena Pasadena Pacific Palisades
Lic# 01202855 Pacific Palisades Lic# 02053160 Pacific Palisades Lic# 01926751 Lic# 02012908 / 02002277 Lic# 02099471
Lic# 01826288 Lic# 00910997
HOT PROPERTY

© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network. Legend designation recipients are BHHS sales associates
who have earned Chairman’s Circle for 5 years or more.
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AWARD WINNERS

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE GOLD

The top 3% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

5 YEAR LEGEND
Britta Diaz Dubois & Pearson Brett Duffy Keith Endow Kathleen John Finseth Patricia Fowler
Pacific Palisades Encino Pacific Palisades Santa Monica Finnegan Encino Brentwood
Lic# 01900581 Lic# 01925760 / 00573171 Lic# 01241284 Lic# 00481697 Calabasas Lic# 01336897 Lic# 01103187
Lic# 01193021

10YEAR LEGEND
Randy Freeman Lance Friedman Daniel P. Garcia The Hillier Group Jesse Hlubik Monty Iceman Paul Kent Eric Knight
Pacific Palisades Sherman Oaks Pasadena Pasadena Sherman Oaks Brentwood / Pasadena Pacific Palisades

WSCE
Lic# 01088639 Lic# 00912879 Lic# 01374819 Lic# 00982713 Lic# 01801928 Sherman Oaks Lic# 01848344 Lic# 00977963
Lic# 01027602

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Bruce Leibovitch Donald Linden Joanie Louis & Paul Ferreccio Chris Lucibello The Payab Group David Putnam Luisa Rengifo
Calabasas Sherman Oaks Calabasas Sherman Oaks Encino Brentwood Pasadena
Lic# 00961089 Lic# 01251120 Lic# 01362422 / 01099719 Lic# 01885864 Lic# 01394407 Lic# 01036004 Lic# 02027054

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Michael Rescigno Steve Rifkin Gary Dean Ruebsamen Gail Salem The Selko Group
Relocation Calabasas & Traci Lynn Eiler Encino Calabasas / Encino
Lic# 01001610 Lic# 01859614 Studio City Lic# 01361053 Lic# 01815238 / 01019124 / 01815051
Lic# 01273059 / 01316504

HOT PROPERTY
© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network. Legend designation recipients are BHHS sales associates
who have earned Chairman’s Circle for 5 years or more.

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AWARD WINNERS

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE GOLD

The top 3% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

5 YEAR LEGEND
Steve Shanks Janet Shrager Pierre Stooss Sami Tarrab & Michael Metzger Linda Thiele Tom Tostengard
Encino Beverly Hills Santa Monica Calabasas Pacific Palisades Beverly Hills
Lic# 01029330 Lic# 01750914 Lic# 01441785 Lic# 01945859 / 02048829 Lic# 01040088 Lic# 01880441

NOT PICTURED

Bill Coveny
Beverly Hills
Lic# 01321038
5 YEAR LEGEND

Michael Tunick Andrea Volore Cindy Wexler Yennis Wong Lorraine Wong Howard
Sherman Oaks Calabasas Studio City Pasadena Pasadena Zuckerman
Lic# 01321406 Lic# 01169526 Lic# 01981372 Lic# 01344042 Lic# 01512741 Sherman Oaks
WSCE

Lic# 01107036
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
The top 7% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

Teresa Akerblom Lane Aronson Kathleen A. “Kat” Ken Begey Kelly Bradley Shelli Broder Jennifer Ian Brooks
Pacific Palisades Pasadena Becker Calabasas Pasadena Brentwood Brookley Santa Monica
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Lic# 01027737 Lic# 00681193 Santa Monica Lic# 01299620 Lic# 01940847 Lic# 01132623 Encino Lic# 00954065
Lic# 01210203 Lic# 02006987
HOT PROPERTY

Margaret Rudy C’Dealva Russ Church Ann Cohen Jane Cudworth Cherie De Andrea Bruce Dilbeck Alison Ebbert
Cashion Calabasas & Associates Calabasas Calabasas Calabasas Pasadena Studio City
Pasadena Lic# 01162943 Calabasas Lic# 01274357 Lic# 01045026 Lic# 01260492 Lic# 00937191 Lic# 01516799
Lic# 01376586 Lic# 01192161 / 02023674
© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network. Legend designation recipients are BHHS sales associates
who have earned Chairman’s Circle for 5 years or more.
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AWARD WINNERS

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
The top 7% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

Rita Erangey & Karen Feinstein- Hilda Hernandez Alex Hoerner Timothy Jerry Dennis Kamrany Norman
Richard Raddatz Michiels & Devon Beck Pacific Palisades Sherman Oaks Santa Monica Kawaguchi
Encino Encino Pasadena Lic# 02075041 Lic# 01194994 Lic# 01933492 Pasadena
Lic# 00911631 Lic# 00612569 Lic# 01218052 / 01703996 Lic# 01438116
/ 01243640

WSCE
Marla Kleinman Jill Krutchik Julia & Jin Kwon Roger Lund Ieva Massehian Dianne Merryl Liz Milan
Sherman Oaks Studio City Pasadena Studio City Pasadena Encino Studio City
Lic# 01257707 Lic# 01364254 Lic# 01740725 / 00964454 Lic# 01292927 Lic# 02023551 Lic# 00867675 Lic# 01138271

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Cynthia Miller Kate Newton Alexis Opos Karen Parcell Victoria Parks- Timothy Perry Cherie Peters
Encino Beverly Hills Sherman Oaks Pacific Palisades Murphy Beverly Hills Pacific Palisades
Lic# 00950049 Lic# 02010477 Lic# 02087599 Lic# 01723411 Sherman Oaks Lic# 01329283 Lic# 02041243
Lic# 02024128

LOS ANGELES TIMES

HOT PROPERTY
Lana Petrosian Alex Piemonte Michael Richards Linda Riha Daniel Rinsch Leslie Rubin Susan K. Sanford
Studio City Brentwood Pasadena Studio City Santa Monica Studio City Beverly Hills
Lic# 01822546 Lic# 02049784 Lic# 01002720 Lic# 01448405 Lic# 01483602 Lic# 01960269 Lic# 01965277

© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network.

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AWARD WINNERS

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
The top 7% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

NOT PICTURED

Sue Hart
Calabasas
Lic# 01152624

Nicole Segal Karen Thelin Rose Ware Dave Yobs Laurie Zeiger Brian Zinda & Donna
Brentwood Sherman Oaks Beverly Hills Calabasas Dodd Belisle-Strecker
Lic# 00577075 Lic# 01312055 Lic# 00904202 Lic# 00953303 Beverly Hills Beverly Hills
Lic# 02079398 Lic# 01939020 / 01954262

LEADING EDGE
The top 12% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

John Abreu Daniel Adelson Endre Barath, Jr. Gary Bergevin John Paul Brozyna Greg Bull
Beverly Hills Sherman Oaks Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Brentwood Pasadena
Lic# 00670290 Lic# 01407910 Lic# 01238708 Lic# 00970052 Lic# 00998241 Lic# 01177732
WSCE

Richard Burt Chris Callaway Nancy Chan Sarah Cortell Kathryn Davis Shannon Fopeano
Beverly Hills Brentwood Pasadena Calabasas Brentwood Relocation
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Lic# 01344361 Lic# 02101719 Lic# 01373345 Lic# 01254819 Lic# 00898037 Lic# 01973307

Susi Gilmartin Nava Tiki Greenberg Yaniv Horovitz Jason Hsiao Bryan Kraft Evelyn Lauchenauer
Pacific Palisades Calabasas Studio City Pasadena Beverly Hills Santa Monica
Lic# 01017598 Lic# 00962596 Lic# 01722868 Lic# 02016848 Lic# 00986753 Lic# 01765753

Meirav Leibovici Mary Leonard Anita Lischak Kim Long Joe Lupariello Brandon Metoyer
Sherman Oaks Pasadena Brentwood Calabasas Beverly Hills Calabasas
Lic# 01824224 Lic# 01337195 Lic# 02031743 Lic# 01902199 Lic# 01942633 Lic# 02066705

Julie Moffet Jackie Murguia Chris Newell Barbara Palmer Janie Peet-Thompson Rinde Philippe
Calabasas Beverly Hills Brentwood Beverly Hills Brentwood Santa Monica
Lic# 01969141 Lic# 01372853 Lic# 02098665 Lic# 00428644 Lic# 00555890 Lic# 01895315
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Penelope Psaltiras Tracey Raphael Ian Reed The Ross Team Kim O’Rourke George Salazar Realty
Beverly Hills Sherman Oaks Studio City Encino Calabasas Team
Lic# 01717768 Lic# 01450173 Lic# 01955438 Lic# 00920986 / 01010343 Lic# 01937587 Santa Monica
Lic# 00884017
Vito San Filippo Roza Shaolian Phil Sidenberg Gil & Marilyn Spiegel Susan Stearns Marilyn Stern
Sherman Oaks Encino Calabasas Encino Calabasas Beverly Hills
Lic# 01969452 Lic# 02016650 Lic# 00634479 Lic# 01351635 / 01369282 Lic# 00888511 Lic# 01377410

Sara Sunboliyan Zohreh Tamjidi Tim Thompson &

Encino Beverly Hills Miguel Piñon
HOT PROPERTY

Lic# 01268977 Lic# 01098775 Studio City

Lic# 01894676 / 01894706

© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network.
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AWARD WINNERS

HONOR SOCIETY
The top 18% of more than 50,000 sales associates in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network

Andy Achen Mercedes Akinsanya Rebecca Alvarado Pamela Brown Saul Bubis Dayna Campbell
Studio City Brentwood Pasadena Brentwood Santa Monica Encino
Lic# 01759969 Lic# 02042217 Lic# 00912906 Lic# 01996591 Lic# 00577782 Lic# 01969328

Janien Canel Jon Cates Sum Chan Carlos Chavarin Robert Chuang Portia Corlin
Calabasas Pacific Palisades Beverly Hills Pasadena Pasadena Pacific Palisades
Lic# 01707136 Lic# 01915688 Lic# 01970348 Lic# 01875104 Lic# 01914524 Lic# 00584790

Colleen Dolan Vinetz Mia Falkenstein Jane Roffis Fujinaka Marina Galenchik Samantha Gallner Marlene Geibelson
Pacific Palisades Pacific Palisades Pacific Palisades Pasadena Brentwood Encino
Lic# 02040059 Lic# 02152460 Lic# 01369967 Lic# 02067302 Lic# 01936734 Lic# 01078441

Ronald Goldhammer Huan Gu Christina Gunn Dustin Hall Wendy Hernandez Shawn Hill
Beverly Hills Pasadena Sherman Oaks Pacific Palisades Pacific Palisades Pasadena
Lic# 01173657 Lic# 02074010 Lic# 02069250 Lic# 01368740 Lic# 01924762 Lic# 02032280

Meredith Howse Ian Brody Hutzler Thomas Inatomi Marcel Jany Denny Kagasoff Diana Kassabian
Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks Pasadena Calabasas Beverly Hills Pacific Palisades
Lic# 01904841 Lic# 02003778 Lic# 01276827 Lic# 02057294 Lic# 00995873 Lic# 01955797

WSCE
Sunny Kfir Vanessa Kirianoff- Nanette Klein Elena Kuznetsova Rick LeMasters Margaret Mar
Encino Brown Calabasas Santa Monica Pasadena Pasadena
Lic# 01172773 Brentwood Lic# 02140703 Lic# 02080278 Lic# 01809152 Lic# 01374537

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Lic# 02071291

Larry Margo Megan Melton Lori Meltzer John Mihranian Bruce Mitchell Ellen Model
Studio City Encino Studio City Encino Santa Monica Studio City
Lic# 00911053 Lic# 01970863 Lic# 01758105 Lic# 00919899 Lic# 00963197 Lic# 00921430

John Moriarty Christin Moses Valerie Nickerson Tyson Park Grace Desi Schmidt Su-Z Schneider
Calabasas Pacific Palisades Beverly Hills Santa Monica Encino Brentwood
Lic# 00589903 Lic# 01140081 Lic# 01738565 Lic# 01880308 Lic# 02029225 Lic# 01065335

Laurie Sharrigan Stan Stratos Tara Teshinsky Carol Thomson Will Thompson Jane Weilert
Calabasas Pasadena Calabasas Pasadena Beverly Hills Calabasas
Lic# 01145379 Lic# 01903745 Lic# 02023688 Lic# 00702846 Lic# 02047325 Lic# 00662593

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Andrea Wong Scott Wynne Clarissa Yee Vivien Young Mike Zack
Beverly Hills Sherman Oaks Pasadena Pasadena Studio City
Lic# 01319390 Lic# 01291071 Lic# 01991966 Lic# 01133908 Lic# 02039750

HOT PROPERTY
© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is a member of the franchise system of BHH
Affiliates, LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a
Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Awards based on 2021 production of more than 50,000 sales associates in the
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Global Network.

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671LATIMER.COM, SANTA MONICA
6BD/7BA • $18,000,000
Elisabeth Halsted, 310.820.9340
LIC# 01434953
OPEN SUN 14
WSCE
5370 LOS FELIZ BL, LOS FELIZ
6BD/7½BA • $5,300,000
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
St. James + Canter, 310.704.4248
LIC# 00949711 / 01810156
11805 BELLAGIO RD, BEL AIR
5BD/5BA • $3,195,000
Larry Young, 310.777.2879
LIC# 00999537
LOS ANGELES TIMES
2297 CENTURY HILL, WESTWOOD
HOT PROPERTY
3BD/3½BA • $1,995,000
Ryan Sokolowski, 310.344.0898
LIC# 01859461
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24112 MALIBU RD, MALIBU
3BD/4BA • $12,500,000
Daniel Banchik / Amy Dantzler, 310.503.6436
LIC# 01305623 / 01384692
1551 BENEDICT CANYON DR, BEV HILLS
5BD/5BA • $4,950,000
Vanessa Kirianoff-Brown, 970.376.7646
LIC# 02071291
11011 CASHMERE ST, WESTWOOD HILLS
3BD/3BA • $3,195,000
Larry Young, 310.777.2879
LIC# 00999537
OPEN SUN 14
8855 WONDERLAND AVE, HLYWD HILLS
3BD/2BA • $1,899,000
Dan & Charlee Nessel, 310.365.0195
LIC# 01349526 / 01309674
BHHSCALIFORNIA
TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR TODAY
765 N BONHILL RD, BRENTWOOD
4BD/4½BA • $8,695,000
David Offer, 310.820.9341
LIC# 01150357
8686 FRANKLIN AVE, HLYWD HILLS
4BD/3BA • $3,495,000
Drew & Susan Gitlin, 310.600.0608
LIC# 00944472 / 00929814
425 N MAPLE DR #304, BEVERLY HILLS
3BD/4BA • $2,999,000
Howard Zuckerman, 310.710.8415
LIC# 01107036
6740 SPRINGPARK #207, LADERA HTS
3BD/2BA • $724,999
Susan K. Sanford, 323.646.2422
LIC# 01965277
at bhhscalifornia.com
be verified by broker or MLS. Buyer is advised to independently verify the accuracy of that information.
a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. BHH Affiliates LLC and BHHSCP do not guarantee accuracy of all data including measurements, conditions, and features of property. Information is obtained from various sources and will not
© 2022 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties (BHHSCP) is a member of the franchise system of BHH Affiliates LLC. BHHS and the BHHS symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company,
713 GEORGINA AVE, SANTA MONICA
4BD/3½BA • $5,799,000
Emil Schneeman, 310.922.3292
LIC# 01200793
OPEN SUN 14
4062 MANTOVA DR, BALDWIN VISTA
4BD/4BA • $3,350,000
Ian Brooks, 310.428.6569
LIC# 00954065
868 HANLEY AVE, BRENTWOOD
2BD/3BA • $2,995,000
Dustin Hall, 310.230.3744
LIC# 01368740
OPEN SUN 14
136 S CLARK DR #1, WEST HOLLYWOOD
1BD/2BA • $689,000
Phil Missig, 310.844.6434
LIC# 01367402
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BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248 BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248

1108 WALLACE RIDGE WILSHIRE HOUSE PH19E

TROUSDALE | $54,850,000 WILSHIRE CORRIDOR | $17,995,000

WSCE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248 BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248
MICHELLE GRACI | 818.967.8295 SHANA & EMILATAVANGARIAN | 310.740.4982 BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248

10102 ANGELO VIEW DR 1860 CARLA RIDGE 8201 BELLGAVE PL

BEVERLY HILLS | $25,495,000 TROUSDALE | $19,995,000 SUNSET STRIP | $48,000,000

LOS ANGELES TIMES

HOT PROPERTY
BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248 BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248 BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS | 310.626.4248

111 N MAPLETON DR 1274 LAGO VISTA DR 312 N FARING RD

HOLMBY HILLS | $44,000,000 BEVERLY HILLS | $29,995,000 HOLMBY HILLS | $58,000,000

310.626.4248 | THEBEVERLYHILLSESTATES.COM | @THEBEVERLYHILLSESTATES

©2022 The Beverly Hills Estates. Broker does not guarantee the accuracy of square footage, lot size or other information concerning the condition or features of property obtained from public records or other sources. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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27930 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 28808 CLIFFSIDE DRIVE 3903 CARBON CANYON ROAD 29060 CLIFFSIDE DRIVE
$85,000,000 | 12 Bed | 14 Bath $65,000,000 | 6 Bed | 9 Bath $35,000,000 | 6 Bed | 9 Bath $34,500,000 | 6 Bed | 6 Bath

0 TRANCAS ROAD 11100 PACIFIC VIEW ROAD 22102 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 21614 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
$25,000,000 | Approx. 24.88 Acres $24,500,000 | 9 Bed | 12 Bath | Rendering $21,750,000 | 4 Bed | 4 Bath $21,500,000 | 4 Bed | 7 Bath
WSCE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

11802 ELLICE STREET 948 N ORLANDO AVENUE | WEST HOLLYWOOD 27033 SEA VISTA DRIVE 31220 BROAD BEACH ROAD
$18,500,000 | 6 Bed | 6 Bath $17,995,000 | 8 Bed | 10 Bath $16,995,000 | 5 Bed | 5 Bath $16,850,000 | 4 Bed | 6 Bath
LOS ANGELES TIMES

6345 TANTALUS DRIVE 28859 BISON COURT 33127 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 23907 MALIBU ROAD
$11,995,000 | 6 Bed | 8 Bath $8,450,000 | 5 Bed | 4 Bath $7,450,000 | 5 Bed | 6 Bath $6,500,000 | Approx. 4.36 Acres | Rendering
HOT PROPERTY

CHRIS CORTAZZO
310.457.3995
chris@chriscortazzo.com
DRE 01190363
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32826 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 29800 CUTHBERT ROAD 21463 CALLE DEL BARCO 410 ENTRADA DRIVE | SANTA MONICA
$4,995,000 | Approx. 0.97 Acres | Rendering $4,500,000 | Approx. 2.088 Acres | Rendering $4,200,000 | 3 Bed | 3 Bath $3,450,000/month | 3 Bed | 4 Bath

31864 SEA LEVEL DRIVE 19901 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY ENCINAL CANYON ROAD 9533 DEER CREEK ROAD
$1,995,000 | Approx. 0.158 Acres $1,499,000 | Approx. 2.75 Acres $1,375,000 | Approx. 21.447 Acres $1,250,000 | Approx. 10.32 Acres

WSCE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
SOUTH FOOSE ROAD OLD CHIMNEY ROAD 23402 MALIBU COLONY ROAD 28936 CLIFFSIDE DRIVE
$1,050,000 | Approx. 5.05 Acres $650,000 | Approx. 3.27 Acres $300,000/month | 6 Bed | 7 Bath $200,000/month | 5 Bed | 4 Bath

LOS ANGELES TIMES

24434 MALIBU ROAD 25236 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 32960 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 23816 MALIBU ROAD
$175,000/month | 5 Bed | 6 Bath $150,000/month | 4 Bed | 4 Bath $150,000/month | 5 Bed | 6 Bath $125,000/month | 6 Bed | 6 Bath

HOT PROPERTY
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intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition,
sale, or withdraw without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. Exact
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6238 BONSALL DRIVE 32453 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 27348 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 6020 BONSALL DRIVE
$100,000/month | 8 Bed | 9 Bath $85,000/month | 7 Bed | 11 Bath $85,000/month | 4 Bed | 4 Bath $75,000/month | 7 Bed | 8 Bath

29046 CLIFFSIDE DRIVE 26714 LATIGO SHORE DRIVE 23618 MALIBU COLONY ROAD 31952 1/2 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
$75,000/month | 2 Bed | 3 Bath $75,000/month | 4 Bed | 3 Bath $75,000/month | 4 Bed | 3 Bath $75,000/month | 4 Bed | 3 Bath
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33800 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 26901 SEA VISTA DRIVE 24608 MALIBU ROAD 27910 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
$75,000/month | 4 Bed | 5 Bath $75,000/month | 6 Bed | 9 Bath $65,000/month | 5 Bed | 5 Bath $65,000/month | 3 Bed | 6 Bath
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28899 CLIFFSIDE DRIVE 27082 MALIBU COVE COLONY DRIVE 22148 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 3000 DECKER CANYON ROAD
$60,000/month | 6 Bed | 5 Bath $49,900/month | 4 Bed | 5 Bath $45,000/month | 2 Bed | 5 Bath $40,000/month | 5 Bed | 6 Bath
HOT PROPERTY

CHRIS CORTAZZO
310.457.3995
chris@chriscortazzo.com
DRE 01190363
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23901 MALIBU KNOLLS ROAD 33406 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 22440 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 6702 WILDLIFE ROAD
$40,000/month | 4 Bed | 4 Bath $37,500/month | 4 Bed | 4 Bath $35,000/month | 5 Bed | 4 Bath $35,000/month | 6 Bed | 5 Bath

6750 FERNHILL DRIVE 28873 BONIFACE DRIVE 29848 HARVESTER ROAD 24600 SKYLINE VIEW DRIVE
$29,500/month | 4 Bed | 3 Bath $25,000/month | 4 Bed | 3 Bath $25,000/month | 3 Bed | 3 Bath $19,500/month | 4 Bed | 5 Bath

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6307 VIA CATALDO STREET 410 ENTRADA DRIVE | SANTA MONICA
$14,995/month | 4 Bed | 3 Bath $13,500/month | 3 Bed | 4 Bath

CHRIS $8B+
Total sales volume

CORTAZZO

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Representing Malibu’s inest
$1B+
Sales for 2021

estates, Chris Cortazzo has

garnered a distinguished track
record of success.
28
Years in real estate

HOT PROPERTY
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intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition,
sale, or withdraw without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. Exact
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Not all real estate agents are the same.

Who you work with matters.

438 PALISADES AVENUE, SANTA MONICA 233 MARGUERITA AVENUE, SANTA MONICA
$14,750,000 | 7 BD | 9 BA | 17,498 LOT SIZE $12,995,000 | 5 BD | 7 BA | 6,000 SF | 22,426 SF LOT
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WEST OF 7TH NORTH OF MONTANA | 233MARGUERITA.COM

Co-List with Darlene Hutton | 310.428.4861 | DRE 01342721 Open House Sunday 1-4PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
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2420 34TH STREET, SANTA MONICA 1548 HARVARD STREET, SANTA MONICA 1100 N. BEVERLY GLEN BLVD, LOS ANGELES
$2,695,000 | 7 UNITS | 3,920 SF | 9,632 SF LOT $2,545,000 | 4 UNITS | 3,115 SF | 7,382 SF LOT $1,599,000 | 3 BD | 3 BA | 2,380 SF
Open House Sunday 1-4PM

Charles Pence John Hathorn Loraine Silver

CP@phsrealty.com JH@phsrealty.com LS@phsrealty.com
HOT PROPERTY

310.403.9238 310.924.4014 310.261.1595

DRE 00670728 DRE 00960182 DRE 00800114

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omissions, changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or
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Baffin
Avenue
$13,900,000

5 Bed
6 Full + 2 Half Bath
8,246 Sq Ft | Furnished
La Quinta | The Madison Club

149
Tekis
Place

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$7,475,000

4 Bed + Bonus Room

5 Full + 1 Half Bath
6,061 Sq Ft | Furnished
Palm Desert | Bighorn Golf Club

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Valery Neuman
Founding Partner
760.861.1176
valery@valeryneuman.com

HOT PROPERTY
valeryneuman.com
DRE 01138184

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compass.com and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All
measurements and square footages are approximate.
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THE ONE
AUCTION FEB. 28–MAR 3 $295,000,000
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HOT PROPERTY

Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. DRE01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or
withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed.
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BRANDEN RAYNI AARON
WILLIAMS
THE BEVERLY HILLS ESTATES
WILLIAMS
THE BEVERLY HILLS ESTATES
KIRMAN
PRESIDENT, LUXURY ESTATES DIVISION

310.626.4248 310.626.4248 424.249.7162

BRANDENWILLIAMS@MAC.COM RAYNI@THEBEVERLYHILLSESTATES.COM AARON@AARONKIRMAN.COM
DRE 01774287 DRE 01774287 DRE 01296524

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GELES
AN

The Marketplace

LOS

34
°3'12"
"W
34
N
11 8°1 4'
BY MICHAEL J. LIBOW

Holmby Hills
Beverly Hills

BHPO
JUST SOLD JUST SOLD NEW PRICE | BY APPOINTMENT

910 N. Roxbury Drive $17,250,000 1261 Tower Grove Drive $14,995,000 10101 Sunset Boulevard $13,800,000
Gracious updated 2sty Tradit estate. 6BD 5.5BA. Den, Secluded and sophisticated Contemporary Villa down The Castle - 1st time for sale. Custom built gated
office,famrm.GuestHs.Wdflrs,Frenchdrs.Over24,000 long private drive. Panoramic city/ocean views. Grand French Chateau. 8,100+ sq. ft. Over 1/2 acre lot.
sq ft lot. Curb appeal. Most desired 900 block in BH. scale.Xhiclngs.4BD5.5BA.Pl/spa/motorcrt.Near1acre. Parking galore. X-hi clngs. Entertainer's dream.

Wilshire Corridor
Beverly Hills

Little Holmby
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PENDING NEW X | 2ND OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 BY APPOINTMENT

527 N. Camden Drive $7,495,000 811 Holmby Avenue $4,295,000 10380 Wilshire Blvd Unit 2004 $3,995,000
Romantic 2sty 5BD Spanish. Coveted 13,270 sq ft 1st time avail in 50 yrs. Immac classic 1930's 2sty Unubstructed panoramic city/ocean vus! Coverted
corner lot. Period detail. 1st time for sale in 57 yrs. Trad. 13,540 sf lot. 3 + mds + fam rm. Drk wd flrs. SW crnr. 3,190 sq ft. 3BD 3.5BA. Great rm. 2 balc.
Den, lanai, fam rm. Lawns, patios, pl/spa. Trust sale. Lg lush yrd w/lawn/patios. Curb appeal. Trust sale.. Wide-plank French Oak flrs. Full-serrvice La Tour.
Beverly Hills
Bel Air

Beverly Hills
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JUST SOLD NEW PRICE | OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 PENDING

1100 Stradella Road $3,995,000 138 N. Carson Road $3,795,000 248 N. Rexford Drive $3,495,000
Spacious gated sunlit Contemp Med view estate. Spacious 1990 2sty gated Contemp Med. Prime Spacious 1sty Contemp Villa. Big 8,242 sq ft interior
Huge upstrs mstr w/sit rm/fp/2 balc. Cyn/city/ocean quiet street N. of Wilshire. 4BD 4.5BA. Fam rm. Mstr lot. 2BD 2BA. Sunlit open flow. Tasteful 1996 updating.
vus. Pl/spa/patios/bbq. Fab off-street prkg. Trust sale. w/office/balc. Lwr lvl rec rm. Roof deck. Grassy yard. Hugekitchw/topblt-ins.Massiveyard.Endlesspotential
HOT PROPERTY

Michael J. Libow Celebrating 37 Years in our Westside Market

310.691.7889 The Hardest Working Man in Real Estate.
mjlibow@gmail.com
michaeljlibow.com
DRE 00863172
Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. DRE 01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational
purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made
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GELES
AN

The Marketplace

LOS

34
°3'12"
"W
34
N
11 8°1 4'
BY MICHAEL J. LIBOW

Holmby Hills
Beverly Hills

BHPO
JUST SOLD JUST SOLD NEW PRICE | BY APPOINTMENT

910 N. Roxbury Drive $17,250,000 1261 Tower Grove Drive $14,995,000 10101 Sunset Boulevard $13,800,000
Gracious updated 2sty Tradit estate. 6BD 5.5BA. Den, Secluded and sophisticated Contemporary Villa down The Castle - 1st time for sale. Custom built gated
office,famrm.GuestHs.Wdflrs,Frenchdrs.Over24,000 long private drive. Panoramic city/ocean views. Grand French Chateau. 8,100+ sq. ft. Over 1/2 acre lot.
sq ft lot. Curb appeal. Most desired 900 block in BH. scale.Xhiclngs.4BD5.5BA.Pl/spa/motorcrt.Near1acre. Parking galore. X-hi clngs. Entertainer's dream.

Wilshire Corridor
Beverly Hills

Little Holmby

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PENDING NEW X | 2ND OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 BY APPOINTMENT

527 N. Camden Drive $7,495,000 811 Holmby Avenue $4,295,000 10380 Wilshire Blvd Unit 2004 $3,995,000
Romantic 2sty 5BD Spanish. Coveted 13,270 sq ft 1st time avail in 50 yrs. Immac classic 1930's 2sty Unubstructed panoramic city/ocean vus! Coverted
corner lot. Period detail. 1st time for sale in 57 yrs. Trad. 13,540 sf lot. 3 + mds + fam rm. Drk wd flrs. SW crnr. 3,190 sq ft. 3BD 3.5BA. Great rm. 2 balc.
Den, lanai, fam rm. Lawns, patios, pl/spa. Trust sale. Lg lush yrd w/lawn/patios. Curb appeal. Trust sale.. Wide-plank French Oak flrs. Full-serrvice La Tour.
Beverly Hills
Bel Air

Beverly Hills

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JUST SOLD NEW PRICE | OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 PENDING

1100 Stradella Road $3,995,000 138 N. Carson Road $3,795,000 248 N. Rexford Drive $3,495,000
Spacious gated sunlit Contemp Med view estate. Spacious 1990 2sty gated Contemp Med. Prime Spacious 1sty Contemp Villa. Big 8,242 sq ft interior
Huge upstrs mstr w/sit rm/fp/2 balc. Cyn/city/ocean quiet street N. of Wilshire. 4BD 4.5BA. Fam rm. Mstr lot. 2BD 2BA. Sunlit open flow. Tasteful 1996 updating.
vus. Pl/spa/patios/bbq. Fab off-street prkg. Trust sale. w/office/balc. Lwr lvl rec rm. Roof deck. Grassy yard. Hugekitchw/topblt-ins.Massiveyard.Endlesspotential

HOT PROPERTY
Michael J. Libow Celebrating 37 Years in our Westside Market
310.691.7889 The Hardest Working Man in Real Estate.
mjlibow@gmail.com
michaeljlibow.com
DRE 00863172
Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. DRE 01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational
purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made

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WILSHIRE CORRIDOR

10380 Wilshire Boulevard Unit 2004

$3,995,000 | By Appointment
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

• Pristine voluminous 20th floor SW corner unit in coveted La Tour • Primary suite with two large walk-ins and jaw-dropping views
LOS ANGELES TIMES

• Luxurious living on the highest available floor below the penthouse
• Breathtaking unobstructed panoramic views of the city and ocean
• Walls of glass throughout to enhance the jetliner views
• Featuring high ceilings and stunning wide-plank French Oak floors
• Huge open-space great room with fireplace, den, and two view patios
• Fabulous Poggenpohl chef’s kitchen with newer stainless steel appliances
HOT PROPERTY
• Wonderful bar opens to the great room for proper entertaining
• Large laundry room inside the unit with extra storage space
• Full-service building for the most sophisticated of clientele
• Only 4 units per floor with secured elevator access
• 24 hour security, valet parking, concierge, function room, fitness center
• The absolute best of the Wilshire Corridor and moments from all!

Michael J. Libow Celebrating 37 Years

310.691.7889
mjlibow@gmail.com
in our Westside Market
michaeljlibow.com
DRE 00863172 The Hardest Working Man in Real Estate.
Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only
and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy
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10250 SUNSET BOULEVARD 133 SOUTH MAPLETON DRIVE SIENA WAY 1550 AMALFI DRIVE
HOLMBY HILLS HOLMBY HILLS BEL AIR PACIFIC PALISADES
$75,000,000 $65,000,000 PRICE UPON REQUEST $46,500,000
17 BD | 22 BA | 30,000 SF 9 BD | 14 BA | 30,000 SF 8 BD | 8 BA | 17, 401 SF 8 BD | 15 BA | 16,773 SF
2.81 ACRE LOT 1.10 ACRE LOT APPROX. 1 ACRE LOT 1.79 ACRE LOT

1460 LAUREL WAY 301 COPA DE ORO 5521 PARADISE VALLEY 1729 ANGELO DRIVE
BEVERLY HILLS BEL AIR HIDDEN HILLS BEVERLY HILLS
$35,000,000 $27,995,000 $27,450,000 $26,900,000
7 BD | 13 BA | 16, 424 SF 7 BD | 10 BA | 11,920 SF 6 BD | 9 BA | 14, 491 SF 5 BD | 7 BA | 9,795 SF
0.44 ACRE LOT APPROX. 1 ACRE LOT 7.4 ACRE LOT 0.25 ACRE LOT
CO-LISTED WITH JENNIFER SAGINOR | DRE 01379187

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

CAVALLI PENTHOUSE 5505 HOBACK GLEN 825 WOODACRES ROAD 8661 HILLSIDE AVENUE
CENTURY CITY HIDDEN HILLS SANTA MONICA WEST HOLLYWOOD
$21 ,000,000 $15,500,000 $14,950,000 $6,495,000
3 BD | 4.5 BA | 5,306 SF 6 BD | 7 BA | 9,000 SF 6 BD | 5 BA | 6,149 SF 3 BD | 6 BA | 4,668 SF
2.4 ACRE LOT OVER 33,000 SF LOT 8,941 SF LOT

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Open Saturday & Sunday 1PM – 4PM

THE FRIDMAN GROUP

HOT PROPERTY
3075 DEEP CANYON DRIVE 10208 CENTURY WOODS
BEVERLY HILLS CENTURY WOODS Tomer Fridman & Isidora Fridman
$5,999,000 $65,000/MONTH FOR LEASE Info@thefridmangroup.com
5 BD | 4 BA | 3,606 SF 5 BD | 7 BA | 6, 471 SF
0.30 ACRE LOT 1.62 ACRE LOT
310.919.1038
DRE 01750717 | 01192964

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compass.com is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be
made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate.
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AN INSPIRED COLLECTION
OF MASTERWORK HOMES
BEING DEVELOPED IN THE MOST
ICONIC AREAS OF LOS ANGELES

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enquire THEVIEWPOINTCOLLECTION.COM info @ 6 3 8 s ienaway.c om

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13 3 S M A P L E TO N D R I V E
HOLMBY HILLS

HOT PROPERTY
TOMER FRIDMAN
310.919.1038
OFFERED AT $65,000,000 DRE 01750717
9 BED | 14 BATH | 30,000 SF | 1.10 ACRE LOT

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CORONA DEL MAR

Located just above the water, two premium view lots of over one-half acre in total size. A spacious nearly 6,600
square-foot custom residence occupies one parcel while the second parcel is devoted entirely to one of the
HOT PROPERTY

largest private gardens in Corona del Mar, including exotic citrus parterres, lavender, olive trees, and specimen
meleleucas - all just steps from Cameo Shores’ three private access beaches. $29,995,000

camdendrivecdm.com

robgiem. com
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informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal without notice.
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NEWPORT BEACH
Located on the sand in Peninsula Point - Newport Beach’s most sought after oceanfront location - this
contemporary oceanfront compound rests on a double lot and includes a detached guest house and swimming

HOT PROPERTY
pool. With no boardwalk in front, this Martin Kollin designed property enjoys a very desirable level of privacy and
captures expansive beach, ocean, and sunset views. $21,500,000

1510eoceanfront.com
949.933.7046
rob@robgiem.com | rob_giem

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1227 North Tigertail Road

18160 Knoll Hill

RENDERING
OPEN SUNDAY 2-5PM BY APPOINTMENT

BRENTWOOD Sally Forster Jones GRANADA HILLS Sally Forster Jones

$8,850,000 310.579.2200 $7,500,000 Levik & Anita Stephan
6 Beds | 8 Baths | 6,407± Sq Ft DRE 00558939 5 Beds | 8 Baths | 10,971± Sq Ft David Krygier
1227tigertail.com 18160knollhill.com 310.579.2200
DRE 00558939 | 01416201
01493467 | 01903274
4123 Chase Avenue

1541 Silverwood Terrace

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OPEN SUNDAY 1-4PM OPEN SUNDAY 1-4PM

MARINA DEL REY Allison Schwarz SILVER LAKE Sally Forster Jones
$2,195,000 310.433.0056 $2,650,000 Joshua Smith
3 Beds | 2 Baths | 2,321± Sq Ft DRE 01878458 4 Beds | 4 Baths | 2,396± Sq Ft 310.579.2200
1541silverwood.com DRE 00558939 | DRE 01739044
8319-21 Kittyhawk Avenue
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Sell your home faster and for more money

with home improvement services.
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compass.com/concierge
HOT PROPERTY

WESTCHESTER Carla Winnie

$1,150,000 310.344.4740
4 Bed | 2 Bath | 1,910± Sq Ft DRE 00703299
Duplex
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and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All
measurements and square footages are approximate.
compass.com
Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or
withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate.

424.249.7162

DRE 01296524
COMPASS

AARON KIRMAN

aaron@aaronkirman.com
AARON KIRMAN

IN SALES IN 2021
CONGRATULATES

$1B+

HOT PROPERTY LOS ANGELES TIMES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022 WSCE B2B PUBLISHING
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2804 The Strand

MANHATTAN BEACH

Beachfront Paciic Rim-inspired home providing bright and open living spaces framed in
mahogany, copper and travertine. Inspired by the owners’ extensive travels, this home has an
unconventional design that contradicts the neighboring residences and dominates the skyline.

MAIN HOUSE: 3 BED + 2 BATH

GUEST SUITE: 1 BED + 1 BATH
3,469 SQ FT | $14,999,999
2804THESTRAND.COM

#1 Ranked Team on Zillow in Manhattan Beach and

Hermosa Beach
Lauren Forbes
310.901.8512
lauren@laurenforbes.com
laurenforbesgroup.com
DRE 01295248
Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01991628.All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified.
compass.com Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate.
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109 N Maple Drive | Beverly Hills

3 bed | 4 bath
$3,748,000

OPEN HOUSE 2/26-2/27; 1-4PM

Endless possibilities with a fantastic

LOS ANGELES TIMES

location close to Rodeo Dr and all

that Beverly Hills has to offer!

Carrie Rollings Meynet

REALTOR® | SRES®
MsED
HOT PROPERTY

DRE 01511225
310.650.3075
carrie.meynet@compass.com

Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled
from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate.
This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage.
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Malibu, CA | $3,975,000
Gail Copley 310.210.9336
CalRE #00943961
La Cañada Flintridge, CA | $1,895,000
Kathy Seuylemezian 818.949.5205
CalRE #00947297
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | $1,698,000
Les Fishman 310.980.4301
Virginia Butler 310.849.1779
CalRE #00816300, #00770290
Venice, CA | $2,895,000
Stephen Udoff 310.701.6848
CalRE #01870835
Westwood, CA | $1,715,000
Michele Hall 310.850.1357
Brian Strahl 310.442.1690
CalRE #00517739, #01361078
Woodland Hills, CA | $1,150,000
Luzette Vidal 805.443.3004
CalRE #01102914
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Venice, CA | $2,395,000
Jessica Miller 310.560.3281
CalRE #01906205
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Monrovia, CA | $1,698,000
Joe Chiovare 626.945.2236
CalRE #01931960
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HOT PROPERTY
Los Angeles, CA | $999,000
Stephanie Zheng 310.290.5670
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Santa Monica, CA
$12,995,000 | 7 Beds | 9 Baths

Vangelis Korasidis 310.247.1500 | Greek@ColdwellBanker.com | CalRE #01222626

HOT PROPERTY

LUXURY
SHOWCASE
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Malibu, CA Santa Ynez, CA
$16,995,000 $16,000,000
Andy Stern Randy Solakian Estates Group
310.804.1913 805.886.6000
CalRE #01434460 CalRE #00622258

DIG
Malibu, CA Hancock Park, CA

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

$12,500,000 $11,900,000
Brian Merrick Jade Mills
310.383.4336 310.285.7508
CalRE #01204107 CalRE #00526877

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Los Angeles, CA Sherman Oaks, CA
$5,895,000 $3,995,000
Ron Holliman Sasha Kaplan
310.777.6216 310.777.6200
CalRE #01161952 CalRE #02078773

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Pasadena, CA | $798,000 Los Angeles, CA | $798,000 Pasadena, CA | $778,000

Gary Forecast 626.422.5398 Phyllis Pollini 310.916.8821 Pat Cochran 626.394.1882
CalRE #01489617 CalRE #01118254 CalRE #01817283

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Upland, CA | $758,000 Lake Balboa, CA | $755,755 Inglewood, CA | $739,950

Vivie Niu 626.260.2333 Eric Domeyer 818.426.0944 Pamela White 424.702.3000
CalRE #02115727 CalRE #00836196 CalRE #00892847
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Moorpark, CA | $559,999
North Hills, CA | $719,000 Long Beach, CA | $645,000 Cathy Gerrard 818.268.4397
Gregory Holmes 424.702.3000 Yvette Callum 213.256.6363 Michelle Gerrard 818.267.7833
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Andromeda | Multi-lot Fire Rebuilds 1201 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly 207 Palisades Avenue, Santa 1835 N. Crescent Heights Blvd
2 Permitted | 2 w/Approvals Hills Monica 90069
4 Lots | 4.1 Acres | ~23,000sqft By Appointment Only By Appointment By Appointment
$13,450,000 | Call | 1 Bed | 1 Bath $10,600,000 | 5 Beds | 6 Baths $6,295,000 | 4 Beds | 4 Baths $5895000 | 3 Beds | 4 Baths
Brian Merrick 310.383.4336 talk/text Valerie Fitzgerald 310.285.7515 Joan Caplis 310.748.2208 Ron Holliman 310-270-6682
4 Homes, 18 Beds, 180° Ocean Views Plus Guest House w/bath
CalRE #01204107 CalRE #00974075 CalRE #00629011 CalRE #01161952

14822 HESBY ST Sherman Oaks
Showings by Appointment Only
$3,995,000 | $24,995/mo | 4 Beds | 5 Baths
Sasha Kaplan Pollak 3109240535
CalRE #02078773
1131 Coldwater Canyon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
OPEN SUNDAY 1-4P
$3,250,000 | 5 Beds | 6 Baths
Beth Styne 310-367-3388
CalRE #00815705
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8164 Kirkwood Dr, Los Angeles 3588 Mandeville Canyon Road,
Brentwood 90049
Open Sunday 1-4 Open Sunday 1-4 PM
$2,695,000 | 3 Beds | 2 Baths $2,349,000 | 3 Beds | 3 Baths
Kelly Sutherland 310-678-4830 Joan Caplis 310.748.2208
joancaplis.com
CalRE #01069006 CalRE #00629011

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27600 Oak Spring Canyon, Canyon 24112 Malibu Road Beach House 645 Wilcox Ave #3B 1835 N. Crescent Heights Blvd
Country/Santa Clarita Oceanfront Master, Rooftop Spa GOLF COURSE VIEWS 90069
Shown by Appointment Modern Floor Plan, 3 Oceanview Decks OPEN SUNDAY 1-4PM By Appointment

$1,850,000 | 2 Beds | 2 Baths
Jackie Knoll 323-251-1720
CalRE #01726333
$12,500,000 | 3 Beds | 4 Baths
Brian Merrick 310.383.4336 talk/text
Top 100 Agent - Estate Specialist
CalRE #01204107
$935,000 | 1 Bed | 2 Baths
LOVELAND CARR GROUP | 323-460-7606
Anne & Janet Loveland, Sue Carr
CalRE #01467820, #00888374
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$18,000/mo. | 3 Beds | 4 Baths
Ron Holliman 310-270-6682
CalRE #01161952

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Pacific Palisades, CA Bel Air, CA

$46,500,000 $43,000,000
Jade Mills Jade Mills
310.285.7508 310.285.7508
CalRE #00526877 CalRE #00526877
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Beverly Hills, CA Hancock Park, CA

$12,995,000 $11,900,000
Jade Mills Jade Mills
310.285.7508 310.285.7508
CalRE #00526877 CalRE #00526877
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Somis, CA Beverly Hills, CA Pacific Palisades, CA

$9,950,000 $3,785,000 $3,150,000
Jade Mills Jade Mills Leah Lail
310.285.7508 310.285.7508 310.849.9596
CalRE #00526877 CalRE #00526877 CalRE #01400267
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Malibu, CA
$38,000,000
Jade Mills
310.285.7508 Malibu, CA
CalRE #00526877 $14,000,000
Joyce Rey Karsten Demers
310.291.6646 310.403.0306
CalRE #00465013 CalRE #01962663

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Hidden Hills, CA

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

$6,195,000
Shari Huntington
818.635.0310 Topanga, CA
CalRE #01147237 $4,900,000
Stephanie Shanfeld The Oliver Ferra Real Estate Group
818.521.8689 310.455.1717
CalRE #01947954 CalRE #01227825

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Wilshire Corridor, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Arcadia, CA
$3,000,000 $2,249,000 $1,880,000
Jade Mills Rosemary Allison Joe Chiovare
310.285.7508 805.479.7653 626.945.2236
CalRE #00526877 CalRE #00545184 CalRE #01931960

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10771 BELLAGIO RD, BEL-AIR $65,000,000 312 N FARING RD, HOLMBY HILLS $58,000,000 344 N DELFERN DR, HOLMBY HILLS $34,950,000
Drew Fenton | DRE 01317962, Linda May | DRE 00475038 Linda May | DRE 00475038, Rick Hilton | DRE 00904327 Richard Maslan | DRE 01304570
310.858.5474 310.492.0735 310.435.2196

948 N ORLANDO AVE, WEST HOLLYWOOD $17,995,000 16865 CALLE BELLEVISTA, PACIFIC PALISADES $12,995,000 1145 STRADELLA RD, BEL-AIR $12,000,000
Brett Lawyer | DRE 00897489 David Kramer | DRE 00996960, Todd Simons | DRE 01057728 Denise Moreno | DRE 01928051, Gordon MacGeachy | DRE 01312979
310.858.5402 310.691.2400 310.273.3311
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2071 N BEVERLY DR, BEVERLY HILLS $8,000,000 2568 PARK OAK DR, LOS FELIZ $7,895,000 709 22ND ST, SANTA MONICA $6,849,000
Laura Kalb | DRE 00872948 Alphonso Lascano | DRE 01723550, Bjorn Farrugia | DRE 01864250 Bjorn Farrugia | DRE 01864250, Alphonso Lascano | DRE 01723550
818.371.9350 Chad Haines | DRE 02150105 818.800.8848 Josephe Goodhue | DRE 02006693 310.998.7175
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8673 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, SUNSET STRIP $4,495,000 8402 ALLENWOOD RD, HOLLYWOOD HILLS $3,599,000 3606 MANDEVILLE CANYON RD, BRENTWOOD $2,995,000
Barbara Robinson | DRE 00632913, Nichelle Robinson | DRE 01519968 Donovan Healey | DRE 0187933, Preston Ukra | DRE 02033481 Bjorn Farrugia | DRE 01864250, Alphonso Lascano | DRE 01723550
310.854.4130 310.903.1876 Josephe Goodhue | DRE 02006693 310.998.7175
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OPEN SAT & SUN 1-4

2925 WAVERLY DR, SILVER LAKE $1,699,000 10375 WILSHIRE BLVD #11F, WILSHIRE CORRIDOR $1,595,000 305 POQUITO LN, TOPANGA $1,150,000
Michael Druker | DRE 02023164 Barbara Tenenbaum | DRE 00823256, Eric Hassan | DRE 01435762 Adeena Fitterman | DRE 02012059, Susan Smith | DRE 01187140
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917.660.6233 310.720.7270 310.991.8166

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2568 PARK OAK DR | LOS FELIZ $7,895,000
Alphonso Lascano, Bjorn Farrugia, Chad Haines 818.800.8848

709 22ND ST | SANTA MONICA $6,849,000

Bjorn Farrugia, Alphonso Lascano, Joseph Goodhue 310.998.7175

2407 N CATALINA ST | LOS FELIZ $5,995,000

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1-4
Paul Salazar 310.492.0737

3606 MANDEVILLE CANYON RD | BRENTWOOD $2,995,000

Alphonso Lascano, Bjorn Farrugia, Joseph Goodhue
818.800.8848
1274 LAGO VISTA DR, BEVERLY HILLS $29,995,000 9420 READCREST DR, BEVERLY HILLS $25,000,000
Drew Fenton | DRE 01317962 812 HUNTLEY DR #101 | WEST HOLLYWOOD $2,895,000
Paul Stukin | DRE 01449014
Christina Collins 310.343.3456
310.858.5474 310.779.2595
455 S HAMEL RD | BEVERLY GROVE $2,699,000
Jon Brown, Marc Noah 310.593.4351

8963 CYNTHIA ST | WEST HOLLYWOOD $2,200,000

Barron N. Hilton, Tessa Hilton 310.777.1371

2925 WAVERLY DR | SILVER LAKE $1,699,000

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1-4
Michael Druker 917.660.6233

10364 ALMAYO AVE #404 | CENTURY CITY $1,395,000

David Kramer, Luken Cohen 310.691.2400

11816 GORHAM AVE #211 | BRENTWOOD $849,500

Bjorn Farrugia, Alphonso Lascano, Austin Barthel 310.998.7175

9376 CLAIRCREST DR, BEVERLY HILLS $10,500,000 1270 LAGO VISTA DR, BEVERLY HILLS $8,950,000 7260 HILLSIDE AVE #105 | SUNSET STRIP $599,000
David Kramer | DRE 00996960 Ladd Jackson 310.346.1744
Jack Friedkin | DRE 01975592, Leonard Rabinowitz | DRE 01496421
310.552.8200 310.691.2400

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OPEN SAT & SUN 1-4 INCOME PROPERTY
2407 N CATALINA ST, LOS FELIZ $5,995,000 1424 ORIOLE DR, SUNSET STRIP $5,490,000 8814-8824 HARRATT ST, WEST HOLLYWOOD $5,150,000
Paul Salazar | DRE 01763227 Justin P. Huchel | DRE 01375793, Drew Fenton | DRE 01317962 Steve Medina | DRE 01883878
310.492.0737 310.617.4824 310.270.1532

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OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 OPEN SUNDAY 1-4
812 HUNTLEY DR #101, WEST HOLLYWOOD $2,895,000 455 S HAMEL RD, BEVERLY GROVE $2,699,000 8963 CYNTHIA ST, WEST HOLLYWOOD $2,200,000
Christina Collins | DRE 01998280 Jon Brown | DRE 01957840, Marc Noah | DRE 01269495 Barron N. Hilton | DRE 02049154, Tessa Hilton | DRE 02058981
310.343.3456 310.593.4351 310.777.1317

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OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 OPEN SUNDAY 1-4

11816 GORHAM AVE #211, BRENTWOOD $849,500 7260 HILLSIDE AVE #105, SUNSET STRIP $599,000 601 MOUNTAIN DR, BEVERLY HILLS $59,000,000
Bjorn Farrugia | DRE 01864250, Alphonso Lascano | DRE 01723550 Ladd Jackson | DRE 01405651 Drew Fenton | DRE 01317962

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WE HONOR THE LEGACY THAT WAS JEFF HYLAND.

CO-FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, HUSBAND AND AUTHOR.

A MAN WITH AN UNSURPASSED KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION FOR THE

GRAND ESTATES OF BEVERLY HILLS, BEL-AIR AND BEYOND.

HIS MENTORSHIP CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF REAL ESTATE BOTH

FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY. HIS UNPARALLELED WORK ETHIC AND LEADERSHIP

SHAPED THE FUTURE OF SO MANY AGENTS. HIS DRIVE TO MEET HIS CLIENTS’ NEEDS

IS AMPLY PROVEN THROUGH THE OUTPOURING OF TRIBUTES WE HAVE SEEN

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FROM SO MANY SINCE HIS PASSING.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES COMMENDS YOUR STORIED CAREER.

A TRUE TITAN OF LUXURY REAL ESTATE.

Jeff Hyland

LOS ANGELES TIMES

1947-2022

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“All said and done,
it’s your reputation that counts.”
- Jeff Hyland, President
1947-2022

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DREW FENTON DRE 01317962 | BRANDEN WILLIAMS DRE 01774287 | RAYNI WILLIAMS DRE 01496786 | TYRONE MCKILLEN DRE 01915539 | JADE MILLS DRE 00526877
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1274 lago vista DR
B E V E R LY H I L L S

$29,995,000 | 1274LagoVista.com
SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT

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DREW FENTON JADE MILLS BRANDEN & RAYNI WILLIAMS TYRONE MCKILLEN
310.858.5474 310.285.7508 310.626.4248 949.212.8721

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9376 CLAIRCREST DR | BEVERLYHILLS PO

$10,500,000 | 6BD 7BA
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9376CLAIRCREST.COM | BY WILLIAM HEFNER, AIA

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
LOS ANGELES TIMES
HOT PROPERTY

JACK FRIEDKIN LEONARD RABINOWITZ

310.552.8200 310.552.8200

HILTONHYLAND.COM LEONARD RABINOWITZ DRE 01496421 | JACK FRIEDKIN DRE 01975592

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OPEN SUN 1-4PM

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

LOS ANGELES TIMES
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CHRISTINA COLLINS DAVID PARNES JAMES HARRIS
310.343.3456 424.400.5916 424.400.5915

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THE MANOR, HOLMBY HILLS $165,000,000 10771 BELLAGIO RD, BEL AIR $65,000,000
AT-THE-MANOR.COM.COM BELLAGIOESTATE.COM

RENDERING

DREW FENTON 780 TORTUOSO WAY, BEL-AIR $47,000,000 1550 AMALFI DR, PACIFIC PALISADES $46,500,000
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780TORTUOSOWAY.COM THELEONARDESTATE.COM
ESTATE REPRESENTATION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

RENDERING

3100 TORREYSON PL, HOLLYWOOD $35,000,000 788 TORTUOSO WAY, BEL-AIR $33,000,000
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VILLATORREYSON.COM 788TORTUOSOWAY.COM
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DREWFENTON.COM
310.858.5474
DRE 01317962

31 OAKMONT DR, BRENTWOOD $10,500,000 7846 GRANITO DR, SUNSET STRIP $9,995,000
31OAKMONT.COM
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133 S MAPLETON DR, HOLMBY HILLS $65,000,000 601 MOUNTAIN DR, BEVERLY HILLS $59,000,000
THEGLAZERESTATE.COM

620 SIENA WAY, BEL AIR $43,000,000 14984 CORONA DEL MAR, PACIFIC PALISADES $37,500,000 DREW FENTON

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ESTATE REPRESENTATION

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

14100 RUSTIC LN, PACIFIC PALISADES $29,950,000 1029 HANOVER DR, BEVERLY HILLS $29,500,000

LOS ANGELES TIMES

RUSTICESTATE.COM.COM
TORTUOSOWAY.COM 1029HANOVER.COM

NEW PRICE

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DREWFENTON.COM
310.858.5474
DRE 01317962

435 GEORGINA AVE, SANTA MONICA $8,995,000 1899 RISING GLEN RD, SUNSET STRIP $6,900,000
435GEORGINAAVE.COM
TORTUOSOWAY.COM 1899RISINGGLEN.COM

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STUNNING PANORAMIC VALLEY VIEWS!

Leyla Blumenfeld 4008 Murietta Ave

310.962.9941 | DRE 01862409 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
JUST LISTED | BY APPOINTMENT $1,950,000

2000 Kew Dr 2220 Avenue of the Stars #304

Los Angeles, CA 90046 Los Angeles, CA 90067
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$2,900,000 $1,249,000
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Robin Greer Kevin Cordasco

310.717.1805 | DRE 01853883 310.308.9539 | DRE 00969966
JUST REDUCED JUST REDUCED | BY APPOINTMENT
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10660 Wilshire Blvd #1404 141 S Clark Dr #315

Los Angeles, CA 90024 West Hollywood, CA 90048

$1,360,000 $498,000
HOT PROPERTY

Kevin Cordasco Kimberly Rino

310.308.9539 | DRE 00969966 310.422.8289 | DRE 01479496
JUST LISTED JUST LISTED

CORERealEstateGroup.com | 250 N Canon Drive | Beverly Hills | 90210 | 310.203.8300

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531ALLVIEWTERRACE.COM
PRICE UPON REQUEST

JOHN CAIN
PRINCIPAL OF CAIN GROUP, BROKER ASSOCIATE
714.655.8940 | JOHN@CAINGROUP.COM
CAINGROUP.COM | DRE #01467294
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This image is a conceptual rendering based on preliminary plans, not the actual
property. Buyers are advised to conduct their own investigation as to what can be
built on the property, the permitting process, project costs and HOA approval.
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Nothing compares.
MALIBU LOS ANGELES

6317CavallerirRd.com 559 North Oxford Avenue

OFFERED AT $4,750,000 OFFERED AT $1,490,000

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CORMAC & WAILANI O’HERLIHY 310.980.1194 N E Y S H I A G O 310.882.8357

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

WESTWOOD | NEW PRICE WESTWOOD | NEWLY RENOVATED LUXURY LEASES

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10350WilshireUnit501.com SterlingInternationalTowers.com
OFFERED AT $1,395,000 PRICE UPON REQUEST

DREW MANDILE, BROOKE KNAPP, DEAN MANDILE 310.749.7124 JASMINE AMERI 310.795.2280

HOT PROPERTY
G REAT ER LOS AN GELES BROKERAGES SOTHEBYSREALTY.COM

© 2022 Sotheby’s International Realty. All Rights Reserved. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark and used with permission. Each Sotheby’s International Realty office is independently owned and operated, except those operated by Sotheby’s International
Realty, Inc. All offerings are subject to errors, omissions, changes including price or withdrawal without notice. Equal Housing Opportunity. SIR DRE#: 899496. Agent DREs: Neyshia Go 01933923, Drew Mandile 00412173, Cormac O’Herlihy: 787980, Wailani O’Herlihy: 1264113,
Jasmine Ameri 02035245.

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Nothing compares.

TERRAPIN CROSSINGS | SANTA MONICA

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1037 21st St., Santa Monica

4 BD | 5 BA | 3,248 SQ FT | $4,195,000
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 2.26 AND SUNDAY 2.27 FROM 1-4PM
HOT PROPERTY

N E Y S H I A G O 310.882.8357 N I C H O L E S H A N F E L D 424.835.9933

SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY, BEVERLY HILLS BROKERAGE TERRAPINCROSSINGS.COM

© 2022 Sotheby’s International Realty. All Rights Reserved. Sotheby’s International Realty® is a registered trademark and used with permission. Each Sotheby’s International Realty office is independently owned and operated, except those operated by Sotheby’s International
Realty, Inc. All offerings are subject to errors, omissions, changes including price or withdrawal without notice. Equal Housing Opportunity. Agent DREs: Neyshia Go DRE# 01933923, Nichole Shanfeld DRE# 02093007
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1991 OCEAN WAY | LAGUNA BEACH
pacificsothebysrealty.com | 619.794.1414
Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. DRE# 01767484

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OPEN HOUSE New Price - Open Sunday 1-4 SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT New Listing Open Sunday 1-4
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New Listing Open Sunday 1-4

Beverly Hills 138 N. Carson Rd
$3,795,000 Grand gated 1990-blt 2sty Contemp Med. Sunlit. Mrbl & wd lrs.
4BD 4.5BA. Dramatic 2sty liv rm. Updated kitch & lg fam rm open to rear yrd.
Lower-lvl rec rm/gym. Mstr w/ofice/balc. Roof deck w/city vus. Quiet road.
Compass / Michael J. Libow | DRE#:00863172 310.691.7889
Brentwood 452 S. Bundy Drive Los Angeles 4912 S Centinela Ave Los Angeles 11848 Bel Terrace
$3,949,000 Contemporary Spanish retreat with bright and open loorplan on $1,550,000 Amazing New Construction Home. Rooftop Deck, Tons of Natural $2,500,000 Bel Air 2700+SF mid-century home on 8113 SF lot. 4br, 3ba, the
a private, verdant extra-large lot. The house opens to large patio, maids with Light, All Bedrooms En Suite, Master Suite on One Level, Impeccable loca- master w/bath and closets en suite, lvg rm and den are spacious each w/ire-
bath, grassy play area, pool and separate spa. www.452Bundy.com tion!!! place, dining rm, kitchen w/brkft nook, laundry rm, covered patio, 3 car garage.
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$100,000 Great mountain pastoral views, positive old reports available, utili- $4,295,000 1st time avail in 50 yrs. Trust Sale. Charming & immac 2sty 1936 $3,995,000 Stunning 20th lr quiet SW crnr panoramic city/ocean vu “home”.
ties at street, adjacent to million dollar homes, great opportunity to build in Tradit. Big 13,500 lush crnr lot. 3BD + mds. Lg lower-lvl fam rm. Beaut dark wd Near 3,200 sq ft. Wide-plank French oak lrs. 3BD 3.5BA. Voluminous Great Rm
Malibu, easy access on Latigo Canyon only minutes from Kanan Road. lrs. Huge mstr w/sit area & walk-in. Intense curb appeal. Prime Little Holmby. w/fp/den/dining/living. Newer appliance Poggenpohl kitch. Full srvc La Tour!
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1006 Roxbury Drive I Beverly Hills
Co-listed with Mitra Sisatar
Offered at $45,000,000
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2383 Mandeville Canyon I Brentwood
Co-listed with Geri Spira and Judson Rothschild
Offered at $6,900,000
5667 Tryon Road I Los Angeles
Co-listed with Lloyd Ross
Reduced to $4,195,000
2075 Benedict Cyn I Beverly Hills
Co-listed with Lloyd Ross
Offered at $1,749,000
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2387 Mandeville Canyon I Brentwood
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Offered at $22,800,000
1280 Monte Cielo Drive I Beverly Hills
Co-listed with Judy Cycon
Reduced at $6,495,000
8105 Mulholland Terrace I Los Angeles
Co-listed with Lloyd Ross
Offered at $3,495,000
505 Evelyn Place I Beverly Hills
Co-listed with Lloyd Ross
For Lease $35,000/mo
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2399 Mandeville Canyon I Brentwood
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Offered at $15,900,000
1456 Altridge Drive I Beverly Hills
Co-listed with Lloyd Ross
Offered at $4,395,000
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2749 Nichols Canyon Road I Los Angeles
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400 Evelyn Place I Beverly Hills
For Lease $19,900/mo
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1006 N ROXBURY DR, BEVERLY HILLS $45,000,000 1871 N STANLEY AVE, HOLLYWOOD HILLS $28,800,000 2387 MANDEVILE CANYON RD $22,800,000 2399 MANDAVILLE CANYON RD $15,900,000
This 5BR 10BA Italian manor is a perfect blend of elegant design 6BR 9BA Stunning new construction,truly unique warm contemporary Magical! Only way to describe this 1.65 acre Tennis Court Estate 6BR 7BA 1+ acre Tennis Crt Estate 2 guest houses 2 pools Magical
Joe Babajian 310.623.8800 Monty Abramov 310.989.2217 Babajian/Rothschild/Spira 310.623.8800 Babajian/Rothschild/Spira 310.623.8800

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5BR 5BA Completely renovated Contemporary masterpiece in BH flats 5BR 6BA Architectural & Contemporary w/Amazing Million $$ Views Rare opportunity to acquire this gorgeous estate site 7BR 8BA Modern Farmhouse built in 2020 First week on the market!
Jack Fahimian, Jack Harris 310.882.0064 Roger Perry 310.740.4029 Babajian/Rothschild/Spira 310.623.8800 Scott Goshorn 323.251.5479
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1280 MONTE CIELO DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS $6,495,000 5008 MAPLEWOOD, HANCOCK PARK $4,895,000 1039 SELBY AVE, WESTWOOD $4,499,000 1456 ALTRIDGE DR, BEVERLY HILLS $4,395,000
6BR 7BA 5,214 Sqft LtSz 26,287 Incredible opportunity New Construction, 4 Units. Each luxury unit 1959-1977 sq ft! RARE GEM 4bd 3,150 sqft Spanish masterpiece in Little Holmby 5BR 7BA Stunningly redone architectural contemporary home w/views
Joe Babajian 310.623.8800 Jessica Felix 818.399.7214 Adam Leibovitch 310.697.2206 Joe Babajian 310.623.8800
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7759 TORREYSON DR, CELEBRITY ROW $4,390,000 1043 FRANKLIN ST, SANTA MONICA $4,295,000 1740 CLEAR VIEW DR, BEVERLY HILLS $4,250,000 317 S. OAKHURST DR, BEVERLY HILLS $3,995,000
5BR 6BA 4698 Sqft 12,419 Sqft Lot, Updated, Views 4BR 4BA Charming traditional ONE story home 2BR 3BA Gated and recently renovated home is a private oasis 4BR 5BA 2 Story Spanish Architectural w/Pool 3573 SqFt
Roger Perry 310.740.4029 Monty Abramov 310.989.2217 Zizi Pak, Julien Bohbot 310.266.5032 Marge Chirchick 310.927.1049

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972 N SAN VICENTE BLVD, WEST HOLLYWOOD $3,299,000 6250 HOLLYWOOD BLVD PH 14D $3,199,000 2905 STRONGS DR, VENICE $2,800,000 10580 WILSHIRE BLVD #3S $2,700,000
Build up to 12 units, NO RENT CONTROL. Reports completed. 3BR 4BA Indulge in luxury, comfort & spectacular amenities 4BD 4BA Venice home in one of the most coveted beach communities 2 BR/3 BA, 2,500 sq.ft. full-service condo. “The Wilshire.”
Scott Goshorn 323.251.5479 Abourched & Rubio 310.990.9850 Liz Wilson, Kurush Saadat 310.487.9417 Adam Leibovitch 310.697.2206

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2BR 3BA south facing condo at the prestigious Blair House Views in every room.Totally remodeled 2 bd/3 ba dream Condo Spectacular PH 3+Loft+Huge Rooftop Deck w/2,527 sq ft. Price Improvement! Desirable Beachwood Cyn-1926 Spanish Triplex
M Michele Martin 310.508.8448 Team Sorrentino 818.355.4750 Elyse Arbour 310.893.9388 Allyson Carter 818.486.4663

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2075 BENEDICT CANYON DR, BEVERLY HILLS $1,749,000 3761 CALLE JOAQUIN, CALABASAS $1,598,000 737 N GRAMERCY PL, LOS ANGELES $1,480,000 352 S BENTON WAY, LOS ANGELES $1,399,000
Beautiful Benedict Canyon home 3BR 2BA 1,920 SqFt LtSz: 15,651 Calabasas Park Estates, Golf Course View, 3 bed, 3 bath Rare & Unique opportunity to own 3+3 2,495SF newer construction Recently renovated!! 3 Unit & ready for immediate occupancy
Joe Babajian 310.623.8800 Tina Lucarelli 310.738.8089 Jessica Felix 818.399.7214 Ron Maman 818.469.7021

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1413 OCEAN PARK BLVD. #2 $1,295,000 5002 MAPLEWOOD, HANCOCK PARK $1,229,000 1744 PALISADES DR, PACIFIC PALISADES $1,195,000 21235 DE LA OSA ST, WOODLAND HILLS $1,099,950
Sleek,Modern, Luxury Condo in Prime Santa Monica. Brand New modern apx 1,955SF 3+3.5 home. Open-plan+skyline views! 2 BR, 2BA, 1,776 S.F., Townhouse Stunning So of the Blvd 3+2 Trad! Remod Kit, Lg FR, plus an ADU!
J. Edward Group 818.606.4893 Jessica Felix 818.399.7214 Elizabeth Mitev 310.938.8806 Lou Woolf 818.692.9653

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4105 W WEST AVE, FULLERTON $899,900 1050 S GRAND AVE #1308, LOS ANGELES $699,000 2170 CENTURY PARK EAST #1003 $599,000 420 S SAN PEDRO ST #203, LOS ANGELES $429,000
Gorgeous cul-de-sac home 4br-2ba-pool-spa-lg rear yard 1BD, 1BA w/Amazing panoramic DTLA skyline views from every room! Lrg 1bd 1ba 10th flr condo w/ city views & no common walls Reduced! Beautiful Studio/Loft for Sale in Heart of Downtown
Christy Greenwood 818.231.9808 Ron Maman 818.469.7021 Maurice & Rustad 310.623.8825 Kristina Platonova 818.749.7213

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4102 RAINTREE CIR, CULVER CITY
$779,000 | 2 Bd 2 Ba | 1122 SF | $575.93 HOA
Fabulous lake view from all windows. Remodeled
kitchen & both bathrooms. Smooth ceilings,
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$1,400,000 | 2 Bd 1 Ba | 564 SF | 2,850 SF lot $2,295,000 | 3 Bd 2 Ba | 1,991 SF | 7,003 SF lot $4,350,000 | 5 Bd 6.5 Ba | 4,288 SF | 5,772 SF lot
Calling all developers! 1921 Two-story Carriage Custom built home located just above Kenter Band new home with a pool and casita (gym),
house. RD1.5 zoning may allow for more than one Canyon Elementary. Home needs updating but thoughtfully designed and constructed in Culver

recessed lighting. New laminate flooring. unit. Large private front yard. Blocks to the beach. the design is sensible and solid, lot nearly flat. City‘s Carlson Park. Truly a must see!
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7 BEDS | 13 BAT HS | 22,6 40 SQ . F T. | 70,131 SQ . F T. LOT 5 BEDS | 9 BAT HS | 8,497 SQ . F T. | 36, 209 SQ . F T. LOT
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14203 E VANS ROAD PACIFIC PA L ISA DES | $ 8,995,000 647 OL D TOPANGA CANYON ROAD TOPA NGA | $ 5,900,000
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17314 TR AMONTO DRIVE #801 PACIFIC PA L ISA DES | $ 4,370,000 17316 TR AMONTO DRIVE #702 PACIFIC PA L ISA DES | $ 4,350,000
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5 BEDS | 6.5 BATHS | 5,521 SQ . F T. | 11,910 SQ . F T. LOT

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419 ROBERT LANE, BEVERLY HILLS | $19,800,000 805 N LINDEN DR, BEVERLY HILLS | $14,999,000 1227 N TIGERTAIL RD, BRENTWOOD | $8,850,000 242 S BEDFORD DR, BEVERLY HILLS | $4,795,000
Rochelle Maize | dre#01365331 | 310.968.8828 Myra Nourmand | dre#00983509 | 310.888.3333 Myra Nourmand | dre#00983509 | 310.888.3333 Michael Nourmand | dre#01281017 | 310.666.3294

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Bennett DeCarlo | dre#00656371 | 310.461.4115 Rochelle Maize | dre#01365331 | 310.968.8828 Alex Barad | dre#01960595 | 323.251.9779 Jill Epstein | dre#00472171 | 310.779.9513

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8812 RANGELY AVE, WEST HOLLYWOOD | $3,595,000 9315 BEVERLY CREST, BEVERLY HILLS | $3,350,000 1111 S COCHRAN AVE, MIRACLE MILE | $3,050,000 1664 BENEDICT CANYON DR, BHPO | $2,295,000
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